Chapter 334 "The Promise" scolding battle
At the end of November, the filming of "A Quiet Place" was still continuing.
Every night for the past two days, Sister Jiuyi would give herself to Zhang Chen for consecration. Zhang Chen enjoyed it so much that he became wet.
Frankly speaking, Sister Jiuyi's dialogue skills have improved a lot these days, but there are still flaws, and Zhang Chen needs guidance from time to time.
Sometimes they even ask her to say a line from "The Promise": "Do you want to see what I'm wearing under my clothes?"
Two days ago, Chen Straw Hat made a special call and invited Zhang Chen to attend the premiere of "If Love".
Zhang Chen refused due to tight construction schedule.
The publisher of "If Love" is StarMedia, which owns theaters. Zhang Chen didn't want to offend, but his reason was very reasonable.
You see, I didn't even go back to the celebration party for "Taken" because I was too busy to leave.
I understand.
……
"If Love" was released on December 1, which can be regarded as the first shot of the 2005 Lunar New Year movie.
There was no other way. Chen Straw Hat originally wanted to move the film to November, but was rejected by China Film Group Corporation. So he could only move forward as much as possible and rush to release it on the 1st.
"The Promise" will be released on the 15th, so it will grab some box office.
Chen Straw Hat originally wanted to ask Zhang Chen for help. What ideas could Zhang Chen have?
At this stage, anyone who encounters Poet Chen will die. Until he fails, "Farewell My Concubine" will be his undefeated golden body.
But it’s useless to go to No. 1 in advance. “If Love” just sounds like a bad name.
Chen Straw Hat himself is not well-known, and has no reputation at all in the mainland.
I can’t even find out online where the premiere of “If Love” was held.
"Original Sora" is the closing film of the Venice Film Festival, but I'm sorry, in this life, the closing film has become "Taken", and there is no such thing as "If Love".
With Zhang Chen's reminder, "If Love" worked hard to promote it, and finally found some space in the cracks of "The Promise".
The publicity is still useful, with a box office of 22 million in the first weekend, which is not a small amount, but it doesn't compare to its cost.
"If Love" stars big stars such as Zhou Gongzi, Zhang Geshen and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The remuneration alone is worth a lot of money, with a total production cost of 80 million.
From the cost point of view, it is really a blockbuster. Chen Straw Hat has always thought that "If Love" is a blockbuster, but it is useless and the audience does not recognize it.
He's not a great director, he doesn't have big scenes, it's just a musical. If you tell me it's a blockbuster, are you kidding me?
Chen Cao Mao is very dissatisfied with this box office performance. He feels that the promotion of "The Promise" stole the attention of "If Love".
But what Zhang Chen wanted to tell him was that it was actually very good.
It turns out that the total box office of "If Love" was only 25 million when it was released. Now it has 22 million in the first weekend. Are you still not satisfied?
Not long after that, "The Promise" also premiered.
Zhang Chen refused for the same reason. You see, I didn't even have time to go back to the celebration party for "Hurricane Rescue". I was really busy.
But people like Dong Jianqiang and Ning Hao will definitely go.
And Jing Tian.
This little girl really has great hands and eyes. It is said that Dong Jianqiang and others are not as good as her.
The premiere was huge.
Poet Chen has always liked to create a grand scene, so the premiere of "The Promise" was held at the CPPCC Auditorium, which is very impressive~
……
In the room~
During the intermission, the two people in Akagi chatted face to face.
"I heard that Wang Changtian was not invited to the premiere of "The Promise"~"
"Why?"
"It seems that during an interview, a new reporter from Guangguang said the wrong thing~"
"What did you say?"
"She asked Director Chen, 'If the movie does not achieve the expected effect, will it hurt your self-esteem?', and then Director Chen became angry on the spot and scolded the rookie reporter to tears."
"Why did you curse?"
"I was a little unhappy. One person seemed to be attending my child's full moon and said what would happen to you if your child died?"
Fan Xiaopang imitated Poet Chen's tone. Not to mention, it was quite similar.
Zhang Chen shrugged. He didn't know if it was true or false, but it did fit the character of Poet Chen.
Many people feel that Poet Chen cannot listen to any objections, because they do not understand Poet Chen's status in the circle.
When the country was in dire straits, Poet Chen's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Cannes Palme d'Or in one fell swoop, filling the gap in the country.
Fill in the gaps, everyone knows the value of it.
Therefore, Chen's social status is beyond what people today can imagine.
People say that the three major directors in China are Zhang Yimou, Poet Chen and Xiaogangpao.
As everyone knows, in the circle, the other two are not on the same level as Poet Chen.
Not to mention the little steel cannon, he comes from a grassroots background, and his ranking in the top three is entirely due to box office.
Just talk about Zhang Yimou.
Zhang won the Berlin Golden Bear and the Venice Golden Lion, but it was useless, not for the first time.
Zero's breakthrough came from Poet Chen. This is his status.
Just like the flying sky in later generations, the first one to go up to the sky is called Yang Liwei, and the ones behind him are called astronauts.
The treatment of Zhang and Chen is also completely different.
Zhang's growing up experience was one of being scolded and criticized in various ways, especially by people in Beijing, who looked down upon him in various ways.
Where is Chen?
Quite the opposite.
"Yellow Earth", "King of Children", "Farewell My Concubine", "Jing Ke Assassins Qin", "With You"...
Applause and flowers all the way.
The dissatisfied and dissatisfied Beijing circles have never criticized him.
Two generations of the family have been in this circle, passed down from father to son, and the connections are not as deep as usual.
