During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 455: What Level Do You Have to Covet Da Mimi

The next day, after Wei Jin washed up, he went downstairs. His future mother-in-law Liu Xiaoli had already prepared breakfast.

When she saw Wei Jin, Liu Xiaoli was all smiles.

"Wei Jin, where's Xixi? Why isn't she coming down?"

"Auntie, she's sleeping in, please leave some for her."

Wei Jin looked a little unnatural when he heard this. You can't say that your daughter was overworked last night and can't get out of bed now, right?
However, the goddess in the JK suit is really amazing. It seems that we should prepare more props in the future.

Liu Xiaoli, who was standing by, seemed to remember the voice she vaguely heard last night. The smile on her face froze, and then she nonchalantly invited Wei Jin to sit down and start having breakfast.

As if to ease the awkward atmosphere, Liu Xiaoli took the initiative to talk to Wei Jin about her experiences during the trip.

Wei Jin listened and commented from time to time, when suddenly an idea came to his mind.

The meal time passed by like this, and seeing that Wei Jin was about to go out, Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but speak.

"Wei Jin, look at Xixi, she just stays at home like this...."

Wei Jin turned around and smiled, "Don't worry, Auntie, I have made arrangements."

"Okay, as long as you know what's going on, Auntie won't ask."

After waving goodbye to Liu Xiaoli, Wei Jin went out. Lao Zhu had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Old Zhu, go to the company."

"Okay, boss."

As the vehicle slowly started, Wei Jin began to close his eyes and think, and the thoughts in his mind became clearer and clearer.

After about twenty minutes, the vehicle stopped in the underground garage.

Wei Jin went straight to his office and started writing and drawing on the table. Soon, an idea came to the paper, and then he dialed the internal phone.

"Notify Zhang Yipei to come see me."

After a while, Zhang Yipei, with wavy hair, knocked on the door and walked in.

"Mr. Wei?"

"Director Zhang, please sit down."

Wei Jinxu raised his hand and invited him to take a seat, then told him about the joining of Actor Xie and his son. Zhang Yipei was a little surprised when he heard it.

"Boss Wei, this is great. Our original plan was to invite some celebrities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong. Xie Feng is quite popular in the mainland, so it would be helpful for the program if he could come and participate. Then we would have more room for negotiation with the TV station."

Wei Jin nodded. It was for this reason that he agreed directly.

"How is the current progress?"

Facing the boss's inquiries, Zhang Yipei was well prepared and told the story of the project's progress. Wei Jin nodded from time to time.

The efficiency of the variety show department is still very high. At present, the project of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" has already confirmed Hu Jun and his son, Guo Tao and his son, and the other candidates have not yet responded.

In addition, the contacts with TV stations were also very smooth. Mango TV, Shanghai TV, and Jiangsu TV were all very interested. After all, Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV relied on the outdoor variety show "Running Man" to make a name for itself, and they had been coveting it for a long time.

"Well, let's keep going. Also, I have a new idea. Take a look at it first."

As he spoke, Wei Jin handed over the draft in his hand. Zhang Yipei took it with both hands, glanced at it for a few seconds, and then raised his eyebrows.

“Outdoor travel variety show?”

"Well, what do you think, Director Zhang?"

The creative ideas that Wei Jin came up with this time are probably "Flowers and Youth" and "Sisters Over Flowers".

In his previous life, he didn’t pay much attention to these two variety shows. He only remembered that they were about finding some male and female celebrities to travel to a foreign country together, and then encounter various emergencies, which made them interesting.

Now that we have a general direction, we can just leave the details to the variety show department to perfect.

"I think it's possible. The pace of life is getting faster and faster now. Ordinary people are facing great pressure to survive and basically have little time to travel.

Such a casual variety show similar to a travel record can not only let the audience understand the real side of the stars, but also see the scenery and history of the journey. It should be quite popular."

Wei Jin nodded, agreeing with her judgment. Although this program was not a hit, it was still quite popular.

"Well, Director Zhang, I'll leave this matter to you. Ask the follow-up planning department to come up with a plan. Also, send someone to communicate with the Korean branch and ask them to find a way to buy the domestic copyright of Infinite Challenge as soon as possible."

"Boss Wei, are you going to organize another outdoor variety show?"

"Well, since many TV stations are interested, why don't we do it? Even if we are too busy for the time being, we can get the copyright first and develop it later."

