At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 609 Useless flattery

"Don't think that if "Ghost Story" is a big hit in the United States, I will enter the North American market. Horror movies are not a mainstream genre. The foundation of Hollywood is the film industry, and it is a blockbuster that is popular all over the world!"

"The American media didn't report on the relationship between "Ghost Story" and me at all..."

"What else do you want to ask?"

After briefly answering the questions about "Ghost Story", Shen Xudong wanted to change the subject.

An entertainment reporter wearing glasses raised his hand: "Before I came, I checked your studio in North America... It seems to be called Wonderful Studio?"

"Correct!"

"There are also two films this year, "Happy Death Day" and "Human Purge 2"?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "Well, they are all horror genres... "Happy Death Day" is a campus comedy + horror, we have already bought out the domestic copyright, and it should be released in batches!"

"What about Taken 2?"

"That is the collaboration between Golden Harvest and New Line... I only know that it will be released on October 10th, and I don't know the specifics..."

"Taken 2" will be released on October 10, the same schedule as "The Purge 12"...

But the two movies have different audiences, so it's not purely competitive!
Oh, in mainland China, "Taken 2" will also be released on October 10th...

The first part of "Taken", Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Zhang Jing, the box office in the mainland is only 4200 million;
Donnie Yen is missing in the second part, and it is estimated that the maximum level is 3000 million.

For pure action movies, I still watch action stars. If you star Li Lianlian or Jackie Chan, you can break through [-] million, but... Wu Jing at this stage does not have such a wide popularity!
What's more, many bloody scenes were deleted.

Speaking of this, Chen Xi interrupted: "Let's talk about "Rise of Fame"!"

The entertainment reporter at the scene raised his hands very cooperatively, and when Shen Xudong called the roll, a woman immediately said: "...I watched the trailer of "Rise of Fame", are you satirizing the film censorship?"

"...No, this story is actually quite true. When we held a creative meeting, we really considered a lot of things, and we took pictures of them...We mainly laughed at ourselves..."

"Self-deprecating?"

"...When the movie comes out, you'll know what I'm laughing at myself... What's the problem?"

"Why do you direct yourself?"

"Because this movie is easy to shoot! The actors gather together, choose a villa, and there are no changes in the scene..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued in an affirmative tone: "Besides, this movie will definitely be a success! I don't want my first movie The box office and word of mouth are not good!"

"Why are you so sure?"

"The leading actors of this movie all read the script and then joined, and the salary is also at a friendly price. If you don't believe me, don't you believe their eyes?"

"Jiang Wen also plays the role?"

"Um…"

"I heard that Jiang Wen is a drama bully..."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "No, Mr. Jiang Wen is only responsible for the work... First of all, no actor will be free to toss other people's scripts. Artistic creation is to have one's own persistence. Secondly, why should I be an investor and producer? People, I just don’t want anyone to change my play, so from this perspective, am I also a play bully?”

"You media, you always put some famous names, such as the four big drama tyrants, actors who are not easy to cooperate with, and you don't look at why they are not easy to cooperate with. If you are professional enough, you will feel that everyone is easy to cooperate with..."

This topic made the entertainment reporters at the scene a little embarrassed...

Changed the subject: "Then have you watched "The Sun Also Rises"?"

Shen Xudong nodded: "...read it!"

"Then how do you feel?"

"It's a very good movie...Actually, Jiang Wen's movie needs aftertaste. I also read the reviews, and many people said they couldn't understand it, but this thing will change accordingly. It may be many years since he discovered that "The Sun" is really good! In fact, there are a lot of people who just listen to what others say, and he doesn’t read it at all, so when he sees it and understands it, he will definitely sigh with emotion, “Jiang Wen is right about me!”

……

Well, in addition to the huge sales of "Ghost Story", the recent media is spraying "The Sun Also Rises"-not spraying movies, but spraying theaters. The Sun, you can watch it again! ' banner... in an attempt to attract audience...

Who cares about you?
The mainstream audience at this stage is no longer the audience of "Sunny Day", they don't worship Jiang Wen...

On the contrary, the conflict between the "Barber" crew and Jiang Wen reported last year made many viewers hate Jiang Wen!

In the era of star entertainment, no one should hold it!

Actually use this method to attract the audience?
Of course, Jiang Wen's attitude is very friendly. Through these controversies, I probably know what the current audience is like. They are richer than I imagined. They are very tall, naive and naive, and very twisted. , are very extreme, covering a very wide range. '

Well, I didn't scold directly...

Later, when "One Step Away" was released, Jiang Wen resumed his 'domineering', "How can France produce so many artists?"Because they have that enough audience willing to understand.Some viewers in China justly and without shame said that I couldn't understand Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also Rises". '

Also, "Because I can't understand it, the box office of the movie is not good. Only we here dare to say that."I don't understand why people nowadays feel sorry for capitalists, but why don't they feel sorry for artists? '

Mainly...there are too many cheating directors, cheating other people's money under the guise of being an artist...

Shen Xudong really thinks "The Sun Also Rises" is very interesting, the dreamy plot is very enjoyable to watch...

Although he didn't know what the movie was about!

But... "The Sun" won't be a box office hit just because of Shen Xudong's praise. After all, Feng Xiaogang also boasted that "he is the biggest competitor in making commercial films"...

is that useful?
There is an egg!

The three-day box office of "The Sun" was 680 million in the first weekend, and it didn't even do "Embroidered Spring Knife"...

Uh, "Embroidered Spring Knife" won 880 million box office in its third weekend of release!

Cumulative box office reached 8700 million...

……

At Shen Xudong's house, Zhao Linhai and Chang Xiaoxiang came to visit.

It was natural to ask about the situation of "Ghost Story", Zhao Linhai...has watched "Ghost Story", but has no impression of this film, and really can't understand how such a crude and bad movie can be sold all over the world...

He felt that 'compared to the supernatural things in rural China, they are much more frightening...'

"...My grandma's house, there is a huge ginkgo tree at the entrance of the village, which can only be surrounded by a few people holding hands. Opposite the ginkgo tree is a cemetery. Or people who died abnormally were buried there. There was no tombstone, so a pit was dug on the spot and buried. There is a dirt road between the ginkgo tree and the mass grave. All people who leave the village have to walk through this road. The village is surrounded by three sides Water, near the river on one side. There is only one such dirt road leading to the outside world..."

"and then?"

"No then...I just heard some supernatural legends, and I went back to Changchun when I was 7 years old...I just don't understand what's so scary about "Ghost Story"?"

Shen Xudong...he doesn't like "Ghost Shadows" himself, so for this movie, he only provided an idea, he didn't even write the script, and he didn't specify the actors...

Jason Blum chose a British actress named Janet Montgomery, who is not well-known and looks good...

Mainly cheap!

Although Shen Xudong doesn't know why "Ghost Story" is a big hit, he can find a reason: "American audiences are similar to Chinese audiences, they all rely on publicity. For the promotion of "Ghost Story", we found a bunch of celebrities... Plus, this idea is really good, and more and more people are watching it..."

"No... I can't even see the heroine's face clearly..."

"Intentional, handheld DV photography, so that the audience has an immersive feeling!"

(End of this chapter)