Huayu’s ex-husband.

Chapter 317 Chapter 316. Red Cliff Remake

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Wei Wu held the phone between his shoulders and head and answered:
"I'm putting up Spring Festival couplets with my dad! What about you?"

Yang Mi chuckled and said, "I was just helping my mom prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, but I sneaked away now! Liu Tianxian isn't home?"

"Well, she went to the Spring Festival Gala studio early in the morning to prepare. I guess she won't be back until the live broadcast is over!"

Yang Mi's sour voice came from the receiver:
"Oh! I almost forgot that they can perform on the Spring Festival Gala, unlike us who can only watch at home. I heard that you helped a lot!"

Wei Wu laughed dryly and said, "Ahem... no more. It's mainly because of her fame.

"You also know that the female celebrities with the highest exposure in the past two years are her and Fan Bingbing!"

"Huh, why didn't Fan Bingbing come up?"

Wei Wu said vaguely: "Who knows? But relatively speaking, Liu Tianxian's image is more positive, unlike Fan Bingbing who has all kinds of negative news flying around."

In fact, Wei Wu was deliberately trying to point her out so that she could realize the disadvantages of the black and red route in advance.

Wei Wu didn't really want her to continue to follow the black and red path in this life. After all, Fan Bingbing had begun to "become a good person" now, so there was no need for her to continue to follow the dark path.

The reason why Fan Bingbing chose this path was certainly due to his own choice, but more importantly, he was forced by the situation.

The entertainment industry was relatively rough in the past few years, and it was difficult to stand out if you were not a bit wild.

If Fan Bingbing had obtained the subsystem in her early years, she would definitely not have taken this route.

Nowadays, Fan Bingbing has left a deep-rooted stereotype in the outside world. It is obviously unrealistic to reverse his reputation in a short period of time, but Yang Mi still has a chance to choose again.

Compared to her previous life, Yang Mi now has much more room for choice, and with the help of the system, she can completely follow the right path and there is no need to take shortcuts.

The black and red route is a bit like magic cultivation. Although the cultivation is fast in the early stage, it is full of hidden dangers, and the upper limit is not that high, so it is difficult to achieve the right result and ascend to heaven.

Then again, an important prerequisite for Yang Mi to be able to take this path in her previous life was that Fan Bingbing died halfway.

But now Fan Bingbing's fate has been rewritten, which means that there is an obstacle at the front end of this track.

Different times have different circumstances. As the saying goes, those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die.

Even if Yang Mi insists on taking this route, it remains to be seen whether she can succeed!
Besides, the black-and-red track is not that wide, and may not be able to accommodate two top-tier TOPs at the level of “the No. 1 Queen of Domestic Entertainment”.

Therefore, Wei Wu decided to influence Yang Mi subtly to prevent her from repeating the same mistakes as in her previous life.

"Wei Wu, I want to be on the Spring Festival Gala too!"

Yang Mi suddenly started to act like a spoiled brat in a baby voice, and Wei Wu immediately softened his heart, but he couldn't help but tell the truth:
"Who wouldn't want to go? But you're not famous enough right now, and your qualifications are slightly lacking!"

Yang Mi has just made her debut, so there is no problem with her reputation.

But she is not famous enough now, and her popularity has been too short.

Generally speaking, few actors, regardless of gender, who appear on the Spring Festival Gala as soon as they become famous. In most cases, they are invited only in the next year or the year after they become famous.

At that time, the Spring Festival Gala still had style, and was not like the local Spring Festival Galas where only popular people were invited.

Generally, you have to give it some time to see whether it is a star or a meteor?
Unless the film or TV series has a particularly huge influence and the actors are also exceptionally outstanding, such as Xiaoyanzi and Ziwei in "My Fair Princess" or Xu Sanduo in "Soldier Assault".

Yang Mi has only been famous for one year. She is not a big star, and the TV series she starred in are not particularly popular, so there is no reason for her to be on the Spring Festival Gala.

Yang Mi naturally refused and continued to act like a spoiled brat:

"I don't care, can you help me think of a solution?"

Wei Wu could only coax her: "Okay, okay, let's wait until "Chinese Paladin III" is broadcast. Once this drama is broadcast, maybe there will be a show next year!"

"Really?"

Wei Wu said in a firm tone, "Well, this drama is sure to be a hit! Then the chances will be much greater.

"How about this, when you receive an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, I will help you design the program, okay?"

It would obviously take some time for her to be formally invited.

Maybe by that time, her singing and dancing will have been added, and then there will be a lot of room for choice.

Of course, if she hasn’t improved much in singing at that time, then just give her her famous song.

Although her singing of "Love Offering" is average, she is even worse than others!
Yang Mi immediately said sweetly: "Thank you, I love you!"

