Chapter 443 Public Opinion Exploded
"Yes, so I decided to send you to him for forgiveness."

Du Sheng was still in the mood to make jokes.

Fan Bingbing smiled charmingly:
"You're lying! You can't bear to part with her. She's so outstanding and beautiful."

"Stop being narcissistic."

Du Sheng put a mask and sunglasses on her and said softly:

"You don't have to worry about this. What belongs to me can't be taken away by anyone."

He will chop off anyone who reaches out.

"Pah, someone didn't even admit the scandal."

"Hey, who said before that it's not appropriate to make the scandal public when you're in the rising stage?"

"Humph, I've changed so much recently that I'm almost attracting a lot of attention. Anyway, it's all your fault!"

The two of them joked and chatted for a while, then went to a nearby warm place to have lunch.

Afterwards, he was dragged by Fan Bingbing to stroll along the pedestrian street before rushing back to the crew.

Although the leading actor Du Sheng was absent during this period, "The Twins" is a two-male lead + three-female lead mode, and the filming was divided into four groups, so the progress was not slowed down much.

And thanks to the thorough preparations in advance, the shooting went quite smoothly and we are now in the middle and late stages.

However, according to Liu Yifei, something happened during that period.

Since Du Sheng is not here, the focus inevitably falls on Lin Feng.

As a result, he had a heavy role to play and not only did he have no time to rest, he also had to insist on working even when he had a cold and a high fever.

The day before yesterday, I had a fever of 39 degrees while filming the drama, but I still insisted on filming until the early morning. The next day, my fever reached 40 degrees and I had to rest for half a day.

A person was hung with saline solution in the room for 3 hours, and her makeup turned into water makeup due to sweat.

The reason why he worked so hard was probably because he could not catch up with Du Sheng's progress no matter what, which put too much pressure on himself.

Xie Junhao also fell during filming because the ground was slippery, and the sheath of the knife scratched his thigh, leaving a bloody mark, but it was not noticed because it was hot.

I have to say, these people are really hardworking.

However, from the perspective of the TVB team, these seem to be commonplace, and completing the work on time is the most important thing.

In the next few days, the crew worked hard to film in the mountains.

Perhaps because of their previous experience in the red leaf forest, everyone wanted to leave these dangerous mountains and forests as soon as possible, so everyone was in good shape and progressed unexpectedly fast.

Five days later, the crew finished filming the scene of snatching the He's Jade and left the mountain.

"Ah Sheng, the post-production of House of Flying Daggers has been completed, and director Zhang Yimou plans to submit it for an award."

As soon as I got in the car, Wang Jinhua, who came to visit the studio, suddenly said something to me:

"The English Academy Awards, the Saturn Awards and Golden Globe Awards of the Lighthouse Country, and even the Cannes International Film Festival..."

Du Sheng raised his eyebrows and asked:

“What are the things that require my cooperation in promotion?”

The awards mentioned by the other party are almost all internationally renowned awards.

Cannes is one of the three major international film festivals in the world.

If he remembered correctly, although this film participated in many international award nominations in its previous life, it did not win any major awards.

He even failed to win the three major domestic awards, including the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers.

The most criticized reasons are that the script has many loopholes, the characters' emotions are thin, and the actors' performances are poor.

The Beijing News also criticized Jin Chengwu's acting as a clown, his dialogues were stiff and pretentious, his accent was full of Hong Kong and Taiwan flavor, and his emotional scenes with Zhang Ziyi had no aesthetic appeal, making the character completely lose credibility.

Although the main character has been changed here, his acting skills have improved a lot, and Du Sheng also helped to correct three major loopholes in the script.
But the power is in Zhang Yimou's hands, and he has no idea how the film will be edited in post-production, so no one knows whether he can win the award.

However, since Zhang Yimou has already spoken for it and is also participating in many aspects of the prize-winning effort, he is obviously full of confidence, so naturally he has to cooperate.

"You'll probably be invited to the Cannes International Film Festival and the Saturn Awards, but nothing else has been mentioned yet."

Wang Jinhua observed Du Sheng's reaction and said:
"Of course, these won't happen until May at the earliest. I'm just giving you a heads up."

The Cannes International Film Festival is usually held in mid-May, and the Saturn Awards are around June.

“It’s great to be able to make an appearance abroad!”

Upon learning that Du Sheng had the opportunity to go to Cannes, Fan Bingbing and Liu Yifei were both excited.

They exchanged glances, and finally Liu Yifei spoke innocently:
"Cousin, I heard that you will be participating in the filming of Initial D. Is it possible for us to participate?"

Du Sheng gently stroked Liu Yifei's delicate hands and criticized them with a smile:

“It’s unlikely, as this project is a cross-regional production.

If I play the male lead and other male roles are played by Hong Kong actors, the female lead will most likely be played by a Japanese actor."

Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing: "..."

Fortunately, they had already guessed this and were not too sad.

Liu Yifei said with a hint of stupidity:
"What about the company's other film projects? Aren't there any roles suitable for us?"

After spending more time with ambitious people like Fan Bingbing, she became much more proactive and started to fight for roles.

Du Sheng smiled, shook his head and said:

“It’s still early, and there aren’t many female characters in the movie SPL.

