During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 442: Not Enough to Party in the Daytime

The summer season seems to have heated up all of a sudden. By the end of the first weekend in July, the entertainment news was all about a few movies.

"Pacific Rim is in its fourth week of release and continues to soar, taking in 7880 million over the weekend, bringing the total box office to 12.03 billion, with only one week left in its release!"

"The fourth week's box office has accumulated 2.38 million yuan. Pacific Rim needs to take 2.97 million yuan in the last week. Judging from the current decreasing data, the goal of 15 billion yuan is unlikely."

"The Four had a gratifying box office growth over the weekend, earning 4960 million yuan, and the cumulative box office is approaching the million yuan mark. The spring of martial arts movies has arrived."

"'Da Wu Dang' suffered a Waterloo, received very poor reviews, and its first-week box office was less than 3000 million."

"The battle for the number one star of Starry Sky Culture, Bai Bin vs. Yang Mi, the winner is already decided!"

Coincidentally, the film market has become hot, and the TV drama market has also started to become lively.

Tangren’s drama “Xuan-Yuan Sword” has started airing on Mango TV.

Thanks to Ms. Cai's hard work in promoting the show and the appeal of Hu Ge and Liu Shishi in the fantasy drama, the TV series' premiere data was quite impressive, with an average viewership rating of 1.78 for the first four episodes and an audience share of 7.88%, directly ranking first in the country during the same period.

However, perhaps because the TV series has only 36 episodes, Mango TV chose to broadcast it weekly, with four episodes broadcast every week for a full two months. A large number of fans and viewers have complained online.

I have to say, the food on Mango TV is really ugly.

It is worth mentioning that although the newcomer Rouba has not appeared in the TV series yet, there have been a lot of related press releases during this period.

It can be seen that Ms. Cai intends to make her a "rising star".

But Wei Jin didn’t know what Miss Cai was thinking. She actually compared Rouba with Nazar and shouted the slogan “Twin Pearls of Northern Frontier”.

Unfortunately, since "Passengers" and "The East Palace", Nazar has gained a lot of popularity. In addition, the fourth season of "Running Man" is currently on the air. The title of "Stupid Beauty" is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and her popularity among the people is quite amazing.

Currently, the number of fans on Nazha’s Weibo has exceeded five million. It is no exaggeration to call her a popular young star. How can this be compared to Rouba, a little-known star who just debuted?
As expected, as soon as Tangren’s press release came out, there was a lot of ridicule online, which brought Rouba a lot of negative attention.

Even Liu Shishi couldn't help but call Wei Jin to complain.

"Ms. K is too unreliable, she only knows how to hype things up."

Liu Shishi herself has had such an experience. When she first debuted, she was labeled "Little Liu Yifei". Even with the help of Wei Jin, the label has not been completely removed yet. Perhaps she can only get rid of it completely after "The Witch" becomes a big hit.

"That's why I want you to work on your own. You should take charge of the future promotions and so on. Don't let her interfere. Also, Shishi, you must take care of yourself when you're promoting. The weather has been too hot recently, okay?"

"Well, I will pay attention, brother, I just miss you so much"

"Haha, I miss you too. When you are done with this, I will accompany you."

"Um"

After chatting about sweet things for a while, Wei Jin remained calm in the face of Lu Yang's surprised gaze and continued to concentrate on editing.

Wu Ershan was very concerned about his transitional work and spent more than two months studying the script and thinking about the storyboards.

Now he finally felt confident, so he took the mountains and rivers ink painting and went to find Wei Jin.

Flipping through the thick A4 paper in his hand, Wei Jin nodded.

"It's pretty standard, I can't offer any suggestions, just follow this."

It’s not to say that this storyboard is impeccable, but it is good enough within Wu Ershan’s ability. After all, storytelling is his weak point, and the improvement is already great.

If we really follow Wei Jin's opinion, then is this his movie or Wu Ershan's movie?
"Okay, Mr. Wei, do you have any suggestions for actors?"

"Well, the female lead role will be given to Fan Bingbing, and you can choose the rest yourself."

After pondering for a while, Wei Jin gave his answer.

Honestly speaking, both male actors in the original version were pretty good, but the female lead had already been chosen, so it was not easy for Wei Jin to take on all the roles.

"Okay, Mr. Wei."

Wu Ershan had no objection. Pacific Rim is currently in theaters and Fan Bingbing's status has been further enhanced. Playing the leading female role is a great blessing to the film, which will undoubtedly be helpful for her own transformation.

In the afternoon, Shanhe Media officially announced the project information and sent casting requirements to major companies in the industry.

