Are Japanese actors cheap?

If it is a comparison between Hong Kong and mainland actors, I am afraid that ordinary people will really have to think about it in confusion before they will probably answer: Impossible, Japan is the second largest economy in the world, and his actors will be cheap?

But the truth is so cruel, maybe in the early years, Japanese artists were indeed much taller than the mainland, but with the development of China's economy, by this point in time in 2005 and 2006, the salaries of top actors on both sides have been roughly equal. Of course, this refers to the TV drama market, in the film market, these two countries are a bit empty, and the salary is not too high with reference to the execution of TV dramas. In contrast, the actors in Hong Kong are a bit different, their low-level actors may not mix well with the low-level actors in the mainland and Japan, and their salaries are only enough for basic needs such as food and rent, but at the level of top actors, Hong Kong's actors exceed the mainland and Japan too much, this is the precipitation of Oriental Hollywood, but Oriental Hollywood as a whole has irretrievably degenerated, and can only rely on the old bones of the past to support it.

Although its entire system is still looking outside for resources to support its livelihood, and the system itself is still functioning normally, creating new workers, it is heading for irretrievable decline in the system as a whole.

In this way, it seems that the TV station is the last guarantee for the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but as far as its future fate is concerned, the best fate is to completely integrate into the mainland and become a great provincial and municipal TV station.

The change in economic status completely determined this qiē.

However, even if it is crumbling, Hong Kong's entertainment industry still maintains a certain inertia, and its top actors still maintain an international influence, which is by no means comparable to TV actors in regions like mainland China and Japan, but under so many top actors, compared with actors from mainland China and Japan, it is only half a pound or two. Comparatively. Japanese actors are cheap and good, especially those under the Queens.

Because of the dominance of capital in the Japanese entertainment industry, Japanese artists have been tamed obediently by capital, even actors like Takuya Kimura have worked desperately for Genesys without complaint. Or the occasional complaint. Comparatively speaking, the top actors in Hong Kong and the mainland are simply happy to heaven. Your sister's boss actually agreed to allow his actors to open their own studios, which is simply the conscience of capitalists!

Therefore, even if the price is comparable, or even slightly expensive, using Japanese actors is more worry-free than using mainland actors or Hong Kong actors - of course, this is compared to actors who are already famous. If it is an actor who has not yet emerged, whether it is the mainland, Hong Kong or Japan, let them play a role in the movie. These young people who have not yet come out will probably accept it seriously without complaint, and this is a certain commonality.

Tomoaki Aonuma's salary is actually not high, and when he starred in "The Green Hornet", he took 500,000 US dollars, which is equivalent to about 60 million yen, and has been declared the first value of a Japanese actress. Then in "Memoirs of a Geisha", probably for the sake of Shen Zhenghui's face, Spielberg gave a salary of 800,000 US dollars, and the Japanese side has already used female stars with a salary of more than 100 million to mark Tomoaki Aonuma. But on the mainland, Zhang Ziyi, whose identity is comparable to Tomoaki Aonuma. The salary in "Night Banquet" has reached 2 million US dollars, at least at the time of the public announcement, this is the price, according to the urine of the Japanese, this is already double the crushing of Tomoaki Aonuma.

But fortunately, Tomoaki Aonuma was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the Oscar for Best Actress for "Memoirs of a Geisha", of course, they are all accompaniments. But he swiped a b-value, so when it came to "Kung Fu 2", Zhou Xingxing unceremoniously bleed and gave the same $2 million salary, which was completely generous to others, but Sony, Kasuga, and Colombia were all satisfied. Colombia is because the heroine status is enough. Sony has always only worried that the budget will not be spent, let alone spending it on the Japanese, which is enough to be a topic of hype in Japan, and for Kasuga, it is just a change of hand.

