"Diary of Fortune" and "Li Huanying" have good reputations. Why doesn't Song Xiaobao dare to go to theaters?

Song Xiaobao's debut film "Diary of Fortune" directed and starring was broadcast on major video platforms.

Out of curiosity, the author spent 6 yuan to buy this movie and watched it again with a tentative attitude.

I have to say that the film still has some merits, and its reputation is not bad.

Compared with the theater movie "Hello, Li Huanying", although the emotional expression, special effects, details, and technical processing are slightly inferior, there are still many things worthy of recognition.

So why doesn’t Song Xiaobao dare to put this movie into theaters and compete with the likes of “Hello, Li Huanying” and “The Crowd”?

I think there are mainly the following reasons:

1. The mentality of capital preservation that tends to inferiority

Song Xiaobao comes from Jilin in Northeast China and is the 32nd disciple of Zhao Benshan.

When I was a child, my family was poor. After I dropped out of junior high school, I went to Shenyang to work.

At the age of 19, Song Xiaobao was spotted by Er Er Zhuan actor Jiao Xiaolong and accepted him as his apprentice, and began to learn Er Er Zhuan performance.

In 2007, he was recruited by Zhao Benshan and became Zhao's 32nd closed disciple.

Song Xiaobao looks very thin and has dark skin. The characters he portrays in sketches are usually little people with their own flaws.

Compared with Jia Ling, "Director Song" has a lower level of education. Jia Ling graduated from the Chinese Opera Department. Although she has never been a director before, her professional background is much better than that of Song.

In fact, Song Xiaobao may be joking and joking on the surface, but in fact he still has a slight inferiority complex deep down.

Seeing heroes from all walks of life competing on the same stage during the Spring Festival, it is not difficult to understand why I feel unconfident and avoid their edge, so I choose online.

In addition, if you choose to broadcast online, the cost of watching movies will be lower and the price-performance ratio will be higher.

During the Spring Festival, for some viewers who are unwilling to go out, they are still very willing to pay 6 yuan to watch a comedy movie.

The current online viewing volume of "Diary of Fortune" is nearly 80 million. According to rough calculation, the box office has exceeded 400 million, and the effect is not bad.

From this point of view, although Song Xiaobao is relatively conservative and has not been in theaters, the cost of broadcasting movies online is low, the response is good, and he can be regarded as making a fortune.

2. The cast is slightly inferior

One of the investors behind "Diary of Fortune" is Song Xiaobao's master Zhao Benshan.

Although Uncle Benshan has retired from the entertainment industry for many years, his connections and relationships are still there.

When Song Xiaobao announced the filming of "Diary of Fortune" in 2017, Zhang Guoli, Huang Xiaoming, Xu Zheng, etc. all expressed their support.

In addition to starring Song Xiaobao and Sha Yi, this movie also stars Ma Li, Zhang Yishan, etc., and even invites guest appearances such as Wang Zulan.

When the film was announced, Song Xiaobao specially invited the king Andy Lau to sing the theme song with him, which was indeed impressive.

However, compared with Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying", the cast is still slightly inferior.

In the movie "Hello, Li Huanying": In addition to Jia Ling herself, heavyweight actors such as Shen Teng and Chen He were also invited, and even veteran star and Jia Ling's master Feng Gong also came to guest appearance .

Others include Qiao Shan, Ding Jiali, Xu Juncong, Pan Binlong and others.

In such a comparison, Song Xiaobao's team of actors seems a bit thin.

3. The emotional expression is not delicate enough

Nine out of ten people who have watched "Hello, Li Huanying" will be moved to tears, while the emotions of the characters in "Diary of Fortune" are The expression and processing appear to be relatively rough.

Except for the last two Sha Yi’s one-versus-eight fight scene, which is a bit more passionate in order to save Song Xiaobao, the emotional expressions in the rest of the film are not very touching, and there is no heart-stopping visual. Impact.

Let’s talk about the sense of age and feelings.

In "Hello, Li Huanying", Jia Ling created a scene of labor and life in the 1980s, with a full sense of age.

It makes a large number of people born in the 80s and 70s feel like they have returned to their boyhood, immersed in the scene and full of memories.

In the movie "Diary of Fortune", although Luo Dayou's "Love Song 1990" is used to show the scene of going south to Shenzhen to start a business in the 1990s, the details are not enough and the sense of substitution is not strong.

Good movies attract people with stories and move people with emotion. Song Xiaobao's debut film is indeed a bit stiff in emotional processing.

In addition, there are still some obvious differences between the two movies in terms of detail control, music presentation, makeup, and props.

Although "Diary of Fortune" has some inherent shortcomings compared to "Hello, Li Huanying".

However, as Song Xiaobao's debut work, it is not easy to achieve a box office of 400 to 500 million yuan online.

Among Zhao Benshan’s many apprentices, Song Xiaobao is an actor who is more down-to-earth, able to endure hardships, and can calm down.

His sketches have also brought us many happy moments and happy memories.

Excellent acting and directing, the release of "Diary of Fortune" also allows us to see Song Xiaobao's ambition.

I hope that while Song Xiaobao will bring us more joy in the future, he can continue to calm down and create more wonderful works.

We look forward to "Director Song"'s next gorgeous transformation, come on!