At first, I just wanted to make money

Feng Xiaogang did not inflate his money, and he said a lot about the world, including "those awards in Europe are all small circle games"...

The original words are 'none of all the awards in the world are regular, all have tricks, and all are interpersonal relationships.Let me give you an example. A film by a famous director has not yet finished filming. Cannes has already said, 'Your film is the opening ceremony'.You say this is a serious matter? '

Is he right?
That's right, it can be seen from the judging mechanism that seven people decide all the awards.

"Uncle Boonmee" was held by Tim Burton. He himself was shooting magical themes, and he gave Uncle Bumee the highest award...

For example, Quentin's "Fahrenheit 911/[-]", Coen Brothers' "The Wandering Pandy", Luc Besson's "Dancer in the Dark" and Wang Jiawei's "The Wind Blows the Wheat Waves"...

That's the level!

But... this thing has a lot to do with Feng Xiaogang's own level!
It is difficult to see any aesthetic concept in Feng Xiaogang's early works, the camera lens is quite rough, and the texture of TV series.

Later, I took more pictures and gradually changed a little bit, but the standard is still not enough...

The most important thing...he is not an academic, and has no connections...

Is Quentin's "Pulp Fiction" of high aesthetic value?
But he was picked up by Harvey and brought to Cannes...

The same is true for Shen Xudong. The first film "Outstanding Citizen" was highly recommended by the film selectors in Venice, and then it was taken to Venice. Chen Daoming won the best actor, and the second film "The Aviator" won the jury award...

"The Grandmaster" is directly invited by the Venice Film Festival...

Is he very talented?
At the end of the day, he has connections...

""The Hunting" is best shot with a cold, objective look. If Berlin can't do it, you can go to Cannes to try your luck... I heard from Joseph that next year Cannes may invite him to be a judge and try to win an award at that time..."

"How to be shortlisted?"

"MK2 has a cooperation agreement with our company..."

Shen Xudong didn't say much, but everyone was knowledgeable and understood what he meant.

MK2 is the second largest cinema chain in France and a well-known art theater chain in Europe. They recommend it, and it is not a big problem to be shortlisted for the main competition unit!

……

This matter is just a plan. After all, Feng Xiaogang was so focused on "1942" that he couldn't spare time and energy to shoot "Hunting"...

With a high probability, Shen Xudong still needs to find a new director...

Mainly invisible pretense...

A little show of Xudong's connections...

After the dinner was over, they insisted on arranging a second one, to some private club.

Going to the club with a group of old men?

Shen Xudong found an excuse and took a step first...

It seems that when we meet again in the future, we must bring a girl!

No matter who it is, with them, they will at least take a little care of it.

Chen Daoming also got into the car, Shen Xudong asked the driver to send Chen Daoming first, and the two chatted for a while in the car.

In 09, "Burst Drummer" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film, Chen Daoming won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, and the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor...

In addition, the final box office of "Burst Drummer" was 1.42 million, and the overseas box office was close to 800 million US dollars. It also bought the remake rights in 6 countries...

It can be regarded as Chen Daoming's best-known movie in the past three years.

Because he starred in "The Tomb of Assassination" and "The Battle of Chama Town" after that, neither of which was considered a masterpiece... Among them, "The Tomb of Assassination" was even evaluated: the worst film history!
Even if there were "Tianji Dwelling in Fuchun Mountains" and "Legend of Fengshen" later, they did not cover up the status of "Thorn Tomb".

"Decisive Battle in Shama Town" is actually not bad, but the investor is LeTV Pictures, who has never controlled a movie market before, and has no idea about publicity and distribution.

There is basically no publicity, and the box office is very poor...

Therefore, after "Decisive Battle", Jia Yueting recruited Zhang Zhao and handed over all the LeTV film industry to him, and left the professional work to professionals, and then the rapid development of the LeTV film industry...

To sum it up, Chen Daoming and Shen Xudong discussed a lot about the concept of "Hunting", such as the shooting location and so on.

For example, it is best to shoot in Thailand.

Although "Hunting" is about rumors or a story about one person, the police in the original book are indeed guilty of ignorance...

It is safer to shoot abroad!

While discussing vigorously, Shen Xudong's cell phone rang. It was Huang Bin who called. Shen Xudong smiled apologetically at Chen Daoming, and then connected the phone...

About 10 minutes later, Shen Xudong hung up the phone, and Chen Daoming saw his unwavering expression, and asked, "What happened?"

"...Small matter, someone messed with us behind our backs..."

"Handle it well, your company is now the industry leader, and everyone is watching your every move!"

"I understand, I will handle it beautifully."

……

The popularity and pre-sale of "A Chinese Ghost Story" are significantly ahead of other works...

After the release, as long as the word-of-mouth does not collapse, it will definitely occupy the dominance of the National Day file...

But the market for the National Day file is so big. According to the forecast, it can generate up to 5 million box office. If "A Chinese Ghost Story" takes the majority, what about the other two movies?
"Painted Wall" invested 6000 million yuan, and "Legend of the White Snake" even claimed to cost 1.5 million yuan...

I want to get my money back!

Count on overseas markets?

Hehe, times have changed. After the subprime mortgage crisis in 08, it was difficult for Chinese-language films to go overseas. Hollywood blockbusters showed a tendency to dominate the world.

Even Golden Harvest's action movies can only shrink in the Southeast Asian market.

What should I do?
The strategy of "Painted Wall" is to release it four days in advance on September 9, to seize the market first...

Oh, it is normal for Chen Jiashang and Tianmei Media to disagree. Therefore, Chen Jiashang took "Painted Wall" to Guangguang Media. Tianmei Media didn't say anything, and even expressed their blessings generously...

Most importantly, "Painted Wall" is not among the ideas of Tianmei Liaozhai.

In Tianmei's "Liao Zhai" series, there must be an exorcist throughout...

Moreover, the story of "Painted Wall" doesn't quite fit the market...

The original book describes the parting and reunion of Zhu Xiaolian in the Qing Dynasty and the goddess of scattered flowers in the picture, expressing the good wishes of ordinary people yearning for adventures and the sadness of disappearing illusions.

In fact, it’s a scholar’s ​​lustful dream—a scholar’s ​​adventure when he visited a temple. He went on a dream trip and had intercourse with all kinds of beauties. The final comment: People who have lustful intentions are living in an obscene environment; .

Well, stay away from greed and lust, and practice self-cultivation.

In other words, if it was shot according to the original work, it is impossible to pass the review. This thing is even more "Treasure of Bliss" than "*futon"...

"Legend of the White Snake" is more difficult-it will be released on the 30th, facing "A Chinese Ghost Story" head-on...

Huang Bin just called and said that a lot of black information about Nazha has been exposed on the Internet, saying that she is from American Airlines... and a large number of sailors are gathering to attack "A Chinese Ghost Story"...

Shen Xudong asked directly: "Who is behind the scenes?"

"...light..."

"Light?"

Shen Xudong was a little confused...

How could it be light?