Chapter 509: Joint Boycott
readx;? After the news of the return of "Wuji" was poked out, Chen Kaige smashed his new cup into pieces, and the roar could be heard several kilometers away. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info "Wuji" has a bad review in China, and can only rely on overseas performance to save its reputation, and now that "Wuji" has been returned, Chen Kaige's last fig leaf has been torn off.
The crew of "Boundless" quickly responded, pointing out that the crew and Harvey broke up peacefully, and the reason for the breakup was that "Boundless" and Harvey did not agree on the distribution strategy for North American distribution, and after the breakup, "Boundless" was won by Warner. Warner is one of the six major studios in Hollywood, and its distribution capacity is much stronger than Harvey's.
In a telephone interview later, Chen Kaige said angrily: "This is a deliberate smear by a competitor, it is normal to praise one's own works during the publicity period, but it should not be discredited to the other party, this crosses the bottom line of business, morality, and even the bottom line of the law, it is a harm to the entire film industry, people can't be shameless to this extent!"
After Chen Kaige's remarks were reported in the newspaper, they quickly received the support of many people in the industry, and the spearhead was directed at Zhang Ran.
Lu Chuan has long been dissatisfied with Zhang Ran, Lao Tzu is more handsome and talented than Zhang Ran, why is he more popular than me? Now that he has the opportunity to step on Zhang Ran's foot, how could he miss it: "A certain director's film was badly praised in Venice, and the overseas media recognized it as a bad movie. When the movie was released, it was not confident and could only smear its competitors. If the movie is bad, you should face it bravely and practice your internal skills, instead of attacking others. It's shameful!"
Director Zhang Baibai's words are a lot more tactful: "Brother Chen Kaige is a director I respect very much, although the audience response of "Wuji" is not very good, but we can see the oriental freehand, see the director's cultural heritage, and see the director's exploration. In such a situation, where is the conscience of discrediting the film?"
Zhang Ran believes that the news of the return of "Wuji" was released by Zhang Weiping, because the news of the return of "Wuji" in the previous life was released by Zhang Weiping, in order to hype "The City is Full of Golden Armor"; Maybe it's a new picture, maybe it's Huayi. It's too easy to buy Wu Ge, as long as you say it, let you be Zhang Yimou's assistant director and Feng Xiaogang's assistant director in the future, Wu Ge will definitely say whatever the other party tells you to say.
It's just that all this is Zhang Ran's speculation, and there is no evidence!
Zhang Ran believed that the other party had bigger moves behind, and now he could only wait and see what happened!
A day later, He Ping, secretary general of the China Film Directors Association, issued a statement on the incident: "The China Film Directors Association opposes any director using improper means to promote films. The key to the healthy development and prosperity of Chinese films lies in the continuous improvement of content and quality. The practice of smearing opponents will have a negative impact on the industry as a whole. All members of the association should be self-disciplined!"
He Ping himself is a person from Huayi, and Chen Kaige is the vice president of the Directors Association, so it is not surprising that he made this statement. But shortly after the Director's Guild's statement came out, the real big move came.
Huayi director Gao Qunshu published a joint letter signed by 120 insiders on the Xinlang blog, wanting to resist Zhang Ran who broke the rules.
"We are not opinion leaders, nor are we social knowledge, we are a group of colleagues with film beliefs and common pursuits - 120 filmmakers, who appealed to the recent chaos of domestic films:
In recent years, some filmmakers have become more and more bottomless, and they have frantically slandered their peers for the box office, although these methods may have a certain effect in the short term, but we must understand that bad marketing methods are like a Pandora's box, if you can't resist the temptation and open the box, it is not only your opponent who will suffer in the end, but also the entire industry.
We firmly believe that in a few years, it will be a director like Chen Kaige who will be remembered in the history of Chinese cinema with a strong humanistic meaning and aesthetic pursuit, rather than an unscrupulous industry-stirring stick for the box office!
We hope that China's film market will gradually move towards health, and that the morbid phenomena such as vicious competition and box office theory will be improved. Our 120 colleagues hereby state that we do not promote or promote any films that smear others, and we will not cooperate with filmmakers who smear others in the future, nor will we cooperate with such companies. We are believers in cinema!"
At the end of the joint letter are the names of 120 insiders, Zhao Baogang, Feng Xiaogang, Lu Chuan, Gao Qunshu...... There are well-known big names, and there are also behind-the-scenes elites who are not well-known.
When these 120 names were presented to the public, almost all of them felt their scalps tingle.
Half of the entire mainland entertainment industry is here!
The entire statement did not mention Zhang Ran in a word, nor did it say the word ban, but everyone knew that this statement was directed at Zhang Ran, not only to ban Zhang Ran, but also to block Zhang Ran's forces.
After Gao Qunshu sent out the joint letter, many insiders and blog celebrities forwarded it one after another, and even some film and television companies came out to stand in line, expressing their desire to boycott Zhang Ran.
Wang Shuo, the boss of the Beijing circle, took the lead in firing a cannon: "Zhang Ran should have been killed a long time ago, everyone thinks that he is a stinky dung, and the impact is extremely bad, such a person should be banned!"
Feng Xiaogang responded to this matter on his blog: "Last year, Zhang Ran secretly smeared "No Thieves in the World", and he secretly hired someone to do it to steal the box office, just to suppress "No Thieves in the World", I resolutely resist this kind of person who breaks the rules of the industry, and I will resolutely not use actors related to Zhang Ran in the future!"
Du Xiaoyue's actor Yuan Li reposted the blog and solemnly declared: "I declare that I will never cooperate with Zhang Ran in the future, and I refuse to appear in his movies!"
