The failure of "Red Cliff" lies in Wu Yusen's study of foreign films and his understanding of anti-war as the theme of the Three Kingdoms War, which also reflects his shallow understanding of the Three Kingdoms.

The stage for heroes to chase their dreams is the most basic and extensive understanding of the Three Kingdoms.

Xing, the people suffer, die, the people suffer, this is a deep understanding.

The crisis of the rule of the centralized dynasty and the rise of the noble landlords are a deeper understanding.

Antiwar? What kind of war is it against? The root of the Battle of Chibi was that Cao Cao was not peace-loving?

Such a theme is complete wishful thinking!

Looking at the two movies "Red Cliff" (above) and (below), it can be concluded: mediocrity!

is so mediocre that most people only remember the line of "Meng Meng stands up", and forget everything else...

Shen Xudong continued: "From the beginning of casting, I felt that the probability of failure of "Red Cliff" was very high! ”

"How?"

"I want to say a word, IP..."

Shen Xudong explained the concept of IP: IntellectualProperty, an intellectual property with wide influence.

"For example, Harry Potter, Twilight... Why did I dare to do Twilight, because before I decided to do it, Twilight sold millions of copies in North America alone..."

In this sense, the story of the Three Kingdoms is so familiar to East Asian audiences, especially those in China, Japan, and South Korea, that they can name almost every important person and every important battle.

The Battle of Chibi is one of the most famous battles, so from this point of view, Chibi is a big IP, and the big IP does not need big stars such as Liang Chaowei and Jin Chengwu to support the box office..."

Han Shanping shook his head: "Without a big star, it will be difficult for us to get investment..."

“…”

Well, the concept of IP is not mature at this stage, so "Zhao Zilong" needs to use Andy Lau!

But Shen Xudong shook his head resolutely: "I don't think the audience chose to watch "Red Cliff" because of Liang Chaowei or Jin Chengwu... If I shoot "Red Cliff", the actor's salary will not exceed 10 million! ”

"Wu Yusen was originally prepared to invite Zhou Yan to perform for 40 million!"

"So, when a director needs to rely on an actor to make a movie, then he probably lacks judgment on the work!"

Well, after all, in fact, Shen Xudong doesn't believe that stars have no value.

If the star has no value, then..."The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" relies on what attracts the audience?

In addition, there are always people who say that Hong Kong films lack fresh blood, and the main ones are Gu Tianle, Andy Lau, Liu Qingyun...

Hehe, don't talk about newcomers.

Even if there are a few old actors who can have a box office?

Even if you are an investor, you don't dare to use a newcomer, and you won't use it if you are the boss!

It's too risky to use a newcomer. Many issuers in the mainland are looking at these old faces to invest!

Without mainland capital distribution, it will be a problem for you to release it, which is why the movies released in the mainland are always police and gangster films, and other Hong Kong films have no market at all.

Understand it, let's talk about it...

"The profitability of "Red Cliff" should not be a problem... If "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China"..."

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Gao Fenfen walked in, first greeted Han Shanping, and then said: "China Film is so energetic, do you still want to compete with our private company for the main theme movie?" ”

"It's not about robbing, it's about working together..."

"Then you're late, TV and radio media, media and radio media, Jiangsu Radio and Television Station... I also found Forbidden City Pictures..."

“…”

When Han Shanping heard this, he completely understood that "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" had nothing to do with him...

What he wants is to control investment, produce...

Co-production is not an option at all!

……

Han Shanping left, and Shen Xudong smiled at Gao Fenfen, who rolled his eyes: "Next time there is such a thing, you will push it directly on my head!" ”

"I'm not worried that Zhongying will stumble on us."

"He can't make a stumbling block, in our dramas, the investors behind the scenes are all national..."

"What if, doing business is about harmony and wealth..."

"Raw hair, let them retreat for three days and don't want to..."

Three days back...

How dare you think?

Shen Xudong was speechless, picked up the newspaper on the side of the sofa and read it, the front page was naturally the Olympics...

The one that attracted the most attention was naturally Liu Xiang...

Gao Fenfen suddenly spoke: "I heard that Liu Xiang was injured? ”

"Where did you hear that?"

"A lot of grapevine... It's also been reported online..."

“… Is it the official media? ”

Gao Fenfen shook her head: "Do you think the official media will report it?" Once the news of Liu Xiang's injury spreads, what will happen to the ratings? Who buys the ticket? You must know that the ticket price for the 110-meter hurdles final has been fried to 80,000 yuan..."

Shen Xudong didn't know what to say.

Liu Xiang is of course a great track and field athlete, always remember the 04 Athens Olympics, he said the sentence "Please don't think that Asian or Chinese athletes are inferior to Europe and the United States in the short span event, I will use practical actions to prove that Asia has me, China has me." ”

Then Athens won the championship...

Now a bunch of people are saying, 'We owe Liu Xiang an apology'...

But at the moment in 2008, Liu Xiang's team owes the people of the whole country an explanation!

Before the Olympics, it was already rumored that Liu Xiang might have an injury...

It's normal for athletes to have injuries, and everyone can accept them.

But every night the sports news interviewed Liu Xiang's coach Sun Haiping, and they all said that there was no problem, and he was performing very well today and could run.

When it came to the official competition, all eyes were on him, and suddenly he couldn't run, Sun Haiping came out in tears and said, "How serious is his injury, he has been playing with his life?"

？

What's wrong?

Didn't you say you're in good shape?

It all got worse in one night?

It's okay to have no results and injuries, but to be fooled and treated as a fool, it's a bit disrespectful, right?

Don't worry, the next London Olympics will come again!

Gao Fenfen obviously didn't care much about this thing, and changed the topic: "I heard that Zhong Lifang asked TVB actors to shoot two TV series? ”

"Hmm... One "Back to the Three Kingdoms" and one "Women and Heroes"..."

"Why did you ask them to shoot it?"

"It's cheap... You can make one for about 20 million, and after the filming is completed, it will be broadcast exclusively on PPTV... If there is a TV station that wants to buy it, sell it to them directly..."

"Even if you buy... It's also daytime..."

Shen Xudong shrugged: "It doesn't matter, it's mainly for PPTV drainage." ”

"Are you digging into the corner of TVB?"

“… I didn't... I'm just giving TVB actors, directors, and producers one more choice! ”

"Be careful, I heard that the Hong Kong circle is very grouped..."

"If I don't make a TV series, the Hong Kong circle won't target me? Don't be naïve, Golden Harvest accounts for 4% of the theater share, and makes eight to ten movies a year, and many people have long wanted to engage us! ”

Shen Xudong doesn't pay much attention to the Hong Kong circle...

With more than ten years of memories in later generations, he knows very well that the so-called Hong Kong circle will soon withdraw from the stage of history...

Every time, the marketing of mainland capital suppresses...

The mainland film market has reached an era where themes, plots and creativity are the selling points, and Hong Kong is still stuck in the era of selling stars, actors, and scenes. Besides, these stars are still the older generation that has already become famous, there is no freshness, and young people will not pay for it.

The scene can't be compared with Hollywood, to be honest, I'm tired of watching big foreign blockbusters, let alone Hong Kong films.

“… However, this time "Exquisite Ancient City" is better than "Red Cliff", they say that Xu Ke is better than Wu Yusen..."

Got home, the mouse was broken, the keyboard was broken...

I'm speechless...

(End of chapter)