Huayi's "Tai Chi 2" is here.

Wang Zhonglei took Feng Delun and others to carry out a flickering propaganda in front of the media, which was a bit of a rush for quick success.

"Tai Chi 1 is like a painstaking experiment and sowing process, and Tai Chi 2 is the time to harvest."

"Different from the previous one, "Tai Chi 2" belongs to the IMAX3D blockbuster, not to be missed!"

"Even if the majority of audiences haven't watched "Tai Chi 1", it doesn't matter, it doesn't affect the viewing of "Tai Chi 2".

"We guarantee that this one is definitely better than the first one, and the box office will definitely be better, because the protagonist is Feng Shaofeng!"

……

I don't know what the audience thinks, anyway, people in the industry are almost not optimistic about Huayi's "Tai Chi 2".

Even the promotion of the movie seems so perfunctory, unobtrusive, and without the slightest highlight at all, just like the plot of "Tai Chi 1". How many viewers can this "fool"?

Just mentioned Feng Shaofeng's name, and replaced him as the protagonist, can there be a better box office? What kind of international jokes, do you think he is Zhou Xingchi?

Many insiders can see something from Huayi's attention and strength to film promotion.

In fact, Wang Zhonglei and others don't have much confidence in this sequel, and they can even be said to have no confidence at all.

……

The media reports and the comments of the online audience slapped Huayi's face and tore off the fig leaf.

"The box office of "Tai Chi 2" on the first day was 8.2 million, lower than the first ......"

"The 3D effect is extremely poor, and there is no difference between wearing special glasses and not wearing them, and it does not affect the viewing at all."

"Liar, grass mud horse, return the money!"

"What kind of garbage director and bloody plot is this? In the name of 'chivalry' and 'defending the country', in the end, he actually pinned his hopes on the righteous law enforcement of the Qing court! Begging them to punish the Western powers? ”

……

The first domestic film in November, which was released for two days, previewed the ending of the street.

"Huayi is obviously prepared, and all the publicity resources at this time have been transferred to "1942" at the end of the month."

There is no need for Yue Jun to say more, Lin Nan has already seen the news.

At this time, the outside is full of drafts of "1942", known as a modern epic blockbuster.

In Feng Xiaogang's mouth, what "Youth School", "The King's Feast", "Thai Embarrassment", etc., these movies of the same schedule are not taken into his eyes, and he is full of confidence in his "1942".

"It's understandable, but there's no need to worry too much about it.

Xu Zheng's movie promotion over there can be increased efforts, but the Chinese New Year file is a chaotic battle. ”

Lin Nan instructed himself. Sometimes, a good movie and a high box office are not necessarily equal.

"Well, I'll arrange it later."

Lin Nan's thoughts drifted to Jinma.

In just over two weeks, the festival will open, and that's what he's most concerned about this month.

…………

The start-up time of several companies in China Film was advanced to the beginning of the month.

A document "Notice on Adjusting the Account Sharing Ratio of Domestic Films" shocked the entire domestic film circle.

The alliance of the five major distribution companies of China Film, Guangguang, Bona, Huayi, and Xingmei unilaterally and forcefully "issued notices" to all theaters.

It's not an application, it's not a consultation, it's a notice and an order.

The content of the document was made public by the media on the Internet, and the core requirements are:

"Starting from 9 domestic films such as "1942", "The King's Feast", "Thai Embarrassment" ...... "The Grandmaster" released in the 12th Chinese New Year, the box office sharing ratio between the distributor (filmmaker) and the theater chain shall not be less than 45%: 55%!"

The entire industry seems to have ushered in a sudden earthquake.

The distributor took the lead in exerting pressure on the Chinese New Year film, and the production industry immediately supported it.

This year's battle is many times bigger than last year's!

Because this means that the middle and upper reaches of the film industry are attacking the downstream theater chain at the same time.

Maybe it was provoked again and again, which aroused the anger.

Originally, everyone thought that the theater would continue to compromise as they did when they compromised with Zhang Weiping, but this time everyone guessed wrong.

