In a certain cinema in Beijing, Director Chen and his wife Chen Hong, who were in simple disguise, were also watching the movie "Famous".
Unlike "Painted Skin 2", which has been released for nearly two weeks, "Search", which has just been released for three days, is a direct competitor of "Fame and Fame".
What’s even more worrying is that the box office performance of “Search” was not very good.
The box office on the first day was 11.2 million.
After that, the box office for the two days of the weekend added up to just over 30 million.
If this continues, there is no guarantee that the box office will reach 70 million in the first week. The most important thing is the theater scheduling.
The film with the highest screening schedule now is "Painted Skin 2", which still occupies about 30%, while "Search" only has 20%, and the remaining 50% is other movies.
And this was just the situation before the release of "Famous", according to the popularity of this movie, with Shanghai Film Group, China Film Group and Guang Guang Film Group behind it, the first-day screening share is guaranteed to be 20%, and more than 30% is not impossible.
The plate is so small, and with the addition of a "Taotie", the others must give way to him.
With the box office performance of "Painted Skin 2", even if it cuts its losses, it won't be too outrageous. More screenings will inevitably be squeezed out from other movies. "Search", which ranks second and has not performed well, will naturally be the first to be affected.
According to estimates by the distributor of "Search", they may have to give up 3-5% of their screenings today.
This will undoubtedly be a big blow to the box office of "Search".
Moreover, if "Famous" performs well at the box office, the situation will be even worse. I am afraid that "Search" will not only have to give up the above screening schedule, but its screening schedule will be further compressed by "Famous" in the future.
The cost of "Search" is not high. Industry estimates show that including the cost of director Chen, the production cost is only about 30 million yuan. Taking into account publicity and promotion, it is at most 50 million yuan.
These investments can be recovered as long as the box office reaches 150 million, so the pressure is not that great.
But now that "Famous" has intervened, it's a bit hard to predict what will happen next.
Besides, people don't make movies just to make a profit. Who doesn't want to earn more? That's why Director Chen condescended to bring his wife to investigate the enemy.
If Wei Yang does not live up to his reputation, then "To Become Famous" will be vulnerable, needless to say.
But if "To Be Famous" is of good quality, we must go back and prepare countermeasures as soon as possible. After all, we can't really lose money.
But after watching half of the movie, Director Chen and the other director were both silent.
No matter how many flaws Director Chen has, he still has vision and ability. Without discussing the quality of the movie "Famous" or whether it is enjoyable or not, he knows that such movies are popular with audiences and the market.
If the subsequent plot is not completed well, this movie is likely to become a strong rival of "Search".
This is what Director Chen said because he has a filter for himself. Chen Hong next to him has a more direct opinion.
She is Chen's producer, and has a good understanding of many situations in the industry and a high level of appreciation.
As far as the first half of the plot of "Famous", she knew that this movie would definitely be more popular than "Searching".
It’s not that the quality of “Search” is low, but that the subject matter is limited.
Before it is released, everyone may not be sure, because even movies with realistic themes and literary tendencies can have box office hits.
Now that "Searching" has been released for a few days, its reputation and box office trends have gradually become clear. At this time, a more popular and more appealing film "Famous" appears. It is easy to imagine what the situation will be.
Director Chen may have been thinking about the collapse of the plot in the later part of "Famous", which led to a significant decline in the quality of the film. Chen Hong is relatively calmer.
Wei Yang is not a rookie director. Although he is a newcomer in the film industry, he is a seasoned veteran producer in the field of TV dramas. He is the most prestigious figure in the industry in recent years with an outstanding record, not to mention that he has Fatty Wang and Ning Hao to help him keep track.
Director Chen is very arrogant and looks down on the TV series and the young Wei Yang, but Chen Hong will not underestimate him.
The first half of "Famous" was brilliant. Even if Wei Yang lacked experience in making movies, the middle and later parts would be mediocre at best, but the probability of a crash was too low! Thinking of this, Chen Hong still felt a little resentful. She originally wanted to avoid "Famous", or negotiate with both parties to see if they could wait a few days.
It is very common in the industry for two crews to discuss and adjust schedules. Everyone is seeking money, and if the relationship is good and the decision is in the interests of both parties, they can often reach an agreement.
Unfortunately, Director Chen was too confident in his work, and his impression of Wei Yang was more of a so-called "idol drama screenwriter", and he thought there was nothing to worry about.
In the end, he insisted on his own way and rejected the suggestions of Chen Hong and others, and the two sides fought bloody battles.
The result is the current awkward situation of being caught between a rock and a hard place.
Director Chen is aloof from worldly matters. Even if he made a mistake, he was immersed in art and didn't understand the world. However, no one can be left unaccounted for the losses he suffered as a result, and she, as the producer, has to clean up the mess.
Even so, Chen Hong still had to coax Director Chen.
Because the line in the movie "Don't impose your preferences on the audience" is indeed very pointed, the audience sitting in the front even mentioned Director Chen's name directly.
