Chapter 158 Influence
"Okay, here is the part of "Focus Movie of the Week". Look at the poster behind me. It is this "F&Q Movie" that has been very controversial recently. Teacher Shi, what do you think of this movie? Recommend it or not?"
"First of all, I watched the media preview of this movie at 12 noon on August 17. After it was officially released, I paid for it to watch it again... I felt very contradictory to this movie. On the one hand, I admire its style very much, very unique, with strong personal colors and humanistic temperament, which is rare in current Chinese movies... On the other hand, I am very disgusted with the atmosphere and content it expresses. It should be noted that my disgust is not annoying, but a kind of resistance, just like the feeling caused by seeing blood, corpses or some uncomfortable pictures, or the tone of the first half of the movie is too negative and too cold, which makes me subconsciously resist."
"Then do you recommend everyone to see it or not?"
"It's better to recommend it, double thumbs, and I highly recommend it to watch it. What do you say about this movie? Watching it may make you uncomfortable, but it is a kind of discomfort that makes people reflect, just like Chinese medicine, bitter and not good to drink, but after drinking it, sweating, and the disease is cured, and then people will feel really comfortable. In fact, it doesn't matter whether I recommend it or not. The rating of this movie on Surong.com and Watch Movie.com is more than 8 points, which is a rare high score for domestic movies. Any movie that passes 8 points must be worth watching it in the cinema... Xiaoguan, what advice do you give?"
"I also recommend watching it, but I only give a thumb. Why? I agree with Teacher Shi's comment just now. This is a rare movie in the Chinese film industry, and it can even be said to be a unique movie. However, some of its details are too rough. The movie tells the stories of 12 lonely people, but in the end only the story of only 6 people is told in full, and there are 6 with no end, and it is gone... Also, the emotional transformation in the front and back is not smooth enough. The first half is indeed as Teacher Shi said. It is too cold, and the second half is more warm and gives people hope, but in the middle this one
The emotional transformation was only one English song, I was not very satisfied. The trailer used 6 MV songs, but there was only one song from beginning to end in the movie, which was too perfunctory! In his own words, it was just unsatisfactory... In short, I think this movie could have been made into a work that was very classic after ten years, but it only turned into a good movie, which was a little bit short of the classic, so I only recommended one thumb, and there was also a very personal reason. I was a fan of Queen License. After watching a movie, I didn’t see where the Queen was. I was very unhappy."
"Hahaha. The permission is very hidden. You have to look carefully before you can see it. I will tell you where she appeared... This movie does have flaws in some places, but they are all minor problems. The overall quality is still very high. As for 12 people, 6 endings are perfect, 6 beginnings but not endings, I think it is a metaphor of intention, that is, fate is not only determined by heaven, but also by yourself to find it on your own initiative. Those 6 endings are all active changes, and 6 beginnings but not endings are all addicted to the past... Fang Xiao's first time as a director, it only took more than ten days to make it like this. It can be called a stunning and amazing talent, far behind that director Wang Da has more than ten streets."
"If it were other rookie directors, I wouldn't be picky, but the director of this movie is Fang Xiao! How could Fang Xiao, who is omnipotent, ask him like an ordinary person?"
"They are also humans, and movies and music are different things after all."
"Okay, let's not talk about what happened to Fang Xiaoren for now. Let's talk about this movie... This movie is a hodgepodge, with a total of 12 short stories. Teacher Shi, which one do you like the most?"
"How to say it, in terms of charm, of course it is 023, which means that Fang Xiao plays the role that is the most interesting, but in terms of likes, I personally like Xiaoqing's story the most, which is the love-breaking girl who talks to herself against soap and towel. I think this story is ironic. Look, we now have mobile phones, computers, WeChat WeChat, and of course eye&me, who can chat with hundreds of people anytime and anywhere. As a result, when she is sad and lonely, she can only talk to soap and towels, and other things that can't speak... This is a very strange thing, but think about it, we usually look like this, usually laughing and joking with this and that, and it seems that we can talk to everything, but when we really have something to worry about, we can't find a partner to talk to... I think this is a social phenomenon worth paying attention to. Fang Xiao grabbed this keenly, and I like it very much."