This time, the cinema side took a very tough attitude and resolutely rejected the issuer's notice.

The major media are always paying attention, and there is no one in the industry who does not care.

"Director Lin, you gambled twice, but we all accepted it gladly, and we cooperated very well. But this time, it's a bit unauthentic to release cold arrows and engage in a surprise attack? ”

Lin Nan originally thought that the first person to contact him would be Wanda, but he also thought that he had guessed wrong, the first one was actually Dadi Cinema.

After a few dealings, everyone has contact information and is considered an acquaintance.

"It's an industry thing, I'm a part of it, and that's all I can say to you now.

For example, all the other theaters have made a decision to act in unison, can Dadi Cinema refuse? ”

Lin Nan chuckled and said, it was impossible for the other party not to understand what he meant.

Business is business, private friendship is private relationship, and now it will be clear, and afterwards it will be friends.

I only heard the other end of the phone be quiet for two seconds, and then answered:

"I understand, but I also give Director Lin an accurate word, it is impossible for us to retreat this time, at least the large-scale cinema chain, and we will definitely not retreat."

Yes, once and twice, all that was divided was cake and meat.

For theaters, not all movies can be like Lin Nan's movies, making the whole cake bigger and achieving a win-win situation.

The account sharing of most movies is that if you eat more, I will take less.

……

Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kexin, Wang Jing, Lu Chuan, Xu Ke......

More than a dozen directors took the lead, and directors and producers in the industry have appeared to speak out, hoping that the theater chain will back down to alleviate the pressure caused by the rising production costs.

The result is that everyone is ignored and gets no response, because the status is completely unequal, what is there to respond?

"Lin Nan, another call is coming."

"Tell him I'm taking a nap and shout no...... Forget it, give it to me. ”

Lin Nan frowned and took the mobile phone handed over by Liu Yifei.

It's Xu Zheng's!

In the past two days, when the movie was promoted, he has been asked about the distributor and the theater chain, because "Thai Embarrassment" is one of the bargaining chips.

And although he is a director, he doesn't know anything, and it's inconvenient to express his position, but he still has to do publicity, and this problem can't be avoided.

"Well, no problem, you just say you don't know about it and push it to the company......"

Lin Nan hung up the phone and leaned on the sofa, his head hurting.

He was coerced by Han Sanping and others, and he was the first director and film and television company owner in China to successfully bet with theaters twice in a row.

A large number of people in the industry called him, asked this and that, and inquired about the news. It's not good to not answer the phone, and you can't stop when you answer one, which is very annoying.

The cold, slippery fingers pressed on the temples were very comfortable, and the faint fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose, and the hair brushed lightly on the cheeks......

Lin Nan didn't open her eyes, quietly enjoying Miss Liu's "service", and after more than ten minutes, she became more and more sleepy.

"How?" A crisp voice sounded.

"Well, it's comfortable, it's okay." Lin Nan grabbed Liu Yifei's hand and asked her to sit back on the sofa.

"Huh? Where did you get the book? ”

Lin Nan inadvertently swept a new book on the table and asked.

I saw Liu Yifei smiling and shaking her head, "The classmates in the class have all received it, it is a book written by Yanyan, the preface to Chen Dao's masterpiece, and it has been on sale in the magic capital in the past two days." ”

"Awesome!" Lin Nan said with emotion.

Ran out to sell a new book during the filming of "The Four Famous Catches", or was it in the magic capital?

It seems that Wang Jinghua has helped Jiang Yiyan and solved all the pressure from Sun Li and Hai Run.

"Or is it a preface by Chen Daoming? Tsk......"

Lin Nan couldn't help but joke, the "father" in the play many years ago is also very good outside the play.

Liu Yifei glanced at Lin Nan, knowing what he was ridiculing.

Zhu Yawen was very bored at the beginning, and often told Lin Nan, Luo Jin and others about some things that they didn't have, including a lot of Jiang Yiyan's gossip, a man, how can he be so gossip? .

