Chapter Ninety-Nine: Night Talk
Qualifications are common all over the world.
There will be no particularly generous person who licks his face and says, "Come, welcome to steal my job!"
Quite normal.
Therefore, many old actors in the circle can't tolerate the vices of Xiao Xianrou, saying that they play big names and don't respect the actor's profession.
Of course, this is also a fact, many young actors really don't take acting seriously, and they say 'have to have professional ethics and craftsmanship', 'acting is to liberate nature, really listen, really see and feel, to be an actor, you must first learn to be a person...' The body is very honest and starts filming five or six dramas or cutout maniacs at the same time!
But in other words, not all young actors are called Yang Mi or Yang Ying, and there are many young actors who really work hard to film, but aren't these people also despised by the seniors in the circle...
It's because of seniority.
Xu Hui is the same, even if his three works since his debut have all done well at the box office, and the latter two have directly created a new box office record for Chinese-language films.
Recently, "Tangshan Earthquake" is about to be released, and the theater chain directly gave 63% of the film schedule!
Damn, that's 63 percent, Xu Hui's "Once Upon a Time" premiere only gave more than 40 percent, of course, as the movie ravaged the box office market, the later film schedule gradually increased, and the highest number of films was close to 70 percent...
The prefix hanging in front of Xu Hui is still 'cutting-edge director', 'ghost director'...
The most obvious example is that the Hundred Flowers Award, the Outstanding Feature Film Award and the Best Director Award in October did not have Xu Hui's name.
The explanation given by the organizers is 'only films before '09!'
Damn, in 09, "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" also created a box office miracle, okay!
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At night, at ten o'clock, in the hotel's living room, Xu Hui was being interviewed by Jenny.
This foreign girl changed into a short blue skirt, I don't know if it was intentional, Xu Hui just sat down, and smelled a strong smell of perfume!
Well, Jenny's appearance is very gorgeous, and her body is bumpy and convex, which is simply a stunner.
In other words, it seems that Pao Hui has never opened a foreign meat yet!
And it's also a Yanma wearing gold-wire glasses and looks very intellectual.
was a little uneasy, but thinking of Tong Liya's methods, Pao Hui immediately packed up his thoughts.
It's terrible, for a week, more than four times a night, and the cannon really realizes that there is a powerlessness...
Even if he drank 'Baicao Fang' non-stop, he couldn't afford to lose weight...
Jenny may have been accustomed to dressing up like this, and said, "Director Xu Hui, didn't you want to go to the United States to develop?"
“… No, my films serve Chinese audiences first, and then I think about whether foreign audiences can understand them!"
The official interview began.
"But Hollywood is the temple of filmmakers, isn't it?"
"Maybe, but the Chinese market has developed rapidly in recent years, and it is already the second film market in the world, and I don't think the domestic environment will be much worse than Hollywood..."
"I had a few chats with Chen in the afternoon, and she said that you are not very popular in the industry in China..."
“… Haha, how can I say this, I make commercial films, and it's normal for the industry to have low reviews, just like the Oscars rarely give important awards to commercial films with high box office..."
Pao Hui really didn't care much about that.
He is well aware of the film environment of later generations, even if the market is king in the market, but the real awards will still be awarded to some more artistic films.
"Xu, I checked your information, I'm curious how do you know what the audience thinks?"
This is asking why Xu Hui's movie was a big hit.
"I didn't have a much traditional director education, which is a pity and a blessing for me, without systematic training, many directors understand things, I don't necessarily understand, but fortunately, I changed careers halfway, and I can think more about a work from the audience's point of view... I think if the creator of a movie can't look at it from the perspective of the public, the audience's eyes, it will be difficult for the film to be recognized by the market!"
Xu Hui pondered for a moment and replied.
"So, do you do market research before you shoot each film?"
Market research is the most conventional means before the establishment of a major Hollywood production.
You have to consider the market first, otherwise what if the movie is made and there is no audience?
This point is worth learning from our Chinese films, the reason why we lack genre films is not only because of the natural barrier of the censorship system, but also because of the natural barrier, more of them still dare not shoot!
Therefore, domestic horror films and suspense films are quite rubbish.
It's easy to come out with a youth movie, so isn't it a swarm of swarms on the Internet?
This is also the reason why IP film and television dramas appear on the market on a large scale...
“… There is no too detailed market research, after all, there are many audiences for Chinese films, and kung fu films themselves have great market potential, so before starting filming, I think more about the movie itself. ”
Nonsense, the movies he made have been tested by the market and there is no problem!
"I found out that the Chinese name of Once Upon a Time in China is "Huang Feihong", why do you use a different name?"
Jenny's investigation was really careful, and she even noticed the title.
"I like Sergio Leon's movie "Once Upon a Time in America" very much, so I have always wanted to make a "Once Upon a Time in China", I want to depict an era, and then, I found that the movie "Once Upon a Time" can do what I want to make, what happened on the rivers and lakes is also linked to the feelings of family and country, that is, China a hundred years ago!"
Xu Hui replied very seriously, as if it was the same as the real thing!
In fact, in addition to the fact that Xu Laowei named "Once Upon a Time in China" because of the original time and space, Xu Hui felt that the four big characters of "Once Upon a Time in China" were attractive enough.
"Now that Once Upon a Time in China has been in theaters in North America for four weeks and grossed nearly $50 million, have you ever thought of such a result?"
"This, I really didn't expect it, when Disney notified me of the qualified box office results, I was quite surprised, and even a little unbelievable, I really didn't expect my movie to achieve such a high box office in North America..."
Xu Hui is extremely honest, this is true, after all, the original time and space's "Once Upon a Time" was released in North America and only achieved a box office result of $7 million.
Unexpectedly, after the change of time and space, the box office of the movie has increased several times!
I have to boast that Disney's strength in North America is really awesome...
"I want to ask, what do you think about the future of Hollywood, or the Chinese film industry?"
The topic is a bit big...