I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 302: What a high efficiency! (24)

In the live broadcast room, Shen Liang talked about the reasons for the decline of Hong Kong films.

Many netizens said that this is wrong - censorship definitely has an impact!

"Brother, censorship definitely has an impact, but... censorship is not limited to Hong Kong films. Mainland films are also subject to censorship, but mainland films are developing very quickly. We have produced excellent works such as "Dying to Survive" and "Nobody". "

"What are the limitations of a market that can produce "3D Meatballs", "3D Peach Ripening", "Underworld", and even a bad movie that won the Best Picture award?"

"'Tree That Catches the Wind' was not shown in mainland theaters, but its Hong Kong box office was 900 million Hong Kong dollars... 'Wushuang' had a Hong Kong box office of 3400 million Hong Kong dollars and 12.7 billion in mainland China. Comparing these two films, the Hong Kong box office of 'Wushuang' far exceeded that of 'Tree That Catches the Wind', but 'Wushuang' passed the censorship while 'Tree That Catches the Wind' did not... What are the censorship restrictions?"

“Let me tell you, only mainland directors are qualified to criticize mainland China’s censorship system.

Are there any Hong Kong directors? In the early 90s when Hong Kong was at its peak and in the late 90s when it was in decline, there weren’t many cinemas in mainland China. Now that it’s not working, you’re still blaming us for review?”

"Two thousand years later, Hong Kong gangster films are hard to describe, including "Flying Sands and Winds", "Goodbye Young and Dangerous", "Zha Zhi", "Tongmen", etc. Wang Jing also used several TVB actors to shoot a new Young and Dangerous, called "Young and Dangerous: New Order". The level of violence and pornography is higher than the original, but it is very boring overall... I analyzed it and it may be because there is no gangster pointing guns at them, which leads to their lack of inspiration!"

“…Why did you shoot “The Evil”? “The Evil” is an action movie about fighting violence with violence…I wanted to act in an action movie, so I asked Wu Jing to introduce me to director Chen Musheng…”

“I provided the idea for the script…I am also the main investor.”

"Isn't it the most enjoyable thing about being an actor that you can set up your own group and shoot whatever you want?"

"I'm not the male lead... The main cast is Louis Koo, Liu Qingyun and me... There is no female lead in this film..."

"I'll tell you, I probably won't be doing live broadcasts for the next half month... I need to film a movie! This time I'm playing a perverted serial killer... I need to immerse myself in the role..."

“Live streaming will affect my state…”

"Well, thank you everyone for understanding!"

……

Shen Liang simply wanted to stay away from public opinion...

Just the part where he commented on Zhao Liying's acting skills was enough to dominate the hot searches for two days!
However, half a month is enough time for the public opinion to dissipate - at least the hot search on Weibo will become about Wu Xiubo, the kind of "Do you want to fall in love? I'll send you to jail"...

Shen Liang did join the crew and start filming with peace of mind.

Then... I was a little surprised to find that even the director team of Chen Musheng still used a very simple and rough way of shooting action movies with real fighting!

Although Shen Liang was not used to it, he respected it very much...

So, on the first day of filming, I was beaten all day!
The plot is that the perverted serial killer he plays sneaks up on gangster boss Hao Ge, and then gets beaten up. Of course, Hao Ge is also stabbed more than a dozen times...

It's like this, in "The Villain", the reason why police officer Li Liang cooperated with Brother Hao was mainly because Brother Hao was the only survivor, an eyewitness and evidence!

After packing up his things, Chen Jiadong took Shen Liang away...

Chen Jiadong is from Guangdong, so he doesn’t need to find a Cantonese translator when he follows Shen Liang.

Chen Musheng came over and asked: "How is it? Do you feel that it is very different from filming in the mainland?"

"...It's quite big..." Shen Liang pointed at Liu Qingyun and Gu Tianle who had already driven away: "Are they going home directly?"

