During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 750: Is my sister still better than Jiang Lang?

"How is it? Little girl, you're not as easy to fool as your sister, right?"

In the bedroom of the Yanjiao villa, before the blush on her face had faded after the joy, Da Meiyuan began to tease Wei Jin.

To be honest, Gao Yuanyuan also felt vaguely threatened by Liu Shishi, and she had discussed this topic with Wei Jin half a year ago.

But she didn't expect that the two girls would be so direct and knock on her door. She could only think about this kind of thing in her dreams because she couldn't beat them.

"Sister Yuanyuan, I've already told you that there will only be four of you, Tiantian and Yifei. You are just kidding."

After learning the latest news from Gao Ye, Wei Jin was completely relieved and took advantage of the weekend to return to his villa in Yanjiao to accompany his wife and children.

However, even though the card game had just ended and it was a truce, Wei Jin's big hands were still restless and had already slid towards Da Meiyuan's beautiful buttocks while he was talking.

Da Meiyuan ignored Wei Jin's antics and continued with what she had just said:
"That's not necessarily true. They say men's words are lies. You sound nice now, but in a few years, when Sister Li and I are old and ugly, maybe you won't even remember us for three to five months."

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Wow, Da Meiyu's emotional transformation is really amazing. She looked like she was enjoying the show one moment, and started to feel sorry for herself the next.

If she can maintain this state for a long time, Wei Jin is confident that he can take her to visit the three major European countries!

But Sister Li on the side remained silent, as if she was enjoying the pleasure of falling from the clouds.

So Wei Jin immediately held Zeng Li tightly in his arms, "Sister Yuanyuan, you just daydream all day, which weekend have I not come back? Look at Sister Li, she never has random thoughts."

Wei Jin originally wanted to drag Zeng Li to persuade Gao Yuanyuan, but unexpectedly Sister Li stabbed him in the back and said in a leisurely tone:

"It's not like I haven't thought about it, I just don't say it."

"Hehe, look, Sister Li said this, it shows how worrying you are."

At this point, Gao Yuanyuan's tone was "fierce", as if threatening, "Xiao Jin, I'm telling you, if one day you dare not come home for more than a month, I will take your son and run away from home!"

"Don't worry, Sister Yuanyuan, as long as I'm not filming, I definitely won't be away from home for a month."

As a woman, it's harmless to have a little temper. Wei Jin immediately expressed his cooperation solemnly.

But then he raised the hand he had just used and said jokingly, "Besides, my sister is so kind, I can't bear to let her go."

"You are so bad~~ um~~"

He held Da Meiyuan in his arms with one hand, lowered his head and sealed her red lips, and Wei Jin also reached out to Sister Li with his other hand.

"Hmm~"

For a moment, the topic came to an abrupt end, replaced by the heart-stirring sound of nature.
For one weekend, Wei Jin was completely absorbed in the tenderness of his sisters.

He came to the company early Monday morning to deal with year-end matters.

After a series of signatures and seals, Wei Jin was just about to take a break when there was a knock on the door and Jiang Xueman, dressed in a professional suit, walked in with a smile on her face.

"Director Jiang, judging from your appearance, is there something good going on?"

Facing her boss's joke, Jiang Xueman did not hide it. After sitting down, she reported directly: "Well, Mr. Wei, the first round broadcast rights of "The Journey of Flower" have been negotiated with Mango TV. The total price is 2.28 million, which means an average of about 400 million per episode."

When Wei Jin heard this number, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't think it was too low, but too high.

You know, before this, "Red Sorghum" was able to sell a single episode for more than 5 million yuan, and that was achieved with the support of the Nobel Prize, Zhou Xun joining, and four TV stations broadcasting it simultaneously.

Nowadays, the cast of the fantasy drama is far inferior to that of "Red Sorghum". Even if it has good prospects, isn't Mango TV too bold?

I can only say that this rich man is really rich!

However, selling it at such a high price is always a good thing for the company. Wei Jin, who reacted, immediately praised: "Director Jiang, you have worked hard."

"Haha, President Wei, I dare not take credit for this."

Jiang Xuemeng covered her mouth and smiled softly, then explained: "Because of the policy of one drama, two stars, and the rising actor pay, the overall transaction price of the TV drama market has been skyrocketing since the second half of the year.

This is especially true for big companies, big production teams, and popular IP adaptations. And it just so happens that our "The Journey of Flower" has all three of these!
In fact, if we had not made the shooting plan last year and Xiao Zhao was an artist of the company, the production cost of this drama would have increased by at least 30%.

In the final analysis, it was Mr. Wei who was wise and decided on the project in advance, haha."

