Chapter 275: Running Out of Ideas? A Dramatic Change in Style? Will the Genius Screenwriter Also Fall?

Outside the theater, when Chen Fei stepped on the red carpet wearing an expensive suit, he immediately attracted the attention of countless people present.

Although he is not the protagonist of "Twilight", his importance is no less important than the protagonist!

As the chief content executive of Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios, he has countless scripts in his hands and is the target of countless producers and film and television companies who want to cooperate.

As a director, he holds two major international awards, the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or, as well as the Saturn Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He is also famous in Hollywood!

What's more important is his achievements in large-scale A-level productions.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" earned him $750 million, ranking third in the global box office rankings in 2006, leading Volton Pictures to become one of the top ten film and television production companies in North America!

And this year, "Iron Man" grossed US$870 million, ranking first in the box office rankings in the first half of 2007!

In addition, Marvel, which was supposed to be on the verge of bankruptcy, was directly revitalized by him. Now there are rumors that Marvel Studios has two major productions in preparation.

At the same time, he has achieved great fame in the field of horror and thriller films, and is affectionately called the "Father of Horror Films" by fans.

What’s even more shocking is that he is also the global spokesperson for Red Bull Extreme Athletes, enjoying an endorsement fee of up to 200 million US dollars!

With these numerous achievements, he already has a good status in Hollywood.

…

"Director Chen! Look here!"

A reporter who was relatively close to Chen Fei shouted and pressed the shutter of the camera in his hand.

"Crack!"

With a flash of light, Chen Fei, who has an aura of 2.8 meters, once again made the domestic headlines and became the subject of discussion by countless people in the industry.

"Fei, I finally got you here."

Arnold Gonzalez, Vice President of Universal Pictures Production Department, was in person today, firstly to congratulate Chen Fei for winning the Palme d'Or, and secondly to support his daughter's new debut film.

Kristen Stewart looked very beautiful today, wearing a white dress that set off her skin as white as milk.

The girl smiled very sweetly and greeted Chen Fei playfully.

"Haha, Mr. Arnold, you are welcome to come."

Chen Fei greeted everyone who came to support him cordially, and he did not resist the behavior of some actresses deliberately posting on them, because this is very common in Hollywood.

But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Ziyi also came to the Twilight premiere, and behind her was a woman who frequently changed husbands for profit.

Wendy Deng!

Why did the News Corp boss lady show up at the Twilight premiere?

"Director Chen, long time no see." Zhang Ziyi was very enthusiastic.

"Sister Ziyi, Ms. Deng."

Even though his heart was full of doubts, Chen Fei still smiled and said hello to the two of them.

After taking some free time, Chen Fei winked at his "little lover" Amanda Seyfried.

The girl smiled slightly, her teeth were bright and she was very cute.

Calmly walking to Natasha, Chen Fei asked Wendy Deng about the purpose of coming here. This woman was not easy to get along with. She was very scheming, so she had to be avoided.

Zhang Ziyi is also unlucky enough. If you follow her, you will be sold sooner or later.

"They asked to come here on their own initiative. They said they would increase your popularity and support the release of the new movie."

Add to my popularity?

"Hey? You really know how to put gold on your own face!"

Chen Fei couldn't help but want to laugh. Does my brother's popularity in Hollywood need to be supported by you guys? This reason is really high-sounding.

After greeting Xiao Lizi and other actors, producers and directors from major companies who came to support, everyone entered the theater.

Wendy Deng pulled Zhang Ziyi and seemed to want to sit next to Chen Fei, but two young girls, Kristen Stewart and Amanda Seyfried, got there first and surrounded him on the left and right.

Helpless, the two had no choice but to sit behind Chen Fei.

The movie started soon.

The reason why Chen Fei doesn't want to hold a premiere is because this movie is purely about making money for high school girls, and it may not be very popular in the eyes of adults.

The audience for this movie is fixed, and maybe people who like "Harry Potter" will also like it, but it's certainly not a crazy obsession.

Halfway through the show, Amanda Seyfried watched it very carefully.

