Chapter 112: Bowing down for five buckets of rice
The competition for the five films in last year’s Lunar New Year festival has come to an end.
"Painted Skin" is undisputedly at the top of the list with its far leading box office and good reputation.
Although the box office of "Ride Alone" released today is only 29 million, it is higher than the 18 million of "If Love".
On the other hand, "The Great Sage" managed to take in 49 million at the box office during the Lunar New Year season, which was a surprise to those in Hong Kong.
But the most surprising thing is definitely the dark horse of today's "囧囧".
The box office has been released since the first day.
The label on Xu Zheng’s head has already marked him as a member of the Billion Dollar Club.
The orange sky, Huayi, Shangying, and light all offered olive branches to Xu Zheng.
Xu Zheng couldn’t get through on the phone, so he called Tao Hong.
Tao Hong just hung up the phone from Huayi Wang Zhonglei and let out a long breath, feeling quite happy and troubled.
Xu Zheng was sitting in the living room, leaning back on the sofa, silently thinking about the future.
Chengtian wanted to sign him, and the offer was the most generous.
But there is no need to sign with any company now.
As long as you open a company, people who want to invest will definitely come to your door.
If you really want to sign a contract with someone else, I believe that if you go to Director Li, Director Li will definitely give you generous treatment to welcome you to join.
But Director Li didn't mention the gentleman's agreement between the two. Director Li seemed to have foreseen in advance that he would go it alone sooner or later.
The phone rang again, Xu Zheng checked it was an unfamiliar number and hung up.
After a while, Tao Hong’s phone lit up again.
The number is still the same, Xu Zheng sneered: "You answer it."
Tao Hong sat down next to her husband and answered the phone.
The other party reported his name and purpose of visit, but Tao Hong declined on behalf of her husband.
Another dinner inviter, and a little-known company.
The other party didn't care and made another request, asking Xu Zheng to shoot a MV for their company's artists.
Xu Zheng heard it clearly from the side.
Although the woman's voice on the phone was very pleasant, what she said was really insulting.
Shooting the MV, are you showing off your brains?
Tao Hong refused on behalf of her husband without hesitation.
The other party was still not surprised.
But the price quoted later made Tao Hong refuse and even Xu Zheng was a little shaken.
They say they won’t give up for five buckets of rice. What if it’s fifty buckets of rice or five hundred buckets of rice?
Hung up the phone.
Tao Hong wondered: "What's the origin of this star?"
Xu Zheng frowned: "It seems to have been founded last year. I heard that the founder's surname is Lu, and the company doesn't seem to have much. A good work."
"Then, should we make an appointment tomorrow?"
The woman on the phone just now saw that after Tao Hong heard the price of shooting the MV, she didn't rush to refuse, so she extended another invitation.
Their boss will host a banquet for Xu Zheng and his wife at the Beijing Hotel tomorrow.
“Let’s go and have a look before we talk.” Xu Zheng also wanted to see who this star-studded Boss Lu was.
Of course, the most important reason is that the price offered by the other party is really hard to refuse.
It doesn’t take long to shoot a MV, it can be done in a day or two.
The MV of Hong Kong singer Wang Lihong was circulated on the Internet a while ago.
I heard that Sony spent a huge amount of money to build it. The so-called huge investment is only a few hundred thousand yuan.
Of course, for the MV, it is indeed a huge sum of money.
The price proposed by this woman today can only be described as super huge.
No matter where the hero comes from, Gu Changwei can rely on his wife to support him for several years, so what does that mean to him?
Xu Zheng immediately checked Xingguang's information online, and found that there was very little information.
Xu Zheng became even more interested in Mr. Lu.
The woman who received Tao Hong's reply immediately called her boss back.
"Boss, we have an appointment at the Capital Hotel at seven o'clock tomorrow night."
"Yes!"
After hanging up the phone, Boss Lu smiled and looked at the round-faced girl Jingtian in front of him with an expectant look on his face.
"Tian Tian, don't worry, director Xu Zheng, who is about to join the billion dollar club, will shoot your MV, and he is no worse than those famous directors."
Boss Lu is confident He smiled and said, Xu Zheng values money, but what she needs is his name, so everyone can take what they need.
“Thank you, Uncle Lu.”
“We are all our own people, so what should I thank you for. It’s a pity that it would have been better if Director Li had done the filming.”
Jingtian knew that the company's agent had contacted people from Rongchen Pictures before, but it seemed that they were rejected directly, without any room for maneuver.
Yang Siwei is not Xu Zheng, someone actually wants to throw money at her boss.
She even suspected that this person was mentally ill, so she didn't even tell Li Chen about it.
Xu Zheng’s face was full of joy, but he still hadn’t forgotten his last name.
Without Director Li’s script and appreciation, he wouldn’t be where he is today.