"I also have a deep impression of this story, but my favorite is Xiaolan played by Lan Xiaoxi. She likes to go to the funeral home to attend various funerals and observe people's views and attitudes towards the deceased. She only said one line from beginning to end. That line is actually quite ordinary, but it is particularly touching in the movie. Xiaolan asked an old lady begging at the entrance of the funeral home, 'Is life like this?', and the old lady replied, 'It's like this'. Oh, I burst into tears at that time, and I couldn't control it at all, just wanting to cry."
"This is why I said I was very conflicted, loneliness, loneliness, sadness, hardship, etc. These negative emotions are like cold viruses. No one likes them. Everyone is afraid of them. We go to the movies to drive away loneliness and loneliness, for joy and enjoyment, right? As a result, Fang Xiao showed negative emotions to the audience like doing medical dissection. No matter you are rich, poor, healthy, or sick, no one can escape. It is not a movie that is enjoyable, but it is a movie that you will remember for a long time after watching it. If this movie is released on the CD, I will collect it as soon as possible."
"I can also collect it, but the premise is that Fang Xiao must not create another money-making thing like a half-life fate, so you can't afford it, hahaha... Then Teacher Shi, how many box office can Fang Xiao's debut work end up with?"
"F&Q Movie was released on Monday, and today is Friday. According to the information I saw, it has already earned nearly 350 million yuan in box office. Of course, we all know that a large part of these 350 million yuan is pre-sale tickets. I estimate that the box office will drop significantly next week. Based on the one month of release, the final box office may exceed 500 million yuan. For a small-cost art film, this is already a very good box office."
"That's right, it is said that the filming and promotional costs of this movie are less than 10 million. If it can earn 500 million yuan, Google will make a lot of money. And I remember that no Chinese local literary and artistic film has a box office of over 500 million yuan, right?"
"No, the highest "Cambola Love" is less than 200 million."
"Then Fang Xiaoyi accidentally created two more records, one was the highest box office art film in the history of Chinese film industry, and the other was the lowest-cost film with the highest return on investment in the history of Chinese film industry."
"Actually, this movie is really worth more than 10 million yuan. Fang Xiao is writing a song now, but it is impossible to get it without 500,000 yuan. I read a report last week that the crew of the TV series "Yu Meiren" opened 1 million yuan and asked Fang Xiao to write a song, and then 5 million yuan to ask for permission to record the ending song. At this price, the six promotional mvs are worth tens of millions. Also, if someone else makes a movie, if Fang Xiao is invited to be the leading actor, the pay will be at least 30 million yuan. You also know that 30 million yuan is the lowest price for a superstar. If the director, screenwriter and other expenses are added together, Fang Xiao alone will have 50 to 60 million yuan. Google said the cost is low, because Fang Xiao himself is a major shareholder of Google and has voluntary labor. He doesn't want money, and others are embarrassed to ask for more money. The cost is suddenly suppressed."
"Teacher Shi said this, I suddenly realized that in the movie, only Qiao Yadan and Lan Xiaoxi came out, and everything else disappeared, probably to save costs. Many netizens on the Internet also angrily scolded Fang Xiao for being completely insincere. The title of the movie was "F&Q Movie". As a result, after watching a movie, I only saw Fang Xiao, Lan Xiaoxi and Qiao Yadan, Xu, Arlene and Xiaomai were completely missing. Teacher Shi, you went to see it twice, did you find Arlene and Xiaomai?"
"I tell you, the reason I went to see it the second time is to reminisce, and the other is to find members of the Queen Orchestra. Mai Jiexin appeared first. At the beginning of the movie, 023 bought beer in a school convenience store. There was a girl behind him buying a diary, and that was Mai Jiexin, with only a side face exposed. Later, there was a shot. During class, 023 picked up a letter paper with words written on it from under the desk. The signature on it was Mai Jiexin..."
"Alin appeared about ten minutes ago. Xiao Qiao, played by Qiao Yadan, went to work at a fast food restaurant. He passed by a food stall. Alin was holding a beer bottle and having a drink with a boy in the food stall. Another time, Xiaolan took the bus to the funeral home. From the rearview mirror, you can see Arlin sitting behind her and making a phone call."
"The license has also appeared twice. The first time was when Xiao Xue was playing "Little Bird" in the shared house. There was a dancing shadow in the residential building opposite the window. That shadow should be the license, because there was a scene of permission in the promotional MV. The second time it appeared in 023 when Xiao Qiao was shopping in the mall to buy shoes, the two passed by a window. There was a model wearing a red skirt in the window. The model was permission, but it disappeared after flashing. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it."
