Chapter 176 Crazy Stone Premiere
At the end of 2004, the whole company was mobilized for one thing, that is, for the shooting of the company's annual drama Crazy Stone.
The resources of the whole company are concentrated in Yucheng. Gao Yan has devoted himself to the company's new drama, which has blocked all the company, which is different from "Immort of Life" at the beginning.
Although they are all low-cost movies, the cost of "Immort of Life" is unprecedented. 100,000 yuan is the cost of all publicity and shooting. However, although the cost of "Crazy Stone" is very low, it is not less than five million. Originally, the whole Star Entertainment is just It is about tens of millions of dollars, of which three million have been invested in the shooting of The Legend of Sword and Fairy, and five million have been invested in the immortality. The remaining working capital is only two million. The two million yuan seems to be a lot, but it is basically not enough to do anything, especially in the movie, Crazy Stone has already It's a low-cost movie, but it still needs five million. "Immantality" is just a miracle, just a legend. The legend is a miracle destined to be impossible to replicate.
So Gao Yan is also gambling this time that "Crazy Stone" can succeed, that Wang Zhengfei's script can be popular, and that this time they can succeed and make a profit.
Although he is gambling, he will not put all this on God's will. God's will is the most unreliable thing. He can only do the best he can, so that he will not regret it in the future. Even if he fails, he has done his best, and there is nothing to regret.
With the help of Gao Yanxing Entertainment, Ning Hao's shooting of "Crazy Stone" is much better than in his previous life. Although he was funded by Liu Zhihua in his previous life, the film funded by Liu Zhihua at that time was more than a movie "Crazy Stone" at that time. It is impossible to put all his energy on it. Here, how to compare with the help of the whole company.
Therefore, "Crazy Stone" was successfully completed at the end of the year. In terms of the Radio and Television Bureau, which Wang Zhengfei was most worried about, he did not encounter any difficulties in the end. It just cut a few knives as if it were a routine. Wang Zhengfei was puzzled and asked Gao Yan how to solve it. Gao Yan also looked unspeakable, and Wang Zhengfei's teeth were itchy.
Finally, "Crazy Stone" was released in the Spring Festival period after approval. Originally, Gao Yan and Wang Zhengfei meant that it was better to be released in January. Although there is still some time before the Spring Festival in January, it is better than the Spring Festival period and those blockbusters in 2005. The collection of blockbusters is basically not inferior to that of the previous year. It is not easy to find a way out of these giant films. Among them, there are strong films such as "Hancheng Strategy", as well as a large number of movies such as "The Butterfly", "Lover's Knot", "Beauty Is Still" and "Online Love" and "Love Winner" have landed.
Compared with these movies, when the investment is only five million, it can be said that it is just a small generation.
But since it has been placed in the Spring Festival, there is nothing we can do.
It's finally the day of the premiere. In order to save costs, Crazy Stone didn't go to a grand premiere or anything, and even saved the plot of walking the red carpet.
A series of creators such as Wang Zhengfei and Ning Hao arrived at the cinema early. Whether they could be recognized by the audience was the same. Wang Zhengfei also wore a pair of sunglasses and sat quietly in the cinema without saying much. He just quietly began to enjoy the story, although it was not the first time to watch this movie. But Wang Zhengfei is still looking forward to it, even more than before.
Although Wang Zhengfei is the author and has read the original work, it can basically be said that he is familiar with all kinds of plots, but he is still looking forward to it and nervous, let alone others.
This time's "Crazy Stone" doesn't have a lot of advertising, because there is basically no funds. If two million funds are invested, there can't be a splash, so it's just a highlight, that is, Wang Zhengfei's third script after "Everendless" and "Myth", will Ning Hao, Guo Tao, Huang Bo and others have no objection to this as a gimmick. They also know that their fame is basically not enough to attract the audience to the cinema. They really need Wang Zhengfei's fame. Moreover, they are confident that this film is definitely a classic in comedy, although it is It's not high, but who says that comedies are more expensive? Look at the so-called science fiction movies like "Never" can be made at such a cheap cost, let alone their comedies.
