During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 705 Father and son join the battle. Godmother? What for?
To be honest, Wei Jin didn't expect that he was using "One Step Away" and Lao Hantou and La Peikang as examples yesterday, but he was slapped in the face today.

When I woke up early in the morning, the entertainment sections of major portals and the headlines on Weibo were all full of news about Jiang Wen and Wanda.

"This morning, Wanda officially signed a film distribution agreement with Happy Pictures: Wanda Pictures will release "One Step Away" with a buyout guarantee of 10 billion yuan!"

"The producers are very happy and will get the corresponding share of the 10 billion box office in advance, realizing a net profit of nearly 1 million yuan!"

"Producer Mark said that One Step Away can explore the depth of the Chinese-language film market."

"Wanda announced: "One Step Away" is officially scheduled to be released on December 12th, competing in the Lunar New Year box office!"

“乐视出品，原定于12月19日上映的《暴走神探》，紧急改档至2015年1月16日。”

"Affected by the guaranteed release, many Lunar New Year films were urgently withdrawn and their release dates were changed."

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I have to say that Jiang Wen was really lucky. Although he didn't agree on the profit sharing, he managed to negotiate a guaranteed issuance and successfully transferred the risk.

To be honest, if Wanda hadn't taken over this time, Jiang Wen would have to wait for at least several years, just like with "The Sun Also Rises".

However, Wanda's guaranteed distribution agreement has indeed brought great deterrence to the industry.

It's easy to tell that in order to ensure that they don't lose money, Wanda will definitely protect the screening schedule of "One Step Away", and the films released during the same period will definitely be affected.

This is also the reason why so many movies were urgently withdrawn as soon as the minimum guarantee agreement between the two parties was announced.

Even Xu Ke made a special phone call to Wei Jin, asking tentatively whether it would be more appropriate to release "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" during the Spring Festival.

But Wei and Jin were not worried about this at all.

Not to mention the quality of "One Step Away", Wanda also has a share in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and Ye Ning will not be careless.

What's more, apart from Wanda, Shanhe Media, China Film Group, and Shanghai Film Group are also no pushovers. They all control a number of theaters, so they have little impact on film scheduling.

However, although Wanda's operation this time was influenced by big data, it opened up a new idea for Wei Jin.

As one of the distributors, Shanhe Media can also carry out guaranteed distribution in the future.

After all, we have our own foresight and know the box office range of most well-known movies, so the work of guaranteed release is much more reliable than big data.

Wouldn't it be great to be a middleman and make a lot of money without any risk?
As for the requirement to pay the share in advance for guaranteed release, this is not a problem at all for Shanhe Media, which has ample liquidity.

After nearly four months of hard work, "The Journey of Flower" was completed on the last day of August.

With the success of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", "Zhu Xian", "Legend of Sword and Fairy 3" and even the currently popular "Ancient Sword Qi Tan", people in the industry are well aware that the ratings of fairy tale dramas will definitely not be bad.

What's more, "The Journey of Flower" is produced by Shanhe Media, so the quality is absolutely guaranteed.

At the very least, thanks to the technique of mountain and river ink painting, the post-production special effects of "The Journey of Flower" are definitely much better than those of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" which has been criticized by the audience.

Therefore, the TV series had just finished filming and the crew was still in Hengdian, and Jiang Xueman received calls from many first-tier satellite TV stations such as Mango TV, Jiangsu TV, Shanghai TV, Jiangsu and Zhejiang TV, all of which wanted to obtain the exclusive broadcasting rights.

Moreover, their attitudes are quite firm, which shows the degree of involution in the TV drama market.

"Director Jiang, what do you think?"

While Wei Jin was teasing his sleeping son, he kept talking to Jiang Xueman on the phone.

"Boss Wei, according to Director Lin's estimate, this drama will take at least four to five months to post-produce. It will definitely not be aired this year."

Wei Jin understood what she meant. It was definitely impossible for "The Journey of Flower" to pursue the four-star broadcast to maximize profits.

