Chapter 328: Maybe...... How can I help?
In the first three days of "Infernal Affairs", Xu Ji ran to three cities and held three road shows.
Although it doesn't sound like a lot of work, it's actually not very tiring.
Most of the time is actually wasted on the road.
Although the roadshow of "Infernal Affairs" is the lowest.
But it is still a big gap with the box office of several other movies.
Relying on word-of-mouth on the Internet, the single-day box office continued to rise.
In three days, it has exceeded 800 million.
However, with the passing of the three-day holiday, the follow-up box office results will definitely shrink a lot.
Of course, even so, it is much better than several other films in the same period.
For example, "Wanbao Merchant", which performed well at the box office on the first day before, slowly decreased with the popularity of publicity, and on the third day, the single-day box office had been directly cut in half.
Combined, it has a total of more than 300 million and less than 400 million.
As for the other films of the same period, the situation is actually similar.
This is because of the relationship between the film's word-of-mouth, and the lineup of Xu Ji and "Infernal Affairs" has a lot of box office appeal.
Although the situation of "Infernal Affairs" is somewhat surprising, it seems to be a reasonable thing.
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Because of the recent popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many people in the entertainment industry have changed their views.
In the past, many film and television companies were actually afraid that they would encounter the three major investment movies when their movies were released.
Even the three have become the dream demons of many companies.
But now, in comparison, many people feel that in the future, Tongji Entertainment or Xu Ji will become the object that the three major sides are afraid to run into in the future.
In particular, Xu Ji does not play cards according to common sense.
The sudden announcement of such an operation as a finalization caught people off guard.
Sometimes you can't avoid it.
Because a lot of publicity and distribution expenses have been invested, there is no way back.
For example, the two movies "Wanbao Merchant" and "Fengshan in White" are living examples.
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"Fortunately, big brother, you put all this movie from our company in the Spring Festival file."
"Otherwise, we will probably lose money."
"Why is Xu Ji's "Infernal Affairs" so ruthless?"
Phoenix Entertainment, Li Borui said.
In fact, he simply paid attention to it, although he also went to the theater to watch Xu Ji's "Infernal Affairs", but he went as a very pure audience.
At this time, such an exclamation is naturally subconsciously praising and currying favor with Li Bokai.
It can only be said that his current chairman, although he is the chairman on the surface, is actually no different from many managers below.
The biggest difference is that you don't need to do anything.
Li Bokai didn't care about his younger brother's inner thoughts at this time.
Instead, he once again felt a great threat from Xu Ji's Tongji Entertainment.
I have to say that Xu Ji has grown too fast.
Or that everyone was not optimistic about Xu Ji running to make a movie, but this is only the second movie released, which has already surprised many people.
The most important thing is Xu Ji's box office appeal at this time, which is really a bit outrageous.
Even if there are two actors and a bunch of veteran Hong Kong stars in the movie, they can't suppress Xu Ji's influence at all.
Box office appeal seems to be a virtual thing, but the three major people are very clear about how important it is.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many individual studios under each of the three major companies.
These personal studios, which are only cooperative with the Big Three, are the most valuable assets.
As for some other artists, Phoenix Entertainment deliberately replaced them all, and it doesn't matter if they cultivate newcomers.
Although it has some influence, it cannot shake its own foundation.
But even Li Bokai is a person with a super S-level contract, and he doesn't dare to move easily.
It's just that Xu Ji is different from some other super S-level artists, or because of the identity of the other party's boss.
You can say that the scale of Tongji Entertainment is big, and it is indeed not a small company in the entertainment industry.
But if you want to say big, there seems to be no comparison with the big three.
But it's just a little trace, which makes the three major ones frequently deflated in the field of TV series and movies.
Losses and losses are about to come out of the shadows.
At this time, Li Bokai had temporarily forgotten his previous idea of planning to bring down Tongji Entertainment.
Instead, they began to think about how they could reduce the impact of Tongji Entertainment on their own home.
The two major companies, Smallpox and Phoenix Entertainment, talked about cooperation for a long time, but some so-called actions had little effect.
If it had been a small company, it would have been gone a long time ago.
This is what makes Li Bokai feel terrible.
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As for Xu Ji at this time, he actually didn't know about the three major things to deal with Tongji Entertainment.
