China Entertainment's My Artistic Career

A conference room at Bona Pictures.

Yu Dong is having a meeting with some senior executives of the company to discuss the release of "The Great Magician".

"囧" is coming in a big way, with a box office of close to 2 million in the first three days of the weekend, which suddenly disrupted Bona's plan.

Originally, they didn't take this movie seriously at all. Their main imaginary enemies were "Reverse War" co-produced by Huayi Brothers, "Eight Stars Embrace" by LeTV and Tianma Films, and Hollywood's "Sherlock Holmes 2". For them, Yu Dong is still quite confident!
In the past, I thought that it would be okay to avoid the two major enemies of "The Beautiful Girl" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", but now, "囧囧" has come out, and it has the momentum to dominate both the box office and the film schedule. It is simply It's harder to deal with than those two, and it's really tricky to face it head-on.

"What do you think? Let me know what you think." Yu Dong was the first to raise the issue.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them spoke first.

Yu Dong glanced around, finally looked at the person in charge of the project and said, "Mr. Sun, tell me!"

Sun Hebin hesitated and said: "Our "The Magician" was originally estimated to have a box office of 4 million. Now "囧" is coming fiercely. Should we withdraw the show and change it to the Spring Festival schedule? I watched the Spring Festival The opponents back then were much easier to deal with than they are now.”

As soon as he opened his mouth, someone immediately echoed: "Yes, although the Spring Festival period is short, if we can dominate the box office, the results will not be much different."

Yu Dong rolled his eyes, seeing that "The Magician" was going to be released in two days, and it was too late to withdraw it now.

Besides, with the lineup of "Two Emperors and One Queen", if he dares to withdraw from the film, he will no longer be able to work in the film industry. He will be embarrassed and what else can he do.

Moreover, the film's publicity and distribution work has been almost completed during this period. If it is withdrawn, the previous efforts will be greatly reduced, and those were all paid for with real money!
Some people think that this account is not worthwhile: "If it doesn't work, let's do it like this. It's still unclear who will win. At least our star lineup is much better than "Thailand", so they found Liu Yifei. We have Xu Ke, Gu Dezhao, Rong Xiang"

This man fell silent as he spoke. It seemed that he also knew that the people he was talking about were not attractive to movie fans.

Xu Ke, some people like to watch his movies. As for his guest appearance, who would go to the cinema for this?

Before it was released, they also watched "囧囧" and thought it was a sequel with good reputation. Although it was not labeled as "囧囧", everyone knew what was going on, so they were interested in it. Its expectation is only one or two billion.

Didn’t the previous game not exceed [-] million? This result is already very good.

I never expected that people would fulfill their expectations within three days of the opening weekend.

"Mr. Yu, should we discuss with Huayi and LeTV to jointly suppress "Thailand"!" Someone came up with an idea.

How to suppress it? Naturally, you need to spend money to buy drafts and pay troops to make the enemy look bad.

"Don't mention this matter." Yu Dong was speechless. They had used this trick when He Hua just debuted in the film industry. The result was that they got into trouble and ruined the relationship between the two parties.

Now that they are able to participate in Youhua's project, it is the result of his constantly lowering his profile. If it were to happen again, Bona would probably be blacklisted from cooperation like Huayi before.

But you can't use it on "Thailand", you can use it on others. LeTV is a good target. You can discuss it with Huayi and bring down one by one.

On the other side, Huayi is also studying countermeasures.

It is impossible to withdraw the film. The reputation of the big and small kings is much more valuable than the movie.

After receiving Bona's call, he readily agreed, and the two parties quickly took action.

"Happy Stars" is produced by LeTV and Tianma Films. Although LeTV is rich, it is a new company in the industry, and it has to learn the tricks of the entertainment industry; Tianma Films is a small company in Hong Kong, so there is nothing to worry about.

The star cast of the movie is quite strong: Zhen Zizi, Gu Tianle, Xiong Dailin, Da S, Huang Baiming, Chen Huilin, Wu Junru, Du Zhu. However, the more people there are, the more points you can attack.

So soon, there was a lot of negative information about "Happy Eight Stars" on the Internet, such as "Xiong Dailin took advantage of the popularity of the King of Heaven to hype up, and missed some points to participate in the battle"; and "Big S collects stamps, has been in love with many people, and has a history of smoking sex", etc. wait.

