During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 300 The resentment of the crazy assistant Zhang Weiping who rejected Berlin
In the movie market, after the last weekend's bonuses, "Now You See Me 2" was released. It was released for 31 days and the box office revenue was 3.75 million.

Wei Jin was already very satisfied with this data, but when he thought about the share ratio of imported films, he felt a little pained. 13% was too low, and most of the profits were taken by China Film.

At the same time, the domestic film industry has another director with a box office of 4 million, Jiang Wen.

"Let the Bullets Fly" was really crazy in this Lunar New Year period. It was released for 11 days and the box office was as high as 4.28 million. The box office on the critical day was still around million.

The media are predicting that according to this trend, this movie will have no problem filling the one-month schedule. Maybe in a few days, Jiang Wen will enter the 5 million club, 6 million, or even higher.

Looking at the data on Impression.com, Zhou Yun's face was full of surprise.

"Lao Jiang, according to this trend, is it possible for us?"

Before his wife could finish speaking, Jiang Wen interrupted her directly.

"Don't think about it. Look at the predictions on Impression.com. We are more than 100 million behind "Passengers" during the same period. If we can't catch up, I will be satisfied if we can surpass "Earthquake"."

"Yes, Wei Jin is really powerful."

Zhou Yun was also sincerely impressed, but then he looked at his man with a smile.

"But Lao Jiang, you are great too. Aren't those investors who used to treat you like a god of plague now rushing to come?"

Zhou Yun really felt the warmth of human relations during this period. A blockbuster commercial film completely established Jiang Wen's status as an all-round director in the industry who can direct, act, and flourish in both literature and art. Investors are flocking to him.

"These Sun Tzu are very realistic, they flatter others and put down others. When dealing with them in the future, you have to be more careful. These people are not Boss Yang, they are honest people."

Compared to Jiang Wen's high spirits, Feng Dapao was a bit slapped in the face.

"If You Are the One 2" was released for two days, with a box office of 9100 million. This guy made a high-profile claim to regain the box office record that was lost not long ago.

As a result, the box office dropped to 1.8 million on the third day. Currently, after five days of release, the cumulative box office is only million. According to this trend, let alone catching up with "Passengers", I am afraid that it will not even be able to beat "Let the Bullets Fly".

Many Leziren netizens went to Feng Dapao’s Weibo to ridicule:
"Director Feng, Director Feng, you are the number one in China at that time?"

This question directly made Feng Dapao angry. He rarely closed the comments on Weibo and turned his back on it.
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In the conference room of Shanhe Building, Wei Jin and other senior executives of the company were having a meeting.

The project of "Gravity" was actually not too difficult to shoot. The key was that the early preparations were too time-consuming and laborious. Just the "Light Box" composed of 1.8 million LED light sources was troublesome enough.

In addition, there are professional puppet show remote control personnel, that is, the team that helps the crew achieve zero-gravity effects, and they also need to be recruited in advance.

As for 3D equipment and dynamic photography equipment, Cameron's team has them ready-made and can just rent them.

However, since this was the first time for 3D shooting, Wei Jin was also worried that the crew would not be able to keep up with the pace. In order to facilitate the team's technical proficiency, he had already arranged for them to join the "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" to observe and learn.

After all, the workload of this preliminary preparation is not ordinary.

Fortunately, after years of training, the team of Shanhe Media can't say that it has caught up with Hollywood, but it is also a well-deserved first team in Asia. It can be said that it is familiar with doing these things, but Wei Jin does not need to worry too much.

"This is the specific situation. I hope everyone will divide the work and cooperate to complete the preliminary preparations as soon as possible."

More than three hours later, Wei Jin, after finishing the project meeting, spoke to the management.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wei, I promise to complete the task."

The management of each department ended the meeting and started working with excitement.

The countdown to "Gravity" has begun. The preliminary preparation for this film will take at least three or four months, and the post-production will take at least more than half a year. The entire production cycle is not expected to be shorter than "The Martian."

However, Wei and Jin are not in a hurry. The later the time is, the more advantageous it will be. After all, the domestic film market is growing every day.

As soon as he walked out of the office, Wei Jin received a call.

"Mr. Fisher?"

"Oh, Wei, it's so nice that you still remember me."

Fisher on the other end of the phone was obviously very happy. When the two met, he was just a receptionist at the film festival. Although he has been on the film selection committee in recent years, compared with Wei Jin's achievements, there is a huge gap. .

