Chapter 504: Joint Hype
readx;? In the office of the new picture, Zhang Weiping looked up and laughed after reading Zhang Ran's article bombarding the new picture. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
After Zhang Weiping came out at the box office on the first day of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", he knew that he was in big trouble. According to this trend, it is difficult for the box office to exceed 30 million, so he made up his mind to hype "Three Fools".
It's just that how to fry it is really a problem, if he fires himself, what if Zhang Ran doesn't accept it? Zhang Weiping has never had any good ideas. Until an employee of the company gloated and told him that "Three Fools" was out of high-definition piracy. Realizing that the opportunity had come, he asked one of his employees to repost the pirated copy on his blog and then post pirated links everywhere.
Zhang Weiping believes that after Zhang Ran discovers high-definition piracy, he will definitely trace the source, and the people who will find the new picture are also forwarding the piracy, and then he will shoot at himself, and the war of words can start.
After laughing, Zhang Weiping slapped the table and shouted at the secretary: "Xiao Huang, prepare a statement for me!"
On December 29, the "Beijing Times" published an article titled "The New Picture Spreads Pirated "Three Fools", Zhang Weiping Apologizes to Zhang Ran", and published the full text of the New Picture's statement: "At noon on the 28th, it was found that the company's employee Su was spreading pirated information on his blog, which was a personal act, and the company was extremely shocked by it. This behavior seriously violates industry ethics and greatly damages the company's image, and the human resources department has dismissed the employee as soon as possible. Piracy is the public enemy of the industry, and the dissemination of pirated information will not be tolerated. At the same time, I apologize to the movie "Three Fools" and Mr. Zhang Ran. ”
After the statement was issued on the new picture, Zhang Yimou's fans expressed their support for "the public relations handling is great" and "the new picture is well done", but Zhang Ran's fans did not buy it, "I don't believe it is a personal act" and "resolutely boycott Zhang Yimou's movie". The fans on both sides are pinched together, from Tianya to Tieba, from Cat Pounce to Douban, it is a battlefield where the fans of the two sides tear apart.
The next day, Zhang Weiping was interviewed by the Beijing Times, and he said of the incident: "The company's employees have really done something wrong, and we have already fired them." But there are some things that still have to be explained, and I also asked him, why did you do this? He told me that he just couldn't see it, why did others bully us so much? Why should such a good film "A Thousand Miles Walk Alone" be suppressed? He just wanted to vent his bad breath!"
The reporter immediately asked: "Are you saying that "A Thousand Miles Away and Riding Alone" has suffered unfair treatment?"
Zhang Weiping said excitedly: "Is the reputation of "A Thousand Miles Riding Alone" bad? Is the audience's response not good? It's all very good! But the theater chain has only given us 11% of the films! With Zhang Yimou's influence and the idol of a generation, Ken Takakura, how can there be so few films. This is malicious suppression. The most blatant thing is that someone blatantly asked the theater chain to reduce our film schedule in the name of a certain group. To put it mildly, these behaviors are monopolies, hooliganism. However, movies don't have a few people who can hide the truth. ”
Speaking of this, Zhang Weiping, who was excited, added: "A few days ago, I met a leader of the Film Bureau, and he asked me why you have not come to the Huabiao Awards many times in the past two years. What kind of 'third master', I thought at first that the mountain carving was coming, and it made the Huabiao Award a miasma!"
When Zhang Weiping said this, the reporter trembled with excitement, Damn, big news, big news! Zhang Weiping bombarded Han Shanping as a mountain carving!
After the interview with the "Beijing Times" was released, the domestic media frantically reprinted it as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Zhang Weiping bombarded Han Shanping, and it involved Zhang Ran, a popular director, this is the audience's favorite gossip!
When Han Shanping saw Zhang Weiping's report of bombarding him, his face turned blue, my dignified chairman of China Film, a state cadre, was actually said to be a mountain carving of the bandit leader. Han Shanping drank two sips of tea depressedly, picked up his mobile phone and dialed Zhang Ran's phone number: "Zhang Ran, have you seen Zhang Weiping's remarks in the newspaper?"
Zhang Ran was watching Yang Fan's training in the classroom. Yang Fan is still training alone, still practicing voice, standing, and walking. After receiving Han Sanping's call, he said with a smile: "No, what did Zhang Weiping say? I feel that I am angry enough to choke you!"
Han Shanping said hatefully: "He said that I am a mountain carving, engaging in monopoly, and suppressing the film schedule of "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone". ”
Zhang Ran suddenly sprayed, he remembered that Zhang Weiping's spraying of Hanshan Pingzuo Mountain Eagle seemed to be when "Three Guns" was released, but he didn't expect his butterfly to fan its wings, and the title of Mountain Sculpture came out a few years in advance. He laughed and said, "Zhang Weiping really dares to say it, but don't say it, it's really a bit like it!"
Han Shanping heard Zhang Ran gloating and laughing, and snorted coldly: "He not only talked about me, but also about you!"
Zhang Ran was stunned: "What did he say about me?"
Han Shanping gloated and laughed: "He said that we are all from Sichuan, and you recognized me as a godfather in order to pat me on the back!"
Zhang Ran knew that Zhang Weiping's favorite marketing method was to shoot guns and attract attention by shooting at others to cause controversy, but this time it was too much! He roared angrily: "Zhang Weiping, your uncle!"
