Chapter 274: Qualified Comedy
Although he was angry when he met Li Mo just now, Wang Zhonglei came to the premiere of "Thai Embarrassment" today not just to cheer Tao Hong on.
Because strictly speaking, although Tao Hong also graduated from the Imperial Capital Drama Academy and can be regarded as an alumnus with Jiang Wen, she has never entered the core of the Imperial Capital circle.
…… Not to mention the core, she is not even a middle-level person.
The ancients said, 'Marry a chicken and follow a chicken', which is not necessarily completely unreasonable.
Since Tao Hong fell in love with Xu Zheng and got married, he first became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter, and then basically put most of his energy on family life.
Although there must be a reason why Tao Hong's pursuit of career is not so strong, it is more because she takes into account Xu Zheng's feelings.
Although Tao Hong is an athlete-turned-actor, her starting point when she debuted was not low at all.
The first film in the industry was Jiang Wen's "Sunny Day", which was nominated for eight awards at the Golden Horse Awards and finally won six awards.
Tao Hong's second play "Black Eyes" won her Huabiao, the double queen of the Golden Rooster.
…… If you follow the unspoken rules of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award in the later generations, Tao Hong has already won the highest honor for actresses in the Celestial Empire in her fourth year of entering the industry......
At that time, Xu Zheng was just a TV series actor who had just become popular......
If Tao Hong continues her acting career after marriage, it is certain that her fame will definitely not be smaller than the current Xu Zheng.
For Tao Hong to fall in love with Xu Zheng, Wang Zhonglei didn't feel anything.
After all, when Tao Hong became popular, HY was far from being as powerful as it is now.
The personal choice of an actress doesn't seem to have anything to do with him Wang Zhonglei.
However, for the movie "Thai Embarrassment", Wang Zhonglei is very vigilant.
No way, the box office and word-of-mouth of "1942" failed to meet HY's expectations.
Up to now, "1942" has been released for two weeks, and the total box office is still slowly swaying at 256 million yuan......
If it were any other movie, this figure would be more than enough to pay for itself.
However, HY smashed a real 200 million yuan on "1942".
Even according to the most conservative expectations, "1942" will rely on the box office to recover its investment, at least 600 million......
What's even worse is that Feng Gang has been open-mouthed in recent years, and the image of the self-righteous little steel cannon is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even the audience's reputation that has always bought it, this "1942" is almost a cliff-like collapse.
"This is a film with a severe neurotic split personality from the motivation of the characters to the narrative structure. While staging a bitter drama, it is a metaphor like swallowing water, stewed together indiscriminately, and stereotyped. ”
"There is no dramatic tension at all, the whole story is full of running accounts, the whole process is from miserable to very miserable to very miserable, it is said to be a wish for 18 years, but what is presented is a long and boring two and a half hours, Feng Gang should go back to make a comedy. ”
"I've never seen such a plain and tasteless movie, and I have to make it like an epic of the times, and I !! it"
"Watching the premiere. The film itself is lackluster, and the straightforward story is not convincing. Regarding the question of why he wanted to monopolize IMAX, Director Feng's answer was very official and unatmospheric, revealing a sour smell. ”
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Wang Zhonglei, who is used to propaganda work, didn't take it to heart at all when he saw these bad reviews for the first time.
With the rise of the online offensive of "Hypnosis Master" and "Chinese Partner", HY has also learned to use the power of the Internet and self-media to speak out and assist in publicity, but it still can't hold back the trouble caused by Feng Gang's mouth......
However, at least so far, Wang Zhonglei can still talk about comfort is that "1942" is not left behind in many domestic movies.
Although it is not as good as the 570 million of "Youth Pi", compared with "The King's Feast", "Blood Drops", "Big Shanghai" and the like, "1942" can still have an advantage.
As for the "Chinese Partner" that got 750 million?
Wang Zhonglei said very contemptuously that the kind of movie released in October is not qualified to be called a Chinese New Year movie.
……
At 8 p.m., the lights in the screening room went out one by one, and the movie started on time.
The backstory of "Thai Embarrassment" is actually not that complicated: Xu Lang spent five years inventing a magical product called "Oil Ba", and as long as he can master it, he can reap huge benefits.
Xu Lang's classmate and business rival Gao Bo wanted to sell the invention to the French at one time, but Xu Lang firmly disagreed, and he hoped to develop and research in depth, carry forward the "oil tyrant", and get further benefits.
The two men expressed their opinions and argued endlessly, but to no avail. In the end, only by obtaining the power of attorney from Zhou Yang, the largest shareholder of the company, can they achieve their respective goals.
When he learned that Zhou Yang was in Thailand, Xu Lang immediately set off to look for him, and after Gao Bo learned about it, he put a tracker on Xu Lang, and the two went to Thailand together.
In less than five minutes, the ultimate goal of the story, the contradictions between the main characters, is explained.
In other words, Optical Fiber Media finally succeeded in stuffing its artists into the movie this time - Xie Nan played Xu Zheng's assistant in "Thai Embarrassment",
As a comedy movie, the performance of "Thai Embarrassment" also lived up to the word "comedy" at all.
Even if it's just a short plot of Xu Lang squeezing into a cheap cabin with others, it can make the audience smile.
Xu Lang: "Hey, Lily,"
Wang Bao: "Hey, hello. ”
Xu Lang: "I haven't received the map yet, when are you going to send it to me?"
Wang Bao: "Guess ......"
Xu Lang: "You listen carefully to me, if I go to Thailand, I don't have a map, only the four words near Chiang Mai, then what will happen to me?"
Wang Bao: "People?? Goblin?? ......"
……
Two unrelated strangers, through their respective conversations on the phone, can let the audience experience the 'laughing fruit', which is the charm of a successful comedy.
Because Li Mo had watched the finished film in his previous life, when he re-watched these jokes, his reaction was not so exaggerated.
And the vast majority of the audience in the screening hall were completely immersed in a cheerful and pleasant atmosphere at this time.
Let's take Fat Di and Gu Limena sitting next to Li Mo as an example.
In just half an hour since the opening, the two of them have been rolling on the ground laughing.
Especially when Wang Baoqiang pretended to be a SPA massage technician and massaged Huang Bo with his own method of making scallion pancakes, Li Mo's legs were almost swollen by them.
Looking at the audience laughing forward and backwards, listening to the loud laughter that rang out on average once a minute, Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting in the center of the theater, couldn't laugh at all.
He knows very well that it is basically an impossible task for "1942" to continue to occupy the proportion of films in major theaters under such a movie.
HY's failure on "1942" was inevitable.