Chapter 273: Zhao Yanzi Follows the Path of a Celestial Being? Fox Is Coming Fiercely, Don’t Cry!
The first stab after taking office was struck hard on Han Sanping!
"Are you crazy?"
No matter how good-tempered Mr. San was, he couldn't control his temper. He cursed loudly on the phone, almost scolding Chen Kexin's ancestor out of his coffin.
This horse-riding chastity is pure and resentful!
You did something stupid yourself, and instead of hiding it quickly, you even took the initiative to talk about it shamelessly in front of the media. Isn't this pure retardation?
But things have come to this, and he can't let things develop like this.
"I will suppress the matter. Remember not to talk nonsense in front of reporters. The General Administration will be very angry. You must learn from this in the future..."
"Okay, I understand, Director Han."
Chen Kexin responded repeatedly, but she didn't care in her heart.
learn a lesson?
That is impossible!
At worst, I'll hide it in the future, but I have to save money for retirement, and I also have to use the resources from the mainland as much as possible to promote young actors from Hong Kong Island, and at the same time support the crew and behind-the-scenes staff...
This is the consensus reached by everyone after many gatherings and discussions, and Chen Kexin is one of the leaders, so he must implement it unswervingly!
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As Chen Fei expected, on the third day after the incident happened, the entire Internet's attention instantly dissipated, and all media and portals fell silent.
"Tsk, Third Master is quite unlucky. He encountered such a mess when he first took office."
"Report of Name", "Red Cliff", and "Nanjing!" which was left over from the previous one. Nanjing! 》……
Such a bunch of movies gathered together were enough to give Han Sanping a headache.
"Mulan" is expected to wrap up filming at the end of July.
Two-thirds of the filming on the palace scene has been completed and will be over in about a week.
After the filming here, the war scenes will be continued directly. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been equipped with cold weapons and are ready to go!
Perhaps he was deliberately trying to cause trouble for Han Sanping. As soon as Chen Kexin's matter was settled, Wu Yu started to cause trouble again.
""Red Cliff" delayed start!"
When this news was revealed by Lao Wu himself, it instantly ignited the entire film and television industry!
"What's going on with the director in Hong Kong?"
"Isn't it said that the investment in the film is as high as 600 million? Why is it still delayed?"
"I finally understand. These people in Hong Kong are all white-eyed wolves, and no one is serious."
"..."
There was a huge uproar on the Internet, and even Chen Fei, who was filming "Mulan", was alarmed.
A group of tabloid reporters surrounded the crew, wanting to ask Chen Fei what he thought about the matter and let him express his opinion.
He definitely couldn't get involved in this matter rashly, so he simply called Han Sanping and prepared to inquire about the news.
"Oh, don't mention it. It wasn't because Chow Yun-fat had withdrawn, and the movie was divided into two parts. The actors in Hong Kong were clamoring for a higher salary. The investors in the United States saw that the situation was not right, and they called it quits. ”
"What should we do now?"
"Let's increase the salary. We have invested 600 million yuan. We can't just shelve it, otherwise we will really lose a lot of money."
Chen Fei said pointedly: "Let's take this as a warning."
Upon hearing this, Han Sanping suddenly became furious and said angrily: "The above said we should unite as one, and I really want to give them a chance.
But all my good intentions were regarded as nothing, and everyone blamed China Film Group, making the market a mess.
Mud, after this is over, if you use them again, I will be the most evil! "
Chen Fei likes to hear this. There are a few good actors on Hong Kong Island, but apart from Xu Ke and a few young directors, it's really hard to evaluate the other directors.
Especially the group of judges at the Hong Kong Island Asian Film Festival are simply more disgusting than the group of old men in the Mainland art circle who eat nothing but corpses!
"The Good Man of Three Gorges", which won the Golden Lion, actually lost to South Korea's "Monster of the Han River"!
Chen Fei absolutely didn't believe that they confiscated black money.
How did a movie with a plot that wasn't as interesting as Ultraman fighting monsters become such a success?
Chen Kexin's matter is easier to deal with, after all, the film has been filmed.
But Wu Yu has some troubles here. After all, the investment of more than 600 million will stop the filming if it is stopped. There are too many people paying attention.
Forced by helplessness, China Film could only choose to deal with it coldly and use other methods to cover up the problems here.
The three fires of the new official's appointment have officially begun!
Suddenly, China Film and Emperor Corporation jointly announced that they would jointly set up a brokerage company.
Now is the time when Huayi and Chengtian are competing for artists. Once this news was exposed, it immediately caused an uproar!
Although Chen Fei did not attend, Su Guohai attended the press conference in his place.
