Chapter 463 Cooperate with Der
After a brief chat, Shen Xudong directly said goodbye...
It’s so expensive!
Asking Fala Chen to go to the mainland to film a movie, one episode actually costs 100,000 yuan...
are you crazy?
Tang Yan only costs 20,000 yuan per episode, and Zeng Li costs about 30,000 yuan.
No wonder TVB actors rarely go to the mainland to film movies at this stage...
I really can’t afford it…
At that time, Nick Cheung was very popular as a TVB actor, and the movies he filmed in the mainland were also very classic.
Because in those days, everyone had no choice...
After the turn of the millennium, TVB actors have been replaced by new generations, and the mainland entertainment market has gradually caught up with Hong Kong.
Guan Yonghe, Cai Shaofen, Luo Jialiang, Li Caihua, Charmaine Sheh, Zhang Keyi, etc. have all come to the mainland to develop...
Except for Cai Shaofen and Li Caihua, the others did not leave any works.
Nowadays, mainland dramas are very mature. Not only do they have a good production team, but the new generation of actors have also grown up, and there is no need for Hong Kong and Taiwan actors to make up the numbers!
You are still so expensive...
When the mainland market has completely developed by leaps and bounds, it will be impossible for you to go north to develop!
There are so many graduates of China National Theater and Beijing Film Academy every year, why should they praise you?
The culture, language, background and even appearance are not as good as those in China.
…
"I can't see the situation clearly, and I still feel that I am invincible...TVB will only be strong for a few years!"
"...That's not the case."
"What was the peak of TVB? The 80s and 90s.
At that time, domestic TV stations and film studios were not yet fully market-oriented. In the early days of reform and opening up, most of the TV series produced by mainland TV people were not commodities, but cultural artworks. To put it simply, it is not for ordinary people to see, but for leaders. The main goal is to complete various tasks assigned by leaders.
Of course TVB can beat mainland dramas!
Then, when 1997 returned, TVB front and backstage actors, screenwriters, directors, producers, etc. started a large-scale money-making model in the north. This period was the peak period of TVB in the mainland. Hong Kong and Taiwan TV people had a lofty status in the mainland, from actors to The writers and directors all have a condescending attitude...
This has also fostered their deep self-confidence - an episode on TVB can cost several thousand, and an episode in mainland China can cost hundreds of thousands.
You don’t even know how times have changed! "
At the airport, Shen Xudong complained about the wireless station to Huang Bin, and muttered by the way: "I quite like Fala Chen... What a pity!"
Huang Bin suggested: "...If you like her, we will start filming "Splendid Marriage" and find her to play the heroine?"
"...I still don't want it anymore. Let's leave "Splendid Marriage" to Tang Yan... I heard that Chen Xi is planning to sign an actress born after 1985. Who did he find?"
Shen Xudong is still ambitious...
"Currently in contact with Zhang Hanyun..."
"...the sweet and sour one?"
"right…"
Sweet and sour, have you tasted it or how?
Huang Bin wanted to complain, but... Zhang Hanyun is indeed famous for singing "Sour, Sweet and Sweet Is Me"...
"take it easy…"
Shen Xudong is not in a hurry. Judging from his memory, he is on the right path and all he needs is time.
It was still early, so Shen Xudong simply took out a copy of "Zhang Ailing" from his bag and flipped through it...
Huang Bin was a little tangled, but he still asked: "Mr. Shen, you went to see Zhong Xintong yesterday, right?"
Shen Xudong nodded: "...Yes...is there any report?"
"Um."
"There is indeed a report. What did you say?"
"Let's just say that Gillian secretly has a mysterious boyfriend..."
Shen Xudong was speechless: "... Damn, you didn't even report my name?"
Mysterious boyfriend...means I don’t know who this man is!
It's too much, doesn't it even deserve a name?
Then I thought about it... at least it was definitely not the information provided by the paparazzi who had afternoon tea with him yesterday - he knew who Shen Xudong was!
