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Chapter 147 Isn't that young genius Chen Cheng?

Chapter 147 Isn't that young genius Chen Cheng? (2 chapters in 1, please subscribe)

"Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon", Chen Cheng has not watched it yet.

Although he served as the art director in it.

but.

It was almost the Chinese New Year, so Chen Cheng returned to his hometown.

On the one hand, I go home to see my parents, and on the other hand, to buy a house.

Buying a house is not buying it for yourself.

Chen Cheng was working behind the scenes, traveling all over the country, so it didn’t matter to him whether he had the house or not for the time being.

In addition, the company has a studio in Hengdian and an apartment.

Chen Cheng doesn't have much demand for a house.

But my parents live in an old house at home.

Well, many people say that old houses are more comfortable to live in.

That's because many people moved into new houses later.

In fact, old houses are not comfortable to live in.

One is the heat, the other is that it leaks all the time, and rainwater from the street will backflow on rainy days.

Chen Cheng didn’t have the conditions before, so naturally there was nothing he could do.

Now that I have a little more financial resources, I have to move to a new house for my parents.

"Chengcheng, houses are so expensive nowadays, I think forget it, your dad and I are living well at home."

"That's right, no matter what house you buy, keep this money for you to marry a wife."

"Yes, yes, yes. The bride price has increased again. It's not easy to get a wife. The girl next door spent 10 yuan to get married."

When Chen Cheng's parents heard that he was going to buy a house, they shook their heads.

But Chen Cheng made up his mind and said, "Mom and Dad, houses are expensive now and will be even more expensive in the future."

"It's still cost-effective to buy it now. When it becomes more expensive in the future, you won't be able to afford it even if you want to."

After much persuasion, the parents finally agreed.

Chen Cheng also brought his parents to the county town and bought a four-bedroom, one-living-room house by the river in the county.

Although there are not so many people living there at the moment, Chen Cheng insisted on having 4 rooms.

If I give birth to a few big fat boys in the future, that would also be a plus.

of course.

This is just rough.

After buying it, you have to decorate it.

But now it’s the New Year and there’s no time for decoration.

Chen Cheng thought about it and decided to keep the money for the renovation and let his parents do the renovation after the Chinese New Year.

"Son, why did you give us all the money?"

"Mom, just take it. You should decorate it better. Don't save money. I still have some. Really, mom, you know I make a lot of money as an actor. I'm a big star."

"Come on, I only saw you on TV once, and you seemed to die in one or two episodes. Do you have any other movies?"

My mother seemed to see through Chen Cheng's thoughts.

Chen Cheng was a little embarrassed.

Don't say it yet.

Since Chen Cheng got involved in the behind-the-scenes work, he has only played one role, that is Jiang Ming in The Legend of Sword and Fairy.

As for the rest, that's all.

To say yes.

That is, I did a lot of action scenes, worked as a martial artist for a few days, and also served as a stunt double for some major characters.

But in this kind of situation, some martial artists may not even be included in the camera even if they are just standing there.

Even if some of the footage is filmed, you may not be included in the post-production editing.

As for being a stand-in for someone else, it is even more impossible to show your face.

So every time Chen Cheng called home, he said he was very busy filming and looked like he was on the rise in his life.

But for his parents, they felt that it was not easy for their son to be outside, so they only reported good news and not bad news.

"Cough cough..."

Chen Cheng was so choked by his mother's words that he didn't know how to respond.

"Well, Mom, you know that films can't be broadcast immediately after they are shot. Some of them have to be edited and then approved. I have shot many films, but some of them have not been broadcast yet. Some have been broadcast, but we can't receive TV stations here, so you can't see them."

"Really?"

"of course it's true."

The mother was skeptical.

But even though Chen Cheng said this, he was telling the truth.

After returning home and buying a house and leaving money for decoration, Chen Cheng didn't have much money left.

Behind the scenes is not as good as in front of the scenes.

In many cases, those who work behind the scenes only get paid.

If Chen Cheng had not become a director later, he would have earned more than ordinary behind-the-scenes staff.

It might take him more than a year to earn enough money to buy a house.

Some people say that this is too little.

After all, he is a director.

In fact, Chen Cheng did not serve as a director for a long time, and most of the time he was an assistant director.

