When Pang Er came to see Xu Ji this time, he definitely didn’t come to hear about Versailles.
As the boss of Tongji Entertainment, he suddenly said that he regretted founding Tongji Entertainment. It gave people the feeling that there was no other appropriate feeling besides pretending.
"Director Xu, I am here this time..."
Before he finished speaking, he was directly interrupted by Xu Ji.
"I know, it's about the script."
Seeing that Xu Ji had spoken out before him, Pang Er quickly nodded, feeling quite happy.
If you look at it this way, it is really possible to get the script today.
"I haven't finished writing it yet. I'll give it to you in two days."
Ignoring Pang Er's resentful expression, Xu Ji quickly slipped out of Youman's office, minding his own business.
"It's useless for you to look at me."
"He is the boss, I can't control him."
Youman noticed that Pang Er's eyes were on him, and he could only spread his hands to express helplessness.
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During the upcoming National Day holiday, there was no so-called dark horse.
More than 90% of the box office in the movie market is still occupied by the five most popular movies.
What is surprising is that Sang Shaolong and many film and television self-media originally thought that the box office champion would be between Tianwu and Tianhua.
But in the end, the one with the highest cumulative box office in the final week was "Detective", a suspense film that seems to have a niche style.
This has something to do with the movie's reputation, but it seems to be more than just a problem with the movie's reputation.
Within a week, the rating on Huaban.com declined, falling by 9 points.
However, there was not much fluctuation, and it still became the highest-rated among the National Day movies with a high score of 8.9.
It's just that no matter how good the movie's reputation is, if the audience of the genre is not large, it still won't be able to get a box office result of over 1 billion in a week.
The only thing that can be explained is Tongji Entertainment or Xu Ji’s box office appeal.
This is probably the first time such a phenomenon has occurred in the current Chinese film industry.
There are directors or actors who have shown great box office appeal, but as a screenwriter, Xu Ji is the first person to do this in such a capacity.
Box office appeal is actually a bit unclear.
Sometimes, when some viewers buy tickets to watch a movie, they just buy the ticket because of a familiar actor, regardless of the movie's subject matter or anything else.
This is the effect that an actor or director brings by accumulating their own works over time.
Those who can do this are without exception the best in the industry.
Almost all of them are movie queens or top-tier directors.
Xu Ji is different. He is a director himself, but this "Detective" is not directed by Xu Ji. He only provides the script and supervises the quality of the film as the film's producer.
But even so, there are still a large number of viewers who bought tickets directly after hearing a few key words from Tongji Entertainment's new movie and screenwriter Xu Ji.
It is no longer new to say that Tongji’s productions must be high-quality products, but the box office appeal displayed this time still surprised many people.
Even a film like "Detective", which has a very strong style and a very niche subject matter.
It can still attract a large number of viewers to watch.
Some film critics described the box office appeal of Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment as if they were going against the original version.
Of course, when Sang Shaolong saw that "Detective" has temporarily become the box office champion during the National Day season, he was actually happy inside.
After all, the quality of this "Detective" is quite high.
Although it is incredible that such a film has achieved such high box office.
But at least he is qualified, and Xu Ji has lived up to his reputation and box office appeal.
It can be seen from the basics and the quality of the finished film that Tongji takes a very serious attitude from filming to post-production.
If movies like "The Detective" continue to appear, then it will really be good money driving out bad money.
For ordinary viewers, it is definitely a good thing.
After all, if the market is flooded with a lot of bad movies and the box office is still high, it will be a disaster.
It can be clearly seen that with the emergence of Tongji Entertainment, the TV drama market and movie market have begun to undergo great changes.
It is no longer like before where we are crazily recruiting big-name actors, and we no longer pay attention to production and scripts.
The audience's requirements are also constantly improving in each of Tongji Entertainment's works.
Even suspense films, which were originally a very niche genre, have successfully become a popular theme choice thanks to Tongji Entertainment’s suspense theater.
Many netizens are discussing that if there are more companies like Tongji Entertainment in the entertainment industry, it will definitely be a great thing for ordinary audiences.
