Chapter 153 Confrontation at the Premiere

In a mansion in Beijing, Chen Hong lazily leaned on the sofa and advised: "Why bother going there to get angry and look at other people's glory? It's only two months to wait, and it will be here in a blink of an eye!"

Chen Kaiqiu was still furious and snorted, "We had originally agreed to have a summer competition, but it was postponed without any notice. If you don't know, you might think I'm afraid of him! The movie can't be absent during the summer vacation, but I can't be absent!"

In fact, what really made him angry was not that "two blockbusters were squeezed into the summer schedule", but that he actually had to give way to Jiang Heng. This was what made him feel uneasy and unacceptable.

Doesn't that mean that in the minds of industry leaders, his status is not as good as Jiang Heng's?

He has always regarded himself as a film master and the country's top director.

What is Zhang Yimou? In his eyes, he is just a man who barely received an education. What kind of shit is the movie "Hero"? It's simply embarrassing.

The directors in Hong Kong can only make eye-catching and tasteless commercial films. No one can compare with him.

Even Jiang Heng, who is known as the number one in the domestic box office, is just an "enhanced version" of Xu Ke in his eyes.

Now that his film “The Promise” has been filmed, which is both artistic and has super beautiful special effects, and is on the verge of success in both word-of-mouth and box office, it has been postponed. This is really intolerable!
What’s even more infuriating is that he couldn’t stop the decision made by the producer, China Film Corporation.

If I don't go and say a few words to Jiang Heng, it will be so suffocating.

On July 7, Chen Kaige and Chen Hong arrived at the Workers' Stadium in an extended version of Cadillac. The driver wearing white gloves parked the car directly in front of the red carpet.

After the two got off the car, Chen Hong took Chen Kai's arm, glanced at the noisy crowd, and snorted, "There are so many people!"

Chen Kaige felt more and more that this grand scene should belong to him.

After all, if "The Matrix 3" gave way to "The Promise" and allowed him to dominate the summer, perhaps he could also earn 7 or 8 million!

"When we do it, there will definitely be more people than this!"

Chen Kaige then said something, took Chen Hong's arm and walked onto the red carpet, came to the huge poster, and signed their names respectively.

The host on the red carpet was still the beautiful reporter Tu Jingwei from the movie channel.

After taking a look at the two people's expressions, he said cautiously, "Director Chen, Ms. Chen Hong, let's face the media and take a few photos first!"

Chen Kaige and his wife turned around, faced the reporters confidently, and made a victory gesture.

Tu Jingwei immediately said, "Director Chen, as a well-known domestic director, what do you think of The Matrix series of movies? Let's watch it?"

Chen Kai smiled. This was exactly what he was waiting for.

"There is a saying that goes, China's is the world's. In fact, I think this series of movies is too Westernized, and the content preference is a bit flattering to the West. Of course, from a commercial perspective, it cannot be said to be wrong. After all, it has achieved such a high global box office, and now it is expected to sprint to 20 billion US dollars in the global box office.

But as filmmakers, we can’t just focus on the box office, we also need to promote Chinese culture and resist the invasion of Hollywood culture. Jiang Heng directly…”

"Okay, due to time constraints, thank you Director Chen for your comments. Let's move to the venue first. There will be media interviews later!"

Tu Jingwei didn't dare to listen anymore and interrupted him.

Chen Kaige looked calm and not angry, because he had expected this when he came.

Not to mention that he didn't say the latter part. Even if he said that Jiang Heng was a "fake soldier" in the film industry, using completely Westernized Hollywood-style blockbusters to attack domestic films, it probably wouldn't be broadcast.

The mainstream media will not report it either. After all, no matter how reluctant he is to admit it, Jiang Heng is already the face of Chinese-language films.

As for the tabloid media, no one believes them because their stories are so outrageous.

After entering the venue and walking all the way to the guest seats, I saw many old acquaintances.

Han Sanping, Zhao Huayong, Chen Daoming, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, hey, someone with the surname Feng also sneaked in.

Chen Kaige greeted everyone one by one, and when he came to Feng Xiaogang, he put his arm around his shoulders and asked, "Why are you here too?" Chen Kaige was tall and Feng Xiaogang was thin, so the scene looked a little funny.

Feng Xiaogang smiled and said, "I have nothing to do, so come and take a look!"

Feng Xiaogang was of course not really free of trouble, he had the idea of ​​shooting a blockbuster movie.

After all, seeing that Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and others had made blockbuster movies, he was anxious!

If he doesn't make a blockbuster film, his status in the industry will continue to decline.

According to his current understanding, after the mainland directors Jiang Heng, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, it is his turn.

But if we don’t make any blockbusters, we’ll be at risk of being surpassed in the rankings!
When he is humble, he is quite humble.

I also got a script this time, the Chinese version of "Hamlet". I wanted to take advantage of the premiere dinner to mention it to Jiang Heng and ask him to help review it.

According to historical records, when he was filming "A World Without Thieves", the script was rejected during review.

First, the protagonists in the script are all bad guys, which does not conform to the rules of creation.

Secondly, there is no reason for a pair of thieves to sacrifice themselves for a stranger. It is totally illogical.

The screenwriters revised the script several times, but it was still not acceptable.

Feng Xiaogang had no other choice but to invite Wang Shuo, who then added a policeman to make the female thief pregnant, and then she went to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and she was immediately cleared.

Feng Xiaogang still respected people with abilities. Even when his big brother put his hand on his shoulder, he remained calm and advised Chen Kai in a low voice that Jiang Heng was highly valued by the higher-ups now, and if things got ugly, it would also affect him.

Chen Kaige certainly knew his limits, but he had a nonchalant expression, "What am I afraid of? I'm not afraid of anything!"

Chen Hong pinched him quickly, and Chen Kaige stopped talking and sat down in his seat.

Not long after, Jiang Heng came over and greeted everyone at the guest seats.

When he came to Chen Kaige, he shook his hand and said, "Director Chen, thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to come and support me!"

Chen Kai smiled and said, "It's not that I support it too much, I just want to attend the premiere during the summer vacation!"

Chen Hong added, "Old Chen just likes to joke around!"

Jiang Heng smiled, "Just smile, you are ten years younger. I also like to joke. To be honest, I can't even see my opponent with a lantern. I feel lonely like snow. Hahaha!"

After these words were spoken, Chen Kaiqi's face turned green with anger.

He wanted to have a "debate" with Jiang Heng, but Chen Hong held him tightly.

Feng Xiaogang kept pulling his arm, motioning him to sit down.

Han Sanping took over the conversation and started talking about other things, so Chen Kaige lost the opportunity to lose his temper.

After all, when cultured people quarrel, they pay attention to "introduction, development, turn and conclusion" and "hidden meaning".

Soon, the guests, reporters and audiences arrived. The host came on stage and announced the official start of the global premiere of "The Matrix 3" and invited Jiang Heng to the stage.

After a brief presentation, the main film began to play.

The complete plot of "The Matrix" trilogy has finally been released.

(End of this chapter)