During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 372 A large-scale performance by a 5-million-dollar director

This year's domestic movies were brought to a new height of 13.86 billion by "Thieves".

This is basically an achievement that no one can shake, but the box office of "33 Days Later" exceeded 27 million within 5 days of its release, which still shocked the industry.

You know, no matter how many commercial blockbusters have invested over 100 million, it is difficult to achieve such results, and even the few gift films produced by China Film Group have not achieved such results.

Ranking in front of the box office of "Love Is Not Blind" are only Wei Jin's "Thieves", "Passengers", "The Martian", Feng Dapao's "Earthquake", Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" and other five. movie.

In other words, "33 Days Out of Love" ranks sixth in the box office rankings of domestic movies.

With this film, Xue Xiaolu became a hot director in the industry. After Wei Jin, Feng Dapao, and Jiang Wen, he became another director worth 5 million in China and the only female director.

There are overwhelming reports about her online.

It's just that Wei Jin didn't expect that Xue Xiaolu was so efficient. Her new script had been completed before the movie was released.

When he received her call, Wei Jin had just left the Golden House and looked at the environment outside the car window, roughly knowing where he was.

"Sister Xue, after all you are a director with a box office of 5 million and a professor from Nortel, please pay attention to your image, okay?"

Ignoring Wei Jin's joke, Xue Xiaolu smiled and raised his hand to invite him to take a seat.

"With your praise, I feel at ease."

"The script is good. Teacher Xue deserves to be a professor in the literature department."

Seeing Wei Jin's approval of the script, Xue Xiaolu smiled.

As soon as he sat down, ordered a drink, and chatted about school gossip for a while, he saw Wei Jin walking in.

"Wei Jin, sit down quickly."

For example, Cao Baoping, although he is already a director worth 3 million, his status as a great director is not stable until his second successful commercial film appears.

"Tch, I've been carrying it in class every day, why can't I just let it go?"

As an experienced driver, Zhu Wei was very familiar with the roads in Sijiu City, so he drove towards his destination with ease.

"Teacher Xue, I happen to be not far from the school right now. Let's meet nearby."

Regarding Xue Xiaolu's childish temper, Hai Qing had no choice but to spread his hands helplessly.

After about ten minutes, Wei Jin closed the script. After all, he had already read the first half before.

"Happy together, rejoice together."

"Okay, okay, you are the director and you have the final say."

Wei Jin can understand Xue Xiaolu's eagerness. It is difficult for a director who occasionally achieves outstanding results to be recognized by the industry.

Wei Jin gave a thumbs up and praised "Beijing Meets Seattle". Although the heroine worshiped money and the honest man took over in the end, he remembered that the box office was still good.

As an in-service teacher at Nortel, Xue Xiaolu needs to stabilize this honor as soon as possible, both from the school and herself, so it is not surprising that she is anxious to start new projects.

After some polite greetings, coffee was served.

Including Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Wu Ershan and others before, they have proven themselves many times before they achieved their current status in the industry.

"Hello, Senior Sister Haiqing, I've watched a lot of your dramas."

“Mr.

Walking side by side with Xue Xiaolu on campus, Hai Qing asked worriedly.

"It's okay, Wei Jin won't care."

"it is good."

Wei Jin looked at the level 97 Beidian senior sister in front of him and had some guesses in his mind.

"Wei Jin, would you like to read the script first?"

"no problem."

"Okay, see you later."

"Besides, if you want to star, you have to let investors inspect the goods, right? Haha."

"Hello, Director Wei, I am actor Hai Qing."

A black line appeared on Hai Qing's forehead, what the hell is that?

"Lao Zhu, go to Nortel."

Hai Qing on the side also stood up to say hello.

"Okay, boss."

Xue Xiaolu patted his chest and expressed amusement, then his face showed amusement.

"Sister Xue, is it really appropriate for me to go there?"

"I plan to let Hai Qing play the role of the second female lead in the play. What do you think?"

"Okay, I'll wait for you at the cafe in front of the school."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin shouted to Lao Zhu.

While talking and laughing, the two came to the coffee shop outside the school.

Wei Jin saw Hai Qing agreeing readily. As a teacher from Nortel, Xue Xiaolu took care of actors from Nortel. This was normal.

Although Hai Qing's acting career is relatively fixed, she still has some acting skills. She is just the second female lead, so Wei Jin doesn't mind giving Xue Xiaolu face.

