You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 657 ① Rocket Girls ② Theme Park Opening ③ Annual Crown ④ Hairdressing ⑤ Top Ten in Film History ⑥ Marvel Enters the Spring Festival
"cheers!"

On this auspicious day when the Dragon raises his head and successfully ascends to the throne, Wang Quan and Xian Mi are video chatting with American actress Dorothy Gadot and Little K, drinking and laughing together.

But there was no wine in Liu Yifei's glass.

She is still in the process of preparing for pregnancy and insists on not drinking a single drop of alcohol. She is only happy today, otherwise even Wang Quan would not be able to drink.

Now she was very worried. It was too difficult to have a child. She even considered asking Yang Mi to give birth to another child for her.

Now that the country advocates having children, I let her have one.

Later, Dorothy asked about the Beijing Dragon Head-raising Theme Park, and Wang Quan told her that it would start trial operation in a week.

“You are welcome to bring your children back to play.”

Now the promotion of Longtouzhi Park has started. Every day you can see the giant sphere in the park on Kuaishou and Douyin, seducing passers-by in various ways.

Now the areas outside the theme park have become check-in spots for internet celebrities, and internet celebrities from all over the country are waiting for the theme park to open so that they can make unboxing videos as soon as possible.

Many celebrities have also approached Wang Quan to ask for tickets for that day, because the popularity is so high and they are afraid that they cannot buy tickets through normal channels.

On the 22nd, two new films, "Legend of the Demon Cat" and "Bleeding Steel", were released.

The big brother is still the big brother. On the first day of its release, it surpassed "Legend of the Demon Cat".

But they were still a little weak, so weak that even Feng Xiaogang was surprised. On Saturday, "Youth" once again earned more than 100 million yuan in a single day.

The "Legend of the Demon Cat", which has a decent reputation, has a box office of more than 8000 million, while the "Bleeding Steel", which has a poor reputation, has only a box office of more than 5000 million.

Neither of the two films could stop "Youth", and Feng Xiaogang knew that his 1 billion was secure this time, and he estimated that it could exceed it by a lot.

However, at this time, "A Star Wars Story 2" also began to be released in North America. The box office of this series in North America has never been less than 5 million US dollars. The combined box office of several new "Youth" films is not enough to beat it.

As a result, the box office gap between China and the United States that was opened up by "Xiao Yao You" began to narrow.

Now the leaders of the Film Bureau only hope to maintain their lead in less than ten days.

It's too late to do anything at this point.

Fortunately, there are still several heavyweight films released in mainland China at the end of the year, while there is only one "Solaris: A Star Wars Story" in North America.

In order to stimulate the box office of "Xiao Yao You", Yang Mi invited Wang Quan and Jiang Wen to attend the finals of "Creation 101".

"Oh, is it the finals so soon?"

"Yes, our Chaoyue is very popular, and should be able to debut in the top three."

"Produce 101" can be said to be a phenomenal cultural event comparable to "Happy Journey" in the second half of the year. In order to bring this competition to a perfect end, Huang Bo and Patty Hou were invited to serve as emcees for the final.

In addition to pushing up the market value of Xigua Video, this variety show has also successfully helped Xigua Video open up overseas markets. Now the download volume of Xigua Video in Southeast Asia is also very impressive, having surpassed Youku and is catching up with iQiyi and Tencent Video.

Now that the movie has been released for more than a month, Wang Quan has completely free time, so he agreed. After all, he also has some advertising needs.

Then I asked Jiang Wen again, and he refused as expected.

The promotional period is over, and he now just wants to stay at home and rest for a while. He will start filming "Evil Does Not Suppress Justice" after the new year.

So Wang Quan and Yang Mi appeared in the live broadcast that day as special guests, and Liu Yifei stayed at home to watch TV with her children.

This news was kept secret from the contestants, so when Wang Quan appeared on the stage, all the girls screamed, especially Yang Chaoyue and Hu Lianxin, the two girls who were fortunate enough to participate in "Xiao Yao You".

Both girls made it to the final 22-player roster.

Wang Quan first advertised the Dragon Head-raising Theme Park, which was about to open. He took out a contract and said, "This is an event of the Dragon Head-raising Theme Park. The 11 girls who will debut as a group tonight will become the image ambassadors of our Dragon Head-raising Theme Park for a period of one year. At the same time, you can also enjoy the VIP status of the Dragon Head-raising Theme Park forever, and you can use the VIP channel at any time!"

The promotion of the Dragon Head-raising Theme Park is now in full swing, and the girls all know about it. After hearing about it, they all made exaggerated expressions of joy.

Although they don't know how much money they will make, being able to make money through endorsements after their debut is already a great encouragement for them. So they value the 11 debut positions more and try their best to perform at their best.

In addition to Wang Quan and Yang Mi, Xiaotian is also a special guest for the finals. Wang Quan has already communicated with Xiaotian backstage just now.

She came as a representative of the title sponsor "Little Red Book", and as she is also a celebrity herself, she sat in the guest seats with Wang Quan and Yang Mi.

This sponsorship is totally worth it. In the past three months, Xiaohongshu's brand awareness has reached new heights every day. Xiaotian feels that it is comparable to the sponsorship of "I Am a Singer" and "Where Are We Going, Dad" back then.

