In 2010, a movie called " people are on the road " was released.
cost 7 million, and finally got 50 million at the box office.
Two years later, the protagonist Xu Zheng took the original cast to personally direct " people are again embarrassed in Thailand ".
The cost of 30 million was finally exchanged for 1.269 billion box office.
This is a miracle in Chinese film history, and also a turning point in the careers of starring Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang .
with " Thai 囧" sat on the throne of the third box office in Chinese film history at that time, the two who cooperated tacitly and parted ways.
In the Spring Festival of 2020, ten years after the broadcast of "People Are On the Road", Xu Zheng let his new movie " 囧 Mom " be broadcast for free online when the cinema was temporarily closed due to the epidemic, and suffered the whole industry. scolding.
and Wang Baoqiang followed the director Chen Sicheng to wait quietly, and finally " Chinatown Detective 3" received 4.123 billion box office.
faced such a strong box office appeal, but Xu Zheng said in an interview that even if the box office is higher, Wang Baoqiang will not be used again.
was a good partner in the past, why did it come to "old and dead"?
This is the windmill of 's progress. In this article, we will talk about 's "true and false brothers" - Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng.
In 2004, Feng Xiaogang Chinese New Year drama "A World Without Thieves" was released. The freckled, a little naive, and a little silly fool in the movie got the audience's attention. One sentence: "The wolves on the mountain didn't harm me, I don't believe that people will harm me? How can people be worse than wolves", which has been regarded as a classic by countless fans. And the person who plays silly is Feng Xiaogang's designated actor, Wang Baoqiang.
A year ago, he just won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer for his movie "Blind Well". After the release of "A World Without Thieves", his popularity skyrocketed. When the limelight was in full swing, Feng Xiaogang reminded Wang Baoqiang: "You are a grassroots. If you want to stand still, you have to work hard for ten years." Wang Baoqiang listened to this advice, and then he was recommended by Xu Fan to appear in the TV series " Soldiers Assault " .
Wang Baoqiang almost cried when he saw the script of "Soldier Assault" for the first time. "I am Xu Sanduo , Xu Sanduo is me." Many times, he said this to various media with great firmness. "Don't give up, don't give up" as mentioned in the
script; "Live well and do meaningful things". It is Wang Baoqiang, who has been a north drifter, who insisted on carrying on the power source for countless days when he could not eat. After the broadcast of
"Soldier Assault", Wang Baoqiang became popular with Xu Sanduo.
But as in the play, Xu Sanduo was the last one to leave the Steel Seventh Company and enter the Infantry Sharp Force A Brigade. In reality, Wang Baoqiang found his own "A team " 6 years later. The movie was called "People Are On The Road", and the actor who co-starred with him was Xu Zheng.
To some extent, Xu Zheng's life has been run through by the word "囧". When he was young, Xu Zheng was well-behaved, and his hair was even more enviable. Because of his flowing hair, he also worked as a "hair model", taking pictures of his hairstyles and sending them to magazines for the choice of haircutters.
However, one morning in his sophomore year, when he was washing his hair, he suddenly found a handful of hair in the white foam, and when he scratched his head, there was another huge amount. For a 19-year-old, baldness is the real "catastrophe". In order to treat her hair, she embarked on the first "embarrassment" in her life.
Folk secret recipes, traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, the family took Xu Zheng to go to major hospitals, but what they got was more and more sparse tops of the heads, and they kept laughing at the classmates around them. Xu Zheng suffered for a long time in the shadow of inferiority complex.
Until late at night when he was about to graduate, he suddenly figured out that instead of complaining in situ, it was better to set off towards the goal with a bright head.
The next morning, Xu Zheng got into the barber shop in the back alley of the Drama Academy, cleaned up all the "survivors" above his head, and touched his clean head. He felt that he had never been so energetic.
In 2000, Xu Zheng encountered the second embarrassment in his life.
This year, the TV series " Spring is Bright Pig Bajie " was broadcast. Xu Zheng played the role of Zhu Bajie in the play, so he met his future wife Tao Hong. But because of this, it will always be closely bound to the three words "Pig Bajie".
