During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 689: Tour group or harem group? The twin lotus flowers bloom again
At the end of the third weekend of July, Guo Xiaosi’s fans were slapped in the face again.

Because after entering the weekend, the single-day box office of "Tiny Times 3" not only did not increase, but continued to decline, and the daily revenue almost fell below million.

After four days of the first weekend, the box office performance of "Tiny Times 3" was less than 3 million, closing at only 2.86 million!
Although this result seems very good, compared with the data of over 100 million at the beginning, it is no exaggeration to describe it as an avalanche!
Some media even predicted that the potential of "Tiny Times 3" would be exhausted in ten days at most.

In comparison, Cold War 2 performed very well over the weekend thanks to its good reputation, with its daily revenue soaring from less than million to nearly million.

After three days of the first weekend, "Cold War 2" earned 2.43 million yuan, and was on the verge of surpassing "Tiny Times 3".

However, these two newly released movies are not the focus of attention in the industry. Today's headlines go to "Transformers 4".

I have to say that the Autobots are really perverted. At the end of the new week, despite the pressure of two new films, they still earned 1.16 million yuan at the box office.

So far, "Transformers 4" has been released for 24 days, and the cumulative box office has reached 18.26 billion.

This result officially broke the box office record held by "Gravity" for 18 months!
If this result was within the industry's expectations, another report from the media was really beyond everyone's expectations.

"According to the official website of the Film Bureau, the application for extension key submitted by the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster "Transformers 4" has been officially rejected because it does not meet the relevant conditions."

"Transformers 4 will be officially taken off the screen on the 27th of this month. There is still a week left before it is released. It is hopeless to break 20 billion."

As soon as the news came out, the producers of the film that will be released in August breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the single-day box office of Autobots has dropped to more than 10 million, it will still be a not-so-small competitor if it really gets an extension.

If we take action now, it will definitely be a good thing.

Of course, there are also people who see through it and express their disdain in various ways.

"Bullshit, it doesn't meet the relevant conditions! At the beginning, "Zodiac" and "Personal Customization" both said they didn't meet the regulations, but in the end, they still don't."

Wang Zhonglei cursed with disdain on his face.

"It's obvious that the reason for rejecting the application for the extension key for Transformers 4 is to pave the way for Wei Jin."

Wang Zhongjun looked at the news and said indifferently. It is obvious what the bosses want to do.

We still hope that the honor of bringing the box office into the 20 billion era will fall on domestic films, otherwise won’t we have to write another report?

However, Wang Zhongjun believes that it is doubtful whether "Operation Mekong" can achieve this result.

"Humph, a mainstream movie wants to reach 20 billion, do you really think Wei Jin is omnipotent?"

"That's right. I think the higher-ups trust Wei and Jin too much and have lost their minds."

Listening to his brother's chatter, Wang Zhongjun remembered that Huayi had been getting less and less attention over the years. He couldn't help but feel a little irritated and interrupted him directly: "By the way, what's the matter with the project you mentioned just now?"

"Oh, brother. It's like this. Guan Hu contacted me yesterday and said he was working on a new script."

"Wait. Wasn't he close to Fiber Optic King before? Why did he come here?"

Wang Zhonglei took a puff of his cigar and chuckled, "Brother, you know Wang Changtian is a timid person who can never accomplish anything great."

After making some disparaging remarks, Wang Zhonglei continued to explain: "I listened to the outline of the script and it's pretty good. There's a lot going on."

"Well"

Wang Zhongjun stroked his chin and thought for a while, remembering the performance of "The Chef, the Actor, the Scoundrel" before, and nodded, "Since you think it's good, then invite him to the company to talk. It's no problem to invest, but it would be better if we can sign him."

In recent years, major production companies have been scouting for new talents and recruiting directors, but the ones that have really done well are Fiber Optic and Shanhe Media.

The former has signed Deng Chao and Xu Zheng successively, both of whom have achieved results.

Not to mention the latter, Lu Yang, Guo Fan and others have become big directors, and among the newcomers Wen Muye and Jin Yukun are also beginning to emerge.

Including Wanda, it also tied up with Chen Zhengdao and discovered Chen Sicheng.

But in Wang Zhongjun's opinion, discovering new talents is too slow and very risky. The previous two parts of "Tai Chi" are a lesson for us.

Instead of training hard, it is better to directly attract an existing director. Although Guan Hu is not too famous, he has achieved some results.

