Chapter 393 Guan Xiaoli visits the set (Please subscribe to support!)
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Xu Kai filmed the movie "Dying to Survive" with great care and pursuit of perfection, so much so that many people could not stand his harshness.
Based on this situation, producer Chen Ruoxi and executive director Shen Hehe came to ask Xu Kai why this time was so different. Xu Kai said: "Because this movie is completely different from all the movies I have made before."
Yes.
"Dying to Survive" is different from other movies.
This is a critical realist film that starts with a group of urban characters, gradually rises from the family level to the social level, and raises a question to the society: when the law and morality are in conflict, should we pursue profit or save lives?
In Xu Kai's opinion, "Dying to Survive" is the best Chinese movie. "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Wandering Earth" cannot compare with "Dying to Survive".
——The movie "Dying to Survive" has important social significance. "Farewell My Concubine" or "The Wandering Earth" are, after all, just entertainment works to entertain the public.
In order to make "Dying to Survive" well, Xu Kai really put his heart into it this time. He paid attention to the details and tried to do everything to the best of his ability.
This actually put a certain amount of pressure on Xu Kai.
The most direct manifestation is that during the filming of "Dying to Survive", Xu Kai needed to release his stress on a woman every night before he could have a good rest.
Xu Kai brought the crew to Tianzhu to film. The girls who originally came to Tianzhu with Xu Kai included Shi Jiahui, Gulinlin, Zhao Lili, Anne Hepburn, Nicole Johnson, Delia and others. However, because Tianzhu was too chaotic at that time and there were always vicious cases targeting beauties from other countries, they were sent back to their country by Xu Kai. At that time, Shen Hehe, the only one who stayed with Xu Kai, suddenly had relatives come and hung up the exemption sign, so Xu Kai didn't get a good rest for three nights in a row. Xu Kai even thought of pushing Ye Sui, who had been seducing Xu Kai, away.
Fortunately——
Guan Xiaoli suddenly came to Tianzhu to visit the set, and Xu Kai took out his anger on Guan Xiaoli so as not to let down his old friend Laogui.
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2019 Lunar New Year holiday.
“Dying to Survive” was released without much hype.
Although it was not widely promoted, "Dying to Survive" is Xu Kai's film, and it is also the film in which Xu Kai and Xu Li collaborated again after seven or eight years of separation.
Many actors who are looking forward to Xu Kai and Xu Li all want to see what kind of comedy Xu Kai and Xu Li can bring to everyone?
Therefore, even though the parties involved in "Dying to Survive" did not promote the movie at all, the news of its release still spread like wildfire and even became a hot topic several times.
What the audience didn’t expect was that the ticket price for “Dying to Survive” was quite affordable, which was incomparable to “The Wandering Earth” at all.
——According to a number of film producers, the ticket price of "Dying to Survive" could exceed that of "The Wandering Earth", or at least should be on par with that of "The Wandering Earth". It doesn't make sense that after raising the movie ticket price with great difficulty, they would lower it again. However, Xu Kai, who wants more people to see "Dying to Survive", insisted on making the ticket price of "Dying to Survive" affordable. For this reason, he even threatened that whoever raises the ticket price of "Dying to Survive" would never be allowed to cooperate with Kai Xin Maizi again.
How could the film producers who still wanted to make money from Xu Kai and Happy Maizi dare to offend Xu Kai, so they could only hold their noses and lower the ticket prices for "Dying to Survive".
Because the ticket prices for "Dying to Survive" dropped, it won the favor of the audience.
As a result, after "Dying to Survive" was released, tickets were immediately hard to come by - some cinemas even sold out all tickets for three days. "Dying to Survive" sold 1 billion tickets in pre-sales alone.
Looking at the current world, whether it is Chinese directors or directors from other parts of the world, there is absolutely no one else who has such a strong box office appeal as Xu Kai.
but--
When the audience walked into the cinema, they were stunned.
To paraphrase one audience member, "I thought it was a comedy, but it made me laugh and cry."
Although it was different from the audience's expectations, after walking out of the cinema, the vast majority of the audience went to major rating websites and gave "Dying to Survive" a score of 10.
As a result, in just a few days, more than 300,000 people gave "Dying to Survive" a score of ten.
The rating of "Dying to Survive" also surpassed that of "Farewell My Concubine" in one fell swoop.
At the same time, the audience's evaluation of "Dying to Survive" was also consistent.