LeTV and Tianma were immediately stunned. When they realized it, the reputation was irreversible. However, Boss Jia was not a character who would not retaliate or scold him. He soon let his subordinates fight back. For a time, the Internet was filled with black materials and verbal abuses. quarreling
But this has nothing to do with Youhua and "Thailand". They are making great strides forward with the efforts of all parties.

After the three-day box office of 1.94 million in the first weekend, the movie once again received 3.58 million in the second week, with a total box office of 5.52 million. It seems that it is very promising to break the box office record of Chinese-language films.

Feng Xiaogang didn't expect that his excited words would be too conservative.

More and more media and netizens are spontaneously discussing this movie.

"A very good popcorn movie, a New Year's film that has no cultural boundaries between North and South!"

Fung's comedy, which is absent from the Lunar New Year slot this year, is also good. However, due to regional cultural issues, Fung's comedy is more popular in the north, but is less popular in the south, and "囧" is a hit in both the north and the south.

"We are just ordinary people. Those who celebrate the Chinese New Year like to watch such tacky movies. We are just pretentious and arty."

"The best comedy movie in recent years. The end of 2012 is approaching. Let's have fun together."

"The fantasy adventure of three sexy young men is full of laughs and worth watching. Also, don't watch "The Magician". Everything that is said to be funny is a lie."

"The Magician" also features a lot of laughs and a lot of baggage. It's just that Liu Qingyun + Tony Leung Chiu-wai, two people who are 100 years old together, are so funny and cute. Why does it look so awkward? And some of the laughs are better than the audience. He is so old and is speechless.

[New Year’s comedy is successful if it can entertain the public, don’t bother with connotations or deep thoughts]

The last one is when the media interviewed Zhao Benshan, the king of sketches, who did not participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year, and asked him what he thought of the success of comedy films like "Thailand".

Although this news did not appear in the People's Daily, it caused quite a stir.

Many media, websites, and forums have reprinted it, and the public also agrees with this passage:

"Why are you always trying to educate us? Are we three-year-old children? Don't we know how to think for ourselves? Do you think you must know more than us? Just save it."

"Three cobblers can still stand up to one Zhuge Liang. Stop showing off your meager knowledge and be more self-aware!"

"Art students spend all day thinking about educating serious college students. It's very funny."

Not trying to be confrontational, it's just that it's really funny.

In addition, Liu Yifei also has a new title - "National Goddess". The last short guest appearance in "囧" directly raised her status a lot. I have to say that the appearance was really amazing.

Good guys, this group of netizens must have been in the entertainment industry of Bangzi Country. This kind of title is simply too appropriate!

It's just that this 'national goddess' already has a name. I wonder how they should call He Hua, 'national enemy'?
"I think 'Father' is pretty good too. Don't you like to call me daddy when you come soon?" He Hua teased while talking on the phone with Liu Yifei.

"Get out! Why do I hate you so much?" Liu Yifei said coquettishly. "Hey." After chatting about gossip, He Hua got down to business: "I'm already finishing the work. How about you guys? Where's the progress?"

Liu Yifei's voice sounded a little worried: "Our progress is a bit slow. We are not even halfway there yet. It is estimated that we will not be able to finish it before the end of the year."

It can't be completed before the New Year, and the time spent during the New Year's celebrations, as well as the considerable expenses required to reorganize the crew after the New Year, are daunting.

Only when she became a real 'family' did Liu Yifei realize how difficult this production was. Before, it was the first time someone else took charge of the project, and they had to share a lot of the burden. Now, no one is helping her to share the burden. It's all done at once, and she is extremely stressed.

When had she ever worried about money before?Now every day when I open my eyes, I think about money, and when I close my eyes, I still think about money.

He Hua had actually anticipated this. With a new producer and a new director, how could two novices start a project without being in a hurry?

"Okay, I'll go over and see you after I'm done here."

"it is good."

"囧" was a hit, but it didn't have much impact on the crew of "One Day Trip".

But He Hua usually has more smiles on his face, the crew's benefits are better, the employees are more energetic, and the actors are more active.
Why is this happening?

That's thanks to the media's digging behind the scenes of the film "囧囧". The popular media will naturally report on it. When a large number of media pounce on the film itself, some people will naturally choose to find another way.

