During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 477 Invitation from Ni Ni, the Main Theme of Domestic Entertainment

The official website of China Film Group announced the release date of many films at one time, among which several films produced by Shanhe Media Group attracted widespread attention in the industry.

"Jointly produced by Shanhe Media, Bigo Pictures and Huaxia Culture, and directed by Zhou Xingxing, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is scheduled to be released on February 2."

"Produced by Shanhe Media and directed by Lin Yufen, "Left Ear" is scheduled to be released on March 3."

"Produced by Golden Harvest and directed by Lin Chaoxian, "The Witch" is scheduled to be released on March 3."

"Jointly produced by Golden Harvest and Yinghuang Entertainment and directed by Lu Yang, "One Man's Martial Arts" is scheduled to be released on April 4."

Although the production speed of Shanhe Media had been anticipated, the fact that four films were produced so intensively within three months still caused a lot of discussion in the industry.

"The Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, and May Day periods are basically all occupied. The first half of the year is all up to him and his family."

“Aren’t Seattle and Journey to the West too close? It’s totally unnecessary.”

"You know nothing, what does this mean? It means that the rest of the schedule has been booked. I'm afraid the competition will be even more intense in the second half of the year. Wei Jin is simply being unkind."

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Some media outlets took the opportunity to watch the fun and specifically listed the box office revenue of movies produced by Shanhe Media and Golden Harvest this year.

Not to mention "Mojin: The Last Airbender" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" released at the end of last year, nor "Ex Machina" and "A Simple Life" and other movies whose box office revenue was less than 100 million yuan.

Just a few movies such as "2 Again", "Whiplash", "Saving Mr. Wu", "SPL 30", "Drug War", "Storm", and "Girl in the Bottom" have raked in more than billion yuan at the box office.

This already accounts for half of the domestic film market share so far this year, which is really terrifying.

There is no doubt that Shanhe Media has become the undisputed leader in the domestic entertainment industry, and no one wants to compete with it.

But there is no way. According to Shanhe Media's production capabilities, this is a matter of time.

But no one in the industry expected that when everyone was still considering how to break the deadlock, an outsider actually jumped out.

It’s funny, I don’t know when it started, but whenever there is a movie with the theme of “Journey to the West”, Teacher Liu will always be there.

At this moment, Teacher Liu began to criticize.

"The fabricated lines, the vulgar plot, the exaggerated and contrived performances are all a sulliation and blasphemy to the great masterpiece Journey to the West!"

"Adaptation is not random editing. This behavior of ruining classics must stop, otherwise the producers will have to apologize to the national audience."

"I urge everyone to boycott. Cinemas must not show such bad movies."

The film industry has always paid little attention to Mr. Liu's ups and downs, and this time is no exception. Even the person involved, Stephen Chow, just treated it as a fly flying around.

However, netizens were quite amused and even started a debate online.

"I support it. Some of the adaptations are really outrageous. Either Sun Wukong is in love, or Tang Monk is in love. Do these directors know how to make movies if they don't talk about love? They are simply teaching children bad habits."

"Yes, there are so many stories on the Journey to the West theme, it would be nice to have more movies about the Monkey King fighting monsters, but why do you have to stick to the romance part? That's crazy."

"It's reasonable for Mr. Liu to be angry. It's the producer's fault for not paying him copyright fees. Hahaha."

"Teacher Liu, please take back your magical powers. You are about to lose your reputation in your later years."

"He's jumping up and down, it's really a bit disgusting, it's as if he wrote Journey to the West!"

"Hey, Teacher Liu has the final right to interpret Journey to the West. Not convinced? Go and see whose photo is hung in Wu Chengen's former residence, hahahaha"

Wei Jin had no time to pay attention to the fun on the Internet. The filing of "New Police Story 2013" was approved, and he, as one of the producers, was invited to a department under the Ministry of Public Security.

In the conference room, Wei Jin, Ye Ning, a vice president of China Film Corporation, Cheng Long, director Ding Sheng and others were present.

Contrary to Wei Jin's expectations, the atmosphere at the scene was quite relaxed. A middle-aged man in his forties, wearing a uniform, was chatting and smiling with Cheng Long.

"When I was young, I watched the police stories of my elder brother and I have always liked them. I hope that through cooperation with my elder brother this time, I can show the image of our mainland police to the people."

Cheng Long had a habitual smile on his face, "You are so polite, this is what I should do."

