Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

"Editor Luo, please come in!"

After Luo Weiming finished the interview, Zhou Ziheng walked over.

He had contact with Luo Weiming.

The two had met before at the premiere of Sambo Films' "One Nite in Mongkok".

"Don't expect me to let you off. If your filming is terrible, I will scold you even more harshly than they did."

Luo Weiming said to Zhou Ziheng with a smile.

Zhou Ziheng didn't care about this, "Since I invited Editor Luo to come here, I am naturally prepared to be scolded.

But I am confident in my film.”

This was indeed Zhou Ziheng’s first time making a movie.

But the movie "Tazza" is actually not a bad one.

Hengyu has organized two internal film screenings.

He invited some filmmakers he was close to to watch the film.

The film has received very good internal reviews.

The reason why Luo Weiming came today.

The reason must be that I heard that this movie was well made.

"Mr. Jet Li, are you here in person to support Zhou Ziheng?"

"Some people say you have formed a circle of mainland actors. Is this true?"

Zhou Ziheng was chatting with Luo Weiming when suddenly there was a commotion at the door and reporters rushed in one direction.

It's Jet Li coming.

Like Zhou Ziheng, he is from the mainland and is somewhat excluded by the Hong Kong circle.

His girlfriend Lizhi also stars in this drama, so it's normal for him to come and support.

"You should receive your guests first! We'll talk later when we have time."

Luo Weiming glanced over there and said with a smile.

"Then I'm sorry to bother you, Editor Luo. I'll go and greet them."

"It doesn't matter. I have quite a few friends here today and I can join them."

Zhou Ziheng chatted with Luo Weiming for a few words, then turned and walked towards Jet Li.

There are quite a few actors and guests supporting the cast today.

In addition to Jet Li, Zhou Ziheng also invited Stephen Chow.

Originally, Zhou Ziheng thought that Stephen Chow might not come.

What surprised him was that Stephen Chow accepted his invitation and promised to be there in person to support him.

In fact, it’s normal to think about it.

Don’t underestimate Stephen Chow, as he is one of the people with the greatest box office appeal in the Hong Kong circle.

But in fact, his interpersonal relationships in the Hong Kong circle are actually very poor.

Maybe he is too straightforward, or he is too popular and people envy him.

In short, it seems that Stephen Chow is disliked by everyone in Hong Kong.

Especially since last year.

This situation has become increasingly serious since Stephen Chow founded his own film company.

Why is the box office and reputation of "A Chinese Odyssey" so terrible?
Except that the movie was indeed a little ahead of its time.

In fact, a big reason is probably that Stephen Chow was excluded.

Before that, he was in Yongsheng.

With the protection of the Xiang brothers, everyone gives them face and dares not step on him.

Now that he has separated from the Xiang brothers, naturally countless monsters and demons will emerge.

Even the Xiang brothers were behind the scenes fanning the flames.

After all, it would be strange for the Xiang brothers to feel comfortable if Stephen Chow, such a big cash cow, suddenly went out on his own!

Back to the movie’s reputation.

This is still the era of paper media.

After all, whether a film has good reputation or not is actually to a certain extent determined by film critics.

If a film critic says your movie is bad, and it gets published in the newspaper, then naturally the movie becomes a bad movie. And the film critics, at that time, most of the film critics in Hong Kong were actually directors and film practitioners in Hong Kong.

Moreover, film critics can be manipulated.

"A Chinese Odyssey" has a very bad reputation in Hong Kong and Taiwan, which may be due to the fact that someone is manipulating it behind the scenes.

Otherwise, why would the movie cause such a huge sensation and be loved by everyone after being introduced to the mainland this year?

Don't say the taste is different.

Movie tastes do vary from region to region.

But it’s not the case that the movie has a very good reputation in the mainland, but is so bad in Hong Kong that it’s unbearable to watch.

Maybe it’s because I was severely excluded.

So Stephen Chow doesn’t care about what the Hong Kong circle thinks at all.

Even though almost everyone in the Hong Kong circle was hostile to Zhou Ziheng, he still insisted on showing up at the premiere of Zhou Ziheng's movie.

When Stephen Chow came, he seemed very low-key. He came alone and drove a relatively ordinary car.

He didn't care about the media interviews. He got out of the car and walked straight towards Zhou Ziheng and other main creators.

"Mr. Zhou, I wish you a big box office success!"

“I also wish your “The King of Variety” will be a big hit.”

In response to his blessing, Zhou Ziheng also said with a smile.

Hearing this, Stephen Chow smiled and said, "Whether "The King of Comedy" sells well or not actually has nothing to do with me. Even if it flopped, I wouldn't lose a cent."

Zhou Ziheng was stunned.

Then reacted.

This movie was actually produced by Yongsheng Investment, which was produced after Stephen Chow set up his own company to shoot "A Chinese Odyssey" which failed at the box office.

To put it bluntly, the Xiang brothers successfully ruined Stephen Chow's new company, forcing Stephen Chow to come back and work with them on this product.

There was no other way. "A Chinese Odyssey" required a huge investment, almost most of the money Stephen Chow had earned in the previous few years. However, it failed at the box office, so he had to accept Yongsheng's conditions and come back to shoot this nonsensical movie for them.

In fact, it can be seen from the "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One" two years ago that Stephen Chow no longer likes to shoot purely nonsensical films.

Elements of love and tragedy were added to "A Chinese Odyssey".

As a result, the movie failed and he had to accept Yongsheng's conditions and come back to film "The King of Comedy".

Zhou Ziheng doesn’t know about others.

Anyway, if he were Stephen Chow, he would definitely be dissatisfied with Yongsheng.

After all, I made so much money for you in the past few years, and now I'm working on my own and you're behind my back, which would make anyone feel uncomfortable.

According to the development trend in the previous life, the relationship between Stephen Chow and Yongsheng will come to an end by the end of this year.

After filming a movie "Forbidden City Cop" for Yongsheng, Stephen Chow completely drew a line with Yongsheng.

A few years later, the conflict between the two sides even intensified to the point where the Xiang family directly stood up and scolded him for being ungrateful.

But in fact, is Stephen Chow really ungrateful?
If you are not in this circle, you may be deceived by appearances.

But after Zhou Ziheng was in this circle, he found that Stephen Chow was not ungrateful at all.

The Xiang family said that they were the ones who made Stephen Chow famous.

But in fact, this is just putting a hat on your head.

In fact, before 91, Stephen Chow had nothing to do with Yongsheng.

Stephen Chow became extremely famous thanks to the movie "The Saint of Gamblers", which followed the trend of "God of Gamblers".

This movie was invested and filmed by Wu Siyuan.

"God of Gamblers" became a huge hit in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and achieved terrifying box office success.

Yongsheng was jealous of Stephen Chow's popularity, so it bought Stephen Chow's film contract from Danny Lee, asked Wong Jing to plan "God of Gamblers", and invited Stephen Chow to shoot the film.

Indeed, Stephen Chow’s current success is definitely related to Yongsheng.

But in fact, it is a mutually beneficial relationship.

Even without them, Stephen Chow, who is very popular in Hong Kong and has raked in tens of millions at the box office with "God of Gamblers", would not be short of movies to shoot.

So, it’s actually a bit of an exaggeration to say that they made Stephen Chow famous.

What’s even more disgusting is that when the contract between the two parties expired, Stephen Chow collaborated with other people to make a movie, which Yongsheng considered a betrayal.

It’s as if Stephen Chow is their private property.

(End of this chapter)