New Age Artists

Chapter 563: Don’t eat food that will end your family lineage!
Throwing a firecracker into the pit and running away became Shen Santong's basic routine.

Because debating is meaningless.

If you think about it carefully, Western mainstream media such as the BBC have been systematically spreading rumors and lies for many years, and the people involved have not blown the whistle or objected.

In fact, there is reason to speculate with the greatest malice that everyone in these media organizations has lost their conscience and has no basic sense of right and wrong, and that they are all evil.

The same is true for the lack of resolute struggle at home.

Some people cannot be convinced. Some people are the kind that even if you give them comprehensive evidence and put a meal in front of them, they will just say, "I don't want to listen, I don't want to watch, I don't have time, I only care about what's happening around me."

You didn't cross the river, but you did. You fell into the river and died. What can I do to you?
Those who have entered the external narrative, whether in the 1990s or later, have the mentality of "I am mentally prepared to be raped and tortured."

It sounds incredible, but there are people like this.

As long as we screen, there are many people from Dongda University who can be screened out. With a probability of one in a hundred thousand, there are still more than ten thousand people.

Of course, the difficulty these people imagined before they went online is definitely different from what they actually experienced.

Being raped in the rainforest, or being controlled by drugs and sold, is different from what they imagined they could tolerate.

In the society of Dongda, as long as you keep talking tough, you will never lose. No matter how great your theory is, it is not as good as Maxim.

The authorities generally do not use coercive measures against speech, so there are phenomena such as "you become patriotic once you go abroad" and "this is better than the party's education."

Because of the iron fist of capital, it is objective.

In particular, various alienated organizations under the unregulated financial capital, such as Latin American gangs, have a more idealistic order than some people, and also have absolutely idealistic bullets.

If you don't listen, I'll kill you.

It would be more accurate to say that Shen Santong is not so much fighting with the livestock as he is showing that he is outside the pit by throwing firecrackers into it.

In this process, another narrative is provided to prevent some little fools from foolishly walking to the edge.

The debates were always in vain. In December, after a short break, Shen Santong began to attend meetings non-stop.

Summarize this year's achievements and lessons, make arrangements for next year's work, and formulate a medium- and long-term plan for the next 15 years.

These things are much more important than debate.

How to produce content, adjust personnel structure, and develop technology, and how to build an effective organizational framework
These jobs were more boring than each other, so attending premieres and some social activities became Shen Santong's rare pastime.

12 month 6 day.

"Let the Bullets Fly" held its premiere at the Olympic Sports Center.

Many big names gathered, and Feng Xiaogang, as a rival of the Lunar New Year movie, also came in person to show his support.

During the interview, Feng Xiaogang smiled and congratulated: "Let the Bullets Fly will definitely be good. Who doesn't know how good Director Shen is?"

"Since June, there has been a good drama every month. The lowest-budgeted film, Love Is Not Blind, earned nearly 33 million yuan at the box office. As the main drama of December, Let the Bullets Fly has a guaranteed 12 million yuan!"

Feng Xiaogang is disgusting. He didn't even mention the connection between "Let the Bullets Fly" and Jiang Wen, but brought up Shen Santong.

There is nothing wrong with this statement. Wouldn’t it be good if it sells well?

Feng Xiaogang also tried to alienate the relationship between Shen Santong and Jiang Wen. Santong Entertainment was simply killing anyone who stood in their way, and this continued until the end of the year.

Such an awesome company shouldn't exist, it's a monopoly!
"Haha, I can't compare to you. We can finish filming in July and still catch up with the Lunar New Year holiday." Jiang Wen also smiled, but his face was a little stiff.

I knew Feng Xiaogang was being sarcastic, but I still felt uncomfortable.

"Well, I'm here to make money." Feng Xiaogang smiled. He said that making movies is like making grape juice, and Jiang Wen is making wine. He himself admitted it.

"Shen Santong!"