And to be honest, your current acting skills are just okay on the small screen, but you can't show the characteristics of dementia and pure madness on the big screen, and it's not deep enough to touch people's hearts. "Liu Yifei winked playfully and said confidently:
"Doesn't this fit my image perfectly? You said before that I was famous for being silly and cute!"

Fan Bingbing also raised his hand to agree:

"Yes, I can act crazy and seductive!"

They all laughed, as if they felt it was an honor to play such a female role.

On the way back, the topic gradually turned to other aspects.

The originally boring return journey became lively and interesting because of the company of the two beauties.

After returning to Hengdian, the company sent a special car to pick them up.

Sitting in the back seat, Fan Bingbing picked up the newspaper in the car and read it, then said:
"Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Weijian visited Wang Bochao in the hospital and made a public apology."

Some time ago, there was an uproar on the Internet because the two leading actors of "Little Fish and Flower" beat up mainland actors.

Yesterday, relevant people came out to call on the crew to resolve the matter as soon as possible, and many mainland actors also issued a joint statement to support the victim.

Faced with such pressure, Wang Jing, who originally did not want to expand his influence, had to give in.

After all, if the crew stops working for one day, it means heavy losses.

Xie Tingfeng's schedule is also very tight, as he will be participating in the filming of "The Promise" next.

Therefore, relevant personnel went to the hospital to visit Wang Bochao, accepted media interviews, and expressed their apologies.

Du Sheng took the newspaper and read it for a while, then shook his head and smiled:
"This cannot be delayed any longer. Wang Jing is still too partial to the group of people in the Hong Kong circle. Otherwise, the matter could be handled more properly."

In the previous life, because Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Weijian’s apology was insincere and they refused to pay compensation, the case ended up in court.

Because of this incident, Zhang Weijian's image plummeted and his acting career suffered a setback.

Du Sheng noticed it when he was heading to Neon. The reason why he was too lazy to get involved was naturally because he had some ulterior motives.

The absence of one of these overambitious Hong Kong artists means less competition and more opportunities for mainland artists.

If it’s something that people like to see and hear, just take your time to make it happen.

If Wang Bochao has no money to pay for medical expenses, Huabang Charity can provide voluntary sponsorship.

Then, he found the news he was concerned about in Metropolitan Entertainment News.

[Miracle Cinemas General Manager Zhong Zhen issued an industry statement:
Support originality, oppose plagiarized movies, and refuse to allow "Kekexili" to be shown in its theaters. 】

The report clearly pointed out that "Kekexili" was a plagiarized work, and it also deliberately belittled the country's ecological environment to please foreigners and win awards.

Even its previous work "Looking for a Gun" was accused by Japan of plagiarizing "Stray Dog", which is a repeat offender...

Finally, it was also reported that Miracle Cinemas joined forces with some theaters to boycott the film.

At the same time, a brief introduction to Miracle Cinemas was given.

"Miracle Cinema Line is one of the largest cinema chains in coastal areas, with 40 cinemas. It is also one of the emerging high-quality cinema chains in the Eastern film market, and its development momentum is very rapid..."

To step on one and pull up another is just self-praise.

And only in this way can it generate popularity and Miracle Cinemas can become well-known.

"Kekexili", which is scheduled to be released during the May Day period, is naturally Huayi's latest masterpiece.

During the Chinese New Year, Huayi and other old companies such as Rong Xinda jointly boycotted "The Mouse Loves the Cat", using various excuses to ask various theaters to reduce the number of films they made. Du Sheng had already remembered this.

As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. This time, I have the opportunity and I will certainly not stand idly by.

He asked Zhong Zhen to initiate calls for industry regulation and countermeasures in the name of Miracle Cinemas.

This will not only cause trouble for Huayi and Lu Chuan, but also bring a wave of popularity to Miracle Cinemas.

And with this status, he might even become a leader in the cinema industry in the future.

One stone kills many people.

Currently, Miracle Cinema Line has 40 self-operated cinemas and 8 franchised cinemas, with a total of 168 screening halls.

Among the approximately 2800 screening halls across the country, Miracle Cinemas has a 9% market share, which is a good start.

Next, the cinema chain’s main task is to continue to expand the scale of cinemas and properly operate existing cinemas, including film selection, scheduling and recommendation mechanisms, while expanding the brand effect.

This call for the industry to refuse to make plagiarized films has made more people aware of the Miracle Cinemas brand.

And the public opinion effect is quite good.

I heard that the senior management of Huayi has been yelling and cursing, and is even considering reducing publicity and promotion to reduce losses.

After all, they knew very well whether Lu Chuan’s previous film “Looking for a Gun” was suspected of plagiarism, and they also received a court summons from Neon.

The problems with this new work are even bigger. Now that it has become a big deal, who can guarantee whether Huayi will be implicated?
Seeing that the fire was not big enough, Du Sheng simply forwarded the news that Miracle Cinemas boycotted "Keke Xili" on the four major social networking sites.

As a result, public opinion exploded.

Online reports also became a hot topic.

From this we can see what the fate of the film "Kekexili" will be.

After all, Fan Bingbing was a member of Huayi before, so it is not appropriate to say anything nonsense.

I am too lazy to pay attention to these annoying things and just browse the news that interests me.

She took out her cell phone, glanced at the entertainment reports, and began to read the news about Du Sheng. A smile gradually broke out on her pretty face.

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(End of this chapter)