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20 14 10, 42-year-old Xu zhēng directed the filming of A Lost Port, in which male No.2 was 30-year-old Bao Beier.

At the same time, Chen Sicheng, who is six years younger than him, is filming detective chinatown, and the man in the film must have met Wang.

Actually, Tang Tan could have started earlier, but 32-year-old Wang broke his foot because he participated in a variety show, and Chen Sicheng abruptly waited for him for more than 40 days.

Abandoning his old partner Xú Zhēng, he threw himself into Chen Sicheng's arms. The "baby" sincerely explained that it was really interesting that Director Chen waited for me for so long to turn on the computer.

Compared with the little-known "Tang Tan", many people who eat melons feel sorry while moving.

After all, Wang's previous movie "Sorry Thailand", starring Xu zhēng, had a box office of 65.438+0.26 billion, setting a new record for domestic movies at that time.

But the real reason is that after the event, Wang only got a mere 3 million and got 30 million.

The reason is that Xu gave them two choices before shooting: one is to fix the film pay, and the other is to calculate the box office regardless of the film pay.

Wang chose the former and the latter.

Wang, who was unwilling, went to Xu Daofu for a reason and wanted to get more money, but Xu Daofu said that "everyone should abide by the rules of the game" and turned him back.

Just then, Chen Sicheng and Wang discussed that they would also make a comedy film, so they hoped that Wang would star in the new film "Detective Chinatown".

The whole idea of "Tang Tan" originated from 20 12, when Chen Sicheng was still filming the TV series "Beijing Love Story".

The suspenseful reasoning framework of the whole story comes from the famous variety Super Brain. Chen Sicheng even went to the scene several times quietly and had a long conversation with the players on the scene.

Facing his friend's invitation, Wang readily agreed, but he didn't care.

It's not that he doubts the sincerity of Chen Sicheng, a good buddy, but that he heard that because he wanted to be the male owner of this project, some investors disliked his poor image in Sorry Thailand, and 800 people didn't want to.

Fortunately, Chen Sicheng is serious. He thinks that the image of Wang is a perfect match with his "small fresh meat".

So, he seriously said to the gold owners behind him: the male owner must be the king's, otherwise the play will not be filmed.

The gold owners thought: well, you are the director, as long as you promise to make money, everything else is fine.

In fact, the shrewd Chen Sicheng's choice of "poor, sour and black" king is not just a brotherhood. He knows too well that with the end of the film subsidy policy, a large number of sinking market audiences are the real main force of China films.

For the audience in first-and second-tier cities, watching movies is just one of the pastimes, but for the urban youth in third-and fourth-tier cities, watching movies is the most important or even the only way of entertainment.

Among the huge audience in the sinking market, some people may not know Leonardo DiCaprio, but everyone knows Wang's name.

This is a brand-new game between the audience and the director under the film production mode, and it is also an increasingly skilled routine for film and television capital players who are familiar with the market.

In this way, the waves of capital rolling up under the tide of the times gave birth to the Tang exploration series.

Second,

From 65438 to 0978, Chen Sicheng was born in a cadre family in Shenyang, Liaoning. Since he was a clever boy, he has been living a life of food and clothing.

He himself once said: My factory settings are quite good.

When I was a child, Chen Sicheng wrote well. 13 years old, imitating Jin Yong to write fan fiction's Hundred Years Old, imitating Gu Long to write The Legend of Chu Liuxiang and The Legend of Chen Liuxiang. This story is very good and widely circulated among students.

At this time, Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television works have deeply influenced a generation of young people, and Chen Sicheng is no exception. There are many posters of stars in the room, and he has been looking forward to it since he was a child.

At this time, the family still expects Chen Sicheng to study hard, enter the official career after being admitted to a good university, and honor his ancestors.

Chen Sicheng wanted to be an actor, but he didn't listen to all the persuasion at home, so he finally had to follow him.

1994, Chen Sicheng, 16 years old, heard that the great director Xie Jin set up a film and television school to train future China film stars, and suddenly got excited and came to Shanghai alone.

After short-term pre-test training, Chen Sicheng was successfully admitted to Xie Jin Hengtong Star School (later renamed as Xie Jin Film and Television Art College of Shanghai Normal University) with the first grade in her major, and became a classmate with Zhao Wei, a girl from Wuhu in 18.

A year later, a girl with big eyes came to Chen Sicheng's next session, Fan Bingbing, a 13 Qingdao girl.

