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Chapter 306 Different directors, different treatment methods

At this time, the mainland film market cannot support commercial blockbusters that easily cost tens or even hundreds of millions. Commercial blockbusters must attract external funds.

Therefore, the director must choose someone who is famous and influential internationally, and the film must also choose a subject that shows China’s unique characteristics and is of interest to foreign countries.

Therefore, almost all commercial blockbusters at this time were based on costume and historical themes.

The historical themes of ancient costumes also have two focus periods.

One of them is King Qin's sweeping of Liuhe.

The historical significance is far-reaching and the influence is huge. It is familiar to people at home and abroad. In addition, the life experience of the First Emperor is full of twists and turns. Any excerpt of it is enough for the directors to use.

From "Song of Qin" starring Jiang Wengeyou, to "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" directed by Director Chen, and now "Hero" co-prepared by Qi Wei and Lao Mouzi, they all tell the story of the First Emperor.

And a focused period is the Three Kingdoms.

Yes, the script in Qi Wei's hands, which Director Chen spent several months working on while he was at home, is about the Three Kingdoms.

But, director Chen wrote this movie script about the Three Kingdoms
How should I put it? The first thing Qi Wei thought of was the TV series "Lu Bu and Diao Chan" that he filmed later.

Basically they have the same modes and plots.

Director Chen has a style for making historical blockbusters with this theme. He likes to go off the beaten path.

To put it nicely, it is a romanticization of style, but to put it more normally, it is a love of personal items.

Just like "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", he likes to make secondary creations based on history, various unofficial histories and folklore, and his own understanding.

This period of history has also become a little girl who lets him dress up.

The filming of "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" was so-so, basically still on the pass line, and the adaptation was not too outrageous.

The movie script about Lu Bu and Diao Chan in front of us has made a lot of tampering and joking about the classic characters and stories of the Three Kingdoms, and fully demonstrates the characteristics of Director Chen's love and personal goods.

He almost changed the historical figures into mythical figures, and the focus of the story also changed from the war strategies of the Three Kingdoms to the feelings between men and women.

But the question is, will anyone watch your film about love in the Three Kingdoms?

Adaptation is not nonsense, and joking is not nonsense.

Although the pockets of popular movie fans at this time were much richer, they were not as good as those of later generations. Going to the cinema was still a relatively luxurious thing, and it was not as common as it was in later generations.

This has also led to the fact that at this time, the public movie fans have higher quality requirements for movies. If the film is not good, the audience will not just complain a few words on the Internet like later generations.

It is true that no one cares about it, and this cannot be saved by marketing.

This is also the reason why "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin", which director Chen invested with over 7000 million, only achieved a little over 1000 million at the domestic box office.

If this movie about the Three Kingdoms theme created by Director Chen is actually made into a movie, it will probably be even worse than "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin".

So after reading the script, Qi Wei's face darkened.

The speed of reading is also getting faster and faster.

It only took a few minutes for Qi Wei to close the script, which was as thick as a small book, and then thought silently for a moment before forcing a smile.

"Director Chen, I don't understand this script. If you don't mind, you can keep this script with me. I'll take it back and let my team analyze it and help me understand it."

Qi Wei said this, but directly returned the script to Chen Hong.

The meaning of this rejection is already obvious.

Although it was very tactful, Director Chen and Chen Hong became a little uncomfortable.

Chen Hong still wanted to fight for it. She said: "We are considering you for the role of Lu Bu, the male lead in this drama. As for Diao Chan, I am the leading actor. We can cooperate a second time."

Chen Hong thought to herself, haven't you always been obsessed with my Diao Chan? Isn't this giving you a chance?

In fact, this is also an opportunity for Chen Hong. She has never forgotten Qi Wei's performance on the night when "Da Ming Palace Ci" was finalized.

If Qi Wei is willing, she won't mind what happens with Qi Wei in Director Chen's crew.

Secretly, even if Qi Wei asked her to dress up as Diao Chan, there would be no problem.

But Qi Wei didn't want to wear a nose ring like his teacher Huang from Nortel.

"Sister Hong, although I really want to work with you again, I'm afraid I won't be able to film this movie. My schedule has been postponed to the year after next."

Chen Hong was a little surprised by Qi Wei's refusal. She still wanted to fight for it, but Qi Wei didn't give him a chance.

"Director Chen, Sister Hong, someone is greeting me over there. I'll go over first." Qi Wei said goodbye directly, and then left.

"Stop being so cold-hearted. You don't see that I'm not interested at all." After Qi Wei left, Director Chen immediately put away his smile and said to Chen Hong with a straight face.