"Director Shen!"

Hearing the cheers, Feng Xiaogang fanned the flames: "Wow! Look at how popular our Director Shen is."

As soon as Shen Santong stood still, a reporter rushed over and asked about the Golden Horse Awards: "Director Shen, is it unfair to film and television project workers if Santong Entertainment collectively withdraws from the Golden Horse Awards?"

"I'll say it again, it was the intern's operational error, and he never quit!" Shen Santong emphasized, and then said: "As for work, making money is the most important and most practical thing."

"Improving your quality of life is the most important thing. To put it bluntly, winning awards is a way to recognize your qualifications and to increase your income. Our Santong Entertainment has the highest income in the industry, and we will organize awards in the future to increase the sense of achievement of our staff."

Everyone who heard this was shocked. Putting aside the polite words, Santong Entertainment was clearly aiming to withdraw permanently.

After walking the red carpet, answering the host's questions about the movie, Shen Santong gave all the credit to Jiang Wen: "I didn't play a big role. Let the Bullets Fly is the work of director Jiang Wen. After watching it, you will understand what I mean. To be honest, I am ashamed of myself."

After exchanging pleasantries with Jiang Wen, he entered the backstage. The assistant came over and told him about Feng Xiaogang's previous provocations. Shen Santong shook his head after hearing it.

Xiao Gangpao is indeed a bit of a "villain" and is quite "jealous" of Jiang Wen.

In the quasi-autobiography "I Dedicate My Youth to You" published in 03, there is a passage: Jiang Wen commented on "To Live" in this way: "To live" is a verb, but it is used as a noun in the movie.

In order to survive, Fugui must have been very active. In order to survive, he took the initiative to give up, and lost all his land and family property in a gambling game, and became a poor farmer. In the end, he got what he wanted and survived.

However, Jiang Wen stood on the director's point of view and said: If it was really filmed like this, if "Fugui" was really so wise and proactive, then would we still be hurt by "Fugui's" suffering?
Feng Xiaogang's comment on Jiang Wen is: intelligence that comes from blood stasis!
Too smart.

There is another passage in this book: I believed everything Teacher Jiang said without a doubt, and I applauded everything Teacher Jiang did. I felt that he could not be wrong, he was too smart.

Crazy teasing.

Feng Xiaogang was one of the directors of "Beijing Natives in New York", and the filming was taking place at Xiaomi. Because of an argument over a scene, the female lead Yan Xiaopin and Jiang Wen made a bet about it.

Feng Xiaogang was so eager for Jiang Wen to lose that he immediately supported the female lead without thinking, but Jiang Wen won again.

Feng Xiaogang really wanted to see Jiang Wen lose once.

To put it more bluntly, he wanted to trample on Jiang Wen's dignity and let Jiang Wen taste the feeling of having no dignity.

Some people can get opportunities easily, but Feng Xiaogang can't, and he can't be as carefree as Jiang Wen.

In Feng Xiaogang's own words, if there was a war, he would be a small soldier and would be executed if caught; but if Jiang Wen was caught, he would be given a position in the united front work.

To this day, Feng Xiaogang's films are selling out one after another, and his status and income are no less than Jiang Wen.

But some formed character traits cannot be changed.

"Director Shen, thank you for speaking up for Fanzi. You must come to the premiere of If You Are the One 2." Feng Xiaogang was polite with a smile on his face when he saw Shen Santong.

12 month 16 day.

"Let the Bullets Fly" was released nationwide, while "If You Are the One 2" held its premiere.

This year's Lunar New Year box office was led by Zhu Yanping's "The Laughing Man" and Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao", followed by "Let the Bullets Fly" and finally "If You Are the One 2".

The audience cheered and this year's good shows from the beginning to the end of the year seemed like the beginning of a golden age for movies.

Looking at this year's Lunar New Year box office, the calmest person is none other than Feng Xiaogang.