"It's still Teacher Shi who is careful, and he can actually find their existence. The total time for these three queens to appear is probably less than three seconds, and it passes in a blink of an eye."
"So Fang Xiao said he was insincere. He was sure to be the vice president of Google. He was very busy. Mai Jiexin wanted to fly out of the album alone. Shi Lilin went on a trip. Then he used Xiao Qiao and Xiaoxi to perfunctory a movie, and ran to the United States for three days in the middle. Haha."
"I am very unhappy with Fang Xiao. I can be perfunctory and perfunctory to make such a strange movie. If I shoot it well, what will it look like?! It's a pity that it's good theme and creativity. If this movie is carefully filmed, I will go to Europe to participate in the three major film festivals next year and may win many awards."
"The three major European film festivals are indeed very attractive to ordinary filmmakers, but Fang Xiao may not matter. His main business is music, and movies are just fun. You see, he doesn't even have the premiere of "F&Q Movie". As soon as the finals of "Original Innovator" ended, he went directly to the United States to release a new album. The album has 12 songs, and only three chords were used at most, which shocked the foreigners. The talk waves were full of words of praise. The Grammy might win a lot of awards next year."
"I can only describe his English album in four words: promising... Okay, let's stop here today's "Weekly Movie Talk". I hope Fang Xiao can play more movies in the future and give you more surprises."
——The famous online movie review program "Weekly Movie Talk"
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"One chord is good; two chords are good; three chords are perfect; four chords, are you kidding? For a genius, three chords are enough! Fang Xiao from China used three chords to explain to the world what a musical genius is. He is the most fascinating and looking up to the world after Mozart..."
"This album "1, 2, 3..." begins with a song "rock-a meat nd-the-clock". It is a cover song, which is released by the father of rock music, Lill-haley in 1954. This song is recognized as the originator of rock music. It is the first rock music to enter the mainstream music market. The cover is to pay tribute and set the tone for the entire album. That is, each song will never use more than three chords, because Lill-haley's classic song only uses three chords e, b, and a."
"The next one is "Mr.tam Boujine-man", three simple chords, with wonderful and easy-to-understand lyrics. This is an unparalleled and surprising song, I used my phone to listen to it to my grandpa - he was a music broadcaster in New York in the 1960s - he fell in love with the song immediately and firmly believed that it was Boujib-dylan's work, which he heard when he was young and loved very much, but in fact, Boujib-dylan never wrote this song because it was a new song released on August 20, 2014! A distant oriental person who could imitate Boujib and American rock music from the 1960s was so real, God, how did he do it?"
"The third song "heroin", this is a magical and great song, and it is also a very controversial song. It only uses two spheroids, but has eight minutes of lyrics. This is a drug-related song, very psychedelic, weird, wonderful, and very depraved. Just like the United States in the early 1970s, the pale text cannot describe my love for this song. What I want to say is that if I am about to die, I would like to listen to this song. I heard that China has strict drug surveillance, and Fang Xiao himself has never been exposed to drugs. How he wrote such real and illusory music is just like how he simulated the American style in the 1970s, which is an unsolvable mystery..."
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"The last song, "if-wanna", has been known to have ears and since humans know how to appreciate music, music composed of simple chords based on root sounds such as c, f, and g is always ridiculed and looked down upon. But let's take a look, Fang Xiao used such simple three chords to break the inherent barriers and wrote a very exciting independent rock song."
"Looking at the entire album, Fang Xiao not only wrote wonderful music with two to three chords, but also echoed the historical era. From the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s to the 21st century, he wrote a chronicle of rock music with 12 songs. This is a great album, these twelve great songs. Let us bow and pay tribute to Fang Xiao from China with the most devout respect!"
——The authoritative pop music magazine "Rock Guide"
…(To be continued...)
ps: At this point, the protagonist is omnipotent, and the shelf of the entertainment empire has been built. The atmosphere of life is becoming increasingly weak, and the world is invisible and lacks a sense of substitution. It cannot describe the pleasure of success and fame. Although you can keep posting songs and filming to pick up girls, I think that is meaningless. After struggling for two weeks, I decided to end it like this...
Chapter completed!