New Age Artists

Chapter 555: The dog that bites someone must be killed!
09 month 12 day.

Shen Santong attended the premiere of "Under the Hawthorn Tree".

Carrying huge controversy, or even infamy, does not affect Shen Santong from being the focus wherever he goes offline.

When speaking at the premiere of "The Sound of Wind", Shen Santong was very restrained and gentle. He did not confront anyone and ignored certain people.

Still being attacked and criticized.

His construction is based on a higher foundation, which is equivalent to confirming the problems of "Dream Creation", which is intolerable to some people.

Shen Santong became the target of many people's criticism and was given a new nickname, "the patriotic maggot."

Calling for a boycott of the movie "The Sound of Wind", shouting that patriotism cannot become a business.

Public opinion was unanimously pessimistic, but two days ago, "The Whistleblower" grossed 40 million on its first day, and before the first weekend was over, it had already exceeded 100 million!
A group of people are still cursing online, but the situation offline is still very hot.

When Shen Santong arrived, Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou welcomed him together.

"I hope the film will be a big hit." Shen Santong congratulated.

Lao Mouzi was very reserved, and Zhang Weiping quickly said, "It is a great honor for Director Shen to come to our premiere. Let's share in Director Shen's good fortune."

Today, Shen Santong is the undisputed leader in the film industry.

The success of "The Sound of Wind" once again shocked the industry and beyond, and countless people went crazy for it!

Fan Bingbing has become a top star in one fell swoop, and has been extremely popular in variety shows, TV dramas, and movies.

Li Bingbing took advantage of the situation and regained his popularity which had fallen in the past two years.

This is the benefit of bundling marketing.

When one of the “double ice” is popular, the other one can also benefit.

The "Four Dans" also issued notices one after another, saying that the "Four Dans and Two Ices" cannot be separated, paying tribute to Shen Santong, the originator of this title.

Especially Zhang Ziyi, who is in a state of disgrace. All her commercial endorsements have been lost. Her reputation can be ruined, but her popularity must be maintained.

Public opinion is calling for Shen Santong to be punished, but people in the industry are very honest about it.

The success of "The Sound of Wind" once again proves Shen Santong's ability to turn stone into gold.

Director Jiang Wei rose from a TV drama director to a higher level and entered the billion-dollar directors club.

This once again proves that Shen Santong not only produces top-quality resources, but he can also produce a film team that can create high-quality resources.

In the past 10 years, Santong Entertainment has exploded in all aspects, and billion-dollar directors have emerged one after another like it's a piece of cake.

Despite his fame, Shen Santong is not arrogant. He praised Zhang Yimou and praised Zhou Dongyu's acting skills: "Xiaoyu will be in the third part of Lost on Journey, and her future is bright."

"Mou girls are basically first-line actresses. I still need to learn from Director Zhang."

"No, no." Zhang Yimou was polite, but he was very happy in his heart. He said to Zhou Dongyu, "Why don't you thank Director Shen quickly? If you can't become a first-line actor, let Director Shen be responsible."

Zhou Dongyu's face turned red with embarrassment.

Zhang Yimou laughed and said, "Our Dongyu is very simple-minded. She was afraid of kissing scenes and cried every time she filmed them."

This made Zhou Dongyu feel even more embarrassed.

Zhou Dongyu at this time was indeed very "pure".

Zhang Yimou’s casting is excellent. Jingqiu in the original novel is plump, while Zhou Dongyu in the movie is thin and weak.

Some people are born with a sense of camera, and the big screen is particularly cruel in this regard. Some people can attract the audience's attention just by shooting their faces. Zhou Dongyu is one of them.

Zhang Yimou makes movies with a bit of literary and artistic flavor, which are very appealing.

The handling of the sex scene in "The Hawthorn Tree" is neat and tidy.

The original novel describes the couple exploring each other with their hands. The movie is even more "pure" than the novel, and it reaches the ceiling of "pure love".

"The Whistleblower" was a big hit, with box office revenue exceeding 200 million yuan, moving from one victory to another.

Shen Santong remained calm and began to shrink his notebook business.

The collision happened, which means that the little one on that part of the chain started to exert force.

9 month 15 day.

The opening ceremony of "The Lost Tomb", a TV series that has been in preparation for more than three years, was held in Beijing.

The main actors are Huang Bo as Wang Pangzi, Lu Yi as Hu Bayi, and Zhang Li as Shirle Yang.

Shen Santong revealed some information at the opening ceremony: "The preparations for The Lost Tomb took almost four years, which is a rare preparation time for domestic films at present."

"We invested 200 million yuan in this production. We hope to use this large-scale production to drive the further development of film production."

“We adopted an in-situ model, utilizing the characteristic buildings of the frontier, while also building a number of new buildings.”

"The ancient city of Jingjue was originally the site of the Jingjue Kingdom during the Han and Jin Dynasties. It is now called the Niya Ruins. The arm guard with the 'Five Stars Rising from the East Bring Good Luck to China' was discovered at this site."

