In the evening, Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi had dinner at a newly opened restaurant.
Renjia Restaurant specially sent an invitation letter to "Jump Up", inviting them to come and taste it.
In the self-media channel of "Jump Up", there are people who specialize in food evaluation and are quite influential. They often receive invitations from restaurants.
Halfway through the meal, Chen Siqi's eyes suddenly let out a sigh after seeing the scene at the door.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi said: "I saw Yu Jiang."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe subconsciously looked back.
“Don’t look back.” Chen Siqi stopped Lu Yanhe, “She also dated someone else.”
“Who did she date?”
“Yin Xincheng.” Chen Siqi said.
Lu Yanhe was a little surprised, "Really?"
Yin Xincheng is an actor in "Six People". He and Yin Xincheng had just met on the program "Young Days".
Chen Siqi nodded: "There is someone else, probably their assistant, but I'm not sure if it's Yin Xincheng. He's wearing sunglasses and a hat, so I'm not sure."
Lu Yanhe: "I'll take a look later."
"But how can Yu Jiang still have the heart to go out for dinner at this time? "Flowers on the Stars" will be released this Friday." Chen Siqi said.
Chinese Valentine's Day is coming soon.
It happens to be this Friday.
Lu Yanhe asked: "How is the pre-sale of "Flowers on the Stars"?"
"It's okay. It is currently ranked first on Friday." Chen Siqi said, "But , "The Flower Needle" is currently doing very well at the box office, and it is hard to say whether "Flower on the Star" can win the box office championship on that day."
Because the early promotion of "Flower on the Star" was very good. 》The current data are quite good.
"Is Yu Jiang planning to film with Yin Xincheng?" Chen Siqi was a little curious.
Lu Yanhe: "It's also possible that after she opened the Airutianshen Film and Television Company, she seems to have done several projects, and she also has a movie project with Lang Xia."
"After all, the audience for her novels is quite large, and now "Flowers on the Stars" is performing very well. I heard that Ruyi Pictures wants to sign another cooperation framework with her to further deepen the cooperation."
"Really? Are they going to be bound together?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised.
Chen Siqi: “I don’t know if they are tied together, but if Yu Jiang really wants to focus on film and television production, maybe I will have a lot to deal with her in the future. .”
The projects Yu Jiang participated in were all about youth love. It just so happened that this was also the area Chen Siqi wanted to get involved in. "Jump Up" is still positioned as a literary magazine, with one or two youth love stories in each issue. Now the entries received by the "Accumulation Project" are basically short films with youth campus backgrounds. Of course, they are also Because such short films are easier to shoot.
Lu Yanhe said: "The tracks are different."
Chen Siqi said: "There will always be intersections. The homogeneity of content providers is becoming more and more serious."< br>
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Siqi suddenly thought of something and asked: "By the way, weren't you telling me about film and television production before? Although people can't become fat in one go, they can cultivate it slowly. "Accumulation Plan", if there is someone who really has a director's mindset but has little experience, do you want to sign the person and find opportunities for him to learn in the crew and accumulate experience? "
Lu Yanhe let out a surprised sound.
Chen Siqi: "What do you think?"
Lu Yanhe said: "I was thinking, after we signed the person, can we give him the opportunity to be a director in the future? Once a person is signed, , you have to be responsible for people, and I don’t want to be like Xingyu, raising worms every year With so many trainees, who can grow up or not depends on luck. "
Chen Siqi said: "Of course we can't guarantee 100% that he will have a chance to be an actor in the future, but at least, at least. Opened the door for him, didn't you? People like this, others also need this kind of opportunity, by your side, at least they have the opportunity to join the top crew and see how the top crew works. Apart from other things, here are some of my stories in "Jump Up". , is also going to be developed into a short film, so I don’t want to find a director I have trained myself. Even if you want to act, you have to train directors outside."
"No one can turn a magazine into a theater." Lu Yanhe couldn't help but sigh, "When you succeed, I guess everyone will do it. Major film and television companies will set up their own magazines.”
Chen Siqi: "To be honest, the film and television industry is such a money-burning industry. Why not cooperate with magazines that publish short stories? Not to mention the literary and artistic value. Whether everyone buys a story or not, whether readers like it or not, depends on the words. The format can be tested, especially in the film industry, which is so small in size and adapts to feature films. Novels are inherently difficult and unrealistic, and the best sources for story adaptation are short stories and short stories. But now, except for a few purely literary magazines that rely on imperial food, there is no place for short stories and short stories to be published. At present, we only have "Jump Up". I am publishing some short stories and short stories that are not purely literary, oh, "Star!" can be counted, but it is above Almost all of them are youth campus love stories, which are completely girlish. Even works like Teacher Mingyin who mainly write youth growth stories are probably not allowed to be published in "Star!""
