Chapter 342 A Good Teacher Produces Good Students

At the premiere of "Crazy Stone", Wu Yuchen was being interviewed by reporters.

"Director Wu, are you optimistic about "Crazy Stone"?"

“Yes, this is a movie that I personally like very much.

After watching the movie "Crazy Stone", I felt like my eyes were shining brightly. This kind of black humor comedy movie is rare in China. "

Then, Wu Yuchen patted Ning Hao, who was standing next to him:

"Ning Hao is a young director that I am very optimistic about personally. His talent and sense of humor are fully reflected in this film.

This Spring Festival, I strongly recommend everyone to go to the cinema and watch "Crazy Stone". It will definitely make you spend a very enjoyable 100 minutes! "

The reporters were taking pictures of Wu Yuchen and Ning Hao.

"Crazy Stone" is not a big-budget movie. It is said that the cost was only more than 5 million, and most of the actors have little appeal. Only Xu Zheng is a star.

But half a month ago, Miracle Pictures began to promote the movie, and Wu Yuchen personally supported it and praised it, which naturally attracted the attention of the media and many people.

On the side, Guo Tao looked at Wu Yuchen who kept praising the movie and Ning Hao, and whispered to Huang Bo beside him: "Our Director Ning is really amazing. We even invited Director Wu to come over and promote him personally!"

In fact, everyone in the crew had heard that Ning Hao had hung out with Wu Yuchen and worked as his assistant director. But when you say that being an assistant director doesn't necessarily mean that you are very close, this kind of relationship is very common in the industry, and there are quite a few people who have worked with Wu Yuchen. I just didn't expect that this time Ning Hao actually invited Wu Yuchen to attend the premiere in person.

Huang Bo chuckled at Guo Tao and said, "Brother Tao, what's the point? I even got investment from Director Wu!"

Guo Tao couldn't help but look at Huang Bo: "You? Stop teasing me!"

Obviously, Guo Tao didn't believe it. Huang Bo was not a director, but just a low-level actor. How could he get investment? This would be pretty much the same for Ning Hao.

Huang Bo saw Guo Tao's suspicious look and immediately puffed out his chest and said:

"No, really! If you don't believe me, ask Director Guan Hu! Just "Get in the car, let's go!", I sang a song for Director Wu, and he just invested 500,000 for our crew!"

Xu Zheng smiled beside him and said, "Don't go to the trouble of asking Director Guan Hu. When the interview is over, I will directly ask Director Wu!"

Huang Bo pointed at the two of them: "You still don't believe me! Just ask! Director Wu must remember me!"

At this moment, surrounded by reporters, Ning Hao looked at Wu Yuchen who was helping him to praise him, and felt very grateful. Director Wu was really helpful when something happened!

About the year before last, Ning Hao followed Wu Yuchen to the United States and stayed for more than half a year. As an assistant, he participated in the filming of the second and third parts of "The Pirate King". Now that he thinks about it, that experience was really helpful to him and made him Benefited a lot.

First of all, my horizons have been broadened a lot. I have personally participated in the Hollywood production process, learned a lot, and also improved my English. I have heard a lot about Hollywood from the Hollywood crew members who get along day and night.

Before going abroad, Ning Hao was still an up-and-coming director with a dream of making literary films. However, after staying in Hollywood for more than half a year, although he still had dreams of making literary films, Ning Hao has changed his mind and wants to earn money by making commercial films first. Money, after establishing a firm foothold in the industry and having enough space and freedom to perform, can support him in pursuing his dream of pursuing a literary and artistic film.

He actually had an idea for the script of the movie "Crazy Stone" two years ago, and he and his wife Xing Aina came up with a prototype of the script, but it was called "Big Diamond" at the time. As soon as he returned home from this trip, he began to perfect the script and planned to make it into a movie.

In fact, after he returned to China, many people came to contact him, including the Wang brothers from Huayi. After all, I have been working with Wu Yuchen in Hollywood for more than half a year. No matter how you look at it, you have potential. But of course Ning Hao chose Miracle Film and Television in the end. He was so stupid that he didn't choose to follow others.

At that time, after Wu Yuchen read the script, he gave him 5 million and asked him to film it well. He said that if the filming was good, he would personally stand on the stage to help promote the film. Now he is here!