She has already discussed with Xigua Video that they will also sponsor the next "Idol Producer". You can name your own price. Imagine more than a hundred young handsome men singing and dancing on the stage, as well as rap and basketball. That is the variety show that can truly attract female audiences!

Huang Bo has hosted many programs, such as the Golden Horse Awards, Golden Rooster Awards, and the Directors Association Awards. Tonight is just a piece of cake for him. He skillfully made jokes and guided the process. You couldn't tell that he had just completed his directorial debut.

People around him, Xu Zheng and Bao Qiang, have started to be directors, and Huang Bo was not willing to lag behind, so this year he came to Wang Dao with the script of "A Good Show".

Finally it was decided that Wangdao & Qiankun would jointly produce and invest in the film.

Huang Bo not only found his good friend Bao Qiang to play a supporting role, but also invited the goddess-like figure Lin Zhiling to play the leading female role.

Wang Quan met Lin Zhiling at the Golden Horse Awards last month and heard her talk about this interesting shoot.

At the graduation ceremony of Produce 101, 22 girls performed two songs, singing and dancing, with their thighs flying. Wang Quan sat very close, which made the visual impact even more shocking. No wonder the girl group is so popular among otakus.

After the performance, the rankings were determined by voting by the audience on and off the stage, and 11 people were selected to debut as a group.

The rules are very simple, and can be summed up in two words: popularity, popularity, and fucking popularity!

So even though Yang Chaoyue is still at the bottom of the 22 in singing and dancing, she is extremely popular and even poses a threat to Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao is indeed very charming when she dances. Her breasts and legs have a fatal attraction to mature men.

The key is that her facial expressions are well managed. Wang Quan always feels that she is exuding charm to him, but in fact she is the central air conditioner, facing everyone.

As expected of a professional.

However, there is still some gap between them and Yoona and Sulli. The girl group dance they performed for Wang Quan was more exciting.

Thinking of Shirley, she is now in Harbin seeing ice sculptures and is very happy every day.

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Zhou Ye, Tian Xiwei and Wang Churan, three sisters from Beijing Film Academy, got together and watched the live broadcast of "Produce 101".

Tian Xiwei asked: "What place do you think Chaoyue will get?"

There's no need to consider whether they will form a group or not, she just directly asked which place they were in, which shows her confidence in Yang Chaoyue.

Zhou Ye and Wang Churan were both a little absent-minded, looking at Wang Quan who was sitting in the mentor seat.

I really want to have a sandwich again, and they both make bread slices.

It was not until Tian Xiwei repeated the question that Wang Churan said slowly, "Anyway, I'm sure I won't be the last one."

Zhou Ye: "I think it should be in the upper middle level, top five?"

Tian Xiwei took out the banknotes and laughed, "As the saying goes, a little gambling brings joy. How about we make a bet and take a photo at the end? The winner can have a normal expression, and the loser has to make a grimace. If you don't guess, the one who is closest to the correct answer wins."

Zhou Ye: "You are so vicious!"

Wang Churan: "Sure, sure, come on!"

When the two-hour show ended, the three girls posted the same photo at the same time. Tian Xiwei was smiling like a flower, while the two beauties Zhou Ye and Wang Churan had sad faces.

Tian Xiwei, who guessed that Yang Chaoyue would get third place, won.

However, Yang Chaoyue was not third, but second!
Even Meng Meiqi and Wu Xuanyi, who were also trained in the Korean system, were overshadowed by her. Only Cheng Xiao could defeat Yang Chaoyue.

In addition, Hu Lianxin, who was originally considered as the main player by Mi Shi and participated in the competition with Yang Chaoyue, unfortunately did not debut as a member of the group. It seems that she can only be trained as an actor in the future.

The 11 girls who debuted tonight also got the name of their limited group, "Rocket Girls 101", which means soaring into the sky.

The show ended here, and that evening, the 11 girls signed a one-year endorsement contract with the Dragon Head-raising Theme Park with the accompaniment of their respective companies.

It was Yang Chaoyue who dared to speak up. When facing Wang Quan, she suggested, "Director, why don't we just sign a two-year contract? Our group has been established for two years. You said the contract will expire in one year. What if Disneyland takes us away as spokespersons? Do you think we should go or not?"

The other 10 girls were all so frightened that they dared not breathe, thinking, Yang Chaoyue, you are too rude, do you know who you are talking to?
However, Wang Quan agreed after a brief thought, "Okay, then it will be two years, and the endorsement fee will remain the same."

"Ah, that won't work~" Yang Chaoyue was anxious, but when she saw Wang Quan laughing, she knew she had been cheated.

The endorsement fee was 500 million per year, and naturally increased to 1000 million in two years.

In fact, the popularity of Rocket Girls will definitely cool down in the second year, and their value will definitely not be as good as in the first year after the group was formed, but Wang Quan doesn't care too much.

The other girls looked at Yang Chaoyue with gratitude. Chaoyue's just one sentence doubled their income.

Yang Chaoyue has already started counting on her fingers to figure out how much of the 1000 million will be in her hands.

It turned out to be only about 100,000 yuan, and I immediately felt it was boring.

