Chapter 546

On May 1st, *Iron Man 3* was released.

After resting for the morning, Jing Tian dragged Wei Jin to show support.

After all, Robert Downey Jr. was a good friend to both of them, and they had troubled him quite a bit for many previous film promotions.

Of course, to avoid trouble, the two went to a private screening room at Shanhe Cinema.

It had to be said that superhero-themed movies were impeccable, at least in terms of visual effects.

In addition, Hollywood's production methods also made the film's narrative style and rhythm quite tight, especially the scene at the end where over a hundred Iron Men were dispatched collectively, which was truly blood-pumping.

Of course, the plot couldn't stand up to scrutiny; Tony Stark, who was originally confident, even arrogant, and even fearless of death, had turned into a character who feared alien technology, making his persona much dimmer.

Overall, it could be considered a popcorn movie on the passing line.

However, just as Wei Jin had mentioned to Fan Bingbing before, the Chinese screen time was too little. Li Bingbing, who had accepted the role, only had three lines in the 100-plus minutes of plot.

One wondered if this big star had already cried herself to sleep in the bathroom.

When leaving, Wei Jin saw posters for several movies scheduled for release in May, and the poster for one of them aroused his great interest.

It had to be said that the promotional team for *Switch* understood the audience; the posters were truly painstaking.

In every one, Lin Chi-ling was the core, and they were all showing off her figure.

Especially the one with Tong Dawei; it was simply too eye-catching.

Tong Dawei had long white hair, kneeling on the ground holding Lin Chi-ling's bare, slender legs, his eyes revealing a sense of admiration but also restraint, full of pure Japanese style. It was amazing.

Inspired, Wei Jin prepared a scene from a Japanese adult film that very night.

As a Golden Horse Best Actress, Jing Tian played her part perfectly, making the great director Wei Jin extremely satisfied. The specific content was a VIP paid item. Just as Wei Jin had predicted before, *Iron Man 3* did indeed perform brilliantly during the May Day slot.

The first-day box office was 110 million, directly shocking the entire entertainment industry.

You have to know that the only films to reach a first-day box office of over 100 million were *Gravity* and *Transformers 3*.

And these two films had a box office of at least 1 billion at their worst. Could it be that Marvel's *Iron Man 3* was also going to stage such a miracle? However, the film market ultimately had an upper limit. When the "Iron Man" family ate their fill, almost all other films suffered.

The first to bear the brunt was *So Young*; the box office, which was approaching 60 million, plummeted directly to over 30 million. It had been released for 6 days, with a box office of 280 million.

And *Sifu vs. Vampire* also suffered significant damage; the single-day box office of over 50 million fell to just over 30 million. It had been released for five days, with a box office of 220 million.

Many production companies in the circle were protesting, saying that China Film Group shouldn't have placed imported films in the May Day slot, and even if they really had to, it should have been after the holiday.

But many smart people also discovered that the upper limit of the domestic film market had actually risen again, already approaching the 200 million mark.

What this meant couldn't be more obvious.

Chen Jinfei was one such smart person. After thinking it over, he took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xiaoli, this isn't about company business this time. I have a project here, yes, a Hollywood project. Fine, then let's wait until Yifei comes back to talk about it..."

Wei Jin didn't know that someone was eyeing Liu Yifei; at this moment, he was taking Jing Tian to attend Wu Jing's dinner party.

In the private room of the home-style restaurant, Wei Jin and Jing Tian sat together, while opposite them were Wu Jing and Xie Nan.

The four had known each other for quite a while, and their relationship was very good. There weren't that many rules at the table, and they chatted while eating.

"How is life in the army?"

"President Wei, let me tell you, these special forces are really not places for ordinary people..."

Wu Jing was also a national martial arts champion and could be considered agile in the entertainment industry, not even taking Donnie Yen seriously, but when mentioning this experience, he still sighed: "When I first went there, I was bragging to them, and as a result, I was taught a lesson."

"Oh? Tell me more?"

Wei Jin couldn't help but be curious, and Jing Tian also looked gossipy. Wu Jing didn't hide anything and told the story in detail.

Things like "climbing 4 floors with bare hands in 15 seconds," "20-kilometer weighted cross-country," "500 push-ups before bed"... listening to it was terrifying; it could be called devil training.

"Amazing, Old Wu. With this spirit of yours, I'm optimistic about you."

Wei Jin looked at Wu Jing, whose skin was obviously several shades darker, and was truly impressed.

