I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 426 First Day Box Office (23)

In fact, the scheduling of films by theater chains, especially large chain companies, will involve fees and cooperation given by the film distributors, and will be biased.

But apart from the popular big schedules, such as the Spring Festival, the screenings are usually arranged based on the movie itself and its popularity...

"The Whistleblower" is terrible, and we don't know why Xue Xiaolu made such a movie - a low-profile imitation of "Mission Impossible" with a strange patchwork of Qiong Yao's scenes inserted at the slightest disagreement.

The screening rate of this film is only 11%.

In fact, Shen Liang is not worried that these films will pose a threat to "Bouquet"...

"The Gathering at Southern Station" had a box office of about 2 million yuan, "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" wasn't that good in mainland China either, and "The Whistleblower" didn't even make over million yuan!

After "The Whistleblower", Tang Wei went to South Korea to develop her career.

Then she won the Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Actress in Korea for "Decision to Break Up"...

Then a bunch of people said things like "China can't keep good actors!", "Chinese entertainment industry is not worthy of Tang Wei"...

I'm really speechless. Tang Wei has never been considered a top actress. It's hard to say whether she is a qualified actress. There is no necessary connection between an actor's winning of Best Actor or Best Actress and his acting skills.

Yuya Yagira won the Cannes Best Actor Award at the age of 14, and Tony Leung was competing with him at the same time!

Yagira Yuya was not very good at acting at the time, and his performance in Japanese TV series in the following years was also quite average, and he has only gradually improved in recent years;

Xia Yu won the Venice Film Festival Best Actor Award at the age of 17. Another movie he was nominated for in the same year was "Ashes of Time". Could it be that at the age of 17, Xia Yu was already a better actor than Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Leslie Cheung at the time?

Yuan Quan has never won any international awards such as the three major European awards or the Oscars, but it seems that no one thinks that Yuan Quan's acting skills are worse than Xia Yu's, right?
Feng Yuanzheng has not won any film awards. Is Feng Yuanzheng's acting skills not as good as Xia Yu's?

Film is the art of directing!

A director can tailor a role for a certain actor. In this case, it will be easier for the actor to give a high-quality performance: because this role itself is the easiest for you to understand and can maximize your charm.

"Decision to Break Up" is even more terrifying. Not only is the director a fan of Tang Wei, but the screenwriter is also a fan of Tang Wei.

If Tang Wei still can't act clearly in this situation, then it's not just a question of how good her acting skills are, but a question of whether she has acting skills at all.

In fact, Tang Wei’s performance in “Decision to Break Up” was not that good…

Excellent contemporary films have evolved into something similar to modernism in literary works.

It is more about whether the temperament of the actors matches and the director's creativity for the whole movie, rather than classical movies. If you act in "Gone with the Wind" or "The Godfather", and Clark Gable and Marlon Brando's acting skills collapse, the whole movie collapses...

In "modernist" narrative films, an actor's acting skills are not as important as we think.

There is no good or bad, only right or wrong.

For example, in the interrogation room scene in "Decision to Part", where Tang Wei lifts up her skirt to let the male lead take a photo, if you let Ni Ni do it, or find actress Zhang Ziyi, she would either be portrayed as the heroine or a femme fatale.

Tang Wei is not like that. She has a pure and innocent temptation.

So, she's an amazing actress?

Absolutely!
She herself said, "I really feel that I have no acting skills. If I can feel it, I can act it out. If I can't feel it, I can't feel it!"

This sentence means that she is not a qualified actor.

What do you study acting?
Acting is all about understanding the characters! If you can’t feel it, find a way to feel it!
If you tell anyone about it, you will be embarrassed.

Well, she is not from the acting department of the Central Academy of Drama, she studies directing!

"Decision to Separate", Park Chan-wook made the right choice...

There is one thing I can't figure out, that is, Zhang Yimou always chooses Liu Haochun even though he knows that she is not suitable. It's hard to evaluate...

Back to Shen Liang’s concerns, he was mainly worried about the backlash of “A Sun”…

As I said, the market is fair. The box office performance of the movie "A Sun" is obviously not in line with the movie itself, so it will definitely have to pay off in the future!
The story of the movie "Flowers" is of course great, but the theme of pure love is not taken seriously in the mainland film market! Coupled with the backlash of "A Sun"...

Shen Liang also felt a little guilty!
……

"Love is the same soul living in two different bodies. I wonder if after meeting "another me in the world", I will inevitably reach a happy ending?"

“It has nothing to do with my own love experience…”

"The reason why I cooperated with Yitong was because she was chosen as the heroine in the script that Guangguang sent me before. The previous script was actually okay, but I don't really like the plot of bitter love..."

At the premiere, Shen Liang casually accepted interviews from the media.

"The conditions for love that goes through life and death are actually very harsh. Look at the ancient Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, Juliet and Romeo. What they actually resisted was the constraints of human nature imposed by the society at that time. Under such a high-pressure policy, it is rare to find people who love each other and are willing to resist the constraints for each other. They are worth entrusting your life to.

Times have changed, and contemporary love does not necessarily involve life and death..."

"Will it be awkward for you to act opposite Li Yitong?"

Shen Liang nodded: "It was indeed a bit awkward at the beginning."

"Then why look for her?"

Shen Liang glanced at Li Yitong, smiled, and then said: "I promised her before that if I become the male lead one day, I will definitely let her play the female lead! It can be regarded as fulfilling the promise..."

"Wow…"

The media interviewed were touched by the sweetness...

"Where's Yitong?"

Li Yitong was stunned for a moment: "…What's wrong with me?"

“Did you feel awkward during the filming?”

"It was quite awkward at first, especially during the intimate scenes... it got better halfway through..."

"why?"

“We are all professional actors…”

“What does the director think?”

Director Yao Tingting said: "In fact, when they were acting, I felt sorry for them. Why did such a good couple break up? Especially in the plot, I don't think they had to break up... But Liang Ge insisted on this ending!"

Shen Liang interjected: "Both characters are too self-centered. The way love happens is a bit one-sided: using interests and hobbies as indicators to quantify the degree of matching is like asking each other about assets on a blind date..."

Finally, we inevitably talked about the box office...

"Of course I hope the box office is good, after all, it is the result of the hard work and efforts of the staff... But once a movie is released, it is up to the audience..."

……

Shen Liang did not give any specific data, nor did he participate in the subsequent roadshow promotion...

The crew of "The Crowd" is still waiting for him!

Although there was no publicity, relying on Shen Liang's strong appeal, the box office of "A Bouquet of Love" still exceeded 200 million on the first day!
The first day’s performance was 2.2 million!
Douban score is 8.8 points - the highest score for romance genre in recent years.

Maoyan gave a final box office forecast of 18 billion, because Maoyan's score was 9.2 points...

In comparison, "The Wandering Earth" has a Maoyan score of 9.7, "The Devil" has a Maoyan score of 9.6, and even "A Sun" has a Maoyan score of 9.3!
It is obvious that the commercial performance is not very good.

(End of this chapter)