At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 631
Regarding the casting of "Lust, Caution", there are many messy behind-the-scenes information.

Why did Shu Qi, Liu Yifei, Big S, and Zhou Xun refuse to play the role? By the way, Ge You asked to play Mr. Yi and so on...

Of course, Ge You denied afterwards: I have never met Li Min!
Now it is said that Ah was originally scheduled to play Mr. Yi?
Han Yan said casually: "It's probably a hype. We all know that Director Zhang is busy with the Olympics and doesn't even have time to direct a movie. How can he have time to act in a movie?"

"...It's not impossible. "Lust, Caution" is produced by Anle Film and Television. You must know the relationship between Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Yimou of Anle Film and Television..."

"That's true! Xudong, do you know the inside story?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I don't really care about these things, but I know that "Lust, Caution" initially wanted to find Jiang Wen to direct, but Jiang Wen saw the problem of this original work at a glance-challenging the tolerance of Chinese people. Although Jiang Wen is very Likes to challenge the audience, but he will not challenge the bottom line!"

"So, with what mentality did Li Amine film "Lust, Caution"?"

"Regardless of his state of mind, simply judging from the quality of "Lust, Caution", it is not bad, and it is far from reaching the point where art transcends the nation!"

Ning Hao nodded: "That's right, the group of people who praised "Lust, Caution" from the perspective of art and humanity are just indifferent to that painful period..."

"Stop discussing "Lust, Caution"... let's talk about something else."

Shen Xudong changed the subject, and Ning Hao immediately said: "I finished filming "The Tuner", and I think I can modify the "Nobody" you gave me..."

"Change... how?"

Han Yan was immediately interested: "What "The Unknown Man"?"

"Oh, I wrote the script..."

Shen Xudong explained the plot of "The Unknown"...

"The Unknown" can't talk about the plot, it's mainly group portraits: around a lost old gun, it tells the story of a pair of low-profile robbers, a down-and-out security guard, and a physically disabled but tough-tempered woman with a poisonous tongue. A series of absurd stories that happened to the "unknown man".

Ning Hao said: "I read the script and found that there is no clue to connect the protagonist, Lao Ma, with the robbers... You can set the lost earthen gun to be stolen by two robbers!"

"Then... the protagonist knew them both from the beginning?"

"Okay... the final ending is a bit too sensational..."

Shen Xudong shook his head: "The ending can't be changed, otherwise, I won't pass the trial!"

The ending of "The Unknown", if it is logical, it is all Be, the movie cannot be watched...

What's the most logical ending?
The protagonist Lao Ma died in the embrace of his daughter;

The glasses were not sentenced to death because he was already crazy. In the mental hospital, he often took a clothesline he picked up and told others that it was the cobra he killed;
Ma Jiaqi woke up and did not wait for the person who walked the bridge with her. Her brother died, and all she got was a pension and a long life without hope.

After Datou was released from prison, Xiaoxia was not found, and she left.

Xiaoxia has AIDS, once she does something wrong, it is difficult to find a way back...

All the staff groaned and sighed.

But life still has to go on, and the ripples that arise will eventually be silent...

Such an ending must have a good reputation, but... except for a very small number of audiences who are willing to accept it, most audiences definitely don't like it.

It was originally an absurd comedy, so let's not be too real.

It's too real...I can't go any further.

Han Yan didn't understand what they were talking about at all, but he heard the intensity of Ning Hao's work... just finished shooting one work, and started another one right away...

If I remember correctly, the three films "Racing Car", "Tuner", and "Nobody" were filmed one after another?

Are you not tired?
Ning Hao explained: "I need money to change my house... Besides, these two scripts are good, if I don't make them, I will regret it~"

Shen Xudong added: "We also need to train our team..."

Han Yan... didn't know what to say for a while...

Nima is exploiting here, right?
Shen Xudong probably saw Han Yan's thoughts: "Actually, Ning Hao is now a benchmark director of Tianmei Media. What is a benchmark? One play a year is the minimum. Look at Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yimou. There is one play a year, Director Feng sometimes makes two plays a year!
Director Ning has an idea, so follow his idea, if he doesn't have an idea, we will provide the script, and he chooses it himself..."

