Chapter 306 Director Chen: Wei Yang Is the New Wave

Chapter 306 Director Chen: Wei Yang is the new wave...

Beijing, a certain cinema

Director Chen and his wife Chen Hong, who were simply disguised, were also watching the movie "Famous".

Unlike "Painted Skin 2", which has been released for nearly two weeks, "Search", which has just been released for three days, is a direct competitor of "Famous".

What is more worrying is that the box office performance of "Search" is not very good.

The box office on the first day was 11.2 million.

After that, the box office for the two days of the weekend added up to just over 30 million.

If this continues, it is not certain whether the first week box office can reach 70 million. The most important thing is the theater line's film scheduling.

The highest film scheduling is "Painted Skin 2", which still accounts for about 30%, while "Search" only accounts for 20%, and the remaining 50% is other movies.

And this is just the situation before the release of "Famous". According to the popularity of this movie, with Shanghai Film, China Film, and Guangguang behind it, the first day scheduling accounted for a minimum of 20%, and more than 30% is not impossible.

The plate is so small, and there is one more "glutton", so other companies must give way.

Given the box office performance of "Painted Skin 2", even if it cuts meat, it will not be too outrageous. More screenings will inevitably be squeezed from other movies, and "Search", which ranks second and performs unsatisfactory, will naturally bear the brunt.

According to the estimate of the distributor of "Search", I am afraid that they will give up 3-5% of the screenings today.

This will undoubtedly be a big blow to the box office of "Search".

Moreover, if "Famous" performs well at the box office, the situation will be even worse. I am afraid that "Search" will not only give up the above screenings, but will also be further compressed by "Famous" in the future.

The cost of "Search" is not high. The industry estimates that if the cost of Director Chen is added, the production cost is only about 30 million, and including publicity and promotion, it is at most 50 million.

These investments can recover the cost as long as the box office reaches 150 million, and the pressure is not too great.

However, now that "Famous" has intervened, the subsequent situation is a bit difficult to figure out.

Besides, people don’t make movies just to make money. Who doesn’t want to make more money? That’s why Director Chen condescended to bring his wife to investigate the enemy.

If Wei Yang is not worthy of his reputation, "Famous" will be vulnerable, needless to say.

But if "Famous" is good, we should go back and prepare countermeasures as soon as possible. After all, we can’t really lose money.

However, after watching half of the movie, Director Chen and his partner were a little silent.

No matter how many complaints Director Chen has, he still has vision and strength. Without discussing the level and impression of "Famous", he knows that such movies are liked by the audience and the market.

If the plot is not completed well, this movie is likely to become a strong rival of "Search".

This is still Director Chen’s filter for himself, and Chen Hong next to him has a more intuitive view.

She is Chen’s producer, and she is more familiar with many situations in the industry, and her appreciation level is not low.

As far as the first half of the plot of "Famous", she knows that this movie is definitely more popular than "Search".

It's not that the quality of "Search" is low, but the subject matter is limited.

Before the release, everyone may not be sure, because even realistic and literary films are not without box office hits.

Now that "Search" has been released for a few days, the word-of-mouth and box office trends have gradually become clear. At this time, a more popular and more pleasing subject style "Famous" appears. You can imagine what the situation is.

Director Chen may have thought about the plot collapse in the back of "Famous", which led to a significant decline in the quality of the film. Chen Hong is relatively calmer.

Wei Yang is not a rookie director. Although he is a newcomer in the film industry, he is a veteran producer who has been tested in the field of TV dramas. He is the most prestigious existence in the industry in recent years, with a brilliant record, not to mention that Wang Pangzi and Ning Hao help to check.

Director Chen is too arrogant and looks down on TV dramas and the young Wei Yang, but Chen Hong will not underestimate him.

The first half of "Famous" is eye-catching. Even if Wei Yang lacks film experience and is at most mediocre in the middle and later stages, the probability of a direct overturn is too low!

Thinking of this, Chen Hong still felt a little resentful. She originally wanted to avoid "Famous", or negotiate with both parties to see if they could wait a few days.

This kind of situation where two crews negotiate and adjust the schedule is still very common in the industry. Everyone is seeking money. If the relationship is good and the decision is in the interests of both parties, they can often reach an agreement.

Unfortunately, Director Chen is too confident in his work, and his impression of Wei Yang is more of a so-called "idol drama screenwriter", and he thinks it is not worth worrying about.

In the end, he insisted on his own way and rejected the suggestions of Chen Hong and others, and the two sides fought blood.

The result is the current dilemma.

Director Chen is not worldly. Even if he made a mistake, he is obsessed with art and does not understand the world, but the losses suffered as a result cannot be left unaccounted for. Only she, the producer, can clean up the mess.

Even so, Chen Hong still coaxed Director Chen.

Because the sentence in the movie [Don't impose your preferences on the audience] is indeed directional, and the audience sitting in the front even mentioned Director Chen's name directly.

