Chapter 807 Dinner Party
December officially enters the Lunar New Year period.
At the beginning of the month, "The Bathing King" starring Peng Yuchang and Qiao Shan was released.
The director of the movie is Wan He Tianyi's named beast Yi Xiaoxing, the director of "Wan Wan Wan Fang".
However, the investors are not [Wanhetianyi], but [BJ Culture] and Yi Xiaoxing’s own company [Breaking Out of the Shell Pictures].
The quality of the movie is not excellent, it can only be said to be average.
Yi Xiaoxing started out by making funny videos online. Over the years, he has developed his own style, which is difficult to change.
It’s honestly hard to make a great comedy movie.
However, Peng Yuchang and Qiao Shan performed well in the movie, and the story of "The Bathing King" is also quite interesting.
The movie grossed more than 300 million yuan at the box office within two weeks of its release, and Maoyan predicts the final box office will be 400 million yuan.
As a low-budget comedy, this is already considered a success at the box office.
The casting choice for this film is very interesting. According to Yi Xiaoxing, he chose Peng Yuchang because he had seen his previous role in "The Flash Girl" and felt that his image was very suitable for the role of the rich second generation in the film.
The reason for looking for Qiao Shan is more obvious. The image of the other party [Diaosi Man] as a frequent visitor to the foot washing city has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it is just right to choose him to play the bathhouse owner.
In the middle of the month, the DC superhero movie "Wonder Woman 1984" and Bona's super blockbuster "Emergency" with a claimed investment of 700 million were released.
[Wonder Woman] This IP is very popular in China, not because the comics are so well-known, but because the first Rigado is so beautiful.
DC and Warner Bros. thought they would achieve good results in China, but unfortunately the quality of "1984" was too low. The box office in Shanghai's first week was only 120 million, and the second week's film schedule was directly cut from 30% to 8%.
[Emergency Rescue] is stronger, with a box office of 235 million in its first week.
But be clear, this movie [Bona] is expected to take over 2 billion at the box office. After all, the cost alone is 700 million.
235 million in the first week, this result is obviously a failure.
Maoyan’s prediction for this movie is only 500 million, which is not even a bit different from the 2 billion+ box office expectation before its release.
Boehner's President's Office.
Yu Dong frowned and browsed the online comments about [Emergency Rescue].
He didn't expect that this rescue-themed blockbuster, which the company had high hopes for, would flop so badly.
It is true that the cost of the movie is not as much as the 700 million advertised, but it is definitely more than 500 million. Including the publicity and distribution expenses, it is almost 600 million yuan.
Based on the current box office trend, [Bona] will lose at least 300 to 400 million on this movie.
Even though Bona has made a lot of profits over the years due to the success of the main theme movie, the loss of this figure is also a huge blow.
There was a knock on the door, and a short, fat middle-aged man in his 40s came in.
"Yu Dong."
"What happened to the publicity and marketing departments? Why do [Emergency Rescue] have so many bad reviews online now?"
Yu Dong looked at the people who came in and scolded him rudely.
The visitor smiled bitterly: "It's not that we don't try our best, it's just that there are too many negative comments from netizens. I could barely control the reviews on the first day of the release, but by the second day I couldn't control them at all. I could only add more good reviews to muddy the waters." .”
Yu Dong frowned, and he knew that the other party was telling the truth.
Now is not ten years ago. The Internet is extremely developed. There are many platforms where people can express their voices, such as Weibo, Douyin, Douban, Zhihu, etc., and almost every person has self-media.
It is almost impossible to control public opinion and turn bad things into good ones.
"I understand. Colleagues from the publicity and marketing departments have worked hard these days. The movie is now in theaters, so we can't give up!"
"Understood, Director Yu, then I'll go to work~"
After the short, fat middle-aged man finished speaking, Yu Dong waved his hand, turned around and retreated.
He said not to give up, but Yu Dong himself knew that the losses of [Emergency Rescue] were already doomed and could not be reversed by human power.
Thinking of this, he called his secretary in again and gave her a few instructions.
Not long after, Lin Chaoxian knocked on the door and came in.
"Mr. Yu~"
"Director Lin, sit down quickly." Yu Dong immediately put on a smile when he saw Lin Chaoxian.
Although "Emergency Rescue" suffered a lot of losses, Lin Chaoxian made more money for Bona. He could not blame him for the failure of a movie.
"Mr. Yu, I am responsible for the failure of [Emergency Rescue]." Lin Chaoxian sat down with a guilty look on his face. He knew very well how much Bona would lose based on the current box office results.
"What did Director Lin say?
The film industry is inherently a high-risk industry, and no one can guarantee that every film of theirs will be successful.
[Emergency Rescue] Although the current box office situation is not ideal, it has nothing to do with Director Lin.
I think it may be that this subject matter is relatively unfamiliar to domestic audiences and is not very popular. In addition, Peng Yuyan’s box office appeal is limited.”