Amid the overwhelming publicity for "The Orphan of Zhao", "Let the Bullets Fly" and even "Big Laugh in the Rivers and Lakes", "If You Are the One 2" is slowly launching its own publicity.

At the premiere, Feng Xiaogang said, "For me, fame and fortune are enough. I have to make some films for my interests. With the 2 million yuan earned by Earthquake, I have completed my mission this year. million yuan for Non-Self is enough."

That being said, as of December 12, the box office of Let the Bullets Fly exceeded 22 million.

Not only was it a box office hit, it also received rave reviews.

Walk out with vigor and vitality, walk out with rapid progress, walk out as if you are in another world!
Please translate for me what "fucking surprise" means!

Make money while standing!

Jiang Wen's films have a masculine atmosphere rarely seen in the film and television industry. They are like a powder keg overflowing with hormones, shocking everyone.

It’s like foreign songs focus more on the melody, which is far more important than the lyrics.

In Chinese, the relationship between songs and lyrics is at least half and half, and sometimes the lyrics are even more important.

The same is true for movies. Chinese people believe that "literature carries the message" and value the "meaning" in it.

There are no special effects, but the "meaning" of "Let the Bullets Fly" is better than the special effects, it appeals to people and tickles their hearts.

No matter how well Feng Xiaogang's movies sell, they are still inferior to Jiang Wen in terms of quality.

Jiang Wen used "Let the Bullets Fly" to teach him how to shoot a movie and how to make wine from grapes.

The Lunar New Year box office is Feng Xiaogang's home turf. He is polite in words, but he absolutely does not want to lose. Even Santong Entertainment cannot do that, let alone lose to Jiang Wen.

The little steel cannon is under a lot of pressure!
"Let the Bullets Fly" was a big hit, and Shen Santong's diss hit song from that year was dug up again.

The conversation between Jiang Wen and Ge You became a check-in attraction.

It turns out that Director Shen Santong was such a good songwriter, it was very cool back then!

“Yes, he can write songs too!”

Shen San Tong’s fans are crying their hearts out. The movies are getting better and better, and there is no need for songs to spread his popularity. He won’t write any more songs, right?
Big lazy dog!
As the outside world interpreted "Let the Bullets Fly" in various ways, Jiang Wen became a legend in one battle.

One day, Chen Chexi discovered that the company had organized a collective learning task for the production department.

Shen Santong came to give the lecture in person.

"For works related to reality, the final presentation must conform to reality." The assistant turned on the projector, and Shen Santong clicked on the first slide and got straight to the point: "Let the Bullets Fly" was a hit, with both box office and word of mouth. What was the price? The price was that this theme was over."

"In the original novel of The Horse Thief, Zhang Muzhi was beheaded by the new county magistrate, and the people went to see him off. The scene was sad and heartbreaking."

"Master Tang was originally called Master Chen. After Zhang Muzhi's death, he drifted to another county and worked as a clerk there until the end of his life. He would tell people stories about Zhang Muzhi from time to time, and thus The Story of Stealing an Official was created."

"Director Jiang Wen is undoubtedly excellent. He completely digested the original work and turned it into his own movie."

"Leaving aside the metaphors, the main plot of Let the Bullets Fly is about a hero defeating a bully."

"But at the end, Zhang Muzhi watched his brothers leave on the train. They were heading to Shanghai for their better days, but Zhang Muzhi was left alone by them."

"Compared to the original novel, Zhang Muzhi didn't die, but Master Tang didn't have a good ending."

"Master Tang loved money all his life. He bought an official position and collected taxes for money to help the tyrants. In the end, he was riding in a car full of silver and it hit a landmine and exploded."

"His body was lying in a pile of silver. He told Zhang Muzhi that he still had several letters of appointment as county magistrates, and asked Zhang Muzhi to help him continue to make money."

"The image of a man who loves money like his life and dies in a pile of money is really clever. It not only summarizes Master Tang's life, but also has a strong sense of picture."

