Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 587 Being passive for a long time will become a habit

Wang Zhonglei is right when he says that the Lunar New Year holiday is such a big box office that it is more than enough to accommodate two blockbusters.

The box office of the two blockbusters "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" were similar in the first four days.

Sina Entertainment News

"Zhang Yimou's latest epic film, The Flowers of War, was released in theaters nationwide at 12:15 on December 18. As of 24:1.9 on Sunday night, in less than four days, the film's box office revenue was reported to be nearly 1.42 million yuan, surpassing the million yuan of Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate, becoming the box office champion of the week."

"The coming weekend is Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and then the New Year's Day holiday. The film market will also see a significant peak, and the good reputation of The Flowers of War will also win it a larger market space."

Although "The Flowers of War" won the first battle, the thirteen producers including Li Chen were not satisfied with the number and could only hope for a strong rebound during the peak periods of Holidays 11 and 12.

Li Chen has some psychological expectations for the box office of "The Flowers of War".

Due to the limitation of the subject matter, even with the support of Zhang Yimou and myself, the box office ceiling of "The Flowers of War" will not have the potential of comedies and action films such as "Charlotte" and "Chinese Police".

Another "Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" completely disappeared and became cannon fodder for two blockbusters, "The Flowers of War" and "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate".

The daily box office plummeted from 700 million to 150 million, and the film was abandoned by theaters within a week.

Even the film company seemed to have given up on the matter, and the press releases disappeared without a trace.

While the Lunar New Year box office was in full swing, Ying Huang, the king of the corner, did something big without making a fuss.

Signed Mr. Ge.

Beijing News
The media conference "Ying Huang and Ge You create a new era in the film industry" was held in Hong Kong yesterday. Ying Huang boss Yang Shoucheng announced that he had signed a five-year, three-film contract with Ge You, with a total investment of up to 5 million.

"Ge You said that Yang Shoucheng gave him a lot of creative space, but the specific project has not yet been finalized. As for his personal signing fee, Ge You smiled and said he was very satisfied. On the day of the signing, artists under Yinghuang said they were willing to cooperate with Ge You even if they were strangers."

"Ge You had always been a 'free man' before. After signing a contract with Ying Huang this time, he joked that he had to force himself to work."

Last year, Ge Youssef earned 15 billion yuan at the box office during the Lunar New Year holiday with three blockbusters: "Bullet", "If You Are the One" and "Orphan".

It sounds very impressive, but none of the directors of the three films played a small role, and the actors they collaborated with were almost all big names in the industry.

It seems a bit far-fetched to attribute all the credit of 15 billion to Mr. Ge.

From his perspective as a reborn person, the future leaders of mainland comedy will be rising billionaire movie stars such as Shen Teng, Huang Bo, and Wang Baoqiang.

Although Yinghuang did not poach Ge You this time, Ge You has always been regarded as a member of Huayi and is Feng Xiaogang's favorite actor.

"Boss, I'm afraid the two brothers from Huayi won't have a good year this time. There were rumors that Ge You was going to change jobs, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, it would be Ying Huang."

Yang Siwei came to Li Chen's villa early in the morning and said that it was a unanimous request of the artists under him that they should celebrate the boss's birthday this year, so that the boss would not be alone when the boss's wife was not around.

"The barking dog never bites. Yinghuang is indeed very capable. When they offered 3 million yuan for Feng Xiaogang's signing, Wang Zhongjun was furious. He wanted to fight Yinghuang directly."

"Although Ge You has not signed a contract with Huayi, it is estimated that these two brothers, including Feng Xiaogang, have tacitly accepted that Ge You is one of Huayi's own."

"Huayi's prospectus praised Feng Xiaogang highly, and wrote that the company was somewhat dependent on Feng Xiaogang's team. Isn't this just a trap?"

"Is Ge You the backbone of Feng Xiaogang's team?" Li Chen asked Yang Siwei with a smile.

"Of course, boss. These two are like a golden pair. Now that Ge Da Ye has left, I'm afraid the If You Are the One series will be shelved."

Li Chen nodded. Yang Siwei has grown very fast in recent years and his vision is indeed unique.

"This blow is not light. First, Lao Ma reduced his holdings, and then Ge remarried. I estimate that Huayi's stock price will plummet again. I can't bear to take action against these two brothers."

"However, these two brothers are not pushovers. The distribution of Against the War is still in the hands of Huayi. With the style of these two brothers, I'm afraid that Against the War will fail."

Yang Siwei thought that what the boss said made sense.

Huayi also had an investment in "The Flowers of War", but because of Mr. Ma's reduction of Huayi's shares, they were so angry that they pushed the release date of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" forward again and again.

