Haha, Xu Zheng’s hair has grown, it looks so unpleasant.”
"This is too venomous and too flattering."
"2B...This is intentional."
"I wiped it too hard and drank it all in one gulp."
"The plane has really stopped. Bao Qiang is such a mouthy person."
"We met again on the train. This combination is so funny."
"Bald Xu is so unlucky..."
"Xu Zheng still has some conscience. He even gave it to Baoqiang when he found out it was a fake."
"Uncle...it hurts my heart to protect the wall."
...
At the premiere of "People on the Road", from the very beginning, when Xu Zheng taught his employees a lesson, there would be uncontrollable laughter in the cinema from time to time.
The Chinese New Year is approaching, which is a festive day and is the perfect time to watch comedy movies.
Being able to make the audience laugh is the audience's best evaluation of a comedy.
But Xu Zheng, who was sitting in the front row, couldn't laugh. At the premiere ceremony just now, Li Qian opened his mouth with a goal of 200 million.
This is putting him on a fire rack. At the same time, there were two blockbusters, "The Guards" and "The Young Soldiers".
Moreover, "Avatar" exceeded 100 million last week, and "Love in the City" and "Flower Field" are also not bad at the box office, and the competition is so fierce.
Li Qian will go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year tomorrow and leave, leaving him to deal with the mess alone.
Two hundred million. I really thought it was Chinese cabbage. There were baskets in the field.
But Li Qian has said it all, we can't turn back time, so we should shut his mouth before he opens his mouth.
Li Qian, who was sitting next to him, also felt that Xu Zheng was a little nervous and smiled and said, "Brother Zheng, just relax. Half an hour has passed and the audience's response has been pretty good. Don't worry about the box office."
"I'm not too worried. The main thing is... 200 million is really an exaggeration." Xu Zheng was speechless. You just opened your mouth and told me not to worry.
Li Qian’s 200 million is not just a lie. First of all, his main opponent during the Chinese New Year is "Big Soldiers and Little Generals".
This movie only costs 100 or 200 million. "The Golden Guard" has been in theaters for eight days. It received 56 million in the first week, and only 17 million in the first four days of the second week. This trend is quite unsatisfactory, and the audience's reputation is average.
General.
Although "Avatar" still exceeded 10 million last week, it continued to be around 10 million in a single day this week, with nearly 40 million in four days, but it was mainly on 3D screens and did not account for much of the 2D film schedule.
The film schedule is sufficient, it is a comedy, not a niche black comedy, and the audience has enough time to watch movies during the New Year. Many people even don’t usually watch movies, and will go to the cinema with their families during the Chinese New Year.
Li Qian helped him change some details in "People on the Road", and Xu Zheng's shooting was pretty good.
"Actually, the next scene of catching an adulterer is the funniest thing." I told Xu Zheng about the movie.
Xu Zheng said, "I felt that the scene was a bit deliberate."
In the middle of the night, he walked into the wrong door, and the husband came to arrest him. The male protagonist was unlucky enough to be caught.
"It's a bit deliberate, but it doesn't matter what the plot is, the key is the scheduling of the shots."
Li Qian laughed and said, "Comedy and horror are the most extreme emotions of human beings, and it is difficult to schedule the shots. Usually, many designed funny lines are used instead of scheduling, such as "The Treasure Box" is a typical example.
In fact, it’s not all kinds of twists and turns, accidents are the key to laughter. The story can be ordinary, but the shot scheduling determines whether it is exciting or not. In terms of comedy, Hong Kong directors are much better. Not to mention the most famous comedy directors, Li Lichi
"Lord of Destruction" is a very average movie starring Zhou Xingchi. The scene where Zhou Xingchi apprentices to Wu Mengda is a very ordinary scene, but this shot scheduling skill has not been seen in domestic comedy movies.
I’ve seen it before, but even Ma Xiaogang can’t do it.”
Ma Xiaogang is a typical example of using lines to replace scheduling, but he is a positive example to the extreme. Some other vulgar comedy films rely entirely on lines.
"Lord of Destruction"?
Xu Zheng was a little confused. Zhou Xingchi had so many good movies, so why did he choose such a mediocre movie?
However, everyone their age has seen all of Zhou Xingchi's movies, let alone professional filmmakers. Especially since Xu Zheng also wants to make comedies, he has watched them all before.
If you think about it carefully, the scene where Zhou Xingchi pays his tuition to Wu Mengda seems to be just a fixed shot and has no characteristics.
