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

Chapter 350 Three Geniuses and Three Idiots (Please subscribe!)
"Director Chen, our Go Fighting TV series' ratings broke 8% last night."

Hearing Chen Xi's surprised voice on the phone, although Chen Dong knew that this was good news, he didn't know much about variety show ratings after all, and didn't know what an 8% rating meant, so he was not surprised.

But then Chen Xi explained that the two flagship variety shows of Mango TV only had a viewership rate of 8 or percent, and Chen Dong immediately understood the value of %.

It’s really awesome!
Moreover, this is only the first episode, and the potential has not been fully realized. I think the ratings will be even higher in the future.

High ratings are the most important bargaining chip in negotiations between the program team and the endorsers, and also the basis for confidence.

The producer of "Extreme Challenge" is Chen Xi, and of course she is also responsible for the investment promotion issues. Chen Dong believes that her ability is enough to handle it on her own.

So on September 9, he returned to the capital from Shanghai. He did not go to the company to inquire about investment promotion, but went home directly with a bunch of gifts.

On the same day, news from the awards ceremony of this year's Venice Film Festival was transmitted back to China. Lou Ye's "Floating City Mystery" had previously been selected as the opening film of Horizon, but as expected, it missed out on the award.

However, Wang Bing's "Three Sisters" won an award in the Horizon unit.

As for the biggest winner last night, it was also an Asian movie. It was not a Chinese-language film, nor a Japanese film, nor a movie made by Ah San and Ah Tai, but "Pieta" made by our neighbor, the Koreans.

"The Pietà" can also be called "Mother and Son". It tells the story of Li Jiangdao, who makes a living by collecting usurious loans, who suddenly met a middle-aged woman named Jiang Meishan one day. Longing for family affection, he began a special mother-son relationship with this middle-aged woman with half belief and half doubt.

The subject matter is somewhat taboo. If it were in China, this kind of film would not pass the censorship at all. However, South Korea is very free in this regard. They dare to shoot even the most taboo subjects. I just don't know where director Kim Ki-duk found the inspiration from. Could it be from the 80G of island movies in his computer?

The new generation star girl Zhang Yuqi also went to court with Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi's reputation has not plummeted in recent years, but it has at least been surrounded by negative news.

But he himself rarely responds, as if he doesn't care at all about what others think of him.

Even if there are replies, they are almost all related to movies.

For example, a Hong Kong media recently conducted an exclusive interview with him. Stephen Chow refused to talk about the termination of his contract with Zhang Yuqi through legal means, and only talked about his new movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

When Chen Dong saw this news, he knew that Huang Bo did not return to the capital today, but was invited to Hong Kong for an audition.

On this day, Nolan's "Batman..." also appeared on two hot searches, both of which were pushed to the top by "Extreme Challenge".

When the media exposed yesterday's box office data the next day, "Batman...", which had just been overtaken by another Hollywood movie "The Expendables 2", once again regained its daily box office championship.

The box office increased by 1000 million year-on-year, and this was just one day...

When Nolan, who was far away in the United States, received this news, he was extremely happy.

At the same time, this also indirectly makes the program itself successful.

Chen Dong heard from Chen Xi on the phone that many upcoming movies or TV series have contacted them, hoping to be a guest on "Extreme Challenge". Not only for free, but some who are in a hurry are even willing to pay to be on the show.

What is a traffic password?
This is.

Even after Director Paul learned about the situation of "Batman...", he wanted to bring "Resident Evil 5" to China to record an episode of "Extreme Challenge".

However, I heard from Chen Dong that the next three episodes had been booked, and if I wanted to schedule more than the third episode, the movie would have been taken off the theaters long ago, so I gave up.

Although "Resident Evil 5" did not invest too many promotional resources in China, due to Liu Yifei's starring role and the fame accumulated from the previous four films, this film was not unknown before its release, but was instead very popular.

Because of this, when it was released in Chinese theaters on September 9, it achieved a first-day box office revenue of 15 million.

It even took the Japanese box office champion away from "Batman..."

However, in the Chinese film market, three Hollywood movies are now dominating the box office, which is really not a good look.

The General Administration certainly hopes that a Chinese director can step forward and shoulder the pressure at this time.

But faced with three aggressive Hollywood blockbusters, who dares to stand in the way?

The cost of making a movie is so high nowadays, no one wants to be the hero.

And to be honest, there are not many directors in China who have the ability to be this stumbling block.

Although Chen Dong is one, he doesn't have any movies. "Comet" doesn't count because it is a foreign language film.