As long as the company can be signed, it will be a great help to the stock price.

Wang Zhonglei was naturally aware of this, and immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother, I will try to convince him."

The fact was indeed as Wang Zhongjun guessed. Wei Jin had received a call from La Peikang before.

In Mr. La’s words, the 20 billion yuan threshold can only be broken through by domestic films.

Wei Jin was not worried about this matter.

After all, Lin Chaoxian can get more than 1 billion at the box office. If he takes over, the appeal will definitely be a level higher.

Coupled with the previous censorship turmoil and the advantage of an exclusive release date, breaking 20 billion should not be a problem.

However, it is always better to be prepared for the worst. Wei Jin also arranged the company's publicity department in advance to make relevant preparations.

During the lunch break, Wei Jin called Jing Tian who was in the crew of "Bad Genius". Today was the little girl's birthday.

As expected, the girl was in a good mood when she received Wei Jin's call and talked to him a lot about the filming.

Although it was the first time to shoot in Hong Kong, with the management of Golden Harvest, the filming of the crew was relatively smooth and basically followed the production process.

According to Chen Xi and Guo Fan's estimate, the filming will be completed around the end of August.

"By the way, brother, your company's director Jin Yukun is really amazing. Director Guo had to follow his instructions for many shots, but the results are really good."

This was Guo Fan's first time shooting a suspense film, and Wei Jin also hoped that it would go more smoothly, so he arranged for Jin Yukun, who had just signed the contract, to serve as deputy director and producer.

Because what Jin Yukun is good at is creating a suspenseful atmosphere.

Previously, I was worried that they would quarrel on the set, but it seems that with Chen Xi's coordination in the play, the two of them get along quite well.

"Well, Tiantian, in that case, you have to perform well. Maybe this play can win another trophy."

"really?"

Jing Tian on the other end of the phone had a tone of surprise. Who could complain about having too many trophies?
"Well, trust me."

Wei Jin gave a positive answer because the subject matter of this play was so advantageous.

Even after a real case breaks out, there is a high probability that I can visit the three major European countries, but I can't tell Jing Tian about this in advance.

"What the hell, brother, what you said makes me excited." "Ahem."

Listening to the hometown dialect spoken by the little girl, Wei Jin couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He was a little afraid to imagine that scene, and then said seriously: "Tiantian, it's better to take action than to be excited. Perform well."

"Well, I will."

As the working days begin, the performance of "Cold War 2" is still impressive, with the single-day box office basically maintaining at a high level of million.

In comparison, "Tiny Times 3" can be said to have reached its peak as soon as it debuted, but the avalanche trend could not be saved, and the daily revenue was falling every day.

At this time, the summer movie market has also entered its most tense and exciting period, because Han Han's "See You Tomorrow" is about to enter the battlefield.

The premiere of "See You Tomorrow" was quite high-profile under the organization of Bernard and Yu Pangzi.

Not only did Derek Yee come back from the set of "The Swordsman" to help out, but even Johnnie To, who was in Hong Kong, came specially to show his support.

At the premiere, Er Dongsheng joked: "Han Han, aren't you a writer and racer? Why are you becoming a director now to steal my job?"

Johnnie To even said: "I have read his books, watched him race cars, and listened to his music. It is so rare to have such a talent among the post-80s generation.

In my opinion, Han Han has been successful in writing, racing, and making movies, so he should go into the Internet and try to beat Boss Ma, hahahaha."

As the saying goes, a sedan chair is carried by everyone, and Han Han's emotional intelligence was immediately online. "I grew up watching Director Du's films. The movie "A Lang's Story" had a great influence on my becoming a professional racing driver."

Perhaps it was because of the previous competition at the Shanghai Film Festival, when faced with reporters' questions about the box office, Fatty Yu said bluntly:

"Our goal is not high, just to kill Tiny Times 3!"

As soon as this was said, the media at the scene were all excited. This was definitely going to be traffic again.

Sure enough, when the report of the premiere came out, fans of "Tiny Times 3" were go crazy.

Many people went directly to the official Weibo account of "See You Tomorrow" and started to mock it crazily, with their tone full of disdain and contempt.

Han Han's movie hasn't even been released yet, but in their mouths, it has become synonymous with bad movies.

Han Han's fans were not willing to tolerate this and immediately began to respond, directly hitting the nail on the head: the average Impression Network score of the "Tiny Times" trilogy is less than 5 points, so it is obvious which movie is the bad one.

