During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 622: Refusing to Advise the Forgotten Woman
Shanhe Media, inside the chairman’s office.

Facing Wu Ershan's expectant gaze, Wei Jin was silent for a while, and finally shook his head.

"Director Wu Ershan, the idea is great, but I don't think this project is a success"

"why?"

Wu Ershan's face was full of confusion. This was not the answer he wanted, so before Wei Jin could answer, he began to argue:

"Mr. Wei, are you worried about the return on investment? There is no need to worry about this. The story of the Conferred God has a large mass base. Once it is put on the big screen, it will definitely have huge market potential."

It can be seen that Wu Ershan is really concerned about this project. He, who was not very good at speaking, now starts to talk incessantly and his words are extremely seductive.

Perhaps Wu Ershan in his previous life also relied on this method to deceive huge investments?
But even without considering the mess of the "Fengshen" trilogy known in previous lives, just based on Wei Jin's original intention, he would not agree to develop this project.

"Director Wu Ershan, if you have finished speaking, why not listen to my reasons?"

"Sorry, Mr. Wei, please speak."

As Wu Ershan bowed slightly apologetically, Wei Jin began to explain the reasons for his refusal.

It is undeniable that "Fengshen" is indeed a very good IP.

Since the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Zhonglin completed the epic story of the Shang and Zhou dynasties based on the work of his predecessors.

After three or four hundred years of circulation, "The Investiture of the Gods" does have a strong mass base in the Chinese cultural circle, and it can even be said to be a household name.

The influence of such a masterpiece is countless times greater than that of best-selling novels such as "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Joy of Life".

But precisely because of this, there have been so many adaptations of "Fengshen" over the years, some of which are even classics.

Under such circumstances, Wu Ershan wanted to bring the story of Fengshen to the big screen, but the adaptation and development was extremely difficult.

Since we cannot surpass others, we can only repeat what others have said.

For example, over the years, there have been countless film and television adaptations of "Journey to the West", but the only truly successful movie is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Indeed, with the ability of Shanhe Media's screenwriting department, they may be able to find a reasonable angle to interpret this mythological masterpiece.

Even cost issues and production cycles can be controlled within a reasonable range by Shanhe Media's current team.

However, Shanhe Media itself already has a mature IP and a large number of scripts. Why does it have to spend a lot of manpower, material resources, time and money to gamble that this IP can be revitalized?
In addition, there is another issue that cannot be ignored, and that is copyright.

According to China's copyright law, the copyright of a work held by an individual is lifetime and lasts for fifty years after the author's death.

Ancient works like the Four Great Classics and Investiture of the Gods have no copyright protection and can be adapted by any Chinese person.

Wei and Jin could foresee that, given Shanhe Media’s status in the industry, once the first part of Fengshen was a success, there would be many follow-up works.

Those shoddy works will consume the audience's enthusiasm and expectations for deification in a very short time.

By the time the second or third films are released, the entire film market may have become a mess.

Just like the youth-themed romance films that have sprung up like mushrooms in the past two years, they disappeared in just three or four years.

However, the two most difficult things in the world are: one is to put the money from other people's pockets into your own pocket, and the other is to instill your own ideas into others.

Especially successful directors like Wu Ershan have their own ideas and are difficult to convince.

After listening to Wei Jin's explanation, he was silent for a long time, and finally, he raised his head.

"Boss Wei, if the company is unwilling to invest, according to the agreement, I can seek other investors, right?"

"Of course, it's your right."

Wei Jin had lost his patience at this time, but Wu Ershan still chose to push forward this project, which meant that the second part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" might have to consider changing cast.

But Wei Jin did not expect that Wu Ershan actually made a request, which was that he hoped that today's conversation should not be disclosed.

Wei Jin could understand this, because the story of "The Escape Plan" being stillborn was no longer a secret in the circle.

Given Wei Jin's current status, it might be really difficult for anyone to take over a project that he was not optimistic about, so he nodded in the face of Wu Ershan's slightly uneasy look.

"Row."

"Thank you, Mr. Wei. I'll take my leave now."

"Ah."

