Chapter 496: Journey to the West
Because of the large population base in Huaguo, the films released in Huaguo's film industry generally have a final box office of less than 1 billion to be considered low-end, 1 billion to 1.5 billion are ordinary, and 1.5 billion to 2 billion are excellent.
More than 2 billion is considered a small best-selling film, and a film with a box office of about 3 billion is considered a big hit.
Therefore, everyone in the crew of "Deadly Detective" was stunned for a while when they heard someone say that the director who directed a box office film with a box office of 6 billion was not a bad director, because they all knew that a film director in the Chinese film industry was a well-known director who could direct a movie that sold more than 2 billion.
The movies he has directed have a box office of 3 billion, which is considered a well-known director, and those who have more than 3 billion are all top directors who are very famous.
3 billion is a top director, let alone 6 billion!
In addition to being surprised, the eyes of the group all followed the source of the sound.
"Xu Qing?" Ma Kunming, the chief director of "Deadly Detective", said in surprise when he saw the arrival.
Chen Zhongxiang, the assistant director of "Deadly Detective", was also stunned.
Xu Qing has risen as a director since he was a film, which can be said to be very popular, which makes many directors in the industry envious and admired.
But later, Xu Qing directed several movies in a row, all of which ended in box office failures, which made the name Xu Qing a poison for directors in the film industry, and with the name of this poison, Xu Qing also fell from a well-known director to a non-mainstream director.
fell together, Xu Qing became famous in the director circle, and many old rivers and lakes in the director circle used Xu Qing as a negative teaching material when teaching newcomers.
However, the matter of using Xu Qing as a negative teaching material has gradually disappeared recently, because the directors in the director circle have found that Xu Qing is rising again, and the total box office of the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The East is Undefeated" directed by Xu Qing is approaching 4 billion, and the global box office is breaking 6 billion, which all confirms that Xu Qing has returned to the ranks of top directors in China.
Because of the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu: Undefeated in the East", Xu Qing, who was originally famous in the director circle, is becoming more famous, so the directors of "Murderous Detective" Ma Kunming and Chen Zhongxiang, as well-known directors in China, naturally recognized Xu Qing at a glance.
"Who is this man?"
"The face is very raw, I haven't seen it, but the person next to him, I always feel very familiar."
"It's not a small battle, followed by five or six bodyguards, and it's very capable of fighting."
"These two people must have an unusual status, and this style is not an ordinary person."
As a director, Xu Qing basically no longer shows his face in front of the camera, so anyone who knows him is either someone who often pays attention to him, or someone who loves the movies he directs too much, so as to inquire about his personal information.
And the crew of "Fatal Detective", except for the director and assistant director, several well-known screenwriters and some insiders who know Xu Qing, the ordinary members of the crew basically don't know Xu Qing, but many people don't know Xu Qing, but they are very familiar with Qi Ming next to Xu Qing, because Qi Ming has to appear a lot more in front of the camera than Xu Qing.
"It turned out to be Director Xu, I said who dares to say this." Chen Zhongxiang was stunned for a moment, then turned around and walked to Xu Qing's side and said.
The box office of the movie "Smiling Proud Jianghu: The East is Undefeated", although not all of it was obtained in China, but the box office of this movie in China also broke 4 billion, so although Chen Zhongxiang knew that the 6 billion box office in Xu Qing's mouth was a bluffing gimmick, he couldn't say it, because people were bluffing, and the 4 billion box office in China was there, which was already the box office of the blockbuster film directed by China's top directors.
This box office, he Chen Zhongxiang and Ma Kunming, the chief director of "Deadly Detective", have never reached it.
"Director Ma, Director Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time, I just heard someone say that it is a bad director who uses this person, so I said that, and there is no other meaning." Xu Qing said indifferently.
Ma Kunming and Chen Zhongxiang were confused when they heard this, because what their people said was a bad director was someone who would use Zhou Xingzu, and in their opinion, this was completely incompatible with Xu Qing.
