He gave Fan Bingbing the phone number of Qinglian Film and Television and Philip. Meng Qingzhou finally escaped from danger. Fan Ye was determined to give him sweetness today, but due to the environment, Lao Meng did not dare to let go and could only leave it for the next time;

Xin Yukun and Ning Hao received a call from Meng Qingzhou and rushed from the Propaganda Department. They happened to see Fan Bingbing walking out of the office with a springy look on their faces. The two looked at each other and joined in with Boss Meng meeting a beautiful woman in private?

"Lao Meng, even if you want to vent your anger for Lao Pan, there is no need to sacrifice yourself like this. You can sacrifice yourself at any time!"

"Get out, do you think everyone is like you, an old pervert, Xin Yukun, you didn't mess with mice, right?"

Ning Hao took out a few cigarettes from the cigarette box on the table, and the room soon became smoky;

"I said Lao Meng, what are you planning to do with "The Maze of Heart"? There were less than 20 previews, and the promotion was not very thoughtful, so I was not optimistic about it?"

When talking about his own movie, Xin Yukun was a little nervous. He was not a newcomer, but the theater movies were just a big girl who came to the bridge. He had no expectations for the box office of the silly head, so he just hoped to have a good reputation. But judging from Wan Chongshan's promotional posture, he seemed to not pay much attention to it, and the newbies were a little confused;

"How do you want to promote the investment of 2 million yuan? I greeted Lao Yu and Qin Hui and tried to arrange it in the afternoon. Those two are not happy. Yukun, don't think too much. I watched the movie, it's really good, but you also know that "The Maze of Heart" is a niche after all. I guess it would be very good to have a box office of 20 million yuan!"

Due to policy reasons, words like funerals or coffins cannot appear in the names of domestic movies, but absurdly, to some extent, this instruction to modify the title partly saved the affinity of the movie.

After the rename of "The Funeral Coffin" to "The Maze of Heart", this low-cost film's rejection of the audience has weakened a lot, which has instead enhanced the feeling of suspense films.

Even so, it would not be possible to receive large-scale box office recognition, but after all, it makes Xin Yukun's debut work less deliberately "underground".

Wanchongshan has an unwritten custom. After every new director joining a company, after the first movie is completed, the first thing he has to face is the review of the internal director and screenwriter circle of the company;

After watching the movie, Xue Xiaolu immediately invited Xin Yukun to the script and sincerely invited him to serve as the deputy director of his next movie;

"The Maze of Heart" does not have a grand world view, no dazzling special effects, and no support from well-known movie stars. The only thing that stands out is that it tells a good story.

The production fee of 1.7 million yuan was completed in 35 days and has not been released yet. However, due to the reputation of pre-screening, the current Douban score is 8.7. "The Maze of Heart" undoubtedly slapped many big-produced movies in the face - among domestic movies, there are too many people who pay attention to special effects, but few people tell good stories with their hearts.

The debut work of a new director is likely to be his last work. If you can't make a good movie, don't think you have any more funds.

When the budget is very limited, it is definitely no chance to ask big names to do special effects. In order to gain a position, new directors usually take two ways: the first is to show off their skills and literary style, which is common to be mysterious and unaware of what they say; the second is to work hard on the story, and this technical content is much more. "The Maze of Heart" is a good example.

The most prominent feature of this story is structure. Multiple clues and multiple perspectives, especially when arranging the timeline.

Although it is out of order, the timeline is connected in a variety of ways, such as the orangutan on TV that appears three times representing three paragraphs, the mother-son phone number (the father is working on a pigpen), and the repetition of the opening clips, to prevent the plot's understanding. It not only makes a bizarre story full of the story, but also leaves a series of suspense from beginning to end.

The murder case at the beginning is curious; the young couple returned to deal with the body, but saw that it had been funeral, which was worried that it would be exposed; the corpse was in succession, and the village chief, who had always been upright and steady, handled it hastily and did not call the police, which made people suspicious; the corpse changed its master three times, and all kinds of absurdity were sighing;

It is also exciting to see how the mistakes in all aspects end. This series of emotional fluctuations in the audience can only be achieved through careful timelines.

Such a circular plot structure must contain a large number of interactions between a few characters, and the story takes place in a small village. The closed space makes countless coincidences reasonable and even inevitable, but the closed space also enhances the sense of absurdity.

