During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 390 Time is a butcher’s knife
On the 22nd, which was also the 29th day of the lunar year, the last day of the lunar year, Wei Jin and Jing Tian set out on their journey home.

Sitting in the spacious private plane, Jing Tian sat closely beside Wei Jin. She felt a little nervous when she thought that they would arrive in more than two hours.

"What's the matter? Are you scared that the ugly bride is coming to your house?"

Wei Jin's teasing made Jing Tian feel a little embarrassed.

Although she had met her parents before and had come to visit them during the Spring Festival, going home with Wei Jin during the Spring Festival was like a young wife coming to visit her, right? The little girl was just being more assertive.

"You are ugly. Uncle will be so happy to see me."

Wei Jin had no way to refute this. The two old men in the family only knew Jing Tian and Zeng Li, and they had a very good impression of the two girls.

Especially Jing Tian, ​​she is the two old men's favorite daughter-in-law.

Knowing that Jing Tian was coming to celebrate the New Year, Wei Anguo, the uncle who had always disliked crowds and stubbornly stayed in his old house, also agreed to spend New Year's Eve with his brothers and nephews.

You know, the last time Wei Anguo and Wei Jin celebrated the New Year together was when they celebrated Dudu’s full moon.

"Okay, okay, my Tiantian is the most beautiful."

After holding the little girl in his arms and spending some time with her, Wei Jin took out his mobile phone and browsed the movie information on the Impression Network APP.

Wei Jin had to admit that the closer it got to the Chinese New Year, the more depressed the film market became.

With few rivals left, the performance of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" still fell short of expectations.

It has been released for 22 days and the box office has reached 6.78 million yuan. The single-day box office is less than 1500 million yuan, and the downward trend is quite obvious.

Wei Jin can only hope for a boom during the Spring Festival period, otherwise it remains unclear whether it can break 10 billion.

The performance of the movie "The Great Magician" is still poor. After 10 days of release, the box office has just exceeded 1 million yuan, and the daily box office is less than million yuan.

In addition, the company's film "Reverse War", which was highly anticipated by Ying Huang, was also released a few days ago.

But this result made Wei Jin speechless. It took in 1100 million on the first day, and now, after five days of release, the box office has barely exceeded million.

Honestly speaking, China Film Group and Shanhe Media have been very strong in this distribution, securing an average screening share of no less than 25% in many cinema chains.

But according to this data, let alone recovering the investment or even making a profit, it is still unclear whether the box office can catch up with the production cost.

I have to say that Jay Chou’s appeal is getting worse and worse.

It’s just because he has starred in too many bad movies in recent years, such as "Curse of the Golden Flower", "The Thorn", "The Green Hornet", etc., and the audience can’t be fooled anymore.

At this moment, Wei Jin felt a little sorry for Boss Yang. Not only did he lose a lot of money, but his face was also swollen.

Previously, Ying Huang held a premiere for "Inverse War" in Hong Kong with great fanfare.

The media in Hong Kong are always very exaggerated. Before the movie was released, they shouted the slogan "The king of gun battle movies - 4 million director Lin Chaoxian, is about to sweep the Lunar New Year box office and dominate the Spring Festival box office."

It seems as if Hong Kong films are about to become glorious again.

Now, it’s time to wake up from the dream, right?
However, this has no impact on the publisher.

Generally speaking, there are several payment methods for issuing business.

One is that the distributor advances the publicity and promotion expenses and then deducts them from the shareable box office revenue.

One is that the producer directly pays the publicity and promotion fees, and the distributor just spends the money and finally earns the distribution fee.

There is another situation, that is, the distributor converts the investment into publicity and promotion costs, and finally divides the profits in proportion to the shareable box office.

But no matter which situation it is, the theater’s share of the box office revenue will be paid directly to the distributor.

Unless the box office is extremely poor, the distribution business is basically a sure win.

Therefore, before the film is released, a final estimate of the movie box office will be made, and reasonable publicity and promotion expenses will be set to ensure that the distribution fees can be recovered.

Wei Jin collected his thoughts and continued reading. He noticed a movie.

"Eight Stars Holding Happiness", directed by Wong Pak-ming and starring Zhen Zidan and Principal Gu, and the original version in which Yang Mi showed off her figure, is now released.

This time, Yang Mi is not there. Instead, the producers found Zhou Xiuna, a basketball star who had a one-night stand with Wei Jin, to star in the film. It can be said that she knows how to attract attention.

But the first-day box office of 500 million undoubtedly announced that this movie, which cost 7000 million to produce, was a complete loss.

