"It's because you don't understand the artistic creation form of this movie at all!"
"There used to be a movie in Hong Kong and Taiwan called "Journey to the West". After it was released, it failed at the box office, but now... it is an insurmountable classic!"
"You don't understand this era, but that doesn't mean that the young people who have knowledge and artistic abilities in the coming era don't understand!"
""Tianji" is the movie I put the most effort into. I would rather think that this is an artistic product ahead of its time. You can't understand the essence. I will never allow it or admit that it is a bad movie!"
"I put my words here!"
"Five years! Give me five years!"
"Five years from now, everyone will know what I mean when I stand here today and say these words!"
"Berlin? Of course I will go to Berlin with this movie. Not only will I go to Berlin, but I will also show the world what kind of movie this is!"
“See you in Berlin in March!”
"..."
"..."
With nine days left before the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Kai was blocked in front of his home by reporters.
Facing the camera, Chen Kai looked like an irritated and furious fighter. He even threatened to deal with these unscrupulous media in the future and let them know what they can say and what they can't say nonsense!
After putting down his cruel words, he ignored the reporters' questioning and angrily rushed into the villa.
In the second half of 2005, the Chinese film industry seemed to be in decline. Not only was it overwhelmed by Hollywood blockbusters, it also released more than ten domestic bad films in a row!
Movie fans' confidence in domestic films has plummeted, and the words "domestic blockbusters" have been ridiculed by netizens as a derogatory term.
The first one to bear the brunt of this is "Tianji", a 300 million investment movie that once had high hopes!
Three hundred million investment, what is the concept?
The first domestically produced movie with big investment, it is not inferior to any Hollywood movie, okay?
"This is a counterattack by domestic films!"
"Blow the clarion call for domestic blockbusters!"
From June to November 2005, when it was released, publicity like this was almost overwhelming.
Almost all of them are promotional posters for "Tianji" at subway entrances, online forums, major variety shows, elevator advertisements in major theaters, etc.
This kind of publicity has whetted the appetite of movie fans to the limit. When the pre-sale tickets were opened, the pre-sale amount reached an unprecedented and astonishing figure!
Everyone wants to see this movie compete with Hollywood. Even if it doesn't work, it can at least shine a guiding light for the declining domestic blockbusters, right?
The day of the premiere was definitely Chen Kai's most glorious day.
However!
Three days after its release, the reputation of "Tianji" was like an avalanche, showing cracks. Countless well-known media and netizens even criticized the movie from December to January this year, and the criticism became more and more fierce, even
Many netizens on the Internet also cut out a version of the video titled "A Murder Caused by a Pimple".
In this environment, the great director Chen Kai's "Tianji" was inevitably hotly searched by the media, and all kinds of negative news were blasted. Even his previous films "Overlord" and "Big Era",
Several classic movies such as "Black Earth" have been questioned as to whether they were shot by Chen Kai himself!
There are also some good media who have reasoned to dig deep into these movie scripts and analyzed from various angles that Chen Kai, who left the assistant director and screenwriter Cao Anmin, is a second-rate director.
The myth fell and was demoted to civilians. The truth was revealed and the gods were thought to be created...
This is a plot that many people like to watch.
"I must show them some color!"
“Help me contact the Berlin authorities!”
"We'll send the samples over!"
"Grass!"
"..."
villa.
Chen Kai is shouting crazily!
The media couldn't hear Chen Kai's roar in the villa, let alone understand Chen Kai's anger!
They will only amplify Chen Kai's bold words and lofty ideals and put them on major pages, and vigorously publicize Chen Kai's bold words and lofty ideals...
At the same time, Han Shaoping, the unlucky CEO of Xingcai Company, was also chased by the media. Being surrounded by reporters, Han Shaoping was so angry that he announced on the spot that "Xingcai Company is officially bankrupt!"
"Xingcai Company has nothing to do with our company!"
"The H56 group's contracts have all been transferred to Huaxing!"
"Please stop asking!"
"I don't know if the group is disbanded or not. From now on, H56 has nothing to do with me, and I won't be in the entertainment industry anymore!"
"..."
Han Shaoping was so angry that he almost hit the reporters in front of the reporters talking all over the place!
……………………
"Chen Kai is also preparing to take the film to the exhibition!"
"It seems to be the foreign special edited version of "Tianji"..."
"Although the reputation of "Tianji" is not very good in China, overseas, especially in places like Berlin where the art stream is dominated, it might actually win an award..."
"Chen Kai is eager to prove himself. The editing of the foreign version will definitely cater to the niche foreign audience..."
"At the same time, there are also strong rivals like "Heroes". This time, we don't know whether the number of shortlisted places is enough..."
"..."
In An Xiao's office.
Analyst Xu Rui took out the analysis report and handed it to An Xiao, his eyes full of solemnity.
The statistics of "Tianji" are really bad in all aspects.
However, he is Chen Kai's work.
Chen Kai's "Overlord" almost swept Cannes that year, and instantly became a mythical figure among all five generations of Chinese directors.
His international influence has reached the level of one of the most powerful Chinese directors...
A person's name, a tree's shadow.
Xu Rui always feels uneasy. With Chen Kai's influence in Europe, there is a high probability that "Tianji" will be shortlisted for the Berlin International Film Festival.
"Tianji" has joined the battlefield, so it will be even more difficult for their company's two films to be shortlisted.