Looking at Wu Ershan's departing back, Wei Jin's face showed an inexplicable expression.

He had a premonition that perhaps from now on, they would drift further and further apart.
Wu Ershan's incident did not affect Wei Jin's mood, because Shanhe Media was now strong and would not eat hairy pigs without Zhang the butcher.

Therefore, Wei Jin still notified the screenwriter department to complete the second adaptation of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" according to the original plan, and explained the general direction of the adaptation.

After leaving the screenwriting department, Wei Jin came to Shanhe Shuimo, originally wanting to see if Lao Mouzi was there. After all, he is also a director who is good at pictures, and there is no problem taking over the second part of "Ghost Blowing Light".

Unexpectedly, I didn't meet Zhang Yimou, but ran into Wu Jing who came to check the progress of the post-production.

The post-production of "Wolf Warrior" is really being done slowly. According to Wu Jing's estimate, it will be completed around the end of the year.

It took nearly four months, which is really a slow and meticulous process for a movie with not many special effects.

However, Wei Jin did not expect that after talking about the movie, Wu Jing actually talked to him about love matters, which made Wei Jin very helpless.

"Old Wu, if you want to propose, there's no need to make it so complicated. Just get straight to the point."

"How can that be possible?"

Wu Jing had a baby face and a serious expression: "This is a lifelong thing. I want to give Nan Nan a good memory."

"But man, I don't have any experience, do I?"

"No, Mr. Wei, I have made a few plans. Can you use your rich emotional experience to help me with some advice and make Nan Nan moved?"

"Okay, let's talk about it." "At first I was thinking of proposing while diving at the beach, which would be more romantic; but I also thought that flying a helicopter and proposing to her in the blue sky would be more memorable; then I thought that since she is the host, why not suddenly appear on her show as a surprise."

After saying several ideas in a row, Wu Jing was a little moved by himself: "Boss Wei, if it were you, which one would you choose?"

"Forehead"

This made Wei Jin stunned. All he could say was that straight men’s romance was just that simple.

However, if Wei Jin really had to choose, he might have to use all of them. After all, if he really wanted to get married, it wouldn't be as simple as just one or two.

But in Wu Jing's eyes, Wei Jin's expression seemed to be a matter of not interfering in other people's feelings. He was quite generous and said:
"It's okay, just say it."

"Old Wu, your ideas are all good."

Wei Jin really didn't have the talent to be an emotional mentor, but he spent a lot of time with the girl, so he changed the subject: "But everyone has a different personality, and the points of being touched may be different."

"Oh? What do you say?"

"For example, Xie Nan, I feel like she's a very easy-going person, maybe it's more appropriate for her to speak directly and honestly, without having to go around in circles."

"No way? Wouldn't that seem insincere? What if I get rejected?"

Wu Jing was a little dumbfounded. He felt that such a big thing should not be taken too seriously.

"The truth is in the ordinary. You two have been together for several years. How could she refuse? As long as you are sincere enough, she will definitely accept it."

Wei Jin's words were by no means nonsense. A straight man like Wu Jing was a down-to-earth person and was not suitable for fancy operations. On the contrary, sincerity was his ultimate weapon!

"Yeah, that makes sense. Didn't I win her over with my sincerity? You are indeed worthy of me, President Wei. I will listen to you."

"That's right, I'm looking forward to attending the wedding, haha."

"No problem, that's a must."

In the film market, "The Killing" has completely entered the harvest mode.

In just eight days, the box office directly exceeded the 5.13 million mark, closing at million, and the single-day box office still remained at a high level of around million.

In comparison, the single-day box office of "Personal Tailor" dropped quite sharply. In just half a month, the daily revenue was less than 15 million.

The total box office has also been surpassed by "The Last Thing", closing at 5.02 million.

However, "New Police Story 2013", which has entered its third week, is still supported by relevant departments, and its daily box office remains stable at to million.

The total box office also exceeded the 5.35 million mark, closing at million.

In addition to the three blockbusters, there are also many low-budget movies competing in the Lunar New Year box office, but only a few can survive.

This bloody fight seemed to have completely ignited the enthusiasm for the Lunar New Year holiday, and countless upcoming films began a frenzied publicity campaign, including those for the Spring Festival.