"The most classic one is the buttocks hanging on the tree, with the buttocks and brain separated."

"The problem is that this movie has some personal agenda. To put it bluntly, this movie was made for personal agenda. It was only because of the low point of The Sun Also Rises that some audiences were catered to."

"What is private cargo?" Shen Santong asked the students below.

Internal meeting.

Everyone spoke freely and said a lot of things that are not easy to make public.

“Yes, this is private work.”

Shen Santong concluded: "The problem is that this private work is at odds with reality."

"You don't have to like the way of entering the international market, the way of utilizing capital and social resources, and the way of cooperating with Xiaomi."

"But we cannot go against the facts, that is, going to Shanghai and Pudong. Zhang Muzhi was not a follower of this strategy, but a maker."

"Going back a little further, those who joined for the purpose of fighting the Japanese were the Type 38 cadres. If they wanted to be pure, there would be no united front, and there would be no today."

"The main contradiction is the anti-Japanese war, and all others are secondary contradictions. For the survival of the nation, we must unite all forces that can be united."

“What we need to do is, when we win, we should not forget the existence of the crisis and our mission.”

"Let's look at it now. Was the united front correct? It was correct, and there was no upheaval."

"We have won, and we still have the spirit to take the exam."

"According to the standards of some people, fundamentalists, either-or, and those who don't consider reality, they will just kill the transport captain on December 12. But is that really possible?"

"He did it, failed, and then let Benzi succeed, 'forever with tears in his eyes', or he drove Benzi away, but lost to the transport captain, and left a famous saying, 'Because we were here, they built a hospital for you.'"

"But the question is, why do you want to leave and cry?"

"Why can't we just laugh? While uniting all the forces, we also use a structure to ensure that even if the ideas are not quite right, the forces can be used together."

"We need to use both urban and rural forces. We don't need to abandon one after using it. We need to use both."

"Isn't it good to win one victory after another? Isn't it good for us to build colleges and hospitals ourselves and feed people?"

“Why should we hand over the initiative to an unpredictable opponent? Why should we leave the fate of the people to an unpredictable future?”

"Pure and pure? I think it's stupid and stupid!"

"Many years later, the train to Pudong for Let the Bullets Fly was another occasion to unite all forces."

"It is the same. As the team expands and its strength grows, there will also be impurities. Naturally, we will encounter the problems we encountered when we established a united front."

"We have won in history, so before we fail, we have reason to believe that we will win again and take the initiative into our hands."

Shen Santong was reborn, so he naturally knew that he had won again.

“The problem with Let the Bullets Fly is not that it is pessimistic about the future, but that it goes against objective facts.”

"We are still tied, but that is a great achievement in itself."

"Overall, things are getting better every year, and that's the fact. Director Jiang Wen's film makes people feel sad and desolate after watching it, which goes against this basic fact."

Shen Santong pointed at Chen Chexi and gave an example: "We all know that Xiao Chen doesn't like socializing."

Everyone laughed, and Chen Chexi felt a little embarrassed.

Shen Santong continued, "But if the market hadn't expanded, Xiao Chen wouldn't even have had a chance to act, and it would have been even harder to be a producer, even if you came from a well-off family."

"Most of us here have benefited from this. In the past, it was dominated by the second generation of literary and artistic directors such as Tian Zhuangzhuang and Chen Kai, then by the children of the academy such as Wang Shuo and Jiang Wen, and then by Feng Xiaogang and others."

"Director Zhang Yimou had the opportunity because of the support of the local studio and the help from outside forces."

"Now it is easier for us to get opportunities that we never dared to think about before. If it weren't for marketization, we wouldn't even be able to get in the door."

"We have had difficulties and setbacks, and the future is hard to predict, but we have won in the past and have achieved a lot in the past. Overall, we are excited."