However, in addition to Longtouzhi Paradise, they received a large number of endorsements as soon as they formed the group, with the total value of the endorsement fees exceeding 100 million yuan.

However, 6% of this million yuan belongs to Xigua Video, the company behind the program.

Xigua Video has also paid a lot to promote the flow and bought a lot of Douyin pods. Of course, they are all from the same family and it’s just a matter of transferring from one hand to the other.

The remaining 4% belongs to each agency, and has to be divided equally among 11 people. There is also a distribution issue between the agencies and the artists.

However, with an endorsement worth more than 100 million yuan, each person can get a salary of about a million yuan. Considering their high school education, which was difficult to obtain, this income is already very generous.

Two years later, the team was disbanded. There was no more commission from Xigua Video, and the 10 partners did not share the income equally. Each of them could film movies and appear on variety shows, and their income could be greatly increased.

Of course, the prerequisite is that they can still be as popular as they are now two years later, but this is actually difficult.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, apart from Yang Chaoyue who has been the talk of the town since the beginning, only the three who returned from Korea have some potential, with Cheng Xiao being the most prominent among them.

Now the income from endorsements, activities, etc. is divided equally, which is actually equivalent to the more popular contestants subsidizing the less popular contestants.

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Two days later, it was the first day of Longtoutai Amusement Park's trial operation.

Rocket Girls 101 arrived at the Longtoutou Theme Park Resort located at the end of Beijing Metro Line .

Although it is winter, they are not dressed bulky. Today they want to show their best side.

Today, Wangdao Company will shoot a set of promotional videos for Longtouhua Park for them, and they can experience all the projects without queuing.

Although so many contracts were signed at the same time, the most important matters of Wang Quan must be prioritized.

To show his importance, Wang Quan also came to the scene in person. The person who filmed the promotional video was Zeng Zeng, one of his junior sisters from Beijing Film Academy, and he was responsible for supervision.

This also gave the Rocket Girls the opportunity to get close to Wang Quan, especially with the bold leader Yang Chaoyue.

Although she had never slept with Wang Quan, she acted as if she was very familiar with him, as if they knew each other well.

To be honest, these 11 Rocket Girls are not as good-looking as many eliminated contestants. Yang Chaoyue is the most beautiful among them. Even Cheng Xiao only has a better figure, but her face is not as good as Yang Chaoyue's.

But Cheng Xiao is more sensible than Yang Chaoyue and wants to make progress more.

In the two days since she left Chuang 2020, she heard a rumor among her Korean girlfriends that SM Entertainment's popular artist Choi Sulli had terminated her contract with the company, and it seemed that a big shot in the Chinese industry had helped her to redeem herself.

The sisters even sent screenshots of Shirley’s Instagram posts showing her having fun in China.

Cheng Xiao immediately thought of Wang Quan, because she had heard about the scandal between Wang Quan and Lim Yoona when she was training in Korea. Lim Yoona, like Choi Sulli, is from SM company, and now Lim Yoona is already a noble Chungmuro ​​movie star, and she basically starred in NEW company's blockbuster films.

The major shareholder of NEW company is Wang Quan.

To sum up, she thinks that the man behind Yoona and Choi Sulli is Wang Quan. With his protection, even someone as strong as SM will have to submit.

Cheng Xiao's admiration for Wang Quan made her look at him with more affection.

In fact, on the stage of the final night, she was not indiscriminately attacking all the audience members. Wang Quan was wrong. Her charm was directed at him, but unfortunately he did not understand it.

Today, while playing a water sport, Cheng Xiao didn't know what he was thinking and didn't notice the oncoming water, so he got wet.

"Hurry up and change your clothes, otherwise you will catch a cold." The agent said hurriedly.

But where to change it? There are cameras everywhere in this place. Then Cheng Xiao saw Wang Quan’s RV not far away.

Wang Quan smiled gently: "Chaoyue, take Cheng Xiao to my car to change clothes. There is air conditioning in the car."

"Oh well."

Under the guidance of Yang Chaoyue, Cheng Xiao got on Wang Quan's RV, then Chaoyue skillfully turned on the air conditioner and found two pairs of slippers to change into.

Looking at Chaoyue's performance, Cheng Xiao narrowed his eyes, and he seemed to understand why Chaoyue was so successful in this industry.

No wonder after she became famous, countless people wanted to dig up the dirty laundry behind her but were unable to do so.

Cheng Xiao took off his wet coat, revealing his underwear that left Chaoyue dumbfounded.

When she was in Produce Camp before, because there were cameras everywhere, Cheng Xiao had never been so generous to let them see it, but Chaoyue and the others also knew that Cheng Xiao was exaggerating.

It wasn't until today that I saw the tip of the iceberg and realized the strength of this girl.

Noticing the sparkle in Yang Chaoyue's eyes, Cheng Xiao shyly asked, "Then what clothes should I change into?"

Yang Chaoyue looked outside through the gap in the curtains, "Director Quan is here with the clothes."

Cheng Xiao immediately covered his chest, but it was useless.

Wang Quan knocked on the door and asked Chaoyue to bring the down jacket in. "Wear this for now. You can put the other clothes in the air-conditioning vent to dry."

Yang Chaoyue reached out and pulled the clothes in. Cheng Xiao hurriedly shouted, "Thank you, director."

