Chapter 684 Cannes Night

In 2003, Emperor was investigated by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and "Sanlian Life Weekly" published an article on "Entertainment."

It is the first time that a publication in China has seriously discussed the meaning of entertainment.

Before this, entertainment was called the entertainment industry, and the outside world didn't care about what really happened in the industry. What everyone discussed and discussed were only scandals.

For example, who slept with whom, cheated with whom...

According to "Sanlian": Entertainment cannot be taken seriously. Once you take a serious look at it, you will find that it is bullshit. That's why some people like to call entertainment "foolish fun". This is the reason. Therefore, entertainment is carried out under a kind of unwritten or hidden rules, entertaining others and yourself, and having fun.

In later generations, the entertainment industry is directly out of touch with the public!

On the one hand, there is the madness of using billions of dollars as a unit of capital, and on the other hand, many reputations have fallen to the bottom, leading to complaints from the masses about "feeding shit";

On the one hand, it is the omnipotence of regulatory powers in the film and television industry, and on the other hand, there are all kinds of bizarre plots that exceed the bottom line of imagination;

On the one hand, it is the pursuit of traffic, and on the other hand, it is complaining about the lower limit of actors’ professionalism;

On the one hand, there is the continuous growth of the entertainment market, and on the other hand, there are concerns about the prospects of the big screen.

Shen Xudong has been wondering what the use of entertainment is. What happened in May gave him a new understanding: it is useless!

Because entertainment does not clean up the national economy and people’s livelihood!

It has never been a social necessity.

In such a catastrophic disaster, all Shen Xudong can do is donate money...

He participated in earthquake relief rallies for filmmakers and celebrity charity performances, and did his best.

He donated 30 million yuan, which is not as good as Andy Lau. They all boast that he donated 50.1 million yuan, and the total donation in history is 9.6 billion...

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Of course Shen Xudong has memories of this matter...

To be honest, our generation does not have deep memories of the 1998 flood. After all, we are ignorant.

But now this thing is so impressive!

Almost ingrained in memory!

Many people went crazy, searching for news every day and crying along with the announcers.

The same goes for Shen Xudong. This is called taking a long breath to cover up his tears. He laments the hardships of people's livelihood. It is also called national sentiment...

Let’s be honest, when disasters happen in foreign countries, we mostly treat them as talking points and rarely empathize with them. But Wenchuan is different. Even after more than ten years, when I read the reports at that time, I still feel panicked. You may even shed tears!

Of course, at this time, you can also tell who is not one of your own.

The famous Swedish actor Zhao Lixin later posted on Weibo about the incident of the female police officer feeding her child in the disaster area, saying, "The leaders' eyes are sharp, the wisdom of the masses cannot be underestimated, and the female police officer is..."

He has never been Chinese for hurting national sentiments so unscrupulously!

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On the 22nd, Shen Xudong arrived in Cannes to build momentum for Tianmei Night.

Five movies, "The Ancient City", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", "Painted Skin", "Hot Detective", "The Tuner"...

Cannes is still very lively this year.

It's a bit embarrassing that among the 23 films in competition this year, only one Chinese-language film was shortlisted: Jia Zhangke's "Twenty-Four Cities."

The so-called Twenty-Four Cities is a place name in Chengdu. The main story line of the movie revolves around three generations of "factory flowers" in an old state-owned factory, through the life and emotional journeys of the three generations of "factory flowers" in the 1960s, 1980s and now. , reflecting the development of cities in China's urbanization process.

The movie had good intentions, but it was embarrassing for people watching it.

If you want to make a documentary, don’t use professional actors!

The performance of professional actors is still too abrupt.

I understand the director's attempt to combine documentaries and feature films, but the experiment obviously failed. It would be nice to make it a pure documentary.

Chen Chong, Lu Liping and Zhao Tao are like beautiful artificial flowers. Although the artificial flowers are beautiful, they destroy the real space.

Even in the list of Jia Zhangke's films, "Tale of 24 Cities" is not at the forefront, and the probability of winning an award is almost zero.

Oh, there is another film worth mentioning, "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" which was shortlisted for the Directors' Fortnight. The director is Yi Lichuan, one of the founders of the lower body poet movement.

But "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" was very interesting. It tells the story of two low-class women who competed with each other for a man. In the end, the man disappeared, but the two women lived happily together and raised their children.

It's quite interesting, not boring at all, not sixth generation, and not lower-body.

Regardless of the main competition, Cannes is still the largest showcase for Chinese filmmakers.

Whether buying or selling movies.

The two blockbusters "Red Cliff" and "Mei Lanfang" have already arrived.

The global pre-sale of "Red Cliff" has basically ended, but it still uses a strong lineup of Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hu Jun, Zhang Zhen, and Lin Chiling. To put it bluntly, it is mainly to build momentum!

Kim Sung-wu didn't come, and there were rumors that Kim Sung-wu and the crew of "Red Cliff" were already incompatible...

It’s hard to say whether it’s true or false.

Shen Xudong is very concerned about "Red Cliff"...

The "Zhao Zilong" series competes with "Red Cliff". Although the investment is not as large as it, but it is the theme of the Three Kingdoms, the audience will definitely compare!

In addition, "The Ancient City" was released two weeks earlier than "Red Cliff".

For a commercial film, two weeks is enough to recover 80% of the box office!

But... the domestic market is special, with the number of screens and word-of-mouth fermentation, etc., "Red Cliff" will still be the opponent of "The Ancient City"...

The company has prepared a bunch of press releases to hype up the conflict between Xu Ke and Wu Yusen.

Anyone familiar with Hong Kong movies knows the story of these two people. To sum up: they have incompatible personalities.

But the most important thing right now is selling the film!

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Receptions and parties are traditions in Cannes. From the opening to the closing, no less than a hundred parties of various sizes are held.

Large parties are mainly organized by brands to promote their brands;

Small parties are attended by many film studios with their movies, mainly to sell the movies!

There are relatively fixed themes, such as: "Chinese Movie Night", "Taiwan Night", "Hong Kong Night" and so on.

Tianmei Company will call it ‘Tianmei Night’ this time!

More than 500 people were invited, including domestic and foreign film producers and media, domestic colleagues who came to enjoy the red carpet, and official personnel of the film festival.

More than five hundred people…

It costs about 500,000 euros!

Don’t think it’s too expensive. In Cannes, a place where everything is more powerful than others, a party worth 500,000 euros can only be considered a mid-range party.

In fact, the five movies, "The Ancient City", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and "Hot Detective" are relatively easy to sell. The last two movies have Jackie Chan in them, and they are both shootout scenes. They are full of fun and have global copyright pre-sales. It's almost done.

At first glance, "Jingjue Ancient City" is in the treasure hunting and adventure genre. As long as the copyright is not expensive, many film producers are more interested in this type of subject!

"The Tuner" is also okay, with a strong suspense flavor, and the plot itself is also very interesting. Not only did it sell the copyrights to 77 countries and regions, it even sold the adaptation rights to three countries - France, Italy and Japanese benzene;

"Painted Skin" is more difficult because foreigners can't understand it at all!

Indeed, "Painted Skin" takes place in ancient times, where there was a system of polygamy and multiple concubines. If a man liked it, he could have concubines. Why should we fight to the death?