During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 460 Zeng Jia's Stimulation to Go to North America Again
Zeng Jia was very efficient and negotiated the remuneration with the producers of "Tiny Times" in just two days.

With joy, she returned to the crew of "Late Summer, Early Sunshine".

"Mi Mi, we've already discussed it. Do you know how much they're paying you this time?"

Seeing Zeng Jia trying to take credit, Yang Mi looked a little uncomfortable. Wei Jin's words were still lingering in her mind, but she didn't know how to start, so she reluctantly raised her curiosity and asked:
"How many?"

"This number"

Looking at the numbers Zeng Jia was gesturing with his hands, Yang Mi was a little surprised.

"Why are there so many? This is almost as many as the big flowers, right?"

"Mi Mi, don't underestimate yourself. Look at the Golden Eagle Goddess voting these days. You are no worse than those big stars."

Speaking of the Golden Eagle Goddess, Zeng Jia looked radiant.

In the past few years, the Golden Eagle Goddess was nominated by the organizer and finally determined by the organizing committee, but this year it was the first time that a public online vote was adopted.

There are a total of 13 actresses selected for this year's Golden Eagle Goddess, five of whom are female artists from Star Culture, namely Yang Mi, Bai Bin, Nazha, Jiang Shuying and Ni Ni.

After many years of debut, Yang Mi's popularity is indeed terrifying. The voting session was opened for only ten days, and she had already taken the lead with more than three million votes.

Following her are Bai Bin with more than 180 million votes and Naza with more than 150 million votes. These are the popular young actresses in the first tier.

The rest, including Tang Yan, Ni Ni, Jiang Shuying, Zheng Shuang, etc., all have around one million votes and are considered the second tier.

According to the current situation, Yang Mi is leading the first and second places by a large margin and has a great chance of being crowned goddess.

Although there is no guarantee that the one who gets the most votes will be the Golden Eagle Goddess, Zeng Jia thinks that the organizing committee should give more consideration to this indicator, otherwise wouldn't it be like taking off your pants to fart?

In addition, even in terms of the performance of the works, last year's "Snow Swordsman" can be called a super hit drama, and "Love Is Not Blind" raked in 33 million yuan at the box office. It can be said that it has both ratings and box office.

Although Bai Bin also has hit dramas "Hello, Old Time" and "The Four" series, which have attracted a large number of fans and are on a strong momentum, he is still a little bit behind Yang Mi.

As for Nazar, although "Eastern Palace" is also very popular and the role of Qu Xiaofeng has attracted countless fans, and the subsequent "Silly Beauty" character in "Running Man" is also very likable, and her popularity is extremely high among the people, but after all, she has only been in the industry for a short time and without more works to support her, her popularity is like a castle in the air.

Just as Zeng Jia was imagining the scene of Yang Mi being crowned goddess, Yang Mi hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.

"Jia Jie, um, Senior Brother, he doesn't agree with me taking this role."

"Why?" Zeng Jia looked confused.

"My senior said that once an actor's reputation is ruined, it's hard to pick it up again."

Zeng Jia was speechless. What the hell was this reason?
Yes, she admitted that this book does not conform to the mainstream values ​​and morals of ordinary people. To put it bluntly, it has distorted values ​​and may cause great controversy after it is filmed.

But for movies, controversy means influence and commercial value, which is definitely a great blessing for Yang Mi.

Zeng Jia then spoke up to persuade them, "Mi Mi, what Mr. Wei said makes sense. Top actresses do need to take care of their reputation, but think about it, do you want to be an actress for the rest of your life?"

Zeng Jia's words seemed to enlighten Yang Mi.

Yes, she is already a first-line actress, and a stable first-line actress, and now she has her own studio.

Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming and others have already pointed her in the direction of the future - the road of capital.

But compared to the original capital and connections accumulated by these people over the years, she, Yang Mi, is undoubtedly far behind. If she wants to catch up, she has to take an unconventional path. Compared with film pay, profit and influence, what does reputation count for?
But before this ambition could burst out, Wei Jin's slightly cold words flashed through his mind again, and Yang Mi fell into a dilemma for a moment.

Over the years, she has figured out this man's temper. If this causes Wei Jin's dissatisfaction, would it be a loss?
Seeing Yang Mi fall into silence, Zeng Jia became a little anxious. She had been busy with this project and couldn't let it go to waste, so she hurried to comfort him.

"Mi Mi, I know what you're worried about, but we have a cooperative relationship with the company and have the right to take on films on our own. As long as we can create profits, President Wei will not say anything."