On the other side, Wei Jin was also chatting with director Ding Sheng. This director, who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy, had directed "Little Big Soldier", "Hard Man" and "Hard Man 2", so he had a good relationship with Cheng Long and Liu Ye.

If there had been no intervention from Wei and Jin, Liu Ye would have been the second male lead in the play.

It's a pity that Liu Ye can't figure out the relationship. He is obviously a classmate of Zeng Li, but he actually speaks for Lu Chuan, the idiot. Wei Jin naturally won't take him to play.

After some casual chatting and reminiscing about the past, the middle-aged man in uniform started talking about serious business.

"At present, there are very few private companies and big directors in China who are willing to take the initiative to shoot mainstream films. We know the reasons. First, the box office performance is not guaranteed, and second, the review process is relatively troublesome."

Wei Jin knew that these words were mainly spoken to him. After all, among those present, he was both the head of a private company and a big director.

Sure enough, the topic soon turned to him.

"Director Wei is a well-known director in China. Several science fiction blockbusters he has collaborated with AVIC have gone global. I wonder if he will consider making mainstream films in the future to promote positive energy?"

"Boss, although I have never dealt with your department, but "Saving Mr. Wu" directed by Lu Yang and "Big Shot" which I will release next year, strictly speaking, are both related to the police profession, haha."

In such occasions, Wei Jin had to say something official, and what's more, it was not a lie.

"As for mainstream films, I have certainly thought about it, but as you said, the review process is indeed a bit troublesome. Many times, we have to consider the impact of many aspects."

The man in uniform nodded and said, "Director Wei, don't worry about this. If it involves military, police, or legal topics and there are difficulties in review, you can come to us directly. In principle, we will definitely support you."

Ye Ning and the others listened with smiles on their faces, but they didn't take it seriously.

The leadership level is high, and in principle, no one can say for sure.

"Police Story 2013" was made possible because of Cheng Long and the support of the series.

If it were other main-theme subjects, one would definitely be more cautious. For this kind of movie, the official administrative power would have to book the theater.

But Wei Jin is different from them. He actually has ideas about the main theme.

Moreover, the unit represented by the person in front of him is even more powerful than that of Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, Sixth Princess and others.

To make a more intuitive analogy, Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and the Sixth Princess can at most ignore the General Administration, while the Ministry of Public Security can directly ask the General Administration to stand at attention and salute.

This was also the purpose of his coming here today. So Wei Jin stood up and said, "Okay, leader, if you need me, I won't be polite."

It could be seen that Wei Jin was not being perfunctory, and the man in uniform nodded solemnly.

"Well, you're always welcome."

When leaving, Wei Jin and Cheng Long chatted for a while, mainly about the promotion of "Gravity".

This time the film will be released simultaneously around the world, so it will be impossible to carry out domestic promotion as crazy as before. The main focus before the release needs to be on box office strongholds such as North America and Europe.

According to Wei Jin's plan, after the Golden Horse Awards, he would start a ten-day global promotion, followed by the domestic premiere and roadshow, a total of 20 days.

Cheng Long had no objection to this. After all, it was already agreed upon in the contract. Otherwise, would it really be so easy to get a salary of 800 million US dollars?
In addition, Cheng Long also hopes to increase his international influence again through this collaboration, and by the way, he can also take advantage of the momentum of "Gravity" to promote "Chinese Zodiac".

After Cheng Long left, Wei Jin talked with Ye Ning about the film scheduling issue for a while. The latter patted his chest and said that he would definitely do his best.

But when they were about to part, Ye Ning couldn't help but give a reminder.

"Boss Wei, from what you said just now, are you really planning to make a mainstream movie? You have to think it through. Apart from "The Great Earthquake", I haven't seen any profitable movies. If it weren't for Cheng Long's participation this time, our Wanda wouldn't have taken the chance."

Wei Jin understood Ye Ning's kindness and nodded with a smile.

"Don't worry, Mr. Ye. I know what I'm doing and I won't rush into it."

According to Wei Jin's prediction, movies with main-theme themes will not be considered until at least the next year or the year after.

"Okay, as long as Mr. Wei knows what's going on, that's it for now. See you later."

"See you."

As it enters late October, the film market remains lukewarm.

"Girl in the Bottom" has been released for three weeks and the box office has exceeded 6 million, reaching 6.08 million, and the daily box office still remains at or million.

