Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 315: Another Pioneering
Zhang Yimou looked determined, "So I will still work with you to prepare the next film. I will just temporarily join someone else's crew and help direct a movie."

"Why did you choose that Xiao Chen?"

Zhang Weiping couldn't understand. "What benefit did he give you to make you help him? You are now the top director in the country. Co-directing with him is just giving him a free ride."

Zhang Yimou said calmly, "Whether it's cheap or not, there's no need to say too much. Anyway, I've already discussed it with Xiao Chen and will start preparations right away. We'll start filming after the New Year, and it won't affect our project."

He was determined this time. No matter what Zhang Weiping said, it was useless. It was related to his lifelong honor. No matter what, he had to make this film.

Zhang Weiping was so angry that he slammed the table.

He also regretted it. If he had known earlier, he should have taken on the film himself. Now that the project is in Chen Linfeng's hands, he feels even more uncomfortable.

However, this emotion cannot be expressed openly. If Zhang Yimou really notices it, the other party will really leave him and work on his own, and Zhang Weiping will have no way to deal with it.

Although he had some negative information about the other party, how could he choose to turn against him at this time?

Finally, Zhang Weiping moved his hands up and down on his chest, trying to calm down the pent-up emotions in his heart and make his voice as calm as possible.

"Yimou, I'm not going to argue with Chen Linfeng this time for your sake, but I have to say this, this won't happen again."

Zhang Yimou breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly, "No, it's just that Xiao Chen's script is too good, I really can't give up. The two of us work so well together, and I know how much worry I have saved with your help."

Hearing Zhang Yimou's rare good words, Zhang Weiping forced a smile.

"I know. Although we have had some bumps and bruises over the years, we are truly of one mind. I was just too angry this time. Just think of me as someone who was not in a clear mind. Some of what I said just now was not right. Don't take it to heart."

Zhang Yimou waved his hand, he was used to it.

The two finally reached a compromise, and Chen Linfeng soon learned the news.

He contacted Sister Mei and Chen Shantong and asked them to coordinate with Zhang Yimou. The subsequent investment and preparation, as well as the crew staff, would all be arranged by Director Zhang.

Zhang Yimou only needs to bring along key personnel such as photographers and artists that he is familiar with. Zhang Weiping will not let the rest of the people go.

After hearing the whole story, Chen Shantong exclaimed, "What you did was really a bit of a coincidence. If people outside knew that you two were working together to make a movie, they would be so excited."

Sister Mei had other ideas during the call, "Xiaofeng, do you think it's possible for us to pry Director Zhang over? I don't think they have a very harmonious relationship."

"Well, it's a bit early for you to think about this now. Let's arrange it for Director Zhang first and let him know how good it is to cooperate with us. There will always be opportunities in the future."

"Okay, I see."

On September 9, "Painted Skin 24" was released. It did well at the box office and received good word of mouth, giving the audience more confidence in domestic films.

After the Olympics, the film market seemed to have burst into new vitality, and the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies was high.

Kirin Studio released the third trailer at this time.

This time the trailer has changed its style again, with a full suspenseful atmosphere.

This made netizens begin to wonder what the film’s positioning was.

How come every promotional video looks good? They release one every once in a while to hook people but never let people watch the main film. Isn't this just keeping people on a suspenseful leash?

This is Chen Linfeng's purpose, no matter how much netizens complain in the comment section below the blog post.

He just took it as a compliment.

Nowadays, the marketing model of movies is not that complicated. Most producers just cut a trailer to give the public an understanding of the style of the movie.

Unlike Chen Linfeng, who released promotional videos continuously with completely different styles, each of which aroused heated discussions. He can be said to have made the trailer very interesting.

Some people in the industry began to pay attention to Chen Linfeng's operation this time, and felt that what he did seemed interesting.

As they expected, just after the beginning of October, Chen Linfeng continued to release trailers.

The series of promotional videos let many people know that "Police Incident" is going to be released.

Netizens are becoming more and more optimistic about Chen Linfeng's new film.

Many people probably know Xiao Chen's personality. If it is an ordinary movie, or a work that is applicable to a certain range of audiences, he will definitely not promote it so vigorously.

"Whiplash" is an example. The producers even announced to everyone that viewers who don't like art films are advised to watch it with caution.

A similar operation was also done in the previous film "Her".

These practices have invisibly increased fans' trust in Xiao Chen.

Not only that, core fans are also telling others about their idols' style to help increase popularity.

Chen Linfeng's past actions of cherishing his reputation have now paid off.

Soon after the release of the movie trailer, he released the first trailer of Reply, which also attracted a lot of attention.

