It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 934 Let us suffocate for our dreams! The Valentine's Day gift that made a sensation in the entire domestic entertainment industry!

In a blink of an eye, it is already August 8th.

This morning, several more movies joined the summer box office battle.

Hollywood imported blockbusters "The Secret Life of Pets", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" starring Jing Boran and Lu Han, "Summer Is Here" starring Han Geng, "My Best Friend's Wedding" starring Shu Qi and Feng Shaofeng...

A series of seven films have aggressively "rushed" into the summer vacation schedule, intending to fight for a better tomorrow.

However, looking around, the most popular one is still "Detective Chinatown 2"!
A week has passed since its release on the 29th. "Detective Chinatown 2" has dominated the entire summer vacation with a box office of 21.41 billion in the first seven days, becoming the well-deserved No. 1 in the box office rankings!

Second only to it is "Skiptrace". Thanks to the popularity of Chen Long and Fan Bingbing, this movie has successfully broken through the 8 million mark.

Although its box office potential has been almost exhausted, the film has already recouped its costs and doubled its profits.

On the other hand, "The Legend of Conferred Gods", which was criticized by netizens as a terrible movie, has just broken the 1 million mark in total box office after a week, and the daily box office has plummeted to less than 1000 million. The company is losing so much money that it is almost having to sell its underwear!
It was under such circumstances that the counterattack from the mainland cinema market came.

At 10 a.m., Pan Asia Cinema Line, together with cinema lines under Wanda, Shanghai Film Group, China Film Group, Huayi and other companies, issued an announcement targeting Fat Lady:
“As we all know, before a cinema schedules a film, it usually holds an internal screening to determine how to arrange and adjust the film’s schedule and estimate the film’s market potential.

As for "Legend of the Gods", we attach great importance to it!

However, during the internal preview, we did not see any selling points of the film, nor did it reveal its market potential.

At a glance, the film only shows exaggerated acting and lines, a messy plot, and unsightly costumes, props, and scene styles!
Looking at the whole film, there is absolutely nothing to recommend it!

Therefore, after careful consideration, all theater chains unanimously decided to reduce the film's screening share and reserve a period of observation.

After the film was released, we were the first to carefully see the film's attendance and box office performance, as well as the audience's viewing habits.

Unfortunately, the negative reviews of this film are simply too exaggerated! The box office performance is even worse, which shows that this film is undoubtedly a completely bad movie, and there is no hope of saving it!

Therefore, after careful consideration, based on market performance, we have appropriately adjusted and reduced the film's screening rate to ensure that other high-quality Chinese-language films are not affected or damaged, and also to meet the expectations of audiences and fans...

As for the recent online public opinion and the doubts of some people, the cinema will take a realistic attitude and seek legal assistance and support if appropriate. We also hope that some people can look at this matter correctly and not make unreasonable demands, talk nonsense, confuse right and wrong, and make a fool of themselves! "

More than a dozen domestic cinema chains jointly responded to the public opinion recently aroused by a certain film...

Watching this operation, major film and television production companies in the industry inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.

"Why does it feel a little weird? It's as if I've seen this operation before."

"Uh... have you already forgotten about the movie 'Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff'? When Zheng Jun was live-streaming on Weibo criticizing major domestic cinema chains, wasn't he also targeted by the cinema chains?"

"Oh, now I remember, 'Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff' is scrapped!"

"I just went to see it. The movie 'Rock Mastiff' only earned 942 million in North America. It has been forced to be taken off the screen, hahahaha!"

"Well, the last one was Zheng Jun, and the next one is Xiang Tai. Haha, after the failure of "Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff", "Legend of the Gods" will also follow in its footsteps!"

At this moment, with the joint response from multiple theater chains, many people in the industry are discussing how much money "Legend of the Gods" will lose this time.

On the other hand, netizens on Weibo are more excited than each other, and have already started having fun in the comment section at the bottom of the article.

"Haha, Xiang Tai was scolded again, good scolding, brilliant scolding!"

"Pfft... I don't know who wrote this response article, it's full of nonsense, it's full of nonsense, it's full of distorted meanings, it's just making things ridiculous, the words they used are really good!"

"That's it. It hurts! It hurts my heart so much! I made a bad movie, and I don't think people can say anything about it?"

"Look at Xiang Zuo's acting skills. What's more, he has been recognized by many big names? It's really disgusting."

"Go check, Xiangtai's Weibo account has been blocked, haha, it's been blocked for half a year, so cool."

Throughout the morning, the Internet was filled with the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers, and netizens were clapping and cheering. They were so happy and joyful.

However, on Bona's side, Yu Dong was completely desperate!
Ever since Xiangta published that long article, he had realized that something was wrong.

He even contacted Xiang Huaqiang specifically at that time, hoping that he could persuade Xiang Tai to delete the long article.

If they just cursed the crew of "Detective Chinatown 2", it would be better. After all, the two sides are in a competitive relationship, so they can curse each other and it is normal to argue with each other.

But the shitty thing is that Xiang Tai not only scolded the crew of "Detective Chinatown 2", saying that they deliberately hired internet trolls to discredit "Legend of the Gods", but also dragged the cinemas into it!

