China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 175
"Wow, our international best actor and international best director are here, let us welcome."

At the recording site of "Happy Camp", He Jiu enthusiastically introduced He Fang's appearance, and the audience cheered. After all, most of the audience present are locals from Changsha, and He Fang is also from Changsha, so they are also honored.

"Hi, everyone, hello host, hello viewers and friends of "Happy Camp"." He Fang warmly greeted everyone as soon as he came out.

"Director He, Director He, I have been studying the acting you teach for a long time at home, and I think I can also win the Best Actress. Director He, if you don't believe me, I will be the leading actress in the next play, and I promise to win the Best Actress." Xie Na He rushed out suddenly and said solemnly.

"???" He Fang was full of question marks?You Xie Na can win the international actress, and the international actress has gone everywhere.

The audience looked at He Fang in a daze, and immediately laughed.

However, He Fang's reaction speed was very fast, "I believe you can win the Best Actress, there is no need to prove it."

"..." Xie Na was stunned, "No, you are not that... don't you believe it first? Then let me become the heroine of the movie, and then I will use my strength to slap my face? This process is wrong, why do you just believe it? ?”

"Ha ha……"

"Because you don't need to slap me in the face with your strength anymore, I believe it, and I believe it very firmly." He Fang nodded.

"Then, then, then, isn't there more reason to ask me to play the heroine in the next movie?" Xie Na asked.

"I have this idea, but I can't afford the actress' salary." He Fang said solemnly.

"Salary? My salary is very low, just give me one hundred and eighty thousand."

"Have you ever seen an international actress with a salary of one hundred and eighty thousand yuan?"

"Huh? How much is that?"

"No matter what, you have to start with 3000 million." He Fang said firmly.

"So tall?" Xie Na was stunned, and then looked envious.

"Yeah, so I can't afford it."

"Pfft, haha..." The audience and the host laughed like crazy.

"Haha, Nana, forget it, you can't catch Director He Fang." He Jiu laughed.

"Ah, why?" Xie Na asked with a soul.

"Director He, come on, tell me why Xie Na can't catch you?" Li Weijia said.

He Fang smiled, "Because there are very few people in this world who can use amateurs to defeat professionals. This situation exists, but it is rare. Amateurs defeating professionals only exists by chance, but it does not mean that this road can lead everyone to go smoothly." Pass."

The audience and hosts at the scene nodded thoughtfully.

"So, the probability of an amateur host defeating a professional host is very low, and the probability of an amateur actor defeating a professional actor is also very low," He Fang said.

"No, no, I know there are many examples." Xie Na quickly retorted.

He Fang smiled and nodded, "There are many people who have never studied hosting before and have become well-known hosts across the country, and there are also people who have never studied professional acting who have won the title of actor and actress. But everyone just saw the appearance, no See the substance."

He Jiu asked curiously: "What is the essence?"

"The essence is that the talent of some people gives him the opportunity to enter this industry as an amateur, but what supports this person to go on in this industry for a long time and develop to become the best actor and queen must be that he constantly makes himself professional. .”

"Just like Mr. Wang Baoqiang, he was an amateur at the beginning, but now who dares to say he is an amateur? He is a professional actor, and he is also a top professional actor."

Du Haitao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly thought of something, and then stood up and said something.

"I know, so it's impossible for Sister Na to use her spare time to win the Best Actress. Amateurs can't beat a professional. At most, Sister Na has the talent in this area to facilitate her entry into the performing arts industry."

When Xie Na heard this, she punched Du Haitao: "Ah, why did you tell such a cruel truth."

"Ha ha……"

How does this topic end?This is the difference between a host and a host, and it's time to embody a good host.

So, He Jiu stood up.

"Director He Fang used the simple example of Xie Na, an amateur actor who wanted to win the best actress, to tell us that any international best actor or best actress award is a reward for professional actors after years of hard work, practice, study, trial and error. Therefore, whether there is success or not What a good shortcut to take. If you want to be successful, you have to study hard and improve yourself. Director He Fang, is my summary correct?"

"it is good……"

The audience at the scene burst into thunderous applause, and He Fang also secretly admired it, it really is a top host, amazing.

"Mr. He Jiu is right. In fact, this is also telling many young people today. When you see many scenes in film and television dramas that can be successful easily, when you see newspapers, magazines or the Internet. The story of becoming a millionaire. Don't make the mistake of thinking that success is easy, and don't hypnotize yourself saying 'I could be successful if it were me'."

"Success is never easy, please try to eliminate the idea of ​​taking shortcuts. Because if you don't have professional ability, you can't catch the shortcut even if it is in front of you. It's like someone said to me, if I don't have such a good background How, how, in fact, if I don't have strong professional ability, I can't grasp this background, can I?"

clap clap clap...

He Fang's words are very positive, and now everywhere is instilling a bad idea in young people: that is, it seems that wealth and success are easy to obtain.

Next, we will talk about some interesting things during the filming, and some interesting things about participating in the awards in Venice. At the same time, we will also interact with the audience friends at the scene and talk about some suggestions for young people.

