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Chapter 595: Powerful Troubles, "Zhu Xian" Wants to Be a "Dog-Blooded Romance"

Young is so good.

Various styles can be tried.

In the blink of an eye it was the end of August.

In addition to preparing for the start of filming of "Zhu Xian", Shen Santong is also focusing on the post-production of "The Lost Tomb" and "The Magic Thieves".

After so many experiences and adjustments in so many films, the post-production team around Shen Santong has become very mature.

There are still some shots in "The Lost Tomb" that need to be polished, and the release date has begun to be determined, either during the Spring Festival or next summer vacation.

The Thieves takes longer.

The temperament of an enterprise is closely related to its founder and boss. Shen Santong knows very well that if you want something, you have to pay for it, and you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Sufficient time must be left for post-production of large-scale productions. In order to achieve better audio-visual effects, a year is not too long, and we can afford to wait longer. The film cannot be rushed into release.

Even if you can't achieve absolute perfection, you should still achieve perfection in the present moment.

Judging from the current level, dramas like "Red Cliff", "The Shallows", "Inception", "Zhuge Liang" and "Cao Cao" all have flaws.

When making "Red Cliff", Shen Santong set up a team for the play and integrated domestic resources, but at that time domestic special effects companies were in their infancy and many shots were produced by foreign special effects companies.

Some film producers give these foreign companies suggestions and set requirements, but aesthetic habits cannot be changed.

For example, when it comes to patterns, Eastern aesthetics like cloud patterns with some curves, but this is not the case in foreign countries.

As Santong Entertainment continues to progress and its production capabilities improve, it’s inevitable that the movies from that time feel a bit rough when we look back at them.

Although Santong Entertainment will make modifications to movies based on subsequent audience feedback after they are released, especially those under the Locomotive Film label, the workload involved in the post-production of the entire film, involving the entire content, is not small and can only be put aside for the time being.

Santong Entertainment’s current mission is to move forward and not stop.

However, recently, Shen Santong had an idea. Once the film industry system is initially established and there is no need to rush, he can remake past films to make up for the lack of technology at the time.

The deeper he went on the road of film, the more Shen Santong realized how insignificant he was.

8 month 28 day.

A hotel room before the award ceremony.

Yu Dong straightened his clothes and went through his speech in his mind as if he was going to an audience, then he knocked on the door.

He went in only after hearing a voice from inside.

Last year, Bona rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange, and Bona Film Group successfully landed on NASDAQ, becoming the first Chinese film and television media stock in the US capital market and the first mainland film and television company to be listed overseas.

Bona's number of films, box office revenue, and overseas box office have surpassed Huayi, but there is no comparison in front of Santong Entertainment.

Moreover, Shen Santong provided a lot of help during Bernard's growth process, including changing its name and moving towards modern corporate management system.

As someone close to Shen Santong, Yu Dong understood how terrifying he was.

To this day, Shen Santong still has a firm goal and a strong will.

Yu Donglai asked Shen Santong for his opinion: "How about Xu Laoguai's "Dragon Gate Flying Daggers" during the Lunar New Year holiday?"

"Are you going there for The Flowers of War?" Shen Santong saw through his plan and asked with a smile.

Although Xu Laoguai’s new play is not mainly controlled by Santong Entertainment, it still accounts for a considerable share.

After "Mystery of the Phantom Flame", Xu's career has revived, his voice has increased, and as for new dramas, he is not very receptive to the previous cooperation model.

Old Monster Xu specifically went to talk to Shen Santong.

He was grateful for the help that "Mystery of the Phantom Flame" had given his career, and also grateful for Shen Santong's trust. Whether it was word of mouth, box office, or revenue, it was all first-rate, but he was too exhausted.

The movies controlled by Santong Entertainment do have a lot of control and a long cycle. Mr. Xu is in his sixties and has long been mature in creation. He has his own work rhythm, so it is normal for him not to adapt to the model of Santong Entertainment.

Shen Santong had no intention of forcing others to follow the path of Santong Entertainment. He even tried to avoid monopoly.

So in "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", Santong Entertainment was only the lead investor but did not have the main control.