All the production companies in the industry looked at this data with envy and jealousy, but in the end they could only do nothing about it.

"The low-budget inspirational film "The Bottom Girl" was a big hit during the National Day holiday, and is expected to earn more than 50 million yuan in box office before it is released."

"Dangerous Liaisons" won word of mouth but lost at the box office, closing at 4210 million and has been withdrawn from theaters."

"The total box office of Tai Chi 1 was 8480 million, and its reputation collapsed, so it had to be withdrawn from theaters."

"Double Exposure" closed at 5640 million, falling below 10 in a single day. The producer said that it has achieved profitability and took the initiative to withdraw the film."

Last year's National Day box office revenue was around 15 billion yuan. Everyone originally thought that this year would be able to replicate this achievement, and domestic films would flourish during this hot period.

But the result now is that the market has shrunk significantly. Among the four movies, two are facing huge losses, one is making a slight profit, and only "Girl at the Bottom" stands out.

But what made the industry sigh even more was "Floating City".

As a hot film nominated for the Golden Horse Awards, this is director Lou Ye's comeback work after a five-year ban. Before its release, it was definitely very popular.

But no one expected that the box office on the first day would be less than one million.

"Based on this performance, this movie probably won't last more than a week in theaters before being forced to be taken off the screen. Art films are really hard to make right now."

In Mountains and Rivers Ink Painting, Ning Hao was busy with the post-production of "The Unknown" while chatting with Wei Jin.

"Well, there's nothing we can do. The theater chain also needs to make money. The 15-day guaranteed release period is for commercial films, but Lou Ye's copyright should have paid for itself, and he might even make a small profit."

Normally speaking, unless you are a big director with great appeal, like Wei Jin, Lao Mouzi, Chen Shishi and others, the rest should not expect art films to make a profit from the box office.

Although Lou Ye has been deeply involved in art films for a long time, he is still far behind Chief Jia and others, let alone Wei Jin and others?
Therefore, the unsatisfactory performance of "Floating City Mystery" was completely expected by Wei Jin.

"By the way, Senior Brother, how long do you estimate this later stage will take?"

"Well, according to my judgment, it will take at least two months, maybe even longer."

Wei Jin nodded. "Nobody" has three narrative lines, and the post-editing has to take structural issues into consideration, so it cannot be compared with the efficiency of conventional movies.

"Okay, take your time. As for the release date, it will be at least in the second half of next year. There's no rush."

Wei Jin was quite surprised when he received Ni Ni's call. After all, they hadn't been in touch for seven or eight months, and he thought the deal had been settled.

However, thinking of Ni Ni's charming and beautiful appearance, he did not refuse.

In the evening, when Wei Jin arrived at Golden House No. 6, Ni Ni was already waiting in the room, dressed up carefully.

I have to say that Zhang Yimou's vision is really great. I wouldn't say that Ni Ni's facial features are absolutely beautiful, but her figure and temperament are really great.

Whether it is the height ratio, waist-to-hip ratio, or even the chest shape and shoulder and neck lines, they are all very good.

I wouldn’t say this kind of figure is a stunner in bed, but it will be more eye-catching when it comes to dressing, and no wonder it is called the “red carpet killer”.

For example, at this moment, it is just a simple one-shoulder white long dress, but when worn on Ni Ni, it has an indescribable elegance.

Noticing the surprise in the man's eyes, Ni Ni was secretly delighted. There were too many female artists in the company, and she was worried that she would not be able to get in line in the future.

But it seems okay now. This man is still very interested in her, so he took the initiative to throw himself into Wei Jin's arms and show his charm.

"Little brother, I haven't asked you out for a long time. Is it because you don't like me?"

Without waiting for Wei Jin's response, Ni Ni stood on tiptoe and took the initiative to kiss him on the lips.

Unlike ordinary kissing, Ni Ni is very good at it. Each time, the lips and teeth are close for no more than three seconds, and the distance is less than one centimeter. Then they will quickly look back, which makes people feel itchy.

While Wei Jin was tasting the red lips and admiring the charm in the beauty's eyes, his hands were not idle either.

Just communicating through clothes made Ni Ni's heart tremble.

After a while, she crouched down on her own initiative.

"Hmm~~Great progress"

Amidst Wei Jin's pleasant praises, Ni Ni's snow-white swan neck buried deeper.
(End of this chapter)