Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 638: Cowardly and Cowardly

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The Lunar New Year holiday season is still going on, but there is not much time left for other film and television companies in the industry.

The box office on the first day was 7500 million.

The box office on the second day was 7280 million.

The box office on the third day was 6930 million.

With a box office of over 200 million in three days, "New Police Story" speaks for itself with its strength.

Compared to the lack of stamina of "Personal Tailor", "New Police Story" also has this trend, but with the joint promotion of Wanda and Star Film and Television, the latter has a higher starting point.

As expected, the winner of the Lunar New Year box office battle has almost been determined.

For Gu Wei, the outcome has been decided, but for Song Ge, it will take some time to catch up with the box office.

For all the employees of Xingchen Film and Television Company, it is necessary to win a big victory and spend the New Year comfortably.

As for the film and television companies in the industry, the performance of Xingchen Film and Television this year is a bit scary.

The movie "Lost in Thailand" released at the beginning of the year had a domestic box office of over 1.3 billion yuan, directly setting a new record for the domestic film box office.

Later, there were "Seattle" and "Knife of the Assassin", and the box office of each of them was less than 400 million.

With the release of "The Wandering Earth", the 3 billion box office revenue not only created new history, but also made "Lost in Thailand" the film with the shortest box office record in China.

Now, with the addition of "New Police Story 2013", it is conservatively estimated that this year Star Films Company has created a total box office of billion.

This does not even include overseas box office and performance of other foreign language films. It is not impossible that the box office will exceed 10 billion.

In 13, when the total box office value of the domestic film market just broke 250 billion, such an achievement can no longer be described as an exaggeration.

In other words, it's simply explosive, and it's the kind that wants to be explosive.

As a result, the employees of Xingchen Film and Television Company have become the envy of many high-ranking officials in the circle. No one has to guess how much year-end bonus they can get this year.

"This year's year-end bonuses have generally been raised by 30%, so that everyone can have a happy and prosperous new year."

After receiving Gu Wei's call, Song Ge thought something big happened, but it turned out to be a salary increase.

Although the contracts of Song Ge, Wang Chen, Jiang Xueruo, Chen Guofu and others stipulate that they will obtain part of the shares of Xingchen Film and Television Company after working for ten years, who wouldn't be happy to get more money?

"Haha, okay, I'll announce it later and make everyone happy."

"By the way, how long will the filming in Hollywood take, and when do you plan to return home?" Song Ge continued to ask.

"I don't know the details. Let's see the situation. I'll notify you in advance when the time comes." Gu Wei was obviously busy. He hung up the phone after giving the instructions.

Afterwards, Song Ge signed the document for this year's year-end bonus and handed it to the Finance Manager.

You have to know that the idea of ​​​​working people is very simple, they just want to have a little financial increase every year.

The dividends of the company's development should naturally be shared with employees. It is customary to increase salaries twice a year. The year-end bonus is an explanation of the employees' performance throughout the year, and also allows everyone to have a good year in the upcoming Spring Festival.

"Understood, Mr. Song."

After nodding, the financial manager looked at the document that had just been signed and prepared to brief his subordinates.

The news spread quickly, and soon everyone in the company knew that bonuses would be generally increased this year.

"Wow, I'm really looking forward to it. The bonus has been increased every year since I joined the company. It was a great decision to choose Xingchen Films."

"Mr. Gu is really good to his employees. I wonder if he will recruit next year. Some of my classmates want to try him out!"

"We can have another prosperous new year this year..."

Employees across the company immediately started discussing it in various group chats.

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Domestic media continuously reprint Hollywood movie information.

“Directed by Gu Wei, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.

The Oscar-winning film "The Revenant" has been released in the North American market for more than a month, and the total box office has accumulated to 1.25 million US dollars..."

"The PR reception for The Revenant is still ongoing. Hollywood directors like Martin Scorsese and Cameron frequently appear at the reception and give positive comments when interviewed by reporters..."

Every time the box office data of "The Revenant" is updated, it always causes sighs and curses in the mainland film industry.

Because in the past, when domestic blockbusters were released in North America, which producer would not try to keep the box office results as secret as possible?

They are afraid that the domestic media will "talk nonsense" online and let the audience and netizens know.

Even when asked directly, the film company just gave a general and vague answer, "The film was a big hit in the North American market," and perfunctorily answered.

I never dare to disclose data to the outside world because I cannot afford to lose face and I am afraid of being laughed at and ridiculed by people inside and outside the circle.

Moreover, this kind of operation has become the unspoken rule in the industry. However, Gu Wei's foreign language film this time is not subject to this unspoken rule, because it cannot be constrained by Hollywood either.

But there is a very crucial issue: Gu Wei is a mainland director.

Netizens unconsciously compare him with other domestic directors.

Now it’s okay if we don’t make the comparison, but once we do, we will find the problem. Other directors and film companies are really incompetent and useless!

Immediately, the Internet naturally started to mock...

