Indeed, this film is a tragedy ...

Zhou Xingchi is almost sixty years old, and it is really inappropriate to act in comedy.

He himself once asked others in an interview: "Do you think there is a role suitable for me to play?" ”

is so old, and still doing all kinds of nonsensical funny performances on the screen, the effect will only backfire!

This young and low-level character struggles, and what he shows is not bitter but deserved!

Not to mention the early nonsensical style, just like Cheng Chan is still playing a kung fu kid after the age of 50, you won't find it humorous, you will only be very uncomfortable to watch.

When he was young, his comedy talent and signature were too prosperous, but after middle age, he was trembling about transformation and breakthrough, and he also understood that the imprint he had left on the audience was too deep, and the cost of easy transformation could be a failure or even a late delay.

Back then, Xu Guanwen had three classic roles looking for him, namely "Autumn Fairy Tale", "God of Gamblers" and "Lame Hao" - you read that right, at that time, Mai Dangxiong wanted Xu Guanwen to play the big drug lord, but Xu Guanwen finally refused, in fact, he was afraid that the audience would not accept it if it was not so funny.

Later, his only regret was "Autumn Fairy Tale", saying "If I could go back in time, I would act", but behind it also saw the comedian's anxiety about "transformation".

Xu Guanwen tried to transform when he was 41 years old - in 1983, Xu Guanwen did not perform himself, but retreated behind the scenes, supervised and wrote the horror film "Ghost Chasing Seven Heroes", but "Ghost Chasing Seven Heroes" did not perform well at the box office, and then Xu Guanwen did not dare to transform again, but only did comedy for more than ten years: "Teppanyaki", "Happy Jingle Bell", "Detective Chocolate" and so on...

Of course, Zhou Xingchi knows this.

He is very timid, so timid that in recent years, several works have reached the point where whoever is popular is looking for cooperation -

Guo Zijian, the co-director of "Journey to the West", has won the Academy Award for Best Film with "Fighting in the Ring" before the cooperation, and the actor Deng Chao has also become popular because of "Running Man", and even the director of photography Cai Chonghui has just become a representative of Chinese 3D photographers with "Dragon Gate Flying Armor"...

Back then, Zhou Xingchi, who only needed to take Li Lizhi and Gu Dezhao to shoot a series of classics, now only thinks about how to keep the "image" in the audience's mind, but has lost confidence and even sincerity in talent.

Let's talk about a little gossip: During the filming of "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", in order to conceive the scene of "piercing the intestines", Zhou Xingchi, Li Lizhi and Gu Dezhao locked themselves in the lounge and did not come out for three days and three nights! During this period, none of the staff outside dared to come forward and knock on the door, so they had to ask the boss to "knock" on Huasheng and producer Xiao Ruoyuan.

As a result, the two of them didn't knock after bringing fruit to visit the class, but stuffed a note into the crack of the lounge door, which read: Think slowly, don't worry. As a result, after waiting for a long time, the three of them opened the door and handed over the whole scene of "piercing the intestines".

Does Shen Xudong know this?

It is also clear that Shen Xudong knows that in the post-Internet era, Zhou Xingchi's biggest feelings are "personal" and "journey to the west"...

The selling point of "Sunshine Fierce" is just feelings, and it is the audience's feelings!

In all fairness, the relationship between Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda has actually been unrelated for a long time!

In the past, the good relationship was the same as father and son, and Ada gave the biggest to Xingzi when he ate canned abalone.

The two studied acting together, partnered on the screen, and worked together. When watching the two of them perform cross talk at TVB parties before, you can see that the relationship is very good and natural...

Later, Zhou Xingchi was already an upper-class figure in Hong Kong, and there were even people from the central government who opened his mouth and closed his mouth for billions. Movies have long been no longer the main business, in fact, they are outright businessmen.

What about Wu Mengda?

Actors only!

And it's an out-of-fashion actor ...

For Zhou Xingchi, Wu Mengda has long been nobody!

