Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 159

On the eighth day of the eighth day, I officially went to work.

Liu Yifei and her mother flew to Japan, and Zhang Yuanjun continued to work.

As if waiting for the start of work after the year, a big news shocked the circle on the first day:

The descendants of the Huo family sued the crew of "Huo Yuanjia"!

The movie "Huo Yuanjia" said that the Huo family was "destroyed by the enemy". This fabricated plot was resisted by the descendants of Master Huo.

In fact, the descendants of the Huo family are very tolerant of Huo Yuanjia's many film and television works, and they are also strict in the public statement: "I have watched most of them, but none of them hurt me like this one. I know what art creation is all about. , but it cannot be said that if people destroy the door, they will be destroyed.”

The person in charge of the publicity of the "Fearless" production team said that the words at the end of the film were purely fictitious, and refused to admit the inaccuracies pointed out by Huo's descendants.Regarding the request for an apology, the person in charge also said: "It's up to the producer to decide."

Although "Fearless" broke 2006 million, it was a good start in [-].

But Zhang Yuanjun still didn't like the story.

In general, the crew of "Huo Yuanjia" tried to break through the profound description of the hatred of the country and the family in the "Huang Feihong" series, and the helplessness of a generation of masters in the era of strong boats and guns, but the screenwriter and director took "Huo Yuanjia" as an example. The whole story of "A" leads to the "Western-style anti-war" that is not accepted by the Chinese people.

Under the crisis of national subjugation and extinction, Huo Yuanjia actually persuaded his apprentice not to take revenge, saying, "Hatred will only breed more hatred, and I don't want to see hatred."

The worst thing about the crew of "Fearless" is that it blurred or even avoided its own patriotic stance.

It is no longer like "Jing Fu Men" and "Huang Feihong" that clearly express the point of view that practicing martial arts to strengthen your body is to defeat the great powers-although the fists and feet are so helpless under the cannon, so Chen Zhen and Huang Feihong have doomsday heroes Frustrated and confused, such characters are even more regrettable and sympathetic.

But Huo Yuanjia said: "Chinese people should be self-improving. It is true that we have fought and looked down on each other for so many years. It is a joke. Foreigners regard us as the 'sick men of East Asia'. It is not terrible, terrible. What’s more, some of us don’t even know we’re sick.”

Is this over-reflection?

Signing the life and death certificate before the competition, Huo Yuanjia even said: "It is a bad habit in China to fight with your life in the ring."

He also advised everyone to "not allow the abuse of force to discriminate against foreigners."

What an International Notre Dame!
The most vicious part of the whole film is that after Master Huo was poisoned, the audience fell silent, and it turned out that a RB person stood up and angrily denounced the poisoner.

At the end of the feature film, in the subtitles at the end of the film, the crew did not forget to praise the international influence of the Ching Wu Association and its contribution to the cultural exchange between China and the West.

Anyway, Zhang Yuanjun felt awkward watching this film.

It may be to innovate the plot, or it may be to rely on Li Lianlian to sell better overseas, so the director played a Western-style anti-war story here.

But it is very helpless that nowadays in China, people really eat this set up and down.

They try very hard to go to sea and to be recognized by foreigners.

Even the replies on the Internet are like "the landlord is a good man, and the United States will be in the next life".

At this time, there is a lack of cultural self-confidence from top to bottom, which is why films with such values ​​​​are bred.

Values ​​aside, the action design of the movie "Fearless" is beautiful, and Li Lianjie looks better than others when he plays it.

However, it may be Zhang Yuanjun's illusion.

When he watched Li Lianlian on the big screen, he seemed to have lost the chicness of his youth, and became a bit more ruthless. Even in the later stage of the film, after Huo Yuanjia completed his self-transformation, Zhang Yuanjun still felt that Li Lianlian's face did not look like a great master .

What is the name of his illness?

An important card in the marketing of "Fearless" is "Li Lian's last action movie", fart, next year I will be filming "The King of Kung Fu".

Three days after the start of the new year's work, news came from Hebei Province that "Mo Gong" had been shut down.

This movie has such a gimmick that it is no longer called a blockbuster, it is called an "international blockbuster"!
It is heavily invested by China, Japan and Korea, and brings together big-name stars from China, Japan and Korea!

Huayi has made great efforts this year, with two blockbuster films "The Banquet" and "Mo Gong" in the lineup, and it is bound to win the annual box office champion.

Also because of the drag of the two blockbuster films, Huayi seems to be unable to mobilize too much money to invest in "Animal World".

Not to mention that Zhang Yuanjun was persuading Xu Ke to be the director, and the cooperation was basically negotiated, all that was left was Xu Ke's nod.

This also gave Huayi an excuse not to invest.

Xu Kegang messed up a big production like "Seven Swords", and he no longer has credibility in the eyes of the producer.

Therefore, Huayi withdrew from the investment ranks of "Animal World" on the pretext of not accepting director Xu Ke, and only said that it could undertake part of the distribution work.

In fact, Xu Ke just can't get big productions, and investors won't make martial arts for him, but as long as he is willing, he can still get money for small and medium-budget movies.

Therefore, the joining of Xu Ke did not have the effect of discouraging China Film, Shanghai Film and other investors.

Under Zhang Yuanjun's relentless urging, the screenwriting team finally produced the finalized script on the last Friday of February.

Zhang Yuanjun stared at it all the time, this version of the script met his requirements, Xu Ke also felt that there was no problem after reading it, so he formally accepted Zhang Yuanjun's invitation to be the director of "Animal World" in the afternoon, with a salary of 420 million - the whole team Highest.

This is the price after the boss screwed up "Seven Swords".

For a director like him, it's not high, but within a reasonable range.

But in terms of publicity, it wasn't Zhang Yuanjun who invited Xu Ke to be the director of the new film.

Instead, Xu Ke's new film invites the popular Xiaosheng Zhang Yuanjun to star.

Xu Ke's reputation in the movie circle is much bigger than that of Zhang Yuanjun.

"Director Xu Ke's new film "Animal World" has recently started preparations. The producer of Xu Ke's studio revealed to reporters that this will be a brand new story that the audience has never seen before, and it will bring the audience a different and fresh experience."

"The failure of "Seven Swords" does not seem to have a negative impact on Xu Ke. A few days ago, Xu Ke's new film "Animal World" announced the approval of the project. A mainland actor will play the leading role, and the film will be released in the second half of the year, looking forward to the cooperation between the two."

After the script and director are finalized, the preparations for the entire "Animal World" can really start.

However, Zhang Yuanjun still told the producer: "The special effects should follow the design we made before, don't let Xu Ke spend money indiscriminately."

"You are overthinking," the old producer laughed. "Except for a few, the directors of commercial films on Hong Kong Island have a good habit of spending as much money as possible. "Animal World" is our project, and we spend money to hire Director Xu Ke, he will correct his attitude and do his job well."

This is due to the fast pace of filming in the golden age of Hong Kong films. A director shoots five or six films a year, so there is so much time for him to carefully craft. They can clearly distinguish what they want to make and what the boss tells them to make. of.They are very skilled at doing things with money.

"In short, just spend what you need, and make sure the account is clear. Don't let these Hong Kong people take advantage of the loopholes." Zhang Yuanjun reminded.

(End of this chapter)