During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 602: The Rage of Miss Cai

As Wei Jin expected, with the blessing of extremely high reputation, "Dear" performed exceptionally well.

After earning 6580 million on the first day, the box office saw another wave of growth as the weekend approached.

On the second day of its release, it closed at 7460 million. On the third day, it fell back, but still above the 7080 million threshold, closing at million.

In the first three days of the weekend, "Dear" earned 2.11 million yuan, which shocked the entire production industry.

Because the first week box office has surpassed "The Dragon King" which dominated the summer blockbuster.

Although it has some disadvantages in terms of release date, judging from the film’s much better reputation, the box office of "Dear" is very likely to surpass "Shendu Dragon King" and reach the 8 million mark!
You know, the latter is a 1.8 million yuan big production, and it is also a martial arts detective film directed by Xu Ke.

It is really hard to accept that it was surpassed by a small- to medium-budget, literary and realistic film.

And what Cao Baoping said at the premiere was really taken seriously by art film directors.

Perhaps this type of subject matter that focuses on social reality is the real direction?
In any case, "Dear" has shown great potential in this unpopular time period.

Of course, the film market is limited in size, and other films are inevitably affected.

The first to be affected is "Special Identity".

Due to Yangzi’s previous foul language, the theater chain did not tolerate it and the screening schedule has been cut to less than 15%.

With the release of "Dear" squeezing the box office, "Special Identity" suffered another heavy blow.

It has been released for 10 days and the box office has only grossed 1.26 million yuan, with the single-day box office falling below one million.

Everyone in the industry is certain that this movie won’t last a few more days, and Juli Pictures will definitely suffer huge losses!
In addition, two dramas produced by Shanhe Media were also greatly affected.

"Big Shot" is doing well, as it has reached the end of its release period. After one weekend, it earned another 2460 million and closed at 14.56 billion.

With the current daily revenue of 15 to million, it will take about ten days to steadily reach the billion mark.

On the contrary, the performance of "Outstanding Citizen" has become somewhat weak after crossing the 100 million yuan mark.

It has been released for two weeks and the box office has reached 1.52 million yuan, but the daily box office has dropped to around five million yuan.

Although there is little hope of breaking 200 million, there will be no problem in breaking Zhang Yimou's record for art films.

With only a few days left in November, a large number of movies are undergoing their final promotional activities.

Including the movies in the Lunar New Year period, they are all ready and waiting to enter the theaters.

The film market is bustling, and filming at Wei Jin has not stopped.

Thanks to the strong support of relevant departments and the high professional qualities of the actors, the progress has been quite good.

The scenes to be filmed today are those of Song Yi, who plays the girlfriend of the second male lead Fang Xinwu in "Operation Mekong".

Because the scenes were relatively concentrated, the crew used local materials and set up the shooting location directly in a theater in the city center.

At this time, Song Yi was putting on makeup in the backstage dressing room of the theater. The first scene she was going to act out was the drug-related process, as well as the subsequent scene where she was blackmailed by drug dealers with photos.

Wei Jin plans to complete this scene in one day, and finish the scenes in Yunnan Province tomorrow. Then the crew can move to the Golden Triangle area for filming.

The crew will be there to complete most of the core action scenes, explosion scenes and chase scenes of "Operation Mekong".

In view of this, whether today's scene can be concluded smoothly is related to the crew's transition time.

So when Song Yi's makeup was finished, Wei Jin specially narrated the play for him again.

"The role is about the girlfriend of a drug enforcement officer who has been dating for ten years. I am a dancer with a graceful figure, so when you perform on stage, you must be confident and sunny.
But after being lured into drug use by drug dealers step by step, her state completely changed. She had to hide it from her boyfriend, and at the same time, she was forced to steal confidential information from her boyfriend and harm him. She was full of entanglements and struggles. So eye contact is particularly important.

"Okay, I understand, Director Wei." Song Yi nodded heavily and said seriously.

Wei Jin didn't say much. He turned around and glanced at the situation at the scene. He saw that Liao Fan and Lu Huiguang, who played the villain, were already in place.

So he went behind the monitor, picked up the loud speaker and shouted.

"Attention all units, prepare for action!"

The camera moves from bottom to top, and Song Yi's graceful figure in a gauze dress with suspenders is immediately reflected on the monitor screen.
Perhaps it was the effect of Wei Jin's previous talk about the play; or perhaps it was due to Song Yi's background as a Chinese opera actor and his long-term experience honing his acting skills at the National Theatre of China; in any case, the filming of this scene went quite smoothly.