Especially when the five members of the Cullen family appeared, she, like all the girls in the back row of the theater, couldn't help but scream loudly for how handsome they were.

Kristen Stewart has a starry eye throughout. Although the story is a clichéd high school love story, the rendered images are really great, and it is a completely different experience from filming a movie.

After watching the two-hour movie, everyone had different thoughts.

Arnold Gonzalez didn't like this type of movie. He even wondered whether the two words "FeiChen" in the screenwriter column at the end were secretly pasted in by some people with evil intentions.

This movie is very different from Chen Fei's previous style.

Although his style is indeed quite varied, it is still hard to accept.

The plot is so bloody!

He deliberately analyzed it from the perspective of a professional producer, but finally concluded that there was a lack of chemical reaction between the actors, and he relied heavily on extreme close-ups to make up for the emotional weakness of the lead actor...

Overall, the film's atmosphere is well-created, but the plot seems a bit boring and not very much to my taste.

"Fei? Is this really a work you wrote?" Arnold frowned, his eyes full of doubts.

Chen Fei smiled and nodded: "How about it, do you feel that the plot is stupid? Apart from the beautiful pictures, there seems to be nothing worth praising?"

"That's exactly what I want to say."

Arnold looked a little suspicious. How could someone say that the plot he wrote was stupid?

"Please allow me to keep it a secret first. After the official release, you will understand the fun of this movie."

Chen Fei did not give him too much explanation, because the audience of this movie is not these middle-aged audiences at all.

For example, Wendy Deng.

Originally, she came with expectations, but as the plot developed, her expectations were quickly shattered.

High school students' feelings?

That thing is too illusory, and feelings are clearly marked for her, and it is not worth using a movie to describe it.

When the show was over, except for the specially invited book fans and the younger audience, everyone else had doubts on their faces.

The quality of this movie seemed to be a little lower than their expectations of Chen Fei?

They were too embarrassed to discuss it in the theater, but after leaving the theater, the noise was instantly resounding!

"This movie doesn't seem to be very good?"

"What's going on, has Jiang Lang run out of ideas?"

"Oh, I almost thought it was another superhero movie."

"The picture is so beautiful, but the story feels a little empty, and will anyone like high school students falling in love?"

"The genius screenwriter will gradually sink to the bottom..."

In a brand new Cadillac, Wendy Deng's face was full of surprise, and she couldn't help but look at Zhang Ziyi next to her curiously.

"Ziyi? What do you think after watching this movie?"

"The pictures are very good, which should be quite in line with the interests of little girls, and it is also very different from Director Chen's previous style..."

She said it very tactfully, but Wendy Deng curled her lips and was very disdainful: "I think there is probably a lot of water in the Golden Bear and the Golden Palm. Anyway, I don't think this movie is very good."

This time she came to the premiere with the purpose of cooperating with Chen Fei.

But after watching this movie, she felt that she had to think about the cooperation carefully. If the scripts written by Chen Fei in the future are all of this level, then he will lose a lot of money?

Zhang Ziyi smiled and said nothing.

She could hear the disdain in Wendy Deng's tone, but she couldn't express her subjective opinion. In the entertainment industry, if you talk too much, you will be slapped in the face.

With Chen Fei's current influence in Hollywood, she can be easily banned!

…

After the premiere, there was a party in the evening.

The theme of this party was to celebrate Chen Fei's winning of the Golden Palm and the box office success of "Iron Man".

The figure of 870 million US dollars not only shocked Chen Fei, but also surprised a group of people in the industry. They didn't expect that this "superhero" who was rejected by many companies could have such a huge box office potential!

People from Industrial Light and Magic also came.

As the chief special effects manager of "Iron Man", Sandra Netebecker was very satisfied with the work she personally handled.

"Fei, thank you very much for the iron suit you sent. It's really cool. My son and I like it very much."

Chen Fei smiled and hugged him: "Sandra, we will have more cooperation in the future. As long as you can do your best, we can create more interesting iron suits."

"Are you saying that "Iron Man 2" is already in preparation?"

As soon as this was said, many producers curiously cast their eyes on Chen Fei, with hope on their faces.

