How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 268 I See with My Eyes

Normally, if a company's film lost to another company's film, or a director lost to another director, Chu Shaoyang might not think it was a big deal. After all, the film and television industry is like this. If one drama is a hit, no one can guarantee that the next one will be a hit.

But losing to Jiang Yu was something Chu Shaoyang absolutely didn't want to see.

I can lose to anyone, but I can’t lose to Jiang Yu!
This is his bottom line.

After hanging up the phone, Chu Shaoyang sat on the sofa at home and checked the movie rankings. Jiang Yu and his team's "Detective Chinatown" was still rising at the box office, and although their "Crime Squad" was also rising, the increase was not as great as Jiang Yu's film. If this continued, they would probably be surpassed by Jiang Yu in the film industry.

The more he looked at it, the more depressed Chu Shaoyang felt, and he simply threw his phone aside.

At this moment, many people in the industry were a little confused after seeing the popularity of the movie "Detective Chinatown". Especially after seeing how good it was said online, many people were curious, is it really that good?

Tonight, many people in the circle bought movie tickets to watch "Detective Chinatown". Some people even went to watch both "Crime Squad" and "Detective Chinatown" to see which one was better.

After watching it, everyone had only one thought in their mind.

"I shouldn't have bought extra tickets for Major Crimes. It was a waste of money."

Everyone felt a little regretful. If they had known earlier, they would not have bought tickets for the movie "Crime Squad". After watching "Detective Chinatown", they really couldn't get into the movie "Crime Squad". The quality was not good at all.

Although the performances of veteran actors and actresses in "Crime Squad" are very eye-catching, the plot and the performance of the protagonists are really average. If compared with other May Day movies, it may be okay and have a little advantage.

But compared with "Detective Chinatown", the gap is quite big.

It can be said that there is a world of difference.

However, what amazed people in the industry the most was Jiang Yu's acting skills and screenwriting talent.

Before watching the film, everyone thought that Director Chen's decision to let Jiang Yu participate in the screenwriting would definitely ruin the film. But now it seems that Jiang Yu not only did not ruin the film, but everyone even thinks that Jiang Yu has injected a whole new soul into the film.

After watching this film, everyone can see that the style of this "Detective Chinatown" is completely different from Director Chen's previous films. To put it bluntly, it is because Jiang Yu is the screenwriter that this style is different. This also proves that Jiang Yu's participation in the creation of the content is very extensive and profound. Otherwise, there would not be such a significant change in style, which further proves Jiang Yu's screenwriting ability.

When everyone thought of this, they immediately remembered Jiang Yu’s previous official announcement that he would make original Chinese animation. He would be the screenwriter and his company would produce it.

Before, everyone laughed at Jiang Yu for taking too big a step across industries and having too much money and nowhere to spend it.

But now it seems that they have to re-examine Jiang Yu.

Perhaps it was not a joke that he wanted to make animation, create original Chinese animation, and personally serve as the screenwriter.

……

The next day, in Mr. Liu’s office at Fengtian Entertainment.

His face was a little heavy. Since yesterday, he had been reading a lot of online reviews about Jiang Yu's film "Detective Chinatown." They were all saying how good the film was, and many people were praising Jiang Yu's excellent screenwriting skills.

Just now, when he was checking his social media, he found that some of his friends had also watched the movie. Even some of the company's executives had watched it. Seeing this, Mr. Liu was also stunned.

Is this guy's movie so popular?

Is he so good on screenwriting his first time?
Afterwards, Mr. Liu searched for the movie online and found some exciting clips from the movie. Some netizens filmed and posted them, while others were released by the official for promotional purposes.

Looking at those clips, the number of likes and comments was terrifyingly high. Even Mr. Liu frowned slightly when he looked at these clips, such a small part of the plot.

Putting down his phone, Mr. Liu fell into deep thought.

He found that he seemed to have underestimated Jiang Yu. This guy's screenwriting skills were really good.

Judging from the reputation of the movie "Detective Chinatown," the feedback from netizens, and the promotional clips online, there is definitely nothing wrong with the plot of the entire movie. On the contrary, the plot may be very exciting, otherwise the reputation would not be so great.

