It can be said that the kung fu shooting went very smoothly.
Apart from Han Zhou's frequent vacations, the filming progress was very gratifying.
However, more than four-fifths of the crew were not particularly optimistic about the movie.
If the investment in this movie is 50 million, then almost everyone is optimistic that the movie will be a hit.
But the investment for this movie is a full 300 million.
Only one in five people liked the movie.
And what they are optimistic about is not the movie itself, but Han Zhou as a person.
By early November, the filming of the movie had come to an end.
Because there were so many special effects used in this movie, the crew couldn't actually imagine what the final effect would be.
However, the filming of the plot made them feel unsure.
"Step on your toes? A trick only used by children."
Just like the lines, many people think that many things in the movie are tricks only used by children.
For example, the scene of Han Zhou hanging in the air and performing a false kick was said to be post-produced into kicking rocks.
But when everyone thought about it, they felt that this scene seemed to be nothing interesting.
Such as the palm technique falling from the sky.
For example, Fire Cloud Evil God's Toad Kung Fu.
Without special effects, it would be really awkward to shoot.
Many staff members don't know that in commercial blockbusters with mature special effects, this kind of embarrassment is normal.
Because they were not used to this kind of shooting, the staff didn't react well and couldn't imagine the scene. The actors were even more confused and didn't know how to act.
Many times Han Zhou only plays it once, and the actors follow suit.
But fortunately, these people have a very good work attitude and high professionalism, although they have not yet reached the level where they can provide unexpected things to the movie.
But they also managed to give whatever the director wanted.
Therefore, the shooting can be basically completed in early November.
Originally, Han Zhou planned to shoot the remaining scenes in one go in a few days, and then he had to wait for Liu Tiantan to master the special effects technology.
However, during this period, someone wanted to meet Han Zhou.
Hong Chengxu, deputy director of China Film Group, wanted to see Han Zhou.
Hong Chengxu would most likely be Han Sisheng's successor, so Han Zhou could only interrupt the filming, give everyone a holiday at the last moment, and then fly to Yanjing.
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Xiangming Club.
A club where first-, second- and third-tier stars from Yanjing often come.
But what's different is that some people here are dignitaries, not celebrities.
The first, second and third tier stars who came over were also at a disadvantage in terms of capital.
To put it simply, only stars without backers will come here.
If we want to put it simply, it is that the stars under the control of Beijing Circle like to find their godfathers here.
The so-called A-list stars here are actually either outdated A-list stars or fake A-list stars.
After Han Zhou heard Yang Hong talk about the origin of this place on the way here, he became less interested in Hong Chengxu.
People from the Beijing circle?
When Han Zhou arrived here, the waiter at the door recognized Han Zhou and stepped forward with a smile to ask if he had a membership card and whether he needed to apply for one.
Han Zhou said that after 601, the waiter took Han Zhou inside.
When passing by the first floor, there is a stage on the first floor.
Logically speaking, this place should be for opera singers, but now there is a singer playing the violin on the stage.
The decoration is more Chinese-style, so it is not very suitable for playing the violin.
There were many people watching on the stage.
There were also doors in some rooms that were open, and people inside were watching the performance from the windows.
After Han Zhou came in, many people in the room paid attention to Han Zhou.
The door to a room opened, and someone invited Han Zhou to come in and sit.
Han Zhou was very disgusted with this.
No matter what kind of rich woman there is, inviting Han Zhou here will only make Han Zhou disgusted.
If Han Zhou was invited to a meal somewhere else, it might still be called friendship.
In this place where PY trades, invite.
Han Zhou ignored him at all.
"Why are you so proud? You look down on the ordinary members on the first floor, right?"
"When grandma gets to the third floor, you still have to crawl over."
When Han Zhou heard the sound, he stopped, took a look inside, and said one word after another: "Who do you think you are?"
"Go to the third floor? So what if you're on the top floor? If you go to the rooftop and jump off, grandpa won't even look at an ugly guy like you."
