During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 536: Refusing to Release Bad Movies
Although he promised Liu Shishi to accompany her, Wei Jin couldn't just stay at home and do nothing, especially since the girl was so exhausted that she was still sleeping in.

Therefore, Wei Jin went to the company early in the morning, intending to continue the editing work.

On the way, Wei Jin paid attention to the industry news and saw that the headlines had been refreshed.

"The box office of "Youth" on the first day was 4420 million, making it the best performing movie after the Spring Festival!"

"Zhao Yanzi surpassed Lin Yufen to become the female director with the highest first-day box office in the history of Chinese-language films!"

"A Man's Martial Arts is released today, with Wang Baoqiang and Zhao Wenzhuo performing a peak showdown"

"The average screening schedule of "A Man's Martial Arts" in theaters reached 29%, and the box office at midnight was 457 million."

Wei Jin laughed when he saw the report on the Internet. The female director with the highest box office on the first day, Zhao Yanzi really bought a lot of press releases.

Then he paid attention to the reputation of "So Young" and saw that the Impression Online score was 7.9. Wei Jin knew that Guangdong, or Zhao Yanzi, was already brushing up the score.

However, it can be suppressed on the first day of its release, but it will be completely unacceptable if you wait a few more days.

In fact, in gaming terms, fan movies are like early-stage heroes, and after level 7 they are just trash.

In contrast, "A Man's Martial Arts" takes the route of word-of-mouth fermentation, which is equivalent to mid-to-late stage heroes.

And based on the box office at 0 o'clock, the result should not be bad. It is still unknown who will win.

Wei Jin was busy editing at the company, so Liu Shishi slept until noon.

After a simple wash, she changed into a tight sports suit and began exercising in the training room specially prepared in the villa.

Liu Shishi knew very well that in addition to her sincerity and gentleness, her dancing skills also played a significant role in her being able to occupy a place in Wei Jin's heart.

Therefore, she has never fallen behind in basic skills over the years. No matter how busy she is, she will spend one or two hours practicing every day.

After doing the whole set of dance and yoga, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon.

When Taozi brought lunch, she also brought some news that surprised Liu Shishi.

"You mean Anle sent me an invitation? What's the content?"

"Well, Senior Sister Shi, according to the synopsis of the script, it's about Huang Feihong, and the leading female role requires martial arts or dance skills. They think you are particularly suitable."

Taozi explained the general situation while eating her rice, and then looked at Liu Shishi with a little expectation.

"Master, what do you think?"

"The production cost is 1.3 million, and the director is not a newcomer. It sounds good to be compared with the "Ip Man" series."

"You think it's good too, right? I've seen this director's previous works. He worked with actors like Aaron Kwok and Nick Cheung, who are great actors. He's quite capable in Hong Kong."

Liu Shishi was indeed tempted, especially since Anle was willing to let her use her film remuneration as investment, which meant that the studio could also participate in the film project.

But she also knew her own strengths and weaknesses and did not make decisions blindly.

After Wei Jin came back and had dinner in the evening, Liu Shishi brought up this matter.

"Once Upon a Time in China series?"

Wei Jin muttered to himself, and a movie popped up in his mind, most likely "Once Upon a Time in China II".

"Well, they said it will start filming around August, and my schedule is pretty suitable. Brother, what do you think?"

Wei Jin shook his head: "Shishi, don't take this role."

"Okay, brother, I'll listen to you."

Liu Shishi nodded without hesitation, but her face was still full of curiosity: "Brother, can you tell me why?"

Wei Jin held the girl in his arms and explained, "Shishi, what was the first thing that came to your mind when it came to the subject of Huang Feihong?"

"Teacher Li Lian? Teacher Guan Zhilin?"

"You see, this is the problem. The movie was too classic, and the characters were too deeply imprinted in the minds of the audience. It was like putting new wine in old bottles, and it couldn't be innovative. If one thing was not good, it would ruin the classic. At that time."

Before Wei Jin finished speaking, Liu Shishi had already thought of "A Chinese Ghost Story" from two years ago, when Wang Likun was ridiculed to the point of becoming autistic, and she couldn't help but shudder.

"Brother, I understand."

"Okay, I understand. Don't worry about the movie. Just take it step by step. As for the follow-up, I will arrange it for you when I have the chance."

