The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 329: Canna is included, it’s time to fight with bayonets
Zhang Chen did not expect that his original intention of posting on Weibo was to promote Director Chen's reputation, but now the entire network has turned into supporting him to sing at the Olympics.

He stared in amazement at the rapidly growing number of comments under this Weibo post and began to feel a headache.

There is no problem with singing, but the key is what to sing at that time?
Are we really going to find a foreign female singer to sing "You and Me" together?
But now is not the time for him to worry. He still doesn't know whether the higher-ups will choose him, although he has the greatest possibility.

Zhang Chen closed his computer feeling tired and no longer wanted to continue reading netizens’ teasing of Director Chen.

Anyway, Director Chen has no chance of being the director of the Olympic opening ceremony either in the private or official circles now. Zhang Chen's goal has been achieved.

Throughout March, Zhang Chen was busy with Olympic affairs.

It was mainly about the selection of directors and some of my own suggestions for the Olympics.

For him, who had a deep impression of the 08 Olympics, the main difficulty of this matter was how to convey the images in his memory clearly and accurately, and add his own understanding.

In this matter, he did not think he could do better. At most, he could add some modern things from later generations, or try to prevent certain mistakes from occurring in this Olympics.

Also, some disgusting media leaked the rehearsal footage of the opening ceremony in advance, causing the original plan to be rejected.

While Zhang Chen was busy with the Olympics, several important events actually happened in March for the Chinese people.

First of all, on March 3, "World of Warcraft" was launched in limited testing in mainland China.

Originally, the first operator in mainland China should have been The9.

However, under Zhang Chen's operation, NetEase won the operating rights ahead of schedule.

After all, he is a shareholder of NetEase, not a small one. If the company he controls gets back on track quickly, the stocks he holds will also increase.

Moreover, when it comes to game operations, NetEase is more ethical than Penguin.

NetEase, which now holds three popular online games, "Westward Journey Online II", "Fantasy Westward Journey Online" and "World of Warcraft", has basically established its leading position in the mainland game market.

After all, there is a copyright dispute over "Legend", and the leakage of source code has led to the proliferation of private servers, and the revenue of the game company has also plummeted.

Although "Legend" will still be the most classic game in the hearts of people born in the 70s and 80s, they only pay for private servers, and its influence has been greatly weakened.

NetEase's three games have had millions of gamers online all year round since their public beta testing 20 years later.

Among them, "Fantasy Westward Journey" became the game where, after a certain incident occurred, everyone was unable to go out to work. A large number of "brick-moving parties" poured into "Fantasy Westward Journey", allowing at least hundreds of thousands of families to survive.

However, the probability gameplay in this game has attracted many people to play the game. It is a cancer but also the main means to attract players. Otherwise, it would not create an account worth tens of millions of RMB.

At the same time, this game is currently the most valuable game, no doubt about it.

It is now 05. If you enter the game at this time and frantically hoard "levelless" equipment, after five or six years, it will be easy to make dozens or even hundreds of times the profit by reselling it.

As the domestic gaming market has undergone major changes, the film and television industry, which Zhang Chen focuses on, also welcomed the annual Academy Awards in March.

This year's session started with the theme "A Century of Film, a Glorious Mark".

Based on this theme, under the organization of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association and the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, and based on the evaluation of 101 directors, film critics and cultural workers, 100 films including "Spring in a Small Town", "A Better Tomorrow", "Yellow Earth", "Days of Being Wild", "Dragon Inn" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were selected as the best and most representative films in the history of Chinese cinema.

Zhang Yimou's "House of Flying Daggers" was not directed by a Hong Kong director, and it also did not meet the nomination requirements. Among the 18 awards of the Academy Awards, such as Best Actor, Best New Actor, and Best Screenplay, at least 6 of them must be won by Hong Kong people, so it did not meet the nomination requirements.

All along, various awards in Hong Kong have always required Hong Kong people to participate, or even take the lead, in order to be eligible for the selection. It is closed and arrogant.

Awards such as the "Top Ten Hottest Songs" have completely disappeared from the public eye because of this reason and Zhang Chen's failure to participate on several occasions.

Many people are now speculating that after Zhang Chen entered the film and television industry, if the Academy Awards does not make changes to allow Zhang Chen to participate, will the Academy Awards completely disappear within a few years?

Zhang Chen didn't care about this at all. If he had anything to care about, it would be the Academy Awards.

So when Zhang Chen stayed indoors, time passed quickly.

When it came to mid-April, he had to go out and face the media.

On April 4, the Cannes Film Festival held a press conference and announced the list of films shortlisted for this year's competition unit.

Amid the anticipation of many media and movie fans, we saw that many Chinese films entered the main competition unit:
"Qinghong" Wang Xiaoshuai, Mainland China

The Best Time, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taiwan, China

"Election" Johnnie To, Hong Kong Island, China

Love, Zhang Chen, Mainland China
There are only 17 films in the main competition unit, and Chinese films occupy 4 of them!
The most important thing is that last movie.

Weibo has exploded:

"Are you kidding me? The first film directed by rookie director Zhang Chen was directly selected into the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival?"

"It's been almost a year since he finished filming this movie. I thought it hadn't passed the review and hadn't been released yet. It turns out they were waiting for the Cannes Film Festival. Zhang Chen is such a patient guy!"

"Zhang Chen has been winning all kinds of music awards since his debut. Will this be the case for the film awards as well?"

"After all, movies are different from music. They have a lot more artistic elements. It's not certain that a newcomer like him will win the Palme d'Or right away, right?"

"Didn't the Grammys give him Best New Artist and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the first time? It should be the same at Cannes, right?"

"Apart from anything else, this time four films from our country entered the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival. There are some to watch at this year's Cannes Film Festival!"

