The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 396 The God in the Hearts of Us Filmmakers!
"Warm congratulations to our The Wandering Earth for breaking through 60 billion at the box office!"

"My ball is awesome!"

"Xing Shenfan Shenjing Shen is awesome!"

"Everyone in our entire crew is awesome!!!"

“All the fans around the world who went to the theaters for The Wandering Earth are awesome!!!”

Accompanied by warm applause and endless laughter, the entire banquet hall was filled with shouts.

Xu Xing, standing in the center of the crowd, raised the champagne and drank it all with everyone.

The first stop after returning from the filming of "Detective Chinatown 3" was the celebration banquet for "The Wandering Earth".

Just the day before yesterday, "The Wandering Earth" officially broke 60 billion in global box office!
Some complained that Space Wolf Warriors had once again kidnapped the national audience, some called it a copycat of Interstellar, some thought independently that the movie was overrated... in the face of the box office numbers that slammed in their faces, all of them became jokes that no one cared about.

The fans cheered, the industry inside and outside were shocked and amazed, and Mantianxing was even more excited!
Fortunately, the two movies "The Wandering Earth" and "Wolf Warrior 2" exceeded 60 billion!
The closest to these two films in terms of box office is Xing Shen’s other film “Detective Chinatown 39” which grossed 2 billion!
Fortunately, God has occupied the top three Chinese-language film and television box office!

It is basically predicted to win the annual box office championship for three consecutive years!

This is the lucky god!
The invincible god of luck!
The only true god in the domestic film market!!!

Not only were the stars going crazy about it, but in the eyes of industry insiders, Xu Xing was covered in gold!

As soon as Xu Xing arrived, Guo Fan pulled his hand and praised him: "Seeing the God of Fortune is like seeing 60 billion people walking!"

Wu Jing also jokingly sighed: "Lucky God helped me to make 120 billion at the box office!"

Even before the movie was released, many people believed that "The Wandering Earth" could break 60 billion thanks to the collaboration between Xu Xing and Wu Jing, but those were simply expectations for the cast.

The various investors behind "The Wandering Earth" have also imagined a box office of 60 billion, but they also know how difficult it is to achieve a box office of 60 billion.

It’s not just because this is a hard science fiction blockbuster that has never been seen in China before. Before the release of "The Wandering Earth", other than "Wolf Warrior 2", no other domestic movies could even gross over 40 billion yuan.

The short Spring Festival period will also have a certain impact on the box office ceiling.

However, "The Wandering Earth" still ended up grossing 60 billion yuan!
It is less than 2 million away from the No. 1000 box office in film history of "Wolf Warrior ".

——However, The Wandering Earth has been released for two months, and now the daily box office is only 2 or 2 yuan, and the possibility of surpassing Wolf Warrior is not great. Both are films co-produced by Xu Xing and Wu Jing, and the crew has no intention of replacing Wolf Warrior , and no actions to boost the box office are being taken. Xu Xing's fan club also has a natural attitude.

This was a box office result that surprised even Xu Xing.

The box office of "The Wandering Earth" in its previous life was 46.87 billion. This time, of course, it had the influence of getting the most screenings since the first day of its release and leading the market with its uninterrupted reputation, but Xu Xing had previously thought that it should reach 50 billion.

This time, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" in mainland China was "only" 52 billion, and the remaining 8 million came from other overseas regions.

The previous version of "The Wandering Earth" was not released on a large scale overseas, so the box office was only 600 million US dollars, but this time the overseas box office exceeded 1 million US dollars!
What really exceeded Xu Xing's expectations was the box office revenue of this part.

Especially in North America.

Compared with other movies of the same period, although "The Wandering Earth" opened with 2700 million US dollars in the first weekend, which was not outstanding compared with other movies of the same period, its trend was quite stable. In the end, it earned 7300 million US dollars in the box office in North America in the sluggish market in February and March.

Asian Americans in North America were attracted to the theaters by Xu Xing's appeal, and North American stars also contributed their full efforts to the box office performance.

Xu Xing thanked them many times on Instagram and Twitter.

Therefore, if we only compare the box office in mainland China, "The Wandering Earth" is still a long way from "Wolf Warrior 2".

Faced with such box office results, the haters can only shut up or angrily curse the dirty capital behind Xu Xing for manipulating the box office.

Xu Xing not only has the top three films in Chinese film history, but they are all series IPs!

"Detective Chinatown" has already filmed its third season, "Wolf Warrior 3" is still being urged, and "The Wandering Earth" is also confirmed to have a second season!

All three IPs have the leading male characters in the first two series. In the two IPs, "Detective Chinatown" and "The Wandering Earth", Xu Xing's role is the most critical core!
Although Wu Jing is clearly the core of Wolf Warrior, who can say that the subsequent series will not become the old Wolf Warrior retiring and the young Wolf Warrior taking over? The meaning of inheritance is also quite obvious in Wolf Warrior 2.