"and then?"

“So my opinion is that instead of broadcasting on two or three second-tier TV stations, it is better to choose a first-tier satellite TV station with a higher price to broadcast it exclusively. Even if the first round of revenue is a little bit of a loss, the price of the second and third rounds will definitely be higher.”

The second and third round prices of TV series are positively correlated with the first round prices and ratings.

Jiang Xuemeng's choice is to hope that the first round results of "The Journey of Flower" will be explosive, which is a big gamble.

But Wei Jin himself also liked gambling, so he agreed without too much consideration.

"Okay, you can contact the TV station for the details. Also, I won't be attending the wrap party tonight. Mr. Chen will be there."

"Okay, Mr. Wei."

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin teased the child for a while.

I have to say, babies in the confinement period really change every day.

In just a few days, little Wei Yang has grown a lot, and the shadow of a handsome boy can be vaguely seen between his eyebrows.

At this time, Liu Yan, who had also finished a phone call, walked in from the windowsill, but his expression looked a little unnatural.

Wei Jin knew what happened, so he walked up to her, held her in his arms, and said apologetically: "Little White Tiger, I'm sorry for putting you through this."

Liu Yan's pregnancy was kept secret from her family because she had moved to Beijing very early and did not contact her family very often, so she never let the secret slip.

But now that the child is born, there is no need to hide it anymore.

This call was made to the new mother-in-law, but the situation did not look optimistic.

It's no wonder. How could the mother-in-law be in a good mood when her daughter gets pregnant before marriage without any status and has kept it a secret for so long?

Liu Yan, on the other hand, felt the warmth of Wei Jin's chest, then looked at her son who was still sleeping in the rocking crib, and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously.

"I don't feel wronged. I wanted to have the baby, and I feel very happy now."

At this point, Liu Yan raised her head and looked at Wei Jin, "Boss, my mother promised to come visit me and the kids in a few days. She just has a bad mouth, but she doesn't have any bad intentions. You..."

Wei Jin stretched out his finger and touched Liu Yan's red lips. "Don't worry. After all, she is the child's grandmother. I won't take it to heart. Also, don't call me boss in private anymore. Call me husband instead."

After hearing this, even though Liu Yan, who was already in her thirties, began to behave like a little girl, with a hint of shyness appearing on her slightly plump face.

"Yeah~Husband~"

"Yeah, that's right, in the future. Eh?" Wei Jin was talking when he suddenly felt a chill. He looked at Liu Yan and found the same feeling.

“Is it rising sharply again?”

Liu Yan's original talent was very good, and now that she is breastfeeding, her talent has expanded a lot. A conservative estimate is that she might be F+.

But this is also distressing, because the nutrition is too rich and little Wei Yang can't finish it all by himself.

Adhering to the principle that waste is shameful, Wei Jin ate the children's leftovers for several days.

"Hmm~"

"Okay, let my husband help you."

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It’s September now and the summer vacation is completely over.

In the film market, "The Fault in Our Stars" completed a month of screening and officially ended its run.

Major portals and media outlets reported extensively on the news, pushing it directly to the top of the hot search headlines.

"The literary romance film The Fault in Our Stars, written, directed and acted by director Wei Jin, starring Liu Yifei, with guest appearances by Huang Bo, Qiao Zhenyu, Shu Chang, Luo Jin and others, is officially off the screen today!"

"The movie The Fault in Our Stars has grossed 5.08 million yuan in box office revenue in just one month, creating a miracle!"

"The Fault in Our Stars has pushed the box office record of domestic art films forward by nearly 2 million yuan. It is expected that no art film will be able to break the record of 5.08 million yuan for a long time in the future!"

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Not only the media are reporting on it, many production companies, celebrity artists, and film and television practitioners in the industry are also posting congratulatory messages.

"Star Luck" has indeed created a miracle. After all, it achieved this result in the fiercely competitive summer season, and its value is truly extraordinary.

