"Zhengzi! The formalities over there have been completed, when will we start the preliminary publicity!?"

Song Zheng had just finished breakfast at home, and received a call from Shang Jie, yesterday he followed Ning Hao to drink until more than two o'clock in the night, and slept until ten o'clock before waking up.

After a period of preparation, Ning Hao's side finally adjusted his state and was ready to set off to make up some shots of "No Man's Land".

As a result, as soon as Ning Hao was sent away, Shang Jie called and said that "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" had passed the review and had obtained the release permit.

"Publicity, you and Xinru can discuss it, you discuss a plan, I won't participate!"

Song Zheng was ready to put down the company's affairs for a long time, because the more he operated, the more he found that he was not a business material at all, if it weren't for the rebirth, if it weren't for the previous Su Wenwen and the current Shang Jie to help run it, he didn't know how messy the company would be.

Hung up the phone, Lin Xinru also went downstairs, today is the weekend, the whole family is going to go out to play together, Lin's mother has also returned to Baodao, she said, there are only two brothers-in-law over there, she is not at ease, in fact, Song Zheng and Lin Xinru both know that she is thinking about Lin's father.

After Lin's mother left, Lin Xin will go to record "The Birth of the Family" next time, but she doesn't have to be afraid that no one at home will take care of the children, whether it is Siqin Gaowa, Liu Gege, or even Yuan Quan, who has never taken filming to heart, she can help when the time comes.

"Who's calling!?"

"Shang Jie!" Song Zheng said, took Song Jing from Lin Xinru's arms, put it in his hand and turned it upside down, "That's right! "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" has been reviewed, and the formalities over there have been completed, just discuss the matter of going back to the publicity!"

Lin Xinru was helping Song Ning sort out her clothes, and she couldn't help but be stunned when she heard this, and said, "What do you mean to discuss with Sister Shangshang, don't you care!?"

"No matter!" Song Zheng said with a smile, "The company's affairs will all be called to you in the future, and you will have to learn to get started in the future on the side of the cinema company." ”

When Lin Xinru heard this, she couldn't help but complain: "What! Are you planning to be a hands-off shopkeeper? Push everything to me, and you will be idle yourself!"

Song Zheng really has this plan, management or something, it was not what he is good at, and now he can take advantage of the advantage of rebirth to make a little suggestion, and when it comes to 2017, his advantage of rebirth is gone, what should I do at that time?

As for learning, Song Zheng has also tried, but if he is not good at it, he is not good at it, relatively speaking, he still prefers to do some light things, such as filming!

The next day, Song Zheng set off again, this time the place he was going to was Xiangnan, "People in Embarrassment" is over there now, it is close to completion, Song Zheng has nothing to do recently, so he plans to go over and take a look.

When Song Zheng arrived at the crew, he saw Xu Zheng losing his temper, waving a storyboard script in his hand, and roaring loudly at a group of staff.

"I didn't know enough about what I just said, right? How should the camera be placed, how should the camera be pushed, how should the lights be played? And those group performances, where did you get them? They all look at the camera randomly, and the amateurs also give me a professional performance, okay!?"

Xu Zheng is actually quite boring, he doesn't like to talk much, and his personality feels a little soft, but when he really loses his temper, it's still quite scary, just look at the silent appearance of those staff.

When Song Zheng saw this, he didn't rush over, in the crew, the director is the boss, if he passes at this time, the pressure Xu Zheng just gave to those staff members will be wiped out in an instant.

"Hurry up! Move! It's all waiting for me to do it!?Do I get that salary!?"

Xu Zheng said, and threw the storyboard script to the ground hard, and a group of staff members immediately scattered.

Xu Zheng and the others all left, and walked straight towards Song Zheng, it turned out that he had already discovered Song Zheng.

"Here we go!"

Song Zheng smiled, it can be seen that Xu Zheng is indeed under a lot of pressure now, which is also a natural thing, it is normal to be a director for the first time, and it is normal to be a little apprehensive in my heart, after all, not everyone follows Song Zheng, patting his head and daring to go bare-chested.

"What happened just now?"

Xu Zheng rubbed his head, wearing a wig, Song Zheng really felt awkward when he looked at it.

"A group of mallets, I don't understand how to say it, a scene has been filmed for a long time, and it looks like it's getting dark, and if you can't finish filming, you can only wait for tomorrow!"

At the request of Li Chenggong, the driver drove the car into a small road, and when passing through the village, he hit an old man, and the car broke down, and a group of people had no choice but to live in the village temporarily, while Li Chenggong and Niu Geng were sent to Hankou by a tractor arranged by the village chief.

"Don't worry! Take your time!"