A hand holding money enters the painting from the left, with a voice-over: Master, tuition!
The other hand enters the painting from the right and is about to receive the money. Voice-over: Well...
Zhou Xingchi quickly retracted his hand: Wait!
Wu Mengda's hand trembled: What are you doing...
Zhou Xingchi held the money tightly in his hands: These are my hard-earned money!
Wu Mengda patted Zhou Xingchi's hand, opened his fingers one by one, and took the money: Oh, don't worry, I understand, I will train you to be a talent soon.
Zhou Xingchi's hand snatched the money back from Wu Mengda's hand: Wait!
Wu Mengda's hand trembled again: What's the matter...
...
Xu Zheng thought about it. It was a very simple scene, nothing unusual. The main thing was that both Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda had their own laughs, whether it was their body movements or their words.
However, after carefully reviewing it in my mind several times, I discovered something unusual.
It can be said that this lens can be shot by any photography enthusiast without any advanced skills.
But even if there is no sound, just look at the subtitles and think of the two of them as other actors, the effect will not be much different.
A simple scene, the more I think about it, the less simple it becomes.
"I didn't expect you, Director Li, to have such in-depth research on comedy." Xu Zheng was amazed. Even someone like him who has studied Zhou Xingchi's films has never found anything strange about such an ordinary shot.
"I didn't do any research specifically. I just randomly found a movie to watch when I had nothing to do. It just happened." Li Qian shook his head.
"I think Director Li knows so much about comedy that he should make a comedy. Comedy is the most popular movie," Xu Zheng said.
"With Brother Zheng here, there will be no shortage of comedies in the country." Li Qian smiled.
...
The reaction of the audience then confirmed what Li Qian said.
When Xu Zheng was discovered hiding behind a curtain wearing bright red underpants, the audience could not contain their laughter.
"Oh, you made me laugh so hard. The adulterer really showed up. The woman must be confused now."
"The red panties are so sexy. Look at Xu Zheng and he's still protecting his breasts."
"I think this should be replaced with green underwear, that would be really cool."
"Haha, I found a mistress on my own, and now I am treated as a mistress. What a natural cycle."
...
It is very impolite to laugh while talking in the cinema, but many times when encountering something funny, you can't help laughing, and you will whisper to your companions, which is especially obvious in a silent cinema.
As the movie progressed, there were some subtle laughs that I hadn't heard since the beginning.
On the screen, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang chased the female liar into a courtyard. Looking at the dilapidated outer wall, they saw that it was a kindergarten.
The female liar is a kindergarten teacher. This dilapidated kindergarten is full of abandoned children. It is more like an orphanage than a kindergarten.
The female teacher couldn't find money anywhere, and the people above her didn't do anything. She didn't have money to come down, and no one believed her even if she told people outside, and no one cared about her, so she could only come out to beg and cheat.
There are some changes from the original version. In the eyes of the audience, this must be exaggerated, but in China, there are actually many such things.
The year before last, CCTV and many TV stations aired an advertisement. A simple and honest middle-aged man was struggling to climb the stairs carrying a bag of grain. The voice-over in the advertisement said in a low voice: I am a parent of 103 children.
There is no way out for studying, the school should be built by oneself, and the teacher should be oneself...
This parent of 103 children is a middle-aged man who runs a school specifically for homeless children.
At that time, the neighbor's fireworks exploded due to improper storage methods, seriously affecting his family. His wife was covered with bruises from the explosion, and even putting on shoes and getting out of bed became a luxury. The child's delicate face was almost disfigured and he could not eat from his mouth.
, he was also burned.
Later, he carried his wife who could not walk on his back and led his sick and disabled children to live on the streets, begging for a living, and the family once died.
In the end, the China Charity Federation helped their family and paid for their treatment. After their life returned to normal, they opened this school.
It is much harder for an ordinary person who once faced a desperate situation to support the life and education of 103 children than the female teacher in the movie.
It's true in reality, but it looks clichéd in movies, and there's nothing you can do about it. Commercial movies, especially those that show positivity, are unavoidable.
Immediately after leaving the kindergarten, the two saw a lottery and won a van.
Seeing this, Li Qian shook his head secretly, "Brother Zheng, this is a mediocre plot, expressed with mediocre scheduling."
Xu Zheng was not angry when the movie he worked so hard to make was criticized. After all, he was a rookie director, while Li Qian was indeed a famous director with a single film box office exceeding 400 million.
