Chapter 13: Hype and Aura
Of course, Chen Ping'an will not hack himself, this is just a hype, the purpose is to promote the new drama "Police Story", and it is free, without spending money to hire a water army.
This is the first step, and the subsequent hype continues.
In the face of the crowd of reporters, Cheng Long came forward to clarify that all reports were strictly untrue, and severely accused some journalists of having no ethics and not hesitating to reverse black and white in order to attract attention, and he reserved the right to investigate.
After interviewing Cheng Long, a reporter finally thought of Chen Ping'an, the other protagonist of the incident. In the face of the interview, Chen Ping'an insisted that he and Cheng Long were like brothers, and the filming of his new drama "Police Story" this time was greatly helped by Jiahe and Cheng Long. If "Zhengming" magazine does not apologize, when the new drama is finished, he will resort to law to seek justice for himself and Cheng Long.
The words spoken by the two were conclusive, as if it was really like that, but the careful reporter found that the two had never faced reporters at the same time, even if some reporters repeatedly proposed that they hoped that the two would come forward for an interview at the same time to clarify the rumors, but they were also politely rejected by the two with various excuses.
There's a problem here!
The reporters, who had a particularly keen sense of smell, were keenly aware of the anomalies and immediately launched the second round of deep digging. The Eight Immortals crossed the sea and tried to dig out the latest news from the crew, and even Shang Geyundun received 500 yuan, just to find out Chen Ping'an's origin and whether he had a gangster background from his mouth.
However, they were destined to be disappointed, because most of them were specially arranged by Chen Ping'an and Zou Wenhuai. Just like Shang Ge Yundun, he will definitely not say that when Chen Ping'an first got off the plane, he was threatened by six people with guns such as Dwarf Niu, he will only say how difficult Chen Ping'an was when he was in Los Angeles, and his life depended on him, but he never gave up his dream of directing, and forcibly portrayed Chen Ping'an as a promising young man who worked tirelessly to pursue his dreams. This has led to a sharp increase in the attention of the media and Hong Kong citizens to Chen Ping'an and his new play.
Mr. Chen did not seem to enjoy the publicity, and in an interview, he said that he had had enough of media harassment to the point that the filming of "Police Story" was disrupted. In order to prove that the previous negative reports were false, he announced that "Police Story" would be completed in early December to prove that his relationship with Cheng Long was not as discordant as reported in the media. If he can't, he'll jump naked from Victoria Harbour on Christmas Eve.
When a reporter interviewed Cheng Long on this topic and asked him for his opinion, Cheng Long's answer was very brief - I would jump the second time.
The words of the two once again made the headlines of the entertainment pages of newspapers and magazines, and even a third-rate tabloid claimed that there was a relationship between Chen Ping'an and Cheng Long.
In this way, with the overwhelming media coverage, "Police Story" has just started filming and has become one of the most anticipated films by Hong Kong citizens this year.
When Hong Kong citizens were still speculating about the relationship between Chen Ping'an and Cheng Long, Chen Ping'an and Cheng Long, who had finished a day of hard shooting, were sitting in the private room of the night bar and drinking and talking.
"Brother Long, I toast you, thank you this time!"
"That's too much to say, we're brothers!" After touching a glass with Chen Ping'an, Cheng Long drank it all: "I'll tell you An Zai, I like this drama so much, and you are the director who knows me best, sometimes I suspect that I don't know as well as you about myself!" Would you be interested in coming and helping me? ”
I'm the boss of Dark Horse International, digging into my head? "Haha, Brother Long is too elevated to me. I wonder if Brother Long is interested in coming over to help me? I promise to make Brother Long an international movie superstar. ”
"Uh......" Cheng Long almost didn't choke on the wine, "Our brothers still drink bars, don't talk about this kind of fun-busting." ”
There are not only the two of them in the box, but also the five members of the Cheng family's class, as well as Wang Jing, Shang Geyundun, Dwarf Niu and Zhang Ziyang, it can be said that the henchmen of both sides are there. These nine people looked at the intimacy of Chen Cheng and the two of them, and sighed in their hearts.
The change in the relationship between the two began with Chen Ping'an taking the helm.
After Wang Jing and Cheng Long had a big quarrel that day, Chen Ping'an announced the next day that he would direct the play himself.
At first, everyone was not optimistic about him, thinking that he was joking, even Shang Geyundun was worried in his heart. However, when he entered the role of director, everyone suddenly found that his whole person had changed, his face was full of stern sand and no smiles, where was he still the shopkeeper two days ago?
During the filming, he rarely cursed, and treated both the staff and the actors equally. He can find flaws in lighting, props, costumes, styling, etc., in advance, and if there is a problem with the actor's performance, he will also patiently analyze and tell the play with the other party, and analyze every character thoroughly.
Aura, director's aura, powerful director's aura!
This is Wang Jing's keenest feeling. Even a once-smash hit director like Chu Yuan has to admit that Chen Ping'an doesn't look like a novice at all, and his ability to control a qiē is only like that when he was at his peak, it was even inferior.
In addition, Chen Ping'an's level of acting is also shocking. His analysis of the characters, the grasp of the roles, the adjustment of the actors' mentality, and the help of the actors into the play, even Dong Bi, an old actor, had to be secretly praised. Under his transfer, each actor was able to quickly enter the role, which greatly accelerated the filming process.