After a while, the two women came out and the filming continued.

This down jacket is a full-body style, but Yang Chaoyue knows that apart from the down jacket, Cheng Xiao only has underwear on. She is really cold-resistant!
A day's filming was over. Because there was no queue, I was able to experience all the projects in the park.

Everyone was having a lot of fun at the beginning, with smiles on their faces that never stopped. Most of the projects were things they had never experienced before. Theme areas like Ghost Blows Out the Light, Zhu Xian, Inception, etc. were all very playable.

But in the second half, they began to show some fatigue.

It can be seen that queuing is important. Queuing is equivalent to the halftime break between two events and can effectively relieve fatigue.

It is best to complete these projects within two days. If you experience them all in one day, besides being tired, your brain cannot support such long periods of uninterrupted excitement and will inevitably become weak afterwards.

So Wang Quan asked them to stay and experience the resort hotel in the park. Of course, they also had to take a video, but Wang Quan didn't follow them because he wanted to go home.

At this time, Cheng Xiao suggested changing back into her own clothes, and Chaoyue went with her again.

When Wang Quan saw the folded down jackets in the RV, he said to Xue Fu behind him, "Your clothes."

Guo Xuefu picked up her clothes and suddenly touched her pocket, "There's something in it."

"what?"

"The phone seems to belong to Cheng Xiao."

Wang Quan said, "Oh," and said, "She will call me when she finds out her phone is missing. Ignore her and let's go."

Sure enough, that night, Wang Quan was having a tug of war with Zhang Tianai when the phone on the bedside table rang. It was Cheng Xiao calling for his phone.

Hearing that the phone was with Wang Quan, Cheng Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, "Then when is it convenient for me to pick it up?"

Wang Quan: "My phone is in my office. I can use it anytime. You should be familiar with Wangdao Building."

"I know him, I know him," Cheng Xiao also heard something. After all, Wang Quan and Zhang Tianai did not hide it on purpose, so she quickly said, "Then I won't bother the director. Goodbye."

Zhang Tianai asked with a smile: "Is it a new sister that I don't know?"

Wang Quan chuckled: "Not even a sister yet."

Today, the 29th, four movies, "Ex-Files 3", "The Ring", "The Fairy Tale of Two Brothers" and "The Little Shop of Sorrow" were released on the same day, pushing the market to a high of 3.5 million.

It was also on this day that the total box office of "Youth" exceeded 1 billion, and Feng Xiaogang entered the 1 billion club, proving that he is still capable of making a living despite his age.

Among the new films, "The Ringing Bell", which features a friendly appearance by Shen Teng, grossed over 100 million yuan on the first day, achieving remarkable results. This film is also the directorial debut of Chen Kexin's lover Junru Wu.

However, most of the audience went to see Shen Teng, and during the promotion, the film company was eager to release all of the few clips of Shen Teng to attract the audience.

"Ex-Files 3" is the third part of "Ex-Files ". The first two parts had mediocre reputations and just okay box office. Unexpectedly, this one had quite good box office, second only to "The Ex-Files ", and better than both of Reba's parts.

"Young Ghost Blows Out the Light" will be released tomorrow. As the heroine, Tian Ai just finished a promotional event and came to Wang Quan to absorb nutrients.

Originally, this "Ghost Blows Out the Light" spin-off movie directed by Yang Qing was scheduled to be released in early January next year, but the Film Bureau was worried that it would not be popular in North America, so it was moved forward a few days.

There are still two days left, and the competition has actually been settled. This time, the mainland has firmly suppressed North America as the world's number one.

China is finally going to have a world first in one area, and Wang Quan’s world first position is almost secure!

12月30日，《逍遥游》全球总票房突破12.8亿刀，超过了《美女与野兽》的12.63亿，暂时位列2017年上映电影里的No.1！

Of course, whether it can win the annual championship this year depends on the final performance of Long Taizhi’s own "Star Wars: Solo: A Star Wars Story". At present, this series is also a player at the billion-dollar level.

Although there is still a little suspense, the self-media has already started to frantically take advantage of the popularity, and netizens are also collectively excited. No one is calm anymore.

Piaopiao Feng Junzi: Holy crap, Chinese-language films rank first in the global box office this year! It feels like a dream, Director Quan is awesome, Chinese-language films are awesome, Jiang Wen is awesome!
Feng Bo Wu Hen: I originally thought that unless there was a civil war in the United States and they were in chaos, it would be difficult for us to defeat them in the film industry. I didn’t expect that we would really defeat them this year. In terms of the market, we are the largest, and in terms of single films, Director Quan is the biggest!

Wei Yan and Rou Er: When I think about the fact that there are two more sequels to such an awesome movie like "Xiao Yao You", I am shaking with excitement.

X. Dekula: According to insiders, the first part of "Escape Plan" is the appetizer of the trilogy, with the lowest plot depth and special effects content.

Bai Ruifeng: Damn, I hope November next year can come soon!
Feng Qingyueleng: Don’t forget, in addition to “Xiao Yao You” winning the annual championship this year, “Wolf Warrior 2” is also among the top ten players in the world, which is also worthy of encouragement.