In fact, Xie Jin Hengtong Star School can only be regarded as an art training secondary school, and its ultimate goal is to train artistic talents for major art colleges.

1996, 20-year-old Zhao Wei was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, and 18-year-old Chen Sicheng was also admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Although he was not the first in his major, his professional achievements were uneven, and he became classmates with Nie Yuan and Hao Lei.

Chen Sicheng is lively and smart in school and smart in professional performance. He is deeply loved by teachers, especially Professor Li Xuetong, who almost regards him as a disciple and carefully cultivates him.

But what I didn't expect was that this disciple didn't worry the teacher. Because he stood up for his classmates, he was expelled from the play and banned from taking exams for two years.

Chen Sicheng, who has always been confident, was crushed to the ground by fate.

After the dark moment of the Chen family, Chen Sicheng's father, who always pays attention to the image, rushed to Shanghai with short sleeves to find a way, but he could do nothing.

When Chen Sicheng was thinking behind closed doors, the 65,438+05-year-old Wang was still shrinking into a "drifting north" with a dream of martial arts movies in front of the Beijing Film Factory. After studying hard at Shaolin Temple for many years, he found himself going in the wrong direction.

After receiving the instructions, Wang squatted at the gate of the North Film Factory all day, waiting for the director to give himself a chance.

Finally someone asked him what he would do. The excited Wang opened his posture without saying anything, giving people a "white crane with bright wings" action, which startled people.

I have been in many plays, but Wang received passers-by and dead bodies, so he called home happily and said he was making a movie.

1999, Chen Sicheng, 2 1 year-old, came to Beijing after the exam was banned. He wants to be admitted to Beijing Film Academy. He knows that his classmate zhaowei is studying in it.

However, when Nortel learned of his "criminal record", it decisively turned him away, which broke Chen Sicheng's heart.

Fortunately, Professor Li Xuetong, the benefactor of Chen Sicheng, recommended to apply for the Central Academy of Drama, and was appreciated by examiner Wang Lina, who once again entered the new performing arts hall as the first major.

However, this time the class was replaced by Jin Dong, Chen Shu, Li Guangjie and others.

With more years of performance and social experience than ordinary students, Chen Sicheng is at home in college, good at writing plays, directing and publicizing everything, and even taking part in singing competitions.

At this time, Wang's life was not easy. As a walk-on actor, he can still eat enough, but he has no chance but to starve.

The family is very aware of Wang's situation. On the phone, they advised him to die as an actor and go home to farm and marry honestly.

But Wang Duonian has been unwilling to study hard. After eating the box lunch of the cast for many years, he always felt that sparrows would fly to the branches one day.

Two young people with completely different circumstances are still wandering outside the "aristocratic circle", and their dream is only one: to be actors.

Third,

In 2003, 25-year-old Chen Sicheng faced the choice of graduation. He hesitated whether he should switch to a singer.

Although I met the famous director Kang in the university and starred in his TV series "Migrant Workers", the drama was repeatedly banned because of the theme problem, and the professional performances of the actors directly drowned the fledgling Chen Sicheng.

The film debut "Judge Mom" starring in the senior year won the best newcomer award, but it can face the film and television circle that fights for acting skills and resources. Chen Sicheng is just a "back wave" that can't lift any waves.

Compared with him, Wang, who is also a walk-on in this movie, can only be regarded as a "wave" that flashes by.

Their first encounter in fate came like this, but one was the protagonist and the other was a walk-on, and there was no communication with each other.

But while Chen Sicheng was still hesitating about his career direction, Wang unexpectedly changed from a "trendsetter" to a "trendsetter".

This year, the goddess of luck visited Wang, 2 1 year old.

Li Yang, the director who is going to make the film Blind Well, needs a simple-looking rural child. He happened to find Wang, who was dull-eyed and timid at the gate of the North Film Factory, and fell in love at first sight.

"Blind Well" made the first filmmaker Wang quickly win the Golden Horse Award, Best Newcomer Award and many other awards, and happiness came too suddenly.

However, due to the sensitive subject matter, the film was not released in China later, and Wang was only some "second-rate" rural children in the circle.

What really changed Wang's fate was the director's world without thieves. The hero and heroine have been determined, but the "silly root" in the film has never been suitable.

Finally, someone recommended Wang in the blind well, and when he saw it, he asked Wang if he had a timetable.

