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Chapter 371 371. The times have changed 【Subscription】

When the data of "Taiping Wheel" came out, the industry lost its voice.

The reason for the loss of voice is also very simple.

That is, "Taiping Wheel" once again proved that the road of co-production is unworkable.

The national teacher has fallen into this pit several times in a row.

Now Wu Baige is the same.

From "Red Cliff" to "Taiping Wheel", Wu Baige used two big productions to prove once again that this road is not feasible.

No one expected that Taipinglun, which invested [-] million yuan, would have such a result.

Four hundred million.

The combined box office of the two films is less than half of the total investment.

That's horrible!
In today's film market, as long as the film passes the test, it is not difficult for the box office to exceed [-] million.

It can be said that it can be done casually, but a film like "Taiping Wheel" almost failed to do it.

Therefore, when the establishment of "Taiping Wheel" came out, the industry was shaken, and all major production companies were shocked.

Including Jiaxing Media.

Zeng Jia and the others were also discussing this issue in the conference room.

Lu Chen, who knew the answer, was not very surprised by this!

Still, he is him, and others are others.

He is not surprised, but other people are surprised.

Really surprised.

For example, Master Xing's side.

Zhou Zhouxing said suspiciously: "It seems that we didn't do anything here."

"No!" The assistant replied affirmatively,

After getting an affirmative answer, Zhou Xingchi was also stunned: "It means that basically no one will watch "Under the Taiping Wheel"? I predicted that the box office of this movie would not be too high, but I really didn't expect it to be so low , Is the audience's tolerance for bad movies already so low?"

The answer is yes,

There is only one reason why the box office has hit the street like this, and that is that the audience doesn't want to watch it.

And it's not that a small number of viewers don't want to watch it, but the majority of viewers don't want to watch it, otherwise this movie is not good, and it is also a blockbuster with an investment of over 4 million.

Even if it is converted into one film, the investment cost of a single film is more than 2 million.

However, the results of "Taiping Wheel" were astonishing.

After the box office of 4850 million on the first day, it was only more than 2000 million on the second day, and the word-of-mouth plummeted, and the score was getting lower and lower day by day.

This situation can only illustrate one problem.

That is, the audience's tolerance for this kind of film has dropped to the lowest level.

This kind of movie is placed in this schedule, and no one will compete with it. Otherwise, even a movie can step on the other side.

The previous one could have been stepped down by "The Year in a Hurry", let alone this one.

You know, "The Year in a Hurry" is a bad film that is a comprehensive collection. It is conceivable that "Taiping Wheel" is even worse than this one in the hearts of the audience.

The audience voluntarily gave up "The Wheel of Peace", which many people in the industry did not expect, and they gave up so fast that they didn't realize it.

It was really too fast, and there was no chance for the show to react. Of course, the show was caught off guard by the sudden abandonment of the audience.

"The audience just gave up on Wu Baige." Zeng Jia looked at Lu Chen.

When the audience gave up "Taiping Wheel", it also meant one thing, that is, they also gave up Wu Baige.

This is why many professionals in the industry are shaking.

Abandoned by the audience!That means he has no chance of making a comeback.

No matter how good your next work is, it will be difficult to attract audiences to the cinema again, and if no audience enters the cinema, it means that the movie will be sentenced to death when it is released.

For an instant.

The masters in the industry panicked instantly.

Wu Baige has been given up, will they be far behind?Many directors who still have fantasies are stunned for a while!
Everyone is asking, will the next one be me?
"It's a little unexpected, but it's also expected." Lu Chen said lightly!

The real boss has long thought of this day.

Master Xing gave up "Fu Yao", and Xu Zheng changed the script of "囧囧 in Hong Kong". After the national teacher came back from Hollywood, he hurriedly asked him for the script!
It is clear.

They all know that day is not too far away.

"I just didn't expect this day to come so soon," Lu Chen said with a sigh.