At present, Xu Zheng, the director of "囧囧", is naturally a genius. It is admirable that the first movie he wrote, directed and acted in can achieve such good results, but Qianlima also needs Bole, and this Bole is naturally the one who invests in movies. Youhua Entertainment He Hua.

Some self-media blogs wrote about Xu Zheng's experience of being deceived twice, repeatedly hitting the wall, and finally He Huahui's ability to recognize talents. It received a huge number of clicks, and He Hua's reputation suddenly increased.

Some good media directly called him 'the young man who knows the most about movies'.

Understanding movies means that he knows what kind of movies are good and how to make good movies. This is proven by his performance. Whether he makes his own movies or invests in them, the reputation and box office of the movies are not bad.

As a young man, the media explained that he is aggressive, will not stick to the rules, and likes to promote new people. With his support, Xue Xiaolu, Xu Zheng, as well as Lu Yang who is producing "Embroidered Spring Knife" and Su Lun of "To Youth", these New directors continue to emerge, destined to inject new vitality into the film industry.

With such a high rating, the crew members are proud and at the same time more energetic. "A Day Trip" will not be any worse.

"Hurry up, are you ready?" He Hua asked with a walkie-talkie.

Within a few seconds, Liu Lu's reply came over the intercom: "Okay, director, the baby is asleep."

He Hua breathed a sigh of relief, and then she quickly looked at Mai Mai beside her: "Do you remember your position and lines?"

Zhao Jinmai nodded sensibly: "Remember."

"Remember, let's get started, all departments prepare.action"

Today's scene is the scene within the scene that was mentioned during the casting audition.

Feng Xian's "Dream Making" company prepared a real-life drama between Zhou Bei and Yao Yuan to create an emotional relationship.

Several extras were added to this scene, such as Zhou Bei's "fake husband" Yan Bingyan recommended her old partner Li Naiwen, Zhou Bei's "son and daughter", her son was still in infancy, and her daughter He Hua called Zhao Jinmai to let She showed her face.

The previous few shots had not gone well, mainly because the baby was not used to it and would cry.

After much deliberation, He Hua decided to shoot a scene where the baby falls asleep, so that it would be no problem to edit it together with the previous footage.

After Yan Bingyan finished her lines, Mai Mai barged into the living room at the right time: "Mom, is my brother still awake? I want to play with him."

Yao Yuan, played by Ge You, stood up awkwardly: "Then I'll leave first."

When he walked to the door and opened it, he looked sideways at Yan Bingyan and hesitated to speak, but in the end he left without saying anything and left with a little bitterness.

"Crack, it's over."

"Get ready for the next game."

On January 1th, entering the third week of release, "The Magician", "Sherlock Holmes 15", "Counter War" and "Eight Stars" have all been released one after another.

But none of these films could have a big impact on the box office of "囧".

"The Magician" had a box office of 2040 million on its first day.

"Sherlock Holmes 2" was better than it, and only received 2400 million.

Not to mention "Reverse War" and "Happy Stars", they were all extravagant expectations, and the film's investors suffered a huge loss.

On January 1, at the end of the third week, "囧囧" once again took in 21 million, and the total box office reached 2.19 million, directly breaking the box office record for Chinese films.

When hearing this result, even those who had expected it could not help but be slightly shocked. How could it be this?And it’s too soon, it’s only the third week of release.

By this time, the key to postponement was certain. "Lost in Thailand" had become a phenomenon-level movie, and its low box office decline gave it hope of exceeding one billion.

Such results directly made other companies in the industry red-eyed. Even Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun couldn't help calling and complaining that He Hua was a solitary eater.

"Director Han, I'm not a god. How can I know who makes money and who doesn't? I really looked at the script and it was okay, and the investment wasn't very big, so I just let them try. What you said, I seem to be eating alone on purpose. ."

He was just jealous. He Hua chatted with them for a while and finally promised:
"The big deal is that from now on, you guys will take the majority share of Xu Zheng's movies, and I will take the small share. Is that okay?"

Han Sanping laughed loudly: "This is what you said, we didn't bully you."

"Yes, yes, I voluntarily."

You can worry about it then. How much you earn is also your business.

Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun gave up.

After joining the two major groups, China Film and Shanghai Film Group, other companies can only talk about it and achieve nothing. (End of chapter)