During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 421 I am afraid that my best friend will suffer, and I am even more afraid that my best friend will drive a Land Rover
Near the end of April, "SPL 2" had its premiere.

According to Wei Jin's opinion, they could just do it casually, but Boss Yang disagreed. Despite the bumpy road ahead, he still hoped that Yinghuang could get a good start after the new year.

Ying Huang was the main plaintiff, and Wei Jin could only respect the other party's opinions.

Compared to the previous movie premieres, "SPL 2" has extremely strong production and cast, so this premiere was much more star-studded.

As a popular action actor, Wu Jing is in high spirits today. Many producers in the industry are circling around him, and it seems that he has no shortage of film contracts.

In comparison, Zhang Jing is much more low-key, quietly following behind director Chen Musheng and socializing.

Speaking of which, Chen Musheng is also a well-known director in Hong Kong, and has dedicated many well-known classic works to the audience.

He has been working at Hong Kong Unlimited Television since the 80s, and later became an assistant director to Du Qifeng, assisting in directing TV series such as "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

After that, he continued to work as an executive director and participated in the production of many Hong Kong films. Until 90, Benny Chan independently directed the love movie "A Moment of Romance" for the first time, which was produced by Du Qifeng, planned by Ringo Lam and Wong Jing, and starred by King Liu. Since then, he began to gain fame.

Later, he collaborated with Xu Ke and directed the martial arts film "New Crane Needle" starring Guan Meiren and Liang Caowei. The scene of using internal force to force out body fluids was very impressive.

During this period, he also independently directed many TV series, such as "Fist of Fury" and "Hung Hei-gun".

Since then, he has been smooth sailing and has been helped by noble people. He has collaborated with Jackie Chan several times, directed films such as "Who Am I", "New Police Story", and "The Baby Project", and has been nominated for the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards many times.

Unfortunately, although Chen Musheng studied under Du Qifeng and is good at action movies and gun battle movies, he has never achieved outstanding results in the commercial box office. His best record at present is last year's customized movie "Shaolin Temple", which barely broke 2 million.

When meeting Wei Jin, Chen Musheng's attitude was very correct. Although the former had a very bad relationship with the Hong Kong circle recently, Chen Musheng was very clear that he would have to go to the mainland to make a living in the future. In addition, he was too deeply tied to Yinghuang, so he had no choice but to go down this path.

After chatting with the gray-haired Chen Musheng for a few words, Wei Jin started chatting with Zhang Jin.

To be honest, Zhang Jing is a good fighter and has good abilities. He is the action director of this movie. Unfortunately, his face doesn't look like a star, so he is not good enough to be an idol, and his acting skills are lacking, so he has wasted many years and has not been very popular.

However, compared to his previous life, Zhang Jing got the opportunity to star in "Ip Man 3" early on, and also got the villain role in "SPL 2". The role of the suit thug has won him many fans. Perhaps he can take a different path in this life.

After a while of chatting, Boss Yang took the main creators to the stage to be interviewed.

When asked whether he had confidence in the box office as he was sandwiched between Hollywood blockbusters, Boss Yang clenched his fist in the air, looking very proud.

"Everyone should remember that five years ago, when I worked with Mr. Wei on New World, we faced the threat of Hollywood blockbusters. We won beautifully at that time. This time, I believe, will be no exception. The expected target of SPL 2 is 5 million!"

As a tough guy, Wu Jing also expressed his opinion in front of the reporters.

"I don't know if we can win, but we won't lose until we fall down."

Looking at Wu Jing on the stage, Wei Jin felt a little funny. This guy is really a straight man. A few days ago, he participated in the Fiber Optic variety show, and the host happened to be Xie Nan. His eyes were almost undisguised.

Fortunately, Xie Nan's hosting skills were strong enough, so there was no recording accident. Xie Nan complained to Jing Tian a lot about this.

After a brief interview, the main film began to play.

The movie "SPL 2" has nothing to do with the first movie in terms of plot. The main storyline is to take down a criminal group that sells human organs overseas.

In terms of the script, Wei Jin avoided some logical loopholes in the original film.

For example, in the melee at the dock, Wu Jing's identity was discovered by "Black Bear" played by Philip Keung. Wei Jin directly arranged for Black Bear to get a box lunch, otherwise the undercover identity would have been exposed. If the police were so careless, the criminals would have opened the champagne long ago.

