Movie tycoon

Chapter 352 The box office fiasco (Part [-])
When Chen Xiaotang was competing with the farmer brothers on the muddy road for bicycle speed, the Hong Kong film industry was also setting off a storm.

Let me first talk about the movie "The End of the World" invested and directed by Chen Xiaotang. The box office was miserable.

In the week since it was released, the entire box office revenue has only been in the tens of thousands, so Chen Xiaotang has also been canonized with a new nickname --- "Chen Sansanlang!"

For the poor box office, word of mouth is remarkable.Some critics believe that this film has a bold sense of consciousness, unique shooting techniques, and well-tuned episodes. It can be said to be a new type of literary film, but it is a pity that it was born at an untimely time——
Of course, there are also people who have objections to this. In their opinion, if the box office is poor, it means that the audience does not accept it; if the audience does not accept it, it means that the film is not good; If it is not good, it means that director Chen Xiaotang still needs to learn...

In a word, this movie is a low-cost bad movie!
Among them, the one who looks down on Chen Xiaotang the most is Mr. Wu Siyuan, a famous gentleman in the film industry.

Speaking of this gentleman, he has a great reputation, has worked as a director, and has run a company, and now he is one of the chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards jury.

In his previous life, Mr. Wu was even more famous. During an interview, he was called the "Godfather" of Hong Kong movies by the host.This shows its energy and qualifications.It is said that in the interview, this gentleman talked a lot about his film ideals.In addition to being excited, he also revealed that the artists who became famous through self-discovery, including Liu Dehua, Zhou Xingchi, and Zhang Guorong, and then gave examples one by one-Liu Dehua was hidden by TVB before filming his "Extrajudicial Affairs", and he helped him unfreeze; Zhou Xingchi was in Before filming his "The Saint of Gamblers", he was unknown, but he became famous after that; Zhang Guorong...uh, when it came to Zhang Guorong, he didn't give any further examples.

Ordinary audiences don't know if he has a bad memory or flashes his words.But some people still know the reason for this example - Zhang Guorong was a young singer who had just debuted before filming his first film "Red Mansion~Spring~Shangchun", but it is a pity that this movie produced by director Wu Da , did not make him famous, but then declined for three years and three years.why?Because this is a tertiary film, it is so vulgar and boring that it was banned by major theaters.

——Perhaps this is also the main reason why director Wu Da chooses to forget, right?
Back then, when Zhang Guorong made his first movie, Mr. Wu told Zhang Guorong that he wanted to ask him to play the leading role, and it was Jia Baoyu.When Zhang Guorong heard this, she was of course very happy. May I ask a newcomer who was invited to lead the lead role of Jia Baoyu at the beginning of his debut, do you have any reason to refuse?As we all know, many Hong Kong movies are shoddy, there is no script at all, and only a simple idea will start. A movie like "Red Mansion" will definitely not have a detailed script before shooting, so of course Zhang Guorong will not know This Red Mansion is not that "Red Mansion"...

It is absolutely impossible for Zhang Guorong to take over the filming of "Red Mansion~Spring~Shangchun" because of the meager salary.Young lads tend to listen to good words.The film dealers who are in the entertainment industry all have a three-inch tongue, like a poisonous snake coaxing Adam and Eve to taste the tempting forbidden fruit, they will surely find their weak point and capture the heart of the coaxed.

I have never directly asked Zhang why he made such a bad film, because he couldn't bear to ask, knowing that "Red" was a thorn in his heart that couldn't be removed.He has a lot of thorns like this in his heart, and what's more sad is that his memory is not bad, so he accumulated a lot of toxins in the end.
In the days when she was not famous, Zhang Guorong suffered inhumane treatment.The most bleak and sad situation happened when "Yang Guo and the Little Dragon Girl" was being produced.The most apt description is "I didn't treat him as a human being at all"!
The plot during the period is reserved for a later story, but there are two things related to the cause and effect.First of all, someone on the set asked Zhang "intentionally or unintentionally", "Is this your first time making a costume film?" He was hesitating, but someone "rushed to answer" loudly: "No, this guy has filmed "Red Mansion ~ Spring ~ Shangchun" ", salty wet slices!"

Zhang Guorong suppressed her displeasure, but tried to change the topic. The "Red" film was also a stumbling block that prevented Zhang from competing with Chen Baiqiang in "Applause". The ten shots in "Applause" can be regarded as a way to dilute the bad impression of "Red". The villainous characters with distinctive personalities can at least overshadow the image of "third-level film actors".Anyone can forget "Red", but Zhang has never been able to.Chen Baiqiang once said that Zhang was "deceived" to take the film. If this is the case, no wonder he has a grudge.

And what caused all this is Mr. Wu Siyuan, who is known as the godfather of the film industry with both virtue and art.

He can only remember his "virtue of art", but we can't forget how a well-known director used to trick a debut singer into filming "Dream of Red Mansions" with the name of "co-production with the famous actress Huang Xingxiu" His "Red Mansion~Spring~Shangchun".