Huang Bin glanced at the "Zhang Ailing" in Shen Xudong's hand and thought of something: "By the way, Mr. Shen, did you know that Director Li Min is going to film Zhang Ailing?"
"You know, "Lust, Caution"..."
"Tell me, will he ask you to be a screenwriter?"
Shen Xudong shook his head: "Impossible, he has his own team..."
Wang Huiling, Li Min’s royal screenwriter.
"Then do you think Chen Hao has a chance?"
"...Stop guessing, it's a third-level movie, the kind that fights fungi~"
"Ah? Why does Li Min make a third-level film?"
"…How would I know?"
…
Well, there is a lot of news about Li Min's new film. The truth and falsehood are making people dizzy. And this new film was originally called "The Prequel of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"...
What heroines are targeting Zhao Yanzi and Zhang Ziyi...
Later, it was rumored that instead of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the famous "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" from the Wei and Jin Dynasties would be put on the screen. It is reported that this is also the first time that the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" have been made into a movie. ’
Until early April, Focus Features announced that Li Min's next film would return to Chinese-language films and would be a spy film called "Lust, Caution."
Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Director for "Brokeback Mountain"...
With Oscar-level appeal, few actors can ignore it.
Before this project was announced, all the well-established brokerage companies in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan took action. The female stars, big and small, were also in a state of turmoil.
Even Chen Hao was very excited...
I went to audition and was passed directly. The reason was very simple. Chen Hao looked too charming and did not meet Li Min's requirements!
Returning to "Zhang Ailing", Huang Bin asked again: "Then why did you watch "Zhang Ailing"?"
"I wanted to try it before... it's too difficult. If you don't pay attention, it will become a bloody plot!"
Shen Xudong sighed...
Eileen Chang is indeed difficult to photograph, and I mean to photograph her well.
In terms of story structure, Zhang Ailing's novel is not difficult to shoot, but what is difficult is the cold and cold temperament.
Her story itself is too suitable for bullshit. If the core cannot be extracted, it will be a waste of money.
"Lust, Caution", in fact, whether it is the original book or the film, in the final analysis it is just a story about a female agent seducing a traitor. However, the female agent ended up pretending to be a real person, developed true feelings for the traitor, and let the traitor go at a critical moment, ruining her own life.
The reason why it is unusual is that Li Min placed Zhang Ailing's own experience on Wang Jiazhi - her parents divorced, her father went to England and remarried, and he refused Wang Jiazhi's request to reunite in England because he could not afford the travel expenses, and instead let her Living under the control of others at her aunt's house was actually Zhang Ailing's experience...
"…What now?"
"Just read the novel. There is no need to film it. We don't lack a Zhang Ailing movie either!"
Huang Bin nodded. He had no idea about Zhang Ailing. The reason for his excitement was mainly because Li Min changed the subject: "By the way, the list of judges for this year's Cannes has come out. Wang Jiawei is the chairman of the jury and Zhang Ziyi is the judge!" Carol" The chances are great!"
Nonsense, of course the chances are high...
Shen Xudong smiled and thought of something: "Do we have any works in the exhibition in China?"
"There is only one "Summer Palace"..."
"Tsk, tsk, Lou Ye is so stubborn!"
Regarding "Summer Palace", few newspapers mentioned it, and there are only some scattered traces on the Internet.
So many people don’t know this movie exists!
"Summer Palace" failed to pass the review twice, but Lou Ye insisted on participating and even broke up with the producer!
Producers must be responsible to investors. If you go out to compete without passing the review, you will be punished. Not only the director will be punished, but the investors will also be punished. This is for those who have not obtained a filming license. "Summer Palace" should have Photography permit, but you went directly to the exhibition without permission...
If investors want to make money, they should take ten thousand steps back. If they don’t make money anymore, we have feelings, but you can show it to the public at least, right?