Chapter 411: The Nobleman Who Can't Play Around
As early as when the movie "Those Years" directed by Lin Xiaoguang was slaughtered in theaters across the Taiwan Strait and three places, Feng Xiaowan was already ready to make a move and decided to re-emerge to defend his position as the first director of Huayi.
You must know that "Those Years" directed by Lin Xiaoguang not only made a lot of money in the mainland, but also set historical box office records in Hong Kong and Taiwan, which made Feng Xiaowan feel both envious and very uncomfortable.
Therefore, in order to further expand the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets for his new film and replicate the box office myth of "Those Years" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, Feng Xiaowan also specially hired the talented director Peng Haoxiang of Xiangjiang to write a new script for him - "Aristocrat".
However, Peng Haoxiang, who didn't know much about the life of Shaojing and the life of the aristocracy, never wrote a script that made Feng Xiaowan particularly satisfied.
In the end, due to various reasons, "Aristocrat" had to be temporarily stranded, and Feng Xiaowan did not intend to continue to ridicule the "nouveau riche" in "Aristocrat", but instead focused on single men and women, ridiculing and giving guidance to older young people by the way, so that there is today's "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".
Unlike "Aristocrat", this time Feng Xiaogang did not invite Peng Haoxiang to write the script of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", but wrote the script alone.
In fact, this story has been brewing for a long time, and the title of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" comes from the "Marriage Notice" written by Feng Xiaowan to Ge You, and the last line of the notice is "Intentional call, if you are not honest, do not disturb." ’
In addition, as the father of mainland Chinese New Year films, Feng Xiaowan also wants to use this film to re-impact the Chinese New Year film market and regain the lost ground of the Chinese New Year files that were previously lost due to the filming of the blockbuster "Night Banquet".
After the "Do Not Disturb" project was confirmed, the lineup in front of and behind the scenes was quickly decided, and everything was ready.
It's just that before the movie "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" started, there was a thorny problem that made Feng Xiaowan a headache, that is, the actor Ge You was reluctant to sign the contract.
Because Feng Xiaowan didn't expect from the beginning that Ge You actually declined his play offer.
The play "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" was specially written by Feng Xiaowan for Ge You, and Ge You still acted as a fart!
When Feng Xiaowan went to Ge You's house, Ge You had just finished filming Cheng Kaige's "Zhao's Orphan" and was resting at home, and the people from the "New York Times" also wanted to interview him, but Ge You said that there was something wrong and repeatedly refused.
After Feng Xiaowan learned about this, he asked Ge You curiously: "Ge Ye, what's the matter with you?"
Of course, Feng Xiaovan calling Ge You "Ge Ye" is not a difference in the status of the two, but a kind of affectionate nickname between friends.
No matter how depreciating it is, Feng Xiaowan is also one of the top three film directors in China.
Faced with the question of sealing the small tank, Ge You said with a puzzled face: "Go to the Great Bell Temple to buy a piece of floor leather for the balcony of my parents' house." ”
After hearing this, Feng Xiaowan said angrily: "I'll help you do this, you should still accept an interview with others." You are not unaware of the influence of the New York Times, and if the article is published, it will be very beneficial to your overseas development. ”
Ge You said disapprehantly: "Ahem, I said Xiaotank, what do you say I am going to develop overseas? I can't even speak English, so I'll just wait for the Chinese audience, so that they can save this worry." ”
After knowing each other for so many years, Feng Xiaowan knew Ge Ye very well and knew that he was indeed not greedy, so he didn't persuade her again.
If this matter is put on others, it is called short-sightedness, and when it is put on Ge You, it is called knowing how many catties and taels you have.
It is precisely Ge You's non-greedy mentality that makes him very calm and calm.
For Ge You, nothing is a must-have.
Therefore, it is natural and generous to receive people and things, and they will not be driven by interests to be excessively pasted to flatter, and it is impossible to not even greet each other because of miscalculation.
Let's put it this way, in Feng Xiaotank's eyes, Ge You only has relatives and no enemies.
However, no one is static, over the years, as his position in the entertainment industry has been consolidated, he has won all the awards he should have received, and he has also enjoyed the long-awaited treatment.
Ge You also began to waver, and his mood began to be conflicted.
On the one hand, Ge You relied on the comedy of the performance to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and became the audience's favorite star, on the other hand, Ge You was unwilling to be a star only, and also wanted to take a few steps to the path of an artist.
