Chapter 487: "Wuji"

In the following month, after the grouping of Deshuang Entertainment, earth-shaking changes took place, especially the reshuffle of rights. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

I have to say that Wang Jinghua is a smart person, knowing that he can't do anything, he retreats as advances, jumps out of this whirlpool, and runs to the United States to hide quietly.

And Qi Huan was different, he was pressed by Wang Jinghua before, and finally waited for the opportunity to turn over and be the master, but a Zhuang Liqi came again, and he was parachuted directly on his head and sat on the president throne of his dreams, and he, although he obtained the position of vice president, but his rights were much smaller than the previous general manager, and it was at this time that Qi Huan finally understood that all this was already doomed.

Qi Huan thought that Wang Jinghua would admit defeat, and he would have the opportunity to win the throne of president, but he didn't think about it, from beginning to end, Lu Deshuang never thought about supporting him to sit on the throne of president, he simply wanted to balance, it seems that his infighting with Wang Jinghua has made Lu Deshuang dissatisfied.

After recognizing this fact, Qi Huan also dispelled the idea of fighting with Zhuang Liqi in his heart, because he knew very well that the current Zhuang Liqi was the original him, and he was the original Wang Jinghua, as long as Zhuang Liqi himself did not make a big mistake, he would definitely have no chance to pull Zhuang Liqi off the horse.

I have to say that Qi Huan, who can sit in this position, is naturally not a fool, he was just blinded by power before, but now after he sobers up, he already understands that Deshuang Entertainment Media Group is no longer the former Deshuang Entertainment Agent, and he can't afford infighting.

Moreover, even if Qi Huan is dissatisfied, he will not have any opinion on Lu Deshuang, to put it bluntly, grace and power are combined, in the combination of dividends and kindness, Qi Huan has no second way except to accept his fate, because he is not Wang Jinghua and does not hold shares in the group.

Without him Qi Huan, someone can replace him at any time, but without Deshuang, he is nothing.

The establishment of Dessum Entertainment Media Group has completely consolidated its position as the hegemon of the mainland entertainment industry, but it has also aroused the vigilance of many other entertainment companies, after all, before the formation of the group, they were pressed and beaten by Deshuang Entertainment, and now it is even more incredible, and it has directly transformed into a multinational entertainment media group across China and the West, and has become an existence that they can only look forward to.

There are good and bad, the establishment of the group naturally harms the interests of many people, although it is not positive, but the small actions in the secret have not stopped, so that Lu Deshuang is very helpless about this, but he also knows that the cake is so big, there are always people who are dissatisfied.

If low-cost films are defined by the size of the investment, then Huaxia films are basically low-cost in the world, because high-investment films account for a very small number of the entire film output after all, which is only a handful of two or three films a year.

In 2004, for example, Chow Xingchi's "Kung Fu" ($20.3 million), Zhang Yimou's "Ambush" ($18.5 million) and Feng Xiaogang's "No Thieves" ($13.3 million) accounted for 60% of the total box office receipts for the year, despite the previous record of 244 films.

The vast majority of other films don't even have a chance to be commercially distributed. According to the data, more than 80% of the more than 260 films produced in 2005 were low-cost and medium-to-medium films, of which less than a quarter of the films actually entered theaters on a large scale.

Therefore, he is ready to start the blockbuster era in advance, and under the big waves and sand, I believe that there will be many uneven entertainment companies that will be photographed to death on the beach.

No, there is no shortage of well-informed people in the entertainment industry, and many people know about Lu Deshuang's plan, scolding and agreeing with it, but it is definitely good news for many directors who want to shoot big productions.

No, the first person to come to the door was not someone else, but Lu Deshuang's uncle Cheng Kaige!

As early as November last year, Cheng Kaige began to prepare for "Wuji", but there was China Film standing behind him, and he didn't need Lu Deshuang's investment, which also made Lu Deshuang breathe a sigh of relief, after all, who doesn't know that "Wuji" is a pit.

In fact, the reason why "Wuji" is not loved by current people is not because "Wuji" is really a bad movie.

All the problems in "Wu Ji" can be attributed to one reason, that is, to try to challenge the top genre of the film industry with the low strength of the film industry.

Cheng Kaige is undoubtedly a highly talented artist, a master of form. He has a deep understanding of human nature, which is an advantage in the field of art films. So since "Yellow Earth", he has gone from one victory to another, until "Farewell My Concubine" was crowned. But the crown is also a shackle, and his artistic temperament is incompatible with the commercial genre, and "Boundless" is the epitome of this contradiction.

The characters, stories, and ideological cores of "Wuji" are all oriental. Eastern philosophy does not like simple binary oppositions, human nature is complex, good and evil are ambiguous, fate is cruel, and struggle is futile. Putting aside the magical shell, "Wu Ji" is actually a quite realistic story.

