The Crown Prince of Huayu!

After the press conference.

“Have you ever thought about becoming a director yourself?”

Han Jiadong asked Huang Xiaoming.

Deng Chao, who once competed with Huang Xiaoming for the top spot in Huayi, has already begun to transform himself into a director.

Although his first film as a director, "The Breakup Guru", received a lot of criticism, it was undoubtedly very successful.

With a cost of only 30 million, it grossed over 800 million at the box office.

It ranks second in box office among directorial debuts, only behind Xu Qin's "So Young".

Huang Xiaoming smiled modestly: "I don't have that talent, I just want to do my job as an actor well."

Han Jiadong still believed what he said.

In the past, not only Deng Chao, but also Xu Zheng, Chen Sicheng, and Wu Jing were all very successful after transforming into directors.

But even so, he did not blindly transform himself into a director out of jealousy.

Of course, he did not focus solely on acting, but also became a boss and investor.

Han Jiadong looked at Shen Teng again: "What about you?"

"I'm not that kind of person anymore."

Shen Teng waved his hands quickly. It was obvious that he did not get as much direct stimulation as Jia Ling in the original time and space, and he had no intention of becoming a director now.

Han Jiadong asked again: "What are your plans for the future?"

"idea?"

"That's the goal, to win an award, a Grand Slam, or a high box office."

Huang Xiaoming smiled bitterly: "Everyone wants to win the Grand Slam, but I can't get it just because I want to! I envy Brother Teng very much in terms of box office. The number of movies he made is only a fraction of mine, but the box office is already several times mine. After "Chinese Partners", several of my movies have failed. Some people in the industry have already regarded me as box office poison."

"It's okay. No matter how poisonous you are, you are not as powerful as our director's magic medicine."

Shen Teng joked, and then said modestly: "My high box office was all due to following the director. If I change to Brother Xiao Ming, it will definitely work."

"No, no, no, no, you make people laugh, I make people laugh, there's a huge difference."

Han Jiadong ignored the two people's jokes and continued to ask Huang Xiaoming: "You said you want awards and high box office. Do you have the motivation to achieve this goal and work hard for it?"

Seeing that he was asking seriously, Huang Xiaoming also put away his nonchalance. After looking at Han Jiadong, he finally did not dare to lie and shook his head in shame: "It seems that I really haven't. Now I am more of a lay-back mentality. If I can get a good script, I will take it. If I can't or I miss it because of my poor vision... I have no choice."

Han Jiadong nodded to show that he understood, and then looked at Shen Teng: "What about you?"

"I'm probably similar to Brother Xiao Ming."

Shen Teng said frankly, "I didn't have much ambition for the box office before. I just heard from a reporter that my total box office is already 7 billion. If I can get another 2 billion this time, it will be 9 billion, not far from 10 billion. I want to be like the director. If I can't get US dollars, I will get the first domestic box office of 10 billion RMB. As for awards, to be honest, I envy Brother Xiao Ming. He has won several Best Actor awards, but I still have nothing. Some people on the Internet have scolded me because I have a high box office but no awards."

Huang Xiaoming patted his shoulder and said, "Good things take time! It wasn't easy for Stephen Chow to be the first actor."

After saying that, he looked at Han Jiadong anxiously: "Director, why are you asking us this?"

Han Jiadong shook his head: "It's okay, I just want to understand your thoughts."

night.

Han Jiadong's room.

"Why did you ask Brother Xiaoming and Brother Teng those questions during the day?"

Liu Yifei sat far away from Han Jiadong.

Han Jiadong did not answer but asked: "Didn't you find any problems in their answers?"

Liu Yifei was puzzled: "What's the problem?"

"They have no goals, or they have no ambition."

Although both of them said that they wanted to win awards and have high box office, they did not take any actual action or effort to do so. It's just like when ordinary people are asked if they want to make a lot of money, the answer is definitely yes, but if they don't work hard for it, can it still be called a goal?

Just like in the original time and space, as we have entered the era of traffic in recent years, a large amount of hot money has poured into the film and television industry, and the treatment of actors has risen sharply, reaching a very terrifying level.

First-line actors like Huang Xiaoming and Shen Teng already earn tens of millions of yuan in pay.

The pay for filming a TV series can even reach tens of millions.

