Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 308 Eating seafood

"I've watched Taken, it's really good. I'm curious, how did you come up with this story? I mean, how did you come up with the idea of ​​setting the villain as a human trafficker group?"

Zhang Chen shrugged, "In fact, human trafficking has always existed, but it just doesn't get much attention. In fact, on the dark web, it's already a complete industrial chain.

There are many such incidents in Italy and France, and they especially like to kidnap foreign tourists.

The fate of those kidnapped people is usually very miserable. Women become slaves, which is considered good. Many men enter the organ trading market and become commodities in the market..."

"What you mean is..." Dou Wentao frowned, as he thought of some restricted scenes.

Zhang Chen interrupted him directly: "You are right, that's right, what I shot is just the tip of the iceberg, many parts cannot be shot at all because they will definitely not pass the review.

I am not exaggerating when I say this. I collected a lot of information before filming this movie, all of which was provided by Interpol."

After hearing what Zhang Chen said, the two were stunned. They have always known that movies are derived from life and are higher than life.

But Zhang Chen told them very clearly that "Taken" had already been filmed very conservatively.

If it were true, it would be a tragic scene.

You know, in reality not everyone has a secret agent dad.

"In fact, I am not the only one who pays attention to this aspect. There is a movie called Hostel at this year's Toronto Film Festival. It is a horror movie, which is also about luring foreign backpackers. His movie is much bloodier than mine."

"Hostel" is definitely a childhood trauma for many people and has a high status in the horror film industry.

If this film wasn't destined to fail domestic review, Zhang Chen would have plagiarized it.

Feeling that the topic was a bit heavy, Dou Wentao changed the subject: "Someone saw you watching "Underworld" at the Golden Harvest Cinema~"

Zhang Chen nodded generously: "Yes, I personally like the works of director Johnnie To. Watching "Election" is also one of the reasons why I came to Hong Kong this time..."

"You like Director Du? I thought you hated all Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers?"

"Who spread the rumor? How is it possible? I have publicly stated more than once that my favorite actor is Leung Ka Fai. Leung Ka Fai is a Hong Kong filmmaker."

"Haha, that's true, but many Hong Kong media are still reporting that you are hostile to the Hong Kong film industry and that you have offended quite a few Hong Kong filmmakers."

"Ha~"

Zhang Chen showed an exaggerated and weird smile: "I offended them? They took the initiative to provoke me, okay?

If Zeng the Shorty hadn't slandered Ning Hao, I wouldn't bother to pay attention to him. Wu Yusen is taking advantage of his seniority, so I can only teach him a lesson. As for Hong Jinbao, he's acting like a big shot in my crew. Come on, in a crew, does the director have to listen to the action director? It doesn't make sense in Hong Kong, right?

I have no hostility towards the Hong Kong film industry. Golden Harvest is my partner, but I am hostile to anyone who has double standards.

If you are condescending to everyone, then I can only say that you have personality, but if you are friendly to people from Hong Kong Island and bossy to people from the mainland, then I am sorry, I will definitely scold you, and I will never tolerate such a person~"

Zhang Chen delivered a powerful output here, and Liang Wendao and Dou Wentao laughed so happily. Pulling down and revealing secrets have always been the secret to the success of this program, but it can't be overdone.

Dou Wentao started to bring up the topic again: "Besides Liang Jiahui, do you have any other favorite Hong Kong actors or singers?"

"Yes, I like Leon Lai very much. He is handsome, has good acting skills, and is a high-quality idol."

"Well, what is a high-quality idol?"

"Three positive values, no messy negative news, only positive energy, this is called a high-quality idol."

There is no such word as positive energy yet, but everyone understands it.

"So, you will invite Liming to cooperate?"

Zhang Chen nodded without hesitation: "If the opportunity is right, of course."

What is there to hesitate about? Not to mention that Leon Lai's acting skills and looks are suitable, the fact that he ate sugar pills donated by others when he was a child is worthy of praise.

Liang Wendao: "Let's talk about the movie again. Many people who watched "Taken" felt that it didn't look like it was shot by you..."

"why?"

"Because you've never filmed an action movie before? Some media reported that someone filmed it for you..."

Zhang Chen curled his lips: "To be honest, I admire the creativity of the Hong Kong media. They really just open their mouths and the whole script is based on exaggeration..."

Hearing Zhang Chen's ridicule, they both laughed.

"I wrote three songs to promote the movie. Do they also think that someone else wrote them for me?" Zhang Chen didn't care at all.

Liang Wendao and the others were interested: "I've heard the songs you wrote. To be honest, Super Girl is not very popular in Hong Kong, but the songs you wrote are very popular. It is said that many singers have tried to invite you to write songs..."

Zhang Chen nodded: "Indeed, there are quite a few, but I am a director and I don't make a living from this. Writing songs is purely a hobby."

“Are there any new works?”

Zhang Chen nodded again: "Yes, but I have given it away. They specifically asked me to help write a song for Twins. I couldn't refuse it, so I wrote it."

