China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 371 Chen·Meat Belt Sandbag·Dong (Subscribe!)
On the same day when Wen Muye's "A Man's Martial Arts" held a trailer launch conference, another movie "Blind Detective" starring Liu Dehua was also released nationwide.

The film is directed by Johnnie To and stars Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Guo Tao and Yuanyuan Gao.

It tells the story of a blind detective and a policewoman who investigate the disappearance of a young girl in the early 20s.

However, Johnnie To did not shoot this movie according to the traditional detective film. In addition to incorporating elements of horror, suspense, reasoning, action and romance that are suitable for a detective film, he also tried a lot of comedy elements.

It can even be defined as a comedy.

The investment cost is 1000 million US dollars.

It is equivalent to more than 60 million RMB, which is considered a big production in China.

A big director, comedy, detective, romance and a big production, it is obvious that both the director and the investors have high hopes for the box office of this movie.

However, the first day box office revenue was less than 1700 million, only million.

This was like a bucket of cold water, which completely chilled the hearts of those who had high expectations for this movie.

The poor box office performance of a movie is caused by a combination of factors, and the blame cannot be entirely placed on the leading actor.

However, the negative impact of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" on Liu Dehua has not yet dissipated, resulting in the fact that when "Blind Detective" was released, there were voices of boycott on the Internet.

So Liu Dehua had to take the blame even if he didn't want to.

He also had to hold a press conference to apologize to the audience again for accepting "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". Of course, the main purpose of holding this press conference was to call on everyone not to boycott the currently popular "Blind Detective" because of his previous movie.

But the box office is sometimes quite uncertain.

A bad movie like "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" should have had poor box office performance, but in fact, it not only achieved a box office of 2.5 million yuan in China, but also achieved an impressive result of over 4 million US dollars overseas.

On the other hand, "Blind Detective" obviously has all the elements of a commercial film, but its box office performance is not ideal, and it is even worse than a terrible movie.

Does this mean that all the blame lies with netizens who boycotted Liu Dehua?

I'm afraid that's not entirely true.

……

Early in the morning, Chen Dong was surfing the Internet at the company and saw that Liu Dehua was on three hot searches.

So I called him to express my condolences.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Liu Dehua was still worried whether his negative impact this time would also have the same negative impact on "Beijing Meets Seattle".

To be honest, if we had adopted Xue Xiaolu's suggestion and released "Beijing Meets Seattle" in the summer, it would definitely have had some impact.

But now he has pushed it to at least the National Day schedule. How could the popularity of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" be maintained for so long?

So Chen Dong advised: "Brother Hua, you are a little bit frightened. Have you not had enough rest recently?"

"Am I a frightened bird? Maybe it's because I didn't get enough rest these days, or it may have something to do with my personality."

"Oh? What's Hua's personality like?"

"I am a bit of a perfectionist and tend to overthink..."

The two then chatted about other topics for seven or eight minutes before ending the call.

The investors of "Detective Chinatown" had already been determined on the night when Ning Hao hosted the dinner, but the specific shares and funds were still to be discussed.

The date for discussion is today.

So as soon as Chen Dong finished his phone call with Liu Dehua, his assistant came over and reported to him that the first wave of investors had arrived.

"Who is coming?" Chen Dong looked at his assistant.

"Director Ning Hao and Huang Bo."

Although he drank that night, Chen Dong did not black out. He still remembered that he only agreed to Huang Bo, so why did Ning Hao follow him?

While he was wondering, the two men came straight into his office as if they were familiar with each other.

"Director Ning, why are you here?" Since they were all close friends, Chen Dong was very direct.

"I'm here to invest in your movie."

"Good fellow, you speak so confidently."

"You must be justified. My bad monkey, you still own 49% of the shares."

This reason left Chen Dong speechless.

However, this news shocked Huang Bo, who was watching the show on the side.

"What? Director Chen, you still own 49% of Bad Monkey's shares? Are you kidding me? How come I haven't heard anything about it? You guys are doing a really good job of keeping it a secret."