The strong professional ability made everyone secretly talk, and even the members of the Cheng family class who had the intention of making a fool of him had to put their minds away and honestly follow his instructions to film.
Cheng Long also seemed to be a different person, and he cooperated very actively with Chen Ping'an's instructions. Because the analysis and identification of the role of Chen Jiaju by the two have an amazing agreement, this makes Cheng Long extremely comfortable and comfortable in filming.
In less than a morning, everyone in the crew recognized Chen Ping'an, the director, and meticulously followed his instructions, and the two-hour shooting was more than the previous two days.
Seeing this situation, Huang Zuyi scolded "little fox" in his heart, and looked at Wang Jing pitifully.
Wang Jing's expression was calm, but his heart was churning. He also saw that Chen Ping'an let him take charge of the computer two days ago, and that was on purpose!
It's not easy to be a director, especially Chen Ping'an has no qualifications, no background, no backers, and has conflicts with Weihe's people, it is difficult for him to convince the public as a director, and it is even more difficult to straighten out the crew.
As a result, Wang Jing became a stepping stone for him to sit firmly in the position of director. But what can Wang Jing say?
The friendship between Chen Ping'an and Cheng Long was established and deepened during the filming process. The setting and understanding of the role of "Chen Jiaju" in the play made Cheng Long feel a sense of confidant to Chen Ping'an. As the filming progressed smoothly, he said in public more than once that Chen Ping'an was one of the directors who knew him best, and the relationship between the two was like a rocket, completely forgetting the previous unhappiness.
With Chen Ping'an personally in charge of the camera and the deepening of the friendship with Cheng Long, the filming of "Police Story" went from normal to abnormal. It's not normal to say, because the shooting speed is too fast. Seven days, in only seven days, Chen Ping'an completed nearly half of the shots, which was so fast that experienced directors like Chu Yuan and Wang Jing couldn't believe it.
A few years later, when Wang Jing was known as the fast gunner in the Hong Kong film industry, when he was interviewed by reporters, he pointed out with emotion that his reputation as a fast gunner was completely due to someone, and in terms of film speed, he was far inferior to someone.
"Andy, can this drama catch up with the Christmas schedule?"
In the first half of this year, Cheng Long filmed "Food Truck", and after the painting was a big hit during the summer vacation, in the second half of the year, under the operation of Golden Harvest, he went to Hollywood to shoot another "Weilong Detective". He was very dissatisfied with the filming of "Weilong Detective", if it wasn't for Chen Ping'an to bring the script of "Police Story", he would have planned to reshoot some scenes at his own expense.
It can be said that in the second half of this year, he has no works to come out, and the Christmas schedule can only sit back and watch others compete for the box office throne. Therefore, like Chen Ping'an, he attaches great importance to the drama "Police Story", and also hopes to seize the Christmas schedule.
"Don't worry, Brother Long, we will definitely finish filming, I don't want to jump naked from Victoria Harbor on such a good day as Christmas Eve."
Now the rest of the scenes are mainly Lin Qingxia's scenes and Cheng Long's scenes driving down the shantytown and fighting on the bus. Tomorrow, Lin Qingxia flew over from Taiwan to join the group, and the shantytown was almost built, and Chen Ping'an was confident that it would be completed within ten days.
Mars Jiang Rongfa came to Chen Ping'an with wine: "Mr. Chen, I was so offended that day, please forgive me, I salute you for this glass of wine." ”
"Didn't that slap me in the face? I should have offended you that day, come and let's go together, don't mention the previous things, we are all brothers, have a good drink tonight, and as much as you drink, it's mine! ”
Cheng Long waved his hand and said, "Pull it down, Anzai, I don't know your condition yet?" This meal is mine, and when the box office hits in the future, you can invite us again. ”
"It's okay Brother Long, this time I'm stained with your light, otherwise how many people know about me Chen Ping'an? Don't say anything, I invited today's wine, as for the money...... Hehe, don't worry, bro, I'm rich now! ”
Not counting the foreign debts on Jiahe's side, Chen Ping'an also has more than one million in his hands, and these funds are all sponsored by Wang Jing and Zhang Ziyang.
The publicity of "Police Story" is up, and Cheng Long is the starring role, so it is easier to sponsor it, and the price is much higher. For example, in the scene where Chen Jiaju fights on the bus, the bus body advertisement is sold to a large insurance company; Another example is that the police surrounded the shantytown and blocked the road with two container trucks, which means that a freight company provided two container trucks with the company's logo; Even the big brother who appeared in the hands of the villains Zhu Tao and Shalena at the beginning of the movie brought 50,000 yuan in sponsorship from Motorola.
With Chen Ping'an's greed, Wang Jing's connections, and Zhang Ziyang's efforts, the sponsorship pulled down exceeded 1.5 million, and Wang Jing and Zhang Ziyang also received a commission of 150,000 yuan. However, Chen Ping'an did not return the money to Jiahe, but left tens of thousands of yuan, and let Zhang Ziyang use the rest to buy a house.
Cheng Long answered the phone, put down the phone, and said to Chen Ping'an: "Andy, the group of motorcyclists you want have been found, and there is indeed a person surnamed Luo inside, and he is now outside." ”
"Really? Luo Lixian? Let him in! ”