Cold Lei: Only two in the top ten of the year? Not enough. I hope there will be three next year!
Diaonaxing: This year it’s all Chen Sicheng’s fault. The local box office is good, but almost nothing overseas. I thought that since it was filmed in the United States, Americans would like it. It’s such a waste of money.

Chen Sicheng didn't expect that he would be accidentally injured in this way. This is so fucking bullying!

In fact, "Detective Chinatown 2" has performed quite well in the overseas market, with sales of more than million through the channels of Dragon Heads Up and Golden Harvest, but the total box office is only about million US dollars, which is still a big gap from the top ten in the world.

He really didn't want to have anything to do with Wang Quan anymore. Facing this man made him feel desperate, but the "Detective Chinatown" series was tied to Wang Dao.

Not only did his third script have to be reviewed by Wang Dao, but Wang Dao also proposed to cooperate with Xigua Video to shoot the Detective Chinatown web drama, and found a Malaysian Chinese director to direct it. This also required Chen Sicheng's assistance. Damn!

On the 30th, compared to the release of a spin-off movie like "Young Ghost Blows Out the Light", Wang Quan was more concerned about the situation of the Dragon Raising its Head theme park.

However, for Zhang Tianai, whether she can star in a movie that grosses over 1 billion yuan depends on today.

So she mobilized friends like Jiang Jiang, Nazha, and Chao Ge to help promote it.

Reba, who is in the same company as Zhang Tianai, did not say anything. They are not only competing for the top spot in the company, but also in this Lunar New Year period. Reba's two new films, "The Fairy of the Second Generation" and "The Convenience Store of Sorrow", were released a day earlier, and she was also busy promoting them. If she was not too busy, she would definitely go to Longtoutai Park as soon as possible. Minions, mom will find you soon!
Wang Quan received the trial operation data from Longtoutai Amusement Park in his office in Wangdao Building. The current passenger flow has exceeded 10,000!
It's only ten o'clock in the morning. I'm sure the 20,000 places for today will be used up soon, and you'll have to wait until tomorrow if you want to enter the park.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so tickets will be even more scarce. Longtoutai Park has prepared many celebration activities, including a grand fireworks show, which has been specially applied for with the city government. The whole capital will be able to see it.

Just as I was watching, Meng Ziyi came in and said someone was looking for her, "The Rocket Girls' meat bomb champion."

Wang Quan chuckled: "Why do you randomly give people nicknames?"

"I'm just telling the truth." Sister Meng said sourly. That body was too overbearing.

Wang Quan placed Cheng Xiao's phone on the table, and when she came in, he pushed it forward: "Miss Cheng, your phone."

"Thank you so much, Director Quan. You can just call me Xiaoxiao," Cheng Xiao was wearing a slim-fitting outfit that showed off her figure. She couldn't think of many words to thank him, so she just said, "Can I add your contact information? I'll treat you to a meal when I'm free."

Wang Quan: "I am free today."

Cheng Xiao was overjoyed: "Then I'll treat you to dinner today!"

Just after she finished speaking, she asked worriedly, "But I have to shoot a commercial in the afternoon. I don't know how long I will be busy. When will you be free in the evening?"

Wang Quan: "It's okay, call me when you're done. I've saved your phone number, and I'll be the first one."

Cheng Xiao blushed. She had already told Wang Quan the password of her cell phone, but she didn't expect that he actually opened it. She wondered if he saw her selfie in it.

That afternoon, Cheng Xiao was absent-minded when filming the commercial. When she found that the filming had not been completed by six o'clock, she became a little anxious, but she could not say that she had an important date.

She was so worried that Wang Quan would be hungry.

At 9:30 in the evening, the day's work was over and Yang Chaoyue invited her friends to have a midnight snack.

Cheng Xiao immediately refused, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After getting the phone, she called Wang Quan.

He, who was just writing the script for "Escape from the British Museum", stretched and said, "I haven't eaten yet, but it's a bit late, how about I order a takeaway and you can come to my office to eat."

"Ah, this is so inappropriate. I promised to treat you to a meal to thank you."

"It doesn't matter. Filling your stomach is the most important thing."

When Cheng Xiao arrived at Wangdao Building, it was already ten o'clock in the evening. Most people here had gone off work. She came to Wang Quan's office alone and didn't even see Wang Quan's assistant. Only Wang Quan was left, and there was a table of hot pot.

"I suddenly wanted to eat hot pot, so I ordered Haidilao. Although there was no ramen chef, I can make ramen myself."

Cheng Xiao swallowed his saliva. It was such a rich meal. I wonder if he would gain weight again today.

"You can also make ramen noodles, you are really versatile."

"My mother is in the catering business after all, so she does have some skills, and she is definitely better than Li Yifeng."

Cheng Xiao wondered why they were suddenly talking about Li Yifeng, and then he realized, oh, it’s "Eternal Love".

The two of them ate first. There was air conditioning in the room, and as they were eating hot pot, the temperature was getting hotter and hotter. Wang Quan soon only had one shirt left, and only two or three buttons were unbuttoned.

Cheng Xiao also took off her coat, revealing her good figure underneath. Just by leaning over to pick up some food, Wang Quan was feasting his eyes.

Wang Quan remained calm, took out the dough and began to demonstrate his noodle-making skills.

