During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 336: Fire at the censors, please keep your voice down

The film "Overheard 2", which has high hopes from Hong Kong media, is produced by Ying Huang and directed by the two directors of "Infernal Affairs", Mak Siu-fai and Zhuang Wenqiang.

The cast is quite luxurious, with Principal Gu, Best Actor Liu, and A Zu joining the cast.

Facts have also proven that police and gangster-type Hong Kong films are what Hong Kong directors are good at.

The film's box office on the first day was 1800 million, although compared to domestic commercial blockbusters that often grossed to million on the first day, this result is not impressive.

But compared to the film's production cost of less than 50 million, it is already a very good result.

The key is that the online reputation is also good, with a score of 7.6 on Impression.com.

According to this data, it shouldn’t be a big problem for this movie to exceed 2 million at the box office in the future, and it may even have a chance to exceed 3 million.

This brought the Hong Kong film community to a collective climax. You know, before Wu Jing publicly watched the decline of Hong Kong films, they could only say that the other party was "ungrateful", but they could not refute the fact that Hong Kong films were in decline.

But now, the success of an authentic Hong Kong film has given the entire Hong Kong film industry the confidence to stand up and speak out.

Ever since, Hong Kong media began to cover it with overwhelming coverage, as if the movie had topped the box office.

""Overheard 2" was released strongly, with a box office of nearly 2000 million on the first day, a good start!"

"Pure Hong Kong films are back, and the box office is expected to exceed 5 million!"

Although the slogans are loud and clear, both mainland filmmakers and audiences are used to it and they all watch it for fun.
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In Shanhe Building, in the chairman's office, Chen Zhiming is reporting on his work.

Wei Jin listened patiently while smoking, nodding from time to time.

For more than a month, he has been busy with the filming and post-production of the movie. Fortunately, the company is running smoothly.

The post-production of "Hello Old Time" was completed at the end of last month. The company organized a viewing party a few days ago. After some fierce competition, the first-round broadcast rights were jointly won by Shanghai TV and Suzhou TV. The price is 180 million.

The production cost of this 30-episode youth school drama was no more than 5400 million, and it sold million in the first round, directly realizing a large profit.

Including the subsequent second and third rounds of adding online copyrights, the income will be at least 70 to 80 million, which is definitely a huge profit.

The post-production of "East Palace" is also proceeding in an orderly manner and is expected to be completed in early November.

Both "Anti-Drug" and "The Storm" have begun filming. The former is expected to be completed by the end of this month, and the latter is expected to be completed after the National Day.

After talking about work, Lao Chen handed over a stack of documents.

"Mr. Wei, here are the resumes that were submitted during this period. See if there are any that suit your liking."

"Hey, there are so many? Have they all been screened?"

Wei Jin took the information and asked in surprise.

"Mr. Wei, 90% of this has been screened."

Chen Zhiming smiled and explained that with the examples of previous assistants, Wei Jin's assistant position can be said to be an excellent springboard for newcomers.

Especially after what happened in "Four Famous Catchers", there are not many female artists and female students who want to become the next "Bai Bin".

So as soon as the news of the recruitment of assistants was released, female students from the three major universities came directly to the job, and even many students from other non-performance schools also submitted their resumes. The competition was quite fierce.

"Okay, you go ahead and do your work first. I will look at the information later and select the right one. I will send it to the administrative office."

"Okay, Mr. Wei."

Just when Chen Zhiming was about to leave the office, Wei Jin suddenly had an idea in his mind and stopped him.

"Old Chen, for this Venice Film Festival, you should take the crew out when the time comes. In addition, China Film Group will be responsible for the copyright sales of "A League of Thieves". You can arrange for people to cooperate."

Although he was a little surprised, Chen Zhiming didn't ask any more questions.

"Okay, Mr. Wei."

After Chen Zhiming left, Wei Jin began to look through his resume carefully. After all, he was a personal assistant, so he still couldn't be careless when choosing the candidate.

In a stack of information, Wei Jin saw many familiar figures. Their height, leg length, and body measurements were all clearly displayed on their resumes, like a beauty pageant.——
Sure enough, "Overheard 2" did not create a miracle. After four days of its first weekend, the box office exceeded 7000 million.

The reputation of the movie is also declining. The reason is very simple. The audience is tired of aesthetics. There are only a few actors in Xiangjiang, and there is no freshness at all.

Perhaps this is the reason why Hong Kong circles would rather offend public anger than praise Best Actor Xie. There is indeed no successor.