However, as an investor, it is certain that you will have to include your own people.

The lead actor hasn’t changed that much, but the other actors are very different from the previous life.

"Yes." Yu Dong did not hide it: "Zhang Weiping felt that no one could match him with Zhang Yimou. I just can't stand people like him."

"Okay." Shen Santong agreed.

The play "The Flowers of War" made him feel physically nauseous.

After getting Shen Santong's permission, Yu Dong breathed a sigh of relief. "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" must compete with "The Flowers of War".

Can’t beat Santong Entertainment, Bernardo can’t beat your new picture?

"By the way." Shen Santong reminded: "Remember to let Han Han clean up the mess, otherwise there will be hidden dangers."

Since Guo Jingming's path was successful, Shen Santong naturally found Han Han.

Of course you have to make money if you can.

However, Han Han is not very clean now. Santong Entertainment has no master control, so Berna is dragged into it.

Both Guo Jingming and Han Han are progressive forces in the current film industry.

Of course, Guo Jingming has only been a little "progressive" in the past two years. If he cannot get out of himself and digest the past, he will become corrupt in the future.

On the other hand, compared to the traditional film industry, Han Han at least respects the audience a little, knows what the audience likes to watch, and will make corrections based on negative comments.

He won't educate the audience by forcing them to do so, nor will he be like Tang's, pretending he didn't hear anything.

But now Han Han has hidden dangers, as he is deeply entangled with some people.

Shit on his face.

To get rid of the shit cleanly, a lot of things need to be done. If the shit is not cleanly gotten rid of, Han Han has no investment value.

Han Han’s current situation is like that of many people, such as the Liang Liang couple in the unfinished building in later generations.

In the cyberspace of the University of East China, being able to provide a counter-angle will attract a large number of Internet zombies and vultures to follow.

There are real people here, but there are more digital lives, as well as real people trapped by digital lives.

People really want to know about the unfinished buildings, how to protect their rights, how to deal with it later, what the results will be, etc. The focus is not on quarrels and conflicts.

But for Digital Life, what matters is fighting, and it’s best to rush the tower.

Liangliang and his wife themselves did not understand what real people like, and still did not seize the opportunity for transformation.

Once again, they fell out with the boss who helped them, and once again affected Zhengzhou's business environment.

Not only is he ungrateful, he also wants his boss to die.

They use the franchise model, you say it is not profitable, they started in Zhengzhou, you are talking about the environment of Zhengzhou.
The motivation is no longer important; the result is that it stabs the boss in the heart.

It turned out that the boss was an old hand and had surveillance cameras. He not only blocked the manure that was thrown at him, but also returned it all.

Shen Santong paid attention to this because he was familiar with the methods used to surround the couple.

From this, we can roughly see the mental journey of people like Chai Jing, Cui Yongyuan and others.

They tear an issue apart and then gain support, like a child discovering a toy.

Stuck in this cycle, the issue is constantly torn apart.

Until I walked further and further and hit a wall.

At this time, he did not think it was his fault, but rather that he was being targeted, so he took a completely opposite step.

Of course, some power industries have been downgraded. In the past, they only influenced social celebrities, stars, athletes, etc., but now they have been downgraded to who knows how many levels by starting with small internet celebrities with flat heads.

Shen Santong remembered that Han Han was going to cut ties with certain people, and it should be something that would happen in the next few months. There were smart people in Han Han's team.

It has to be cut off. If you want to be on the stage, you can't bring shit with you.

It is a very realistic choice for the audience to watch a movie, and it is a completely rational decision. If you don’t clean up the mess and just rely on marketing titles and the number of fans, the audience won’t buy it.

This is also the reason why some stars have never lost in fame, never won in box office, and have not even made a profitable movie.

"Yeah." Yu Dong said he understood and was willing to listen to advice.

When it comes to the film market, just listen to Shen Santong.

BJ Exhibition Hall.

The 14th Huabiao Awards ceremony was held here.

Pre-entry chat stage.

Many guests looked uncontrollably towards a crowd of people.

