I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 675: Psychological guidance is still needed! (45)

There is a saying that goes, "When the Yellow River is clear, a sage will emerge." It comes from "Youxue Qionglin" by Cheng Dengji of the Ming Dynasty.

This statement itself is of course not scientifically based and is full of superstition.

But the opposite is very appropriate: when the Yellow River dries up, rotten fish will come out.

This is in line with scientific laws.

When the overall environment of an industry becomes worse, the ugly people and scandals in the industry will be exposed on a large scale.

Since no one can make money from this thing, there are fewer worries.

Especially in the past, Taiwan's local entertainment industry was controlled by the underworld for a period of time in order to make quick money. For example, the Taiwanese comedian Xu Bu Le in the 80s was basically forced to death by the underworld.

But now the underworld is too lazy to care about these things because the market share is getting smaller and smaller, and there are more channels to make quick money.

Taiwan's entertainment industry is in total decline, and it can't be turned around by just a few people investing some money!
Everyone knows that this is a dead end game and there is no way to play it.

After all, no one is against money. After being trained locally, capable stars will definitely think about expanding the market and making money in the mainland. Once they make money, it will be difficult for them to leave.

It is useless to talk about style, hometown feelings, and creative standards.

In this case, people's mentality will also be alienated, and the conservative mentality of leaving a way out will also be broken. If there is an alley behind you, it can barely be considered a way out. If there are tiles behind you, then there is nothing to worry about...

So, it's like the domino effect, one thing pops up, and then there are more and more.

They can’t even do public relations like mainland companies, because the commercial value of an artist may not be able to keep up with the public relations costs of spreading across the entire network.

In the end, you can only be watched for fun!

It's not just the entertainment industry, other financial and academic circles are also full of bad things.

Taiwanese entertainment has completely declined!
To put it bluntly, Taiwanese dramas in the past were rustic, but at least they were local.

Now with the entry of Netflix and the screenwriters from South Korea who have completely integrated into the Hollywood system, Taiwanese dramas as a whole seem awkward. They want to make progress in their thinking, but they can only imitate others.

Apart from these crap in their pants, there is nothing worthwhile. Not in fashion, not in variety shows, not in music, not in movies and TV, and even not in being an artist.

If you really want to do Me Too, the first thing you should do is crack down on pornography...

The streets are full of betel nut girls.

How ironic.

While scolding the artist for forcefully kissing a woman, he himself patronized betel nut girls and took the opportunity to look at their breasts and touch their thighs.

However, Wanwan has no appeal to Liangge...

Apart from the two situations of the island sinking and returning, everything else seemed to him to be trivial matters not worth mentioning!

……

The final box office of "To Be Famous" was 33.8 billion, and Liu Xunzimo was directly promoted to a genius director.

He is also a talented commercial director with strong box office attributes.

"New Journey" has no shortage of investment...

However, the total cost of this play was only 6000 million, and the advertising placement cost 8000 million!
——You use variety shows as the main narrative line, so there will definitely be advertising placements.

8000 million has been strictly controlled.

This movie is the kind that has already recovered its cost before it was even released...

Shen Liang Studio is in charge of investment - 40% of the investment amount;
Wanhe Tianyi, China Film Group, and Tencent each account for 15%;

Liu Xunzimo’s company holds 10%, and the remaining 5% is considered as Douyin’s investment.

Ahem, Liu Xunzimo…is under a lot of pressure.

“Fame and Fame” was such a success… he could imagine how many people are waiting for his second drama now!

The writing of the script for "New Journey"... was actually quite smooth, but he always felt uneasy.

This feeling of unease was mainly due to the fact that time was too short - it took half a year for the script of "To Be Famous" to be formed and polished, and then it took another year to shoot and release it!
"New Journey" was a composition based on a given topic. It took him and his screenwriter team only two weeks from receiving the topic to creating the script.

Shen Liang likes some of the "allusions" in it. In addition to the famous scenes from "New Journey" - provided by Shen Liang, there are many that he created himself, such as "eating caviar", "You don't know me?" and of course, there is also the instigation of the female guest to go into the water...

This is an equal satire on every "208 million" in the domestic entertainment industry...

As for the investors, the ranking, the red carpet, being a big shot, sleeping with fans, secret marriage, etc...

None of this matters!
The whole play is full of gags.

But Liu Xunzimo was still worried...

After arriving in Shenzhen, Shen Liang chatted with Liu Xunzimo for a while and clearly felt that he was a little anxious, so he asked...

He said: “I’m worried!”

"No, brother, what do you have to worry about?"

"This is your comeback play, I can't mess it up!"

"Regroup?"

Shen Liang was puzzled: "Where should I start?"

Liu Xunzi said: "The two movies released during the Spring Festival were not successful at the box office..."

Shen Liang was speechless: "Who told you it's not a success? Watergate has already made 44 billion, and the final box office will be at least 46 billion; Miracle has already made 18.4 billion, and the final box office will be at least 20 billion... How can it be considered unsuccessful?"

"But Watergate is not as good as its predecessor, and Miracle has even set your lowest box office record!"

"...Brother, the total cost of the two parts of "Changjin Lake" is no more than 13 billion, and "Changjin Lake" can guarantee profits, and the net profit of "Watergate" exceeds 15 billion... "Miracle" is also profitable...Besides, of these two movies, one is temporarily ranked first in the year, and the other is third...Do I still need to regroup?"

"Please try to persuade him," Zhang Benyu also spoke up, "I feel like something is wrong with him!"

"And after five days of airing, 'Storm Chasers' had a peak viewership rating of over 4.5... My popularity is ridiculously high now... Why would I need to revive myself?"

Liu Xunzimo: "You put me under more pressure now. If I mess this up..."

Shen Liang was stunned for a moment, then asked: "No, I didn't see you so sentimental when you were on "Famous" before!"

"Before, I was full of enthusiasm... I just did it by accident, but now it's not the same!" Liu Xunzi sighed: "If this box office fails, it will be embarrassing for me, and you will be embarrassed too..."

Shen Liang: "So what is your box office expectation for "New Journey"?"

“It can’t be lower than ‘Famous’!”

"Wow, if everyone thinks like you, then the little poetry master and Xu Ke can just die... Wen Muye should also tie a rope and hang himself to thank the world!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Xunzimo and Zhang Benyu both laughed...

Ben Yu is the assistant director of the movie "New Journey", and he also plays a few cameo roles...

Shen Liang continued, "I will be working with director Liu Jiangjiang next. He is going to film Lu Yiping's novel "The Great Earthquake". It is a serious subject and the box office will most likely not exceed 8 million... So he is going to die too?"

“…Director Liu Jiangjiang is the director of “Life Events”?”

"Yeah...Aren't you worried about whether the second movie can surpass the box office of the first movie?"

Liu Xunzi smiled and said, "…What is your expectation for the box office of our play?"

Shen Liang waved his hand: "I never make predictions! I make commercial films with two goals. The first goal is to make a profit from the commercial performance; the second goal is to satisfy the audience... In other words, it is not a bad movie..."

(End of this chapter)