Chapter 392: Venomous tongue at the box office
"From everyone's applause, I know that "Wushuang" is indeed very good to watch. We welcome several members of our 'money-level team' to the stage." Host Jingwei said with a smile.
Next, several leading actors and directors were asked questions in turn.
The people who are asked the most questions are naturally Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua.
Jingwei also did not ignore the golden supporting roles of Liao Qizhi and newcomer Deng Jiajia.
"Is this the first time for Mr. Tony Leung to work with Director Li?"
"Yes, I am very happy to cooperate with a big director from the Mainland."
"We all know that Director Li finalized the decision at that time "You and Andy are the two leading actors. Did you agree to Director Li's invitation because of the script or because of Director Li's fame?"
Li Chen was speechless. This question really embarrassed him.
Fortunately, Liang Chaowei’s emotional intelligence is online.
"You should ask Director Li why he chose me. As soon as I heard that it was Director Li's invitation, I immediately agreed without even reading the script."
"Who doesn't know Director Li's reputation as the number one screenwriter?" Liang Chao Wei glanced at Li Chen, who was smiling in the audience.
Carina Lau and Manyu Cheung in the audience both covered their faces and smiled.
Li Hao also laughed in a low voice with his sister: "It turns out I'm not the only one like this."
Li Hao glanced at his sister with a smile, knowing what she meant.
Li Zhengyi replaced Zhang Bai in Er Dongsheng's "The King of Guns" without even reading the script. He agreed without even thinking about Er Dongsheng's name.
"So Director Li, why did you choose Mr. Liang Chaowei?" The longitude and latitude pointed the finger at Li Chen in the audience.
Li Chen said in a half-joking tone: "Actually, I wanted to hire Mr. Zhou Runfa at first."
"But then I thought about it, Mr. Tony Leung Chiu-wai is more affordable and has no shortage of acting skills. and popularity, and the remuneration is even more down-to-earth."
Liang Chaowei laughed first.
Zhang Manyu and Zhang Ziyi in the field even applauded and laughed happily.
Especially Zhang Ziyi, the one on the far right in the first row, seemed to have tears in her eyes.
In her early years, she had Zhou Yunfa mocked her in public at the Hong Kong Film Awards, which she regarded as a great shame in her life.
After many years, Zhou Runfa is also today.
Zhang Ziyi leaned forward and glanced at Li Chen in the middle. Unfortunately, Li Chen didn't look at her.
Zhang Ziyi thought to herself, could it be that he never approached her because of her high salary?
Impossible. I had already told him that the remuneration was negotiable.
No ordinary person can sit in the Great Hall.
Those who are interested have already heard the voiceover of Li Chen’s words. He is also a powerful actor in Hong Kong Island.
One is Carina Lau’s husband, the down-to-earth actor Tony Leung.
One is Darling, a wealthy woman, a gambling god who has a mixed reputation and is disliked by many Hong Kong actresses.
I, Li Chen, naturally chose Tony Leung.
This sentence also responded to the reason why he did not use Chow Yun-fat before.
Just one word: expensive!
Two words: disgust!
Three words: Not worth it!
Many people applauded, and this was justified by Li Chen’s character and status.
Liu Dehua on the stage also smiled and joked: "I am cheaper than Tony Leung, everyone knows it."
The stage and the audience burst into laughter.
"You two, stop arguing. There are many people here who are paid cheaper than you two." Jingwei said with a smile.
Jingwei directed his firepower at Andy Lau again: "Hua Zai, have you seen what the netizens call you on the Internet?"
Liu Dehua said with a smile: "Why haven't you seen it? Everyone calls me box office poison, Li Chen." As an antidote, I am afraid that the box office performance of "Wushuang" will be confirmed again."
"It seems that Andy is very confident, so please estimate the box office of "Wushuang"." >
"How should I predict this? Let's ask Li Chen. His 40 million is a prophecy."
Jingwei nodded and said: "You are right, but Director Li predicted After reviewing the "Foundation of the Nation", Director Han is here today. Let's also ask him to return the favor and see what he says."
Li Chen was even more speechless and asked Han Sanping to predict why the box office was so unlucky.
He has always overestimated other people's movies, and all the movies he had predicted failed or failed to reach their goals.
Like "The Promise" he estimated 300 million, "Mei Lanfang" also estimated 300 million, and "Red Cliff" still estimated 300 million.
Han Sanping did not disappoint Li Chen, holding the microphone as usual: "Three hundred million!"
You are a land grabber, you can get 300 million in one move.
Jingwei saw Li Chen lowered his head and showed no expression, and said with a smile: "I just saw Director Li frowning. I think Director Han's estimate was too low or too high."
Liu Yifei burst into laughter.
"Yifei seems to have something to say." Jingwei saw that Li Chen didn't want to say anything, so he caught Liu Yifei again.
A red cloud floated on Liu Yifei's nervous face. Of course she knew what Li Chen was thinking.
But in this situation, she would not dare to joke about Han Sanping.
Liu Yifei quickly waved her hands, indicating that she didn't know anything.
Seeing that the microphone had been handed over, Li Chen could only glance at Han Sanping and said: "Director Han estimates the box office, and no film company is not afraid of it."
Han Sanping Just by looking at Li Chen's eyes, you knew that he definitely didn't have anything nice to say.
"If Brother Hua is poisonous at the box office, Director Han is definitely a poisonous tongue at the box office!"