Unlike "Overheard 2" which started at a peak and then declined all the way, the performance of "The Tuner" broke the conventional trend of movie box office.

Starting from a box office of less than 20 million on the first day, it has been rising all the way. This small-budget movie suddenly gained the momentum of a blockbuster at the end of the summer season.

So far, "The Tuner" has been in theaters for 10 days, and the box office has reached 1.88 million. The box office on weekdays is still stable at more than million, which can be said to be full of stamina.

The media has already predicted that the final box office of this movie may even exceed 3 million.

The industry has already exploded because the cost has been announced before. Even including publicity and distribution expenses, the total investment in "The Tuner" will not exceed 30 million.

It is another low-cost hit and dark horse, and many companies in the industry are jealous of it.

Han Sanping regretted it at this time. "The Raid" was just that. After all, it was a project in Xiangjiang, so it was not easy to get involved, and by the time he knew about it, it had already been started.

But this "The Tuner" was proposed by him when he saw it. At that time, he didn't like it at all and couldn't shame it. But now looking at the box office results, he feels very heartbroken.

Compared with the jealousy of companies in the industry and Han Sanping's heartache, Cao Baoping seemed very proud.

During this period, I was frequently interviewed by the media, but fortunately I was still very sober.

"I am very grateful to Wei Jin for this script. This is my first time trying a commercial film, and I have experienced a lot. In the future, I will continue to maintain my passion for movies, try different styles and different types of movies, and bring more exciting movies to the audience and movie fans. work"

Cao Baoping's speech is still very clear. Although "The Tuner" has been successful, if it doesn't sound good, no one in the industry will think that this is his credit.

In the eyes of most people, more than 7% of the credit for this film's current success belongs to Wei Jin.

This also made many directors of the older generation feel very uncomfortable, because it was not them who were selected by Wei Jin——
In the editing room of Shanhe Ink, Wei Jin is immersed in editing.

After working hard for two hours, Wei Jin was about to take a break and smoke a cigarette to change his mind when he heard Ning Hao's excited voice.

"Junior brother, come and see, Feng Dapao has fired."

"Oh? What's going on?"

Hearing the fresh gossip, Wei Jin instantly became energetic and asked quickly.

"Feng Dapao's "1942" was rejected. The reason given was that the content of the script was too straightforward and dark and might cause discomfort to the audience."

"Isn't this nonsense?"

Before Ning Hao could finish speaking, Wei Jin interrupted him directly. This reason was really far-fetched.

"Isn't that right? Can Feng Dapao spoil them? He turned around and wrote a short essay. It's quite exciting. Come and take a look?"

After receiving the mobile phone handed over by Ning Hao, Wei Jin took a look, good guy, he only called the wrong name but not the wrong nickname. Feng Dapao was indeed a cannon.

“Currently, the power of censorship is in the hands of a group of laymen. They are either experts in this unit or leaders of that organization. They have no experience in film production and know nothing.

Taking the films submitted for review literally, or even taking them out of context, maliciously speculating on the original intentions of the creators, which will greatly harm and imprison the enthusiasm of film creators."

The censorship of the masters' operations has already caused dissatisfaction in the industry. Wei Jin saw that Feng Dapao's article had been liked and forwarded by many people in the industry, including Ning Hao.

"Senior brother, what kind of fun are you doing?"

"Hey, what's wrong with my slippery hands?" "Hahaha, it's good."

After watching the excitement, Wei Jin returned to the editing room and continued to immerse himself in post-production work——
After leaving the company, Wei Jin asked Zhu Wei to drive to Liu Yifei's side.

The little girl's birthday is coming, and I don't know if she likes the gift I prepared.

As soon as he walked into the villa, Wei Jin saw Liu Yifei playing with her mobile phone in the garden. She didn't notice her arrival at all and couldn't help but make a joke.

"Yifei, the sun is so bright, you're not afraid of getting tanned anymore?"

Hearing the sound, Liu Yifei looked up and saw the person coming, feeling a little surprised.

"Brother, why did you come here without telling me in advance?"

While talking, the little girl walked quickly towards Wei Jin, who took advantage of the situation and grabbed her waist and continued to tease her.

"What? Could it be that you did something bad behind my back?"

"No way."

Looking at the little girl's pouted mouth, Wei Jin laughed.

"I'm just teasing you. Come into the house with me."

