Chapter 506 Refuse to Appear

Well, it's normal to ask about Shen Xudong. In the past two years, Feng Xiaogang's movies "The Orphan", "Party A and Party B 2", "A World Without Thieves" and later "Mobile Phone 2" were written by Shen Xudong.

Why did the screenwriter of "The Night Banquet" change?

Shen Xudong laughed and explained: "The main reason why I didn't accept the offer is because I have no interest in court drama...I haven't studied Shakespeare either..."

"Why?"

"Why? When I was in school, I mainly studied Gogol's plays...I didn't study Shakespeare much..."

"Then what do you think of "The Night Banquet"?"

Damn, here we go again...

What do you think?

I couldn't understand it, but I was shocked?

How could you not understand "The Night Banquet"? It's about the prince's revenge and Oulun's love...

After thinking about it, Shen Xudong said: "It is indeed a blockbuster. It is very enjoyable to watch, no matter the costumes, makeup or actors.

The three colors of red, black and white work well. Black represents the majesty of the royal family, the suppression of human desires and loneliness in the court, and the cruelty and terror of the army’s massacre later, as well as the despicability of people’s hearts; white represents idealism and simplicity; red represents love, magnificence, and desire. and jealousy.

The actors performed very well. Sister Ziyi played the queen's desire for power, Uncle Ge played the uncle's greed, morbidity, and terror, Zhou Xun's innocence, and Daniel Wu's timidity. They all performed well, but the lines and dialogue were a bit sloppy. , people can’t help but act..."

Of course Shen Xudong must give praise...

He is here to cheer, is it too pretentious to tell the truth? ’‘Various violations’…

The media was obviously not satisfied and wanted to ask: "What do you think of Chinese blockbusters..."

"I won't say it anymore, this is the premiere of "The Night Banquet"..."

…

After the premiere, Shen Xudong and Director Chen left together.

The topic of discussion is naturally "The Night Banquet"...

Shen Xudong told the truth: "I don't really like it. It feels like art for art's sake, ignoring the story itself! It's too depressing..."

Not only did he dislike it, Shen Xudong really felt that "The Night Banquet" was terrible, as it used a Western story with a Chinese background.

The rhythm is slow, the plot is empty, and it is extremely boring. It is a model of the emperor plowing the land with a golden hoe...

Director Chen nodded: "Xiao Gang is a bit over the top...he is going in a deeper direction with all his strength..."

"You are absolutely right!"

Feng Xiaogang desperately wants to get rid of his reputation as an entertainment director...

In the world of criticism, entertainment means not being profound enough, and not being profound enough means not being advanced.

Director Chen changed the subject: "Let's not talk about "The Night Banquet". What new works have you recently produced?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "...Really not...I was in the United States recently."

"Are you ready to go to Hollywood?"

"Why should I go there..." Shen Xudong denied: "The main thing is that I have a few projects in hand, which are not suitable to be made into a Chinese film..."

"With the right script..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely find you!"

Director Chen patted his shoulder and then stopped talking...

Shen Xudong is wondering if there are any works suitable for Chen Daoming?

You see, Chen Daoming is suitable for playing emperors and intellectuals...

Intellectual?

"Donkey Gets Water"?

"Donkey Gets Water" doesn't work, there is no role suitable for him at all, so... "Famous"?

Li Jiahui, the male protagonist of "Famous", is quite suitable... and then we cast Uncle Ge to play Guan Jingnian, Jiang Wen or Li Xuejian to play Lu Ziye... Zheng Qianli, the director of the bad movie, asked Zhang Guoli... No, Zhang Guoli is not suitable, Chen Baoguo... Anyway He must be an A-list actor!

I'm so stupid...

This is going to be posted!

Thinking of this, he immediately said to Chen Daoming: "Uncle Chen, I have an idea..."

Shen Xudong talked about the synopsis of the script of "Famous": During the Republic of China, a group of frustrated filmmakers were gathering in a bizarre script meeting to make "a shocking case" into a movie.

In order to stimulate creative inspiration, they actually stayed in the same room with the arrested murderer, in order to reconstruct the case at the murder scene by the murderer himself...

"Of course, as the plot progresses, everyone knows that this murder case is not simple..." However, at this point, Shen Xudong shut up: "No, that reporter must be in his thirties and passionate..."

