During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 319: Brother, please be slower and I will be more indifferent.

In the film market, Wei Jin's speculation came true.

Originally, according to the momentum of "Ip Man 3", the box office should have surged during the May Day holiday.

But it was dragged down by "Guan Yunchang". During the three-day holiday, the box office of "Ip Man 3" only reported 8400 million.

So far, "Ip Man 3" has been released for 11 days, with a total box office of 2.77 million. The hope of breaking 5 million has been officially dashed.

Wei Jin estimated that Boss Yang was afraid that his blood pressure would rise again and he started to curse.

After withdrawing his thoughts, Wei Jin called the crew to prepare for today's shooting.

The scene to be filmed today is when the heroine arrives at the International Space Station after going through many difficulties. She takes off her spacesuit piece by piece. The whole process is like being reborn.

Seeing that all departments of the crew were ready, Wei Jin picked up the loudspeaker.

"action"
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After finishing the day's shooting, Wei Jin came to Liu Yifei.

But Wei Jin knew that this was no longer possible.

It has been released for almost half a month now, and the box office will cross the 1 million mark.

At the College Student Film Festival two days ago, it won two awards for Best Film and Most Popular Director among College Students.

Finally, half an hour later, Liu Yifei couldn't hold on any longer and had to admit defeat and lost one point.

"Director Feng, you are a college student, you are so real."

"Yifei, it's okay. I shuffle the cards very quickly. Let's start the second game then."

The popularity and reputation that Zhen Tan had built up through the "Ip Man" series fell to the bottom again.

Compared with the production cost of 2000 million US dollars, the film studio is afraid that it will make a huge loss.

"Huh~~huh~~, brother, you can't do this, play your cards slower."

"Brother, you have to shoot tomorrow, don't play too late."

The little girl was so enthusiastic that Wei Jin couldn't neglect the beauty, so he happily played poker with her.

"Guan Yunchang" has a three-day May Day holiday and has grossed 6400 million. So far, it has been in theaters for 8 days and has a box office of more than 8800 million. However, the single-day box office has almost fallen below million.

At present, the single-day box office has fallen below 4 million, and the decline is coming faster than expected. The media predicts that the final box office of this movie is expected to exceed million.

Liu Yifei's breathing was a little rapid. If this continues, the card game will easily end. It's not enjoyable enough.

"Director Feng, I remember what you said about the Hundred Flowers Award that year. Sure enough, if you get the award, you will be your mother. If you don't get the award, you will be the mother. You are worthy of being Director Feng."

"I remember Director Feng said before that he didn't care about awards?"

Wei Jin turned around and hugged the little girl's slender waist, sliding down the silky pajamas.

"Tonight, I will listen to you"
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In the movie market, the momentum of "Ip Man 3" has been forcibly interrupted. As of now, it has been in theaters for 15 days, with a box office revenue of 3.38 million.

Wei Jin shook his head and continued to browse other information. At this time, Liu Yifei, who had dried her hair, walked in and leaned forward on his back.

After playing in the water, Wei Jin came to the study room, smoking and watching online entertainment.

The industry has given up hope for this movie. The only thing they are paying attention to is this movie and how much money the producer will have to pay.

Looking at the girl's pretty face, Wei Jin picked her up by the waist and walked into the bathroom.

Wei Jin couldn't help but laugh when he saw a movie that had something to do with a little girl.

Regarding this issue, Wei Jin asked Han Sanping.

"Well, brother, go slower this time. I want to play longer."

Wei Jin hugged the little beauty across the waist and strode towards the bedroom.

I have to say, Feng Dapao is really a talent.

"Director Feng's words, you have to savor them carefully. Director Feng will never care about the three major European awards and Oscars, because he has no chance to win them, haha."

At the award ceremony, Feng Dapao was beaming with joy and kept praising: College students are the most real and non-hypocritical group, and the awards selected by them are the fairest.
This gesture naturally aroused ridicule and ridicule from netizens. It is really a double standard.

"Yifei, it's time to start the second round of poker competition."

After she refused, Wang Likun was cast in this movie. Not to mention her good looks, but the box office results were disappointing.

"Haha, I'm just teasing you."

"Brother, why do you still remember this?"

Liu Yifei's pretty face turned red and she leaned on Wei Jin's shoulder. Her whole body was now more and more sensitive.

The little girl gently hit Wei Jin on the shoulder, and the box office results of "A Chinese Ghost Story" were displayed on the computer screen.

There is a problem with China Film's film schedule this time. In May, five major Hollywood productions will be released in China, including "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "Kung Fu Panda 5," "Fast and Furious 2," and "Thor."

