Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 254 Director Feng's Transformation

At Northeast Normal University, a boy named Wen Muye went to an Internet cafe with his classmates after class.

"Muye, hurry up and go to Legendary. We are attacking the city tonight~"

The classmate who came with him logged into his account skillfully, but found that Wen Muye did not open the game client at all, but was browsing the forum.

"Hurry up~" The classmate, like Wen Muye, is from Beijing.

"Wait a moment, I'll take a look right away..."

Wen Muye logged into his account and opened Baidu Tieba. Suddenly, he found that the post he had posted was ranked first.

Ah, what's going on?

He ignored his classmates' urging and clicked on it, then found out that his idol Zhang Chen had actually left him a message.

Wen Muye was a little excited. Zhang Chen left me a message...

Hearing Wen Muye's mumbling, Xiao Jingcheng was a little confused. What happened to this guy today? He was so weird.

Hey, wait, why am I speaking Northeastern dialect now? It's over. I'm not clean anymore. I've been polluted by Northeastern dialect.
Wen Muye didn't notice his classmate's despair. He was excited because his idol Zhang Chen not only replied to him, but also wrote a long blog post and even gave him some kind advice at the end.

Excited, so excited~
At this moment, Wen Muye realized that he must follow the path his idol had suggested - business first, then art.

Although he prefers realistic themes, he should indeed prove his commercial value first.

Only when you have proven your commercial value will someone invest in you and you will have the day to realize your ambitions.

At the same time, an idea emerged in his mind that he would go to Xingchen Entertainment after graduation.

What does the Romance of the Three Kingdoms say?

If you don't mind, I'd like to be your foster father.

……

Somewhere in Beijing
Director Zhang Yang, who was browsing a portal website, accidentally saw Zhang Chen's blog.

"Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots"?
It’s the same subject as my own work “Falling Leaves”, and even the name is so similar?
The other party is the rising star Xingchen Entertainment. The script was written by the billion-dollar director Zhang Chen himself, and the director is Zhang Chen's teacher. Zhang Yang looked at the half-written script of "Fallen Leaves" in his hand and sighed silently.

I definitely can’t win.

Since it is based on real events, there is no such thing as copyright. Whoever films it first owns it.

They've already announced it, and the company is supporting it, so the funds will definitely be in place immediately. But I've only written half of the script here, and I haven't even secured any investment yet?

How can this compare.

Forget it.

……

Zhang Chen's blog was immediately reprinted by major media as soon as it was published. Not only did it spark a heated discussion on the film censorship system and realistic themes on the Internet, but even many television media were discussing it.

Zhang Chen was sleeping at home when Chen Xi suddenly called.

"what's up?"

“Many programs have invited you to talk about the film censorship and realism themes mentioned in your blog.”

"Forget it, let's postpone it. It's already on Dialogue, so there's no need to do anything else."

After all, "Dialogue" is a CCTV program and is currently the most influential talk show in mainland China.

Other programs like "Super Interview", "A Date with Luyu" and "锵锵三人行" are all inferior to "Dialogue".

"Okay, then I'll turn it down. There's one more thing. Manager Dong wants to know when the project of Fallen Leaves Returning to Their Roots will be launched?"

"He's anxious?"

"Not really, but he heard that a director had gone to the prototype's home to interview him. Maybe someone else has also set their sights on this subject, and he's afraid that they'll get there first~"

Zhang Chen thought about it and decided that the person Dong Jianqiang was talking about was probably Zhang Yang, the director of Yuan Shikong's film "Return of the Leaves".

"Let them file the script directly. Also, ask around for a director named Zhang Yang. He should be thinking about this subject as well. If he doesn't work out, ask him to come over and be the assistant director for Teacher Fu."

Chen Xi agreed: "Also, the finished film of Stone is out. Manager Dong has scheduled an internal viewing this afternoon. Do you want to join us?"

"Okay, I'll be at the company in a moment."

In the past two days, two of his blogs came out, and the most obvious effect was that his blogs became popular.

The articles in the blog were widely reprinted by the media, and a large number of netizens discussed the film censorship system and realistic films that were derived from the blog.

However, this discussion was clearly managed by someone, and the scope of the discussion has always been within an acceptable range.

Xingchen Entertainment’s newly formed public opinion team has also been paying close attention to developments in the discussion.

On the way, Zhang Chen received a call from Han Sanping, "You played this trick well..."

Han Sanping was very satisfied with Zhang Chen's approach.

"I read Dialogue and your two blogs. The General Administration called me today and didn't mention you at all, but I could tell they were very satisfied with you."

Nonsense, of course I'm satisfied.

In public opinion, the General Administration has always had a bad reputation, and film censorship is considered a shackle on the film industry.

If the General Administration advocates it, you should directly oppose it, and you will definitely not go wrong.

Zhang Chen said a lot in the show this time, especially about why we need a censorship system, and he had reasons and evidence.

If the General Administration said those words itself, no one would believe it because it would create a confrontational mood.

I don't care what you say, as long as you say it, it's wrong.

But it was different when Zhang Chen said it. At least people would not deny it directly, but would think about it.

This was a great help to the General Administration.

