I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 624 Profits (25)

"I have worked with Liang Chaowei quite a few times and I know that he is a good actor who does not take roles easily, but once he decides on something, he will do it with all his heart...

Liang Chaowei had never worked with Cheng Er before, so I first found a cinema in Hong Kong and showed him Cheng Er’s previous work, The Last Romance. After watching the movie, Mr. Liang Wei decided to meet Cheng Er…”

Shen Liang directly asked: "What's the point of using Liang Chaowei?"

“…He’s a top actor!”

"He has no ability to sell Hong Kong movies. Even during the golden age of Hong Kong movies, Liang Chaowei did not have the ability to sell Hong Kong movies. What's worse is that he has a very weak aura now. He has no energy at all..." As he spoke, Shen Liang compared him with Tsui Hark: "He is not as energetic as the old man!"

Tsui Hark smiled and didn't respond...

He has worked with Liang Chaowei on several dramas, but neither "A Chinese Ghost Story 3: Dao Dao Dao" nor "New Crane Needle" were very popular...

Including Wang Jing and Liang Chaowei, they all lost money in the five dramas they collaborated on...

Don’t mention the 2 billion box office of “Monster Hunt ”…

The main creators of this film did not lose money, but the co-producers did. The cost + publicity and promotion expenses cost at least 9 million yuan!

The promotion of the Spring Festival Gala and the slogans painted on the walls of those rural villages are simply the ultimate in promotion.

Otherwise, why didn’t Enlight Pictures make “Monster Hunt 3”?
Yu Dong looked at Xu Ke: "...The master is an exception!"

"As for actors of his age, look at Tang Guoqiang and Zhang Guoli, they are still very energetic. Oh, and there is also Zhang Fengyi. Think about what Zhang Fengyi said. Middle-aged people should participate in military training to cultivate the temperament of a soldier and raise their spirits. In fact, it is to cultivate a righteous spirit!"

After a pause, Shen Liang continued, "I used to have an old Chinese medicine doctor at my grandpa's house who took my grandpa's pulse. He said, 'Young people can be carefree and depressed, as long as they have the physical strength to hold on. When middle-aged people lose their temper, even ginseng can't make up for it!' Liang Chaowei gives me the feeling of old age now!"

“Will this not affect his performance?”

"It's very influential. People don't like actors who look old and dull. Why do people smile when they see cute children, but ignore old and dull elderly people? Because children are full of vitality, people subconsciously like them."

"I... don't have to look for Liang Chaowei. Who do you like?"

Shen Liang waved his hand: "Forget it, I'm definitely not good enough for Director Cheng Er..."

Yu Dong stopped talking...

The movie "Nameless" is an author-driven commercial film. It can be without other people, but without Cheng Er, it would be like losing its soul!
……

Director Cheng Er, who calls himself the mainland’s Wong Kar-wai…

Many people say he is the little Guo Jingming...

The things photographed look very stylish, but you can’t look closely!

The picture is bright, but the art can’t support it.

The long shots and panoramic views look great, but they become awkward when they are cut to the medium and close-ups.

The art is also very inconsistent, with a strong sense of fragmentation. It neither pays attention to the early planning nor controls the later color grading.

The art and lighting are not integrated. Some shots are just a piece of colored light without any sense of layering. It looks very perfunctory!
The publicity for "Unknown" specifically mentioned that the cake used was worth tens of thousands of yuan...

In fact, the public doesn’t care how many tens of thousands a piece of cake costs, because a cake worth tens of thousands of dollars cannot improve the quality of the movie, it will only increase the cost!
If you really want to play with style, I suggest learning from Wes Anderson, "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The French Dispatch"...

You have to know that the production cost of both "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The French Dispatch" was 2500 million US dollars!
The production cost of "Unknown" alone exceeded 300 million, plus the publicity and marketing investment in the spring season, this drama is a loss-making...

Shen Liang can’t be saved either!

……

Let’s not talk about “Nameless”, Yu Dong talked about “Famous”: “This movie cost a lot, right?”

“…less than 3000 million. We only filmed for a month and a half, and there weren’t many scenes…except for the actors, we didn’t spend any money…” “It’s amazing. The box office is now 17 billion. I estimate that by the end of this week, Salvation will make 25 billion!”

Shen Liang smiled and said, "The main thing is that the script is good, the story flows smoothly and has twists and turns, and the comedy is also good..."

“…How much did you invest?”

“Ah? I invested 15%…”

"...15%..." Yu Dong muttered for a moment, then said: "One play brings in more than million!"

"It should be more than 15 million..." Shen Liang explained: "My salary is % of the profit dividend!"

Tsui Hark interrupted: "You also got more than 300 million for "Zhou Chu"?"

Shen Liang nodded: "Almost..."

"…Your income alone exceeds that of our entire Bona…"

Shen Liang smiled and said, "I'm just lucky..."

“It’s not just luck, it’s vision and courage!” Yu Dong: “Although I have confidence in the project of “Changjin Lake”, the most I want is to get back the investment…”

This is true! The box office forecast for "Changjin Lake" is 40 billion!
Taking the previous main theme movie of the same period as an example, "My Motherland and I" only grossed more than 3 billion yuan.

I never expected that "Changjin Lake" would actually earn 60 billion.

After deducting the costs of publicity and production, "Changjin Lake" made a profit of more than 10 billion!
But Bona can only get 4 million.

Yu Dong felt very sorry - during the filming of "Changjin Lake", due to the epidemic, the capital chain was broken, and China Film Group invested 3 million yuan, Bayi Film Studio also invested 1 million yuan, and Shanghai Film Group also took million yuan...

Plus the three hundred million from Shen Liang and Wu Jing...

Bona actually paid 4 million...

Yu Dong was thinking, if "Changjin Lake" was like "The Captain", Bona accounted for 60% of the investment...

Shen Liang quickly explained: "I didn't intend to make money from the "Changjin Lake" project at the beginning. At most, I wanted to recover the cost. The main reason for investing is that as an investor, I can legitimately participate in the plot modification..."

Wu Jing also nodded: "I think so too!"

"Brother Jing is also worried about the little master?"

Wu Jing glared at him: "...Shut up!"

"Don't you dare say you don't think so!"

Wu Jing was a little embarrassed and had to nod: "...I was scared by "King Kong River"!"

……

"The story of the "Shushan" trilogy has been planned, including the first part "Origin"... Ding Yin, played by Shen Liang, is the absolute protagonist. He is a close friend of the long-browed immortal Ren Shou. The two of them became disciples of the Taoist Yu. At the beginning, they fought demons with swords and abided by the precepts of Shushan..."

"Then why did he rebel?"

"Because he felt that Shushan's entire sect ascending to heaven was irresponsible to the human world..."

Several people talked about "Shushan", and Shen Liang did not hide it: "Our plot is based on "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", including the Shushan system. Under the leader, there are Weiyi, Suwu, Shenxing, and Zhijian, each with different responsibilities. Above them, there are Zhengfa elders who are responsible for supervising other elders. Under each elder, there are deacon disciples to assist the elders."

Tsui Hark nodded: "I had several meetings with them and learned a lot. They created a complete world view..."

(End of this chapter)