The premiere of "A World Without Thieves" ended, the lights were turned on, and many people were discussing excitedly, obviously still immersed in the plot.
Feng Xiaolong was very satisfied with the performance of the audience. This was the effect he wanted. He did not expect this film to win awards and be famous in film history, but as a top domestic commercial film director, he must realize the value of the film.
How to realize the value of movies?
box office.
Amidst the applause, Feng Xiaolong once again led the creative team on stage to express his gratitude to all the guests and fans who came. He also picked up the microphone and expressed some of his feelings about the movie:
"I have great hopes for this movie. I want this movie to successfully enter Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and even Southeast Asia. So before filming "A World Without Thieves", I asked Hong Kong film director Zhao Wenhui for advice. I asked
How could he make the influence of this movie not limited to the mainland? At that time, Zhao Wenhui said, please invite Andy Lau to act!"
There was a roar of laughter at the scene.
Feng Xiaolong smiled: "Later everyone knew that I hired Andy. However, the script of "A World Without Thieves" was delayed for review due to the subject matter. We struggled to survive. The reviewers of the relevant departments believed that it was too late to let the script be reviewed.
As the protagonists of the film, the two thieves violate the creative rules of the film; although the male and female thieves Wang Li and Wang Bo were later discovered to have positive meanings, Wang Bo's good deeds lacked reasonable motives and could not be logically consistent, so
The script was rejected and I revised it overnight, but I still felt it was inappropriate."
"I even found a few well-known screenwriters in the industry, and after careful revisions, they still couldn't pass the reviewers' test. At that time, there were signs that the film was stillborn, and the investors were also planning to withdraw their capital.
, I was unwilling to give in. During that time, I felt that my hair was falling out very quickly. Later, during an audition on the set, I met Brother Zheng Qian. Brother Zheng Qian is really a talented person. After a few casual words, I suddenly woke up.
——Brother Zheng Qian said something that convinced me - let the female thief get pregnant, and then go to the temple to burn incense and worship Buddha!"
The entire audience suddenly realized that there was indeed such a plot in the film, so everyone looked at Zheng Qian with admiration on their faces.
Zheng Qian quickly picked up the microphone and explained: "From my personal point of view, no one is born evil. Even evil people hope that the next generation can change their ways and not repeat the mistakes of the previous generation. If they can be good for the next generation, they
I am willing to give my best, even if I am on the edge of life and death..."
These words were very meaningful and left many people confused.
Andy was the first to react, applauded and said with a smile: "That's so good! What Chien Jai said has been clearly explained in the film. Wang Li is pregnant, so we need to give their children some virtue. They are thieves.
This is an irreversible fact and there is no way to change it, but their children can no longer be thieves!"
Feng Xiaolong also smiled and said: "Yes, this is the most reasonable explanation that the reviewers wanted. After Brother Zheng Qian's advice, "A World Without Thieves" finally passed the review smoothly. Brother Zheng Qian is really one of the best people in the country.
His literary ability is very strong, and it would not be an exaggeration to give him a Nobel Prize."
Nobel Prize?
The media and audience at the scene were stunned.
Everyone felt that Feng Xiaolong's words were a bit exaggerated, and even for Zheng Qian, they were a bit flattering.
But for Feng Xiaolong, it is not an exaggeration at all.
He knew that Zheng Qian's work "The Three-Body Problem" won the Galaxy Award, the country's highest science fiction literary award, and when he came here, he heard from a friend that "The Three-Body Problem" was nominated for the Hugo Award.
You know, the Hugo Award is the Nobel Prize in the science fiction art world!
Once Zheng Qian wins this award, the prices of his future works will skyrocket.
Being able to be ranked among the screenwriters of "A World Without Thieves" at the same time as Zheng Qian, to be honest, in the past, Feng Xiaolong took it for granted, but now, Feng Xiaolong still feels a little guilty.
Feng Xiaolong continued: "Without Zheng Qian, "A World Without Thieves" might have been difficult to produce. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to brother Zheng Qian."
Zheng Qian quickly became polite.
Afterwards, Feng Xiaolong thanked Andy Lau, Rene Hsu, Ge Yun and other leading actors, and highlighted the actor Zhang Bingqiang who played Shagen: "Bingqiang is a very good actor. He was born to eat this bowl of rice. I
Let me tell you a secret. On the set, when filming starts, everyone is looking for state, but Zhang Bingqiang is not looking for it. He just stands there like a fool. This is not a derogatory meaning, but a compliment. He is always in state."
