During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 693 Although she is white and big, she is a married woman. You must not mess around.
"The Legend of the White-Haired Witch: Kingdom of the Moon" joined the battle in the second half of the summer season on the last day of July.

But maybe I really don’t think highly of martial arts movies, or there are too many movies released at the moment, or the pre-sale box office of the movie is not very good.
In short, the first-day screening schedule given by the theater was only 16%, which was really shocking to the industry.

You should know that this drama is a special effects blockbuster with an investment of 1 million yuan, and it invited the director of "The Warring States" Zhang Zhiliang, and also gathered many industry big names such as Fan Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Yan Yikuan.

It can be said that the cast of "The White-Haired Witch" is already quite luxurious, but its screening rate is not as good as many art films. Who can I complain to?
"I heard that Mr. Bernard Yu smashed all the computers in the office. It seems that he was very angry. Hahahaha."

Hearing Lu Yang's gloating tone on the phone, Wei Jin couldn't help but smile.

Although the screening rate is usually not fixed and will be adjusted with the fluctuations of the daily box office, it is extremely difficult to make a comeback if the start is unfavorable.

Especially since "The Fault in Our Stars" is about to be released, the follow-up situation of "The Bride with White Hair" is probably not optimistic, so it is no wonder that Fatty is in a bad mood.

"Okay, stop laughing at others and hurry up with the promotion. Your performance will start in half a month. If you mess it up, you'll have to work for me for the rest of your life."

"Brother, don't worry. I have been promoting it for a month in advance. It will definitely not fail. If the box office doesn't reach 500 million this time, I will bring my head to you."

Good fellow, this is something that only a martial arts fan can say. Wei Jin laughed and scolded, "Get lost, you dare to ask for my head, I don't even dare to ask for it. Tell me, what's the matter with the phone call?"

Lu Yang was participating in a variety show recording, and Wei Jin didn't believe that the call was just to chat with him.

Sure enough, I heard Lu Yang on the other end of the phone being a little shy, "Um, Senior Brother, you also know about my dad's situation."

"Well, I know. Professor Lu, what's wrong?" There was a hint of curiosity in Wei Jin's tone.

Lu Yang is not a wild person like Guo Fan. He comes from a family of scholars and is a typical second-generation intellectual.

His father, Lu Haibo, studied at Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, and was promoted to associate professor at the Central Academy of Drama in the 90s. He also holds consultant titles for many organizations including the China Writers Association and Beijing Satellite TV. He is now a doctoral supervisor at the School of Film and Television of the Central Academy of Drama.

However, Lu Yang rarely talks about his family situation in the company. What happened today?
"It's like this, my dad called me last night and told me that the Central Academy of Drama invited me to take up a position there again, promising to promote me to associate professor in three years. My dad wanted me to accept the offer."

After hearing this, Wei Jin suddenly realized.

Last year, most people in the circle did not accept the invitation from the Central Academy of Drama, but now it seems that they are obviously not giving up and are still making efforts in other areas.

Taking the family route is a good way.

"Just accept it. It won't delay too many things anyway. I only have three or four classes a semester, right?"

At this point, Wei Jin reacted instantly, "Are you afraid of what the school will think?"

"Well, after all, I didn't choose my alma mater, but chose the one next door. I'm afraid my tutor will scold me for being ungrateful."

"Tsk, you think too much. What can the school say about this matter that we both agreed to?"

Wei Jin understood Lu Yang's concerns, but he didn't think it was a big deal. Adults have to consider the opinions of others when doing things, but they are more concerned with weighing the gains and losses.

The price that Beijing Film Academy cannot offer is paid by the Central Academy of Drama, so what can we say?

Besides, didn’t Lu Yang’s father also study at Beijing Film Academy and then teach at the Central Academy of Drama? This is a traditional art.

Besides, Beijing Film Academy has been suppressing the Central Academy of Drama in the past two years, and the influence of Lu Yang as the coach is not that big.

If it were Wei Jin himself, it might have caused a real sensation on campus, or even a public opinion storm.

"Is it really okay?"

"It's really no problem."

Wei Jin confirmed it, but he didn't expect to be blackmailed.

"Okay then, I'll listen to you, brother. If the school really has any objections, I'll just say it was your suggestion, hahahaha."

"Go away, you bitch."

Wei Jin was speechless about Lu Yang's laziness. He laughed and cursed him a few times before hanging up the phone.

Looking up at the time, Wei Jin stood up and left the office, heading to the audition site for "The Mermaid".

Before Han Sanping's request, Wei Jin had already called Zhou Xingxing.

As expected, when Zhou Xingxing heard that she was old Hantou's daughter, he agreed without hesitation and directly gave Han Jianuo the title of first assistant director.

After all, when he came to the mainland from Hong Kong to make a living, it was thanks to Han Sanping's protection that he was not attacked by Long Wu of Huaxia Star. He must be grateful for this favor.

