I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 558: There is no need to force a comparison (34)

After listening to Rouba's complaints, Shen Liang was a little speechless: "The daily playback volume is close to 9000 million, this data is not bad!"

“…but it’s not much discussed…”

"Nonsense, who watches TV during the Olympics?"

"But your movie has made nearly 6 million at the box office, and many people praised Naza's performance..."

Well, the fact that "You Are My Glory" is not very popular is not the point, the point is that it's so hot!
Tsk tsk, it seems that not only Nazha cares about her, she also cares about Nazha!
How to reconcile this contradiction?

It's simple, just let them share...

As the saying goes, if you have fought together, your relationship will be strong!

Ahem...

Shen Liang shook his head, dismissing this unhealthy thought, and then said: "She is not like you. She has never played any memorable roles, let alone a hit TV series... After so many years, she is still a vase when she returns! She is a little different and is immediately praised!"

Rouba on the other end of the phone immediately agreed: "I think so too."

"…You are different. You have the ability, but you just haven't had the right opportunity to show it…"

"Well...I've been reading the script of "Public Prosecution Elite" recently, and I've also been experiencing life!"

"That's right, this is what a good actor is..."

"Then I miss you..."

"I'm going to Xiamen the day after tomorrow to film 'Beginning'. You can come visit the set."

"Xiamen...Okay, I get it."

"Well," Shen Liang was about to hang up the phone when he remembered something: "If you come, please let me know in advance so I can adjust the time..."

"Why? Are you afraid that I'll discover your secret?"

Yes, I’m just afraid that you’ll run into Mi Mi!
"…What secrets can I have? My schedule is full every day. What if I happen to have an appointment for a live broadcast on the day you come?"

“…Okay, I got it!”

After the chat, Shen Liang immediately returned to the private room...

Continuing with the previous topic…

It’s “The Great Earthquake”…

Liu Jiangjiang was of course very interested in the movie "The Great Earthquake" - no director could resist such a subject!
The question is how to shoot!
Since the humanity of the characters is guaranteed to be questioned, how can it pass the review smoothly?

"I suggest that we wait until "Life Events" is off the screen and then go find Mr. Fu and listen to his ideas!"

Liu Jiangjiang nodded and asked casually, "Is Mr. Fu the general manager of Huaxia Film now?"

"Oh, there will be a change of leadership at China Film Group soon, and President Fu will soon be the general manager of China Film Group!"

"how do you know?"

"…secret!"

……

On the third day of the release of "Life Events", August 8, the screening volume increased by 1 points to 8%.

The main reason is that the screening schedule of "Summer Future" has decreased.
Frankly speaking, "Summer of Future Past" is not too bad, the plot is acceptable...

The combination of leading actors Wu Lei and Zhang Zifeng is also considered a popular combination.

Before the movie was released, the focus of the marketing of the drama was basically on the "Lei Feng CP feeling", from #吴磊张紫枫花絮yyds# to #吴磊张紫枫cp感#, and then to various interactive videos and kissing scenes of the two leading actors. "In the midsummer, my heart beats all over you in my youth; in the future, my eyes are all over you in the lively crowd."

"In the midsummer, the heartbeats of joy; in the future, the courage of fearlessness."

"In the midsummer, there is joy hidden in the eyes; the future is the light overflowing from the eyes."

Look at this promotional copy, it’s definitely QQ space style!
As the production team wished, the early marketing effect of "Summer of Future" was indeed good, and there were many people on the Internet crying and shouting that they wanted to go to the cinema to watch Wu Lei and Zhang Zifeng's love story.

After the film was released, the audiences who watched the movie were stunned - there were no sweet interactive scenes, no cloying love plots, and the hero and heroine could not even be described as "mutual admiration" or "innocent feelings".

The hero has his own white moonlight, not the heroine.

Well, the male protagonist is gay...

Neuropathy!
Director Chen Zhengdao's debut work is "Summer Light Years", which is about homosexuality...

