During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 310: The Eagle Art Examination Slap in the Face

In the special screening room of Shanhe Building, Wei Jin, Wu Ershan and others watched the finished film of "The Secret of the Dragon" together.

Two hours passed before the movie was finished. Wei Jin frowned. The editing of this movie was too long.

"Director Wu Ershan, what did you think about this?"

Wei Jin pointed to the curtain call screen that was still playing on the screen, turned around and asked.

"Mr. Wei, I think the staff in front of and behind the scenes of this film are really working too hard, especially the special effects team. It took more than a year to prepare, shoot and post. I hope to tell the audience that it was the entire team who created the film. This movie was released.”

Wu Ershan's tone was very sincere, and he seemed to really think so.

"Well, the idea is great, but have you ever considered the audience's feelings? Have you ever considered the theater schedule?"

Wei and Jin were not angry. Wu Ershan was not good at stories, but good at aesthetics, somewhat similar to Poet Chen.

A common problem with this type of director is that they always feel that their shots are beautiful, and the audience can feel their inner thoughts when creating through the language of the shots.

The film "The Secret of the Dragon" does rely on special effects to win, but not all shots need to be used.

According to Wu Ershan's version, the finished film is as long as 130 minutes, which is not conducive to both audience appreciation and theater arrangement.

After all, a 10-minute movie can be scheduled for 8 shows in a day, but this one can only be scheduled for shows. From the perspective of profit, the theater chain will naturally not schedule more movies for you.

"This"

Wu Ershan was stunned for a moment. Shouldn't the quality of the movie be considered? You just decide whether it looks good or not.

Looking at Wu Ershan's appearance, Wei Jin also knew what these directors were thinking and directly told him their request.

"Without changing the plot structure, you can compress the time, preferably to 110 minutes. If the curtain call really comes, an extra 5 minutes will be enough."

As if he was afraid that this guy would offend, Wei Jin patted him on the shoulder.

"The director and the audience have different considerations. Believe me, it's for the box office."

After Wei Jin finished speaking, he stood up and left. As for how to edit, he believed that Wu Ershan would do a good job.

Back in the office, Wei Jin noticed a piece of information. "Thirteen Hairpins" was on the hot search again.

The 83rd Academy Awards came to an end, and Batman Bale won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.

This is a huge benefit for "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins". Everyone in the industry is saying that Lao Mouzi and Zhang Weiping have a vicious vision.

Naturally, Zhang Weiping would not miss such a hype opportunity. He immediately jumped out and shouted a high-profile slogan:

"From the beginning of the project, I have never doubted the box office problem. Now it seems that the original target of 10 billion is still a bit conservative. With this statuette, the box office will be at least million plus. I hope that "The Thirteen Hairpins" Can we take back the top spot at the box office from "Avatar"?"

Zhang Weiping's ability to shout slogans and win blood is really impressive. Many netizens are full of expectations for the movie.——
In March, Jing Tian and Liu Yifei attended Paris Fashion Week events at the request of the brand.

Looking at the photos of the two girls sent back from Paris, showing how intimate they were, Wei Jin felt greatly relieved that everything was going well with his family after all.

In the office, Wei Jin handed Ning Hao a cigarette.

"Senior brother, I haven't seen you for a while. Why are you here today?"

After Ning Hao took the cigarette and lit it, he took a deep breath and answered slowly.

"Junior brother, the follow-up to "No Man's Land" is almost finished, and I plan to start "Big Buddha"."

"It's a good thing. This movie has been grinding on you for two or three years. It's time to move on."

Wei Jin said with emotion in his tone, Ning Hao was a great director in the 2 million club, but it was so miserable that he was delayed for more than two years because of a movie.

"Well, I think so too, but the book "Big Buddha" is too critical and satirical. I plan to go to Xiangjiang to shoot. When the time comes, I will need you to help me coordinate with Jiahe."

This was the purpose of Ning Hao coming here today. As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake, he will be afraid of well ropes for ten years, so he had to be fully prepared.

"No problem, I will arrange it"

Wei Jin immediately agreed and sighed in his heart, Ning Hao has finally matured. Even if this script can pass in the mainland, it will probably be edited beyond recognition when it is released later. It is better to follow the path of Xiangjiang literary film from the beginning.

After talking about the business, the two started chatting. Wei Jin remembered the data he had seen online before and started joking.

"Senior brother, I haven't congratulated you yet. You just made a guest appearance in a movie and the box office is almost 2 million, haha."

After the Spring Festival, the movie market was particularly deserted. The box office of "I Know Women's Hearts" barely crossed the 7000 million mark and ended dismally.

