During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 546: New Project Celebration After Playing Golden Flower (Subscription Request)
In just 10 days, "Partners" successfully reached the 3 million box office mark, and the daily box office still remained at around 2000 million.

Judging from the box office trend, the movie has great potential and there is a high probability that it will break 5 million.

At the same time, after a month of release, "So Young" and "A Man's Martial Arts" were also taken off the screen.

But what’s interesting is that the box office of the two movies is exactly the same, both 6.11 million.

If we really have to compare, the number would only be four decimal places, and the media can only call it "tied for the May Day champion."

"What? You look a little dissatisfied?"

In the office, Wei Jin looked at Lu Yang with his head down and couldn't help but tease him.

"Of course not. I've been in the industry for many years. A tie means a loss, especially when I lost to a youth film."

"Come on, kid. Do you know how many similar movies have been approved in the past two months?"

"How many?"

"Haha, at least 20 or 30, no less, and I guess there will be more to come."

"so much?"

When Lu Yang heard this, he was shocked, but he could understand it after thinking about it.

This type of film has low investment costs, simple story structure, is easy to shoot, and can easily evoke the audience's emotions. Doesn't that attract everyone to flock to it?

"So, a tie is already great. The celebration party has been arranged, but I plan to hold it together with Director Zhang. Is that okay with you?"

"Hidden in the Dust" won the Jury Grand Prix, so it must be celebrated. After all, Ning Hao was treated first, and we cannot favor one over the other.

However, Wei Jin felt it was a bit troublesome to hold two more shows, and his new film was also about to start shooting, so he planned to do them together.

Lu Yang obviously knew Wei Jin's personality, and he quickly stopped talking: "No problem, it's lively anyway, the more people there are, the better."

"Okay, that's it."

In the afternoon, Lao Mouzi and his group returned to the capital.

Wei Jin thought that everyone was very tired and the celebration banquet was about to begin, so he did not arrange a small gathering.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yimou even came to his office to express his gratitude.

Looking at the old man in his sixties, who was still energetic after seven or eight hours of flight, Wei Jin couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed full of energy.

After asking his secretary to make tea, Zhang Yimou took the initiative to talk to Wei Jin about the release schedule of "Hidden in the Dust".

There weren't many options available, and the two quickly reached a consensus.

But the next topic was something Wei Jin could never have imagined.

"Director Zhang, are you saying you're planning on starting a new play? So soon?"

Looking at the expression on Wei Jin's face, Lao Mouzi knew that he had probably misunderstood, so he smiled and shook his head and explained:
"Boss Wei, it's not Shoplifters. Although I like that script, the style is different after all. It would be unfair to rush into such a wonderful script. I need to think about it carefully."

"So, is there a new script?"

"Well, during the Spring Festival, Yan Geling and I met once. She had an idea that I thought was pretty good, and then..."

After listening to Zhang Yimou's explanation, Wei Jin finally understood that Yan Geling had published a novel "Lu Fan Yan Shi" at the end of the previous year. It was a novel of the Republic of China based on the history of her family's changes and her grandfather as the prototype.

Perhaps thinking that Zhang Yimou was interested in the novel, Yan Geling adapted the novel into a film script in the past few months, hoping to bring it to the big screen.

"Boss Wei, what do you think?"

"Well, that's fine. Since Director Zhang wants to do it, let's do it."

Wei Jin pondered for a moment and gave an affirmative answer.

To be honest, this type of biographical film probably won’t have very good results in terms of box office and awards.

Deep down, Wei Jin didn't really want Zhang Yimou to focus his energy on this.

However, a great director like Zhang Yimou has his own ideas, so we still have to give him the necessary respect. Just think of it as him relaxing and adjusting.

The next day.

"A Man's Martial Arts" and "Hidden in the Dust" held celebration banquets at the same time.

With the precedents of "The Big Buddha" and "20 Again" last year, people in the industry didn't feel surprised. It's quite easy anyway.

The celebration banquet was held at the Imperial Hotel. Wei Jin booked an entire floor, making it quite large in scale.

There were also quite a lot of big names in the circle who came to show their support.

Almost all the leading companies in the industry, including China Film, Fiber Optic, Bona, Wanda, and Huayi, sent representatives to attend. Even Shanghai Film, which is far away in Shanghai, specially sent a vice president to show its support.

As for the celebrity artists in the circle, there are even more of them, all of them are first- and second-tier actors in the circle.

Including many celebrity artists under Star Culture, almost all of them who had no announcements were present.

The star-studded scene was comparable to a film festival awards ceremony.

The entertainment reporters standing guard at the entrance of the banquet hall were all grinning. Every time Shanhe Media held a celebration banquet, everyone had endless material to shoot. "Mr. Wei, congratulations."

