Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 655: Complaining about the fierce competition during the Spring Festival Gala

The year is over with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu! !

The old year passes and the new year begins.

In the courtyard.

Gu Wei was woken up by his mother early in the morning. He followed his father in a daze to paste Spring Festival couplets and door couplets, and worship the God of Wealth and Kitchen God.

He got up at around six o'clock and was busy until around eight o'clock. For the first time, Gu Wei felt that the place he lived in was too big and uncomfortable.

Moreover, unlike commercial housing and villas, siheyuans are not only large in size, but also have many doors and windows. It is particularly troublesome to post Spring Festival couplets in some places.

After a simple breakfast, Gu Wei called Liu Yifei directly, but it took a long time for the call to be connected.

"What? Ahhh!" Feeling Miss Liu's grumpiness when she woke up, Gu Wei felt that he shouldn't have made this call.

"Still sleeping? Hurry up and get up."

"Yeah, don't bother me." Miss Liu was still in a daze, as if she had not woken up yet.

Later, Gu Wei heard his mother-in-law yelling at his young sister on the phone and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Miss Liu naturally roared again, and the one who suffered was still Gu Wei.

Seeing that he couldn't wake the other person up, Gu Wei could only hang up the phone.

The time of Chinese New Year varies across the country, some celebrate it at noon, some at night. At Gu Wei's house, they celebrate it at noon and eat dumplings at night.

At nine o'clock in the morning, after packing up, Gu Wei and his parents set off for his grandparents' house. His uncle and his family were also there, and his aunts would also come over to pay New Year's greetings tomorrow.

Speaking of my grandparents' generation who responded to the call, almost every family had three or four brothers and sisters, and some had seven or eight.

As for his parents' generation, the family planning policy was implemented, and his parents worked in government agencies, so Gu Wei came from a typical single-child family.

It is precisely because of this that his parents are anxious for him to get married and even hope to have two more children.

After hearing this, Gu Wei joked that some directors in the circle were fined for having more children than allowed. However, Gu's mother said in a domineering manner that if there is a fine, then so be it. We can accept a fine of 10 million or 100 million for one more child.

These words left Gu Wei speechless, and he could only give in.

At noon, the whole family celebrated the New Year reunion together. After dinner, Gu Wei was lying on the sofa bored and chatting with Miss Liu.

In the evening, my parents and grandparents watched the Spring Festival Gala together, but Gu Wei was not interested in the show. He stayed in his bedroom alone and continued to write the script.

It has to be said that there are too many artists in this year's Spring Festival Gala who are related to Huayi Company. The stubborn holdouts have been removed, but the influencers have gathered in droves.

Netizens even complained online: "This is simply a report performance by Huayi artists, another Huayi annual meeting."

Although many people in the circle were mentally prepared, when the Spring Festival Gala actually started, they realized that Huayi had stuffed all of its own famous stars and connections into the show.

Moreover, those artists and stars from Huayi who did not appear on the Spring Festival Gala did so not because they could not, but because of schedule conflicts.

So, netizens watched the Spring Festival Gala while posting all kinds of complaints online, making the Internet even more lively than in real life.

Huang Bo made his first appearance on the Spring Festival Gala this year, singing a solo song "My Requirements Are Not High", which also became the focus of netizens' happy complaints.

Tucao has long become a fashion, and has gradually become one of the sources of pleasure for the audience to enjoy the Spring Festival Gala.

Huang Bo, wearing overalls, was walking on the treadmill and singing at the same time, but his singing was quite good.

"Huang Bo's look is simply amazing, haha."

Liu Yifei complained directly in the group, and Huang Bo sent an innocent emoticon soon after. Miss Liu followed with a laughing emoticon, and the two of them started interacting directly in the group by typing.

While Gu Wei was writing the script, he could feel his phone vibrating constantly, and then a big red envelope was sent directly to him.

I thought it would be quieter, but it vibrated even more.

"Thank you Director Gu for the big red envelope!"

"Happy New Year, Director Gu!"

"Thank you boss!"

Even Liu Yifei followed the crowd and said "the boss is very generous", which made Gu Wei laugh.

The Spring Festival Gala continued, and the chat in the group became more and more lively. Gu Wei also put down the script and started chatting with everyone.

After a few words, a big red envelope was sent in.

At this time, WeChat red envelopes were pouring in from all the major groups, and Liu Yifei was having a lot of fun grabbing them. While grabbing, she sent a message to Gu Wei to complain, saying that she had just sent another red envelope in the classmate group.

