I'm just an actor

Even if "Journey to the West: Fu Yao" is produced and written by Zhou Xingchi and directed by Xu Ke, it is the same.

The reality is that if you want the audience to support your film with real money, you must provide a quality that is worthy of the audience.

It is becoming more and more difficult to take shortcuts in the film market.

In this regard, the film industry is still more real than the TV industry. The ratings are good, and the albums are easy to buy. However, the box office of movies is really not good, it costs too much money, and the supervision is too strict.

But "Journey to the West: Fu Yao Pian" is not the worst.

The worst is Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu".

The reason why Baoqiang is miserable has nothing to do with "Shadow".

It was the crew of "Journey to the West: Fu Yao Pian".

After confirming that they were unable to compete with "Shadow", the crew of "Journey to the West: Volunteering Demons" turned their attention to "Havoc in Tianzhu".

They don't want to eat meat with "Shadow", but they want to drink the biggest mouthful of soup, so "Havoc in Tianzhu" has entered the line of sight of the crew of "Journey to the West: Subduing Demons".

Both Baoqiang and "Havoc in Tianzhu" were taken out and hammered.

Originally, when the audience watched "Havoc in Tianzhu", they basically rushed to give Baoqiang sympathy points.

But the quality of "Havoc in Tianzhu" is indeed not worthy of the audience's sympathy.

"Journey to the West: Volunteering Demons" at least tells a complete story.

"Havoc in Tianzhu"...is just rushing to collect money to get blood back, with a Douban score of 3.7.

As we all know, the so-called good movies with a Douban score of 7 or more are not necessarily good, but movies with a Douban score of less than five are really bad.

It's basically right to look at yourself with high scores and Douban with low scores.

A score of 3.7... is already a score that is almost cast aside.

For a horizontal comparison, Liu Yifei's "Mulan" still has a score of 5 points, and the quality of 3.7 points, how bad do you think it is.

This quality is too easy to be pointed out.

In addition, Baoqiang himself has been targeted.

Baoqiang looks stupid, but honesty is his protective color. In fact, there are no fools among grassroots stars who can make their way in the entertainment industry.On the contrary, the more such grassroots big stars are the more ruthless they are when they should be ruthless.

Song Jiji was later sent directly to prison by Baoqiang, which probably few people know about.Song Jiji was sentenced to six years in prison, and he also stated in court that he would not appeal.

Obviously, Baoqiang took his life.

There are more stars in the entertainment circle who are wearing forgiveness hats. They can win the sympathy of audiences across the country, and they can also send people who wear forgiveness hats to prison and make them dare not even have the idea of ​​​​resisting. There is really no other person except Baoqiang. Two people do it.

Think about Zhen Nailiang, who was also a sensation in the whole country of Green, and also has a rich second-generation persona, the result?

Compared with Baoqiang's method, it is a judgment call.

Later, Ning Hao filmed "Crazy Alien", and Baoqiang directly gave a 28 billion box office guarantee.

At that time, it was only two years since Baoqiang was wearing a forgiveness hat.

Baoqiang has been able to guarantee a minimum of 28 billion.

Many people feel sorry for Baoqiang...

This is no longer distressing a billionaire.

Billionaires have to be followed by a zero.

Of course, the real Baoqiang can only be observed clearly by those with a heart.

For most netizens, Baoqiang is a poor and honest man who was cheated by his agent and his wife.

For honest people, audiences feel distressed, and well-meaning audiences are willing to support.

This is actually one of Baoqiang's character designs. "Havoc in Tianzhu" wants to make money, and it relies on this sympathy point.

Then "Journey to the West: Fu Yao Pian" directly tore away Baoqiang's protective color.

Let many netizens realize a real and three-dimensional Baoqiang.

Then netizens found that although they were hated, it seemed that they were not worthy of sympathy for Baoqiang as a worker.

then……

Deng Chao was very emotional: "It's too much, how can there be such a pickpocket, the people in Xiangcheng are really good at doing things, and Baoqiang used to have a good relationship with them."

