Chapter 554: Losing Money to Avoid Disaster? It's a Big Loss! Zhang Bu Was Not in Qingchun Baizhi, if at that Time

Chapter 554: Lose money to avoid disaster? It's a big loss! Zhang·Buzai Qingchun·Baizhi, if at that time...

"Boss Wang, what should we do now?"

In Wang Zhonglei's office, Li Yu no longer had the calmness of the past, and her face was even more panicked.

It's no wonder she was like this.

Now the public opinion on the Internet has completely turned to Zhao Liying's side, and all those media that spread rumors and slander have been sued in court, demanding huge compensation for reputation loss.

It's obvious that those media will definitely lose the case.

Because they have no evidence at all, they are just looking at pictures and making up stories to attract attention.

And when Feiyue Film and Television gets serious and is bound to seek justice, they have no choice but to admit defeat.

What Li Yu is most worried about now is that some media will pull Huayi out and accuse them of being the behind-the-scenes operators.

Once this happens, Huayi will inevitably suffer losses and even become the target of public criticism!

Wang Zhonglei pondered for a long time, but he still couldn't think of a good way to deal with it. He could only grit his teeth and said: "Lose money! Avoid disaster!"

As long as money can solve the problem, it doesn't matter to Wang Zhonglei now.

The reason is very simple, because Huayi has become a listed company.

As long as the box office of the next few movies can be a big hit, the company's stock will naturally rise with it. The little money lost now is nothing to him.

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll arrange it now."

Li Yu felt relieved and left the office in a hurry.

Wang Zhonglei sat quietly for a while, picked up his mobile phone and made a call: "Is there any problem with the release of "Tai Chi 1"? "

The film will be released at 12 o'clock tonight, and success or failure depends on this!

On the other end of the phone, the manager in charge of distribution responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, there is no problem, everything has been arranged."

"What about Fan Bingbing? Is she quiet?"

"I have already appeased her. It's nothing more than "borrowing" some of her publicity resources. We can give them back to her later. She doesn't have any big objections."

"That's good."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhonglei went over the publicity and distribution plans for the subsequent films invested by Huayi in his mind, and then stood up and prepared to go to the club to take a look.

In recent days, many young stars have paid a high price to become members. He has to go over to explain the rules to these members and test their acting skills.

...

"First-day box office of 28.75 million US dollars? lMDb score of 8.4?"

Listening to the call from Hollywood, Chen Fei's face gradually smiled.

As a series of films with a very successful previous work, the number of theaters that "How to Train Your Dragon 2" opened on the first day was as high as 4,253, which already represents the high trust of the theater chain.

The figure of $28.75 million means that the movie has had a good start.

After ending the call with Katzenberg, he found a computer and logged into a foreign film review website to check the fans' comments on the movie.

"Two years have passed, Hiccup's two pigtails are still handsome, and Toothless is still cute. It's a great sequel."

"Just finished watching it. The special effects are very shocking. The super boy hero is interpreted vividly. Although the ending of the story is happy, it is not perfect. It is inevitable that people will feel a little sad. I hope that the third part will have a perfect ending."

"This cooperation between DreamWorks and Walt Disney Studios is so cool! God! This is an excellent animated film. I am looking forward to the follow-up "Kung Fu Panda"."

Looking around, most of them are good reviews. Even if there are occasional bad reviews, it will not affect the fans' enthusiasm for watching movies.

Seeing this, Chen Fei was very satisfied.

The first project after the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation was a great success, which can be regarded as a good start.

"Kung Fu Panda 3" has been scheduled, and the three animated films "Wreck-It Ralph", "Frozen" and "Big Hero 6" have also officially started preparations.

In the next three years, DreamWorks Animation will not have to worry about the lack of high-quality projects.

Chen Fei turned off the computer, and a big stone in his heart fell to the ground smoothly.

Just at this time, the assistant came in again and reported: "Mr. Chen, the midnight box office data of "Tai Chi 1: From Zero" that you asked me to pay attention to is out."

"Oh?" Chen Fei asked curiously: "How much is the box office?"

"215,300."

"How much? 215,300...RMB?"

"Yes."

The assistant nodded seriously, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

The contradiction between Huayi and Feiyue Film and Television has deepened, so that the employees of both companies have many dissatisfactions with the other side.

When the dismal midnight data of "Tai Chi 1" was exposed, there was a lot of ridicule from Feiyue Film and Television Company.

"Okay, I got it. You go out first."

After waving his hand to let his assistant leave, Chen Fei immediately logged into Douban.

The homepage had many reviews posted by professional film critics. He deliberately picked one with a relatively high number of views and moved his mouse to click in.

