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If the release of "No Man's Land" and "Storm" previously only reduced the potential of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", then the current popularity of "Police Stories 2013" and "Personal Tailor" have basically exhausted the box office potential of Stephen Chow's film in advance.

However, as of yesterday, the total box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has reached 11 billion. This box office result is already the best among all Stephen Chow's films and does not disappoint his expectations.

But no director would complain about his own box office revenue.

What's more, Zhou Xingchi and Huayi have signed a gambling agreement. Although he has already won, the higher the box office, the more he wins, so he is still promoting it hard, hoping to break 12 billion in the last week.

Of course, Zhou Xingchi also applied to the General Administration for an extension key for his film, but as to whether he can get it, that remains to be seen.

However, considering the current market environment, it is estimated that it is a bit risky.

Actually, it has something to do with Chen Dong.

Previously, his films were able to apply for extensions many times, which aroused the envy of many people. Later, the General Administration added a lot of restrictions on the extension conditions for the sake of "fairness", so now it is very difficult for a film to apply for an extension.

Even if your box office is high.

Unless yours is a tribute film or a main theme film with official endorsement, it will be easier to apply.

……

"Director Chen, the script we submitted for Dying to Survive was rejected."

Today is Monday. Chen Dong just arrived at the company and unexpectedly heard bad news.

In fact, he was quite surprised at the work efficiency of those gentlemen this time. After all, he had just submitted the script last Friday, but he got the result in just three days, while in the past it would take at least a week.

Chen Dong calmly flipped through the reasons for being rejected and found that they were all high-sounding excuses. He couldn't help but sneer and threw it on the desk.

Not long after, Han Jianu and Wen Muye, who had heard the news, also rushed over.

"It's so infuriating. These people actually said that we were making excuses for the prisoners. I think they have nothing better to do than to occupy the toilet..."

Han Jianuo is not someone who would swallow her anger, not to mention that she has put a lot of effort into "Dying to Survive". Now seeing her hard work being labeled by others, it would be strange if she is not angry.

Chen Dong soothed him, "Calm down. After all, if you get angry here, the auditors won't be able to see it, so you'll just be angry for nothing."

Later, after calming Han Jianu down, Chen Dong also made a self-examination: "In fact, I was lucky this time. I knew that the subject matter of "Dying to Survive" was sensitive, but I still planned to follow the normal process, thinking that they would not have any problems for the sake of Dongcheng Pictures."

"Director Chen, what should we do now?" Wen Muye, who had been silent all this time, asked a key question at this time.

Han Jianu was also very curious about Director Chen's next move.

Facing the looks in their eyes, Chen Dong thought, what else can I do? Of course I have to find connections.

Han Shanping had previously promised him that he would let the head of the Film Bureau come out to endorse the film.

Chen Dong thought that he would have to wait until the movie was finished before using it, but now it seems that he has to bring people in now.

Otherwise, this movie might be stillborn.

It was just for the time being. Chen Dong didn't want to make it public, so he said to Wen Muye and Han Jianu: "Okay, I'll take care of this matter. You go back and continue to prepare."

Seeing that Chen Dong was unwilling to say, Wen Muye and the others, no matter how anxious they were, knew better than to ask any further questions.

As soon as the two left, Chen Dong took out his cell phone and called Han Shanping.

I gave him a brief account of the situation, and then asked him to invite Tong|Ju out so that we could have dinner together.

Then we discussed the matter over the dinner table to prevent the people below from worrying.

Han Shanping had no objection, and since this project involved his daughter's interests, he was extremely concerned about it.

In the afternoon, before the end of get off work time, Chen Dong left the company again.

But this time he didn't leave early, but went to the banquet.

That night, in a VIP room in Sijiu City.

After Chen Dong exchanged greetings with the two leaders and sat down, he did not start talking about business right away. Instead, he drank three rounds of wine and ate five dishes before bringing some things to the table.

"Today I heard that Director Chen, a script from your company was rejected by the review department. Could it be the script written by Director Han's daughter?"

"Yes, Director Tong. The book is called "I'm Not the God of Medicine". It was written from the perspective of Lu Yong, who was recently labeled a fake drug dealer. So the reviewers rejected it on the grounds that it was whitewashing criminals."

