Chapter 82: I Almost Broke My Vow!
Jiang Wen is really a pit goods!
The key is that he still has a bunch of admirers and crooked reasoning, leaving a bunch of classic remarks, such as 'An actor who doesn't want to be a director is not a good actor', 'If you make money, you can't call it horizontal, if you don't have money, it's called horizontal, and if you have talent, it's called horizontal." I don't think money can buy the future, talent, or wisdom. ’…
By the way, there's definitely not boiled water that I serve to the audience, I want to make sake and get drunk with everyone in the theater.'" ’…
Shen Xudong knew that this product was very pitiful, but after contacting it, he realized that it was really pitted!
is like this, "The Story of the Thief of the Official" has been sent to him, it stands to reason that Jiang Wen should devote himself to the creation of "Let the Bullets Fly", but he has too many whimsical ideas!
He wants to do the TV series "The Wind"...
And the script is being written!
Is he really speechless, can't you honestly tinker with "Let the Bullets Fly"?
It has been circulated on the rivers and lakes for a long time, and there are two most entertaining pit investors in China who have won the award, namely Jiang Wen's "Mercedes-Benz Becomes Xiali" and Wang Jiawei's "The True Story of A Fei", which "lost investors to the hospital"...
In fact, it is a false rumor, Mercedes-Benz becomes Xiali is not Jiang Wen's director's work, that is "Qin Song", starring Jiang Wen, the director is called Zhou Xiaowen, Zhang Jizhong's version of "Dragon Babu", he is the chief director!
Insert a sentence, "Song of Qin" premiered in Shenzhen that year, and after the release, there was no attendance for a few days...
Because it sucks.
Later, in order to make money, the film company cut out a scene of less than 30 seconds of breastfeeding the child and turned it into the cover of the video disc to sell it for money.
Uh, that's it.
Pulling it back, Shen Xudong felt that he couldn't let Jiang Wen go on any longer.
Directly intervened...
Specifically, the TV series adaptation rights of "The Wind" were withdrawn.
Without copyright, Jiang Wencai prepared "Let the Bullets Fly"...
In fact, purely from the perspective of investment, it is definitely not cost-effective to invest in Jiang Wen's movies!
Serious people who vote for movies, waiting to lose money, aren't they? Cheap!
But, "Let the Bullets Fly" was an accident!
This movie, both word-of-mouth and commercial, has reached its peak!
Someone asked Jiang Wen if he would never be able to make a movie like "Let the Bullets Fly" anymore?
In fact, it doesn't matter, the so-called good sentences are made by nature, and they are obtained by chance
Movies are even more so, a good movie requires the joint efforts of a group of important creators, the collision of wisdom, and the painstaking efforts of the manuscript.
Many times the effort you spend may not be able to impress the audience, and it is difficult to make the audience empathize.
Therefore, Shen Xudong is only ready to invest in a "Let the Bullets Fly", and does not even interfere in the casting - he really can't think of an actor who can replace Zhou Yunfa (Huang Shilang)!
However, Deng Chao is the director...
Shen Xudong thought for a while and encouraged: "Come on!" ”
……
Shen Xudong has always been quite optimistic about Deng Chao!
So, I don't understand that he fell behind in later life...
Oh, in my memory, the six Mesozoic generations, Huang Bo and Deng Chao have fallen behind...
Huang Bo fell behind because his acting skills became greasy, his business ability deteriorated seriously, and his audience popularity fell behind due to a sharp decline, Deng Chao... It is estimated that it is purely anti-phagogue and lazy.
From 19 to 23 years, for a full 4 years, I only directed and acted in one movie ("Ping Pong: The Jedi Strikes Back"), a film unit ("Hometown/The Road Home"), and then, there was nothing...
Deng Chao starred in "Scorching Sun" at the age of 36, won the Golden Jue Best Actor at the age of 37, and won the Golden Rooster Best Actor at the age of 38, and as the first starring actor in the film in recent years, he won the "box office" of more than 9 billion yuan, which was once far ahead in the Chinese film industry.