"There may have been some misunderstandings, my subordinates usually speak very aggressively, and they don't say what Director Xu means, Director Xu, you are the person who directed the first martial arts movie in China, who dares to say you." Ma Kunming, as the director of Fenghua Film and Television, and Xu Qing, the director of Huayu Film and Television, are naturally at odds, because Fenghua Film and Television and Huayu Film and Television have a holiday, so Ma Kunming just wants to let Xu Qing go quickly at this time, what he wants is the girl next to Zhou Xingzu.
"But I don't think it's a misunderstanding? Because the person you said was me. Xu Qing looked at Ma Kunming and said.
Ma Kunming was looked at by Xu Qing, and he was even more puzzled at the moment.
But then, Ma Kunming seemed to understand something all of a sudden, and looked at Zhou Xingzu with straight eyes.
At this time, Zhou Xingzu saw that someone had helped him out of the siege, and was about to take Zhu Yu away.
"Where do you go? offended Brother Ming, and still want to leave like this? ”
"Wait a minute, Brother Ming will let you go before you can leave, or leave your little sister behind, otherwise you will stay here now."
"A girl who still talks about dreams all day long, and now wants to bubble Brother Ming, it's really boring."
"Dreams? Is that what a person like him should have? It's ridiculous. ”
Seeing that Zhou Xingzu was about to leave, some members of the crew of "Deadly Detective" blocked Zhou Xingzu's way and said.
"If people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?" Zhou Xingzu saw that his way was blocked, although he was flustered in his heart, he said with a very firm expression.
While speaking, Zhou Xingzu also blocked Zhu Yu behind him.
"Yes, if people don't have dreams, what's the difference between them and salted fish?" As soon as Zhou Xingzu's words fell, Qi Ming, who had been standing beside Xu Qing and did not speak, said.
As soon as Xu Qing appeared, he almost attracted the attention of most people, and as soon as Qi Ming opened his mouth at this time, he immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"Why do I think this person is familiar? But I can't tell if I've seen it there? ”
"I feel the same way, the brim of his hat is too low to really look at."
"The sound is familiar, like I've heard it recently."
After seeing Qi Ming, many people discussed.
Qi Ming ignored the comments of the people around him, but walked straight to Zhou Xingzu, and then took off his hat.
"Mr. Zhou, I have a play here, I don't know if you are interested in acting?" Qi Ming took the hat in his hand and looked at Zhou Xingzu and said with a smile, but Qi Ming looked at the depths of Zhou Xingzu's eyes, but what was hidden was full of surprise and admiration.
In his previous life, the person Qi Ming liked and admired the most was Mr. Stephen Chow, because Mr. Stephen Chow's life was a legend.
From a small trickster, to finally becoming a generation of comedy masters, and labeling comedy, labeling him personally, and becoming the first person in nonsensical comedy, this is all extremely inspirational performance.
Qi Ming clearly remembers that when he was a child, his family was poor and had little money, but his friend's family was well-off, so he bought a VCD player, and he and his friends used the New Year's money to rent a few DVDs from the township video store far away from the village.
Among these DVDs, the only movie that Qi Ming completely liked after watching it was Mr. Stephen Chow's movie, this film is called "The King of Destruction", which is also officially this movie, which made Qi Ming like the star who will become the king of comedy at a young age.
When he grew up, Qi Ming could live a self-sufficient life, and he watched a lot of movies, but what Qi Ming liked the most was Mr. Stephen Chow's movies, and when he grew up, Qi Ming paid more attention to the connotation and depth of movies, and it was for this reason that he was once again impressed by one of Mr. Stephen Chow's works and regarded Mr. Stephen Chow as an idol in life.
This work is the "Journey to the West" series, and it is also a new movie that Qi Ming is preparing to start this time.
The Journey to the West series is divided into two parts, namely "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" and "Journey to the West: The Great Sage Marrying".
When I watched these two series of films about Journey to the West, Qi Ming and many of his friends watched it with a laugh, but when they went to reminisce for the third time, the fourth time, or even the Nth time, they couldn't laugh anymore!
couldn't laugh anymore, Qi Ming knew the true meaning and depth of the "Journey to the West" series, which made him even more admired Mr. Stephen Chow, one of the leading actors and directors of this classic series of movies that influenced a generation.