Liu Shishi looked at Wei Jin's serious expression, kissed him on the forehead, and then stared at him blankly: "Brother, I'm not in a hurry, I just want to be with you forever"

Sincerity is always the ultimate weapon. Wei Jin could not resist the burning love in the little girl's eyes. He immediately got up from the sofa, hugged the girl and strode towards the bedroom.
Perhaps because they knew they would have to separate after a short reunion, even though they had been fighting for most of the night before, Liu Shishi was still quite crazy last night, as if she wanted to fill in the gap of the past few months.

Finally, they fought until one or two in the morning before they fell into a deep sleep.

Wei Jin slept very soundly that night until he was woken up by a phone call in the early morning.

He gently moved away Liu Shishi's snow-white arm that was resting on him, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table and saw that it was Lu Yang's call.

After the call was connected, I heard Lu Yang's voice, trembling with excitement:
"Brother, it's a big hit, the first day box office is 4378 million!"

"Brother, why is the box office so high?"

Perhaps the phone call was too loud, Liu Shishi was woken up, and she hugged Wei Jin from behind, her voice revealing a hint of laziness.

"Forehead"

Lu Yang on the other end of the phone was slightly stunned. He seemed to recognize this recognizable voice.

If this isn’t Liu Shishi, who had a long phone conversation with Wei Jin in the later stages of “A Man’s Martial Arts”, then who is she?
As a pure love warrior, Lu Yang secretly despised his senior brother and coughed lightly: "Senior brother, I have to catch a plane soon. The signal is not very good, so I'll just stop here first."

After saying that, he hung up the phone without waiting for Wei Jin to answer.

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Wei Jin was left speechless by this guy. So he called me to wake me up?

"Brother, isn't it possible to achieve 7 million on the first day?"

Although Liu Shishi is a newcomer to the film industry, the box office trajectory of "The Witch" almost conforms to the rule of 15 times on the first day.

"Shishi, that's not how it's calculated. We also have to consider competitors in the same period and the reputation of the movie. We can't generalize. Let me take a look first."

As he spoke, Wei Jin logged into Impression.com. He noticed that "A Man's Martial Arts" had a score of 7.6, which is not low for a Hong Kong action movie. Last year's "SPL 2" had a score of 7.8.

In addition, most of the comments from netizens were positive.

"The action scenes are quite exciting, and the punches are really enjoyable!"

"Combining martial arts with detective stories is a useful attempt in kung fu films. It can be seen that Director Lu Yang really likes it."

"Wang Baoqiang is really dedicated to his work. His kung fu has improved a lot and his acting skills are also very explosive. The fight in the small street is very exciting and the climax is also very exciting. It is worth watching."

“Violent, exciting, exciting fighting, smooth plot, highly recommended!”

"." Although there are some criticisms, most of the reviews are very fair, especially for several action scenes, which have received high praise from the audience. It seems that this adaptation is still very good.

"Well, according to this score, 5 million is definitely a sure thing, 6 million is also possible, but 7 million is probably a long shot."

"why?"

"Iron Man 3 will be released in a few days."

"Is this Tin Man so powerful?"

Liu Shishi was a little confused because "Iron Man 2" didn't make much of a splash in China.

"You will know then"

Wei Jin did not give much explanation, but instead asked about Liu Shishi's arrangements.

"My parents and I have an appointment to have lunch together at noon. Brother, do you want to join us?"

After Liu Shishi finished speaking, she looked at Wei Jin with some anticipation.

"Well, let's forget about this. The movie is almost finished and I have to hurry."

When Liu Shishi heard this, a hint of disappointment flashed across her face, but she quickly adjusted herself and smiled, "Well, brother, your business is more important. I'll make you breakfast now."

The little girl was about to get up, and Wei Jin quickly held her down, "Shishi, you should sleep a little longer, otherwise your uncle and aunt will feel bad when they see you not getting enough rest. As for breakfast, the driver has already bought it for me."

Seeing that the little girl wanted to say something, Wei Jin kissed her smooth forehead and said in a deep voice: "That's it, listen to me."

"Okay then, brother."

The box office of "A Man's Martial Arts" and "So Young" are very close.

Thanks to the word-of-mouth spread, the box office of "A Man's Martial Arts" set a new record the next day, closing at 4740 million.

After two days of the first weekend, the movie earned more than 9100 million, which is quite impressive.

And that "So Young" is worthy of being a fan movie. It showed strong dominance in the early stage. After three days of release, the box office has exceeded 1.5 million.

Although the movie has only been released for three days, Zhao Yanzi has already become famous and is almost praised to the sky by people in the circle.

Titles like "genius director" and "the first female director in the country" were given to her as if they were free.

