In the studio, Guo Fan looked at the news published by Sanlian Life Weekly online with great displeasure.
In response to what Zhang Weiping said in the interview, I was also unhappy that he was interrupted while discussing "Time Planning Bureau" with Li Qian.
"There's nothing unusual about opening your mouth. I just didn't expect him to hit me first."
Li Qian actually smiled. He was planning to watch a show before, but when he saw Zhang Weiping and Wang Yuelun fighting, he didn't expect that it would be his turn in the blink of an eye.
"Tell me, is this the neighbor's house next door that collapsed? I ran to watch the excitement. Just after watching for a while, there was a loud noise behind me and my house collapsed."
"Boss, you are still laughing, but I can't laugh anyway!" Guo Fan was speechless. He was even pointed at his nose and scolded, but he was still so happy.
If it weren't for Li Qian's very clear logic when discussing the plot framework and conception before, he would have suspected that Li Qian was stupid from time to time.
"Why don't you laugh? You have to live life with a smile. How can you still cry?"
Li Qian shook his head, "Zhang Weiping has almost disappeared from the film industry without Zhang Yimou in the past three years. As time goes by, you may not know much about him. If he is angry, his wishes will be fulfilled."
"Actually, one thing he said is right. "Stubborn Carrot" is a bad movie, and I don't want to use the title of producer to help promote it."
"Then this movie has nothing to do with you, boss," Qi Yukun said.
They are still familiar with these films. Li Qian only invested in "Stubborn Carrot" and never had any involvement in the content or filming of the film. Apart from being the producer, he has no involvement whatsoever.
"Then let's hold a press conference now to clarify things?" Guo Fan suggested, "Call Su Lun back, and Yang Qing too, and we can hold a press conference!"
"No need."
Li Qian shook his head, "Then he should say that I forced you to hold the press conference and threatened you. Anyway, tomorrow is the premiere of "Perfect World". The media will definitely ask questions at the premiere.
Just do whatever you want now."
Li Qian really doesn't care too much. For a director who has always had a good reputation and is very popular, this kind of rumors is not a big deal.
The industry is like this. Once you become famous, everything will happen. Even if the director is half a behind-the-scenes person, it is inevitable.
If you get angry at the slightest thing, then don't do this job. Sooner or later you will be pissed to death.
However, Li Qian really didn't expect that if his old enemy Yu Dong didn't fight back, Zhang Weiping would be the first to attack him.
In fact, Zhang Weiping also has a characteristic of criticizing people. In addition to theaters, he often criticizes practitioners of literary and artistic films. After all, his and Zhang Yimou's films are often criticized by practitioners of literary and artistic films.
Jia Zhangke happened to be interviewed by Sanlian Weekly that year, saying that amidst the hustle and bustle of commercial films, the Chinese screen was losing its ideological power, which was very sad, because it would only make people's spiritual life even poorer and make people less interested in it.
The movie loses its judgment.
He also said that nowadays only "Golden Armor" can rarely see "good guys", which is obviously dissatisfied with the box office performance of his "Three Gorges Good Guys".
Zhang Weiping just started complaining, saying that he didn't even bother to pay attention to him. Didn't his movie just win a golden lion? It's not like we didn't win it, we just got the rest.
Jia Zhangke needs to keep his mouth shut, stop talking, and let the audience watch his movies if he has the ability.
They all used foul language and used the curses of Shangguo.
Commercial film directors, on the other hand, are less vocal.
However, there are not many serious commercial film directors in China.
It is also a commercial film, and his own film has a good reputation. I thought that Zhang Weiping would not be able to chew it, but unexpectedly he still chewed it.
This also shows that Zhang Weiping is really nervous.
However, no matter what Zhang Weiping's thoughts were when he said this, whether it was intentional or just to express his pleasure, it caused quite a stir on the Internet and in the industry.
"What's going on? What does Zhang Weiping mean?"
"Let me go, are you saying that Li Qian credits Qi Yukun, Guo Fan, Yang Qing, Su Lun and others for the success of their films?"
"That's not right. Li Qian is just the producer. They are the directors."
"You are stupid, you can't even understand this. There are always news saying that it was Li Qian who discovered them and that he was their boss. It seems that if it weren't for Li Qian, their film would not be successful."
"There's nothing strange about this. If it weren't for Li Qian, I wouldn't even go to see it."
"But those movies were made by other people. Li Qian just provided the money. He also wanted to make his own movies. He definitely didn't participate in these movies. It would be too much to take the credit for him."
"The money has been earned, and the reputation belongs to him. Li Qian has taken all the benefits. Directors who make movies are not working in vain."
"I wonder if you are too idle. Last year, there was news that the movie he supervised was actually shot by him. A group of people were so weird. Now they are saying that the movie has nothing to do with him, and they are making noise here."
"I don't think so. Not all of them are new directors. Newcomers definitely need guidance. I guess Li Qian has guided them and deserves credit."
"Directing is nothing. The most important thing for a director is talent. Why doesn't Li Qian need a director when he makes his first movie?"
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There are a lot of debates online, but they are not very heated.
However, the reporter immediately interviewed Yang Qing, the director of "Nightclub" and Tian Meng, the director of "Stubborn Carrot" who were in Beijing.
Yang Qing is a dazed young man. When asked by a reporter if Li Qian participated in the production of "Nightclub", he simply said that Li Qian only visited the set in the middle and stayed for two hours.