The performance was pretty good at the beginning, and Cheng Xiao even started clapping and cheering.

When it was put into the pot, some oil splashed and landed on Cheng Xiao's chest.

Because that place is too white, the oil spots stand out particularly well.

Wang Quan quickly picked it up and helped to erase it, but it ended up making it bigger.

So Wang Quan suggested: "There is a bathroom in the room inside, you can go take a bath."

"Click!" Cheng Xiao's heart rang for a moment, and then he stood up obediently, "Okay, thank you director."

In addition to taking a shower, Cheng Xiao also brushed her teeth, and then appeared in front of Wang Quan clean and fair.

Wang Quan also put down his bowl and chopsticks, it was time to eat something else.

Wang Quan did not go home tonight, so he stayed in the lounge in the office with Cheng Xiao.

But the scope of their fight was definitely not limited to the lounge, or even to Wang Quan’s own office.

Cheng Xiao is worthy of being the dancer of their team. She has a great physique. Although it was her first time, she recovered quickly and pestered Wang Quan to do it again.

So Wang Quan took her to Yu Feihong's office and did some work, which marked the end of the night.

Early the next morning, Cheng Xiao secretly left the building before everyone came to work. It is unknown whether Yu Feihong noticed that there were dirty things on his desk.

After Wang Quan woke up, he learned from Zhang Tianai’s good news that the box office of "Young Ghost Blows Out the Light" starring her and Han Dongjun exceeded 1.1 million on the first day, which was a hit!

It's normal to have this result.

After that, on the 31st, the power of Sunday + New Year's Eve was even greater, helping push the single-day box office of "Young Ghost Blows Out the Light" to 1.5 million yuan. Even "Ex-Files 3" broke 5 million yuan in a single day, and the total market volume exceeded million yuan.

There were a lot of couples willing to spend money on movies on New Year's Eve, and "Ex-Files 3" took advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money.

Even "Xiao Yao You" saw a significant increase on that day, with significant growth all over the world, helping the film's global box office to exceed 13 billion!
At this time, "Xiaoyaoyou" ranks 12th in global film history, just one step away from entering the top ten!
The Tianlong Taitou Theme Park Resort was also packed with visitors and was extremely popular.

Although the Shanghai Disneyland also has New Year's Eve celebrations, Kuaishou and Douyin have both cooperated with the Dragon Raising its Head, so you can hardly see any news about Disney on the most popular short video platform, and the Dragon Raising its Head is everywhere.

The fame of Longtoutai Paradise became widely known, at least in the north.

Originally, the front page of various hot search headlines today should belong to Longtoutai Paradise.

But the damn Zhuo Wei happened to reveal a shocking piece of news at this time, which made the marketing of Longtouzhi Paradise tainted with a bit of regret.

On the night of the 31st, according to Zhuo Wei, a certain Golden Horse Film Award winner who became famous at a young age stayed overnight at the home of the Rap of China champion on the 29th.

On the 29th, the actress' husband was live-streaming. When asked about his wife, he smiled and said, "Oh, she went to get her hair done."

As soon as the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

For a time, the neutral word "doing hair" was stigmatized. Yang Mi, who loves doing hair, said that she would still do her hair at home in the future.

The year 2017 ended with a sensational affair.

Early the next morning, before the holiday was over, the leaders of the Film Bureau urged their subordinates to compile the box office data for 2017 as soon as possible.

"Leader, 743 billion, 743 billion!"

"Don't make rough calculations, there is no accurate data!"

"743.5 million!"

"Fine, finer!"

"743.489 million!"

"Great, how much is it in US dollars, and what is the North American figure?"

"Total 114, uh, 113.68 billion US dollars! As for the North American market, it has not yet been announced."

As a result, the leader lost his appetite and waited until noon, until dawn in the United States, before he prepared for the data to flow out.

"Leader, North America is 111.5 billion! We won, and we won by a lot!"

The leader slammed the table in excitement, almost breaking his bones, "Right now, right now, I want to let the whole country know this news!"

For a time, the internet was full of the exciting news that the mainland market had defeated North America to become the world's largest film market.

Once this news came out, it even attracted many viewers who did not often go to the cinema to watch movies.

The top-ranked movies in cinemas at the moment can all be considered excellent industrial products that are above the passing line.

Before the Film Bureau sent out the message, Wang Quan learned the relevant box office data from his cousin Zhou Peng.

Because the amount of ticket subsidies has been reduced this year, the figure of 743 billion is quite authentic and has very little water.

When most people thought that the mainland film market had reached saturation, the total box office in 17 actually soared by 16% compared to 30.8!

So some people shouted the slogan of breaking through 100 billion.

Exceeding 100 billion is almost equal to the sales volume of one day on Double Eleven.

The entire day on the 1st, netizens were partying and various film and television companies were calculating their year-end bonuses.

The film market is like this, and the TV drama market is even more prosperous, with more hot money than movies.

The market is thriving, and all relevant practitioners can share in the dividends. Many small transparent people who used to earn tens of thousands a year are starting from hundreds of thousands this year.

Because there are too many film crews, Hengdian is not enough, and many new film and television base projects have been launched.

On the 2nd day, the leaders of Wangdao, Qiankun and Mishi companies gathered together for a meeting.