But obviously, this is not possible at present.
The development history of Tongji Entertainment has been studied by countless people.
The result is that unless there is another Xuji, it is basically impossible to copy Tongji Entertainment’s successful route.
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However, in addition to the good box office performance of "Detective", the results of the other five movies were also pretty good.
Generally speaking, among the five movies released for National Day this year, none of them are particularly bad.
The most surprising thing is that this film by official director Ruan Zhong actually succeeded in surpassing the two commercial blockbusters of Tianhua and Tianwu, and currently ranks second with a cumulative box office of more than 900 million.
The third and fourth places were taken by two commercial blockbusters, each with a score of over 700 million.
The one with the lowest box office was Zang Sheng's gift film, which only achieved a box office of 500 million.
The main reason is that it is too contradictory, not commercial enough, and not deep enough.
The score keeps falling again and again, and it’s almost dropped by 7 points.
Zang Sheng is the third most well-known director among super first-line directors. Obviously, many people did not expect the results of his new film.
It may not even achieve a box office of 1 billion in the future.
If it were a new director, things would be okay, but if it were Zang Sheng, it would be a big overturn.
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"Fortunately, Director Ruan chose to release it during the National Day holiday, otherwise, the target of the gift film may not be fulfilled."
In the video conference at this time, the directors of the gift film, except Xu Ji, who had already released the film and completed the task, the other four people gathered together.
Deng Shengxing suddenly said, the meaning of "Gonghuo" was obvious.
Originally, everyone thought that Zang Sheng would be the one to get high box office for the two National Day gift films.
And Ruan Zhong is just running with him.
Who would have known that the final result would be reversed, and now Ruan Zhong's movies are doing quite well at the box office.
Zang Sheng unexpectedly showed signs of jumping.
Ruan Zhong quickly explained:
"Actually, no one knows about the movie market. It's just my luck."
"And box office doesn't mean everything."
Ruan Zhong knew that he had snatched the National Day slot allocated by Zang Sheng.
At this time, the box office performance of my movie is so good, there is no need to get a good deal and still sell well.
To their surprise, Zang Sheng was very calm at this time.
He even said directly: "It's nothing if my skills are not as good as others."
"I did not consider many things this time, and the script was not polished well."
Deng Shengxing was very surprised. In his impression, Zang Sheng always had a very arrogant character.
Why does it suddenly seem like a different person now?
However, after seeing that the arching fire had no effect, he immediately changed the subject and said:
"I can understand everything else, but Xu Ji himself is also the director of the gift film project."
"Why do you deliberately let your company's movies compete with ours at the box office during the National Day period?"
"As a boss, you really care more about interests."
In fact, Deng Shengxing’s words had a sour taste.
When the trailer for "Detective" was released, he was actually a little disapproving.
After all, it is a niche theme such as suspense, and the market is limited there.
Even if it is placed on the National Day holiday, it still cannot change this.
Who would have known that now that the movie is released, Tongji Entertainment will actually win the box office championship during the National Day week.
"It's just normal market competition. Our gift film project has no intention of seeking special privileges."
"On the contrary, the final impact can only be seen in a normal movie environment."
Just after Deng Shengxing finished speaking, Duan Shengyu, who had been silent just now, spoke instead.
The performance of protecting the calf is very obvious.
Compared with Deng Shengxing, Duan Shengyu certainly didn't have to think twice and would directly choose Xu Ji.
There is absolutely no comparability between the two.
In Duan Shengyu's mind, although they are all top-notch directors, there are too many with inferior status.
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Deng Shengxing also didn't expect that Duan Shengyu would speak for Xu Ji so directly.
Logically speaking, as an official leader, there should not be such an obvious bias.
But Duan Shengyu said this, which made it impossible for him to continue to answer the conversation.
What surprised him was that not only Duan Shengyu spoke, but Hu Lan also said at this time: "Mr. Duan is right, and Xu Ji's mission was successfully completed and even exceeded."
"It is impossible for normal development to have to make concessions for us."
"As the director of Smallpox, Director Deng, why didn't the National Day movie of Smallpox be postponed as well?"
