China Entertainment 2004

Chapter 193 Huangbai's first lock-up

In 09, something happened in Xijiang.

"No Man's Land" just happens to have a lot of elements of Western Xinjiang, and none of the characters in it is a good person, which directly hits the gun.

At this juncture, it is hard for Ning Hao to make such a movie so that the audience will not have malicious associations.

This is the real reason why "No Man's Land" has never been able to pass the review.

After Jiang Yu pointed out this point, Ning Hao realized a little bit, and felt that he died here.

He stared at the floor silently, unable to speak for a long time.

He never dreamed that his hard work would be ruined because of this reason.

"Who would have thought of this? Who would have thought of this?" Huang Bai anxiously grabbed his hair, and suddenly raised his head to look at Jiang Yu.

"Old Jiang, have you already considered this matter?"

Jiang Yu has always been the most keen on investing. He has invested in both of Ning Hao's last two films, but this time "No Man's Land" Jiang Yu did not invest.

As a result, "No Man's Land" was difficult to produce, and the investment of tens of millions was directly locked up.

Jiang Yu said: "If I can figure it out, wouldn't it be good to just buy a lottery ticket, and still need to make a movie?"

"Investment is like this. There are always winners and losers. Brother Bai, don't worry too much about it. It just so happens that Lao Xu and I have made a film "People on the Journey", and it will be launched soon. Would you like to invest more? Make up for the loss?"

"I won't vote anymore, I won't vote if I'm killed," Huang Bai repeatedly waved his hands, the emotions revealed by the whole person were only two words, regret, very regret.

"I figured it out. Investing in a film is a gamble. You don't even know if you can pass the review. Even if you pass the review, you still don't know whether the audience will buy it. How dare you invest in the box office? What if Did you lose it?"

Jiang Yu said: "Yeah, what if I lose money, then the film company won't make movies?"

Huang Bai said angrily: "They didn't use their own money to shoot!"

He now understands why those directors like to solicit investment everywhere, but very few of them dare to go all out and invest their own money.

This thing is too risky!
If it wasn't for director Ning Hao, he wouldn't dare to invest money in it even if he was killed.

Listening to Huang Bai's complaint, Ning Hao could only smile helplessly.

He actually invested a lot of money himself.

It's just that I didn't expect that when I invested in a movie for the first time, I lost my hand, and even included Huang Bai and the investors.

Now it is he who is most helpless and most regretful.

"Old Jiang, I also advise you not to gamble with your wealth. Although you won the bet before, how can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? As an actor, wouldn't it be good to get paid with peace of mind?"

Now Huang Bai was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of well ropes. Jiang Yu said that he was unwilling to invest any more, and even persuaded Jiang Yu instead.

Jiang Yu smiled and said: "I know you regret it, but you can't give up eating because of choking. The movie should be made or it must be made. I still have great confidence in "On the Journey". You really don't want to invest a little?"

Huang Bai shook his head like a rattle, swore that he would never invest in movies again in his life.

Jiang Yu shrugged and said with a smile, "You didn't invest in it yourself. I went to find Lao Xu. I hope you won't regret it again."

"Go and fuck you," Huang Bai said angrily, "I don't believe that Baldy Xu can make any good photos. You can still make money every time."

For Huang Bai, investment is a metaphysics.

Just like stock trading, whether it rises or not, it is a matter of fate, and retail investors can only resign themselves to fate.

Jiang Yu is different, he knows which movie can make money and which movie is bad.

After "No Man's Land" was locked up, Xu Zheng was also a little frustrated.

In Ning Hao's movie, he played a role twice before getting a leading role, and went to Xijiang to eat a pile of sand, but the movie has not yet passed the review, which is a bit sad.

Fortunately, Jiang Yu gave him new hope.

Jiang Yu directly handed over the film project "People on the Journey" to him, and also sent two generals, Luo Xin and Fang Guangzhi, to assist him.

After Xu Zheng joined Baoqiang, he adjusted his mood and prepared to lead the team to Shenghai with full confidence.

In the original time and space, "People on the Journey" was a project invested by a film and television company in Handong, and the filming location was also located in Handong. Later, "People on the Journey" became popular, and Xu Zheng filmed "Thailand". Copyright disputes.

