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Chapter 489 Top Asian
However, even without the threat of Zhao Changfeng, the president of the film union, a large number of people from the Chinese film and television industry gathered together to join Gao Shuang's crew.

Someone once asked a well-known director what kind of film director is considered successful!

The director's answer is very simple, the director who never fails is the most successful!

This seems quite unreasonable. How can there be a director who can't miss every movie?
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it’s not surprising at all!

The films that a good director can make in his lifetime are extremely limited.

From the moment of selecting a script, it is necessary to constantly polish around this script.

This process of polishing the script may take two to three years, or even longer.

Then came the equally lengthy pre-planning phase.

From actors, props, costumes, outreach to location selection, and even finding investors for additional investment, they are all in the scope of pre-planning.

This time will probably take another year or so.

When I was making a movie, I was dawdling, half a year and a year passed by again.

In the later stage, dubbing, soundtrack, sound effects, editing, all kinds of time-consuming and meticulous work are enough to destroy a director into a beggar-like madman.

When the release license is obtained, there will be difficulties and hardships.

Back and forth, most aspiring directors have to spend nearly five years to complete a good work that suits their wishes!
Only with such quality assurance can we have a [-]-[-] split in the final box office competition.

It is said that the [-]-[-] success rate and the return cycle of more than five years will produce a large number of successful directors who are always victorious and undefeated.

However, there is always a gap between reality and the ideal state, and it is impossible for every movie to achieve this extreme state.

Most of the works that can achieve this process are the pioneering works of well-known directors.

Later, the famous directors who became popular because of this pioneering work will try to compress the process as much as possible.

When this process is compressed to one movie a year, the quality of the movie can only be left to fate!

In other words, the original [-]-[-] success rate will drop to June [-]th, [-]rd, or even [-]st!

With this kind of probability, the "successful director" who can continue to write the undefeated myth after three or five films is very slim.

Of course, there is also a problem of fault tolerance involved.

Such a top director who maintains a record of unbeaten success can only be produced by one out of tens of millions of people. We can't have all the capital squatting at the door of someone's house begging him to make a movie.

At this time, directors who occasionally fail once or twice are barely passable.

But to the extent of relying on his past achievements to support his appearance, then this director must not be considered a success.

So the film industry is essentially a gambling process.

Investors are betting, directors are betting, and actors are betting.

The director is the one who finally rolls the dice.

A few movies a year like Gao Shuang, the more investment you play, the more you play, and you can guarantee that you will not miss it every time, and the box office will be a big hit every time, it is definitely the best of the best.

An absolute example of a successful director!
It can be said that it is unique in Blue Star's director circle! ! !
With the foundation of this year's record, both investors and actors have developed a sense of trust that tends to be blind.

They have long believed that as long as they enter Gao Shuang's crew, it means success.

Under such circumstances, the allure of Gao Shuang's new film can be seen.

Of course, Gao Shuang also has enough confidence to win all the way!

He didn't have the slightest psychological burden even when he was filming the masterpiece "Journey to the West", which is said to be a blockbuster at the box office.

In fact, anyone who has paid attention to the real data of "A Chinese Journey to the West" will know that although this movie was not considered a super high return on investment at the beginning of its release, it is definitely not considered a smash hit.

This film is the pioneering work of the Hong Kong Color Star Film Company that Xing Ye has just formed with others, and he has devoted a lot of effort to it.

Moreover, this movie also has a very special significance for Master Xing's acting career.

Because in this movie, Master Xing felt that he really put aside the acting mode of comedy films, and deeply portrayed the tortuous and legendary life and destiny of Supreme Treasure.

In the few days after the premiere of the film "A Chinese Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box", Master Xing and other actors in the film have been traveling between major movie theaters in Hong Kong to meet with the audience to promote the film.

The Hong Kong media also paid great attention to this, as long as Master Xing appeared on the scene, the spotlights would flicker, creating a lively scene.

Under the full promotion of Star Master and other creative personnel, within two days, the box office revenue of 530 cinemas in Hong Kong reached as much as [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

"Big Talk" ranked fourth and sixth in Hong Kong with a combined total of nearly 5000 million Hong Kong dollars. It is quite out of the chain for the star master who topped the box office list with six films that year, but this result is not what others want. There are.

The broadcast in the mainland will never be completely silent.

It can even be said to be very hot!
Shanghai alone has a box office of 400 million, and copies are sold at the highest price in some places across the country.

You know, at that time, the crew of mainland movies did not participate in the box office share, and only sold copies.

