I didn't want to be an actor

In fact, the main producer of "Man Jiang Hong" is Huanxi Media.

"囧Mom", Huanxi Media is also the main producer. It is "囧Mom" that abandoned theaters in 2020 and sold it to streaming media, making a net profit of 600 million...

This incident aroused huge anger in the theater chain, and the director and starring Xu Zheng was criticized verbally and in writing for several months...

At that time, the theater chain even threatened to ban all movies of the production company from now on as revenge.

And it has indeed been done - "Looking for Han", produced by Huanxi Media, directed by Tang Danian and starring Ren Suxi and Li Baotian, was released on May 1st in 2021. It only gave 0.8% of the film schedule on the first day of release.

So this film opened with a score of 7.1 on Douban and is still rated 6.0 to this day. The final box office was only a pitiful 4 million...

It's very embarrassing to be reduced to the material for killing chickens and terrifying monkeys!

Therefore, the work "Man Jiang Hong" can be regarded as an apology in a sense...

It is said that "Man Jiang Hong" made unprecedented concessions to theaters, and the producer offered huge expected profits to reconcile with the theaters.

In terms of film arrangement, theaters are definitely tilted!

"The Wandering Earth 2" was a contract negotiated during the epidemic period, and the shares are different. The most important thing is that Guo Fan's character cannot benefit the theater chain - it would be good if the theater chain does not provide sponsorship...

The filming period of "River Red" only lasts 2 months, and the filming locations are all in the ancient county of Taiyuan. The cost basically does not exceed 200 million. Even if it is sold to theaters, it is sure to make a lot of profits!

From the beginning, the two films had different statuses in theaters.

Shen Liang is not very worried about the box office of "The Wandering Earth 2". He said: "As a science fiction movie, the box office performance of "The Wandering Earth" can already be ranked among the top three in film history!"

"...Top three?"

Shen Liang scratched his head: "It may not be accurate, but in the field of pure science fiction, it can at least rank among the top five, and the global box office of "Interstellar" is only 700 million US dollars, the global box office of "The Wandering Earth" is 690 million US dollars, in the field of pure science fiction, "Gravity" has a global box office of 723 million US dollars, the global box office of "The Martian" is 608 million US dollars, and "Apollo 13", The global box office is 355 million US dollars, several Spielberg science fiction movies, "ET" has a global box office of 791 million US dollars..."

Wu Jing retorted: "Avatar, Avengers, and Star Wars are not science fiction movies?"

"I don't think so..." Shen Liang shook his head: "At most, they can only be considered with some science fiction elements... The superheroes of "Avengers" are the focus, and science and technology can only be regarded as auxiliary... The same goes for "Avatar" and "Star Wars". Science and technology are not even comparable to metaphysics!”

"Doesn't it count?"

"My personal feeling, just from personal viewing, is that these themes are just fantasy movies with science fiction elements. In essence, they are similar to "Shanghai Fortress", they are just space operas!"

Guo Fan couldn't help it anymore: "Would it be too insulting to Cameron if you compare "Shanghai Fortress" to "Avatar"?"

Cameron is his idol!

Shen Liang explained: "The original work of "Shanghai Fortress" is actually a romance novel, a secret love in the context of the apocalypse... It has nothing to do with science fiction. "Avatar" is actually the continuation of "Star Wars"... The success of "Star Wars" is the axis The confrontation between the alliances, with the background of religion and the third world, is all-encompassing. The technology and special effects of the film at that time were also the most advanced in the world. Combined with the background of the Cold War, it became an instant hit.

The route of "Avatar" is exactly the same, the technology is the most advanced, but the Cold War has ended, and the focus in the United States is the racial issue, so the story is based on the background of science fiction, and the theme becomes betrayal, love, and the integration of aborigines. . "

"Actually, the routines of European and American science fiction commercial films have been finalized. In the setting of alien villains, the technological force value is slightly higher than that of humans. In "Avatar", humans have become aliens. There is no other reason, because they are bullying Others have very few experiences of being bullied by others. I don’t know how to write about it, and I can’t even make it up..."

"It's not as good as "Three-Body". The height of the alien civilization in "Three-Body" exceeds the limit of human imagination. The Trisolarans say that humans are bugs. This strong sense of the crisis of social destruction is the starting point for Chinese and European and American science fiction. The difference is that if your enemy can destroy you without even moving a finger, how can you survive? The strange strategic ideas generated by this will greatly challenge the author's imagination, and the movie-watching experience will be even better. good."

"So, many viewers will be disappointed with "Avatar 2"." After a pause, Shen Liang added: "Of course, if the standard of "The Wandering Earth 2" is just like that, everyone will probably complain about it!"

Wu Jing interjected: "...I watched the finished film, and it was pretty good...The sky elevator part was really shocking!"

"Anyway, the Spring Festival schedule can be foreseen, namely "Man Jiang Hong" and "The Wandering Earth 2"... According to the market capacity, both of them should be able to exceed 3.5 billion..."

"That's good…"

…

After talking about "The Wandering Earth 2", Wu Jing asked about the situation of "Shu Mountain"...

He was relieved to learn that it would be released in mid-July: "If nothing else happens, "The Meg 2" should be released at the end of July!"

Lu Yang thought for a while, and then said: "It seems that Mahua's "Super Family" is also at the end of July!"

Wu Jing was silent for a while...

Shen Liang asked him: "How about "The Meg 2"?"

"...Ordinary popcorn movies...are not big enough..."

"That's terrible... I chose Alien because it's big enough... violence, blood, the biggest attraction of The Meg should be sharks and deep-sea fear, but it doesn't have these... I guess it's hard for the audience to buy it..."

Lu Yang didn't quite agree with Shen Liang's statement: "Not necessarily, the first Meg was also quite mediocre... the box office in mainland China exceeded 1 billion!"

Shen Liang shook his head: "The ticket prices are different, and the costs paid by everyone are different... When The Meg was released, the average box office was less than 30 yuan, and now? The lowest is 55... The audience will be cautious in choosing movies... If it's not worth spending money, they won't spend money."

Guo Fan interrupted their conversation and said: "I watched Primal, which you mentioned before."

Shen Liang immediately asked: "How do you feel about it?"

"It's good, but..." Guo Fan shook his head: "It's too long... I don't think it's suitable for making a movie !”

“It’s a trilogy. The first part is about the protagonist deciding to travel, the second part is about bringing back seeds, and the third part… I haven’t thought about it yet.”

Wu Jing looked at Lu Yang, who asked, “What is “Primitive War Chronicles”?”

“It’s about a modern man who is reborn in the primitive era…”

Guo Fan gave a brief introduction to “Primitive War Chronicles” and added, “The part I remember very clearly is that the protagonist harvested a kind of precious rice called ‘Thousand Grains of Gold’ in a wilderness. The author described in detail the various strange phenomena when the rice matured, such as the beasts from all directions being attracted… Later, the protagonist brought the rice seeds back to the tribe, and used many chapters to describe the rice sprouting, passing through several hurdles, absorbing specific nutrients, and finally heading and maturing… The whole tribe was busy for the harvest… It was very comfortable to read…”

Shen Liang nodded, “What impressed me most was actually the feast of boasting… the part where the tribe showed off their wealth!”