During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 517 He is not a god
Wei Jin didn't expect that he would receive a call from Han Sanping today while he was chatting with Sister Li about "The Crossing" last night.

"Wei Jin, don't say I don't take care of you. Your company has so many artists, are there any roles you're looking for? We've already finalized a few candidates, and we'll officially start inviting auditions next."

"Mr. Han, thank you so much. This is really not necessary."

To be honest, Wei Jin was a little touched. Old Han was a good person.

"Are you sure? This is a big movie divided into two parts, with a lot of characters. Don't you want to reconsider it?"

Han Sanping thought Wei Jin thought the role was too small, so he confirmed it again.

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Wei Jin really wants to say that any movie that is divided into two parts is really not good.

Unfortunately, China Film Group has been in the market for more than a year, and has already dipped its toes in the water, so it has no way to withdraw.

"Really? I guess the competition will be fierce this time, right?"

"Well, they are basically all first-line actors and talented people. Many people use connections, but since you are not interested, forget it."

"Well, I still have to thank Mr. Han for his concern. I will treat you to tea when I return home."

"You kid, you drank my tea, that's all."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin mourned for Han Sanping for two minutes in his heart, and then started a new day of filming.

On the other side, Han Sanping recalled Wei Jin's refusal attitude and came to his senses.

"This guy has so many women, but he doesn't recommend her. This doesn't make sense."

Han Sanping's eyelids twitched violently, and then he comforted himself: "It's impossible. Such a good project, what can go wrong? He is not a god, how can he guess everything correctly?"

However, thinking of the lesson from "Red Cliff", Han Sanping immediately called his secretary for the sake of safety.

“We have arranged for producers and supervisors to join the production of The Crossing. We will supervise the entire process, starting from casting, and make sure we understand every process and every amount of funding.”

"Understood, Director Han."

Listening to the secretary's clear assurance, Han Sanping nodded, but he didn't believe it. How could anything go wrong like this?
Several movies scheduled for the Spring Festival are already gearing up for release and have entered the final promotional stage. Even the movies scheduled for March have begun preheating.

Zeng Jia received a call from Zhang Xu. After chatting for a few minutes, she turned around and went to the dressing room of the crew and found Yang Mi who was removing her makeup.

"Mi Mi, the company notified us that Director Xue will be leading the crew to start promoting Seattle. We need to adjust our schedule to cooperate."

Yang Mi nodded. According to the current progress, it would take at least a month to complete the first two parts of "Tiny Times", so some adjustments would be needed.

"Okay, let's go talk to Director Guo now."

After saying that, Yang Mi took Zeng Jia to find Guo Jingming and explained their purpose. The latter immediately agreed.

"No problem, just follow along and do the promotions. I'll adjust the roles."

Guo Jingming had a warm smile on his face and readily agreed to Yang Mi's request.

"Thank you, Director Guo."

Yang Mi smiled sweetly, and Zeng Jia also thanked her.

"You're welcome. I like Director Xue's movies, too. I hope Seattle does well at the box office. Maybe our movie can benefit from that success, haha."

"Yes, Mimi, I wish you a big box office success."

Amber Kuo on the side started to congratulate, and the other actors followed suit. After all, saying nice things doesn't cost any money.

You know, the only first-line actress in the crew is Yang Mi, and she is definitely ranked at the top.

With the support of Shanhe Media, Yang Mi's future is bright. Even if he can't get close to them, there is no need to offend them.

Yang Mi could more or less guess what everyone in the crew was thinking. After all, she had experienced many such occasions since she joined Shanhe Media, so she had a faint smile on her face.

"thank you all."

"Lost in Thailand", which was released for 32 days, has come to an end.

Although the daily box office was still five or six million, Han Sanping said that only one movie could be postponed during a period, so Wei Jin did not ask for anything to make things difficult for Han.

Therefore, the final performance of "Lost in Thailand" was slightly worse than its predecessor, and it finally closed at 10.97 billion.

But even so, it still makes people in the industry envious.

According to the previously announced production costs, even if the publicity and promotion costs are included, the total investment of "Lost in Thailand" will not exceed 50 million.

