Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 424 Celebration, a gathering of industry leaders
It was the beginning of September, the third week since the release of "The Ugly Duckling", and the box office of the movie reached 9 million.

What is more bizarre is that the box office decline curve has become increasingly gentle.

The students had already enrolled in school at this time, so naturally, the news of such a wonderful inspirational film spread throughout the school.

Some students went to watch it together on their own initiative. After all, it was a movie starring the Fairy Sister.

Some were recommended by teachers, who said that there was such a movie and students could watch it in their spare time.

Some schools even organized viewings, and the film was reported in newspapers, receiving praise from certain educational public opinion.

This is incredible.

The relevant media usually do not pay attention to things in the film and television industry, but now that they have heard about this, they also praised the film after watching it.

This made the film more famous within the school.

This made Chen Linfeng think of the time when Liu Qianqian sang "Invisible Wings".

It has also been noticed by some bigwigs in the education sector.

The president of Yenching University sang this song at the school's New Year Gala two years ago.

Last year, Yenching also used this song as the title for the Chinese composition test in the college entrance examination.

Today, "The Ugly Duckling" is officially regarded as a positive work that inspires students, which is similar in nature to "Invisible Wings".

With such invisible benefits, the box office will be boosted significantly.

The previous box office estimate of 4 million yuan might have been underestimated.

Just when the box office exceeded 3 million, Chen Linfeng held a celebration banquet, summoned all the creative members of the crew, and invited many bigwigs to hold a grand celebration.

Most of the previous celebration parties were organized by Han Shanping, and this was the first time that Chen Linfeng organized a similar event.

It not only has the two conventional purposes of rewarding the crew members but also promoting it to the outside world.

Helping Cheng Er introduce directors in the circle is also a way to establish a reputation for himself.

It was teacher Wang Rui who took advantage of his award and contacted the directing department of Yanying Film Academy to help him make the first appearance and meet various bigwigs.

It can be considered a form of introduction.

Today, it is Chen Linfeng's turn to do the same thing.

Cheng Er knew this in advance, and although he was extremely grateful, he was also a little embarrassed.

"Director Chen, isn't this inappropriate?"

"What's inappropriate?"

Chen Linfeng was a little surprised, so he comforted her, "Don't worry, I'll introduce you to someone, and no one will refuse to give you face."

That's not it.

Cheng Er had no words to express his grievances. Director Chen was at least 10 years younger than him, so it felt a bit strange to ask him to be his introducer.

He didn't mean any other thing, he just worried that the situation would become awkward.

"Hmm...okay then."

Since graduation, especially since last year, Chen Linfeng has also worked as a teacher and taught students.

It has been a long time since anyone mentioned his age in front of him, and everyone treated him as a big shot.

He was used to it and didn't notice anything wrong.

When he called to invite Wang Rui, he, as Chen Linfeng's original teacher, pointed it out directly.

"Xiao Chen, you have good intentions, but don't you feel that something is wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

"This kind of thing is usually the care of the elders for the younger ones. You are his boss, but I see that you two are generally friends of the same generation and have a good relationship. At this time..."

"Ah, I see. No wonder."

Chen Linfeng slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"I didn't expect this. I thought Cheng Er looked a little hesitant before. So this is the case."

He changed his words decisively, "Then why don't you come over, teacher? It happens that you are my teacher, so you are suitable for this job."

"Okay, I'll do it then."

Wang Rui is Chen Linfeng's teacher, and they maintain a good relationship.

Nowadays, teachers are more respected because of their students, and their status in the circle has also improved a lot.

At that time, he had to be humble in front of Zhang Yimou, but now it is different. He can treat any big director equally.

I'm not as good as you, but my students are awesome.

That's the benefit of having a good student.

The celebration banquet was held in Yanjing, where there are many film and television companies. Many people in the industry stay here when they are not filming.

When we hold events here, more people usually come.

On ordinary days, the bigwigs in the circle rarely have the opportunity to get together.

Basically, they would only come if there was some reason or they were invited by some important figure.

Now that Chen Lin is back to organize this kind of event, there are quite a few people who give him face.

Basically, all those who have worked together before, those who have a close relationship with me, even those who have some grudges against me (mostly they think so), and those who would like to work together in the future have come.

Xu Ke's "Mystery of the Phantom Flame" will be released at the end of this month. He wants to participate in more activities to increase exposure and get more screenings.

Correspondingly, the main creators of the crew, including Liu Dehua, Li Binbin, and Deng Chao, also came.

Deng Chao has always had some conflicts with Huang Xiaoming, and he knows that Chen Linfeng and Huang Xiaoming have a good relationship.

Therefore, for a long time, although I really wanted to get close to her, there was never a good opportunity.

This time he came with some expectations.

Director Da Chen's film "The Orphan of Zhao" will be released at the end of the year, and he has no intention of promoting it.

I originally thought that it would be awkward to meet him. After all, many people no longer call him Big Chen or Little Chen, as if they had excluded him.

But Director Kai Ge feels that he is broad-minded and cannot stop seeing people because of this.

So after preparing myself mentally for a long time, I finally came.

Also coming with them was Mrs. Chen, who brought her youngest son, who is only 10 years old. I heard that he is interested in developing a career in the entertainment industry, so he always brings his son along when traveling recently.

In fact, this is also a kind of introduction to people. Uncles and aunts, I have seen a lot of them, so it is impossible that there is no incense at all. Zhang Yimou was naturally present.

Now that his wish has been fulfilled, he has no intention of quitting. Instead, he is more ambitious and wants to produce more good works.

The change that happened as a result was that "Under the Hawthorn Tree" did not appear, and instead a movie that reflected the changing times of the 80s was made.

