Chinese entertainment starts with Hong Shixian

Chapter 524 Sometimes the dead are more useful than the living!

"Shot 174, First Shot, First Action!"

"..."

"...Okay, pass!"

"The actors get their makeup touched up, the cameraman moves his position, let's do it again..."

"..."

The crew started working around 7 or 8 a.m., with shouts and calls filling the air.

Several civil servants watched from a distance, finding it all rather uninteresting.

At first, they were quite interested in how the production team operated, but after so long, they had long since grown bored.

The filming process for movies and TV series is incredibly boring.

The action scenes and fight scenes were alright; they were somewhat watchable.
Dramatic scenes and love stories are just too boring.

Often, two people would be reciting their lines correctly, but the director wouldn't let them pass, and they'd have to do it again, twice, or even more times...

Honestly, they all wanted to punch someone just looking at them; this was just too damn troublesome!
"Hey, I'm telling you, with your director causing so much trouble and making things so complicated, don't you ever get angry and want to hit someone?"

The two of them chatted quietly with a few familiar stagehands.

"Hitting someone?" The stagehand looked at him strangely. Are civil servants in Yunnan Province this irritable?

"Who would dare?" the stagehand whispered. "I'll tell you a secret, but don't tell anyone!"

"what?"

"You know Zhen Zidan, right?"

"I know, Ip Man!"

"Yes, it's him. I heard that our director broke his leg!"

"Holy crap, that's incredible?"

"You think our director is a special forces soldier, a Marine!"

"Isn't that just acting? How could it be real?"

"I don't know, but no one dares to make a move by the director... Oh, except for the female lead, who is our boss's wife."

"Wow...cough cough!"

As they were chatting, they suddenly noticed the director's assistant running past, and the group wisely shut their mouths.

In the director's studio, Qi Hui was busy explaining the scene to Jing Tian and Gao Yuanyuan, but the appearance of his assistant suddenly interrupted him.

Qi Hui's phone rang, and his assistant brought it over.

Normally, she will help answer the phone and handle some of the issues.

After all, Qi Hui was busy non-stop every day.

But this time was different; the caller was Wang Zongjun from Huayi.

Qi Hui frowned: "Hello? President Wang?"

He was a little annoyed. He was busy right now, so he wondered if Hua Yi would cause some trouble again.

"Hahaha, Lao Qi!" Wang Zongjun's hearty laughter rang out over the phone. "Long time no see!"

Qi Hui's reaction was indifferent; he didn't know when he and Wang Zongjun had become so close.

"Mr. Wang, please speak."

"When are you and Jing Tian coming back for our 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' celebration banquet in a few days?"

Qi Hui and Jing Tian, ​​one is the male lead and the other is the female lead.

It would be a bit inappropriate for the celebration banquet for "Mojin: The Lost Legend" to be without them.

Qi Hui instinctively wanted to refuse, but then he thought it would be inappropriate to refuse, so he immediately agreed to attend the banquet on time.

"Has the movie 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' already finished showing?" After hanging up the phone, Qi Hui looked at the person next to him and asked curiously.

During this period, his mind was focused on "Sito" and Sito, and he didn't pay attention to these things at all.

"Uh...it's off the screens." The assistant director replied succinctly.

"With a total box office of 22.37 billion yuan, it became the new champion of domestic film box office, but unfortunately it did not surpass the domestic box office record set by 'Furious 7'."

It sounds a bit of a pity, but it's not a big problem. The last box office champion for a domestic film was "Wolf Warrior," which starred Qi Hui.

He broke his own record.

As for Fast & Furious 7... well, there's nothing we can do about it. They used dead bodies in their marketing, plus the nostalgia factor, so it's normal that they couldn't beat it.

Not just Paul Walker, but also Heath Ledger's "The Dark Knight," any movie like this is incredibly powerful!
Sometimes, the dead are more useful than the living! And the reason why "Monster Hunt" went to such lengths to inflate and fabricate box office figures was not only to beat "Mojin: The Lost Legend," but also to break the domestic box office record set by "Furious 7."

"Really?" Qi Hui was somewhat surprised. "That's alright then."

The original "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was also delayed by a month, but its total box office was only 1.5 to 1.6 billion yuan.

