Chapter 36: The Cinema
"Movie, you starred in?"
"Yes, it's called "Crazy Stone", it's a very fun work, comedy plus crime genre..."
"Okay, I'll be there!"
"Then I'll thank the teacher for Ning Hao first!"
The movie Lu Xiaoran is talking about is, of course, "Crazy Stone"...
It's a pity that Ning Hao's expectation of a bunch of big-sized interviews did not appear.
You are a small production of 3.6 million, why do you require media and reporters to take the initiative to interview?
That's all the treatment that only big directors can enjoy!
It's normal that Jiang Wei hasn't heard of it...
In fact, last year, the movie "Half and Half" starring Jiang was released, and it was the same treatment - there was almost no splash, and the movie was the work of director Lin Lisheng.
Lin Lisheng is also an associate professor of Nortel's directing department, and has written film scripts such as "Can't Help It" and "No Thieves in the World", and has written TV drama scripts such as "Behind the Glitz", "The Final Diagnosis" and "Watching Happiness", and is recognized as talented in the industry...
You see, industry recognition and external recognition are two different things!
......
Uh, strictly speaking, "Stone" still has a star who promotes the main star - Andy Lau!
He is a producer, an investor...
Most importantly, he was the only one in the entire project that could be reported in the newspaper!
If you break your fingers and count, which of the creative team and actor team of "Stone" is well-known?
The only recognized big name, Guo Tao, is not famous enough...
Of course, he is a good actor.
He is a drama actor in the Experimental Theater, and he has been making movies for a long time - in those years, acting in dramas not only did not make money, but also had to make money, and good actors could only act in TV series and movies to make a living...
It is said that Guo Tao is also unlucky, starring in "Alive" with Uncle Ge and Gong Li, he is the second male lead;
Gangzi's first two film works "Never Lose My Love" and "The Back of the Moon", he is one of the male leads...
That's right, all three films are banned...
Point too back!
"Love Malatang" became popular Gao Yuanyuan and Wang Xuebin, Guo Tao is obviously the leading actor in the third paragraph, and he acted very well, but no one pays attention to him!
The rest, Brother Dao Liu Hua, Heipi Huang Bo, Xie Xiaomeng, Lu Xiaoran...
Who Nima knows who these three are?
Even Lian Jing, who starred in a cameo, is not well-known - now click on Du Niang, enter Lian Jing, the first option is the role in "Looking for Qin"...
Director Ning Hao...
Pull it down, the mixed film festival, there is not even a prize to take out, Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Zhangke have won a few awards!
Ning Hao: Best Film at the Tokyo Filmex International Film Festival, Best Director Award at the Spanish International Film Festival...
The weight of these two awards is probably the level of township enterprises...
Then you can only catch Andy Lau's wool...
From the premiere in Shanghai to the premiere in Beijing, Andy Lau must be there!
He also knows that if he doesn't appear, few people really care about this drama!
......
UME Huaxing International Cinema.
When Lu Xiaoran arrived at the waiting room, Ning Hao and the others had already arrived...
The third master and Andy Lau were also at the scene.
Not only that, Chen Kexin, Huang Jianxin, Lu Chuan, and Meng Jinghui also came...
Lu Chuan is Ning Hao's good friend, and the two screened their own films in Berlin together, "Incense" and "Ke Ke Xili", talked together, and then returned to China to prepare their own commercial films.
The difference is that Ning Hao relied on "Stone" and "Racing" to get out of his own upgrade route, while Lu Chuan took one step and directly drummed up "Nanjing!
Meng Jinghui is here to support Guo Tao, Brother Tao is the first generation of Hui boys, after graduating from Chinese opera, he was directly assigned to the Experimental Theater, and successively starred in "Waiting for Godot", "Sifan" and other drama works directed by Meng Jinghui, and then won the Outstanding Performance Award of the Ministry of Culture with Meng Jinghui's "Rhino in Love"!
As for Chen Kexin and Huang Jianxin, they should be at the invitation of the third master.
After Lao Chen went north, he did not take Qiao and take up the shelf of a Hong Kong director, but tried his best to get closer to China Film and the Beijing circle...
This is a smart man!
For a while, there were too many purple-level bigwigs, and Lu Xiaoran was a yellow-level trumpet, so he could only tremble...
Fortunately, Jiang Wei, who followed behind him, is also a green-level boss...
Han Sanye saw Jiang Wei at a glance and greeted him warmly: "Jiang Wei, are you here too?"
"Director Han!" Jiang Wei was stunned when he saw Han Sanye, and then said: "I followed Lu Xiaoran to meet the world, he told me that the script of "Stone", the first time he read it, he couldn't believe that it was written by humans!"
“... Lu Xiaoran?"
"That's it, kid!"
Lu Xiaoran hurriedly stepped forward: "Han... Senior. ”
I originally wanted to call the third master, but I didn't think it was appropriate...
Han Sanye glanced at Lu Xiaoran and said lightly: "... Are you from Nortel?"
"Yes, I'm Nortel's Class 01 acting class..."
"Not bad, not bad..."
Not bad?
Where's the good?
Could it be that Lao Tzu has been mixed up to the extent that he is remembered by the third master?
The future is bright!
Over there, Jiang Wei had already chatted with Huang Jianxin, and Lao Huang also participated in the movie "Half and Half"...
"I'm working on a spy war drama, and Xiao Lu is writing the script with me..."
"Isn't he an actor?"
"We Nortel have talents, we can both write and act, I think, in a few years, we will be able to be a director!"
After chatting for a few minutes, the theater manager walked in and said with a smile: "Teachers, the audience has already entered, and the media, reporters, and film critics have also come, can we go?"
The third master looked at the group of people who were still communicating, and waved his big hand: "Let's go, go to the movie!"
......
There are about 300 seats at the scene, and the hall is full...
The distribution strength of China Film can be seen, as for these media, most of them are aimed at Andy Lau...
In the first half of this year, except for one "Huo Yuanjia", it achieved good box office results: the mainland box office was 105 million, and the North American box office was 24 million US dollars...
Other movies, both at the box office and word of mouth, are very indescribable...
"Ink Attack", which has high hopes, is known as a blockbuster co-produced by China and South Korea, with an investment of more than 100 million, the mainland box office stopped at 61 million, and the word-of-mouth is even more mediocre.
It was really blown out, and later he joined the money-grabbing army and drummed up a peerless bad movie like "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch: Bright Moon Heaven"!
The situation is like this, there are no good movies, media reports are not easy to write ...
Pan good can be seen!
And then, this month there is a Hollywood blockbuster "Superman Returns"...
The publicity of "Stone" played the propaganda slogan of "Dark Horse of the Year", as if he was not afraid of blockbusters at all.
Then these media are welcome!
If you dare to say that you are a dark horse, then we have to evaluate it carefully...
The lights on the ceiling go out, the black screen slowly lights up, the familiar music plays, and the dragon logo appears...
After the logos of the two major producers of China Film and Xinying Entertainment appeared, and then a bare subtitle appeared'Orange Image'...
The assistant suddenly spoke: "You should really pay for a three-second CG animation!"
“... What are you spending that money for?"
"Publicity, to give the audience an impression that an orange image is produced, it must be a high-quality product..."
"Well, after a while, I'll find someone to do it. ”
"That's right, publicity is very important! There used to be a writer named Sanshao, and every time he opened a new book, he would add a sentence 'Sanshao is produced, it must be a high-quality product'..."