Chapter 56: He Always Knows What You Want
At the finale banquet of "Mobile Phone", Liu Zhenyun and Feng Xiaogang pulled Shao Yingying to sit at the main creative table, this time at the dinner table, Feng Xiaogang and they were no longer talking about "I want to be famous" but "Hero"!
"Xiao Shao, there is news in my heart." Feng Xiaogang looked at Shao Yingying and said something that made this kid feel like he had been beaten with chicken blood.
"I don't know, tell me." Shao Yingying and Liu Zhenyun were originally talking about the mountain, but when Feng Xiaogang's words came out, no one at the entire main creative table was silent.
Feng Xiaogang put down his chopsticks, raised his head and looked around the dining table, and said: "The premiere will be held in the Great Hall of the People on December 14, and the pre-sale of movie tickets will start in two days. ”
"Weak heart?" Wang Shuo pushed the wine glass on the table forward and said: "Now the domestic box office record is still our buddy, "Big Names" has refreshed the box office record of "See You or Leave", and no one has been able to reach the top again, what are you afraid of." ”
Feng Xiaogang ignored Wang Shuo, he knew that this guy was a master who was not afraid of heaven and earth, even if the box office of "Hero" really reached a certain height, the final result was that Wang Shuo pulled his head and shook his head and said: "I'll just say that Lao Mouzi's movie is not good, what's the matter!" ”
"Xiao Shao." Feng Xiaogang continued to say to Shao Yingying: "The gimmick they raised is quite bluffing, investing 30 million US dollars, and after the posters of Li Lianjie, Zhang Manyu, Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi, and Chen Daoming are hung out, I am afraid it will cause a storm." Feng Xiaogang commented very objectively, and then asked: "You wrote the script, what do you think "Hero" can be?" ”
There are some things that Shao Yingying can't say, he can't open his mouth now to tell Feng Xiaogang that the domestic box office of "Hero" is at least 200 million. Haven't you made a profit in the international market? If it weren't for Columbia's buyout of the copyright, Xinxiang would have been able to turn his company into a super battleship and make a lot of money with this drama alone. No matter how you hear this, it seems that you will be angry with others to destroy your own prestige, Feng Xiaogang is still holding "Mobile Phone" and planning to help him run an old plan. Is this a fart to say? Maybe you'll have to argue on the spot.
Shao Yingying said calmly: "Who is right about the market?" I can only say that my book is well written, if the box office smashes the pot, it is his old Mouzi level. ”
Hearing this, the whole table was happy, and everyone could tell that Shao Yingying was joking, so Wang Shuo said in high spirits: "This seems to be what our masters said!" ”
A drama should have ended early at the finale banquet, but Feng Xiaogang, a person who likes to compete, went to Shao Yingying's house alone after the finale banquet. Just to ask a question: "Xiao Shao, my brother-in-law said that I would do it for you, and you should give your brother-in-law a word." Should we use interpersonal relationships to speed up the editing and review of the film and "Hero" on the schedule, or do we slow down first? ”
Sitting in the living room at home, Gao Yuanyuan made Feng Xiaogang a cup of tea, and then sensibly returned to the house to play on the computer. At this time, Shao Yingying spoke: "Brother-in-law." Let's go head-to-head with "Hero", what's the picture? A moment of anger? ”
"Could it be that if you take out "Mobile Phone" for the Chinese New Year next year, it won't be your grades? Do you have to compete with Lao Mouzi in this year's blockbuster schedule? Shao Yingying continued: "I know, you must have thought about promising me to do him before, and now I feel a little unhappy when I see the other party's huge publicity. Brother-in-law, I'm fine, when I encounter this kind of hard stubble of big investment, I should hide, let's make a movie. It's making money, right? ”
Feng Xiaogang smiled. Shao Yingying wants to force him and "Hero" to have a hard top, he really has to think about it, this is not a battle of will.
When Shao Yingxing went out of his house, no matter who interviewed Feng Xiaogang about his views on "Hero", he arrogantly put on a disdainful look, and almost said that he couldn't look down on the other party when he pinched half of his eyes. The competitive tone even felt that Feng Xiaogang wanted to fight in the ring with the heart picture, but when asked about the schedule of the new film "Mobile Phone", Feng Xiaogang's answer was: "It's enough this year, we just finished filming, we haven't done anything in editing and publicity, and it's too late to think about it." That's called a remorse, anyone can see that Feng Xiaogang beat his chest and complained that the movie "Mobile Phone" was born at the wrong time and failed to collide with "Hero".
Since then, Feng Xiaogang and Shao Yingying seem to be close to each other, several people not only met when studying the script, but finally simply moved the base camp to Shao Yingying's house, whether it was playing cards or changing the script, these days Wang Shuo, Feng Xiaogang, Liu Zhenyun and Shi Kang were rooted in Shao Yingying, and several big chimneys smoked the white walls of the study yellow, so that Shao Yingying had to open the windows in the winter, just like that, the smoke inside was also whirring out, as if it was on fire.
