Beijing, Great Wall Guild Hall.
The Great Wall Guild Hall was a special place in Beijing where more than half of the domestic entertainment circle gathered.
This club was one of the earliest private clubs in the country, but it was basically not open to the public. It adopted an invitation-only membership system, and only those who were invited were qualified to become members. Most of the people invited were the upper class in the entertainment, media, and art circles, as well as celebrities and stars.
For the famous people in the Beijing entertainment circle, the membership of the Great Wall Guild Hall was their proof of identity. The Great Wall Guild Hall was also an excellent place for them to socialize.
And the topics they talked about were related to the current film and entertainment industry.
"49.2 million …"
In a private room of the Great Wall Guild Hall, a group of people were drinking tea and chatting. Someone soon mentioned the first song of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer, which had just been released yesterday. The box office on the first day inevitably aroused everyone's interest.
This group of people included the directors of film companies, directors of entertainment agencies, popular film stars, well-known freelancers, and even executives in the IT industry.
Lu Shengda, the general manager of Wanhao Pictures, was one of them. Hearing the first day box office of The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer, he couldn't help but raise his thick eyebrows and a trace of haze flashed in his eyes.
As a person in the entertainment circle, and a person of high status, Lu Shengda certainly knew that The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer was officially released yesterday, but he really didn't want to pay attention to it.
Because as a martial arts film, The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer easily reminded him of his big failure a few months ago.
Big Lu Shengda promoted the project of Young Jianghu, the first martial arts film in the country, which cost nearly 300 million to produce and advertise, the box office in the end barely exceeded 400 million. There was no hope for him to make a profit, which made him lose face in the entertainment circle.
Although "Young Pugilistic World" didn't suffer a lot of losses because of the Wanhao Cinemas, it was much better than "The New Seven Heroes and Five Gallants" and "Pugilistic World Wanderer". However, it still poured a bucket of cold water on the ambitious Lu Shengda.
The failure of the film had affected his authority in Wanhao Pictures, and he hadn't fully recovered yet. It was also a scar in his heart that couldn't be touched.
But no matter how unwilling Lu Shengda was, he couldn't stop others from talking about it. After all, The Smiling, The Proud Wanderer was absolutely inescapable. God knew how many people in the entertainment circle were watching it.
"Less than 50 million?"
The young man sitting next to Lu Shengda sneered and said, "It's good enough that Chenfei Media can recover the cost. If I were Lu Chen, I would interrupt the shooting of the next two films. Otherwise, the more I shoot, the more I will lose!"
This young man was the CEO of a new media company. He was a family friend of Lu Shengda. The two sides had a deep cooperative relationship. He knew very well what Lu Shengda was thinking at this moment.
For a domestic movie, a box office of nearly 50 million on the first day was already very good, but "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" had invested hundreds of millions, spent tens of millions on promotion, plus the appeal of Lu Chen and other superstars, such a result could be said to be a failure.
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The first day's box office earnings of 49.2 million was the best proof!
Someone immediately echoed, "Yeah, 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer' is competing against Superstar Pictures' action blockbuster. I think Lu Chen is going to suffer a big loss this time. I heard that the total budget he set for 'The Smiling, Proud Wanderer' trilogy is 500 million, and most of the funds came from Chenfei Media."
Everyone here was basically in the entertainment circle, and they were well-informed. They had a good understanding of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, so they were able to talk about it.
Lu Shengda sighed, "Jianghu is really not a good theme. Even I was fooled. Now that I think about it, I was too impulsive. I thought I could create a new genre for domestic movies. Innovation is not that easy …"
He was exposing his own shortcomings. But with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer as a foil, he didn't feel much pressure. He even felt lucky — at least Jianghu Circle didn't lose too much money.
"Yeah, yeah …"
Everyone nodded. Speaking of domestic movies, there were three main types of popular movies: youth idol movies, comedy movies, and IP derivative movies.
Jianghu movies could also be included in the category of IP derivative movies. Several movies were adapted from popular Jianghu novels, but they were definitely new genres, so the risk was relatively high.
The road to innovation was never easy. Even Hollywood wouldn't easily try new genres, especially blockbusters with high investment.
For example, the action movie Ace Agent was completely a product of Hollywood's entertainment assembly line. It was the most typical popcorn movie, and it easily crushed The Smiling, Proud Wanderer in the box office.
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was released on National Day, which was relatively less competitive. It still couldn't avoid the impact from Hollywood movies, so its failure was almost foreseeable.
"No one can always succeed …"
The young CEO of the new media company said, "It's time to break Lu Chen's legend of invincibility. I just hope he won't lose too badly this time. After all, he is still very talented."
Anyone could hear the schadenfreude in his tone, and those who knew the inside story knew that this new media company once wanted to cooperate with Chen Fei Media, but they were rejected by the latter, so … everyone understood.
But he also said what many people were thinking, and some of them smiled knowingly.
Yes, no one could always succeed, and Lu Chen was no exception!
At this time, someone asked, "Speaking of which, who here has seen this movie?"
The private room suddenly became silent, and everyone looked at each other.
There were many small circles in the pan-entertainment circle. Their circle was different from the circle of Chenfei Media, so no one had attended the premiere of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, and they didn't go to the cinema yesterday.
It was more or less embarrassing, but soon someone changed the topic, and the atmosphere became lively again.
In fact, it didn't matter whether they watched it or not. Could this movie turn the world upside down?
Lu Shengda didn't believe it, and neither did the others.
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