After all of them were reborn, who would still be an actor?

Chapter 426: Liu Shishi, unwilling to give in, focuses on the Film and Television Cultural Village
Saturday, April 7.

Today is the best opportunity for Witch to grab box office revenue.

However, after three roadshows in Shanghai, Li Mingyang felt that the game was over.

The publicity for the Autobots is just too intense.

The three roadshows were held at Stellar Cinemas, Wanda Cinemas and Dadi Cinemas respectively.

There were three cinemas, and the Witch’s promotion was just one poster.

The promotional elements of the Autobots are almost fully utilized, with huge three-dimensional posters, and the Autobot products are placed in the most conspicuous position.

The Autobot trailer was playing on the big screen.

Wanda Cinema even cooperated with Autobots to launch theme packages and peripheral products, including popcorn buckets, pendants, film cards, etc.

The screening schedule was even more explosive, with all the prime time slots given to Transformers 3.

After 7pm, there are no witches.

After the last roadshow ended, Li Mingyang came out of the cinema and got into the car under the escort of security guards. It was not even dark yet.

"Old Wu, what is the total box office of "Witch" now?" Li Mingyang asked as soon as he got in the car.

"More than eight million."

"The box office actually dropped on Saturday."

"They seized on the bloodiness and violence to promote Witch as a horror film... Horror films are even more niche than art films..."

Li Mingyang hummed, leaned back in his chair and dozed off.

Half an hour later, four business cars stopped one after another in front of the Huazhu Hotel.

Li Mingyang got off the car first, and after the other main creators got off, they went to the restaurant to eat together.

There were not many people participating in the Witch Roadshow, and Li Mingyang did not call on others to help cheer.

Apart from Li Mingyang, only Zhang Ruoyun, Liu Shishi, Bai Bin, Li Xin and Chen Jianbing are from the Witch crew.

Everyone came to the private room of the hotel restaurant and sat down one by one. Except for Li Mingyang who was in good condition, everyone else was listless and lacked enthusiasm.

"Mingyang, is this roadshow necessary tomorrow..." Zhang Ruoyun was frightened by Chen Jianbing's stare and said with gritted teeth.

"Just keep a normal mind." Li Mingyang said with a smile: "You have all seen Witch, it is a very good movie, it was just born at the wrong time and ran into Transformers 3, it is not the fault of war, don't take it too seriously."

"Yes! It's not my fault." Chen Jianbing smiled heartily.

"If you are busy, you don't have to go to the roadshow tomorrow," said Li Mingyang.

busy?
No one dared to tell Li Mingyang that they were busy.

Because Li Mingyang is the busiest one.

Li Mingyang was busy with the promotion and roadshow of Witch during the day, and filmed Love of Siam at night until the early morning.

Running on two fronts and working around the clock, he's really working too hard!

"Xiao Zhang, uncle is going to say something to you. Your movie is your own child. How can you not want to promote it just because the box office is not ideal? Your idea is wrong." Chen Jianbing said, thief crying "stop thief".

Zhang Ruoyun nodded quickly, then punished herself three times the amount and did not dare to talk back.

When the hot dishes were served, Li Mingyang ate a little and went out.

As soon as Li Mingyang left, sighs filled the room...

If the movie is really bad, no one will care.

On the first day of the roadshow, after seeing the witch, everyone couldn't believe their eyes. This was the witch they had filmed.

When Li Qin and Bai Bing were watching the movie, they looked at Liu Shishi more than once, with envy, jealousy and hatred in their eyes overflowing with tears.

Zhang Ruoyun was thrilled to watch the movie. Even though she was beaten pretty badly, the fighting in the second half of the movie was so impactful. The good brothers actually evolved again and shot such a dazzling action movie that is not inferior to Hollywood blockbusters!
Chen Jianbing remained motionless, stunned by Li Mingyang's skills. At the same time, he deeply understood why Li Mingyang was so hated and why the Beijing, Hong Kong and Taiwan circles wanted to praise him to death and force him to go abroad.

It’s remarkable for a director to be good at one genre, but Li Mingyang is not only good at literary and artistic tones, but he can also incorporate suspense, action, and special effects into his extraordinary Witch.

Li Mingyang is simply a genius among geniuses! A true filmmaker!
The witch only costs 60 million...there is no chance for anyone else to survive!
Liu Shishi actually didn’t dare to look at the witch.

When filming The Spy, Liu Shishi went through all kinds of torture, and the action design was so cool and beautiful. During the filming, she knew that The Spy would definitely be a hit.

The role of the witch was just her casual one, and she even felt rebellious and gave up on herself during the filming, but Li Mingyang still approved it... and applauded.

After the movie started, Liu Shishi kept her head down playing with her phone until Li Mingyang took her phone away, held her chin and forced her to watch, then she started watching The Witch.

