At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 526 Rejection
Shen Xudong originally wanted to tell the truth...

But the truth is too ugly, so let's flatter it politely.

How to tout a movie?
It’s too simple, acting skills, costumes, art, props, if you don’t have any of these, you’ll have to work hard…

As long as you want to praise it, "Chasing Dream Showbiz" can blow flowers!

After touting, according to the procedure, he got up and prepared to leave, and then...Huang Zhonglei came over and warmly invited him to get together...

Shen Xudong hesitated a little.

Obviously, this is the game of the crew of "Mo Gong"... It's shameful for him to be an outsider.

But..."Ink Attack" has something to do with the company, the heroine played by Zeng Li...

Still agreed.

Oh, the original heroine of "Mo Gong" was Fan Jiuyi, and Chen Hao wanted to cut her off...

Popularity, acting skills, popularity, favorability, at this stage, Chen Hao has completely surpassed Fan Jiuyi, and... Huayi Brothers has a cooperative relationship with Tianmei Media...

Therefore, the heroine of "Mo Gong" was given to Tianmei Media, but Chen Hao didn't accept it, so it was replaced by Zeng Li...

Of course, the main reason is that Jiuyi sister did not renew her contract with Huayi, but went out to do it alone.

……

""Manslaughter" is a suspenseful crime film. The box office limit of this genre is only 5000 million, not to mention that "Manslaughter" focuses on Gong Li...the box office will definitely not be too high..."

"Gong Li is not what it used to be. I heard that "Carol" has a very good reputation in North America. She has a high probability of being nominated for an Oscar queen?"

"Famous in North America and popular in China are two different concepts. Look at Zhang Ziyi, isn't she bragging about the first-line in North America? Domestic audiences, who cares about her? "The Banquet" relies on director Feng Xiaogang and Uncle Ge!"

"It's true..."

When we arrived at the restaurant, Huang Zhonglei mentioned "Manslaughter", and Shen Xudong dispelled his worries with a few words.

Of course, it's only on the surface...

After all, the movie market at this stage is too small, and there is no so-called genre audience division at all-there are less than 4000 screens in total, what is the division?
Huang Zhonglei was relieved mainly because "Manslaughter" was only released on December 12. At that time, "Ink Attack" had been released for 4 days, and the audience's movie-watching boom period had ended.

"By the way, has your company signed a contract with Gong Li?"

"No," Shen Xudong shook his head: "She signed with the ICM brokerage company in the United States..."

"Then why do you praise her so much?"

"No... "Manslaughter" is only available if she acts in it... "Carol" is the same!"

"...Let me tell you."

Huang Zhonglei sighed...

He felt that he had found the reason why Gong Li was deeply bound to Shen Xudong...

Uh, it’s actually not true. Shen Xudong didn’t think too much about it at first. If he could have predicted today, he would definitely encourage Gong Li to sign with his company...

Hey, it's okay to sign now, right?
With the award season performance of "Carol", Gong Li nominated for an Oscar, and it is a certainty...

Then she is a legend among Asian actresses.

Signing her at this time... There are many benefits!
But there are quite few scenes suitable for her, after all, she is already over 40...

Actresses are over 40 years old, and the suitable screen image is either in the workplace or in the family, and it is difficult to play the leading role...

Just thinking about it, Zhang Zhiliang led the main creative team of "Mo Gong" and walked in...

Shen Xudong hurriedly stood up to say hello.

……

"Ink Attack" is a co-production film. According to the publicity: "Ink Attack" is jointly produced by Huayi Brothers, Japan (Comstock Ltd), South Korea (Boram Entertainment Inc), and Hong Kong (Sundream Motion Pictures Itd) with a heavy investment of 1600 million US dollars. …

The cast is also very strong, including Andy Lau, An Shengji, Longrich, Choi Siwon, Zeng Li and Wang Zhiwen.

The director, Zhang Zhiliang, is as famous as Xu Ke, and has the title of Wen Zhang Wu Xu. In the Hong Kong film industry, he is a rare literary and delicate director. His "Cage People" and "Flying Over the Dusk" have swept the Hong Kong Film Awards. There is no better moment.

Shen Xudong had a little impression of this director.