Then, from the age of 39 to 43, the golden period of acting for four years was directly abandoned in the variety shows "Running Man" and "Wuha".
In the past four years, the competition among first-line actors has been fierce, Wu Jing occupies the top ten half of the film history, Shen Teng has become the king of comedy in the mainland, Zhang Yi has risen strongly, Yu Hewei has continued to make masterpieces, Zhu Yilong, Lei Jiayin, Xiao Yang, Dapeng, these "post-80s" have also joined the competition of first-line middle students.
What's worse is that in 2018's "Galaxy Cram School", cooperating with Yu Baimei as the director, Deng Chao can still carry nearly 900 million box office alone.
And "Ping Pong: The Jedi Strikes Back" in 2023 is obviously good in quality and reputation, and the box office is barely over 100 million!
It's a normal thing, you also make money from variety shows, the box office of the movie is high, overexposed, and you want to play different roles, how can there be such a good thing in this world?
As for Deng Chao's directorial level.
Personal evaluation: Not as good as Guo Jingming!
No kidding, really, in terms of personal aesthetics, it's a lot worse!
Several plays of the Deng Dynasty ruined his daughter-in-law and himself, who were originally okay actors, and Guo Jingming used the actors who had almost no acting skills just right, performed their duties, and was handsome to death, and to death...
Imagine who else you can find to play the role in your childhood?
And... He is very brave to use a lot of newcomers who are completely unknown, and his appearance and temperament match the character!
"Little Times" has really made a large number of newcomers popular and achieved a win-win situation.
It seems that he has a high level of actor selection...
There is no one left!
In terms of casting, Guo Jingming is really good.
As for personal aesthetics...
When Guo Caijie in "Little Times" was in a certain plot, she shot from a wide angle and wore a long skirt, which was several positions higher than Deng Chao's picture, composition, and color!
As for Deng Chao, he is also quite awesome!
Although the audience has no impression of his picture footage after watching it, the stupid plot, stupid story, and stupid plot are like eating shit after watching it, which is hard to forget, lingering and breathless...
Therefore, Shen Xudong sincerely suggested: "Brother Chao, if you want to be a director, don't make comedies... What type of script you want, you can find me, and I will help form a screenwriting team! ”
……
After chatting with Deng Chao for a few words, Wen Yongshan walked over, and Shen Xudong asked with a smile: "How is it?" ”
"It's pretty much the same... Director, is this how all mainland film shooting has been done over and over again? ”
Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, I'm just faster..."
Wen Yongshan pouted and deliberately asked: "Director... Are you fast? ”
After looking at her expression, Shen Xudong suddenly remembered a sentence 'There are good ventriloquists in the southern country, and the king will not reign early'...
swallowed his saliva, lowered his voice, and retorted: "I'm not happy, don't you know?" ”
“… Do you want to try again? ”
Shen Xudong shook his head hard: "Forget it, I'm busy..."
The flag that was just set, Shen Xudong didn't want to destroy it because of his greed!
Wen Yongshan was very interested: "Then I'll go first... Director, do you have any ideas, feel free to text me. ”
“… Don't rush back to Hong Kong first, go find Chen Xi and ask her to arrange a few TV series for you..."
"TV series?"
"Well," Shen Xudong nodded: "In the mainland, the best way to quickly brush your face is to appear in a TV series... You stay in Hong Kong, nothing good to develop. ”
“… What about Fu Ying? ”
"Fu Ying and Deng Lixin have their own brokerage team to help them plan their careers, what about you?"
"I see..."
Wen Yongshan nodded.
"Okay... You go first..."
Shen Xudong watched her leave, came back to his senses, and then saw Liao Gaoxiang staring at him, and was startled: "When did you come?" ”
"Just now..."Liao Gaoxiang pouted in the direction Wen Yongshan left: "Who is that woman?" ”
"Zhong Lifang's signed actress, newcomer, Hong Kong development..."
“… You have a lot of relationship with her? ”
“… It's okay, there have been intersections..."Shen Xudong changed the topic: "What do you want to do with my crew?" ”