I read a review before, and it won my heart.

The gist of it is that the reason why veteran masters such as Cheng Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Xu Ke are frequently bad in the 21st century is mainly because of Xi Shi's imitation. It's not a typo, I mean, it's a time when Dong Shi is popular, and Xi Shi is not popular.

One of the obvious features of blockbusters in the 21st century is that the style is becoming more and more animated.

In the 20th century, fantasy themes were mainly rampant in subcultures such as animation and games because of the difficulty of reproducing real scenes, which was not common in mainstream commercial films, and even if they did, they were often reduced to B-grade. The maturity of CG technology has made the movie enter the era of "only you can't think of it, nothing can't be made".

Fantasy and science fiction themes are crazy to fight back, cool culture is in charge, and the consumption power of the dead house who used to only watch the second dimension and the young audience who were already a bit of middle school broke out all of a sudden, and ordinary audiences who were not interested in fantasy at all were also brainwashed by visual spectacle and applauded loudly.

The rise of fantasy films has overwhelmed realistic blockbusters, and veteran directors are in a hurry, hurriedly constructing worldviews, making up bizarre stories, and even copying camera language from anime, but this is useless. In the final analysis, although the otaku culture has always been on the margins, after decades of accumulation, the depth is not bad.

Hu Jinquan is cultivating artistic conception in the era, and animation fans are cultivating imagination.

In the era when Xu Ke was studying action shots, anime fans were cultivating their imaginations.

In the era of explosive shells engaged in pyrotechnic special effects, anime fans are cultivating their imagination.

In the past, people liked to say that imagination must have a foundation, but unfortunately, it was a big mistake, in the CG era, the imagination of the otaku can be directly transformed into images, completely beyond the limits of human understanding. The older generation of artists, accustomed to all kinds of borders, is, of course, only stunned.

What's worse than imagination is otaku culture, like robots, mywaifu, samurai, these things people outside the circle have not been exposed to at all, and they don't know where the g-spot of lovers is.

It can only be said that there has never been a shortcut in the world, and the things of the second secondary school can only be played well by middle school students, which is from the point that "Wuji" is not treated by Chinese people, but it seems to be quite popular in Japan, it can only be said that if "Wuji" is born a few years later, after ten years of bad movies, it is definitely a work of conscience.

Of course, the reason why "Wu Ji" has evolved into a situation where everyone shouts and beats is not all a problem of the movie, there are many off-the-field factors.

The first point is that the movie doesn't show this storytelling very well.

The film tells the story of a poor child who is favored by the goddess of fate and becomes the most beautiful princess of Allure in the world, but fate curses that she will never get true love. And the process of getting true love is not so smooth sailing, and the princess of Allure has to have an earth-shattering love wrestle between Duke Wuhuan of the North, the general Guangming, and the slave Kunlun.

The story itself can also make a good oriental mythology/fantasy story movie.

However, the director's focus on extravagant sets, costumes, and the actors' pretentious performances simply could not take on the task of creating an "epic" feeling.

On a macro level, there is no reliable background setting, no world view of its own, which is completely different from "The Lord of the Rings" or other excellent works of science fiction, magic, mythology, or alternate history; At the micro level, the characterization is extremely unfilled, and the appearance and exit are extremely abrupt, making it difficult for people to have feelings and a sense of substitution for any role (if there is no emotion for the role, how can there be a sense of tragedy). In terms of special effects and visuals, despite the heavy investment, the results are lackluster. The visual effects are on par with Zhang Yimou's exaggerated color blocks, and the characters and architectural shapes are complaining.

The second point is that after the release, the response to criticism was unprepared.

After Hu Ge's "A Bloody Case Caused by Steamed Buns" became popular, Cheng Kaige faced netizens' spoofs of the film, on the one hand, he sued the court for infringement, and on the other hand, he stated that "people can't be shameless to this point", and criticized the audience who had negative evaluations, and the TV channels at that time had a kind attitude towards the news footage of the channel that appeared in the spoof video.

The response was outraged and contrary to the spirit of the Internet, prompting an overwhelming outcry. Since then, spoofs have officially become an online culture, and "Wu Ji" has unfortunately reached the altar. And Zhang Yimou faced the audience's criticism of his blockbuster film, and explained, but he did not stand on the opposite side of the audience.

The third point is that whether the film is bad or not is related to expectations and investment.

As a well-known director, such a large investment and high-profile publicity have made fans and audiences have high expectations, but there is a huge gap in the feeling after actually buying tickets to watch the film, of course, many will evaluate "bad movies". If you don't know the relevant background in advance, don't have any expectations, or don't buy a ticket, but just look at it casually in front of the computer, of course, you will be much more tolerant. The so-called "bad movie" refers to Cheng Kaige's use of so much money to make it like this. Small directors and small investments, there are many worse films, but they will not have such a big impact. (To be continued.) )