Chapter 307: Indecent Development, Borrowing Chickens to Lay Eggs, the Restlessness of Adolescence and the Combination of Chinese and Western Cultures

It was supposed to be a press conference for the wrap-up of Kung Fu Panda, but it turned out to be a promotional conference for Inception!

When the names of Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet appeared on the mainland portals, Twitter, blogs, and major forums, fans were completely blown away!

"Oh my god? Are you kidding me?"

"Oh! My Jack! Oh! My Rose! Are you really going to get back together?"

"Fuck! Director Chen is so awesome. My regret has always been that the hero and heroine in Titanic couldn't be together. I didn't expect that after so many years, it would be realized again!"

"WTF?! Are you dreaming?"

"Wait a minute! Don't pay attention to the hero and heroine first. 220 million US dollars? 1.76 billion RMB? What kind of thing are they going to shoot?"

The Internet was noisy, and netizens and fans were so enthusiastic that Leo and Kate Winslet had to respond positively.

On Twitter, the two of them announced the news that they would cooperate with Chen Fei.

The response of the real owner made the fans and fans even more excited. They left messages under the Twitter accounts of the two and expressed their expectation for the reunion of the two!

Twitter was founded in 2007 and has now reached a certain scale.

Chen Fei would naturally not let go of this software that later became very successful. Longxiang Capital had already invested in the company early and became one of the shareholders.

Chen Fei opened a Twitter account not long ago. He plans to build his own personal account in the future, which will also be conducive to publicity.

At the same time, Sina also started to operate Weibo. Almost all of these were under Chen Fei's attention. He also made a round of investment in it through Longxiang Capital.

Not seeking to have actual control, but only to have a certain voice.

The Internet will definitely be a big trend in the future.

Tencent, JD.com, Alibaba, etc., it is right to enter now without thinking, and you will definitely not lose money!

"You are amazing, how did you get these two together?" Han Sanping called, quite excited.

"It's very simple, just give them a high salary."

Chen Fei said this with some resentment, the salary of these Hollywood actors is really damn high, no wonder there are so few A-level productions, and ordinary companies can't afford it at all.

Big productions, as long as you mess up once, you can lose your underwear!

"Just relax and shoot, if you need investment later, just tell me, China Film has a lot of investment this year, I'm waiting for your new film."

"Haha, okay."

State-owned enterprises also have a high demand for profits. After experiencing the failure of several previous film investments, Han Sanping has completely set his sights on Chen Fei.

Follow this kid, it's definitely right!

~

April is approaching, after finishing the post-production of "Game of Thrones", Chen Fei booked a flight back to China.

Isaac Perlmutter has already negotiated a cooperation with Hulu video website. The first season of Game of Thrones will be officially launched on the video website in the summer vacation for paid broadcast.

Success or failure depends on this one move!

Some people have been paying close attention. Chen Fei's transformation into an animation director was a great success. Will his transformation into a TV series also be a great success?

The investment of 7 million US dollars per episode is simply too exaggerated. The gimmick and expectations are almost full!

Speaking of Hulu, I have to add some more news.

"Hulu" is an American video website, which was jointly registered and established by NBC Universal and Fox in March 2007.

In addition to the content of NBC and Fox, Hulu also cooperates with more than 80 content producers such as Disney, Sony, MGM, Warner Bros., Lionsgate and NBA. Even websites of all sizes, including AOL, Yahoo, MSN and MySpace, are also its channel partners.

What no one in Marvel knows is that the reason why Chen Fei decided to broadcast "Game of Thrones" on Hulu video website, in addition to adapting to the iteration and renewal of the Internet, there is a deeper reason.

Last October, Hulu announced that the company had obtained a $100 million venture capital fund from the private equity investment company "LX Capital".

And this "LX Capital" is actually the investment company founded by Chen Fei in New York - Longxiang Capital!

At that time, Hulu's operation and development were very difficult. When it was conducting the first internal test, not many people in Silicon Valley and even the entire IT industry were optimistic about it, and the capital market believed that this was just another "dying struggle" of the old media.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Fei arranged for Lyon to buy the bottom again, and exchanged an investment of 100 million US dollars for the opportunity to become a shareholder of Hulu.

And this investment also means that he will become one of the bosses of Hulu video website!

Although he has no right to operate, it is enough to have the right to vote on money and major decisions. It doesn't matter to him who runs the company.

Of course, in order to prevent Disney from secretly privatizing the website again, Chen Fei still arranged for Lyon to keep an eye on it, at least to ensure that his own interests were not harmed.

The impact of online media on cinemas will officially begin soon, and Hulu and Netflix are both pioneers.

Chen Fei is lucky. With the help of his identity as a director, he has a lot of disposable funds.

He did not keep this money in the bank to earn interest, but invested it everywhere.

His layout may not be so refined, but it guarantees full coverage!

Taking advantage of the fact that streaming media, online media, video websites, etc. are still in the development stage, he spent a lot of money in exchange for a lot of shares.

