Chapter 397: Scolding
Zhejiang Province, crew of "Search".

At this moment, the atmosphere on the set was a little weird.

Brother Chen Kai's face turned livid, and Chen Hong also looked angry. When the other crew members saw this, they all became extremely cautious and didn't dare to make a sound.

Lead actress Gao Yuanyuan and Taiwanese actor Mark Chao looked at each other, bewildered, not knowing how to start the conversation.

As for the reason, it was naturally because Yang Mi, the actress who played the second female lead, was late.

The second female lead's scenes were originally scheduled to be filmed at 8 a.m., but it was already nearly 9:30 and Yang Mi still hadn't arrived at the filming site. The entire crew was forced to stop work and wait.

"This is not the first time. From the start of filming in late October to now, in just over a month, she has been late many times. Last time she promised me that it wouldn't happen again. Is this her promise?"

In the room, Chen Hong spoke slowly, her tone very cold.

After hearing this, Brother Chen Kai's face became even uglier. The main reason was that he was the one who invited the people, but they were so uncooperative. It was okay in the previous times, but this time, the roles had already been arranged and everyone was waiting. If they wanted to change the roles, they had to change their costumes and put on makeup again.

"Let's change people." Brother Chen Kai's voice sounded.

"Substitution?"

After these words came out, Chen Hong was stunned for a moment, and the assistant director and producer next to her also looked at each other in disbelief.

“Well, it’s not just because she was late. I had someone check and found out that she took on several movies at the same time and had to rush back and forth.

Before, I saw that she was not in the right state during filming, so I had some suspicions, and I found out about this after checking. "

After saying this, Brother Chen Kai's expression didn't look so ugly anymore, and his tone became very calm.

"Overlapping movies? How dare she do that?" After hearing this, Chen Hong was a little bit incredulous. Even though many of Chen Kai's previous films had failed, he is still one of the top directors in the country. Looking across the mainland, there are really not many people who dare to overlap with other big directors.

At this time, Chen Hong was a little impressed by Yang Mi's courage. She was really not afraid of death.

"Director Chen, Sister Hong, Yang Mi is here." At this time, the assistant came in and said.

Yang Mi, who arrived late, felt her scalp tingling and a feeling of suffocation all over her body.

As soon as I entered the group, I kept apologizing to the others around me: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

Unfortunately, the looks from other people made her feel very disappointed, and Zeng Jia next to her also had a bad feeling.

"You go and solve it." Brother Chen Kai waved his hand and signaled to Chen Hong. He didn't even want to look at Yang Mi now.

I have been hunting geese for many years, but I didn't expect that my eyes would be pecked. If this gets out, I will definitely be laughed at by people in the circle.

Hearing this, Chen Hong sneered and strode out, saying to her assistant as she walked, "Ask the whole team to come over, I have something to announce."

When she came outside, Chen Hong saw Yang Mi's pale face. She felt no sympathy at all, but disgust instead.

"Sister Hong, I'm sorry, I..." Yang Mi just opened her mouth when Chen Hong waved her hand to interrupt her.

Not long after, when everyone arrived, they saw an unforgettable scene.

Chen Hong pointed at Yang Mi and yelled in front of the entire crew: "We don't need an actor like you. Get out of here right now."

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On Douban, "2012" has a score of 8.9 and numerous positive reviews, so there's no need to check them out.

On various community forum websites, various good topics related to "2012" were also heatedly discussed.

In terms of box office, after the film grossed 2 million on the Lunar New Year day, on the nd, due to the continued spread of word of mouth, the box office output reached million, once again breaking the film and television record and shocking the Chinese people.

By the 3rd, just in time for the weekend, the box office began to rise again, reaching a staggering million.

In just three days, the box office reached nearly 3.5 million yuan. Now people from major film and television companies don’t know what to say.

"2012" can no longer be described as hot, but rather explosive.

The movie-watching craze it triggered is just like the previous "Avatar", but it is even more massive and crazy than "Avatar". Even "Transformers 3", which just broke the million yuan box office in a single day, did not have such exaggerated data.

Among the Hollywood movies that landed in China in 11, the ones with the best visual effects were "Transformers 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", and both movies also had very high box office. But at this moment, the feeling that "2012" gives people is that the other movies are simply not good enough.

Netizen HH Xiachong: "According to this rule, the records set by other Hollywood blockbusters are probably just paper-made. Director Gu's movie won't be able to make more than 2 billion yuan at the box office."

Netizen Qiufengshaoluoyes: "Two billion? Looking at the situation, three billion is even possible, it's too exaggerated."

Vitamin Water: "Before 2012 was released, if that director had said that China could produce a movie with a box office of 15 or 20 billion, I would have sprayed him to death with a mouthful of salt soda, but if it happened to Director Gu, it would not be surprising."

Netizen Qi Lingyun posted a post, lamenting: "Is it because the market is developing too fast, or are other directors too lame? Why is the gap so big?"

It’s the 4th, the weekend.