…………

It's noisy outside.

13 theater chains, led by Wanda and New Film Federation, issued a joint statement: If the distributor strongly demands an increase in the proportion of account sharing, then these 9 films will not be screened.

The five China Film companies also did not flinch: if they don't agree, then they won't provide films.

Once again, the Film Bureau stood up and called on both sides to sit down and negotiate a settlement. As a result, both sides expressed their positions at the same time and did not accept consultations.

The filmmakers, directors, and actors in the circle were all dumbfounded.

Good guy, for the first time, the face of the film bureau has been rejected and it is not easy to make a situation.

……

"Director Lin, if you really can't talk about it in the end, and both sides are holding on and not regressing, what will happen to "Thai Embarrassment"?"

As the company's big housekeeper, Yue Jun is a problem he must care about and his responsibilities.

Lin Nan smiled helplessly.

What can he do now? Can't you just go to Han Sanping and Wang Changtian and say that "Thai Embarrassment" is not involved?

"To put it mildly, the style of doing things of the Chinese people, it's not that you don't know, it's impossible to leave no room for it, it's all old foxes, hundreds of hearts."

Lin Nan complained, in fact, he was not worried about "Thai Embarrassment".

With his weight on the theater side, "Thai Embarrassment" will not be beaten to death with a stick.

Lin Nan remembered Lu Zheng's invitation, he looked at Yue Jun and ordered:

"The premiere of "New Mom Loves Me Again", you can go on behalf of the company."

"Huh? Okay, Director Lin. Yue Jun responded.

As the saying goes, foreign monks are good at chanting.

Jing Tian's movie is directed by a South Korean director, and it is also being done there in the later stage, so there is a lot of publicity gimmicks at this time.

After all, the literary and artistic romance films of South Korea and island countries have always been very good and famous.

…………

The "Little Times", which has been concerned by a large number of netizens since the project was established, was officially launched.

Not to mention, the launch conference of the movie is very grand.

is mainly this little "director", the topic is very high, and most of them are negative, plagiarism, showing off wealth, and having wrong views, all of which are light......

Anyway, people in the film industry look at this "Little Times" movie that is about to be launched as if they were watching a joke.

If any person can be a director, wouldn't it seem like everyone is very inferior?

Among the actors, Yang Mi is the biggest celebrity, surrounded by almost all media reporters.

"Mimi, Director Yue Jun said that "Little Times" is a movie that you picked up yourself, not a company docking, is it true?"

Yang Mi didn't think much about it, smiled and nodded, "Yes, but I still have to thank the company for cultivating, otherwise Director Guo Jingming may not come to me, haha......"

The other actors on the side, few people cared, and they looked at Yang Mi's eyes, more or less with envy.

"As far as we know, you have a three-year contract with Shanhai Media, and now there are only 5 months left, are there any talks about renewing the contract?"

Hearing this question, Yang Mi and Zeng Jia on the side, the expressions on their faces froze for a moment, but then they naturally covered up the past.

"I'm talking about the contract, and when the time comes, the results will be announced." Yang Mi said with a smile.

"Then after this contract renewal, according to the introduction of Shanhai Media's official website, the sharing ratio and treatment should be increased a lot, right?"

The media was still asking, Yang Mi just smiled and nodded, and there were no other words.

When the reporters gathered around again, Guo Jingming, who was a director and screenwriter, was interviewed, Zeng Jia and Yang Mi went to a quiet place.

"At present, you really can't disclose the fact that you will not renew your contract after it expires. In the remaining months, if the media asks again, it will be perfunctory. ”

Zeng Jia told very seriously.

At present, some of Yang Mi's commercial endorsements, Shanhai Media's signboard has a great blessing effect.

If it is revealed in advance that the contract will not be renewed, it is likely that some variables will arise.

"Of course I know that." Yang Mi nodded and said.

"You can choose a time that is most beneficial for you to announce it, such as when "Love in Seattle" is released. At that time, the attention of public opinion can definitely reach the highest ......"

