Chapter 155: Not So Friendly (Subscribe and Update)
At the "reception banquet", no media reporters were present.
However, some related news was reported by the Xiangjiang media.
Mu Chen, a young director from the mainland, came to Hong Kong to prepare to shoot a Hong Kong film, and threatened to save the current sluggish Hong Kong film market.
Lin Dong and Director Lin kindly gave him some advice to the junior, but he didn't want the other party to not appreciate it, and he ridiculed Lin Dong.
There is no shortage of xenophobic filmmakers in Xiangjiang, let alone the people of Xiangjiang.
The media's exaggerated and even out-of-context reports undoubtedly played a role in fanning the flames.
There was a deep malice that rushed towards Mu Chen.
"Desperate, the young director in the mainland actually threatened to save Hong Kong Films. ”
The young mainland director ridiculed Lin Dong for hitting the street at the box office. ”
"Lin Dong, do you have a serious opinion?"
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"Interesting!"
Mu Chen looked at the reports of the Xiangjiang media, but only smiled.
It's really interesting, if it's a little extreme, Mu Chen feels that last night's "reception banquet" was a set for him.
Could that be the case?
Mu Chen would not guess so maliciously.
It's dark inside the circle, but it's not all ink.
These media reports are not without words, and there are even pictures.
The paparazzi are everywhere and mixed in?
I'm afraid there is a "thief".
Who showed it?
Mu Chen is difficult to guess, and he is too lazy to guess.
Nowadays, public opinion in Xiangjiang is not very friendly to him.
Regardless of whether it is friendly or not, Mu Chen's whereabouts have also been exposed.
"Wolf Warrior" is about to be released, but Mu Chen went to Xiangjiang to prepare to shoot a Hong Kong film.
Mu Chen wants to make a Hong Kong film?
This surprised many of his fans.
Of course, what was even more surprising was that Mu Chen had an "accident" in Xiangjiang.
Lin Dong is one of the representative directors of Xiangjiang Films, and has a high reputation in Xiangjiang.
As soon as the media reported that, the people of Xiangjiang naturally had a very bad impression of Mu Chen.
The Xiangjiang media scolded Mu Chen, and the news was transmitted back to the mainland, which immediately aroused countless melon-eating crowds to watch.
But Mu Chen's fans have sharpened their knives and are eager to try.
What the hell is going on, they don't know, and they don't need to be clear, as long as Mu Chen opens his mouth, then scold!
Mu Chen and Lin Dong, the two parties, have not yet responded, but Liu Guohua can no longer stand.
He invited the people, and the banquet was also arranged by him, and now that there is such a incident, he has to give an explanation no matter what.
What's more, if something like this happens, it is also slapping him Liu Guohua in the face.
Make something out of nothing, lest the world be chaotic.
He first arrested those media and criticized them, and then bluntly said that Mu Chen was invited by him to Xiangjiang, and gave Mu Chen a very high evaluation.
Mu Chen is talented, but he does not have the slightest arrogance, and he will not disrespect his predecessors.
Mocking Director Lin, that's even more of a no-brainer.
Liu Guohua's image is still excellent and has a high reputation. Naturally, many people believed his words.
Subsequently, Gu Wei, Yuan Hong and others also came forward to support Mu Chen.
In the end, Xiangjiang Media found Lin Dong.
Lin Dong also denied those reports.
It wouldn't do him any good if it made a big fuss.
As soon as those reports came out, many Xiangjiang filmmakers had already called him, and although the words were euphemistic, the meaning was very clear.
He felt that he was a little aggrieved that the reports were not from him.
He was indeed a little angry with Mu Chen, but not so.
Although those reports blamed Mu Chen, he Lin Dong was also embarrassed. What's more, if the truth of the matter is exposed, he will not only be embarrassed, but also embarrassed.
Isn't it shameful enough to be ridiculed by a young director?
Isn't it shameful enough to want to snatch the directing rights from Mu Chen, and he failed?
Mu Chen's ridicule of Lin Dong's misunderstanding was explained clearly, but Hong Kong films were sluggish, but Mu Chen, a young director in the mainland, was asked to "save", which undoubtedly hurt the self-esteem of many Xiangjiang fans.
At the beginning, Hong Kong films were so brilliant that they even had a tendency to compete with Hollywood, but now they want a mainland director to "save"? Too many people can't accept it.
How can he be in the dust?
The Xiangjiang media is still cynical about Mu Chen.
Why is he?
A young director who has just filmed a movie, but he doesn't know how to talk about "saving" the Xiangjiang movie?
Xiangjiang has more excellent filmmakers than him.
In the face of these ridicules, Mu Chen remained silent.
"Saving" Hong Kong Movies?
Mu Chen has never said this, and he will not say this.
Xiangjiang movies are now, and no one can save them.
However, Mu Chen is still very optimistic about the box office of "Infernal Affairs".
Today, the highest box office of Hong Kong films is less than 500 million, and they have not even squeezed into the top ten of the Chinese film box office list.
Does "Infernal Affairs" have any hope of breaking 500 million at the box office?
In Mu Chen's opinion, the possibility is not small.
In this film, the cast is still quite strong.
Liu Guohua plays Liu Jianming.
Gu Daohui plays Chen Yongren.
Gu Wei plays Han Sen.
Zhang Jiale plays Huang Zhicheng.
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The box office appeal of Mu Chen, the director, is not weak, and the box office appeal of Liu Guohua and others is not weak at all.
This cast, as long as the film is not too bad, it may not be impossible to win the box office of 500 million.
What's more, will "Infernal Affairs" be rotten?
Or will Mu Chen make this film bad?
Apparently not.
Today's film market is so big, and the box office of bad movies often exceeds 100 million, and under such a lineup, it seems that it is not impossible to have a box office of 500 million.
Of course, with such a cast, the investment in this film is not small.
Even if Liu Guohua and others offer a salary that is still a friendship price.
This film, with a box office of less than 300 million, will inevitably lose money.
100 million box office is not unusual, but 200 million, it is not so easy.
300 million, naturally more difficult.
With a box office of 300 million, there is undoubtedly some risk.
However, whether it is Mu Chen, Gu Wei and others, they are still quite optimistic about this film.
The market for this film is not only in the mainland, such as Xiangjiang and Baodao, but also in Southeast Asia and other regions.
Hong Kong films are in decline, but in Southeast Asia and other places, there is still a little market.
Of course, the premise is that your film doesn't suck.
The film is rotten, and the market is not good anywhere.
Today's fans are gradually looking at the quality of the film.
Mu Chen came to Xiangjiang this time, mainly for the actor audition.
Although there are many good actors in Xiangjiang, Gu Wei and others are famous directors themselves, but the actors they recommend, Mu Chen, as a director, naturally have to go through it again.
The actor confirmed that Mu Chen immediately returned to Yanjing, and then participated in several "Wolf Warrior" press conferences, and then went to Xiangjiang again.
On September 28, "Wolf Warrior" was officially released.
This film is not very optimistic, but because the publicity is in place, fans' expectations are still very high.
Of course, expectations are high, and they are limited to the mainland.
This film has also been released in Xiangjiang and Baodao. However, in these two places, Mu Chen does not have much box office appeal.
Even if "Jingwumen" has achieved high ratings in these two regions, the box office of "Jingwu Heroes" is also extremely good.
However, Mu Chen's popularity in Xiangjiang increased because of "Infernal Affairs", which made many Xiangjiang fans have some interest in this film.