As for Hai Qing's low emotional intelligence, what does it have to do with Wei Jin?

"What do you think about the other actors?"

"As for the male and female protagonists, I have a few favorite candidates here, but I still want to hear your thoughts first."

Xue Xiaolu knew very well that Wei Jin had many artists, so as an investor, he must have priority.

Before knowing clearly Wei Jin's thoughts, Xue Xiaolu would not make rash suggestions. After all, he has already dominated the second female lead, and it would seem a bit ignorant to take over the rest of the roles.

"As a heroine, how about letting Yang Mi be your second partner?"

To be honest, Wei Jin originally thought about letting Wang Zixuan play this role, but considering that she had just debuted, this kind of counterproductive method might not help her go further, so he gave up the idea.

After hearing this, Xue Xiaolu thought for a moment and nodded in approval.

"What about the male protagonist?"

"Who are your candidates?"

The male protagonist of this drama is a handsome uncle, and the company's artists have no such type at all, so Wei Jin didn't bother to make an appointment.

"Wu Xiubo, Zhang Jiayi, Yu Hewei"

Hai Qing's eyes lit up when she heard this. Wu Xiubo had collaborated with her on "Please Forgive Me", and Zhang Jiayi had collaborated with her on "Dwelling", and they got along quite well with her.

But she didn't expect that what finally came out of Wei Jin's mouth was the one he had never cooperated with before.

"Choose Yu Hewei, I quite like his Liu Bei, haha."

The Wei and Jin Dynasties were really not a joke. Liu Bei of Yu and Wei was played out on the Internet in later generations.

"As for other roles, I will notify the company's artists. For details, Mr. Xue, you can choose them yourself."

"Row."

"By the way, has Teacher Xue made a budget?" Xue Xiaolu said quickly when asked by investors.

"I've already found someone to do it, and it costs about 2500 to 3000 million."

Wei Jin nodded, the budget was about the same.

"Then let's do it according to the standard of 3000, and I will arrange for the finance department to handle it."

"it is good."

It was rare to come near the school. After Wei Jin and Xue Xiaolu finished talking about business, they walked straight towards the school, intending to visit their tutor Tianzhuangzhuang.

Walking around the campus and watching the students coming and going, Wei Jin felt a little emotional.

Many students have noticed Wei Jin. After all, in the industry, remembering the appearance of a great director is a compulsory course.

Unfortunately, Wei Jin's current status is so high that no one dares to come up to say hello or recommend themselves. They only dare to stand at a distance and pay attention.

Ignoring these students, Wei Jin walked straight towards the office of the directing department.

But Wei Jin didn't expect that there would be other people in Tianzhuangzhuang's office.

"Senior Brother Wei, hello, I am Wen Muye."

An ordinary-looking young man wearing round glasses stood up with a smile and greeted Wei Jin.

"Hello." Wei Jin also smiled and nodded, acknowledging his title.

Compared with those junior students from the acting department of Nortel who casually have relationships with each other, Wen Muye, who studied under Tianzhuangzhuang, is Wei Jin's direct junior student.

"Wei Jin, if you have the opportunity in the future, take more care of him. This circle is becoming more and more closed. It will be difficult for ordinary people to get a chance to stand out in the future."

Seeing the emotion on Tianzhuangzhuang's old face, Wei Jin nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, teacher."

Then Wei Jin and Wen Mu also started chatting.

I have to say that directors who can make a name for themselves in the film industry are quite capable.

Wen Muye has already written and directed two short films in just over a year since he joined Nortel.

For the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the more tools the better, so they immediately extended an olive branch.

"Do you have any ideas about directing a feature film?"

As soon as Wei Jin finished speaking, Wen Mu's face showed surprise. No director didn't want to direct a movie, and he was no exception.

The reason why I directed two short films in one year was to prepare for directing subsequent feature films.

Of course, the main reason is that the investment in a feature film is not small. As a newcomer who has not yet graduated, he cannot attract investment.

The funding for these two short films came from the "Passing on the Fire" fund established by Wei Jin.

However, facing the trust of Wei and Jin, Wen Mu was also a little uneasy, and he couldn't answer for a while.

Seeing the boy's coquettish appearance, Wei Jin naturally knew what he was thinking and couldn't help but joke.

"Don't worry, if you lose money, just keep working for me until you pay it back, haha."

Wei Jin had already talked about this, and Wen Mu naturally no longer hesitated. He immediately said that he would go to the company to sign a contract in a few days, and he would hang out with his senior brother from now on.