There is a group of "artists" who like to shoot this kind of subject.

In a sense, it is indeed easier to win awards when shooting same-sex themes!

But what era is this?

Still playing with homosexual themes?
You should know that for the sake of fairness, several major film festivals have set up special gay film awards. For example, Cannes has a gay film award called the Queer Palm Award... The Berlin Film Festival also has the Teddy Bear Award... and the Venice International Film Festival has the Queer Lion Award.

Why not put it together with normal movies for awards?
Because the default is not normal!
Ahem, such a movie is meaningless and not good to watch. In the original time and space, there were no movies worth mentioning released in the same period, so it occupied the theaters for 28 days until August 8, when "Player" and "Goodbye, Boy" were released...

This time, I encountered "Life Events" head-on...

The screening schedule was directly cut by 8%, and most of it was added to "Life Events".

The promotion in Guangzhou is still a press conference.

"I read a lot of comments, and they all said it was deliberately sensational. In fact, it was not sensational. We deleted a lot of deliberately sensational parts..."

Shen Liang nodded: "Yes, the beginning of the plot is that Sanmei decides to send Xiaowen away alone, and shoots a scene of chasing the car, which is absolutely sensational... But Sanmei's growth is gone... I think it's better to say that the audience is attracted by sincerity rather than sensationalism... Whether a movie is made sincerely or fooling the audience, the audience can tell!"

"It's been four days since its release and the box office has exceeded 1 billion. What do you think?"

Liu Jiangjiang smiled and said, "It feels like a dream... Fortunately, I have Brother Liang. Brother Liang is the record holder for Chinese movie box office. Every movie he stars in is a big hit. He knows my experiences and changes in my mentality very well. Sometimes, when I feel excited, I talk to him and learn from him..."

"What did Liang Ge say?"

"He asked me to call Director Guo Fan..."

"Na Liang Ge, what are your expectations for the box office of "Life Events"?"

Shen Liang thought for a moment and said, “I think the more popular “Life Events” is, the better it will be. It can inspire the industry: as long as you are willing to film Chinese stories seriously, without prejudice or malice, whether it is Chinese villages, cities or even the fringe of urban and rural areas, and tell a story well, the audience will have sharp eyes.

The story and performance of "Life Events", including the arrangement of each plot and the twists and turns, are full of Chinese flavor, the human touch and fireworks in memory. Chinese-language films do not need to be high-end, nor do they need to be mysterious. The audience will naturally pay for it!"

"Also, let me tell you something. I don't know if you have noticed that several new directors I have worked with all have one characteristic: they have never thought about foreign film festivals... and even look down on them..."

Liu Jiangjiang thought for a moment, and then said, "It's not that I despise it, I just think there's no need to deliberately cater to it. The theme of "Life Events" can actually be made into a routine narrative that film festivals like, but... we chose commercialization... We have never benchmarked the Japanese film "Departures"..."

"Have you ever seen The Undertaker?"

Liu Jiangjiang scratched his head: "…I haven't finished watching it! I don't quite understand the undertakers who wear suits and ties to hold funerals. I've never seen a cellist willing to do funerals…Maybe that's Japanese culture!"

Shen Liang answered: "I have watched "Departures" on TikTok. It takes you to watch a movie in five minutes... I don't think it is necessary to force a comparison. "Departures" is just an art film..."

This is a response to the comment by many people that "I learned from "Departures" but I didn't learn it well enough"...

Liu Jiangjiang added: "We put weddings and funerals on the same level, and they are important events that will happen sooner or later, so there is a slogan in heaven saying 'Serving customers with enthusiasm'... When we were young, we could set up mourning halls in the family area. Now there is also a one-stop service in the countryside. The funeral in my memory is lively and noisy, just like the funeral of Xiaowen's grandmother at the beginning of the film, with people burning paper, playing musical instruments, playing mahjong, and relatives, friends and neighbors coming to see them off..."

(End of this chapter)