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Xu Zheng, as a new director of the "tens of billions box office", was boycotted by all his peers, and even "banned" by 23 film companies.
In this darkest moment of his life, his open marriage with his wife Tao Hong has also been criticized.
Now, his good brother Wang Baoqiang broke with him and unveiled Xu Zheng's last "fig leaf".
Why did Xu Zheng embark on a nasty path?
«——[·Playing "Pig" soaring into the sky.】——»
When Tao Hong was asked why Xu Zheng went to be a director, it was not because of his noble directorial dream, but because no one asked him to act!
Xu Zheng, who graduated from the theater, has a solid professional foundation, but he had a bright future, but he was rejected by all the crew because of an unconcealable flaw, that is, hair.
The once black and thick hair almost fell out when he was only in his 20s, which also made Xu Zheng's career fall to the bottom.
Until 2000, "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie" began to be prepared. At this time, Xu Zheng made the most important decision of his life because of the producer's words.
"As long as you have money, you can play the male protagonist!"
Producer Fan Xiaotian said this to Xu Zheng, and Xu Zheng also proved his vision, invested in this drama with all his savings, and personally acted as the male protagonist of this drama.
Because the costume mythological dramas at that time were still stuck in the era of "Journey to the West", no one was optimistic about the spoof combination of Zhu Bajie and Xiaolongnu, and investors almost all gave up.
No one expected it, but Xu Zheng became popular with this deliberately ugly "pig". This drama also set a ratings record at the time. Xu Zheng, on the other hand, smelled unusual business information in the face of the prosperity in front of him.
Tao Hong said to him: "You play an eggplant, and all purple things will come to you!" Xu Zheng cannot avoid this dilemma, although the ratings of his subsequent works are good, but he is not willing to accept the status quo.
Just when Xu Zheng didn't know how to break the game, director Ning Hao threw an olive branch at him.
In 2006, the movie "Crazy Stone" created a box office miracle due to its low cost and high reputation, and even became popular with Huang Bo, Guo Tao, Wang Xun and other stars.
Even Xu Zheng also achieved a leap on the big screen and won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor that year.
After that, Xu Zheng starred in many comedies while the iron was hot, until he met "People on the Road", which allowed him to discover the huge business code hidden inside.
Xu Zheng's self-directed and self-supervised film "Thailand" won a box office of 1.2 billion as soon as it was released, becoming the first film in the history of Chinese cinema to exceed 1 billion at the box office, and Xu Zheng himself was personally received by the Prime Minister of Thailand.
It stands to reason that Xu Zheng's road after should be a smooth road, but no one expected that this would become the beginning of all controversy.
«——[·Black material flying all over the sky.] ——»
In 2018, a lawsuit was handed to Xu Zheng: The director of "People on the Road" sued Xu Zheng for infringement of "Thailand"! It turns out that this critically acclaimed film turned out to be a completely pirated movie.
Originally, director Ye Weimin prepared the second part, but Xu Zheng was the first to board, and Xu Zheng also compensated a fine of 5 million yuan.
Of course, 5 million is still a drop in the bucket compared to the 1.2 billion box office that Director Xu received.
After that, Xu Zheng successively prepared "Hong Kong" and "Mother", which also laid the groundwork for his other extreme operation later.
During the Spring Festival in 2020, several movies were in full swing at the same time, and the pre-publicity of major theaters was laid out early, and everything was ready. Among them, Xu Zheng's "Mother" is impressively listed.
But Xu Zheng directly promoted the movie to the Chinese New Year's Eve at this time. This wave of operations also angered Chen Sicheng, and the article contemplated Xu Zheng to "compromise his peers".
However, the turmoil over the promotion of files has just subsided, and I never imagined that the epidemic caught everyone by surprise.
When other film producers were preparing to temporarily withdraw their files to preserve their strength, Xu Zheng suddenly announced that he would sell "Mama" to online platforms! Claims to invite netizens to watch movies for free.
It seems to be a great thing, but it actually touches the fundamental interests of offline theaters. The already depressed theater directly buried all the publicity in the early stage because of Xu Zheng's one-handed operation.
Such an act of falling into the well was immediately jointly banned by 23 film industry practitioners.
In this case, Xu Zheng himself raised the banner of "serving the audience" and called on those who benefited the audience to support him.
Of course, he also took remedial measures for the cinema, and after the cinema reopened, Xu Zheng announced that he would live broadcast movie tickets.
I have to say that Xu Zheng's hand balance is just right.
In 2021, Xu Zheng directed one of the units of the movies "I Am Not the God of Medicine" and "Me and My Fathers", and he also successfully ranked among the tens of billions of box office directors in China.
But while his career was at its peak, his marriage to Tao Hong was controversial.
It turned out that these two people both cheated, and all kinds of scandals flew all over the world.
When the reporter interviewed Tao Hong how he felt about this, Tao Hong said generously: "It is a good thing that a woman sticks to him, which proves that my vision is very high." ”
No one expected that the two with unlimited career scenery maintained an open marriage inside, which made people dare not agree.
The "mess" of the husband and wife here has not yet been dealt with, and a word from his good brother Wang Baoqiang pushed Xu Zheng to the cusp.
«——[·Wang Baoqiang angrily unveils the "fig leaf".] ——»
Recently, the movie "In the Octagon Cage" directed by Wang Baoqiang is being screened, and when the film was promoted, I saw Wang Baoqiang excitedly telling the bits and pieces of the birth of the movie, and blurted out unconsciously in the depths:
"Chen Sicheng is my best brother, he is really supporting me!" This sentence made Xu Zheng simply self-contained.
It turned out that when Xu Zheng was the most difficult, "Tai Yan" cost him all his worth, and the capital was unwilling to pay a penny. At this moment, Wang Baoqiang stood up.
He was the first to express his willingness to star in a low-paid friendship of 2 million. And Huang Bo chose not to be paid, and directly invested in the film, saying that he could take 10% of the box office.
And "Tai Yan", as a dark horse that was killed, the box office was finally as high as 1.2 billion, Huang Bo immediately divided 120 million, and Wang Baoqiang only had a salary of 2 million.
Xu Zheng, who made a lot of money, did not give a dime to his good brother Wang Baoqiang, which caused speculation from the outside world.
Later, he went directly to the door and still invited Wang Baoqiang with 2 million to star in the sequel "Hong Kong Silence", obviously taking Wang Baoqiang as a wronged leader.
On the way to Wang Baoqiang's hesitation, he immediately chose to change the protagonist without mercy. After all, the current Xu Zheng is not the same, he is a fragrant food in the eyes of capital.
When Wang Baoqiang fell into a divorce crisis, he said: "At that time, you need to borrow money to pay taxes. Almost all the property in his name was hollowed out by the "broker".
In desperation, Wang Baoqiang could only turn to his former brother Xu Zheng, but was miserably rejected.
Only Chen Sicheng didn't say a word, took out 3 million to lend him to pay taxes, and also tailored a series of Chinatown detective works for him, which can be described as benevolent and righteous.
After the end of thousands of sails, Wang Baoqiang finally saw the true heart of others and understood who was the real brother.
Now Xu Zheng's popularity has fallen again and again, and after experiencing the red wine platform that endorsed Zhang Ting and his wife, and being ripped out and still holding shares, Xu Zheng can almost be called into the siege.
I just don't know who else can pull him at this time?