This Emperor is Only An Actor

"Director Zhang, come to our company tomorrow, and we'll talk about the details."

After all, this is the celebration banquet of "Shadow", and it is impossible for Yue Guan and Zhang Yimou to chat forever.

Of course Zhang Yimou had no objection.

He still wanted to continue chatting with Yueguan about when "Xianqin" would start, but when someone called him on the other side, Zhang Yimou had no choice but to stay away.

People came to the "Shadow" celebration banquet to congratulate him, of course he couldn't leave them all aside.

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"Shadow" became the biggest winner of the Spring Festival stalls.

However, "Shadow" is not "Fengshen 2" after all. The historical theme has inherent limitations. The script of "Shadow" also focuses on reversal. While making a breakthrough in the plot, it did sacrifice some universality. .

For those audiences who come to the cinema to watch movies just to have some fun, "Shadow" is actually not attractive enough to them, because "Shadow" is not a pure commercial movie.

At the end, the setting of the true and false King Pei stabbing the protagonist Jingzhou to death is naturally a higher level for the plot as a whole, which improves the film's rating by at least 0.5 points, but for the box office, this ending actually does not add points.

Instead, it's better to just let Jing Zhou have everything he needs in the end.

Because most of the audience is still the protagonist when they watch the movie.

However, Yue Guan himself played the role of King Pei, so in the ending he chose a setting that was beneficial to him without hesitation, and he would not hesitate to sacrifice some box office for this.

Anyway, he also gave assists later.

In the end, Zhang Yimou and Deng Chao were very satisfied with the box office achieved by "Shadow" as a whole, even a little overjoyed.

1.12 billion dragon yuan.

The highest-grossing film of Zhang Yimou's directorial career.

After "Shadow" was released, whether it was the audience or the media, when mentioning Zhang Yimou, the most talked about was "the return of the king".

In the film "Shadow", Zhang Yimou has indeed reached another peak.

Deng Chao also gained a lot from Zhang Yimou.

Before "Shadow", Deng Chao's status among the Mesozoic stars was already very high.

But "Shadow" solidified his status and made his success a step further.

His performance in "Shadow" even overwhelmed Yue Guan. After all, he has more roles in the role, and one person plays two roles, which is even more brilliant from the setting.

The other Pei Wang played by Yue Guan at the end only has a short scene at the end after all, so it is impossible to deduce a particularly distinctive characteristic.

So from an actor's point of view, the most outstanding actor in this drama is indeed Deng Chao.

Many people think that Deng Chao is safe to win a few best actor by relying on the film "Shadow", even the most important Golden Dragon Award winner has hope.

Coupled with Deng Chao's own box office accumulation, his status in the film industry has already surpassed Huang Xiaoming.

Of course, Deng Chao is still far behind in terms of connections.

Huang Xiaoming finished the Grand Slam a long time ago.

However, the evaluation of professionals in the industry is not the same as the audience's evaluation of actors.

Huang Xiaoming has won all the Grand Slam Best Actors, but in terms of box office appeal, he is still beaten by several other Mesozoic male stars who have never won a Grand Slam.

The audience has a steelyard in their minds.

And Deng Chao is now listed as a trustworthy good actor in the eyes of the audience.

This is a huge improvement for him.

So whether Zhang Yimou or Deng Chao, they are very grateful to Yueguan.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the box office and word-of-mouth of "Shadow" was so good, the biggest credit was due to Yueguan.

If Yueguan hadn't changed the script, the box office and word-of-mouth of "Shadow" would have been reduced by half.

At the celebration banquet, the two toasted Yueguan vigorously.

"Yueguan, I offer you a toast."

In fact, Zhang Yimou didn't talk much at ordinary times, but when he saw Yueguan, he couldn't stop talking.

"Bringing you into the crew of "Shadow" was the most correct decision I made last year." Zhang Yimou thought he was too wise.