In this situation, it is normal for actors to lose their goals and start to perform poorly.

Liu Yifei thought it was normal: "They are already first-line stars, isn't it normal for them to have no ambition?"

Han Jiadong shook his head: "No matter what position or situation you are in, once you lose your goal and start to play badly, it is a terrible thing."

The entertainment industry in the original time and space has also begun to become worse and worse in the past few years.

Although movie box office is increasing, the quality has not improved, and the acting skills of many actors have regressed.

Including actors such as Huang Bo and Sun Honglei who have won Best Actor awards.

After a pause, Han Jiadong relaxed his tone again: "Of course, this cannot be blamed on them. It is more caused by environmental reasons."

Just like many young people nowadays are giving up, do they really not want to work hard?

Do not!
They just can't see the future of their efforts!

As a line in a certain movie said: "A politician's son becomes a politician, and a bank president's son becomes a bank president."

Social classes have become rigidified, and it is difficult for ordinary people to move up.

In this case, it is not surprising that the team would tank.

Similarly, the entertainment industry is now facing similar problems.

After becoming first-tier stars, celebrities also face the problem of having no room for advancement.

Get a prize?

Even if they win the award, it won’t bring much benefit to first-line stars.

In this regard, China is not even doing as well as South Korea.

Stars like Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun, who have won numerous awards, would be regarded as national treasures like Song Kang-ho and Jeon Do-yeon in Korea, respected by people in the industry and the whole country.

This sense of honor alone can inspire actors to constantly work hard to improve themselves.

But what about in the country?
Their situation is, on the contrary, not as good as that of Liu Yifei and Shen Teng, who have high box office.

There are fans who like him, but it’s totally not to the level of respect and admiration.

Therefore, after becoming first-line stars, domestic actors would rather switch careers and become directors than choose to settle down and continue to focus on acting and win awards.

Moreover, there are also big problems with the way domestic stars are promoted to the first-tier list. As long as you are famous enough, you can be promoted to the first-tier list regardless of whether you have any representative works or have won any awards.

For example, those who just came back from South Korea, none of them have any representative works, let alone awards, but they are all top-tier celebrities.

This will cause problems in the direction of the actors' efforts from the very beginning.

Compared to improving their acting skills, they would rather use methods that can quickly increase their fame, such as hype, issuing press releases, appearing on variety shows, and creating CPs.

This will undoubtedly become a vicious cycle, making the entertainment industry worse and worse.

Originally, Han Jiadong didn't want to care about these things anymore, since they had nothing to do with him and wouldn't hinder him from making money. But since his father had chosen to come back, he had no choice but to help him solve his problems.

I briefly explained it to Liu Yifei and she understood it quickly.

She had similar problems herself.

Although I want to win an award or an Oscar, but if I say I work hard for it...

It would be better to say that Han Jiadong was helping her.

The most she did was to try hard to memorize the lines and analyze the script after getting it.

I turned down most of the invitations because I had a child and because I was just a lazy person.

"What's your solution?"

Liu Yifei asked.

Han Jiadong shook his head: "It's not that easy to solve. Even Hollywood, which has been developed for many years ahead of us, still has this problem."

"Too."

Liu Yifei nodded in understanding, then yawned and stood up: "Okay, I'm going back to sleep."

Han Jiadong held her back and asked, "Stay tonight?"

Liu Yifei shook off his hand: "If you want someone to sleep with you, go find Nazha."

……

……

July 3rd.

"Lost in Chongqing", also known as "Nobody", is officially released.

It earned 2.7 million yuan on the first day of its release, ranking third in the first-day box office after "Fast and Furious 7" and "Charlotte's Troubles".

It earned nearly 800 million yuan in box office revenue in just three days over the first weekend, almost equal to the final total box office revenue of the original time and space movie.

Han Jiadong once again realized how much he and the series contributed to the movie box office.

Especially when compared with "Lost in Hong Kong", which was directed by Xu Zheng after "Lost in Shanghai", the box office was only over 200 million, just a little more than the first-day box office of "Lost in Hong Kong" in the original time and space, Han Jiadong's feelings become even clearer.

In terms of word of mouth, although the movie is somewhat different from the light-hearted and funny style of the first three films and is more inclined to Ning Hao's absurd comedy style, its score on Douban has set the highest score in the "囧" series.