The opening ceremony is over.

The crew chartered a plane to the border.

Producer Chen Chexi stressed the issue of safety: "Everyone please stay within the filming range."

At present, shooting in the frontier is risky.

After weighing the pros and cons, Shen Santong decided to shoot in the border areas to show the border landscape.

A good movie can help to unite people, and it is also the responsibility of filmmakers.

Shen Santong discussed the filming with the main creators: "The movie is different from the novel. We emphasize exploration and avoid tomb robbing."

The original author Tianxia Bachang was the screenwriter, and he was the one who mainly told him: "Look at Under the Hawthorn Tree, Zhou Dongyu is very different from the original."

"Director Zhang was looking for a female lead from a literary perspective, but he couldn't find one. Life isn't perfect."

"Movies have their own rules. The big screen is different from television and books. Movies focus most on the audio-visual experience. We have to find a way to present it well."

“We can’t make movies completely based on literary imagination. We should return to the art of film.”

Tianxia Bachang is not a later generation, and he has never been tortured by unreliable directors. In addition, Shen Santong's achievements are obvious to all, so he quickly said, "I understand, I will fully cooperate, and hope to make a good movie."

The sedan chair is carried by people, and Shen Santong is also very modest: "Of course, we try our best to respect the original work. The story and imagination of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" are excellent in both logic and description. We will not add unnecessary details."

Objectively speaking, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is much better than "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

Tianxia Bachang's parents are members of a geological survey team and travel around all year round, so Bachang is very sensitive to geographical features, including some regional customs and unique legends.

In addition, when he was in Shanxi, he came into contact with many Feng Shui masters, and thus acquired a lot of Feng Shui knowledge.

Shen Santong was the main screenwriter during the project preparation and script writing, and Tianxia Bachang had always been the main screenwriter. They had communicated with each other many times, and it was known that Shen Santong had really read a lot of old books on strange stories and had actually visited some places.

Of course, Shen Santong also asked, curious about whether Tianxia Bachang had actually practiced it.

Many details in Ghost Blows Out the Light cannot be imagined out of thin air.

Tianxia Bachang himself said that he had never robbed a tomb.

But he admitted that he had received guidance from some industry insiders and experts.

Shen Santong is not a director with excessive personal consciousness. He trusts professionals and follows the original work.

Moreover, the core story of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is very good. The two protagonists also go to the countryside and think about hunting in their spare time to improve the food for the villagers.

The whole village came to move the supplies they found that the Japanese invaders had not hidden them at all.

After risking their lives to earn some money, they sent most of it to the martyrs' families. This was the awareness that a normal person in that era should have.

The crew and equipment arrived at the border.

After a day of rest, we started filming. The plot introduction became the curse of the Yehenara clan. The country that robbed the Qing Dynasty of its silver would eventually become the Qing Dynasty, with drugs flooding the country, the country in ruins, and evildoers running rampant.

Shen Santong entered into a mode of concentrating on filming.

After a month of continuous filming, "The Lost Tomb" was successfully completed in the border areas and the filming started at the Qingdao base.

10 month 24 day.

"Issue a statement to support China Film Group's decision."

Shen Santong's feeling was not wrong, Ben was playing tricks.

The organizers of the Tokyo International Film Festival are playing tricks.

China Film Group officially announced that the University of Tokyo delegation withdrew from the Tokyo Film Festival.

Xu Ruoxuan cried at the press conference.

Ruan Jingtian got the message and pulled off his tie forcefully.

Shen Santong felt very disgusted.

"Yun Shui Yao" gave this thing that takes off clothes the female lead, Li Bingbing promoted her, and finally raised such a thing.

Weibo is making an effort.

Send Xu Ruoxuan to the hot search.

After work, Shen Santong received a call from Han Sanping and pretended to be confused: "I don't know, what? I usually don't ask about Weibo. Did her adoptive mother say anything?"

Han Sanping was silent for a while: "That can't be the case. It will be embarrassing."

The crew transitions.

Seeing that he was free, the assistant came over and reminded him, "Toho's chairman, Shimatani Nobushige, wants to talk to you?"

Shen Santong: "What's the matter?"

Assistant: "We're going to give you an award for your film."

Shen Santong really underestimated how disgusting Ben Zi was: "Tell him not to come to me, but to find the person in charge of this business. Coming to see me is the last option."

After recalling the information in my mind, I found out how the Tokyo Film Festival was played in the previous life 10 years ago.

Shen Santong had to say that this notebook was indeed something from the underworld.

Chinese-language films that had won nothing at the previous two Tokyo Film Festivals achieved some success in 10. "Guan Yin Shan" directed by Li Yu won the Best Artistic Contribution Award, and the leading actress Fan Bingbing won the Best Actress award.

