Huayu: Starting with mentoring female stars

The following day, Lu Chuan held a press conference for his film "Nanjing Nanjing" at a hotel in Kyoto.

Also in attendance were the main creators, including Gao Yuanyuan and Qin Lan.

There's also Liu Ye and a Japanese actor.

Many reporters didn't mince words and, in order to generate buzz, directly asked Lu Chuan: "Director Lu Chuan, I'm sure you know that Director Chen Zhou held a press conference for his new film yesterday."

"So, your sudden announcement that it will also be released during the National Day holiday, is it because you're at odds with director Chen Zhou and deliberately want to clash with his release date?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Chuan immediately revealed a disdainful smile: "You're overthinking it. I'm not that narrow-minded."

"Although I had some arguments with Director Chen Zhou before, I never regarded Director Chen Zhou as an adversary."

"Or you could say I didn't take him seriously."

"The reason I scheduled the film for the National Day holiday is simply because there are more viewers during that period. I chose this time for the convenience of the audience, that's all."

Then another reporter asked, "Director Lu Chuan, what kind of box office performance do you think your film will achieve?"

Lu Chuan replied, "To be honest, I have great confidence in my film, and I believe it will be one of the best works in the history of Chinese cinema."

"I never make empty promises. I dare to say this because I have a lot of confidence in it."

"So I hope that the audience will go to the cinema to see my work. I believe that my work will not disappoint you."

"Moreover, it will inspire people to reflect on war, which is a kind of mindset that is much needed in China, and it is something that other films cannot portray."

Lu Chuan's words were all recorded by the reporters.

Then, some reporters, wanting to dig up more dirt and create more conflict, directly asked Lu Chuan, "Do you think your film 'City of Life and Death' will outperform Chen Zhou's 'No Man's Land' at the box office?"

Lu Chuan smiled and said, "As I just said, Director Chen Zhou doesn't exist in my eyes."

"But since you've asked, I can only reluctantly say that in terms of box office revenue, 'City of Life and Death' certainly can't lose to 'No Man's Land'."

"If you don't believe it, just wait and see. Everything depends on the quality of the film itself."

Upon hearing this, the reporter immediately replied, "You mean that the quality of 'City of Life and Death' is far superior to 'No Man's Land'?"

Lu Chuan readily agreed: "Of course."

Anyway, all these questions were asked proactively by the reporters, and he was just responding passively.

At this moment, Gao Yuanyuan and Qin Lan, who were sitting to the side, had some different thoughts in their minds.

But they certainly wouldn't dare say it out loud.

I was just curious to myself, could "City of Life and Death" really be more amazing than "No Man's Land"?

Although they haven't seen "No Man's Land" yet, they are actors in "Nanjing Nanjing".

Ultimately, I still have my own judgment about the general quality of this film.

Their greater concern is that the film is likely to be criticized by audiences once it is released.

Because there were some signs of impure thinking, and Chen Zhou had previously pointed these out to him in public.

For example, Lu Chuan previously claimed that "Nanjing Nanjing" was not made for domestic audiences.

It's for audiences all over the world.

Based on this statement alone, if there were even the slightest problem with the quality of "Nanjing Nanjing," it could very well lead to a complete collapse of trust.

They were always worried about this, after all, they also needed to use this movie to improve their status as actors.

Ever since Liu Yifei's breakthrough role in Chen Zhou's "The Nameless" propelled her to stardom, their obsession with further advancement in status has remained strong.

Otherwise, you'll be eliminated from this industry sooner or later.

This is why, even though they are actors who have worked with Lu Chuan.

The reason why she would still greet Chen Zhou when she met him before was to leave herself some options.

The scene shifts to the other side, where Chen Zhou has also seen the news that Lu Chuan has scheduled "Nanjing Nanjing" for the National Day holiday.

It can only be said that everything is just as he guessed. Even if he does nothing, Lu Chuan will still take the initiative to clash with him.

This also made Chen Zhou complain that the guy who could make a crooked film like "Nanjing Nanjing" must have a really unusual way of thinking.

For a film like "Nanjing Nanjing," which has a subject matter, why not release it at any other time, instead of during the National Day holiday?

Not to mention that Chen Zhou, as a time traveler, was well aware of how badly "Nanjing Nanjing" was made.

When it's released, there's bound to be a good show to watch.

This filled Chen Zhou with anticipation for what was to come.

In addition, Chen Zhou's goal this time is of course to achieve high box office returns.

After all, he had invested his entire fortune.

Currently, the highest-grossing domestic film is "Red Cliff," which was released on July 10th this year, with a total box office of 300 million yuan.

Some time later.

On September 26, "Painted Skin" was released.

On September 28, "Connected" was released.

Movies with big-name stars are almost always scheduled for release during the National Day holiday.

On September 30, the premiere of "No Man's Land" was being held at a cinema in Kyoto.

Chen Zhou, Jing Tian, ​​Zhu Yilong, Sun Honglei, Duan Yihong, and others, as the main creative team, were all welcoming the guests who would be attending tonight.

For events like this, everyone has their own network and will invite friends from the industry to come and support them.

Chen Zhou, on the other hand, didn't invite too many people.

He only contacted Liu Yifei and her daughter, as well as his university professor Jiang Wei.

In addition, since the news of the press conference had already been made public a few days earlier, Fan Binbin contacted him privately.

It means that they want to attend tonight's press conference.

Chen Zhou naturally agreed.

After most of the others had gone inside, Liu Yifei and her daughter arrived at the scene.

Liu Yifei got out of the car dressed in a very casual everyday outfit.

Liu Xiaoli, on the other hand, was dressed more formally.

With a smile on her face, Liu Yifei walked up to Chen Zhou with small steps: "Congratulations, Director Chen! I wish you great success at the box office and continued achievements."

Chen Zhou replied, "Thank you."

He really wanted to pinch Liu Yifei's slightly chubby cheeks, but there were so many people watching.

He could only suppress his impulse.

Anyway, he can just do it privately. After all, given his relationship with Liu Yifei, this kind of behavior is nothing.

Liu Xiaoli said with a smile, "Director Chen, thank you for inviting me here."

"I also wish your new movie great box office success in advance."

Ever since she started to treat Chen Zhou as one of her own, she found him more and more pleasing to the eye.

She also felt that Chen Zhou was a good match for her daughter.

So much so that her eyes were filled with the loving kindness of an elder.

Chen Zhou said, "Thank you for your congratulations, Auntie. Please come inside and have a seat."

Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli nodded and went into the cinema first.

Then Chen Zhou looked at Jing Tian and the others: "Have all the guests you invited arrived?"

"If everyone's here, you can all go inside first."

So, Sun Honglei and the others went in first.

Jing Tian then told Chen Zhou, "My family hasn't arrived yet."

Hearing this, Chen Zhou was somewhat stunned.

Regarding Jing Tian's family, he had never seen any confirmed news about them in his previous life.

This can also be considered a mystery surrounding Jing Tian.

So he didn't expect that Jing Tian would actually bring her family over tonight.