"Nicholas Tse, Sun Honglei, Chen Long...these are the first batch of artists to sign contracts. Zhao Yanzi also came to the scene and announced that he would join this big family."
"Eh? That's not right!" Chen Fei was a little surprised: "Didn't Zhao Yanzi reach a cooperative relationship with Huayi? Why did he join there again quietly?"
"I don't know the inside story, but Director Yang made a statement in front of reporters, saying that he would spend 100 million U.S. dollars to support her. Maybe there was some private deal."
"The people from Huayi didn't go? Is Wang Zhonglei the kind of person who can endure it?"
"Both presidents Wang didn't come. Only the manager of Huayi's agency department came, and he only stayed for a while and then left."
"Haha, this is quite interesting."
As Chen Fei spoke, his eyes subconsciously glanced at Liu Yifei, who was playing opposite Jiao Enjun.
According to the original timeline, after Liu Yifei signed a contract with the crew of "The King of Kung Fu", as soon as the filming was completed, she directly parted ways with Huayi and signed a contract with a foreign agency, making Huayi a fool.
It was also since then that the popularity of "Sister Fairy" in China began to plummet, and it was even reduced to the point where there was no drama to film.
But now, Zhao Yanzi has embarked on Liu Yifei's old path!
They had already agreed to cooperate in depth with Huayi, but they suddenly announced that they had joined the new agency established by China Film and Emperor.
This set is really easy to play in front of NTR!
However, the effect is still very obvious. With the establishment of the China Film Emperor Entertainment Agency, the previous popularity of "Red Cliff" was quickly suppressed.
Some media outlets that did not take it too seriously took the lead in publishing an article, saying that Huayi, Chengtian, and China Film Emperor Entertainment Agency have formed a tripartite alliance.
Let’s see who is more awesome next!
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There is also news coming back from abroad.
Bruce went to the premiere of "Fantastic Four 2" and came back and told him that the scene could be described as "noisy gongs and drums, roaring firecrackers, and a sea of people."
Reporters and fans gathered together, and big-name stars emerged one after another, which was dazzling.
Twentieth Century Fox is also holding its breath and wants to use this movie to save the company from the decline in the film market in the first half of the year.
You know, it's already mid-June, but Fox doesn't even have a movie in the top 20 box office in North America!
This is a bit embarrassing.
After all, it is one of the top six in Hollywood, and the box office decline has even affected the company's stock price.
On the other hand, Marvel Pictures and Volton Pictures have suddenly emerged. The three consecutive films of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Insidious 2" and "Iron Man" not only made a lot of money, but also firmly dominated North America. The top 20 films on the box office list performed extremely well.
Perhaps to gain momentum, after "Fantastic Four 2", Fox also launched "Die Hard 4" in an effort to restore the decline in the second half of the year.
"I also met Ziyi Zhang. She dressed very sexy and is the most open-minded Chinese actress I have ever seen."
International chapter?
Chen Fei shrugged and made no comment.
Since she started dating a foreign boyfriend, she has become more and more open-minded. Chen Fei even wondered if her nationality had also been transferred?
"The promotion of "City of Light" needs to be more enjoyable. Mr. Woody Allen is old and can't run anymore. You can lead the actors to run more shows and try to give our company a chance in the next six months. A good start."
"Ok, Fei, I promise you, I will be very careful."
The June schedule was carefully chosen by Chen Fei. Overall, almost all the projects in the same schedule were relatively easy to pinch.
According to his memory, "Fantastic Four 2" and "Ocean's Thirteen" are not very good and can be fought against.
But if it were placed in May, it would be miserable!
"Iron Man", "Spider-Man 3", "Shrek 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", any one of these can beat "The Twilight Saga".
And after mid-July there will be "Transformers" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", both of which are super IP-level.
Twilight is right in the middle, and can be the sixth one, sneakily harvesting a wave of box office.
In fact, not only abroad, but also here in China, May is completely a period of crazy "harvest" for Hollywood blockbusters.
On April 30, "Iron Man" was released globally and simultaneously in mainland China.
On May 1st, "Spider-Man 3" was introduced by China Film Corporation and released in domestic theaters.
The production cost of the former is as high as 140 million US dollars, while the production cost of the latter is as high as 150 million pounds, directly knocking out a bunch of domestic films.
Then on the 15th it was "Sniper" again, and at the end of the month there was another "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!
At that time, many people in the industry were saying that China Film's film schedule was simply shocking, and that this was a trend to drive out all domestic films.
The whole of May, even the first half of 2007, was a period when imported films were rampant!
Many people in the industry were protesting, and some even went to the film bureau to report, accusing China Film Group of digging its own grave.