In this time and space, due to Jiang Yu's intrusion, naturally there is no such concern. After much deliberation, Xu Zheng still put the background of the story in Shenghai, which he is most familiar with.

As a result, "People on the Journey" has also become a story between a Dutch farmer and a small boss who was born in the Netherlands but speaks a lot of Chinese.

Compared with the original version, the relationship here is actually a little more subtle.

As we all know, the Dutch have always been at the bottom of the chain of contempt, such unfinished buildings, angels in white, and son-in-laws have all become black material.

And Shenghai people are notoriously look down on outsiders.

Li Chenggong, a small boss who was born and raised in the Netherlands, made some money in Shenghai, so he was ashamed of his Dutch accent and pretended to learn Shenghai dialect.

In the end, he embarked on the Spring Festival travel journey with a bumpkin like Niu Geng, but was defeated by his honesty.

To put it simply, it was originally a farce between "unhappy" and "mindless", but Xu Zheng integrated regional factors into it, which has some practical significance.

On the plane, Xu Zheng talked to Jiang Yu about his intentions.

"Although I am also from Shenghai, I am not xenophobic. The most xenophobic people are those Xinshenghai people who come from rural areas. But after coming to Shenghai, as soon as they washed the mud off their legs, they began to look down on foreigners. ..."

Wang Baoqiang nodded repeatedly.

He was originally from a grassroots background and had little education. Before he became famous, he was often looked down upon by those in the city because of his Dutch accent.

Everywhere he went, people asked him if he had ever stolen a manhole cover, which made him very annoyed.

So I agree with Xu Zheng's intention very much.

Jiang Yu just smiled slightly.

As a director, Xu Tuzi's observation skills are indeed keen enough. Over the years, Shenghai has developed extremely fast and has gathered talents from all over the country. The people who look down on foreigners the most are those new Shenghai people who have just obtained their household registration.

This is called convert fanaticism.

Xu Zheng was quite disdainful of this, but Jiang Yu still heard the superiority of the old Shenghai in his words.

"Bao Qiang, you have had your scalp shaved, have you just finished filming?"

Jiang Yu didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he looked at Wang Baoqiang's green stubble and asked.

Wang Baoqiang said with a silly smile: "Director, I took on an anti-war drama before and it just wrapped up. Now I'm going to make a movie non-stop. Don't worry, I know all the lines by heart, and I'm sure I can act well."

Jiang Yu nodded and smiled and said, "You're so busy, and your wife is so beautiful, so you don't worry about running around alone?"

"There's nothing to worry about. I call her every night, and every time I chat with her, she says she's going to take a shower..."

Jiang Yu laughed, and turned to look at Xu Zheng, "Does Lao Xu want to add some emotional drama to Niu Geng?"

Xu Zheng looked at Wang Baoqiang and thought about it, "Is this inappropriate? How to add it?"

He felt that Wang Baoqiang didn't look like someone who could act in emotional dramas.

But Jiang Yu became interested, and said vigorously: "Think about it, at Niu Geng's age, his family must be urging him to marry him. He has a relationship with a long-distance relationship, and he is planning to bring it home to his family during the Chinese New Year. See, I went to the woman's city, only to find that the woman couldn't bear the loneliness and gave him a green."

"In this drama, Niu Geng has always teased Li Chenggong. Now Li Chenggong can enlighten and comfort Niu Geng, and the relationship between the two will be closer."

"That's fine," Wang Baoqiang said with a grin, "The character of Niu Geng will be more interesting."

Xu Zheng also nodded thoughtfully.

In "People on the Journey", Li Chenggong is the most full-bodied character. Apart from being funny, Niu Geng's character is actually very thin.

Jiang Yu's change really made the character of Niu Geng more brilliant, and it also made the plot more dramatic, which is a wonderful stroke.

"Okay, I'll think about it later," Xu Zheng happily agreed.

When he looked at Jiang Yu again, there was more admiration in his eyes.

Really worthy of being the fourth domestic director with a box office of over [-] million!
Just mentioning it casually, you can come up with this kind of plot.

Jiang Yu couldn't care less about enjoying Xu Zheng's admiration, he looked at Baoqiang and smiled secretly.

Baoqiang, brother can only hint here...

(End of this chapter)