He originally thought it would take a year or two to accumulate!It seems that he still underestimated the audience's tolerance for bad movies.

"Do you think Le Shi will give up "Taiping Wheel"?" Zeng Jia asked curiously. If Le Shi voluntarily gave up "Taiping Wheel", then Wu Baige really would have no chance to stand up.

"Yes!" Lu Chen quickly made a judgment.

"why?"

"It's very simple, Wu Baige is no longer the same Wu Baige." Lu Chen said flatly.

A simple sentence may sound cruel, but it is indeed the closest to the truth. Today's Wu Baige does not have the confidence to let Le Shi stand behind him.

"Yes!" Zeng Jia said with a sigh, if Wu Baige was still the same Wu Baige back then, Le Shi would definitely stand behind him without hesitation.

But now Wu Baige's words are no longer worthy of Le Shi standing behind him.

The entertainment industry is so cruel, winners and losers.

There is no doubt that it must be Wu Baige who was pushed out to take the blame.

Only two days after the movie was released, Lu Chen and Zeng Jia sentenced each other to death.

It seems a bit too much, but when the box office of "Taiping Wheel" came out on the third day.

Lu Chen and the others became more determined in their thoughts,
Because the box office of "Under the Taiping Wheel" on the third day has dropped to 800 million.

The audience gave up completely, and the box office was once again stunned.

It is said that after seeing the box office, Director Wu almost entered the ICU that day.

This number really refreshed everyone's perception.

Many people's faces were also swollen.

"To be honest, I feel sorry for Director Wu a little bit." Seeing the box office, Liu Shishi, who was resting with Lu Chen at home, also sighed.

Liu Shishi patted his daughter-in-law's shoulders: "Mrs. Lu, haven't you realized? Times have changed!"

Liu Shishi: "..."

This era has changed too fast.

It was so fast that people were caught off guard. This time, not only director Wu Da was unlucky, but all the domestic actors who participated in "Taiping Wheel" were also unlucky.

More or less will be affected, the label of bad movies is definitely on the body.

What Liu Shishi didn't understand was: "What I don't understand is why they chose to release "Taiping Wheel" at this time?"

"I underestimated the audience! If you want the sequel to do well at the box office, the word-of-mouth of your first part must not be too low, otherwise, it will definitely affect the second part. Leshi still understands this, so there is no After one film was released, the second film was released directly, but it took a year to delay."

"Didn't they do market research?"

"Who knows? It may be blind self-confidence, or it may be to recover the cost."

"Got it, you mean they also know the work will sink, but they're gambling."

"That's right, with such a large investment, the cost must be recovered, at least a little bit. It's just that they obviously underestimated the audience's tolerance for this film." Lu Chen explained.

In fact, I don't blame the other party, let alone them, even many people in the industry didn't think of it.

It's so smooth!

"Then do you think Guoshi's "The Great Wall" will be released?"

"Yes!" Lu Chen was sure of this, after a pause, Lu Chen added: "But it will be released at a suitable time."

The reason is very simple, the national teacher has not yet fallen to the point of losing the right to speak.

Therefore, although the National Teacher cannot prevent the release of "The Great Wall", it will definitely strive to release it at a suitable time. As for Wu Baige, it is obvious that he was abandoned by Leshi.

"Under the Taiping Wheel" was released at this time, and it was obvious that Leshi had taken the initiative.

The National Day file is approaching,
The release of such a film, in the end is to move the heartstrings of those people?

……

Two days later.

"I'm Not the God of Medicine" was officially established, and Liu Shishi also devoted himself to his new work.

And Lu Chen is also busy writing the script of "Jurassic Park" and some related settings, etc. After finishing other people's scripts, Lu Chen finally put his mind on his own work.

Compared with other people's works, Lu Chen needs to spend more thought on his own works.

Without an assistant director, Lu Chen can only work part-time!While revising the script of "Jurassic Park", Lu Chen will also go to the crew to have a look, such as surveying the actual scene and so on.

Liu Shishi's side.