Although it is impossible to enjoy the tiered profit-sharing model of gambling with theaters, even if it is divided into 43% of the box office revenue, the box office share belonging to the producer will be as high as more than million yuan.

If miscellaneous advertising revenue is taken into account, considering that it is a wholly-owned production, Shanhe Media will have made at least 4 million yuan in profit from this wave.

"It's too beastly."

If the production companies are jealous, then many directors in the industry feel extremely aggrieved.

This is only Xu Guangtou's first movie, and he is a latecomer. How embarrassed are those who saw poor box office results?
As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and a person who stands out from the crowd will be criticized.

As it is also a Lunar New Year movie, Feng Dapao, Wang Jing, Chen Kexin and others, while expressing their congratulations, also had a bit of flattery in their voices.

Xu Guangtou was also very clear about this. He was very low-key at the celebration banquet and said frankly that he was still a primary school student in the field of directing and would need guidance and support from seniors in the industry in the future.
In short, the attitude is very correct.

When asked by the media whether there would be a sequel, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang both directly stated:
"We haven't received any notification yet, but if we do, we will definitely cooperate fully and make arrangements without hesitation."

Xu Zheng hesitated for a while and said, "There will be a sequel, but we need to wait."

For a time, many companies began to consider making sequels.

Wei Jin ignored the domestic turmoil. "Nomadland" ended the indoor scenes and started the outdoor shooting.

The first stop is Nevada, which is also one of the most important filming locations in the film. It is the place where the heroine Finn’s husband worked before his death and where she finally returned to her roots.

It is not far from California, only about 500 kilometers away, but compared to the densely populated California, Nevada is sparsely populated, with an area of ​​nearly 300,000 square kilometers and a population of less than three million.

In other words, there are only 10 people per square kilometer. Just imagine how empty the area outside the city is.

But for filming a movie, this place is perfect.

The crew arranged a motorcade in advance to bring the filming materials and go directly to the scene to set up. Chen Xi was completely adept at this. Wei Jin took Dudu and Zeng Li to the Carson City Airport in Nevada by plane, and then drove to the filming location.

It was the first time for Dudu to "travel" with Wei Jin. Dudu was very excited all the way. He looked at the scenery passing by outside the car window through the car glass and shouted from time to time.

"Xiao Jin, I haven't asked you yet. We're following you. Is that okay?"

Wei Jin knew what she was worried about, so he held the beauty close to him and said softly, "Don't worry, Sister Li, there will be no problem. I have arranged everything."

Zeng Li looked at Wei Jin's serious expression and knew that this man was ready, so she said nothing more and leaned quietly on his shoulder, looking at Dudu who was still excited, and smiled.

After more than two hours of driving, we finally arrived at the prepared shooting location - an abandoned mine near the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.

Although it was just a dark mine, it was still a scene that the three-year-old Dudu had never seen before. The little girl started to have fun as soon as she arrived there.

Seeing Zeng Li catching up with the female bodyguard, Wei Jin collected his thoughts and walked behind the surveillance camera. He looked around and found that all the units were in place, so he picked up the loudspeaker.

"action!"

With the withdrawal of "Lost in Thailand", the Lunar New Year movie season has basically come to an end.

Although "Gravity" is still in theaters, its single-day box office has dropped to around 5 million, and the cinema screening schedule is less than %.

"The Grandmaster" has been released for more than 20 days and the box office has exceeded 3 million yuan, but its potential has been basically exhausted, and the daily box office is less than one million.

This result may not seem like much in today's mainland market, but as a pure Hong Kong film, it really brought honor to the Hong Kong circle, and related reports have never stopped in recent times.

As the leading actress, Zhang Ziyi is in high spirits and very active, frequently appearing in major media outlets.

As for the netizens' joke that "The Grandmaster" is "The Legend of Gong Er", Zhang Ziyi is completely happy to see it happen.

But at this moment, his old rival Li Bingbing came out and stole the limelight.

In the past two years, Li Bingbing has been very successful and has successfully boarded the Hollywood train.

"Resident Evil 5" has just been confirmed to be introduced into China in mid-March, and now another hit series has announced her joining.

"Hollywood giant Paramount Pictures announced that Chinese first-line actress Li Bingbing has successfully confirmed to join "Transformers 4", and the film will start shooting in mid-February."