What's more, Shanhe Media is an investor with a 30% stake. Wei Jin asked for an assistant director and did not interfere with the operation of the crew. Zhou Xingxing had no reason to refuse.

However, on the phone, Stephen Chow did invite Wei Jin to visit the scene when he has time.

Considering that he had invested more than 100 million yuan after all, Wei Jin did not refuse. Since he happened to have some time today, he decided to go for a walk.

More than half an hour later, Wei Jin arrived at the audition location for "The Mermaid".

As expected, there were quite a lot of reporters surrounding the scene. Fortunately, Wei Jin put on a mask in advance, contacted Zhou Xingxing, and had Tin Kai-man come to receive him, otherwise it would have been difficult to get in.

"Who is this? Why did he go in directly?"

"Are you here to audition for an acting role? Why are you dressed so casually?"

"Maybe he's related to me."

Amid the discussions of the media reporters, Wei Jinyi and Tian Qiwen walked towards the meeting room.

On the way, Tin Kai Man also explained the current situation of the auditions.

The 12 people who initially registered have gone through the first round of elimination, leaving 6 people. It is expected to take another two months to decide the final candidates.

As for Nazar, he will directly participate in the top 100 finals.

In fact, in addition to Nazar, there are several other people who will also participate. These are all social etiquette.

Therefore, in the entertainment industry, true fairness and justice is extremely rare, if not impossible.

In the dressing room of the audition area, Zhang Yuqi looked at the various tight leather jackets, the dazzling array of stockings and lace pajamas, and even various erotic clothing, and her heart was filled with emotion.

She never expected that after terminating her contract with Star Shine in court, she would have the opportunity to audition for Stephen Chow's movie again.

Although she is only the second female lead, this is Stephen Chow's movie, a movie with an investment of 4 million yuan, and a film that has the support of China Film, Shanghai Film, and Shanhe Media. It is definitely the top resource in the circle.

“We must seize the opportunity!”

After secretly encouraging herself, Zhang Yuqi immediately began to change her clothes.

When she received the call, she had specially studied the role of "Ruolan", a woman with long legs, big breasts, curvy figure, and full of femininity.
With this awareness, Zhang Yuqi is very careful when choosing clothes, trying her best to highlight her huge advantages!
A few minutes later, Zhang Yuqi changed into a tight leather jacket, paired with a pair of extremely seductive high-transmittance ultra-thin black stockings, red-soled high heels, and appeared in the audition area with a cat-like gait.

But after seeing the audition guests clearly, Zhang Yuqi's excitement reached a new level.

She never expected that in addition to Stephen Chow, even the world-class director Wei Jin was here.

To be honest, although she married Wang Quanan and could barely be considered a member of the Northwest circle, Wei Jin didn't like the idea of ​​being a member of the circle and seldom participated in activities within the circle, so the two had almost no interactions.

Even though she starred in the TV version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", she has never met Wei Jin.

As for the woman next to her who had an unremarkable face and figure, she automatically ignored her.

Although she was very surprised by Wei Jin's appearance, Zhang Yuqi knew very well who was in charge of the scene. So after turning around, she asked, "Master Xing, what do you think of this set? Do you need to change it?"

Zhou Xingxing shook his head: "No need. I thought of you for the role of Ruolan before casting. Now it seems that you are more suitable than I thought."

Hearing this, the surprise on Zhang Yuqi's face seemed to overflow!

Although she knew she had a good chance, she never expected it to be so easy.

Today, she is the only "Star Girl" who has had a lawsuit with Star Shine and can work with it again. The significance of this is even greater than the role itself.

Now thinking about it, it was really stupid for Huang Shengyi to go to the point of falling out and throwing dirty water at each other just for that little bit of termination fee.

Fortunately, my decision was wise enough: since I wanted to terminate the contract, I would follow the contract and part ways amicably. Isn't this cooperation again?

What surprised Zhang Yuqi even more was what happened next. Zhou Xingxing turned around and said to Wei Jin:

"Director Wei, Yuqi is a good actress and has honed her acting skills over the past few years. If you have the opportunity in the future, you might as well try her play."

To be honest, Zhang Yuqi felt a little unreal at this moment.

She never expected that Stephen Chow, who has always been criticized for being unkind, would actually recommend actors to others. Can time really change a person?

But what followed was emotion.

Because if an actress wants to remain popular, she needs the support of a big director, especially someone like Wei Jin, who is recognized in the circle as an excellent supporter of women.

Sometimes Zhang Yuqi couldn’t understand why Wang Quanan, who was also a Golden Bear-winning director, couldn’t promote his wife?
It’s a waste of time to hug this thigh!

Although she had a lot of inner drama, Zhang Yuqi was not slow in her actions. Before Wei Jin could answer, she immediately bowed and greeted him: "Director Wei, hello, I am Zhang Yuqi, please take care of me."

As she bent down and uncovered her body, her domineering figure was revealed, and her snow-white hemispheres seemed to blind Wei Jin's eyes.