For another example, the original film over-emphasized fatalism and forcibly attached itself to the theme of "SPL", which made it seem too deliberately pursuing literary and artistic qualities, resulting in a less smooth plot.

When Wei Jin was writing the story, he kept this part as vague as possible. Audiences who can understand it can naturally comprehend it, and those who cannot can just treat it as watching a fast-paced drama.

The more than 110-minute film came to an end, and applause broke out from the audience. Wei Jin and Boss Yang looked at each other and smiled.

During the cocktail party, Huo Wenxi, wearing a black professional suit, had a more elegant demeanor than many celebrities, and frequently walked among the many guests at the scene.

Seeing a familiar figure approaching, a disdainful smile appeared on her lips.

"Mani sister, I wish you a big box office success"

Yang Ying raised her glass and began to congratulate. Even though she was already the top star of Huayi Arts and had made it onto the mainland's big ship, as a young model from Hong Kong, she was still a little cautious in front of Huo Wenxi, the ace agent and director of Ying Huang, who had been dominating the Hong Kong entertainment industry for many years.

"Then I'll lend you my blessing, baby."

After chatting with Yang Ying for a few words, Huo Wenxi saw the fiber optic king Chang Tian and walked over with a smile on his face.

In her opinion, if this young model had not been with Huang Xiaoming, she, Huo Wenxi, would not even be worthy of a second glance at her.

Yang Ying, who stayed where she was, felt a little hot on her face. She pursed her lips and looked unhappy. After looking around, she muttered, "Strange, where did Ah Shan go?"

Wen Yongshan, who was being talked about by Yang Ying, was currently in the men's bathroom, enjoying extreme pleasure.

Janice Man plays the wife of Mr. Hong's younger brother in "SPL 2". Although her role is not that big, she has the opportunity to promote the series in mainland China, and Ying Huang has arranged for her to participate in the entire roadshow.

Time was running out, so Wen Yongshan took the opportunity when Wei Jin went to the bathroom and blocked him inside.

Wei Jin roughly turned the woman over before she recovered from her shock, pinched her chin and moved closer.

With Wen Yongshan's diligent cooperation, the game quickly
After feeling satisfied, Wen Yongshan was putting on makeup in front of the bathroom mirror when she was suddenly startled to find her former best friend appeared beside her.

"Baby, where did you come from?"

As she spoke, Wen Yongshan took out a breath freshener and sprayed it on her mouth a few times. The smell of heather was very familiar to her bestie. But even though the smell was suppressed, the blush on Wen Yongshan's face still made the experienced driver Yang Ying notice something. She glanced towards the bathroom with a playful look on her face.

"Ashan, you look so good all of a sudden, you must be having a lot of fun."

Wen Yongshan knew that she couldn't escape, so she had nothing to hide. She started with a bombshell, "You know how powerful Wei Sheng is. He's addictive."

Looking at the blush on her best friend's face that had not yet faded, and her satisfied look after being moisturized, Yang Ying thought of those nights many years ago. She couldn't help but close her legs, but then seemed to realize her own gaffe and spoke in a pretentious manner.

"Why are you following him without knowing why? Why don't you come to the mainland? I'll let Xiao Ming introduce you to some resources."

Just now, when facing Huo Wenxi, Yang Ying was very cautious, but when facing Wen Yongshan, she was very arrogant. Who said she is the number one actress in Huayi now?

"Haha, no need. Mr. Wei treats me very well, and Sister Mani thinks highly of me. In several new films by Ying Huang this year, I will be the leading actress."

Hearing Wen Yongshan mention the movie title, cast, and production cost, Yang Ying's heart was in turmoil and her emotions exploded.

I thought that since I was hooking up with a rich bachelor from the mainland and had Huayi behind me, I should have distanced myself from my best friend. But I didn't expect that Wen Yongshan would get the support of Ying Huang just by sleeping with Wei Jin for a few nights, and she seemed to be no inferior to me.

At this moment, Yang Ying felt mixed emotions, but she had to keep smiling, "That's good."

It is said that I am afraid that my best friend is having a hard life, and I am even more afraid that she drives a Land Rover. It is nothing more than this.

