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Chapter 388: How High is Wang Jing's EQ

It's normal if you think about it carefully. Before Lost in Thailand was released, no one could believe that it would become the biggest dark horse of the 2012 Lunar New Year movie.

Xu Zheng, the newly transformed director, couldn't believe that his "Lost in Thailand" could create a miracle.

It is normal that Xu Zheng and Mr. Wang of Fiber Optic lack confidence when faced with blockbuster films directed by famous directors such as "The Great Wall" and "1942" with an investment of more than 200 million yuan.

“If only one of The Great Wall and 1942 is released during the Lunar New Year holiday, we can put Lost in Thailand on the list.

No matter how powerful a movie is, it is impossible for it to take up the entire market.

Forget about the collision of two blockbusters. The theaters will definitely schedule a large number of screenings for them, and the amount of screenings we can get will be negligible. "

Mr. Wang sighed and said helplessly.

There were crueler things he hadn't said yet.

If the attendance rate of "The Great Wall" and "1942" is very high, the theaters will even reduce the screening time of these small roles, and then add the freed-up screening time to "The Great Wall" and "1942".

The strong will always be strong, and the weak will always be weak. This is the truth.

Society is so realistic. Capital will only add icing on the cake but will never provide timely help.

Xu Zheng was also in great pain. Damn it, who had he offended?
He is a newbie in the director industry who hasn't even left the Novice Village. With only the third level of fighting power, he runs head-on into two supreme strong men whose fighting energy has transformed into horses. What is he supposed to do?
Xu Zheng thought for a long time, carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally made his decision.

"Mr. Wang, I'll listen to you. But I think we can first see when Li Yu and Feng Xiaogang's film will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday.

We can set the release date a week or two later than theirs and wait and see how they perform in the market after their release.

If they have really killed everyone, our "Lost in Thailand" will have no way out and it won't be too late to withdraw.

I'm just a new director, and no one will laugh at me if I back out without a fight."

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Mr. Wang thought for a moment and agreed with Xu Zheng's idea.

The one who was laughed at for the temporary withdrawal of the film was the director Xu Zheng, not the producer + investor.

Xu Zheng is not afraid of losing face, so what does he have to be afraid of?

Li Yu, who was discussing the casting of "Detective Chinatown" with Wang Jing, did not know the decision of Mr. Wang and Xu Zheng.

If he knew that the dark horse player he valued most actually had the idea of ​​retreating, he would wake up laughing in his dreams in the middle of the night.

Without "Lost in Thailand", "The Great Wall" will definitely have a great success during the Lunar New Year holiday without any strong competitors.

Originally, Li Yu expected the box office revenue for the first part of "The Great Wall" to be only 500 million yuan.

If "Lost in Thailand" really fails, maybe the performance of "The Great Wall" will be better than Li Yu expected, and not just a little bit better.

"Director Li, you are the screenwriter of Detective Chinatown. No one knows the characters better than you. Which actors do you think we should invite to participate?"

Wang Jing is a person with high emotional intelligence and he is really good at dealing with things.

He asked Li Yu to designate the actors. Besides the fact that Li Yu, the screenwriter, knew the characters best, there was another very important reason.

He didn't know which actors were Li Yu's minefields, especially those from Hong Kong.

As a native of Hong Kong Island, he knows the situation of Hong Kong artistes too well.

I wouldn’t dare to say that it’s the majority, but there are quite a few who are two-faced and say one thing in public and another behind the scenes.

Many artists he knew in Hong Kong heard that he was hanging out with Li Yu and Da Tiantian in the mainland, and was planning to make a movie.

Those people called him one after another, wanting to audition and get the role.

The guy named Du is one of them.

Wang Jing didn't want to make enemies with them. Under such circumstances, letting Li Yu finalize the role was a very wise choice.

On the one hand, you can avoid Li Yu's minefields and avoid choosing actors that Li Yu hates.

Secondly, he could use the fact that the casting of actors was decided by Li Yu and he himself had no right to decide as a reason to reject people like Du.

Hong Kong Island is really not big, and its area is not as big as many cities in the mainland. Wang Jing will return to Hong Kong Island in the future. He doesn't want to make enemies with those people unless he has no choice.

Otherwise, wouldn’t it be annoying to run into a bunch of enemies when you go out after returning to Hong Kong Island?

Li Yu couldn't read Wang Jing's mind, so he couldn't guess all of Wang Jing's thoughts, but he could see part of Wang Jing's thoughts.

Working with smart people means less worry.

"Director Wang, if I'm not mistaken, many artists in Hong Kong should have contacted you for roles, right?"

Li Yu asked knowingly.

"Because Director Li said that the status and treatment of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists in the mainland has declined rapidly and is really not as good as before.

Hong Kong Island and Taiwan are both small places, and their markets cannot be compared with those in the mainland.

For the same movie, the pay can differ by five or even ten times.

They think it is normal to have the opportunity to make movies in the mainland."

Wang Jing replied with a smile.

"I just let them return to their original status. What? Do they still want to be superior to others in the mainland? That is absolutely impossible.

If they are willing to learn Mandarin well, have a firm stance like Director Wang, and have good enough professional skills, there will be plenty of mainland film crews willing to hire them.

I'm not being harsh, Director Wang, how many artists in Hong Kong can meet the three standards I mentioned?"

Li Yu asked with interest.

"Let's not talk about the last two criteria for now, let's just talk about Mandarin. There are very few artists in Hong Kong who can speak Mandarin well. Many artists' Mandarin is not as good as a director like me."

Wang Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"That's right. If you want to get along well in a place, especially as an artist, it is necessary to adapt to the local customs and learn the local common language.

Speaking a language well is an artist’s basic professional quality. Even a director like you, Director Wang, can speak Mandarin quite well. If those artists are willing to study hard, how can they not speak Mandarin well?

Their predecessor, Mr. Zhang Guorong, was able to learn Mandarin in just a few months, and even learned a little Peking Opera for filming. Such dedicated artists are truly good artists.”

Li Yu used Zhang Guorong as an example, and his attitude was already very clear.

Later, except for the actors he designated, he would give the selection rights of most of the remaining actors to Wang Jing.

After all, Wang Jing is the director of this movie, and he has to give Wang Jing some power and face.

So many artists from Hong Kong Island have asked Wang Jing for roles. If Wang Jing is not allowed to use any of them, it would be a bit harsh on him. Wang Jing would also lose face in front of his friends from Hong Kong Island.

Li Yu allowed Wang Jing to select artists from Hong Kong Island, but they had to have a straight body and a straight butt.

Wang Jing understood Li Yu's hidden meaning, and he felt a lot of pressure.

At this moment, Li Yu said again: "Director Wang can just push all the problems onto me, so that those people who are not upright can come and trouble me if they feel uncomfortable."

Even Wang Jing had to admire Li Yu for being so meticulous and taking every aspect into consideration.

Li Yu even considered that his rejection of those Hong Kong artists with crooked backgrounds would cause dissatisfaction and even resentment from those people.

As long as he puts all the blame on Li Yu, the problems he faces can indeed be solved perfectly.

Those people's dissatisfaction and resentment will be transferred to Li Yu.

"Director Li, this isn't good for you, is it?"

Wang Jing felt a little embarrassed. Li Yu was really so loyal.

"It's okay. There are so many artists over there who don't like me. I don't care if more people hate me. As long as I don't make things difficult for you, Director Wang, that's all."

Li Yu spread his hands and said indifferently.

When there are too many people who hate you, it doesn’t matter whether there are more or less of them.

(End of this chapter)