Wei Wu curled his lips and said, "Cut it out, it's really fake!" Yang Mi laughed and changed the subject:

"By the way, have you heard? Teacher Chen's movie "Jump Out" is going to be remade with a different cast!"

Wei Wu hadn't really seen this news, but of course he had been eating melons and surfing the news intensively these days.

The latest news he saw was that Teacher Chen recorded a short video yesterday to formally apologize to all the victims.

But he was criticized by the public for being insincere because this time he just apologized as a routine matter, unlike the later time when he directly announced his indefinite withdrawal from the entertainment industry.

"Oh, really? Who's it changed to?"

"Jump Out" is a musical film directed by Stephen Fung.

Although it is not very famous, Stephen Chow's Star Overseas and Columbia Pictures both participated in the investment, and Stephen Chow also served as the producer of the film.

In addition, the heroine of this movie, Zhang Yuqi, is also an artist under Stephen Chow's company, and is also the second female lead in his new film "CJ7".

The original male lead of the film was Edison Chen, and the second male lead was Wu Yanzu.

From this we can see that before the incident, Edison Chen was really popular, even Wu Yanzu had to play supporting role to him.

Yang Mi said in an uncertain tone: "I saw in the report that they are going to let William Li replace him."

Wei Wu nodded and said, "Oh, then this movie is ruined!"

Leon Jay Williams' box office appeal was far behind Edison Chen's, and the leading actress Zhang Yuqi was not well-known at that time, and the director Stephen Fung was also not very popular.

Since these three have no box office appeal, isn't this movie a complete failure?

The film’s box office in mainland China in its previous life was only 100 million, which fully confirmed Wei Wu’s inference.

"However, for Mr. Chen's other film, The Sniper, director Lin Chaoxian said that he would not replace him, nor would he cut his role."

Wei Wu sneered, "Just let him be stubborn! The consequence of being stubborn is that the film is doomed to not be shown in mainland China, and the box office in Hong Kong will also suffer! In short, just wait to lose your pants!"

Wei Wu has actually seen this movie. Don't look at Lin Chaoxian's stubbornness now, saying that Edison Chen's role has not been reduced.

But Wei Wu has seen the finished film, and he knew it was originally going to be a film with three male protagonists, because that was what was said at the launch conference.

But judging from the final result of the movie, it is obvious that Edison Chen has much less roles than Huang Xiaoming and Richie Jen!
The film was invested with 3000 million, and was co-produced by Media Asia and Huayi Entertainment. However, it was ultimately not released in mainland China, and the box office in Hong Kong was only over 700 million. It was definitely a huge loss!

Huang Xiaoming fainted in the toilet from crying. The company had finally planned to make a movie to promote him, but this kind of thing happened right at the beginning.

Even though Huang Xiaoming was the top star of Huayi at that time, his resources in the film industry were not particularly good.

Although he has participated in the company's blockbusters "The Banquet" and "The Sound of Wind", he was at best the second or third male lead.

Moreover, from 06 to 09, the company only arranged these three movies for him, which was really a double whammy.

Yang Mi's voice suddenly became excited: "There is another piece of news, you will definitely be happy to hear it. Red Cliff is also going to announce that it will be reshooting with a new female lead Zhang Baizhi!

“It is said that the film company considered changing the director, but after asking around, no one was willing to take over this mess.

"Red Cliff was originally scheduled to be released at the end of this year, but it has just been decided to be postponed to the end of next year!"

"I heard that the film was already over budget, and now they have to reshoot with a new female lead. Do you think this film can be finished?"

Wei Wu didn't think so: "This should be no problem. After all, we have already spent hundreds of millions. If we give up now, wouldn't all the previous investment be wasted?"

The total investment of this movie in the previous life was 6 million, but in this life, because of Wei Wu's interference, the investment of this movie was reduced to 3 million.

But even a sunk cost of 3 million is too high, and it probably cannot be easily given up.

It seems that having a high cost for a movie does have its benefits! Just like when Cameron made "Titanic" and before that, Rainie Wu made "Windtalkers".

Because the initial investment was too large, the kidnapped investors had to sell everything they had to continue investing, even if they were on the verge of bankruptcy.

After all, if I didn't follow, I would have gone bankrupt at that time. If I held on to the end, I would still have a chance to gamble.

Yang Mi was a little indignant: "That's too good for him!"

Wei Wu shook his head and said, "Everything has a price! He has drained so many investors this time, and he has really cut off his way out!
"Based on the current situation, this Red Cliff is 100% his last movie! There will be no chance of a comeback!"

Yang Mi's tone also became cheerful: "Humph, that's what he asked for, he deserves it!"

(End of this chapter)