"When it comes to interests, how can there be any sympathy?" Zhang Yimou shook his head and said, "We should be thankful that the quality of "Shadow" is online. They have nothing to attack, otherwise "Shadow" may be the one being attacked now."

"That's too much. This is to kill "Havoc in Tianzhu"." Deng Chao was a bit sad.

In his eyes, it is completely understandable for Baoqiang to take the opportunity to make money after encountering such a thing.

He probably would have done the same.

Yue Guan glanced at Deng Chao, and said calmly: "If "Havoc in Tianzhu" has the quality of "Shadow", will the audience not watch it because the director is too rich?"

Deng Chao: "..."

"In fact, there are not so many reasons. In the final analysis, Baoqiang's filming is too bad. It doesn't matter to be a character, but it is eternal to contribute good works to the audience. Don't forget the saying, Brother Chao, competitive sports, food is the original sin .”

During the Spring Festival, it is a battleground for military strategists, and everyone's competition is free without law.

This is competition.

Therefore, the dish is the original sin.

It is normal and deserved to be scolded for making a bad movie.

Not wronged.

Chapter 859 "Immortal Qin" Finalized

"Shadow" became the biggest winner of the Spring Festival stalls.

However, "Shadow" is not "Fengshen 2" after all. The historical theme has inherent limitations. The script of "Shadow" also focuses on reversal. While making a breakthrough in the plot, it did sacrifice some universality. .

For those audiences who come to the cinema to watch movies just to have some fun, "Shadow" is actually not attractive enough to them, because "Shadow" is not a pure commercial movie.

At the end, the setting of the true and false King Pei stabbing the protagonist Jingzhou to death is naturally a higher level for the plot as a whole, which improves the film's rating by at least 0.5 points, but for the box office, this ending actually does not add points.

Instead, it's better to just let Jing Zhou have everything he needs in the end.

Because most of the audience is still the protagonist when they watch the movie.

However, Yue Guan himself played the role of King Pei, so in the ending he chose a setting that was beneficial to him without hesitation, and he would not hesitate to sacrifice some box office for this.

Anyway, he also gave assists later.

In the end, Zhang Yimou and Deng Chao were very satisfied with the box office achieved by "Shadow" as a whole, even a little overjoyed.

11 billion dragon yuan.

The highest-grossing film of Zhang Yimou's directorial career.

After "Shadow" was released, whether it was the audience or the media, when mentioning Zhang Yimou, the most talked about was "the return of the king".

In the film "Shadow", Zhang Yimou has indeed reached another peak.

Deng Chao also gained a lot from Zhang Yimou.

Before "Shadow", Deng Chao's status among the Mesozoic stars was already very high.

But "Shadow" solidified his status and made his success a step further.

His performance in "Shadow" even overwhelmed Yue Guan. After all, he has more roles in the role, and one person plays two roles, which is even more brilliant from the setting.

The other Pei Wang played by Yue Guan at the end only has a short scene at the end after all, so it is impossible to deduce a particularly distinctive characteristic.

So from an actor's point of view, the most outstanding actor in this drama is indeed Deng Chao.

Many people think that Deng Chao is safe to win a few best actor by relying on the film "Shadow", even the most important Golden Dragon Award winner has hope.

Coupled with Deng Chao's own box office accumulation, his status in the film industry has already surpassed Huang Xiaoming.

Of course, Deng Chao is still far behind in terms of connections.

Huang Xiaoming finished the Grand Slam a long time ago.

However, the evaluation of professionals in the industry is not the same as the audience's evaluation of actors.

Huang Xiaoming has won all the Grand Slam Best Actors, but in terms of box office appeal, he is still beaten by several other Mesozoic male stars who have never won a Grand Slam.

The audience has a steelyard in their minds.

And Deng Chao is now listed as a trustworthy good actor in the eyes of the audience.

This is a huge improvement for him.

