Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 397
China Film previously believed that "The Founding of the Party" could achieve better results than "The Founding of the People's Republic" in a more prosperous market.

"The Founding of the People's Republic of China" achieved a box office of 09 million yuan in 4.2. Now the total domestic box office has exceeded 6 billion, and the market is booming. "The Founding of the Party" adopts the same all-star lineup and adopts the same panoramic presentation technique. There is no reason why it cannot reach [-] million yuan. of.

But now that the market has changed, coupled with policy reasons, it is unlikely that administrative power will be used to secure film schedules.

Not even "The Great Cause of Party Building".

However, "The Founding of the Party" still achieved 900 million, with a combined box office of 2000 million on the first day, both exceeding "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

Anyway, Zhang Yuanjun doesn’t know why no blockbuster film was released in the first ten days and the next 20 days of “The Founding of the Party”.

Zhang Yuanjun also didn’t know why the summer vacation in previous years was basically the protection period for domestic films, so this year “Transformers 3” would be released in July.

Anyway, Zhang Yuanjun said sincerely at the premiere of "The Founding of the Party": "A movie like this can no longer be measured by box office, but I still hope that the movie can achieve good box office results."

Zhang Yuanjun made a brief appearance at the screening of "Never Ended" at the Shanghai International Film Festival. Although the screening theater was full and the applause after the screening was equally enthusiastic, Zhang Yuanjun always felt that the audience was not very interested in this subject, or that the movie did not arouse the audience's interest and nerves. .

The audiences who come specifically to watch movies at film festivals are actually different from the audiences at general movie premieres.

Film festival audiences will be more demanding and more venomous.

No, the first audience member who stood up to speak almost made Zhang Yuanjun unable to get off the stage: "I just watched the whole movie very smoothly and easily. I didn't think it was very good, but I didn't think it was bad either. It's worth buying a ticket to watch. But that’s it after reading it. Thank you.”

This evaluation is more of a summary of the film as a whole. Director Neil Berg should have responded to the audience, but this is Zhang Yuanjun’s home field. He picked up the microphone and first said: "I heard the first half of your sentence and thought you were going to You are looking for a refund from me."

After adjusting the atmosphere of the scene and making the audience laugh, Zhang Yuanjun said: "I am very grateful to this friend for saying this. When the project of "Never Ended" was established, I thought about adding some thrilling action scenes to stimulate the audience, but because the investment was relatively small, , we didn’t have that much money to shoot action scenes, so in the end we could only focus on literary dramas. Maybe this made the whole drama seem lacking in memorability.

"But this movie was just a popcorn movie from the beginning. We didn't think about educating the audience. If the audience thinks it's worth the ticket price after watching it, we didn't make it in vain."

After Zhang Yuanjun finished speaking, he bowed slightly to express his thanks.

After the screening, Zhang Yuanjun left the capital and returned to the capital.

Someone from Z Studio is stationed at the Shanghai Film Festival Trading Market.

Zhang Yuanjun originally thought that "Never Ended" had a mediocre response to the screenings and would not be able to sell for a good price, but the next day, the staff told him that "Never Ended" was sold to LeTV for a sky-high price of 4300 million yuan on the first night it debuted on the market. Buy away.

"That's crazy!" Zhang Yuanjun felt that the price was too high, "1 million 2 million yuan back, he thinks so highly of me?"

"Their vice president said when he signed the contract that the 4300 million he bought was the name Zhang Yuanjun."

Zhang Yuanjun snorted from his nose: "Then I wish him a big sale and a fortune."

However, Zhang Yuanjun overestimated the 4300 million yuan.

Liu Hong, vice president of LeTV, made an appointment with Zhang Yuanjun for tea on the first weekend after the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Zhang Yuanjun is very wary of LeTV. He just approves the film and the one with the highest price gets it. If he sells it, it has nothing to do with Zhang Yuanjun. He himself doesn't want to deal with this group of people.

But Zhang Yuanjun knew that if LeTV couldn't make an appointment with him this time, he would organize another round through his contacts in the industry. If it were another small film producer, Zhang Yuanjun would be too lazy to meet him. But LeTV is now considered a giant in China, and Zhang Yuanjun will always be here. Being in the circle, I couldn't avoid this kind of invitation, so I agreed to go to the appointment.

However, after meeting and talking, Zhang Yuanjun discovered that Liu Hong, as the vice president of LeTV, has a profound understanding of the film and television industry. Boss Jia has not yet developed the ecological counter-narrative. LeTV is now just an ordinary rich website.

Liu Hong's invitation to Zhang Yuanjun was nothing more than flirting and flirting. He said that LeTV would definitely make a movie with Zhang Yuanjun in the future, "For an actor like you, we really want to cooperate."

LeTV must have investigated Zhang Yuanjun's family background, and Liu Hong knew that it was impossible for them to sign Zhang Yuanjun.If Zhang Yuanjun starts his own business and opens a film company, then LeTV can buy the other company with a wave of his hand. Zhang Yuanjun's successful cash-out can be regarded as a success in starting a business.

But Zhang Yuanjun opened a studio with more than a dozen people, serving only him.

Even if you want to buy it from LeTV, you can’t.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and agreed: "As long as the script is good, the cast is good, and the schedule is right, I will definitely take it."

In fact, everyone in the industry knows that Zhang Yuanjun has only accepted one film this year, and his schedule for next year is also vacant. Countless crews have approached him, but he has refused to accept the film.

Insiders estimate that his focus in the past two years will be on family life. After all, the whole world knows that Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei have met each other's parents and started talking about marriage.

Liu Hongzhong mentioned that he wanted to acquire the shares of Maoyan Film Industry held by Zhang Yuanjun.

But Zhang Yuanjun refused.

The four major founding shareholders of Maoyan Film: China Film, Weibo Technology, Dongyun Fund and Zhang Yuanjun Studio.

Now that the development of the Maoyan shadow industry has entered a fast lane, with smooth financing and rising valuations, why should Zhang Yuanjun sell?

Although the price offered by LeTV is very attractive, he will definitely make a lot of money if he cashes out and leaves.

But there is no shortage of money, so why cash out?

Although it will be more difficult for me personally and to raise funds, I can still cope with it for now.

"Sorry, Mr. Liu, we have an agreement that the founding shareholders are not allowed to transfer their shares within 5 years."

"Okay." Liu Hong could only give up.

The two talked a lot about the majors in the industry and life outside the industry. Anyway, they just talked about everything in the world. After talking for an hour and a half, Zhang Yuanjun was about to leave: "There will be a performance in the theater tonight, so I'll leave first."

"I even forgot that you are also a drama actor, so versatile." Liu Hong stood up and saw each other off, and the two of them walked out together.

"As an actor, if you can act in front of the camera, you must also be able to act on the stage."

"There are too few popular young actors like you who are willing to go back to the theater to perform in plays for 500 yuan a play."

Renyi dramas are more popular, and the performance fee is relatively high. The leading role is 800, the supporting role is 500-600, and the supporting role is only one, two, three, or three hundred.

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said, "It's not that much money, it's just interesting."

"That's true." Liu Hong smiled, "I'm happy that money can't buy. I'm willing to do what I like even if I don't have money. I wish you a smooth performance tonight. If you have time, I will bring our company's employees to support you."

Zhang Yuanjun smiled: "Thank you."

The two of them separated and went back to work, no matter what.

　No, there must be a quarrel between the two of them later. It would be too abnormal not to get into trouble.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)