Chapter 529: The Fairy Is Taken Away by a Pig? The Sword Is Aimed at August! The Box Office Battle Is About to Begin!

After the premiere of "Ordinary Man", on the way back to the company, Chen Fei saw the news that "Titanic" applied for an extension key on the Internet.

"It's already approaching 1 billion, and you're still applying for a chicken?"

He curled his lips, and suddenly had a deeper understanding of the greed of 20th Century Fox and Paramount.

This year, the film and television entertainment industry in the mainland has already fallen into a state of dire straits!

The film industry is facing a strong impact from Hollywood imported films, and on the entertainment industry side, South Korean idol artists are also rampant.

EXO, who just debuted, became popular in the mainland, and the popularity on Weibo was simply unbelievable. Those crazy fans don't know how much money and resources they contributed.

The mainland film and television market is now in urgent need of a top masterpiece to restore its past "glory".

On the other hand, due to several recent events in Hong Kong, Hong Kong entertainment has been suppressed and can't even lift its head.

At this critical juncture, "King of Sunglasses" carried the expectations of countless Hong Kong entertainment media and filmmakers and made a strong debut!

After years of preparation and two and a half years of filming, The Grandmaster has finally been successfully scheduled.

Chen Fei just logged into Weibo and saw Zhang Ziyi's promotional slogan at a glance: "Here, I announce a good news to everyone, The Grandmaster has been scheduled, and we will see you on January 8th.

I am very honored to star in this classic movie. I believe that with the efforts of all our cast and crew, this movie will surely shine..."

Zhang Ziyi was quite excited and posted several Weibo posts in a row to express her feelings about the movie.

On the other hand, the film crew and other actors were somewhat uninterested, and most of them just posted a Weibo post and made a simple announcement.

Zhang Ziyi's actions were ridiculed and despised by many people in the circle, but she didn't care.

After returning to the mainland from Hollywood, this The Grandmaster can be regarded as her comeback work.

No one would be more eager than her to hope that this movie would succeed!

Since her debut, her starting point has been too high.

During those years when she was developing in Hollywood, she was not modest and behaved rather unruly in China, offending many female stars in the mainland.

Now after returning to the mainland, she found that after so many years, the mainland market had long since disapproved of her.

So, her current situation is very embarrassing.

Hollywood doesn't want her, and the mainland can't accommodate her.

Under such circumstances, she urgently needs a high-quality film resource to lay a foundation for herself.

If nothing unexpected happens, in the following months, the names of Zhang Ziyi and "The Grandmaster" will inevitably appear frequently on platforms such as Weibo.

…

The news of the premiere of "The Ordinary Man" was all logged on major film and television information network platforms the next day.

In order to promote the movie, Huang Xiaoming's performance scenes on the stage were all filmed and circulated, causing quite a stir among the fan group.

Some people say that he really gave it his all, while others say that he is getting greasy as he gets older, and it's simply unbearable to look at him!

In addition, the "seeing pictures and speaking" operation was also used by some unscrupulous media.

At the premiere red carpet, the scene of Chen Fei holding Liu Yifei's hand and leaving was captured separately, and coupled with Chen Fei's words "We are indeed together in the movie", it directly caused a sensation in the circle!

This group of unscrupulous media directly removed the four words "in the movie", leaving only "We are indeed together".

A paragraph, plus a picture of holding hands, the sensation caused is simply terrible!

When Chen Fei saw the news online, he suddenly found that the entertainment gossip news about him and Liu Yifei's love affair had rushed to the top of the Weibo hot search list.

"Fuck! These guys who took things out of context are really boring."

Chen Fei shook his head, a little helpless.

He didn't specifically explain anything, but just promoted the movie "Your Name" under his personal Weibo.

"August 23, Chinese Valentine's Day, we will meet there."

Liu Yifei acted quickly and directly reposted this Weibo, and also released a still.

In the photo, she and Chen Fei were lying on a green hillside, their eyes met, and there seemed to be a strong love flowing in their eyes.

The comment area below was directly blown up!

"Fuck? They are really dating! Damn it, let my little dragon girl go!"

"No, what's going on between you two? You didn't tell me about such a big thing in advance?"

"Wow! Wow! Wow! I said! There is definitely something wrong with these two! Finally! The truth is out!"

"No, can you stop talking nonsense, this is obviously a still, this is hype, do you know what hype is?"

"Yes! My fairy is still young, she will definitely not fall in love, this is just promoting the movie!"

"..."

There were a lot of discussions online, and there were also many people eating melons offline.

In the villa, Liu Yifei was directly blocked by her mother at the door of the bedroom: "You...you two are not really together?"

Liu Xiaoli's eyes were very complicated.

Since her daughter started to frequently go to Hollywood to film, she no longer followed her around like before, but chose to let her go and explore the world.

In the entertainment industry, overprotection is sometimes not a good thing.

In addition, she trusted Chen Fei quite a bit, so she completely let her daughter go.

But now it's good, the juicy cabbage seems to have been eaten by a wild boar!

