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

Chapter 554 Huaxia Premiere (6K)

"Joker" has entered its third week of release, and during weekdays, the film's daily box office can still be maintained at around 900 million US dollars.

This means that the film still has a lot of potential, and the box office is heading firmly towards 3 million.

In the North American market, a box office of 3 million is considered a watershed.

Generally, only movies that gross over 3 million in North America have a chance of reaching 10 billion at the global box office.

For Chen Linfeng, it will be even more relaxed.

Due to his Chinese identity and his huge influence in East Asia, the box office in this region will always be higher.

It's like he has two or more big voting bases.

The pressure came to the "Iron Man" crew.

Previously, the media has hyped the two movies as fateful rivals, and now that "Joker" is so powerful, they can't let down.

In the last few days of the month, director Shane Black interacted frequently with Chen Linfeng on Twitter.

It is to make the fans of "Joker" feel that they are all one family.

Don't believe what the media says, it's all hype. In fact, as the main creators of the two films, we have a very good relationship.

"Iron Man 3" will be released in North America on May 5rd, but in China, it will be released even earlier, on the same day as "Joker", which is the 3st.

This year's May Day period is quite interesting.

Originally, there were a lot of movies being released at the same time.

Such as domestic films such as "Drug War", "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", "Unexpected Love Time" and "Dear".

There are also Hollywood movies such as Tom Cruise's "Oblivion" and "Django Unchained".

Everyone huddled together.

In March, domestic media began to hype that this year's May Day holiday was the worst in history.

But then "Iron Man 3" and "Joker" were scheduled to be released on May Day.

"Django Unchained" and "Drug War" were the first to adjust their release dates and be released in April.

Subsequently, the release date of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" was postponed to June.

Liu Dehua's fans are still complaining online, thinking that the producers are too cowardly.

Many big-name actors + 3D movies + Hollywood team, what are you afraid of?
Go against them!

Ok……

All I can say is that your opponents just want to knock you down, but your fans are the ones who really want you to die.

In mid-to-late April, "Joker" achieved amazing results in the North American market.

Therefore, the release date of "Oblivion" was postponed to the 10th, and the release of the other two romance movies was also temporarily postponed for 3 days.

All the stage is left for "Joker" and "Iron Man 3".

It’s better for you two “fated rivals” to fight each other, just don’t let your blood splash on us.

On April 4th, Chen Linfeng returned to China from London specifically as the movie would be premiering in China, so he had to make an appearance.

The premieres of "Joker" and "Iron Man 3" were two hours apart, and the locations of the two premieres were not far from each other.

This even makes it convenient for both parties to attend each other's premieres.

It's obvious that the crew of "Iron Man 3" made it like this on purpose.

It is to show that there are no conflicts between everyone and that the relationship is even good.

Both Shane Black and Kevin Feige are aware of Chen Linfeng's influence in China.

They have long made it clear that it is okay to promote rivals who respect each other, but not enemies.

Recently, the domestic publicity for "Iron Man 3" has been vaguely mentioning the personal relationship between Chen Linfeng, Kevin Feige, and several Avengers actors.

Back then, Chen Linfeng tried every means to take advantage of other people's popularity, and now it's someone else's turn to take advantage of him.

Pingshi Film and Television City.

Although there is no airport here, it is not too far from here if you get off the plane at Xinzheng Airport and take a car.

"Hey, Xiaofeng, why are you here? Didn't you say you would come tomorrow?" Liu Qianqian rushed over in surprise.

As soon as Chen Linfeng arrived on the set, she saw it immediately.

"I came a day early to visit the set."

When Liu Qianqian approached, she didn't go forward to hug him like she would at home. This time she just came closer, put her hands behind her back, looked at him and smiled.

"You've actually learned how to launch surprise attacks, really."

"I learned it from you."

The others gave the two some time to talk alone, and then Xu Ke walked forward.

"Director Chen, Joker is having a blast in North America, amazing."

"Haha, I'm lucky. The audience over there happened to feel the same way."

