At the end of January and the beginning of February, the most sensational and attention-grabbing event in the entire entertainment industry was not the premiere of the movie "Tangshan Earthquake", but an event that shocked the world and had an important impact on the direction of the entire Chinese entertainment industry. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On January 27, 2008, netizen Qina posted a photo in the Xiangjiang Golden Community, claiming to be a private photo of Cheng Guanxi and Zhong Xintong. After the photo was posted, it was quickly forwarded to Tianya and went viral on Weibo.

In the Internet, there are too many synthetic stars, Zhong Xintong has always shown a pure image, and the photos are relatively blurry, netizens do not believe that the photos are real, and think that they are synthetic. In the photo, Zhong Xintong showed her feet, so fans defended that Gillian's feet didn't look like this.

It's just that the next day, Qi Na uploaded a set of continuous photos, in which Zhong Xin is wearing a color striped bra, the key parts of his chest are all exposed, and the lower body is not covered by anything, and he opens his legs heroically, and the key parts are unobstructed, and Cheng Guanxi is next to him, doing some movements.

As soon as this group of photos came out, the onlookers were all stupid, the protagonists of the photos had coherent movements, different expressions, and the same light and dark backgrounds, which made it extremely difficult to synthesize. Many photographers have said that after seeing it, it is unlikely that the photo will be composited, and it should be true.

In the evening, more photos were exposed, and more celebrities were involved in the incident, including Zhang Baizhi, who is already married, and some of the photos are so large that they are comparable to Japanese action movies, and the picture quality is much clearer than Japanese action movies.

Many netizens compared and analyzed the moles and tattoos on the body on the photos with Zhang Baizhi's usual photos, and came to the same conclusion that the photos are real.

Eagle Emperor finally couldn't sit still and issued a statement saying that the photo was maliciously synthesized, and the company had called the police, filed with the police and entrusted a lawyer to follow up.

But no one believed it anymore!

Immediately afterwards, more photos broke out, more actresses were involved, and the whole incident became more and more intense.

Zhang Ran is very clear about the whole incident, and he also knows the future direction, *** destroyed not only a few stars, but the future of the entire Hong Kong circle.

Edison Cheng and several of them are a group of actors who have tried their best to cultivate in the Hong Kong circle, especially Edison Cheng, Nicholas Tse and Zhang Baizhi, who have both appearance and acting skills, and can be regarded as the best among young actors, they can be said to be three superstar seedlings, Zhang Baizhi can even be said to be not seedlings, he is already a superstar.

In order to help them get to the top, the Hong Kong circle has worked hard for nearly ten years and smashed countless resources, and now as soon as *** comes out, ten years of hard work have been wasted, which directly leads to the discontinuation of young actors in the Hong Kong circle!

Of course, the decline of the Hong Kong circle is inevitable, and the rise of the mainland entertainment industry is the general trend, and no one can change it, even if it doesn't happen, it will be delayed for a few years at most.

Now the peak of the century has risen strongly, and the film and television works of the peak of the century are basically dominated by mainland actors, and a group of actors including Bai Ling, Jia Niliang, Feng Shaofeng, Shu Chang, especially the students brought out by Zhang Ran, have image and acting skills, and they have surpassed Hong Kong and Taiwan in fashion.

Therefore, Zhang Ran has nothing to say about ***, and he doesn't bother to care.

Just when *** continued to ferment, Zhang Ran came to Japan with the crew members to promote the release of "Tangshan Earthquake" in Japan.

In the last life, Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake" was distributed by Shochiku, Japan's second largest film company, and was originally intended to be released on a large scale, and the film even entered the Japanese audience expectation list, but when the movie was screened in Tokyo on March 11, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan, and the roof of the hall where the movie was screened collapsed, resulting in the tragedy of 27 injuries and the death of 1 female audience.

The film's distributor decided that the earthquake scene in the film was too inappropriate for Japan, which had just experienced such a tragedy, to be presented at this time, so the release of the film was postponed.

Until Zhang Ran was reborn, Feng Xiaogang's "Tangshan Earthquake" was not released in Japan.

This time, Zhang Ran's "Tangshan Earthquake" will be released on a much larger scale in Japan than Feng Xiaogang's version, and will be released on 316 screens, which is completely the scale of Hollywood movies. The most important thing about being able to get this scale of release is that after Zhang Ran's previous films were released in Japan, the box office was very good, except for the earliest "Time Prisoner", other films exceeded one billion yen.

Unlike many other countries, the Japanese film and television market is mainly aimed at women between the ages of 30 and 60. Most Japanese women do not work after marriage, and they are full-time housewives, and when their children go to school, these full-time housewives have a lot of time left. On weekdays, on weekday afternoons, tennis courts, cafes and other places often see groups of housewives, and watching movies is also an important entertainment activity for them.

It is precisely because housewives are the most important moviegoers that warm movies that reflect the family are particularly popular in Japan, just like the popularity of Chinese TV dramas mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas. "Tangshan Earthquake" is about the healing film of family affection in the earthquake, and with the word-of-mouth accumulated by Zhang Ran before, the expectations of Japanese audiences are very high, and the audience expectation index of the weekend movie survey report is second only to "Death Note: L Changes the World", and even surpasses Yoji Yamada's masterpiece "Mother".

The premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake" was held at the Tokyo International Forum Center, and more than 600 seats on the scene have long been snapped up by crazy fans. More than 1,000 people arrived on the day of the premiere, and for many fans, even if they can't go to the cinema to watch the movie in the first place, it's good to be able to see their idols at a glance.

After Zhang Ran and the others came to the scene, they immediately enjoyed the applause and cheers of the mountains and tsunamis.

Wang Luodan looked at the fans at the scene and said in surprise: "Teacher Zhang, I always thought that you were very popular with Japanese girls, but I didn't expect you to be the idol of middle-aged and elderly women in Japan!"

Zhang Jingchu and they snickered non-stop, Wang Luodan was not wrong, the audience was mainly middle-aged aunts.

The corners of Zhang Ran's mouth twitched, and he said solemnly: "Dandan, you don't understand, the little girl's spending power is limited, and the middle-aged and elderly women in Japan are very rich." There is a star named Pei Yongjun in South Korea, who is particularly popular with Japanese aunts, and after his film and television works are broadcast in Japan, he can drive a large number of Japanese aunts to travel to South Korea, so I just want to strive to attract the attention of more Japanese aunts and contribute to our tourism industry in China!"

Everyone pouted when they heard this, and they were all defeated by Zhang Ran's cheekiness!

The premiere of "Tangshan Earthquake" was very large-scale, not only with many media reports, but also with directors Yoji Yamada, director Hirokazu Kore-eda, as well as stars such as Teruyuki Kagawa and Yuu Aoi. After Zhang Ran and the others entered the venue, they sat down one after another after saying hello to the acquaintances who were cheering, and the scene quickly quieted down, and then the movie began.

The Japanese audience didn't have much feeling about the Tangshan earthquake, but even so, when the earthquake really came, there were sobs at the scene, and the sobs were almost never interrupted after that, and when the light was finally rescued, the audience was even more crying.

At the end of the 145-minute movie, the middle-aged aunts in the audience gave a standing ovation with red and swollen eyes, and the applause was so fierce that it was as if an earthquake had really happened.

After the premiere, Zhang Ran asked Yoji Yamada to have dinner with him, wanting to hear his opinion on the movie.

Yoji Yamada is very familiar with Zhang Ran, and he likes Zhang Ran very much, and he is happy to share his opinion: "You are not in a very good state to make a movie, you are in a more tangled state, the movie is shot a little too hard, I heard that you are going to shoot such a catastrophe, and disaster movies are the easiest to use too much force, I am worried that you will go further and further in that state, now it seems that this movie is much more relaxed than the previous movie, and there are many new breakthroughs in film techniques." I think the most special thing is that your movie images always give people the feeling of Western oil paintings, but this time there are many places with the artistic conception of oriental landscape paintings!"

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "There are a lot of traditional Chinese culture at the opening ceremony, and participating in the opening ceremony has given me more understanding of ink painting. Maybe one day, I'll make a film in pure ink style. This participation in the Olympic Games is really meaningful to me, and it has given me a new understanding of all aspects such as images, space, and music. However, I am still quite struggling now, sometimes I feel that I should use less skills and pursue a state of returning to the basics, and sometimes I feel that I should try more and find more possibilities. ”

Yoji Yamada said: "You are still young, it is right to try more, only when you have used all the techniques that should be used, can you have a real understanding of the skills, and when I was young, I will also try to use various film techniques, don't worry!"

Zhang Ran nodded, the pursuit of de-skilling, the pursuit of back-to-basics audio-visual language, is indeed too early for himself.

At the end of the premiere, many viewers gave "Tangshan Earthquake" to Yahoo Japan, with a total score of 5 and a score of 4.6 from the audience.

"It's been a long time since I've encountered a movie like this that makes people cry. The love of my family, the help around me, the thoughts of the people, the strength of human beings, and the heart of never admitting defeat in the face of the earthquake and moving forward bravely, I cried so much that my internal organs hurt!"

"When I was a kid, I experienced the Kobe earthquake, and when I watched the movies, many scenes swirled around in my head like a marquee. Whenever I think about it, my chest and eye sockets heat up. It's the most moving movie I've ever seen in my life!"

"To be honest, my chest is very uncomfortable, this movie made me feel the greatness of family love, people can't live alone without their families, and I feel very deeply when I am single and working in the field. What a good movie!"

The evaluation of the media and filmmakers is more from the perspective of the movie, almost one-sided praise.

"Sankei Shimbun" gave a high score of four and a half stars: "There is no doubt that "Tangshan Earthquake" will be the best film of the year!"

The Asahi Shimbun said, "In the face of natural disasters, humanity is universal. Although "Tangshan Earthquake" is a Chinese film, it is reminiscent of the Kobe earthquake. At the same time, he sighed: "Now Japan lacks directors like Zhang Ran who can carry the banner and move forward with Japanese films, and now the top Japanese movies are all anime!"

Setsumi Shimizu, editor of the Film Shunbao, said: "Zhang Ran is a fan of Akira Kurosawa, and he has a big similarity with Akira Kurosawa, which is very Westernized. However, in "Tangshan Earthquake", we see Zhang Ran's transformation, the use of a large amount of smoke, so that the picture of the film has a Chinese ink painting connotation, especially in the opening part, the quiet and indifferent poetic sense is in stark contrast to the tragedy behind!"

In the face of the rave reviews, Zhang Ran was completely relieved, and after staying in Japan for a day, he got on a plane to the United States to promote the release of the film in the United States.