Chapter 177 Bombardment of Two Zhang
Sina Entertainment News

"In response to the vulgar and malicious comments that were rampant online, Curse of the Golden Flower producer Zhang Weiping expressed great anger when being interviewed by our reporter."

"Shameless, despicable, shameless, they are so bad."

"When our reporter asked Zhang Weiping who they were, Zhang Weiping only said twelve words!"

“Youth is gone, City of Pain is broken, and Good Man is dead!”

"The reporter then asked if this was referring to the producers and distributors of So Young, City of Sadness, and Still Human?"

"Zhang Weiping was talking about them!"

News Noon News

"The war of words escalates again, Zhang Weiping publicly blasts the producers of three Lunar New Year films."

South China Morning Post
"After attacking his own man Zhou Runfa, Zhang Weiping turned his guns on three competitors, fighting one against three without any scruples."

Zhang Weiping's comments made netizens very happy.

There is always a shortage of good shows during the Lunar New Year period.

Last year's "The Promise" triggered a chaos among directors' wives.

This year's "Curse of the Golden Flower" is even more popular. None of Zhang Dapao's opponents who he attacks indiscriminately are good people.

Forget about the producer of "So Young", Yingyi Entertainment.

But Rongchen Pictures, the co-producer, is not a company that anyone can step on.

When did Li Chen of the Deadly Weapon Ion Cannon ever bend over?

Although the producer of "City of Pain" is in Hong Kong Island, the distribution company is Bonaparte.

Not a single ounce of Yu Dong's fat is fake.

It seems that only Jia Zhangke in "Still Life" is a little weak.

But he also got a golden lion, how can you, Zhang Weiping, take it at will?

Netizens enjoyed fanning the flames.

"Zhang Dapao, what a man! One against three, awesome!"

"Little Leo, stand up!"

"Little Leo, if you play dumb, I despise you!"

Netizens are eagerly looking forward to Leo jumping out to respond.

But Li Chen is currently conducting remote video casting in the company.

The casting for "Pietà" needs to be finalized quickly, and filming should start by the end of January at the latest.

After several invited Hong Kong artistes auditioned.

Li Chen finally decided that Fang Lishen would play the supporting role of Xunzhe.

Yang Siwei watched the audition end before coming up to report Zhang Weiping's matter to Li Chen.

"I understand. Don't worry about him for now. Don't reply to the media. Wait a few days before talking to him."

Yang Siwei had no idea what her boss was up to.

But she had a blind trust in her boss.

"I understand, boss."

On the 22nd and 23rd, "The Warring States" and "So Young" were taken off the screen one after another.

The box office of "The Warring States" ultimately failed to reach 50 million, ending in a dismal failure.

"So Young" was fixed at 1.65 million.

Rongchen Pictures’ annual box office exceeds 10 billion!
It created an annual box office record for domestic film and television companies.

At the same time, "Bad Genius" released in Europe and the United States also achieved great success in box office and reputation.

After three weeks of release in North America, the box office reached 950 million US dollars.

In other parts of Europe, the total box office also exceeded 580 million US dollars.

The freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes is over 95%, while "Curse of the Golden Flower" is only 57%, which is not even passing.

It is far inferior to Zhang Yimou's own "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".

Although Gong Li is still singing praises for "Curse of the Golden Flower".

He kept praising "Curse of the Golden Flower" as a real blockbuster.

It combines both grand form and rich content.

Although Gong Li and Zhang Weiping don't get along.

But on Curse of the Golden Flower, there was a surprisingly good tacit understanding. The four core print media in the United States, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times, all gave high praise to Curse of the Golden Flower.

Words like "epic", "blockbuster" and "feast" can be seen everywhere in the mainstream media of the United States.

Li Chen thought the time was almost right.

Yu Dong and Jia Zhangke have also come out to counter Zhang Weiping's fiery remarks.