The copy price of "A Chinese Journey to the West" broke historical records in many places.

The box office really doesn't matter, because as long as the local theaters are showing, the money that should be paid to the star has already been taken.

During the same period, it was released in the Bay Area and earned more than 2000 million box office revenue.

As for many people repeatedly talking about the box office revenue of only 20 when it was released in Beijing, it can only be said to be a problem in publicity and distribution.

At that time, the mainland environment did not even have any systematic publicity work experience.

So much so that I just bought the copy, and the movie was simply put on state-owned theaters, and it was up to me whether I came or not.

At that time, the capital region had a lot of considerations for the aesthetics of movies.

It can be said that "Big Talk" did not meet the expectations of moviegoers at the time, and the comedy and spoof methods were too advanced.

It is understandable that the roots of the imperial city cannot be sold...

Gao Shuang has no worries in this regard when he comes up with this movie now.

First of all, nonsense has already taken root in China, and the positive feedback brought by "Kung Fu" can easily make the audience accept this form of comedy.

On the other hand, there is "Wukong Biography", which is a fan of humanities in the same strain.

The acceptance of "A Chinese Journey to the West" can be further improved!
Finally, there is the appeal of Gao Shuang's own video!
With the support of several parties, Gao Shuang is almost invincible!
Moreover, to be honest, the budget of "A Chinese Journey to the West" is really low.

Even if everything is considered according to the highest specifications, it is unlikely that the cost will exceed [-] million.

This gave Gao Shuang more room for maneuver.

Of course, the cooperation with the film union should also be counted. With the film union covering the bottom line, no matter how much you drop, you won't suffer.

The old God Gao Shuang was basking in the sun for a while, and then he was a little bit embarrassed by a phone call that seemed to be threatening!

"Gao Shuang, you've been back to the capital for half a month, how many times have you slapped me? You...you...don't your conscience ache?"

Zhao Yinger's voice on the phone was a bit annoyed, but not completely angry.

It sounds like a little girl is acting like a baby with her boyfriend.

Originally, Zhao Yinger had promised to come out for dinner as soon as she returned to the capital.

Zhao Yinger did practice hard during the day for going out at night, and stayed in her boudoir hungry and put on makeup as soon as the sun went down.

As a result, Gao Shuang gave it like this...

forget!

Later, Zhao Yinger called him several times, but he refused all of them on the grounds that it was inconvenient to leave because the editing work was at a critical moment.

This time it seemed to be a little annoying.

Gao Shuang touched his nose in embarrassment, and said, "If there is any, it will probably hurt a little."

"you!"

Zhao Yinger's ears and eyes were smoking with anger: "You said before that you would give someone a new song, but now there is no more! I'm going to cheer on your new movie! Eat a mouthful of good dog food!"

Gao Shuang blushed, and said forcefully: "Hehe, what do you mean, am I the kind of person who only gives you food and doesn't give you work?"

Zhao Yinger recollected Gao Shuang's words: "Your words...how strange..."

Gao Shuang waved his hand out of thin air, and said, "Don't worry about such details, come to the company in the afternoon, study new songs, and have dinner by the way!"

Holding the phone up, Zhao Yinger immediately smiled, and her tone was even a little bit ecstatic: "Okay! You can't run away this time!"

"cant!"

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After the release of "Sea Pianist", Gao Shuang had a rare period of career vacuum.

Most of the preparations for his next feature film, "Titanic", have already been carried out.

The decoration of the big ship has already been completed during the filming stage of "The Pianist on the Sea".

The rest is mainly for interior decoration in the rented studios in eastern Guangdong.

These interior scenes are basically reproduced one to one or two times according to the decoration that has been completed in the big ship.

There are only two large pools with green screens that are troublesome, but everything else is fine.

Therefore, in terms of time, there is a time difference between "A Chinese Journey to the West" and "Titanic", and they will not crash on schedule.

The filming time of "A Chinese Journey to the West" took about [-] days. Gao Shuang only needed about [-] days with the crew to finish filming all his parts.

This is still under the premise of completing all the scripts for the scenes.

The rest was left to Zhao Hai and Zhao Daquan, while Gao Shuang successfully moved to "Titanic".

Gao Shuang left a total of six months for the filming of "Titanic".

The post-production took an unprecedented one month!

In other words, Gao Shuang will be busy from now on, from the completion of "Big Talk" to the release of "Titanic", he will have to squeeze in the traditional popular Chinese New Year stalls in China at the earliest.

