During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 663: Invite Zeng Li to "tell the play" to Da Meiyuan

After a night of romance, the news about the Beijing International Film Festival did not spark much discussion.

There is no way. Although it is named "international", compared with the A-class film festival, the Beijing International Film Festival still has a long way to go.

The headlines of today's film and television news are all about "You Are the Apple of My Eye" and "Rebirth: Frozen Gate".

These two films premiered in Beijing at the same time and were released on the same day, which can be said to be a tit-for-tat, with a strong sense of tension.

At the premiere, Zhen Zidan said frankly that "Rebirth" was an investment of 200 million yuan and it was definitely an action blockbuster that should not be missed.

As the second largest producer, Xiying's president Deng also attended the premiere in person and said in front of the media:

"Zhen Zidan and Wang Baoqiang are both domestic action superstars. The competition between the two is very exciting. The box office is conservatively estimated to be 6 million!"

It is obvious that Xiying is comparing "Rebirth" with "A Man's Martial Arts".

Not to mention, just looking at the lineup, there are two action actors and one leading actress.

Unfortunately, since the "Ip Man" series, Zhen Zidan's reputation has been ruined. Even though "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" during the Spring Festival had good box office, its reputation was a mess.

Since the "Heaven on Earth" incident, Huang Shengyi, who was once one of the four major actresses along with Jing Tian and Liu Yifei, has fallen in status and become a third-tier actress. Compared with the currently popular Bai Bin, she is obviously several levels behind.

Therefore, the industry is generally not optimistic about "Rebirth", not to mention comparing it with "A Man's Martial Arts", it is even difficult to make a profit.

In comparison, although the production cost of "You Are the One" was only 30 million, at the premiere, both the producers and actors seemed very relaxed, and the media were overwhelmingly optimistic about it.

Because the previous "Left Ear" and "So Young" have fully proved that youth films are very popular in the market and are nostalgic for the whole nation. It goes without saying that they will definitely make money.

It’s just that the speech made by the screenwriter, Ai Dajin, at the premiere was really speechless.

This guy quoted classics on the stage and often talked about his family background, circle, and style to highlight his uniqueness and superiority. It can be said that he was pretending from beginning to end.

But the opinions expressed are really laughable. It's already 2014, and you're still bragging about foreign countries?
Everything is good abroad, movies, art, humanities, history, soil, atmosphere, and ideas.
After these remarks, it seemed as if the country was a cultural desert, and in the end it even brought up the issue of national quality.

Looking at the news online, Wei Jin was very glad that he did not attend the premiere due to time constraints.

Otherwise, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but slap this guy twice on the spot. It was purely disgusting.

After complaining in his heart, Wei Jin started a new day of filming.

The original version of "Gone Girl" was praised by many as a high-IQ brain-burning film, and its Douban score was as high as 8.7 points.

But in Wei Jin's view, the plot of the movie is actually not complicated. The main line is the husband's search for his missing wife.

The husband becomes the main suspect after his wife disappears, and his behavior and investigation process constitute the main line of the whole film.

The subplot reveals his wife's carefully planned revenge plan through her diary and inner monologue.

This subplot complements the main plot and gradually reveals the truth behind the heroine's disappearance.

The dual-line narrative structure is very common in movies, and the reason why "Gone Girl" has gained such a good reputation is certainly not just because of this.

Its non-linear narrative and cross-editing can be said to be a stroke of genius.

The original director David Fincher is very good at this. His works such as "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club" are all excellent thrillers and suspense films.

In "Gone Girl", David Fincher did not unfold the story in traditional chronological order, but instead intertwined the past and present plots through cross-editing and flashbacks.

This non-linear narrative increases the difficulty of watching the movie, but also enhances the audience's sense of participation and curiosity.

In addition, the alternating presentation of different time and space, multiple perspectives and subjective narrative, as well as the looping structure, increase the interest of watching the movie and the suspense of the film.

In other words, the original movie was very complete, and Wei Jin did not need to change its structure, he could just follow it step by step.

But this doesn't mean that the filming process will be easy.

Because among all kinds of subjects, suspense-themed films are undoubtedly the most challenging for actors' acting skills.

It has very high requirements on the actors' subtle control of expressions, smooth switching of roles, precise control of details, delicate psychological portrayal, etc.

Even though the actors chosen by Wei Jin are all talented, in terms of shooting difficulty, this drama is still at the forefront among his works!

Of course, Wei Jin had been mentally prepared before this, and even blocked out most of the work and social engagements from the outside world in order to concentrate on filming.

Wei Jin had informed in advance that he would not attend the premieres of Wanda's "Hypnotist" and "The Raid 2".

