Chapter 168: The Boom in Mythological Dramas
Looking at the first episode of "Smart Rest", Lin Zixuan felt that China's comic industry was hopeful.
He just gave the three of them a general description of the form of Japanese comics, originally thought that they would make a villain book, but he didn't expect the finished product to look the same, basically having the style of later comics.
Whether it is Chinese ink painting or Western oil painting, it is either about the shape or the likeness, but it is never too exaggerated.
One of the great characteristics of comics is that they are exaggerated and non-conformist.
The trio grasped this very well, and the characters and storytelling were different from traditional picture books.
Perhaps, they can really create a new genre of literature that will be remembered by future generations.
Lin Zixuan praised the three of them, encouraged them to work hard, and there were more similar cartoons for them to draw, this is a long but bright road.
The three of them were full of slander about this, and they no longer believed what Lin Zixuan said.
It's just that the salary of Vientiane Bookstore is good, and the working hours are relaxed, as long as the manuscript can be delivered on time, other times can be arranged freely.
It's not easy to find this kind of job in Shanghai, and they still like to spend their lives here until they have nowhere else to go.
However, they underestimated the exploitative side of Lin Zixuan's capitalists, and once they found that this kind of comic sold well, Lin Zixuan would come up with a large number of comic settings, so that they would no longer have free time to mess around.
In order to go to Lushan for summer vacation at the end of June, Lin Zixuan had to arrange the things in hand.
He plans to give himself a two-month vacation, leaving Shanghai at the end of June and returning at the end of August, both for his honeymoon and for a good rest.
Life is not only about work, but also about enjoyment.
He used this reason to turn down the course at Shanghai University and stop lecturing in the future.
It would have been nice to talk about it once in a while, but there were too many things he couldn't tell, and if it weren't for the constant correspondence with the British intellectual elite and the fact that he had learned a lot from them, he would probably not have been able to talk about it a long time ago.
Moreover, Shanghai University has undergone new changes.
In addition to the Department of Literature and the Department of Painting, Shanghai University has added a Department of Sociology, and Qu Qiubai is the head of the Department of Sociology.
Sociology, as the name suggests, is a discipline with multiple paradigms for the study of social facts, and its traditional research objects include social stratification, social class, social mobility, social religion, social law, etc.
Young students are highly sought-after for this department, and the atmosphere at Shanghai University is quite eccentric.
This is one of the reasons why Lin Zixuan quit, not to mention that he is also busy and has no time to take care of it.
In terms of movies, Zheng Zhengqiu took the original team to continue his journey to the west, and the filming of "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" was not very difficult, the first half is the origin of Tang Seng and the process of accepting apprentices, and the second half is the scene of the white bone spirit.
During this time, the "Journey to the West" movies from other film companies have been released.
Because it is a silent film, the shooting cycle is relatively short, and a movie can generally be shot in two to three months, which caused the "Journey to the West" movie to appear in a bunch at the end of May.
However, these studios maintain a tacit understanding and always release a film a few days apart.
Tianyi Company's "Daughter Country" was released first, the selling point is the fragrant story between Tang Seng and the lord of the daughter country, and the tragic actress Wang Hanlun's first passionate performance, which must not be missed.
Zhang Shichuan borrowed from Lin Zixuan's propaganda methods, and the advertising words were extremely bold, provoking the psychology of the audience.
Lin Zixuan took the time to take a look, both the costumes and the scenery were not very good, but the interaction between Tang Seng and the lord of the daughter country was indeed outstanding.
Among them, there is even a bed scene, Tang Seng and his daughter are lying on the bed, and the daughter of the country is half-undressed, revealing pink jade arms.
Although there is a layer of veil, you can still see the situation inside, and this kind of shot between the exposed and the unexposed can attract the audience's interest even more.
I have to say that Zhang Shichuan is extremely talented in making movies, and he knows what the audience wants to see.
In this day and age, this kind of footage is controversial, but it is not so controversial that it will be banned.
Especially in the concessions, foreigners are more open in this regard, and as long as it is not the kind of film that causes public outrage, they basically ignore it.
Because of this glamorous footage and controversy in the newspapers, "Daughter Country" was a success.
Many viewers watched the report and entered the theater to watch female stars undress, which is also a means of publicity.
followed by the release of "Pansi Cave", similar to "Daughter Country", the main focus is also a fragrant plot.
The film company hired six good-looking women from the Fengyue venue to play the spider spirit.
It is said that these six people are all Qingqi people, this is propaganda, and no one knows whether it is true or not.
In the movie, the scene of the six women frolicking in the water in tulle is very large-scale, although there is a layer of mist on the water, there are many parts that can be exposed, and the thighs and chests are looming.
Especially when the spider spirit launched spider silk from the navel, it caused the audience to exclaim.
The actor who played Zhu Bajie was envied by the audience.
This "Pansi Cave" can be said to challenge the bottom line of Chinese audiences in this era, and unlike the half-concealment of "Daughter Country", it exposes too much.
If it's a Western movie, it's nothing, but it's a bit dead to have this kind of plot in a domestic movie.
Younger audiences find the novelty exciting, old-school audiences are extremely disgusted, and the newspapers are full of crusades.
Lin Zixuan felt that it was nothing, he had not seen anything in later generations, but at this time, Chinese society was still dominated by conservatives, and he had no obligation to defend this movie.
Instead, take it as a warning.
In the future, when the star film company shoots "Pansi Cave", this kind of mistake must not occur, just let the spider silks of the spider spirit spit out of their mouths, and be loyal to the original book or something.
After a few days of screening, the film was stopped because there were too many people protesting.
However, "Pansi Cave" still made money, and Nanyang filmmakers bought it at a high price, and it was still being screened in some small theaters, and many young audiences flocked to it.
As for the last movie "Zhu Bajie Plays Chang'e", it was a mess and completely put out.
The story tells that Chang'e went down to earth and met Zhu Bajie, and was robbed by Zhu Bajie to the cave, and then ......
Not to mention that the actor who plays Chang'e is not good-looking, the painting style of her and Zhu Bajie together is not right, it is completely a man and a beast!
These three films can't be compared with "Havoc in Heaven" in terms of quality, but they have led to a boom in shooting mythological dramas, and film companies have set their sights on other mythological novels when they see that the films are profitable.
For example, "Romance of the Gods" and "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".
Zhang Shichuan of Tianyi Company is ready to make persistent efforts to shoot the story of Su Daji and King Xu.