Chapter 179 I want to get rid of it
(I’m sorry for breaking the update yesterday. Usually when I stop updating, it’s because I’m stuck or I’ve been drinking.
I was stuck yesterday. I have an outline, but I don’t know how to write it in detail. I wanted to be domineering and reasonable at the same time, but finally I figured it out. I’m offering it for 9k today)
Bona
Yu Dongzheng is guiding his men Person: "The Portuguese Fantasy Film Festival is only a Category B film festival, and Berlin is a Category A film festival. Do you need me to teach you how to compare?"
The subordinates were so scolded that they nodded quickly: "Okay, Mr. Yu, I know what to do. I'll contact the newspaper immediately~"
Watching his subordinates leaving in embarrassment, Yu Dong felt angry. He sat back in his boss chair.
As soon as I lit up a cigarette, someone knocked on the door again.
“Come in.”
After receiving a positive reply, the office door was pushed open, and the publicity director walked in with a laptop: “Mr. Yu, Zhang Chen has spoken, he has spoken. I wrote a blog..."
"It's actually a blog? Young people just know how to play~"
Yu Dong took the computer and started reading it, and finished it after a while.
“Why is Zhang Chen only staring at us?”
“I was just about to report to you. The people in Hong Kong have been directing the topic towards us, and they seem to want to What does it mean to sit on a mountain and watch a tiger fight~"
Yu Dong's eyes suddenly became sharp: "Damn it, these Hong Kong guys are really damaging. They took the initiative to find the ones they wanted to cooperate with, and they wanted to block them. They were the ones who shot..."
The two parties originally agreed to work on "Dark Invasion 2" together, but they did this little trick behind the scenes.
No, we must not let them succeed.
You can even think about it with your buttocks, and you will know what their intentions are.
It’s nothing more than letting oneself and Zhang Chen fight to the death, both sides will suffer, and then their "Hancheng Strategy" will reap the benefits.
I am so whimsical that I don’t care about the quality of my own movies.
Do you think the domestic audience are all fools?
"Then what should we do?"
Yu Dong pondered for two seconds: "They are unkind, so don't blame us for being unjust. You should make a statement immediately, saying that we are just a literary film, I don’t have high expectations for the box office. Everything now is completely driven by people with intentions.”
Yes, the fragile anti-Chen alliance only lasted a few days and fell apart because of Ma Chucheng’s cleverness.
Yu Dong had known for a long time that this group of Hong Kong people were so short-sighted that they started to attack each other before the winner was decided.
"But what should we do after publication, do you understand?"
"Understood."
The publicity director was ordered to leave.
Yu Dong issued the statement just to turn Star Entertainment's attention to Ma Chucheng, but he did not give in.
To put it bluntly, everything is for the sake of box office. The popularity of "Dark Invasion 2" is too high. Without it, the audience will not be able to see other movies in their eyes.
If we don’t keep it going, no one’s box office will be better.
But if they continue, they will inevitably be retaliated against. Whether it is Yu Dong or Ma Chucheng, they hope that they will not be retaliated against.
But hype is still necessary. Only when there is conflict can there be talk and people will be interested in the movie.
Otherwise, why would he reject "Black 2"? It's not because artistic films have natural limitations.
Yes, if you win the award, a group of people will come to see it.
But there are also a group of people who will automatically avoid it as soon as they hear it is an award-winning literary film.
Of course there are some good-looking art films, but they are useless. Their reputation has been ruined by those art film directors in the past few years.
When thinking about literary and artistic films, many people’s inherent impressions are that they are not good-looking, incomprehensible, mysterious, and pointless.
……
Over in Hong Kong, Ma Chucheng is checking the relevant reviews of the movie.
It can already be seen from the comments that Xingchen Entertainment has come to an end.
Not only did Zhang Chen post a blog himself, but some trolls also joined in, spraying "Peacock" and supporting "Black 2".
