Under the same night sky, some people were happy, while others were sad.
Although it was already past 7 o 'clock in the evening, there were still many employees working overtime in the Xiangjiang branch of Huaguan Pictures in Shanghuan. The office area was shrouded in an invisible, depressing atmosphere. Everyone was cautious, and even the strength of their typing became much softer, as if hitting the key points would bring disaster.
This kind of low pressure lasted in the company for a few days.
However, a week ago, the situation was completely different. The box office of "Painted Skin," produced by Huaguan Pictures and Star Art Entertainment, crushed its competitors. It could be said that it was incomparably glorious, and they held a celebration party early.
At that time, the atmosphere in the office was very relaxed, and everyone was full of energy. The common goal was to make the box office of "Painted Skin" break the 100 million mark in Hong Kong, and then pursue the victory to the mainland.
But who would have thought that in just a few days, the situation would take a turn for the worse. The box office of "Painted Skin" dropped so much that it made people vomit blood, and the market reputation was terrible. Not to mention breaking 100 million, even breaking 50 million was already an extravagant hope.
Such a situation of ups and downs really made people at a loss. Many employees even became confused because of this. They didn't know how long they could work in this job. Would Huaguan Pictures, which had suffered a crushing defeat, withdraw from Hong Kong?
In fact, the same question was being asked to Cui Xingxian, the head of Huaguan Pictures.
Huaguan Pictures was one of the first mainland film companies to enter Hong Kong after the new film policy was introduced in Hong Kong. At that time, Cui Xingxian was ambitious, and together with Star Art Entertainment, they set up a project to shoot "Painted Skin" in the shortest time possible, intending to cut the biggest piece of this extremely tempting cake.
"Painted Skin" invested more than 100 million, and Cui Xingxian's goal was to win 1 billion in the global box office, which was the first shot of Huaguan Pictures south to Hong Kong.
But the first step of his ambitious plan was hit hard!
On the surface, the box office of "Painted Skin" was already quite good, and it once broke the weekly box office record of Hong Kong produced (co-produced) films in Hong Kong.
But outsiders might not know, but Cui Xingxian himself knew very well that behind the box office of "Painted Skin," there was a huge investment in advertising and a lot of marketing expenses.
Calculating the cost, Hong Kong's box office share was not enough to make up for the investment in advertising and marketing, not to mention the cost of shooting and production. It was a total loss.
Huaguan Pictures was a big company, and they could afford to lose tens of millions of yuan. However, their partner, Star Art Entertainment, couldn't take it. The two parties had serious disagreements on the follow-up publicity of the movie, and they almost broke up.
Cui Xingxian recalled how mean and stingy the General Manager of Star Art Entertainment had been during their last meeting. He was so angry that he wanted to smash the ashtray on the table into the General Manager's face.
It was a fatal blow!
When Cui Xingxian first came to Xiangjiang, he met a master at a gathering of his friends. The master told him that recently, there was an evil spirit in his life, and if he offended it, he would definitely hide it.
At that time, Cui Xingxian dismissed it with a laugh. Only now did he realize that this master was truly capable.
His' Sha 'was undoubtedly Lu Chen!
When he thought of Lu Chen again, Cui Xingxian gnashed his teeth in hatred. This brat who had suddenly popped out of nowhere had not only snatched away the beautiful woman he had once pursued, but had also become a stumbling block in the development of Hua Guan Pictures.
He had caused him to suffer a huge setback!
However, Cui Xingxian could not do anything to Lu Chen. Lu Chen had the support of the Li family, and Cui Xingxian could not afford to offend him. His plot failed, and he fought head-on, and the result was that he was utterly defeated.
Lu Chen was simply his nemesis!
Sitting in the office, Cui Xingxian became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. He could not help but pull off his tie to let his breathing become smoother. Then, he habitually held the mouse and opened the Hong Kong news website.
As soon as he opened the website, a news pop-up window instantly popped up.
"A Chinese Ghost Story's box office broke half a billion, and stars gathered at Shangri-La Hotel to celebrate!"
"F * ck!"
Cui Xingxian finally lost control of his emotions. He grabbed the mouse and smashed it against the wall.
Bang! Accompanied by a crisp sound, the expensive Bluetooth mouse broke into pieces on the spot, and died!
The secretary sitting in the outer room across the wall was shocked. She secretly turned her head to look at the closed office door, and her heart was extremely conflicted — should she go in and ask?
Recently, the boss's temper was getting worse, and she was worried that she would become a tool to vent his anger.
Cui Xingxian, who had smashed the mouse, finally calmed down a little. He pressed the internal contact button on the phone and asked the secretary to find him a new mouse. He gritted his teeth and secretly swore.
"Lu Chen, I'll let you be happy this time, we'll see!"
Unlike in Hong Kong, Huaguan Pictures' home ground was still in China, and "The Painted Skin" had not lost yet!
Cui Xingxian's resentment was so strong that even Lu Chen, who was in the banquet hall of Shangri-La Hotel, felt a chill.
"What's wrong?"
Chen Fei 'er, who was beside Lu Chen, saw him shiver and asked with concern, "Did you catch a cold?"
Lu Chen rubbed his nose and smiled, "No, I suddenly felt a little cold."
"Still cold?"
Chen Fei 'er looked around and said with a smile, "It's already lively enough tonight."
"A Chinese Ghost Story" had been released for seven days, and the box office had exceeded 50 million yuan. It was a matter of course to hold a celebration party. This time, under the strong request of Jiayang Pictures, it was especially grand.
In Hong Kong, it was a tradition to hold a celebration party for a movie's success. It was also a kind of publicity, or more accurately, a means of showing off. Therefore, the organizers had to invite all kinds of media and guests from all walks of life to come.
In this world, there were very few people who would offer timely help, but there were countless people who would add flowers to the brocade. Lu Chen Studio and Jiayang Pictures sent out invitations. Those who received the invitation, unless they really could not come, would attend in person or send someone to attend.
Lu Chen's friends in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle all came to support. Liu Gangsheng could not attend because he was performing in the mainland, but he specially called to congratulate Lu Chen.
Therefore, there were many guests in the large banquet hall of Shangri-La Hotel, and well-dressed gentlemen and ladies gathered in groups, making it a real place for fame and fortune.
And as the protagonists of this celebration banquet, Lu Chen and Chen Fei 'er undoubtedly got too much attention. The two were the focus of attention wherever they were. There were countless people who came over to chat with each other whether they knew each other or not.
Lu Chen actually did not like this kind of social interaction very much, but if Lu Chen Studio wanted to develop and grow in Hong Kong, it was very necessary to expand the network of people in the circle.
This was probably the so-called "in the pugilistic world, people can't help themselves".
Of course, many people would envy this kind of "can't help themselves", which they pursued but could not get!
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