At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 794 Filing...

The box office of "First Love" has a lot to do with the popularity of "East Palace", the starring lineup has transplanted the male and female protagonists of "East Palace"...

Reba + Zhu Yilong.

The fourth day of "East Palace" aired, that is, the plot of the eighth episode directly sparked heated discussions across the Internet: Bloody Wedding!
In the first six episodes, the male protagonist teases the female protagonist repeatedly, such as saving the beauty, catching fireflies, etc. There are many tricks. In the seventh episode, the female protagonist looks forward to a bright future for herself and the male protagonist, while the male protagonist and his party gather around the fire for the night Talk, discuss how to destroy her entire clan.

In the eighth episode, he directly led the troops to destroy the heroine's grandfather's family and the country!
So exciting!
In the ninth episode, I went to battle to see the head of the heroine’s grandfather in person—in fact, he didn’t have to chop it off himself, but this is a great military achievement!
More than that, more than that, the hero's army also went to bully the heroine's mother, making her father crazy and her mother dead...

This thing is too cruel!
The audience's discussion rate soared directly...

The drama "Eastern Palace" is quite good - it perfectly presents the plot line deliberately ignored in the original work, it is not limited to love and love, it even aggravates the plot line, the perspective slowly pulls from the desert wasteland into the rich dynasty, It depicts the bloody cruelty of men's power struggle, and their hypocrisy!
Of course, the most fundamental reason is that youth themes have a market and an audience.

Before 2011, there was a vacancy for youth films. The romance films at that time were the love and hatred between urban white-collar workers such as "Zhi Ming and Chun Jiao", "Single Men and Women" and "Love". Compared with real life, it was more like someone else's story.

Romance movies are moving and moving, the key depends on whether the sense of substitution is strong or not.

The size of the audience depends on the protagonist's career and life.

In China, there is no doubt that there are more people who have experienced high school life than white-collar workers and domineering presidents.

Oh, there were actually youth films before, such as "Unspeakable Secret", "Love Announcement"...

But the sense of substitution in these two parts is basically zero!
Especially "Love Announcement" - a big star pretends to be an ordinary student and goes to school to chase girls. In addition, the heroine plays the guzheng, but Chopin is pasted in the bedroom, and there is a piano at the door of the house... It is hard not to doubt that this movie is made For Yundi...

Cough cough, the so-called youth film formula is actually: bad boy with goddess, ordinary girl with schoolmaster, sincerely like, good luck separates people, growing up is very painful...

It's not the legendary three-piece set of abortion, going abroad, and death!

……

In the car, Chen Xi was very satisfied with the data report of "First Love" in his hand: "Based on the current trend, "First Love" can earn at least 3.5 million box office. It is also possible to break [-] million!"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "What does it mean to be really absent? We have already banned "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins"... It's useless for Zhang Weiping to intercede with the General Administration, if he says ban, he will be banned!"

"Then do you want to go to America for a few days?"

"Why am I going to America?"

"The General Administration must really issue an order..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "In the market economy, the General Administration will not directly issue administrative orders, at most it will just make suggestions. Since it is a suggestion, I will listen or not!"

Chen Xi didn't speak, and was silent for a moment, then changed the subject: "...how did you prepare for the hegemony between Chu and Han that you planned before?"

"I originally planned to make seven films...but it is difficult to make a blockbuster with ancient costume themes. We have also made "Thirteen Generals Return to Yumen", and it really can't sell! The Three Kingdoms series only has "Zhuge Kongming" and "Sima Yi" There are two works..."

"Then why did you agree?"

""Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" is almost 6000 million at the box office, which means that there are still many viewers who are interested in the theme of ancient costumes. Control the budget and adjust a good schedule...It should be profitable enough, but the premise is to shoot something new!"

"New idea?"

"Sima Qian and Liu's family had a feud, and deliberately blackened Liu Bang with spring and autumn brushwork, so that you have the illusion that Xiang Yu can beat Liu Bang..."

"Damn?"

"Sima Qian was sentenced to castration...or make a "Battle of the Giant Deer" first..."

"Battle of Giant Deer?"

"It's the story of Xiang Yu breaking the boat and sinking the boat." Speaking of this, Shen Xudong added it to you: ""Historical Records" records...Xiang Yu led his troops to slaughter Xianyang, killed Qin's prince Ying, and burned the Qin palace. The fire did not go out for three months. Huo Bao women went east. People may say that King Xiang said: "The mountains and rivers in Guanzhong are blocked by four fortresses, and the land is fertile, and they can all be bullied. When King Xiang saw that the palaces of the Qin Dynasty were all burned down, he thought about returning to the east, and said: "Wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, like clothes embroidered and walking at night, who knows!" The speaker said: "It is said that the people of Chu wear monkeys and crown their ears, and it is true." "King Xiang heard about it, the cook..."

"What do you mean?"

"People persuaded Xiang Yu that Guanzhong is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The land is fertile and the supplies are rich. Why don't you just stay here and dominate the world... Xiang Yu didn't listen, and the person who persuaded him complained, 'People say that Chu people are like people wearing hats. Macaque, I saw it today, and it really is.'

Xiang Yu was so angry when he heard that, he ordered Han Sheng to be boiled into a pot of human broth..."

"This is too overbearing..."

Chen Xi was about to say something when Shen Xudong's cell phone rang. He took it out to look at it, and casually said, "It's Gao Jun... Could it be that Zhang Weiping is making trouble again?"

"Impossible...he's not really a fool!"

After answering the phone, Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "I see, I will call you later!"

"What happened?"

"... Zhang Weiping's brain is flooded!"

"Water?"

Chen Xi hurriedly took out his mobile phone and clicked on Weibo. Sure enough, Zhang Weiping uttered nonsense again, "The theaters take the lead and just lie down to make money. They don't take any risks and benefit the most."

If Chinese films want to go global, they must be in line with international standards, and reasonable market rules must be formulated. Investors have the greatest risk. According to international practice, investors should account for the majority, and theaters should account for a small amount. This time I "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" For the distribution of Christmas files in North America, film producers account for 65%, American distribution companies account for 10%, and American theaters account for 25%. I am relying on my strength to speak for "The Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" this time. In this market, the strong make the rules. A movie with a huge investment, I have the confidence.If theaters are not satisfied, they can refuse to show "Thirteen Hairpins". '

"Why didn't he dare to raise the ticket price for "Flying Swords of the Dragon Gate"? He wasn't confident!"Otherwise, why didn't he dare to release it on the same day as us? '

Chen Xi finished it quickly, and raised his head to look at Shen Xudong. The latter was on the phone, and he could vaguely hear 'check him, I think there is a problem with his taxation! ', 'Also, make a sound, I want to clean him up! '

After hanging up the phone, before Chen Xi could speak, Shen Xudong called the number in the United States again, this time the communication was in English...

I don't understand, but it should mean 'collect more bad reviews...'

Before it was over, Shen Xudong called Gao Jun again: ""Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" has been moved up and will be released on the evening of the 11th!"

Chen Xi swallowed, this is going to kill them all...

Shen Xudong made five or six phone calls in a row, and then looked at Chen Xi expressionlessly: "What do you want to say?"

"fine…"

"...Some people really don't know the heights of the heavens and the depths of the earth! You can't give him face!"

Chen Xi whispered: "Actually, there are quite a lot of investors behind "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins"..."

"So what... I dare to clean up "Red Cliff", why should I be afraid of "Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling"?"

(End of this chapter)