Chapter 354: Box Office Like a Rainbow, I'll Give You All the Sister-in-Laws

The facts were just as the peers in the industry had guessed.

The box office for *The Thieves* continued to rise on its second day, breaking the 50 million mark for a single day and closing at 55.4 million.

Before the National Day long holiday, *The Thieves* had already grossed 105 million.

Looking at these figures, the smile on Han Sanping's face could not be contained; although China Film Group only shared in the domestic revenue, it was already destined to be a massive profit.

Even though the holiday had begun, Han Sanping still called his secretary.

"Arrange for the publicity department to strengthen promotional efforts; once the holiday ends, I will give them bonuses."

"Understood, Chairman Han."

The announcements for *The Thieves* surged instantly, and the creative team currently on the promotional roadshow was also frantically drumming up support.

Actors and directors familiar with the circle also helped out, and all kinds of social media were filled with recommendations for the film.

"Chairman Wang, the box office for *Painted Skin* over these past two days has been cut by more than half."

Wang Changtian supported his forehead with one hand, feeling somewhat helpless; previously, seeing the film's momentum looking quite good, he had hoped to guarantee 200 million and sprint toward 300 million, but looking at the current situation, whether it could break 200 million would depend on luck.

"Forget it, it has already broken even anyway; let's just take whatever we can get during the National Day period."

Seeming to realize that his words were somewhat demoralizing, Wang Changtian added another sentence.

"However, do not slack off on the promotion; let everyone work hard a little longer."

"Rest assured, Chairman Wang, everyone understands."

Unlike the rational Wang Changtian, Yang Zi was almost going crazy.

The box office for *The Sorcerer and the White Snake* was already poor, and he had been waiting for the National Day period to see another wave of growth, but unfortunately, it ran into such a behemoth; this was truly difficult now.

As the saying goes, blessings do not come in pairs, but misfortunes never come singly; soon, a call from Huang Shengyi came through.

It must be said that Yang Zi truly loved Huang Shengyi; despite being in a very bad mood, he still took care of the woman's emotions.

"Darling, don't worry, the National Day holiday box office will definitely improve; even if this film doesn't work out, we can start a new one later."

"No, husband, several of my endorsements have received termination notices from the brands."

Hanging up the phone, Yang Zi's face turned livid; the waters in this industry were far deeper than he had imagined.

Only now did he understand why the previous matters had blown up so big, to the point where they couldn't even be suppressed.

Wang Changtian of Enlighten Media could at most be considered to have started it; the rest who were waiting to snatch Huang Shengyi's resources were the majority.

The so-called: when a whale falls, everything else thrives!

It was nothing more than that.

Entering the holiday, the box office for *The Thieves* indeed ushered in explosive growth.

On the first day of National Day, the single-day box office closed at 78 million.

The media were instantly excited; this holiday was destined not to lack material.

"On the first day of National Day, *The Thieves* grossed 78 million, breaking the single-day box office record for a domestic film!"

The entire film circle was boiling; even if this figure was not as high as *Transformers 3*, it meant that the domestic single-day box office could accommodate nearly 100 million, truly entering an era of high box office.

The so-called "the strong stay strong," the siphon effect of the film market appeared once again.

With *The Sorcerer and the White Snake*, *Painted Skin*, and *Xinhai Revolution* underperforming, the screenings for *The Thieves* were increased again by the theater chains; after all, no one wanted to go against money.

And so, on the second day of National Day, the single-day box office for *The Thieves* hit a new high, closing at 82 million, breaking the previous record once again.

In its first 4 days of release, *The Thieves* grossed 265 million, breaking the first-week box office record for a domestic film!

At the same time, box office figures from the Asian region were successively gathered from all directions.

The first-weekend box office in Hong Kong closed at 16 million, Taiwan at 23 million, South Korea at 12 million USD, and Japan at 8 million USD. In its first four days, *The Thieves* grossed 86.3 million USD in the Asian box office.

Furthermore, in this somewhat weak global window, it topped the weekly global box office as a pure Huaxia-language crime action film.

The media scrambled to report.

"*The Thieves* breaks records, tops the global box office!"

"*The Thieves* sparks a viewing frenzy in Southeast Asia, a reverse export of Huaxia Culture!"

Competition among female stars in the entertainment industry is extremely fierce.

Large-scale lewd rumors are extremely detrimental to any female star, especially for someone like Huang Shengyi, who had followed a pure image since her debut.

Originally, the wild rumors about her rising to power as a mistress had already damaged her reputation; this "Tian Shang Ren Jian" incident could be said to have completely knocked her to the bottom of the valley.

In just a few days, Huang Shengyi's advertising endorsements and film and television resources were almost completely snatched up by other female stars in the circle.

