During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 518: The Insurmountable Mountain

The first weekend of February has just passed, and the attention of the entire film industry is focused on the media headlines.

"The domestic science fiction blockbuster "Gravity" has officially been released, with a box office of 18.12 billion, setting a new box office record!"

"Half a year later, Gravity once again pushed the box office record of the film market to nearly 3 million, and the industry ushered in rapid development."

"Will 18.12 billion be the upper limit for domestic films? Or will it become a mountain that other directors cannot overcome?"

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The entire internet was full of praise. The Weibo accounts of China Film Group, Wanda Media, and Shanhe Media were all filled with posts about Gravity. Even Aviation Science and Industry Corporation of China issued a rare notice:

“Congratulations to Gravity for breaking the box office record. The space station in the film is still science fiction now, but it will definitely be realized in the near future. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has always been dedicated to the country's aerospace industry and remains committed to it.”

Wow, as soon as this announcement came out, the level of prestige instantly increased, and people couldn't help but feel refreshed.

As expected, Wei Jin received a lot of congratulatory calls and WeChat messages.

After waiting for the replies one by one, Wei Jin took some time to pay attention to the domestic film market.

I have to say that the series is really awesome. Despite the repeated changes in the leading actors, "Skyfall" still performs well at the domestic box office.

The movie has been released for nearly two weeks and the total box office is approaching 3 million, which is the best result in the history of this series.

However, "Cloud Atlas", produced and directed by the Wachowski siblings, starring Tom Hanks and starring Zhou Xun and Zhu Zhu, did not perform very well.

Although it earned more than 70 million yuan at the box office in the first four days of the weekend, the daily revenue has been declining and it is simply not stable. I am afraid that it will become cannon fodder in the subsequent Spring Festival period.

"Xiao Jin, I think this movie is pretty good, quite brain-burning. Is it because of the local climate?"

Zeng Li, who had just blow-dried her hair, hugged Wei Jin's neck from behind and looked at the page on her phone, somewhat confused.

Wei Jin reached out, held the fragrant beauty in his arms, and explained:
"Sister Li, the domestic version cut about 40 minutes. What do you think?"

Zeng Li understood as soon as she heard this. For a sci-fi brain-burning film like this, if it was cut by a few minutes, let alone forty minutes, the audience might not be able to understand it. The current box office success was probably mostly due to the special effects.

"What a pity! Mr. Zhou made such a great sacrifice."

"Ha ha."

Wei Jin was amused by Zeng Li's words, "With her washboard figure, I'm afraid the audience won't be interested in her."

"Just do what you want."

Zeng Li rolled her eyes at Wei Jin, then stood up and prepared to go to bed.

Looking at the beautiful woman's round buttocks under her thin pajamas, Wei Jin walked up to her and hugged her from behind, his hands unconsciously moving up and down, probing frantically between the snow-capped mountains and the depressions.

"Sister Li, the heroine worth 18 billion, how are you going to thank me?"

Wei Jin's skills were amazing, and coupled with the heat coming from her buttocks, the elder sister's face soon turned red, and her body seemed to have no strength left. She bit her red lips and said coquettishly, "I really can't do anything with you."

After saying this, the beauty turned around and squatted down, giving Wei Jin infinite tenderness and warmth.
Maybe it’s really because the New Year is approaching, there are so many new things happening in the entertainment industry.

A post titled [Farewell My Concubine was not filmed by poet Chen!] instantly became popular on the Internet, causing an uproar.

The post is full of conspiracy theories and the content is heartbreaking.

"The only works that poet Chen can show off are Yellow Earth in 1983 and Farewell My Concubine in 1993.

"Yellow Earth" is the first collaboration between Chen and Zhang. Although the director is signed as poet Chen, it is clearly Zhang Yimou's style.

As for Farewell My Concubine, Chen Huaikai used his influence to attract the most luxurious production team and actors at the time, and in his last days, he taught his son how to shoot the film, and finally regarded the right of authorship as his legacy, helping poet Chen take the lead.

There was an uproar inside and outside the circle. In the past, netizens only questioned and ridiculed poet Chen's ability, but this post denied poet Chen's achievements from the root.

Regardless of whether it was true or not, this post went viral and became a huge hit.

A large number of netizens believed this post, because the quality of Chen Shiren's films has been declining over the past decade, with countless bad reviews and bad films.

It’s really hard to imagine that the Palme d’Or director is at this level?

The appearance of this post can be said to be a perfect answer to this question.

