Chapter 426 Am I Not Energetic Enough?
That’s right, Shen Xudong didn’t even receive the message!
The reporter continued: "A friend of mine works at a film bureau. I heard that "The Promise" did not perform well at the box office due to word-of-mouth issues, which affected this year's Lunar New Year figures..."
"oh…"
Shen Xudong nodded...
Indeed, last year there were two movies, "Party A and Party B 2" and "Kung Fu". The market data for the Lunar New Year movie was very good!
This year... although there are four movies, "If Love" is a musical and "Ride Alone" is an art film, so no one is interested in it.
The reputation of "The Great Sage of Love" is not good either!
Although it earned 20 million in the first week, it obviously does not have the attributes of a big hit...
"The Promise" accounts for more than half of the film schedule, and its reputation is still poor, which seriously affects the audience's interest in watching movies...
This makes the market look very ugly!
Last year during the Lunar New Year, two movies made over 100 million yuan.
Although "The Promise" has exceeded 100 million, the box office trend is too ugly - 74.52 million in the first weekend. After the working day, the single-day box office dropped directly to less than 10 million...
It took only eight days after its release to hit 100 million...
In the original time and space, China Film Group urgently postponed the release of "King Kong" - it was originally planned to be released on January 12th, but it was simply changed to December 24th!
If you really have confidence in "The Promise", why would Mao arrange for "King Kong" to be included in the Lunar New Year movie?
This time there is a better choice - "A World Without Thieves"...
However, Shen Xudong still doesn't believe it: "I plan to call and ask about the situation..."
Who to ask?
Of course, ask Huang Zhonglei, he is the publisher of "A World Without Thieves". If not him, who should you ask?
Huang Zhonglei also has a headache now...
The film bureau did reveal its intention to arrange for "A World Without Thieves" to be moved from New Year's Day to Christmas.
The problem is that Huayi is working hard to release "The Great Sage" - it will be released on the 18th, 11 days apart from "A World Without Thieves".
At this stage, 11 days is enough for a commercial movie to win more than 90% of the box office.
But if "A World Without Thieves" is released...then it won't be possible to take care of both!
After all, "A World Without Thieves" is his biological son - although both films were distributed by Huayi, "A World Without Thieves" was invested by Huayi with 40%, while "A World Without Thieves" was only responsible for the mainland distribution, so there must be a difference between closeness and distance. of!
The problem is... "The Great Sage" is the first collaboration between Huayi and Emperor.
The box office of this movie is related to the subsequent cooperation...
Therefore, Huang Zhonglei is troubled!
After Shen Xudong roughly understood the situation, he said casually: "You can discuss it with Boss Yang in detail. It's hard for the film bureau to refuse!"
Huang Zhonglei sighed: "That's all we can do..."
By the way, I would like to add: ""The Promise" is so bad that it makes us very passive!"
"...Haha, so Director Feng's "I Dedicate My Youth to You" is really right..."
"What did Xiaogang write?"
"He wrote that Director Chen is not suitable for commercial films!"
"I Dedicate My Youth to You" comments on the poetry-reciting master: When he makes a film, he doesn't need to consider entertainment at all. The more profound it is, the more valuable it is for understanding. The audience is also a small group of scholars who study the spiritual history of the nation. Others watch it whether they like it or not. Anyway, they have no intention of getting the money back from their pockets. For such a man, if you try to persuade him to be approachable, you are doing him harm.
After hanging up the phone, Shen Xudong thanked the reporter for the reminder, and then said: "I just commented on the content of "The Promise", so don't forget it..."
"It's okay. I've been scolding "The Promise" for a while now..."
"Xudong, you are good at everything, but you are not spirited enough!"
…
After listening to the reporter's words, Shen Xudong also felt that he was making a fuss out of a molehill...
That is, commercial movies should be open to discussion by everyone, so why can't he express his opinion?
