Chapter 398 Blocked?

Outside, the box office popularity of "2012" is very high.

When the box office figures were just released, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei accepted two interviews. As more and more media reporters came to interview them, the two became a little annoyed and finally declined the interviews directly.

When the reporters saw this situation, they could only target other people.

Cheng Long and Huang Xiaoming naturally became the first candidates.

In the past two days, Gu Wei and Liu Yifei took Matt Damon for a good stroll.

The group wandered around the capital, and Liu Yifei posted the entire trip on Weibo, which included not only photos of the check-in attractions, but also pictures of Matt Damon eating roast duck and drinking soy milk.

In the photo, Matt Damon had a weird expression on his face after tasting the soy milk, which made netizens burst into laughter.

Ting Feng Nian Jiu Yan: "Haha, Director Gu is a bit bad, most people can't stand this smell."

Feng Donghuo: "Don't just try the bean juice, try the other things too."

The best equipment receives the most vicious beating: "What are you, preserved eggs, and zheergen? Come on, I'll pay for it."

On Weibo, other people in the circle were talking about the photo of three people posted by Liu Yifei.

In addition, various celebrities also posted screenshots of their receipts for booking theaters for fans to watch movies on Weibo.

Among them, Fan Binbin was the most generous, booking twenty shows in a row, all of which were 3D versions, which cost a lot.

Seeing this, Li Binbin, Jing Tian and others were not willing to be outdone. Since they could not buy 3D movie tickets in the cinema, they directly increased the price and bought them from scalpers.

Well, they are both wealthy people, but they are competing for this matter.

What could Gu Wei say about this? He was kind enough to invite his fans to watch a movie, so how could he stop them?

Helplessly, I had to reply on Weibo with tears in my eyes, thanking everyone for their support. After all, everyone contributed to the current box office success of "2012".

……

On the Huayi side, there was another big revelation recently about Feng Xiaogang’s "1942".

Feng Xiaogang, who is currently filming on the set, directly announced that he will invite Hollywood actor Adrien Brody to join the "1942" crew. He also won the title of the youngest actor in Oscar history for "The Pianist".

It was then announced that Tim Robbins, the star of "The Shawshank Redemption", would also join the cast. He is also the winner of both the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Globe Awards.

Such a big move, inviting two movie kings at the same time, shocked the industry. The media heard the news and began to take action.

Having tasted the sweetness of "Aftershock", Feng Xiaogang is preparing to make a grand event this time.

If Feng Xiaogang had not considered that he was making a historical film with a sense of suffering, he would have announced the production of a 3D version of "2012". The box office of "" made him jealous.

Although the Big and Small Wangs are implementing a de-filming strategy, they still think highly of this movie.

Because after the last meeting, Chen Guofu had expressed his intention to leave, and Huayi could not afford to lose both Chen Guofu and Feng Xiaogang at the same time.

For this reason, Huayi Company also increased the production cost of "2.1" to million.

The audience just thinks that there is another domestic blockbuster, but directors in the industry are extremely envious. After all, many of them cannot even get the most basic investment.

"'1942' is targeting the international market and will be released worldwide."

During an interview, Feng Xiaogang made a bold statement, and Huayi cheered him on.

Gu Wei saw Feng Xiaogang's bold words, but he didn't take them seriously.

He admitted that "1942" was a good movie, but the idea of ​​inviting two foreigners to enter and then impact the international market was a good idea but somewhat unrealistic.

Will foreigners buy it? To put it bluntly, when they see you filming the suffering of their own country, they may even gloat over it and treat it as a joke.

Compared to Feng Xiaogang's "Smooth Sailing", Chen Kaige's "Search" has been shut down and waiting.

The sharp-eyed reporters naturally discovered this situation and then broke the news.

As the saying goes, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels far and wide. Naturally, the news that Chen Hong scolded Yang Mi spread out, and it was other people in the same crew who broke the news first.

"It's a double-acting drama, and it's also Chen Kai's drama. I can only say it's really awesome."

"It's an iron rule for big directors not to overlap with other actors. Even the top domestic stars don't dare to do that. What is Yang Mi thinking?"

"I heard that Director Chen not only scolded her, but also announced that he was going to unite all the major directors in Beijing to ban Yang Mi."

People in the circle were talking about it, and many people were gloating, especially the actresses, after all, this meant they might lose another competitor.

Especially Cai Yinong from the Tang Dynasty, his appetite improved after hearing the news.

"What a beautiful day, block it now."

"Can it really be banned?" Liu Shishi said. After all, in her eyes, overlapping roles is not a big deal. When a person becomes famous, more crews will invite him to work, and sooner or later he will be unable to schedule the role.

"If it's an ordinary director, it's definitely not possible, but for big directors like Gu, Chen, Zhang, and Jiang, even if they don't say it explicitly, with a little hint, there will be people in the industry who will spontaneously boycott.