As an internationally renowned director, Director Chen could not tolerate Qi Wei, a junior in the industry, questioning his own works, and his tone was clearly dissatisfied with Qi Wei.

Not to mention, Chen Hong actually touched her face, which made Chen Hong feel guilty.

"I'm not doing this for you. Do you think I am willing to do this? I don't want to see you sitting at home doing nothing all day again." Chen Hong gritted his teeth and whispered, venting his dissatisfaction with Director Chen. Cover up your inner guilt.

"That's just because he doesn't know the goods. I don't believe I wouldn't be able to attract investment without him. Just wait and see."

"Okay, I'm waiting for you to bring me good news."

Chen Hong laughed disdainfully, thinking to himself, if you can get investment, why should I look for him?
It’s not like we’ve looked for investors before without any trust. Is there anyone interested in investing?
Seeing the disdain on Chen Hong's face, Director Chen's face became extremely ugly.

But this was the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony after all, so Director Chen would naturally not quarrel with Chen Hong and then left without saying a word.

"You bastard, you're still showing off to me!"

Chen Hong was extremely dissatisfied with Director Chen's attitude.

I think that I have done so many things not just for you.

"Don't blame me for being unkind."

She secretly thought, wondering if she could find Qi Wei public relations again.

A truly good wife still thinks of her husband when she is angry.

Then she followed him with a cold face and said nothing.

The person waving to Qi Wei was Lao Mouzi, who was talking and laughing with Zhao Benshan.

Lao Mouzi's feature film "No One Less" has received good reviews and box office success, and has been shortlisted for several important awards at this year's Golden Melody Awards.

Because of this movie, Lao Mouzi has become the most powerful contender for Best Director at this Golden Rooster Award.

As for Zhao Benshan, although none of his works were shortlisted for the Golden Rooster Award, the male and female director he starred in was shortlisted for this year's Hundred Flowers Award.

The Golden Rooster Award, Hundred Flowers Award and Huabiao Award are the three major domestic film awards.

Since 1992, the Golden Rooster Award and the Hundred Flowers Award have been merged into the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards. Although they are merged and held simultaneously, the awards are awarded separately.

Until 2005, only one of the two awards was awarded a year, the Golden Rooster Award in odd years and the Hundred Flowers Award in even years.

The Golden Rooster Award is a film award founded in 1981. It was named because that year was the Year of the Rooster in the Lunar Calendar and the earliest existing dramatic cultural relic, the "Golden Rooster Stele".

At this time, the Golden Rooster Awards were not as heavily influenced by capital as they would be in later generations.In future generations, an illiterate traffic person who doesn't know what to do after finishing the movie can be nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards. This kind of joke will not happen now.

Qi Wei was nominated for his wonderful performance in "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog", and the award he was chasing was only Best Supporting Actor.

You must know that "That Man, That Mountain, That Dog" is a story about the love between a father and his son. Qi Wei's role in this drama is enough to compete for the best actor.

However, with Qi Wei's qualifications in the industry and his performance in the movie, it is basically impossible to win the Best Actor. He has a better chance of winning the Best Supporting Actor.

The Hundred Flowers Award was organized by the magazine "Popular Cinema" in 1962.

The reason why the Hundred Flowers Award is named "Hundred Flowers" is to reflect the literary and artistic policy of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend". This award represents the audience's views and evaluations of the film, and is voted by the audience by purchasing the magazine "Popular Films".

It is also called the Audience Award.

As the mainland's oldest and most mass-based film award, the Hundred Flowers Award's status in the film industry is not as good as the Golden Rooster Award.

From the establishment of the Hundred Flowers Awards to the 90s, due to the sluggishness of the mainland film market, film magazines such as Popular Cinema also became sluggish.

Distribution has dropped sharply, the number of viewers participating in voting has dropped sharply, the broadness and mass appeal have plummeted, and transparency and credibility have become worse than before.

For example, this year's "Popular Films" was priced at 6.8 yuan per copy, and the highest number of copies issued in the issues with ballots was only more than 10.

Each magazine has 6 votes, but because there are no restrictions on the qualifications of voters in the selection rules, the bad habit of soliciting films that is common in mass awards activities has been subconsciously or unintentionally allowed.

Therefore, the shortlisted candidates can basically settle down if they spend more than 20 to [-] yuan to buy tens of thousands of magazines.

Being more operational has made the Hundred Flowers Award gradually decline, which is why the Hundred Flowers Award and the Golden Rooster Award will be merged into one Hundred Flowers Film Festival and held together.

