Okay, it's normal to ask about Shen Xudong. In the past two years, Feng Xiaogang's movies "The Orphan", "Party A and Party B 2", "A World Without Thieves" and later "Mobile Phone 2" were written by Shen Xudong.

Why did the screenwriter of "The Night Banquet" change?

Shen Xudong laughed and explained: "The reason why I didn't accept the offer was mainly because I have no interest in court dramas...I haven't studied Shakespeare either..."

"Why?"

"Why? When I was in school, I mainly studied Gogol's plays...I didn't study Shakespeare much..."

"Then what do you think of "The Night Banquet"?"

Damn, here we go again...

What do you think?

I can't understand it, but I'm shocked?

How could you not understand "The Night Banquet"? It's about the prince's revenge and Oulun's love...

After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said: "It is indeed a blockbuster. It is very enjoyable to watch, no matter the costumes, makeup or actors.

The three colors of red, black, and white are used very well. Black represents the majesty of the royal family, the suppression of human desires in the court, loneliness, and later the cruelty and terror of the army massacre, and the despicability of the human heart; white represents idealism and simplicity; red, It's love, it's gorgeous, it's lust and jealousy.

The actors performed very well. Sister Ziyi played the queen's desire for power, Uncle Ge played the uncle's greed, morbidity, and terror, Zhou Xun's innocence, and Daniel Wu's timidity. They all performed well, but the lines and dialogue were a bit sloppy. , people can’t help but act..."

Of course Shen Xudong must give praise...

He is here to cheer, but to tell the truth, is it too hypocritical? "All kinds of violations"...

The media was obviously not satisfied and wanted to ask: "What do you think of Chinese blockbusters..."

"I won't say it anymore, this is the premiere of "The Night Banquet"..."

…

After the premiere, Shen Xudong and Director Chen left together.

The topic of discussion is naturally "The Night Banquet"...

Shen Xudong told the truth: "I don't really like it. It feels like art for art's sake, ignoring the story itself! It's too depressing..."

Not only did he dislike it, but Shen Xudong really felt that "The Night Banquet" was terrible. It took a Western story and set it in a Chinese setting.

The rhythm is slow, the plot is empty, and it is extremely boring. It is an example of the emperor plowing the land with a golden hoe...

Director Chen nodded: "Xiaogang is a bit over the top...he is going in a deeper direction with all his strength..."

"You are absolutely right!"

Feng Xiaogang desperately wants to get rid of his reputation as an entertainment director...

In the world of criticism, entertainment means not profound enough, and not profound enough means not advanced.

Director Chen changed the subject: "Let's not talk about "The Night Banquet", what new works have you recently produced?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "...Really not...I was in the United States recently."

"Are you ready to go to Hollywood?"

"Why should I go there..." Shen Xudong denied: "The main thing is that I have a few projects in hand, which are not suitable to be made into a Chinese film..."

"With the right script..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely find you!"

Director Chen patted his shoulder and then stopped talking...

Shen Xudong is wondering if there are any works suitable for Chen Daoming?

You see, Chen Daoming is suitable for playing emperors and intellectuals...

Intellectual?

"Donkey Gets Water"?

"Donkey Gets Water" is not good, there is no role suitable for him at all, then... "Famous"?

Li Jiahui, the male protagonist of "Famous", is quite suitable... and then we cast Uncle Ge to play Guan Jingnian, Jiang Wen or Li Xuejian to play Lu Ziye... Zheng Qianli, the director of the bad movie, asked Zhang Guoli... No, Zhang Guoli is not suitable, Chen Baoguo... Anyway He must be an A-list actor!

I'm so stupid...

This is going to be posted!

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Chen Daoming: "Uncle Chen, I have an idea..."

Shen Xudong talked about the synopsis of the script of "Famous": During the Republic of China, a group of frustrated filmmakers gathered for a bizarre script meeting, hoping to make "a shocking case" into a movie.

In order to stimulate creative inspiration, they even stayed in the same room with the arrested murderer, in order to reconstruct the case at the scene of the murder by the murderer himself...