After saying that, he turned his head indifferently and continued walking.
People in many nearby rooms had their windows open and heard it.
Some people laughed at the people in the room for not overestimating their abilities, while others asked who Han Zhou was.
There were also rich second generation people in the room. They looked at Han Zhou and wondered where Han Zhou was coming from.
Soon, before Han Zhou went up to the sixth floor, what happened on the first floor was spread to the sixth floor.
601 is a standard business living room, not a rest suite.
The door was open when Han Zhou arrived here.
When he reached the door, Han Zhou paused.
There is not only Hong Sung Wook, but also Zhao Qigang.
Zhao Qigang met Han Zhou in Mei Mansion a long time ago.
When Han Zhou said that he might want to compete with the Beijing Circle, they happened to hear him.
At that time, the rotten scholar Wang Dawei who was traveling with them made rude remarks, but Han Zhou showed no mercy at all.
But there was nothing said between him and Zhao Qigang.
Zhao Qigang is quite capable. About seven years ago, he launched three youth TV series for three consecutive years, known as the Youth Trilogy, and the ratings were very good.
Zhao Qigang smiled when he saw Han Zhou coming in.
Hong Chengxu took a sip of tea, then smiled and said: "Sit down."
The other party didn't mean to get up, he just pointed casually.
Han Zhou: “I won’t sit down anymore.”
"I heard that Vice Chairman Hong wanted to see me for something. I came to Yanjing from the studio. I didn't know what happened."
Hong Chengxu smiled: "It's just a chat, nothing serious. If it's serious, I'll make an appointment at Huaying."
Han Zhou: "Hong, Vice Chairman, just tell me."
Zhao Qigang saw Han Zhou calling Vice Chairman Hong twice in a row and tried to smooth things over with a smile: "Director Han, Director Hong is looking for trouble because he actually has something serious to do, but the serious matter hasn't happened yet, so..."
"Um."
Ambiguous.
Hong Sung-wook: "We are all smart people. There must be no audio and video equipment here, so I'll just put it bluntly."
"Fourth Master Han is getting older now and wants to retire."
"If you call Fourth Master Han Fourth Uncle, you are considered a direct descendant of the Korean family, but after a year and a half, you have to choose a path, right?"
Hong Chengxu: "After I take office, I will launch new film and television projects. I hope you can join them."
Han Zhou raised his eyebrows: "Oh? What kind of plan?"
Hong Chengxu: "China Film will vigorously promote the voice of the sixth generation of directors, and will also launch some main theme movies."
"Although you are a new generation director, there are also many opportunities in this plan. Maybe you can cooperate with a sixth-generation director to shoot a theme movie."
"Of course, you can also join the judging panel for one of the three gold medals."
When you say this, it sounds like it has a lot of benefits.
But in fact, it is a huge pit.
What kind of existence are the sixth generation directors?
What kind of theme movies do they shoot?
Han Zhou thought of "Eight Hundred" in his previous life.
In terms of the logic and clarity of the film's narrative, it fails.
Historically speaking, it's garbage.
Even if they call it art, of course it will not be completely close to history.
Is this the reason why you give the credit for the security corps to the National Army, give the security corps the blame for the National Army, and then praise the National Army?
Even after the movie was shot, the director did not explain the topography of the Sihang Factory through any shot.
On the contrary, I took a clear picture of the 'excellent oil paintings' hanging on the wall of the warehouse room.
I'm afraid there's something wrong with your brain.
Collaborate with sixth-generation directors, or simply be their shooters, right?
This is not a good thing.
The second thing is to serve as a judge for one of the three gold medal winners.
Then you pick out a bunch of junk movies, and when someone else takes a look, it turns out you were the one who picked them.
This may seem like a beautiful job, but it's actually all rubbish.
Han Zhou smiled contemptuously: "That's it? Is there anything else? I'm in a hurry to go back to the Magic City."
Hong Chengxu was stunned for a moment.
