Chapter 532 Dissatisfaction? Will You Use Words or Force? The Third Master Is Really a Bad Guy!

On the other end of the phone, Han Sanping began to talk about some things that happened inside China Film Group during this period.

"In order to coordinate several domestic films in the second half of the year, and also in order not to affect our co-production, I made some minor adjustments in the scheduling."

Minor?

Chen Fei smelled something wrong.

What kind of minor adjustments would cause Han Sanping to feel pressured, and even say that he needed awards to keep his position.

"What did you adjust?"

"Hehe!" Han Sanping laughed first, and then said: "You should know the two Hollywood blockbusters "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Dark Knight Rises"?"

"Of course I know."

The former is a film jointly produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Pictures, and the distribution is handled by Sony and Columbia.

Kevin Fei has tried many times to get the copyright of Spider-Man back.

Unfortunately, Columbia was unwilling to give in, even if they offered double the price, they would not sell it.

Helplessly, the two companies could only jointly produce.

However, Marvel's share in it is pitifully small, just equivalent to a name, and it is mainly responsible for Columbia Pictures.

As for "Batman", it is a work of DC Films, a subsidiary of Warner.

Facing the Marvel Cinematic Universe created by Marvel Animation, Warner Bros. also launched a series of DC comic adaptations.

In 2008, "Batman: The Dark Knight", adapted from DC comics and directed by Christopher Nolan, became the first DC movie with a global box office of more than 1 billion US dollars.

At the same time, after the release of "The Avengers" last year, Marvel can be said to have officially embarked on the journey of creating a superhero universe.

And DC Comics also smelled the business opportunity and started its own territory expansion plan with Warner Bros.

Last year, under the leadership of Sharon Miller, following "Batman: The Dark Knight", DC Comics launched the second DC universe comic adaptation movie "Green Lantern".

The film was directed by Martin Campbell and starred Ryan Reynolds, with a production cost of up to 250 million US dollars!

Unfortunately, its box office was only $116 million, and the global box office was only $245 million.

The box office revenue was not even as high as the production cost, which can be said to be a huge loss!

At the beginning of the filming, Warner was still shouting that it would launch "Green Lantern 2", but after the movie was released, this plan was directly cleared.

DC Comics once fell into a slump.

Fortunately, the success of "Batman: The Dark Knight" brought a lot of profits to DC.

Warner Bros. was not to be outdone, and once again brought out the "Batman" theme and launched "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises".

At the previous Capital International Film Festival, Kevin Qianyuan, the newly appointed Japanese CEO of Warner Bros., came to China at all costs, just so that this movie could achieve a brilliant box office result in China.

On the other end of the phone, Han Sanping said directly: "I asked the China Film Distribution Company to release "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Dark Knight Rises" together on September 1st.

Originally, it was planned to be released in July, but they did not allow simultaneous releases around the world. There are too many domestic films in August, so it is not suitable. Let them fight in September!

This will not affect "Pacific Rim". As for "Your Name", although the release time is relatively close, it is estimated that the impact will not be great based on your and Liu Yifei's popularity."

Hearing this, Chen Fei couldn't help but want to give San Ye a thumbs up!

This operation is really stupid!

No wonder the Americans directly asked him to retire at the subsequent WTO negotiation meeting.

Chen Fei seemed to think of the scene of Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. cursing.

"Spider-Man vs. Batman? Damn! San Ye is awesome!"

"Hahaha!"

Han Sanping laughed loudly, and soon began to sigh again: "It's troublesome for me to sit in this position. People at home are not satisfied, and people abroad are not satisfied. I am caught in the middle and suffer every day."

Chen Fei hurriedly advised: "You can't just look at the disadvantages. There are also advantages. So many movies are at your disposal. Just think about the sense of accomplishment!"

It's easy to get things done with someone in the court, so Han Sanping can't be allowed to step down.

Who knows what the new person in office will be like? What if he makes things difficult for Feiyue Film and Television?

"So, you have to help me!"

"No problem." Chen Fei immediately promised: "In a word, 20%. You arrange someone to come over tomorrow and sign "The Murderer" first. The other movies will wait. I haven't found a suitable director yet."

"Okay! I'll arrange it now."

After ending the topic about investment, the two chatted about the topic of imported films ravaging domestic films.

"I don't know how long I can hold on, but as long as I can hold on, I will definitely not back down. You big commercial film directors have to show some spirit!"

"Don't worry, just wait and see!"

...

The next day, a new notice from Feiyue Film and Television appeared on the film and television information website.

"The filming of "Ghost Blowing the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue" and "Wolf Warrior" produced by Feiyue Film and Television has officially finished, and the post-production is expected to end at the end of September. The goal: the Lunar New Year holiday!"

As soon as this notice appeared, it directly scared the production companies, producers, and directors who claimed to participate in the Lunar New Year holiday competition.

This horse riding can no longer be regarded as the coming of wolves. This is two male lions getting into the sheepfold!

There is absolutely no way for people to survive!

China Film Group moved very quickly. In the afternoon, it announced the schedule of imported films in the second half of the year, as well as the schedule of two films produced by Feiyue Film and Television.

