New Age Artists

Chapter 542 The power of movies!
Fan Bingbing came over with a glass of sparkling wine.

Cameron walked away with a gloomy face and left without staying for long.

Cameron attended the dinner just to try if he could seduce Shen Santong.

"He's a guest, and you made him angry. I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you should be careful." Fan Bingbing knew Shen Santong's character too well.

Shen Santong complained: "I didn't say anything, I just described to him the future situation of Milijian."

Fan Bingbing asked: "What's going on?"

Shen Santong: “No story.”

Fan Bingbing was puzzled: "No story?"

Shen Santong explained: "There is a big problem in reality. Without soil, how can the seeds grow? Naturally, there will be no story."

Fan Bingbing didn't believe it: "Mi Lijian, how could it be possible?"

Shen Santong: "I can't answer this question. In the heyday of the 1990s, different streets in Chicago were two completely different worlds."

"One is what you imagine, and the other is more chaotic than a war-torn land."

Fan Bingbing was unwilling to believe it, but she also understood that Shen Santong had no reason to lie to her.

Shen Santong: "I just told the truth. I didn't slander you. Can't I just describe it objectively?"

It's really not black.

The tone of Cameron's films in the 1990s, such as the bloody story of "Titanic", was very different from "Avatar".

When it comes to "Avatar 2", it is even worse than "Avatar 1".

Chinese people watch superhero movies simply for the cool special effects and all kinds of imagination.

Keep going mindlessly and you will still be popular.

Audiences go to the movies to relax, not to be educated.

But I can’t enjoy it anymore!
Reality is too heavy.

From a creative perspective, superhero movies take shortcuts.

Original stories cannot be created because the risks are too great. Capital operations are risk-averse and increasingly conservative. They lack the ability to innovate and instead feed on mature IPs.

Its sudden popularity also reflects the audience's escape.

After the filming, people in the United States love to watch it.

If you hide and fail to solve the problem, or even point out the problem, you will be shot eight times and have cement poured into the wall. That's no fun.

Reality makes people depressed and we have to escape it, so we might as well watch a superhero movie.

But the elephant in the room must always be faced.

On a larger scale, the military-industrial complex, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and the mountains.

Then there are the pharmaceutical groups, insurance groups, and law groups in Zhongshan.

The local families are not aristocratic families, but chieftains, and they are also small hills.

Big, medium and small are only relative.

To an ordinary person, a speck of dust is like a mountain.

The main creators of superhero movies are also people from society. Under the pressure of society, positive and fairy-tale-oriented themes cannot be produced naturally.

To some extent, the lives of Hollywood creators are generally okay, which is something they will feel last, but they will still feel it.

If not in an intuitive form, it will also be in a distorted form, squeezed by various diverse and chaotic thoughts.

Therefore, being straightforward, such as “I am awesome”, “I am the savior”, “I am rich and I am confident”, the creators lose their sense of belief and thus their appeal.

The audience is also unable to immerse themselves in the beauty because reality is too cruel and the elephant in the room, with its every breath, takes away the breath of others.

Those who take a different approach, like Deadpool, who keeps dying and coming back to life, breaking the dimensional wall from time to time, have become popular.

Deadpool knows that he is a constructed character, who fits the situation of the ordinary people of Milliken and is a plaything under the rules of mutation.

The success of Joker fits this theme.

In this fucked up life, I’m not really resisting, but I’m pretending to punch.

By the second part, he didn’t even pretend to throw a punch.

It is extremely real, kneeling on reality, but too real.

For example, if "Knives Out" was released ten or ten years ago, it would not have been so popular, because it is so real.

When it's gone, it's fun to watch.

I am the one who is having fun, so who can be happy?
Shen Santong did not tell any lies nor did he slander anyone.

He believes that Cameron himself can feel the huge problems in his society, otherwise why would he write "Avatar" as a story about whitewashing colonial history?
Isn’t it just necessary?

