Chapter 547 Fortunately, there is Yu Xiaoshu in this domestic entertainment
The Wandering Earth grossed 1.28 billion in three days. Everyone is even wondering what miracles the film can create in the next four days? ?
It is definitely impossible to hold a celebration party now. We have to wait until the seven-day Lunar New Year holiday is over. The momentum of "The Wandering Earth" is so strong now. Why hold a celebration party at this time? ?
At this time, roadshows should be carried out as much as possible.
For this reason, director Yang Fei and a group of actors were very busy during the Chinese New Year. No, to be precise, they started working after the preview of "The Wandering Earth".
It can be said that the box office success of "The Wandering Earth" is also related to their roadshow.
This year, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the roadshow of "The Wandering Earth" returned to the capital.
Everyone was very excited, whether it was the actors or the director.
As for director Yang Fei, he had never made any big movies before this one, and was almost eliminated from the director circle, but he did not expect that Yu Xiaoshu would give him such a script.
This is both trust and pressure.
It can be said that Yang Fei has not had a good night's sleep since he took over the script. He was always worried that he would mess up such a movie. As a result, Yang Fei could be said to have worked day and night to forget about eating and sleeping.
In addition to Yang Fei, there is also the "The Wandering Earth" team. As Yu Xiaoshu said before, the success of a movie is not accidental, and it cannot be accomplished by just one screenwriter or director.
Actors are important, but the people behind the scenes are equally important.
Take "The Wandering Earth" for example. Because Yu Xiaoshu wanted to use this movie for real industrialization, he set up a special effects company and asked Li Xia to directly recruit a lot of people. In this way, the film could proceed to post-production smoothly.
When watching a movie, people always give applause to the actors on stage, but for Yu Xiaoshu, the staff behind the scenes are more important.
Today, Yu Xiaoshu participated in the roadshow of "The Wandering Earth". Although he was somewhat shocked by Chen Feng's remarks, he expressed his understanding.
To put it bluntly, this Chen Feng is very similar to some directors in that world.
How to say it? ?
On the one hand, I refuse to admit defeat and always feel that I am still the boss, or I refuse to admit that I am old and feel that I have to rely on myself to do everything.
In the past, when the market didn't change, they made money no matter what they filmed, even if the word of mouth was worse, the box office was still good.
Then what.
With the changes in the market and the emergence of a new generation of directors, these people are almost eliminated by the market. All they have left are their status and so-called tough talk.
As for those people on Earth, it’s better not to talk about them.
Yu Xiaoshu understands this.
But understanding is understanding, but it does not mean that Yu Xiaoshu agrees.
A good movie may not necessarily be linked to box office success, but that doesn't mean you can just say the audience is not good enough.
Therefore, Yu Xiaoshu can also understand the responses of Guo Han and Bai Susu today. It is normal that they do not want to offend Chen Feng. Behind Chen Feng stands not only Dongyi Film and Television, but also other companies and even Diwei.
After all, Chen Feng is also a big gang.
But understanding is understanding, and disappointment is inevitable.
People will eventually compromise with reality.
Guo Han, who once dared to say that Yao Qing was a jerk for not understanding movies, has now made peace with Yao Qing and is now eating together.
Bai Suzhen, who once said that she would never become that annoying person, has not actually achieved her goal yet.
understand.
Just like some people say that only children can distinguish between right and wrong, while adults only care about benefits.
But there are some things that cannot be compromised and must be determined as right or wrong.
At today's roadshow, Yu Xiaoshu was in the audience, but he was invited to the stage by Yang Fei.
"What I want to say is that the success of The Wandering Earth is inseparable from Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu is the pillar of this film. He has been watching the film from the beginning to the end, even including the post-production..."
Yang Fei said with a smile: "Then let's all give Teacher Yu a warm round of applause."
Swish.
The lights were all focused on Yu Xiaoshu.
Frankly speaking, Yu Xiaoshu was only planning to participate in the roadshow at first, and he had no intention of going on stage, but everything was for the movie.
Well, now you are here.
Don’t you think so?
