On the eighth day of the lunar month, I officially go to work.
Liu Yifei and her mother flew to Japan, and Zhang Yuanjun continued working.
As if waiting for the start of construction after the new year, a big piece of news shocked the industry on the first day:
Descendants of the Huo family sued the crew of "Huo Yuanjia"!
The movie "Huo Yuanjia" said that the Huo family was "annihilated by enemies." This fabricated plot was resisted by Master Huo's descendants.
In fact, the descendants of the Huo family are very tolerant of Huo Yuanjia's many film and television works, and they were also strict in their public statements: "I have seen most of them, but none of them hurt me as much as this one. I know what artistic creation is about. , but you can’t say that if you let people destroy the family, it will be destroyed.”
The publicity director of the "Fearless" crew stated that the end of the film stated that the content was purely fictitious and refused to acknowledge the inaccuracies pointed out by descendants of the Huo family. Regarding the request for an apology, the person in charge also said: "It's up to the producer to decide."
Although "Fearless" broke 100 million, it was a good start in 2006.
But Zhang Yuanjun still didn't like this story.
In general, the crew of "Huo Yuanjia" tried to break through the "Once Upon a Time" series' profound description of hatred between the country and the family, and the helplessness of a great master in an era of powerful ships and cannons. However, the screenwriter and director made "Huo Yuanjia" the "Fearless" series. 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 genocide, Huo Yuanjia actually persuaded his apprentice not to take revenge, saying, "Hate will only breed more hatred. I don't want to see hatred."
The worst thing about the crew of "Fearless" is that it blurs or even avoids its patriotic stance.
It no longer clearly expresses the view that practicing martial arts and strengthening the body is to defeat the great powers like "Fist of Fury" and "Once Upon a Time" - although fists and feet are so helpless under the cannon, so Chen Zhen and Huang Feihong both have doomsday heroes Frustrated and confused with no way out, this character is even more pitiable and sympathetic.
But Huo Yuanjia said: "The Chinese people should strengthen themselves. It is true that over the years, our own people have been fighting each other, looking down on each other, and making people laugh. Foreigners regard us as the 'sick men of East Asia'. In fact, it is not terrible. It is terrible." What’s more, some of us don’t even know we are sick.”
Is this too much reflection?
Before the competition, a life-and-death certificate was signed. Huo Yuanjia even said: "Fighting with one's life in the ring has always been a bad habit in China."
He also advised everyone to "not abuse force to be xenophobic and xenophobic."
What kind of international Madonna is this!
The most vicious thing about the whole film is that after Master Huo was poisoned, the whole audience was silent, but a RB man stood up and angrily denounced the poisoner.
Finally, after the main film was played, in the closing credits, the crew did not forget to praise the international influence of the Jingwu Society and the contribution made by the Jingwu Society in cultural exchanges between China and the West.
Anyway, Zhang Yuanjun was very uncomfortable watching this movie.
Maybe it was to innovate the plot, or maybe it was to rely on Li Lianlian to sell better overseas, so the director played a Western-style anti-war story here.
But what is very helpless is that now in China, everyone in the country is really doing this.
They work hard to go overseas and gain recognition from foreigners.
Even the replies on the Internet are like "The original poster is a good person, and I will live in the United States in my next life."
At this time, there was a lack of cultural confidence from top to bottom, so a film with such values was born.
Values aside, the action design of the movie "Fearless" is beautiful, and Li Lianlian's style is better than others.
However, maybe it was Zhang Yuanjun's illusion.
When he saw Li Lianjie on the big screen, he seemed to have lost the chicness of his youth and gained a bit more ruthlessness. Even late in the film, after Huo Yuanjia had completed his self-transformation, Zhang Yuanjun still felt that Li Lianjie did not look like a great master. .
What is the name of the disease he has?
An important card in the marketing of "Fearless" is "Li Lien Lien's last action movie". Damn it, he won't be filming "The Kung Fu King" next year.
Three days after the start of the new year, the news that "Mo Gong" was finalized and shut down came from Hebei Province.
This movie has such great gimmicks that it is no longer called a blockbuster, but is called an "international blockbuster"!
It is heavily invested by China, Japan and South Korea and brings together big-name stars from China, Japan and South Korea!
Huayi has made great efforts this year, with two blockbusters, "The Night Banquet" and "Ink Attack", which are bound to win the annual box office championship.
Precisely because of the drag of two blockbusters, Huayi seems to be unable to allocate too much funds to invest in "Animal World".
Not to mention that Zhang Yuanjun is persuading Xu Ke to direct, and the cooperation is basically settled, all that is left is Xu Ke’s nod.
This gives Huayi even more excuse not to invest.
Xu Ke had just messed up a big production like "Seven Swords" and had no credibility in the eyes of the producers.
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 let him make martial arts movies. However, as long as he is willing, he can still get money for small and medium-cost movies.
Therefore, the addition of Xu Ke did not have the effect of dissuading China Film, Shanghai Film and other investors from leaving.
Under Zhang Yuanjun's ruthless encouragement, the screenwriting team finally took out the final script on the last Friday of February.
Zhang Yuanjun watched the whole process. This version of the script met his requirements. Xu Ke thought it was okay after reading it, so he formally accepted Zhang Yuanjun’s invitation that afternoon to serve as the director of "Animal World" with a salary of 4.2 million - the entire team Highest.
This is the price after the old monster screwed up "Seven Swords".
For a director like him, it's not high, but within a reasonable range.
However, in terms of publicity, it was not Zhang Yuanjun who invited Xu Ke to be the director of the new film.
Instead, Xu Ke’s new film invites popular niche actor Zhang Yuanjun to star.
Xu Ke is much more famous in the film industry than Zhang Yuanjun.
"Preparations for the new film "Animal World" directed by Xu Ke have recently started. The producer of Xu Ke Studio revealed to reporters that this will be a brand new story that the audience has never seen before, and will bring a different and fresh experience to the audience."
"The failure of "Seven Swords" does not seem to have a negative impact on Xu Ke. A few days ago, director Xu Ke's new film "Animal World" was announced. The leading actor was confirmed to be the popular niche Zhang Yuanjun. This is the first time that Xu Ke has used the film after moving north. A mainland actor plays the leading role, and the film is scheduled to start shooting in the second half of the year. We look forward to their cooperation."
After the script and director are finalized, the preparations for "Animal World" can really begin.
However, Zhang Yuanjun still told the producer: "The special effects should be based on the design we made before. Don't let Xu Ke spend money randomly."
"You are too worried," the old producer said with a smile. "Except for a few, commercial film directors in Hong Kong have a very good habit of doing as much as they want. "Animal World" is our project, and we spend money to hire it. Directed by 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 makes five or six films a year, and there is so much time for him to craft them carefully. They can clearly distinguish what they want to make and what the boss asks them to make. of. They are very skilled at getting paid to do things.
"In short, spend what you have to spend, make sure the accounts are clear, and don't let these Hong Kong Islanders take advantage of the loopholes." Zhang Yuanjun reminded.
(End of chapter)
