A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 408 Big Boss Stands Up

Chen Jinnian was sure that the person sitting in the seat with his head down was Lin Lei'er, but he just glanced at him and entered the elevator as if he hadn't seen anything.

He had already said everything he wanted to say that night, and there was nothing good to talk about when they met now.

Lin Lei'er was sitting here simply because he felt guilty and wanted to exchange this method for inner peace, but Lin Lei'er was only feeling unilaterally moved and intoxicated in what he thought was making up for Yang Jiajia.

Did he come to apologize in the end? Tathagata, don’t ask, the only thing you know is that he did come.

In other words, Lin Lei'er is not his younger brother. If he were his younger brother, he would definitely beat Lin Lei'er so hard that he could not get out of bed and he would have no time to perform performance art in the hospital.

After leaving the hospital, Chen Jinnian immediately went to work on the movie.

The schedule in June is not very good, with a lot of Hollywood blockbusters. In the past week, there are two blockbusters. One is "Wonder Woman", starring the beauty pageant champion of the war criminal country, and the other is "The Mummy", the first work of Tom Cruise's mysterious universe.

If it were a few years later, Chen Jinnian really wouldn't take these two movies seriously. He would have considered Warner and Universal to be impressive just because they could break 200 million yuan at the domestic box office.

But now, Hollywood superhero movies are very popular, and any movie released can make 700 to 800 million yuan at the box office.

There are only so many films that can be made in theaters. If the Americans get a bite of meat, Chen Jinnian will get a bite of soup. So he has been busy in recent days, and has been running around to get a share of the films that premiere.

"Bad Genius" opens on the evening of June 8th, competing head-on with "The Mummy" at midnight, so the premiere is extremely important.

Chen Jinnian's company has already contacted cinema chains with large market shares, such as China Film, Light Media, Dadi, Times, and United, but the only one missing is Wanta, with which it had previously cooperated.

Because Wanda is the domestic distributor of "Wonder Woman" and has been flirting with Hollywood film companies and theaters, it hopes to use this to acquire overseas assets and expand the company's scale through domestic guarantees and foreign loans.

In order to achieve Mr. Wang’s goal of having Wanda delisted from the Hong Kong stock market and impact the A-share market.

Therefore, it is impossible for Chen Jinnian to get too much of the first-day screening share from his theater chains, unless the film performs particularly well, forcing the theater managers to adjust their screening plans.

In this busy environment, just a few days passed quickly. On the afternoon of the 6th, the entire campus was bustling with countless students rushing to the auditorium.

Although the screening hall is limited in size and it is impossible to invite too many students in, it cannot stop everyone's curiosity and they all want to take a closer look at the invited stars.

Unlike the last time Chen Jinnian attended the premiere of his film, this time he came not for Yu Qian's sake, but for Chen Jinnian's name.

In addition to Guo Xing, Wu Jing, Yu Qian and others who are bound to come to support, there are also Ning Hao and several directors signed by Bad Monkey, Huang Bo, Huang Lei, Chen Hao and others who are obviously acquainted with him.

Including Huo Jianhua, Zhang Junning and Wang Jun, who got along well with him on the crew, they all came specially to participate. They had just finished filming on the crew. Although they were still a little tired, their mental state was visibly much better.

In addition, there are many stars that Chen Jinnian has met or not met before. Some of them were invited by companies, and some were invited by Communication University of China.

For example, the group of famous CCTV hosts were all from the school. At least with Chen Jinnian's power, it was impossible for him to invite these people.

As the investor, director and leading actor of the film, Chen Jinnian was extremely busy. His smile was a little stiff and he could only keep shaking hands and greeting the guests.

Huang Lei came here today with a mission, and Zhang Yixing couldn't find time to attend, so he had to come and act as a peacemaker in the small conflict a few days ago.

He had been standing there for a long time, looking for an opportunity to chat with Chen Jinnian, but for a full twenty minutes, there were always at least three people around Chen Jinnian.

Either the big bosses from the film and television companies were talking about projects with Chen Jinnian, or the celebrities in the circle were actively looking for Chen Jinnian to talk. This type of premiere is a place to watch movies for most people, but in the eyes of a few people, it is a social place.

Finally, most people had entered the venue, and Huang Lei found an opportunity to move forward, but he was unlucky. Before Huang Lei could open his mouth, Mr. La from China Film Group came in.

Everyone present knew Mr. La, and after seeing him, the noise in the auditorium became quieter.

As the helmsman of China Film, general manager of China Film Group is just one of his positions. He is also currently a director of China Film, chairman of China Film, and has served as deputy director of the Film Bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

This is also the reason why even though Chen Jinnian’s script was not working, La always received the news.

After Mr. La came in, those private company bosses who had been sitting on the Diaoyutai seemed to have become thirty years younger. They stood up from their seats in an instant, with greasy fake smiles on their faces, and greeted him warmly.

In the entertainment industry, they are masters at judging people by their abilities and how they treat them.

"Boss La, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming so I could go greet you."

"I have some time, so I came to take a look." Mr. La said casually and patted Chen Jinnian on the shoulder. Although he had met Chen Jinnian once, he was not unfamiliar with this young man.

"Are you confident that you can get 500 million at the box office?"

"Of course, the quality of my film is absolutely fine. Even if the initial screening ratio is low, there is still hope once word of mouth improves."

Chen Jinnian's seemingly solemn assurance was actually a request for support from President La.

In response to this, Mr. La laughed even more happily. The crying child gets the milk. That's good. He also knows to schedule films for support. He is better than those who focus on making obscure movies. The movie-watching market still needs commercial films to take the lead and expand, so that art films can follow suit.

If commercial films fail one day, the entire market's foundation will be gone.

"Watch the movie first, and if I think it's good, I'll give you the share you deserve."

Mr. La's words were basically equivalent to supporting Han Yifei, because the movie was reviewed before being released. If the movie was really bad, he would not have come.

In a sense, Mr. La's presence sent a clear signal.

When the real big shot entered, the VIP area in the front row suddenly became serious, and everyone sat upright.

After Xiao Sa came on stage with the microphone and gave a brief introduction, the movie officially began.

Chen Jinnian doesn't like to play tricks. There are no audience interactions, media interviews, creative concepts or pitifulness segments, and even if he wanted to have them, it would be impossible. Half of the main actors are Thai and Chinese, and they are not in China at all.

So the only difference between the premiere ceremony and the media event is that the audience today are more famous.

Ning Haogui, the most successful commercial film director, was not seated in the first two rows of the auditorium. Those two rows retained the tradition of Chen Jinnian's premieres, and the principals gathered there.

But it doesn’t matter. Ning Hao doesn’t care about these. He just wants to see how Chen Jinnian tells the story of cheating.