WeChat quickly became popular after its launch. Compared with traditional communication devices, WeChat is more simple and practical.

Gu Wei did not get involved before WeChat came out. Firstly, his main goal was on the movie industry. There was no need to grab some money just because he saw a good project. Besides, some projects could not be invested in just because one had money.

Secondly, Xingchen Film and Television Company is not short of money now. After several consecutive big sales of movies, the company now has billions of cash in its account. Song Ge even lamented that no other company in the industry has such abundant funds. Therefore, Gu Wei is not only not short of money, but also has income almost every moment, all of which are copyrights and box office shares from all over the world.

After selling Huayi shares, Gu Wei responded to questions from friends in the circle by saying that he needed funds to prepare new films.

In fact, these are all excuses, and Gu Wei is not planning to invest his money in financial products. There is no need for that.

Thirdly, Gu Wei was not interested in how much money he had to have or what kind of richest man he had to be. When he came back to this world, his idea was very simple: to make movies, classic movies, and fine movies that would be passed down through the ages.

As they chatted, some people in the group began to complain about this year's Spring Festival Gala, and some suggested that Gu Wei direct next year's Spring Festival Gala. In short, everyone felt that Huayi had gone too far.

"I haven't watched the Spring Festival Gala. Did Huayi arrange so many people?" Gu Wei said directly after seeing the news.

"That's right, netizens are complaining like crazy." Liu Yifei continued.

Huang Xiaoming discovered the key point and asked directly: "Director Gu didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala, so what was he doing?"

"The director was so disrespectful that he didn't even listen to my singing on the Spring Festival Gala." Huang Bo also said.

"Write a script." Gu Wei replied with three words.

Instantly, the group fell silent.

After a long while, Zhou Xun replied with two words: "Awesome!"
Huang Xiaoming replied “Devotion to work”!
Huang Bo is "a role model of our generation"!
Miss Liu sent him a private message, saying that it was so funny that he was writing a script during the Chinese New Year, and asked him why he didn't watch the Spring Festival Gala with his parents.

Gu Wei directly said that he was urged to get married when he was with his parents, and then he said that they would set a date after the New Year to meet again and directly set the date for the wedding. "Okay, my mother and grandma are also urging me all day long."

"Okay, then let's do it on the third day of the junior high school. I'll make arrangements after we finish visiting relatives."

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New Year's Eve passed in a flash.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first day box office of the Spring Festival period is the focus of attention of the entire film industry.

Especially since this year's Spring Festival schedule has included an unprecedented number of main-theme commercial films, the industry is even more looking forward to the box office data.

The media and online news have begun to flood the screen, in addition to yesterday's Spring Festival Gala, it's today's movie.

"Feng Xiaogang is suspected of abusing his power for personal gain. He has packed in many Huayi actors and artists as guests for the Spring Festival Gala..."

"Directed by Ning Hao, starring Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lei Jiayin, "Chinese Partners" has grossed over 300 million yuan and is currently heading towards 400 million yuan..."

"The domestic mainstream film "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", jointly produced by Bona Film Group, China Film Group, and Xingchen Film and Television, directed by Xu Ke, and starring Zhang Hanyu, Han Dongjun, Su Chang, and Yu Nan, has grossed over 200 million yuan in three days..."

"Several domestic films, including 'Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven', 'The Man from Macau' and 'The Ex', have been released in recent days and are about to start a fierce competition."

"According to the cinema chain, the average screening rate of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" today is as high as 23%, the highest among many movies!"

"The screening rate of "Chinese Partners" has dropped and is currently only 21%."

"According to reports from cinema chains, the screening rate of "The Man from Macau", jointly produced by China Star and Bona Film Group, was as high as 25% on the Spring Festival, while the screening rate of "The Ex-Files" released on the same day was only 12%..."

Early in the morning, Gu Wei opened his eyes and checked the news. What caught his eye were news about several blockbuster movies, mixed with netizens' complaints about the Spring Festival Gala.

It has to be said that several important domestic schedules have always been dominated by blockbusters. The three movies "Chinese Partners", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "The Man from Macau" directly occupied more than 60% of the screenings on the Spring Festival day, leaving no room for other movies to survive.

If "Ex-Files" is included, these four movies account for more than 80% of the screenings, and the remaining twenty or so movies together account for less than 20%.

However, this situation will not last for a few days. After all, once "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is released, there will be a lot of screenings.

