Chapter 290 Release (44)
"The overseas copyright of "The Love of the Golden Bough" was sold... I really don't know, I'm just a screenwriter, and they didn't notify me of these things..."
"The screenwriter only gets the script fee... Of course, if you write a hit, you'll be charged more, but if you write a blockbuster, don't you need to charge no money? That doesn't make sense!"
These reporters actually asked him how much money he made from "The Desire of the Golden Branch"...
Of course Shen Xudong replied, ‘It’s just the script fee! ’
The same is true for himself. Of course, after two consecutive works became hits, his script remuneration rose to 60,000 per episode, which is equivalent to the price of a first-line screenwriter...
As for "Struggle"...
As Shen Xudong's third novel, "Struggle" flaunts a realistic theme, but critics believe that it is more dramatic than literary, and it is not considered pure literature...
Shen Xudong doesn't care about the opinions of critics at all...
When he got desperate, he also said, ‘The literary world is nothing, no one should pretend to be cool! ’
The sales volume of "Struggle" is very good. It was first printed with 600,000 copies, and after half a month, 400,000 copies were sold... The second edition has been printed, and the number is still 600,000 copies...
More than the same period last year, "How many flowers are falling in my dream"...
""Struggle" is indeed in the Beijing style... I want to tell readers what the real Beijing style literature is, so I won't mention Guo Jingming!"
"But writing "Struggle" also exposed some shortcomings. Because I didn't understand many things, I changed from material struggle to spiritual freedom as I wrote... Focusing on describing the confusion and helplessness of these people after graduating from college. , anxiety, torment..."
"As for the male protagonist Lu Tao, he has a rich dad... I think no matter what kind of relationship a person has, as long as he is working hard towards his goal and racking his brains to move forward, even if he is a rich second generation who is blessed by nature, They are also on the road of struggle, but these external objective conditions can make their struggle process more efficient and closer to success, which also reflects the unfairness of society."
"We have already negotiated with director Zhao Baogang, and "Struggle" will be directed by him... We will use new actors as much as possible..."
"The specific time? I don't know. I guess I have to wait until Director Zhao finishes the work at hand..."
…
Although mentally exhausted and in various difficulties, Shen Xudong was young after all and his thinking was still very flexible. After dealing with the media, he followed the publicity team to the hotel.
I ate something simple, went back to my room, dipped my pillow in my face and fell asleep.
Unlike the time of "Lost Orphan", he is not worried about the box office of "Party A and Party B 2" at all...
In other words, I have no energy to pay attention!
On the same floor, Zhang Guoli couldn't sleep all night - although "Party A and Party B 2" is Taihe People's second film, the meaning of this film is completely different from "Orphans"
Lunar New Year film, commercial film, with a cost of more than 28 million...
and a nationwide publicity investment.
Since "Hero" kicked off the blockbuster era in the domestic market, more and more film producers have begun to pay attention to the early publicity effect.
Premiering at zero o'clock, running around in major cities, swearing at people, vowing to have a box office of over 150 million, etc. In short, I am trying my best to expose the topic...
I originally wanted to learn "House of Flying Daggers" and arrange a concert. Isn't this a time emergency...
Even without a concert, "Party A and Party B 2" still spent 20 million in promotional expenses, and a week before its release, it swept the country.
There is no room for error.
"Party A and Party B 2" also has a midnight premiere, but to be honest, this thing is just for propaganda, and its promotional effect is quite small...
In the dead of winter, who is going to watch a movie at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night?
Hehe, there really is!
…
BJ, Zhao Linhai led Chang Xiaoxiang to watch "Party A and Party B 2"...
On the one hand, it is to escape from sleep, and on the other hand, it is also the purpose of sneak peek.
After all, whose work is it?
After buying the ticket, along with popcorn and two hot drinks, Chang Xiaoxiang suddenly asked, "Do you look down on Chen Musheng?"
"How to say?"
"Why don't you watch the midnight premiere of "Hold the Call"?"
"Isn't it good that "Hold the Call" didn't have a zero o'clock premiere!"
"...Okay, let's go..."
Walking into the screening room, I was a little surprised. There were quite a lot of people, but half of the seats were filled. As usual, the two of them found a corner seat and sat down.
In fact, Zhao Linhai probably knows the plot of "Party A and Party B 2". If you know the title "Have a Dream One Day", you can roughly guess the plot: consumers want to make up for the shortcomings in their lives through the reenactment of a certain scene, and the organizers have gone to great lengths. Mentally restore the scene to cooperate with the performance, and the end of the story is often that both consumers and organizers are spiritually sublimated...
This is the way!
Zhao Linhai was just curious, how could such a small amount of content support a 100-minute movie?
At the beginning of the movie, Ge You and Gong Li were a middle-aged couple. They were once very loving, but their love and passion were wiped out by life. They lived together and quarreled every day...
One day, Gong Li got angry and drove Ge You out of the house...
Then the plot begins to introduce Ge You. He was an excellent satirical cartoonist when he was young. However, the advent of the Internet era has left him with no place for him. Unwilling to keep up with the trend of the times, he is gradually abandoned by everything around him...
His wife, Gong Li, is a university teacher and happily embraces the Internet...
Ten minutes into the movie, Zhang Guoli appeared as Ge You's friend and introduced the "Good Memories Company" he founded: "As long as you want it, we can help you get back online perfectly!"
Ge You was not very willing at first, but he couldn't resist his friend's recommendation, so he simply chose the first time he met his wife...
The story up to this point can be said to be the same as the traditional "One-Day Tour with Dreams" story routine, but everything becomes more complicated later on.
It's not too complicated, because the plot is simply a story of coming out of a play, getting into a play, and getting out of a play.
Ge You was in a drama state at the beginning, just for entertainment, and then slowly entered the drama, pretending to be real, pretending to be real, and finally came to his senses, came out of the drama, and returned to reality...
In the state of acting, he felt that everyone else was drunk and I was alone. He told the staff that the person who made his heart beat had been dead for many years;
After entering the scene, he kept provoking the actors. At this time, he seemed to be the sober person in a crazy banquet. What he wanted was not love, but just wanted to recall the feeling when he was young. ;
After entering the drama, he began to believe in love. Not only did he believe in love again, he also got lost in this belief...
In fact, the audience is very sensitive to the fact that the person he loves has changed from Gong Li to Li Lianhua - the actress who played his wife in his youth...
In the third stage, there is drama again...
Generally speaking, at this time, you should wake up and get out of the drama, return to reality, and regain happiness.
But... "Party A and Party B 2" did not have such an arrangement. In the third stage, Gong Li appeared, wearing the clothes of the year and speaking the lines of the year, but Ge You knew that he could not go back.
"Don't you love me anymore?"
"Love, but I know you won't be able to stand me in 20 years..."
"I'll still throw away the scarf...I'll wait for you!"
As he spoke, Gong Li stood up and walked towards the door, deliberately leaving his scarf down...
Uncle Ge calmly lit a cigarette, and amid the smoke, the narration sounded, "Life is not a situational performance. Every moment is arranged with lines, and it is impossible to relive the best moments forever." ’
Then Uncle Ge suddenly smiled...
The movie ends.