During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 425 Sending Warmth Across Thousands of Miles

Hong Kong, the crew of "The Witch".

"Click."

After Lin Chaoxian shouted into the intercom, he looked carefully at the picture on the monitor and soon a smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, this one's passed. Let's take a ten-minute break and prepare for the next one."

Lin Chaoxian stood up and left from behind the monitor, walking towards Liu Shishi.

"Master, your performance is getting better and better."

Lin Chaoxian's attitude was somewhat friendly, perhaps because of Wei Jin at the beginning, but after getting along with her for a month or two, he really admired this mainland girl.

Although this girl does not have a strong talent for acting, she is hardworking and diligent. No matter how many NGs she does, she never complains, and there is nothing wrong with her way of dealing with people.

"It's all thanks to Director Lin's good teaching. Thank you."

A smile appeared on Liu Shishi's slightly dusty face, and her tone revealed sincerity. This bald director really helped her a lot.

"Director Lin, judging by the progress, we should be wrapping up soon, right?"

"Well, probably about a week."

Liu Shishi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, because her illness had delayed a lot of the crew's progress. Fortunately, it seems that they have almost caught up with it now.

After chatting for a while, Lin Chaoxian walked away, and his assistant Taozi came over with a cup of water.

"Senior sister, drink some water."

"Well, thank you."

After Liu Shishi took it, she started drinking it in small sips.

"Senior Sister, the director has praised you many times these days, right? Let's see who dares to say you have no acting skills in the future."

Listening to the assistant's nagging, Liu Shishi shook her head and laughed. Taozi was obviously complaining about Wu Ershan's original evaluation.

However, Liu Shishi was very clear that her acting skills had not improved much. The reason why the filming went smoothly was mainly because Wei Jin's script was too fitting.

Most of the performances in "The Witch" were not difficult, and for the few scenes that required a crazy state, Lin Chaoxian chose to polish them over and over again.

Therefore, Liu Shishi still has a long way to go on the road of being an actor, but she believes that as long as she makes progress, she will get better and better.
As for the crew of "Big Shot", they adopted the method of starting with the easy and then moving on to the difficult, and as all the actors are talented, the filming has been very smooth since it started.

At the same time, in the film market, domestic films are also reaping box office revenue.

Thanks to the outstanding performance during the May Day holiday, the theater screening schedule of "SPL 2" increased instead of decreased, from 25% to 32%.

Coupled with the actors' crazy roadshows, even on weekdays, the single-day box office of "SPL 2" still remained at a high level of million.

As of now, after 12 days of release, the box office has collected 3.61 million yuan, which is close to the highest box office of the "Ip Man" series.

Not only that, the film also performed very well in Hong Kong and Taiwan, with Hong Kong closing in at 2600 million and Taiwan closing in at 3800 million.

To the extent that overseas film producers have come to negotiate copyright issues, Wei Jin directly handed this aspect over to Ying Huang.

"The Robbery" also performed very well, with the single-day box office maintained at around 2 to 2.04 million. The box office exceeded the million mark and closed at million. Even taking into account the publicity and promotion, it basically achieved profitability.

As for "Killing" and "Ordinary Man", they also saw varying degrees of growth. It seems that the domestic film market is thriving.

But as time entered mid-May, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Because, The Avengers was released.

With 6100 million on the first day and 2.58 million in the first four days of the weekend, it directly silenced the industry and a number of domestic films suffered heavy losses.

The first to be hit was "SPL 2", which was squeezed in screening schedules. After four days, it barely earned 6400 million and closed at 4.55 million. The single-day box office was directly halved, barely maintaining around 1500 million.

"The Robbery" was also hit hard. After four days, it earned less than 2000 million, and the single-day box office was less than million.

As for "The Ordinary Man" and "Killing", they were directly crushed into ashes compared to the recently released movies such as "The Letter to My Wife", "The Dark Knight", and "One Flew Over".

"Saving Mr. Wu" will be released in half a month.

Lu Yang was very concerned about his first reality-themed movie and called specifically to discuss the premiere.

"Brother, I plan to arrange it on the 28th. What do you think?"

"can."

Normally, the premiere will be held within three days before the release, mainly to facilitate word-of-mouth fermentation, but this time the release date is Tuesday, which gives enough time for the weekend box office to explode, so this rule does not need to be followed.

