Actor: My Entertainment Era

The summer season was bombarded by "Wolf Warrior 2", which took away other people's cake, but at the same time it also brought about a movie-watching craze, allowing some films to benefit from it.

It would be a shame for the crew of "SPL 2: The Last 49 Days" to ignore the popularity of Wu Jing.

In the eyes of director Ye Weixin, Wu Jing is already the representative of the SPL series. He even said, "I hope Wu Jing can return to the next sequel of the SPL series."

But Master Wu was too busy to respond to Ye Weixin.

"SPL 8: Sha Po Lang" was of good quality and took advantage of Master Wu to bring some popularity to itself, and it also earned a lot of box office revenue. By the end of August, the total box office of the film exceeded 5 million, which is cause for celebration.

Only now did Wu Jing no longer have to fight and could rest.

According to Xie Nan and Zhang Yuanjun, Wu Jing rested at home for two days and then went for surgery. It was not serious, but his old illness relapsed due to overwork. He is still in the hospital and will be sent back home in two days.

There is no need to take stock or summarize this summer's movie season, the biggest winner must be "Wolf Warrior 2".

So far, the total box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" has exceeded 54 billion, and both the box office figures and the number of moviegoers have set records in film history.

"Wolf Warrior 2" is now earning tens of millions every day. 60 billion may be a long shot, but 55 billion or 56 billion is not hopeless.

The relevant departments are extremely satisfied with this result!
September is traditionally an off-season, but this September is different. Nolan’s new film "Dunkirk" was scheduled to be released on the first day.

Since "Interstellar", Nolan has been deified by movie fans in China, and is simply the number one person in heaven and earth.

"Dunkirk" is about Britain's Dunkirk evacuation during World War II. Many Chinese people actually don't know what the Dunkirk evacuation was because this part is not covered in high school history textbooks - many people's historical knowledge is at the high school history stage.

But Nolan's fans managed to lift "Dunkirk" to a first-day record of 6000 million in China.

The live-action version of the Japanese movie "Gintama" was also released on the same day as "Dunkirk", as a way to give back to fans.

"Spider-Man: Homecoming" was released in the second week, and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was released in the third week, and then it was the National Day holiday.

September is still lively and the whole market is thriving.

As "The Witch" was nearing completion, Liu Yifei felt more and more relaxed. That afternoon, after work, Liu Yifei was packing up her things.

"Yifei, the director is looking for you." The executive producer asked her to stay a little longer.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Liu Yifei thought that Lu Yang wanted to talk to her about tomorrow's announcement, so she asked her assistant to help her pack her things and went to find Lu Yang alone.

When we arrived at Lu Yang's office, coincidentally, the chief producer Sun Zhonghuai was also there.

Sun Zhonghuai asked her to sit down first, poured her a glass of water, and asked kindly, "Yifei, we estimate that we will be able to wrap up the filming in about ten days. You are not tired after filming till now, right?"

Liu Yifei smiled and said: "The most tiring fighting scenes have been filmed in China. Thailand is the hotspot, so it's not tiring at all."

"That's good. Ruth is a newcomer. This is her first time playing a movie role with such a heavy role. Please forgive her if she can't do it well." Why is Sun Zhonghuai so polite today? "Lu Yang and I have talked about her. She deserves to be scolded for her poor performance."

"Haha, it's okay. It's all about knowing how to do it. I don't mind." Liu Yifei had no idea what Sun Zhonghuai was up to.

"That's good, that's good." Sun Zhonghuai smiled.

Lu Yang continued, "So far, what do you think of our play?"

"It's pretty good. Although the story is simple, the worldview it sets up is huge and novel." Liu Yifei took on "The Witch" for this reason.

"As long as you like it," Sun Zhonghuai smiled. With Liu Yifei's words, the discussion would be easier. Lu Yang said, "It's like this. We are running out of money for this drama." He smiled awkwardly.

"Ah? Not enough?" Liu Yifei knew that the cost of making "The Witch" was not high, so how could it be not enough?

Sun Zhonghuai went on to say: "You also know that it's not very smooth to attract investment for our play."

"Aren't there three or four companies investing in it?" Liu Yifei has worked as a producer and knows a few things.

“Yes, but they all have small investments of one or two million, just to take up a quota. The largest investor, BJ Culture, only invested 1000 million. In the past two months, we have been filming while looking for investors, but they all have concerns that investing too little will not solve the problem.” While ensuring overall control, all producers will try to get as much investment as possible.

The problem with "The Witch" now is that Penguin itself accounts for too high a share, and the risks are not shared. It's fine if the movie makes money, but once there is a profit risk, the new Penguin Pictures will suffer a huge blow.

"With the money we have now, we can only finish filming the movie. We really can't afford post-production and promotion."

“If you have some spare money, Yifei, you can invest some in us. It’s up to you whether you want a fixed return or profit sharing.

"You don't want us to finish filming and then waste time looking for money for post-production and promotion, right?"

In a nutshell, Sun Zhonghuai wanted to get some money from Liu Yifei.

Liu Yifei has been in the industry for a long time and has made her own films, so she would not be so foolish as to believe what Sun Zhonghuai said about the crew having no money.

The crew should still have money, but it is unknown how much. The crew's difficulties must have been exaggerated by Sun Zhonghuai.

But as an actor, Liu Yifei really doesn't want to see her two months of hard work facing such a big risk.

"I'll go back and think about it." Liu Yifei quickly went over the matter in her mind and decided to go home and discuss it with her husband and mother.

"No problem," Sun Zhonghuai was not in a hurry to get Liu Yifei's answer, "Let's shoot the play first. After all, the money is my job as a producer. I will try my best. Yifei, don't be too nervous."

That night, Liu Yifei leaned against the head of the bed and told her husband that Sun Zhonghuai had asked her to invest today.

Zhang Yuanjun doesn't think this is a very difficult decision: "To put it bluntly, it's a risk assessment. If you think the risk of the movie "Witch" is greater than the benefit, then don't invest. If the benefit is greater than the risk, then invest."

"You are not talking nonsense." Liu Yifei said.

"Nonsense often hits the nail on the head." Zhang Yuanjun put down the book in his hand and smiled, "I made some money from Wolf Warrior 2, and my beloved wife can spend it."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes when she heard this and asked with a smile, "How much did you earn?"

"I can't say how much, but it's probably around 200 to 300 million."

"Oh," Liu Yifei said with a smile, "A gold medal investor."

"It's okay. Others didn't invest, so I got a bargain." Wu Jing was able to get investment from the outside world without having to come to Zhang Yuanjun for money.

"Then I voted for "The Witch"? " Liu Yifei asked with a smile.

"Invest." Sun Zhonghuai would not be so stupid as to kill Liu Yifei. He must have thought more about using the investment share to better bind Liu Yifei. But Zhang Yuanjun still reminded his wife, "Invest a maximum of 2000 million. If you invest more than 2000 million, you are a rich man."

Except for the main controlling penguin, the unilateral investment exceeds 2000 million, so the risk is relatively large.

But Liu Yifei would not reply to Sun Zhonghuai so early. The next day, she pretended nothing had happened and went back to the crew to film. Sun Zhonghuai and Lu Yang did not rush her and continued to work. (End of this chapter)