Director of Photography Department of Huayu

Chapter 691 4 Million, About to Set Off
The sympathetic or gloating glances from the surrounding crew members felt like sharp thorns pricking Yang Mi's body.

Her ambition, which she thought she could rival Liu Yifei, was instantly extinguished at that moment.

"If it were that other person, would Chen Hong still say that?"

Yang Mi murmured to herself, involuntarily recalling how warmly and familiarly Chen Hong treated Wu Chen and Liu Yifei during the Huabiao Awards ceremony.

The news that Yang Mi was fired on the spot by the crew of "Caught in the Web" quickly spread throughout the entertainment industry.

The industry was abuzz with discussion.

"Have you heard? Yang Mi was kicked out of Chen Kaige's film crew!"

"Really? Why?"

"What else could it be? She's been juggling too many projects at once. I heard she was several hours late again today. Chen Hong lost her temper right there and then."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this time, they've really bitten off more than they can chew."

Although a top director simply stated that he didn't want a certain person and didn't use his influence to blacklist her, this essentially sealed the fate of Yang Mi's rising momentum in the mainland film industry over the past few years.

Unless you are truly irreplaceable, who would hire an unprofessional actor with a criminal record?

"Tsk tsk, filming multiple projects at once, being famous really does bring a lot of trouble."

Shu Chang had just made a remark at the dinner table when Wu Chen jokingly reminded her, "Don't you dare follow my example, or I'll have to go to the film set to bail you out."

"Okay, Director Wu!"

Shu Chang immediately stood up with a serious expression, which amused Wu Chen and Liu Yifei.

"Forget it, with your and her lazy personalities, it's good enough if you can get one more gig."

Wu Chen shook his head and made a comment about Liu Yifei beside him, which immediately aroused her dissatisfaction, and she glared at him angrily.

Of course, many actresses of the same age in the industry are more gloating, after all, this means one less strong competitor.

They all hoped that Yang Mi would lose her gigs and endorsements because of this, so that they could grab a big piece of the pie.

However, Yang Mi's incident can only be considered a minor upheaval within the industry. What truly shook the entire industry was the collective action of the six major South Korean entertainment agencies.

"Director Wu, did you receive the call?"

Wang Changtian's side was quick.

"It seems you received it, Mr. Wang."

"Haha, I did get the offer, but since someone like me, who's only a small player in the film industry, has already received it, I guess I can't avoid Director Wu's offer either."
Director Wu, do you think it's between China and South Korea?

Wang Changtian saw things very clearly and had already begun to speculate on deeper developments.

"How would I know? But I don't work as an artist manager." Wu Chen didn't elaborate.

He knew in his heart that the honeymoon period between China and South Korea was an inevitable trend, and this trend was definitely not something the film and television industry could stop.

It is foreseeable that in the next few years, Sino-Korean co-productions will spring up like mushrooms after rain and flourish everywhere.

"Hehe, Huayi has quite an appetite, they finished it all in one bite."

Wang Changtian's words clearly indicated that he knew the latest moves of these six brokerage companies.

Although the news has only reached the level of film and television company bosses such as Wu Chen and Wang Changtian for the time being, it has spread to some extent, and the news that Korean artists are about to make a big influx into the mainland has spread like wildfire.

The cake was only so big, and suddenly a whole bunch of people came to share it, so naturally no one was very happy.

Amidst this commotion, another seemingly insignificant piece of news quietly emerged.

On October 20, the superhero film "Green Lantern," produced by Warner Bros., was officially released in mainland China.

This film, starring Ryan Reynolds, was a critical and commercial flop in North America, and was hailed as another epic disaster in the DC Extended Universe after Catwoman.

However, for the Chinese film market, this is, after all, the first Hollywood blockbuster to be released after the National Day holiday.

Major cinema chains still gave it a fairly high number of screenings.

