This director needs to apologize

Chapter 355 Money is worthless

Chapter 355 Money is worthless
Entering mid-December, "Transformers 12" is killing everyone and has no rivals. The total box office has topped 4 billion within 10 days of its release. There are still 10 weeks until the release. Even if the New Year's Day movie will be hit by new movies, it will hit 3 billion. It's also appropriate.

"The Usual Suspects" continued to develop under the tornado of Transformation 4, but its momentum fell back in the third week. It took in 1.5 million box office that week, and the total box office reached 5.5 million.

Another judgment of Chen Yiming was also confirmed. Phenomenal movies can push up the film market. The box office has changed four times a week and rarely exceeded the 4 billion mark. This is the first time in the history of Chinese film.

"The Usual Suspects" can't compete with "Transformers 4" at all. The soup and water leaked by the other party will make the former's mouth full of oil.

Of course, if you want to catch a big leak, you must be able to secure your position as the second boss.

I have to say that Chen Yiming is on the right track again. In order to avoid the great white shark of Transformation 4, many seeded contestants have quietly moved their schedules to January next year, and the ones that are on the scalp are different from "The Usual Suspects" There is a gap visible to the naked eye.

While the industry was rejoicing for "Transformers 4" to open the 20 billion ceiling, "The Usual Suspects" also successfully obtained the extension key. At this time, its total box office quietly passed the 7 million mark, hanging Ranked 9th on the annual list.

Looking up from here, the second place after Transformation 4 is a domestic comedy, the third and fourth places are Hong Kong special effects blockbusters, and the fifth, sixth and seventh places are reserved for Hollywood comic-adapted blockbusters.

It is precisely because of this that Bo Jue and Chen Yiming's daring to think and act is highlighted. Since "The Usual Suspects", there have been traces of domestic films again. However, looking at the subject matter, it is either a youth film, a comedy, or a traffic warrior. .

If it hadn't been for "The Usual Suspects", which pushed a hit-and-run variety movie out of the top ten, the Chinese film industry would have been hung up and beaten, and a bunch of professionals would have done it. Movies are not as good as the Caotai team that makes variety shows.

It wasn't until Guang'er, who had become acquainted with Da Ma Dong, settled down in the first class cabin that Chen Yiming roughly understood the whole story of his trip.

Moreover, I always feel that our country has no shortage of blockbusters. For a long time to come, there will still be too many blockbusters. "

Ma Erye glanced at him sideways and said, "Is it your weird talk again? Blockbusters are being made in the port city of Hollywood, and the highest box office of a single film is constantly rising. You really think you can break through with feature films. ? There aren’t that many holes for you to pick up!”

Second Master Ma nodded, "What on earth are you thinking? Now that the team is almost in sync, and the company's second-tier directors have been trained, why are you holding back?

No shame!
Chen Yiming can completely imagine that there will be countless "movie versions" of popular variety shows being produced at this moment. By the summer of next year at the latest, they will all rush into movie theaters to "pick up money."

It's a pity that Mr. Ma didn't let him pretend to be quail. The old man asked, "Yiming, are you really not planning to make a blockbuster movie?"

Chen Yiming felt a little strange after hearing this. In this kind of briefing meeting between the competent department and the company boss, Da Zhuang usually takes the initiative. How could he think of asking him to be a director?
Mr. Ma said with a bad look on his face, "Don't you know how many times he entered the company last year?"
Chen Yiming has nothing to say. Indeed, Mr. Ma has decided to bring his talents to the draft field. The only job he did last year was probably a round of theater tours at the beginning and end of the year, and that was it. No more.

Chen Yiming was stunned on the spot, "Uncle Ma, what's the urgent matter? I still have a meeting at the company. As you know, the Spring Festival is coming soon."

Judging from Master Ma's expression, the two men were probably having a fight at home. For the sake of his own life, Chen Yiming kept his mouth shut and said nothing more.

Chen Yiming was a little confused when asked, but he still answered honestly, "It's too tiring, time-consuming, and stressful. I really don't have any plans to make a big production in the near future."

In any case, "The Usual Suspects" provides another option for the disgraced filmmaker, besides the option of joining if you can't beat it.

Tell the truth, don't fool me with the rhetoric outside. "

The second uncle spoke concisely on the phone, "Yi Ming, get ready and fly to the Imperial Capital with me in the afternoon."

Chen Yiming scratched his head and said, "Uncle Ma, I just have some crooked talents. When it comes to my directing skills, I'm not good enough. Making a blockbuster movie doesn't all depend on your imagination and storytelling ability. That job also tests your project management skills. , "Mulan" is my limit, and if I go any further, I will definitely get into trouble.

What made Mr. Ma so furious was naturally an order from the top. The big boss of the film bureau convened a meeting with many heads in the industry.

Mr. Ma Erye didn't even bother to beep with him. He just left a message, "The car will arrive at your company at 1 pm, and we'll wait at the door." Then he hung up the phone.