Liu Qianqian interjected, "We have been talking about the movie Joker on the set, and they are all wondering how an art film can get such a high box office."

"Yes," Shi Nansheng echoed, "We just think that Director Chen can shoot whatever he wants.

It's already pretty good for other directors in Hollywood to make a movie with a box office of tens of millions, but for you, it's easy to make hundreds of millions of dollars.

No wonder people say that you are the director who understands the audience best in China."

"You overestimate me," Chen Linfeng waved his hand.

He glanced at Shi Nansheng and thought that the two should be getting divorced soon, but there was no sign of it on the surface.

Putting aside his gossipy thoughts, Chen Linfeng focused his energy on the movie "Shushan".

The nature of Xu Ke's film is similar to Zhang Yimou's "The Song-Mongol War". When writing the script, both films mainly referred to Chen Linfeng's opinions.

He accounted for about 3% of the investment, and after the film is edited, it will be shown to him.

Chen Linfeng's role is almost equivalent to that of a screenwriter and producer.

Therefore, he specially took a day off to visit the set, not only to meet his wife, but also to check out the situation of the crew.

The few of them exchanged a few pleasantries, and then Xu Ke took him to check the current shooting situation.

The plot of "Shushan" has basically nothing to do with "New Shushan" filmed by Xu Keyi before.

It's a fresh start.

The content is mainly based on the novel "The Legend of Swordsman in Shu Mountain". The main storyline is the confrontation between good and evil in three Emei sword fights, and there is also a hidden line of struggle within the Emei Sect.

Deng Yin, the son of the Blood God, and several others who were clearly inclined towards Buddhism were all products of this struggle.

Of course, this movie alone does not involve such a grand background.

The above is the story of the entire series. Only after Xu has finished filming the first part can there be a sequel.

Now this movie is mainly about the growth story of the protagonist Li Yingqiong.

She has many adventures in the novel and is quite legendary, making her a perfect candidate as the protagonist of a movie.

Furthermore, with her as the introduction, it is also possible to shape the "Three Heroes and Two Clouds" of Emei and other people from Emei.

The three Yings and two Yuns are basically the current first-line stars in China. Xu Ke selected relatively young 85 flowers, so that they can continue to be used conveniently in case a sequel is to be filmed.

Needless to say, Xixi played the role of Li Yingqiong in this film.

Only when she plays the most core role can she suppress all the stars and avoid the situation of fighting for the status.

As for the others, Yu Yingnan is Liu Shishi. The novel describes her as having a similar appearance and figure to Li Yingqiong, so they can be matched.

Qi Lingyun is played by Shu Chang. His character looks to be seventeen or eighteen years old, but his actual age is nearly a hundred, which is just right for Shu Chang's acting skills.

Zhou Qingyun and Yan Renying have a previous life relationship, one played by Jing Tian and the other played by Hu Ge.

Hu Ge is more suitable for ancient costume fantasy heroes, perhaps this is a stereotype.

But it has to be said that just the announcement of the cast list made a large number of viewers excited.

Chen Linfeng looked at some of the shots taken by Xu Ke.

It seems to be made with a lot more effort than his previous films.

It seems that such a huge investment still puts a lot of pressure on him.

Chen Linfeng himself invested 1.2 million yuan in the movie "Shushan".

The total cost in the plan is 4 million, just to create a good fairy tale special effects movie.

If you want to make it bigger, make it bigger.

If he fails, Xu Ke will no longer have to stay in the mainland film industry.

This is also Chen Linfeng's purpose. Everyone is working on a large-scale production, which will force the production to be upgraded.

Also, we should put some pressure on these directors and stop just thinking about hiring a few popular stars to mix things up.

If you can't handle a big-budget special effects film, you might as well retire and preserve your reputation after your death.

"Try not to use dark colors for special effects, and also pay attention to the background light..." Chen Linfeng couldn't help but emphasize a few more words.

Many domestic directors like to learn the foreign magical special effects style, but that is obviously contrary to domestic aesthetics.

