Rebirth: I'm filming extra scenes on the set

Chapter 266 I just wanted to get along with everyone as an ordinary person, but I’m going to show my cards!!!
Hong Kong.

Come to Hong Kong again.

This time Chen Cheng came to meet Stephen Chow.

Even though Chen Cheng called Stephen Chow in advance.

Stephen Chow agreed on the phone.

But after agreeing, there was no response.

Fortunately, Chen Cheng still has many friends in Hong Kong.

Such as Xu Ke, Hong Jinbao, Chen Kexin...

Upon learning that Chen Cheng came to Hong Kong to see Zhou Xingchi but did not meet him, several friends came to have tea with Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng had nowhere to go, so he gladly agreed to the agreement.

"Chen Cheng, are you looking for Zhou Xingchi?"

"Yes, I haven't seen him for two days."

"Normal. You know Zhou Xingchi's temper. Few people in Hong Kong can deal with him."

Even the veteran Hong Jinbao is dissatisfied with Zhou Xingchi.

This is also due to the previous shooting efforts.

At that time, Hong Jinbao was the martial arts instructor of Kung Fu.

I don't know what happened.

In the end, the martial arts instructor of this drama was changed to Yuan Baye.

Xu Ke has also collaborated with Chen Kexin and Zhou Xingchi.

Especially Chen Kexin.

In 90, Chen Kexin had a drama called "Curry Pepper". Originally, he wanted to cast Liang Chaowei, but later Chen Kexin recommended the unknown Zhou Xingchi.

As a result, Chen Kexin's desperate move made Zhou Xingchi become popular.

There is a classic shot of Stephen Chow in this movie, which is the shot of him walking on the street while smoking and holding a lunch box.

"Let's not talk about him anymore, let's talk about your "Aftershock". My goodness, the record that Xu Ke just set was broken by you again."

When talking about the Tangshan earthquake, the three directors' eyes lit up.

Box office of over 6 million.

This not only broke the domestic box office record once again.

It even amazed a group of veteran filmmakers who have been making movies for decades.

They didn't expect it.

One day, the domestic box office record will reach 6 million.

To know.

Their highest box office in Hong Kong was only over 5000 million.

This is a gap of more than ten times.

"Not just 6 million, it's estimated to be over 7 million."

Old Monster Xu also smiled bitterly: "You know, I thought that the box office of "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers" had exceeded 6 million, and this record would last for a while. I naively invited Chen Cheng to do the show, but now it seems that it can only last for half a month."

"Hahaha."

Chen Kexin also laughed, and then asked Chen Cheng: "Chen Cheng, I have a movie next year, "Wuxia", what do you think?"

"How would I know."

Chen Cheng spread his hands.

"Stop it, kid. Look at how you've slapped us Hong Kong directors in the face in recent times."

"Is it your fault?"

"Of course it's strange. Look, which Hong Kong director dares to increase the pay now?"

Hong Jinbao also said this.

This made everyone laugh again.

In fact, the three of them did not have a too tough attitude about whether to increase their pay or not.

It’s just that after Wu Yusen’s Battle of Red Cliff broke out, the entire industry was stimulated at once.

clam down.

Everyone also knows that this collective pay increase is not sustainable.

"It's that guy Wu Yusen. I feel like the movie The Crossing he shot is a little shady."

Chen Kexin said: "His director's salary is so high, and the investment in The Crossing is so huge. If it fails, it will have a huge impact on him."

We are all directors, and everyone knows that being a director is not easy.

It would be great if the film could break even or make a slight profit.

If you fail a few more times, you don’t know if you will ever be able to direct.

Wu Yusen is a famous Hong Kong director and the first Hong Kong director to go to Hollywood.

He has achieved some success in Hollywood.

But later.

After several consecutive losses in Hollywood, he could no longer stay in Hollywood.

"Chen Cheng, please give me some advice."

Xu Ke glanced at Chen Cheng and said, "To be honest, it's quite difficult for directors on our side right now."

"I do not know how to say it."

Chen Cheng knew the situation on the Hong Kong director's side.

"That's easy. Just tell me how to make a high-grossing movie."

Hong Jinbao said at this time.

"This..."

It would take days and nights to talk about this topic.

But even if we say a few days and nights, I think everyone would still feel dizzy.

After thinking for a while, Chen Cheng summed up and said: "I think we should actively embrace the mainland market."

“We already did that.”

Chen Kexin said: "You see, now almost all of our dramas are shot in the mainland. As for the actors, we also use mainland actors on a large scale."

"I know."