Xu Zheng smiled bitterly and said: "Can I not be in a hurry? This looks like it's mid-December, and I can't finish filming, how can I have time to do the post-production, and if I can't finish the post-production, how can I catch up with the Chinese New Year!"

Song Zheng listened to Xu Zheng's complaints before he said: "Don't push yourself too hard, if you don't adjust well here, the whole crew will have to mess up with you!"

Xu Zheng sighed and said, "I know, but I just can't calm down ~~~~~! Forget it, you don't care about me, I'll adjust it myself!"

Seeing this, Song Zheng didn't want to say anything, he knew that it was useless for him to say anything at this time, and he could only rely on Xu Zheng to solve it himself.

At the beginning, he also had this time, filming "Life and Death Line", Mr. Guo carried half of the pressure for him, and he was naturally fine, but when he was filming "My Captain, My Group", he almost didn't suffer from depression.

Fortunately, the next filming went well, and after filming this group of scenes, Xu Zheng announced the completion of "People in Embarrassment".

After the movie is finished, the next thing is naturally the celebration banquet, since Song Zheng is here, as an investor in the movie, he naturally can't escape, and he didn't think about escaping, everyone has worked hard for so long, and they should be rewarded.

As a result, taking advantage of Song Zheng's opportunity to go to the bathroom, Xu Zheng also chased after him, and Song Zheng also knew why Xu Zheng was under so much pressure.

"No Man's Land" could not be released in the Chinese New Year, and the 1+1 company only had one "People in Embarrassment", and Xu Zheng was worried about the box office.

Song Zheng really didn't expect that Xu Zheng's pressure would come like this.

"That's why you're here?"

Xu Zheng smiled bitterly: "It's not all, I'm just worried, if this drama is released, the box office results are too ugly~~~~~~~"

Song Zheng smiled when he heard this: "What do you say you are fooling around all day long! No wonder you can't grow hair on your head!

"Why can't I grow hair on my head!? I deliberately kept my head bald!"

"Come on!" Song Zheng didn't bother to discuss with Xu Zheng, his braised egg, "Now that the film is over, are you still thinking about these interesting!?

After Song Zheng finished speaking, he turned around and walked out of the bathroom, followed the actors and crew of the crew, and went to drink.

Xu Zheng was worried that Song Zheng never had that mind from beginning to end, because the experience of his previous life proved that although "People in Embarrassment" is not a classic, it is definitely a successful case of small and big.

Song Zheng still remembers the situation when he watched this movie in the cinema at that time, the laughter in the theater after the movie opened, the crowd who were reluctant to watch the subtitles at the end of the screening, and the audience who walked out of the theater still talked with relish, all signs are showing that the small-budget comedy film "People in Embarrassment" is a successful work.

Following the comedy style of Feng Xiaogang + Uncle Ge and Ning Hao + Huang Bo deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in "People in Embarrassment", Xu Zheng + Wang Baoqiang became a freshly baked wonder in the funny world, bringing people full laughter.

The story is simple, not complicated at all, and there is no need for the audience to burn their brains to understand the context of the story, that is, Li Chenggong, the boss of the toy group played by Xu Zheng, and Niu Geng, a senior milkman played by Wang Baoqiang, rushed back to Changsha from Hebei, two people with completely different social status and life circles, because they embarked on the same journey and intersected, and began to perform a series of hilarious stories from a chance encounter.

Different from Uncle Ge's wisdom and philosophical humor, the silly but kind image of "silly root" is Wang Baoqiang's characteristic and signature, relying on it to be funny and touching.

Niu Geng, the milkman in the film, continues to follow the style of "silly roots" in "No Thieves in the World", through the journey and common encounters, little by little with his stupid and simple kindness to influence and change the harsh boss Li Chenggong.

And Li Chenggong looked at Niu Geng from the initial cold eyes, to the helplessness in the middle, and finally gradually agreed, because Xu Zheng's vivid and rich expressions and natural and smooth performance deduced another comedic effect.

This is not a film that needs to be forced with logic, too many possibilities and impossibilities are piled up on two people, but if you give up the insistent picking, you will find that it is this treatment that makes the themes of "laughter" and "difficult Spring Festival" present a smooth coherence.

The details are portrayed in place is the key to the film's hilariousness, and there are a lot of laughs in the whole film, "What conditions are still naked to sleep", "It's different from American blockbusters", "The Yellow River is really yellow", "Big brother, this is the Yangtze River" and other classic lines have become popular quotations for a period of time.

In terms of the performance of "Spring Festival Difficulty", the crowded scene of people crowding people is far less than the actual record of the Spring Festival every year, but the use of various means of transportation, although it seems exaggerated, has completed the accurate expression of the "Spring Festival Difficulty" in the mood through the form.

There is a saying that the best comedy is to bring the distance between comedy and tragedy closer, and it is rare to laugh with tears and laughter.