Zeng Jia gave his own advice. Although the schedule of "Love in Seattle" has not yet been reported and announced, she has heard about it from Yue Jun before.

……

The last imported account-sharing film this year is "Life of Pi".

Li An specially came to the capital to hold a film press conference.

Lin Nan and many big directors were invited to the scene.

"I heard that the mainland producers and theaters are wrestling, I don't know if there is any result?"

"It's all tough, it's still in a stalemate. However, "Youth Pi" is an imported account-sharing film, so you don't need to care about these. ”

Lin Nan said helplessly.

Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, and this matter in China has been spread to Hollywood and has been constantly reported by foreign media.

"My movie will be released on the 22nd, and I want to come to that time, Director Lin and I should have coffee together in Jinma and wait."

"Thank you."

……

The box office of Huayi's "Tai Chi 2" is much inferior to the first part.

The bad reputation in front of it really greatly affected the second part. Of course, the second part also sucks.

"The box office of "Tai Chi 2" in the first week reported 38.4 million, compared with the first week of the first part, it lagged behind more than 4.7 million."

""The White-Haired Witch: Bright Moon Heaven" was officially launched, and Huang Xiaoming and Fan Bingbing performed the story of one good and one evil, falling in love and killing each other."

…………

"What do you say about her movie? A love movie dressed in family affection, relatively small and fresh, a passing work. But in this period, the box office is not expected to be too good,"

This is Yue Jun's evaluation of Jing Tian's "New Mother Loves Me Again".

"The production cost is only 10 million, and it is estimated that Lu Zheng will not pay too much attention to the box office."

Lin Nan made a joke, this movie was originally a small-budget movie for Jing Tian to practice his skills, but at that time, there were two in a row.

Although the distributor and the theater chain quarreled over the matter of sharing accounts, it did not affect the promotion of domestic films for the Chinese New Year in the slightest, and these were set early on.

But Wanda, Dadi Cinemas, New Film Association and other cinema giants, their unyielding tough attitude still makes people in the industry panic.

This time, the situation seems to be a little different from last year, and it is not as simple as the five major publishing companies thought.

At this point, it is obvious that simple stalemate and ruthless words are no longer enough.

"Let's break each one, first of all, we will lead by example, our own theaters will definitely be fine, and then start from those small theaters, one by one...... Wait until you win most of the small theaters, and then target the big ......"

Lin Nan admired these people a little, and told him about it when he had a plan, but in fact, he didn't want to continue to mix, it was too troublesome.

At this moment, Ye Ning's call also came.

"Director Lin, let's talk, shall we?"

Hearing this, Lin Nan didn't know what to say, he was actually selected by the theater as a certain point to break one by one!

"How?"

""Thai Embarrassment" withdrew from the publisher's camp, and we can give the option of step-by-step account sharing, which can be discussed again in several grades."

"Like Hollywood?"

"Yes, but it's certainly not up to their proportion. And the director of "Thai Embarrassment" is not you, we do not accept bets. ”

Lin Nan shook his head lightly and said:

"At my point, my reputation and character in the industry are not comparable to those one or two points of accounting. Mr. Ye, you have drilled the horns of the bull. ”

Since being put on the "thief ship" by Han Sanping and Wang Changtian, Lin Nan has not been able to get down.

He won't learn from Zhang Weiping, he will accept it halfway, and leave his teammates alone, which is too discrediting.

Lin Nan said loudly, Ye Ning on the other end of the phone was instantly stunned, he suddenly smiled, a little embarrassed:

"I'm sorry, I almost forgot, Director Lin is not only the boss of the film company, but also a big director in the circle, and word of mouth is indeed very important......

But there are a lot of people in the circle, and we believe that the closer we get to the 29th, the more people will waver in those companies that are both distributors and producers.

Our commitment to Lin Dao will always be effective. If they persist until the 29th and still have such a tough attitude, then we can only say that these movies will not be screened during the Chinese New Year this year.

