Chapter 18: The Circle Is Closed (1/4)
Men love to talk about politics and the international situation...
It's a biological instinct!
This is true, for example, in monkey societies, male monkeys are more concerned with fighting and forming cliques because of the status they can establish themselves, distribute food, and get the opportunity to mate with females.
Since the early days of human society, men have been concerned with hunting and warfare, because they can obtain food and the opportunity to mate with women, so it is very natural that men are most concerned about politics, military, and economics.
Shen Xudong 'took the initiative', Xu Zhiyuan immediately followed, and the two exchanged views on changes in the international situation...
Eventually, the topic returned to whether to bend or not...
The two sides discussed for a long time, and they were addicted to it, and then they returned to the serious topic: "What do you think of the entertainment industry?" ”
"Vanity Fair!"
"Vanity Fair?"
"It's a place for fame and fortune... Therefore, it looks like a mess to outsiders! ”
"Have you studied?"
"It's not about research," Shen Xudong said casually: "In the circle, there is no shortage of handsome men and women, and there is generally no culture, no education, so to speak, it is largely lower than the average level of the public... But because film and television naturally belong to the concentration area of media resources, coupled with the crazy influx of hot money in recent years, they can easily grab the huge amount of money that most ordinary people can't earn in a lifetime.
There are also many big stars who have also obtained the qualifications to call brothers and sisters with those rich people, travel together, and even share the wine pool meat forest, Haitian feast, and Xiangche supermodel...
They naturally boast of being a social elite who "talk and laugh and have no dealings", and of course they are full of indifference and even contempt for the general public.
Even disdain for the law!
In the past, when the coal boss was rich, there would be a wave of outbreaks, all the same, and Vanity Fair would magnify the ugly side of human nature. ”
Shen Xudong is telling the truth, today's entertainment industry, especially the film and television industry:
Counterfeiting, extravagance, exploitation, not doing the right way, not eating minced meat, and no reverence.
When the actors are not on the scene, they can complete the filming - the dialogue and singing all rely on dubbing, and Wen Tiwu cuts out the pictures.
Money comes without effort, tax evasion, huge remuneration, and money laundering.
has no spirit of cooperation, thinks he is superior, and doesn't know how to respect at all: playing big names, breaking contracts, making random demands, trampling on fans, and even having this kind of obscene hookup with sleeping fans.
Fraud: create data, create a water army, create fans, only the fake you can't think of, and there is no fake that he can't create.
Human beings are social creatures and are highly susceptible to environmental influences.
They have completely disconnected from the actual life of society, and speculate on the entire social environment with their own erosive lifestyle.
Therefore, after the Shuang Meizi incident, Fan Xiaopang will question 'In this world, it is inherently unfair, when you think it's unfair, you have to think it's normal, when you think it's fair, you have to think you're lucky!' - A friend who used to whisper in my ear! ’
You see, she didn't think she was wrong, she just felt unlucky...
Even wronged himself?
Horse stepper, you have broken the law!
……
"The entertainment industry is a fairly closed circle..."
Xu Zhiyuan was very interested: "What do you say?" ”
"It's just that there is no certain way, you can't even find a way out of the unspoken rules, unless you are deceived by a big fool!"
"In the past, a rookie actress would be forced to unspoken rules, first know the love, and then lure it with profit, test you, see what you mean, you have this meaning, take the initiative to come to the door, and then accept you half-pushed, and there will be no trouble...
Now this situation is rare, and there are more professional bustards, that is, middlemen. Earn a price difference, save trouble for the top, and pull the line for the bottom, the best of all three. ”
"What if you're talented?"
Shen Xudong shook his head: "There are too few talented people, which industry does not need to be tempered for years?" Can acting be good for no reason? Without a good script, no good opponents, no good director, no lot of lens practice, and scene adaptation, how do you hone your acting skills? Where capital, or power and beauty, exist at the same time, there must be sex trade, which is a general law of human nature..."
Xu Zhiyuan lit a cigarette and spit out the circles in his eyes: "Are you too?" ”
Shen Xudong nodded: "Before..."
"Why before?"
“… Because I used to run distribution, run theaters, and pull investment, it was essential to go through the wine game... There's no need for that anymore... It's the same in any circle, the higher you go, the brighter it is! ”
"Do you like this circle, then?"
Shen Xudong shrugged: "I don't like it or not, I studied drama and literature myself... And... I'm famous for doing "The Screening Room"..."
Xu Zhiyuan was puzzled: ""The Screening Room" is about movies..."
"Yes, it's about Hong Kong movies, that... When I was researching the information, I naturally had an understanding of what was happening in the Hong Kong film industry..."
"It's messy?"
"It's too chaotic, gangsters are rampant... Now the popular Hong Kong goddesses, touting what is peerless, Xia Yu Fanghong, virtuous and sensitive, in fact, those "Hong Kong and Taiwan movie goddesses" at that time were under the screen, their private lives were extremely chaotic, and many of them were mistresses who were raised by wealthy businessmen, and they have always been public news..."
"Since then, I have known that the essence of the entertainment industry is to be drunk and gold-obsessed, he is a moral depression whose moral level is far lower than that of the general public, laughing at the poor and not smiling at prostitutes, and only interests are the basic consensus of this industry, regardless of gender, it is even more common to exchange their bodies for resources just to become popular."
Xu Zhiyuan: "Can you get used to it?" ”
"It's okay," Shen Xudong shrugged: "I went from a screenwriter to a producer, then an investor, a director... In three years, he became a person with a bit of face! When I first started out in the industry, someone told me that if you think entertainment is a, but you're in it... When a person enters a manure pit, he only needs to remember one thing, and that is to shut up! ”
"Have you shut up?"
"Nope!" Shen Xudong shook his head, and then smiled bitterly: "So, I forcibly closed the microphone for a while... After returning to Japan, I made PPTV. ”
"Forcibly shut the mic?"
"I went to the United States in '09 and came back in 12 years... The middle three years are considered a period of silence! ”
"Why?"
"There are a lot of things I can't get used to... I couldn't help but stop talking... It just so happened that the company in the United States wanted me to preside over the work, so I went to the United States..."
Xu Zhiyuan was even more puzzled: "Why do you force yourself?" ”
Shen Xudong scratched his head, thought about it, and said: "I don't want to live on the cusp, and I don't want to be a young leader..."
It's the truth, the gun shoots the first bird ...
Another point, those years were the era of public knowledge, and Shen Xudong didn't want to be a target!
(End of chapter)