Although the assistant director is also a director, there is still a big gap between him and the chief director.

As for your question, is there any box office share, or other share or something like that?

That is overthinking.

Just imagine, in a film crew, there are several assistant directors alone, and a large crew may have more than a dozen assistant directors.

There are also art directors, action directors, photography directors, costume directors, prop directors... and so on.

There are also co-directors, producers, supervisors, production managers, financial directors... and so on.

These people have high power and status.

If everyone participates in the profit sharing, what will the investors earn?
Not to mention being an assistant director.

It’s the director. Most directors don’t get any share.

Only top directors, such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang...they may get a share of the box office revenue.

But box office share is not necessarily a good thing, nor is it necessarily easy to get.

How about the box office share?

That should be divided only after making money.

But I didn’t make any money?
Should we share the profits if we don’t make any?

If you don’t make any money, you won’t get any share.

There is another situation, not only did you not make money, but you also lost money, and even lost a lot of money?

Is this divided?

This cannot be divided anymore.

So you may not necessarily get this share of the profits. Sometimes, even top directors will only get the director's fee.

You want a share of the profits.

The investors will say yes.

Then we will make a bet. If the box office makes money, we will share the profits. If the box office loses money, you will also have to pay. How do you think?
The result is that few directors dare to make such a bet.

I am just making a movie as a director. If I really gamble, I will never be able to be a director and will become a debtor.

This is like a night banquet, where you lose tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in an instant.

If Feng Xiaogang had to pay this money, he would not be able to recover in ten years.

So.

In the early stages of being a director, you should focus on making movies.

As for your question, why don’t you be an actor?

Originally, Chen Cheng chose the director route.

Each route has its pros and cons, and no one is perfect.

Even if there is.

It’s not something Chen Cheng can get now.

of course.

It's okay to make some extra money by making a guest appearance occasionally.

"It was like going back to the time before liberation overnight."

I looked at my balance and it was only about 10,000 or 20,000 yuan.

Chen Cheng felt a little emotional.

It is really very difficult for ordinary people to get rich.

Often times, we save a little money, but it is all spent on daily necessities.

Those who were slightly better off bought cars and houses, but also spent all their money.

These are actually the cost of living.

The cost of living has always accounted for more than 8% of the income. How is it possible to get rich?
During this period, you cannot allow any serious illness or disaster to occur in your family.

If there is any serious illness or disaster, all your equipment data will be cleared, just like in the game.

It even owes foreign debt.

In fact, Chen Cheng had considered investing.

Money making money is much faster than simply earning it yourself.

But a pity.

In his previous life, he only knew how to act and didn’t know much else.

As for what to buy for appreciation, Chen Cheng has no special research on that.

Besides, even if many things appreciate in value, it will not take one or two years. Some may take more than ten years.

It is impossible to become rich in the future, so just stay poor for now.

Chen Cheng can be poor.

But once he had some ability, Chen Cheng wanted to improve his parents' lives.

This can also reassure his parents. At least Chen Cheng's purchase of a house and the decoration fee can let his parents see that their son has achieved a little maturity and they don't need to worry about him. They just need to rest assured and enjoy their old age.

of course.

Chen Cheng's mentality is still okay.

Even if you have no money now, you can earn money again.

He can be said to be fine now.

Compared with ordinary people, Chen Cheng is countless times better.

It is still the early stage of the rise of domestic films.

After getting through this period, the future will be a golden age, a real era of making money.

……

"Xiao Fei, Shan Shan, have you watched "The Dragon Resurrection"?"

"No."

"Then let's go."

After the Chinese New Year, Chen Cheng returned to Hengdian.

Xiao Fei and Shan Shan arrived earlier than Chen Cheng, saying that there was a new drama in Hengdian with two small supporting roles, and they wanted to audition.

As a result, the audition was successful.

"Xiao Fei, Shan Shan, congratulations, congratulations."

As soon as he saw the two of them, Chen Cheng congratulated them.

Xiao Fei and Shan Shan replied with thanks.

But the little bandit was very good at talking back at people, and he immediately said, "Director Chen, we should be congratulating you."

"What are you congratulating me for? I don't think anything is wrong with me."

"Nothing serious has happened yet. You are the art director of this film, Resurrection of the Dragon. Why don't you congratulate me..."