Liu Shishi was quite surprised that the heroine's voice was not her own.

Then the camera changed, and the heroine was walking on the street. Her brows suddenly frowned and she touched her forehead. The close-up of her eyes seemed to have something tearing her retina.

At the same time, everything around turned white, with only some blurry images moving around.

The heroine stood there in a daze. After a while, everything around her returned to normal.

But the scene around her became unstable. When she got home, her vision seemed to be covered by a thick fog and nothing seemed real. At the same time, her head hurt more and more and she finally fainted on the ground.

The heroine is blind? ! !

As the plot progressed, Liu Shishi stared at her own performance with eyes wide open in disbelief. She actually brought the blind man to life...

At that moment, Liu Shishi realized that the script she had was a fake!
At that time, she really wanted to lift up Li Mingyang's hand that was touching her thigh and bite it.

But considering that the movie was quite good, I forgave Li Mingyang.

By the second half, Liu Shishi was impressed by her own acting skills. The simple and rough fighting was so exciting.

The final evil smile even scared Liu Shishi herself.

She had no recollection of when she had filmed this scene, and she thought it was done by Li Mingyang using special effects...

"Xiao Zhang, you have a lot of fans, why don't you book the whole theater?" Chen Jianbing said, patting Zhang Ruoyun on the shoulder.

"Uncle Chen, when it comes to competing for fans, I don't have as many as Li Mingyang. The screening schedule for "Witch" is so annoying. It's all scheduled in the morning. Even fans who want to book the theater have to choose a good time. Who wants to watch a movie so early in the morning? I always go after dinner anyway..." Zhang Ruoyun said helplessly.

"So miserable?"

“The scariest thing is that there are many people online who are trying to stir up trouble, saying that The Witch is a horror movie and is very scary,” said Li Xin.

"Horror movies are watched at night. Who would watch them so early in the morning..." Shirahama sighed.

Bai Bing is in a very conflicted mood right now. She doesn't want The Witch to do well at the box office, but she's also worried that her performance was in vain.

“Senior Sister, um…did Mingyang tell you whether The Witch will be released overseas?” Zhang Ruoyun asked with anticipation.

When the others heard this, they all looked at Liu Shishi.

Liu Shishi sighed three times, put her hands on her chin, and said somewhat discouragedly: "For overseas releases, it also depends on the domestic box office... At least it has to exceed 100 million, then overseas film producers will be interested."

When the four heard this, they were heartbroken.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two is released on August 8.

Even if The Witch wasn't taken off the screen early, it would be the same as if it had been taken off the screen.

The two most popular Hollywood blockbusters this year collide with each other, which is a deadly schedule.

In addition, Li Mingyang was at odds with other film companies, and Witch was slandered and denigrated by the internet army.

Even a box office of 30 million is a mystery.

Everyone sighed for a while, then the door of the box was pushed open and Hu Ge, Tang Yan and Tan Songyun walked in.

As soon as Hu Ge walked in, he took out a bunch of movie tickets from his pocket, "Shishi, these are the tickets for the movie The Witch that I booked today. The Witch is really explosive! It's so cool!"

"Well, it's just that my schedule isn't very good." Tang Yan said hypocritically, controlling her facial features to prevent herself from laughing.

The little squirrel had just woken up. After sitting down, he picked up the chopsticks, stired the food on the plate, and started eating with big mouthfuls.

After eating for a while, the little squirrel came back to his senses, listened to the sighs of the crowd, and asked curiously: "The Witch box office is not good, why are you sighing!"

"It's not enough to sigh just because the box office is not good!" Zhang Ruoyun complained.

“It doesn’t look like The Witch will only have one movie. If we can make The Witch 2 in a good time, we can make up for it.” said the little squirrel.

When Liu Shishi heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. She didn't even bother eating and ran out in a hurry.

"That's right, it feels like it's not over yet, we can still shoot the second part." Hu Ge picked up a chicken leg and started eating, "Tangtang, eat! Director Li will start filming again when it gets dark, eat more, don't faint from hunger halfway through."

Tang Yan looked back at the direction of the gate, feeling very sad...

I haven't found my own Weathering With You yet.

Liu Shishi went to find her own Witch 2.

The Witch is well-made, with explosive special effects. In the second half, both the plot and the action are so amazing that they don't seem like a domestic product.

It combines warmth, suspense, action and special effects.

In other words, the schedule is not good.

If it had been released in a better time slot, the box office would have been much higher...

Eh……

Some are born in Rome, some are brought into Rome.

The difference between people...

No matter what he said or did, he looked like a liar...

He is actually the purest filmmaker in the circle... He is worth more than one billion, but he doesn't know how to enjoy life, doesn't play with women, doesn't own a sports car or a famous watch, and wears ordinary clothes.

……

In 2011, Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City was established and Future Science and Technology City came into being.