The two sides went back and forth, cursing, slandering, and attacking each other, it was very lively.

Fatty Yu, who successfully provoked the fight between the two sides and promoted "See You Tomorrow", hid behind the scenes, keeping his credit and fame to himself.

I have to say, the routines in the entertainment industry are really too deep.

As a web drama, "Day and Night Chase" has achieved very good results. Within one month of its launch, it has generated over 20 billion hits.

When Tudou released the data, countless production companies in the industry were shocked.

You know, "Day and Night" is the only TV series broadcast on the entire network, which is completely different from previous TV series that were broadcast on multiple platforms.

The gold content is so high that it can be said that there is very little "water"!
But before everyone could come to their senses, Shanhe Media did another big thing!
“Warm congratulations to our online drama “Day and Night” for its official cooperation with Netflix. It will be broadcast in more than 190 countries and regions around the world and become the first Chinese online drama to be officially broadcast worldwide.”

As soon as the official website of Shanhe Media announced it, it directly topped the Weibo hot search list.

The entire film and television industry is numb!

Because no one would have thought that a web drama could be played like this? !
You know, although all major video sites are launching online dramas, for the production industry or the TV drama sector, online dramas are merely a helpless supplement to TV dramas.

Even in the eyes of many traditional production companies, online dramas are the epitome of shoddy production!

But now, the web drama that was once looked down upon and disdained by countless people is actually being released overseas? !
And the partner of cooperation is a big platform like Netflix!

Previously, when Shanhe Media launched its online drama series, many companies in the industry poured cold water on it and made sarcastic remarks.

But now everyone realizes that the clown is actually me!

When the major film and television producers think about the fact that "Day and Night" will be translated into various languages ​​and broadcast globally in the future, they feel mixed emotions and great sadness.

When you make a big-budget TV series at home, you still worry whether there will be TV stations to pay for it, but other people can easily make a TV series and sell it all over the world.

Who the hell are you talking to to reason with? !
Compared with the sorrow of companies in the industry, the Internet is full of joy, with loud drums and gongs and firecrackers.

Especially those netizens who like to watch American TV series sent congratulatory messages online.

"People abroad are starting to follow our dramas now. It's really exciting and inspiring to hear that. Shanhe Media is doing really well."

"This really brings honor to domestic dramas. I'm going to make an international long-distance call to Pan Yueming and the crew this time."

"Rumor has it that Boss Wei has shares in Netflix, so it's probably him who sold them."

The overseas release of the online drama was a huge boost to the cast, and Yang Caiyu wanted to make an appointment with Wei Jin that evening to express her gratitude again.

Unfortunately, Boss Wei is not free at all right now, because he is having a friendly and in-depth exchange with two beauties from South Korea.

Ever since Jessica Jung proposed to terminate her contract with SM at the beginning of the year, Wei Jin arranged for the Korean branch to resolve the issue.

After all, the man even brought his sister to express his gratitude. Boss Wei cannot be too ruthless. The reputation of domestic entertainment has to be maintained by him!

After several months of negotiations and after exchanging some film and television resources, the old fox Lee Soo-man finally let the person go.

Today, Jessica Jung has become the founder of a certain eyewear brand with the help of Wei Jin’s Korean branch.

This time, the two sisters came here not only to express their gratitude, but also because Krystal Jung is about to participate in the recording of the new season of "Sisters Over Flowers" - this is also part of the exchange, after all, Lee Soo Man is still counting on the function combination to make money.

After two months of investigation, the guests for this show have finally been confirmed.

As for the female guests, in addition to the previously confirmed Wan Qian, Yang Rong, and Wen Yongshan, Yan Danchen and Zheng Xiujing have also joined.

To be honest, Wei Jin was prepared to be sternly rejected by the variety show department at the beginning. After all, it was an outdoor variety show, but all the female guests were close friends with him, and the tour group directly became an XX group.

But Zhang Yipei decided on it without saying anything. Besides the fact that the lineup was indeed strong, he was probably also a little bit curious about the fun.

In addition, male guests were also fiercely sought after in the industry. Huayi even arranged Wu Yifan to join in the fun, but he was directly rejected by Wei Jin.

In the end, the cast decided on Zhang Yishan, a junior from the Beijing Film Academy who had just graduated, and Ou Hao, who was strongly recommended by Mango TV.

"Oppa."

(End of this chapter)