"...I'm so envious!"

Han Yan...understand this meaning, in fact, it is to concentrate the company's resources to create a director...

Or build Ning Hao's personal brand.

"Envy?" Shen Xudong thought for a while, and then said: "When your "Pure Love Comic" is finished...I'll ask the company to put more burden on you!"

……

Han Yan is different from Ning Hao, "Life Events" is actually Shen Xudong's work.

Ning Hao belongs to the category of self-written and self-directed, well, in fact, he is the kind of mature director who conquers the world by himself.

To put it more clearly, like Feng Xiaogang, one person can win a company's director.

So, he needs works, as many works as possible.

For commercial film directors, the thickness of the work is not as important as the number of works or the box office of the work!

If Ning Hao wants to build a personal brand, the company will naturally do its best.

Han Yan was still close, and he knew it himself.

Although envious, but not jealous, the company's support for him is also very strong.

Didn't Xudong say, 'below 2000 million, just make whatever you want'.

"Pure Love Comics", two love stories, one is a 30-year-old uncle and a 20-year-old handsome girl, the other is a 22-year-old silly boy and a 29-year-old sad woman...

The story is very touching, as long as the characters are chosen well, it is not a problem to dare to tell more than 5000 million, [-] million is still no problem!

Today's film market is expanding, and under the premise of good publicity, it is easier than before to make money for films of above-standard quality.

Then, Han Yan went to Chen Xi to discuss actors, oh, a 29-year-old sad woman, Shen Xudong recommended Yu Feihong...

……

"Eighteen million is already pretty good. Just look at the movies in the same period, "Bourne Shadow 800", "Die Hard 3"...these are all Hollywood blockbusters!"

In the company, Shen Xudong was comforting Gao Fenfen, she felt that "Happy Death Day" did not meet expectations...

Shen Xudong thought it was already very good.

"...Look at the attendance and film schedule of "Happy Death Day", "Bourne Shadow 3", "Die Hard 4"..."

Shen Xudong didn't know, so he took it, took a look... and was surprised to find that "Happy Death Day" had the highest attendance rate, but it did have the least number of films. Except for Golden Harvest Cinema, other theaters had a maximum of 20%...

Obviously, "Happy Death Day" was underestimated...

Even if the film schedule was adjusted later, there were not many adjustments. After all, "Happy Death Day" is only a low-budget B-grade film, and there are high-definition pirated film sources everywhere on the Internet...

After reading the information, Shen Xudong was also a little upset, but... he could still accept it. After all, "Happy Death Day" didn't put much publicity in the country at all, and it was just hard posters + premiere, and the extra piece didn't reach 300 million...

The box office of 1800 million has already paid back!

"If other theaters support it more, it might already be 2000 million!"

Gao Fenfen said: "...So, I am going to acquire Qingdao Silver Star Cinemas, and then merge it into Golden Harvest..."

"Acquisition of theaters? Qingdao Silver Star?"

"There are two theater lines in Shandong, Shandong Aoka New Century Cinema Line and Qingdao Yinxing Cinema Line. We have done some research. Qingdao Yinxing Cinema Line mainly focuses on prefecture-level cities in Shandong. The goal is the same as ours. You see, Qingdao, ZB, Weihai, Dongying and other cities have a total of 20 cinemas and 30 screens..."

"Wait a moment!"

Shen Xudong thought he had read it wrong: "20 theaters, 30 screens? Are you kidding me?"

Gao Fenfen explained: "It was a merger of old theaters before, lacking funds, and neither being able to renovate old theaters nor build new theaters on a large scale..."

"...Is it expensive?"

"It's not expensive, up to 4000 million, and after we win the theater, we will definitely renovate it, which can be regarded as local cultural construction... We should also give relevant policies and financial support!"

"Success, you can figure it out... But don't be too aggressive... Our development is still low-key!"

(End of this chapter)