China Entertainment 1997.

Chapter 482 Who is Zhuge Liang looking for?

On September 9, "The Banquet" will be released

About 4 hours after the release, Mtime.com opened the score, and the initial score was only 6.3 points, and the comment area was full of curses.

[What was it filmed? 】

[Facts have proved that Feng Xiaogang's comedies are okay, but it's best not to touch this kind of big production]

[I am a fan of Uncle Ge, but I have to admit that the role of Emperor Li is really not suitable for him]

[Indeed, he is obviously a villain, but I always feel that he is telling a bad joke, especially in a play]

[The actor's performance is not bad, but the plot is a mess. This kind of localized adaptation of Shakespeare's play looks so awkward]

[Buy all the way with "The Promise", a waste of ticket money]

[Last year's "Embroidered Spring Knife 2" and "The Promise", this year's "Painted Skin" and "Night Banquet", whenever I thought Cao Xuan was blown out of date, a big director would always come and slap me in the face]

[Sorry, I want to apologize to "Painted Skin", although I still think its box office is inflated, but at least it is a complete and excellent commercial film]

[Cao Thief: It’s not that I, Cao Xuan, are so powerful, but that everyone here is rubbish]

[I strongly suspect that Cao Xuan is the Son of Destiny, why did Director Chen and Feng Xiaogang abandon their previous reputation and make bad movies to set him off]

[Let's just say there is a possibility that the two of them are only at the level of making bad movies]

[That's not to say, the two directors are still capable. The results of "Farewell My Concubine" and Feng's comedy films are here, but "The Promise" and "Night Banquet" are really bad. It can only be said that the gutter capsized]

[What are the three major directors in the mainland? They're just three cunning. In the future, I won't spend money except for movies with stars.]

【+1】

【…】

In 2006, those who could afford to go to the theater to watch movies, apart from fans, lovers, leisure and entertainment groups, and a large part of the group were senior movie fans who loved movies.

The aesthetic standards of these movie fans are very high, they are much more picky than ordinary audiences, and they hate bad movies even more.

And more than half of the users who are used to being active on the film and television information website platform like Mtime.com are precisely these senior movie fans.

These people were dissatisfied with "Painted Skin" before, let alone "The Banquet", which made a mess of the director and the movie.

If Feng Xiaogang sees these posts, his blood pressure will soar to 200+ at least, and his vitiligo might get worse...

But for Cao Xuan and Fanxing, there is indeed some gratitude to Huayi and Feng Xiaogang.

The word-of-mouth of "Painted Skin" is not bad, but it is not particularly good, especially the box office broke the record of "Titanic" and became the number one in mainland film history.

The honor is magnified, and the shortcomings are also magnified!

If there is Zhihu now, there will definitely be someone who asks [How do you think that Huapi has become the number one in mainland film history? Do you think it is worthy of the name].

But now that "Night Banquet" came out, it not only shared a lot of firepower, but also belittled itself and exalted "Painted Skin".

If it weren't for the fear that the Wang family brothers would risk their lives against him, Cao Xuan would have sent someone to present a silk banner with eight large characters written on it, [Helping others is fun, a masterpiece that is unparalleled].

"Curse of the Golden Flower", "The Promise" and "The Banquet", because they are all big productions and directed by the three major mainland directors, and the release time is not long, so they are often used side by side, known as the three bad films.

The worst is "The Promise", and "Night Banquet" ranks second.

Feng Xiaogang is known for being good at telling stories. Among the so-called three mainland directors, the average level of his early films and public reputation are actually the best.

It's a pity that it swelled later. Not only did the level drop seriously, but also various shootings and other dirty things were exposed frequently, and they were eventually cast aside by the public.

And in 2006, although many people didn't like Feng Xiaogang, many viewers thought he was a good director with true temperament and ability.

Even though Cao Xuan didn't like or even hated this person, he had to admit that Feng Pants' director level was pretty good.

Especially before 2015, Feng Xiaogang was definitely one of the top directors of Chinese films without being disturbed by a large number of commercial and variety shows.

Even after 2015, although "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" and "Youth" have many shortcomings, they still have many merits.

At least compared to Guo Xiaosi, Bi Dao and others, they are simply master-level existences...

In Cao Xuan's personal opinion, among Feng Xiaogang's many films, this "Night Banquet" is considered one of the worst works.

The movie "The Banquet" is adapted from Shakespeare's "Hamlet". It doesn't mean that it can't be localized, but if you want to change it, you can change it clearly.

