Huayu started as a substitute director

Chapter 189 I do

Liu Tianxian saw Fang Hong coming in and saw that he looked a little depressed, and she couldn't help but feel confused.

"What's wrong with you? Do you have a fever again?"

As she spoke, she stepped forward, held Fang Hong's neck, and put her forehead against his to test the temperature: "Fortunately, it's not that hot."

"I'm not warm, but I feel sad." Fang Hong said.

"What's going on?" Liu Tianxian was puzzled.

"I thought I was a big shot, with outstanding talent and ability, and I could shock people with my domineering aura. I didn't expect that I'm nothing." Fang Hong said with melancholy.

"Are you unwelcome in the meeting?" Liu Tianxian guessed.

She also knew what meeting Fang Hong was attending.

Fang Hong nodded and admitted: "In the future, I will work harder, reduce entertainment activities, reduce rest time, and spend more time on work. I want to show those people that I can also have an equal dialogue with them."

He still clearly remembered the arrogant look on Tencent's face just now.

"Well, don't bother with those people."

Liu Tianxian comforted her, poured her a glass of water, and took the medicine bottle: "Come, take the medicine."

"I'm serious." Fang Hong stretched out his hand.

Liu Tianxian poured the medicine into his palm and handed him the water: "Okay, I believe you, eat it quickly."

Fang Hong swallowed it and then drank a sip of water.

"You're always coughing, so this is for you." Liu Tianxian took out an exquisitely packaged box.

Fang Hong took it and opened it curiously. Inside was a silk scarf-like handkerchief with embroidery, which looked very beautiful.

"Xiao Feifei, you are so kind to me."

"As long as you like it, take your medicine well and stay well these days. I'm going to be out for a while." Liu Tianxian straightened his collar.

"What are you going to do?" Fang Hong was surprised.

"Isn't it New Year's Day? I have to go and support the brand, and also take some delayed notices. I also have to take some artistic photos." Liu Tianxian sounded very busy.

"You just left me like that."

Fang Hong was very reluctant.

During this period of time, Liu Tianxian has been taking care of him in every possible way, and he has developed a sense of attachment to her.

"Don't talk nonsense. I'll just be busy for a while and will be back before the New Year." Liu Tianxian rolled her eyes at him.

The Chinese New Year comes early this year, on the 23rd of this month.

If Liu Tianxian doesn't run away, a lot of work will be squeezed into next year, and next year will be even busier.

But she has to shoot "The Four" at the beginning of the year so she doesn't have time, so it's best to do many things in advance.

"I can't live without you. Every day feels like a year!" Fang Hong wailed with his head raised.

Liu Tianxian hit his chest and said, "Call me if you can. It's not like I can't get in touch with you. Why make it so exaggerated?"

"Okay, you work hard outside, and I'll keep the house for you."

Fang Hong said that he was just like a housewife.

But Liu Tianxian didn't care, as she was used to Fang Hong's nonsense.

New Year's Day arrives as expected, and the box office battle is staged again.

However, although this movie was very popular, its box office was not as good as expected and was worse than its previous performance.

"Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" had a box office of 2230 million; "The Flowers of War" had a box office of 2140 million; and "Big Shot" surpassed it to reach 2339 million.

It seems that audiences during holidays still like to watch exciting movies.

In other words, this performance only doubled compared to usual, and there were only three days of New Year's Day holiday. During these three days, the three movies squeezed each other and each had only a little over 20 million. On the fourth day, it was cut in half to only a few million.

"Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" 477 million; "The Flowers of War" 523 million; "Big Shot" 398 million.

The collapse was quite tragic.

The film market is like this, closely related to people's holidays. However, the film's overall trend has been determined, and the box office will only go so far, and it will only get worse day by day.

In the end, the total box office of "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" was 3.2 million; "The Flowers of War" was 3.5 million; and "Big Shot" was 3.8 million.

The first two movies had a box office of 2 to million in the previous life, but in this life, they each made about million less, which is not a small amount.

"Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" was said to have an investment of 2 million yuan, which, if true, is still a loss; needless to say, "The Flowers of War" is the one that suffered the most losses.

However, this movie was also the fuse that led to the two Zhangs' separation, and the grudges accumulated in the past broke out at this moment.

I won’t go into the specific grudges, but when we make money we are brothers, and when we don’t make money we become enemies.

However, "Big Shot" did not lose money, it definitely made money. Its box office performance in South Korea was even more exaggerated than in China, with the number of moviegoers exceeding 1340 million.

The total population of South Korea is only over 50 million, which means that one in every five people has watched this movie.

The total box office reached 9283 billion won, 6.4 million US dollars, which is million RMB.

Compared with the total domestic box office, it is equivalent to doubling.

This performance also made "Veteran" the top-grossing film in South Korea that year.

It also became the best in Korean film history.

The most awesome "The Battle of Myeongryang" wasn't released until 14.

"The Chinese film "Big Shot" won the championship in Korean film history."

"What Hong Kong people left behind, Jade Rabbit became the No. 1 box office in Korea!"

"The top box office hit of the year is 'Big Shot'!"

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Such news appeared in the media of both China and South Korea, amazed the South Koreans and made the Chinese proud.

This cool movie not only competed with two blockbusters in China, but also developed a secondary market and reaped huge box office revenue in South Korea.

At this critical juncture, a film critic named Lu Nan wanted to attract attention and publicly criticized: "The audience who watch this movie have no brains."

