I'm not just a director

The name of this extremely awesome movie is "Get Out."

This movie is also an example of how small things can lead to great things.

Its investment was only US$450 million, but just two weeks after its release, the box office has exceeded US$9000 million.

What is this concept?The box office of this low-cost movie is only slightly lower than the box office of "Wolverine 3" of the same period, which was more than 1 million US dollars.

At that time, so-called Hollywood blockbusters such as "Resident Evil 6" (total box office in North America was only 2670 million) and "Xx" (4473 million), which were successful at the box office in the Chinese film market, were all trampled underfoot.

Moreover, the North American score of "Escape" is also as high as 8.3 points.

It can be said that it is a win-win situation at the box office and word of mouth.

Why do so many low-budget horror films in North America repeatedly top the box office?
To put it simply, although horror films in North America are also low-cost productions, the market for this type of film is mature and the audience is large. As long as it has a good reputation, it is normal for it to top the box office.

The most important thing is that the content has greater freedom of expression, and the practical issues and themes explored are relatively profound.

Of course, these are more liberal in later generations. At present, judging from Ninghao's reaction, the content it expresses and metaphors cannot be widely disseminated in European and American countries for the time being.

As for domestically, on the one hand, due to policy reasons, it is almost impossible to exaggerate terror, not to be too bloody, etc. It is almost known to everyone.

On the other hand, our country’s horror films have a certain market base, but there are many bad films with single themes.

Of course, the horror movies directed by Jiang Peian are all aimed at Europe and the United States and other countries, and are not intended to be released domestically.

This is the same as some mobile phone models in later generations. New mobile phones are released domestically, and the configurations and names are changed abroad. They are released in two lines. This is called blooming at home and abroad.

Because racial issues were involved, Ninghao chose to shoot an outline of a movie script to avoid danger.

This movie is also very famous, its name is "Breathless".

In 2016, there was a horror movie that was particularly public.

In later generations, it will not only be on an equal footing with James Wan's "The Conjuring 2".

It also defeated DC's annual blockbuster "Suicide Squad" and continued to dominate the North American box office for the week.

After its release, with a budget of only 1000 million U.S. dollars, it earned 1.52 million in box office revenue with Xiao Bo Da.

As a low-cost horror film, such box office results are definitely the best in this field.

The success of "Breathless" is entirely due to the plot and counter-routine settings.

The classic horror films recognized by the world film industry are nothing more than three styles:
The first is to focus on suspenseful layout; the second is to strongly stimulate the senses; the third is to create new concepts.

"Breatheless" has it all and takes horror to a whole new level.

"Breathless" was able to break through in Hollywood entirely because of its new concept.

"Master of Suspense" Hitchcock once proposed a bomb theory.

It means that when three people are playing cards around a table and a bomb installed under the table suddenly explodes, the audience will not be surprised.

But if you tell the audience about the existence of the bomb beforehand.

Then have these three people sit at a table doing the same thing, and the audience will always be wondering when the bomb will explode.

In this way, suspense and story tension are formed.

And "Hold Your Breath" takes advantage of this technique.

You know, humans rely on various senses such as vision, hearing, and touch to judge whether the surrounding environment is safe.

In the film, the director portrayed a blind old man.

On the surface, it directly highlights the character's weaknesses, but in fact, it emphasizes his strengths.

Blind people cannot see, so they are not threatened by darkness.

But normal people lose their visual senses in the dark, so they feel panic and depression inside.

The protagonists of the movie are three thieves who plan to rob the home of a blind veteran who lives alone.

So these three uninvited guests sneaked into the old man's house at night.

Unexpectedly, it became the beginning of their nightmare...

This old man looks frail, but he is actually an agile veteran.

Although they are blind, their hearing is extremely sharp. The three thieves who do not know the heights of the world have become turtles in the jar.

Moreover, while avoiding the old man's pursuit, they accidentally discovered a shocking secret that destroyed their outlook on life...

It is worth mentioning that this movie has a sequel, namely "Breathless 2".

Due to the excellent performance in the first part and impressing the audience, the blind veteran directly became the protagonist in the second part.

