Chapter 919 Over One Billion
Indeed, this movie is a tragedy...
Stephen Chow is almost 60, so it is really not suitable for him to act in a comedy.
He himself once asked others in an interview: "Do you think there are any roles suitable for me?"
At such an age, still doing all kinds of nonsensical funny performances on the screen will only have the opposite effect!
At this age, if you play a low-level character who is struggling, the performance is not bitter but deserved!
Not to mention the nonsensical style in the early days, just like Jackie Chan still playing The Kung Fu Kid after he is 50 years old. You won't find it humorous, you will only feel uncomfortable watching it.
When he was young, his comedy talent and brand were too strong, but after middle age, he became wary of transformation and breakthrough. Moreover, he also understood that the imprint he left on the audience was too deep, and the price of easy transformation may be failure or even loss of career.
At that time, Xu Guanwen was approached for three classic roles, namely "Autumn Fairy Tale", "God of Gamblers" and "The Lame Man" - you read that right, at that time, McDonald's wanted Xu Guanwen to play the drug lord, but Xu Guanwen ended up They all rejected it. In fact, they were afraid that the audience would not accept it if it was not so funny.
Later, his only regret was "Autumn Fairy Tale", saying, "If I could go back in time, I would act in it," but behind it was also the comedian's worries about "transformation."
When Xu Guanwen was 41 years old, he tried to transform. In 1983, Xu Guanwen did not act. Instead, he retired behind the scenes and supervised and wrote the horror film "The Seven Ghosts". As a result, "The Seven Ghosts" did not do well at the box office, and Xu Guanwen did not dare to do so after that. After another transformation, I have been doing comedies for more than ten years: "Teppanyaki", "Happy Jingle Bell", "Detective Chocolate", etc...
Of course Zhou Xingchi knows this.
He is very timid, so timid that in recent works, he has asked whoever is popular to collaborate with him——
Guo Zijian, the co-director of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", had already won the Academy Award for Best Film for "The Fight" before the collaboration. The leading actor Deng Chao also became famous for "Running Man". Even the director of photography Cai Chonghui had just won the award for "Dragon Gate". "Flying Armor" has become a representative figure of Chinese 3D photographers...
Back then, Stephen Chow, who could produce a series of classics with only Li Lichi and Gu Dezhao, now only thinks about how to maintain his "image" in the minds of the audience, but has lost confidence in his talent and even sincerity.
Let me tell you a little gossip: During the filming of "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", in order to conceive the "intestinal penetration" scene, Zhou Xingchi, Li Lichi and Gu Dezhao locked themselves in the lounge and did not come out for three days and three nights! During this period, none of the staff outside dared to knock on the door, so they had to ask boss Xiang Huasheng and producer Xiao Ruoyuan to "knock".
As a result, the two of them brought fruit to visit the class and didn't knock. Instead, they stuffed a note into the crack of the lounge door, which said: Think slowly, don't worry. As a result, after waiting for another long time, the three of them opened the door and handed over the whole "gut-piercing" scene.
Does Shen Xudong know this?
It is also very clear that Shen Xudong knows that in the post-Internet era, Zhou Xingchi’s greatest feelings are "personality" and "Journey to the West"...
The selling point of "The Sun is Fierce" is just feelings, and it's the feelings of the audience!
To be fair, the relationship between Stephen Chow and Ng Mang-tat has actually been discontinued for a long time!
In the past, father and son were close friends. When eating canned abalone, Ada would give up the biggest one to Xingzai.
The two studied acting together, became iron partners on screen, and worked together. Watching the two of them perform cross talk at a TVB party before, you can see that they have a very good and natural relationship...
Later, Zhou Xingchi was already a figure in Hong Kong's upper class society, and he even dealt with people from the central government, with billions of mouths open and closed. Movies are no longer the main business, in fact, they are businessmen through and through.
Where is Ng Man Tat?
Just an actor!
And he’s a has-been actor…
To Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat has long been a nobody!
