my movie years

Chapter 128 "Fatal Magic" that was completed, "The Orphan of Zhao" that stole the box office

Although "The Orphan of Zhao" was under the attack of Tang Xiqian and the navy, the box office suffered from Waterloo.

But in another battlefield, "Orphan of Zhao" found its place.

The thing is like this, at the end of the year, there happened to be a grand exchange event for the state banquet, and there was a film screening session, which showed excellent mainland film works.

Coincidentally, "The Orphan of Zhao" was selected as a candidate, and together with several other films, it became the film for this screening session
If "The Orphan of Zhao" is selected, no matter how bad its word-of-mouth or box office is, its meaning will immediately become different.

This has gone beyond the movie itself and risen to a higher level.

It is equivalent to this movie adding a halo to Chen Gezi, making its position more stable and unshakable.

It was already like this, all kinds of means were used, and the two sides formed irresolvable conflicts. Naturally, Zhang Hao didn't want to see such a situation.

So after Zhang Hao heard about this, he called the third master to discuss the matter: "Uncle Han, I heard that "The Orphan of the Zhao Family" will be screened as an exhibition film?

In my opinion, given the current word-of-mouth of this film and the investment situation behind it, it is not suitable as a film for screening at this time. "

The third master smiled helplessly: "Xiao Hao, you still don't understand the situation of this movie."

"Oh?" Zhang Hao asked curiously: "Is there any inside story that I don't understand?"

The third master explained: "This movie is nothing special, but the story this movie tells is related to this cultural exchange.

Do you know the French writer Voltaire? "

"I know, I read his works when I was in school." Zhang Hao replied.

The third master went on to explain: "This Voltaire once brought the story of Zhao's orphan to the theater in Paris, making this story known to Westerners.

Therefore, for this Sino-French cultural exchange, "The Orphan of the Zhao Family" was selected as one of the films screened. "

After saying this, Zhang Hao immediately understood: "That's fine, I understand, next time I will shoot "Turandot"."

"Haha, that's okay, I guess foreigners like to watch "Turandot" more." The third master laughed.

After chatting about other things for a while, Zhang Hao hung up the phone.

He really didn't expect that there was such an allusion in it. Who would care about this?Could it be that Chen Gezi has been planning this for a long time?
In the eighteenth century, an oriental craze and a Chinese craze strongly impacted the cultural and ideological circles of France and the West.

At that time, the academic circles all set their sights on China, so understanding this strange and magical ancient oriental country became the unanimous interest of people and became an irresistible trend.

It was against this background that Chinese and Western cultures collided, converged, and blended like a mighty river.

Among them, the French version of "The Orphan of Zhao" translated by Father Marosell came out in Paris in [-].

Voltaire's "Orphan of China" elaborately based on "The Orphan of Zhao" was performed in Paris in [-], causing a sensation in France and Europe.

Since then, "The Orphan of Zhao" and "The Orphan of China" have become historical witnesses of the integration of Chinese and Western cultures and will remain in the annals of history forever.

Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why "The Orphan of Zhao" can be selected as the film for cultural exchange in the state banquet reception.

Although, the quality of this movie is average, it can't be called a good-looking and exciting movie.

In addition, this film was also selected by the big scissors as the only film recommended to the outside world of the year, and its political significance immediately rose to several levels.

Zhang Hao was quite helpless when such an unexpected thing happened, maybe this is why he is not as sensitive as Chen Gezi.

"Brother Director, I'm here again..."

Just after talking with the third master on the phone, a pretty girl broke into Zhang Hao's director's tent.

It was Guan Xiaotong who had already finished filming and was called back by Zhang Hao for a reshoot.

The young Guan Xiaotong has already seen the appearance of the future beauty, and wonders whether this flower will be planted on Lu Xiaohan's pile of cow dung in the future.

"Xiaotong, I'm sorry, but I called you back for a reshoot." Zhang Hao said.

Guan Xiaotong said it was okay: "Director, I'm an actor, reshoots are my responsibilities and obligations."

