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Chapter 538 Come out, "The Unknown Man"!
in the study.

He Xiao sat on the beanbag sofa with the window half open beside him. The weather at the end of August was not too hot, and the weather was slightly cool at night, so he no longer needed an air conditioner to continue his life.

He was flipping through the black phone, thinking about which one would be more suitable for filming a literary film.

In the film industry, movies are divided into commercial films and literary films, but what exactly is a literary film?The coexistence of literariness and artistry is a literary film.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that appreciating movies requires a high degree of aesthetics, which also creates the essential difference between literary films and commercial films.

Commercial films are more entertaining and have a large audience, while literary films are more serious, in-depth, and have a small audience.

Therefore, if you want to make money, you can make commercial films, and if you want to win awards, you can make literary films.

In the world of black phones, there are a hundred flowers blooming in the world of literary and artistic films, and there are all kinds of genres, but not many are suitable for you.

He Xiao's current filming style is humorous comedy, which is also one of the most mainstream film styles at the moment.

Whether it's a purely commercial comedy or a sci-fi blockbuster, a sudden humorous joke will make the viewing experience of this movie even better.

Because of "Charlotte Annoyance", He Xiao has become a person with a funny halo in the eyes of many people. This person has a good personality, and comedians will always have a more friendly and pleasing image, which is conducive to career development.

He Xiao doesn't intend to destroy this character design, so when he chooses to shoot literary films, his eyes have always been on literary films with a relaxed and witty style.

In fact, He Xiao has not explored the contents of the phone in detail for so many years since he got the black phone, especially watching movies. A movie takes two hours. After he is busy with work, he really has no time to watch it.

And more time, he spent listening to music.

The resources of a world are inexhaustible, and even decades are just the tip of the iceberg. He Xiao got a black phone for five years, but he hasn’t seen even a thousand movies.

The usual work is too busy, and there is too little time for him to play with his mobile phone. At this moment, when he really decided to shoot a literary film, He Xiao found that he really didn't know much about movies that could meet his requirements.

Fortunately, these movies are relatively well-known ones, and they are recognized as good movies by everyone.

He took out a black pen from the small cabinet next to the beanbag sofa, began to write and draw on the paper, and listed rows and rows of movies that he thought were likely to be successful.

"I'm Not the God of Medicine", rated 9.0, a movie with both box office and word of mouth.

"Let the Bullets Fly", rated 8.8, is the pinnacle masterpiece of director Jiang Wen.

"Crazy Stone", with a score of 8.4, is a classic black humor comedy and has won multiple nominations for awards.

"The Unknown", with a score of 8.2, and won many nominations such as "the highest rated Chinese film" in the [-]th Douban annual film list.

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One by one, the more outstanding movies in the black phone were written by He Xiao, and he was thinking about which one he could choose to shoot.

There are too many good movies.

There are some things that He Xiao really wanted to shoot, but he was afraid that he would not be able to control them at that time. For example, "Let the Bullets Fly", this is a deep movie. It is not something that He Xiao is capable of shooting now, and it is very likely to destroy it. this story.

"I am not the god of medicine", Douban's high score of 9.0, let it fight to become a god, what is this concept?You know, in that world, after the millennium, there are only two movies with a rating of 9.0 before "I'm Not the God of Medicine", one is "The Devil Is Coming" and the other is "Infernal Affairs".

Similarly, this high-rated film put a lot of pressure on He Xiao. He didn't know if he could reach the height of the original film.

Perhaps in terms of personal experience and performance, he still can't do it so naturally and without trace.

He Xiao is a self-aware person. He knows where his current level is, so he thought of many movies, but he also crossed out many movies on the paper.

He doesn't want to ruin the classic.

After some consideration and thinking, he finally set his sights on a movie that he could manage.

"The Unknown".

This is a very special film, just like its name, from the director to the starring, they are all "unnamed".

As a director, Rao Xiaozhi is not a well-known figure. He is not as famous as Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou and other well-known directors. When ordinary people hear his name, most of them will be stunned.

And after hearing the names of the leading actors Chen Jianbin, Ren Suxi, Pan Binlong, Zhang Yu, Wang Yanhui, Jiu Kong, Deng Enxi, etc., they will look confused.

Maybe some people who pay attention to the entertainment industry will only vaguely remember what roles they have played after seeing their photos. Xiao Huang Mao and Ren Suxi from "I'm Not the God of Medicine" starred in "Donkey Gets Water"...

As for the other main actors, such as Jiu Kong and Deng Enxi, I am afraid that only experienced movie fans will know about them.

Without a big name to support the scene, such an "unknown" work must have minimal box office revenue after its release.

According to He Xiao's understanding, in the world of black mobile phones, the second day after the movie was released, the foreign blockbuster "Venom" of the same period has already swept the domestic market with more than 8000 million box office, but it only has a pitiful 900 million, which is considered to be a big hit. a fraction of .

Fortunately, this world will not bury any piece of gold. Compared with the dismal box office, it is the word-of-mouth that is steadily increasing.

The Douban score once reached 8.4. Such a high score made many people startled and curious, and walked into the movie theater one after another.

In the later stage of its release, "The Unknown" relied on word-of-mouth praise, and finally accumulated a lot of money, achieved a counterattack at the box office, and finally closed with 7.49 million.

The investment of this film is 3000 million, and the film studio paid 2.79 million, and the return is as high as 9 times.

The story of the film is actually not difficult to understand. It is told in three narrative lines as a whole, namely, Ma Xianyong played by Chen Jianbin, two "thugs" who rob a mobile phone store, and Gao Ming, a real estate boss whose business has suffered a complete failure.

The protagonists of the three storylines do not obviously intersect until the climax at the end of the film, at the memorial service for the living.

Glasses and a big head, Ma Xianyong wearing a cartoon hood, the police from the Qiaocheng Public Security Bureau, Gao Ming who turned his back on the road while running, Gao Ming's son, Ma Xianyong's daughter, and the bait "Xiamei" set by the police, all the characters are basically the same Appear.

The story has also been sublimated at this moment, and brilliant sparks have been rubbed between the characters in the film, so that even after the film is over, the audience still has more to say.

He Xiao had watched this movie as early as the first year he got the black phone, when he was still living in the Xingyage dormitory, and he has replayed it several times over the years.

Compared with other classics with higher ratings and more difficult access, he has a more thorough understanding of this movie.

"I still owe Zhang Xuran a movie, or... just this."

The landlord's sister once wanted to make a movie, and was even willing to sell the house to make the budget. As early as that time, He Xiao felt that "The Unknown" might be tailor-made for Zhang Xuran.

Because in "The Unknown", the venomous Ma Jiaqi played by Ren Suxi really fits Zhang Xuran's image too well.

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(End of this chapter)