During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 443 Refreshing the Unlucky Deng Dynasty

In order to respond to the media's previous sarcasm, China Film, Wanda and Shanhe Media announced the news as soon as they received the document from the General Administration.

"Pacific Rim has been approved by the General Administration and has received a 10-day extension key!"

As the news spread, it immediately attracted the attention of various media, theaters and production companies in the industry.

Although the extension key for "Pacific Rim" is only 10 days, with the current box office of over 13 billion and daily revenue of more than 15 million, plus one weekend and the extension, the box office target of billion is just around the corner.

"I knew it would be like this. Fortunately, it only lasts ten days, otherwise there would be no way to survive."

"Now Shanhe Media's gambling agreement is about to be reached again, 47.5% of the box office revenue, huge profit!"

"This is unfair. In ten days, how many domestic films will fall under its feet? I oppose it!"

"I support it. I've waited for so long. There won't be another long queue for IMAX 3D, right?"

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Reactions to the news of the postponement of Pacific Rim varied from party to party, ranging from opposition, support, jealousy, and silence.

The voices of opposition came from fellow producers, especially those with films about to be released. After all, with the current daily revenue of "Pacific Rim", it will definitely grab a lot of market share.

Cinemas generally remained silent, and were even a little happy, after all, they could make more money with the same cost.

As for the audience and movie fans, almost all of them are satisfied, because for those who didn't get 3D tickets before and were unwilling to compromise, now is their chance.
No matter what the outside world thinks, the postponement of "Pacific Rim" is a foregone conclusion and no one can change it.

The only thing the industry can do is to predict to what extent this movie will push the domestic box office record.

At this time, Guangdong updated a Weibo post.

"The Four 2nd Season starts filming in Hengdian today. We hope the box office performance of the first film will exceed million yuan."

People in the industry were a little surprised. There was no launch conference for Fiber Optic's launch and the set was not open to visitors in the early stages. It was really low-key.

Wei Jin has some understanding of this. Although the box office performance of "The Four" is still good, its reputation is still declining, and its Impression Network score has dropped to 6.1 points.

In this case, it might be a good idea to keep a low profile.

On the contrary, the graduation ceremonies held by schools such as Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama were quite high-profile, putting undergraduates and postgraduates together, which attracted a lot of media attention.

Wei Jin posted a Weibo post, "Congratulations to Director Guo Fan for graduating from graduate school. It's time to get back to work!"

As soon as the news came out, many actors in the circle began to repost, like and congratulate Guo Fan, and some of those who were particularly close to him even made jokes.

"Boss Wei, what do you mean? Director Guo will have a job soon? How about considering me, your sister? Although it's not cheap, it's guaranteed to be useful."

Without even looking, Wei Jin knew that this was Zhou Xun, and only she could be so "bold".

"Xiao Jin, come to think of it, Brother Xun has been signed to the company for two years now, but apart from "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", you haven't given him any good resources yet."

"Sister Yuanyuan, why are your elbows bent outward? Looks like I have to teach you a lesson today."

Gao Yuanyuan, relying on her pregnancy, was not afraid at all. She stuck out her tongue and raised her eyebrows at Wei Jin provocatively.

"Come on, come on, let's see what you can do to me."

Wei Jin raised the corners of his mouth slightly and squatted down. When Gao Yuanyuan was a little confused, he reached out and grabbed her slender little feet in his hand.

"Hehe, Sister Yuanyuan, if I use this move, how are you going to resist?"

After saying that, he started scratching the soles of his feet with his fingers.

"Ah~~ Stop now, it's so itchy, haha. Stop now. No."

Pregnant women should not be emotionally excited. After all, Wei Jin did not joke about Gao Yuanyuan and the child's body. The scene in which he transformed himself into Zhang Wuji and forced Zhao Min lasted only one minute.

Looking at the pretty girl with rosy cheeks, Wei Jin lowered his head and bit her red lips. After tasting her, there was a teasing look on his face.

"Hehe, Sister Yuanyuan, let's see if you dare to do it."

Gao Yuanyuan was about to say something when Wei Jin's phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Hello, Mr. Chairman?"

The caller was the chairman of the Venice Film Festival, the kind-looking white old man - Marco Muller.

"Oh, Wei, this title no longer applies to me. I have already stepped down. It is a pity that I cannot see you complete the feat of the three European Grand Slams during my term."

