Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 683 Record! Another record!
The day after the Shanghai premiere of "Maleficent", Wu Bin took Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen and others to Guangzhou and Hong Kong Island, while Li Chen returned to Beijing alone.

The Spring Festival Gala team is already in place, waiting for him as the chief director, and then CCTV will make the official announcement.

A few days later, Liu Yifei and his group returned to Beijing exhausted.

Although we have been busy in recent days, the pre-sale box office in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States has been pleasantly surprising.

In particular, the domestic pre-sale box office reached 5800 million on the first day.

Among them, the fan effect of first-line stars such as Liu Yifei, Zhang Hanyun, Zhu Yawen and Yin Tao certainly cannot be ignored.

But more importantly is the brand effect of Rongchen Pictures and the publicity strategy of Yixin Media.

The four eye-catching characters "Mother's Love is Like Water" on the Chinese version of the poster echo the previous film "Father's Love is Like a Mountain" produced by Rongchen Pictures.

Looking at the pre-sale data from various places compiled by Yang Siwei, Li Chen felt satisfied.

Soon it was the day for the nationwide release of "Maleficent".

The most nervous person was Wu Bin. "Maleficent" can be regarded as the pioneering work of Zhizhen's painting art, and the entire film and television industry is paying attention to it.

Previously, Zhizhen Painting Art relied entirely on Rongchen Pictures’ own projects to make a living. One of the main reasons was that the prices of Zhizhen Painting Art’s special effects at all levels were too high.

More than 90% of the film and television companies cannot afford it. The five major private companies do not know the true value of Zhizhen Painting Art and dare not easily invest large sums of money in Zhizhen Painting Art's special effects.

It was almost nine o'clock when Liu Yifei woke up in the morning. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and immediately picked up her phone to read movie reviews.

When I saw a few interesting ones, the corners of my mouth suddenly curved up.

When she went downstairs, she saw her husband answering the phone, so she ate her breakfast without disturbing him.

Liu Yifei listened and it seemed that her husband was talking to Alibaba's CEO Ma, but his tone was full of sarcasm.

"It's ok for celebrities to be brainless, but as a big businessman, do you believe this?"

Ma Yun looked constipated. “It’s fine if you don’t want to go. I’m just exploring the unknown out of pure appreciation and curiosity.”

"Then go ahead and let this 'Master Wang' teach our teacher Ma and answer his questions!"

Ma Yun really looked at Li Chen with new eyes. At his age, Li Chen didn't even have the slightest curiosity about such new things.

Whether in the business world or the entertainment industry, many people are actually very superstitious, including him, Lao Ma.

So today, when Xiaoyanzi mentioned how magical this qigong master was, it immediately aroused his curiosity.

Xiaoyanzi meant for him to invite Li Chen as well, which would just show how close her relationship with the master is.

As a result, Ma Yun called Li Lianjie first and then called Li Chen. Li Lianjie agreed immediately, but he didn't expect Li Chen to refuse so cleanly.

"Forget it, if he doesn't want to go, then forget it. We can just go."

Xiaoyanzi sighed softly: "Boss Ma, actually I don't have any grudge against him. I don't know why he avoids me. We are from the same school, and I really want to be friends with him."

"Forget it. I don't know what he's thinking. Many things are really inexplicable. I haven't told you that you'll be going with me. If I had, I think he wouldn't have come."

"Actually, I want him to come too. Whether it's Jet Li or you, we are all friends, and friends of friends should also be friends. Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore."

"Then it's settled. On July 3rd, the three of us will go visit this Master Wang together. I also want to see what magic his 'Star Absorbing Technique' has!"

Liu Yifei saw her husband hanging up the phone and shaking his head with disdain, and asked curiously, "Is it Mr. Ma from Alibaba?"

Li Chen nodded: "Who else but him?"

"What's wrong with him? Why do you look like that?"

Li Chen laughed and said, "Old Ma is a big believer in feudal superstition and wants me to go and support him. Do you think I should go?"

"Feudal superstition? Mr. Ma is practicing feudal superstition? No way?"

"Ask him next time you meet." Li Chen said with a smile.

Since noon, "Maleficent" has been the hot search topic. Whether it is Li Chen's magical adaptation or the comparison with Disney, the use of colors and cartoon characters that are difficult to distinguish between true and false have become hot topics among netizens.

The next day, the domestic first-day box office was released: 7850 million!
Beijing News
“Maleficent” broke domestic box office records: the fastest animated film to break 100 million yuan on the first day.”

"There has never been an animated film as powerful as Maleficent. According to incomplete statistics from theaters and distributors, the film's domestic box office on the first day exceeded 7800 million yuan, surpassing Kung Fu Panda 2's 6000 million, setting a new record for animated films."