Faced with the doubts, poet Chen became furious and immediately arranged for the company to send a lawyer's letter.

He bluntly said that most of the actors in the "Farewell My Concubine" crew were still alive and could be confronted face to face. He warned the rumormongers to delete their posts immediately and apologize, otherwise legal action would be taken.

Not only that, the official website of Chen Shishi's company also reprimanded the major media outlets that forwarded this post, saying that as a public opinion platform, it is a shameful act of wasting public resources to create trouble without investigation and irresponsibility.
I almost shouted out the classic saying "People cannot be so shameless."

As a well-known director in the circle, as soon as poet Chen spoke, countless celebrities and artists in the circle as well as the front and backstage of the "Farewell My Concubine" crew jumped out to express their solidarity and support and refute the rumors on the Internet.

Although the post was eventually deleted, the incident still caused a big stir because netizens were convinced of the truth of the matter.

There were a lot of discussions online, and some people even went to Wei Jin's Weibo to ask for his opinion. Even Chen Xi, with a gossipy look on his face, came to ask during a break in the crew's filming.

"It doesn't matter what I think. Once the seeds of doubt are planted, it's hard to remove them. Unless Director Chen makes another high-quality film, it doesn't have to catch up with the Palme d'Or of Farewell My Concubine. Any of the three major European awards will do."

Listening to Wei Jinyun's calm explanation, Chen Xi pouted: "Boss, do you think the three major European countries are just playing house? It's not that easy."

"Then there is no other way. If he doesn't break the impasse, he will never be able to escape this suspicion in his lifetime."

Seeing that Chen Xi wanted to say something, Wei Jin interrupted her directly: "Okay, hurry up and complete the task, the New Year is coming soon."

"Hey, boss, you should combine work and rest. You are a quick shooter, it will be no problem. Believe in yourself."

Wei and Jin Dynasties: “0.0”

The premiere of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was very grand. After all, it is Stephen Chow's movie, which comes with box office and fans.

Perhaps he really wants to enter the film and television industry, Boss Ma actually attended the premiere in person. It was obvious that he was here to extend an olive branch.

Zhou Xingxing readily accepted this. To him, it didn’t matter who the partner was, as long as it didn’t hinder him from making money.

Even when facing big capital, Zhou Xingxing's rare emotional intelligence came online and he started to flatter on the spot.

“Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is perfect, but the only regret is that Mr. Ma did not play the role of Sun Wukong!”

Boss Ma was not polite at all: "Director Zhou asked me to play the role of Sun Wukong, but I didn't agree, not because I didn't like it, but because my schedule was too full and the pay was too high.

In fact, I agree with his idea very much, it is so imaginative. Although I am not a professional actor, I feel that I am like the Monkey King, both of us are brave enough to fight and roar to the sky." However, Boss Ma was still somewhat conscious and did not continue to steal the show, and the interview on stage also returned to normal.

Perhaps it was because Wei Jin had repeatedly raised the upper limit of movie box office revenue, so when facing reporters' box office expectations, Zhou Xingxing seemed very confident.

“After CJ2, I spent more than two years polishing the script, from project approval to filming, to the more than half a year of polishing the special effects of mountains and rivers in ink painting, and now to the release, which took another two years.

I believe that the audience will see my sincerity, and I also believe that the movie box office will have a new breakthrough."

“Are you confident that it will surpass Lost in Thailand?”

As soon as the reporter's words came out, everyone looked at Huang Bai, because he was the only one in this place who could do whatever he wanted.

"Of course, I think there is hope. After all, it's Director Zhou's Journey to the West, hahahaha"

That evening, the media was dominated by the premiere of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

"Ali Ma's boss appeared at the premiere of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and highly praised the movie."

"Zhou Xingxing has spent four years honing his skills and is full of sincerity in Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons!"

"10 billion Golden Horse Award winner Huang Bo said jokingly that the box office of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is expected to surpass that of Lost in Thailand."

In just two or three days, several movies scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival all held their premiere in Beijing.

Yang Mi has high expectations for "Seattle" and announced a box office goal of 6 million in front of reporters. She wants to move forward step by step.

Zhang Ziyi is not far behind. Three years ago, her first film as a producer, "Perfect Match", achieved a box office of over 3 million yuan, and now the second film is here.

With the momentum of "The Grandmaster", Zhang Ziyi shouted out the slogan that the box office of "Perfect Match 2" will double and exceed 2 million.

