I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 515 Propaganda (33)

The shooting site of "Famous" ended a shoot...

In fact, this plot is quite simple. Lu Ziye pretended to be awesome, turned around and left. When he reached the stairs, he ran into Qi Leshan who was coming upstairs. He was so scared that he jumped back to the room. The door was also blocked tightly by them, for fear that Qi Leshan would come in.

But if that was the case, how could they get out? Looking at the ceiling, they had no choice but to check the vents on the ceiling to see if they could get out.

Li Jiahui volunteered, and Su Mengdie said, "Let Xiaoda go up, I'm afraid it's dangerous up there!"

Kodak immediately said, "You vicious woman, it won't be dangerous if I go up!"

It is the line "You are such a vicious woman" that always makes Yang Mi laugh...

The character played by Ke Da is called Ke Xiao Da, who is responsible for the comedy. His famous line is: "Although I was beaten, I played Japanese people, so I don't embarrass the Chinese!"

By the way, when filming "Famous", Shen Liang specifically looked up some movies from the Republic of China...

There were frequent chaos in the movies of the Republic of China!

At that time, domestic films were just starting out. There was a period of chaos in the 20s and 30s. For example, various studios rushed to shoot social murder cases. The most typical example was the Yan Ruisheng case, in which the Queen of the Flower Kingdom was murdered. This was a bloody and glamorous film that was rushed to be shot countless times by various studios until the audience became sick of it.

The subject matter was following the trend quite seriously, even worse than the ancient costume dramas and sweet pet dramas being shot on various platforms nowadays. In addition to the Yan Ruisheng case, there was also the climax of fantasy films caused by Hu Die's "Burning of Red Lotus Temple" series, just like the current fairy tale films and gay films. Normal films were almost squeezed out and had no market and no way out. It was not until the left-wing film trend in the 30s that things started to improve.

I have to sigh that history is a circle, and all history is contemporary history. The current chaos in domestic entertainment and film and television has already gone through the Republic of China period.

Oh, let’s get back to the shooting scene.

Yang Mi browsed her phone for a while and suddenly exclaimed: "You are really amazing!"

Shen Liang was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"The film industry is in such a slump, but you still have two movies released this year, and... you've made four movies?"

"Not four!"

“…Is that what I said wrong?”

“Five!” Shen Liang counted on his fingers: “Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils, Peak Explosion, Life Events, Become Famous, and will soon join the crew of Changjin Lake…”

"you…"

Yang Haoyu interjected: "It is precisely because the industry is in recession that most projects and resources will be concentrated... to choose actors with more appeal!"

“There are also reasons for this…”

Yang Mi immediately asked, "How did you know about the project "Famous"? "

"We have a group in the Communication University of China, and we keep in touch with each other. I know my senior wants to make a movie, and wants to make a version of "Radio Time"..."

"Radio Time?"

"This is a Japanese film, the directorial debut of the famous Japanese screenwriter Koki Mitani. He used his powerful screenwriting skills to present the birth of a radio drama in a limited time and space. "Famous" was originally called "The Birth of a Movie"... It also went in this direction!"

Liu Xunzimo came over: "…What are you talking about?"

"Talking about Radio Time..."

"This movie is really great," Liu Xunzimo joined the discussion, "The creative idea of ​​'Famous' came from this!"

“Some of the Japanese live-action movies are pretty good!”

Shen Liang thought for a moment, then said: "...but in fact there are only a few people, Mitani Koki, Uchida Kenji..."

“Hey, is ‘The Crowd’ a remake of ‘How to Steal the Key’?”

"Yes, it's the work of Kenji Uchida!"

“…Director Rao Xiaozhi usually directs his own scripts…Why did he accept the remake?” “They approached him, and he had always wanted to make a story about identity exchange. The core of The Key Stealer overlaps with his idea…”

……

I guess Shen Liang will have to rely on the promotion of "The Crowd"!

Given the current environment, all offline marketing and promotions have been cancelled.

But... at least it was the original version, 119 minutes long, without a single second being cut. In comparison, "The Brink" was terrible - the publicly released version was only 95 minutes long, while the original version was said to be 3 hours long, and all the scenes deleted were of the villains.

It seems that the villain must look like a villain, like the released version, with no name, no face and no motive.

In the original version, this information was given.

"The Violence" was "de-violenced"...

In fact, on November 11, in addition to "The Crowd", there are two more movies released: "One Second" and "The Croods 27"...

However, the combined screening rate of these two films is only 32%, and "Raging Fire" had 41% of the screening rate on the first day!

After all, in terms of cast, "The Crowd" has Shen Liang and Liu Dehua, and the director is still Rao Xiaozhi.

The cinema chain gave a box office forecast of 20 billion.

Like "Emergency Rescue", it is the ace project of this year's Lunar New Year holiday!

This year's Lunar New Year holiday, "Emergency Rescue", "The Legend of the White Fox", "Shock Wave 2" and "Raging Fire"...

These four are all box office bombs...

Oh, "Send You a Little Red Flower" will be released on New Year's Day...

Shen Liang does not have very high box office expectations for "Raging Fire", and will consider it a success if it exceeds 1 billion.

And the core of this play is Andy Lau!

Although there are two male protagonists, the leading role is Andy Lau.

Logically speaking, the box office should be carried by the No. 1 film.

That’s the rule!
There is also a difference between the first and second male protagonists.

Of course, he had no intention of resisting the publicity - after all, the studio accounted for 30% of the investment in the entire play, and Shen Liang's salary was directly linked to the box office.

During the live broadcast, he introduced "The Crowd" very enthusiastically.

First, I talked about Liu Dehua’s question:
"We are very grateful to Andy Lau. At the end of The Wandering Earth, there is a subtitle thanking Mr. Andy Lau. Actually, we wanted to thank Director Ning Hao... The space station plot of The Wandering Earth borrowed the space station built in Crazy Alien... But Director Ning Hao said that if we had to thank anyone, we should thank Andy Lau..."

"Liu Dehua → Ning Hao → Guo Fan... Guo Fan and Rao Xiaozhi are very good friends. Rao Xiaozhi's first film "Hello, Madman" was produced by Guo Fan. Including director Lu Yang, they have a good personal relationship. So, after I finished "The Wandering Earth", I asked Lu Yang to shoot "Underground Fire" and asked Rao Xiaozhi to shoot "A Sun"... "Raging Fire", I also came!"

“…You can also say that we are a circle…”

"Rao Xiaozhi is also a fan of Andy Lau, so as a friend, I must help him chase his idol. Andy Lau is the leading actor in The Crowd."

"Andy Lau's acting skills... I am a junior, so I am not qualified to comment on them. But there are always people online saying that he has no talent and relies on hard work. I think that's nonsense. I watched his first movie "To the Fury of the Sea", you can also watch it. His acting skills were already very mature at that time... But... Hong Kong movies at that time did not need an Andy Lau who could act, they only needed an Andy Lau who could show off, and then... various bad movies wasted too much of his time. He had no choice. Most movies did not allow him to perform. He just had to show off. He shot more than a dozen movies a year and had no time to sleep. It was a dream to think deeply about a role.

...like an assembly line, and then formed into muscle memory, joy, anger, sorrow, laughter, crying... the lowest level of performance!"

"Now... I can definitely say that I have great acting skills!"

"I think he played the best role in "The Disciples," Shen Liang said, changing his tone: "Are you kidding me? If the foreigners next door see me, they'll think I can't afford it! Bring another can, one can per person!"

"Look like?"

(End of this chapter)