"Of course, as the plot progresses, everyone knows that this murder case is not simple..." However, when he said this, Shen Xudong shut up: "No, that reporter must be in his thirties and passionate. …”

Director Chen didn't take it seriously: "...you have written the script, and I will see if there is a role suitable for me. Let me tell you, there is no need to force me to be the protagonist. After all, the film market still depends on young people... "

"Sure, then I'll go back and study it again..."

…

"The Banquet" was released, with a box office of 55 million in its first weekend...

It did not surpass the opening weekend box office record of "Hero" (62 million), "Kung Fu" (64 million) and "The Promise" (74.52 million), but also fell behind the first weekend box office record of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" (78 million)...

It turns out that the audience's hunger for blockbusters has dropped!

However, "The Night Banquet" can break through 100 million...

It also fits the positioning of a blockbuster film.

But... Feng Xiaogang has long been a member of the 100 million yuan box office club, and the movie "The Night Banquet" has no improvement effect on him at all...

Not at all, at least it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film...

There is no doubt about this.

Logically speaking, Zhang Ziyi should feel quite embarrassed. She was the one who connected Hua Yi and Weinstein in "The Banquet", and now Harvey is acting rogue, and the promised 5 million US dollars has become 500,000...

Huang Zhongjun came to her privately and asked her if it was possible to let her boyfriend stand out - it is said that her boyfriend Ivy Niwo is the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner Group and also has a huge stake in the Weinstein Company...

No chance!

This Avnivo is simply a liar!

Of course, he did have a wide network of contacts. International Zhang caught up with him and successfully broke into the upper-class social circles of the United States...

In the original time and space, it was probably because of this incident that the Huayi brothers never approached Zhang Ziyi again. Later, she starred in "Running Love" for free in exchange for "The Demise of Romance".

Now that the international chapter is gaining momentum, it doesn’t matter, since she has a lot of dramas anyway!

It was announced at the Cannes Film Festival that Zhang Ziyi had negotiated with Weinstein Pictures to sign a contract to star in three films, including the remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", "Mulan" and "Shanghai"...

Not only that, the public projects include "Desert Warrior", "Waiting", "The Queen"...

——News releases can still be found online: Zhang Ziyi and Hollywood's Weinstein Pictures are about to collaborate on three films that have announced their start dates. American media even revealed that she will collaborate with the director of "Gladiator" to film "The Queen". In addition to playing Wu Zetian, he will also act as a producer himself...

People are busy making money!

Therefore, her agent offered a price of US$8 million for "The Ancient City"...

8 million U.S. dollars, which is 60 million yuan, a horse-riding person, this... is a clear rejection!

…

At the company, Chen Xi found Shen Xudong and said decisively: "Let's change to another actress..."

Shen Xudong was speechless: "...How to replace this? Who should I replace? Didn't I agree with Zhang Ziyi?"

"The price has not been negotiated..."

"Not even $4 million?"

"No, the agent said it was at least 8 million US dollars!"

"How many?"

Shen Xudong stood up immediately - 8 million US dollars? Why don't you grab it? The salary for "The Night Banquet" was only 3.5 million US dollars! Offering her 4 million US dollars, Shen Xudong felt that he was very sincere.

Moreover, she has agreed to star in the show, and all she needs to do is sign the contract. Why is this happening now?

Chen Xi repeated: "8 million US dollars, no box office share will be accepted!"

"…Have you personally discussed the project "Jingjue Ancient City" with Zhang Ziyi?"

"I don't interact directly with actors. Besides, Zhang Ziyi is so busy that I don't have the chance to meet her."

"What about Xu Ke? No, didn't we agree on 4 million US dollars?"

"I heard that she accepted a Hollywood movie and there was a time conflict, so..."

This is understandable…

I can’t stand "Jingjue Ancient City"!

You should have told me earlier!

"If Zhang Ziyi doesn't star, will there be any investment problems? Many investors are here for her!"

"If any investors want to refund their money, just refund it to them, and we will make up for it ourselves!" Shen Xudong glared at her: "...let Chen Hao or Tang Yan try it out."

What the hell is this? It was already agreed upon that Zhang Ziyi will star... Several drafts have been published, and a launch press conference will be held soon...

The heroine resigned?

Alas, I still have to talk to Xu Ke...
Chapter completed!