"That's right. I heard that you made a literary film called "The Exploding Drummer"?"

"Yes, the post-production of the film has been completed and is currently being reviewed in China."

Wei Jin didn't hide anything. He basically guessed what he wanted from this phone call.

To be honest, the Berlin Film Festival is of great significance to Wei Jin.

His first film "Buried Alive" won the Outstanding Artistic Achievement Award, which brought a lot of help to his career. Last year, he even won the Golden Bear, the highest honor of the Berlin Film Festival, and severely criticized the review panel. Trampled underfoot.

In the eyes of the outside world, Wei Jin is definitely a direct descendant of the Berlin Film Festival.

"Wei, you are an internationally renowned director and a winner of the Golden Bear Award. On behalf of the organizing committee, I would like to extend an invitation to you to come to Berlin with "Blast Drummer""

"Mr. Fisher, I'm really sorry, because of the subject matter, this movie is not very suitable for Berlin."

Wei Jin could only refuse politely, otherwise wouldn't it be too embarrassing to shout in front of Berlin that he wanted to attack Venice?

"Oh, that's such a shame."

"Mr. Fisher, I am still very young and will have many works in the future. My fate with Berlin will not be broken."

"Haha. That's right, Wei, then I look forward to your more exciting works appearing in Berlin."
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As New Year's Day approached, news came from Hunter that "The Twilight Saga" was released, with a box office of 4 million US dollars in North America and a global box office of 2.28 million US dollars.

"Boss, do you think the North American market is getting smaller and smaller?"

Wei Jin naturally understood what Hunter meant. The global box office difference between "Twilight 4" and "Twilight 3" is not much, but the North American box office difference is nearly million. What does this mean? This means that the North American market is shrinking, while the global market is expanding at a high speed.

"So, do you know why I keep asking for a global release? In addition to exporting Chinese culture, the most important thing is to let Summit Entertainment continue to improve global distribution channels."

Wei Jin is telling the truth. The several hit series he has created for Summit Entertainment over the years have brought in at least more than a billion dollars in profits, but he does not pay attention to these. What he values ​​​​more is Intangible distribution channels are the key to future Chinese-language films going global.

"Boss, your decision is so wise. How do you say it in Chinese? You are far-sighted, right?"

Listening to Hunter's somewhat poor Chinese, Wei Jin laughed and cursed.

"Okay, stop flattering, how are the preparations for "The Hunger Games" going?"

"Preliminary preparations have been completed. The character can be selected and the machine can be started. But boss, do you really not consider leaving a role for the boss ladies?"

Wei Jin shook his head. It seemed that Hunter was going to carry out his flattery business to the end. "It's not necessary. For a movie adapted from a best-selling novel like this, it's best not to deviate too much from the original work."

In fact, Wei Jin has also thought about this problem. The movie series is really good at attracting people. Unfortunately, he has never read the original novels, whether it is "Twilight" or "The Hunger Games", so he cannot copy them first. Otherwise, if he changes the settings, it will still be wrong. OK.

But according to the current situation, if several of his women were to participate in the show, they would definitely be leftovers, and Wei Jin was too lazy to bother.

"By the way, has the schedule of "Twilight 4 (Part )" been set?"

This series is coming to an end, and Wei Jin also hopes to have a perfect ending, so it is necessary to choose a suitable schedule.

"Because the plots of these two films are closely related, the company has evaluated and decided that it is best not to be too long apart. It has been scheduled for June next year."

"Okay, that's it."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin continued to browse news on the Internet.

"Thirteen Hairpins" held a media meeting, and all the main creators appeared. Zhang Weiping announced the film's funding sources to the outside world in detail for the first time.

"For "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", I spent all my wealth and took out a loan of 6 million to produce it exclusively.

I have great confidence in Director Zhang. With the expansion of the domestic film market, this film will be released next year and it will have no problem with a domestic box office of 10 billion, and the production will be divided into 4 million.

The remaining 1 million, with Bell's appeal, can be easily recovered from overseas markets. After all, Bell's past investment return rate is 55:, haha."

Seeing this, Wei Jin shook his head. He really didn't expect that Zhang Weiping would dare to play such a big role, rejecting all institutions and companies that wanted to invest and get loans to make movies.

Are you going to risk your life just to eat alone? Didn't he think about what he would get in return if the box office was not satisfactory? Mortgage Lao Mouzi?

