Chapter 505 Journey to the West and the Lotus Lantern
Chapter 505 Journey to the West and the Lotus Lantern
A black female reporter stood up, raised her head slightly, raised the microphone and asked: "I would like to ask our crew, what kind of values does the entire Fengshen series want to promote? After all, who do we know about the protagonist?
The character Zha is actually inappropriate according to the traditional values of the Chinese people! His character’s motivations seem a bit oriental!”
When director Qian Sansui heard this topic, he was silent for a while, and then replied: "We don't want to promote any values, we just want to tell a good story. There are billions of people on our planet, and everyone
People’s life experiences and attitudes are all completely different. You can’t say who has better values and who has worse values! We are all just watching with cold eyes!”
The female reporter continued to ask: "Actually, we have noticed that the positive characters in the story, such as Yang Jian Nezha and others, actually have backgrounds. How did our screenwriting teacher conceive of this character background setting?
"
Qi Ji finally understood that this black female reporter just wanted to stir up trouble.
But before Qi Ji spoke, Qian Sansui frowned and continued: "I feel like you are making trouble. After our movie meets the audience, it actually no longer belongs to us. It is
It belongs to all audiences. The movie is here. As for the audience, how they want to interpret it is their business, and we cannot interfere with the audience's thoughts!"
Then several reporters maliciously asked a few more difficult questions, but this time the crew simply chose not to answer them.
At the end, Qi Ji held up the microphone and looked at the people present and said: "Actually, the main reason we come here for the road show is to have a good communication with the audiences who like our movies. As for those who don't like our movies, they don't have to do it.
watch."
Qi Ji's cold words fell on the ears of many European and American media present, and the faces of many people at the scene changed.
"What did we say? These Chinese people suddenly exploded??"
The time came quickly to April.
"Ah, only three items? We have become the box office champion of Chinese-language movies!"
Qian Sansui and others listened with great interest.
The two were chatting and laughing, and more and more actors came in.
"The Golden Dragon Awards have always favored commercial films over the years. In my heart, we should actually get one of the nominations for Best Screenplay, Best Producer and so on!"
Many movie fans at home and abroad regard her as an absolute goddess.
Everyone's eyes fell on Clay House, the head of Centennial Pictures, who was sitting on the east side.
Feng Muyu is also here today, and she nominated a Best Supporting Actress.
She smiled and said hello to Qi Ji.
It just so happened that Qi Ji didn't have any big work arrangements this year, so he could start filming "Lotus Lantern".
Feng Muyu waved her hand: "The competition is too fierce!"
Qi Ji has never been interested in these awards.
"Yes! Is this discrimination against us? Because we are a commercial film, so we are not given more important awards? We didn't get any nominations related to actors and actresses, screenwriters and directors!"
At this time, the door of the conference room was opened, and Meng Feichen walked in with a smile and said: "I just received good news. "Feng Shen Bang 3" has won three nominations for this year's Golden Dragon Awards. Best Cinematography, Best Soundtrack
, and Best Art.”
Although in fact Qi Ji has always been on the altar and never came down.
The company still focuses on preparations for the promotion and distribution of "The Wandering Earth 2" and "The Wandering Earth 3".
It is also the number one Chinese-language film.
Nowadays, there are many single-person movies available for filming, so everyone has a sense of comparison in their hearts.
The two of them searched all over the circle, but still couldn't find a suitable actor.
Everyone was basically acquaintances, so they all smiled and said hello.
"Boss, every time you express your creativity, I always feel a strong shock!"
…
At this time, his phone rang, and it was Qi Ji calling.
The TV series "Lotus Lantern" was filmed by Cai Guixiang.
But if not, it is actually a harmless thing, and Qi Jin will not force it.
Under everyone's gloomy gazes, Clay House smiled and talked with Qi Ji on the phone for ten minutes.
"Old Feng, I wish you win the prize tonight!" Qi Ji congratulated him in advance.
