Chapter 766 Reunion?

October 23, 2001.

Jinan Prefecture.

Night, half past nine.

In the evening, Li Qian, Cao Zhan, Wang Huaiyu, and Yu Bojun had a meal with a few people from SHANDONG Satellite TV. They didn't drink much and didn't talk about things in depth, but after the show, Cao Zhan just After a little suggestion, everyone agreed and went to Cao Zhan's house by car together.

I made a phone call before going, and Liao Liao rushed over afterward.

Well, the four beauties bands from back then suddenly gathered together again.

However, things are different.

Li Qian is already a famous director. In the past two years, he has not put much effort into music. Although the songs he wrote are as popular as ever, Xie Bing, Wang Jingxue, Zhou Ye and other singers in these companies are thriving. But he himself knows that he has invested less than 10% of his energy in music.

Cao Zhan is now appearing as an entertainment celebrity. He has been on the cast of "Super Girl" for two consecutive years, making him very popular in the current domestic entertainment circle, especially among the younger generation. In terms of influence, his The humorous handsome uncle is not much worse than Li Qian.

Of course, everyone knows that Uncle Cao is not short of money, and like Li Qian, he does not accept any advertisements or endorsements.

Wang Huaiyu is now a professor and master tutor at Huaxia Conservatory of Music. Although his master tutor has only started recruiting students this year, he is very strict. He only recruited a graduate student this year, but that is also a master tutor.

Then, he was also the chief suona performer and chief sheng performer of the Huaxia National Orchestra. Although he himself has repeatedly controlled it, there are still 20 or 30 performances including domestic and foreign titles waiting for him every year.

Liao Liao is a global superstar, and his album was released in more than 100 countries at the same time. Just the global promotion and fan meeting before and after the release of the new album took more than four months.

As for Yu Bojun, he is now a rising star in the domestic business world.

With the name of the eldest son and future successor of the Yu family on his head, plus he is personable, can brag and talk nonsense, and has the style of an artist, but he has high authority and is decisive in doing things. The rich wealth reaches Sanjiang, old friends are everywhere, and he looks like a future business leader.

At this time, they sat idle under the lamp and talked to each other about their recent situation.

"Red Sorghum" was officially finished the afternoon before yesterday. Li Qian finished filming "Once Upon a Time" in two months, and "Red Sorghum" in another two months. He even starred in the second part himself. The efficiency can be said to be high. It's scary, but Cao Zhan, Yu Bojun and Wang Huaiyu have all visited the class in the past, and no one would think that Li Qian handled it hastily.

And at the end of September, the second season of "Super Girl" ended. The overall quality was not as good as the first season, but the influence and popularity were still greater.

Next year's "Super Girl", Cao Zhan has already confirmed that he will not be on the show again, but will be replaced as a producer to replace Qi Jie, who is getting more and more burdensome, and will be responsible for controlling the overall direction of this show.

Of course, just this matter is not enough for him to play. As a producer, he is only responsible for controlling the overall situation, and there will not be too much specific work. Therefore, next year he will officially serve as the deputy art director of Minghu Culture—— In the current Minghu culture, Li Qian is the art director, taking charge of the overall situation, Xie Mingyuan is the music director, Jin Han is the film and television director, Zou Wenhuai is the artist director, and each is in charge. Bit added a senior half-level boss. However, Cao Zhan's ability, status, qualifications, and his friendship with Li Qian are all there, and no one will have any objections.

And to be honest, even if a few of them are allowed to go up, if they are all-round talents in music, film and television, etc., they will not be able to hold the field.

But Cao Zhan is fine, he is recognized as an all-rounder!

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I heard that a group of friends came. Cao Zhan's three wives, especially Cao Linna, the wife of Cao Lin, were busy making arrangements to entertain Cao Zhan's close friends. Chu Bingbing was also busy serving tea. Pour water.

Afterwards, the old lady specially called her two sons and two daughters over to say hello to her uncles, and then even the little girl born to Chu Bingbing, who was just over one year old, was specially carried out to show to Li Qian and the others. look.

When the children were gone, Cao Linna only sat for a while, and then left with an excuse, leaving only Chu Bingbing, who was usually familiar with Li Qian and the others, behind.

While drinking tea, they chatted aimlessly without knowing it.