Wei Jin took the girl's hand and walked towards the house. He had to admit that the sun in the capital was so damn poisonous that he was almost sweating from the time he got off the bus to his home.

Entering the house, Wei Jin instantly felt cool, and then looked at the little girl whose pretty face was sunburned, complaining a little.

"You said, what should you do if you get tanned or sunburned when you go outside in the afternoon?"

Sensing the concern in the man's tone, Liu Yifei felt very relieved and had a sweet smile on her face.

"Hehe, brother, if you wear sunscreen, there will be no problem."

Wei Jin suddenly realized that as a man in his past life, he had never applied this thing before, so he forgot about it for a while.

"Okay, but you still have to pay attention. Also, eat less snacks recently."

At this point, Wei Jin pinched the little girl's face with his hand and lamented that her body was easy to gain weight. When she was on the set, it was fine and she could control it. After finishing filming, within half a month, she was probably getting fatter. Several kilograms.

"Yifei, you have to control yourself. Venice is right in front of you. You don't want to leave ugly photos on the red carpet, right?"

Liu Yifei seemed to shudder at the thought of being on the headlines because she was dark and fat.

"Brother, I listen to you. I won't eat snacks or bask in the sun these days."

"Um"

Seeing the serious look on the little girl's face, Wei Jin knew that she had listened to her heart, so he sat down on the sofa and held her on his lap.

"By the way, what were you looking at just now? So fascinated?"

Hearing the man's words, Liu Yifei became excited instantly and took out her mobile phone.

"Brother, look at this, the Internet is very lively."

Wei Jin took the phone and took a look. It was indeed very lively.

Just yesterday afternoon, Best Actor Xie and Zhang Baizhi officially announced their divorce.

It wasn't a big deal at first, but the Hong Kong media couldn't stand the excitement. Various speculations were made frequently and press releases were flying all over the place.

Some say that Xie Feng is in love with someone else, some say that Zhang Baizhi and Teacher Chen have rekindled their old relationship, and so on.

Hong Kong's film and television companies and a large number of artists also began to divide themselves into two factions, blaming each other.

Zhang Baizhi has a somewhat performative personality. She highlights her status as a single mother in front of the media, pretends to be pitiful and solicits sympathy. She has really won the support of many female artists and fans.

It's a pity that Best Actor Xie has the support of Ying Huang behind him, and he has the sympathy of public opinion, occupying the moral high ground. He can single out a group of people and not fall behind at all.

The two sides were quarreling fiercely, but this was not the most exciting part.

The most exciting thing is the official Weibo of Poet Chen's company, which is full of comments from netizens.

"Director Chen is awesome! The number one prophecy emperor in heaven!!!"

"I understand "The Promise"!"

"Five years, do you know how I lived these five years? Director Chen is awesome!!"

"Can "The Promise" be re-released? I owe Director Chen a ticket."

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Looking at the comments from netizens, Wei Jin was overjoyed. He is so talented.

"How's it going, brother? It's wonderful. Do you think Poet Chen already knew it?"

Seeing Liu Yifei's gossipy face, Wei Jin rubbed her head lovingly.

"I don't know this"

"That's it, brother, why do you think the two of them are in such trouble? Even if they are divorced, can't they just get together and go away?"

"This may not be the original intention of the two of them."

Seeing the little girl's confused look, Wei Jin continued to explain.

"Zhang Baizhi currently has a film contract, and neither her agency nor the crew behind her want her to be known as having an affair during marriage.

And Best Actor Xie is the only capable young actor in Hong Kong. Ying Huang will never allow him to have any stain on this kind of thing, so this farce is completely a game of capital behind it. "

Seeing the little girl's thoughtful look, Wei Jin ended the topic.

"Yifei, it's your birthday this year. Let's go on a trip and have fun for a week, just in time to catch the opening ceremony of the film festival."

"really?"

The little girl looked surprised, but then she became a little wary. Is this man trying to kill first and then show off again?
"Just the two of us?"

Seeing the girl's serious look, Wei Jin laughed dumbly and nodded immediately.

"Yes, just the two of us."

When the girl heard this, a smile appeared on her face.

"That's great, mua, mua"

Feeling the girl's joy, Wei Jin looked up at the clock on the wall, stood up, picked up the little girl, and walked up to the second floor step by step.

Liu Yifei naturally knew what was going to happen next, so she held Wei Jin's neck shyly.

"Brother, mom will be back soon."

"Well, remember to shout a little lower."

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