"Yes..." Chen Musheng nodded: "In Hong Kong, being an actor is just an ordinary profession, everyone just treats it as a job..."

"Am I the only one staying in the hotel?"

"Yes, so if we are filming in Hong Kong, we rarely look for actors from the mainland..."

“Isn’t it because the performance genre is different?”

Chen Musheng explained: "This is just one of the reasons. The most important thing is that we are close to each other. Sometimes when I want to shoot a scene, I just make a phone call and arrive in an hour. After the shooting, I can finish the work!"

“…Okay, I understand.”

Shen Liang nodded, and Chen Musheng asked him, "Do you know where to eat delicious food in Hong Kong?"

“…My assistant used to come to Hong Kong often, and I just followed him.”

"OK, then you follow him..." Chen Musheng turned around and wanted to leave, then he remembered something: "If you want to call a prostitute, don't call the hotel's... The service in the hotel is not good..." Shen Liang was speechless: "Director, I don't have this habit!"

"... bars and nightclubs... you can go, but you'd better not go... I heard there are a lot of gold diggers now, you may not be able to handle it... Even if you go, don't stay up all night, after all, you still have to shoot the next day..."

"Director Chen, don't worry, I won't go." After a pause, Shen Liang added: "I came to Hong Kong just to film..."

"That's fine."

Chen Musheng waved his hand and turned away...

In the movie "The Villain", all the characters are villains.

Shen Liang’s requirement: There are no beauties in this film, no sexy card, and all the cast are tough guys. Every frame is full of fierce punches, very hard and dark, interpreting the aesthetics of violence to the extreme.

So, Chen Musheng did not invite any actresses.

In fact, even if we really arrange it, we don’t know who to find…

There are really no newcomers!

……

Hong Kong itself is a multicultural city, a place where Chinese and Western cultures blend.

Generally, there are a lot of delicious foods in this kind of city!

Shen Liang followed Chen Jiadong in eating for ten days and never had the same dish twice.

Oh, he has been in Hong Kong for ten days and has been on the crew for nine days. He is very efficient. According to Kao, his scenes will be finished in about a week.

Came to Wan Chai today to eat fried stuffed buns.

The three fried stuffed treasures are actually different fried stuffed foods, mainly eggplant, green pepper, tofu, red sausage, fish balls, etc.

The taste is very good, fresh, tender and soft, fragrant but not greasy.

Chen Jiadong suddenly said, "Why do I feel like you don't want to have any contact with Louis Koo?"

Shen Liang was puzzled: "…Why should I have contact with him?"

“Isn’t he a philanthropist?”

"…What does it have to do with me? I donate 200 million every month, and I donated 300 million last month!"

Chen Jiadong explained: "I mean he has a good reputation and is very popular in the mainland..."

"...He can't even speak Mandarin well, and it's obvious that he has no intention of entering the mainland..." Shen Liang waved his hand: "Forget it, there's no need to deliberately please him..."

"I heard that he has seven or eight movies to shoot..."

"Nonsense, the casino's money, he is part of the industry chain!"

"Casino? What casino?"

"Sun Group," Shen Liang was surprised: "You don't know, do you? Louis Koo can become the number one star in Hong Kong films because of the funds provided by Xi Mihua..."

Sun Entertainment Group and One Culture Media, basically most of the movies starring Louis Koo or Hong Kong movies that are only shown in Hong Kong theaters have investments from these two companies.

So, later on, for "The Tomorrow Battle", he had to come to the mainland to do all kinds of publicity and marketing, using all kinds of pitiful marketing methods - how can other people's money be the same as your own money? Real money is no joke!

It is only in the past two years that Louis Koo's movies have been able to do somewhat well at the box office. Before that, he had several movies a year, but he kept making them despite them all failing. Since it's not his own money, he's naturally calm and at ease.

"These are just rumors..."

“Haha…eat your food, let’s finish the filming and get out of here!”

(End of this chapter)