Chapter 329 Olympic Torchbearer? The Power of the Original Fans! Killing People and Destroying Their Hearts!

The premiere of "The Sound of Wind" was very successful.

The two leaders of private film and television companies joined together to launch a movie, which is almost destined to be a great success!

At the premiere, Wang Zhonglei smiled brightly, and the first sentence he said when he took the stage was, "This time, we will break the record in the field of spy war films and create new achievements!"

He did not dare to say that he would surpass "Mulan". After all, the number of 600 million was too exaggerated, and he only dared to think about it in his dreams.

As the producer, Chen Fei was naturally invited to the stage.

However, he did not look forward to the future like Wang Zhonglei, but focused on the present. "As an actor, acting skills are the foundation for gaining a foothold in the film and television industry. I hope that everyone can give full play to their strongest abilities and jointly create a classic work in the Chinese spy war film."

Zhou Xun smiled brightly and was the first to applaud.

On the other hand, Li Bingbin's expression was a little stiff. She could hear the meaning of Chen Fei's words, which was to warn her not to continue to do those "evil ways".

Li Yu was also applauding, but his eyes were looking in the direction of Zhou Xun, with a chill in his bones!

After the premiere, Chen Fei was about to go to China Film to ask about the situation, but a group of reporters suddenly surrounded him.

"Director Chen, congratulations on being elected as the last torchbearer of this Olympic torch!"

"???"

Chen Fei was confused when he heard the words of the Sina reporter in front of him.

Olympic torchbearer?

The last one?

What's going on?

As if seeing the confusion on his face, the reporter smiled and explained: "This is the latest news released by the Olympic Organizing Committee, and it may not have been notified to you yet."

As soon as the voice fell, the mobile phone in Chen Fei's pocket suddenly rang.

He took it out and saw that it was Zhang Yimou calling!

"Excuse me, please let me pass..."

After squeezing out of the crowd and getting in the car, Chen Fei called back.

Lao Mouzi's phone rang from the receiver: "Did you receive the news? Congratulations, you are the last one to take over the baton."

"What's going on? How come I am the last one to take over the baton? And I have to be responsible for lighting the fire?"

Chen Fei's mind was full of doubts. This news really shocked him. How could he be so worthy of this?

Zhang Yimou, "Yes, this is decided by the organizing committee. You have the highest number of votes. You will be the one to light the fire. Remember to come to rehearse the lighting session a week in advance."

"Why? I'm not participating in the Olympics, and I'm not an athlete. Is this appropriate?"

"Hey? Why are you not an athlete? Didn't you win the 'IRONMAN World Championships'?"

"I was just an amateur..."

Chen Fei wanted to explain a few more words, but was interrupted by Zhang Yimou, "No matter whether you are amateur or not, your registered identity with the Sports Bureau is a professional athlete, and you have fame, ability, and international influence. It's most appropriate for you to be responsible for lighting the fire."

Hearing this, Chen Fei had to nod, "Okay, I will go to rehearse in advance."

He was originally prepared to devote himself to the filming of "Slumdog Millionaire", but now it seems that plans can't keep up with changes after all.

The Olympic Games ignition time is 0:00 on August 9, and according to Zhang Yimou, the rehearsal will start from August 2, so Chen Fei only has more than half a month of free time.

"Huh!"

After hanging up the phone, he breathed a sigh of relief and told the driver to go straight to China Film.

Next, we have to speed up the follow-up progress!

…

The preparation work of "The Founding of a Republic" is fully responsible by China Film, and the investment is still set at 30 million yuan.

When signing the contract, Han Sanping was full of confidence, "My idea is this, since this movie is to be defined as a tribute film, let's just let the top film and television agencies in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macao participate.

Each company will get 5%, so that when we select actors, we can let them choose, so that no one will gossip."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Chen Fei nodded, without any opinion.

He didn't really care about this matter. It was enough for him to write the script himself, and let Han Sanping take care of the rest.