"If Let the Bullets Fly was just an ordinary play, it wouldn't matter, but unfortunately it is not. Director Jiang Wen made this movie specifically to interpret this period of history. It has been like this since The Sun Also Rises, and it has not changed."

"If what is sold does not match the history, then naturally you have to bear the price."

As a member of the production department and a senior producer, Chen Chexi asked: "Will the censorship be blocked in the future?"

Shen Santong nodded: "After this play, similar themes will inevitably be tightened, and the more interpretations there are, the more so."

"Movies like Let the Bullets Fly will never appear on the screen again. The opportunity was given, but it was played with a trick of negation, which is completely inconsistent with history."

"You are all producers, you must have this mindset. Don't talk about big things, just talk about your own interests. You can't make money that will destroy your descendants!"

Don't blame me for not giving you a sense of proportion.

Like Li An, the scissors were handed to him, and he made "Lust, Caution". No one can be blamed for his one-size-fits-all behavior in the future.

The same is true of "In the Name of People", which is inconsistent with reality.

After watching the whole drama, one gets the feeling that Sun Liancheng is the only good official.

It is true that Qi Tongwei deserved his punishment, but he had his own reasons for turning evil.

But in reality, with the rapid economic development, after 10 years, the volume can be increased in one or two years. With a huge base, the growth rate is still huge.

Especially from 08 to mid-16, the economic development was like a rocket, and the private sector also expanded like an airplane.

After watching it, I felt terrible. At least I couldn't figure out why the economy is booming.
We can’t say that there is a deviation between film and television works and reality. It is reality that is wrong, right?

The fact is there are problems, but there are also achievements.

Moreover, the achievements far outweigh the problems, otherwise reality would not be able to develop and food, clothing and daily necessities would not be able to improve.

Later, the drama "I Am a Detective" adapted from a real case was very good. It was postponed for two years for release. A lot of processing was done on the dubbing of place names and other things, which was considered a relatively good interaction.

But "Who is He" has taken advantage of the situation and will inevitably be rejected.

Shen Santong didn't know whether it was due to poor screenwriting skills or if it was intentional.

The same is true of "Storm", where the villain is portrayed as flesh and blood, while the decent protagonist is very stereotyped in comparison.

The criminals all blamed it on objective factors or family problems, and the victims all blamed it on themselves. Qi Tongwei had a reason to be evil.
This is the creative idea of ​​some literary and artistic workers.

Moreover, some producers should be very clear about what they are doing, and they are extremely clear about what to whitewash and what to discredit. However, "Bottom Line" has no bottom line at all.

Even if we don't consider tightening the subject matter, doing this will only drive away the audience.

Until one day, the film and television industry officially had a clear label in the minds of the audience: they are all bad, they might as well die.

An opposite example is "The Bad Kids". Since then, the scale of suspense dramas has been expanded, which led to "The Long Season", a drama that looks back on the years of unemployment.

Jiang Wen has been having trouble since "One Step Away", and in a sense, it's his own fault.

It's not that he doesn't care about the box office, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to get the investment, cast, marketing and distribution channels for commercial films. In order to promote his movies, he also participates in various activities, even if some of them are not very relevant.

Shen Santong concluded: "The problem nowadays is that normal people don't curse their parents, but some of us in the industry curse them subconsciously."

"They even made up all kinds of stories, saying that if you want to have a rebellious spirit, you should first cut off contact with your parents. If even your parents don't dare to resist, what kind of resistance is that?"

"There are many different meanings of cursing, some are mild, some are severe, some are stupid, some are bad, but they all have the same essence."

"Self-doubt, self-hatred, self-mutilation, suicide, that's the tune."

"Santong Entertainment is determined not to do this. We will neither eat the food that will cut off our family line nor add too much ideology to our film works."

"Cultural works must first have beauty, and other positions are secondary."

"As producers, compared to the actual execution, you are more of a bystander to a certain extent, so you need to have a clear understanding."

(End of this chapter)