The preparations for "I'm Not the God of Medicine" are also going on. Originally, Lu Chen wouldn't care about it, because he himself had something to deal with.

But what I didn't expect was that Wu Ying kept inviting him to be the producer of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

"Anyway, the proprietress is already the producer of "I'm Not the God of Medicine"."

It can be said that Wu Ying tried her best to persuade Lu Chen: "And this movie is no better than "Three Lives III: Kunlun Xu", I am really not sure, if I read it correctly, this movie The quality of the film is higher than that of Yu Kui's "The Hachiko", I'm really a bit smart to shoot such a good work, I need the boss to stand guard for me..."

Lu Chen was helpless, Wu Ying was frightened by his previous behavior!
However, it was just a name anyway, so Lu Chen simply agreed.

This movie is no better than "Three Lives III: Kunlun Xu", he must control the quality before releasing it.

Therefore, since he has the title of producer, Lu Chen had no choice but to appear at the opening ceremony of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

To be honest, Lu Chen didn't like such occasions, but in order to cooperate with Liu Shishi and Wu Ying, he could only appear together.

As for why I don't like such an occasion.

Very simple.

That's so attractive. In the "Parasite" ceremony of the national teacher before, even the national teacher was able to steal the limelight.

Not to mention it now.

Although Wu Ying has become a new and powerful director, in front of Lu Chen, he is a little transparent.

Therefore, after seeing Lu Chen appearing at the opening ceremony, many reporters directly abandoned him without hesitation. Lu Chen, who became the focus of the audience, only felt a headache for a while.

"Recently, "Under the Taiping Wheel" has been boycotted by the audience!"

A reporter asked in a slightly excited tone: "May I ask Director Lu, has he proved that the road of co-production is not feasible?"

Well, Lu Chen regretted coming here a bit.

These reporters failed to find Lu Chen before, but now that they have caught him, they must question him carefully.

Strictly speaking, a co-production should refer to a film jointly produced by production units in two or more countries (regions), that is, a form of production in which both parties jointly invest, produce, share benefits, and bear risks.

Therefore, those films in which Huaguo companies only participate in investment or only come to China to shoot scenes cannot be counted as co-productions.

Relevant domestic authorities have not only made regulations on the investment ratio of co-productions, the nationality composition of actors and staff, and the status of copyright holdings, but also require that the film must reflect the story of Huaguo and Huaguo culture.

However, the inadequacy of the understanding of Huaguo culture just led to the nondescript content and story of the co-produced film.

"Isn't the fact already there?" Lu Chen said casually!

"Then Director Lu, can you tell me the reason?" the reporter asked.

"It's very simple. When Chinese and foreign filmmakers create co-productions, they often reflect the elements of China at the shallowest and most superficial level, so that the elements of China in the film are reduced to implanted advertisements, which are out of touch with the story. dispensable.

In their view, Huaguo culture is equivalent to that of ancient Huaguo, so most of the co-produced films are about ancient costumes; country elements.This is simply a great misunderstanding of Chinese culture. "

How ridiculous is a co-production, let me give you an example.

There is a plot in "Mystery Nest" that chooses the correct symbol to open the trap,

The heroine said that the emperor of Huaguo liked the number six, so pressing the sixth symbol can open the mechanism.This kind of plot simply ignores logic, Huaguo culture and audience IQ.

There is also "The Great Wall" by the National Teacher, which uses exquisite visual presentation to show the charm of the ancient Chinese army, but in the interpretation of the deeper cultural connotation, it falls into empty preaching, and the heroine's "trust" is hasty thing.

No matter whether it is a Chinese audience or a foreign audience, this kind of cultural display will not like it.

Most of the co-produced films can't even meet the basic requirements of commercial films such as telling a good story.

Where is the confidence to talk about the difficulty of showing Huaguo culture at a higher level?

In "24 Hours: Rebirth from the Dead End", the Interpol played by Xu Qing had a one-night stand with the male protagonist as soon as he appeared on the stage, which did not fit the identity of the character at all.