Zhang Jizhong, Zhang Guoli, Ge Wei, Li Binbin...... One after another, insiders came out to stand in line, saying that they would refuse to cooperate with Zhang Ran and Zhang Ran's company in the future.
Many celebrities came out to stand in line, making countless netizens stunned, this is not a company blocking Zhang Ran, but the entire Beijing circle and the forces behind it are blocking Zhang Ran and his power, it is an absolute and complete ban!
Many people think that Zhang Ran may not be able to mix in China, and he also has conflicts with the Hong Kong circle, and Xiangjiang will definitely not be able to get along, I am afraid that he will have to go to the United States in the future!
The media have blown up the pot, and this is even bigger than the joint boycott battle triggered by Zhang Weijian's fight against Xiaobailong the year before last! They naturally cheered when there was such big news, and the entertainment pages of the major media were all news of the joint boycott of Zhang Ran.
"Zhang Ran's smearing of competitors caused public anger, and 120 directors jointly boycotted!"
"120 directors jointly boycotted Zhang Ran and criticized him as an industry disaster!"
"Zhang Ran smeared Brother Chen Kai, and the industry jointly boycotted!"
The power of the Beijing circle is not only that they have film and television resources, but also that they have great influence in the field of media and culture, they have the right to speak, and they can use the media resources in their hands to easily discredit people they don't like, Zhang Yimou is the best example.
Sure enough, shortly after the joint letter was issued, various cultural celebrities, experts and professors published articles in newspapers and on the Internet to criticize Zhang Ran, some believed that Zhang Ran's behavior of smearing his opponent was suspected of unfair competition, some believed that Zhang Ran's behavior had damaged the ecology of the industry, and many experts and professors criticized Zhang Ran's film from the perspective of history and culture.
Netizens have always been easy to follow the trend, when many cultural celebrities, experts and professors criticize Zhang Ran, everyone naturally thinks that Zhang Ran has a problem, and all kinds of rumors and black materials about Zhang Ran are flying all over the Internet.
"Zhang Ran is a trash, so, not only likes to sleep with actresses, but also likes to go out to prostitutes, he was caught by the Public Security Bureau when he was filming in Hengdian, wrote a letter of guarantee, and paid another 5,000 yuan, so he did not follow the normal process of detention. ”
"Zhang Ran has slept with many girls in their class, and several girls have had abortions for him, he is really a scumbag!"
"Don't look at Zhang Ran's ordinary dog-like appearance, in fact, it is a dog of Han Shanping, screaming in front of Han Shanping, it is disgusting!"
In fact, the rumors against Zhang Ran on the Internet have not been broken for more than a year, according to the lawyer's investigation, most of the publishers of the rumors are Taiwan IP, and this large-scale smear is mainly Taiwan IP.
As Zhang Ran expected, a lot of the black material of mainland stars was concocted by Taiwan media and companies, such as Fan Binbin sleeping all over the crew, such as Zhou Jie being banned by Chen Daoming, in order to hack the mainland and make room for their people. The reason why Taiwan is crazy and arrogant is that he is committed to cultivating small flowers in the mainland, especially the recent "Three Fools" made Bai Ling and them an instant hit. Bai Ling wants to have an image, have acting skills, and dress more fashionably, their appearance has greatly squeezed the living space of Taiwan actors, and it is not surprising that Hei Zhang Ran is not surprised.
However, Zhang Ran doesn't have the heart to care about these rumors now, this time the matter is more tricky, unlike the rumors named by name like Yu Minghai at the beginning, from Wu Ge to the return of "Wuji", and then to the joint letter, Zhang Ran's name has never been mentioned, and he can't sue if he wants to. The only one who can sue is Brother Chen Kai, but the only thing that Brother Chen Kai really named and scolded Zhang Ran was the fact that he hung "Steamed Buns" at the peak of the century, saying that it was instigated by Zhang Ran, and he did not name Zhang Ran at other times.
Just when Zhang Ran was anxious, he received a call from Han Shanping and asked him to go to Zhongying.
After walking into Han Shanping's office, Han Shanping pressed Zhang Ran on the sofa and made him a cup of Longjing: "Zhang Ran, this time the matter is big, hey, why do you want to provoke Brother Kai! The seniors in the circle all watched him grow up, and they were all his uncles and aunts, how could he see him being bullied." Now a group of old-timers have called to the top to react, saying that you are disrupting the film market and a scourge of Chinese films, and they demand that you be banned. The above did not agree to ban you, but asked China Film not to release your movies in the future. ”
Only then did Zhang Ran realize that he still underestimated Brother Chen Kai's energy, and even attracted a group of old men to come forward, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't do it, I don't need to do it at all!"
Han Shanping sighed and said: "I believe in you, but I believe that you are useless! You don't know that those people said that I was your backstage, and today the General Administration called me to talk, and I was beaten up!"
"Is Zhongying going to withdraw from the earthquake?"
"Not really, the earthquake is a project registered by the General Administration, and it is a major historical theme, not only the General Administration, but also the leaders of the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Culture are very concerned about this project, and the director who can make this film well, I am afraid that there is only you in China. Han Shanping looked at the door and said in a low voice, "China Film just won't release your movies for a short time, and the limelight should be over when the earthquake is released!"
Zhang Ran nodded heavily, the earthquake is ready to be released during the Spring Festival in 08, which means that the film at the peak of the century will not be released in two years, and it may be difficult to find a company to distribute it in China.
After walking out of Zhongying, Zhang Ran rubbed his temples with his hands, he looked at the gray sky, and exhaled softly, as if it was going to rain! )