"In the first three days of Infernal Affairs, Xu Ji traveled to three cities and performed three road shows.
Although this kind of work does not sound very intense, it is actually not very tiring.
Most of the time is actually wasted on the road.
Although the number of road shows in "Infernal Affairs" is the lowest.
But there is still a big gap between the box office and the box office of several other movies.
Relying on online word-of-mouth, the single-day box office continues to rise.
The cumulative number in three days has exceeded 800 million.
However, as the three-day holiday passes, the subsequent box office results will definitely shrink significantly.
Of course, even so, the results were much better than those of several other films of the same period.
For example, "The Wanbao Merchant", which performed well at the box office on the first day, gradually declined as the popularity of the announcement gradually declined. By the third day, the single-day box office had been cut in half.
In total, we got a score of more than 300 million and less than 400 million.
As for other movies of the same period, the situation is actually similar.
This is because of the movie's reputation, and the fact that Xu Ji and the cast of "Infernal Affairs" have great box office appeal.
"Although the situation of Infernal Affairs being so outstanding is somewhat surprising, it seems to be reasonable.
Because of the recent popularity of "Infernal Affairs", many people in the entertainment industry have changed their views.
In the past, many film and television companies were actually afraid of encountering films with three major investors when their films were released.
Even the Big Three have almost become the nightmare of many companies.
But now, in comparison, many people feel that Tongji Entertainment or Xuji will become someone that the three major companies are afraid of encountering in the future.
Especially Xu Ji didn’t play his cards according to common sense.
The sudden announcement of a scheduled release caught people off guard.
Sometimes it is impossible to avoid it.
Because a lot of publicity expenses have been invested, there is no turning back.
Movies like "The Wanbao Merchant" and "White Fengshan" are living examples.
"Fortunately, brother, you have put all our company's movies on the Spring Festival schedule."
"Otherwise we will probably lose money too."
"Why is Xu Ji's "Infernal Affairs" so powerful?"
Phoenix Entertainment, Li Borui said.
In fact, he just paid a brief attention to it. Although he also went to the theater to watch Xu Ji's "Infernal Affairs", he went there as a pure audience.
To utter such a sigh at this time is naturally to subconsciously praise and please Li Bokai.
It can only be said that his current chairman, although he is the chairman on the surface, is actually no different from many managers below.
The biggest difference is that you don’t need to do anything.
Li Bokai didn't care about his younger brother's inner thoughts at this time.
Instead, I once again felt a great threat from Xu Ji’s Tongji Entertainment.
I have to say that Xu Ji grew up too fast.
In other words, everyone was not optimistic about Xu Ji when he went to make movies, but it was only the second movie that was released, and it already surprised many people.
The most important thing is Xu Ji's box office appeal at this time, which is really too outrageous.
Even if there are two best actors and a bunch of veteran Hong Kong stars in the movie, they can't suppress Xu Ji's influence.
Box office appeal may seem fictitious, but people from the three major companies know how important it is.
Otherwise, each of the three major companies would not have so many personal studios.
These personal studios that have only cooperative relationships with the three major companies are the most valuable wealth.
As for some other artists, Phoenix Entertainment deliberately replaced them all, and it didn't matter if they trained new ones.
Although it has some influence, it cannot shake its foundation.
But even Li Bokai, who has a super contract, dare not move easily.
It's just that Xu Ji is different from some other super artists, and it's because of his status as a boss.
You can call Tongji Entertainment large in scale, but it is indeed not considered a small company in the entertainment industry.
But if you want to talk about big ones, there seems to be no comparison with the three major ones.
But it happened to be a sign that the three major companies frequently failed in the field of TV series and movies.
The losses are almost casting a shadow.
At this time, Li Bokai had temporarily forgotten his previous intention to bring down Tongji Entertainment.
Instead, he began to consider how to reduce the impact of Tongji Entertainment on his family.
The two major companies, Tianhua and Phoenix Entertainment, have been talking about cooperation for a long time, but in the end, some so-called actions have had little effect.
If it had been any other small company, it might have disappeared long ago.
This is what makes Li Bokai feel terrible.
