During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 652 Sorry, I'm so angry today
After the two sessions ended, Han Sanping’s official retirement document came down.

But what was beyond everyone's expectations was that, according to past practice, after retiring, the chairman of China Film Corporation would at least serve as deputy director of the Film Bureau for a term.

The two leaders before Han Sanping both went through this process.

But now, Han Sanping has been "demoted to the bottom" and has nothing except the title of consultant of the Film Bureau.

"Old Han has been too overbearing in his actions over the years. He has offended everyone from top to bottom and has left no way out for himself."

Ren Zhonglun made this comment in a phone call to Wei Jin.

Wei and Jin also deeply agreed with this.

In the Chinese system, being a good person is often more important than doing good things.

Han Sanping's abilities, achievements, and even contributions cannot be erased, but many people would feel uncomfortable with his position.

People like La Peikang who are smooth in their dealings with others are more suitable for this path.

Just thinking of the friendship of nearly ten years, Wei Jin still gave Lao Han a call.

I originally wanted to comfort him, but I didn't expect that the old man was so open-minded.

"It's good this way. I don't have any other identities. If something I don't like happens, I can just speak out. No one can control me."

Well, he is worthy of the character of a mountain eagle!

"Okay, you have a good attitude. I'm afraid it will be fun to watch in the future, hahaha."

After chatting with Lao Han for a while, Wei Jin was about to hang up the phone, but he suddenly said, "Don't blame La Peikang for what happened before. He was doing it for your own good."

"Boss Han, your words are too harsh. I can tell the difference between good and bad, but we have different ideals and cannot work together."

Han Sanping fell silent after hearing this. After a long while, he asked tentatively, "What about the cooperation with China Film Group?"

Hearing this, Wei Jin felt a little emotional. This old man is already retired, but he is still worrying.

With a sigh, Wei Jin expressed his attitude: "Don't worry, Mr. Han, our business cooperation will not be interrupted."

Han Sanping on the other end of the phone also understood what this meant. From now on, business is business.

The more effort China Film Group puts in, the greater the market share it can get.

It is no longer possible to "extort money" or "ask for a share" by relying on personal relationships as before.

"By the way, you want to attend Director Wu's memorial service?"

"Well, my tutor has called me and I will attend."

"Okay, see you then."

"Ah."

The Director Wu in the conversation between the two refers to the fourth-generation director Wu Tianming, who died of a sudden heart attack just a few days after the Oscars.

Perhaps people outside the circle don’t have any impression of this director, but within the circle, his influence is not low.

If the domestic film and television industry is compared to a sect of immortal cultivation, then Wei Jin is probably the young generation, a rapidly rising genius.

Lao Mouzi, Chen Shishi and others are long-established giants.

Someone like Wu Tianming is a highly respected supreme elder in the immortal cultivation sect and can be regarded as a flagship figure of the fourth generation of domestic directors.

Even the already famous director Zhang Yimou said in many public occasions: Without Director Wu, there would be no "Red Sorghum". He changed my life and my destiny.
In addition to Zhang Yimou, many fifth-generation directors in China also became famous with the support of Wu Tianming.

For example, Huang Jianxin's "Black Cannon Incident", Teng Wenji's "Chess King", Tian Zhuangzhuang's "Horse Thief".
It can be said that this person's connections in the circle are beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

In terms of seniority, Director Wu is Wei Jin's master's master.

It is reasonable and necessary for Wei Jin to attend the other party's memorial service.

On the 14th, the low-budget suspense film "Heart Labyrinth" produced by Shanhe Media was released.

Although the investment in this drama was not high and the cast was average, a lot of publicity resources were invested in it.

The publicity and promotion costs are even several times the production costs, and full-range marketing is rolled out including online media, e-commerce media, and television media.

In the words of director Jin Yukun, he never thought that his film would be treated like this.

There are all kinds of popular variety shows and talk shows for you to choose from, what a luxury!

In addition, because of the unpopularity of the March schedule, theater chains have also been very generous in scheduling films, averaging 28%. This treatment even makes many mid-range productions jealous.

Coupled with the popularity of winning an award at the Busan Film Festival, "The Maze of Heart" has attracted considerable attention.

With the support of various external forces, the movie grossed 1836 million on the first day, which is amazing!

The key is that the online reputation of the film is quite explosive, with an online rating of 8.8 points, and the comment section is almost entirely filled with positive reviews and recommendations, which is rare among domestic suspense films!

"Let Jin Yukun and Yang Xue continue the road show. The box office potential is good."

On the way to Beijing Film Academy, Wei Jin gave an instruction to his assistant Bao Tianqi.

According to Wei Jin's judgment, it is not a problem for "Heart Labyrinth" to recover its costs, it just depends on how much profit it can make.