In contrast, Zhen Zidan is getting back to normal, starring in the romance film "Together" with Lei Yaoliang, the director of "Special Identity".

He didn't even dare to shout out the box office target at the premiere, but instead flirted with Chen Yanxi, who was more than 20 years younger than him.

Movies are gearing up for the Spring Festival season, and the smoke of war is beginning to spread, but no one knows how many will survive.

At the same time, Wei Jin took advantage of his quick shooting ability and completed the location shooting in Nevada the day before New Year's Eve.

"Francis, I plan to give everyone a holiday for the next few days. On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, oh, that is, the 13th, we will officially start the next location shooting."

Francis understood Chinese culture to some extent, and after this period of cooperation, she had a new understanding of Wei Jin's speed, so she nodded and said:

"It's fine on my end, but I need three days off for the Berlin Film Festival."

"Of course, this was agreed upon in advance. I will focus on filming other people's scenes at that time, so don't worry."

Wei Jin responded with a smile, and then said sincerely: "Also, I wish you all the best in advance for winning the trophy."

"Haha, then I'll borrow your good words, Wei."

At this point, Mrs. Cohen's face showed a mischievous smile again: "But Wei, Matt and I are competitors, do you really want me to win the award?"

"Francis, Matt is still young. He will understand. Haha."

Wei Jin also found it amusing to see this old naughty boy, and then he called all the crew members to gather together.

"Everyone, according to Chinese customs, I am here to wish you all a happy Chinese New Year and a happy family."

After saying this, Wei Jin nodded towards Chen Xi, who immediately took out the red envelope he had prepared.

"Happy New Year."

The North American actors who received the red envelopes all felt it was magical. They could get red envelopes before the filming was even finished. The Chinese custom is really great.

So the actors were also shouting:

"Happy New Year!"

Since 09, Wei Jin has not celebrated the Spring Festival with Zeng Li and Da Meiyuan. Although they are now in a foreign country, the three of them still recall the madness of that year.

Even Dudu is the result of that experience.

To celebrate, Wei Jin and Zeng Li personally cooked and prepared a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner.

It was a rare occasion for Dudu to eat dishes cooked by Wei Jin. Although the taste was a bit spicy, the little girl enjoyed the meal very much.

After a warm dinner, Wei Jin began to reply to messages, because it was already the morning of the first day of the new year in China.

After a busy period, the family gathered on the sofa and watched the online video of the Spring Festival Gala. There is still a sense of ritual.

This year's chief director is still Ha Wen.

The opening was awesome, with 48 CCTV hosts singing in chorus, which immediately brought the atmosphere of the Spring Festival Gala to its fullest.

The song programs "Taste of China" and "The Twelve Zodiac Signs" followed naturally, and the following "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" and "Spring Flowers Blooming" were quite appropriate.

The performance programs are pretty good, but the language programs are really unbearable without Lao Zhao.

A few skits started out preachy and not very funny, and even the old friends from Happy Twist didn't come up with anything special.

The crosstalk performed by Lao Guo and Teacher Yu did not make much of a splash, and the comments section received mixed reviews.

There is no way. The highlight of the crosstalk program itself lies in the jokes, but on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, many jokes cannot be made. This is a big limitation. Even with Lao Guo's skills, it is difficult to display them well.

However, when Wei Jin saw Lao Guo's apprentice Cao, he felt a little emotional. He didn't know whether the two would fight backstage.

However, there was some news in the comment section that someone really was fighting backstage.

Wang Erge from Taiwan, who sang "The Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs", slapped the great magician Liu Qian twice backstage.

The whistleblower also made it sound very convincing, saying that Dong Qing was putting on makeup backstage, and Lao Guo and Teacher Yu were rehearsing their lines, and they all saw it, but no one asked about it, and no one dared to stop them.
Zeng Li and Da Meiyuan both watched it as a joke. After all, in their opinion, this was the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and no matter how famous they were, they would never do such a thing.

Wei Jin didn't know whether it was true or not. With his status, it was impossible for him to go and ask the people participating in the Spring Festival Gala.

However, he did remember that Wang Laoer and Li Qintian seemed to have unfollowed each other after that, and Liu Magic did not appear in the Spring Festival Gala afterwards, so maybe it was not groundless.

But this has little to do with him. He hugs the two beauties and continues to enjoy the Spring Festival Gala.

As the unchanging teacher Li Guyi led many singers to perform "Unforgettable Tonight", the Year of the Dragon completely became a thing of the past.
(End of this chapter)