“Fight, fight, the more intense the fight, the better~”
Ma Chucheng was gloating, Zhang Chen was spraying "Peacock", which shows that his strategy is effective. He was looking down happily, and then he almost cursed with the words "Xianjia shovel".
A message suddenly popped up on the website he was viewing. The content of the message was Bona's new statement.
After reading the content of the statement, he knew that Boehner had come to his senses.
The anti-Chen alliance between them broke down.
A large number of negative posts about "Hancheng Strategy" then appeared.
The sun was setting, and the curses of ‘冚家hoe’ came from the room from time to time, scaring the Filipino maid at home to hide away.
……
When Ma Chucheng lost his temper at home, Zhang Chen was also angry.
The news from Hong Kong finally came back.
Seeing his good brother being targeted, Zhang Chen was very angry, and the consequences were serious.
For movie promotion, all kinds of buzz, finding topics, and traffic are no problem, it is a normal operation.
But it was too much to escalate to a personal attack, and it was Ning Hao who was attacked.
On his desk were various newspapers, some from the mainland and some from Hong Kong, all of which ridiculed Ning Hao for being a well-connected person.
[The luckiest relationship owner in the entertainment industry~]
[It’s so easy to succeed as Zhang Chen’s fellow countryman~]
[Who does "Dark Invasion 2" count? works? Zhang Chen or Ning Hao? 】
【Ning Hao was speechless when asked about the back door during the Hong Kong road show~】
[Among the three major photographers, Ning Hao is the least qualified, so how can he become the biggest winner? 】
Almost all articles in the entertainment section are full of endless ridicule towards Ning Hao.
Zhang Chen stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the cars and pedestrians like little ants below, and finally took out his phone and called Ning Hao.
"If something like that happened, why didn't you tell me when you came back?"
Ning Hao never mentioned this matter after returning from the road show in Hong Kong. Zhang Chen thought everything went well.
I didn't know until I read the newspaper today.
Ning Hao on the other end of the phone smiled helplessly: "Because whatever they said is true~"
"Shit~"
Zhang Chen knew that Ning Hao was I was sprayed with a bit of self-doubt.
“Let you direct "Black 2", of course, because we are good buddies, but more importantly, you are also an excellent director. You will not think that a project worth tens of millions, I’ll just leave it to an ordinary person.”
"...You say that, and I feel much better."
"Okay, stop being pretentious. You have to remember that things are different now. In the past, directors worked behind the scenes. Did you do a good job? Fortunately, no one knows, not anymore. Directors, like actors, are professions in front of the spotlight. If you want to survive in this industry, you must accept media supervision, even slander and abuse..."
" Understand, if you want to wear the crown, you will have to bear the weight of it.”
“Hey, you’re still talking about culture words with me. You know, it’s probably fine. Don’t worry about this. You won’t make it easy for them. Don’t participate in the subsequent road shows. Find a place to travel with Sister Na to relax...”
“No, I’m not that fragile, but I do have one. Request..."
"What?"
"I want to start "Stone" immediately after "Black 2"..."
"What, do you want to use "Stone" to prove yourself?"
Ning Hao on the other end didn't say anything, so he acquiesced.
"No problem, of course I have no objection if you are willing to be a model worker. If you need anything, just ask. I will support you unconditionally~"
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen smiled unconsciously.
Would this be a blessing in disguise? The slander from the Hong Kong media aroused Ning Hao, and he was ready to slap those media in the face with "Stone".
At the door, Dong Jianqiang had just walked into the company. Normally, the front desk would say hello, but not this time.
Dong Jianqiang looked over curiously and found that the two little girls at the front desk were gathering together, muttering in the direction of the inner room.
"Go and deliver tea."
"I'm not going. I will definitely get scolded if I go, so you should go~"
"Ah, am I not afraid of being scolded?"
