Chapter 1011 Return with Honor (44)

During the Spring Festival, we will promote step by step, and then there will be no suspense...

Those two works are not on the same level as "The Return of the Great Sage" at all!

As for the production cost, the actual cost of "The Return of the Great Sage" is 190 million. The talk of "House of Heaven" costing 400 million is pure nonsense. The design of Heaven is exactly the same as the Asgard city in Marvel's "Thor". It is obvious that it is copied from others. Template, this thing can be done with a few million at most!

With eyes closed, Blind Jiba blows...

I guess it's also for money laundering...

Money laundering is definitely involved - for certain funds from unknown sources, the film and television industry is a good tool for money laundering.

Many film and television drama projects do not have a strict financial management system. Many expenditures are without invoices, and the procurement costs are determined by a few people. It is not difficult to make certain purchase costs of tens of millions with a cost of 1 million.

This was how Hong Kong movies worked back then: first register a film company and then invest a lot of money in filming.

Generally, the production cost of a movie may only be about HK$2 million, but the actual investment can reach tens of millions.

The most famous stars are invited to spend money on venues, costumes and props, with the aim of spending as much "black money" as possible, even if they lose money.

Because it can sell film and television copyrights, overseas remittances from Europe, the United States, Southeast Asia, Japan and other places have flowed back to the company, turning into so-called legal profits, and the "black money" has been whitewashed.

Now, I still use this routine...

It can only be said that it is incomprehensible to develop new tracks. Look at Kuailu, which innovatively used finance + movies to quickly make 40 billion yuan...

Ahem, bring it back...

Regarding this year’s Spring Festival, Shen Xudong did not do anything. He disclosed the creative ideas of "The Return of the Great Sage" on Weibo:

When I read "Journey to the West" before, I always wondered why Sun Wukong had such a deep affection for Tang Monk. He was obviously just a mortal monk. You see, when they first met, he wrongly accused Sun Wukong, and then even designed to put a tightening curse on Sun Wukong...

Moreover, what skills can Tang Seng teach him? Meditate? Chanting sutras? Sun Wukong didn't learn the former, and he had no interest in the latter.

Later, I read "The Poems of Tripitaka of the Tang Dynasty". It was said that Tang Monk practiced Buddhism in three lives, and was eaten by Shensha God in the first two lives. This is very clear - Shensha God is the prototype of Sha Monk.

Then I thought that Tang Monk was the golden cicada reincarnated in ten generations!

Therefore, we set up the relationship between Jiang Liu'er and Sun Wukong. Jiang Liu'er is Tang Monk...

The story of "The Return of the Great Sage" is very simple. We designed two or three different versions of the story. In the end, we felt that "The Return of the Great Sage" is the most mature from a genre perspective.

Thank you everyone for liking this story. We will see you in the next one, "The Great Sage" during the Spring Festival in two years!

In the comment area below... everyone is basically criticizing "Havoc in Heaven" and saying that it is a piece of shit...

Shen Xudong's happiness these days is basically watching netizens complain about "Havoc in Heaven". Originally, he was very restrained and didn't say a word until he saw a comment. "At first, I saw that the official version of the movie poster even included director Zheng Baorui's name." Without a name, you know this movie is no better! ’

I couldn’t help but comment: ‘Really? Don’t have Zheng Baorui’s name? ’

'Really not...'

Fans also uploaded a picture of the poster, which indeed does not have the name of the director.

Shen Xudong commented: 'Hong Kong movies are still stuck at the level of selling stars and casts in the last century. It's not that they don't work hard, but that they have formed path dependence. Back then, they relied on this set of things to sell movies...'

This passage has been quoted variously…

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February 15th, a private restaurant in Beijing.

This private restaurant is Shen Xudong's property - to be precise, it belongs to the horse farm. The horse farm has a planting area and supplies a large amount of vegetables. However, this private restaurant is not open to the public and basically only makes reservations for members.

Again, I don’t expect this thing to make money!

Shen Xudong booked a large private room, and there should be a lot of people coming today - the Oscars have just ended, and Zhang Yimou won the best foreign language film for "Love", which can be regarded as a "zero" breakthrough in the Chinese film Oscar...

Although Zhang Yimou often said in interviews, "Everyone in the industry knows that the Oscars are only an American award and an American judging standard. Unlike other film festivals, it does not represent the highest artistic level..."

But he also said, "In my impression, judging from the path I have taken, it was already remarkable for a Chinese to win a foreign award more than 20 years ago. For example, "Red Sorghum" made people all over the country pay attention. Discussion... But in the past ten years, the Chinese have won almost all kinds of film awards, large and small. Regardless of the three major film festivals, the five major film festivals, or the eight major film festivals, the Chinese people have basically passed the award-winning complex. It can also be said that there is no other film festival complex now, and only the Oscars are left that they cannot pass...'

It shows that he still has an Oscar plot!

In fact, the most exciting movie for the fifth generation is not "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but "The Last Emperor" - "The Last Emperor", which was written and directed with Chinese BJ as its historical and cultural background, won the Oscar at the Oscars. After winning the Best Picture Award, Chinese film culture finally has a chance to win the Oscar, attracting the attention of world film industry professionals.

It set off a wave of enthusiasm for Chinese directors to enter the Oscars...

Of course, Li Min's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" really stimulated mainland directors - leave a name for the Kodak Theater!

After meeting each other, Shen Xudong would of course congratulate Lao Mouzi for achieving his wish and returning with great honor...

Ah Mou waved his hand, not wanting to talk about this at all, and said directly: "I like "Burning" very much, and I think "Parasite" is also good. I want both of these scripts!"

Shen Xudong was a bit embarrassed: "I am going to direct "Burning" myself..."

"Are you planning to make a genre film?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I plan to shoot in prose mode, leaving more white space..."

Zhang Yimou nodded: "...it's a good idea..."

"Actually, "Parasite" is more of a genre..."

"Indeed, its drama is more obvious, the pace is fast, the purpose is clear, the character design and plot settings are just to rush to the final climax..."

"It's very suitable for winning awards...I'm ready to run the Oscars!"

Zhang Yimou was confused: "Or the best foreign language film?"

"No, this time it's the best picture..."

"There is no precedent..."

"There is no precedent, let Oscar set a precedent..." At this point, Shen Xudong waved his hand: "Leave the movie to you, and leave the rest to me!"

Zhang Yimou hummed, then suddenly thought of something: "I heard them say that the company gave me a bonus of 50 million?"

"It's not a bonus, it's a dividend..." Shen Xudong scratched his head: "It seems to be a dividend for the studio. I can't tell you exactly. I heard from the finance department that it seemed that this was included in the contract when I signed it..."

"Is this included in the contract?"

"There should be... Our overseas film split is basically 50-50 with the studio. The overseas copyrights of the two films "Big Buddha" and "Love" have been sold well... Chen Xi is here, you can ask her about the specific situation..."

Chen Xi did come, and he even brought Reba with him...

Amou was also embarrassed to ask about money in front of Reba.

It's not that he doesn't love money, he's mainly worried about being criticized...