"This film will take three months, you can think about it." Feng Dao was afraid that Wang would fall off the chain halfway.

Director Feng worries too much. What an honor and opportunity it is to make a movie with Xiaogang Feng, Andy Lau, Ge You and other big names. He was afraid of Wang, who was almost the first to report to the crew.

In 2004, 22-year-old Wang became famous overnight with world without thieves and successfully became a signing artist of Huayi.

At this time, Chen Sicheng signed a contract with Huayi after shooting several TV dramas, and they became colleagues.

Two years later, the military TV series Soldier Assault promoted the popularity of Chen Sicheng and Wang to the position of first-line famous actors.

Also at the end of this year, Wanda Group CBD wanda plaza Store opened, and Wanda Cinema ushered in its100th screen, which became the distribution channel of domestic cinemas.

The increasingly hot film market has become a piece of fat that all parties are eyeing.

Fourth,

Chen Sicheng, whose fame is gradually drifting away from Wang, soon made a "curve overtaking".

In 20 10, 32-year-old Chen Sicheng staged a Beijing love story with the director of Xinli Media and the newly listed LeTV Film Company.

In this play, there are not only old partners Jerry Lee and Zhang Yi, but also a 27-year-old beautiful girl, Tong Liya, a junior in Chinese opera.

There is no Wang in the play. It's not that Chen Sicheng doesn't want to find it. This is really because Wang is so popular that there is no timetable at all.

At this time, no one wanted to understand how Chen Sicheng, who was fooling around, got the favor of capital and became a director.

What is even more unexpected is that during the production of Northern Ireland, Wanda Film and Television announced its shareholding in Xinli Media.

It is said that Wanda's attitude is very simple, and it is only responsible for film payment, so just listen to the director Chen Sicheng.

How did Chen Sicheng, 32, deal with Wang Jianlin, 56? Why does Wang Jianlin, who regards 100 million as a "small goal", take a fancy to this TV series with an investment of only tens of millions?

In fact, Chen Sicheng has been very anxious about his present situation. He complained to his teacher Wang Lina many times that the director didn't understand the play. He was always out of step with them and he was always unpopular.

Teacher Wang said, "Since you are an actor, you should listen to the director. If you have any opinions, you must wait until you can make a decision. "

Let Chen Sicheng suddenly wake up, unforgettable.

Years later, Chen Sicheng, who became a director, said in an interview: "I don't want to be a cake divided by others. I want to be a cake maker."

This is indeed the motivation and reason for Chen Sicheng's transformation as a director. At a young age, he has realized that capital is the real "dream machine" in the entertainment circle.

He knows very well that only decent works can make capital push itself to the center of the stage, but the most important thing is to learn to cater to and compromise capital.

At the earliest, Chen Sicheng and Wanda Film and Television proposed that they wanted to make a suspense film or a crime drama that could better represent their strength, but Wanda said that the market still accepted idol movies.

Chen Sicheng was very insightful and didn't insist. Let's be idols, as long as you are willing to pay.

Chen Sicheng, who took the money, is really dedicated and hands-on.

From beginning to end, he participated in the script creation. In order to save the budget when shooting in Northern Ireland, he sleeps up to four hours a day. He once founded a team and shot more than 200 shots every day. It is very good for an ordinary crew to shoot 100 a day.

During the filming, it was freezing, many people got sick and the director of photography fell down. As for assistant photography, assistant photography was ill, and Chen Sicheng picked up the camera himself.

When filming a drama, Chen Sicheng had to shave his elegant long hair directly into a flat head because of his serious hair loss.

In the end, "Beijing Love Story" was a great success in David, with an investment of 30 million yuan, a harvest of hundreds of millions of RMB and many awards.

This drama makes Xinli Media and Wanda Film and Television behind it earn a lot of money, and also makes Chen Sicheng dig the first pot of gold himself.

But many people are unconvinced and think the play is too melodramatic. Chen Sicheng's success is purely "blind cat meets dead mouse".

At the same time, the new relationship upgraded to director Chen was exposed again. The object is Tong Liya, the actor of Shen Bing in the play, and the "matchmaker" is Yang Mi, who is filming together.

In order to win the favor of beautiful women, Chen Sicheng upgraded her studio to Shanghai Chengya Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd. on 20 12. It is said that the name Chengya comes from the homonym of "Chen" and "Ya".