“Can you sing here~?”

"It's not appropriate. My singing is terrible~"

"Just hum a few lines~"

Seeing the two people's eyes full of expectation, Zhang Chen did not continue to shirk. Anyway, the song has been registered for copyright: "Well, then hum a few lines of the chorus~" Zhang Chen hummed: "Don't be confused, don't panic, the sun sets, there is still moonlight, it will illuminate the road of life and accompany you to where you want to go~"

Zhang Chen hummed the chorus of "Don't Panic, There's Moonlight When the Sun Sets", and the two people next to him were already stunned by her beauty.

"You are really a genius. You make great movies and write great songs~"

"This song is really good. Twins? I will definitely buy their single if they release one."

"Haha, it was all written for fun."

In later generations, this song was not particularly popular, but the melody was very nice. Zhang Chen also heard it by chance on Tik Tok. It is very suitable for girls to sing.

The three of them talked about a lot of things. One episode of "锵锵三人行" is 60 minutes long and is divided into two parts. The first part will be broadcast tomorrow.

……

practice room

The twin sisters are practicing "Don't Panic, There Will Be Moonlight When the Sun Sets" over and over again.

"Okay, let's stop here for today and give my throat a rest..."

The instructor finished training for today, and the two sisters wanted to follow him out.

"Director Zhang is really amazing. He is obviously a director, so how come he is also such a great songwriter?"

"Yes, this song 'Don't Panic, There's Moonlight When the Sun Sets' is nice, and the other songs 'Angel in the Devil', 'Fairy Tale Town' and 'Fortune Telling' are all nice. Sister Wenxi said that we found out about it too late. If we had gotten this song earlier, we would have already..."

Listening to Ah Sa dreaming, Gillian knocked her head with a smile: "Wake up, it's already amazing that we can get a song. I heard that many first-line singers invited us to sing songs, but Director Zhang ignored them..."

……

On the other side, the boss received a call from Zhang Chen, revealing a single that had not yet been released. Zhang Chen must tell him about it.

But he had nothing to feel guilty about. He had not charged for the song in the first place, and even though he had given it away, the other party probably wouldn't mind if he used it temporarily.

The boss on the other end of the phone really didn't care, "You helped me promote it in advance, I have to thank you~"

Zhang Chen openly said on the show that many big-name singers approached him to invite them to sing songs, but he didn't give any of them a chance.

He has to accept this favor!
The boss decided to return the favor and treat Zhang Chen to seafood.

"Do you have a favorite female celebrity in Hong Kong? I'll ask her to have dinner with you. As for whether you can get her, it depends on your own ability..."

Zhang Chen was surprised. From the sound of it, he could even order dishes.

"Is Qiu Shuzhen okay?"

Qiu Shuzhen is his dream lover. He will never forget the image of her with red lips and holding a poker card. Zhang Chen feels that Cherie Chung, who is known as the sexy goddess of Hong Kong, is far inferior to her.

The boss staggered and said in an awkward tone: "Well, that won't work. She's already married, and her husband is a famous entrepreneur in Hong Kong."

Zhang Chen complained in his heart: You sound like you can handle it just because you are not an entrepreneur.

But he still smiled and said, "How about Zhang Min?"

"Ah~"

The boss was confused again. Why did Zhang Chen always look for difficult ones?

Zhang Min is Xiang Shisan’s confidante. What is the background of the Xiang family?
"Well, that won't work either. She has a boyfriend and he's not in Hong Kong."

The boss made up a random excuse and didn't dare let Zhang Chen continue ordering, so he simply made recommendations.

"Zhong Li asked if you were interested. The heroine of "Zhong Nanhai Bodyguard" is very coquettish..."

Of course Zhang Chen knew her. She was of Chinese and Vietnamese descent and looked very open-minded. However, he did not answer immediately.

The boss thought he had concerns and explained, "She hasn't been doing well in the past two years. Although she has been filming movies, she doesn't have much influence. If you are at the dinner, he will definitely come..."

Zhang Chen still didn't say anything, and the boss continued: "Or change someone else, what about Weng Hong? She just got divorced recently and was kicked out of the house, you know..."

Weng Hong is the Miss Asia champion. She collaborated with Fei Fei when she debuted and was highly praised by Asia Television.

Unfortunately, it’s not popular.

Later, the girl decided to take it easy and become famous by stripping off her clothes.

Amy Yip is definitely responsible for Weng Hong's choice of this path.

Veronica Yip has done ATV a disservice. She was the first Miss Asia to take the lead. Since her, all the Miss Asia champions have been like possessed, taking off their clothes one by one.

Originally, ATV wanted to create the Miss Asia pageant to compete with TVB's Miss Hong Kong, but it was ruined by Amy Yip's move.

The standard of Miss Asia has been sharply lowered.

But her looks are not what Zhang Chen likes, Zhang Chen still prefers foreign flavors.

"Then let Zhong Li mention it."

(End of this chapter)