At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 332 Making Money and Success (33)

Several directors in the Hong Kong director circle saw the "My Hometown and Me" and "My Homeland and Me" series of platter films made by several director groups in the Mainland.Just tens of billions of box office.

envious.

So, with To Qifeng leading seven Hong Kong directors to copy this method, the name of the whole platter movie is "The Band of Seven"...

This thing, the box office in the mainland is terrible, with only hundreds of thousands of box office on the first day.

Not only did it not sell well in the mainland, but the box office in Hong Kong was also very poor - it didn't make it into the top ten in the first week!
Not only the first week, the total box office did not enter the top ten - the tenth place is "Late Night Dodgeball", with a box office of 364 million Hong Kong dollars. (I didn't check the total box office, but it's true that it didn't make the top ten.)
But these people don't think it's their own fault, they only blame the market and the system...

If it's really just because of the market, their movies should sell well in Hong Kong or Taiwan...

Just curious, Hong Kong movies in the past were mainly sold to Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea in addition to the mainland, and they lived a very healthy life.

You can continue to shoot for these markets, why do you have to bring the matter to the mainland?
Moreover, Hong Kong movies have never been free. In the most glorious 90s, the main consumer markets of Hong Kong movies were the Chinese-speaking areas of East Asia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and other places. There were various restrictions and censorship in each region, especially Taiwan market!
At that time, Taiwan, which was the largest consumer market for Hong Kong movies, not only censored the content, but even the behind-the-scenes and actors had to be politically censored!
Anyone who has contact or cooperation with the mainland is not allowed. Liang Xiaolong, Liang Jiahui, including Andy Lau, have all been blocked.

At that time, Hong Kong filmmakers did not stand up and speak out to the Taiwan authorities. Instead, they persuaded Liang Jiahui to write a letter of repentance and beg for forgiveness...

Andy Lau also has "Black Bat Squadron".

But now...

The mainland has become the number one consumer market for Hong Kong movies. If you are not prevented from making local Hong Kong movies, or from co-distributing movies from other countries, at most you will not be free to release them in the mainland.

Suddenly have a backbone, have an artistic pursuit?

Shen Xudong respected this kind of people.

So, "Time Traveler", he retracted the script.

Who to shoot?
For this kind of pure romance film, the script comes first, and then you have to gather handsome men, beauties, and who is the director, does it matter?

……

In late March, "A World Without Thieves" moved to BJ, and Shen Xudong followed the crew back to Beijing.

After returning to the capital, he didn't stay on the set very much.

On the one hand, the script has been perfected, on the other hand, it's really boring for him to be on the set!

Chen Guofu went to supervise the production of "Waiting Alone", Shen Xudong stayed on the crew of "A World Without Thieves" and had nothing to do.

Just go back to school for a few days.

In the second semester of his junior year this year, the school has very few courses, and basically let the students join the group practice...

But there is one thing that is good about Zhongxi, there are no reporters to bother him...

But it's only been a week - "Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" will be released on April 4st, so he has to promote it!
In fact, with "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" ahead, "Legend of the Xing'an Mountain Hunter" is very popular, and the trailers released on several major video platforms have exceeded [-] million hits!

Besides, "The Legend of the Hunter in Xing'an Mountains" has a more complicated story than "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village", with three lines intersecting.

But the same thing as "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" is that each story teller will tell the story from his own perspective, and without affecting the general plot, beautify the part that involves himself, so that all vested interests become justified.

Ugly humanity is hidden under the false stories of ghosts and ghosts...

It can show horror and avoid censorship!

According to estimates, the box office of "Legend of the Xing'an Mountain Hunter" should not be lower than that of "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village". The early stage is to do a good job in preventing piracy...

The high-definition pirated version of "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" only appeared a week after its release, and it is estimated that the pirates did not react.

This time it's different, the reputation has already been branded out!
The starring lineup continues "The Village Fox Wife"...

Shen Xudong still has to attend several promotional activities.

They were all ready, but something happened suddenly, which caught his attention and the media's idea——Guo Jingming's plagiarism case had a first-instance verdict...

Why is it the first trial?
Because Guo Jingming expressed dissatisfaction and continued to appeal...

This has nothing to do with Shen Xudong, but... who made them all post-80s writers!

Therefore, when the reporter asked Guo Jingming's question, Shen Xudong replied directly: "The Fadu Court has ruled, it must be plagiarism!"

"There are only so many ways to write a book. Let's put it this way, those who can make the court judge plagiarism are basically copied from the original words and changed the name. Most people think that the outline structure is plagiarized, and the court rarely finds plagiarism..."

"However, Guo Jingming doesn't seem to be affected by this incident. The first print of 50 copies of the new book "The Summer Solstice Has Come" sold out in two months. The sales volume of the magazine "Island" edited by him is about 20. What do you think of this situation? "

"...most literati have integrity. A businessman only has absolute interests in his eyes. In his view, the definition of success is just to make money. He is no longer a literati. Stealing is justified, but robbing is glorious; small theft of baht, big theft of Wen, I despise this kind of person!"

"Aren't you afraid that someone will say you're jealous of him?"

"Why am I jealous of him? Jealous that he can only make money by plagiarizing and laundering articles? Or jealous that even if he plagiarizes, he can't sell as well as me?"

I originally wanted to say 'jealous of him being less than 1.6 meters tall', but I thought it was too vicious, so I refrained from saying it...

"Then what is success in your eyes?"

"Making money is only part of success. A person whose mind is only about making money is definitely not a noble person! I think success includes not only making money, but also being a person and doing things."

……

What Shen Xudong said is awe-inspiring...

In fact, his initial thought was just to make money!

Without a system, the most convenient way is to copy documents...

It's just that Shen Xudong copied unpublished scripts, real bestsellers, such as "Yi Zhongtian Pin Three Kingdoms", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", etc., he is only the publisher!
Never covet the name of the author.

From this point of view, he can be regarded as a literati with a conscience.

Although not much - he won the film and television copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" for 200 million yuan, and directly signed it for 20 years!

Guo Jingming's case was only a first-instance verdict, and he was very unconvinced and filed an appeal...

It stands to reason that the three post-80s writers can at least cause a storm, but... the media seems to turn a blind eye to this matter.

Except for a few media professionals, book reviewers, editors, readers and other groups to speak out publicly, the vast majority of people in the literary circle have remained silent...

Some critics even publicly said, 'What is Guo Jingming's plagiarism?In fact, in China, has anyone said to apologize for more serious plagiarism cases?Don't those university professors plagiarize and haunt the campus in a dignified way?This is an overall moral self-discipline issue. Our personality and wenge are actually facing a serious challenge. '

Convinced...

But Shen Xudong didn't bother to care about it, let's talk about it when the final judgment comes down next year!
Let's promote "Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" first...

He is very concerned about this film - the previous "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village", he earned 480 million, and the company's share income was 2400 million!
(End of this chapter)