"Art directors are just there to do their job, there's nothing to congratulate them for."

This is true.

Although in the circle, behind-the-scenes supervisors such as art directors have great strength and power.

But for people outside the circle, not many people pay attention.

The peak period of seeing the dragon take off its armor has passed.

Buying tickets for three people went very smoothly, and you can choose any time period.

The three of them chose an 8pm spot.

After waiting for about ten minutes, the three entered the cinema.

“This is a great picture.”

"Yeah, it has a very ink painting style, and also has the flavor of old movies."

"I think so."

Resurrection of the Dragon has been released for more than half a month.

Only one-third of the hall was occupied.

The three of them sat in the last row, with no one around, and discussed in a low voice for a while.

Chen Cheng felt pretty good.

Although Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon received a lot of criticism in its previous life, it is not without its merits.

For example, the picture.

For example, music.

For example, the action part.

This is not.

soon.

The soundtrack of Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, "Zhao Zilong", appears.

When the flute sounded, everyone couldn't help but get goosebumps all over their bodies.

This soundtrack is so classic.

"it is good."

“This soundtrack is awesome.”

"sounds amazing."

Many fans in the venue couldn't help but admire it.

But a pity.

Although there are many highlights in "Resurrection of the Dragon", the whole plot is still far from "Three Kingdoms".

Or.

This is just a story about the growth of a young boy in the guise of the Three Kingdoms.

Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this.

Because there are many dramas that do the same thing.

But a pity.

Everyone is too familiar with the Three Kingdoms.

They are so familiar with the events of the Three Kingdoms that even some ordinary movie fans can tell you everything about them.

then.

All the unreasonable contents in the plot, which were inconsistent with the history of the Three Kingdoms, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms... were also found out one by one.

Chen Cheng was also embarrassed about this.

But he couldn't solve it.

He is just an art director and can only give some guidance on costumes, pictures, props, etc.

When it comes to the plot, I can only make suggestions at best.

It is even suggested that the director may not consult with the art director.

Furthermore.

There's no point in discussing it.

The idea behind this drama itself is to tell the story of a young hero under the guise of the Three Kingdoms.

He will certainly not respect history, nor will he follow the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

No matter how much you say, it's useless.

"Chen Cheng, does the plot here seem a little unreasonable?"

"Kind of."

"Then why didn't you point it out?"

“You think I’m the director.”

Chen Cheng spread his hands.

The director is useless.

Even if Chen Cheng was the director, he couldn't change it.

unless.

You come up with a whole new script.

But that's another drama. Of course.

This also involves the production system of a film.

According to the entire system process, it is difficult for most filmmakers to completely follow their own ideas.

For example, you are a director.

Which star do you want to play the leading male role?

Excuse me.

The management disagrees.

The investor likes to use that actor to play the role, so what will you do?
of course.

It is not necessarily the case that the capital side has the final say.

Because many times the investor is not just one person, and sometimes when facing a strong director, the investor has to make some compromises.

So let’s talk about a movie.

This is the result of constant competition, negotiation, and compromise between the investors and producers... and finally a solution that neither side is completely satisfied with, but is still acceptable.

"Chen Cheng, I heard that you had a fight with the producer in Hong Kong about this drama."

"Have it?"

Chen Cheng shook his head.

"You're keeping it a secret from us."

"What's the secret? There was no fight, but there was a little conflict."

"Are the producers behind the scenes in Hong Kong difficult to get along with?"

"There are some."

"why?"

"It's very simple. They think they are better than us mainland filmmakers."

"Tsk, this is really disrespectful."

Zhang Xiaofei and Yuan Shanshan were a little angry.

In fact, they have encountered it before.

After all, many directors and behind-the-scenes producers of many TV dramas are from Hong Kong.

These ordinary young actors would be scolded from time to time on the set.

"Okay, let's go."

Two hours.

See the dragon take off its armor and it's over.

Overall.

The Dragon Resurrection is not too bad. If you look at the graphics and the soundtrack, it's pretty good.

But a pity.

Chen Cheng looked at today's box office and saw that the box office of "The Dragon Resurrection" had dropped to 200 million.

The total box office, barring any surprises, should still be around 7000 million.

……

Early the next morning.