That's not right, it can't be said to be a wild boar. After all, Chen Fei is much stronger than that wild boar in terms of image and ability.

If Liu Xiaoli really wants to choose a son-in-law, Chen Fei is undoubtedly the best choice!

But these two are now on the rise in their careers, and once their love affair is exposed, it is likely to have an impact on their subsequent development.

She is also very confused now.

Logically speaking, such a good son-in-law should be firmly grasped.

But just giving away my own cabbage makes me feel a little uncomfortable...

"Oh, mom, what are you talking about?" Liu Yifei's face turned red and she quickly said, "This is just a strategy to promote the movie."

"Yeah?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't quite believe it. Her daughter looked so pretty. How could this kid endure it?

"Really! Why did I lie to you?"

Liu Yifei raised her head very seriously and looked at Liu Xiaoli, her eyes full of innocence.

What is there to hide when there is nothing in the first place?

"Oh, okay."

Liu Xiaoli suddenly sighed, unable to hide her disappointment.

Liu Yifei stood at the door of the bedroom with a surprised look on her face. Her mother's reaction really made her confused.

After thinking about it, she asked tentatively: "Mom, so...you don't object to me falling in love with him?"

"Silly girl, why should I object?" Liu Xiaoli said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Such a good and high-quality candidate should be firmly grasped. If you miss this one, where will you find the next one? ?”

Liu Yifei was immediately stunned by the remarks.

It made sense, but she never expected that these words would come out of her mother's mouth!

"You are 25 this year, and you are also a big girl. I will definitely not object to your falling in love, but you must keep your eyes open. The choice of your partner is related to your future, so you must be cautious..."

This morning, mother and daughter talked a lot.

There were also many people who came specifically to ask Chen Fei for information.

Such as Zhu Yawen.

"What the hell? You two finally got together? Let me just say, I discovered something was wrong with you very early on. Hahaha, it's finally made public. Congratulations..."

"Congratulations!" Chen Fei was speechless: "We are just taking advantage of the popularity to promote the movie, what a nonsense!"

"What?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Yawen was slightly stunned and suddenly felt surprised: "No, Brother Fei, what's the matter with you? If you have a good opportunity, you must seize it. Don't let others take away the food delivered to your door. , I’m still waiting to drink your wedding wine!”

Toot toot…

The call was immediately hung up, and Chen Fei threw the phone on the table, completely ignoring the text message from Zhu Yawen.

Grab it, grab it!

…

On the day "Everyman" was released, a lot of new news came out on the Internet.

Taking advantage of the popularity, Huayi announced the cast of the second part of the Dee Renjie series, "The Dragon King of the City of Gods."

Xu Ke directed, and Chen Guofu served as screenwriter.

The production team is still the same as the original cast of the previous film "Bongtian Empire", but when it comes to the cast, there have been huge changes!

Except for Liu Jialing, the others are completely different from the first film.

"Di Renjie" played by Andy Lau was replaced by Zhao Youting, while other veteran actors were replaced by young actors, played by Feng Shaofeng, Chen Kun, Lin Genxin and others.

Even the female lead was replaced by Yang Ying from Li Bingbin.

Obviously, Huayi filmed this film for the current fan base of young actors.

When filming the first part, Feiyue Film and Television also participated, and Chen Fei even strongly asked Xu Ke to change the costume props.

Market feedback after the movie was released also confirmed that his request at the time was correct.

And now, the filming of the second part is about to start, and Huayi has not even made a call. It is obvious that it is not ready to continue cooperating with Feiyue Film and Television.

Xu Ke specially called Chen Fei, with a slightly regretful tone: "The special effects for the second part will be done in conjunction with a South Korean special effects company. I am a soft-spoken person and can't say anything."

"Haha, it doesn't matter."

Chen Fei didn't care about this. Without Huayi as a partner, his special effects department would definitely not go bankrupt.

Just the business schedule of my own company is already very full, whether there is Huayi or not.

"Sigh, I think the box office performance of the second film may plummet. The original cast will be completely changed, and fans will inevitably be dissatisfied."

Xu Ke sighed, quite helpless.

Huayi officially announced that it wanted to produce a masterpiece full of sincerity, but they secretly spread the news, accusing the actors of being paid too high, leading to an increase in production costs.

But in fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that they replaced the original cast members just to praise their own artists.

At a glance, it can be seen that except for Liu Jialing, the rest of the cast are actors under Huayi.

What it means is naturally self-evident.

"With an investment of 130 million, Wang Zhonglei's requirement is to recover the cost from the theater chain, which means that the box office must be at least 400 million..."

Xu Ke was already having a headache. Most of these young actors had poor acting skills, and they had to encounter many setbacks during the filming process.

On the 24th, Maoyan’s official website replaced China Film Group Corporation and announced the first-day box office results of “Everyone”.

2.307 million yuan.

The box office data of "Titanic 3D" was also announced.

14.322 million.

This Hollywood imported film is really powerful. After half a month of release, the daily box office has not fallen below 10 million, and the total box office has soared to more than 700 million yuan.

Looking at this sign, it is obviously going for 1 billion!