Qi Ji talked for more than an hour. He finally finished and stopped to take a drink of water.
"Director Qi, how many awards can we win tonight?" Gu Jing asked in a low voice after the two people walked into the venue and sat down.
Even the New York Daily News stood up and directly gave "Fengshen Bang 3" a score of 30 out of 100.
On the red carpet, Gu Jing held Qi Le's arm and faced hundreds of media with an official smile on his face.
Qi Ji said: "Who knows, but this time you didn't nominate for Best Supporting Actress, which is actually a loss!"
Some editorials like the New York Daily News even regarded "Feng Shen Bang 3" as a cultural enemy.
As for the Journey to the West series, I was given the money to film it at the age of three.
As everyone was chatting, the topic turned to "Feng Shen Bang 3".
"I'm not telling you, can you all be tougher and not schedule any Chinese movies in the future?"
"With this difficult setting of 99 and 81, doesn't it mean that we even have the opportunity to make 81 "Journey to the West" movies?" Someone was thinking.
It is one of the stones left by Nuwa to mend the sky, Monkey King, the Monkey King.
Qi Ji has been having a meeting with Qian Sansui and others these days, preparing to start the next stage of Fengshen Universe's worldview.
Gu Jing said with a smile: "Director Qi, don't you dare say this nonsense. You haven't nominated me, so why should I mention it!"
[The talk movie "Feng Shen Bang 3" seems to be a hit in our country, but judging from all aspects of its production team, it all reveals strong arrogance. Such filmmakers will not go far.
.The author also believes that although the Chinese Qi Ji has become the king in the world's music scene, in our film circle, he is still nothing!]
Mi Aile replied: "Maybe it's because people feel refreshed during happy events, haha!"
"No matter how many there are, it's best to make it into a TV series with dozens of episodes. It will be fun to watch!"
"To be honest, this is the first time I have seen two closely related movies released so intensively!"
"Looking forward to it! Super looking forward to it!"
Qi Ji rested for two minutes, and when everyone had finished talking, he gently knocked on the table and said: "My preliminary idea at the moment is that "Journey to the West" will be made into three movies first, namely "The Journey to the West".
"Noisy Sky", "Land of Women" and "The Monkey King". As for Yang Jian's one-person TV series, it will initially be "Baolian Lantern". I will finish the script. We will work on it in the second half of the year, and we will work on it in the first half of the year.
Let's get started with the drama "Up in the Sky"!"
"In the final analysis, the Chinese people are still culturally unconfident!"
After the road show here, Qi Ji and others continued to move towards the next stop, Spain.
Qian Sansui, Cai Guixiang, Li Jianguo and other directors looked at each other and saw a fighting spirit in each other's eyes.
Qi Ji also saw an acquaintance, Mi Aile, who had been his assistant for a while. She was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress today, and she was Feng Muyu's direct competitor.
The entire "Feng Shen Bang" series is like a huge slap on the face of the proud Hollywood filmmakers.
After the filming of "Journey to the West" was scheduled, the choice of Sun Dasheng's actor suddenly became a dilemma for Qi Ji and Qian Sansui.
He didn't pay attention to the shortlist this time, so Qi Ji was a little surprised to see her at this moment.
Smiles suddenly appeared on everyone's faces.
Qi Ji also nodded slightly and said something special: "Long time no see, Xiaomi, you are getting more and more beautiful!"
In his impression, Mi Aile's acting skills were far behind Feng Muyu's. What did she rely on to be nominated for Best Supporting Actress?
Mi Aile also noticed Qi Ji's gaze. Her seat was in the second row, three chairs behind Qi Ji.
"Yes! If you don't schedule movies for them, now Qi Ji, a Chinese, can only run around the world like a mouse. How could he have the chance to become as arrogant as he is now?"
Clay House suddenly fell silent as he spoke. Every word was murderous and heartbreaking.
In the conference room, Qi Ji looked at the PPT and said: "This is how the basic world view will look in the future. It will be broadened on the basis of Conferred God!"
