During this time, the news was overwhelming with reports about the Oscars or Chen Yongren, and Chen Daoming, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor as the male number one, although he did not succeed, he is now also a hot actor, interviews, a lot of TV shows, and film appointments are also floating towards him like snowflakes.

However, after participating in the interview recording of some programs, I went home to retreat and practice.

These days, Chen Daoming watched the emails sent to him by Chen Yongren at home, studying day and night. The content of the email is the storyboard of "Iron Man", so every day at home, I wonder how Tony Stark, who loves to drink and is self-serving, can become a volunteer policeman to protect the peace of the world, this role is different from any previous role, and it is also a very big challenge for Chen Daoming.

After announcing that he was going to start filming this movie, Chen Yongren initially wanted to invite the original starring actor to star. But after thinking about it, I decided to use domestic actors, so I wanted Chen Daoming to try.

After Chen Daoming received the script, he immediately figured out the role without saying a word, and then asked Chen Yongren to come over and give advice. Seeing Chen Daoming working so hard, and it felt very good, so in the end, it was decided that Chen Daoming would play the role of Iron Man.

After deciding to play the role of Iron Man by Chen Daoming, he immediately signed a contract with him, not only the contract for this movie, but also a series of future movies about Iron Man.

Although there are so many people outside who want to ask him to play the male lead, and the salary is also high and scary, but all the outside can't beat Chen Yongren's movie, this is the difference in strength, no matter how many people want to act, they can't act.

So during this time, even some friends were called out to get together, but Chen Daoming politely refused. Friends who don't know why thought he was too tired some time ago and wanted to rest and relax at home, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

Iron Man is tentatively scheduled to start shooting in August, and the comic version of Iron Man has also begun to be serialized on Iron Man's official Weibo, and it was announced that this role will be played by Chen Daoming.

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On March 25, 2008, Chen Yongren was invited to participate in the Young Directors Symposium held in Beijing.

There were many directors who came to participate in this symposium, but there was only one focus, that is, Chen Yongren.

This symposium will be the largest director's event of the year, with more than 200 directors on the scene, including more than 60 directors who are more familiar to fans.

And among these people, it is obvious that Chen Yongren is the most valued, after all, Chen Yongren has achieved a series of achievements that cannot be compared with all the directors combined.

As soon as Chen Yongren arrived, many directors came up to greet him, but whether they were familiar with it or not, they would talk about it after brushing their faces first.

This is also a relatively common situation in the entertainment industry, after all, the circle is so big, many people want to come in, and many people who come in want to swim upstream, and some people can't swim upstream after swimming for a lifetime, and some people can easily get a lot of resources because of some opportunities, and they can easily swim upstream.

So to be able to get acquainted with Chen Yongren, even if you can't rely on him, get a word or two from him, be able to have a good relationship with him, and save a fate.

Moreover, from the perspective of pure films, which of Chen Yongren's movies is not a masterpiece? What's more, he is still a film and television boss, so no matter from which level, Chen Yongren has been highly valued by everyone.

There were also hundreds of reporters at the scene, and as soon as these reporters saw Chen Yongren, they immediately aimed their guns and guns at Chen Yongren.

"Director Chen, how are you preparing for your new film?

"Director Chen, what are the considerations for Chen Daoming to play Iron Man?"

"Director Chen, Hu Rihua announced his divorce on Weibo, what do you think about this?"

"Director Chen........."

Facing the camera, listening to all kinds of strange questions asked by these reporters, Chen Yongren also stood tall, adjusted and replied with a smile: "Thank you for your concern about the movie, we will announce any news through the official website and official blog as soon as possible, and then today is the Young Directors Symposium, I hope you will focus on today's meeting Thank you." ”

"Director Chen, what do you think of the current blind following phenomenon of Chinese films? Everyone knows that it is for this reason that Xiangjiang films have declined due to lack of innovation, so will the increasingly serious phenomenon of following the trend have an impact on the rise of Chinese films?"

Chen Yongren, who was originally going to walk in, stopped and replied after hearing it: "First of all, I have a neutral attitude towards the current phenomenon of following the trend, which can be creative and innovative follow-up, or brainless follow-up, so following the trend is not terrible, but will promote the development and prosperity of the film industry."

However, if you follow the trend without brains, it will only be a bad movie, a movie should have its own core, rather than deliberately trying to please the audience and please the audience, the movie made in that way will only disgust the audience, and the success of a movie is not the director's final say, but the audience's final say. So if you follow the trend to make a more high-quality movie, then such a follow-up is beneficial.

On the contrary, when you see a popular movie, you want to follow the trend and make a profit, this way will only make you and the audience further and further away until the audience boycotts you.

Therefore, following the trend, we must first learn to tell the story well, make it carefully, and develop something that belongs to you, rather than reading from the script, the audience's eyes are bright, so we still have to pay attention to this problem, otherwise it will be sunset before it rises. ”

After expressing some of his views on this issue, Chen Yongren declined the following interviews, and then walked to his place and sat down, and today's forum is about to begin.

When he came here, he was not a great figure who won the Oscar for Best Director, but an ordinary director like the director here.

The symposium soon began, and all the reporters had already taken their seats in the press gallery.

