Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 666: The Demon Subduer owes the Demon Subduer

The first day of the Chinese New Year in 2013 was of great significance to Chinese-language films.

The first-day box office performance of the two Lunar New Year films had a shock to the film and television industry comparable to a magnitude 7.0 earthquake.

Currently, the first-day box office records are occupied by Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lu Yang and Zhou Xingchi in the top three, Li Chen in fourth, Jiang Wen in fifth, and the sixth: Feng Xiaogang.

But everyone in the industry knows that two of the top three benefited from the subject matter and Li Chen, the country's top director.

The most embarrassed person is Feng Xiaogang. When Li Chen had not yet made his debut, Feng Xiaogang said shamelessly: If I don’t make movies, what will the Chinese people watch?
Listen, it sounds like he is not one of the people.

Sina Entertainment News

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, some netizens posted photos of Liu Yifei and Li Chen who they met at the Wanda CBD Cinema in Beijing on social media."

"In the photo, Liu Yifei is wearing a white down jacket, light blue jeans, a pair of cute snow boots, and her hair is tied up. She looks very sweet. Although she is wearing a mask and a baseball cap, her tall figure and facial contours still cannot escape the sharp eyes of netizens."

On Weibo, the backs of Li Chen and Liu Yifei are clearly visible.

"Come and see, I was recognized too?" Liu Yifei was a little happy when she saw the photo on Weibo.

The backs of the two people were photographed as they walked out of the studio.

Li Chen just came out of the bathroom, went to the bed, glanced at it and smiled: "What's so strange about this."

"Not to mention the back, I can recognize it even as a reflection."

"Really?" Miss Liu laughed secretly, turned over and put down her phone, and half hung on Li Chen like a koala.

Li Chen pinched Miss Liu's beautiful nose and smiled, "Of course it's true, my wife is Liu Yifei, I can recognize her even if I close my eyes and hold my breath!"

"Boom!"

"This is a reward for you! Your little mouth is so cute!" Liu Yifei pecked Li Chen on the mouth like lightning.

Judging from his facial features, she thinks her husband's lips are the sexiest. His thin lips and perfect lip shape are rare even in the entertainment industry.

At the same time, "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" is being released around the world.

Several classic lines resonated among the overseas Chinese community.

“You are a stranger in a foreign land. You don’t understand unless you live here.”

"Should we use Chinese martial arts to change foreigners' prejudice against us Chinese?"

The first day's data from all over the world were sent to Yang Siwei's mobile phone one after another.

Yang Siwei immediately forwarded it to her boss and his wife.

Early in the morning on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the proprietress Liu Yifei was more anxious than the boss Li Chen.

I woke up early for the first time, glanced at my phone, smiled, and went back to sleep.

On the first day, 1024 theaters in North America closed with $1825 million, setting a first-day box office record for Chinese-language action films and even Chinese-language films in North America.

With $1825 million, it also became the box office champion in North America that week.

After returning from morning exercise, Li Chen was quite satisfied with the box office performance on the first day in North America.

He had long expected that "Ip Man 4" would become a huge hit.

In the past, Ip Man 4 was released in the same period as popular Hollywood blockbusters such as Frozen 2, Star Wars 9, and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

There are also domestic masterpieces such as "The Accidental Detective" and "Only Yun Knows", and "Ip Man 4" was able to break through the siege and take a box office of 11 billion.

Now there are no blockbusters competing in North America, and there is only a poorly released "Journey to the West" in China. If a Kung Fu movie can't get a chance to win at this time, how bad must this "Kung Fu" movie be.

Sina Entertainment News

“Ip Man: The Final Chapter topped the global weekly box office charts, sparking a new wave of Kung Fu fever overseas.”

"Ip Man: The Final Chapter" has achieved great success in both North American box office and word-of-mouth. At its premiere, it received an 89% freshness rating from media on Rotten Tomatoes and a 97% freshness rating from audiences. It has become the highest-rated domestic film in recent years on the Rotten Tomatoes system."

"According to the world box office website Screen International, the movie Ip Man: The Final Chapter premiered in mainland China on the first day of the Chinese New Year."

"The film was released simultaneously in North America, Britain, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and other places, triggering a viewing craze."

"The main reason for attracting foreign audiences to watch the film is that Chinese Kung Fu and martial arts are the most popular among foreign audiences. This time, Ip Man traveled across the ocean to the United States, which can resonate with American audiences to some extent."

