"Director Zhang, go to our company tomorrow, let's talk about the details in detail."

After all, this is a celebration banquet for "Shadow", and Yue Guan couldn't continue chatting with Zhang Yimou.

Of course, Zhang Yimou had no objection.

He also wanted to continue talking to Yue Guan about when "Xian Qin" will be launched, but on the other hand, someone called him, so Zhang Yimou could only helplessly lose his companion.

When someone came to the celebration banquet for "Shadow" to celebrate, he certainly couldn't leave everyone aside.

...

"Shadow" became the biggest winner of the Spring Festival.

However, "Shadow" is not "The Investiture of the Gods 2" after all, and historical themes have inherent limitations. The script of "Shadow" also focuses on reversals. While making breakthroughs in the plot, it also sacrifices some universality.

For those viewers who come to the cinema to watch movies just want some fun, "Shadow" is actually not attractive enough to them, because "Shadow" is not a pure and cool commercial movie.

The setting of the real and false Pei Wang stabbing the protagonist Jingzhou to death at the end is naturally a step further for the overall plot, which increases the movie's rating by at least 0.5 points, but for the box office, this ending actually does not add points.

On the contrary, it would be better to just let Jingzhou have everything in the end.

Because most viewers still use the protagonist when watching movies.

However, Yue Guan himself played the role of Prince Pei, so he chose a setting that was beneficial to him without hesitation in the ending, and he was willing to sacrifice some box office for this.

Anyway, he also assisted him in the future.

The box office achieved by "Shadow" overall was quite satisfying Zhang Yimou and Deng Chao, and even a little overjoyed.

1.12 billion dragon yuan.

Zhang Yimou's highest-grossing movie in his directorial career.

After "Shadow" was released, whether it was the audience or the media, the most common thing he talked about when it came to Zhang Yimou was "Return of the King".

In the drama "Shadow", Zhang Yimou did reach a peak again.

Deng Chao also gained a lot like Zhang Yimou.

Before "Shadow", Deng Chao's status among the Mesozoic stars was already very high.

But "Shadow" consolidated his position and took him a step further.

His performance in "Shadow" even surpassed Yue Guan. After all, he has more scenes, and he plays two roles one person, which makes him even more outstanding in terms of setting.

After all, Yue Guan plays another King Pei in the end, after all, only a short ending shot, so it is impossible to interpret particularly distinctive characteristics.

So from the perspective of the actors, the most outstanding person in this drama is indeed Deng Chao.

Many people think that Deng Chao is very stable to win a few actors with the drama "Shadow". Even the Golden Dragon Award winner has hope.

Coupled with Deng Chao's box office accumulation, his position in the film industry has achieved success in surpassing Huang Xiaoming.

Of course, Deng Chao is still far from his connections.

Huang Xiaoming had already finished the Grand Slam.

However, the evaluations of industry professionals are not consistent with the audience's evaluations of actors.

Huang Xiaoming won all the Grand Slam actors, and in terms of box office appeal, he was still beaten by several other middle-aged male stars who had never won the Grand Slam.

The audience has a scale in their minds.

Deng Chao has now begun to be listed as a trustworthy actor in the audience's minds.

This is a huge improvement for him.

So whether it is Zhang Yimou or Deng Chao, they are very grateful to Yue Guan.

Both of them knew in their hearts that the biggest contribution of "Shadow"'s box office and reputation was Yue Guan.

If Yue Guan hadn't changed the script, the box office and reputation of "Shadow" would have probably been reduced by half.

At the celebration banquet, the two kept toasting Yueguan.

"Yueguan, I'll give you a cup."

Zhang Yimou didn't talk much, but when he saw Yue Guan, he couldn't stop talking.

"Putting you into the crew of "Shadow" was the most correct decision I made last year." Zhang Yimou thought he was too wise.

Yue Guan said humbly: "I have at most success in "Shadow" success. Director Zhang's director's foundation accounts for three points, Brother Chao and other actors' acting skills account for three points, and then promotion and promotion account for three points."

"Yue Guan, you are humble. Your contribution is definitely more than 60%. If you choose the wrong one, it will be useless no matter how hard you try." Deng Chao shook his head and said, "I can act the original script well, but no matter how good I act, it will be useless. It will not have much impact on the overall performance and reputation of a play. Without you changing the script and formulating a general direction, "Shadow" would be just an ordinary historical film, and it would not be hailed as the best domestic historical film in history as it is now."

Deng Chao was a sensible person.

So is Zhang Yimou.

So neither of them swelled.

Maintaining a good relationship with Yueguan is much more important than expansion.

Especially Zhang Yimou.

He looked at Yue Guan very eagerly. If Yue Guan hadn't known that the national teacher was a gourd baby, he would have been afraid that he would have thoughts about him.

Zhang Yimou did have ideas about Yue Guan, but this idea was in career.

"Yue Guan, you said before that if the box office of "Shadow" exceeds one billion, then the "Xian Qin" series will be left to me for filming, right?" Zhang Yimou looked at Yue Guan with some expectations.

To be honest, after the success of "Shadow", he had many choices.

However, compared with the cake "Immortal Qin Empire", the other choices in Zhang Yimou's eyes are all stinky fish and rotten shrimps, which is not worth mentioning.

Zhang Yimou knew in his heart that if he could make the "Immortal Qin Empire" trilogy well, no, he would not have to make it very well. As long as he could achieve the quality of the "Fengshen" trilogy, with his own status, he would basically become the undisputed first person in the directorial circle, and he could maintain it for at least another ten years.

After all, his background and reputation were much stronger than Wu Lishan before.

At Zhang Yimou's age and level, his reputation was even greater than that of his temptation.

"The Immortal Qin Empire" obviously has the most rewarding reputation.

So he really wants it.

Yueguan didn't even piss Zhang Yimou's appetite.

"Director Zhang, the "Xianqin" series can be given to you, but the same requirements as before."

Yue Guan looked at Zhang Yimou and said with a very firm tone: "I have the final say in the script, and the final editing rights of the movie must be in my hands. Of course, we can discuss it, but when we have a conflict, can we accept it based on my will?"

Generally speaking, if you change to a big director, you won’t accept such a request.

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Zhang Yimou had not accepted Yue Guan's proposal before, otherwise he would have been the director of the "Fengshen" trilogy.

But one time and another.

The success of "The Investiture of the Gods" has made Wu Jieshan's position in the industry leap forward.

The success of "Shadow" also gave Zhang Yimou a deeper understanding of Yue Guan's ability and trust.

"Yue Guan, if I hadn't filmed "Shadow", I would definitely not agree with this condition." Zhang Yimou said: "But now, these questions are not problems. I believe in your ability. In terms of scripts, you are better than me."

Yue Guan was not humble either: "Director Zhang, your skills are all on the colors and pictures, and they are indeed not outstanding in scripts and plot arrangements. But I have thought about it carefully. If anyone in the entire Dragon Kingdom can raise the upper limit of the "Immortal Qin" series, then there is only Director Zhang, and no other director can do it."

This wave of commercial mutual bragging obviously made Zhang Yimou very useful.

The two quickly decided to cooperate.

This made Yue Guan feel a little moved.

A few years ago, Zhang Yimou did not have this attitude.

Now, he no longer felt that he was insulting to bow his head in front of him.

Zhang Yimou has not gone downhill in recent years, and has even reached a new peak.

But he still bowed his head in front of him and agreed to his conditions.

Because I have made faster progress in recent years.

This is how the world works.

The higher you stand, the more others will respect you and someone will listen to your words.

So, boy, keep working hard.
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