During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 430 The Pot is Made of Iron
"Saving Mr. Wu" is not a classic movie, but overall, both the script and the actors' acting skills are above average.

At the same time, the film has a natural advantage, that is, the whole story is adapted based on the real case of "Wu Ruofu Kidnapping Case".

Mr. Wu Ruofu, the person involved in the incident, even played the role of a police captain in the movie.

A group of Star Culture artists, and even a large number of celebrities in the circle who wanted to make friends with Lu Yang and Shanhe Media, spared no effort to promote the movie on Weibo, which also invisibly contributed to the popularity of the movie.

As a result, on the second day of the movie's release, the box office rose against the trend and closed at 2410 million, and on the third day it reached 2480 million.

The box office revenue exceeded 7000 million in three days on weekdays, almost recovering the cost, and the box office revenue has been rising steadily. Obviously, there is still considerable potential to be tapped.

In view of this, Lu Yang's original plan to return to Hong Kong after a three-day roadshow was shelved. He decided to spend this weekend eating it up.

Wei Jin is not paying too much attention to the box office as he is still busy filming "Big Shot".

Fan Bingbing and Yang Mi's scenes have all been filmed in the past two days, and the former has already started promoting Pacific Rim with Zhang Yi.

Wei Jin also took the time to work out a rough draft of the variety show in his mind and sent it to the company's variety show department.

With the development of Shanhe Media to this point, he can no longer do everything by himself. He just needs to come up with creative ideas and grasp the direction.

Those in positions of power must be willing to delegate power so that the people below them have room for advancement.

Time has unknowingly entered June, and the filming of "Big Shot" has entered the final third.

In today's scene, Zhao Tai sent assassins to target Sun Wukong. After failing, he pushed forward the secretary played by Wang Xun to take the blame.

In the surveillance footage, Wang Xun was lying on a chair with a white cloth around his neck and shaving cream on his face. His eyes showed a look of despair.

"Ka, this one passed."

Behind the monitor, Wei Jin nodded with great satisfaction.

I have to say that although he is not a professional actor, Wang Xun's acting skills are really amazing, and he grasps the emotions very well.

"How's it going, Lao Wei? My people are pretty good, right? Haha."

Huang Bai, who came to visit the set, walked up to Wei Jin with a smile and said in a cocky way.

Wang Xun is a contracted artist of Huang Bo Studio. His performance is outstanding and he, as the boss, feels proud of it.

"Yes, you are so awesome, Huang, you won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor."

Wei Jin smiled and shook his head. He was already accustomed to Huang Bai's laziness.

"By the way, have you finished filming your movie 'The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel'?"

Speaking of this, Wei Jin couldn't help but admire Guan Hu's cool move. He originally wanted to bring the main creators to promote the film, but when he saw the box office trend, he just gave up.

He simply took the script of the previous TV series "Brothers in Fire" and started a new project within three days, and directly produced a commercial movie.

"Not so fast. It's hard to coordinate the schedule. So I'll shoot mine first. It will probably take more than half a month to wrap up."

Wei Jin nodded. Although Zhang Hanyu and Liu Ye were low-key, they were both Golden Horse Award winners and would not lack for acting offers.

It's only because Guan Hu relies on his good relationship with the three of them, otherwise how could it be so easy to gather the three best actor winners?
"By the way, I heard that you are an investor this time?"

"Well, the previous film 'Killing' had a terrible box office, and Lao Guan felt that the risk of making a movie was too great, so this time he'll use his salary to offset the investment."

"Haha, he does have some ideas."

To be honest, this method is quite popular in the European and American film markets, and it is also very helpful for the industrialization of the film industry, but those are standardized products that have been formed over decades. In China, most actors and producers are unwilling to accept this.

The reason is very simple. Although there are bad movies in the Western world, most of the time, the bottom line of the movies is still guaranteed.

In this case, the actors' investment is converted into film remuneration, and the risk is controllable.

But the situation in China is different. The bottom line of bad movies is beyond imagination, and actors are naturally unwilling to share the risk.

On the contrary, if the box office expectations for a movie are good, the producers will most likely be reluctant to share the information.

However, this movie "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel" brings together three movie emperors, which has a lot of selling points, and the box office may be worth looking forward to. Huang Bo may hit the jackpot this time and make a fortune.

Every month, women always have a few days when they are not at their best, and it just so happened that Huang Mengying and Zhang Li were both inconvenienced.

This was a good thing for Yang Mi, as she finally found a chance to be alone with Wei Jin.

