Don't Be My Old Man [Entertainment]

For young people, they can accept the theme of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" well. After all, there are many similar works abroad.It's just that some of the stalks and elements contained in "Seven People Tell Ghosts" have been localized.Taking this movie apart, in fact, almost all of them are routines that have already appeared.

However, for middle-aged and elderly people like Papa Yang, this kind of subject matter seems a bit novel.

Yang Li was about 35 years old when he officially appeared as Zhao Rui in the movie, and his makeup and dress were all in a mature and unruly direction.Parents who have been used to Yang Li's "not growing up" appearance almost didn't recognize him at first.

Although I have watched the TV series played by Xiaoliba at home, but it still feels completely different from this kind of movie screen.In particular, Yang Li's outfit in it is completely different from the previous TV drama characters.

In addition, the story of this movie is also exciting enough.

For middle-aged and elderly people, it is a bit too intense.

After watching the movie, my mother was already wiping tears on the sidelines. Only then did my father, masters Zhang and Shen recover from the movie, and then began to talk about whether there was a ghost in this movie or not, and some of the murder methods in it, etc. wait.

The three middle-aged men are not unacceptable to new things, but find such movies very interesting.

When they were young, they often watched domestic anti-Japanese war movies or Hong Kong and Taiwan gunfight movies or gangster movies and zombie movies, and rarely watched such suspenseful horror movies.However, they accepted it very well, and felt that this kind of movie was also very good-looking.

The strange thing is that they usually watch a lot of movies, and it seems that they rarely see movies of a similar nature.

It was early morning after they finished watching.

It was so late, and my father was embarrassed to call Yang Li to ask him if there was a ghost in this movie, and it lost the fun to ask so directly.

However, the thoughts of fathers can also represent the aspirations of many audiences who have not been exposed to such movies.

It is impossible for the audience of the cinema to be all young people, and there are quite a lot of parents in the WeChat circle of friends.

After the premiere of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts", my father has been trying to sell Amway in the circle of friends for several days. Although the effect is somewhat, it is still much worse than the overwhelming advertisements of "Chasing the Deer".Just when Dad started to worry, "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" finally started to gain popularity, and Dad finally felt relieved.

"Why are you so focused this time?" Mom asked curiously, "You used to watch Xiaoliba's TV series, and you just finished watching it after watching it. This time, you not only dragged your friends to watch it, but also checked the box office results every day. It's really not like you."

"It's different." Dad was not good at words, and he could only answer these four words after much deliberation.

"What's the difference?"

"It just feels different." Dad scratched his head, "I'm going to make wine."

"Go, go." Mom didn't bother too much.

She also felt a little different.

how to say?

I used to watch Xiaoliba dramas, and I always felt that I was watching more of my son than watching TV dramas.But when watching "Seven People Tell Ghosts", I will forget that it is my son.

In Zheng Wushu's studio.

Yang Li and Zheng Wushu are playing against each other.

"This is the routine of your training class?" The principal played by Yang Li sneered and slapped their contract on the table, "Take loopholes everywhere, is this your reward for the students who believe in you?"

"So?" Zheng Wushu sat on the chair. Although he was much shorter than the standing Yang Li, his momentum was not lost at all, but he was quite calm. "The black and white words on it are all read by the students Yes. Moreover, it has been implemented for two years, and there is no problem, and the students have accepted the above terms."

"Aren't you making false propaganda like this? It's nothing but a lie."

"All the training courses are publicized like this." Zheng Wushu paused, and fluently spoke the following lines, "Brother, you are so angry, it is actually because we publicized in advance. The publicist you recruited before is good, After coming to us, he quickly adapted to work. Senior brother was famous for his good eyesight when he was in the student union, but he didn't expect that the sword is not old."

"Are you proud of your success in poaching?"

"It's not that I'm proud." Zheng Wushu took out a pen from his chest and pushed it directly in front of Yang Li, with a determined smile in the corner of his eyes, "The person I want to dig is not a propagandist, but you, brother."

Yang Lidun was there.

From this point of view, Mr. Zheng's eyelashes are really long, and they are very attractive when he smiles.

"Let's take a break." Zheng Wushu opened his mouth and shouted to stop.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Zheng, I forgot the words." Yang Li quickly responded, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Ahhh, Mr. Zheng, don't think that I'm not professional or serious.

I'm still serious!

"It's okay." Zheng Wushu also felt that the atmosphere on the stage was a bit awkward, "You can act well in this part, what's wrong?"

