Chapter 517: Zhao Zhen's Conflict Intensifies! Yongsheng Makes a Comeback? The Opportunity to Root Out the Problem Has Finally Come!
Time advances…
Just as Chen Fei's training has temporarily come to an end, there are new twists and turns in the incident involving Zhao Wenzhuo and the "Special Identity" crew.
Donnie Yen eloquently responded to the script revision: "In view of the fact that Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhang Hanyu have joined, I think we can take advantage of this.
Moreover, the revised script only added some more action tricks based on the original work, and there were no general changes. All of this was for the sake of the film's effect.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhao Wenzhuo would immediately stop performing because of such a minor change!
As an actor, I don’t think about the crew or the movie at all. I would like to ask, is this behavior consistent with the professional ethics of an actor? Are you worthy of the high salary and treatment? "
This wave of responses can be said to be the ultimate use of Spring and Autumn brushwork!
Don't talk about the contract, just talk about the effect, superb skills!
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"Fei, Red Bull said that they will announce the latest challenge project in the near future to warm up before the official broadcast. This is also the request of the fans..."
"Well, that's fine. It's up to you. Whatever you need me to do, I will fully cooperate."
Chen Fei didn't mind this too much. After receiving such a high endorsement fee, he must do something.
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Huo Qigang's chronicity seems to be born, which is clearly reflected in the film project establishment and preparation.
Chen Fei had already given him the scripts for "Anti-Drug" and "Equator" last year, but it was not until March this year that he finally launched these two projects.
On the phone, he briefly reported: "The casting is almost over. "Anti-Drug" has used old friend Chen Musheng as the director, and Louis Koo, Liu Qingyun, and Zhang Jiahui will play the three leading roles.
"Equator" used Lu Jianqing as the director, starring Zhang Jiahui and Wang Xueqi, and Zhang Xueyou joined..."
"The lineup is pretty good. When are you going to start filming?"
"In early April, the two movies will be shot together."
"Okay, haha, you finally got the upper hand this time, and you actually dared to challenge two projects at the same time."
"Tch, I've dared it before, okay? It's just for the quality of the film, so I pay more attention to the details, so the shooting progress is a little slower..."
The two chatted for a long time, and finally the topic unconsciously fell on the incident between Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhen Zizhen.
"Donnie Yen was fine before he became famous, but in recent years, with the popularity of the "Ip Man" series, he has gained a vague reputation as a drama star in Hong Kong circles."
"oh?"
In this circle, drama bully is not a good word, because it often means unreasonable, self-centered and many other behaviors that are disliked by others.
"The Hong Kong media is playing a biased role." Huo Qigang knew everything and said it all: "According to the news I know, not only Zhao Wenzhuo, but also Zhang Hanyu's scenes have been deleted.
It's just that the former is more honest, and martial arts practitioners have a big temper, and can explode at the slightest moment, while the latter should have endured it. "
"It's just such a small thing, it's not too troublesome to go back and forth over and over again..."
Chen Fei complained a few words, and after ending the call with Huo Qigang, he simply logged into his trumpet and posted a post.
"Aren't you two martial arts practitioners? Otherwise, we can just use the rules of the martial arts to deal with it. Let's set up a ring and fight. Whoever wins will listen."
After this post was posted, it immediately attracted a lot of praise from people!
There was a response from below:
"It makes sense! All action actors have real skills, so we can just fight."
"I run a martial arts gym. I can sponsor the arena. You don't need to spend a penny. You can just go on stage and start fighting."
"Which one of these two is more powerful? I feel like both of them are quite capable of fighting?"
"I don't know! Why are these two people silent? Come out and try!"
"..."
There was a lot of noise online. Mainland media and Hong Kong media were quarreling with each other. Both sides felt that they were starting to get sidetracked.
At the same time, when Donnie Yen responded to the script change, Zhao Wenzhuo immediately responded:
"This kind of superfluous explanation is useless. By virtue of your status as a producer and martial arts instructor, you have run rampant on the crew, formed cliques, drastically cut scenes, and wantonly bullied mainland actors including me. This should not be done. Fake?"