"The Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Wonderful Ancient City" will be released on December 1st.

"Wolf Warrior" January 1st.

The Lunar New Year stalls were completely booked.

There was no movement from the others yet, but Lu Chuan was confused for the first time!

The movie "The King's Feast" directed by him was released on November 29th, only two days apart from "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City".

No matter how confident he is, compared to a ghost blowing a lantern, he still feels a little weak in his heart.

However, just when he was thinking about whether to adjust the schedule, Jiang Wen jumped out and openly mocked on Weibo: "Hey, I just discovered that someone's historical masterpiece is also on the Lunar New Year schedule.

how? Are you preparing to rise up? Or are you thinking about adjusting your schedule?

If it were me, I would definitely not be a coward. Anyone who is a coward on a horse is equivalent to admitting that he is a weakling! "

As soon as Jiang Wen's Weibo post was published, Lu Chuan's head was filled with blood.

Without even thinking about it, that "someone" must be referring to him!

"Who is cowarding? Whoever is cowarding is a coward! Damn! What the labor and management did this time is Ning Hao and Feiyue Film and Television. I don't believe it when I am..."

Lu Chuan cursed and complained.

Regarding the inquiry calls from two investors, Xingmei and Yinghuang, he vowed: "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no problem with this movie, even if it encounters "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", I won't be afraid.

Mine is a historical epic theme, while his is a fantasy theme with different audiences, so it won’t affect ours..."

Following Lu Chuan's deception, the matter of adjusting the schedule was completely shelved.

The release date of "The King's Feast" remains unchanged, it is still 11.29, aiming for the Lunar New Year release!

On the other hand, "1942" produced by Huayi and directed by Feng Xiaogang has encountered an "unexpected disaster."

Originally, Huayi announced that it would only schedule the film for the Lunar New Year and did not specify when it would be released.

However, as the two movies produced by Feiyue Film and Television were scheduled in advance, and Jiang Wen made such remarks, they were immediately put on fire.

It is impossible to leave the Lunar New Year period. After all, Huayi has a "big family and a big business", and the two Wang brothers are face-saving people, so naturally they are not willing to be called "cowards".

So, just one day later, Huayi issued an announcement:

"The historical drama war movie "1942" is officially scheduled to be released on December 15."

This is already the most suitable schedule that the two Wang brothers could think of.

I didn't rely on "The Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Wonderful Ancient City" before, and I didn't rely on "Wolf Warrior" later...

Feng Xiaogang took advantage of the situation and posted a new Weibo: "I hope to break the box office record of "Earthquake", aiming for 700 million!"

The 690 million in "The Great Earthquake" has suddenly become a pain in his heart.

It has been mentioned many times that this feeling is really fucking uncomfortable!

…

As we enter mid-May, good news comes one after another.

"Xiu Chun Dao 2: Shura Battlefield" successfully exceeded 300 million at the box office and is charging towards 400 million.

The filming of "Anti-Drug 1" and "Equator" has been completed 2/3, and all scenes will be completed in early June.

The preparation period for "One Man's Martial Arts" has ended and is waiting for the director and actors to be in place.

"Macau Storm" has officially entered the preparatory period.

"The Murderer" has officially entered the preparatory period.

In addition to domestic, there is also a lot of good news coming from abroad.

The third season of "Game of Thrones" and the second season of "Spartacus" have officially ended and will be released on Netflix and Hulu in the summer.

The preparation for the second season of "Shameless" is coming to an end and will officially start filming in June.

Preparatory work for "Thor: The Dark World" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has been completed by two-thirds, and is expected to be officially launched in mid-June.

"Godzilla" is halfway through preparation, and Lucasfilm has reached a friendly and win-win cooperation with Toho Co., Ltd., and the film will start shooting at the end of July.

At the same time, preparations for "Dallas Buyers Club" are all over.

Chen Fei has finished drawing the storyboards. Next, he plans to fly to Hollywood immediately after attending the premiere of "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage".

The premiere of "The Hunger Games 2" will also be held in late May, and he, the screenwriter, must be there.

In addition, the guest scene in "Fast and Furious 6" has not yet been filmed, and "Dallas Buyers Club" is also preparing to start filming...

"Busy! It's so busy!"

Chen Fei sighed, his eyes full of yearning for freedom.

Unfortunately, in the past year or two, he will not be able to find free opportunities.

"When can I retire?"

At this moment, Chen Fei suddenly yearned for the freedom of the future.

…

…

As the time reaches mid-May, the five imported blockbusters in April have gradually come to an end.

Among these movies, the remake of "Titanic 3D" is the most awesome!

One month after its release, the box office revenue was 975 million, which is less than 30 million to exceed 1 billion.

Fortunately, the film bureau did not agree to extend the key period, otherwise, the domestic films released in the future will definitely die more miserably than the last!

Chen Fei took a look and found that from the beginning of the year to now, the only movie with a domestic box office of over 1 billion is the "Avengers" directed by himself.

Next up is Titanic 3D.

As for domestic Chinese-language movies, the highest box office was "Xiu Chun Knife 2" with 300 million.

This shows how powerful imported films are!