After discussing the new creative idea last year, he started training in the army. Except for the filming of *SPL 2*, he basically stayed there for a total of nearly eight months. If it were any other star in the circle, who could do that?

Originally, his script was finished last month, but unfortunately, he encountered the Shu earthquake and rushed to provide aid, which delayed things until now.

"Hehe, President Wei, only you and Nannan are optimistic about me..."

Listening to Wu Jing's self-deprecating explanation and looking at Xie Nan's helpless expression, Wei Jin realized that they had already contacted Enlight Media before.

Because during the Spring Festival, Enlight had launched the "Enlight—Actor—New Director Plan," aiming to support and discover new directors.

Wei Jin heard from Old Wang that they had already signed cooperation agreements with Xu Zheng and Deng Chao.

Unfortunately, the previous *Legendary Assassin* had suffered a serious loss, and in the eyes of Wang Changtian and Enlight's evaluation team, Wu Jing didn't have investment potential.

After all, currently, only a few people like Xu Jinglei, Xu Zheng, and Zhao Wei had succeeded in transitioning to directors, and most of them were professionally trained, and their film themes were relatively popular.

By comparison, military themes and action actors like Wu Jing were really hard to convince people; after all, film was always a high-risk industry.

At this moment, Wei Jin couldn't help but pick up a piece of food and mourn for Old Wang in his heart.

"Old Wu, I don't think there's any problem with the script. Now let's talk about the investment. Is the budget all done?"

These words undoubtedly showed his determination to invest. Wu Jing was instantly invigorated: "President Wei, I've had someone do it; it's expected to be around 80 million."

"Regarding the investment share, what are your thoughts?"

"President Wei means?"

Wu Jing couldn't quite grasp Wei Jin's thoughts and probed.

"Don't think so complicatedly. I just think the project is quite good. Don't you plan to invest yourself?"

Wei Jin was definitely profit-first for old foxes like Xu Zheng, but for honest people like Wu Jing, he treated them as friends.

This *Wolf Warrior*, which could exceed 500 million at the box office in his past life, would definitely make money now that Shanhe Media was doing it. Wei Jin didn't want to take too much advantage of this. "President Wei, to tell you the truth, what I can take out is only 10 million in funds. If it's any more, I'll have to mortgage my house..."

Wei Jin nodded in understanding. In fact, since *The Raid* and *SPL 2*, Wu Jing's invitations were actually not few, but he was devoted to his dream and had no time to make money from commercial performances. This 10 million was probably his last family fortune.

"Fine, then with your director's fee and actor's fee, plus this 10 million, I'll count you for a 30% share. How about that?"

"Good, let's do it as President Wei says."

Wu Jing didn't hesitate. To pursue a dream, one must have the courage to pay for it. Besides, hadn't the biggest risk already been borne by Wei Jin? "In addition, I have one more request."

Wu Jing and Xie Nan looked at each other and said simultaneously: "President Wei, please speak."

Putting down his chopsticks, Wei Jin tapped the table. "For your future films, I want priority investment rights, no less than 50%."

"Eh, there's such a good thing? No problem."

Although he was a bit confused, Wu Jing seemed afraid that Wei Jin would go back on his word, so he agreed readily and then immediately raised his glass: "President Wei, this cup is for you. Thank you for your support."

Wei Jin raised his glass to clink. "Hehe, happy cooperation."

The three-day holiday passed in a flash.

In the film market, it was still the world of *Iron Man 3*.

In the three days since its release, this superhero-themed film, relying on the super-high ticket prices of IMAX 3D and 3D, had raked in 310 million at the box office.

However, just at this time, news of *Iron Man 3*'s overseas release reached the country, instantly causing a collective attack from domestic audiences and netizens.

Because no one expected that this film would actually be divided into two versions, namely the overseas version and the domestic special version.

What is a domestic special version? To put it bluntly, it's treating domestic audiences like fools to be harvested!

You have to know that before the release, the producers had never said there would be two versions, and even high-profilely mentioned Li Bingbing's wonderful performance in the film on countless occasions.

The public opinion at the time was hyped up, and countless fans and audiences were looking forward to the domestic big star participating in the superhero series; after all, this was an unprecedented breakthrough.

Even if they had discovered before that Li Bingbing's screen time was very little, everyone reluctantly accepted this reality.

But now it seemed that even for those few small shots, they were stingy enough not to include them in the overseas version.

What does that mean? Could it be that Chinese actors would affect the film's global box office? This is a naked insult! The audience and fans were filled with righteous indignation, feeling that their intelligence had been insulted and their emotions toyed with.

