At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 506
Well, it's normal to ask about Shen Xudong. In the past two years, Feng Xiaogang's films "Lonely", "Party A and Party B 2", "A World Without Thieves" and the subsequent "Mobile Phone 2" were written by Shen Xudong.

Why did "The Banquet" change the screenwriter?

Shen Xudong smiled and explained: "The reason why I didn't accept it is mainly because I have no interest in court dramas... I haven't studied Shakespeare..."

"why?"

"Why? When I was in school, I mainly studied Gogol's plays... I didn't study Shakespeare much..."

"Then what do you think of "The Banquet"?"

Ma Dan, here we go again...

What do you think?
I can't read it, but I'm blown away?
How can I not understand "The Banquet", it is the prince's revenge and egg Lun's love...

After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said: "As expected of a blockbuster movie, the visuals are very enjoyable, no matter the costumes, make-up or actors.

The red, black and white tri-colors are used very well.Black is the majesty of the royal family, the repression and loneliness of human desires in the court, and the cruelty and terror of the army massacres, and the despicableness of people's hearts; white is idealism and simplicity; red is love, magnificence, and desire and jealousy.

The performance of the actors is very good. Sister Ziyi plays the queen's desire for power, Uncle Ge plays the uncle who is greedy, sick, and terrible, Zhou Xun's innocence, Wu Yanzu's timidity, all performances are good, but the lines are a bit sloppy , people can't help but play..."

Of course Shen Xudong should give a good review...

He is here to cheer, do you want to tell the truth 'hypocritical to death? ''Various violations'...

The media was obviously not satisfied, and wanted to continue asking: "Then what do you think of Chinese-style blockbusters..."

"I won't talk about it, this is the premiere scene of "The Banquet"..."

……

After the premiere, Shen Xudong and Chen Daoming left together.

The topic of discussion is naturally "The Banquet"...

Shen Xudong told the truth: "I don't like it very much. It feels like art for the sake of art, ignoring the story itself! It's too depressing..."

Not only did he not like it, Shen Xudong really felt that "The Banquet" was pretty bad, using a Western story to set a Chinese background.

The rhythm is procrastinated, the plot is empty, and it is extremely boring. It is a model of obsessed with the emperor plowing the land with a golden hoe...

Chen Daoming nodded: "Xiaogang is a bit on the edge of his horns... Keep going in the direction of the deep..."

"You are so right!"

Feng Xiaogang desperately wants to get rid of the title of entertainment director...

In the critical world, entertainment means not deep enough, and not deep enough is not advanced.

Chen Daoming changed the subject: "Let's not talk about "The Banquet", what new works are there recently?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "...Really not...I'm in the United States recently."

"Are you ready to go to Hollywood?"

"Why should I go there..." Shen Xudong denied: "The main thing is that I have a few projects in my hands, which are not suitable for making Chinese-language movies..."

"With the right script..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely find you!"

Chen Daoming patted him on the shoulder, and then stopped talking...

Shen Xudong was wondering if there is any suitable work for Chen Daoming?

You see, Chen Daoming is suitable to play emperors and intellectuals...

Intellectuals?

"Donkey Gets Water"?
"Donkey Gets Water" is not good, there is no suitable role for him at all, so... "Rise of Fame"?
Li Jiahui, the leading actor in "Rising Fame", he is quite suitable... Then get Uncle Ge to play Guan Jingnian, Jiang Wen or Li Xuejian to play Lu Ziye... Bad movie director Zheng Qianli finds Zhang Guoli... No, Zhang Guoli is not suitable, Chen Baoguo... Anyway Must be a first-line actor!

I'm so...

This is going to be posted!

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Chen Daoming: "Uncle Chen, I have an idea..."

Shen Xudong talked about the outline of the script of "Rising Fame": During the period of the Republic of China, a group of frustrated filmmakers gathered for a bizarre script meeting, intending to make "a shocking case" into a movie.

In order to stimulate their creative inspiration, they actually shared the same room with the murderer himself who had already been arrested, in order to let the murderer personally restore the case at the scene of the murder...

