During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 572 Waiting for a Price Sing an English Poem
The next morning, Wei Jin came to the company refreshed and saw that the downstairs was surrounded by media reporters.

Wei Jin knew without asking that these people came for the "Operation Mekong" event.

Unfortunately, even though there is a result, Wei Jin will definitely keep his mouth shut until the dust settles, so these reporters are destined not to get an answer.

Refusing to be interviewed, Wei Jin came all the way to the office and first paid attention to the situation of the film market.

He has been overwhelmed by all kinds of troubles these days and has really had no time to pay attention.

I just didn't expect it. I didn't know until I saw it, and I was shocked when I saw it.

Last Friday, "Made 2" and "One Night Surprise" were released at the same time, foreshadowing the chaos of the summer vacation and Qixi Festival in August has completely begun.

But contrary to Wei Jin's expectations, just after the Chinese Valentine's Day, three movies were directly eliminated.

One of them is the movie "Youth" which grossed 12 million after 2360 days of release, but the daily box office has dropped below 10.

Although the film has not been removed from theaters yet, it has only been kept at the lowest screening schedule and has been eliminated early.

However, the film cost less than five million to make, and even with the publicity, it definitely paid for itself. Therefore, Dong Zijian has a lot of press releases at the moment, and it seems that Wang Jinhua has contributed a lot.

If "Youth" was eliminated after at least making back its investment, then "A Romantic Affair" and "Made 2" were really miserable.

Both movies were scheduled to be released during the Chinese Valentine's Day holiday, but they were forced to be taken off the screen by theaters just after the holiday, with less than a week left in their release.

"A Romantic Affair" was released for 6 days and finally grossed 1260 million.

According to the revenue sharing, the producer can get no more than five million, which may not even be enough for publicity and distribution.

The high-level mathematics group’s production cost of 50 million was definitely lost!
The latter was even worse, with box office revenue of only 5 million in 136 days.

The one who is even worse off than the producers or directors of the two films is Huang Xiaoming.

He can be said to have set a precedent: the two movies he starred in failed to stay in theaters for a full 15 days.

You know, the 15-day release period for commercial films is an unspoken understanding between theaters and producers.

The fact that these two movies were abandoned like this can only mean one thing, that is, the movies are extremely bad!
To the extent that the theater chain doesn’t even want to give the most basic face!

As the absolute leading male role in these two films, Huang Xiaoming's performance has completely destroyed the appeal that "Partners" had worked so hard to build up.

"Tsk tsk. I'm afraid it will be difficult to cooperate with you in the future."

After expressing his emotion, Wei Jin continued browsing.

Although the screening schedule has been reduced to 28% due to the movies released in this period, "Time Traveler" still has a very strong box office performance thanks to its explosive word-of-mouth.

Over the past five days, the movie has earned another 1.34 million yuan at the box office, especially yesterday, the Chinese Valentine's Day, when the single-day box office reached 3000 million yuan.

It has been released for 12 days and the box office has reached 4.36 million yuan.

Although there are several movies to be released in the next week, with the current daily box office of around 2000 million, "Time Traveler" has already achieved its goal of dominating August ahead of schedule.

And "Tiny Times 2" lived up to its reputation as a fan movie, grossing 6 million yuan in 1.72 days, directly recovering its costs.

But if you look at the single-day box office separately, you will find that its data is decreasing every day.

Even though yesterday was the Chinese Valentine's Day, the daily revenue had already fallen below 2000 million.

Judging from this trend, let alone breaking 5 million, it’s impossible to even catch up with the performance of the first film.

Without Fan Bingbing's participation, the performance of "One Night Surprise" was very mediocre, and actress Tang was indeed not able to carry the box office.

After 5 days, the box office of "One Night Surprise" was only over 3400 million.

However, the production cost of this film is only more than 20 million yuan, so it seems that there should be no problem in making a profit.

Wei Jin was about to continue flipping through the pages when Chen Xi knocked on the door and walked in.

"Boss, the budget for Operation Mekong has come out. It's 2.4 million. The details are all here. Take a look."

As Chen Xi spoke, he handed over the budget information and did not ask about the review from beginning to end.

In her opinion, this was just a trivial matter for the boss.

Wei Jin also did not explain. After taking the budget sheet, he read it carefully.