This was like stirring up a hornet's nest, with many netizens attacking him under his comment. "You bastard, have you seen the movie? If you don't understand, don't make a fuss."

"Movie critics' words are worthless."

"The above person is wrong. This guy definitely got paid."

"These people just like to make big statements to attract attention."

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Now Yutu no longer controls the comments, so let them say whatever they want. Anyway, all the money that should be earned has been transferred, and all the work that should be completed has been completed.

Now Zhang Weiping and Lao Mouzi are busy fighting each other and have no time to spare. Fatty Yu of Bona jumped out again: "The principal is a person who lacks cultural connotation."

This means that not only do the movies made by Fang Hong lack substance, but even he himself lacks substance.

Fatty Yu likes to come out and comment in an expert manner, as if his words are the holy scripture of the film industry.

Later, he criticized Wang Baoqiang, saying that other people's movies were just previews and kept being previewed; he also criticized "Avatar 2", saying that the movie did not conform to the viewing habits of Chinese audiences.

Netizens asked him to make a good movie instead of making bad mainstream movies.

But Fang Hong didn't indulge him, and said only one thing to the media: "Ignorance has nothing to do with identity."

This means that Fatty Yu is ignorant and acts like an idiot.

The two big guys are about to start fighting again. The spectators are ready to sit on their benches and watch. People in the circle are also watching the two people scolding each other with interest.

However, before this wind could take off, it was suppressed by a mysterious force and died down.

The reason was that Fang Hong and Fatty Yu were both called away by Zhang Hongsen, deputy director of the State Administration of Film.

In Douban Hutong, Chaoyang Street, in a reception room of the Film Bureau, Zhang Hongsen, a man with a decent appearance, sat at the top.

Fang Hong and Fatty Yu sat on opposite sides.

This place is like an ancient lobby, with all furniture made of wood.

Fatty Yu looked at Fang Hong opposite him with sharp eyes, and there seemed to be resentment in his eyes. It seemed that "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" had lost money, otherwise it would not be like this.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Fang Hong had a dull expression. He covered his mouth with the handkerchief Liu Tianxian gave him and coughed, looking sick.

It seemed as if he didn't see Fatty Yu's murderous look.

"You have to take care of your health!" said Zhang Hongsen.

"Thank you for your concern, Director. I've been overworked in the past two years and have been worried about the movie." Fang Hong said.

In the past two years, he has produced four movies with Yutu, which is indeed very productive. It is no exaggeration to say that he has been working hard for it.

Of course, this was said to Zhang Hongsen.

"If you're not in good health, just stay away from it. Don't try to squeeze in and compete with others at the same time." Fatty Yu said sarcastically.

"I do!" Fang Hong said calmly.

That indifferent look made Fatty Yu very angry: "I didn't offend you, why are you picking on me?"

"I do!" Fang Hong's expression remained indifferent.

"you"

"alright, alright!"

Fatty Yu pointed and was about to say something harsh when he was interrupted by Zhang Hongsen.

Zhang Hongsen signaled the two to calm down: "I called you here today because I want you to stop fighting and focus on making the movie and doing your job."

"I agree!" Fang Hong said three words again.

"I agree."

Fatty Yu expressed his opinion and glanced at Fang Hong opposite him, his eyes still sharp.

The two of them suddenly became easy to talk to, which made Zhang Hongsen uncomfortable.

But he still wants to make it clear: "Five of the ten highest-grossing movies last year were from Hollywood, including Transformers 3 at $10 billion, Kung Fu Panda 2 at $6 million, and Pirates of the Caribbean 4 at more than $4 million, followed by Harry Potter and Fast & Furious 5."

He counted them one by one on his fingers, "And we don't even have a movie that has grossed over 5 million. We have three blockbusters at the end of the year, but we're using them to fight each other. Don't you feel ashamed of this?"

As he spoke, he patted his face, as if he was very ashamed and his face was dull!

Fang Hong still looked dead; Fatty Yu was also silent.

It's really hard for the two to say anything as they have different purposes!

In Fang Hong's opinion, Hollywood movies are destined to be expelled in the future, so he would rather kill his own people than talk about it.

Fatty Yu was acting on impulse. He originally wanted to fight with "The Flowers of War", but Fang Hong suddenly intervened and targeted him, so he seemed so angry.

As for Zhang Weiping, he is no longer needed. He has had a rift with Zhang Yimou, and there will be no trace of him in the future.

"Do you have anything to say?" Zhang Hongsen looked at the two of them.

"I didn't." Fang Hong still said these three words lightly.

"I have." Fatty Yu raised his hand: "I want to know why the principal is targeting me?"

Zhang Hongsen looked at Fang Hong and motioned him to speak.

"I'm not targeting anyone. It's all a coincidence created by the market." Fang Hong's words were equivalent to saying nothing.

This made the two of them look at each other.

"Director Zhang, you've seen it too. He has this attitude. I want to solve the problem, but I can't."

Fatty Yu continued to complain: "It was the same at this time last year. They said nothing, didn't communicate, and interfered with Huayi. They are still playing the same way this year. If it continues like this, then we can only keep fighting."

"Then fight!"

Fang Hong said these three words with some determination.

Anyway, he is not afraid of a protracted war. The post-production of "The Conjuring" has been completed, and it's just a matter of choosing a date for its release.

I went to shoot "Split" first. This movie didn't cost much.

(End of this chapter)