Some students who are still in school may not be able to accept others saying anything bad about their works and only accept criticism, but that is not the case with Xu Zheng.
"Director Li, how should we deal with this and how can we obtain this car?" Xu Zheng asked humbly.
"The method is still the same. This kind of lottery can be found in many places, especially in counties and rural areas. It is common to win motorcycles and watch TV."
Li Qian thought for a while and then said, "You two were walking on the street, talking about how you wanted to withdraw money if you had no money. Suddenly one of you looked in front of you, so you went to touch the prize and draw a car. The motivation of this character was too deliberate.
, simply running for the lottery prize.
This place should be slowed down a bit, the camera is still, one of them is going to the bank or going to the toilet, and the other is just looking around.
The character of Baoqiang is kind-hearted but stingy and likes to take advantage of small things. For example, when you go to withdraw money, he will be hanging around here. He will be attracted by the sound of a publicity horn to watch, and you will find this two-dollar machine.
In the car place, when you come back, he will drag you to draw a prize. No matter how you, as a successful person, say it is a lie, he will draw you.
Some details in the movie are very important. If they are too small, they will be inconspicuous, but if they are too small, they will be abrupt. And if you add these details, will the contrast become stronger?"
After going through it in his mind for a while, Xu Zheng sighed, "When Director Li said this, I really felt like I was suddenly enlightened."
Just adding these two simple lenses has completely different effects.
Not to mention that this plot will be more natural, and the contrast between the two protagonists will also come out.
The word "囧" in the movie's title refers to the big boss and the grassroots, a pair with very different identities, and their experiences along the way.
Not only successful people, but also big bosses won't believe you if you pay two yuan for a car on the roadside, because as a boss, he has done similar promotions countless times, so he knows it all too well.
Ordinary people and the audience would not believe it. Only simple cowboys would believe it. He wanted to win the lottery to his death. Not only did Li Chenggong make fun of him in his heart, but the audience also laughed at him.
But, I really got it.
Slap slap slap in the face.
The effect came out.
"What a genius." Xu Zheng muttered in a low voice.
"What did Brother Zheng say?"
"nothing."
Although it is only two very simple shots that are added, even an outsider will think, oh, that's it, everyone can get it.
However, the screenwriter did not expect, nor did Xu Zheng during post-processing, that Li Qian would say it so casually.
After expressing a lot of ideas, I felt that nothing was difficult, that’s it?
But that's it, I haven't thought of it yet.
Fortunately, Li Qian doesn't make science fiction movies, otherwise he would be stealing his job.
Xu Zheng then continued to ask Li Qian for advice on each scene in the movie, correcting his attitude and showing a studious look.
Li Qian also told him everything, and I chatted with him about any ideas he had about the movie.
There are many details in this movie that Li Qian mentioned to Xu Zheng before, and there is definitely no such handsome guy who appears out of nowhere.
Some areas have been optimized, but after all, it is not his own film. It is impossible for Li Qian to consider everything, and he does not have so much energy to research. There are still some flaws in the finished film.
But, even so, this is a very smooth, mature, and successful road comedy.
The two people in the front row were whispering to each other, causing a reporter to unconsciously take a secret photo.
However, I didn’t react until after I took the photo.
"Am I stupid? What's the point of photographing two grown men? It would be almost as if Xu Zheng was a girl."
I cursed secretly in my mind and continued to stare at the big screen with relish.
Not to mention, the movie produced by Li Qian for Xu Zheng, a rookie, is really interesting.
...
The premiere ended successfully with constant laughter from the audience, and Xu Zheng's first debut was also a complete success.
Next, he and Wang Baoqiang were busy. Li Qian got on the plane home on New Year's Eve. The rest of the matter had nothing to do with him.
On February 14th, the first day of the Lunar New Year, the movie was officially released nationwide.
Li Qian himself is a golden brand of Kuai Chun Jin, more reliable than any big star, and after the movie premiered, all the audiences who watched the premiere praised it.
On the first day of the new year, there is nothing much to do. There are no industries or students to do. It is a comedy movie, and the previous trailer is also very funny.
Amid cheers and laughter in theaters across the country, "Awkward" ended its first day of screenings and earned a super high box office of 13.5 million with 28% of the film schedule.
The audience was happy.
But my colleagues were unhappy.
Everyone knows that the movie produced by Li Qian is going to be a hit again!