In order not to delay the follow-up work, taking advantage of the time in the capital, Gao Shuang has to finish the chores of the soundtrack for "A Chinese Journey to the West" in advance!

Otherwise, when "Titanic" is filming, he really has no time to do other things.

If Zhao Yinger doesn't call him today, Gao Shuang will contact her in the next two days.

Gao Shuang, the soundtrack of "Big Talk", cannot be overemphasized.

Although it is a nonsensical work, the soundtrack is known as the ceiling of Asian film soundtracks!

Don't take it as a compliment, just tell the truth!

On Earth, there are many soundtrack masters in Asia, including Japan's Ryuichi Sakamoto, Joe Hisaishi and so on.

Including Chinese soundtrack master Hu Weili, as well as Tan Dun who composed music for Zhang Guoshi's Hero, Huang Zhan who wrote music for A Chinese Ghost Story, and so on.

But such a luxurious soundtrack lineup as Westward Journey is very rare.

In this movie, many Chinese music masters have completed a dream linkage, and their names are like thunder!
The first to appear is Lu Guanting!

He wrote the theme song "The Love of My Life" in Journey to the West.

Gao Shuang came to Zhao Yinger for this song.

Every time the prelude to this music sounds, Gao Shuang will be filled with emotions.

Speaking of Lu Guanting, everyone should have heard of it. He has composed many soundtracks for other films.

When Master Xing approached him, he was already a godfather figure in the Hong Kong music scene.

Among his film soundtracks, apart from this song "The Love of My Life", the most famous one is the debut song of Fa Ge's "God of Gamblers".

When director Wu Zhenyu approached Lu Guanting and told him that this movie was a love affair that had not been resolved for 500 years, Lu Guanting only spent two hours writing the song "The Love of My Life".

What is even more legendary is that Lu Guanting's wife spent another two hours writing the lyrics for this song...

If Lu Guanting's family is not enough to support the weight of this legendary soundtrack, Chen Xunqi can also be added!

This is an all-rounder in the Hong Kong film industry!
A true all-rounder!
A super talented person who combines director, screenwriter, producer, actor, singer, and composer!

It is roughly equivalent to Gao Shuang's current relationship with Blue Star Huaxia.

Even the fields and achievements of the two are almost the same...

The most important thing is that he has completed the soundtrack work for hundreds of films, including "The King of Adventure", "Unparalleled World", "Evil, West Poison" and so on.

And the soundtrack of Westward Journey directly selected the soundtrack of "The Lonely Shadow of Heaven and Earth, Let Me Go".

This soundtrack appears in the scene where Sun Wukong endures the pain caused by the magic spell, and parting with Zixia.

The music and the picture are so perfect!

Perfectly paved the way for the love between Monkey King and Fairy Zixia.

Even when many people hear this song, the first thing they think of is not evil, but a journey to the west!

If such a lineup is not luxurious, then add Zhao Jiping!

Zhao Jiping is called the captain of the national team, and his weight can be seen.

The place where his soundtrack appears is also very distinctive!
It is the sad moment when Supreme Treasure puts on the golden hoop and says that I love you for 1 years!
An absolute master of the soundtrack.

Without his music, the scene probably wouldn't have reached its current heights.

Chen Kaige's "Yellow Earth" and Zhang Yimou's "Red Sorghum" are all soundtracks completed by Zhao Jiping.

From the point of view of the inheritance sequence of music alone, Zhao Hai first filmed "Red Sorghum" and then turned his head to film "A Chinese Journey to the West" is definitely in the same line!
This lineup is fantastic enough, but not enough!

Also add a famous Chinese composer, Mr. Shang Yi!
Knife knows the prelude, this has been featured in "Kung Fu".

Although this music is the same as Chen Xunqi's music, it is not specially composed for Westward Journey.

But it is a perfect match with the temperament of the film!
Pull out another big card, Mr. He Luting!

This name is a bit unfamiliar to many people.

Karen Mok sang "Unfinished Love" at the end of the first part of Journey to the West.

Singing the feeling of being in a trance.

This song has the same melody as the singer from the 1937 movie "The Angel of the Road".

His composer is the famous Chinese composer He Luting!

Mr. He Luting has written many popular songs including "Song of the Guerrillas".

It's the song "We are all sharpshooters, every bullet kills an enemy!"

Of course, if you count Bobby Soul, the original singer of "Only You", it will be even more awesome.

So to sum up, the music created by this lineup is put into a movie, and there is no sense of disobedience.

Gao Shuang would like to call the soundtrack lineup of this movie the strongest in Asia! ! !
(End of this chapter)