Tangshan, the crew of "Return"...

Zhang Yimou's creative desire was really unstoppable, so he ended the filming of "Big Buddha" and immediately started filming "Return"...

The main thing is that he feels that "Big Buddha" doesn't look like a blockbuster, so he can't just join someone's company, so let's have a loss-making movie!

So, immediately start filming "The Return"...

He feels that "The Return" has Chen Daoming + Gong Li, or a theme that he is familiar with, and there is no problem with a box office of 200 million...

As for "Big Buddha", we can only look forward to overseas copyrights.

Waiting for the scene, Chen Daoming leaned back in his chair, took a nap, opened his eyes, and saw Zhang Yi being the executive director of the scene with his mouth hanging over the river, and when he finished speaking, Chen Daoming couldn't help but speak: "What do you eat every day, why are you so energetic?" ”

"If you want to do something, you will definitely concentrate on doing it well!"

"You're energetic, natural! I heard that you were filming "Big Buddha", and you have already decided to shoot "Return"? ”

"There are many main talents..."

"Then you're awesome too!"

Zhang Yi is indeed full of energy, and in the preparation stage of the script of "Hero", he promoted several projects at the same time, filmed a promotional film for the Olympic bid, and directed the stage play "Hang the Red Lantern High" and the movie "Happy Times".

But he always manages to allocate his energy and time wisely, and quickly withdraws from one mind to another, never messing up.

"What's next?"

"Love..."

"The script that Xudong picked for you?"

"Hmm!"

"Love" is quite simple in this story, a couple who have been together for a lifetime, and the wife has a stroke and is paralyzed...

In fact, the title of the film is "Love and Death", the heroine is a music teacher, even in old age, she still insists on going to concerts, she lives independently, dignified, even after being paralyzed, she still insists on not going to the hospital, and does not want others to see her embarrassment.

insisted on reading books and newspapers by himself, not wanting to trouble his husband and not wanting to be a burden to his husband.

The image of the husband is that of a serious old man with inconvenient legs, but his love for his wife is real. He followed his wife's wishes, did not send his wife to the hospital, insisted on taking care of her at home, and insisted on maintaining his wife's dignity, allowing his wife to complete some things that she could take care of herself, so as not to make her feel that she was a burden...

But in the end, the husband followed his wife's wishes and smothered her with a pillow ...

It's a desperate story...

Chen Daoming immediately asked: "Is that the news?" ”

"Hmm..."

The story is based on real news: the husband and wife wandered by the Yellow River for 12 hours, and the husband pushed his wife, who had been paralyzed for 8 years, into the river...

"Xudong is still powerful, a piece of news can write a script..."

"The script is very controversial... He originally wanted to make it a foreign language film..."

"Foreign language films?"

Zhang Yi nodded: "Yes, his original words 'whether foreigners die or not have little to do with us...', but Gong Li likes this script very much, so he changed it..."

The two chatted for a while, and Gong Li also came...

After saying hello, she sat down and said nothing, as if she had something on her mind.

Chen Daoming couldn't help but ask: "Gong Li, what are you thinking?" ”

Gong Li said, "... Xudong called me last night and said that he was going to make an online drama, which is aimed at the whole of Asia, and benchmarked against "Game of Thrones"... Invite me to star! ”

"Web drama?"

"Yes, he said that it will be broadcast exclusively on PPTV, and he also said that PPTV has set up branches in Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, focusing on streaming media..."

Zhang Yi also came to be interested: "Streaming media? What is streaming? ”

"Streaming media, his PPTV is a typical streaming media... As long as there is an Internet and a site, the whole world can watch dramas through PPTV..."

“… That... Wouldn't it be possible to watch movies too? ”

"It's okay, but he said that it is possible for streaming media to replace TV, and it is not realistic to replace movies..."Speaking of this, Gong Li waved his hand: "He said that he would come over today, and when the time comes, you will talk again!" ”

……

The biggest advantage of streaming is that you can connect directly with users!

This has also turned into a richer and more powerful business monetization model - higher advertising bargaining power!

At this stage, domestic streaming media platforms and TV stations are not in competition, but in the downstream industry, most TV dramas are played by TV stations first and then on streaming media, and good TV drama producers will never dare to only go on streaming media.

In the original time and space, domestic streaming media actually wanted to make self-made dramas, but at the beginning, without the support of traditional forces, they could only fill up with bad goods...

Therefore, the concept of online dramas is shoddy!

Why?

First of all, the disc market is not standardized, and it is full of a lot of piracy;

Secondly, there is also not much of a climate for such things as pay TV...

Finally, domestic streaming media platforms rely on free traffic to attract traffic...

In other words, there was no payment from the beginning!

Therefore, it is difficult for PPTV to engage in self-made dramas and VIP mode...

Not only the market, but also the traditional film and television forces will exert resistance...

Therefore, it is necessary to attract traffic through big productions!

From the beginning, Shen Xudong wanted to attract the audience through content.

If you sell advertisements, it is equivalent to copying the traditional TV set to the Internet, and the result is "turn on the computer and watch TV", which is meaningless!

……

Shen Xudong came to Tangshan with Chen Xi...

Chen Xi, like him, doesn't like movies like "The Return" very much...

But she likes "Lu Guilty Knowledge" very much, "Lu Guilty Knowledge" is very touching, the story core: a prodigal son, three lives, the drunken gold fans of old Shanghai before liberation; the vast bleakness of the Northwest Farm dancing with wolves; The plain and true nature after the return...

These three lives led to his incredible turn from ignoring Feng Wanyu to treating him as a treasure, completing the dramatic arc of the character.

This is very important, but unfortunately, many things can't be filmed, such as the thrilling escape of Lu Yanzhi on the Gobi, and the tragic situation in the labor camp...

Therefore, the story of "The Return" is very pale, the traditional script of home-communication room-train station - Lu Yanzhi and Feng Wanyu, who have been longed for, can finally reunite, Wanyu has amnesia, and Lu Yanzhi can't make her remember it even if she tries his best.

That's right, amnesia terrier...

Shen Xudong gave a suggestion: shoot with film.

Because, shooting with a high-definition camera, it's too much like a TV series, not a movie!

It's not as good as "Hibiscus Town"!

However, Chen Xi is very interested in the new Mou girl Zhang Huiwen.

Shen Xudong has no impression of Zhang Huiwen, this girl is quite tragic, she is also a Mou girl certified by Lao Mouzi himself, and her debut partners Gong Li and Chen Daoming, this kind of literary drama, even the current top class can not easily get this kind of resource.

No way, who let her first have her back to the vision, and then there is a franchise and song...

It's all shell companies!

Hesong Media also blew loudly, in fact, it does not have the ability to develop film and television dramas.

When he arrived at the scene, Shen Xudong only watched one scene, and he knew why Zhang Yimou chose her - dancing that kind of revolutionary ballet with a whip and burning eyes...

The eyes are sharp!

The aura is quite strong.

(End of chapter)