In the movie market in late April, the period blockbuster "Warring States" with 50 million in its first week injected vitality into the market, but it also suffered numerous criticisms.
All kinds of hype appeared before it was released, attracting a large number of uninformed viewers into the cinema. After discovering that they had been deceived, the angry viewers started to complain.
However, even so, there are still a large number of film critics who are praising this movie from various angles.
No matter how bad a movie is, it's not surprising that this group of professionals can make it look great.
Moreover, the investors also put in a lot of effort, and all kinds of trolls were rampant, and they started a fierce confrontation with the audience who criticized the movie.
It's just that the trolls are not very professional and their rebuttals are very weak. If you look at any forum, you will basically find the same words.
Sir, don't watch Chinese movies with a critical eye. Why don't you do that when watching Hollywood?
What Chinese-language films need is support and encouragement, not malicious slander.
If you go to Chongqing hotpot with the intention of having a Manchu-Han banquet, you are just looking for trouble.
You don’t think it’s good, why don’t you take a photo?
Please be kind to the original poster, at least he took the photos very carefully.
You do your best, don't hurt me if you don't like it. Words like this are a bit low level, and maybe the navy doesn't know how to praise them.
The director, screenwriter, and heroine were all scolded. It was so hilarious that it once became one of the hottest topics on the Internet.
However, the box office plummeted in the second week, reaching less than 20 million.
A big production with an investment of 150 million went to grandma's house.
Another costume blockbuster was released on the 19th, "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Liu Yufei and Louis Koo.
As expected, the remake of the film was criticized again.
Yan Chixia and Nie Xiaoqian are actually lovers?
If viewed as a love movie, it is undoubtedly an upgrade.
The original version was just a love scene between Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian, but now there is an additional Ning Caichen, turning it into a love triangle.
This is also a must-have for 99% of lovers. How can it be called a romance movie without a lot of emotional entanglements? There are only a few love triangles.
However, Ning Caichen became the second male lead and a supporting role, while Yan Chixia became the leading actor.
This change will definitely be unacceptable to the audience, and the performance of the heroine Liu Yufei does not add any points to the movie. She cannot play the role of a demon at all. She is too pretentious and serious, and has no charm or coquettishness at all.
He is pure and has few desires, does not eat the fireworks of the world, and makes people unable to desire. How to seduce Ning Caichen.
When leading Ning Caichen, it was more like discussing math problems with the girl next door.
"Time Planning Bureau" was a true role, a girl who was inexperienced in the world, and she wouldn't have been able to play any other role.
However, during the Spring Festival that just passed, the box office of "Time Planning Bureau" starring Liu Yufei exceeded 500 million. Louis Koo directly replaced Xie Tingfeng because of "Overheard" and "The King of Guns", two well-received movies.
He has become the most popular actor of the Mesozoic era in Hong Kong. Despite all the complaints and criticism, "A Chinese Ghost Story" still sold 73 million in the first week, and it is no problem to break 100 million.
But the ridicule could not go away. Various comparisons were made with Wang Zuxian, and a magical picture was born on the Internet.
On the left is Wang Zuxian's version of the charming Nie Xiaoqian, and on the right is the expressionless and staring version of Liu Yufei, with the words "Don't look to the left."
The two bad movies were very entertaining, both had good box office results, and they also contributed a lot of topics and popularity.
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"Who is this Jingtian? He invested 150 million yuan in "Warring States" and invited so many big-name stars to come."
On the set of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", during lunch, we started chatting at the table, and Xu Zheng asked curiously.
"The key point is that it was filmed in such a ridiculous way, and the praise is not so flattering. I don't care about the 100 million at all." Huang Bo shook his head and said.
Li Qian said, "I haven't paid attention to it either, but there are obviously people behind it. The money seems to come from a cultural investment company newly established by the Chang'an Qujiang New District Management Committee. It invested 500 million in film and television dramas. This company has been established for three years."
The filming of "Warring States" will start in a month. It should have an official background, but the government will not be so high-profile. Look at the few people in the film and television industry who really have a background, one is more low-key than the other."
