Chapter 364 Public Opinion Reversal
The two reached a cooperation intention, and the atmosphere on the scene became much more cheerful.

Liu Zhou finally added that Golden Harvest would be responsible for the promotion and publicity of the film, and Stephen Chow readily agreed.

One of the important reasons why he chose to cooperate with Golden Harvest was that he was impressed by Golden Harvest's strong publicity and promotion capabilities.

After the general framework is agreed upon, the specific cooperation agreement will be discussed by the people below. Zhou Xingxing did not come alone, he also brought Yang Guozhong, the president of Bigo Group.

Yang Guozhong is to Zhou Xingxing as Zhang Zhao is to Liu Zhou, so it will be Zhang Zhao and Yang Guozhong who will conclude this collaboration.

After talking about the serious business, Liu Zhou couldn't help but chat with Zhou Xingxing.

"Mr. Zhou, there's a lot of news about you out there, don't you care at all?"

Zhou Xingxing shook his head and said:

"I never care what people outside say. I just do what I should do. Instead of dealing with those boring people, I might as well think about how to make a more realistic movie."

After saying this, Zhou Xingxing paused and continued:

"But I'm still very grateful to Ning Hao for always speaking for me. I heard that he is a contracted director under Golden Harvest. If he were here, I would like to thank him in person."

Hearing Zhou Xingxing's words, Liu Zhou's mouth corners couldn't help but curl up slightly. It seems that he is not as indifferent to the outside public opinion storm as he said.

I have also been following you silently, but I have never responded.

"It's a bit unfortunate. Ning Hao has already taken his team to promote his movie "No Man's Land" which will be released next month."

"It's a bit unfortunate. I'll have to do it next time."

"Then when No Man's Land premieres, does Mr. Zhou have time to attend? In fact, Ning Hao admires you very much. If you can come, he will definitely be very happy."

"When exactly?"

"June 16th."

Zhou Xingxing pondered for a while and said:
"I'll try to find time to come."

"Okay, then I look forward to your visit."

It was a pleasant surprise to have Stephen Chow attend the premiere of "No Man's Land". He rarely participates in events like this, or even many public events.

"Mr. Zhou, let me gossip a little. What's going on between you and Mrs. Xiang Chenlan? She seems to hate you very much!"

"I'm not sure, it's probably because of money."

"I thought you were peeping at someone taking a bath?" Liu Zhou said with a smile.

Chen Lan was indeed very beautiful when she was young, but after Zhou Xingxing became famous, she has gained weight.

However, Zhou Xingxing was shocked by Liu Zhou's joke. That was Xiang Huaqiang's wife. Who would dare to peek at her bathing? Do you want to be drowned?
He couldn't help but raise his voice a bit:
"Don't say that casually, or you'll get into trouble!"

Liu Zhou did not expect Zhou Xingxing to have such a big reaction. It seems that Xiang Huaqiang was indeed very strong before and put a lot of pressure on people.

Even Zhou Xingxing, who resolutely left Yongsheng to start his own business, still felt a little scared when he was mentioned.

But times have changed now, and Xiang Huaqiang's previous approach no longer works.

"Xiang Huaqiang and I know each other, so I have some connections. Do you want me to mediate between you two?"

"No need. It's already gotten so ugly now. There's not much point in talking about peace. Besides, conflicts of interest are difficult to reconcile."

"Ok."

It seems that Zhou Xingxing is also quite sober, knowing that it is impossible for him and the Xiang family to put aside their prejudices and reconcile.

Liu Zhou looked at Zhou Xingxing in front of him. Although they had not met for a long time, he gave people a very complicated feeling.

Sometimes he is as innocent as a baby, and sometimes he is as shrewd as an old fox with many years of experience in the business world, and he is very particular about every penny.

However, thinking that they were partners, Liu Zhou thought he should still give him a few words of advice.

"Mr. Zhou, it's good that you don't care, but it's a bit unreasonable for you not to respond when others have bullied you to such an extent.

Not only will you be attacked, but many people who want to help you will also be unable to help. Look, your fans have been trying their best to defend you, and they are probably expecting you to respond. "

"I understand, but I really don't want to respond to those people, and I don't like to respond. I just do my job well and quietly make the movie well."

"If you don't respond, it will affect your future income!"

"Huh? No way?"

Seeing Zhou Xingxing's reaction, Liu Zhou suddenly found it a little funny. Money was indeed his Achilles' heel.

"Mr. Zhou, you must have heard the story of three people making a tiger. When one person says that you have a bad character, the audience will not believe it.

But if too many people say it, will the audience be suspicious and think you are a bad person? Will everyone, including some of your fans, think that you have acquiesced by not responding?
In the end, when everyone really thinks that you are a bad person, then when they are ready to go to the movies, will they automatically skip your movie because of their bad impression of you?
I think this is certain. In this case, will your income be reduced?
Therefore, we must respond to what needs to be responded to, and we cannot hide away!"