"Ip Man's successive exciting duels with Tai Chi, Karate and Mixed Martial Arts are eye-opening and eye-opening."

"The film was released for only one day last week, but it easily beat "Warm Bodies" to top the global box office chart with a global box office of about 7225 million US dollars."

"This is also the first time in Zhang Jin's career that he has topped the weekly global box office chart."

Early in the morning on the third day of the Lunar New Year, entries for “Ip Man: The Final Chapter” began to overwhelm “Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons” on Weibo!
“This week, the world’s top box office.”

“North American reputation exploded!”

“The first-day box office record for a Chinese-language film in North America!”

"Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron strongly supports "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" on Twitter!"

"Angelina Jolie, Hollywood's top actress, praised Chinese Kung Fu!"

"He Jiong: Martial arts can hit the flesh with every punch, and literary works can touch the heart directly!"

"Guo Degang: Come and take a look! Bow to your fists!"

“Huang Bo: Getting better and better!”

“Deng Chao: Come on, Brother Jin! Come on, Brother Yue! @Zhang Jin @Wu Yue!”

"Shu Chang: Support Brother Yue, support Brother Jin, support my brother! @Wu Yue @Zhang Jin @Li Chen!"

"Zhu Yin: Support Ah Jin, support Xiao Tiantian! @Zhang Jin @Cai Shaofen!"

In Shenzhen, the drama "Special Identity" that caused the controversy over Zhao Zhen has finally started filming.

On the first day of filming, all the main creators including Jing Tian discovered that Zhen Zidan was not in good shape.

Back at the hotel, Zhen Zidan's face turned pale.

The movie "Ip Man" made the previously unknown Zhang Jin almost the best after Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

Li Chen's words "Shuang J is old, it's up to you to perform from now on" showed that he didn't take Zhen Zidan seriously at all.

Even the filmmakers in Hong Kong seemed to be showing up. Although they did not openly support mainland action actors such as Zhang Jin and Wu Yue, they all posted on Weibo to support "Ip Man: The Final Chapter"!
It was as if there had never been a person like him, Zhen Zidan, in the world.

His highlight moment may be "Flash Point"!

Under Zhen Zidan's Weibo, many mainland netizens didn't mind adding insult to injury.

"In terms of Kung Fu, Zhang Jin and Wu Yue are both mainland Wuying-level athletes! Compared to you, they are only better! In terms of appearance, you will be beaten by Zhang Jin, and Wu Yue will kill you in seconds!"

"Leo is praising someone. Not to mention that Zhang Jin is a legitimate martial arts champion, even if he is a Shaolin Temple champion like Wang Baoqiang, he can still praise him accurately!"

"Ben Chan can make you famous in Hong Kong Island, but Leo can make Zhang Jin famous all over the world!"

Looking at his gradually blurred face in the mirror and suddenly turning into the uncrowned king of the mainland, Zhen Zidan's eyes turned bloodshot and he smashed the mirror with a punch.

With a "crash", the glass mirror shattered, and the woman outside was so scared that she heard the noise and knocked on the door!
"Hubby, hubby! Are you okay?"

Zhen Zidan suddenly woke up, blood kept dripping from his right fist, but Zhen Zidan didn't seem to feel any pain.

"It's okay! The mirror is broken." Zhen Zidan opened the bathroom door and let his hands hang naturally.

His wife Wang Shishi looked at her husband's bleeding right fist and frowned immediately, but said nothing. She turned around, took out the medicine box from the box, and skillfully cleaned up the broken glass for her husband.

"I know what you're thinking, but the situation is stronger than you are. Why do you want to hurt yourself?"

"I really don't know how I offended him. I tried to be nice to him three times, but he didn't give me any face. When have I ever been treated so badly?"

"If anyone makes me angry, I won't give face to anyone!"

Wang Shishi said nervously, "What do you want to do? Don't be impulsive! Haven't you learned your lesson from Wang Changtian's incident?"

"He is not Wang Changtian!"

Zhen Zidan was just talking nonsense. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that Han Sanping from the national team and Li Chen from the top team were recognized as two big figures in the circle who should never be messed with.

The former's words can bring hope to Zhou Xingchi, who is at his wit's end.

The latter's words can make everyone in the world recognize you, and can also make "Actor Huang" have no movies to shoot.