In other words, Ge You just doesn't want to act in comedy now, or rather, he despises comedy from the bottom of his heart.
Feng Xiaowan thought so, but Ge You categorically wouldn't admit it.
This is a very strange phenomenon, in China, it seems that only actors who act in tragedies and dramas are considered artists, and only those who are considered to have profound acting skills. The highest evaluation for acting in comedy is that the performance is vivid and natural, which seems to have nothing to do with skill.
In order to allow Ge You to "rein in the precipice" and return to comedy performances from the path of an artist in time, Feng Xiaoran found some films that fans are familiar with, and Ge You starred in them, and wrote them on paper for Ge You to compare.
I saw that Ge You's comedy written on this piece of paper has:
"The Stubborn Master"
"The Story of the Editorial Department" won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor.
"The Great Satan" won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Leading Actor.
"Born Timid"
"Chinese New Year" won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.
"Party A and Party B" won the Best Actor Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards.
"See You or Leave" won the Most Popular Actor Award for College Students at the College Student Film Festival.
"Endless"
"Big Names" won the Best Actor Award at the Hundred Flowers Award
Ge You's art films include:
"Alive" won the Cannes Award for Best Actor.
Ode to Qin
"Farewell My Concubine"
"Butterfly's Smile"
Feng Xiaowan said proudly to Ge You: "Through this comparison, it is not difficult to see that if Ge Ye wants to follow his own ideas and only serve the people in the country, it is already clear which way you should go." ”
"Imagine, if one day, Ge Ye, you are deep, or art, and walk into the ivory tower. ”
"Can you imagine, will the audience still buy your account? And with your Ge Ye's character, are you used to living in an ivory tower?"
Of course, in the latter two sentences, Feng Xiaoran was embarrassed to say to Ge You in person, afraid that he would misunderstand that he was so ill-intentioned in order to pull him to shoot the Chinese New Year film "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb".
Ge You hesitated, looked at the comparison between the two groups on the paper for a long time, and then said hesitantly: "Xiao tank, otherwise, you give me two more days to think about it, and I will give you an answer in two days." ”
As soon as Feng Xiaowan heard that there was a play, he nodded and said, "That's it!"
After Feng Xiaowan left, the next day, Ge You walked into the elevator, and the sister-in-law who drove the elevator asked him: "Is there a Chinese New Year film this year?"
Walking into the restaurant, the service lady greeted her and asked, "Uncle Ge, who is the heroine of this year's Chinese New Year movie?"
Walking on the street, I bumped into a stunned young man, and he came up with a sentence: "Uncle Ge, we love to watch your comedy." ”
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Within two days of going back and forth like this, Ge You was really dizzy, so he decided to listen to Feng Xiaova's precipice and took over Feng Xiaova's new movie - "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and officially returned to the performance of the Chinese New Year film.
In other words, after the large-scale filming of "Night Banquet" two years ago, Feng Xiaowan seems to have become accustomed to this "burning money" model, and the investment in "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" will also be as high as 70 million yuan.
Because of this year's Chinese New Year, after "If You Are the Truth, Do Not Disturb" ended filming in Beijing and other places, Feng Xiaoran's plan was to go to Hangzhou and Hokkaido in mid-October to complete the filming of the most important emotional scenes in the whole film.
At the same time, Lin Xiaoguang, another Huayi director who is far away in Vancouver, has been living a comfortable life with his wife and children since his parents returned to China.
Although the days of accompanying his wife and children are extremely warm and quiet, people are like this, and they will always want to eat a clear soup and change the taste after eating too much delicacies from the mountains and seas.
To be honest, Lin Xiaoguang doesn't hate this kind of life, he just feels a little bored, has no goals, and lives at a loss.
Although Lin Xiaoguang has always felt that those who don't have to work are the real successful people, but the days of successful people are really too much, and Lin Xiaoguang has more memories of a busy and fulfilling life.
In mid-December, Lin Xiaoguang couldn't stay any longer, so he planned to confess to Li Xiaoran and wanted to go back to make a movie.
Ps. It's December, I hope there will be more time to update this month, there will be better results, and I also hope that every little partner has a happy life and good health. (In fact, the update is not strong because time does not allow, otherwise it will not get up in the middle of the night to secretly code words)