Artists tend to have very arrogant tempers, and being a director is a powerful profession, so whether on the set or at home, Director Chen is the boss.
Without his permission, his sons did not dare to sit at the table to eat. If anyone else dared to disobey him, he would turn his face black or even fly into a rage.
This was considered a sarcasm. If Chen Hong didn't coax him a few words, she was really afraid that the other party would just walk away in anger.
Director Chen was indeed a little unhappy, but not as angry as Chen Hong thought, because the plot of "Famous" satirized too many film phenomena.
To satirize one person is called sarcasm, but to satirize everyone is just a style, which is highly directed, but it does not just refer to him alone. There is anger, but it will not break people's defenses.
At this point, he is more interested in the subsequent development of the film, and even began to deduce it himself and then verify it with the film.
Although he still has many reservations about many aspects of the film, he still has a certain degree of recognition for the script and Wei Yang's screenwriting skills.
Let’s go back to the plot of the movie “Fame and Fame”. The male and female protagonists had a conflict, but after dancing together in the ballroom, everyone temporarily returned to a united front.
At this time, the extra played by Wu Jing accidentally discovered a bloodstained room. From the mouth of the policeman played by Lin Gengxin, everyone realized that not only did they communicate with the murderer face to face today, but they also came to the crime scene.
Everyone was furious! Although the murderer was dangerous, at least he was subdued and seemed easy to communicate with.
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But the crime scene was another matter. Thinking about how many people had died there, especially late at night, would make anyone terrified.
After all, no matter how vicious a person is, he is still a human being. However, this kind of murder scene is likely to involve the supernatural. Once you encounter this thing, it is not something that ordinary people can accept.
So this time everyone's resistance was extremely fierce, including the previous vase actress and Hollywood extras, who also chose to leave.
At the critical moment, the tycoon came out to control the situation again, but the effect was not ideal and everyone completely fell out.
The director of the King of Bad Movies directly reveals the tycoon’s situation – he appears to be rich, but in fact he has lost everything, and his so-called projects are just to attract everyone and then find people to invest.
The tycoon was exposed and had no choice but to give up pretending. He grabbed the others and exported them one by one, tearing off their disguises.
Wu Jing, who claims to be an action actor who came back from Hollywood and wants to promote Chinese martial arts——
"You are just a martial arts stand-in over there, what do you know? Are you satisfied with learning martial arts?"
"You get spanked by foreigners every day, aren't you afraid of losing face?"
Wu Jing tried to save his reputation: "Although I was beaten, I played Japanese characters, so it's not a disgrace to the Chinese people."
This unique way of being patriotic caused the tycoon to mock and ridicule him, and also made the audience laugh.
Afterwards, the tycoon exported the title of "King of Bad Movies", pointing out that every movie the other party made was a bad one, had become notorious, and had been marginalized by the industry.
The veteran actor played by Ge Da Ge wanted to smooth things over, but was not let off.
It turns out that the old actor was a well-known silent film emperor twenty years ago. He had a bad temper and was conceited. Later, when talkies came, the old actor's voice was no longer good, he became bald, and his looks were gone. Now he can only spend his days playing cards with rich ladies, and his temper has become smooth and sophisticated.
As for the vase actress Fan Xiaopang, she had a turbulent love life, was slandered by her ex-husband, and her husband went bankrupt. She had to come back to work to support her family.
After being exposed by the tycoon, Fan Xiaopang felt ashamed, angry and aggrieved, and the fairy shed tears. I don't know how many audiences were amazed by this, but they couldn't help but feel heartbroken.
Including Chen Hong, Fan Xiaopang has worked with Chen Da Lao before. She played Zhuang Ji in "The Orphan of Zhao". Her appearance was not bad, but her memory point was just so-so.
In "Famous", her role was not particularly large, but it was hard to ignore. The scene of the fairy shedding tears was very touching. Chen Hong asked herself, even if she forgot the plot later, she would probably still remember this scene clearly.
Director Chen is more concerned with screenwriting and directing techniques.
To be honest, the previous "To Be Famous" was good, but it was just so-so. It was above average, but not amazing.
But this play is really quite impressive, with true words and sharp swords, tearing off the fig leaves of all the characters and reshaping them to a certain extent, making several characters more vivid and three-dimensional.
From a plot perspective, all the characters are tied together and everyone really starts to unite.
The picture structure, character positioning, dialogue polishing and actor performance are also very good, especially Jiang Wu and Fan Xiaopang, who are simply brilliant.
If before, Director Chen just thought that the subject matter of the movie "Famous" was more appealing and had a good box office, so it could become a rival of "Search".
Now Director Chen finally took Wei Yang, the junior whom he had never cared about before, seriously.
Given his personality, he wouldn't say that Wei Yang is a young man to be feared, but he must also objectively admit that the film industry has a new wave of strong momentum...
(End of this chapter)