During this time, the movie was dominated by warm films. "Goodbye, Lee Cola" and "The Illumination Store" won a lot of tears and box office from the audience with their touching storylines.
Just when everyone was deeply immersed in this emotional atmosphere, a crime film "The Three Teams" also began to be scheduled.
At first, everyone may think that in the competition between these two warm films, it is difficult for crime films to stand out. However, I didn't expect that the pre-sale of "The Three Teams" broke through the magnificent record of 100 million yuan only during the screening period. This kind of achievement is really not comparable to ordinary movies!Looking back on this year's summer file, the movie "Fengshen Part 1" directed by Wu Ershan was weak at the box office during the pre-sale period, but after its release, it dominated the box office for several months.
And the fact that "The Three Majors" was able to achieve such impressive results during the pre-sale period is a proof of strength. First of all, "The Three Teams", as a crime film based on real events, already has a great advantage. What's even more striking is that the lineup of this film is also quite exciting.
In terms of directing, the film is directed by up-and-coming director Dai Mo. Although Dai Mo is a novice director, he is not new to the film industry. Before becoming a director, he worked as an actor. In addition, he has worked with Tong Liya, the ex-wife of Chen Sicheng, the producer of "The Three Teams", and the two played sisters and brothers in "Great Expectations". Therefore, he and Chen Sicheng are old acquaintances, and they have co-directed "Detective Chinatown".
As a result, he has also accumulated a wealth of experience in filmmaking.
In director Dai Mo's first film, he invited Chen Sicheng to join him for the first time, and let him play the executive production role of "The Three Teams", a film based on real events.
Many people still have the impression that Chen Sicheng is still stuck in his actor days. But in fact, as a director, he has created a series of classic films, including the "Detective Chinatown" series and "She Who Disappeared" during the Spring Festival.
Every film directed by Chen Sicheng is worth mentioning, showing his outstanding talent in the field of directing, but also being comfortable in the executive line.
Everyone should be no stranger to "Manslaughter" directed by Ke Wenli. The film was a huge success, thanks to the role of Chen Sicheng's executive producer. That's right, the producer behind "Manslaughter" is Chen Sicheng.
It is precisely because of his outstanding performance as a producer in "Manslaughter" that he also performed very well in the field of producers. He also took the opportunity to serve as the executive producer of "The Three Teams", which is also based on real events.
Deep Blue, the original author of "The Three Teams", was a police officer who left the police force due to his personal experience. Subsequently, he created these stories and shared them on the NetEase platform, which won wide recognition.
The story takes place when the three teams are just being formed, and they receive a murder case. However, during the investigation, which led to the accidental death of one of the suspects. Due to the captain's dereliction of duty, the members of the three teams were imprisoned one after another, and the captain paid the heaviest punishment for this.
However, even after stepping out of the prison gates, he did not forget his original mission. still did not hesitate to devote himself to the tracking of the case, determined to find out the original criminal.
This story has been widely praised among netizens. After watching this film, they sighed as if the whole person was immersed in a kind of depression.
In the film, the audience witnesses the interweaving of good and evil in human nature. Of course, the success of the movie is inseparable from the portrayal of the characters.
The captain of the three teams in the film, Cheng Bing, played by Zhang Yi, became the soul character. Zhang Yi's acting skills are well-known.
It is no exaggeration to say that the entire crime film year kicked off with "Hurricane" starring him at the beginning of the year. And at the end of the year, once again presenting such a shocking film, it can be regarded as a successful ending.
Cheng Bing aspired to become a police officer when he was young, but he embarked on the road to prison because of a case, and even his subordinates were implicated.
Despite years in prison, the original intention remains the same. Being a prisoner did not make him forget his responsibilities.
However, it can be seen from his image after he was released from prison that decades of prison life have caused a lot of damage to his mind. His hair is gray, his energy is not as good as before, and he has lost his former spirit. Still, his unwavering gaze remained the same.
After being released from prison, he quickly launched an operation to find the offender of the year. Began to visit, trying to find the players of the previous three teams.
When he went out to investigate, he found that the police officers who used to be glamorous are now at a low point in their lives. Lao Ma used to be a good police officer, but now he has a barbecue stand to make ends meet. Xu Yizhou is the youngest of the three pairs, but after being released from prison, he has been unable to face the fact that he was in prison, and he once fell into a trough.