Although I had felt that someone was deliberately stumbling over it, it didn't seem to have that much impact.
I didn't dwell too much on this.
Anyway, a company like Phoenix Entertainment, which is considered a "feud", has no possibility of reconciliation at all.
If there is a chance to bring losses to the other party, Xu Ji will not have any burden in his heart.
His attention was never on it.
Compared with these, the more important thing now is the Spring Festival Gala.
The five-day roadshow passed quickly, but he and Sha Yetong had no chance to return to Rongcheng.
Because Duan Suxin has already sent several messages in a row, asking them to go directly to the capital after the roadshow.
Xu Ji could only give up his previous idea of resting.
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Beijing, in the recording venue of the Spring Festival Gala.
At this time, Duan Suxin's mood was actually not very good.
Mainly because before Xiang Zhenghui went in, he left her a mess.
The most important thing is that she doesn't understand what the other party's idea of screening the Spring Festival Gala program is.
In Duan Suxin's opinion, many people who needed to send invitations did not invite.
She had to start all over again.
Fortunately, I already had experience as a firefighter before.
Overall, this time there is actually more time.
But even in this case, there is still a big program gap in the program.
Either the quality of some programs makes her unsatisfied, or some people miss the time, and people are no longer willing to come.
That's right, even if it's the Spring Festival Gala, for some people, they will definitely come to participate, after all, such a big stage, the opportunity is rare.
But for some, it's not so much to be taken seriously.
For example, when Xu Ji was last year, compared with the Spring Festival Gala, he was more willing to go home for the New Year.
Fortunately, Duan Suxin helped Xu Ji before this year, and went to find out the news about Xiang Zhenghui at that time.
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So I can't refuse her.
Now Duan Suxin's most urgent idea is that Xu Ji should come to the capital as soon as possible.
She pinned her greatest hopes on the other party.
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On the fifth day, the last stop of the roadshow in Shencheng ended, and the five-day roadshow came to a perfect end.
Of course, creators like Xu Ji have also watched "Infernal Affairs" five times.
It's true that the last few times are mainly repeating the previous process.
After this time, Xu Ji also felt relieved.
and Sha Yetong flew directly to the capital.
You Man and the others returned to Rongcheng, after all, Tongji Entertainment still has a lot of work to do.
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Xu Ji and Sha Yetong just got off the plane and met the person who came to pick up Duan Suxin.
From this point of view, Xu Ji already felt that Duan Suxin did have something to ask for this time, and it is estimated that it will not be as simple as a show.
After all, at this time, the rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala have not officially begun.
After staying in the hotel arranged by the Spring Festival Gala and resting for a day, Xu Ji and Sha Yetong went to see Duan Suxin.
Because Xiang Zhenghui had already participated in the primary election before, there were videos of performances and everything.
So this time, Duan Suxin was also directly exempted from this process.
Not only that, after Duan Suxin saw Xu Ji, he directly said that he asked Xu Ji to help.
"Not enough shows?"
Xu Ji was also stunned for a moment.
remembered that when the Spring Festival Gala last year, Duan Suxin also came to invite him.
In the end, although Xu Ji and Sha Yetong did not go, Tongji Entertainment contributed three programs.
Judging from the audience's response after the broadcast, the three original songs are indeed good.
Therefore, Duan Suxin can understand that he came to Xu Ji this time.
"This time, the singing program is probably just one short."
"The main thing is the quality of the songs, as for the singers, there are no conditions."
Duan Suxin opened his mouth and said.
The meaning of this is also obvious.
As long as it is a song written by Xu Ji, as for who the singer is, it is completely up to Xu Ji to decide.
"No problem."
This is actually not too difficult for Xu Ji.
There are still a lot of songs suitable for the Spring Festival Gala.
However, the choice of singers, he is still considering.
There are only a few singers under Tongji Entertainment, and they all went to the Spring Festival Gala last year.
The question of who to elect this year is the question.
However, Xu Ji suddenly remembered Yu Feifei.
The other party just joined Tongji Entertainment, and compared with several other people, it is true that he has not written a song for the other party.
A good candidate.
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Hearing Xu Ji agree, Duan Suxin also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
In her opinion, it is difficult to find an original new song suitable for the Spring Festival Gala, but this is indeed not a difficult thing for Xu Ji.