Yu Dong smiled and poured tea for Lin Chaoxian. Not only did he not blame him, but he also helped him find reasons.
Lin Chaoxian was also a little moved. He picked up the tea cup and took a sip and sighed: "[Emergency Rescue] is very similar to the shooting mode of [Operation Red Sea] that I shot before.
The reason why the box office and reputation are not very good, I feel, has a lot to do with the profession of maritime rescue. This profession is too far away from ordinary people, and people don’t understand it very well. There is no favorability bonus of firefighters.
In addition, choosing Peng Yuyan was indeed my mistake.
I have to admit that his current box office appeal is almost zero, and the gap between him and Gu Wei is too big"
Emotionally speaking, Lin Chaoxian is actually very optimistic about Peng Yuyan.
The two knew each other relatively early. Before working with Bona, he approached Peng Yuyan to film "Fierce Battle" and "Broken Wind".
When filming "Operation Mekong", he planned to use Peng Yuyan. Now that he thinks about it, it's lucky that Yu Dong insisted on hiring Gu Wei. Otherwise, it's hard to say what kind of results "Operation Mekong" would have had.
Yu Dong smiled and nodded. After "Emergency Rescue", he had classified Peng Yuyan as an actor who would never work with him again.
Lin Chaoxian must not take the blame for screwing up a big production that he invested 700 million yuan in. He can only bear the blame.
And looking back at all the movies Peng Yuyan has made, none of them have been a hit. He really doesn't resist the box office.
"It's a pity that Gu Wei couldn't agree to the role when he was asked to star. Otherwise, with his appeal, there would be no problem for [Emergency Rescue] to make back its money at the box office."
Yu Dong sighed with emotion, and then said: "By the way, Director Lin, I came here because I wanted to talk about [Changjin Lake]."
[Emergency Rescue] rushed to the street, and Yu Dong paid more and more attention to [Changjin Lake], which was about to be launched.
Lin Chaoxian put down the tea cup in his hand and thought about it.
"In the past few months, I have been working on the preparations for [Changjin Lake] with Director Xu Ke and Director Chen Kaige.
The sets, props and other hardware are almost ready, and the actors have basically been decided, and we’re just waiting to start filming next month.”
"Director Lin will have to work hard for more than half a year. Then I will go to the crew more often. [Changjin Lake] must be a success!"
Lin Chaoxian nodded: "Not to mention hard work. Judging from the lineup, the results of Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Gu Wei, Wu Jing, and [Changjin Lake] cannot be different.
It’s just that the crew is so large, and it’s the first time for three of us directors to work together, and there are big names like Gu Wei and Wu Jing, so I’m afraid there will be problems with the integration.”
After he finished speaking, Yu Dong immediately understood what he meant. He touched his chin: "Well, we are all leaders in the industry, and our goal is to make good movies. Even if there are any problems, we can negotiate and solve them.
The main thing in this aspect is communication, so Director Lin will have to worry more about it”
The two chatted for a while, and then Lin Chaoxian left.
Yu Dong drank the remaining tea and didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, after finishing the water in the glass, he picked up the phone and dialed a number. "Hey, Mr. Gu."
At the same time, Gu Wei, who was far away in Xiangshan Film and Television City, received a call from Yu Dong during his break and chatted for a while. In the end, there was no actual content. He just agreed to go to the other party's dinner after returning to the capital. .
Yu Dong said that he would call Wu Jing and Lin Chaoxian, and everyone would gather together, so Gu Wei naturally had no objection.
"Brother, is someone looking for you to eat?"
Gu Wei made the call without telling anyone, and Tian Xiwei, who was sitting next to him, probably heard some of it.
“Mr. Yu from Bona didn’t know what was going on and didn’t say anything on the phone. He invited me back to Beijing for dinner”
Gu Wei put down his phone and then said.
"Brother Wei, your level is too high. People like the presidents of major film and television companies are looking for you to eat.
We young actors can’t even think about it,” Guo Qilin on the side sighed.
Gu Wei smiled and said: "It's not as exaggerated as you said, we just have cooperation projects.
And the boss of a film and television company is nothing. Nowadays, stars have their own studios, so no one is a boss anymore.”
Guo Qilin shook his head: "The difference between a boss and a boss is huge. Brother Wei, you have come into contact with people at the ceiling level in the industry. How can ordinary little stars compare with you?"
Gu Wei smiled and did not refute.
"By the way, last month I won the Golden Rooster Best Actor Award, and your master called me to congratulate me and invited me to have dinner with him when I return to Beijing. Will you go then?"
"Go, of course, I haven't seen my master for a long time since I was filming. I can rest for a while as we wrap up the film."
Guo Qilin quickly agreed after hearing what Gu Wei said.
His master is naturally Teacher Yu.
Gu Wei knew each other when they were filming "Wolf Warrior 2" and they have always had a good relationship.
