Chinese Entertainment: Directors Start with the Fairy Sister

Chapter 97, "First Love," is released, revealing Hua Yi's sorrowful past.

On October 1st, "First Love" was released simultaneously in Southeast Asia!

With the success of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" as a precedent and ample preparation time, if Yang Siwei can't even handle the distribution in Southeast Asia, then he really can only be a publicity director.

As for Europe and America, they prefer straightforward romances like "Juno," where falling in love means sleeping together, and they can't understand the subtle and reserved nature of Chinese love stories.

Zhao Yanxi didn't expect them to be able to release "First Love".

Liu Yifei, accompanied by Shu Chang, dressed up as a masked female warrior and went to the cinema to follow up on the premiere.

Zhao Yanxi took charge of the overall situation at the company, while Ding Lang led the main cast and crew to continue promoting the company.

Despite the presence of films like "The Banquet" and Jackie Chan's "Rob-B-Hood" during the National Day holiday, "First Love" still enjoyed a high number of screenings and occupancy rates.

After all, there are only two or three well-known films in the entire National Day holiday lineup.

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang sat in the packed movie theater, where bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.

"Looks like Yangyang is going to be famous this time!" Liu Yifei said excitedly in a low voice.

"Director Zhao's script is really good," Shu Chang exclaimed. "It's completely different from other youth films on the market, giving people a refreshing and comfortable feeling."

"What's wrong, are you tempted?" Liu Yifei asked with a mischievous smile.

"Of course," Shu Chang rolled her eyes, "Who wouldn't want to act in a film from Director Zhao's company? Too bad I'm the Heavenly Child Granny, not a fairy sister~~"

"If you'd like, I can introduce you to Shu Nuying," Liu Yifei said in a "gentle" tone.

"No, no, no! I'm not interested, I'm still a child!"

"Hmph~"

Seeing the dangerous look in her best friend's eyes, Shu Chang couldn't help but make up a story in her mind. Her best friend was actually protecting her food!

After watching the movie, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang disappeared back into the crowd. The surrounding audience seemed still immersed in the film: "The director really captured the beauty and innocence of adolescence to the fullest!"

"Damn it, we both had unrequited love, but all I got in return was 'Actually, you're a good person.'"

'

"Sigh, I miss my first love so much..."

"Wang Yuan! Didn't you say I was your first love? Who was your first love?!"

Watching the couple who were about to start fighting at the cinema at the slightest disagreement, Shu Chang and Liu Yifei couldn't help but chuckle.

"Dear sister, what are we going to do now?"

"Come on, I'll treat you to hot pot—" Liu Yifei waved casually, while simultaneously dialing a number on the phone, "Let me ask the gentleman who's paying the bill if he's free."

A cheerful voice came from the other end of the phone: "What are your instructions, Boss Lady?"

"We just sponsored two movie tickets," she said, waving the ticket stubs in her hand. "Shouldn't we treat these heroes to a hot pot meal as a reward?"

"The usual place?" Zhao Yanxi readily agreed.

"There it is," she said in a low voice, "it's secluded enough."

The following day, Enlight Media collected box office data from various regions early on and, in conjunction with the statistics department of China Film Group, announced that "First Love" had grossed 480 million yuan on its opening day!

Although it is inferior to "You Are the Apple of My Eye" and "Crazy Stone", the media is already praising "First Love" as a victory.

[Yanxi Film Company's low-budget youth film "First Love" achieves another success, with an investment of 150 million yuan and a box office of nearly 500 million yuan on its opening day!]

[Breaking through the competition during the National Day holiday, "First Love" triumphed over "The Banquet" and "Project BB," continuing the success of the youth film series.]

[High attendance during Golden Week holiday, "First Love" box office expected to surpass 100 million yuan]

Some media outlets report the facts truthfully, while others are accustomed to using eye-catching headlines to attract attention.

But no matter what, the box office performance of "First Love" is already excellent. Based on this data, it will definitely gross 50 to 60 million!

After all, it's a movie primarily told from the female protagonist's perspective.

"You Are the Apple of My Eye" was watched by groups of brothers, while "First Love" was mostly watched by couples or solo viewers.