Other movies of the same period have become cannon fodder.

On Weibo, Huang Xiaoming, who was still promoting his new movie enthusiastically, was silent.

The box office on the first day was only more than 2 million, and there was also a super Hollywood blockbuster at the same time, followed by a lot of imported films...

If nothing unexpected happens, the total box office of this movie may only be around 30 million.

Loss is already inevitable.

Inside Huayi Company

Wang Zhongjun looked at the various box office data released by Maoyan, his face gloomy: "These Hollywood imported blockbusters are too fierce, suppressing domestic films and making them unable to raise their heads."

Wang Zhonglei, who was sitting opposite, frowned: "We must stagger the release time with these blockbusters, otherwise we will inevitably be affected."

Wang Zhongjun nodded in approval, pointed to a movie release schedule on the table, and said in a deep voice: "The release date of "Tai Chi: From Zero" needs to be changed. There is "Pacific Rim" in the National Day schedule, and we can't compete with it."

"Advance or postpone?"

If it is postponed, there will only be November left for this movie.

But if it is moved forward, there will be more suitable time.

Wang Zhongjun stared at the table for a long time, and finally pointed to a place: "It's here!"

Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei subconsciously stood up and looked over, only to see that his eldest brother was pointing to the date of August 15.

He frowned immediately: "There is "Anti-Corruption Storm 2" on August 1, and "Your Name" on August 23. These are our direct competitors."

"I know."

Wang Zhongjun was full of confidence, raised his head, and slowly said: "A Hong Kong movie, a love movie, what is there to be afraid of?

This time, we choose to face him head-on. I don't believe that he can still win every time?"

Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei nodded heavily, and for a moment he couldn't suppress his excitement.

After being suppressed by Chen Fei for a long time, this time he was finally able to turn over.

The two brothers were full of confidence, and they were ready to open champagne to celebrate the victory at halftime before the movie was even released.

At the same time, as Huayi began to adjust the film release schedule, many domestic films responded.

"Dangerous Liaisons" starring Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Baizhi was adjusted from September 27 to August 27.

"Double Exposure" starring Fan Bingbing and Feng Shaofeng was adjusted from September 29 to August 19.

No one wants to compete with "Pacific Rim" during the National Day.

For a time, August, a rare period, became a day for major domestic films to compete.

Although the release time of several movies is different, because they are all in August, there is no doubt that these are the most direct competition!

The Gu pot has been set up, the Gu insects have entered the field, and the next step is to wait for the moment of fighting each other!

…

The news that the application for the key of "Titanic 3D" was rejected spread immediately and was unanimously recognized and agreed by the mainland film industry.

This kind of Hollywood imported blockbuster is already very fierce. If the key period is extended, other domestic films will have no way to survive!

At the same time, the second Capital International Film Festival is being held in full swing recently.

Many people came from Hollywood, and the most famous director is James Cameron, but more people are paying attention to the major film companies.

Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Disney, Sony Columbia, Paramount Pictures...

Looking around, the six major Hollywood studios are all eyeing the Chinese market!

And in order to support the scene, the bureau has already brought out all the face of the domestic film industry.

China Film, Shanghai Film, Huayi, Guangguang, Bona, Feiyue Film...

All the mainland film companies that are ranked were invited to the scene for support.

Su Guohai has been busy with this matter for a while. It was not until the opening ceremony that he finally took some time off and returned to the company.

"These Hollywood companies have a huge appetite, especially the new Japanese CEO Kevin Qianyuan of Warner, who actually proposed the idea of ​​a special edition film, which is completely the same as Hong Kong entertainment..."

Listening to Su Guohai's nagging complaints, Chen Fei suddenly remembered Chen Jiashang's speech in front of the media two days ago.

"The signing of CEPA has allowed mainland co-productions to keep the Hong Kong film industry alive for nearly a decade, but many people cannot recognize the situation and see through the current situation!

For so many years, some people have been arrogant, smashing their bowls after meals, scolding the cooks, and looking down on everyone.

Now, the mainland has no shortage of funds, actors, or markets. Does it still need to cooperate with Hong Kong entertainment?

In my opinion, it is completely unnecessary!

They are helping you and helping you to prevent you from being completely ruined. Unfortunately, many people still cannot recognize the situation and are jumping up and down all day long. I think it will be over sooner or later!"

If these words were put in ten years, they might also be told to Hollywood.

Hong Kong entertainment has been broken, and who knows what kind of situation Hollywood will develop into in the future?

"Ignore them. If any idiot is willing to take the bait, let them go. We will not participate in this kind of thing, and there is no need to participate."

Chen Fei waved his hand, not interested in paying attention to this at all.

The bureau called him several times, trying to get him to come forward and support the situation.

In this regard, Chen Fei did not refuse, but he did not stay at the film festival venue all the time like Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kai, licking crazily at those Hollywood directors and producers.

He planned to wait for the closing ceremony to walk on the red carpet, just to show off his face.

Even in Hollywood, he doesn't need to give these people face, let alone in China.

If you want him to come up to you with a smile on your face, these people are not qualified yet!