The most unexpected is Chen Chuang's role as Fugui, who is the father of the victim in the case. He knew that it was because of the investigation of his daughter's case that led to the imprisonment of these policemen. Therefore, when Cheng Bing was released from prison, he personally rushed to the gate of the prison and knelt down to apologize to Chen Bin. Obviously he was also a victim, but he had to bend down and kneel, this scene is really a sad scene in life.
I have to sigh that Chen Chuang has not appeared for a long time, and everyone's impression of him is still stuck in the period of "Roaring Dog". However, the performance of the old drama bones is always particularly outstanding, and they can be deeply shocked as soon as they appear. Speaking of which, I have to give a thumbs up to Chen Sicheng's choice.
First of all, when it comes to script selection, he does a pretty good job. It was not easy to pick out a story that focused on the story itself rather than commercialization and brought it to the big screen. Unlike films that cater to current trends such as "Detective Chinatown" and "She Disappeared", this story focuses more on the in-depth plot.
And in the selection of actors, he also did a perfect job. He knew that the role of Cheng Bing needed an actor with a sense of story, so he chose Zhang Yi, who was white-headed overnight in "Hurricane", to play the innocent imprisoned policeman Cheng Bing.
Chen Chuang was able to invite an old drama bone to perform this work, which is really surprising. In today's era of traffic supremacy, powerful actors like Chen Chuang are facing a lack of acting channels. Unlike the actors of the same period, they did not succeed in creating the image of the protagonist, nor did they become popular big names. At that time, although they had strength, they lacked good roles, and as they got older, it became more difficult to find the right performance opportunities for them. It is conceivable that when participating in "Wealth", Chen Chuang not only experienced the sadness of playing the role, but also showed his persistence and hardship over the years.
In addition, Chen Sicheng also specially invited his sister-in-law Gao Ye in "Hurricane" to play a friendship role in this drama, showing the tacit understanding between him and Gao Ye, Zhang Yi, and Wang Xiao working together again after "Hurricane". It can be said that Chen Sicheng has shown excellent macro awareness, and it also verifies the wisdom of director Dai Mo to choose Chen Sicheng to supervise the production.
At the screening scene of "The Three Teams", Chen Sicheng unabashedly ridiculed the relationship between himself and Dai Mo, as well as the run-in process of many works. After the movie, he unreservedly laughed at himself, thanked the audience for their strong support for the movie, and expressed his deep gratitude to the Internet for giving him a thunderous reputation. Although Zhang Yi was confused by Chen Sicheng's words and put on a classic question mark face, Chen Sicheng did not restrain himself, and directly said "Knife in hand, kill into a dog", which instantly caused bursts of laughter in the audience.
When Chen Sicheng and Tong Liya divorced, netizens criticized him one after another, not only accusing him of not cherishing Tong Liya enough, but also exposing his cheating in marriage, which caused his reputation to fall to the bottom for a while. Everyone denounced his behavior, said a lot of bad things, and even put forward a series of slogans to make him quit the entertainment industry.
However, after the derailment incident**, Chen Sicheng's career was not greatly impacted. The "Detective Chinatown" series he directed is still very popular, which has made netizens who originally planned to hit his career by boycotting the film very angry. They originally intended to boycott Chen Sicheng by not supporting "Detective Chinatown", but they didn't expect his career to still flourish.
In this case, Chen Sicheng was able to openly ridicule himself at the movie scene, which caused laughter from the audience. Netizens sighed and praised him, saying that he was really emotionally stable and able to skillfully shift the focus, which is the reason why he succeeded in making money.
Chen Sicheng's attitude to life has also attracted the attention of netizens. He once married a beauty, but when he didn't like it, he was able to let it go calmly. Even if he was negatively evaluated by netizens as a scumbag, greasy, etc., he did not argue, and accepted everything calmly. He seems to be focused on only one thing, and that is to make money. Regardless of his reputation, he will not shake his career.
Therefore, Chen Sicheng was able to successfully transform from an actor to a director, and the reason for such great success is his firm dedication and calm attitude towards his own life.
The current box office of the film "The Three Teams" produced by Chen Sicheng is 800 million yuan, but judging from the current situation, I am sure that this movie will soon break through this**. What do you think about this situation?