"My personal suggestion is to focus on "Warring States" first!"
"Using a little more post-processing time for "Mineral Bottom", cutting a few more versions, and then selecting outstanding versions for exhibition will increase our chances of winning..."
"A bowl of water is flat, which is not realistic in the big environment."
"..."
Xu Rui naturally knew that "Warring States" took up the editing time of "Mineral Bottom", and also knew that An Xiao had a rare incident of anger.
But as the company's analyst, Xu Rui felt that he had to express his own trade-offs.
Many times, we must sacrifice the side with a low winning rate in exchange for the weight of the side with a high winning rate.
This is something any company would choose.
"No, there's no need to mention this matter again!" An Xiao shook her head and directly dismissed Xu Rui's opinion, then put down the information and motioned Xu Rui to continue busy with other things.
Xu Rui hesitated for a moment and wanted to say something, but after seeing An Xiao's eyes, he finally nodded.
After Xu Rui left, An Xiao looked out the window...
Outside the window, the snow has melted at this moment, and the sunlight shining through the glass is bright and warm.
Whether it's the script or Wu Zhenhong's attitude when he saw Zhou Yang's lyrics, it all proves that Zhou Yang is a talented person...
It's just that he was buried because of the various hardships in life.
She thinks he needs a chance!
As long as he has a chance, he can soar into the sky!
No matter how "The Mine" ends, An Xiao feels that she must give Zhou Yang such a chance.
When I think of this...
She stood up and left the office.
"Mr. An!"
"Mr. An..."
"Mr. An!"
"..."
When she walked to the training room downstairs, she heard several staff members greeting her.
at the same time……
She heard waves of singing again.
Then she silently looked at the window of the training room and saw Zhou Yang and Wu Zhenhong sitting side by side, both listening to the girls singing.
Wu Zhenhong was at ease. After hearing the singing, he sometimes frowned, sometimes shook his head, and sometimes secretly chatted with Zhou Yang, seeming to be exchanging opinions.
In An Xiao's perception, Wu Zhenhong, an old man, has always been a very proud person, and he has never seen him pay so much attention to a young man!
This is a very strange recognition.
It seems that the two songs written by Zhou Yang are indeed very powerful.
Zhou Yang's expression was very strange, he seemed to be distracted, and from time to time his eyes flashed with confusion, as if he was in a trance.
Finally, his eyes seemed to wander in front of the two girls.
One is Song Qianqian, and the other seems to be Jiang Shushu.
"It's just you!"
"Miss Jiang Shushu!"
"I think Miss Jiang Shushu's voice is more flavorful. Teacher Wu, how about letting her sing "Girl with Wings"? What do you think?"
"..."
An Xiao saw Wu Zhenhong hesitate for a while looking at Jiang Shushu.
Then nodded.
………………………
After the show ends.
Jiang Shushu left excitedly with the sheet music of "Girl with Waving Wings", but in "Invisible Wings" no one was chosen to sing until the end.
Wu Zhenhong couldn't make a decision, and Zhou Yang seemed to be shaking his head constantly.
It seems that everyone is unqualified.
Victoria Song remained silent from beginning to end.
When I left, I was in a very low mood, and I was no longer as lively as before.
Zhou Yang's eyes were wandering between her and Jiang Shushu just now, but in the end, he chose Jiang Shushu.
She was suddenly disappointed.
My mood sank to the lowest point.
at this time……
Her cell phone rang.
The caller was Sun Fangfang, her former agent.
Sun Fangfang's purpose is still the same, which is to hope that she can say a few words to the leader in the new company.
She suddenly lost her mood.
"Sister Sun, you don't know what you've missed, and I don't know what I've missed... Just look!"
"He is a director. I don't believe that a song he wrote casually can become a hit!"
Sun Fangfang on the other end of the phone seemed stunned and subconsciously retorted.
"I heard that he wrote ten songs! But I only showed two songs to Mr. Wu Zhenhong. Those are the two songs. In the past two days, Mr. Wu, with his status, was able to stay up late and forget about food and sleep to compose these two songs.
Do you think it will be garbage?"
"Even so, the songs may not necessarily be popular, and the songs Mr. Wu helped compose may not all be popular..."
"..."
The other end of the phone continued to refute, seeming to be holding on to something, and still speaking harshly.
But Victoria Song finally hung up the phone silently and stopped paying attention to anything on the other side.
It doesn’t matter whether that song is a hit or not!
But at least, that song should have been mine!
……………………
evening.
On the set of "The Crow".
Feng Kai finally got through to Zhou Yang.
But after answering the phone, Feng Kai's facial muscles twitched slightly.
Then I stood at the door of the director's office for a long time, not knowing what to say.
Just when he was hesitating, he saw Wang Shuai push open the door and come out.
"Did the phone call come?"
"beated……"
"When will that person come?"
"He can't make it..."
"What did you say?"
"He has to be busy editing movies, and at the same time, he has to help with the new album..."
"Help with the new album? He makes music?" Wang Shuai's originally slightly indifferent expression suddenly froze.
"He once wrote a song for Xingcai. I don't know the specific situation. I'm still confused now..." When Feng Kai said this, he was also in a dazed state, and it seemed that his thinking could not keep up with the phone.
Li Zhouyang's voice.
"Forget it, I'll call Mr. An personally to ask for someone!"