Xu Ke’s aesthetic taste is pretty good at the moment, but he’s a little worried about “The Phantom Flame” and a certain Gege movie in the future.

Xu Ke patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I understand. In the past, we lowered the brightness of the picture to save money and prevent flaws from being seen. This time, our budget is fully sufficient, so we must adjust it to achieve the best effect."

Producer Xu Tianlei said, "That's right, Director Xu has put a lot of effort into the special effects."

There was something else behind his words, and Chen Linfeng understood it.

This is a producer from the Qilin system, who is mainly responsible for keeping an eye on Xu Ke's expenses in the crew.

Although Xu Ke has a slightly better reputation, directors in Hong Kong have to be on guard against him.

Since Xu Tianlei said so, Chen Linfeng felt more relieved.

He still believed in Xu Ke's ability and level, and believed that as long as he was not disturbed by off-site factors, he would always be able to make good movies.

The crew was still in the process of filming, and Chen Linfeng watched Xu Ke take a shot.

Seeing Director Chen was there, several actors tried their best to perform, but they were scolded harshly by Xu Ke.

Excessive force.

Afterwards, Chen Linfeng chatted with Hu Ge, Jing Tian and others.

Hu Ge has gradually established a firm foothold in the film industry. He has a large fan base, and such a large number of fans can be easily converted into box office results.

To some extent, he is similar to Sissi, both of them are more fond of the fans of the drama in their early years.

It’s just that Xixi’s performance was better later on, while Hu Ge had no one to lead him, so his performance was relatively slow.

But it is much better than the situation in the previous life.

Now with the help of Xu Ke’s movie, it may be another leap forward.

The opposite is Jing Tian. She has never lacked resources, but she is not that popular with the audience.

"Zhu Xian" gave her a great boost, but her acting skills are still lacking.

Jingtian is now diligently honing his acting skills, and has also taken a completely different path from his previous life.

Chen Linfeng didn't stay in Pingshi for long. He returned to Yanjing with Xixi that night. They would attend the premiere together tomorrow.

The premiere of "Joker" will be held on the afternoon of the 30th.

With Chen Linfeng's connections, there were naturally many celebrities present.

The great directors Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang are almost regular guests. In addition, Fang Long, Liu Dehua, Louis Koo, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Yang Mi, the four Dan actresses and the two Bing singers also almost all came.

It is especially worth mentioning that all the crew members of "Iron Man 3" were present. With Chen Linfeng's example, Hollywood has taken the Chinese film market to a higher level.

Nowadays, those who are interested in this market will try their best to bring in the main creative personnel to hold events.

This time, with direct competition from "Joker" and "Iron Man 3", Kevin Feige took it even more seriously and sent all the main creators to China.

Every time a movie directed by Chen Linfeng holds its premiere, it becomes a carnival for media reporters.

They were very excited to see so many different stars coming together.

Before the premiere even started, photos of Chen Linfeng, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert Downey Jr. hugging each other's shoulders quickly spread around the world.

In the photo, Chen Linfeng is in the center, with two other top Hollywood stars on both sides.

Chen Linfeng was calm as usual, and Leonardo smiled brightly.

Robert Downey Jr.'s expression was a little stiff.

This was interpreted by European and American media as Downey being a little nervous facing the pressure of "Joker".

The domestic media are more excited about the term "the trio of the world's top male stars today."

Once upon a time, who would have dared to imagine that domestic filmmakers could be ranked alongside Hollywood stars as top-notch.

Especially the Chinese people are in the center.

On Weibo, an entertainment celebrity just reposted this photo, and it attracted more than 100,000 netizens to watch.

"Every time I see media reports saying that Hollywood stars respect Director Chen, I feel a sense of disobedience, but when I think about it, I feel it is very normal."

"This is some kind of solid evidence. Leo and Iron Man are considered the top Hollywood stars, so Fengshen still has to stand in the middle."

"I heard that Iron Man and Leo had a conflict, so they took a photo together just to give Director Chen some face, right?"

"That's right. Didn't the American news reposted online a while ago say that these two were just about to have a face-to-face fight?"

