Chapter 193: The Premise of Beating the Reserved Dogs
When he mentioned the rope torture, the corners of Zou Xun's mouth twitched obviously, and his eyes flashed three times in an instant.
"Although there were many protective measures at that time and I only suffered some skin injuries on my thighs, it makes me feel uncomfortable when I think about our Communists having to suffer this kind of pain. Now when I see the hemp rope, I think of the stinging and burning pain.
It's spicy, makes you feel uncomfortable, and makes you feel stuffy."
After all, it is just a rope, and it is not easy for people to maintain balance while riding on it. Several extras did not hold it so steady at the time, and it still rubbed a little bit of their thighs.
Yingda smiled and said, "So it's mainly a psychological effect."
Zou Xun shook his head, "I was afraid at first, but when your legs touched the hemp rope, the fear came out in your heart. At that moment, you seemed to have forgotten that there were protective measures and that you were filming!
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Other actors also talked about their feelings while filming the torture scenes.
Yingda started talking about something else, "Director Tang, actually I've been wanting to ask you this question since we were filming, how did you come up with so many kinds of punishments?"
Tang An smiled and said, "Actually, these are all examples. I read a lot of books to find the corresponding punishments for them."
"Then why isn't mine? I was the only one among the five who committed suicide before being punished. I've always been puzzled about this!" Yingda said immediately.
"Teacher Yingda, I thought you would thank me. I just saved you from the physical pain!" Tang An wondered.
"I'd rather suffer a little, otherwise I'll look cowardly and spineless!" Yingda joked.
"This just corresponds to the characters in the film. Zhang Hanyu is a tough guy, so the physical torture is the most severe. Binbin is calm and steady, so his inner defenses must be broken first. Yu Shaoyu is more feminine, so he has to take off his pants.
Being tortured by castration..."
"Are these punishments fully shown in the movie?"
"No, of course not!" Tang An shook his head.
"Torture is like a mirror, which can reflect different human reactions and is necessary for the development of the plot."
"I hope the audience can smell the smell of blood on the screen, because after all, it was a bloody era, and the revolution was a life-and-death violence. The ancestors exchanged blood and tears for it, and exchanged their lives for it.
Today’s peace is not a group of highly intelligent people guessing riddles. I don’t want to tell lies with my eyes open.”
"Of course, the torture in the movie will not be fully staged. All the bloody and violent scenes only show the audience a result, and the rest needs to be imagined by the audience."
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Tang An was promoting it all over the capital, participating in some TV shows, and preparing for the premiere.
From the morning until the afternoon, the online media and paper media entertainment pages have maintained a share of 70% or more. The trolls in various forums and post bars have also been taking action. Overall, the effect is remarkable.
Wednesday, July 18th.
Everyone who cares about entertainment news will find the same problem when they wake up. Today's entertainment news seems to have not been updated at all, and it is still dominated by "The Wind" and Tang An.
Even yesterday's report that "Transformers" still received 10.5 million box office is not easy to see.
It has to be said that buying the media to downplay "Transformers" still has a certain effect. Today, Tuesday's half-price day box office did not rise but fell.
Fortunately, we didn't decide to let the media criticize "Transformers" and praise "The Wind" at the same time.
Ignoring is the best way!
China Film Group, large conference room, the group is having a meeting.
The Director of the Propaganda Department expressed his bitterness there.
"Director Han, Huayi has gone too far. They have blocked most media reports on "Transformers". Nowadays, reports on "Transformers" are rarely seen on the main pages of major media, and only
Some of them are just a few lines of text, not even a picture!"
The publicity department is also having a hard time. Producers of imported films are reluctant to throw away money. China Film has always been unwilling to invest too much in the promotion of Hollywood blockbusters. The 1 million promotional fee squeezed out of "Transformers" this time is already a lot.
But compared to Huayi who spent 4 million in 24 hours, it’s really not enough.
What's more, most of the first week of release has been spent, and even if the rest is thrown in tomorrow, it won't make any difference!
If those media hadn't looked out for China Film Group Corporation, the situation would have been even worse.
The newly appointed vice chairman Wang Jianyuan also expressed his opinion, "Yes, Director Han, "Transformers" has a wide audience, and it is a summer movie. According to the current trend, the box office is likely to exceed the 300 million mark.
The capacity of the mainland film market will rise to another level!"
Han Sanping remained silent and glanced at everyone.
Lin Sheng immediately said, "Director Han, actually I don't think we need to spend too many resources on "Transformers". The 117 million is not obtained through publicity. No matter how much we promote it, the box office will not be the same."
What a huge improvement!”
"That's because there are not enough copies!" Wang Jianyuan retorted.
Lin Sheng smiled and said, "The summer vacation is still long, and there is plenty of time for "Transformers" to slowly harvest the box office!"
When he heard his old subordinates refuting him in public, Wang Jianyuan, who was already the vice chairman, looked a little unhappy and coldly ignored Lin Sheng.
Lin Sheng was unmoved and sneered secretly in his heart.
Director Han wanted to expand the market capacity. Last year, "The City of Gold" was short of 9 million to break 300 million, so he thought about buying some box office, but due to some reasons he did not do so.
But he didn't want a Hollywood movie to do this, as it would be a slap in the face to all domestic filmmakers.
Moreover, a super blockbuster movie will be released in the summer next year. With the lineup, theme and director of that movie, it is inevitable that it will exceed 300 million, so there is no need to rush it.
Then the director of the public relations department came forward to refute Lin Sheng, with the same reason as the publicity director.
After they were done arguing, Han Sanping set the tone for the meeting.
""Transformers" will receive an additional RMB 500,000 in promotional expenses. With the extra resources, we can support more films directed by newbies. It is difficult for those small and medium-cost films to get ahead without enough publicity. We must also support them!"
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In Chairman Chengtian's office, Wu Bo listened to the report of his subordinates, pondered for a while, and then ordered, "Forget it, Huayi is going to spend a lot of money this time. It seems that he is going to fight to the death with "Transformers". Let's
I won’t participate anymore!”
When a lot of disparaging news about "The Wind" and Tang An began to appear, he originally wanted to push back, but before he could take action, Hua Yi immediately started to fight back.
The counterattack on the first day was too fierce, and I saw that I was able to hit four to five million at once, so I decided to wait and see.
The momentum continued the next day, so he gave up the idea.
The prerequisite for beating up a drowned dog is that the dog has fallen into the water, but now that the dog is still on the shore, it is not easy to drive him into the water.
It costs a lot of money and is not worth it!
And the previous initiator, the person who wanted to drive Tang An and his film out of the water, is now struggling.