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

Chapter 550: Two completely opposite movies, getting restless (5K)

After seeing Alex off, Chen Linfeng continued to focus on filming.

The crew will have a media open day at the end of the month, allowing reporters to enter the crew for filming.

This kind of operation is a common method used by "Shenxia".

As the most watched TV series in the UK, every time from the project launch, to the start of filming, to the broadcast of the series.

All the big and small events during this period attracted great attention from the public.

At the same time, the media also regard it as a hot commodity and try every possible means to collect relevant information for release.

In order to give the media something to write about and avoid offending people, and also as a publicity method, there is a tradition of having a public day when filming.

On the day of the open house, the crew was surrounded by crowds early on.

Reporters are one thing, and fans are always paying attention to information from the crew, so they naturally know that this day is the open day.

There has been a lottery online before, and lucky fans were able to go into the crew and watch the stars filming in person.

Of course, not all fans present are eligible, and some who are envious can just watch from outside.

Even though people know there is little chance of meeting celebrities, there are still people who come to try their luck.

What if I could see my favorite star?

Apparently the fans were lucky today.

Chen Linfeng got up a little late. When he and Liu Qianqian came to the crew, there were already quite a few people gathered outside.

Enter from the inner passage, and a section of the road can be seen from the outside.

When many fans saw Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian, their emotions instantly became excited.

"Chen! It's chen!"

"Please look at me, Chen!"

"LL, I love you~"

"..."

When Chen Linfeng heard the voice, he smiled and waved towards the outside.

Everyone became even more excited, the crowd was a little chaotic, and then they rushed forward.

The security personnel rushed forward and stopped the man.

They are the ones who feel the most pressure on every open day.

Chen Linfeng realized that he seemed to be in trouble, and hurriedly pulled Xixi away.

After walking away, Liu Qianqian scolded, "You knew that fans are easily excited, but you still provoked them."

"Haha, I raise my hand out of habit."

At the shooting location, the staff are already making preparations.

Chen Linfeng greeted a few people he knew, and then went to the dressing room to put on makeup.

At 10 a.m., accredited journalists and fans were allowed in.

Bovin Cruz of the Daily News was among them.

He has always been the newspaper's main reporter following the "Sherlock Holmes" series.

When the first season of "Natsume" was broadcast, he was still a young reporter. He was appreciated by his superiors because he was the first to write reports in this field and wrote them well.

Now he can lead the team for interviews.

It happened to be the open day, so it was natural to get it.

At the entrance of the studio, there were not only fans who didn't win the lottery, but also some tabloids that were not big enough and could not enter without an invitation.

Cruz glanced at it and didn't pay much attention.

"Hi, Bowen."

A man who looked very fast came over and said, "You must be in need of an assistant. How about I be your assistant and help you carry your bag?"

Cruz frowned and said, "Valentin, I don't need this. Just me and Garcia are enough."

Garcia was his photography assistant, a tall and strong man who followed him with a camera in his hand.

He didn't like Valentine very much and the report was too meaningless.

The two who used to work together on street news are no longer on the same level.

"Bowen, help me."

Cruz turned a deaf ear to the call, showed his ID to the security guard, and then walked into the set amid the envious eyes of dozens of reporters.

"How can you hinder the news?"

Cruz shook his head as he heard Valentine's protests from a distance.

He used to shout like this often, but there is no need now.

As with the previous times he came here, Garcia stayed here and guarded the camera when entering the second door.

He went in first, and then there was time for filming.

Not far away, the extras director was giving instructions on precautions.

Fans who want to experience being an extra can, as arranged, serve as background extras on the set and maybe even be included in the film.

"Shen Xia" is a modern play, and they don't even have to change their costumes.

Actually, reporters can do it too, but Cruz is not interested because he has experienced everything he should have.

Under the guidance of the staff, Cruz came to the designated location.

It does not affect the filming of the crew and allows you to see the situation on the scene very well.

There are already quite a few reporters here.

Cruz greeted a few reporters he knew, and then looked with awe at Pierre Wright, a reporter from The Sun not far away.

This is a real big shot. The Sun is simply his dream unit and he dares to write anything.

A little further away, there are comprehensive newspapers such as The Times and The Guardian, which are of a more distant level.

dare not think, dare not think.

He paid no more attention to his peers.

With Chen in front of me, who would pay attention to other people?

Who is this?

Since around 2010, he has been leading the global entertainment trends.

In fact, he was also famous earlier, but in the field of novels, which he did not pay much attention to.

He is recognized as a new generation superstar, and a rare Asian superstar.

An important figure on the Hollywood power list, a three-time Golden Globes director, with a film that has been ranked among the top five box office hits in film history.

Such people are naturally the focus of the media.

Cruz said that he has been following and reporting on "Sherlock Holmes", but in fact, he is digging deeper into Chen's news.

Now, he is also the core of the set.

It can be seen that Chen is acting opposite Martin.

Martin's NG times were obviously more than Chen's. Cruz had also seen such scenes in the previous public days.

