At the end of 2004, Star Entertainment mobilized the entire company for one thing, which was to film the company's annual drama "Crazy Stone".
The entire company's resources have been concentrated on Yucheng. Gao Yan has devoted himself wholeheartedly to the company's new drama. This time he has completely blocked the company. This is different from the original "Immortality".
Although they are all said to be low-cost movies, the cost of "Immortality" has reached an unprecedented low level. One hundred thousand yuan is the entire cost including the filming of the promotional video. However, although the cost of "Crazy Stone" is very low
Low, but no less than five million. Originally, the entire Xingchen Entertainment had a net worth of around ten million, of which three million was invested in the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and another five million was invested in "Immortal"
, the remaining working capital is only two million. Two million looks like a lot of funds, but it is basically not enough to do anything, especially making movies. "Crazy Stone" is already a low-cost movie.
, but it still requires five million. "Immortality" is just a miracle, just a legend. Legends are destined to be miracles that cannot be copied.
So Gao Yan is also betting this time, betting that "Crazy Stone" will be successful, betting that Wang Zhengfei's script will become a hit, betting that they will be successful this time, and that they will be able to earn back their capital and profits.
Although he is gambling, he will not pin everything on God's will. God's will is the most unreliable thing. He can only do the best he can so that he will not regret it in the future, even if it is
Even if he failed, he had tried his best and had nothing to regret.
With Gao Yan's full support from Xingchen Entertainment, Ning Hao's filming of "Crazy Stone" was much better than in his previous life. Although in his previous life, he was funded by Liu Dehua, the film funded by Liu Dehua at that time
It's not just a movie called "Crazy Stone". It's impossible to put all your energy on it. How can it be compared to Star Entertainment bringing together the entire company to help?
Therefore, "Crazy Stone" was completed very smoothly and was finally completed at the end of the year. In the end, Wang Zhengfei did not encounter any difficulties from the Radio, Film and Television Bureau, which Wang Zhengfei was most worried about. It was just a few cuts and it was over as if it were a routine matter.
Wang Zhengfei was puzzled by this and asked Gao Yan how he solved it. Gao Yan also looked like he couldn't explain it, and Wang Zhengfei was so angry that his teeth itched.
In the end, after "Crazy Stone" was approved, it was scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival. Originally, Gao Yan and Wang Zhengfei meant that it would be best to release it in January. Although January is still some time away from the Spring Festival schedule, it is still easier.
It’s the Spring Festival period and those blockbuster movies are all over the place. The 2005 Spring Festival period has a lot of blockbuster movies, which are basically no less than the previous year. It’s not easy to find a way out of these blockbuster movies. Among them are strong movies like "Hancheng Strategy".
There are also a large number of movies such as "Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies", "Lover's Knot", "Beauty Is Still", "Love Online", "Love Winner" and so on.
Compared to these movies, "Crazy", which only had an investment of five million, can really be said to be just a junior.
But since it has been put on the Spring Festival schedule, there is nothing we can do.
The day of the premiere finally arrived. In order to save costs, "Crazy Stone" did not have a grand premiere or anything like that, and also omitted the red carpet and other plots.
A series of creative staff including Wang Zhengfei and Ning Hao arrived at the theater early. Whether they can win the audience's approval depends on this. Wang Zhengfei also wore a pair of sunglasses and sat quietly in the theater. He didn't say much, just quietly.
Jing began to appreciate this story. Although it was not the first time to watch this movie, Wang Zhengfei was still looking forward to it, even more than before.
Although Wang Zhengfei is the author and has read the original work, it can be said that he is basically familiar with all the plots, but he is still looking forward to it and very nervous, let alone other people.
This time "Crazy Stone" did not advertise with any fanfare, because there was basically no funding. If two million dollars were invested, it would not make a splash, so we just made one highlight, that is, Wang Zhengfei is in
The third script after "Immortal" and "Myth" uses this as a gimmick to promote it. Ning Hao, Guo Tao, Huang Bo, etc. have no objections to this. They also know that their fame is basically not enough.
In order to attract audiences to the cinema, Wang Zhengfei's reputation is really needed. Moreover, they are confident that this movie is definitely a classic among comedy films. Although the cost is not high, who said that comedies have to be expensive? Take a look at "
Movies called "Immortality" that are called science fiction movies can be shot at such a cheap cost, let alone comedies like these.
