Chapter 178: Some People Are Happy and Some Are Worried
Lost and dejected walked out of Pan Disheng's office, Yu Rentai's heart was like soaking in salty seawater, and the blood all over his body was as cold as rain, he didn't know how he got downstairs, but he remembered that when he went out, a short man in a hurry bumped his shoulder.
"What are you doing, don't you look at the road when you go out?"
Zeng Zhiwei only walked with his head down, and when he looked up, he found that it was Yu Rentai who collided with him, and hurriedly apologized for what he said just now.
Yu Rentai smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Mr. Zeng, are you looking for Mr. Pan?" ”
"My company's "Wesley Legend" is also about to be filmed, and I am going to discuss with Mr. Pan what schedule is appropriate." Zeng Zhiwei was still talking about the new film on his hand at first, but soon he noticed that Yu Rentai's expression was a little wrong, and tried to ask: "The box office of "Royal Sister 2" should have come out, right?" I heard that the film got off to a good start on the first day of release, and I haven't had time to congratulate you yet......"
"Congratulations, I've terminated my contract with Debao." Yu Rentai said happily.
"Terminated?" Zeng Zhiwei was stunned by this sudden news, and subconsciously asked: "What is it for?" ”
"The box office of "Royal Sister 2" was only 7 million in the first week of release, and the box office of "Lin Sheng and Lin Tai", which was released at the same time, is about to exceed 20 million." The indescribable bitterness in Yu Rentai's tone. As long as the investment in a film exceeds 30 million, the Hong Kong film market alone cannot recover the cost at all, but the Hong Kong market is a very clear weather vane, and the film that can be popular in Hong Kong. It is basically popular overseas. Most overseas film companies use the Hong Kong box office as a yardstick to measure the overseas market potential of a film. "Royal Sister 2" did not perform well at the box office in Hong Kong, and it was difficult to make a profit when selling in the port, and there was competition from "Lin Sheng and Mrs. Lin" in the same period, and overseas filmmakers would definitely give priority to that movie.
Pan Disheng invested 60 million to shoot "Royal Senior Sister 2", and from the current situation, it is difficult for this film to recover its cost. In the end, it's just a matter of losing more and less. The boss suffered losses, and the director who made the film naturally followed suit.
Zeng Zhiwei didn't expect this result, and he didn't know how to comfort Yu Rentai at this time. On the contrary, it was Yu Rentai's experience that made him feel sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
To make matters worse, "Royal Sister 2" failed at the box office. The only bargaining chip in Xinbao Cinema that can challenge Jiayi Cinema is Zeng Zhiwei's "Wesley Legend", which invisibly brings more pressure to Zeng Zhiwei.
The opponent of "The Legend of Wesley" has been aiming at the "Back to the Future" that is being filmed in Xinyicheng from the beginning, both of which are still being filmed and produced, but the war of words in the media has already begun.
is also under the banner of science fiction movies, the original author of "The Legend of Wesley" is Ni Yu, and the screenwriter of "Back to the Future" is Lin Youlun, and the friction between the two in the cultural world has long been not news. Ni Yu has not suffered once or twice at the hands of Lin Youlun, this time he even threatened to get the field back, and Lin Youlun has never taken the initiative to respond to Ni Yu's provocation, he prefers to slap people with facts.
And the director of these two films. Zeng Zhiwei and Mecca, during the period of the New Arts City Group of Seven, the two used to be very close partners, but the strong fortress was always breached from the inside, and the New Arts City Group of Seven was divided. The one who took the lead was Zeng Zhiwei. Although Mecca and Zeng Zhiwei have always had a good personal relationship, and later cooperated with Hong Jinbao to shoot "Best Lucky Star" under Zeng Zhiwei's matchmaking, in public, Zeng Zhiwei has always been labeled as a rebel in Xinyicheng and has not been torn off, but Mecca has always been the pillar of Xinyicheng, and the identities of the two are opposite.
The double feud doomed the two films to not coexist peacefully from the very beginning. And Xinbao and Jiayi are direct competitors, and in everyone's opinion, the two films will be a dead end. …,