Chapter 57: Don't be too Zhang Weiping
The premiere of "Hero" was held in the Great Hall of the People, and Zhang Weiping sent an invitation to Wang Zhongjun just to anger the other party, so that Wang Zhongjun could take a look at the viewing tide and lineup of the premiere of "Hero".
It's a pity that it was not Wang Zhongjun who came, but Shao Yingying.
When Shao Yingying arrived at the scene, the premiere had already begun, Zhang Weiping did not wait for Wang Zhongjun, in addition to inviting Chen Lu, who had just become popular with "A Date with Luyu", to host the premiere, all the main creators were moved to the premiere, Li Lianjie, Zhang Manyu, Zhang Ziyi, Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen, Liang Chaowei are all not missing, these stars appear casually, but they are all characters who can cause a sensation on the scene, and the effect can be imagined when they appear together.
In the Great Hall of the People, which was full of reporters, Shao Yingying walked in with a smile on his face, and his appearance made Zhang Weiping raise his head proudly. No matter who Shao Yingying represents, or where he sits, today, he is Huayi. Then Huayi is ready to be embarrassed, the contract signed by Heart Picture and major theaters can allow "Hero" to calculate at least 60 million box office, this is only a conservative estimate, Zhang Weiping's psychological bottom line is 100 million!
That's a box office of 100 million, and the current domestic box office records other than "Life and Death Choice" are Feng Xiaogang's "See You or Leave" 40 million and "Big Shot" 50 million, these two movies are not enough to watch even if they are packaged and sent to "Hero", so what else do you Huayi mess with? There are a bunch of directors and stars in the company, is this the box office results?
Shao Yingying walked to the front of the press conference across from the rostrum and sat down on the vacant chair. The chair was not his, and the name 'Wang Zhongjun' was pasted on it.
His appearance caused confusion among the reporters at the press conference. Some people gave the camera to Shao Yingying, and some people still aimed at several superstars and Zhang Yimou on the rostrum, everyone knows that today, something must happen!
Shao Yingying naturally knows it more clearly, because he is here to make trouble!
Chen Luzhen kept introducing the guests on stage. The names of each guest are followed by a series of excellent work titles, and when all the guests are introduced, Qin soldiers wearing armor appeared on both sides of the press conference. They, like the Qin soldiers in the movie, entered the venue and raised the weapons in their hands and shouted: "Wind, wind." Wind! Gale. Gale, gale! ”
Before the people could calm down, these Qin soldiers started again: "King Qin swept Liuhe, and looked at He Xiong!" ”
Shock! Only these two words can describe the majesty of these twenty people.
Shao Yingying glanced left and right and found that these people had practiced many times, and maybe they had been rehearsing before the press conference began, but this opening method is great, if you can connect something else below, make the whole shocking opening more complete. That would be the perfect scene.
Syllable.
The lights in the room went out, and Shao Yingying, who was sitting in the front row, saw a curtain slowly being lowered in front of the rostrum. Immediately afterwards, the promotional video of "Hero" appeared on the screen.
The surging siege of the Qin soldiers connected the shouts of more than 20 Qin soldiers on the scene just now, and when the rain of arrows flew like a plague of locusts on the screen, it represented a box office hit.
The red, dazzling; that blue, deep; The black, the solemn; It's green, it's full of life!!
The trailer stayed on the sword that stabbed at King Qin namelessly, and after watching this trailer, even Shao Yingying himself felt his blood boiling, and when the gate of the palace was full of arrow beams, leaving only one person empty, Shao Yingying could hear most of the people's questions on the scene!
"Is he dead?"
"Are you dead or not?"
"What are you asking, the premiere hasn't ended yet, and the film hasn't been released yet!"
Swish!
The lights on the scene were turned on, the screen was slowly put away, and when the main creators appeared in front of everyone again, a picture scroll fell behind the rostrum, which was the word 'sword', which was written in the first story of Liang Chaowei.
echoing each other from afar, even the premiere press conference is so far echoing, not to mention the movie, almost everyone at the press conference can be sure that this is at least a good movie made with heart.
Chen Luzhen smiled on the stage and said: "I believe everyone has been shocked after watching this trailer, and I am the same, this trailer is completely different from the previous promotion, and I can't suppress the surging in my heart when I watch it." I now especially want to ask the main creators how they felt when they were filming this movie, but let me first take a look at the movie-watching craze in major theaters, which is the on-the-ground situation of dozens of reporters who went to the scene to shoot back from the 'Luyu Appointment'. ”
The staff on the right hand side lifted out a TV, connected the equipment and made an OK gesture for Lu Yu, Lu Yu nodded, and a reporter appeared after the TV was turned on, and the reporter briefly explained a few words to the camera, and there was a sea of people at the door of the theater under the camera!