But when the time comes, Director Lin can still come to me, and everyone will give me this face, and "Thai Embarrassment" can be released normally on December 1 as scheduled......"

Lin Nan opened his mouth, and finally only said two words, "Thank you." ”

Business is a public business, and a private relationship is a private relationship, and the public before the private.

Wanda is really good at doing things, and this partner is worth it!

……

Red Star Dock is a bit busy these days.

Because the Golden Horse Awards are about to open, they will last for more than a week until the end of the award ceremony at the end of the month.

Liu Yifei, a top actress, was nominated for this year's Best Actress.

Her brands, one by one, were all found and arranged work temporarily.

Red carpet dresses, jewelry, bags, watches, cosmetics......

Anyway, if she can bring it to the scene, I hope she will bring it, at least one set a day.

In addition, there are many brand events to participate in at the festival.

By analogy, Zhu Yawen, Shu Zhan, and Luo Jin must be the same.

"Commercial film director, it seems that you refuse to endorse, even director Zhang Yimou has taken over the advertisement."

Liu Yifei tried on clothes, shoes and jewelry for a day, and then nestled on the sofa and talked about Lin Nan without a few words.

"I think it's good, it's free. It's not as hard as actors and artists, you have to pay attention to what you wear in public, and you can't have similar products from brand competitors. ”

Lin Nan sat next to Liu Yifei, and Miss Liu naturally leaned in.

"I think you're talking about me."

Liu Yifei pushed Lin Nan's head against her, expressing dissatisfaction.

"There are so many girl actors out there, they are all envious of you, my princess Sissi."

Lin Nan said lightly as he stroked her cheek.

"Then tell Princess Ben how many prizes we can get?"

"That's the problem? I really don't know. If I could only win one award, I hope it would be Best Actress. ”

"How can there be so many if it is a coincidence......"

Liu Yifei's voice was crisp, with a hint of joy, which was very useful.

However, she immediately raised her head again and looked at Lin Nan:

"If I could only win one award, I would like it to be Best Picture or Best Director......

"You're stupid, I've got a lot of awards."

"The more the merrier."

After speaking, Liu Yifei changed her posture again, lazy like a cat.

…………

I have to say that the schedule of "Cold War" was very well chosen.

While it is far away from the Chinese New Year stalls, it is not particularly far.

There is an interval of half a month from "Life of Pi", and an interval of 22 days from movies such as "1942".

Facts have proved that the production companies in the mainland have lost their eyes before.

"Chills" was released in early November, and not only was it of high quality, but it also had almost no competitors to beat.

"15 million on the first day, 4 days on the first weekend, 80 million in the first weekend, and a bumper harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.

The theater chain is still improving the film schedule, because there is really nothing left to play, so it can only be given to it all.

The Hong Kong media has gone crazy, this is the best Hong Kong Island police film in the mainland for many years. ”

"It's very good, after all, they are in the police film, but they have been thinking about it for decades."

Lin Nan noticed Jing Tian's movie, and the reputation was okay, but the literary romance film was really niche, and the two leading actors did not have much box office appeal, and they bumped into "Cold War", and the result can be imagined. Don't expect too much at the box office, at most one or two hundred million.

…………

Lin Nan began to arrange the work at hand, focusing on "Thai Embarrassment".

"Let's put the premiere of "Thai Embarrassment" on hold for the time being, and wait for the result."

At present, the distributor and the theater chain are dry, and if there is no result for a day, the movie of the Chinese New Year file will be undecided day by day.

It is unwise to hold a premiere in a hurry, and I believe that most of the producers of Chinese New Year movies have this idea and decision.

"What about publicity? Keep running like this? ”

Lin Nan thought for a moment and nodded:

"You tell Xu Zheng that this time the situation is really special, and the publicity cycle is going to the end of the month.

Because of the premiere, it may be canceled due to time constraints. It depends on when the results will come out on both sides......"

"Okay, I'll let you know later."

……

(End of chapter)