China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 160 He Xiangfang praised the media and wanted to fish Mr. Wang

Those who cannot escape will eventually have to face the media, so let's face it, it doesn't matter where.

Except for He Fang, many filmmakers have not spoken out. Even if reporters went to interview them, most of them would say, "What is there to say about a movie that does well at the box office?" ' Similar remarks were prevaricated.

It's not that He Fang wants to speak out, but that he is the most vicious of commercialization and industrialization, and reporters will definitely not let him go.

The reporter left contentedly, and He Fang and his party got on the plane to Venice, stopping in Milan on the way.

"He Fang: [Transformers 3] box office over one billion is a good thing"

"He Fang: [Pacific Rim] can definitely defeat [Transformers] and [Avatar]"

"He Fang: The three major directors must make more than three films a year, and big companies must make more blockbuster films"

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Just after the crew of "Scorching Sun" got on the plane, domestic reports about the interview with He Fang came out.

"Hey, He Fang is talking loudly. "Pacific Rim" can break the box office of "Transformers 3". I live broadcasted it, and Hollywood blockbusters say they can beat it? Is there anything wrong with Hollywood blockbusters getting high box office in China? Chinese filmmakers are glass-hearted, like a wronged daughter-in-law, it is an honor for Chinese films to lose to Hollywood blockbusters, and they will lose to Korean films in a few years."

"Upstairs, you're too licking, aren't you? Is it wrong to have confidence? Shouldn't our filmmakers have this kind of confidence? Don't we have to be grandchildren in the face of Hollywood blockbusters? You This kind of person is just like what He Fang said, and a 'Best Licking Beauty Award' should be given out."

"Am I licking beauty? I am acknowledging the reality. I have to learn to recognize the strength of others. Why are you so desperate for face? Why is he so good? Isn't he winning the award from the Europeans or the Americans? Don't you have to be beautiful?" Only when the West recognizes us do we recognize it? If you say I lick beauty, why don’t you say that He Fang licks the West? You are deceiving yourself and others.”

"You, very good, I took a screenshot. If the box office of "Pacific Rim" exceeds that of "Transformers 3" and you don't want to eat Xiang, he will come to you and beat you until you eat."

"Haha, go dream with He Fang, want to surpass the box office of Hollywood blockbusters..."

"I used to think that what He Fang did was a joke, but now I think he is really brave. Chinese film Hollywood can't hold its head up, and no one dares to stand up. Only He Fang dares to stand up and say that his movies can beat Hollywood blockbusters, and The confidence is so high. Why is he confident? It is because he did the film commercialization work early and made industrialized films. If "Pacific Rim" really beats "Transformers 3" by then, where will I be? I'm a fan of the brainless, whoever dares to hate He Fang, I will bite him."

"Isn't it the one upstairs? Is this going to be someone's dog?"

"As for, if you can beat Hollywood movies, I'll be your dog."

"It's too radical, too radical, everyone. One wants to eat Xiangxiang, and the other wants to be a dog. It doesn't matter, be kind, be kind, what does it matter who wins the highest box office? Didn't He Fang also say that "Transformers 3" won the box office?" High box office is a good thing, first, it proves that our box office has increased, and second, more new audiences have entered the cinema.”

"Harmony? This is not a matter of harmony. This time we admit cowardice and acquiesce in the dominance of Hollywood. From then on, we will always be timid when facing Hollywood movies, and we dare not confront them head-on. Just like football, we lose How ridiculous is it to fear South Korea after it is given to South Korea? A big country with a population of more than one billion fears a small country with a population of tens of millions. This is a broken spine."

"Is it necessary to rise to such a high level? Besides, there is no shame in losing to Hollywood. You are brainless patriots. You don't recognize the gap in reality, and you can only be incompetent and furious."

"Chinese film is 50 years behind Hollywood. It is a joke to rely on the film industrialization of Huying Group and He Fang to compete with Hollywood. I have said a long time ago that the world only needs the United States to industrialize. It is meaningless for others to do so. He Fang is still boasting so much now, tsk, just wait and see the joke."

"Yes, they are a group of patriotic thieves."

"I lost your mother, why did patriotism become a thief? Is it wrong to be patriotic? Your mother is bullied, and you are wrong if you love her? Is this logic? Then you tell me where your mother is, and I will bully you." Just a moment, and you applaud from the sidelines."

"Bah, you patriotic thief, you must be rational and patriotic, and learn to think independently..."

"Who is He Fang? I don't know him. I want to see the Korean Oppa right now."

"Oh, I'm cursing again."

……

Although the Internet is very lively, but other than He Fang in the film industry still has no voice, maybe they think it’s no big deal to be taken away by Hollywood blockbusters with high box office. They have surrendered to Hollywood movies. Surrendered, gave up resistance.

