Chapter 596 Decline
Shen Xudong likes Li Ming very much, mainly because of Li Ming's personality - Li Ming's personality is more beautiful than his appearance!
In 1992, BJ Li Minglai held four concerts in the Workers' Stadium. Because it was so popular, fans did a lot of extreme things and was criticized by the media at the time.
Cai Ming had a skit criticizing star-struck fans about Li Ming.
That's why "Mei Lanfang" cast Li Ming as the leading actor. According to Director Chen's concept, Li Ming is the most popular!
However, he donated all the 12 million yuan in income from the concert...
In addition, Li Ming was the International Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Children's Fund in 1994. From 1993 to 1995, he helped the foundation raise US$3.5 million to buy polio vaccines (that kind of jelly beans) for 80 million children in China. Nice world record, becoming the first ordinary citizen to be issued a consular passport by the United Nations...
Of course, these media rarely report on him, because he does not have a public relations team, and the reports are all tidbits and "why he was selected as the Four Heavenly Kings"...
By the way, if you are promoting a charity character, Lai's name is obviously more suitable than Gu Tianxue!
After all, there are quite a few children who have eaten jelly beans.
Shen Xudong has always felt that he is suitable for playing roles such as gentle scum and bosses behind the scenes...
As for Li Ming’s acting skills…
In several early films, they were all frontal shots with direct light, and there were no shadows on the face at all. You can see that the acting skills are amazing!
The lighting and shadows in "Infernal Affairs 3" are relatively moderate, because the role he plays requires the audience to be unclear about the situation, and combined with the lens, lighting, and editing, it gives people an unpredictable and weird smile, which looks very similar. A double undercover agent.
"Three Updates" and "Sweet Honey" are also okay...
He was really blown away by Maggie Cheung in "Sweet Honey"...especially the last shot, when the two met each other on the street and looked at each other. Maggie Cheung's eyes were very complicated, like a thousand words, which was very different from the one at the beginning of the movie. The same thing; on the other hand, Li Ming is just... dull and dull!
Chen Kexin, the director of "Sweet Honey", thinks that Li Ming's performance is very good. He feels that the character of Da Jun, even if he travels from the mainland to Hong Kong, and then from Hong Kong to New York, the essential thing will not change. He is just a Han Han, dull person, so , and later approached him to film "Three Updates"...
In the past, Shen Xudong thought that acting was only an actor's job. After doing a few plays, he also had his own understanding of acting. Lighting, stage design, photography, makeup, and post-production editing are all part of an actor's performance.
A face has clear levels of light and dark, every detail is visible, and even ordinary people can perform acting skills.
Oh, Lai Ming has already cooperated with Golden Harvest - "The Evil Dead" will be released in Hong Kong in December, starring Sammo Hung, Lai Lai and Wu Jing - Lai Ming plays the crime detective.
Wrinkle Zhaolong filmed "Crime City"...
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Shen Xudong and Feng Xiaogang presented the award together. When they met, Director Feng first congratulated the box office performance of "Blockbuster": "Looking at it this way, the box office of "Blockbuster" is 150 million!"
"...It depends on the performance of the market in the later period. After all, school is about to start, and the number of movie-watching groups is declining...I estimate that it will be around 120 to 140 million..."
"That's not bad. The cost is only 30 million, right?"
"Um…"
The production cost of "Blockbuster" was 28 million. Director Chen did not receive remuneration and directly converted it into investment. Uncle Ge's remuneration was 8 million, and the revenue from advertising placement and patch advertising was 32 million...
The later publicity fund was 20 million - and later an additional 5 million was added. Of course, with the popularity of the movie, the publicity fund has been fully covered by commercial promotion.
Uncle Ge and Director Chen are the favorites of many brands...
Well, Tianmei Company only accounted for 60% of the investment in "Blockbuster", the remaining 30% was Shijiu Culture, and the remaining 10% was left to Zhang Guoli's Taihe people...
They are all our own!
"What you guys are doing is incredible. "Zhao Zilong", "Life Events", "Lady", and "Blockbuster" all exceeded 100 million..."
"Mainly just luck."
"Don't be humble like me. You can say you are lucky once or twice. You have already made several movies, and you still say you are lucky?"
Shen Xudong chuckled: "Then I can't say that I have the ability. How can I do it?"
"Why can't you say that this is not true?"
"...I am a junior..."
Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "Those who have the ability should be rampant... By the way, I recommend "The Lawsuit" to you, what do you think?"
"I think it's good...it's just a bit fake..."
"Are you interested in doing it together?"
Shen Xudong shook his head: "I don't dare..."
"Don't dare? Why?"
"I think no matter how much we shoot the theme of the Liberation War, we can't make it as good as the "Armageddon" series... I'd better forget it!"
After hearing what Shen Xudong said, Feng Xiaogang sighed: "...Of course I know I can't shoot "The Final Battle"...but this story is really good..."
Shen Xudong advised: "There are so many good stories... Moreover, looking at the history of our army, I really haven't found any cases of deceiving troops to block attacks. Troops engaged in sniping are usually fist troops, the main force, and heroes! "
Hearing this, Feng Xiaogang said: "...Then I'll find someone else. I think this kind of aggrieved hero should be able to impress the audience..."
Shen Xudong reminded him: "It's best to ask the superiors about war movies..."
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"Legal Case" is "Assembly Number"...The plot of "Assembly Number" is similar...
The prototype is a story in "Eastern Time and Space" called "For That Bugle".
After seeing that program, writer Yang Jinyuan adapted it into a novel called "The Lawsuit".
Later, the copyright was bought out by Feng Xiaogang and adapted into the movie "Assembly Number".
The original work "The Lawsuit" was very nonsense. He deleted the part about giving orders. The prototype character Chang Menglan said: "The arrangement at that time was two conditions for retreat: "Hold on until dark" and "Blow the trombone to retreat." …
They held on for several hours, repelling multiple enemy attacks.
Ordinarily, retreating after dark is allowed. Why didn’t Chang Menglan order the retreat?
He was worried that his retreat would affect other comrades in the 8th Company who participated in the blocking, so he continued to block for a long time.
It is not at all like "the leader deliberately deceived" or "didn't blow the trumpet" as mentioned in "The Lawsuit". After all, I have already said that it is enough to hold on until dark, and it does not matter whether the trumpet is blown or not.
In such chaos on the battlefield, it is possible that we forget to arrange for the trumpets to be blown, or fail to hear the trumpets when they are blown, or even the trumpeters die...
You see, the entire prototype story is actually a sacrifice made by our soldiers out of a sense of responsibility and fearless courage. In "The Suit", they become betrayed, abandoned, and have no status...
Therefore, these writers just do not believe that there are real idealists in the world because they are dirty inside.
Based on his own state of mind, YY created a "real situation" during the war years, and then developed and criticized it.
When it comes to "Assembly", it's even more outrageous. The biggest problem is using American war movie formula to shoot a Chinese war movie, and it's also about the war of liberation!
The problem is that since the Vietnam War, the United States has fought too many unjust wars. The cannon fodder at the bottom has been killed one after another for the interests of the upper class, and it has only begun to oppose the war. Are you doing this during the liberation war?
Are you sick?
In addition, from a movie point of view, "Assembly" is very good to watch, and the plot is completely based on "The Island": betrayal, betrayal, unfair treatment, the only remaining leader doing his best for his subordinates for decades...
It completely followed the formula of a commercial film - replacing General Hammer with Gu Zi De, and turning the terrorist attack on the palace into a man running around.
If Shen Xudong was asked to invest in a movie like this, he would definitely not do it.
Well, it’s time to part ways...