Hangzhou Future Science and Technology City is built with the combination of Zhejiang University + Alibaba + EFC + Film and Television Cultural Village, forming an integrated regional development model of “industry, academia, research and film”.

Yinghuang’s Film and Television Cultural Village is the film and television cultural village in the layout of the future science and technology city.

Since you have decided to turn against me.

Then make it bigger, Li Mingyang set his sights on the Yinghuang land. Yinghuang land is so unique, adjacent to the western area of ​​Hangzhou Xixi National Wetland Park. It is close to Xixi National Wetland Park, less than seven kilometers away from West Lake, and surrounded by national forest parks, a bunch of small scenic spots and wildlife parks.

Whoever gets it will get rich!
If it is managed well, it can even compete with the future Shanghai Disneyland.

Compared with it, Youfeng Film and Television City is worlds apart.

In Li Mingyang's impression, Yinghuang did not have any film and television cultural city in Hangzhou, and Yinghuang eventually failed.

The reason is most likely related to the Academy Awards!

Jiang Wen won 13 out of 1 nominations, and the attitude of the Hong Kong circle is obvious.

The mountain eagle lost everything.

The land of Yinghuang has a very advantageous location and every inch of it is worth a lot of money. It is so good that it is beyond imagination.

The mighty Disney can only build theme parks in remote areas of Shanghai, but Yinghuang is picking fruits inside the scenic area.

This is too strange. Li Mingyang suspects it is an exchange of interests.

No matter what the mystery is, why did Yinghuang fail in the end?

This piece of land must be taken.

As we all know, the theme park business is Disney’s most stable business, and Disneyland has always been considered one of the most important channels for Disney to monetize its IP.

With this piece of land, it would be hard for Trisolaran Park not to take off.

It has a huge number of tourists, and as long as you work hard, it will take off immediately.

The Magic City Disney later had an annual revenue of about 80 billion. If it could have half of that, that would be 40 billion!
At the peak of Huayi’s previous life, its revenue was only 40 billion.

LeTV is willing to wade into this muddy water just because of this piece of land!
In order to acquire the land, Li Mingyang merged all the companies under his name with Huabou Entertainment, and moved the headquarters of Huabou Entertainment to the Huabou Hotel in Shanghai in exchange for support from the Shanghai circle.

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Afterwards, Li Mingyang mortgaged all his real estate and Wang Changtian pledged Guangxian shares, obtaining a cash flow of over 10 billion yuan and making a direct bet!

Before Lao Jia even used his connections, the people in Hangzhou were already interested.

However, after listening to Wang Changtian and Zhang Zhao's retelling, Li Mingyang felt that the Hangzhou side was thinking that the fisherman would benefit from the conflict between the snipe and the clam.

"Whether it's an investment of 5 billion or 6 billion, or even tens of billions, everyone has a way to get the money. Now it's either a competition of money or planning." As Zhang Zhao was speaking, his cell phone rang and he picked up the call.

"Ali's Taobao City is right next to us. They have a say, but their attitude is quite intriguing... We waited for Jack Ma for a whole day, but Jack Ma ran away in the end. You'd better go there in person."

"You don't have to go. Huayi and Yinghuang have joined forces to develop a cultural village together." Zhang Zhao hung up the phone with a serious look on his face. "It's going to be difficult this time. Even if we bring up the Three Bodies, it may not be useful."

"The Three-Body Project is now in use. China Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Group Corporation will definitely get involved. Directly launching the Three-Body Project will disrupt our plans," said Wang Changtian.

"Yinghuang is just letting a wolf into the house. Are you sick?" Li Mingyang frowned.

"Yinghuang has a good relationship with Shanghai Film Group. If Huayi wants to acquire it, it has to see what Shanghai Film Group thinks."

As Li Mingyang came into contact with this land more and more, he discovered that it was unusually complex.

There really is no such thing as a free lunch.

"Ali doesn't care who wins or loses between Guangguang Huayi. Ali is the biggest winner anyway." Zhang Zhao waved his hand, "Don't worry about the land. I'll be in charge of the land, and you guys will be in charge of the movie."

"Can you do it? Last time you said you would help me get the Golden Horse, but there's been no news."

Zhang Zhao coughed awkwardly and said, "I'm arranging it."

After hearing this, Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian suddenly lost confidence in Zhang Zhao.

"I originally thought that if Huayi could get the Golden Horse Awards, there was no reason why I couldn't... The Golden Horse Awards are really not easy to get. Those people are narrow-minded. I haven't met them yet."

Zhang Zhao straightened his back. "I made a mistake in my estimation about Taiwan. I can't get the land in Hangzhou, and no one else can either. Boss Jia means the same thing, so you can rest assured."

Since Jia Yueting has spoken, Li Mingyang and Wang Changtian can only trust him.

After all, the biggest card on their side is Lao Jia.