"Infinite Challenge" is the original version of the domestic "Extreme Challenge". However, this variety show was planned by South Korea's MBC as early as 04 and was launched in 05. Wei Jin was out of reach at that time and could not intercept it at all.

Nowadays, Shanhe Media’s variety show team is sufficient to support the production of multiple variety shows, and it is time to put it on the agenda.

"Also, the Variety Department can send people to Korea to exchange ideas with the major TV stations. If they have any good ideas, they can bring them back for use."

Speaking of this, Wei Jin paused.

"Director Zhang, starting next year, the Variety Department will implement an assessment system. Each group must have an independent plan. We can't just rest on our laurels. Please come up with a specific assessment method."

Wei Jin discovered that the company's variety show department was different from the production department of a TV station. There was no pressure on ratings. After having several hit variety shows, their enterprising spirit was somewhat weak, which was not a good phenomenon.

Zhang Yipei also understood this logic, so his face became serious and he nodded solemnly.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wei. I will implement it as soon as possible."

In the film market, "The Bullet Vanishes", "The Lion Roars 2" and "Border Storm" were released at the same time.

People in the circle were joking that Sun Honglei was beaten up by Hong Kong's former "golden boy and jade girl" couple.

Some netizens also joked that this was a head-on confrontation between actor Xie and Zhang Baizhi after their divorce.

In any case, the hype was created, but unfortunately the box office was not very good.

"The Bullet Vanished" grossed more than 1600 million on its first day, and after three days of its first weekend, the box office totaled 5680 million.

This result seems to be barely acceptable, but judging from its online score of less than 7, the final box office will not exceed 2 million. Compared with the production cost of 1200 million US dollars, equivalent to 1 million Hong Kong dollars, there is obviously a problem in recovering the investment.

"The Lion Roars 2" performed even worse, with less than 2100 million on the first day and only million at the box office in the first three days of the weekend.

The key is that the online reputation has collapsed. The Impression.com score has dropped from 5.3 at the beginning to 4.1, and it is still on the decline. The producers can't do anything about it. Many netizens are complaining that they went to the theaters because of the nostalgia for the first part, but they were fed shit.

When the cast for this play was initially being chosen, they wanted Fan Bingbing to play the supporting role for Zhang Baizhi, which ended up causing a war of words.

At this moment, Fan Bingbing started to speak in a veiled manner on Weibo:
"The movie still has the same name, but it's a pity that the people are no longer pure."

Although no names were mentioned, everyone knew that this was a mockery of Zhang Baizhi.

But this time, let alone Zhang Baizhi, even the producers remained silent, which disappointed netizens who wanted to see a fierce battle.

"Border Storm", which was released at the same time, also had unsatisfactory box office, with less than three million on the first day and less than ten million in the first three days of the weekend, but its online reputation is extremely high. It currently has a score of 8.1 on Impression.com, which is really amazing.

In comparison, the performance of "Drug War" can be said to have dominated the entire show.

The film earned 1.58 million in its second week. After ten days in release, the total box office has reached 2.47 million, with the single-day box office approaching million.

The movie "The Whisperer" performed poorly in its third week due to scheduling constraints. After the box office exceeded 1.6 million yuan, it has almost stopped moving, with only one or two million yuan a day.

After reaping the benefits of its last weekend, "The Storm" chose to be withdrawn from theaters, with the final box office revenue coming in at 3.39 million yuan.

The film cost 1.1 million to produce, and including publicity and promotion costs, the total investment was about 2500 million. The profit from the mainland box office alone was around million.

Taking into account the box office revenues from Taiwan and Hong Kong, as well as miscellaneous advertising revenues, the film brought the producers a total of nearly 8000 million in revenue, which can be considered a big hit.

Wei Jin made a special call to Shi Nansheng.

"Boss Shi, I won't be attending the celebration banquet. Just help me give out red envelopes to the actors."

"No problem, but Mr. Wei, isn't Golden Harvest considering releasing a new film in the second half of the year?"

“Forget about it this year. Just focus on the distribution and cinemas in Southeast Asia. Next year, we can start The Raid 2 and Cold War 2 depending on the situation. However, the preparatory work can be done step by step.”

It’s not that Wei Jin doesn’t want to make money, but from the perspective of cost-effectiveness, it’s really not cost-effective to launch it in a hurry. Besides, there are enough movies to be released next year, and if there are more, it will be impossible to coordinate the release dates.

