Looking back at this movie "The Richest Man in Xihong City" now, it can really be called a world grand slam movie.
18 July is a magical month.
In that month, the masterpiece "Can't survive" was occupying the box office of the cinema with its excellent reputation, and dominated the domestic cinema with a gesture of almost 200 million yuan per day. Even Jiang Wen's "evil does not suppress right" can't hurt the slightest.
After this lasted for more than ten days, the drug god has successfully completed the task, and the cumulative box office has reached more than 3 billion.
At that time, people thought it was just a flash in the pan. Unexpectedly, the drug god just stepped off the stage and another epiphyllum followed.
On the 23rd day of the release of Shen Yao, the richest man in Xihong was born, and dwayne douglas johnson's Skyscraper Rescue won the first prize. Even Tsui Hark's Four Heavenly Kings in Renjie can only clean up his mess.
220 million on the first day, 320 million on the second day and 350 million on the third day.
Only three days after its release, "The Richest Man in Xihong City" won nearly 654.38+billion box office, which not only made cinemas jostle each other, but also made many films of the same period retreat.
In the end, such a work without big production and a first-line star made 2.57 billion box office, ranking fourth in the total box office of 20 18.
This has also become the highest box office of all the movies of Twist FunAge.
The richest man in Xihong is the second combination of Yan Fei and Peng Damo after Goodbye Mr. Loser. Of course, they made these two films.
As the stage play creation team of Twist FunAge, they are very interested in the genre scripts with strong drama tension, and they also know the convenience of getting the moon first by being close to the water.
So when they saw Bruce's Millionaire, they couldn't help it.
As we all know, The Richest Man in Xihong City was adapted from the foreign film The Millionaire of Brewster, and purchased the adaptation rights.
The original story is about a black man named Bruce. When he was down and out, his uncle's $300 million legacy fell from the sky, but only if he spent $30 million in a month.
The film was released in 1985, but if traced back, it is actually a novel of the same name by 1902.
Since its publication, the novel has been remake by movies many times, including Hollywood, Britain, Bollywood and Brazil, and finally nearly 13 twin movies have been made.
In the original novel, the protagonist only needs to spend $65.438+0 billion, but after inflation and currency depreciation, the richest man in Xihong City has reached 65.438+0 billion RMB, equivalent to $65.438+0.4 billion.
For the director suddenly rose to 654.38+0 billion, Shen Teng once spoke crazily about it:
"Find a place to put 10 billion, how much did you get? Add this billion, then hire ten people to look after this billion, and then hire fifty people to look after these ten people. This money will start from 3 billion! "
In the movie, the screenwriter deliberately joined the most popular "touching porcelain" drama.
Outside the play, the richest man in Xihong City also "touched porcelain" because of the script after his great success.
Moreover, the screenwriter also specifically pointed out that the plots of "golf" and "weeding" in the film are very similar. Later, under the cross-examination and debate between the two sides, there was no verdict in court, and there is still no result.
However, after the lawsuit hit the court, many netizens who didn't understand the ins and outs thought that Mahua FunAge had copied Brewster's Millionaire.
This is really wrong. People officially bought the remake copyright.
On the other hand, The Richest Man in Xihong City was planned on 15. At that time, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was turning the tide in the cinema. Both films were the works of two directors, so it is not difficult to find the linkage between the two films.
In "The Richest Man in Xihong City", the bridge that two people drove through was called "Dongmei Bridge".
In Goodbye Mr. Loser, whether it is Shen Teng, Xihong No.7 Middle School, Xihong Hospital or the luxury car rented by the station, it shows that they belong to the same city.
Maybe the twist FunAge also wants to engage in the "universe"?
In addition, almost all the actors of Goodbye Mr. Loser moved to Xihong City, which is also a well-known stalk.
This is the selling point of this film when it was released. Basically, all the actors moved to Xihong City except "Ma Dongmei".
Therefore, both stories took place in Xihong City.
Why are you so fascinated by Xihong City?
One is because the director thinks Xihong City is easy to remember and humorous, and the other is that Shen Teng is Qiqihar's hometown, where there is a "Xihongqiao", which was nearby when he was a child, so Xihong City was created.
Besides, Qiqihar's barbecue is very famous, which explains why Wang Duo invited "lafitte" to eat roasted kidneys.
In the original 1985, the protagonist is a baseball player, but in order to adapt to the localization adaptation, the director deliberately changed it to "goalkeeper", which means that he can keep the "bottom line" of money.
In the film, Wang Duoyu's lines were specially added in the first act.
Before the film started shooting, in order to make it more in line with the image of athletes, the director specially asked Shen Teng to lose weight. Shen Teng immediately got a fitness card, hired a personal trainer to exercise, and made a plan of running 5 kilometers a day.
But before it started, Shen Teng injured his ankle and hip joint because of sudden exercise. In desperation, the director can only change his style and get163kg instead of Shen Teng.
Later, when filming a football scene, Shen Teng was "tortured" to the point where his joints came out of the water, which made other actors miserable.
Originally, only a small part of this paragraph was planned, but because of the hard shooting, there were more than 10 minutes left.
