Chapter 605 No Pressure
Regarding Wang Ziwen, what Shen Xudong remembers most is actually the sound of water in "The Murderer"...
It’s the sound of the golden stick making a big fuss in the sea cave, about 35 minutes and 24 seconds.
By the way, there is also Qu Xiaoxiao in "Ode to Joy".
For an actor, there is a role that many viewers will never forget. They will even call you by your character's name when they see you on the street, on the subway, or on the bus.
It's already a big success.
Let's be honest, just based on her relationship with Wang Shuo, it's not difficult to get famous by playing a few good roles. In the original time and space, after she got involved with Wang Shuo, she first made a guest appearance in "Have Fun Again", and then got a role in Zhao Baogang's "Home, Nth Power", "FHM", and later "Tangshan Earthquake", "1942"...
Why do you want to get to know Shen Xudong?
Maybe he thinks Xudong is handsome!
Shen Xudong stood at the door of the hotel and chatted with Xu Fan for a while, and then was called over by Feng Xiaogang.
The two of them leaned against the wall and both lit cigarettes...
Talking about "Geng Hao Returns to His Hometown": "You can only feel this film if you come to shoot it...Uncle Ge believes in you!"
"Geng Hao uses Huang Bo?"
"Well...Huang Bo's acting skills are not bad, and he did run around and worked in a band when he was young!"
Feng Xiaogang was a little surprised: "Really?"
"Hmm... So, he has the aura of being a gangster. If you ask him to play a handsome guy, CEO or something like that, it will definitely not work, but if you let him play a small role with a bit of gangsterism, you can pinch him with your hands!"
Feng Xiaogang nodded: "Well..."
Then there was no more words.
Halfway through smoking a cigarette, Feng Xiaogang threw away half of the cigarette butt and said, "Let's go."
"I'm going to drive too."
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Whatever is good in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. In fact, many people in the circle now find Tianmei Media and Shen Xudong very distasteful.
Last year, only "Crazy Stone" and "Witness" made money...
Most of the other projects are jointly produced.
This year, we simply monopolized the Spring Festival and summer sales...
So far, excluding Hollywood imported films, there are only four domestic films with a box office of over 100 million, all of which are taken by Tianmei Media, and all of them are in charge of investment and distribution...
"Zhao Zilong", "Life Events", "The Coward", "Blockbuster"...
Under such circumstances, it is simply impossible not to become the target of public criticism.
"Cuckoo" was released at the same time as "C+ Detective", a suspenseful crime film directed by Peng Shun and starring Aaron Kwok, Liao Qizhi, Cheng Kui'an and others.
Released by Bona!
Bona is very keen on Tianmei Media - so far, none of the movies Bona has participated in investing or distributing has a box office of over 100 million.
The closest one, "Myth", only had a box office of 97 million.
This summer, "A Better Man" and "The Fuse" plus one: 60 million box office...
——Originally, "The True Colors of a Man" was to be handed over to Tianmei for distribution. Isn't this because negotiations with the producer Huanyu about the sequel to "Zhao Zilong" collapsed, so Bona became the successor!
"A Better Man" was overwhelmed by "The Thing" and received almost no coverage.
Therefore, this time for "C+ Detective", Bona decided to do a good job in publicity and targeted marketing...
Then, Bona was surprised to find that Tianmei Media did not seem to specifically promote "Xiuchundao" - Xu Ke + Shen Xudong. The attention was already overwhelming, and martial arts fans must watch the movie immediately.
As for the follow-up results, they were all obtained in September. Are you still pursuing a follow-up?
It would be great to recoup the cost!
The martial arts theme is indeed out of date...
What is a martial arts movie?
What's the selling point?
The selling points of martial arts movies have always been the romance of flying over the wall and the refreshing feeling of grudges. Without these two points, it cannot be regarded as a martial arts movie!
But it is difficult to innovate this kind of routine, so you can only work hard on the scene, but... you will definitely not be able to beat Hollywood with visual effects...
However, when it comes to "Xiu Chun Knife" specifically, Xu Ke's filming was still very satisfying, especially the scene where the three brothers broke through the siege and the admiral's frame-up failed, which was very touching...
Lu Yang's focus was on the plot, while Xu Ke was on the action design. Shen Xudong suggested that the power of Wia should not be upward but downward.
Xu Ke attaches great importance to this point, so during the fights in "Xiu Chun Dao", you can often see characters suddenly bending downwards and sideways in postures that ordinary people cannot do, to avoid the opponent's moves or to thrust out a fatal sword. The smoothness and exquisiteness of the movements have never been used in martial arts films before!
It inherits the advantages of the new wave of martial arts films that rely on sharp editing to enhance the dynamic, but does not make the editing of the fighting scenes too trivial and loses the sense of coherence...
According to the words of many martial arts fans: book the best action design of the year in advance.
Oh, there is also a surprise at the box office, with a huge revenue of 42 million in the first weekend...
Well, it’s not comparable to some summer movies, but it’s already twice as good as expected!
42 million in the first weekend means that the total box office is very likely to exceed 100 million. Of course, the September schedule is very cold, and it will exceed 100 million... It is highly unlikely, but it is not much different.
In addition, Xu Ke is still somewhat well-known in Asia. After the box office and reputation of "Xiu Chun Knife" in the mainland were released, it was also released in Southeast Asia and other countries and regions...
It is estimated that it will also earn several million at the box office.
It's already very good. You must know that Xu Ke's martial arts has not been released in Southeast Asia for a long time - the "Wind of the King" back then caused a disaster for Southeast Asian film producers!
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On the 11th, Shen Xudong came to the company as usual...
Many people in the company are discussing the box office performance of "Spring Knife". To be honest, the first weekend results of "Spring Knife" did exceed the company's expectations.
In the office, Zhao Linhai hit the nail on the head: "I think you underestimated your appeal!"
Chen Xi added: "That's right, "The Supplementary Records" has sold more than 2 million copies, and these readers alone can contribute more than 60 million in box office!"
"You are famous for writing martial arts. The best martial arts writer meets the most awesome martial arts director. It would be strange if "Xiu Chun Dao" does not succeed!"
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Chen Xi was embarrassed: "... We were only thinking about it later... Otherwise, "Xiu Chun Knife" would never have released a total of 450 copies. Many third-tier towns have no arrangement for filming... Many of your readers are in third-tier towns..."
Oh, the 450 yuan copy was actually given by Shen Xudong...
Again, I really didn’t expect “Xiu Chun Knife” to be a big hit...
"Control the outflow of piracy..."
"I'm working hard..." Chen Xi suddenly said: "I heard that "C+ Detective" was so poor at the box office that many theaters chose to release it directly!"
"Then...have you earned back the copy fees?"
"It's hard to say... it's hard to sell audio and video copyrights now!"
In the past, even if a film like "C+ Detective" with Hong Kong stars did not do well at the box office, the audiovisual copyright would start at 3 million...
But...the emergence of the Internet has changed this model!
Especially after the speed is increased, it is simply a devastating blow.
In the process of the popularization of the Internet in our country, the Internet speed has not improved significantly for a long time. At that time, it often took a day or more to download a pirated movie resource, so the DVDs of that period still had a lot of potential. competitiveness.
But as the network speed increases, the time for downloading pirated resources has been shortened...
For the disc industry, this thing is a devastating blow!