Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 442 The Status of Korean Actresses

After finishing the call with David, Zhang Chen immediately contacted Diane.

"The situation is far more serious than what he said. Harvey is using his influence in Hollywood to badmouth you, and the worst thing is that everyone believes him..."

"What did he say?"

“Let me read you a few:
I recently heard a piece of news that a Chinese person actually wanted to make a science fiction film, and overestimated his own capabilities by making a $100 million production. Haha, when will the Chinese be able to make science fiction films?

I advise him to go back to filming martial arts movies, that's what Chinese people are good at~
I guess Warner must have been caught by the Chinese government, otherwise why would he make such a stupid move~
It is said that the arrogant director used to make horror films. Is there any successful precedent in Hollywood of a horror film director switching to science fiction films?
I really admire their imagination. Maybe it's very sci-fi that horror film directors transform into science fiction films~
I've learned that he's very famous in China, and his status is roughly equivalent to James Wan's in the United States. He probably wants to copy Wan's transformation path, but I want to say that Wan transformed from horror movies to action movies, and they were low-budget action movies, while this Chinese guy directly switched to a $100 million science fiction movie. I'm waiting to see him sitting on the side of the road wiping his tears, hahaha..."

"Boss, it seems that Harvey Weinstein hates you. In the 30-minute interview, he complained about you for more than minutes. It feels like you slept with his mother..."

Before Zhang Chen could say anything, Diane on the other end of the phone started laughing.

This guy, at this time, is still in the mood to joke.

Feeling that Zhang Chen seemed a little unhappy, Diane calmed down a little.

"Relax, Boss. This is no big deal. This level of smear campaign is commonplace in Hollywood. You should even be proud of it. At least he didn't find any real dirt on you. Otherwise, he wouldn't have used your identity as a horror film director to make a fuss about you..."

Zhang Chen was surprised at the other party's big heart.

"Harvey is targeting you because we have snatched the North American copyright of The Banquet and he feels offended~"

Speaking of this, Diane curled her lips. This was her masterpiece. She bought "The Banquet" for US$80 and sold it for 500 million, making a net profit of 480 million US dollars. Is there any business easier than this?

He even encouraged Zhang Chen to do the same with similar Chinese films, but unfortunately Zhang Chen explicitly refused.

Diane comforted him again: "Believe me, Boss, it's okay. Morgan Freeman is a well-known actor. Every time his movie is released, his competitors will stir up the matter of him sleeping with his granddaughter. At least you don't have such black material, right?"

Zhang Chen was shocked. Hollywood really took the business world-as-a-battlefield tactic to the extreme.

"But Warner said this would likely affect the box office. Do we not need to do anything?"

"Don't pay attention to them. Movie box office is not that easily affected. You are making a $100 million production. As long as the quality of the movie is up to standard, there will be no problem.

By then, even if we only rely on normal publicity and promotion, we can crush this so-called smear campaign. But you are right, we can't just do nothing. I will contact some media and cooperate with the currently released "A Quiet Place" to make that guy uncomfortable...

Didn’t he underestimate you? The box office of A Quiet Place is not bad. We will use this to slap him in the face…”

"Well, that's all."

Compared to himself, Diane is a native Hollywood person, and her understanding of Hollywood is definitely ten blocks ahead of himself.

Diane said it's okay, so it should be okay.

Since Diane said so, Zhang Chen was no longer in a hurry to return to China and focused on the filming of "New World" first.

Building a team, script blocking ~
This is very good in South Korea. Script blocking is an inevitable project. No wonder their film industry can develop.

Zhang Chen stayed there for a few days and didn't see much, but he heard a lot.

He had only felt it from TV dramas before. The class culture in Korea is very serious. This time he felt it deeply. It was much more serious than he had imagined.

The status of male and female artists is completely different, and even among artists there are different levels.

The basic order is probably actor>singer>comedian>girl group>trainee...

The status of actors is very high, and among them movie actors have the highest status.

However, unlike in China, actors basically don’t need to be supported by fans.

Korean actors don't need to rely on fans to increase box office or ratings, so they can focus on improving their acting skills.

Moreover, the competition here is very fierce, much more brutal than in the mainland.

Therefore, anyone who can make it big has good acting skills.

Unlike actors, singers have a different logic.