Zhao Weifang, "Tai Chi: From Entertainment Innovation to Martial Arts Victory": "The film incorporates the style of animation, but the changes are not only in the framework and editing, but in the deeper and more comprehensive performance.

The story begins with a silent film to introduce the protagonist's origin, and a cartoon to show the illustrations of martial arts. In addition, the interesting captions have become another highlight of the movie, and the presentation of video game-style scenes is even more of a feature of the film, making it an alternative martial arts movie that cleverly borrows elements from video games. It also shows that the movie has been madly borrowed from video games in its narrative style and lens use. A counterattack..."

Chen Fei had a headache reading it, because the whole article was full of professional terms, and the reader was confused.

After exiting the current page, he scrolled down again and soon saw the comments of netizens.

"The plot of the movie is thin, the first half is a bit clichéd, and the appearance of the steam monster in the second half does not carry any profound thoughts such as the contradictions brought about by the industrial revolution. This is just a cover, just to make the movie more interesting on the screen, purely to cater to the "punk style", and has nothing to do with "Tai Chi" at all. "

"The plot is nothing new. The male protagonist learns kung fu and gains love by the way. There is basically no suspense, and the details of the plot are not very attractive. ”

“Yuan Xiaochao, who switched from being a martial arts champion to an actor, has a look of dumbfounded expression. He and other actors did not bring much comedy charm to the film, which was quite disappointing…”

“No wonder it was revealed online that Yang Ying was not good at crying scenes. Her expression was so stiff. Any third-tier actor who graduated from a professional school would be better than her, right? ”

Looking around, the negative comments obviously occupy more space than the positive ones!

At this moment, Chen Fei suddenly thought of the bragging Wang Zhonglei had made on the Internet before.

What about the two "Tai Chi" films with an investment of 220 million yuan and a box office forecast of 1 billion...

Now it seems that, let alone a billion yuan, it is already very good to guarantee that there will be no loss!

Time has come to the 16th, and the first day box office of "Tai Chi 1: From Zero" has been officially released.

8.1059 million.

As soon as the box office data was released, it immediately caused an uproar in the circle!

Obviously, this movie has been ruined.

Chen Fei noticed that Wang Zhonglei was still very stubborn when he was interviewed by the media: "After all, it is Wednesday. There must not be many audiences who can enter the theater to watch the movie on weekdays. Two days, when the word of mouth ferments, the box office will surely rise steadily..."

Amid Wang Zhonglei's shouting, the box office of the second and third days was soon released.

7.7653 million, 6.9183 million.

In three days, the total box office was only 22.7895 million.

Compared with the investment amount of more than 100 million, this result obviously cannot meet the requirements.

Wang Zhonglei, who had frequently appeared in front of the media, shouting and bragging, was silent.

Many reporters wanted to stop him and ask him about his opinion on the film that was full of bad reviews.

However, he hid in the club directly and didn't even come out.

On the Feiyue Film and Television side, Chen Fei looked at the successful defamation cases on the table and joked: "Haha, this guy won't be autistic, right?"

"Shouldn't it be?" Ning Hao, who was sitting opposite him, echoed: "Isn't it just that the stock price fell, lost more than 100 million, and the Internet was full of abuse?

Huayi is one of the leaders in the industry. If it is defeated by such a small difficulty, it would be too lame, right? "

"Hahaha!"

Fade Chen was so happy when he heard it. In his mind, he seemed to have seen the picture of Wang Zhonglei with a gloomy face and an angry face.

...

"Crack!"

The empty bottle that was drunk fell directly to the ground and exploded into pieces.

In the box, Wang Zhonglei's face was like the dark clouds before the thunderstorm, so dark and terrible!

As the box office data of "Tai Chi 1" appeared in front of him every day, his dream was finally shattered, because failure was already a fact.

With an investment of more than 100 million, the box office must be at least 300 million to barely guarantee that there will be no huge losses.

But now?

It took only three days to get more than 20 million box office, and the daily new box office did not even break 10 million. It is a foolish dream to want to break 300 million!

If it was just an investment loss, it wouldn't be a big deal. At most, he could participate in a few more film festivals and sell the copyright to recover some of the costs.

But the most critical thing now is that the company's stock price has plummeted due to the poor box office performance!

This is a scene he doesn't want to see.

But it has already happened, and he has no way to save it!

"Mr. Wang, don't be angry. It's not good for your health if you get angry..."

A third-tier actress in the box mustered up the courage to come over and comfort him.

However, Wang Zhonglei was angry at the moment and cursed directly: "Get out! A bunch of sluts who will never be popular in this life! Get out!"

The roar resounded throughout the box, and a group of men and women lowered their heads and walked out silently.