In its previous life, "Guan Yin Shan" entered the main competition unit of the film festival, and producer Fang Li also responded to the "withdrawal" before the premiere.

He said, "All activities related to "Guan Yin Shan" in Tokyo will be handled by the Film Bureau."

He said: "We feel very sorry for this (withdrawal). As descendants of the Yellow Emperor on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, we are very happy to gather in Tokyo to showcase our Chinese-language films. The film "Guanyin Mountain" itself is a joint effort of the main creators on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. We hope that this film will promote our own culture on someone else's stage."

Shen Santong wanted to laugh. What culture does "Guanyin Mountain" convey?
However, in their previous lives, Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi did not attend the Tokyo Film Festival.

In this life, Shen Santong deliberately did not let Fan Bingbing play marginal themes.

The awards these films won have nothing to do with the acting, but only with current events.

If China Film Corporation had not boycotted, Fan Bingbing would not have been given the Best Actress award.

At the same time, if an international A-level award comes to him, Fan Bingbing will not refuse it and will celebrate it.

The purpose of this book has been achieved.

Fan Bingbing was not the only one to win the award. Wang Qianyuan also won the Best Actor award for his role in the movie "The Piano in a Factory", and he would not refuse it.

Benzi is very good at these little tricks.

Shen Santong asked his men to tell Benzi clearly that he would refuse to accept the award unless Dongying apologized.

The Japs like to do things like this, secretly, and Shen Santong doesn't leave any room for ambiguity.

overnight.

Toho Chairman Shimatani Norisada flew to Qingdao and went directly to the crew to find Shen Santong.

"Mr. Shen, our market has made you a lot of money, you should give us something in return." Shimatani Nengcheng needed Shen Santong's support, he looked straight at him with a firm tone.

Shen Santong said coldly: "I can only get less than 20% of the box office of a movie. I am here to provide happiness to you, to make money and promote people for Dongbao. Don't be ungrateful!"

Shimatani Nobushige's tone immediately softened: "The film festival was just an unintentional mistake. It was a completely careless mistake. We should look forward."

"You don't have to accept the award, just don't refuse it."

Shen Santong shook his head: "Reading the air is your basic skill. This is a provocation."

Instead, he taught her: "Don't follow Xiao Mi's lead. You are the ones who should seize the opportunity."

"Don't be afraid of death. Promote currency swaps and trade cooperation with us. This is your best chance."

"The aristocratic families in this book need to invest one family at a time. If one dies, another will take over."

"Let the Tokyo District Prosecutors do the killing. Don't be afraid of being killed."

"If a few dozen powerful families die, you will gain a certain degree of legitimacy, and then let the people rush to Xiao Mi's military base."

Shimatani Noriyoshi couldn't maintain the mask he wore before the show, and his face was hard to keep straight.

Shen Santong said to himself: "Xiao Mi will definitely not behave like a human being, and there is a high probability that she will kill many people."

"Don't be afraid of death, charge in your physical form, let Xiao Mi kill, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of civilians will die."

"This era is not decades old, not the era of Li Mei's barbecue, nor the era of atomic explosions. So many people died, which will make you gain some support."

"Use the blood of nobles and commoners to wash away your historical sins and drive Xiao Mi out of the base."

"Xiao Mi may be even more unkind and massacre an entire city, but this is the price he deserves."

"The upper class will have to fill the gap, and the middle and lower classes will also have to fill the gap. Hundreds or thousands of noble families will die, and then hundreds of thousands of ordinary people will die, and normal relations with us will be achieved."

"Don't do anything tricky. This is your best option and your last chance."

Shen Santong's words eliminated any buffer.

Shimatani Nosei suddenly said grimly: "Mr. Shen, you don't want us to do it, right? It's too easy for us. If we do it, you can't do anything to us."

"Mr. Shen, you have a deep hatred for us in your heart."

Shen Santong looked back at him: "You can't do it. You know very well what you have done, and you also know your final result."

At the end, Shen Santong's tone softened and he sighed, "A dog that bites someone must be killed."

During the Tang Dynasty, an Akita dog wanted to bite a person but failed.

During the Ming Dynasty, he took a bite and was severely punished.

In the late Qing Dynasty, they finally got their fill of blood and flesh, but in the Republic of China, they almost bit people to death.

This kind of dog must not be kept.

Shimatani Nozunari's expression suddenly changed. Akita Inu is a perverted dog, but it is also very good at observing people's words and expressions.

For a moment, Shen Santong's gentle smile seemed icy cold.

At this time, the GDP of Tokyo University exceeded that of Japan. The elites of Japan knew very well that this thing was just a number. They knew the situation of Tokyo University very well and knew that the rise of Tokyo University was unstoppable.

The mask he had been wearing was shattered by Shen Santong's confident, calm yet extremely cold words, which struck the deepest fear in his heart.

What will Todai’s strength mean to Benzi?
They know better than anyone what evil they have done!

(End of this chapter)