In fact, it's not just Tomoaki Aonuma, queens's actresses are packed into the crew of "Kung Fu 2", many girls may only appear in a 1-second long shot, and then they will have no role, but this does not prevent queens from taking this opportunity to let their actresses take advantage of this to increase their value. Zhou Xingxing's behavior made many people blush and hate, so they bitterly accused Zhou Xingxing of turning his back on Hong Kong and joining the "imperial army". Xing Ye did not respond to such remarks, and began to bury himself in Puhai's film and television city, and began the filming of "Kung Fu 2". This time the preparation work was so fast, it was a blessing for spring, and the staff who originally participated in the production of "Magic Apprentice" were divided into a part of the crew of "Kung Fu 2", and a large number of Japanese flower girls landed in Puhai Film and Television City, and accompanied Zhou Xingxing himself to start the days of writing scripts while filming.

At the same time, "Magic Apprentice 2" also began to be released simultaneously around the world, and the film caught up with the tail of December, but the release at this point in time cannot be said to be good, but this is already the best time that Sony can coordinate, the first is Zhang Guoshi's "The City is Full of Golden Armor", in order to avoid "Magic Apprentice", Sony can only try to release "The City with Golden Armor" in advance, and the same is true on the mainland, "Golden Armor", which was originally scheduled to be released in mid-December, had to be released in a hurry in mid-November, but the box office is still gorgeous, the box office on the first day of release in China reached 15 million yuan, and in the first 4 days of the first week, the box office has reached 96 million yuan, and the impact of the box office of 100 million yuan is already a thing, and the key to the problem is 200 million? 300 million? 400 million or 500 million?

In the United States, the film does not seem to be very in line with the taste of the American people, and the box office in the first week only reached 1.87 million US dollars, which is worse than the Chinese box office, and the final box office in the United States is only 6.57 million yuan, losing to "Hero" and "Ambush on All Sides".

The cost of the film is claimed to be 360 million yuan, but the final box office in China is 290 million yuan, and it completely depends on overseas markets to recover the cost. The box office of the entire overseas market and the Chinese market combined reached 79 million US dollars, more than 600 million yuan, but if the cost is really 360 million yuan, it is still hopeless to rely on the box office to recover the cost. We can only count on DVD distribution and TV broadcast copyright to pay back.

In comparison, "Golden Armor" can only be regarded as a good result, "Huo Yuanjia" at the beginning of the year claimed to have invested 30 million US dollars, the cost reached more than 200 million yuan, and the final box office was similar to "Golden Armor", which is rumored to have reached a box office of 500 million yuan. It is not a problem to recover the cost, but looking at this box office, it seems that it will take a long time to return to the cost.

At the same time, these two films have greatly lost their position in public opinion, although the results and fame have attracted more people to the theater, but after watching the movie, there are almost no ordinary fans who say good things about these two movies, except, of course, some fans. Many people watched the movie, outside of the gorgeous, gorgeous scenes. There seems to be a sense of abruptness, the excitement of watching martial arts movies before seems to be nowhere to be found, and the more gorgeous Director Zhang's picture is in line with his identity, the more empty the plot of his whole film becomes, as if there is a kind of inverse contrast between his talent in set photography and the interest he exerts on the film.

In contrast, the momentum of the release of "Magical Apprentice 2" seems to make people not worry about the box office. Even before the movie is released, fans with potential attention are already eager to subscribe to movie tickets, whether in the United States or in China. Fans tormented by Star Wars seem to get some kind of thrill from the incredible speed of Apprentice Magical.

"Oh my God, I can't believe it's only been half a year. They made the second part, and I heard that the third part was also in the process of making zuò. If the second part responds well, it will be released in the summer vacation. It's hard to imagine, and I mean neither Star Wars nor Harry Potter seems to be able to do it that fast, let alone the Harry Potter cast in it. It's hard to say whether this was arranged by Sony or Columbia, but judging by the general feedback from fans. They don't seem to mind looking for some new thrills while they're tormented by Harry Potter, especially if they're still fun.