Although this flattery was a bit stiff, it was quite pleasing to Wei Jin when it came from the mouth of Jiang Xueman, a workaholic. He immediately waved his hand and said:

"In any case, I have seen the hard work and efforts Director Jiang has put in by flying to Hunan Province several times to discuss the project. For this project, your department's commission should be based on the highest standards."

"Thank you, Mr. Wei."

Jiang Xueman showed joy on her face. Although she didn't care much about the money, it was a great thing for the department.

After all, a leader who can fight for the interests of his subordinates is a good leader.
In the film market, it took only half a month for "Charlotte's Troubles" to cross the 10 billion threshold with ease, closing at 10.24 billion!
After the media reports came out, the film and television companies in the industry had to once again sigh at the horror of Shanhe Media and the accuracy of Wei Jin’s judgment!

With the current daily revenue still maintaining at around 15 million, even in the face of pressure from "One Step Away" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Charlotte's Troubles" has a great chance of hitting a box office of billion!

Compared with the production cost of 30 million and the production period of less than half a year, the profits and returns brought by this drama are amazing!
But sometimes you really have to admit that the entertainment industry is just so realistic.

Directors Yan Fei and Peng Damo, who were still unknown half a month ago, have now joined the ranks of directors in the 10 billion club. Their net worth has doubled, and they have been offered olive branches by countless peers.

Because everyone can see that this script had no interference from the Wei and Jin dynasties. It was all the work of these two people on their own. To achieve this result, their level is indeed quite good.

Even Mahua has investors approaching it, wanting to invest in it in order to go public in the future.

In contrast, Wu Baige, the once internationally renowned Hollywood director, has been ridiculed and abused by the entire network recently because of the Waterloo of "The Crossing".

There have been many doubts and accusations, including from industry peers, mainly regarding the investment of nearly 500 million yuan. Where did it go?

After all, many directors in the Hong Kong circle have criminal records.

But no one expected that Wu Baige not only did not respond, but also ran back to Hong Kong in anger.

He also made it clear that he would refuse to accept any interviews about this movie and would no longer express any opinions on "The Crossing"!
My goodness, after these remarks were reported by the Hong Kong media and spread back to the mainland, colleagues in the industry were all stunned!
Is this the responsibility of an internationally renowned director? The movie has only been released for half a month, and the director has just run away?

And what does this mean? Will they not participate in the promotion of the second half? Will they leave all the mess to the producers?

"Isn't this guy too shameless? I think several major producers want to kill him."

In the small private room of the company cafeteria, Ning Hao ate his meal while reading the news and complaining about Wei Jin.

"Of course, after all, it's a 500 million investment. With Wu Baige running away, the second half is basically doomed. Forget about the overseas copyright. The loss is at least 400 million!

But no matter what, this is the producer's own fault. Why did they have to find someone else to direct the film? Wu Baige is a habitual offender. Wasn't he like this in Hollywood?

He ruined MGM and caused all the top executives to resign. He just patted his butt and ran back to Hong Kong, nothing happened, and continued to be an international director, playing music and dancing."

"Hahahaha" Ning Hao laughed when he heard Wei Jin use the recently popular "New Three Kingdoms" Liu Bei's ghost lines, but after laughing he said with certainty:

"But this time it's different. After he runs away, he will have no chance of getting into the mainland market. No company dares to hire him anymore!"

"Well, every failure is a lesson learned."

Wei Jin agreed with Ning Hao's judgment and then asked, "By the way, Senior Brother, how is the post-production of "Famous" going?"

"It's almost finished. It will probably only take a week or so. It won't affect the promotion of 'Lost in Thailand'."

"That's good."

Wei Jin nodded and said nothing more, concentrating on eating, but Ning Hao brought up another topic.

"Junior brother, I heard there was a fire in your backyard? What's the situation?"

Lifting his head and glancing at Ning Hao, who looked gossipy, Wei Jin asked, "Who told you that?"

"Jiang Wen, that guy is talking so much that he's starting to fight. You have no choice but to stop them."

"This big mouth, I wonder if he can still laugh after his movie is released!"

After complaining, Wei Jin went on to explain: "Don't listen to his nonsense, it's just a small matter, it's all taken care of."

Wei Jin was not trying to save face by saying this; the matter of Liu Shishi had indeed been put to rest last week.

Neither Jing Tian nor Liu Yifei tacitly mentioned this matter these days, so Wei Jin pretended not to know.

However, after reviewing the situation afterwards, Wei Jin had guessed a little about the two little girls' thoughts, and it was indeed not a big problem.

But Ning Hao obviously didn't believe this, and continued to move closer, "Junior brother, don't force yourself, tell me what's going on, I'll give you some advice."

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My goodness, if Ning Hao’s face didn’t have the words “gloating” written all over it, Wei Jin would have almost been moved.

So he put down his chopsticks, looked at Ning Hao with contempt, and made a fatal move.