And Tian Meng has been holding his breath in his heart. Although "Stubborn Carrot" has sold more than 20 million at the box office, it has a bad reputation.
When filming first started, he would have woken up laughing with a box office of 20 million. But after Li Qian made two movies, his reputation skyrocketed. It was released three months earlier. "Nightclub", also a comedy, sold 50 million.
The reputation was also very good, which made him feel bad.
The screenwriter of "Stubborn Carrot" is also one of the screenwriters of "Crazy Stone". He thinks that his "Stubborn Carrot" is no worse than "Nightclub".
However, the box office was twice as bad as it was. Due to the unbalanced mentality, it was attributed to Li Qian's unwillingness to help with publicity. He felt resentful in his heart and became a bit angry when facing reporters.
"I don't know why Director Li denied the fact that he was the film's producer. He was the one who found me first and wanted to invest. In the end, I accepted Director Li's 2.5 million investment and was also the film's largest investor. He didn't want to help.
When it comes to movie promotion, I think maybe he has his own considerations."
The fact that Li Qian is the producer of "Stubborn Carrot" and does not want to help promote the movie has his own considerations is basically an obvious hint.
One of the parties involved came out, and netizens began to get excited.
"Damn it, it's true. If something goes wrong, I'll run away. I feel like the movie is just average, so I won't acknowledge my producer for fear of ruining my reputation."
"It's too much. It's a typical example of someone who dislikes the poor and loves the rich. He gets all the benefits by himself."
"Bole is a newbie director. When he has a good movie, he becomes a producer and treats it as his own movie. In fact, he does nothing. At most, he is an investor. It's like Li Qian taught them how to make good movies.
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"It's a bit shameless. It's all about fame and money, and the director worked for nothing."
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The media are not idle either, and there are some media with ulterior motives. There are opponents everywhere during the Lunar New Year holiday, and no one knows who will come out to cause trouble.
The reporters also found Su Lun, who was still in the south for the last few days of roadshows. Faced with this pointed question, Su Lun angrily rebutted the reporters.
"It's completely made up. The idea of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" was given to me by my boss. The general story framework and the characters of the two protagonists were also determined by my boss. It can be said that half of the script of this film was decided by him.
, and after the filming started, I also stayed with the crew for more than a week, starting and finishing work at the same time as the crew every day to complete the filming of the movie I participated in."
He stood completely on Li Qian's side without any hesitation, which made the reporters a little surprised and disappointed.
In their view, when young people suddenly become famous, they will definitely be impetuous and arrogant. However, this reaction is not visible at all in Su Lun, a newly graduated director.
The reporters left with disappointment. Some went to Jiangcheng, and some went to Shennongjia in northern Hubei. There were also reporters from the capital looking for Guo Fan and Qi Yukun, hoping that they would come forward to accuse Li Qian.
How could Xu Zheng, the crew of Jiangcheng's "Unfortunate Journey", which was scheduled to wrap up in two days, be deceived by such a small skill of a reporter? They also stated righteously that from the script to the casting and shooting locations of this movie, Li
Qiandu gave a lot of advice.
As for Wu Jing, who was filming "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" in Shennongjia, northern Hubei, the indignation in this tough guy's heart was directly reflected on his face.
"I have nothing to say. The idea for "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds" was given by Director Li, and the script was constantly improved under his guidance. He gave me a lot of suggestions on all the characters and settings. He just finished "Perfect" a few days ago.
In the post-production of "The World", the crew specially came to guide the shooting!"
Qi Yukun and Guo Fan from the capital also arrested the reporter.
"I told you when "127 Hours" was released that the boss was also one of the screenwriters and took time to come to the crew to guide the filming. It was my first time making a movie and there were many shortcomings that the boss corrected.
of.
I don’t have much to say about Zhang Weiping, but I want to give him a sentence he said himself. Before understanding the matter, as a public figure, he spread rumors indiscriminately. He doesn’t even know how to behave, and he only talks about shit.
Human beings are not worthy of being human!”
Guo Fan directly cursed Zhang Weiping by name, which made reporters a little confused, but it still made the news unchanged.
In one day, the director of all the films produced by Li Qian, including those still being filmed, spoke out.
Except for Tian Meng and the unintentional Yang Qing, everyone supported Li Qian unswervingly.
This dispels the few doubts that most netizens have in their minds, and a small number of voices are insignificant on the Internet.
However, the reports that Xu Zheng and Wu Jing spoke out also made the audience once again pay attention to the two films produced by Li Qian that are still being filmed.
There was a press conference before when the film was launched, but it has been so long and after the intense National Day and Lunar New Year events, I almost forgot about it.
It happened to be mentioned by the media again, and the topic turned to the movies produced by Li Qian. "Unfortunately" and "Jesus Unknown" have also become hotly discussed and concerned movies among movie fans.
A comedy starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, and an action suspense film starring Wu Jing and a bunch of foreigners, both of which look quite interesting.
Moreover, after all, "Cohabitation in Time and Space" has already grossed 160 million, and it is another movie that has achieved both box office and word-of-mouth success.
The four words "Producer Li Qian" are more appealing than ordinary well-known directors, and can already be trusted by the audience blindly!
With two more movies that are attracting attention, the Lunar New Year festival is becoming more and more lively.
In this way, amidst all the commotion, on the evening of December 3rd, the premiere ceremony of "A Perfect World" was held in Beijing.