Korean singers are usually very distinctive, and they basically have another identity, idol.

This determines that they are playing the fan economy.

As for comedians, they can really be ignored.

I attended many shows but there wasn't even a place to sit.

However, there is a group with a lower status than comedians, and that is girl groups.

In the news, we often see Korean female stars committing suicide due to humiliation, and having remote controls installed when they are on TV shows. Female stars all live in such a state, not to mention girl groups.

It is not easy for an agency to obtain film and television resources, even for a big company like SM.

Therefore, if girl groups want to obtain film and television resources, they must pay a price, and accompanying drinking or sleeping with the actors are basic procedures.

Even if they themselves don't want to, the agency and agents behind them will force them to do so.

An agent is supposed to be a pimp, and if you can't even do that, then you're not a good agent.

During the few days that Zhang Chen was here, Jin Taiyu generously said that he could arrange a woman for him.

Zhang Chen witnessed Kim Tae-woo's power with his own eyes. Those brokerage companies had to call a big agent like Kim Tae-woo "Dad". Making the girl group members drink leather shoe wine was the least of their worries.

But he did not agree, he did not want to be the male protagonist of the video.

South Korea's candid photography industry is very developed~
And he wasn't sure whether Kim Tae-woo would set a trap for him.

Zhang Chen originally wanted to stay for two more days, but he didn't expect the situation in China to go viral.

Harvey's interview did not cause any harm to Zhang Chen in the United States, but instead caused a huge uproar in China.

Generally speaking, with the current speed of information dissemination, what happens in the United States will take at least a few days to be transmitted back to the country.

But this time is different.

After Harvey's interview was exposed, domestic reports were overwhelming in just one day.

Zhang Chen encountered doubts from Hollywood - "BJ Youth Daily"

Hollywood bigwigs look down on Pacific Rim, China's first science fiction film may be stillborn - BJ Morning News

Harvey Weinstein believes Zhang Chen overestimates his abilities - Southern Metropolis Daily

The door to Chinese science fiction has just opened, but it may close soon - China Entertainment Report

Zhang Chen encounters the biggest trust crisis in history - Chongqing Daily Entertainment Edition

Are you confident or overestimating your capabilities? - Southern Weekend

Not only was the media discussing it, but many blogger celebrities also joined the discussion.

Zhang Chen is already the top director in China, but he still can't stand the words of a famous Hollywood filmmaker.

As soon as Harvey started to speak ill of Zhang Chen, many people immediately followed suit.

Inside Xingchen Entertainment, the secretary knocked on the door hastily and rushed in without waiting for Dong Jianqiang to reply: "Manager Dong, there are more negative comments about Director Zhang..."

"Let me see it~" Dong Jianqiang nervously flipped through various newspapers...

One after another, without exception, all of them were bad-mouthing Zhang Chen and Pacific Rim, with all kinds of analysis, all with reason and evidence...

The most exaggerated thing is that even financial magazines are discussing this matter.

This is no longer just entertainment news, it seems to be moving towards a social topic.

"These bastards can only follow their American fathers and cheer for him..."

Dong Jianqiang was furious when he saw that many well-known authors and experts expressed negative opinions.

"Also, many media outlets called and wanted to interview Director Zhang..."

The secretary said again.

"Reject all~"

Dong Jianqiang rubbed his sore eyes and asked, "When will Director Zhang come back?"

"I have arranged for a driver to pick you up for this afternoon's flight~"

"Well, don't respond to anyone for now. If someone asks, just say Director Zhang went to Korea to discuss the preparations for a new movie..."

Dong Jianqiang hoped to use Zhang Chen's Korean film project to divert attention, but it was useless because no one cared at all.

No one cared whether Zhang Chen had made a new movie in South Korea. They just wanted to know how Zhang Chen was going to respond.

Unlike Xingchen Entertainment, inside Huayi Brothers, Wang Zhonglei happily rushed into his brother's office with a newspaper in his hand.

"Brother, have you seen the news today?"

After entering, he found that Wang Zhongjun was talking to a senior executive. Hearing what was said, he glared at him unhappily.

