Before Zhang Yimou's father died, he said: You must be careful of Zhang Weiping!
What did the father realize? Or do you see what's the clue?
How could he make his son be careful of the good brothers around him?
It all started with a social occasion------
01、
Gong Li was Zhang Yimou at the time the "Pure Yuan Empress"
She became popular overnight with Zhang Yimou's movie "The Big Red Lantern Hangs High",
The two became friends in private, and then directly developed into lovers,
Gong Li introduced Zhang Weiping to her social boyfriend Zhang Yimou.
Although Zhang Yimou does not like to talk,
But Zhang Weiping is very outgoing, and he led Zhang Yimou to talk about a lot of film matters.
After the end, Zhang Yimou took Zhang Weiping's car back to his home.
What the two said on the way, I don't know,
But then the two families began to communicate frequently.
In 1995, Zhang Yimou once again exerted his strength,
Let Gong Li shoot "Shake, Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", the movie response is very good,
But privately, the relationship between the two of them was declared to be fruitless.
At the same time, without Gong Li, the big Buddha, the funder was actually unwilling to cooperate.
Zhang Yimou fell into passivity and frowned at home.
Good brother Zhang Weiping sensed that Zhang Yimou's expression was not right,
Ask him: What's wrong?
Zhang Yimou said the story of the incident in 1510,
Zhang Weiping then recommended rich friends to Zhang Yimou and asked them to invest.
Zhang Yimou asked: Are these people reliable?
Zhang Weiping did not answer, and then followed up: Or I will invest in you.
Zhang Weiping was a small clerk who later developed into a real estate tycoon,
He's worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions,
And I have a lot of brains about the development of commercial performances,
Zhang Yimou reminded his brother Zhang Weiping that investment is risky.
But Zhang Weiping seemed to have the odds in his hands and didn't care.
In 1996, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou became partners.
For the movie "Have Something to Say",
Zhang Weiping also deliberately put down the work at hand and invested 26 million yuan in Zhang Yimou.
After the movie was released, the response was very good, that sentence: An Hong, I miss you! Red all over the country.
But at this time, Zhang Weiping was good at making claims,
The overseas broadcast rights were sold for 8 million.
The other party is even smarter than Zhang Weiping, and the other party sold 46 million yuan as soon as they changed hands!
Tens of millions went into someone else's pocket,
Zhang Weiping was reluctant, and at this time Zhang Yimou did not blame his brothers.
If you have not been exposed to movies, you will not suffer losses in the future.
But Zhang Yimou would not have thought at this time,
Zhang Weiping began to want to focus on movies and make it his main business!
Zhang Weiping did not dare to do it himself,
He pulled Zhang Yimou and opened a "new picture film company" with 10 million yuan of funds.
Zhang Yimou is responsible for the creation,
Zhang Weiping is responsible for marketing.
But from this time on,
Zhang Weiping laid the groundwork for the word "perfidy" that was scolded.
02、
In 1997, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou worked hard for their company.
At this time, Zhang Yimou was seriously ill with his father,
He had to take care of the old man first,
And just before his father died, he said the following words to Zhang Yimou:
"The cooperation with Zhang Weiping makes me very worried.
If you don't cooperate well, once you are separated, you will be retaliated against, and you are not Zhang Weiping's opponent.
Zhang Yimou did not understand his father's meaning at that time,
Simply thinking that the father is worried about himself,
After his father's death, Zhang Yimou released "No One Can Be Less" and "My Father and Mother".
One won the Venice Golden Lion Award, and the other gave birth to a second "Girl" Zhang Ziyi.
But I don't know where this sentence came from,
Zhang Yimou's success is because there are "high people" behind the guidance and planning? ”
This sentence is actually not without reason,
Zhang Weiping does have business acumen.
After Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he smelled the craze for kung fu films.
So the two planned to shoot a kung fu film, and then "Hero" came out.
Before it was broadcast, Zhang Weiping began to predict,
Our "Hero" will definitely surpass Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
At that time, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was only 10 million,
And Zhang Weiping predicted that "Hero" would at least break through 100 million!
This prediction frightened Zhang Yimou at the time,
After its release, "Heroes" earned 250 million at the box office.
Zhang Weiping sold the copyright for a high price of 17.8 million yuan, and no one in the film industry has surpassed it so far.
Zhang Weiping is indeed talented,
But at the same time, the interests are smoked, and they begin to provoke trouble,
Sometimes because of the problem of the crew's box lunch and Zhang Yimou's opinions,
Sometimes because I don't sleep well, I complain that I am too tired,
Zhang Yimou does not pay attention to these small things,
But gradually, he found that Zhang Weiping began to intervene in film directing.
This goes against their original bottom line.
In 2006, the protagonist of "Full of Golden Armor" was not Jay Chou at first.
It was Huang Xuan, but Zhang Weiping had to replace the protagonist with Jay Chou, who was very popular at the time.
There was even a temporary drama, adding the drama of Liu Ye and Gong Li getting married!
After the film was released, the film received bad reviews and Zhang Yimou was scolded.
But at the same time, the film also made money, and Zhang Weiping made a lot of money.
In 2009, filming of "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" began.
Zhang Yimou's original idea was the suspense route,
But Zhang Weiping stubbornly joined Zhao Benshan's disciple group,
Suspense has become a comedy of "four different"!
After that, It was "Jinling Thirteen Chao" Zhang Weiping smelled that "bed drama" had development prospects.
He let Zhang Yimou add drama, so that Bao Bell and Ni Ni attracted the public's attention.
Zhang Yimou chose to be patient for the last time,
And the next thing that Zhang Yimou did not expect.
Zhang Weiping is a wolf who can't feed himself.
The author of "Jinling Thirteen Chao" wants to buy back this movie,
At that time, Zhang Yimou agreed and gave it to her unconditionally.
But Zhang Weiping secretly sold to other companies,
Not only did the original author not receive any grain, but he was also sued by the other party.
Zhang Yimou became an ungrateful person.
In 2012, the two began to quarrel privately,
At the award ceremony, when Zhang Yimou was there, Zhang Weiping was not there,
When Zhang Weiping was there, Zhang Yimou had an affair,
Later, it was reported that Zhang Yimou resigned and set up a separate portal.
And Zhang Weiping said harshly,
Take back the management rights of artists Zhou Dongyu, Ni Ni and more than a dozen other artists,
It is not allowed to take the role without permission.
At this time, Ni Ni may be for the bed scene of that year,
Chose to stand on Zhang Yimou's side.
It took years to really come out.
Zhang Weiping didn't even want Zhang Yimou to be unable to make a movie from now on.
And let the assistant's niece break the news,
Zhang Yimou super-birth and super-fertility,
He was subsequently criticized by the CCTV communiqué and fined 7.48 million
Zhang Yimou has a bad reputation so far, and many people are prejudiced against him.
Fortunately, Zhang Yimou has a good assistant,
She broke the news that Zhang Weiping "engaged in girlfriend" incident in his early years,
At that time, Zhang Yimou and Gong Li broke up, because of Zhang Weiping,
He added oil and vinegar in the middle, causing the two to become estranged.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yimou later sued Zhang Weiping.
Zhang Weiping is now restricted from spending, which is really gratifying!
Now, Zhang Yimou has left Zhang Weiping,
His films are also becoming increasingly educational.
Suitable for the development of the current society, full of positive energy.
Later, Zhang Yimou said: I would like to thank him,
If it wasn't for him, I really couldn't see this entertainment circle and misunderstood Gong Li.