"As for promotion, let's do it a week in advance. That will give Brother Hua some time to deal with his household chores."

A few days ago, King Liu was blessed with a daughter and successfully upgraded his status, but his wife was still in confinement. Wei Jin naturally would not be so cruel and at least give the family ten days to reunite.

"Well, I have discussed it with Brother Hua. By the way, Senior Brother, do you have time to participate?"

"It's hard to say, we'll see how it goes."

Having said that, Wei Jin paused, thought for a moment, and then asked.

"How is Mr. Shi feeling?"

Hearing this, Lu Yang was also silent for a moment, "It's OK, I can't really tell, but Senior Brother, what do you think Director Xu thinks?"

Wei Jin felt a little uncomfortable responding to Lu Yang's words.

A few days ago, Xu Ke made the headlines. After the crew finished work, he was photographed checking into a hotel with a young woman and behaving intimately.

Once the news was reported, it quickly spread within the circle and on the Internet.

People in the circle think this is nothing strange. A big director can find an 18-year-old girl if he wants to have fun even if he is in his 60s or 70s.

But the internet was in an uproar. You know, Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng were not divorced. This was an extramarital affair.

More importantly, if it weren't for Shi Nansheng's support, Xu Ke might not have been able to gain a foothold in Hong Kong's golden age of fierce competition.

What is this called? This is called ingratitude.

For a time, public opinion forced Xu Ke to stay in the crew of "Shendu Dragon King" and wait for the storm to pass.

As a result, many male directors in the circle became the target of public criticism, and poet Chen was an innocent victim.

Shi Nansheng posted a Weibo post in a very casual manner to help clarify that the woman was Xu Laoguai's personal assistant.

But Wei Jin knew that she must be feeling bad too, otherwise she would not have left the crew of "The Dragon King of the Divine Capital" and ran back to Hong Kong.

He couldn't do anything about this matter as they were all adults. What's more, he, Wei Jin, was much more playful than Old Monster Xu.

"It's been more than 30 years of love."

After expressing his feelings, Wei Jin hung up the phone and walked to the set to start a new scene.
The Cannes Film Festival is about to open, and many domestic filmmakers are heading there, including Chen Zhiming.

As the company's CEO, he obviously had the right to use a private jet. After Ning Hao learned the news, he decisively abandoned Xiao Ma and followed. "Director Ning, why didn't Producer Xing come to see you off?"

Seeing Ning Hao coming to the airport alone, Chen Zhiming asked with a smile, only to see Ning Hao's expression suddenly froze.

"Oh, don't mention it. Since we had a son, our family status has plummeted. He used to be eager to go with me on business trips, but now he doesn't even bother to take care of me. But it's okay, I'm happy to have some peace and quiet."

"Hey, Chinese men are like this, my wife is almost the same."

The two middle-aged men had so much in common on this topic, and after complaining about their wives together, their relationship seemed to become closer.

"If you want to enjoy it, it has to be Junior Brother."

After touring around the spacious cabin, Ning Hao couldn't help but sigh, and then handed a roll and some information to Chen Zhiming with a mysterious look on his face.

"Mr. Chen, take a look at what I prepared."

Chen Zhiming took it and looked at it. He was surprised at first, and then he gave a thumbs up.

"Director Ning, your operation is really brilliant!"

Ning Hao's move was quite showy. He actually placed the names of Shanhe Media and Wei Jin in the most conspicuous position in the promotional materials and posters of "The Great Robbery", and even enlarged and bolded them on purpose.

You know, according to investment share, Xiao Ma should be ranked first.

However, since it is a sale of copyright, it seems reasonable to put Wei Jin's name in the front. After all, he is a frequent guest at film festivals. With his name, there will be no shortage of film producers who will come to make offers.

"Haha, thank you for the compliment."

The second phase of promotion for Pacific Rim has begun, and China Film Group has released the first promotional video of the film to the outside world.

Zhang Yi and Fan Bingbing, wearing scarlet combat uniforms with a strong Chinese style, walked towards the huge mecha and entered the operations room.

Then the picture changed, and several towering mecha giants appeared. Their eyes lit up, and they strode out of the battleship's hatch.