So whether Zhang Yimou or Deng Chao, they are very grateful to Yueguan.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the box office and word-of-mouth of "Shadow" was so good, the biggest credit was due to Yueguan.

If Yueguan hadn't changed the script, the box office and word-of-mouth of "Shadow" would have been reduced by half.

At the celebration banquet, the two toasted Yueguan vigorously.

"Yueguan, I offer you a toast."

In fact, Zhang Yimou didn't talk much at ordinary times, but when he saw Yueguan, he couldn't stop talking.

"Bringing you into the crew of "Shadow" was the most correct decision I made last year." Zhang Yimou thought he was too wise.

Yue Guan said modestly: "I can at most have one part of the credit for the success of "Shadow". Director Zhang, your directing skills account for three points, Brother Chao and other actors' acting skills account for three points, and then the announcement and distribution account for three points."

"Yueguan, you are being humble. Your contribution is definitely more than [-]%. If you make a wrong choice, no matter how hard you work." Deng Chao shook his head and said: "I can act well in the original script, but no matter how good I am It's useless, and it won't have a big impact on the overall performance and reputation of a film. Without you changing the script and setting a general direction, "Shadow" is just an ordinary historical movie, and it won't be hailed as a historical movie like it is now. The best domestic historical film."

Deng Chao is a sensible person.

So is Zhang Yimou.

So neither of them bloated.

Maintaining a good relationship with Yueguan is much more important than inflation.

Especially Zhang Yimou.

He looked at Yue Guan very earnestly. If Yue Guan didn't know that the national teacher had a gourd baby, he would have been afraid that he would have thoughts about him.

Zhang Yimou did have ideas about Yueguan, but this idea was for his career.

"Yue Guan, you said earlier that if the box office of "Shadow" breaks one billion, then I will make the "Xian Qin" series, right?" Zhang Yimou looked at Yue Guan with some expectation.

There is one thing to say, after the success of "Shadow", he has many choices.

But compared to the cake of "The Immortal Qin Empire", Zhang Yimou's other choices are all rotten fish and rotten shrimp, which are not worth mentioning.

Zhang Yimou knew in his heart that if he could shoot the trilogy of "The Immortal Qin Empire" well, no, it doesn't have to be particularly good, as long as he can reach the quality of the trilogy of "Fengshen", given his own status, he basically It can become the undisputed No.1 in the director circle, and it can be maintained for at least another ten years.

After all, his background and reputation were much stronger than Wu Ershan before.

At Zhang Yimou's age and level, the allure of fame to him is even greater than that of Billy.

And "The Immortal Qin Empire" is obviously the most beneficial to his fame and status.

So he wants it.

Yue Guan didn't have Zhang Yimou's appetite either.

"Director Zhang, the "Xian Qin" series can be given to you, but the requirements are the same as before."

Yue Guan looked at Zhang Yimou with a very firm tone: "I have the final say on the script, and the final editing rights of the movie are also in my hands. Of course, we can discuss it, but when we have conflicts, my will will prevail." Yes, can you accept it?"

Generally speaking, such a request would not be accepted by a great director.

Zhang Yimou did not accept Yueguan's proposal before, otherwise he would be the director of the "Fengshen" trilogy.

But now and then.

The success of "Fengshen" has made Wu Ershan's status in the industry improved by leaps and bounds.

The success of "Shadow" also gave Zhang Yimou a deeper understanding of Yueguan's ability and trust.

"Yue Guan, if I hadn't made "Shadow", I would definitely not agree to this condition." Zhang Yimou said: "But now, these problems are not a problem. I believe in your ability. In terms of scripts, you are better than me."

Yue Guan is also not humble: "Director Zhang, your skills are all focused on color and screen, and you are really not brilliant in terms of script and plot arrangement. But I have thought about it carefully, if anyone in the entire Dragon Kingdom can elevate the "Immortal" The upper limit of the "Qin" series, that is only director Zhang, not other directors."

This wave of business bragging is obviously very beneficial to Zhang Yimou.

The two quickly struck a deal.