It is too troublesome to build a platform by yourself, and it feels so good to use other people's platforms to lay eggs for yourself!

~

At the same time, there are still many people on the Internet who are not satisfied with the exposure of Chen Fei's new film "Inception", and they have asked him to continue to expose more actor lists.

So, on March 30, under the expectation of everyone, Chen Fei announced the names of two actors through his Twitter account and publicity channels such as blogs and forums.

Chinese actor: Zun Long!

"Ball Flower": Monica Bellucci!

He himself took a leisurely flight to China with the mother and daughter of the Liu family, but he didn't know that netizens had already fallen into a frenzy.

There is no need to explain the name "Zun Long". The most popular Chinese actor in Hollywood at that time was not in vain.

The "Promoting Achievement Award" of the Chinese American Museum directly established his global popularity.

And the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" of "People" magazine further confirmed how high his charm is!

There is a rumor that in the era when Zun Long was popular, all places across the country where there were old babies (rich women) were his fans!

Not to mention the major media colleges, "The Last Emperor" has almost become a must-see movie for every freshman after enrollment.

As for Monica...

The title of "Adolescent Impulse" is not in vain!

Just ask, in a quiet late night, when the restlessness of adolescence is rolling in your heart, how wonderful it would be to have a shot with the peerless beauty in "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"?

At this moment, the male and female fans who were surfing the Internet were already so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Monica Bellucci, and John Lone!

They couldn't imagine what kind of chemical reaction would be produced by such a lineup?

As for the other actor Tom Hardy who was exposed, it was a pity that he was not particularly famous to the mainland audience before the TV series such as "Venom" and "Peaky Blinders" came out.

With the continuous announcement of the actors, for a time, Chen Fei's new film plan even caused an extremely violent sensation in Hollywood!

Movie fans have expressed their thoughts on the IMDb website and included this movie in the must-see list.

With Chen Fei's fame and strength constantly improving, his current status in Hollywood has been raised to the same level as top directors such as Christopher Nolan and Cameron.

Several A-level productions such as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", "Iron Man", and "Wall-E" have made him famous, and also made his new film plan attract global attention.

A message suddenly appeared in the blog, which made Han Sanping's heart tremble.

"If this movie cannot be introduced to the mainland, I will smash the China Film Building!"

At least 50,000 people were following the comments and cheering, saying that they would join in and contribute to smashing the China Film Building.

Han Sanping quickly arranged for the public relations department to announce that China Film also had an investment share in this movie, and it was currently on the list of candidates for introduction.

After seeing this announcement, netizens were finally satisfied.

~

International flight, first class.

A script appeared in Liu Yifei's hands.

"The Undertaker?"

Liu Yifei muttered to herself, her big eyes flickering, very cute.

"What is an Undertaker?"

She asked curiously while flipping through the script, trying to get the answer from it.

Liu Xiaoli next to her also came over curiously and looked around.

She was also aroused by the desire to act. Her guest appearances in Source Code and Mulan had won her the love of many fans. Some people even built a forum for her!

"To put it in a more popular way, an undertaker is a kind of makeup artist, but unlike a normal makeup artist, an undertaker makes up for the dead."

Make up for the dead? ? ?

Liu Yifei was a little scared. A specific picture suddenly appeared in her mind. Her body trembled subconsciously, and the smile on her face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Fade Chen noticed her state and smiled slightly, "Don't be so nervous. Although the movie is a microcosm of reality, we definitely don't need to touch the corpse in person.

And the role you play is not the undertaker himself, but his wife, a pregnant young woman."

Pregnant?

Liu Yifei was stunned again: "So you mean, I have to play a pregnant woman this time?"

"Yes, how about it? Are you confident?"

In "Source Code", she played a young girl, in "Mulan", she played a female general who joined the army for her father, and in "Departures", she had to play a pregnant young woman.

Liu Yifei had never thought of such a wide range of roles before!

For a long time before, she thought she might always play the role of a "fairy", but after officially cooperating with Chen Fei, she suddenly found that she was almost trained by him to become an all-round actress.

"But I don't know how to play a pregnant woman well?"

Liu Yifei was a little entangled. She was still a virgin, and now she suddenly had to play a pregnant woman, which was very difficult.

And she knew in her heart that Chen Fei had high requirements for the acting skills of actors, which was very intuitively reflected in "Mulan".

"You can go..."

Chen Fei was just about to ask her to go to the obstetrics and gynecology department or the maternal and child health center to observe the status of other pregnant women, but Liu Xiaoli suddenly interrupted and said, "Let me teach you."

Hmm?

Facing two pairs of eyes fixed on her, Liu Xiaoli smiled and said, "Have you forgotten? I also came from the identity of a mother."

"Then I'll trouble you, Auntie."

"Hehe, then I'll trouble you, Mom."

Liu Yifei giggled, and the scenes of her childhood emerged inexplicably in her mind.

Even though her mother is inflexible and unkind in the eyes of many people, in her opinion, this is the family affection that has accompanied her since she was a child.