Of course, it all depends on the kingly way.

Of the more than 700 billion, Wang Dao's family contributed nearly 200 billion.

Unfortunately, it still failed to break the company's annual target of 200 billion, and finally fell to 196 billion.

Qiankun and Mi Shi also have movies that gross over 10 billion yuan, and "The Lobster Cop", which was released under a guaranteed release by Qiankun, even achieved a good result of fifth place in the year.

However, the first, second, fourth and sixth of the year are all produced by Wang Dao. The third one, "Detective Chinatown 2", is jointly produced by Wanda and Wang Dao, which is simply amazing.

In 2017, 10 billion is not a hit, because there are 10 movies that have broken 21 billion, and if nothing unexpected happens, "Young Ghost Story" and "Ex-Files 3" will eventually break 23 billion, that's movies! Too many!

But in 16 there were only 12 films, almost double the number!
At the end of the summary meeting, Wang Quan said with emotion: "A good era for filmmakers has arrived!"

Then I added a sentence in my heart, but it only applies to the next two years.

He believes that the mainland market will be able to achieve greater success in 18 and 19, but it is hard to say after the disaster in 20. By then, the entire society will undergo tremendous changes, not only the external situation but also people's inner hearts will change.

After the morning meeting, Wang Quan vacated the conference room. Next up was a TV drama meeting held by Qiankun, Mishi and other companies, so Wang Dao didn't need to participate in this.

During the lunch break, Wang Quan received a text message from Cheng Xiao, saying that Rocket Girls would come to Wangdao Building to record a song in the afternoon.

Recording the promotional song for "Zhu Xian 2". If you have time, you can sing it.

There is still one and a half months left before the new year's Spring Festival, and promotion has begun in full swing.

There are quite a few sequels in this year's Spring Festival, including "Zhu Xian 2", "Monster Hunt 2", and "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom", which is considered the third in the series. It's hard to count which part of the series "Boonie Bears: The Metamorphosis" is.

The only original non-sequels are Qiankun’s "Operation Red Sea" and Mi Shi’s "19th Generation of Ancestors".

That’s six movies in total, the same as last year.

However, the Film Bureau feels that the number of cinemas this year has increased compared to last year, and the market capacity has increased, so six films may be a little too few.

However, some companies really cannot produce any substantial works, either because they feel they cannot win or because they do not have enough time.

Of course, the main reason is that I feel it is unnecessary. There is no need to compete head-on with "Zhu Xian 2" and "Monster Hunt 2".

These two films were sequels to champion-level works in film history in those years, and they will definitely be the top hits during the Spring Festival. The highest screenings and box office belong to them. Instead of being their supporting roles, it would be better to find a quieter time slot to be the king.

The box office of "Xiao Yao You" which exceeded 50 billion yuan has proved that the enthusiasm of watching movies among the whole nation is high now, and miracles can be created in any schedule.

Seeing that domestic companies did not want to wade into the muddy waters of the Spring Festival period, the head of the Film Bureau came up with a bold idea, "How about putting a Hollywood blockbuster in this year's Spring Festival period?"

There have been no Hollywood movies in the Spring Festival period for many years. Initially, it was for the purpose of protecting domestic films, but now this reason is no longer tenable.

Among the top ten movies of 17, only two Hollywood movies were at the bottom.

Some Hollywood fans said that it was all because of the bad schedule. If only they could get Hollywood blockbusters into the Spring Festival schedule!
So the leaders decided to help them, which was like putting a catfish into the domestic films during the Spring Festival, so that they could all swim quickly and put in all their efforts in marketing and ticket sales.

The first thing the leader thought of was the Dragon Raising its Head. The Dragon Raising its Head could barely be considered one of their own, so of course the benefits would be given to their own people.

Moreover, this year there is a science fiction blockbuster "Dragon Rises" directed by Spielberg and starring Fan Bingbing, which has a Chinese female lead and seems to be very suitable for the Spring Festival period.

However, Wang Quan declined the proposal.

"Ready Player One" was scheduled to be released worldwide in late March. If its domestic release is brought forward to mid-February, it will probably disrupt the global marketing rhythm. If all of them are brought forward to February, it will be even more chaotic. The release dates of the company's other films will have to be adjusted accordingly, and the whole body will be affected.

Moreover, Wang Quan does not think that the Spring Festival period is suitable for "Ready Player One". A movie that could have made a billion yuan in the mainland might become cannon fodder if it is put during the Spring Festival period.

The audience profile of the Spring Festival period is usually a family with children. Sometimes there are elderly people with poor eyesight, and sometimes there are children with incomplete handwriting. Foreign language films are not in their consideration in the first place. Family entertainment is the bottom line.

This is also the reason why Yang Mi invested in Guo Degang's "19th Generation Ancestors", thinking that there would be no pure comedy this year, and theirs became the only comedy.

After being politely declined by Wang Quan, the Film Bureau approached Disney again.

It just so happens that their company's new film "Black Panther" is scheduled to be released worldwide in February, which happens to be the day of the Spring Festival. It can completely cooperate with the domestic Spring Festival promotion and let Black Panther post Spring Festival couplets and eat dumplings.

Black Panther? An all-black cast?

