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Chapter 395 Plan, Future

[I watched "The Sound of Wind" three times in the cinema, and every time I watched it, I would confirm two things:

1. It redefines mainstream movies in a sense;

2. It is the best group performance in the history of domestic films.

1. Although "The Whistleblower" was not promoted as a mainstream movie, and the director denied the claim of being a mainstream movie at the premiere, judging from the impact of "The Whistleblower" during the Qingming Festival, when audiences flocked to the Memorial Hall of Anti-Japanese War Heroes to pay tribute to the martyrs, it is hard to say that it is not a domestic mainstream movie.

I want to say that "The Sound of Wind" is not like the mainstream movies in recent years, which are full of preaching and formulaic flavor. From the first three quarters of "The Sound of Wind", it is completely a suspense film, and you can never guess the reversal. The first time you watch it, your attention is on finding out who the old ghost is and those tortures that are tortured in various ways.

It is said that many girls were scared to tears in the cinema, and I believe it.

And Le Zhanlin's extreme expression when he was tortured once became a psychological shadow of mine.

Pick out any clip, it's a standard thriller.

The film's composition, music, and shots are all top-notch. As a film of artistic content, it ranks among the best in the past decade.

The confession that Yan Gou'er read to the audience at the end was even more devastating: Because the nation is at risk of extinction, we can only risk our lives to save it in the event of an emergency. My body will soon perish, but my soul will be with you.

It can be said that "The Sound of Wind" has greatly promoted the progress of domestic main-theme films. It has provided an example of how to perfectly integrate the main theme and genre films. It is not just about putting the hand-tearing Japanese devils on the big screen, but also about telling stories of the past and saying some words to promote patriotic feelings. It is a main-theme film.

Now the audience's aesthetic taste has improved and they have requirements for mainstream films. "The Whistleblower" is a sign of progress.

The fact that Cheng Cheng wrote such a good mainstream script for the first time speaks volumes about his stance. Those who have been making a fuss about the fact that he has never produced any mainstream works can stop now.

Moreover, I think Cheng Cheng is one of the few people in the domestic entertainment industry who has a firm stance and is not crooked.

Other successful stars are of various nationalities, but Cheng Cheng, a tough guy in Hollywood, has always been a Tianxia citizen.

2. Group performance. There is a saying that a drama can be outstanding with a single actor, but a movie performance needs to rely on the opponent to create sparks.

Almost all the actors in "The Sound of Wind" have excellent acting skills, not to mention Bai Xiaonian, Le Zhanlin, Gu Xiaomeng, Li Ningyu at the beginning of the movie.
In summary, the actors in "The Sound of Wind" are all extraordinary. Cheng Cheng's vision in casting is really sharp. This is the result of the art of film not being controlled by capital. All actors try their best to find the most suitable actors to play. ]
"I went to the cinema to watch The Sound of Wind two days ago. It is one of the few movies that can keep my attention the whole time without looking at my phone. Two veteran actors and three young and middle-aged actors are really enjoyable to watch. It is a good script, a good director, and good actors. I love it!"

"In recent years, Chinese-language films are good as long as the acting is good and the script is acceptable. But for me, The Whistleblower is a film where both the acting and the script exceed the upper limit, even overflowing. I haven't seen such a film for a long time."

"Without exaggeration, I can say that this movie can be regarded as the pinnacle of spy films in mainland China, bar none. All the actors' acting skills are excellent, the whole film is flawless, the story is progressive and the plot is clear. It is a rare masterpiece, and there is not even another movie that can rival it. I highly recommend it! The conservative estimate of this movie is 30 billion yuan."

"Brother Frog is definitely the actor with the most positive attitude in the domestic entertainment industry, that goes without saying."

"That's right. The others are all fawning on foreigners, acting as puppets of capital, and only caring about profit. But Brother Frog is not like that. Just based on Yan Gou'er's last monologue, I would say that Brother Frog is a real man."

[The influence of "The Sound of Wind" on the Chinese music scene is absolutely endless!
First of all, "The Sound of Wind" proves a point.

Before the release of The Sound of Wind, there was a topic on Zhihu about why the Chinese-language film market suddenly cooled down. Many people analyzed the reasons, some said it was due to the economic downturn, some said it was due to the impact of short videos and fragmented reading, some said it was due to the chaos of capital, and some said it was due to the increase in the audience threshold.