Fiber Optic even issued a notice stating that the current box office sharing and in-film advertising have already recovered the cost of the film.

For a time, fan movies with youth themes became a hot category in the circle.

At the same time, "The Witch" was released after its last weekend, with the box office revenue reaching 5.02 million yuan.

A hot-selling movie can bring huge benefits to the creative team.

Since Lin Chaoxian started working with Golden Harvest, he has been on a meteoric rise, and now he has gone one step further and entered the 5 million director club.

Although the domestic box office ceiling continues to rise, 5 million is still a very high threshold. Currently, there are less than a handful of directors in the Chinese-language film industry who have received this honor.

Therefore, the Hong Kong circle is extremely excited, and the related reports are much more straightforward and explicit than those in the mainland.

Liu Shishi also became the 5 million heroine and firmly secured her position as one of the four little beauties. While Miss Cai, the sugar man, was busy rushing to Beijing to attend the celebration banquet, she also did not forget to arrange company publicity, and related press releases were flying all over the place.

However, this also made more female stars desire the works produced by Shanhe Media, and had a greater desire to climb into Wei Jin's bed.

The celebration party for "The Witch" was quite large.

When Wei Jin finished his work and arrived at the Royal Hotel, there were already a lot of guests.

Leading companies such as China Film, Fiber Optic, Huayi, Bona, and Wanda all sent people here.

There were many celebrities in the circle who came to show their support, and almost all of Tangren’s people came out.

Even Hu Ge, who was participating in the drama "Dream Like a Dream", came to show his support.

"Boss Wei, congratulations on the box office success."

“Thank you all for coming!”

Congratulations rang out one after another, and Wei Jin could only respond one by one.

After some greetings, Ye Ning pulled Wei Jin aside and talked about their previous collaborative projects.

The filming of "New Police Story 2013" was completed at the end of March and is currently in post-production, expected to be completed before July.

From what Ye Ning said, they plan to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday.

"Mr. Ye, 'The Killing' will most likely be released in late December, and if 'New Police Story' is to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, then it would be best if it were released in early December."

"No wonder. I was wondering why Shanhe's movie wasn't scheduled for December. I thought you and I were in sync. Haha, okay, let's listen to Mr. Wei and put it in early December."

Hearing this, Wei Jin felt a little embarrassed and quickly apologized: "This is my fault. I was busy with the post-production of the movie after I came back and forgot to communicate with Mr. Ye. It's my fault."

"Hey, Mr. Wei, this is too formal. It's just a small matter, haha."

The chat with Ye Ning didn't last long, because Shi Nansheng and Lin Chaoxian had already called the main creators of the crew to go on stage.

Liu Shishi was wearing a black one-shoulder pleated skirt and was very dazzling standing on the stage.

After talking about their feelings and experiences, Shi Nansheng and Lin Chaoxian led the main creators to smash the ice sculpture that symbolized the box office.

The Wei and Jin dynasties did not play tricks and directly gave out red envelopes.

Because this movie was produced by Golden Harvest, it was also released simultaneously in Hong Kong and Taiwan. However, the box office performance was not very good and it was taken off the screen in both places long ago. The cumulative box office converted into RMB is less than 40 million.

Even so, even including publicity costs, the total investment of "The Witch" did not exceed 2.2 million, and the box office share in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong alone exceeded million.

Taking into account the interstitial and product placement ads, as well as the box office share in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and after deducting the distribution costs, the producer's net profit is at least over 1.8 million, which is a huge profit.

If we also take into account this period, the price of Golden Harvest stock, which was boosted by the movie box office performance, would be even more incredible.

So Wei Jin was quite generous, from producer Shi Nansheng, director Lin Chaoxian, and the film's main creators to the entire production team.

Even the media reporters present at the event all received red envelopes. Although the amount was not large, it was enough to share in the festive mood.

There is a reason why Wei Jin has maintained such a good relationship with the media over the years. After receiving travel expenses, the media will say something good about him. This is also an unspoken rule of the industry.

"Boss Wei is so generous!"

The eight million red envelopes sent out that night had already secured a spot on the entertainment page for the next day.

"Everyone, eat and drink well, and don't go home until you are drunk tonight!"

After the excitement, Wei Jin took Liu Shishi back to the West Hill Villa.

As soon as I entered the room, the little girl couldn't wait to come close to me. We were about to be separated, so didn't we have to hurry?
So that night, the two of them fought almost all night long.
(End of this chapter)