It is extremely difficult to expect all three IPs to fail in the future.

In this lifetime, it is hard to expect anyone to see the tail gas of Xingchu...

"In our hearts, you are truly like God."

Chen Yuqi's eyes sparkled as she confessed to Xu Xing in a low voice.

Although he had expressed his feelings more often in private, he couldn't help but express his excitement in this situation where everyone was praising Xu Xing.

Zhao Jinmai went to film "Bad Genius", and the actress with the most scenes in the crew was Chen Yuqi, who played Zhou Qian. She could finally stay with Xu Xing all the time.

Everyone assumed that she was Xu Xing's woman, and this feeling was really good.

Xu Xing looked at her with a smile and was about to speak to her when he saw a fat-faced man with a big smile on his face walking towards him amid the greetings from people around him.

Yu Dong of Berna Films.

It should be because of "Changjin Lake".

After last year's turmoil, before his comeback, Qu Mingzhen and Yu Murong asked Xu Xing about his future development plans, whether to continue to focus on overseas markets or to focus on the domestic market.

Xu Xing’s reply was the former. If China could really “jump” to being targeted and suppressed by Europe and the United States, that would be even better.

Therefore, after returning to work in January, Mr. Qu told Xu Xing that Yu Dong wanted to ask him to film a movie about the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

Xu Xing said that it was indeed possible to give it a try, but Zheng Rong must get a share of the film's investment.

It was still in the early preparation stage at the time, and it was just a preliminary contact. Moreover, Xu Xing's album and TV series had only been a big hit, and the box office of "The Wandering Earth" was unknown before it was released.

Xu Xing is also very busy, so everyone can wait and see.

I have never made an appointment for dinner with Yu Dong.

Now that "The Wandering Earth" has allowed Xu Xing to once again prove his ability to carry the box office, Yu Dong should be a little impatient.

The reason why he was at the wrap party for "The Wandering Earth" was probably because he was like every old fox in the circle who had not dealt with Xu Xing directly, and wanted to talk to Xu Xing alone first. Maybe Xu Xing would be easier to fool?

Xu Xing also drank a lot.

And talk to Wu Jing?

"I heard the voices calling out 'Xing Shen' before I even entered. Xing Shen is indeed the god in the hearts of us filmmakers now!"

Yu Dong complimented Xu Xing in his first sentence.

Everyone around burst into laughter.

It was quite awkward for Guo Fan and Wu Jing to shout "Xing Shen" for effect, and it was even more awkward for Yu Dong to shout it out.

Xu Xing was also at a loss for words and could only tell him to call her Xiao Xing.

Yu Dong didn't insist on shouting.

He came when the celebration banquet was about to end, so he found a lounge inside and invited Xu Xing, director Guo Fan and Wu Jing in.

Then there was another round of praising, everyone did their part, with the emphasis on Xu Xing. Together with Guo Fan and Wu Jing, who were in a good mood, they praised Xu Xing.

In other words, Xu Xing was calm and composed, and he did not feel dizzy even after drinking a lot.

Afterwards, Yu Dong asked Guo Fan about his thoughts on "The Wandering Earth 2". When Guo Fan said that the production cycle might take three to four years, he turned the topic to "The Battle at Lake Changjin".

Then Guo Fan did not interrupt.

Wu Jing kept smiling and Xu Xing just listened. The last statement was that they could look back.

This kind of tribute to the main theme movie is still a very large project and cannot be decided in a few words.

Therefore, Yu Dong didn't say anything more after he finished speaking. He just asked Xu Xing quietly when they were leaving if they wanted to find a place to talk more.

The smile is ambiguous.

If others saw him, they would think he wanted to do something to Xu Xing.

But Xu Xing knew that Director Yu must be trying to corrupt him by using women.

I also decisively declined.

"That's all. I didn't promise him anything, nor did I ask for more money."

When he returned the next day, Xu Xing mentioned what happened last night to Qu Mingzhen and Yu Murong.

“So your idea is to read the script first, and if the script is good, then shoot it, but we want to get a share of the profits.”

Qu Mingzhen confirmed with Xu Xing.

"Yes," Xu Xing nodded, "If Wu Jing thinks the script is good, then we can shoot it. In addition, if it comes to directing, we can also support Wu Jing."

The previous version of "Changjin Lake" was co-directed by Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian.

If possible, Xu Xing wanted Wu Jing to replace Chen Kaige and kick Chen Kaige off the table.

When "Witness" was released before, there was a rift in the promotion and marketing between it and "Legend of the Demon Cat" at that time. Director Chen Kaige, who was furious, made a veiled mockery of Xu Xing for not going to college.