When Wei Jin heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that Mark had been the chairman of the Venice Film Festival since 04, and it had been eight years now, which was indeed a long time.

"Is that so? That's really a pity. If I had known this, I would have used my full strength last year."

"Hahaha, Wei, you are still so humorous and confident. Let's get back to the point. This is how we say it in Chinese, right? I'm calling you this time because the new chairman, Alberto Barbara, wants to invite your Gravity to be the opening film. Do I have the honor to do so?"

"Of course, Mr. President, it's my pleasure."

Wei Jin agreed without hesitation. Firstly, he had a good impression of Mark, and secondly, the opening film could be considered as a promotion for the movie.

"Haha, Wei, thank you for your support, but I want to emphasize again that I have resigned."

"Yes, Mr. Chairman."

"Hahaha"

As the second weekend of July comes to an end, Pacific Rim once again makes entertainment headlines.

"Pacific Rim has been released for 33 days and the box office revenue has reached 13.89 billion, breaking the domestic film record and topping the box office rankings!"

"A new movie box office record has been set, Pacific Rim, 13.89 billion!"

“There are still ten days until Pacific Rim is released, and every day after that will be a new record!”

At the same time, good news also came from overseas box office.

"Pacific Rim is a huge hit at the global box office. As of now, the cumulative box office has exceeded 5.5 million US dollars."

This data is better than what Warner originally predicted. After all, they did not expect that the domestic side could achieve a record of 2 million US dollars, and this is not the end.

Wei Jin also received many congratulatory calls, many of which expressed their intention to participate in future co-productions.

In this regard, Wei and Jin can only say that they are naive.

Lin Yufen was quite efficient and completed the post-production of "Left Ear" in just over a month.

Wei Jin and Lin Yufen watched the finished film in the company's small screening room, and Lu Yang also came over to join in the fun.

After watching the nearly two-hour film, Wei Jin looked at Lu Yang.

"Tell me what you think." "Uh"

Seeing that Lu Yang seemed a little worried, Lin Yufen smiled.

"It's okay, Director Lu, just tell me."

"Okay, let me tell you, this plot is too ridiculous. The male and female protagonists are supposed to live happily ever after, but the other supporting characters are too miserable, especially the second male lead. He is so miserable."

Wei Jin smiled and shook his head. This is basically the routine of youth campus dramas: parents are divorced, rebellious personality, skipping classes and fighting, jealousy, having sex and abortion, car accidents and terminal illnesses.
It's a bit ridiculous, but the audience likes it. Haven't you seen the TV series in China now? The more ridiculous, the higher the ratings.

"Boss Wei, what do you think?"

"In my opinion, although the formula is old and the plot is bloody, the box office should be good, but in terms of word of mouth, I'm afraid it will be polarized."

After hearing Wei Jin's comments, Lin Yufen breathed a sigh of relief. What does a commercial director want? Isn't it the box office? What else do you need if you have the box office?
There are very few works that are truly successful in both box office and reputation. If there is such a script, it will not be Lin Yufen's turn, at least not for the time being.

"Then President Wei, I will arrange for it to be sent for trial now?"

"Ah."

The casting for "The Devotion of Suspect X" has started, and Wei Jin took some time to go and take a look at the audition scene.

Although there is no leading female role, the competition is still very fierce, especially among male actors this time.

Looking around, at least half of the domestic second-tier and above male actors are here, including Xia Yu, Duan Yihong, Pan Yueming, Chen Kun.
Artists from the company including Chen Xiao, Zhu Yilong, Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen, Lei Jiayin, Luo Jin, Wang Kai, and Bai Yu were also there.

To his surprise, Deng Chao had also come, and he walked up to say hello.

"Brother Chao, why are you here? Over at Partners."

Deng Chao looked a little bitter, "Boss Wei, there is a result, but it has not been announced yet. It was delayed due to scheduling issues."

When Wei Jin heard this, he was speechless. This was most likely his own fault, because with the addition of "Running Man" and Qiao Zhenyu, Deng Chao was squeezed out.

But according to his current situation, I'm afraid he will most likely just be a supporting actor in this audition. Unless the actor is irreplaceable or particularly loved by the director, the big director will never accommodate the actor's schedule.

After chatting with Deng Chao for a while, Wei Jin walked towards the actress.