Leaving aside the ancient Western aristocratic values ​​of "Hamlet", it is not easy for Chinese audiences to accept it. The key point is that it has been adapted into a local film.

The whole movie is filled with a strong sense of disobedience. Although the audience will not be able to understand it like "The Promise", they still watch it inexplicably and without disturbance.

It can be said that, like "The Promise", "The Banquet" used a huge amount of money, supplemented with top-notch service, photography, scene soundtrack and cast, and ended up telling an empty and boring garbage story.

Fortunately, "Night Banquet" has less investment. Although there was "Painted Skin" before and "Baby Project" later, after all, there is no such positive and rigid "Xiu Chun Knife 2" like Wuji. schedule.

According to insiders, the mainland box office of "The Banquet" is estimated to be between 1.2 and 1.4 million.

Coupled with advertising sponsorship, overseas copyrights, DVD and TV channels, I can't say how much this movie will earn, but it is guaranteed.

In contrast, "The Promise" lost all box office, word-of-mouth, revenue and other aspects, which made Huayi and Feng Xiaogang more or less regain some respect.

It is estimated that after the Lunar New Year holiday, Lao Mouzi's "The Golden Armor in the City" will be released, and "The Promise" will have to be compared and beaten repeatedly.

Director Chen was incompetent and furious!
But this is not bad, at most it is just a joke, some books directly greened Chen Dao, Chang'e used his money and resources to raise Xiao Xianrou, and even Arthur was not his seed...

.........

"The Banquet" failed in word-of-mouth and barely kept its capital, which made the hot atmosphere in the industry after "Painted Skin" exploded at the box office.

Once again, everyone understands that the previous situation is just an example. So far, the mainland film market has not yet reached a glorious period. For most films, the [-] million rating is already a good result.

"Baby Project", which was released at the end of September, also verified this point, and its performance was quite satisfactory. Even with the support of Starry Theater, the box office in the mainland is estimated to be worth over 9 million.

The performance of the two key films in the industry made everyone calm down, but they also became more aware of the horror of the results of "Painted Skin" and Cao Xuan's influence.

Even if the box office performance of "Painted Skin" is not normal, but with Cao Xuan's bonus, the box office performance of the next new movie may not be too far behind.

Cao Xuan's next film "Taken" has already confirmed the investment, the cost is not high, and there is no share for outsiders at all, and it mainly targets overseas markets. Considering the script setting and production scale, it is hard to say whether it can be released in the mainland.

However, the super big production "Three Kingdoms·Chibi", which will be filmed next year, has a big plate and some points, and it has completely become a favorite in the industry.

Not to mention other private companies, even Shanghai Film Group has deliberately mixed in. The phone numbers and numbers that Han Sanye and Cao Xuan received these days can fill up two pages.

If it weren't for the strong strength of Fanxing and China Film, and the faint intention of joining forces, I am afraid they would not be able to protect the 80% share in their hands.

And when part of the behind-the-scenes lineup of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" was announced, the outside world was shocked.

[Supervisor]: Han Sanye, Cao Xuan, Lao Mouzi

[Special Advisors]: Xie Jin, Wang Fulin, Zhang Zhaolin
【Director】: Lao Mouzi, Chen Kexin, Huang Jianxin
【Action Guidance】: Chen Xiaodong, Zhang Lei

【Photography】: Lu Le
【…】:……

Both the producer and the director are easy to talk about, and they have basically been mentioned before.

After all, Lao Mouzi asked Cao Xuan Sangu Maolu to invite him, but although he was a director, he was more of a producer and did not participate in the actual shooting.

In terms of action direction, Zhang Lei is Fan Xing's queen action director. Joining the crew this time, he has more learning and training.

Chen Xiaodong was jointly recommended by Lao Mouzi, Xu Laoguai and Chen Kexin to Cao Xuan.

He served as the action director of "Heroes" and "The Golden Armor in the City", and has unique insights into the big scenes of war.

Lu Le is a well-known photographer. He has cooperated with Lao Mouzi and Feng Xiaogang in many films. Later, "Assembly", "1942" and "Tangshan Earthquake", the big scene is not a problem for him.

In addition to action direction and photography, many of the related art teams are from "Heroes" and "Armageddon" and other crews, and they all have relevant big scene experience.

The reason why such a luxurious behind-the-scenes team is formed is to give Chen Kexin and Huang Jianxin the bottom line, and strive not to be dragged down in the big scene of the war.

As for several special advisors, Xie Jin is one of the representatives of the fourth generation of directors.

The status in the industry is very high. In fact, the old man wanted to make "Chibi Wars" in the early years, but due to various reasons, his wish has not been realized.