“Congratulations on the box office success.”

"Thank you, everyone, for coming. Enjoy your meal and drinks tonight."

As Wei Jin walked along, he was surrounded by smiling faces expressing congratulations, but most of them probably felt sad in their hearts.

There is no way. There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. The specific revenue of the two movies has long been exposed by the media.

After winning the Grand Jury Prize, the copyright of Into the Ashes was snapped up. Except for Southeast Asia, the copyright sold for 1480 million US dollars.

According to the current exchange rate, the copyright alone has been sold for nearly 90 million, and when the film is released, there will be a huge profit, which is indeed a big profit.

As for "One Man's Martial Arts", there is no need to say more.

This film chose to be released simultaneously in Southeast Asia. In addition to the box office of 6.11 million yuan in the mainland, it also grossed 1160 million US dollars overseas.

Although it is not as profitable as the company's previous blockbuster movies, it is still a considerable profit.

All in all, the revenue that belonged to the producer from the box office share of the entire movie was as high as 2.8 million.

If we take into account patch ads, product placements, etc., another 8000 million will be needed.

As for why the advertisement price is so high, we have to mention the wealthy Maotai. Liquor and martial arts are a perfect match, and the other party directly offered a high price of 50 million.

Even after deducting production costs and publicity and promotion expenses, the net profit of "One Man's Martial Arts" reached 2.5 million.

This means that this celebration banquet is to celebrate the revenue of more than 300 million. Who in the circle wouldn't be jealous?

Of course, this does not include Boss Yang from Yinghuang.

At this moment, Wei Jin saw Boss Yang taking Huo Wenxi around to greet customers, with the smile on his face unable to be concealed at all.

Last year, Ying Huang spent 40 million to acquire a 40% share, and in a blink of an eye, the return exceeded 100 million, which can be said to be a huge profit.

More importantly, Yinghuang’s stock price has soared a lot during this period, which is simply double the happiness.

After some interaction, both groups stood on the stage to be interviewed by the media.

"Director Zhang, when will the movie be released to the public?"

Lao Mouzi looked at Wei Jin. The two had already discussed it before. When he saw the latter nodded, he did not hide it.

"It is expected to be released in late August or early September. The company will announce the specific release date later."

This schedule did not surprise the guests and media at the scene. After all, it had to avoid Shanhe Media's own films, and art films did not really need a very good schedule, even those produced by Zhang Yimou.

Then another reporter asked a question, this time the target was Lu Yang.

"Director Lu Yang, now that you have become a 6 million director, do you have any plans for new films?"

“Yes, it is expected to start after the auxiliary filming of The Fault in Our Stars is completed. The script is also familiar to everyone. It is the sequel to my debut work, Undisputed.”

Compared to Zhang Yimou's reserved and serious personality, Lu Yang's personality is much more lively. He speaks out what he wants and even tells everything.

Although this guy seemed happy with his words, it made Wei Jin suffer as he was immediately surrounded by questionings from Han Sanping, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian and others around him.

There are no fools in the entertainment industry. Although the original box office of "No One" was only over 100 million, so many years have passed, the sequel will definitely not be bad.

The "囧" series is the best example!

"Everyone, today is the celebration banquet. Let's talk about it later. Let's talk about it later."

Wei Jin tried his best to persuade these jealous people, and the final part of the show had already begun.

When the two digital ice sculptures 6.11 and 1480, representing box office and copyright, were smashed simultaneously by two groups of people, the atmosphere on the scene became even more heated.

Wei Jin then waved his hand and distributed red envelopes to the main creators of the two films.

On the side of "A Man's Martial Arts World", after discussion, Wei Jin and Boss Yang distributed a total of 1000 million in red envelopes; and for "Hidden in the Dust", they also gave out million.

In addition, all the media present also had a share, and the atmosphere of the entire celebration banquet reached a climax in an instant.

Inside Golden House No. 9, a game of Golden Flower was going on.

"Well~~ I listen to the boss~~"

At this moment, Ni Ni was already rehearsing in her mind how she would defend herself later, and had no time to think about anything else.

Seeing this, Wei Jin said no more, but just made more thorough preparations.

A few minutes later, Bai Bin shuffled the cards, and Ni Ni took a deep breath and sat down to play the cards.

Seeing that everyone was ready, Wei Jin no longer delayed and started dealing the cards.

As we all know, cards in Poker are dealt one by one, and it takes a round before the second card is dealt.

So now we can see that Wei Jin is dealing cards to Ni Ni, and then to Bai Bin, and he is very busy and having fun.

That night, Wei Jin was in charge of dealing cards, allowing the beauties to indulge in playing cards to their heart's content.
(End of this chapter)