It's a pity that God is not as good as God, because "Guan Yunchang" directly dragged the two movies to the bottom.

"Yifei, look at this."

Wei Jin turned a deaf ear to the little girl's words and only focused on playing his cards.

While talking, Wei Jin continued to play cards, either a pair of Aces or a pair of Kings. The cards were so powerful that the little girl was unable to fight back.

Lao Hantou's explanation is that China Film's plan is to let "Ip Man 3" and "Guan Yunchang" take the lead, and lead a group of small and medium-cost domestic films to mid-May to seize market share.

This circle is very realistic. Whether an actor is a hit or not will determine his or her commercial value.

At this moment, Zhen Zhuan looked very anxious. You must know that for the movie "Guan Yunchang", he received a sky-high salary of 2000 million for the first time, which has surpassed most of the actors in Hong Kong and is second only to "two Mondays to one" plum".

But if it cannot carry the box office, it proves that it is not worth the price at all, and its commercial value will be greatly reduced in the future.

Under this circumstance, the Zhen Bullet team began to use its tradition and pass the blame to the outside world.

When being interviewed by Yang Lan, Zhen Zizhu directly said:
""Guan Yunchang" is my most failed movie, but it is not my problem. The main reason is that the director and screenwriter made up the history. In addition, the mainland actor Jiang Wen always steals the scene."

Zhen Zhunzhuan felt that he was telling the truth. Jiang Wen's aura on the set was so strong that just by reciting his lines, he felt the pressure doubled, and Jiang Wen stole all the limelight.

But the crew quit, and they hired me with money. You agreed, and now you're pretending to be aloof? If you want to pass the blame, I will pass the blame, so some insiders from the production team anonymously broke the news to the outside world.

"Actually, before Zhen Zi got the script, he had never even read the Three Kingdoms. He didn't even know who Guan Yunchang was. What history did he know? He only joined for the sake of salary."

Jiang Wen doesn't want to do it anymore. I acted well, is there anything wrong with me? Stand up and refute directly.

"Zhen, who is 1.7 meters tall, plays the nine-foot-tall martial sage Guan Gong. He can't handle Guan Yu's expression and state at all. Every time he plays against an opponent, he fails more than ten times. Do you blame me for stealing the scene like this?"

The melee between several parties made netizens enjoy watching the show and having fun.
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In a hotel somewhere in Xiangshan Film and Television City.

"Xiao Bai, I never imagined that you have such a good figure."

At the end of April, "The Four Famous Catchers" convened a group of actors for preliminary training. Wan Qian and Bai Bin are both Star Culture artists. They have been on the crew for more than ten days, and their relationship has become very close.

Tonight was the first time that the two of them slept together. At this time, Wan Qian held Bai Bin's snowflakes in her hands and sighed.

"Ah, Sister Qian, you have it, don't touch it."

After being doted on by Wei Jin for four years, Bai Bin was already extremely sensitive. At this moment, Wan Qian's hand made her scream in surprise. "Wow, Xiaobai, you are so sensitive."

Wan Qian noticed the changes in her hands and was extremely surprised. She just touched it briefly, why did it stand up?
Instinctively, Wan Qian started to twist it with her fingers, but Bai Bin was agitated and resisted fiercely.

"Ah~~~Sister Qian, stop it quickly"

While speaking, Bai Bin took away Wan Qian's hand with some force. Wan Qian also felt that she had gone too far and quickly apologized.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Xiaobai, me"

"Okay, I don't mean to blame you, but you have to be honest tonight and don't make any more mischief."

Bai Bin calmed down a little and said that her family knew about her family affairs and had not enjoyed the boss's care for a month or two, but she could no longer withstand the teasing.

Seeing that Bai Bin had no intention of getting angry, Wan Qian was relieved, but she was a little curious and couldn't help but ask.

"Xiao Bai, what do you do in normal times?"

"What else can I do? Either endure it or solve it yourself."

It has to be said that women are no different from men. Most of the time, best friends will talk about sexual topics when they are together. At this time, Xiaobai doesn't mind sharing his private things at all.

"Sister Qian, you don't have a boyfriend now, do you?"

"Well, no."

"Then what if you think about it?"

"I'm relatively cold and generally don't think about it."

"Tch, that's because you haven't met the right man, otherwise."

"What else? Will I be as sensitive as you?"

"Humph, Sister Qian, just be tough."

After a while of playing and fighting, the two chatted about the crew for a while, and then fell asleep.

