After "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" was finished, the film that succeeded it was "The Overheard".
"Overheard" performed well at the box office, especially during the dark financial crisis. This kind of business game about solving crimes and human nature has aroused great interest among movie fans.
However, although this movie is extremely good, it is not as good as the "Infernal Affairs" series. After the box office exceeded 400 million, it gradually stagnated and stopped rising.
Hollywood movies that have been waiting for a long time are finally being released in the Chinese film industry one after another like mushrooms after a rain.
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Jiang Ge encountered a low point in his life and began to become confused and at a loss when facing the future.
During this period of time, Xinghui gave him the feeling of chaos.
It's so messy that it's disgusting.
No one could have imagined that Xinghui, which once occupied half of the country in China, would begin to languish in just a few days.
Every day when he walks into the company, he will see some people walking out of the office with contracts...
He heard rumors that Li Zhongjun, the boss of Xinghui, seemed to be selling off his shares in Xinghui, but no one took the interest and could not sell the shares.
In late May, Xinghui's stock price had been falling, and shareholders were going crazy with anxiety.
There are also rumors that Shengshi is poaching people from Xinghui at high prices, adding insult to injury. Xinghui's side seems to be in turmoil, and many people are out of shape at work.
This world is very realistic...
When rumors emerged and kept coming and going, everyone began to feel a crisis of trust, and then it became even worse.
Jiang Ge knocked on Li Zhongjun's door.
Compared with Li Zhongjun a month ago, Li Zhongjun now seems to be extremely haggard.
After seeing Jiang Ge come in, he smiled and invited Jiang Ge to sit down. He began to look at Jiang Ge in a friendly manner, at least his words were not as threatening and aggressive as before.
He handed Jiang Ge the contract for "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2".
"If you are willing to stay at Xinghui, the company will pay for you to film "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2"..."
"Although the company is facing a crisis now, it is just a small difficulty. The movie "The Righteous Man" will be released soon. You should know the weight of this movie, right?"
"The company's finances are not as bad as outside rumors, and the company's cohesion is very strong. Shengshi has been trying to poach our people. As you know, not many people from our side have left, but many people have continued to work with our company.
Made an appointment..."
"..."
Jiang Ge found it hard to believe that under such circumstances, the employees in the company would actually renew their contracts with Xinghui.
However, when he saw the smile on Li Zhongjun's face, Jiang Ge felt that Li Zhongjun was not lying.
He should have offered these people some conditions that made it difficult for them to refuse, and then he renewed the contract...
"I was a bit rude when I spoke to you before. Now I want to apologize to you for what I said before..."
Jiang Ge saw Li Zhongjun raise his head and then stood up, his eyes full of apology.
A superior person, a superior person who has stayed in a high position for many years, would actually apologize. This is something that Django never dreamed of.
Jiang Ge was filled with emotions, and suddenly felt a little moved.
Li Zhongjun chatted with Jiang Ge about many things, including when Xinghui started his own business, how he once carried a dead pig overnight, how he once had nothing, but finally persisted...
The words contained nostalgia for the past, and naturally there were also lofty ideals, which inevitably infected Django, making him think of the future of Xinghui and the future of the film industry unconsciously.
Half an hour later...
He signed a contract to film the movie "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2" and also signed a contract with Xinghui.
Xinghui's contract did not have the same series of rigid conditions as last time and began to become more relaxed.
He suddenly realized that Li Zhongjun was not some kind of confused king in troubled times. Did he follow his personal charm?
However, after signing various contracts and walking out of Xinghui, his heart suddenly felt a little empty, and the feeling of confusion and overwhelmed seemed to be stronger.
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June 1st.
The Hollywood movies released on this day are crazy.
Except for "The Overheard", a Chinese movie, the other two are newly released Hollywood movies.
Among them, a Hollywood fantasy movie called "The Dukes of Hell" set off a wave of craze once it was released...
The male protagonist of "The Duke of Hell" is extremely ugly, and his whole body is blood red, like a monster emerging from the flames. When it was first promoted, because of the lessons learned from "The Lizard Man", fans of this type of movie were not very interested, but when
After the premiere, movie fans were instantly attracted by the gorgeous Western weirdness in the movie...
Exquisite magic and runes, a strange world of hell, a combination of Western ghost and god culture and human historical background, dazzling special effects and a mysterious world...
Everything is a feast for the eyes of the audience.
The other movie is a magical fantasy movie called "Magic World"...