Chen Cheng received a call from Han Sanping.

"Happy New Year, Chen Cheng."

"Director Han, Happy New Year."

"Have you returned to Hengdian?"

"Yes. Director Han, do you have any new films?"

"What's new..."

Han Sanping complained: "I'm losing so much money now, how can I have the mood to make a new film?"

of course.

This is just a complaint.

It’s a loss, but we still have to continue working on new films.

But it has to be said.

China Film Corporation suffered a lot of losses from the two films "Warring States" and "Resurrection of the Dragon".

As the head of China Film Group, Han Sanping was somewhat depressed.

"Tell me, how come King Liu doesn't have box office appeal?"

Han Sanping really couldn't understand it.

It doesn’t matter if Mo Gong attacks.

Now, "See You, Resurrection of the Dragon" has also been a box office failure.

"This..."

Chen Cheng was a little confused.

Chen Cheng still respected King Liu very much.

As for his box office appeal, he does have it, but...

how to say.

It’s not that King Liu doesn’t have box office appeal, it’s mainly because his films have always been Hong Kong-style.

The Hong Kong model was successful in the past, when Hong Kong films were at their peak and there was not much competition.

But after 2003, Hong Kong films began to decline and competition became increasingly fierce.

In particular, the emergence of the mainland movie "Hero" allowed mainlanders to see their own movies and no longer be obsessed with Hong Kong movies.

If the film is shot according to the mainland model, King Liu can also give a brilliant performance.

For example, "The Wandering Earth 2", in which King Liu joined later, had an impressive box office.

But after all, Andy Lau is a role model in the circle. Chen Cheng has worked with Andy Lau several times and he also respects his professionalism.

Faced with Han Sanping's question, Chen Cheng did not make much comment.

"Chen Cheng, I have an idea."

"what idea."

"I plan to promote it in public opinion, so as to increase the box office of 'Resurrection of the Dragon' and reduce our losses."

“It shouldn’t be a publicity thing.”

“It’s about publicity.”

Han Sanping said: "I want to change my thinking. Although this is a co-production, the previous publicity mostly introduced Hong Kong actors. It has nothing to do with our mainland, so this time, I want to promote our mainland. After all, this is our home turf."

"Director Han, what you said makes sense, but it seems that See the Dragon Resurrection has little to do with us in the mainland. After all, most of the actors are from Hong Kong."

Although "The Dragon Resurrection" is a co-production.

But among the main actors, whether it is the leading actor Liu Dehua, the supporting actor Hong Jinbao, or some other supporting actors.

Either they are Hong Kong actors or some foreign actors.

You can’t use mainland actors “Pu Cunxin” and “Yu Rongguang” for promotion.

We really need to make them the focus of our publicity.

Then the box office will be even worse.

"Who said I want to promote the actors? I don't want to promote the actors this time."

"Then what are you promoting? Can you promote the behind-the-scenes?"

"Yes, just promote it behind the scenes."

"I……"

Chen Cheng was stunned: "Director Han, don't get excited, really, don't get excited."

Chen Cheng felt that Han Sanping was starting to talk nonsense.

What's the good publicity behind the scenes?

Although the producers behind the scenes are very important, no matter how important they are, they won’t care about you to the fans.

Just talk about the director of this drama.

Do movie fans know who the director is?

Not to mention the martial arts instructor, art director, photography director... and so on.

"You kid, when did I get excited?"

"Let's give it a try this time and see the effect."

Without saying anything more to Chen Cheng, Han Sanping hung up the phone.

……

"Chen Cheng, what are you doing?"

"sleep."

"Go to bed at 9pm?"

"if not?"

night.

There was nothing to do, and the work on "The Siege of the City in October" had not started yet. Chen Cheng always liked to go to bed early and get up late when he was resting.

This is not.

Just as I was about to fall asleep, my agent Wang Hua suddenly called me.

"Oh my god, I went to bed too early."

"What's the point of being early? In our line of work, we have to get enough sleep. If we can sleep now, we can sleep more. If we can't sleep, that would be depressing."

"Okay, okay, what you said makes sense, I won't argue with you. Don't you know that you are famous?"

"What's on fire? My apartment is on fire?"

"What are you thinking? I said you were on fire, I didn't say your apartment was on fire."