Based on Chen Hong's understanding of Director Chen, this kind of sarcasm that hits the nail on the head is not very damaging but extremely insulting.

Artists have a very arrogant temperament, and directors have a strong profession, so whether on the set or at home, Director Chen is the king of heaven.

If he didn't say anything, his son wouldn't even dare to eat at the table. If anyone else dared to disobey him, they would become angry or angry.

This was considered a mockery. If Chen Hong didn't give her a few words of coaxing, she was really afraid that the other party would walk away.

Director Chen was indeed a little unhappy, but not as angry as Chen Hong thought because the plot of "Famous" satirized too many movie phenomena.

To satirize one person is called ridicule, and to ridicule everyone is the style. It is highly directional, but it is not just about him. There is anger, but it will not break the defense.

Now, he is more interested in the subsequent development of the movie, and even started to deduce it himself and then verify it with the movie.

Although he still has many reservations about many aspects of the film, he still has some recognition of the script and Wei Yang's screenwriting skills.

Going back to the plot of the movie "Famous", the male and female protagonists had a conflict. After dancing together in the ballroom, everyone temporarily returned to the united front.

At this time, the bit player played by Wu Jing accidentally discovered a blood-stained room. From the mouth of the policeman played by Lin Gengxin, everyone realized that today they not only communicated face-to-face with the murderer, but also came to the scene of the murder.

Now everyone is in a panic!

Although the murderer is dangerous, he is currently in a subdued stage and seems to be easy to communicate with.

But the scene of the murder was another matter. When I thought about so many people dead and it was late at night, everyone was terrified.

After all, no matter how cruel people are, they are still human, but this kind of murder scene is likely to involve supernatural beings. As long as they encounter this thing, it is not acceptable to ordinary people.

Therefore, everyone's resistance this time was extremely fierce, including the previous actresses and Hollywood costars, who also chose to leave.

At the critical moment, the tycoon came out to control the field again, but the result was not ideal, and everyone was completely torn apart.

The director of the Bad Movie King directly exposed the situation of the tycoon - on the surface he was rich, but in fact he lost all his money. The so-called project was just to trap everyone and then find people to invest.

But after the tycoon was exposed and broken, he no longer pretended. At the same time, he grabbed other outputs one by one, and also tore everyone's disguise clean.

Wu Jing, who claims to be an action actor who returned from Hollywood and wants to promote Chinese martial arts——

"Aren't you just a martial arts stand-in over there? You know nothing. If you follow others and promote martial arts, have you had enough to eat?"

"You're not afraid of being embarrassed when foreigners slap you in the face every day."

Wu Jing tried to save his respect: "Although I was beaten, I was playing a Japanese role, so it didn't disgrace the Chinese people."

This special patriotic way attracted sarcastic ridicule from the tycoon and made the audience burst into laughter.

Later, the tycoon exported the bad movie king, pointing out that the other party made a bad movie, which has become a bad name on the street and was marginalized by the industry.

The expired drama character played by Uncle Ge wanted to smooth things over, but he was not let go.

It turns out that the old actor was a well-known silent film emperor twenty years ago, with a bad temper and a pretentious attitude. Later, with the advent of sound films, the old actor's voice was not good, he was bald, and his appearance was no longer good. Now he can only spend his days playing cards with his rich wife. His temper is also smooth and sophisticated.

As for Fan Xiaopang, the popular actress, she had a rough relationship and was smeared by her ex-husband. Her husband went bankrupt and she could only make a comeback to support her family's livelihood.

Being exposed by the tycoon, Fan Xiaopang was ashamed, angry and aggrieved, and the fairy cried. I don't know how many viewers were amazed, but they couldn't help but feel sad.

Including Chen Hong, Fan Xiaopang has worked with Mr. Chen. The Zhuang Ji played in "The Orphan of Zhao" is not bad in appearance, but her memory is just that.

In "Famous", the other party's role is not particularly large, but it is hard to ignore. This scene of the fairy crying is deeply touching. Chen Hong asked herself, even if she forgets the plot later, she will probably I still remember this shot vividly.

Director Chen, on the other hand, pays more attention to screenwriting and directing techniques.

To be honest, although the previous "Famous" is good, it is just that. It is above the standard, but it cannot be said to be amazing.

But this scene is actually quite moral, and the truth is sharp, tearing away the fig leaf of all the characters, and reshaping these characters to a certain extent, making several characters more distinct and three-dimensional.

In terms of plot, all the characters are tied together and everyone really starts to unite.

The screen structure, character positioning, line polishing and actor performance are also very good, especially Jiang Wu and Fan Xiaopang, they are wonderful.

If we say before, Director Chen only believed that the theme of the movie "Famous" was more palatable and would be beneficial at the box office, so he could become the opponent of "Search".

Now Director Chen finally looked squarely at Wei Yang, a junior he had never cared about before.

With his character, it is not that Wei Yang is a formidable young man, but it must be objectively admitted that there is another powerful wave in the film industry...