New Age Artists

Chapter 57: Shen Santong in the Eyes of the Ice and Snow Legend

"Sister, Shen Santong has two new films. We should at least get the female lead in one of them." Li Yu gave advice to her sister.

Currently one of the top three directors of domestic commercial films.

One is Zhang Yimou, one is Feng Xiaogang, and the other is Shen Santong.

The three major marketing leaders are somewhat controversial.

But no one thinks Shen Santong is unqualified to be one of the three major commercial film directors, he is really good at commercial films.

There is controversy over whether Feng Xiaogang's "A World Without Thieves" really grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office, but Shen Santong's "Crazy Supermarket" grossed a solid 150 million yuan.

The supermarket is so successful that people in the industry have analyzed it countless times.

Shen Sanyong's actors are not stars, but in his hands, they can fully unleash their talents.

From the industry's perspective, Shen Santong is on par with Zhang Yimou in terms of promoting actors.

The ones who benefit the most from Zhang Yimou's plays are the actresses.

Zhang Yimou is really good at filming actresses. The heroines in his movies start out as second-tier actresses and it is difficult for them to fall.

Shen Santong is even stronger than Zhang Yimou.

The play Supermarket has become a representative work of many actors.

Xu Zheng, Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang, Tang Yan, Yan Ni, and some guest roles have all established their characters in a way that the audience will never forget.

This play without any stars relies entirely on the director Shen Santong's ability to fully tap the potential of the actors.

Shen Santong is really good at directing, really strong.

And the supermarkets’ influence continues.

The movie was aired on CCTV's movie channel and immediately broke the ratings record. A large number of viewers called to request a replay of the show.

Li Yu wants her sister to appear in Shen Santong's new play.

Li Bingbing naturally agreed with her sister's idea. She also wanted to be in Shen Santong's play, but it was very difficult: "How many people are watching his play? Tang Yan is his subordinate, and the sequel to Supermarket is likely to use her. He and Hua Yi still have grievances. Xiao Wang called Wang Baoqiang back when promoting the movie before."

Li Bingbing has accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with Huayi.

She played a supporting role in "A World Without Thieves". As a leading actress under Huayi, she could not get the leading role in the drama invested by her own company.

She is currently working on a new drama called "Water Cloud Ballad". Her sister encouraged her to take it, and she will play the second female lead.

It is still a match for Taiwanese people.

So damn frustrating!
Although Li Bingbing was dissatisfied before, this is how the industry is and everyone is used to it.

But Shen Santong suddenly emerged and told everyone in the industry that domestic films could be just as good.

Many media outlets regard the supermarket's success as accidental.

Thanks to the publicity, thanks to the three promotional songs, and thanks to Dongtian.com.

It downplays the role of Shen Santong to a certain extent and greatly downplays the role of mainland actors.

But no matter how it is downplayed, it at least shows that mainland actors do not drive away customers or audiences.

A good play can also sell well.

It breaks the prejudice that domestic productions must cast Hong Kong stars as protagonists because Hong Kong stars have market appeal that mainland actors do not have.

Those who have never seen the light can naturally endure the darkness.

After seeing the light, Li Bingbing was really dissatisfied with still having to play a supporting role.

"The industry is like this, and it can't be changed in a short time, but Shen Santong is an exception. There was a rumor in the industry before that the sequel to Supermarket would be given to a newcomer, but no one believed it. Who would have thought that Shen Santong would give it to him. He can't be judged by common sense, he has to give it a try."

Li Yu persuaded her sister to fight for it.

The sequel to Supermarket touched the hearts of too many people. As soon as the press conference was held, Ning Hao’s information was also dug out.

We cannot say that Ning Hao is a purely new director, but when it comes to commercial films, he is truly a newcomer.

"Thursday, Wednesday", "Incense", plus a low-budget film "Green Grassland" invested by Shen Santong, three works in total.

One is a student work, and the other two are low-budget, literary feature films that cannot be shown in theaters.

