It is late June and the annual summer vacation season has arrived.
Throughout June, nearly thirty movies will be released, and the most popular one is Hollywood's "Jurassic World".
This spin-off film of the "Jurassic Park" series has achieved great box office success around the world, and its current box office in mainland China has reached nearly 1.4 billion yuan.
According to previous years, this box office result is already enough to compete for the first place of the year and has been widely praised by major media.
But unfortunately, the overall box office exploded this year!
During the Spring Festival, "Detective Chinatown" grossed 2.402 billion yuan, becoming the most profitable film in history. Following closely behind, "Fast and Furious 7" also broke the 2 billion yuan box office mark.
In May, "Avengers 2", as Marvel's killer, also achieved an impressive result of over 1.4 billion.
In half a year, there were two movies with a box office of over 2 billion yuan, and two movies with a box office of over 1 billion yuan. "Jurassic World" couldn't even make it into the top three, so naturally it couldn't make its presence felt.
However, "Detective Chinatown 3" has always been the leader despite being surrounded by the three major Hollywood series.
As Hollywood launched a massive attack in the first half of the year and domestic films were overwhelmed, the already eye-catching "Detective Chinatown" was even more domineering and calm, with the spirit of "the calm nature is revealed in the face of adversity".
Rumor has it that at the critical moment when the second quarter of this year is coming to an end, a senior leader specifically praised the achievements of "Detective Chinatown" at a relevant meeting.
In Shanghai, the publicity director and the adjutant in charge of related business also visited the Blue Whale Company in person. Boss Wei took a leave from the crew and returned to Shanghai overnight to receive them.
After the inspection, the leaders were very satisfied and highly affirmed the outstanding contribution of Blue Whale as a leading enterprise in the local cultural, film and television fields in Shanghai.
The inspection was later reported on Shanghai TV, causing a great impact at least in the Shanghai circle.
If we say that Wei Yang was just one of the big guys in the Shanghai circle before.
Today, Boss Wei, who owns PPTV, whose market value is skyrocketing, and Blue Whale, which has also achieved continuous success, and other companies including Red Shark are also doing well, has already achieved industrial integration. With his strength further enhanced, he has the potential to become a leader in the Shanghai circle.
Although this statement has not been recognized by everyone, more and more people and companies are moving closer to Boss Wei.
It is an indisputable fact that Wei Yang's voice and influence in the Shanghai circle are growing.
If nothing unexpected happens, Wei Yang will at least be the vice chairman of the next Shanghai Television Artists Association, Shanghai Filmmakers Association, and Shanghai Screenwriters Association.
Among them, Wei Yang, who is already the vice president of the Shanghai Screenwriters Association, is likely to serve as the president for the first time in history.
You know, Wei Yang is not even 30 years old yet. Even if the Screenwriters Association is only a semi-official non-governmental organization, it is shocking enough that Wei Yang becomes the head of the association.
But there is no other way. Boss Wei's status is too high, and he can provide a lot of help to the editing industry. No one else can control the situation, so they just push him to the position.
If he were the president of the China Screenwriters Association, there might be a lot of controversy and disputes, but in Shanghai, as long as the internal members have a consistent attitude, it doesn't matter even if it's a little out of line.
In addition to these film and television associations, Wei Yang also joined several associations in the business and Internet fields.
However, there are many big men here, and Wei Yang is not so bad as to seize power. The one who does the best is the Shanghai Youth Federation. There is nothing he can do about it, because he is young, and it is easiest for him to be valued in such an organization.
In addition, there are some miscellaneous small organizations and associations, many of whom become vice-chairmen or even top leaders, but Wei Yang did not join in the fun.
The reason why he joined these associations was, firstly, because the other party's strength was there and he could not avoid it at all, and secondly, it was to get a golden body. The more identities and titles he had, the thicker the golden body.
But not all titles can be used! Some are to add to his reputation, some are to increase his influence in the industry, and some are to use his fame and influence to raise the banner.
Wei Yang was willing to do the first two, but he didn't want to be the scapegoat for the second one. Besides, he didn't have that much time.
In addition, there is another title that Wei Yang values very much, that is the two major conferences, which is very important for a businessman and a star.
Strictly speaking, Wei Yang had a chance to advance in the last session, but considering his age, he played it safe.
This term's Magic City has been basically confirmed, whether he can go to the capital depends on the situation. Wei Yang doesn't force it. Having the title of Magic City is enough to reduce the harassment from some flies, and it will also bring some benefits to him in all aspects in Magic City.
That's why Wei Yang tried every means to keep "Detective Chinatown 3" the champion in film history.
With this movie on the list, even if Blue Whale does nothing, it can still bring in a steady stream of performance feedback.
Just like Wei Yang said, making money for a film history champion is secondary; the key is the various soft benefits.
