China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 242 My wife’s face alone is worth at least million at the box office (two-in-one, please subscribe!)

In the field of TV dramas, the Feitian Award is considered a grand prize.

This award is jointly organized by the General Administration, Television Arts Committee, Yangma, and the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee.

This year is the 27th, and the awards ceremony will be held on September 9, which is today, at the National Aquatics Center in the capital.

Li Yong, Dong Qin, Chunni and Zhang Zequn serve as hosts.

Different from the Magnolia Award, the Feitian Award adds first, second and third prizes.

There is no limit to the number of places in each prize pool.

Therefore, 9 TV series won the first prize for long-form TV series this year.

Among these 9 award-winning works, two more are from Dongcheng Pictures.

They are "Soldier Assault" by Kang Honglei and "Latent" by Jiang Wei.

In addition, Kang Honglei himself also won an Outstanding Director Award tonight.

Jiang Wei won the Outstanding Screenplay Award.

However, "Latent" also helped Sun Honglei win the Magnolia Award.

It can be said to be a win.

The next day online, along with this Feitian Award, the news of the completion of the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was also hotly searched.

The preparations for this TV series can be traced back to 02, and then there was a huge audition in 06 called "Dream of Red Mansions", but the people selected were useless because they had to change directors and re-select them. It took a year and three months for the film to be shot, and it was finally born with dystocia.

The audience's enthusiasm has long since been exhausted by years of disappointment.

Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" and Lu Yang's "Cinema for the Blind" were submitted for review at the same time.

Now "Cinema for the Blind" has passed the review, and "No Man's Land" has been rejected as expected.

Ning Hao was very stubborn this time. He didn't want to modify his script. He underwent a minor surgery without any pain and then submitted it again.

And it was entrusted to Han Shanping.

Lu Yang is not an unknown little director, and many investors are interested in his new film project.

However, the cost budget of "Cinema for the Blind" was only 800 million, and the 'mere' 800 million investment share was directly divided between Dongcheng Pictures and Hongxingwu, and it was not spread at all.

On the 12th, the official website of Dongcheng Pictures officially announced the "Cinema for the Blind" project.

Movie: "Cinema for the Blind"

Director: Lu Yang

Producer: Liu Yifei

Producer: Chen Dong, Liu Yifei
Starring:…

Attentive netizens soon discovered that Liu Yifei was actually the producer of this movie.

So they all went to Weibo to wave the flag and shout.

It turned out that the certification of Liu Yifei on Weibo has changed from the original actor and singer to the current actor, singer and producer.

"I'll go, Weibo is so efficient."

"Can it be lower? Director Chen owns shares in Weibo. According to the marital property, it is a joint property. It can be said that Liu Yifei is a shareholder of Weibo in disguise."

"If you become a producer, will you stop acting? Will you move behind the scenes?"

"It shouldn't be the case. If there are good resources, I think Sissi will still take it. But for a small project like this with a cost of 800 million, to be honest, with Sissi's current status, taking it will really be a drop in price, but when it comes to production The filmmakers don’t need to consider the issue of casting.”

"I agree with what you said above. It seems that we need to call the fairy sister Producer Liu from now on."

Liu Yifei was actually paying attention to her own Weibo at the moment. When she saw this comment, she directly replied in person: "Yes, you can call me Producer Liu from now on."

"Okay, little dragon girl."

"No problem, Wang Yuyan."

"Capture the fairy sister alive."

"Producer Liu, you are clearly a descendant of Nuwa."

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Chen..."

On the 15th, China Film held a world premiere ceremony for "The Founding of the People's Republic of China".

There were many celebrities coming, it is no exaggeration to say that most of the entertainment industry came.

Naturally, Chen Dong and Liu Yifei were also among the invited guests.

"Director Han, I wish you a great box office success."

"Haha, let me borrow some good words from Director Chen... By the way, Director Chen, how was the post-production of your movie?"

"Still doing special effects."

"There is a super blockbuster movie coming from Hollywood to our country in January next year. Director Chen, it is up to you to withstand the pressure this time."

Chen Dong had already guessed the super blockbuster that Han Shanping was talking about, and said with a wry smile: "Director Han, you are talking about the "Avatar", I'm afraid I can't stand the pressure."

He knew how evil that movie was. In an era when everyone's movies were still complacent about making 13.39 million, million, million, or million at the box office, the other party came up and directly raised China's box office record to billion. How the hell could this happen? Play?
It just doesn't make sense.

Don't respect the laws of the market.

However, except for Chen Dong, no one believes that "Avatar" will achieve a high box office of 13.39 billion in the Chinese film market in a few months.

