What I said...

Shen Xudong originally thought that Feng Xiaogang would turn his face, but Ya actually nodded self-deprecatingly: "I want to win a weighty international award in my life, and I am not ashamed to brag to others!" ”

"Didn't "A Sigh" win the Pyramid Award at the Cairo International Film Festival!"

Feng Xiaogang looked at Wang Shuo, who was a little embarrassed...

Back then, he said 'the Cairo Film Festival awards? Isn't that Africa's Township Enterprise Award? ’

directly pushed Feng Xiaogang to the point of ridicule...

At that time, the film critics were looking down on Feng Xiaogang, and won an international award, which seemed to be quite bluffing, Wang Shuo's sentence of 'Township Enterprise Award' was considered to have found a breakthrough for them, and all kinds of ridicule made Feng Xiaogang very embarrassed.

Shen Xudong helped to save his respect: "The Cairo International Film Festival also belongs to the international A-category film festival..."

Wang Shuo asked directly: "Then why didn't you take "The Grandmaster" to Cairo?" ”

“… Belch. ”

One sentence left Shen Xudong speechless...

Why not?

Nonsense, what to do at the Cairo Film Festival?

Not to mention that the main competition unit has no weight at all, and there are not even international studios...

Director Chen interjected: "I watched "The Grandmaster", a good movie... It feels like you've improved a lot! ”

"No," Shen Xudong shook his head: "From the very beginning, I wanted to get closer to the form, so I used great care to light the scenery for each shot, not an ordinary kung fu film that only achieves the correct level of prop preparation, but has a solid and sincere texture... I just want to shoot the martial arts of my imagination..."

"It's really beautiful..."

"It's just that you used the title of "The Grandmaster", what should Wang Jiawei do?"

"I think he can still use my popularity to promote when he is released, and he earns money!"

……

Feng Xiaogang was the king of the mainland box office last year, "Tangshan Earthquake" won 669 million box office, "If You Are Honest 2" 471 million...

The combined box office of the two movies exceeded 1.13 billion!

Last year's total box office was only 11.2 billion, which means that he alone took more than 10%...

What is the concept?

Taking 2018 as an example, the total box office is 60.698 billion, and the top three "Operation Red Sea" are 3.65 billion, "Detective Chinatown 2" is 3.39 billion, and "I Am Not the God of Medicine" is 3.1 billion...

It is equivalent to "Operation Red Sea" + "I Am Not the God of Medicine"...

It's you, don't you swell?

"I'm going to do '1942'..."

Shen Xudong was a little admired: "Come on!" ”

Feng Xiaogang saw "Reminiscences of 1942" in 94, and he had the idea of adapting it...

It's just that at that time, he had no money and no one, so more than ten years passed...

I still have the idea to shoot, I still admire it...

"I am going to divide into two lines: the thousands of miles of desolation in Henan against the singing and dancing of Chongqing, the ragged clothes of the victims against the magnificence of the ball, heaven and hell are only thousands of kilometers away..."

Feng Xiaogang probably said his idea...

In fact, "1942" is really good, keywords: bloody, cruel, cruel. Feng Xiaogang is very good at expressing the three words!

It's a pity that the Chinese New Year file was chosen to be released, coupled with "Youth Pi" - many netizens led by Douban have infinitely elevated "Youth Pi" as the ultimate work to discuss the universe, human nature, and philosophy.

"1942", which was released on the same schedule, was unlucky - Douban's initial score was 6.2 points!

Of course, this also has something to do with Feng Xiaogang himself - the Hushubao incident made him stand on the opposite side of many netizens.

But... This kind of movie is missing on the Chinese screen!

Thinking of this, Shen Xudong asked, "How much money is needed?" ”

"If you don't say anything, it will cost 200 million!"

“… How much money is there now? ”

Shen Xudong originally wanted to say, 'I invested', but he didn't think it was appropriate, maybe he had already found a good investment, and sure enough, Feng Xiaogang said happily: "You don't have to worry about the problem of funds, I make movies, and I never worry about investment!" ”

"That's good..."

Shen Xudong picked up the cup: "Congratulations to Director Feng, this dream has come true!" ”

……

"1942", Feng Xiaogang's personal label is too serious, especially Fan Wei appeared in the movie!

Every time Fan Wei appears, he tells everyone that this is Feng Xiaogang's movie.

What do you mean?

Gags, even in the face of such a heavy topic, in the absence of hope and climax, the mood of the previous plot has been lowered, and banter scenes can be arranged.

This results in a terrible sense of rhythm throughout the film, but there are no ups and downs, lost and unable to push tears.

In a word: the plot lacks dramatic conflicts, and it is okay to reflect social problems, provided that it is a movie and lacks the routines it should have.

In addition, the biggest problem of "1942" is also Feng Xiaogang, after the movie was released, all kinds of bombardment, for himself...

For a movie, it is very difficult and difficult to achieve both art and commerce, and the coexistence of box office and word-of-mouth.

Jiang Wen has done it in "Let the Bullets Fly" so far!

Feng Xiaogang didn't do it, it's a normal thing, but the movie was made, and he himself was very satisfied...

Actually, the dream has come true!

It has also been recognized by mainstream film awards.

It is equivalent to a lot of harvest.

But the box office is not good, come out and scold the street and scold the audience, it's really quite a drop...

Therefore, Shen Xudong asked: "Is "1942" released in the summer? ”

"It shouldn't work, the Huayi brothers want to release it in the Chinese New Year..."

"Brother Huayi? Are they the producers? ”

"Yes..."

Feng Xiaogang explained: "It was Zhonglei who approached me and encouraged me to shoot "1942", and I came up with my thoughts... That's why I didn't cooperate with TiMi this time..."

"I understand," Shen Xudong nodded, then frowned: "... But next year's Chinese New Year, we have two comedies of good quality! ”

"Good quality?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well, one is the sequel to "People in Embarrassment", called "Thai Embarrassment", and the other is Ning Hao's "One Shot to the End"... I read the script, and it was very funny! ”

Feng Xiaogang thought about it seriously: "... It really can't be released for the Chinese New Year, otherwise, the box office will definitely be miserable! ”

Cao Huayi, who had not spoken all the time, nodded: "... Lunar New Year, everyone watches comedy..."

"Yes, our goal for these two movies is to break one billion!"

"Together?"

"No, it's a single piece that breaks a billion..."

“… Break a billion..."

"The number of screens this year has almost exceeded 10,000, according to this trend, by next year, at least another 4,000 screens, that is, 14,000 screens, enough to support a 15~2 billion movie... Moreover, local comedy against Hollywood is the common choice of all countries in the world, and watching the global film industry, the popular comedy genre is the best choice for local films to fight against Hollywood bombshells..."

Feng Xiaogang thought that Shen Xudong was mentioning him, and said distressedly: "But I can't grasp the audience's thoughts now!" ”

Shen Xudong nodded: "I talked to Ning Hao about this question, I think this is the sadness of creators, especially comedy creators, because comedy must fit the times and get close to the bottom of the masses, you have to understand what they think, but those of us who have achieved a class jump through movies have been trapped by the siege of the class, and we don't understand the changes of the times at all... I don't know what the masses at the bottom think..."

At this moment, several people present pondered, and after a while, Chen Daoming admired: "What you said is so right!" ”

"How do you solve that?"

"Go online, read more information, visit more forums... Also, don't challenge netizens' perceptions... Especially hot events! ”