Lu Yanhe asked: "Star! "The style of the published stories is so unified, how about the audience?"
"Not bad at all." Yes, it has indeed attracted many girls to become their regular readers. After all, apart from "Star!", there is no other place that provides them with girl romance novels. "Online novels are too long, but there are still some." Some readers like to read short stories.”
Lu Yanhe was stunned and nodded.
Indeed, with such a population base in China, no matter what field you are engaged in, as long as you do well, you can attract a group of fans.
"Star!" " seems to have set its own style on a very narrow road, but it has also formed a unique banner. People who are interested in this type of novel are slowly attracted to it.
Chen Siqi took a sip of lemon juice and suddenly let out a light sigh.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Chen Siqi said: "Yu Jiang is coming towards us."
Lu Yanhe frowned slightly.
"Did you come to us?"
Chen Siqi: "Probably, she was just looking at me."
Lu Yanhe: "Why did she come to us?"
< br>"Who knows." Chen Siqi asked, "Should we pay attention to her?"
"Can we ignore her?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"In public, it seems a bit excessive if we turn a blind eye." Chen Siqi thought about it, "This woman really will never understand what her brain circuit is."
Lu Yanhe: "How about we leave? ?”
“We haven’t finished eating yet. Why are we walking? It seems like we are afraid of her.” Chen Siqi rolled her eyes at Lu Yanhe, and in the next second, she changed her face at the speed of light, and looked at Yu Jiang who had walked closer to them with a smile, "Hey, Teacher Yu, we actually met here, what a coincidence."
Lu Yanhe didn't know how to describe Chen Siqi in his eyes at this moment. He was afraid that Chen Siqi would find out and beat him up.
Yu Jiang smiled, looked at Chen Siqi, and said, "I heard that your 'power accumulation plan' didn't go very well?"
Chen Siqi looked pretending to be surprised, "Who said that? Who is misleading you and sending you bombardment? Oh my God, Teacher Yu, you won't believe it anymore, you are going to fire on us again and ridicule us? Oh, you said Why do you always have no trust in us, are you fooled so easily, and end up getting slapped in the face so often?"
Lu Yanhe took a deep breath.
Chen Siqi's aggressive attitude in front of Yu Jiang was completely like that of a hedgehog, making no secret of it.
Lu Yanhe immediately looked at Yu Jiang.
As expected, Yu Jiang took a deep breath, swallowed it, and then said, "I'm not here to quarrel with you today."
Chen Siqi: "That's really strange. Apart from quarreling, what else can you do to us?"
Yu Jiang said: ""Flowers on the Stars" will be released this Friday, and we are planning to hold a meeting on Thursday night Special movie viewing event, you are invited to attend Come and participate."
Chen Siqi's expression collapsed, "What?"
Yu Jiang: "We did have a lot of unpleasantness before, but I think that's all in the past. From now on, I will never treat you again We treat them as my enemies. How about we shake hands and make peace?"
"You can pull me down," Chen Siqi said bluntly, "Is there something wrong with you? You are the one who is causing trouble. , you are the one who fired the shots, chattering endlessly, looking for me again and again It’s you who is in trouble. Now you suddenly come over and say that we want to make peace with each other. Do you think I will believe it? Besides, what you said before is that we just want to make peace with each other? Just write it off?”
Yu Jiang's face kept enduring for a long time, but finally he couldn't bear it anymore and became ugly. She said: "Chen Siqi, don't be so shameless."
"The true colors are revealed." Chen Siqi smiled brightly, "What kind of big-tailed wolf is there in front of you."
Yu Jiang's cheeks were filled with pain. Very red, very red.
She glared at Chen Siqi angrily, turned around and left.
The smile on Chen Siqi's face immediately dropped, with a gloomy look on his face.
"It's inexplicable. You came here and said this, do you think I'm a fool? Then you happily shook hands with her and made peace?" Chen Siqi rolled his eyes.
Lu Yanhe said "huh?" in confusion.
"What?" Chen Siqi looked at him.
"Yin Xincheng is gone." Lu Yanhe said, "Weren't you still here just now?"
