New Age Artists

Chapter 367 Tong Liya eats roast duck and returns to the movie (13)

Shen Santong invited Tong Liya to eat roast duck.

Proper roast duck.

Tong Liya asked while rolling a pancake: "Tomorrow, Happy Birthday 2 will premiere. The competition is so fierce."

The media called this year's Lunar New Year box office the strongest since the commercialization of movies, a battle of gods.

Costume blockbusters, war dramas, and youth comedies.

Shen Santong opened his mouth and ate the rolled pancake in one gulp: "My play is a sequel to film history. The media hyped it up. I have let it go these days. I will never have any more fantasies in the future."

Tong Liya pulled her fingers out and glared at him shyly and angrily: "What's bothering you? You've let it go. What's so difficult for you?"

After leaving the crew of Nanjing, Shen Santong really became more open-minded about some things: "I just think deconstruction is quite boring."

"It's better to just make movies. At least I can feel more at ease."

"Let's just talk about this year's Lunar New Year holiday."

"The media created suspense, a clash between Hong Kong and mainland directors."

"The new generation that I represent collides with the old generation of commercial directors represented by Feng Xiaogang from the mainland."

"Various interpretations give this Lunar New Year holiday different meanings."

“In fact, my first film, Supermarket, was released after A World Without Thieves and Kung Fu Hustle, and it ultimately outperformed them.”

"Wasn't that a collision?"

"However, many media outlets have intentionally or unintentionally ignored this fact."

"The better ones find all kinds of excuses."

"What's so special about 'Supermarket' as a debut film is that the audience's expectations are low, it's over-hyped, vulgar, and it flatters the audience. It takes advantage of the audience's expectations for domestic films, and it inserts theme songs and interludes that don't quite fit in. With the popularity accumulated by 'Emperor Qianyuan', the film itself still has a gap."

"Also, they didn't even give a reason, they just ignored it."

"Besides 'Supermarket', there is 'Happy Birthday 1', 'Stone' which I produced, and the third crazy movie 'Racing'."

"It has long been proven that the mainland cast is strong and mainland actors are equally appealing."

"But the media is reluctant to mention the significance of these films."

"Since Superstore, the mainstream media, the loud media, have not welcomed me."

"This year, the media set their own agenda for the Lunar New Year holiday. It wasn't called a collision before, and it didn't count even if it did, but it is now."

Shen Santong is tired.

Liu Xiang won the championship, which media fully interpreted the significance of it?

It turned black into a pile of shit.

Yes, shit and sh*t are linked together and are stigmatized just like gays, ladies, and little pinks.

Later generations believed that it was created by a netizen named "Military God Li Xiang" who debated with others in the forum for three days and three nights.

But in fact, it has existed since 08.

Guess who is being stigmatized?

Even in later generations, how many media outlets have clearly explained the significance of Sun Yang's dominance in freestyle swimming?

In 11, in that atmosphere, some people said that China and D had nothing to do with each other. Sun Yang replied on Weibo, I think there is a connection.

Even in 24 years, when Pan Zhanle became the fastest human swimmer, no media dug deep into the matter.

Ignored.

Tong Liya thought about it and realized that it was true. She complained, "These media outlets are too much! If something is done and the media doesn't give their stamp of approval, it doesn't seem to matter."

Seeing her angry, Shen Santong couldn't help but laugh: "Yeah, it seems that success is nothing, and failure is nothing, it's meaningless."

"The Warlords has this kind of performance. Isn't it because I put pressure on Chen Kexin?"

"The media is praising Hong Kong stars for their box office appeal, and even praising Chow Yun-fat for his international appeal! He didn't even appear in the show!"

"It's fine if Li Lianjie can sell CDs, but what does Zhou Runfa have?"

"But because of Hong Kong and Taiwan's first-mover advantage in the entertainment industry and their deep cooperative relationships with some film and television companies, TV stations, and media newspapers, we acquiesced."

In its previous life, "The Warlords" performed very poorly.

But the investment in publicity and promotion is huge.

The premieres alone were held in five locations: BJ, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore.

Wherever they went, Chen Kexin and Sandra Ng, Jet Li and Liu Dehua attended together, and there were also many celebrities who showed up to support them. It can be said that every show was star-studded.

In the Southeast Asian market, "The Warlords" faced off against "I Am Legend" and suffered a crushing defeat.

The premiere box office was 10 million, which was lower than the lowest expectation.

The distributor boasted that "The Warlords" took over the entire Chinese-speaking region, with a box office of 9800 million in mainland China in its first weekend, surpassing the previous first-weekend box office of 9600 million for "Curse of the Golden Flower".

I would like to emphasize that in addition to its good box office, "The Warlords" also has good reputation and is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

In fact, they artificially created a movie-watching craze to trick people into entering the theaters.

In the end, in order to recoup costs, Han Sanping forced the theaters to schedule screenings and used many ugly tricks.