"Of course, with the progress of the plot, everyone knows that this murder case is not simple..." However, at this point, Shen Xudong shut up: "No, that reporter must be in his thirties, full of passion..."

Chen Daoming didn't take it seriously: "...You finished the script, I'll see if there is any suitable role for me, let me tell you, there is no need to force me to be the protagonist, the film market still depends on young people... "

"Success, then I'll go back and do some research..."

……

"The Banquet" was released, with a box office of 5500 million in the first weekend...

It did not exceed the first weekend box office record of "Hero" 6200 million, "Kung Fu" 6400 million and "The Promise" 7452 million, and it was also behind the first weekend of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" 7800 million...

As it turns out, audiences' hunger for blockbusters has waned!

However, "Night Banquet" can break through [-] million...

It is also in line with the positioning of blockbusters.

But... Feng Xiaogang has long been a member of the [-] million box office club, and the movie "Night Banquet" has no effect on him at all...

No, at least it's nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film...

There is no doubt about this.

Logically speaking, Zhang Ziyi should feel quite embarrassed. In "The Banquet", Hua Yi and Weinstein are the ones who lead her. Now Harvey is playing a rogue, and the promised 500 million US dollars has become 50...

Huang Zhongjun approached her in private and asked her if it was possible for her boyfriend to come out - it is said that her boyfriend Ivy Niwo is the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner Group and also has a huge stake in the Weinstein Company...

No play!

This Avniwo is a liar at all!

Of course, his network is indeed very wide, the international chapter hit him up, and then he successfully broke into the upper class circle of the United States...

Yuan Shikong, probably because of this incident, caused Zhang Ziyi and the Huayi Brothers to never find Zhang Ziyi again, and later starred in "Running Love" for free in exchange for "Romantic Disappearance History".

The current international chapter is booming, so it doesn't matter, anyway, she has a lot of dramas!
It was announced during the Cannes Film Festival that Zhang Ziyi and Weinstein Films have negotiated a contract to perform in three films, including the remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", "Mulan" and "Shanghai"...

More than that, the public projects include "Desert Warrior", "Waiting", "Queen"...

——Now I can still find the draft on the Internet: Zhang Ziyi and Hollywood’s Weinstein Films are about to announce the start time of the three films that will be cooperated one after another. The American media even broke that she will cooperate with the director of “Gladiator” to film “The Empress”, In addition to playing Wu Zetian, he will also act as a producer himself...

People are busy making money!

Therefore, her agent offered $800 million for "The Ancient City of Essence"...

800 million U.S. dollars, that is, 6000 million yuan, it's a horse, this... clearly rejects it!

……

In the company, Chen Xi found Shen Xudong, and said decisively: "Change to another actress..."

Shen Xudong was speechless: "...how do I change this? Who can I replace? Didn't I agree with Zhang Ziyi?"

"The price was not negotiated..."

"Not even $400 million?"

"No, the agent said at least 800 million dollars!"

"How many?"

Shen Xudong stood up directly - 800 million US dollars?Why don't you grab it? The salary of "The Banquet" is only 350 million US dollars!Offer her 400 million US dollars, Shen Xudong felt very sincere.

Besides, she agreed to act, and she was short of signing the contract. Why is this happening now?
Chen Xi repeated: "800 million US dollars, no box office share!"

"...Have you talked with Zhang Ziyi about the project of "The Ancient City of Exquisiteness"?"

"I don't talk to actors directly, besides, Zhang Ziyi is so busy, I don't have a chance to meet her."

"Then Xu Ke? No, didn't we agree on $400 million?"

"I hear she's in a Hollywood movie and there's a time conflict, so..."

That's understandable...

I can't see "The Ancient City of Essence"!

Say it earlier!
"If Zhang Ziyi doesn't play the role, will there be problems with the investment? Many investors are targeting her!"

"If any investor wants to refund the money, we will refund it to them, and we will make up for it ourselves!" Shen Xudong glared at her: "...Let Chen Hao or Tang Yan try it out."

What is this called? It was agreed before that Zhang Ziyi will play the role... Several articles have been published, and the launch conference will be held soon...

Actress resigned?

Alas, I still have to talk to Xu Ke...

(End of this chapter)