Chen Cheng said: "What I mean is that our ideas should also be consistent with those of the mainland. It would be best if everyone lived in the mainland for a few years. In this way, everyone would know what the mainland people like and what kind of entertainment products they need. If we still keep the thinking of making movies in Hong Kong, although we can still make movies, the mainland people may not buy into it too much."

Talk about it.

It’s not to say that the quality of the series of films produced in Hong Kong in recent years is bad.

Like the Jinyiwei, Jingwu Fengyun, Sword Rain, Big Soldier Little General, Confucius... etc., the quality is pretty good.

But why isn’t the box office going up?
Except the story wasn't told well.

More importantly, these films use the Hong Kong-style storytelling method.

This method used to work, but now mainland movie fans don’t buy it anymore.

"For example, the movie I shot before, Lost on Journey, is actually about the topic of going home for the Spring Festival. The quality of this movie is far inferior to many movies in Hong Kong. However, it sells well. Why? Because it captures the needs of mainland people. If we stay in Hong Kong every day and think about how to shoot movies with Hong Kong-style thinking, then we may find it difficult to capture everyone's preferences."

Chen Cheng's words made the three of them think deeply.

at this time.

Zhou Xingchi, who hadn't contacted Chen Cheng for two days, suddenly called him.

"Sorry, Director Chen, I almost forgot what I promised you. Where are you now?"

Seeing that Zhou Xingchi had returned the call, the three directors waved to Chen Cheng and said, "Director Chen, go do your thing first, we'll talk later."

talking.

The three of them left.

They also need to go back and digest what Chen Cheng just said.

……

"Director Chen, what did you say the other day?"

Half an hour later.

Zhou Xingchi appeared in front of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng smiled bitterly and said again: "Master Xing, there is a relatively large production called "The Founding of a Party" in the mainland. I would like to invite you to play a role in it."

"Oh, I remember now. I wanted to play a cameo role in your film Founding of the Republic of Daye. But when I called you, you said you had finished filming."

Chen Cheng was helpless.

There is only Zhou Xingchi.

If it were anyone else, it would be impossible for them to be so ignorant of the news in the industry.

“When will the filming of The Founding of a Party begin?”

"Probably next month."

"Ok, call me then."

Chen Cheng didn't expect that Stephen Chow would agree so quickly.

Just as Chen Cheng was about to say a few words of thanks.

Mr. Xing took out a few notebooks and said to Chen Cheng, "Chen Cheng, I have a few notebooks. Take a look at which one is more suitable."

Chen Cheng didn't quite understand, but he still took a few notebooks and took a look.

After a while, Chen Cheng said, "Master Xing, are you only directing these scripts and not acting in them?"

"Ah."

Zhou Xingchi nodded and said, "After CJ7, I decided not to appear on camera anymore. I wanted to retreat behind the scenes."

"If that's the case, I don't think anyone else in these books would be able to take on this responsibility."

"I think so too."

Zhou Xingchi had a headache.

Then he put the scripts aside and said, "But I can't act for the rest of my life. I'm getting old, and I can't be the same as before." Chen Cheng didn't say anything.

he knows.

This is a problem that all actors face.

In his previous life, he had many fans who had been looking forward to seeing Stephen Chow appear on the screen again.

Zhou Xingchi said self-deprecatingly: "Can I still act?"

A group of fans said, yes, we will watch it as long as you act in it.

Although that is said.

But everyone knows.

Actors grow old.

Even though I'm old, I can still act.

But Zhou Xingchi is a perfectionist.

He didn't want people to see his lonely side in front of the camera.

So, the best way is to stop appearing on camera and retreat behind the scenes.

"Master Xing, I think you can consider the story of Journey to the West."

After thinking about it, Chen Cheng suggested to Stephen Chow.

"Journey to the West?"

Master Xing was stunned.

Stephen Chow is naturally familiar with the story of Journey to the West.

He has also previously filmed two parts of the Journey to the West series.

But a pity.

Although the two films did not fail at the box office, they were still losses based on the investment at the time.

"Master Xing, Journey to the West has always been the most popular and influential IP in China and among Chinese people."

“No matter what time it is, he is never out of date.”

"If we interpret Journey to the West from another perspective, perhaps people will be more accepting. Why can't the monkey Sun Wukong be a vicious monkey?"

"good idea."

Chen Cheng's suggestion made Zhou Xingchi clap his hands: "Thank you, Chen Cheng, I will go back and think about this story carefully."

……

This trip to Hong Kong was pretty good.

Although I waited two more days.