"Well said, go make up, and don't forget to have a dinner with us in the capital after the filming."

"Thank you director..."

The girl bounced away, looking in a good mood.

But after a while, she couldn't be happy anymore, because she couldn't express her emotions in place many times, she was caught and photographed by Zhang Hao more than a dozen times, and the process was very torturous.

Fortunately, pain is short-lived, and happiness is permanent.

Guan Xiaotong remembered her father's words and deliberately made friends with Zhang Hao. If she was not afraid of being too proactive, she would have recognized Zhang Hao as a brother and sister.

With the care of such a talented and potential director, her career in the entertainment industry will be much easier in the future.

After the short half-day filming ended, Guan Xiaotong took Zhang Hao's hand and said, "Brother director, my father said that we must invite you to our house as a guest. Will you come?"

Seeing the little girl's expectant eyes, her watery eyes seemed to be able to speak, Zhang Hao couldn't bear to refuse.

It was just a meal, so Zhang Hao agreed: "Okay, the kindness is hard to come by, I will bother you when I have time."

"That's great," Guan Xiaotong was so happy that he jumped up: "I will ask my mother to prepare some delicious food for you."

"Really? I'm already drooling."

"Hee hee, brother director, I'm leaving, see you next time." With Zhang Hao's promise, Guan Xiaotong has gained a lot, and the reshoots are over, and she should leave.

"Okay," Zhang Hao nodded, and told Guan Xiaotong's manager, "Be careful on the road, and send Xiaotong home."

"Okay, Director Zhang, I will send Xiaotong back safely." The manager took Guan Xiaotong's things, got in the car and left.

Looking at the exhaust of the car going away, Tang Xiqian, the assistant who was following behind, said, "The kids nowadays are so smart!"

Zhang Hao laughed: "After all, he is a family of entertainment. He is clever, and with people around him, he won't be too bad.

Let's go back, it's time for finishing touches. "

It's time to end the filming of "The Prestige of Prestige". The filming started at the end of September and continued until the No. 11 Laba Festival in January of the following year. Finally, all the filming of "The Prestige of Presence" was completed.

Although there were relatively serious accidents such as injuries to the leading actor and a cameraman, the crew successfully completed the work ahead of expectations.

When Zhang Hao announced that he had finished filming, the entire crew, including the leading actors, heaved a sigh of relief.

They didn't cheer, some just felt relieved after months of high-pressure work.And the moment when the bank text message informs the remuneration and salary into the account is the real moment of cheering.

What is the reason for working on a film crew, without rest for a long time, often lack of sleep, and exhausted to death?
Just to hear this beautiful voice, and to see the rewards I get for my labor so generously, I can only be satisfied with capital letters.

Not counting the behind-the-scenes staff who participated in the production of special effects in Beijing and South Korea, there are about 150 staff members who have been following the crew of "The Prestige" for a long time.

This is considered a large-scale production team in China.

It's finished, of course we have to have a good meal to reward the hard-working staff.

So under the arrangement of the producer Liu Hao, the crew directly booked a banquet hall in the Marriott Hotel and had a good meal.

However, Zhang Hao, the director, did not attend. On the afternoon of the finale, he left the aftermath work to Liu Hao, and returned to the capital with Guo Fan and a special security team with all the shooting materials.

Although the shooting is over, it does not mean that the production of the film is completed, and there is still very important post-production work.

The production of editing, soundtrack, sound effects and special effects all need a little bit of polishing to complete.

Zhang Hao's first two works were edited by himself. He knew what his movie works were.

This time, there was another Guo Fan added to the editing work, but Guo Fan only assisted Zhang Hao to complete the editing work, and he was familiar with the editing process by the way.

To be a great director, you have to understand some of the work that the film does.

Zhang Hao also took Guo Fan to familiarize himself with what a director should do in advance, so as not to be in a hurry when he independently directed the film.

"This line, and the shot of Ajie will be cross-edited, and we will disrupt the timeline of the film."

A few days after the finale, in the editing room of Haotian Studio in Beijing, Zhang Hao instructed Guo Fan to complete the editing work.

