Chapter 149: "You at the Table"
[PS: Thank you.2 Master Book Friend's monthly pass, the monthly pass is drunk and I don't dare to think about it, I didn't expect the book friend to really give a surprise, I will try to thank the two book friends for the monthly pass tomorrow. 】
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Late August.
After the proof of "Struggle", the topic of declining some time ago ended after being slapped in the face by many media.
Wang Meng's next work is to set up the next work.
Originally, Wang Meng went to the big production and high box office, but there was really not enough time.
Even if the project starts from now and starts filming in early September, it will be less than four months until the Chinese New Year. But with 30 million of them, this time will definitely not be completed.
So I had to settle for the next best thing and make a small-budget movie first.
Since small-budget movies can't fight for the box office, they have to fight for the theme.
Wang Meng chose the campus youth-themed movie that caused a trend in the previous life.
In the last life, it was "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" that triggered this trend.
"In Those Years, the Girl We Chased Together" is a youth love movie jointly produced by Qunxing Ruizhi Arts Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Sony Music Entertainment Co., Ltd. in the previous life.
Produced by Chai Zhiping, written and directed by writer Nine Knives, starring Chen Yanxi and Ke Zhendong.
The film tells the embarrassing love story between Ke Jingteng and Shen Jiayi, and after its release in Taiwan on August 19, 2011, it grossed NT$177.46 million.
It was released in Chinese mainland on January 6, 2012, and received a box office of 75.8 million yuan, setting a new record for the box office of a Taiwanese film in Chinese mainland.
The main creator of the film was shortlisted for the 48th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, Best Actress Award and Best Director Award, and won the Best Newcomer Award, in addition to the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards Best Cross-Strait Chinese Film Award.
After the movies of this theme were detonated in those years, since then "To Youth", "Left Ear", "The Year in a Hurry", "You at the Same Table", "Gardenia Blooming" and so on, a series of youth themes have set sail.
This kind of theme has become a symbol of steady profit and loss, and has become a whetstone for new directors.
Including Zhao Wei who directed for the first time, He Jiong who directed for the first time, Su Youpeng, who directed for the first time, Nine Knives, etc. It has become a stepping stone for many new directors.
The youthfulness of the main memory can always arouse the nostalgia of many people.
Time flies, and the time in a lifetime to miss the past is always more than the time to wander in the future.
Therefore, youth memory movies are loved by fans all over the world.
At present, there is no such new school in China, and even if there is, it does not matter and cannot play the role of a benchmark.
Wang Meng thinks so, since the time for the big production can't catch up, the box office can't pk.
So, I'm going to start a new trend.
Just like in the previous life, even if "To Youth", "The Year in a Hurry" and "You at the Same Table" were so popular. But the deepest memory in the hearts of fans is "Those Years".
The difference between the first and the second is always so big.
Speaking of fans' evaluations alone, "Those Years" actually has many slots, and "To Youth" also has something to praise.
However, Zhao Wei's "To Youth" has been criticized by many people, and "Those Years" has been praised more.
Audiences always like first impressions, and "Those Years" sparked a trend, so, even if there are flaws, the audience will choose an attitude of forgiveness.
This comparison is not good, like "To Youth", what the audience thinks of is - you follow the trend.
Even if there is a little flaw, you will be complained about, even if your box office is very high.
With such an analysis, Wang Meng came to a result, those youth-themed movies in the previous life can be used casually.
Even if you are complained about, this life will not be so strict, besides, the place that was complained about in the previous life can be modified by yourself!
It's still to be expected to be the best you can be.
At the beginning, Wang Meng's first consideration was also "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years". However, one of them is set in Taiwan, and this life is the same as the previous life.
The relationship between Taiwan and the mainland has hardly changed.
Wang Meng didn't want to make trouble, first, it was very troublesome to go to Taiwan to shoot, and second, it was troublesome to revise the outline if he didn't go to Taiwan.
So, Wang Meng decided to choose "You at the Same Table", which is roughly imagined from the plot of "Those Years".
Because this is too good at the right time and place.
Let's not say that this song in this life was created by myself, it is topical, and then let's talk about the plot, it's very simple.
This is almost naturally set for itself.
Wang Meng created "Bear Infested" for future big movies, and created "Transformers" for big movies.
However, the song "You at the Same Table" never thought of a big movie.
However, life is like chocolate, and it just magically appeared.
You said that if this kind of news gets out, how good it will be to talk about it.
The previous life "You at the Same Table" was a youth love movie directed by Guo Fan in 2014.
Co-starring Zhou Dongyu and Lin Gengxin.
The film was inspired by Gao Xiaosong's 1994 campus folk song "You at the Same Table".
The film mainly tells the green memories and sweet love of Zhou Xiaoyi and Lin Yi, a pair of people at the same table from junior high school, high school, college to ten years after graduation.
This life is different, Gao Xiaosong is no longer original, but Wang Meng.
Wang Meng can introduce that this film is directed by me, starring a certain actor, and is inspired by my folk song "You at the Same Table".
The film mainly tells the green memories and sweet love of a certain female protagonist and a certain male protagonist, a pair of people at the same table from junior high school, high school, college to ten years after graduation.
It feels perfect, doesn't it?
Therefore, after Wang Meng decided, he began to write the script.
It took less than five days to get it done, and I saw it several times in my previous life, and I could recall it all word for word in my mind. This is simply a realm that can't be reached.
[In the summer of 1993, Zhou Xiaoyi, a quiet and delicate transfer student wearing a pair of small eyeglasses, met his tablemate for the first time - Lin Yi, a mischievous boy sitting in the last row, and they experienced the green years of junior high school, high school and college together.
Lin Yi's vow of love for Zhou Xiaoyi: "One day, I will take you to a place where there are only the two of us." "Five years.
Lin Yi, who works in the United States, received a domestic express mail that his junior high school tablemate Zhou Xiaoyu was about to get married, so he rushed back to China to attend her wedding.
In the summer of 1993, Zhou Xiaoyi, who was quiet and delicate and wore a pair of small eyeglasses, and Lin Yi became the same table, and the two gradually became friends.
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After high school, Lin Yi specially transferred to her class in order to be with Zhou Xiaoyi, and in a duty activity, Zhou Xiaoyi's leg was injured, and Lin Yi was duty-bound to take her to and from school. That year, the Chinese embassy was bombed, and Lin Yi resolutely took to the streets to participate in the demonstration, despite the persuasion of the school.
Zhou Xiaoyi went to the parade site to find Lin Yi, but was mistaken by the school for going out to participate in the parade without authorization, and the two were punished together......
Lin Yi expressed to Zhou Xiaoyi that he wanted her to be his girlfriend, and in order to encourage Lin Yi, Zhou Xiaoyi agreed with him that as long as the two of them entered the same university together, he would become his girlfriend, and Lin Yi was doubly encouraged......]
Of course, it is not copied, and it is not allowed in terms of time.
Wang Meng has changed a lot, drawing on many youth campus-themed movies from the previous life for adaptation.
…… (To be continued.) )