By the way, "The Promise" was screened in the United States. "Labor Daily" wrote that "American film critics praised "The Promise" for being the ultimate film that can be achieved." At the same time, "Nanjing Daily" published an article ""The Promise" The article "A deserted release in exclusive theaters in the United States"...,
The opinion of most 'experts' is that 'The Promise' is better than 'Hero'. The reason is that 'Hero' suppresses personal freedom and talks about the individual's compromise with the collective, while 'The Promise' advocates individual freedom and talks about It is the slave who breaks out of his prison cell and finally embraces freedom. ’
Um…
Moreover, even with word-of-mouth and box office collapse, some netizens still confidently believe that "The Promise" has a 70% chance of succeeding in the Olympics.
How to rush? Of course it was a dream, and there was everything in the dream.
I am particularly disgusted that some people still jump out from time to time, shouting that the audience at that time could not understand "The Promise", and "The Promise" is a great film that has been delayed by the times.
After being released in North America, the box office was fixed at US$660,000, which can only be described as a "disastrous failure."
In terms of word-of-mouth, the scores on several major mainstream film review websites all fluctuate around the C level, such as the Rotten Tomatoes film critic's favorable rating of only 31%.
Europe... To be precise, after it was released in France, 25 media outlets on Allocine, the authoritative French film website, rated "The Promise". As of today, 21 media outlets on Allocine have rated "The Promise" three stars or below, and one has rated it four stars. There are only 4 media companies…
If a movie's reputation can collapse from domestic to foreign countries, from the East to the West, but there are still a small number of people secretly saying that the audience can't understand The Promise, then I think he is either pretending, or the release of "The Promise" square.
No one can stop you from liking "The Promise", but it's disgusting to constantly say that others can't understand "The Promise".
Such a recognized bad movie is still competing in the same period.
Therefore, Shen Xudong no longer has to wrong himself!
…
Wu Xiaowen in "Life Events" is both a child and an emotional engine. Her character's mission is to guide Mo Sanmei to complete the entire emotional structure.
From this perspective, this character can actually be relatively conceptual. Her appearance as "Nezha" and the red tassel gun and cloth tiger that never leave her hand all contribute to the establishment of the character concept.
But...it doesn't mean that once you have a concept, you can find a child star out of thin air and let her create an image of "Nezha" that combines cuteness, stubbornness, wildness, kindness, and a distinctive personality...
Because of the credibility of the entire story of "Life Events", Xiaowen must be drawn to the target!
In other words, Xiaowen is a showman!
Therefore, whether it is the company or the crew, they are struggling to find...
Guan Xiaotong also tried it once. Her age exceeded the standard...
Song Zuer…
It's quite suitable, with a tall nose, a cute baby face shape, and big eyes...
In fact, the most important thing when choosing child actors is their reaction ability - children's thinking and logical abilities are completely incomparable to adults.
You have to be patient!
Talk about the drama over and over again...
Of course, some children are talented actors, and they can just pick it up and give you accurate feedback!
Song Zuer performed pretty well.
Shen Xudong watched the staff leading her away, turned to Chen Xi and said, "...just be prepared. I'll use her until I can find a more suitable one."
"Can you find someone more suitable than her?"
Shen Xudong waved his hand: "What if...this stuff is all about metaphysics!"
Chen Xi nodded. Anyway, there are still a few months until the official shooting, so there is no rush...
The two were going to find Gao Fenfen to inquire about the release status of "A World Without Thieves".
As he was walking towards the office, Shen Xudong suddenly remembered the reporter's evaluation of him just now, so he asked: "Chen Xi, do you think I am not strong enough?"
"Why are you asking this suddenly?"
"The reporter just now..."
Shen Xudong talked about what happened when he just met the reporter, and finally added: "I don't comment on "The Promise". Is it wrong? The energy is hidden in the chest, and the kindness is on the surface; talent is applied to things, and loyalty is applied to others... This talent Call me a successful person!”