Because of this incident, Zhang Chen had to take time out from the preparations for "Morning Light Beyond Class" and the Olympic Games to hold a press conference.

This will prevent those reporters from coming to his house again and turning his villa into another Zhang’s residence.

Now Zhang’s house is about to be developed into a tourist attraction.

If "Sunset Villa" is exposed again this time, Zhang Chen will never be able to escape the title of "extravagant".

After all, who would build an amusement park at home these days?
This is the only "home" in the country that is measured in square kilometers.

Zhang Chen has completely become the person that others will make fun of in the future. He needs to take a car to get from his room to the main restaurant.

Fortunately, there is a special small restaurant there, otherwise life would be too tiring.

In front of the Morningside Building, the long-awaited gathering of global journalists arrived again.

Many reporters found out after meeting them that they were all old acquaintances.

These people have been reporting on Zhang Chen since his debut and are not surprised by such occasions. However, many reporters who specialize in reporting news in the film and television industry were a little overwhelmed by such scenes.

It's not like they haven't interviewed big stars and directors before, but this is the first time they've seen such a big scene as today. In front of the Morning Light Building, there are more than a thousand seats, and the front row is full of the most important media in the world.

Looking around, the sea of heads is shocking.

The new reporter didn't expect that a movie that was merely shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival could have such a terrifying influence?
"Why are you all here? It's just a shortlisted movie, right? It's not even a premiere, so why is there such a big fuss?"

Some reporters who were confused asked a reporter who seemed to come here frequently to express their doubts.

"New here, right?" The reporter looked the newbie up and down with a look of shock in his eyes.

"Ah," the newbie scratched the back of his head, embarrassed, "I'm here to replace a senior from our club. He's sick."

"No wonder." The reporter who was held by the newbie nodded in understanding, "You don't know, Zhang Chen's press conferences always produce big news!"

"You mean, this time the release will be just a simple movie?"

"Don't you think about how many things have happened to Zhang Chen recently? Everyone has countless questions that they want to ask!"

"It seems so!"

The newbie suddenly realized.

The last time Zhang Chen appeared in front of the media was in an interview program last year.

After that, although many things happened, Zhang Chen never explained or explained them in front of the media.

News without statements from the parties involved is ultimately less convincing.

"I'm coming!"

When the newbie saw Zhang Chen coming out of the building, he quickly picked up his equipment.

Seeing this, the old senior shrugged his shoulders, slowly picked up his notebook, and prepared to record every word Zhang Chen said.

"Everyone, time is short and the task is heavy. After this chat, I still have to deal with the Olympic Games. If you have any questions, please ask them immediately."

As soon as Zhang Chen sat down, he set the tone for the press conference.

The reporters were also stunned after hearing Zhang Chen's reason. It was difficult for them to stop Zhang Chen from going to the Olympics.

After hearing this reason, some reporters have already started to reorganize their question outlines. If they asked some unimportant topics and Zhang Chen simply ignored them due to lack of time, the loss would be huge.

"Leon, we've heard that Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is about to start filming. When is the exact time?"

A reporter from the United States directly asked about topics that are of concern to their country.

It is a recognized fact in the film industry that Zhang Chen has absolute control over this film.

So it’s better to ask Zhang Chen than to ask Rowling.

“When “Morning Light Beyond Class” opens, it’s the same time as “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” opens.”

"So when will this show start filming?"

"It will probably start filming around May and will be officially aired around June."

"So in this program, besides the crew of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, are there any other movies or TV series that will be recorded?"

"Keep it secret for now, you will know when the time comes."

"Harry Potter" is used to attract attention. Other movies are definitely not as well-known as this one. It is more appropriate to use it as an Easter egg to increase everyone's expectations.

If all the projects were made public at once, the next two months would be enough to dilute the heat, which would be detrimental to the ratings of the show.

"Leon, how do you feel about your first film being accepted directly into the main competition section of the Cannes Film Festival?"

Zhang Chen really thought about it for a moment: "It seems that there is no special feeling?"

“Doesn’t Leon feel proud that his film was shortlisted?”

Zhang Chen glanced at the reporter who asked the question. He had no idea where this guy was from, but from his tone, he could tell that he had a mysterious confidence in the three major European film festivals.

"Proud?" Zhang Chen smiled faintly, "That was after I won the award."

The reporter was also speechless.

Zhang Chen's answer neither belittled Cannes nor said that he was not proud of it.

But now he is just a finalist, which is enough for someone with a high enough status like Zhang Chen to take it calmly.

“What are your expectations for winning the award?”

The Cannes Film Festival is different from other film festivals in that there are no award nominations.

In theory, films that enter the main competition unit are nominated for all awards, so they have the possibility of winning any award.

That's why the reporter asked Zhang Chen which award he most wanted to win.

"Since you mentioned expectations, I definitely hope to win all the awards."

Zhang Chen spread his hands and directly expressed his wish to sing a song that would leave everyone stunned.

This movie is about the struggle between him and Baidu.

What he needs to do now is to hype up the topic of this movie and let people all over the world know about it. This is Zhang Chen's goal. Otherwise, he would not have invited so many media to hold a press conference with great fanfare.

Whether the movie wins an award or not is not important to him.

If he wins an award, the media will spontaneously help promote him. After all, it is his debut work after his transformation into an international superstar, and it directly won the most famous international film festival award, which is worth writing about.

If he doesn't win the award, the media will dig up Zhang Chen's speech today for comparison, and use headlines like "The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment" or "Zhang Chen's transformation failed" to attract attention.

In short, both can help the film gain enough attention in the future, which is what Zhang Chen really hopes for.

In a few days, Google will officially establish an office in the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The time for the real battle between M&G Technology and Baidu is not far away.

　The setup is too long. But if there is no setup, it will feel fake and difficult.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)