As promised, Xiao Xianrou, will you play the suona in the haunted house?

Yanjing.

Hilton Hotel.

Four weeks after its release, the box office of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" exceeded [-] billion, successfully winning the Spring Festival box office championship. The creative team also held a lively celebration party.

At the celebration banquet, Weekend and Yang Sisi invited all the main members of the crew. Even martial arts director Chen Dongwei, who caused some unpleasantness during the filming, also received an invitation.

"Director Guo, congratulations."

At the celebration banquet, Chen Dongwei was even more excited than the rest of the creative team over the weekend, as if he was proud of the film's success.

"Happy together."

Guo Fan felt very happy when he saw Chen Dongwei take the initiative to come over with a wine glass and toast with a very low posture.

The success of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has also made him a popular director in name only.

Not only were veterans in the film industry like Chen Dongwei who no longer dared to show off in front of him, but also investors and bosses who had difficulty meeting him in the past also flocked to his door with scripts.

Guo Fan was a little elated at the beginning.

But Guo Fan soon calmed down and did not raise his tail because of the pursuit of these people.

Because he knows very well that the biggest key factor for the success of the movie "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is on weekends.

Although he is the director in name, he is actually equivalent to a tool man on the weekends, because from shooting to post-production, he is basically in charge of the weekends.

This movie could be missing anyone, but without the weekend, Guo Fan feels that it would not be as successful as it is now.

Therefore, Guo Fan did not forget about himself just because of his temporary popularity.

He knew in his heart that, at least for now, he didn't have the ability to stand on his own, so being able to learn something from the people around him was the right choice for him.

"Chen Zhi, Director Guo, Mr. Yang and Producer Zhou are looking for you."

At this moment, Yang Sisi's assistant came over and took the two of them to a small reception room in the banquet hall.

"You are here, sit down."

Assistant Yang Sisi brought the two people in, closed the door and left. After weekend, he greeted the two people to sit down and nodded to Yang Sisi.

Guo Fan and Chen Dongwei were a little excited when they saw the battle with Yang Sisi on the weekend. Being called over alone by the two of them showed that they were taken seriously.

"Today is the celebration banquet, everyone, please relax and don't be so formal."

Yang Sisi smiled and took out two envelopes from the drawer.

"Although your remuneration has been settled after the crew was disbanded, no one thought that the movie would be so successful at the time."

"So I discussed it with the weekend and decided to give everyone some bonuses. After all, the success of the movie is inseparable from everyone's efforts."

After Yang Sisi finished speaking, she placed the two envelopes in front of the two of them.

Chen Dongwei looked at the envelope in front of him, his eyes shining.

"How embarrassing this is!"

Chen Dongwei said he was embarrassed, but his hand had already touched the envelope and he weighed it calmly.

There was basically no weight inside the envelope. It looked like it was a check, which made Chen Dongwei's eyes full of smiles.

"Don't be embarrassed, Chen Zhi. During the filming, we all took into consideration everyone's hard work. This is what everyone deserves."

Weekend smiled and said to Chen Dongwei.

"Then...then I'll accept it!"

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Chen Dongwei also put down his coy attitude and quickly put the envelope into his pocket.

"Mr. Yang and Producer Zhou are happy people. It's a pleasure to do things with you."

"Ha ha."

Yang Sisi laughed perfunctorily and signaled to Chen Dongwei that if he had nothing else to do, he could go out first.

Chen Dongwei did not go out immediately. Instead, he asked with a smile whether Zhou Zhou and Yang Sisi had any plans for the next movie and wanted to continue to cooperate with them.

"We don't have any plans for the next movie yet, but I think with Chen Zhi's ability, he shouldn't worry about not having a movie to make, right?"

On the surface, he was respectful to Chen Dongwei on the weekend, but in fact he was politely refusing.

As we all know, the film industry has always been the same as the stock market, chasing the rise rather than the fall. The great success of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" will definitely be noticed by other investors. I believe that as long as the weekend and Yang Sisi casually reveal something If the wind gets out, those investors will swarm in.