Gu Wei went to the racecourse that Guo signed and bought two horses to foster at his place.
"Okay, I'll tell your master then.
Well, let’s call Wu Jing and his wife too. There are so many people and it’s so lively. Anyway, my brother’s family is big enough to accommodate them.”
"Okay~" Guo Qilin said happily.
Xiaotian looked envious as she listened to the two of them. She hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Brother, I won't have anything to do until our drama is finished. Why don't you bring me to a dinner party?"
Gu Wei looked at Xiaotian's face full of collagen, his big moist eyes full of expectation.
"Um~ That's fine, I'll call you together when the time comes, but you don't know anyone else except Qilin, so you'll inevitably be cautious then."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter to me, I just need to eat, I'm very obedient"
Xiaotian was very happy when he heard that Gu Wei agreed, and waved his hands excitedly to show that he didn't mind.
Just kidding, going out to dinner with the boss or this kind of gathering of friends is such a rare opportunity.
Not talking about broadening your network, but being able to spend time alone with your boss to deepen your relationship is the biggest benefit.
Gu Wei nodded.
"I'll introduce you to Brother Zhuan and his wife and Brother Jing at that time. They are both very nice people."
A week after "Emergency Rescue" was released, Andy Lau's "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" and Guo Xiaosi's "Qing Ya Ji" were released one after another.
The film schedule of "Emergency Rescue" has plummeted, and the box office has exceeded 300 million to 400 million. It is basically impossible to recover.
In addition to the plot of the movie, Peng Yuyan's acting skills are the most criticized.
Facts have proved that Peng Yuyan, who has been in the industry for many years, is still a young actor. At the very least, he can only rely on his looks to attract attention. His expression is stiff, his lines are weak, and he does not act like a father at all.
[Bomb Disposer 2] should be the movie with the best reputation since the Lunar New Year. This good reputation has also been reflected in the box office. It received nearly 500 million in the first week, and the results are promising.
[Qing Ya Ji] maintains Guo Xiaosi's usual level and is undoubtedly a bad movie.
There is a comment on Douban that is very vivid: [Qing Ya Ji] is also known as [The Legend of the Dragon King of the Divine City: The Legend of the Demonic Python], [Chen Qing Ling: Call Me by Your Name], [Detective Qingming: Werewolf], [ Doctor Strange: Shikigami Baby], [The Legend of Zhen Huan: The Queen Killed the Queen].
To put it simply, it is a plagiarized and corrupt movie.
The special effects are basically copied from "Doctor Strange". The fighting scenes between the Onmyojis are not fighting skills but close combat.
The key is that it doesn’t matter if you’re up close, why do you have to be topless?
The climax of the whole play is when N snow-white men are fighting together, Zhao Youting and Deng Lun are making all kinds of flirtations, and they are forced to sell themselves.
[Celebrating More Than Years 2] crew.
In the play, Gu Wei and Xin Zhilei sit opposite each other in a Jiangnan-style courtyard.
Xin Zhilei only joined the cast last week, and her role as Begonia Duoduo had very little role in the second film. The two of them were filming the last scene.
"Give me the pen"
Haitang Duoduo gave Fan Xian [Heaven's Way of Mind] and corrected the mistakes in it, and Fan Xian also wanted to reciprocate.
"What?"
Fan Xian took out his brush and started drawing something on the white paper in front of him.
"Draw a picture for you"
"What painting?"
"The [Domineering Qi] I gave you before is missing a few paintings. If you practice hard, it will cause bleeding from all the orifices."
Haitang Duoduo was speechless: "When will there be less intrigue and intrigue in this world?"
"Let's encourage each other and work hard together."
"Click! It's over, I announce that [Celebrating Years 2] has been completed!" Director Sun Hao's voice came from the speaker, and "Celebrating Years 2", which has been filmed for more than three months, has officially been completed.
“I haven’t seen you for a while, and I feel like your temperament is much better now than before”
After the crew called it a day, Gu Wei said to Xin Zhilei beside him.
"Really? Haha, I feel the same way. It may be from this year's TV series."
When Xin Zhilei heard the praise, he touched his face and said happily.
Gu Wei naturally knew what she meant.
"What was it like filming Wong Kar-Wai's scenes?"
"One word "tired", two words "torture".
You don’t know, I filmed a scene dozens of times, and the director didn’t even say it or couldn’t say it.
After half a month passed, I re-shot that scene and it was so depressing! ”
Although it was a rare opportunity to star in Wong Kar-Wai's drama, Xin Zhilei couldn't help but complain.
"Haha, I heard Tang Yan say that this is Wong Kar-wai's consistent style.
But your efforts will not be in vain, and the final effect will be good”
"Do you still know Tang Yan?
Oh, by the way, you two have collaborated on [Nirvana in Fire].”
Gu Wei smiled and said: "We have a pretty good relationship, but I'm too busy this year, otherwise I would definitely go visit her."
(End of chapter)