During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 428: The Sky-High Copyright Big Flower Fights

The Chinese film market is developing so fast that even people in the industry can hardly believe it.

In the past, even for mature IPs, the box office revenue of Hollywood blockbusters was only a few hundred million at most. Movies like "Avatar" were rare after all.

But now, any random blockbuster has a box office expectation of four or five hundred million yuan.

"The Avengers" is still earning 3 to million per day, and "Men in Black " is catching up.

The box office revenue of 4800 million on the first day directly announced to the industry that its box office revenue was heading for million.

However, the capacity of the film market, or the audience's demand for watching movies, is limited. A few Hollywood blockbusters directly account for more than 9% of the box office of domestic films, and almost all other domestic films have suffered.

"SPL 2" is lucky enough as it has already reached its final week, so it is not surprising that the daily box office has dropped below one million.

But Wang Xiaoshuai’s “I’m 11” was really too miserable.

Less than a week after its release, the film was abandoned by theaters, with a total box office of only three million, so much so that this art film director publicly criticized it.

"What kind of films are being produced by China Film Group?"

This is no wonder. He invested in this movie himself and had changed the release date once before. He didn't expect to be crushed by an unexpected movie again. Anyone would be unhappy.

Wei Jin didn't know how much this movie cost to produce, but he thought that the box office of three million was probably not enough to even cover the publicity and promotion costs, which was really too bad.

After sighing, Wei Jin handed the phone to his assistant, walked towards the monitor, and continued the new shooting task.

"Attention all units, countdown 30 seconds!"

"'Big Shot' Scene 27, first shot, action!"

As the stagehands clapped the clapboard, the crew began to operate like a sophisticated machine.

Today's scene is about Zhao Tai and his Sanda champion fighting in the ring. The former couldn't win, so he resorted to underhanded tactics and broke the latter's leg.

Watching the monitor, Huang Xuan and Zhang Yu, who played the thug, fighting back and forth, Wei Jin nodded with satisfaction.

As we all know, shooting action scenes is actually very complicated and difficult.

Especially in the crew of "Big Shot", neither Hu Jun nor Huang Xuan are serious action actors.

In comparison, Hu Jun was relatively good. He had some basic skills after having been trained in "Embroidered Spring Blade". Huang Xuan was completely at a loss.

Therefore, as early as the start of filming, Wei Jin arranged the "Kou Zhan Wenwu Fighting Class" for the actors who had action scenes.

After more than half a month of training, the results were very significant and the scene was filmed smoothly.

"Click, this one is done, take a five-minute break and prepare for the next one."

Standing up from the monitor, Wei Jin saw Zhang Yu helping the field staff with some odd jobs and nodded.

This Zhang Yu is the funny robber in "The Unknown" who uttered the classic line "I love your mom's fried dough twist", and he is also the yellow-haired guy in "Dying to Survive".

Coincidentally, this guy graduated from the School of Art of Guizhou University and had been in the Guizhou Repertory Theatre. He only moved to Beijing in 09 to work hard. Last year, he starred in a short film "Pistol" and was spotted by the casting director this time, who gave him the role of Zhao Tai's follower.

He was also lucky. In the Wei and Jin version of the plot, his character was given an extra plot line. Because his leg was broken and he still had a conscience, he eventually became a police witness and accuses Zhao Tai, which gave him a few more shots.

We can give Ning Hao a chance after his "The Unknown" is launched.

Wei Jin was collecting his thoughts and was about to take a break when Huang Mengying came over.

Seeing the assistant hesitant to speak, Wei Jin couldn't help but ask.

"Mengying, what's wrong?"

"Boss, I want to take a leave"

Wei Jin was slightly surprised when he heard this, "Huh? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, my roommate is filming in Shanghai, and I want to go see her."

Wei Jin nodded. Huang Mengying was almost a senior, so it was normal for her roommate to start taking on acting jobs.

"Is that so? Then I'll give you a day off. Is that enough?"

"That's enough, thank you, boss."

"Haha, go ahead."

After more than twenty days, the filming of "Big Shot" entered a complicated stage and began to tackle the large-scale action scenes.

Today's scene is the first scene in the feature film, and it is relatively difficult to shoot.

The main problems are that there are many characters, many shots, large scenes, and complex scheduling.

What’s more crucial is that it’s difficult to shoot this kind of fighting scene as a long shot. Many scenes need to be taken out bit by bit. Most of the shots are three to five seconds long, so they can only be shot one by one and there’s no way to speed it up.