"Master San, I have another favor to ask of you..." Zhang Chen briefly told Han Sanping about their plan to deal with Huayi. This matter could be kept secret from everyone except Han Sanping, because he was also an investor in "Taken", and a big investor at that.

Whether this play can be successfully performed still needs his cooperation~
"Is there no room for relaxation?"

"No, if he does it on the first day, I must do it on the fifteenth, otherwise everyone will think I'm a soft persimmon..." Zhang Chen interrupted her directly.

The Third Master was silent for a few seconds: "Okay, I get it, just go ahead and do it, I won't interfere, they really went too far this time..."

Seeing Zhang Chen's firm attitude, the Third Master decided not to get involved in this mess anymore. The saying is right, if you mess around, you will pay for it sooner or later. Since you have chosen to add insult to injury, you must be prepared to be retaliated against.

At the same time, a voice was quietly spreading on the Internet - Xingchen Entertainment had offended the General Administration, and "Taken" might not be able to be released.

That’s right, Chen Xi has already started to set up the game, and Xingchen Entertainment has always been very efficient.

At the beginning, this voice was not strong, but it could not be helped by the lessons learned from the past.

In the eyes of the public, this is the case, otherwise why would "The Accidental Murderer" be suddenly taken off the screen?

Isn't this just being dealt with by the authorities?
And the heated discussion about film censorship sparked by "The Guilty" is still ongoing.

You are a film and television company, and you dare to interfere in policy matters. Who else should we punish if not you?
……

Taihe People
Feng Xiaogang was discussing the script of "The Banquet" with screenwriter Qiu Gangjian. For some reason, he always felt that the plot of "The Banquet" was a bit twisted.

Zhang Guoli came in hurriedly: "Have you read the news online?"

Feng Xiaogang put down the script in his hand and said, "I've read it."

"Regarding Zhang Chen and the General Administration, do you think this is true or false?"

Feng Xiaogang sighed: "I can't really say~"

To be honest, he now has complicated feelings towards Zhang Chen.

In personal terms, Zhang Chen is his younger brother, the two get along well and have helped each other in the past.

But in terms of career, Zhang Chen is in competition with him.

He didn’t think much of it when Zhang Chen first broke the 100 million mark.

After all, she is a newcomer and is far inferior to him in terms of qualifications.

Even the help provided later was out of support for a newcomer, and he introduced him to join the Beijing circle and his own circle.

But Zhang Chen’s momentum was too strong.

Later, "The Accidental Murderer" broke the 100 million yuan mark again, and other films produced by the company were also very popular.

This is a bit strong.

The current film market has a limited pie, and having New Picture is enough. If another company, Star Entertainment, comes in to grab the pie, the others will definitely not be able to get enough.

And he has a very good relationship with theaters.

Feng Xiaogang has always been the most popular director of BJ New Film Association. When Feng Xiaogang's films are released, the areas covered by BJ New Film Association can usually provide nearly one-third of the box office, which is his most important voting base.

Why does he always call Gao Jun his big brother? Because he is his financial backer.

But judging from the recent film schedule, Gao Jun seems to be very optimistic about Zhang Chen.

This creates a competitive relationship.

Feng Xiaogang even suspected that if his and Zhang Chen's films were released at the same time, Gao Jun might not support him as much as before.

This was something he didn't want to see at all.

He has no shortage of investment, and it doesn't matter if Zhang Chen and China Film are close, but the cinema chain is his lifeline, and Feng Xiaogang cannot allow anyone to snatch the meat from him.

So during this period, he knew clearly that someone was trying to deal with Zhang Chen, but he didn't remind him, and he didn't allow Zhang Guoli to remind him.

Not taking advantage of others' misfortune was the greatest kindness he could show.

I originally thought that the most it would do would be a setback for Xingchen Entertainment, but looking at the recent trends it seems to be getting worse.

Maybe Xingchen Entertainment can't survive this crisis.

After all, he offended the General Administration.

"What I am worried about now is whether it will affect Crazy Stone."

Zhang Guoli's face was full of worry. Taihe People invested money in "Stone", and also invested in "Taken". Together with Guangguang, they invested 1000 million.

Now that this kind of thing has suddenly broken out, if Xingchen Entertainment has really offended the General Administration, it will inevitably affect the release of these two movies. Their investment must not be wasted.

"I don't think that's the case with 'Stone'. It's just a comedy, there's nothing wrong with it. But I can't say for 'Taken'. It's said that there are all kinds of violent scenes in it. The General Administration may really ban it on some pretext..."

"what is it now?"

Zhang Guoli remembers spinning around.

"It may not be a bad thing~"

?

"We invested money, so can it be a good thing if it is banned?"

Feng Xiaogang was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "We only invested 500 million in Hurricane, so we can afford the loss even if it is banned.

But compared to the collapse of Xingchen Entertainment, the vacated market share, I think... is worth it! "

Zhang Guoli looked at Feng Xiaogang in surprise. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the other party was a little strange.

Feng Xiaogang was still talking to himself: "If you are worried, spread the word and sell the shares of "Hurricane" and "Stone" to see if there is any idiot who will take over. But I don't think there will be any. Now that the matter has become a big deal, no one should dare to take advantage of it at this time..."

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(End of this chapter)