At this point, Chen Dong noticed that Director Tong's face frowned slightly, and then he explained: "Of course, this movie is definitely not whitewashing anyone as the reviewers said. In fact, in the script, Lu Yong was eventually punished by law for selling fake drugs... and what this movie really wants to discuss are issues such as human nature and social livelihood."

Chen Dong spoke eloquently and introduced the general idea of ​​"Dying to Survive" to Director Tong. With Han Shanping's supplementary remarks, he eventually convinced Director Tong as expected.

But he is a leader after all, so he certainly couldn't make any promises on the spot. He just said that he would go back and discuss it in a meeting.

"After I get back, I'll ask the review department to hold a meeting on this script. I'll inform Director Chen of the results of the meeting. If there are any changes that need to be made, Director Chen, please make the changes."

"Okay, okay. I'm sorry to bother Director Tong. I'll toast you another glass."

"It's all work, why bother? Director Chen is still young and has a promising future. He should make more excellent films."

"..."

After this meal, Chen Dong originally thought that he would get the results in two or three days.

However, it took a full week to receive the General Administration's revision suggestions for "Dying to Survive". During this period, he almost thought that Director Tong was a forgetful person and forgot what he had promised them. He couldn't help but nag Han Shanping on the phone. In the end, the old cadre was calm and advised him that this was the atmosphere in the government agency and there was nothing to be surprised about. He just needed to wait a few more days.

In fact, it was not that Director Tong wanted to delay time on purpose. He did give the order early on.

But the people below like to slack off, and a meeting would take several days. Even if he is a leader, it is difficult for him to say much when facing a group of people who may have more seniority than him.

Moreover, Chen Dong was able to get the revision suggestions within a week only because Director Tong helped him to urge him twice, otherwise it would have taken even longer.

During this week, Chen Dong was urged by Han Jianu several times, otherwise he would not be so anxious.

Now that there is finally a good result, Han Jianu has also put aside her worries of many days and can finally devote herself to the preparation of the film with Wen Muye without any worries.

By the way, Han Jianu is not only the screenwriter of "Dying to Survive", but also the producer.

……

It's the end of the month, and Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" finally failed to apply for the extension key, which means that it will be removed from theaters after today. As of yesterday, the total box office of this movie has reached 11.98 billion, and with today's, it should exceed 12 billion.

If there were no blockbuster movies such as "No Man's Land", "Storm", "Police Stories 2013" and "Private Tailor" taking away its box office market, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" would have performed even better.

But then again, everyone is eyeing the good schedules. If "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" did not choose to be released during the Lunar New Year period, although there would not be any fierce competitors, the box office results would not necessarily be better than they are now.

No matter what, Zhou Xingchi was still very satisfied.

Today, Dongcheng Pictures held the premiere of Lu Yang's "Lost in Hong Kong". Although he did not receive an invitation, he came to congratulate him. Chen Dong, as the boss, was also there. Even Ning Hao came to join in the fun. But this guy regretted giving the opportunity to Lu Yang after filming the first film in the Lost series.

The key point is that Lu Yang came up and teased him.

"Thank you Director Ning for your help."

"Get out of here! If I had known you were going to get bullied, I wouldn't have come here today."

Ning Hao was really depressed, but what he got in return was the laughter of people around him.

However, Chen Dong consoled him after he finished laughing: "Don't be depressed. I think your film 'Lost in Thailand' is also good. In addition, the film market environment in my country is getting better every year. Maybe you will be the fourth director to join the 10 billion box office club."

"Although it's too early to say, Director Chen, I accept your blessing, hahahaha."

The people nearby, who had just heard that Ning Hao's new film was called "Lost in Thailand," also started asking about it.

Chen Dong went to the toilet and came back. Seeing that they were still discussing together, he did not go over to them. It was just that he did not take the initiative, but others did. For example, Xu Zheng, who was now a bald man, came over to him.

"Looking at your sneaky look, I knew something was wrong."

"Is it that obvious?"

“It’s almost written on his face.”

Chen Dong smiled and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing serious."

Because this was the premiere, there were many people and it was noisy, and the movie was about to be screened, so it was obviously not a suitable place to talk about business, so Xu Zheng kept it a secret and said he would treat Chen Dong to a meal.

"Please Director Chen, please show us your presence."

"Okay, then I'll go and see how expensive your free meal is."

