Chen Sicheng responded to the controversy of ＂Tang Detective 3＂ and called on peers not to trample on each other.
1905 movie network news On the tenth day of its release, the box office exceeded 4 billion, setting a new record in China’s film history. On the evening of February 22nd, the film held a "chat session" in Beijing. The director and the leading actor attended the event, responding to a series of concerns and questions since the release of "Tang Exploration 3", and also sharing the creative experience of this work and the following "Tang Exploration of the Universe".
Response to the first bullet: The murderer of "Tang Detective 3" is too easy to guess? Will become a sequel villain
Following the detective chinatown series through three works, many fans who are keen on reasoning say that the case in Tang Detective 3 is a little simple, and even you can guess who the murderer is at the beginning. In this regard, Chen Sicheng said that he did not focus on the case itself in this work, but expanded his vision to the anti-war theme behind it: "The first one pays more attention to the trajectory of the case, so there will be unexpected things in the process of solving the case, but this style has been continued, and the audience may not be satisfied."
Chen Sicheng revealed that the theme of war orphans involved in Tang Tan 3 was inspired by his first love. This girl is a mixed-race Chinese and Japanese, and she has experienced a very difficult life after returning to Japan. From this, she understands the living status of this group. She hopes that the film can express a higher theme and convey the hard-won concept of peace to everyone, which is why the film chose MJ’s song "Heal the World".
As for Q, which was finally announced, although everyone had different opinions on this organization, Andy Lau’s joining gave us enough surprises. Wang Baoqiang revealed that Andy Lau plays the boss of "Q". When designing this new character, Chen Sicheng hopes to have a sense of surprise of "Wow, it’s him" at the moment of seeing it, so Andy Lau has become the only choice. After the communication, Andy Lau told Chen Sicheng that he was looking forward to playing a similar villain, so in the next "Tang Detective 4", the director also designed an "interesting" villain for him.
In response to the second bomb: "Tang Detective 4" plans to go to London online drama to continue to expand the detective universe.
When it comes to Tang Detective 4, we have to talk about the foreshadowing of this film. Many viewers have noticed the Thames and Big Ben in the eggs, which also implies that the next story will take place in London, England. Chen Sicheng confirmed this statement, but he also bluntly said that based on the current situation, "you can’t shoot anywhere you want".
Detective League is in its infancy, and Chen Sicheng, who is keen on the concept of "Marvel Universe", is sure that he will continue to build his own Tang Tanyu Zhou through different forms. At the end of 2019, the online drama of the first season of detective chinatown has been launched, and the characters and other detectives in the future Q organization may appear one after another in the future.
Chen Sicheng admits that the series of "Tang Detective" is "more and more difficult to shoot", and the audience’s expectations for the series of films are gradually increasing, and they will also struggle whether the films are more genre-oriented or commercial. At present, he is also considering making some more genre films, but the investment will be correspondingly less than the more mature detective chinatown series.
Responding to the third bomb: accepting criticism and controversy and calling for protecting China films from trampling on each other.
After the release of Detective Chinatown 3, the box office went up all the way, but it also received many questions, including the design of Tang Ren, some comedy problems in the film and so on. Chen Sicheng said that he accepts criticism and will learn and improve with an open mind, hoping that his future works will get better and better.
At the end of the talk, Chen Sicheng also voiced his appeal to the audience to give more tolerance and praise to all China films. Although the box office of Chinese movies has reached more than 60 billion in 2019, this industry is not as profitable as the outside world imagined. "Now it is not that our film industry is too strong, on the contrary, it is still very weak. I sincerely hope that the audience will give more praise and help to China movies, instead of some people trampling on each other in this (small industry). If so, China movies will become more and more difficult. "
Chen Sicheng hopes that China films can truly rival Hollywood and become the pillar of economy and the carrier of culture. "We have been thinking about how to help China films become bigger and stronger. No matter what we are doing now, our wish is good. I hope that the audience can help and encourage China movies because it is too weak. "