Chapter 996 The Fatal Flaw of the “National Teacher”? “Nezha: The Devil Child Comes Into the World”! Emperor Entertainment Group Suffered an Unexpected Disaster
Throughout the whole day, the circle was as lively as if a pot of water was boiling. It was so boiling that it made people restless!
As expected, "Operation Red Sea" successfully exceeded 3 billion, becoming Feiyue Pictures' third top box office masterpiece to break 3 billion this year after "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Kunlun Temple".
If you include the "Mermaid" that Feiyue Films participated in the investment at the beginning of the year, then this year alone, Feiyue Films has invested in four 3 billion box office movie masterpieces!
Looking at the entire film and television industry, who can compare to this achievement?
"I'm so envious that I'm almost numb! If the Rays can achieve such results, the market value of over 100 billion will be just around the corner!"
Listening to Wang Changtian's excited shouts on the phone, Chen Fei jokingly said: "Director Wang? The light follows the hot and spicy ones, right?"
"Oh! Thanks to you! I really made a lot of money this year."
Wang Changtian changed his mentality instantly and started laughing.
You know, these movies are all participated by Enlight, and coupled with the National Day movie "Passing Through Your World", Enlight's financial report this year is much more eye-catching than in previous years.
"Langguang will also fully assist in the publicity work behind "Operation Red Sea". Once the key is extended, the Spring Festival schedule will also be included. Hey, these days are so wonderful to choose from..."
"Actually, I didn't think much about it at first. It was the schedule chosen by Hai Zheng. They should have decided it long ago."
After the key extension ended, it happened to be the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and the annual leave for wage earners also officially came to an end.
I have to say, this time is really wonderful!
As the two of them chatted, the topic unconsciously turned to "The Great Wall".
"This is really interesting. "The Great Wall" is indeed his 'son'. An advance screening directly added 5 hours of first-day box office. He is rushing to beat the first-day box office of "Operation Red Sea"" Right?"
"Maybe."
Chen Fei didn't care much about this, because he knew very well that "The Great Wall" would never break the first-day box office of "Operation Red Sea".
At this time, there may be many creators, beasts, and fans shouting slogans and making all kinds of promises, but after it is released, they will know that things are not that simple.
The two of them were chatting about "The Great Wall" here, and on the other side, Zhang Yimou was also chatting about related topics with Dong Ping, the chairman of Huanxi Media.
The latter congratulated with a smile: "I would like to congratulate Director Zhang in advance on the box office success of "The Great Wall" on the first day and successfully set a new record!"
"It's better not to open the champagne at halftime. After all, "Operation Red Sea" is strong and its results can be seen..."
Although Zhang Yimou said modest words, he was very grateful in his heart. This can be seen from his soothing expression.
Taking advantage of the current atmosphere, Dong Ping quickly climbed up the pole: "Director Zhang, we don't talk secretly, I think you should also know the reason why I came here today.
Here I can tell you everything. Until now, there are already four people in the happy "Great Directors Alliance": Chen Kexin, Wang Jiawei, Gu Changwei, and Zhang Yibai. And what this lineup means, I think you should know better than me. .
If you can join our team, our strength will be unique in the country! I can guarantee you that your treatment will be the highest among these people, cash plus shares, no ambiguity! "
Dong Ping originally wanted to use the title "Overlord in the Directors Alliance" to describe their team, but in the end he was too shy to use it.
He couldn't help it, after all, the "Directors Alliance" at Feiyue Film and Television was much more powerful than his team!
You know, in the "Director Alliance" of Leap Film and Television, there are 10 people including Chen Fei, Ning Hao, Guo Fan, Wang Shiliang, Shen Ao, Lu Yang, Yang Yu, Li Yang, Kang Honglei and Chen Guofu!
And the most shocking thing is that if you mention any one of them, there will be a masterpiece with a box office of 1 billion or a grand prize at the three major European film festivals.
In particular, Chen Fei, Ning Hao, Guo Fan, and Wang Shiliang are all members of the 3 billion box office club.
In front of this lineup, Huanxi Media's "Big Director Alliance" is like a group of grasshoppers.
They just have higher qualifications and became famous earlier. When it comes to performance, there is no way to compare with Feiyue Film and Television.
It is precisely because of this that Dong Ping is so eager to bring Zhang Yimou into the camp of Huanxi Media.
With the "National Master", their team can be regarded as having a Dinghai Shenzhen, and it will be much easier to make big moves in the future.
However, Zhang Yimou did not respond immediately to Dong Ping's warm invitation.
There was some thoughtfulness in his eyes, and he waited quietly for the other party to continue speaking.
Upon seeing this, Dong Ping once again elaborated on their plan in detail: "Director Zhang, we don't need you to allocate shares at an internal ultra-low price like other directors. We are willing to give you shares for free, and even have the sincerity of hundreds of millions in cash!
Our only requirement is your personal contract and priority investment rights in the film. We strongly believe that your talent and experience will bring great value and returns to our team..."
Dong Ping kept talking for more than ten minutes, until his mouth went dry, and Dong Ping stopped.