"It also surpassed the first-day box office of Ip Man: The Final Chapter, and is second only to the first-day box office record of 8800 million yuan achieved by Chinese Police."

"According to industry insiders' predictions, there is no doubt that Maleficent will break the 100 million yuan mark in two days, which will also break the record for the fastest 100 million yuan mark for an animated film in China."

Rongchen Pictures' movies are great, and their animated films are also amazing.

This makes the top five private companies such as Huayi, Bona and Guangxian feel powerless.

This year, Bona's Plan W and Huayi's Plan H were both disrupted by the box office.

"He is just an animal. Guo Jingming's fans are right to scold him!" Wang Zhonglei said angrily.

The only dream he hadn't achieved in his life was to say to Li Chen: "You have come to this day!"

Wang Zhongjun was more open-minded and consoled his brother, "Forget it. Our primary goal now is to develop in an all-round way. Since we can't beat him in the film and television industry, we have to find a way back somewhere else!"

The big and small Wangs are ready to fight, and it seems that they have already raised the white flag to Li Chen in the film and television industry.

Over the next two days, box office data from all over the world were fed back to Yi Xin Media one by one.

On the second day, the domestic box office was 1.25 million yuan, and on the third day: 1.1 million yuan.

The box office in the first week was 3.1 billion!
Even Han Sanping called Li Chen and said, "You are incredible!"

Looking at North America, Europe and Southeast Asia, there are only four words to describe it: all in the red.

He became so popular that all major film and television companies in the industry took notice.

When did animated films become so profitable? This is simply money-grabbing.

Han Sanping was right, Li Chen was indeed extraordinary.

An animated film broke various records and directly triggered a heated discussion in the film and television industry.

Why are live-action movies not as good as cartoons?

Apart from popular voice actors such as Liu Yifei, what is the reason?

What made the five private companies even more devastated was that the official media spoke out.

The People's Daily praised "Maleficent" for opening a new era for domestic animation to move towards the world's top animation.

Now, who dares to criticize?

Sina Entertainment News

"Today (June 6) at 24:11, the official Weibo account of China Film News published the national film market data for the first half of the year released by the Film Bureau."

"Compared with the same period last year, the box office in the first half of 2013 exceeded 109.94 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 68.50 billion yuan, of which domestic films' box office revenue of 41.44 billion yuan surpassed that of imported films' billion yuan."

"It is worth mentioning that the top ten domestic films in terms of box office revenue all exceeded 2 million yuan, with "Ip Man: The Final Chapter", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" and "Bridget Jones in Seattle" ranking in the top three."

Han Sanping is proud of himself, after all, the achievements in the first half of the year were all his. The only regret may be that the filming of "The Crossing" which will start next month may have to be attributed to La Peikang.

For this reason, he said to Li Chen with infinite emotion: Those who plant trees will enjoy the shade!

Li Chen really wanted to say to Lao Han: "The predecessors dug the pit, and the latter took the blame!"

Li Chen was in great glory. Robert from Disney called him and laughed heartily, as if the special edition incident had never happened.

With the North American box office takings of 2950 million U.S. dollars in its first week, he has no reason to be unhappy.

The glory of the Shanghai Film Festival was overshadowed by the magic of "Maleficent".

It was not surprising that Zhang Jiahui won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at this Shanghai Film Festival. What was surprising was that the ten-year-old Malaysian girl won the Golden Goblet Award for Best Actress, which surprised everyone.

It is quite rare for the male and female protagonists of the same play to win the Best Actor and Best Actress awards at international A-class film festivals.

This is probably the only time that the leading actor and supporting actress of the same play won the Best Actor and Best Actress awards.

No wonder the heroine of "The Untamed" Mei Ting did not come, and no wonder Du Qifeng blasted the Shanghai Film Festival for disrespecting movies and said he would never come again.

I haven't seen Ning Hao for a while. At the premiere of "Maleficent", I learned that Li Chen would return to Beijing the next day.

Ning Hao, a judge of the main competition unit of the Shanghai Film Festival, can only make an appointment to get together when he returns to Beijing.

When I returned to Beijing, I learned that Liu Yifei would soon go to Hollywood to dub for "Frozen".

Ning Hao and his wife called Li Chen as soon as they got off the plane and agreed to meet at the hot pot restaurant in Dongzhimen.

Xing Aina knew that Liu Yifei loved hotpot, so she deliberately chose this restaurant that they often visited.

When Li Chen and Liu Yifei arrived, Ning Hao and his wife had already arrived.

Seeing Li Chen and his wife come in, Ning Hao and his wife both stood up.

