Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 126 Qiang Qiang Threesome

Zhang Chen and Fan Jiuyi's schedule for promoting the movie in Hong Kong these two days was actually quite relaxing, at least much easier than in the mainland, and at least they didn't have to catch a plane.

No matter where they went, they could get there by just taking a car, and they passed by many familiar places.

For example, in Causeway Bay, there can only be one Ho Nam in Causeway Bay, and that is me, Situ Ho Nam.

haha~
His childhood memories will never be forgotten.

The movie "Young and Dangerous" is really harmful to people. It over-glorifies gang members. They are just a group of scum who are brave and fierce, but they are filmed as heroes.

Isn’t this quite similar to "Water Margin"?

There is also "Kowloon Ice House". By the way, there were endless films of this type in Hong Kong during those two years.

It is estimated that many young people were influenced by these movies and joined the clubs.

No wonder Ekin Cheng later announced that he would never shoot such a subject again.

Teenagers haven't formed a complete outlook on life yet, and they are at an age when they dare to do anything. If they are misled by such movies, who knows what will happen to them?

Why are the main forces in the society always young people around 20 years old? Because they do things without considering the consequences and are most easily brainwashed.

In fact, a generation of people in the mainland have also been affected. People born in the 80s and early 90s are generally impressed by "Young and Dangerous", because there were actually a lot of fights at that time, and there were similar characters in society, such as Northeast Qiao Si, Shicheng Zhang Baolin, Ohara Sanma Hu, Xiao Simao and so on.

But it’s different for those born in the late 90s and 00s. After watching Young and Dangerous, they will think that this movie is stupid and don’t understand why anyone would like such a bad movie.

To put it bluntly, the environment they are in is no longer the same, and "Young and Dangerous" cannot resonate with them at all.

Just think about it, a slap in the face costs you 10,000 yuan, and a fight costs you the down payment for a house. Who would dare to take action in such an environment? Even if Lu Bu were to live until today, his final fate would most likely be at least ten years. Naturally, those grassroots heroes would never become famous.

……

Lu Chuan has been quite depressed these past two days. Ever since he was interviewed by reporters in the cinema, reporters have often asked him the same question.

"Both films cost 1000 million yuan. What do you think is the biggest difference between The Shallows and Hoh Xil?"

Damn it, do you think I can’t hear it?

These guys were actually making fun of him. One of them had a box office of tens of millions and was still growing, while the other one had not even a fraction of that, only less than 700 million.

Then, something even more depressing happened.

Super Interview airs on Friday.

[The Shallows is a commercial film, not an art film. What do I need art for...]

[Lu Chuan is both a responsible person and a capable person...]

[Doesn't he have any idea why the box office of "Kekexili" is so low? ]

[They don’t even understand the basic business logic of movies…]

[Plagiarized from "I Love Tibetan Antelope" ~]

Every word Zhang Chen said was heart-wrenching.

How dare this guy?
Lu Chuan felt that Zhang Chen was being unruly. You can say that my box office is not good, but I can't say that your movie lacks artistic quality?
This was the first time in his life that he felt humiliated in public, in front of the entire nation.

Lu Chuan was in agony, but the audience of "Super Interview" was excited.

I like watching celebrities fight~
Zhang Chen is doing well. He already attacked Zhang Weiping at the beginning of the year, and now he is attacking Lu Chuan again.

This thing is good-looking, even better than Zhao Benshan’s sketches.

Then, the Internet became lively.

Even though the box office of "Kekexili" was not good, it still has a group of real fans.

When he saw that "Kekexili" was being slandered, he immediately joined the ranks of those condemning Zhang Chen.

"The Shallows" and "The Darkness" are not bad either, and they also have their own fans.

Not to mention the internet trolls hired by Dong Jianqiang, who constantly led the pace on both sides, sometimes helping Lu Chuan's fans, sometimes helping Zhang Chen's side. In short, they were constantly pulling the strings.

The war of words between the two sides became even more noisy, and the Internet was filled with chaos.

Lu Chuan's reputation at that time was actually not that bad. He really became a public enemy starting from "Nanjing Nanjing".

The fact that her butt was crooked was discovered, and she was scolded by the whole Internet.

Lu Chuan still has the strength to fight now, but she can’t clear herself of the charges.

Even if Huayi doesn't say anything about the plagiarism, there is still Liu Aijun's side.

When someone accepts the money to settle the matter, they just promise not to pursue the matter further, but that doesn't mean they will cover up for you.

Then a lot of labels were attached to Lu Chuan:
【Cultural Thief】

【Aiming too high】

【Great ambition but little talent】

[Nothing]...

"Nothing" is probably the lowest evaluation that people in Beijing can give to a person.

It seems that Su Meng is the only one who has received this honor.

Then Lu Chuan's father Lu Tianming couldn't bear it anymore.

I am not the kind of person who protects my own people, but the words of this guy named Zhang Chen were too harsh.

Be a man to stay on the line and meet each other in the future.

But the other side, let alone a first line, doesn’t even have half a line.

An article has just been published: "Young people, be polite with your words"... Lu Tianming is a nationally famous writer and screenwriter.

Once the article is completed, it will be published in a major newspaper.

In the article, Lu Tianming did not hide anything and directly pointed out that Zhang Chen was shallow-minded, had no social experience, and knew only about what happened in school.

