China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 521 Eat two fish for one fish

After Stephen Chow fled without a fight, it naturally attracted a lot of discussion.

He withdrew without even meeting her face to face. No matter how he tried to cover it up, it would be a shameful thing.

In particular, Stephen Chow’s previous work "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" was beaten by "Detective Chinatown 1".

When Stephen Chow retreated, people would only think that he was afraid.

Stephen Chow himself must have noticed this kind of public opinion, but he just didn't respond.

For him, "The Mermaid" can only succeed and not fail.

He must use a commercially successful movie to prove that even if he stops acting and retreats behind the scenes to become a director, his Zhou-style movies will still have a market.

Twenty days passed in a flash, and "The Mermaid" was premiered.

The premiere of "The Mermaid" was very lively, and Stephen Chow's influence was there.

On the day of the premiere, leading actors including Deng Chao, Luo Zhixiang, Zhang Yuqi, and Lin Yun gathered together.

The premiere of "The Mermaid" attracted great attention from multiple media outlets.

In addition to bringing extremely high popularity to "The Mermaid", the attention from these media also brought certain negative effects.

The negative influence mainly comes from one person - Luo Zhixiang.

As early as a few years ago at the press conference for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", some people criticized Luo Zhixiang for being ungrateful.

Luo Zhixiang's career experienced a low point in his early years, and his mentor, film and television tycoon Yang Dengkui, helped him a lot in making a comeback.

He was absent at the latter's memorial service.

After the premiere of "The Mermaid", this incident was brought up again.

The media in Taiwan is as powerful as the media in Hong Kong.

In addition to being absent from the memorial service for his mentor, Taiwan's media soon broke even more explosive news.

A good brother that Luo Zhixiang once thought of is going to join the army.

The good brother entrusted his girlfriend to the care of his most trusted buddy.

Luo Zhi thought he was indeed a good brother, he even took care of her even down to bed.

After the good brother was discharged from the army, he found out that he was cheated on by his most trusted buddy. In a rage, he revealed the news on a variety show.

The controversy over stealing his buddy's girlfriend arose again. Luo Zhi wanted to defend himself as usual, saying that everyone misunderstood him.

Li Yu didn't find it strange at all when the Time Assassin's scandal was exposed.

For big Taiwanese stars like Luo Zhixiang, their past deeds have long been spread on the Taiwanese Internet.

It’s just that they do a better job of public relations in the mainland, so they are able to fool most of their fans.

This time is the same. The scandal has little impact on Luo Zhixiang and is not enough to bring down his reputation.

But he can't hold on for a few more years. If you walk by the river, your shoes will get wet.

If you dance in a minefield for too long, you will eventually step on a mine, because your luck will run out.

During the warm-up period of a few days after the premiere, the marketing team of "The Mermaid" did not focus on the leading actors and famous scenes in the movie as selling points.

The person they focused on promoting was Stephen Chow.

A large number of short videos and marketing articles have appeared on the mainland Internet.

These videos and articles convey only one message: during the heyday of Stephen Chow, people in mainland China were watching pirated discs.

Those pirated discs brought so much laughter to people. Everyone owed Stephen Chow a movie ticket, and Stephen Chow’s movie "The Mermaid" was here.

This marketing campaign achieved very significant results.

On the day of its nationwide release, "The Mermaid" earned 2.8 million yuan at the box office.

Many netizens also posted their own movie tickets on Weibo and WeChat Moments, saying that they had finally paid back the movie tickets they owed to Stephen Chow. The box office kept rising, but the reputation of the movie was constantly controversial.

Many people and media directly criticized "The Mermaid" as a bad movie, with the quality and performance completely mismatched.

“I watched The Mermaid, and people’s criticisms were correct, the quality didn’t match the results.

This is just an ordinary movie. If the director was not Stephen Chow, it would not have attracted such high attention. "

It was obvious when Wang Jing said this to Li Yu on the phone that he was very envious of this achievement.

He wanted to sell himself and owe Wang Jing a movie ticket, but he knew clearly that he couldn't do it.

If he dares to market the idea of ​​owing Wang Jing a movie ticket, the audience will dare to use the same expression and tone as Brother Wuying to complain.

You've made so many bad movies and cheated us so many times, and you still have the nerve to say we owe you a movie ticket?

We didn't even tell you to give us your money back.

So no matter how envious Wang Jing was, he could only envy her; he could not imitate her at all.

Not to mention him, even Li Yu can't imitate him and can't achieve the same effect as Stephen Chow.

Because more than ten or twenty years ago, everyone really watched a lot of pirated discs of Stephen Chow's movies.

But to say that he owed Stephen Chow movie tickets, Li Yu felt it was a bit far-fetched.

There were almost no Hong Kong films shown in mainland China during the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.

There were only a few cinemas in mainland China at that time, and even if the film was sold out at every show in mainland China, the box office was far less than that in Hong Kong.

Speaking of pirated discs, in fact, a large number of pirated discs that flowed into the mainland market in the early years were produced by Hong Kong businessmen and Hong Kong gangs.

Do you really think that pirated discs are all produced in mainland factories?

In the 1980s and 1990s, the mainland's industry was underdeveloped. How could there be such a large production capacity to produce so many pirated discs?
So if you want to owe Stephen Chow movie tickets, it would be more appropriate to find those Hong Kong businessmen and the triads back then.

"What do you think? Director Wang, if you accept the bet and lose, The Mermaid will have no problem exceeding 20 billion at the box office if it continues on this trend.

Do you know why I dare to bet with you that the box office of "The Mermaid" can exceed 20 billion? Because according to rumors, the bet signed by Stephen Chow is that the box office of the movie must exceed 18 billion.

He will definitely try his best to make the movie a success. If he loses the bet, he may never have the chance to be a director again."

Li Yu is very confident.

Wang Jing smiled bitterly. He thought he had a good vision, but it turned out that he was nothing compared to Li Yu.

If he loses, he loses. He is not the kind of person who can't afford to lose.

He has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, and his net worth is already more than nine figures.

It was just a meal for Li Yu to charge him. Even if Li Yu went to the most expensive place in the capital to charge him, it would be like plucking a hair from his body, which would not hurt at all.

"I won't quibble. I surrender. I'm ready to be slaughtered by you. As long as you don't bring the whole company to slaughter me, I can accept it."

Wang Jing said with a smile.

There are quite a few employees in Hualiu Company. If all of them attack him together, it will really hurt him.

"Thank you so much, Director Wang. If you hadn't reminded me, I would never have thought that I could bring everyone in the company along.

How about this, I'll treat you to a meal at the end of the year, and I can tell the people in the company that it's the company's year-end dinner.

Not only can I have a delicious meal, but I can also save the company some money.”

Li Yu said with a smile.

"No! My purse can't take it."

Wang Jing quickly begged for mercy.

Calling the dinner he treated me a company's year-end dinner, killing two birds with one stone, is this something a human being would do?
(End of this chapter)