Chen Siqi and Lu Yanhe watched Yu Jiang return to her seat.
"Let's go to the bathroom." Chen Siqi said.
However, until Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi finished eating together, they did not see Yin Xincheng again.
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“He refused?”
Yu Jiang looked at the assistant with an ugly look on his face.
The assistant nodded.
"This is a movie! He rejected all the male leads in the movie?" Yu Jiang said, "He is only one of the six leading actors in "Six People". Besides me, who else can give him the male lead?" No. "
The assistant said: "Yin Xincheng said that he will take on another drama, "Traditional". "Flower View", I checked, and it is indeed the case. The filming of this drama will start in March next year and will take seven months, which coincides with our shooting date. "
Yu Jiang: "The schedule coincides with it. ”
It’s common for actors to run into schedules, and there’s nothing you can do about it.
She frowned and thought for a moment, "Then who else? Now that I have contacted every one of the first-line male stars, who else can?"
The assistant suggested: "Actually, Ma Zhiyuan hasn't asked yet. , I heard that he is in contact with Longyan Pictures, which has a project, and it seems that Ma Zhiyuan is going to play the second male lead."
Yu Jiang's frown deepened. "If a scumbag like Ma Zhiyuan plays our leading male role, how will we sell movie tickets?"
The assistant said: "But he still has a group of die-hard fans. .”
"No." Yu Jiang said, "This is not a TV series. The audience has to spend money to buy tickets and go to the cinema to watch the movie. Who knows what his current situation is."
"Then - the first-line male star is indeed We have all been contacted, but no one can." The assistant asked, "Maybe we change our thinking and find someone to do it. A popular female star will take on the role, and a new actor will play the leading role?”
Yu Jiang: “That’s not possible. More than 80% of the audience for my movies are female, so you can’t find a female star to play the leading role. It’s useless, who wants to see a female star fall in love with someone else on campus?”
The assistant sighed silently.
If it weren’t for the fact that your relationship with Lu Yanhe was so tense, why would so many people reject you?
"Maybe after "Flowers on the Star" is released, the situation will change." The assistant also gave up making suggestions and said instead, "When everyone sees the results of your movie, they may change their minds. ”
Yujiang hasn’t had a movie released yet.
If "Flowers on the Stars" can gross over 100 million at the box office, there will definitely be actors in the industry who are interested in the leading actor in Yu Jiang's new film.
If Yu Jiang hadn’t had to find a popular actor with a lot of popularity and fans to play the leading role, the cast for this movie wouldn’t have been so difficult to assemble.
Because the salary budget is reserved for the male protagonist, the actress for the heroine can only find a newcomer or a young star who has just debuted.
Yu Jiang serves as a producer and is very strict in terms of production costs. Just like "Flowers on the Star", after a movie was made, Lang Xia was paid two million, while the total salary of everyone else was less than two million. The production cost of the entire film was only 10 million, but the publicity and distribution costs reached nearly 20 million, adding up to a total of about 30 million. In fact, if "Flowers on the Stars" hadn't received a good reputation at the Jose Film Festival, which caused both Ruyi Pictures and Yujiang's Airu Tianshen Company to increase their publicity budgets, its cost would have been only 10 million to 2,000. Between 10,000 and 10,000 yuan - from this we can actually calculate that the expected target of this movie from the beginning was around 40 to 60 million yuan.
Compared with the current online statement that a box office of hundreds of millions is equal to a hit on the street, in fact, in this industry, most movies only need to get about this figure under the false cost. The target box office can make a profit.
There are not that many films that are really aimed at blockbusters from the beginning. A first-tier film company can only produce one or two such films a year at most. Most of the time, the actual production cost of a film that is said to cost 70 to 80 million is only 20 to 30 million, or even lower. On the one hand, there is widespread exaggeration in the industry to create the impression that movies are made at a high price and are worthy of the audience's money to enter the cinema. On the other hand, many film companies will convert some non-film shooting expenses into the film cost and raise the cost. This can not only cover a lot of expenses, but also pass on these losses to investors through settlement. body.
Why do many film companies lose money as soon as they report financial results? Are they really losing money? The economic issues in it are worth studying carefully by many masters and Ph.D.s, and even writing a paper.
That’s a long way off, but then again.