Once there are no more movies to shoot and no more crews to join, it won’t take long for them to disappear. ” Cai Yinong looked very confident when he said this.

At the same time, the person involved, Yang Mi, finally felt panicked.

I have just become a top star. No, absolutely not. I cannot be banned.

"What should I do, Jia Jia? Can the company help?" Yang Mi asked anxiously. Since she became famous, it has become a common thing for her to take on multiple roles, but the crew didn't say anything.

Unexpectedly, Chen Hong directly kicked her out of the crew, and from the news, it seemed that she wanted to ban her in the Beijing circle.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm contacting the boss." Zeng Jia also kept making calls, urgently asking the company for help.

"Yeah, okay, okay." After the call was connected, Zeng Jia kept nodding and saying okay, while Yang Mi on the side looked at her nervously.

"How is it?" Yang Mi asked hurriedly after hanging up the phone.

"The boss said he would try his best to resolve the matter, but it's a bit tricky, maybe..."

After Zeng Jia said this, Yang Mi already knew that if the company couldn't handle it, then she might really be in trouble.

"No, the company will definitely find a way. I'm so scared, Sister Jia." Yang Mi was on the verge of emotional breakdown and spoke with a crying voice.

At the same time, Li Guoxing, CEO of American Asia, was constantly asking people for help and trying to find connections. When he first heard about this, he was a little angry, but now he doesn't have time to lose his temper anymore.

Yang Mi is one of the artists that the company has focused on training, and a lot of resources have been invested in her. If she is really banned, the company will suffer huge direct losses.

However, since Meiya is controlled by Hong Kong capital, its influence is more effective in Hong Kong Island, and the big directors in Beijing really don't need to give it face. After many twists and turns, they finally found Jiang Wen through Emperor Entertainment Group, hoping that he would act as a middleman and mediate.

Li Guoxing's purpose is also very clear. The losses caused can be compensated, an apology can be arranged, and it doesn't matter if they don't cooperate in the future, but the bottom line is that they cannot be banned.

……

Matt Damon stayed in the capital for a few days, but didn't stay too long due to schedule. After seeing him off, Gu Wei turned his attention to the box office.

After reaching its box office peak on the 2012th, the average daily box office of "4" dropped rather quickly on the 5th and 6th.

Especially on the 6th, the daily box office almost fell below million yuan. Seeing this situation, China Film Group and Wanda Pictures made an appointment to hold a meeting together to study the follow-up strategies.

This time the meeting place was not chosen at Xingchen Film and Television, but at Wanda Pictures.

To be honest, after Wanda Pictures was established, Gu Wei has never come here once.

After driving over and getting out of the car, a vice president came up to greet me.

"Hello, Director Gu, President Ye and the others are all upstairs." The deputy general manager was very tactful and personally opened the door and led the way.

Along the way, he kept introducing Wanda's basic situation.

"This building is mostly occupied by Wanda employees, including people from cinemas, film production, and real estate..."

Wanda Company is not small in scale, and the group walked for about ten minutes before arriving at the meeting room.

"Director Gu, here we are."

As soon as he opened the door, Ye Ning stood up and said.

"Hello, Director Gu!"

"Hello, Mr. Shi, isn't Mr. Han here?" When Gu Wei came in just now, he didn't see Han Sanping. As for the person in front of him, Gu Wei had seen him several times. He was Shi Dongming, one of the vice presidents of China Film Group. In addition to him, China Film also has another vice president, Fu Ruoqing.

As for the next chairman of China Film Group, La Dong, he was currently serving as deputy director of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

In the original time and space, Han Sanping would be transferred to serve as chairman only after he stepped down. Since the latter was not promoted from within China Film Group, he spent a lot of effort to completely control power at the beginning of his tenure.

Without further ado, let’s just talk about this side. The three parties met and just discussed the general direction of publicity and promotion.

For example, China Film Group Corporation should make some efforts to have central media report on the event and place some advertisements.

Wanda made some adjustments in the film schedule, promoted it heavily through various media, and then paid attention to online reputation and reviews.

As for Xingchen Film and Television, it is responsible for Weibo, actors, appearing on shows, organizing activities, and increasing publicity.

When talking about promotion, they all looked relaxed. After all, there was no rival during the entire release period. Even if you didn't promote it deliberately, there would be many people watching "2012".

Because there is no choice, all the films that are half-decent have run away, and most of the ones left to fish in troubled waters are low-cost crappy films that get no attention at all.

Of course, the three of them just set the ideas, and the specific implementation will definitely be the responsibility of the people below.

The meeting didn't last long, and it was over in just over an hour. After the meeting, the people from China Film Group said hello and left first.

Gu Wei was kept by Ye Ning.

This action made him even more curious. Han Sanping didn't show up, and Ye Ning wanted to talk to him alone. What was going on between the two companies?
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(End of this chapter)