On January 2, Weng Li, a spokesman for China Film Group, expressed China Film's attitude through the newspaper: "I don't want to make any comments on personal remarks, Zhang Weiping loves to say that he is free. "Three Fools" and "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" were released on the same day, "Three Fools" had a 45% film schedule and a box office of 20.45 million, and "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" had a film schedule of 21% and a box office of only 3.5 million. Movie theaters are going to make money, and it must be which movie has more audiences than which movie, how can this be called suppression?"
Immediately afterwards, Weng Li reminded reporters: ""A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" was released by New Picture Company and Huaxia Distribution Company, Huaxia is also a state-owned enterprise, and has close cooperation with New Film Association, Pacific, United and other cinema chains, and has rich cinema resources. Who would dare to suppress the films released by Huaxia?"
On the same day, Zhang Ran also responded to Zhang Weiping's remarks through the media: "Director Zhang Yimou is a director I respect very much, I watched "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" and liked it very much. "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" did not do well at the box office, I am very sorry, I hope everyone can go into the cinema to support this movie. But Mr. Zhang Weiping said that it is pure nonsense for "Three Fools" to suppress the film schedule of "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone", and the film schedule of "Three Fools" on the 23rd is only 45%, and now the film schedule can get 67% because of the good box office. If "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" is good at the box office, the theater chain will naturally have more rows, and if your box office is not good, the theaters will not row your movie, can you blame me? ”
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ran clarified the nonsense that he recognized Han Shanping as his godfather: ""Three Fools" was invested by Century Summit and Qingying Studio, and China Film did not participate in the investment. I only have a cooperative relationship with Mr. Han Shanping, and I am a person with relatively hard bones, I don't have the habit of kneeling, I don't know how to recognize my godfather, I don't need to recognize my godfather, don't apply my bad habits to me. I solemnly declare that your remarks have infringed on my right to reputation, and I will resolve it through legal means. ”
On January 3, Zhang Weiping clarified to the reporter who interviewed him that the "godfather" referred to by the "Beijing Times" was taken out of context by the media and that he was just making a metaphor, and at the same time, Zhang Weiping issued a very strong statement:
First, I'm too lazy to pretend to be Sven to deal with a person who can't pretend to be Sven.
Second, I don't care what Director Zhang reports to the leader.
Third, Director Zhang wants to file a lawsuit, and I will accompany him, and I will be idle when I am idle.
When the reporter asked Zhang Ran about this, he said: "There is nothing to say, I have already handed over this matter to the lawyer, you can slander me casually if you see that I don't like it, and to condone you is to connive at the world to arbitrarily punish others to exercise verbal violence, and I will never condone it, so see you in court! In addition, I have always respected director Zhang Yimou, and I especially like his previous movies, but I think he needs a special team, and he should not cooperate with a film duo who does not understand it at all!"
Zhang Weiping didn't expect Zhang Ran to really sue himself, anyway, the purpose of the hype has been achieved, and at this time, he didn't respond anymore if he said too much, and Zhang Ran didn't come out to speak again, and the war of words between the two was put to rest.
However, the media is still talking about this, and the "Yangcheng Evening News" believes: "The dispute between the two Zhang is by no means a war of gossip and words, it is of great significance at the entire cultural level in China, and it makes the confrontation between conservative and avant-garde, hegemony and seizure of power, decadence and progress, naked in front of the people for the first time." ”
"West China Metropolis Daily" commented: "Starting from "Bursting Drummer" in 2003 to "Heartbreaker" and "Aviator" last year, the era of new directors has come, which feels a bit like when the fifth generation of directors came out, and the time has come for Chinese films to change the dynasty." From Zhang Weiping, we can see the anxiety of the old directors, they don't understand the current young people, and they don't know what young people like. ”
"Three Fools" and "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" have been promoted, and there should have been a cooling-off period, but in this round of war of words, both movies occupied the front page headlines of the entertainment version for several days in a row. Many audiences who were originally not interested in movies also walked into the cinema to see it because of this round of scolding war.
When the box office came out for a week, Zhang Ran smiled, and Zhang Weiping also smiled. "Three Fools" is 71.45 million, and "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone" is 10.33 million. And Chen Kaige's face is very ugly, "Wuji" had 75.78 million at the box office last week, but only 18.79 million this week, and there was a high diving. In fact, Brother Chen Kai is also working hard to promote this week, and he has been on a lot of shows, but his propaganda was drowned in the war of words between Zhang Ran and Zhang Weiping, and there were no waves.
In the afternoon of this day, Zhang Ran came to Xiangjiang with several leading actors of the movie and began to promote in Xiangjiang, which was also the first time Zhang Ran went to Xiangjiang to promote his movie. In the past, the Xiangjiang film industry did not want to see Zhang Ran, and the Xiangjiang media also liked to hack him; now Zhang Ran is the boss of Golden Harvest and a world-renowned director, and the media not only praised Zhang Ran in various ways, but also praised Jia Niangliang and them to the sky.
Zhang Ran stayed in Xiangjiang for two days, and then took Jia Milk Liang and them to Japan to carry out propaganda.
The theme of "Three Fools" is not very popular in Europe and the United States, and Zhang Ran has no hope for the box office in Europe and the United States, and it would be good to be released. The overseas box office of the film mainly depends on Japan and South Korea, of which Japan is the second largest box office in the world, and it must be actively pursued. Moreover, Zhang Ran thinks that Japan continues to import their culture to China through cartoons, and we also have to export Chinese culture to Japan, so that they can see what China's young people are like now.
Before going to Japan, Zhang Ran asked Jia Niliang and them to pack up and prepare to go to Japan to pretend to be a good force. (To be continued.) )