At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 484 Premiere of "Stone"

"I'm going to cast Wrinkle Zhaolong as the boss of the gangster, the policeman Wu Jing, and Zhang Jing as the perverted murderer..."

"Wrinkled Dragon?"

Wrinkle Zhaolong is also from the Hong family class. At that time, Sammo Hung wanted to make Wrinkle Zhaolong the top. He opened three plays in a row, "Street of Fire", "Oath to Never Forget Love", and "Spirit Transformation", but all three plays were at a loss...

Later, Sammo Hung became the martial arts director of "Evil, West Poison" and Chow Siu-lung also participated in it. Unfortunately, in the play, he basically didn't even have a chance to show his face, and he was "reduced" to being a big dragon who was killed by Liang Chaowei's sword.

Fortunately, Wrinkle Zhaolong starred in "Nine Pins of Sesame Official", Chang Wei, who is born with supernatural power, and Li Lianlian called him to act in the opposite role, "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Letter to Dad", "Adventure King"...

Slowly getting out of the circle!

But... Sammo Hung still has some scruples...

"Can't you cast Donnie Yen?"

"No need, Donnie Yen is too expensive...Wu Jing + Wrinkle Zhaolong are fine!"

The overseas copyright of "Taken" was sold for nearly 2500 million US dollars...

Donnie Yen's worth has risen, and the price is 1200 million Hong Kong dollars.

Of course it is very reasonable, but...reasonable is reasonable, "The Evil Man" has relatively few fighting scenes, and the total cost is only a little over 2500 million. It is impossible for Shen Xudong to spend huge sums of money to find Yen Zidan!

Besides, if Donnie Yen plays the role, Wu Jing will be the second time!

Let's forget it, Shen Xudong has already agreed with Jiahe that he wants to promote Wu Jing as the superior, and he is always double-talking, but he can't be called the superior!

"Okay, listen to you..."

Sammo Hung nodded, and then asked: "Can I be the master of other roles?"

"certainly…"

Shen Xudong understood in an instant—this is because he wanted to praise his son...

very normal thing...

We all know that this business is easy to make money!
In the past, someone asked, 'Why do people in the entertainment industry let their children enter the entertainment circle? '

It's easy to make millions a year, and there are connections and resources at home, why not go?

With a daily income of more than 200 million, a fool would not let his children enter the circle.

What kind of genius plan did Huawei have, with a salary of only 200 million a year!
It was rare to see Sammo Hung, and Shen Xudong wanted to ask many questions in person.

For example, whether the godfather incident is real or not...

Unfortunately, there is not enough time, Sammo Hung is here to promote "Glory of the Tang Dynasty", and Shen Xudong has to go to the theater quickly - "Crazy Stone" will be screened soon.

……

For the first screening of "Crazy Stone", more than 100 media and many directors of theaters came.

On the one hand, it is the opening film of the Shanghai International Film Festival. On the other hand, the company invites...

The film premiered in Hall 1 of Shanghai Film City, which is the CINITY Hall—the only hall with thousands of people in the Shanghai Film Festival!
Shen Xudong, Ning Hao, Jiang Wu, Huang Bo, Zhang Guoli, Liu Hua, Xu Zheng, Zhang Mo, including Huang Xiaolei all came - Wu Zhenyu didn't come, he was still filming "Lion Awakening", directing and acting by himself...

"I have always felt that if Chinese films want to compete with Hollywood, they must do a good job of genre besides shooting blockbusters! But there are not many directors in China who can shoot genres...Ning Hao can do it! "Crazy Stone" is a typical black humor comedy I hope everyone will give a fair evaluation after watching the movie..."

Shen Xudong made a brief publicity: "In addition, I said before that the movies with market appeal are all so-and-so movies, such as Jackie Chan movies, Feng Xiaogang movies, Stephen Chow movies, after "Crazy Stone", I guess Ning Hao will be added. Movie!"

On this occasion, of course, the director is the one to focus on. Shen Xudong praised him without hesitation. After speaking, he handed the microphone to Ning Hao.