Just like defeating the Song Dynasty, legitimacy is something that must be proven, because if the battlefield cannot be won, the legitimacy is really not high.

Tang Ming, who would play such a boring game?
And the funny thing is that Hollywood is the one that has always served the interests of Milton.

The same is true of the distorted ideas of later generations, which export ideas without borders, ideas that are above local interests, and ideas of "setting", in order to make money from all over the world.

Much better than Lao Bao.

Can Lao Bao still pick up a gun to rob money for the empire?
This is the funny thing, Lao Bao, who looks normal, is nothing like that.

Demonic thoughts, on the contrary, have practical value.

Blocked at both ends.

There is no vitality at all in such soil.

Fan Bingbing reminded him, "You should also pay attention to the occasion when telling the truth. He is a famous director and the holder of the world box office record. It will be good for you to build a good relationship with him."

Upon hearing this, Shen Santong got angry: "Is Milijian so great?"

Fan Bingbing corrected: "It's not that the Milijians are amazing, it's that Cameron is amazing."

Shen Santong hit the nail on the head: "He made our money, did he pay taxes?"

This question stumped Fan Bingbing: "We are a very strict person, so we have to pay very strict taxes."

Shen Santong smiled and said, "Look, it has nothing to do with us, right? No matter how great he is, he is still a Milijian."

Fan Bingbing: "I can't argue with you."

Shen Santong: "It's not that you can't beat me, but what I say makes sense."

Fan Bingbing continued, "It's true that having more friends means having more options. Maybe it will help you sell your movie better."

Shen Santong shook his head: "What use can it be? Even if it was useful, I wouldn't have this attitude. Zhang Ziyi, who ventured into Hollywood, came back in disgrace. The drama "Snow Flower and the Secret Fan" was taken by Li Bingbing."

"If you are valuable, people will be close to you. People are very straightforward."

When he heard Zhang Ziyi's name, Fan Bingbing couldn't help but smile slightly, which was very subtle.

"She and I starred in a play called Perfect Match. The Shallows will be released in two weeks. Hum, it will help me gain popularity."

Seeing this, Shen Santong observed a moment of silence for Zhang Ziyi.

At that time, Zhang Ziyi was more famous than Fan Bingbing, but now, it’s different.

Things will be even more different after The Shallows is released.

Fan Bingbing was so eager to try that it was obvious that he wanted to give Zhang Ziyi a hard step.

The competition among big stars has always been so straightforward. It is normal to be sarcastic in person and to fight over a long distance.

Fan Bingbing thought of something and became unhappy: "Why did you ask her to film with you? I think it would be better to ask Zhang Jingchu."

Shen Santong was too lazy to pay attention to the quarrels between female stars.

"Boss Han called me." Shen Santong saw Han Sanping waving at him and left quickly.

During the filming of "Happy Birthday", Zhang Jingchu and Li Bingbing had a fierce fight, and Li Bingbing dominated the show.

Fan Bingbing wants to step on not only Zhang Ziyi, but also Li Bingbing, and is not afraid to help Zhang Jingchu.

Shen Santong came over, and Han Sanping asked, "With Cameron gone, did you lose your popularity?"

Shen Santong felt so aggrieved, and everyone looked at him like this: "I'm not angry."

Han Sanping shook his head: "You can't do this."

Shen Santong immediately said: "I learn from the role model."

Han Sanping: "Who taught you?"

Shen Santong: "Several major Hollywood companies come to Wandao, what a pomp and circumstance? When they come to us, who will meet who, who will ask who? Who will come to see in person? The people I learn from are far away and right in front of me."

Han Sanping smiled: "You can also say nice things."

Shen Santong felt that everyone had misunderstood him: "Who said I don't know how to say nice things? I wanted to say that we are ten years behind Hollywood and we should learn from Hollywood."

Han Sanping thought about the exchanges at the premiere and after the screening, and said, "You didn't say that."

