At first, I just wanted to make money

What this says...

Shen Xudong originally thought that Feng Xiaogang would turn his back on him, but in the end he nodded in a self-deprecating way: "I want to win an important international award in my life, and it's not shameful to brag about it!"

"Didn't "A Sigh" win the Pyramid Award at the Cairo International Film Festival!"

Feng Xiaogang looked at Wang Shuo, who was a little embarrassed...

Back then, he said, "Awards from the Cairo Film Festival?Isn't that the Township Enterprise Award in Africa? '

Directly push Feng Xiaogang to the point of ridicule...

At that time, the film critics were looking down on Feng Xiaogang. He won an international award, which seemed to be a bluff. Wang Shuo's "township enterprise award" was a breakthrough for them. All kinds of ridicule made Feng Xiaogang very embarrassed.

Shen Xudong helped to win the respect: "The Cairo International Film Festival is also an international A-category film festival..."

Wang Shuo directly asked: "Then why didn't you take "The Grandmaster" to Cairo?"

"…Uh."

One sentence left Shen Xudong speechless...

why do not you go?
Nonsense, what to do at the Cairo Film Festival?
Not to mention that the main competition unit has no weight at all, and there is not even an international film producer...

Director Chen interjected: "I watched "The Grandmaster", it's a good movie...I feel like you've improved a lot!"

"No," Shen Xudong shook his head: "From the very beginning, I wanted to get closer to the form, so every shot, lighting and setting are very careful. It is not an ordinary Kung Fu movie that only achieves the correct level of prop preparation, but a kind of solid and sincere. The texture... I just want to shoot the martial arts in my imagination..."

"It's really beautiful..."

"It's just that you used the title of "The Grandmaster", what about Wang Jiawei?"

"I think he can still take advantage of my enthusiasm for publicity when it's released, and make money!"

……

Feng Xiaogang was the box office king in the mainland last year, "Tangshan Earthquake" took 6.69 million box office, "If You Are the One 2" 4.71 million...

The combined box office of the two films exceeds 11.3 billion!
Last year's total box office was only 112 billion, which is more than 10% for him alone...

What concept?
Taking 2018 as an example, the total box office was 606.98 billion, the top three "Operation Red Sea" was 36.5 billion, "Detective Chinatown 2" was 33.9 billion, and "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was 31 billion...

It is equal to "Operation Red Sea" + "I am not the God of Medicine"...

If it's you, are you bloated?
"I'm going to do "1942"..."

Shen Xudong was a little admiring: "Come on!"

When Feng Xiaogang saw "Revisiting the Past 94" in 1942, he had the idea to adapt it...

It's just that at that time, he had no money and no one, so it's been more than ten years...

I still have the idea to shoot, which is quite admirable...

"I'm going to draw two lines: the thousands of miles of desolation in Henan contrast with the singing and dancing in Chongqing, the shabby clothes of the disaster victims contrast with the grandeur of the ball, heaven and hell are only thousands of kilometers away..."

Feng Xiaogang roughly talked about his idea...

In fact, "1942" is really good, the key words: bloody, cruel, cruel.Feng Xiaogang is very good at expressing the three words!
It's a pity that it was released on the Lunar New Year's day, and "Youth School"--many netizens, led by Douban, regarded "Youth School" as the ultimate work discussing the universe, human nature, and philosophy.

Then "1942", which was released in the same period, was unlucky-the initial score of Douban was 6.2 points!
Of course, this is also related to Feng Xiaogang himself - the Hushubao incident made him stand on the opposite side of many netizens.

But... this kind of movie is what the Chinese screen lacks!
Thinking of this, Shen Xudong asked, "How much money do you need?"

"At least two hundred million!"

"...how much money is there now?"

Shen Xudong originally wanted to say 'I voted', but he didn't think it was appropriate, maybe he had already found an investment, and sure enough, Feng Xiaogang said cheerfully: "You don't have to worry about funding, I never worry about investment when I make movies! "

"That's good…"

Shen Xudong picked up the cup: "Congratulations to Director Feng, this dream has come true!"

……

"1942", Feng Xiaogang's personal label is too serious, especially Fan Wei appeared in the movie!
Every time Fan Wei shows up, he tells everyone that this is Feng Xiaogang's movie.

What do you mean?
Even in the face of such a heavy topic, with no hope and no climax, the mood of the previous plot has been low, and a joke scene can be arranged.

This leads to a bad sense of rhythm throughout the movie, but without ups and downs, getting lost, and not being able to push away tears.

In short, one sentence: flat and straightforward narrative, the plot lacks dramatic conflicts, and it is okay to reflect social issues, provided that it is a movie and lacks the routines it should have.

In addition, the biggest problem with "1942" is also Feng Xiaogang. After the film was released, all kinds of bombardments were made, complaining for himself...

For a film to achieve both art and business, box office and word-of-mouth, it is a very difficult thing in itself.

Jiang Wen has done it in "Let the Bullets Fly" now!

It is normal for Feng Xiaogang to fail to do so, but he is also very satisfied with the film being made...

In fact, the dream has come true!

It has also been recognized by major film awards.

It is equivalent to a lot of harvest.

But the box office is not good, it's really a shame to come out and scold the street and the audience...

Therefore, Shen Xudong asked: "Is "1942" released in the summer?"

"Probably not, the Huayi Brothers want to show it in the Lunar New Year file..."

"Huayi Brothers? Are they the producer?"

"right…"

Feng Xiaogang explained: "It was Zhonglei who asked me to encourage me to shoot "1942", which made me think about it...so, I didn't cooperate with Tianmei this time..."

"I understand," Shen Xudong nodded, then frowned: "...but next year, we will have two comedies with good quality!"

"Good quality?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well, one is the sequel of "On the Journey", called "Thailand", and the other is Ning Hao's "One Mirror to the End"... I read the script, and it's quite funny!"

Feng Xiaogang thought about it seriously: "...It really can't be released in the New Year's Eve, otherwise, the box office must be miserable!"

Cao Huayi, who was silent next to him, nodded: "... During the Lunar New Year, everyone is watching comedies..."

"Yes, our goal for these two movies is to break one billion!"

"Together?"

"No, it's a single chip breaking one billion..."

"...breaking one billion..."

"The number of screens this year has almost exceeded 4000. According to this trend, by next year, it will increase by at least 14000 yuan, that is, 15 screens, which is enough to support a movie with a volume of 20 to [-] billion... And local comedies are against Hollywood. The common choice of all countries in the world, watching the global film industry, the popular comedy genre is the best choice for local films to fight against Hollywood blockbusters..."

Feng Xiaogang thought that Shen Xudong was mentioning him, and said distressedly: "But now I can't grasp the audience's thoughts!"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I have talked with Ning Hao about this issue. I think this is the tragedy of creators, especially comedy creators, because comedy must fit the times and be close to the bottom masses. You have to understand what they think, but we These people realized the class transition through movies, but they were trapped by the siege of the class, and they didn't understand the changes of the times at all... and they didn't understand what the people at the bottom were thinking..."

This remark caused several people present to ponder. After a while, Chen Daoming expressed admiration: "You are so right!"

"Then how to solve it?"

"Go online more, read more information, browse more forums... Also, don't challenge the perception of netizens...especially hot events!"