Chapter 378: Chapter 377: Taking The Blame For Each Other
Zhu did not like the boring plot of romance. His heart was filled with stars and seas, and he liked to shoot grand scenes. In the previous movies, Zhu had only changed the plot slightly, and the box office earnings were not bad.
This time, when he came into contact with the script of “South Wind intoxication,” Zhu probably knew that he had to compete with Lu Shanhe, and Zhu was not willing to be outdone. So... He used too much force, and the plot was a mess. The transitions were extremely awkward.
There were too many gorgeous special effects, which made the plot even more barren and weak.
“Sigh, He’s no match for me.” Lu Shanhe yawned, “Song Chen, I’m going to rest for a month. You can make the arrangements for the rest. I get a share of the box office earnings. Give me a penny less, and I’ll tell Manxi directly.”
Song Chen said coldly, “Next is the promotional segment. The director can’t miss it.”
“Geez, I’m the director. I’m only in charge of filming. I’ve worked hard for half a year and haven’t slept well. I don’t want to work anymore.” Lu Shanhe didn’t care about the promotion, the box office earnings wouldn’t be bad anyway.
A Black Maserati stopped beside the two of them. The car door opened and Jiang Cheng came to pick him up.
Lu Shanhe looked exhausted. “I’m leaving first. There’s one more thing — If you want to deal with Wang Corporation, now is a good opportunity.”
Lu Shanhe got into the passenger seat of the luxury car and rested one hand on the car frame. “Listen to my advice — if you want to mess with Wang Entertainment, just bankrupt them. Don’t leave a fish out of the net. You don’t want them coming back and biting you.”
Lu Shanhe snapped his fingers. Jiang Cheng nodded slightly at Song Chen, then stepped on the gas pedal and sped away.
Song Chen put one hand in his pocket and smiled indifferently. The cold wind blew in the winter night, and Song Chen looked at the bustling city.
The wind was blowing.
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The winter holiday movies were released one after another, and the total box office sales soared.
The audience walked into the theater one after another to watch the movies they liked. At the same time, the audience was discussing the two most popular movies on the internet, “South Wind Intoxication” and “The Return of Spring Breeze.”
The two movies were released at the same time, but three days after they were released, the box office went in a completely different direction.
“South Wind Intoxication,” starring the famous movie queen Cao Yuezhi, broke through 100 million on the first day of release, 80 million on the second day, and 50 million on the third day... Then, the box office fell like a cliff.
However, Lu Shanhe’s film “The Return of Spring Breeze,” which made only 50 million on the first day of release, broke through 80 million on the second day, and broke through 100 million on the third day... The box office sales skyrocketed.
On social media platforms, the audience posted their impressions:
[ Don’t hit on me no ]: “I was originally going for Jiang Cheng, but in the end, I was driven crazy by G! Just as I was about to jump over the wall and jump into G’s arms, I realized that G was actually the female lead in men’s clothing!! I’m Crazy! Ahhh, from now on, I’ll look for a husband according to G’s standards!”
[ the country assigned me a boyfriend ]: “Can you believe that I cried three times in the cinema?! Spring Breeze is indeed a Lu Shanhe movie! When Miss Ya Yue died, I cried like a dog!”
[ homework forced me to do it ]: “I was wrong, I was wrong! Gu Manxi didn’t go through the backdoor. I loved her acting skills! She’s so much better than Cao Yuezhi! This is the goddess with good looks and acting skills!”
[ Homework? Nah-ah ]: “As long as you like Spring Breeze, we are friends.”
[ Lan Xi’s husband is Jiangcheng ]: “Everyone did so well! I dragged my boyfriend to watch the movie three times! Can someone tell me who was that little actress acting as little Spring Breeze in the 65th minute? Her acting skills are good!”
...
Lu Shanhe’s movie received good reviews. There was even a famous movie blogger who wrote a crazy 100,000-word essay to praise the movie! He said that it was the best movie in the past five years in the country. The interlocking storylines, the magnificent anti-japanese war, and the praise for the great warriors of that era.
The movie starring Cao Yuezhi received a mediocre response.
[ hella hot ]: “I treated you as my love interest, but you ended up being my father?!”
[ pls marry me ]: “Believe me, when you watch the movie ‘South Wind Intoxication,’ it’s best that you leave the movie theater after watching half of it. After that, the plot gets so bad that even your own mother won’t recognize it.”
[ not ma dress ]: “Is Cao Yuezhi short of money? Her acting skills are so good, yet she accepted such a lousy script. It’s a waste of her acting skills and special effects. What kind of sh*t screenwriter wrote this thing!”
[ Make me the hottie ]: “What do you know? This is to cater to the festive atmosphere of the spring festival! They deliberately created a family of three. This drama is suitable for children under the age of 12 to watch.”
[ Python in the crotch ]: “I’m in the cinema. Thank you for curing my insomnia for so many years...”
[ support me pls ]: “Just saying, other than the male and female lead, wtf are the other actors doing?! Did they buy their ways into the production?”
...
Movies were different from TV dramas. The box office earnings of movies were all accumulated by the audience with real money.
With TV dramas, you can rig the ratings, and buy trending topics for publicity; however, the box office earnings of movies could not be faked. Movies with high box office earnings usually were of high quality. These two movies that were highly watched gradually showed a huge difference after being released for ten days.
“South Wind Intoxication,” starring Cao Yuezhi, barely made 500 million at the box office.
Many people complained that Cao Yuezhi was blind to accept this kind of trash script. Fans defended the main character, and they blamed the director and the screenwriter.
Obviously, that pissed some people off.
The screenwriter, Willow, stood up and posted on Weibo to complain that the script had been changed. The director changed the warm and romantic Xianxia fantasy drama into a weird plot of “A family of three fighting against three realms.”
Willow shifted the blame, and the one who was hit was naturally Director Zhu Buzhi.
Wang Entertainment Media, office.
“It’s not my fault. It was the capitalists who requested to change the script,” Director Zhu Buzhi, who had been criticized, said in a wronged tone, “I only changed a small part of the plot, but the investors insisted on adding the elements of family love, and I couldn’t win against money.”
Director Zhu felt wronged.
Most of the film’s preparation money was spent on special effects and the pay of the main actors. It was difficult to produce a good plot with the rest of the money. They had no choice but to beg for investors.
Somebody was willing to invest, but the premise was to change the script and add actors.
There was no other way, so Director Zhu had to bite the bullet and agree. There were several female stars in the crew who had paid their way into the group, and everyone wanted to add more scenes. After a lot of changes, the plot was a mess. The current release of ‘South Wind Intoxication’ was already a relatively reasonable finished film compared to what he originally had to work with.
But, it wasn’t good enough.
“Mr. Wang, I’m just a small director. I don’t have much say,” Director Zhu said helplessly. “Some of the female actresses had a background and backing. If I worked them a little too hard, they’d go on strike. What can I do?”
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