As soon as these words came out, Donnie Yen immediately launched a fierce counterattack: "Actually, I was against inviting you at first, and many people in the circle said that your character is extremely poor.
But I finally decided to give you a chance. I never expected that you would be so unprofessional. After this incident, I dare to say that no director will continue to look for you to film..."
This response feels a bit like firing a map cannon.
Within half an hour, Liang Bojian, the director of the "Wu-Tang" cast and crew, who had just finished filming, became the first person to stand up and support:
"First of all, I want to explain, what exactly happened on the set of "Special Identity"? I personally don't know, but I have a certain say in Zhao Wenzhuo's professional ethics and professionalism.
During the filming of the movie "Wudang", Mr. Zhao Wenzhuo was very professional, got along well with other actors in the crew, and was highly cooperative. He often helped others complete action scenes. His acting spirit is worthy of praise! "
As soon as this response came out, it immediately triggered a series of chain reactions.
The incident expanded instantly, and just like the previous "Knife Cult", many actors and celebrities began to come forward to take sides.
Zhao Wenzhuo was quite loyal and said immediately: "Thank you Director Liang for your support and trust in me. I can confront Zhen Zixuan face to face for his slander!
I have the crew's daily notices, start and end times, the original and final drafts of the script, and the photographer's shooting schedule.
We can verify whether there is a strike in person, and even sue!
Which party breached the contract first, the facts will naturally be determined!
Others may be afraid of you and worry about being banned, but I am not afraid. Even if I am banned, I will fight for the truth!"
Perhaps Zhen Zixuan was caught off guard by Zhao Wenzhuo's completely shameless declaration, and he did not respond for a while.
Seeing that there was no fun for the time being, Chen Fei briefly looked away and followed the Red Bull team to the Mariana Trench.
After nearly two days, everyone finally arrived at the location in the northwest of the Pacific Ocean, the northeast corner of the Philippine Islands, and the east side of the Mariana Islands.
This is the location of the Mariana Trench.
As the deepest trench in the world, the Mariana Trench extends for about 2,550 kilometers, with an average width of 69 kilometers, and most of the water depth is above 8,000 meters.
Its deepest point is the Fitza Deep, with a depth of 11,034 meters.
Its total volume is about 7 times as deep as Lake Baikal (the deepest lake on earth). If the world's highest Mount Everest and Mount Tai are placed in the trench, they can't even come out of the water!
Looking at the calm sea in the distance, Flory seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said:
"Just last year, the famous Hollywood director James Cameron took the "Deepsea Challenger" submersible alone and dived nearly 11 kilometers to explore the Mariana Trench, becoming the first person to dive to the "deepest" alone!"
Fai Chen smiled slightly: "Cameron is indeed a challenging director."
Flory's eyes suddenly became complicated: "Fei, he is far worse than you!"
"Haha, I am the spokesperson for Red Bull Extreme Sports."
Fai Chen did not say much, after all, he couldn't announce to the public that he was a cheater.
He quickly changed the subject: "Where is our equipment? What is the next training plan? Start to adapt to the water pressure?"
"Yes." Flory nodded first, and then added: "According to your request, we did not prepare oxygen auxiliary equipment for you, only diving suits and fins."
"Ok, that's enough."
Fai Chen turned and walked towards the camp.
After getting the equipment specially tailored for him, he followed the professional diving coach arranged by Red Bull and began to go to some deeper waters to prepare and adapt before deep-sea diving.
Chen Fei attached great importance to this task.
This is an "SS" level task, and he is already looking forward to the reward after completing the task.
During the period when he started training, Red Bull had already started the pre-broadcast publicity activities.
YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, HUlU, Netflix and other platforms have appeared with Chen Fei's latest extreme sports challenge content.
For a time, Red Bull fans from all over the United States were excited.
This kind of publicity quickly expanded to all parts of the world, and once aroused the pursuit and heated discussion of netizens and fans.