He passed the test with only one NG, and Wei Jin even got two wins.

When the scene transitioned to the stage, Song Yi's state was different again. This was the happiest moment of his girlfriend in Fang Xinwu's memory.

This scene was even simpler, basically it was easy to do and it could be done in just one take.

Then, the state switched and Song Yi's last part of the scene came.

Anti-drug police officer Liao Fan and drug dealer Philip Kwok fought on stage, fighting for their lives.

During the fight, the prop iron frame on the stage collapsed, knocking down the pistol that the two men were fighting over, and it just happened to slide under the feet of Song Yi, who was wearing a red dress and barefoot.

On the verge of collapse, she picked up the gun and shot wildly at the drug dealers.

Unfortunately, she had never touched a gun before, so she missed the target and allowed the drug dealer to escape successfully.

Song Yi, who was completely mentally broken, looked at her boyfriend numbly, tears streaming down her eyes, and finally shot herself.
"Click."

After Wei Jin repeatedly watched the shots, he nodded and said, "OK, this one passed."

"Congratulations, Song Yi! Good luck on the finale!"

Although Song Yi did not have many roles, he was an actor in the company and had been with the crew for more than ten days, so Chen Xi even sent him flowers.

The rest of the crew also expressed their congratulations. In fact, he was the first actor in the main creative team to finish filming.

Jin Chen and those special actors definitely don’t count.

After Song Yi took the bouquet, he smiled shyly.

"Thank you Director Wei, thank you Producer Chen."

In the evening, Wei Jin arranged for the crew to have a mushroom soup pot meal in the city, as a celebration for Song Yi's completion of the filming.

At the table, producer Chen Xi explained the specific arrangements for tomorrow.

Since the remaining scenes are basically scraps, some of the crew members can set off with their equipment before noon tomorrow.

Others who have filming tasks can set off with the accompanying personnel of relevant departments, and the local border defense system has also been contacted in advance.

After explaining the itinerary, Chen Xi's face turned serious.

"Everyone must be careful. Although it has been developed into a tourist destination and is quite prosperous, after the crew finishes work, try not to go out if you can. Safety comes first."

Hearing this, Wei Jin also nodded: "Chen Xi is right, I hope everyone will take it seriously and don't take it lightly, understand?" Wei Jin is not only the director, he is also the boss of everyone in the crew. Basically no one dares to disobey his words, and everyone nodded in agreement.

After the dinner, Wei Jin and assistant director Lin Chaoxian reviewed the day's filming before returning to the hotel's presidential suite.

I found that Liu Yan had already taken Song Yi to take a bath in the hot spring pool in the room.

In the bathtub, there was mist and water vapor, and one could vaguely see Liu Yan's snow-white hemisphere floating on the water. The visual effect was quite explosive.

Song Yi, who was standing aside, seemed a little embarrassed, with a blush all over her pretty face, which made her fair skin look even more dazzling.

"Boss, come and take a bath to relieve your fatigue."

Liu Yan greeted them while pouring water on herself.

"Ah."

Wei Jin quickly untied himself and walked into the bath, sitting down next to Liu Yan.

I have to say, after a tiring day, a bath in water over 40 degrees can really help you feel refreshed.

"Boss, take a break, I'll give you a massage"

Seeing this, Song Yi, who was standing by, also moved over to Wei Jin, stretched out his slender hands, and gently massaged his shoulders.

"Oh~~ Really good~~"

The water temperature of over 40 degrees, coupled with the smooth skin, made Wei Jin moan involuntarily, and a pair of hands began to caress the two hot bodies.

Perhaps it was because the water temperature was too high, or perhaps it was because Wei Jin's martial arts skills were too strong, but before the meal even started, he noticed that Song Yi's breathing beside him became a little rapid.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Song Yi's pretty face was incredibly red, she was biting her tender red lips, and her big eyes seemed to be full of spring.

"Haha, it seems that Xiaoyi has been feeling very depressed these days~~"

Facing Wei Jin's teasing, Song Yi did not respond, but his pair of slender legs immersed in the water became more entangled.

Since "Xuan-Yuan Sword" and "Flowers and Youth", Rouba is no longer an unknown figure in the industry.

Judging from her level of more than two million followers on Weibo, she can barely be considered a quasi-second-tier actress and is also well-known in the industry.