"Okay, let's talk about this today~"

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll go do my work first~"

After the executives left, Wang Zhongjun said unhappily, "I've told you so many times, this is the company~"

Wang Zhonglei didn't care about being scolded this time. He pushed the newspapers in his hand to his brother with a cheerful face and said, "Brother, take a look. Zhang Chen is finished this time. I don't know how he offended Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein publicly criticized him. Haha, it's really a dog-eat-dog situation..."

Even when he spoke he couldn't hide the excitement in his words.

Wang Zhongjun spread out the newspapers one by one and read them. After a while, he raised his head again and asked, "Have you bought the navy?"

Wang Zhonglei was stunned: "What?"

"Hire a navy. How can we let go of such a good opportunity to beat up a fallen dog?"

"Oh, I'll go right away~"

Wang Zhonglei was secretly annoyed, wondering why he didn't think of such an important thing.

At the same time, the Li sisters were dumbfounded.

"Xue, what should we do?"

Li Lianhua was at a loss for a moment.

I can't be so unlucky, right? I just stood on Zhang Chen's side and Zhang Chen fell?
Li Xue also looked extremely worried, but she was her sister's backbone and could not panic.

Li Xue quickly calmed herself down and comforted her: "Sister, don't panic, maybe this is an opportunity. Adding icing on the cake is not as good as helping someone in need. Now that we have chosen a side, we must stand firm to the end. I will contact the media immediately, and you should make a public statement to support Zhang Chen..."

There are many smart people like Li Xue.

Before Li Xue could contact the media, Fan Xiaopang had already made a public statement expressing his support for director Zhang Chen.

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Director Zhang’s ability is unquestionable. Those who have tried to slap him in the face ended up getting slapped in the face.

I have no doubt that Harvey Weinstein's face will be beaten into a pig's head this time too.

In the past, some people doubted that Director Zhang could only shoot horror films. Then Director Zhang shot "The Accidental Murderer" in which he slapped the opponent's face. Then he shot "Taken" in which he pressed those people to the ground and rubbed them hard. In the near future, "Pacific Rim" will create miracles again. Those who are badmouthing Director Zhang, I hope you can still be so tough when the time comes...

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Fan Xiaopang’s domineering response immediately caused a wave of support for Zhang on the Internet, and Zhang Chen’s fans crazily liked the video.

On the Internet, they are a force to be reckoned with.

But it has little power in the traditional media field.

Now, finally someone has publicly supported Zhang Chen in traditional media.

In Hong Kong, Chen Xi even publicly shouted: "Harvey Weinstein is just an old rogue who only knows how to distribute pornographic films. What he said is like farting, but some people still take it as a guiding principle. I despise you old perverts..."

Dong Jianqiang also made a public statement - Chinese science fiction films do not need a foreigner to make decisions.

Before Zhang Chen boarded the plane, he received a call from Han Sanping: "Have you returned to China?"

"Not yet. Landed BJ today."

"Come to my place first when you come back. Lao Ren is also with me~"

"Ok."

Lao Ren should be Ren Zhonglun of Shanghai Film Group, another investor of Pacific Rim. It seems that the negative comments in North America still affected them.

In the afternoon, the plane landed in Beijing and Zhang Chen got into the car that came to pick him up from the company.

"Don't go back to the company first, go to China Film~"

The driver drove directly to China Film Studio, where Zhang Chen met Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun.

"What's going on in North America?"

"It should be because I said before that he was a liar who specialized in defrauding Chinese companies, so this guy holds a grudge against me."

Zhang Chen didn't want others to find out that Cube was his company.

The two looked at each other and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

Zhang Chen shrugged: "Don't pay attention to him. No matter how much he shouts in North America, it won't affect me. At most, it will have a little impact on the North American box office of "A Quiet Place", but New Line will not allow him to continue like this..."

Ren Zhonglun: "The problem is that there are many people in China who are badmouthing you. You just returned to China, so you may not know it yet. All those people who blamed you in the past have now come out, and public opinion is very unfavorable to you..."

As he spoke, Ren Zhonglun pushed over a large stack of newspapers. One didn't even need to look carefully, the front-page headlines were all about Zhang Chen.

Zhang Chen flipped through a few pages at random...

"Hey, these guys really think highly of me..."

Various experts and professors jumped out and made all kinds of accusations, wishing that Zhang Chen would never be able to make a comeback.

(End of this chapter)