This director needs to apologize

Chapter 372 No need to refute

Wu Lianjing's assists are more than just an unexpected surprise. For the current "Thirteenth Floor", it can be said to be a timely help.

When Chen Yiming woke up the next day and found out what had happened, he had to ask someone to get Wu Lianjing's personal cell phone and call him specifically to express his gratitude.

In fact, the two of them have little friendship. Because Chen Yiming is a homely and low-key person, he is rarely present at many occasions when "all the talented people come together" in the industry. Therefore, after six years in the industry, he has never met Wu Lianjing.

He and Lao Wu each won the box office championship, so the stranger status between the two was noticed by the outside world, and was even rumored to be so serious that they would never see each other again.

When Wu Lianjing was asked by reporters, he ignored him, while Chen Yiming simply didn't say a word. Therefore, not only movie fans, but also people in the industry doubted whether there was any unknown conflict between the two of them.

However, this time Wu Lianjing used practical actions to refute the rumors. His praise was equivalent to using his own reputation to divert the attention of "The Thirteenth Floor". This is not a bad relationship, it's clear that they are inseparable, okay?

Chen Yiming's phone call was actually quite embarrassing. He had nothing else to say except to keep saying thank you. He was really unfamiliar with me.

Fortunately, Wu Lianjing has a big-brother personality and a very high emotional intelligence. He was able to find a topic to talk about by following Chen Yiming's words, and the phone call lasted more than an hour.

After the conversation broke out, Chen Yiming realized that Wu Lianjing's assist was also attributed to Xie Tianfang. When Lao Wu entered Hong Kong in his early years, he was often ostracized by Hong Kong martial arts circles because he was an outsider. Before "Plan B" came out, Wu Lianjing seriously collaborated with Xie Tianfang several times.

Wu Lianjing always kept this kind treatment in mind. Even if he later shifted his career focus back to the mainland, his contact with Mr. Xie remained intact.

Wu Lianjing explained feebly that in his early years, he also tried to tinker with group scenes and even feature films, and even made a literary film that only used his mouth. The result was that the ordinary audience and industry experts did not buy it. It seemed that I was afraid that he would shift his interest from fighting to performing.

Although Xie Tianfang's projects were not well-known, and Wu Lianjing could only play some supporting roles and villain roles, filming with Lao Xie saved trouble and worry, and it was a rare leisure time for Lao Wu during that period.

After really in-depth exchanges, Chen Yiming discovered that Wu Lianjing was not only a master in shooting action scenes, but also had an extremely sophisticated grasp of narrative rhythm. His comments on several key scenes in "The Thirteenth Floor" were spot-on. Director Chen Yiming also I can only say one word.

During the phone call, Wu Lianjing laughed and said that the action design in Yucheng Parkour also had his contribution. For example, the action of jumping from the top of the overpass to falling and then flipping into the inside of the overpass was first discussed between him and Xie Tianfang.

Chen Yiming cut this scene into the trailer, and netizens moved it into the parkour collection. Wu Lianjing was busy with performances during the Spring Festival, and when he had time to watch the video, he found something familiar. After checking with Mr. Xie, he got that The effect is outstanding.

He is also a very old man and has to accept his old age, but he also really likes acting and does not want to retire early.

For example, in the turning scene of the relationship between the policeman and the policewoman, that is, the scene where the policewoman sits in the dormant cabin in full view of the public, Wu Lianjing felt that there was a missing layer of foreshadowing, and the policeman's performance lacked a layer of explosion. I feel that the reveal of the relationship between the two is a bit obscure, which is not conducive to the audience's understanding.

After all, he can appear repeatedly in film and television editing with Lao Wu. After watching him too many times, he will naturally become familiar to the audience.

In that movie, Wu Lianjing was suspended from a three-story skybridge with a wire. Xie Tianfang moved this scene to a higher position and made a transition with the help of a cable car passing in mid-air, achieving a more than twenty-story building. Prance.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but get excited when chatting happily, and asked Wu Lianjing, "Aren't you very knowledgeable about how to arrange supporting roles? Why don't you do this in your own movies?"
Wu Lianjing's movies are recognized as absolute one-man shows, with super male protagonists. Except for himself, everyone else is a green leaf. If he has praised anyone in so many movies, maybe it is the villains who are responsible for being beaten by him.

Generally speaking, this branch line is a bit flat.

He told Chen Yiming frankly that unless it was a guest appearance, no one would dare to ask him to star in a feature film. As long as his face appeared on the big screen, the audience's psychological expectations must be action scenes. The cinema asked Japan NM to refund the money.

It is indeed a closed loop of logic!
After reading this allusion, the distance was instantly shortened, and the topic was opened.

Wu Lianjing himself is a senior director, and his level is quite high. The reason why this identity is always ignored by the outside world is that his personal style in movies is too outstanding, and his performance in it is too eye-catching, so he must be the one to be chosen. exist.

Wu Lianjing said half-jokingly and half-seriously, the only person in China who has the guts to ask me to act as a director in a feature film is probably you, Chen Yiming. After all, Director Chen's willfulness and disobedience are well known.