Especially after Liu Shishi set up her studio, Rouba can definitely be called the number one sugar queen.

But no one expected that such a second-tier actress, who Lin Gengxin claimed had signed a contract with Tang Ren for 15 years, would directly announce the termination of her contract with Tang Ren, and Tang Ren had no response to this!

What is even more jaw-dropping is that Mixing Entertainment’s official Weibo account immediately released an announcement to the outside world.

"We welcome actress Dilirouba to join Mixing Entertainment. We hope to work together to create brilliance in the future."

A Weibo post specifically tagged Rouba, and the latter also replied.

"I am very happy to join Mixing Entertainment and hope to grow and progress with the company in the future. Thank you Sister Mi and Sister Jia for your support!"

As soon as the official announcement from both parties came out, it quickly became a hot topic.

It’s not because Rouba and Mixing Entertainment have much face, but because everyone in the circle knows the grudge between Yang Mi and Tangren.

From the perspective of the industry, Yang Mi is definitely trying to poach Tang Ren's customers and slap Ms. Cai in the face!
A large number of onlookers have already made up their own imaginations of the wonderful scripts of "sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall" and "Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't despise the young and poor".

For a time, Yang Mi attracted a large number of career fans, including fans of artists such as Tang Yan and Lin Gengxin who had been suppressed by sugar people.

It is obvious that this group of people regard Yang Mi as the vanguard of the "anti-sugar" movement.

Rouba also gained recognition from many "bees", and his Weibo fans increased dramatically in an instant.

A world where only Miss Sugar Man Cai is injured has been achieved!
"Bang! This ungrateful bastard actually surrendered to the enemy. I'm so pissed off!!"

Miss Cai slapped the desk hard, and she didn't know whether it was because of the pain or excitement, her body was shaking slightly, her teeth were clenched, and her eyes were bloodshot.

If Ms. Cai could still accept Rouba's termination of the contract, then joining Yang Mi was something she could not tolerate.

What does the outside world think of this?
Tangren's position as the future number one actress is not as good as an artist under Yang Mi. How badly is she oppressed?
After Sugar Man, will it be possible to sign new people?
"No wonder she didn't tell me where she was going that day, you're such a good bitch!!"

Miss Cai roared while feeling deeply regretful.

If she had known this would happen, she would never have agreed to terminate the contract even at the risk of continuing the lawsuit!
The secretary was also trembling. Who could have thought that Rouba would do something unconventional? I thought he had taken advantage of Wei Jin and was going to set up a studio.

"Then, Mr. Cai, what should we do now? The company's phone is almost bombarded with calls from the media."

After hearing what the secretary said, Ms. Cai suppressed her anger and thought about a solution.

The only solution now is to go with the flow, let's part ways in peace and establish a positive image for Sugar Man!

"Positive response to the media: Tangren and Rouba's contract termination was voluntary on both sides. As for where she wants to go after the termination, it is her freedom and the company is not in a position to say more.

Also, send out more press releases about Shishi, isn’t she about to wrap up? And Jinchen, hype her up as well.”

"Okay, Mr. Cai, I'll do it right away."

Wei Jin didn't know about Miss Cai's hysteria. At this time, he had already moved his crew to the Golden Triangle.

In both past and present lives, this was the first time that Wei Jin came here.

This developed area in the Golden Triangle, which is only 200 kilometers away from the border, is similar to third- and fourth-tier cities in China.

Of course, from the perspective of architectural style, there are still obvious differences from that in China.

As it was already evening when they arrived, the crew did not start work and went straight to the hotel to rest.

At nine o'clock the next morning, all the crew members were ready and the filming location was in a large shopping mall here.

This scene was shot about the special operations team's deal with the villain team, followed by exposure, firefight, car speed, and chase!
This scene is very large and requires a lot of shots to be coordinated. Wei Jin and Lin Chaoxian are each responsible for a part.

Dong Jinsong, the chief photographer, had to coordinate 7 cameras.

However, the crew of Shanhe Media are well-tested, and as long as they are well prepared, they can easily handle this kind of scene.

At this moment, each team is doing the final confirmation work before starting up.

About a quarter of an hour later, the crew sent signals that they were in position one after another. Wei Jin sat behind the monitor and took out the walkie-talkie to issue instructions.

"All units, take note, countdown is thirty seconds."

"action!"

With Wei Jin's order, the filming of the second half of Operation Mekong officially began.
(End of this chapter)