How does a movie become a blockbuster?

There are many factors that make a blockbuster, such as big directors, big stars, big investment, big scenes, big themes, and so on.

It's easy to put all of this together, but it's still quite difficult to put it together into a complete mainstream commercial film at the current level.

The works that belong to the category of domestic blockbusters include "Hero", "Seven Swords", "Ambush on All Sides", "Wuji", "Myth", "Night Banquet", "The City is Full of Golden Armor", "Red Cliff", "Mei Lanfang"...

Almost all of them are costumes.

The theme is either costume martial arts or palace struggles.

In fact, according to Shen Xudong's understanding, the so-called domestic blockbusters refer to commercial films of a certain scale shot by Chinese directors...

Each of them created a high box office of 100 million yuan and became the "main force" of the film box office revenue that year.

From the perspective of this concept year, is the main theme commercial film considered a blockbuster?

Definitely counted...

Does the tomb raiding genre count?

That's right!

Shen Xudong thought for a while and proposed: "Otherwise, let's do "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"!" ”

""Ghost Blows the Lamp"? Horror films? ”

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, it belongs to the tomb robbery and exploration type..."

"Tomb robbery..."Gao Fenfen hesitated: "You have to consider the overseas market!" ”

Uh, I almost forgot, the current blockbuster is aimed at the global market...

Shen Xudong said: "Actually, my opinion is to continue to make action movies and continue the Asian influence of Hong Kong films back then..."

“… Think about it first, when you go to Cannes this time, you can open your eyes and see more popular themes overseas..."

"It's useless, only Chinese kung fu movies are recognized overseas..."

“… You can also make kung fu movies, directly package Jackie Chan and Lee Lianlian! ”

"I... I want to think about it..."Shen Xudong was about to continue to ask, Gao Fenfen suddenly remembered something: "Regarding your criticism of the Writers' Association..."

Shen Xudong looked expectant: "How is it?" Did they respond? ”

“… Nothing to respond to... But don't talk about it... They weren't ready to respond. ”

Shen Xudong looked surprised: "I said it so directly, and they didn't come out to respond?" ”

“… What are you? Zheng Yuanjie also scolded back then... They didn't pay attention to it, but since then, Zheng Yuanjie has been marginalized by the literary world, and he is not called by anyone in the circle, and he has nothing to do with the awarding of major awards..."

There is more to it than Zheng Yuanjie vs. the Writers' Association, and I participated in a writer's pen club in '86. Writers talk about what books they have read. One of them asked me after finishing a book by a Russian author: "Have you read it?" I shook my head. She was shocked: "You haven't even read his book, how do you write?" When it was my turn to speak, I made up a name, and I said that I had been reading Kuskaya's book lately, and I was inspired, have you read it? 70 percent of them nodded. I said I made it up. I haven't been to the Writers' PEN since then. ’

There is also the need to openly question the existence of the Writers' Association - 'in the name of going to the place where the drought occurred, living in the top presidential suite, and talking about the 10,000 reasons for the existence of the Writers' Association', and he also questioned Cao Wenxuan, another writer who won the 'Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tale Award', sold 27 million copies, and asked him to make his tax bill public - Zheng Yuanjie himself made it public first.

He even withdrew from the Writers' Association!

What's the use?

The writers' association didn't pay attention to him at all...

Zheng Yuanjie...

This time Shen Xudong is the same, Bai Ye still participated in a bunch of award activities, and even the 'Sina Original Literature Grand Prix'... That's right, he was hyped – from a low-key critic to a sought-after celebrity, and then swaggered and made public appearances...

Are there any penalties?

There's a fart punishment!

Shen Xudong nodded, signaling that he knew: "Shen Haobo has already persuaded me to shut up... I get it! ”

……

Jackie Chan and Lee link up to cooperate, "The King of Kung Fu"...

Crossing,Get a plug-in,There are masters to teach,Ready to fight the boss,Group to teammates,Group to female teammates,There are a lot of mobs,There is a gatekeeper boss,A person kite everyone boosts,Can't beat it,Someone sacrifices themselves to amplify the move,The boss hangs,Nan Ke is a dream,It's not all a dream...

This script is actually a bedtime story - screenwriter John Fusco completed the prototype of the script for "The King of Kung Fu" in 2004.

Because he is very interested in Chinese culture, he often tells his son some bedside stories such as the Monkey King and the Golden Hoop Stick.

Then, the script was finally picked up by director Rob Minkoff.

Minkoff is making animations, "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Little Mermaid" and the like...

The story of "The Lord of the Rings" was stuffed into it and adapted into the Messenger of the Stick...

Fulfilled the long-cherished wish of Chinese kung fu fans: the pinnacle showdown between Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two kung fu superstars!

As for the plot, let me translate it: A white dick with Jackie Chan and Li Lian to fight monsters and save the world, and by the way, Liu Yifei came up and posted upside down...

The essence is still an old story of Westerners saving the world!

Of course, the film made money - it was not profitable at the box office, but the DVD rights income was very high, and the North American video rental income and sales income of "The King of Kung Fu" were close to 60 million US dollars...

Therefore, Li Lianlian earned more than 100 million - this film is the bureau of Li Lianlian's group, and Jackie Chan symbolically received a salary of 10 million US dollars.

But... Truth be told, The King of Kung Fu isn't good enough.

The plot is too ridiculous, since you have a golden hoop stick, why do you have to keep a white dick?

The two of them taught him kung fu, and it was obvious that he was the protagonist...

And then, the final fight has nothing to do with him?

The final boss is also settled by Li Lian alone...

What about playing?

There are too many loopholes...

If you let Shen Xudong write the screenplay... Forget it, he has no idea ...

Because both of these people have to be positive characters, how can they be positive?

Fight monsters in a group...

So, there are no big problems with the framework of "The King of Kung Fu"...

What's the point of making small repairs?

Besides, how can it be so easy to convince Li Lian and Jackie Chan to co-star in a movie?

……

The celebration banquet ended very early, and Shen Xudong returned home at more than ten o'clock, and then received a call from Shen Haobo. said that a company fell in love with "Ghost Blows the Lantern" and wanted to develop it into a movie...

"What company?"

"China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television..."

China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television, as you can see from the name, joint venture!

Founded by China Film, Warner, and Hengdian on a 4:3:3 share investment, specializing in co-productions, and has produced "Veil", "Jade Warrior"...

The box office is just like that, it didn't make much money!

What has Warner relied on to win the world in the past two years?

Harry Potter!

How did Harry Potter come about?

Bestseller adaptation!

Under this logic, they can watch "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", which is understandable...

"Ghost Blows the Lamp"... Shen Xudong happened to think of developing it, so he said: "It's good, do they have any plans?" ”

Shen Haobo explained: "They may want to develop it themselves..."

"You tell them that the adaptation right is in my hands, I am the producer, how to shoot, I have the final say... If you're interested, invest money, if you're not interested, forget it..."

Haolaiwu understands Mao's "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", if they take the adaptation rights, will they follow the original script?

No, they will definitely change all the characters to whites, add a few blacks at most, and then go on an adventure together...

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Is that still "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?

Shen Haobo has a different opinion: "I think we can talk about it, after all, this company, China Film is also involved..."

"It's going to take a while to talk..."

"Huh? Why? ”

"I... I'm leaving for Cannes tomorrow! ”