After the reporter's interview, Wu Yuchen walked over with a smile. Xu Zheng, Guo Tao, Huang Bo and other actors all said hello: "Director Wu!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and nodded, then looked at Xu Zheng and said with a smile: "Old Xu, your head is getting lighter and lighter~"

Xu Zheng also touched his bald head: "Hahaha, Director Wu, it's still comfortable to be naked!"

Back then, Xu Zheng starred as the male protagonist Qian Niu in "My Sassy Girl." He wore a wig in the movie, and he became very popular after that.

After that, people approached him one after another to play similar roles, and they all kept asking him to wear a wig, even if it was best to wear it normally. But after Xu Zheng made two movies, he found that they were all follow-up works, and each script was worse than the last, so he simply rejected them all.

A few years ago, Xu Zheng found that everyone's stereotype of him had been formed, and he seemed to have fallen into the role of Money Cow. So now Xu Zheng simply started to keep the bald head again, re-viewing people in the image of bald head, and stepping out of the role of Qian Niu.

Xu Zheng didn't ask about what happened with Huang Bo just now. It was just a joke in private. Even if it was fake, it would be really embarrassing to expose it to someone's face!

However, when Wu Yuchen saw Huang Bo, he smiled: "Huang Bo, right!"

Huang Bo immediately smiled happily and said: "Director Wu, you still remember me!"

Wu Yuchen smiled and said: "Why not? You sang a song you wrote with me at the beginning. I can't remember the song, but I will never forget the way you used the broom as a microphone and were so devoted!"

When everyone heard this, they all laughed.

However, Huang Bo didn't feel embarrassed and said to Wu Yuchen: "I told them that I sang a song for you, Director Wu, and you must remember me, but these people didn't believe it!"

Wu Yuchen pointed at him and smiled: "After reading your Director Ning's script, I recommended you to play the role of Heipi. You will definitely be outstanding!"

Just like that, Wu Yuchen talked and laughed with a group of people, and sat down in the theater to watch the movie together.

Although Wu Yuchen had seen "Crazy Stone" in his previous life, he could still laugh when he watched it again now. The jokes in the movie were too dense and not stiff at all.

Shortly after this movie came out in the previous life, some people criticized Ning Hao for plagiarizing Guy Ritchie's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", but to be honest, it was just the shooting techniques that imitated Guy Ritchie, and the story was purely original. You can't say that Guy Ritchie didn't let others use it after shooting it, right? Shooting techniques are something that should be learned from each other.

Like when Wu Yuchen shot "Run Lola Run" that year, didn't many people imitate his shooting techniques? Did he say anything?

After the movie ended, seeing many audiences in the theater laughing to tears, Ning Hao, Huang Bo and others were also very excited. After all, the audience's reaction was the most direct affirmation of them.

Wu Yuchen smiled and said to them: "I can guarantee that you will all become popular after this movie! But don't slack off now, run and promote it well, every bit of effort and dedication now will be rewarded! Maybe you can win a Spring Festival championship!"

Ning Hao and others immediately responded, but they didn't dare to think about the Spring Festival championship.

This year's Spring Festival, their "Crazy Stone" is not without rivals. "Hancheng Raiders", starring Liang Chaowei, Ren Xianqi and Shu Qi, was also released on the same day as "Crazy Stone" in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.

Compared with "Crazy Stone", this movie has received much more attention. First, it has a star lineup. Liang Chaowei has a lot of appeal in recent years. After starring in "Infernal Affairs" and "Hero", Liang Chaowei has accumulated a lot of fans.

Moreover, "Hancheng Raiders" can also be said to be the sequel to "Tokyo Raiders". This kind of big-cast sequel movie is very attractive to people who want to watch a movie during the Spring Festival.

If there is no "Crazy Stone", "Hancheng Raiders" will dominate this Spring Festival, and then win more than 40 million box office in the mainland, entering the top ten of the annual box office rankings.

But now it's different. "Crazy Stone" itself is a funny movie. Isn't it for fun to go to the cinema during the Spring Festival? Therefore, comedy has always been the hottest theme during the Spring Festival.

Miracle Films also did a lot to promote the movie "Crazy Stone", and with Wu Yuchen's personal support, the media directly used him as the target of publicity:

"Wu Yuchen recommends a funny movie for the Spring Festival: "Crazy Stone"!"

