During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 569: The invitation from the Central Academy of Drama was rejected by the Office of Happy Review
In the film market, "Time Traveler" is still making great strides. In six days, the box office is approaching the 300 million mark.

"The movie, "Time Traveler", jointly produced by Shanhe Media and Fiber Optic Films and directed by Director Guo Fan, has grossed 2.69 million yuan in six days since its release, and its single-day box office momentum remains unabated."

"The low-budget movie "Youth" grossed 1760 million yuan in five days. The producer said: The movie has recovered its cost."

"Tiny Times 2 and A Romantic Affair were officially released today, and the August summer movie season has officially begun."

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Although many people are criticizing "Tiny Times" and Guo Xiaosi, when the movie is really released, everyone can't help but be curious about how much box office the movie will get.

There is no way around it. The profits brought by this kind of fan-oriented movie are really enviable.

But Wei Jin didn't have time to pay attention to it, because he was receiving unexpected guests at the moment.

"Director Zhang, long time no see. You are a rare guest. Please take a seat."

The middle-aged man in his fifties in front of them was Director Zhang, who took them to visit the Central Academy of Drama History Museum during the promotion of "The Girl at the Bottom" last year.

"Director Wei, it's been a long time since we last met. I'm taking the liberty of visiting you today. I hope I didn't disturb you by coming here."

"Director Zhang, you are too polite. Although I am not from the Central Academy of Drama, I have cooperated with your school a lot. How can I bother you?"

Wei Jin greeted the other party with a smile, and at this time the secretary also made some tea and brought it in.

"Director Wei, you are busy, so I won't beat around the bush."

"Well, Director Zhang, please go ahead."

Wei Jin nodded, raised his hand and asked politely, looking like he was all ears.

"It's like this. The new campus of the Central Academy of Drama has been completed and will be put into use next year, but there is still a lack of teaching staff, so the school plans to invite outstanding producers, directors and actors in the film and television industry to teach at the school."

Director Zhang shared in detail the latest policies of the Central Academy of Drama and the current invitation list.

Wei Jin, Lao Mouzi, Jiang Wen, Gu Changwei, Ning Hao, Lu Yang.
Wei Jin listened and called him an expert in his heart.

Wow, almost all the celebrities in the entertainment industry who are currently working outside and not employed by art schools are invited by the Central Academy of Drama.

Besides Jiang Wen, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, almost all the well-known directors of Beijing Film Academy were included in the list. Are they trying to poach talents from sister schools and take advantage of them?
But it’s no wonder. Compared with Beijing Film Academy, the advantage of Central Academy of Drama lies in actors, but it lacks a lot in director resources.

In the entertainment industry, the status of a director is much higher than that of an actor.

Especially the well-known directors, each of them can be said to be a vital resource in the industry, representing the network channels in the film and television industry.

As long as we can recruit a director, it will definitely drive the development of related majors and even improve the future of a large number of students.

Why not do something that is beneficial and free?

Ten minutes later, Director Zhang finished his "speech" and looked at Wei Jin expectantly:

"Director Wei, what do you think? The Central Academy of Drama is a school directly under the Ministry of Education. With your current achievements, as long as you take up a temporary position, you can at least start as an associate professor, or even directly get the title of professor. It won't be a big problem."

I have to say that the Central Academy of Drama is quite sincere, and this teacher is also good at making promises. It's a pity.
After some consideration, Wei Jin spoke.

"Director Zhang, personally, I really like the teaching atmosphere of the Central Academy of Drama. However, at the beginning of the year, I agreed to take up a temporary position at the Beijing Film Academy, and I am currently going through the formalities. I can only thank your school for its kindness."

After hearing this, Director Zhang's smile paused slightly, and he felt a little annoyed. Why did the policy come out only now? Wouldn't it have been better to take action last year?
One Wei Jin is worth seven or eight directors. It would be a pity to miss him!
After sighing in his heart, Director Zhang smiled.

"Congratulations, Director Wei. It's great to be back at your alma mater. Also, I'd like to ask, how are Directors Lu Yang and Guo Fan doing?"

Wei Jin understood what Director Zhang meant and just shook his head.

"I don't know much about their situation, but the company will not interfere in personal affairs."