The plot of "Breathless 2" does not continue from the previous game, but only inherits the characters.

Compared with the previous work, the two works remain consistent in setting, but the styles are slightly different.

The style of "Breathless 1" is very obvious. The tight rhythm and atmosphere make the uncontrollable nervous tension run through the entire film.

The suspense layout comes from the call and control of the senses. You hold your breath throughout the whole process and can't breathe until the last moment.

In the second part, the style has changed, and the number of action scenes has increased significantly.

Not only that, the one-on-one and one-on-many fight scenes are very realistic, and the scenes are not flashy at all.

On the contrary, it emphasizes punching to the end, similar to the "John Wick" series that became popular in later generations.

Of course, this change in style was criticized and even criticized by many fans of the previous game.

But this is obviously not something Jiang Pei'an should consider now. He only uses previous works that are enough to become a god.

As for the sequel, he can release it when the time comes. Anyway, he has no shortage of good scripts...

The first two people who had a private chat with Jiang Pei'an have left, and now only Shen Yongge and Jiang Pei'an are left sitting opposite each other in the office.

"Mr. Shen, what's the problem with you?"

Jiang Peian asked with a smile.

Shen Yongge was a little nervous. The last time he and Jiang Peian chatted alone, it was because of Yang Kun after the conference last year.

At that time, he and Jiang Pei'an had some unpleasant quarrels, so that Jiang Pei'an basically did not go to the music department to inspect the work in the following year.

The only time Jiang Peian told Wuershan to ask Shen Yongge to produce the theme song and related interludes of the TV series "Star You", but it turned out that there was no suitable singer in the department. As a result, after "Star You" became a hit, it had nothing to do with his music department.

This made Shen Yongge very depressed, if he had hugged Wuershan's thigh.

Or if he uses his connections in the music circle to find a singer for Urshan, the result will be much better than now.

"Mr. Jiang, has our music department been silent for too long?" Shen Yongge asked tentatively.

Hearing this, Jiang Pei felt happy.

He smiled and said:
"Mr. Shen, I have handed over the entire music business department to you, and I have not interfered with your development much, right?

Whether it is silent or not, you have to ask yourself about this. I would like to ask you the same question, Mr. Shen, has our music division been silent for too long? "

It has been a long time since Jiang Peian single-handedly created the album "Hello, China" for Zhou Peng and made Zhou Peng famous.

Except for the fact that the second album still had some sales thanks to the influence of the first album, the sales of Zhou Peng's subsequent albums were far behind.

The entire music division was originally built around Zhou Peng, but now Zhou Peng can no longer use this killer move. It can only be said that this is Shen Yongge's failure.

In fact, Shen Yongge is not without his efforts. In the past two years, he has signed a large number of new singers and has also worked hard to produce singles and records for the singers.

As a result, money was spent, but the results were not achieved. Not to mention creating a second Zhou Peng, even Zhou Peng's popularity was barely maintained.

In fact, the Chinese music scene has developed extremely rapidly in the past two years.

Especially last year was crazy.

This year, Jay Chou released a new album "Ye Huimei".

More than 50 radio stations across Asia premiered the title song "In the Name of the Father" simultaneously, setting a record of more than [-] million people listening at the same time.

Pushu released the album "Born Like a Summer Flower", and Jolin Tsai released her transformational work "Look at My 72 Changes".

Lin Junjie made his official debut with "Music Traveler", and "Running" and "Youth Memorial Handbook" rang out on campus.
Many classic songs that are familiar to everyone in later generations were born in 2003, such as:

"Ten Years", "Meet", "Super Star", etc.

In 2003, all the new forces in the Chinese music scene have made their debut.

The gods from all walks of life began to fight, and the war of the gods in the next ten years slowly began.

But to be honest, the Chinese music scene developed extremely rapidly during this period, and almost every year there was a fight between gods.

This time period is mainly concentrated in the years from 2000 to 2008, showing a trend of "unprecedented and unprecedented".

Unprecedented does not mean that there was no Divine Comedy before 2000, but because before the arrival of the new century, music playback equipment (such as MP3) had not yet become popular in China.