In this case, it's certainly impossible to say that they don't intend to take advantage of the situation and make another movie.

Weekend said this deliberately, which means that he will definitely not ask Chen Dongwei to be the martial arts director for the next movie.

Guo Fan has a clear conscience. It seems that although he has never expressed any dissatisfaction with Chen Dongwei on the weekend, he may have blacklisted Chen Dongwei in his heart.

It's just that what he did with Yang Sisi on weekends was enough. At least after the box office success, he was given a bonus, which made sense both emotionally and rationally.

After Chen Dongwei left, he looked at the envelope in front of Guo Fan and asked with a smile: "Why don't you take it?"

Guo Fan suddenly felt nervous. Chen Dongwei's lesson was right in front of him. He didn't want to be abandoned by the weekend, so he quickly expressed his position: "I feel that I have no merit...Compared with bonuses or anything, I hope to stay with you and learn something." thing."

Weekend laughed loudly when he heard this, stood up and patted Guo Fan on the shoulder, then stuffed the envelope into Guo Fan's hand.

"We know whether you have any merit or not, but you said you wanted to stay..."

At this point, Zhou Zhen paused deliberately, which made Guo Fan's nervous palms sweat. He raised his head and looked at him seriously.

"Of course we are very happy, because Mr. Yang and I have discussed it privately and we still plan to let you be the director of the next movie... If you want to leave, it will be difficult for us."

Will you direct your next movie yourself?
Guo Fan was stunned for a while before he realized what he was doing. He stood up from his seat excitedly and asked, "Really?"

Yang Sisi nodded and smiled: "Yes."

Seeing Yang Sisi nodded, Guo Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Didn't you say you wanted to make a science fiction film? The next one we will make is a science fiction film."

Or science fiction?
Guo Fan was suddenly excited and didn't know what to say to express his surprise.

It seems that Weekend and Yang Sisi have already made plans for their next movie. Fortunately, I am also lucky enough to participate in it.

dong dong dong.

At this time, Yang Sisi's assistant knocked on the door again and reminded Guo Fan on the weekend: "Put away the things, it's more than 1000 million. If they are lost at the celebration banquet, we will not be responsible." More than 1000 million?
Guo Fan's hand shook, and he suddenly felt that the envelope in his hand became extremely heavy.

He had never seen so much money in his life, and he was so scared that he didn't even dare to put it in his pocket.

"Mr. Yang, the CEOs of several investors from Yanjing and Puhai found out from somewhere that we were having a celebration banquet here, so they came uninvited."

Yang Sisi's assistant didn't notice Guo Fan's nervousness and spoke directly after coming in.

"Oh, they are well-informed. Fortunately, we have made some preparations."

Investors in the film industry are actually similar to those in the entertainment industry. They have always been after traffic.

The great success of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" will naturally make the big investors in the industry see the potential of the pairing of Weekend and Yang Sisi, so it is not surprising that they are now coming to their door.

Yang Sisi and Zhou Zhou had already arranged a reception room specifically to receive these distinguished guests, and now it seems that it will come in handy.

"Well, let's go to the VIP room to meet them, and you can make arrangements."

After Yang Sisi gave instructions to her assistant, she looked at the weekend.

Weekend nodded, and then told Guo Fan: "You heard me, the investment for the next movie has already been secured."

"I remind you that this movie is definitely an epoch-making work and will definitely be a firm challenge for you. You must be mentally prepared."

Guo Fan's heart trembled, and he immediately promised: "Well, I will do my best to cooperate."

"Okay, then you go find a corner to have a private concert."

Weekend nodded to Guo Fan and asked him to leave first, and then followed Yang Sisi to the VIP room to meet the big investors.

But what surprised Zhou Zhou was that among these investors, there was actually his own nominal boss, Deng Shiquan, the boss of Mangxing Entertainment, among them.

"Boss, why didn't you tell me when you came? Didn't you just want to make me laugh?"

Weekend saw Deng Shiquan obviously taken aback, and then hurriedly greeted him. No matter what, he was still his nominal boss.