For a film like "Flower on the Star", even if you have to find a big-time actress to play the heroine, due to the type of film, its base will only be so large. The male and female protagonists are all A-list stars, but they cannot make this movie's base bigger. Therefore, Yu Jiang's strategy for his movie is actually very simple. Having a popular star actor as the main star will give the movie starlight so that it will not be ignored in the media and the Internet. The rest of the budget would rather be spent on publicity and marketing. , how to arouse passers-by's interest in youth love movies and enter the cinema is the key to real and effective box office growth.
Celebrities only give theater managers, investors, and the media a fulcrum for publicity.
The new film couldn’t find a leading actor, so Yu Jiang could only give up for the time being.
We can only wait for the release of "Flowers on the Stars".
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Generally, the movies chosen to be released during the Chinese Valentine's Day period will not be blockbuster movies. They are most likely to be released for the market on Chinese Valentine's Day.
Lu Yanhe and Chen Siqi did not go to the cinema on the Chinese Valentine's Day. Instead, they went to a hotel in the mountains to enjoy the cool weather.
However, even though they went to the mountains, someone still conveyed news to them in time about the situation in the film market.
This time during the Chinese Valentine's Day, "Flowers on the Stars" attracted the most attention in the early stage, followed by "You Go Against the Current" starring the powerful actor Zhang Ding and the goddess of literary films Qin Sangwen, and An animated film "Magpie Bridge" adapted from the traditional Chinese mythology of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
The pre-sales of "Flowers on the Star" are far ahead with 37 million.
On Chinese Valentine's Day, the old film "The Explosive Needle" ranked first at the box office, followed by "Flowers on the Stars" in second, "Upstream" in third, and "Magpie Bridge" in fourth.
Lu Yanhe was lying on a bamboo chair by the stream to enjoy the cool air.
Chen Siqi sat on a stone by the stream, stretching his legs directly into the stream and swaying gently.
"The box office of "Flowers on the Stars" exceeded 50 million."
It was two o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Siqi took her mobile phone and said to Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe hummed.
Chen Siqi asked: "Do you think the box office of "Flowers on the Stars" can exceed 100 million?"
"For such a big promotion campaign, less than 100 million cannot be justified." Lu Yanhe said.
“I didn’t expect this movie to be quite profitable.” Chen Siqi said, “It is said that Icefield Video spent 12 million to buy the five-year network broadcast rights of this movie.”
Lu Yanhe did a simple calculation in his mind.
"For a movie that has a box office of over 100 million and is very popular, this price is not high." He said, "It seems that "Flowers on the Stars" has begun to make a profit."
"Yeah." Chen Siqi said, "This film has sold the rights to play in more than a dozen countries and regions in Asia. It was a good move to show it at the Hollywood Film Festival."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe said, "But, very It's a pity that the male protagonist died in the end, which was a tragic ending. Otherwise, with such results, maybe a sequel could be developed."
Chen Siqi: "Why can't a sequel be developed if the male protagonist dies? A boy who looks exactly like the male protagonist, the two of them started a new story, and they were both filmable."
Lu Yanhe: "It's so bloody."
"As a commercial film in itself, Ruyi Pictures will definitely not let go of such an opportunity to make money." Chen Siqi said, "Basically, as long as the movie has a good box office and good profitability, Ruyi Pictures will develop a sequel. Mixed praise and praise will not affect their style."
"Can't stand it. , not every movie is suitable for a sequel."
"Who says it isn't?" Chen Siqi said, "By the way, the "Fire" series you signed with Longyan Pictures is for three, right?
“I don’t know if it will only be three films, but I only signed three films.” Lu Yanhe said.
Chen Siqi: "You basically did not join the filming this year. In "Love Letter", although you are the leading actor in name, you actually have very few roles."
"I consciously want to stop a little bit. Last year I kept joining the team, constantly entering one character, and then another character. It was a bit tired." Lu Yanhe said, "Another thing, this year I received all the scripts from outside. Not very impressive to me, not suitable "
Chen Siqi asked: "You haven't received a suitable script yet?"
In Chen Siqi's opinion, it is the best script on the market now. They must have passed through Lu Yanhe first.
Lu Yanhe nodded and said, "I haven't seen any good ones. Sister Ziyan said so."
Chen Siqi was a little confused: "Have you become more picky? It's not like that. Right? ”
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"Mrs. Huang called me just now. You have been selected as the heroine of Liu Bige's new film."
The agent happily said to Ji Miao.
As a leader among today's younger generation of actresses, Ji Miao, who won the Best Supporting Actress Award at a young age, has always had a smooth career in movies.
Ji Miao was not surprised that she won the role.
