Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 684 Combination Boxing

As the nationwide release of "Tiny Times" approaches, the number of searches on Weibo is increasing day by day.

Yang Mi and Guo Jingming are two big fans who are good at making fun of themselves.

Guo Jingming, in particular, almost made himself an inspirational role model.

He came to Shanghai from a small place ten years ago. He couldn't even afford the tuition at one time, but now he is finally wearing branded clothes and living the life he dreamed of.

Not only that, LeTV packaged "Tiny Times" into a "new movie" that transcends the times and also shouted out a slogan.

“The Tiny Times movies will be like the Twilight series!”

"The difference is that the Twilight series has sparked passion among young people in the United States, while Tiny Times will change the dynasty in China. From now on, the new world may compete with the old world."

Li Chen had watched half of "Tiny Times" in his previous life. The exaggerated acting, empty content, and inexplicable plot connections made Li Chen have no courage to sit in the theater until the end.

Many people compare "Tiny Times" to a flashy MV, and Guo Jingming is also complacent about it, but not everyone has the ability of the King of Sunglasses.

Even Liu Yifei sighed that she finally met someone who was more arrogant than her man.

Da Mimi was not willing to lag behind for the sake of "Tiny Times".

She has repeatedly stated that she is a loyal fan of the novel "Tiny Times", which accompanied her growth in youth. She is extremely satisfied with her performance this time, and said frankly that she has not cried while watching a play in which she starred for a long time.

Although the two acted bold and fearless in front of the media and their fans, they were actually very nervous inside.

Yang Mi has been sending WeChat messages to Liu Yifei, the general meaning of which is "It is necessary for work, please understand"!
Liu Yifei understood, but she still felt a little uncomfortable.

It was not until this moment that Liu Yifei finally understood the meaning of what her husband had told her: "The love between best friends cannot compare to fame and fortune."

When Tangtang and Da Mimi left the nest, she was a little reluctant.

But the husband said that all good things must come to an end, and some people will eventually go their separate ways.

These words revealed obvious indifference towards Da Mimi and Tangtang.

In the husband's words, he made Da Mimi and Tangtang famous, but the two also brought him considerable profits.

So no one owes anyone anything, and he signed the two people for fame and fortune.

This was also his original intention to sign the two.

Everyone has a clear contractual relationship, and when the contract expires, everything returns to square one.

"Tiny Times" has piggybacked on Han Han and Li Chen, and "So Young" and "Twilight" and are having a great time doing so.

Li Chen asked Yang Siwei to reveal another explosive piece of information.

Yangtze Evening News

On the evening of the 26th, a netizen named "Movie Zhu Sanwei" broke the news on Sina Weibo: "In the first week of the film's release, the film company spent money to buy a large number of tickets in many theaters to book out the theaters."

"If a cinema schedule reaches 40%, it will be given one point, and if it reaches 45%, it will be given two points. Can you be more disciplined?"

"After the post was published, there was an immediate uproar, and the news about Tiny Times smashing the screen was all over the Internet."

Guo Jingming is concerned about the box office.

In just six days after its release, Maleficent grossed 4.7 million yuan at the domestic box office, which caught the eight major cinema chains and LeTV by surprise.

The day before the release, he was suddenly stabbed in the back. Guo Jingming naturally suspected that Li Chen was behind it.

Although LeTV strongly denied it, no one believed it.

"What did you say? The screening rate can't be higher than "Maleficent", even on the first day?" Guo Jingming's face had a wonderful expression, as if he had gotten something for free.

"That's not what you said at the beginning, Mr. Zhang!" Guo Jingming said word by word.

Zhang Zhao was also helpless: "Xiao Guo, no one expected that the box office of "Maleficent" would be so high!"

“Even the People’s Daily has spoken out, how can the cinemas not support it?”

In fact, even if the People's Daily did not speak out, the theaters would not dare to give special treatment to "Tiny Times" at this moment and risk the world's condemnation.

What's more, the box office of "Maleficent" is booming, and once the word of mouth spreads, judging from this trend, it will be no problem for the box office to break 500 million this week.

Through word of mouth, many viewers came as a family of three.

The local marketing team of Rongchen Pictures, like the Royal Guards, are scattered across the country to monitor the box office.

Anyone who dares to trip up Rongchen Pictures at this time may be put on Rongchen Pictures' blacklist in minutes.

Today, it is no exaggeration to say that Rongchen Pictures is the financial sponsor of the eight major cinema chains.

If Rongchen Pictures stops supplying, no cinema chain will be able to bear it.

“I dare say that no one can get 35% of the first-day screening schedule except LeTV!”

"Hollywood's Man of Steel only took 10%, and Guangguang's The Mummy was less than 5%. Xiao Guo, it's not that LeEco doesn't keep its word, it's really the variable of Maleficent that no one expected."