"Okay, then I won't bother Director Wei anymore and will take my leave now. Next, I have to invite other people on behalf of the school."

"Okay, Director Zhang, I'll take you there."

Wei Jin smiled and stood up, watching the other party enter the elevator. On the way back, he couldn't help muttering to himself:

"Sister Li is really tight-lipped. Nothing leaked out. Let's go back and try tonight."

After a night, Wei Jin had to admit that Sister Li was indeed very tight-lipped, at least to him.

With aftertaste in mind, Wei Jin got into Lao Zhu's car and headed to the company.

On the way, he paid attention to the industry news.

As a fan movie, "Tiny Times 2" did have a good box office on the first day, but because of its reputation, there were basically no additional audience members coming to the theater except for the fans.

Therefore, it is far inferior to the first film, closing in only 4980 million, a drop of more than million.

Of course, "Time Traveler" was inevitably affected, with its single-day box office barely maintaining over 3 million, but its total box office has exceeded the million mark.

However, the movie "A Romantic Affair" by the high-school mathematics group suffered a Waterloo, with its first-day performance being less than four million, only 385 million.

Just as Wei Jin expected, the backlash from the high-level mathematics group's attack came into being, and his Weibo was filled with ridicule and insults.

"This is a movie with an investment of nearly 50 million yuan, and the box office on the first day is just this much? How much did the investors lose?"

"What investors? Director Gao is the producer. Otherwise, why would he scold his rivals before the film was released? 'Looking like a pig, but with a loud heart' is exactly what he is like."

"Damn, I thought it was so awesome, I went to see it, what a waste of money."

Not only fans of "Tiny Times" and Guo Xiaosi are scolding it, but also many real movie fans are scolding it. The Impression.com rating is less than 5 points.

"The thinking of all the characters in the story is crazy, and the brain of the heroine is especially unpredictable. I can't understand it."

"Compared to the original TV series, it's really dozens of blocks away."

"Every movement and expression of the leader, even the angle of smoking, looks like he is shooting for a fashion magazine. The affectation is almost overflowing the screen. It's so embarrassing."

"Please, Huang Xiaoming, please find someone else to support. With Yang Ying's acting skills, you really can't carry her."

Looking at the comments online, Wei Jin didn’t know what to say.

Huang Xiaoming is on the road of letting himself go and there is no turning back, taking on all kinds of crappy scripts every day.

After sighing for a while, the car slowly stopped. Wei Jin got out of the car and went directly to the company's meeting room, where he saw the "Lost and Found" crew ready, and most of the people had already arrived.

The production of this drama took more than three months from the early stages of project preparation to the completion of casting and now the upcoming start of filming.

Compared with other directors in the company, this efficiency is naturally very low, but for Wen Muye, Wei Jin is not too critical.

"Xiao Wen, how long do you expect the filming to take this time?"

"Brother, according to the shooting plan, it should be within three months. But you also know that the shooting of a road movie may have some unexpected events, and I cannot guarantee that it will be completed within the stipulated time."

While Wen Mu was speaking, he adjusted his glasses, obviously a little embarrassed.

Because if a director cannot control the shooting time, he is actually somewhat unqualified.

However, Wei and Jin were very understanding of this.

On the one hand, this is also Wen Mu’s first time directing a feature film; on the other hand, the scenery of road movies is more complex and it will be more cumbersome to shoot.

Especially for this drama, there are more than four filming locations involved, including Fuzhou, southern Hunan, central Sichuan, and mountain city. It may take a lot of effort just to change the scenes.

In addition, we must also take into account the performance of the actors and not be too demanding.

So Wei Jin immediately comforted him: "It's okay, don't worry, our budget is sufficient, and the conditions of the filming location have been coordinated with the relevant local departments. Just do it according to the plan, there will be no problem."

Chen Xi participated a lot in the early preparations for this play, and all aspects of the work have been done very well. As long as he performs steadily, there will be no major problems.

Afterwards, Wei Jin communicated with several actors separately. Except for King Liu who went directly from Hong Kong to Fuzhou, the rest of the characters were all here.

The casting for this drama was completed at the end of July, and Wei Jin arranged Zhang Junning from Taiwan to play a pickpocket.

Although her role is not that big, being able to act with King Liu is a very good resource for her.