After taking a look at the movie market, "Beijing Love Story", which was scheduled to be released during the Valentine's Day period, has been taken off the screen, and the final box office revenue was fixed at 3.65 million yuan.

Although he failed to break through the 4 million mark, Chen Sicheng became famous in one battle. I heard that many capitals have contacted him during this period.

With the end of the Valentine's Day season, the film market throughout March was somewhat deserted.

There are not many well-known movies, and the most anticipated one should be "Lost and Love" which will be released at the end of the month.

Perhaps because of the previous case of "Dear", King Liu also has high hopes for this drama, and has started various roadshows with Wen Mu during this period.

Wei Jin also believes that this film will be worthy of his efforts.

The atmosphere in the Beijing Film Academy's tiered classroom is solemn and dignified.

Wei Jin, wearing a black suit, quietly watched director Wu Tianming's representative works "Face-Off" and "Old Well".

Zhang Yimou was still very young in "Old Well", but his acting skills were already very mature. It was also thanks to this film that he won three Best Actor awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, Golden Rooster Award and Hundred Flowers Award.

The memorial service held in the afternoon was hosted by Huang Jianxin, the director of "The Founding of a Republic". It was more grand than the film retrospective in the morning, and countless people from the industry attended.

Almost all representatives of the fifth generation of directors, including Li Shaohong, Lao Mouzi, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Gu Changwei, were present.

Even poet Chen put down his work and rushed back from the crew of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain".

Han Sanping and La Peikang, the two former heads of China Film Group, as well as Deng from Xi'an Film Group and Zhang from the Film Bureau, were also present.

It was also through chatting with many people in the circle that Wei Jin found out that the new Director Zhang of the Film Bureau was actually a junior who had been promoted by Mr. Wu.

No wonder Director Zhang called Mr. Wu the backbone of Chinese film during his speech.

The memorial service officially began, and poet Chen was the first to speak.

He called Wu Tianming "a figure who made history in Chinese cinema", talked about his support for young directors, and also mentioned the old man's dissatisfaction with the current state of the film industry.

Mentor Tian Zhuangzhuang recalled the time when he made movies with Wu Tianming, saying that he protected young people like an umbrella, bringing him warmth, compassion and love. Huang Jianxin talked about the past when he was filming "Black Cannon Incident" and encountered problems when submitting it for review, and Wu Tianming took full responsibility. This incident has affected him to this day.

Zhang Yimou mentioned that it was Wu Tianming who taught him what it means to experience life. He also revealed a touching story during the filming of "Old Well", when Wu Tianming led everyone to deliver food to the village and kneeled down to the villagers.

He also talked about Wu Tianming's criticism of his "Three Shots Surprise".

Gu Changwei shared the story of how Wu Tianming solved his housing problem without any hesitation, and described him as a person with great personal charm, cohesion and charisma.

Lu Wei shared the story of how Wu Tianming knelt down to support the fifth generation of directors, and how he sponsored 500 yuan to help when he had no money to collect materials.

It can be seen that everyone is full of respect for this old man who passed away suddenly.

The Wei and Jin dynasties were no exception. The directors of that era had dreams and beliefs in their hearts, which were quite pure.

Including Director Wu’s posthumous work “A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix” which has not yet been released, he made many efforts to push forward the film despite knowing that there was a high probability of losing money.

Its purpose is also to save traditional culture.

After paying his respects and arranging the funeral, Wei Jin gathered with Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lao Mouzi and others for a simple meal.

During the dinner, Tian Zhuangzhuang patted Wei Jin's shoulder, expressing his deep emotion.

“Although you haven’t met, he has actually been paying attention to you since the original Room. When you won the Grand Slam last year, he wanted to meet you, but was delayed because of filming the movie.

After that, when "Dear" was released, he was very happy and said that it found a way out for the fifth generation of directors.

This time you won the Oscar for Best Picture, and my teacher called me specially, sounding very pleased. Unfortunately, before you came back, he…”

Although the mentor was reminiscing, the praise in his words made Wei Jin feel a little embarrassed.

So he quickly changed the subject and started to ask about the progress of the Screenwriters Association.

After Tian Zhuangzhuang sorted out his thoughts, he began to introduce himself.

The screenwriter award went smoothly because the association had wanted to do it before and all the terms and regulations were already in place, but it just lacked funding.

Now that the money is in place, progress will naturally be rapid.

The screenwriter award named "Wenhua Award" by President Gao is expected to hold its first session in May.

On the contrary, the new film award named "Golden Film Award" by Wei Jin will progress more slowly because it needs to draw on the systems of many domestic awards, taking the essence and removing the dross.

Wei Jin also expressed his understanding of this, saying that good things don't come without being busy.