Chen Dong hesitated for a second and then agreed. To be honest, he was also curious about what kind of medicine this Guangtou Xu was selling.

After a while, "Lost in Hong Kong" began to show.

The film tells the story of designer Xu Lai who came to Hong Kong to reunite with his first love from 20 years ago and experienced a series of embarrassing things, but finally discovered that his wife was the person he cherished the most.

If you only look at the framework, the story is actually quite old-fashioned.

This kind of popcorn-like movie is mainly for the dense laughs, and the main theme is that you don't need to use your brain, just have fun.

Plus, this is already the third film, and many of the plots and conflicts lack the surprises of the first and second films, and innovation is not easy, so the quality has actually declined.

However, the advantages of this film are particularly obvious, because not only does it have the audience base of the first and second films, but also because the market environment is better...so its evaluation may be greatly discounted compared to the previous two films, but its box office may be even higher.

Chen Dong naturally had no interest in analyzing the artistic value of such a movie. When he watched it again, he was just like most viewers, watching it without thinking and just for fun.

Although Chen Dong thought this way, Zhou Xingchi was different.

After watching "Lost in Hong Kong" very carefully, he compared it with his own "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in his mind. He felt that although the movie had many laughs, it was also low-level and had little substance. He finally came to the conclusion that even if it was a series, the box office would not be higher than "Journey to the West".

Even if we consider the quality alone, it won’t even reach 10 billion.

There are many people who share the same idea as Zhou Xingchi, mainly his peers.

Even several media outlets were pessimistic about "Lost in Hong Kong", believing that it could not replicate the success of "Lost in Thailand".

Chen Dong didn't know how Lu Yang felt about these pessimistic voices. Anyway, he was too lazy to care. Well, mainly because he couldn't hear them.

Guangtou Xu wanted to treat them tonight, and since he had already agreed, it would be difficult for him to break the promise.

What Chen Dong didn't expect was that besides Xu Zheng and his wife Tao Hong, there was also a Wanwan director at the banquet.

The other party’s surname was also Chen, and his name was Chen Zhendao.

Chen Dong has also watched his "The Happiness Index", starring Sister Zhiling...

At first Chen Dong thought that Xu Guangtou wanted to serve as a bridge between him and Director Chen from Taiwan.

As a result, after drinking and changing the topic, he realized that it was not the case.

Xu Guangtou wanted to practice the saying that a good actor can become a good director, so he approached him for investment.

The script was provided by Chen Zhendao, and it was called "Hypnotist".

While listening to the two people introducing the plot in unison, Chen Dong's thoughts were not on it, because he had watched this drama in his previous life.

"Director Chen, Director Chen..."

When Xu Zheng and Chen Zhentao finished telling the story, they found that Chen Dong was still engrossed. They mistakenly thought that he was fascinated by their story. Little did they know that Chen Dong's thoughts had already drifted to other places.

When he came to his senses at this point, he thought he was asked to give his own evaluation, so he vaguely used a universal formula: "Ah, yes, the story you told is quite exciting."

But he didn't expect that this could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Guangtou Xu also quickly climbed up the ladder: "Then Director Chen's investment..."

investment?

What investment?
Oh, the purpose of this guy's meal is to attract investment from himself.

Chen Dong sighed in his heart - free things are indeed the most expensive.

But the investment still had to be made. After all, he remembered that the box office of "Hypnotist" was not low, at least he did not lose money.

However, it is not so easy to get investors to pay money easily. Chen Dong still has requirements.

His thoughts were just drifting as he thought of "Dying to Survive" which Wen Muye and Han Jianu were working on. If he invested in "Hypnotist", the schedules of these two films would definitely conflict. However, Xu Guangtou is only one person and certainly cannot split himself, so he can only take care of one movie at a time, and that would definitely be his own.

It’s not that the role of Lu Yong must be played by Xu Guangtou, but it’s not easy to suddenly find an actor who fits the role like him. It just so happens that Xu Guangtou needs help, so Chen Dong will definitely make good use of it.

"How about this, write up an investment plan and I'll take a look at it."

Chen Dong did not put forward any conditions for the time being, leaving it for later. Although Xu Guangtou and his team did not receive a positive response, such an answer showed that their investment was at least half successful.

So the following meal was enjoyed by both the host and the guests.

(End of this chapter)