Chapter 384 Scythe and Leek
"Zhou Xingchi joined the crew of "Truman's World" and starred in a movie again after four years!"
"The combination of comedy masters and commercial film masters, what kind of sparks can Li Qian and Zhou Xingchi collide with!"
"Insiders of "Truman's World" broke the news that Zhou Xingchi has already joined the crew and will play an important role in the movie!"
"Zhou Xingchi, who has retired from filming, doesn't even appear in his own movies, what kind of movie is "Truman's World", and how much charm can attract Zhou Xingchi to join?"
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There are hundreds of people in the crew, and Zhou Xingchi can't hide it at all.
He came a month ago and left on the same day, except for a few people who knew about it, no one else knew that Zhou Xingchi would participate.
But in the past few days, Zhou Xingchi has been in the crew for a week, although there is no role for him, but no matter how stupid people are, Zhou Xingchi will definitely appear.
There are so many people in the crew, various group performances and low-level staff, who will reveal it to the media if they are not in order.
The media is quite interested in Zhou Xingchi, a comedy master, joining Li Qian's comedy movie, and as soon as the news came out, it immediately caused large-scale reports.
The audience was also surprised, Zhou Xingchi didn't even act in his new film "Journey to the West", but acted in Li Qian's movie, the key is that this is also a comedy, so it's very important.
"I'll go, won't I, Xing Ye is filming again, didn't he say Xiying?"
"Isn't it all reported by the media, Xing Ye hasn't said such a thing, it should be too tired to direct and act by himself, so he doesn't act in his own movies. ”
"It's okay now, Li Qian's comedy has the addition of the star master, and it is nine out of ten, and I am looking forward to it more and more. ”
"I still hope that Li Qian has his own style and doesn't copy Zhou Xingchi's comedy style. ”
"Don't be a nonsensical comedy, you're so old, you definitely won't have that effect, and I don't know how embarrassing it will be when the time comes. ”
"Li Qian should be able to shoot more deeply, business and art coexist, and didn't he say it before, it is different from any comedy movie in the world at present, it is based on creativity and brains. ”
"Anyway, the joining of Xing Ye must be a good thing, I haven't acted in other people's films in the past few years, and my vision must be very high, which shows that Li Qian's script is very good, so I can invite Xing Ye. ”
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Li Qian's comedy has Zhou Xingchi joining, and the audience is happy, but the major companies that are rivals are not happy.
Everyone knows the appeal and ability of Zhou Xingchi's ticket, even if he hasn't made a movie for four years.
However, "Kung Fu" beat "Ambush on All Sides" and "No Thieves in the World" to become the box office champion in 2004, and the box office of "Yangtze River No. 7" also exceeded 200 million.
In previous years, this result was already the top in China.
Moreover, Zhou Xingchi's popularity in China is no worse than Cheng Long and Li Lianjie, and his comedies are seen by the post-80s and 90s generations.
What's more, Li Qian's movie is also a comedy, and this cooperation must have a huge effect.
Major companies, including Huang Zhongjun, who had always been full of confidence, began to be a little worried.
But the annoying things are not limited to this village, just two days ago they contacted Zhou Xingchi to inquire about the post-production process of the film and wanted to take the distribution rights.
As a result, Zhou Xingchi said that the distribution rights had been handed over to Li Qian.
One of the main goals of next year flew like this, but it was snatched away by Li Qian.
In addition, Zhou Xingchi also starred in Li Qian's new film, and the two things added together made Huang Zhongjun sad.
Even, he was already thinking about whether he was considering changing the plan for the Chinese New Year.
However, within two days, there were media reports that Li Qian and Zhou Xingchi were suspected of having an argument in the crew, and the news that the two were at odds.
At this time, Huang Zhongjun put the heart he had just lifted into his stomach again.
"One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and two tigers must be injured when they fight!" he laughed, and changed his fart plan, and the front was just right.
Zhou Xingchi has a strange temper, and Li Qian is not easy to mess with, the two bumped into each other, and it is not normal to do something, but it is not normal to have nothing to do.
Not to mention the comedy that can help Li Qian, it's good if you don't mess it up!
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The media fabricated all kinds of news about disputes and contradictions between Zhou Xingchi and Li Qian on the set, which also aroused the worries of fans, after all, there are criminal records in the industry.
Li Qian was also happy when he looked at it, farting has always been what the media is good at, and they all brought out Jiang Wen and Lu Chuan's little bit of Chen sesame rotten grain, and they also said that they were on the scene back then.
However, it didn't affect Li Qian, and Zhou Xingchi didn't care about things on the Internet all the time, no one told him, and he didn't know.
The crew of "Truman's World" filmed as usual, and also began filming Zhou Xingchi's scenes one after another.
The producer's scenes are all in a fixed place, that is, in the studio staring at the moon hanging high, and the moon is actually the base camp of the crew.
However, the base camp in the moon and the scenes in the monitoring room are all arranged in the studio.
In June, the first scene of Zhou Xingchi started in the studio.
