Chapter 175: The Less-than-Ideal "Departure Today"
filming "Manchester by the Sea" is not too difficult for Shen Mengxi, at least it is much easier than the actors.
It is the actor who is involved in the emotional performance, not him.
Before the official shooting, he will carefully conceive each part of the whole scene, but what it will look like depends on the actors...
In order to let the actors, in fact, Xiao Lizi find the feeling of the characters, Shen Mengxi simply took two weeks to rehearse in the theater first.
The stage play in the United States is similar to the real performance, and the crew is also very well prepared, to consolidate each scene, the actors rehearse many times, understand the meaning of each line and the emotional state of the characters.
Of course, it's easy to say, but to do this, it takes money, time...
All this, Xiao Li Zi can call the shots.
Shen Mengxi is not a big deal, there is not much publicity for "Painted Skin", and there is not much less for him - few people will let him go to the movies because the screenwriter of "Painted Skin" is for him...
The reason why most of the audience bought tickets was because of the cast lineup and "Painted Skin" adapted from "Liao Zhai"...
"I added a few pieces of wood to the stove, just hoping that the room would be a little warmer when I left..."
"Then, I went to the small supermarket, and I was still very excited, so I didn't drive, and walked back and forth for 40 minutes... Halfway through, I remembered that the fence wasn't closed, but I didn't think it was a big deal..."
"Wait a minute!"
Shen Mengxi shouted a pause: "Don't frown, just speak, speak slowly, keep your eyes on the ground, the police ask you, you look up again... But don't make eye contact with them..."
"OK, let's do it again!"
clapped his hands and motioned for the actors to start over...
Not far away, Liu Yifei sat on a chair and looked at him...
She was thinking that Shen Mengxi was quite capable, and in two days, she straightened out the crew, and now it is the stage of training her acting skills...
......
"Are you saying that this hype was made up by that Shen Mengxi in the mainland?"
“... It's amazing!"
Looking at Tianya Online, a bunch of people are discussing whether Liu Ruoying is a green tea, and Huayi and a group of Taiwanese executives sighed a little...
'I know that people have families, but I still haunt them for fifteen years!'
'What do you think of this?'
'To be brave in the pursuit of one's own love is to tear apart other people's families?
Titles like that, a bunch of people at the bottom discuss...
Liu Ruoying also successfully entered the Baidu hot spot...
"I heard that he is trying to suppress the news related to the weekly news..."
"That shouldn't have anything to do with our milk tea!"
It was Chen Guofu who said this, who served as the artistic director of Huayi, and was known as the right-hand man with the pants, and he also had a good relationship with Liu Ruoying...
Of course, "No Thieves in the World" is Chen Guofu's recommendation, otherwise, how could he be on Xiaogang's movie?
Huang Zhonglei persuaded him: "He may not know the relationship between Liu Ruoying and us, let's just move around more in the future!"
He must have helped Shen Mengxi, and only spent $12 million to participate in the investment of Oscar-level movies!
That's right, another 2 million ...
Twenty-one added five, Shen Mengxi and Xiao Lizi's agent took $1 million each...
Of course, Huang Zhonglei didn't know this...
"Move around more, I heard that he is famous for not using Taiwanese and Hong Kong actors!"
"Who said that, he is now close to Tang Ren, doesn't "Secrets of the Three Kingdoms" use Jin Shijie, Li Jianyi and Xie Junhao, don't listen to those media rumors, he has a very good personality. ”
It's hard to say what Shen Mengxi's personality is, or what his character is, but after he established the studio, he didn't lose money on the projects he invested in!
Now, there's finally one project that has broken the record – "Departure Today"...
This movie was released on August 29, the reputation is very good, the critics are also very high, and even participated in the Busan and Tokyo film festivals, and also sold the overseas rights of the two countries...
It's useless, half a month after its release, the mainland box office stopped at 8 million...
There are a bit more new films coming out in September.
In addition to "The Incredible Hulk" on the same day, there are also "The Undertaker", "Dowry", "Limmy's Conjecture", "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army"...