If the first three films in the "Ip Man" series are about nationalism, then the final film is about racism.

It is politically correct, very suitable for globalization, and in line with the style of Hollywood.

The headlines of search engines such as Baidu and Yahoo and the three major portals are almost all about "Ip Man"!
While having breakfast in the morning, Li Chen also took a look at the situation on the Internet.

Many netizens from all over the world gathered on his Weibo and Twitter to strongly demand that "Ip Man" should not be completed.

Finally, a Chinese version of a superhero action movie was released, which has been talked about by countless Chinese people at home and abroad this New Year.

Shu Chang and others' actions in supporting mainland action actors on Weibo were quite obvious.

Liu Yifei laughed and said, "Isn't the order of Changchang's tagging in reverse? I know she is close to Brother Yue, but no matter how close they are, they can't be closer than you, right?"

Li Chen put down his phone, smiled and said nothing.

"why are you laughing?"

"Nothing. Birds of a feather flock together."

"What do you mean?" Liu Yifei frowned, feeling strongly that her husband's words were referring to her and Changchang's sister.

Seeing that his wife seemed to be about to explode, Li Chen quickly added: "I mean, you two are so straightforward, no wonder you can become best friends."

Li Chen remembered when "Ip Man 4" was a huge hit in his previous life.

Almost 90% of the mainland filmmakers who @ on Weibo are Wu Yue, who plays Wan Zonghua.

But no one mentioned the leading actor @Zhen Zidan. At that time, Li Chen thought Wu Yue was playing Ip Man.

Starting from the third day of the Chinese New Year, many people came to pay New Year's greetings to Li Chen. At the beginning of the year, Li Chen had a new identity: the committee member of good and evil.

For this reason, after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, scheduled interviews came one after another, some of which were hard to refuse, such as CCTV's "Seeing".
Zhang Jin and Cai Shaofen had just returned to China and rushed here exhausted.

On the way, Cai Shaofen kept muttering: "Do you think the gift is too little? Oh, how about I ask someone to send more? No, no, this little thing is not worth it!"

The gifts and drinks in the trunk cost nearly a million.

But compared with the various benefits that "Ip Man" brought to the couple, it is simply not worth mentioning.

"Okay, okay! Wife!" Looking at his pregnant wife talking to herself, Zhang Jin hurriedly grabbed his wife's hand.

"Listen to me, with Director Li's current status, whatever we give him is just a token of our appreciation. As long as the appreciation is there, that's enough."

Cai Shaofen was stunned and immediately retorted: "What do you know! That kindness must be measured by money! Do you dare to come to my house with a bag of apples and a box of milk?"

Zhang Jin laughed and didn't argue with his wife: "That's right!"

Cai Shaofen was not aggressive: "Forget it, forget it, I can't reason with a blockhead like you! I'll give the children more New Year's money later."

"Without Director Li, you and I wouldn't be where we are today!"

"Don't you see how powerful Director Li is now? The show 'Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky' easily replaced 'Swordsman' as soon as it was aired. Even Zhu Yin was invited to the variety show. If I wasn't pregnant, I would definitely ask Director Li to give me a spot!"

Zhang Jin couldn't convince his wife, and he didn't want to argue with a pregnant woman.

Although he didn't have time to watch TV series, he heard that "Swordsman" starring Joe Chen and Wallace Huo was a hit on Mango TV and ranked first in the ratings in the same time period.

But since the fifth day, all this was ruthlessly squeezed to second place by the premiere of "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky".

Netizens joked: When a gold medal screenwriter meets a gold medal screenwriter, the only real gold is Leo.

Zhang Jin immediately lowered his posture: "Alright, alright, I will obey the Queen's order!"

During the seven days of the Chinese New Year, "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" were both highly praised, while the other received mixed reviews, all thanks to the fact that Tang Monk cheated on his wife.

But even so, "Journey to the West" still broke 200 million in three days, 300 million in five days, and 400 million in seven days.

And "Ip Man Finale".
Sina Entertainment News

"The film "Ip Man: The Final Chapter", jointly produced by Rongchen Pictures, China Film Group, and China Xing, directed by Lu Yang, and co-starred by Zhang Jin, Cai Shaofen, Wu Yue, and Chen Guokun, will be released on February 2, the first day of the Chinese New Year."

"According to the latest box office data on February 2, the box office of Ip Man: The Final Chapter has exceeded 17 million in seven days of release."

