Chapter 330: The 'Master Xu' who smells the same!
"It's too exaggerated, isn't it? It's not necessary at all, right? Movies are movies, why bother with ?......" Chen Jiashang didn't accept Wu Xiang's idea at all, he still insisted that that the demon is a demon, no matter how good you look at it, she is also a demon!
Even Chen Jiashang bluntly said that if the demon is filmed so beautifully, then this movie will lose its original horror atmosphere, and the box office may not be too good.
This is the Hong Kong director's understanding of a 'ghost film', to be honest, Wu Xiang admires Chen Jiashang's professionalism very much, but Hong Kong films are sometimes a little complacent.
The horror films of Hong Kong movies are actually very good, and the horror atmosphere created on the psychological level is not even comparable to Hollywood, while Japan has only learned a little bit, and as a result, it has killed countless Hollywood horror films with a "Midnight Bell".
However, the current situation is different, the current film production methods are really much stronger, the picture clarity, layering, and all aspects are much stronger than before, which requires us to think about the problem differently.
Besides, Wu Xiang's magic blockbuster this time is not a blockbuster, and at this point, Hong Kong's Chen Jiashang has not changed.
Wu Xiang used countless saliva, but he couldn't convince Chen Jiashang, and Chen Jiashang just insisted on his opinion, and finally had to break up unhappily.
In fact, Chen Jiashang's story is not entirely because of Wu Xiang's 'beautification' of monsters, but mainly because of the project that he had negotiated with Ning Ying, and suddenly killed a Cheng biting gold, this kind of thing. Most people can't accept it.
In this way, since Chen Jiashang can't accept it, this "Painted Skin" plan. Could it be that Wu Xiang can still quit?
Of course, Chen Jiashang withdrew, Wu Xiang is now rich, and besides, this plan is the initiator.
Once again, the copycat has triumphed over the genuine version, which has to be said, is a sad story......
But Wu Xiang didn't have time to make a sad expression, because in fact, this "Painted Skin" was in his thoughts. It needs the help of Hong Kong filmmakers, which is why he threw an olive branch to Ning Ying, not entirely because of his conscience.
"Painted Skin" is a magical blockbuster. There's nothing wrong with that, but the problem is that there are also a lot of martial arts shots in it, don't forget. Wu Xiang for this aspect. He is really not good at it, even if he has Wu Yue's help, it is useless, and in recent years, Wu Yue has often filmed, and in terms of action design, it is at most a side job, and people also want to run forward, and they also want to become a big star.
Hong Kong filmmaker, in terms of martial arts action. It's really very professional and very good. In recent years, the action design of Hollywood blockbusters has basically been done by Hong Kong filmmakers, such as "The Matrix", like "Breaking Bad", "Kill Bill", which are all very successful examples, so Wu Xiang's film is also ready for Hong Kong filmmakers to do.
Chen Jiashang was originally a good choice, but people won't play with you first, so what should I do?
Headache, Wu Xiang doesn't have many connections in Hong Kong, and he still relies on Andy for a lot of things, but Andy is also very busy now, and the "Vote for Fame" is being filmed, are you Wu Xiang embarrassed to disturb others?
Of course, in fact, Wu Xiang also participated in the film "Casting Names", this is a blockbuster, and the investment in China Film is not small, Han Sanye will naturally not forget Wu Xiang and Berner, everyone will come in and participate, or if you lose money at that time, you won't lose your own family.
With an investment of more than 300 million RMB, even Han Sanye can't eat it in one bite, because there have been too many examples like this before, and there are too many experiences of losing money, and the risk is too great.
Co-production, this is actually progress, independent films may make more money, but in fact, the guys who eat alone often die miserably, most of them in ancient and modern China and abroad, and Hollywood is no exception.
Back to "Painted Skin", who are you going to find to help with this action scene?
When Wu Xiang was worried, he didn't expect that someone would come to the door, who was it?
Sun Honglei, of course, he is not a Hong Kong filmmaker, and he is not much better than Wu Xiang in action scenes, but he brought a person.
Xu Ke!
Yes, it is the Xu Ke who filmed "Huang Feihong" and "Shushan", but it is also Xu Ke who filmed "Shushan" and "Seven Swords", these two Shushan are different, and Xu Ke is miserable enough now.
As a well-known director in Hong Kong and also a great Chinese director, Xu Ke is really a golden signboard, not only leaving countless classics, but also very successful at the box office, of course, that was in the past, and now Xu Ke, it is repeated defeats, repeated defeats.
The second "Shushan" lost enough, in fact, it was said that it was sold to Mila for 100 million North American copyrights, but in fact, Mila is a scoundrel, they will not give enough money, and it will not be released normally at all. And then there is the recent "Seven Swords", this film is well-known, and the loss is even worse!