In fact, there are many reasons why Chinese-language films have become unpopular.

But it all comes down to this:
Is the movie good?

If the movie is good, the box office will definitely be good and the people will buy into it.

If the movie is not good, the box office will definitely not be good. When the entire market is flooded with shoddy movies, the entire market is ruined.

But a good movie is not just about being a good movie.

There is also the film’s producers: directors, screenwriters, and actors, who are responsible to the audience and the market.

2. The filmmakers: directors, screenwriters, and actors, are sincere to the audience.

1. What does it mean to be responsible to the audience and the market?
First of all, don’t be misleading. The values ​​​​conveyed in your movie must be positive and beneficial to society.

This positivity does not mean that you cannot make crime films, it does not mean that you cannot present bloody content, and it certainly does not mean that you cannot have bad guys as the protagonists.

Rather, it should be presented in a critical manner.

There is nothing wrong with making crime films, bloody films, and torture films. These are one of the major themes of movies. People are born with a curiosity, and making these films also satisfies a certain desire of the audience.

But you can’t film a villain protagonist and at the same time defend him openly or secretly. That’s not right.

For example, many film and television dramas nowadays, when portraying ordinary people, try hard to portray their treachery, cunning, unkemptness and unreasonableness. However, when portraying rich people, they portray their truth, goodness and beauty, their tolerance, reasonableness and informality.

Nowadays, film and television dramas have a great influence and many children watch them.

If you let them watch this, won't they learn this subtly? What will they become when they grow up?
This is wrong! This kind of film and television works are harming our culture and even shaking our value system and our foundation.

You can't also shoot crappy things when the audience is ignorant, otherwise when they understand in the future, they will look back and say: Damn, what the hell was that you shot for me back then?
Every director, screenwriter, and actor should have this awareness when choosing a script, rather than just considering money and profit.

2. What is sincerity to the audience? It means shooting what the audience likes and respecting their opinions.

Some directors, screenwriters, and actors are stubborn and insist on going against the market!
The movie was not good, and was criticized by the audience. The director and screenwriter came out and said that it was you who didn't understand it and didn't know how to appreciate art. They also tried to reverse PUA the audience, blaming the audience for not being good and having no aesthetic taste.

When the character modeling is not good and problems are pointed out, they blame the audience for being too sensitive; when the actors are accused of being bad artists, or of having poor personal ethics, or having problems with their stance, they blame the audience for being nosy, and conversely accuse the audience of cyberbullying.

There are too many arrogant film and television practitioners who never respect the audience's opinions and do not study the audience's preferences. When the movie box office is not good, they blame it on no one watching. Do you think this can't be a failure?
For such practitioners, the more they are rejected, the better! And they have to be rejected! The market will educate people. If it doesn’t work once, try it twice. If it doesn’t work twice, try it three times. It will always be educated. If it still doesn’t work three times, then there must be something fishy!
Either they are not here for the box office, or they are not here for the money, or they have other income besides the box office.

This time Cheng Cheng's "The Sound of Wind" is good, just shoot what the audience likes to watch, and we should also make such movies make money! Every penny you spend is a vote you cast.

Every artist, every novel, and every movie is the result of thousands and thousands of votes.

If you choose to survive by starring in puppet-like, assembly-line-produced young actors, or the watered-down movies that have earned billions by raking in good reviews and box office revenue, or the illogical soap operas about domineering CEOs and grieving divorced young women, or the distorted works that openly denigrate national culture and strongly alkali your aesthetics and worldview, then these will be your whole world from now on.

However, if you choose The Sound of Wind, Wen Lian, Yan Gou'er, and Le Zhanlin, then all actors and works on the market will be like them! ]
"That's right. Every penny you spend is a vote for the world you want! The Sound of Wind should make money. It should make a lot of money!"

“Most people only think that they are “spending money” and “wasting money meaninglessly”.

If you like a certain culture and you hope that it will develop further, you should consume it instead of complaining about why movie theaters don't show your favorite movies.

Why aren’t your favorite movies shown? Why isn’t your favorite culture developing?

Because you didn’t vote for it.”

"We are the audience, but we are singing the opposite tune. We are spoiled by these film practitioners! They really think they are superior and upper class. If it weren't for the audience, how could they be where they are today? In short, we want the world to hear our voice! Actually, it can be considered a last resort, but if money can make them surrender, there is nothing wrong with it."