"But I am very worried that after this movie, his image will be fixed in the audience's impression. That is a mixed blessing for the actor. The good news is that he can have a role that is remembered by everyone. This is an actor's blessing.
But the worry is that in order to break through this inherent impression, Bingqiang will spend more energy than ordinary actors in shaping other characters."
Zhang Bingqiang was deeply moved by Feng Xiaolong's words. This young man with an unattractive appearance was even a little frightened under the attention of everyone. He quickly waved his hands and said modestly: "Thank you, Director Feng, for your concern. I will definitely not let you down."
Many people looked at Zhang Bingqiang. He spoke Mandarin and behaved like a normal person, but it was not at all consistent with the image of Shagen in people's minds.
Everyone seemed to have not recovered from the movie for a while, and they all had some weird feelings for a while.
When Zheng Qian looked at Zhang Bingqiang, he sighed secretly in his heart.
Hua Tsai recommended Zhang Bingqiang to Feng Xiaolong. Within a few minutes of the audition, Feng Xiaolong fell in love with him at a glance. It was obvious that Director Feng discovered the value of Zhang Bingqiang.
Moreover, just before the premiere, Zhang Bingqiang arrived and immediately knelt down when he saw Andy, thanking him for the support, which made Andy look confused. Fortunately, he was smart and quickly got down on his knees.
He knelt down and supported Zhang Bingqiang.
This scene was captured by the media and quickly uploaded to the Internet.
In just two or three hours, it has already started to ferment on the Internet, but people who have just watched the movie have not noticed it yet.
Zheng Qian feels that Zhang Bingqiang is a person who knows how to repay kindness.
And the acting skills are very good. Although the image is not good, this is not the most important thing for an actor.
Do you want to sign Zhang Bingqiang into the company?
After Zheng Qian came up with the idea, he also learned about it privately. He found that although Zhang Bingqiang won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer, he seemed to have no agency because of his poor image.
But he soon discovered that Zhang Bingqiang had already been hired by Huaying Media. Before being recommended by Andy to join the crew of "A World Without Thieves", the contract between the two parties had been signed, but it had not been publicly promoted yet.
What a pity.
It's a step too late.
Zheng Qian was filled with regret.
Nowadays, the higher he stands, the more he can feel the size of Huaying Media in the entertainment industry.
It has dozens of first- and second-tier actors, singers, and a huge management team. In addition, it also maintains long-term and good cooperative relationships with Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, Hunan Satellite TV, and Donghai Satellite TV.
It can be said straightforwardly that Huaying Media is a giant in the entertainment industry.
If Zheng Qian had not been recruited into the art troupe by mistake, then with the size of Huaying Media, it would be really easy to kill his future in the entertainment industry.
Every time he thinks about this, Zheng Qian feels lucky.
However, in Zheng Qian's view, there is no deep hatred between the two parties. Even if there is Cao Wei who stands in the way, Zheng Qian thinks that with his current talent and background, Huaying Media should not be in trouble with him.
It's just that the ideal is very full, but the reality is still skinny.
Since Zheng Qian became popular, he has received invitations from countless companies in the industry.
These companies cover 80% of domestic first- and second-tier companies, and all want to discuss various cooperation matters with him.
But Zheng Qian discovered that among these companies, Huaying Media was the only one not included.
With the size of Huaying Media, there is no shortage of money to pay the copyright fees. And with so many outstanding artists under Huaying Media who are waiting for support, there is no reason not to ask Zheng Qian to invite songs. Both parties will be happy to cooperate.
But they just didn't make any move.
Obviously, it is better to make enemies than to dissolve them.
Nowadays, as Zheng Qian goes to various occasions, he has more and more opportunities to meet artists from Huaying Media.
These artists seem to have received instructions from within the company, and their relationship with Zheng Qian is just a casual acquaintance.
For example, the actor Liu Bingbing, who plays the female thief in Uncle Li's team in "A World Without Thieves", has become increasingly distant from Zheng Qian from the initial close relationship.
Xu Shangyuan and Liu Qing, who came to support the premiere, were both actors under Huaying Media. However, at the scene, they were lukewarm towards Zheng Qian, and even deliberately alienated them.
Zheng Qian can feel all of this.
But there is nothing you can do.
At this stage, given Zheng Qian's background, he has absolutely nothing to fear from Huaying Media, and the latter obviously knows this.
