Chapter 283 About Feng Xiaogang
Purple Gold Garden, Zhang Guoli’s Home
Zhang Mo is watching entertainment news. The entertainment news in the past two days is basically about "Seven Swords" and "Stone" .
Zhang Mo especially likes to watch "The Stone".
Most of the media are touting the multi-line narrative of "Stone" and Ning Hao's amazing talent, but some are taking a different approach, for example, focusing on the actors.
Of course Huang Bo received the most praise, followed by Xia Yu and Zhang Mo.
Especially Zhang Mo, his performance in the play is no worse than Xia Yu, and Xia Yu is the best actor.
Xie Xiaomeng's character is mean, and Zhang Mo fully performed this essence. Many people who knew Zhang Mo called him after watching "Stones". If they didn't know him, then With such a face, I couldn’t imagine that it was Zhang Mo.
This allowed Zhang Mo to taste the joy of being an actor.
Zhang Mo happily listened to the praise given to him in the report. Behind him, Zhang Guoli and his wife were hiding quietly.
Zhang Guoli was about to scold him, not to be complacent, but his wife covered his mouth before he could say anything.
Deng Jie shook his head silently at him, his eyes full of prayer.
Zhang Guoli looked at his wife and then at his son, acquiescing.
After thinking about it, this period of time is indeed very difficult for my son.
Since being expelled from school, Zhang Mo has become a bit autistic. He has not left the house and has not seen his friends.
Zhang Guoli also understands that even a man can't stand that kind of thing, and he will be criticized when he goes out.
Zhang Guoli doesn't think there is anything wrong with Zhang Mo hitting someone. This is a normal reaction of a man, okay?
But he was also anxious when he saw his son getting depressed. Later, he got a role from Zhang Chen and took Zhang Mo to star in "Crazy Stone". From then on, Zhang Mo became more cheerful than before. A lot.
The news on TV was still going on, but the part about Zhang Mo had passed. Zhang Mo changed the channel and continued to look for confidence. He hadn’t heard enough of the compliments, and then he found that a channel was playing against Feng Xiaogang. interview.
"Wait a minute, don't change it yet, let me take a look at this..."
Although they had a falling out, Zhang Guoli was still more concerned about the people he knew well.
On TV, a reporter stopped Feng Xiaogang who was about to enter the building.
Zhang Guoli recognized that it was the building where Huayi Brothers was located. It seemed that Feng Xiaogang was blocked by reporters on his way to the company.
"Director Feng, some viewers said they saw you secretly watching "Crazy Stone" in the cinema. Is that what happened..."
"Director Feng, there are rumors that you and Zhang Chen had a falling out, is that so?”
"Director Feng, as a senior, do you have anything to say about the comedy successor Ning Hao?"
Feng Xiaogang left, and several reporters surrounding him followed him while asking questions. Originally, Feng Xiaogang was too lazy to pay attention to them. But when asked the last question, he suddenly stopped.
The reporters were stunned, but they immediately realized that something was going on. They rushed over with the microphone and saw that Feng Xiaogang's face turned black.
"What kind of comedy successor? I'm not dead yet, there's no need for a successor."
Feng Xiaogang's face looked ugly when asked about Ni Lin, but the reporters were radiant.
"Do you think Ning Hao is not worthy of the title of comedy successor?"
"There are rumors in the industry that Ning Hao's black humor is better than yours. Do you agree with this?"
"Film critic Zhou Limin said that "Crazy Stone" is the best comedy film ever made in China. Do you agree?"
"I agree with you!"
Reporter Their push for extravagant measures finally angered Feng Xiaogang. He was already unhappy, but these reporters refused to mention any of the pots.
"A multi-line narrative is the best comedy. Is Zhou Limin this good? He still calls himself a film critic. Isn't he ashamed?" .
"Zhou Limin also said that in terms of jokes, you should learn more from Ning Hao..." The reporters did not think it was a big deal and continued to make trouble.
“He knows what movies are, he knows what comedy is, and he asked me to learn from Ning Hao. When I was making the movie, that little kid didn’t know where to piss in the mud. Where did he come from? Come out~"
Feng Xiaogang knew that the reporter was making trouble, but he was used to having a big mouth and did not want to block it.
Anyway, he did feel unhappy with Ning Hao.
“Director Feng thinks his film is structurally better than multi-line narratives?” Some reporters continued to criticize.
Feng Xiaogang glanced at him: "Multi-line narrative is not the only structure in the world, and comedy is not a good comedy just because of multi-line narrative?"
