Chapter 143: Youthful Spirit
Or the quadrangle...
Zhao Linhai brought barbecue, seafood and vegetables, and Liao Gaoxiang brought two cases of beer...
Shen Xudong led Zhao Xin in, and when the two saw him, they were a little surprised: "What about you... Nothing has changed? ”
Zhao Xin was puzzled and asked rhetorically: "What changes can I have?" ”
“… Xudong said that you went out for the country... I wonder if you've lost at least half of your weight..."
Zhao Xin waved his hand: "How can it be so exaggerated..."
"Not an exaggeration? I know a cowherd, and he told me that there are four hard conditions for a rich woman: she is better than Zijian, she looks like Pan An, she lives like a concubine, and she is like Xu Xian..."
Shen Xudong parked the car, just heard this sentence, and interjected: "That's a package, eating people with soft mouths, and taking people with short hands; Collect a huge amount of money from you and make sure you are happy! ”
"That is, do a line, learn a line, know the noble yuan, and specialize in the industry..."
"I'm just having a normal relationship with them, how can it be so exaggerated!"
Liao Gaoxiang was speechless: "Tsk, everyone is a married woman, do you call this a normal relationship?" ”
"Is it possible... People are more open! ”
"It's Hollywood that's open!"
"Hollywood is indeed open..."
"And ......it has a long history," Zhao Xin gave an example: "Rita Hayworth in "The Shawshank Redemption", the female star who dug the escape passage with a large poster as a cover, is a famous star in Hollywood in the 40s~50s, and she became a first-line artist by going to the bed of the Coen brothers, the owner of Columbia. ”
After a pause, Zhao Xin glanced at Shen Xudong, and then said: "The movies Xudong makes in the United States are basically B-grade films..."
Zhao Linhai asked rhetorically: "What's wrong with B-grade films?" ”
"B-grade films have low investment, and the highlights are very single, either bloody, terrifying, or lustful..."
"Lust?"
"So, many B-movie actors simply switch careers to porn film and become adult stars completely... Now it's hard for a single element to attract audiences, and to make a horror film, you must intersperse some flesh-revealing clips, and Jason Brun can make nearly ten horror movies a year..."
Liao Gaoxiang looked at Shen Xudong: "Jason Buren is your partner?" ”
Shen Xudong nodded: "Hmm..."
"No wonder you have so many scandals..."
Hearing this, Zhao Xin couldn't help laughing, and interjected while laughing: "Xudong has a nickname in Hollywood. ”
"What's the nickname?"
"Don't pass 20!"
“… Poof, haha..."
Zhao Linhai and Liao Gaoxiang both laughed...
Shen Xudong was a little angry: "Slander, absolute slander, Amanda Seyfried, Alexandra Daddario, and Leighton Mester are all over 25!" ”
"Got it..."
Zhao Xin greeted: "Barbecue... Barbecue! ”
"Put it on first..."
"Hmm..."
Shen Xudong got up: "I'll go get two bottles of red wine!" ”
"Aren't you not drinking?"
"Now I can drink a little once in a while..."
……
It took more than half an hour to put it on, and then, put it on the barbecue...
Shen Xudong asked about Huashi...
Huashi Pictures, a distribution company rather than a production company, was founded in 2010 with the goal of exporting mainland films to North America and Australia, as the official translation of China Lion.
Tianmei and Golden Harvest invested half, and most of Golden Harvest's movies, except for those flagpole-type action movies, were handed over to Huashi for distribution.
Including "Suit Thug" - sold $6.2 million in North America, setting a new record for the release of Huashi!
"Huashi is doing well in the United States, and has signed contracts with more than 800 theaters... They have reached a partnership agreement with Odeon, Europe's largest cinema chain in the UK..."
"Take your time... The European and American markets are relatively closed, so let's use action movies to open up sales first..."
"That's the only way to go."
Speaking of this, Zhao Xin complained: "Wanda acquired AMC, I thought they would treat us preferentially..."
"Yes?"
Zhao Xin shook his head: "There is a hair!" ”
After a pause, Zhao Xin continued: "Jiang Yanming and I are going to make a drive-in theater..."
The so-called drive-in theater, that is, the audience sits in their respective cars to listen to and watch open-air movies through FM - drive-in theaters are usually set up with a large screen, with parking space as a movie projection venue, and the audience can sit in a private car while seeing a clear and stable image on the big screen, while adjusting the frequency of the radio in the car to receive the original sound of the movie according to the prompts of the movie ticket.
"Come on..."
After chatting for a while, Liao Gaoxiang suddenly asked: "I heard that Hollywood is very concerned about the Chinese film market?" ”
Zhao Xin nodded: "Well, very concerned!" The North American market tends to be stable, and the global film market is the fastest growing in China, which is now the second largest market in the world, and Hollywood certainly attaches great importance to it! ”
Shen Xudong sneered: "In the era of globalization, one after another Hollywood commercial blockbusters are crazy to harvest box office in countries around the world, but they only account for less than 50% in China... Hollywood has the world's most advanced film industry, with the most funds, technology, and talents. ”
Zhao Linhai thought thoughtfully: "How can the side of the couch allow others to sleep soundly!" ”
"That's... What are we going to do? ”
"Back then, to conquer Hong Kong films, Hollywood completely buried the international market prospects of Hong Kong-style kung fu films and gunfight films by absorbing a series of top talents such as Cheng Long, Li Lianlian, Zhou Yunfa, etc., and then using industrialized assembly line large-scale production to crush the small peasant economy and handicraft industry!"
Shen Xudong picked up a lamb skewer and took a bite: "It's delicious... Try! ”
"It seems that the fourth child is confident?"
Shen Xudong waved his hand: "First rely on the completely different cultural background from Europe and the United States, rely on comedies and dramas to fight against Hollywood special effects blockbusters, of course, this is just a temporary expedient measure when the film industry is low, and there is no real bright future at all... Still want to make a blockbuster! Entertainment blockbusters, sci-fi blockbusters! ”
"There are countless countries in the world that can make excellent literary films, but outside of Hollywood, there are very few that can make these!"
"So, you arranged for them to study in the United States?"
"Yes!"
……
Everyone once felt like a wild horse that he could ignore everything, the kind of faith that he believed in when he was young and proud of everything. Ideals or love are worth all the changes in all the wonderful lives after that.
But the sad truth is that ten years from now, we don't necessarily remember the people we once thought were unforgettable, but we are used to ridiculing and ridiculing things that we once longed for, revered and considered noble.
The most typical is Liao Gaoxiang, who licked the dog back then, and now he has become a prodigal son, having relationships with several married actresses, and still keeping in touch...
His studio mainly does costume dramas, mainly martial arts, and occasionally shoots Xianxia...
This buddy has a very unusual taste, prefers people over thirty years old, and often has in-depth exchanges with actresses who play the wife of the head.
has just finished the production of "The Legend of the Ancient Sword", and I am very close to Liu Tingyu...
As for Zhao Linhai, he is the only one among the four who got married and had children, and he is a standard good man,—— after the studio was established, he directly found his brother-in-law to be his assistant, and tried to bring his wife with him when he went out to socialize!
"The three of you should get married quickly..."
"I'm not in a hurry..."
"I'm not in a hurry..."
It was Shen Xudong's turn, and he shook his head: "If I get married, what will happen to those self-motivated actresses?" ”
"You don't make a little sin, how good it is to marry Chen Hao!"
"That's it, Senior Sister Chen Hao has been waiting for you for several years!"
“… She will find something that suits her," Shen Xudong shook his head: "... Besides, if I get married now, I can't guarantee that I won't cheat..."