During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 417: Bole is common, but a good horse is rare
With the implementation of the China-US agreement, this year's Beijing International Film Festival is in full swing.

Although the film festival was only established last year, there are quite a lot of films participating in the exhibition, which is unprecedented in both quality and quantity.

Finally, the organizing committee selected more than 74 films from nearly 260 films submitted from countries and regions as the screening films for this year's film festival.

Most of them are films that have won awards or been nominated at the three major European film festivals, the Oscars, and various international film festivals.

Therefore, the domestic side attaches great importance to this film festival and almost intends to bring out all the faces of the entire film industry.

At this moment, Wei Jin was surrounded by a large number of invitations from this film festival.

"Old Chen, this is too much."

International Film Forum, Film Enterprise Forum, Directors Forum, Producers Forum
Looking at the signatures on the invitation letters, Wei Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Boss Wei, it's because we are too good."

Old Chen showed a rare moment of humor, and Wei Jin could only accept his fate.

Not to mention state-owned enterprises such as China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, which must be present. Among private companies, Shanhe Media is the most dazzling, so how could the organizer not invite them?
Not to mention, he has also won numerous awards including the Palme d'Or, the Golden Bear, the Silver Lion, and the Oscar.

In fact, Wei Jin also knew that not only Shanhe Media and himself, but also some of the most famous companies in the industry, such as Huayi, Fiber Optic, Bona and other well-known directors such as Chen Shishi, Lao Mouzi, Jiang Wen, etc., had all received invitations from all sides.

Honestly speaking, Wei Jin was really not interested in this kind of face-saving project. The purpose of their coming to show their support was almost obvious - they were targeting the domestic market.

But he couldn't resist the leaders' desire for political achievements, and he really couldn't refuse the invitation from the city and the general administration.

"Old Chen, let's do this. You can go to the corporate forums, producer forums, and the like on behalf of the company. I'll go to the rest that I can't turn down."

After some thought, Wei Jin came up with a compromise.

"it is good."

Chen Zhiming was about to leave when Wei Jin suddenly stopped him, "Old Chen, there is one more thing. You lead the team to the Cannes Film Festival next month."

"Is it about copyright?"

"Yes, except for Southeast Asia, the rest of the regions will be traded in the form of copyright."

Wei and Jin thought about this matter very clearly.

Although it is a low-budget inspirational film, the values ​​of "Girl at the Bottom" are quite universal and foreigners will be very receptive to it, so the copyright price should not be low.

But if you find a distributor, you may not earn as much as you would from copyright, and it will take a long time, which is quite troublesome.

As for why they didn't sell it at the Beijing Film Festival, it's because the Cannes Film Festival is the world's largest copyright trading market.
"Okay, leave it to me, Mr. Wei."

Old Chen nodded. He had been in charge of copyright transactions many times and was very familiar with it.

"Well, go ahead and get busy."

Midway through April, the filming of "A Man's Martial Arts" was about to start, and Wei Jin met with the main creators in the office.

Whether it was Lu Yang, Zhao Wenzhuo, Wang Baoqiang or Bai Bin, there was excitement and anticipation on their faces.

The first three may be looking forward to a wonderful script, which, after their own efforts, will become the fun of the movie, while the latter may be looking forward to
"Don't start the camera right away this time. Get familiar with the shooting environment first."

After hearing Wei Jin's instructions, Lu Yang understood after a little thought. Although the Golden Harvest team was already very mature and had Ying Huang to assist, for a director like him, Hong Kong was still an unfamiliar environment. Familiarizing himself with it in advance would make the filming go more smoothly.

"Also, although the Hong Kong industry has calmed down recently, there may still be people with low IQ who do something extreme, so you still have to be careful when filming. If there is any problem, contact Mr. Shi and Ying Huang immediately."

At this point, Wei Jin paused for a moment, then added, "Also, the roles can be adjusted a bit, and the minor roles can be put at the end."

"Yes, brother, I know."

Lu Yang nodded. After all, "Saving Mr. Wu" would be released at the end of May, and he still had to participate in some promotional and roadshow activities. Some unimportant scenes could be re-shot after the movie was released.

After finishing the business, Lu Yang had a gossipy look on his face.

"Brother, do you think Boss Yang is very angry recently?"