If Xingzai is willing, it is not difficult to negotiate the price and then cooperate. Then it is very simple that there has been no cooperation for such a long time: either the price cannot be negotiated, or Xingzai invites pigs or dogs but does not invite Uncle Da.
Considering that Ng Mang-tat even accepts advertisements for junk games, the possibility of not being able to agree on the price is relatively low...
Zhou Xingchi is a very cold person. His ex-girlfriend helped him make a lot of money. They broke up when they were young. They didn’t talk about sharing some property, but he was unwilling to pay her a reasonable salary for investment operations. He insisted on doing it. Go to court...
Although it is cruel, this is the reality. Different classes and different circles have their own positions.
Of course, what we movie fans want to see the most is ‘A-chan, daddy is so arrogant! ’
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The company did not hide the news that Zhou Xingchi came to see Shen Xudong - what was there to hide?
Shen Xudong simply announced on Weibo: We are indeed discussing a movie. The script I wrote is Zhou Xingchi + Ng Mang-tat. The director is tentatively Li Lichi. It is an autobiographical drama, not a comedy. The salary has been negotiated. The only thing left is the invitation. The actors are still filming in detail...
Well, we did negotiate a salary.
Shen Xudong proposed two options, either giving him a salary of 15 million US dollars directly, or 5 million US dollars + 20% profit dividend...
Stephen Chow said he would go back to Hong Kong to discuss with the team...
According to Shen Xudong's prediction for "The Sun is Ferocious", it is expected that the box office in the mainland will be 2 billion.
Southeast Asia and Hong Kong...
Maybe he can get about 20 million US dollars. After all, Zhou Xingchi's name is very popular in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Therefore, giving him 15 million US dollars is not excessive.
It is estimated that he will choose the first option. After all... the mainland box office of "Yangtze River No. 7" he starred in before has only exceeded 200 million, and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has not yet been released. I guess he never imagined that in Shen Xudong's vision, "The Sun is Ferocious" At least 2 billion in box office...
If he chooses the second option, then... he will directly increase the cost to more than 50 million US dollars...
The cost of "The Sun is Strong" is very high. According to the plan, there will be dozens of characters, all of whom were supporting actors in Zhou Xingchi's movies back then. It would be better to add more labor.
By the way, there are also a lot of behind-the-scenes footage of the movies from that year, which are produced by Yongsheng, Jiahe and Metropolitan Film Company.
Metropolitan Film Company is actually a subsidiary of Shaw Brothers and was founded by Fang Yihua. It produced Zhou Xingchi's "The Brotherhood", "Ji Gong" and "The Death Judge".
As for Golden Harvest – many of Stephen Chow’s movies are distributed by Golden Harvest…
If you want to quote, you must get the copyright owner. With Xiang Jia's attitude towards Zhou Xingchi, you will definitely spend money!
How much does this cost?
It’s hard to say!
Bringing it back, Shen Xudong announced the news of his upcoming collaboration with Stephen Chow, and also disclosed the fact that 300 million won the mainland copyright of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", and announced the release date: June 9, 2013...
Yes, during the Dragon Boat Festival, we will compete with "Tianji: Residence in the Fuchun Mountains"...
No, "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" has not yet announced its release date. Now, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" will be airborne directly on June 9th. It is estimated that "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" will choose another schedule...
Both of these pieces of news have been on the hot searches, but they are not particularly popular...
There have been too many such news recently: Zhang Yi's "Big Buddha" was shortlisted for the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival, and "One Shot to the End" had a box office of 52 million on its first day. As of December 26, after six days of release, the cumulative box office was 482 million...
With a fierce comparison, he directly pressed "Twelve Zodiac Signs" on the ground and rubbed it - the latter was released for five days and had a cumulative box office of 202 million...
Although these news are popular and have a lot of discussions, they are not as good as "囧". As of December 26, "囧" has been in theaters for 20 days, with a cumulative box office of 1.003 billion, officially exceeding one billion!