The two receptionists were passing the blame with each other, and Dong Jianqiang appeared. Behind them, he approached and asked, "What's wrong with Director Zhang?" "Director Zhang is losing his temper in the office, ah, Manager Dong..."
The girl at the front desk answered smoothly. , and then suddenly realized something was wrong. When he turned around, he realized it was Dong Jianqiang.
It's over, it's over, they arranged the first command behind the back, but the second command heard it...
The other one was also so scared that he shrank his head, the two of them were like two quails.
"Manager Dong, we were wrong~"
Dong Jianqiang ignored them and continued to ask: "What happened inside?"
The two girls prayed in their hearts Dong Jianqiang was able to fart her, but he didn't dare not answer Dong Jianqiang's question: "It seems that the newspapers are saying that Director Ning Hao is a related party. I saw it when I was selling newspapers in the morning, and then I posted it in the morning. This is what happened when the guide came and saw the newspaper..."
"Oh, come on, give me the tea~"
Dong Jianqiang agreed, and then walked to the office with the tea.
The two receptionists behind him looked at the former’s departure with frightened expressions.
When Dong Jianqiang arrived at the door, he pushed the door open and went in without knocking.
“Who are you angry with that the front desk doesn’t even dare to bring you tea?”
Dong Jianqiang put the tea on the table. When he saw the newspapers on the table, he picked up one and saw a negative article about Ning Hao.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, these unscrupulous tabloids, are they talking so unpleasantly?”
Zhang Chen glanced at him: “You came just in time, help me ask someone from Jiahe, Ning Who was messing with Hao during his roadshow in Hong Kong? "
Ning Hao and the others were invited by Jiahe to promote the movie. They were deliberately targeted during the roadshow. Jiahe will definitely investigate.
Hearing this, Dong Jianqiang threw the newspaper back on the table, and then replied: "I've asked you already, it's Ma Chucheng. This guy is really shady. He used to hide behind his back to do things, but now he found out If you can't criticize the movie, then you can criticize the director of the movie..."
Hong Kong is such a big place, if you are willing to investigate, you can definitely find it.
Self-media, trolls, public accounts, these people are all in the same circle.
If you want to check anything, just ask and you will know who is doing it. There are no secrets at all.
Ma Chucheng never thought that he could hide it, but he didn't expect to be found out so quickly.
"By the way, have you read the report? They started dog eating dog..."
Zhang Chen was noncommittal, thought for a while, and took out his mobile phone.
"What are you going to do?"
"I want to get rid of it..."
Before, he was thinking of using some methods to compete reasonably.
Now he just wants to end "Hancheng Strategy" in the most direct and fastest way.
One effort can bring down ten!
"Hey, Mr. Wang, this is Zhang Chen. I want "Hancheng Strategy" to be completely offline. Is there any way?"
The person Zhang Chen called was Wang Changtian.
Guang Guang is the main publisher of "Black 2" this time. If not him, who can we turn to?
Wang Changtian over there happened to be having a meeting with his subordinates to discuss the publicity effect of "Black 2", so he was connected directly at the meeting.
"Director Zhang, it's a bit difficult to completely cancel the production, and the theater chain will most likely not agree, but we can squeeze in the filming schedule of "Hancheng Strategy". The effect is the same, but the price to pay is a bit high, and we need to rebate... "
"How big is it?"
"Generally, if you add a hall, you have to pay one point..."
"I wonder, so high?"
Lao Wang on the other end of the phone nodded: "That's right. Actually, it's a bit outweighing the gains. They don't have much film schedule."
"No, I want to get rid of it."
I feel bad, but I must have the attitude.
“Give them one point at a time. Anyway, I want Hancheng Strategy’s death to be ugly, as ugly as it can be...”
Injure a thousand enemies and kill yourself. Zhang Chen doesn't care if he loses 800 yuan.
What's more, the filming schedule of "Hancheng Strategy" is not very good to begin with, so it won't do much harm to itself.
