During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 609: Wang Banbi's Devilish Obsession with Picking Chrysanthemums
The flight from Wanwan to Banna only takes three hours.

When Wei Jin and Li Bingbing returned to the hotel where the crew was staying, Zhang Hanyu, Wu Gang, Chen Xi, Song Yi and others happened to be having lunch, talking and laughing.

"What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"

As they were talking, Wei and Jin sat down, opened their bowls and chopsticks and prepared to start eating.

"Boss, you stole Wang Feng's headlines again, hahahaha"

Chen Xi explained, smiling a little exaggeratedly, her slightly plump chest undulating, because this was not the first time.

“You can’t blame me for this.”

Wei Jin was also helpless. He really didn't expect that Wang Toutiao, who was so famous in his previous life, would be one of the participants in this life, and even one of the important participants.

Since September, the quarrel between Wang Feng and his ex-wife was overshadowed by the divorce news between Wang Fei and Li Yapeng, which has overtaken the headlines.

After being silent for nearly two months, Wang Feng was completely in a state of obsession in November.

On the 9th, Wang Feng publicly confessed his love for Zhang Ziyi at his concert. Called the Emperor of Music by his fans, he performed a "Emperor of Music Makes You Happy".

To be honest, although Wang Banbi has a lot of flaws, his status in the music industry is still pretty good.

Although his status is not at the level of a superstar, and he has lost the popularity of "The Voice of China" in this life, he still ranks among the top singers.

And although Zhang Ziyi's popularity has dropped due to her outrageous performances in recent years, her status as one of the Four Dan and Two Bing is still very strong.

The combination of the two was big news in the entertainment industry, but unfortunately Evergrande won the championship that day.

Although the influence of the Chinese Super League is not top-notch in the country, it is at least the first champion in Asia and a historic breakthrough in the field of football.

In this case, confessions at concerts will naturally have to be put aside.

Perhaps he was unwilling to give up, so Wang Feng confessed his love on Weibo two days later and promoted his new album.

Unfortunately, it happened to be the celebration banquet of "Big Shot", and Wei Jin gave a generous red envelope of 2000 million.

To be honest, sending red envelopes is not something that is uncommon, but this was sent by Wei Jin, and the amount was so large that it was the first time in the entertainment industry.

Countless celebrities liked, reposted and flattered the post, and it naturally became a hot topic.

In comparison, Wang Feng and Zhang Ziyi’s relationship itself is nothing new, and netizens are tired of it.

Wang Feng did not give up. Two days later, on the 13th, he released the first song from his new album. He claimed that it was the most important song in his creative career, hoping to make headlines.

As a result, it was directly defeated by Shanhe Media's sky-high price of 8480 million US dollars for the copyright.

Wang Feng, who had been on hiatus for ten days, appeared again yesterday. Taking advantage of Zhang Ziyi's triple Golden Horse Award, he expressed his love while promoting his new album.

Unfortunately, compared to Wei Jin’s opening remarks at the awards ceremony, the sensational effect was too weak and it was crushed again.

When you count them up, three out of these four were taken away directly or indirectly by the Wei and Jin dynasties. This is really a curse.

But Wei Jin knew that Wang Feng's curse, which had lasted for many years, had just begun.
In just three days, the box office of "The Suspect" exceeded 3 million yuan, closing at 2 million yuan.

It seems that the momentum is quite fierce, but Wu Ershan, as a director, does not take it lightly at all. He still leads the main creative team and works tirelessly on the crazy roadshow.

Because the war for the Lunar New Year box office is about to begin, "Suspect" must harvest enough box office revenue before "The Four 2" and "New Police Story 2013" are released.

And that movie "Nomadland" is indeed not very popular with domestic audiences. It has been released for 10 days and the box office has just reached 1.16 million yuan.

The media are jokingly saying that Wei Jin might "suffer a Waterloo" this time and record the lowest box office since "Room".

At the same time, "Dear" officially ended its one-month release period, and its final box office revenue was reported at 7.93 million yuan.

Although it failed to cross the 8 million mark, this result is still very impressive. It is only second to "Big Shot" last month and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" at the beginning of the year, and currently ranks third in the 2013 annual Chinese film box office list.

As a director, Cao Baoping has proved himself again after "The Piano Tuner" and has become a well-deserved big director in the circle. I wonder how many art film directors envy him.

The Beijing Film Academy followed its fine tradition by putting up a banner and pinning Cao Baoping's resume on the official website. After all, the art exam is about to begin.

Naturally, the four major producers are even happier than Beijing Film Academy.

