Chapter 314 Two More Powerful Players Join the Chinese Film Industry

Wei Yang's "prophecy" came true, and the first-day box office of "Wu-Dang Code" was less than 5 million.

With the addition of "Famous", which has a strong box office, and the schedule adjustment of "Famous Detective", the figures of this movie are worse than those in Wei Yang's previous life, and whether it can reach 30 million is a question.

At the end of July, after much stumbling, "Painted Skin 2" finally surpassed "Let the Bullets Fly", setting a new record and becoming the first-ever box office hit for Chinese-language movies.

Director Wu Ershan is famous!

Soon after, the box office of "Famous" exceeded 400 million, ranking second only to "Painted Skin 2" among Chinese-language films released this year. Counting imported films, it also ranked among the top five of the year.

Wei Yang, who wrote, directed, and acted, also became famous in the film industry!

Some film media said that the biggest surprise this summer is not the individual films, but the discovery of two outstanding commercial film directors, adding two new talents to the Chinese film industry.

Among them, Wu Ershan is good at technology and graphics, and the special effects and art style of "Painted Skin 2" are still very impressive.

Wei Yang's strengths are plot and character creation. The plot of "Famous" is logically logical, the characters have distinct personalities, and the themes and elements are well blended, which is very consistent with everyone's impression of Wei Yang's background as a screenwriter.

In terms of box office, "Painted Skin 2" performed better, but it somewhat suffered from the success of its predecessor.

"Famous" has a reputation advantage, but it's a pity that it didn't improve at the box office.

In contrast, everyone is more optimistic about Wei Yang, and there are still more praises for him. "Painted Skin 2" was quite controversial, which somewhat lowered Wu Ershan's score.

However, although there are few directors like Wei Yang in Chinese-language films who can tell good stories, there are still some, but there are too few directors who can play well with technique.

For so many years, when it comes to Chinese-language special effects blockbusters, the only thing that comes to mind is Mr. Xu, which shows how scarce relevant talents are.

Things are rare and valuable, and this is the most valuable thing about Wuershan. China is so lacking in directors who can make blockbusters with special effects.

Wei Yang had no intention of distinguishing himself from Wu Ershan. He had no intention of getting into directing from the beginning. "Famous" was a special situation.

Therefore, the director's achievements do not matter to him. On the contrary, from the perspective of a film and television investor, Wei Yang himself is very optimistic about Wu Ershan.

Putting the "Fengshen" trilogy aside for now, if Wu Ershan wants to start a project like "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Wei Yang is very willing to participate.

In August, the road show of "Become Famous" has all ended, and the publicity team will do it by themselves later, breaking through 500 million red envelopes, and more than 450 million can be accepted.

All the major creators have left. Since Wei Yang is the protagonist, he has to cooperate with the ending. Before returning to the crew of "Celebrating More Than Years", he accepted an interview with the Six Princesses on "China Movie Channel".

As an entertainment information program of CCTV, although it mainly focuses on Chinese-language movies, it also broadcasts TV drama news.

Wei Yang has dealt with them a lot, and this is especially true for "Famous". Everyone is familiar with them, and the scope of the interview is very harmonious.

Female host: "So far, the box office of "Famous" has exceeded 400 million, ranking second in the summer season. It is also a great result for the whole year. Are you satisfied with this result?"

"satisfy!"

The promotional work of "Getting Famous" is coming to an end, and Wei Yang feels a little more relaxed.

"Before the movie was released, we had a rough estimate. The current data is higher than our basic expectations. All of us on the crew are very happy."

Female host: "This is probably your first time as a director. Do you feel any different from before?"

"Mixed feelings."

Wei Yang was a little sad: "The director has to be responsible for too many things. This workload is much larger than my previous work. Moreover, movies and TV series I used to shoot are two different types of film and television, which also brings difficulties to the director's work. A certain level of difficulty.”

"I didn't see in your previous interview that you said you didn't plan to continue being a director in the future?"

"Yes, I think my directorial talent is limited and I can't make it in this industry. Maybe I will change my mind one day, but I really have no plans to continue directing at the moment."

"Many people now say that you are a genius director. Don't you think it's a pity to give up directing?"

Wei Yang smiled: "I can still participate in creation in other positions and bring good works to the audience."

Female host: "Asking a personal question, our director is very curious about why you named the screenwriter Jiahui. Is there any intention?"

"There is no special intention. It was just a name that came to mind when I was writing the script. If I had to find a reason, it might be because I like Mr. Tony Leung Ka Fai, so I suddenly came up with this name."

"We saw before that Mr. Tony Leung Ka Fai is your favorite actor in Hong Kong."

"That's right."

"What about the mainland actors?"

"Teacher Li Xuejian, I admire him very much. Oh, and Teacher Ge You, he didn't force me to say this (laughs)."

This question was also asked during the road show. When Wei Yang answered, Uncle Ge happened to be next to him, and the old man was half-jokingly jealous on the spot.

So from then on, Wei Yang’s favorite mainland actor was Uncle Ge. Of course, in exchange of equal value, from now on, Uncle Ge said that his most promising young actor from the mainland must have Wei Yang’s name.