However, after only one day of release, the film once again proved its status as a "bad movie." "Holy crap! What kind of garbage is this? It's even worse than 'The Legend of the White Snake' and 'Painted Skin'!"

The whole thing was just him conjuring up all sorts of random things with his ring! The plot was so childish, it was like watching "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!

"Ryan Reynolds, please, stop playing superheroes! You're really not suited for it!"

During its opening weekend in China, "Green Lantern" also suffered a double blow in terms of both box office and critical reception.
It's even possible that because the movie was so bad, it triggered a backlash from some viewers, causing "Warm Thirty Days" to see a slight rebound in box office revenue.

Finally, on Tuesday, after the distributor, China Film Group, completed its box office statistics, it issued a report of good news, which was followed by a flurry of reports from major media outlets.

[Unstoppable momentum! "30 Days of Warmth" officially surpasses 400 million yuan at the box office after four weeks of release!]

[4.03 million! Wu Chen and Liu Yifei team up to break the box office record for domestic romantic art films!]

[A phenomenal success! "30 Days of Warmth" becomes the first domestic romantic drama film to surpass 400 million yuan at the box office!]

From "200 million" to "400 million": Liu Yifei becomes the biggest winner of the National Day holiday box office!

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The media has already started bombarding us with questions about the victory celebration banquet.

After all, "The Warmest 30 Days of My Life" was a double success in terms of both overseas distribution rights and domestic box office, so this celebration party is likely to be full of talking points and star-studded.

Wu Chen gave a clear response during a telephone interview with the media when he had some free time.

"Thank you all so much for your support of our film. However, I've been quite busy lately and may not have time to prepare a celebration banquet."
Because Effie and I will soon be setting off to begin the global promotion of Interstellar!

I hope everyone can attend the 'Interstellar Travel Day' event on the 10th of next month. I promise you won't be disappointed.

Wu Chen's words were quickly reported.

Although the lack of a celebration banquet has reduced some of the media's buzz, the popularity of "Interstellar" is expected to soar in the upcoming November.

In an instant, reports about "Interstellar" and Wu Chen's personal recommendation for everyone to participate in "Interstellar Day" were everywhere.

[Interstellar is a blockbuster even before its release! Wu Chen invites you to participate in "Interstellar Day"!]

[Instead of celebrating the 400 million yuan box office success of "Warm 30 Days," Wu Chen and Liu Yifei are about to embark on a global promotional tour for "Interstellar."]

The domestic film release schedule at the end of November has created a strange vacuum, which is clearly the result of major companies in the industry actively avoiding the release of the mega-blockbuster "Interstellar".

After all, films can be released later in the Lunar New Year season, so why deliberately jeopardize your own box office performance?

Of course, if we're talking about who's most interested in "Interstellar" during the Lunar New Year season, it's undoubtedly Zhang Weiping of New Pictures.

The promotional campaign for "The Flowers of War" has been gradually gaining momentum recently.

However, what baffled the industry was that Zhang Weiping always liked to bring up Bale's sex scenes, and this was also how he presented them in various press releases.

Zhang Yimou was very dissatisfied with this.

Are sex scenes all that he makes in his movies?
He was about to say something when Zhang Weiping stopped him and asked instead, "Yimou, do you know when Wu Chen is going to Hollywood for promotional activities?"

Zhang Weiping made a rough guess.

For a film like Interstellar, the global promotional period for the creators will definitely last at least two or three weeks.

He was just unsure of the exact time.

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Yi was very puzzled.

"Put our plan into action. If Wu Chen is here, what if those theater chains form an alliance with him and retaliate against us? Wouldn't we be in trouble?"

His blockbuster film is too unstable, like a ticking time bomb! We have to wait until Wu Chen is out of the country before we can make a move.”

Zhang Weiping calculated it very clearly.

To blackmail theaters into releasing "The Flowers of War," we'll have to wait until Wu Chenyuan is in Hollywood before we can actually start.
(End of this chapter)