"The North American box office reached $1.5 million, making it the second Chinese-language film to earn over $ million in the United States after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"The global box office has exceeded 4.5 million US dollars, and it is almost certain to become the global box office champion of Chinese-language films."

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Li Chen accompanied Miss Liu to watch Huang Bo and Lin Zhiling's "101 Marriage Proposals". The film was released in mainland China on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Unexpectedly, it set the first-day and single-day box office record for a romance film with 4200 million.

As soon as the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, Liu Yifei flew to Hengdian, and "Knowing or Not" had already started filming in Hengdian in a low-key manner.

With Li Chen and Liu Yifei's current levels of fame, they don't even need a press release every day to maintain their popularity.

Just like big directors like Zhang Yimou and Zhou Xingchi, as soon as you start filming, the media will be omnipresent and do everything they can to get first-hand information.

Just a poster of Liu Yifei in ancient costume quickly became a hot topic.

This time, Sheng Minglan is a character who keeps all her personal edge introverted, which is the exact opposite of Zhao Paner's outspoken edge.

It is also a challenge for Liu Yifei.

Her previous roles, starting with Bai Xiuzhu, all had distinct personalities and dared to love and hate.

China News Network Hengdian February 2th
"On February 2, the costume TV series "Do You Know It Should Be Green, Fat, Red and Thin" starring actors Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, Deng Jiajia, Zhu Yilong and others started filming in Hengdian World Studios in Zhejiang Province in a low-key manner."

"Director Zhang Kaizhou and actors from the series including Cao Cuifen, Liu Jun, and Liu Lin appeared at the opening ceremony to pray for the start of filming."

"On the 17th, the crew released a set of promotional posters for "Do You Know?" featuring Liu Yifei as the hostess, which was described by netizens as "flawlessly beautiful"

Although Liu Yifei did not have any scenes in the first few episodes, she was still not idle. She finally completed the March cover of Vogue and the endorsement advertisements for two high-end luxury brands that she promised during these few days of free time.

When the filming of "Knowing Your Destiny" started, Feng Xiaogang could no longer sit still and took the crew to Haikou to select locations for "Private Tailor".

Zhou Xingchi and Li Chen put too much pressure on him, especially Zhou Xingchi.

"Journey to the West" has put Stephen Chow into the 300 million, 400 million, and 500 million clubs, and with this momentum, 600 million will be no problem.

It also set the first-day box office record for comedy films, the fastest record to break 100 million, and the fastest record to break 200 million.
He would be able to accept it if Li Chen broke this record.

Only Zhou Xingchi couldn't accept it.

"Damn it, this guy does nothing, but everyone likes him. It's really unfair!" Feng Xiaogang cursed in front of his wife.

It was agreed that he would help Stephen Chow to make a guest appearance in "Kung Fu" and Stephen Chow would help him make a guest appearance in "A World Without Thieves", but Stephen Chow stood him up.

When "CJ7" premiered, Stephen Chow invited him to attend, and he happily went with his wife.

But when "Earthquake" premiered, Zhou Xingchi rejected him again on the grounds that he was too busy.

Feng Xiaogang immediately got furious and asked, "Who else!" How dare you make fun of me like this!
"Journey to the West" was a big hit, and after the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, the profit sharing of "Journey to the West" became a hot topic in the media.

Huayi is very secretive about this, but an analyst from Guotai Junan Securities has done the math for Huayi. If the box office of "Journey to the West" eventually exceeds 1.6 million, the project will earn Huayi around million in pre-tax income.

"The Chinese Zodiac" has already broken 800 million, and coupled with the current trend of "Journey to the West", Huayi's stock price has been rising recently.

At this point, Li Chen has realized that the big and small Wang have no way out. If there is any mistake in the distribution of the revenue of "Journey to the West", Huayi's stock price, which has just risen, will fall to the limit again.

But who is Zhou Xingchi? We can talk about anything, but don’t talk to me about money!

Within two days, Zhou Xingchi’s Bigo hit back: the investors refer to Bigo and Mandarin China, not Huayi, and only the investors can get 70% of the net profit!

On the same day, Dong Ping of Mandarin China immediately reposted Bigo’s post and emphasized that Huayi was not an investor, nor was it a buyout issuer, but was merely cooperating in a guaranteed issuance model.