In "Warrior's Gate", all the ancient Chinese can switch between fluent Chinese and English.

In addition to the random fabrication of the plot,
Many co-productions are rough in terms of art, costumes, and special effects, which is annoying.

Another reporter asked: "The outside world said that "The Great Wall" has not been released for a long time, is it because of Director Lu?"

Lu Chen froze instantly!

Are you sick? The fact that "The Great Wall" won't be shown has something to do with him?

"Can you stop listening to the fact that the wind is the rain, that is a co-production? Do you think I can influence Universal Pictures or Legendary Pictures? Or Huaying Media?"

Speaking of this, Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I hope everyone can pay more attention to our young director Wu Ying from Jiaxing Media."

The media is also very sensible.

Seeing that the other questions were almost finished, I immediately focused on "I'm Not the God of Medicine": "Director Lu, "I'm Not the God of Medicine" and "Three Lives III: Kunlun Xu" are obviously two different themes. , are you sure Wu Ying can really shoot this subject well?"

In the eyes of many people, many directors are only good at one subject.Directors like Lu Chen are definitely different among directors, they are good at all kinds of subjects.

But now, several directors successively launched by Jiaxing Media seem to be good at different themes.

This is somewhat surprising.

"Wu Ying is a very good director."

Lu Chen also knew that Wu Ying needed his endorsement, and the latter's qualifications in the film industry could not suppress Xu Zheng.

Xu Zheng wanted Lu Chen to give him a hand, and of course Lu Chen was quite willing.After all, having one more powerful director is a good thing for the entire director circle.

At least Lu Chen thinks so.

"Although she is young, she has quite a lot of directing experience before, and she also served as the assistant director of "The Truman Show". She helped me a lot. I believe she has the ability to control "I Am Not a Drug" "God", presenting you with a relatively excellent work..."

……

When the opening ceremony was over, Wu Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Zheng's shiny head appeared before Lu Chen's eyes: "Director Lu, your face doesn't seem to have changed."

"Can't you people praise others in a different way?" Lu Chen also looked at Xu Zheng with a smile on his face. If he remembered correctly, Uncle Shen praised him like this before, and it seemed to be at the opening ceremony.

Today, Xu Zheng is in a bottleneck period.

When I invited Lu Chen to watch his "Lost in Hong Kong" before, I asked Lu Chen to help him. Regarding this, Lu Chen thought about it and asked him directly if he would like to act.

Xu Zheng's acting skills are still good!
The first time Lu Chen saw Xu Zheng was from Zhu Bajie in Brilliant Stars, until now.

The image of Zhu Bajie still emerged in his mind, it can be said to be deeply impressive and indelible.

Then there was Tai Jiong, who was tortured miserably by Wang Baoqiang, making Lu Chen flinch.

There is also the original version of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

How should I put it, in Lu Chen's opinion, Baldy Xu is qualified both as a director and an actor.

Facing Lu Chen, Xu Zheng really didn't dare to show off, even if he wanted to, because Lu Chen's current power is really not something she can afford to show off.

So his posture was very low: "The main reason is that Director Lu, you have always been handsome, nothing has changed, unlike us... hey, it's all tears!"

Lu Chen shook his head: "Wu Ying, you should be familiar with him. His style of directing is different from mine. He is a bit younger. You are the number one male, and you are also a very strong director. You should be a little more helpful at ordinary times. You should also read the script. If there is no accident, this movie will set off a storm in China!
The implication is, don't mess around, you can't eat and walk around.

"Do not worry."

Xu Zheng will be a man as always: "If Director Wu has any opinions, just ask, I will definitely cooperate. Director Lu knows that I am as serious about filming as I am a director."

"Director Xu, you're being polite. I've seen all of your movies. Your acting skills! There's nothing to say." Wu Ying gave Xu Zheng a thumbs up with a smile.

(End of this chapter)