After leaving the boss's villa, Yang Siwei sent a text message to Liu Yifei: Done.

The most talked-about person in "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" is not Jet Li.

Instead, it is Chen Kun who plays the charming Yu Huatian and Zhou Xun who plays the heroic man dressed as a woman.

Zhou Xun and Zhang Manyu, the two Venice Film Festival winners promoted by Li Chen, both received calls from Yang Siwei.

Without thinking twice, the two of them agreed to be present on Li Chen's birthday.

Li Chen didn't know what Yang Siwei and the others were going to do, but thinking that Miss Liu was not there and that it was also Yang Siwei and the others' good intentions, he just let them do as they pleased.

What Li Chen said to Yang Siwei that day came true.

In five trading days, Huayi’s stock price fell by 11.4%. This “star stock” that was once touted by many celebrities has now almost lost its luster.

The stock price fell to 16.37 yuan, which, after readjustment, has shrunk by 91.8% compared with the historical high of 35 yuan. Some stockholders said that the five long negative lines in Huayi's K-line chart are a row of tears left for Mr. Ge's departure.
Netizens and fans continued to rub salt into the brothers' wounds.

The comments under Miss Liu’s Weibo were filled with expressions of emotion, as if she had survived a catastrophe.

"What a lucky celestial being! Fortunately, I took action early, otherwise I would have suffered a great loss!"

"Huayi is on the decline. Shuang Bing, Xiao Ming, and Lin Xinru are all gone, and so is Mr. Ge. From now on, your husband will rule the world."

The reporter from Securities Daily also called Huayi, and Huayi was still trying to make it sound like a big deal: "Ge You is not a contracted artist of Huayi, and who he signs with has no big impact on Huayi. But Feng Xiaogang is still a contracted director of Huayi, and there is no change at present."

Huayi Headquarters
The two brothers both looked unhappy. Huayi's third quarter report this year was not optimistic. The net profit was only 3869 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 31.86%!

Rongchen Pictures is the culprit.

Now even Ying Huang is begging for money.

How could the two brothers tolerate this?

"Brother, if we don't even fart, no one will dare to make trouble for us in the future! Does he think he is in Hong Kong or does he think he is that bastard Li Chen?"

Wang Zhongjun knew his brother had a point: "What are you going to do?"

"Humph! He really is willing to spend a lot of money to make Xie Tingfeng seduce Yang Mi but failed."

"They just turned their guns around, and even the twins came out to accompany Ge You."

"Ge You is also old but not old at heart..."

"Didn't he invest a huge amount of money to bring in Jay Chou and promote his godson Ting-Feng Xie? Humph! Dream on!"

On the evening of the 23rd, Li Chen had a video call with Miss Liu as usual.

"It's your birthday tomorrow, Director Li, what gift do you want?" Miss Liu was wearing flesh-colored silk pajamas and her thick hair was casually tied into a ponytail.

Li Chen didn't pay attention to this detail. Normally, Miss Liu would simply tie her hair up with a hairband when she got up, and would most likely take a beauty nap after finishing her phone calls.

"The person is not here, what are you talking about gifts!" Li Chen laughed while hugging the fat boy who was trying to snatch the phone.

"Although I'm not here, it doesn't matter if you send me gifts. I know Yang Siwei and the others are going to celebrate your birthday. What? With so many people accompanying you, you don't care about me anymore?" Li Chen held his son in one hand and said with a smile, "Little boy, when you grow up, don't learn from your mother. You are always sharp-tongued and always changing the concept. You use all your cleverness on your father."

"Yiyaya" Xiao Wuxia stared at the familiar face on the phone with her bright eyes, as if she was also helping Li Chen to accuse.

Liu Yifei giggled and said, "Little Wuxia, be good. Muah, kiss me."

"Never mind you. I've prepared some gifts and asked Yang Siwei and the others to bring them to me. Let me make it clear, you must not dislike them!"

Li Chen laughed: "Okay, as long as it's a gift from you, even if it's a dinosaur, I'll like it too!"

"Go away, you are the one" Miss Liu quickly stopped talking, she almost let the cat out of the bag.

Li Chen laughed out loud.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei immediately jumped out of bed, changed her clothes, went downstairs and went out.

Liu Xiaoli was already waiting in the car.

"Have you finished the call?" Liu Xiaoli asked with a smile.

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"Well, the fight is over."

"Li Chen has no doubts at all?"

"What does he suspect? Tim doesn't know, so how could he know?" Liu Yifei smiled, very satisfied with the surprise she had prepared.

"I also asked Yang Siwei to invite Brother Hua, Sister Yu, Brother Xun and the others. Every year he goes to great lengths to celebrate my birthday. This year I want to give him a birthday party that he will never forget."