Wen Muye’s "One Man’s Martial Arts" is still in post-production.

Xue Xiaolu’s “Beijing Meets Seattle” hasn’t even started post-production.

Ning Hao does have a movie, "No Man's Land", but unfortunately the ending is too gloomy and it has not been approved yet.

Wait a moment……

Chen Dong thought that Ning Hao might be able to take this opportunity to apply again.

When Ning Hao listened to Chen Dong's advice, he quickly submitted his application to the General Administration again. Unfortunately, it was rejected again within less than a week.

Chen Dong heard that the sniping mission finally fell on Huayi. There was nothing he could do. After all, Huayi was the leader of private film and television. As the saying goes, if the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. The country has also provided a lot of support to Huayi. If it doesn't stand up when it is needed, what is the use of it?
However, Huayi was reluctant to let Feng Xiaogang's "1942" take on this sniping mission, and instead pushed out "Tai Chi 1 from Zero" which they invested in.

"Tai Chi 1: From Zero" is an action film directed by Stephen Fung, with action director Hong Jinbao, and starring Liang Jiahui, Angelababy, Daniel Wu, Peng Yuyan, Feng Shaofeng and others.

The line-up is very luxurious, and Huayi is full of expectations for its box office. It originally planned to release it during the Lunar New Year holiday, but now facing the pressure from the General Administration, it can only arrange its release now.

"Resident Evil 5" starring Liu Yifei is gaining momentum. Even though "Tai Chi 1" arranged by Huayi to snipe it had the advantage of being released later, it still couldn't suppress it. The two movies can still compete with Qihu at the box office.

On September 9, the second episode of "Extreme Challenge" was broadcast.

Compared to the first episode, although there are no guest stars, there are more sponsored advertisements.

It’s also more fun, so this episode has sparked even louder discussions online.

Weibo even opened a super topic specifically for it, called Jitiao Super Topic.

"Sun Honglei is so funny. He can't outsmart others, so he just grabs them directly. He is worthy of being the man who played Liu Huaqiang."

"Director Chen could obviously make a living with his looks, so why is he so talented?"

"Haha, the guy upstairs, why else do you think my goddess Liu Yifei is willing to marry him?"

"Huang Lei is such a cunning guy, he is just a shrewd and calculating fox."

"Huang Bo and Chen Dong's IQs are always online, but Shen Teng, Wang Xun and Sun Honglei often don't understand the rules of the game. I think it would be better to divide them into teams, such as the Three Smarts and the Three Idiots."

"Haha, three smart and three stupid people, are you polite upstairs?"

"But to be honest, Shen Teng is really miserable this time."

"It's a bit tragic, but if it wasn't tragic, he wouldn't be the final winner."

"Haha, that's right. Director Chen and the others softened their hearts in the end."

"After all, it's just a game, so there's no need to take it too seriously, lest we hurt the relationship."

"..."

Since the broadcast of "Go Fighting", Chen Dong's Weibo followers have also experienced a surge. Today, it has exceeded 500 million, which is comparable to a popular first-line male star.

Of course, it can't be compared with his wife, not even a fraction of it.

……

With the second episode of "Extreme Challenge" aired, the third episode must of course start recording, otherwise it will be suspended next week.

This variety show is very popular at the moment. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of popularity, it is already number one in the country.

If the show is suspended, the consequences will be terrible.

The saliva on the Internet will definitely be enough to criticize the production team to death.

The third episode has guest stars again.

It’s Cheng Long and the main creators of “The Chinese Zodiac” he brought.

There are Liao Fan, Zhang Lanxin, and Quan Xiangyou.

Naturally, this episode, like the first one, revolves around the "Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs".

After recording the third episode, the fourth episode was not recorded until after the third episode was broadcast. Instead, everyone had time to record the fourth episode.

The Voice of China, which had previously invited Liu Yifei to be a music mentor but failed, then invited Nayoung, also aired its first episode on the weekend of September 9.

The ratings were pretty good, reaching 5.6% last night, making it the number one music variety show.

It was only 6.5% lower than the ratings of the third episode of "Extreme Challenge" which also aired last night.

As one of the few big directors in China who has won both awards and box office success, Chen Dong should be very popular at domestic film festivals.

In fact, the relationship between him and the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival has always been ordinary. Over the years, Chen Dong has only participated in one session, and won a double yolk egg at that session, and it was an actor award.