So they believe that it doesn't matter if the audience doesn't go to the cinema. As long as they do, they will be attracted and the movie will be a big success. So the leading actors and Ning Hao don't have any objections.
The cinema was a mess, everyone was discussing what was so good about this movie. Just relying on Wang Zhengfei's name was enough to attract a lot of attention. Now there are so many die-hard fans of Wang Zhengfei, not to mention the last time.
"Immortality" has also cultivated many movie fans. Many people still remember the extremely strong logical thinking shown in Wang Zhengfei's "Immortality". If there is anything that is the biggest highlight of "Immortality", it is undoubtedly
It was a very logical surname, and various questions and explanations deeply attracted their attention. Although Wang Zhengfei did not star this time, Wang Zhengfei was the screenwriter of the entire film, and basically led the development direction of the story.
It can be said that this is also a work by Wang Zhengfei.
After a while, the movie started, the lights began to dim, and the noisy sounds around him finally disappeared.
Wang Zhengfei quietly began to enjoy the movie. At the beginning, it was still the old rules, the logo of the Radio, Film and Television Bureau, followed by the logo of Star Entertainment. This was the second time that a logo designed by Wang Zhengfei appeared on a movie.
The movie begins in a hospital. Bao Shihong has been having problems with his prostate, so he goes to the hospital to see a doctor, and this doctor is the director Ning Hao himself who makes a cameo in the film.
The plot of the next few minutes gave people a dull feeling. Yes, it was very dull. It was nothing more than trivial things in life, and these things can happen to everyone in daily life. Why can't wages be paid? Public institutions are about to close down.
, basically very common. This kind of thing can only be said to be a little sad, but there is nothing funny about it.
This makes the audience who were prepared to watch the joke from the beginning a little uncomfortable. This is the biggest difference between "Crazy Stone" and previous Hong Kong comedies. The deliberate traces of previous Hong Kong comedies are too obvious, and they are obviously artificial.
It got to the point where the characters had to do some funny actions and say some naughty words to make the audience smile slightly. The characteristic is that the characters in the film are obviously as stupid as pigs, but they still don't realize it. Overall
It lowers the IQ level of the characters in the world of the story.
But "Crazy Stone" is different. Although it is also a comedy and uses the stories of its characters to make people laugh, they do not do these things deliberately, just like characters in real life, although they sometimes do some things.
Things that make people laugh out loud or make people laugh, but they are all done inadvertently and unintentionally. No one would do this in reality.
Therefore, the jokes in "Crazy Stone" feel particularly close to the audience. It feels like these are funny things that will happen in reality, rather than the kind of comedies in previous Hong Kong films that only exist in the director's imagination. The director thinks that they are very funny.
It's funny, and actually a very nc surreal plot.
Although the experience was dull for a few minutes at the beginning, things soon took a dramatic turn. In the dirty toilet that was demolished, a piece of jade was discovered.
Then Xie Qianli actually planned to open an jade exhibition, which surprised the audience. This finally started to have a dramatic effect. You know, because the previous few minutes were too bland, the audience subconsciously turned on the screen.
You should treat the things around you as your own, and if someone around you wants to hold a jade exhibition, will it surprise people?
After the story really unfolded, the joke finally appeared. The audience was filled with guilt after waiting for the legendary joke. The previous plots were a bit too serious. They were either bankrupt or unable to pay wages. Later, there was the bald boss Xu Zheng.
The plot of the Hong Kong thief who was invited to steal the jade made it feel like watching a feature film rather than a comedy.
The story unfolds. Xie Xiaomeng met the girl Jingjing played by He Zhuoyan on the ropeway and fell in love with her very much. After praising her a lot, he did not get Jingjing's favor.
In order to pick up a beautiful woman, Xie Xiaomeng pretended to be injured in a car crash and asked his father Xie Qianli for money, but Xie Qianli gave him the money out of desperation.
This plot made many viewers in the cinema secretly curse it for being shameless.
But then they turned into laughter, because when Xie Xiaomeng was in the toilet, he was bragging to his friends about how powerful he was, and he didn't care that his father had defrauded him of the money. But what a coincidence, the toilet
Next to him was Xie Xiaomeng's father, Xie Qianli. After Xie Qianli found out that his son had lied to him for such a thing, he immediately became furious and beat Xie Xiaomeng severely.
The audience burst into laughter after watching this episode.