The film and television companies in the industry began to wonder what Xiao Chen was trying to do and why a TV series was promoted so ostentatiously.

Wasn't he like this before?
This practice even prompted Fang Hua to call and ask about it.

"Xiao Chen, what's wrong with you this time? Didn't you not care much about the promotion of the TV series before? Some comrades in the station are even reviewing whether they have done something wrong."

"No, it's not a big deal anyway, I'm just promoting it, it's not like I have any dissatisfaction with our station."

"Oh, I'm just asking. Just follow your own ideas. It's a good thing to have some popularity in advance."

Fang Hua wondered if he had not done something well, which was why Xiao Chen had to personally help with the promotion.

He couldn't help but think about it. The name Chen Linfeng was too important in today's TV drama industry. It was basically a guarantee of ratings.

Even if he is from Huayang TV, he still has to be careful.

As soon as Chen Linfeng hung up the phone, it rang again.

"Hey, Brother Fang, is there anything else?"

"Xiaofeng, it's me."

"Oh, Sister Mei, what's the matter?"

Mei's voice was filled with joy, "Xiaofeng, you have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize again this year, and this time you have also been nominated for the French Prix Goncourt.

Not only that, I heard that the Book Critics Circle Award in the United States also intends to include "Her" in the collection. Oh, this is just gossip, don't take it seriously for now."

"That's good news, but I don't know if I have a chance to win this year. I missed out last year."

"There should be a lot of hope. Infinite World 3 has done so well this year, they can't just turn a blind eye to it."

What Sister Mei said does make some sense. The "Infinite World" series itself has little hope of winning any literary awards.

Most of the awards for best-selling books are not very valuable. Chen Linfeng has won many of them over the years, so they are no longer rare.

Even a work of the level of "Harry Potter" does not stand out in terms of awards.

Apart from winning the Hans Christian Andersen Award for children's literature, the rest are similar to "World Infinite" and are not worth mentioning.

However, what makes Chen Linfeng different is that he has a book called "She". The combination of the two makes things different.

Strictly speaking, "Her" is more of a serious literary genre, and can also be considered science fiction, so it's a little bit of both.

As he gains more and more fame through the sales of best-selling books, the novel "Her" will also receive more attention.

As a literary work that imagines the future society, its content setting gives people a greater sense of reality than similar works.

After several years of development, it has now increasingly attracted the attention of major international literary awards.

One very obvious sign is that media such as Time Magazine and The Times publish recommended book lists every year.

In addition to bestsellers, there will also be a recommended top 10 or 20 for literary works.

The ranking of the novel "Her" in this list has gradually risen in recent years, which in itself represents the attention it has received from the European and American literary circles.

The major literary awards and the focus of the literary world are inherently similar.

Another point is that the initial distribution channels for Her were not as many as those for Infinite Worlds. So new translations of Her are constantly appearing, and new reprints are constantly being released.

Why do you say this?

This is related to the rules for inclusion of literary works in most literary awards today.

Take the Booker Prize as an example. They select the shortlisted works based on a time limit, that is, they must be the latest works published in the previous year.

Newly translated versions, or reprints with minor changes, such as "Her", also meet the inclusion requirements and are eligible for selection.

In fact, it is just a bug, but it is a common unspoken rule and an operating method recognized by various literary awards.

……

October passed quickly and it was November.

The weather has turned cold at this time, but fortunately the climate here in the UK is maritime, so it is still bearable.

The filming of "Sherlock Holmes" has now transitioned to the final episode.

This drama is said to have only three episodes per season, but each episode is one and a half hours long, which is basically the length of a movie.

The crew's filming method itself is very similar to that of a movie. If we make an analogy, it is a bit similar to the CCTV version of Lu Xiao Feng in China, and falls into the category of TV movie.

Originally the shooting was supposed to take at least half a year, but Chen Linfeng's outstanding performance greatly accelerated the shooting progress, and it is expected to be completed in more than a month.

In China, Qilin Studio and Huaying Group jointly organized a film screening in theaters. Chen Linfeng was not present, so he was not very clear about the specific circumstances.

But one thing is very clear, that is, after this film screening, the screening schedule given by the theater is almost the same as that of "Mei Lanfang".

Some cinema managers suddenly became friendly and left their phone numbers with Sister Mei, saying they wanted to communicate more in the future.

We are all businessmen, and what we care about is profit. In their view, "Police Incident" is likely to bring them good profits.

Considering Chen Linfeng's reputation in the field of TV dramas.

Maybe Xiao Chen wants to bring his talent to the film industry, and the managers think they can invest some money in advance.