In fact, Xu Xing was magnanimous and didn't take it to heart.

But it may be because the "Minister of Nanshan Entertainment" was revealed to be Xu Xing during that incident. At that time, "Don't try to understand, just feel it" became a classic case of shooting oneself in the foot, and Director Chen believed that Xu Xing did personally discredit his "artwork", or maybe Director Chen has always looked down on Xu Xing!

In short, when the "My Motherland and I" project began to be prepared at the end of the year and the beginning of the next year, Chen Kaige, as the chief director, not only said that Xu Xing was not suitable for the role before Xu Xing officially returned because of her personal image, but also after Xu Xing returned, he was still reluctant to those who wanted to bring Xu Xing in.

Xu Xing heard about it from Liu Cheng later. President Qu never mentioned it to Xu Xing from beginning to end, and it is not known whether Liu Cheng exaggerated the story, but there was indeed a rumor on the Internet for a while that Xu Xing would star in that movie.

Therefore, Xu Xing did not want Chen Kaige to "take advantage" of the success of "The Battle at Lake Changjin" this time.

Director Chen's transformation into a main-theme director in his previous life began with "My Motherland and Me". As the chief director, he proposed the form of unit drama, and the movie was a huge success, with a box office of over 30 billion.

Although his film "Daytime Meteor" was the worst, he was the director after all, and he did a great job, which was recognized by his superiors.

After that, he was also brought on board for "Changjin Lake", and the box office record of nearly 58 billion yuan finally secured Chen Kaige's position as the top mainstream director and enabled him to live a second life.

But in fact, the box office of "Changjin Lake" had nothing to do with him. The "Volunteer Army" series showed his true level.

There should be no problem for "My People, My Country" to continue to be a big hit this time, and then let Director Chen focus on his "Volunteer Army".

Wait until you finish talking to Qu Mingzhen.

"Are you still sleeping in there?"

Xu Xing asked.

"Well, Auntie hasn't come yet," Yu Murong nodded, "Go see your daughter?"

"Ah."

Xu Xing smiled, got up and went to the bedroom.

At the beginning of last month, Xu Xing’s first child in both lives was born, a daughter. She had just returned to China and is now nominally Yu Murong’s daughter.

I have to say, after seeing his own child, Xu Xing still felt a sense of unreality.

The paternity test was done abroad and it was confirmed that the child was indeed Xu Xing's.

It’s hard to describe the feeling in my heart. I just felt that when I saw her, time seemed to suddenly slow down, and my heart felt softer than ever before.

Maybe the room was too quiet.

She was sleeping soundly, chewing her thumb.

Xu Xing wanted to help her put it down, but felt that it might wake her up.

"Give her a hug," Yu Murong chuckled, "She looks a lot like you, and she's very quiet. She doesn't cry much when she wakes up."

Only then did Xu Xing realize that she had also walked in.

So I picked it up carefully and observed it for a long time.

It seems a bit similar, but I can't tell how.

……

"The most similar part is her eyes. She must be asleep with her eyes closed," Sun Man said with a smile. "She really looks like you. Not only are they bigger, but when I look at them I always feel like there's something in her eyes, as if they're telling me something."

"Is that so?" Xu Xing also smiled, "What information did you read out?"

"I'm talking about 'what information', how can I tell?" Sun Man complained, "Oh, it should be that this sister is really beautiful!"

"Hahaha~" Xu Xing laughed out loud, "Except when we just met and chatted, you finally talked about how beautiful you are again."

"Hmm? Do I need to emphasize the obvious things every day?"

Sun Man frowned.

"No," Xu Xing shook her head, "But Manman, what information did you read when you looked into my eyes?"

"..."

Sun Man rolled her eyes, looked up at the roof of the car and sighed.

Make complaints.

"You're so boring."

"Why are you bored?" Xu Xing said seriously, "You can read the message of a one-month-old baby after just a few glances. You've been looking at me for so long, can't you read it?"

"..." Sun Man glanced at Xu Xing unhappily, "The little baby is so innocent, how can you compare with her?"

"I look at you very innocently too!" Xu Xing acted innocently, shaking her body and acting like a spoiled child, "Sister Sun Man, just tell the baby about me~"

"Yue! Don't disgust me, Xu Xing!" Sun Man got goosebumps all over her body. "Do other people know that you are like this?"

"I don't know~"

"Why do you want to disgust only me? Do you enjoy disgusting me?"

"Is it just for you~ but disgusting~"

“Did you learn this from Lin Zhiling???”

"Forehead……"

Xu Xing scratched his head, thinking about how to continue questioning.

Then Sun Man sneered.

"It's time to get off the bus and see the mother of your child."

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