Gao Yuanyuan was going crazy, and she was silent in front of Feng Xiaogang, but after the group left, she was directly angry at Shao Yingying: "Shao big dog! Tomorrow, you will roll me to Feng Dacang's house to smoke, if you don't smoke the walls of their house, you won't come back in this life!! ”
Shao Yingying said with a smile on his face: "Leader, what are you doing, aren't people here to help change the script." ”
"Shit! It takes at most an hour to change the script, and the nanny told me that they didn't enter the house for an hour, and your small card game was set up, and the ashtray was full and I didn't know what to do, so you just changed the script? What is the studio for!! ”
Shao Yingying also encountered the problems that all men will encounter after marriage, and the obstacle between women and friends that can never be avoided is in front of him. At this time, Shao Yingying understood why Feng Xiaogang moved the base camp to his home, and it is estimated that he was also treated in Xu Fan, and the tigress couldn't afford to be angry.
Then hide!
Shao Yingying asked Zhang Wan to book a chess and card room in a familiar private club, and after changing the entertainment location, he finally settled the restless heart of this old man, and in the happy time when they drank and played cards and changed the script, "Days Related to Youth" quietly jumped onto the small screen.
This drama ...... It's very strange, not only did the eight sets of CCTV confiscation of "Blood Romance" played, but even many large provincial stations didn't ask for it, not to mention that they didn't go to the stars, and they went to the local station to surround the central-central model. As a result, when the show was broadcast, the ratings instantly became polarized, and the ratings in Northeast China, Shuzhong, Lu Province and other places exploded, and the ratings in eastern Guangdong, Huangpu and other places were even lower.
After Yuedong appeared in this drama in prime time, the ratings of the broadcast were only 0.49%, and Huangpu was moved to midnight after one day on prime time, and even changed the mode of broadcasting four episodes a day to two episodes a day.
The cultural differences between the north and the south have caused an extreme trend of polarization in ratings, and Wang Zhongjun didn't have much hope for this drama if the publicity was not strong, and even the copyright of audio and video products for the whole drama was counted, and it only made a profit of about 10 million.
Making money is making money, but Wang Zhongjun is not satisfied, it's not okay to follow the trend like this, Huayi's TV drama department has completely become a small creature hugging the thigh of 'Shao Yingxing Studio', how can this still have the bearing of a big company?
Wang Zhongjun dragged Shao Yingying from the joyful atmosphere of the chess and card room to Huayi's office, and asked angrily: "Shao Yingying, what do you mean?" ”
Shao Yingying smiled and said: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, haven't I been busy with "I Want to Be Famous", although the company's two dramas have not made much money this year, I don't plan to let the company lose money." "I Want to Be Famous" was fully invested by me as the starring, directed by Feng, and the company, which shows that I have never forgotten the company in my heart. ”
Wang Zhongjun pondered what Shao Yingying said is the same thing, since "Blood Romance", Shao Yingying seems to have thrown down the studio and soaked in the script adaptation of "I Want to Be Famous" every day, if you want to say that he doesn't do his best for the company, then why doesn't this drama take any share, only take his own salary?
Wang Zhongjun was choked and speechless, the key is that "Days Related to Youth" really didn't earn anything, they earned word of mouth!
Tong Dawei's acting skills have been highly praised, and newcomer Wen Zhang also has the momentum of attracting attention, Tong Dawei is a person from Huayi, and this time his acting skills in "Days Related to Youth" are praised and there are signs of getting out, not to mention that just before today, Wang Jinghua just signed Wen Zhang, and used a three-year contract to trap this future star who is likely to become famous, and Shao Yingying can also be regarded as holding up some people for the company.
"What other plans do you have besides "I Want to Be Famous"?" Wang Zhongjun felt that Shao Yingying must keep his back, but he didn't know what the other party was planning.
Shao Yingying understands too well what this Wang always wants, what he wants is a cash cow, you Shao Yingying ran away, you have to let the company find a new one, right? I didn't praise Fan Yiwei before, but now Tong Dawei is about to become popular......
"What does Mr. Wang mean?" Wang Zhongjun smiled when he heard Shao Yingying's question, Shao Yingying didn't answer him, and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, give me some time, and see the results next spring, how about it?" ”
Wang Zhongjun was satisfied, because this was the answer he wanted, no matter whether Shao Yingying planned to praise Tong Dawei or Wen Zhang, or everyone else, one more cash cow in the company is equivalent to one more flag, who would be disgusted with more money?
At this moment, Wang Zhong opened the drawer and took out an invitation card from the desk and handed it to Shao Yingying: "Here you go." ”
Shao Yingying opened the invitation and smiled, and the invitation was clearly written: 'Invite Wang Zhongjun and Mr. Shao Yingying to participate in the premiere of "Hero".
"Mr. Wang, I find that I can't do without you more and more, you always know what I want."
Of course, Wang Zhongjun knows what Shao Yingying wants, and now he has no shortage of fans, money, and fame, what he lacks is a breath. The opening ceremony of Shao Yingying's studio was a mess for Zhang Weiping, forcing him to admit that playing a big name doesn't count, but he has to play back a set of channels, and now that the channels are back, this revenge should also be avenged.
"Don't go too far, there will definitely be a lot of people in the circle when the time comes, it's too much, I'm afraid you won't be able to control it." Wang Zhongjun persuaded.
Shao Yingying waved the invitation card in his hand and said with a wicked smile: "Mr. Wang, I'm afraid this is not from my heart, right?" ”
Wang Zhongjun laughed, Shao Yingying also laughed, I'm afraid Zhang Weiping should cry. (To be continued......)