Without Wolf Warrior and The Wandering Earth, would Wu Jing and Guo Fan have been able to become vice chairmen of the Film Association? Without the main theme movies such as The Battle at Lake Changjin and The Bravest, which both achieved great box office success and positive reviews, would Yu Pangzi and Huang Xiaoming have been able to take the position? By the way, even the four-character prince was overlooked for his flaws and became a director at such a young age. Although he has his flaws, his movie box office data is indeed unique among the new generation.
Wei Yang sees it very clearly! If the box office performance is outstanding, it is a real hard performance. If it is close to the main theme and performs more positively in some places, it is a combination of hard and soft.
It’s a pity that "Detective Chinatown" is a comedy movie with limited main theme elements, otherwise the effect would be better.
However, he also has another movie, "Operation Mekong", on hand.
This is a genuine mainstream movie. If this movie becomes a hit, Blue Whale will become even more popular, and Boss Wei’s reputation will become even stronger.
"Operation Mekong" will be released during this summer.
It was originally scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, but Fatty Yu couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to take advantage of the popularity of Wei Yang in "Detective Chinatown", so he postponed the movie to August.
Frankly speaking, this approach is a bit irrational.
Because this year's summer season is very crowded, there are several well-known movies, and they are basically released in July.
As mentioned before, the audience has a limited budget to watch movies, so earlier releases have better advantages. If the movie is released late, the money in the audience's pockets will be emptied by the previous audiences, which will definitely have a negative impact on the box office.
This statement may not be accurate, and it is difficult to say how big the impact will be.
But in this summer season, there are too many good movies in July, so releasing them in August is indeed a bit of a disadvantage.
As for September and the National Day, many movies have already been booked, and the competition will be fierce again.
So we can blame the fat guy for being too hesitant. He either makes up his mind too early, but by the time he makes up his mind, other people's release dates are almost all set. Unless Hand-to-Hand Combat is released at the same time, he will have to choose the more conservative August schedule.
After discussion, Fatty Yu finally chose the August schedule.
He believes that "Operation Mekong" still has its appeal, Wei Yang is very popular, and August is also the summer vacation season, so even if there is an impact, it will not be too much.
Therefore, "Operation Mekong" was scheduled to be released on August 4, but what made Wei Yang headache was that "Nirvana in Fire" was also broadcast almost at the same time in early August.
This has been decided long ago. Wei Yang will shoot "Day and Night Chase" until July, and will start shooting the new movie in September.
"Nirvana in Fire" will be broadcast in August, just before and after "Legend of Dance and Music", dominating the summer season, which is in line with PPTV's summer strategy. Wei Yang also has time to participate in the promotion.
As a result, Fatty Yu's actions greatly increased Wei Yang's work intensity.
Fortunately, Wei Yang's influence in the field of TV dramas is no joke. The publicity work for "Nirvana in Fire" is easier, and "Operation Mekong" is not controlled by Blue Whale, so Wei Yang can take some time to try his hand at it.
If Operation Mekong is moved to the Spring Festival and Lunar New Year release dates, Wei Yang's new film will most likely also be released during these two periods, and the promotion and roadshows for the two films will have to run at the same time. He will definitely lose a few pounds.
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In early July, director Chen Da's "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was released first.
Although Director Chen's reputation has been declining in the past two years, he made a very smart choice of the leading actor this time.
One of the most popular movie actors at the moment... Wang Baoqiang!
In "Detective Chinatown", Wei Yang is the most popular, and Wang Baoqiang is also very good.
Wei Yang is even more popular because he is the producer and creator of this film, and also the biggest beneficiary of this film. The better the film performs, the greater his presence will be.
In fact, purely in terms of role, Wang Baoqiang who plays Tang Ren is more likable.
Wang Baoqiang's popularity among the people has never been bad. In the past two years, he has starred in "Lost in Thailand" and "Detective Chinatown", as well as the crazy "Running Man".
Taking all these factors into account, Wang Baoqiang's popularity has accumulated to a terrifying level.
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Even with the reputation of director Chen, there are still people who go to the cinema to support Wang Baoqiang.
It’s a bit like "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and "Red River" in the previous life. Many people were unhappy with director Chen Da, Zhang Yimou and Si Zi, but in order to see Wu Jing and Shen Teng, they still went to the cinema.
Therefore, good movie actors are always in great demand, because they really recruit people from the cinemas...
Wei Yang had watched "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" in his previous life. He didn't want to join in the fun, but he couldn't resist the temptation of some of Naza's poses, so he contributed a ticket.
What can I say about this movie? It would be a bit of an exaggeration to say that I didn't understand it, but to say that I did understand it is hard to put into words.
One word evaluation, Director Chen's old problem -
Pretend! Anyway, after watching the whole movie, Wei Yang was most impressed by Sister Zhiling. Just based on her sex scene with Teacher Fan, Wei Yang felt that the ticket was not a waste.