Of course, it is definitely better to win an award than not to win one. After all, it represents the recognition of the "public".

After Qi Wei left, Lao Mouzi ended his chat with Zhao Benshan and asked Qi Wei with a smile:

"What were you and Director Chen talking about just now?"

"Nothing to talk about, it's just that Director Chen wants me to invest in a movie." Qi Wei replied very casually.

"Oh?" Lao Mouzi asked with a surprised expression on his face, "Then have you agreed?"

"No, I have no interest." Qi Wei shook his head.

Hearing this, Lao Mouzi burst into laughter and said: "You are a well-known big water pipe in the industry. You have always been generous in investing, and even you are not interested. How bad is Director Chen's drama?" "

Hearing this, Zhao Benshan also laughed.

"I'm just not interested, but I didn't say how bad his acting was."

"Don't they all mean the same thing? Why are you still afraid of him?"

"I just don't like speaking ill of people behind their backs."

"You are talking about me, let's forget about him." But Lao Mouzi said again, "When I get a chance, I want to see what kind of drama it is."

Qi Wei did not answer the conversation, but changed the topic and asked: "By the way, how was the filming of "Happy Time"?"

"The filming of the movie has been completed and we are doing post-production work." Lao Mouzi replied.

"When will it be released? If necessary, I can spare a few days to help with roadshow promotion."

In "Happy Time", a collaboration between Lao Mouzi and Zhao Benshan, Qi Wei once took a day to help make a guest appearance.

"Probably in April or May next year. If you are free then, I will let you know."

Lao Mouzi added: "After this drama is released, I will start filming "Hero"."

Qi Wei nodded, and then said to Lao Mouzi: "If nothing happens in December, you can accompany me to the United States."

"Why are you going to the United States?" Halfway through the words, Lao Mouzi realized something, and then asked: "We are inviting Li Lianjie. Have you reached an agreement with Boss Xiang from Hong Kong City?"

The first choice for the male lead in "Hero" could only be Li Lianjie. Lao Mouzi had found Li Lianjie's contact information through his connections before, and had called Li Lianjie and sent an invitation.

Although the filming time of "Hero" passed the time when Li Lianjie's wife gave birth, Li Lianjie still wanted to develop in Hollywood, but he declined in the end.

If Boss Xiang doesn't come forward, it may be difficult to recruit him.

Qi Wei smiled and nodded, "So we have to show our sincerity. If the director comes to visit us in person, he will definitely be kind but reluctant to accept."

"No problem, remember to inform me when the time comes." Lao Mouzi replied with a smile.

Hearing Qi Wei and Lao Mouzi talking about "Hero", Li Lianjie would undoubtedly participate in the show, Zhao Benshan looked at Qi Wei with a strange look.

At this moment, Zhao Benshan still didn't know that his good apprentice Qin Xiaolan had captured Qi Wei with his encouragement.

Still thinking about how to please Qi Wei and add a double insurance.

Then he smiled and said to Qi Wei: "By the way, Xiaojie has been talking about you since you left after your guest appearance that day. She is very grateful to you for letting her appear in your MV, and she has always wanted to find an opportunity to repay you."

I'm talking about Dong Jie, she also participated in the drama "Happy Times".

Hearing this, Qi Wei couldn't help but glance at Lao Mouzi, thinking that this is your new girl.

But Lao Mouzi didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhao Benshan's method of giving in to others, and he still smiled.

"Well, I'm going to join the filming of "Little Li's Flying Knife" soon. Just wait until I have time."

No promises and no rejections.

"Okay, I will tell her then."

If you don't refuse, you agree. Zhao Benshan plans to contact Dong Jie after returning and ask her to take the initiative to contact Qi Weiduo.

If you have a good impression of someone, you should take the initiative.

At this time, someone noticed Qi Wei and walked over with a smile.

"Brother Qi, long time no see."

It was Feng Xiaogang who spoke. He had a flattering smile on his face and seemed to be very close to Qi Wei.

But when Qi Wei saw him, his expression turned gloomy.

He wanted to leave after offending the abbot, but Qi Wei was very cautious about certain things.

It was impossible to give him a good look, Qi Wei simply ignored him, exchanged a few polite words with Ge You who was standing next to him, and left after seeing an acquaintance again.

Feng Xiaogang was left standing there looking embarrassed.

Backstage at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards ceremony, Qi Wei didn't meet too many acquaintances.

Just like Zhou Xingxing now.

This time he was invited by the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards to be a guest presenter.

Of course, he is not the only Hong Kong movie star who was invited to be an award guest.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Liang Jiahui." Qi Wei said with a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)