Chen Linfeng didn't know that just a random photo would attract the attention of the crowd.

As soon as they finished taking the photos, he let go of the two of them in disgust. My Sissi still feels more comfortable in my arms.

Having watched the movie many times, Chen Linfeng had no interest in watching it again.

While watching the movie, he was more observing the expressions of other audience members.

It can be seen that domestic audiences do not tend to put themselves in Arthur's shoes, or feel any particular empathy.

But overall, everyone was quite engaged in watching it.

In fact, from a third-party perspective, one can better appreciate the beauty of the film in light and shadow art and plot arrangement.

Arthur's several uncontrollable dances almost tell you clearly that my filming of this scene is very awesome.

From the perspectives of Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen and others, this seems a bit deliberate, lacking the blank space and euphemism that are unique to China.

But for ordinary audiences or ordinary filmmakers, it will look very artistic.

It is a sense of art that ordinary people can appreciate and perceive.

Considering it from this perspective, it seems that this approach is just right.

When Jiang Wen thought about this, he understood why everyone said they couldn't understand "The Sun Also Rises".

What is lacking is the mentality to deliberately present this artistic sense.

Being too obscure is not good either.

After the movie ended, Liu Qianqian came back to her senses in shock.

"Arthur is a bit too miserable. In the end, the Joker's personality completely became the main personality. Did Arthur disappear?"

"Xixi, do you think so?" Chen Linfeng replied, "Well... that's about it."

"Oh, I hate watching tragedies the most." Liu Qianqian murmured.

"But the quality of this movie is still very good. I can see that a lot of care was put into it."

She quickly added, "Leo's acting is also very good. It's so good that we want to give him a little golden statue right away."

Leonardo, who was sitting on the other side of Chen Linfeng, heard this and laughed, "CC, thank you for your compliment."

Liu Qianqian wrinkled her nose, "I didn't praise you, I was saying that my Xiaofeng has trained your acting skills very well."

This was followed by a brief question-and-answer session with reporters and the audience.

These are all common questions, and I don’t know how many times I have answered them, so I won’t repeat them.

As the show was about to end, several big domestic directors came over and had a brief exchange with us.

"This movie talks too little about class."

Jiang Wen shook his head in dissatisfaction, "It's just a taste, it's boring."

Chen Linfeng spread his hands helplessly, "I would like to say more, but it cannot be reviewed."

Feng Xiaogang's eyes widened. "Does the US also need to go through a review?"

"There's no special department that says whether you can pass the review, but when I wrote the script, I showed it to the people at Warner Bros., and they rejected it."

Chen Linfeng curled his lips, "So, why would they need to set up a special department? When they are soliciting investments, they will exclude the movies they don't want to pass the review if they don't like the plot."

"Capitalist countries have their own national conditions," Zhang Yimou concluded.

"The enemy."

Chen Kaige blinked, "Then the capitalists in the United States are not as magnanimous as the capitalists in the United States. They don't even allow such a small narrative to be told."

No matter who you are talking to or where you are sitting, when Da Chen, Chen Linfeng and Jiang Wen are together, the topics they talk about tend to mock the Americans.

"This film may seem okay to the general audience, but I think it's just average. It's too explicit and the content is a bit superficial," Jiang Wen said bluntly.

"It's not for you to watch," Chen Linfeng rolled his eyes. "It's OK as long as the general audience thinks it's good. Besides, this film sets off the male lead, so there's still hope that he'll win an award."

Zhang Yimou nodded and said, "Indeed, Little Leo has great hope this time."

Jiang Wen also said, "That's right. The movie really highlights the protagonist. If he focuses on the actor award, he might really win."

Feng Xiaogang said, "In fact, it's not just the actor award. Joker can resonate with the public. Who knows if the jury will give it the director or best film award because of this."

"I still don't want to think that far ahead." Chen Linfeng shook his head. It's better to be humble in front of his peers.

Don’t you see that these people are jealous now?

"Joker" certainly has its flaws, and it seems a bit shallow compared to many other directors.

