Chapter 275 Feng Xiaogang Joins in the Fun, "Assembly" (Part 1)

Chapter 275 Feng Xiaogang joins in the fun, "Assembly" is released!

In the entertainment industry of later generations, as the public's nerves become more and more sensitive, celebrities are increasingly being stared at with a magnifying glass, and no one dares to speak carelessly.

Things like public criticism in interviews, sarcastic remarks about rivals, and big stars pulling hair, that are impossible to happen.

No matter how much they hate each other in private, and how much they wish each other dead, they all maintain a harmonious appearance on the surface, and even promote the relationship between besties and brothers.

As for the developed online social platforms, in the early days, there were still celebrities who spoke sincerely on the Internet.

For example, Na Ying's "I hate people who pretend to be the most" and other very down-to-earth blog posts.

But later, because of "slipping" likes and impulsive team-up things, many online verbal battles were set off. After several celebrities were eliminated, the celebrities' social accounts were all taken over by the studio's dedicated publicity staff.

In addition to forwarding some publicity and advertisements, there will be no personal comments on the Internet, and they will only post beautiful pictures regularly as a benefit to fans.

So much so that passers-by sighed that there are no living people in the domestic entertainment industry.

However, the entertainment industry before 2010 was still much more real than later.

Whether it is the four Dan and Shuang Bing pulling each other's hair, or Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Weiping and others openly quarreling, it is a common thing.

It is also common for directors and actors to fire at each other during the promotion and release period of their works.

Today, a male star angrily accused a female star of being shameless and undisciplined in the crew.

Tomorrow, a big star will mock the rival little star in a sarcastic way for not being popular but trying to get by.

It can be said that the current entertainment industry is a paradise for those Internet spectators 15 years later. There are stars quarreling every day, and the main characters are personally involved in the quarrel.

Look, Wu Yuan also played a trick of personally quarreling. Just as he accepted an interview, the Internet was flooded with text reports.

[Yusen Wu vs. Wu Yuan—Comet hits the Earth! ]

[Wu Yuan: No one knows Hollywood better than me! ]

[A direct response to Yusen Wu, a clash of strong teams in the summer season, who will win? ]

[US$2.5 billion vs. US$1 billion, a battle between China’s most powerful box office directors! ]

[Yusen Wu teases Wu Yuan that he is too young, Wu Yuan insinuates that Yusen Wu does not understand Hollywood, the new film has not been released yet, but the atmosphere is already tense! ]

[The strongest summer season in history, “Red Cliff” and “Gravity” are not willing to give in to each other! ]

The general public is happy to see the fight between the two great directors.

Although both Wu Baige and Wu Yuan are more reserved, unlike Feng Dapao, who speaks so directly.

But it is this kind of secret, sarcastic and scolding war that makes people more excited, this is what a cultured person should be!

Inexplicably, Feng Xiaogang, who is in the promotion period of his new movie, was also pulled out to whip his corpse.

They are all directors. Look at Wu Yuan and Wu Baige. Even when they are cursing each other, they are always sarcastic. If you don't listen carefully to what they say during the interview, you can't taste the sarcasm in their words.

Feng Xiaogang, as the director with the biggest mouth in the circle, has always been very direct when he scolds people. He always scolds people by name, and he doesn't know what euphemism is at all.

In the public's impression, "director" is still a relatively elegant, high-end and cultured image.

Feng Xiaogang's behavior is undoubtedly a bit low.

So, it was obviously Wu Yuan and Wu Baige who ignited the spark, but the fire burned Feng Xiaogang.

I don't know how many netizens on the Internet used the verbal battle between the two Wus to tease Feng Xiaogang, saying that even cursing is the lowest level among directors, no wonder he has never been respected by the mainstream circle.

This made Feng Xiaogang very angry.

His "Assembly" will be released in three days. He has been promoting this movie frequently. How can Feng Xiaogang bear not to respond to the hot spot at the muzzle of the gun?

The next day after seeing these comments, he took the opportunity to respond publicly: "I don't know which one is better, Red Cliff or Gravity, and I don't care about that."

"Both Wu directors are indeed excellent, and their achievements in film are better than mine, but it's a bit ridiculous that they even have to compete with each other in cursing people."

"I think people should be more direct and honest. What's the point of cursing people in a sarcastic way?"

"You want to curse people, but you still have to consider euphemism and the impact. Then just don't curse. If you have to think before and after cursing, then your life will be too frustrating, right?"

"The paparazzi nowadays are too boring. Every day they think about digging up some topics about people in the circle scolding each other to attract people's attention. ”

“If you are too idle and there is really nothing to write about, you can pay more attention to the upcoming “Assembly””

““Assembly” is a work I have carefully prepared. Of the 80 million yuan investment in this film, the actors’ salaries only cost less than 1 million yuan, and the rest of the money was spent on filming. It is well-made, the war scenes are grand, and the story is touching.”

“This is a movie that is different from the so-called mainland blockbusters before. It is a movie that really spends money on the steel blade.”

“Instead of paying attention to the movies of the two directors Wu that will be released next summer, you should watch “Assembly” that will be released soon!”