“Dying to Survive is not only a rare domestic realistic film with a high degree of completion, but also a work that breaks the so-called institutional barriers with sincerity and wins the audience with regular filming techniques.”
"The editing of "Dying to Survive" is smooth, and the camera language is straightforward and humorous. The film has laughter, tears, and reflections. With the advancement of small details in life, director Yu Qingyun takes the ordinary, humble, and uneventful daily life of the little people to a more profound level."
"Dying to Survive uses a realistic portrayal of grassroots groups to vividly unfold the tenacious life stories of small people. The small characters played by Xu Li and other actors are also full of shining points, and everyone has contributed solid performances. The key director Yu Qingyun uses comedy to illuminate the social reality. The first half of Dying to Survive is fascinating with its hilarious humor, and the second half constructs a tear-jerking core between the law, interests, and life in a relaxed and tense manner. Faced with the high price of life-saving drugs, the civilian peddler played by Xu Li's transformation from profit-seeking to life-saving has formed a film that resonates with people and strikes the heart directly."
"'There is only one disease in the world, and that is poverty.' Medicine can prolong life, but facing the sky-high price of medicines of up to 10,000 yuan, I believe that not many ordinary people can afford such high treatment costs. But how many people are willing to give up the desire to live in the face of life? That's why there is a movie like "Dying to Survive". We can't expect everyone to become rich, but the country should take more responsibility for the health of its citizens. At the end of the movie, the country includes genuine drugs in medical insurance, reduces drug prices, and cancels tariffs on imported drugs. These measures prove that the optimization and improvement of the national system is the ultimate weapon to break the deadlock between interests and life."
"Dying to Survive uses 117 minutes to tell a story closely related to life. The plot revolves around the common "medicine" in life, with twists and turns. There is a clash between ideals and reality, as well as a collision between emotions and the legal system. In the rich atmosphere of reality, whether it is medicine or patients, they will inadvertently poke the audience's tears. When the whole film came to an end, the story in reality did not end. "Glenin" has been included in the medical insurance catalogue of 19 provinces and cities, and the high cost of medicine and Indian generic drugs have all become history. This kind of echo between the screen and the screen is also the most touching. Although Director Yu Qingyun has directed hilarious comedy films such as "Charlotte's Troubles", films with higher artistic levels such as "Farewell My Concubine", and box office myth films such as "The Wandering Earth" with a box office of nearly 10 billion, the author believes that "Dying to Survive" is Director Yu Qingyun's best work."
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The very consistent positive reviews, coupled with the high ratings on all the online reviews, and the key being Xu Kai's reputation, made the box office of "Dying to Survive" exceed 5 billion in just over half a month, and then made great strides towards 6 billion, 7 billion, and 8 billion.
Seeing this, the film producers were stunned. They all thought: "Mr. Qing is still far-sighted. He can still achieve high box office without high ticket prices. Looking at this trend, even if the box office of "Dying to Survive" is not as good as "The Wandering Earth", it should not be too far behind."
Then, those greedy film producers couldn’t help but think: “If the ticket price of “Dying to Survive” is the same as “The Wandering Earth”, then Mr. Qing’s box office for just one movie would exceed 10 billion, right?”
Thinking of this, the film producers who are also in the film industry couldn't hide their envy and jealousy. They all hoped that they could also make a blockbuster movie, even if it was only one.
It’s a pity that everyone knows that this is just wishful thinking.
It is worth mentioning that while "Dying to Survive" achieved a box office of nearly 10 billion yuan, it also won a series of awards at major film festivals in Asia.
Xu Li, who has won many Best Actor awards, was undoubtedly the biggest winner. He also got rid of the joke of being the 20 billion Best Actor and became a true 30 billion Best Actor.
As for Xu Kai, he has already won all the awards and honors related to movies, and he no longer needs others to present him with awards.
--In fact, Xu Kai has not won the Lifetime Achievement Award so far. The reason why Xu Kai has not won this award is simply because Xu Kai is still in the entertainment industry. If one day Xu Kai announces that he will retire from the entertainment industry permanently, he will probably be able to win the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement Award immediately.
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Thanks to the efforts of Pan Xiaowei and his family, CRAZYBARBY has inherited the founder Hu Man's CRAZY spirit of daring to challenge and constantly innovate. Its products include fashion boutiques, clothing, and will soon expand into skin care products, cosmetics, high-end jewelry and watches.