The production and promotion costs of the play "Dear" were less than 3.13 million yuan in total, but the domestic box office share alone was as high as million yuan.

Taking into account the interstitial ads, product placements, and miscellaneous copyright fees, the total revenue attributable to the producers of "Dear" exceeded 4 million.

Even if 3% of the total box office is donated, this part is less than 2400 million, and the overall net profit rate is definitely above 300%, which is a huge profit!
Especially for Yinghuang, although the share of investment this time is not too large, the big sales of the movie is extremely good news for the listed company.

During the period when "Dear" was released, the share price of Yinghuang rose by no less than 20 points, which is much higher than the profit from the movie.

Shanghai Film Studio's Ren Zhonglun was also very happy. This was his first collaboration with Shanhe Media, so he had taken the responsibility of hosting the celebration banquet in advance.

The invitation letters were sent to the industry in advance when the movie’s box office exceeded 6 million.

Under the arrangement of Ren Zhonglun, the celebration banquet on the 25th was of a very large scale and was held at the Royal Hotel.

Although Shanghai Film Group has been at a disadvantage in its competition with China Film Group, as the second largest state-owned enterprise in China, it has considerable influence in the industry.

There were countless production companies, entertainment companies, and celebrity artists in the industry who came to show their support.

Among the main creative team, except Huang Bo who was filming in other places, the rest of Cao Baoping, Zeng Li, Zhou Xun, Zhang Yi, Zhang Songwen and others were all present on the scene.

However, unlike previous celebration banquets, today the producers did not mention too much about the issue of revenue, but instead summarized the achievements made by the film since its inception.

"It took 12 months from the time the company adapted the script in 20 to the official release of the film, with joint promotion from Impression.com, Weibo, the main creative team, celebrities, and the four major producers.

The project "Dear" has helped 136 children who were lost or trafficked to be successfully found. Especially in the month when the movie was released, 23 children have returned to their biological parents."

Of course, the number shared by Chen Zhiming does not mean that only this many families have successfully found their children.

But among all the children who were found, 136 families clearly stated that it was directly or indirectly due to this project.

The guests at the scene also understood the meaning and gave applause generously. This may be the significance of realistic films to society.

In fact, this is one of the reasons why the movie has achieved such a high box office, because there are related news reports almost every day.

At this time, many families crying and holding their heads appeared on the large LED screens on both sides of the stage.

Of course, these were all consulted in advance, and can be regarded as providing some spiritual support to families who are still searching for their relatives.

"Although the movie has been taken off the screen, our care for lost and abducted children will not stop, and we will continue to provide all possible assistance to the [Family Search Organization] in the future."

After the speeches, Lao Chen, Ren Zhonglun and others fulfilled their promise amid the applause of the guests and the flash cameras of the media.

They jointly held up a huge check for 2400 million and handed it to the representative of the [Family Search Organization].

At that moment, the flash lights on the scene were dazzling. At the same time as the celebration party of "Dear", the "Mekong River Crew" also ushered in the last big scene of the movie.

In the huge airport, a large number of armed police were on guard with guns, and a large number of police were silently looking ahead.

The police cars and motorcycles behind them all had their lights on, creating a solemn atmosphere.

Further back, there were a large number of media reporters fiddling with their cameras.

At this moment, everyone was watching the charter plane slowly stopping in front of them.

On the surveillance camera screen, a group of drug trafficking gang members led by Nok Ka walked out one by one wearing blue and white prison uniforms.

He was then taken to a prison van by fully armed special police, and the media reporters outside the cordon immediately pressed the shutter buttons in their hands.

The leading male actor Zhang Hanyu, leaning on a crutch and hugging his arm, walked out of the chartered plane.

He narrowly escaped death, and his eyes revealed an inexplicably complex look, as if he missed and reminisced.
"Click."

Wei Jin repeatedly watched Zhang Hanyu's performance on the monitor, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"This one's passed, the crew is done."

As the order was given, the crew began to pack up all kinds of equipment, and Wei Jin walked towards the logistics manager of Golden Shield.

"Master Xu, thank you for your hard work during this period. Thank you very much."

"Director Wei, what are you talking about? Come out with us. We have also enjoyed a month's vacation, hahahaha"

This is obviously a polite remark. The filming conditions of the crew are quite bad. It is only when they return to Yunnan Province that the conditions are better.

However, Wei Jin appreciated the support and was thinking about cooperating with Golden Shield.

After completing the last big scene, the rest of the filming was easy.

On the 26th, starting from the perspective of the male protagonist Zhang Hanyu;
The crew filmed the scene where the surviving members of the special operations team paid tribute to all their fallen comrades, with the main shot being given to the sacrificed "first-class meritorious dog".