It will also be released during the National Day holiday.

When Chen Linfeng heard the news, his first reaction was that the triple gold grand slam actor of later generations was gone.

Even if she would enter the film and television industry, without the most important identity of "Mou Girl", her development would definitely not be as good as in her previous life.

For a moment I didn’t know whether it was good news or bad news.

Zhang Weiping, who was traveling with Director Zhang, looked unhappy.

He felt that his words were not very effective recently, because Zhang Yimou was always unhappy, so he said he wanted to cooperate with Xiao Chen.

It feels like I found the password to a level.

But he really didn't dare to force it. You know, this is the grand slam of Europe's three major awards and the Oscar-winning director.

If Zhang Weiping dares to make trouble, there will be many people willing to take over.

The first one to be hit was the "sly-looking" Xiao Chen.

No matter how conceited he is, he no longer feels that he is indispensable. It is just that Zhang Yimou’s current awards are too impressive.

This is different from the situation in the previous life. It is hard to say whether the two Zhangs will break up again.

It is estimated that the external threat of Chen Linfeng will suppress Zhang Weiping for a long time.

And thanks to the Oscars, his new movie’s box office will soar.

Zhang Yimou will definitely benefit from this, and maybe Zhang Weiping will become more prosperous because of the benefits and talk less about his business.

Once the creative interference is gone, given Zhang Yimou's personality, the two of them might be able to maintain their relationship for a long time.

Brothers Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu came together.

"Let the Bullets Fly" will be released at the end of the year, so there is no need to promote it too early now.

In addition, the sixth generation of directors include Jia Zhangke, Wang Xiaoshuai, Guan Hu, Lou Ye, Ning Hao, etc.
Han Shanping from Huaying, Wang Changtian from Guangxian, Wang Zhonglei from Huayi, Zeng Maojun from Wanda, and a number of teachers from Yanying Academy were also present.

This celebration party was held in a semi-open mode, with some media invited to help promote it in the first half, and the second half became a private banquet.

After each movie reaches a certain box office, the producer will often hold a celebration banquet to announce the box office performance of their movie.

It is a kind of boasting and also a kind of publicity.

The purpose is to inform the public: Our movie is of very good quality and the box office has reached XX. If you haven't seen it yet, come and watch it.

Of course, this model became unpopular after the rise of various ticket purchasing websites.

Because the public can check the real-time box office of movies directly through mobile applications.

Many producers would at most post celebratory pictures on Weibo to promote the film, but there would never be the kind of fanfare that is happening now.

In the first half, Chen Linfeng kept a low profile and tried his best to keep the limelight for Cheng Er.

It had already been announced to the public that this movie was shot by Cheng Er, and if the celebration banquet took the spotlight again, then all the announcement would have been in vain.

However, in the second half, as the supervisor and producer, he took the lead in giving red envelopes to the main creators of the crew.

Liu Qianqian alone gave a red envelope of 5 million yuan, and other actors received some as much as one million yuan and some as little as hundreds of thousands. The staff behind the scenes were not spared either.

A total amount of nearly 10 million was issued.

Paying bonuses before profit sharing means that all investors share the cost and include it in the cost.

No one expressed dissatisfaction. After all, the big head belonged to Xiao Chen, and he was willing to give it up, so who could say anything?

Besides, 1 million is not a lot considering the total box office at home and abroad is at least to million.

Chen Linfeng is not doing this randomly. Last year was the year with the most obvious increase in domestic actors' pay.

Liu Qianqian and her colleagues happened to have filmed their drama in the first half of the year, and the pay they set at the time basically did not keep up with this wave of increase.

Therefore, with Chen Linfeng's films now selling well at the box office, the extra points he gives out are of a compensatory nature.

Such a generous gesture not only made the creators and staff who benefited from it extremely happy, but also made the actors who were watching on the side jealous.

It’s better to follow Director Chen and have more meat to eat.

After sending it out, Chen Linfeng took the opportunity to express his own views and explained why he sent out such a large sum of money.

In addition, the issue of actors' pay today was discussed.

"The current increase in actors' pay is obviously problematic. It has a great impact on the quality of film and television production. I think everyone here is aware of this." Chen Linfeng made it clear at the outset.

The people sitting in the audience had different expressions.

The actors looked at each other.

What does that mean? Does Director Chen have any ideas?

Of course they knew something was wrong, but who would say anything if they could get more money?

No one would be willing to cut their own flesh.

The directors and film and television company bosses present had thoughtful expressions on their faces.

They have already felt the impact very obviously this year, and the movies released now are all from last year, which is still relatively okay.

It even created a buzz during the summer season and became a small climax for domestic films.

In this regard, several directors whose films are about to be released, including Xu Ke, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen, are all happy to see this happen.

The public's higher expectations for movie watching are beneficial to the entire film market.

But it’s hard to say about next year, the quality of the works will definitely be affected.

Chen Linfeng briefly explained the impact of the high proportion of actors' pay on the quality of the work.

Those present were all insiders, and no one knew what was going on, so he didn't say much.

"If the overall quality of a work is not good over a long period of time, it will inevitably affect the audience's expectations and thus affect the market as a whole. This is beyond doubt."

“Therefore, starting from last year, from Longlin making TV series to Qilin making movies, we adopted the model of pay + profit sharing.

The red envelopes just sent out are a similar practice, which is to ensure the interests of the actors without affecting the quality of the work, so that everyone can share the dividends.

This is just a red envelope for compensation. "Your Name" will be released early next year. This is the first time that Kirin has officially adopted the model of film remuneration plus dividends. You can pay attention to it and see how it works."

(End of this chapter)