Chen Dong and Ning Hao looked at Huang Bo's shocked expression, glanced at each other, and smiled naturally.

Soon, the second and third groups of investors arrived one after another.

They are China Film Group and Jiang Wen respectively.

Han Shanping is still the one from China Film Group.

In his own words, this is probably the last film project he will invest in as a responsible person before his retirement.

However, Chen Dong and Han Shanping have been dealing with each other for ten years. He knows his temper and is aware that there is something behind his words.

As expected, Han Shanping's next sentence was that he hoped Chen Dong could give China Film a larger investment share.

After some bargaining, Chen Dong increased his investment share in China Film from 20% to 25%.

In the end, China Film's investment share was 25%, Ning Hao's Bad Monkey's investment share was the same as Jiang Wen's Bu Yi Shuo Hu, both 15%, Huang Bo's personal studio invested the least, only 5%, and the remaining 40% was not monopolized by Dongcheng Pictures, but was divided into 10% for his wife's Red Star Wu.

As for the budget cost of "Detective Chinatown", it is definitely higher than Chen Dong's previous life, which was 8000 million. Based on this budget cost, Chen Dong's director team calculated an additional million.

However, when the budget of 9000 million was reported to Chen Dong, he waved his hand and added another million to it, making it million in the end.

The investment shares were just finalized today. The next day, when Chen Dong came to the company, the first news he heard was that the investment funds for "Detective Chinatown" had all arrived.

Chen Dong did not shirk his responsibilities and immediately convened his team for a morning meeting, during which they discussed all issues in the preparation phase, including the date of the public audition, arrangements for costumes and makeup, and the start time, and came up with a charter.

In the afternoon, the official website of Dongcheng Films announced the news of this open audition...

Not only did it attract a large number of celebrities and artists, but many netizens also started to watch.

"Open auditions will be held on July 7th, and I only have one week to prepare. I'm so nervous."

"Indeed, the preparation time is a bit short, but this time all roles will be open for audition, and I see that there are quite a lot of roles announced. No, I have to give it a try."

"I have a feeling that there will be a lot of actors auditioning this time."

"..."

On the day when "Detective Chinatown" released the news of open auditions, Wu Jing, who switched from actor to director, held his first film "Wolf Warrior" opening ceremony.

However, this opening ceremony did not attract much attention online, and even the few comments were mostly pessimistic.

This made Wu Jing secretly vow to prove himself, but he also felt a little confused about the future.

He suddenly turned around and looked at his girlfriend who was writing seriously, and asked:

"Hey, do you think I was too impulsive this time?"

Xie Nan raised her head and met Wu Jing's gaze, which was not as confident as before. She realized in her heart that this man was not as strong as he looked.

But she was a very smart woman and knew that what Wu Jing needed at this time was not the truth, but encouragement, her recognition and support.

So after thinking for a while, Xie Nan replied: "No one's success is planned. More or less, they all need to take certain risks. However, most people give up without even the courage to try. Only a few dare to take that step. Regardless of whether the person who takes this step is impulsive or not, we all know that he is at least one step closer to success." Because of his girlfriend's words, Wu Jing regained his initial confidence and put aside all the negative emotions that had just arisen.

When Xie Nan saw her boyfriend regain his confidence and was happy for him, an idea also popped up in her mind, or rather, an impulse.

"Brother Jing, whether Wolf Warriors is successful or not, I will carry it with you."

After saying this, Xie Nan felt his heart pounding.

At this time, the atmosphere in the room became ambiguous.

Although Wu Jing is a straight man, he is no longer a wooden man, so he can naturally feel the emotions in his girlfriend's words.

He thought for a long time, and finally said what Xie Nan wanted to hear: "Then after the filming is finished, I will propose to you."

After saying that, he stared into his girlfriend's eyes and swallowed nervously.

But when he got a positive answer, he became as excited as a 200-pound baby.

……

"Happy birthday, Dabao!"

"Mom, am I not Xiaobao?"

"Before you were still young, so you were Xiaobao, but now you have a younger sister, so naturally you have to give Xiaobao to your younger sister, right?"

