Chapter 945 A Lot of Alienation (15)

Shen Xudong pays New Year greetings to Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang every year...

After all, these people really helped him a lot in the initial stage!

Including Cao Huayi, Lu Haiyan...

The investor of the first drama "Outstanding Citizen" is Zhongsheng Chunqiu Film and Television Company. The boss is Hai Yan and General Manager Cao Huayisi. Although everyone invests money because of Chen Daoming's face,... the second drama " "The Aviator" is exclusively produced by Zhongsheng Chunqiu Film and Television Company.

Besides, he is the new talkative person in the Beijing circle...

Well, at this stage, the so-called Beijing Circle no longer has the lofty status it once had.

In that era, children from alleys and rural areas basically had no chance to enter the literary and art circles, and the literary and art circles were almost exclusively composed of people from large courtyards who "passed on the family from father to son."

Because BJ is the most prosperous place, the Beijing area almost monopolized all literary and artistic creations in the era. Before the reform and opening up period, until the mid-1990s, it was basically the leader in Chinese literature and art.

The Beijing circle was the first to come into contact with Western ideas. They have special cultural advantages and can easily absorb foreign culture.

Can you deny Cui Jian's "Eggs Under a Red Flag"? Could you have said no to "A World Without Thieves" at that time? Do you hate Jiang Wen?

At that time, they had a natural advantage. Now that the development level of other regions has increased, they naturally have no advantage.

Especially if they still rely on family backgrounds like some associations, they can only decline.

After the new century, all kinds of capital have poured into the literary and art market. Literature and art in various places have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Various film and television art schools have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Various talent shows have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Internet literature and art have further prospered. .

Even many people who are not from majors can enter the literary and art circles, such as a bunch of grassroots promoted by Fast Boy and Super Girl. This kind of grassroots would never have the opportunity to appear on the screen or on the screen before.

Grassroots writers from all over the country are also flourishing on the Internet without having to go to Beijing to seek fame. The Beijing circle is finally no longer the trust that monopolizes the literary and art market.

After the advent of the Internet era, the difficulty and threshold for acquiring knowledge have been greatly reduced, the information cocoon has been basically eliminated, and the people in Beijing have lost their ability to retain knowledge and their monopoly on the right to speak.

The Beijing circle relies on a set of imported culture, comprador petty bourgeoisie life concepts, the image of gangsters and gangsters, and unconventional views on rivers and rivers. It can no longer meet the people's growing spiritual and cultural needs, and it is already the dregs of history.

Bringing it back, Shen Xudong is actually not considered a Beijing actor. He is similar to Jiang Wen. Jiang Wen's debut film "Sunny Days" was completely made with the support of the Beijing actors. Later, from his second work "The Devil Is Coming" Since then, at least in terms of creation, I have gradually separated from the group of people in the Beijing circle.

The same goes for Shen Xudong. Except for "Struggle", he doesn't do much so-called Beijing-style literature. The works produced by Tianmei Company use all kinds of high-status actors, but one thing is that they are basically from professional schools.

To put it bluntly, he has long been out of the so-called Beijing circle...

But there still needs to be respect!

It's not the first month of the year, it's the year.

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Director Chen organized a family dinner, which was not considered a family dinner. It should be a gathering of friends.

Uncle Ge, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Guoli are all here, and of course Shen Xudong is also here.

A few guys first reminisced about the past, and then talked about three consecutive movies that exceeded one billion...

Feng Xiaogang said: ""Tang Detective" is almost 1.5 billion, right?"

Shen Xudong answered seriously: "...It is estimated that it will not reach 1.5 billion. The March schedule has always been very cold...and there are too many movies to be released in the future!"

"More than "Avatar"..."

"Mainly taking advantage of the schedule..."

Zhang Guoli shook his head: "Huayi also made a movie called "Village Evening", which only had a box office of more than 10 million..."

"From now on, being a star does not mean selling well!"

"Mainly because the movie is so bad..."

"The Better and Better Village Gala" imitates Hong Kong films to celebrate the New Year, and gathers a large number of stars. The main story is to hold a village gala...

It was purely 'borrowed' from Huang Baiming's Lunar New Year film, but "Village Evening" has a stronger star cast...

But... it’s useless because the movie is so bad!

Audiences are no longer interested in such movies...

"Now is indeed the era of young people, or in other words, the audience will always be young people! Every creator has the characteristics of the times!"

"Generally speaking, the current film environment is also good. Unlike in our time, film directors were always controlled by a few old gentlemen. A new director, even if it was Zhang Yimou, had to stay in the studio for ten years! "

"So, Xudong still has the ability to keep giving opportunities to new directors from the beginning..."

"No…"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "I actually have no choice. All I make are genre films. The older generation of directors don't know much about these. The directors in Hong Kong do, but they are very demanding of money and they don't know how to support them... I can only find new directors... "

Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "The audience doesn't care about this..."

"No, director Akira Kurosawa finished filming "Red Beard" and the company went bankrupt. He borrowed a loan shark to shoot "Train Mania" and it still failed at the box office. He couldn't repay the loan shark and the interest compounded. He couldn't breathe and cut his wrists under the pressure. He committed suicide, but fortunately he was rescued. At that time, many viewers and directors who thought they were new to the scene were pretending to sigh for him and mourn for him!"

"But later he was selected by the Soviet Union and made "Desu Uzala", which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Then he won the Palme d'Or at Cannes for "Shadow Warriors"!"

"I have always believed that the quality of a film has nothing to do with the size of the investment, the size of the structure, and the size of the story. Whether a film director is excellent or not should not be measured by whether it is new or old! I support newcomers because I have always believed that the emergence of talents in large numbers is a good phenomenon, but Old directors also have their own feelings and pursuits!"

"So, you helped Zhang Yimou write several scripts?"

"...I didn't write a few, they were all collected and not specially prepared for him. This is not the company he signed with..." Shen Xudong shrugged: "I just showed it to him, he liked it very much..."

Director Chen interjected: "I heard that "Love" was originally an English script..."

"Yes, the theme is about gentle killing..." Shen Xudong briefly talked about the plot, and then said: "I originally wanted to find a European director to direct it, and Director Zhang was very interested... so I gave it to him!"

""1942"...I still can't figure it out. This movie is not bad..."

"Then "The Shawshank Redemption" is not bad either..." Shen Xudong said seriously: "The mainstream audiences at this stage are all those born in the 1980s and 1990s. They have no interest in reflecting on history... and the evaluation of a movie should not just Simply use box office evaluation..."

"I just feel aggrieved..."

"1942" not only failed miserably at the box office, but also received poor reviews...

The fifth update is a bit confusing...

I try my best!