Huayi joined the team, and the three of them sat around a round table and started designing from scratch. They talked for more than an hour, and when Li Mingyang saw that they had almost finished talking, he left the room to go shoot Love Under.

Li Mingyang has a lot of things to do now. Not only is he busy with the promotion of Witch, he is also filming Love of Siam, and preparing for Weathering With You.

Three front battle.

In order to save time, Li Mingyang only retained Mingyang Entertainment's special effects department and the Blue-Green Studio.

All other manpower and material resources were transferred to the Bouquet Hotel.

The Summit Building was the birthplace of Li Mingyang’s previous life.

But his achievements have long surpassed those of his previous life.

The Summit Building could no longer meet his development needs.

The Bouquet Hotel is in a good location, close to the airport. It has more than 4,000 rooms from the first floor to the 30th floor, and the interior space is super large.

Li Mingyang originally bought this building in order to replicate the Regent International Hotel in Hangzhou.

Ideals are beautiful, but reality is terrible.

The Hong Kong, Taiwan and Beijing circles united to encircle and suppress him.

They want to put him in shackles, force him to go abroad, and destroy his box office appeal.

Box office appeal is the lifeblood and face of a commercial director.

Once the reputation collapses, you will be forgotten by everyone.

If you want to make movies as you please, you must prove your box office appeal again.

Li Mingyang is confident to prove himself again!
But to prove it again is equivalent to starting over again, and all the hard work over the years will become a joke!
Just like Dugu Qiubai Feng Kuzi...being mocked by netizens.

What netizens like to hear most is not how majestic, awesome, or legendary you are!
What I want to see most is the building collapse!

Countless people are waiting for me to fall from the peak!

Li Mingyang came to the elevator hall and waited for the elevator.

The Bouquet Hotel now adopts hotel-style management, with a total of thirty floors, eight passenger elevators and one freight elevator.

4部客梯直达1-15楼，3部客梯只在16层及往上楼层停留，1部VIP客体。

The first floor is the lobby, cafe, supermarket, dressing room and dressing room.

The second floor is a restaurant, banquet hall, and multi-functional conference room.

The third floor is a gym, game room, library, billiard room, beauty salon, SPA...

Floors 4 to 15 are where the anchors live. There are access control and security guards at the elevator entrances on each floor. Each anchor has a room card and can only swipe the card to go to his or her floor.

Li Mingyang rented the five floors from 16th to 20th to Zhang Zhao, which is the office of LeTV Pictures.

Floors 21 to 25 are the territory of Huahua Entertainment, which integrates office, living and leisure.

Floors 26 to 30 are executive VIP floors.

Use elevators to restrict anchors to certain floors, install access control systems in elevator halls and lobbies, and strengthen supervision on each floor.

Even so, with more than a thousand anchors, all kinds of problems arise every day, making it extremely difficult to deal with.

However, Li Mingyang did not have the energy to take care of this matter. As long as the police did not come to his door, he could accept it.

In order to save time, all interior scenes of "Season 2" were shot inside the Bouquet Hotel.

Li Mingyang walked into the elevator, took out a Black Rose Card, swiped the card, and went to the 21st floor.

The Black Rose Card is the only access card that allows direct access to all floors.

There are only four such cards. In addition to Li Mingyang and Zhang Wei, the other two are in the hands of the head of the housekeeping department and the head of the security department respectively.

Ding!
The elevator arrived at the 21st floor. As soon as the door opened, Li Mingyang saw Boss Zhao and Liu Shishi chatting in the elevator lobby.

"What are you talking about? You look so happy?" Li Mingyang asked casually.

"It's okay." Liu Shishi shook her head when she saw Li Mingyang coming.

"You guys chat first, I'll go to the crew first." Boss Zhao said, turning and walking towards the crew.

Liu Shishi nodded, smiled gently, walked two steps to the side, turned around and waved to Li Mingyang.

Li Mingyang looked at Liu Shishi in confusion, wondering what she wanted to do.
"what happened?"

"Is there a second part of Witch?"

"Have."

Liu Shishi was delighted and jumped up happily.

"But you're not in the second part..."

"what!"

Liu Shishi couldn't laugh anymore and looked at Li Mingyang with a pout.

"There will be a third one."

“There’s a third part!”

"I will only tell you the Witch Trilogy. Please keep it a secret."

When Liu Shishi heard the words "I will only tell you", she felt sweet in her heart and nodded. But the next moment, she thought of the poor box office and became worried again.

"Brother, the box office is so bad, will it have an impact on the second part..."

Yes, it has an impact! The impact is huge!
However, Li Mingyang did not say anything, but comforted Shishi, saying that it was okay and the failure of a movie would not have much impact on him.

A billionaire director can afford to fail.

But as the sister film of Your Name, if Weathering With You fails at the box office, then its reputation will be really ruined.

(End of this chapter)