Chapter 144: Seniors
At the end of the celebration banquet, under the gaze of several people, Bai Xiaofei and Chen Baolian got into the car.
When the car started, Xiaobai restrained the smile on his face and asked Chen Baolian behind him: "Wanda wants to dig me, do you know?" ”
“… You know, they told me about it before. ”
Chen Bao sat in the back row, while laboriously taking off his high heels and changing into a pair of slippers...
The banquet lasted for five hours, and Chen Baolian kept wearing high heels to communicate with the bigwigs, and she was already tired...
"Why didn't you tell me ahead of time?"
"Isn't that obvious! Why do people go to such great lengths to give you a celebration banquet? The producer of "Knocking on Heaven's Door" is not Wanda! ”
Chen Baolian glanced at Bai Xiaofei with a little confusion: "You shouldn't be burned out of your brain by short-term success, right?" ”
“…”
Xiaobai remained silent.
Everyone should understand why Wanda is holding a celebration banquet with a box office of more than one billion, and it is clear that it is for him.
"You refused, didn't you?"
"Of course, my contract is still under the banner of Insein!"
This is just an excuse, Bai Xiaofei signed a five-year brokerage contract with Yongsheng, and the liquidated damages are pitiful.
Compared with money, Chen Laoba is more willing to believe in people's hearts!
"You are the most popular director now, whether it is an actor or a production company, they will find ways to get closer to you..."
"I rejected Wanda, you don't seem to be worried at all?"
"Worried about what?"
"They've banned me!"
“… Think too much. ”
Chen Baolian rolled her eyes, thought of something, and suddenly said: "If they want to ban it, they should also be the first to ban Wang Sinion!" ”
“…”
Although it is a joke, but there is really some truth, Wang Sicong scolded all kinds of movies, including works produced by Wanda, his mouth at least helped Wanda reduce tens of millions of box office...
Therefore, when "The Great Wall" was released, Wang Sylon was given a gag order...
"However, your second work should really think about it, it is related to your future career as a director!"
"Well, I know..."
……
Beijing, Wanda Cinema.
Wanda Cinema relies on Wanda Plaza, which has a large flow of people, so the more it is at night, the more lively it becomes.
Xingchen is the ticket seller of the theater.
In fact, since the opening of the automatic ticket machine, the profession of movie ticket seller has gradually been eliminated, and most of them have changed careers to do something else.
Book tickets online, 20 yuan, buy a ticket at the cinema, 45 yuan a ticket, change you, how will you choose?
I have purchased tickets online, what else do I need a conductor to do?
It's the same with Xingchen, more often than not, he's in charge of bringing snacks to guests...
Today is Wednesday, a weekday.
Relatively speaking, there are many fewer people who watch movies on weekdays, and even during the golden period, there are not many people who watch movies.
The busiest time should be when there are Hollywood blockbusters released, and fans are like the tide...
Tomorrow should be very busy, the latest "007" will be released tomorrow!
"Hello, two recent movie tickets for Knocking on Heaven's Door..."
Xingchen looked up, and there were two men, both wearing hats, the brim of which was pressed very low, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, but the voice should be a man about thirty years old.
What a strange man!
"Sorry, we don't sell tickets here, you can go over there to get tickets!"
“… Aren't you a ticket office? ”
"You can buy tickets online and then scan the QR code to get your tickets..."
"So much trouble? No, it's so much to watch a movie now? ”
"Little comrade, excuse me, two tickets, we will pay in cash!"
One of the slightly chubby men looked up.
“… I'll get your tickets right away! ”
Xingchen originally wanted to refuse, but when he saw the man's face clearly, he immediately changed his mind.
Xu Zheng!
Xu Zheng actually came to watch "Knocking on the Door of Heaven"!
And the other one is...
With a height of about 1.7 meters, he is neither fat nor thin, the key is the big gold chain hanging around his neck...
"Ning Hao!"
it!
Xu Zheng and Ning Hao watched "Knocking on the Door of Heaven" together...
……
Ning Hao, who entered the screening hall, said: "I asked you to accompany me to watch "Knocking on the Door of Heaven", feeling uncomfortable? ”
"Not really."
Xu Zheng shook his head: "I also want to know what level the director who can write "Charlotte's Troubles" is!" ”
"Charlotte's Troubles"... Oh..."
Ning Hao nodded.
The last 'oh' dragged on a long note...
It is said that the worst sentence that Xu Zheng's "Hong Kong Embarrassment" was scolded was 'Worse than "Charlotte's Troubles" for several streets, Director Xu should learn from the twist team! ’
Xu Guangtou is very interested in the reputation of his works.
Before the release of "Hong Kong Embarrassment", his own box office estimate was 800 million, but he didn't expect the final market to double directly, with a total box office of 1.6 billion!
But the reputation is very poor, according to "Thai Embarrassment", it is one street worse, and the word-of-mouth is even beaten by "Charlotte's Troubles"!
The bald head is a little unhappy, he thinks that he is also the number one person in the domestic comedy industry, why do you say that he is bad?
That's the case, those who engage in literary and artistic creation have a sense of pride, they look down on their peers, and think that if they can write, they will definitely be able to write, as for why they write it, it must be the reader's pen, or the timing is good...
However, after watching "Charlotte's Troubles", Xu Guangtou had to admit that he was better than himself in terms of twist and laughter!
"The Twist team has been doing stage comedy for more than ten years, and the national tour can receive feedback from the audience, so it's a good thing that the laughter is full of hits, and it is good to be able to let the audience see different genres."
Then someone told him that the screenwriter of this play is not a twisted person, his name is Bai Xiaofei!
Xu Guangtou immediately remembered the name!
The main thing is that the name Bai Xiaofei is easy to remember, if it is Shen Lin or Xu Hui, it may not be so easy to remember...
This time I came to the capital because of Ning Hao's invitation, Ning Hao saw a book, which was quite good, "Indian Medicine God"...
The two talked for a long time, and the topic suddenly turned to the recently popular "Knocking on the Door of Heaven".
"I see that the media says he's the next you!"
“… Is it? Genius director? ”
"Haha..."
'Ghost director' was founded by Ning Hao, at the beginning when "Crazy Stone" came out, the media said that he was a ghost director, and later "Painted Skin 2" came out, and the media praised Wu Ershan as a 'ghost director', and later found out that this "ghost director" was a job title.
After laughing for a while, Ning Hao proposed, "Why don't we go and have a look?" ”
"Okay, it just so happens that he is your little junior brother in the opera!"
Then, the two directors, who had already made a name for themselves, drove to the nearest theater, which was Wanda Cinema.
In a sense, there are factions in the film industry, based on major film and television schools and localities, and there is a certain competition between them.
Of course, this competition is not obvious.
Only at the critical moment will the antagonism between the factions be revealed, and at this time, directors who do not have enough status and strength, even if they are really from a certain faction, will not be able to integrate into it!
Only when you have a good work, you will be recognized!