"Wu Yuchen's high score: "Crazy Stone" will shine in the Chinese film industry!"

"Wu Yuchen's favorite Spring Festival movie: "Crazy Stone"!"

In the past, "Crazy Stone" was a low-budget movie with 3 million yuan and no publicity resources. It was able to achieve a box office of 23.5 million yuan, which was completely based on word-of-mouth. It can also be said to be a super dark horse movie.

But now it is different. With the promotion of Miracle Films and the help of Wu Yuchen, many people have noticed this movie.

In the first weekend box office, "Crazy Stone" achieved a score of 10.11 million, which broke the 10 million mark, which made the whole crew very happy. After all, their cost was only 5 million yuan!

However, "Hancheng Raiders" was higher, with a box office score of 15.23 million yuan. After all, the star lineup is more appealing!

But the reputation of the two is different...

"Brothers, you must go to the cinema to watch "Crazy Stone", it really made me laugh to death!"

"I watched it too, it was really a surprise, I didn't expect it to be so funny! Especially the ***** that Hei Pi said in the sewer, it made me laugh so hard!"

"Wu Yuchen has a really good eye! This movie is completely different from the previous domestic movies. Not only is the plot very clever, but the style of the whole movie is also unique!"

"This director Ning Hao went to Hollywood with Wu Yuchen for further studies, and taught him hand in hand for a year , it is true that a master produces excellent students! ”

“The last low-budget movie that was so eye-catching was Director Wu’s “Run Lola Run”!”

“It is still incomparable to “Run Lola Run”, which amazed the world film industry with its innovative shooting techniques. “Crazy Stone” imitates Guy Ritchie’s “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, but the director is already very good to be able to shoot the movie and the story so cleverly! ”

“How about “Hancheng Raiders”? Has anyone seen it? My girlfriend wants to watch it.”

“Yes, the Chinese New Year is coming in a few days, and I also want to take my parents to watch “Hancheng Raiders”, anyone? ”

""Hancheng Strategy" is not recommended at all! In fact, it is just a different place for "Tokyo Strategy". The story is the same and there is nothing new at all. It is simply a movie about Tony Leung and Simon Yam acting cool."

""Hancheng Raiders" is not very good. If you have watched "Tokyo Raiders", don't watch it. Go watch "Crazy Stone", you will definitely laugh to death!"

On the first day of the new year, Huang Bo did not go home to celebrate the New Year, but he had no regrets at all. Now he really felt like he was going to become popular.

"Heipi, do you want some bread? I'll buy it for you now!"

"Heipi, the speed is 60 miles!"

"Black Pi! Sign your name for me!"

Seeing the audience walking out of the cinema greeting him enthusiastically, some even came to him to ask for his autograph. How had Huang Bo ever experienced this feeling? Everyone was so excited!

Not only Huang Bo, but also Liu Hua, who plays Brother Dao, and Lian Jin, the thief who "beats your lungs", have been enthusiastically pursued by the audience.

At the same time, these are also reflected in the box office. After 7 days of the Spring Festival, "Crazy Stone", which was released for two weeks, has already won 41 million at the box office, while "Hancheng Raiders" only has 26 million, achieving a low cost Dark Horse Films’ counterattack on big productions!

According to the estimates of Miracle Film and Television, the subsequent box office of "Crazy Stone" is guaranteed to be 60 million, and the possibility of 70 million is not small! The box office exceeded the cost by more than 10 times!

This time, the media and public opinion really exploded again. Many film critics and media spontaneously praised "Crazy Stone":

""Crazy Stone": One stone stirs up thousands of waves!"

""Crazy Stone": a dark horse this year!"

""Crazy Stone": Wu Yuchen's masterpiece, shining in the Spring Festival!"

"Wu Yuchen trains emerging director Ning Hao to win the Spring Festival box office championship!"

"As a cutting-edge director who was discovered by Wu Yuchen and brought with him to train personally, Ning Hao's "Crazy Stone" has undoubtedly given Wu Yuchen a brilliant answer! The unique black humor style and exquisite The storyline makes people applaud!

This is the inheritance and innovation between the changing light and shadow of images, and the fruition of Wu Yuchen’s support for the new forces of Chinese-language films! I believe that with this kind of mentoring spirit, more Ning Haos will emerge in the Chinese film industry in the future! "