Today's director's symposium mainly discusses some issues about the development of Chinese films, Chinese films have developed rapidly in recent years, but Hollywood films are becoming stronger and stronger, and the domestic film market is getting bigger and bigger, but the big head is still taken by Hollywood movies, which also makes everyone feel a shame.

The directors on the scene were enthusiastically expressing their opinions and joining the discussion, but Chen Yongren didn't speak much, he came to participate in this symposium completely because it was hosted by the Film Bureau, so he had to give some face to come over......

In this regard, he is relatively low-key. But although he did not speak, there were always countless people who asked him to speak.

"Director Chen, could you please talk about your views on how Chinese films should enter foreign markets. The director of the film bureau, who presided over today's symposium, looked at Chen Yongren and said: "Among the directors here, Director Chen, your film has the highest overseas box office achievement, and the development of Chinese films has been very good in recent years, and the capacity ......of the film market is getting bigger and bigger, and it is not a strange news that domestic films will break one billion or two billion, but they will be cold as soon as they go abroad."

Since he was named by the leader, Chen Yongren also stood up, and then said to everyone: "Since Wang Ju asked me to express my opinion, then I will say a few words, if you don't say it, you are adding." ”

Chen Yongren's approach also made the group of people present unable to find fault, and most people were too lazy to get up when they were ordered, especially the famous big-name directors, because of their own identity, they seemed to talk to a group of directors who were not better than themselves, and they felt a little cheaper when they stood up.

But Chen Yongren is not like that, no matter what event he attends, he can do all the etiquette, although he won the Oscar for Best Director, he does not have the frame of a big director, and he looks approachable.

Chen Yongren said: "We must first understand one thing, that is, why Hollywood movies are very popular in any country, and our films, let alone foreign countries, even the domestic market is untenable.

At present, the domestic film market is already very large, and within a few years, it will surpass the United States and become the world's largest film market.

Five years ago, what was the situation of our film market, everyone is not unclear, although the development of the entire Chinese film industry is very good, but the overall is still inferior to Hollywood movies, although the box office of movies now breaks 1.8 billion at every turn, but looking at the annual box office, Hollywood movies account for 59%.

On our own turf, our movies don't account for more than half of the box office, which is a terrible thing, so we should think about what kind of movies our audience likes, and how we should make movies that satisfy the audience.

Secondly, it is the problem of impacting foreign markets, first of all, we must base ourselves on the domestic and look at the world, the cultural differences at home and abroad are very large, so to make a movie that both domestic and foreign audiences understand and love, then the foreign market will naturally not be a problem........."

Chen Yongren's words also made all the directors present very ashamed, and now Chinese films are getting better and better, which has also led to the fact that these directors who have not achieved anything have also inflated their hearts, and they don't know where they come from.

Chen Yongren continued: "So, of course, making money is still more than making dollars, but the premise of making dollars is how to keep the one-third of an acre under your feet."

And if you want a movie to make money, you have to go back to the problem of the film industry chain. For Hollywood movies, the box office is only a small part of the income of a movie, and the surrounding area of the movie is the bulk of the income, often a movie may only have a box office of tens of millions of dollars, but his peripherals are as high as hundreds of millions of dollars.

Therefore, if you want a movie to make money, first of all, the quality of the movie must be excellent, secondly, the film arrangement and publicity must be in place, and then the development of the film's peripherals.

For example, one of my previous movies, "The Grim Reaper is Coming", released a game of the same name before the movie was released, and according to incomplete statistics, the game ended up earning as much as 300 million US dollars.

So as long as the movie is made well, you are not afraid of no money to make, even if the box office of the movie is not ideal, there are still movie peripherals to develop.

But now our Chinese films are also in a kind of false prosperity, we now have more and more follow-up movies, more and more bad movies, although there may be some bad movies that rely on star effect and also get a high box office, but the reputation is lost, smashing their own signboards, and it is very difficult to make money.

Although the purpose of the movie is to make money, as a director, you must first ensure that the movie you make is worthy of the word director, and then think about how to maximize the benefits of the film and form a virtuous circle.

The quality of a movie can be seen by the audience, so there is nothing wrong with wanting to hit the foreign market, but it is better to stand firm on the land under your feet first, and then talk about it, don't think about running before you learn to walk. ”

Chen Yongren said a lot of things, and these directors were also thoughtful after listening to it.

After taking a sip of water, Chen Yongren continued: "So the question is still a cliché, before considering the box office, you should first consider how to ensure the quality of your movie, and whether you have the qualifications to get a high box office."

Instead of making a bad movie, unexpectedly getting a high box office, just floating, thinking about making dollars, but whether the audience of your next movie will pay for it is not certain, and such a director's career is not expected to go anywhere. ”

After speaking, Chen Yongren looked at the directors present, and then said: "This is what I want to say, only by ensuring the quality of the film can we strive for the box office of the movie." ”

After Chen Yongren finished speaking, he sat down, and the directors present also applauded warmly, indeed they saw Chen Yongren's film kill all sides abroad, and not long ago won the Oscar for Best Director. is also a director, he Chen Yongren can do it, and I can do it too, so after making a blockbuster movie, some people began to float.