Xu Zheng and Tao Hong originally wanted to invite Li Chen to their home for a meal.
As a result, the call came and Li Chen was already on his way to the airport.
Miss Liu drove the stolen silver-gray Porsche GT while Li Chen sat beside her and hung up Xu Zheng's phone.
Ms. Liu smiled happily: "Thanks to Director Li, I made a stunning appearance in "囧 in Thailand", and two more women's clothing endorsement companies came to me."
"I'll drive back later and drive slowly. I told you I won't let you deliver it, so I have to deliver it."
"When you arrived in Sanya, you also said hello to my uncle and aunt for me."
Li Chen said with a smile: "Why do you ask me? Do my parents know who you are?"
Miss Liu stabbed Li Chen glanced at him: "Yes, Director Li has a lot of rumored girlfriends, who knows me?"
Li Chen smiled and said: "It's not difficult for my parents to know you. We can video chat when we are thirty. When the time comes, introduce yourself to the elders."
"Really?" Miss Liu said with a smile.
Arrive at the airport.
“Am I leaving?”
Miss Liu turned her head and hummed softly.
Li Chen reached out and put his arms around Miss Liu's neck, and the two said goodbye with a long wet French kiss.
One day later, "Fearless" was also released nationwide.
The box office on the first day was less than 8 million.
The box office of "囧囧" has exceeded 60 million within three days of its release.
It is very likely to become the third film to have a box office of over 100 million in one week after "Painted Skin" and "Hero".
People in the industry have lamented that starting from this year, the next Lunar New Year period will be a competition for supremacy. The Lunar New Year holiday is no longer dominated by Feng Xiaogang’s family.
Sina Entertainment News
"Wang Jing, the director of "The Savage Secrets" came to Nanjing and talked about the mainland movie star Zhang Ziyi. He pointed out nonchalantly: "Zhang Ziyi is just a cheap labor in Hollywood. "
"I will never go to Hollywood. I have no interest in Hollywood. Hollywood just hires cheap labor and invites whoever can make some money. Now Liu Weiqiang has passed away, but I have no such plans. "
"Among the mainland actors, Zhang Ziyi can be said to be the most recognized by Hollywood. She has just been invited to star in the Hollywood film "Memoirs of a Geisha", which makes many female stars who yearn for international development envious. ”
Throughout the year, it’s rare to have free time to spend with your parents.
During the day, the family sailed on a yacht and went to sea. At night, Li Chen screened resumes for "Thieves" and surfed the Internet.
The two top picks of Sina Entertainment are Oscar nomination predictions and Wang Jing’s bombardment of Zhang Ziyi.
Although this Wang Jing is known as the king of bad movies, during the golden period of Hong Kong movies in the 1990s, he could also be called the king of commercial movies.
It is true that he has made many blockbuster films.
But Li Chen couldn't stand how often these Hong Kong filmmakers would seduce mainland filmmakers to hype their own films.
Previously, Chen Ke and Silla stepped out in "Painted Skin" and "The Promise", and now this fat guy has appeared again.
It’s nothing more than hype for “Savage Secrets” and attracting attention.
Otherwise, given the current desolate situation of Hong Kong films, "Savage Secrets" would have to be sent to grandma's house, and no one would watch the starring role of Zhang Pak-zhi.
Zhang Ziyi is also temperamental. No one would be afraid of fighting with an actress, but she becomes mute when meeting a director.
Although Li Chen doesn’t like Zhang Ziyi, he can’t stand Wang Jing even more.
The bad guy Zhang Ziyi has just been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.
You, Fatty Wang, keep saying this and that, saying that Zhang Ziyi gets the fifth-level, lowest salary in Hollywood.
There is no comparison with Chow Yun-fat.
Although it is true, when you said this at the press conference of your "Savage Secrets", why do you think that everyone is a fool?
Li Chen started writing the third blog post on his blog.
"Congratulations to Ms. Zhang Ziyi for being nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress."
"Cheap remuneration does exist, but it has nothing to do with individuals. It is determined by the market share of Chinese-language films in Hollywood or the global market."
“Even Mr. Chow Yun-fat can’t get a salary of five million US dollars as soon as he goes to Hollywood.”
“Personally, I still admire and support Chinese actors to enter Hollywood, such as Chi You The industry will also gain a foothold in Hollywood step by step and provide bridges and support for Chinese actors.”
As soon as Li Chen’s blog post was published, it made Sina headlines.
"Li Chen posted an article in support of Zhang Ziyi, slapping Wang Jing in the face."
Li Chen didn't care about the eye-catching headline, because that's what he thought and did.
Yang Siwei wondered why Zhang Ziyi was calling him so late.
"Invite my boss to dinner? My boss is not in Beijing!" Yang Siwei wondered.