In the following days, the box office of "The Whistleblower" continued to soar.

After one week of release, the box office of "The Whistleblower" reached 17 billion yuan. After half a month of release, the box office of "The Whistleblower" reached 25 billion yuan.

All major media, especially the film media, reported the news like crazy, waving their flags and shouting:
Li Yang's "The Sound of Wind" subverts his image: I just want to be "disfigured"

"The Sound of the Wind": What you hear is the sound of the wind, what is flying is the acting skills"

"The Sound of Wind: A New Legend of Chinese Films!"

"The Whistleblower" national box office exceeds 25 billion, CCTV talks with Cheng Cheng"

"The Whistleblower" grossed 25 billion at the box office, Qiuzhuang may become a tourist attraction"

"The Whistleblower" becomes the first blockbuster in 2024. The box office appeal of Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian is underestimated by everyone"

"Rising from a cold market, Cheng Cheng tells you what a blockbuster is!"

The film media seems to be telling the audience and everyone in this way that the film market is not cold! The film market is still very hot! So, let's go watch the movie!

At the same time, they also use this method to try to tell investors and financiers, have you seen it? The Sound of the Wind makes a lot of money! So hurry up and invest in the movie! As long as you invest, you can get a huge share of the profits!
However, netizens don’t buy into their propaganda at all!
Come on!
Cheng Cheng is successful, but that doesn’t mean you are successful, and it certainly doesn’t mean the film market is successful!

What kind of rubbish movie did you make? Do you think we don't know the answer?

You still want to attract Yuanzi with this? Has your own mother sacrificed herself?

Especially this year, after Douban locked the ratings twice, they have given up watching movies. Only when Cheng Cheng’s movies are released will they be willing to go to the cinema to watch them. Other directors want to cheat them out of their ticket money, but it’s impossible!

They are not fools! They are willing to support Tianxia's film industry, but that doesn't mean they are willing to support any garbage. Moreover, supporting garbage may not be good for Tianxia's film industry.

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Next up, April 4th.

Neon, "I'm the Big Brother" is also online.

As soon as it was released, "I'm the Big Brother" swept the entire Neon with its silly fans, and received rave reviews. The premiere ratings reached 12%, creating another ratings miracle. And the influence quickly radiated to the country.

After watching "I'm a Boss", many domestic resource-seekers fell in love with the Japanese girl Risa Goto.

At this time, Cheng Cheng had not returned to China for more than two months, but after the box office of "The Whistleblower" stabilized, he remotely arranged the next work direction of Shinhwa.

First, he sent the script of "I'm a Criminal Police" and asked Xiaoyi to be responsible for the filming and Le Zhanlin to play the leading male role.

The second is to arrange the publicity and release of "Underground Traffic Station".

The third is to arrange the preparations for the filming of sequels such as "Love Apartment 3", "Who's the Detective 3", and "I Am a Singer 3".

At the same time, Cheng Cheng did not relax in Neon and Peninsula.

After finishing filming "I'm the Boss", Cheng Cheng is preparing to shoot his third Japanese drama, but the script has not been selected yet. He is mainly hesitating between "White Tower", "Hanzawa Naoki" and "Justice is Victory". If he chooses the latter two, the male lead will be a big problem, as it will be difficult to choose a male lead who can rival Masato Sakai. If it is "White Tower", such a professional medical drama will be a great test for the director.

On the other side of the peninsula, Cheng Cheng was also remotely controlling his own girl group company.

Cheng Cheng plans to release "Dark Glory" and let Jiang Nan shoot it.

There are also "Reply 1988", "The Heirs", "My Love from the Star" and so on, which can be given to the outstanding trainees of the girl group companies, allowing them to fight for it, show their strength, and compete for it.

We can’t just recruit people, we also need to give them hope and tell them:
GOD company is no worse than other idol companies! There are even more opportunities!
In short, Shinhwa has now cultivated many mature directors, and also has enough young people, idols, and actors to fully expand its business and launch multiple projects at the same time.

Cheng Cheng wants to quickly build an entertainment empire that spans many countries and regions, including Tianxia, ​​Peninsula, Neon, and Saiguo.

At the same time, Cheng Cheng was asking Jiang Wang and Li Zhuo to push forward the concert in Gaza, but now they encountered resistance. When the leaders of the relevant departments heard that Cheng Cheng was going to Gaza to hold a concert, they were overwhelmed.

(End of this chapter)