I am a historical film director in the entertainment industry.

Chapter 310 Total Box Office Exceeds 1.2 Billion
The more smug they were at the premiere, the worse they'll be when they get slapped in the face.

It was incredibly wise of Cheng Sheng not to criticize him at the premiere.

After all, for such a terrible movie, Cheng Sheng not saying a word would be the greatest insult to Wu Baige.

Wu Baige suffered such a crushing defeat, but who was the happiest? It wasn't Cheng Sheng, but Feng Dapao.

After all, Wu Baige lacked martial ethics and took away the release date of "The Banquet".

Now look what happened. They overestimated themselves and tried to compete with Cheng Sheng, resulting in a complete and utter defeat.

"This is awesome! Although I also hate Cheng Sheng, I'm on his side this time."

In the Huayi office, Wu Baige laughed loudly.

Mr. Wang took a puff of his cigar and said with a faint smile, "Wu Baige has really embarrassed herself this time. Her box office is not even a fraction of what others have. Brother, it seems that we don't need to continue to use online trolls to smear Wu Baige."

Sitting on the sofa, Boss Wang opened his eyes and said, "No, let the online army start operating. We've sold so much dirt on Wu Baige, all for this day!"

Wu Baige secretly punched Hua Yi. If the King didn't retaliate, how could Hua Yi save face?

People care about their reputation, and someone in his position cares even more about it.

"I want him to get out of the Chinese film industry and make sure his future films can't find any investors."

"That's what the king said coldly."

"That's a bit difficult, after all, Wu Baige still has some connections in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China," said Mr. Wang, frowning.

"Then let everyone know that investing in Wu Baige's movies will only result in losses. I'll see who dares to invest in his movies then, since everyone's money doesn't grow on trees," said Boss Wang.

Xiao Wang looked at Feng Dapao and asked, "Now that Cheng Sheng has obtained the key, 'Three Kingdoms' might be delayed by a month. Will this affect our 'The Banquet'?"

The momentum of "Three Kingdoms" is very strong right now, and its daily box office revenue is likely to be the monthly box office revenue of other movies.

Although Mr. Wang was very confident in "The Banquet", he was still a little apprehensive when facing "Three Kingdoms", after all, "The Banquet" was Huayi Brothers' biggest investment in a film to date.

Huayi Brothers today is not the same as it was a year ago. Wang Jinhua's departure dealt a heavy blow to Huayi. If "The Banquet" flops, it will be very detrimental to Huayi's development.

Feng Dapao was silent for a few seconds, then said proudly, "Perhaps the total box office of 'The Banquet' is not as good as that of 'Three Kingdoms,' but 'Three Kingdoms,' which has been in theaters for a month, cannot compete with 'The Banquet.'"

As one of the most successful commercial film directors in China, Feng Xiaogang has great confidence in his comedy films.

If it weren't for the truly phenomenal box office performance of "Three Kingdoms," he would have said that it could surpass Cheng Sheng's box office record.

Fortunately, when "The Banquet" was released, "Three Kingdoms" had already been released for a month. It still couldn't beat "Three Kingdoms" in terms of box office. In that case, Feng Xiaogang might as well not make movies and just go home and sell sweet potatoes.

"Cheng Sheng is really on fire right now. The first Chinese-language film to gross over a billion yuan is about to be produced under his guidance. In the future, the top spot in private film production will probably be handed over to Shengli Film Company," Boss Wang exclaimed.

Cheng Sheng only directed two films, but both of them broke historical records in Chinese-language cinema.

Whether in terms of awards or box office, "The Great Tang Dynasty 1" and the still-released "Three Kingdoms" are unbeatable.

Moreover, only "Three Kingdoms Part 1" is currently showing; there is another part, "Three Kingdoms Part 2," waiting to be released.

If "Three Kingdoms II" grosses another billion yuan at the box office, then no one on the domestic box office chart can beat Cheng Sheng.

If he claimed to be the number one director in China, even Zhang Yimou probably couldn't refute him. The thought of it all seems a bit like a dream.

Just over two years ago, Cheng Sheng was a college student, but in the blink of an eye, he has become the top director in China.

This huge contrast left the King feeling somewhat incredulous.

If he had known Cheng Sheng was such a great filmmaker, he should have recruited Cheng Sheng to Huayi Brothers more than two years ago.

If Cheng Sheng becomes the director of Huayi Brothers, the company's development momentum will be incredibly strong, and it wouldn't be impossible for them to even go international now.

Thinking about all this, Mr. Wang felt a little envious of the coal mine owners at the Central Academy of Drama and Xishan.

The Central Academy of Drama has profited greatly from Cheng Sheng's name.

In terms of reputation, thanks to Cheng Sheng's fame, the Central Academy of Drama, which had always been on par with the Beijing Film Academy, has surpassed the Beijing Film Academy in the past two years. In terms of enrollment, the Beijing Film Academy can only select students that the Central Academy of Drama does not want, which has greatly annoyed the Beijing Film Academy.

For two consecutive years, Beijing Film Academy (BFA) has been struggling to attract good students, which has angered the academy. They have approached the Central Academy of Drama (CAD) several times, and the teachers and students of the two institutions almost came to blows.

In terms of profits, the Central Academy of Drama invested in "The Great Tang Dynasty 1" and "Three Kingdoms: The Rise and Fall", as well as the follow-up "The Great Tang Dynasty 2". With these four films, even if the investment of the Central Academy of Drama is small, it can still make a profit of at least hundreds of millions.

The same goes for the coal mine owners of Xishan. At the Venice Film Festival for "The Great Tang Dynasty 1", Cheng Sheng actually brought all the coal mine owners to walk the red carpet, which made the coal mine owners of Xishan famous in China.

Needless to say, the profits are immense; the first season of "The Great Tang Dynasty" alone made these coal mine owners incredibly wealthy.

Cheng Sheng is also a grateful person. When he was filming "Three Kingdoms", he also reserved a share for the coal mine owners in Xishan.

Now, the coal bosses in Xishan have not only made a fortune, but have also gained fame and fortune.

I've heard that many newly debuted directors are coming to me with their scripts.

Although these new directors are a bit unreliable, if even one of them succeeds, it will boost the fame of those coal bosses to a whole new level.

Because of this incident, the new director, who should have been seeking investment from film and television companies, has instead turned around and gone to Xishan to ask coal mine owners for investment.

Those coal mine owners in Xishan are truly nouveau riche. No matter what kind of director they are, they don't even read the script. They invest millions of dollars and aren't afraid of losing it all.

This made Boss Wang extremely jealous and envious. He secretly wondered if he should go to Xishan to mine coal, since mining coal was really more profitable than making movies.

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Time flies by.

The movie "Three Kingdoms" has been in theaters for a month, with daily box office takings still reaching 20 million yuan, and total box office takings exceeding 1.2 billion yuan.

Wu Baige's "Red Cliff" has been in theaters for fifteen days. The box office has dropped from 27 million yuan on the first day to a few hundred thousand yuan a day now, with the total box office just over 100 million yuan.

Judging from this result, "Three Kingdoms" completely crushed "Red Cliff" at the box office. Even on the day with the fewest opening day, it was no worse than the opening day of "Red Cliff".

Not only did "Red Cliff" receive terrible reviews, but it was also completely outclassed by "Three Kingdoms" at the box office.

Wu Baige and his production team did try, and they did try to save the box office of "Red Cliff".

No matter how hard they try to promote the film through roadshows and TV shows, they can't change the downward trend of "Red Cliff".

(End of this chapter)