He did not expect that Han Zhou rushed from the devil's capital in a hurry and arrived at the first opportunity. He was so generous, but in the end he was not given any face.
After being stunned for a moment, Hong Chengxu came to his senses.
The reason why Han Zhou came was to give himself face.
But I am unwilling to cooperate and join his camp. In fact, it means that I can give you a face, but you are not worthy of being my leader.
Hong Chengxu, whose target was the chairman of Huaying, turned cold after thinking about this.
"Han Zhou, I know what you are thinking."
"You think I'm from Beijing."
"But people in this circle know very well that once a person reaches the position of chairman of Huaying, he is no longer a member of a certain circle."
"Zhao Qigang is here. You are not familiar with me, but are you familiar with his character?"
"I don't want you to join the Beijing circle, but I want you to become the backbone of the Chinese film industry in the next ten years."
"Maybe in the next ten years, you will be the leader."
Han Zhou smiled: "Vice Chairman Hong, with or without you, I will be the backbone of the Chinese film industry in the next ten years."
"What I want to know is, will hanging out with you do me any good?"
Hong Chengxu obviously didn't react, then he thought for a moment and then smiled.
"So you take everything for granted."
"Perhaps you can be the backbone of the Chinese film industry without my support, but if I oppose it, you will never become the backbone of the Chinese film industry."
Han Zhou sighed: "Hey."
Hong Chengxu saw what Han Zhou meant. Did he have something to say?
Hong Chengxu frowned.
In the entire Huaying Group, there is no second person who can take the position of chairman. Since no one is competing for it, this position must belong to him. So where does Han Zhou's confidence come from?
But Han Zhou spoke: "Vice Chairman Hong, I'm afraid you made a mistake."
"Han Sixheng is the man who moved three mountains in the history of Chinese film."
"He is taller than three mountains."
"If those who come after him want to be higher than him, I'm afraid it's just... a fool's errand."
Is the position of chairman of China Film Group the most awesome?
No, it is Han Sixheng who is awesome.
It's like Qin Shihuang is awesome, but Hu Hai is stupid.
If Hu Hai continues everything that Qin Shihuang did, then he will be nothing more than a tool man. He will carry out the things of the previous emperor for a lifetime and then pass them on to the next tool man.
If Hu Hai wants to do something of his own, it will lead to the collapse of the empire.
Hong Chengxu looked at Han Zhou: "Beyond Mr. Han? I have never thought about it that way. I only think about putting my mark on Chinese movies."
Han Zhou looked at Hong Chengxu, and then he understood what Hong Chengxu meant by looking for him.
Han Zhou sighed.
Han Zhou also thought that Hong Chengxu wanted to get New World to control part of China Film Group's shares, enter the mainstream of the film market, and become one of the largest film companies.
Unexpectedly, Hong Chengxu wanted to pave the way for him to become the chairman of China Film Industry?
When Hanzhou's stones are used as road foundation stones.
Han Zhou looked at Hong Chengxu: "There is still one and a half years left, let me remind Vice Chairman Hong."
"Uncle Han, he is not only the chairman of China Film Group, he is also the chairman of China Film Co., Ltd., the leader of the audit team, and the director of Yanjing Film Factory."
Until now, Hong Sung-wook feels that he is the only successor to the chairmanship of China Film Group.
Aren't you thinking too much?
It's as if Wang Chuyang has a brain, and he will never think that he is the heir to Tianle Group.
Han Zhou knew very well that Hong Chengxu's presence was too low when Han Sixheng was in office.
Although logically it is his turn to take the lead.
but!
How can a person with such a low sense of presence take over the position of Han Sixheng, the power overlord?
Finally, Hong Chengxu will most likely be the chairman of China Film Co., Ltd.
As for the chairman of China Film Group, he should be a powerful figure of Hong Chengxu's level in the industry.
This character is most likely the current deputy director of Yangma.
Therefore, the deputy director of Yangma will be the chairman of China Film Group in the future. Han Zhou knows it clearly. Wang Xiya also mentioned this when she and Han Zhou talked about the future.