"Okay, let's arrange for someone to deliver the script again."

From the content of Director Tong’s phone call yesterday, Wei Jin knew that he couldn’t continue to exaggerate, otherwise this “deal” would not be a tacit agreement.

But he achieved his goal, so it doesn't count as surrender.

"In addition, the materials for project establishment can be prepared first."

"it is good."

"Operation Mekong" is still the focus of attention in the circle, and everyone wants to know how this incident will end.

Just at this moment, a piece of gossip spread in the circle, making everyone laugh.

It is said that poet Chen wanted to replicate the cast of "The Forbidden Kingdom" and invited Cheng Long and Li Lianjie to star in his first martial arts film.

People in the circle don’t find this strange, because poet Chen has always liked to use Hong Kong and Taiwan stars.

But the result was surprising. Cheng Long and Li Lian both declined.

This time, poet Chen could no longer save face.

You know, as a Palme d'Or director, almost no one in the film and television circles across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong has ever rejected him.

"That's normal. Poet Chen is obviously still living in the glory of the past and overestimating his own appeal. Judging from the setbacks he has suffered in recent years, I'm afraid that my brother and Li Lianjie will have psychological trauma."

Wei Jin smiled and joked with Lao Chen, but his mind was thinking of the former King Li.

His performance in "Mei Lanfang" was indeed very good, but it was a pity that he met a director who liked to indulge himself and had no control over the plot, so his acting skills were wasted.

"Yeah, that's right. It is said that Director Chen has been contacting other Hong Kong and Taiwan stars these days. I don't know who will be cheated this time, hahahaha."

As the chief steward of Shanhe Media, Chen Zhiming does not have any superstition about poet Chen, especially since "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was obviously launched in a hurry and the probability of it being a bad movie is very high.

"By the way, Lao Chen, how is the communication with the Baocheng government going?"

Chen Zhiming had already put his idea for the film and television city into written form in the past ten days, and Wei Jin felt that there was no problem at all.

The only concern is that the selected Baiyangdian already has a film and television base.

Or it can't be called a film and television base, but there are some buildings in the style of the Anti-Japanese War period and a 5A-level scenic spot - Gazi Village.

Because the original "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" was filmed here. If Shanhe Media wants to develop here, this area cannot be avoided, so Chen Zhiming has been communicating with the local government in the past few days.

"Boss Wei, although they haven't made a clear statement yet, I think it's very likely that they will accept it."

At this point, Chen Zhiming explained the basis for his judgment: "After my visit and investigation, I found that their operations are very rough and basically operate at a loss. The annual maintenance funds are not a small amount.

So if we are willing to take over, I think the local government should be happy to see it, and now we are probably just waiting for a good price."

"Okay, keep following up, but don't rush it. You can tell them about Wanda's project. If someone else builds a 5000-acre film and television city one day earlier, the title of Oriental Hollywood will no longer fall to Baoshi."

Wei Jin doesn't care about the title. Whether a film and television city can be revitalized does not depend on the gimmicks, but on whether there are film crews moving in and whether it can form a brand effect.

Shanhe Media and its many allies can meet this requirement.

But for local governments, this title is valuable and can even be said to be a very glorious political achievement.

Chen Zhiming obviously understood this principle and immediately gave a thumbs up.

"Haha, President Wei, this is a great idea. I will give them a good beating next time we have a meeting."

"hehe."

"The Legend of Yue Fei" took more than a month to complete and finally came to an end a few days ago.

Thanks to the impressive average viewership of 2.67 and a peak of over 3, the second and third round broadcasting rights also sold very well.

A total of nine TV stations offered a cumulative price of 9 million per episode.

All in all, the total revenue of this 60-episode costume TV series is close to 2 million.

The major producers made a lot of money. When Wang Changtian called, his smile almost overflowed through the phone.

The same was true for Fan Bingbing, who sent a lot of seductive photos to Wei Jin.

However, Wei Jin had no time to pay attention to it. Compared with Fan Bingbing's intangible temptation, Liu Shishi's gentleness was more real.

In the bedroom of Xishan Villa, Wei Jin was seen leaning against the head of the bed with his hands on his head, looking calm and composed.

That pretty face, filled with a tranquil temperament, was already covered with blushes.