Shen Santong said frankly: "I can't say it. I often say this in executive meetings, but I can't say it publicly."

Han Sanping asked: "Why?"

Shen Santong: "In my opinion, culture is bragging to each other. Technology can be subdued and then steal the home. Culture relies on the tongue."

"I'm not targeting anyone. I have no problem with Cameron. As a director, I admire him very much."

Han Sanping: “Oh?”

Shen Santong: "I just can't bear to see a Dongda student being so mean. No matter how great he is, he is still a Milijian."

"If you like watching movies, you can watch movies. There's no need to crawl on the ground, right?"

"To put it bluntly, if public opinion is normal, I am happy to say something soft. I am a very gentle person. This is not due to the environment!"

"If I say I want to learn from Hollywood, the media should say the next day, let me be a good apprentice."

Han Sanping Yile: "You have your own business and career, you can make your own decisions. But if you do this, you will suffer in the future. Saying some soft words will do you good."

Shen Santong looked at the ceiling light: "The only thing that can make me bow my head is the sun."

After the reception, Shen Santong flew to Benzi for promotion.

This time it will be premiered simultaneously across Asia.

The next day.

After reading the media reports, Shen Santong cursed: "Fuck!"

《The God of Movies’ Advice! 》

"World-renowned director Cameron is optimistic about young director Shen Santong!"

《From big ship to big ship, facing the ocean! 》

"Why Cameron is the only true father of 3D movies!"

Except for long-term cooperation, it is very neutral.

Some media with a loud voice helped Shen Santong to become a disciple.

"As a Milijian, kneeling like this, how can you be worthy of your ancestors?"

Shen Santong sighed to the sky.

Fan Bingbing suggested: "Do you want to post a Weibo post?"

"Never mind. It's also a publicity for us."

Shen Santong felt that something was different here and the atmosphere was not very good.

It’s not that Shen Santong offended anyone; after all, he is just a director.

Most are entertainment businessmen.

The situation has changed.

The book began to come under pressure.

Shen Santong went around to promote the show.

"The Shallows" will be released nationwide on August 8.

A day later, Fan Bingbing, who was promoting the film at Siam, got the domestic first-day box office data and jumped up and down: "Sixty-three million on the first day, plus the preview, eighty million on the first day! I am so awesome!"

It is comparable to the joy brought by the surge in Santong Entertainment’s stock price.

The share price of Santong Entertainment soared to 30 billion, doubling the issue price. The shares held by Fan Bingbing alone were worth more than 80 million, making her a billionaire.

It's just as great to star in a hit movie. Fan Bingbing has huge ambitions and wants both fame and fortune.

Shen Santong: "It's a bit low. Your appeal is not that great. It's not as good as Red Cliff (Part 2)."

Fan Bingbing retorted: "Red Cliff is about the Three Kingdoms, not to mention the second part. The Shallows is higher than the first part."

She doesn't take the blame for this.

Already very strong!
Ignoring Shen Santong, she immediately called back home: "Send out the prepared press release. I'm going to crush all those little bitches to death."

"What kind of press release?" Shen Santong was curious.

Fan Bingbing pouted: "I won't tell you."

The next day, Shen Santong found out.

"The Shallows" crushed "Happy Birthday" on its first day.

While marketing his billions of dollars in assets, he did not forget to diss Li Bingbing for having no vision.

Beach goddess VS beach girl.

It's obvious who the connotation is.

Shen Santong is convinced, fighting on two fronts, sister.

"You are a little arrogant. Our market changes every year. Also, where did you get the news that Li Bingbing only subscribed for 300,000 shares?"

Fan Bingbing hummed complacently: "I have my own channels."

Shen Santong reminded her: "Li Bingbing's studio also has Huayi shares, and Huayi is also preparing to go public. If you say that, she will definitely buy Huayi's original shares."

Fan Bingbing's expression changed slightly, and he said stubbornly, "You should suppress people like her who are two-timing."