There is no need for Li Qian to say anything, a month and a half is enough for Zhou Xingchi to fully understand this role, and there are not many actors of this level.
"The first scene, one shot, one shot!"
"Let's go!"
Shooting directly, a very simple shot, a person is sitting there, and a camera position is facing his face for a close-up.
Even the makeup, hairstyle, and clothes don't need to be changed, the only thing to do is to paint him a little older, after all, the show has lasted for 30 years, and the person who can do this show must be a producer with great power to have this resource and connections, and it is an exaggeration to have this ability in his 30s.
But fortunately, Zhou Xingchi's half-white hair is already old.
In the monitor, Zhou Xingchi spoke calmly.
"We're tired of the pretentiousness of the actors, and we're getting tired of all kinds of explosions, car chases, and computer special effects.
In some ways, although Truman lives in a fictional world, he himself is not fake at all. ”
Speaking of Truman, the magic he has created in the past 30 years, Zhou Xingchi's eyes gradually brightened, and he was also very proud.
His tone began to lower, and his pace of speech slowed, as if he were telling of his own exploits.
"There is no script, no teleprompter, but it is like a fake, this is a life record. ”
"Over!"
After all the time, Zhou Xingchi's performance just now was impeccable, as if he was talking about the artwork he created.
No problem, just start the next shot, not to mention the majesty of killing Zhou Xingchi, deliberately reshoot a few times, there is no need, there is no contradiction, the crew is very harmonious.
The next shot of Zhou Xingchi was the scene of a remote video interview in the monitoring room, which also made Zhou Xingchi rest for half an hour, and then filmed it directly.
"The revenue from this show is staggering, equivalent to the gross national product of some small countries in a year. The host talked about the show.
For this, Zhou Xingchi was not very proud, but said, "But you must know that this show also needs a country to maintain." ”
The host continued, "It is broadcast 24 hours a day, and there are no ads, so all the revenue comes from product placement?"
Zhou Xingchi nodded, "Indeed, everything on the show is for sale, clothes, shoes, TVs, refrigerators, cars... Anything that shows up on the show. ”
"I want to ask, why did Truman never find out the truth?"
"Everybody accepts the reality in front of them, it's as simple as that. Zhou Xingchi said as a matter of course, and his tone was also lowered here, as if he was talking about a philosophy of life.
Zhou Xingchi's performance is similar to Li Qian's previous thoughts about the role, the only adaptation is that he acted more naturally, and he corrected himself.
And when performing, although most of them are expressionless, Zhou Xingchi's expressionless face is not like usual, when there is no expression in normal times, he will look very melancholy, as if he is in a bad mood.
But as soon as the shooting started, all those melancholy were gone, even if his face was expressionless, but you could see his pride and that kind of condescending look.
He is playing a god who is in charge of everything, there is no superfluous expression, there is no joy and sorrow in the expression alone, but it can be felt by people, when it comes to Truman, the expression has hardly changed, but there are some subtle changes in the speed and intonation of speech, giving people a different feeling.
Took two shots and took a break.
Zhou Xingchi, who had been sitting and resting, suddenly spoke up, "Perhaps, Truman is not the focus of this world, advertising is." ”
"What do you say?" asked Li Qian.
Zhou Xingchi shook his head, "The audience is attracted by the false "real" Truman, and is willing to give time, emotion, and money for the utopia in their hearts, and the producers are taking advantage of people's psychology to sell "beauty" in order to maintain Truman's world.
But once you peel off this layer of sugar coating, it is filled with all kinds of advertisements, all kinds of moral kidnapping, and the pursuit of capital by capitalists. ”
Li Qian said with a smile, "Just like reality, celebrities create all kinds of characters for themselves, whether pure, or strong women, or domineering, all in order to attract the audience and make them pay for the movies, TV, and advertisements they endorse." ”
It's very simple, Fan Binbin said that I don't marry a wealthy family, I am a wealthy family, which has attracted many fans, all the same.
With the development of the Internet era, strong dissemination and affluence of life, it is estimated that more and more celebrities will create personalities to "cheat" fans of money, and it is even possible that capitalists will try their best to create stars that meet the requirements of the audience, just like the producer created a Truman to sell advertisements. ”
Li Qian thought about it, and his eyes lit up, "For example, people are rich, the Internet is developed, and there are more and more young netizens who do not have perfect distinguishing ability, which is equivalent to a mature leek."
The capitalists create "Trumen" one by one, these Trumen are sickles, and with this sickle, they will harvest the leeks of the fans, and the leeks will grow one after another, and the sickles will be blunt, for example, if Truman runs out, they will make other Trumen, and use these new sickles to continue to harvest leeks. ”
"Scythe and leeks?" Zhou Xingchi was greatly surprised by Li Qian's thoughts, but he didn't expect that he could define it.
In this way, in the movie, Truman is the sickle, and the countless viewers who watched the live broadcast are leeks, and the capitalists hold this sickle and harvest leeks one after another.
Zhou Xingchi was impressed, it was not Li Qian, the idea was always so unexpected, and it was quite reasonable.