"Director Feng, Zhang Zhang Chen said he couldn't get over it if you stabbed him in the back. Do you have any response to this? "
Someone who was doing a good interview suddenly brought up the old story, and Feng Xiaogang, who originally wanted to make a move, suddenly became silent. .
He likes to squirt, but he's not stupid.
He knows very well what Zhang Chen has done since his debut.
Spite Zhang Weiping, troll Xie Tingfeng, troll Zeng Zhiwei, troll Wu Yusen...
If Feng Xiaogang is a cannon, then Zhang Chen is a dynamite barrel.
At most he is an angry young man, and he would not like it if he sprayed it.
Zhang Chen is here to rectify the entertainment industry. He doesn't care what your status is or what your background is. He can criticize you whenever you want.
If you play against him, you will definitely be defeated. Eric Tsang and Wu Yusen are the best examples.
Wu Yusen, a great director who came back from Hollywood, asked him to say a few words, like garbage on the roadside that no one wants.
If he were Wu Yusen, he would be so ashamed.
So Feng Xiaogang immediately calmed down when he realized that the reporter wanted to provoke a war of words between him and Zhang Chen.
After that, no matter what the reporter said, Feng Xiaogang stopped responding and quickly walked into the building.
The interview came to an end. It seemed like nothing, just another burst of the small steel cannon, but Zhang Guoli knew that the matter was definitely not over.
Who did Feng Xiaogang just scold?
Ning Hao!
Who is Ning Hao?
Those were the figures in the Hong Kong circle that Zhang Chen worked for. Ma Chucheng, Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Yusen were written down in Zhang Chen's notebook just for slandering Ning Hao. They scolded him so much that even his mother almost didn't recognize him.
Feng Xiaogang said this to Ning Hao, could Zhang Chen let him?
Zhang Guoli just wanted to do something, but he immediately realized that he and Feng Xiaogang were no longer the same person.
There is no need to get involved in this matter.
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Huayi Brothers
In Wang Zhongjun's office, Wang Zhonglei poured a cup of tea for Feng Xiaogang: "Come, drink some water, calm down, and do nothing with those reporters. You won't do anything wrong..."
Feng Xiaogang said to himself Indignant: "A bunch of bastards, they know how to make trouble every day..."
Wang Zhongjun: "Why can't you figure it out? What did you do when your movie was released before? , why did Duan Duan fall into the trap this time?”
Feng Xiaogang was stunned for a moment, then thought of something, and then said uncertainly: “You mean, this is their publicity strategy, deliberately trying to cause a scolding war with me. ?”
"It's obvious."
Feng Xiaogang fell silent for a moment: "Is it really an eagle that pecked its eyes and kept going back as he got older? Think about it, it's really possible. I used to cause a stir every time a movie was released. The scolding war was just to increase attention, but I didn’t expect that this time I would be treated the same way.”…
Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen also saw something similar. News, he couldn't help but frowned and asked suspiciously: "Did you arrange this matter of Feng Xiaogang?"
Chen Xi took the newspaper and took a look at it, then shook his head: "It's not me, I didn't do it at all." I didn’t think about it~”
Zhang Chen looked at Dong Jianqiang again, and the latter also spread his hands: "It's not me, all my energy is in "Super Girl"~"
Is it really a coincidence?
Zhang Chen read the relevant reports again. Generally speaking, Feng Xiaogang was just a little unhappy and just complaining.
But it was interpreted very badly by the media.
If there is no original interview and just reading those interpretations, you may be misled and feel that the little steel cannon is making nonsense again and bombarding Ning Hao.
But that’s not the case.
Zhang Chen didn't do anything as Zhang Guoli thought, but he felt that the media had been advocating that Ning Hao was Feng Xiaogang's second, which was really bad.
After thinking about it, he decided to clarify and give Feng Xiaogang a warning.
If you don’t hold a special press conference, then write a blog.
The name of the blog is - About Feng Xiaogang
The content is as follows:
The media has been advocating for the past two days that Ning Hao is Feng Xiaogang’s second and successor to comedy movies!
What I want to say is that there is no shadow of who is who.
Ning Hao is Ning Hao, Feng Xiaogang is Feng Xiaogang, they are all independent individuals.
Although both of them are black humor, the types are completely different.
Ning Hao is destined to become a banner for comedy movies, but this banner may not be taken from whose hands. As someone said, he is not dead yet, what kind of successor does he want?
I have actually studied Director Feng carefully.
Although Director Feng's film is known as a Beijing-style comedy, it is actually very similar to the Hong Kong films of the year.