For example, a student who claimed to be from Huzhou University asked He Fang how a student should appreciate and understand the art of film. Many award-winning films claim to be highly artistic, why can't they understand?Even bored?

"Your question is very good. I think that for most audiences, we pursue two things when watching a movie. One is whether we can understand it or not, and the other is whether it is good or not. Being able to understand is the motivation for us to continue watching. The good thing is that we got a spiritual reward after watching the movie, that is, the spiritual reward this movie gave me was worth the price of this movie ticket.”

"And most commercial films need to do these two things. One is to make the audience understandable, and the other is to make it look good. The so-called art films are not like this, they only try to make professional films Movies that people can understand rather than ordinary audiences, they don’t care whether the form is good or not, they only express their exploration of film art.”

"Because the art expressed by art films is an extension of the creator's personal thoughts and aesthetics. It is expressing art, and how to appreciate this art can only be understood after receiving professional film audio-visual language training. Therefore, ordinary film audiences have not accepted it. This kind of audio-visual language learning, so most people can't read it."

"It's like a person who has never studied design, how can he see the artistry of a designer who draws a few graphics and circles at will?"

He Fang's explanation finally made a large number of people finally understand the reason why they can't understand art movies, but another problem arose after that.

So the student asked again: "Since most audiences can't understand the film, what's the point of making it?"

He Fang shrugged: "It's hard to answer this question from the front, I can only answer you from the side. What is the meaning of philosophy? What is the meaning of astronomy? What is the meaning of oceanography? It is not used in general work, and it will be confused when you come into contact with it. But, can you say that these things are meaningless?"

"In the same way, as an art, film not only serves the public, but also becomes a place for artistic discussion and experimentation. Most of the time, art film is this kind of discussion, and it explores many aspects."

"For example, there are: exploration of film aesthetics, exploration of story expression methods, exploration of philosophy of thought, exploration of social development, exploration of film technology, etc., so when you see some films that explore the extreme, there is no People who have received audio-visual studies cannot understand it, nor can it be said that it is completely meaningless."

He Fang's explanation has risen to a concept of film studies, and it is no longer a simple question of talking about a certain movie.

"Aren't you against this kind of movie? But your explanation seems to be speaking for these movies."

At this time another audience member stood up and asked questions.

"In fact, everyone got it wrong. What I object to is not the exploration of film art. What I object to is that this kind of exploration be regarded as the mainstream of the film market. Some people hope that the whole people will support art films, but this is obviously untenable, because art films are Some audiences can’t understand it. Another biggest function of movies is to enrich the entertainment life of ordinary people and improve their spiritual and civilized life. This requires a large number of market-oriented commercial movies. Therefore, I think Commercial films are the mainstream, not art films."

"On the other hand, if we regard art films as the mainstream, then our film commercial market will be occupied by Hollywood blockbusters, and our film box office will be harvested by Hollywood, just like the box office in China now. The two highest movies are "Avatar" and "Transformers 3", our ordinary movie audience will lose interest in watching domestic commercial movies."

"Also, what I object to is the use of the director's absolute power under the guise of making an art film. This will not only fail to make a good art film, but also waste a lot of investment funds on it. Such a production method cannot Producing excellent art films will only make some extreme directors who want to win awards continue to use content to discredit us to win awards."

"I know that some directors of literary and artistic films won awards by smearing and using individual phenomena to represent the overall appearance to express the so-called art. This kind of smearing for the sake of smearing, and forcibly creating satire for the sake of satire to win awards Behavior that I object to."

"Let me give you an example. Some movies film the Chinese people's behavior of seeking perfection in order to survive in the face of life, death and hunger after the war came, and ironically say that this is the inferiority of the Chinese people. This is China. The ugliness of human nature, isn't this just irony for the sake of irony?"

"I would like to ask, don't talk about China, put Americans and Europeans in this environment, maybe 99% of people will compromise in order to survive? In the face of life and death, there is no distinction between nationality and nationality , This is obviously the nature of all human beings, how can it become the inferiority of Chinese people alone? So, should you support or oppose artistic exploration and expression like this?"

"To sum up, I am opposed to the mainstream of literary and artistic films and the director's intentional distorting and discrediting of ourselves in order to win awards, and the two acts of overriding the director's power over the crew. If I really completely deny art films, why? Would I still want to make these kinds of films? Isn’t that a paradox?”

clap clap clap...

The audience applauded thunderously, and the minds of many young people suddenly became enlightened. In the past, they heard people talk about the inferiority of the Chinese people every day, which made them feel that there was something wrong with their own nation.Now after He Fang said this, I realized that someone deliberately confused the concepts.

Of course, "Happy Camp" is not just a place for He Fang to answer questions, but also a place to play games happily. Otherwise, how can it be called "Happy Camp"?

After spending more than three hours recording the show, He Jiu insisted on inviting everyone to dinner, and He Fang fulfilled his wish.

After recording "Quick Book", He Fang went to check the preparations for "Three Dozens of Bone Demons" that night, because they were about to start production on October 10th, and they didn't have much time left.