After thinking about that scene, the head of the Film Bureau was a little unwilling to give up. He looked around again and looked through the film lists of the other four major Hollywood films. He found that "Black Panther" was really the most suitable.

Although it tells the story of the black kingdom of Wakanda, it is after all a member of the Marvel family, and Black Panther also appeared in "Captain America 3".

Now the most popular Hollywood series among domestic audiences is Marvel movies, so I believe they will be able to accept it.

In fact, it would be better if "Avengers 3" could be released during the Spring Festival, but it is scheduled to be released worldwide at the end of April, and the deployment cannot be interrupted.

So in January, the Film Bureau and China Film Group announced that the seventh film of the Spring Festival schedule was officially announced, "Black Panther will be airborne in the Spring Festival schedule."

This news sparked a wave of discussion among movie fans, with some feeling relieved that the Film Bureau had made the change.

"Hollywood blockbusters should have been introduced during the Spring Festival. I'm really tired of watching domestic films. They always show the same faces over and over again."

But there are more complaints about the introduction of "Black Panther".

"The cinema is already dark, and if we watch a completely dark movie, what's the point? Since we've decided to bring in Hollywood, why not bring in a movie that's pleasing to the eye?"

Some people also complained about the YYDS Big Six, including Huayi, Bona, etc., which were absent from the Spring Festival schedule.

"They're still the top six, but they don't even dare to come to the Spring Festival. Ugh, disgusting. They're not as good as the little Mi Shi. Support 19th Generation of Ancestors!"

Complaints aside, Huayi had two billion-level blockbusters in 17, "Youth" and "Ex-Files 3", and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" also participated. This achievement is second only to "Wang Dao" and "Qian Kun", and can be counted as one of the top three.

As for Wanda, Guangxian and Bona, they are naturally the bottom three.

Bona's Yu Dong is quite angry. In 17, he bet on the popularity of the main theme and won the prize, so he invested in "The Founding of an Army". As a result, the main theme did become popular, but it was "Wolf Warrior 2" that became popular.

The box office of "The Founding of an Army" was less than 2 million yuan, and it completely became a background board for "Wolf Warrior ".

So he decided to update the shooting mode of main theme blockbusters. The style of "The Founding of an Army" could no longer be used, and he had to rely on action and gun battle movies.

So he has signed a large contract for director Lin Chaoxian's next film.

It would be even better if we could get Wu Jing as well.

However, Wu Jing is currently busy filming "The Wandering Earth" and declined to make an appointment.

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"Xiao Yao You" has been postponed for the second time, and it is scheduled to be released until the Spring Festival.

Nearly two months after the film was released, the box office in mainland China has exceeded 52 billion, and the global total box office is 13.3 billion, surpassing the 13.22 billion of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", and ranked 11th in film history!
It seems that the leaders of the Film Bureau also hope that "Xiao Yao You" can win the honor of being among the top ten in film history.

However, other countries have already begun to withdraw films, and only a few markets such as China and the United States are still slowly growing box office.

In Korea, "Easy Journey" ranked third in the year with 810 million viewers.

NEW's "Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds" and "Taxi Driver" took the top two spots, and "The Happy Journey" made up the top three.

Hollywood was shocked because the highest-grossing Hollywood film in Korea in 17, "Spider-Man: Homecoming", only ranked fourth.

Moreover, in the entire 17 years, only one Hollywood movie made it into the top ten in Korea. The influence of Chinese-language films is actually beginning to surpass that of Hollywood.

Little Korean, have you forgotten who your father is and whose son you are?

In Japan, "Xiaoyaoyou" achieved a box office success of 70 billion yen (more than million RMB), ranking fourth in the year.

This result is only lower than "Beauty and the Beast", "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" and "Despicable Me 3", and is 1 million yen higher than the best-selling Japanese local movie "Detective Conan: Crimson Love Letter".

Moreover, Wang Quan also achieved a new achievement, replacing "Red Cliff Part II" directed by Yusen Wu and becoming the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Japan!

Wu Yusen: Ah, it’s already this late and I still have things to do!!!
Being able to become a huge success in Japan and South Korea is worth all the hard work Wang Quan put into the trip.

In mid-January, the twelfth lunar month began, and Yang Mi took her child back to her parents' home.

There is a movie promotion during this Spring Festival, so I am afraid I won’t be able to accompany Lao Yang around the Spring Festival.

As soon as he entered the house, he saw a pile of masks, disinfectants and other things on the table.

"Who bought it?"

Wang Quan popped up: "Me."

“Why buy so much of this?”

Wang Quan smiled and said, "It's winter now, buy more in case you get the flu."

This year is only his 18th year, and there are still two years to go. He should first develop good family savings habits, so that it won't be out of place when the time comes.

Yang Mi just shook her head. The house was spacious anyway, so let him do what he wanted.

A few days later, Dorothy sent a congratulatory message, "David, it's better than Frozen!"

The total box office of "Frozen" is 13.45 billion, and it was once ranked tenth in film history. Just now, "Xiaoyaoyou" surpassed "Frozen" and successfully entered the top ten in film history.

This is also the first time that a Chinese-language film has achieved this feat.

But it is not the first time for Wang Quan. He now has four films in the top ten in film history.

Yes, four!

(End of this chapter)