Mr. Liu even went to check the box office rankings and was immediately shocked.

“You’ve already reached number one so quickly?!”

When he looked at it yesterday, "Detective Chinatown" was still ranked second. Although the gap with Warner Bros.' "Crime Squad" was narrowing, he felt that it would not be easy to surpass it.

But now, just one night has passed, and the movie "Detective Chinatown" has surpassed the movie "Crime Squad" and rushed to the first place, squeezing "Crime Squad" down to the second place.

What shocked Mr. Liu the most was that the box office data of the movie "Detective Chinatown" reached 200 million in just one night.

This increase is really huge!
"That's a massive increase of tens of millions, and judging by the momentum, the growth will likely be even stronger in the coming days. Word of mouth is already building, and fame is gradually building. The box office should continue to rise..."

Mr. Liu analyzed it in his mind, but his expression became more and more ugly.

This was Jiang Yu's first starring film, and also his first time as a screenwriter, but the results were so good, which made Mr. Liu feel more and more uncomfortable.

and……

Mr. Liu is now thinking about his animation project "Fighting the Sky". Jiang Yu's animation project was officially announced before. According to his estimation, the progress of Jiang Yu's animation should be similar to theirs.

He decided to launch the game during summer vacation, and Jiang Yu likely did the same. After all, summer vacation is the peak season for traffic, and most anime fans are students and young people, so launching the game during summer vacation is more likely to yield good results.

But now, Mr. Liu is a little worried.

I used to think that Jiang Yu knew nothing and could do nothing, yet he wanted to create original Chinese comics and be the screenwriter himself. That was definitely courting death.

But now, when seeing that the film written by Jiang Yu had such good performance and reputation, Mr. Liu began to feel a little worried.

Before, he and even many people thought that Jiang Yu’s role as screenwriter was just a joke.

Moreover, Jiang Yu had previously said that he wanted to create original Chinese animation, so you can imagine how difficult this is.

But this time, the movie "Detective Chinatown" came out, and everyone thought it was wonderful after seeing the plot. Jiang Yu was the screenwriter of this movie, and he was deeply involved in the script creation.

The quality of this movie is so high that Jiang Yu’s screenwriting ability and talent have been proven. What about his animation?

The animation was also written by Jiang Yu himself, so how is the quality?

Thinking of this, Mr. Liu began to feel a little worried, but then he thought again. "Animation and movies are completely different. Although both are scripts, both require writers, and both are presented through visuals, animation is animation, and live-action movies are movies. The two are completely different."

Thinking of this, Mr. Liu felt even more secretly delighted.

Movies and animation are two completely different concepts. Jiang Yu's movie scripts are good, but animation may not be good. Moreover, the production of animation is sometimes even more troublesome than live-action movies.

The success of Detective Chinatown wasn't just Jiang Yu's achievement. It was the director, the entire crew, and the rest of the creative team.

But Jiang Yu’s animation is produced by his own company and he is the one who produces it.

This made Mr. Liu think that maybe Jiang Yu’s animation was not that good after all.

"I hope so."

Although he thought so in his heart, Mr. Liu did not take it lightly. Their main goal now was to complete the animation and submit it for review when the time comes.

As for Jiang Yu's anime, if I really come across it during the summer vacation, we can only compete with each other.

……

Warner Entertainment, Chu Shaoyang's office.

Several supervisors fled in panic and came out of Chu Shaoyang's office in fear.

At this moment in Chu Shaoyang's office, he was full of anger, watching today's "Detective Chinatown" surpass their company's "Crime Squad", and it was a crushing performance.

Previously, their movie "Crime Squad" was number one at the box office, and it was far ahead of "Detective Chinatown." But now, today, it has been overtaken, and they are far behind.

"They are all garbage!"

Chu Shaoyang sat in his office chair, filled with anger. Last night, he had told these guys to use any method to stabilize the box office. As a result, in just one night, they were overtaken, and Jiang Yu had even taken a huge lead.