At the football scene, Zhuang Qiang insulted Gao Yan's wife, but he was too angry to do it directly, and was finally sent off with a red card, which was actually taken from the real event of the 2006 World Cup.
In that year's final, Italian defender Materazzi deliberately delayed Zidane when defending, and he kept insulting Zidane's family.
Zidane finally couldn't bear it, and put his head on Materazzi's chest. Materazzi fell and Zidane got a red card. This is the famous "Zidane Dingren" incident.
Similarly, in the 20 14 World Cup, a team doctor in England was ecstatic after seeing the goal, but finally fell down because of crazy celebration.
This plot was also written into the film. After the coach changed his uniform, he was carried off the court before playing.
In addition, Wang Duoyu's "Billion" hairstyle is actually a style with Wang Sicong.
And the story of huge wealth, team, investment, etc. It was also dubbed "Wang Sicong Aura", and many viewers even laughed that the movie should be called "What's it like to be Wang Sicong".
There is also Wang Duoyu who flies into the water and intentionally spits into the pool during the washing process, which is a classic "human wall protection" in football matches.
I think even a fan can guess that this is a tribute to Stephen Chow.
And not only Stephen Chow, but also king of comedy "Jim Carrey" in Hollywood.
The 6.5438+million check that appeared in the movie was signed by "Jin Kairui" written in Chinese characters. This is the famous Hollywood comedy star Jim Carrey.
He was born in poverty. His father lost his job in his early years and his mother suffered from depression.
In order to encourage himself, Jin, who fell to the bottom of the valley, specially wrote a fake check and signed $65.438+million.
Later, Jim Carrey achieved great success, but his father left him in the same year. Jim Carrey changed the fake check into a real check and put it in his father's grave as a memory and commemoration of his father.
Taiwan Province actor Jiu Kong plays the role of a bank trustee. When the team had a dinner, Wang Duoyu deliberately took their food and replaced it with "unified" bucket noodles and tea eggs.
As for the two, I don't think I need to say more.
Besides, there are actually many localized adaptations and plots, such as Touching Porcelain, Eating with buffel, and Donation List ... It can be seen that this is a completely domestic "event book".
Different from other comedies, the works of Twist FunAge always like to use local materials to arouse the audience's sexuality through ridicule and cynicism. Although their works are always subject to deletion and censorship, their works always have a faint aftertaste and strong sociality.
Compared with other works that only pursue funny performance, they stand higher and lower.
Now it seems that "The Richest Man in Xihong City" can achieve such a great success. In fact, after training in three films, Mahua FunAge finally found a balance between the core and jokes.
From 20 15, after Mahua FunAge's first film Goodbye Mr. Loser, this comedy team appeared in front of the masses.
With the lingering warmth of Hao Jian and solid comedy skills, Goodbye Mr. Loser was a great success that year.
Although Bao Bao's jokes are still talked about this year, the core of the story has become a controversial point in the film.
Is Charlotte's Dream for Fools explaining the truth of "the first beauty" or creating a kind of "self-deception"?
Mahua FunAge learned a lesson from this painful experience. Later, the film "The Water of the Donkey" scored 8.3, which almost reached the ceiling of comedy movies in recent years, and people gave a thumbs-up to Twist Fun.
But word of mouth can't be eaten. Because of the full house applause, "Donkey Water" only got 65438+72 million box office, and only "Goodbye Mr. Loser" got 1/8.
In the third film "The Iron Fist of Shame" by MCA Funag, he completely fell into the comedy routine.
Although movies can still arouse people's laughter, the setting of this sexual turning point and the background of boxing are nothing more than genre films that serve the strong comedy contrast.
This is a compromise to the box office and a realistic surrender.
The fourth work, The Richest Man in Xihong City, is a completely localized adaptation with an ironic theme, trying to make every baggage understandable, and at the same time to ponder the social significance behind it.
The film has reached the ultimate balance in box office and word of mouth. The burden for all ages, a theme worthy of in-depth study, has made the audience span several generations.
If Goodbye Mr. Loser makes the original Hao Jian stand on the big screen successfully, then the richest man in Xihong can prove that Shen Teng has become a pillar of domestic comedy.
Before "The West", Shen Teng only made a guest appearance in major movies once, but almost all the leading roles were twist FunAge or some small-budget productions.
After the West, Shen Teng starred in Han Han's Flying Life, partnered with Bo Huang's New Year's film Crazy Alien, participated in various variety shows and became the captain of Ace.
On the stage of the Spring Festival Evening in 2020, that "Hao Jian" became "Chief Hao".
Shen Teng once complained that when he got off the plane, only two fans came to pick him up, which made him unable to let go for a long time.
Today, Chen Teng has become the God of Variety on TV and the God of Billion Box Office on the big screen. He can make a hot search with any remarks, and he can seize the focus with any resignation.
At this point, just like the weight of Shen Teng, the once unknown comedian suddenly became an important comedy coffee in the circle.
Under the circumstances that "Zhao" gradually receded and "Guo" turned to synthesis, Shen Teng, Xu Zongheng and others took over half of the big-screen comedies.
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