In other words, smart people in the circle have long known how Fourth Master Han's property is distributed.
Only the heirs are still dreaming about taking over everything themselves.
In other words, Hong Sung-wook will have no right to change the development of the Chinese film industry in the near future.
He is not even qualified to threaten Han Zhou whether he can continue to work in the market.
Han Sixheng spent his whole life proving the importance of the market.
So in the end, when several rights are divided, a pattern will be formed in which the market will speak for the film.
It was also a huge upheaval when capital entered the market and broke the circle of the old era.
In fact, many people in the industry have seen this.
It's not that Hong Chengxu can't see this, but because he is the heir to the throne, he stubbornly wants to have a big dream.
Do you think Han Zhou is a fool? If you were really that important, wouldn't Han Zhou have been betting on you long ago, and why would you still look for him?
Han Zhou has already placed his bet.
As director, he is a direct descendant of the current deputy director of Yangma.
Haven't you seen that Director Ren now regards Han Zhou as his biological brother?
A year and a half later, the last great director trained by the previous chairman of Huaying before he left office became an uncle and nephew.
The current ‘brother’ of the No. 1 general under the chairman of Huaying, and the founding hero of the new era and new dynasty.
In fact, Han Zhou was not sure that this would happen.
But because of a certain incident, Han Zhou was sure that Wang Xiya's analysis in this regard was correct.
Because of Han Sixheng's character, if Han Sixheng really wants Hong Chengxu to take over, he will definitely tell Han Zhou about this matter, mention this name, and hint Han Zhou to do something.
Han Sixheng didn't, so Han Zhou was sure it didn't happen.
Zhao Qigang looked at Han Zhou: "It depends on man-made things?"
Han Zhou knew that Zhao Qigang also saw the coming of a new era.
He was determined to bring Han Zhou into the Beijing circle and further consolidate his position in the Beijing circle.
Let’s continue the circle era.
Once Han Zhou joins the Beijing circle, it is certainly impossible for Han Zhou to destroy his own vested interests.
But if Han Zhou had not joined the Beijing Circle, then the Beijing Circle would be the biggest piece of cake on Han Zhou’s development path.
Hong Chengxu was silent for a moment, he said the same thing as Zhao Qigang.
He believes that everything depends on man-made efforts.
However, what Zhao Qigang said does not mean that he believes that everything depends on man-made efforts.
This was actually the last large-scale counterattack by the Beijing Circle, but Zhao Qigang knew that he would lose in all likelihood.
But what if you win?
Zhao Qigang has actually made enough.
If the Beijing Circle continues, it will leave a long-term free meal ticket for our children and grandchildren.
If it doesn't continue, it seems that my family's surplus will be enough for them, but my great-grandson will not be able to enjoy it.
Seeing the two people looking at each other for a long time, Hong Chengxu looked at Han Zhou: "I really want to be able to legitimately represent the entire film industry one day, instead of representing the Beijing circle."
"If I can't get to that point, then I can only continue to represent Beijing."
"When your "Kung Fu" is released, prepare to lose money."
Han Zhou looked at Hong Chengxu: "The person who represents the film industry has represented the film industry from the beginning and will not be attached to a certain circle."
"If someone comes from a certain circle, how can he represent the film industry?"
Have you mistaken the order of cause and effect?
How could you think of building a bungalow to live in first, then building a storey on top and turning it into a village committee?
Others are building the village committee building. From the time the project is still on the paper, it is written that the village committee building will be built.
Hong Chengxu and Han Zhou were so sarcastic and did not show any anger, but the words that came out of his mouth were obviously numb with anger: "300 million, I don't know how many 300 million your company can lose."
Han Zhou smiled and said: "Vice Chairman Hong, I'm going to CCTV One to record a program today. It seems to be broadcast in a week. Remember to watch it then and I'll give you an article."
After Han Zhou walked out of the room, he heard the sound of the table being lifted.