——There is no "one stroke" for anyone to become famous, but "one stroke" is enough for unlucky people.

Now, in this time and space, at this time, Mr. Wu Siyuan, who represents the justice and future of the Hong Kong film industry, stands up again.As the chairman of the judging committee of the Hong Kong Film Awards, he is very earnest, or he hates irony and rejects Chen Xiaotang's "The End of the World" and refuses this film to participate in the selection of this year's Hong Kong Film Awards. like award.The reason is that most of this film was shot in Spain, and it premiered in Spain, and there are Spaniards involved in the post-production, so in name, this is a "foreign film" and should not represent Hong~ Hong Kong films participated in the selection.

Mr. Wu Siyuan said again that Chen Xiaotang was young and energetic, and pursued novelty in his filming techniques, but he betrayed the purpose of serving the public and entertaining the public.It is inevitable that the box office is not good. If this movie can get a good reputation and box office, it would be amazing!

In a word, Mr. Wu Siyuan, who is a bole in the film industry, is not optimistic about Chen Xiaotang, a "flashy" young man.

In Mr. Wu's words, just do what you should do, don't mess around anymore, the entertainment industry is not a place for a hypocrite like you to play!What we want in Hong Kong~Hong Kong movies is down-to-earth, not opportunistic, neither fish nor fowl!

After all, Wu Xianzheng has strength and connections, especially the group of entertainment niche students under him who are eagerly waiting to become popular, and they play the role of "beating the dog in the water" very responsibly.Stepping on others to help oneself to the top, this is another iron-like law in the entertainment industry, and its name is --- Wudang Lai Yun Zong!
Then, some apprentice of Mr. Wu stood up and said righteously: "As a newcomer, we are duty-bound to let everyone see clearly that there is not only Chen Xiaotang alone in this Hong Kong, but also us!"

Another apprentice: "To be a director is not to treat guests to dinner, not to farm and plow the fields, not to mention painting and embroidering for crown articles--to be a director is a skill, which requires long-term edification and learning, and requires the cooperation of everyone, not alone. , Self-esteem is very high - if a person is too complacent, he will fall into the quagmire of failure. Chen Xiaotang's play shows us what it means to be full of tricks, lose modesty and benefit!"

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Faced with such comments, Chen Xiaotang and his group of movie fans naturally protested in unison:
"You can't spoil our idol like this!"

"Chen Xiaotang is the best, the best!"

"Laughing is undefeated! Laughing is the strongest!"

……

But who is Mr. Wu? In the face of these protests, he can only say, what kind of art does a brat know? !

Pure nonsense!
For Wu Siyuan's harsh comments, of course some people liked it very much, such as some of Chen Xiaotang's rivals in the entertainment industry. In their opinion, Chen Xiaotang's sinking in the gutter this time was an unprecedented joy.Firecrackers should really be set off to celebrate.

There are decent villains, and those in the middle are also worried. It seems that the TVB talent Chen Xiaotang has "exceeded the world" this time, and I am afraid that his fame will not be guaranteed.

Cheng Long, the eldest brother of Golden Harvest, Huang Boming, the three giants of New Art City, Xu Guanjie, the singing god, and Tan Yonglin, all took a wait-and-see attitude towards Chen Xiaotang.For them, they have long been used to the ups and downs of the entertainment industry - if you are popular today, you may not be successful tomorrow. This is the most common thing in the entertainment industry. Although Chen Xiaotang is an extraordinary talent, he cannot escape this law.

Generally speaking, due to the box office failure of "The End of the World", many people have contempt and disdain for Chen Xiaotang.

The original jealousy and envy all turned into sarcasm and sarcasm——
"Chen Xiaotang, ha, I'm dead this time!"

"What a bad film, it doesn't make sense!"

"Before I learned how to walk, I wanted to run, and I learned to play art like others, I lost it!"

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Faced with such a rare war of words, it can be said that it is rare in the history of Hong Kong movies in a hundred years.In particular, Chen Xiaotang, who was the party involved, was not in Hong Kong, so that everyone could not appreciate his demeanor who was scolded as "bloody".

But through this seemingly unusual battle of words, many interested people have seen one thing, that is Chen Xiaotang's popularity!
For a long time, actors have been regarded as commodities of a play. On the surface, they sound majestic, but they are actually subsidiary products.

The purpose of everyone making movies and TV series is to fight for the box office and ratings, and then obtain real economic benefits.Actors just incidentally show their faces and show off.Therefore, in the eyes of those high society and wealthy families, actors are not popular actors.Many courts even opposed the marriage between their children and these actors.Occasionally, a person who can marry into a wealthy family will become a sensational news, because it breaks the "rule" of a well-matched family.
But it's different now, this Chen Xiaotang has obviously broken away from the pure "actor" line, and is moving towards the elegant literary line of "director".

This made many people unhappy, and even a little jealous, or jealous.

But it happened that amidst such bloody scolding, Chen Xiaotang's popularity was inversely proportional to the box office of his movie, which spurred a sharp rise.

This, no one thought of.

(End of this chapter)