“Sister Ziyi, is it convenient for you to tell me something?”
"Director Li is not in Beijing? Oh, that's right. It's the Chinese New Year. Director Li went to Haikou, right?" Zhang Ziyi said with a smile.
Yang Siwei smiled and did not reply.
"Then Sisi, thank Director Li for me. When Director Li returns to Beijing, I will thank him in person."
"Sister Ziyi, what are you talking about? What should I do? Don’t understand a word?”
“You can understand it just by reading Director Li’s blog.”
"Ah? My boss posted on his blog again? Let's not talk about it. I'll take a look now."
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ziyi sent another text message to Li Chen.
"Thank you Director Li for speaking up. I hope I can star in Director Li's movies in the future. I can tell you everything about the salary, Ziyi."
Li Chen replied: Come on, if there is a chance to cooperate.
Yang Siwei opened her laptop and saw that her boss’s blog was like an annual meeting, with various artists and netizens reporting on it.
Okay, boss, can you say hello to me every time you fire? If you do this, I will be very passive!
"Director Li, I can get paid for nothing."
"Director Li, I can pay you back"
"Fat Boy is promoting his "Savage Secrets" and still has to pay for it. Trampling on Zhang Ziyi and promoting Chow Yun-fat, you are so damn stupid!”
“I remember that Fatty himself starred in “The Gambler vs. Las Vegas” and it was developed on Hong Kong Island at the beginning. Then I went to Hollywood!”
"The one upstairs, he went to Hollywood to make American 'action' movies!"
"These Hong Kong and Taiwanese filmmakers all look alike, and they still think that this is the era of the 1990s when Hong Kong movies were king. . Look at the painting, the leading actors and the directing team are all mainland filmmakers, except for one Gu Zai. Wake up."
"Chen Hong is right. Since you are going to the mainland to eat, please look good. Come on, don’t scold me over and over while asking for milk!”
At the same time, Wang Jing also saw the comments online.
The fat on his face is getting more and more bulging.
Why did he jump out again? He just wanted to increase the attention of "Savage Secrets".
But he didn’t dare to mess with Li Chen, and even his boss Xiang Huacheng still wanted to cooperate with him.
I heard from the boss that he and Li Chen met in Beijing a while ago and have reached a preliminary cooperation intention.
This year there will be a co-production between Rongchen Pictures and Zhongguoxing, and I will most likely be the director.
“Boss, could you give me a call before you post your blog? Zhang Ziyi’s words of thanks that sounded like an award-winning speech caught me off guard!” Yang Siwei laughed.
"Sisi, as the publicity director, you have to be prepared to deal with emergencies at any time! I'm saying hello to you, are you the boss, or am I the boss?"
"Yes, I was wrong, boss. I shouldn't argue with you, I'll go find Yifei!" "No one can tolerate Director Li's temper," Tao Hong said with a smile.
"Who gave Director Li the qualification? He beat the crowd at the box office and won all the awards. The most important thing is that his allies don't have any parallel imports." Xu Zheng also said with a smile.
"Do you think Director Li would laugh at you if he saw you filming the music video?" Tao Hong said with a smile while covering her mouth.
"Just laugh when you laugh. Just laugh when you are laughed at by Director Li. One day, no one will dare to laugh at us except Director Li." Xu Zheng was very open-minded.
New Year's Eve is one day away, and Xu Zheng, who is in the spotlight, has made the headlines again.
Someone broke the news
"The director of "囧囧" Xu Zheng is not doing his job properly and teamed up with gold medal music producer Zhang Yadong to shoot the MV for newcomer Jing Tian."
Countless netizens are wondering. Xu Zheng must be sick, and I'm even more curious about who Jingtian is who can make Zhang Yadong and Xu Zheng work together to shoot a MV.
Unfortunately, the reporter tried his best and only found out that this 18-year-old newcomer was born in Beijing Dance University and was another student of Zhang Ziyi's former class teacher!
He is also the only artist under Xingguang Canlan, which was founded just two years ago.
Netizens became even more curious and started gossiping and making random guesses.
Li Chen was not surprised that Da Tiantian finally made her debut.
Compared with Da Tiantian, no one is embarrassed to call her a resource coffee.
Of course, because of her own existence, Miss Liu is an exception.
It is said that Renda Tiantian was the little girl who presented flowers to Ke Lindun when he visited China.
The background is probably no weaker than granite.
Li Chen was just being funny, but he didn’t expect that Ning Hao, who is not famous now, but has a bright star, could quickly take action and capture Xu Zheng to build momentum for Da Tiantian.
The vision is not cruel!
The technique is also superb, a small MV includes all the hottest and most popular people in the industry.
Zhang Yadong, Xu Zheng, Zhang Ziyi! Awesome!
(End of this chapter)