With the box office of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" sweeping the country and breaking through the unprecedented one billion mark, the mainland film industry began to develop in full swing, and the eight major cinema chains continued to develop new theaters in surprise. 【】

And whether it is a film company or a movie fan, what everyone is most concerned about is what is the next work of "billion-dollar director" Gu Xiaofan?

You must know that with Gu Xiaofan's high production, although there are only 4 months left before the Lunar New Year stall, he will definitely join the battle.

Although he no longer expects to challenge him, it is still necessary to at least avoid head-on competition with movies of the same genre as him, after all, even Spielberg, Robert Downey Jr., Will Smith and other Hollywood superstars were beaten by Gu Xiaofan on the same stage, who would dare to touch the edge of this "billion director"?

On Feng He's New Year's file, Xiaogang's Beijing-style comedy "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" and Jiang Wen's Republic of China-themed "Let the Bullets Fly" have been avoided early, and they will not make movies of the same type, and there is no head-on competition, so I am afraid of Gu Xiaofan's ......

Genius always has a nasty side, but this great talent can make comedies, youth films, and hero movies, you can't know his path at all......

And at this time of great anticipation, Gu Xiaofan finally announced the information of his new work on his personal Weibo, announcing that the new movie "The Undertaker" will be adapted from the novel "Menna Coffin Diary" by Japanese writer Aoki Shinmen.

"Dear fans, my new film "The Undertaker" will be a story about death and life, and it will be a low-budget film co-produced by the mainland and Hong Kong, and most of the filming will be in Hong Kong, I hope you can like it."

Just this Weibo immediately aroused the interest of mainland fans, Gu Xiaofan entered the Hong Kong market?

In the period when mainland films are so prosperous, is it finally time to open up other Chinese markets?

In fact, this result is predictable, after all, Gu Xiaofan's momentum in the mainland has reached its peak, as a representative of mainland films, it is really unreasonable not to expand his influence and go to the next level.

But what really surprised everyone was that Gu Xiaofan's shooting theme this time was a movie adapted from a Japanese novel? Or is it a small cost?

If you search on Google casually, you can find the general content of this "Menna Coffin Husband's Diary", it is obvious that this is by no means a commercial film, there is no undulating plot, there are no exciting scenes, and even the heroine's role is minimal.

Everyone originally thought it was a horror movie when they saw the name, but when they saw it, they found out that it was not, but a literary film that really described the profession of an undertaker......

What's going on? "One Billion Director" actually put down the commercial subject matter he is best at and turned to literary films, and it is such an unpopular theme, this result surprised all fans and film critics.

In Xiaofan Bar, many "fans" have begun to worry about this matter.

"Alas, how could Brother Xiao Fan choose such a theme this time, the undertaker...... Listening to it makes me panic, who watches this kind of movie? ”

"I think Xiaofan is ambitious, this is to improve himself and challenge a more profound theme, this time I am not going for the box office, but to improve myself."

"Well, I also think that Brother Xiaofan is now invincible in the mainland, and if he wants to challenge the Hong Kong market, he wants to have some high-end, and it is not uncommon for Hong Kong audiences to be a commercial filmmaker in the mainland."

"But no matter how you say it, Hong Kong films are also the second only film industry in the world after Hollywood, and mainland films have never entered except for Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige has never entered it, and this time I am afraid it will be difficult."

"The subject matter is too dangerous, it's still a Japanese novel, alas, it's really risky this time."

The major online media were also caught off guard by Gu Xiaofan's sudden transformation this time, and everyone was surprised, but they still expressed deep doubts about this.

In FM Chutian Music Channel's "Movie Event" program, the host Sun Wei is a loyal fan of Gu Xiaofan, and commented on this matter that the decision to shoot "The Undertaker" was too rash:

"For example, our generation of Chinese people in the 70s and 80s grew up watching Hong Kong movies and listening to Hong Kong songs, and Chinese people have a sense of reverence for Hong Kong culture.

Hong Kong films have a large number of top directors such as Wang Jiawei, Xu Ke, Wu Yusen, and To Qifeng.

In terms of actors, Zhou Yanfa, Chen Long, Stephen Chow, Leslie Cheung, and Liang Chaowei, this generation of superstars is rare in a century.

In the literary world, Jin Yong, Liang Yusheng, Ni Kuang are a generation of masters who shocked the world, Lin Xi in the music world, Huang Zhan can be called a lyricist, and even the singers of the Four Heavenly Kings, Leslie Cheung, Alan Tam were once popular in Asia,

It can be said that Hong Kong's status in the hearts of the Chinese people is second to none in Asia in terms of popularly recognized culture.

The mainland's cultural industry may be able to overwhelm Hong Kong in terms of professional awards, but in the hearts of ordinary people, it is still a little worse than Hong Kong.

Now Gu Xiaofan, as the strongest in mainland films, is not surprising that he wants to conquer Hong Kong first.

But is it really that easy?

You must know that Hong Kong audiences have a sense of superiority over the mainland, no matter how big a mainland star is in Hong Kong, it is nothing, even Gu Xiaofan, who is invincible at the mainland box office, has never achieved good results in Hong Kong.

Whether it is "Chinese Partner" or "Dear", "Outwitting Tiger Mountain", all of them have a general response in Hong Kong.

Gu Xiaofan is not the same as Zhang Yimou, Zhang Yimou has proved that he is an 'international' director through "Hero", whether it is in the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, everyone likes to watch "Hero", it can be said that through costume films, the barrier between language and prejudice has been broken.

Gu Xiaofan is more like Feng Xiaogang, although his film and television works are extremely popular in the mainland, but as long as he goes out of the mainland, the culture, jokes, and even the spirit of expression in his movies are lacking.

In this respect, Gu Xiaofan is a very serious partial student, and his entry into Hong Kong is precisely because he saw his weakness in this regard, Eleven resolutely chose a Japanese novel as the script, wanting to prove himself with the simple value of human beings.

This may be a good idea, but at the age of 22, Gu Xiaofan wants to master such a profound theme...... I think I think I'm thinking too highly. ”