Looking around, all you see are teenage girls. After all, movie resources suitable for them are really scarce.

"Director Wei, hello, nice to see you again."

Mother Zhang stood up with Zhang Zifeng to greet them. The latter smiled shyly, "Director brother."

Wei Jin reached out and rubbed the little girl's head. It had been more than a month since they last saw each other.

"Zi Feng, how was the exam?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zifeng's face was a little bitter, "Director brother, I didn't do well in the exam this time. Chinese and math were okay, but English only scored more than 30 points."

"Well, you have to work hard, at least pass the test, haha."

Wei Jin could only encourage him that since he wanted to be a child star, he would have to sacrifice time for studying, so his poor grades were understandable.

He still remembered that this girl said on the show that getting 391 points in the college entrance examination was easy, but it turned out that her score was only , which caused her to lose a lot of fans.

So, there are no academic masters in the entertainment industry, they are just personalities.

No wonder Chen Duling, a real academic master from NPU, can attract so many fans. It is really rare.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, Wei Jin saw the press conference held by China Film Group and Chen Kexin.

Huang Xiaoming is worthy of being a representative of high emotional intelligence, and he finally got the most core role among the three leading actors.

At the press conference, Qiao Zhenyu performed well and did not seem too disappointed. To him, these external resources are not indispensable.

But Tong Dawei's performance was very obvious. He had almost no communication with Huang Xiaoming throughout the whole process and was obviously upset about losing to the latter.

How could the media not see it?

Now, the filming of the movie has not even started yet, but the news of the discord between the leading actors has been reported, and Qiao Zhenyu has been inexplicably implicated.

Although the three of them tried their best to dispel the rumors, the crowd was eager to watch the fun and dug up a lot of past events.

Especially Huang Xiaoming and Tong Dawei. Because their acting styles are highly overlapping, the two have almost never stopped fighting openly and secretly over the years, and they have a lot of private hatred.

At this moment, fans of the three parties became a little irrational and started to quarrel online.

Wei Jin didn't pay much attention to this matter. There were many quarrels in the entertainment industry because of the ranking of roles. As long as it was not malicious smear, he didn't have the time to care.

Just when I was about to continue watching the fun, Lao Chen came over with some documents to report on his work.

The post-production of "Princess Agents" was completed at the end of last month, and the company organized a film screening a few days ago.

After a fierce competition, the first round of broadcasting rights were jointly won by Jiangsu TV Station, Beijing TV Station and Shanghai TV Station, with a price of 300 million per episode, which broke the record for TV dramas.

This costume drama has a total of 60 episodes and cost 8000 million to produce, but it sold 1.8 million in the first round, directly generating huge profits.

If we take into account the subsequent second and third rounds plus online copyrights, the final revenue will be even more exaggerated.

But Wei Jin was a little curious, why the wealthy Mango TV did not get involved this time?
Chen Zhiming gave the answer, "Mr. Wei, Mango TV now wants to build their own theater, they are not willing to broadcast it together, and it is difficult to coordinate the time."

Wei Jin nodded. The brand effect of Mango TV is becoming more and more apparent now, so it naturally wants to widen the gap with other TV stations. It has even begun to cooperate with production companies in the industry to produce customized dramas for its own fans. It is unlikely that they will be broadcast together in the future.

However, Wei Jin didn't mind this. There were many TV stations in the country and it was not necessary to use this one.

"By the way, President Wei, this is the list of people who signed up for the exchange meeting."

A few days ago, Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama jointly held an exchange meeting and invited many companies in the industry.

It is called an exchange meeting, but in fact it is similar to the job fairs of ordinary universities, providing a place for their own students.

After all, even in art schools like Beijing Film Academy and Central Academy of Drama, there are many students who cannot find a film crew or sign with a company after graduation and are forced to change careers.

Shanhe Media and Star Sky Culture were naturally also among the invited guests, and Chen Zhiming and Zhang Xu went to the scene on behalf of the two companies respectively.

Lao Chen is mainly responsible for the production business. This time he signed a number of students from the Beijing Film Academy's School of Management to be trained as reserve producers.

Looking at the list handed over by Lao Chen, there were no familiar names. Wei Jin was not surprised. There were only a few gold medal producers in the circle, and most of the behind-the-scenes workers were not famous.

"Okay, let's send them to intern on a project that will be launched soon."

"Well, I know."

(End of this chapter)