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Chapter 22 Deceiving Too Much (5/5)

For a moment, Chen Mengxi felt that the three of them were very pitiful.

When the sixth generation came out of nowhere, it really led the entire era!

Zhang Yuan's "Miscellaneous Beijing", "East Palace, West Palace";

Wang Xiaoshuai's "Extreme Cold", "Winter and Spring Days", "17-year-old Bicycle";

Lu Chuan, young and wild, is undoubtedly his label. In 2004, he was selected as one of the top ten young directors in the world by the American magazine "Variety".

These directors were all top trend figures back then!

The sixth generations are closer to the New Wave and are addicted to the pleasure of self-expression, but they are impartially borrowing the framework of realism.

Compared with the ancestors born under the old Chinese film education that is imprinted with the tradition of "movie", they are more ostentatious in film selection and creation, integrating the achievements of Western classic film theory and modern film theory, achieving a reconnection between mainland films in narrative and image style after the wave of left-wing films.

The joys, anger, sorrows and happiness of small people in the city were once the objects of their focus on tracking and expression, but after 2005, many people gradually gave up this theme.

Some of them turned to a blind worship of religion and mysticism, while others were trapped in the memorial and beautification of childhood experiences.

They are quite embarrassed!

In their best era, the Chinese film market was very bad. When the Chinese film market got better, their status in the world had not yet been established and was about to be outdated.

Future movies, whether in terms of presentation or technical platform, cannot be operated and understood by the sixth generation.

What's more, they are wearing airs and treating the director as their personal art!

The sixth generation is a group of self-centered people who were once in the best position, but because of themselves, they refused to learn new knowledge and refused to accept rapid technological transformation.

The sixth generation has the opportunity to view the world, but it has not developed the world view, knowledge, knowledge, cultural literacy, and narrow vision that makes people speechless...

Taking Wang Xiaoshuai as an example, he just wanted to support him by the country!

Why do you need to support him? What's the use?

"Mengxi...what do you want to say?"

The host is Yin Hong, vice president of the China Film Association, the kind with a deep experience in the world...

"There is nothing to say, it's just that skills are inferior to others!" Chen Mengxi said: "The biggest enemy of domestic movies is bad movies, and these bad movies have caused the audience to go to the theater to drop sharply! The impact of Hollywood blockbusters is only external. What really makes domestic movies lose their reputation is that there are too many bad movies. Even without Hollywood blockbusters, our results in the first half of the year will not be much better!"

"I also do theaters. What audiences like to watch, theater managers will arrange more movies. This is natural... After the release of "Avengers", Jiahe theaters gave it 60% of the golden movies, and "If Love Is the Will" only accounted for 20%..."

"The first half of this year is quite special. There are a lot of large-scale popcorn movies in Hollywood. The audience has not watched popcorn commercial movies in theaters. All of them, even mediocre movies like "Super Battleship" and "Man in Black 3" can harvest the market... Wait for another two years, and the audience will be aesthetically exhausted."

“Aesthetic fatigue?”

Chen Mengxi nodded: "Hollywood has a set of script software that can write about 110 to 140 pages of movie scripts, no more or less, one page is just one minute, the length of the movie is controlled by around 110 to 140 minutes, the most popular commercial movies. Even the appearance of the male and female protagonists has been analyzed in detail. The way to do this is to avoid global sensitive points - because it involves religion, censorship from various countries, their scripts are always very mentally retarded..."

"For example, a story must have at least several turning points, in which time period each turning point should appear in the film, how much proportion of the film should be in the fight and conflict scenes, such as how many conflicts must be, what ways should new characters appear, the duration between the previous battle and the next fight cannot exceed at most, and how long does an audience probably feel aesthetically tired of the rhythm of the film.

Then, with these patterned routines, add appropriate amount of storylines, details and character dialogues between these fill-in-the-blank questions, and then think about it more about the climax part to better attract the audience's attention."

“Industrial assembly line output…”

"I think the audience will almost understand the movies like "Super Battleship" and "Man in Black 3"!"

