Chapter 530 Please invite Mr. Meng back!
Chen Sicheng has always been a very commercial person, which is not only reflected in movies, but also in his career outside of movies.
Seeing that there is a new trend in short dramas, he has been considering whether to follow it during this period.
But since Meng Bai said that it is difficult to make money from investment, then he will think about it - this person's vision is well-known in the entire industry, not to mention that the popularity of this short drama comes from him, who else can he believe if not him.
"What are you two talking about?"
Chen Zhixi walked over and looked at Chen Sicheng: "Did you say something about the movie?"
"No, I was just about to mention it."
Meng Bai narrowed his eyes and glanced at the two of them in confusion: "It sounds like there is some information I don't know."
"Well, it's nothing, I just started a new movie project and I want to ask you for help." Chen Sicheng said.
"New movie? Then you can go find Sister Xi, she has the final say now."
"Hey, don't say that, I'm just an employee, and you are all my bosses."
The three of them joked for a while, and Meng Bai brought the topic back: "So, what exactly do you want to find me for? It can't be that you can't find investment for your new movie."
Chen Sicheng waved his hand: "It's actually very simple, I just want you to help me invite someone to make a cameo appearance."
"Specially ask me for help? Who are you looking for to get such a big face?"
"Teacher Li Qin."
"... Tsk, this person is really very face."
Looking at Meng Bai's silent expression, Chen Sicheng and Chen Zhixi smiled at the same time, "As expected." But there was no more teasing, and the two explained to him.
Chen Sicheng's new film project is called "The Vanishing Her", and like "The Accidental Man", it still chose the theme of "Southeast Asian Crime".
The story is inspired by several old films from decades ago, including the former Soviet Union film "The Trap for Bachelors", the American "The Disappearance Mystery" and the source of this series, the French detective comedy "The Trap of the Lonely".
Chen Sicheng mixed the stories of these three films together, combined with the classic urban legend of "the wife disappeared and was sold to a foreign circus", and the previous case of "a pregnant woman falling off a cliff in Thailand", and finally stitched together this script.
The general plot of the movie is that Li Muzi, a rich girl who inherited a huge inheritance, disappeared unexpectedly when she was traveling abroad with her boyfriend He Fei. Just when He Fei was searching in vain, a strange woman appeared in front of him and insisted that she was the other party's girlfriend Li Muzi, and also produced various evidences.
He Fei, who was caught in the conspiracy, grabbed the only life-saving straw "gold medal lawyer" Chen Mai, who also agreed to help him find the truth. Unexpectedly, after several reversals, the real murderer was actually He Fei himself, and his purpose was to kill his wife and cheat the inheritance.
This project began to be prepared last year, and the main actors have been roughly determined. The male lead He Fei found Zhu Yilong, who had previously worked with him in the "Detective Chinatown" web drama, and the fake girlfriend found Wen Yongshan, and the "lawyer" Chen Mai chose Ni Ni.
"Chen Mai" is a lawyer on the surface, but her real identity is Shen Man, the head of the drama troupe. She is also the best friend of "Real Li Muzi". The reason why she found He Fei was to help her good sister get revenge.
The role of "Real Li Muzi" is a key main character in the story and has a very important position, but she doesn't have many scenes. Except for appearing in memories, there are basically no shots.
This kind of role can actually be played by any ordinary actor. It's just that Chen Sicheng thought of the fact that Ni Ni and Li Qin had worked together in "The Golden Years", and the popularity of their "best friend CP" is quite high.
In addition, the two girls have a good relationship in reality, so he thought of inviting Li Qin to guest star in the role of "Real Li Muzi", which can be regarded as adding more gimmicks to the movie.
"That's it. No problem. I'll ask her later." Meng Bai agreed without hesitation, and then touched his chin and said, "But then again, the subject of your movie this time is a bit..."
"Why, inappropriate?"
"No, it's too appropriate."
Many viewers have always felt that Chen Sicheng is a "sly guy."
When youth films were popular, he filmed "Northern Love"; later, when comedies were popular, he filmed "Detective Chinatown"; later, when suspense was popular, he filmed "The Accidental Detective" and so on. In short, he films whatever is popular.
If we talk about the hottest topics in the past two years, it is naturally "female protagonist" and "gender opposition". This "The Vanishing Girl" obviously has this tendency.
If it were Meng Bai, he would not like to shoot this kind of film. But everyone has their own ideas, and the project itself seems to be quite profitable, so he did not persuade Chen Sicheng.
"Are you going to Thailand to shoot?"
"I thought so at first, but now the situation there is too complicated and safety is not guaranteed, so I finally decided not to go out and shoot in Hainan."
"Hainan? That's perfect." Meng Bai smiled and said, "The "All or Nothing" we are preparing recently is also shot in Hainan."
Chen Sicheng's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Then I save trouble, just borrow your scene."
"No problem."
The two of them roughly agreed, and the details behind will naturally be handled by the directors of both sides. It just so happened that the premiere was about to start, and this topic came to an end.
Compared with the first two films in the same series, "Detective Chinatown 3" is far superior in terms of lineup and popularity, and it is considered a hot spot in this year's Spring Festival.
However, the big productions during the Spring Festival are not just "Detective Chinatown 3".
"The Battle at Lake Changjin", which just won the domestic film box office champion during the National Day last year, has brought out the second film "Watergate" during the Spring Festival.
In addition, there is "Sniper" directed by Zhang Yimou, Wen Muye's new work "Miracle: Stupid Kid" after "Dying to Survive", and "Boonie Bears" that appears regularly every year.
The Spring Festival is like this. Every movie looks very powerful before it is released, but as soon as it is on the screen, the pros and cons can be immediately distinguished.
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Although the flu situation in various places has worsened with the spread of new variants, there has not been a large-scale closure like when it first appeared in 20 years.
Relying on the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies, this year's Spring Festival data has set a new record. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the total box office of the market exceeded 1.8 billion.
The most eye-catching one is naturally "Detective Chinatown 3". Relying on the popularity of the previous two films, it won 1 billion box office on the first day of its release, accounting for more than half of the box office, and also broke the first-day box office record of domestic films.
In the following days, the cumulative box office performance of the movie continued to grow rapidly, reaching 1.8 billion in two days and 2.5 billion on the third day...
Until the end of the Spring Festival holiday, the total box office of "Detective Chinatown 3" has reached the 4 billion mark.
It was followed by "The Watergate Bridge of Changjin Lake", which ranked second with a box office of 2.5 billion.
As for "Miracle Stupid Kid" and "Sniper", the gap is a bit big. The former box office is barely 1 billion, and the latter is less than 500 million.
Judging from the box office data alone, the performance of this year's Spring Festival is not bad, and it has almost returned to the scale before the flu.
However, in terms of audience evaluation, it is somewhat unsatisfactory. First, many people said that the ticket price is too expensive, and second, the quality of several movies this year is a bit lame.
The first to bear the brunt is "Detective Chinatown 3", in which the reasoning elements are further weakened and the comedy elements are increased. Although the scene is full, the plot looks very weak.
This can be seen from the score. Hundreds of thousands of viewers scored 5.3 points, which fell below the passing line. In conjunction, the IP of "Detective Chinatown" has also been somewhat damaged.
[The second part was not very good, and the third part is even worse. Chen Sicheng, we beg you to stop using those dirty jokes and invite Mr. Meng back! ]
This message under the official movie blog received nearly 100,000 likes, and many fans begged Meng Bai to continue to direct the "Tang Detective" movie.
I don't ask for the quality of the first part, but it is enough to ensure the plot level of the web drama.
(End of this chapter)
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