The purpose is to concentrate on filming as much as possible and improve the quality and reputation of the Chinese version of "Vanishing Lover"!
However, Wei Jin's seriousness has made life difficult for the actors in the crew, especially Gao Yuanyuan.

I was very concerned about gains and losses this time, and I was a little anxious, but the more I was like this, the worse my performance became.

The two-day shoot was not smooth at all, and many scenes had to be polished over several takes.

Gao Yuanyuan is almost becoming emo and is somewhat self-doubting.

In fact, this is the norm when filming a movie. Even for Mr. Zhou, who has outstanding acting skills, it is not smooth sailing during filming.

As far as Wei Jin knew, Zhou Xun was tortured to death by Cao Baoping during the filming of "Li Mi's Conjecture".

What’s more, Gao Yuanyuan’s acting skills are far inferior to Zhou Xun’s.
Of course, Wei Jin couldn't say this directly. He could only give Gao Yuanyuan psychological support and physical counseling after he got home from work.

In order to deepen her understanding, Wei Jin even asked Zeng Li to "talk about the play" together.

At this moment, Wei Jin was seen holding Da Meiyuan's beautiful, round and plump buttocks.

Zeng Li also cooperated, calming the "depression" in her heart, and her little hands were indescribably gentle.

Obviously, this work was very effective. With the double comfort of Wei Jin and Zeng Li, Gao Yuanyuan's "depression" was completely vented.

"Sister Li, thank you for your hard work. Now it's time for your reward."

After comforting Da Meiyuan, Wei Jin did not neglect Zeng Li, who was addicted to drama, and embraced the soft body of the beauty and opened his eyes for the second time.
next day
Early in the morning, Wei Jin and Da Meiyuan were still on their way to the crew when they received a call from Wang Wei.

"Boss Wang, luckily I'm filming a new movie. If it were any other time, you would have disturbed my sleep."

Wang Wei on the other end of the phone heard the sarcasm in Wei Jin's words, but he didn't care, and his tone was even a little excited.

"Boss Wei, the action has begun"

This nonsensical remark made Wei Jin a little confused: "What?"

"Boss Wei, the news has spread on Weibo that they raided Qvod's headquarters and arrested several staff members, including several senior executives, on suspicion of large-scale dissemination of obscene materials for profit."

Hearing the word "Quick Play", Wei Jin perked up and instantly became alert, "Really?" "Well, I've already inquired about it. Although this is a criminal detention and does not involve piracy issues for the time being, the higher-ups will definitely not miss the opportunity, and relevant investigations will probably follow up soon.

If we can really kill Qvod with one blow this time, it will be much easier to attack the other small shrimps. By then, our market value will probably rise a lot."

Wang Wei became more and more excited as he spoke. Almost all of his assets were invested in potatoes, so this news was definitely great news!
"That's good news indeed."

Although the market value of Tudou is nothing to Wei Jin, he also applauded the blow to QVOD.

What is Qvod? It is a holy place in the minds of countless netizens, but it is also the biggest pirate leader on the Internet!

Other video sites, including Tudou, have to invest huge amounts of money every year in broadband traffic, operations and maintenance, spending money like water.

Only Qvod does not need it. Their encoding and decoding technology consumes less than one-tenth of the traffic of other video sites.

What’s most infuriating is that Qvod’s peer-to-peer technology has created extremely favorable conditions for film and television piracy.

Users can download movies and TV series from any video website on the Internet for free by searching through Qvod, and the download speed is faster than the source website!
Moreover, because of this method of dissemination, it is difficult to detect and stop infringements in a timely manner, and video websites in the industry have complained and sued many times but to no avail!

It can be said that the existence of Qvod causes major video websites in the industry to lose at least tens of millions of customers every year. It is definitely the biggest cancer in the industry!

"By the way, Mr. Wang, we need to speed up the purchase of copyrights. Don't be afraid of the high price. It will only get higher in the future."

The acquisition of copyrights is a long-term task. Although Tudou has been doing it, the film and television industry produces at least thousands of movies and TV series every year.

With limited funds, Tudou used to purchase more high-quality works, and it was difficult to take into account those niche works.

But nowadays, the market environment is becoming more and more competitive, and both quantity and quality must be given equal importance, which is the only way to maintain the core competitiveness of the website.

"Boss Wei, I understand. Before I called you, I had already allocated 5 million yuan to acquire the copyright libraries of major film and television companies.

This time I will strive for exclusivity, at least five years of copyright. I will also renew the copyrights that have not yet expired."

"Very good, it depends on how fast we are."

After chatting with Wang Wei for a while, Wei Jin hung up the phone and Da Meiyuan came up to him, "Xiao Jin, what is Qvod?"

