I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 495: Opponent? (14)

In recent years, the trend of "sister-brother love" has become increasingly obvious in urban dramas.

From inside the play to outside the play, the setting is mostly "kind, beautiful and strong woman + sunny and straight-forward little milk (wolf) dog".

The plot starts with drunken sex and then starts a relationship...

The heroines of these dramas are basically successful in their careers, but have no love life.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, these settings make people feel a little uncomfortable.

Treating sister-brother relationships purely as a cheap gimmick, a form of materialistic consumption, is extremely tacky and formulaic.

In these dramas, the female protagonists are all successful single women of advanced age, while the male protagonists are mostly rich second-generations who are idle and only care about eating, drinking and having fun, or rebellious, willful, childish and radical younger brothers.

Not much fun!
But this subject is very popular, and many actors born in the 80s began to compete in this field. Even top female actors Yang Mi and Yang Tianbao did not miss this opportunity.

"The Pareto Law of Love", "What Love Should Be Like"...

But the popularity of these two dramas is not due to the "sister-brother relationship" or the plot, but because of the popularity of the actors. If other actors were replaced, the effect would only be worse...

Shen Liang...in terms of age, he is very suitable to play the role of an older woman and a younger man!
But he's unlikely to answer!
Even if he plays an idol, he won’t accept...

The status determines the demands: if an idol takes on a script of a love story between an older woman and a younger man, it is almost impossible for her to compromise on the role of the leading female character.

Therefore, the person who plays a sister-brother relationship with her cannot be someone of the same "status" as them.

It must be someone of a lower status than them.

Someone who tries to gain more opportunities, or seeks to increase exposure and improve his or her status.

In this way, male actors will not care about their ranking and be willing to play supporting roles.

There is no way a talented male star could be her partner. He also wants to be the leading man in his own script. Why would he come to be a supporting role in an idol drama aimed at female audiences?

There is no shortage of fame and resources, and male actors have a wider range of choices.

Unless there is a script that is irresistible...

However, with this kind of script, it’s unlikely that an idol would be found!
……

Qin Lan stayed for one night and left Hengdian early the next morning. She had to continue filming "Breakout".

"Breakout", the original work of which is "The People's Property", is a sister work of "In the Name of People". "In the Name" focused on officialdom issues, while "Breakout" this time targets large state-owned enterprises.

What I want to reflect is that during the process of reform and opening up, some people took advantage of the situation and resorted to trickery, resulting in a large loss of state-owned assets, enriching some individuals and harming the collective.

The angle was good, but the execution was a bit poor, plus more than ten episodes were cut...

However, as the sequel to the hit drama "In the Name", Qin Lan's participation in it, even as the leading actor, is itself a recognition by the industry!
I just feel exhausted!
Fortunately, there is no fighting scene scheduled today, otherwise, Shen Liang might make mistakes...

I took a short break at noon, and then I recovered in the afternoon and finished the shooting…

Dong Wei smiled and asked Shen Liang: "Has 'Raging Fire' broken 1 billion?"

“…It should be about the same!”

Shen Liang took out his phone and checked it. 10.27 billion, six days after release...

"10.27 million!"

"I heard from them that the box office in Hong Kong is not bad either... it has exceeded 800 million Hong Kong dollars."

"The main reason is that there are relatively few movies released this year. I heard that Train to Busan 2 sold 1500 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong!"

Dong Wei nodded: "The number of American blockbusters released has decreased, so we can only release a few more Korean and Japanese movies."

As of now, the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong this year is "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train", which has grossed nearly 3000 million Hong Kong dollars!
In addition, in Japan, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train" grossed over 3.64 million U.S. dollars, breaking the record of 316.8 billion yen (2.39 million U.S. dollars) set by "Spirited Away"...

"Director, what can I do for you?"

"We are working on a project called "Kill Out of Dragon Inn", are you interested?"

"…"Kill Out of Dragon Inn"?" Shen Liang asked back; "Isn't this Gu Tianle's project?" Dong Wei shook his head awkwardly: "There is a problem with Gu Tianle..."

Shen Liang understood...

It’s just that Sun Group is gone!

Lezai has lost his source of income.

Shen Liang scratched his head: "Let me take a look at the script!"

"Um…"

……

In fact, after the huge success of "Raging Fire", many Hong Kong producers invited Shen Liang...

They are basically some "long-prepared" projects, such as "Chasing the Dragon 3: Chinatown", "Tailing", and "Most Wanted".

They are basically famous directors and famous productions!
"Dragon Gate Inn" is just one of them...

There is even a movie version of "Big Times", and they told him that Jiang Wen will play Ding Hai as the lead actor...

You are talking nonsense...

Hong Kong films have only one core goal: to make money!
If you can make money, you are the brother!

But if you can't get the money, no one will care about you!

Most of these projects are in the status of 'There is no script yet, if you agree, we will write the script right away'.

The Hong Kong crew still follows the creative model of the last century: only with the actors’ nod can they attract investment, and only with funds can they write the script...

It's outrageous!

However, in recent years, there have been many independent productions in Hong Kong. Basically, the scripts are completed first, and then submitted to the Hong Kong Film Development Foundation to apply for venture capital funds. Then, if an actor is interested, he will star in the film at a low price...

Several of Kara Hui's films, including "Lucky Me", "My Extraordinary Parents" ("A Journey with You"), and "The Inner Demon", which won her the Best Actress Award at the Academy Awards for the second time, all came about this way!

Kara Hui won the Best Actress Award at the Academy Awards three times. Except for the first time, which was entirely due to luck, the next two times were all works recommended by venture capital associations...

Well, let’s talk about “Raging Fire” again. The box office revenue of this movie on weekdays was over 100 million, and its popularity remains high!

Maoyan directly changed the final box office forecast to 30 billion.

It is undoubtedly the top work of this summer season.

Then, "Eight Hundred" was embarrassing...

In fact, after the release of "Raging Fire", that is, after August 8, "Eight Hundred" was screened in various previews - 17% of the screenings on the first day, about 8 screenings, and the single-day box office was around 2000 million...

The screening was continued for three days.

On the third day, the film schedule reached 15%, and the theater chain gave 5 screenings...

The single-day box office is around 3000 million!
This did not meet expectations.

You should know that the cost of "Eight Hundred" is close to 6 million RMB, which is a super blockbuster...

The box office revenue must be at least 15 billion to break even!
At present, the box office is only about 8 million at most - the view of the industry...

Build momentum…How to build momentum?

All offline marketing activities have been cancelled...

The film was supposed to be released on the 21st, but the cinema only gave it 30% of the screening time, so it definitely can’t beat “Raging Fire”…

It’s not right to go up, and it’s even worse not to go up!

Huayi Brothers are still counting on this movie to be a box office hit and make some money back.

(End of this chapter)