Chapter 1072 I Must Change My Appearance when Filming Starts! The No. 1 Pimp in Hollywood? Filming Is Finished

Chapter 1072 Start of shooting... I must change my appearance! The first pimp in Hollywood? The filming is finished...

In a small town in Massachusetts, the United States of America.

All the members of the "Manchester by the Sea" crew gathered here, all eyes were on Chen Fei, waiting for him to give orders.

Live up to everyone's expectations, he raised the megaphone and shouted:

"I declare that "Manchester by the Sea" is officially started!"

With Chen Fei's order, the entire crew suddenly started to run at high speed like a high-speed machine driven by the drive motor.

The familiar "Action" echoed in the ears of all the actors.

In the monitor screen, Matt Damon, who looked decadent, was standing silently.

Looking around, whether it was his temperament or expression, or his overall state, he gave people a lifeless feeling at this time, revealing a strong sense of dead silence and twilight.

Especially those eyes, as if they were numb to everything in life!

Although his body seemed to be alive, his heart and soul had already died in the fire!

Chen Fei could see that Matt Damon had given up everything for this movie and even hypnotized himself.

Affected by the failure of "The Great Wall", he has been ridiculed a lot in Hollywood in recent months.

In particular, Universal Pictures has completely drawn a line with him, and all its projects are refusing his participation.

Based on this, for the future of film and television, Matt Damon must prove himself again!

And this "Manchester by the Sea" is undoubtedly the best opportunity he can seize at the moment.

The morning shooting passed quickly, and Matt Damon was in very good condition, basically ensuring that he could complete his performance with no more than 3 mistakes.

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It was noon, and the crew started to have lunch.

"Leon? What are you doing? How come you've lost so much weight after just a few days of not seeing each other?"

When Matt Damon first saw Leonardo in the morning, he was very curious, and it was not until noon that he finally had time to seek the answer.

At this time, Leonardo was not only surrounded by Matt Damon, but also Kate Winslet, Timothée Chalamet and others, all of whom were surrounding him.

"Leon, you really have become much more handsome?!"

As a good friend of Leo, Kate was also very surprised by his changes!

After all, he was just like a melancholy fat man before, and the whole person was decadent.

But after just a few days of not seeing each other, he actually started to clean himself up? !

A well-fitting handmade suit was on him, and he was wearing a pair of crocodile leather shoes on his feet. His messy beard was shaved clean, and his hairstyle was specially trimmed...

It is not an exaggeration to say that if he can lose weight, he can definitely return to the "handsome man" state!

"I'm losing weight, slimming down, and controlling my body shape."

A self-disciplined life can always make people in great shape. Leonardo was full of energy when he spoke, and his hoarseness was changed.

And this is just a change in less than half a month.

"How much weight have you lost?" Chen Fei asked curiously.

"18 pounds." Leonardo added: "I am confident that I can lose another 30 pounds by the end of this month. Although it is difficult to restore the figure of the peak period, the condition will definitely get better."

Others could not hear the meaning of his words, but Chen Fei keenly caught the signal.

"The end of the month?"

Chewing these two words in his mouth, he immediately conveyed the signal to Amy Nott.

There is still half a month of preparation time, which is good news. The relevant plans and arrangements can undoubtedly be more perfect.

"Leon, your scenes will be filmed next month. After the end of the month, you need to control your body shape. You can't be thin or fat. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, okay, Fei, I understand what you mean."

Leonardo responded, and after saying hello to others, he left quickly with his assistant.

His main purpose of coming here this morning was to attend the opening ceremony. After the ceremony, he would return to Los Angeles to continue to shape his body.

Before the end of the month, he must change his appearance!

He must exude enough charm to attract the opposite sex, instead of attracting some perverted old men in white socks like now!

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Once the filming started, time passed by like flowing water.

In a blink of an eye, the day was over.

Chen Fei returned to the hotel, had a video call with Liu Yifei, and then opened Weibo to check the domestic news.

At this time, the first-day box office of the two movies released in China on the 13th has been released one after another.

"The action and fantasy film "Wukong Biography" produced by New Classics Media, directed by Guo Zijian, and starring Peng Yuyan and Ni Ni, grossed 107 million yuan on its first day of release."

"The animation, adventure, and fantasy film "Da Hufa" produced by Light Media grossed 7.305 million yuan on its first day of release."

Although they were released on the same day, the box office gap between the two films is simply too big!

To be honest, Chen Fei is also quite interested in "Wukong Biography".

Especially the classic line in the original novel - "I want this sky, it can no longer cover my eyes; I want this earth, it can no longer bury my heart; I want all living beings to understand my intentions; I want all Buddhas to disappear into thin air!"

Just this one sentence has attracted countless fans!

However, looking at the comments of fans in the comment area, Chen Fei found that the movie did not seem to film this line with the effect everyone wanted.