If Xingzi is willing, it is not very difficult to negotiate the price and then cooperate, so it is very simple to have no cooperation for so long: either the price cannot be negotiated, or Xingzi invites pigs and dogs and does not invite Uncle Da.

Considering that Wu Mengda even accepts advertisements for garbage games, the possibility of price negotiation is relatively low...

Zhou Xingchi is a very cool person, his ex-girlfriend helped him make a lot of money, and he broke up at an age, not to mention dividing some property or anything, but he was unwilling to pay a reasonable salary for investment operations, so he had to go to court...

Although it is cruel, the reality is that different classes have different circles and have their own positions.

Of course, what our fans want to see most is 'Ah Can, daddy supports you!' ’

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The news that Zhou Xingchi came to see Shen Xudong, the company did not hide it - what is there to hide?

Shen Xudong simply announced on Weibo: I am indeed discussing a play, the script I wrote, Zhou Xingchi + Wu Mengda, the director is tentatively Li Lizhi, an autobiographical drama, not a comedy, the salary has been negotiated, and the rest is to invite actors and shoot specifically...

Well, we did negotiate the salary.

Shen Xudong proposed two options, either directly give him a salary of $15 million, or $5 million + 20% profit dividends...

Zhou Xingchi said that he would go back to Hong Kong and discuss it with the team...

"Sunshine is Fierce", according to Shen Xudong's prediction, the box office of 2 billion in the mainland is expected.

Southeast Asia and Hong Kong...

may be able to collect about $20 million, after all, Zhou Xingchi's name is very popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

So, giving him $15 million is not too much

It is estimated that he will choose the first one, after all... The mainland box office of "Yangtze River No. 7" he starred in before only exceeded 200 million, and "Journey to the West" has not yet been released, it is estimated that he could never have imagined that in Shen Xudong's imagination, "Sunshine Fierce" can at least get 2 billion box office...

If he chooses the second option, then... Just do it directly to the cost of more than 50 million US dollars...

The cost of the play "Sunshine Fierce" is very good, according to the plan, there are dozens of roles played, all of whom are supporting roles in Zhou Xingchi's movies that year, and add more labor.

By the way, there are also a lot of behind-the-scenes footage of the movies of that year, which are all in Yongsheng, Golden Harvest, including Metropolitan Film Company.

Metropolitan Film Company is actually affiliated to Shaw Brothers, founded by Fang Yihua, and Zhou Xingchi's "Senior Brother Collides with Ghosts", "Jigong" and "Judge of the Dead" are all produced by it.

As for Golden Harvest - many of Zhou Xingchi's movies are released by Golden Harvest...

If you want to quote, you must get rid of the copyright owner, and with Xiangjia's attitude towards Zhou Xingchi, you will definitely throw money!

How much does this cost?

It's hard to say!

Pulling it back, Shen Xudong announced the news that he was about to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi, and by the way, he also disclosed the matter of winning the mainland copyright of "Journey to the West", and announced the release time: June 9, 2013...

That's right, the Dragon Boat Festival, playing "Tianji Fuchun Mountain Residence Map"...

No, "Fuchun Mountain Residence" has not yet announced the release time, and now, "Journey to the West" will be airborne directly on June 9th, and it is estimated that "Fuchun Mountain Residence" will choose another schedule...

These two news are on the hot search, but the popularity is not particularly high...

There have been too many such news recently: Zhang Yi's "Big Buddha" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival, and the box office of "One Shot to the End" was 52 million on the first day, and as of December 26, it was released for six days, with a cumulative box office of 482 million...

Suddenly compared, and directly pressed "Zodiac" to the ground and rubbed it - the latter was released for five days, with a cumulative box office of 202 million...

Although these news are hot and there are many discussions, they are not as good as "Thai Embarrassment", as of December 26, "Thai Embarrassment" has been released for 20 days, with a cumulative box office of 1.003 billion, officially breaking one billion!