A pair of reserved and beautiful almond eyes are full of charm, and the alluring red lips are gently bitten, as if countless sweet words are to be confided in the next moment.

After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, Liu Shishi carefully cleaned up the mess, and then leaned in Wei Jin's arms with a satisfied and lazy look on her face, quietly enjoying the beautiful afterglow.

After a long while, Liu Shishi seemed to remember something, and her snow-white arms suddenly stretched out to the head of the bed.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"Oh, I just remembered that Director Lin's film "The Great Battle" will be released tomorrow. I didn't have time to attend the premiere, so I have to help promote it."

Wei Jin nodded. The little girl was taken care of a lot by Lin Chaoxian in the "Witch" crew, so yes, she helped to stand on the stage.

This drama is produced by Bernard, and the cast includes first-line actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan such as Zha Zha Hui and Eddie Peng, as well as mainland actors such as Li Fei'er and Mei Ting.

Wei Jin was also invited to the premiere, but unfortunately the script was under review and he had no time to watch.

However, judging from subsequent media reports, the reviews are quite good. It’s just that it was chosen as a release date in mid-August, so it’s unknown what the final box office performance will be.

Speaking of which, since "The Raid" two years ago, Lin Chaoxian became the first director in Hong Kong to reach a box office of 4 million yuan, and he has been very successful in the past two years.

Not only did many production companies in Hong Kong extend olive branches to him, but even Bernardo sent him a contract invitation, but they were all rejected by Lin Chaoxian.

However, despite not signing a contract, Lin Chaoxian almost always accepts any offers for collaboration in a drama.

In just over a year, he filmed Ying Huang's "Inverse War", Golden Harvest's "The Witch", "The Raid 2", and Bernard's "The Untamed".

Wei Jin even heard that after the post-production of "The Raid 2" was completed, Lin Chaoxian took over another film contract with Ying Huang, which made him a top model worker.

Thinking of this, Wei Jin lowered his head and glanced at Liu Shishi who was editing Weibo.

It’s been more than a year since this girl starred in “The Witch”, but it seems like she still hasn’t produced any works.

"Shishi, you haven't accepted any other acting offers, have you?"

"No, the next thing is some business announcements."

Liu Shishi, who had finished editing the Weibo post, put down her phone and answered casually, but she quickly realized the meaning of the man's words and looked up at Wei Jin with some surprise.

"Brother, are you going to arrange a play for me again?"

"Well, I have an idea, but I still need to see how good your English is."

Warner's efficiency is quite good. The budget for "Interstellar" has been released, and they have agreed to come over in the second half of the month to discuss the share.

The second female lead in this play has quite a few parts, and does not require much acting skills. Liu Shishi can fully handle the role, and with her current status as one of the four young actresses, she will not be considered a drag on the project.

But if the English level is not up to standard, Wei Jin can do nothing about it.

"Brother, I have practiced English in the past two years, so I should have no problem with daily conversations."

Liu Shishi understood the elegant meaning of the music and suppressed her inner excitement, communicating with Wei Jin in English.

She is very glad that she has been consciously improving her English since Pacific Rim.

Although she couldn't answer questions as fluently as Jing Tian and Liu Yifei, her level was obviously much higher than the CET-4 level when she just graduated.

Now, it finally has a place to use its skills.

"Well, not bad, barely passable, but still need more practice"

After listening, Wei Jin gave his evaluation, then reached out and stroked the girl's beautiful buttocks, explaining: "Shishi, it's not that I'm strict, but the investment in this co-production project is not small, and this is your first time participating, so..."

The words "co-production project" completely confirmed Liu Shishi's idea. She didn't care about Wei Jin's "barely qualified" evaluation at all, but solemnly assured:
"Brother, I understand. I will cancel all subsequent arrangements and ask the private instructor to help me improve. I will definitely not let you down."

Looking at the girl's appearance, Wei Jin's mouth corners slightly raised, with a hint of mischief on his face.

"Shishi, we can practice well tonight. Remember to sing English songs later."

After understanding the meaning of Wei Jin's words, Liu Shishi blushed on her fair face: "Brother, I will do whatever you say."

After saying this, the girl slowly lowered her white swan neck.

“Not very good”

That night, Liu Shishi recited poetry in English for the first time, which greatly aroused Wei Jin's interest. The two of them played almost all night.
(End of this chapter)