Shao Yingying has to say that this is a rare grand occasion in China after "Shaolin Temple", and when he was still in school, he would save pocket money to go to the theater to watch a few movies, but he had never encountered any movie watching boom that could be compared with "Hero".
Under the camera, the little couple entered the venue with popcorn; Under the camera, students walked into the theater in groups; Under the camera, every corner of the theater is full of people, and the situation is comparable to the moments of 'Valentine's Day', 'Christmas' and other foreign festivals, and this scene was set off by "Hero".
"Did you all see it? The hero premiere has indeed achieved a miracle, and judging from such a spectacular viewing tide, I think Mr. Zhang Weiping's expected box office may be just a conservative estimate. Chen Lupre turned his head to look at Zhang Yimou and said: "Director Zhang, I want to ask you how you feel at the moment, how you feel after your works have set off such a boom." ”
Zhang Yimou always looks very calm under the regular camera, which is different from his talk show, Zhang Yimou can talk about the eyebrows on the talk show, but here, he is very calm and calm: "I'm very excited, as a director, this is probably an unavoidable scene, I thank the audience for their love for me; At the same time, I was a little frightened. The audience's expectations are too high by the media, so that no matter how good the film is, some people will scold it. I would say if the audience could put their minds down. You will find that this is a very good movie. ”
Shao Yingying kept smiling, not speaking or asking questions, as if he had come to the press conference to go through the motions.
Chen Luzhen asked at this moment: "What is the mentality of specific creation?" How does the overall structure of the story differ from that of today's films? ”
Zhang Yimou didn't take it on, and led the topic to Shao Yingying and said: "I can only describe the mentality when I was creating, I am afraid that I will ruin this play." As for the overall structure of the story, let's ask Mr. Shao Yingying, who is our screenwriter. More say than I am. ”
When Chen Lupre and all the superstars present moved their eyes to Shao Yingying, he was still like that, smiling. Sit honestly. When the staff handed the microphone to Shao Yingying, Shao Yingying took the microphone and just said softly: "I don't think I have much right to speak, the script was created by me, but I am not a screenwriter with the group." Each script goes through countless revisions after entering the filming process. I don't think I have much of a say now. ”
Shao Yingying glanced at the stage and said: "Ask Liang Chaowei, we have worked together, and he is the male lead in this play, he should have more say than me." ”
The media were a little surprised, Shao Yingying's answer today was a little too decent, was he really just here to attend the premiere?
Liang Chaowei smiled, and the White Dragon King let him form a good relationship with Shao Yingying. Now, it's time for Shao Yingying to throw this topic back. He could only smile in return.
"Everyone worked very hard when acting in this play, and we wanted to do every part well, so this drama is very tiring, you have to invest emotionally, you have to make your performance more in-depth, thank you." His answer was succinct, so concise that it was impossible to find fault with it and it was the same as not answering.
Zhang Weiping looked at the whole scene and laughed, he could feel that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Shao Yingying's tepidness proved that he definitely wanted to say something and do something, but he didn't find the right time. Zhang Weiping understands that Shao Yingying still holds a grudge against himself until now, and he made Shao Yingying eat melons in order to retaliate against Wang Zhongjun, but today you Shao Yingying, no matter how embarrassed this drama is, can only show Hua Yi's stinginess, and let the entire media scold you Hua Yi!
"Mr. Zhang Weiping, you said that your expectation for this drama was to win 100 million box office in the mainland, do you still think so?" Chen Luzhen once again asked a question.
Zhang Weiping naturally threw the conversation to Shao Yingying again, and he said: "I think it may be a little higher, such as 150 million, of course, it depends on the feedback of fans on our premiere." In addition, I think Mr. Shao Yingying should re-answer the question just now, after all, you are a screenwriter, and you know the overall structure best, otherwise what are you doing here, watching a play? ”
When he said this in a joking tone, laughter broke out from the scene, and Shao Yingying took out the invitation card from his pocket and said, "You invited me here." ”
"Naturally, you are here to answer the question, Mr. Shao, it won't be so difficult to even answer a question, right?" Zhang Weiping is endless, he must let Shao Yingying's dog temper come out today, so that tomorrow's media will scold Hua Yi while praising "Hero", this is killing two birds with one stone. If it was Wang Zhongjun who came, he wouldn't mind letting go of his identity as the boss and embarrassing the other party in front of the media, although Wang Zhongjun's cultivation could suppress the fire, but it would be too good to be addicted.
Shao Yingying may not be, who doesn't know that he is a dog temper.
Syllable.
Shao Yingying casually put the invitation card in his hand still underground, and he didn't even have the interest to pick it up, and said when the laughter fell: "It turns out that Boss Zhang asked me to answer the question, and I thought you wanted to repay the money before you let me come." ”
Not!