There are also some people who may not have the confidence to shout slogans like He Fang.

It's weird, it's too weird, other media people are discussing the impact of Hollywood blockbusters, and almost no one in the film circle speaks, the only one who speaks is He Fang.

He Fang looks so different.

But the Chinese are like this, don't be angry, some people will not speak out when they are angry, but they want to fight in private.

This is not good, these directors and companies are conspiring to make a blockbuster movie, your "Transformers 3" has a box office of 10 billion, can I get 5 million?

As long as I have a box office of 5 million, I dare to invest [-] million in my movie. [-] million investment in China is not a blockbuster, so what is a blockbuster?

What He Fang didn't expect was that just his yelling in the media brought business to the special effects department of Huying and the base of Huying.

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"Director, do you think my kind can make commercial films?"

After He Fang and his party got on the plane, he sat next to Deng Chao, and then Deng Chao suddenly asked a question.

"You? Make a commercial film? Yes, you are a rare actor who has three kills in TV dramas, literature and art, and commercials. It's rare." He Fang nodded.

"Ah? I'm so good?" Deng Chao was also surprised.

"Yes, it's just that you don't know it. Among the current Mesozoic actors, you, like Fan Bingbing, are actors who can adapt to various shooting environments. The main reason is that your face and your acting methods can be used in movies, TV, It can be literary and artistic, it can be commercial, and it can also play variety shows.”

"Well, by the way, next time I have a variety show, please come over." He Fang seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Huh? No, that, I still want to make some movies first." Deng Chao was dumbfounded.

"Haha, well, it's just a mention, let's talk about it later."

……

Seven hours later, they arrived in Milan smoothly, and then immediately changed planes at Milan Airport and flew to Venice in a small plane.

The Venice International Film Festival this time is a bit like a Chinese film festival, because there are four Chinese films that have been shortlisted, and if you count the horizon unit, there are five films.

This Marco Muller really spared no effort. This is not only to bring Chinese films to the road of author films, but also for commercial interests. The greater the influence of Venice in China, the more money they will ask sponsors for. many.

See which Chinese films have been shortlisted. The main competition unit alone includes "Sister Tao", "Sediq Bale", "Death Gold", and "Scorching Sun".

In addition, there is another Chinese film in the Horizon unit, which is "Traces of the Japanese Pirates" by Xu Haofeng, a teacher at the Film Academy.

This time, five Chinese films have been produced. Doesn't it feel like participating in a domestic film festival?

That's not counting, the judges also brought in Mr. Jia Ke to be the judge of the horizon unit.

Of course, He Fang suddenly remembered that in another time and space, there was another Chinese film that came in halfway, and then won the best director award. This film is called "Mountain of People".

Why did He Fang suddenly think of it?It is because in another time and space, he once did a series of film explanations for a film that won an international film festival in China.

When he saw "Sister Tao", "Death Gold", "Sedek Bale", and "Traces of Japanese Pirates", he suddenly remembered that he still had a film at that time.

He is still deeply impressed by the two mainland films, "Mountains of People" and "Traces of Japanese Pirates" are the most sleepy to watch.

Especially the damn long shot of "Human Mountains and Seas of People" is so boring that it is almost unwatchable, lacks details, and the logical lines are chaotic.

At that time, He Fang wondered why this kind of movie won an award?How did you get it?

So he searched the Internet, mainly because he wanted to know what the movie was about, or how would he explain it?As a result, he found out the cause and effect of the movie.

When the film was held on the fourth day of the Venice Film Festival, the film festival suddenly announced that "Mountains of People" was shortlisted as a 'surprise' for the main competition, and then won the Silver Lion Award-Best Director Award in one fell swoop.

At that time, all the participating films were confused. This kind of operation has never happened before. There is no ghost behind it.

The three major film festivals, how can they play like this?It's been four days since the film festival opened, and you added a film to it and won an award. That's too much fun.

Later, He Fang did some more research and found out that the reason why this movie was added was that it was stuck because the review had not been passed. The content of this movie is really...

What is the story about?The story goes roughly like this:

After returning to his hometown after working in other places a few years ago, Boss Tie didn't want to leave his hometown anymore. He was determined to be content with the status quo and support his family deep in the vast mountains.He and his younger brother drove motorcycles at the passes in the countryside to earn a basic living.

One afternoon, motorcycle drivers gathered around the pass to wait for passengers.Boss Tie did not expect that this would be the last meeting with his brother.A long-haired young man riding his younger brother's motorcycle raised malicious intent on the quiet halfway, robbed the car with a knife, killed his younger brother, and then drove away.