However, it was the attitude of those old guys that surprised Wei Jin a little.

Logically speaking, no confidentiality measures were taken, and it has been more than a month, and there has been no response at all.

In this regard, tutor Tian Zhuangzhuang gave an explanation.

These people are too stubborn in their thinking. They don't believe that Wei Jin and the inferior Screenwriters Association can achieve anything.

It is even confused with other sensational awards such as the "Golden Broom Award".

Wei Jin thought that the first session must be a big one, to give those people a good show and to give them some strength!
On Sunday, Liu Yifei, who had been busy with announcements for half a month, returned to Beijing.

As soon as they met, the girl reported the good news to Wei Jin.

Because "Frozen" is a global hit, Disney is preparing to launch a sequel and has already extended an invitation to Red Star Wood, hoping that she can continue to serve as a voice actor.

Apparently, Disney attributed the film's domestic box office revenue of 3.86 million yuan to Liu Yifei's dubbing.

"Then congratulations to our Princess Elsa. We must celebrate tonight."

Wei Jin kept his word and cooked in the evening. He showed off his cooking skills to Liu Yifei and his mother-in-law, winning praise from both mother and daughter.

After dinner was over, the two of them went straight to the second floor under Liu Xiaoli's numb gaze.

After not seeing each other for nearly a month, the longing for each other was like a tide. The game was very tense, with both sides going back and forth.

Liu Yifei made full use of her experience in action scenes and performed many difficult moves in an attempt to suppress Wei Jin.

Unfortunately, although Wei Jin didn't know how to fight, he had a huge physical advantage. He only used 30% of his strength, and the girl couldn't stand it anymore and shouted that she surrendered.

Considering that the girl was not in a safe period, Wei Jin left the battlefield at the critical moment.
"Ahem, brother, you almost suffocated me to death."

"I'm sorry, Yifei, I didn't expect the fire to be so big today."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes and then walked towards the bathroom.

When she came back after washing up, she saw Wei Jin lying on the bed watching TV.

"Hey, brother, you like watching this too? This show is really funny. I watched it on a tablet with my assistant when I was abroad."

Liu Yifei climbed onto the bed, snuggled up to Wei Jin, and began to chatter incessantly, without any of the aloofness of a goddess.

It can be seen that the little girl really likes this program. Although she joined halfway, she quickly integrated into the guests' jokes and laughed happily.

In fact, this is also a microcosm of many viewers, and the most intuitive proof is the impressive ratings.

The show was aired on Shanghai TV in late February. The ratings for the first episode exceeded 2, and the second episode even exceeded 2.

After three episodes have been aired, the average viewership has risen to 2.68%, which can definitely be called a hit.

The online reputation is also quite good, with almost all the audience giving it positive reviews, and many even saying:
Because of "Happy Comedians", the meaning of Sunday has changed. It is no longer a sad weekend before going to work, but a happy Sunday party that is about to take place.

It is worth mentioning that because Shanhe Media’s variety shows have become a trend-setter in the industry, many TV stations are keeping an eye on them.

Somehow the news leaked out. After other TV stations got the news, they immediately started to follow suit and created their own comedy variety shows.

Such as Hubei Satellite TV's "I'm Crazy for Comedy", Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV's "China Comedy Star", and Jiangxi Satellite TV's "Who Can Make Comedy Stars Laugh".

Various TV stations joined the battle with great force, and it was thought that it would be a situation of fierce competition among many players, but in the end they all became cannon fodder.

No one can shake Shanhe Media’s position as the leader in domestic variety shows.

In fact, it’s not that these TV stations don’t know how to copy, after all, the format of the program is very simple.

It is nothing more than inviting comedy teams to participate in the competition, and then 500 audience judges on site will vote to eliminate one comedy star and replace him every two episodes.

After the knockout round, the finals will be entered, and the champion, second and third runners-up will be selected.

The main reason is that Shanhe Media’s first-mover advantage is too strong. Relying on its good reputation for variety shows, it invited the industry’s top comedy groups in advance.

Shen Teng, Song Xiaobao, Da Pan Jiajia, Wang Ning Ailun, Jia Lin.
Other TV stations can’t even put together a sufficient lineup, and can only resort to tricks like comedian selection, which directly reduces their competitiveness by more than half.

As for whether someone will intercept him next year, Wei Jin is not worried at all.

What a joke, judging from the current ratings trend of "Happy Comedian", there is no problem in pursuing a peak of over 4 and an average of over 3.

Why don't you participate in such a popular show, but insist on participating in those shows where you get beaten up? Isn't this funny?
There are even other comedy teams that are currently contacting the Variety Department for a spot to participate in the second season.

After all, there are no fools in the entertainment industry, especially these comedians, who are all very shrewd!

(End of this chapter)