Although I had expected it before, I was completely relieved when I heard Xu Ji agree.
Of course, at present, the program problem of the Spring Festival Gala is not only the original songs, but also other types of programs have not yet found a suitable one.
But Duan Suxin also felt that Xu Ji couldn't help in these aspects, so he didn't mention it.
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Since Yu Feifei and Zheng Yuzhen came to Tongji Entertainment, the situation has not changed much.
Although there are indeed a lot more resources, the most important thing is that Xu Ji has no intention of helping Feifei write songs.
And the two of them couldn't save this face, so they took the initiative to run to Xu Ji to ask for a song.
"Sister Zheng, we really don't accept variety shows?"
Yu Feifei asked with some confusion.
Because she has also seen some variety show invitations from You Man, and now as an artist under Tongji Entertainment, it is estimated that it will not be difficult for Yu Feifei to accept it.
And the popularity of those variety shows is quite high.
If it was placed at the time of Phoenix Entertainment, Yu Feifei felt that Zheng Yuzhen must have helped her next.
Zheng Yuzhen shook her head.
"In the case of variety shows, in fact, the masked singer is enough."
"And those are all notices that other people don't want, and we don't need to make people feel like we're here to pick up the bargain."
Zheng Yuzhen is actually more puzzled.
Since coming to Tongji Entertainment, the company's operating model is indeed very different from what she imagined.
She used to think that the artists of Tongji Entertainment didn't accept variety shows or anything, but they were just character designs.
But it wasn't until I came here that I found out that it was true.
Many popular variety shows sent invitations to Tongji Entertainment, and they didn't even ask Xu Ji and Sha Yetong, but other artists can, as long as they reach cooperation with Tongji Entertainment.
But even so, these announcements still go unanswered.
Even if You Man asks in the group for a long time, he refuses.
"But if there are only a few performances, isn't it no different from when we were at Phoenix Entertainment?"
Yu Feifei asked a little strangely.
Zheng Yuzhen shook her head.
"In fact, Tongji Entertainment's biggest resources have never been these."
"Feifei, you remember, we are in Tongji Entertainment, and the biggest resource is Xu Ji's lyrics."
Yu Feifei nodded as if he didn't understand.
In fact, this is a little different from what Zheng Yuzhen had with her before.
In the past, Zheng Yuzhen actually paid more attention to exposure and marketing.
But now, Zheng Yuzhen is starting to feel that the work is the most important.
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At this time, Zheng Yuzhen's mobile phone suddenly rang.
"It's me."
"Okay...... Good! ”
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Zheng Yuzhen, who put down the phone, looked very excited.
"Xu Ji, let's go to the capital."
Yu Feifei was stunned for a moment.
"Beijing?"
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Xu Ji and Sha Yetong did not leave the capital, but stayed here temporarily.
The songs prepared for Yu Feifei have all been written, but after the other party comes, as a new song, it is estimated that it will take a few days of practice.
In the past few days, Xu Ji was bored and followed Duan Suxin to watch the preliminary selection of the Spring Festival Gala program that was still underway.
Duan Suxin also smiled and said let Xu Ji help refer to and give advice.
Of course, Xu Ji naturally knew that this was just a kind word.
But this time it's not a song-based show.
It's more about language programs and dances.
Of course, in the past few days, Xu Xi didn't know how many times he had seen Duan Suxin shake his head.
watched nearly a hundred programs, but only three of them met Duan Suxin's requirements.
If he hadn't participated in the whole process, Xu Ji would have felt that Duan Suxin's requirements were too high.
But after reading it, Xu Ji could only helplessly mourn for Duan Suxin for a few minutes.
It's true that the level of this year's show is too low, and it's not at the same level as last year's.
"Is it gone today?"
Duan Suxin asked.
The staff of the program team replied: "That was the last one just now." ”
"Alas~"
Sighing, Duan Suxin also felt a little depressed, the show was still not enough.
But these people who came to participate in the primary election did not meet her requirements with Ben.
Now it seems that this year's Spring Festival Gala is not expected to be as smooth as last time.
At this moment, Duan Suxin suddenly heard a voice from the side.
"Director Duan, perhaps...... How can I help? ”
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