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The king of comedy is back in the rivers and lakes?

Recently, "The King of Comedy: Stand-up Season" announced that it will cooperate with Stephen Chow to launch a new comedy variety show.

Speaking of Stephen Chow's name, it can be said that everyone knows and knows it in China.

But it has been 5 years since Stephen Chow's last directorial work came out, and it has been 16 years since Stephen Chow's last performance in "Yangtze River No. 7".

This time, Stephen Chow appeared again and even wanted to participate in a variety show in the mainland? Luo Yonghao, Yang Li and other guests also attracted heated discussions from the audience.

Stephen Chow, long time no see

Thinking about the last time I heard Stephen Chow's name, it seemed to be last time.

It seems that it was still when "The King of New Comedy" was released last time, it was only 2019, how can it be 5 years in a flash, if you count Stephen last week's last appearance in "Yangtze River No. 7", it was 16 years ago, Stephen Chow disappeared from the public eye for so long.

The sequels of "Flying Life" and "The Wandering Earth", which were released in the same year as "The King of New Comedy", have already been broadcast, why haven't you heard the news of Stephen Chow's next movie?

Since 2008's "Yangtze River No. 7", Stephen Chow has officially retired to the background and began to work as a director and producer.

In 2013, Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons" was released, attracting a large number of audiences to go to the cinema to "pay off the movie tickets owed to Stephen Chow", and the film broke a number of box office records in one fell swoop.

The release of "The Mermaid" in 2016 once again caused a wave of discussion.

The movies directed by Stephen Chow have a very strong Stephen Chow style, which also makes the audience very polarized, those who like it are particularly fond of it, and those who don't like it are particularly annoying.

People who don't like it will say that everyone likes Stephen Chow as an actor, not a director, and Stephen Chow loses the fun of the movie if he doesn't appear on the scene.

Stephen Chow's nonsensical style is highly bound to Stephen Chow himself, and it would be a disaster to change to other actors.

No one will ask why Tang Bohu, the four talented people who are famous in the south of the Yangtze River, in "Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance", has no one known him after entering Washington.

But some people will ask, in "Journey to the West: Demon Suppression", why is Sun Wukong the image of a chimpanzee.

The audience's expectations have been raised to a very high level because of the excellent works in the early days, but the unsatisfactory presentation of the film will turn the expectations into disappointment, which will then cause widespread criticism.

But those who like it will also praise Director Stephen Chow's intentions.

Fans love the past "love you for 10,000 years", and also love the current "10,000 years is too long, seize the day." ”

Fans love the past, "The ups and downs of life are so exciting that I feel a bit like peeing." And love the current "What are you laughing at?" I think of happy things. ”

But no matter what the controversy is, Stephen Chow's movies have a large audience, and a movie may not need to be liked by everyone, just like some people love sweet and some people love spicy, so Stephen Chow can launch new works for the majority of fans.

But since "The New King of Comedy", Stephen Chow has almost disappeared from people's field of vision.

Even the filmed "Mermaid 2" has not been released.

Why has Stephen Chow been silent for so many years?

Protocol turmoil

It is widely rumored that Stephen Chow signed a VAM agreement with Shanghai New Culture Media Group Co., Ltd.

In the agreement, Stephen Chow is required to earn a high return for a period of time, so that Stephen Chow can get a high investment.

But if Stephen Chow doesn't meet the requirements, Stephen Chow will have to pay out of his own pocket to make up for the company's investment.

To put it simply, if you win, you earn more, and if you lose, you lose money.

Under the premise of the success of "Journey to the West" and "The Mermaid", Stephen Chow misjudged the company's operation, and the box office of "Journey to the West" was very poor, resulting in the time for the gambling agreement to be approached, and the amount he wanted to reach was far from enough.

At this time, Stephen Chow had completed the filming of "Mermaid 2", and he hoped to release it in the 2019 Chinese New Year, but the post-production of the film did not go well, resulting in "Mermaid 2" not being able to catch up with the schedule.

The plan can't catch up with the changes, the New Year's New Year stalls are undoubtedly the guarantee of the box office, and Stephen Chow didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he rushed to the shelves and put a "New King of Comedy" on the shelves.

Stephen Chow personally directed the classic films he had performed, which was the first time, and suddenly raised the audience's expectations.

As a result, the film was only shot for a few short months, some say three months, some say a month.

When the movie was released, the box office reputation exploded, and in the end it only received 600 million box office, and some people may think that hundreds of millions are not a lot.

But "The Wandering Earth", which was released at the same time as "The New King of Comedy", with a box office of nearly 5 billion, came out of this comparison gap.

After the failure of "The New King of Comedy", Stephen Chow could no longer meet the deadline of the gambling agreement, and then "Mermaid 2", which had completed filming, was also silent.

Since the broadcast of "Where Did You Go Dad" and "Run, Brother", variety shows have shown new vitality, and they have fed a group of stars who have not acted or sung, and they have a sense of existence in front of the audience every day.

And this time, "The King of Comedy Stand-up Season" once again played the slogan "King of Comedy", and even invited Stephen Chow, who has not been out of the mountain for 5 years, to participate, which is still a bit powerful, and it is estimated that he must have used the "money ability".

Or is Xing Ye just a gimmick to attract customers? Because it is shown on the official website that Stephen Chow's title is not a guest but a "promoter", which is a bit interesting.

The guest list caused controversy

In addition to Stephen Chow, the guests are also very controversial.

"Stand-up Season" sounds like stand-up comedy, which should be similar to the combination of stand-up comedy and talk show.

Although Luo Yonghao himself has never said talk shows, he is the leader of many talk show actors, and he, like Guo Degang, can make the atmosphere very active when he usually chats.

Luo Yonghao's thinking is very active, he can always think of some funny things, and speaking normally is like talking about a talk show.

Yang Tianzhen, who is a women's clothing brand, has also participated in many variety shows, including participating in talk show conferences many times, and is a very experienced talk show - audience.

Guo Qilin is the son of the famous non-mainstream cross talk artist Guo Degang, Guo Degang used to call himself a non-mainstream, and he loved to sarcastically and satirize "mainstream cross talk", but now the development and growth of Deyun Club occupies the mainstream position in the cross talk industry.

Guo Qilin has cultivated a sharp mouth like his father in many years of cross talk study, and has a lot of experience in comedy interpretation.

Zhou Qimo is a senior talk show actor who has cooperated with Papi sauce and Wang Da Hammer Baike.

The most controversial in the guest list is talk show actor Yang Li.

Its programs that provoke confrontation between men and women have attracted criticism from the majority of netizens.

In her show, men are always the "villains" in the story.

At a time when "confident women are the most beautiful" is widely accepted and has been popular on the Internet for decades, he is critical of confident men.

even said on a talk show that he once said to his younger brother: "I can guarantee that I am born to my mother, can you guarantee that you are born to your father?"

once Shede Wine invited Yang Li to do a show, but the live broadcast room of Shede Wine was occupied by netizens, and Shede Wine was also boycotted by netizens.

epilogue

Regarding Stephen Chow's joining the mainland variety show "The King of Comedy Stand-up Season", it is recommended that the audience still look at it conservatively and rationally, after all, the official did not announce that Stephen Chow will appear as a guest.

The other guests also have some experience in the comedy industry, and there are also some controversies.

But the audience undoubtedly hopes that Stephen Chow can appear in front of the audience again, and variety shows may also be a good platform.

Resources

iQIYI official website

The King of Comedy Stand-Up Season Commercial