Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 188 Making Peace
When Zhang Chen received Han Sanping's call, he was discussing the candidates for "Four Eyes" with Ning Hao in the company.

Ning Hao found a Sichuan opera crosstalk actor named Wang Xun.

You don’t need to look at the photo to know that Zhang Chen is the actor in the original version of "Stone".

It’s said that in the original version, Wang Xun initially thought the crew was a scam and almost gave up acting.

How come after all this twists and turns I ended up back here?

Frankly speaking, Wang Xun is very suitable for the role of "Four Eyes".

It’s not that his acting is so good. Judging from other roles he played later, Wang Xun’s acting skills are just average. The reason he is suitable is that his image fits the role extremely well.

Wang Xun doesn't need to act out the vulgarity, snobbery and arrogance of "Four Eyes", he just feels it when he stands there.

But Zhang Chen didn't want to use this person.

Because in later life, after this guy became famous, he immediately divorced his original wife who had shared his hardships with him, and turned around to find a girlfriend who was a dozen years younger than him.

Otherwise, many people say that the entertainment industry is a mirror that exposes evil.

You can tell whether it is a human or a ghost by just looking at it.

Zhang Chen doesn't like such people. Although this is their private matter and they won't deliberately target him, he is not prepared to cooperate with them.

"This person is not famous. The reputation of the Dao Ge trio is already low enough. We should try to use well-known actors for other roles."

Zhang Chen did not say anything about character, but used his popularity as an excuse to screen out Wang Xun.

"So who do you have as your pick?"

Zhang Chen thought for a moment and said, "Xia Yu, what do you think?"

"Xia Yu? The Xia Yu from "Sunny Days"? "

Zhang Chen nodded.

Ning Hao had a confused look on his face. He really couldn't imagine what Xia Yu and 'Four Eyes' had in common.

If Zhang Chen had not seen the character Big Gold Teeth in "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", he would not have thought that Xia Yu was suitable for this role.

Da Jin Ya’s acting was so good. His mercenary and funny character naturally matched the temperament of “Stone”.

"Is his image suitable?" Ning Hao still expressed doubt.

"Well, I'll let him come for the audition, and we'll make a decision after he watches the performance..."

Zhang Chen believes that the young Xia Yu can handle this role, after all, he is the Venice Film Festival Best Actor.

Xia Yu is an artist under Wang Jinghua and has played quite a few roles in the past two years.

My Brothers and Sisters

Kara is a dog

These are all popular resources, I don’t know how many people are scrambling for them.

"A Police Appointment" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor.

However, the struggle between Wang Jinghua and Huayi also affected him later. He only filmed one movie in 04, "Movie Memories", in which he played a supporting role.

Now that Zhang Chen asked him to play the supporting role of Xia Yu, he would definitely be happy to do so.

Zhang Chen was about to call Wang Jinghua when he received a call from Han Sanping, who said directly on the phone, "Yu Dong from Bona asked me to invite you to make peace..."

Yu Dong, want to make peace?
Zhang Chen thought about it for a while and nodded: "Okay, I will definitely be there in the evening, and I will take Ning Hao with me then."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Hao next to him looked over curiously: "What's the matter? You want to take me with you?"

"Bona Yudong wants to make peace. How can you, the real boss, not be here when the land is ceded and compensation is paid? By the way, I'll introduce Boss Han to you..."

Ning Hao knew that this was his good friend introducing him to some new connections, and he felt silently touched.

At this time, Dong Jianqiang popped up from nowhere and said, "I just heard about ceding land and paying compensation. What do you mean by ceding land and paying compensation?"

Ning Hao briefly explained the situation, and Dong Jianqiang immediately decided that he would go with them in the evening.

……

In the evening, Yu Dong and Jiang Wenli arrived first.

Yes, to be on the safe side, Yu Dong also called Jiang Wenli. After all, the two had worked together before and had a friendship with each other.

Moreover, Jiang Wenli can be regarded as the producer of "Peacock", and Gu Changwei actually does not have much control over it.

"What kind of person is Zhang Chen?" Yu Dong wanted to find out more about him so that he could be prepared in advance.

Jiang Wenli recalled that Zhang Chen seemed to be easy to talk to. She and Xu Qing fought like that at the instigation of their agent, but Zhang Chen didn't say anything in the end, but just asked both of them to stop.

I was just about to say 'Zhang Chen is a nice person', but then I remembered the press conference two days ago, and it seemed that he was not a good person either.

Suddenly I don’t know how to describe it.

"Combative and protective!"

"How to say?"

“Look, since his debut, he dared to criticize Zhang Weiping when his first work was still unknown.

Zhang Weiping was so powerful at that time, relying on Zhang Yimou behind him, he was really arrogant. I remember when filming "The Accidental Murderer", many of the crew members were old people who had followed him all the way, and they talked a lot about the situation at that time.

It is said that the popularity of "Darkness" was too high at the time, and Zhang Weiping was afraid that it would affect his "House of Flying Daggers", so he belittled it in an interview, and then Zhang Chen directly criticized it...

It is hard to say who will win or lose in the end, but Zhang Weiping has since gained a new nickname - the man behind Zhang Yimou."

Yu Dong nodded when he heard this: "I have also heard about what you said, including the incident between Lu Chuan and the writers' circle, where it was Lu Chuan who spoke first.