Wang Changtian on the other end of the phone replied: "Okay, I understand. Should I talk to the cinema directly, or should you say hello to the cinema first?"
Wang Changtian's words have two levels. Meaning, firstly, "Black 2" already has investment from three major theater chains. Zhang Chen might not have to pay a theater or point price to say hello to them.
The other one is the cinema mentioned last, which actually highlights its own role.
Below the theater chain are cinemas one after another, and their light network distribution model is aimed at cinemas.
To put it bluntly, they can bypass theater lines and directly contact cinemas.
Although the theater chain has directly operated cinemas, most of them are franchised.
Although franchised cinemas will arrange films according to the theater chain’s orders, they will also have their own tricks.
Sometimes if the interests are big enough, they will even disobey the theater chain’s orders.
This is also the reason why Guang Guang and Wanda had a very unpleasant quarrel later.
You crossed my path and contacted my subordinate units. Isn’t this poaching? What can I do?
"I'll call the theater first and tell them, don't be idle over there, keep working hard..."
Zhang Chen is preparing to walk on two legs.
Lighting does have an advantage in movie theaters. Even if the theater chain does not agree to suppress it, they can convince the theaters to do so.
Their underground network staff have a very good relationship with the people in charge of the cinemas. For example, the cinema chain has reduced the film schedule of "Hancheng Strategy" to 5%.
But this 5% is also particular. It depends on the time of day it is placed, in the lobby or in the small hall, depending on the person in charge of the theater.
At this time, if the light is too strong, maybe 5% will be thrown directly to you in the middle of the night or in the morning, then the movie will be considered useless.
"Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Chen called Gao Jun from the New Film Alliance directly: "Uncle Gao, I have something to trouble you about..."< br>
His movies are more or less invested by the three major cinemas, but among them, he has the best relationship with the New Film Alliance, which has something to do with Gao Jun's personal style of doing things.
"Okay, I understand, I will instruct the people below, and I will greet you from other theaters..."
Gao Jun didn't ask Zhang Chen why he deliberately targeted "Hancheng Strategy". He only briefly understood Zhang Chen's thoughts and decided to help.
We are even willing to help him communicate with other theaters.
Are other theater chains willing to help?
Of course I do.
The film schedule of "Black 2" is already high, and the attendance rate is not low. It is just out of balance that other films have to be excluded.
Now if "Hancheng Strategy" is replaced by "Black 2", they might make more money, and it's still a favor in vain, so why not?
"Hancheng Strategy" was originally not very famous, and it was still a Hong Kong movie.
The Hong Kong film industry and the mainland have never been in the same circle.
Suppress it and you can gain Zhang Chen’s friendship. I believe everyone knows how to choose?
Think about it from another angle, why Zhang Weiping dares to force theaters to increase their revenue sharing ratio again and again, isn't it just by threatening not to supply films?
This is the confidence of the billion-dollar director.
Zhang Chen is also a billionaire director, so at least you can't offend him if you don't go to him.
......
Light, after hanging up the phone, Wang Changtian looked towards the middle floor of the room full of people.
"Everyone, Zhang Chen wants to catch up with "Hancheng Strategy" and compress their film schedule to the greatest extent. This is an opportunity for the industry to see the power of our underground distribution model..."
After Wang Changtian finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Zhao next to him.
Zhang Zhao is the person in charge of the film branch and the initiator of the underground network model.
Zhang Zhao understood his intention and raised his voice: "Okay, let me arrange the work..."
Almost all the middle-level cadres selected by Zhang Zhao are women, which is also the reason for the light. A major feature - there are many female employees.
Why?
Do you think it’s Wang Changtian’s harem?
Thinking too much.
Simply because Guangli’s treatment is low, which is considered low in the industry.
Not to mention compared with big companies like Huayi, even compared with some mid-level companies, it is considered low.
But don’t think that women are easy to deal with, these women are very capable of troubleshooting.
(End of this chapter)