Yue Guan said modestly: "I can at most have one part of the credit for the success of "Shadow". Director Zhang, your directing skills account for three points, Brother Chao and other actors' acting skills account for three points, and then the announcement and distribution account for three points."

"Yueguan, you are being humble. Your contribution is definitely more than 60%. If you make a wrong choice, no matter how hard you work." Deng Chao shook his head and said: "I can act well in the original script, but no matter how good I am It's useless, and it won't have a big impact on the overall performance and reputation of a film. Without you changing the script and setting a general direction, "Shadow" is just an ordinary historical movie, and it won't be hailed as a historical movie like it is now. The best domestic historical film."

Deng Chao is a sensible person.

So is Zhang Yimou.

So neither of them bloated.

Maintaining a good relationship with Yueguan is much more important than inflation.

Especially Zhang Yimou.

He looked at Yue Guan very earnestly. If Yue Guan didn't know that the national teacher had a gourd baby, he would have been afraid that he would have thoughts about him.

Zhang Yimou did have ideas about Yueguan, but this idea was for his career.

"Yue Guan, you said earlier that if the box office of "Shadow" breaks one billion, then I will make the "Xian Qin" series, right?" Zhang Yimou looked at Yue Guan with some expectation.

There is one thing to say, after the success of "Shadow", he has many choices.

But compared to the cake of "The Immortal Qin Empire", Zhang Yimou's other choices are all rotten fish and rotten shrimp, which are not worth mentioning.

Zhang Yimou knew in his heart that if he could shoot the trilogy of "The Immortal Qin Empire" well, no, it doesn't have to be particularly good, as long as he can reach the quality of the trilogy of "Fengshen", given his own status, he basically He can become the undisputed first person in the director circle, and he can maintain it for at least another ten years.

After all, his background and reputation were much stronger than Wu Ershan before.

At Zhang Yimou's age and level, the allure of fame to him is even greater than that of Billy.

And "The Immortal Qin Empire" is obviously the most beneficial to his fame and status.

So he wants it.

Yue Guan didn't have Zhang Yimou's appetite either.

"Director Zhang, the "Xian Qin" series can be given to you, but the requirements are the same as before."

Yue Guan looked at Zhang Yimou with a very firm tone: "I have the final say on the script, and the final editing rights of the movie are also in my hands. Of course, we can discuss it, but when we have conflicts, my will will prevail." Yes, can you accept it?"

Generally speaking, such a request would not be accepted by a great director.

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Zhang Yimou did not accept Yueguan's proposal before, otherwise he would be the director of the "Fengshen" trilogy.

But this time and that time.

The success of "Fengshen" has made Wu Ershan's status in the industry improved by leaps and bounds.

The success of "Shadow" also gave Zhang Yimou a deeper understanding of Yueguan's ability and trust.

"Yue Guan, if I hadn't made "Shadow", I would definitely not agree to this condition." Zhang Yimou said: "But now, these problems are not a problem. I believe in your ability. In terms of scripts, you are better than me."

Yue Guan is also not humble: "Director Zhang, your skills are all focused on color and screen, and you are really not brilliant in terms of script and plot arrangement. But I have thought about it carefully, if anyone in the entire Dragon Kingdom can elevate the "Immortal" The upper limit of the "Qin" series, that is only director Zhang, not other directors."

This wave of business bragging is obviously very beneficial to Zhang Yimou.

The two quickly struck a deal.

This made Yueguan also feel a little emotional.

A few years ago, Zhang Yimou did not have this attitude.

Now, he no longer felt it was an insult to bow his head in front of him.

Zhang Yimou has not gone downhill in recent years, and has even just reached a new peak.

But he still bowed his head in front of him and agreed to his terms.

Because, I have improved faster in the past few years.

That's how the world works.

The higher you stand, the more others will respect you, and your words will be listened to.

So, boy, keep up the good work.

The respect you want can only be fought by yourself.