Chapter 114 The Battle of Bingbing
The premiere ended at around 22:00 in the evening. Afterwards, they prepared a thank-you reception at a nearby hotel, and a specially arranged bus took the guests there.
At the reception, Zhang Chen toasted to everyone on behalf of the film.
“Thank you to all the guests for joining us today. In terms of the film industry, Star Entertainment and I are still newbies. Today’s premiere is also the first premiere of Star Entertainment since its establishment.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for coming. I won’t say anything nice. If you need me, Zhang Chen, to support me next time, I’ll be here on call
Come on, everyone, please raise your glass, I toast to you all, cheers! "
"Cheers, I wish "Shark Beach" a great box office success! ”
“Haha, thank you, thank you, big sales, must be big sales...”
Maybe some people like to attend cocktail parties, it does have its unique charm.
< br>Just the feeling of being surrounded by stars is very intoxicating.
After chatting with everyone, it was natural to clink glasses and drink alone with each big boss.
Zhang Chen walked among the crowd holding a glass of wine, greeting people from time to time. Dong Jianqiang was originally supposed to accompany him to introduce the guests, but Fan Binbin volunteered to take on the job.
A lot of people came today, including celebrities, companies, investors, and people from theaters. Dong Jianqiang called almost everyone he knew to come here, in order to pave the way for Xingchen Entertainment.
Seeing Han Sanping in the crowd, Zhang Chen immediately walked over: "Director Han, thank you. Without your support, the filming of "Shark Beach" would never have gone so smoothly~"
< br>Zhang Chen imitated Dong Jianqiang and clinked glasses with Han Sanping.
"Haha, don't say any kind words to me.
You don't have to belittle yourself. The quality of "Shark Beach" is obvious to all. Don't forget that you promised me that it would exceed 100 million. I'll wait. Attend your celebration banquet."
Han Sanping was in a good mood. No matter how optimistic he was before, it was only his and the theater's personal opinion. Until today, when he saw the real reaction of the audience, he finally felt relieved.
You know, although Han Sanping verbally promised to give "Shark Beach" the same promotional resources as "House of Flying Daggers", but that was real money.
Even if he is the vice chairman of China Film Group Corporation, he still has to bear responsibility.
Seeing the audience's true reaction made him feel more or less confident.
“Definitely, I am very confident about breaking 100 million.”
"Shark Beach" has been fully promoted, including various exclusive interviews and various advertising.
November is an unpopular month, and no one can compete with "Shark Beach". As long as you are willing to spend money, you can basically get various resources.
Busses, subway stations, outdoor advertisements, elevator advertisements, and even hygiene advertisements are all about "Shark Beach".
"Unfortunately, the release time of "Shark Beach" is too hasty. If it can be released next year and use the time in between to win a few trophies, it will be more confident that the box office will exceed 100 million."
Han Sanping is not Said without regret.
Zhang Chen knew he was right.
He is actually not interested in awards, but he still has to judge awards. After all, once he wins, this thing can greatly stimulate box office growth and help increase prices in other places.
"Dark Invasion" received the spotlight from the Saturn Awards. At that time, Light announced that "Dark Invasion" had been shortlisted for the Saturn Awards, and there was a significant change in the box office the next day.
It can only be said that people at this stage still recognize awards.
Zhang Chen also signed up for "Shark Beach" for the Fantasy Film Festival held in Portugal every February.
This film festival, together with the Sitges Fantasy Film Festival and the Brussels Fantasy Film Festival, is known as the three major fantasy film festivals in the world.
The celebrity status is definitely not as good as the top three in Europe, or even the Saturn Award, but it is still very famous in the fantasy film circle.
The theme of "Shark Beach" is a natural counterpart to the Fantasy Film Festival. Zhang Chen is a director who has won the Saturn Award. The three major Fantasy Film Festivals still recognize the gold content of the Saturn Award.
The organizers directly designated "Shark Beach" as the opening film of the film festival.
"Yes, but time waits for no one. February is too long..." Zhang Chen shrugged helplessly.
"Okay, I won't waste any time. There are many investors over there. It will be good for you to get to know each other more."
Han Sanping thought Zhang Chen was in a hurry. The film was released because he was anxious to collect the money, so I suggested Zhang Chen get to know more investors.
There are many professional investors in this circle, and there are even more unprofessional investors, and those like Mr. Li are unprofessional.
He also received a lot of calls a while ago, all of whom wanted to invest.
However, the object they want to invest in is "Dark Invasion 2". They are all obsessed with it. The sequel of a successful movie has a high chance of making money, and they all want to make some money by riding on it.
Fan Binbin continued to shuttle through the crowd with Zhang Chen, occasionally introducing new faces to him, as if he were a hostess.
Then two figures suddenly appeared from the diagonal stab and blocked the way.
It’s Li Lianhua and her sister Li Xue.
"Director Zhang, it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Li Xue, Li Binbin's agent. We spoke over the phone to wish "Shark Beach" a great box office success..."
Sisters Li Lianhua came with Wang Zhonglei, and Wang Zhonglei How could you attend such an event without bringing a female celebrity?
Zhang Chen shook hands with a smile, then took the other person's business card and gave his own away.
"Miss Li, I have also admired your name for a long time."