For a time, not only were the producers Disney and Paramount boycotted, but Li Bingbing was also pushed to the forefront of the storm.

Countless netizens questioned on Weibo why she wanted to participate in such a film.

Sometimes Wei Jin didn't know if there was really a destiny between these big stars.

While Li Bingbing was still being attacked by the masses, another piece of news came from Hollywood, instantly causing a sensation.

"According to Hollywood reports, Warner Bros. has joined forces with Legendary Pictures to reboot the monster movie *Godzilla*. The film will be directed by Gareth Edwards, and it has been confirmed that Chinese actress Fan Bingbing will play the female lead!"

"According to official Warner news, *Godzilla* has a production cost of 160 million USD, is about to start filming, and is expected to land in the domestic market next year..."

Once the news broke, the internet and the circle were in an uproar.

Although they knew that in monster movies, human screen time wouldn't be too much, if she was the female lead, it shouldn't be less than ten minutes of screen time, right? And with a production cost of 160 million USD, *Godzilla* would definitely be released globally; it was absolutely a top-tier resource not inferior to *Pacific Rim*!

There are no fools in the entertainment industry; everyone knew that such a top-tier resource could never have been negotiated by Fan Bingbing alone.

Undoubtedly, this was Wei Jin's handiwork again. Looking at the country, only he had such ability.

Many people in the circle were sighing that one still had to hug a big thigh. How many Hollywood resources had Fan Bingbing received over the years by relying on Wei Jin? Especially big stars like Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbing, and Xu Jinglei were all so jealous they couldn't stand it, completely unable to understand where they were worse than that "seductive fox." In fact, it wasn't just outsiders who were jealous; even Shanhe Media's own artists were jealous to the point of madness.

Yang Mi now regretted not listening to Wei Jin and accepting *Tiny Times*.

It had been more than half a year, and that man hadn't taken the initiative to ask her out. Could it be that she had really fallen out of favor?

Thinking of this, Yang Mi specifically returned to her room and put on a black hollow-out tight-fitting jumpsuit.

Lying on the bed, Yang Mi bit her red lips, posed in an extremely seductive posture, took a photo, and sent it out, accompanied by a soft, coquettish voice:

"Senior brother, I miss you..."

Wei Jin had no time to pay attention to the ding-dong on his phone; at this moment, he was being interrogated.

"Good, I knew it! You must have been bewitched by that seductive fox. You dared to flirt when you were in North America. Do you really want to bring her home?"

Gao Yuanyuan widened her almond eyes, looking like she wouldn't stop until she got an explanation.

She had just returned to the country low-key with her son, and in the blink of an eye, she saw Fan Bingbing on the headlines. She had only seen this level of being pushed in Jing Tian and Liu Yifei.

"Sister Yuanyuan, listen to me, it's really just taking care of company artists. I... hiss..."

Wei Jin said and gasped, because his handle was in Gao Yuanyuan's hands. "Sister Yuanyuan, be gentle. If you break it, our happiness for the rest of our lives will be gone..."

"Hmph, you bad guy, flirting outside all day long. This is the culprit..."

Although she said it with her mouth, Gao Yuanyuan's slender fingers finally let go, which also let Wei Jin know that the beauty was tough on the outside but soft on the inside, so he hugged her slightly plump waist and expressed his loyalty.

"Sister Yuanyuan, it really was just a coincidence. Think about it, over the years, besides you few, who else have I filmed movies for? Don't you understand my heart?"

"Hmph, who knows what you're thinking? Maybe you already dislike me for being old and yellow..."

Hearing this, Wei Jin knew that Gao Yuanyuan might have some postpartum anxiety, so he used a little force with both hands, pressing the two tightly together, and said sincerely: "Sister Yuanyuan, you look like you're only twenty-five or twenty-six now, tender enough to drip water. Where are you old?"

"Really?"

No matter how many words there were, they were pale. Wei Jin directly used action to express it, immediately kissing the beauty's soft lips, and a pair of big hands began to wander everywhere.

Since January, Gao Yuanyuan hadn't been intimate with Wei Jin, and they couldn't share a room during her confinement. Calculating it, it had been a full four months since she had eaten meat.

So at this moment, even if it was just a simple hug and kiss with some hand movements, she was completely unable to resist, and her whole body seemed to have lost its strength.

About a few minutes later, Gao Yuanyuan's round face, which hadn't yet recovered, was already flushed, and her beautiful eyes were filled with layers of mist.

That night, Wei Jin worked very hard and finally vented all of Gao Yuanyuan's jealousy. (End of chapter)