So they believe that it doesn't matter if the audience doesn't enter the cinema. As long as they enter the cinema, they will inevitably be attracted. At that time, the film will be a great success, so the leading actors and Ning Hao have no objection.
The messy scene in the cinema is discussing what's good about this movie. The name alone is enough to attract a lot of attention. Now Wang Zhengfei has so many hardcore fans, not to mention that the last "Immort of Life" has also cultivated a lot of fans, and many people also talk about Wang Zhengfei. The strong logical thinking shown in "Immort of Immort of Life" is unforgettable. If the biggest highlight of "Immort of Immort of Old" is, it is undoubtedly a very strong logical surname. All kinds of explanations of problems have deeply attracted their attention. Although Wang Zhengfei is not starring this time, Wang Zhengfei is the whole film. The screenwriter of the film basically dominates the development direction of the story, and it can also be said that this is also Wang Zhengfei's work.
After a while, the movie began, the lights began to dim, and the noise around it gradually disappeared.
Wang Zhengfei quietly began to enjoy the movie. At first, it was still the old rule, followed by the LOGO of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau, followed by the LOGO of Star Entertainment. This was the second time that the LOGO designed by Wang Zhengfei appeared in the movie.
The beginning of the movie was in the hospital. Bao Shihong had always had problems with his prostate, so he went to see a doctor in the hospital, and this doctor was the director Ning Hao's own guest appearance in the film.
The next few minutes of the plot give people a dull feeling. Yes, it's very plain. It's nothing more than some trivial things in life, and these things can be encountered by everyone. What can't be paid? Public institutions are going to close down. It's basically very common. This kind of thing can only be said to be a little sad, but nothing. It's ridiculous.
This makes the audience who are ready to watch jokes a little uncomfortable at the beginning. This is the biggest difference between "Crazy Stone" and previous Hong Kong comedy films. The traces of Hong Kong comedy in the past are so obvious that they have become pretentious that the characters have to Only by making some funny actions and saying some NC words can the audience smile. The feature is that the characters in the film are obviously stupid like pigs, but they are still unaware of it, which generally lowers the IQ level of the characters in the world in the story.
But "Crazy Stone" is different. Although it is also a comedy and makes people laugh with the stories of the characters, they will not deliberately do these things, just like the characters in reality. Although they sometimes do something funny or funny, it's all No one will do this in reality if he does something unintentionally.
So the joke of "Crazy Stone" feels particularly close to the audience. I feel that this is a funny thing that will happen in reality, rather than the previous Hong Kong comedy that only exists in the director's imagination. The director thinks it is funny, but in fact, it is especially NC's surreal plot.
Although I experienced a few minutes of dullness at the beginning, things soon changed dramatically. In the dirty toilet of the demolition, a piece of jade was found.
Then Xie Qianli actually planned to hold an emerald exhibition, which surprised the audience. This finally began to have a dramatic effect. You know, because the plot in the first few minutes was too plain, the audience subconsciously regarded the things on the screen as their own things around them, and if someone around them wanted Isn't it surprising to hold an emerald exhibition?
After the story really unfolded, the jokes finally appeared. The legendary jokes, the audience were a little full of inside. The previous plots were a little too serious. They were either bankrupt or couldn't pay their salaries. Later, there was the plot that the Hong Kong thief invited by the bald boss Xu Zheng to steal the jade. What about all this? It's like watching a feature film instead of a comedy.
The story unfolds. Xie Xiaomeng met Jingjing, a girl played by He Zhuoyan, on the ropeway, and he fell in love with her very much. After appreciating her, he did not get Jingjing's good face.
In order to get the beautiful woman Xie Xiaomeng pretended to be injured in a crash to take care of his father Xie Qianli to ask for money, Xie Qianli gave him money helplessly.
This plot made many audiences in the cinema scold shamelessly.
But then they turned into a big laugh, because when Xie Xiaomeng was in the toilet, he bragged to his friends about how powerful he was, so he didn't care about his father's cheating money. Unfortunately, next to the toilet was Xie Xiaomeng's father, Xie Qianli, and Xie Qianli knew his son. After lying to himself for this kind of thing, he was so angry that he beat Xie Xiaomeng up fiercely.
The audience burst into laughter when watching this plot.
(to be continued)