Isn't this a stupid thing?

How could anything good come of scolding the cinema?

Look, retribution is here!

Once this response is released, if nothing unexpected happens, the screening schedule of "Legend of the Gods" will drop to the bottom tomorrow.

"Rock Mastiff" is the best lesson for us!

"Legend of the Gods" will inevitably follow in its footsteps!
"Fuck! How can people be so stupid? I shouldn't have cooperated with them if I had known. My investment is all wasted!"

In the office, Yu Dong was so angry that he started jumping up and down.

The loss this time was so huge that he didn't even know how to explain it to the shareholders. Moreover, such a huge loss would definitely affect the company's future listing process...

When he thought of this, he became furious!

"Jingle Bell!!!"

The telephone suddenly rang urgently.

Yu Dong subconsciously turned his head to look.

When he saw the name "Xiang Tai Chen Lan" on the caller ID, he pressed the answer button without hesitation!

"Hello? Director Yu..."

On the other end of the phone, Xiang Tai, knowing that he had gotten into trouble, was just about to admit his mistake, but was greeted with a scolding from Yu Dong!
"You silly, stupid, dumb, fat bitch! Yesterday I asked you to delete your Weibo post, but you were stubborn as a diamond. Now you are happy, right? Are you comfortable? Are you satisfied?
I'm telling you! This movie is over! It's completely ruined! Hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost! There is no room for recovery!

Damn it! Damn you fat bitch! Go eat shit!"

The roar echoed throughout the office and even reached outside.

Golden Peacock rushed to the company and stood at the door for a long time, hesitating and not daring to go in, for fear that Yu Dong would vent his anger on him.

Although there was a lot of noise online, Fade Chen didn't pay much attention to it.

After the notice was sent out, he immediately arranged with Weibo to block Xiang Tai's account, and then he no longer paid attention to the matter.

"Find a time to send the key extension application for Detective Chinatown 2 to the Film Bureau."

"A month's extension?"

"Well, a month is enough. If it's longer, it will be the National Day holiday. There's no need to extend it too long. After all, it's just a comedy, and the box office potential isn't that great."

"Ok."

On the phone, Su Guohai responded and immediately went to make arrangements.

After arranging another important event, Chen Fei subconsciously turned his attention to the stock market.

After LeEco's stock price hit the limit down yesterday, even though LeEco released a series of favorable announcements, it still failed to stop the continuous decline in stock price and market value.

Just look, after the market opened in the morning, it hit the limit down again, and the market value of over 500 billion is almost untenable!

But even so, there are still many investors rushing in, which is something Chen Fei never expected. The big investors have started to liquidate and leave the market, where do they get the confidence from? They actually want to take advantage of this time to buy at the bottom?

Looking at the crazy behavior of these leeks, Chen Fei was really speechless.

At the same time, at the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base, inside the crew of the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

At this moment, Brother Chen Kai is carefully instructing his youngest son Chen Feiyu on how to show his acting skills and how to behave when facing the camera.

"Arthur, you must remember what I taught you. It will be useful when you join the crew of Secret Fruit.

I've already inquired about it. The director of the movie you're starring in next is Lian Yiqi, a director from Taiwan. I'll ask someone to say hello to him. Just listen to what he says when you get there."

"Okay, Dad, I understand."

The father and son were chatting, but at this time, Chen Hong suddenly walked over from the side.

"Brother Kai, Mr. Zhang from LeTV called and said he wants to make an appointment with you to have a chat."

Hearing this, Brother Chen Kai frowned immediately: "What does he want to talk about?"

"From what he said, it seems that he wants to invite you to join LeTV... According to him, LeTV has released a batch of share subscription forms and is preparing to invite domestic entertainment filmmakers to work together for their dreams..."

"Haha." Brother Chen Kai curled his lips with disdain on his face: "Just reject it directly. Joining LeTV at this time? Only an idiot would do such a thing."

"Ah? Why? Isn't now a good time to buy at the bottom?" Chen Hong asked in confusion.

Brother Chen Kai was just about to open his mouth to explain, but at this moment, a staff member ran over to remind him: "Director Chen, Producer Chen, the set and props are ready, and the actors are in place..."

"Okay, get ready to shoot now!"

Brother Chen Kai stood up from his chair and walked towards the crew while admonishing Chen Hong: "Remember, don't get involved with LeTV. That's not called suffocating for your dream, that will really suffocate you!"

As the second generation born in a compound, Brother Chen Kai always has first-hand information when it comes to internal intelligence.

Compared to Zhang Yimou, he became a capitalist at an early age and his sense of smell is much more sensitive!
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After a night, it was the 6th.

The entire film industry's attention was suddenly focused on a movie called "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

"Directed by Li Rengang, with Nanpai Sanshu as the screenwriter, and starring Jing Boran, Lu Han, Ma Sichun, Wang Jingchun, and Zhang Boyu, the movie "Grave Robbers' Chronicles," adapted from Nanpai Sanshu's novel of the same name, grossed 1.61 million RMB on its first day of release!"

