Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 665 First Day
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Wanda CBD Cinema in Beijing was packed with people, leaving almost no room to step.

A couple wearing baseball caps and masks sat in an inconspicuous corner of the waiting area.

The smog in Beijing has been severe recently, and Huang Jianxiang has started wearing a gas mask, so wearing a mask is normal.

It’s just that few people who come to watch movies wear them, but it does exist.

"Don't people say that you shouldn't go out on New Year's Day? Why are there so many people here?" Liu Yifei looked around with her bright eyes hidden under the brim of her black hat. It was her first time to watch a movie on New Year's Day.

But she was shocked by the lively scene. As far as she could remember, she had never seen so many people in a cinema.

Looking around, almost all of them are fashionable and good-looking young people, or young parents like them with their children.

"Yes, why?" Li Chen asked back, staring at Miss Liu with a smile in his eyes.

Liu Yifei turned around and said angrily: "I'm asking you!"

Li Chen shrugged and smiled: "How should I know? It's not my turn to come today."

"Uh" Liu Yifei choked and suddenly laughed.

Only then did she realize that she herself was an example.

"Little Leo, don't be so arrogant!" Liu Yifei came close to Li Chen and said viciously in a low voice.

Li Chen laughed, not afraid at all.

He leaned back on the sofa and crossed his legs. "So what if you're arrogant? Little Leo? If you have the guts, just shout it out loud!"

Liu Yifei was delighted, knowing that her husband had calculated that she would not dare to shout out "Little Leo" loudly.

Otherwise, they would have no choice but to run away.

But she didn't want to be controlled by her husband like this, so she stood up from the sofa, walked around behind Li Chen, bent down, put her arms around his neck, and whispered in his ear like an ordinary couple: "Believe it or not, I will take off your mask and then run away!"

Li Chen's anus suddenly tightened and he straightened his body nervously.

Liu Yifei chuckled and thought to herself: See if you can still be so arrogant!

Li Chen knew Miss Liu's character too well. She was so bold as to play such a prank.

Even if she didn't run away at that time, I wouldn't have the nerve to argue with her and take off her mask.

"Believe it, believe it! I believe it!" A real man is one who can bend and stretch. Li Chen decisively admitted his mistake.

Miss Liu then hummed with satisfaction and sat back on the sofa.

However, when Miss Liu stood up, her outstanding height and her obviously different temperament immediately attracted the attention of several boys around her.

Fortunately, Miss Liu kept her head down, otherwise she might have been recognized by passers-by.

When the movie started, the IMAX theater where they were sitting was packed.

Li Chen deliberately chose the last row. If people could recognize that they were also watching "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", more people would probably come to watch it.

Miss Liu wanted to watch it, and in fact Li Chen also wanted to see the on-site feedback from his opponents in "Ip Man: The Final Chapter".

Zhou Xingchi's "The Mermaid" is probably out.

In the previous life, Baidu once said that Zhou Xingchi started writing the script of "The Mermaid" in 2010, and wrote it very smoothly.

If I remember correctly, Stephen Chow's film will start next year.

With the lesson learned from Wen Zhang's incident, Li Chen just waited for Zhou Xingchi to come to him.

Liu Zhenyun is an example.

When Yang Siwei bought the copyright of "I Am Not Madame Bovary" from him, Liu Zhenyun asked Yang Siwei with a smile: "Is it Director Li who instigated the boycott of "1942"?"

Yang Siwei was of course aware that she and her boss had not done anything to manipulate the play "1942".

The boycott was also Feng Xiaogang's own fault. Who made him, the Always, quarrel with thousands of netizens?

In the huge cinema, laughter was heard everywhere.

From posters to trailers and press releases, Wen Zhang was completely deleted.

But only when you walk into the cinema, you will find that Wen Zhang is the well-deserved protagonist, and his role is the largest among all the leading actors.

As soon as Wen Zhang appeared, there was a burst of discussion in the hall.

The two young men next to Li Chen and Liu Yifei spoke clearly.

"Scumbag!"

"I want to quit when I see him!"

"Can I get a refund?"

"Can you please fast forward?"

"Why didn't the fish swallow him in one gulp!"

Liu Yifei chuckled and glanced at Li Chen. Li Chen shook his head slightly and glared at Miss Liu, "Why are you laughing at this time?"

Sure enough, the two girls next to her looked at Liu Yifei, who was wearing a mask, with curiosity.

There was no laughter in the theater, only curses.

A few minutes later, the shrill cry of a child was suddenly heard in the hall.

Well, before I even started laughing, I scared the kid to tears.