The crew of "The Sound of Wind".

All the work has been completed. Li Bingbing joined the team ahead of schedule, and Fan Bingbing will also join the team in a few days.

Li Bingbing's script has been read to pieces.

From "Running Man" to "The Shallows", Fan Bingbing's popularity has been established, which is very similar to the huge success of her two "Happy Birthday" dramas.

Li Bingbing sharpened his knife and gritted his teeth.

"I'm waiting for you to get tired. I'm going to let you, a bitch, know what acting is and what professional training is!"

Li Bingbing believes that he has average acting talent, but is just quite hardworking.

But it also depends on who you compare with.

She has been in the industry for many years, and in terms of acting skills, it is not easy for her to tear Fan Bingbing apart.

Below the script, there are sticky articles about Fan Bingbing, including her recent press releases.

There are dense nail marks.

When you have no motivation, just watch it and you will be motivated. The ruthlessness is so strong that even director Jiang Wei dare not say anything.

It was the first time for him to direct such a big drama, and he felt a lot of pressure.

Shuang Bing is ready to go, and there will definitely be bloodshed, so he wants to call Shen San Tong to take charge.

8 month 12 day.

After the overseas promotion, Shen Santong brought the main creators back to China for a roadshow.

Familiar matters appear one after another.

Last weekend, the mainland version of "Meteor Garden", "Let's Watch Meteor Shower Together", premiered on Mango TV's Golden Eagle Exclusive Theater.

Shen Santong first dabbled in idol dramas, "Meteor Shower", which was not as popular as its predecessor, but still had strong ratings.

The market is in great need of local idol dramas.

Even if it is an adaptation, it can be absorbed because the market of Dongda is too big.

Longing for local idols.

There are still many normal people.

Fan Bingbing can only continue the roadshow for a few more days as he will soon join the crew of "The Whistleblower".

"The Shallows" grossed over 230 million in its first weekend, once again demonstrating Shen Santong's strong box office dominance.

After five days of release, the power of "The Shallows" began to show.

The box office is not as good as "Red Cliff (Part 2)", but as a modern-themed play, it has a huge influence.

When Shen Santong was writing the script, he was very careful to remove the self-destructive emotions, entanglements, and struggles in the original version.

Based on his recent experience, Shen Santong believes that it is normal for the original version to have entanglement and destruction.

It's not just a problem of the future, there are also problems of history.

The great voyages of discovery were also massacres, so we should feel guilty about them.

The hooligans could no longer survive and had to go out to find food.

If it was Zheng He who sailed to the West and built bridges through trade and communication, there would not be so many negative emotions.

The same is true of Cameron's Avatar.

If it is a farming model and the indigenous people are constantly assimilated, the conquest time will be prolonged, but the sequelae will be much smaller.

There is no need to worry about it.

Tokyo University itself is the best example. Its legitimacy is too strong. Many people have tried to deconstruct it and tried to poach its employees, but when they looked at its health bar, it didn't drop much.

Shen Santong couldn't help but sigh, this is the most precious wealth.

A clean history, a history without any burden, every step taken is upright.

The culture that emerges from such a history is bound to be brilliant and splendid.

In short.

Shen Santong's "The Shallows" is full of hope. The part where the heroine is seeking death is removed, making her lovable.

And the rhythm is very good, the heroine goes from being weak and escaping from herself, to being brave enough to defeat the shark, and finally to being relieved and choosing not to go into the water.

It is not only a victory in action, but also a victory over oneself in will.

Fan Bingbing's personal image has swept away all the previous gossip and scandals.

This is the movie!
To create a superstar, you still have to rely on movies!

Fan Bingbing's marketing of the "Sun Goddess" competes with Li Bingbing's "Ice and Snow Goddess", and the situation is tense and tense.

Shen Santong could already imagine the fierce competition among the crew of "The Sound of Wind".

Simultaneously.