"Then why am I so popular?"

"You really have internet access in the village... Go check it out online."

"alright."

A little confused.

But Chen Cheng still turned on the computer.

Without going anywhere else, Chen Cheng first entered his own [Chen Cheng Bar].

“400 million members.”

This number scared Chen Cheng.

The last time Chen Cheng entered Tieba, there were only 300 million members.

It's only been about a month and it's already 400 million?

But after thinking about it, Chen Cheng felt it was a pity.

At present, things like Tieba are not taken seriously by mainstream media, and they don’t think it’s a big deal just because you have so many members and fans.

If reported in future media, the value of 400 million Tieba members would be almost the same as that of 4000 million Douyin fans.

【Seeing the Dragon Resurrected, art director Chen Cheng. 】

【See the Dragon Unarmored, deputy action director Chen Cheng. 】

【See the Dragon Resurrection, music co-directed by Chen Cheng. 】

【Seeing the Dragon Resurrected, assistant director Chen Cheng. 】

【Seeing the dragon take off his armor, Wu replaces Chen Cheng. 】

Several pinned posts were all placed in front of Chen Cheng.

Chen Cheng clicked to open.

But what I saw was a series of names of behind-the-scenes producers listed on the movie screen.

Chen Cheng appeared in various positions from time to time.

Chen Cheng knew what was going on with these posts.

At that time, Chen Cheng was just an art director.

But because he helped Hong Jinbao a lot with the action part, Hong Jinbao promised to give him the title of deputy martial arts instructor.

The title of assistant director was also given by the then director Li Rengang. There were several assistant directors, anyway, they were just given a name.

Chen Cheng, the co-music director, was a little surprised because Chen Cheng was not in charge of the music.

Could it be because of the song “Zhao Zilong” that I composed?
Wu replaced Chen Cheng.

This was something Chen Cheng had not expected.

He did indeed serve as a stunt double for Andy Lau.

But I didn't expect it.

Chen Cheng's name was actually listed above.

"Chen Cheng, why are you so arrogant?"

"I've always known that Chen Cheng is awesome, but now I know he's just that awesome."

"Well, I always thought Chen Cheng was just a filmmaker, but now I realize that he is a genius."

"I'm thinking that the protagonist of this film, Resurrection of the Dragon, isn't Chen Cheng."

"Yes, it's Chen Cheng."

"why?"

"Because this film tells the story of a young genius."

"Isn't this about Zhao Zilong?"

"No, this is about Chen Cheng."

In the post bar.

The fans were extremely excited.

Although they did know that Chen Cheng was behind the scenes and had served as assistant director, co-director, etc.

But knowing is one thing, and seeing Chen Cheng's name appear on the screen is another.

Not to mention.

At this time, Chen Cheng's name appeared again and again on the screen.

He is good at art, action, and music. He is also the assistant director and a stunt double.

Do you have to be so awesome?

of course.

This does exist in the circle.

In the past, directors would often appear in guest roles in Hong Kong films, and also do the art, music, etc.

But that was only in the early stages of the development of Hong Kong films.

Late.

As film production becomes more professional, the division of labor becomes more and more specialized.

Those who are engaged in art do art, those who are engaged in action direction do action direction, and those who are engaged in music do music.

So, can you do art, movement, and music at the same time?
Theoretically, there is nothing wrong with this.

But in this era of such fine division of labor, you can only do well in one industry, and it is difficult for you to surpass others in other categories.

But now.

However, Chen Cheng broke everyone's preconceived impression.

This kind of breakthrough is often accompanied by countless sensations.

Especially considering Chen Cheng’s age and the fact that "Resurrection of the Dragon" tells the story of a young genius who became famous in one battle.

Can't help it, you'll say.

Chen Cheng.

Isn’t he the young genius who became famous in one battle?
"It's so exaggerated."

After seeing these posts, Chen Cheng was secretly amazed.

But what Chen Cheng didn't expect was.

Chen Cheng thought that this was just a post on the forum.

Anyway, this forum is dedicated to Chen Cheng.

No matter how much you praise Chen Cheng in this forum, it doesn’t matter, and it won’t spread outside.

At the same time, Tieba is not mainstream.

The mainstream are those portal websites.

soon.

When Chen Cheng entered the four largest websites in China.