It is worth mentioning that in the original movie, the case in the first act was a counterfeit currency case, but after watching the whole film, it had nothing to do with the main structure of the movie. Wei Jin changed it and turned it into a case of uncovering an illegal casino. The boss behind the casino was Zhao Tai, which set the stage for the two people's meeting later.

This scene was very difficult to shoot and it took two full days to complete. Hu Jun was almost exhausted.

In comparison, Zhang Li's role is very simple. She kicks her opponent away with a flying kick. She is tall and has long legs, and is both cool and beautiful.

After filming this scene, Wei Jin treated the crew to a hotpot meal as a reward for everyone.

On the way back to the room, Wei Jin received a call from Lao Chen.

"Hello, Lao Chen?"

"Boss Wei, it's a record, a record, haha"

Wei Jin listened to Lao Chen's report with a smile on his face.

As expected, films with themes like "Girls at the Bottom" are very popular, with a total of nine major film studios offering a sky-high price of 9 million US dollars.

This price is even higher than that of the Golden Bear film "The Hunt", setting a record for the highest copyright transaction for Wei and Jin films and even for Chinese-language films.

Despite the high taxes, the overall profit still exceeded 2 million yuan, which is definitely a huge profit.

"Old Chen, how's the situation with The Heist?"

"Not bad, a total of 531 million US dollars."

Wei Jin nodded when he heard this. The Berlin Silver Bear trophy was still valuable. The price had already exceeded the sales of most domestic films. Ning Hao should be quite satisfied.

"By the way, Lao Chen, when will you be back?"

"I just signed the contract today. I still have to go to the organizing committee to register, including the follow-up procedures. I estimate that I will arrive tomorrow afternoon."

Wei Jin nodded. Every movie sold at the film festival must be registered with the authorities. This is the rule.

In the end, the official will announce a total transaction amount to demonstrate the strength of the film festival. "That's just right, the premiere of "Saving Mr. Wu", you go to support Lu Yang, and the price will be kept secret for now."

The filming of the crew was going smoothly, and Wei Jin had no intention of disrupting the rhythm. Having Chen Zhiming on the stage was enough for a premiere.

As for the copyright price, it is better to release it during the promotion before the release to serve as a gimmick.

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin was in a good mood. He immediately called Huang Mengying, Zhang Li and Yang Mi to come to the room to play mahjong together.

As expected, Wei Jin lost hundreds of millions of dollars in one night.
In the film market, "Men in Black 3" has been making great strides. In the first three days of the weekend, it directly raked in 1.44 million yuan in box office, successfully taking over the banner of "Avengers" to dominate the market.

After reaping the benefits of its last weekend, "SPL 2" was taken off the screen and finally grossed 5.38 million yuan.

Although the film has not yet been taken off the screen in Hong Kong and Taiwan, the box office is almost certain, with the combined box office in the two places exceeding 1 million RMB.

The production cost of this film was 8000 million yuan, and including publicity and promotion, it was only 1.2 million yuan. The box office share alone exceeded 2.5 million yuan.

Taking into account the various product placements and patch ads, as well as the copyright revenue of 1200 million US dollars in Southeast Asia, the net profit is as high as 2.4 million, which is absolutely crazy money.

Looking at the detailed data handed over by Huo Wenxi, Boss Yang couldn't stop smiling.

The film company holds a 6% investment share, and this part alone is close to 1.5 million.

In addition, a blockbuster movie can be very effective in boosting stock prices.

Since May Day, Huang Ying's stock price has soared for more than a dozen consecutive trading days. Compared with April, the stock price has increased by more than 30%. It is really a big profit!
More importantly, producing a Hong Kong film with a box office of over 5 million directly established Huang Ying's position in the Hong Kong film industry.

Before, that group of people were still thinking of targeting Huang Ying, but now they dare not even fart. Only with the box office can they have the confidence to speak loudly!

When Boss Yang thought of the faces of those people at the celebration banquet, he felt extremely happy.

"It has to be the Wei and Jin dynasties, the ideas in their heads are endless"

Listening to the boss's sigh, Huo Wenxi couldn't help but nod his head.

When Wei Jin proposed to jointly develop the "SPL" series, she was actually not optimistic about it because the previous work did not make much of a splash.

Who would have thought that after the Wei and Jin adaptation, the sequel would have such strong potential. Is this what it means to turn stone into gold? This man is truly amazing.

Then she looked at the boss, who was sitting in the boss chair with a gentle and easy-going look on his face, and complimented him.