It would be a surprise if she didn't win.
Ji Miao said: "It would be great if the leading actor of this movie is still Lu Yanhe."
The agent did not expect Ji Miao to say this suddenly.
"Lu Yanhe? He probably won't accept this kind of movie, even if the director is Liu Bige." The agent said, "Almost all of the movies he accepts are serious dramas or art films. It seems that he has never accepted any movies. Taking over this kind of light comedy "Six People" does not count, he is the screenwriter himself. , and you can tell at a glance that he is not playing the core role. He gave that role to Yan Liang, and it feels like he is just trying to praise the script written by his friend. "
Ji. Miao sighed, nodded, and said, "Yes."
The agent glanced at her and said, "He is the only person in the entire entertainment industry who can take on roles like Lu Yanhe."
Ji Miao said, "I don't know if one day I can be like him. Take the show like that."
The agent said: "Your position is not yet stable. There are so many people eyeing your position. , there have been so many newcomers in the entertainment industry in the past few years, and this time the one competing with you is Wang Jing, the actress who starred in "Late Spring" with Lu Yanhe. It is said that many people support her to play you. If you don't hold your position firmly, no one knows when someone will overtake you in the corner."
Ji Miao nodded.
"You have also read this script, and if you play it well, it will definitely be a lovable and good role, and it may even become your representative role in the future." The agent said, "The audience likes this kind of role. A character with a very distinct personality, with a sense of contrast and a bit of cuteness despite her neurosis. You can portray her very well.”
"Li Zhibai has never acted in a movie before."
"He has indeed never acted in a movie. This is his first time acting in a movie." The agent said, "However, what about his situation? There is no need to question him. Whether it is his acting skills, popularity, or past performance, he is very good."
Ji Miao: "I didn't question him. Of course I know he is also very good. I just It's a pity that if Lu Yanhe starred, maybe this movie could go around the international film festivals."
Agent: "There's no point in going around. This kind of movie is destined to not be shortlisted. In the main competition section, you can earn a lot of money at most.” Ji Miao said.
Agent: "I heard that Yu Jiang is preparing a new movie. "Flowers on the Stars" did well at the box office. How about we take the initiative to contact you and see if the heroine is suitable for you?"
"Forget it. If I acted in those bloody movies of hers, I would probably gain a lot of fame after a lot of hard work. It's gone." Ji Miao said, "Have you not seen how many people on the Internet are criticizing "Flowers on the Stars" for being such a bitch? The fact that a bloody movie is selling so well only shows that passers-by who don’t often speak out on the Internet have any doubts about this movie. I'm very interested in the movie, and this is the one. "You Go Against the Current" has a good reputation. The score on Yemai.com was unlocked half a day after it was released, with a score of 8.1, but its box office is not half as high as "Flowers on the Star". ."
Ji Miao: "Then "You Going Upstream" The previous publicity was not as good as "Flowers on the Stars". If it weren't for the starring roles of Zhang Ding and Qin Sangwen, not many people might know about "Flowers on the Stars". There’s a poster stuck at the door.”
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The final battle report of the Chinese Valentine's Day period is out. "Flowers on the Stars" relied on its counterattack in the evening prime time slot to top the box office list today with a box office of 87.56 million on the first day.
The old film "Pearl Needle" ranked second with 68.12 million.
"You Go Against the Current" ranked third with 42 million.
The animated film "Magpie Bridge" hit the market directly, ranking fourth with 13 million.
On the day of Chinese Valentine's Day, the market exceeded 200 million, and the performance was quite satisfactory. The industry was a little disappointed.
But this does not affect the celebration of "Flowers on the Stars".
It is obvious that this movie is going to make over 100 million yuan. Even if a lot of voices on the Internet criticize this movie for being bloody, it will not affect the movie’s profitability.
Yu Jiang happily posted a poster of the first day of battle and announced another new movie of his.
There are quite a few film projects that Yujiang is currently working on. There is another film she is working on with Lang Xia, and besides that, there is another one she is preparing. Now that "Flowers on the Stars" is performing so well at the box office, several of her other projects will surely speed up.
People feel refreshed during happy events.
That night, Yu Jiang stayed on Weibo until two o'clock in the morning to argue with netizens who scolded her movie for being ridiculous, and then she quit Weibo with great satisfaction.
On WeChat, there are still many messages of congratulations that have not been replied to.
She is too lazy to read it, let’s talk about it tomorrow. (End of this chapter)