But Wan Qian couldn't sleep. Bai Bin's condition was obviously exploited by that man. When she thought that the man was sparing no effort to praise her, she felt flustered for no reason.

Wan Qian could not imagine how boring life would be if one day she was developed to be as sensitive as Bai Bin but was not favored for a long time.

After a while of random thoughts, Wan Qian fell into sleep.

In the dream, she felt Bai Bin's happiness——
In mid-May, the 64th Cannes Film Festival is about to open.

Mr. Xu took the creators of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" to Cannes early to sell the copyright.

A lot of news also spread back to the country along with media reports, and Wei Jin saw several interesting news.

Several domestic media outlets gathered around Zhang Ziyi to interview her. This time she went to Cannes with the crew of "The Favorite" to sell the copyright.

However, the questions asked by these media are really embarrassing.

"Excuse me, Miss Zhang Ziyi, do you have anything to say about the role change in "The Snow Flower and the Secret Fan"?"

"Ms. Zhang Ziyi, what do you think of Fan Bingbing's new work "The Day of Landing"?"

"Excuse me."

In the live pictures sent back to China, Zhang Ziyi had a dark face throughout the whole process. These media really didn't mention anything.

"Martial Arts" was shortlisted for the midnight screening section and was naturally promoted in Cannes.

In order to restore the crumbling reputation, Zhen Zhuan had high hopes for the movie and followed the crew throughout the process to give interviews.

But the problem with the media is embarrassing.

"Director Chen Kexin, are you still confident to beat "The Raid" now?"

"Mr. Zhen Zhuan, have you chosen your next script? Will it still be a bad movie?"

"Excuse me."

I have to say that these media are really unscrupulous and specialize in rubbing salt into people's wounds, but Wei Jin likes it very much.

After watching the news for a few minutes to adjust his emotions, Wei Jin put out his cigarette butt, turned and walked to the set, and continued to start a new scene.——
Entering mid-May, the movie market ushered in a bloody massacre, with "Thor" and "Fast and Furious 5" taking the lead.

The former was released on the 8th and has grossed 8 million at the box office in its 5800 days of release so far.

The latter was released on the 12th. So far, it has been in theaters for 4 days and has grossed 8400 million at the box office.

Under the attack of the two, "Cai Li Fuquan" starring Wang Baoqiang was completely canceled. It was released for 5 days and the box office was less than million.

The performance of "Ip Man 3" is not much better. In 25 days of release, the box office revenue was 3.77 million. The single-day box office has fallen below one million. It is obviously hopeless to exceed 4 million.

As for "Guan Yunchang", it is even more terrible. 18 days after its release, the single-day box office has dropped below 10, and major theater chains can only delete it from the film schedule.

Having enough release time for half a month is already a favor given by the theater chain.

The media immediately began to report the relevant data of "Guan Yunchang".

""Guan Yunchang" was abandoned by the market 18 days after its release."

"With an investment of 1.5 million yuan, "Guan Yunchang" starring Zhen Zhuzi was released for 18 days and the box office revenue was 1.06 million yuan. It ended dismally!"

"After the "Ip Man" series, Zhen Zhenzhuan suffered huge losses in many consecutive films, and his appeal is still open to question."

As the saying goes, misfortunes never come singly. Zhen Zhan originally planned to win market attention again with "Martial Arts", but the film's rights sale in Cannes did not go smoothly.

So far, according to reports, the cumulative sales amount does not exceed one million US dollars.

At the same time, Wei Jin also received news from Mr. Xu. Despite the appeal of Li Lian and the help of Shi Nansheng and Du Qifeng, the overseas copyright of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" still received a cold reception, which made people lament that martial arts movies Decline in overseas markets.

At present, except for North America, the cumulative quotations in other regions do not exceed 800 million US dollars.

As for why North America was not included, it was because there was a disagreement between Mr. Xu and Bernard Yudong, who was leading the team this time.

"You mean, Yu Dong proposes to release it in North America?"

Wei Jin was a little surprised. Did Fatty Yu really treat him like a piece of cake? Not sure who the main accuser is?

"Yes, as Yu Dong meant, Li Lian has a strong appeal in North America. Perhaps taking the path of distribution will bring greater benefits."

"What is the highest offer currently offered by North American film studios?"

Wei Jin asked. He had to admit that Yu Dong's statement made some sense.

"$300 million."

"Don't ignore him, just sell it."

Wei Jin thought for a while and came up with the answer. The core of this film is that it is difficult to get box office in North America. Instead of exhausting the release period and waiting for payment, it is better to sell it directly.

"Okay, Mr. Wei, I will continue to sell in the next few days."

(End of this chapter)