Is Feng Xiaogang’s words exaggerated?

It’s really not exaggerated.

Wu Yuan, who read this interview report, found Feng Kuazi's behavior of taking advantage of every opportunity to ride on the popularity quite funny.

After the failure of "The Banquet", Feng Xiaogang really needed to prove himself in the field of blockbusters, otherwise he would lose his reputation as a major director of commercial films in the mainland.

"Assembly" is indeed the most important film project for Feng Xiaogang and Huayi this year.

This film lived up to expectations and became Feng Xiaogang's best film in the first decade of the 21st century.

Of the cost of 80 million, only 1 million was used for salary.

Although most of the leading actors are Huayi's own artists and there is no big name, this does prove that making movies is not only about using big-name actors to sell box office.

Just because there is no big-name actor from Hong Kong and Taiwan among the leading actors of "Assembly", Wu Yuan has to give a thumbs up to Feng Xiaogang's boldness.

Among the major directors in the entire domestic entertainment industry, if Wu Yuan is not counted, only Feng Xiaogang dares to do this.

In particular, there was a film called "The Warlords" which was completely the opposite of the original.

The Warlords, which brought together superstars such as Jet Li, Andy Lau, and Jin Chengwu, and with large projects such as scene construction, cost 300 million yuan to produce. It has been released for almost a week.

The film claimed to have an investment of 300 million yuan, but the three leading actors took more than 200 million yuan together, and Jet Li took 100 million yuan alone, setting a record for the highest pay for Chinese actors.

Therefore, the shooting cost of "The Warlords" is not much different from that of "Assembly", both of which are less than 100 million yuan.

As Chen Kexin's first work "going north", "The Warlords" has almost all the elements that a blockbuster commercial film should have, from actors, plot to scenes, and the producers are very optimistic about the prospects of this film.

Although "The Warlords" won 98 million yuan in the first four days of its release, surpassing the best result of 96 million yuan in the first week of "Curse of the Golden Flower", this result still did not meet the expectations of the producers.

Less than 100 million yuan in the first weekend, which means that the final box office of this movie in the mainland is only about 200 million yuan, which is still a long way from the cost of 300 million yuan, not to mention making money.

Chen Kexin once again used a movie that brought together three Hong Kong superstars to prove that it is impossible for domestic Chinese-language blockbusters to make money just by piling up big-name superstars.

Countless people in and outside the circle who have been paying attention to the mainland film industry have focused their attention on "Assembly" which will be released soon after "The Warlords".

Although Wu Yuan's "Painted Skin" does not have Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars, it at least has Chen Kun and Zhou Xun.

One of them was the most popular young male actor in the mainland at the time, and the other was a three-gold actress. Zhang Hanyu and Deng Chao of "Assembly" cannot be compared with them.

"Assembly" did not use any big-name Hong Kong and Taiwan superstars, and the production costs were all spent on filming the movie. It is the first blockbuster in China without superstars in the true sense!

Whether this movie can be successful will directly affect the filmmaking methods of major producers in the future.

Whether to spend money on hiring superstars or on film production depends on whether "Assembly" can prove itself with box office.

As soon as Feng Xiaogang's press release came out, it immediately shifted the attention of the public and the media.

Compared with the competition between the two Wus, which will not officially begin for more than half a year, the current "The Warlords" VS "Assembly" is the real feast in front of us.

Even Wu Yuan, in addition to filming, took time to care about the release of "Assembly".

On December 20, "Assembly" was released nationwide on a large scale.

On that day, Wu Yuan also gave the crew half a day off, booked a screening room at the Beijing Light and Shadow Times Cinema, and invited everyone to watch the movie together.

Many people may not know that "Assembly" is a Sino-Korean co-production.

Not only is there a Korean company as the producer of this movie, but also many Korean staff members were invited.

For example, the Korean executive producer of "Assembly" is Lee Chi-yoon, who once worked as the producer of the Korean movie "The Taegukgi".

The special effects team and blasting team of the film are also from South Korea.

"Taegukgi" is the most popular war film in South Korea's history, with a total of 11.75 million viewers and nearly 60 million US dollars in box office.

It is precisely because of the participation of the producer of "Taegukgi" that Feng Xiaogang, who was shooting such a large-scale modern war film for the first time, was able to shoot "Assembly" to a high standard.

It has to be admitted that the current development of Korean war films is indeed more mature and more experienced than that of the mainland, and the mainland is the one to learn.

After all, Hong Kong and Taiwan are small places, and there is no experience in shooting war blockbusters to learn from.

On that day, after watching "Assembly" with all the crew members, from Wu Yuan to the ordinary crew members, they all praised the film.

As a modern war film, "Assembly" is definitely excellent.

Both were first-time war films, and both were made in collaboration and learning from excellent foreign counterparts. Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" is much better than Wu Baige's "Windtalkers".

There are so many Chen Kexins between the two!

"The box office of this movie will definitely exceed that of "The Warlords"!" Li Xuejian, who finished watching the movie, rubbed his red eyes and sighed.