Director Chen didn't take it seriously: "...you have written the script, and I will see if there is a role suitable for me. Let me tell you, there is no need to force me to be the protagonist. After all, the film market still depends on young people... "

"Sure, then I'll go back and study it again..."

…

"The Banquet" was released, with a box office of 55 million in its first weekend...

It did not surpass the opening weekend box office record of "Hero" (62 million), "Kung Fu" (64 million) and "The Promise" (74.52 million). It also fell behind the first weekend box office record of "Glory of the Tang Dynasty" (78 million)...

It turns out that audiences’ hunger for blockbusters has gone downhill!

However, "The Night Banquet" can break through 100 million...

It also fits the positioning of a blockbuster movie.

But... Feng Xiaogang has long been a member of the 100 million yuan box office club, and the movie "The Night Banquet" has no improvement effect on him at all...

No, at least it was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film...

There is no doubt about this.

Logically speaking, Zhang Ziyi should feel quite embarrassed. She was the one who connected Hua Yi and Weinstein in "The Banquet", and now Harvey is acting rogue, and the promised 5 million US dollars has become 500,000...

Huang Zhongjun approached her privately and asked her if it was possible to let her boyfriend stand out - it is said that her boyfriend Ivy Niwo is the largest individual shareholder of Time Warner Group and also has a huge stake in the Weinstein Company...

No chance!

This Avnivo is simply a liar!

Of course, he does have a wide network of contacts. International Zhang caught up with him and successfully broke into the upper-class social circles of the United States...

In the original time and space, it was probably because of this incident that the Huayi brothers never approached Zhang Ziyi again. Later, she appeared in "Running Love" for free in exchange for "The Demise of Romance".

Now that the international chapter is gaining momentum, it doesn't matter, since she has a lot of dramas anyway!

It was announced at the Cannes Film Festival that Zhang Ziyi had negotiated with Weinstein Pictures to sign a contract to star in three films, including remakes of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai", "Mulan" and "Shanghai"...

Not only that, the public projects include "Desert Warrior", "Waiting", "The Queen"...

——You can still find the press release online: Zhang Ziyi and Hollywood's Weinstein Pictures are about to collaborate on three films that have successively announced the start time. The American media even revealed that she will collaborate with the director of "Gladiator" to film "The Queen". In addition to playing Wu Zetian, he will also act as a producer himself...

People are busy making money!

Therefore, her agent offered a price of US$8 million for "The Ancient City"...

8 million US dollars, that is, 60 million yuan, a horse-riding person, this... is a clear rejection!

…

At the company, Chen Xi found Shen Xudong and said decisively: "Let's change to another actress..."

Shen Xudong was speechless: "...How to replace this? Who should I replace? Didn't I agree with Zhang Ziyi?"

"The price has not been negotiated..."

"Not even $4 million?"

"No, the agent said it was at least 8 million US dollars!"

"How many?"

Shen Xudong stood up directly - 8 million US dollars? Why don't you go and grab it? The salary for "The Banquet" was only US$3.5 million! Offering her $4 million, Shen Xudong felt that he was very sincere.

Moreover, she has agreed to star in the show, and all she needs to do is sign the contract. Why is this happening now?

Chen Xi repeated: "8 million US dollars, no box office share will be accepted!"

"…Have you personally discussed the project "Jingjue Ancient City" with Zhang Ziyi?"

"I don't interact directly with actors. Besides, Zhang Ziyi is so busy that I don't have the chance to meet her."

"What about Xu Ke? No, didn't we agree on 4 million US dollars?"

"I heard she accepted a Hollywood movie and there was a time conflict, so..."

This is understandable…

I don’t like "Jingjue Ancient City"!

You should have told me earlier!

"If Zhang Ziyi doesn't star, will there be any investment problems? Many investors are here for her!"

"If any investors want to refund their money, just refund it to them, and we will make up for it ourselves!" Shen Xudong glared at her: "...let Chen Hao or Tang Yan try out."

What is this? It was already agreed that Zhang Ziyi would star... Several drafts have been published, and a press conference will be held soon...

The heroine resigned?

Alas, I still have to talk to Xu Ke...