As for Xu Ji at this time, he actually had no idea what the three major companies were doing against Tongji Entertainment.
Although I felt that someone was deliberately causing trouble before, the impact seemed not that big.
I don’t need to worry too much about this.
Anyway, there is no possibility of reconciliation for a company like Phoenix Entertainment that is considered a "feud".
If there is a chance that he can cause losses to the other party, Xu Ji will not feel any burden.
His attention has never been focused on this matter.
Compared with these, the more important thing now is the Spring Festival Gala.
The five-day road show passed quickly, but he and Sha Yetong had little chance to return to Chengdu.
Because Duan Suxin has sent several messages in succession, asking them to go directly to the capital after the road show.
Xu Ji could only give up his previous idea of wanting to rest.
Beijing, in the recording venue of the Spring Festival Gala.
Duan Suxin was actually not in a good mood at this time.
Mainly because Xiang Zhenghui left a mess for her before going in.
The most important thing is that she simply doesn’t understand the other party’s idea of selecting the Spring Festival Gala program.
Many people who in Duan Suxin's opinion need to be invited have not been invited.
She can only start all over again.
Fortunately, I already had experience as a firefighter before.
Overall, the time this time is actually more sufficient.
But even in this situation, the program still has a big gap in the program.
Either the quality of some programs dissatisfied her, or some people missed the time and are no longer willing to come.
That's right, even if it's the Spring Festival Gala, some people will definitely come to participate anyway. After all, such a big stage is a rare opportunity.
But for some people, it is not so worthy of attention.
For example, last year Xu Ji was more willing to go home to celebrate the New Year than to go to the Spring Festival Gala.
Fortunately, Duan Suxin helped Xu Ji this year and went to find out the news about Xiang Zhenghui at that time.
So I can't refuse her.
Duan Suxin's most urgent thought now is for Xu Ji to come to the capital as soon as possible.
She placed her greatest hopes on the other party.
On the fifth day, the last stop of the road show in Shenzhen ended. This five-day road show came to a perfect end.
Of course, the main creators like Xu Ji also watched "Infernal Affairs" five times.
It is true that the next few times mainly repeat the previous process.
After this time, Xu Ji felt relieved.
He and Sha Yetong flew directly to the capital.
Youman and others returned to Chengdu. After all, Tongji Entertainment still had a lot of work waiting to be done.
Xu Ji and Sha Yetong just got off the plane and met Duan Suxin who came to pick them up.
From this point of view, Xu Ji has already felt that Duan Suxin really wants to ask for something this time, and it is probably not as simple as a show.
After all, at this time, the rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala have not officially started yet.
After checking into the hotel arranged by the Spring Festival Gala and resting for a day, Xu Ji and Sha Yetong went to see Duan Suxin.
Because Xiang Zhenghui had already participated in the primary election before, and there are all the videos of the performances.
So Duan Suxin directly skipped this process this time.
Not only that, after Duan Suxin saw Xu Ji, she directly told Xu Ji to help.
"Not enough programs?"
Xu Ji was also stunned for a moment.
I remembered that Duan Suxin also came to invite him during the Spring Festival Gala last year.
In the end, although Xu Ji and Sha Yetong did not go, Tongji Entertainment contributed three programs.
Judging from the audience response after the broadcast of those three original songs, they are indeed good.
So it’s understandable that Duan Suxin came to look for Xu Ji this time.
"This time, there will probably be only one singing program missing."
"The main problem is the quality of the songs. As for the singers, there are no conditions."
Duan Suxin said.
The meaning of this is also very obvious.
As long as the song is written by Xu Ji, Xu Ji can decide who the singer is.
"No problem."
This is actually not that difficult for Xu Ji.
There are still many songs suitable for the Spring Festival Gala.
But as for the choice of singer, he is still considering it.
There are only a few singers under Tongji Entertainment, and they all attended the Spring Festival Gala last year.
Who to choose this year is a question.
But Xu Ji suddenly thought of Yu Feifei.
The other party has just joined Tongji Entertainment. Compared with several others, it is true that he has never written a song for the other party.
It's a good choice.
Hearing that Xu Ji agreed, Duan Suxin breathed a sigh of relief.