Principal Gu's "The Wonderful Heroes" suffered a critical mass at both the word-of-mouth and box office. It was directly released by theaters and grossed 5000 million at the box office.

On the other hand, "Love to the End" starring Xu Cairen and Li Yapeng, and directed by Zhang Yibai, performed quite well, with a box office of nearly 2000 million on the first day. It has been released for less than three weeks and the box office has already reached nearly 2 million.

In this movie, Ning Hao played a guest role as a policeman, so Wei Jin started to make fun of him.

"Hey, this is a movie invested by Xiao Ma. I was obsessed with "No Man's Land" during that time. I had nothing to do, so I just went to help out with a scene. But don't tell me, this is a movie that only sells feelings. I didn't expect it. The box office is quite high.”

Speaking of this, Ning Hao paused and added.

"Speaking of which, it's all thanks to the group of people in Class 61 who spared no effort in publicity, otherwise we probably wouldn't have reached this level."

Wei Jin nodded when he heard this. The so-called "Class 61" was a small music circle headed by Wang Fei, including Na Ying, Jinggangshan, Zheng Jun and others. Some people from the actor circle also moved closer to them.

The male protagonist of "Will Love" is Li Yapeng, and it is not surprising that Wang Fei brought the 61st class to cheer for him.

"But junior brother, speaking of which, you and Wang Fei have a good relationship, so why don't you look down on that eagle?"

Ning Hao knew that Wang Fei did not plan to participate in the fourth season of "The Voice" this year, so he recommended Na Ying to participate, but the result was rejected for some reason.

Wei Jin shook his head and explained the whole story.

Wei Jin and Na Ying had been having troubles for a long time. It was she who came forward to make peace with Zhang Yadong from the beginning.

Perhaps she thought she was a local coward or elder sister in the capital. This woman had a very high attitude and looked like a senior in the world, standing up for justice. Even the Wei and Jin Dynasties didn't care about her.

This time Wang Fei quit the fourth season of "The Voice" and recommended her good friend Na Ying.

Originally, with Na Ying's status in the music industry, there was no problem. The key point was that her manager was also her sister. The lion opened her mouth. In addition to the 1200 million appearance fee, she actually wanted 5% of the show's dividends. In addition, she also had to give priority to signing singers. right.

How could Wei Jin tolerate such unreasonable demands and just tell her to get out.

Not to mention that Wei Jin didn't like Na Ying's personality. In terms of profit alone, "The Voice" easily made hundreds of millions in profits. How big a face did she have to dare to pretend to be an elephant in front of him?

As for the rights of signed singers, Wei Jin also knew what this woman was thinking. There were many so-called kings and queens in the music industry. Even if he hadn't released an album for many years, he didn't want to see anyone new come forward.

Once a new person with good abilities shows up in the circle, they will be pulled into their circle.

If the newcomer dares to refuse, then just wait for the slander and suppression from these kings and queens. They should not be too familiar with this process of treating guests, beheading them, and accepting them as dogs.

In fact, the film and television industry is not much better. The major brokerage companies treat newly debuted artists in the same way as the kings and queens of the music industry. But if you want to use these methods in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it is a wrong idea.

After listening to Wei Jin's explanation, Ning Hao didn't know what to say. He could only say that these "old and young" were still living in the glory of the last century.

"Then how did you deal with it?"

"Hey, the Variety Show Department immediately sent an invitation to Han Hong, and she has already agreed."

Wei Jin admires Han Hong very much. It is really not easy to devote half his life to charity. The reason why so many people criticize her is simply because she does transparent charity and has torn off the fig leaf of many dirty people. That’s all.

"Well, although Han Hong is less famous, he has a bold personality and a rather hot and domineering temper. Being a mentor is quite interesting."

Ning Hao nodded, obviously thinking that Han Hong was suitable, and then said teasingly.

"But junior brother, when this news gets out, the eagle will be embarrassed, haha"

Wei Jin smiled faintly, Ning Hao was telling the truth. In the current music scene, Han Hong's status was much lower than that of the eagle. Abandoning the eagle and using Han Hong would be a slap in the face.

"So, never take yourself too seriously. The world will still turn around without anyone else."

"That's the truth."
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The post-production special effects of "The Legend of White Snake" have been completed. We started working on this movie in mid-December last year and it has been more than three months now. The efficiency is quite high.

It is naturally impossible for Wei and Jin to come forward for such matters as acceptance. Juli Yangzi does not have that much face.

But after all, the visitors were guests, and Chen Zhiming received the Yangzi group as the president of the group.

Two hours later, Chen Zhiming came back to report.