The premiere of "SPL 2" ended successfully, and it was released the next day together with "The Killing". The main creators began a high-intensity roadshow.

At the same time, in the film market, the box office of "Titanic 3D" has broken through the 9 million mark with ease.

But at this point, the movie's box office potential has basically been exhausted. After all, everyone who should have seen it has already seen it, and the single-day box office has inevitably dropped, and the theater chains' screening schedules have naturally decreased as a result.

According to industry estimates, the movie will probably gross tens of millions before it is taken off the screen, but it is unlikely to break 10 billion.

As for Wei Jin's "Whiplash", after four full box office weeks, the box office closed at 2.66 million, but the single-day box office has fallen below one million.

To be honest, this data has actually exceeded Wei Jin's expectations. A low-budget art film has surpassed many big-budget commercial films.

In comparison, other domestic films are much inferior.

Huang Xiaoming's film "The Ordinary Man" has been released for five days and the box office has barely exceeded 10 million. Even though it is about to enter the May Day holiday, the final box office is unlikely to exceed 30 million. The ending is already doomed, and it will be a huge loss.

However, although the movie lost money, Huang Xiaoming's attitude of not caring about the box office, not caring about losing money, and only focusing on the movie won him a lot of applause. He successfully squeezed into the ranks of film producers and was favored by many producers and directors.

As the saying goes, "Misfortune may be a blessing in disguise."

Ning Hao's film "The Robbery" performed quite well, perhaps due to his enthusiastic promotion. After five days of release, it earned nearly 7000 million at the box office despite being surrounded by a number of Hollywood blockbusters.

"This data is not bad. It's worth all my hard work in promoting it."

At the last copyright forum of the film festival, Wei Jin met Ning Hao, who was satisfied with the box office of the movie and was still full of fighting spirit.

"Brother, before the release of The Avengers, step up the promotion and try to get 2 million."

"Okay, I'll listen to you, but this time, I'm afraid I'll have to lose a few pounds."

Ning Hao, still with dark circles under his eyes, gritted his teeth and nodded.

He is not worried about "SPL 2", as this film occupies the screening time vacated by "Titanic 3D" and other movies, and has almost no impact on "The Heist".

But "Avengers" is different. He has already seen it during this screening. It is a standard Hollywood popcorn commercial film, but with the blessing of superhero themes, it is definitely a very strong opponent.

"By the way, Junior Brother, I heard that Mr. Chen is going to Cannes, I plan to go with him."

"No, that's fine."

Wei Jin has invested in the movie "The Robbery", so the more it sells, the better.

"Hey, Junior Brother, now that I have a Silver Bear, do you think the copyright will be easier to sell?"

Wei Jin couldn't bring himself to discourage him, so he could only nod and say, "It should be fine, you can look forward to it."

After the two chatted for a while, Feng Dapao became the speaker on the podium. As expected, he opened fire again.

Since this is a copyright forum, Feng Dapao will definitely fire hard at piracy.

"Since I started my career, I have been piracy-stricken, time and time again. They really treat me like a prostitute, but it doesn't matter. I'm used to it. Even if there are piracy, I am still a 6 million director.
But why are there no pirated copies of imported films in China? Battleship was released in China even earlier than in North America, but no pirated copies were circulated. Why? Because the relevant departments protect it well!

Why don't the authorities protect our own movies? In many cases, the copies of the movies have already been leaked before they are even released.
Many pirated copies are leaked from the hands of people inside the film copy factory. That is our state-owned enterprise. Aren’t you afraid that all filmmakers will be disheartened by doing this? Ah!!!”

As expected, Feng Dapao was interrupted several times by the host and was finally asked to leave, but the audience burst into thunderous applause, which shows that his speech was deeply loved by film and television practitioners.

In contrast, the faces of several leaders sitting nearby turned red and white.

The forum ended and the film festival basically came to an end. Wei Jin had no mood to chat with a group of filmmakers, so he went straight back to the West Hill Villa.

As soon as they arrived at the place, Liu Yifei, who had just finished a long announcement, rushed up and gave him a kiss. Wei Jin lifted her hips with both hands and responded enthusiastically.

Here, there is no disturbance from Liu Xiaoli.

(End of this chapter)