Chapter 1118 How Can a Normal Person Defeat a Madman?

"Warm congratulations, directed by Chen Fei, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Emma Roberts, Matthew McConaughey, Huang Jingyu, Liu Jiayi and others.

The action, adventure, and science fiction film "Ready Player One", which invested 350 million US dollars, earned 377 million yuan on the first day of its release."

"Reprinted from the Hollywood Daily, "Ready Player One" closed at 1.2Db on its first day of release in North America. The score was as high as 8.8 points, and the Rotten Tomatoes freshness index was as high as 86%!"

On the morning of the 25th, as expected, the box office results of "Ready Player One" directly swept the major entertainment social platforms in the mainland!

The domestic box office results of 377 million directly defeated a number of domestic films such as "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia", "Youth", "Legend of the Demon Cat", and "Blood of the Machine".

And the Douban score of 8.7 data has achieved an all-round crushing!

"It's really an eye-opener! For a computer game nerd like me who has only played Landlord, the content of Ready Player One is really incredible! Although I have no way to identify the countless "easter eggs" that young audiences cheered for, I was confused, but the viewing experience was still enjoyable and satisfying!"

"After searching for the egg for thousands of times, the rose bud was found in the dim light - thank you for making such a movie, Director Chen Fei."

"This is a blessing for game fans and otakus! I'm convinced! I'm really convinced! It turns out that movies can be shot like this? Isn't this too cool?!"

"Wow, the lMAX-3D effect really dazzled me. I always feel like I have entered the world of movies and games."

"It's really rare that the Hollywood blockbusters shot by Director Chen Fei don't have any damn ”

“It’s not an exaggeration to say that the whole audience was really shouting “Awesome!” In a commercial film, all the special effects, feelings and love are combined completely and thoroughly, making movie fans, music fans and game fans climax one after another. Even if they are not fans, they can still be excited. This should be considered an excellent and perfect effect, right?”

“The final level tells us, ‘Don’t be obsessed, live in the present’. I think this summary is particularly good.”

“Oh! My God! The amount of information about various games, animations, and film and television easter eggs in the film is too much! You must watch it more!”

There are many movies that can be loved by most domestic and foreign audiences, such as the Marvel series of movies, which are mostly liked by domestic and foreign audiences.

However, these movies tell foreign stories and have nothing to do with domestic culture.

However, this “Ready Player One” has integrated 90% of the game easter eggs in the world, which is a bit too exaggerated!

"Grand Theft Auto", "Super Mario", "Contra", "Tomb Raider", "Assassin's Creed", "Warhammer", "The Witcher", "Legend of Mir 2", "Red Alert"...

When the game Easter eggs slowly passed on the big screen, all the fans at home and abroad were stunned!

You know, these games belong to different copyright holders. How much energy and financial resources would it take to bring them together and integrate them into a movie?

"Tsk tsk, no wonder the investment is as high as 350 million US dollars, which is more than 2 billion RMB! I'm afraid it would cost a lot of money just to ask for authorization from those game copyright holders?"

At Huayi, Wang Zhonglei looked at the hot searches on the Internet and couldn't help sighing for a while.

At this moment, the topic of "finding Easter eggs" has spread among fans all over the Internet, and some people have even opened new posts on Tieba and started to summarize them with great interest.

Although it has not yet developed to the point where all netizens participate, the current popularity alone is enough to make "Ready Player One" a big hit in the mainland and make a lot of money.

"If nothing unexpected happens, this is probably another 3 billion+ movie."

Ye Ning analyzed from a professional perspective.

Chen Fei personally directed the film, which has already made the film soar in popularity.

Now the word-of-mouth score of the film has also been released, and it is still an unexpectedly high-quality boutique special effects masterpiece. Coupled with the topic of "finding Easter eggs", the box office of this film will definitely rise steadily!

"Will it affect "Youth"?" Feng Xiaogang asked impatiently.