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the circle.

You know, the "Transformers 3" that year raked in more than 10 billion yuan at the domestic box office, which was definitely a hit series.

Although she knew that Li Bingbing might not have too many roles in this kind of collaboration, it was a Hollywood blockbuster released worldwide. How many female stars in China have such resources?

Many people in the circle are sighing that they still have to curry favor with someone powerful. Li Bingbing is getting further and further away thanks to his relationship with Ms. Deng.

Except for Li Bingbing's old rivals, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing and others, most people in the circle sent their blessings on Weibo.

Li Bingbing did not act pretentiously and announced on Weibo: "I have signed a contract with the crew of Transformers 4 and will go to Hollywood after the Spring Festival."

For several days, Wei Jin lived in Nevada, shooting during the day and driving around with his wife and daughter in the evening.

Back home, the "Four Little Flowers" selection campaign that has been affecting the entire entertainment industry for a month has finally come to an end.

"After comprehensive selection by nearly 100 mainstream media, the new four young actresses in the mainland film and television industry are announced as follows: Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, Bai Bin, and Yang Ying."

Although there had been some speculation during the previous voting phase, when the final result came, there was a lot of discussion both within the circle and online.

Let’s not talk about Yang Mi, after all, she was one of the four young actresses of the last session. In recent years, she has produced many hit movies and TV series, so it is not a big problem for her to rank first.

The most controversial issue in the circle is the ranking of Liu Shishi and Bai Bin.

In the eyes of the industry, movie actors are more prestigious than TV actors. Bai Bin has already starred in "The Four", proving his ability.

Since her debut, Liu Shishi has been on the small screen. Even though there is a movie "The Witch" written by Wei Jin, it has not been released yet.

Compared with the two, Bai Bin was actually suppressed, which was totally unexpected.

As for Bai Bin and Liu Shishi, at least everyone still recognizes their abilities, but Yang Ying is really looked down upon completely.

It has only been three years since she entered the mainland market. If she hadn't caught Huang Xiaoming's express train, the audience would have no idea who she is. Her promotion speed is really unbelievably fast.

But no matter what, the matter is done, the entertainment industry is very realistic, and everyone immediately turned around and sent congratulations.

The Internet is much more lively, with a lot of internet trolls, but even more normal netizens.

"It feels so fake. Yang Ying's appearance directly lowered the level of this session. I can't remember any of her works at all."

"That's right. After all, Ni Ni is the leading actress of The Flowers of War. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. She has also won many film awards. Isn't it a good choice to choose her?"

"There's no other way. Huayi and Huang Xiaoming are the key to Yang Ying's success."

"Isn't Ni Ni also backed by Shanhe Media? Why doesn't Boss Wei support his own people?"

"It's not that we don't want to promote him, it's that we can't. Yang Mi and Bai Bin are both artists under our company. It is said that Liu Shishi's studio also has private shares in Wei Jin. It's a bit embarrassing to buy up all of them."

"Congratulations, Mimi, you are the well-deserved leader of the Four Little Flowers, hahaha"

Zeng Jia, who had just finished recording a variety show, was very happy when she read the news online. "This result will give you a higher starting point, and our future path will be much easier."

"Haha, Sister Jia, isn't this expected?"

Yang Mi seemed very calm, and then added with a little self-mockery: "The leader of the four little flower girls is just a little flower girl."

"Mi Mi, take it one step at a time. Now that the studio is open, we can invest in other companies later. You can even become a producer. Things will get better and better."

Zeng Jia certainly knew what Yang Mi meant. The latter had always been targeting Jing Tian and Liu Yifei.

But the former won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress with Wei Jin's support; the latter is said to have also won the award-winning film specially created by Wei Jin.

Although she is not a big star, her status is no less than that of the big stars, and her resources are even better. It is really difficult for actresses of the same age to catch up with her.

Of course Yang Mi also understood this truth, she was just unwilling to accept it. However, she was a woman with a strong sense of career after all. She adjusted her mentality well and showed confidence on her face.

"Don't worry, Sister Jia, I won't dwell on this. I know exactly how to proceed."

"Ah That's good."

(End of this chapter)