Chapter 338 Hot Sale (35)
"The story of "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" is in the same vein as "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village"!"
"Actually, whether it's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" or folk tales from various places, legends about 'demon' are often based on people's desires and expressions of morality and human relations. Strange and strange stories are just appearances. In the final analysis, everything still depends on the people themselves. !”
"Why is it called Xing'anling? The boss of our dormitory is from the Northeast. He tells a lot of Northeastern folklore jokes, such as big horse monkeys, pythons, female ghosts in red, etc. In fact, I am quite curious about one thing. Xing'anling belongs to In a typical cold temperate climate, it is basically impossible for pythons to appear..."
"I've basically read everyone's reviews, and they all mentioned that it's not as stunning as "The Village Fox Wife", and it's not as complete as...I admit that the second half of "Hunter Legend" did not do enough in terms of suspense. …”
"I saw someone saying that releasing two works with similar themes in such a short period of time is a clear attempt to make money!"
"...Actually, what this netizen said is right. In the beginning, we created it with the purpose of selling some TV rights and audio-visual rights, and the cost of each film was reduced to less than 5 million...
Therefore, I wrote "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" and "The Fox Wife in the Mountain Village" very quickly..."
"However, after "The Village Fox Wife" was released in Hong Kong, the box office exploded!"
"It also proves one of my points: the audience understands drama. Although they know that the cost is low, they can see the sincerity of the story..."
"Actually, my original plan was to write a marginal book, which was to have a group of girls with long legs and big breasts, wearing heavy makeup, go to the mountains and old forests, scream in all kinds of ways, and be brainless. If I can't write it down anymore, I will sell some meat. Pop Bang bang, and the character dies...
At the end, the protagonist becomes mentally ill or falls into hallucinations...
There is another trick:
The female ghosts are all in red or white dresses, with long straight black hair, pale faces, and long nails. Then they use the protagonist to dream or have mental illness to explain various unreasonable phenomena, or start with a suspense film. In the end, it is basically a conspiracy designed by the people around the protagonist, with the purpose of avenging one of his relatives. Maybe someone died before. The protagonist is indirectly responsible…”
"But no, this is not only perfunctory for creation, but also perfunctory for myself, and even more contempt for the audience...
The deeper I get into this line of creation, the more panic and awe I feel.
Our readers and viewers are excellent and know what they want. You must write steadily step by step and produce better and better works. "
"Never think that you can dominate the audience... Again: with the advent of the Internet era, the amount of film viewing that we creators are proud of is no longer unique..."
"Part of the purpose of writing this article is to apologize - the second half of "Legend of the Hunter" did fall into a cliché. I admit that I asked for a trick... I will definitely not do it next time; the other half is to thank you. Thank you for your support. The box office of "Hunter Legend" in the first two days was 25 million, once again setting a new box office record for domestic horror films!"
"Thank you everyone...I will continue to work hard!"
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Shen Xudong’s blog’s click-through rate ranks among the top three Sina blogs…
On the one hand, he does have many book fans, and on the other hand, he updates frequently;
But he rarely takes the initiative to set the pace!
I won’t criticize the system like many public figures...
But he is also a representative of Sina Blog, and the click-through rate of each article can easily exceed 100,000...
If you exceed 100,000, you are equivalent to an opinion leader!
If Shen Xudong is willing, he can follow Han Han's example and talk about a bunch of nonsense...
But he has no idea in this regard. The world of diodes is coming soon, and the memory left by the Internet will have a far-reaching impact!
Therefore, just promote your work and occasionally express some insights about the industry...
He's not ready to show off, so it's good to keep a low profile.
However, publicity still needs to be high-profile!
This article is a response to the controversy surrounding the reputation of "Xing'anling Hunter Legend"...
In fact, you don’t have to respond. After all, it is indeed a hit - the Hong Kong box office also exceeded 10 million in the first two days. Although it is unlikely to exceed the 31.6 million of "The Village Fox Wife", breaking 20 million is not a big problem and is enough. It’s on the top ten grossing list!
In the subsequent publicity, he still maintained a modest attitude: "...I do feel a little sorry. I didn't expect it to sell so well when I wrote it..."
"If I had to do it again, I would definitely delete the role of the young reporter and arrange a character that better fits the plot..."
The promoter...actually Cai Yinong originally wanted to stop him from talking - how can anyone talk about his shortcomings during promotion?
But... Judging from market feedback, "Legend of the Hunters of Xing'anling" has very good attendance and box office performance.
The data speaks for itself: As of April 9, after two weeks of release, the cumulative box office was 36 million, which is a little better than the market performance of "The Village Fox Wife"...
Although I don't know how much this thing has to do with Shen Xudong's voluntary admission of the film's shortcomings, but... there is no other hot news.
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The success of "Mountain Village Fox Wife" can be considered a coincidence, and "Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" once again exceeded 35 million...
And with this popularity, breaking 40 million is not a big problem!
After two blockbuster movies, Shen Xudong has completely set her flag. At least in the field of horror films, she is guaranteed to be a hit!
Not to mention Shen Xudong, just the actors who participated in the roles, such as Xu Jinjiang, Weng Hong, Xie Junhao, etc., even if they could not be said to be down and out, were at least actors who had not been very popular. Suddenly, they felt as if they were flying into the clouds on a rocket... …
A bunch of companies were looking for them to film, and even the supporting actors who didn't even participate in the promotion were also looked for by the production crew!
The attitude of a group of people towards Shen Xudong changed from the initial closeness to admiration, mixed with a hint of awe...
They knew very well that after two plays, Shen Xudong would transform from a promising screenwriter to a golden touch!
It’s not just the actors…
Distributors and theaters are becoming more and more friendly towards publicity...
In fact, the treatment of the publicity team is also improving - during the promotion of "Mountain Village Fox Wife", everyone had room and board in a five-star hotel's king-size bed room, while for "The Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter", Shen Xudong and Li Guoli were moved to suites .
By the second half of the show, the entire promotional team even moved into the suite!
Including transportation, it was commercial vehicles at first, and later changed to a fleet of Mercedes-Benz...
The food specifications prepared by theater chains have also increased - for roadshow promotions, local theater chains are usually responsible for providing lunch...
After all, once the publicity team gets busy, they don’t have time to order food...
Therefore, we will communicate with the local theaters in advance and ask them to prepare some food, and the publicity team will settle the bill.
"Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" doesn't even have to pay the bill, the theater will buy you something to eat!
The crew's promotional tour continues.
But in fact, everyone knows that the movie-going craze has subsided - the market data is the most convincing.
Except for weekends, the market data has risen to around 3 million. On weekdays, the market data has remained stable at around 1 million. Even if "Legend of the Xing'anling Hunter" can account for 90%, it will only be 900,000...