When the screening data was sent to Chen Linfeng, he was a little surprised.

Even though Chen Kaige was badly criticized in later generations, he was actually a top director before 2010. Most theaters recognized him and the audiences also recognized him.

Even with the failure of "The Promise", people still pay more attention to new movies directed by Chen.

I remember that in the past, the screening rate of "Mei Lanfang" was a typical monopoly in the schedule. Although "Ip Man" was released a week later, its screening rate was obviously squeezed.

Even this is the result of restraint. At the time of "The Promise", no matter how big a blockbuster your movie was, if you encountered Chen Kaige, you would have to give way.

This is the domineering attitude of Director Chen. If you are unhappy, don’t play.

However, now facing Director Xiao Chen, Director Da Chen has also become reasonable. Everyone gets along in a friendly manner and shares the schedule equally. Isn't that wonderful?

Chen Linfeng knew that Han Shanping must have done some work behind the scenes. Of course, director Chen Kaige should have also agreed to it, and the feedback from the film screening was very good.

This should be the result of multiple factors.

At the same time, the preview of "Police Incident" was also confirmed. At first, the theater chain felt a little strange that Xiao Chen wanted to launch such a large-scale preview.

After watching the movie, I have an idea in my mind. This is a gamble on audience word of mouth.

However, no movie has ever tried this kind of large-scale preview before, so I don’t know how effective it will be.

Xiao Chen was the first to try it, and everyone was happy to see it succeed.

In the early promotion, Kirin, as the producer, did a very good job.

Now it's Huaying's turn to perform.

Various offline promotions were launched one after another, and Han Shanping achieved two goals at the same time. Often, next to the advertisement of "Mei Lanfang" was "Police Incident".

Later on, they even put the pictures of Chen and Chen Xiao together for promotion.

A competition between two directors named Chen, a passionate collision between two generations of directors.

The main focus is on mutual fraud.

The media coverage has reached a new level of intensity.

Some people were discussing who would win between Chen Linfeng and Chen Kaige, and some were analyzing the contents of the two films, including a comparison between the actors of "Police Incident" and the actors of "Mei Lanfang".

Of course, the last one, "Police Incident", is definitely a complete failure.

For a time, rumors that the Chen brothers were not on good terms and even cursed at each other on the phone were rampant.

Things that Chen Linfeng himself didn't know were spread by the media in a very realistic way.

There were even reports that described in vivid detail how Da Chen's words were harsh and how Xiao Chen made a strong comeback.

This mode of publicity reminded Chen Linfeng of his experience when the new book was released in Neon.

It seems that President Han also understands the essence of creating hype.

It was at this time that the results of the French Prix Goncourt and the British Booker Prize were reported back to the country.

Chen Linfeng failed in France, but successfully won the Booker Prize.

This is another groundbreaking honor for a Chinese writer!

The literary world is in an uproar.

The fans were excited.

The general public originally did not know the value of this award, but within a short period of time the media and "concerned citizens" made it clear to them.

Winning the Booker Prize means that the winning work is the best of all works in the English-speaking world that year.

It can be roughly said to be the highest literary award in Europe and the United States.

It may not have been so powerful before, but now, in China, it is.

At this time of excitement, the United States' "Twilight" was released. In the first three days of the weekend, it earned more than 3 million yuan at the box office and also won the weekly box office championship.

When the news reached the country, there was another uproar.

The media, which had previously been pessimistic about Chen Linfeng's acquisition of a Hollywood company, said with certainty that this was a taken-for-granted decision and that the company would inevitably suffer losses in the future and might even go bankrupt in two years.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, "Twilight" slapped him in the face.

"This first weekend box office performance is considered a huge success, right?"

"Yes, even if the box office data drops drastically later, we can still make a lot of money."

"Where is the person who said that the top would go bankrupt? Come out and speak up."

Chen Linfeng's fans are arrogantly enforcing the law everywhere on the Internet. They feel like it's New Year's Day, with good news coming in waves.

Indeed, "Police Incident" soon started previews in various places.

Audiences who had watched the movie in advance were raving about it online.

The word of mouth has not declined for nearly two weeks.

Obviously, the quality is really good, and the expectations of many moviegoers and fans for the movie have reached the highest point.

On the evening of December 12, the premiere ceremony of "Police Incident" began.

　8.5k, count as extra update.
　　I have finally finished writing the foreshadowing, and the plot will be released tomorrow.

　　I feel that this part of the plot is not well arranged, the gap between the works is too long, or the new actors are not experienced enough.

　　This lesson will definitely be useful next time 0.0
　　
　
(End of this chapter)