I didn't want to be an actor

The original version of "Silent Killing"...is not a good movie.

It can only be regarded as a collection of short videos of curiosity...

There is no complete main line at all - he doesn't care whether the story is complete, whether the character setting is unified, and even less cares about what the core theme of the story is. All he does is to stimulate the audience by stuffing everything that can be stuffed into the film!

As long as the plot is extreme enough, the picture is bloody enough, and the things involved are sensational enough, enough to approach the limit of the audience's tolerance, it is considered a success!

Of course, it is indeed successful, and it is very successful commercially-the box office is close to 1.4 billion.

In a sense, this type may be what the film market needs-the audience in the era of short videos only needs two words, emotions!

If you can give him the emotions he wants, and the quantity is sufficient, the audience will be satisfied.

It has the flavor of Korean movies...

Shen Liang's version eliminates the domestic violence line and focuses on suspense and violent scenes...

The box office on the first day was 63 million!

It's not very high, but it is already the best domestic film in recent opening performance!

Maoyan gave a box office forecast of 800 million.

Shen Liang was not too bothered about this - it would definitely be profitable, the cost was less than 80 million.

By the way, in fact, when Hong Kong directors make movies, normally speaking, the cost is about 1:1 with the actors' pay.

Unless they have other ideas...

For example, Zhang Zhiliang!

Back then, the rich people in the mainland invited many Hong Kong directors to come and make movies, and one of the movies almost made the boss jump off the building!

"Butterfly on the Shoulder" directed by Zhang Zhiliang, starring Chen Kun, Gigi Leung, Gui Lunmei, and Jiang Yiyan, had a total investment of 60 million and a box office of 12 million.

Among them, the company that made special effects and props was the director's company, and a large amount of funds were transferred to this company. He was not the only Hong Kong director who did this. Special effects and props, these two were the hardest hit areas!

The well-known $6,000 straw hat and the $100,000 dog cameo left a famous saying: Money is earned, not saved.

In the past, many rich people in the mainland did not understand film production, and even did not understand the film distribution. They thought that the box office was how much money they made, and they were easy to deceive.

Of course, it is unlikely now!

There is no information gap.

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"The source of this story is a news report I read - the daughter did not return home after school, but the surveillance showed that the daughter had returned to the building, so the mother went to each household to ask, and finally found her in a garbage bag under the bed of a family. In fact, the neighbors heard the noise, but thought it might be just a family matter, no one stopped it, called the police, and no one told the mother..."

"This news gave me an inspiration: silence can kill people!"

Shen Liang accepted an interview with Weibo Movie and talked about "Silent Killing"...

"It just so happened that school bullying was a hot news recently, so we linked these together , then I wrote the main outline of the script, and Director Chen Musheng found a screenwriter to fill in the gaps, and filming began last October..."

"Did you take the initiative to find Director Chen Musheng?"

"Yes... He just wanted to try a non-police and gangster theme, and gladly accepted the invitation!"

"Did you draw on "Dark Glory"? "

"If you want to say that you didn't, that's impossible. In recent years, there have been many Korean dramas related to school bullying, such as "School 2015", "King of Pigs", "Dark Glory", etc. We have watched them... But we can't say that we drew on them. We refer to horror movies for scene arrangement, photography, lens language and background music! ”

“In terms of scale, we follow the Silver Metropolis... Silver Metropolis has the right to exempt several large-scale movies every year! In the past, these exemptions were given to Hong Kong films... But we signed a cooperation agreement with Silver Metropolis..."

“Well, there is also a "Karma" later, which is also a crime film with a large scale."

The reporter asked with a smile: "It seems that you like crime themes very much?"

“Yes, it satisfies the audience's curiosity, does not pretend to be profound, does not preach, and does not raise values. It focuses on commerciality and entertainment, and also pays attention to social hot spots and increases topicality. Such movies are not classics, but they meet market demand... The box office is usually OK!"

“Many Internet "A netizen commented that you are learning from Chen Sicheng?"

"We learn from each other...Many filmmakers envy Director Chen's commercial achievements, so why can't we follow his example? Besides, the film market is so big, there is no reason why only he can make crime suspense films...We have also made comedies!"

"Then how much do you think "Silent Killing" can make at the box office?"

"I think it should be over 800 million...Anyway, our goal has never been to make a lot of money, just to get back the money!"

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After finishing the related promotional activities for "Silent Killing", Shen Liang prepared to go to China Film and talk to Lao Fu about the copyright issue of "Bao's Father and Son".

After the Beijing Film Studio was merged into China Film, the copyright naturally belonged to China Film. "Bao's Father and Son" is a classic work of Beijing Film Studio, and if it wants to be adapted, it must be approved by Beijing Film Studio.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to get the adaptation rights...

Back then, Xu Ke's version of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" achieved good results, and then set off a new red theme, "Railroad Tigers" (adapted from "Railway Guerrillas"), "Secret War" ("The Eternal Wave")...

Then, this trend came to an abrupt end!

The reason is very simple, they don't want the new version to destroy the classic version...

But Shen Liang is not an ordinary person...

He grew up in Beijing Film Studio!

He is the one who grew up in front of everyone, so it is most appropriate for him to adapt!

By the way, China Film Group participated in the investment and controlled the distribution...

As for the director, Shen Liang plans to find Dong Leonnian or Yan Fei or Peng Damo to adapt...

Just after getting in the car, I received a call from Chen Jiadong.

"Where are you?"

Shen Liang looked out the car window, and then said, "I'm almost at Xiaoxitian... What's wrong?"

"Are you going to the Film Archive?"

"Yes, I made an appointment with Lao Fu..."

"...Han Yan comes to see you..."

"Han Yan...Director Han Yan..." Shen Liang: "Why are you looking for me?"

"He wants to invite you to star in his new work..."

"What new work? "Animal World 2"?"

"No, it's a movie called "Let's Shake the Sun Together"..."

Upon hearing the name of this movie, Shen Liang immediately said: "...I don't have time!"

Chen Jiadong advised: "...the script is good, and director Han Yan is quite sincere...he said he is willing to wait for us!"

"I don't have time this year or next year...can he wait two years?"

"Okay...then I'll push..."

Chen Jiadong did not continue to persuade... and hung up the phone.

Director Han Yan became famous after filming "Tumor King" (510 million). His subsequent works are: "Animal World" (510 million), "Little Red Flower" (1.13 billion), "I Love You" (430 million)...

In recent years, 4 of his 5 films have been about terminal illness, and their Douban scores are all between 7 and 8. He can be called a rare "terminal illness film director" nowadays.

He has quite a personality, or can be said to be headstrong.

After the success of "Tumor", "Animal World" spent 80 million yuan to build a gambling boat for filming. It also spent a lot of money to do all kinds of completely unnecessary special effects. It specially hired Oscar winner Douglas Douglas from Hollywood with a lot of money. , starring in a role that lasted less than 10 minutes,

The total investment of the film exceeded 250 million, and the box office target was 800 to 1 billion, but in the end it was only 500 million, a huge loss.

Since then, Director Han has returned to his creative comfort zone and continued to make "terminal illness films."

"Little Red Flower" took over 1 billion at the box office under the pressure of "The Crowd"...

Brother Liang quite likes the drama "Shaking the Sun"...

It's a pity that there was a mistake in scheduling - such a tragic film had to be released in the spring season!

However, the reason why Brother Liang refused to appear was really because there was no schedule...

I just received a notice that "Celebrating More Than Years 2" is about to be filmed!