Director Chen's final remarks in his guest appearance also had a huge impact.

Not eating shark fin is out of kindness, not sin!
If I had to do it again, I would still make the same choice, because we are China!

Hua means the beauty of clothing, Xia means the greatness of etiquette!
We must follow the upright path and not engage in conspiracies or crooked ways.

When Shen Santong was writing the script, the most he thought of was to cut off the topic of environmental protection, but somehow the word "positive" still hit the mark.

It hit the hearts of the audience and filled them with cultural pride and confidence!
Show the power that movies should have!

No matter how much media coverage or how much dirty water there is, it cannot escape the spotlight.

Shen Santong is very busy with his performances.

Now that his appeal is greater, Shen Santong still has to persist for at least two weeks, just like he did in the initial roadshow.

He often reminds himself not to take the movie tickets supported by the audience for granted.

The assistant reported: "There have been a lot of articles praising you recently."

After reading it, Shen Santong spat out two words: "Too much praise."

8 month 14 day.

Fan Bingbing left the main creative team and joined the crew of "The Sound of Wind".

Shen Santong led the team out of a cinema alone.

I happened to meet a reporter for an interview.

Reporter: "Director Shen, some people now call you the entertainment emperor, what do you think?"

Shen Santong joked, "The Qing Dynasty has been gone for many years. Let's not be like this. I am a filmmaker."

The reporter asked again: "Some people say that this is the era of Shen Santong's movies. Do you agree?"

Shen Santong restrained his smile and said seriously: "There is only Shen Santong in the era."

"Besides, I still say that I am a filmmaker, a member of the film industry."

"My current achievements are inseparable from the overall environment. People's pockets are fatter, cultural demand is strong, and the construction of theaters is constantly advancing. These are the basis for my achievements."

I definitely won't accept flattery.

night.

Shen Santong posted a meme picture related to Puyi.

This caused netizens to laugh.

It also made some people frown.

Saturday.

The roadshow is over.

Shen Santong met reporters again.

The reporter asked: "Director Shen, does The Shallows express your views on environmental protection?"

Shen Santong shouted: "Art is art, and movies are movies. Art has nothing to do with politics!"

As soon as the report came out, people couldn't help laughing.

It once again broke down some people's defenses.

Shen Santong only used their words!

8 month 16 day.

Sunday.

"The Shallows" grossed over 400 million yuan in ten days after its release.

Shen Santong finally accepted a media with which he had good cooperation to express his ideas.

"There is a fact that goes against common sense: the more industrial development there is, the better the ecological environment will be."

"We can see that Milijian and the European Union are all like this."

"The pastoral idyll of agricultural society does not actually exist. Low productivity and population expansion will cause serious diminishing marginal returns."

"The only way to deal with this is to keep clearing land. Forests, mountains and other places where food can be grown will be used to grow food, and the natural ecology will be destroyed."

"If we look at old photos from the Qing Dynasty, we'll find that the mountains are bald, completely bare."

"Industrialized society can absorb the surplus agricultural population and increase yields through the use of fertilizers, pesticides and improved varieties, thereby reducing the demand for arable land and achieving the goal of restoring and maintaining the ecology."

Shen Santong said seriously: "So development can bring about real and long-term environmental improvement."

"And it must also develop! There are primary income traps, middle income traps, high income traps, and too many traps. This last one is specially prepared for Benzi."

“To put it bluntly, if development stops, problems will arise regardless of the income level.”

“If this country does not have sovereignty and cannot protect its own wealth, it will not only be a problem, but it will be robbed and even a discipline will be set up specifically for you.”

"We must first develop. The more industrial development we have, the better the ecological environment will be."

Shen Santong finally said: "No matter what the reason is, I think we must move forward."

“No matter what doctrine or concept it is, telling us to give up development or stop development, there is a premise, and that is to mislead the public.”

"They will package themselves in various ways and by various means, but their intentions are always not good."

