During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 240 Liu Xiaoli: Future son-in-law thinks of a solution (Happy New Year to everyone!!)

The filming progress is very good, Qiao Zhenyu's one-man show will be over soon.

At this time, Qiao Zhenyu was wearing a space suit designed by Aviation Science and Technology and performing a performance without physical objects.

In this scene, he accepted the advice of the artificial intelligence robot played by Lei Datou and enjoyed the current life.

At this moment he has stepped out of the spacecraft and is taking a space walk.

Everyone watching the scene felt a little funny, and at the same time they also admired Qiao Zhenyu. This requires a strong sense of belief from the actor.

It’s just that later in the finished film, this shot will be supported by special effects, which will look much more real, but it will cost a lot. This is where special effects films burn money.

"Click."

Wei Jin checked the monitor repeatedly, then raised his head to greet the makeup artist.

"Someone comes here to put on Zhenyu's makeup. Let's take a break and prepare each camera for the next shot."

"Zhenyu, I'm going to fall down soon, please pay more attention."

Taking out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, Qiao Zhenyu and Lei Jiayin immediately came over. They were also old smokers, but they had to wear crew costumes and couldn't carry cigarettes with them. At this time, they looked at Wei Jin eagerly.

"But Mr. Wei, if we go on, we will only have the Lunar New Year period. I'm afraid I will have to compete with Lao Mouzi."

There is indeed a big difference between directors and artists. I have never heard of a director being boycotted in the entertainment industry, but there are quite a few artists.

"Hey, this is over, let's take a rest."

"No, Director Xu, I don't recommend this schedule. Those two films are both gift films, and you can't compete with them on the National Day schedule."

This scene is in the movie more than a year later. During this time, the male protagonist was wild, eating, drinking and having fun every day.

"Don't worry, Director Wei, it'll be okay."

With the order from Wei and Jin, a new drama begins again——

Wei Jin did not expect Old Monster Xu to come to visit the class, and the former quickly expressed his intention.

"Your boss doesn't rely on fans to make a living. He works behind the scenes and has no influence."

Although the film market is now gradually prospering, the box office potential of a schedule is limited after all. The current National Day schedule already has "The Wind" and "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and it is too crowded.

According to this momentum, the box office of "Hunting" may even hit 2 million.

Gao Yuanyuan has been obsessed with Weibo these days. Within a week, her fans have exceeded one million.

"Nazha, take out your phone quickly and take pictures too. This is all evidence. If Lei Datou and Qiao Zhenyu bully you in the future, post it on Weibo for them."

"action"

After a while, the three men were smoking together. Not to mention, with so many people, Wei Jin felt that the cigarettes were burning faster.

But seeing Wu Ershan become a 300 million director, Old Monster Xu could not sit still.

Wei Jin shook his head, and the two of them immediately understood and walked out of the studio together.

The key is word-of-mouth. Compared with the previous film, it has also rebounded. A Hollywood science fiction blockbuster, this time it shows the characteristics of an unforgettable slow-burn film. Many viewers who have watched it have given it good reviews.

The key point is that "Hunting" has a very good reputation. More than 3 people rated it on Impression.com, with a super high score of 8.7. People can't help but marvel. It is indeed a Berlin Golden Bear Award-winning film.

The film has already completed post-production and obtained a release license, but out of considerations about the box office, or worries about the more than 10 million he invested, Mr. Xu has been waiting for a suitable schedule.

Seeing Gao Yuanyuan take out her mobile phone to take pictures, Naza was a little confused.

What follows is a series of consecutive shots. The beard on Qiao Zhenyu’s face is growing more and more, which represents the rapid passage of time in the movie.——

The first half of the June movie market was almost lackluster. Apart from "The Hunt", the only one worth watching is "Terminator 6". This veteran series has shown good fighting power.

Thanks to Naza's sweet mouth, Gao Yuanyuan got along well with her, and the two women started chatting.

But despite this, "The Hunt" still performed well, with a box office of 8600 million in its first week of release.

"Terminator 2018" only took three days after its release, and the box office exceeded 4000 million.

The little girl has completed the college entrance examination, so naturally she successfully joined the group and started her role.

"Mr. Wei, I want to schedule "Tongtian Empire" for the National Day."

Compared with the buyout price of 30 million, China Film has basically recovered its capital, and the subsequent box office is a pure profit.

At this time, Qiao Zhenyu had a beard, long messy hair, and a look of numbness and despair in his eyes.

