Chapter 153: Lively National Day
Chapter 153: Lively National Day
The trailer of "Wushuang" quickly gained influence on the Internet, the film was successfully produced, and received unanimous praise from investors.
But this does not mean that Wang Hao and others can relax.
It is now the beginning of September, and there are only more than 20 days left before the movie is officially released.
As a Sino-US co-production, it naturally has to go through review. This procedure is handled by Huaying. With the relationship with Mr. Han Sanye, Wang Hao is not too worried.
But he also has his own mission, which is to carry out certain publicity for the movie.
In this regard, Huaying and Huayi have provided a lot of resources. As for the film channel, they take care of Wang Hao like their own son and have reported a lot on him and "Wushuang".
With the promotion of this positive publicity and the release of the second trailer of "Wushuang", the negative news about Wang Hao was suppressed and its impact was not as strong as before.
Of course, this doesn't mean that some people have given up.
When it came to mid-September and the release date of the movie was getting closer, someone finally couldn't help but take part in it personally.
The first person to speak out was Cheng Long, the lead actor of "Baby Project". During a charity event, when faced with a reporter's question about newcomers in the entertainment industry, he directly started making veiled insinuations.
"Ah, I have been following the newcomers in the entertainment industry who have emerged recently.
Yes, some of these people are very good, very hardworking and very talented.
Of course, there are also some newcomers who suddenly gain fame and success, and are sought after by many people. They behave a little out of control and don’t respect the seniors in the industry. Many newcomers still need to pay more attention to this aspect.”
Following Cheng Long, "Baby Project" director Chen Musheng also complained on the online platform.
“Some newcomers are too arrogant. When I was making the movie, some people were still playing with mud. Now they are going head to head with me?
You think you are great just because you have achieved a little success. You really don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is!"
As these voices emerged, many disputes regarding newcomers and old veterans in the entertainment industry soon appeared on the Internet, and a trend of public opinion quickly formed, that is, as newcomers, they should respect their predecessors and be careful in what they say and do.
Then, the competition between "Wushuang" and "Baby Project" was naturally used as an example by those who like to gossip, and the competition between "Fatal Call" and "Huo Yuanjia" was also involved.
Wang Hao, a new director, was confronting two seniors in the entertainment industry, which seemed to be an impolite behavior.
Facing the attack launched by competitors, Wang Hao was not idle either and quickly launched a counterattack.
This wave of counterattack started on the Internet. It was originally just a discussion on a forum called "workplace bullying", which only talked about how seniors suppressed juniors at work.
But soon, this topic was linked to the competition between "Wushuang" and "Baby Project", and then the topic turned to Jackie Chan's suppression of newcomers in the entertainment industry.
In this regard, as a senior, Cheng Long naturally has a lot to say about it.
"Have you noticed that, although both are action teams, only Cheng Long from the Cheng family is popular, while everyone from the Hong family is popular!"
“Yes, there are no famous actors in the Cheng family, but there are many big names in the Hong family.
Lam Ching-ying, Tsang Chi-wai, Tik Wei, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Cheng Lung, Wu Ma…
The younger generation also includes Chin Ka Lok and Chow Siu Lung." "No wonder Sammo Hung is called the big brother, he is indeed training his younger brothers."
"It seems that Cheng Long's vision is still a little small!"
"That's not right. I remember there was another guy named Lu Huiguang in Cheng's troupe. He was also quite famous."
"The above poster may not know that Lu Huiguang was later fired by Cheng Long because Cheng Long could not tolerate him."
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Such a public opinion storm with such a clear direction was naturally stirred up by the Internet propaganda department under Wang Hao.
And when this disturbance spread to reality, it did cause some trouble to Cheng Long.
As the saying goes, "Gossip can melt metal, and criticism can destroy a person." When an idea is widely spread, it can easily become an established perception.
Moreover, it is difficult for Cheng Long to refute this kind of public opinion because what the public opinion said is true.
Those members of the Cheng Clan who worked with Cheng Long really had no chance to make a name for themselves, and at most they could only do behind-the-scenes work.
This, coupled with what he said not long ago that newcomers should respect their predecessors, he can't escape the reputation of suppressing newcomers.
As Jackie Chan's reputation declined, the general public naturally lost their favor for the movies he starred in, which made Chen Musheng and others quite anxious.
In the end, it was Eagle King's President Yang who made a special phone call to Wang Hao, persuading both parties to take a step back and restrain each other so as not to damage the harmony. Only then did the public opinion storm finally come to an end and slowly subsided.
Just when the storm of public opinion subsided, another movie was released first.
The movie that was released first was the costume blockbuster "The Banquet" directed by Feng Xiaogang.
Unlike the original release date of September 9, it may be due to the fierce competition from "Wushuang" and "Baby Project".
"The Banquet" was deliberately advanced by 5 days and chosen to be released nationwide on September 9th.
As a collaborator of Huayi Brothers, Wang Hao also received an invitation from the Wang brothers. On September 9, he and Wan Qian attended the premiere of the movie "Night Banquet".
The premiere was held at the entrance of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Wangfujing. In addition to the main creative staff including Zhang Ziyi, Feng Xiaogang, Ge You, and Daniel Wu, there were also many actors and stars who came to attend the feast that night.
In order to catch a glimpse of these stars, media reporters and fan audiences naturally waited on both sides of the red carpet entrance early, surrounding the entire premiere venue.
Wang Hao and Wan Qian arrived neither too early nor too late, and arrived at the scene together with a star who came to support the event.
Because they were attending the premiere and had the mission of promoting "Wushuang", the two of them dressed up nicely.
Wang Hao wore a high-end custom-made suit, while Wan Qian wore the black backless dress that Wang Hao had liked, and even had her hair done.
So when they appeared on the red carpet, their young and beautiful images also killed some reporters' films.
(End of this chapter)