Then he gave a sanctimonious advice, saying that young people should respect their predecessors and newcomers should listen more to their predecessors' opinions, because the world is not what you say it is.

In short, there is a lot of blah blah, and the whole article is filled with a strong dad flavor...

After Lu Tianming spoke out, a bunch of his writer friends also took action one after another. Among them, Bai Ye, a well-known writer who enjoys special allowances from the State Council, made a public comment: "If I were Zhang Chen's parent, I would definitely slap him in the face. Someone raised him but no one taught him."

Now things are serious.

Dong Jianqiang felt the pressure. Zhang Chen wanted to hype up a celebrity war of words, and now his wish was fulfilled.

The only difference is that it was not a war of words with a celebrity, but a bunch of celebrities beating him up.

"What should we do? How about we issue an apology statement?"

There were too many heavyweights on the other side, and Dong Jianqiang was a little scared.

"Why issue an apology statement? I will criticize those old writers to death in a minute. Okay, I will stop talking. I have to accept an interview soon. After the interview, I will post a blog. Please help me repost it."

Zhang Chen hung up the phone after he finished speaking. He actually had an interview to participate in - "锵锵三人行".

"锵锵三人行" is an interview program on Phoenix TV. It is a niche elite interview program and is not popular among the general public, but it is quite famous within a small circle.

Regarding Phoenix TV, its positioning is actually quite strange.

Dou Wentao once made a brilliant metaphor that Phoenix TV is a bit like [Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror - neither human inside nor outside].

Hong Kong people think Phoenix TV is a mainland TV station, but mainland people think Phoenix TV is a Hong Kong TV station.

Haha, isn’t it interesting?

In fact, this has something to do with the viewing habits that Hong Kong people have formed over a long period of time.

TVB, also known as Jade Channel, is definitely the undisputed leader. Its audience share has long been between 70% and 80% because people have become accustomed to it.

It’s like CCTV in the 1s. At that time, there were only eight channels on television, and people habitually set Channel as CCTV.

Similarly, most Hong Kong people like to set Channel 1 to TVB and Channel 2 to ATV.

Almost no one watches Phoenix TV, even though its programs are actually quite good, such as "A Date with Lu Yu" and "锵锵三人行".

To promote “The Shallows”, TVB and ATV are definitely the first choices, but the cost is also high. Media Asia felt that the cost outweighed the gain, so they only arranged “锵锵三人行”.

The studio is simply decorated, with a round table in the middle and a few chairs around it. The host and guests sit around it, drinking tea, chatting and recording the show.

Because of the special theme, only Zhang Chen was invited this time, not Fan Binbin, so Zhang Chen came alone.

The recording officially began. Zhang Chen shook hands with the hosts Dou Wentao and Liang Wendao. Dou Wentao, wearing frameless glasses, smiled and said, "Director Zhang, I have heard of your name for a long time. I have wanted to talk to you for a long time!"

"Hello Mr. Dou, Tu, oh no, hello Mr. Liang..."

Damn, Liang Wendao and Tu Lei look so much alike that it’s hard to tell them apart.

As for Dou Wentao, Zhang Chen later knew this person because of the Round Table Group, and that was his other identity.

Dou Wentao was Yu Feihong's underground lover for 10 years.

Yu Feihong once said on the show, I am not a non-marriageist. Although I am not married, I have a stable partner.

This partner is Dou Wentao.

Whether Dou Wentao is awesome or not, that’s Yu Feihong, the ageless goddess Yu Feihong.

Many people's most profound impression of her is the role of "Fairy Jinghong", but in fact she was already famous before that.

"Holding Hands" is a milestone TV series in China. Yu Feihong plays the second female lead in it, a not very likable character, which would be called a "mistress" nowadays.

The leading female player is Jiang Wenli, the Grand Slam winner.

Even so, the mistress played by Yu Feihong is still hard to hate. Isn’t that amazing?
From this perspective, isn’t it amazing that Dou Wentao was able to take down Yu Feihong?

It’s like a joke in later generations: Women conquer the world by conquering men, and men conquer women by conquering the world.

But for them, it's the other way around.

After the two parties got to know each other, there was no formal beginning, just drinking tea and chatting.

The program "锵锵三人行" is quite interesting. There is no fixed script. You are given a topic and then you can talk about it however you want. There is even no notification when the program starts. The program starts recording quietly.

Although Zhang Chen is here to promote "The Shallows", today's theme is movies.

"When I was young, my father bought a video recorder for our family for more than 3000 yuan. Considering the salary level at that time, it was really too willful..."

"Hahaha, me too, but my family isn't as well off as yours, so I always go to other people's homes to get a free pass..."

Dou Wentao echoed from the side, saying that among the three, only Liang Wendao was a native of Hong Kong, Zhang Chen was from the coal-producing province, and Dou Wentao was from Shicheng, and he only joined Phoenix TV in 95.

"So I actually grew up watching Hong Kong movies when I was a kid, with Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-fat, Jet Li, and my favorites were police and gangster movies..."

“Then why don’t you make a police film?”

"The cost of making gangster films is too high. As a fledgling director, my first film, The Darkness, cost only 200 million, and my second, The Shallows, cost 1000 million. It's impossible to make a gangster film with such a small budget."

"That's right. I heard that Cheng Long's new film New Police Story cost over 100 million yuan."

"Yeah, so at first I can only make low-budget horror or thriller films."

(End of this chapter)