Miss Liu's expression also changed. She looked at her husband beside her and said, "It's a good thing I didn't bring Xiao Wuxia with me. How did the comedy turn into a horror movie?"

She originally wanted to bring her son with her, but Li Chen firmly disagreed.

She was just a child, and when she brought her son along, the meeting of mother and son was like a collision of Mars and the Earth for Li Chen.

"We can't do anything about it. There is no grading system in the country, so this situation occurs." Li Chen saw it clearly. Miss Liu looked at her husband in surprise.

The two people look at the same problem from completely different perspectives.

Even she felt that her husband was sometimes frighteningly calm, but behind this frighteningness, there was an unusual sense of security.

Because she knew that her husband's terribleness could never hurt her, his lover.

It turned out that just now a little boy on the big screen was taken into the lake by the fish monster with its bloody mouth opened wide.

The sound of parents coaxing their children in the hall is clearer than the original movie soundtrack.

On the big screen, the fish monster was finally stranded on the wooden board. In order to get the fish monster ashore, everyone jumped down one after another and tried to use the seesaw to send the fish monster ashore. However, they were not heavy enough and were scattered all over the ground by the heavier fish monster like flowers scattered by a fairy.

The picture gives people the same feeling as Zhou Xingchi fighting alone against the Axe Gang in the movie "Kung Fu".

The heavyweight character who finally successfully solved the fish monster follows the same pattern as Meijiao in "CJ7".

This old routine was not funny enough for Li Chen and Liu Yifei.

But ordinary audiences thought it was very good. Some people were crying just now, and now some are laughing.

I just don’t know if there are any paid hosts for the chorus.

Huayi is capable of doing such a thing.

After the movie was over, the two were the last to leave the theater, and many of the audience members were cursing at them.

Most people felt cheated. It was supposed to be Journey to the West, but it turned out to be the love history of that scumbag Tang Monk.

"I feel like I've eaten a piece of shit. How can I believe in love?"

"When Tang Seng said, 'I will love you for a thousand years and ten thousand years,' I just felt disgusted!"

"Zhou Xingchi ruined the classic song 'Love You For Ten Thousand Years' from 'A Chinese Odyssey'!"

"How can he play Tang Monk? He should play Zhu Ganglie's wife! They share the same aspirations of having affairs while married!"

There is a sharp contrast in the hot searches.

"Zhang Jin's fighting scenes are explosive"

"Master Zhang Jin's Style" and "Wu Yue Tai Chi Cloud Hands"

"Wing Chun vs. Tai Chi"

"Zhang Jin fought desperately against the American soldiers"

"Empress: You two have taken away all my pay!"

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" wronged Mrs. Pig"

"Wen Zhang plays the role of Zhu Ganglie's wife"

"Comedy or horror movie"

"Children are not allowed"

After getting in the car, Liu Yifei took off her mask and baseball cap, shook her head lightly, and a fragrance wafted in the air.

“I don’t think it’s as good as Ip Man.”

"It's normal. 'Kung Fu' is Stephen Chow's last highlight. It may have box office success in the future, but word of mouth is not good." Li Chen shook his head and didn't continue.

"What's wrong with word of mouth? How can you predict the future?" Liu Yifei said unconvinced. Over the years, every prediction her husband made seemed to come true in the end.

Li Chen laughed: "I am not a prophet, but everything follows certain rules."

"The most glorious era of Hong Kong films is gone forever. This is not something that can be changed by one or two people, not even Stephen Chow."

"Besides, he loves money so much?"

Liu Yifei didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You said it as if you don't love me."

"Of course I love you, but money is worth less than shit compared to you!"

Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows, unhappy.

It's clearly a love talk, why does it sound so awkward!
Even the driver couldn't help grinning.

Liu Yifei immediately got angry: "What! You said that! Don't say that word!"

Li Chen was being tossed around by Miss Liu, so he could only think of a way out and said, "Money is like a floating cloud to you. This should work, right?"

"Humph, don't say that word again, isn't it disgusting?"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

We watch the Spring Festival Gala on New Year’s Eve, and of course we watch "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky" on the first day of the new year.

Li Chen has seen it, but his mother-in-law and wife have not.

With great curiosity, thousands of households focused their attention on CCTV's first urban commercial emotional drama of the year during the prime time in the evening.

The first two episodes attracted everyone's attention.

Before the second episode was finished, my mother-in-law said, "It's great! How many episodes are there, Li Chen?"

Then my mom also spoke up: "Finally, they made a movie I can watch!"

Li Chen was speechless, he didn't want to say anything.

He remembered that his mother said the same thing when "Parents' Love" was first broadcast.

Liu Yifei chuckled, took her mother-in-law's arm and said to her mother with a smile: "Episode 58, Mom."