For a while, no matter on the Internet or in reality, everyone called him Zhu Bajie, and even when he went to the bank to withdraw money, the staff would say: "Get 20,000 yuan for Zhu Bajie".
Xu Zheng thanked "Pig Bajie", the name made him a household name actor, and he also hated "Pig Bajie" because the name made the audience ignore him.
Until 2010, Xu Zheng encountered the third "囧" in his life.
In 2008, director Ye Weimin found Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng with a small-budget comedy "People are on the Road". Xu Zheng did not pay special attention to it and completed the work as usual.
But I didn't expect that during the filming process, the two actors who did not have much overlap but both had comedic talents had a wonderful chemical reaction together. There was a scene where two people stayed in a hotel, Xu Zheng said with a smile: "I didn't expect that my first bed scene would be dedicated to Wang Baoqiang." Smelly feet and other bad problems, "torture" is unbearable.
even jumped up at each other: "This is too scary. If the director wants you to lie down and try, who can pass this scene in five? I admit that he is more professional than me."
However, during the shooting process, the two still Became close friends. After the release of
"People are in a bad way", the film with a small cost of 7 million won a box office of 50 million. The huge benefits of
made Xu Zheng think about the transformation of his identity.
Just when Ye Weimin started filming the second part of "People Are On The Road", Xu Zheng invited Wang Baoqiang to be his partner, and called his old friend Huang Bo , and filmed "The Journey of People in Thailand". After the film was released, it won a box office of 1.269 billion yuan, setting a new box office record for domestic films.
The producer of "People Are On the Road" took "Thailand" to court in a rage, Xu Zheng lost the lawsuit and was sentenced to 5 million in compensation.
But the audience has drawn him and the "囧 series" equated, Xu Zheng has a big movie IP overnight, and ranks among the ranks of first-line directors. However, in the process of filming, his "favoring one over the other" laid a hidden danger for the downturn of the "囧 series" in the future. When
filmed "Thailand", because Xu Zheng was a film director for the first time and lacked experience, almost no investors were willing to invest. Under the circumstance of limited budget, Wang Baoqiang, as the soul of "囧", promised to continue to act at the price of 2 million yuan.
At that time, with his works such as "A World Without Thieves" and "Soldier Assault", his popularity has not lost the price of
2 million, which is definitely a "friendship price" based on Xu Zheng's face. And the other star, Huang Bo, has already been added as a movie emperor, and the coffee position is even bigger, so Xu Zheng gave a salary of 3 million. Of course, this price is also a "friendship price".
In order to invite Huang Bo, Xu Zheng did not hesitate to visit the crew every day during Huang Bo's filming. In the end, Huang Bo couldn't bear to embarrass Xu Zheng and accepted the invitation.
However, during the shooting process, because the filming location was in Thailand, the cost was very large, and it was on the verge of loss.
So Xu Zheng pulled his face down and said to Huang Bo: "Can you see if the salary can be lower, I'm a little troublesome, just treat me as a favor." Huang Bo didn't feel embarrassed, and replied, "No problem, I just don't want it. Now, just treat me as an investment."
This is undoubtedly snow for Xu ZhengChina sent charcoal, and Huang Bo received nearly 50 million dividends in return after the movie was broadcast. In the process of
, Xu Zheng ignored the feelings of one person - Wang Baoqiang.
The huge gap when splitting accounts, even if it is really like Wang Baoqiang, it is inevitable that I will feel uncomfortable. In 2014, when Xu Zheng was preparing for the filming of " Hong Kong 囧 ", he contacted Wang Baoqiang again and offered a salary of 5 million to invite his old partner to participate in the performance. But Wang Baoqiang wanted to follow Huang Bo's example, and wanted to use the 5 million yuan as an investment, add another 10 million yuan, and take 10% of the box office as dividends after the film was released.
It's a pity that the "囧 Series" is different today. How many investors are waiting to invest, and there is no room for others to share dividends.
Faced with such a result, even if the filmmakers continued to increase the remuneration, Wang Baoqiang was unmoved and resolutely refused Xu Zheng's invitation. Therefore, Baobell replaced Wang Baoqiang's position.