Yu Xiaoshu, wearing a mask, finally went on stage and greeted the media. He said again, "Director Yang just said that the success of this movie is inseparable from me. I think this sentence is only one-fourth right. As a screenwriter, I am responsible for this movie, but the success of The Wandering Earth is inseparable from the efforts of all the staff..."
At the celebration party for "Mountains and Seas", Yu Xiaoshu said that the success of a movie is inseparable from the cooperation of the team. At that time, did everyone think that Yu Xiaoshu was making up for himself? ?
After all, everyone thinks that "The Wandering Earth" is not an easy movie to make. Under such circumstances, it will definitely be even more painful.
It is quite normal for Yu Xiaoshu to find a scapegoat, isn't it? ?
But I never expected that.
Yu Xiaoshu is not looking for the blame at all, he just wants to share the so-called cake.
It's very obvious.
For Yu Xiaoshu, no one would say anything even if he took all the credit for himself.
Because from the very beginning, everyone was comparing the movie "The Wandering Earth" to Yu Xiaoshu.
If this movie fails, Yu Xiaoshu will definitely take full responsibility, and no one will say that it is a problem of the new director Yang Fei.
Similarly, if this movie is successful, then Yu Xiaoshu will naturally be praised.
That's fair.
Just like "The Rescue", it can be said that except for Bai Suzhen, everyone else like the director and the production company are satisfied with the "The Rescue".
After all, in just three days, the box office of "Rescue" has reached 750 million yuan. The current box office forecast is that it can reach more than 1.5 billion yuan. Even if the follow-up is a little better, it may even reach 2 billion yuan.
After all, the reputation of "The Rescue" is not collapsed, it's just that the reputation is relatively extreme. And you have to know that there are still many people in the market who like this movie.
It's not like there is no market for Western Hollywood-style movies in China.
It is precisely because of this that "The Rescue of the Last Days" and "The Number One in the World" are completely different.
So naturally, there is only one loser in the movie "Rescue of the End of the World", and that is Bai Suzhen.
She not only lost to Yu Xiaoshu, she also lost to herself.
Let’s not talk about "The Rescue" for now, let’s continue talking about "The Wandering Earth".
As for Yu Xiaoshu, he thanked all the people working on "The Wandering Earth" on the spot, such as the visual effects director, the director of photography, the art director, and the members of the director team.
"I hope everyone can see our own Chinese science fiction. I also know that The Wandering Earth has many shortcomings. Please believe that we will continue to do a good job in Chinese science fiction in the future..."
The roadshow was not an interview, so Yu Xiaoshu didn’t say much, which was just a finale.
Then it was time for media to ask questions.
kindness.
As expected, the first media outlet asked Yu Xiaoshu about Chen Feng's remarks.
"Teacher Yu, what do you think of the argument that there are so many crappy movies because there are crappy audiences?"
The first person to ask questions was a reporter from the "China Gossip Magazine". Their "Gossip Magazine" is famous for writing gossip, and it has no physical entity. It is mainly a self-media, so basically there are fewer restrictions.
As for the argument that Chen Feng's audience is rubbish and therefore his movies are rubbish, this "China Gossip Magazine" has actually already discussed this a long time ago. It can even be said that "China Gossip Magazine" is on Chen Feng's side.
Because they think that the current situation is caused by the audience's non-picky eating habits.
Back in 2017, many screenwriters blasted bad movies, saying that they wasted the audience's time, insulted their intelligence, overdrawn their emotions, and were a devastating blow to the industry.
Not only that, during those two years, the criticism against young and handsome actors was the most intense.
Screenwriters, producers, and even some film and television giants in the industry have all started to criticize the film, and a major war has even broken out.
Unfortunately, it was useless.
On the one hand, everyone is somewhat dissatisfied with this phenomenon, but on the other hand, everyone uses young and handsome men with high traffic, because young and handsome men with high traffic have a market.
It was not until 2019 that traffic gradually failed, but it was just a failure. However, as we said before, some so-called acting veterans eventually turned to traffic.
However, it is impossible for traffic to continue to be the sole driving force in the film industry and to earn hundreds of millions of box office revenue by relying on just a few traffic points.
Simply put, as Luo Yuan said at the time: "The audience is no longer blind."
yes.