"According to the data, it will, after all, the impact on the scheduling is inevitable, but overall it is not big, after all, the audience groups are different..."

Listening to Ye Ning's analysis, recalling the failure of the key extension application, Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but fall.

But now that things have come to this, what can he do?

In addition to enduring and suffering, he couldn't even raise the spirit of protest.

"I don't know what China Film was thinking. They actually arranged such a high-quality imported film for the Lunar New Year period. Isn't this just putting pressure on our domestic films?"

Listening to Feng Xiaogang's nagging complaints, Ye Ning shook his head slowly, his face full of helplessness.

China Film is no longer the era when Han Sanping was in charge.

La Peikang, the new chairman of China Film, is not even a little bit worse than the previous one.

…

After a night, the time came to the 26th.

"On the second day of its release, the box office of "Ready Player One" once again won 389 million yuan, and the cumulative total box office closed at 766 million yuan."

"The fantasy film "Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Brother Chen Kai has been released for 4 days, with a cumulative box office of 286 million yuan, and the single-day box office has shown a cliff-like decline."

"The comedy and love film "Ex-Files 3: Goodbye Ex" produced by Huayi and starring Han Geng, Zheng Kai, and Yu Wenwen held its premiere ceremony in Beijing this morning. The film will officially start screening in major theaters in 3 days."

At this moment, despair has begun to spread in Brother Chen Kai's heart.

He thought that the release of "Ready Player One" would have a huge impact on "Legend of the Demon Cat", but he never expected that the impact would be so great!

Of course, this is not the most critical thing.

What really gave him a headache was that the reputation of "Legend of the Demon Cat" collapsed again.

Many fans said that they always felt very awkward after watching this movie, and there was an indescribable sense of entanglement.

Some even say that Legend of the Demon Cat and The Promise are exactly the same formula and the same flavor, both full of a style called "mystification".

He didn't want to admit this, but the facts proved that the audience was right.

The beautiful scene presented in Legend of the Demon Cat was actually to make up for a dream that The Promise, which had shoddy special effects, could not achieve.

In the second half of the film, the obvious sense of cuts, poetry recitation, circus performances, CG animations, screaming drama performances, gay performances of lesbian boys, etc., were actually his venting and compensation for his dissatisfaction with the failure of The Promise!

Unfortunately, this compensation was ultimately unsuccessful, just like his The Promise, even after ten years, no one could understand it.

In the office, Brother Chen Kai had already started scratching his head.

He felt as if he was in some kind of dilemma. He wanted to tell a story clearly, but he couldn't capture the essence of it.

Then again, how could the audience see clearly a story that even he, the director, couldn't tell clearly?

Just as he was scratching his head, there was a knock on the office door.

Chen Hong walked in and brought him a cup of strong tea and some new news.

"Old Chen, Mr. Fan from Alibaba Pictures wants to talk to you about the new film project. He wants you to meet him tomorrow. Do you have time to meet him?"

"Mr. Fan?" Brother Chen Kai didn't react for a while and didn't know who Mr. Fan was.

"It's the new CEO of Alibaba Pictures, Fan Luyuan."

"Oh, it's him." Brother Chen Kai nodded slightly, and many memories suddenly emerged in his mind.

After Zhang Qi left, this person took over the job and became the new helmsman of Alibaba Pictures.

"What project does he want to talk to me about?" Brother Chen Kai looked at Chen Hong curiously.

"I heard it seems to be a main theme movie, which seems to be a tribute to the 70th anniversary. He thinks you are the most suitable to be the chief director and wants to talk to you about how to carry out the project."

Main theme?

When these three words appeared in Brother Chen Kai's mind, his emotions instantly became agitated.

Initially, this term was promoted by "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and then became one of the hottest themes with the support of "Operation Mekong" and "Operation Red Sea".

The new CEO of Alibaba Pictures chose "main theme" as the next development route, which is quite in line with the thinking of Internet companies.