In the hotel room, Yang Mi knelt on the edge of the bed with her thighs resting on her calves. Her beautiful, round, white buttocks were raised high, contrasting beautifully with the big white bed beneath her.

Just looking at the hole in Yang Mi's black stockings, Wei Jin couldn't bear it, so he took out an extra-large needle and started to mend it for her.

Yang Mi was very moved by Wei Jin's thoughtfulness. Her eyes seemed to be filled with tears and her beautiful red lips were slightly opened, as if she had endless gratitude to express.

As we all know, it is very difficult to mend stockings once they have become loose. Even though Wei Jin had superb skills and worked tirelessly to sew thousands of stitches, it was ultimately of no avail.

Fortunately, Yang Mi did not blame him at all. Instead, after the suturing failed, he enthusiastically offered him sweet and delicious spring water as a token of his gratitude.

After Wei Jin left, he carefully helped clean the needles and maintain the props.

After tidying up, Yang Mi leaned on Wei Jin's shoulder with a flushed face, quietly savoring the beauty and aftertaste of the past.

After a long while, Yang Mi adjusted her posture, pressed her fair chest against Wei Jin's chest, and pouted her little mouth high.

"Brother, why did you give Fan Bingbing a chance? Am I worse than her?"

Previously, Yang Mi had competed with Zhang Li for a project, but neither of them got a role, and she didn't feel disappointed. But as soon as Fan Bingbing came, Wei Jin offered her the leading female role in "The Suspect", which made her a little angry.

The saying that what is worrying is not the scarcity but the inequality is nothing more than this!
Wei Jin did not indulge Yang Mi's coquettish behavior. He reached out and grasped Daju, slapped her buttocks and squeezed them hard.

"You are just greedy all day long. Isn't the filming of "Summer's End" going to start next month? Are you trying to overlap with other projects again? Huh?"

Among the many artists in the company, Yang Mi can be said to be a chosen worker. Not only does he actively ask for the company's resources, he also relies desperately on his own connections to access resources outside.

The drama "Late Summer, Early Sunshine" was a collaboration between Huanrui and Meiya through Zeng Jia's relationship.

Zhang Xu was responsible for handling this matter, and Wei Jin only found out about it later.

"But aren't the projects still in preparation? Maybe I'll have a chance?"

Yang Mi did not buy Wei Jin's explanation and threatened him with breast milk.

"To be honest, neither of these two dramas is suitable for you. I will try my best to arrange one for you after you finish the contract."

As a first-line young actress, Yang Mi has cooperated with him in many tricks in the past month. Wei Jin is not a heartless person. Besides, apart from being ambitious and sometimes not clear-headed, he is very satisfied with this woman in other aspects.

"Senior brother, is it a movie?" Wei Jin shook his head. The movie plans for the second half of the year only include Guo Fan and Ning Hao, and the subject matter does not favor actors like Yang Mi.

"The company will launch two more TV series in the second half of the year. If there is a suitable role at that time, I will consider you. In addition, your studio can participate in the investment of 10% of one of them."

Upon hearing that not only would there be a role, but also that he could participate in the investment, a sweet smile instantly appeared on Yang Mi's face. She put her arms around Wei Jin's arms and began to sing.

"Brother, you are so nice."

As she said this, she was about to kiss him, but Wei Jin quickly stopped her. After all, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs.

"Haha~~"

Yang Mi laughed softly, straightened up slightly, and put her milky white pussy towards Wei Jin's mouth.
In the film market, several Hollywood blockbusters are still wreaking havoc.

The box office of "Avengers" has exceeded 5 million yuan. It is about to be withdrawn from theaters, but the daily revenue is still more than million yuan, which makes domestic filmmakers sigh that there is really no piracy of Hollywood blockbusters.

"Men in Black 3" continued to be a huge success, with its box office rising instead of falling in the second week, raking in 1.58 million yuan. The total box office has exceeded 3 million yuan, but the single-day box office has dropped sharply, barely maintaining around 1500 million yuan.

Perhaps it was because Lu Yang brought the main creators on the roadshow, or perhaps it was because the quality of the movie itself was pretty good, but after entering the weekend, the box office of "Saving Mr. Wu" showed a gratifying growth.

It closed at 2840 million on Friday, 3030 million on Saturday, and 2980 million on Sunday.

After the first six days, the movie box office grossed 1.6 million yuan, which is a direct profit even after taking into account the publicity and promotion costs.

Lu Yang finally returned to the crew of "A Man's Martial Arts" with peace of mind to complete the final finishing work.

At the same time, several movies such as "Da Wudang" and "The Four" which will be released in July have also begun intensive promotion.