Although Wei Yang had a general impression of the movie "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", he was still able to understand some of the connotations and metaphors.
Na Zha was just there to watch the fun. She went in with a confused head and left with a confused head. If Wei Yang hadn't explained it to her, she would have thought that Zhang Zhen and Aaron Kwok were good brothers.
"I should have watched cartoons earlier!"
Na Zha didn't care about the two ticket money, but she felt it was a waste of time. The most annoying thing was that Wei Yang watched Sister Zhiling's play very seriously, which made her a little jealous.
What's there to watch, an old woman who speaks with a pinched throat? ! "You're right, it's better to watch cartoons. I'll take you to watch anime in a few days."
Naza: “???”
Then she suddenly realized, "Is it the Gao Liu that you put on your computer before... wuwu..."
Before he could finish his words, Wei Yang covered his mouth. This girl was fine in other aspects, but she was a real headache because she didn't think before she spoke. He felt that sooner or later he would suffer a great loss because of her.
"Don't talk nonsense, I'm talking about the anime of Journey to the West."
Naza was confused, her mouth slightly opened: "Is Journey to the West also filming this kind of animation? Princess Iron Fan or Jade Rabbit... Woo woo..."
Before he could finish his words, Wei Yang covered his mouth again. It was a rare occasion that Boss Wei got so angry.
"I'm talking about animated films, animated films about Journey to the West, the ones that are officially shown in theaters."
"oh oh."
Naza nodded, her delicate little face showing a bit of grievance. It wasn't her fault for thinking too much, since it was Wei Yang who took her to see those messy things first.
Wei Yang glared at him fiercely. Was that what he brought with him to read? It was clearly him who was flipping through his study materials.
It’s all Li Jiahang’s fault. He could have read it himself, but he insisted on sending him a copy. It’s because he was soft-hearted and didn’t want to disappoint his brother’s kindness, otherwise he would have deleted it long ago, affecting his glorious image of integrity and flawlessness.
This summer, there are three movies in which Wei Yang and Blue Whale participated in the investment. One of them is the Journey to the West-themed animated film that Wei Yang mentioned, which is the famous "The Monkey King: Hero is Back".
This movie is quite complicated. It was originally produced by an animation company, but later ran out of funds and gradually attracted investments. Blue Whale also got involved in the project at this time.
At this time, Blue Whale is only an investor, not the main controller, but as more and more funds are invested, Blue Whale's voice becomes greater and greater.
However, due to the current sluggish animation market, uncertain film prospects and tight funding, the team is under great pressure and many unexpected events have occurred.
Finally, Boss Wei slapped his thigh and directly let the Pink Jellyfish animation company under his name acquire the production team.
Except for a few people who left, all other core members of the team stayed and were directly merged into Pink Jellyfish. The film was also transferred and became a direct project of the Wei family jointly developed by Pink Jellyfish and Blue Whale, with the former producing it and the latter promoting and distributing it.
Wei Yang has high expectations for this movie, not only because of its glory in his previous life, but also because it is likely to become an important part of Wei Yang's plan for animated films.
The second is "Operation Mekong". Although this movie is mainly controlled by Bona, Blue Whale is also an important producer.
The third one is Dapeng’s “The Pancake Man”.
Wei Yang had communicated with Dapeng before, and the latter expressed his intention to join Wei Yang. Even "Diaosi Nanren" was invested by Wei Yang and broadcast on Sohu and PPTV.
But as "Diaosi Nanzi" became more and more popular, Sohu paid more and more attention to Dapeng and tried to win him over. Dapeng obviously began to waver.
Although Boss Wei is strong, he has many talented people. Dapeng is not a direct descendant and he started late, so he may not be valued.
Although there had been some frictions between the two sides on Sohu's side before, he was cultivated by Sohu after all, and the support given by Boss Zhang was not comparable to that of Wei Yang.
After all, Dapeng is just an option for Wei Yang. It's better to have him, but it doesn't matter if he's not.
Sohu almost regards him as a general who can stand on his own, and even as a life-saving straw.
Phoenix tail VS chicken head This is a difficult choice, but Dapeng is a little inclined to Sohu, especially the Blue Whale’s frequent interference in the creation of "Jianbing Man", which makes Dapeng quite dissatisfied.
So, although Wei Yang participated in the investment of the movie "The Pancake Man", the investor was Feicui Xia, which was purely for making money, and even the distribution was contracted by Wanda.
It can be said that this movie was a favor given by Dapeng for investing in "Diaosi Nanzi", and then everyone went their separate ways.
Wei Yang also approved of his choice, but Blue Whale started to have a few more scripts. Regardless of whether to shoot or not, they should report it in advance. The names of the movies are as follows:
"Sewing Machine Band", "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop", "Warm", "Keep You Safe", "Big Winner"...
(End of this chapter)