"Brother, with your family status being completely taken advantage of by Sister Na, you're telling me about being a consultant? Isn't that Ke Zhenwu delivering the Bull Demon King's baby?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"What a bunch of bullshit!"

"Fuck you."

"Ha ha ha ha."

The next day, the much-anticipated Lunar New Year blockbuster, the second film in the "Beiyang Series", "One Step Away", was officially released.

Because of the pre-sale box office results and their trust in Jiang Wen, all major cinema chains have given very good screening schedules, basically above 40%.

In particular, Wanda, which signed a guaranteed distribution agreement, gave an exaggerated proportion of 65%.

So much so that during the Lunar New Year holiday, which is arguably the most competitive period of the year, the average screening rate of "One Step Away" was as high as 47%.

This data is even more exaggerated than last year's "Live" which cost 1.7 million US dollars.

But just as Wei Jin had expected, Jiang Wen played too big a role in this play, with too strong personal style, and even the most basic narrative structure had problems, leaving people confused.

Including the previous premiere, the vast majority of people who went to support the film gave positive reviews out of respect.

But all of them are "the movie is shocking", "the IMAX 3D effect is great", "the picture quality is very strong", "the actors' acting skills are impeccable".
In short, no professional has ever evaluated the content and plot!
As for the reason, it’s of course because it’s too bad and it’s hard to slap someone in the face!
Unfortunately, the audience will not give Jiang Wen face like industry insiders do.

Look, the movie’s first-day box office figures haven’t even come out yet, and a large number of negative reviews have already appeared on Impression.com.

"I just came out of the theater. I'm so disappointed. Jiang Wen has run out of ideas."

"There are at least a hundred If You Are the Ones between "One Step Away" and "Let the Bullets Fly". It's so bad, I can't bear to watch it!"

"What the hell? I paid for the ticket to watch a movie, not a play or a stage play. Is Jiang Wen getting carried away? Too arrogant and conceited!"

"Honestly, I didn't understand it at all. I had no idea what he was trying to say. There was no story, no rhythm, and the visual effects were average. It was totally not worth the price of the ticket."

"This is a pure love musical. Apart from the soundtrack, there is nothing else good about it. I don't know why they spent 3 million to make it in IMAX D."

"The 140-minute film was filled with a lot of high-pitched monologues and ritual dialogues. I was exhausted watching it. Jiang Wen was only concerned with expressing himself and didn't care about the audience's feelings at all!"

"First there was The Crossing, then there was The Journey of Flower. What happened to all these great directors?"

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Of course, just like the big data statistics that Ali had done before, a large number of Jiang Wen’s fans are indeed “petty bourgeoisie elites”.

This group of people praised Jiang Wen to the sky and made him a god.

Even if they don't understand, they still brag and praise it.

"Director Jiang Wen can't possibly make a bad movie. He must be trying to express or tell us something. If we can't understand it for now, it just means we haven't reached that level yet. We will definitely gain something different if we watch it a few more times!"

“I feel it is related to The Sun Also Rises, in that both films have a train in the end. However, Director Jiang Wen wants to express too many metaphors, and the background is too complicated. For ordinary people, including fans like me, there are some barriers to entry and it requires careful appreciation.”

"I understand that Jiang Wen is still that idealist. The content reflected in the movie has many similarities with our history and reality."

It might be an exaggeration to describe "One Step Away" as receiving a flood of bad reviews, but it definitely did not live up to the audience's expectations.

Therefore, even though the pre-sale box office reached 1 million, and even though all major theaters tacitly maintained extremely high screening schedules, the first-day performance of "One Step Away" can only be described as disappointing!

“Produced by Buyi Lehu Films, directed by Jiang Wen, starring Jiang Wen, Ge You, Zhou Yun, Shu Qi, Wen Zhang, Wang Zhiwen and others.

The second film in the Beiyang Series, One Step Away, grossed 8466 million yuan on its first day of release, which was lower than expected! "

"On the first day of the release of "One Step Away", the word-of-mouth reviews varied greatly and were severely polarized."

"Four years, 3 million investment, IMAX 3D shooting, Hollywood special effects Jiang Wen failed to deliver satisfactory results. "One Step Away" is hugely controversial!"

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Wei Jin estimated that at this moment, Jiang Wen should be like a flammable and explosive powder keg.

It's not just because the box office results were not as good as expected, but also because there were so many doubts. For an extremely conceited person like Jiang Wen, it was definitely a heavy blow.

But Wei Jin also had a hunch that with Jiang Wen's personality, he would most likely not bow his head and would most likely hold on to his death, just like in "Let the Bullets Fly"!
“Maybe he’s still hoping for a reversal in word of mouth, but I’m afraid that’s unlikely this time.”

(End of this chapter)