Countless people in the circle are envious because the production cost of this drama is clearly stated.

The box office revenue alone reached 2 million, plus the $3160 million from in-film and product placements, as well as copyright transactions.

A literary romance film earned nearly 5 million yuan, which is too damn exaggerated!

The only difference is that every time Wei Jin made a film about a certain subject, it would become popular. This time, "Star Luck" was a huge hit, and no one in the industry followed suit.

Because everyone knows that this result was entirely due to the lineup of Wei Jin and Liu Yifei, and no one else can replicate it!

Perhaps the next time to break this record, Wei Jin and the other Jin girls will have to do it themselves.

Compared to the brilliant performance of "Star Luck", the other movies that were taken off the screen at the same time seemed dull.

Fiber Optic's "The Four 3" completely exhausted its potential in just ten days, and the final box office revenue was 2.33 million.

Although it failed to refresh the best record of the series, it can be regarded as a perfect ending to the trilogy.

The invitations to Fiber Optic's celebration party have already been sent to all major production companies in the industry, and it is obvious that Lao Wang is very satisfied.

It’s no wonder that, although the film’s box office performance in China is not very good, its copyright transaction in Venice is extremely impressive, with the price reaching as high as 1000 million US dollars.

I can only say that foreigners do have a special liking for martial arts films.

As for the other two films that were withdrawn from theaters early, "Temporary Cohabitation" and "Integrity," there was no mood to hold a celebration party, and it was a good thing that the producers didn't curse.

Both films stopped at the billion-yuan mark, with the former closing in at 9860 million yuan, and the latter not much different, closing in at 9730 million yuan.

LeTV was hit hard in the face, and even the share price of LeTV.com fell by several points.

There are rumors in the industry that Boss Jia, who originally had ambitions to create a hit series, simply gave up joining this IP.

However, with the withdrawal of many domestic films, the entire film market has become dominated by imported films.

The Hollywood blockbuster "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", which was released at the end of August, took in 8 million yuan at the box office in just three days, becoming the undisputed king.

The only remaining work, "No One 2", was also severely suppressed, with its daily closing directly cut in half and has now fallen below million.

But in just 17 days, "No One 5.22" has earned 2 million yuan at the box office, which is already a honor for domestic films.

However, it is basically impossible to achieve Lu Yang's goal.

Because just today, another blockbuster Hollywood sequel - "The Expendables 3" was released.

Thanks to the super luxurious lineup including Arnold, Sylvester Stallone, and Li Lianjie, theaters are generally optimistic about this movie, with the average screening rate on the first day reaching 38%!

Based on this data, even if it is a niche period and a weekday, the first-day box office of "The Expendables 3" will definitely not be low.

Because of Liu Yifei, "Star Luck" did not hold a celebration banquet. Wei Jin just gave red envelopes to the guest actors.

However, there may not be a celebration banquet, but the sense of ceremony of celebration must be there.

At this moment, Wei Jin was in the ward, celebrating with Wang Zixuan and Bai Bin who had just finished their roadshow.

Speaking of which, as Wei Jin's second and third assistants, they have the deepest relationship with Liu Yan.

When Liu Yan gave birth, unless they were on a roadshow in another city, the two of them would definitely be the first to show up.

Despite this, the two of them called as soon as possible to inquire about the situation, and afterwards they video-called Liu Yan almost every day to see the child.

And today, just after returning to Beijing, he went straight to the confinement center without any delay, accompanied Liu Yan and the child for the whole day, and also recognized Wei Yang as his godson.

It can be predicted that Liu Yan's child will have the most godmothers. The number of godmothers depends entirely on how many assistants his father has in the future.

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After making love, Bai Bin was still in a trance, and Wang Zixuan was the only one who could communicate verbally with Wei Jin and summarize today's game.

At this time, Wei Jin's phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, Wei Jin frowned.

"Hunter?"

"Boss, something happened"

(End of this chapter)