"There is no story at all, only special effects can be seen, and the few clues are messed up. The director wants a lot, but he has no ability to grasp it. Sometimes he talks about love, which is as childish as a junior high school student's early love; sometimes he accumulates some tragic and heroic things, but there is no sense of substitution; from time to time, he hides some metaphors about opponents and powerful people, but the director himself does not want to delve into it, and the only ability of Sun Wukong...I am afraid it is to shout slogans about smashing the sky and the earth."

"The ugliest look of Yu Feihong ever seen is in this movie."

"The director must have done a lot of homework and racked his brains to come up with a few It took months of sleepless nights to force the film to be 120 minutes long, right? It was indeed a great effort. It turned a fantasy film into a youthful and bloody love film. This skill is unprecedented and unparalleled. I admire it. "

"I think the title should be "The Legend of Yang Jian" or "The Love Story of Marshal Tianpeng"? Sun Wukong: MMMP!"

"Such a classic line has become a slogan. Fuck! I really can't complain. It's disgusting!"

On the first day of its release, "The Legend of Wukong" scored 5.1 on Douban. It can be seen that this movie is probably ruined.

On the contrary, the other domestic animated film "The Great Guardian" that boasts "violent aesthetics" has a very good reputation, with a Douban score of 8.4!

And the animation itself is very bold and imaginative!

"It's not like yesterday that we met again after a long separation, and I can't bear to talk about thousands of words."

"Do you dare to ask yourself where you are going?"

"Does the destination you are looking for with fear have to be the end of the road?"

"Do you still have the courage to face your fear?"

Looking at the many classic lines in the movie described by netizens, Chen Fei is looking forward to having the opportunity to watch this movie on Youku in the future.

It's a pity that the promotion of the movie is really puzzling.

From the beginning of the promotion, Guangguang voluntarily rated the movie as "PG-13", which means that children under 13 are not recommended to watch it.

But in the subsequent promotion, especially after the preview, PG-13 suddenly became the focus of media "attack".

In order to pursue the effect of "exaggeration", many media even described the movie as purely "adult animation" when reporting.

Once this statement appeared, Guangguang undoubtedly paid a heavy price.

As an animated film, it is prohibited for children to watch, which naturally isolates a large group of viewers.

In addition, adults are not very interested in watching animated films, which undoubtedly has an overwhelming impact on the box office performance of the film.

Overall, during this summer vacation, Guangguang has suffered a big setback.

The reputation and box office of "Secret Fruit" collapsed across the board. Although "The Guardian" has a good reputation, the box office failed to meet expectations, which is undoubtedly very unfavorable for Guangguang's stock price!

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Time flies, and four days later, "The Guardian" handed in a very poor answer sheet with a box office performance of 33.09 million.

On the other hand, "The Legend of Wukong" successfully won a box office performance of 392 million with the support of a large number of fans of the original novel.

"Alas, I am now waiting for "Wolf Warrior 2" at the end of the month. Guangguang is considered to be useless this time. The two movies in the summer vacation have not achieved any results."

Wang Changtian calculated the time difference and called Chen Fei, his tone full of sorrow.

"Haha." Chen Fei comforted him: "Mr. Wang, these are just two movies, and the total investment is less than 100 million. I'm afraid that Guangguang will not even hurt the surface, right? "The Next Generation of Stars" is so popular now!"

"Variety shows are variety shows, and movies are movies. They are two different things, two different things..."

Although he said humble words, Wang Changtian was already happy in his heart.

"Running Man Season 5" in the first half of the year, and the currently popular "Go Fighting Season 3" and "The Next Generation of Stars Season 1", these are all "money-making" cornucopias!

Comparing the revenue and response of these three top variety shows, the failure of "Secret Fruit" and "The Guardian" is simply not worth mentioning.

In addition, Guangguang also obtained the distribution rights of the costume and fantasy TV series "Lost Love in the Palace" starring Yang Mi and Chen Weiting, and took this opportunity to make a lot of money.

So, Wang Changtian's "sorrow" seemed like showing off to Chen Fei.

But he was not envious. Anyway, the more Guangguang made, the more he would make.

After all, except for "The Next Generation of Sons", the other two variety shows were mostly produced by Feiyue Films!

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After ending the call with Wang Changtian, Chen Fei continued to be busy with the filming of "Manchester by the Sea".

Lee Chandler, played by Matt Damon, became the guardian of his nephew because of his brother's dying will.

Because of family affection, he had to return to his hometown, the small town of Manchester, which he had been avoiding.

This is the source of all his pain, sadness and regret, but it is also the beginning of the plot.

His happy family began to fall apart here, but he had to choose to accept it for the sake of his remaining relatives...

The filming progress was very fast. After all, Matt Damon and Kate Winslet were both Oscar-winning actors and actresses. There was absolutely no problem with their acting skills. They could basically complete the filming within three takes.

The only trouble was that the filming of the little actors was not very smooth.

After all, they were too young, and they would definitely not be as good and smooth as normal adult actors in memorizing lines and performing.

But they didn't have many shots, so in most cases, as long as he had a certain amount of patience, Chen Fei could usually get the desired picture within 10 takes.

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After the new day of filming, Chen Fei welcomed Amy Knott who came from Los Angeles in the hotel.