As a movie that has its own traffic, and is written by the original author, Nanpai Sanshu himself, and has two popular young actors, Lu Han and Jing Boran, joining the cast, "The Lost Tomb" can be said to be the most eye-catching new movie released in August.

At the beginning of its release, many industry insiders analyzed that this movie would probably have a very impressive box office performance.

And now it is proved that this analysis is indeed correct!
Looking around, in the film industry, the film and television adaptation of big IPs is often a difficult problem.

It is definitely not possible to keep it as it is. After all, there are certain differences between novels and movies, and there will definitely be changes when text is turned into pictures.

Besides, if there is no change to the original work, the audience will feel that it is unoriginal.

Of course, excessive changes are even more undesirable. Some directors and screenwriters want to use big IP novels to attract traffic, but also want to have their own ideas. They don’t want the story to be trapped in the original novel, so they make random changes, and in the end they are inevitably scolded by the audience!

For example, "Legend of the Gods" is a very typical negative case.

The producers wanted to be a whore and also wanted to be a saint, so they lost a lot of money.

The first-day box office success of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", combined with the continued high box office of Feiyue Films' "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series, has undoubtedly set a good example for many film and television production companies in the industry!
At this time, at Alibaba Pictures, Zhang Qi was giving various instructions to the manager of the publicity and distribution department.

"We must ensure that our 'Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms' concept poster and 'Flowers in Bloom' series of theme posters are consistent with the original description. We don't seek to gain universal attention, but we must ensure that they can win the love of a specific audience. A good IP must complement good publicity and promotion. It must have cultural heritage without being out of touch with the plot, and it must not be perfunctory..."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, I will pay attention to this part of the situation."

The manager of the publicity and promotion department nodded continuously, keeping everything Zhang Qi said firmly in mind.

However, just as the two were talking happily, the secretary pushed the door open and walked in, reminding: "Mr. Zhang, Director Zhao is here."

"Let her wait for me outside for a while." Zhang Qi gave the order coldly, and then continued to talk about the publicity and promotion plan for "Eternal Love".

After waiting outside the door for more than half an hour, Zhao Yanzi finally received the notice that she could enter.

Pushing the door and walking into the office, Zhao Yanzi glanced at Zhang Qi who was sitting in the office chair and sighed helplessly: "Boss Zhang, I received news from the General Administration that No Other Love may not pass the review."

"What?!" Zhang Qi stood up suddenly: "Is this true?"

"It's true." Zhao Yanzi explained dejectedly, "The review department sent the script to the Tong Bureau, hoping to get their opinions, but they never expected that the script would be detained directly..."

Hearing this, Zhang Qiong immediately realized that the investment in this movie was completely wasted.

The script has been withheld for such a long time without any progress, which clearly shows that it is not going to be filmed anymore.

"Alas, we still took it for granted. With so many heavyweight voices voicing opposition, this is not something that can be solved simply by casting."

"Then what should we do now?" Zhao Yanzi was a little overwhelmed.

It's so unfortunate that the movie that I worked so hard on for so long is now banned!

What made her feel even more helpless was that there was no place to reason with. She had no choice but to accept it, and there was nothing she could do to change the situation...

However, to her surprise, Zhang Qi did not seem to care much about the matter.

"I will take care of the film. It's only a few tens of millions of dollars in investment. I can transfer the money to other projects and spread it out. Just try not to offend the shareholders."

As he spoke, he suddenly changed the subject: "The most critical thing now is the stock market! As long as we can create enough benefits for shareholders, they will definitely turn a blind eye to the failure of the film investment."

Hearing this, Zhao Yanzi swept away her worries and immediately assured with a solemn oath: "Mr. Zhang, you can rest assured about this. My company has been registered.

Now we just need to get the money from the bank, and then we can officially start the attack on Wanjia. When the time comes, as long as the group helps a little, Alibaba Pictures will definitely continue to be a bull market!"

"Haha, well, at any rate, the stock market makes a lot more money than making movies!"

"That's right. Didn't Buffett become the world's richest man through stock market investment? If he can do it, so can we!"

……

On August 8th, the annual Chinese Valentine's Day officially arrived.

Just as many "model couples" in the entertainment industry began to show their love, gifts and affection on Weibo, the shortlist for the main competition unit of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival was announced.

The media reported it immediately:
"The 73rd Venice International Film Festival shortlist has been officially announced. Congratulations to director Chen Fei and his film La La Land for being shortlisted for the main competition unit!"

“Congratulations to Chinese film director Wang Bing for his film Bitter Money, which has been shortlisted for the Horizons section of this year’s Venice International Film Festival.”

“Congratulations to Chinese film director Fan Haolun for his film Where Are You, which has been shortlisted for the Venice International Film Festival!”

"Director Chen Fei forwarded the list of nominees for the main competition unit of the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, @刘艺菲, and wrote: Princess Sissi, the Valentine's Day gift has been delivered!"

"Liu Yifei posted a new Weibo: @陈飞, and wrote: Thank you for your Valentine's Day gift, I like it very much, hehe (><)..."

With the sweet interaction between the two, the entire entertainment industry instantly exploded!

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