Ning Hao took the microphone, a little nervous: ""Stone" is a very interesting movie...I hope everyone will like it..."

Then Zhang Guoli, Jiang Wu, and Huang Bo made speeches respectively...

All praise "Stone".

The appetite is at its peak, and the movie starts to show!
Let me briefly talk about the plot of "Stone".

In fact, in the first few minutes, most of the audience felt baffled—because of the screen editing, the story narration couldn’t find any logic at all. Until the fourth act, that is, Four Eyes quarreled with Bao Shihong and Sanbao, and the police came at the same time Adjust, let go of the moving trio, why did Bao Shihong get out of the car, because Xie Xiaomeng's soda can fell from the sky and smashed the glass, and the car slowly slid away and smashed the four-eyed BMW...

In just 5 minutes, the audience quickly captured the difference between this movie and other domestic films...

As the plot unfolds, the main line of the story gradually becomes clear. The factory manager dug up a priceless emerald and wanted to use it to bring the factory back to life, but it aroused everyone's enthusiasm.

In addition to the two forces of Brother Dao and Feng Dong, there are also branches of Sanbao, Xie Xiaomeng, Bao Shihong's hidden illness, etc...

With Wu Zhenyu's appearance, the plot gradually climax...

There are more and more jokes.

The lines also make people laugh:
"I'll give you a lung! This profiteer!"

"Your clothes are gaudy, you have to set a sexy line? You have to be low-key when you first enter the industry, do you understand?"

"Brand, Baleno!"

"You women, you just don't understand that this stage is the rising stage of my career, how can I walk away?"

"My daughter-in-law was slept by someone else, no one cares... We are not married, but we have true feelings... No one cares if we are married, is there any law?!... What kind of lawyer are you? !"

The audience response was very good.

The atmosphere in the screening hall was also close to boiling, and the audience laughed along...

"Stone" is really good, so good that Ning Hao himself couldn't surpass it...

The ending of the movie is even more exciting than the beginning—heipi is biting bread and being chased by the shopkeeper on a scooter, Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" sounds, and the freeze frame ends.

Almost instantly, the audience spontaneously gave a standing ovation.

"Go, don't be dazed, and express your thoughts on stage!"

……

During the exchange session, Shen Xudong stood by the side...

His original intention was to give up the position and ask everyone to ask Ning Hao and the others more.

Indeed, the audience actively asked questions, and the actors also answered their questions.

But who is Shen Xudong?

Although among the big names, he belongs to the younger brother, but when he gathers with such a group of people, he is like a firefly in the dark.

A group of media asked him: "Xudong, I heard that Mr. Andy Lau also invested in "Stone"?"

"...That's right, so, there is "Forgetful Water" in the episode, and we also specifically mentioned Baleno, who is endorsed by Andy Lau... But judging from the effect... I hope Baleno will not trouble us!"

"Xudong, you are the producer of "Stone", did you have any comments during the filming?"

"...No, I have been playing in Chongqing for half a month. Ning Hao is a very mature director. He does not need any supervisors when shooting. He is the same as directors Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou. He belongs to the company where one director supports a company. kind!"

"Xudong, do you think "Stone" can exceed [-] million?"

Shen Xudong chuckled, and then asked the theater managers off the court: "What do you think?"

Wu Hehu from Shanghai United Cinemas answered first: "I think we need to watch the publicity... It's definitely not enough to rely solely on word of mouth!"

Gao Jun from the New Film Federation was not very optimistic, and shook his head: "There are still certain restrictions on dialect comedy... I think 5000 million is the most!"

Zhao Jun from China Film Southern Shinkansen was silent for a while: "The schedule is not suitable, there will be "Superman" later."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "Although I admire the three, the Three Musketeers of Chinese film distribution, but you don't forget that this is the Internet age, once "Stone" is released, it can sweep the country as quickly as possible... I hope the three bosses will arrange more films , three days..."

"Okay, we promise you!"

(End of this chapter)