Although Zhou Xingxing has been in the entertainment industry for nearly thirty years and has been famous for twenty years, he has never liked to be interviewed, because even now he still gets nervous when facing interviews.

But considering the future benefits, Zhou Xingxing finally nodded:
"Well, I'll just briefly respond to this matter."

"Then do you want my help? I can connect you to Sina.com. Currently, online media spreads information faster and more widely."

"Thank you Mr. Liu for your help."

"I am also a little selfish. You are so popular now, and if I respond, it will be more popular. I am also attracting traffic to Sina, haha."

The next day, Zhou Xingxing accepted an exclusive interview with Sina.com and formally responded to the recent uproarious anti-Zhou incident.

Stephen Chow first thanked his fans and celebrity artists who stood up to speak for him.

He then said that he had been preparing for a new movie recently and was very busy, so he was not in the mood to worry about public opinion from the outside world.

Finally, regarding what those who oppose Stephen Chow said, most of them are false. There are some people in the Hong Kong film industry who lack good works and only like to focus their energy on criticizing others in order to elevate themselves.

In fact, I think everyone should seek truth from facts, do their own part well, and focus on film work. Wouldn’t that be better?
Zhou Xingxing's sudden response immediately caused a huge sensation.

His fans were extremely excited, their fighting spirit increased sharply, and they kept fighting against those haters as if they were given a shot of chicken blood. At the same time, they also kept criticizing Xiang Tai and those stars who supported her on the Internet.

Because of the powerful fighting power of Zhou Xingxing's fans, these people didn't even dare to respond and remained silent.

But it’s different for Xiang Tai. She still confronts Stephen Chow alone and has been publicly listing his “crimes” in front of the media.

But she soon discovered that something was wrong. Not only was public opinion online one-sided, but even some media outlets began to speak up for Zhou Xingxing.

Sina Weibo suddenly conducted a public opinion survey at this time, with nearly 500,000 netizens participating.

Regarding the question “Do you like Stephen Chow?”, 74% said “yes”, only 12% said “no”, and 14% were neutral and had no preference.

In response to the question "If you think someone is smearing Stephen Chow, what are their motives?", 45% of people thought it was "jealousy", 32% thought it was "deliberate suppression", and the rest thought it was "other" and "I don't know".

When the survey results came out, many people saw Zhou Xingxing’s strong fan base and popularity among the public. It also made some people realize that in the face of surging public opinion, those so-called anti-Zhou faction would be doomed to fail!

What is even more unexpected is that shortly after the survey results came out, more and more people in the mainland began to speak up for Zhou Xingxing and expressed their support for him.

There are many big stars among them, and what no one expected is that the well-known young director Lu Chuan also publicly supported Stephen Chow, and said quite well about it.

“As a writer and artist, I should write and create for the people, and I particularly admire Stephen Chow.

He is also funny and nonsensical, but if you look closely at every one of Stephen Chow's movies, you will find that they all contain some meaning, and they are all shouting for the miserable living conditions of the little people at the bottom of society.

This kind of film is great because it entertains the audience while conveying positive meanings, which is very worthy of our study. "

This sudden change made netizens a little dumbfounded, and it seems that no one has ever heard of any intersection between Lu Chuan and Zhou Xingxing?

But no one thought too much about it, as long as they supported Stephen Chow.

Today's netizens are still relatively simple. No one criticizes them for their class. They even admire Stephen Chow.

On the contrary, like Ning Hao before, Lu Chuan is also sought after by a large number of Zhou Xingxing fans.

But it wasn't long before Lu Chuan's true colors were exposed. He posted three Weibo posts in a row to promote his new movie "Jinling Jinling".

Ning Hao is sincere, but Lu Chuan is obviously not interested in anything without benefits.

Although many people despise his behavior, the publicity effect is indeed good.

However, some careful netizens later discovered that the release dates of Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" and Lu Chuan's "Jinling Jinling" were very close.

In other words, the two most famous young directors will face off head-on.

This makes some people look forward to it.

But now everyone is more concerned about the public opinion incident involving Zhou Xingxing.

After a number of people in the mainland expressed their support for Zhou Xingxing, Luo Jiaying, who may not be able to bear the pressure of public opinion, posted on his Weibo:
"I just made some jokes about Stephen Chow when I was on the show, but I didn't expect the report to turn it into a slam against him. This is really ridiculous.

It is not my intention to criticize Stephen Chow, and it is not my style. I hope you will not hype this matter anymore!"

Luo Jiaying's defection did not win any forgiveness from netizens, who instead criticized him again for being ungrateful and having no stance.

And Xiang Tai was also very annoyed by his behavior.

But Luo Jiaying has already laid down. He is ready to retire anyway, so he doesn't care what others say.

(End of this chapter)