At this point, let alone maintaining the title of one of the Four Dan Actresses, she probably couldn't even keep her place among the first-tier female stars.

Watching Huang Shengyi's downfall, Yang Mi felt very fortunate.

Since her debut, although she was smooth in her dealings, her rise to fame had been too fast, attracting jealousy from many female stars in the circle.

If not for having Shanhe Media as a backer and Wei Jin protecting her, just the matter of offending Tangren alone would have likely led to many underhanded attacks.

At that time, coupled with those competitors kicking her while she was down, she really might not have been able to handle it.

Unlike Yang Mi's downward focus, in Fan Bingbing's eyes, there were only the other members of the Four Dan Double Bing.

She had been very unhappy during this period.

Her old rival Li Bingbing had landed a 65 million USD Hollywood franchise film, *Resident Evil 5*.

Although it was only the second female lead, having been defeated by her in the audition, Fan Bingbing considered this an extremely shameful matter.

Immediately following that, her mortal enemy Zhang Ziyi also high-profilely announced that she would join the 200 million mega-production China-South Korea co-production *Dangerous Liaisons* with a salary of 20 million.

Although Fan Bingbing knew that this 20 million salary was somewhat inflated, it was mostly a compensatory price for Zhang Ziyi because the original work was too lewd.

But the audience wouldn't think that way; they would only think that Zhang Ziyi was the highest-paid female star in the country, and just thinking about it made her furious.

One must know that even for *Pacific Rim*, she had only received a salary of 1.5 million USD, and even that was the result of Wei Jin looking out for her.

Unexpectedly, there was something even more surprising: Zhou Xun, who had always lacked international resources, had actually landed a Hollywood mega-production worth over 100 million USD, *Cloud Atlas*.

This made Fan Bingbing wonder for a moment if Wei Jin's taste had changed and he had started to like the "loli" type?

Although Zhou Xun is only a bit player in the film, there is no doubt that she is also launching an assault on Hollywood, and the competition in the future will likely become increasingly fierce.

Thinking of this, Fan Bingbing felt it was necessary to have an in-depth exchange with that man. — The box office of *Thieves* continued to soar, raking in 80.8 million on the third day of the holiday and 78.2 million on the fourth.

Six days after release, the box office reached as high as 424 million, which can be described as invincible and unstoppable! Looking at other films, however, their days were not so easy.

*Mural* was doing alright; thanks to the popular National Day Slot, its daily box office managed to hover around ten million.

Currently, the film has been released for 13 days, and the box office has already reached 140 million; it is estimated that the final box office will land just over 200 million.

For this result, Old Wang and Chen Jiashang were already very satisfied.

*The Sorcerer and the White Snake* was faring much worse.

The current cumulative box office is less than 130 million, but the daily box office has already fallen below five million, sealing its fate of a bloody loss.

Yang Zi is like a dog driven mad, selling misery and crying to the media every day, trying to elicit sympathy.

But netizens and audiences have long since learned to be smart and simply don't buy this act; the film's box office shows no signs of improvement at all.

As for *Xinhai Revolution*, that was even more miserable.

Although a host of main creators, including Cheng Long in Paris and Li Bingbing in Hollywood, were all shouting their lungs out, the film completely lacked the appearance a tribute film with a 150 million investment cost should have.

As of now, the film has been released for 8 days, the box office is not even 40 million, and the daily box office has even fallen below three million.

This also allowed the industry to intuitively feel the gap in power between Shanghai Film Group and China Film Group.

Receiving Fan Bingbing's call, Wei Jin was somewhat surprised, but thinking of the charm this stunner possessed in bed, he did not refuse.

Arriving at the Golden House, sure enough, this woman had already bathed and changed, waiting at any time for his favor.

Looking at the brand-new bed sheets, Wei Jin recalled the scene of breaking in his new assistant that day; he had to say, the delicate body of a young girl is truly fantastic.

Walking to the bedside, Wei Jin somewhat roughly pressed down Fan Bingbing's head, and the latter took the opportunity to place her hand on his belt.

After a rustling sound, the battle of tongues began.

It must be said that compared to a Qi Refining Stage rookie like Huang Mengying, Fan Bingbing is absolutely a Spirit Severing Stage expert; in the way of tongues, there are few rivals in this realm.

After three to five minutes of refueling and cheering, Wei Jin flipped the woman over, stood by the edge of the bed, and began today's exercise.

After the short-range engagement, both sides went back and forth, and the battle was very intense, but Wei Jin always firmly occupied the upper hand.

After nearly an hour of entanglement, Wei Jin completed the capital injection at the same time the woman rushed to the clouds for the second time.