"It is said that the reputation is very bad?" "Well, they are all scolded on the Internet~"
"I asked Ning Hao, and he said he couldn't understand~"
This is basically equivalent to a death sentence.
If ordinary viewers can't understand it, it might be because it's an art film.
But even Ning Hao, a professional, can’t understand it, which means that “The Promise” is not good at both literary and artistic business.
"Is it really that bad? What about the cost of more than 300 million~"
"Let's put it this way, maybe "The Great Sage" is better than "The Promise"~"
Zhang Chen is talking about his own personal experience. Of course, "The Great Sage" is also a bad movie.
It was from this movie that Liu Zhenwei began to lose his character.
After filming "Westward Journey", this guy announced his retirement from the film industry and then settled in Canada.
Two years later, probably when he ran out of money, he came out again. After making two films, he quit the film industry.
Then he left the mountain again two years later, probably because he had no money to spend.
It's just that after "Big Story", there have been few excellent works, and they are basically just cooking the same stuff.
The fried rice of "Journey to the West" is the cold rice, and the cold rice of "Eastern Journey to the West" is fried.
"The Great Sage of Love" is such a work.
It was produced by Emperor, distributed by Huayi, and then the box office went to my grandma’s house.
Speaking of which, Boss Yang really regarded Xie Bi Wang as his own son, but unfortunately the facts proved that he could not be praised.
However, Xie Biwang’s resources are really strong. There are three movies scheduled for the Lunar New Year this year, two of which are his works, and both are starring roles.
Unfortunately, they were all thrown away.
If it were given to other people, it would definitely be called "box office poison", but King Xie is fine, and the resources are still so good that it can fly.
"By the way, I heard that "The Great Sage of Love" invited you, why didn't you accept?"
"You were preparing for a new film at the time, and I thought you would arrange a role for me, but I didn't expect that you used Xu Qing, and there were two films at once..."
Aren't they two movies? One is "Manslaughter" and the other is "Hurricane"~
Zhang Chen understood this sentence clearly, it was because he had a grudge.
If there was a grudge, Director Zhang had no choice but to smooth it over himself.
……
On the domestic Internet, a war of words is brewing.
Until the release of "The Promise", the box office of "If Love" did not exceed 50 million, and Chen Straw Hat completely broke his guard.
After "The Promise" was released, the theater chain even stopped the production of "If Love", and even their distributor Fang Xingmei couldn't do anything about it.
What the hell, the Lunar New Year period is only allowed to be released for half a month?
This made Chen Straw Hat extremely angry.
Labor and management want to change gears, but you won't let them.
Then "The Promise" was released, and they didn't give me a single room. Why are you bullying foreigners?
At the same time, he remembered Zhang Chen's prophecy.
It all came true~
Regarding publicity, the media is full of positive reviews about "The Promise"~
Yes, you read that right, it’s a good review~
[Legendary fantasy story performed by six heavyweight Chinese and foreign actors]
[Magnificent special effects, redefining the standards of domestic special effects blockbusters]
[The overseas copyright of "The Promise" sold for US$20 million]
Of course, only in print media.
Poet Chen's energy is really amazing, or it's China Film's. It's obviously a bad movie, but a few days before it was released, there wasn't a single negative review.
All negative reviews are only on the Internet.
China Film cannot control what netizens say, and neither can Poet Chen.
["The Promise", the worst film this year, bar none]
[I watched "The Promise", a gorgeous reply]
[Dao Chen used 350 million to feed the whole country~]
[Back then, the Qin Palace was under martial law and hundreds of armed police were deployed. Is this what was photographed? 】
Netizens have a rebellious mentality. If you don't let me say it, I will say it, and I will say it more emphatically.
This creates a strange phenomenon.
All the print media are praising "The Promise", but the Internet is full of curses...
But when manpower is limited~
A few days later, Wu Junru spoke up~
She openly said on a Hong Kong show that "The Promise" is not good at all~
This time, Chen Hong was offended.
Then, the proxy war between the two directors begins.
Chen Hong responded: "I really don't understand. Hong Kong artists say they come to the mainland to make money or develop. Since they are optimistic about the mainland market, they still talk so irresponsibly."
Then, the two hostile parties each had their relatives and friends end up, and the two sides launched a war of words on the Internet.
Poet Chen is a person who lives in an ivory tower. He was disgusted when he saw this situation and asked Chen Hong: "Why is it like this? There are chicken feathers everywhere~"
Although Chen Hong is her wife, her other identity is the producer of "The Promise", and she is responsible for these things.
At this time, Mrs. Chen had long lost her aggressive look on the Internet. She poured a cup of tea for Poet Chen and handed it to him gently: "Don't worry, Old Chen. Just leave all these things to me. I'll take care of it carefully." I have researched and found that this is how Zhang Chen’s movies became popular. Sparking a war of words is the fastest way for a movie to become popular..."
Of course Poet Chen, who has no fingers in the spring water, doesn't understand this, but since Chen Hong said so, let her do it.
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North America
At this time, the filming of "A Quiet Place" was nearing completion, with only a few shots left, and it would take two days at most to complete.
At this time, Zhang Chen received the good news from Diane.
"Boss, I've almost finished talking about "Twilight", but the author Stephenie Meyer wants to meet you before she can decide whether to sell it to us. In addition, I have also taken over the 'Cube' company. , from now on, you are the boss of the 'Cube' company."
"Well done, Ms. Diane, from now on, you are the general manager of Cube Company."
"Thank you, boss. So, boss, when are you going to meet Ms. Stephanie Meyer? Also, when the new company is acquired, you'd better show up once and say a few words to everyone. This will be very helpful for the stability of the staff."< br>
"OK, let's make it tomorrow afternoon."
(End of chapter)