Guo Jingming felt so depressed that he couldn't hold back his anger, but he couldn't say anything back.

Indeed, once "Maleficent" was released, no matter whether it was the cartoon "Happy Superman", the Hollywood blockbuster "Man of Steel" or Jet Li's "The Mummy", they were all killed.

The producer of "Happy Superman" even changed the release date temporarily and postponed it for a week.

Compared to Guo Jingming's gloomy mood, Li Chen had just sent Miss Liu and his mother-in-law onto the plane, and then handed his son to his parents. He suddenly felt that the world became a lot quieter.

On Weibo, the entry "Liu Yifei went to the United States to dub "Frozen"" ranked high on the list.

The next day, "Tiny Times" was released nationwide, but Li Chen was the first to become a hot topic.

Sina Entertainment News

"The selection of directors for the 2014 CCTV Spring Festival Gala has always attracted much attention, and now there is new news. Sina Entertainment learned from an insider that the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse will be co-directed by multiple chief directors, and Li Chen will be the chief director."

"CCTV may assign three to five directors to Li Chen. The insider also revealed that the list of directors has been submitted and is awaiting approval from the General Administration."

"Li Chen had previously remained silent on whether he would be the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala. When faced with a text message from Sina Entertainment, Director Li simply responded, "Everything will be subject to the final result announced by CCTV."

"Joint directing is not unique to the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse, but it is probably the first time in CCTV's history that non-CCTV insiders have joined the Spring Festival Gala's chief director team."

"CCTV will hold a press conference on July 7, at which time the identity of the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala will be revealed."

Li Chen did not deny it this time, and anyone with a discerning eye would know what he meant.

Yang Mi was the first to take action. The Beijing premiere of "Tiny Times" was attended only by fans and media, but no filmmakers.

Yang Mi found an excuse to go to the bathroom and did not call Liu Yifei this time. She knew that Liu Yifei went to Hollywood.

Instead, he called Li Chen directly.

"Senior, you can't deny it now, right?"

Li Chen did not intend to hide it from these artists anymore, and said with a smile: "What am I denying? Which ear of yours have you ever heard me deny this matter?"

Yang Mi was overjoyed: "So, senior, you really want to direct the Spring Festival Gala?"

Li Chen said with a smile: "Mi Mi, even if it is true, what does it have to do with you?"

Yang Mi was so choked up that she almost became depressed by Li Chen's words.

However, her senior and former boss's conversational style has always been like this, and Yang Mi has gotten used to it.

After a pause, Yang Mi said, "Senior, although my singing and dancing skills are average, I am popular!" "Xixi has already been on the Spring Festival Gala, and with your personality, you will definitely not let Xixi go on the show again, lest others say you abuse your power for personal gain, am I right?"

Li Chen wanted to laugh when he heard this. He was a person who abused his power for personal gain, but he would not abuse his power for personal gain for anyone other than Miss Liu.

"But I'm different. Apart from Xixi, my Da Mimi's popularity is not exaggerated. If I appear on the Spring Festival Gala, at least the ratings will be improved a little, right?"

Upon hearing the news, not only Da Mimi was taking action, Tang Yan was also unwilling to be left behind.

She actually called Liu Yifei directly, but her words were not as straightforward as Da Mimi's.

Liu Yifei already had a unified answer here, and said with a smile: "As long as CCTV doesn't announce it, not to mention me, even Li Chen wouldn't dare to make a promise easily."

Tang Yan thought so too, but still smiled and said, "I don't care, Xixi, anyway, I won't look for the boss, I will look for you, I know the boss has to listen to the boss's wife!"

Liu Yifei smiled bitterly. She had heard this no less than four times today.

No one dares to look for her husband, but dares to look for herself. Is this picking on the weak?
Yang Siwei was also besieged by major brokerage companies.

The first to be affected were Huo Wenxi from Ying Huang and Li Yu from He Song.

Li Yu just said: "As long as Director Li asks, her sister will participate without hesitation."

Huo Wenxi also agreed, saying that any artist who needed Yinghuang could just ask and he would make time for the Spring Festival Gala unconditionally.

Yang Siwei laughed secretly. Except for Xie Tingfeng, most of the Yinghuang stars are either unknown or half-dead.

Yang Mi racked her brains but couldn't get a definite answer from Li Chen.

All the artists in Rongchen’s group have been warned by Yang Siwei not to discuss the matter anymore and to wait until the 12th of next month.

Guo Jingming was mentally prepared that as long as "Tiny Times" was released nationwide, it would inevitably attract a lot of eggs and bad reviews from "jealous people".

But no one expected it to be so intense, directly leading to an unprecedented war of words.

At nine o'clock in the morning, "Tiny Times" had already appeared on the hot searches and Douban.