In fact, Chen Yiming was not the only one who saw this. After spending a New Year's Day holiday with An Xixi, he received a call from Mr. Ma on his first day at work.

Chen Yiming retorted forcefully, "Uncle Ma, in the film industry, there is never a positive correlation between input and output..."

Second Master Ma directly raised his hand to interrupt Chen Yiming, "I don't need you to help me popularize the cost-effectiveness of investing in movies. The reason why I brought you to the meeting is for your sake.

The performance last year (2014) was not very good. Domestic films only accounted for % of the box office for the whole year, which was a step backward compared to the previous year. The bosses in the bureau have to keep a tight rein on the bosses in the industry. You and Bo Jue are both registered with them, so your remarks will naturally be noticed.

Aren't you good at speaking up? Now you are given the opportunity to speak out loudly in front of your leaders and colleagues. Don't think that Zhang Weiping's remarks only represent himself. There are many people in the bureau who agree with his ideas. "

Only then did Chen Yiming realize that he was getting angry with his talk. Thinking about it, big investments and big productions have various subjective and objective needs, both overt and covert. How could he not be taboo if he blatantly pessimistically?

However, Chen Yiming is not worried. People with financial freedom are just like those who have no desires and are strong.

After that, until he got off the plane and checked into the hotel, Mr. Ma never gave him any hint. The topic never left Da Zhuang. It turned out that this father-in-law didn't know very well what his son was doing outside the company. He was in Chen Yiming's insinuation here made the latter laugh and feel a stomachache.

The next morning, Chen Yiming followed Ma Erye to the film office.

The briefing meeting was arranged in the largest conference room in the bureau. After Chen Yiming entered, he saw a list of names on the rostrum. Good guy, not only the big bosses in the bureau were famous on the stage, but there were also peripheral associations and supervisors. People from the department attended, and Chen Yiming was not surprised to see Shen Ming's name.

Although Mr. Ma is the chairman of Moying, he can only sit at the bottom, in the middle of the first row, on this occasion.

Chen Yiming was at the end of the fifth row. When he walked over and sat down, he realized that the man on the right was none other than Niu Fei Niu, the boss of Niu Fei Niu.

The two have met many times before, but have never collaborated. They are just acquaintances.

However, Bullishness is very similar to the route taken by Bojue, which is to firmly choose the domestic route and use Chinese directors and Chinese teams to film Chinese stories.

There is a natural closeness between the two companies in this regard, so they always talk about it every time they meet.

Chen Yiming first cupped his fists and raised his hands to say hello, "Happy New Year, Brother Niu. By the way, I wish you a good year and may you have a son soon."

This old man had just married a young wife a year ago and sent a wedding invitation to Chen Yiming. At that time, Chen Yiming was busy filming and couldn't spare time, so he politely declined the invitation before anyone came.

Niu Jie smiled brightly and said, "Yiming is here. Happy New Year to you too. Sit down quickly."

After the two of them exchanged pleasantries, Lao Niu started chatting without saying anything, "You guys, Bo Jue, are really amazing. I would say you have to be a young man with quick hands and sharp eyes. A crime movie can hit 7 million."

How about it? The sequel is already being planned. Can you take me to the car with you this time? "

Chen Yiming smiled and said, "I can't hide it from Brother Niu. I do have a plan. You have to contact our Director Ma for details. I'm just a bricklayer. I can't say anything about your boss's activities."

Niu Jie raised his hand and nodded at Chen Yiming, "You are a loach, if you move bricks, everyone present today will be dusters!

While the two were making jokes, the big bosses on the rostrum took their seats one after another, and the meeting started on time at 10 o'clock.

The person who spoke first was naturally the bureau chief. His words were warm and open, but he couldn't figure out the meaning after thinking about it carefully. Chen Yiming deeply admired this language art.

Afterwards, all the adults on the rostrum spoke one by one, encouraging practitioners to be brave in innovation, dare to explore, and make more good films. Just such a meaning was worded in completely different ways, and all of them could speak in a cadence without being scripted.

It wasn't until Shen Ming spoke that Chen Yiming found his own sense of IQ. This time Chen Yiming finally understood. The central idea is to expand the themes and boundaries of domestic films, and letting a hundred flowers bloom is a healthy industry.

Thanks to Actor Shen, thanks to his speech, Chen Yiming regained his brain as he wished while having lunch in the restaurant.

In the afternoon, it was the company bosses' turn to speak. Mr. Han took the stage first, and his first sentence was very morale-boosting, "Let's make special effects blockbusters made in China."

Maybe the third master was really stimulated by being transformed into a 4, and he directly raised the box office of a domestic special effects blockbuster to 30 billion, which seemed to be a big move.

After the Third Master started to raise his voice, several bosses from the Imperial Circle came on stage one after another, speaking impassionedly and investing at least 2 million yuan in projects. Some of them even spent 10 billion to create the XX trilogy.

Chen Yiming was dumbfounded when he heard this. In the past meetings, all the meetings were held by the strong. Are they all in this style?
The money in this circle is really worthless!
(End of this chapter)

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