Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 336 Beer Hall, Talking about Art... Not Painting Art

After the movie ended, Qi Hui and his companions blended into the crowd and quietly slipped away, refusing to be interviewed by reporters.

Overall, the movie is of decent quality, but it's a bit odd.

The early episodes were quite good; the absurd comedy satirized social phenomena, money worship, and vulgar art.

Although it didn't go deep, it only scratched the surface and remained superficial, but some of the jokes it produced were still acceptable.

For example, allergies to certain substances.

However, at the end of the movie, there was an unexpected and somewhat sentimental environmental philanthropy monologue.

The white lily looked up at the smog, longing for a clear blue sky;
Li Xiaolu recalls deforestation and denounces forest degradation;
Zheng Kai knelt beside the open-pit coal mine, sighing inwardly...

This turn of events was a bit abrupt and unsettling, reminiscent of the bittersweet endings of a Spring Festival Gala skit.

Qi Hui looked at those shots and immediately laughed. "You don't take me with you when you're enjoying your good life, but you want me to protect the environment, right?"

No wonder film critics are blasting Feng Xiaogang; it would be strange if they didn't criticize this kind of movie!
Sure enough, as soon as Qi Hui and his group reached the edge and were about to leave quietly, many people started criticizing them.

"This movie is mediocre. The jokes are outdated, still using the same old dialect jokes from years ago, and old gags copied from the internet. The sharpness and freshness of Feng Xiaogang's comedies are gone."

"Personal Tailor is basically just an extended version of a Spring Festival Gala skit; it's mediocre and tasteless!"

"The environmental protection scene at the end is completely meaningless. It's hypocritical and pretentious. Feng Xiaogang tried to elevate the film's message with a grand theme, but it lacked groundwork and emotion... In short, it lacked everything. It turned into preaching and pointing fingers from a moral high ground, which was disgusting and repulsive to watch!"

"Feng Xiaogang, the director who holds Huayi Brothers shares, is no longer the director who worked with ordinary people. He can no longer empathize with ordinary people. He has become a capitalist, lost his understanding of the lower classes, and is left with only condescending mockery."

"..."

Feng Xiaogang remained silent with a dark expression, but judging from his face, he seemed ready to strike.

Qi Hui and his companions chuckled, their faces showing schadenfreude. Now Feng Xiaogang was in for a headache.

They left quietly without taking a single cloud with them.

……

Beer hall!
It's not a bar!

Bars are for having fun, while beer halls are better suited for discussing art.

For example, we could talk about the art of painting, or about the struggle against lies, stupidity, and cowardice over the past four years.

Of course, Qi Hui and his friends are rather mundane and can't discuss such high-level topics, so they can only talk about scripts and making money through film art.

Film is art, after all!
Wu Jing sent the script to the group chat, and Qi Hui, Lu Yang, and Guo Fan each picked up their laptops and began reading.

Seeing the group engrossed in reading, Wu Jing ordered a few beers and waited for Qi Hui, Lu Yang, and Guo Fan's feedback.

He was actually very confident about the script, which he had been polishing for a long time.

To this end, he found a web novelist who wrote military fiction to write the screenplay for the military-related content.

They also hired professional screenwriter Liu Yi to oversee the script structure and pacing of the commercial action film.

Of course, there's also himself, who is responsible for the overall framework of the story and controls its overall direction.

After a while, Qi Hui put down his computer, picked up a beer from the table, and took a swig.

Beside them, Lu Yang and Guo Fan also put down their computers and took a sip of beer.

They all brought their assistants today, so we can drink.

"How's it going, guys?" Wu asked with great interest.

Qi Hui stroked his chin: "Which of you two will speak first?"

"Why don't you do it?" Guo Fan declined.

"Senior brother, you go first," Lu Yang declined.

Seeing the group backing down to each other, Wu Jing felt a bad premonition rising in his heart.

Wait... what are you guys trying to do?

