Chapter 298: Dinner Party (4/5)
"Chasing Shadows" is the work of director Wu Zhenyu...
Brother Liangkun's directorial career is quite good, as a director, he has already shot three "three no-movies" with no quality, no reputation, and no box office!
"9413", "Since He Came", "Awakening Lion"...
It's all pretty bad.
"Chasing Shadows" is even better...
Hua Yi's money, let's not talk about this film...
Insert a sentence, the model of this film is: Hong Kong director + Hong Kong male protagonist + Taiwanese female vase + Hong Kong behind-the-scenes team.
The female number one is obviously Wu Peici, but it is Xie Na who is the main propagandist...
Well worth investigating!
Therefore, their showbiz strategy plan, that is, using all kinds of open and secret tears, to praise local actors for the top, may really be true!
This has nothing to do with Shen Mengxi, he doesn't like to deal with those people...
- If "The Wind" raids the Golden Horse Awards, it is also Huayi's business.
"Chasing Shadows" is the only reference significance, "Chasing Shadows" uses the help of happy network publicity, this means is worth learning...
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You are sometimes really skeptical of the audience's tastes!
Obviously, "Ouchi Secret Detective Greyhound" was scolded out of Xiang, and it actually exploded 40 million in the first weekend!
10 million more than "Eavesdropping".
Jinnyima was speechless...
But as a filmmaker, Shen Mengxi knows that the audience can't be blamed for this, and the audience's aesthetics need to be guided...
'We're ahead of the audience after all'.
Putting down the box office statistics in his hand, Shen Mengxi asked Song Hang: "Has the "Old Boy" project passed the review?"
“... It has been passed and is being cast. ”
Xiao Yang's original version of "Old Boy", the script is actually very mature, just continue to expand along this thing...
For example, the campus plot continues a little;
Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai's realistic plot can also be written a little more...
Participate in the competition, the first game caused a huge sensation can also be a little more unfolding.
It's easy to last 90 minutes!
Hearing this, Shen Mengxi hurriedly asked, "Who is lacking in the casting?"
"Villain, that's that Bao Xiaobai..."
Bao Xiaobai, the one who was Xiao Dabao's follower, the gangster in the school, contracted the TV station column to make a fortune after graduation.
Shen Mengxi thought for a while: "... You give Xu Zheng a call, and then introduce Xiao Yang to him... You get involved in the casting and tell them, we will invest 20 million in this play, don't save too much money, and try to find a professional actor as much as possible!"
In the original version of "Old Boy", the chopsticks brothers are really poor, and the actors they are looking for are either crew members or barbecue stall proprietress - fat daughter-in-law.
The school girl is a professional actor...
There's no way, that crying scene can't be played by a professional actor!
Song Hang nodded: "Hmm..."
Shen Mengxi continued: "In fact, with this "Old Boy", we are sure to achieve a box office of 80 million, but we can't let people scold us for being a MV, you still have to stare more..."
"Hmm. Song Hang nodded again, and then asked, "Do you have a candidate for the heroine?"
"The heroine of this play, just choose an actor... Yang Mi and Zhao Liying can do it... What's wrong? Do you have a situation?"
Song Hang shook his head and nodded, hesitated for a moment before saying: "Since Hanyun came to our company, she hasn't acted in many movies, her first play is "Painted Skin"!"
“... There's no need to tell the difference between movie coffee and TV coffee so clearly, and her age..."
Shen Mengxi subconsciously wanted to defend himself.
But when the words came to my mouth, I swallowed them back...
Indeed, Zhang Hanyun's debut work is the female number three of "Painted Skin", a standard movie café, and the future is bright, after transferring to Mengxi, she can only participate in TV series, and most of them are female number two...
From this point of view, she is indeed wasted!
“... In this way, give her the role of the school girl of "Old Boy", and "My Girlhood" to her... By the way, find someone to put out an album for her..."
"Specialized... Album?"
The theme song of "Those Years" was given to her to sing. ”
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On July 28, at seven o'clock in the evening, Shen Mengxi drove to the agreed dinner place.
After the later stage of "The Wind" was completed, Huang Zhonglei and Chen Guofu asked him to talk about the distribution together.
Shen Mengxi came alone...
The young lady stayed at home alone, and she was not alone, Shen's mother also came, just right, to give space and time for the two of them to get along...
The staff led Shen Mengxi to a box and helped him push it away.
The private room is large, luxuriously decorated, and it is steaming, with the smell of vegetables and smoke.
The cigarette that smoked.
Shen Mengxi has no addiction to smoking, and he doesn't like to smoke that stuff.
It's strange that cigarettes, staying up late, and baldness should be the standard for screenwriters, but Shen Mengxi just doesn't smoke and doesn't lose her hair!
"Yo, our Director Shen Da is here!"
Seeing Shen Mengxi walk in, the first person to speak was Zhang Hanyu...
Shen Mengxi smiled, and waved everyone to sit down by the way: "It's late... A bit of a traffic jam..."
"If you can come, we have already arrived at the honor, you know, the most difficult one in the circle to invite is Shen Mengxi, and the other is Zhang Yimou!"
Huang Zhonglei slapped a sycophant...
“... I have a bit of a personality problem, and I'm not used to talking to people..."
Shen Mengxi replied with a smile...
You lie to the ghost!
When Mingxi first opened, you did it all by yourself!
Still not used to talking nonsense?
Directly said that the coffee position arrived, and I was not very happy to take care of the sand sculptures...
""The Sound of the Wind" is set for the National Day, what does Mr. Shen think?"
Shen Mengxi asked rhetorically: "When is "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic"?"
"September 16th..."
"Shall we avoid a week or two?"
Huang Zhonglei looked at Chen Guofu, and then asked in a low voice: "Is "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" very powerful?"
“... What do you say? My cinema chain has received 80% of the film scheduling notices..."
"80%, how much box office can it do?"
"At least 400 million!"
Shen Mengxi nodded affirmatively...
The final box office of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" seems to be 430 million...
Huang Zhonglei's face was a little ugly, he didn't take "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" in his eyes at first, this kind of traditional theme will sell for 100 million at most...
This year's National Day file caught up with the Mid-Autumn Festival, so nearly 10 films such as "The Wind", "My Fair Gentleman", "Wheat Field", "Pirated Cat", "Royal Tattoo", "Elk King", "Monkey King", "Divine Soldier" and so on entered at the same time, making the Hongcheng screen in this National Day look very lively.
Huang Zhonglei thinks that the opponent is "My Fair Gentleman" or "Wheat Field"...
The former is starring Sun Honglei, "Latent" has just finished the first round, "The Right Way in the World is the Vicissitudes of Life" has been broadcast, Sun Honglei's popularity is really invincible;
"Wheat Field", director He Ping plus Fan Xiaopang, 65 million investment, blockbuster...
But now, Shen Mengxi mentioned "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China"...
As mentioned above, Shen Mengxi has a sensitive intuition about the judgment of the market - recognized in the circle!
Shen Mengxi noticed that the atmosphere was a little low, and he hurriedly said: "Let's just promote it normally and release it normally... There is no need to be afraid of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", today's market can accommodate two box office hits!"