"Domestic movies... are now in the stage of washing sand. Last year, five production companies filmed Guan Yunchang, four filmed Sun Wukong, three filmed Mu Guiying, three filmed 3 white snakes, three tables of Hongmen Banquet. This year, capital has receded, and coal bosses can't afford to spend money... They realize the cruelty of film investment!"

"Don't hurry, take your time..."

...

Chen Mengxi still squirted Lu Chuan: "I think some people should stop pretending to be public intellectuals on Weibo. Hu Ge shared his comments on the work, why did he become an actor? I also think that the person named Long is an idiot. Should I be banned? Why are you scolding the government for being a good person on Weibo these days?"

Lu Chuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Chen Mengxi would mention this matter on such an occasion...

It was last month that Hu Ge finished watching "The Great River and the Sea 1949" and published his reading notes, and was scolded by Lu Chuan...

Then a group of public officials and their fans came to scold Hu Ge...

Just an "actor" or a "loose dog"...

"Why don't you say? If you don't say it, I'll say: Since ancient times, literati are kind to the sentimental, so there are poets who say it. This feeling is based on their true emotions! Only by caring about the people can we write "How can we get thousands of houses to shelter the poor people in the world and be happy." Only by being strong and intense can we write "The king's army settles north on the Central Plains, and we will never forget to tell the old man for his family sacrifice." Only by pursuing the great way can we write "Thinking about the long and leisurely heaven and earth, we are alone and crying." A writer from Taiwan Province went to the United States to study, married a German man, and gave birth to several mixed-race children. Then, she thought she was superior, and she could look down on China and teach the Chinese people a lesson? Who is she old?"

"Is there any argument for that broken book? I don't feel pain in my back when I speak while standing. History should be viewed in combination with the environment at that time, otherwise it will be useless except incitement! What I said should be banned!"

He looked at Lu Chuan again, and the latter was still stunned. Chen Mengxi shook his head: "Forget it, I guess you dare not say anything! Just like that... In addition, I heard from Qin Hong that he had invested 90 million yuan in the play "The King's Feast". He originally booked 60 million yuan to finish filming, but you overturned the existing plan and added 30 million yuan. It's not enough now... It is said that if you want to re-film, it's not a question of whether you can pass the review. It's because you overspending, causing the crew to stop filming!"

Speaking of this, Chen Mengxi smiled at the audience: "So, I said the censorship system cannot be cancelled. Once it is cancelled, these directors can't find anything to take the blame!"

...

Lu Chuan... cried...

Chen Mengxi pointed at his nose and scolded him!

Too much bullying!

There were media present in this forum...

It's over, I'm sure the report is out!

But Chen Mengxi can guarantee that everything he said is true.

Mr. Lu is indeed a public intellectual representative. Even in 2020, he has made many terrible remarks, such as, "Send planes to bring young students stranded overseas back to China, which is what the government should do now. Even if there is no conditions, policies should be introduced to encourage domestic airlines to increase flights to pick up children!"

It seems right because it is politically correct!

But how big is this project for 4 million international students around the world? Has he considered it?

This is what intellectuals hate, just make demands, because the demands are certainly not wrong, and it sounds pleasant.

The request made them earn enough reputation and gain reputation. After hearing his request, the public was so excited that he had done this, or that it was done by him. Whether this "request" is logical and objective, the cost required is not within the scope of consideration of those intellectuals!

Hiding in a doghouse is good at morally kidnapping others!

As for his overspending, he is very well-known in the industry.

In 2005, he reviewed modern history and discovered data and new historical materials. Under the temptation of the other side of history, he was inspired to prepare for the theme of the Nanjing Massacre, write scripts, go to Changchun to see the scenery, and form a group.

During the filming of "Nanjing! Nanjing!", several times, funds were hollowed out and the flow was cut off. The props in the crew, a street light, and a chair could be reported for fake accounts, and the budget was sky-high!

Without considering the meticulousness of project management, the scenes built will be turned into the process of field investigation.

The starring actor has been replaced, the filming has exceeded the deadline, the release time is delayed, and a script has been held for three years...

The shooting investment and promotion of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" can reach 90 million!

Therefore, Yu Dong sighed, "Chinese film directors are the most enjoyable directors in the world!"

What to do later on "The King's Feast"?
Chapter completed!
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