"This is much better than the coal boss back then. She has a background and is willing to spend money. I just watched it and she has three films scheduled to be made, two of which are female leads, and one has a similar name to "Living Together"
, it’s called “Time and Space Rescue”, it’s probably also a time traveling movie.”
Xu Zheng thought about it. He was also curious. After all, as a director, he was still very concerned about the sudden emergence of capital in the industry.
Isn't it awesome? Coal bosses don't spend hundreds of millions without asking for anything in return. Investment companies under the government have people to foot the bill even if they lose money.
"Forget it, don't worry about others. With the current development speed of the film industry, outside capital will notice sooner or later. The website Grava that I invested in before still had nothing last year. During the financing some time ago, several capitals gave two
With a valuation of 100 million, this is just a ticket-selling website. Sooner or later, a large amount of hot money will flow into the film industry, and a few hundred million is just small money."
Internet companies are so outrageous. Their valuations have increased tenfold in a year, and there is no shortage of investment. They can choose investors.
This still has no profit model and has just begun to seize the market.
Hu Ge interjected, "Glava? I have used it. In 2008 or 2009, I occasionally used it to check out the movie schedules in Magic City. Now you can choose your seats online. You can go to the cinema and enter a verification code on the machine to get it."
Tickets, there are many aspects.”
Xu Zheng thought thoughtfully, "When "Avatar" was released last year, I think I saw you, Director Li, posting on Weibo that you could buy IMAX movie tickets on this website. Now that the valuation is so high, Director Li must have made a lot of money."
"It's not much. I invested just over 10 million and made about 30 million," Li Qian said with a smile.
This investment and other things can be found by just searching.
hiss......
The weather at the end of April was still a bit cool, and everyone took a breath of cool air.
If you invest in one year, you can earn 30 million yuan, which is not much.
Although actors' salaries are much higher than ordinary people, 30 million is undoubtedly a huge sum of money for them.
"I didn't expect Director Li to have such a good investment vision. I bought some stocks last year. Not only did I not make any money, I also lost money." Xu Zheng said with a bitter smile, "This investment is more profitable than making a movie. The key is that you don't have to do anything.
.”
"Investment is risky, and if the industry continues to develop like this, it's not certain that a movie will sell a billion dollars at the box office, and you can make a lot of money by making movies." Li Qian said with a smile.
"One billion..."
It really comes out of your mouth. If that were to happen, there would be a lot of people rushing to invest in the movie.
However, everyone remembered that Li Qian had long said that "I'm Not the God of Medicine" would hit the box office record of 1.3 billion.
"I Am Legend" sold 800 million yuan, and Li Qian is qualified to say so.
"Okay, everyone, sit down and take a break. I'll tell you about the next group scene."
Time was tight and the task was urgent, so most of the time Li Qian did the acting in person.
"Teacher Wang, the character Zhang Changlin will discover his conscience later, and in this scene Zhang Changlin himself is pretending to be a scientific researcher who developed special medicines, so you have to be more sincere, like the health care product advertisements on TV, each of them looks more expert than the real one.
It’s true.”
After several days of indoor shooting in Huairou, today is the scene where Cheng Yong and his group had a conflict with Zhang Changlin and a group fight.
The somewhat cute Wang Yanhui nodded, "I understand, it's just fake compassion with tears in the eyes. I have also studied many TV commercials for health products and medicines."
"It's not about fake compassion. You want people to think that you are compassionate and the patient's savior." Li Qian corrected.
"Okay Director Li."
"Teacher Wang, take a break, then go to the stage and walk on both sides to feel the feeling, the feeling of raising your hands to incite the audience."
...
I took a break at noon and resumed shooting in the afternoon.
I have to say that Wang Yanhui’s performance in passing on Xiao Jin is really amazing. From raising his hands to incite the crowd, to trotting on the field, to his fake energy with tears in his eyes, he is much better than the experts in the shopping advertisements, and I even wonder if he was deceived into it.
It has been passed down in Chuanxiao.
Moreover, the cute and adorable face makes it easier to win people's trust.
From the appearance to the speech, to instigating the patients, and promoting the medicine, it was absolutely impeccable, and each scene was shot only three times at most.
