Chapter 54: Change of Status

Chinese directors are generally divided by chronology. *With* Dream *Small* Say .lā

There is a premise, the professional background, that is, the formal film school background, and the debut of other wild roads are not counted in the ranks of the fifth and sixth generations.

For example, Feng Xiaogang, if you look purely by age, he should indeed be regarded as a fifth-generation director, but unfortunately he was born in a wild way, and he is not an academic at all.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang was quite aggrieved when he first debuted.

Although the work sold well and the box office was not bad, it was a pity that it was not recognized by the industry.

Nonsense, if the industry admits you, wouldn't it mean that we, well-educated academics, are not as good as you as an art student!

Xu Hui is the same, he is not from the academy, and the industry's evaluation of his own works, including his works, is not high, especially after Xu Hui publicly said that literary films hindered the healthy development of domestic films, a large force against him was formed in the industry.

Of course, now Xu Hui is proud of the spring breeze, although the character is up for discussion, but the works sell well, the reputation is good, and it is not dark, and many people are waiting for him to be unlucky!

Xie Mengyao obviously knew something, and raising such a question at this time was a bit of a troublemaker.

"I don't really like to watch domestic movies, especially the more dull genres..."

Xu Hui obviously knew that this was a trap, he was not stupid, it was clearly a pit, and he still jumped into it?

"And what kind of movies do you like to watch?"

"Some old Hong Kong films, Hollywood movies!"

Xu Hui scratched his head: "It's a movie that the public likes, and my aesthetics are very popular!"

Is this a criticism of the sixth generation of directors as a group of people with aesthetic problems?

"You mentioned aesthetics?"

"Yes, I think for a director, aesthetics are really too important, a director who distorts three views, the things he shoots are definitely not suitable for the public to watch!"

"You don't like movies that are too authorial?"

Xie Mengyao always grasped this, he wanted to know what kind of director Xu Hui was, or whether he was more commercial or had his own ideas.

At present, it seems that he is a commercial director who is biased towards the market.

Xu Hui glanced at Xie Mengyao, thought about it, and spoke: "From the birth of movies to the present, movies are all art, and art is not what the author uses to express himself!"

"But it takes money to make a movie, it takes a lot of money, and if you only consider the director's personal intentions and ignore the taste of the public, then the film can't be watched, which is why it's hard for independent films to sell. ”

The sixth generation of directors has made so many movies, and the themes expressed are two, the entanglement of human nature and the darkness of society, which is so typical and far away from life, and has nothing to do with ordinary audiences, if anyone likes such movies, then he really loves movies to the bone!

"So, your intention to pursue commerciality and deliberately erase the film itself?"

"No, in fact, in my opinion, there are only two kinds of movies in this world, good movies and bad movies, there is no perfect combination of artistry and commerciality, and if the movie is well-made, some people will naturally appreciate it!"

Xu Hui waved his hand secretly, signaling that the topic would stop here.

Xie Mengyao was a little regretful, and sighed secretly, Xu Hui made all kinds of detours just now, but he never answered positively.

But he can say so much, and he already respects "People" very much.

Then comes the trivial chit-chat.

"Do you have any plans to make a film this year?"

"Of course, at the end of July, I will start making a film about the story of the Republic of China, the Once Upon a Time in China series. ”

"Is it a big series?"

"Well, but it depends on the market reaction, if the market performance is not bad, I will continue to shoot..."

"Do you have any hobbies, when you're not filming?"

“… I don't have any hobbies, just running or walking around. ”

Shooting everywhere...

……

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when the interview ended, and after rejecting Xu's mother's enthusiastic move to stay as a guest, Xie Mengyao returned to his hotel in the city.

In this interview, Xie Mengyao was quite satisfied, although Xu Hui deliberately avoided some issues, but on the whole, Xu Hui could be said to be endless!

After taking a shower, he sat back on the sofa and lit a cigarette, and the content of the conversation just now came to his mind little by little.

For example, Xu Hui revealed his views on the market in an interview, this paragraph is very precious, many big directors will always use a very nervous attitude when they mention the domestic market, because Hollywood movies are about to attack the Chinese market, in the eyes of those big directors, this is unforgivable.

Xu Hui has never had such worries, he has always been full of confidence in domestic films.

In the interview, he also explained his unique concept of box office analysis, which Xie Mengyao had never heard of before.

Of course, he also knows that many film and television companies are now trying to set up the theme of youth films.

Xu Hui also revealed his hidden worries about the profit-seeking nature of the market, and his plan for his future directorial path...

There are too many, and most of them are dry!

He needs to tidy it up.

As the cigarette burned out, his thoughts became clearer.

Taking out his notebook, he wrote down the title he thought of in the notebook: "Xu Hui, a New Chinese Filmmaker"

……

As of May 28th, the box office of the movie "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", which was released for 29 days, officially exceeded 500 million!

Chinese films ushered in the era of 500 million!

Xu Hui's studio strongly asked him to return to the company to hold a celebration party with a box office of more than 500 million.

After thinking about it, he agreed.

is about to join the group "33 Days of Broken Love", and he still has to control many things himself.

Returning to the company, Xu Hui really felt the changes in his status at the box office of "Those Years" breaking 500 million.

The general staff saw him with a magical, respectful look.

P, Zunjin I can understand, what does magic mean? I'm not Ma Yun, I look like et!

Ordinary staff don't have much contact with Xu Hui, they don't know much, and even after the three partners, Huang Wen, Chen Farong, and Xu Liang, saw Xu Hui, and obviously felt that the three of them were a lot more respectful when they talked to them.

That's right, I'm using the word respectful.

"Brother Wen, we don't have to be like this, you are the executive director of the company..."

"Xu Hui, do you know how much revenue your "Those Years" created?"

"500 million box office, one-third is 1.6 billion..."

"It's just the simplest domestic box office revenue, do you know how much the movie will reach at the box office after its release?"

"How much?"

"It's only been two weeks since it was released, and it has already won a box office result of 30 million Hong Kong dollars!"

“… 25 million RMB, is it a lot?"