With the help of the afterheat of TV series, the film version of Northern Ireland, which invested 40 million yuan, went online and secured 500 million box office. Chen Sicheng once again showed his unusual market operation ability, and all those who questioned him kept his mouth shut.

For Wanda behind the scenes: "Whether he is a black cat or a white cat, catching a mouse is a good cat."

Chen Sicheng, who was successfully transformed, handed over two quite good "report cards" to Wanda, which laid a good foundation for the subsequent cooperation in creating Tangtan.

If you earn enough money, beautiful women can't run away.

In 20 14, 36-year-old Chen Sicheng spent150,000 yuan to get married with 3 1 year-old Tong Liya on Tahiti Island in the South Pacific.

On that day, a bunch of stars, big and small, came, but Wang was the only "comrade-in-arms" that year.

That gorgeous girl, wearing an 8.8-carat diamond ring symbolizing her birthday, instantly blinded many people's eyes, but this light may not only come from love, but also from the help of capital.

Five,

Shortly after the wedding, Chen Sicheng found Wang: Brother, let's make a new film together. There must be much more money than others.

Speaking of this, Chen Sicheng is confident that behind Avaya is Wanda, a big financier, whose shareholding ratio is 60%, and Chen Sicheng himself holds 30%. He is also the only director Wanda trusts.

But even the best brothers still have to rely on money to maintain, and Chen Sicheng knows it.

After some preparation, detective chinatown was released on 20 15 12 3 1 New Year's Eve. Actors include Wang, Wang, Wang and Chen Sicheng, who completely retired from the background and became a director.

As early as 15, Liu Haoran, who played Qin Feng, was caught by Chen Sicheng when he appeared in Northern Ireland. At this time, he was also the only artist who signed a contract with Tong Liya Studio.

During the Spring Festival of 20 16, 38-year-old Chen Sicheng had a double happiness. Detective chinatown, which cost 80 million yuan, earned 800 million box office. At the same time, Tong Liya also gave birth to a baby boy named "Duoduo", which is said to be the nickname of Chen Sicheng.

Once the afterwave completely set off a huge wave in the film market and became a talented director with the same capital.

Seeing his friend's great success as a director, Wang couldn't help directing and performing a comedy movie "Making Heaven".

At the press conference, many directors and actors stood on the stage, and Wang Xi was in tears.

This year, Wanda Film and Television, which landed in the A-share market and became the first cinema in China, invested 50 billion yuan to build the Oriental Film Capital in Qingdao, and Wang Jianlin, who was in high spirits, appeared on the cover of Hollywood Reporter, a mainstream American film magazine.

In 20 18, Wang once again participated in Chen Sicheng's 200 million yuan Chinatown Detective 2, which once again set a box office record of 3.4 billion yuan.

From then on, the universe of Chen Sicheng's Detective Tang took shape and became a suspense comedy that attracted worldwide attention.

Among the cutting-edge directors in China, Chen Sicheng has become one of the few leading figures who can make acclaimed and box-office movies.

However, Chen Sicheng, who is famous and rich, seems to have made "mistakes that only successful men make". Since 20 14, she has been frequently exposed as a "master of time management" and has been having an affair with many women for many years without interruption.

Tong Liya also showed amazing tolerance to this, but simply said: I can go home.

But also in this year, the word-of-mouth and ratings of Great Expectations filmed by Chen Sicheng and Tong Liya both fell to the streets, claiming that the investment of 300 million hit Shui Piao instantly, and Wanda Pictures behind it had to hold its nose and keep silent.

No matter how good a director is, it is impossible for all his works to make money. Wanda can only see the scenery.

You know, Wanda Film and Television not only contacted Chen Sicheng, but also contacted film directors such as Zhang Yimou, who had just been torn up by his good brothers, and Chen, who went solo from Huayi, and finally failed to settle down.

I can only say that I still need to prove that my "Director Chen" is smarter, more sensible and more cooperative.

Chen Sicheng didn't let Wanda down.

In 20 18, thanks to the help of "Tang Tan 2", Wanda Film and Television, with an annual profit of only 500 million, handed over its report card with a net profit of 400 million in the first quarter, which even attracted doubts from the CSRC.

And a year later, the crime mystery film Sheep Without Shepherd, which was invested by Wanda and produced by Chen Sicheng, was released in China, and earned a box office of110/0 at a cost of less than10, which is quite good for similar suspense films.

For Wanda Film and Television, which has been badly managed, Chen Sicheng can be called "the person who saved Wanda".

