HuaYu97: Starting as a Singer

Chapter 449 [449] Isn't this cheating?

"Monk" is Hu Yanbin's first self-composed single released this year.

With this song, Hu Yanbin gained some attention both inside and outside the entertainment industry.

Why did Qi Yuan have such a deep impression of Hu Yanbin?

There are two reasons.

First, Hu Yanbin is truly talented.

Secondly, Hu Yanbin still sports the same hairstyle that Qi Yuan had when she debuted.

The same hairstyle makes Qi Yuan look like a proper pretty boy, but on Hu Yanbin it makes him look like the chief protector of the "Funeral Love Family".

But Hu Yanbin was very persistent.

When Qi Yuan was filming "The Mission", he got a buzz cut. After that, his hair was only about ten centimeters long. He even imitated Qi Yuan and said that he was imitating Qi Yuan. This made Qi Yuan feel that one fan was more powerful than ten haters.

If Zhang Hao really manages to poach someone from Warner, Qi Yuan will definitely make Zhang Hao persuade Hu Yanbin to change that awful hairstyle immediately.

Zhang Hao nodded seriously and wrote down the song "The Monk".

After Chen Zeshan joined Warner Music, he started setting up the "Queen of the Palace" (a cult of female artists), and Zhang Hao will not be signing any new female artists for the time being, as this could easily lead to resource conflicts with Chen Zeshan's side.

Signing male artists is fine; male artists who join Warner are really lucky.

Other record companies always squeeze out resources from other artists by having their top artists.

Typical examples are Zhang Xueyou and Li Ming from PolyGram.

The songs received by PolyGram's production department must first be selected by the top artist, Cheung Suet-yau, before the remaining songs are chosen by the second artist, Lai Ming-cho.

So after being suppressed for many years, Li Ming went directly to Sony after his contract expired.

At Warner Music, Qi Yuan practically single-handedly produced all the albums, while other male artists could freely choose the songs they received. He was incredibly privileged, enjoying the same treatment as the top artist at another company.

Interestingly, Warner Music (USA) is in the same situation, where Linkin Park, their top artist, is also composed of members of their team who write the vast majority of their songs.

Warner finally has some good traditions, which is really rare.

……

In the coming days.

During the day, Qi Yuan is either busy recording songs or rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala.

In the evenings, I would sometimes go to Gao Yuanyuan's place and sometimes to Zhang Tong's. Life was quite busy, but I could also consider it happy and fulfilling.

"My Sassy Girl" enjoyed a strong box office run, grossing HK$5084 million in Hong Kong, ranking second for the year.

The highest grossing film is Stephen Chow's "Shaolin Soccer," which grossed approximately 6074 million yuan.

Hong Kong's film market is only so big, so achieving this result is already at its peak.

After all, this film doesn't have Qi Yuan as the lead actor; it relies entirely on its novel concept and Fan Xiaopang to carry it, and Fan Xiaopang is definitely not as good as Stephen Chow.

Besides, "Love on a Diet," starring Andy Lau and Zheng Xiuwen, only grossed a little over 40 million.

The film "The Accidental Spy," starring Jackie Chan, grossed around 30 million at the box office.

Starting from the first place, the box office of each subsequent place saw a precipitous drop, and by the time it reached the tenth place, it was only a little over ten million.

This indicates that the Hong Kong film market is still in a slump, and good films, such as "Shaolin Soccer" and "My Sassy Girl," can stimulate audiences to go to the cinema.

If a movie is mediocre, audiences won't be interested in buying tickets.

The situation is similar in mainland China, where the top-grossing film is the Hollywood movie "Pearl Harbor," which was released in August and earned 1.04-1.05 million yuan at the box office.

Since "The Fugitive" in 94, Hollywood films have long occupied the top spot at the annual box office in mainland China.

Last year was quite special, with two films grossing over 100 million yuan at the mainland box office, one of which was "Bouquet," starring Qi Yuan, which restored some face for mainland films. This year, everyone has high hopes for Feng Xiaogang.

Feng Xiaogang himself thought so too, believing he could beat "Pearl Harbor," and made "Big Shot's Funeral," a film that needed to gross 1.2 million yuan to make a profit. However, the box office performance was poor from the start.

His refusal to change the release date led to a head-to-head clash between "Big Shot's Funeral" and "My Sassy Girl," resulting in even worse box office performance than in the previous film, with less than 30 million yuan to date.

In contrast, "My Sassy Girl" has already surpassed the 80 million yuan mark after so many days of sprinting, and it still has momentum.

Feng Xiaogang is very upset. The success of "My Sassy Girl" is exactly what he had imagined.

These past few days, he's been mentally berating Wang Jing and Qi Yuan for being mentally unstable.

Why can't we give him the Christmas and New Year's holidays? Let his "Big Shot's Funeral" rake in 40 or 50 million at the box office.

If "My Sassy Girl" chooses a good release date, it definitely has the potential to reach 100 million yuan at the box office.

Now look at the current trend, his "Big Shot's Funeral" won't even make it past the 35 million mark.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, it will be quite difficult for "My Sassy Girl" to break 100 million in box office revenue; reaching 90 to 95 million would be considered a good result.

This made Feng Xiaogang feel a little better.

Serves you right! By letting the two of you fight me head-on, my box office will be affected, and so will yours.

However, what happened next left Feng Xiaogang completely dumbfounded.

He heard some news that Han Sanye of China Film Group led all the staff of China Film Group to the cinema to watch "My Sassy Girl", saying that filmmakers should learn from the commercial elements of an excellent commercial film.

"Fuck you!"

Feng Xiaogang was stunned. Wasn't this cheating?

Previously, only films that promoted mainstream values ​​and national spirit could receive this treatment.

For example, last year's "Choice Between Life and Death" was pushed to 1.2 million yuan at the box office by people working in public institutions.

"My Sassy Girl" is a romantic comedy and it's not appropriate to call on all employees of public institutions to support it, but it's perfectly fine to call on domestic film industry professionals to support it.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that, on the surface, it's a call for film professionals to learn how to make commercial films.

In reality, it's about contributing to the box office of "My Sassy Girl," pushing the film's box office to over 1.05 million yuan, and striving to surpass "Pearl Harbor" and reclaim the title of the highest-grossing film of the year.

……

Wang Jing, who was already in mainland China, was both surprised and delighted to receive the news, and he immediately contacted Qi Yuan.

"Could it be that this was all your doing? Are the rumors in Hong Kong true? Does your family really have connections that go directly to the highest levels of government?"

"..."

Qi Yuan was speechless for a moment, then replied.

"Don't overthink it. Any domestic film that can achieve similar success to 'My Sassy Girl' at this point in time will receive strong support."

This is a fact.

Unless it's someone like Wu Baige from her previous life, who was completely beyond saving.

For example, the 09 film "Red Cliff II" received terrible reviews and only grossed 2.6 million yuan at the box office.

Hollywood's "2012" and "Transformers 2" grossed 4.66 million and 430 million respectively. A difference of 10 or 20 million can be helped, but how can a difference of 200 million be helped?
"My Sassy Girl" happened to be within ten million yuan of its budget, so it's normal for it to receive support.

This is definitely a huge good thing for Qi Yuan's Starry Sky Company and Fan Xiaopang.

Good news didn't stop there; Qi Yuan soon heard another piece of good news from Li Xue.

A big client wants to hire Qi Yuan and Fan Xiaopang to film an advertisement. Fan Xiaopang's endorsement fee has skyrocketed to eleven million, and Qi Yuan's endorsement fee is even more outrageous!
(End of this chapter)