"Mr. Wei, you have sent that Yangzi away."

"What? Pretending in front of you again?"

Wei and Jin could guess the nature of Yangzi's urine without even seeing him. He had refused to see him several times. He had no time to deal with these ignorant people.

"Isn't that right? He kept clamoring to see you, but he also proposed to invest in our company's movie. After I rejected it, he also said that Huang Shengyi could be considered for casting. He went on and on, and I didn't even bother to pay attention to him."

Chen Zhiming was obviously disgusted by Yangzi and complained for a while, but as if he thought of something funny, Lao Chen suddenly laughed.

"Mr. Wei, you don't know how funny this guy is. He said that we have such good special effects, and there is no problem in publicizing 100 million to the outside world. I kindly reminded him that the special effects that were created in three months don't cost that much money. Guess what he answered?"

"Oh? How did you answer?" Wei Jin was a little curious about this guy's thinking.

"He said, let's keep the production time secret, and he still said it plausibly. This is the customer's right. Hahaha, it's so funny to me."

Wei Jin was also happy when he heard this. The price of this guy must be kept secret, and the production time must also be kept secret. What the intention was, it couldn't be more obvious.

"Since the customer requested it, we just cooperate and declare to the outside world that the customer requires confidentiality and it is inconvenient to answer, haha."

"High, Mr. Wei, you have such a high idea, haha."
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Perhaps with the entry of capital, it is becoming easier and easier to make money in the entertainment industry. Even many celebrities are using their connections to pave the way for the second generation.

For example, Jiang Wenli would bring Ma Sichun with her to almost all activities in the industry, just to look familiar in front of major directors and producers.

There are also many topics on the Internet about the high income of celebrities. In view of this, this year's art exam is particularly popular.

As one of the three major universities, Nortel is naturally very lively.

According to statistics, the number of applicants for Nortel has been on the rise for several consecutive years. This year, the number of applicants for the Performance School exceeded 30. In the end, only people were admitted, which is really scary.

It is no exaggeration to say that thousands of troops and horses cross a single-plank bridge.

In early March, when it was time for Nortel to release the results for the final examination, the scene was crowded with art candidates eagerly looking forward to it, a bit like the ancient gold list.

As expected by the outside world, Zhou Dongyu, who has attracted much attention, passed the test in a thrilling manner and was successfully admitted.

But what is shocking is that child actor Mo Xiaobei, who had participated in "Wulin Gaiden", was unfortunately written off.

"To be honest, I was surprised when I saw this result. I thought I should be able to survive."

When Mo Xiaobei was interviewed, she told reporters that it was obvious that she could not accept this result.

Netizens are also talking about this.

"Nortel is getting worse and worse now. It all depends on its face."

"That's not necessarily the case. It's hard to see where Zhou Dongyu will go. It's not because of his relationship with the national master."

"Hey, either you have a lot of connections or you are pretty, so you have to account for the same, right?"

"Don't cry, Xiaobei. Nortel, the three major universities in the country, won't leave anyone. Let's go to the Chinese Theater and go to the theater."

Nortel chose not to respond to the ridicule from netizens, which seemed ironic.

Looking at the news on the Internet, Wei Jin specifically asked Lu Yang, who had just finished his art exam.

"What's the real situation?"

Speaking of which, Nortel has a good reputation. In addition to Lu Yang and other directors who were recruited for this art exam, slightly famous students were also pulled out to cooperate in maintaining order on the scene, such as Yang Zi, Zhang Yishan and others. It really left people speechless. .

"It is similar to what is said on the Internet. Mo Xiaobei has passed the professional examination, but was passed up during the physical examination."

According to Lu Yang, only 118 of the 30 students who passed the third test were left. The operability here is too great.

"Tsk tsk."

Wei Jin didn't know what to say. Nortel wanted to walk all the way to darkness. He shook his head and thought of another thing.

"By the way, you've been resting for so long, do you have any plans?"

Seeing Lu Yang shake his head, Wei Jin knew clearly in his heart that this guy didn't have many works, and he was just plundering the wool for himself. He was very unlucky.

After thinking about it, Wei Jin decided to put more burdens on the workers.

"Well, the screenwriting department has an idea. Do you know about the kidnapping case in 04?"

After Lu Yang thought for a while, he asked with some uncertainty.

"Mr. Wei, are you talking about the actor?"

"Well, that's it. The screenwriting department plans to adapt it into a script and make a movie. How about it? Are you interested?"

Wei Jin didn't know if Lu Yang could control a script adapted from a real case like this, but with his help checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, he believed it wouldn't be a big problem.

"Okay, I'll go talk to the screenwriting department right now."

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