After the press conference ended, Zhang Chu and his party arrived in Xiangjiang at noon that day.
In just half a day, as the content of the press conference continued to ferment on the Internet, Wang Jinghua had already received more than a dozen cooperation invitations.
"Don't worry, I'll sort it out when I get back and decide which brand to work with, and we'll study it slowly."
Wang Jinghua laughed so hard that she could hardly close her mouth. She did not expect that Zhang Chu's words could have such a big impact.
However, Wang Jinghua soon stopped laughing.
The day before they arrived in Hong Kong, "The Legend of Shushan" in which Zhang Chu participated was released in Hong Kong.
Xu Ke wanted to take it by surprise and did not do any publicity in the early stage.
It is probably because they want to gain attention through the ultimate visual effects of the movie itself.
Unexpectedly, things backfired. The special effects of "The Legend of Shushan" really shocked the audience in Hong Kong, but the movie was only released for one day and received rave reviews.
Anyone who is familiar with Xu Ke knows that one of his characteristics in making movies is that technique is often more important than plot.
Xu Ke almost became obsessed with pursuing technology.
Among the many directors of Chinese-language films, Xu Ke is the first to like to develop new technologies and spend a lot of money to use the most top-notch equipment and the most novel shooting techniques to present the most gorgeous special effects and fights.
Therefore, most of Xu Ke's works are visually stunning and have perfect composition, but the plots do not stand up to scrutiny.
Someone once said that if a movie specifically hires Xu Kelai to be responsible for the atmosphere team, and then pairs it with a director who is a good storyteller, and the two swords are combined, then it will definitely be a well-known masterpiece.
It's a pity that a director who can cooperate with Mr. Xu has not yet appeared.
So I can only watch Xu Ke go further and further on the road of showing off his skills.
Before the release of "The Legend of Shushan", people were still looking forward to this movie.
First of all, the cast is luxurious, including Hung Kam-bao, Cheng Yijian, Cecilia Cheung, and Tam Yaowen, three generations of popular actors from Hong Kong, old, middle, and young. In addition, Zhang Chu, a highly talked about mainland actor, Zhang Ziyi and Wu Jing can only play supporting roles.
With such a cast, as long as the director doesn't mess around and just shoots a story, the box office won't be too bad. After all, those who can act, those who can fight, and even those who are responsible for acting handsome are fully equipped.
But after the movie was released, the audience discovered that none of the actors performed particularly well, or that there were not many opportunities for them to perform.
The style is avant-garde, but the plot is too thin. This alone has dissuaded many people and lowered the film's reputation.
How thin is the plot?
Zhang Chu went to the cinema that night. When he was filming on the set, he didn't know what he was playing. Now that the film is out, he really wants to see it.
After watching it, he still didn't understand what he was playing.
It seems that "The Legend of Shushan" has constructed a fantasy and ethereal world of immortals and demons.
But when it comes to the story, it feels like a joke. The villain in the story is called "The Blood Demon of Youquan". He looks like a moldy octopus monster, but his voice is a childish voice.
There is also a finger-sized second villain named Red Corpse, who is on the same team as Youquan.
At the beginning of the story, Youquan attacked Kunlun Mountain. Master Gu Yue, the leader of Kunlun Mountain, drove away his disciple Xuantianzong for no apparent reason. He stood on the top of the mountain with bare hands and waited for death. He really didn't even resist. It was really... very inexplicable.
Then Master Gu Yue, played by Cecilia Cheung, cracked.
The fragments were collected and reshaped by the old Taoist Baimei, becoming Li Yingqi, the master of the Heavenly Sword of his Emei sect.
It makes people seriously suspect that this fat old man conspired with the Youquan Blood Demon to deceive the Kunlun Sect in order to strengthen themselves.
In the next 200 years, Xuantian Sect and Dan Chenzi, the great disciple of Mount Emei, joined forces to fight against the enemy, thus forming a profound friendship.
But there was no expression at all in the process of resisting the enemy, it was all done by mouth.
Youquan reappeared, and after many fierce battles, he was able to enter the blood cave for seclusion. This is its real purpose, to use the blood cave to absorb the powerful soul itself.
On the other side, the only combination of Tianlei swords that could compete with Youquan failed.
The owner of the Thunder Sword was burned to ashes, but the owner of the Sky Sword is still alive.
The white-browed old Taoist didn't see anything bad, so he passed the position of head to Xuantian Sect in Kunlun Mountain, and then ascended directly.
In his words, he went to another dimension to find artifacts.
This is ridiculous.
Let the eldest disciple be the guard, but pass the position of head to an outsider.
Could it be that he cheated Master Gu Yue to death and has a bad conscience, so he is making amends at this time.
Or do you know you can't do it and find a scapegoat before you escape?
Then Dan Chenzi, played by Zhang Chu, guards the door of the blood cave every day. When he encounters a naked corpse as petite as a finger, his motherly heart overflows, and he completely forgets his master's teachings, and is taken away by her.
A loyal and good man suddenly turned into a villain who massacred the Emei sect.
Xuantianzong chose to inherit the Thunder Sword and wanted to unite the two swords with the only remaining Tianfeng Sword heir, but failed again and he was burned to coke.
