Chapter 705: A Living Signboard in the Chinese Film Industry
If money can solve it, then it is not a problem!
In order to change from business to politics, the Huo family spared no effort in paving the way for Huo Gongzi.
With a large amount of capital investment, the charitable foundation initiated by Huo Gongzi soon passed the review and was officially established.
The main target of this foundation is those who are suffering from illness because they cannot afford to pay for medical expenses due to poverty.
To do charity, the easiest thing to accumulate popularity is education, and the other is medical care.
Others, such as rescuing stray animals, environmental management, etc., are too far away from ordinary people, even if the achievements are outstanding, it is difficult for people to feel it.
Zhang Chu, as the image ambassador, specially took a half-day off with Du Qifeng on the day of the establishment of the foundation to come over to help the platform, and naturally there was Huo Gongzi's girlfriend, Miss Guo, the diving queen.
Huo Gongzi, who gave a speech on the stage, was full of spirits, and he really felt a little scolding Fang Xuan when he talked and laughed.
Subsequently, Zhang Chu was also invited to the stage, said some scenes, and said on the spot that he would take out 10 million as a donation and remit it to the foundation's account to help people in need.
Next, celebrities from all walks of life who were invited to come generously donated generously, among which Chen Lan directly donated 30 million on behalf of their whole family, which attracted a round of applause at the scene.
Originally, Chen Lan was not invited, the identity and background of the Xiang family were too sensitive, and a prestigious family like the Huo family was naturally reluctant to get too close to them.
It was Zhang Chu who helped to speak, and Chen Lan had this opportunity to spend money.
On the day of the establishment of the foundation, there was another incident related to Zhang Chu, after the second part of "Red Cliff" in which he starred landed in Xiangjiang.
This drama has been launched since 2006, and the production cycle is as long as one and a half years, and in 2007, the first part was released, but the box office results in China were not too ideal, and only achieved a box office of 320 million.
Compared with the huge investment, the box office of 320 million can compensate the investors' pants.
But fortunately, the box office on Dongying's side is very strong, and the obsession of Dongying people with the story of the Three Kingdoms far exceeds the history of their own country.
It has been online for a month and a half, and the cumulative box office is as high as 8 billion yen.
Coupled with Korea, Southeast Asia, and China, the whole of Asia combined received a total of 730 million box office.
As for Europe and the United States, as Zhang Chu expected, even with his gold-absorbing artifact, he still failed to create a miracle, and in the end the European and North American markets only won 80 million US dollars.
But fortunately, Wu Yusen has a way, the story of Chibi is too big, and a two-hour movie can't fit it at all.
As a result, one story was split in half, and now it is the other half that is being released.
As early as the day "Hurricane Rescue 4" was launched, the second part of "Red Cliff" had already held its premiere in China.
has been released for half a month, and the box office has approached 200 million, compared with the first part, the box office potential of the sequel is more worth looking forward to.
That night, Du Qifeng also announced the advance handiwork.
Zhang Chu took Fan Bingbing to the cinema and participated in the crew's roadshow.
According to the media's predictions, the box office of the second part of "Red Cliff" is about 30 million to 50 million Hong Kong dollars, whether it can reach the upper limit or the lower limit, mainly depends on Zhang Chu's box office appeal, whether it can bring audiences who are no longer interested in movies back to the cinema.
The results on the first day of the launch were not bad, with an average attendance rate of 97%, which has been very rare in recent years.
Half a month later, the second part of "Red Cliff" was painted, and the final box office result was fixed at 53 million Hong Kong dollars, surpassing the movie "Yangtze River No. 7" starring Zhou Xingchi, and the box office champion of this year's Xiangjiang Film Market is basically stable.
The second part of "Red Cliff" has just been painted, and the costume action movie "Sword Rain", starring Zhang Chu, is coming again.
If you count the first half of this year, in the whole of 2008, Zhang Chu has a total of 4 movies released, and the box office of "Sword Rain" still needs to be tested by the market.
The three films that have been released have all exceeded 500 million at the Asian box office.
Some media said that Zhang Chu alone carried half of the Chinese films, which is not an exaggeration when I think about it now, and it is even a bit conservative.
Boom!
At the filming site of "Hurricane Rescue 4", when Zhang Chu broke out of the window, a violent explosion occurred in the house.
When he landed, Zhang Chu rolled forward, and with Du Qifeng's "CUT", everyone immediately stepped forward and extinguished the remaining flames on Zhang Chu's body.
After carefully checking and making sure that he was not injured, Zhang Chu looked at Du Qifeng.
Du Qifeng didn't speak, just gave Zhang Chu a thumbs up.
Admire!
Like this kind of special effects shot, under normal circumstances, few male protagonists go into battle in person, and they are all done by stand-ins.
It's not that the actor is expensive, and the life of the stuntman is not worth much.
The key is that in a big production, if the actor is accidentally injured and the filming cannot be carried out, no one can afford the loss.
But Zhang Chu insisted on going into battle in person, even if Du Qifeng had made it very clear that this shot, even if it was shot with multiple cameras at the same time, would not reveal Zhang Chu's face.
