Rebirth Enchanted Xiangjiang

The status of musicals in China and even in Southeast Asia except India is very embarrassing.

In the 21st century of the original time and space, there was a short-lived resurgence in musicals, but that was in Hollywood. But there were only a few good films. After that, the musicals almost fell into silence again, until the 21st century. There was another small recovery in the second half of the decade.

However, that recovery was all due to the favor of the Oscars.

It was a song and dance film called the City of Philharmonic. When the film was first shown in North America, the final box office only got 20 million U.S. dollars, and even the production cost was not earned.

Not even many commercial films don’t even mention the first week of the screening, but the box office of the day following the screening.

However, because of the favor of the Academy Awards, it won two awards for Best Director and Best Leading Actress, which made the film cut billions of dollars in the box office when it was rescreened after the awards ceremony.

The City of Philharmonic tells a story that happened in contemporary Los Angeles. The lonely young actor Mia's ambition is to be a'female' actor and playwright. She is'fascinated' by old movie stars.,.Pinshu

She works as a barista on the set of Warner Bros., and often skips work to audition. If she does receive a play, even the small role will make her ecstatic.

Sebastian is a jazz pianist who wears a silk tie, and has a close-to-clean pursuit of art.He wants to open a club, but the music he is obsessed with is more suitable for museums. Almost no one would be willing to spend money to listen.In order to survive, he joined a popular jazz band against his will, playing with the music synthesizer in front of screaming audiences.

The two people who are also pursuing their dreams met each other in this city, fell in love singing and dancing, comforted and supported each other, and pursued their lifelong dreams together.

But while gradually achieving their dreams, the hazy game between art and business, dreams and reality puts their emotions facing choices and tests. After a series of setbacks and differences, they encouraged each other not to give up their dreams.

The story is actually very old-fashioned, but in the presentation of audiovisual language, Director Cha Zelei used a lot of installation art, and made a clear style of'sexuality' by using'color' blocks, geometric shapes and the division of light and dark.In the selection of songs, he is also unique and uses music to tell stories.

When it was screened in China, the film was very popular thanks to the two awards of the Academy Awards.

Many audiences praised the music movie for the more moving plot, saying bluntly that "the music was incited to cry when watching the movie."

However, the fact is that even with the Oscar bonus in China, this film still only got 100 million yuan at the box office.

Those who say how good the movie is, there are quite a lot of them just following the trend, as if others say that they are not good enough to look very earthy and very unseen.

The most obvious reason here is that it comes to American films, especially the artistic films that are naturally unacceptable in China.

Secondly, the domestic music and dance film market itself is niche. The market space is very not optimistic.

Not to mention watching a movie in a movie theater. It was when the original space-time new white lady was spreading. Many people felt that the TV was well watched, and the protagonist suddenly jumped up and sang while speaking, which was embarrassing.

"Why do you want to make a musical?" Zhong Chuhong asked.

"It just happened to have an idea, and the filming was planned to be screened in North America. The musicals still have a certain audience base in the European and American markets." Qiao Feng said with a smile.

"Does Mr. Qiao think that the current musicals have a future in the European and American markets?" Zhang Manyu, who had been listening quietly, asked suddenly.

"There is no promising movie type, just look at whether there is a good script. Of course, for musicals, in addition to a good movie script, you must have a good music song that matches it." Qiao Feng smiled Said.

After a pause, after looking at Zhang Manyu twice, Qiao Feng suddenly asked: "Oh, yes, it just happens that there is a role in it that fits. I wonder if Miss Zhang is interested in acting."

"My" Zhang Manyu's face was first happy.

What Zhang Manyu asked cautiously was more of an expectation, expecting Qiao Feng to nod with certainty.

People who are not in the movie circle don’t know the importance of movie box office to an actor. Zhang Manyu didn’t care about the box office before, because at that time, as a newcomer, every film she starred in was good at the box office, even Cheng Long’s police story , Project A are all very, very popular movies.

However, a movie he participated in last year made Zhang Manyu realize the importance of'sex' at the box office.

It was a feature film. Zhang Manyu and Zhong Chuhong are two "female" actors. Such a "female" cast is already quite powerful. The theme song is still Ye Qianwen singing. With Zhong Chuhong and Ye Qianwen's current identity, that pay It must be indispensable. Adding this film is an adaptation of the Yi Shu novel that I bought, and the investment is even more substantial.

The total investment exceeds 6 million Hong Kong dollars. Such an investment in Hong Kong is not a big one, but it is definitely not a small one.

The movie is about the quiet and rich "female" Jiang Nansun and the lively commoner "female" Zhu Suosuo meeting under the golden sun and rain. They have become irreversible with their genders of different ages.

The two ran into a Japanese "hybrid" man Song Jiaming (Tsurumi Shingo), who lost contact after having fun in Ocean Park, but the young ones didn't care, they always felt that there was a better way forward.

After graduating from school, Nan Sun went on to go to university and locked up to work.The locks that know how to use capital always move, one luxury at a time.After graduating from university, Nansun started at a low level, and he couldn't help feeling hard.

Re-encountering Song Jiaming was the sunshine in the dark clouds for Nan Sun. When facing Jiaming's questioning on the current situation of Locks, Nan Sun sensitively avoided answering.Nansun's father failed to speculate the property and died of a heart attack.

Suosuo generously assisted and helped the Jiang family tide over the difficulties.Nan Sun felt that he shouldn't be selfish and let Suo Suo meet Jia Ming.

After the baptism of golden years, their friendship is only more mellow, not weakened.

From this film, Qiao Feng saw the shadow of Yuan Shikong Qiyue and An Sheng, but this film did not have the good luck of July and An Sheng.

July and An gave birth to a double yolk egg, and became popular with two young actresses. But Zhong Chuhong, Zhang Manyu, and Ye Qianwen participated in the golden years of three beautiful women, but they didn’t even make any investment. come back.

Compared with the investment of more than 6 million yuan, the final box office of more than 7 million yuan is completely unattainable. For Zhong Chuhong and Ye Qianwen, a movie has no effect at all.

It's great to go home and Qiao Feng is raising it.

But for Zhang Manyu, the impact can be great.

Even at that time, the box office of Xinlong'Men' Inn was soaring all the way, but because of the tragic loss of the film during the golden years, when she wanted to invite her to participate in those movies that were more artistic, the pay was lower before. So a grade.

What kind of treatments are both bright and dark are secondary, and only when it comes to money, it feels the most intuitive.

It is precisely this that made Zhang Manyu realize how important the'sex' of the box office has had an impact on her career.