The reputation and box office of the first three days have accumulated to this day, and coupled with the movie-watching craze, tickets for major mainland movies are still hard to come by. 150.15 million!
"According to the latest news, the single-day box office of 2012 exceeded 1.5 million."

"Sina Entertainment exclusively reveals the reasons why "2012" is so popular."

"Souhu Entertainment reports for you the unknown behind-the-scenes stories of 2012."

...

Well, not only netizens, but even the news media have fallen this time. In the past, when Gu Wei’s movies were released, everyone could still report some negative news, but this time there is nothing to say. The box office is there, and we can’t say that the moviegoers are all mentally ill and go to see it.

Huayi Company.

Mr. Wang said, "Director Feng, how about we follow his example and make a movie in his style? Keep the length to about two hours, and try to cut costs on the actors.

As for the plot, the beginning and the end are lively, with a single-line storyline with a small number of characters in the middle!
Most of the funds should be used for special effects. Hollywood is too expensive, so we can look for South Korea. If that doesn’t work, we can look for Star Films. We can also use their name for publicity.”

Feng Xiaogang was speechless at the moment. He had just talked about making it into a movie at the meeting two days ago, and now when he saw people eating meat, he couldn't help himself again.

Although he was complaining in his heart, Feng Xiaogang thought for a moment and said in a serious tone: "If there is a good script, we can give it a try."

Mr. Wang rolled his eyes and said, "What do you think? If we join forces with Wanda and invest more, will it work?"

My goodness, after hearing this, Feng Xiaogang just stopped talking. After all, he was still unwilling to invest too much money in the movie.

Wanda Pictures was also shocked after seeing the box office performance of "2012". Some people in the board of directors also started to talk about the "The Wandering Earth" project, saying that the investment was still too little and asked if they could talk to Director Gu and give him a larger share.

"We have plenty of money, so we can pay a premium, as long as Director Gu is willing to give up a little more of his share."

"What are you thinking about? The shares this time have been decided. Aren't you afraid of offending Director Gu if you rashly say it? Let's talk about it next time. Wanda will try to get more shares next time." Ye Ning saw other people discussing this matter in a serious manner and said with disdain.

On Guangguang's side, Wang Changtian's first reaction when he learned about the performance of "2012" was to be thankful. Fortunately, "Painted Skin" was rescheduled, otherwise it would have been cannon fodder!
At the same time, I was also shocked by the potential of the mainland film market.

"Since the market is so good, we can just worry about two movies. If Yifei can't hire him, then we can hire whoever is more popular."

After saying that, he called his secretary and asked about the film project establishment and review.

As for Bona's Yu Dong, he was a little bit amused and helpless at the moment. After the first day box office of "2012" in North America came out, some netizens joked that it had the box office of one "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate" in a day.

Now that the mainland box office figures have been released, netizens are joking that there is one "Dragon Gate Flying Dagger" every four days. Why? "Dragon Gate Flying Dagger" has become a unit of measurement.

Other companies have their own ideas, but at this moment in Xingchen Film and Television.

Wang Chen encountered a problem here.

"Boss Wang, everyone in the company wants to watch the IMAX version of 2012, but tickets are not available online right now."

As soon as he arrived at the company, the assistant immediately came up to him and communicated with him.

At this moment, Wang Chen finally understood. No wonder he felt like countless pairs of eager eyes were staring at him when he first stepped into the company.

IMAX tickets are hard to buy now, so the people from Xingchen Company naturally asked for help from their superiors, after all, they are a company in the industry.

Wang Chen thought for a moment and said, "How about this, the tickets for these few days are all sold out. In the next few days, the company will get some internal tickets from various shows, and everyone can go to watch in batches, okay?"

At this time of movie-watching craze, if you suddenly take out all the IMAX tickets in a theater and give them to your own employees, you will definitely be scolded when the audience finds out. However, it is still okay to pick and choose a little at a time.

"Thank you company, thank you Mr. Wang."

Suddenly, the people below started to make a noise.

"Haha, now it's good. Yesterday, my classmate asked me at work whether I had seen this movie. I was really embarrassed at that time."

"Even internal employees can't buy tickets, so you can imagine how popular it is."

"I can't buy 3D, but I do have 2D. But the purpose of going to the movies is to see the special effects, so what's the point of watching 2D?"

"that is!"

As soon as Wang Chen finished speaking, many people took out their mobile phones to show off to others, saying that being able to get IMAX tickets now was truly a skill.

"Okay, let's go back to work as normal. We can discuss the movie-watching issue after get off work." Wang Chen smiled and sent the matter to Gu Wei after returning to the office.

However, both Gu Wei and Wang Chen regarded this kind of small matter as a benefit for the company's employees, after all, it was their own movie.

As for why Wang Chen was found for this kind of thing, it was naturally because Song Ge was usually more serious in the company and everyone was a little afraid of him, while Wang Chen was an old man who had worked there since the company's inception and was more familiar to everyone.

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(End of this chapter)