"The boys always stand at a 45-degree angle, pose coolly, and show off their bodies half-naked, pretending to be tall, rich and handsome. The girls, on the other hand, are all heavily made up, have big breasts and are brainless nymphomaniacs. They even have to wear long dresses when running."

"The extravagant, empty and meaningless values ​​promoted in the movie are harmful in every way. I say this not to set a moral standard, but I just don't want to see my brothers and sisters being influenced by it and complaining about nothing all day long..."

"Guo Biting is beautiful, Ke Zhendong is so handsome, the whole audience screamed when they appeared on stage!"

“Tiny Times is so good!”

"No words can describe how I feel after watching Tiny Times. It's a complete win, especially the Easter eggs!"

"90s girls customize milk powder."

"The movie plays with material desires with ease, and those who want to play with it but can't afford it become fans of Guo Jingming. So they imagine themselves as the protagonist in the movie and become "slaves of brand names."

"Guo Jingming pioneered a new film form, using narration and static images instead of dialogue and static language, and became a generation of cinema PPT queen."

"Tiny Times" was released, but Yang Siwei was not idle.

She followed Li Chen's instructions and was busy online. What was she busy with? She was busy attracting traffic.

In fact, it was not only Yang Siwei who was diverting traffic, but Wang Changtian's subordinates were also doing the same thing.

Zhang Zhao was the first to react.

The word "values" is not much less powerful than "practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

If one doesn't handle it well, it will backfire. For a movie, if it has positive values, then of course there is no problem.

If it is negative, the result will most likely be removal from the shelves or the sequel being blocked for review.

He is in charge of distribution at Guangxian. This method is not a trick but an open conspiracy.

Because the movie itself is indeed as many viewers born in the 70s and 80s said.

Even he himself cannot deny that the values ​​of "Tiny Times" are not harmonious.

In the evening, Zhang Zhao hurriedly found Guo Jingming.

Guo Jingming thought it was good news on the first day's box office, but it turned out to be a heavy blow to him.

"Xiao Guo, whether you are attending an event or responding to the media and netizens online these days, remember to present the beautiful things in Tiny Times to the outside world!"

Guo Jingming didn't understand what Zhang Zhao's stern expression meant.

"Boss Zhang, is the box office not good?"

"Alas, the box office is very good! But the word of mouth is hard to describe."

Guo Jingming smiled and said: "As long as the box office is good, my "Tiny Times" is not for everyone to watch anyway."

"As long as people like me, that's fine!"

Zhang Zhao secretly cursed Guo Jing for being childish.

"Xiao Guo, you're right to listen to me. If word of mouth continues to develop at this rate, I will consider moving up the release date of Tiny Times 2!"

"Advance the file?" Guo Jingming was shocked.

"Didn't we agree to release it during the Lunar New Year? Move it up? Move it up to where? What happened, Mr. Zhang?"

Zhang Zhao looked solemn: "Xiao Guo, I'm just worried now."

"What are you worried about, Mr. Zhang? Please explain it clearly!"

"Even if your former right-hand man finds out, it's useless." At the same time, Li Chen appeared in a bar in Chaoyang District as invited by Wang Changtian.

Wang Changtian is the founder of the navy. He saw the clues on the first day of the release of "Tiny Times".

There was actually someone who shared the same idea as him, and the first person he thought of was Li Chen.

So he asked Li Chen out and asked him straight away whether it was Yang Siwei's masterpiece.

The results were as expected.

Wang Changtian laughed and said, "Brother, I think I have met countless people in my life, and I have seen many talented people, but you are the only one I have ever seen in my life."

Wang Changtian spoke these words from the heart.

It's fine if you say Li Chen is good at writing scripts and composing music, he is definitely talented.

You say the director is great, but he is a graduate student from the Film Academy and the top student in cultural subjects in the history of the Film Academy.

But when it comes to the media, they are no worse than me, an old man who graduated from the Journalism Department of Fudan University. That really shows talent.

Huashang Daily reported

"As a media person, I went to watch Tiny Times these past two days, and several of my colleagues expressed this sentiment on WeChat Moments: "This is a special show for people born in the 90s, and the pressure is a bit high."

"Tiny Times, directed by Guo Jingming, was released yesterday and grossed 4700 million yuan on the first day, setting a record for the first day box office of a youth film."

"This is a unique "Tiny Times" spectacle: it will be popular, but it will also be criticized. "Tiny Times", which accurately targets young audiences, has been despised by those born in the 70s, criticized by those born in the 80s, and crazily sought after by those born in the 90s."

"In response to this, Huang Ziyan, general manager of LeTV Pictures' marketing department, said that he didn't know why a movie that he had put so much effort into making would be criticized like this."

(End of this chapter)