Domestic media naturally received the news, but everyone's attention is still more focused on Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhen Zixuan.
Unlike the previous small fights, this time the people who got out were all first-line big names and directors in the circle!
After director Liang Bojian spoke out, Shu Qi became the first artist in the circle to clearly identify her team.
She is a Hong Kong artist, so naturally she is in the team of Zhen Zixuan.
She posted a long essay of a thousand words on her Weibo.
"The Zixuan I know is an extremely dedicated actor who works very seriously and treats his peers very friendly... He has made a lot of efforts and sacrifices for the film. I think this matter must not be his problem..."
After this short essay was published, it immediately attracted a large number of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists to support it.
The stars and actors on the mainland did not react until the other side launched a fierce offensive.
This matter has developed to the present, and it seems that it is not just a "private matter" within the "Special Identity" crew!
The Hong Kong media has already come out in full force, and more than 90% of the artists in Hong Kong and Taiwan have directly expressed their support for Zhen Zixuan without distinguishing right from wrong.
Except for Liu Dehua, Zhang Jiahui, Liang Jiahui and other top Hong Kong artists, all other Hong Kong and Taiwan artists have already entered the scene.
For a time, Weibo was full of various slanders against Zhao Wenzhuo.
Acting like a big shot, refusing to perform, not cooperating with the crew, extremely bad character, low moral quality...
Some netizens who were just watching the show saw that Zhen Zixuan was making a lot of noise and took it for granted that it was Zhao Wenzhuo's problem, so they turned their guns and fired at him.
But some people saw it very clearly.
The problem Zhao Wenzhuo pointed out was that the other party had breached the contract, and modified the scenes without his consent and permission, and arbitrarily deleted his highlights in the play.
However, the response from the crew and Zhen Zixuan was irrelevant!
They did not directly respond to the direct reasons for modifying the scene. Instead, they began to attack Zhao Wenzhuo's morality and literacy in response to the various unreasonable demands he made on the crew.
But after Zhao Wenzhuo announced the details of the contract, many people discovered that the accommodation conditions and assistant expenses had actually been written into the contract early on.
If the crew did not agree with the conditions proposed by Zhao Wenzhuo at first, the worst they could do was not use him from the beginning.
But now that the movie has been filming for more than a month, the main actor was suddenly fired on the spot, and the cost of accommodation was cited as the reason, and he was abruptly labeled as a "big star".
This is somewhat unreasonable!
Many people in the industry have already reacted. This situation seems familiar!
"Is there going to be another war?"
For a time, the circle completely exploded.
Like dumplings, mainland actors began to leave the stage to support Zhao Wenzhuo.
First, Mainland director Tan Bin, the screenwriter of the original "Ultimate Decoding" script, spoke out:
"The actors and directors in Xiangjiang are really bullying people. They not only robbed me of my script ideas and monopolized film projects, but also called on other colleagues in Xiangjiang to bully mainland actors. It is extremely shameless!"
Subsequently, led by the actors from the "Wu-Tang" cast, some second-tier actors from the mainland also began to leave the stage to support Zhao Wenzhuo.
What surprised Chen Fei, who was far away in the Mariana Islands, was that among the cast supporting Zhao Wenzhuo in the mainland, the only important one was Yang Mi, who had just been promoted to the ranks of first-line actors!
In addition, some Xiangjiang artists and practitioners in the Xiangjiang martial arts instruction industry have also switched to Zhao Wenzhuo.
However, among this group of people, the biggest one is only Hong Jingbao.
This man, who is in the same position as Chen Long and is also a big brother in the ranks of Chinese film martial arts instructors, said bluntly on Weibo:
"Some people are so stupid that they don't understand the rules of the industry!"
Unfortunately, even with the support of such a heavyweight, Zhao Wenzhuo still fell behind.
Because in comparison, Donnie Yen's lineup is too strong!
Shu Qi, Wang Jing, Chen Kexin, Wu Junru, Wu Yu, Li Ming, Huang Qiusheng, Du Wenze, Yang Qianhua...