But Master Xing still agreed.

but.

The question of Chen Cheng's identity in Hollywood continues.

Accidentally.

The topic of revealing Chen Cheng's true identity has become one of the top ten hottest topics on Weibo.

Many netizens are very interested and continue to participate in the topic of digging deep into Chen Cheng's identity.

Others are also constantly looking for a series of evidence.

Ok.

That's what the entertainment industry is like.

There are no secrets in this circle.

When not many people were paying attention to it before, this identity could be concealed.

Under the attention of millions of people.

A series of evidences about Chen Cheng in Hollywood were constantly being found.

Some netizens posted photos of various guild membership cards that Chen Cheng obtained in Hollywood.

This is certainly not a database hack.

This was after Chen Cheng joined various guilds in Hollywood.

The display boards of each guild show the latest and most famous members.

Chen Cheng became a role model.

In the display column, Chen Cheng’s English name in Hollywood is Chen.

not only.

In the Screenwriters Guild, three works are clearly shown among Chen Cheng’s representative works.

They are "Buried", "Source Code", and "Inception" which has not yet been released.

When Chen Cheng opened Weibo again.

However, Chen Cheng saw that thousands of netizens manually pinned these photos to the top.

"Brothers, let's give it a push so that Chen Cheng can see it."

"Well, do you still dare to be stubborn now?"

Looking at the tens of thousands of comments on my Weibo.

Chen Cheng shook his head helplessly.

These guys are truly talented.

They can get their hands on some of Hollywood's membership information.

no solution anymore.

After being exposed by others, Chen Cheng had no choice but to post a reply on Weibo: "I originally just wanted to get along with everyone as an ordinary person, but in the end I was alienated. Okay, I'm going to reveal my cards. I am one of the three giants of Inception."

……

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

After Chen Cheng's pretentious confession, thousands of netizens quickly flocked to Chen Cheng's Weibo.

"Damn you Chen Cheng, you finally admitted it."

"You've been saying it was you before, but I'm still being stubborn."

"Tell me, were you the one who invited Li Bingbing and Zhou Xun to audition in Hollywood?"

Many people suppressed their excitement and spoke again.

Chen Cheng also knew it.

If he doesn't respond to everyone at this time, everyone might hate him to death.

He replied on Weibo: "Yes, Inception had just been approved. So I wanted to promote a Chinese actor. I decided on Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing. In the final audition, Li Bingbing won."

This answer finally made everyone understand.

Why was it Li Bingbing and why was it Zhou Xun?

It’s not that the agency behind them is that powerful.

It’s purely because of Chen Cheng.

"Awesome, there's more."

"What else?"

"That is, between Zhou Xun and Li Bingbing, will you definitely choose one?"

"Yes, this is the role I proposed, and I have the right to cast."

"I said."

Everyone sighed again, and then asked, "I heard that you have editing rights in the Inception crew?"

"That's right. However, I only retained Bingbing's editing and interpretation rights. I gave most of the other editing rights to Nolan."

"Then why don't you admit your identity?"

"That's hard to say."

"Why is it hard to say?"

“I’m afraid the box office will flop.”

Chen Cheng also spoke the truth: "I thought, if the box office is successful, I will announce my identity. If it fails, I won't tell anyone. Anyway, I have to save face."

"Pfft..."

Everyone was amused by Chen Cheng's cleverness: "Director Chen, are you really that cunning?"

"I can't help it. It's not easy to make a movie nowadays. If I lose money on one, everyone will think I've run out of ideas. Now it's good, my identity has been exposed. At that time, I can only bite the bullet and go ahead. If it doesn't do well after it's released, don't blame me."

Very unexpected.

Chen Cheng's identity was revealed, but it did not cause any resentment among his fans towards Chen Cheng.

instead.

Chen Cheng's thoughtful remarks made everyone feel down-to-earth.

Many people feel that although Chen Cheng is a great director, he is not the kind of filmmaker who is high and mighty.

Many of his ideas were the same as their own.

Change the angle.

If they were Chen Cheng, they might also do the same thing as Chen Cheng.

However, although Chen Cheng is very down-to-earth.

But everyone was full of admiration for Chen Cheng's achievements.

The two Hollywood films earned a lot of money, and he made a lot of money in a low-key manner.

He became the screenwriter of the Hollywood A-level film "Inception", with an investment of up to 1.8 million US dollars.

They have the right to edit and cast, and can even determine the roles of Chinese actresses.

This achievement.

Not to mention Chinese directors.

Even among Hollywood directors, this is rare.

(End of this chapter)