Art comes from life, while the truth of Chinese life is still rooted in rural counties. The circle is closed and suppresses human nature. Under various rules and regulations, everyone is calculating others and is in the trap of others. There are many lies, and it is particularly difficult to resist in small circles. They are all trapped in the maze of sin.

All Chinese audiences who watch Chinese movies miss Ning Hao who made "Crazy Stone". This time, Xin Yukun showed the narrative art and absurd humor that were very similar to "Crazy Stone" in a completely different way.

So today, when even Ning Hao himself can't make the second "Crazy Stone", it is not difficult to understand that all viewers who love film narrative art and plot design art are looking forward to such a work.

In general, this kind of narrative and plot design is a bit common for viewers who watch a little more movies. However, there are several points in the narrative skills of this movie that Lao Meng and Zu Feng feel particularly liked.

The first is that the director does not simply edit a single long shot, but presents it intermittently after cutting it, including the back and forth switching of multiple shots. On the one hand, it enhances the tension of the narrative. On the other hand, the edited specific shots help to bring the audience back to the breakpoint of the previous narrative line.

The second is that the director does not face the camera when he describes the characters. Whether it is the scene between Liqin and Dazhuang, or the father and son standing next to the coffin and looking silently, on the one hand, this perspective cleverly avoids the actors' acting limitations brought by the low cost of the film, and on the other hand, it brings more film language to the film.

Of course, there are also shortcomings in the movie, and its narrative rhythm is too slow in the second half.

Halfway through the film, the outline of the whole story appeared. In order to take care of the audience who are not used to this kind of time nonlinear and multi-line interspersed narrative, the director left too much time and clues for them to understand the film in the second half of the film. It felt a bit boring.

When the subtitles of the father and son surrendered themselves were pressed on the screen, the audience who was originally immersed in the last extremely concentrated shot also cursed the radio and television in their hearts.

From a certain perspective, Xin Yukun’s way of dealing with this forced change of story is quite good. The last scene in the temple is, on the one hand, the burning incense that runs through the entire film, highlighting this "absurd" theme. On the other hand, it is separated by an extra scene, which makes the plot of subtitles more irrelevant and makes it lighter.

Meng Qingzhou personally feels that the significance of "The Maze of Heart" is not only because it presents the art of narrative, but also because of his relatively gentle orientation of subtraction to the story. Compared with "Inception", "Crazy Stone", which is slightly more complicated than this film, can better bring the audience who go to the cinema to the beginning of understanding and love the art of the film itself.

"Mr. Meng, I'm already very satisfied with the fact that I'm not sure. I heard Director Ning say that your vision has always been accurate, so I specially asked you to analyze it!"

Xin Yukun's calmness in the box office was obviously perfunctory in the eyes of Meng Qingzhou and Ning Hao. Since Lou Ye and Wang Xiaoshuai, the so-called underground directors, have gradually lost markets, the new generation of directors not only value scripts, but also pay more attention to the market recognition of their works, to be honest, the box office is also paid more attention to;

However, this is a good thing!

"You don't have to worry about box office matters. Please participate in a few variety shows arranged by the company. I heard that your next drama is almost done?"

"It's not perfect yet. I'm looking for a few friends to help with the changes. I'll have to ask Mr. Meng, please take a look."

Ning Hao saw Lao Meng looking at the watch from time to time, guessing that he had something to do, and after a few gossips, he left with Xin Yukun;

The entertainment industry, as the name suggests, is the entertainment industry. If something is missing, how can it be considered an entertainment industry?

The entertainment industry is actually like a food chain. People in the upper area always use their power to obtain something, and the lower area also does something disgusting to do for the upper area.

As soon as you step into the entertainment industry, the so-called Q rules will begin silently. A female artist said in an interview before that the Q rules in the entertainment industry are like this. These are all what you need. If you like this, you are willing to accept it. Why not be so stupid!

After a brief opening remark, Dou Wentao began to introduce the guests who were entertaining music in this episode;

"Today we were fortunate to invite famous actors, Yang Xiaohu, chairman of Hua Zixiang Media Company, as well as Tang Zixuan and Ms. Liu Qianqian, who are also four young actresses in China. I think all the audiences should be very satisfied with this episode. As far as I know, this is also the first time that the three of them have participated in a variety show together!"