The purpose of her visit this time was not for Puff Daddy, but for Robert Downey Jr.!

"Boss, I finally found out the identity of the middleman who introduced Robert Downey Jr. and Puff Daddy. This guy also has a huge force behind him..."

"Oh? Really?" Chen Fei took off his coat and hung it on the hanger, and asked: "Tell me, who is he? Who is the force behind him?"

Amy Knott took out a thick stack of information from her bag.

"That guy's name is Lamar Wheeler, the head of a modeling company. He himself is not worth paying attention to, but his boss Michelle Bryan is a very extraordinary woman."

"Michelle Bryan?"

Chen Fei chewed on the name and felt vaguely that it seemed familiar?

Amy Knott continued to add: "According to public information, Michelle Bryan was born in 1983, is 34 years old this year, and has worked as an actor in Hollywood.

Because of her sociability, after the former Hollywood No. 1 duck Heidi Fleiss was arrested by the FBI, she took control of the Los Angeles market, and she finally successfully replaced Heidi and became the No. 1 leader in the call girl agency industry!

At her most glorious moment, she even founded a global travel company, controlled the high-end market in Los Angeles and even California, and even provided flights for celebrities and wealthy people across the United States. Escort service.

According to the information released by the FBI, as early as 2005, her annual net profit reached 8.5 million US dollars. ”

Hearing this, Chen Fei couldn't help but be a little surprised: "2005? 8.5 million US dollars? More than 50 million RMB? Wow! The income of being a pimp is really terrifying! You can buy several courtyard houses in the capital."

Amy Knott shrugged: "This industry is a highly profitable industry. After all, prostitution, gambling and drugs are the most profitable in Hollywood, and they make money faster than being an actor."

Chen Fei took out his mobile phone and searched the name Michelle Bryan.

But the final result was that she was arrested by the FBI?!

"Huh? Has this woman been arrested before?"

"Yeah, she was indeed caught, but I heard that a big shot bailed her out, and she only paid a fine of $35,000 and continued to be at large."

At this point, Amy Knott continued to add: "And after being released from prison this time, she became even more serious. In addition to providing escort services, she also involved in the business of illegal drugs, and..."

"You can say it, I can accept it." Chen Fei gestured for her to continue.

"Robert Downey Jr. actually did not succeed in quitting drugs. He and Michelle Bryan have always had business dealings."

Hearing this, Chen Fei was not surprised.

After all, this is Hollywood, where drugs, gambling, and pornography are the most rampant.

And Robert Downey Jr. has been arrested by the LAPD several times because of illegal drugs.

Although he said he wanted to "turn over a new leaf", how could a guy who was addicted to drugs easily quit drugs?

What's more, he is now a rich man among Hollywood actors. He has plenty of money to buy drugs, and he can also use corresponding means to make himself look like a non-drug addict.

Based on this, it is not strange for the two parties to have business dealings.

"Don't worry about her for now. Just make sure that the enemy is not in the dark. Our current primary target is still Puff Daddy. We must take down this black guy, otherwise he will definitely continue to attack "Avengers 4."

Chen Fei doesn't think that the other party will stop targeting him, and the most important thing is that it is not his style to be bullied but not fight back!

As for Michelle Bryan, it is not certain what the other party's purpose is.

Moreover, Chen Fei seriously suspects that this woman is likely to be related to the notorious island, because in his vague memory, the name Michelle Bryan seems to have appeared.

In order to prevent the situation of being shot in the back but being judged as suicide, it is better to be careful!

"Oh, by the way, the travel company founded by her seems to be suspected of human trafficking..."

With Amy Nott's words, Chen Fei became more and more certain of his guess!

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The night in North America gradually deepened, while at the same time, a brand new day came in China.

In Zaoyang Hancheng Film and Television Base, with a "click", the film "Shadow" directed by Zhang Yimou finally ushered in the moment of wrapping up.

Listening to the cheers echoing in the crew, Zhang Yimou's face was rarely filled with a smile.

The film started shooting on March 18, and it has been 4 months since then.

During this period, he experienced a lot of things, especially the "vicious incident" of LeTV's announcement of delisting and suspension of trading, which made it difficult for him to continue the filming of "Shadow".

However, fortunately, he still has enough perseverance!

And then, Huanxi Media gave him enough confidence, so he finally persevered.

When he thought that he would be completely separated from LeTV after the end of this movie, he felt inexplicably relieved.

"Director Zhang, Sister Mo, come and take a group photo."

Not far away, Guan Xiaotong, who rushed back from the crew of "Sweet Critical Attack" to attend the wrap-up ceremony, shouted excitedly.

This is her first work with a domestic director. If it can have a relatively good box office performance after the release, it will undoubtedly be a huge blessing to her popularity and status!

"Okay."

Zhang Yimou nodded slightly, and the smile on his face became brighter.

In May next year, his cooperation with LeTV will expire, and he will no longer have to look at Zhang Zhao's rotten face!

Thinking of this, he could not hide his joy and relief.

At the same time, on major social platforms, entertainment news about the completion of "Shadow" also began to spread...

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