Don’t even say 13.39 billion, just 10 billion, or even 8 million. Everyone will think it is impossible.

Han Shanping thinks so too.

So he couldn't listen to Chen Dong's unconfident words at this time, and patted him on the shoulder and said: "How can young people say such depressing words? Your "Inception" achieved a box office of 07 million in 5, and "Interstellar" Couldn’t “Time Travel” break this record?”

"Oh... I'll try my best."

In fact, Chen Dong didn't want to admit defeat before the fight. The opponent's record of 13.39 billion was really scary.

If Chen Dong remembers correctly, "Interstellar" did not exceed 14 billion when it was released in China in 10.

Although Chen Dong's version of "Interstellar" has fixed some loopholes in Nolan's version and also has the addition of Chinese actors, to be honest, Chen Dong has no idea how much box office the film will ultimately achieve in the Chinese market. There is no bottom at all.

Maybe Han Shanping is right in saying that it can break the 07 million record of "Inception" in 5, but in the face of the record of 13.39 billion, no matter whether "Interstellar" ends up being 6 million, 7 million, or 8 million, it will all look relatively small. Eclipsed.

"Husband, is "Avatar" really that powerful? I feel like you have no confidence in defeating it."

"When the movie comes out, I'll take you to see it and you'll find out... Anyway, I heard that Leon really praised this movie." Chen Dong was not making excuses. It was true that he had spoken to DiCaprio on the phone last time. , the other party praised this movie to the heavens and the earth, it was unique.

It is even said to be another epoch-making masterpiece by James Cameron after "Titanic".

Liu Yifei was intrigued by Chen Dong's words, nodded and said hello.

"Director Chen, Yi Fei."

"Director Chen, Mrs. Chen."

"Director Chen, Producer Liu..."

The premiere is a vanity fair before the movie is shown. Although Chen Dong and his wife are very low-key, who in this circle can really stay out of it?

But one good thing is that with Chen Dong's current status in the entertainment industry, he doesn't need to deliberately flatter anyone. On the contrary, other people will constantly come to make friends with him.

The same goes for Liu Yifei. After all, one of the names everyone calls her is Mrs. Chen.

Regarding "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", it tells a series of stories from the end of the Anti-Japanese War to the eve of the founding of New China in 49.

At the beginning of the premiere, it felt like there were more celebrity faces than extras. Some stars were really used as extras. The camera flashed by and they were no different from the backdrop.

Some were even worse, being cut off directly.

For example, Zhou Xingchi.

Chen Dong originally had about five minutes of footage, but now he only has less than two minutes left. However, the seven-minute footage of his wife Liu Yifei not only did not cut a single minute, but also gave her several close-ups. This special treatment is simply unnecessary. Too obvious.

Of course, my wife is also really eye-catching!
..."The most powerful gift film to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China - "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", hundreds of celebrities and artists participated in the production, and the chief director is Han Sanye, chairman of China Film Group Corporation..."

"The cost is 3000 million, and a picture worth 10 billion is produced."

"The premiere of "The Founding of a People's Republic of China" was attended by many stars and big names."

"Many celebrities call on everyone to go to the cinema, watch "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and watch the real years of struggle of our ancestors."

"The reporter played by actor Liu Yifei in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is very good-looking!"

"..."

When Chen Dong and his wife returned home from the premiere, there was already a lot of news about the premiere of "The Founding of a People" on the Internet.

"Husband, how much final box office do you think this movie can achieve?"

"Three to four hundred million."

"so much?"

The reason why Liu Yifei is suspicious is because in the past, movies with this kind of reality theme did not have high box office.

And even Han Shanping's box office expectations in an interview just now were only 200 million.

"My wife's face alone is worth at least 100 million at the box office."

"Be serious."

Liu Yifei glared at her husband angrily, but of course, she felt very happy in her heart.

At this time, Chen Dong stopped trying to make excuses and began to work backwards based on the known results.

"First of all, can't there be enough stars to support the box office?"

"Secondly, what kind of movie is "The Founding of the People's Republic of China"? A gift film, right? It was produced entirely by China Film Group Corporation. How much political significance does it have? Will the local government offices support it?"

"Finally, honey, don't forget, there is something called an extension key in our country."

After listening to Chen Dong's lie, ah, no, after some analysis, Liu Yifei felt that there was indeed nothing wrong with the 300 to 400 million yuan.

She even felt it was a little lacking.

On the same day, the Venice Film Festival also held its closing red carpet and awards ceremony.