Cao Zhan lamented that "Super Girl" is getting more and more boring. Li Qian talked about the joke about bumping the sedan chair in "Red Sorghum" with Wang Huaiyu. Some things about the graduate student I just accepted.

Only Yu Bojun seemed to have nothing to say.

So he just sat there, listening to everyone's nonsense, but he always seemed to lack interest.

Talking about this year's summer vacation that just passed, he finally became interested.

This year's summer vacation is very fierce.

Of course, only a few blockbusters are fierce, not the entire market.

In fact, compared with the same period last year and the year before last, the box office report card handed over by the domestic film market in the first nine months of this year is not impressive. It is only 1.4% higher than the first nine months of last year—it is definitely not keeping up with the speed of economic development. of.

However, Shadow City gave people a feeling of explosion.

In fact, however, several blockbuster films, the works of well-known directors, and overseas imported blockbuster films accounted for a larger market share. At the same time, many homemade movies and low-budget movies that were originally able to earn a living have lost a lot of money.

The box office of the entire market is increasingly showing a concentration of blockbusters and boutiques.

To give the simplest example, Zhang Zifang, a well-known domestic female director, has always followed the path of niche warmth, but her "Reunion" actually won a box office of 68.46 million in this summer's summer file, which made her a career as a director. small pinnacle.

At least lucrative, the pinnacle of commercial value.

Of course, Zhang Zifang's box office is not even enough for this year's domestic films!

Because in this year's summer season alone, there are three domestic films that have surpassed the 200 million box office mark!

Liu Chengzhang's "Sword Immortal", 254.99 million, whether it was paid or not, there are different opinions.

Du Weiyun's "Assassins of the Qin Dynasty", 242.95 million, must have made a profit, and it is estimated that there will be a profit of about 30 to 40 million! Considering that the cost of this film is about 70 million, after more than a year of effort, Du Weiyun gave Zhou Yanghua back about 50% of the profit rate after trying a large investment and blockbuster movie for the first time! It has been a success!

Of course, in comparison, Wu Han's "Across the World" is more successful!

With an investment of 30 million yuan, they won the box office of 201.08 million! It is said that the net profit is over 100 million!

It's a huge profit!

In addition to the 158.43 million of "My Sassy Girlfriend", which sold well after the new year, Zheng Zhongyuan tried his best to put it in some theaters and released it for four weeks in the second stage, and finally barely exceeded 100 million. 100.87 million, and 116.24 million for a hilarious comedy "Baby Picking Up Girls" released in May and June. This year is not over yet. There are already six domestic films with a box office of over 100 million, and three of them broke 200 million. department.

This is simply the feeling that the golden age of domestic films has been opened!

However, in the total box office of 3.68 billion in the first nine months, although the number of imported films has been strictly restricted, and even the release time has been restricted in various ways, the thirteen imported blockbusters released so far still jointly won the top 100. 1.72 billion box office, accounting for 46.7% of the total box office!

Among them, "Future World" finally broke 300 million yuan, reaching 313.8 million yuan, becoming the number one box office market so far this year.

In addition, "Legend of the Dark Night" is considered a low-cost production in the United States. It is said that the total investment is less than 20 million US dollars, and its box office in North America is only a little over 60 million, which is barely guaranteed. But when he came to China, he actually won 245.37 million Chinese yuan in one fell swoop, which is equivalent to more than 120 million U.S. dollars, which can be called a huge profit!

Although these imported blockbusters can get a relatively low share of accounts in China, when they sell well to the level of "Legend of the Dark Night", the share of accounts will be adjusted. According to industry estimates, "Dark Tale" eventually took at least US$30 million in pure box office revenue from China.

This is all pure profit!

Therefore, when it was originally released in North America, the producer was a little evasive about whether it would make a second film, but now, after seeing the box office situation in China, the film has not yet been released here. , the producer has already announced that the second part is already in preparation.

This is a typical case where the West is not bright and the East is bright.

In addition, among this year's imported blockbusters, there are as many as eight films with a box office of more than 100 million yuan, and five of them are more than 150 million yuan-Hollywood blockbusters, another bumper harvest.

Among the people present, apart from Wang Huaiyu who doesn't know much about the film market and doesn't care much about it, even Liao Liao, because he has been with Li Qian for a long time, has also met a lot of movie stars in the United States, so he is also making up for it. With little relevant knowledge, as for Cao Zhan, Yu Bojun and Li Qian, they are all experts.

