I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 140: Get-together (13)

About Hong Kong Films…

In Shen Liang’s impression, after 2023, Hong Kong films will completely collapse in the mainland!
"Stealth", "Burst Point" and "The New Order" have three consecutive hits...

The black comedy "The Temporary Heist" was highly anticipated, but the movie didn't do well after its release.

The box office just exceeded 22 million after 2 days of release, which is not considered a complete failure, but it is just like Hong Kong movies nowadays - the box office is between million and million, neither up nor down, which is obviously inconsistent with the positioning of Hong Kong blockbusters with a large number of superstars.

The movie "The Mob" itself, which describes the life of the lower class, has the flavor of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels". The acting is all good, but the script can only sustain the first 30 minutes. The latter part is not strong enough and did not meet the audience's expectations. It cannot leave that kind of aftertaste. You will just watch it and will not watch it a second time.

This is also the problem with Hong Kong movies in the past two years, and it’s even a little dull.

Even Andy Lau can’t do it!
The best performing film in the market, "Golden Finger", had a total box office of less than 6 million yuan and a score that just broke 6.0 points.

In fact, the first filmmakers who moved north missed the best decade - 2000 to 2010!
The past decade was the starting stage of commercial films in the mainland. Mainland filmmakers cannot compare at all with the Hong Kong filmmakers who made their fortunes from commercial films!
But these people did not change their mindset, thinking that the mainland was relatively backward and that they could just deal with it casually. As a result, during this decade, countless bad films were made under the banner of stars and blockbusters.

The patience of the mainland audience has been exhausted...

After 2010, a new batch of mainland film and television personnel gradually found techniques suitable for mainland audiences and gradually became new commercial film directors. Audiences also gradually stopped being superstitious about Hong Kong stars and became more inclined to mainland actors.

In another decade, not only Hong Kong films, but also Hollywood films will gradually lose popularity in the mainland market...

Of course, it is 2017 now, and Hong Kong movies are still alive and well. Every year, there are one or two outstanding works, such as the "Ip Man" series, the "Cold War" series, "Chasing the Dragon", "Wushuang", "Drug War 2", "Shock Wave 2", "Raging Fire"...

Shen Liang likes "Raging Fire" very much, and he wants to ask Zhang Chongbang on behalf of Qiu Gangao: There was a man named Ma Jun who punched a suspect into an idiot, and the whole police force was protecting him at the time. Tell me, what is right and what is wrong? The person I killed was a drug dealer... and you let me go to jail?

……

"Yes, I'm going to record 'Mars' tomorrow... I might record two episodes at a time, and that'll be the end of this season!"

"My pay is very cheap... At that time, "The Next Generation of Idols" had just ended, and "Mars" found me directly and signed a one-season performance contract... The next season... It's hard to say. Of course I am willing to participate, but I am a member of Tencent, and my actor contract is signed with Tencent. After all, "Mars" is a variety show of Youku. If I go, I will definitely have to be a permanent show on Tencent!"

“…frequently participating in variety shows will destroy the actor’s sense of mystery…” Shen Liang was speechless after reading this comment: “What sense of mystery do I have? I live stream for three hours every week and tell you everything. How can I still feel mysterious? It is normal for a star to maintain exposure! Don’t use the lack of mystery in variety shows to justify your poor acting skills…”

"Some actors will have their image fixed because they performed so well in one drama, and the audience will think that they are playing the same role in other dramas, and they cannot break through!"

Mentioned the actor's mystery again...

In the traditional sense, big actors, whom we call "jiaoer", should keep a distance from the audience.

This distance doesn't mean he wants to put on airs, but rather to maintain a sense of mystery.

The reason is that I cannot let the audience have a fixed perception of me, otherwise it will affect the audience's credibility and sense of substitution when I shape my image in the future.

But Shen Liang’s goal is not to become a big actor. He entered the circle just to become a star and make a lot of money!

Does it matter whether God is mysterious or not?
In a play, the actors are just a part.

Whether a play is good or not has something to do with the acting skills of the actors, as well as the screenwriter, director, opponent, etc.

Moreover, in today's era of rapid information technology, actors have long lost their sense of mystery.

The audience is very forgetful. If you don’t have exposure and you actively avoid the audience, the audience will naturally forget about you.

……

At the end of the live broadcast, Shen Liang sang again and mentioned that he would participate in the Mango TV New Year's Eve show. He sang two songs... one was "Seaweed Dance" and the other was "Flowers Along the Way"...

The appearance fee is a friendly price: 120 million!
No matter how close our friendship is, we still have to pay for it.

Jiangsu TV next door offered 150 million! After all, Shen Liang is close to Mango TV...

And the hosts are Wang Han and He Jiong. If he is like Xu Shangao, who participated in Jiangsu TV's New Year's Eve show for the first time and was called an "Internet celebrity" by the host... The host Li Hao even reported "Enemy" as "Destiny"...

What's even worse is that the editing and directing team also said something like "Xu Shangao is simply a ratings killer, his singing skills are not good, his hands are still shaking, it's better to play commercials!" It's really humiliating!
Do you think Jiangsu Satellite TV is only targeting Xu Shangao?
Wrong, Avril also participated in that year, but she was also left out... The host was reading the commercials on the side, and no one paid any attention to her at all...

Ahem...

Arriving in Changsha, Shen Liang went to meet Yang Di as usual. The two chatted for a while, and then Teacher He called...

"I'm with Yang Di...what's wrong?"

"'Longing for Life'?"

"I... I need to talk to my agent about this... Oh, to save the day, that's fine, I'll definitely go... Okay, I'll talk to Di Ge, and we'll go together!"

After hanging up the phone, Shen Liang said to Yang Di: "Teacher He asked us to go to the rescue... It seems that the guest who was previously agreed to attend cannot go due to something..."

"Where?"

"The Longing for Life..."

Yang Di laughed: "Didn't you say in your previous live broadcast that you hated "Longing for Life"? "

"You watched my live broadcast?"

“I just watched that episode!”

Shen Liang chuckled: "…I was ignorant at that time…I now think that since the audience likes it, it must have its merits!"

"...You are really good..." Yang Di was speechless, and then asked: "Did you say when?"

"Tomorrow night...we'll go straight after recording 'Mars'!"

"…it is good."

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Wei also came over, and the three of them went out to eat together...

Liu Wei said: "I heard that the guest of this episode is Xin Zhilei..."

"Want to ride on the popularity of "The Birth of an Actor"? Is she suitable for "Mars"?"

"Then I don't know... I heard that the program crew invited me~"

Shen Liang interjected: "Zhejiang TV has a close relationship with Youku. Many contents are not given to China Blue TV, but to Youku instead..."

“What is China Blue?”

“…The video platform created by Zhejiang Satellite TV… Forget it, I’ve never heard of it!”

In fact, China Blue TV was launched only 7 months later than Mango TV, and compared with Mango TV…

Unfortunately, many of Zhejiang Satellite TV’s programs are outsourced, so there is no way to broadcast them exclusively on their own APP…

The copyright of "The Voice of China" belongs to Canxing!
Moreover, Zhejiang Satellite TV has been fighting fiercely internally. It has not paid much attention to video apps and has only cooperated with iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video for a long time, and has not paid much attention to the development of its own apps...

(End of this chapter)