Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 506 Deliver it to your door yourself

Liu Yifei, being rather dim-witted, actually told Yang Mi that she didn't own any shares in the company. Yang Mi even defended Liu Yifei, saying, "You're the boss's wife, so Qiu Tang's shares should be half yours, right?"

Liu Yifei said, "I wasn't there when they started their business, and I don't participate in the daily operations, so why should I take their shares?"

But he added, "However, I can buy the company's original shares at a cheaper price."

When this topic came up, Yang Mi became very enthusiastic: "Can we buy them too?" Many celebrities are now keen on buying pre-IPO shares.

It goes without saying that Huayi's listing created a group of wealthy people, but that was back in 09. More recently, there's LeEco, which loves to bring in celebrities as shareholders. To date, it can be said that half of the entertainment industry are LeEco's shareholders.

LeEco Pictures, LeEco Sports, and other sectors are filled with a large number of celebrity shareholders, who are just waiting for Jia Yueting to fulfill his promise and use the listed company LeEco to acquire these companies, turning the stocks held by the celebrities into listed company stocks, and making a fortune overnight!
Not to mention the booming Autumn Pictures, which has attracted countless eyes and many people want to take advantage of its IPO to make a fortune.

There are also plans to develop celebrity shareholders in the fall – given the nature of film and television companies, having celebrity shareholders to endorse them is indeed beneficial.

"The company will develop star shareholders," there's nothing wrong with that, "but it probably won't be that soon. I don't know exactly when the subscription will start."

It would be great if she could subscribe; Yang Mi is confident she can buy a share of the initial public offering (IPO) stock this fall.

Liu Yifei said she was unaware that the original share subscription process was real, because Autumn Pictures started the subscription process for celebrity shareholders the very next day, with each person subscribing to a maximum of 150 million shares.

Liu Yifei is not included in this list. Her allocation had already been completed, with 1000 million shares allocated to her at 0.01 yuan per share.

Because there are no artist management companies in the fall, all of its celebrity shareholders are from outside the company.

In the past, when people didn't understand, companies had to urge celebrities to buy things. Now, that's no longer necessary; celebrities are eager to give money to autumn.

However, not all money is collected in autumn; this is a side branch and needs no further explanation.

On the 30th, three new films, "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe," "Goodbye Mr. Loser," and "The Ghost Writer," were released simultaneously, breaking the dominance of "Lost in Hong Kong."

As of the 30th, "Lost in Hong Kong" had grossed over 9 million yuan, and its momentum remains unstoppable.

On its opening day, "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" earned 94 million yuan, becoming the top-grossing film of the day. Combined with the revenue from previous preview screenings, the film's total revenue on the opening day exceeded 100 million yuan, achieving the best result for Lu Chuan in his career.

"Goodbye Mr. Loser" grossed 3500 million yuan on its opening day (including midnight and preview screenings), which met expectations, considering that the film had no big names, no big directors, no big scenes, and a low budget.

"The Ghostwriter" also performed quite well on its opening day, exceeding "Goodbye Mr. Loser" by more than 300 million yuan, reaching 3900 million yuan. Fans of the two lead actors and producer Tsui Hark contributed the majority of the box office revenue.

With the 7-day holiday approaching, every film is giving it its all.

"Lost in Hong Kong" grossed over 10 billion yuan on its opening day, remaining the biggest winner.

"Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" followed closely behind, earning over 100 million yuan on National Day.

"Goodbye Mr. Loser" grossed 4000 million yuan on its opening day.

The revenue of "Ghostwriter" also increased, but it only caught up with "Goodbye Mr. Loser" at 4100 million.

Films released during peak seasons can generate revenue, but word-of-mouth spreads even faster.

On the second day of the National Day holiday, the reputation of "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe" collapsed.

It was heavily criticized by fans of the original novel, who believed that this was not a film adaptation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" at all!
The reputation of "Ghostwriter" was not maintained, and it collapsed even more completely.

Because Zhao Wenzhuo launched another attack.

He said he watched "The Ghostwriter" as soon as it was released, and he angrily pointed out: "Since they didn't want me to act in it, why did they use the action sequences I designed for the crew during the pre-production period! This is blatant plagiarism!"

He went on to criticize the production team for failing to capture the power and beauty of the action sequences he designed.

"It's extremely disrespectful to martial arts action." Viewers vented their emotions by criticizing the male lead, Li Yifeng, for his weak and feeble movements.

"The moves were too obviously rehearsed, and the execution was disjointed."

"Frequent editing couldn't hide his flaws in his movements."

The actress Zhao Liying's movements were also criticized as stiff: "It looks like it was staged."

"The action design was a complete mess."

Not only their movements, but their performances were also criticized by netizens as subpar, with both being accused of having expressionless faces.

"Shocked, angry, or even dying, he remained the same. There was no change in expression whatsoever."

However, fans of both actors expressed their love for "The Ghostwriter" and countered on behalf of their idols:

"He was playing a cold and ruthless person with a calm and indifferent heart, so he didn't need to have too many facial expressions."

"If you don't like it, you don't have to watch it. Do you need to tell me? It makes you seem like you know everything."

"I was moved by Liying's performance. Her shouts were very infectious. She is not a professional action actor. I think it is already remarkable that she could fight like this."

"Li Yifeng's performance was very profound; his eyes were full of emotion, and I was completely immersed in it."

"Liying has two movies released during the National Day holiday. Are you all jealous?"

But movie box office success is never driven by fans. "The Ghostwriter" can't be called a bad movie; at least its plot is smooth, which is a rare quality of Hong Kong directors. But it's not very entertaining.

Zhao Wenzhuo said the production team plagiarized his actions, which is much more serious than being replaced in a previous role.

This raises the question of whether the actors' choreography is subject to copyright protection.
This is difficult to define.

But if what Zhao Wenzhuo said is true, even if it is a legal loophole, plagiarizing action design is still something that is despised in the industry.

The martial arts choreographer circle is not large. Although Zhao Wenzhuo is no longer a popular actor, he still holds some weight in the martial arts choreographer circle.

Then, a coach from a martial arts school in China spoke out, accusing the "Ghostwriter" production team of deceiving the school: "They came to our school and took away seven students under the guise of training with the crew. When they came back, they said that they were not only training with the crew, but also responsible for stunt doubles and extras. The children said that they did a lot of the action scenes in the film crew, and the actors mostly just posed and did some simple actions."

The coach hopes the production team can pay the seven students back wages. It's really unfair that they are paid to be training partners on set, but they still have to do the work of stunt doubles and extras.

This is the price of hiring top-tier young male celebrities. Top-tier young male celebrities bring their own storms and controversy, and the outside world will scrutinize their flaws with a magnifying glass.

Ahri is good at playing dead, so she still ignores him.

But The Ghostwriter didn't do so well at the box office.

Everyone else's prices are rising, but this one film is falling.

This is the National Day Golden Week holiday, and audiences are very enthusiastic about watching movies.

The day after "The Ghostwriter" was released, its revenue dropped below 3000 million yuan, as its screenings and market share were taken over by "Goodbye Mr. Loser," which reported 6500 million yuan in revenue that day.

Ah Li may have been blinded by controversy. Instead of responding to the controversy, the producer of "The Ghostwriter" accused cinemas of maliciously suppressing his screenings. He accused a cinema in Fangshan called China Film Autumn International Cinema of only showing "The Ghostwriter" twice a day.

"Tickets for 'The Ghostwriter' were only available at 9 a.m. and 10 p.m., which prevented many viewers from entering the theater."

Autumn Pictures: ? ? ?
Good grief, they just delivered themselves to my doorstep?!
(End of this chapter)