It seems that Zhang Chen never suffers a loss, and he never cares about the opponent's background or how powerful his background is, but he always wins.

To be honest, I kind of regretted linking it to Black 2 to promote it.”

Yu Dong didn't feel embarrassed to say such things. He was a businessman, and businessmen valued profits. As long as the interests were not harmed, what did face matter?
"I am also responsible." Jiang Wenli also sighed, "No one expected Zhang Chen to be so protective of his people. Ma Chucheng and Anle Pictures were directly banned just because they belittled Ning Hao. He banned them even if he made less money. I hope we still have a chance to make amends."

Yu Dong felt the same way. Since he was going to make peace with the other party today, he naturally had to investigate Zhang Chen's life experience in advance.

The more I investigated, the more I found that this person seemed to really have this kind of personality - combative and protective.

Therefore, peace talks are even more necessary.

"So what are his hobbies?"

Yu Dong has always been good at scheming.

Jiang Wenli was stunned when she heard this, thought about it, and then said: "Hobbies? Do beautiful women count?"

Seeing Yu Dong looking over, he continued to explain: "When filming "The Accidental Murderer", his relationship with Xu Qing was unclear. In addition, I heard that he and Fan Binbin also..."

Yu Dong understood immediately, there are many such things in the circle.

But I immediately felt a little regretful. What a mistake. If I had known this would happen, I should have brought two beauties with me.

Just as he was regretting, Han Sanping's voice rang out at the door: "I'm here. Hey, you guys came so early..."

Yu Dong and Jiang Wenli stood up immediately: "We must come early, how can we let the leaders wait for us..."

The three of them exchanged greetings and just sat down when Zhang Chen's voice came from the door: "Sorry, sorry, we're late..."

Everyone stood up again, and Han Sanping smiled and said, "It's not too late, the time is just right, I just arrived too."

Zhang Chen took his seat and greeted everyone: "President Han, Sister Wenli, President Yu..."

Then he pulled Ning Hao over and said, "This is Ning Hao, the second director of our company. Manager Dong, I won't introduce him to you all. We three happened to be together this afternoon, so we came here together. I'll introduce Ning Hao to you all..."

In fact, they didn't arrive late, they were still within the agreed time frame, but everyone else arrived earlier.

Everyone nodded. It turned out that this person was Ning Hao, the fuse of this verbal battle, whose status was similar to the Crimean Bridge.

"Director Ning has been wronged during this period. Those Hong Kong media always do things without basis and talk nonsense..." Han Sanping's words were enough to define the situation.

Yu Dong was about to respond when Dong Jianqiang said, "Yeah, those bastards in Hong Kong have been using Ning Hao and Zhang Chen's hometown relationship as an excuse, or saying that our film lacks artistry. Art is a big deal..."

Dong Jianqiang looks like a reckless person, he is here just to play the bad guy today.

Yu Dong heard the indirect criticism in the other party's words. The Hong Kong side was indeed talking about their fellow countrymen, but saying that there was no artistry, hasn't this always been their promotional tactic for "Peacock"?
But since I'm here to negotiate peace today, I'm prepared to be scolded.

"Indeed, this behavior is too bad. I think Director Zhang is right. To deal with such people, their movies should not be shown..."

Seeing that Zhang Chen was silent, Yu Dong simply said, "Speaking of this, I have to apologize to Director Zhang. Bundled promotion is indeed our strategy, but Zhang Jingchu's remarks were not instigated by us. They were completely her personal behavior."

Jiang Wenli also chimed in at this time: "Yes, Zhang Chen, I can testify that Bona really wants to take advantage of the popularity of "Black 2", but Zhang Jingchu is really not in their promotional plan..."

Seeing that the two were sincere, Zhang Chen didn't want to keep nagging them.

Han Sanping didn't say anything, but the fact that he stopped the situation today showed his attitude.

Zhang Chen decided to stop while he was ahead: "Mr. Yu, you are too polite. I understand. The company is big, and it is impossible for the boss to monitor everything. It is inevitable that some people will do something wrong..."

"Yes, yes, yes. Director Zhang is the one who understands me. I would also like to express my sincere apologies to Director Ning Hao..."

Yu Dong showed his attitude, and Zhang Chen and Ning Hao's anger had almost subsided, but Dong Jianqiang was still a little unwilling.

Didn’t they say we would cede territory and pay compensation?

this one?
Seeing that the truth was about to be revealed, Dong Jianqiang said, "But Yu Dong, can I ask you a favor?"

"It's not something you can ask for. If you have any problem, just tell Manager Dong." Yu Dong subconsciously felt that it was not a good thing.

"It's like this. We have fallen out with Ma Chucheng and Anle Pictures. We will definitely snipe at any of their films coming our way in the future. I'd like to tell Director Yu in advance to avoid any misunderstandings later~"

Hearing Dong Jianqiang's words, Yu Dong was stunned at first, then agreed readily.

What Dong Jianqiang actually told him was that he'd better draw a clear line between himself and Ma Chucheng and Emperor Entertainment Group in the future, otherwise if he represented their films, we would fight him.

This is a bit difficult to handle.

Because Bona’s base is Hong Kong.

The reason he has been able to get to where he is today is by being an agent for Hong Kong films.

Hong Kong is famous for its solidarity with the mainland.

If you want this and not that, then don't want any of it.

But in this situation, he can only deal with it for now.

(End of this chapter)