Although the reputation and enthusiasm for watching this movie are not as high as "The Dukes of Hell", after watching the movie, fans all said that this movie is worth the 30 yuan movie ticket.
The first box office of the two movies was 52 million, and the latter was 43 million...
Although the box office of "The Dukes of Hell" is not as high as "Jaws", and it is not as crazy as "Time Travel", it is still a movie with a total box office of over 1 billion.
"Jaws", "Time Travel"...
Two Chinese movies have grossed over 1 billion in box office, but they are both Hollywood movies.
Now there is another "Duke of Hell"...
This made Chinese movie fans and filmmakers who had been inspired by "Liao Zhai Painted Skin" feel an indescribable sense of loss not long after the painting was finished.
But the feeling of loss is not despair, but rather confidence.
"Liao Zhai Painted Skin" 800 million!
It seems that one billion is not that far away!
On June 2nd after this sentiment emerged.
Xinghui Entertainment has been on a wave of hot searches!
[The agreement has been finalized and the original cast will reunite for "Liao Zhai Painted Skin 2". Jiang Ge: The goal of this movie is one billion yuan! 】
[China's first Chinese superhero, "The Righteous Man" has been announced to be released on June 15th! Cao Bangguo supervised the production and boasted that the movie's box office is expected to be 1.4 billion, surpassing "Time Travel"!]
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When Xinghui rumors encountered a huge crisis, the announcement of these two pieces of news was like a shot in the arm, stabbing the heart hard, causing the originally sluggish heart to start beating faster.
"Today, although Chinese movies have seen the dawn and hope, Hollywood movies are still dominating our Chinese movies!"
"But this day is not far away anymore. It will be in June, yes, it will only be in June!"
"..."
When it was announced that "The Righteous Man" was scheduled to be released, perhaps because he felt that the popularity was not enough and there were still some shortcomings, Cao Bangguo actually appeared in front of the media and boldly expressed his expectations for the film.
1.4 billion!
When movie fans saw this astonishing data and the cast of "The Righteous Man", they were so excited that they went crazy.
[Famous actor Tony Leung, action star Jacky Huo joins, Chinese Hollywood superstar, Lee Lunsuk starring], [Hollywood's first Chinese superhero movie], [Creating a milestone beyond "Time Travel"!]...
In the next ten days or so...
Xinghui spent a lot of money to hype up these tags, and even announced a series of dazzling and eye-catching fight scenes on the Internet, leaving movie fans with surprises after watching it, and their expectations were raised!
They seem to have seen that Chinese movies are about to be exposed to the world!
On June 10th, the DV company even sent a person in charge. Facing the Chinese reporters, the person in charge said with expectation: "This should be the best-looking superhero I have ever seen."
The movie is not inferior to "Superman". I came all the way from Hollywood just to come to China to witness history!"
Such praise from the DV official has raised the expectations of movie fans. When the pre-sale tickets for the premiere opened, they were all sold out. The people in charge of the theaters praised the movie's "empty crowds"!
Thanks to a series of publicity for Xinghui, the stock returned to historical levels, and even broke through the historical high on the eve of its release!
Countless capitals became interested in Xinghui's equity again, and came to the door of Xinghui Company one after another...
But except for Li Zhongjun who sold some shares, the other shareholders began to stop selling their shares one after another...
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"It feels like Xinghui is fighting for his life... there is always some indescribable uneasiness..."
"Haha, not only Xinghui is fighting for his life, but our boss Zhou is also fighting for his life. After the box office share of "The Overheard" movie was divided, he bought five sets of large flats in Yanjing... and persuaded everyone in the company to buy them.
... He is really obsessed. He has not summarized the lessons learned from Xinghui's overseas assets at all, and does not listen to what the experts say... I heard that after "Spider-Man" is ready to be released, he will buy it again...
"
"Go crazy!"
"Shh, don't question Mr. Zhou..."
Early June.
There has been a lot of discussion within Huaxing.
When all the experts were urging you not to buy a house, even if the government came forward, Zhou Yang actually went against the advice of the experts and worked hard to buy a house.
Zhou Yang naturally heard these discussions.
But he didn't pay attention to it.
He has been busy. Apart from buying a house, he is also paying attention to the situation of "Spider-Man".
Early morning of June 15th.
The American side of "Spider-Man" delivered a finished product that made Zhou Yang very satisfied.
After watching "Spider-Man", Zhou Yang went to the theater to continue watching Xing Hui's "The Righteous Man"...
A few minutes into the movie...
Somehow, Zhou Yang suddenly had a bad premonition.