The related music awards and music rankings are also just beginning to take shape. The gods of all walks of life cannot find a suitable venue and cannot fight.

And after 2008, it doesn’t mean that the Chinese music scene stopped fighting.

It's actually hard to explain why.However, there is an obvious trend that the major music awards and music rankings are no longer so authoritative, and have even given rise to a lot of chaos.

Some people even "spend money to rank."

In the past, in the Chinese music scene, singers climbed onto the charts based on their ability.

Later, in the Chinese music scene, some people began to step down from the altar because of chart buying, so the once sacred altar was no longer so sacred.

Therefore, Jiang Peian can also understand Shen Yongge's current situation. The market share is so large and he is still suffering from piracy.

But that’s definitely not why the music division is stagnant.

There is competition in any era. You cannot stagnate or even regress just because others are stronger...

Facing Jiang Pei'an's questioning, Shen Yongge's face turned red, but in the end he just sighed and said slowly:
"Director Jiang, you can also help guide the work of the music department, just like you do for the directors of the TV series department and the directors of the film department..."

This sentence is just short of saying that Jiang Pei'an is partial and only cares about the TV series and movies.

It's just that Shen Yongge is not so stupid that he dares to say that his boss is partial in front of him?

That’s so fucking boring!
Jiang Pei'an also heard what Shen Yongge meant. He shook his head and said:
"Mr. Shen, I am a director. TV series and movies are all related to my career. I can even be an actor. I can be in any of these.

Although I have written a few songs and luckily achieved some success, those are just fleeting inspirations that cannot be grasped or touched. It is a bit difficult for me to ask you to give me guidance on the work of the music business department. "

Hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, Shen Yongge twitched the corner of his mouth. Who would believe this!

At the beginning, I took out so many songs in one go to help Zhou Peng create the album "Hello, China".

Later, he wrote movie theme songs, and Cun Wan composed two highly popular singles, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" and "Where Has the Time Gone".

If you say you don't understand music, aren't you bullying an honest person?

The more I think about Shen Yongge, the more aggrieved I feel. He helped write scripts for the film and TV series departments, and also helped them decide on the protagonist, theme song, etc.

When it came to his side, Jiang Peian patted his butt and refused to help.

They are all born from the same mother, why are they so partial!

Seeing Shen Yongge sitting there looking aggrieved and sulking, Jiang Peian calmed down and said:

"Mr. Shen, instead of complaining to me, you should improve your abilities.

Of course, I am not questioning your business ability... In fact, people here often report that you are too persistent in your work.

I don’t know much about its singers. For a singer who sings folk songs or pop songs, he must be trained in rock music. "

Hearing this, Shen Yongge was about to open his mouth to defend himself, but Jiang Peian waved his hand and said:
"I know you were in rock music before, and you are very accomplished in this area, and you are also eager to innovate.

But you have to respect other singers’ wishes, right?In addition, don’t work behind closed doors. There are a lot of excellent music creators out there, and the prices are cheap.

You have made good use of them, but are you still worried that the music division cannot develop? "

After hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, Shen Yongge lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and looked at Jiang Pei'an and said:
"I understand."

"As long as you understand, there is one more thing you should pay attention to, Mr. Shen, I will say the ugly things first.

Although I originally acquired Bamboo Culture from you and established Xinghuo’s music division.

But this does not mean that you can stay here forever. If the work of the music business department still does not improve this year, then we can get together and part ways. "

Hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, Shen Yongge felt a chill in his heart.

This is the first time Jiang Pei'an has said such serious words to him. The last private beating does not count. After all, at that time, everyone still had reservations and did not break out.

But what Jiang Pei'an said today had a vague meaning to it.

"Mr. Jiang, don't worry, I will never let you down this year."

Jiang Pei'an nodded.

Shen Yongge is very capable and can be called a legend in the recording industry.

In particular, he later took over Tianyu as the president of Tianyu Music and promoted a series of music career processes.

This is a good knife, but a good knife must be sharpened to become sharp... (End of this chapter)