"Ok, I see."

The role requirements for "Time Traveler" have been announced on the official Weibo of Shanhe Media. Anyone who meets the requirements can come for an audition.

Many talent agencies and actors and artists have turned their attention to this. After all, over the years, the number of external auditions for films produced by Shanhe Media has been very small.

In the eyes of many artists, this opportunity is rare!

As a result, a large number of actors' resumes were sent to Shanhe Media from the hands of brokerage companies and agents.

Wei Jin also received many requests from acquaintances, but he refused any of them. He said that at most he could help cut in line and arrange for the audition. It would be up to Guo Fan to decide whether he was suitable or not.

Being an artist of Star Culture does have great advantages. Yang Mi has already got the script and is now somewhat excited.

Judging from her limited experience, this script was indeed good, but she was not confident enough in herself, so she asked her military advisor for advice.

"Jiajie, what do you think?"

"The script is pretty good, and the female lead has quite a few parts. I heard from Director Zhang that Director Guo Fan wanted Gao Yuanyuan to play the role, but Director Wei rejected it."

Yang Mi felt a little sour in his heart, as it turned out to be coming from those women again.

"Sister Jia, have you asked Director Guo?"

"Well, I mentioned it when I went back, and Director Guo said that the leading actress must audition."

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Yang Mi frowned when she heard this. How could the leading actress of a 500 million box office movie be so unremarkable? Guo Fan was too rigid.

"Mi Mi, if you really have an idea, why don't you contact President Wei?"

Zeng Jia already knew that Wang Zixuan was chosen to play the second female lead. In her opinion, Yang Mi should be treated better than the former. After all, he was a partner of the studio and made a lot of money every year.

"This"

Yang Mi was a little hesitant. Wei Jin had already made it clear that there would be no more film resources for her this year. If she asked again, she was afraid that the impression would be greatly reduced.

So she shook her head and said, "Forget it, Sister Jia, let's just go for the audition. I have a big advantage over the others, so there shouldn't be any problem."

"Yeah, that's true. By the way, Mimi, the production of 'Tongquetai' will start in the middle of next month. Is there any problem with the part here?"

"No problem. Liu Kaiwei and I had already filmed our scenes together first. There are still about 20 days left. If I work harder on my own scenes, I'll definitely make it in time."

Although he is not too optimistic about the box office of "The Palace of the Golden Phoenix", it is a big-budget movie with a cost of over 100 million yuan after all, and Yang Mi also hopes for a good result.

"Well, that's fine."

At this point, Zeng Jia showed a strange smile on her face, "Mi Mi, is Liu Kaiwei still trying to please you?"

"Oh, don't mention it. It's like a dog-skin plaster all day long."

Yang Mi rolled his eyes when he heard that, with an expression as if he had eaten a fly.

Liu Kaiwei and she played a couple in the play. Yang Mi could accept it if they were just a little intimate during the filming.

But this person clearly wanted to extend the relationship beyond the play, and he came to show his affection every now and then, under the pretext of chatting about the script and rehearsing scenes.

Why doesn't this guy take a piss and look at himself? He is almost a generation older than me, but he has no status. He has no successful career. What's the use of the connections left by his out-of-date father in Hong Kong?

Not even worthy of carrying shoes for Wei Jin!

What level is he? How dare he covet her?
But this person didn't do anything excessive, so Yang Mi couldn't get angry. Otherwise, she would tell the company and implicate the crew. Wouldn't that be a waste of time?
"Okay, since the scene is almost over, let's not make any more trouble. We still have to deal with Meiya when we have the chance."

"Yes, I know."

Wei Jin didn't know what Yang Mi was thinking, as he was currently performing a farewell ceremony with Liu Shishi.

After all, celebrities are different from ordinary people. Their schedules are almost always arranged in advance, so it is not easy to squeeze out some blank time.

In the room, Liu Shishi hugged Wei Jin's neck tightly with both hands, and her legs, which were full and strong due to exercise since childhood, were hooked around his waist.

As Wei Jin continued to walk around the room, red clouds appeared on Liu Shishi's intellectual and elegant face. Her forehead and temples were covered with fine beads of sweat. Her brows were slightly furrowed, her eyes were seductive, and her breathing became heavier.

"Brother, I'm coming~~~"

"Master, wait for me."

(End of this chapter)