Chapter 197 Public Ecology
Also standing on the rostrum was Wang Changtian.
Light is the main publisher of "Black 2", so it is him and not Han Sanping who is standing here today.
Zhang Chen is the only billionaire director on stage and will definitely be the focus tonight.
Liu Yiwei will definitely not let him go: "Director Zhang, was this box office what you expected?"
Zhang Chen took the microphone: "Of course, "Black 2" is directed by Director Ning Hao himself, I am very relieved~"
"What about Director Ning?"
This time it is Ning's turn Hao, he looked a little nervous: "I don't know. I was worried that I had messed up at first. It was Zhang Chen who kept telling me, don't worry, you can do it. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you have to believe in my vision." , Now it seems that his vision is not bad..."
Ning Hao is indeed a comedian. One sentence immediately made everyone laugh, and even the host couldn't hold it back.
"Director Ning, I am so funny, I am looking forward to your "Stone"..."
Liu Yiwei did not forget to tease him. This was what Zhang Chen had told him in advance, and he appropriately brought the topic to "Stones".
The main points of "Black 2" have been basically publicized, and it is difficult for new things to attract people to enter the cinema.
But "Stone" is different. It has been a hot topic these days, and it has the same director. It can be used to increase the popularity of "Black 2".
Ning Hao smiled slightly, and Liu Yiwei changed his target to Wang Changtian.
"What about Mr. Wang, did you expect that the box office of "Black 2" would reach such a height?"
Wang Changtian is not high-spirited, he looks very elegant.
“Of course, "Dark 2" is a work that is not inferior to its predecessor at all. From the perspective of a sequel, it is a success. We are very much looking forward to the emergence of "Dark 3" and "Dark 4"... ”
“Then we won’t sell it, and please witness it together, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…”
As the countdown progresses, the audience’s hearts are unconscious. With high expectations, a good host will set up the atmosphere, and controlling the audience's emotions is a basic skill.
When the countdown was over, the three people on the stage worked together to smash the digital ice sculptures, which was full of ceremony.
"Congratulations to "Dark Invasion 2" for breaking through 55 million at the box office..."
Liu Yiwei's timely announcement was met with applause, and the media also faithfully recorded this moment.
Han Sanping in the audience was really pleased to see this scene.
He could clearly feel that Zhang Chen and his Star Entertainment were different from ordinary film and television companies.
What they do is always at a low cost, but every one of them makes money.
The only controversial thing is the subject matter. None of the films are quite satisfactory. Except for "Shark Beach", every other film is suspected of being over-the-top.
Now Zhang Chen has finally come to his senses and is preparing to shoot a blockbuster. Although the subject matter is still sensitive, he is also very curious about what kind of fruit this flower will bear in the end.
Someone came over to toast, and Han Sanping clinked glasses with them. The celebration banquet was a party, with lively singing on the stage and people in the audience could move around freely.
Star Entertainment does not need to spend any thought on a celebration banquet like this. There is a professional hosting company and it is very convenient to operate. They only need to pay for it.
In the audience, Jiang Wenli and Yu Dong applauded.
The media has always compared "Peacock" and "Dark Invasion 2" as rivals, and naturally paid great attention to the appearance of the two.
But their expressions were always normal.
A light smile and blessing.
The two of them appeared here specifically to convey an attitude to the media. Bona and Xingchen Entertainment are not as fierce as the media rumors, and Gu Changwei is not fighting with Zhang Chen. Communicate with each other.
Some media came over and wanted to conduct a brief interview with Dong. In fact, they wanted to inquire about the relationship between Bona and Star Entertainment.
Jiang Wenli consciously walked away and gave up her position. Her mood at this time was actually a bit complicated.
There has always been a joke in the business circle that the boss fights with the second child and beats the third child to death.
According to today's situation, "Hancheng Strategy" is undoubtedly the third child.
The difference is that, as the second child, "Peacock" benefits from this fight.
As of today, the box office of "Peacock" has not reached the 55 million of "Black 2", but it is still close to 20 million, 18.9 million to be precise.
This is already the best result for a literary film.
Regarded as a miracle in the literary and artistic circles, "Peacock" is now known as the highest-grossing literary film in history.
For those directors, a movie that breaks over 100 million is not as shocking as the box office of "Peacock".
Thinking of this, Jiang Wenli felt a little sad.
"Peacock" can achieve today's achievements, thanks to Zhang Chen's grace of not killing.
Fortunately, they gave in quickly enough.
At the same time, she was looking forward to it even more.
A horror movie has this box office, so what about "Manslaughter" in which you starred?
She has nothing to strive for in the field of TV series and has always wanted to replicate this glory in the field of movies.
But things backfired.
He starred in several works in a row, but the box office was not satisfactory.
At their level, they don’t really have much to look forward to in terms of awards or anything like that.
What I want more is business results.
The actor's awards determine his status in the circle, but only the box office determines his own value.
No matter how awesome you are, no matter how many awards you win, if you don’t have box office appeal, it will be useless. Your own salary will not increase, and endorsements will not come to your door.
In the commercial field, the only reference is the box office.
In the circle, when everyone talks about the International Chapter, they don’t actually praise it.
Because she is different from Gong Li, she has not made any gains in the three major professional fields. The only thing she can take advantage of is the box office.
But the box office thing is actually very empty. "Rush Hour 2" has grossed over 100 million U.S. dollars at the North American box office, which is a remarkable achievement.
But it’s unclear how many of these 100 million miles are related to Zhang Ziyi.
