The "Chronicle of History" says: The world is bustling, all for the benefit of the coming, the world is bustling, all are for the benefit of the future.
This sentence has said a lot of human affairs.
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After Xu Zheng and Tao Hong got married, one day Xu Zheng found a script sent to Tao Hong in the mailbox, and after reading it, he did not hesitate to call the director.
That script was called "Crazy Stone", and Ning Hao wanted to invite Tao Hong to play the girlfriend of "Brother Dao" in the movie.
When Ning Hao heard that Xu Zheng was going to participate, he said thiefily: Brother, our crew really doesn't have any money...
After Xu Zheng listened, he immediately responded: It's okay, brothers don't want to be paid, you can find me as the protagonist in the next movie.
For this kind of beautiful thing of "pie falling from the sky", Ning Hao naturally agreed.
So, in 2006, "Crazy Stone" stood out like a dark horse in the blockbuster. In the film, we meet Xu Zheng, who has transformed from the "Eight Precepts of pigs", and Huang Bo, who speaks fluently in the Qingdao dialect.
Two years earlier than this, Wang Baoqiang, a humble boy from the Shaolin Temple, began his own "open and hanging life", he starred in the New Year blockbuster "No Thief in the World" directed by Feng Xiaogang, and the stars at that time were Andy Lau and Rene Liu.
Wang Baoqiang, who went out of the circle with "silly roots", soon received an invitation to a TV series, which was called "Soldier Assault" and later became popular all over the country, and Wang Baoqiang changed from "silly roots" to "Xu Sanduo".
In 2010, director Ye Weimin went to the mainland to shoot a play, and the script he chose was called "People on the Road". In this movie, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang worked together for the first time, and after the plot of chicken flying dog jumping and various "囧", the film won 37 million at the box office.
From this time on, Xu Zheng, who was not satisfied with being an actor, began to "think carefully".
Prior to this, Ning Hao fulfilled his promise, and in 2009, he shot a very in-depth movie "No Man's Land", starring Xu Zheng. Unfortunately, the film was not released until 2013, and with Ning Hao's appeal at the time, it achieved a box office result of 260 million.
Xu Zheng, who saw the power of the box office, began to prepare his first film "People Again On the Way of Tai Yuan", because the first time he became a director, Xu Zheng only pulled 30 million yuan of investment, so little money, naturally please do not move too many actors.
In desperation, Xu Zheng had to ask his daughter-in-law Tao Hong to "guest star", and Wang Baoqiang, who cooperated with him in "People on the Road", took the initiative to participate in the film, and the film was paid 2 million, according to Wang Baoqiang's value at that time, this film remuneration was really "friendship price".
Subsequently, Huang Bo also came to participate, his film salary is 3 million, but in the process of filming, the crew saw that there was no money, and Huang Bo did not think too much about Huang Bo to find Xu Zheng and said: I don't want the film remuneration, even if I invest.
Huang Bo, who was fighting righteousness, was just to be able to help friends, but he did not expect that after the release of the film, the final box office approached 1.3 billion, and Huang Bo suddenly earned 50 million. Wang Baoqiang only got 2 million.
Such a comparison will naturally make the heart a little uncomfortable.
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"Tai 囧" became a representative work of Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang to form the "Golden Triangle of Comedy", but it also laid the groundwork for the later "split".
In 2014, Xu Zheng invited Wang Baoqiang to star in the third part of the "囧" series he prepared for 5 million films, "Hong Kong 囧".
As a result, when talking about film remuneration, Wang Baoqiang put forward his own idea: I can not pay for the film, and then invest 10 million yuan, as long as 10% of the dividend.
Xu Zheng thought about it, because of the reputation laid by the previous two "囧" series, "Hong Kong 囧" has an innate box office call, and Xu Zheng at that time has not lacked investment.
Perhaps thinking it was not cost-effective, Xu Zheng rejected Wang Baoqiang's proposal. Subsequently, Wang Baoqiang participated in the film "Detective Chinatown" directed by Chen Sicheng.
Because of Wang Baoqiang's withdrawal, "Hong Kong 囧" finally chose Bao Bell, but the audience can still find that the role in the film is still tailor-made for Wang Baoqiang, and although Bao Bell is "pretending to be stupid and stunned", it just does not have that effect.
Perhaps, because Wang Baoqiang has the generosity, it is not something that the shrewd Bao Bell can "pretend".
With a keen sense of the film market, Xu Zheng completed the transformation from director to producer. After the fire of "I Am Not a Medicine God", Xu Zheng participated in the show.
The host asked: If Wang Baoqiang participated in "I Am Not a Medicine God", would the box office rise by 1 billion again? ”
Xu Zheng teased and replied: No matter how much the box office will not use Wang Baoqiang. You all go to see him, how do I show my strength?
The host then asked: You have just used Wang Baoqiang several times as a director, what was your consideration at that time?
Xu Zheng wasted no time in praising Wang Baoqiang:
"Wang Baoqiang can represent the grassroots, his taste can represent the taste of most Chinese, and he has succeeded all the way from running the dragon set, such a person is rare."
In this conversation, everyone can still feel that there seems to be a gap between the two.
Wang Baoqiang, who "parted ways" with Xu Zheng, received the dividends and remuneration he wanted in Chen Sicheng's films, and the box office of "Detective Chinatown" reached 800 million yuan that year, and Wang Baoqiang got 40 million shares.
Since then, Wang Baoqiang and Chen Sicheng have continued to cooperate in "Tang Detective 2" and "Tang Detective 3", both of which Wang Baoqiang has received shares.
Perhaps because of this, Wang Baoqiang will say in the interview: "Chen Sicheng understands me better!" ”
In 2014, Huang Bo and Xu Zheng played a pair of "good brothers" in Ning Hao's film "Heart Flower Road Release", in which Ning Hao even designed a bridge section where the two were forced to sing "Dare to Ask where the road is" on the street - after all, Huang Bo played Sun Wukong and Xu Zheng played the pig.
Later, in the National Day film "My Hometown and Me", Huang Bo appeared in Chen Sicheng's "UFO" crew, which made people speculate that Huang Bo was also "poached" by Chen Sicheng.
It is said that Huang Bo also joined Chen Sicheng's outer space science fiction comedy program, and it is said that the two will have at least 3 movies released in the next.
Like Wang Baoqiang, Huang Bo participated and also enjoyed box office dividends.
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The entertainment circle with fish and dragons has never been the superficial "hello, hello, hello everyone", and behind those jokes and playful shots, there will also be a lot of undercurrents.
Some people say that the "split" of Huang Bo, Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng has torn open the "fig leaf" of the entertainment industry, and on the surface, you come and go, and behind it are all unprofitable.
It is also said that Xu Zheng pursues the maximization of profits, and each film he produces has its own participation in investment and enjoys box office dividends, but other actors who participate in the performance rarely have such opportunities. Such an operation will naturally make the big-name actors who want to share in the film share stay away.
Sima Qian said: The world is bustling, all for the benefit of the world, and the world is bustling, all for the benefit of the future. Many things may only be annotated by this sentence.
In any case, I look forward to the "Golden Triangle of Drama" of the day: Huang Bo, Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, who can bring more excellent works to everyone.