The biggest feature of Hong Kong films is their down-to-earthness. Hong Kong is a very crowded city, where people are close to each other, without any sense of distance or mystery.
So their movies can’t be made about tall people, so they focus more on little people.
If you describe it in terms of food, Hong Kong movies are like food stalls.
The characteristic of food stalls is heavy taste. If it is light, what is the difference between eating at home?
Hong Kong movies are like this. The dramatic conflicts must be very exaggerated, and the performance methods are also very exaggerated. Only in this way can everyone feel fresh, otherwise why would they come to the theater?
Director Feng's films are similar to Hong Kong films in these aspects. The reason why he is successful is that he focuses on the little people.
If one day, his perspective changes and he no longer pays attention to the little people, but instead takes pictures of the tall and powerful, then failure is not too far away.
In fact, I can understand Director Feng’s anxiety.
The media has been comparing the two people in the past two days. They are both comedies, black humor, and focus on small people...
But what I actually want to say is, A director can never be replaced by another director.
The only person who can replace the director is the director himself.
The main group of movies is young people, and the director's mind cannot be young forever.
When you cannot understand the thoughts of young people, you are falling behind and will be abandoned by the audience.
This is inevitable.
A good director can only slow down this process.
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Zhang Chen wrote a lot. His original intention was to clarify who Ning Hao was not a substitute for, but he unknowingly mentioned a lot of Feng Xiaogang’s analysis. .
After writing it, he didn't bother to change it, so he just sent it out.
Although Feng is known as a 'little steel cannon', he looks like a middle-aged angry young man. He either sprays this or that every day, giving people the impression of being stupid, but in fact this person is very narrow-minded. many.
He was brought into the circle by Zheng Xiaolong.
The script written by Zheng Xiaolong when he was filming "The Story of the Editorial Department" was suddenly lost. There was no time to rewrite it, and the screenwriters were unwilling. Then Feng Xiaogang volunteered and said that I still remember the general plot. Able to write down silently.
Feng Xiaogang wrote it down silently, and then he was appreciated by Zheng Xiaolong and became a signed screenwriter, thus officially entering the circle.
But strangely, after the new script was written silently, the old script was found again inexplicably.
This has to make people suspect that someone is doing something wrong.
......
In my last life, around 2005, the box office of Chinese-language movies was basically Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang.
Other directors either have low output or make art films and can only be reduced to foils.
Like Jiang Wen, the movies he makes are not commercial films at all. It is actually surprising that they can get such high box office.
Not to mention Poet Chen.
"The Promise" is actually still a literary film at its core, so its commercial performance was a mess.
Feng Xiaogang has a bit of a no-nonsense temperament, so he got the nickname "Little Steel Cannon".
But this man is actually not as brainless as he appears.
Otherwise, why wouldn't he dare to provoke Wang Shuo?
In Ye Jing's TV series "Days Related to Youth", the character Feng Pants was specially created to disgust him, but he didn't say anything.
To put it bluntly, this person is actually a bit bullying and afraid of the strong.
Later on, I overturned, thinking that Xiao Cui was a soft persimmon, and ignored the warning to make "Mobile Phone 2". Unexpectedly, he was so stubbornly fighting with him that the film was not made in the end, and he was left in a coquettish state.
……
Zhang Chen thought that after publishing this blog, Feng Xiaogang would have to fight with him.
Feng Xiaogang has participated in countless scolding battles throughout his life. He has scolded all kinds of people, including reporters, actors, experts, fans, and audiences, and the scoldings have been particularly harsh, unskillful and straightforward...
"Inhumane", "animal", "better than pigs and dogs", etc. are all words he used to vent his anger. The overseas edition of People's Daily said: "A big man who uses these words to curse people is like a shrew. Feng Xiaogang He was ready to curse, but for some reason, the person on the other side suddenly became silent.
What the hell, as promised, I can’t get over this hurdle.
I was holding back my energy and wanted to give the other party a blow, but I didn't expect that the other party didn't accept the move at all.
Gao Jun, the manager of Beijing New Film Alliance, once said of Feng Xiaogang: "Feng Xiaogang doesn't cause trouble, but he's not afraid of trouble either. He can take things, but he's not very willing to let them go."
This is Gao Jun's personal evaluation of Feng Xiaogang after knowing him for more than 20 years.
But Zhang Chen felt it was a bit inaccurate.
It’s not that he doesn’t cause trouble, he is super capable of causing trouble.
But it’s true that I can’t let go~
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Today is just one chapter
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