Chapter 347 Brother Chen Kai, You Are Really Shameless! (Seeking Monthly Votes)

In the eyes of many directors, producers, and film company owners, big investment means high income!

Just like a Hollywood Class A production, with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, the income is as high as 780 million US dollars. This rate of return is simply amazing!

As a result, some mainland directors who consider themselves capable, qualified, and capable have set their sights on science fiction films that are very likely to earn high box office revenue.

Wang Jing is the kind of person who likes to tinker with things. He teamed up with China Film to launch a movie called "Future Police" with an investment of 200 million, claiming to be a benchmark for Hollywood science fiction blockbusters.

"You can see elements in this movie that go beyond Iron Man."

As soon as these words came out, netizens almost burst into laughter!

"Competing with "Iron Man"? Stop making trouble. They invested 160 million U.S. dollars. You only invested more than 20 million U.S. dollars at most. Is there anything comparable?"

"Pfft... I burst out laughing!"

"Did I hear you correctly? Are all Hong Kong directors so good at boasting?"

At the same time, LeTV on the other side also took notice and invested in a science fiction blockbuster called "Robot Man".

Comedy master Liu Zhenwei writes and directs himself, and wants to perfectly integrate science fiction, robots, love and other elements...

"Who says science fiction can't have real emotions? Robots should also be affectionate and meaningful, not just ordinary iron shells."

For a time, netizens scolded louder.

"Made, if I want to watch a romantic movie, can't I watch an art movie? What kind of science fiction movie?"

"If you want business, then be business, if you want literature and art, then literature and art, and now you've made a commercial romance movie? Is there something wrong with it?"

"I'm already disappointed before filming even starts..."

Chen Fei focused on the latter, and when he saw that the name Jia Yueting was included in the producer, he suddenly felt like he was suddenly enlightened!

Is Mr. Za preparing for his "40 billion" in advance?

…

CJ has already confirmed the release date of "The Defender", which is set on December 20, and invited Chen Fei to attend the premiere.

When he thought that he had not seen his two young lovers Li Zhien and Lin Yuer for a long time, Chen Fei did not directly reject the other party's invitation, but he did not make it clear that he would definitely come.

"If I have time, I will go there. If I don't have time, I won't go."

What he said was very straightforward, but there was no hint of dissatisfaction there. He just wanted to inform them in advance before leaving so that they could be prepared.

South Korea and Xiaoli are indeed very interesting countries. Those in lower positions have always respected those in higher positions and never expressed any dissatisfaction. Whether it was words or attitudes, Chen Fei was very happy.

Occasionally give them some sweetness, and the feedback it elicits is even more satisfying.

But it's different in the Mainland. A large group of media thieves like to make trouble.

Because "The Embalmer" and "Mei Lanfang" are both scheduled to be released in December, and will also participate in the competition for awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, there has been a lot of excitement in the industry recently.

Several media outlets have already started voting in order to gain popularity.

Contestant No. 1: Chen Fei + Ning Hao "Encoffiner".

Contestant No. 2: Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang".

【Who do you support more? 】

As expected, the trend online is one-sided!

"Do you still need to vote for this? Then you must support me, Director Chen!"

"Well, I just want to ask, Golden Bear + Palme d'Or + Saturn Award for Best Director + Golden Globe Award for Best Director + Emmy Award for Best Director + Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film + Domestic Box Office Commercial Film Club Director with a domestic box office of 600 million and 500 million box office commercial film club director, who can compete with this lineup?"

"Brother Chen Kai, you did not lose unfairly."

"Wait a minute, hasn't the competition started yet? Why did Brother Chen Kai lose? I'm quite optimistic about him, after all, the movie "Farewell My Concubine" is really good."

"Brother, what are you talking about? Why do I only remember "A Murderous Case Caused by a Steamed Bun"?"

"Pfft hahahahaha!"

As the producer, China Film Group just announced that all the scenes involving Chung Xintong in "Mei Lanfang" have been deleted, but they didn't expect that the media's manipulation would come so quickly.