Qi Ji really liked the role of Daji played by Gu Jing in the Fengshen series. She was charming but not vulgar, delicate but not showy, and she completely brought this character to life.
She came over holding up her skirt: "Boss Qi, long time no see!"
He immediately raised the phone with a smile: "Oh, Boss Qi, you left in such a hurry this time, we didn't even have a good meal together!"
In late April, Qi Ji attended this year's Golden Dragon Award ceremony with Gu Jing, photographers and artists from the Fengshen crew.
Then he emphasized: "In the ideology of the Orientals, there is only victory and defeat. The seemingly huge story background structure reveals its own extremely poor imagination! Our audience should be wary of similar stories.
Cultural invasion!”
"Feng Shen 3" ultimately earned a global box office of US$2.2 billion, ranking fifth in film history.
The scene of two people chatting was photographed by many media outlets not far away. Two minutes later, similar photos were spread all over the Internet.
"I heard some news that after Qi Ji finished filming, there was so much material that it simply couldn't fit into one movie. Judging from the filing information currently leaked from the General Administration, "The Wandering Earth 2" and
The total length of "The Wandering Earth 3" should be more than six hours! This kind of length can only be divided into two movies and released!"
The role that Miele was shortlisted for this time was that of a young mother who lost her child. On her way to find her child, she moved many viewers.
[The arrogant Chinese Qi Ji has a deep sense of inferiority engraved in his bones and blood. It is unbelievable that a movie created by a third-rate script and relying on plastic-like special effects can grab so much box office around the world.
Needless to say, the aesthetic taste of our audience needs to be improved urgently!]
This number undoubtedly puts Miracle Entertainment and Qi Ji on the altar.
"This is a manifestation of their desire to infiltrate our ideology!"
Qi Ji contacted many people he knew well in the industry to help find him. Finally, he found an actor who specialized in monkey plays in a theater in Youzhou, and this was how he settled on the role.
At a medium-sized gathering in Hollywood, many domestic distributors, promotion agencies, producers, and top producers were present.
The media at the scene wrote articles very quickly. Just as Qi Ji and others got on the plane, their articles were sent out.
Qi Ji directly arranged the focus of work in the next two to three years in one breath.
"Don't worry, didn't the boss say that he will make another one-man TV series for Yang Jian!"
If others give it to you, you will naturally be happy to take it.
Both of them are in the first row.
"Wow, Yang Jian Nezha and the others have directly become the backdrop!"
When Miracle Entertainment officially announced that both Movies 2 and 3 would be released this summer, fans who were looking forward to it were already extremely excited.
"Did you make a lot of money from the release of "Feng Shen Bang 3" this time?" Someone looked at Clay House and asked.
Time quickly came to March.
Clay House lit a cigar and smoked it slowly, squinting his eyes slightly. After a while, when everyone said they were tired, he slowly said: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry first."
"Feng Shen Bang 3" has such a big wallet. This is just making money. You won't let me distribute it, you won't let the theaters arrange the film, and you won't let me make money. What do you want to do? There is an old Chinese saying that is good, block people.
Money is like killing parents. What do you want to do here? I know that you are actually envious that I can cooperate with Miracle Entertainment and make money. If you are not convinced, you can also contact Miracle Entertainment.
They are cooperating! But look at your ugly appearance now and your performance in the media, do you think you have a chance?"
Mi Aile's Weibo fans have already exceeded the 10 million mark. Now that they see this photo, netizens are talking about it.
"This is the reward that hard work can bring, right? Who would have thought that back then, I was just a small assistant next to Qi Ji, but now he has become a big star, attending the Golden Dragon Awards with Qi Ji
Wow. Xiaomi is really inspiring!”
"Love it, love it! When I saw the photos of these two people, I even imagined a profound sadomasochistic love affair in my mind, hahaha!"
"Oh my god, even though Qi Ji is married, I still have to say that the two of them look really good together!"