Knowing that Fanxing was filming Chibi, the old man specially ran over to read the script, thought it was not bad, and helped a lot.

Lao Mouzi nodded to be the director, and he easily assembled a luxurious film behind-the-scenes lineup from the mainland, and even part of the cast. Xie Jin played a lot of roles.

Cao Xuan originally wanted to ask him to be the producer, but the old man's health did not allow him, so he named him as a consultant.

As for Wang Fulin and Zhang Zhaolin, they are both the directors of the 94 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Among them, Wang Fulin was also the chief director, and he also shot the CCTV version of "Dream of Red Mansions". Zhang Zhaolin was one of the co-directors of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the chief director of CCTV's "Water Margin", and one of the nobles when Cao Xuan started his career.

For the filming of "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" this time, Cao Xuan personally invited two of them to serve as consultants.

Originally, Zhang Dabezi was also one of them, but he was busy filming "The Deer and Cauldron" and "The Sword of Jade Blood", and he thought he was just a producer in charge of logistics, so he didn't come to guide blindly.

In addition, many aspects such as serving Huadao are mostly teams from mainland classic historical dramas.

Many people thought of using Hong Kong and Taiwan's behind-the-scenes masters, but Cao Xuan strongly rejected all opinions. Not to mention other themes, he really didn't particularly believe in the professionalism of the Hong Kong and Taiwan teams in terms of history.

Cao Xuan does not require that it be completely based on historical facts, because the plot of the movie "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is a "official history" that is partial to romance, so Fu Huadao will not restore it according to a historical 1:1.

After all, if the production conditions in the late Han Dynasty were strictly followed, the beauty of many aspects of the movie would be greatly reduced.

As a commercial film, Cao Xuan personally understands and supports this trade-off.

However, although it is not demanding to completely restore the history at 1:1, the premise is still to fit the history of the end of Han Dynasty. Some relatively subtle changes can be made, but they cannot be excessive, at least there should be no outrageous mistakes such as flying saucer hats.

In this regard, Cao Xuan still trusts the mainland team, and he also invited relevant historians to guide him to check for gaps.

It is no exaggeration to say that "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is just the construction and investment of the behind-the-scenes team, which is no less than tens of millions of yuan, which is almost as high as Cao Xuan's salary alone.

Cao Xuan: I didn’t expect it, I pretended to be a jerk again (kimbo)

The luxurious and dazzling behind-the-scenes team, with a record-breaking investment of 3 to 5 million yuan, and the famous brand of Fanxing + Cao Xuan, not only attracted the attention of a large number of audiences and media, but also actors in the industry are crazy about grabbing a role.

So far, only a few characters have been settled in the entire "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff".

Cao Xuan played Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin, and Bao Guo case, after more than ten years, he played Prime Minister Cao again.

Lu Su found Qin Xiaogong Zhao Dehan, who was honest and honest at first glance... no, it was Hou Yong, who happened to be the actor who played Lu Su in the original "Red Cliff".

In addition, the role of Jiang Gan was taken by Huang Bo, Mr. Zhou played the guest role of Mrs. Mi, and Xu Huanshan played the veteran Huang Gai.

This is also the actor of Wen Taishi in "Feng Shen Bang", and he is very good at portraying these loyal and brave veterans.

As for other roles, some are still in contact, and there are no specific candidates for more roles, so we have to find out slowly.

The other roles are nothing more than that, the most important one is Zhuge Liang, who can barely be regarded as the double hero with Zhou Yu, and the role of the first part is even more important than Zhou Yu.

If he could choose, Cao Xuan would definitely favor Tang Guoqiang, but the other party was too old.

Cao Cao was 54 years old when he attacked Chibi. Mr. Bao Guoan was born in 1946. He will be in his early 60s when shooting next year. A little make-up will fit him well.

But Zhuge Liang was only 27 years old at the time of the Battle of Chibi, and Zhou Yu was 5 years older than him. Even if you consider acting skills, you can find some actors in their 30s, and it is not impossible to find actors in their 40s who look younger.

But Tang Guoqiang is over fifty years old, so it may be acceptable to play a middle-aged and elderly Zhuge Liang, but it is really against the law to play a 27-year-old youth.

The same is true for Liu Guanzhang and others. Cao Xuan intends to use several actors from the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" TV series, but they are all inappropriate.

The age is not bad, Liu Guanzhang was 47 years old, 48 years old, and 43 years old respectively in the battle of Chibi.

But the key is that the physical condition and temperament are not as good as they were more than ten years ago.

