China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 219 It’s time to kill the chicken

Jiang Liu and Gao Damao just landed at the Capital Airport.

The cell phone rang.

Jiang Liu looked at the displayed number and felt as if dark clouds were over the city and a storm was coming.

"What a coincidence, Director Li. He just landed and turned on the phone." Jiang Liu said with a smile after pressing the answer button.

"Calculate the time correctly. Don't go home. Come directly to the State Guesthouse. A few old friends will pick you up and wash away the dust. You can give it to Huaxia Film. We Chinese people are very embarrassed."

"I'm still thinking about putting my luggage back home."

"No need, come here. I will send someone to take you home. Mr. Han, we will sit down and wait for you to come."

The last sentence of Director Li of the Peking TV Drama Production Center was the finishing touch. Jiang Liu smiled and said, "It's done, I'll be there in a minute."

"Ask the driver to take you back and go to work as usual tomorrow."

Gao Damao listened to the whole process and couldn't help but asked with concern: "Brother, there is no good banquet. Can I go with you?"

"No need, they are all decent people, nothing happened?"

Jiang Liu left Gao Da Mao behind and stopped a taxi with the driver sent by the company.

The State Guesthouse is located on the east side of Yuyuantan, Haidian.

When Jiang Liu arrived, President Han's secretary was already waiting at the door, separated from the armed police behind him.

"Mr. Jiang, the boss asked me to wait for you at the door to ask you something. The boss's exact words, what is the situation between you and Zhang Weiping, and what did you do today?"

"Tell Mr. Han that everything that happened in Yixin last year was because Zhang Weiping was behind it. Which building is the banquet in?" Jiang Liu said calmly.

"Building 2, I'll take you in first." Assistant General Han nodded.

The two of them had only taken a few steps inside when a Rolls-Royce slowly passed by, then stopped, and a man stuck his head out of the driver's window.

"Mr. Jiang Liujiang?"

"Who are you?" Jiang Liu paused.

"Chen Jingfei, my goddaughter is about to turn eighteen. I will come to the State Guesthouse to find a suitable place to hold a birthday party for her. Mr. Jiang will come to eat?"

"Yes, you should be busy. I have an appointment and will leave first."

With a little money and a lot of money, Jiang Liu went to the state hotel to hold a birthday party. Jiang Liu was too lazy to deal with Chen Jingfei, who looked like a nouveau riche, and ordered Assistant Han to lead the way.

"Mr. Jiang, when are you going to give me face and sit down to have a drink?"

"I've been very busy lately, so I don't have time."

Jiang Liu glanced at the Rolls-Royce that was slowly following them: "Mr. Chen, I think you should park the car first. Although there is no reception duty in the hotel today, you must pay attention to safety."

"Mr. Jiang, there is no need to worry about personal safety. I am an experienced driver." Chen Jingfei narrowed his eyes and grinned.

"I'm afraid you might touch Secretary Zhang in front of me."

"Secretary Zhang?"

Jiang Liupi smiled and said, "Yes, Mr. Han's number one secret."

Chen Jingfei's expression changed, and she said very obediently: "Listen to Mr. Jiang, I'll park the car first. Which hall are you in? I'll take Sissy to toast later."

Jiang Liu didn't give any face at all: "I just came here, so I don't know."

Chen Jingfei took a slap in the face and sped to the parking lot, while Jiang Liu entered one of the banquet halls in Building 2 under the guidance of Assistant General Han.

Director Li of Beijing Opera Center,

Zhang Yimou.

Zhao Benshan.

The person in charge of Xingmei Cinemas, a subsidiary of the National [China] Film Group.

Qiao Jianjun, head of Magic City United Cinemas.

Deng En, director of Yu Jiangliu Youen's "Wrong Sedan and Marry the Right Man". You Ming, the proud film and television boss.

Han Sanping didn't show up, probably because he didn't have first-hand information and didn't want to show up at the dinner like a headless fly.

"Jiang Liu, you are amazing. The news said that "Monster" was watched by 800 million people in South Korea and sold hundreds of millions at the box office. How much is the box office now?" Director Li said with the movie as his opening remarks.

Jiang Liu said with a smile: "More than 1000 million people."

"Amazing, amazing."

Director Li muttered "amazing" while stroking Jiang Liu's back and asking him to sit on Zhang Yi's side, and said: "It won't be the top box office in South Korea."

"This depends on the tolerance of Korean domestic filmmakers."

After Jiang Liuxiao finished speaking, he shook hands with Zhang Yimou.

"It shouldn't be a problem. It has been six years since "Titanic" was released in China, and it still occupies the top spot at the box office in China. Aren't we just holding our noses and admitting it? If South Korea interferes with it, its reputation will be ruined, and the gain will not be worth the loss."

Jiang Liu shook hands with Dunn and Zhao Benshan and said, "I hope so."

Jiang Liu didn't know who was setting up the game today.

The purpose of planning the game can be clearly seen by looking at the people at the dinner party.

On July 7, "House of Flying Daggers" premiered nationwide.

At 8pm on the day of the premiere, the top ten competition of "Super Girl" will be broadcast.

During the broadcast period from 6 to 8 o'clock, Mango Channel showed two hours of behind-the-scenes footage, coupled with hunger marketing, which resulted in a sharp drop in the number of movie theater viewers that day.

This is not over yet. During the release of "House of Flying Daggers", Mango Channel is full of "Super Girl" clips every night, seven days a week.

Popular contestant Li Yuchun of "Super Girl" was injured during training today.

Tomorrow, popular contestants Zhang Hanyun and Zhang Liangying of "Super Girl" will have a fight in the training room.

The day after tomorrow, many members of "Supergirl" were in internal strife.

Various gimmicks locked young viewers in front of the TV.

On Saturday, July 7, the second week after "House of Flying Daggers" was released, and on the night of "Supergirl"'s eight-to-four competition, the program's market viewing share during certain periods was as high as 24%.

According to CCTV Sofury's nationwide average viewing point, there are 580 million viewers.

The number of viewers watching "Supergirl" on the night of the 24th once exceeded 2.8 million, approaching the 3 million mark.

In other words, one in every five Chinese people is watching "Super Girl".

The producer of "House of Flying Daggers" Anle Pictures, New Picture boss Zhang Weiping, and film director Zhang Yimou were completely numb.

The box office of a movie is mainly concentrated in the two weeks before its release, and most of the box office peak time is between 6 and 10 pm.

However, the audience during this time period was almost robbed by "Super Girl".

"House of Flying Daggers" was released for two weeks, with a box office of just over 40 million.

This is Zhang Yimou's work. "House of Flying Daggers" stars Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi.

Even after the movie was released, too many viewers complained that the plot was nonsensical, the relationships between the characters were messy, and the large-scale passionate scenes forced parents to blindfold their children and rush out of the theater.

"House of Flying Daggers" should not have only received tens of millions at the box office in the mainland.

Of course, the movie has not yet been released, and there is still room for growth at the box office.

But smart people know that the prime period of "House of Flying Daggers" to grab the box office has passed. It is a fantasy to expect how many viewers it will steal from the top three and finals of "Super Girl" in the second half of the month.

Zhang Yimou was the first to accept his fate.

He had a big quarrel with Zhang Weiping, during which he learned that Zhang Weiping had hidden such a big feud with Jiang Liu. He was disheartened and at the same time, he asked people to set up a plan to make peace with Jiang Liu.

Today it is today.

If there are people in the mainland film and television industry who still treat Jiang Liu as a child and can handle things easily, then that's not because he is insane, but because he is really stupid!

(End of this chapter)