The production cost of "Seven Swords" exceeded 140 million Hong Kong paper, which was definitely a super production at the time, in fact, it was analyzed from the picture of this movie, and even more than that, the film went to Japan and Hollywood to do special effects, so you can imagine how high the cost is. However, as the reunion of Huang Baiming and Xu Ke, this investor recognized it.
However, the box office of this film is quite bleak, it was released for 38 days, and in the end, the number given by Oriental Films is more than 80 million, but in fact, there is a lot of moisture in it, this film was released in Hong Kong, and only won less than 8 million box office, and under such rampant piracy in the mainland, how can there be a box office of 80 million? It's just a swollen face and a fat man.
Even if it is a box office of 80 million, it is far from returning to the original, and the reputation of this movie is extremely poor, and there are even comments on the Internet that the more scolded, the higher the box office.
The loss of money is countless, and Huang Baiming naturally won't say anything on the surface. Because Xu Ke is not only powerful, but his wife's influence in Hong Kong movies is also very strong, Shi Nansheng is not an ordinary woman. The wrist network can be said to be across the Xiangjiang River!
But on the surface, it's nothing, but the halo on Xu Ke's head can't run away, box office poison.
Come to think of it, the national teacher Zhang Yimou was also called so by the media back then, but no one has called Xu Ke so now, but everyone in the circle agrees with this, and you can imagine how miserable Xu Ke is now.
Although it was so miserable. But Xu Ke has a thick foundation, and the heart of the movie is not dead, and he is ready to fight the rivers and lakes again. It's not. Seeing that there was a large company in the mainland, and what kind of reform was being carried out by 307, Xu Ke thought that he would give it a try.
In fact, Xu Ke has his own company, and he has all of them. Merely. The current situation of Hong Kong films is still not good, and there are problems in the entire market, so going north to the mainland is basically a consensus of Hong Kong filmmakers.
The reform of 307, that is, Wu Xiang's reform, gave Xu Ke an opportunity, using this platform, Xu Ke can have a second venture. The conditions of this platform are better than anyone else's, and more importantly. There are acquaintances who referral.
Although I only cooperated with Sun Honglei in a movie, this is also an acquaintance and a good friend, isn't your Sun Honglei on a good relationship with Wu Xiang?
The arrival of this Xu Ke is really good, too energetic, too powerful, it is simply a long drought and a rainy day...... There are so many words that I don't know which one to use.
Wu Xiang naturally welcomes it, and there is a film in front of him that everyone can cooperate with.
When Wu Xiang told Xu Ke about his script and all kinds of strange ideas, the great director Xu Ke slapped his thigh at that time.
That's great!
Because Wu Xiang's idea is simply too in line with his own pursuit, it is simply his own idea!
Why is Xu Ke so miserable?
In fact, it is very simple, because Xu Ke is exploring, exploring a road that is completely different from the past, martial arts movies!
For martial arts movies, Xu Ke can be said to be extremely obsessed, and he has also devoted almost his whole life to energy, but after entering the 21st century, with the decline of Hong Kong films, martial arts movies have also plunged headlong!
Of course, the representative events are also related to Xu Ke, on the surface, it is the box office fiasco of the second "Shushan", and it is so bad that there are no friends.
But what is "Shushan"?
"Shu Mountain" is Xu Ke's breakthrough for martial arts movies, a new pursuit, that is, the so-called innovation, or an extremely bold innovation!
Because Xu Ke understands very well that if you don't innovate now, martial arts movies will go like a dead end, in fact, this dead end has already begun, but it is not as clear as it seems.
With the vigorous development of film technology, the kind of visual enjoyment brought to people by martial arts movies in the past is slowly decreasing, such as "The Matrix" and other movies under the leadership of new technologies, which directly make Hong Kong's martial arts movies rustic and unqualified, even if the action director of this movie is also Hong Kong.
Therefore, we must adapt to the development of technology and find a new way, so that Hong Kong films can have a tomorrow, and this requires someone to be the crab eater, and even someone needs to sacrifice.
This is what an explorer, an entrepreneur, what he has to face, in the eyes of others, it is incomprehensible, but in them, this is something that must be experienced, not understood, not recognized, failed, and even become the front wave that was slapped to death on the beach...... These are all things that must be experienced in the process of starting a business, but this is also the most beautiful thing in the process of starting a business!
Wu Xiang's concept, not only about this movie, but even about his reform of 307, this qiē made Xu Ke feel sympathetic, it was just a late meeting!
Both of them are very bold and very pioneering entrepreneurs, so just a meeting, it is simply Wang Ba looking at mung beans and meeting his eyes! (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the tips of Brother Pig and Brother hzwangdd, thank you very much!
Thank you for the monthly ticket with a knife stab, thank you very much!
The magic blockbuster is about to start filming, hehe, there are many big names here, and don't forget Sister Wei and Brother Kun, hehehe...... The black car continues to shamelessly ask for support, thank you!