"After he's born, he'll be thirty years old."

The car started slowly, and Liu Xiaoli said softly: "Do you remember what your mother told you?"

Liu Yifei's eyes drifted out the window with a satisfied smile on her face: "Remember."

"However, although a girl cannot give easily, she cannot let the person who loves me always take the initiative."

"Mom, being passive for a long time will become a habit."

Liu Yifei's words made Liu Xiaoli lose consciousness immediately, and these words kept echoing in her mind: Being passive for a long time will become a habit.

Liu Yifei didn't care whether her mother understood or not, she didn't want her and Li Chen to end up like her parents.

Love needs to be managed and even more so, it needs to be cared for.

Beijing Airport
Liu Yifei and her daughter returned to China in a low-key manner. After leaving the airport, they took advantage of the nightfall and sneaked into a black Mercedes-Benz business car like thieves without anyone noticing.

Tim in Los Angeles was still in the dark and thought the two were walking the dog in Crystal City.

After video chatting with Li Chen and their son in the morning, the mother and daughter set off for the airport.

After Liu Yifei got home, she sent a text message to Yang Siwei.

Yang Siwei replied immediately: Got it.

As Christmas Eve approaches, red Christmas hats can be seen everywhere on the streets of Beijing outside the car.

Early in the morning, Li Chen's Weibo and mobile phone began to operate at high load.

The posts on Weibo are all filled with blessings from fans.

If it were a live broadcast, I'm afraid the number of gifts would set a record.

Mobile phone text messages, from leaders in the bureau to friends and big names in the circle, are either sending text messages or making phone calls.

Christmas Eve was on Saturday, and Han Saping called early.

"I won't come over. Let Jia Ni and you young people have fun together."

"Okay, now that you're here, they can't have fun."

Luxury cars have been coming in and out of Li Chen's villa in the Central Villa District since noon.

On the terrace on the second floor, Han Jianiu, Shu Chang, Yang Siwei and others arrived early.

"Wow, your boss is so generous!" Han Jianu saw another latest model Ferrari driving in from the gate in the distance.

Yang Siwei said with a smile: "What's that? With your status, you will have these things sooner or later."

"If you really want to drive, you can take mine. I don't drive it often anyway, so you can drive it for me as regular maintenance!"

Yang Mi came in a pure black Ferrari. Liu Yifei had a bright red Ferrari, and she didn't want to collide with Liu Yifei, so she bought a pure black one.

Tang Yan's car is a red Audi TT, which sounds just right with Tangtang's name.

Yang Mi had just parked the car when she saw Tang Yan's TT driving in. She immediately leaned against the side of the car and watched Luo Jin and Tangtang get out with a smile on her face.

"You two, it's a good thing that Xixi prepared gifts today, otherwise you two wouldn't seem to be here to celebrate your senior's birthday, but to show off your affection!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down. If you let something slip, be careful or Xixi will settle the score with you!" Tang Yan quickly stepped forward and pretended to cover Yang Mi's mouth.

Yang Mi smiled and glanced at Luo Jin: "Brother Jin, Tangtang is the boss now, you should at least change to a more spacious means of transportation."

Luo Jin laughed and said, "Who said it wasn't true? I wanted to drive my Range Rover, but she liked her TT. I couldn't do anything about it."

The three of them walked into the villa and saw Liu Dehua and Zhang Manyu chatting with Li Chen in the living room.

Di Lieba stood aside like a mascot, with her big eyes open and a silly smile on her face, listening with great interest.

"Senior, Brother Hua, Sister Yu, what are you talking about? Xiao Reba is so fascinated by what you are talking about." Yang Mi and the other two sat down in the living room with a smile.

The room was kept at a constant temperature and humidity, and everyone took off their coats as soon as they came in.

Zhang Manyu was a little distracted when she saw it. She was also like this when she was young.
Dilireba was a little embarrassed: "No, it's so interesting to listen to Brother Hua and Sister Yu talk about the interesting things in the past."

Liu Dehua laughed and said, "I was just talking about the movie 'As Tears Go By' that I filmed with Man Yu!"

Yang Mi, Tang Yan and Luo Jin looked at each other and laughed: "No wonder Reba blushed just now, so that's why."

"The three of us have all seen this play by Brother Hua and Sister Yu." Luo Jin smiled slyly.

Zhang Manyu smiled but said nothing, but Liu Dehua spoke out openly.

"There were a lot of erotic scenes. I remember you were wearing only a tulle topless, and I only used a towel to cover my lower body."

Several people in the living room, including Li Chen, laughed.

(End of this chapter)