So, since we can’t kill Zheng Qian, we can’t cooperate either...
Then let’s never have any contact with each other until we die!
Zheng Qian felt a little ridiculous, and felt that the decision-makers of Huaying Media were a little naive, but there was no need for him to curry favor with the other party, so he turned around and put these things behind him.
His philosophy is that if others do not offend me, I will not offend others.
If someone offends me, I will offend him.
Since Huaying Media does not intend to provoke him, Zheng Qian will not provoke others when he has nothing to do.
However, Zheng Qian also knows that it is actually a bit difficult to bypass Huaying Media when working in the entertainment industry.
For example, this time in "A World Without Thieves", Liu Bingbing was inserted and got a role.
After Zhang Bingqiang showed his potential, he was quickly signed by Huaying Media. Even if Zheng Qian wanted to object, it was too late.
In addition, Feng Xiaolong is also an old partner of Huaying Media.
Although the film was withdrawn, the relationship between the two parties does not seem to have changed much.
After the movie was released, Huaying Media was very considerate and sent a best actor and a movie queen to come and support it, and Feng Xiaolong also seemed very happy.
After all, it is still a business.
Feng Xiaolong also hopes to ask Huaying Media to invest in his next movie, so naturally he won't be too offended.
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After the premiere, under the operation of Feng Xiaolong's team, vigorous publicity activities began both online and offline.
Many film critics also quickly wrote movie reviews after being invited to watch the movie for the reference of movie fans.
On the newly emerging Douya film review website, the famous film critic Wu Pingping published an article in the film section of "A World Without Thieves": "I came back in a hurry, took notes carefully and repeatedly last night, and finally wrote this film review, which is suspected of being a spoiler.
, I hope everyone will consider watching it.”
"First of all, in my opinion, "A World Without Thieves" is a wonderful game. Not only the entire story structure is based on the thinking and form of the game, but the main plot fragments are also narrated in the way of the game.
First, at the beginning of the movie, there was a peaceful atmosphere, with everyone performing their duties. As soon as Mr. Liu's wife went out, the balance was broken. Mr. Liu showed his lustful nature and began to violate "teacher" Wang Li. Later, Wang Li
When Bo appears with a camera, the relationship is reversed, and the offender becomes the blackmailed, from strong to weak. When powerful people commit evil, they are conquered by the villain's methods.
Secondly, in order to bring the 60,000 yuan earned from building the temple to his hometown, Sha Gen, the central character of the entire film, harbors an ideal of good people and sees that everyone is a good person and not a thief, but is simply ignorant.
He became the target of a pickpocket gang, which is equivalent to a sheep breaking into a pack of wolves.
But the fate of the sheep being eaten by wolves changed for the better with the appearance of Wang Li.
So a more interesting story was deduced..."
In addition to discussing the plot, the entire film review also specifically named several actors in the play.
"Needless to say, Andy and Vivian Hsu are both experienced actors, not to mention Uncle Ge, who has always been a god in my heart."
"I mainly want to talk about two actors. One is Shagen's experimenter Zhang Bingqiang. He surprised me very much. He played Shagen's simplicity and honesty to the fullest. Some people say that this is his true performance and no acting skills are required. Regarding this
All I can say is that it was totally wrong. At least at the premiere, I saw Shagen outside the set. He seemed to be smarter than anyone else. Who still remembers that kneeling moment with Andy? It was so simple.
If he can be on the front page, who can call him stupid?"
"The second actor is Zheng Qian. He plays a criminal policeman in the film. In the first half of the film, no matter his lines, tone, eyes, or walking movements, I felt that this person is just an ordinary passenger! But
In the second half, his sharp eyes as a detective and his aggressive and soft interrogation methods made me feel that Zheng Qian is an undiscovered treasure actor!"
"This son has a bright future!"
Wu Pingping's film review was quickly highlighted by the website officials and quickly attracted a large number of movie fans to watch. Especially the review about Zheng Qian caused a great response on the Internet.
Many Qian fans came here in admiration and clicked on the post. Then almost everyone did not read the content. They quickly scrolled down and read Zheng Qian's comments. They were so excited that they picked up the keyboard and started to express their opinions.
“Fans come here for a visit!”
"Thank you for your recognition of Zheng Qian!"
"Zheng Qian deserves your love!"
“Looking forward to more works from Zheng Qian!”
"Come on Zheng Qian! It's a big hit at the box office!"