The next day, on September 9, "Scorching Sun" was officially released, and the crew held an event at the flagship store of Huying International Studios in Dongtang, Changsha.

I booked two shows, and invited the main leaders of Huying Group, Radio and Television, and Mango TV to watch the movie.

After watching the movie, Zeng Jinghua was very happy. Watching her son on the screen, she praised how well she acted, and even won Best Actor.

This is her pride, this is what she taught.

"Old He, do you think that if I go out to open an actor training class now, will people rush to sign up? After all, I am also the one who taught the best actor in Venice." Zeng Jinghua asked He Ben proudly.

"..." He Ben was stunned, how should he answer?

"What? Don't believe I have this ability? Who taught He Fang?" Seeing He Ben's unbelievable face, Zeng Jinghua immediately became unhappy. She gave birth to such an excellent son for him, and he even looked down on her own level. ?Is it the other way around?
"Cough, no, no, I was thinking, why didn't I think of this earlier? If so, you would be more famous than you." He Ben reacted fairly quickly.

Zeng Jinghua looked at He Ben suspiciously, "You really think so?"

"Of course, I now regret why I didn't think of this step earlier... Go back and plan it carefully." After He Ben finished speaking, he ran to report to the leader.

He Fang took the crew to chat with the leaders for a while, and then took the crew to another theater to interact with the real audience. The atmosphere was very lively.

Of course, since it has already started to be released, the publicity will be fast-paced, and He Fang only plans to publicize for 5 days.

It's not that he thinks that his position is stable and he doesn't pay attention to publicity and audience, but that time is a bit tight.

After the promotion in the four cinemas in Changsha that day, they took a plane to go south to Guangzhou. Zhao Jun, the boss of China Film South, warmly entertained them.

Now He Fang not only represents that he is a top domestic director and owner of a film company, but also an invisible representative of Huying outside. Huying Group now regards He Fang as a god-like existence.

Because He Fangrang used to be a name in the Huying Group, or those who left their jobs to stay have a new start. Now the Huying Film and Television City and the Huying International Theater need a lot of talents. It's a place to mix up.

Because of why, the performance of the Huying International Cinemas has been "噗噌" rushing upwards, because of why, the leaders of the group are all rising, and the people below have also seen the opportunity.

Because of some reason, the films of Huying Group have gained both fame and fortune, and when they go out and say "I am from Huying", they feel that their status is higher.

Therefore, it is conceivable what He Fang's position is in Hu Yingren's heart.Now He Fang's words in Huying are probably more effective than the chairman Huang Ke. If he says he wants to block someone, Huying International Cinemas will immediately stop all the movies of this person, so that you can't get along in the industry.

What's more, He Fang still has influence on the TV station, and three or four TV stations will sell He Fang's face.

This is invisible energy, isn't it scary?He's a big boss now.

After winning the Venice Award this time, this godhead has become more and more solid. If his "Pacific Rim" can regain the box office throne, then he will really prove himself.

"Ah, Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. You came here to treat us to supper at such a late hour. It's really flattering us."

"Haha, Director He was joking, don't make it so official, just treat it as an old friend when you hear that you are coming, come and get together for a while. Isn't this normal? It's not official."

"Okay, then thank Mr. Zhao."

"I haven't congratulated Director He yet, but you have fought for our Chinese film again. Congratulations."

"Thank you Mr. Zhao, then let's not be polite, and thank Mr. Zhao for his congratulations with a glass of wine here."

……

"Ding", at twelve o'clock in the evening, He Fang and Zhao Jun received a text message at the same time.

"Oh, congratulations to Director He, congratulations, the box office hit the top, which is 400 million higher than "Legend of the White Snake"." Zhao Jun said and immediately poured wine for He Fang.

"Hey, Mr. Zhao, I'll do it, I'll do it. I'm just thanking your theaters for their support. There are so many films in the lineup."

"Haha, if it wasn't for "Single Zoo" to give everyone confidence, who would dare to give such a high rating to a literary film. The strength lies in "Scorching Sun" is really well shot..."

Several people have entered the bragging mode again.

And Duan Yihong and the others finally saw the box office data they were curious about. The first-day box office rankings of the three films in the National Day file on September 9:
"The Scorching Sun" took 24.1% of the film schedule, with a box office of 1384 million.

"Legend of the White Snake", 33% of the film schedule, with a box office of 999 million.

"Painted Wall", 25% of the film schedule, with a box office of 961 million.

……

Even if Duan Yihong is not a distributor, he can understand this data. This "Legend of the White Snake" is afraid to collapse. However, the box office is nearly 9 million lower than that, that is, the box office of "Painted Wall", which is 400 points lower than it, is only 8 lower than it.

Some people may ask, why are the first-day box office of these three films so low?Aren't the first-day box office of many movies 4000 to [-] million?

In fact, the main reason is that this is the eve of the National Day, and not many people watch movies on weekdays before the long holiday, and when October [-]st is the time for real results.

(End of this chapter)