After that, Chen Dong no longer took the initiative to participate in the film festival. The film festival was run by a group of senior artists with high qualifications. They always regarded themselves as superior. No matter how great Chen Dong's achievements were, in their eyes, he was just an inexperienced junior.

If you, a junior, don't respect your seniors, do you expect a bunch of old masters to respect you, a junior?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

This is probably the reason why Chen Dong and the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival have kept their distance from each other for so many years.

Since last year was the Golden Rooster, this year it is naturally the Hundred Flowers’ turn…

The closing ceremony was held in Shaoxing on September 9.

The prize pool of the Hundred Flowers Film Festival was not large, and it was all divided up by Feng Xiaogang's "Aftershock" and Teng Huatao's "Love Is Not Blind".

There is absolutely nothing like other movies.

This made Chen Dong, who was following the news, think: The beneficiaries of tonight are naturally happy, but I'm afraid that the other participating film crews are not so convinced.

as predicted.

When he scrolled to the next piece of news, he discovered that director Gu Changwei had directly criticized the film festival during a press interview after the award ceremony.

Perhaps it was because his movie "The Best" also became a runner-up tonight, which made him a little emotional and he even mentioned "Extreme Challenge".

Because tonight is the date when the fourth episode of "Go Fighting" will be broadcast, Gu Changwei mocked that the Hundred Flowers Awards are getting worse year by year, and this year's popularity is probably not as good as a variety show.

Of course, he didn't name anyone, but everyone knows that the variety show he was talking about is "Extreme Challenge".

However, the situation is indeed as he said. The popularity of this year's Hundred Flowers Awards is really not as good as this episode of "Extreme Challenge".

A more intuitive survey data is the hot search list of the next day. "Extreme Challenge" was on three lists, while the Hundred Flowers Awards only had two.

……

This National Day, Chen Dongben planned to take his wife and children to watch a movie.

I was reading Lou Ye's "Floating City Mystery".

But unexpectedly, plans could not keep up with changes, and the release plan of "Floating City Mystery" was suddenly aborted.

The reason is that the General Administration has made changes to the film, but the key point is that "Floating City Mystery" has already obtained a release permit.

If I have to undergo surgery again, wouldn’t that mean I’ll be sent to prison again?

Lou Ye refused to accept the decision and was determined not to make any more cuts or changes to the movie.

The General Administration also refused to give in, so the two sides were deadlocked and naturally the film could no longer be released on time.

But the arm cannot twist the thigh after all. After more than ten days, Lou Ye gave in and underwent a second operation on his movie.

Only then was it allowed to be released.

It’s a pity that by the time it was released, Chen Dong no longer had any interest in going into the movie.

After all, it is an art film. Although it was promoted as having passionate scenes, it was able to be released in China. Even if there were passionate scenes before, they must have been deleted or modified in order to pass the review.

There are indeed many perverts in China, but we cannot treat them as fools. Once someone is fooled, the online reputation of the show will be ruined. Naturally, other perverts will see that others have been fooled and will not buy tickets just for the purpose of passionate scenes.

In the final analysis, in fact, in one sentence, the box office of "Floating City Mystery" was not high. The box office on the first day was less than 500,000, and it is estimated that the final box office would be about 5 or 6 million.

Even though there have been art films that have achieved high box office from time to time in the past two years, they are only a minority of examples after all. Films like "Floating City" are the norm for art films.

Yesterday, Chen Dong finished recording the eighth episode of "Extreme Challenge" in Hangzhou and flew back to the capital early this morning.

The next day, Chen Dong planned to go to the company to take a look at the post-production of "My Love from the Star", but as soon as he left the house, he received a call from Ning Hao, saying that he and his wife would come to visit Yifei later.

So Chen Dong's car drove less than a kilometer, turned around and returned to the garage.

"Chen Dong, didn't you go to work? Did you leave something at home and forgot to take it?" Mother-in-law Liu Xiaoli was still eating breakfast. Seeing her son-in-law coming back, she couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Chen Dong explained, "Mom, Ning Hao and his wife are coming to visit Xixi later, so I won't go to the company for now."

Upon hearing this, Liu Xiaoli immediately asked, "How long will it be later? Have they had breakfast? Do you want me to ask Auntie to prepare something..."

"It should be around ten o'clock. You don't need to prepare breakfast. They should eat lunch here."

Liu Xiaoli nodded: "Okay, I understand. Chen Dong, go upstairs and see if Xixi has gotten up. I'll ask Auntie to go out and buy some food later. It seems that there are not many ingredients left in the cupboard at home."

"it is good……"

(End of this chapter)