As for overseas box office, is Bale's appeal his own? It was given by Batman. Can he try other types of movies?

"Sure enough, if God wants to destroy people, he must first make them crazy."
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Beijing, inside the villa in Yanjiao.

After a fight, Liu Yan pressed against Wei Jin's chest with a blush on his face, and the innate spirit treasure was almost deformed.

Seeing this, Wei Jin couldn't help but lift Liu Yan up slightly, holding the magic weapon with some pity.

"Be careful, what if it gets crushed?"

"Boss, you talk nice, but you haven't contacted me yet. If I hadn't made an appointment with you today with Xiaobai, I don't know how long I would have to wait."

Liu Yan's tone was somewhat resentful. She was also 30 years old. It was normal to want to exercise. The last time she had sex with a man was before the National Day.

"You, just call me if you miss me."

Wei Jin also knew that he was indeed very busy, but if he really had to squeeze in time, he could still get an hour or two, at least he could feed her.

But as soon as these words came out, Xiaobai, who was still working hard underneath him, quit and started to complain.

"Boss, you're telling lies again. I've called you several times. If Sister Liu Yan hadn't followed me, I'm afraid you wouldn't have ignored me. You have no conscience."

Speaking of this, Xiaobai felt a little aggrieved. He would have never debuted if he had known it earlier, but Zixuan was now enjoying exclusive favor and being moisturized by the rain and dew. Although she was older than him, she had really good skin.

"Ahem, Xiaobai, isn't your timing just unlucky? I promise you won't do it next time, okay?"

Wei Jin stretched out his hand to take Xiaobai into his arms, kneaded her elastic buttocks with one hand and said warmly.

I really don't blame him for this, and I don't know if Xiaobai is unlucky. Every time he calls, Wei Jin happens to be at the palace empress's place, so naturally he can't take care of this little assistant.

Seeing the deep resentment between the two former assistants, Wei Jin could only change the topic while giving constant pointers.

"Liu Yan, will the recording of "I Am a Singer" start soon?"

"Well, recording will officially start after New Year's Day."

Liu Yan nodded. As the host of this show, she knew the progress very well.

"But boss, isn't the 2% guarantee too high?"

The contract signed with Mango Channel this time is 3000 million plus 20% advertising share. Based on the 2% ratings, for every one point increase, the share income will be increased by 10%.

Liu Yan is a little worried about this. With the advent of the Internet era, the ratings of TV stations are getting lower and lower. 2% is already an unattainable figure for many popular variety shows.

"You don't have to worry about this. With this guest lineup, it's no problem to break 2."

Wei Jin is very confident. Professional singers compete on the same stage and are eliminated without reservation. The competition is extremely cruel and more competitive than "The King of Masked Singer". It can be said to be a full selling point.

The currently confirmed starting singers are: Sun Nan, Huang Qishan, Sha Baoliang, Yao Beina, Yu Kewei, Qi Tan, and Lin Zhixuan; the replacement singers are Yang Zongwei, Huang Guanzhong, Zhou Xiaoou, Xin Xiaoqi, and Peng Jiahui.

These powerful singers, with the support of luxurious audio equipment, will definitely allow the audience to enjoy an auditory feast, and the ratings will be the same.

"Besides, this time it's not a bet. If it really doesn't reach 2%, the worst we can do is make less money."

Wei Jin was telling the truth. The production cost of this program was 4000 million, but the title ads and product placements built into the program had already attracted 6000 million in investment. Adding in the 3000 million from Mango Channel, it had already achieved million in revenue.

"Well, that's true. Well~~Boss, be gentle."

Liu Yan gave the man a light blow, with a shy look on his face, as if sending some kind of signal.

Bai Bin on the side was leaning on the man's shoulder. When he heard Liu Yan's cry of pain, he realized that the two of them were already fighting fiercely.

"Boss, others want it too."

Bai Bin reached out and grabbed it, looking at Liu Yan with some envy. There were some innate advantages that he really couldn't envy.

"Xiao Bai, I only have one mouth, haha"

Wei Jin raised his head and joked, stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes.

"It seems that our little Bai is already hungry. Come on, come on for me."

Without waiting for the man's instructions, Bai Bin slowly leaned down with a blush on his face.

"Ah, very good."

That night, Wei Jin took turns applauding the two assistants, and finally vented the resentment of the two beauties, everywhere.
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