It has to be said that Hong Kong directors' strategy of piling up a star-studded cast, rehashing old stuff to sell sentimentality, and showing off their bodies to attract attention is indeed outdated.

In addition, with the premiere of "20 Again", some film critics and netizens who attended the premiere also gave their own comments.

"The film has all the elements of family and love, the songs are also very bright, the actors' performances are very good, although not particularly amazing, but the warmth is quite good"

"It's quite good, with novel ideas, powerful rhythm control and camera use. Wei Jin's directing skills are indeed strong. I highly recommend it!"

"Liu Yifei is very lucky to get such a role. To be honest, all her previous roles were not down-to-earth. Even Shirley Yang always felt a bit weird. But this movie performed well and is worth watching!"

"Wei Jin said that this year's best tearjerker was a gift to female audiences across the country. It can probably be understood that he gave it to his mother. Unfortunately, Wei's mother can no longer see it."

“It’s a family movie that’s both hilarious and tear-jerking, and worth watching!”

“It’s just average, not as exciting as the previous movies”

"It's OK, much better than other crappy movies, I'm talking about "Eight Stars Holding Happiness"."

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The overall evaluation is still good, of course there are some criticisms.

Wei Jin was not surprised by this. Different people have different preferences and you can't force them.

In addition, the movie’s three original songs have also begun to be promoted online and offline, with very good results.

Especially "Time Thieves", which made it into the top ten of the on-demand charts of many radio stations in just one day and received rave reviews on the Internet.

Even professional musicians came out to support the song and gave it high praise.

This has also made the popularity of the movie and the enthusiasm of moviegoers continue to rise, which can be seen from the pre-sales of the movie.

"Brother, how much do you think the box office will be?"

Jing Tian asked suddenly while eating snacks and lying on Wei Jin's shoulder.

Although she and Liu Yifei have a deep "sisterly relationship", Jing Tian is unwilling to be overshadowed by her at the box office.

"It's hard to say right now. I'm not too sure about the Spring Festival schedule."

Wei Jin is not fooling around. Although there are few competitors during this period, the current potential of the Spring Festival period is not that great. He is not sure whether it can achieve good results.

"Is that so? Then brother, which time slot do you plan to put "The Bottom Girl" in?"

"It depends. This movie is suitable for students. It's better to release it during the summer vacation or National Day."

Time passed quickly as we chatted along the way. After more than two hours, the plane landed smoothly.

Wei Jin and Jing Tian wore down jackets, masks and hats, wrapped themselves tightly and walked out of the airport.

Old Zhu, who came to greet him, had been waiting for a long time. After the annual meeting, Wei Jin gave him a holiday.

The car drove all the way to a familiar place, Jing Tian held Wei Jin's arm, and became more and more nervous. Soon, the two arrived at the place, and Lao Zhu helped to carry the luggage and wanted to follow, but was stopped by Wei Jin.

"Old Zhu, you can go back by yourself. You have to be with your family on New Year's Eve. It's just a few things. I will take them in myself."

Zhu Wei thought about it and nodded. If he went with them, he would probably be asked to stay for dinner, so it was difficult to refuse.

"Okay, Mr. Wei, say hello to the two old men."

"Well, I will."

To be honest, Wei Jin hasn't been back for several years. At first glance, the environment here feels a little strange, but also familiar and friendly.

Wei Jin carried the luggage in one hand and held Jing Tian's hand in the other, while the latter was carrying a gift. The two walked up the old stairs step by step and opened the door.

As expected, Dad and uncle were already cleaning up the house, waiting for them to come back.

"Dad, uncle, we are back."

"Uncle, uncle, hello." Jing Tian looked well-behaved.

"Hey, Tiantian is here, come and sit down."

The two old men greeted Jing Tian with joy, but ignored Wei Jin.

"Tiantian, talk to uncle for a while. I'll go to the kitchen to make dinner and we can eat later."

Upon hearing this, Jing Tian immediately stood up and said, "Ah, uncle, let me help you."

"No, Tiantian, just stay here."

Before the two old men could even speak, Wei Jin directly refused.

What a joke, today is New Year's Eve. If I really let Jingtian go to the kitchen, I'll make sure the two old guys don't get anything bad from the food.

Jing Tian obviously understood what Wei Jin meant and pouted her lips. However, when she saw her uncle was present, she immediately put on a sweet smile and started chatting with the latter.

With such acting skills, Wei Jin wanted to give her an award!

Wei Xingbang worked quickly, and before 7 o'clock, a sumptuous dinner was ready.

"Tiantian, come and try it and see if it suits your taste."

Looking at the dishes on the table that clearly preferred northern Shaanxi, Jing Tian smiled. Fortunately, the Wei family didn't only eat Sichuan cuisine.