"People in Embarrassment" is also successful at this level, and the attention to the livelihood issue of "Spring Festival Difficulty" makes the film's laughter sour.

"If you have money or not, go home for the New Year" is the voice of many strangers, but the difficulty of going home during the Spring Festival makes many travelers who return home full of emotion.

In addition to the problem of the Spring Festival, the film also reflects many social phenomena and problems such as arrears of migrant workers' wages, the phenomenon of lovers, and begging for help along the street, but they are all simply presented to the point, overall, the whole film is full of irony and humor in the harmony of the main theme, there is an exposure of social problems and the promotion of "there are no thieves in the world", and there is a warm and thoughtful power behind the laughter.

Of course, the final success of the film is still due to the performances of the actors, Song Zheng feels that the biggest gain of this film is Xu Zheng, subject to the limited supporting roles in films such as "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing" and "Love Call Transfer", as well as factors such as the length of the scene, the potential has not been tapped.

As a result, in this film, his excellent comedy talent and superb acting skills were finally brought into full play.

And Wang Baoqiang is the best actor who plays the role of migrant workers in his true colors, and the scum of the soil brings out an alternative kind of funny, although his eyes are not as pure as the early "silly roots", but after all, the appearance is there, "the spirit is scattered", and it will not disappoint if it is not brilliant.

Such a film that has withstood the test in the previous life, although the director has changed, but the company has increased investment and various safeguards are in place, there is no reason for it to fail.

It was probably Song Zheng's confidence that infected Xu Zheng, and after he came out, he also became active, frequently drinking with the staff and actors.

A finale banquet, drank until twelve o'clock in the evening, everyone dispersed, and returned to the hotel, although Xu Zheng could see that he was drunk, but his spirit was very excited, and he had to pull Song Zheng to chat.

Song Zheng also knew that he had something in his heart, so he didn't say it, because he was worried that he would be suffocated, but as soon as he said it, it didn't matter, and before he could say a few words, Xu Zheng threw over a few pieces of paper.

"What's this!?"

Xu Zhengmi glared and said: "My latest idea, look at it, I think this project has a head!"

Holy!

The filming of "People in Embarrassment" has just ended, and Xu Zheng has a new idea!?

Song Zheng took those pieces of paper, and he really didn't take it seriously at first, but after reading it, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Nima!

Although what is written on the paper is only a general outline of the story, and even the name of the protagonist of the story is replaced by ABCD, after Song Zheng has read it, he can clearly feel that this story is "People in Embarrassment".

Although in later generations, when "People in Embarrassment: Thailand" was released, people's attitudes towards this movie were mixed, but one thing is undeniable, that is, Xu Zheng relied on this movie to become a god in the first battle.

After the release of "Thai Embarrassment" in the previous life, the box office like a satellite ascending to heaven is actually not too surprising, after all, comedy is the most popular entertainment film.

Some people think that you love me too contrived, some people think that the rain of bullets is too violent, and some people think that ghosts and murderers will scare heart disease, but as long as they don't suffer from mandibular arthritis, everyone is happy to be amused by comedy.

If an action movie is all about fighting for 90 minutes, the most avid action fans will also have aesthetic fatigue, but a comedy film can make people laugh for 90 minutes, but it can get heartfelt admiration, and the laughter itself is affirmation.

Many times, a hilarious joke that makes people have stomach cramps is far more worthy of the ticket price than a movie that costs tens of millions of special effects shots, so it is always comedies that are far ahead of the return on investment, such as "My Grand Greek Wedding", even the gold-sucking king Cameron has to bow down, and "Thai Embarrassment" has a medium budget, but there are first-line blockbuster commercial achievements, which is an outlier and the norm.

Of course, the same dish, customers are difficult to swallow, or suck their fingers to taste, it depends on the chef's skills. If a comedy can be a blockbuster, we don't need to set up any protection months.

In his previous life, Xu Zheng directed and acted in "Thai Embarrassment", but after experiencing "People in Embarrassment", he was familiar with the creative formula of comedy, and he came prepared.

He has studied Chaplin's classics, analyzed Zhou Xingchi's nonsense, and borrowed from Fincher and Sorkin's way of working in The Social Network.

Compared with "People in Embarrassment", which only learned from a Hollywood road movie "Seeing the Truth in Difficulty", this time the condiments are richer, the imagination is bolder, the techniques are more mature, and the audience is of course more convinced.

Some people say that because of "People in Embarrassment in Thailand" and seeing the hope of mainland comedies, Song Zheng feels that although the film is full of mainland actors and has a full "northern" flavor, he can smell the strong smell of the golden age of Hong Kong films.