Everyone dared to be angry but dared not speak, and could only complain in their hearts: "You deserve to lose money! Lose to death! Still bragging? Now you are slapped in the face, right? You deserve it! ”

…

At the same time, on the third day after the release of Tai Chi 1, The Lion Roars 2, which had caused a lot of controversy at the beginning of its preparation, was officially released in major theaters.

When casting, many people in Hong Kong suggested that Fan Bingbing continue to play the supporting role of Zhang Baizhi.

But they never thought that it would eventually lead to a war of words!

Now let's look at the performance of this movie. The box office of more than 8 million on the first day can prove that this is a movie that is difficult to succeed.

And the large number of negative reviews on the Internet further proves a fact, that this is a bad movie used to sell feelings!

"There is no need to watch this movie in the cinema. It starts inexplicably and ends in a muddle. The ending can be predicted with your toes. It is extremely boring."

"I wonder if you can shoot something meaningful. There is also a mistress in it, and there is a long two-person turn. There is no laugh point. Anyway, it is boring throughout the whole film!"

"The name of this movie is "The Lion Roars in the East"! But there is not even a "roaring" scene in the film. The theme has deviated, and the funny clips of Xiao Shen Yang in it are too nonsensical, right? It doesn't even have 10% of the essence of Master Xing. It is simply too bad!"

Fan Bingbing is also paying attention to this movie.

When the first-day box office results of the movie were announced, she directly said sarcastically on Weibo: "The movie is still the same name, but the characters are no longer pure."

Although this Weibo post did not name anyone, everyone is not stupid and can see at a glance that this must be directed at Zhang Baizhi.

There was no response from Hong Kong, and Zhang Baizhi's team became extremely low-key.

The movie was destined to fail, and they had no confidence to fight back.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, don't bully the poor young!

This wave can be regarded as Fan Bingbing's famous battle.

…

At the same time, with the release of "The Lion Roars 2", two days later, "Double Exposure" starring Fan Bingbing also ushered in the public release time.

So far, the "box office chaos" in August has officially kicked off.

"Anti-Corruption Storm 2" and "The Listener" at the beginning of the month are still hot, followed by "Tai Chi 1" and "The Lion Roars 2", and now "Double Exposure" has come up again.

What's even more terrifying is that in a few days, "Your Name" starring Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, and "HOLD Live Love" starring Yang Mi and Liu Kaiwei will also be released at the same time.

Later, there is "Dangerous Liaisons" with an investment of 200 million yuan...

The media have long been excited and have analyzed the box office situation of these movies online.

In the votes of netizens, "Your Name" is undoubtedly leading by a large margin.

As for other movies, they are still in a stalemate and the situation is not clear yet.

Thanks to the efforts of Fan Bingbing, Feng Shaofeng, and Huo Siyan, "Double Exposure" had a box office of 8.47 million on the first day, which took a bite of meat from "Tai Chi 1" and "The Lion Roars 2"!

Not only that, the reputation of this movie is far better than the first two.

No one expected that Zhang Yimou, who had been silent for a long time, would stand up and make a rare comment on the film:

"In my opinion, "Double Exposure" is a very challenging subject. There are not many such films in China. I think Li Yu is very courageous and handles it very cleverly. Fan Bingbing's acting skills are also very good and very ambitious..."

As soon as this article was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the media.

If other directors made comments, everyone would pay attention, but they would definitely not rush to it like now.

But Zhang Yimou is different.

This is Zhang Ziyi's "mentor"!

As a mentor, he actually praised the acting skills of his student's competitor. Is there some deep meaning in this?

For a time, under the guidance of many media, the fans of Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi started to fight each other on the Internet again.

Neither of them was afraid of the other, and they directly made harsh remarks on Weibo.

Zhang Ziyi spoke first: "The result is not clear yet. I hope some people will not cry too ugly when the time comes. It hurts to be slapped in the face."

Fan Bingbing's counterattack came quickly: "Talking big, bragging... Who can't do this? The truth will be revealed at the box office. I also hope that someone will not shrink his head and dare not show up when the time comes."

Although these words were directed at Zhang Ziyi, Wang Zhonglei was inevitably a little angry after seeing them.

He always felt that Fan Bingbing was referring to something, but he had no evidence.

"The failure of a movie is nothing. There is still "1942" behind. Huayi can't keep losing!"

...

Just when the competition in the box office market was about to enter a white-hot trend in August, "Your Name" held a grand premiere at the State Guesthouse.

Although this movie was exclusively invested and produced by Feiyue Film and Television, there were still countless guests attending!

As long as they were well-known in the circle and received invitations, almost no one chose to refuse to attend.