The people who came to support him today are all his nobles, and he is always happy with everyone.
"Director Zhang, you're welcome. Just call me Binbin."
Li Lianhua is of medium height and has a slim build.
The appearance is actually pretty good, but for some reason, Zhang Chen always feels that the other person doesn’t have any star looks.
It’s just not amazing enough.
Li Lianhua is similar to Fan Jiuyi. They both started their careers through hype, but her controversy is not that big, unlike Fan Jiuyi, who is black and red. In fact, the products produced by Huayi are all similar, and they are all related to hype. There is no way, this is what the company is best at.
In my memory, Li Lianhua was famous for a long time in later generations. After Fan Jiuyi's accident, Li Lianhua was still active on the big screen, and later starred in the Hollywood project "The Meg", but that was It's time to show his age.
Strictly speaking, she is better than Fan Jiuyi, at least she has left some classic roles.
Chu Chu in "Young Bao Qingtian", Li Ningyu in "The Wind", Ada Wang in "Resident Evil".
Especially Li Ningyu, it can be seen that her acting skills are quite good.
The restoration of King Ada is also very high.
This year, she just won the role of the gorgeous female thief in "A World Without Thieves", which can be regarded as beating Fan Jiuyi, but in fact she is not even the leading female lead.
The female lead gave Liu milk tea. It is said that she is Chen Guofu's little love.
Zhang Chen didn’t believe this rumor at first. What kind of appearance does Liu Milk Tea have, can she be a love interest?
But later, more people said it, and there were various decryptions, saying that Liu's grandfather was a high-ranking member of the Kuomintang, and Huayi wanted his influence in Wanwan.
I gradually started to believe it, otherwise I really couldn’t explain why Chen Guofu fell in love with Milk Tea Liu.
You can’t really just settle for this.
The group of people were chatting and laughing, and the atmosphere seemed lively. People who didn’t know better thought they were good friends.
But only Zhang Chen, who was inside, knew that the two Binbin sisters had never dealt with them.
In fact, the two of them were very close friends in their early years and were like sisters.
It was Li Lianhua who introduced Fan Jiuyi to join Wang Jinghua.
The two first met when they starred together in "Youth Goes Out". At that time, they were both young and transparent, and because their names were both Bingbing, they kind of sympathized with each other and became good sisters.
At that time, Fan Jiuyi and Qiong Yao terminated their contract, and their career came to a standstill.
Li Lianhua did a good deed and introduced her to Wang Jinghua. Wang Jinghua admired Fan Jiuyi very much, so he signed her and joined Huayi by the way.
Li Lianhua probably did not expect that Fan Jiuyi would become her competitor later.
Huayi has always advocated the one-brother-one-sister system. There can only be one leading female artist, so what should we do? Let’s fight.
After fighting and fighting, the relationship faded away, and the loving sisters became bronze sisters.
Huayi is happy to see the results. They feel that competition can stimulate vitality and make things better.
But overall, Li Lianhua is at a disadvantage.
Fan Jiuyi snatched the heroine of "Youngster Bao Qingtian 2" from her.
In the entertainment industry, fame and fortune are brothers.
Businessmen will find you only if you are famous, popular and topical.
If there is no big hit work in a year, the reputation will decline, and the merchants will immediately consider replacing them.
This is what happened to Li Lianhua. The heroine was robbed, and then several endorsements were also robbed.
Li Lianhua could only try to catch up with Fan Jiuyi, but Fan Jiuyi had already caught up with the Hong Kong circle.
This woman can really mess around.
Then she defeated Feng Xiaogang and won the heroine of "Cell Phone".
It wasn’t until this year that Li Lianhua got back in the game, edging out Fan Jiuyi and winning the role of the female thief in “A World Without Thieves”.
Originally, both of them were eager to compete for the heroine, but they were ruthlessly told by Mr. Wang that the heroine had already been given away, so they could only compete twice.
Then Fan Jiuyi missed a move and was taken advantage of.
But I didn't expect that the other party would hook up with the new director Zhang Chen in an instant, and she would also star in the country's first big movie with a female protagonist.
“My sister has always regretted not being able to cooperate with Director Zhang.”
Li Xue is worthy of being an agent and never forgets to fight for opportunities for her sister.
“Yes, Ms. Li is a very good actress, and I am looking forward to the cooperation between the two parties. If there is a suitable role in the future, I will definitely invite Ms. Li.”
Zhang Chen put away his polite words and kept saying the same thing. If he has received many such calls during this period, there will always be growth.
"Then we will just wait for the good news from Director Zhang."
Both parties in the conversation knew very well that there was too much to say and do at this time.
But they didn’t expect to finalize a cooperation in just one or two words. It all depends on people.
As long as there is contact, there will always be opportunities in the future.
The corner of Fan Binbin's mouth curled up, and she noticed a detail. Zhang Chen always called her Binbin, and Li Lianhua was Miss Li.
The rivalry between the two has already entered a fever pitch.
I must have what you have.
You have a dressing room, I must have a dressing room too.
You travel in a Mercedes-Benz, but I can't travel in an Audi.
Even the title Binbin has to be fought for.
In this regard, Fan Jiuyi is at a disadvantage. Wang and Xiaowang always call her Xiaofan, while they call Li Lianhua Binbin.
(End of this chapter)