Seeing the two senior brothers getting along happily, Lao Tianzhuangzhuang was greatly relieved, and the wrinkles on his old face blossomed into a smile.

The most blockbuster movie during the Lunar New Year, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is released.

It has to be said that Zhang Weiping chose a relatively good schedule.

Because in the current film market, there are almost no competing works that can pose a threat to "Thirteen Hairpins".

After the box office of "33 Days Out of Love" exceeded 5 million, it has reached the end of its release. The single daily revenue has dropped below 300 million. It is naturally impossible for theaters to arrange more films.

"Legend of Hongmen Banquet" has only been in theaters for 10 days, with a box office revenue of 1.3 million. However, the single-day box office has been less than 500 million, and the natural film schedule rate has not increased.

As for other movies, such as "Happy Magic" produced by Huayi and Tianyu, and "Big Deal" produced by LeTV, they are not worth mentioning.

Both movies were released at the beginning of this month. The former grossed 110 million on its first day, which directly confused the industry.

You know, this film has an investment of 70 million, and it has attracted the director of "Ip Man" Yip Weixin. It is produced by Huang Baiming, and Principal Gu, Wu Zun, Wu Jing and others are joining the cast.

Wang Zhonglei even called out a box office target of 1.5 million at the premiere, but looking at the trend, million is still about the same.

The latter is an investment of 50 million from LeTV and directed by Ma Liwen, the Golden Rooster Best Director.

This female director is also actively transforming into commercial films, but it turns out that it is not easy for directors of artistic films to transform.

The box office of "Big Deal" was less than 50 on the first day, which is very telling.

Therefore, even though these two movies have only been released for a week, theaters have already reserved the lowest film schedule by default.

As an epic masterpiece with an investment of 6 million, "Thirteen Hairpins" was personally directed by the already established Lao Mouzi. With the blessing of the original novel, the audience's expectations for this movie were directly raised.

Therefore, theaters are also very optimistic about "Thirteen Hairpins" and have given more than 50% of the film schedule.

After all, before "The Secret of the Dragon" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" were released, theaters could just point to this movie to reap the Lunar New Year bonus.

Thanks to the ultra-high film schedule and competitors, even though the 9th is a working day, major theaters can still be described as overcrowded.

After finishing editing "The Girl at the Bottom", Wei Jin was also dragged by Jing Tian to watch "Thirteen Hairpins" in the cinema.

In order to avoid being watched by a large number of audiences, the two directly chose a private theater owned by Shanhe Cinemas.

Wei Jin has to admit that compared to being just a porter, Lao Mouzi is really good. Although it is his first time to shoot a war film, he performed very well in terms of the construction of the color of the picture and the scheduling of the scenes. , the plot is also very thick.

It's just that in Wei Jin's view, an investment of 6 million is completely unnecessary. This has already exceeded the investment limit for domestic films.

For now, the domestic film market cannot support such a large-scale production.

When Wei Jin attended Lao Mouzi's family dinner before, he heard that a piece of glass in the movie cost tens of millions.

Wei Jin didn't believe this. This was simply putting more pressure and burden on the movie to make back the money. Zhang Weiping would never make such a choice because of his urinary nature.

Wei Jin guessed that there was a high probability that there were some off-market operations, such as money laundering or false investment declarations to deduct taxes.

But this matter had nothing to do with Wei and Jin, and he didn't bother to delve into it.

Returning to the content of the movie, "Thirteen Girls" is undoubtedly a good movie, but compared to "Schindler's List" with similar themes, there is obviously still a gap.

When it comes to "Schindler's List", the first thing that comes to the minds of movie fans is the shocking red color on the little girl.

As for "Thirteen Hairpins", what fans are looking forward to is probably the passionate scene that lasts about two hours in the movie.

It has to be said that because of Zhang Dapao's intervention, this heavy-themed movie was successfully lowered.

"Brother, the Internet says that Ni Ni is very charming in a cheongsam. What do you think?"

Just after the movie ended, Jing Tian asked a fatal question.

"I think it would look better if Tiantian wore it."

How could Wei Jin not know what the little girl was thinking, with a joking expression on his lips, turning his passivity into initiative.

"Tiantian, how about we give it a try tonight?"

Seeing the expectation really flashing in the man's eyes, a satisfied smile appeared on Jing Tian's face.

"Well, brother, I will listen to you."

(End of this chapter)