At first, I just wanted to make money

"In the past, my understanding of movies was limited to stories. After making a few scenes by myself, I have a deeper understanding of movies...The screen, composition, and actors' performances are all the director's presentation..."

"Watching "Search" this time, I was quite moved, and I especially admire Director Chen's ability to adjust actors!

I'm going to do a variety show called "I'm an Actor". I'm going to invite four directors to be the judges. Director Chen Kai will be the lead. In addition, there are Tsui Hark, Ning Hao, and Zhang Jizhong. I want to dig out a group of potential and bright spots. actor…"

"Fighting against Hollywood is not only the responsibility and obligation of Chinese directors, but also the obligation of all Chinese filmmakers!"

Shen Xudong said this with a serious face...

Then...a group of media asked about "I Am an Actor".

How should I put it? "Run" and "The Voice of China" are both Shen Xudong's creations. Both variety shows are phenomenal. Now, Shen Xudong has released "I Am an Actor"...

Very likely, this is also phenomenal!

"The rapid development of the film market and the huge demand for watching movies have led to a large amount of hot money pouring into the film industry from film and television companies and investment institutions. This fact has added a lot of bastards to the circle..."

"It shouldn't be like this..."

Shen Xudong continued to chat with the reporters for a while, and then Cao Huayi came over and led him to the backstage.

I chatted with Director Chen for a few words, then said goodbye and left.

As for the invitation... there will be one for sure.

Regardless of Director Chen Da's reputation, his role in promoting a variety show - attracting investment is still very powerful.

……

In fact, Director Chen Da regrets that he has never been poor, or that he is not completely poor, so he has no way to understand the people at the bottom.

The "poor" here refers to the poor who try their best to "survive", the poor who will face many choices and tests, the poor who need assistance, and the poor who need to suppress most desires!

Li An is different, a man who has been doing housework at home for six years, he knows the subtleties of ordinary people's family life too well.

Zhang Yi is almost the same...

Director Zhang has become a bit outdated in the past two years. This outdated means that what he pays attention to is out of touch with the times. Of course, his creativity itself is still there, and the stories he tells are still no problem.

Brother Chen Kai is not completely poor, and the most embarrassing thing is that he is not completely rich!

This leads to his poor aesthetics - not that his aesthetics are not enough, but that he is weak...

His pursuit of film value is very single, blindly pursuing the upper class, petty bourgeoisie, high class, elitism, discipline, and artistic packaging, which are poor performances in themselves.

What is wealth?

Respect instead of contempt for different worldviews, and do not make value judgments under a single standard.

This is the minimum, but it's a pity that Director Chen Da can't do it!
Therefore, he will ask the audience to reflect on themselves and pave the way for his son in the entertainment industry...

This kind of person is not suitable to be a director, especially a commercial film.

The most important thing for a commercial film is to serve the audience well. He will guide, educate, show grace, pity, consume, and harvest, but he will not serve.

If you want to play art, you can't bear the market, if you want to pursue the market, you can't reach the masses, and if you want to reach the masses, you have to put on airs.

The result is neither fish nor fowl, which makes people look awkward!

It’s hard to understand empathy without getting involved.I want it all, but I can't give it up.In the final analysis, love is not deep enough...

But... "Farewell My Concubine" is a monument in the history of Chinese film. Director Chen Da still has some credits. Coupled with Tianmei's distribution capabilities, "Search" was released to 22% of the film schedule on the first day, with a total of 15743 screenings …

The box office on the first day was 1720 million, the next day was 1932 million, the third day was 2225 million, and the fourth day was 2017 million...

The cumulative box office in the first four days was 7894 million.

This result was unexpected. Of course, it failed to beat "Titanic 3D", which had a box office of 3.09 million the next week...

However, under the frontal attack of Hollywood blockbusters, it received a box office of 7894 million in the first four days. This result is very eye-catching!
You must know that the box office of Director Chen Da's last work "The Orphan of Zhao" was only 5100 million in the first weekend...

……

The company is discussing the variety show "I Am an Actor".

Gao Fenfen felt that Shen Xudong was a bit stingy. Brother Chen Kai, Tsui Hark, and Ning Hao, he had no objections, but why did he seek Zhang Jizhong?

Chen Xi explained: "Zhang Jizhong is Xudong's bole...he has been embarrassed in recent years, help him..."

The trend of Jin Yong dramas has passed, and Zhang Jizhong is no longer the central figure pursued by TV stations. The worst thing is that the remake of "Journey to the West" continues to receive negative reviews, and the ratings have not improved...

Then, the two new dramas "The Age of Heroes" and "Xia Ke Xing" couldn't be sold at all!
"The Age of Heroes" was delayed for two years before it was aired on CCTV, and "The Heroes" was delayed for four years before it was finally aired on the TV drama channel...

The ratings are very hip!

"...You can definitely invite Zhang Yi or simply invite Francis Coppola to come over!"

Shen Xudong couldn't help but interject: "...Are you dreaming?"

"What's the point of dreaming and not dreaming? Just give the money, 1000 million, it's not enough, 2000 million, three-month recording schedule, and it can satisfy the directors' habit of being good teachers, why not agree?"

Chief producer Du Fang hesitated: "The essence of variety shows is entertainment. I'm worried that it will be difficult for these people to let go..."

Du Fang is the CEO of Tianmei Entertainment. She was specially recruited by Gao Fenfen. She was previously the director of the program center of Zhejiang TV Station...

What she said is not unreasonable!
What are variety shows?
Variety shows are currently the most entertaining and popular form of mass media, and they are the ultimate embodiment of entertainment to death.In the various hot searches derived from variety shows, there are full of intentional or unintentional misunderstandings, deconstructions, and malicious attacks.

Even sometimes, the program group will deliberately pursue such misreading, deconstruction, and malicious attacks. ,

To put it bluntly, variety shows naturally want to cause trouble, and in order to cause trouble, they will do anything.

The audience also naturally wants to do things, and the most popular topics are always related to mutual tearing.

This form is naturally not suitable for the person holding it!

Hearing this, Shen Xudong was speechless: "Just name Director Chen Da directly!"

Du Fang nodded: "Tsu Hark and Ning Hao are fine... I'm really worried about Brother Chen Kai and Zhang Jizhong..."

"It's okay, Director Chen himself is a very twisted person, he won't refuse...you try to invite him, offer... 2500 million yuan!"

Shen Xudong is quite sure!
Because he has memories of later generations, Director Chen Da participated in two seasons of "Actors Please Take Your Place"...

If he doesn't like the controversy and the enthusiasm brought about by it, he can stay away from the entertainment circle and embrace the literary circle. There are many old artists and old actors who have never accepted a commercial in this life!
But he is different, he wants to gain both fame and fortune!

So, he accepted the variety show invitation, but he couldn't stand the accusations from Station B...

"Should I change an actor?"

"Actor? Who? Gong Li?"

"Zhang Manyu..."

"...You can invite her to be a guest on a flight..." After saying this, Shen Xudong raised his wrist and looked at the time: "Okay, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

"A date with a beautiful woman?"

"…I made an appointment with Lao Wang!"