There are too many films!
"Departure Today" has never exploded at all, except for winning 25% of the film schedule on the first day, the film schedule after that has basically remained around 15%, and two weeks later, it was simply released!
8 million box office, setting a record for the lowest box office of Dream Creek Studio.
"Calm down, we invested in "Departure Today" for director Liu Jiang, let me tell you, "The Beautiful Times of Daughter-in-law" and "Before Dawn" both have the potential to be popular dramas. ”
"Three million... And where to buy it, isn't it already back for two million!"
Shen Mengxi said with relief...
He really doesn't care about this gain or loss, how can he bother with this little profit?
Zhao Jinsong explained: "... I'm angry and domineering, and I directly took away all the copyright proceeds!"
“... The overseas copyright has not been assigned to us?"
"Nope!"
"I don't even want my face!"
I can only complain two sentences behind my back, and vent...
Aggrieved and depressed!
People are in the middle of the film, and they can only hold back if they are unhappy!
Shen Mengxi advised: "Next time, if there is any youth film plan, don't participate, we will do it ourselves!"
"Hmm!"
......
Hotel, room.
Liu Yifei looked at the time, it was only half an hour, and Shen Mengxi made at least five phone calls!
Good disagree, he paused...
Looking at the gap, she asked, "Why are you so busy?"
"Of course I'm busy, a bunch of people under my hands follow me to eat..."
“... Haven't you already come to the United States?
“... It wasn't a domestic call just now, it was Xijie from South Korea, and they wanted me to provide two scripts quickly..."
Liu Yifei's eyes lit up: "Then you agreed?"
Shen Mengxi sat down, picked up the apple on the coffee table and took a bite: "Promise a yarn, we will make it ourselves and give it to them for distribution!"
"What project?"
""Chaser", telling the story of a perverted murderer, we are just an investor, responsible for the production..."
Glancing at her, Shen Mengxi asked, "Do you want to go to South Korea for development?"
“... Can't you?"
"You're all coming to the United States, of course, you have to make soy sauce in Hollywood, so that you can mix up the name of an international superstar, otherwise, it will be too much of a loss!"
"You think I don't want to, it's not like there are no suitable projects!"
"Fox is preparing to shoot "Dragon Ball", there should be a role that suits you..."Without waiting for Liu Yifei to speak, Shen Mengxi said directly: "But this movie is bound to fail!"
"So what should I do?"
“... I don't know. ”
Shen Mengxi shook his head honestly, he really didn't know...
There are too few roles suitable for Asians in Hollywood during this time period, otherwise, Zhang Ziyi would not have returned to China...
Sighing, Liu Yifei comforted himself: "Forget it, I was going to rest for half a year..."
“... Is it?" Shen Mengxi thought for a while and suggested: "Actually, if you go to the crew every day, you can chat with Xiao Lizi and them properly, if you get acquainted with them, I will take you with me in the next play!"
"They're so hard to approach!"
"What's so hard to approach? Talk about your perception of "A Different Sky" and "Sense and Sensibility", and the topic will soon be opened!"
Liu Yifei put his head in his arms and muttered: "Why not "Titanic"?"
"The movie made Cameron, and it has nothing to do with them... I said, Xiao Lizi, why don't you like to see you, is the first thing you say when you meet people is, 'I like your Jack so much'?"
“... I do like it..."
"You're going to make him embarrassed and uncomfortable, alas, I don't understand this basic social etiquette, take it!"
Shen Mengxi was speechless, how could there be such a person, you want to make friends with others, so let's investigate people's preferences, habits, and hated topics first...
"In this way, you go and check the English afternoon tea and pastries, tomorrow afternoon rehearsal, Kate will come, you can talk to her about British food, don't say that the British eat pig food!"
The fairy sister got up from him and said casually: "I thought you were going to let me seduce Xiao Lizi!"
“... Can you be a little self-aware? Xiao Lizi likes supermodels, long legs, and the whole world knows that I can seduce him more effectively than you!"