"Uh, hahaha, I also find it strange." Yang Li silently apologized to the actor of this role in his heart, and said without changing his face, "I didn't think there was any problem at all when playing with Mr. Zheng, but with When the actors of this role play together, I always feel that there is still a little spark missing."

"Is that so?" Zheng Wushu lowered his head and pondered for a while, "Does the actor playing this role have ordinary acting skills and looks?"

"It can't be said to be ordinary, it can only be said to be quite satisfactory." Yang Li was also embarrassed to ask others to take the blame.But when acting, I really feel a little bit wrong.

"Normal." Zheng Wushu said with a smile, "Actors who are generally on the rise will be more oppressive in their aura. If the other party is not a veteran or is very confident in himself, it will definitely be difficult to keep up with your rhythm."

It's fine if Yang Li's acting skills are poor, but Yang Li's acting skills are actually pretty good.Not to mention how superb it is, at least it is much better than before.Even if they graduated from majors, there are not many who have better acting skills than Yang Li now.

The crew is the best way to practice acting.

In addition, life experience, various artistic accomplishments, and insights can further improve an actor's acting skills.

Asking a teacher to teach at home, it is impossible to teach such a powerful acting skill, it is a standardized thing to die.

Yang Li himself may not realize it for the time being, but when he plays more and more roles, he will gradually find that many people's performances can't keep up with him.

So the better the actor, the fewer the works.

Because if he is too good alone, it may not be a good thing for the whole work.

A good protagonist also needs countless good supporting roles to match.

"But having said that, the shooting of "Civil Servant" is almost in the middle and late stages." Zheng Wushu looked at Yang Li with a smile, "Have you considered what role you want to take next?"

In the past, the script always came to him on his own initiative, and the roles were also requested by the play. Yang Li himself didn't seem to ask for any role he wanted to play.

"Can you still think for yourself?" Yang Li was shocked.

"Of course." Zheng Wushu nodded and said, "Many production crews have not decided on the character design before the filming starts. If you have preferences and needs, the screenwriter will help you change the character design according to your requirements."

Yang Li blinked, as if he needed to digest what Zheng Wushu had said.

It's good to be popular, and there is also this kind of free customization treatment!

"I don't know what role I want to play?" Yang Li thought for a while, "I don't seem to have acted in many roles. I think about it for a while, but I can't think of it. Mr. Zheng, you Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Why don't you try playing a supporting role?" Zheng Wushu said seriously.

"Didn't I play a lot of supporting roles?" Yang Li asked back.

"In the real sense, the only supporting role you play is Shen Wuxin in "Sword Family"." Zheng Wushu laughed, "Although you are the male supporting role in "You Long Mention Officer", in my opinion, all of these can You can call it a leading role. Playing a supporting role is completely different from playing a leading role, and you'd better choose those works starring particularly good actors."

Hearing this, Yang Li felt a little better, "Mr. Zheng, do you already have a recommendation?"

"Yeah." Zheng Wushu didn't hold back anymore, and told the news he got, "A director I know is going to make a semi-documentary film that reflects Hong Kong movies from the golden age to the decline. There will be many old Hong Kong and Taiwan actors in it." Every one of them is a person who has worked hard in the entertainment circle for many years. Of course, some young faces are also needed to play some small characters. The director I know is not very familiar with the mainland, so I come to ask me to help watch look."

"Mr. Zheng, you mean that so many well-known actors in Hong Kong are all..." Yang Li suppressed his inner excitement.

When he was a child, he grew up watching DVD TV series from Hong Kong and Taiwan with his father.

For those Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, even if they can't name them, they can still recognize them.

"At least everyone you know should appear, but the roles may not be." Zheng Wushu said with a smile, "The leading roles should be the kings and queens of Hong Kong. Or maybe not at all. But I think you can learn a lot on this set."

"Go, I'll go!" Yang Li was a little excited, "It doesn't matter if you don't have many roles, I think I need to learn from the seniors now."

In the past, he could learn from Teacher Zheng, but now Yang Li can't help but feel a little distracted when he sees Zheng Wushu. It's strange that young people can learn it.In this case, why not choose to go to a place full of good actors to experience the atmosphere more!

"Well, I will tell the director that you can go there after you finish filming "Civil Servants." Zheng Wushu thought for a while, and then reminded, "Hong Kong is different from our mainland, and there are many intricate relationships in it. I'll tell you what I know, but you have to be careful yourself. If possible, it's best to have a good relationship with the directors."