And what they never expected was that the media didn't pay attention to whose scenes were deleted from the film. Everyone's attention was always on the "competition" between Chen Fei and Chen Kai.

Although the director of "The Embalmer" is Ning Hao, the screenwriter and starring actor are both Chen Fei. Even if it is said that he shot this movie himself.

This wave of popularity directly confused China Film Group, and also made many of the rhetoric they had prepared in vain.

Old Chen and his wife went to China Film Academy again, hoping that Han Sanping could come forward to suppress this "bad trend" on the Internet and kill the former's spirit!

The couple were quite confident before going there. After all, "The Embalmer" was invested by Shanghai Film Group Corporation, while "Mei Lanfang" was invested by China Film Group Corporation, and the latter was his biological son.

It's a pity that Han Sanping didn't give them this face.

""The Embalmer" also participated in the Oscar selection for Best Foreign Language Film. The report was submitted by China Film Group and has just passed the review."

This has been made very obvious. The palms and backs of the hands are all flesh, so naturally China Film cannot treat one favorably.

"The quality of the video is really impressive."

Han Sanping dismissed the couple with just one sentence. After all, he could not accept the couple's suggestions either emotionally or rationally.

Suppress "Encoffiner"?

You two are really good at joking. You don't even look at whose film it is. You just suppress it?

Brother Chen Kai, you are really shameless!

~

The filming location of "Inception" has officially returned to the United States, which also means that the end is coming soon.

Every day, one or two actors in the crew leave after finishing filming, so that the originally crowded and bustling studio gradually becomes much more empty.

After learning 3D shooting for more than two months, Xu Ke is now very handy, and some processes and details are very meticulously controlled.

Chen Fei even wondered if he should pay him a salary?

But then he thought about it and decided to forget it. Just draw a few cakes for him, and use the salary money for post-production.

Xu Ke: "???"

After Kristen, Emma Roberts became the second young actress to leave the crew. Her aunt Julia Roberts came to pick her up in person.

Looking at the departing figure, Leo was still a little disappointed. After all, he likes young people.

"I heard you're dating a new girlfriend?" Chen Fei's words once again confirmed his perverted nature.

"We're just in contact, and we haven't officially started a new relationship yet."

Leo said it very seriously, without any shyness at all, and didn't even care that he had just broken up with his ex-girlfriend less than half a month ago!

Chen Fei silently gave him a thumbs up, this is called "passing through a bush of flowers without getting a single leaf on you."

Taking some free time, Chen Fei went to have a cup of coffee with Lao Ao.

For his financial support, Ao Heizi expressed his gratitude, so he naturally strongly supported his desire to import several pieces of equipment to China, and promised to help him safely deliver them to the port.

"Thank you."

Chen Fei smiled and got up and left, and decided to reduce direct contact with him in the future and only exchange interests.

Different identities naturally have different positioning. After he officially moves into the White Palace next year, some things that should have been done naturally can no longer be done.

Amanda became the third young actress to leave the crew.

The night before she left, she sneaked into Chen Fei's room.

After a hearty battle, she rested her head in Chen Fei's arms and whispered, "Blake also wants to try what it feels like to last two hours. She wants her first time to be memorable."

"WTF???"

Chen Fei was speechless. What the hell? I'm not a stud. I can have sex with anyone once!

He immediately rejected this very excessive request!

Amanda didn't say much, but just covered her mouth and laughed secretly. There was a faint smile in her eyes. I don't know what she was thinking about.

The topics that the sisters talked about when they were together were much more open than those that the men talked about. She had been guiding the two little white rabbit players.

Bruce brought Chen Fei a very interesting news when he came to visit the studio.

"Fei, there is a movie from your country that is being promoted in Los Angeles recently. It is very powerful, even more powerful than your movie about making up the dead."

"That movie is called "Departures". You are in the film industry, can you be more professional?"

Fai Chen was too tired to complain. Recently, when the guys in the crew mentioned the movie "Departures", the first thing they said was that it was about making up the dead. What they said was very meaningless.

"Oh, I remember it."