"Director Li, Yifei." Xing Ai smiled and held Liu Yifei intimately.

"Sister Xing, Director Ning." Liu Yifei greeted the two of them politely.

"Come and sit down, come and sit down. Is there any traffic jam on the road?" Xing Aina invited the two to sit down.

"I thought you wouldn't come!" Ning Hao was still wearing that eye-catching big gold chain, and he and Li Chen both had short hair, so those who didn't know would think they were gangsters.

"What do you mean?" Li Chen and Xing Aina nodded and smiled.

"You are very busy now. Once you arrive in Shanghai, people who want to see you will have to make an appointment."

Li Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sister Xing, what's wrong with him?"

"Ignore him, Director Li. He just asked for it. He insisted on being a judge! And he ended up accompanying the prince to study!"

Ning Hao muttered, "It's all your fault! If you were the chairman, there wouldn't be so many problems."

Liu Yifei smiled softly, glanced at her husband with her beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "Director Ning is right, it's all Leo's fault!"

Li Chen glared at his wife. Miss Liu raised her chin and glared back at Li Chen arrogantly. Li Chen immediately lost his temper.

Ning Hao laughed loudly and gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up: "It's true that the brine is good for tofu, and there is always something better! Yifei, good job!"

"You are a wimp. If you have the guts, you can learn from Director Li and not go when anyone invites you!"

As soon as Xing Aina said this, she felt something was wrong and quickly explained, "Director Li, I...I didn't mean that!"

Li Chen didn't want to continue this topic, so he waved his hand magnanimously and said, "Okay, everyone in the circle knows that you and Yu Nan can't make the decision."

"Tell you good news!"

"What good news."

"Toast me first!"

Ning Hao snorted: "I don't even know what it is."

"If you're disrespectful, then don't regret it. If you don't want to hear about the news about No Man's Land, forget it."

Ning Hao's face changed and he immediately poured wine for Li Chen excitedly.

Xing Aina also looked nervous, but Liu Yifei knew what was going on.

That day, she heard her husband talking about "No Man's Land" with Director Han on the phone at home.

It seems that due to Director Han’s promotion, “No Man’s Land” should also be liberated.

After pouring Li Chen's glass, Ning Hao filled his own glass again, then raised his glass and drank it all in one gulp: "I'm done! Can you tell me now? Is it too much?"

Li Chen smiled and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, which made Ning Hao scratch his head anxiously.

"pass!"

"Really. Really!" Ning Hao's eyes turned red, and a grown man was about to cry.

However, Li Chen could understand that it had been four years since the filming of "No Man's Land" was completed. It had been scheduled for release six times and withdrawn six times, and had been deleted and revised many times. Ning Hao and his wife had no hope anymore.

I didn't expect that today would bring light at the end of the tunnel and I actually passed.

Ning Hao poured himself two more glasses and drank them all in one gulp.

Xing Aina couldn't bear to see this, so she became very gentle: "Don't drink!"

"No, I want to drink! I won't go home until I'm drunk today!" Ning Hao's voice already had a tearful tone.

Liu Yifei remained silent. She didn't expect that Director Ning, a big and strong man, would cry.

Li Chen patted Ning Hao's shoulder and said to Xing Aina, "Sister Xing, it's okay. He is crying because of joy. Let Ning Hao cry. Brother Hua sang that song well. It's not a sin for a man to cry."

Ning Hao cried and laughed at the same time: "Go to hell! Why aren't you crying!"

Xing Ai was not feeling well either. She smiled with red eyes and said, "Why should Director Li cry? He has done his best by not laughing at you. Have you forgotten what I said to you?"

"You should thank Director Li!"

Li Chen waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me. Even without me, Director Han would not let No Man's Land run aground."

What Li Chen said was true. Even if Han Saping didn't get promoted, he would definitely finish "No Man's Land" before retiring!
Ning Hao cried more and more sadly, and finally stopped crying with great difficulty, his tears and snot were already streaming down his face.

"Wife, let's both toast Li Chen!" Ning Hao suddenly said.

Xing Aina felt that it was natural. If it weren't for Li Chen, Ning Hao might have changed his career by now.

If there were no Li Chen today, Han Saping might have reached the age to retire at the end of the year, and "No Man's Land" would really become a nobody.

Liu Yifei looked at the scene in front of her, and sighed in her heart that her husband's sudden appearance was like a butterfly, which not only inspired Chinese films, but also changed the global landscape of Chinese-language films.

In particular, the growth of new directors such as Ning Hao, Lu Yang, Chen Sicheng, Xue Xiaolu and Happy Twist has made an indelible contribution.

(End of this chapter)