Actor: My Entertainment Era

Li Chen is not a very successful actor. His regular appearance on the variety show "Running Man" has brought him good national popularity, but he has not been able to convert this audience base into bargaining chips for negotiating film contracts with directors and producers. His resources are not good, and few crews invite him to play the leading role, but he can still play supporting roles in movies and TV series.

"Sky Hunter" is his debut work as a director. It is hard to say that he was influenced by Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" because when he was preparing "Sky Hunter", "Wolf Warrior 2" was still not well-received and Wu Jing was still struggling to beg for investment.

It can only be said to be a coincidence that he and Wu Jing both took a fancy to the military action field.

Now, times have changed. The box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" of 56 billion yuan has completely revolutionized the main theme commercial blockbusters, proving that this path is completely feasible. The audiences are excited and really like this kind of movie.

"Wolf Warrior 2" can do it, and so can "Sky Hunter"!
Therefore, in the early promotion of "Sky Hunter", many press releases were attached to "Wolf Warrior 2", which is normal, as they are two movies of the same theme and are trying to take advantage of the popularity.

"Fan Bingbing and Li Chen join hands in the movie "Sky Hunter" to pay tribute to Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2"!"

"Sky Hunter continues the myth of Wolf Warrior 2. British media: China has made its own Top Gun"

At the premiere of Sky Hunter, Wu Jing came on crutches to show his support and said, "Military films are very, very difficult to shoot. I also understand Chen's hard work in shooting this film. The coordination of various weapons, safety issues, and a lot of other things have to be dealt with. Shooting military films is hard work, so I have to come today and take a look."

Having witnessed the horror of "Wolf Warrior 2", when "Sky Hunter" was released, many celebrities spontaneously forwarded the promotional materials of "Sky Hunter" to cheer for it.

What if another “Wolf Warrior 2” comes out?

Then, "Sky Hunter" had a huge debut with 3200 million on the first day, which was less than the 4100 million of "Sewing Machine Band" released on the same day.

It can be said that "Sewing Machine Band" was also unlucky.

The quality of this movie is pretty good. The box office of 4100 million on the first day is a bit low, but who can blame Dapeng for his previous movie being called "The Pancake Man"? This crappy movie defrauded 11 billion yuan back then. Doesn't he have to pay back this debt?
And Nazha finally has her own representative role!
Jianguo’s acting was good. The character of a cold, arrogant and wealthy girl suits Nazha very well. Without making random expressions and having weird facial features, Nazha is still a first-class beauty.

If you want to use your beauty to commit crimes, then use your beauty to commit crimes. Nazha is suitable for this kind of role now.

The next day, three movies, "The Foreigner", "The Shameful Iron Fist" and "Chasing the Dragon" were released together!
"The Shameful Iron Fist" grossed 1.3 million yuan, and Happy Twist has become the golden signboard of domestic comedy films.

"The Foreigner" grossed over 7000 million on the first day. Uncle Long is still as good as ever and can continue to fight for another 20 years!
"Chasing the Dragon" is slightly inferior, but it also has more than 4000 million. If Wang Jing shoots it seriously, he can still guarantee the quality.

The National Day holiday season seems to be booming.

After the National Day holiday began, Zhang Yuanjun returned to the theater to rehearse. In October, he will perform two plays, both of which are old plays. They do not need to be rehearsed, but they need to be rehearsed several times before the performance.

On National Day, Guo Fan returned to Beijing from Qingdao. The next day, he invited Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei to his studio to look at the shooting materials.

The couple gladly accepted the invitation.

There was no dubbing, no soundtrack, no special effects, no subtitles, no editing, and even no opening credits. A room full of people sat together watching material that could not be any rougher.

But Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei were still watching with great interest. Liu Yifei watched with her mouth slightly opened and exclaimed: "The plan to push the earth away is grand enough, and you want to ignite Jupiter, this is amazing." At least in Liu Yifei's experience of watching movies, this is the first time she has seen a similar setting.

Liu Yifei had not read the script of The Wandering Earth. She asked Gong Geer, "The fire of the planetary engine is out of reach, so how did you light Jupiter?" Gong Geer said, "This is the space scene we will shoot later. Liu Peiqiang sacrificed himself and detonated his cockpit to add fuel to the planetary engine and successfully ignite Jupiter."

"Is this even possible?!" Liu Yifei was a little impressed by the brains of this group of people. "You guys are amazing."

"What a pity, there is no role for me, otherwise I would have wanted to play it." This was a joke.

There was a lot of footage, but the two of them only watched a small portion.

Zhang Yuanjun also thought it was good, but he knew Guo Fan wanted money from him, so even if he thought it was good, he had to find some faults, otherwise it would not be easy for him to take the money.

Even if Zhang Yuanjun had to pick out two ounces of steel bars from an egg.

Zhang Yuanjun pondered for a while after reading the materials. Guo Fan and Gong Ge'er were so nervous. This gentleman is the most likely god of wealth to invest. Is he good or bad? You should say something.

Zhang Yuanjun first took a breath and said, "Hiss, it's good, that's it." Zhang Yuanjun was about to argue, "Too much stuff was stuffed in there. If a Hollywood director were to shoot "The Wandering Earth", the first part would definitely be about the sun swallowing up the Milky Way and the earth being in turmoil, the second part would be about the mountain-moving plan and the construction of the underground city, and the third part would be about you burning Jupiter now." Zhang Yuanjun had read the complete script of "The Wandering Earth" and he said this based on the script.

The first part was good, with a relatively simple story, but the second part was crammed with too many things, which caused problems with the rhythm of the whole story.

Zhang Yuanjun even joked, "No one is in love in this movie." According to the nature of Hollywood directors, it is simply unacceptable that no one is in love in this kind of movie.

Guo Fan has his own explanation: "Not too much. The construction of the planetary engine is the background, which will be explained in the opening. The main story is still about rescue, so the audience will not feel that there are too many elements."

Regarding the question of no one being in a relationship, Guo Fan also said: "Isn't this a father-son relationship? The reconciliation between father and son is also very touching."

Zhang, Liu, Guo and Gong entered the office to discuss the investment details.

Gong Ge'er asked for 6000 million, and Zhang Yuanjun was bound to bargain. He was only willing to offer 4000 million. Together with the more than 2000 million he had already given to Guo Fan, Zhang Yuanjun's investment in "The Wandering Earth" exceeded 6000 million, which was worthy of the project.

China Film invested 2 million yuan, BJ Culture invested a little over 1 million yuan, and Zhang Yuanjun invested more than 6000 million yuan, making him the third largest shareholder.

But Guo Fan wanted more. As the producer, Gong Geer explained some of the crew's accounts to the couple: "The money from BJ Culture hasn't arrived yet. He said he would give more than 7000 million yuan for production investment and another 5000 to million yuan for publicity and promotion. But now only less than million yuan has been paid. We keep pushing him every day, and both sides are embarrassed."

Gong Geer was also a producer for the first time. She said self-deprecatingly: "I said I couldn't do it, but Lao Guo insisted that I do it. If I had known that being a producer would be so shameless, I would never have done it even if I was beaten to death."

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "You are scolding both of us. My husband and I have both been producers."

Zhang Yuanjun laughed and said, "You are right to scold me. You cannot be shameless as a producer. If you committed murder and arson in your previous life, you would not be a producer in this life."

Joking aside, let’s get back to the investment. After all, tens of millions of dollars is no joke, and Guo Fan didn’t expect to convince Zhang Yuanjun in one day.

The two agreed to meet again, and Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei said goodbye. (End of this chapter)