"Thank you, uncle, uncle, brother, let's eat together"

Wei Jin hadn't been back for several years. When he spent the New Year in Beijing, it was Zeng Li or the nanny who cooked. It had been a long time since I tasted my father's cooking, so I couldn't help but feast on it.

The meal time was extremely warm and cozy.

After dinner, Wei Jin took the initiative to wash the dishes and sent messages to the women at the same time.

When he came out, the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon had already started.

The chief director of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Li Yong's wife, Ha Wen, who was then the assistant director of CCTV's variety channel.

The hosts are Zhu Jun, Li Yong, Dong Qing, Bi Fujian, Sa Beining and Li Shishi.

Honestly speaking, the choreography and programs of this Spring Festival Gala were quite good, the stage design also had a festive feel, and even the number of advertisements were reduced.

It is Lao Zhao’s absence that makes the Spring Festival Gala lack some characteristics.

However, Qiao Zhenyu's ancient costume, coupled with the stage setting with a strong ancient style, and the song "Buwei Xia" he sang were truly stunning.

Happy Twist's "Today's Happiness" is considered the highlight of this year's Spring Festival Gala. Even the two old men who are usually serious were amused by it.

"Brother, Brother Teng and Allen are so funny, you don't know what they are like in the theater..."

Jing Tian was also very happy. After a long while, he chatted with Wei Jin about his days at Happy Twist. The two old men listened with great interest.

"Tiantian, are you saying that this cheap guy is the school idol of the Military Art Academy? What do you mean?"

"Brother, the school hunk is the most handsome guy in the school, which is similar to the village girl in our time."

Wei Xingbang, as a university teacher, knew all this well and helped to explain it, but then he became confused again.

"Tiantian, this is so cheap, I'm afraid he is just bragging, no matter how you look at it, he can't be considered the school hunk, right?"

"Uncle, it's true. Brother Teng showed me his photo. He was really handsome when he was young. He looked a bit like Li Tianwang, but..."

Speaking of this, Jing Tian didn't know how to explain it.

It is said that time is a butcher's knife, but Brother Teng is a pig that grows too fast, so much so that time can't help but kill him prematurely.

To be honest, Shen Teng is only 4 years older than Wei Jin, and one year younger than one of the four most handsome men in the world, Qiao Zhenyu.

But both Wei Jin and Qiao Zhenyu are in their prime, but Shen Teng has grown into a middle-aged greasy uncle with wrinkles on his face.

This is too unscientific!
After complaining in his heart, Jing Tian brought up another matter.

"By the way, brother, Brother Teng and his friends are working on a new play, it seems to be called "Detective Charlotte"."

Wei Jin almost choked on his water. Jing Tian's train of thought was really amazing.

"It's 'Charlotte's Troubles'."

"Yes, yes, that's it. The name is so funny. I was originally invited to participate, but I was busy with the concert."

Jing Tian nodded hurriedly, then a look of suspicion appeared on his face.

"But brother, how did you know?"

"Hey, have you forgotten that I'm a shareholder?"

After casually fooling the little girl, Wei Jin was not idle either. While replying to the women's messages, he also took time to send out red envelopes in the company group and continued to watch the Spring Festival Gala with his family.

The subsequent programs were nothing new, but the singing programs had a lot of failures.

Xiu Bo and Wei Wei sang a song called "Devotion of Love" together, but the lyrics were sung wrong.

Wang Luodan, who was squeezed out of the Four Young Flowers but won the Golden Eagle Goddess, sang "Go Home Often to Visit" with Teacher Cai, an evergreen in the music scene with a halo around her head, and they also sang seriously out of tune.

"Son, you said that it's good that the Spring Festival Gala doesn't have commercials, but this is a bit too much for everyone to sing out of tune. Don't they need to rehearse?"

Wei Xingbang found it a little hard to accept the failure of the Spring Festival Gala.

"Dad, this year's Spring Festival Gala is live, so it's normal for things to go wrong. Those who made mistakes are not professional singers, aren't there some good performers?"

"Xingbang, what Xiaojin said is right. What was that song just now? Wasn't it just a good singing?"

My uncle Wei Anguo expressed his understanding. Having experienced special times, he was most aware of situations where mistakes could not be tolerated.

"Uncle, that's Sa Dingding, a very talented female singer. She also participated in Mango TV's "I Am a Singer" this year."

Jing Tian helped introduce it to the audience, but after seeing the failure of the Spring Festival Gala, the girl felt sad and decided to continue practicing when she returned to Beijing.
(End of this chapter)