I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 555: Breaking 33 Million ()

Let’s take a brief look back at Shen Liang’s career…

In fact, in his own opinion, along the way, the directors he has worked with basically all have their own works.

The only pure novices are probably Su Lun from "Time Travel Cohabitation", Liu Jiangjiang from "Life Events" and Liu Xunzimo from "Famous".

But in the eyes of the outside world, Guo Fan of "The Wandering Earth" is not considered a famous director, including Rao Xiaozhi of "A Sun" and "The Crowd", Lu Yang of "Underground Fire", Yao Tingting of "Love Like a Bouquet"...

——At least before working with Shen Liang, he was only slightly famous!
The only famous director is probably Xu Ke, the director of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils".

Oh, Chen Musheng is not considered a famous director...

You won’t find Benny Chan’s name in any list of the top ten famous directors in Hong Kong!
"'Changjin Lake' brought together Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, and Dante Lam at the same time... I heard that you refused at first?"

"...Yes," Shen Liang nodded: "This movie took more than half a year to shoot, and I had to turn down many roles, including the projects that were previously confirmed, which also had to be postponed..."

"Then why did you agree?"

"Out of an actor's sense of social responsibility... and the screenwriter is Lan Xiaolong, whose "My Captain, My Regiment" I really like..."

"The play "Leader" is really good..." Tan Fei nodded, and then asked a question about Nazha: "How did you meet Nazha?"

“…business activities…”

Naza nodded and added, "…I was in Shanghai for a while and heard that he was filming "The Crowd"…Then I went to visit him on the set and we gradually became familiar with each other!"

"He was the one who asked you to act in "Life Events"?"

"Well...she told me this role is very important..."

"It is very important," Shen Liang explained, "Xixi loved Mo Sanmei at first, and he had been waiting for Mo Sanmei to grow up, but he had no ambition and was idle, but he never changed because of Xixi's appearance... Mo Sanmei even thought that it was a cool thing to fight for her girlfriend and spend a few months in jail at the cost of her own future..."

"When we were acting, we didn't need to explain the character's background right away, but we still had to deal with the character with the background in mind. Mo Sanmei had a deep dislike for her family and even herself from the beginning. She disliked everything from her name to her father's attitude to her family's livelihood.

However, only people with talent and ability are qualified to resist, and he has nothing but a violent temper."

"Then do you think Xixi is considered to be betraying Mo Sanmei?"

"Not really... The characters in "Life Events" are all minor characters, there is no such thing as betrayal or not. Sanmei is in the funeral business, making money from the dead, which is unacceptable to normal people... Xixi is pretty, it is normal for someone to pursue her, Laoliu is Xixi's husband, so it is definitely a normal pursuit... And Laoliu is very mature, Xixi asked him to stop, so he stopped, but Sanmei continued to smash... I guess he went to jail because of this... So, we added a sentence for Laoliu, 'If we really fight, he can't beat me!'"

Tan Fei nodded and praised: "Life Events is indeed the most touching movie I have seen in recent years!"

"Thanks…"

"So, actors still have to make movies. A friend of mine watched a movie with me and he said, 'TV dramas can't even tell the story of a lawyer or a teacher, they're all just about love, but movies about undertakers really dare to carry a coffin and put on makeup for a funeral!'"

"In fact, we watched the edited film several times ourselves. There were a few lines that were not well-edited. I read the feedback and everyone said that the appearance of Haifei, Xiaowen's mother, was a bit inappropriate... But everyone also praised the film for its rough sense of reality, which made people feel excited..."

"Yes, yes, yes. You can tell that the director is very attentive, and the actors are also very attentive... There is no perfunctory emotion..."

"Well, the most important thing about a director's debut film is the sense of authenticity... something that is not very smooth, something that has the director's personal touch..."

“A mature director will handle it smoothly!”

“Not really… Spielberg is very mature, but Ready Player One is a bit torn… The theme of that movie is that although the online world is wonderful, real life is more important. But the movie portrays the online world as very wonderful and beautiful, while the portrayal of the real world is quite weak. This brings up a problem. The online world is so good and the real world is so bad, but you tell everyone to pay more attention to the real world. It is particularly unconvincing and gives people a feeling of forcing moralizing. If it was Spielberg ten years ago, this situation would not have happened!”

"Spielberg is old after all!" "I think it's because he lost the control of Sidney Sheinberg, the president of Universal Studios... Under Sidney Sheinberg's control, Spielberg made classics in film history such as "Jaws", "ET", "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List", which are epoch-making works... But after leaving Universal and doing business on his own, there is no such earth-shattering feeling!"

"so what?"

"So, I came to the conclusion that directors, especially those who shoot commercial films, must not be self-centered and must not put their own aesthetics above others!"

Tan Fei looked at Shen Liang deeply, but didn't ask in the end, "Are you implying something about the young adult who recites poetry?"

The main reason why I didn't ask was that if Shen Liang said yes, it would be difficult for Tan Fei to follow up...

Anyone with a bit of experience in the industry knows what the problem with "Daytime Meteor" is - you shoot a realistic subject and then romanticize it, this is wrong and illogical!
But no one told this to the little poetry master.

It's useless to say it. Not only will people not be grateful to you, but they will bear a grudge against you...

……

"Life Events" will be screened at 7 pm on July 29th...

One day in advance.

Cinemas have arranged 15 screenings...

The filming rate of the golden sessions is close to 90%…

The average number of people per show reached 35, the attendance rate was close to 30%, and the box office on the first day was 2.2 million!
That’s right, the box office exceeded 200 million in just eight hours!

“Is the statistic correct?”

Chen Jiadong couldn't hide his excitement: "...No, we checked it several times!"

“This is too exaggerated…”

“It’s no exaggeration… Maoyan gave a box office forecast of 35 billion…”

"Okay, I understand..."

"How about arranging some promotions?"

"no need!"

Chen Jiadong explained: "...It's not you, we may not need this exposure...but you have to consider many actors who participated in the show, they really need media exposure..."

“…That’s right,” Shen Liang nodded. “Then you should discuss it with the publicity team. It can’t exceed ten shows. I still have to go to Xiamen to film!”

"I know. The last show will be held in Xiamen!"

After Chen Jiadong hung up the phone, Shen Liang was about to say something to Naza, but she had already rushed over: "In eight hours, the box office has exceeded 200 million!"

"…your team told you?"

“I looked at the trending searches on Weibo…”

(End of this chapter)