After coming to this world, Qi Ming thought about putting this movie on the screen many times, but it has been delayed due to funding and other reasons.
After knowing the bumper harvest of the "Smiling Pride" movie, Qi Ming finally finalized the film.
The script is very complicated for others, but it is very simple for Qi Ming, because in the entire "Journey to the West" series, Qi Ming can describe every character in great detail, word by word, and even every action of every character in it.
During the script, Qi Ming had read the information of many Chinese artists, but he couldn't find anyone suitable to play the supreme treasure, so he finally found Mo Fan and Xu Qing.
What Qi Ming didn't expect was that he inadvertently made a move to really find the person in this world who is most suitable to play the Supreme Treasure, and this person's family factors, personal experience, etc., can be said to be exactly the same as the king of comedy in his memory.
Everything seemed to be destined by God, and it just happened, so Qi Ming and Xu Qing immediately rushed to Xiangjiang.
After arriving in Xiangjiang, Qi Ming directly dialed Zhou Xingzu's phone with excitement, and hurried over after making an appointment to meet him.
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he came, he saw what happened at this time.
Xu Qing knew very well that Qi Ming came to Xiangjiang this time to find Zhou Xingzu, so when he heard that someone said that Zhou Xingzu was a bad director, he immediately became angry, so he said something that surprised the entire crew of "Deadly Detective".
"Filming? You are? Mr. Qi, right? Zhou Xingzu hesitated for a moment and immediately came to his senses.
But then, Zhou Xingzu said, "Although I really want to film, I hope to give her my opportunity to audition." ”
As he spoke, Zhou Xingzu pulled Zhu Yu behind him to his side.
As soon as Qi Ming saw Zhu Yu, a burst of surprise immediately welled up in his heart.
At this moment, Qi Ming knew what it was like to be drowsy, and someone sent a bed and a pillow, he originally thought that the character of Zixia Fairy was not there, but he didn't expect to be met by him.
In his previous life, Qi Ming knew very well that the Xingye he liked was fifty years old and still single, which made him and many Xingye fans very sad.
Especially Qi Ming once watched an interview.
At that time, the host asked Mr. Stephen Chow, who was already full of gray hair: Do you have the desire to be a husband and a father like ordinary people.
Mr. Stephen Chow smiled and said: Look at me now, do you still have a chance?
The moderator asked: You know that you are a person who can easily and easily get what you want, at least in the eyes of outsiders.
Stephen Chow smiled again and said: Not necessarily, how could it be? I'm out of luck.
The host said: No, there was once a sincere relationship in front of you, and you didn't cherish it.
Stephen Chow had a memory look on his face, and then he said: Well, I think it's bad luck.
Bad luck, Stephen Chow used two interviews in the whole interview, and they were all about feelings, as for the meaning of this so-called bad luck, many people who know his deeds know what it means.
The first one was unlucky, he was a guy who could easily get what he wanted, but it turned out that he didn't get it.
The second one was unlucky, he really had a lifelong love that could have supported each other and walked, but he lost it.
Just like in the movie "Journey to the West", although Sun Wukong stepped on the seven-colored clouds and wore golden armor, he appeared in front of his favorite and most loving girl like a god, but in the end he still lost the girl.
Stephen Chow's experience, Qi Ming, as a fan, naturally feels lost and sad, he is the same as many star fans, I hope that Stephen Chow, who is already full of gray hair in reality, can really have a moonlight treasure box, because in this way he will not lose everything he has lost.
And now, Qi Ming really saw that the Moonlight Treasure Box had played a role.
That Supreme Treasure, that Zixia Fairy, now really appeared in front of him.
"Of course you can, but this doesn't prevent us from agreeing that Mr. Zhou, you can still participate in my upcoming movie." Awakening from his memories, Qi Ming said to Zhou Xingzu.
Qi Ming's answer surprised and surprised Zhou Xingzu.
"You mean? We all have the opportunity to audition? Zhou Xingzu asked Qi Ming tentatively.
"Of course!" Qi Ming said with a smile.
And as Qi Ming's two words came out, someone in the crowd finally recognized him. (To be continued.) )