At the premiere of "Sheep without Shepherd", Chen Sicheng once unjustly defended: "In fact, I was killed by mistake, and the public put a series of labels on me ..."

Six,

There's really nothing to explain. The capital behind the entertainment circle only depends on the results.

Making money is a skill. If you can't make money, you can only stand aside. A little scandal is nothing.

For example, Huayi was once deeply tied, but after Feng directed several films in succession, the capital quickly sought after the more profitable director Guan Hu.

Because of this, a little scandal did not affect Chen Sicheng's later film career.

After he announced the launch of the "Tangtan 3" project, the number of capital that was moved by the wind reached 30, and countless brands competed for cooperation.

Although the production of this film has long been completed, it was originally planned to be released in 2020, but there was no sound for a long time after the epidemic quit.

Lost in Russia, which is also a competitor, was sold to the platform movie copyright by the shrewd Xu zhēng early and left with 600 million cash.

However, the other deified "Legend of China Women's Volleyball Team" and "Deep Water Bomb", which were originally scheduled to be released last Spring Festival, could not bear it. Last year's National Day was released one after another, but the results were mediocre, which was far from what was expected.

Seeing that "Tang Tan 3" didn't move, many people thought that Chen Sicheng had money behind him, so they didn't panic.

But the reality is that Chen Sicheng panicked. Even if he is a director or producer, it is not up to him to decide which schedule to go to.

There are as many as 25 producers and 5 distributors of Detective Tang 3, with WANDA CINEMAS, Beijing Yitong Legendary Pictures and China Film as the main investors, and the rest are co-producers, all for a big profit.

Of course, at this point, Chen Sicheng is no exception, he also wants to eat a fat meal.

According to Tianyan, the legal person of Beijing Yitong Legend Film and Television is Chen Sicheng's father, Chen Shengqi.

Chen Sicheng is not stupid, he has to make the final decision when making a movie, and he can't lose himself because of splitting the accounts.

Although Wuzhou Film, as the main distributor, is theoretically the decider of the schedule, the real boss behind them is Wanda Film, and the stock price has fallen so badly in recent years, which is very hurtful.

In 20 19, Wanda film and television suffered a huge loss of 4.729 billion yuan. Except for the sheep without a shepherd, there are no films to sell, and the good projects that were originally handed over to them have been poached by other opponents.

One year later, Wanda Cinema in Lhasa officially opened, which means that Wanda Cinema has finally found the layout of Wanda Cinema in 3 1 provincial capital cities in China after 16 years.

But behind the scenery, the reality is cruel.

To this end, the actual loss of Wanda Film and Television exceeded 6 billion, and a large number of companies were short of liquidity and repayment funds. The landlord really has no surplus grain.

The hope that Wanda Film and Television will turn losses into profits lies in "Tang Tan 3".

Spending money on filming doesn't count. Wanda Film and Television, which occupies three seats among the six producers of Detective Tang 3, has made greater efforts in marketing.

Before last year's cinema movie was cancelled, Wanda Film and Television had spent tens of millions to smash a wave, and this year, it added 30 million publicity, which made the number of films of "Tang Tan 3" in the whole Spring Festival schedule reach a horrible 47%, almost crushed.

Due to this film, the share price of Wanda Film and Television became popular for several days.

As of the close of February 9th, Wanda Film and Television reported the price of 2 1.64 yuan/share, although it fluctuated slightly, but it was much higher than the previous increase.

From the perspective of the whole market, it is almost a foregone conclusion that Detective Tang 3 will once again become an explosion.

However, from the perspective of capital, eggs can't all be put in one basket.

There is also a private agreement between Wanda and Chen Sicheng, which requires Chen Sicheng to train suitable "baton bearers".

Sam Quah, the director of 20 19 "Black Sheep Without Shepherd", was originally one of the directors of the online drama "Detective Chinatown" and a team partner directly appointed by Chen Sicheng.

Also under the planning of Wanda, as the manager of a wholly-owned company, Chen Sicheng is looking for a new egg-laying person while laying out the movie universe of the Tang Dynasty.

You know, behind any movie, there are countless shadows of capital. Before the film is in place, the capital is already in place.

Because of this, scores and impressions are far less true than banknotes.

Chen Sicheng, who has been deeply bound with Wanda, is just a footnote in this movie era.

It remains to be seen where the Wanda film and television behind the exploration of the universe in the Tang Dynasty will go.