The interview lasted for half an hour, and Wei Yang answered many questions. Until the end, the host asked the last question.

"Can I ask if you have any idea for your next film?"

"I think so."

"When is it expected to be released?"

"After "Celebrating More Than Years", I will start working on a new film. If nothing goes wrong, it should be released next year."

"I am looking forward to your new work."

"Thank you."

"..."

After the interview, Wei Yang had completely finished the promotion of "Famous", and immediately started to prepare to return to Hengdian to film.

This was originally planned to be a month's leave. If the effect is too good, it will be delayed for more than ten days, and you have to rush back to work.

However, before returning to Hengdian, Wei Yang went home to see his parents.

Earlier, it was said that his parents moved to Shanghai, so they could meet more often, but in fact, after the Spring Festival, they were busy filming and promoting, and they didn't have much time to accompany their parents.

But it's better than my hometown. At least in Shanghai, I can take time to go home and have a meal with them and talk.

If I were in my hometown, I might not be able to have a meal with the old couple all year round.

Wei Yang drove to Yunhua Mansion, but found that his parents were not at home. He asked the nanny and was told that Comrade Wei Shan was in the store.

He could only put down the large and small bags he bought, and Wei Yang drove away again. After walking for about ten minutes, he parked at the door of a [Mingxue Fruit Store].

Wearing a mask, Wei Yang went into the store and looked around, and saw Comrade Lao Wei sitting in front of the counter watching TV and paying a mother and daughter who bought fruit.

Wei Yang did not disturb them, and took a look at the layout of the fruit store.

The store is not actually very big, about 50 or 60 square meters, and the layout is very delicate and clean. Various fresh fruits are displayed in it. There are also two freezers against the wall, with fruit plates that need to be refrigerated.

This is a new store that the old couple Wei Shan tinkered with themselves. The name of the store is to commemorate Mingxue Street, where they lived for decades in their hometown.

As mentioned earlier, the old couple is not very old, and they can't sit at home every day, so they have been thinking about opening a store, not to make money, but mainly to find something to do.

Wei Yang did not stop them, but made a request that the business should not be tedious and tiring.

The old couple originally wanted to run a curtain or dry cleaning business.

But later they investigated the market and found that the curtain business they had in their hometown was far inferior to that of Shanghai. Dry cleaning business was complicated and trivial, and a bit dirty, and the profit was not high. They had no choice before, and now they don’t think about making money, so there is no need to suffer.

So the old couple thought about it for a long time, and they didn’t know who told them that the fruit shop business was good. It was popular with customers coming and going, not tiring, and it saved money on fruit at home.

A full-time fruit shop, this kind of business can only be opened in Shanghai in this era, and it would lose money in other cities.

Even in Shanghai, there are many things to pay attention to if you want to make money, but Wei Yang doesn’t care, just tossing around for fun.

If the fruit can be sold, it will be sold. If it can’t be sold, it will be directly taken to companies such as Blue Whale and Red Shark to give benefits to employees.

Nowadays, Wei Yang has hundreds of employees under him, if not a thousand, and the goods in this fruit shop may not be enough.

With their son as a backup, the old couple Wei Shan opened the store. They took turns to look after the store every day and hired two small workers.

Wei Yang was not sure whether it was profitable or not, but he was very happy that the old couple had something to do and were full of energy.

The daughter of the mother and daughter who had paid the bill seemed to have noticed something wrong. She looked at Wei Yang hesitantly, but she didn't dare to admit it after all. She followed her mother away in a dilemma.

After the two customers left, Wei Shan was the only one left in the store. The small worker went to have lunch. Wei Yang took off his mask, took a plate of watermelon from the freezer, and ate it happily with a fork.

"I think the business of this store is average."

"Who comes to buy fruit at noon? There are many customers in the morning and evening. Don't eat cold fruit. It will freeze your stomach. I want freshly cut fruit."

Wei Shan took a knife to cut a fresh melon for his son, but was stopped by Wei Yang. He was greedy for the coolness.

"Have you eaten?"

"No, I came directly here."

"Then I'll call Xiao Liu to bring you some."

"All right."

Wei Yang wasn't hungry, not to mention he was still eating watermelon. Compared to lunch, he was more curious about where his mother Wang Yunping had gone.

Under normal circumstances, his mother was either at home or in the fruit store. She rarely went out alone, at most she would go to her aunt's house for a visit.

"You don't know? Your mother went to Hengdian."

"What... ahem."

Wei Yang was almost choked to death by the watermelon, and looked at his father in a daze: "Why did she go to Hengdian? Didn't I call her a few days ago to tell her that I was doing publicity?"

"It wasn't for you, she went to visit the set. Isn't Liying filming there? Who knows how the mother and daughter came up with it? Liying sent someone to pick up your mother. She's been gone for several days."

Wei Shan explained, and Wei Yang's scalp exploded. Liu Shishi is now filming in Hengdian, and Tang Yan is also there. They won't run into each other...