"Brothers, there's nothing much to say. Only Director Gu has the ability to take food from the Americans."

"It makes me laugh to death. Other mainland directors fail to deliver at critical moments, and they are all so arrogant that they always want to make a new movie to impact the overseas market. But after so many years, only Director Gu has done it."

"They are all big shot. They brag more than one another in normal times, but once they are really asked to do something, they become more cowardly than one another."

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"Personal Tailor" is still being released with an average daily box office of around 50 million. This result cannot be said to be bad, but the box office is in a state of serious decline every day.

Compared with the box office, what worries Wang Da, Wang Xiao and Feng Xiaogang more is the reputation of the movie.

Netizens ridiculed it, mainly because it was so irritating. They had worked hard to save their ticket money and planned to watch some movies during the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival to have fun, but in the end, someone always showed you something that looked like shit.

However, in stark contrast to the high box office, audiences and netizens gave the movie overwhelming negative reviews. "Private Order" once again created the strange phenomenon of "criticizing and paying to watch it at the same time" in the movie market.

Feng Xiaogang's "Private Customization" broke 5 million in ten days, and the box office was indeed very gratifying.

But the media's criticism made him unhappy.

Beijing News: "Bad reviews lead to high box office. It is ridiculous that bad reviews can also lead to box office boom. Such "black humor" is sad no matter how you look at it, and this "abnormal boom" is not conducive to the long-term development of Chinese films."

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"These people are just making up stories. They say what is abnormal prosperity, and if the box office is low, it is a bad movie, and if the box office is high, it is not conducive to the development of the film market. They say everything good and bad."

"How could I not know that there were problems with the quality of the film? How could it pass the review without cutting or modifying the content?"

"These people are simply talking nonsense. If they have the guts, they can go and complain to the General Administration and ask it to change its review standards."

In the office, Feng Xiaogang cursed for five minutes before he stopped.

He could accept the ridicule from netizens and the malicious slander from his peers, but he could not accept such comments from the news media.

Due to censorship issues before its release, the premiere of "Personal Tailor" was postponed from the 14th to the 17th.

The specific reason is that some of the lines in the drama are too explicit and contain a lot of "sensitive content".

Because of this matter, Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang were called over by the "leaders" of the General Administration for a talk.

Later, in order to ensure that the film could be released normally, Feng Xiaogang had to delete and modify some shots and lines.

This also resulted in several inconsistencies in the film's shots, and even the deleted shots were exactly what made this film different from "Party A and Party B".

Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many viewers who joked that the film is simply the 2.0 version of “Party A and Party B”!!
Wang Zhongjun on the opposite side didn't miss him at all. The recent problems with the company's stock price were enough to deal with for him.

Not to mention that the guy on the other side is a fence-sitter and is not reliable at all.

Wang Zhonglei's eyes turned, and he suddenly thought of an idea. "Hey, Xiaogang, why don't we post the deleted scenes online? Maybe the audience will understand after watching them. If we do it well, it can also increase the box office. It's like killing two birds with one stone. What do you think?"

"I don't think it's a good idea," Feng Xiaogang immediately retorted, cursing in his heart, "You have bad intentions, don't you? The leaders of the General Administration have repeatedly ordered us to delete the content, but now you are playing tricks on me. If something goes wrong, you will be the one to take the blame, right?"

"Xiaogang, I think what Zhonglei said is feasible. Let's not send it directly. Let's learn from Teacher Chen and find someone to fix the computer. In the end, if we accidentally get out, even if the leaders of the General Administration want to hold us accountable, they can't hold us accountable."

Wang Zhongjun was quite optimistic about his brother's suggestion, but he also wanted to continue testing Feng Xiaogang's bottom line.

"Mr. Wang, how can they be the same? If it really gets out, do you think the 'leaders' will accept our explanation? We should just do the publicity honestly. The risk is too great and it's not worth it." Feng Xiaogang refused righteously. He even regretted complaining in front of the two brothers today.

"Damn it, neither of them is a good person. They only care about money and not their lives." Feng Xiaogang cursed a few more times in his heart.

"Hey, let's discuss it again. The company's stock price has fallen sharply, and you have also lost money." Wang Zhonglei continued to persuade.

"Forget it. Money is a bastard. Don't make money but not spend it. I absolutely disagree with this."

After making up his mind, Feng Xiaogang found an excuse and left quickly.

"Fuck, this guy is like a rope to lift tofu, I'm too lazy to say anything."

"Why didn't I realize before that this guy is so cowardly and weak? I'm so blind." After seeing Feng Xiaogang leave, Wang Zhonglei started again.

"Before, before, you thought it was the last century." Wang Zhongjun retorted unhappily.

"Brother, I had a private chat with Wu Ershan. He said that he will come over after he finishes filming Painted Skin 3 next year as soon as the contract expires. Then he will let this guy see that Huayi still has no shortage of big directors even without him."

"Well, that's enough. You can do whatever you want." There was deep fatigue in Wang Zhongjun's tone.

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(End of this chapter)