Seeing that Yang Mi still didn't answer, Zeng Jia couldn't help but sigh. The mark that man left in her heart was too deep. Did she not even dare to disobey him? What was the point of thinking about love at such a young age? Was this still the Yang Mi with an extremely strong ambition for career?
Thinking of this, Zeng Jia felt that it was necessary to stimulate her.

"Mi Mi, the company has a lot of resources, but the best ones are always chosen by those women first. Do you want to live under them for the rest of your life?"

As if a thorn had pierced his heart, Yang Mi felt a little breathless, and after a long while he spoke:

"Jia Jie, please hold off for now and let me think about it carefully."

Seeing that Yang Mi seemed to have lost his spirit, Zeng Jia did not dare to force him too much, so he nodded and said:
"Okay, I'll hold off for now, but Mimi, you need to make a decision as soon as possible."

"Ah."

Wei Jin had no idea of ​​Yang Mi's mental journey, as he was already on his way to North America.

"Xiao Jin, how long can you stay this time?"

Da Meiyuan stroked her belly and turned her head to look at Wei Jin.

"About half a month. You know there are movies coming out during the National Day holiday."

"That's it"

Looking at Da Meiyuan's slightly pouting red lips, Wei Jin couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.

Unlike Zeng Li, who was considerate, the beauty in front of him would occasionally be a little bit temperamental, but in the final analysis, she was thinking of him in her heart, so he held the beauty's delicate face, bit her red lips lightly, and then continued:

"Sister Yuanyuan, when I'm done with this, I'll come over to accompany you and the child."

Gao Yuanyuan's eyebrows relaxed, the corners of her mouth turned up, she leaned on Wei Jin's shoulder and whispered: "Hey, this is what you said, don't lie to me"

"Well, I won't lie to you, Sister Yuanyuan, go get some sleep."

"Well, then can you hold me while I sleep?"

Wei Jin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. This pregnant Meiyuan was really clingy, so he adjusted his posture and let the beauty lie in his arms.

While caressing Gao Yuanyuan's fair and delicate skin, Wei Jin paid attention to the domestic film market.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

Wow, "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "Batman 2" are so good.

After three days of release, the former directly took in nearly 3 million yuan at the box office, and the latter was not far behind, earning more than 1 million yuan. The two films directly occupied more than 7800% of the market share.

Inevitably, domestic films suffered another heavy blow.

The first to be hit was "Drug War", whose original rapid growth momentum was directly interrupted, and the single-day box office was directly halved from tens of millions to around five million.

It has been released for 20 days and the box office has reached 4.36 million.

There are still about ten days left before the movie is released, and it is basically impossible for the box office to exceed 5 million.

The situation for other domestic films is not very good either.

"The Whisperer" has finally reached 1.7 million yuan, but the single-day box office has fallen below 30. It is estimated that it will be taken off the screen in the next few days.

Compared with the production cost of 1 million, even if various copyrights and advertising revenues are taken into account, the loss of the producer is at least 13 to 1.6 million. The total box office of "The Lost Bullet" produced by Ying Huang was close to million after days of release, and the daily box office has dropped to to million.

After the reputation of "The Lion Roars 2" collapsed, the box office could no longer recover. After 13 days, the box office was less than 6000 million.

Although the movie "Border Storm" had a good reputation, its box office was really not good, still less than 20 million.

For these three movies, losses are a foregone conclusion, it’s just a matter of how much they lose in the end.

The media's so-called four-way division of the world has not come true after all. From August to date, the only movie that has made a profit is "Drug War". How tragic it is.

Retracting his gaze, Wei Jin looked at the beauty in his arms whose breathing had gradually calmed down. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, and then he leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.

A few hours later, the plane landed smoothly, and Hunter had arranged for staff to pick it up early.

Arriving at Beverly Hills, Wei Jin met Huang Mengying who had arrived from China two days ago, as well as the cook Sister Li, and three female bodyguards.

"Mengying, are you used to it these past two days?"

"Yeah, that's good, boss."

Huang Mengying nodded, then quickly walked up to support Da Meiyuan, but unexpectedly the latter shook her head slightly.

"Mengying, it's only been two months. I can do it by myself. I'm not used to someone holding me up."

Huang Mengying felt a little at a loss. After all, she was only in her early twenties and had no experience in this kind of thing.

At this time, Wei Jin spoke up: "Mengying, listen to your sister Yuanyuan and go into the house first."

