I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 623: Nameless (15)

Shen Liang arrived in Hengdian...

Then I learned that "Watergate Bridge" actually had an opening ceremony!
Are you crazy? You reshoot for seven days and you still promote it?

Okay, Yu Dong wants to show off.

After hiding for several years, Bona finally got the upper hand and had the final say!
——After the other four major private companies, including Huayi, Wanda, Guangguang, and Beijing Film Academy, all went downhill for various reasons, Bona almost became a fig leaf for traditional film and television companies…

Operation Mekong, Operation Red Sea, The Bravest, The Captain, and The Battle of Changjin Lake…

One after another hit the blockbuster!

I can finally speak loudly, so of course I have to show off!

By the way, I’d like to tell the competitors competing in the same schedule - if you are afraid of competing with "Watergate", please withdraw your film as soon as possible.

In addition to "Watergate Bridge", there are six other movies confirmed to be released during the Spring Festival, namely "The Super Family", "Miracle", "Four Seas", "My Heart Flies", "Tang Dao Ji", "Sniper" and the quality inspection stone: "Boonie Bears: Back to Earth".

Each has its own capital to protect it, except for "Tang Dao Ji"...

This movie started shooting in 2020. The director is a talented person. When "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty" was very popular, he shot a movie "The Strange Stories of Chang'an" in ten days. It was nominally a theater movie, but in fact there was no publicity or marketing at all. It was directly released on Tencent, iQiyi, and Youku platforms!
Oh, "Tang Dao Ji" has been shelved for a long time, and it is estimated that there is no hope for it to be released in the theaters. I guess it will be released on the Internet in the end.

Back to the 'opening ceremony', a media asked, 'Can 'The Bridge at the Battle of Changjin Lake' break the box office record of 'The Battle of Changjin Lake'?'

"Watergate will definitely surpass The Battle at Lake Changjin. The characters' fates are more dramatic, the narrative is more tense, and the climax of the finale is the most touching part of the whole film. I believe that Watergate will continue the effect of The Battle at Lake Changjin and generate widespread attention. I dare not say that the box office of Watergate will exceed 80 billion, but it should be no surprise that it will exceed 70 billion!"

"What do you think, Brother Liang?"

Shen Liang was stunned for a moment: "I'm just an actor, I haven't even seen the finished film, I can't say for sure! But since Mr. Yu said so, it must make sense!"

"You starred in two movies during the Spring Festival, Miracle and Watergate. Which one do you prefer?"

"Why should there be a preference?" Shen Liang asked back: "Such a long schedule, isn't it enough to accommodate two movies?"

Yu Dong interrupted: "Aren't you making things difficult for Shen Liang?"

"What are Mr. Yu's expectations for Watergate Bridge?"

"'Changjin Lake' showed the world the true side of the Korean War and the determination of the Chinese people to defend their country. When 'Watergate Bridge at Changjin Lake' is released, everyone will also see the determination and will of the Chinese people to protect their country and peace even at the cost of their lives. We hope that the 'Changjin Lake effect' can last for a long time. This is more important than box office and the greatest significance of this movie."

……

Shen Liang originally thought that Yu Dong would leave after showing off.

Xu Ke has joined the reshoots of "Watergate Bridge"!

Yu Dong is not the director, he is just the producer...

You can say he understands movies, but if you say he can make movies, that's nonsense...

So, he must have stayed for other reasons.

However, Shen Liang didn’t think about it for the time being - after the opening ceremony, filming started right away!

There are very few reshoots for "Watergate", and they are basically some connecting shots.

Because the three groups shot separately at first, when they connected, some places were missing shots. Although some shots were taken, a certain character might not be in the shot, so when supplementary shooting was done, the shot of this character was put in. The content of supplementary shooting was actually scattered in two and a half hours, and there might be a little bit in each section.

There is no particularly complete plot, just some small scenes, mainly Shen Liang and Wu Jing...

The first day was mainly to find the state...

The filming was finished quickly, and then Yu Dong came over and asked me to have dinner together.

After changing clothes, Shen Liang, Wu Jing, Xu Ke and Huang Jianxin arrived at the hotel...

"One night, I was with Tsui Hark. When I turned my head, I found that he was gone. After looking for a while, I saw Tsui Hark standing in front of a fan with a diameter of 1.5 meters. The snow blown by the wind hit his face. He demonstrated the effect of being in the wind and snow to the actors."

Huang Jianxin sighed: "Every time I think of the filming of "Changjin Lake", I think of this scene!"

Tsui Hark waved his hands and said, "I can't help it. Snowflakes are living things, and they change a lot. When the snow blows over, I have to know how the actors should act. If I can't do it, why should I ask the actors to do it?"

Wu Jing smiled and raised his glass: "So, we all admire the master!"

Shen Liang also raised his glass, and everyone drank it all. Yu Dong suddenly said, "China Film is also going to make "Volunteer Army"... They have found a little poetry master, and it seems to be called "Great Victory"... Have they found you?"

"No," Shen Liang shook his head: "I guess he'll be supporting his son this time!"

Yu Dong: "I heard from Lao Fu that he plans to let you play the role?"

Old Fu is Fu Ruoqing, he is the chief producer of "The Great Victory"...

Shen Liang waved his hand: "The little poetry master said he will not cooperate with me again..."

"What do you think?"

"I don't care. I don't lack roles to play!"

Yu Dong: "If you want to act, we at Bona will also participate. At worst, we can just change the director!"

“…Thank you, Mr. Yu,” Shen Liang said seriously, “Forget it. After filming “Changjin Lake”, I have no idea about the same subject matter…”

"Our Bona China Pride trilogy, "Chinese Doctor", "Changjin Lake" and "Unknown"... I told you before, "Unknown"..."

……

"Nameless", Shen Liang watched it once and had a very bad impression of it.

It does not follow the rhythm of commercial films. Commercial films usually use a three-act structure: setup, confrontation, and resolution. This structure is clear at a glance and can be summarized in one paragraph, giving the audience a smoother experience.

The fragmented editing of "Nameless" makes the audience's attention be drawn aimlessly, making them feel tired.

The genre elements are poorly done; it is neither a suspense film nor an action film, and it is like a historical film but not entirely like one.

The logic of commercial films must be consistent with real people - that is, the audience.

This is true even for science fiction and fantasy films. Otherwise, the obvious result is that the audience cannot understand the film, and it is naturally no longer a commercial film. The simplest example is that Mr. Ye, who ostensibly works for the Japanese and secretly works as a Chinese Communist Party agent, can beat up Japanese soldiers unscrupulously when his fiancée scolds him as a "traitor." Regardless of his ostensible or secret identity, such behavior is incredible, and what is even more incredible is that he did not receive any punishment afterwards.

Shen Liang doesn't like this kind of movie very much!
So, he didn't respond, even though Yu Dong mentioned Liang Chaowei...

(End of this chapter)