"Then I'll go first." Qi Hui coughed lightly and said, "Brother Jing, to be honest, the overall story of your script is quite good. It has ups and downs, climaxes, and character development. Overall, it's satisfactory."

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing's expression softened slightly; he liked hearing these words!
"However, it has quite a few minor flaws." Qi Hui suddenly changed the subject, tapped the table, and said:

"Look, what's going on with this wolf pack attacking the special forces?"

"Do you know what humans are in the eyes of other animals? They're terrifying upright apes!"

"What are special forces soldiers? They are the strongest group of people in human combat, the most terrifying upright apes among terrifying upright apes."

"Would a wolf pack be crazy to go looking for trouble with these people?"

"Look at what the soldiers in the script are wearing: bulletproof helmets, bulletproof steel plates, knee pads, elbow pads, tactical gloves..."

"With this equipment, if you encounter a wolf and it takes three moves from you, you'll at most need a rabies shot."

"Then you can pin the wolf to the ground and smash its head in, no problem."

Wu Jing looked embarrassed, thought for a moment, and retorted, "There are historical precedents of wolf packs attacking human soldiers, such as Napoleon's expedition to Russia and the Prussian-Russian winter campaign..."

"Those who were attacked were wounded soldiers," Qi Hui said irritably. "And they were wounded soldiers who had suffered a defeat, had no weapons, no food, and were covered in injuries."

"They're completely different from fully armed special forces!"

"Let's get back to your script!" Qi Hui continued, "Soldiers have guns and bayonets; taking down a few wolves is a piece of cake for them."

"Um... it's an exercise, blank rounds," Wu Jing said weakly.

"Blank bullets can kill people too, you know!" Qi Hui glared at him immediately: "You're a gun enthusiast too, how can you say something so unprofessional?"

Wu Jing gave an awkward smile and remained silent.

As Qi Hui said, blank rounds were used in the performance, but they were not real blank rounds.

It's a wax bullet.

The wax bullet melts completely when it leaves the muzzle after being subjected to intense combustion of gunpowder gases inside the barrel, coupled with the frantic friction of the barrel rifling.

However, the gunpowder gas after it has been fully burned is extremely lethal, and its destructive power remains strong even at a distance of about ten meters.

Not to mention driving off a pack of wolves, killing people is no problem for them.

“Senior brother is right!” Lu Yang nodded repeatedly: “I can’t see any purpose in the wolf pack plot you arranged. It seems to be just to let Leng Feng kill the alpha wolf.”

"You made all these dumplings just for this dish of vinegar, right?"

"No, no, no, this scene is setting the stage for what's to come," Qi Hui interrupted Lu Yang.
"This plot mainly shows that the special forces soldiers of Wolf Warrior do not have live ammunition and have no ability to fight back when they encounter real danger."

"This sets the stage for the later encounter with foreign mercenaries, where the victim is brutally beaten by them armed with live ammunition."

"So that when they encounter foreign mercenaries and get beaten up later, it won't seem so abrupt."

Guo Fan nodded: "Yes, that's right, Qi Hui is right."

He agreed with Qi Hui's statement.

Of course, I also agree with Qi Hui's complaints.

Although it was just a setup, the wolf pack not only did not surrender when faced with special forces, who possessed the highest level of human combat power, but they also dared to attack.
This looks surreal and illogical no matter how you look at it!
"Oh... really?" Lu Yang flipped through the computer, somewhat surprised. He hadn't noticed it before.
Wu Jing frowned. How should this be changed?
"Have you finished speaking, senior brother?" Lu Yang asked.

"Okay, it's done." Qi Hui nodded. The script was good overall, but there were problems with the details.

Before the time travel, this movie had a budget of 80 million and a box office of 500 million.

It's still pretty good!

"Then it's my turn to speak." Lu Yang rubbed his hands together, took a sip of beer, and prepared to speak.

Wu Jing's face immediately darkened.

No way...more? How come there are more?

(End of this chapter)