Just as the media expected, Wanwan's "The Prince of Tears" failed to produce any results.

The Golden Lion Award, which has been swept by Chinese-language films for four consecutive years, was taken away by the foreign-language film "Lebanon".

On the 17th, "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" was released nationwide.

The first-day box office results appeared online in the early morning of the 18th.

The score is 3108 million.

It surprised many people, but it was actually expected.

After all, there are so many movies starring stars, and the gimmicks alone are enough to attract the audience to the cinema.

The artists of Dongcheng Pictures heard that Lu Yang's "Cinema for the Blind" would have a round of auditions within the company first, so they all hurried back.

But the only one who really tried it was Xin Zilei.

The second round of auditions is an open audition and is scheduled for one week later.

Chen Dong did not appear as an examiner on the day of the public audition, but his wife Liu Yifei served as an examiner as a producer.

During the lunch break, Liu Yifei walked into Chen Dong's office and sat down on the boss's chair.

When Chen Dong came back, he was not upset when he saw that his position had been taken. He even smiled and cared about his wife's experience as an examiner for the first time.

"Don't tell me, it's quite novel."

Liu Yifei paused and continued: "It's just that I don't dare to speak, for fear of saying the wrong thing."

"You are the examiner, what are you afraid of? It should be the audition actors who are afraid of you..."

With Chen Dong's extra lessons, Liu Yifei no longer acted as a mute in the afternoon audition, but began to take the initiative, showing her value as an examiner.

In fact, aside from Liu Yifei's status as a boss lady, she is also the producer of the crew, representing the interests of investors, and to a certain extent, has more say than the director.

Of course, Liu Yifei has no idea of ​​seizing power and listens more to the crew than she does.

The audition has ended, and now it is time to select the most suitable one from the pending actors.

There is a role of a university professor in the play, but the actors who come to audition today are always a little bit worse.

Just when everyone was discussing to no avail, the unknown Liu Yifei next to him suddenly interjected: "What do you think of my teacher?"

"your teacher?"

"Dean Wang Jinsong..."

Thinking of Dean Wang's performance in "Hachi the Dog", everyone nodded in unison.

When it was time to get off work, Chen Dong took his wife home with him. As soon as Liu Yifei got in the car, she said that she hadn't seen the teacher for a long time and stopped by to visit.

Is a two-hour drive called a side trip?

Although Chen Dong saw through his wife's little thoughts, he did not expose her.

When he arrived at Teacher Wang Jinsong's house, he happened to catch up with his old classmate who had just returned from get off work downstairs.

"Hey, how come you young couple have time to come to my place today?"

"It's been a while since I've come to visit the teacher and my wife. I happened to be passing by your house today, so I came in to take a look."

However, these words could not be hidden from Wang Jinsong, who has been an artist and a teacher for decades. After he brought Chen Dong and Liu Yifei into the house, he said with a smile: "You guys, don't show off, come on, let me do it with my old man." What?"

Chen Dong looked at his wife and found that she was also looking at him, so he shrugged and said, don't look at me. You didn't tell me who asked.

"As expected, I can't hide it from the teacher. In fact, Chen Dong and I came here today to ask you to play a role..."

Liu Yifei explained her purpose, and then took out a script from her bag.

Isn't it "Cinema for the Blind"?

Sure enough.

It was exactly what Chen Dong thought.

Because the couple came to visit unexpectedly without saying hello in advance, it would be troublesome to stay for dinner, so after Wang Jinsong agreed to play the role, they got up and left.

When Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang" competed for an Oscar spot last year, it was narrowly defeated by Chen Dong's "Kan'er."

I applied again this year, defeated the invincible opponents in the same year, and successfully obtained the quota for the Olympics.

In two days' time, there was the Harper's Bazaar Charity Night. Chen Dong had no choice but to participate because his wife agreed first.

Before setting off, Liu Yifei asked Chen Dong: "Husband, what are you going to bring to Bazaar for auction?"

Chen Dong shook his head: "Bring nothing."

"why?"

"I don't play with antiques, calligraphy and paintings. If I really want to buy something at a high price for someone else, I will still owe someone a favor."

It's okay to owe a favor. The key is that the money was deposited into a charity fund without even touching it, and it was not in a personal name.

Therefore, it would be more practical to donate a sum of money directly in the end.

Liu Yifei was convinced by Chen Dong's reasons, so she didn't prepare anything for auction.

As for how much the couple is prepared to donate, it is not known yet and will depend on the situation at the scene.

It’s not good to donate too much and get ahead of yourself, and it’s not good to donate too little…

(End of this chapter)