Everyone burst into laughter, with Han Sanping and Liu Dehua laughing the most.
At premieres or film festivals, you can often see celebrities teasing each other.
But the person who dared to ridicule Han Sanping several times was Li Chen. However, it won't take long for everyone to know that Li Chen is just a child, and there are talented people in his generation.
Not only did Li Chen dare to ridicule Han Sanping in the circle, there was also a group of people who dared to bombard Han Sanping.
Wait until the scene gradually calms down.
Jingwei added: "Director Li gave this title to Director Han. I'm afraid no one will know about it tomorrow."
"No one will dare to ask Director Han about the box office in the future."
"Then Director Li You can estimate the box office of "Wushuang"."
Everyone looked at Li Chen, wondering if he could continue the magic of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".
Li Chen didn’t think too much: “It’s hard to predict, but I am very confident that it will break the box office record of Hong Kong and Taiwan films in the Mainland.”
Including co-productions, the current box office record for Hong Kong and Taiwan films is Wuyusen's "Red Cliff". Li Chen's words are the same as those he did not say.
Not as good as Sanyi Ge Han Sanping.
Jingwei did not break the casserole and asked the question, and instead interacted with the newcomer Deng Jiajia.
I asked Deng Jiajia how she feels about Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau, the two best actors, and Li Chen, the boss.
Deng Jiajia said that the two movie stars are very friendly and the boss is very mysterious and made the guests in the audience laugh.
When Jingwei asked why Director Li was so mysterious.
Deng Jiajia was nervous again: "Did I say something wrong? I mean I have only met the boss twice and said one sentence in total."
Deng Jiajia said in one sentence The voices of many second-tier actors in the audience were expressed.
“Did you hear that even Director Li’s artists rarely see Director Li, so don’t have too much hope later.” Wang Zulan took the opportunity to inoculate the big baby.
At the end of the interaction, Jingwei and Andy Lau talked about the beginning and end of "Wushuang" and the past glory of Hong Kong movies.
It is inevitable to talk about Li Chen's original intention of investing in Yingyi Entertainment.
When asked about this, Li Chen pointedly said something that everyone present seemed to think was irrelevant.
“The original intention of investing in Yingyi Entertainment and Brother Hua’s new star director plan are the same.”
“One more thing, I hope that Hong Kong films can regain the glory of the 1980s and 1990s.”
“Oriental Hollywood can one day live up to its name.”
"One day when people talk about the holy land of movies, it will no longer only be Hollywood in the United States, but also Hong Kong Island in China."
Everyone in the audience, especially the big guys, turned their attention to this sentence.
There are people who can't believe it, and there are people who laugh at it, but no one believes that this can come true.
Because the decline of Hong Kong films is the general trend and everyone has come to the mainland to hunt for gold. Can you, Li Chen, turn the tide by yourself?
Joke!
Han Sanping looked at Li Chen with a serious look.
"The premiere is over. Don't leave. I'll talk to you." Han Sanping said quietly in a low voice.
"Okay."
"What Director Li said is really exciting and heart-warming. We also wish our film career will get better and better."
The premiere has come to an end.
The next cocktail party is the highlight.
Zhou Jielun was the first to come up, followed by Lin Zhiling.
"Your premiere was super grand. We have agreed that you will come to support me at the premiere of "The Tomb" in a few days."
"Yes. , Director Li. Your "Wushuang" is really beautiful. After watching "Wushuang", Jie Lun and I were even more confused."
Lin Zhiling said with a baby voice, which made Li Chen feel uncomfortable. Zi Zi, a person in his thirties, is too inconsistent.
"Okay, you know me. If you are not afraid of being hit, I will go and cheer you up." Li Chen only nodded to Lin Zhiling, and then laughed with Zhou Jielun.
Li Chen has never watched "Chilling" starring Zhou Jielun.
However, Li Chen remembers that "The Tomb" and "Three Guns" were both winners of the first Golden Broom Award.
Seeing the celebrities approaching Director Li one after another, the big baby was so anxious that he wanted to scratch his head.
Keep urging Wang Zulan.
Wang Zulan was annoyed: "Look, with my body, I can squeeze in double ice, or I can squeeze in four ice!"
Since the reception, Li Chen has been surrounded by celebrities.
It is not his turn to be Wang Zulan at all.
There is an endless stream of celebrities around Yang Siwei.
Yang Siwei took one look at Big Baby and lost interest.
I'm a model, but I can't sing or act, so what do I want to do?
Is it possible to warm the boss’s bed?
Before the cocktail party ended, Li Chen’s few golden words were praised by netizens in the live broadcast room, especially those in Hong Kong.
No one will say that Li Chen suppresses filmmakers who look down on Hong Kong filmmakers.
Many people are even thinking about the future. Maybe in the future, Yingyi Entertainment will be a more desirable film company than Yinghuang and Media Asia.
Liu Dehua's good popularity and connections in the industry, coupled with Li Chen's financial resources, talent, and solid foundation in mainland China, can be said to be unstoppable.
"What do you mean by Hong Kong Island in China? Do you want to hold a film festival like the Oscars on Hong Kong Island."
Li Chen turned around and looked at the three Han people in surprise. Ping.
I didn’t expect Lao Han to be so sensitive. He just mentioned it and he thought so far.
But this is indeed what he thinks in his heart.
In fact, it was just a coincidence that Han Sanping could think of this.
(End of this chapter)