What surprised Chen Fei was that most of them were from Yongsheng and Huaxia Xing, and even Xiang Huasheng expressed his support for Zhen Zizhen.
Seeing this, Chen Fei frowned.
When he called Yang Shoucheng to ask about the specific situation, he got an answer that made him very unhappy.
"Just like Hong Jingbao said, he seems to have become so popular in the past two years that he has lost his mind. He actually wants artists from the Emperor's side to fully support him..."
In fact, since last year, Donnie Yen and the Emperor have had many conflicts.
The two films "Guan Yunchang" and "Martial Arts" failed one after another, which had a lot of impact on Donnie Yen.
In order to restore his reputation, he has approached Yang Shoucheng many times, hoping to put the already completed "Ip Man 3" on the film market and regain his blood.
However, this request was ruthlessly rejected by the Emperor on the grounds that his current state is likely to affect the movie box office.
Donnie Yen was naturally unhappy when his goal was not achieved, and he repeatedly refused the promotional activities arranged for him by the Emperor.
The atmosphere between the two sides was very tense for a time.
It wasn't until "Ip Man 3" was finalized this year that the two sides finally eased up.
However, Chen Fei didn't particularly care about these, and directly asked the question he wanted to know the most: "What's going on between Yong Sheng and Zhen Zizhen?"
A few years ago, all of Yongsheng's film projects in the mainland were driven out by Chen Fei, together with China Film, Shanghai Film, Xinying Film, Ningbo Film and other companies.
Even in Xiangjiang, he joined forces with Emperor, Media Asia, and Golden Harvest to suppress the projects of Yongsheng and China Star so that they could not take off.
In the end, the two Xiang brothers chose to turn to Neon directly, and this settled the matter.
But why is there an inexplicable resurgence trend now?
On the other end of the phone, Yang Shoucheng said solemnly: "I only heard recently that Yongsheng is contacting mainland film and television companies and theater platforms such as Bona, Chengtian, and Huayi. It seems that they want to invest the company's future key projects in the mainland again. .
As for Donnie Yen, perhaps because of problems with his cooperation with the Emperor, he switched to Yong Sheng. "
Hearing this, Chen Fei suddenly became happy.
The old enemy is back again, and with the last remaining strength, he wants to fight a beautiful comeback!
"This is... so interesting!"
A long time ago, Chen Fei didn't have the ability to completely crush them.
And when he was really capable, the opponent had already gone to Neon's side, and he had no chance to "eliminate the roots."
But now, the remaining roots have grown new branches again, and they are trying to make a comeback.
Don't they know that the skinny dragon-slaying warrior in the past is now terrifyingly strong?
If you can kill the evil dragon once, you can naturally kill the evil dragon twice.
And this time, what he wants to do is... to eradicate the root cause!
Of course, before that, we have to lure the snake out of the hole, and we can't give them any chance to continue to recuperate.
Chen Fei directly called Bruce, who was still in Neon Country, and issued preliminary arrangements: "There is a task for you.
I want you to use the influence of Volton Pictures and Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. to unite with five film companies, Shochiku Co., Ltd., Nikkatsu Co., Ltd., Toei Co., Ltd., Kadokawa Pictures Co., Ltd., and Toho Co., Ltd., to help me do something..."
More than half an hour later, Chen Fei hung up the phone with a smile on his face.
It won't take long for the retreat to be successfully cut off, and the next step is the moment of "boiling the frog in warm water".
However, when he logged on to Weibo to continue eating melons, he saw a new fun!
Jing Tian, this silly girl, actually made a statement on this matter as the heroine of the movie "Special Identity" and the contracted artist of the investor.
"I understand the grievances that Brother Zhuo and Sister Lulu told me very well. Facts are facts. Let the rumors fall apart!"
Although she took the initiative to delete this Weibo shortly after it was sent out, it was still captured and saved by many people.
"This girl has no heart at all. She messed up her own movie project? "
Chen Fei couldn't help laughing.
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