All the reporters let out an exclamation, this sentence is really powerful!
Zhang Weiping stared at Shao Yingying after his voice fell, "Do I owe you money?" ”
This is also a question that all reporters want to ask, Zhang Weiping is the boss of the heart picture after all, if they want to say that there is a shortage of funds to invest in Zhang Yimou's film, they absolutely believe it, but if someone says that Zhang Weiping is so short of funds that he needs to reach out to Shao Yingying, they will definitely not believe it!
"Don't get me wrong!"
Shao Yingying suppressed everyone's noise, stood up and took the microphone and said: "Don't get me wrong, Zhang Weiping doesn't owe me money, I said that I mean to pay back, but in fact, there is another meaning." ”
"Everyone, you may all know that I wrote the script of "Hero", but I am afraid you don't know that the script of "Hero" was written by me more than a year ago, when Director Zhang Yimou met with me, we had three chapters of the law, one of them, the manuscript fee of "Hero" is 500,000 yuan, and it will be paid off after the box office is all out, which is a buyout; Second, I joined Zhang Yimou's crew as a screenwriter to learn to shoot movies; Third, I went into Zhang Yimou's editing room to learn editing. ”
Shao Yingying stood up and looked around the venue and said, "Director Zhang, I want to ask, is what I said wrong?" ”
Zhang Yimou sighed and shook his head, he didn't want to deny this kind of thing, after all, he had promised it personally, and this was to refuse Shao Yingying's quid pro quo for playing a character in "Hero", he thought that Shao Yingying's script was suspected of ghostwriting and didn't want to get involved.
"Well, Mr. Zhang Weiping, I was just a newcomer at the time, I only mixed in the circle of small screens, and I didn't know much about the big screen. Now I want to ask, why does a script that has been bought out and does not get a share of the box office pay off the screenwriter's manuscript fee when the box office is all out? Is it financial difficulties? ”
Zhang Weiping said very stiffly: "That's what is written in the contract, is it meaningful to fight for these now!" ”
"Doesn't it make sense? Okay, let me continue to ask the second question, may I ask, why didn't you let me join the crew as promised during the filming of "Hero", and I was not even notified of the notice, and when I got the news, "Hero" had already begun to build momentum across the country and was about to be released? ”
All the reporters looked at Zhang Weiping, and they all wanted to know how Zhang Weiping would answer!
Zhang Yimou just admitted the three chapters of this covenant, and if you can't say it, it means that you are at a loss.
"Do you want to talk about contracts too? Say it wasn't written in the contract? Shao Yingying said with a smile: "I'm sorry, friends from the media, I really didn't bring the contract today, but Huayi Company should have a bottom, the contract is famous Shao Yingying to follow the terms of the screenwriter, this is what I asked the company personally, some people want to see it can come to Huayi Company, we will show you one by one." ”
He didn't shout, he just spoke straight.
"That'...... You're so busy, isn't it, you don't necessarily have time to find you. Zhang Weiping can only cope with it, and his words can't stand scrutiny at all.
"I don't have time, it's my business, you don't look for me, it seems to be your problem, right? If I can't go, it's because I'm in breach of contract, you can sue me, but you don't inform me, Boss Zhang, are you having too much fun at the opening ceremony of my studio, and you forgot about it? His gaze began to become fierce, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was slightly upturned with the taste of bloodthirst!
The flash flashed rapidly on the scene, and every second the shutter could be heard as the shutter was pressed, and at that moment, every camera was constantly turning, sometimes they chose to aim at Zhang Weiping's face, sometimes they chose to aim at Shao Yingying's face, this premiere is really a lot of stories, wonderful.
"Next, I'm asking the third question, Director Zhang, why didn't anyone notify me to enter the editing room after filming? You say that my identity as Shao Yingxing is not enough, or that my skills are rough, at least you should give me a reason, right? You can't just leave me out and let it be over without saying a word...... Boss Zhang, why don't you answer for Director Zhang? ”
After Shao Yingying said these words, he didn't wait for Zhang Weiping to speak, and continued to everyone at the scene: "I won't be dropping the microphone today, I will respectfully put the microphone on the rostrum and put it in front of Zhang Weiping, everyone, I will leave after I put down the microphone, please listen to the answer given by Zhang Weiping for me." ”
Shao Yingying walked up to Zhang Weiping step by step, faced the other party and said with a smile: "Be a man, don't be too Zhang Weiping." ”
Putting down the microphone, Shao Yingying left directly, and the media in the room rushed past the interception of the security guards at once, and rushed to the rostrum like a torrent: "Mr. Zhang, how would you respond to the question just now?" ”
"Director Zhang, may I ask why you didn't break your word and get fat?"
Who remembers that this was the premiere press conference of "Heroes", they now just want to know what the hell is going on. (To be continued......)