There will be a group fight scene later, so Li Qian will strike while the iron is hot and seize the time to continue filming.
Next comes the scene where Pastor Liu scolds Zhang Changlin for selling counterfeit medicines. The kind-faced Teacher Yang transforms into a glaring King Kong without breaking the rules at all, and his position in front of the security guard is also very cute.
"Okay, passed!"
"This is a group show, everyone, please be careful not to waste everyone's time because of personal reasons."
After shouting with a loudspeaker, Li Qian turned to Xu Zheng, and Hu Ge and the others warned, "When you come in from the outside later, Brother Bo, you will be the first to take action. You will step directly over the stool in front. In any scenes where you are physically involved,
You are always the first to take action.
Tan Zhuo, please follow me. Most of the women who hang out in such places have a fierce side. They can be more domineering, tie up their hair, pick up a folding chair and do it.
Hu Ge, you should retreat when you see this situation. Selfless and kind-hearted people like Lu Yiyi are often timid and cannot afford any changes, but they still have to do it when it is time.
As for Brother Zheng, Cheng Yong is not a good person to begin with, so I won’t say more. Don’t hesitate. Cheng Yong has not yet realized the consequences of his smuggling behavior. After a fight with Zhang Changlin, he was
After he threatened, he realized that selling generic drugs would probably send him to jail, so he stopped."
Although it is a group fight scene, it is not difficult. In fact, the difficulty of shooting the entire movie is still in the second half.
The most important thing in the first half is life-oriented, the lives of various little people. Except for a small number of actors in the ivory tower, this aspect is not difficult for them because they have experienced life or have acted in life-oriented dramas before.
, drama.
However, the group scenes were still troublesome. We didn't finish filming in one day, and we filmed for most of the next day. In the afternoon, we dragged Deng Chao over to perform a Deng Chao-style pole dance.
After filming a somewhat shameful scene, Deng Chao, who was temporarily captured to be a young man, put on his clothes again, with a speechless expression on his face, "Why don't you play with me like this? Come all the way from Hengdian and just leave me naked."
Do a little pole dance.”
He was asked by Li Qian to make a guest appearance at short notice, but only when he came did he realize that it was such a shameful scene.
"Deng Chao is very professional. Director Li has found you right." Xu Zheng said with a smile.
"Very charming, very good!" Huang Bo also gave Deng Chao a thumbs up.
"You're much better at dancing than me. I've been learning for more than a month in vain." Tan Zhuodao also laughed.
"Pfft." Hu Ge finally couldn't help it anymore. After laughing, he quickly shrank back. He looked like a replica of Lu Yiyi and had already entered the mission.
"I..." Deng Chao felt uncomfortable, "Now my image has been completely ruined by you. What will I do after the movie is released? I am too embarrassed to see anyone!"
"Okay, okay, let's make her look like a chaste martyr. I don't know who was pole dancing on the stage when she was in college." Li Qian said with disdain.
"..."
The dark history was revealed again by Li Qian. Deng Chao stopped talking and left with a look of grief and anger, as if he had been raped by someone.
"Drama queen!" Li Qian was speechless.
Xu Zheng laughed and said, "I think Deng Chao has a special talent for comedy. It would definitely look good if he acted in a comedy."
"That's it, you don't even know how exciting it is." Li Qian said.
Can't it be wonderful? The two movies "The Breakup Master" and "Bad Angel" are so exciting that they can blind people's eyes. Compared with the pole dancing in "The Breakup Master", the scene just now is far behind.
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At the end of April, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" ended its scenes in the Huairou studio and moved to Jinling to start filming location scenes.
In Jinling, not only the exterior scenes, but also some indoor scenes such as hospitals were shot on location in Jinling.
With the new beginning, Li Qian plans to change his plan and film a highlight scene, where Cheng Yong goes to the hospital to visit the hospitalized Lu Yiyi after he quits.
It was taken in an older hospital in Jinling, so the scenery was omitted.
Hu Ge, who had undergone disfiguring make-up, lay limply on the hospital bed. His bald forehead was exposed under his hat, his face was extremely unhealthy and pale, and there was no blood on his lips.
"Lao Lu, Lao Lu."