This family affection cannot be separated, and will even accompany her for the rest of her life!

~

Zhao Yanzi is quite interesting. After the filming of "Red Cliff" was completed, she immediately joined the crew of "New Mulan".

With the popularity of "Mulan" winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, her "New Mulan" has indeed attracted the attention of many people.

However, when the investment amount of the movie was announced, it was ridiculed by netizens.

"30 million RMB? Damn, are you kidding me? Can this make a good movie?"

"Pfft... I'm so happy. I seem to have guessed that this movie must be about love and romance, but there is no big scene."

"Stop it! Don't make me another "My Fair Princess". I will scold you when I do."

"Just wait and see, I promise you won't say a word after watching it."

"Are you sick? What kind of "New Mulan" are you shooting? 30 million RMB is not even a fraction of Director Chen's. You can't ride on the popularity like this!"

There were doubts on the Internet, but Zhao Yanzi's mentality was quite good, as calm as water, and she didn't even intend to respond.

Chen Fei was originally quite curious. With such a large investment in "Red Cliff", didn't they hold a wrap-up banquet after the filming was completed?

But after asking around, he found out that China Film continued to invest twice more, which directly exceeded the budget!

At the premiere of "Resurrection of the Dragon", Han Sanping was furious when she mentioned this matter, "What's the point of holding a wrap-up party? I'm already preparing to cover for them. I don't have any confidence in this movie."

Chen Fei still remembers clearly that when "Red Cliff" was just being prepared, Han Sanping enthusiastically invited him to participate in the investment.

Fortunately, he didn't get involved, otherwise he would have lost his underwear!

Ren Zhonglun also came to the premiere today, but he was not in a good mood.

China Film was worried about "Red Cliff", while he was worried about "Lust, Caution", in which he also had a certain investment share.

The Film Bureau finally took ruthless action!

The film was completely removed from the shelves, and the heroine was directly banned, but Li An and Tony Leung were fine.

I heard that many people followed suit and ate the melons, and those soft persimmons were almost crushed!

"Oh, let's not talk about it. It's my fault for not seeing the problem clearly at the beginning."

Sighing helplessly, Ren Zhonglun quickly changed the subject, "I haven't had time to congratulate you yet. You're really awesome for winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"

"Haha, it's just average."

"When will "Inception" be filmed?"

"It's estimated to be around July or August. The early preparations are a bit complicated, and some actors' schedules can't be adjusted together."

The key is that Leo's schedule is a bit tight. He is currently busy with two movies, "Revolutionary Road" and "Body of Lies", and he really can't leave.

Fade Chen is not in a hurry. Anyway, it can be released before "Avatar" next year.

"Do you have any other movie projects recently? I'm so exhausted by the "Lust, Caution" incident here that I have to find other projects to put pressure on."

The two movies "October Besieged City" and "Painted Skin" were decided before filming, and China Film will be responsible for publicity and distribution.

Ren Zhonglun has probably suffered a lot recently and urgently needs a work to suppress his decline.

After a little thought, Chen Fei said: "You are not in a hurry to go back to Shanghai, right? Come to the company tomorrow?"

"Okay! No hurry, I have been here for more than half a month."

Ren Zhonglun's face was bitter again. "Lust, Caution" involved too many people. He was careless at the time and didn't think too much. He just invested for Li An's fame.

Now it's good, yellow mud fell on the crotch, it's shit!

After the premiere, after saying hello to Liu Dehua and Hong Jingbao, Chen Fei hurriedly left the scene and did not participate in the subsequent banquet.

It's rare to have a month of free time. I have to go back to see the old man first. There are too many things to do later, and there is no time to stay at home.

…

The next morning, as soon as Feiyue Film and Television opened, Ren Zhonglun and Tian Zhuangzhuang walked in, talking and laughing.

The two had worked together before, and they often met at film festivals, so they were familiar with each other.

The front desk had received the notice and led the two to the reception room.

After a while, Chen Fei and Ning Hao walked in from outside.

"Mr. Ren? You're here early?"

"Haha, I'm just afraid that someone else will snatch it away."

"Hey, you're really cautious."

"Every sting makes you wiser..."

Chen Fei smiled slightly, took out two scripts from his backpack, and handed them to Ning Hao and Tian Zhuangzhuang respectively.

"The Undertaker?"

The moment Ning Hao saw the script, his eyes lit up. Without looking at the content, just looking at the name of the script, it exuded the flavor of an artistic drama.

On the other side, Tian Zhuangzhuang finally got his script!

He told Chen Fei a long time ago that he wanted to work together once, but he never had the chance.

Chen Fei actually intended to give him the script of "The Sound of Wind", but because he wanted to cheat Huayi's stocks, he could only apologize to Tian Zhuangzhuang in the end.

And this time, the two finally had a chance to meet in person.

"Hello! Mr. Tree?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang whispered the name of the script in his hand, and a look of confusion appeared on his face.

English again? Chinese again?

What's going on?

Are they going to combine Chinese and Western elements?