Chapter 475
Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, and Zhen Zidan.
Being surrounded by three people like the moon surrounded by stars, Xu Kun's thoughts were inexplicably vague.
When he first entered this industry in 01, he was still thinking about clinging to Wang Baoqiang. How could he have imagined that he would be in this position seven years later?
Cheng Long and Li Lianjie could naturally sense Xu Kun's absent-mindedness, and they were secretly unhappy in their hearts, but they still smiled and did not show it at all.
The "Eye Z Gate" incident at the beginning of this year was so evil. When the Hong Kong media spread obscene rumors about Xu Kun, they did think that he would fight back, but no one expected that he would fight back so quickly, so steadily, so fiercely, and so sharply!
What is even more surprising is that, although everyone knew that Xu Kun was behind all of this, no one could find any clues.
It seemed that Xu Kun just held a press conference, and within a few days, the younger generation of Hong Kong circle collapsed like dominoes.
According to data collected by Hong Kong media, as of August this year, the number of people from Hong Kong circles going north to make money and the results achieved were barely on par with 8, which was also the year when Xu Kun entered the industry.
This has sparked a new round of speculation on the island.
One group of conspiracy theorists believes that Xu Kun was a turret specially created by the mainland entertainment circle to target the Hong Kong circle. After seven years of hard work, he finally destroyed the future of Hong Kong entertainment with one shot.
The fatalistic school attributed all of this to metaphysics such as fate, mutual generation and mutual restraint. Some people even set up feng shui formations in a serious manner, hoping to take back the fortune of Hong Kong entertainment from Xu Kun.
Cheng Long and Li Lianjie did not quite believe either of these two statements, but this did not affect their respect for Xu Kun, and they could even say that they were wary of him.
As for Zhen Zidan...
Although he has developed well in recent years, he has no right to interfere in front of Cheng and Li.
On the contrary, seeing Xu Kun being so disrespectful, the two senior superstars still greeted him with smiles. Zhen Zidan was secretly glad that he had loaned out the Zhen Family Class in advance and established a personal relationship with Xu Kun.
At this time, Han Sanping came over with two people. Xu Kun knew one of them. He was the "superior leader" who came to review the project when "Operation Kunpeng" was being prepared.
Later, when the CD crisis occurred as expected, it was this person who led the relevant departments to Thailand to talk to Xu Kun.
As for the other person, Xu Kun looked unfamiliar, yet he seemed to have seen him somewhere.
Seeing Han Sanping coming straight over here, Cheng Long, who had already become a little impatient, immediately said to Xu Kun: "Director Xu, we won't bother you for now. We can talk again when we have time."
Upon hearing this, Xu Kun shook hands with the three of them one by one, thanking them for their support during this period of time - Jet Li didn't count, but Jackie Chan and Zhen Zidan were really helping with publicity.
As soon as Xu Kun left, Jackie Chan and Jet Li also went their separate ways. The two had a grudge against each other as early as the late 90s, and Jet Li even filmed a movie "The Last Airbender" which played out the yin and yang of Jackie Chan.
However, their collaboration in "The Forbidden Kingdom" not only failed to resolve their past grievances, but instead intensified the conflict. In an interview with foreign media, Jet Li even hinted that Jackie Chan's obsession with collecting luxury goods was because he was small in some way.
Although combined with the context, this should be said to be narrow-minded, but the gesture made by Li Lianjie is really ambiguous, so many Hong Kong media interpreted it as the third leg...
So seeing this scene, Han Sanping didn't find it strange at all. He smiled and said to Xu Kun, "You are so lucky. There are not many opportunities to get these three people together now. By the way, this is Director Wang from the Film Bureau."
After hearing this, Xu Kun also remembered that he had seen this man's headshot on the bulletin board of the Film Bureau when he was applying for subsidies last year.
"Deputy Director."
Director Wang modestly corrected him and smiled at Xu Kun, "Xiao Xu, how about it? Do you have the confidence to break the box office record just set by Red Cliff?"
The first part of "Red Cliff" was broadcast during the summer vacation. Although it received poor reviews, it was criticized by countless people for being too small in scale and failing to capture the weight of history. Lin Zhiling's "Meng Meng stands up" became a big laughing stock.
However, despite the overwhelming publicity, the film still grossed million yuan in the mainland, breaking the box office record of Chinese-language films held by "A City Full of Big Boobs". Facing the encouraging gazes of the three people, Xu Kun looked surprised: "Isn't the box office record in our country million yuan set by "Titanic"?"
Director Wang was slightly stunned, while Han Sanping gave a thumbs up and laughed, "You are young and energetic, and you dare to think, speak and act!"
Then he couldn't help but sigh again: "It's been ten years, this record has been hanging for ten years. There are countless filmmakers in our great country, but a foreign film has occupied the top spot for a whole ten years. If you can really dethrone it this time, then you will be a great contributor to our Chinese filmmakers!"
At this time, Director Wang also reacted and asked seriously: "How sure are you?"
The box office record of "Titanic" was actually intentionally promoted by the higher-ups, but times have changed. This record had stood for a full ten years and had already become a thorn in the side of China Film Group Corporation and the Film Bureau.
If there is a domestic film that can break this record, the authorities will definitely be happy to see it happen.
"I can't say for sure."
Xu Kun spread his hands and smiled: "I just said it casually, you won't take it seriously, right?"
But none of the three people on the opposite side laughed. Han Sanping shook his head helplessly and said, "If someone else said this, I would definitely think they were joking, but you kid..."
Before he could finish his words, Director Wang said seriously, "As long as your performance can be close to that of Red Cliff, we will definitely strive for corresponding support policies for you."
The most common support policy in the country is to extend the screening time and organize collective movie watching for government agencies.
Xu Kun's expression also turned serious: "If it really comes to that, I hope to just extend the release time, so that people won't say that we Chinese filmmakers won unfairly."
The release time of the movie "Big Ship" was repeatedly extended, which set a box office record that lasted for ten years.
"You boy."
When Han Sanping heard Xu Kun's words, he felt that Xu Kun was young and impetuous and did not know his own limits - was the record of this large ship so easy to break?
But on the other hand, he felt that Xu Kun's heroic spirit was very much to his liking. Without this spirit, how could he resist the wave after wave of impact from Hollywood?
So he said nothing in the end, but just patted Xu Kun on the shoulder hard.
At this moment, there was a sudden scream from outside. Xu Kun subconsciously looked outside the hall door and saw many celebrity artists looking out curiously.
"Go over there and see what happened."
Seeing this, Han Sanping pushed Xu Kun and signaled him to deal with the problem first.
Xu Kun apologized and walked quickly towards the door.
Han Sanping and the other two leaders all watched him go away.
Director Wang couldn't help but sigh: "Young people like this are more worthy of training. At least they are willing to promote the positive image of our country, instead of always focusing on those corners and stinking ditches and showing the bad side of our country to outsiders."
Han Sanping smiled and said, "I have long wanted to give him more responsibilities, but this kid dropped out of junior high school and his diploma is really not good enough - but if he can really break the record for a large ship this time, these minor details won't be a problem."
(End of this chapter)
