At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 576 Repeat the "Stone" miracle?
It's quite normal for Jie Lun to agree to the invitation—at this stage, anyone who has ideas about movies will not refuse Shen Xudong!
"Life Events" was officially released on June 6th. In the first three days of the weekend, it won 15 million box office...

This result not only shocked the circle, Shen Xudong himself was shocked.

Because the promotion of "Life Events" is normal, and there are no tricks at all.

It is the normal online and offline promotion, and by the way, "Happy Camp" was also published.

But absolutely no money was spent for a national premiere, let alone a themed concert...

The starring lineup... a TV cafe of one water!
Whether it’s Deng Chao or Zeng Li, they’re all TV stars—in the era when co-productions dominate, young mainland male actors can only hone their acting skills on the small screen…

However, the three-day box office of "Life Events" in the first weekend was 5200 million!
And the discussion about the movie is also very hot.

Almost a phenomenon-level situation has been formed...

Media Comments—Another "Crazy Stone" was born!

The investor, producer, and screenwriter of "Life Events" are all Shen Xudong. It can be said that he created this movie...

Under such a major premise, Zhou Jielun would naturally not reject Shen Xudong's film appointment.

Oh, "The Untold Secret" will be released on July 7st, and "Big Movie" has been specially adjusted a week later...

Give Zhou Jielun enough respect!

In fact, Zhou Jielun came to be a director, and many people didn't like it—this is called cross-field money grabbing.

You are a singer, it doesn’t matter to everyone when you are an actor, but you have committed a big taboo when you are a director...

Shen Xudong remembers that the box office of "The Unspeakable Secret" seems to be 3600 million in the mainland, but Taiwan's box office is very dismal. I heard that in the month when "The Unspeakable Secret" was released, there was a typhoon all over Taiwan...

……

The promotion of "Life Events"... must rub "Stone".

It's not about popularity, the main reason is that these two movies are too similar.

In terms of genre, they are all comedies, and they all speak dialects. Most importantly, they are all produced with small and medium costs invested by Shen Xudong-"Life Events" cost 1100 million, and "Stone" cost 800 million...

And it's all novice directors at the helm.

However, Shen Xudong does not agree with this view: "Ning Hao is not a new director, he has two or three works before "Stone"... I also saw his graduation work "Thursday, Wednesday", I knew it at that time His level of storytelling is good, and the structure of the story is strong...Han Yan, I have seen a few short films of his..."

"Moreover, the drama "Life Events" is not very comedic..."

"I have been to many funerals with my elders since I was a child. There are many interesting things in funerals, such as singing operas and showing movies... I think Chinese people are actually very romantic about funerals. We tie up the wishes that people did not realize when they were alive with paper. Come out and burn it, I think it's emotional."

"The year before last, when I went back to my hometown, I heard from my father that a child had sunk into the water, and three groups of people failed to find it. At last, the elder brother of the corpse-hunting team brought the child's body up... I just I think it is very meaningful to stand at the end of death and look back at how your life should be more meaningful and what you should cherish!"

"Also the year before last, I passed by a funeral and shroud shop, and there was a car parked at the door. The car was probably moving or dumping goods. It was full of wreaths and urns.

Through the door and window, I saw a little girl sitting beside the coffee table, doing homework.

That picture touched me directly, I felt as if I saw a theme, that is, this store is actually a family, and there is a feeling of spring in the corner... In addition, there is no legend that people will turn into heaven after death The star', the one who does the funeral is the person who planted the star! "

"From the beginning, I planned to make a film with romantic attributes, which is why I chose Han Yan as the director. The first word he said to me after reading the script was romance..."

"Han Yan is different from Ning Hao. Ning Hao is a mature director, and Han Yan is still on the way..."

……

Shen Xudong's words... have no spread, the media is more reporting on the cost and box office revenue of "Life Events"...

It's really fierce. As of June 6, "Life Events" has been released for ten days, with a cumulative box office of 25 million—the box office of the second week was 1.28 million...

Generally speaking, the box office in the second week usually falls by 30% to 60% compared to the first week. "Life Events" did not fall but rose, and the box office increased every day...

The media went crazy!

Nima, another new director with [-] million yuan?

Last year was Ning Hao, this year Han Yan, and they are not very old...

Ning Hao was born in 77, and Han Yan was born in 83. One became a director of 29 million yuan at the age of 24, and the other was [-] years old...

What is this called?
Chen Xudong is smart?
But the reality is in front of you, regardless of the popular, not popular, half-red and not-black directors and actors, that is envy, jealousy and hatred!
Some media even said, 'Shen Xudong wants to create the seventh generation of commercial film directors...'

In the past few years, small-budget literary and artistic films only needed to win awards in foreign countries and sell overseas copyrights for distribution and sales. They did not need to go to theaters to earn domestic box office, and they could easily recover costs and make profits.

Therefore, the glory of the "sixth generation of directors" represented by Jia Zhangke, Lou Ye, and Wang Xiaoshuai was born.

Shen Xudong's "Stone" and "Life Events" have launched a director of [-] million yuan...

You can be full through the domestic market, and the reputation is even greater!

Directly set off those foreign literary films that have won awards in succession and praised by film critics...

Not only that, the soft article also introduced many films after Tianmei Media: "Xu Zheng, the director of "People on the Journey", Lu Jianqing, the director of "Back to 20", Yang Qing, the director of "Night Club", "Half a Comedy" "The directors Zhou Shen and Liu Lu are both new directors. Among them, the directors of "Half a Comedy" Zhou Shen and Liu Lu directed "The Aviator"... Lu Jianqing is a Hong Kong director and served as the assistant director of "New World"..."

"It is said that Tianmei Company's new director project is not only for the mainland, but directors from Taiwan and Hong Kong are also selected!"

"Unknowingly, Shen Xudong has gathered a large number of cutting-edge directors! I look forward to their refreshing works..."

There is another sentence at the end: "Those on the Internet who say that Shen Xudong's voice against Hong Kong and Taiwan can be silenced!"

……

At the end of June, Beijing.

In the restaurant, Shen Xudong is chatting with Chen Jiashang...

Chen Jiashang's identity is the chairman of the Academy Awards, and he has brought several projects that he wants to create with Golden Harvest.

At first, the two were talking about the conflict between Shen Xudong and the Hong Kong circle.

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I didn't target them... Well, to be honest, I don't have them in my eyes at all. My opponent is a Hollywood blockbuster!"

"...Then I heard from them that you are very familiar with the leaders of the Film Bureau, and you are going to get stuck in their projects."

"...This sounds like nonsense, Director Chen, let me tell you this. Which industry your script involves, you need the approval of the industry. The police department needs the approval of the public security department...For foreign affairs, you need the approval of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong asked Chen Jiashang: "Director Chen, do you think I have the ability to handle so many departments?"

"...so complicated..."

"Tell me, who made the rumor?"

"... some unscrupulous media." Chen Jiashang changed the subject: "Are you interested in the story of "Liao Zhai"?"

"more specific…"

"Painted Skin!"

(End of this chapter)