China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 781 The world has suffered from ugly ancient men for a long time

"Monster Hunt 2" performed quite well at the box office, grossing 22.37 billion yuan.

However, this second part cannot be compared with the first one. The plot is too fragmented and the rhythm is a mess.

If we were to rank a list of the worst movies with a box office of over 2 billion, "Monster Hunt " would definitely be on the list, and even at the top.

"Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" is not much better, it is also a bad movie.

Sometimes it is really ironic. The director of "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" is Zheng Baorui, who has actually made many classic movies.

The most famous ones are "SPL 2" and "SPL ". The fight scene between Wu Jing and Zhen Zidan is still a classic among classics after so many years, and it is a textbook-like teaching of street cold weapon fighting.

After the short video became popular, many martial arts bloggers imitated this fighting scene.

But there is almost nothing that can match it, let alone surpass it.

But comparing the two of them to video bloggers is a bit too bullying.

Zhen Zidan was born into a family of martial arts. After his family immigrated to the United States, they learned various styles of martial arts.

Later, influenced by Li Xiaolong, he became interested in free fighting.

Then he returned to the Beijing Wushu Team and received two years of training.

Wu Jingjin was a member of the Beijing Wushu Team. Although he had never fought in Southeast Asia in 94, he won the national Wushu elite competition gunmanship and sparring championships that year.

These two people are big names in this field.

That's why they were able to fight directly without any set moves, being completely improvisational, and finally putting on a classic fight scene.

In addition to the "SPL" series, Zheng Baorui has also directed some excellent films such as "Dog Bite Dog" and "Kowloon Walled City: The Siege".

The irony is that throughout his directorial career, the box office of his bad movies was far higher than these classic works.

His three highest-grossing films are "Journey to the West: Part Two - The Monkey King 3", "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" and "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom".

The last two are just bad movies, and "Journey to the West: Part Two: The Monkey King 3" is not much better.

The box office revenues of these three films were 11.98 billion, 10.44 billion, and 7.27 million respectively.

"Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" was the worst one, with a box office of 7.27 million yuan.

Li Yu has reason to suspect that if the box office of "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom" can exceed 1 billion like the previous two Journey to the West films, then Zheng Baorui may continue to shoot "Journey to the West xxx".

Make money, don’t be shabby!
If a serious movie doesn't do well at the box office, but a bad movie like Journey to the West can make a lot of money, if it were Li Yu, he would continue to make Journey to the West.

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After a while, the filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was completed.

It’s nothing strange for Li Yu to finish filming now.

I have been a director for so many years, and I don’t know how many times I have completed filming.

Actors like Shen Teng and Liu Yifei were quite excited.

This movie means something different to them.

Liu Yifei was able to gain a firm foothold in the film industry by starring in Li Yu's movies.

Shen Teng also became famous for starring in Li Yu's movie.

After many years, the two of them got together again to act in Li Yu's movie, which was of great significance.

They both hope to become famous again this time with Li Yu's "The Richest Man in Xihong City", just like they did back then.

The contracted artists of Happy Mahua don’t dare to have such big ambitions.

They were very clear about their positions, knowing that they were only supporting roles. If the movie became a hit, the people who would benefit the most would definitely be Shen Teng and Liu Yifei.

I wish they could have some soup along with it.

As long as the movie is popular, their fame and value will increase to some extent.

After filming "The Richest Man in Xihong City", Li Yu took a break for a while. He personally was not in a hurry to shoot a new movie.

He currently has several movies waiting to be released, including "Thief", "Joker" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City". He plans to take a break for a while and wait until some of his works are released.

Cao Qing is not in a hurry either, as he also has a work called "Mulan" to be broadcast.

In addition, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" is also his work, and this film was co-directed by him and Li Yu.

Like Li Yu, Cao Qing is not in a hurry to work.

After working so hard for so long, it makes sense to take a break and watch some classic movies and movie-related books to replenish your energy.

Shortly after the filming of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" was completed, "Dream of Hualu" directed by Li Muge and starring Liu Yifei and Chen Xiao was broadcast on Station A, and the response was very good.

"The world has long been against ugly ancient puppet shows. Ancient puppet show directors in the industry, come and take a look. This is what ancient puppet shows should look like. What is ancient puppet show? Ancient puppet show, ancient puppet show, means that the male lead is handsome and the female lead is beautiful and charming. It is pleasing to the eye. Can it be called ancient puppet show if it is performed by an ugly man in ancient costume?"

"A pleasing appearance. Liu Yifei and Chen Xiao are really suitable for ancient idol dramas. It is a blessing for the audience. I am waiting for the subsequent updates."

“The plot is not as good as the fans say, but the use of lenses and filters is great. It is not like other domestic dramas that use whitening and skin smoothing to the point of distortion.

The costumes and makeup are also great, and you can see that the director's aesthetic taste is very good, especially when shooting characters and scenes. I even suspected that the director was shooting a promotional video for a certain region.

In conclusion, it is not as good as it is hyped up to be, but it is better than most ancient idol dramas on the market. In a word, it is all thanks to the contrast with its peers. "

"Eight points is a bit high, seven to seven and a half is more reasonable."

The play "Dream of Red Mansions" does have a flavor of relying entirely on the support of its peers.

If it were released ten years ago, "Dream of Red Mansions" would definitely not be able to compete with "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and other ancient idol classics, and it could only be considered good.

If it were nowadays, it would be a random kill, because the actors are really getting worse with each generation.

The aesthetic tastes of the director and styling team are also going backwards.

Male actors who play in costume dramas need to tie their hair up to reveal their entire forehead, which is indeed a test of their appearance.

However, China is such a big country, there are so many good-looking people, but there are so many ugly men in ancient idol dramas, which is really embarrassing.

In fact, if you think about it, you will find that this phenomenon is quite normal. The ugly men in ancient costume dramas have connections and people to support them, but the handsome men who can really handle ancient costume dramas cannot get resources. It's that simple.

Because this industry is so profitable, celebrities and directors have pushed their sons and daughters into the entertainment industry, and are willing to ruin their own reputations to pave the way for their children. Chen Kaige and Wu Gang are typical examples.

Do they really not know how good their son is? They still brag about him in front of the media.

There are also some wealthy families outside the circle who send their children into the entertainment industry.

Not every rich second generation has the ability to inherit the family business and manage a company. It would be great to enter the circle, become a little famous, and become a third-tier star, earning millions a year.

As a result, the channel for supplying fresh blood to the entertainment industry has become smaller, so it is not surprising to see a large number of ugly men in ancient idol dramas.

The same reason is why Hong Kong Island’s Miss Hong Kong pageants are getting uglier and uglier.

When the Hong Kong entertainment industry was at its peak, many Hong Kong beauties came from the mainland.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry is now in decline and has no appeal to mainlanders. The Miss Hong Kong pageant can only be chosen from among the millions of Hong Kong Island natives.

Can a Miss Hong Kong selected from a billion people be the same as a Miss Hong Kong selected from a few million people? It is not too normal that the latter is not as good as the former.

(End of this chapter)