In short, as long as the quality of the film is not lower than "Sky Hunter", the box office will definitely not be bad!

When thinking of this, Brother Chen Kai was inexplicably excited and expectant.

"Youth" is about to break the 1 billion box office, but he still doesn't have a high-grossing movie as a blessing.

Fantasy and suspense themes can't be touched. After all, "The Promise" and "Legend of the Demon Cat" have proved that he is not suitable for continuing to shoot these two themes.

Well, can the main theme become his next development route?

After thinking for a long time, Brother Chen Kai nodded slightly and said, "I'm free tomorrow. I'll go to Alibaba Pictures in the morning to meet Mr. Fan."

"Okay."

Chen Hong smiled, as if she was happy about Brother Chen Kai's change.

...

Feiyue Film and Television.

After signing his name and stamping on the four project books of "Dear, Beloved", "Ice Breaking Operation", "Celebrating Yu Nian" and "Under the Power", Chen Fei handed them all to the secretary.

"Thank you for running a trip. Give these documents to Director Jiang and tell her that she can arrange for them to be submitted for review and approved."

"Okay."

The secretary nodded and turned away quickly.

Chen Fei got up from his seat, stretched his waist, and came to the French window. While looking at the scenery outside, he turned his sore wrist.

After being busy for several days, he finally followed up on the new projects currently underway in the company.

Huang Bo has already sent "A Good Show" to the General Administration for review. If nothing unexpected happens, it will be reviewed in the next two days.

No mistakes, just post one content, one book, one forum, one 6, one 9!

The promotional roadshows for "Dying to Survive" and "Ready Player One" have all come to an end. So far, he has finally unloaded most of the work he has been working on.

"Oh, it's already 4 o'clock in the afternoon? Pack up and go home to accompany my wife after get off work."

As a boss, I don't have to punch in and out at get off work. This feeling is simply too good.

On the way home, Chen Fei saw a lot of new hot searches.

Directed by Cao Baoping, the film "She Kills" starring Fan Bingbing, Ni Ni, Huang Xuan, Wang Ziwen, and Xin Zhilei has started filming.

The variety show "Star Mermaid" used by the film crew of "Mermaid 2" for casting has also been launched, with a lot of long-legged girls, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

The urban-themed love drama "Negotiator" starring Yang Mi and Huang Zitao is scheduled to be launched on February 4, and the "bees" are buzzing and flying around to tell each other.

At the same time, China Film announced the release dates of a new batch of movies.

A batch of Hollywood imported blockbusters such as "Tomb Raider: The Origin of War", "The Shape of Water", and "Rampage" have all been confirmed to be released in domestic theaters in the first half of next year.

For a time, the domestic film circle was boiling and hotly discussed again!

Looking at those anonymous posts with constant scolding, Chen Fei could roughly guess who these people were. If nothing unexpected happens, they must be investors or film producers who have movies to be released in the first half of next year.

Finally, his eyes fell on the schedule of next year's May Day.

The first domestic movie scheduled for May Day has appeared.

"Us and Them" directed by Liu Yanying and starring Jing Boran, Zhou Dongyu and Tian Zhuangzhuang took the lead in attacking on April 28!

Looking at the name of "Huanxi Media" in the producer, Chen Fei couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"This Zhou Dongyu has found a good backer."

Looking around, most people in the Hong Kong circle are supporting her behind her, which can be regarded as a "spectacle" in the current film and television industry.

...

While the night in China is getting darker, it is bright in Hollywood at this time!

The sun in Los Angeles is always so dazzling, shining on the magnificent building of Warner Pictures, reflecting a cold and hard light.

Kevin Tsujihara sat in his spacious office, with various documents spread on the table in front of him, but his eyes were fixed on the news about the Oscar award prediction on the computer screen.

His fingers tapped the table rhythmically, making a dull sound that was particularly clear in this quiet office.