Yu Dong said bluntly: "Although "Curse of the Golden Flower" relied on the film bureau and the digital cinema to sign a one-month overbearing clause."

"But City of Pain has already been released nationwide on the 22nd, and is not afraid of Curse of the Golden Flower dominating the market."

"From December 12 to January 14, digital cinemas can only show Curse of the Golden Flower. If this isn't an unfair agreement, what is it?"

"Some people may watch two or three movies a month, but will anyone watch Curse of the Golden Flower two or three times in a row?"

“Others are afraid of “Curse of the Golden Flower”, but “City of Pain” is not!”

Jia Zhangke also wrote an open letter to Zhang Weiping to the media.

Counterattack against Zhang Weiping's rumor-mongering about the Golden Lion Award for "The Good Man of Three Gorges".

I also "politely" asked Zhang Weiping to pay attention to his manners and not to use bad words.

The only thing left that hasn't erupted is Li Chen's volcano.

Although netizens fought back on behalf of Rongchen Pictures for "Curse of the Golden Flower" which failed the Rotten Tomatoes rating!
But everyone hopes to see Li Chen stand up and challenge Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou.

Li Chen's blog was unusually hot, with netizens shouting out their opinions.

"Little Leo, are you a man? You bully the weak and fear the strong, but you become soft when you meet Lao Mouzi?"

"Director Li, if you don't speak out, I will have no choice but to stop being your fan!"

There are also quite a few under Liu Yifei’s blog.

"Sissi, did Little Leo have his vocal cords cut? Is he mute?"

"Dump this cowardly man and follow me!"

Liu Yifei still has time to reply to fans and netizens despite her busy schedule.

"Leo is busy casting for Pietà and has no time to look around."

Even Wang Changtian called and asked Li Chen to choose Guangguang's "Entertainment Live" as the exclusive report if he spoke out.

"Okay, let Liu Yan come. I'll give her half an hour for the interview."

"Okay, brother, that's very nice of you. I'll let Liu Yan go over right away."

Liu Yan excitedly rushed all the way to Jinxiu Mingzuan and even ran a red light on the way.

After interviewing Li Chen, Liu Yan was still in an excited state.

I just thought: "Director Li is so bold!"

That afternoon, the report from "Entertainment Live" quickly made headlines on major portals.

Zhang Weiping, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li were all dumbfounded.

Not to mention these three people, even everyone in the entertainment industry was shocked by Li Chen.

Sina Entertainment News

"Li Chen accepted an exclusive interview with Entertainment Live and said that Curse of the Golden Flower was a bad movie."

“Don’t mention that the setting of Curse of the Golden Flower is the chaotic era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.”

"Even during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, we never saw soldiers wearing golden armor. The history of China and other countries is no different."

"This is nothing more than a hodgepodge of big names in the film, television and music fields that Director Yimou put together in order to fulfill the dream he had promised Gong Li to become the queen and Zhang Weiping's dream of getting rich after tasting the sweetness of "Hero"!"

"Curse of the Golden Flower opened in 1234 theaters in the United States during its first weekend, grossing a total of $187 million, an average of $1517 per theater."

"The four major mainstream media in the United States are not stupid. With such bad box office and such a bad Tomato Index, are Americans blind?"

"Their praise for Curse of the Golden Flower is nothing more than a way to make more people see the joke of China's so-called blockbusters."

"It's ridiculous that Zhang Weiping is still self-deceivingly proud of himself."

“Perhaps Zhang Weiping also knows that Curse of the Golden Flower is a bad movie.”

"But he doesn't care, as long as the box office is good. After all, he is a real businessman."

"But the Americans are not stupid. After being ambushed from all sides, they still fell for your golden armor."

"Without the strong support of the domestic box office, the losses of Curse of the Golden Flower would have made Zhang Weiping tremble with fear"

"Little Leo, the big gun in the world, is really lovable!"

One netizen left a comment, but it was instantly drowned out by the overwhelming number of followers.
(End of this chapter)