Wei Jin left the monitor, stretched, and shouted to the scene.

Although Naza said something bad, he honestly took out his phone and left evidence.

She is bored on the set every day. When she has nothing to do, she likes to watch fans praise her and see all kinds of rainbow farts, which makes Gao Yuanyuan very happy.

"Sister Yuanyuan, isn't this bad? Isn't the boss also inside?"

"Sister Yuanyuan, what are you doing?"

But gradually, he felt empty and began to lose his temper. This was caused by hesitation about reality and fear of being alone for decades to come.

Qiao Zhenyu made an OK gesture towards Wei Jin.

Although "Transformers 2" will be released in two weeks, this window period is enough for "The Hunt" to harvest the box office.
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"Time and loneliness are the biggest problems that need to be faced in the interstellar journey."

Han Sanping also didn't expect that this film could be brought back to life even though the lead actor had been changed. However, "Hunting" was attacked by some snipers.

The cigarette ended quickly, and Wei Jin quickly returned to the monitor position.

In the picture, Nazha is smiling and enlightening Qiao Zhenyu.

Lao Mouzi is now famous as a national master, but his movie, Old Monster Xu, is really not confident.

"Don't worry about Lao Mouzi. Zhang Weiping has too much involvement in this film. It is undoubtedly a bad film."

Wei Jin naturally knew how bad "Three Guns" was and didn't take it to heart at all.

"You should go directly to China Film Academy. The best time is mid-to-late December. If you don't understand, ask Director Han."

"Okay, I listen to you, Mr. Wei."

Old Monster Xu didn't insist. He knew Wei Jin's vision.

"Director Xu, since you are here, please give me a guest appearance."

"Okay, what is my guest role?"

The news of people being invited to guest appearances on the Wei Jin set has been spread, and Old Monster Xu is not surprised.

"Just act in your role and make a guest appearance as a director."

All kinds of people are needed in the dormant warehouse, but Wei Jin is not picky.

"Someone, come and take Director Xu to change clothes."
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Early in the morning, as soon as he arrived at the set, Wei Jin received a call from Hunter. It was obvious that the latter had carefully calculated the time difference. After a brief report, Wei Jin understood the situation.

"Twilight 3" has been released, and thanks to the influence of the previous film, it is very strong in theaters.

It opened in 4500 theaters on the first day, setting a North American opening record and surpassing the previous record holder "Iron Man 2."

With such a brilliant start, "Twilight 3" did not disappoint, with a box office of 6900 million on the first day.

Although the box office is about 10 million less than the second part, you must know that it faces strong competitors.

I have to say that the power of fan movies lies in this. No matter who your opponent is, they will be defeated in the early stage.

The movie has been in theaters for three days, with a box office of 1.65 million in its first weekend, surpassing its predecessor and continuing to top the global box office weekly list.

After instructing Hunter to report once a week, Wei Jin hung up the phone and turned to look at everyone on the set.

"Sister Yuanyuan, are you ready?"

"I've been waiting for it for a long time. It's been almost half a month, and it's finally my turn."

Gao Yuanyuan was a little excited. She watched other people acting every day, but she, the heroine, had not yet appeared.

"Okay, sister Yuanyuan, lie down quickly."

Wei Jin directed the main camera to face Qiao Zhenyu, who nodded and indicated that he was ready.

"action"

Qiao Zhenyu, who had been unkempt for a long time and had become slovenly, was wandering around the interior of the spacecraft slightly drunk with a bottle of red wine.

Wandering aimlessly, I came to the sleeping area where he was.

Looking at the sleeping cabin that was working normally in front of him, his cabin that was still open seemed particularly dazzling.

At this time, Qiao Zhenyu was heartbroken. Why could others continue to sleep, but he woke up early due to a malfunction?

Qiao Zhenyu drank the remaining half of the bottle of red wine in one gulp, and smashed the bottle out angrily.

At this moment, an accident happened. The wine bottle hit the emergency switch of one of the dormant compartments.

This is also an adjustment made by Wei and Jin, causing the origin and framework of the entire story to be different from the original version.

In Wei Jin's script, the male protagonist woke up early due to a malfunction in the dormant chamber, and later accidentally caused the female protagonist to wake up.

This incident will make the male protagonist feel extremely guilty, and at the same time, because he is afraid of losing the other person, he will do everything possible to hide the truth.