Boss Tie decided to pursue the murderer thousands of miles away to avenge his younger brother.He rode a motorcycle from south to north, Guizhou, Chongqing, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi; tracking all the way, through betrayal, fraud, sinister world and self-emotional struggle, finally found the murderer in a black coal mine, but he also fell into despair.

Why has this story never passed the trial?Because the iron boss depicted in the movie chases the murderer all the way and encounters darkness all the way. Under the director's description, I feel that the world is dark, and this is a hopeless country.

Venice likes this very much, and thinks it reflects that ordinary Chinese people do not have access to judicial justice.

So the movie was added, and it won an award.

The thing is... He Fang really regretted agreeing to participate in Venice after thinking about these things, but the nominations have been announced, what can he do?
He felt that he had been tricked into attending Venice, which was a bad feeling.

I hope this time and space will stop playing with this 'surprise', otherwise the gold content of this film festival will really plummet.

As soon as they arrived on Lido Island, Marco Muller and some members of the organizing committee came to the hotel to welcome them.

Everyone else was very excited, but He Fang was in a normal mood. No one knew why he was in a normal mood, only he himself knew.

"Hi, Director He, nice to see you again, welcome to Venice." Mueller was very enthusiastic.

"Mr. Mueller, hello."

"It's been a hard journey, so you should settle down first, and then take a rest. There is still one day before the opening, so you can get acquainted with Venice first." Muller said.

"Okay, thank you Mr. Muller for your enthusiasm, go get busy, we can take care of ourselves."

After seeing off Mueller, the crew of "Scorching Sun" rested first after they moved in. He Fang also told them to let them move freely, and He Fang also fell asleep. According to the domestic time, it is early in the morning, and he has been driving all the way. He is a bit overwhelmed Can't stop.

On the second day, most of the film crew arrived, and then various visits and gatherings began.

He Fang is not familiar with many filmmakers, but he can't help that although he is young, he is famous, and it is not easy for others to invite him to face him.

In this way, the 30th followed everyone's bullshit all day, and praised each other.

On this day, the last member of the "Scorching Sun" crew also rushed over, that is the nominal producer Wang Zhonglei, he just came here to catch the heat and advertise for Huayi, maybe the stock market can rise again Wave.

The last time "Single Zoo" was up because of a wave, maybe this time it will do it too.

"Director He, it's you who is brave enough to brag about the box office in front of the media. Director Feng said he didn't dare, he has no confidence." Wang Zhonglei chatted with He Fang.

"You have to let him have confidence, and he will have confidence when he makes a blockbuster movie."

"Oh, it's easy to say, that's why I'm late." Wang Zhonglei sighed.

"what happened?"

Wang Zhonglei spread his hands, "Let's look for a blockbuster story, pick and choose, this doesn't work, that doesn't work. "[-]" is enough? Well, we just want to not lose money on this film."

"Haha, Mr. Wang, it's impossible to lose money. Don't worry. How about I make a bet with you? The profit after "[-]" recovers the cost is mine. I will make up for the loss, what do you think?"

He Fang laughed, why don't you fool Wang Zhonglei and make some money from him?
"Ah? Director He, are you so confident? Do you think the story of "[-]" can work?" Wang Zhonglei looked at He Fang suspiciously.

"Then how do I know? I haven't read that book, nor have I read Director Feng's script. I just have confidence in Director Feng's level of directing. I don't think I will lose money. What I told you is true , I like this kind of bet, how about we bet one?" He Fang raised his eyebrows after finishing speaking.

Wang Zhonglei was stunned, his eyes were cloudy for a moment.

"There's no need to rush to make a decision. My words are valid until the movie is released, and I can bet against you. What I said is true." He Fang said seriously.

"Hiss, Director He, are you so confident?"

"Why not? A director who has been making movies for more than ten years and has never lost money, why doesn't he have confidence?"

"..." Wang Zhonglei had nothing to say for a moment, he couldn't say that the people in his own company were not as confident as outsiders, right?
However, he can go back and discuss it with his elder brother, after all, there are people who have a different idea.

It doesn't matter where, the next day is the official opening day of the 68th Venice International Film Festival, so the daytime is a busy time for filmmakers participating in the film festival.

"Hi, it's director He Fang, I'm Andy Lau, let's get to know each other."

"Ah, Brother Hua, hello, hello, it's really nice to meet you. You just came here today?" He Fang saw Andy Lau unexpectedly.

"Yeah, I just arrived, so I came to get to know you at the first time, but I have never had the chance to meet you." Andy Lau was very polite.

"Sister Tao" was shortlisted, and Andy Lau is also going to participate.

"Ha, I want to know you more, you are my idol since childhood..."

Mutual support begins...

(End of this chapter)