I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 744 The Idol is Coming (33)

Hong Kong comedy film...

Or to say comedy movies, looking around the world, localized comedy is the magic weapon of most countries to fight against Hollywood. Compared with high-concept, big-budget Hollywood movies, comedies that hit the audience's funny points can achieve a great result with minimal effort.

The top-grossing films in France, Italy and Germany are almost all comedies.

The top ten French box office hits are basically comedies, including "Welcome to the North", "The Great Escape", "Vacationers" and "The Hardest Parents" - don't brag about the French audience being sophisticated, they like to watch art films.
Germany has "Damn Goethe" and "Rabbit Without Ears", Italy has "The Sun is Fierce" and "What a Beautiful Day"...

The same is true in Hong Kong. 22 years ago, "Kung Fu" and "Shaolin Soccer" dominated the local box office charts for nearly twenty years!
However, after Stephen Chow, Hong Kong-style comedies no longer sell well in mainland China!
When Hong Kong filmmakers first moved north, many directors made comedies.

Not to mention Liu Zhenwei, he contributed "A Chinese Odyssey", "A Chinese Odyssey 2011" and so on.

Huang Baiming and Wang Jing also made a variety of bad movies. The former made All's Well, Ends Well 2009, All's Well, Ends Well 2010, The Strongest Wedding, Eight Stars Announcement, Hundred Star Hotel, Six Happiness Weddings... They reaped the box office revenue every year, but they couldn't do that anymore.

The latter has contributed a bunch of bad movies such as "Beauty Secret", "The God of Wealth Inn", "Aces Go Fighting"...!
He is restless and only cares about money. He has no future.

I thought that I could find a few buzzwords online and put them into the original story structure to make something that people all over the country would like to watch, and I thought it was very "down to earth"...

In fact, it means that once you succeed, you will speak incoherently.

Mainland audiences have been deceived too many times, which has directly formed a stereotype of Hong Kong-style comedies.

In fact, many times, those directors gave up a lot of things in order to cater to the viewing habits of the mainland. The problem is that these things are precisely the essence of Hong Kong comedy films.

Just follow your own routine and make a Cantonese comedy honestly. If you have a bit of sincerity, it can still radiate to the mainland.

"Dragon's Might" is very funny!

Comedy can only produce good fruits if it is deeply rooted in its own cultural soil. If it is taken out of the picture and runs to someone else's territory, it will be like a tangerine from the south or a tangerine from the north!

However, the comedies that Zheng Zhongji played later were really as embarrassing as they could be...

Xu Ke's first film to make a name for himself was "The Ghostly Tribe", a black comedy that won him the Golden Horse Award for Best Director.

So, he still pays attention to comedy...

"In this era of information explosion, many jokes, spoofs, and cold jokes have become well known to the majority of netizens. Comedy movies are most afraid of rehashing old stuff, as it will not give the audience a sense of freshness...but the so-called Hong Kong-style comedies love to rehash old stuff..."

Xu Ke nodded: "I think so too!"

Shen Liang added: "The most important thing is that Hong Kong films have lost their siphon effect. Real talents will not go south to Hong Kong to develop. They have plenty of opportunities to become famous in the mainland!"

"... "

Xu Ke did not refute, but talked about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"...

Oh, he plans to capture the scene of defending Xiangyang in "The Return of the Condor Heroes" - this time he is going to film the battle between Guo Jing and Huang Rong defending the city of Xiangyang before their marriage.

There is still room for improvement.

Shen Liang didn't say much...

No matter what, Xu Ke is already old, and if he wants to shoot a martial arts film, Shen Liang will definitely support him. However, when it comes to the casting of Huang Rong, Brother Liang advises him to be cautious!

"Huang Rong is not an ordinary female character!"

Xu Ke nodded: "Yes, she is the most popular heroine in all of Jin Yong's martial arts works!"

"Well, almost..."

Shen Liang originally wanted to say that in Jin Yong fan fiction, and even in martial arts fan fiction, Huang Rong is the most common heroine, no doubt about it!

It covers the whole process from a young girl, to a young wife, to a young woman, and finally to a beautiful middle-aged woman;
The daughter of a noble family, a female knight, a woman dressed as a man, a person of superior status, a wife, a mother and daughter... there is plenty of room for development if you pick any of the above attributes, which is extremely convenient.

The creative materials available are almost limitless...

With her small family, she contributed all the heroines in The Legend of the Condor Heroes except Xiaolongnu. The reason why Huang Rong is so adaptable is not only because she has two identities as a young girl and a wife in The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Legend of the Condor Heroes, but also because the character created by Jin Yong for her is richer, with a distinct personality, strong affinity, and a full sense of life, which is not applicable to any other heroine or female supporting role in Jin Yong's novels.

“But I haven’t found a suitable candidate yet…”

"Take your time to choose, there will definitely be a suitable one!"

After chatting for a while, the staff urged Shen Liang to start work.

"How miserable! We have to be suspended by wires again," Shen Liang stood up and said, "Director, I'm going first!"

"Um…"

……

"Assassination of Novelist" actually doesn't add much to Yang Mi.

Although he played the villain Tu Ling, various scenes of him were circulated on Douyin: he lit the cigarette neatly and smoked with a familiar posture, and Tu Ling raised his eyes, with only a ruthless gaze in the smoke.

The image of the cool and beautiful female villain seemed to be established within a few seconds...

The problem is that although Tu Ling is nominally the second lead in the film, his role is less than 20 minutes and his independent role is almost zero. He is just a tool!

This kind of role is almost not difficult to play, and there is no room for any acting skills to be displayed or developed. It is the kind of role that can be easily handled by just casting an out-of-date third-tier actress and putting on a lawyer's professional attire.

The importance and the amount of scenes in the role are not even comparable to the one in Painted Skin 2…

Maybe it was because of last year's "Famous", she became popular again, and then "Thank You Doctor" was broadcast...

Then, the backlash became even more serious, and the Internet was flooded with marketing articles that slandered her...

This is normal, she is negotiating with Jiaxing, and Jiaxing’s public relations team is not doing any work at all!
But it’s not true to say that “Assassination of Novelist” has no influence at all…

At least her total box office data exceeded 120 billion, surpassing Mary and regaining the title of box office queen.

In terms of box office performance, she is indeed the number one actress!
This is very useful when fighting for resources. I heard that she fought for the endorsement of two luxury brands...

After finally finishing the promotion of "Assassination of Novelist", she plans to visit the set of "Shushan" to meet her good sister Liu Shishi and squeeze some money from Shen Liang!
Booked a hotel directly.

When Shen Liang arrived, Yang Mi was chatting with Liu Shishi...

It's just that you're more beautiful again or something like that.

Liang Ge greeted: "Sister Mi, Sister Shishi!"

“…I heard that you were suspended on wires for three hours this afternoon. Are you okay?”

"What's the matter?" Shen Liang waved his hand and explained: "It's mainly to cooperate with the special effects department to collect data... There will be no need to suspend the wire tomorrow!"

"Collecting data?" Yang Mi was curious: "Shi Shi, do you want to collect data too?"

Liu Shishi recalled for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't think I have..."

Shen Liang: "You did... you did three wire hangs on the first day you joined the crew. Don't you remember?"

"Is that collecting data? How come it's so fast?"

"I've already arranged for a stand-in to do the interview... Just make some changes, it'll be quick!"

Yang Mi was curious: "Then why don't you use a substitute?"

"I used it...mainly for the subsequent scenes..."

(End of this chapter)