In addition, many companies have complained to the higher authorities, demanding an increase in the screening rate of small and medium-sized films. According to Gu Wei's estimation, the number of big-budget films shooting in the first half of this year's Lunar New Year period should be even.

Even if "Chinese Partners" is produced by Xingchen Films, it will not gain much advantage.

After chatting with Huang Bo and the others last night, we celebrated the New Year together. After that, Gu Wei wrote a script and didn’t go to bed until after three o’clock.

I closed the news page and opened my phone's message box, which was filled with countless text messages wishing you a happy new year.

After replying to a few important messages, there were too many left, so Gu Wei had to reply to all of them on Weibo: "Happy New Year! I wish you all the best in the new year."

After a short while, Weibo received thousands of replies, including from celebrities in the industry and netizens.

Looking at the time, Gu Wei naturally couldn't have breakfast, so he simply interacted with everyone while waiting for lunch.

...

at the same time.

Bona's Yu Dong and Xu Ke were nervously following the data of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy". When the movie was released two days before the Spring Festival, it earned more than 70 million yuan on the first day.

On the second day, the box office increased instead of decreasing, directly exceeding 80 million. On the third day, which was the Spring Festival, it still achieved a good result of 70 million.

Over 200 million in three days!!

This news immediately set off a sensation in the domestic entertainment industry, with many media outlets predicting that the film has the potential to break the billion-yuan box office record and become the third domestic billion-yuan box office film.

The film and television industry also turned its attention, and for the first time everyone discovered that making main-theme movies could be so profitable.

For a time, the movie "Wolf Warrior" attracted much attention!
Bona, in the office.

Yu Dong walked back and forth, the expression on his face kept changing, sometimes he frowned and sometimes he looked a little regretful.

Xu Ke finally couldn't help but say after watching for a long time, "Mr. Yu, you should be happy that Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy has such a high box office."

"Ah, it's because of the high box office that I feel bad. If I had known the box office would be so good, I shouldn't have put it in the Spring Festival to compete with so many blockbusters. Although the data is good now, the screening rate of other movies has been declining since the release of yesterday. According to this trend, it is unlikely to reach 1 billion."

Yu Dong really regretted it now. Gu Wei also gave him advice when the release date was decided. Unfortunately, Yu Dong was not very confident about main-theme commercial films and felt that releasing it during the Spring Festival might achieve unexpected results.

The result was achieved. Yu Dong was now troubled. He looked at Xu Ke and continued, "If we pick a good time, maybe Bonar can become the second company in the industry to produce a movie with a box office of over 1 billion."

"I think the Spring Festival schedule is good. On the contrary, if there weren't so many blockbusters released at the same time, the popularity would definitely not be so high." Xu Ke took a sip of coffee. He was in a good mood at this moment.

"That's true, but..." Yu Dong was halfway through his words when Xu Ke obviously understood what he was thinking.

"And I think the box office of Taking Tiger Mountain may not be less than 1 billion. Let me analyze it for you."

"Hmm?" Yu Dong sat down, intending to listen to the other party's opinion.

"Generally speaking, the box office cycle of commercial films is very short. The movie "Chinese Sociable" produced by Xingchen Films has been released for more than a week, so it will not pose much threat in the future.

As for that movie "Ex-Files", it is a fan movie. It cannot compare with ours in terms of investment, quality and subsequent screenings.

Next, let’s talk about “The Man from Macau”. Although the first-day box office figures for this movie have not been released, the audience’s reviews are already online. At the moment, they are very average. Moreover, for a movie like this that rehashes old stuff, once its reputation collapses, there is no need to say much about the box office.

The last one is "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", to be honest, the Journey to the West theme has been filmed to death, and the other party's release time is nine days later than ours, so we are staggered.

As for the remaining dozens of times more movies, apart from the Hollywood blockbusters that will be released later, there is nothing to worry about. "

Xu Ke spoke eloquently and his analysis was well-reasoned, and Yu Dong kept nodding his head as he listened.

"So according to you, 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy' still has a hope of breaking through the 1 billion box office?" Yu Dong instantly became excited and asked impatiently.

"As long as the publicity keeps going, 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy' is not afraid to compete with any blockbuster." When saying this, Xu Ke was full of confidence. Apparently the good box office start gave him enough confidence.

"Thank you for your hard work, Director Xu," Yu Dong said with a serious expression.

"No problem, the roadshow has been arranged, and I will take the creative team out tomorrow."

Xu Ke nodded and said, obviously he had made all the preparations.

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(End of this chapter)