As soon as Lu Yang said this, curiosity emerged on the faces of several people in the reception room, even the usually honest Wang Baoqiang was no exception. It seems that everyone has a gossipy heart.

"You can ask him in person during the welcoming banquet, haha."

Wei Jin smiled and shook his head. This year's Academy Awards were not unexpected. The two films by Ying and Huang had a total of 14 nominations, but won nothing.

But this is not a big deal. There were already speculations in the circle about the photo of the nominated candidates. Wei Jin even got a direct reply from Boss Yang, so Boss Yang would definitely not care if he didn't win the award. The key lies in the Hong Kong circle's outrageous operations.

Although all the crew members of "Let the Bullets Fly" were not present, they were still mentioned again and again at the award ceremony, with a strong sense of irony and sarcasm.

Jiang Wen, who has a bad temper, wrote a short essay directly on Weibo, without a single dirty word in the entire article.

But Wei Jin thought, the elegant Boss Yang should be more tolerant, right?

In comparison, Xu Anhua reaped a lot of rewards.

"A Simple Life" won five major awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay, making it the undisputed biggest winner of this year's Academy Awards.

This is the fourth time that Anhua Hui has won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards. Although this is a recognition and praise of her ability, from another perspective, doesn't it also mean that Hong Kong is on the decline and there are no more outstanding directors?
After the explanation, everyone left one after another, and only Bai Bin stayed in the office, looking at Wei Jin with loving eyes.

"Boss, I miss you so much."

As he spoke, Bai Bin had already taken the initiative to sit on Wei Jin's legs and unbuttoned his chest.

Seeing this, Wei Jin naturally cooperated with Bai Bin. He held Daju with one hand and wandered over the beautiful legs in black stockings with the other hand, burying his face in them.

"Hmm~~ The boss is awesome~~~"

Bai Bin, who hadn't eaten meat for more than four months, soon couldn't help singing. She was very much looking forward to the story that was to come.

Speaking of which, Bai Bin hasn't been in his boss's office for four years since 08, and he was becoming more and more excited.

Time was limited, so Wei Jin did not do too much foreplay. After tasting her, he stood up, pressed Xiaobai on the table with one hand, lifted her skirt, and covered her beautiful buttocks with both hands.

Just as he was about to act according to the previous rules, Wei Jin suddenly remembered something.

"Xiaobai, your stockings"

"Boss, I still have some in my bag, feel free to tear it."

As soon as Bai Bin finished speaking, he heard a "sizzling" sound, and instantly felt a little cool, but then he felt another wave of heat lingering, and couldn't help but twist his hips. "Boss~~~"

"Don't worry, Xiaobai. We have a lunch break to have fun. I will make sure to feed you."

Wei Jin teased as she adjusted the position of her black lace panties, baton in hand as she prepared to educate her assistant.

"Ah~~~"

With Bai Bin's coquettish cry, the "practice" ceremony officially began.

Two hours later, with the blush still on his face, Bai Bin and the crew set out from Beijing to Hong Kong.

"Director Lu Yang, actors Zhao Wenzhuo and Wang Baoqiang, and a group of staff from Shanhe Media rushed to Hong Kong today."

"It is estimated that the film "One Man's Martial Arts" will start shooting soon!"

In the movie market, "Titanic" is really unstoppable. The decline in the second week was quite small, and it once again cut more than 2 million in box office revenue, and the total box office has reached 7.6 million.

All the mainland film production companies are envious, the box office is really heading for 10 billion.

But what’s funny is that the film company actually applied for an extension key. As you can imagine, the result was rejected on the spot by the General Administration.

Although the postponement was unsuccessful, the single-day box office of nearly 40 million still caused heavy losses to domestic films.

However, "Whiplash" once again earned nearly 7000 million yuan at the box office in a week, and the total box office has exceeded 2 million yuan, successfully breaking the box office record for domestic art films.

This attracted the attention of many people in the industry, especially film companies.

You know, in the past, art films had almost nothing to do with box office, and only a few art films broke this curse.

Many art film directors are wondering whether they can replicate the box office miracle of "Whiplash."

The final conclusion is very helpless. First of all, the script is not very likely. Secondly, it is difficult to find a director with charisma like Wei Jin.

"Strictly speaking, Whiplash is more like a feature film, which I can't handle."

Facing the interview from the reporter, Zhang Yimou smiled and shook his head.