"Of course, this is just my opinion and has nothing to do with the movie. Movies are movies, and art is art."

“I’m just speaking my mind freely.”

As soon as the report came out.

Many people were delighted.

Shen Santong's shamelessness is indeed interesting.

But it once again made a small group of people furious.

Oh shit!

All the words that Shen Santong snatched were theirs, all their words!

Moreover, he talks nonsense and supports everything in order to refute Shen Santong.

Allocations not mentioned before are also supported.

Someone wrote "Ten Questions to Shen Santong" with passion and enthusiasm.

Stones were thrown and dogs were barking.

Commissioner Smith closed his eyes weakly.

That's the movie.

It has become a sweeping trend with enormous power, directly changing social trends.

The "shark fin" hype was cut short.

The public service announcement was also quietly removed, at least the attempt to make the students of Dongda University feel guilty is no longer possible.

"What a bunch of rubbish, wasting time!"

What made Commissioner Smith most angry was not Shen Santong, but the fact that Dongda should also produce such a director.

Before, there were few directors like this in the University of Tokyo.

"Hero" had momentum back then, but it was suppressed, and Zhang Yimou's own growth was greatly influenced by them.

India has similar directors, so it would be strange if Tokyo University didn’t have one.

What makes Commissioner Smith most angry are people who appear to be loyal but whose actions show no respect for him.

This resulted in the recording editing being thrown out ahead of time, and the people of Dongda University didn’t care at all.

The people at the University of Tokyo are very intellectual and value ability.

Even if it's true, it doesn't matter.

Shen Santong did not respond directly, but only posted a screenshot of a TV series called "The Disguiser" from Dongda University, "The Basic Principles of Recording", which was considered an indirect response.

Now that "The Shallows" has exploded again, the recording has no destructive power at all.

The timing is wrong and it should not be used as a means of strong attack.

Then why did you throw it out after mentioning it?

It's all caused by a bunch of rubbish.

Commissioner Smith was tired: "Motherfxxk!"

As "The Shallows" continues to be a hit in theaters.

It has brought very positive social effects.

Show the power that culture should use and the power that movies should have!

Confidence is more important than gold!

Shen Santong's movies are full of hope and make people feel comfortable after watching them.

Explain to people that Todai is very confident, has recovered well, and is thriving.

But they didn’t listen. They didn’t listen.

The foreign media is so magical that it can be said that all the news about the University of Tokyo reported by the international mainstream media are malicious.

They often take things out of context, distort facts, and make malicious interpretations.

Decades of smear campaigns and rumors.

Just look at the mainstream media’s economic forecasts for the University of Tokyo.

90: The economy is stagnant

96: The Economy Will Face a Hard Landing

98 "The economy has entered a dangerous period of weak growth"

99 "The Possibility of a Hard Landing?"

00 "Currency Trends Nail the Coffin of Hard Landing Risk"

07 "Economy Overheating?"

08 "Hard Landing Triggers Global Crisis Again"

This year, people questioned "How to find the road to recovery"

The predictions are wrong every year.

You slap yourself in the face every few months, but you have the loudspeaker in your hand and people will watch you even if you keep repeating it.

It would be great if they took the initiative to explain the recovery of the University of Tokyo, which makes it seem like they are trying to cover up their mistake.

Now that's intuitive!
"Red Cliff (Part 2)" is a hit in July!
The Shallows is a hit in August!
No explanation is needed. If one movie like this is said to be the lipstick effect, then two movies are not a coincidence!
It has triggered a phenomenal wave of movie-watching, and it is obvious that they are very confident.

There will always be a time to ride on the wind and waves, and set sail to cross the vast ocean!
The theme fits.

This summer is destined to belong to Shen Santong.

With two dramas in July and August, China Film Group was invincible, bearing the pressure from the media and supporting it.

Some netizens even said that "Red Cliff" and "The Shallows" made Hollywood movies boring.

(End of this chapter)