It's a pity that their reports did not have any effect, because there are not many people who can really see through the stakes here.
Because of the issue of imported films, Gringo directly included the imported films in the WTO negotiation items, requiring that the number of copies must reach a certain limit every year.
The person in charge of the WTO gave China Film a task to ensure the number of imported films.
As the person in charge of film arrangement, Han Sanping has put in a lot of effort!
He sings red face, white face, and black face all by himself.
He first deliberately suppressed the copies, and then concentrated a bunch of Hollywood blockbusters into a one-month fight for the purpose of protecting mainland movies.
Everyone knows that blockbusters make money, but state-owned enterprises cannot just focus on money.
But the theater chains below don't care about you. They frequently report that China Film Group deliberately blocked foreign blockbusters and hindered the development of the theater chain...
The bureau is also having a headache. If they don't deliberately block it, the theaters in the mainland can make every month the release date of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Most audiences like popcorn movies, so they are naturally happy to hear about this situation and are willing to support it.
This can be seen from the first-day box office of "Iron Man" and "Spider-Man" both exceeding 15 million yuan.
If you can achieve such results even with deliberate suppression, if you completely let it go, you can double it, and domestic film companies may have to declare bankruptcy in less than two years.
But some people are ignorant and make a fuss every day.
Of course, there are also some people who have other purposes and do it deliberately!
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The film industry is like this, the main theme is one after another.
After confirming the release date of "Shoplifters", Shanghai Film officially started the promotion, directly pulling away half of the heat of the establishment of "China Film Emperor Entertainment Agency".
The power of the three words "Golden Palm" is not comparable to ordinary awards, and coupled with Chen Fei's super high box office appeal, it once made movie fans crazy.
Pan Asia Cinema and Shanghai Film's cinemas simultaneously launched the movie ticket pre-sale event. Less than ten minutes after going online, all the movie tickets for the first day of "Shoplifters" were sold out!
When the news came out, the media was in an uproar.
"Who says that art films can't sell well?"
A bold and black title was directly pushed to the front page of the three major portals, once again putting the group of people in the art circle on the fire.
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"Liu Yifei, pay attention to your eyes and expressions. I need you to express a sense of tenacity. Mulan is a heroine and a strong female general who leads troops to victory. Do you understand?
Don't cry, wipe it, and take it back!"
The improvement of directing skills has given Chen Fei a new understanding of directing and shooting and camera control, but because of this, he has higher requirements for the acting skills of actors.
These days, Liu Yifei has been scolded by him and shed tears several times. The little girl held her breath and ignored him after the filming.
After stumbling for another half an hour, he finally met his requirements.
"Great."
Looking at the playback on the monitor, Chen Fei nodded with satisfaction and gave Liu Yifei a thumbs up.
"Not bad, much better than before, your acting skills have improved."
"Hmph!"
The little girl tossed her short hair and ran to the other side with a pout, ignoring him.
Liu Xiaoli advised earnestly: "Why are you still in a bad mood? Director Chen is doing this for your own good, you should thank him."
Liu Yifei pouted, full of resentment: "Why doesn't he scold others? Why does he scold me alone?"
"Because you are the protagonist." Liu Xiaoli was serious for once, and said righteously: "Whether this $70 million investment can recover its cost depends on you.
Do you know how many people in the circle are eyeing this role? Do you know how many people want to work with Chen Fei? Chen Fei is not only the Golden Bear director, but also the Golden Palm director, and is recognized as the No. 1 in the mainland director circle.
If it weren't for the friendship between classmates, who else could they choose? Didn't you see that Jing Tian was obedient even after being scolded?
If you don't seize this opportunity and still get upset, don't even think about getting in the circle in the future. No director likes disobedient actors, understand?"
This remark directly woke Liu Yifei up.
Glancing at Chen Fei who was carefully checking the playback, she pursed her lips and walked over clutching the corner of her clothes.
"Yes... I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lost my temper."
Ah?
The apology behind him drew Chen Fei's attention.
Turning his head to look at Liu Yifei with red eyes, he grinned: "What? Have you figured it out?"
"Yeah, I figured it out. You are under much more pressure than us. For the sake of subsequent box office and results, strict requirements are necessary. I was too stubborn."
"It is a great virtue to admit mistakes and correct them."
Chen Fei waved his hand casually, not arguing with her: "Today's shooting is over. Go back and summarize the knowledge I taught you.
You have missed too many acting classes and your acting is too stiff. You must learn. Your image and temperament are important, but your strength must also keep up, otherwise you will be eliminated one day."
These words are not polite at all, but Liu Yifei, who has figured it out, nodded very seriously.
"I will try my best!"