The heirs of the Thunder Flame Sword will not end well, and they will all be burned into charcoal in the end.
The third time the two swords of Tianlei were combined, Zhang Bozhi and Wu Jing finally succeeded.
At this time, the old Taoist Baimei got the artifact - the power of the universe in another space.
This is very exaggerated.
But this is not the most important thing. What is important is that we had 200 years to prepare before, so why not find it?
Now I found it all at once.
So does that mean that if the fat old man had gone to find him earlier, there wouldn’t have been so many people killed?
In short, the power of the universe has arrived, forming a three-dimensional unity with the spiritual power and rebirth power of Xuantian Sect.
Only by combining the twin swords of thunder and three elements into one can we defeat the Blood Demon and the Red Corpse.
As for Dan Chenzi, whose body has been taken away by the red corpse and whose body has been taken away by the Youquan?
of course……
If you are a brother, come and chop me down!
The sentence that appears most often in the film is "The great righteousness will last forever." This sentence is about human nature and is suitable for making a big fuss about. However, what we see are all big scenes and special effects, which does not really reflect this.
Obviously, Xu Ke wanted to create a big story, but the content was too rich and could not be completed in the length of a movie.
What's more, the film is full of special effects scenes that compress the space used to tell the story to a minimum.
Before the actors had time to make any emotional progress, the scene suddenly changed, and then there was another gorgeous special effects scene.
Therefore, Zhang Chu didn't understand what he was playing at all.
The actors don't know it, so they can't expect the audience to understand it.
Spending money to buy a ticket only to be blinded by the special effects would be weird if you don't curse.
Even if the movie is criticized, the actors can't run away.
From Hong Jinbao to Cheng Yijian, from Zhang Ziyi to Zhang Bozhi, from Wu Jing to Tan Yaowen, Zhang Chu is naturally included in this list.
When they learned that Zhang Chu was participating in this movie, people were still looking forward to it.
Knowing that he went to Japan to compete and won a great victory, everyone wanted to see him show off his real skills in the movie.
In the end, there was nothing. All the action scenes were either making waves on the spot, or holding a meat grinder on the shoulder with an evil smile.
Who can be satisfied by acting like a domineering president?
Zhang Chu watched it once and was unwilling to mention this movie again.
Of course, he felt that he was very innocent. He was an actor, and naturally he had to follow the director's instructions on how to act. Now that he was acting like this, it was really...
One week after the movie was released, the box office in Xiangjiang still exceeded 10 million.
In addition, the smartest thing about Yong Sheng Xu Ke is that the mainland release time and Xiangjiang are only one day apart.
Before piracy spread to the mainland, a wave of money was made first.
Getting scolded is another story.
As a result, the mainland box office also exceeded 10 million.
After all, so many celebrities are still very attractive.
But even so, with an investment of 90 million and an estimated box office of less than 40 million, Yongsheng still lost everything.
In order to give Xiang Huaqiang an explanation, Xu Ke started his journey of deception. With the dazzling stunts in the whole film, and the fact that foreigners did not understand China's fairy culture at all, they were very curious. It is said that Xu Ke It has already caught up with film producers in North America and is expected to sell "The Legend of Shushan" at a good price.
Don’t expect to make money, you’ll be lucky if you can recoup your costs.
Zhang Chu heard about these things later.
At this time, he was busy receiving firearms training. Unlike learning to drive, Zhang Chu's talent in firearms shocked even himself.
In just a few days, he went from a novice who knew nothing to being able to disassemble and assemble freely, and fix the target gun to hit the target.
The person responsible for teaching Zhang Chu was the former firearms instructor of the Xiangjiang Flying Tigers. He was also greatly amazed by this and repeatedly called Zhang Chu a natural killer.
Because few people can do it without feeling a little nervous when touching a firearm for the first time.
Of course, if he knew Zhang Chu's past, he wouldn't be so surprised.
After all, Zhang Chu's hands were stained with blood, and the number of lives under his hands was not only one thousand, but also eight hundred.
In addition to firearms, Zhang Chu also learned the tactical movements of soldiers.
He plays Xiao Yan, a retired special forces soldier, and the tactics and moves taught by the army are engraved in his bones.
These are naturally more difficult to defeat Zhang Chu. In only two days, he can master them skillfully.
Then came the driving stunts. At this level, Zhang Chucai behaved like a real rookie. He just got the driving book and he was already good at driving steadily.
It's really a bit awkward to do stunts while driving.
But Zhang Chu is naturally bold and willing to try new things. Although he is a slow learner, he can master it bit by bit.
After crashing an unknown number of cars, he was finally done.
The time has come to the end of March, and the preliminary preparations for "Hurricane Rescue" are ready and will be launched soon.
But before that, Zhang Chu had one more thing to do.
Shooting the first promotional advertisement for Red Star Sports.
"Only the most unique you can deserve the most exquisite Hongxing Sports. Win respect with quality and win the future with comfort."
Zhang Chu held a shoe in his hand, faced the camera lens, and said the slogan for the Nth time.
"OK, passed."
call……
Zhang Chu let out a sigh of relief. He was really more tired than filming a movie.