The two parties set the box office bottom line at 8000 million. If it is lower than 8000 million, Huayi will make up the difference.

However, if the box office exceeds 8000 million, it will be further divided into different levels. Every time a level is exceeded, the share ratio between Huayi and the investor will be different.

The most popular events during this Spring Festival are the case of Li Tianyi and the suspense blockbuster co-produced by Huayi and Bigo.

However, the latter directly led to Huayi’s suspension of trading.

The big and small Wangs were not easy to deal with either, and immediately jumped up and said, "Huayi has invested a total of RMB 8800 million in Journey to the West, and in addition to the distribution agency fee, it also enjoys a 70% to 90% share of the profits!"

Since they have completely fallen out, then the previously agreed personal box office share to Zhou Xingchi can just be cancelled. Anyway, Zhou Xingchi didn't sign the agreement, so the two Wangs can do this with a clear conscience now.

Zhou Xingchi was stunned immediately!
This share is not small. The current box office has exceeded 600 million, and 700 million is just around the corner. Even 800 million is not impossible. His personal box office share will be between 50 million and 60 million.

For Zhou Xingchi, who has been afraid of poverty since childhood, even a few thousand yuan would be painful to him, let alone tens of millions.

It was only at this time that Zhou Xingchi realized that the two investors, Bigo and Mandarin China, had signed an agreement with Huayi.

But he and Huayi have not signed the supplementary agreement yet.

After opening the mailbox, Zhou Xingchi nervously left his name and returned it to Huayi.

"Mr. Wang, I have sent you the supplementary agreement. Please sign it."

Before Zhou Xingchi could finish his words, Wang Zhonglei hung up the phone.

"Idiot!" Wang Zhonglei cursed, Huayi hit the limit down, and I still signed for you!

Zhou Xingchi was stunned for a moment, then immediately called back, but the other party directly transferred the call to the paging station.

Now Zhou Xingchi was completely panicked.

Within two days, Zhou Xingchi had found everyone he could in the circle, including professionals.

Anyone with legal knowledge knows that without a signature, there is no legal effect, and even if you sue, it will be difficult to win.

Yang Siwei told Li Chen about this, and Li Chen just laughed it off.

At a private gathering after the New Year, Li Chen still had no reaction when he heard about this from Wang Changtian and Cao Guowei.

"Zhou Xingchi really doesn't understand the ways of the world."

"But these 'two kings' are too foolish to be smart. They can do such stupid things. No wonder Huayi's stock price keeps falling."

Wang Changtian laughed out loud: "Brother, what you said is really insightful!"

Wang Changtian seemed very happy. As soon as he heard the news, he contacted Zhou Xingchi.

In addition to stating that he could ask for any help he needed from Guangguang, he also revealed that he, Lao Wang, had long admired Stephen Chow and that if they were to work together again, Guangguang would definitely be a trustworthy, capable partner who would definitely satisfy him.

At that time, Zhen Zidan criticized the distributor Guangguang and praised Huayi because the box office of "Ip Man" did not meet expectations, which made Wang Changtian very angry.

To the extent that many people in Hong Kong, perhaps including Stephen Chow, think that Guangguang is not as good as Huayi, and subconsciously they will choose Huayi as their first choice for cooperation.

If he can't seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity now, all his studies at the Communication University will be in vain.

"Journey to the West" has gone through the incident involving Wen Zhang, but it is still able to achieve today's box office success. In his eyes, Zhou Xingchi is second only to Li Chen.

Even Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang combined can't compare to him.

Huayi acted quickly back then and spent 8800 million to secure Zhou Xingchi, leaving him helpless.

But he could never have imagined that the two brothers would part ways with this cash cow for a share of tens of millions.

"Do you know about this?" Cao Guowei was not as happy as Wang Changtian. He was surprised by Li Chen's attitude.

In his impression, it seemed that Li Chen felt aloof from anything happening in the circle, as if it had nothing to do with him.

Neither surprising nor curious.

"know."

During the Chinese New Year, Zhou Xingchi also contacted him and they added each other on WeChat.

The first WeChat message Zhou Xingchi sent to him was: Director Li, the movie you watched on your first watch was "Journey to the West", right?

When he learned from Yang Siwei that Zhou Xingchi had been tricked by the big and small kings, he also sent a WeChat message to Zhou Xingchi: I must pay back what I owe to the demon-conqueror.

(End of this chapter)