Especially after this time, we will really be connected in the future.

So at this moment, the look in the eyes of this beautiful woman with extremely delicate features as she looked at Wei Jin revealed a bit of passion.

Like her, there is also Li Xian, who just finished filming "Love O2O". The role of the second male lead was chosen by Wei Jin.

This guy has been in the company for several years. He has good acting skills and there is nothing fishy about him. Plus, his age is suitable for the role, so there is no reason to give it to an outsider.

Wei Jin arranged for Yang Xue to play the villain, a woman trafficker. Although this sister is a Buddhist, her acting skills are still good.

Wei Jin did not intervene in the remaining actors, as Wen Mu selected them himself. Among them was a familiar face, Xu Yajun, who played a traffic policeman.

This actor, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, is usually not very picky about the roles he chooses and he is a very low-key person.

However, since winning the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor last year, his value has also seen a surge. This time he can come here to play a role that is equivalent to a guest appearance, which can be considered as returning a favor.

After giving some instructions, Wen Mu started chatting about the script with the crew members in the conference room, while Wei Jin returned to his office.

But I didn’t expect that after a while, Zhang Junning actually knocked on the door and came in, and even locked the office door.

"Boss Wei, Director Wen is too busy. I would like you to tell me about the play."

As they were talking, Zhang Junning had already taken the initiative to sit on Wei Jin's lap and unbuttoned her slim-fit shirt.

Wow, Taiwanese actresses are really good at adapting.

However, how could Wei Jin refuse Zhang Junning's pursuit of progress?

"It seems that Aning really wants to improve, so let this director give you some guidance."

Two hours later, with the blush still on her face, Zhang Junning and the crew set out from Beijing to Fuzhou.

"Director Wen Mu, along with Star Culture's young actor Li Xian, Yang Xue and other staff from Shanhe Media, rushed to Fuzhou today."

"It is expected that the realistic anti-trafficking film "Lost and Love" will start filming soon!"

Perhaps it was because the movie was crushed too badly at the box office and the fans of Tiny Times cursed it too harshly, so Gao Shuqun couldn't help but start criticizing.

To be frank, "Tiny Times" is a brainless and rubbish movie. The reason why it has such a high box office is that the capital behind it is suppressing "A Romantic Affair" and snatching its screening schedule.

There is nothing wrong with what he said. Previously, "Tiny Times 2" was scheduled to be released on the Chinese Valentine's Day, but it was later moved up to the 9th, and finally moved up again to the 8th. The intention of picking on the weak is obvious.

But Guo Xiaosi and his fans would not sit idly by and thought that losing at the box office was a loss, so they immediately started fighting back online.

As we all know, the fans of "Tiny Times" and Guo Xiaosi are all young people, so the insults they made were very ugly, and there were even people who dug up the home addresses of the high-level mathematics groups.

This time, we have stirred up a hornet's nest.

Although Gao Shuqun is not a well-known director in the circle, everyone feels that this kind of online violence is a bit too much.

Especially Feng Dapao. When his home address was exposed by paparazzi, he was harassed a lot and was very angry. This time he was the first to stand up and support.

Soon after, many filmmakers and production companies in the industry began to take sides, and the battle between the two sides escalated instantly!
The entire weekend was a mess on the Internet, with extremely bad consequences.

As a last resort, the Film Bureau called the two men, as well as the producers and distributors of the two films, to a meeting on Monday morning.

The meaning expressed to the outside world is very clear: the screening rate is a market behavior, and the attendance rate is the audience's choice.

There is no shady dealings, no conspiracy, and no suppression.

All the directly affiliated units have stepped forward to mediate, so naturally both sides seek peace.

Guo Xiaosi apologized, Gao Shuqun shook hands, and the matter ended there and the dust settled.

But no one expected that just a few hours after the drama ended, an even bigger storm broke out in the late afternoon.

"Five years after The Hunt, another movie script from Shanhe Media was rejected by the review team."

"According to the official review documents of the Film Bureau, the film Operation Mekong was written by director Wei Jin himself and was adapted from the real event 'October 10.5 Mekong River Case'."

"According to analysis by industry insiders, Operation Mekong is a film with a main theme."

As soon as the news came out, the whole circle was instantly boiling!

(End of this chapter)