Wan Qian, whose condition was not much better, gently woke Hu Ge up and fed him a sip of water.
Hu Ge patted Wan Qian's wrist to signal that enough was enough. He looked at Xu Zheng and showed a long-lost smile.
"Hey, the hair cut looks very exciting!"
Xu Zheng sat beside the hospital bed, with an ugly smile on his face, but his eyes were sad, "You are so brave, you dare to commit suicide!"
Both of them were laughing. Hu Ge was sincerely happy to see that Xu Zheng was doing well now, without any resentment in his eyes.
Xu Zheng's eyes were filled with sadness and guilt.
"Eat an orange." Hu Ge didn't say anything and asked Xu Zheng to eat an orange as usual.
"How did it get like this?" Xu Zheng asked.
"There is no medicine, that's it." Hu Ge's eyes were full of helplessness towards fate, no resentment towards God, no anger towards the world, only the helplessness of a small person and the resignation of a dying man.
He was helpless and a little unwilling, but it was useless to be unwilling.
In terms of appearance, Hu Ge is definitely not the most suitable. Even after plastic surgery, he is only 80% suitable for the character. But the helplessness with no life in his eyes, even when he smiles, there is no luster in his eyes, which is very...
good.
Anyone who has been on the verge of death can better understand that feeling. He has experienced it.
Then we had to do the debridement, and we continued to shoot the scenes in the hospital corridor.
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"Someone, come and close the window over there to block the sun."
Li Qian casually called a field worker to close the window at one end of the corridor and hang a piece of cloth over it to block it.
"Brother Zheng and Wan Qian, please sit on the chairs first. There is an empty seat. Let's try the light. It can't be illuminated twice."
"Okay, move a little closer to Brother Zheng, just a little bit closer to each other, just put some clothes next to each other."
"Okay, just keep it like this for a while and get ready."
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"Scene 67, one shot, one shot!"
"start!"
In the monitor, Xu Zheng and Wan Qian were waiting on chairs outside, and neither of them spoke.
Xu Zheng turned sideways, with his back to the ward and Wan Qian, as if he didn't dare to face them, while Wan Qian just sat calmly.
The two of them listened to the screams of Hu Ge who was undergoing debridement in the ward. The pain was enough to deform a person's voice, just like this disease can destroy a person's dignity.
Wan Qian, who had experienced it countless times, was already numb. She leaned her head against the cold wall and closed her eyes.
Even with his eyes closed, Li Qian could see the grief in her heart from the monitor.
This actress has made Li Qian's eyes shine since the filming started, and she has fully achieved the effect he expected.
We were filming a scene in Beijing where Lu Yiyi's family invited Cheng Yong to dinner. She looked like a good wife and mother. Although she didn't have many lines and only offered a glass of wine, it was enough to show her sincere respect.
The performance is extremely restrained and can even be easily ignored.
But the other scene where he asked Cheng Yong for help, the heart-wrenching crying scene, was very explosive.
Crying scenes don't have to be about crying loudly, just a lot of tears.
It's no use having loud voices, screaming, and crying. Many actors cry and make people want to laugh.
What is needed is a cry that goes straight to people's hearts, that can reach into the hearts of others, making people feel uncomfortable just listening to the sound without looking at the picture. This is a heart-wrenching crying scene, which is difficult to achieve.
But now, Wan Qian has aged by more than ten years in an instant. Her face is no longer the gentle wife she was before. Her hair is messy. If she stands on the street, no one will suspect her that she is a crazy woman.
The heartbreaking screams continued, and both of them were suffering internally.
The light hit the empty chair between the two of them, and there was light in the middle. The two people were all in darkness, with only Xu Zheng's clothes touching a little light.
No one is in the light, and a whole family faces a bleak life with no hope at all, and may even be in despair.
And the other one fell from the light into the boundless abyss of darkness because he was afraid of the punishment of the law.
After more than two seconds, Xu Zheng couldn't help but get up, his face full of confusion and pain.
Listening to the heart-rending shouts of Lu Yiyi as he underwent debridement, he finally seemed to have made up his mind.
Because of fear, he walked from the light into the abyss of darkness, and because Lu benefited, he chose to return to the light!