China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 995 Your little belly may not work

"Within three years, there won't be a worse movie than this one. If there is, it will definitely be its sequel."

In 2016, when "The Legend of Conferred Gods" was released, Douban netizens gave the following comments.

Little did people know that there are many hidden talents in the domestic film industry. In just five years, epic masterpieces such as "Love Apartment", "Asura", "Shanghai Fortress" and "Xibao" were born, all of which were rated around 3.0.
Chinese directors have been lining up one after another on this train bound for "bad movies", and now up-and-coming director Zheng Xiaolong has caught up.

Just two days ago, director Zheng Xiaolong handed over the most "tragic" Sino-foreign co-production film of 2021, "Turandot: The Origin of the Spell". The tragedy itself does not lie in the content of the film, but in the Chinese audience's misplaced heart:
"Zheng Xiaolong, I have now repaid you for all the good things that the Legend of Zhen Huan brought me that year. From now on, we no longer owe each other anything."

Talking about this, Li Mu did not hide his teasing towards Jiang Wen, "How about playing a spoiled emperor with twin ponytails, is it fun?"

At this point, Liu Yifei and Zhou Yun on the side couldn't help laughing.

Now, because of "Turandot: The Origin of the Curse", a lot of memes have come out.

What about Papi Jiang who doesn't tell jokes or make jokes, Chang Wei who knows Chinese martial arts but works as a foreign teacher, Jiang Wen, the arrogant emperor with double ponytails, and Guan Xiaotong's charming blue eyeshadow from Carslan?
Jiang Wen, who was eating skewers, suddenly felt that the meat was not fragrant anymore when he heard this. "Lao Li, I beg you, let's not talk about this, otherwise I won't be able to eat this midnight snack."

"I'm doing this to repay a favor. This movie really makes me depressed."

Zheng Xiaolong's "Turandot: The Origin of the Curse" is a super "masterpiece" comparable to "Legend of the Gods" where Tony Leung Ka Fai pays off his debts, "Asura" where Carina Lau goes crazy, and "Shanghai Fortress" where Lu Han and Shu Qi are deeply in love.
No wonder Jiang Wen avoided talking about it, it was truly too embarrassing.

"Forehead"

Li Mu was about to say something when Liu Yifei poked him with her hand, obviously indicating that he should not continue the topic.

However, Zhou Yun on the opposite side did not mind. "It's strange. Speaking of the cast, this movie has a really good cast, with Chinese and foreign actors, Sophie Marceau, Matt Damon, and the plot is a fusion of Chinese and Western elements. It has both the romance and passion of the West and the mystery and subtlety of the East. How come the story ends up like this?"

"This is neither fish nor fowl, neither Eastern nor Western. If it's well made, it's a Sino-foreign collaboration, a combination of Chinese and Western elements. If it's not well made, it's shit."

Jiang Wen cursed.

"Don't tell me, I have figured out how to shoot this kind of movie. Look, I need to gather all these expensive elements, avoid all the logic of classic dramas, and then threaten a famous director to get involved in a lot of women before I can succeed."

Li Mu's words made everyone burst into laughter, even Jiang Wen was no exception.

"That's right, the words are true!"

"How is it rough!" Li Mu couldn't help but retort. Compared to what Jiang Wen said, his words were not rough at all.

"I remember that all the TV series directed by Zheng Xiaolong were good, such as "Beijingers in New York", "Year after Year", "Red Sorghum" and "Empresses in the Palace". Why is his movie so bad?"

As they chatted, Liu Yifei couldn't help but feel a little confused.

"Yifi, you know what, it seems like those TV drama directors aren't very good at making movies." Zhou Yun added casually.

“Like The Intouchables directed by Zhao Baogang, Confucius directed by Hu Mei, and Let’s Get Married directed by Liu Jiang.”

"It's been widely said in our industry that 'it's easy to switch from film to TV series, but difficult to switch from TV series to film'."

Li Mu responded with a chuckle.

In fact, for TV directors who have crossed over to the film industry, in the past 4 years, passing marks are an exception, and points is the norm. However, even so, there are still a lot of TV directors who aspire to make movies, which is a step up. After all, TV directors and film directors are indeed two different dimensions, and the latter will have a better position in the industry.

Just like TV actors and movie actors, they will eventually transition to the big screen.

"Why is that, actually? It seems the difference isn't that big."

Zhou Yun, who has never been a director, still has this doubt, even though he has acted in movies and TV series.

The reason is not difficult to understand, because the two are indeed very similar.

"If the difference is not that big, then something must be wrong." Jiang Wen complained, but after thinking about it, he couldn't explain it simply, so he threw the bag to Li Mu and picked up a large skewer of lamb fillet.

"Old Li, you should speak for yourself."

The cumin powder from Li Mu's mutton was still on the corners of his mouth, so he had to wipe his mouth with a tissue, "Actually, this is also due to the completely different media formats of movies and TV series.

TV series often have dozens of episodes. Taking a 40-episode TV series as an example, it can be seen as a macro structure of "10+10+10+10". These paragraphs constitute the basic narrative rhythm, and finally are subdivided into each episode to form a complete and detailed character narrative.

The length of a film is roughly between 90 and 120 minutes, and its basic structure consists of four parts: opening, turning point, climax, and ending. Within the time limit, it is easier to form a concise and impactful event narrative.

Like Zheng Xiaolong's Turandot, the main problem is that the audience can't quite understand the conflicts and breaking points between the characters, because he doesn't have enough time and can't make the character narrative clear in a short time."

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"Yeah, what Lao Li said is what I wanted to express." At this moment, Jiang Wen nodded repeatedly, still smacking his lips while eating mutton, and did not forget to reply.

"That was Director Li's summary. What does it have to do with you?" Zhou Yun suddenly felt a little amused.

"They're almost the same, almost the same." Jiang Wen then raised his glass and clinked it with Li Mu's. After all, how can you eat barbecue without drinking beer?

"By the way, when will you gather for the Asian Games?"

"I'll have to go over there and be busy for a while after the New Year!"

The Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee has already notified Li Mu of the time limit, which is relatively flexible, but the plan can still be improved in the next two or three months.

He also needs to start forming his own team, but with Mengying Media around, he can just transfer some people from the company or find new people.

After having supper, both sides went their separate ways.

"Ugh!" Liu Yifei suddenly burped in the car, and then she touched her stomach with her hand, "It feels so good to let loose occasionally!"

Li Mu glanced at the slightly protruding belly and couldn't help but smile and said, "Occasionally? Is our frequency also called occasionally?"

"Oh, why are you such a spoilsport? Can't you just pretend you don't know?" Liu Yifei said coquettishly.

"I can, but your little tummy probably can't."

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(End of this chapter)