“Movie: The Devotion of Suspect X, with a total investment of 1 million;
Producers: Shanhe Media, China Film Group, and Wanda Pictures;
Director: Wu Ershan; Screenwriter: Shanhe Media Screenwriting Department;
Leading actress: Fan Bingbing; other actors: to be determined. "

The attention of the circle immediately shifted here. After all, the news that the script had passed the review had been out for more than a month, and it was finally going to be launched.

However, when they saw that the leading female role had been decided, many female stars gnashed their teeth in hatred, and even their hearts were broken.

They really couldn't figure out what was so good about this bitch Fan Bingbing? Even if he was a partner, he shouldn't be praised like this, right?

However, for male actors, this is great news, and many of them have begun to take action.

At one time, a large number of resumes were pouring in like snowflakes to Shanhe Media.
As we enter mid-July, Pacific Rim is still far ahead in the film market, with a single-day box office approaching 7 million.

But seeing that the film is about to be withdrawn from theaters and the key for extension has not yet been obtained, the three major producers are a little anxious, the media are generally pessimistic, and a few have even begun to mock and ridicule, and many colleagues in the industry seem to be waiting to see the joke.

The box office of "The Four" directed by Guang Dong has exceeded 1 million in five days since its release, but the word of mouth is polarized. The score on Impression.com has dropped to 6.8 points, and there is a trend of further decline.

The single-day box office also dropped sharply, hovering around 10 million on weekdays.

Look at that flying pig: "The adaptation is very bold, Chen Jiashang's imagination is simply unbridled, it's great to watch."

Irregular Unbalanced Objects: "Bai Bin's big screen debut, his performance is very good, and he will definitely get better and better in the future!"

Mo Wuchen: "The fighting scenes are very exciting, not inferior to the Blade of the Assassin series."

Blue sky, white clouds, drizzle and picturesque scenery: "It makes no sense that Wuqing becomes a woman and is set as a core character. Is this just to promote her? Adaptation is not making up stories."

灬zz灬: "The movie completely lost the core of the original work and became Gu Long's style. Chen Jiashang's level is not good. I suggest everyone not to go to the theater."

If the coexistence of praise and criticism for "The Four" can be described as polarized word-of-mouth, then the reputation of "Da Wu Dang" has collapsed and it has been criticized by everyone.

Lang Huan Feng Shi: "This kind of rubbish script can't even be written with your toes, right? And there are still directors who want to shoot it? It's such a waste of my ticket money"

Shi Fei Feihong: "This is a treasure-hunting movie. The whole movie is just about the love between the hero and heroine. It's a typical dog meat under the guise of sheep meat. It's a bad movie!"

Z蛋蛋的愁Z: "What a waste of Zhao Wenzhuo's kung fu skills, his fighting scenes are just like Hammer, and Yang Mi, it's a martial arts film, why are you dancing and acting cute?"

It's damn hard to grab the red envelopes: "Yang Mi, please, don't take on such crappy movies anymore." With such a bad reputation, there's naturally no need to expect too much from the movie's box office. After five days of release, the box office reported 3380 million, but the single-day box office was less than three million.

According to this decline rate, the industry unanimously concluded that the final box office of "Da Wudang" would probably not exceed 50 million.

At this moment, Yang Mi felt very uncomfortable because there was a huge quarrel under her Weibo.

Most of them were just internet trolls. Yang Mi guessed that they were just something done secretly by Miss Sugar Man Cai and some competitors, so she didn’t really take it seriously.

But her own fans also scolded her for not living up to her expectations. She had a great start, but her two movies failed in a row, which made her a little defensive.

"Mi Mi, don't think too much. Who could have known it would be like this? Just cheer up and get ready to join the group."

Zeng Jia could only persuade her, in fact, she felt somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, Yang Mi had the foundation accumulated from "Knife of the Assassin 2" and "Love Is Not Blind", as well as the popularity accumulated from several hit TV series, so he was not hurt at all.

Otherwise, if we replace the actor, his value will probably drop significantly.

"Alas, that's all I can do. Let's still look forward to Mr. Xue's "Beijing Meets Seattle"

Yang Mi has selectively ignored "The Bronze Sparrow Tower". She really doesn't dare to doubt Wei Jin's vision anymore.

Perhaps Yang Mi’s prayers were effective. Just when she joined the crew of "Late Summer, Early Sunshine", the Film Bureau announced that "Beijing Meets Seattle" had passed the review.

The official Weibo account of Shanhe Media also announced the release date of the film as soon as possible.

