I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 804 Sorry, no schedule (33)

The original "Silent Killing"...isn't actually a very good movie.

It can only be regarded as a collection of curious short videos...

There is absolutely no complete main plot - he doesn't care whether the story is complete, whether the characters are unified, or what the core theme of the story is. Everything he does is just for excitement, cramming everything that can be stuffed into the film to stimulate the audience!

As long as the plot is extreme enough, the scenes are bloody enough, and the things involved are sensational enough, and enough to push the audience's tolerance limit, it is considered a success!
Of course, it was a success, and a commercial success - the box office was close to 14 billion.

In a sense, this type of thing may be what the film market needs - audiences in the era of short videos only need two words: emotion!
If you can give him the emotions he wants in large quantities, the audience will be satisfied.

It has the flavor of a Korean movie...

Shen Liang's version removed the domestic violence plot and focused on the suspense and violent scenes...

The box office on the first day was 6300 million!
It’s not very high, but it’s already the best performing domestic film in recent times!

Maoyan gave a box office forecast of 8 million.

Shen Liang didn't worry too much about this - it would definitely be profitable, and the cost would be less than 8000 million.

By the way, in fact, when Hong Kong directors make a movie, normally the cost is about 1:1 with the actors’ pay.

Unless they have other ideas...

For example, Zhang Zhiliang!

Back then, wealthy people in mainland China invited many Hong Kong directors to come and make movies. One of the movies almost made the boss lose so much money that he jumped off a building!

"Butterfly on the Shoulder", directed by Zhang Zhiliang and starring Chen Kun, Gigi Leung, Gui Lunmei and Jiang Yiyan, had a total investment of 1200 million and a box office of million.

Among them, the company that made special effects and props is the director’s company. A large amount of funds was transferred to this company. He is not the only Hong Kong director who did this. Special effects and props are both the hardest hit areas!

The well-known $6000 straw hat, spending $ to hire a dog for a cameo appearance, and leaving behind the famous saying: Money is earned, not saved.

In the past, many wealthy people in mainland China did not really understand film production, and did not even understand film profit sharing. They thought that the box office revenue was the amount of money they made, and they were easily deceived.

Of course, that’s not possible now!

There is no information gap.

……

"This story originated from a news report I read - the daughter did not return home after school, but the surveillance showed that she had returned to the building. The mother went to each household to ask, and finally found her in a garbage bag under the bed of a family. In fact, the neighbors heard the noise, but thought it might be a family matter, so no one stopped it or called the police, and no one told the mother..."

"This news gave me an inspiration: Silence can kill people!"

Shen Liang accepted an interview with Weibo Movie and talked about "Silent Killing"...

"It just so happened that school bullying was a hot topic in the news recently, so we connected these things together. Then I wrote the main outline of the script, and Director Chen Musheng asked the screenwriter to fill in the gaps. We started filming in October last year..."

"You took the initiative to find Director Chen Musheng?"

"Yes... He just happened to want to try a non-police and gangster theme, so he gladly accepted the invitation!"

"Did you draw any inspiration from Dark Glory?"

"If you want to say there is absolutely no bullying, that's impossible. In recent years, there have been many Korean dramas about school bullying, such as "School 2015", "King of Pigs", "Dark Glory" and so on. We have watched them all... but we can't say we borrowed from them. We refer to horror movies for scene arrangement, photography, camera language and background music!"

"In terms of scale, we follow the Silver Metro... Silver Metro has the right to exempt several large-scale movies every year! In the past, these exemptions were given to Hong Kong films... But we signed a cooperation agreement with Silver Metro..."

"Well, there's also a film called Karma, which is also a crime film with a large scale."

The reporter asked with a smile: "It seems that you like crime themes very much?"

"Yes, it satisfies the audience's curiosity, does not pretend to be profound, does not preach, and does not raise values. It focuses on commerciality and entertainment, while also paying attention to social hot spots and increasing topicality. Such movies are not classics, but they meet market demand... and the box office is usually OK!"

"Many netizens commented that you are learning from Chen Sicheng?"

"We can learn from each other... Many filmmakers envy Director Chen's commercial success, so why can't we follow his example? Besides, the film market is so big, there's no reason why he should be the only one making crime thrillers... We've also made comedies!"

"So how much do you think "Silent Killing" can do at the box office?"

"I think it should be able to break 800 million... Anyway, our goal has never been to make a lot of money, just to get back our investment!"...

After finishing the promotional activities for "Silent Killing", Shen Liang prepared to go to China Film Corporation to talk to Lao Fu about the copyright issues of "Bao's Father and Son".

After the Beijing Film Studio was merged into China Film Group, the copyright naturally belonged to China Film Group. As "Bao's Father and Son" is a classic work of the Beijing Film Studio, any adaptation of it must have the consent of the Beijing Film Studio.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to obtain the adaptation rights...

Back then, Xu Ke's version of Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy achieved good results, and then set off a new red theme, Railroad Tigers (adapted from Railway Guerrillas), Secret War (The Eternal Wave)...

Then, the trend came to an abrupt end!

The reason is simple. I don’t want the new version to ruin the classic version…

But Shen Liang is not an ordinary person...

He grew up in the Beijing Film Studio!
It's a play that has grown up in front of everyone, so it's most appropriate for him to adapt it!
By the way, China Film Group participated in the investment and took the lead in distribution...

As for the director, Shen Liang plans to ask Dong Runnian, Yan Fei, or Peng Damo to adapt the film...

Just after getting in the car, I received a call from Chen Jiadong.

"Where are you?"

Shen Liang looked out the window and said, "I'm almost at Xiaoxitian...what's going on?"

"You're going to the Film Archive?"

"Yes, I made an appointment with Lao Fu..."

"...Han Yan is here to see you..."

"Han Yan... Director Han Yan..." Shen Liang: "Why are you looking for me?"

"He wants to invite you to star in his new work..."

"What new work? Animal World 2?"

"No, it's a movie called "Let's Rock the Sun Together"..."

Hearing the name of the movie, Shen Liang immediately said: "...I don't have time!"

Chen Jiadong advised: "...The script is good, and Director Han Yan is quite sincere...He said he is willing to wait for us!"

"I don't have time this year or next year... Can he wait for two years?"

"Okay... I'll push it then..."

Chen Jiadong did not continue to persuade... and hung up the phone
Director Han Yan became famous for his film Mr. Tumor (RMB 5.1 million). His subsequent works include Animal World (RMB 5.1 million), Little Red Flower (RMB 11.3 billion), I Love You (RMB 4.3 million)…

Among his five films in recent years, four are about terminal illnesses, and all of them have a Douban score of 5 to 4 points, making him a rare "director of terminal illness films" today.

He has a strong personality, or rather, he is stubborn and self-willed.

After the success of "Mr. Tumor", "Animal World" spent 8000 million to build a gambling boat for filming, and spent a lot of money on various completely unnecessary special effects. It specially invited Oscar-winning actor Douglas from Hollywood to play a role with less than 10 minutes of screen time.
The total investment in the film exceeded 2.5 million yuan, and the box office target was 8 to 10 billion yuan, but in the end it only earned 5 million yuan, a huge loss.

After that, Director Han returned to his creative comfort zone and continued to shoot "terminal illness films."

"Little Red Flower" took more than 1 billion box office despite being suppressed by "The Crowd"...

Liang Ge still likes the play "Shaking the Sun" very much...

What a pity that the release date was wrong - such a tragic film had to be released during the Spring Festival!

However, the reason why Liangge refused to act was really because he had no time...

I just received a notice that "Joy of Life 2" is about to be filmed!

(End of this chapter)