Although everyone says that Hong Kong and Taiwan films are in decline, their capital, their directors, and their team are still ahead of the mainland.Especially the production team of commercial films and shootout films is almost monopolized by them.Every Spring Festival, they can also come up with films.

There is already Pei Rong in the Beijing circle, and other capitals also have promising candidates.

As far as Zheng Wushu knows, Internet capital is currently planning to develop idols, learn from Japan and South Korea, strive to cultivate their own artists, snatch things from those who have resources, and use their big data to create a group of idols. Another batch of topic traffic, quantity beats quality.

If their studio wants to completely win Yang Li, they must contact one of the resources.

The resources of Hong Kong and Taiwan are very good.

Although Li Jiyang is an entertainer promoted by Hong Kong and Taiwan, his uncle is about to resign, and he himself is also a playboy. He has not much professional ability, but his ability to cause trouble is first-class.In the past few years, in order to maintain his popularity and topic, I don’t know how much money has been spent. The capital behind him has nothing to do to clean up the mess for him. I am afraid that he has already been looking for a new candidate.

Zheng Wushu chose to send Yang Li there at this time, naturally to let Uncle Zhou Long help him set up the line.

After all, the number of outstanding directors and screenwriters over there is difficult to calculate, and candidates for golden supporting roles abound.

What they lack is a young man who is young enough and capable enough to be the protagonist.

This person used to be Zheng Wushu, but Zheng Wushu left so fast that they couldn't keep up.Now this person could be Yang Li.

With him here, Zhou Long to help match the bridge, and Yang Li with certain achievements in hand, it is normal to be considered as a candidate.

In this way, when he was filming abroad and was beyond his reach in China, Yang Li would not be bullied anyway.

Zheng Wushu felt that he was a little too nervous.

In fact, his original idea was to wait another year or two before introducing the resources of Hong Kong and Taiwan to Yang Li, but he did not expect Yang Li to be so lucky, and the results of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" have exceeded his imagination.

For five days on a working day, the decline rate of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" remained almost the same. There was no drop, and every day was a daily crown.

There was also an increase during the weekend period. Although the box office was not as good as that of the National Day, it was also thriving among the films in the same period.

According to this trend, before next week's foreign blockbusters enter the movie market, it should be a good time for "Seven Telling Ghosts" to reap the box office.

Just such a hit, he has already heard that many companies have refocused on the domestic horror film box office market.IPs with similar themes and screenwriters who are good at this category are quite popular recently, which can be considered as a small trend.

Teacher Zheng is really kind to me.

Yang Li took a step forward, then hurriedly said, "Hey, by the way, Mr. Zheng, do you have any wine you want to drink recently?"

Now that he hasn't returned to the crew of "Civil Servant", he can buy the materials and brew it for Mr. Zheng.

"I don't have anything special to drink." A thought suddenly flashed in Zheng Wushu's mind, "Didn't your father brew his own wine?"

"Ah, yes."

"Then can I bother you to brew a bottle for me too?" Zheng Wushu said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if the speed is slower. I want to receive a unique gift in this world on my 30th birthday."

A unique homemade wine?

Yang Li's face slowly turned red.

Teacher Zheng probably doesn't understand what this sentence means to me?After all, he still doesn't know the Yang family very well, and he doesn't know what kind of rules they have in the wine-making craft passed down from master to apprentice.

"Is it too embarrassing for you?" Zheng Wushu saw Yang Li's delay in responding, "I'm sorry, you're focusing on acting now, maybe it's a bit..."

"No, it's not embarrassing." Yang Li quickly waved his hand and said, "It's just that I was thinking, what is your preference, Mr. Zheng? Also, I, I am a waste of names, and I may not be able to be like my father's willow by then. Such a beautiful name."

When Yang Li made his own wines before, he used names such as "Yellow Wine No. [-]" and "Plum Wine No. [-]", which were indicated by numbers and were easy to understand.

"It's not the name that drinks."

It is mind.

Zheng Wushu smiled, "No, I'm looking forward to it."

"I, I will try my best!"

For sure, I will brew a wine that is more beautiful than my father's Yangliu name and more suitable for Mr. Zheng!

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The total box office of "Seven People Talking About Ghosts" was 15 billion, much more than the 14 billion of "Chasing the Deer" in the same period, ranking third and fourth in the current annual movie rankings.

However, compared to the initial investment and production of "Chasing the Deer", as well as the subsequent topicality, etc., "Seven Telling Ghosts" has undoubtedly become the dark horse of this year's movie.