"Mr. Dong, I feel your sincerity."
Zhang Yimou personally stood up and poured him a glass of water, but still did not agree directly: "I think you should also know what I encountered in New Picture and LeTV. Finding a new partner is related to my future and the future of my family, so I need time to think about it now."
"Okay."
Dong Ping drank the water in the cup in one gulp and responded with some helplessness, but did not give up.
He knew how valuable Zhang Yimou was to Huanxi, and understood that such negotiations required patience and perseverance, and could not be done in one fell swoop.
"Director Zhang, I understand your caution, so let's make an appointment next time. I believe that time will prove everything, and I will not give up. I look forward to seeing you again; here, I once again wish "The Great Wall" a successful box office."
Speaking, Dong Ping stood up and stretched out his hand to Zhang Yimou.
"Okay, I hope it will be as you and I wish." Zhang Yimou shook hands with him and took the initiative to say: "Mr. Dong, I'll see you off."
A few minutes later, both parties walked out of the studio door and said goodbye to each other at the door.
However, as soon as he got on the car, Dong Ping did not feel disappointed because he failed to achieve his goal. Instead, he burst into laughter.
The secretary was puzzled when he saw this: "Mr. Dong? You obviously didn't reach a cooperation agreement, so why are you so happy?"
"It's very simple, because I have found Zhang Yimou's Achilles' heel!"
"Oh? What?"
"Money! He is very short of money now!" Dong Ping said confidently: "If I guess correctly, after the experience of New Picture and LeTV, his life should be very tight now.
So, as long as I offer a high enough price and meet his expectations, he will definitely not refuse me."
"But he didn't say the conditions today?" The female secretary was puzzled: "He won't ask for too much, right?"
"Don't worry, after "The Great Wall" is released, he will naturally offer a price." Dong Ping gave his own judgment very confidently!
At this time, in Zhang Yimou's studio, the father and daughter were also discussing the topic of the price offered by Huanxi Media just now.
"Dad? I feel that Dong Ping's conditions are not low. Why don't you agree?"
"I'm waiting for the box office of "The Great Wall." Zhang Yimou narrowed his eyes and murmured: "If the box office of this movie is high enough, then I can at least get double the price he offered before!"
As a member of the director industry, Zhang Mo naturally understood what his father meant.
Like actors, if directors want to get enough pay, even profit sharing, resources, etc., they also need to look at past performance.
And now, the price Dong Ping offered to Zhang Yimou does not include the movie "The Great Wall".
If this movie can sell well at the box office and successfully win several awards abroad, then the previous conditions will naturally be given a bonus!
So, both parties are waiting.
When the box office and reputation of "The Great Wall" are released, it will be the moment to decide Zhang Yimou's future!
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At 7 pm, the news that the advance screening of "The Great Wall" officially kicked off once again rushed to the hot search list.
While many people in the circle were watching, liking, congratulating, and forwarding, Chen Fei returned to the company and came to the animation studio. He watched the final version of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" with great interest with Yang Yu, Li Yang and others.
It took more than a year for the animation department to finally build the main body of this movie, which was not easy.
In the screening room, everyone watched it frame by frame as if they were watching a slide show.
This "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World" is basically the same as the original version in the main line, but there are slight changes in the details, making the story more reasonable and fuller.
For example, at the beginning of the original version, the "hatred" of the people of Chentangguan towards Nezha was actually a bit abrupt.
In order to explain this, a section of Mrs. Yin going to eradicate the catfish spirit was added in this version.
Although this section does not occupy a long space, it can reflect that the monster has caused great harm to the local people!
Because many people's parents and children were harmed by monsters, the people hated monsters very much, which led to their hatred for Nezha.
Just like the line of Shen Gongbao in the movie: "The prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain. No matter how hard you try, you can't move it!"
After more than two hours, the "slides" were finally finished.
As the screen lit up, everyone in the screening room turned their eyes to Chen Fei, wanting to hear his opinion.
"Good! Very good! It's not inferior to "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" and "Big Fish and Begonia", and it's even better than the "Kung Fu Panda" series I made!"
Hearing this evaluation, Yang Yu, who was responsible for the main control of the "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World" project, was relieved and a smile appeared on his face.
But the next second, his face became a little tangled: "I'm just worried, can the image of Nezha we designed be accepted by the audience?"
In the current character model, Nezha looks like heavy metal, dark circles, decadent and depressed, coupled with a wicked smile, unruly posture and movements, which is completely different from the image in TV series and movies!
The reason for this design is mainly because of Chen Fei's instruction and instructions.
At first, Yang Yu was very opposed to this kind of design, but as he continued to check the information, he discovered that Nezha really had such a look!
Because Nezha originally originated from the myths of ancient Persia and ancient Hinduism, and later came to China with ancient Indian Buddhism.
According to records in Buddhist collections of Buddhist scriptures, Nezha's Sanskrit name is Naluojiupa, which originates from Tantra, one of the Buddhist sects, and belongs to the Yaksha god.
