Chapter 206 I Seem to Have Opened Pandora’s Box (24)

"But this is only a minority..."

"Do you think this has ever happened? If you say no, I really wonder if it was your first day as an entertainment reporter! I have seen a third-rate star's assistant yell at me. If someone hadn't stopped me, , I went to whip him in the morning!"

The reporter who interviewed smiled: "Which drama are you talking about?

"How many dramas have I been cast in? Anyway, it's not "The Best in the World" and the starring cast of "The Best in the World". I didn't find any actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan... A big part of the reason is that I know their virtues too well!"

"So, you issued a statement immediately?"

"No..." Shen Xudong shook his head: "Teacher Chen Daoming informed me, so I only know... I don't have time to read news online, "Sword and Fairy" is enough to give me a headache!"

"...Aren't you the screenwriter of "Sword of Immortal"?"

"The post-production special effects depended on me. That day, I saw the monster they designed and thought it was too rough and too Western-style, so I just drew one... They thought I was reliable, and pestered me every day to work overtime with them on post-production... "

“What does a too Western aesthetic mean?”

""Fairy Sword" belongs to the Eastern Fairy Tale. You can't have a monster from "The Lord of the Rings", right? That's Western magic, and the aesthetics must be unified." Speaking of this, Shen Xudong mentioned "The Legend of Shushan" by the way: ""The Legend of Shushan" The first half of "The Legend" has a very oriental fairy tale feel, with thousands of miles of sky and sword energy, but the shapes of Gu Tianzhen's Dan Chenzi, the villain Youquan Old Monster, and the Blood Demon are all too Westernized!"

"I heard that Director Xu Ke wants to combine Western magic with Eastern fairy tales..."

“…wish him success!”

"Do you know this statement?"

"Of course...actually, don't over-interpret it. That statement is just a request for 'fairness, fairness or fairness!'"

"So, you don't know the specific situation? If you don't know the specific situation, is it inappropriate to just issue a statement?"

"I just want to ask if you were beaten, if you were injured, if you apologized... If Wang Bozhao were replaced by Andy Lau or Jackie Chan, would they dare to fight like this? Who gave them the right to be so arrogant? We are just trying to bring order to the chaos!"

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong's cell phone rang. He glanced at Yuji and then asked, "Is there anything else?"

"…Gone…"

"Then you go first, let's stop here today!"

"oh…"

…

The entertainment reporter left and Shen Xudong answered the phone. It was... Zhuang Liqi.

Could it be that...the Emperor protested?

Forget it, let’s get through first.

Zhuang Liqi said very excitedly, "BJ Channel also bought the broadcasting rights of "The World's No. 1" and plans to broadcast it on the TV drama channel together with Shanghai Channel..."

"...This is a good thing..."

"When the time comes to promote it, you have to participate!"

"Don't worry, I will definitely participate!"

Anyway, it was broadcast in July, and he had time during the summer vacation.

Then Zhuang Li said curiously: "It would be best if we could also call Teacher Chen Daoming..."

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "...You are making things difficult for me. Whether Mr. Chen Daoming will participate in the promotion or not is not up to me!"

"...Isn't he your godfather? If you invite him, will he come?"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then yelled: "What godfather... How can I recognize a man as my godfather? I have a father of my own... who is spreading rumors?"

Zhuang Liqi laughed loudly on the other end of the phone: "I knew it was impossible... We don't have the habit of recognizing our father everywhere! Okay, next time you hear them say that, I will help you refute it..."

"Can you tell me who is spreading the rumors?"

"...Those people misunderstood..."

"The Emperor?"

"...No, stop thinking nonsense..."

Shen Xudong asked back: "That's Mr. Wu..."

"...He feels that you must be something special if you are listed with so many people's names..."

"Ask, I understand..."

Mr. Wu…

It doesn't matter, your girlfriend will call me Ba Ba anyway...

…

"Maybe they felt that they needed a young person to represent them on this list, so they asked me to sign my name..."

Facing the doubtful looks from everyone in "Sword and Fairy", Shen Xudong roughly explained why he was on the list...

Brother Hu then asked: "So, you and these people have known each other before?"

"We have met several times and collaborated..."

Liu Yifei couldn't help it anymore: "Screenwriter Shen collaborated with director Feng Xiaogang on two films, didn't you know?"

"...Oh, I remembered..."

Brother Hu suddenly realized: ""Lost Orphan" and "Party A and Party B 2"..."

"It seems that "Orphan" will be released in July?"

"Yes, July 22nd, exactly one week after "House of Flying Daggers" was released..."

"Huh? It's on the same schedule as "House of Flying Daggers"?"

The speaker was Cai Yinong, and she happened to hear this...

Shen Xudong smiled: "You need a blockbuster movie to warm up the market. If it is released at other times, I guess no one will be willing to enter the theater..."

"That's what you're thinking about... What if it loses to House of Flying Daggers at the box office?"

"I didn't want to win at first... Their cost was close to 100 million, but we only had 6 million..."

"One hundred million? Doesn't it mean the cost is 260 million?"

"Listen to his nonsense. Zhang Weiping also said that Andy Lau's salary was US$10 million. Do you believe it?"

Andy Lau's salary is around 7 million Hong Kong dollars, you can find out this stuff!

At present, the most expensive actor in Hong Kong (excluding Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat) is Liang Chaowei. Liang Chaowei’s disclosed salary is 8 million Hong Kong dollars...

Andy Lau's salary is usually around HK$6 million. Only recently during the filming of "Jiang Hu" did it exceed HK$7 million...

$10 million?

Do you really have 10 million US dollars and you wouldn’t go to Li Lianlian?

Jin Chengwu and Zhang Ziyi add one piece to almost 15 million...

Based on the ratio of star remuneration to total production costs, the entire production investment of "House of Flying Daggers" will definitely not exceed 100 million.

Cai Yinong smiled and changed the subject: "...I don't know much about movies...but you mentioned horror movies that day. Do you have a script?"

Shen Xudong was slightly stunned...

He looked at Cai Yinong with a surprised look on his face: "Sister, are you really planning to make a horror movie?"

Cai Yinong asked, "Why not?"

Then he said: "What you said is very interesting. I looked through the world's film history. Using Xiao Boda's example, apart from romance and comedy, there are horror films... I can't find suitable actors or directors for comedies. I only have Horror film…"

"However, ghosts are not allowed in mainland horror films...This determines that horror films can only go in a non-scary direction, so how can we attract audiences?"

Before Cai Yinong could speak, Shen Xudong asked and answered: "Go in the direction of soft love!"

"...Can't ghosts appear?"

"Yes, real ghosts cannot appear, which means that the audience knows for sure that all ghosts must be fake when watching it.

In addition, detailed decryption of criminal methods is not allowed for fear of imitation by criminals, which means that no matter how sophisticated the crime puzzle is, it is impossible to explain it clearly..."

"So, do you have a script?"

"...There is a pretty good one..."

"what is it call?"

"..."There's Someone Under the Bed"..."