If possible, they also want to participate in it.

Many companies on the scene hold the copyright of Marvel's superhero movies, and they will not let it go easily.

For example, "Spider-Man" bought by Sony, they will never return such a popular IP to Marvel.

But if it is a collaboration, they will agree with both hands!

"No," Chen Fei shook his head firmly: "Iron Man 2 will definitely happen, but not now. I decided to shoot a TV series first, which requires a lot of special effects. Maybe we can start cooperation on this."

TV series? ? ?

As soon as this was said, many producers, directors, actors, etc. at the scene showed strong curiosity.

You are a European triple gold + top A-level production director, and you are going to shoot a TV series? Isn't this a bit too big?

Chen Fei still didn't explain too much. Sometimes "mystery" is also a unique means of publicity.

…

After the party, after saying goodbye to all the friends and partners who came to support him, Chen Fei and Amanda Seyfried returned to the manor he bought in Beverly Hills.

"What are you doing recently?"

Touching the pretty face of his little lover, Chen Fei asked curiously.

A charming look was thrown over, and the girl leaned over to work while mumbling: "As you wish, I am working hard to improve my professional skills."

Since the filming of "Get Out" was completed, Amanda returned to school to study at Chen Fei's suggestion.

Now it seems that the results are indeed good.

The pillow talk was still quite useful. Chen Fei remembered that in the next two hours, he seemed to promise to leave a suitable role for Amanda in the next movie.

Afterwards, the girl had collapsed on the bed, but the satisfaction on her face did not seem fake.

"Fei, when are you going to return to China?"

"I can only stay for two days and will be back soon because my work in China is quite busy."

"Then let's take a break and we can do it again during the day."

"Hey? Addicted?"

"Yeah, I am very obsessed with your body, like a perfume full of temptation, intoxicating."

…

The day after the premiere, the box office battle officially started.

The domestic media were all about Chen Fei attending the premiere abroad, and the scene was full of stars, which was enviable.

On the foreign side, most of the media and film critics who had received money in advance were praising, which naturally aroused the curiosity of many passers-by.

For a time, more and more people walked into the theater and bought tickets for "Twilight".

Of course, the main force is still the high school students, after all, the scope of early publicity is these ignorant boys and girls who are full of fantasies about love.

So far, Twilight's opponent is still Fox's "Fantastic Four 2".

The former was released a week earlier than Twilight, and because it was a work that Fox took out to compete for the box office rankings, the opening scale was much stronger than Twilight.

But the former's first-day opening performance was not very good, and the fans' comments were almost mixed.

In fact, the opening performance of the original Twilight was not ideal, but with targeted publicity this time, Chen Fei was still quite confident.

After being bitten by Amanda the next day, the two first did nearly two hours of double yoga, and then packed up and prepared to go shopping.

The condoms were used up, and I had to go out to buy more...

During the period, when passing by a movie theater, Chen Fei also went in to see the attendance of "Twilight".

As expected, the attendance rate was as high as 95%.

Some boys can empathize with the film, but most of them say they don't understand it very well. However, many girls almost had red eyes when they came out of the theater!

Seeing this, Chen Fei knew that this wave was a sure win!

Girls' money is much easier to make than boys.

It's like selling clothes. It's easy to lose money in men's clothing, but most women's clothing makes a lot of money, and even drives male consumption in reverse.

The beloved girls like this movie very much, how could the boys not take them to see it?

As soon as Chen Fei walked out of the theater, he saw Amanda walking towards him with a handbag, and her pretty face was even more flushed.

"Fei, I bought a lot of styles. This is the first time I know that there are so many types of small umbrellas."

"Do you want to know what it feels like?"

"Yes!"

"Then go home."

...

At the same time, just when Chen Fei and Amanda were doing a small scientific research experiment together, major theaters in China also ushered in a wave of movie watching.

Twilight's promotion in China is just one sentence: ignorant and brave fantasy love!

Chen Fei's female fans are very curious about how he is going to talk about the word "love" that is expected but somewhat resistant?

