In the Beginning, I Just Wanted to Make Money

Chapter 604 Building Relationships

Shen Xudong rejected "The Lawsuit"...

However, Feng Xiaogang didn't care very much. The Huayi brothers now responded to his requests.

"Then we would like to congratulate Xudong for his first film being a hit!"

After saying that, Zhang Guoli raised his cup...

Shen Xudong naturally thanked him profusely.

Feng Xiaogang suddenly asked: "Xudong, why did you choose the National Day release? Isn't the Lunar New Year release not good?"

"There are too many movies in the Lunar New Year slot!" Shen Xudong explained: "This year's National Day slot should be worth more than 100 million. I'll work harder. "Famous" will win over 200 million... If it is placed in the Lunar New Year slot, theaters will The support will definitely be much smaller!”

"...The "Report of Nomination"..."

"Oh, it's adapted from "Jingma". The name of the brothers means that the three brothers killed someone together. This has a criminal record and proves that they are in the same boat... You can tell from the title, it is very realistic..."

Feng Xiaogang wasn't very concerned about the plot of the movie, so he asked directly: "What about the box office?"

Shen Xudong thought for a while and then replied: "It's a very cruel movie, quite depressing. I guess... the box office will not have an impact on "Mobile Phone 2"."

"Depressed?"

"Well... the whole story is actually a memory of Jiang Wuyang played by Jin Chengwu... The protagonist is Pang Qingyun played by Jet Li..."

Shen Xudong roughly talked about the plot of "The Letter of Contribution".

It's very simple, but several of the people here are filmmakers, and they quickly got to the core of "Tou Mingzhuang": "Tou Mingzhuang" is a tragedy, and it seems to be about the collision and collapse of ideals in the face of reality, but In fact, the ultimate conflict between the three brothers' ideals lies in the collapse of Pang Qingyun's ideals.

——Pang Qingyun braved the disapproval of the world and suddenly proposed to exempt the people from taxes at the court meeting, which made it impossible for the rulers and faction leaders to step down.

His ending was already doomed when he shouted those words!

"Did you write the script?"

"Well... the original novel will be released in December, and together with the movie..." After a pause, Shen Xudong explained: "After all, this movie cost more than 200 million!"

"More than 200 million?"

"Well, Li Lianlian's salary is 100 million!"

"Really 100 million?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Absolutely. Li Lianlian's agency has regulations that his salary cannot be less than 15 million US dollars...according to the exchange rate, it is about 140 million US dollars. Taking 100 million is already considered a friendly price!"

"100 million or friendship price?"

"Li Lienhe is a kung fu star... very popular in North America."

Shen Xudong roughly explained.

Of course, the project "The Signature" was a loss-making project, because after its release in North America, the box office was dismal...

Chen Kexin himself summed up the reasons: "The Order" is too realistic, cruel and depressing, and the characters are all gray and miserable. North American audiences want to see flying martial arts like "Hero" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" The film goes in the opposite direction.

Therefore, there is a problem with the form of expression. Even with multiple superstars, it failed to sell well in the global market.

The summary is quite right!

The banquet was over.

After walking out of the private room and saying goodbye to each other, Shen Xudong asked for the direction of the bathroom and went there for convenience. Zhang Guoli happened to be there too, so he waved everyone off and sent them downstairs. The two of them chatted while walking...

"Wang Shuo is just a quick talker, don't worry about it."

"...I didn't care,"

Shen Xudong smiled: "I'm just surprised. You said that Wang Shuo has never made a movie. Why is he so impressive?"

"...Spoiled!"

Zhang Guoli had contact with Wang Shuo, but they were not familiar with him...

He mainly does TV series.

Zhang Guoli... is actually a little annoyed with Wang Shuo's group. He feels that they still don't take Feng Xiaogang seriously.

When people before and after Wang mentioned Feng, they always spoke in a condescending tone, as if a writer who had not produced any works for many years could serve as a life mentor to a first-rate director;

Ma Weidu even publicly complained many times about Feng's lowly attitude when he was fooling around with them when he was young;

Ye Jing simply had a character in "Days Related to Youth", and the character was called Feng Pants. He was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, crying at every turn, and later he actually became a director...

Yes, when they look at people, they first look at their family background, because Feng's father is not a high-ranking official, and he and his mother moved out of the compound when he was very young.

If you say that Feng is "good at talking", "observant of people's emotions", "always the last one" and "sighted", you will despise me and I will support you, because many people don't like this kind of flattering person!

But you look down on him just because he used to live in a compound and later moved out, or his parents’ status is not as high as yours. Isn’t it a bit fucked up?

If you say that Feng Xiaogang, in order to become famous and make money, you can shoot whatever the audience wants to see, why don’t you look like an artist at all, so I despise you;

Then I respect your opinion, but you also cooperate with me, right?

Why are you volunteering to help Feng write the notebook?

If you want to say that I wrote this book for you just to get a little brother, and I didn’t get a penny from it, then you really have the right to look down on me.

Then your money can't all be given by some talented director, right?

Tsk tsk, you obviously think of yourself as a noble!

"Will Uncle Zhang continue to direct movies?"

"Forget it..." Zhang Guoli smiled bitterly: "I won't come out to make people uncomfortable!"

The movie "Call 601" directed by him was not even discussed - at most it was criticized as a mediocre bad movie.

Of course, in Zhang Guoli's view, he was being targeted - it's true that literary people look down on each other, and even filmmakers can't say they look down on each other, but they are definitely proud of each other, and Zhang Guoli is not from a professional background...

Many people are stumbling over it... but it is indeed true. After all, "The 601st Call" is a collaboration with SIPG, and the funds for directing the film are also provided by SIPG!

Why can you get tens of millions of funds?

Of course, the crux of the problem is that the result of "Call 601" failed to convince the public.

After a brief chat, Zhang Guoli finished his toilet and went out to wash his hands. Shen Xudong went out one step behind, turned on the faucet and washed his hands. Before he could turn around, he felt his elbow hit something.

Um?

Pretty soft…

"sorry Sorry!"

It’s Wang Ziwen…

"I should be the one to say sorry, Wang..."

I really can’t say these two words, Sister Wang. I always feel that the next sentence is ‘What should I do if I get an unexpected pregnancy?’ or ‘Go to the Big Iron Stick Hospital to find Director Tong’…

Noticing that Wang Ziwen was swaying...probably because he drank too much, Shen Xudong quickly gave him a hand: "Are you okay?"

"I...I'm fine..."

"Then...I'll go down first...Uncle Guo Li..."

Shen Xudong turned around to look for Zhang Guoli, and then... saw his back...

Ya slipped away!

No, how could you slip away?

this…

Wang Ziwen suddenly became happy: "You're quite sensible!"

"What did you say?"

"fine…"

Wang Ziwen burped: "I heard they all call you Xudong, is it okay if I call you Xudong too?"

"Of course, a name is a title..."

Shen Xudong wiped his hands and walked towards the elevator. Wang Ziwen followed: "Slow down!"

"…oh…"

Shen Xudong pressed the elevator button, and Wang Ziwen followed him in: "Hey, do you have a girlfriend?"

"...I don't want to look for it right now!"

"Then what do you like?"

"...I look at the edges of my eyes..."

"Yan Yuan? What do you think of me?"

After drinking too much, Wang Ziwen seemed to have an indescribable wild and unruly temperament...

Looks a lot like Xu Jinglei!

No wonder Wang Shuo...

From beginning to end, there was only Xu Jinglei!

Wang Ziwen noticed his eyes and straightened his chest: "What are you looking at?"

"...It's okay...How tall are you?"

"160...what's wrong?"

"I like those above 170!"

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