Turning around, she walked out, making up her mind: "I must not let Jing Tian surpass me!"
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Back at the hotel, Chen Fei was preparing to make a shooting plan for tomorrow, but saw a title pop up in Sina's pop-up window.
"CCTV's self-made animation "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit" was reported and removed from the shelves due to "involving violence."
WTF? ? ?
Instantly, Chen Fei's face was stunned, and his mind suddenly recalled the memory before his rebirth.
What a good cartoon, with flesh and blood and emotions, but it suddenly disappeared from the entire network at that time.
I didn't understand the inside story before, but now it seems that this is a heavy blow from "family members" to "family members".
"It's like having a serious illness."
After cursing secretly, Chen Fei quickly put the news behind him.
This is the national situation. With his current influence, it is not enough to reverse the situation. He can only choose to wait.
2008 is coming soon. By then, "Kung Fu Panda" will be released, and let those idiots try to ban another one?
The fans' spit alone can drown them!
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The filming of "Mulan" is in an orderly manner, and the progress continues to accelerate.
After spending a week to finish the filming in Hengdian, Chen Fei asked everyone to pack up and prepare to rush to the next filming location.
But what he didn't expect was that on the day of the finale, Yu Dong from Bona suddenly led all the members of the "Resurrection of the Dragon" crew to visit the set.
Chen Fei had just led a group of main creators to greet them when he saw Yu Dong and Liu Dehua, Hong Jinbao, Li Meiqi and other actors walking into the crew under the guidance of the staff.
"Mr. Chen, haha, I haven't seen you for many days, how come you are tanned?"
"For filming."
Chen Fei stretched out his hand and shook hands with Yu Dong, and then took the initiative to say hello to Liu Dehua and Hong Jinbao. As for newcomers like Li Meiqi, he didn't need to take the initiative.
A group of people just stood in the crew and chatted.
Chen Daoming, Jiao Enjun, Liu Yifei and others also came forward, either to say hello or directly integrated into the group.
Everyone is in the circle, and there is nothing to be taboo about.
Chen Fei turned his head to look at the reporters who were stopped outside the crew, and took the initiative to ask Liu Tianwang: "Has that matter not been dealt with yet?"
"No." Liu Dehua shook his head, his face full of helplessness: "A claim of hundreds of thousands is too arrogant, I definitely can't take the initiative to open this loophole."
Chen Fei agreed with his words very much: "Indeed, if this money is paid, there will be no peace in the future."
This topic was quickly stopped. Although everyone relies on fans to make a living, they are still very taboo about such things.
Yu Dong is also drunkard's intention is not to drink. In addition to visiting the set, he is also playing the investment share of "Painted Skin".
"It's late."
These three simple words made him smile bitterly.
"Next time if there is a suitable opportunity, Director Chen will definitely think of me. Bona will also do its best to arrange the screening of "Twilight" in China, and try to apply for more copies and arrange more screenings."
That's right, isn't the basis for cooperation here?
Chen Fei immediately smiled: "Don't worry, next time even if Mr. Yu doesn't come over, I will send someone to find you."
Yu Dong left happily.
The crew of "Mulan" also evacuated Hengdian smoothly and prepared for the third phase of filming.
The next scene will be the most difficult to shoot.
Mulan enters the military camp!
"The big scene is coming."
Everyone was a little excited. Recreating... No, the battle scene that surpassed "Hero" was so exciting that people couldn't help thinking about it!
The first cavalry of the Northern Wei Dynasty!
The Rouran was defeated!
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On the day when the crew of "Mulan" moved, the media reported that Wu Yu's "Red Cliff" had finally started filming.
Although Chen Fei was very curious about how much the major investors had filled the hole, this matter was confidential and he didn't dare to ask.
Unexpectedly, Han Sanping took the initiative to call him.
"How much share do you have in Golden Harvest?"
"What's wrong?"
Fade Chen was suddenly confused. This was already a commercial secret, so the question was a bit too abrupt.
"Let me give you a tip here. After the filming of Red Cliff, China Film Group will start to avoid cooperating with some film and television companies and actors in the Hong Kong circle.
If you have a say in Golden Harvest, we can cooperate in setting up an investment company in the mainland. We can play by ourselves and let them mess around."
Fade Chen understood it in an instant.
Some people in the Hong Kong circle really don't plan to leave a way out for themselves. They want to eat to death for a meal!
"No problem, I'll tell Huo Qigang."
"The kid from the Huo family is pretty good. He is a suitable candidate and has a bright future."
Han Sanping meant something.
But he didn't know that Fade Chen knew more thoroughly than him.
What Mr. Huo left behind was not just a huge fortune!