Chen is always the one who makes the least noise.

The media have recently been discussing that the industry seems to have underestimated Chen's acting skills.

This person is not only a genius in writing and directing, but also seems to be a genius in acting.

However, there has not been much room for development and it is often ignored by the public.

The filming process was actually a bit boring and not as exciting as I had imagined.

The shots in film and television works often become wonderful only after a lot of post-production.

As a veteran entertainment reporter, Cruz understands this deeply.

Those fans may just be happy to see the stars, he has long been desensitized to them and are more focused on looking for interesting news.

"There shouldn't be any big scene today."

Alvin Morris, who was familiar with the scene, came over to chat, "And Martin doesn't look like he's tired of filming."

"Maybe it's just that?" Cruz guessed.

This piece of news was quite popular a while ago, but now no one is talking about it anymore.

"By the way, is Chen's movie that won an award in Berlin going to be released soon?"

"I heard it's next month."

Cruz asked curiously, "Have you seen the movie Joker? I heard some rumors that this movie seems to be very interesting?"

"I just heard some rumors."

There is not much news now, and all the reporters are deserting their posts.

When they heard the two talking about "Joker", everyone became interested.

"I heard from colleagues in North America that this movie is a bit evil, and some viewers felt a bit fanatical after watching it."

"I've heard about that, too. I think this movie should do well at the box office."

"Do you even need to say this?"

"That's right, Chen and Dicaprio, a classic combination, they don't even need much publicity."

Cruz nodded. "This movie will definitely do well at the box office. No matter what, it won't be less than $3 million."

Considering that this is an art film, Cruz thought as high as possible.

……

On the set, one take was completed.

Chen Linfeng found his seat and rested, waiting for the staff to make preparations.

"What are you looking at?"

Seeing Liu Qianqian browsing her phone seriously, he also moved closer to take a look.

"There's a new situation with Dong Jie and Pan Yueming,"

Liu Qianqian was shocked. "Zhuo Wei took photos of Dong Jie and Wang Dazhi cheating on each other. Oh my God, how could these two people..."

Chen Linfeng maintained the composure of a reborn man and pretended to be surprised, "Really?" Liu Qianqian didn't realize that her husband was wrong, and regretted it to herself, "I wrongly blamed Pan Yueming."

"Normal, who would have thought of this."

When the reporters outside saw Chen and CC interacting, they immediately focused.

Cruz also noticed this scene, which is somewhat worth writing about.

It's a pity, if only I had a camera at that time, I could have produced a good report.

Cruz felt regretful while thinking in his mind how to make it more exaggerated.

The morning passed quickly.

Garcia was let in near the end.

Finally I can take pictures.

Cruz quickly took a few photos of Chen, CC, Martin and others.

If the big news you want is not available, then you can only start with a picture and make up the content.

He thought he had a rich imagination and would come up with an exaggerated and just-right piece of news.

……

March passed quickly and fulfillingly, and now it is April.

The production of "Sherlock Holmes" is progressing smoothly, and Chen Linfeng has gradually focused more on the promotion of "Joker".

In Europe, he occasionally participates in promotional activities.

It just so happens that he and Leonardo have their own promotions separately, one in Europe and one in the United States.

Joker is set to be released on Friday, April 4.

There will be about 10 days of preview screenings before that to build word of mouth, which is necessary for feature films.

There were no famous movies in the same period, only Iron Man 3 was released half a month later.

In Chen Linfeng's memory, the story of this Iron Man movie was not very interesting, but with the addition of the previous film, the box office exceeded 11 billion US dollars.

It was also the global box office champion in 2013.

I don’t know if “Joker” has a chance to compete with it.

Since Chen Linfeng started making movies, almost all of his commercial films, as long as they were released worldwide, would rank among the top ten in the global box office rankings of the year.

This is highly praised by Western media reporters and is also an important reason why Hollywood respects him.

However, it is a bit of a pity that we have not won the global championship yet.

Especially last year, with 12.66 billion, it was among the top five in history, but it was still surpassed by "Avengers".

It depends on whether it can be accomplished this year. Chen Linfeng holds some hope.

In its previous life, "Joker" had just exceeded 10 billion at the global box office, but that did not include the box office in the Chinese market.

Now if we add the domestic box office, there is indeed some hope.

Some time ago, the domestic review was passed.

The Big Scissors deleted some of the bloody scenes, but the overall tone remained unchanged.

The domestic promotional video push and topic marketing have already started.

It will be released during the May Day holiday, which is also a good time slot.

On April 4, Chen Linfeng took a leave of absence and started the official promotion of "Joker".

Sissi had also returned to China at this time. Her part was finished and she needed to go to film Xu Ke's Shu Mountain movie next.

In Hollywood, Warner has put a lot of effort into promotion.

The early previews of "Joker" were so successful that after its official previews and expanded scale, the overall evaluation from the audience is still very good.

The ratings collected by relevant survey companies are generally at the A level.

The discussion on the Internet is also very heated, and abnormally high.