Ning Hao is still busy with the finishing work of "Lost in Thailand", but the creative team of "The Unknown" has already started promoting it on variety shows.

The two Hong Kong movies "The Man from Macau" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" which are scheduled to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year and are in direct competition with "Nobody" are also being promoted very vigorously.

Especially for "Journey to the West", which claimed to have invested 5 million yuan, perhaps due to too much pressure to make a profit, it actually did something unprecedented.

Various behind-the-scenes footage, including Zhen Zidan’s makeup videos, are released continuously.

The purpose is very simple, which is to convey a message to the audience and fans: they really put a lot of effort into this drama, and it was not easy for one of the leading actors, Zhen Zidan.

Every time I do makeup, it takes five hours just to apply the hair.

Over 20 models were made for the entire film, and more than 70 Hollywood makeup artists spent a total of thousands of hours on the makeup. The material alone - monkey hair - consumed more than kilograms!

It’s no wonder that this intuitive data display has really made the audience and movie fans start to look forward to it, and the publicity effect is indeed not bad.

It is worth mentioning that, perhaps after several years of failure, Zhen Zidan really realized that this drama was his only chance to make a comeback, and he worked very hard on its publicity.

Not only did he participate in various activities organized by producers, he even changed his previous aloof attitude and frequently shared some things about his creative process on Weibo, trying his best to please the audience and fans.

However, this abrupt change and quick-success behavior seem somewhat funny and ironic to the mainland film and television circles.

But if you think about it, it is understandable. Isn’t Zhen Zidan’s current behavior a true portrayal of the Hong Kong circle in recent years?
Be arrogant when you are proud and beg for mercy when you are down and out. The main thing is to be real!
But at this moment, among all the complicated film and television information and movie promotions, there suddenly appeared a very conspicuous and even somewhat glaring news.

"Noon Sunshine and Shanhe Media announced at the same time: The large-scale ancient costume political drama "Nirvana in Fire" jointly produced by the two companies and produced by Noon Sunshine has been officially approved and will start casting from now on."

As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of all film and television companies, brokerage companies and actors and artists in the circle.

Although Noon Sunshine has not produced any outstanding works yet, it is completely derived from Shanying. The past works of several directors, such as "Crossing the Guandong" and "Parents' Love", have also achieved good results and are considered to be well-known in the circle.

Not to mention Shanhe Media, which has produced hit TV dramas every year since entering the TV drama market, and has long established a golden signboard in the industry.

More importantly, "Nirvana in Fire" is a costume drama of political intrigue!

It is a consensus in the entertainment industry that costume dramas promote celebrities!
What's more, the original work is not a traditional ancient costume political intrigue.

Instead, it is filled with various elements such as the martial arts world, the court, love, hatred, and vengeance, and has a large number of young and outstanding characters. It is a fictional historical drama that is very suitable for promoting people and has extremely high popularity!
With the support of three external forces: script, production team, and producer, "Nirvana in Fire" meets almost all the conditions for success and is destined to be a well-produced TV series!
For celebrities in the entertainment industry, this is definitely a top-notch TV drama resource that cannot be missed!

Although the year is coming to an end, countless agencies and actors and artists have no intention of slacking off and have taken action immediately.

On the one hand, I submitted my audition resume according to the notification from Noon Sunshine, and on the other hand, I was thinking about other ways, such as internal appointment or inserting someone else.

Although Noon Sunshine is responsible for production and casting, it is a bit strict, but the entertainment industry is based on human relationships and there are very few truly impartial crews.

Even if it’s difficult to communicate with Noon Sunshine, don’t we still have Shanhe Media?

As for whether Shanhe Media can interfere with the casting? Are you kidding? Absolutely!
Since the news spread, Jiang Xueman has received calls from many management companies and even celebrity artists.

As the head of Shanhe Media, Wei Jin, who has the final say on casting, needs no further explanation. He has received countless phone calls, WeChat messages, and even emails.

But Wei Jin never expected that there was a woman among them whom he had almost forgotten.
(End of this chapter)