Chapter 750 Refreshing the Screen (Part 2)

Shen Xudong has also been in the industry for several years, and he has heard about many things...

Things like 'some female celebrities go to Thailand to hire escorts and use lipstick made of corpse oil in order to become famous' are not even news!

Especially in Hong Kong, the leading place in the metaphysics world, there are even more celebrities who have been rumored to be raising little guis.

It's hard to understand why these people believe this stuff.

But Shen Xudong probably knows something. Marx once said: ‘Even the most absurd superstition is based on the eternal nature of human nature’.

Many people in the entertainment industry are actually not sure that they will become popular...

Whether it becomes popular or not depends heavily on luck and is highly uncertain.

The so-called Xiaohong depends on praise, big red relies on life, and strong praise will be punished by God...

Countless handsome men and beautiful women flood into the entertainment industry every year, and every agency hopes to make its own artists popular.

But it’s hard to say whether an artist can become popular!

A capable artist may not necessarily be popular; a good-looking artist may not necessarily be popular either.

So, what conditions do artists need to meet to become famous?

This question is probably something that the artist himself is murmuring in his mind.

In a circle where there is no standard for advancement, excluding some artists with wealthy fathers and family backgrounds, the remaining artists can only pin their chances of success on mysterious things such as ghosts, gods, luck, Feng Shui, etc.

When people cannot control their destiny, they tend to believe in cows, gods, ghosts and snakes.

Therefore, it is not surprising that people perform operations such as praying to gods, worshiping Buddha, and raising children.

In addition, many celebrities become famous and feel that they are favored by God, so they always feel that they must lose something...

In fact, it means that the heart is not satisfied!

Many people feel unsteady and have no inner sustenance after becoming famous. At this time, they have to believe in something...

Why do you think they don't trust science?

Because what they pursue is inner peace. Science is so powerful, but it may not necessarily bring this to people!

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The second discussion point in "Times" is 'How to make a movie that both Chinese and American audiences like... In addition to the story, will you consider the scale and universal value? ’

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I don't believe in so-called universal values, and don't discuss this with me. When freedom meets fairness, when freedom meets human liberation, I will definitely stand for the latter. Therefore, when I make movies, I only consider the story. , as for the scale or whether Chinese and American audiences like it, it is not within my consideration."

After a pause, he added: "For example, "Twilight", I guess mainland audiences hate it... but it can be a big hit in the United States. For example, "Painted Skin" has a high box office in the mainland and sells well in Southeast Asia. Not bad, but it will definitely not be sold in North America and Europe...When making a movie, you must not consider the global nature, and never consider that foreigners cannot understand it..."

"Then what do you think about the movie going overseas?"

"I don't have any opinion. I always think that the best way is to forget about "output". The thing we hate most about playing games since we were young is the source restriction. You have to hold the handsome seal yourself and direct everything yourself. , this is not allowed, and that is not allowed, this is detrimental to the majesty of a great country, and that is an insult to historical heritage... Such a guy is boring and the most unpopular."

"So, I bypassed them and started my own American film company. This is a temporary way!"

"Temporary?"

"We have to take our time and get the aircraft carrier ready first. When China has twice as many aircraft carriers as the United States, everything will be easy to talk about.

I always believe that a nation or a country does not rule the world by movies!

If you look at American movies, some of them are really bad, but the whole world is willing to accept them, because people have aircraft carriers as backstage, and the film industry alone is of no use. "

Well, he talked about aircraft carrier determinism again, which is actually the determinism of national hard power!

All cultural worship is essentially the worship of power.

Why did Hollywood fail in China?

On the one hand, the plot is really ridiculous, and later Hollywood is simply a collection of American model dramas. LGBT must be gathered together, and the dog's tail continues, and the dog's tail continues. There is absolutely no innovation, and making it up will just be bullshit...

On the other hand, everyone really doesn’t believe that the United States can save the world!

"In fact, the conditions for Chinese films are very superior. It can even be said that apart from North America, Chinese films have the best development environment in the world."

"First, the average price of Chinese movies is relatively expensive, almost equal to the absolute prices of developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, and far exceeding the ticket prices of developing countries such as India. This means for the film industry The profit from each audience member is also much greater, which is quite beneficial for recovering investment, especially the high-cost special effects necessary for contemporary large-scale productions."

"Second, this high-quality market has been protected by the state as much as possible. Compare it with South Korea, which was once famous for strictly protecting the national film industry. Its protection system originally required theaters to screen domestic films 146 days a year. , in 2006, despite the opposition of Korean filmmakers, this restriction was reduced to 73 days per year, and nothing else. Our film market only allows the introduction of 20 account blockbusters each year, and there are also protection measures in the schedule of films. Relying on state-owned companies to monopolize the distribution rights of overseas blockbusters, and theater chains' cooperation with the film bureau's policies, this is a beautiful thing that filmmakers in other countries can't even dream of."

"What about censorship?"

"I don't agree with the current unclassified, all-inclusive censorship system. However, the discussion must be fair. In recent years, the censorship system has not had the same power to restrain filmmakers as it did at the beginning of the century and earlier. .

The sixth generation has long since fully lifted the ban, and the ones that cannot pass the censorship level now are nothing more than solid-colored greens that reveal too much, bloody or disgusting scenes that can directly cause psychological discomfort, and overly sensitive political topics.

As a producer, I certainly know that these are sometimes very useful gimmicks for some movies, but any strong film industry in the world has never been based on these types of themes.

Or to put it more bluntly, if it is reduced to the point where it is impossible to make a movie that the audience wants to see without relying on these, then this kind of movie can only be called a novelty-oriented movie, and it will not have a great future at all! "

"The biggest problem with Chinese films is that there are actually too many Chinese filmmakers. To put it bluntly, the mainstream of Chinese filmmakers are too keen on emphasizing and maintaining their identity as "artists." They still have no regard for purely commercial films. I understand but I still disdain.

Even when making so-called "artistic films", many Chinese filmmakers probably feel that if the vast majority of the audience can understand the film directly in the cinema, they will lose their place, so they can make the audience confused no matter what. shoot! "

"With this kind of mentality, how can we compete with Hollywood for audiences? Those who ignore the audience will inevitably be abandoned by the audience! In three years, the first ten years of the WTO agreement will expire. According to the agreement, we will open the film market. By then, What we are facing is direct competition from Hollywood!”

Well, the theory of aircraft carrier determinism has hit the screen...