CRAZYBARBY can be said to be one of the fastest growing fashion brands with the highest user repurchase rate in recent years. Its outstanding quality has always been favored by beauty-loving women at home and abroad.
As a hot topic in the entertainment industry, Hu Man became famous for starring in "Extreme Bliss". Hu Man also became the talk of the town among Chinese movie fans all over the world overnight with her seductive eyes and hot body.
After the success of the film, Hu Man was invited to the romantic country of Pakistan to shoot the cover of a fashion magazine. Her white dress and red shoes fully displayed her romantic mood. Hu Man's passionate and unrestrained style made the fashion industry nicknamed her "China Crazy Baby" (CRAZYBARBY is Hu Man's English name).
Later, Hu Man appeared on the cover of "Men's Health" and shot a photo blockbuster for "Style Times" magazine. In the photo, Lan Yan exudes a sexy temperament and shows off her proud figure, which gradually made her gain more and more attention and recognition, and she won the "Fashion Awards Most Breakthrough Female Artist" award and the "Fashion Magazine Idol Star Vitality" award in succession.
At the "ELLE Fashion Night", celebrities dazzled on the red carpet in gorgeous gowns of their favorite designs, while Hu Man looked sexy and beautiful in a white floor-length dress.
Regarding the title of "sexy actress", Hu Man, who founded her own fashion brand CRAZYBARBY and opened a celebrity store, said with a smile: "Actually, 'sexy' is only one aspect of me. I hope everyone can see my versatility."
——Hu Man, who is already a successful person, now hopes to show everyone more of the spirituality and wisdom hidden under her sexy body.
Hu Man's style is open-minded, sexy and fashionable, and is sought after by many women.
Hu Man used her influence to promote the CRAZYBARBY brand.
At the same time, Pan Xiaowei and his family are also working hard to operate the CRAZYBARBY brand.
In recent years, Hu Man and Pan Xiaowei have really been following the husband's lead.
Thanks to the CRAZYBARBY brand, the fallen Pan family returned to the upper class circle.
but--
One thing that makes Pan Xulong, the head of the Pan family, very upset is that until now, Hu Man has not registered her marriage with Pan Xiaowei, even though Hu Man gave birth to a pair of twin daughters for Pan Xiaowei five years ago.
Pan Xulong was extremely anxious about this.
yes.
Now the Pan family occupies high positions and key departments in CRAZYBARBY, and Hu Man is also very nice to the Pan family.
But in the final analysis, CRAZYBARBY only belongs to Hu Man and actually has nothing to do with the Pan family.
Let me put it this way, if Hu Man gets unhappy one day, she can kick out all the Pan family members with just one word, and then the Pan family will become paupers again.
The Pan family, who have had such an experience once, really don't want to experience that kind of life again.
Actually, it's quite funny.
If the Pan family had not been ruined, even if the Pan family members were beaten to death, they would never let the porn star Hu Man enter their family and marry the young master Pan.
But now, all the members of the Pan family are eager for Hu Man to marry Pan Xiaowei as soon as possible and become the true daughter-in-law of their Pan family.
However, everything else is easy to talk about. Once the topic of Pan Xiaowei and Hu Man's marriage is brought up, Hu Man will change the subject, and Pan Xiaowei will be like a taciturn person, as if the two of them intend to continue like this.
On this day, Pan Xulong, who didn't want to wait any longer, said directly to Pan Xiaowei and Hu Man: "Mo Li and Mo Qi are already five years old. When are you two going to get married?"
When Hu Man heard this, she raised her wrist to look at her watch, then said, "Uncle, I'll..."
"Manman!"
Pan Xulong, who had already made up his mind today, stopped Hu Man from making excuses and said in an unquestionable tone: "You must give us an answer to this matter today. You can't delay any longer."
Hu Man was not frightened by Pan Xulong's words at all.
After Pan Xulong finished speaking, Hu Man continued to talk to herself: "I have another event later, let's talk about this later."
After saying that, Hu Man stood up and walked out.
Seeing this, Pan Xulong became anxious: "Manman, don't you want to marry Xiaowei? Have you been deceiving Xiaowei's feelings? Have you been deceiving our Pan family to work like slaves for you and help you develop your company?"
Seeing Pan Xulong say such serious words, Hu Man couldn't help but pause, and then she said without turning her head: "Uncle, I think you should fully communicate with Pan Xiaowei before saying this, and find out who is the problem that we can't get married."
After saying this, Hu Man left without looking back...
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(End of this chapter)
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