Chapter 946 "Private Customization" (25)

"Everything I shoot has a box office, whether it's entertainment or serious movies, it all has box office! If anyone can surpass me, find one for me. If there is no one, I'm particularly lonely and seeking defeat."

These are Feng Xiaogang’s original words!

It can be seen that what he values ​​most is the box office!

Therefore, "1942" did not meet expectations, and he was confused...

If, to this sentence, you add the sentence, ‘No way, the audience just likes me! ’, that would definitely not be so hateful.

Impossible, he doesn't have an audience in his heart at all, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to say "rubbish audience"!

When fame and fortune gathered on him, he finally felt that he had got rid of the name of "Feng Pants". The artist who was once polite to everyone finally became someone who dared to "fear the sky and the earth to the air." The "little steel cannon".

Back then, "If You Are the One" was a hit at the box office in Hong Kong. He attributed the failure of "If You Are the One" in Hong Kong to the fact that Hong Kong audiences were "ignorant and looked down upon mainland movies."

Xu Fan did not win the award for "Tang Dynasty Earthquake". He also publicly declared that "there is a shady story at the Golden Horse Awards. The judges who participated in the awards did not understand movies at all." ’

This is true...

"I remember you said that filming "1942" was your obsession. Now that it has been filmed, the effect is also good..."

"The box office is too low..."

"More than 300 million, which is not low!",

Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "The cost is 200 million!"

Shen Xudong didn't have much to say, so Director Chen changed the subject and talked about "Big Buddha". Director Chen also starred in "Big Buddha". He played the boss, an artist who returned from studying abroad, owned a big factory, drove luxury cars, and made good friends. The people are also celebrities in the upper-class political and business circles, and he also killed his lover...

The story of "Big Buddha" is very simple. A pair of poor people peek into the lives of rich people, peek at the driving recorder, and spy on the lives of rich people...

Feasting on lights, BMWs and cars, wine pools and meat forests, women are always extraordinarily gentle and obedient around them, and they always get whatever they want...

But it’s not just these, there are also intrigues and even murders...

Through the driving recorder, the two saw the whole process in which Huang Qiwen killed a lover who had been with him for many years in a fit of anger, threw her into the body of the giant Buddha being made in the factory, and pressed the Buddha's head on it overnight...

"I only saw the finished film in Berlin, and it was actually a black and white image..."

"Black and white?"

"Well, I heard it was Xudong's suggestion?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "All realistic passages are in black and white, but the passages displayed by the driving recorder are in color. I wrote this script because I saw the sentence, 'The world of the poor is in black and white, but the world of the rich is in color. 's!'... I told Director Zhang this idea, and he was very excited, so we just filmed it..."

Director Chen praised: "It was beautifully shot. I particularly liked the scene where the body of Wangcai, played by Zhao Benshan, was discovered. The whole panning shot, first the sound of whistles, then the wheat fields undulating in the wind, and then the close-up of the wheat fields. Dry ditches everywhere, objects scattered in the ditch, overturned motorcycles, and finally bodies covered with white cloth.”

Feng Xiaogang didn't say anything, and Shen Xudong continued: "The box office of this movie won't be too high...it's too disappointing..."

"funeral?"

"It's just...there's no hope..."

…

After the food was served, everyone chatted while eating. Shen Xudong asked Zhang Guoli about the program "Let's Time Travel"...

"Let's Time Travel" has been positioned as entertaining and educational from the beginning, and... it is highly original, so the ratings have not been very high!

But this program was praised by many official media and even won the TV Arts "Starlight Award"!

BJ TV directly renewed the second two seasons...

"I heard that after "Let's Time Travel" was launched on PPTV, the click-through rate of each episode exceeded 100 million... When you truly see the deep-seated needs of users, you will find that what you want to do is actually in line with the direction advocated by the country. It’s consistent.”

Feng Xiaogang interjected: "I read a piece of data, which said that the total revenue of various satellite TV variety shows last year was estimated to exceed 40 billion, and about 200 reality shows occupied the prime time slots of satellite TV... Is it so competitive to do variety shows?"

"Yeah...but many variety shows are actually plagiarism...the gameplay is the same..."

"Did you make money from this show?"

"I heard them say that the first quarter was profitable!" Zhang Guoli looked at Shen Xudong: "Did you make a profit?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "I'm making money, and I'm making a lot of money."

"Is the variety show easy to do?"

Zhang Guoli shook his head: "It's not easy to do. It's too difficult to judge what the audience likes!"

Haha, that’s because slow variety shows haven’t become popular yet…

Later, slow variety shows became popular. Eating, chatting, and even sleeping were all part of the program. There were only a few game sessions left, and people often took advantage of them.

Celebrities must like it very much. Compared with filming, the so-called slow variety shows make money too easily. It is precisely because of this that variety shows have increasingly become a treasure trove for celebrities to make money...

Take the money and the script and act out your life - act proletarian with gold teeth!

Zhang Guoli asked: "What's wrong, you also want to do a variety show?"

Feng Xiaogang sighed: "I have to help them settle their accounts..."

"1942" caused Huayi to lose more than 100 million... Feng Xiaogang felt very sorry for the Huang brothers...

Shen Xudong shook his head: "You can't say that. Investing in a movie itself is an investment behavior. Since it is an investment behavior, there are profits and losses. Then "Tai Chi" led by Chen Guofu also lost nearly 200 million. How can he repay it?"

"I had an agreement with Wang Shuo before and planned to make another "Party A and Party B"..."

Shen Xudong: "A dreamy day trip?"

"Um…"

Shen Xudong had previously written the script for Feng Xiaogang's "Party A and Party B 2", also known as "A Dream of a Day". That movie sold more than 100 million at the box office and was Feng Xiaogang's first work with a box office of over 100 million.

However, this time, Shen Xudong had no 'inspiration' and just said: "That's great... let's call it "Party A and Party B 3"..."

"We can't decide what to call it, but I definitely want it to be released in December!"

"When is December?"

"Around the 20th..."

"That's okay, we also have a comedy, which is tentatively scheduled to be released on the 5th, and there is another one..."

"When are you going to film Stephen Chow's movie?"

"Summer time..."

Feng Xiaogang shook his head: "I'm not talking about the one he directed, but the one he starred in..."

Shen Xudong; "The movie is still being shot. I estimate it will be released either during the Spring Festival next year or during the summer..."

"Isn't it the Lunar New Year period?"

"No... We have already booked movies for the Lunar New Year. There is a happy twist comedy called "Charlotte Trouble", and there is also Guo Fan's "Fire", which is tentatively scheduled to be released on New Year's Day..."

"Xu Zheng and Ning Hao have no filming plans?"

"Yes, they are planning to collaborate on two dramas...still in the process of planning..." Speaking of this, Shen Xudong looked at Uncle Ge: "Is Uncle Ge interested?"