But you have to ask them if they would like to make a similar movie.

Then they would definitely agree immediately.

There's hope for a billion-dollar movie. It's just a dream.

Damn, this kid isn’t satisfied with just one movie and wants more.

How greedy.

The premiere of "Joker" is over, and these directors came to attend purely to give face to Chen Linfeng.

They were not interested in joining in the following premiere of "Iron Man 3".

Chen Linfeng, Liu Xixi, Leonardo DiCaprio and others moved to another venue to attend the premiere of "Iron Man 3".

The two men don't need to change their clothes, but Sissi still needs to change into another set.

It just so happened that she was wearing Hanfu before, and now she changed into a Western-style dress.

"Does it look good?" Liu Qianqian turned around.

Chen Linfeng gave her a thumbs up decisively, and then put a cloak on her.

"It's cold outside, let's not freeze."

Liu Qianqian rolled her eyes at him coquettishly and said, "If you don't want me to wear less, just say so. Otherwise you'll catch a cold."

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"what happened?"

"Nothing, I'm just in a good mood."

There were quite a few people attending the premiere of "Iron Man 3".

Many celebrities came to Disney to show their respect, and some also wanted to meet Robert Downey Jr.

In addition, Fan Binbin also hosted a group of people. Although it was not as heavyweight as "Joker", it was lively enough.

Having finally been able to get into a Hollywood blockbuster, Fan Binbin seems to be in a good mood.

Unfortunately, this movie only brought her ridicule.

While watching the movie, Chen Linfeng paid special attention and found that it was indeed a special edition.

The content released in China is different from that released abroad, with more scenes featuring Fan Binbin.

Fan Binbin said that he joined "Iron Man" and starred in an international Hollywood blockbuster.

As a result, the version that could only be seen in China was the one shown globally, and Fan Binbin's role was almost deleted.

What's the point of this?

The main content of the movie is no different from the previous one, a typical popcorn movie.

After the screening, Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr. came to thank him for his support.

Chen Linfeng bluntly pointed out the issue of special supply.

"If you want the Chinese market, you'd better respect them from the bottom of your heart. What's the difference between you and the actors who insulted China?

Do you still expect that after the Chinese audience finds out, they will think that what you did was right?
Or do you think you look down on Chinese actors and start boycotting them?"

The two felt a little embarrassed. It was indeed not fair to do things this way.

Especially Shane Black, his face didn't look good.
"Chen, we absolutely do not discriminate against Chinese actors, it's just..."

It was difficult for him to say bad things about the producers since his status was not that high.

"If I made you feel discriminated against, I apologize."

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "Although I'm not very happy, it didn't happen to me. I'm not qualified to accept your apology, and you don't have to worry about me doing anything extra."

He knew that what the other party feared most was his influence in China.

"It's just that your movie has more problems than just this one. The 'Mandarin' is also a flashpoint. People in China really dislike this discriminatory villain."

Seeing that Blake was about to explain again, he immediately raised his hand to stop him, "I'm just giving my opinion, I don't mean anything else, please don't misunderstand."

He continued, “There are things wrong with these plots, and domestic audiences will definitely notice them later.

If public opinion arises at that time, the authorities may resort to removing the product from the shelves.

Because this kind of setting will indeed hurt the feelings of the Chinese people."

Facing the other party's increasingly ugly expression, Chen Linfeng's expression was sincere.

“I say this for no other reason than that everyone knows that our two films are rivals.

And I have a lot of fans.

Maybe someone will pay attention to the problem of your movie, and then make a big fuss about it, and finally result in it being removed from the shelves."

"It's possible that other companies or forces are fanning the flames."

Chen Linfeng spread his hands, "I can only promise that I won't do anything extra, but I hope you don't think that it was me who did what others did."

"After all, Disney and I have always had a pleasant collaboration and we are all friends."

Shane Black and Robert Downey Jr.: "..."

The two looked at each other, both feeling their scalps tingling.

They were just here for promotion, why did they end up in such trouble? ! ?
(End of this chapter)