The audience is not blind, but the screenwriter is blind.
Yes, Luo Yuan was blind. From the platinum level he was once at, his stock price had fallen to this point in just a few years. The so-called argument between Luo Yuan and Yu Xiaoshu had become a laughing stock.
In addition to Luo Yuan, several other screenwriters also gradually fell behind.
How to say it? ?
It was these screenwriters who criticized traffic stars the harshest and looked down on traffic artists the most. They even felt that traffic stars ruined them.
The result, okay.
Even when the traffic died, they still didn't succeed. On the contrary, some screenwriters simply became the traffic, and they do nothing but curse the traffic every day, because that is the only way to get traffic.
So, you say, is it really traffic that is to blame for the beginning of the traffic era?
It's just a malformation of the market.
The same is true for the audience. The audience's requirements are not high. They spend money to watch movies. Do they spend money to watch movies and you blame them just because you are not picky about this market? ? ?
What nonsense???
So, since other people don’t dare to say it, let Yu Xiaoshu pick it out himself.
After all, some things have to be done by someone.
In this regard, Yu Xiaoshu felt that he was qualified for the job.
Therefore, facing the reporter's question, Yu Xiaoshu did not answer first, but asked back: "What's your name?"
Xiao Chu said: "Teacher Yu, my name is Xiao Chu."
"Xiao Chu, right? Do you think this view is correct? Do you think that there are so many bad movies because the audiences are bad?"
Yu Xiaoshu asked with a smile.
Xiao Chu didn't expect Yu Xiaoshu to ask him back, so he said very directly: "Teacher Yu, you must not have read the new manuscript we sent out today. In this manuscript, we explained in detail why we agree with what Director Chen said. Of course, I don't think the audience is rubbish, I just think that the audience's appreciation level is a little low, they need our guidance, but on the other hand, the current market is related to the low appreciation level of the audience..."
I have to say that Xiao Chu's answer is quite professional. After all, Xiao Chu is also a film critic. You know, being successful in self-media is much more difficult than in other areas. It really takes a lot of hard work.
To this end, Xiao Chu tried not to take up too much time as possible and made his point clear.
"You are right about one thing. The current audience's appreciation level is indeed a little insufficient. But you have to know that this deficiency has nothing to do with the audience. In fact, taking a step back, the audience itself does not have high requirements. A screenwriter once said that the aesthetics of movies need to be guided, and this guidance requires a process. Many times, the audience may just want to eat some big food, but some unscrupulous vendors directly use gutter oil. What do you think this has to do with the audience? The audience is also a victim of this kind of junk food..."
Xiao Chu was a little disappointed when Yu Xiaoshu first said this, because Xiao Chu felt that Yu Xiaoshu looked like he was just going to make a joke.
But what no one expected was that Yu Xiaoshu would change the topic next.
This almost shows that his point of view is completely different from Chen Feng's.
And Yu Xiaoshu was not just hinting, he almost said it out loud: "So I think our film industry has the responsibility and obligation to change this market and change the audience's taste. In the process, we may fail, or be misunderstood, but no matter what we encounter, we must not, or should not, let the audience take the blame. The audience is the most tolerant person in the world, and their requirements are the lowest..."
Good job.
The reporters at the scene were all a little shocked.
Everyone knows that Yu Xiaoshu is indeed quite crazy, or he really does what he wants, but no one expected that Yu Xiaoshu has remained true to his original aspirations after so many years.
Who else dares to say this?
Didn’t you see that even Guo Han said that Director Chen Feng is the person he respects the most?
Everyone has truly become disgusted with and fed up with this fake domestic entertainment.
Domestic entertainment is over.
Although many people say that domestic entertainment is not over, even Chen Feng said that because of him, domestic entertainment will not play, but what is he doing in this Lunar New Year period???
Everyone was in despair.
Fortunately, this Lunar New Year movie "The Wandering Earth" was released. This movie not only saved science fiction, but also saved the Lunar New Year movie.
At the same time, today, after listening to Yu Xiaoshu’s words, many people felt that it is fortunate that there is still Yu Xiaoshu in the domestic entertainment industry.
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(End of this chapter)
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