It's just that this kind of blockbuster imports accounted for half of the country, so everyone's interest really couldn't be high. After talking for a while, and feeling emotional for a while, Yu Bojun started to talk about interesting things!

According to unconfirmed and unconfirmed news within the industry, it is only rumored in small circles that at the celebration banquet, Wu Han, who is the fourth member of the 200 million box office club in China, may have been too excited and drank too much , actually made several gestures to wrap his arms around Fu Hongxue's waist, but Fu Hongxue dodged it a few times before, but later, Wu Han didn't know what to think, and actually reached out to touch Fu Hongxue's buttocks, but Fu Hongxue slapped him with a scrape. No, just knocked off Wu Han's glasses!

It is said that the scum of the spectacle lens was shattered all over the floor!

When talking about it, Yu Bojun's eyebrows were beaming, Li Qian and Li Qian shook their heads and laughed, Liao Liao couldn't help but scold Yu Bojun for talking nonsense—in fact, Yu Bojun was talking nonsense.

Wu Han was interested in Fu Hongxue, according to various sources, probably there was, but there was no such thing as touching the buttocks or slapping the face—no matter how much Wu Han drank, he was an asshole after all. There are some things in this circle that he knows well.

To put it bluntly, Fu Hongxue is as popular as he is now, and in terms of status in the circle, he is not inferior to him in the slightest—it is an industry practice, those who stand in front of the stage are always more popular and valuable than those behind the scenes!

If the two hit it off and have a fling, no one can say anything, but if Fu Hongxue disagrees, unless Wu Han loses his mind and goes crazy, it is basically impossible for him to do so.

It's just that, in the entertainment industry, everyone likes to spread such pornographic news, and when it is passed around, it is seriously distorted.

On the contrary, He Yingyu mentioned a few words when she called. It is said that Zhou Yanghua's Dongfang Media and Hu Fei's Huafei Film and Television are currently chasing her, and Wu Han's next film is also becoming many investors and big shots in the domestic film and television industry. The existence that they are chasing after - she heard the news from Qin Wei.

While chatting and laughing, Li Qian suddenly remembered that he told about Zhao Sicun's going to Qingzhou Mansion to find himself a while ago, and then asked everyone for their opinions.

There is no need to ask Liao Liao's opinion. Cao Zhan and Wang Huaiyu were also very interested when they heard it.

Wang Huaiyu also said with emotion: "Let's talk now, I'm quite busy, but as long as I think about it, I still feel that when we made music together, we were the most exciting!"

Cao Zhan took advantage of the situation and said, "That's right! What's the matter? Qian'er, you mean we should do it? Put the four beauties back together and make an album related to football?"

Not to mention that he is a veteran of rock and roll, the most important thing is that he is still a die-hard fan for 30 years!

But at this time, Li Qian smiled when he heard the words, and looked at Yu Bojun without saying a word.

Yu Bojun grinned and smiled, "Me? Go back to rock and roll again? Stop messing around!"

After a pause, he said helplessly: "If I go back to rock and roll again, our old man will chase me with his walking stick and beat me! I'm afraid I'll break his little stick!"

After a pause, he looked carefree and indifferent, raised his legs, and said, "Besides, I think you guys at Minghu have been active enough recently, Zhou Ye, Ge Rilen, Zhao Yuan, Xie Lili , Didn’t they all come out with related songs! What did Zhao Sicun think, you’ve already made a movie now, and he’s still looking for you?”

Li Qian nodded, and before he could speak, Young Master Yu couldn't wait to continue: "Don't be smug, I think what he meant, most likely he just missed the song you wrote! If that's the case, it's hard to say You write, write a few more songs, and just help our Liao Xiandi make an album, won’t it be over? After all, our Liao Xiandi is an international superstar, and the government just wants to save face! What people want is the songs you wrote, and what they want is Liao Xiandi. Liao singing! Don't get me wrong! They didn't say that you must sing!"

Not to mention, what he said was not unreasonable.

Even Cao Zhan and Wang Huaiyu were inconvenient to say anything.

But at this time, Liao Liao punctured him with a sentence, "Come on! You are just cowardly! If you are cowardly, you are cowardly. Counseling yourself, don't push things on me!"