Because there is only one month left until the release date, the summer vacation is approaching.

What's more, several films overlap with Pacific Rim's release date by more than 10 days, and if the latter is delayed, it will be even longer.

Everyone knows that this 1.5D special effects blockbuster, which cost 3 million US dollars and took more than a year to make, is not easy to deal with, so the publicity efforts must be maximized.

As the leading actresses of the movie, Yang Mi and Bai Bin, despite being on the crew these days, could not help but post messages on Weibo to promote their own movies.

"Pacific Rim" is about to be released. Han Sanping attached great importance to the premiere of the movie and called personally.

"Wei Jin, I've scheduled the premiere for the 13th, in the auditorium. What do you think?"

"Okay, Mr. Han, you'll be in charge."

Han Sanping was happy to take responsibility, which was exactly what Wei Jin wanted. At this moment, he could imagine how grand the premiere would be under the organization of Old Han.

"It's fine for China Film Group to be in charge, but you have to be there to participate."

Upon hearing this, Wei Jin estimated the progress of the filming and gave a reply.

"Well, it shouldn't be a big problem."

"Well, this time we'll follow the standards of The Martian, and we won't invite anyone below the second tier."

Listening to Han Sanping's arrangements, Wei Jin quickly stopped him.

"Director Han, you can make the decision on these matters. I'm busy filming here. You don't want me to be unable to come back, right?"

"You kid, you just know how to be a hands-off boss, okay, that's it"

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin sat behind the monitor and picked up the loud speaker and shouted.

"action!"

Lin Yufen was quite efficient and the filming of "Left Ear" was completed in two months.

Although she is considered a well-known director in the circle, she is only famous in the field of TV dramas, and the news of the completion of the movie did not receive much media coverage.

Instead, the media were excited about the latest films approved by the Film Bureau.

Cheng Long's "The Chinese Zodiac", Feng Dapao's "1942", Guangfa's "The Palace of the Bronze Bird", Zhou Xingxing's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".
Either the directors are big names or the productions are big, and the media is very much looking forward to the release dates of these movies.

Everyone didn't have to wait long. As soon as the movie passed the review, Huayi couldn't wait to announce the specific release time.

"After comprehensive coordination and consideration by the company, Feng Xiaogang's film 11 is scheduled to be released on November 29;
The movie "The Chinese Zodiac" written, directed and acted by Cheng Long is scheduled to be released on December 12."

As soon as the news came out, the media were collectively excited.

Let’s count carefully, how many blockbusters have been released during the entire Lunar New Year period?

"The Banquet", "The Grandmaster", "1942", "Gravity", "The Chinese Zodiac".
It really is a situation of gods fighting!

Especially since "1942" and "The Banquet" were released on the same day, I always feel that the implication of targeting is too strong. But I haven't heard of any conflict between Lu Chuan and Huayi, or between Huayi and Xingmei Yinghuang?

Many media went to interview the two directors.

Regarding the choice of release date, Feng Dapao directly stated that this was a commercial behavior and there was no grudge between the two parties, but he seemed confident about the box office success.

"'1942' is the most attentive film I have made in recent years. It is far better than 'The Great Earthquake'. I believe it will definitely create a new box office record. In comparison, Director Lu Chuan does not have the advantage of commercial films."

In response to Feng Dapao's underestimation, Lu Chuan, who had a high opinion of himself, quickly fought back.

"When two people meet in a narrow road, the brave prevail. 'The Banquet' is a work that I have worked hard on. It will surely have unimaginable potential during the popular Lunar New Year period. As long as the opponent does not book the entire theater, who will win, hehe, is still unknown."

Lu Chuan's words secretly exposed Feng Dapao's past and did not give him any face at all.

On the other side, Wei Jin also received a call from Cheng Long.

"Director Wei, the schedule for this performance was set by Huayi, you know that."

Although Cheng Long is the core of "The Chinese Zodiac", Huayi is the largest producer and naturally has a great say in the release schedule.

"It's okay, big brother."

Wei Jin could guess with his toes what the two Wang brothers were thinking. They just wanted to take advantage of the east wind. Besides, it had been more than half a month since they met, so he didn't take it to heart.

"But brother, if this happens, you will have to work non-stop, haha."

"Don't worry, Director Wei, I will make arrangements for it and will not miss any promotional roadshows."

"Okay, we'll get together another day."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin shook his head. The Wangs thought they could take advantage of the situation, but when Lost in Thailand is scheduled or even released, they will know that the pot is made of iron.

(End of this chapter)