After carefully cleaning up for the man, Fan Bingbing leaned against Wei Jin's chest, her whole body smooth and clean, raising her head with eyes as alluring as silk.

"Uncle, are you just going to watch those vixen bitches bully me like this?"

Wei Jin smiled upon hearing this; this woman was waiting for him right here.

"You've already accomplished the feat of a grand slam of the five major women's magazines and two major men's magazines this year; you're already hot enough, leave some room for others to live."

Wei Jin was not flattering her; although there are a few actresses in the country who have taken the five major women's magazines, such as Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, and others, someone like Fan Bingbing who accomplished it within a year is definitely one of a kind.

"But that's just fashion resources; I am an actor after all, and I still need works to speak for me, otherwise how will the fans look at me?"

Seeing the man seemed unmoved, Fan Bingbing's slender fingers began to draw circles on his chest, and her elastic, fiery red lips also began to press toward the man's skin.

"Uncle, just help your sister-in-law, won't you~~~"

Wei Jin felt a jolt; this woman's charm had not diminished at all after thirty, it was too intoxicating.

Playing with Fan Bingbing's milky white breasts with one hand, Wei Jin fell into deep thought.

Looking at the man's expression, Fan Bingbing was overjoyed; this meant there was a chance. She immediately moved her body slightly, looped one of Wei Jin's hands under her armpit to her perky buttocks, and her pair of snow-white beautiful legs wrapped in black silk also rubbed against the man's thighs.

"Hmm... Summit Entertainment is planning to launch several small and medium-budget productions. I haven't asked about the specific projects yet, let me make a call and ask."

The woman very considerately handed the phone on the nightstand to the man, and Wei Jin quickly dialed the number.

Before Wei Jin could speak, Hunter's somewhat sycophantic voice rang out from the other end of the phone.

"Hello, Boss, have you finally remembered your loyal subordinate?"

"Hunter, if you put the effort you spend on bootlicking into managing the company, perhaps your performance would be much higher this year."

After a laughing scolding, Wei Jin got straight to the point.

"Cut the crap, it's like this..."

After Wei Jin finished speaking, he felt the other end of the phone fall silent. Ten seconds later, Hunter's voice came through.

"Boss, the ones being launched this time are *The Shallows* and *A Quiet Place*. If we change to an Asian lead actress, I'm afraid..."

After listening, Wei Jin also fell into silence.

Whether it is *The Shallows* or *A Quiet Place*, both are classic works of winning big with small investments, and the returns will be counted in tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars.

If Fan Bingbing were really cast as the lead, the box office would likely be slashed to the bone; it would be too wasteful.

Just as he was about to hang up, Hunter seemed to remember something and continued to speak.

"Boss, there is still a supporting actress role in that Weinstein film, *Silver Linings Playbook*."

Wei Jin then remembered that Hunter had reported before that in order to secure the lead in *The Hunger Games* for his little honey—whom domestic fans call "Big Cousin"—Jennifer Lawrence, Harvey had offered a resource exchange.

Of course, there might also be an intention to rope in Summit Entertainment as an ally; after all, as an independent film company, the Weinstein Company is not very well-received in Hollywood.

To be honest, Wei Jin had not seen the film *Silver Linings Playbook*, but coincidentally, he had seen the name in a Chinese entertainment novel; it was a film that won an Oscar for Best Actress and multiple nominations.

It must be said that Harvey was willing to spend for the sake of promoting a woman.

So at the time, Wei Jin agreed to this exchange without much thought; after all, *The Hunger Games* was Big Cousin's work to begin with.

"Fine, let's arrange it like that."

Hanging up the phone, Wei Jin saw Fan Bingbing looking at him with a face full of longing. The hand resting on her perky buttocks unconsciously increased its force, almost pinching blood-red marks into her snow-white beautiful hips.

"You heard it too, a supporting actress role in an art-house film for awards."

From beginning to end, Wei Jin had not asked for Fan Bingbing's opinion; if she were still not satisfied with this, then she would be a bit unclear about her own status.

Fan Bingbing would certainly not be so unwise. In fact, hearing it was an art-house film, she was even more excited inside; if she could get nominated for an Oscar or Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, she would be able to trample those women under her feet.

"Uncle, you are so good, your sister-in-law is all yours tonight."

Fan Bingbing had eyes as alluring as silk, looking like she was waiting to be plucked, and then she whispered in Wei Jin's ear.

"Uncle, I've specially washed up; I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

After saying this, Fan Bingbing raised her beautiful buttocks high, and one could see a very obvious Hole in the middle of her black silk stockings; this was a trace left behind from the previous battle.

In such a situation, how could Wei Jin endure it? "Sister-in-law, today I will let you witness the brow-level staff of Wu Song the Tiger Slayer."

(End of this chapter)