Duan Shengyu was a little reserved in his words and did not directly attack him.
But as Hu Lan is still serving in the army, she has no intention of getting used to it.
Only then did Deng Shengxing realize that he had said the wrong thing.
What he didn't expect was that even though Xu Ji was not here, the two leaders would still protect him so directly.
"Minister Hu is joking, I'm just a director, I can't decide the company's decisions."
Deng Shengxing said this to ease the embarrassment.
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Wang Huilan, who had never had a sense of presence before, also said:
"Director Deng's requirements for Director Xu are a bit too high."
"You are really strict with others and lenient with yourself."
Wang Huilan is from Tianwu and can be considered an old man who was promoted by Ji Yeming.
Now being able to become a well-known super first-line director, most of the credit is actually related to Tianwu and Ji Yeming.
And a very important point is that she watched Ji Yiyang grow up.
When I was a child, I often went to the company to play, and I always called him Aunt Wang in private.
Xu Ji, as Ji Yiyang’s boss, Wang Huilan’s character is the kind of person who helps relatives but doesn’t take care of them.
What's more, Xu Ji is more reasonable this time.
"Director Deng may have said something out of anger."
Ruan Zhong said suddenly.
Deng Shengxing was relieved a little. Although he was not familiar with Ruan Zhong, the other party at least spoke for him.
But what he didn't expect was that Ruan Zhong suddenly changed the subject.
"But I hope I can say it in front of Director Xu next time, otherwise it will be useless for us to hear this kind of suggestion."
Of course Ruan Zhong is not stupid, he is the official director.
As the leader Duan Shengyu said that, he naturally knows who to help.
Moreover, Xu Ji has a good relationship with the official actors. As the official director, there is actually no grudge between the two, and there may even be the possibility of cooperation in the future.
Deng Shengxing was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
He just complained a little bit about Xu Ji, but unexpectedly he was attacked by everyone.
Does Xu Ji have such a high status?
Or is his relationship with these other people so good?
At this time, he subconsciously looked at Zang Sheng in one of the windows on the screen.
The other party is the only one who has not spoken, and the relationship between Phoenix Entertainment and Tongji is well known.
It shouldn’t be a problem to say a few words for yourself.
Zang Sheng did not disappoint him and finally spoke.
But the content almost blinded him.
"Director Deng is indeed a bit stingy."
"And I also watched Tongji's "Detective" this time, and it was very good."
Okay, now Deng Shengxing really can’t say a word.
After working on it for a long time, they were all people from Xu Ji’s side.
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"By the way, everyone, since we are all in the same industry, we have to announce it sooner or later, so why not tell everyone first."
Not long after this topic passed, Zang Sheng suddenly spoke.
"I plan to retire, and I will most likely not make movies again."
"I wish you all the best in your future endeavors."
Zang Sheng’s words surprised everyone in the video conference.
This news is quite explosive.
As the third-ranked top-tier director in China, Zang Sheng’s status and reputation go without saying.
The most important thing is that during the Spring Festival this year, Zang Sheng's movie achieved very high box office and entered the top five box office in China's film history.
He is only in his fifties now, so his retirement at this time is really unexpected.
Several people asked about the reason, and Zang Sheng just said that he was old and that he really had more than enough ambition but not enough energy.
After the meeting, Deng Shengxing was still digesting the news of Zang Sheng's retirement.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought, does Phoenix Entertainment know about the news of Zang Sheng's retirement?
Zang Shengjun is one of Phoenix Entertainment’s front-end directors. Will Phoenix Entertainment agree to such a big event as retirement?
Although it is said that most top-tier directors have a cooperative relationship with their companies, it is generally difficult to negotiate a situation that will harm the interests of their company.
Obviously, my sudden plan to retire this time is probably due to the unsatisfactory box office performance of the gift film.
But it is indeed impossible to say that he was hit or something.
A director like Zang Sheng, who has been in the film market for so many years, has never seen anything like this.
After thinking for a while, although Deng Shengxing didn't figure it out, he quickly called his company's smallpox office and told the news.