Chapter 319 Return to Xiangjiang (34)

In fact, there have always been debates about commercial films and literary films!

After all, college education is based on European theories...

Pay attention to art and despise business...

This leads to the fact that most filmmakers despise commercial films!

Before, our film circle was actually very small, with a strict system of master-apprentice inheritance and a group of directors of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth generations that extended from it...

Cultivate a group of so-called film masters who focus on winning awards around the world and exploring film art.

This group of people enjoys the honor of being uncontested in the domestic market.

Therefore, Feng Xiaogang made money from "Party A and Party B" and received various criticisms from critics...

Because he is an outsider!

Also, his appearance embarrassed these people!

In the past, it was not popular and was obscure and difficult to understand. It was enough to support it in the circle, and it would still be honored!

That's right, in their concept, the media is here to promote the movie, reporters are here to applaud, and the space is reserved for exclusive interviews...

Once it is commercialized and marketed, this thing will be gone!

Because you are commercialized, the criterion becomes box office...

They don't know how to make money at the box office, but by exercising the right to interpret art through movies, they not only understand it, but they also use it in different ways...

To bring it back, in short, Shen Xudong's remarks during the promotion of "The Village Fox Wife" were immediately forwarded by major media, and then they were criticized by a bunch of experts and commentators.

"Many awards for niche literary and artistic films provide a platform for new directors to showcase their talents, allowing more young ideas to be shared with the world, exposing reality and presenting history. Relatively independent literary and artistic films strive to bloom more purely for the sake of "art"

They live their own lives, and some excellent works are big enough to bear the pain of a nation. Of course they are valuable!"

“I don’t understand what’s wrong with promoting box-office sales of artistic films!”

"As the seventh art, film's purpose is not just to entertain the public..."

Even Teacher Huang called Shen Xudong to ask...

It's normal. "Peacock" itself is of good quality. To be honest, among the new Chinese film directors who emerged in those few years, their commercial performance was lackluster.

"Peacock" is different. Not only did it receive more praise than criticism in the review circle, but the box office was also not bad. In the original time and space, "Peacock" had a box office of 13 million.

"Peacock" is an excellent example of achieving commercial value as much as possible without compromising the independence of artistic creation!

Shen Xudong can be said to have hit the iron plate!

Although he is targeting comments and the unfairness of public opinion, the media doesn’t care about it, and the critics don’t care about it either...

Of course, Tianya Forum includes Tieba, and many netizens support Shen Xudong.

It can be considered a big event in late February.

…

Shen Xudong did not continue to respond...

Many things must be proven by time!

If he responds now, no matter what he says, it will become a new point of rebuttal.

So shutting up is the best option.

However, after his commotion, "The Village Fox Wife" and "Peacock" hit the screens, attracting many viewers into the theater...

The next week's box office was released. "The Fox Wife" had a box office of 33.6 million in 11 days, and "Peacock" also had a box office of 8.8 million.

Win-win!

Market feedback is very real…

Popular movies are always hits!

According to theater estimates, the box office of "The Village Fox Wife" should be 40 million!

It’s a slap in the face…

The group of reviewers and film critics that originally gathered quickly died down - in fact, many of them had never seen these two movies at all.

Then why scold Shen Xudong?

Nonsense, "The Fox Wife", a cheesy horror film, "Peacock", winner of the Berlin Film Festival Jury Silver Bear!

Even a fool knows how to choose!

Isn’t it just a curse? You can’t curse if you haven’t seen the movie?

Then, a group of people collectively went to Xiangjiang to do the final publicity.

…

On the plane, Shen Xudong yawned, then turned to look at Brother Hu: "Why are you staring at me? Do you have something to say?"

Lao Hu: "...Do you really think commercial films are more important than literary films?"

"Why should these two be separated...Excellent movies usually have both commercial elements and artistic value!"

After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "Commercial films overemphasize commercial attributes and completely abandon the social significance of movies. If they are very divorced from reality, they are basically just popcorn movies. It is better for the audience to forget about them after watching them. If the story is full of loopholes, The negative reviews must be overwhelming.

A truly good movie should have both literary and artistic attributes, and the best state of a movie is when commerce and literature are blended together, or it has social practical significance and entertainment value, and is interesting and connotative!"

"Then why didn't you say this that day?"

"Everyone understands this truth, so there is no need to emphasize it..."

Speaking of this, Shen Xudong turned around and looked around: "Where is Yang Xiaomi?"

"Back to the crew of "The Condor"!" Brother Hu was confused: "Didn't she tell you?"

"Oh...I just woke up and my brain hasn't relaxed yet..."

Yang Xiaomi meets the cast of "The Condor".

Originally, she agreed to take five days off, but later, the promotional time was added, and she had no choice but to extend her leave for another three days...

Originally, she should have been called upon to return to Xiangjiang this time, but the "Condor" crew was urging her so urgently that Li Xiaowan couldn't bear it anymore, so she had to let her go back to the crew of "The Condor"!

Lao Hu asked back: "What? Miss her?"

"It's okay...but she's quite interesting."

Fan Yang is really interesting, she seems to be a bit open-minded, and she is used to talking back, and she has a sharp-tongued feeling...

Well, Shen Xudong knows it.

It's a pity that I was short of time, so I only experienced the sharpness of my mouth...

Brother Hu changed the subject: "I have three days for this Hong Kong promotion, but my schedule only has one day... Where should we go for the remaining two days?"

"Where do you want to go?"

"...I want to go to the Mid-Levels Escalator and Chungking Tower in Central. I like "Chungking Express" so much!"

Shen Xudong was surprised: "I thought you wanted to experience the phoenix of Bolan Street!"

After getting acquainted with Lao Hu, I realized that he is no different from ordinary men, he is an LSP!

"If you have time... you can also try it out and try the quality of local chicken!"

"…Do you have money?"

"I brought 20,000 Hong Kong dollars!"

"Sure, follow me, I'll take you there!"

While the two were chatting, Weng Hong, who was sitting behind him, joined the chat group: "We'll be there in about 20 minutes. Have you ever been to Xiangjiang?"

Brother Hu shook his head, while Shen Xudong nodded: "I came here once, during the promotion of "Hold the Call"."

""Hold the Call"..." Weng Hong thought for a moment: "Oh, that's a script you wrote too, right?"

"right…"

"...Why are you so powerful?"

"No, it's just a whim..."

Here we go again, every time I chat with Weng Hong, within three sentences, she will definitely show a surprised expression, and by the way, she will praise...

It is inevitable that Shen Xudong will be a little distracted...
Chapter completed!