In this way, even if the heroine finally knows the truth, it will be easier to accept it. After all, it was just an unintentional mistake.

This logic is more reasonable and reasonable than in the original version where the male protagonist deliberately opened the heroine's dormant chamber because of lust, but the heroine can still love her to death even after knowing the truth.

At this time, the No. 2 camera was focused on the opening dormant chamber, and the main camera still stayed on Qiao Zhenyu's side.

In the camera, Qiao Zhenyu was seen waking up from his drunken state in an instant, panicked, picked up the unbroken bottle, and ran away.

At the door, I happened to bump into Lei Jiayin, who was carrying a box of wine.

"Sir, the bar is no longer available."

"Are you awake?"

Lei Datou accidentally saw the opening of the sleep chamber, showing an unexpected lag, which smelled like an intelligent robot, and his acting was very realistic.

When Qiao Zhenyu heard this, he ignored it and instead sped up and ran away.

"Ka, this is passed, Naza is ready."

Soon, the first scene of the heroine Gao Yuanyuan began——

"Director Kang, congratulations."

Wei Jin congratulated Kang Honglei on the phone. "Leader" stole the show at this year's Magnolia Awards.

It won four awards in one fell swoop, including the Gold Award for Best TV Series, the Most Watched TV Series Award, the Most Powerful Director Award, and the Most Popular Actor Award. It can be said to be a great harvest.

"I would also like to thank Mr. Wei for his strong support. Unfortunately, it's just the ratings."

Although Kang Honglei won the award, for TV dramas, ratings are undoubtedly the most important indicator.

"Leader" premiered in March this year, and its ratings have been extremely impressive. Within a week of its launch, it broke 3.

The four TV stations that simulcast it all thought that "The Leader" would be the new hit of the year. Unexpectedly, it was already at its peak. The ratings continued to decline, but it failed to live up to this start.

"It's normal. A good reputation doesn't necessarily mean a high ratings. Maybe it takes some time to settle in."

Wei Jin doesn't care about this. Although the ratings are not as good as expected, it is still qualified. The key score is very high. The score of 9.5 on Impression.com means that this is a classic TV series.

In this way, it doesn’t count as ruining the brand of Shanhe Media.

"Do you have any other plans next, Director Kang? If you need anything, just ask."

"Thank you, Mr. Wei. I plan to take a break first and dig up some scripts."

"Well, that's fine. Let's do this for now. Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin turned around and walked into the set to start a new shooting.
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Soon, China Film announced the news of the latest scheduled movies, including "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven" and "Inception".

"Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire" is scheduled to be released on December 12, and "Inception" is scheduled to be released on November 18.

The media didn't pay much attention to the former news, and at most they issued a press release. After all, the cost of the project is no more than 100 million, and it can't be called a blockbuster now.

Some people in the industry are feeling a little emotional. Sunward Media is producing more and more movies, and there are several in a row this year.

But the latter really caused a collective earthquake in the media and the industry. The US$2.5 million large-scale production was suddenly scheduled.

The cast is headed by Leonardo, followed by Sophie Marceau, Liu Yifei, Zun Long and others, plus the billion-dollar director Christopher Nolan, and the gold medal screenwriter Wei Jin, this lineup is really too luxurious.

It can be predicted that in the first half of this year's Lunar New Year period, it will be difficult for opponents to compete with them.

For the female stars who auditioned last year, the wounds that had just healed seemed to be torn open again, and they were heartbroken.

This kind of news has the most obvious blessing effect for the main creative actors, especially Liu Yifei, the only one in China.

The day after "Inception" was released, Liu Xiaoli received 18 new brand endorsements, with a smile on her face that still retains her charm.

But she is not in a hurry, she has to choose slowly, and the most she can keep is only three or five.

Now that she has taken over the endorsement, Liu Xiaoli has basically formed a tacit understanding with the team, focusing on high-end and boutique lines. After all, Liu Yifei's position is already here, and it is indeed too cheap to contact mid-to-low-end brands.

Although Liu Xiaoli was delighted with her daughter's rise in fame, she was troubled by the fact that there were too few film resources suitable for Liu Yifei.

Although she received many drama offers, including many female leads, Liu Xiaoli knew that most of them came to take advantage and relied on Liu Yifei to attract investment. This was a complete drain on her daughter's fame and did not help her career.

However, there is no solution for her daughter to be idle all the time. For a moment, Liu Xiaoli thought that she still had to find a solution for her future son-in-law.

(End of this chapter)