As he spoke, Wei Jin took Da Meiyuan's hand and walked towards the house at a slow pace.

This was not the first time that Da Meiyu came here. She was familiar with all the furnishings in the house, but she couldn't help feeling a little sad. She would be staying in this small world for the next six months.

As if he had sensed Da Meiyu's thoughts, Wei Jin took Da Meiyu's hand and patted her hand after they sat down on the sofa.

"Sister Yuanyuan, please be careful in the first three months. Next time I come over, we can go around. When Sister Li was here, she made a lot of friends in the town. Or maybe you feel bored, why don't you let Senior Sister Yu come and keep you company?"

Gao Yuanyuan's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Is it okay?"

"Of course, Sister Yu has been in North America for many years and is quite familiar with this place. It just depends on her schedule."

"Then I'll ask sometime."

"Well, there's no rush for this."

Wei Jin nodded. Although she was a good friend, he still had to seek her opinion on matters like this. Then he looked at Huang Mengying.

"Mengying, let Sister Li arrange the meal. I just had a quick bite on the plane and I'm a little hungry."

"Okay, boss."

On the domestic side, Ye Ning and Zhang Wei from China Film Group set off, but they were photographed by reporters who were waiting there as soon as they entered the airport.

"Is this an international flight? Where are Ye Ning from Wanda Pictures and the people from China Film Group going?"

"I don't know, but if the two companies come together, I'm afraid there will be some new project."

"Never mind, just send it back first, someone will think of the title"

"Well, that's the truth."

Soon, headline-grabbing news such as "China Film Wanda suspected of heading to Hollywood" and "New project" came out.

Many film companies in the industry are also paying attention to this matter and have some vague speculations.

Shanghai, the office of the chairman of Shanghai Film Group.

"It's very likely that there is a new project, and it may be quite large. Otherwise, given Zuoshandiao's personality, he probably wouldn't let Wanda participate in it."

Ren Zhonglun was somewhat helpless. No matter whether the project was initiated domestically or abroad, China Film Group was the first choice of almost all producers.

But who has a cinema chain and controls the power of imported films? Shanghai Film Group cannot compete with them, so it can only watch with envy.

"But I'm afraid co-productions aren't that profitable. There will be a time when you, the Eagle, will cry. Humph."

Beijing, Berna headquarters.

"Old Yu, do you want to go ask Mr. Han?" Jin Qiao asked while stroking her belly with one hand.

"Well, let's talk about it after we get some news in a few days."

Fatty Yu shook his head. Although Bernard was not short of money now, he was not particularly confident in the vision of his old leader Han Sanping.

Ye Ning was unaware of the various speculations within the circle. Now sitting in the first class cabin, he looked energetic.

Although Wanda has acquired AMC Theaters and has gained a reputation in North America, high-quality projects, especially large-investment co-productions of this kind, are still hard to come by.

Judging from Wei Jin’s past performance and Warner’s eagerness, “Slaughter Cycle” is definitely a high-quality project, and he wants to get a larger share this time.

After settling Da Meiyuan, Wei Jin came to Summit Entertainment to learn about the company's current operations.

The feedback we received was very good. For the four films in the first half of the year, the collection of payments has reached more than 7%, and the company's cash flow on the books is extremely abundant.

"Taken 3" will be released next month and the promotion work has already begun.

The preparations for "The Hunger Games 2" have been completed and filming will start in two weeks, with an estimated shooting period of three months.

Because of the huge sales of the first film, Summit Entertainment is full of expectations for the second film, and the budget has also increased from less than 1.2 million US dollars in the previous film to million US dollars today.

Wei Jin had no objection to this; this series was definitely a cash cow.

"By the way, Hunter, have you acquired the copyrights for the novels I asked you to buy?"

Hunter nodded solemnly and said, "Boss, I've bought them all. In addition, the script you sent me has also been registered."

Talking about the new script, Hunter seemed a little excited. "Boss, your script is great. It fully reflects the situation after the North American financial crisis. I feel that it will be a good choice for the Oscars, not to mention Venice."

Listening to Hunter's long stream of compliments, Wei Jin smiled but said nothing.

This script was originally prepared for next year's Venice Golden Lion and the Oscars the year after. If luck is good, maybe the Grand Slam and the Oscar for Best Picture can be achieved at the same time.

By then, with unprecedented reputation, there will be little resistance to domestic affairs.

"Let's do the preliminary preparations first, and I will start in three or four months at the latest."

"Okay, boss."

(End of this chapter)