Bruce nodded slightly, but turned his head and threw it out of his mind.

"That movie seems to be about an opera singer. It seems quite interesting. I heard that the director is also a winner of the Palme d'Or. Will he be your competitor?"

"Maybe."

Fai Chen shrugged. He didn't take Brother Chen Kai seriously in his heart.

Old Chen only deserves praise for the movie "Farewell My Concubine". The others are not good. If it goes as expected, "Mei Lanfang" may not be able to reproduce the glory of the former. After all, his father did not continue to be the art director of his new movie.

The domestic media is quite good at playing the role of a supporting role, and they praised "Mei Lanfang" so highly!

However, sometimes the higher you praise it, the worse it may fall!

~

"Slumdog Millionaire" is currently in an extremely hot promotion period.

Many people are quite curious about this Indian-themed movie shot by Chen Fei.

What kind of story does it tell?

Because the actor is not well-known, coupled with the limitations of the subject matter and background, the publicity effect is mediocre, and many people in the circle are not particularly optimistic.

Some people even predict that this movie will be Chen Fei's first movie to "flop" in Hollywood!

Because this sentence was said by a well-known Hollywood film critic, many people followed suit and criticized it, and some fans even thought that Chen Fei was "not doing his job properly."

You don't shoot a serious science fiction blockbuster, but you actually went to India to shoot a feature film?

Are you confused?

Because the filming of "Inception" has returned to the studio, Natasha often goes to the crew these days, and every time she comes, she looks quite sad.

"Fei, the theaters that we previously cooperated with said that they would reduce the number of screenings. They think that the market response to our movie is not very good and may lose money."

Reduce the number of screenings?

Chen Fei curled his lips, but he didn't care much.

This movie is a film that is meant to win awards, not a traditional science fiction movie. There is no comparison between the two.

Comparing the box office revenue of an art film with a science fiction film, isn't that pure braindead?

"Let them do whatever they want. Even if we strongly oppose it, they will definitely do it behind the scenes. This situation cannot be controlled. It's just that..."

Fade Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he sneered softly, "If the subsequent word-of-mouth is overwhelming and the response is high, then they will have to pay more in the box office share."

Perhaps infected by this confident mood, Natasha gradually regained her sanity and sobriety.

She nodded heavily, with a serious expression, like a lioness about to start hunting!

"I will definitely make them taste the price of paying!"

~

As November draws to the end, the promotion of several Chinese New Year films in China becomes more and more intense.

At the same time, the movie "Hard Man" starring Liu Ye, Huang Qiusheng, and Sun Honglei, and "Love Call Transfer 2: Love Left and Right" starring Lin Jiaxin, Deng Chao, and Huang Xiaoming also started a real fight!

Both movies chose to be released on November 28, just avoiding the impact of the Hollywood blockbuster "007: Breaking Quantum Plan", and at the same time also took advantage of the popularity of the Lunar New Year period, which is quite smart.

The only pity is that the box office results of these two movies are not too impressive, and can only be said to be mediocre.

At the same time, in a studio outside Los Angeles, "Inception" ushered in the final shooting moment!

With Chen Fei's iconic "click", the shooting that lasted more than three months finally came to an end.

In the studio, the actors cheered!

Among them, Leo was the happiest, because his new girlfriend had promised to go to Hawaii with him for vacation, and they agreed to leave in two days.

Xu Ke hugged the 3D camera tightly, with a reluctant expression on his face, which made people feel sad.

Chen Fei did not act as disgusting as he did. Looking at the actors and logistics staff on the scene, he began to secretly think about what kind of results this movie would create after it was released.

Compared with the hard-core sci-fi style of the original version, he made a lot of changes to make the story direction and story context more entertaining and clear, at least people can understand it, instead of being confused after watching it once.

Then, with the 3D shooting style, the visual presentation of the film can be more in line with the element of "dream", which is also a major plus point.

Under multiple combinations, Chen Fei is very sure that the "Inception" he has made will definitely surpass the original version in terms of box office!

As for how much more it can be...

Wait and see!