The first installment of The Apprentice of Magic was a bit of a ferment, and likewise, the novelistic offensive of The Apprentice of Magic produced a large number of potential movie lovers. You must know that the pleasure of reading is completely different from the pleasure of watching a movie directly. Especially when Shen Zhenghui's films and novels are particularly compatible. In the second half of the first part, Mario's women's appearance is amazing, and now in the second part, they can enjoy this feast even more, generally speaking, if it is just a beautiful woman, it will not be able to capture the attention of the average Cheng dù or more, but if you add a gimmick to say that this beautiful beauty is a cute boy, it can attract other people's Cheng dù suddenly different.

Thailand is deeply influenced by the magic of "Apprentice of Magic", in addition to foreign tourists who go to China to see the filming set, Thailand has also become a key tourist destination for foreign tourists, and its ladyboy shows have quickly become a topic of conversation in Europe and the United States, so much so that many people believe that Mario is a shemale - and it is crazy to use a shemale as the male lead. Despite the media's repeated publicity and emphasis on Mario's identity as a boy, there are still a large number of patients who believe that I am the right secondary school patient to insist on their opinions. However, this also helped the promotion of "Apprentice of Magic" in a certain way, and the Los Angeles League of Friends announced that Mario was the best friend image in their minds, and there was no one yet. Given that Mario is not yet eighteen years old, Sony did not arrange for him to attend the Los Angeles campaign due to the strong protest of Mario's mother, which triggered another round of protests from the League of Friends.

Anyway, in the midst of the noise, "The Magic Apprentice" was released, and round after round of publicity was enough to make anyone interested in the movie enter the cinema, and several major Hollywood companies are strongly concerned about the results of this sequel, according to Hollywood theory, if the second and third sequels stand firm, it means that the series has really become a money printing machine.

Outside of Hollywood, there are also Shen Zhenghui's peers, who are paying close attention to the achievements of his films, not only Hong Kong directors, but also big directors who are trying to hit overseas markets with so-called domestic blockbusters.

Whether it is the elite of Oriental Hollywood or the master of domestic films, whether it is admiration or disdain for Shen Zhenghui, whether the theme is commercial or artistic, they are all extremely concerned about the box office of his films, not only because of Shen Zhenghui's success, not only because he has a firm foothold in Hollywood, but also because he seems to grasp the pulse of the times in every play, and every play caters to the interests of the audience, especially the 690 million US dollar achievement of "Magic Apprentice", This masterpiece of Chinese directors who is currently ranked No. 1 at the box office, it seems that only Shen Zhenghui himself has the hope of breaking it. Everyone wants to know how Shen Zhenghui makes every one of his movies cater to the audience. So they pinned the possibility of knowing this situation on Part 2 of "The Magic Apprentice".

Of course, I don't know how many people with dark psychology secretly curse and hope that Shen Zhenghui's film can hit the streets, but I believe that more people have prepared congratulatory letters, or are ready to send their own congratulations to Director Shen through guò entertainment reporters. Of course, the higher-end people have already gone through the relationship, and hope that the Film Bureau and other officials will come forward to organize an exchange meeting about Chinese films - or Chinese directors - and ask Shen Zhenghui about these issues in person.

Of course, some of Shen Zhenghui's original remarks, as a shareholder of Biquge www.biquge.info, and the self-promotion and self-flaunting remarks of Biquge www.biquge.info gradually concentrated into reports or internal reference articles. So some people have already begun to turn their minds: Is the reference to this upstream industry in the entertainment industry useful?

This qiē must be proved by "Magic Apprentice 2", and even to strengthen the message of those who hold such beliefs.

When so many people are paying attention to the box office of "Magic Apprentice 2", it seems that there is really some kind of idea, in North America, the box office exceeded 110 million US dollars in the first week after four days of release, and at the same time, in China, the box office in the first week also exceeded 110 million yuan.

And in terms of the word-of-mouth of ordinary audiences, it's too good.

Such a result seems to be enough to crush "The City Full of Golden Armor". (To be continued......)