The fast scene change like a wheel, the ghost horse logic that makes people slap their thighs, the conflict setting of multiple passers-by as-stirring sticks, and even the routine of rushing to the market as soon as you chase the car, all really evoke the imprint of Hong Kong films, but it is obviously not the same as Ning Hao's racing series.

However, the success of "People in Embarrassment in Thailand" is undoubted, which is also affected by the market environment, who makes mainland comedies since the new century more and more like to borrow a few Internet phrases to scratch the nest, lazy, abrupt and vulgar, and in addition to Lei Ren and naïve, he can't contribute a few original and memorable humorous lines, a typical mentality of making a vote and tofu scum project.

"Thai Embarrassment" is a rare anti-normal, the Internet jokes are gone, the dialogue is highly in line with the personality of the characters, and the humor, misunderstanding, embarrassment and cluster of "embarrassment" are naturally born from the situation, although it still fails to leave too chewy lines, but it is enough to watch awe-inspiring.

In fact, although comedies are ever-changing, the classic narrative structure was formed as early as the silent film era, and it has developed over the years, but it has been changed to various packaging.

If a comedy is a glass bottle, compiling the plot and filling the jokes is a process of filling stones, pouring sand, and finally pouring water.

The "stones" in "People in Embarrassment in Thailand" are impressive bridge sections, Xu Zheng crawls in embarrassment to avoid hotel men and women, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang's chaotic dialogue with different starting points, juggling crazy car chases, etc., support the entire outline of the play, if you think about it carefully, it is not a new gag, but it is better to have a different interpretation from the tradition, the hotel is edited in parallel with Wang Baoqiang's massage, and the two also have a certain sense of joy in the rhythm, and the dialogue between Huang Wang and Wang Pun ends with one side of credulity, which leads to the later about "happy to be a father" The car chase cleverly incorporates Thai customs and folk customs, the cliché has given new life, and the old joke has created new entertainment.

And "sand" refers to crooked ideas that make people purse their lips, such as Huang Bo flying over the railing with his head down, and the elevator ridiculing people.

"Stone" pays attention to the arrangement of the beginning and turn, the rhythm is well controlled, it can make the psoas muscle collapse, "sand" pays attention to the unexpected, most of them are clever and clever, and they come to a handful when they are caught off guard, if they are expected, it is not funny at all, and finally pour "water", and the story is complete.

Think about Hollywood animated blockbusters, Hong Kong films in the 90s, and even stage arts such as cross talk and stand-up comedy, to a certain extent, they also follow this rule, with a degree of relaxation, ups and downs, and a steady stream of big and small burdens, which is enough to make people enjoy it.

It is also worth mentioning that the animation-like transition of this film is really the best annotation for icing on the cake, think about the ubiquitous subtitles in "Tai Chi", which also gave people such a dazzling surprise at first, but the latter blindly played these little tricks, and actually put the story aside, and became an embroidered pillow, which should really be studied with "Thai Embarrassment".

It can be said that "Thai Embarrassment" is a comedy born at the right time, in this era when Wang Jing eats away at the old book, Huang Baiming has no stamina, and Zhou Xingchi often sharpens his sword for four or five years, the audience needs such a comedy that is not vulgar, not mentally retarded, not erotic, not playing shit, peeing and fart, and not stuffing chicken feathers into the audience's squeaky nest to activate cells, shake up their spirits, and smile in the face of the approaching end of the doubt.

Of course, there are also successful comedies in the new century, but it is almost impossible to find successful "pure comedy films".

The reason why Xu Zheng and his "People in Thailand in Embarrassment" won unprecedented warm applause is that he understands that comedy films cannot be without pursuit, and need to find "universal values that meet the aesthetic and inner emotional needs of the common people", so "Thai Embarrassment" has an emotionally rich and relatively serious ending sublimation.

Here is a need for more logic and less weirdness, so Wang Baoqiang, who has always been unreliable, is also consciously reliable.

Even if the progression is a bit blunt, today's audience needs such a realistic sense of warmth, all the troubles of the old-style New Year film are automatically solved, and then a bunch of people come out to shout "Wishing you prosperity" at the end, which is no longer very fun in the new era, which is one of the reasons why Huang Baiming's new New Year film continues to be cold.

Xu Zheng's determination to stand up for his brother, the happy reunion of his husband and wife after his emotional repentance, Wang Baoqiang finally had a "honeymoon" with the goddess beach, a comedy needs these to give people an aftertaste, otherwise even if they laugh all over the audience, the audience will feel as if something is missing.

Song Zheng really didn't expect that Xu Zheng would conceive this movie now, looking at Xu Zheng who was already asleep, Song Zheng looked at the script again, since there is now an opportunity to rebuild this movie, then some of the hard injuries in it must be avoided.