"Dunkirk", a film that he had devoted countless efforts to, carried his great expectations. He was very eager for this film to shine at the Oscars and win many awards, further consolidating Warner's position in Hollywood and even the global film industry, and also laying the foundation for him to sit firmly in the position of CEO.

However, he was recently upset by Chen Fei and "Manchester by the Sea".

He thought he could not compare with the outrageous Buff behavior of "The Shape of Water", so he had set his sights on the Oscar for Best Director.

But unfortunately, "Manchester by the Sea" was like an inevitable natural chasm. It received countless praises at major film festivals and became a strong opponent for "Dunkirk" to hit the Oscar for Best Director!

"I must not let this yellow monkey ruin my good thing."

Kevin whispered to himself, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

He picked up the phone on the table and dialed his assistant's number: "Help me contact several influential media, I want to talk to them."

In fact, after the release of "Manchester by the Sea", Kevin Tsujihara had a vicious plan in his mind.

But he always felt that this plan was not very safe to implement, so he was waiting for the right opportunity to appear.

Now, with the release of "Ready Player One" in North America, and the very smooth box office sales, influence and popularity soaring, he finally found the right opportunity!

Even if the Elephant Party has become mainstream, under the management of the Donkey Party for many years, Hollywood is still an era of "monsters and demons" rampant.

This can be seen from the high voice of the movie "The Shape of Water" to win the award.

Black Lives Matter, homosexuality, transgender, LGBTQAPKXREW... These are the mainstream of Hollywood today.

This is also the reason why Kevin Tsujihara is unwilling to compete with "The Shape of Water" for the Best Picture Award even if he has high confidence in "Dunkirk".

Hollywood has gone crazy, but "Dunkirk" is too normal.

How can a normal person defeat a madman?

And now, he wants to drag Chen Fei and "Manchester by the Sea" into this "madman battle"!

Soon. Under the arrangement of the assistant, many media that tend to be donkey-oriented and very influential came to the Warner building.

As soon as he met with these media leaders, Kevin Tsujihara directly presented the hard currency of the United States - the US dollar!

Then, after ensuring that they all showed a very satisfied smile on their faces, he said: "My request is very simple, smear! Crazy smear Chen Fei! Be sure to provoke a storm of public opinion..."

Listening to Kevin Tsujihara's request, everyone couldn't help but show a bit of embarrassment on their faces.

A CNN editor-in-chief even said directly: "It's not an easy thing to target a director who has a great influence worldwide."

The editor-in-chief of many media such as NBC, MSNBC, and NYT next to him all nodded in agreement.

If the target is just a second-tier director, even if it is a first-tier director, as long as there is enough interest to drive it, they can do it.

But Chen Fei, a top-tier director and celebrity, has an influence that ordinary directors cannot match.

What's more, he has many giants such as Walton Pictures and Marvel behind him. Even if they want to discredit him, they need to bear huge pressure.

Looking at the embarrassed expressions on the faces of everyone present, Kevin Tsujihara did not have any emotional fluctuations.

He reached into his pocket and a black card appeared in his hand, accompanied by a very simple sentence:

"I'll pay more!"

As soon as these words came out, the tense atmosphere in the conference room was swept away.

It was still the CNN editor-in-chief who spoke first: "A foreign Chinese director actually discriminated in the movie. This is absolutely unacceptable to us!"

"That's right, the media's responsibility is to expose the bad phenomena in the industry, promote the solution of social problems, and maintain social fairness and justice. We will never sit idly by."

"Oppose discrimination! Everyone is equal! Black people must also have fairness! We must encourage society to treat people of color with an open and inclusive attitude!"

After listening to these words, Kevin Tsujihara's face suddenly showed a satisfied smile.

"Then I'll leave it to you."

After sending away a group of media, Kevin Tsujihara came to the French window, looking at the Walton Pictures building in the distance, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth:

"Haha, if you get involved in 'racial discrimination', I wonder how you can win the award!"

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