Currently as high as 8.7 points!
The first film in the Lost in Journey series has fallen below 8.2 points from 8 when it was first released, and currently only has 7.8 points.

"Lost in Thailand" even dropped from 8.3 points at the beginning to 7.6 points.

The third part of "Detective Chinatown" rose from 6.3 points at the beginning to 7.5 points.

In general, there has been a downward trend.

This is also a common problem in most series.

The decline rate of the囧 series is already considered slow.

Moreover, if the third part had not been given low ratings by fans of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in the beginning, its rating would definitely not be lower than that of the second part, "Lost in Thailand".

Under such circumstances, the fourth film in the series still got a high score of 8.7, which undoubtedly proves the excellence of the film.

Of course, the ratings are generally higher when a movie is first released.

Because those who can go to the cinema to support a movie on the first day of its release are basically fans of a certain leading actor or director, the scores they give will naturally be higher.

In addition, in order to maintain their reputation, the distributor will certainly inflate the ratings to a certain extent.

Just like when the original "Lost in Thailand" was first released, its rating actually surpassed many classic films, also as high as 8.7 points, but finally dropped to only 7.4 points.

After briefly participating in several promotional activities for "Lost in Chongqing", Han Jiadong took the ideas he had sorted out during this period and went home to have a night talk with his father in the study.

"It is said that a new official will start with three things. Dad, where are you going to start these three things?"

"What's the point of three fires? Do you think my seat isn't hot enough for you?"

Han Sanpin scolded with a smile.

"Don't be too cautious when doing great things. Isn't that what you taught me?"

Han Jiadong shrugged: "You're only doing this one term anyway, what are you afraid of?"

Han Sanpin looked at him for two seconds and said, "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

"It's not what I want to do, it's what you want to do!"

Han Jiadong stressed: "Don't you think the entertainment industry is getting more and more chaotic? Not to mention the unpresentable chaos, the resources of Grand Slam actresses like Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun are not even as good as those of the traffic stars. This kind of environment is too inappropriate and too unhealthy."

"This is not your fault!"

Han Sanpin said directly in an unpleasant tone.

Among Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, Tong Liya, Tang Yan, Liu Sisi, and Shen Teng, who are big names in terms of traffic or resources, how many of them were not brought up by Han Jiadong using his resources?

In his opinion, if his son had not made a fortune using this traffic, others would not have followed suit and given up on talented people like Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun and instead reused that traffic.

"Cough cough!"

Han Jiadong coughed twice: "I did promote a few people, but you can't blame me for this, right? I've also used Zhang Ziyi and Zhou Xun! Even without me, the entertainment industry would still be like this."

"So? What do you want to do?"

Han Sanpin returns to the topic.

Han Jiadong did not answer but asked: "This year's list of first- and second-tier actors has not been determined yet, right? What are the criteria?"

"What standards are there? Isn't it the same every year? A bunch of people sit there and discuss blindly, and whoever they think is the standard is the standard."

"Do you think this is okay?"

"So what if it's not good? Can you come up with a plan that will convince everyone?"

"It is definitely impossible to convince everyone, but won't this method also be controversial? It is better to set a standard than to be a turtle and not be able to come up with an explanation when being questioned."

Han Sanpin looked at Han Jiadong in doubt: "What do you think?"

Han Jiadong held up two fingers: "It's simple, representative works and awards."

"Specifically? How are the representative works determined? What are the criteria for the awards?"

"For singers, the representative work is naturally the songs, and the sales volume ranks among the top five or top ten of the year. For actors, the representative work is TV series and movies. If the ratings of the TV series in which they star are among the top few in the year, or the box office of the movie in which they star are among the top few in the year, it can be considered a representative work. In a sense, this also includes fame.

As for awards, they will definitely be dominated by major national awards, such as the Golden Rooster and Golden Horse awards for films, while local awards like the Academy Awards will have less weight.

In addition, if you are particularly outstanding in one aspect, you can relax the conditions in the other aspect, but it must be there! "

Han Sanpin was tempted, but after thinking for a while, he said, "If we use your standard, even Shen Teng, Tang Yan, and Liu Sisi are not considered first-tier."

"Isn't that normal? It saves them from being lazy and just playing badly all day long."

"Okay, now that you've said that, I'll bring this up for discussion at the next meeting." (End of this chapter)