It is worth mentioning that the little girl who appeared on the screen was the child of a staff member of the crew, and she played the role of Gao Gang’s daughter.

On the 27th, Dong Jinsong personally took the stage, carrying a camera, and followed the private discussions and conversations between Zhang Hanyu and Secretary Dakang.

The topic of discussion is whether the second male lead played by Liao Fan has changed after staying in the Golden Triangle for more than ten years?

Faced with this question, Zhang Hanyu answered very decisively, saying that Fang Xinwu has never changed and he has always been a Chinese policeman.

He violated the rules just because of his obsession with revenge for his girlfriend.

Having achieved his great revenge, he was determined to die, so he finally chose to sacrifice himself to complete the mission!

This scene was very simple and was completed in just one morning.

In the afternoon, Wei Jin and Lin Chaoxian reviewed all the shots they had taken, checking for omissions and making every effort to achieve perfection.

At night, in the hotel restaurant, Wei Jin shouted out those words in front of everyone in the crew:
"Now I declare that the film Operation Mekong has officially finished filming. Thank you for your hard work over the past 40 days."

"Mr. Wei, you're welcome." Everyone in the crew responded in unison.

"Tonight, everyone must be drunk before leaving."

"it is good!"

The drama "Operation Mekong" has attracted much attention since the project was launched. Although reporters were not allowed to visit the set, how could the completion of filming be concealed?
The crew's wrap party hadn't even ended yet, but media reports had already come out.

"It is reported that Operation Mekong, a main-theme commercial blockbuster adapted from a real case, was jointly produced by Shanhe Media, China Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group, Wanda, Golden Shield, and Fiber Optic; directed by Wei Jin, and starred by Zhang Hanyu, Liao Fan, Li Bingbing, Song Yi, etc. The film has officially wrapped up today."

The atmosphere on the crew side is pretty good.

Lead actress Li Bingbing is worthy of being one of the four great actresses and two great ice beauties. She is a heroine among wine lovers and she never refuses anything that comes her way.

Jin Chen's alcohol tolerance was surprisingly not bad. After drinking some, he acted like a bit of a lunatic, and the charm of the Queen of the Sea was revealed for the first time.

But the leading male role Zhang Hanyu was quite disappointing. He had only drunk less than two taels of liquor and he begged for mercy with a red face. His tough guy image collapsed completely.

Fortunately, there were Zhou Yiwei and Xie Miao, both of whom had a good alcohol tolerance, and they finally supported the male compatriots.

It is worth mentioning that Xie Miao’s scenes had actually been finished long ago, but he was willing to stay in the crew to help, and Wei Jin would not refuse. The worst that could happen was that he would just give him more opportunities in the future.

After the excitement died down, Jin Chen and Song Yi, who seemed half drunk, came to Wei Jin's room at the same time to ask for advice on acting.

After all, they also knew that if they returned to the capital, they would not be able to catch up.

However, Jin Chen did not expect that this role would be so difficult that it would take more than an hour of preliminary preparation.

"Director, is this really necessary?"

"Jin Chen, you know that you are not a professional actor. If you want to improve your acting skills, you need to open up your Ren and Du meridians. Only in this way can you go far in this journey."

"What about Song Yi?"

"Snapped!"

Wei Jin slapped Jin Chen's buttocks. With her profound dance skills, her buttocks were very elastic and immediately created a wave of movement.

"The most important thing for an actor is to recognize his own abilities. Xiaoyi is gifted, so there is no need to develop his remaining potential for the time being."

"Alright Jinchen, follow my process and continue two more times. Now I will shoot Xiaoyi's scenes first."

After saying this, Wei Jin pulled Song Yi up from under him, adjusted the camera position and the actor's movements, and started filming.

Wei Jin had to admit that Song Yi was indeed very talented.

Even in some scenes, she can bring surprises to herself, who is well-informed. She is definitely a treasure girl.

In the pleasure of shooting wave after wave, Song Yi gradually lost himself and released more of his nature.

At a certain moment, Song Yi showed her top acting skills with a dazed look in her eyes and slightly parted red lips.

As a director, Wei Jin naturally would not miss this wonderful shot and expressed his praise generously.

"Very good, now let me help you open up your Ren and Du meridians."

After saying this, Wei Jin concentrated his energy on his dantian and tightly clamped Jin Chen's slender waist with both hands.

That night, with the help of the great director Wei Jin, Jin Chen truly felt the scenery of another world.

That was a happiness she had never imagined.
(End of this chapter)