Looking at the effect presented, Zhang Hao was very satisfied: "This version is almost done, we can keep it, let's cut a scene."

At this moment, assistant Tang Qianqian knocked on the door and came in: "Director, the wrap-up banquet has already been booked. Sister Feihong ordered it, and it's at that private restaurant."

"Okay, you go and arrange the car, we'll go there after we're done."

"Okay." Tang Qianqian went down to arrange the car.

After thinking about it, Zhang Hao called Da Mimi again: "Mimi, are you busy?"

Da Mi Mi is on the setting of "Love Story in Beijing" at the moment, just the play: "I just played the show, what is it?"

"It's okay, this is not to see you filming in the capital, and we just have time to have a wrap-up meal together." Zhang Hao said.

Da Mi Mi didn't want to go at first, but after thinking about it, if she didn't go, then Xu Qing and Yu Feihong might have something to do.

So Da Mi Mi readily agreed: "Okay, I'll be right there, where is it?"

"The last time I celebrated your birthday." Zhang Hao said.

"OK," Da Mimi hung up the phone, turned around and found Chen Sicheng, the director and lead actor of the play: "Director, I'll take a leave of absence."

"What's the matter?" Chen Sicheng asked.

"Director Zhang Hao's film has wrapped up, and there is a wrap-up banquet, I'll go to it."

In front of outsiders, Da Mi Mi calls Zhang Hao a respectful name, but everyone knows the relationship between the two.

Chen Sicheng didn't hesitate either: "Okay, you go, how many days will it take?"

"No, no, I'll be back for filming early tomorrow morning."

"Hey, don't be so anxious." Chen Sicheng seemed very reasonable: "You probably haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's just a matter of spending a few more days together."

Da Mi Mi was ridiculed, but she was thick-skinned and didn't feel it at all: "It's really unnecessary, I will come back to film tomorrow."

After Zhang Hao's training, Da Mimi's acting skills have improved significantly, and he is also very dedicated. It is very rare to ask for leave like today.

After Da Mimi left, Yaya who had just finished the show walked up to Chen Sicheng and said, "I really envy her, she has such a good relationship."

"Da Mimi has a good eye, and he picked Zhang Hao at a glance, and then it was logical, very natural, and others would not be envious if they wanted to." Chen Sicheng sighed.

"But there are too many temptations in this circle, I'm afraid that the relationship will not be able to match the interests, and it won't last long." At some point, Li Chen also stood beside him and said.

But this is an opportunity for Da Mimi, no matter what others think, Da Mimi is now enjoying the benefits of falling in love with Zhang Hao.

Here Zhang Hao hung up the phone and said to Guo Fan: "It's just right, I'll call the heroine over, so you can have a good exchange of project ideas."

"Thank you director," Guo Fan felt inspiring: "I have already completed the script. Next week, I will show you with a sub -lens manuscript."

"Well," Zhang Hao nodded: "Go ahead, finish the last point."

"Okay," Guo Fan continued to devote himself to the editing work
At night in Yu Feihong's private restaurant, the core creators of the crew, including Zhang Hao and Guo Fan, producers Liu Hao and Chen Bowen, Lu Jianqiu and Wu Jiang from the photography team, art director Su Tong and other members of Zhang Hao's team.

And several leading actors Deng Chao, Huang Xiaoming, Yu Feihong, Xu Qing, Da Meiran, and Guan Xiaotong all came.

Cai Runping, the executive of Haotian Studio, and Gong Jun and Wu Yinghao, the person in charge of Tiangong Yicai, also attended.

Teacher Li Xuejian didn't come because he was not feeling well.

Invited by Zhang Hao, Da Mi Mi, who only made a guest appearance, also came, sitting next to Zhang Hao, chatting with Guo Fan.

"Come on, let's toast Zhang Hao together." As a more active person, Deng Chao has always been the one who drives the atmosphere, suggesting that everyone give Zhang Hao a toast.

"Director, tell everyone a few words!"

"Yes, say a few words."