"Right... why is Dad still on the phone?"

"You play with your sister first, mom will go take a look."

Liu Yifei came to the study and saw that Chen Dong had not finished his call. She did not urge him, but just asked who he was talking to and went out again.

Chen Dong's answer was 'Nolan'.

The reason why the phone call took a while was because Nolan was already preparing to shoot "The Revenant", but because the script was provided by Chen Dong, Nolan wanted to exchange opinions with Chen Dong on some ideas and camera shots.

"Chen, your ideas are very clear and helpful to me. If you didn't have your own movie to shoot, I would really like to work with you again, just like we did with Inception."

"Haha, I miss those days too. I hope we can have a chance to work together again."

"It will happen, Chen, you have to believe me."

"Ok, I'm really looking forward to that day. By the way, what is Leon doing? The last time I tried to contact him, I couldn't get through."

"Oh, that guy is really crazy this time. For the role, he has sent himself to a deserted island to experience life in advance."

Chen Dong couldn't help but be shocked.

"Are you so hard on yourself?"

"Yes, I think it's pretty cruel too. Maybe that's one of the reasons why that guy is still so attractive to young girls even though he's gained weight."

"Haha, Nolan, I can hear jealousy in your words, but don't worry, I won't tell your wife."

At the end, Chen Dong asked Nolan to help him convey a message to Leon: Be safe!
"Finished?"

Liu Yifei entered the study again.

"Okay, I'm done." Chen Dong nodded to his wife, then put down his phone, stood up and stretched.

"Aren't you going to the United States?"

Chen Dong shook his head: "No, he just wanted to discuss the script of The Revenant with me."

Liu Yifei got the answer she wanted and stopped talking about this topic.

"Today is my son's birthday. What gift are you going to give him?"

"Didn't you buy him a bumper car?"

“I bought that.”

"It's all the same. If you give it to me, it's the same as if I gave it to you."

Liu Yifei didn't believe what Chen Dong said at all.

She walked closer, stared into Chen Dong's eyes and said, "I don't believe you have no preparations at all?"

"Alas, I knew I couldn't hide it from you, my wife."

"So what exactly have you prepared?"

"A pair of boxing gloves."

As he spoke, Chen Dong took out a cardboard box from under the desk and opened it in front of his wife. Inside were not only boxing gloves, but also full body protective gear.

"Boys should learn this, don't you think so, wife?"

"Why are there big gloves?" Liu Yifei found a pair of gloves that were obviously for adults. The key point was that she took them out and put them on her hands. She put them on directly and they fit perfectly. Her eyes widened immediately: "Is this for me?"

Chen Dong nodded and said, "Yes, my wife, you have also learned boxing, so you can be a coach for our son."

"Why don't you act like a father?"

"I can be your punching bag."

"That's okay."

In order to cultivate his son's interest in this area, Chen Dong really acted as a sandbag several times in the next few days.

Although the son is still young, even if he uses all his strength it would only be a tickle for Chen Dong who is wearing protective gear, but his mother is very strong.

"Honey, shall we continue tomorrow?"

"No, no, I'm not coming. The audition for Detective Chinatown starts tomorrow and I can't go on set with an injury."

"Then I'll give you a good rub tonight."

"Actually, I slept in the study and the injury healed the next day... It won't heal, but I'm sorry for the trouble, my wife."

"It's okay, it's all as it should be."

One day later.

Chen Dong really didn't want to get up, but he was the examiner of the audition, so he had to go.

……

Dongcheng Pictures.

When Chen Dong arrived downstairs at the company, he found that a group of reporters had set up cameras at the door. They were the most active.

"Lend me your sunglasses, the sun is a bit strong today."

Before getting off the car, Chen Dong suddenly said to the driver.

Although the driver subconsciously followed his boss's instructions, when he came to his senses, he found that there was no sun outside and it was clearly a cloudy day.

What Chen Dong was blocking with his sunglasses was not the sunlight, but the fact that he was not fully awake yet.

"Director Chen, can you accept an interview?"

"Director Chen..."

(End of this chapter)