They were in their prime at that time, and they could act like a few heroes, but now that they are getting older, it is inevitable that they will grow old, and they are very different from Liu Guanzhang in people's impression.

Among other things, Cao Xuan has seen recent photos of Zhang Fei's actor Li Jingfei, with a round face and a kind and honest smile, just like the uncle next door.

It's not that it's not good, but pointing at this state and telling him to go to Dangyang Bridge to drink Cao Jun back, Xia Houjie, who was scared to death, might be the first to rush to kill Mr. Zhang.

Compared with Li Jingfei like this, Cao Xuan is more close to Zhao Xiaorui, the actor of Li Kui in CCTV's "Water Margin". He is not much different in age, but his figure is well managed, and he has a three-point evil spirit on his body, which feels a bit fierce like Zhang Fei.

If it is a big movie or a TV series, Cao Xuan can ignore these details and put feelings first.

But "Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is a large commercial production with an investment of over [-] million yuan. Compared with feelings, it pays more attention to the effect. The actors are not suitable. Cao Xuan would rather give up this classic three brothers and choose someone else.

Of course, it would be better to invite these three teachers, so the crew has been communicating with the three teachers.

There is still more than half a year before the crew starts filming. If the three teachers can lose weight and exercise during this period, get closer to the image set by the script, and then regain their original temperament when filming "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", then Cao Xuan must be more interested in them Come play Liu Guanzhang.

This difficulty is not small, but the three teachers thought that they could replay Liu Guanzhang together, and it was such a big crew platform, so they all expressed their willingness to give it a try.

The crew immediately arranged for a fitness team to cooperate, and even promised not to contact other Liu Guanzhang actors within half a year as a show of sincerity.

But if half a year of fitness does not produce any results, the crew will give a certain amount of compensation for lost work, but the character will be sorry.

Except for Cao Cao and Liu Guanzhang, these classic actors of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the other roles are basically new actors.

For example, Zhao Yun was played by several actors in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There is no classic Liu Guan Zhang Cao, so there is no need to die in TV dramas.

In addition, Zhao Zilong has a certain climax in the movie, and he joined Soochow with Zhuge Liang, so the role is not light. Many people in the crew are looking for a young actor to play.

Zhao Yun's birth date is unknown, but according to calculations, he should be in his 30s or early 40s. With a little magic modification, it is reasonable to become a young and middle-aged warrior.

So this role, besides Zhuge Liang, was also an extremely fierce role that was robbed by the outside world.

There is also Sun Quan, about the same age as Zhuge Liang, who is also suitable for young actors to play, and is stared at by all the students in the country.

As for the heroine, even though it has been shown that there are not many roles, Xiao Qiao and Huang Yueying still attracted countless actresses, especially Xiao Qiao, who competed even more crazily than in the previous "Painted Skin".

So after a while, the roles of Zhuge Liang, Sun Quan, Zhao Yun, and Xiao Qiao attracted those first-line florets and even top actors in the industry to snap up.

As for Cao Ying and the counselors of the Eastern Wu generals, the roles are limited, and they are basically interviewed by less popular actors.

It is worth mentioning that due to the limited length of the film and the avoidance of procrastination, some characters and plots in some romances or history have been cut to a certain extent.

For example, [Iron Cable Connected Boats], "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was Pang Tong's suggestion. According to historical records, it was because Cao Jun's water army was defeated, so he called for warships in order to inspire the courage of the Northern Army. It was an internal decision of Cao Ying.

Considering the rhythm of the plot, the movie version deleted the section of Fengchu offering advice, and Pang Tong naturally did not appear.

But according to the logic of official history, Cao Cao roped the boat to exercise the water combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Northern Army. Zhou Yu discovered it and finally decided to attack with fire.

There are still some similar situations, and in order to facilitate the concentration of the main line, in addition to deleting and modifying, the plot of some characters is moved to another person, two in one or even multiple in one.

For example, Han Dang, the three veterans of the Eastern Wu, is gone. There are only Huang Gai and Cheng Pu who smooth things over, and the generals of the Eastern Wu. Many scenes have also been moved to Gan Ning and Tai Shici.

As for the counselors, because of the role of verbally fighting against Confucianism, it has not changed much, but the role of the opposition is mainly concentrated in Zhang Zhao, and the rest are a few followers.

The same is true for Cao Ying. Many counselors and generals are mostly background boards. Only Cheng, Jia, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang Yun, etc., or plot characters such as Zhang Yun, Cai Mao, and Jiang Gan have real lines and scenes.

Jingzhou scholars and other historical celebrities who occupy a large part of the official history are basically deleted or grouped into the above-mentioned characters.