Various data show that this is not what an art film should be like.

Taking Chen Linfeng's past experience into consideration, Warner secretly increased publicity resources.

"I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize it's actually a comedy..."

“The worst thing about having a mental illness is that everyone expects you to pretend you’re not sick.”

"What happens when you piss off an outcast, a fringe person who's treated like trash? I can f**king tell you, it's going to pay off."

"..."

In the movie "Joker", there are many quotes that look cool and like life philosophies, which have gone viral on the Internet.

Add some decent pictures and video materials, add BGM, and a good-looking video will come out.

This attracted the interest of many netizens.

"What kind of movie is this? It looks quite interesting."

Then, after asking a lot, I found the organization.

Audiences who have watched "Joker" have praised the movie highly.

Relevant forums and community discussions are almost all full of praise, believing that the film tells the story of the difficulties faced by people at the bottom of society.

"I've never seen a movie like this. It doesn't seem like a clown, but more like something that happened around me, like George, Adam, Hans, or Jack. I love Chen's Joker to death."

"I almost cried in the cinema when I saw what happened to Arthur."

"The last shot fired by the Joker really made me feel refreshed."

"This is a Joker that surpasses Heath Ledger."

"This is a perfect indictment of capitalism. Chen is worthy of being from that country."

"..."

Not only do they boast about their own fields, they also have a strong desire to express their emotions to the outside world, and they really want more people to know about and watch the movie.

There are so many people praising it that it makes people wonder if it is a collective attack by internet trolls.

Some of the more radical ones started cursing at the upper class online.

This is the type of thing that is applied from one's own experience and has touched one's heart.

All kinds of exaggerated phenomena will naturally lead to backlash.

Those who received the most counterattacks were those who praised the new Joker for being "better than Heath Ledger" or insulted the rich, especially those who insulted them by name.

Heath Ledger's fans, or some fans of the top wealthy people affected, began to question.

This led to a quarrel.

But this kind of questioning and quarrel is actually a good thing for film promotion.

Chen Linfeng’s reputation is certainly loud enough, but his and Leo’s fan base alone is not enough.

Movies are fast-moving consumer goods and must arouse the interest of the general public.

It is obvious that "Joker" is currently on the trend of attracting massive attention.

There are not many movies released in mid-April, but they are all concentrated before "Joker".

On the 12th, there were four movies in total: "Case 42", "The Evil Dead", "Oblivion" and "Scary Movie 5", none of which were big productions.

In order to avoid "Joker", everyone has to gather together. At least two of these films were originally scheduled to be released on the 19th.

The biggest competitor of "Joker" is still "Iron Man 3".

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the North American release date is staggered by two weeks.

But since they are all released worldwide, the overall release times are actually similar.

"Iron Man 3" will be released in the UK and other places before North America, and there is a high probability that the release times in other places will coincide with each other.

The media was very excited about this, and starting from the 10th, major newspapers began to report on this matter.

“The theme of Joker obviously focuses on the lower class of society, which has a certain negation or resistance attitude towards the upper class.

The best example is the Batman father in the film, who has a not-so-good image.

Coincidentally, Tony Stark, the protagonist of "Iron Man 3", is Marvel's most famous billionaire, and his counterpart is DC's Batman.

He is the Joker's absolute rival.

These two movies, like Mars hitting the Earth, may present the audience with a classic battle between superheroes and super villains, Marvel vs. DC. "

The New York Times was the first to raise this topic.

This DC versus Marvel, Iron Man versus the Joker, this combination is too easy to arouse the public's interest.

Moreover, this blatant provocation, coupled with the fact that the plots of the two films are indeed very contradictory, and the release dates also really coincide.

There are too many coincidences, which makes the drama full.

The entire report was widely circulated in an instant.

Subsequently, major media outlets including The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, and America Today all reported the story.

The news spread quickly.

Obviously there is someone behind this.

It’s hard to say whether Warner and Disney are really competing against each other, or whether the two companies are doing joint marketing, or whether other companies are fanning the flames.

But public interest in both films has clearly risen.

Not only are the film properties, characters, and comic book companies in opposition, but even the main actors seem a bit evenly matched.

Robert Downey Jr. has made a comeback since "Iron Man 1" and is now an absolute top star in Hollywood.

As for Leonardo, there is no need to say more. Jack has been in great form for more than ten years and is still at the top.

What’s more, the shock left by last year’s “Inception” is still there.

Of course, this brings up another topic:
Last year, "The Avengers" and "Inception" happened to be the first and second highest-grossing movies in the global box office for the whole year.

This was the battle between the two movies last year, and it continued into this year. Is it going to happen again?
The media feel that the more they dig, the more there seems to be something going on.

Netizens' interest has also been aroused.

In addition to North America, this extremely confrontational war situation is also being reported in Europe, South America, Central Asia, and East Asia.

A report in the New York Times completely stirred up public opinion in Hollywood.

Shit, I’m getting agitated.

(End of this chapter)