Seeing that Zhang Chu couldn't be convinced, Du Qifeng was ready to fight a protracted battle, and even deliberately built several identical sets, just to prepare for repeated reshoots once the effect did not meet the requirements.
As a result, Zhang Chu still maintained efficiency and passed easily.
After completing this scene, the crew also ended filming on the Xiangjiang side, and then set off for Yunnan, where they filmed a shot of a country in South Asia in the story.
Remove makeup and change clothes!
Zhang Chu's most urgent thing now is to go back to the hotel and take a comfortable shower.
For nearly a month, he was always in the crew, and he began to dislike himself.
When did Lao Tzu become so hypocritical?
In the past, he was ordered to run errands, did he still have time to take a bath?
After a simple tidying up, Zhang Chu and Tang Wei went back to the hotel.
Fan Bingbing had already set off early last week and returned to the mainland to shoot her scene.
After taking a shower, Zhang Chu hurried to the cinema again.
When "Rain of Swords" premiered in the mainland, he missed it, and he didn't have time to participate in the few roadshows after landing in Xiangjiang, and he will return to the mainland tomorrow, so he has to say hello to the director and other actors.
Regarding the box office results of "Rain of Swords", it has been released in Xiangjiang for a week, and the box office has successfully exceeded 30 million.
In addition, in the mainland, the box office has reached 130 million.
It has not landed overseas for the time being, but according to the data predicted by the media, the total box office of "Rain of Swords" in Asia is likely to exceed 500 million.
In addition, the European agency has been basically negotiated, and Warner has also signed a distribution contract with Orange Orange.
Although I am not very interested in Chinese movies with historical themes, Westerners still like works with martial arts themes very much.
Especially the movie starring Zhang Chu.
Today's Zhang Chu seems to have become a living signboard of Chinese films.
In terms of box office appeal, it is unique for a while.
This terrifying ability to attract money, I don't know how many investors are blushing.
Because of the absence of the previous publicity, Zhang Chu worked extra hard at today's roadshow, and at the request of the audience, he also performed the Miao Dao technique he had demonstrated at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.
The scene of the flying knife returning to the sheath at the end still caused an exclamation at the scene.
"I see you on the big screen four times a year, you're not tired, I'm still annoying!"
After finishing the activity and returning to the lounge, Zhang Chu didn't wait to sit down when he heard Li Bingbing throw over such a yin and yang strange sentence.
Speaking of which, there is no contradiction between the two, but Li Bingbing seems to look at Zhang Chu very unpleasantly.
What the specific reason, Zhang Chu can also guess a little.
When they filmed "Hurricane Rescue 3" together, the two had a period in the crew, but after leaving the crew, they immediately broke off contact.
But this is not Zhang Chu's reason, it is Li Bingbing himself who can explain it clearly.
Don't take anyone seriously.
Since she said it so freely, why should Zhang Chu be entangled.
But now it has become Zhang Chu's crime.
"Don't forget, you also acted in two of my four movies, what's the matter, you're still half annoying yourself?"
In the police and bandit-themed movie released at the beginning of the year, Li Bingbing played the second female role in it.
This is still the compensation she took the initiative to call Zhang Chu for.
Zhang Chu has always been very generous to women, but it doesn't mean that he will get used to each other.
Zhang Chu's words made Li Bingbing frown, but just as he wanted to fight back, Zhang Chu didn't give her this opportunity, and after greeting the director directly, he left ahead of schedule.
Walking out of the cinema, the huge posters on both sides of the door, on which Zhang Chu occupies the C position.
Belch......
It's a bit annoying to look at a face often!
However, the current audience is willing to look at Zhang Chu's face.
"Let's go!"
After getting into the car, Zhang Chu gave an order to Zhao Liying, then leaned back in the chair and fell asleep after a while.
The next day, Zhang Chu flew to Kunming, Yunnan again.
Wen Ziren has arrived in China ahead of schedule and is currently inspecting locations in Inner Mongolia and other places.
This "Huo Qu's Disease" is the same as "Hurricane Rescue 4", the preparation stage is in a hurry, and the company wants to achieve, and the most important thing to delay is time.
It's just that the script has been revised until now.
Previously, Zhang Chu had also met with the screenwriter of this play in Beijing, and as expected, the person who could write this script was an old expert who had studied Han history for decades.
"Hey! I just arrived in Kunming! ”
As soon as he got off the plane, Zhang Chu received a call from Zhang Ziyi.
"Are you in the capital?"
"That's right! Guess what I'm going to do now? ”
Who can guess.
"Organized by Dang Hao, today we have a reunion of our 96 classmates, and I am still a little excited when I think I will be able to meet my old classmates later!"
In the first few years after graduation, everyone kept in touch often, but after a long time, and everyone was very busy with work, the contact gradually became less and less, and the relationship would be estranged.
Therefore, when she received a call from Dang Hao some time ago, saying that she was going to organize everyone to get together, Zhang Ziyi agreed without hesitation.
She kept talking, but Zhang Chu didn't listen to a few words.
Just because when Zhang Ziyi was talking about level 96, the first thing that came to Zhang Chu's mind was Zeng Quinoa.