This article "Shen Xudong still has what talents we don't know? >> A bit of a marketing account attribute...

At first glance, it's like "Jiang Yiyan American Architecture Master Award, what does she not have? >> A hanging sample...

The difference is that Shen Xudong has works!

——The three major writers of the post-80s, except for the famous screenwriter, he is also an excellent music producer!

And I'm not afraid of the kind of check.

The article mainly blows the new book "Snail House" and Shen Xudong's music.

Oh, "Snail House" was released at the beginning of the month, and sold more than 200,000 copies in two weeks, and it has been widely discussed and praised.

This is quite normal, compared to the nothingness of "Struggle", "Snail House" is more real: it is a cruel story, which gives idealists a slap in the face!

There is another sentence in the article: "... It can be seen that Shen Xudong's creation is transforming towards realism, and this step is very stable, at least for now, when it comes to achievements in the literary world, Shen Xudong is far more than Guo Jingming and Han Han! ”

After reading the article, Deng Chao couldn't help but dial Shen Xudong's phone, but unfortunately, no one answered...

It's normal, the publicity period!

Shen Xudong really didn't have time to answer the phone, he was discussing a blockbuster with Huang Zhongjun, Feng Xiaogang and Qiu Gangjian.

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Qiu Gangjian can be described as a generation of legendary screenwriters, "Running to the Angry Sea", the young Andy Lau made his debut on the big screen;

"Rouge Buckle", Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui presented a beautiful performance;

"Ruan Lingyu", Maggie Cheung won the Berlin Film Festival;

"Underground Love" is Liang Chaowei's early representative work;

"A Baby" is the only film directed by Qiu Gangjian, starring Wang Zuxian...

I went north to eat mixed rice, lived in the area of East Forty Strips, and rented a house.

"Night Banquet" was originally called "The Prince of Swords", and Qiu Gangjian completely adapted it in Shakespearean style.

After meeting Huang Zhongjun, he said: "If you shoot it, you will be the first person to put Shakespeare's plays on the Chinese screen!" ”

Huang Zhongjun made a decisive decision!

I didn't consider Feng Xiaogang at first, and I contacted Jiang Wen and Tian Zhuangzhuang, but when they said that the schedule was not compatible and they didn't succeed, some said that they were afraid that they would lose money...

Huang Zhongjun wants Feng Xiaogang to direct...

It stands to reason that Feng Xiaogang has never made a costume blockbuster, so he shouldn't be interested, but... blockbuster, the battle of the international simultaneous release still attracted him!

Huang Zhongjun is not afraid of losing money, what is he afraid of?

The reason why it was renamed "Night Banquet" is because of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet".

"Han Xizai's Night Banquet" shows the story of Emperor Li Yu sending a painter to spy on Han Xizai's life, and Han Xizai carnivals every day, deceiving people with the illusion of indulging in extravagant life...

It's the same as "Hamlet" pretending to be crazy to avenge his father. We just took a fancy to this combination of Chinese and Western creativity, which has the characteristics of ancient Chinese culture and the familiar story of Westerners, combined with the Chinese prince's revenge. It's good to have the name "Night Banquet"! ”

"So, 'The Night Banquet' is the Chinese version of 'Hamlet'?"

"Akira Kurosawa can shoot "Chaos", and of course we can also shoot "Night Banquet"!"

"Chaos" is based on Shakespeare's "King Lear"...

"What does Xudong think?"

Shen Xudong scratched his head, and then said honestly: "In fact, most of the Chinese movies that foreigners like have a hint of curiosity... I'll give you an example: Disney's "Mulan", which was a success in the West, but was screened in China and was criticized by all kinds of people! ”

"You're not optimistic?"

"Hmm... If it is only an investment of less than 50 million, with the appeal of Director Feng, the domestic market is enough to recover the cost, but if it exceeds this number, the international market will be released... Even if it can be a hit, it is estimated that the reputation will not be very good! ”

Huang Zhongjun only heard the sentence that it could be sold, and asked decisively: "Do you think it can be sold?" ”

Shen Xudong said casually: "The current trend of Chinese costume blockbusters is still there... But I can't say how long it will last, if Director Feng wants to shoot, it's better to hurry! ”

Feng Xiaogang was a little puzzled: "... Why aren't you bullish? ”

"You are a tragedy, our teacher said that the tragedy in the Eastern story is produced by the external environment, such as "Zhao's Orphan", the exception of the family, or their own physical disability are all influenced by the outside world and cannot be grasped by themselves, but the tragedy in the West is different, everyone thinks about it by themselves, and the final tragic ending is produced by their own subjective influence."

After a pause, Shen Xudong said: "A Western script, where does the oriental charm come from?" And... In China's thousands of years of history, there have been countless court tragedies caused by power and desire, and no one will be interested in Hamlet! ”

Prince Hamlet is not a cowardly man, he had the opportunity to assassinate his uncle while his uncle was praying, but Hamlet refused to kill him while his uncle was praying, because it would instead send his uncle to heaven...

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This seems a bit confusing to us!

The male protagonist is weak and incompetent...

Qiu Gang was anxious: "You are not the market, how do you know that the public does not accept it?" ”

Shen Xudong smiled: "... I'm just going to say it casually. ”

The scripts written by Qiu Gangjian have never been sold out at all, including "A Baby", Wang Zuxian starred so hard, and he sold so badly...

Huang Zhongjun hurriedly played a round: "Xudong has a strong control over the market!" ”

Feng Xiaogang interjected: "... According to the current situation, it is certain that "All People Witness" will break 100 million, can it exceed 200 million? ”

Shen Xudong hurriedly humbled himself: "... It's so good. ”

"I heard that overseas copyrights are selling well?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "In addition to the distribution of accounts in Southeast Asia, South Korea and Japan directly sold the copyrights!" The Korean copyright was sold for $650,000, and the Japanese benzene copyright was sold for $1.05 million, all of which were contacted with the help of Golden Harvest..."

“… How much does it cost? ”

Feng Xiaogang said: "28 million yuan..."

"So little?"

"No Thieves in the World" costs 48 million, and Gong Li's salary is $1.5 million... There's no reason why Witness for All would charge less!

Shen Xudong explained: "Gong Li's salary, we have prepared 1.5 million US dollars and 500,000 US dollars + overseas copyright income in the form of sharing... She chose the second option! ”

"And how much can she take away?"

"You can get 20%!"

“20%… You're so willing! ”

Judging from the current income, the overseas copyright income of "Witness to the Whole People" is at least more than 5 million US dollars - the one in Southeast Asia, the box office income x2, is basically the copyright income...

In addition, for European and American copyrights, $5 million is just the minimum projection.

20% is $1 million...

Anyway, Gong Li won't suffer a loss.

Feng Xiaogang knows very well about "All the People Witness", this film, Taihe and the people voted 20%...

He explained: "The copyright of "All the People" in South Korea and the copyright of Japanese benzene all rely on Gong Li, and we also rely on Gong Li to sell films in Venice... And if you really give $1.5 million in advance, the production cost will have to be increased by about $10 million..."

Huang Zhongjun thoughtfully: "Therefore, if we want to shoot "Night Banquet", we must find a star with international appeal!" ”

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well, if you want an overseas market, you have to do this!" ”

"So who has an overseas market? Jackie Chan, Li Lianlian, Zhou Runfa? ”