In her opinion, it is difficult to find original new songs suitable for the Spring Festival Gala, but for Xu Ji, it is indeed not a difficult task.
Although I had expected it before, I was completely relieved when I heard Xu Ji agreed.
Of course, at present, the problem with the Spring Festival Gala program is not only original songs, but also other types of programs have not found suitable ones.
But Duan Suxin also felt that Xu Ji couldn't help with these aspects, so she didn't mention them.
Since Yu Feifei and Zheng Yuzhen came to Tongji Entertainment, the situation has not changed much.
Although there are indeed a lot more resources, the most important thing is that Xu Ji has no intention of helping Feifei write songs.
The two of them couldn't save face, so they took the initiative to ask Xu Ji for a song.
"Sister Zheng, do we really not accept variety shows?"
Yu Feifei asked in confusion.
Because she has also seen some variety show invitations from Youman, and now as an artist under Tongji Entertainment, if Yu Feifei wants to accept them, it will probably not be difficult.
And those variety shows are quite popular.
If it were at the time of Phoenix Entertainment, Yu Feifei felt that Zheng Yuzhen must have helped her succeed.
Zheng Yuzhen shook her head.
"As for variety shows, The Masked Singer is actually enough."
"And those are notices that others don't want. We don't need to make people think that we are here to pick up bargains."
Zheng Yuzhen is actually quite puzzled.
Since joining Tongji Entertainment, the company's operating model is indeed very different from what she imagined.
She used to think that the artists of Tongji Entertainment did not accept variety shows or anything like that, they were just characters.
But it wasn’t until I arrived that I realized it was true.
Many popular variety shows have sent invitations to Tongji Entertainment, and they don’t even require Xu Ji and Sha Yetong, but other artists are welcome, as long as they reach cooperation with Tongji Entertainment.
But even so, no one answered these notifications.
Even if Youman asked for a long time in the group, he would always refuse.
"But if there are only some performances, wouldn't it be no different from when we were at Phoenix Entertainment?"
Yu Feifei asked a little strangely.
Zheng Yuzhen shook her head.
"Actually, Tongji Entertainment's biggest resources have never been these."
"Feifei, remember, our biggest resource at Tongji Entertainment is Xu Ji, the songwriter and songwriter."
Yu Feifei nodded in understanding.
In fact, this is a little different from what Zheng Yuzhen and her had before.
In the past, Zheng Yuzhen actually valued exposure and marketing more.
But now, Zheng Yuzhen begins to feel that the work is the most important thing.
At this moment, Zheng Yuzhen's cell phone suddenly rang.
"It's me."
"Okay, okay!"
Zheng Yuzhen looked very excited when she put down the phone.
"Xu Ji asked us to go to the capital."
Yu Feifei was stunned for a moment.
"Beijing?"
Xu Ji and Sha Yetong did not leave the capital, but stayed here temporarily.
The songs prepared for Yu Feifei have all been written, but after the other party comes over, it is estimated that as a new song, it will take a few days to practice.
In the past few days, Xu Ji was bored and followed Duan Suxin to watch the ongoing preliminary selection of the Spring Festival Gala.
Duan Suxin also smiled and asked Xu Ji to help give reference and opinions.
Of course, Xu Ji knew that these were just polite words.
But this time I didn’t choose a song-based program.
There are more language programs and dances.
Of course, Xu Ji didn't know how many times he saw Duan Suxin shaking his head in the past few days.
After watching nearly a hundred programs, only three met Duan Suxin’s requirements.
If he hadn't participated in the whole process, Xu Ji would have thought that Duan Suxin's demands were too high.
But after reading it, Xu Ji had no choice but to mourn a few minutes of silence for Duan Suxin.
It is true that the level of this year’s program is too low, and it is not on the same level as last year’s.
"Is today's one gone?"
Duan Suxin asked.
The staff of the program team responded: "That was the last one just now."
"Alas"
Sighing, Duan Suxin also felt a little depressed, the program was still not enough.
But those who came to participate in the primary election could not meet her requirements.
Now it seems that this year's Spring Festival Gala will not go as smoothly as last time.
At this moment, Duan Suxin suddenly heard a voice coming from the side.