Looking around, the sky was covered with dark clouds and heavy rain. The sky seemed to be a little lower. There were roars echoing on the sea. The sea level suddenly rose in several places. A ferocious monster nearly 100 meters high broke out of the sea.
“《环太平洋》将于6月15日，以2D、3D、IMAX3D版本登录各大院线，敬请期待！”

The short two-minute promotional trailer attracted a large number of viewers.

"That's what I said. Why are foreigners the only ones saving the earth? We can do it too."

"Just for this Chinese-style mecha, I have already booked the IMAX 3D ticket"

Yang Mi read the reviews online and thought about the movie she had missed. She felt very sad, but she was also very curious about this movie with a very strong visual impact.

"Brother, I'm afraid it will be hard to buy IMAX 3D tickets by then, right?"

Hearing this, Wei Jin nodded, "Well, it should be very popular, but I have already asked Wanda and Shanhe Cinemas to reserve a lot of tickets."

Wei Jin's move was also a precautionary measure. After all, there are too few IMAX 3Ds in China, which is far from meeting the market demand. Maybe a friend will come to ask for a favor.

"Brother, can we finish filming when the movie is released?"

"Well, it's hard to say right now. Based on the current progress, I guess it's about half and half."

"Hmm? Senior brother, aren't you always fast?"

Wei Jin's face turned black when he heard this. Is it true that this title can't be removed?
"Mi Mi, it looks like I'm going to teach you a lesson tonight."

Yang Mi licked her tempting red lips, blinked, leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Brother, I am looking forward to it."

"Crack~~"

Wei Jin slapped the woman's butt and squeezed it hard.

"Hehe, I'll deal with you tonight."

Wei Jin's idea was ultimately not realized. He did not expect that Liu Shishi, who had just finished filming "The Witch", would not stop for a moment and rush directly to the crew.

"Are you surprised or surprised?"

Liu Shishi smiled sweetly and was not shy in front of the crew. She directly took Wei Jin's arm and ignored Yang Mi who was a little embarrassed beside her.

She could not forget the betrayal by her best friend, so it would be strange if she could be nice to Yang Mi.

But Yang Mi is not an ordinary person. He greeted Liu Shishi with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened at all.

"Shishi, I heard that you were hospitalized before. How is your recovery now?"

"Haha, that's good."

It happened two months ago, and you care about me now? Who are you trying to fool?

If it wasn't for Wei Jin in person, Liu Shishi wouldn't want to pay any attention to Yang Mi. After a perfunctory response, she looked lovingly at the man she had missed for so long.

"Brother, I don't have any announcements these days, so I'll just stay with you on the set, okay?"

Liu Shishi shook Wei Jin's arm, her tone soft and full of coquettishness.

"Okay, I couldn't ask for more."

Wei Jin reached out and scratched the girl's nose. He could feel Liu Shishi's affection and naturally would not be unsympathetic.

"By the way, brother, Mr. Cai told me, thank you."

Wei Jin naturally knew what Liu Shishi was talking about, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hehe, that depends on whether you are sincere or not."

Liu Shishi's pretty face turned slightly red, and her mind had automatically generated images that were not suitable for children. She said coquettishly, "Hateful."

Watching the "adulterous couple" Liu Shishi and Wei Jin walk away, Yang Mi felt like her back teeth were about to break. She could guess with her heels that the two must have gone back to their room to play cards.

Why didn't you invite me? No, I was just mad.

Yang Mi really didn't expect that although Liu Shishi looked like a little white flower, she was actually quite capable. Relying on her "ordinary" looks, she actually bewitched Wei Jin.

Not only did he send a female-led movie with a script he himself wrote, he even snatched Wei Jin away from him as soon as she arrived on the crew.

"Damn it. Hope you guys finish in five minutes."

Obviously, Yang Mi's blessing did not work, and the card game between Wei Jin and Liu Shishi, who had been reunited after a long separation, had been going on for almost an hour.

On the big white bed, Wei Jin was holding up Liu Shishi's plump and slender legs and playing cards non-stop.

The girl's whole face turned red like a ripe apple during the intense card game.

Liu Shishi could hardly shout at this moment. This was the third game she had lost.

"Shishi, dear baby, wait for me, let's go together."

At a certain moment, Wei Jin noticed that the girl's waist and abdomen were arched, and he knew that the game was about to end.

(End of this chapter)