"Hahaha, you are so talented. The music industry is not enough for you, but now you have to work in the film industry."

Deng Shiquan laughed and acted very friendly, but in fact in the company, because Du Lin was the manager, he had not had much contact with Deng Shiquan.

"Boss, you really know how to joke. In fact, I was just joking at the beginning. I didn't expect it to turn into this situation."

Weekend smiled, he now met with Deng Shiquan, the situation was a bit awkward.

As an actor, his salary in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was very low, and there was almost no profit for the company.

But as a producer and investor, the money he earned in "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" made Deng Shiquan jealous, but this money also had nothing to do with Mangxing Entertainment.

Because Mangxing Entertainment can only restrict his identity as a weekend artist, but the company cannot restrict his own investment.

"Haha, you are just joking. The commotion you create is quite big. Even my boss is envious."

Deng Shiquan laughed and made a joke.

"Old Deng, you are such a respectable boss."

"Yes, you have never won the box office title during the Spring Festival period before, right?"

With Deng Shiquan as an intermediary, several other investors in the VIP room also got close to the weekend.

The people present here are all smart people in the shopping mall, and their words and deeds are basically flawless. The atmosphere in the VIP room quickly became harmonious.

While chatting, they naturally inquired about what the next step was planned for the weekend and Yang Sisi after the success of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

"I heard that there are several original novels for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". Is it possible for you to continue making sequels?"

""Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is the first fantasy adventure film to achieve great success in China. It is indeed not easy, so we also want to support you and make China's local films good. If there are any financial problems , all of us can help.”

"We are more or less half-filmmakers. Of course we also hope that the types of Chinese local films will be wider, and we are very willing to support our local Chinese films."

The people here are basically successful people in the eyes of others. As successful people, they all have the ability to describe their business as making great contributions to the development of local Chinese films.

"Thank you boss and several seniors for caring for us juniors. In this case, we can speak frankly."

"I just said that this guy must have a plan for his next film. Tell him and listen."

Deng Shiquan's eyes lit up. Hearing Zhou Zhou's intention, he seemed to have been prepared for it.

This is good news for investors, because they are here to deliver money today.

"Boss, you just said that you hope that China's local movies can expand into more types of movies. I completely agree with this."

"So our next movie is not going to be a sequel to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", but a science fiction film."

The investors who just now were talking about how great they were and how they wanted to contribute to local Chinese films suddenly fell silent when they heard that they were going to shoot a science fiction film over the weekend.

The reason why they came to send money was of course because they saw the potential of the IP "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". They thought that if the first part was so successful, as long as the second part maintained its level, it would basically be a sure profit without losing money, so they flocked to invest in it.

So after hearing that they were not planning to make a sequel over the weekend, but were planning to make a science fiction film, they instantly calmed down.

After all, making sequels is a sure-profit business, but when it comes to making science fiction movies, there are too many unknown factors.

So far, Chinese movies have not produced any successful science fiction movies. They are worried that if they invest their money in it, it will end up in vain.

"Oh, it seems that you are quite ambitious. You don't want to make a sequel and rest on your laurels." Seeing that everyone else fell silent, Deng Shiquan opened his mouth to save the weekend.

"But aren't you taking this step a little too far? Isn't a science fiction movie a little too risky?"

At this time, an investor next to Deng Shiquan said after thinking for a while: "But I personally also like science fiction movies, so I would like to hear what kind of story you plan to make?"

"It seems that we are all old, but young people still have ideas and dare to try it. Tell me what kind of story makes you so confident."

"Heroes come from young people. Yes, young people must dare to take risks."

Although these investors were boasting about the weekend, they were much more restrained than before, and no longer mentioned anything about contributing to Chinese local films.

It’s okay to contribute, but only if you can make money.

If the weekend's story didn't move them, they wouldn't waste their money.

When he saw everyone looking at him over the weekend, he said the lines he had prepared long ago.

"This is a story about the earth being destroyed and all mankind wandering around with the earth in order to find a new home for mankind." (End of this chapter)