I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 484: "The Raging Fire" is released? (33)

Liu Jiangjiang looked at Shen Liang: "Brother Liang? Shall we just end it?"

“… Finally, let’s add a shot of the five of them eating peaches and looking at the stars together!”

"…Row…"

Why eat peaches?

The only fruit that the third brother likes to eat is peach, which always echoes his character of "Sun Wukong".

Hint that they are together!

With the feeling of a fairy tale for adults...

As I said, today’s audiences don’t like to see the suffering of others, they just want to have something sweet!
After filming this segment, Liu Jiangjiang announced the completion of the shoot in a somewhat emotional manner…

Then she hugged Shen Liang and cried loudly.

Understandably, Life Events is his first film!
Moreover, the birth of this project was quite difficult - Liu Jiangjiang is not from the three major film and television academies... He graduated from the Journalism Department of Southwest University of Political Science and Law!

Previously, he was the director and editor of "Village Affairs" of Hebei Radio and Television Station...

Generally speaking, if this type of people want to enter the circle, they need support from noble people.

Shen Liang is his benefactor!

The entire film production team was invited by Shen Liang, including photography, lighting, props, and set design...

The best in the industry...

Apart from other things, during the same period of “Life Events”, there was a movie called “Return to the South” at the Pingyao Venture Capital Conference. The script was also very good. The producer Huang Xufeng quickly finished filming, and then… it was released last month…

The cumulative box office is less than 200 million!
100 million sold to streaming media…

Of course, the cost of "Return of the South Wind" is not high.

"Life Events", because of Shen Liang's attention, the cost was directly raised to 6500 million, and it was directly upgraded from a literary work to a large-scale theater movie!

It is understandable that Liu Jiangjiang was moved.

"Thank you, Brother Liang!"

"Director, you don't have to do this..."

……

In fact, director Liu Jiangjiang’s level is just that.

"Look Up and See Happiness", he directed "Erbao Rescue Battle", which tells the story of a wild little girl who intends to travel thousands of miles to her grandmother's house with her friends to "save Erbao" in order to bring back her younger brother who was fostered in the countryside, and the family finally reached a reconciliation.

There are many familiar faces from "Life Events" in this work, and even some elements, dialects, lines, and character names overlap unexpectedly. The tone is simple and warm with a little humor - similar to the style of "Life Events".

At the same time, the little girl's personality is similar to Xiaowen. Both are unruly, bold, quick-witted and quite leadership-oriented girls. The little girl is played by Chen Halin, who has won the Hundred Flowers Award for Newcomer.

But what impressed me most was the scene where two children turned against each other and started pushing and shoving each other, and the situation almost got out of control.

Children’s scenes are too difficult to shoot, this is the reality.

Yang En in "Life Events" did not lose control...

Mainly because Shen Liang controls the entire situation!
New directors have new stories, simple and down-to-earth, but... new directors do need guidance...

By the way, before leaving, Shen Liang gave Liu Jiangjiang a book - "The Great Earthquake", a novel by Lu Yiping.

"The Great Earthquake" is a story about the redemption of humanity, written against the backdrop of an earthquake.

Chen Erbi, who was about to be executed, Tan Lewei, the correctional police officer, and Yang Yaodong, a habitual thief who was about to be released from prison, survived the sudden earthquake.

In order to prevent Chen Erbi from escaping, Tan Lewei handcuffed him and Yang Yaodong together, and Yang Yaodong thus became Chen Erbi's hostage. Chen Erbi took him hostage and escaped, and Tan Lewei had to try his best to catch him.

Then, faced with one piece of ruins after another and wailing everywhere, Chen Erbi kept struggling and hovering on the edge of escape and salvation. Finally, the light of humanity in his heart rose up, prompting him to continue saving people.

Very...nice story.

In fact, regarding earthquakes and human nature, the earthquake in 76 also has a prototype: more than prisoners in custody were pardoned by the state for their heroic deeds in saving people during the Tangshan earthquake!
"The Great Earthquake" is based on the 08 earthquake... "This novel has not been published yet, they gave it to me... I am very interested and bought the adaptation rights. You can see how to adapt it..."

Liu Jiangjiang nodded: "...Okay, I'll take a good look!"

There was a movie called "The Falling City" directed by Huang Hong, with a similar background, police and criminals encountered an earthquake...

It's a good story, but unfortunately, director Huang Hong's skills are not good enough, and the plot is far-fetched, clichéd, false and superficial, so that the whole film lacks appeal and becomes a hollow movie without a backbone!
The Bayi Film Studio has produced a series of films with good themes, including "The Fall", "The Storm", "Super Typhoon", "11 Days of Ice and Snow"...

It’s a pity that either the execution is not good or the publicity can’t keep up.

……

The epidemic has dealt a severe blow to the film industry!

This directly caused the cinema to shut down.

Most importantly, the audience's viewing habits have shifted from offline to online...

Last month, cinemas reopened, but the film market was very quiet. The Hollywood blockbuster "Dumbo and the Bizarre Adventure" starring Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland only grossed over 100 million yuan!
Of course, it’s more about the movie’s reputation itself.

But Robert Downey Jr. + Tom Holland didn’t even sell for 5 million!
It really makes the industry feel incredible...

Even the box office of Bloodshot starring Vin Diesel didn’t even reach 5000 million…

That's Vin Diesel!

The super bad movie "xXx: Return of Xander Cage" that year earned 11.25 billion yuan in mainland China, and the Chinese market accounted for half of the global box office.

Two consecutive Hollywood productions have failed to achieve the desired results...

Then…what should I do?
Policies are in place: A bunch of cities are issuing "movie tickets" to encourage movie watching;

Then... release a few films to save the market!
"Raging Fire" was successfully selected: to be released on August 8th!
Shen Liang was a little confused when he received this news...

But he was only confused for a while - he had thought that "Raging Fire" would become a rescue film and be released at the same time as "Eight Hundred"...

Looking at it now, it’s ten days earlier than “Eight Hundred”!
It doesn't matter, I'll definitely go to school anyway...

It’s better to go early than to fight over the filming schedule…

So Shen Liang asked Chen Jiadong directly: "What do I need to do? Do I need to do publicity?"

"The promotion cannot be avoided... Because of the epidemic, many offline marketing activities have been cancelled. The publisher intends to focus on online marketing!"

Shen Liang quickly got the idea: "...Do a few more live broadcasts?"

"right…"

Shen Liang nodded: "No problem!"

"Do you want to have a CP with Rouba?"

"Promoting CP? Is it necessary?"

Chen Jiadong explained: "After all, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is declining..."

Understandably, hyping up CP is always the fastest way to attract attention...

However, "The Imperial Coroner" is still in theaters, and the CP of Xiao Jinyu and Yu Chuchu is making a lot of noise. At this time, Shen Liang and Rouba are being hyped...

Does it fit?

Moreover... the name of Rouba Fengnan Lagua is well known in the fan circle, and the hype about her and Shen Liang's CP is not very good for her reputation!

After thinking for a while, Shen Liang shook his head: "Forget it. From the scale of the movie and the fighting scenes between me and Zhen Zidan... Rouba only has two scenes. It's better to say that he is a big supporting role than a supporting role..."

Chen Jiadong nodded: "...I will discuss it with the publisher."

"Well, let's go, the Lotus House crew has been waiting for more than a month!"

(End of this chapter)