"Okay then," Zhang Hao stood up holding his wine glass and said, "During this time, thank you for your hard work, without you, there would be no movie.

I am here to express my thanks to all of you for your hard work. "

After Zhang Hao finished speaking, he drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"The director is so proud." Deng Chao yelled strangely, and then poured wine into Zhang Hao's glass.

The atmosphere of the wrap-up banquet was relatively harmonious. After the hard work of filming, I can relax at this time, and the days of being in the crew are no longer full of pressure.

"Director, when can we see this movie?" Deng Chao asked Zhang Hao like a curious baby after drinking three rounds and eating five flavors.

"Yes, I'm quite curious. What kind of movie did you make up?" Yu Feihong, who was sitting on the other side of Zhang Hao, also asked.

"It is still in the post-production process, and the post-production will be completed no later than the end of March. This time, it is still in time for the summer release. The specific completion date depends on Tiangong Yicai and the Korean special effects studio." Zhang Hao said. .

Everyone looked at Gong Jun and Wu Yinghao again. Gong Jun cleared his throat and said, "Actually, we already have an exact completion date. At present, the general work has been completed, and some details need to be polished."

After the production of the film is completed, it will be submitted for review, but Zhang Hao pays great attention to avoiding the review criteria, and the investor China Film and Bona have a good relationship with the scissors, so he will definitely get the leading logo smoothly.

In fact, the most anticipation and nervousness at this moment is not the actors who filmed this movie, but Tang Ren.

This is Tangren's first time getting involved in a film project, although it is only an investment, not involved in the production process.

But starting from scratch is a big step forward.

Tang Ren's Cai Yinong has already begun to imagine how she will maintain a good cooperative relationship with Zhang Hao if "The Magic" is a big success.

It can be seen from this that a successful director is very popular with major film and television companies.

As "The Prestige" is completed and transferred to the post-production stage, China Film and Bona Pictures, as the distributors, have begun to cooperate with the publicity department of Haotian Studio to carry out pre-promotion.

On the day of the finale, Haotian Studio released a group photo of the finale on Weibo.

In addition, because the schedule has not been finalized, the publicity method is not violent, but simple publicity through newspapers and online media.

And Zhang Hao also edited several versions of the trailer as required, and when the release date is confirmed, the trailer will be released for publicity.

Because of the outstanding performance of Zhang Hao's first two films, China Film and Bona Film simply canceled the internal preview.

Liu Yongyun, the person in charge of the cinema line department of China, said that once the film schedule is confirmed, he will do his best to coordinate the schedule work to ensure that the number of theaters and opening screens for the film "Fatal Magic" is sufficient.

Although Wanda Cinemas is constantly catching up behind them, at present, the cinemas under China Film Group are still the largest theater managers in the Mainland.

The films under its own banner must be given some convenience.

Such convenience is a bad thing for other films, which means that it is in a state of unfair competition when it is released on the same schedule as "The Prestige".

But for "The Prestige", this is a good thing.

Zhang Hao actually supports the separation of theater chains and production links, so that it can largely guarantee that the films produced by various film companies can speak for themselves in terms of market and quality.

Rather than some unexpected factors, or man-made black box operations.

In the booming film market in the past few years, such things are not uncommon.

Recently, something happened between "The Orphan of Zhao" and "Laughing Jianghu":

During the days when the two films were released, a video about the theater selling "Orphan of Zhao" tickets to audiences, claiming that they could watch "Laughing Rivers and Lakes" was circulated on the Internet, which triggered "Orphan of Zhao" to steal "Laughing Jianghu". Jianghu" box office debate.

The video was filmed at SJZ Pacific Studios. In the video, a customer wanted to buy a ticket for "Laughing Jianghu". The conductor gave him a ticket for "The Orphan of Zhao" and said that it would be no problem to watch "Laughing Jianghu".

This kind of behavior is called stealing the box office in the industry, that is, the box office that should have been "Laughing Jianghu" was included in "The Orphan of Zhao".