Fortunately, there is only a limit of 34 imported films this year. If there were no restrictions at all, domestic films would definitely suffer a particularly tragic death!

As for "Everyman" and "Killing", two domestic films that created a lot of popularity in April, the box office is still so weak.

The former's total box office at the moment is 20 million, while the latter has just reached 9 million, and it can be said that it is far away from making money back.

Huang Xiaoming may have been unlucky in the past two months. Not only did the movies he released perform poorly at the box office, but even the movie he starred in was banned.

""Wuwen Xidong"?"

Looking at the movie title announced by the Film Bureau, Chen Fei had some vague memories in his mind.

This film seems to be a gift from Tsinghua University. In April, a very grand press conference was held on the Tsinghua campus, as if it wanted to set a "benchmark".

But it had just been handed over to the Film Bureau, and it was banned directly without even a chance to make corrections!

You know, the film bureau has now relaxed the scope of censorship.

Under such circumstances, the finished film can still be banned. If nothing else, there may be something wrong with the content of the film.

For a time, the male and female protagonists Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Ziyi, as well as the producer China Film and Television, became the targets of media attention and pursuit.

However, before the media could dig out anything, the news was quickly suppressed.

Han Sanping actually took action herself!

Adhering to the attitude of "eating melons", at a charity event, Chen Fei specifically asked Han Sanping for the inside story.

When he heard the words "Wuwen Xidong", the third master instantly became gloomy.

"It's also my fault. Before filming started, I only read the script and didn't go to the filming site at all, which caused a big mess. There were too many personal things mixed into this movie.

Religion, politics, values…”

The more he listened, the more frightened Chen Fei became!

"Is this horse's butt just crooked to grandma's house?"

Han Sanping smiled bitterly: "Oh, he is a returnee from overseas. He graduated from the directing department of the Graduate School of Film and Television at New York University. The script is really good, but there are too many stolen goods in it."

"Yes, I understand."

Fade Chen shrugged, not surprised.

Over the years while filming abroad, he has met many Chinese or Chinese-American directors who have come to intern on the set, and 80% of them have been brainwashed.

It's really good when used as tool men, but if they were allowed to direct it themselves, even an anti-Japanese drama would definitely go wrong!

After returning to the company, Chen Fei specifically checked the director of this movie and included his name in the list of people he could never cooperate with.

…

After a month and a half of intense publicity, Lu Yang has finally concluded the promotion of "Xiu Chun Dao 2" for the time being.

After resting for two days, he led Zhao Wenzhuo and Wang Baoqiang to set off.

The media met the crew at the airport. After interviews and photos, the news was posted online that afternoon.

"Director Lu Yang's new movie "One Man's Martial Arts" is about to start filming. The cast and production team have been confirmed, and all of them are mainland teams."

"The producer is director Chen Fei, with a strong lineup and a strong team!"

"The martial arts instructors are Chen Fei, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Wang Baoqiang. All three of them are martial arts actors and have extremely profound martial arts skills..."

As soon as these news appeared, they immediately grabbed the headlines of major entertainment pages.

For a time, the mainland film industry responded with applause!

Once upon a time, whenever Hong Kong films were made, mainland actors would almost always be paired with Hong Kong actors. At most, the female lead could be identified as a mainland actor.

But now, "One Man's Martial Arts" has come out, and the director, two leading actors, and production team are all mainland filmmakers.

As for the female lead, Bai Li, although she is a contracted artist of Yinghuang, she is still essentially a mainland actor, and her development in recent years has become more inclined to the mainland.

On the other hand, the supporting roles, supporting roles, etc. in the crew are all Hong Kong entertainment actors selected by Yinghuang.

The situation has completely reversed.

This time, even though it was a Hong Kong-style movie, actors from Hong Kong were supporting mainland actors.

Unlike the Mainland film industry, which is elated, the Hong Kong film industry is in a state of excitement.

Chen Fei even heard that several "old people" in the Hong Kong film industry were so angry that they even called Yang Shoucheng and scolded him for betraying Hong Kong Entertainment and being a "two devils".

Yang Shoucheng was not a good-tempered person. Even when he retorted, he sprayed many people so hard that they couldn't breathe on the spot.

You know, Yinghuang is not alone, there are Jiahe and Media Asia behind him to support him.

Although these three companies compete with each other, they are also the most closely involved partners because of Chen Fei.

The most powerful iron triangle in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry are connected together. Who can beat them?

Even Huaxiaxing, who has been making trouble behind the scenes, is completely helpless in the face of such a group.

On the mainland side, Chen Fei, who has completely torn his face with some people in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, will naturally not just watch.

When the Hong Kong circle shouted to boycott "One Man's Martial Arts" and Ying Huang, he directly shouted across the air:

"You don't have to be so sarcastic. If anyone is unhappy or dissatisfied, let's set up a ring and fight directly.

If you want to use force, I will accompany you. One against three? One against five? Or one against ten? You decide. If I am scared, I will take a detour when I see you from now on.

If you want to use literature, then make a movie and put it in the same schedule to see who is more awesome!

If you don't dare to use literature or martial arts, then shut up and don't let me look down on you!"