"Boss, Mr. Wei is amazing, but your vision is even better."

"Hahaha Mani, I've been in the business world for decades, and I've only developed this pair of eyes. They're far inferior to Wei and Jin, haha."

Although Boss Yang is modest, it can be seen that he enjoys Huo Wenxi's flattery. After all, who doesn't like a subordinate who speaks the truth?

After calming down slowly, Boss Yang began to give orders.

"Mani, help me book a flight for this afternoon, I will go to Beijing with you"

Huo Wenxi was shocked when he heard this, "Boss, Wei Sheng is filming in Shanghai, I don't know him yet..."

"Hey, Mani, don't be so utilitarian. Whether Wei Jin is here or not, Director Lu Yang is our partner. Isn't it our duty to support him?"

Huo Wenxi felt a little emotional when he heard this. For a premiere far away in Beijing with no other producers, it was already a great honor for Director Huang Ying to attend. The boss personally showing up showed his sincerity.

It has to be said that after the new century, Huang Ying was able to rise rapidly and become Hong Kong's leading film company. The boss accounted for at least 70% of the credit. His ability to deal with people is truly amazing.

Thinking of this, Huo Wenxi bowed and responded: "Okay, boss."

The premiere of "Saving Mr. Wu" was very successful, and related reports came out that night.

"The martial arts newcomer director Lu Yang challenges realistic themes for the first time, the pace is tight and the plot is touching!"

"King Liu joked that this is the movie with the most sex scenes since his debut!"

“‘Saving Mr. Wu’ is adapted from a real case, and the premiere was packed!”

"A shocking gangster! Kidnapping a big star! A surprising mainland police and gangster crime movie!"

Unfortunately, compared with the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, the movie premiere did not have much gimmicks, and the entertainment pages were all occupied by the latter.

This year's Chinese-language films were rather bleak. The only film shortlisted for the "Un Certain Regard" section, "Floating City" directed by Lou Ye, also returned home with a failure.

This guy started to speak without restraint again when being interviewed by foreign media.

The sentence "The best movie must be a free movie" directly excited the media.

“Isn’t your film free?”

"Of course, if I were free, I wouldn't have been an underground director for several years."

Wei Jin was speechless at this guy's stupidity.

It doesn’t matter how you criticize censorship at home, but what’s the point of going abroad and saying these things, other than to discredit the country?
"No wonder this idiot has few friends in China. This is a fucking mine. Whoever is next to it will be unlucky."

In addition, what occupies the most media coverage is the various female stars competing for beauty on the red carpet.

It has to be said that Fan Bingbing is definitely the traffic queen. During the 12-day film festival, she changed into 13 different Chinese-style dresses.

Especially the enamel-style embroidered dress and outfit at the closing ceremony were the most eye-catching.

Not only does the pattern on the dress collect the four great beauties of China: the Drunken Concubine, Diao Chan Worshiping the Moon, Xi Shi Washing Silk and Zhaojun Going to the Frontier, but even Fan Bingbing's matching hairstyle is the Tang Dynasty ladies' drooping bun.

In a sense, Fan Bingbing has definitely made contributions to promoting Chinese culture abroad.

What’s ridiculous is that many netizens and some media are criticizing and blaming Fan Bingbing.

"She's just like an island geisha. She's a disgrace to the Chinese people!"

There are also some actors who liked these comments, and the implication of pulling down others is simply too strong.

But when it comes to hype and control of public opinion, Fan Bingbing's right-hand man Yang Siwei is quite good at it. She directly tagged the Beijing History Museum on Weibo.

"Can experts please explain to us the origin of Bingbing's hairstyle?"

After the experts’ explanation, netizens realized that this was actually our own product and not something from some island country, and public opinion immediately reversed.

Fan Bingbing doesn’t care about netizens, but she will never forget some actors who have been criticized, and she will tear them apart on Weibo.

"Some people can be open and aboveboard when doing things. I won't laugh at you for being ugly and flat on the red carpet, but you are an international celebrity after all. It's okay that you are ignorant, but your team is also unlearned and can't even recognize the things of our ancestors. It's a pity that you have played such a role."

As soon as the Weibo post came out, it was almost face-to-face with the words "international celebrity", "ugly and flat", "played this kind of role", it was just short of typing Zhang Ziyi's name on the screen.

I have to say, the fights between the big flowers are exciting. In comparison, the fights between the 85 flowers are just like children playing house.
(End of this chapter)