Chapter 1085 Looking for Excuses (34)

At nine o'clock in the morning, Shen Xudong went downstairs for breakfast. Chen Hao quickly put down the tablet in his hand and greeted him: "Morning!"

"...What time did you get up?"

"Around 7:30..."

"...You didn't go to bed until two o'clock last night too!"

"It's okay, I can catch up on my sleep at noon..."

While Chen Hao was talking, he took the milk from his aunt and put it on the table: "You drink the milk first, and you will have the staple food later!"

Shen Xudong picked up the milk and drank it all in one gulp, then asked: "...have you eaten?"

"...Not yet, I just did yoga for an hour..."

“Yoga…”

Shen Xudong suddenly remembered: "I asked you how you became so flexible..."

"You can practice too!"

"Forget it, I'll go jogging at most..."

After chatting for a while, the aunt brought breakfast, which was steamed buns, egg pancakes and whole wheat bread. Shen Xudong was very hungry, so he just stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it...

Chen Hao took a glass of juice and sat aside to eat breakfast with him. Suddenly he remembered something: "I feel that the days of traffic and fresh meat are coming to an end..."

"How to say?"

"The industry is very dissatisfied with them..."

This is true!

"I used to watch Taiwanese idol dramas and thought they had no acting skills, but... people didn't criticize these people very much at that time..."

"There are also criticisms..." Shen Xudong waved his hand: "But they mainly act in idol dramas, and now these people have begun to harm mainstream film and television dramas!"

Xiao Xianrou is actually a derogatory term, referring to those young, handsome, young guys who have just debuted.

It alludes to a beautiful young man who has little love life and is just beginning to fall in love. It was originally a contemptuous term, but it was openly discussed on the stage. The problem is that it has become a phenomenon.

This word, in ancient times, meant male favor!

You can discuss it as long as you want. Fan movies and fan-customized dramas themselves do not belong to the public. The problem is that now a lot of capital wants to use small fresh meat to get involved in mainstream dramas!

This is unacceptable.

In the past, when idol dramas were popular in Taiwan, the acting skills of Xu Shaoyang, William Li, and Wu Chun were all very embarrassing. Although they were loved by many young fans, they all became outdated in the end.

Nowadays, these young talents are not good at acting, but they all enjoy huge resources!

Of course professionals in the industry are dissatisfied - those with poor professional skills should be eliminated, and this should be the case in any industry.

"Then when do you think the small fresh meat + IP model will end?"

"It's hard to say, but I will definitely win next year's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"!"

As he spoke, Shen Xudong finished his breakfast: "I'm going out first."

"Are you going to the company?"

"Well, I'll be back early tonight."

…

For Alibaba Pictures, the box office performance of "The Ferryman" in the first two days is unacceptable to them.

73 million on the first day and 84 million on the second day…

It looks high, but this is the result of 60 million additional votes. Moreover, "The Ferryman" is also a fan movie, and the first week's box office often accounts for more than 70% of the total box office!

Most importantly, the performance the next day was directly surpassed by "The Great Wall" - the latter won 95 million box office results with 20.8% of the film schedule, successfully surpassing "The Ferryman" and "Railway Tiger" (82 million), and then won the single Daily box office champion.

The total box office forecast of "The Ferryman", Maoyan directly gave 320 million, Taopiaopiao was slightly better, 520 million...

In fact, regardless of whether it is 320 million or 520 million, it has already set a new box office record for Wong Kar-Wai's movies.

The problem is that Ali Pictures' investment in "The Ferryman" has reached 300 million, plus more than 100 million spent on promotion and marketing. In other words, if the box office is only 1 billion, this movie is losing money!

In fact, compared to "Railway Tigers", Ali Pictures should be satisfied - "Railway Tigers" was released with a guaranteed release of 1.8 billion, and the box office was only 150 million after two days of release. Although its reputation is slightly better than "The Ferryman", it is still very good. Pull the crotch…

Maoyan predicts that the final box office of "Railway Tigers" will be 860 million, and Taopiaopiao will also be 850 million...