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Hong Chengxu sat in the room, very angry: "The fifth, the fifth person to reject me."
In fact, Hong Chengxu and Zhao Qigang were right.
If everyone they contacted supported them, no matter what Han Sixheng thought, he would have no choice but to give all his positions to Hong Chengxu.
The problem is, they found five people and rejected every one of them.
The reasons for each are different.
Hong Chengxu: "Old Zhao, why did Han Zhou reject me?"
Among the first four, some had grudges against Beijing, so they refused.
Some people just say that they have a grudge against money and don't let the smell of copper get involved, so they refuse.
Some people refuse because they have already taken other sides.
Some people refused because they felt that Hong Sung Wook and Zhao Qigang together could not match the IQ of 140.
Zhao Qigang: "Han Zhou turned against you because you mentioned the sixth generation directors."
Hong Chengxu was speechless.
What happened to the sixth generation directors?
The sixth generation directors were all trained by Han Sixheng, direct descendants.
Each of them has a strong background in the industry and has won numerous international awards.
It can be eaten both at home and abroad.
Commercial films, art films, and literary films are all very good.
What happened to the sixth generation directors?
Zhao Qigang: "Sixth generation directors... Han Zhou probably thinks they have foreign capital behind them, so he is very hostile to them. Han Zhou seems to be a patriotic young man."
"If we were just talking about money, Han Zhou would have come to Beijing a long time ago. If it weren't for the sixth generation of directors, Han Zhou would have stood up for us before anyone else."
Hong Sung-wook didn’t quite understand: “We have to learn from advanced foreign things. The sixth-generation directors have learned very well.”
"Doesn't Han Zhou want to learn?"
Zhao Qigang: "I don't understand either, but I heard my grandson say..."
Hong Sung Wook: "What did you say?"
Zhao Qigang: "My grandson said that he thinks Sakura Country is a rubbish country, with fraud everywhere, and it only admits its mistakes but never corrects them."
In Hong Sung-wook’s view, Sakura Country represents the spirit of craftsmanship.
He found it unbelievable, why is there so much fraud in Sakura Country?
Zhao Qigang: "He also said that Americans have no brains, no culture, and no wisdom."
Hong Chengxu was shocked. American entertainment culture dominates the world, why is there no culture?
Zhao Qigang: "My grandson said that Western Europeans are stingy, their thinking is atavistic, and their bandit logic is one after another."
Hong Chengxu was even more surprised. Shouldn’t Western European gentlemen learn the spirit of chivalry and the spirit of contract?
Why are today's children so hostile to these excellent countries?
Zhao Qigang: "My grandson said that he thinks China is good."
Hong Chengxu spoke, very puzzled: "What is good about China, what is so good about it?"
Zhao Qigang sighed.
Zhao Qigang was like Hong Sung-wook in the past. Now Zhao Qigang has stopped making works for a few years. He just watches and watches too much. After he has time to think, he feels that what he thought before seems to be different from the nature of the world.
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Hong Chengxu would never have imagined that Han Zhou did not come with him just because he chose this club and promoted the sixth generation director.
Of course, with Hong Sung Wook's behavior and style of doing things, it is impossible for him not to choose this club and not mention the sixth generation director.
Hong Chengxu didn't expect that Han Zhou and he were not the same person because of an old saying.
'Different road non-phase plan.'
Hong Chengxu now really wants to know what Han Zhou was cooking up on Yang Yi's show.
One day later, Hong Chengxu saw the program list internally.
It turned out that after Han Zhou left that day, he went to Yangyi to record a program called "Recitation".
I recited an article I wrote and then sang a song.
That song is called "The Story of Young China".
Hong Chengxu also heard that some of the older generation in Yangyi were extremely fond of Han Zhou.
Some of the older generation almost fainted after listening to the recitation.
This contrast also made Hong Chengxu curious, what kind of article, what kind of song, and what did it express?
A week later, on the day the program aired, Hong Chengxu was at home, turning on the TV, waiting for Han Zhou to appear.