During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 70 "The Promise" The Steamed Bun Incident and the Wei and Jin Attacks
  "The Promise" cost 3 million, which is the highest investment cost among all Chinese-language films released so far.

At the same time, as the only Palme d'Or director in China, Poet Chen's painstaking masterpiece has attracted much attention from the outside world.

However, within a week of its release, its reputation completely collapsed. 90% of people who had seen the movie couldn't hide their desire to complain and scolded the movie on the Internet.

At the same time, reports of "a movie ruined Shangri-La" also began to appear on the Internet.

Only then did most viewers know that when "The Promise" was shot in Shangri-La, it caused irreparable damage to some of the local natural landscape.

This is naturally the work of some people. The media must report truthfully. The general public has the right to know.

This report slapped the crew of "The Promise" in the face, and the negative effects it caused were immeasurable. The producers tried their best but could not suppress it. The entire online public opinion was in an uproar. A large number of netizens spontaneously boycotted the movie and called on more people to do so. Don't go into the theater to watch.

Poet Chen and the crew of "The Promise" had to publicly apologize, bear all the costs of restoring the scenic spot, and also paid a fine of more than 90 yuan.

However, misfortunes never come singly. Within a few days, a video called "A Murder Caused by a Steamed Bun" began to circulate on the Internet, and it quickly became popular all over the Internet. Blogs, portals, QQ spaces, etc. were all reprints of this video. .

The video is as satirical as it can be, taking out all the underwear of "The Promise". Even from a logical structure point of view, the plot of this video is actually smoother than the movie itself.

The instigator Hu Ge also took advantage of the trend to enter the public eye and tried the treatment of the first generation Internet celebrity.

Poet Chen was so frustrated during this period. When promoting the lottery for "Painted Skin", he spoke unscrupulously and openly questioned the hype:

""Painted Skin" is a film with no connotation. Young directors still need to improve their self-cultivation and not engage in all kinds of crooked ways."

This time, the steamed bun video directly broke the defense. He finally said the classic saying "You can't be so shameless", and even publicly announced that he would sue the person who uploaded the video, which immediately attracted ridicule from netizens.

Some netizens even said:

"I first watched "Painted Skin" and thought that the special effects were good and the plot was average. After watching "The Promise" and then thinking about the plot of "Painted Skin", it was simply a masterpiece. I bought the ticket twice and washed my eyes. It was indeed a great movie-watching experience. .”

For a time, many viewers who were poisoned by "The Promise" began to give "Painted Skin" a second try, which really led to a slight rebound in "Painted Skin".
  In this way, against the backdrop of the collapse of the reputation of "The Promise", the box office of "Painted Skin" continues to rise.

As of January 1, one month after its release, the box office has reached 4 million, officially ranking first in the box office of domestic movies. The extension key has been officially passed. After the holidays, it can still earn one to two million at the box office every day. It is certain that it will surpass "Titanic" , and now the media are predicting what the final landing point will be.

However, Wei Jin no longer cared much about this. He was busy discussing overseas film copyrights with overseas film producers.

China Film, inside the Han Sanping office.

After sending away the overseas film producers, Han Sanping finally had a smile on his face. The past half month has really been a world of ice and fire, with mixed joys and sorrows.

The good news is that the box office of "Painted Skin" is booming, rising steadily, becoming the number one domestic box office, and is about to regain the top spot in the domestic box office. The leaders above him are constantly praising him.

The worry is that the box office reputation of "The Promise" has both collapsed. For a project with a 300 million investment, China Film Group doesn't know how much it will lose this time. Maybe it won't be enough to cover all of this year's profits.

"Wei Jin, it has to be you. I didn't expect that the overseas copyright of "Painted Skin" could be sold for such a high price."

The overseas copyright price of "Painted Skin" this time was indeed beyond Han Sanping's expectation.

The North American rights were directly acquired by Summit Entertainment, with an asking price of 800 million U.S. dollars. The Japanese and Korean rights were also sold for 300 million U.S. dollars. A dozen film producers in Europe also sold a total of 500 million U.S. dollars, and other Southeast Asian countries sold a total of 100 million U.S. dollars. U.S. dollars, with overseas copyrights totaling 1700 million U.S. dollars.

For the producers, the profits from this movie are so huge. Mr. Han has recently been thinking about how to tie Wei Jin firmly to China Film's ship. He has cooperated with Wei Jin three times so far, and each time he has made a profit.

Han Sanping had a hunch that Wei Jin would not be able to bring China Film to every project.

This is also true. For projects that do not exceed 3000 million yuan, Wei Jin will basically not provide external financing. The various cooperative companies also have a tacit understanding of this and will not be greedy. "Mr. Han, I didn't expect it either. It might be the impact of breaking the record at the box office."

Wei Jin had a calm look on his face. Money and the like didn't mean much to him.

"By the way, are there any big projects this year? You are still young, so don't slack off."

Han Sanping looked earnest and sincere, as if Wei and Jin were unwilling to make progress.

"Let's talk about it, I haven't thought about it yet."

Wei Jin was a little perfunctory. In fact, this year's project has been decided, and Wei Jin plans to continue to compete for the prize.

"By the way, how about we start a big production with a historical theme? How about the Three Kingdoms? You will direct it."

Han Sanping saw that Wei Jin had no plans for his next film, so he decided to become a director.

"Three Kingdoms? Forget it, I'm not very interested in historical subjects, and I failed in history myself."

Wei Jin was shocked. Not only did the performance of "Painted Skin" make Han Sanping inflated, it was another big production? I'm afraid this is a big pit.

"Besides, I only direct my own scripts, so Mr. Han should hire someone else."

Seeing that Han Sanping wanted to persuade him, Wei Jin quickly excused himself and ran away in a hurry.
  After leaving the China Film and Television Building, Wei Jin got into Liu Yan's car. As for hiring a driver, isn't it nice to have a beautiful driver?

Liu Yan used to be a location host. She had to travel around the scene and also learned to drive. She is just a female driver, so you have to understand.

The two of them went all the way to Community 501, and Wei Jin made an appointment to meet Gao Yuanyuan. The filming of "Cohabitation in Time and Space" will start in the next year.

After parking the car, before taking two steps, I saw four big men approaching from a distance, holding something unknown with their hands behind their backs.

At this time, Wei Jin already felt something bad. He pulled Liu Yan behind him and saw four people running towards him quickly, waving things like baseball bats in their hands. Seeing this scene, Liu Yan panicked and quickly backed away and took the Call the police on your cell phone.

Wei Jin couldn't retreat. Behind him was Liu Yan, and the four of them also formed a semi-surrounding him.

However, at this time, Wei Jin was a little eager to try. Even after his physical transformation, he didn't know how strong he was. Although he had not undergone systematic training, Wei Jin believed that his ability to resist blows, reaction ability, and body coordination had reached the level of reached a height beyond the reach of ordinary people.

As soon as Liu Yan finished calling the police, he turned around and saw four people lying on the ground. His boss stood aside with a relaxed expression, kicking the strong man lying on the ground from time to time.

When the police from the local police station arrived at the scene, they saw the person who called the police claiming to have been attacked smoking a cigarette while the attacker lay on the ground wailing. Several police officers suddenly looked at each other.

It was already night after the two finished writing the transcript, and the matter had been disclosed by the media, causing strong social repercussions.

"Director Silver Bear was attacked in broad daylight, and the security under the emperor's feet is worrying."

"The box office record holder is attacked, or his peers are jealous."

"The young director defeated the gangsters with one against four and a pair of iron fists."

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Suddenly, a storm sweeping through the capital is about to come.
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