"This is great news. It is definitely good news for the entire art film market!"

When interviewed, Jia, a veteran in art films, gave a very high evaluation.

Looking at Chief Jia in the news reports, Wei Jin felt a rare sense of admiration for him. This man truly loves art films.

Last month, Section Chief Jia announced on Weibo that he would pay out of his own pocket to build an art cinema in Beijing that would specialize in showing literary and artistic films.

And it was promised that art films that are not favored by theaters or even have no chance to be released can be shown here in the future.

At the same time, Chief Jia also promised that ticket prices would be lower than normal cinemas.

Chief Jia's action deserves praise, whether for fame or for his ideals.

As for whether it is for profit? Anyone who has such an idea must have some serious brain disease!
Perhaps because of the great pressure, the premiere of "Pifu" was held almost a week in advance.

However, the scale of this premiere was not large, and there were relatively few major media.

It’s not that Huang Xiaoming doesn’t have enough reputation, it’s just that the Beijing International Film Festival is about to open. Celebrities and filmmakers from all over the world have started to arrive these days, and a large number of media reporters are waiting at the airport.

In comparison, a movie premiere is insignificant.

However, Wei Jin had to admit that Huang Xiaoming was indeed very popular in the circle. A large number of first- and second-tier actors, celebrities and people from the circle came to support him. Of course, it was not ruled out that they came for the face of the producer Fiber Optic.

Facing the camera of the reporter, Lao Wang spoke passionately on the stage.

"With the implementation of the China-US agreement, a large number of Hollywood films have entered the domestic market. The big ships are still raging. For "Pifu", it will be a big battle. It determines the future of a new director and determines the audience's judgment on domestic films. We need a victory, a victory for domestic films!"

It sounds a bit tragic, but when it was Huang Xiaoming's turn to speak, he showed his high emotional intelligence.

"We, a group of fearless people, are determined to fight against Hollywood's powerful ships and guns and fight for domestic films."

Lao Wang and Huang Xiaoming, one is tragic and the other is passionate. Wei Jin was almost infected by their emotions, but when he saw the performance on the stage, he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Brother Wang, is this the program you prepared?"

Huang Xiaoming was seen leading a group of men, wearing leather pants on the lower body, vests on the upper body, and sunglasses, dancing street dance on the stage.

Zhang Yi, who looks honest, calm and mature, also performed a backflip.

"Well, as a man, you must show your manliness, haha."

Wang Changtian forced himself to explain, and he couldn't help laughing. Most of the guests at the scene were laughing. It was obvious that this program was indeed very innovative.

I have to say that Huang Xiaoming was quite sincere and participated in all the performances personally, although it was a bit eye-catching.

The movie started playing and Wei Jin was watching it attentively.

He had never seen this movie in his previous life, but after watching the entire 100 minutes, he had to admit that Huang Xiaoming really acted with his heart, but.
Old Wang, who was sitting next to him, noticed Wei Jin's strangeness and asked, "Brother Wei, what do you think?"

"Well, if we change to a better time slot, maybe the results will be good."

After Wei Jin thought about it, he gave a vague answer.

What can I say about the movie "Pifu"? It is a bit like "Let the Bullets Fly", but overall, it is much worse.

If it were a different time slot, it might be possible to save it, but in late April and May, the competition was too fierce and there was no hope at all.

When Lao Wang heard this, he realized that Wei Jin was not optimistic about the box office this time, and he couldn't help but care about where the problem was, and the latter did not hide it.

"Brother, in my opinion, the director is still too immature, and the plot is a bit taken for granted. Of course, the biggest problem is the editing, which is too chaotic, which has lowered the quality of the film."

After listening to Wei Jin's explanation, the old king glanced in the direction of the director, his tone somewhat emotional.

"Brother, I really envy you. A good director can always find the right person. I don't have such a keen eye, so I can only cast a wide net and rely on luck."

Wei Jin really couldn't respond to what Lao Wang said. The director-centered system is prevalent in China, and the quality of a movie depends almost entirely on whether the director is reliable.

However, it is difficult to tell the quality of a director without the proof of his works. Therefore, most production companies, like Lao Wang, support young directors by casting a wide net, hoping that a few geniuses will emerge among them.

Unfortunately, there are many Bole, but few good horses. The cost of training is too high.
(End of this chapter)