The most important thing is that the box office of their "Crime Squad" is growing very slowly today, and it is completely lacking the momentum of pre-sales and the first day of release.

Chu Shaoyang knew very well that if such a situation occurred, it would be impossible to get a high box office. The key point was that the movie "Detective Chinatown" had started to explode, and after the word of mouth exploded, the box office was also brought up.

This also led to a decrease in the box office of "Crime Squad". Even in the next two days, after seeing the performance of the movie, major theaters will definitely choose to reduce the screening of "Crime Squad" and increase the screening of "Detective Chinatown".

By then, it will be really difficult to get high box office, make a profit, or even make a profit.

With an investment of over 200 million, various grand scenes, and the support of so many veteran actors and movie stars, Chu Shaoyang felt that even if it didn't have the glory of Hong Kong crime films, it would still be no problem to recoup the investment and even make tens of millions.

Before the film was released, they estimated that the box office would exceed 500 million, reaching 800 million, and possibly even 1 billion. If that were the case, they would definitely have recovered their investment, and even made a huge profit.

But now, with the May Day holiday barely halfway over, their film's daily box office revenue has already been cut in half. Tonight, it's estimated to barely break 200 million. As for tomorrow, I'm not sure if the daily box office revenue will recover. If it doesn't, it's unlikely they'll even break 500 million.

This is how movies work: if you perform well after your release, major theater chains will see that you can make money and will make more films for you. If you don't perform well, the price will be lowered, which leads to the fact that good movies will get better and better, and bad ones will get worse and worse.

This is what Chu Shaoyang is most worried about.

"Depend on!"

Cursing silently, Chu Shaoyang didn't even want to read the news. Leaning back in his chair, he closed his eyes and saw Jiang Yu's figure. He seemed to see his smug look, which made Chu Shaoyang more and more irritated.

……

At this moment, Jiang Yu had just finished a roadshow with Director Chen and others.

There was no other way. The movie had just been released, and the creative team had to go on a roadshow to promote it. Especially since the internet wasn't optimistic about the movie at first, the pre-sale and first-day box office weren't very high.

But now, as word of mouth started to ferment, the box office was also brought up. As of tonight, the box office has exceeded 250 million, and it will basically break 300 million tomorrow.

During the five-day May Day holiday, the box office exceeded 300 million in more than half of the time. According to this trend, there should be no problem in breaking the 1 billion box office.

At this moment, in a private room of a hotel, Director Chen and several other leading actors including Jiang Yu were sitting together drinking and chatting.

"Haha, come on, come on, our movie's box office has grown tremendously today. At this rate, it'll break 300 million tomorrow. I'm toasting everyone!"

Director Chen was immediately satisfied. Everyone was very happy about the word-of-mouth fermentation and the surge in box office. After all, this movie was the result of everyone's hard work, and everyone was naturally very happy with the good results.

Director Chen looked at Jiang Yu who was sitting next to him, patted Jiang Yu on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Haha, our biggest hero this time is you, Xiao Jiang. If you hadn't revised the script while filming, our movie wouldn't be so exciting. Come, let me take the lead in toasting Jiang Yu."

Jiang Yu quickly stood up and responded.

"Hey hey hey, what are you doing? We're old acquaintances, so let's not do this."

Jiang Yu was actually quite happy in his heart. The higher the box office of the movie he starred in, the better. Then his salary would also increase accordingly.

Director Chen looked at Jiang Yu with a smile and said, "Xiao Jiang, I think the increase in Warner's serious crime team is getting lower and lower. I think they're going to lose money, haha."

Everyone knew that Jiang Yu had a feud with Warner Bros. No, he had a feud with Warner Bros.'s young master, Chu Shaoyang. It was a relief to see his film surpass Warner Bros. this time.

Teacher Wang Qiang, who was standing nearby, asked, "What do you think about this, Xiao Jiang? What are your thoughts?"

"Do you feel a little relieved?"

Jiang Yu smiled and said something seriously.

"I see with my eyes."

Suddenly everyone in the box laughed.

(End of this chapter)