Chapter 723 Benchmarking

“I predict that The Orphan of Zhao will be a hit!”

“Did the guy above forget Chen Kai’s The Promise, which was also said to be a hit, with first-tier Chinese, Japanese and Korean stars, plus powerful actors like Xie Bi Wang and Liu Ye, but it ended up being a flop. Instead of expecting the so-called all-stars, why not expect Zhen Zidan?”

“Are you talking about the strongest single in the universe?”

“Before playing Ip Man, Zhen Zidan was only a second-tier action star. He just happened to be popular with one movie. And don’t forget that there is a sequel curse in the film industry. What if the second movie is very bad? It's rotten."

"Have you forgotten the national master?"

The national master is a satire on Lao Mouzi by some people. Everyone who hangs out in movie forums knows him, but there are still quite a few people in China who are fans of Lao Mouzi. They sneer at such satire: "The Love of Hawthorn Tree is the most worth looking forward to. The commercial films you discuss are already difficult to understand Lao Mouzi's current state."

"..."

"I can't tell whether the above person is a hater or a fan. Movie forums are always about box office. In addition, is "Partners" being criticized by everyone? Ignored, Luo Xun, Deng Chao, and Tong David are the three first-line actors, and the director is still Chen Kexin, how can it be so unimpressive? "

"There are too many experts."

"To be honest, if "Partners" is put in a schedule where competition is not so fierce, it will definitely be the first choice for watching movies, but the problem is that there are too many choices during the Spring Festival, and the type of Luo Xun's movie does not seem to have strong commercial attributes. Looking at the trailer, it seems to be telling the story of an entrepreneur. What's more, don't forget that Luo Xun has never had the experience of being a leading actor in a movie."

"The sentence above sounds very familiar."

"Indeed, when Luo Xun acted in a TV series, he was popular because of the supporting role. Everyone said that he could not be a leading actor. Everyone knows what happened later. History is always surprisingly similar. I think "Partners" may be a hit."

"..."

The fans of each party have their own opinions, and unlike the usual movie schedule collisions where there are often the most neutral people, this time everyone's comments are more or less biased, because there are too many first-line directors and actors involved this time, even including super first-line bosses like Ge You and the most well-known director in the mainland like Lao Mouzi!

"On paper, his strength is not enough."

The actors from all sides will discuss it privately. For example, David Tong complained to Deng Chao, which made Deng Chao laugh bitterly: "The three of us standing together, there is a day when we are not important enough."

"That's right." David Tong curled his lips and said: "Huang Xiaoming can only play a supporting role in "The Orphan of Zhao". He is your old rival, right? Your old rival is worthy of being a model worker. He also starred in "Ip Man 2: The Grandmaster Legend."

Deng Chao was silent.

Although he has been competing with Huang Xiaoming for many years, he has to admit that Huang Xiaoming has more resources than himself. Just like this year's Spring Festival, no matter how the box office performance is, Huang Xiaoming has a share in "The Orphan of Zhao" and "Ip Man 2: The Grandmaster Legend". Therefore, some people on the Internet joked:

The leader may become the biggest winner.

After all, "The Orphan of Zhao" is the most promising movie, and the lineup is really too blooming. "Ip Man 2: The Grandmaster Legend" is considered to be the most stable movie, with a very high base.

In this matter,

Some media outlets got the hint from Xingyi and vigorously promoted Huang Xiaoming: "Huang Xiaoming, who has been crushed by Luo Xun for many years in the TV circle, will he take advantage of this year's Spring Festival to turn the tables in the film circle and defeat Luo Xun?"

"Huang Xiaoming is doing two things at once!"

"Luo Xun vs. Huang Xiaoming: The first-line actors who used to compete with each other in the TV circle have finally entered the film circle collectively. In the midst of the war, their era has become more and more magnificent!"

"..."

Unfortunately, this post soon went astray. Many people believed that Huang Xiaoming was already defeated by Luo Xun in the TV circle, so the film circle should not use Huang Xiaoming to compare with Luo Xun, but should use Luo Xun, who is also very popular in the film circle. Hong Kong artist Zhen Zidan is used as a benchmark - "Luo Xun vs Zhen Zidan!" Such a title made the media more enthusiastic, and Xingyi and Huang Xiaoming were embarrassed for a while. No one paid attention to them when they wanted to touch Luo Xun. It can be seen that the gap between Huang Xiaoming and Luo Xun is really a bit big now. To use the explanation of Luo Xun's fans, "Huang Xiaoming plays a supporting role, while our Luo Xun plays the leading male role. The supporting roles of two movies are comparable to the leading male role of one movie. I believe that everyone in the film industry knows how to choose. Of course, I mean movies of similar size. Our brother Xun's weight as the leading male role in "Partners" is still very good." This is true. If Huang Xiaoming played the leading male role in "The Orphan of Zhao", he could indeed be compared with Luo Xun, but using two supporting roles to compare is really forced. No wonder the media and viewers are not very happy. As for Zhen Zidan…

Although some media tried to compare Luo Xun to him, Luo Xun is obviously not the kind of person who stirs up trouble. After the promotion, he immersed himself in the post-production of the movie "Wolf Warrior". He was too lazy to participate in things like hype, which could easily ruin his character. If others don't provoke him, Luo Xun will not take the initiative to provoke.

The same is true for Zhen Zidan.

He is very proud of the "Ip Man" series now, and he does have a tendency to swell up, otherwise he wouldn't have fought Zhao Wenzhuo before, but he can still see through the media's clumsy provocations, so when the media asked about Luo Xun, he answered that he had not had much contact with him, and politely said that everyone was a professional filmmaker, working hard for China's film industry, which made the media a little disappointed-

Aren't you the strongest in the universe?

While all parties were showing off their magical powers in order to promote the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, the Spring Festival was approaching day by day. Luo Xun had to temporarily stop the post-production of "Wolf Warrior" due to time arrangements and began to deal with some things other than the post-production of the film, such as the company's year-end summary.

Oh, right.

There is also the premiere of "Partners"!

Since Lao Mouzi held the premiere of "Curse of the Golden Flower", any domestic movie with enough weight will follow suit and hold a premiere, and Chen Kexin is naturally no exception. At that time, Luo Xun will go on stage to sing with Tong David and Deng Chao.

The song is "The Story of Time".

It is equivalent to the theme song of "Partners".

After the premiere, the organizer will arrange for the audience to watch the movie. For this reason, Luo Xun also invited Zhang Suining and Xia Yu to the premiere as special guests. Everyone welcomed the 2010 Spring Festival by watching a movie together.

This is also quite meaningful.

After all, "Partners" is Luo Xun's first leading film, or more precisely, it is Luo Xun's first leading work to be released.