From the crew of "Mulan", Liu Yifei, Jing Tian, ​​Jiang Yiyan, Zhu Yawen, and Luo Jin walked into the theater together.

From the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions", Yang Mi and a group of girls also walked into the theater.

In the capital, Zhao Liying, who had just finished promoting "Golden Wedding" with Jiang Wenli and Zhang Guoli, also walked into the nearest theater.

It was much more lively in the Magic City.

After signing his personal music album, Hu Ge walked into the theater with Liu Shishi, Lin Yichen, and his current girlfriend Xue Jianing who came to support him.

But what the four people didn't expect was that they had just bought the tickets when a muffled voice suddenly came from behind them.

"Hello, are there any sessions for "Twilight"? I want to book a theater."

Book a theater?

The ticket seller was slightly startled and didn't react.

Hu Ge and his friends who had bought their tickets and were about to leave turned their heads subconsciously, and then they saw a man who was wearing designer clothes but was less than 1.5 meters tall looking at them coldly.

"Buy your tickets and leave quickly. Don't block the way."

"Sorry..."

Hu Ge apologized and led the girls to the screening room.

Liu Shishi asked in a low voice with some curiosity: "Who is that? Why does he look so familiar?"

"The screenwriter of "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams", Guo Jingming."

"Yeah? Do you know him?"

Lin Yichen shrugged and whispered: "I auditioned for a role. This person is quite talented, but his temper is not very good."

"Then stay away from him."

Liu Shishi didn't know what she was thinking of, and her face was extremely complicated.

…

After getting up early on the third day, Chen Fei packed his things while waiting for Natasha's call.

Fox has announced the first day box office of "Fantastic Four 2", which is as high as 19.5 million US dollars.

Judging from the box office trend, it is not a problem to make back the investment, but it is estimated that it will be difficult to achieve the level of a big hit.

The reviews from movie fans are not very good, which is much worse than the first one.

Now many people are waiting for the first day opening data of "Twilight", and some people are even ready to see Chen Fei's joke.

After all, in the eyes of most "professionals", this movie is indeed substandard and very different from Chen Fei's previous "fine" style.

"Ding-ling-ling..."

The phone rang suddenly, waking up Amanda who was sleeping.

Chen Fei gestured to her and pressed the answer button.

"First day opening data, 34.65 million US dollars!"

"Wow?!"

Chen Fei thought that those little girls would have a high spending power, but he never expected that young people in North America would be so "rich"!

This data is even close to catching up with the 37.7 million US dollars created by "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

However, the investment in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is as high as more than 100 million US dollars, while "Twilight" is only 30 million US dollars.

The production costs and publicity costs of the two are not at the same level at all, but the final box office results are extremely close!

The news soon spread to the documents of major media and film and television production companies.

3465 US dollars? ? ?

Looking at this data, 20th Century Fox was directly confused.

A bloody fantasy romance film mainly about teenagers falling in love, the first day box office is twice that of "Fantastic Four 2"?

How did this happen?

At Universal Pictures, after getting the box office data, Arnold called Kristen Stewart immediately.

"34.65 million US dollars? Is this data true?"

Kristen laughed heartily: "Daddy, it is true. Many of my classmates are blessing me. They said that I acted very well!"

In an instant, Arnold's eyes widened suddenly.

He remembered what Chen Fei said.

"You will know the "interesting" part of this movie after it is released."

He couldn't understand it at the time, but now he suddenly realized it!

Chen Fei is not running out of ideas, he is holding back a big move!

The consumption power of high school girls is not low!

At News Corporation, Wendy Deng also received the opening data of "Twilight" as soon as possible.

The naked reality was in front of her, and she couldn't come back to her senses for a long time.

The data cannot be faked, because these are statistics made by major theaters, and there is no such thing as inflating the box office.

"So, this movie is successful again?"

After a long pause, he quickly picked up the phone on the table and dialed a number.

"Please contact Director Chen Fei for me and tell him that I want to invite him to dinner."

However, a message came back soon: "Wendi, I'm sorry, Director Chen is rushing to the airport to return to China, and he rejected your request for a meeting."

Wendy Deng: "..."