According to industry review, it was a foreshadowing that Shen Santong would hand over the sequel to Supermarket to Ning Hao.

Voting for "Green Grassland" shows that I have long admired Ning Hao.

I can only say that reality is much more outrageous than the story and it doesn't make sense.

Thinking back to the wind he had heard before, Li Yu could only smile bitterly.

The news that the sequel to Supermarket would be directed by a new director had already been circulated in the industry, and she had also heard it.

But I didn't care and didn't believe it at all.

Really, no one with normal intelligence would believe it.

Isn't it crazy to hand over the sequel of a 150 million-dollar movie to a new director?
This is not a game. I just listen to what Shen Santong said about making domestic films first.

Who would joke about real money? It's funny. I never expected it.

Shen Santong is really crazy.

A bunch of crazy people.

Without talking about interests, from the overall perspective of domestic films, Shen Santong is now the hope of domestic films. His existence is a banner that cannot be overthrown.

When the reporter interviewed him, Han Sanping's face turned black. You can imagine how much hurt he had suffered.

But what happened has happened, and what you encounter has occurred.

Li Yu didn't know whether to say Shen Santong was pure or stupid.

No one thinks he is normal anyway.

The normal level in the circle is to talk about literature and art all the time, and then get people into bed and make a fortune.

This is already good, there are many worse things.

However, when Li Yu thought about it carefully, he was shocked that the sequel to Shen Santong Supermarket was really going to be handed over to Ning Hao, but he could inexplicably accept it.

After all, Shen Santong's mind has always been a bit off.

When we were running the supermarket, we released three strong singles with tens of millions in revenue for free.

Tens of millions in revenue is no exaggeration.

"Dimple", "Thousand Miles Away" and "My Sky" can be made into three albums.

It’s impossible to put three songs in one album without a consistent style.

A consistent album style is more important than a good single.

Moreover, piling up strong orders together is a serious waste.

With "Dimple" as the main song and nine sweet songs crammed in, an excellent love song album is produced.

"Thousands of Miles Away" can be written in ancient Chinese style, collecting songs. They don't have to be very good, just an average ancient Chinese style level will do.

"My Sky" can be a strong single in the sports motivational album.

With three albums and three strong singles to drive them, it is not difficult to release one or two other good and popular songs.

Three years, three albums, three widely sung singles, plus a few familiar songs are enough to make him a top singer.

The longer Li Yu has been in the entertainment industry and the more he and his sister have met all kinds of people, the more he can understand that Shen Santong is indeed a little abnormal.

And Shen Santong himself knew it.

He knows it all.

Li Yu also attended the premiere. Shen Santong mentioned the tens of millions in revenue, which means he knew the value of his songs.

But he still released it for free.

Just like the sequel to Supermarket, Shen Santong obviously knew the importance of the sequel to Supermarket, and still gave Ning Hao this opportunity.

It is difficult for Li Yu to comment on such a character.

After all, they succeeded.

Behaving in such an unusual way also shows that as long as someone catches Shen Santong's eye, nothing will be a problem.

Shen Santong is recognized in the circle for his good reputation and upright style, and he did not cause any trouble after going to the supermarket.

If your efforts are rewarded, you are above the moral standards of 90% of people in the circle.

Shen Santong is really a white lotus in the circle.

"Let's make an appointment and try."

Li Bingbing agreed and called Shen Santong, whose private number she had.

On the phone now.

"'Peacock' won the Grand Jury Prize, congratulations. The role has not been decided yet, OK."

Shen Santong hung up the phone with Zhang Jingchu.

"Peacock" won the Silver Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival.

Shen Santong felt it was really funny.

A group of domestic media are currently popularizing science to the Chinese people. The Grand Jury Award is second only to the highest award.

But it's useless.

You make a movie for foreigners to watch, but you also want to empty the pockets of domestic audiences and make money from them.

Except for a small number of audiences, most people don’t care about foreign awards. They are useless for box office.

(End of this chapter)