It can be said that the guarantee party of "Railway Tigers" should set a record for the biggest failure in guaranteeing!

Previously, Bona released "Legend of the Gods" with a guaranteed minimum of 1 billion, and the final box office was 283 million. Bona lost more than 200 million. At that time, a lot of people in Tieba praised Yu Dong: I estimate that this project will lose several hundred million. They also raised our market price, making us earn hundreds of millions for no reason! You are a great man...

‘Burn yourself and illuminate the fat woman (Xiang Tai)’

Ahem...

"Railway Tigers" has a guaranteed base of 1.8 billion, which means that nearly 700 million was given to the producer, and the final share will not exceed 300 million...

They are simply two Yu Dongs!

This is no longer the level of burning oneself, directly burning oneself into black charcoal...

Coming back to this, Ali Pictures will definitely be 'unconvinced'. After all, they have not completed the set KPIs. When the time comes, they will be held accountable, and they will also bear the responsibility!

Alibaba Pictures publicly responded, "Dislike does not equate to bad review. Malicious comments and negative reviews are two different things!" ’, ‘Malicious slander does not mean there is something wrong with our movie! ’

Directly attribute the poor box office performance of "The Ferryman" to too many negative reviews...

It’s the same as Deng Chao’s operation - after the release of "Bad Angel", he forwarded more than a hundred favorable comments in one go...

However, Deng Chao did it because he was unconvinced, and Ah Li most likely wanted to shift the blame!

What should I do if the KPI is not completed?

Discredited!

As long as the pot is thrown away and the main responsibility is not mine, then there will be no problem!

Ahri's system is like this...

…

When he arrived at the company, Chen Xi asked about the situation of "The Ferryman".

"It's pretty bad. I watched it for half an hour and then fell asleep...I didn't finish it at all..."

"...I asked why there are photos saying that you and Chen Hao went to the movies together!"

"have photos?"

Chen Xi nodded: "It almost became a hot search..."

"No way, can watching a movie become a trending topic?"

Shen Xudong turned on his phone and looked through the comments on Weibo. Sure enough, many people asked him, "How is "The Ferryman"..."

"...Chen Hao wanted to watch a movie, and then we went to see "The Ferryman"..."

"You should pay more attention in the future... If this becomes a hot search, wouldn't it increase the popularity of the other party! Even Xu Ke knows to refuse Ali's invitation!"

Chen Xi is talking about Xu Ke rejecting the invitation to play "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons"...

I heard that Ahri is asking for 30 million Hong Kong dollars and wants Xu Ke to direct "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"...

Stephen Chow + Xu Ke!

However, Xu Ke should have thought of what happened to Mai Jia and decisively refused.

At that time, New Art City and Jiahe were fighting back and forth, and they were considered mortal enemies of each other. Starting from 1982, the three parties each used their own tricks, and Jiahe was on the laggard side. Then in 1986, New Art City's boss Mai Jia suddenly appeared in "The Last of Us". Good Luck Star》…

After the film was completed, Mai Jia returned to Xinyi City and held a meeting to plan how to fight against "The Best Lucky Star". At the same time, he proudly told everyone: "Don't think about it, there won't be enough to shoot."

I heard that Golden Harvest agreed to pay Mai Jia 6 million Hong Kong dollars - Jackie Chan's salary was the highest in Hong Kong at that time, but for a pure actor, the salary was 4 million, which means that Golden Harvest gave him the highest salary in Hong Kong...

Of course, it was just a verbal agreement - only the first period's remuneration was paid, and then the remaining remuneration was not paid on the grounds that Mai Jia only filmed for 7 days!

This incident directly led to the complete split of the three giants of New Art City (Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ​​and Huang Baiming). The collective creation system that New Art City was proud of no longer exists...