The theater manager later told the media that this was a mistake made by the new waiter because he was not familiar with the process. Now that he has replaced the old waiter who is skilled in business, he will not make similar mistakes again.

Bona Pictures, the investor of "Laughing Jianghu", said that the film's producer and lead actor, Uncle Benshan, was shocked because he had never encountered such a thing in the TV drama industry before.

Later, Fang Xingmei Films, the producer of "The Orphan of Zhao", came forward and stated that the box office theft was nothing but malicious smears and rumors, and they will reserve the right to pursue legal action.

The producer reminded the reporter that the video has serious traces of manipulation and has no credibility, and it is impossible to understand who did this to "The Orphan of Zhao".

At the same time, this video has been identified as false content by the investors of "Orphan of the Zhao Family". On the day the video was uploaded, people were sent to Shishi to investigate.

The staff of this theater in Shizhuang City stated that after the incident, the staff involved resigned on their own, but they refused to provide the contact information of the staff involved.

Afterwards, the producer, Xingmei Films, issued a harsh statement: "Recently, our company regrets to see many false rumors about attacking the movie "Orphan of Zhao" circulating on the Internet. video.

Some people with ulterior motives took advantage of this to hype. This behavior not only brought a major negative impact on the reputation of the investors, but also fooled the general public, seriously disrupted the mainland film market, and caused extremely bad effects on the mainland film market.

As a film investor, we have the responsibility to restore the true face of the incident and severely punish those behind the scenes. "

Knowing that there was an irresolvable conflict between the boss and Chen Gezi, Tang Qianqian immediately paid attention to this matter and showed Zhang Hao this statement.

This matter made a lot of trouble, and after it was made, Yu Dong called Zhang Hao and asked if he did it.

It happened that "Fatal Magic" was in the post-production, Zhang Hao was confused by the question, and then read the statement from the producer of "The Orphan of Zhao", and felt that a big black pot was pinned on Zhang Hao's head

Previously, it was not possible to prevent "The Orphan of Zhao" from becoming a screened film, and Zhang Hao had already planned not to target this film.

As a result, there was such a thing as stealing the box office, and then a scapegoat was pinned on Zhang Hao's head.

Zhang Hao immediately stated that he really didn't do this matter, and he didn't ask someone to maliciously smear him.

Although Yu Dong didn't believe it, Zhang Hao didn't admit it, so he had to remind Zhang Hao to be careful, and hung up the phone.

Zhang Hao shrugged helplessly after hanging up the phone, he really didn't do this.

Anyway, "The Orphan of the Zhao Family" had already been hit badly enough by his naval forces, so there was no need to pursue it after the goal was achieved.

No matter what, it seems that he has committed the scapegoat.

Affected by this negative impact, and the negative news about "The Orphan of Zhao" was flying all over the sky, this film is no longer seen in the fiercely competitive Lunar New Year file.

However, the film still climbed the 1.01 million box office mark very tenaciously, reaching [-] million.

In the previous life, the box office of this movie was 1.8 million. Under Zhang Hao's obstruction, "The Orphan of the Zhao Family" can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for the smooth sale of overseas copyrights, it is estimated that Chen Gezi will lose everything.

Anyway, it's already like this, Zhang Hao doesn't care what the truth is, anyway, he went out to explain that I was not the one to do it, and people in the circle who know their contradictions will not believe it.

It can be seen from this that there is an irresolvable conflict between Zhang Hao and Chen Gezi.

It is said that Chen Gezi was inspired by the battle between "The Orphan of Zhao" and Zhang Hao's Internet trolls to smear each other, learned from the pain, and planned to make a film with the theme of Internet violence.

Although it is said that Chen Gezi made this film in his previous life, and Da Meiyuan, who Zhang Hao likes very much, starred in.

But because of this reason, Zhang Hao has reason to suspect that Chen Gezi is connoting him, making this film specifically to express his wounded heart, and incidentally accusing Zhang Hao of the harm caused to him by cyber violence.

A cultural person is a cultural person, even the way of swearing is so special.

(End of this chapter)