Wang Shuo apologized. After the Zhang Yimou audio incident was exposed, Wang Shuo apologized generously, but he might as well not apologize, because he said: "I commented that Zhang Yimou is engaged in interior decoration, and the reason depends on whether he can always frame the broken items. It is magnificent. He is a photographer, and his design is particularly good. It is really ingenious. "
As Wang Shuo's former "younger brother", Xiaogang Feng's relationship with Wang Shuo deteriorated and later got back together many times, but it did not prevent them from "attacking" Zhang Yimou together. After all, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend".
In 20 17, the box office of Xiaogang Feng film "Fanghua" reached1400 million, setting a record for domestic literary films at that time. Proud of his life, he teased Zhang Yimou: "I have never lost money in acting. The cost of Fanghua does not exceed 1 100 million yuan. Some people make a film with a cost of 1 100 million, and they have to sell it for 3 billion to make a profit. Doesn't this make them feel uncomfortable? "
Xiaogang Feng is right. At that time, he was indeed the most profitable film director in making commercial films. Take "world without thieves" as an example, the cost of the play is 54 million, but the number of advertisements implanted in the play has reached more than a dozen, and the cost of 40 million has been recovered at once, greatly reducing the pressure of box office work.
Xiaogang Feng and Zhang Yimou took turns in what Xiaogang Feng called "10 billion", which was widely criticized by fans, and invited powerful actors such as Matt Damon, Zhang Hanyu and Hua Zai, as well as Roy, Liu Haoran, Jackson Yi and Kenny Lin. Nature is one of the most important, female number one Jing Tian. But in the end, the box office in China was only 1 1 billion, which was basically negligible in other regions. As a result, Zhang Yimou's evaluation in the industry plummeted, losing face.
People are worse than the sky. Zhang Yimou has produced excellent works such as Shadow, One Second Above the Cliff, especially Above the Cliff, which has won more than 400 million box office on May 1st, 2002.
On the other hand, Xiaogang Feng, caught in the gambling door, was found to have to pay a huge sum of 230 million yuan. On May 3rd, some media photographed Xiaogang Feng going out to eat and drink with friends. During the dinner, he was obviously in a good mood and seemed unaffected by debt.
Zhang Yimou and Xiaogang Feng, who are over 60 years old, may have looked down on many things long ago, and will no longer be stubborn about box office or money, just to leave a lot of works for the audience.
After all, the top box office director in China today is Chen Sicheng. It only took him seven years to reach the "champion" and only shot five books. Maybe Zhang Yimou and Xiaogang Feng, who have worked hard all their lives, are also thinking: What happened in recent years?