Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 173 Small breasts are suitable for art films

"Peacock" is quite impressive. Zhang Jingchu and Gu Changwei won numerous awards.

Zhang Jingchu is from the class of 97 at the Central Academy of Drama, but she was not in the acting department, but the directing department, and she was in the junior college class.

This woman is naturally suitable for art films. She has good acting skills and small breasts. It's a pity that she was later banned by the wives' group, otherwise she would definitely have become a big star.

Why is small breasts a condition?
Because directors don't like girls with big breasts.

Of course I like it, and it’s fun to use, but it’s easy to get out of place when filming a movie.

This is the consensus among directors.

Look at those famous stars, they generally have slender figures and each has their own characteristics.

Pure temperament, sexy charm, lively eyes and seductive voice can all become labels of female stars.

But there is no elder brother.

Don’t be afraid of being small, but it must not be big.

AB cups are common, C cups are also available, but D cups are rare, like those in Taiwan's F4. They are not stars, but are purely created as short-term fantasy objects.

Too many big actresses can’t become popular, like Xu Dongdong, Zhang Xinyu and the like, they are just a flash in the pan, or they only work in specific fields and cannot enter the mainstream film industry.

why?
Because as soon as such a person appears, the audience's attention will be drawn to the chest, which will invisibly weaken the focus on the work itself, and the director certainly does not want that.

Moreover, many people have fixed prejudices that big means vulgar.

Even if the work itself is of good quality and the performance is OK, as long as such a female lead is used, the score will automatically be deducted by one point. When the audience sees the poster, they will subconsciously think that the film is showing off eroticism, which will invisibly lower the grade of the film.

Can you imagine a fantasy drama where the heroine is an otherworldly fairy with a pair of big breasts?

When the audience sees such an image, they will subconsciously think that this is a monster. Monsters should have such a beautiful image. Even if you insist that she is a fairy, well, then this fairy is most likely working in a brothel in the fairy world.

No matter how beautiful and extraordinary she is, she can only be the top girl working in a brothel in the fairy world at best.

The image has been fixed.

Don't try to challenge the audience's cognition. Everyone knows that Guan Yu did not use the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and everyone knows that Zhang Fei was not a reckless man and could also paint pictures of ladies very well, but it's useless.

That’s how everyone perceives it.

You insist that the real Empty City Plan was not planned by Zhuge Liang, but by Zhao Yun.

Okay, you are awesome, you win.

and then?
Then no one will watch your movie.

I don't know these?

Want you to tell me?
Why are you?
who are you?

The audience is very hostile, so don't try to challenge their cognition, otherwise the box office will teach you a lesson.

In addition, Gu Changwei is also very powerful.

He and Zhang Yimou were classmates. The fact that he was later chosen by Zhang Yimou as a photographer shows that he has good abilities.

And behind him is Jiang Wenli.

Thinking of Jiang Wenli, Zhang Chen even called her to congratulate her on winning the Berlin Silver Bear for "Peacock".

One could tell from the phone that Jiang Wenli was in a good mood, probably because she had finally kept her love, and the stocks she invested in had soared.

That’s right, Gu Changwei was the stock she invested in.

Speaking of which, those actresses who marry directors are actually investing in stocks.

It’s just that most people made money, only Yaya lost money, so you still have to be cautious when entering the market.

It is said that Jiang Wenli and Gu Changwei were brought together by Zhang Yimou and others. It is not known whether it is true or not, but Gu Changwei himself once said in an interview that it was not difficult for him to pursue Jiang Wenli.

Lao Gu, is there a possibility that your ability to pursue Jiang Wenli is an opportunity that Jiang Wenli deliberately created for you?

Female celebrities who have made it big are all very decisive.

Whatever you want to do, just do it. Without this quality, you will never become a big shot.

Jiang Wenli's marriage to Gu Changwei was not considered a marriage of downgrade. From the very beginning, the woman was stronger than the man.

What did she fancy in Gu?
It must be talent.

Is it still the appearance?

Even when Gu Changwei later left Zhang Yimou and went out on his own, Jiang Wenli's shadow was always behind him.

Thanks to her connections, "Peacock" was able to go from an idea to reality.

……

Xiangshan Film and Television City, the filming base of "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

Liu Yifei flew back here overnight after attending the premiere.

I was not lying before. It is not easy to ask for leave from Zhang Da Huzi.

If Liu Xiaoli hadn't insisted that her daughter go to Zhang Chen to improve his favorability, our Fairy Sister would really not bother to go.

Zhang Da Huzi was quite dissatisfied with this. If it wasn't for the money, he would have definitely scolded him.

In the hotel room, the Fairy Sister was reading carefully in front of her laptop, mumbling something as if she had dyslexia.

"What are you looking at?" Mother Liu Xiaoli came over curiously.

"Box office data for Valentine's Day."

"Let me see~"

Liu Xiaoli also went over to see how her daughter's movie was doing at the box office, but after a quick scan, she found that there were only a few mentioned. [During the entire Valentine's Day period, a total of nine movies were released, leaving many couples and movie fans overwhelmed.

These films choose to be released on Valentine's Day, a special time, naturally targeting the huge audience group of couples.

According to statistics, 99% of young couples across the country will eat, date, and watch movies on Valentine's Day.

Many people thought that in the sweet atmosphere of the festival, romantic movies would definitely be their first choice, but the fact is that in the box office competition over the past three days, it was a horror movie "The Dark Side of the Galaxy Vol. 2" that ultimately won.