Coordination among multiple parties is the most complicated thing. He has enough ability, but his qualifications in the industry are not enough, so it is not appropriate for him to come forward.

After signing the contract belonging to Feiyue Film and Television, he turned around and left Han Sanping's office.

But he never thought that as soon as he opened the door, he saw Yang Shoucheng leading Zhong Xintong standing outside the door, as if he was about to knock on the door.

"Director Yang?"

"Director Chen!"

The two looked at each other and chatted happily.

"Hello, Director Chen." Zhong Xintong also greeted him obediently, but her eyes were a little evasive, and she did not dare to look at Chen Fei.

The impact of her incident was too great. Otherwise, she would definitely be a member of the "Feiyinghuang Agency" at this time.

"Is there a turn for the better?" Chen Fei asked curiously.

"Well, I'll talk to Director Han." Yang Shoucheng said very tactfully, obviously without much confidence.

If it weren't for the Olympics, he wouldn't dare to mention this matter. Now that there is a slight turn for the better, he just hopes to gain something.

"Then you guys go ahead, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Okay, we'll have tea when we have a chance."

"Director Chen, take care."

…

The fact that Chen Fei was selected as the Olympic torchbearer caused quite a stir in the film and television industry.

Before, many people thought that the film and television industry was just a group of "actors" who were setting up a stage to sing and make some scandals and gossips all day long for people's entertainment.

But now they find that not everyone can be an actor!

Carrying the torch to the Olympic Games to light the fire is not something that ordinary people can do!

Many people are discussing this on blogs.

"I didn't expect it! I really didn't expect that Director Chen would be selected to be the last torch lighter."

"I read the official report that this was still voted by the organizing committee. It was a formal process and there was no black box operation."

"I don't know what method will be used to light the torch at that time. I feel so excited just thinking about it."

"Damn, how can I go to the Olympic Games to watch the opening ceremony? I don't have a ticket!"

"Come on, from today on, I officially announce that I want to learn from my idol Chen Fei, I also want to make commercial blockbusters, and I also want to become a great director admired by thousands of people!"

"..."

There was constant noise on the Internet, but Chen Fei did not pay much attention.

Since he was chosen, he would take the time to go there. He was quite free and easy.

What really caught his attention was another piece of news. "Batman: The Dark Knight" was officially released in Hollywood!

Directed by Christopher Nolan, co-starring Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, and Marion Cotillard, and with Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, American Legendary Pictures, and Syncopy, the four production companies cut a first-day box office of 67 million US dollars, breaking 12 records of North American movies, which is terrifying!

The data of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" was easily broken, but Chen Fei was not moved at all.

The investment gap between the two films is simply too big, and it is reasonable to surpass them. There is no need to be sad or anything about it.

Of course, the most important thing is that Batman was not introduced to the mainland, while Twilight got a first-day box office of 45 million RMB in the mainland!

This data is not ordinary among imported films.

It has been more than 20 days since the film was released in the mainland, and the current box office has exceeded 200 million yuan.

Chen Fei once again felt the power of the original party!

He had contacted Natasha and asked about the preparations there. Time suddenly became tight again and he had to start filming quickly.

"It's almost ready. I originally wanted to reduce costs. Since you are in a hurry, spend more money."

Natasha is already in India. After contacting the locals, she has found a suitable venue and actors, but the salary and rental fees have not been negotiated.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you spend more money, but you must ensure safety. I heard that place is very messy."

"It's really messy. I found a lot of bodyguards..."

~

When the call ended, Chen Fei had already arrived at the door of the company.

He found Ni Xuelin first and handed him the script of the anti-Japanese war film "Snow Leopard", and arranged for him to sort it out and submit it for review.

This drama tells the story of a rich kid who graduated from a military academy. In the time of war and national crisis, he was willing to give up fame and fortune, endure all kinds of hardships, create a special warfare unit, and eventually become an excellent commander of the anti-Japanese hero legend.

Although this TV series is inevitably suspected of being a "magic drama", it is a rare masterpiece.