However, due to his poor acting skills and abrupt performance, the audience did not buy it, and for a while there were a flood of bad reviews, and the golden signboard of the "囧" series went downhill in his hands. And Wang Baoqiang, who bid farewell to the "囧 series", was appreciated by Chen Sicheng.
Chen Sicheng tailored the role of Tang Ren for Wang Baoqiang in his movie "Detective Chinatown". After
Wang Baoqiang agreed to participate in the show, he went to participate in the variety show " Real Man ", but an accident occurred during the show and broke a bone.
Chen Sicheng not only went to see him immediately, but also comforted him: "Take care of your injuries, we will wait for you."
That's it, the " Tang Detective " crew waited for Wang Baoqiang for 48 days, and this friendship made Wang Baoqiang firmly choose " Tang Detective", chose Chen Sicheng. In 2016, Wang Baoqiang suffered a marriage change. At the time, his wife Ma Rong had an extramarital affair with his agent Song Zhe, and also transferred all his property. At his worst, he couldn't even get the money for a lawsuit.
This time, it was also Chen Sicheng's first emergency call of 3 million yuan to Wang Baoqiang, which made Wang Baoqiang completely give up on Chen Sicheng.
And at that time, netizens would also ridicule the relationship between the two, saying "Chen Sicheng loves Wang Baoqiang the most, followed by Tong Liya." The second part is 3.396 billion.
On the other side, the "囧 series" is withering.
At the same time, Huang Bo watched as one started to conquer the fans quickly, and the other gradually lost word of mouth, so Chen Sicheng, the "standing team", was a matter of course.
In 2018, Xu Zheng's movie "The Players Behind the Scenes of " collided with Rene Liu 's movie "We After ". Among the two old acquaintances, Wang Baoqiang chose to help Rene Liu publicize, and even invited the employees of his studio to watch movies together. In 2020, Xu Zheng encountered the fourth embarrassment in his life.
years ago, he was heartbroken for his last "囧 series" movie "囧 Mom". First, he frequently landed on various variety shows for publicity, and made jokes with the leading actors Jia Bing and Guo Jingfei . And for the sake of the box office, he put down his posture and took pictures of the anecdotes on the train with various internet celebrities.
even before the movie is about to be released, announced that the file will be raised to the New Year's Eve. The move was resisted by many movie theater workers, who, after all, have their only holiday of the year. In order to suppress everyone's anger, Xu Zheng urgently apologized on Weibo and said that he would send a big red envelope to compensate.
finally calmed down the public opinion, and the works are about to be released, but the sudden epidemic has disrupted the rhythm again. Movie theaters across the country are closed, all films have been announced to be withdrawn, the investment in pre-marketing has been wasted, and the release date is still far away. Xu Zheng, who was forced into a desperate situation, sold "囧 Mom" to an online video platform at a price of 630 million yuan on January 24, 2020 for users to watch for free.
Some people say that this is three birds with one stone, users, platforms, and capital, no one is the loser, Xu Zheng made a good move.
but a lotThe filmmakers believe that Xu Zheng is disrupting the rules of the industry by doing so.
Chen Sicheng also posted a blog to express his dissatisfaction, and said that "Detective Chinatown 3" will insist on showing in cinemas.
In the end, "囧 Mom" failed to save the reputation of "囧 Series", but " Tang Detective 3" won a box office of 4.5 billion, ranking fourth in the box office of Chinese film history. It seems that
is one step away from the third place in "People in the 囧 Journey". In fact, the current "囧 Series" has been left far behind.
In the future, Chen Sicheng's movie universe will flourish. The only question is how the "Tang Detective" IP will develop after the trilogy ends.
and Xu Zheng will face a new dilemma after losing his right arm. After all, " I am not a medicine god " cannot become the norm. Two operations at the end of the year, coupled with the serious decline in the quality of his works, he is gradually losing his heart, even if he catches up with Shen Teng , it will not help.
Frozen three feet, not a day's cold.
Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng went from being close to each other, and after all, they proved the social law of the entertainment industry: there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.
This is a progressive windmill
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