Chapter 123: There is a backbone in the back of the head
"Prison Storm" was born, and the only one who is really regarded as an opponent is "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother". As for the other films, they are not worth mentioning in front of these two masterpieces.
If there is no "The Legend of Wesley" to divert the stream, with the current slight box office gap between "Prison Storm" and "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", maybe the situation is reversed, and "Prison Storm" leads the Christmas box office.
In the 'Struggle Room' of the New Art City, Mai Jia, Shi Yan, Huang Baiming, Teddy Luo Bin and others have different faces, among which Mai Jia and Shi Wu have extremely poor faces.
"Prison Storm" is rarely only marked as a "film studio", without the LOGO of Xinyicheng Film and Television Company, and "The Legend of Wesley" came out to fight in the ring, which is an obvious fight in the nest, and it is a fairy fight.
At the beginning, the Seven Monsters of Xinyicheng had been distorted by the media and contradictory when the relationship was good. Later, there was really a contradiction, and it was even more publicized. Now there is a disagreement again, and even the golden time to fight the bayonet, is really rare.
Such a contradiction and such a topicality were naturally kicked out by the media, and the box office of "The Legend of Wesley" was not at the same level as "Prison Storm", so Mecca and others once again became Xu Xian's stepping stones.
At the beginning, most of the audience and media people were more optimistic about "The Legend of Wesley" for these two movies. It's not that they deliberately targeted Chen Jialuo, but a single "A Chinese Ghost Story" is not convincing.
A movie that wins with novel themes and has Xu Wei's shadow behind it, even if Chen Jialuo has a lot of power, you can say that he is a capable director.
A capable director, bringing in the newly rising Zhou Runfa, can only be regarded as an ordinary lineup. is similar to the movie starring Zhou Runfa, I don't know how many films have been released before, although the box office is still passable, but it is not as popular as "The True Color of Heroes".
On the other hand, what about "The Legend of Wesley"? The king of music, led by film superstar Xu Guanjie, Teddy Robin, Dillon and Wang Guxian, who has become the goddess in the hearts of thousands of men. With such a lineup, not to mention crushing the crew of "Prison Storm", it should not be a big problem to lead the box office.
But who would have thought that after the release of "Prison Storm", the results were remarkable, and even reached the level of being comparable to Fang Long's big cast action movie. Such achievements, on the other hand, look at the shrinking "The Legend of Wesley", and the unscrupulous media in Xiangjiang have begun to sneer at Xinyicheng like grass on the wall.
Some people even bluntly said that Chen Jialuo's "Mong Kok Night" failed at the box office that year, and was swept away by Mai Jia, Shi Yan and others. They were born from the grassroots back then, and after they succeeded, they were reluctant to give newcomers a chance to cultivate future generations for Xiangjiang Films, etc.
The most important thing is that it was this incident that caused Zeng Zhiwei to go out, causing the seven monsters of Xinyi City to fight separately and face collapse.
In the news they shaped, Chen Jialuo has become the most important board in Xinyi City. The board was abruptly pulled out, and then it caused a violent upheaval in a film industry giant.
Is this possible? Of course not.
The audience has always been curious about this kind of gossip, what kind of rich family grievances, company factions, infighting, etc., the media seize this to concoct news, basically invincible.
Those gossip weeklies make rumors, which can indeed make people vomit blood. As the leader of the new art city, Mai Jia is naturally portrayed as the biggest villain.
It's no wonder that he is sitting with a black face at this time, the more the box office of "Prison Storm" rises, the more people will laugh at him, and all kinds of smear reports will emerge one after another.
"Arlo's "Prison Storm" is indeed very good, although it does not have the big scenes and gunfights like "The True Colors of Heroes", but it is better than the meaning, and it is equivalent to creating a 'prison-style' Jianghu film. β
Compared with several other people, Huang Baiming said extremely calmly: "The Legend of Wesley" is too far behind in terms of box office and word of mouth, so hurry up and send it to Taiwan, Singapore and other markets for release! β
At the beginning, Huang Baiming pulled Xu Xian to fight with Mecca and them, but he didn't expect "Prison Storm" to sell so well. If he had kept Chen Jialuo again, maybe the "Happy Ghost" series would have continued to flourish in his hands!
However, Huang Baiming's words are indeed for the company's consideration, after all, he is still one of the shareholders of the company. In the past, the movies in Xinyicheng were all pressed, and the filmmakers from all over the country came to the door to ask for a high price, but now they can only sell at a slightly better price by playing the time difference.
But these are all trivial things, Xinyicheng is a giant tree in the sky, and the branches and vines are all movies, and the vision is not trapped by a movie.
It's just that Shi Yan felt a little embarrassed, thinking about Xu Wei's words at that time, he said angrily: "Teddy, you made this movie a little missed......"
"Smack!"
Teddy Luo Bin, who was holding back his smoky cigarettes, heard this, and he burst into anger and said, "Then you are going to shoot? How many blockbuster movies have you made?"
"Stop, stopβ"
Mai Jia glanced at Shi Yan, this old guy is really not very good at talking, and quickly suppressed the anger of the two and said: "When this movie was established, we expressed our stance together, no wonder Teddy." And who would have thought that this "Prison Storm" could sell so well, even if it was produced by Fang Long's big cast, wouldn't "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", which is known as comparable to Hollywood, not have any points? The failure of "The Legend of Wesley" is normal, Chen Jialuo is too topical, and the movie is indeed excellent, and he is a talent. β
Huang Baiming pouted when he heard this, this movie was a statement that they had set up a project, but in fact, he was busy making movies at the time, and he didn't say anything.
At this time, seeing that Teddy Luo Bin was about to make trouble with Shi Yan again, he said along the way: "There are talents in the Jiangshan Dynasty! The good sales of his movies are the good work of our company in Xinyicheng. β
It is true that the words are true, but the roots of the new art city have actually branched out and extended for too long, and everyone's hearts have long been scattered.
"I've already called Manager Li, and "The Legend of Wesley" will make way for "Prison Storm", even if I don't say hello, the theater chain will do the same. We are the bosses, there is no need to get along with a director, it is too embarrassing to get stuck in the scenes, which makes people look down on us. β
Mai Jia's mind was very clear, and he said: "Ah Luo must have left an impression in Mr. Lei's heart this time, and Old Monster Xu may not be able to keep it." β
"Didn't we just keep him at that time?" Shi Yan sneered and said, "If it weren't for Mr. Lei coming forward, he and Jiahe might have jumped the gears like Zeng Zhiwei." I see that Chen Jialuo has a backbone in the back of his head, and he can't keep ......."