In the center of the crowd was a handsome young man with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, who was as handsome as any young actor. There was no shortage of bigwigs at the Huabiao Awards, and even first-line stars had to tread on thin ice. However, this young man was calm and at ease, and his every move revealed his high-spirited confidence.

Of course, this young man is also qualified to be confident and calm. Just look at the people around him, Guo Fan, Lu Yang, Wen Muye, Yang Qing, Jiang Wei, Li Muge, Kang Honglei, Chen Sicheng, Wang Ran. More than ten directors, all of whom have entered the billion-dollar club.

There is also a group of producers who are not well-known outside the industry but are rising rapidly within the industry.

The largest gang in Chinese entertainment, no, the largest team has been formed.

The leader of the team is the young man who is the center of attention.

Shen Santong entered the scene.

Not far from Jiang Wen, Jiang Wen was chatting with Shen Santong. The resentment in his heart had dissipated a lot. He smiled bitterly and said, "You got it right."

Jiang Wen's words were incoherent, but he knew that Shen Santong could understand what he was saying.

Shen Santong really understood what Jiang Wen was talking about.

After Let the Bullets Fly, all films with allusions were banned.

Let the Bullets Fly, which was the box office champion of last year's Lunar New Year holiday and had both box office success and good reputation, did not receive a single nomination in this year's Huabiao Awards.

not a single one.

This really explains the problem.

"As long as the movie is successful, 'Let the Bullets Fly' will go down in film history." Shen Santong said casually.

What could he say?
Everything that needed to be said had been said before the film project was launched.

This type of movie is over, and Jiang Wen himself will also be affected.

Once you cross some lines, people will change accordingly.

Crossing certain taboos will in turn affect people's nerves.

A director’s career is very long, and Jiang Wen may be able to come back in the distant future, but for now, Jiang Wen will definitely continue along this path for the next few films.

You may say one thing, but your actions are definitely another.

Because he really reaped the benefits, fame and fortune.

In this year's Huabiao Awards, Santong Entertainment is the biggest winner.

Shen Santong won the Outstanding Feature Film Award for "Inception", and won the Outstanding Director Award together with Wang Jia and Shen Dong for "Flying", and Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin for "Founding of a Republic".

Guo Fan won the Outstanding New Director Award for "Wu Hou", beating Zhang Meng's "The Piano in a Factory".

If it was a co-directed "Cao Cao", there might be suspense, but "Wu Hou" is too serious, and Guo Fan directed it independently. He used this to register outstanding newcomers and achieved an absolute crushing victory.

Zhou Jie won the Outstanding Actor Award for "Wu Hou", Li Xuejian for "Yang Shanzhou" and Ge You for "The Orphan of Zhao".

Fan Bingbing won the Outstanding Actress Award for "The Shallows", Xu Fan won the Outstanding Actress Award for "Aftershock", and Narenhua won the Outstanding Actress Award for "Eji".

There are a total of 16 awards for outstanding feature films, and Santong Entertainment's "Inception", "Cao Cao", "Wu Hou", "The Message" and "The Shallows" account for one third of them.

Shen Santong won the Outstanding Director award twice and the Outstanding Feature Film award for the third time.

Santong Entertainment won a great victory.

The award ceremony is over.

Han Sanping joked: "You are now treated the same as Tang Guoqiang."

In order to limit the number of times Tang Guoqiang can win awards, the Golden Eagle Award has specially issued a rule to cap his upper limit of awards. The Feitian Award also prevented Tang Guoqiang from winning consecutive awards.

When Tang Guoqiang was at his peak, his works were uncontroversial and he would be awarded as long as he was nominated.

Among the older generation of actors, Tang Guoqiang is leading the pack, followed by Chen Baoguo, Li Youbin and others.

Now the Huabiao Awards is also planning to formulate a similar regulation.

It is really because Shen Santong has too much output and a great influence. "Wolf Tooth" has already secured the next year's Outstanding Feature Film, Outstanding Actor, and is also half-secured as the Outstanding Director.

It’s easy to make excellent feature films, the worst that can happen is to expand the capacity.

This expansion is justified because there are so many excellent films and the film industry is developing rapidly.

But a good director can’t have only five or six yolks, right?
At most three plays are given, any more would not be good.