The dark horses of movies in recent years often show a trend of typology, such as detectives, suspense, emotional cities, comedies, or military agents.

Compared with the film market in previous years, it is undoubtedly more diversified, and at the same time, many original niche themes are gradually rising.

Under such circumstances, "Seven Telling Ghosts" is naturally regarded as a classic case analysis because of its low cost, high box office and good reputation.

Of course, the happiest thing is the publisher of "Seven People Tell Ghosts".

With a box office guarantee of [-] million, it is still profitable!

The profits of this movie can reverse the holes in the previous investment movie failures.

In addition, there are many video websites that have online purchase rights for this movie, IP derivative rights, and some copyright fees for sales abroad, etc. After a comprehensive calculation, the dividends at the box office are not all, and the follow-up funds will be A steady stream poured into Zheng Wushu's studio.

All of a sudden, there were many more people who came to ask Zheng Wushu's studio if he was still recruiting artists.

Recruiting people is definitely a must.

The premise is what kind of people to recruit, and what kind of people do they need?

Some people tried to use Yang Li's conditions to trap themselves, but it seemed that the other party didn't need it; some people tried to get through the broker's network, but they couldn't get any definite information.

What Wang Chuhong and Zhou Cheng meant was not to recruit people at the moment.

The matter of Yang Li and Zheng Wushu hadn't been clarified yet, and they couldn't bear another artist.Furthermore, the manpower and material resources of their work team are also very limited, and Yang Li is on the rise again, and a few more artists are here purely to eat resources, so they won't be so stupid as to find something for themselves to do.

Zhou Cheng also had a headache about Zheng Wushu introducing Hong Kong and Taiwan film resources to Yang Li.

He can't speak Cantonese!

As a manager, if you want to accompany Yang Li to Hong Kong to deal with matters, how can you do it without knowing Cantonese?You can't hope that all the bosses in Hong Kong will come to speak Mandarin with him, right?

No way, learn!

Both Yang Li and Zhou Cheng have to learn.

Don't ask how fluently you can speak, at least you must be able to understand.

Yang Li hired a Cantonese teacher to follow the crew of "Civil Servant" throughout the filming period, and he followed them carefully during the filming intervals. It didn't delay much, but it subtly made Yang Li feel the thinking that an educator should have.

Zhou Cheng is in more trouble. He is older than Yang Li, and compared to Yang Li, whose southern accent barely matches Cantonese, Zhou Cheng, a northerner, is not 01:30 behind in his study progress.

Wang Chuhong said professionally that if she wants not to be left behind by an artist, she must not only learn Cantonese, but also be able to speak English, French, Japanese, and Korean.Otherwise, when the artist goes abroad to develop, and you can't even do the most basic things well, is it possible that you still need a translator every day?Not to mention that the translation is unreliable, but it is very delaying to ask for a translator every time.

If you want to be a top broker, you must study hard and improve every day.

Zhou Cheng could only grit his teeth and continue to learn, and focused on understanding the situation in Hong Kong.

The director Fan Chu introduced by Zheng Wushu to Yang Li can be regarded as an unlucky child in the golden age of Hong Kong films.

He is good at this kind of group portrait documentary, but he is most famous for a simple romance film.It is said that this is because the director has received more influence from Japan and South Korea.

Fan Chu was a radio DJ in his early years and knew nothing about movies.It is said that he later watched a bad movie with his friends, and scolded the director when he came out. Instead, he was complained by his friends, "You can make it if you have the ability."Fan Chu was young and energetic, so he really paid to rent a camera, and then shot a self-made semi-documentary micro-movie.

famous.

Genius always shines.

Fan Chu had never realized that his talent for light and shadow was so outstanding, but that micro movie made him gain a lot of fame.

It's a pity that in Fan Chu's era, martial arts movies, gangster movies, and fantasy zombie movies were popular, but the movies he made were not very popular.In the early years, he was also criticized for imitating the style of Japan and South Korea too much.

But now Fan Chu has his own movie style, and has won enough awards.Nowadays, when Hong Kong directors are switching to commercial films or IP dramas, he still insists on his own style, and has attracted investment and actors to make a semi-documentary-style "Half Century".

From the 50s of the last world, it entered a state of prosperity, until the influence of the 90s reached the top level, and then it turned from prosperity to decline, and it was no longer the same.

In this "Half Century", almost all the actors trained in the golden age were covered.

With such a production lineup, even if Yang Li's role is cut to only three seconds, this time's acting experience is enough for him to benefit from for a lifetime.