But when it comes to publicity, this is how it is promoted. She is indeed the heroine, so there is no need to be negative.
There is also Fan Jiuyi, who is also a heroine worth 100 million yuan, but everyone knows that the 100 million yuan box office of "Shark Beach" was all aimed at the shark.
But it’s useless, it’s someone else’s movie, it’s someone else’s movie.
So privately, everyone actually envies Zhang Ziyi and Fan Jiuyi.
The ability to carry the box office is actually the strongest ability. Jiang Wenli hopes that after "Manslaughter", she will also have a place among the box office actresses.
On the other side of the crowd, Xu Jinglei was secretly rejoicing.
She asked about the schedule of "Black 2" and took the initiative to move "Letter from a Strange Woman" to half a month later. Now it seems that it was a stroke of genius.
If it is really the same period as them, then it is not a fool's errand.
Look at the films scheduled for Valentine's Day. There are 8 films in total. Except for the most noisy films "Black 2" and "Peacock", the rest are completely wiped out.
"Hancheng Strategy" was buried with it, but at least it still had a reputation.
The other ones were even more unlucky. No one even knew their names, and the media didn’t report them at all, and they just disappeared quietly.
Off the stage, Feng Xiaogang and others gathered together and looked at the high-spirited people on the stage who were taking questions from the media.
Ge You came over and said, "Xiaogang, I heard that you and Guoli took on Zhang Chen's new drama "Stone"?"
Feng Xiaogang nodded: "Yes, but it's nothing. The main characters are all minor supporting roles.”
"I heard from Guo Li that the script is very good..."
Feng Xiaogang continued to nod: "It's not bad. The multi-line narrative style of "Two Smoking Barrels" is the first in China. ”
Ge You clicked his tongue in surprise, his small eyes flashing cunningly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Feng Xiaogang knows his old friend very well: "What, you want to act?"
"Well, I want to see how exciting this story is?" Ge You is not a drama madman, But I am still interested in good scripts.
Feng Xiaogang patted him on the shoulder: "I have already asked for you, but Zhang Chen is worried that if you appear with me, it will turn his "Stone" into a Feng comedy, so he will not allow it, hahaha... "
Ge You also laughed after hearing this: "Forget it, his worries are not unreasonable, let's not cause trouble for others."
As he said this, someone on the stage said. Liu Yiwei called everyone to the stage.
"I would like to invite the creator of "Crazy Stone" to come on stage to meet friends from the media..."
Following his voice, several actors from "Crazy Stone" walked onto the stage one after another.
Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Guoli, Wu Zhenyu, Xu Zheng, Zeng Li, Liu Hua, Huang Bo, Yue Xiaojun, Zhang Mo...
"Oh, the lineup is not bad, so who are the male and female protagonists?"
Zhang Chen intentionally let Ning Hao show his face and handed the microphone to him.
The latter hesitated and said: "Nominally the male protagonist of this drama is Xu Zheng and the heroine is Zeng Li, but in fact this drama is a group drama, and every character is very important... ..."
Xu Zheng and Zeng Li also quickly agreed: "It is indeed a group drama."
Are you kidding me? If it wasn't a group scene, why would he let so many big guys act as co-stars for the two of them?
Liu Yiwei: "What is a group drama?"
"It means that each of us has a lot of roles. The whole story does not revolve around the male and female protagonists, but everyone participates in it. , the male and female protagonists are at best clues.”
“Oh~” Liu Yiwei said in a long voice: “I don’t understand, but I feel it’s awesome.”
“Well, about this. Director Zhang has a special word to describe this situation, which is called "unknown and severe."
“I don’t know how powerful it is?”
“Well, I just don’t understand it, but it’s an abbreviation that I think is very powerful.”
“Hahaha~”
The crowd laughed. , Zhang Chen is very satisfied with his arrangement.
He always feels that regular publicity is meaningless. If possible, he still has to find another way to achieve the effect of surprise.
"We noticed that Zhang Guoli and his son co-starred in this drama..."
Liu Yiwei directed the topic to Zhang Guoli, who was a veteran in the entertainment industry and took it calmly.
“Yes, this time our father and son co-star, we are also a father and son in the play.”
“Oh, can you tell us about the plot?”
Leslie Cheung Haha Yixiao: "This is not good, but what I can say is that the script of this drama is very clever. When I watched it for the first time, I laughed on the spot. And director Ning Hao did not exaggerate at all. This is a group portrait It's a drama, the script is as exciting as I've ever seen..."
Zhang Guoli knows how to hype things up, and what he says is what the media likes to hear.
Liu Yiwei also echoed: "Really, is it really like this?"
Several other people he asked agreed, which couldn't help but arouse people's curiosity.
If one person says it is good, it can be said to be a compliment, but a bunch of people say the same thing and praise it without leaving any room. Is it really that good?
Even Liu Yiwei was curious, but no matter how he asked, no one revealed the specific content, so they had to change the topic:
"We noticed that director Feng Xiaogang is also in the cast. So what role are you playing this time? Is it a gang boss?"
Liu Yiwei is obviously talking about his role as the crocodile gang leader in "Kung Fu" , to be honest, the acting was actually pretty good.
No wonder they say that directors are generally good at acting. If they are bad at acting, how can you teach actors to act?
“He’s not a gang boss, but he’s still a bad guy and a real estate owner with a dark heart.”
“Haha, is Director Feng starring in this movie to fulfill his original bet?”
Feng Xiaogang nodded: "Of course, we are men and we must keep our word."
At this time, Feng Xiaogang did not forget to connotate Zhou Xingxing.
(End of this chapter)