In 2011, the "Butterfly on the Shoulder" campaign lost all the credit he had accumulated in the previous 20 years. The audience regarded him as "another director of bad films going north", and when investors saw him, they subconsciously "covered their wallets tightly" ".

Because he tricked investors into jumping off a building!
A literary and artistic film cost 8000 million yuan, which is enough to make a "Warring States". Let's put it this way, a large-scale 3D MMORPG game like "Zhu Xian" started from scratch and a team of more than 100 people developed it for two years. The investment is more than 2000 million RMB...

"Butterfly on Shoulders" cost 8000 million?
I really wonder where the money was spent!

So, seeing Zhang Zhiliang, Shen Xudong didn't pay much attention to him, instead he chatted with Andy Lau.

"Yes, mainly action movies... After all, Chinese movies are famous all over the world for action movies..."

"There are also gangster and crime movies..."

"There must be a chance, I have a good script in my hand..."

Andy Lau's eyes lit up—he knew Shen Xudong a little bit, knew that he had high requirements for the script, if he said it was good, it would definitely not be bad...

"It's called "The Tuner". The main character is a blind man...pretending to be blind..."

Shen Xudong was telling the story of "The Tuner" to Andy Lau, and Zhang Zhiliang beside him took the initiative to come over: "Mr. Shen, what do you think of "Mo Gong"?"

"...Well, a commercial blockbuster."

"Can the box office exceed [-] million?"

"...I can't tell," Shen Xudong looked at Huang Zhonglei: "Ask Huang Dong, he is in charge of this release..."

"So what do you think is the problem?"

"...The text seems to look at the mountains and not happy. As a visual art, if a movie can ups and downs on the screen and leave some classics, that would be the best thing. , but nothing worth mentioning either…”

"I mobilized thousands of people to shoot together, and the shots are realistic..."

Shen Xudong directly retorted: "Do you know "The Great Battle"? A big scene with tens of 10 people..."

"...Let's not talk about this, eat something, starting tomorrow, everyone will have a national road show, this is a tough battle!"

Huang Zhonglei interrupted the 'discussion' between the two: "Xudong, have something to eat?"

"Hmm... the beef brisket I ate at Jiuji this morning, I haven't eaten anything yet!"

"Nine Records?"

"That's right...they told me that Jiuji's beef brisket is the best!"

"Jiu Kee's beef brisket is of course delicious, you should try other things too!"

"Sheung Wan is relatively close to where I live, and I can get there by bicycle."

Andy Lau was curious: "Where did you buy the house?"

Shen Xudong replied: "Repulse Bay...Mr. Wrinkle sells mine cheap..."

"Mr. Wrinkle Wenhuai?"

"Well... Seeing that I always live in hotels, he transferred a suite to me..."

Shen Xudong is not an idiot, he has a mansion to live in, so why live in a hotel?
He just doesn't flaunt his wealth, and it's not that he isn't rich...

It was not his money that was used to acquire Golden Harvest, but his investment with Gao Fenla...

Moreover, the price of Wrinkled Wenhuai is fair, with an area of ​​400 square meters and 1800 million Hong Kong dollars. Of course, you can take it directly. Repulse Bay, a mansion, a gathering place for rich people in Hong Kong!

Not only are there sky basketball courts, swimming pools and green areas, but there are also fences around for security and privacy.

"It's better to buy the Saigon area... My home is on the side of Saigon..."

"...Forget it, I don't live often..."

The two chatted really happily, and Zhang Zhiliang next to him interrupted: "Mr. Shen, I read a novel called "Ticket", which tells the story of a girl who harbors resentment. Embark on the difficult road of finding your mother thousands of miles away..."

"...Let me tell you a story..." Shen Xudong really didn't want to talk to him. Stories like "Tickets" are too clichéd, and Zhang Zhiliang can't tell them well!

So, I simply changed the subject: "A migrant worker carried his friend's body and traveled thousands of miles to go home for the New Year... China is very big and there are many stories. Finding my mother a thousand miles away is nothing interesting. My first film "Lost Orphans"..."

Hearing this, Huang Zhonglei interjected: "Are you talking about last year's news?"

"That's right... Zhang Yang talked to me and wanted to make a movie. We are contacting Zhao Benshan..."

(End of this chapter)