Back then, when Lu Qianyi was still a newcomer, he privately thought that the two heroes of the empire were Ah Mou and Lao Chen!

It's just that Lao Chen has repeatedly refreshed his perception of great directors!

Do you know "Lu Bu and Diao Chan"... No, "Butterfly Dance in the World"?

It is said that this TV series has been suspended nationwide because it is too joking about historical figures and too many scenes of bloody violence...

Its director is Lao Chen!

Even so, Lao Chen was still able to get an investment of 300 million yuan and produced a "Wuji"...

Although "Wuji" was planted, there were "Zhao's Orphans" and "Mei Lanfang" later...

Actually, now that I think about it, why do you think they are awesome?

Because at that time, their works gathered China's most powerful productions, the most box office appealing directors, the best lineup, and China's best screenwriters...

Successful and master-level director!

Their work is called Mainstream Resources!

Others can only be considered marginal subjects...

Nowadays, Lu Xiaoran is also a top director, and with his efforts, the Chinese film industry system continues to mature, and the trend is to perform their duties, divide labor and cooperate, and make the best use of their talents...

But a director like Lao Chen, Lu Xiaoran still likes it very much...

They are the kind of film production model that adheres to the traditional craftsmen, finding a story, finding a screenwriter to revise, looking for actors who are suitable for the characters, and shooting seriously in a closed style...

There are not many such directors these days!

So, after receiving an invitation to the premiere of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", he happily went...

……

Very coincidentally, Lu Xiaoran met Han Sanping...

"Third master. ”

"Yo, you're here too!"

“… Director Chen's work, I definitely want to have a sneak peek!"

The third master nodded: "Well, I'm also curious. ”

After all, it's Lao Chen's work...

The fifth generation of master directors...

The theater chain is also looking forward to "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain", after all, with "International Market" in front, Ah Mou is back to the top, why can't Lao Chen?

35% of the film schedule is given, and according to the length of "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain", 80,000 shows can be arranged in a day!

What is the concept of 80,000 games?

The filming of "Detective Chinatown" on the first day of release was 90,000 shows a day!

The first day of "International Market" is 76,000 films...

The cards are sufficient!

"By the way, Third Master, I wrote a few scripts, and it was a bit out of bounds..."

"Oh, tell me!"

Lu Xiaoran told the plot of "New World", "New World"... It's the dark version of "Infernal Affairs"...

"You're too bold to be a good person?"

"I just think "Infernal Affairs" is too romantic, and I want to be a realistic undercover agent..."

"Let's put it in Thailand and don't advertise it when the time comes... By the way, my daughter also wants to be a screenwriter..."

"Why don't you become a director?"

The daughter of the third master, Lu Xiaoran knows her, Nortel's master's degree in directing...

"She said she wanted to exercise for a few years..."

"Well, I'll go find her tomorrow..."

Lu Xiaoran didn't care very much, the third master's meaning was very simple, let him help bring it...

Then take it, it's not like he hasn't brought an apprentice.

"Seeing the Devil"...

It's also miscalculated, it's too bloody, it's unlikely to be released in the mainland, and it can be made into its own first English-language movie...

And then introduce domestic?

Just thinking about it, Lao Chen and his wife led the main creators of "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" to appear, Bao Qiang, Fan Wei, Guo Fucheng, Zhang Zhen, and of course Kurosawa Zhilin in perspective suit...

……

Two and a half hours later...

In less than two and a half hours, in fact, half an hour after the movie was screened, Lu Xiaoran noticed the biggest problem with "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain": the world view is not uniform!

It was originally a very serious fist and foot kung fu, but suddenly it turned into a bare-handed pistol fight!

Dwarf said that Lao Chen has always tried to convey his philosophy and world view in his films... And then the story is sparse...

"Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" has broken through the bottom line!

The worldview is not unified, how to say it ...

It's like when the bloody battle gathers in Xianzhuang, a bunch of people compete with Qiao Feng to fry steak, and the winner will win or lose!

It gives a chaotic sense of déjà vu...

Of course, it's not that there are no advantages at all, Lao Chen's movies can't be shoddy, and "Wuji" and "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain" have very beautiful clips...

But that's about it...

You're not a pure reed...

Lu Xiaoran remembered a sentence, but I don't remember who said it: For some directors, artistic talent is a constant amount, and if you withdraw too much in the front, you will be in a state of overdraft for the rest of your life.

is very suitable for Lao Chen, from "Yellow Earth" to "Farewell My Concubine" to "Jing Ke's Assassination of King Qin", no matter whether his early creation succeeds or fails, it is fierce and incisive!

And after that?

After "Wuji", to "Zhao's Orphan", and then to the current "Taoist Priest Descending the Mountain", it feels like an overlord coming out of the wall, no matter how hard he fights to save the decline, every step is just approaching Wujiang...

Also, do you think he is approaching Wujiang, and there is also a "I Hold My Son" that continues to lower the lower limit!

finally got to the end of the movie, and then there was an even more uncomfortable 'review' link...

That is, commercial touting!

How to tout "The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain"?

Kwa set?

Boasting about color?

Praise acting?

Damn, the people in front of me have already finished boasting!

You must boast that people invited you here just to hear you lie!

The third master boasted: 'It's so rare, I saw Lao Chen wanting to come up with something new in this movie, instead of eating the old book, this is a director's responsible attitude towards the audience!'

Can this be said?

Lu Xiaoran took the microphone: "I actually admire Director Chen very much, he has a kind of persistence and sincerity that only artists have, no matter how the times change, such an attitude is worth learning from all filmmakers..."

racking his brains to think of a unique point of view, Lu Xiaoran passed the microphone down...

……

Hypocritically congratulated the Chen couple, Brother Song and Lu Xiaoran walked out of the screening hall.

Lao Song sighed with emotion: "... Alas, this movie is a pity!"

"Anticlimactic?"

"It's not just anticlimactic, it's logically confusing... What's wrong with Director Chen?"

Lu Xiaoran said casually: "He signed a contract with Xinli for seven films, maybe he is in a hurry..."

Brother Song: "I can't understand why a director like them still makes a movie, and he believes in himself so much?"

"On the one hand, in order to make money, after all, two children, on the other hand, it is probably the contradiction of human nature, thinking about the high and low music of their works, the high artistic standard, and the audience's acceptance... Very screwed mentality!"

“… How much do you think this movie has grossed?"

"I don't know, I haven't predicted the box office for a long time..."Halfway through the words, the voice of the big golden retriever came to my ears: "400 million!"

Brother Song waved his hand: "I think it's more than that, judging from the number of people you want to see in the orange, it can definitely be higher than 500 million!"