Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 630 Best Friend
In July in Guilin, the average daytime temperature is over 30 degrees, which is a torture for the actors and crew.

However, working in this industry, actors have become accustomed to it.

Fortunately, the crew of "Vientiane Island" is nearing the end of filming.

After being away from her son for three months, Liu Yifei has been eager to return home.

Although Guilin’s landscape is beautiful, home is where my son is.

Deng Chao and Reba's scenes have already been completed.

The fourth season of "Running Man" is about to start, and Deng Chao and Tang Yan's "The Four" will also be released soon.

Yang Mi's "Da Wudang" and Chen Kaige's "Search" were released on the same day, a full week earlier than "The Four".

The difference between a small director and a big director is obvious at a glance.

Even the extremely popular Yang Mi couldn't save "Da Wudang", and she even got the nickname "The Cute Lord of Wulin".

The extremely low box office of 1700 million in the first week made Yang Mi cry without tears and directly broke her psychological defenses.

None of her previous films had box office revenues below 100 million.

Yang Mi’s Weibo was immediately overwhelmed.

"This is too outrageous. They actually paired Xu Jiao and Fan Shaohuang together. They can be father and daughter! How could such a little kid be so affectionate to this old man?"

"Kung Fu actresses are not packaged. Although you can see that you fight hard, your moves are just fancy moves, and your expressions are so cute that they overwhelm people."

Even the Disciplinary Inspection Committee of the entertainment industry, who had not criticized Yang Mi for a long time, spoke out: "I always thought that the stupidest movie I had seen in recent years was "Three Guns", until I watched "Da Wu Dang" yesterday!"

Since the filming of "Vientiane Island" started, all the artists from the company have come to visit the set.

Even if Yang Mi didn't want to come, she had to pretend.

What's more, it can temporarily avoid the media's pursuit and blockade.

Seeing Yang Mi looking like she had lost all hope in life, Liu Yifei tried to persuade her: "Okay, okay, you are much better than me."

"My "May Love" and "Love Winner" are not as good as yours!"

In Liu Yifei's independent tent, Yang Mi was lying on a recliner with her legs spread out.

After hearing what Liu Yifei said, Yang Mi felt even more resentful: "I finally understand. I am not the box office queen. Neither are Tangtang and Xunge. None of us are."

Yang Mi didn't finish her words, but Liu Yifei knew what she meant. She smiled and pointed outside the tent: "You just realized it? The ones who really carry the box office are these big directors."

Yang Mi nodded: "I knew it a long time ago, but I just didn't believe it."

"No wonder senior and Director Zhang are paid much more than us actors. I don't feel unbalanced at all now."

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and tapped Yang Mi's forehead: "You are quite ambitious, aren't you? Are you still competing with them?"

"Director Zhang's salary was 20 million after the Olympics. How much did you get then?"

"Li Chen. Forget it. I won't talk about him. I'm afraid you'll be hurt." Liu Yifei was speechless when she thought of her husband's film pay.

Now her identity is the same as Chen Hong's, except that she is no longer a producer.

The roles she takes are all those produced by her own company or directed by her husband.

In terms of film pay, she is definitely unique among all Chinese actresses.

But compared with her husband and famous directors like Zhang Yimou, her pay is still not worth mentioning.

Even compared to Leon, she is far inferior. Leon's current starting salary is 2000 million US dollars plus box office share.

He is truly the ticket king.

"The contract expires in September, so I won't renew it. You'll have to think of me in the future!" Yang Mi looked pitiful. This was the purpose of her visit today. Some time ago, someone did some statistics.

A total of 141 films were released in the first half of the year, including 103 domestic films, but only 10 have confirmed profits, and the other eight have barely recovered their costs through revenue from box office, product placement, or television rights.

The remaining 85 films have been confirmed to be in the red, with a loss rate of 82.5%. Among them, the one that suffered the most loss was "Inverse War" starring Jay Chou and Xie Tingfeng, which invested 2 million yuan but only ended up with a huge loss of 1 million yuan.

As soon as this statistic came out, the valuation of Rongchen Pictures and Li Chen's pay increased rapidly.

Because Rongchen Pictures has no loss rate, or the loss rate is zero, which is simply a miracle in the industry.

Li Chen himself is even more deified.

There are only two directors in the domestic entertainment industry who are always victorious, one is Xiao Gangpao and the other is Xiao Lizi.

But why, in the face of such a huge loss rate, are there still so many wealthy people flocking to it?

Is Huang Xiaoming really passionate about it? Is he still willing to be the scapegoat even though he lost a lot of money on "Pifu"?

Don’t be funny, my senior is right: it may be difficult to make money by making movies, but it is not difficult to gain fame.

Poly’s investment in Bernardus and Wanda’s establishment of a cinema chain and acquisition of AMC have made both companies’ names many times more famous.

Once you have fame, profits will follow.

Therefore, Yang Mi must not fall into depravity. She can temporarily tolerate being a head shorter than Liu Yifei, but it is only temporary.

Liu Yifei laughed impatiently: "You guys are so annoying. I have heard you say this at least three times."

"I said it once when Xun Ge left, and I said it once when Tang Tang left, and you said it again today."

"If you don't tell me, will your senior and boss forget about you?"

Yang Mi smiled cunningly: "That's not necessarily true. No matter who you forget, you will never be forgotten by the senior."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that you look serious all day long, as if you treat everyone the same."

"Humph, I can see clearly that you are the only one that the senior really cares about."

"If I offend you one day, I'm sure you will turn against me."

Liu Yifei didn't comment and smiled and said, "Then why did you offend me?"

Yang Mi pretended to be dumb and said, "How dare I offend you, but fans sometimes don't think about these things."

"Tsk tsk, Da Mi Mi, why do I feel like you are trying to trick me?"

"You are setting an ambush for me in advance. If your 'bee' stings me one day, I can't be angry with you. I will have to comfort myself later. This is not what Mimi meant, right?" Liu Yifei had a mischievous expression on her face.

I thought to myself, no wonder my husband didn’t suggest Tangtang and Mimi to be his bridesmaids.

Both of them are actresses born in the 80s. Now they have set up their own studios. No one can predict what their future will be like.

There are many fake sisters and glass friendships in the entertainment industry.

Based on her understanding of Tang Yan and Yang Mi, the former is a bit selfish and confused, while the latter is a bit conceited and ambitious.

The only one who poses no threat to him is Chang Chang.

"Oh, that's not what I meant. What are you thinking? What I meant was that you can be angry, but no matter what the fans do or how they argue, it won't affect the relationship between us best friends!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true. Even if you lend me the courage of a bear and a leopard, I, the Little East Evil, would not dare to offend Xiao Longnu!" Yang Mi's smile was a bit self-deceptive.

(End of this chapter)