Even Wang Zhonglei came with a shameless face.

His idea was simple. Since Tai Chi 1 failed, could Your Name also fail?

He thought he was quite professional in film analysis, so today he was going to analyze Your Name.

On stage, Chen Fei was leading Liu Yifei and Zhao Liying in an interview.

Today's host was Xie Nan. Liu Yan seemed to be auditioning for a certain play, so she did not attend.

"Director Chen, this movie should be the first time you and Yifei appeared as a screen couple, right?"

In terms of hosting professionalism, Xie Nan was not inferior to Liu Yan. She knew how to ask questions to trigger a hot topic.

Fed Chen raised the microphone in his hand: "This should be the second time. The first time was when Mulan was filmed. At that time, she and I staged a scene of a long wedding."

"What was your original intention when you wrote the script for this movie?"

Hearing this question, Fei Chen subconsciously turned his head and looked at Liu Yifei behind him.

Miss Liu smiled and took the microphone: "After the release of Lucy, I suddenly became interested in the identity of a producer.

Then Fei Chen brought me a stack of scripts and asked me to choose one. In the end, I chose the youth and fantasy-themed script Your Name.

From preparation to casting, to post-editing, and special effects production, I followed the whole process and deeply experienced the fun of being a producer..."

On the stage, Liu Yifei enthusiastically talked about the details of the initial preparation of the film and how she fooled Fei Chen to be the male lead.

And in the audience, many actresses were envious.

Wow?

This is the transformation from an actor to capital?

Is there someone so tough behind the scenes?

Offstage, Yang Mi took a deep breath and whispered to Zeng Jia beside her: "Has the company not responded yet?"

"Not yet." Zeng Jia shook her head slightly, with an inexplicable ominous premonition in her heart.

She heard from other agents in the company that many people are competing for the role of the female lead in "The Martian".

In comparison, Yang Mi is not in an advantageous position.

She wants to use the excuse of "continuing to sign a contract with the company" to get the female lead, but the chance of success does not seem to be high.

On the other side, Yang Ying, who is not far away from her, is also whispering with Huang Xiaoming at this time.

"Has "The Martian" signed a contract with you?"

"Yes, just signed yesterday."

"Then my playing the female lead..."

Listening to his girlfriend's words that sounded like a fairy tale, Huang Xiaoming was slightly startled, and smiled helplessly: "It's difficult! Very difficult!"

He knew Yang Ying's acting skills. She was okay for the vase role of the background board, but she couldn't handle the role that really required superb acting skills.

As for a movie like "The Martian" with an investment of more than 700 million yuan, unless Chen Fei and Guo Fan are blind, they will never use her!

Yang Ying said very unemotionally: "Why is it difficult?"

"Because Director Chen's favorite heroine is Liu Yifei."

"But the director of this movie is Guo Fan, not Director Chen."

Huang Xiaoming was speechless, "Didn't you see who is in the producer column? And now the male lead hasn't been decided yet, it is very likely that Director Chen will play it himself, and your hope of getting the female lead is very slim."

"Okay."

Yang Ying couldn't hide her disappointment.

"Tai Chi 1" was a box office failure, and she, the heroine, was criticized by black fans for being useless.

If she could get the leading female role in "The Martian", maybe it would reverse the reputation.

But now it seems that this is not just ordinary difficult!

The big screen on the stage is slowly falling, and the film officially starts playing.

Yang Ying glanced at Huang Xiaoming who was sitting next to her, and then turned her head to look at Chen Fei who was walking down the stage, and suddenly an idea popped up in her mind.

"If I had known Director Chen first, would the development be better now?"

...

Unlike other youth films, the plot of "Your Name" amazed many people in the audience!

The boy and the girl exchanged bodies, used each other's bodies, and experienced each other's lives.

From mutual hatred and teasing at the beginning, to mutual affection.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned, and they gradually discovered that everything was not as simple as exchanging bodies...

When the male protagonist suddenly discovered that the female protagonist's hometown had been destroyed by the impact of a comet three years ago, and the two were not even in the same time and space, a burst of exclamations suddenly rang out in the theater!

"This plot... is really well designed!"

In the front row, Han Sanping looked at the sudden reversal and couldn't help but sigh.

"So youth films can be shot like this?"

Many producers and well-known screenwriters in the circle watched and whispered, as if there was a constant stream of inspiration bursting out in their minds!

Until the scene of the comet falling from the sky appeared, many people in the theater stared with their eyes wide open, looking at this scene in disbelief!

It's just a youth-themed movie, why is it so big?

Wang Zhonglei in the audience was even more twitching with his mouth, this special effect is simply crushing "Tai Chi 1: From Zero"!

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