I didn't want to be an actor

Xu Zheng now has a very good reputation.

Whether it's last year's "The God of Medicine" or this year's "Win the Championship" unit in "My Motherland and Me", both are amazing...

Therefore, the industry is very optimistic about "囧Mom" - Hengdian guarantees the release of 2.4 billion, directly advances 600 million and promises 150 million in publicity expenses!

In other words, 750 million won "囧Mom"...

There is also a supplementary agreement: if the actual box office of the movie exceeds 2.4 billion, the producer Huanxi Media and Hengdian Pictures can share the net income exceeding the guaranteed box office in a ratio of 35:65.

In other words, what Hengdian Film and Television earns is the part after the box office exceeds 2.4 billion!

Even if the box office is 2.4 billion, the distribution company will not make much money, and the divided account will not exceed 900 million - during the Spring Festival period, you still have to pay a film scheduling fee of about 100 million...

Xu Zheng is under a lot of pressure - after the "Tang Detective" web series was aired, the number of people who wanted to watch "Tang Detective 3" and pre-sales soared to nearly 10 million, setting a record in film history and a standard head.

Then "囧Mom" can only be ranked in the second echelon!

Although the odds for the Spring Festival release are huge, "Tang Detective 3" will definitely take the biggest piece of cake, and "囧Mom" will compete with the other five...

Referring to last year's market, the total market opening for the Spring Festival was 6.4 billion, "The Wandering Earth" won 2.7 billion, "Alien" only 1.3 billion, "Flying Life" 1 billion...

Even if there are 7 billion this year, "Tang Detective 3" will take at least 3 billion, and the other six movies will share 4 billion...

Are you confident that "囧Mom" will get 2 billion?

Xu Zheng doesn’t have much confidence anyway!

Therefore, we need to put more effort into marketing and publicity...

He looked at Shen Liang: "If you are free, could you help write a promotional song?"

"...I have to go to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow...the crew has been waiting for me for half a month!"

"I asked you to write a promotional song for "The God of Medicine" before, and it was done in five minutes!"

Shen Liang scratched his head: "...Is there a script? Let me take a look!"

"...This is a summary of the plot..."

…

"囧Mom" is a typical Xu-style comedy. A middle-aged man's career and family are in a mess, and then after a trip, he regrets and finds the truth of life!

Shen Liang has watched this movie.

Failed!

The logic of the plot is too inconsistent. It was okay at first, but from the moment Xu Zheng climbed on the roof of the train, the whole plot began to fall apart. Although comedies inevitably have exaggerated plots, climbing on the roof of the train, being chased by bears, and hot air balloons are too far away from reality. Far away, this kind of exaggerated action plot suddenly appears in a road movie, which really seems very inconsistent and inappropriate...

Sometimes it is realistic, sometimes exaggerated, sometimes comedy, sometimes tragedy, sometimes action, sometimes sensational. None of these are well blended together, they all feel fragmented...

Also, the divorce subplot is really useless. In fact, even if this thread is completely deleted, it will not affect the plot, and it may even look better. This thread is to forcefully add a mid-life crisis to the protagonist, but the problem is embarrassing. Mom, this movie itself is not about mid-life crisis!

The biggest problem is the character setting: there is a missing partner - "We're on the Road" and "囧囧" are two strangers who become brothers in trouble, two strangers of the same sex partner, one is responsible for teasing, and the other is responsible for complimenting. It's interesting to see It’s so funny!

But "囧 Ma" is not the case. Whether it is Xu Zheng's character or "囧 Ma", they are both funny.

The mother is noisy, and the son is more noisy than the mother...

The gags are a bunch of supporting characters...

This kind of character setting is very tiring to watch.

Xu Zheng is a smart man and he knows the quality of "囧Mom".

Therefore, it was immediately sold to ByteDance and broadcast online for free!

Of course, it's not time to sell it yet, so he is still thinking of promoting pre-sales through marketing.

So, find Shen Liang to write a promotional song!

Shen Liang pretended to think for a while, then took out a pen and paper and began to write lyrics: I swam into the bottom of the Nile River with luggage that was heavier than my body. After several lightning bolts, I saw a bunch of circles~

That's right, Zhao Lei's "I Remember"...

"This is…"

"Mother's love, time and space is a circle, go straight or turn, we will meet eventually... I felt a little emotional after reading "Coco"... What I thought at that time was that death is not the end, forgetfulness is. Now after reading this script, suddenly Some ideas.”

"Let me see..."

Guo Fan took the lyrics and read them, 'I swam into the bottom of the Nile River with luggage that was heavier than my body. After a few flashes of lightning, I saw a bunch of circles~'

Read "Don't cry, my dearest person, my best playmate, time and space is a circle, go straight or turn, we will meet each other in the end~"

I couldn't help crying: "It's so well written!"

"It's not that bad..."

Lu Yang took the lyrics and looked through it...

Xu Zhengdao: "I have never seen anyone write about maternal love from the perspective of separation, death, and reincarnation..."

"...It's not bad. If not, it's him!"

Xu Zheng nodded, and then asked, "How much does it cost to write a song for you now?"

"...Just give me a licensing fee..."

"How much is that?"

"...I'm not sure. Just ask Danny Long...I haven't written a song for someone in a long time."

Wu Jing: "Are you too expensive?"

"It's also possible..."

Except for projects with real deep pockets, we really can’t afford Shen Liang!

Moreover, he usually doesn't write songs for people...

Even if you have money, you can’t afford it!

Throw money at it?

It can't be smashed, after all, he has now reached the position of writing BGM for military parades.

Wu Jing remembered something: "I told Yuan Heping about "The Bodyguard"..."

Shen Liang hesitated for a moment, and then said truthfully: "Ba Ye... is more suitable to be a martial arts instructor..."

Yuan Heping's level as a director is similar to that of most action directors who become directors. It can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

For a director who has transformed into a martial artist, the plot is to serve the fighting scenes...

His ability to distinguish between good and bad scripts is very poor...if he is lucky, he will get "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", but if he is not lucky, he will get "Su Qier".

However, Wu Jing highly recommends Yuen Woo-Ping - Yuan Woo-Ping is his boss. "The Master of Tai Chi" was created by Yuan Woo-Ping, including Wu Jing's first film "The Kung Fu Boy", which was also co-directed by Yuan Woo-Ping and Zhang Peixin...

"Then who is suitable to be a director?"

Shen Liang pointed at Lu Yang: "Lu Yang..."

Wu Jing's eyes lit up: "Yes,"

He turned to Lu Yang and talked about "The Escort"...

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I am preparing "Dunhuang" and "Assassination of Novelists"..."

…

After the two parts of "Xiu Chun Knife", although the profits were not very good, Lu Yang became famous and was valued by many investors.

Especially he directed "Earth Fire" starring Shen Liang, which cost 300 million!

There are very few directors who are qualified and capable of directing big projects.

Then, Beiwen approached Lu Yang for the "Dunhuang" series...

"Dunhuang" series, "Dunhuang: Xuanzang Code" and "Dunhuang: Heroes Returning to Yiyi" were both written by Lu Yang.

Beiwen's PPT film list is very beautiful, including "The Trilogy of the Gods", "Dunhuang" series, "Drawing Jianghu" series, "749 Bureau", "The Wandering Earth 2"...

They are all big projects!

"Dunhuang" series, with an investment of more than 500 million, Lu Yang needs to concentrate...

Therefore, he is not very interested in "The Escort"...

Oh, "Dunhuang" and "Assassination of Novelists" are all projects controlled by Beiwen!