"I have a copy on my computer. I'll project it onto the screen for you guys to watch all at once."

At the same time, in theaters across Europe and the United States, "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" will be shown at midnight shows.

Fan Qiaoqiao also posted five ticket stubs for "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" at the AMC Theater in Los Angeles on Weibo, with the caption: Only five left!

Several movie theaters in San Francisco's Chinatown hung giant posters of "Ip Man: The Final Chapter."

Ye Ning immediately called Yang Siwei and said, "Siwei, Director Li chose this schedule. I really admire him."

Ye Ning was truly convinced.

In the past week, the North American film market ushered in the Super Bowl weekend, one of the lowest box office times of the year.

The newly released "Warm Bodies" won the weekly championship with 1950 million US dollars. Below "Warm Bodies" was a cliff-like drop.

The second place, "Witch Hunter", only had 950 million.

Li An's "Life of Pi" has fallen out of the top ten. Perhaps it will rebound if it wins an Oscar, but its potential has been exhausted.

Yang Siwei smiled and said, "It seems that Mr. Ye has good news. This time, Ip Man will still rely on Wanda's support."

"Sure, sure! Not to mention the close cooperation between Wanda and Rongchen Pictures, just because we are all Chinese, AMC, which is owned by Wanda, will also fully support "Ip Man"!"

"Okay, Mr. Ye, what you said is very good. My boss once said that Mr. Wang is a former soldier and he doesn't have the mercenary mentality of a businessman."

Ye Ning laughed out loud: "Director Li's comments on our big boss are very unique. Tell Director Li that Ip Man: The Final Chapter may create a new record for Chinese-language films in North America."

"Okay, then I'll wait for Mr. Ye's victory report."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Siwei snorted.

This time, it can be said that the right time, right place and right people are all present.

Chinese-language films in North America and around the world can be summed up in two words: Kung Fu!
Stephen Chow's highest box office record in North America is 1600 million US dollars for "Kung Fu".

If "Kung Fu" was not called "Kung Fu", it would be almost impossible for Stephen Chow to make it into the top ten of the Chinese box office chart in North America.

Zhang Yimou's "Hero", "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and Jet Li's action films were all outsourced to North American film companies for distribution.

In the final analysis, it has no foundation in theaters and the media.

But now "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" is different. It has the world's second largest cinema chain AMC, and the media includes Warner and Chi You.

It also coincides with the Spring Festival. Even if foreigners don't support it, Yang Siwei believes that Chinese people around the world will definitely support it.

Yang Siwei guessed correctly.

The next day, the domestic leading box office soared, dyeing the hot searches red.

When Li Chen woke up in the morning, he received a WeChat message from Yang Siwei: Boss, the first day box office was 7125 million, winning the single-day championship.

Sina Entertainment News

"On February 2, the first day of the Lunar New Year, four films produced by Rongchen Pictures and China Film Group and directed by Lu Yang, "Ip Man: The Final Chapter", co-directed by Stephen Chow and Guo Zijian, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", co-directed by Zhang Yibai and Xie Dongshen, and "Love Is Not NG" directed by Zhu Shimao were released at the same time, setting off the first climax of the Lunar New Year box office."

"According to data provided by the producer Rongchen Films, the box office of Ip Man: The Final Chapter reached 7125 million on the first day, ranking second in the single-day box office of Chinese-language films, second only to Chinese Police's 8800 million."

"The producer of another film directed by Zhou Xingchi, Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, Huayi also announced the first-day box office data. Although it was not as good as Ip Man: The Final Chapter, it also set a single-day box office record of 6650 million for Huayi and Zhou Xingchi."

"The Lunar New Year film "Getting Better: Village Evening" earned about 720 million yuan on its first day, and "Love Is Not NG" earned about 130 million yuan on its first day."

Wang Zhonglei was so happy that he thought he was doomed to die, but he managed to survive and prosper step by step. Even the stock price came back to life.

On the last trading day before the New Year, the stock price rose by 8.58%! The trading volume also hit a recent high, with a turnover of 8.1 million yuan!

When Xu Li excitedly reported to Wang Zhonglei.

Wang Zhonglei laughed out loud and said three good words: "Good, good, good!"

In recent days, Huayi has been announcing the pre-sale box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" every day.

From the 36.53st until the close of the year, Huayi’s stock price has risen by %!

Wang Zhonglei was overjoyed.

I felt even more relieved when I thought that Zhou Xing still hasn't signed the supplementary agreement in the mailbox.

Zhou Xingchi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he lost to "Ip Man 4", he felt it was not his fault.

He didn't have any foresight about Wen Zhang's matter.

(End of this chapter)