Shen Santong smiled bitterly. He was just filming a movie, which made him stand out from the crowd. "I don't have any objection, but should the actor award be taken care of?"

After receiving the three letters, his personal honor reached its peak. Shen Santong himself didn't care much about it, but it was reasonable for him to use this opportunity to ask for something.

After the celebration banquet.

Early in the morning.

Shen Santong climbed up from Fan Bingbing.

After checking the news, I found that the news about Santong Entertainment’s huge success in the Huabiao Awards dominated the front page of the entertainment industry.

No film and television company has ever achieved the success of Santong Entertainment, with one-third of its production being excellent feature films.

It seems like only one-third, but there are some character stories and theme stories that must be awarded, similar to political correctness in the West.

If you remove the mission films, you will find that Santong Entertainment is incredibly strong, with box office success, good reputation, and social influence.

Shen Santong did not become proud of his temporary victory.

The words used in some reports seem to be exaggerated, but the effect is not good.

Shen Santong made a comment that at least one-third of public opinion should be negative.

I looked at other news reports.

There are many small soft articles about the new ambassador Luo Jiahui flying in economy class.

Since this person took office a week ago, the hype has not stopped.

He is a talented actor like his predecessor. He flew from Seattle to BJ in economy class. He also flew from BJ to Chengdu and back to BJ in economy class.

Then a certain group of people instantly find something delicious, and they start chanting and criticizing each other every day.

I don't care at all that this person came with a mission, which was to cause trouble or even subvert the country.

Fan Bingbing finished washing up and went into the living room. He saw him reading a newspaper. "Now that you've finished eating, what are your work arrangements for later?"

Shen Santong was full, but when he saw her coming out wearing his white shirt, he felt hungry again.

A happy life is always short.

9 month 7 day.

Shen Santong's fourteenth work "Zhu Xian" started filming.

Yang Mi plays Bi Yao, Tang Yan plays Lu Xueqi, Chen Xiao plays Zhang Xiaofan, Liang Guanhua plays Tian Buyi, and He Qing plays Su Ru
"Zhu Xian", starring young actors and actresses from Santong Entertainment and a group of veteran actors, has started filming.

Shen Santong plans to film "Zhu Xian" into three parts.

The story has two lines. One is Zhang Xiaofan's upgrade line, and the pretentious plot of the original novel must be retained.

The second is the theme of the movie, simply put, it’s a melodramatic love story.

Zhang Xiaofan’s triangle relationship.

It took at least two years to film "Zhu Xian". The first part had an investment of 200 million yuan, and the actors' salaries accounted for a small proportion of the total, as most of the money was spent on special effects production.

Dahuang can be photographed in real life, but the monkey needs to be modeled.

Shen Santong has to invest a lot of energy in "Zhu Xian". He wants to create a real "Zhu Xian" world, world structure, local customs and people.
The movie ultimately presents a simple romance, depicting the love entanglement between Zhang Xiaofan, Biyao, and Lu Xueqi.

In his mind, the bigger the production, the simpler the story should be.

In this regard, we can cross the river by feeling the stones. "Titanic" is a good example to learn from.

Construct a real world of practice and present a touching love story.

The one who loves me and the one I love, the white rose and the red rose, the white moonlight and the cinnabar mole, the love because of responsibility and the responsibility because of love, the conflict between the righteous path and the evil path.
If we go deeper, there is a lot that can be explored, but the deeper clues are buried inside and the audience can find them themselves.

Shen Santong wanted a popular story. The first part ended with Bi Yao using the love curse to protect Zhang Xiaofan from the sword of Zhu Xian.

If the ending of the movie can make the audience cry, then the first one is a success.

On the contrary, no matter how much preparation you do, without a good story, it is not a success.

Shen Santong is on a special line to shoot a drama, and "Zhu Xian" has many firsts and will be the drama that takes him the longest time.

It’s the end of the month in a blink of an eye.

Santong Entertainment's "The Bourne Supremacy", Bernard's "The Legend of White Snake", and the glamorous "Painted Wall" were released one after another.

The film industry gave Yangzi, who was not in the industry, a little shock.

(End of this chapter)