After repeated attempts, he was frustrated, and Wu Lianjing had no choice but to give up and never look back in the field of action films.

What can Chen Yiming say? If he refuses explicitly at this time, it will not be friendship but enmity.

Anyway, they just informed each other of their intentions. The specific cooperation needs to be discussed in the long term. Wu Lianjing's schedule has been scheduled for the year after next. It is unknown when he will be able to follow his heart and pursue his dream of acting.

Chen Yiming, on the other hand, has no worries about having too many debts. There has long been a queue of people looking for him to order scripts, and Shen Ming is one who cannot be shied away from. This time, Best Actor Shen Sheng's guest appearance in "The Thirteenth Floor" has become a guest star. Special performances, and now he is leading a team to participate in road shows. If this favor is not returned, Chen Yiming will not be able to convince himself. Naturally, they accepted Wu Lianjing's invitation, and their chat came to an end, and they became friends.

After socializing, they continued to run road shows, and on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival period was considered to have passed the first stage. It is generally believed that the box office rankings have been determined at this point, and the follow-up is just a question of how far the gap will be.

However, this pattern went wrong during this year's Spring Festival. The top-ranked fantasy blockbuster by An Yue only held up for five days. On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, there was a significant decline beyond the normal limit. The single-day box office has dropped to 7000 million.

The four movies ranked behind it have also declined. Because it is time to go to work, many people are rushing on transportation. This is a normal box office trend during the Spring Festival.

However, under the premise that the first place has widened the crotch, the gap between them has not widened, but has begun to narrow. The sequel of Journey to the West is still fighting with "The Thirteenth Floor", and the total box office gap is only a little over 1000 million, while The distance between the two and the top spot has fallen back to within 1 million.

Due to the ferocious situation during the Spring Festival this year, all three new films scheduled to be released in the middle of weekdays have been cancelled. Therefore, the second week of the Spring Festival is still a matter of debate.

In this way, a lead of 100 million per week is really not a big lead, and the subsequent battle situation is naturally difficult to say.

According to the general rules of the industry, at this juncture, it is the turn of the outsiders to appear. It is completely "normal" business competition to bring the opponent's negative rhythm and point out the opponent's cast from the moral high ground. Behavior.

This move is actually Xiang Zhuang's sword dance with the intention of attacking Pei Gong. Its main purpose is not to ruin the popularity of passers-by and then influence the movie-watching choices of ordinary audiences. Public opinion does not have that much power.

The real intention is to find a pretext to renegotiate the film schedule with theaters, to protect one's own and to undercut the opponent's.

After all, movies are a commodity sold in a programmed manner. If the theater chain does not schedule movies, or only arrange some hell time and hell locations, then it will be useless no matter how popular it is with the public.

The same 20% of films are scheduled, one is only shown in suburban theaters in the morning, and the other is shown in city center theaters in the evening. Even a fool knows which box office will be better.

So "The Thirteenth Floor" had a new wave of rhythm, and it was expected that the person being targeted was Pan Yueming.

The second trial of Lao Pan's lawsuit is about to begin, and he is already in the whirlpool of public opinion. The movie he stars in is also in theaters and is on the front row of trending searches every day. It is obvious that the pace of taking him is the most fast, easy and economical.

On this day, a reporter quoted a report about Lao Pan's trough last year. The wording of the question was very insidious, asking him how he came out of "depression" and "collapse" so quickly. Judging from the performance in the movie, There's nothing wrong with him.

In fact, it is alluding to Pan Yue's apparent pity to gain sympathy, and is suspected of fooling the public.

Regarding moral matters, it is easiest to follow the rhythm, and you can make some sense whether it is positive or negative.

It’s bad enough for a public figure to be cheated on someone like Lao Pan, but they have to create an image of a perfect victim in the outside world, otherwise they will be attacked.

The paradox is that even if it is a perfect victim plot, even if it is really flawless, people will still question it, and there will always be bones in the eggs.

Chen Yiming wanted to intervene and control the situation and just skipped the question. The person who asked the question was just looking for trouble, so simply ignoring it was the proper response.

But Pan Yueming had already picked up the microphone and started speaking.

"This is a purely personal question that has nothing to do with the movie. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be asked here, and I have no obligation to answer it.

But "The Thirteenth Floor" embodies the efforts of many people and carries heavy expectations. I don't want it to be implicated in even the slightest disaster.

I am here to both respond and clarify that since the incident that is currently going through the court process two years ago, I have never accepted an interview from any media or self-media reporter. During this period, all public and non-public matters concerning My description has not been solicited or approved by me.

Some of the remarks you gave examples I have read, some I have not, but I can personally guarantee that they are not true. I am just out of the public eye, but I have no physical or mental problems. Taking a break is my personal decision, and the same goes for taking over "The Thirteenth Floor." It's that simple. "

Pan Yueming's reply was watertight, and the questioner was obviously unwilling to accept it. He continued to ask why he didn't clarify, which was also an admission by default.

Lao Pan's answer was neither humble nor arrogant. All the statements in the reported reports were based on rumors. When it comes to key facts, even my full name is not included. Do you think it is necessary to refute?

(End of this chapter)