Let me ask, who could escape the three words "Zhou Weiguo" back then?

"When the Japanese pirates are eliminated, my son will return home!"

When he saw this line, Chen Fei was so excited that he almost ran to Japan and wanted to burn down the Yasukuni Shrine with his friends!

"A new script?" Ni Xuelin looked through it curiously.

"Yes, a new script." Chen Fei nodded and said casually: "After the review, throw this script to Wang Shiliang to shoot, you can go to the crew to help out."

Among the three directors in the company, Kang Honglei is definitely a master when it comes to shooting spy war films.

But Chen Fei didn't want him to just hang around in the TV circle. Just as "The Sound of Wind" was about to start filming, he sent him there as an assistant director to learn more.

Kang Honglei knew that Chen Fei wanted him to develop in the film industry. He was excited and immediately said that he would work hard and live up to his cultivation!

It's quite interesting to say. Who would have thought that he was only invested in filming "Soldier Assault" at the beginning, but now he has such a deep involvement.

After going around in circles, only Wang Shiliang is left as a rookie.

Next, he will have to feed him a lot of films. He still has some professional level. If he shoots more and directs more, his future development in the film industry will naturally be smooth sailing.

After a brief chat with Ni Xuelin, Chen Fei turned around and prepared to leave.

But at this time, Ni Xuelin suddenly called him, "Mr. Chen, are you busy now? There is something I want to talk to you about."

"Oh? What?"

"I have bought a lot of novel copyrights recently, can you give them a look?"

"Okay."

Chen Fei nodded, but he was not in a hurry to leave. He turned around and sat next to him to read the script.

"Fleeting Time", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "To Our Youth That Will Eventually Pass Away", "Why Sheng Xiaomo"...

Looking around, there are more than 30 novel copyrights, and most of them are very familiar to Chen Fei.

"Online novels?"

"Yes." Ni Xuelin nodded and replied: "No matter how much the physical book is modified, most of the compiled works are literary films or spy wars.

I still accidentally discovered that many online literature websites are very suitable for adaptation into TV series or even movies, so I bought a lot of online novels' film and television adaptation rights, and the copyright fees for this kind of online literature are much lower than those of physical books."

Chen Fei looked at the content of "Ghost Blowing Light" with curiosity, and asked by the way: "What websites are there now?"

Ni Xuelin, "Not particularly many, there are only a few that are very famous, Qidian, Jinjiang, and most of the copyrights here are bought by Hongxiu Tianxiang, which belong to female-oriented novels.

Most female-oriented online novels adhere to the style of "small and beautiful", which is very convenient for film and television adaptation, while those male-oriented ones are often large-scale. Except for this "Ghost Blowing Light", the others are not very suitable for the current film and television market."

Chen Fei knew that this "Ghost Blowing Light" was previously serialized on the forum, but later signed a contract with Qidian.

In his previous life, he had also seen the movie adapted from this online novel, and the feeling was quite good, and the box office results were also very high!

As Ni Xuelin said, the novels on the female side are indeed suitable for adaptation into TV series, but what he didn't know was that the male side is actually very good!

However, novels like "The Heaven Covering", "Beast Blood", "Buddha's Book", "Swallowing" and so on require too high a cost in terms of special effects, which is not something that ordinary companies can handle at all.

If they are shoddy, the result will be the kind of "fighting spirit into a horse" operation.

But these are not difficult for Chen Fei!

He can completely benchmark these fantasy and fairy tale novels to the size of Marvel, first make animations, attract a certain number of fans, hype up the IP, and finally make them into movies and TV series.

As for special effects and investment, these are not difficult for him at all.

"Click Digital" founded by Cameron and "Industrial Light and Magic" under Lucasfilm are both under his command.

With two major companies specializing in special effects and visual effects, will he still worry about not being able to play these fantasy, fantasy, and fairy tales?

Although the domestic film industry is not mature yet and its box office performance is not comparable to that of Hollywood, everything will change in the near future!