QQ messages are flashing; many acquaintances have sent congratulatory messages and even said they're going to contribute to the box office of "First Love".

The next day, the box office did not increase significantly, only rising from 480 million to 530 million.

However, its rating on Douban dropped instead of rising, from an initial 8.3 to 8.6.

Even if the rating drops in the future, this score is enough to show how excellent "First Love" is.

The publisher extended another invitation to Zhao Yanxi, hoping that he could write the story of "First Love" into a novel and publish it.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yanxi no longer cares about the royalties from China.

Instead of wasting time figuring out "First Love" when there's no original work to plagiarize, it would be better to quickly copy "The Hunger Games 1" from what you already have.

The novel, which is more than 200,000 words long, was copied by Zhao Yanxi from the end of August to September and she still hadn't finished copying it.

Without financial pressure, it's really easy to slack off when writing!

Huayi.

Wang Zhonglei was furious when he saw the box office records handed to him by his subordinates. Looking at the box office of "Rob-B-Hood", he saw that the box office had only increased by less than 10% from weekdays to the National Day holiday.

"Damn it! That damned Zhao Yanxi!"

Wang Zhonglei knew that if it weren't for the release date being taken by "First Love," "Rob-B-Hood" would definitely have made a fortune at the box office during the National Day Golden Week.

Now everything is gone!

"Go contact Minkov again and have him give a hint—" Wang Zhonglei said coldly.

"Mr. Wang, this isn't in accordance with the rules..." Xu Li said, wiping away his sweat. "Director Minkoff was already very unhappy last time."

"He said that casting is not something he is solely responsible for, and his unreasonable harassment last time had already made the other audition directors very unhappy."

"Useless! All of you are useless!" Wang Zhonglei angrily threw the newspaper in his hand to the ground. "You give us money when we want money, you give us men when we want men, but when it comes down to it, you can't do anything!"

Xu Li lowered his head in silence. He had offered his advice when they invested in "The Forbidden Kingdom," but his voice carried little weight...

"Go, call Liu Xiaoli and tell her she has to make a decision within three days, otherwise Liu Yifei will definitely be eliminated in the third round of auditions, and it will be too late to regret it then!"

"As long as Liu Yifei signs with Huayi Brothers, in addition to being the female lead in 'The Forbidden Kingdom,' she's guaranteed to star in a film with an investment of over 100 million yuan, and at the same time, at least 5 million yuan will be invested to produce her second album."

"A signing fee of 2000 million!"

"Mr. Wang, I'm afraid the company's female artists might have objections to this price..."

"Any objections?" Wang Zhonglei glared at Xu Li and said, "If you have any objections, let them come to me. Your most important task right now is to sign Liu Yifei!"

Once Zhao Yanxi's woman enters Huayi and makes money for Huayi, we'll see what he does!

Although there's no real affection in the entertainment industry, young people, what if something happens? Anyway, signing Liu Yifei won't be a loss.

Huayi has women of all styles, but they just happened to have this one celestial beauty!

Day 3: 5.6 million;

Day 4: 6 million...

During the seven-day Golden Week holiday, the box office of "First Love" continued to rise, eventually reaching 4000 million yuan!

In comparison, the box office of "Rob-B-Hood" has also been somewhat discounted. Originally, the total box office from its release to the Golden Week holiday was nearly 60 million yuan, but now it has only reached less than 50 million yuan.

Meanwhile, "The Banquet" has finally grossed over 100 million yuan at the box office after nearly a month of release.

Furthermore, Zhao Yanxi also unexpectedly heard some news about the copyright transaction of "The Banquet".

It is said that director Fruit Chan, who was signed by Huayi Brothers, betrayed his former employer, Columbia Pictures, by selling the North American rights to "The Banquet" to his old company for a high price of five million US dollars.

No wonder Wang Zhonglei said the copyright transaction for "The Banquet" was not cheap—it's just a pity that Chen Guofu wanted to rip off Columbia Pictures, but Columbia Pictures is not easy to bully.

They only paid one million US dollars, and the rest of the money has been delayed.

This is also why Wang Zhonglei dared not disclose the transaction results!

Hua Yi, she's got a knack for fooling people!

>