No wonder Wang Zongjun was in such a good mood... Qi Hui suddenly realized.

Judging from that voice, anyone who didn't know better would think he was remembering something happy.

For example, when your wife gives birth.
Gao Yuanyuan took a sip of water and felt her throat was a little dry; the plain water tasted a bit sour.

A movie that grossed 2.2 billion yuan at the box office...

Qi Hui is now the number one box office star, without a doubt.

Feng Xiaogang, the king of Lunar New Year films back then, would probably be no match for him.

"Alright, everyone, stop standing there!" Qi Hui clapped his hands and shouted, "Get ready, let's continue filming!"

"No one can afford to slack off!"

Even so, Qi Hui still gave the crew a day off so they could have some fun.

The film crew had already moved from Shangri-La to Dali.

This is a great tourist city; you should definitely check it out.

But as I said before, playing is fine, but only during holidays. Once work starts, no one is allowed to slack off.

Assistant director, you need to take responsibility while I'm away!

The assistant director was extremely excited, stood at attention, and solemnly accepted the task.

An assistant director who doesn't want to be a director isn't a good assistant director.

The director isn't here, so I am the director!

……

After giving their instructions, Qi Hui and Jing Tian left the film crew and boarded a plane back to the capital.

Relaxed, Qi Hui opened his phone and began browsing the recent film market.

It's fine if you don't watch it, but it turns out that "Goodbye Mr. Loser" is a huge hit and its stock price is soaring.

As a low-budget comedy, this film only grossed a little over 20 million yuan on its opening day.

It's not even as good as Yang Mi's "My Sunshine".

This movie is absolutely garbage, so bad that even "Wolf Warrior," which has been in theaters for a month, deserves a kick.

However, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" then received great reviews and its box office grew day by day, reaching 2.5 million yuan in its opening week.

Keep in mind that this movie only had a total investment of 4800 million, and it already made a profit in its first week of box office alone!
This earning power made LeEco cry.
If Lu Chuan had that ability, they wouldn't have had to make the boss's wife, Gan Wei, lose face and go around the entertainment industry soliciting investment.

However, this was not the end of the story; the box office of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was still soaring.

And like "Mojin: The Lost Legend", they also chose to postpone it.

If this trend continues, it's not impossible for "Goodbye Mr. Loser" to break 1 billion yuan at the box office!

This must have been heartbreaking for the producers of "Monster Hunt".

After finally getting through "Mojin: The Lost Legend", an even stronger dark horse, "Goodbye Mr. Loser", has emerged!
Compared to *Mojin: The Lost Legend*, *Goodbye Mr. Loser* is slightly inferior.
He doesn't have big events or extensive publicity, but he has a good reputation and is a rising star!

"Monster Hunt" is already showing signs of fatigue and is running out of steam!
The people of Anle were exhausted. They finally understood what it felt like when "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was weak compared to their "Monster Hunt" was strong.

It really hurts!
However, "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was able to deliver a powerful blow, giving the audience a good beating of Lu Chuan and pulling back the plummeting box office.

But "Monster Hunt" didn't have such methods, so it could only continue to inflate its box office figures and fabricate them.

Despite being criticized, they gritted their teeth and charged towards the top spot at the mainland box office.

Hua Yi watched this from the shore with great excitement and schadenfreude.

In their view, it was all because of "Monster Hunt" that "Mojin: The Lost Legend" interfered. If it weren't for them, "Mojin: The Lost Legend" might have broken the box office record set by "Furious 7".

but!

These Hong Kong people don't dare to go head-to-head with Hollywood, so they pick on their "Mojin: The Lost Legend" to fight. Do they really think they are easy targets?

Now you're in luck, just be the easy target for low-budget comedies!

But speaking of which... it seems that Qi Hui also invested in "Goodbye Mr. Loser", right?
The people at Huayi were scratching their heads, wondering why Qi Hui's affairs were everywhere.

Filled with doubt, they looked up some relevant information, and what they found shocked them.
Qi Hui invested 20 million here, which accounts for almost half of the total investment.

He was the biggest investor in "Goodbye Mr. Loser"!
"Holy crap!" Wang Zonglei exclaimed, his eyes red with envy.
"This bastard is making way too much money!"

(End of this chapter)