"Hello, Director Wang and I are quite familiar with each other, and we may have a chance to cooperate in the future."

Wei Jin replied politely, but Han Jianu, who was auditioning nearby, rolled her eyes. She shouted in her heart:
"Brother, brother, even though she is white and big, she is a married woman, please don't mess around"

The annual Chinese Valentine's Day is here, and "The Fault in Our Stars", which has been brewing for several days, is officially released.

Liu Yifei was particularly excited today and got up early, which was unusual for her. After all, this was the first art film starring her and Wei Jin.

And there is a high probability that this will be the only one.

Seeing that the media's reviews were all very good, Liu Yifei felt relieved and then paid attention to the situation of her competitors.

She noticed that The White-Haired Witch was doing surprisingly well.

With 16% of the screening time, it actually earned more than 2800 million on the first day.

But unfortunately, the screening schedule of "The White-Haired Witch" today still increased very little, less than 25%.

Because nearly 28% of the screenings were given to "Star Luck", and the remaining 47% was shared by other movies.

There's no way around it. The theaters are not stupid. Although it's just an art film, Wei Jin wrote, directed, and starred in it, and Liu Yifei won the Tokyo Film Actress award. "Star Luck" is worth the screening schedule.

The next moment, Liu Yifei saw a message and almost laughed out loud.

Compared to "The White-Haired Witch", the domestic animated film "Dragon Nest: Dawn of Legends" adapted from the online game released at the same time is even worse!
Even though the extremely popular Hu Ge and Jing Tian were invited to dub the film, and the two also made a lot of efforts in the previous promotions, the box office on the first day was only less than 8 million.

Although the online reputation of the film is still good, some of the screenings today have been cut, and now it is less than 10%.

It is obviously not possible to rely on word-of-mouth to strike back in this highly competitive August.

Compared with her own "Frozen", Jing Tian's "Dragon Nest" is doomed to fail, which makes her feel particularly happy.

I picked up the phone and sent a message to Jing Tian.

"Xiao Tiantian, don't cry"

At noon, the reviews that Liu Yifei had been longing for finally came out, and there were quite a few of them, and they were continuing to increase.

"It was a great movie. My girlfriend lay in my arms and was sad for a long time. The love letter at the end was so well written. It's a pity that she died."

"Liu Yifei's acting skills have improved visibly, and she deserves the title of Tokyo Film Queen."

"Liu Yifei is so beautiful, even her crying scenes are so beautiful, so abominable"

“Although it is a tragedy, it is overall positive and a very clean and comfortable love movie. Highly recommended!”

At the same time, there are many related reports in the media, which almost occupy the vast majority of the pages.

"The literary romance film The Fault in Our Stars, written, directed and acted by director Wei Jin and starring Liu Yifei, was released today and the first batch of audiences gave it positive reviews."

"According to cinema statistics, the average attendance rate of "Star" is as high as 83.7%, and the screening schedule is expected to continue to rise."

By the evening, a lot of news and comments about "Star Luck" had appeared on the Internet.

At this time, Wei Jin, who spent his birthday with his wife and children, also came to the Xishan Villa to accompany Liu Yifei and wait for the final result.

It's just that this girl seemed to be obsessed with reading the reviews on Impression. She was reading with great interest and even smiled foolishly occasionally. It was obvious that she was lost in all the flattery.

Before I knew it, it was almost early morning.

With another refresh of the page, the first-day box office of "Star Luck" appeared on Impression.com.

"Brother, it's out, 4552 million!"

This number made the little girl jump up and hang on Wei Jin like a koala.

"Yifei, now that we've seen it, let's take a break. Today is my birthday, so I can't miss a present."

Although we cannot enjoy the happiness of rich flowers and fairies on this year’s Chinese Valentine’s Day, the necessary programs are definitely indispensable.

"Well, brother, my new clothes have arrived."

"Oh? Then what are you waiting for?"

After saying this, Wei Jin carried the girl and walked into the house.
Just as Wei Jin was admiring Liu Yifei's new uniform, the first day report on "Star Luck" came out online.

This is the headline on every news website, it’s everywhere!

"The Fault in Our Stars grossed 4552 million on its first day."

"The first-day box office of "Star Luck" far exceeded that of "Coming Home", breaking the first-day box office record for domestic art films!"

As soon as the data came out, the entire film industry felt unreal. Is this really something that an art film can achieve?!
You have to know that the first-day performance of "The Return" was only 2896 million, which was shocking at the time.

But in just over two months, "Star Luck" has pushed this record forward a lot!

According to this data, even though the competition in August is very fierce, after a month of release, "Star Luck" will definitely make over 4 million yuan at the box office, with a great chance of 5 million yuan, and even 6 million yuan is not impossible!

Most people in the industry have automatically ignored the fact that Wei Jin and Liu Yifei received no pay. All they think about is the 3160 million production cost and the million US dollars in copyright transaction.
(End of this chapter)