In Buddhism, Yaksha is one of the eight celestial dragons who protect the Dharma. He has a fierce and fast personality and a formidable appearance, so he just fits the title of "Devil Boy".
It just so happens that in this movie, Nezha fights against prejudice, so the character image cannot naturally be soft and weak.
Based on this, the image of the devil boy with an evil aura was freshly released.
"Don't worry." Chen Fei said with confidence: "Although the current image does seem to subvert tradition, after a few more looks, it actually still has a silly and cute feeling. I believe the audience will like it. .
Of course, the most important thing is that Nezha does not have a classic character image like "Sun Wukong", and there are no insiders like Teacher Six who come out to criticize him. "
"Hahahahaha!"
There was a burst of laughter in the screening room.
When we were working on the movie "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage", everyone had a lot of online quarrels with Teacher Six, which is quite interesting now that I think about it.
At this moment, Li Yang suddenly asked out of curiosity: "Huh? By the way? Why has Teacher Six been silent for the past few years? Why did he go?"
"Yes, wasn't there a report last year that he was going to restart the 'Journey to the West IP'? He also said that he would invest 700 million to make a Sino-US co-production blockbuster. Why has there been no news?"
Along with the bursts of discussion, everyone looked at Chen Fei again.
"Don't look at me. I don't know. Whether the 700 million yuan to restart the Westward Journey IP is real or a gimmick are two different things."
"What a guy! As expected of Teacher Six! Is this a case of the 'True and Fake Monkey King' being brought to reality?"
"Hahahahaha!"
The laughter broke out again. It was a rare opportunity for everyone to complain about Teacher Six together.
Immediately afterwards, after watching the final film of "Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World", Chen Fei and Li Yang's team members watched the final film of "White Snake: Origin".
Compared with the former, the progress of the latter is much faster, and the finished film is even 2/3 complete.
"I want to put this movie on the Spring Festival schedule later, so I can almost make it in time."
"Well, okay, if you have any difficulties, come to me. If you are short of money, just apply, ask me to sign, and let the finance department call you."
"Haha, thank you, Director Chen!"
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After returning to the villa from the company, it was already past three o'clock in the middle of the night.
Liu Yifei went to bed early and was sleeping soundly.
Chen Fei gently lifted the quilt and lay down in it.
He originally thought of not waking up Liu Yifei, but the moment he lay down, the person next to him wrapped around him like a little snake.
"Hug~Kiss~"
"Eh? You haven't fallen asleep yet? I thought you were asleep." Fade Chen reached over and pecked her on the mouth.
"I'm waiting for you to come back. It's cold to sleep alone."
As he spoke, Liu Yifei hugged him tighter, with a pleasant smile on her face.
Seeing this, Chen Fei took her into his arms and patted her back as if coaxing a child: "Go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."
"You want to get up early, and I want to sleep in, hehe."
As he spoke, Xiang Xiangxiang's man turned over and stepped forward to do bad things.
This night, I was destined to stay up all night.
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"The Great Wall, a Chinese-foreign co-production, adventure and fantasy blockbuster directed by Zhang Yimou, started advance screening in nearly 500 lMAX theaters across the country at 19:00 yesterday."
"According to reports from theaters, on the first day of release, the film's overall film schedule accounted for 46.7%, which is 14.6 points higher than "Operation Red Sea". The new box office of the two films may account for more than 80% of today's comprehensive box office!"
"The martial arts-themed movie "The Sword of the Third Young Master" directed by Er Dongsheng has been forced to be canceled by theaters due to exhaustion of its box office potential. The total box office was 103 million yuan."
"Today, the action and suspense-themed movie "Romantic Demise", produced by Huayi and directed by Cheng Er, starring Zhang Ziyi, Ge You and others, has also been launched in domestic theaters.
However, it is more regrettable that the overall screening rate of the film on the first day of release was only 12.1%, of which the overall screening rate of Wanda Cinemas was only 4.5%, and the screening time was not during prime time..."
The film and television industry came alive on the morning of the 16th with a series of film and television news releases.
At the same time, many Reuters photos of the screening of "The Great Wall" appeared online. Looking around, there were quite a few photos of audiences queuing up to buy tickets!
Moreover, according to the data released by Maoyan, it can be found that from 7 pm yesterday to this morning, the real-time box office data of "The Great Wall" has almost exceeded 100 million.
If nothing else, including today’s box office for the whole day, this movie should be able to try to hit the 200 million box office!
The only regret is that there are currently no relevant movie ratings and a large number of blowout movie reviews on major ticket purchasing platforms, including Douban, Weibo and other social platforms.
Many people including Chen Fei, Dong Ping, Zhang Yimou, and La Peikang are waiting. It is estimated that it will not be until the afternoon. Whether this movie is a mule or a horse will be revealed.
However, Chen Fei has not waited for the news of "The Great Wall", but has received a call from Emperor Entertainment Group.
"Alas! Director Chen, you said this matter is a mess... Emperor Entertainment Group has suffered an unprovoked disaster! It is obviously a battle between Wanda and Huayi, how can we "ordinary people" be dragged into it?"
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