Marvel is indeed awesome, but the various fantasy novels in China are not bad either. When it comes to worldview, who is stronger or weaker?

"Marvel in the left hand, fantasy in the right hand..."

When he thought of this, Chen Fei could not hold back his excitement.

"Bang!"

He slammed the table and decided immediately: "I will talk to Mr. Su later. It is better to directly acquire the novel websites such as Qidian you mentioned. In the future, we can do whatever we want with the film and television adaptations of those online novels. What do you think?"

"Ah? All acquired?"

Ni Xuelin was stunned and his face changed.

His original intention was just to ask Chen Fei to give him some advice, or even praise his foresight in this behavior, and it would be best to give him more bonuses.

But he never expected that Chen Fei would actually acquire those online novel websites just by saying it casually.

This operation...

It's really domineering!

"Are you going to acquire all of them? I don't think it's necessary to acquire Qidian, because that kind of fantasy novel is more suitable for animation and game adaptation, and it's difficult to adapt it into a film and television."

"It's not possible now, but it doesn't mean it won't be possible in the future."

Chen Fei's eyes were shining with expectation!

This kind of fantasy and fairy-tale movies already have subsidies for "cultural export". If they can be produced according to the model of Game of Thrones, or even directly filmed in the way of Class A large-scale production, and then released globally...

He dare not say whether it can succeed, but this model is definitely promising!

Even if it fails in the end, a large-scale novel website like Qidian will definitely not lose money.

If you invest energy in operation, you can continuously provide a large number of scripts that can be used for filming to the mainland film and television market!

So, early acquisition is definitely promising!

Marvel's success is just around the corner, why can't Qidian copy the former's "myth"?

Chen Fei was very excited.

~

When he found Su Guohai and told him about it, the other party was more excited than him!

"Acquire online novel websites? Select suitable books from the library for film and television adaptation? Hey, this is a good idea."

But the next second, Su Guohai suddenly frowned, "But I don't understand the acquisition process. Will those online novel websites agree?"

"Don't worry about it. I will find a professional negotiation team from abroad to assist you. When the time comes, you just need to sign and pay."

"Okay, no problem." Su Guohai nodded without hesitation.

But then he mentioned another thing, "By the way, the matter of entrusting the agency to buy an office building has already been figured out. The office building they found is at the junction of Beijing Film Academy and China Academy of Drama. The geographical location is pretty good."

"How big is it?"

"Uh..." Su Guohai thought for a while and replied, "It's equivalent to three Huayi."

"How about the price?"

"It's quite suitable, within the normal range."

"Then buy it." Chen Fei said casually, as if he was buying a cabbage, "If conditions permit, try to move there before the end of the year. It just so happens that the rent here is also due."

"Okay."

Su Guohai responded and picked up the phone to contact the agency.

Chen Fei turned and left the office. Things in China had been arranged almost, and the remaining trivial matters would be taken care of by others.

He planned to fly to India first to see the preparations for "Slumdog Millionaire".

But just before leaving, he received a call from Wang Ke, "Mr. Chen, "Nine Perfects" has been almost processed. If you are interested, you can check it out online."

"Oh?"

Chen Fei opened the laptop he carried with him with some curiosity, and saw that many questioning voices suddenly appeared on blogs and forums.

"Is "The Perfect Match" compared to "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing"? Phew, that's quite interesting. I want to see if this movie is as good as "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing"."

"Who is Wang Yuelun? Can anyone tell me about it? Why does he say that he can be compared with Chen Fei and Ning Hao?"

"Producer Li Xiang? Is she the host of Mango TV?"

"A couple joins forces, and Yongchao Feiyue? Hahaha, I'm so happy. Isn't this a big boast?"

"Brothers, let's look forward to it. If this movie is not as good as advertised online, don't blame me for scolding you!"

In the airport terminal, Chen Fei turned off the computer and was very satisfied with Wang Ke's operation.

"It's a murder!"