Chapter 28: Daily Life (2)
Wu Baige returned to China from Hollywood, and the first person who contacted him was China Film.
China Film, no, it should be said that Chinese media companies are very superstitious about big directors, so they are willing to spend 100 million US dollars to shoot "Red Cliff"!
100 million US dollars, if you want to make money and want to recover your costs, you must have at least two billion domestic box office alone.
Of course, China Film knows very well that this is impossible, after all, the national box office last year was only more than 3 billion, so they bet on overseas box office, mainly Asian box office.
used Wu Baige's 'strong' appeal to promote "Red Cliff" to the whole of Asia.
In fact, as they wished, Wu Baige's reputation accumulated over the years is still there, and "Red Cliff" was released in South Korea, RB and various countries in Southeast Asia at the same time.
also set a good box office record, and even in RB, it got a box office result of more than 50 million US dollars!
There is no use, and the overseas box office can only collect a quarter of the revenue.
In the end, China Film never expected that "Red Cliff" would lose nearly 100 million.
A huge loss in the absolute sense of the word!
Wu Baige also ran back to Taiwan, and later supervised a "Bloody Case Caused by a Few Handfuls" (Sword Rain), and personally directed "Taiping Wheel", but he still lost blood, and he was no longer as brave as he was back then, by the way, he still wanted to join the film, I really don't know where the confidence came from.
Of course, "Red Cliff" has not yet been released, and publicity is in full swing.
China Film has invested so much money, of course, hoping to make a little money.
The public relations are in place, a bunch of film critics expressed their expectations for Wu Baige's "Red Cliff", and CCTV Movie Channel has launched a secret story behind "Red Cliff" for a month.
Xu Hui diss Wu Baige at such a time, although there was no such paragraph when it was officially broadcast, someone still recorded it with a mobile phone at the scene and uploaded it to the Internet, it was simply Tai Sui's head moving a knife!
Without waiting for China Film to take action, it has already caused a shock on the Internet.
After all, Xu Hui is currently the only little fresh meat in the country, and there are many fans who like him, and even more people who hate him!
The internet is a good thing, everyone can speak, and they don't have to be responsible for what they say.
So a couple of people accused Xu Hui of all kinds, saying that he didn't respect his predecessors and the like.
These are still good, most of them are scolding him for being stupid, saying that he is not worthy of carrying shoes for Wu Baige!
There are also sensible netizens, and Xu Hui is right, Director HK is indeed not good at historical movies, and Wu Baige's strength lies in the gangster theme.
But Xu Hui obviously used Wu Baige to hype "Embroidered Spring Knife", which made them disgusting.
Therefore, Xu Hui is almost going to be rolled out of the entertainment industry!
Fortunately, Xu Hui has a lot of brainless fans, and for the sake of Xu Hui's reputation, they did not hesitate to skip class and come to the Internet café to fight with these people.
"Do you know how hard we Xu Hui worked? He once practiced dancing and broke his leg;"
"He has a fever of 62 degrees, and insists on singing on stage for the sake of many fans' waiting;"
"My throat is more than 30 times bigger, and I still insist on practicing pronunciation;"
"With 30 billion fans around the world but never proud, fluent in Korean and North Korean Chinese, we also hold a charity performance on February 29 and 30 every year, and donate all the $2 trillion we receive to children in Switzerland who cannot afford to go to school..."
I'll go, you're a black fan!
No matter what, Xu Hui and "Embroidered Spring Knife" have spread all over the Internet.
……
"You just signed a contract with Huayi, are you leaving?"
Wu Jing frowned, feeling that Xu Hui was a little unreliable.
"Then what else can I do, I won't apologize to Wu Baige, and I don't want to be hidden, so I can only leave Huayi. ”
Xu Hui actually didn't think it was very appropriate.
He chose Huayi because he felt that this company was strong, even if it had been 17 years and had lost the domestic box office champion for three consecutive years, Huayi was still the No. 1 domestic private media group in the hearts of many audiences!
But Huayi has a kind of admiration for HK, director Taiwan and stars in their bones, even if their director is Feng Xiaogang, they still feel that HK stars are awesome.
This is also the main reason why they are overtaken by the light, and they can't see the development of the times clearly.
But now it's 08 years, and until 12 years ago, Huayi was a small existence in China.
It is indeed not a wise thing to grudge against him at such a time.
“… In this way, you ask Huang Wen to see if there is any good solution. ”
Wu Jing gave him an idea.
Xu Hui didn't speak, he knew very well that the best solution to this matter was that the box office of "Embroidered Spring Knife" really exploded, Xu Hui became the hottest new director, and at that time, he didn't need to go to the Wang brothers, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei would naturally look at him differently.
Capital is the most unconscionable.
"Starting next week, we're going to be touring the country..."
Xu Hui took the initiative to open the topic.
"Roadshow, which stops? When we were on the roadshow..."
Wu Jing also talked about what he had seen and heard in the circle over the years.
……
"Don't worry, we've already said hello, all the portals won't have similar news exposure, as for those forums, post bars and the like, we will try our best to arrange personnel to block keywords..."
Huang Wen is reporting to Wang Zhonglei on the work schedule.
Xu Hui sat bored, looking at the water cup in his hand, and the color of the coffee table could be seen through the transparent bottom of the cup.
Well, it's an authentic mahogany!
Furniture made of mahogany will multiply several times in the next few years, do you think I should stock up on a little?
"I said Hui Shao, can you say less in the future, you are a director now, don't casually evaluate other directors in the circle, especially a big director like Wu Baige!"
Huang Wen hung up the phone and couldn't help but complain when he saw Xu Hui who was studying furniture.
"I also want to start a discussion..."
The most real reason is that Xu Hui knows that "Red Cliff" is a bad movie, and he is sure that "Embroidered Spring Knife" will be released together with "Red Cliff", and word of mouth is definitely the former winning!
After all, Lao Wu's "Red Cliff" is too thunderous.
"But that's Wu Baige! Great Director! How can you say that about him?"
"Brother Wen, ask yourself, isn't what I said wrong? With Wu Baige's two hits, how can he direct a movie with such a historical theme as "Red Cliff"? Do you still expect him to release a pigeon when he is facing the enemy in front of the battle?"
Xu Hui put down the cup in his hand and stared at Huang Wen seriously.
"Even if this is really the case, even if "Red Cliff" is smashed, this kind of words should not come out of your mouth!
"Then I can only watch the topic of "Embroidered Spring Knife" completely crushed by "Red Cliff"?"
"We have a plan!"
"What's the plan? What plan will be more effective than my own criticism of Red Cliff?"
Xu Hui looked at Huang Wen with a little disdain, and the latter's face was a little unpleasant.
"What? Isn't there going to be any scandal for me?"