I had no choice but to watch this movie. It just broke 200 million at the box office and recouped the investment made by China Film.

In this life, with Shen Santong, Chen Kexin's true "The Warlords" is much better.

Compared with his previous life, Chen Kexin didn't dare to go too far.

But if you look closely, there are still many problems, and the box office is not as good as "Assembly".

However, because he is a Hong Kong director, the media is very tolerant and praises him in various ways.

Tong Liya said suspiciously: "The Warlords is related to you? No way, huh, huh, I feel like you are lying."

Shen Santong did not explain.

He has been reflecting recently and is glad that he didn't change "Nanjing". There is no need to get involved, as it makes him look too nosy and a little aggrieved.

Even if it is changed, it will probably be a thankless task.

Really, "The Warlords" is also a lesson. Chen Kexin's true colors will only be revealed in his next movie.

As for Chen Kexin, has he stopped cheating and become a different person?

It's impossible. It's hard to change one's nature.

Even because this version of The Warlords is pretty good, there is a high probability that it will be a bigger scam.

In fact, rotten things should be left to rot.

Having said that, it's normal to say something about "The Warlords" which is so obviously a scam.

For a subject like "Nanjing", it is possible to change it, so he will always try.

Is "Lust, Caution" a kind of guidance?
Indeed.

It wasn’t as successful as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in its previous life, but it did the job.

Many dramas after Lust, Caution, including Nanjing, John Rabe, The Flowers of War, and Red Cliff, all have sex scenes.

This is because the General Administration has issued clear regulations prohibiting the hype of sex scenes and the use of passionate scenes as selling points.

"Nanjing" is a film with which Lu Chuan has a deep relationship.

"Jinling" is directed by Zhang Yimou.

"Red Cliff" is directed by the internationally renowned director Wu Yusen.

"The Diary of John Rabe" is a Sino-American co-production produced by Huayi.

They all have their own relationships, and they are all monsters with deep connections.

If the General Administration does not put the brakes on and make regulations, the water will definitely be at level three.

It will be like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", just follow the baton.

If you think about it carefully, there is also the shadow of gaming involved.

If the free trade zone wants to cooperate, the United States will guide the filming of the Holocaust theme to control emotions.

They stuffed a lot of private stuff into the movie, the most famous one was "Jinling", which had a sex scene between a white man and Ni Ni, the white savior.

But these are tributaries.

The mainstream is the rise of mainland productions, and the types of films are gradually diversifying.

Sometimes, we have to acknowledge the limitations of the times.

Take the drama “Assembly” for example.

Shen Santong felt that the plot contained a lot of hidden meanings, which were praise in name only and criticism in reality.

Anyone who has a little knowledge of war history knows that the bugle call is not for retreat, and the bugle call has never been blown for retreat.

We would plan in advance the time for the general attack and the time for the retreat.

If soldiers want to hold a position, they don't need to rely on deception, they just need to give orders.

I will make it clear how long I will wait and I won't just leave the person there and then walk away.

It is a tradition of the national army to betray teammates.

With the development of self-media in later generations, the public had the right to speak, and this evaluation became mainstream. "Assembly" was a chess piece against chess pieces, a public intellectual movie, and a smear campaign.

But at present, print media has a huge influence and this is not the mainstream.

The drama "Assembly" has become unbearable for some people.

Find all kinds of shortcomings and criticize the lack of tension.

What tension do you want?
There is no reflection on the war, nor any praise for the National Army. Feng Xiaogang does not give any positive description of the National Army.

Criticize film control.

A mini-TV series on the big screen with a red military theme, a real-life fan fiction with a mainstream theme, it can only be said that it has the necessary sentimentality.

Some even say that it has no plot and no emotions, and is not as good as "The Banquet".

Compared with these voices, "Assembly" at least reflects some of the current voices, allowing more people to understand this period of history and know what heroism is.

Shen Santong was also stimulated by the consecutive deconstructions of "Lust, Caution" and "Nanjing", and was somewhat led by the rhythm.

There's no point in fighting this.

The feedback mechanism of deconstruction is too short, and it will be over once it is exposed.

There is not much point in exposing it.

Some media refuse to admit it, which may not be due to their own reasons, but may just be trying to provoke conflict and increase sales.

No construction, no problem solving.

Shen Santong looked back and understood Han Sanping's reminder.

The most important thing is to make a good movie. The time is not right for other things. Industry is the first priority.

It is better to make a good movie, bring good cultural works to the audience and make money for yourself than to engage in verbal battles ten thousand times.

At the same time, for some sour chickens, this is the biggest punishment.

So Shen Santong has to pull the rhythm back and return to the movie.

Instead of engaging in a battle of wits and courage with deconstruction, it is better to focus on making movies, and weed the lawn in your spare time.

Tong Liya pushed him away and said, "I haven't finished my meal yet, let me rest."

Shen Santong peeled off the skin and started eating: "I just want to eat duck."

Let's have a double duck meal.

(End of this chapter)