This may also be a disadvantage of historical movies. Cao Xuan didn't think it before, but because of the movie, he happened to be researching the history of the Battle of Chibi recently.

It was found that this battle was not as simple as Sun Liu's fight against Cao.

Just the various internal struggles of the three families is enough to write a paper. If the general trend of the world at that time is included, and the situations of Ma Chao and Shuchuan are also included, two more papers can be written.

Specific battle analysis, contact warfare, joint warfare, decisive battle, pursuit battle, as well as the judgment and psychological game between the two sides at that time, finding a mature online author can write hundreds of thousands of words.

If such a huge battle is to be condensed into a few hours of film, it must be "simple and naive", and countless details must be sacrificed.

To be honest, Cao Xuan regretted it a bit.

He knows why no one dares to touch historical movies easily, it is too difficult to make a good one.

The difficulty is high and the investment is large. If you succeed, you may not make much money, but if you fail, you will lose everything.

Sometimes Cao Xuan felt that he was being cheap, so he just looked for a book and made "Painted Skin 2" just because it was a waste of money.

However, the investment of hundreds of millions in the early stage has already been invested, and the crew has already spread out. It is too late to regret, so I can only grit my teeth and continue to rush.

In fact, nowadays, the script, director, and team are all easy to talk about, and there are roughly a range of roles for several roles, except for Zhuge Liang, who has not been able to find a suitable candidate for a long time.

Liang Chaowei from Xiangjiang, Cao Xuan thinks he is short and old.

Liu Tianwang is a bit old.

Jin Chengwu's image is okay, but I always feel that he is not suitable for Zhuge Liang.

Wu Yanzu is a bit evil.

Teacher Chen, even more evil.

Hu Ge in the mainland is young and can't hold back the scene.

Lu Yi has a grudge.

Huang Xiaoming, I'm afraid his acting skills are not good enough.

Huang Sanshi has a good scholarly temperament, but he is a little fatter.

Zhou Jie, slightly ugly.

Chen Kun, a little softer.

There are not many qualified male actors in Taiwan Province who can catch the eye. In addition, they are popular and have no background, so the possibility of being selected is too low.

Cao Xuan dragged around, and finally added Ren Quan, Huang Haibing, and Jin Dong to the list. After thinking about it, he added a few more to the previous ones, and picked Xin Baiqing and other low-popular talents group.

I plan to go back and call the director and screenwriter for interviews one by one, and finally select a more suitable candidate.

"Three Kingdoms: Red Cliff" is expected to start filming after the Spring Festival, probably around March-April 2007.

The upper and lower parts were filmed together. Considering the transition, rest and other reasons, there may be stagnation in the middle, but the total shooting time of the scattered parts is not less than 8 months, and it will take half a year at the earliest.

Except for Cao Xuan's new Chinese album next year, most of the other schedules are estimated to be spent on this movie and global concerts.

But it just so happens that the child is expected to be born next year, and such a concentrated schedule can save him a lot of time to spend with the child and the child's mother.

But before that, he had to hurry up and shoot "Taken".

After filming this movie, until the concert after the Spring Festival next year, he will basically stay in the capital, so he can take a good rest.

In late September, Cao Xuan left a lot of work for "Three Kingdoms: Chibi" to the director and producer of the crew, and he gathered other main creators to go overseas to film "Hurricane Rescue".

The first stop was Xiangjiang, and then went straight to Japan.

The original plot was set in an English-speaking Asian country, which is convenient for the language, but in the end the script was changed to Japan.

On the one hand, the public security in several countries is not ideal. On the other hand, the movie "Taken" focuses on overseas markets, and Japan is an important box office. Hollywood also has a Japanese background, so it can only be changed to Japan. .

Therefore, Cao Tianwang can only "reluctantly" beat up Little Japan once...

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　"The Rise of the National Style from the Entertainment Industry"

　　Indecent introduction: Why did my history of passionate struggle become a youth love comedy disguised as entertainment? !
　　As an entertainer, why am I struggling in the Asura Arena? !

　　How could I sink into the gentleness of the women when I embraced the ambition of the wind and the clouds? !

　　A candid introduction:
　　The world has been ups and downs for more than [-] years, experiencing ups and downs in life.

　　Jiang Li, who was in a car accident, thought that he would dissipate his unwillingness to the world, but he never wanted to live his life again.

　　In the previous life, he was powerless, and his soul flew away.

　　Break through the current world and then stand up, leading the national style.

　　Who can ask?Nana Qiankun recalls the past and the present.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)