Wei Jin leaned close to the beauty's ear and whispered a few words. Gao Yuanyuan secretly spat at him, then frowned and said, "Have you seen it too?"

"That's definitely not the case!" Wei Jin said this firmly.

Although he had read a lot in his previous life, he had never read it after traveling through time.

After all, the women around me are all top-notch. How can they compare to the things in those short videos?
But most of our male compatriots will probably be unhappy now, right?
Sure enough, Wei Jin opened his phone and took a look, and found that 99% of the netizens on the entire network were speaking out for the injustice of Kuaibo.

At this moment, companies involved in video website business such as Tudou, Ali, Youku, LeTV, Penguin, and Baidu are being besieged by countless angry netizens.

Dozens of companies, without exception, were exposed online. Various threats and insults flooded the official Weibo accounts of major companies, with at least hundreds of thousands of messages.

But in fact, the anger of netizens is useless, because it is not any company targeting Kuaibo behind the scenes, but it is caused by policies and the general trend!
The existence of Qvod has seriously damaged the ecological environment of the entire industry.

It even affected the reputation of the mainland market overseas, and caused the government to receive repeated complaints at WTO meetings, which was quite embarrassing.

KuaiBo can’t survive this wave.

"It's a pity that we will have to pay to watch movies in the future."

As Wei and Jin sighed, the car slowly stopped. We had arrived at the set and a new day of shooting began.
Time flies, the last weekend of April is over, and "Lost and Love" is coming to an end.

After the movie’s box office revenue exceeded 4 million, it began to show signs of decline, and ultimately failed to pass the 3.56 million mark, closing at million.

With King Liu starring in the film for free, the production cost of this film was only 0 million yuan. Even including publicity and promotion, the total investment would not exceed million yuan.

In terms of box office share alone, the revenue attributable to Shanhe Media exceeded 1.4 million.

However, since Wen Mu is also a new director, the prices for previous patch ads and product placements were not high, totaling less than 20 million.

But with the huge box office success, the related DVD copyright and online broadcasting rights are not low, approximately around 40 million.

In other words, the overall net profit of "Lost and Love" exceeded 1.5 million.

On the day the movie was taken off the screen, Zhong Lifang, vice president of Shanhe Media Group, announced that 10% of the movie’s profits would be donated free of charge to the [Family Search Organization].

After all, if you enjoy the benefits of the subject matter, you must assume corresponding social responsibilities. This is the responsibility that a top production company in the industry should have.

In addition, in order to compensate King Liu and reward the main creative team, the company also took out 1500 million as a reward.

As soon as the news came out, countless actors in the industry were amazed at the generosity of Shanhe Media.

At this time, the two films that were first released during the May Day holiday also had a preliminary outcome.

Facts have proved that the circle's judgment this time was very accurate.

On the first day of its release, "Rebirth" grossed 2180 million at the box office, which was significantly lower than expected.

Even after entering the weekend, the movie box office growth was quite limited. After three days of the first weekend, it was less than 70 million.

The key is that its reputation online is also a mess. In just three days, the Impression.com score is only 4.3 points, and countless insults are flooding the comment section.

"I am blind. The director and actors who made such a bad movie should be sentenced."

"The screenwriter's brain is full of shit, right? Everyone is like Superman. Could it be that these people traveled through time and space and caused the Ming Dynasty to fall?"

"The whole thing is lame. The special effects are OK. Wang Baoqiang, can you focus on being funny instead of traveling through time?"

"I was so shocked when I saw the end: there's actually a second part!"

"I must have been kicked in the head by a donkey. I am embarrassed to say that I have seen it, let alone watched it in a cinema."

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According to this data and reputation, even though the May Day period has just begun, "Rebirth" has already been eliminated in advance and is destined to suffer heavy losses!
In comparison, Guangdong's "You Are the One Sitting Next to Me" lived up to expectations.

On the first day of its release, the box office was only over 20 million, but it exploded instantly after the weekend, more than doubling!

After three days of the first weekend, the box office of "You Are the One" directly exceeded the 1.04 million yuan mark, closing at million!
Although the online reputation is not very good, the Impression Network score is only 6.3 points, and countless film critics are also scolding: shoddy, melodramatic and pretentious
But it is undeniable that with a production cost of 30 million, the cost has been recovered before the holiday even started. What else do you need?
Fiber Optic Lao Wang was in a very good mood and even fantasized that "You, My Deskmate" would become the king of the May Day period.

If this goal can be achieved, the status of optical fiber in the industry will soar significantly.

Unfortunately, with the release of "The Raid 2", his idea fell through.
(End of this chapter)