Chapter 42: Anyone Can Say Big Things!—5/5
"Teacher's Diary": It turns out that there is a person in this world who does what you have done, listens to the songs you have heard, reads the books you have read, walked the road you have walked, and appreciated the scenery you have admired...
We have similar hobbies, the same pursuits, and the same ideas, although we have never met, but we have known each other for a long time...
When we finally met, we smiled like old friends...
And so it went on until the old...
Very romantic love, the director is Wen Muye, and the producer Su Lun.
This kind of small and fresh movie is basically a way for Mengxi to train new directors.
The film investment is very low, and the actors mainly sign the salary + dividend model.
Coupled with the advertising placement, the whole film achieves the feat of recovering its cost without being released...
However, the Dream Creek romance film, the chassis is 200 million!
Zhao Liying knows very well that if the box office of "Teacher's Diary" is less than 200 million, it means that her debut is a failure...
Therefore, with the publicity, of course, there is also a little selfishness, she and Chen Xiao stirred up CP.
Frying CP is very simple: find a few self-media to send a specious press release.
go on variety shows together, cultivate potential CP fans, and cut various CP videos through potatoes and Weibo;
On social media such as Douban, Weibo, and topics involving the two of them, 0 attracts a wider range of related discussions;
Cooperate with new dramas, operate dramas and live CPs!
For example, the land CP is a very typical example, and I won't write the title of the press release after all kinds of bundles for a while...
Of course, there is actually a risk in frying CP, if it is too hot, it is easy to be counterattacked...
Shen Mengxi doesn't know this...
Even if he knew, he couldn't object to it - the fish raised in the fish pond would one day be eaten by someone else!
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company, Shen Mengxi's office, Zhang Yimou is reading the script - "Pain and Glory", the script written by Shen Mengxi, his next play.
"What do you think?"
“... Very good!"
Ah Mou put down the notebook and nodded...
"Pain and Glory", originally about the life of Salva, a film director in his later years, can be regarded as Almodovar's autobiographical film.
The life story of a film director in his later years, including his first love, his second love, his mother, his death, some of the actors he worked with, spanning the 60s, 80s and the present, a sense of emptiness that he doesn't fit in with that makes him unable to make films now...
Shen Mengxi took A as the prototype and made some modifications.
That's right, he is ready to persuade Ah Mou to star in "Pain and Glory"...
This film is very difficult to make: firstly, in terms of theme, it involves major themes such as family, friendship, love, career (director's career), illness and death, each of which can become the focus of a film on its own.
At the same time, the time dimension spans a wide range: from childhood to old age. It is more difficult to tell it clearly in a time dimension of less than two hours.
The original script skillfully used a layered structure to easily realize this difficult thing - the elderly director Salvador was very talented when he was young and won many honors, but 32 years ago, because he was very dissatisfied with his movie "Taste", and has been out of the film since then. He had been suffering physically and mentally for decades, but one day, he re-watched the last movie he had made, and began to reverse his past views and reconcile with it.
The whole story revolves around "Taste".
Shen Mengxi changed it to the "Unnamed" movie...
The script still needs to be improved - after all, it involves a lot of privacy, and he only heard about it!
"Can you star in it?"
"Me?"
Zhang Yimou smiled bitterly: "I'd better forget it, the audience won't like to look at my old face!"
“... No, this movie is a tribute to "Eight and a Half" and "Wild Strawberries", and I don't plan to get much box office!"
That's right, after more than a year of hiatus, Shen Mengxi decided to make a movie starring A Mou, and hit Cannes, Oscars...
The gimmick is enough, and it may be able to achieve a bumper harvest in the market...
"I'll think about it..."
A Mou is always a little reluctant to accept this script...
"It's okay, I also have to improve the script, why wait until "The Great Wall" is released before starting this project..."
Ah Mou nodded, and then asked Shen Mengxi: "Have you watched "Lu Criminal's Knowledge"?"
"I watched it again... If you want to shoot it, I'll give you an opinion..."
"You say. ”
"Can this movie be made in black and white?"
"Huh?"
"In the most modest of cinematic mode..."
"You're not worried about the market?"
Shen Mengxi smiled: "... Director Zhang, there is no shortage of directors in our company who can make box office, what we lack is directors who can make good movies!"
Ah Mou nodded, and was about to say something, when someone knocked on the door, it was Zhao Jinsong.
"Then I'll go first..."
"I'll send you..."
......
Sending Ah away, Zhao Jinsong asked Shen Mengxi: "Director Zhang will talk to you about "Lu Criminals"?"
"Yes, he loved the story and was ready to start filming... I agreed. ”
Zhao Jinsong heard this and nodded...
He has confidence in A Mou - Ah Mou's movies have a basic plate, "33 Days of Broken Love" and "Di Renjie" two movies are sandwiched, and "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" almost broke 100 million...
Then asked: ""Walking with God" broke 1.5 billion, do you want to have a celebration banquet?"
“... Has the Asian box office summed up?"
"As of now, the box office in Asia is $332 million, and the box office in South Korea is $86 million..."
Shen Mengxi smiled: "Let's have a celebration banquet... By the way, how is the box office of "Teacher's Diary"?"
Zhao Jinsong: "It's okay, 140 million in the first six days, and the total box office is expected to be 300 million..."
140 million in the first six days...
This result is not enough to see last year, but this year, it is very good!
Therefore, Shen Mengxi said with satisfaction: "Then let's celebrate together!"
"Hmm..."
Zhao Jinsong didn't go...
Shen Mengxi looked at him strangely: "What else is going on?"
"Huayi held a press conference of "Tai Chi" yesterday and announced that it was set for the National Day..."
"I've known for a long time... It's okay, "Big Winner" will definitely win!"
Zhao Jinsong waved his hand: "It's not this, it's Chen Guofu who said a word." ”
Shen Mengxi: "Huh, what did he say?"
Zhao Jinsong took out his mobile phone and read it: "I am usually more reserved and low-profile, and several movies have joined the same schedule one after another, which shows that people do not take "Tai Chi" in their eyes. Among the movies I directed or produced, only "The Wind" and "Di Renjie" were released in the eleventh schedule, and neither of these films was defeated. So I seriously advise the films of the same schedule to consider carefully!"
Shen Mengxi looked up a little surprised: "Original words?"
"Yes, that's right!"
"So crazy?"
"We've responded..."
"How?"
Song Hang replied in an interview: Anyone can talk big, but I think they should be cautious. ”
I've been waiting for a long time, but there's no more to follow...
Shen Mengxi was speechless: "That's it?"