"The urban romance film Beijing Meets Seattle, directed by Xue Xiaolu and starring Yu Hewei and Yang Mi, is scheduled to be released on February 2013, 2. We look forward to bringing a beautiful love story to the audience on Valentine's Day."

How could Yang Mi miss the chance to recover at this time? He immediately reposted the company's Weibo and attached behind-the-scenes photos of the crew that he had taken during the filming.

"I traveled 66 days between Beijing, Seattle and Vancouver, covering tens of thousands of kilometers, including the Spring Festival, just to present the best work to the audience. Let us look forward to this beautiful love together. Come on!"

Looking at the increasing number of likes and neatly arranged “expectations” under Yang Mi’s Weibo, Ms. Cai felt a little unhappy.

Women are creatures that are easily affected by emotions. Ever since being stood up by Yang Mi, it might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that Miss Cai wanted to "sleep on his skin and eat his flesh", but once there was an opportunity to take advantage of someone's misfortune, she would never let it go.

Unfortunately, she didn't dare to target him openly and could only do some tricks secretly. For the extremely popular Yang Mi, it was really harmless.

Now Miss Cai can only hope that Liu Shishi will continue to be favored, grow up, and vent her anger for her.

Wei Jin had no time to pay attention to the intrigues between Miss Cai and Yang Mi. He was happily playing cards with Liu Yifei in the West Hill Villa.

On the big snow-white bed, Wei Jin put one hand around the pair of slender legs that were pressed together in front of his chest, leaned forward slightly, and with the other hand grasped the not-so-big orange, playing cards quickly and excitedly.

Liu Yifei under him had a flushed face, rapid breathing, slight sweat on her forehead and nose, and her snow-white arms drooped on the edge of the bed, drifting with the flow.

Obviously, she couldn't hold on for much longer.

At a certain moment, Liu Yifei felt a surge of power in her body. Her legs tightened unconsciously. She exerted a little force on her waist and abdomen, and wrapped her hands tightly around Wei Jin's neck, pulling the latter towards her and shouting.

"Brother~~It's coming, hurry~~~"

Upon hearing this, Wei Jin held the girl's face with his hands and whispered in her ear, "Okay, baby, wait for me."

After saying this, Wei Jin leaned forward and increased the force and speed of his card plays.

About two or three minutes later, the two hugged each other tightly, feeling the final joy of this card game.

Noticing that the girl in his arms was gradually calming down, Wei Jin knew that she had descended from the clouds, and he immediately turned over and leaned against the head of the bed.

"Brother, why did you come here in broad daylight?"

“Hehe, the post-production is done, and I’m in a good mood, haha.”

"Oh? Is there anything happy? Tell me quickly."

Seeing the curiosity in the little girl's eyes, Wei Jin held her tighter in his arms.

"Director Han has confirmed that the application for extension of Pacific Rim has been approved."

"Really? That's great."

Liu Yifei looked excited and was obviously happy for Wei Jin. Some unscrupulous media had been making a lot of sarcastic remarks about him these days. Let's see what they have to say now.

But then she frowned again, "Brother, why do you have to make it so thrilling? Aren't co-productions and domestic films treated the same?"

Talking about this, Wei Jin was a little speechless. Even Han Sanping's awareness was not enough this time.

"It's different, Yifei. The higher-ups have different considerations. According to Director Tong, if Pacific Rim can't outperform Thieves Alliance, then there's no need to postpone it."

"Why? Does it matter?"

Seeing the little girl's puzzled face, Wei Jin could only explain carefully.

"Yifei, although Pacific Rim is a standard co-production, and one in which China plays a leading role, it is not a purely domestic film after all. It is indeed difficult for the leadership to just give up the box office record like this."

Liu Yifei was very smart after all. After Wei Jin's explanation, she basically understood it.

"So Director Tong saw that breaking the record was inevitable, so he just went with the flow?"

"Yes, if I had known this was the reason, I would have called Director Tong myself. Isn't it just the box office record? I promise to get it back in the second half of the year."

Outsiders might think Wei Jin is arrogant, but Liu Yifei thinks it is natural because her man is so powerful.

"Well, brother, I believe you, Gravity will definitely work."

Wei Jin's mouth curled up slightly when he heard that, and he took the girl and hugged her to sit on his belly.

"Yifei, in that case, let's celebrate in advance, shall we?"

Feeling the heat coming from the buttocks, Liu Yifei bit her red lips lightly, hummed softly, then supported Wei Jin's chest with her hands and took the initiative to sit down at the card game.

“Oh~~~~”

Accompanied by melodious songs, a new round of poker competition begins again
(End of this chapter)