The projections on the wall show the works of the three guests and the highlights of the award. Obviously, in terms of awards, Mimi is far higher than Zixuan and Tianxian;

There is no shortage of beauties in the entertainment industry, only stunning beauties.

The beautiful women with very delicate and stunning facial features are extremely scarce resources. They do not need character filters, and even their personality and popularity are not even popular among the people, but their appearance is still unlimitedly recognized.

This kind of top beauties is more likely to appear in the golden age when the entertainment industry is full of flowers and singing and dancing. Now it is full of fan culture and various rich second-generations enter the entertainment industry. The comparison is about who has a background marketing and good personality, and it is difficult for a beauties without a background to make their debut.

There are all Hong Kong Misses every year, but it is a shocking rich killer. The most beautiful Hong Kong Misses is only Michelle Reis.

There are countless domestic beauties, but if you really want to judge the most beautiful one, you can only be the one who sees each other. There are many different opinions and it is difficult to make a conclusion;

But it cannot be ignored that among the four domestic actresses, Liu Qianqian, Yang Xiaohu and Tang Zixuan, are at the forefront of the domestic entertainment appearance rankings;

"Hello Brother Tao, Hello, everyone, I am Yang Xiaohu."

"Hello everyone, I am Tang Zixuan."

"Hello, host, hello everyone, I am Liu Qianqian!"

After Dou Wentao confirmed the guests for this episode, he had already published information on the official website of the program. In just one hour, the number of comments was as high as 200,000, which shows the influence of several beauties;

"As soon as you three entered the venue, they were really shining and full of brilliance. I found that our photographers were almost stunned, haha!"

The three of them made a decision before entering the venue, with Xiaohu in charge of the main lecture, Zixuan assisted, and Tianxian making soy sauce;

"Really? The lighting engineers today have made great contributions. Before we came, the three of us were busy with the company's affairs, and we didn't do much!"

Dou Wentao followed Mimi's words, and the first question made the three of them change significantly;

"Mr. Yang, I heard that Hua Zixiang had an investment from director Meng Qingzhou when it was founded. Is that true?"

Xiaohu smiled calmly and pulled the hair on his chest behind him, "I'll clarify this matter. I have heard a lot of such rumors in recent years. Hua Zixiang was established in 2009. At that time, the only shareholders were me, Zixuan and Qianqian, and my earliest agent Zeng Jia. Because the company management required her to worry about it, but her shares were not many. Later, with the joining of Xiaogu, Reba and Feiyan, we also divided some shares to them, so there are only these 7 shareholders, and they have nothing to do with Meng Qingzhou, but he has indeed helped us a lot. Isn't that strange?"

"As far as I know, Hua Zixiang has been established for so many years, the biggest profit is also the project introduced by Mr. Meng, the French phenomenon-level movie "Unreachable". It is said that in this project, your income exceeded 100 million US dollars. Is it true?"

Mimi turned her head to look at Zixuan, and said to Dou Wentao with a smile: "The person in "The Unreachable" is Zixuan, let her explain it to you!"

The sweet girl, who was still wandering in Taixu, was pushed by the fairy beside her and then she came over and smiled embarrassedly;

""Unreachable"? It's been several years since it's not considered a recommendation from Qingzhou to us, because there were also Mr. Zhong and Mr. Jin from Wan Chongshan at that time. They were not interested. I didn't understand these things. I knew that everyone said that Qingzhou had a good vision, so I took it with the courage to take it. It was just my trick to contact him in France. I really didn't expect that the movie was so good. Hehe, this should be the most powerful investment in my life!"

Qianxi was bored when she heard it. As soon as Zixuan finished speaking, she replied: "No, isn't your most powerful investment a big ship?"

"puff!"

"Oh, you're crazy!"

Dou Wentao turned his head and worked hard to hold back his smile. This part could only be cut;

It was not until Zi Xuan slapped her head that the fairy realized that this was recording a show. She stuck out her tongue, hugged Zi Xuan's arm in a coquettish way, and apologized in a low voice: "Wrong, I'm wrong, Zi Xuan, you have a lot of them, don't be angry!"

Mimi angrily retorted: "You were a few good times that day. If you can't finish recording today, you can ask for your own blessing when you go home!"
Chapter completed!