According to the summary of major cinema chains, in the first three days of the weekend, several films, including "Mandarin Duck and Butterfly", "Still Beauty", "Lover's Knot", "The Polar Express", "Himalaya Star", "Hancheng Raiders", "Peacock", "Dark Invasion 2", and "Love Winner",
"The Dark Knight Rises" topped the list with 2 million, followed by a bunch of introductions: a sequel to a hit movie, directed by a new director, the story does not follow the traditional sequel movie model, the plot follows the plot of the first movie, etc. Anyway, it's just a bunch of praise...

The second place is "Peacock", the winner of the Berlin Silver Bear Award. The director Gu Changwei was once Zhang Yimou's exclusive photographer. The box office was 220 million.

Liu Xiaoli curled her lips. The difference between the second place and the first place was nearly 10 times. She didn’t know what there was to brag about.

But at the same time, I felt a little nervous. The second place was 10 times behind the first place, so how much further behind would "Love Winner" be?
The third place is the spy film "Hancheng Raiders", directed by Ma Chucheng...

Liu Xiaoli was too lazy to read on and continued reading.

"Lover's Knot", Lu Yi partners with Zhao Yanzi, the Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet seems to have more idol charm.

In "The Beauty Remains", there is pure first love, family-like love, and ruthless betrayal, which is also very distinctive.

There is still no "Love Winner".

Seeing this, Aunt Liu was already a little emotional!

What about "Love Winner"?

Although she didn't take the film very seriously, after all, it was starred by her daughter, so if the box office was good it would still be helpful to her daughter.

I followed the article all the way to the end, and finally found a sentence.

The box office of "Love Winner" in the first three days of the weekend totaled 7, ranking last.

Awkward, so embarrassing~
Although she didn't have any expectations for this movie in the first place, didn't you see that she didn't even participate in the movie promotions?
At that time, filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was too tiring, as he had to hang on wires every day. Liu Tianxian found it too hard, so Aunt Liu asked for ten days off for him to relax.

Just then an invitation came from Taiwan. Director Zhu Yanping wanted to make a romance film and wanted Jimmy Lin and Liu Yifei to play a couple.

A combination of handsome men and beautiful women, the most normal romance movie routine.

Just to relax, Aunt Liu took her daughter to the filming site for ten days, and made it clear that she would not participate in any post-production publicity.

I just didn’t expect the box office to be so bad.

7 in three days, how did you do it?
If this were to be made public, my daughter would be dubbed "box office poison".

……

At Xingchen Entertainment, Zhang Chen, Ning Hao, Dong Jianqiang and others were gathering together to celebrate.

"Haozi, according to the current box office results, the final box office of The Darkness 2 will probably be between and million, which is about the same as the first one."

"Congratulations~" Girlfriend Xing Aina also took the opportunity to raise her glass.

"Thank you, everyone. It's all thanks to you all."

Ning Hao was also very happy. He was already very satisfied with this result.

As for the over 100 million as advertised outside, he had never thought about it.

"The Darkness" is a horror film after all, and its audience is limited. For this kind of film, the possibility of breaking the 100 million mark is very small, and it will be a victory if it can maintain that figure.

"Congratulations, Director Ning~" Dong Jianqiang suggested, and everyone raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

Ning Hao's face turned red from drinking, due to both the alcohol and the excitement.

"Black 2" was not the story he wanted to shoot, but he did a good job and had a deeper understanding of commercial films.

All this was because Zhang Chen gave him the opportunity to direct.

"Chen Zi, I toast you with this glass. Thank you for letting me direct "Black 2." Ning Hao said, picking up a wine decanter.

Xing Aina and her husband next to them followed suit, holding up their own red wine glasses: "I toast to you too, we both have to thank you..."

Xing Aina was also very touched. This glass of wine was for her boyfriend Ning Hao as well as for herself.

"Dark Side Story 2", she was the chief screenwriter. Not only did Zhang Chen give her the right to sign the screenplay, but her name was also ranked first, before Zhang Chen.

It can be said that after "Dark Side Story 2", she and Ning Hao have established themselves in this circle, have representative works, and are no longer unknown unknown persons.

Zhang Chen didn't care. The couple would have been able to make it without him.

The current situation is similar to that after "Stone" in later generations.

Zhang Chen put his arm around Ning Hao's shoulders and raised a wine dispenser as well: "Haozi, sister-in-law, don't be so polite. We are brothers. You can still get up without me..."

The two of them thought that Zhang Chen was just being polite, so they tilted their heads back and drank the entire wine vessel and wine glass.

Zhang Chen couldn't be a coward and paid with a wine dispenser as compensation.

Seeing that the others were about to follow suit, Zhang Chen hurriedly stopped them: "Everyone eat first, eat, I'm going to the bathroom..."

He can keep drinking slow wine, but not fast wine like this.

……

At the same time, in a hot pot restaurant in Hong Kong, Ma Chucheng was eating hot pot with a group of old friends.

Mm, Hong Kong style hot pot.

"Chucheng, what's wrong with you? You look so sad~" The person who asked the question was Zeng Zhiwei.

Ma Chucheng is a first-class photographer in Hong Kong. Many classic films were shot by him. He has a wide network of contacts and really has no ordinary friends.

Those who eat with him are either big directors or famous actors.

(End of this chapter)