Chapter 550 Going to a Club? What Kind of Club? Speed 6 Closing the Mirror, Playing Involution? I Am a Professional!
In Chen Fei's impression, the word "private club" has always been associated with Tianshang Renjian.
Even the various private clubs he has seen in the United States, whose internal services are even more exaggerated than Tianshang Renjian!
You know, marijuana is not banned in the United States, and all kinds of drug dealers and drug users can be seen everywhere.
Therefore, he is very curious about the private club opened by Huayi!
"What are these two brothers going to do?"
Chen Fei, who was filming the crew of "Fast and Furious 6", looked at the membership card mailed from China, his face full of confusion.
On the other end of the phone, Su Guohai replied: "I went to inquire about it, and most of the people who received the membership card were the bosses, big directors, producers and top actors in the film and television industry who opened a prosperous studio.
Second-tier actors and below are not allowed to join the club. The membership fee for quasi-second-tier actors is over one million, and even first-tier actors and singers have a membership fee of up to 500,000!"
Hearing this, three words suddenly popped up in Chen Fei's mind.
"Pimp!"
On the other end of the phone, Su Guohai was stunned when he heard these three words, and then he couldn't hold it anymore: "Mr. Chen, you are... too direct."
"Heh." Chen Fei sneered: "I don't know what style those two brothers are? Using the word "pimp" is a compliment to them."
"That's true."
Su Guohai, who has served as the general manager of Feiyue Film and Television for several years, has a deep understanding of this.
"Are there many people joining the club?"
"Many." Su Guohai's tone became heavier: "A lot, even many second-tier and below actors are willing to pay a higher fee to join the club."
Places like clubs are used to discuss business.
As one of the leaders in the film and television group, Huayi has specially opened a club, which is equivalent to providing a place for the entire entertainment industry to discuss business.
And the business discussed in such a place, you don't need to think about it to know what it is!
After breaking the membership card and throwing it into the trash can next to him, Chen Fei called Huo Wenxi and talked about the Huayi Club.
"Order the artists under the company, whoever dares to go to this club, will automatically leave after the contract expires."
"Okay, Mr. Chen."
Huo Wenxi understood what he meant and quickly passed the message on.
Unlike artists from other agencies, any actor who enters Feiyinghuang Agency never needs to consider resource issues.
As long as you want, there are roles waiting for you!
The only requirement is that your acting skills must be good enough!
If you want to play the male or female lead, you must at least show acting skills that match it, otherwise why should you be allowed to play?
Huo Wenxi would emphasize at every meeting: "What our Feiyinghuang Agency lacks the least is resources. With the support of China Film, Feiyue Film and Television, and Yinghuang, we have at least a dozen crews every year, and countless roles!
What you need to consider now is to improve your acting skills, cooperate with the company to do a good job in publicity and marketing, and enhance your popularity.
When you have both acting skills and popularity, and can carry the box office, let alone Chinese-language movies, even going to Hollywood is not a problem!"
Whether it is Huayi or Chengtian, the artists under its banner will sneer at these words.
But this is Feiyinghuang Agency!
The three big bosses behind the company are Chen Fei, Han Sanping, and Yang Shoucheng.
With these three big guys, how could there be a lack of film and television resources?
Even those artists who have just joined the company will be pulled to Hollywood from time to time to participate in guest appearances and learning in blockbusters. Although most of the time they can only show their faces, these are achievements that can be written into their resumes!
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The next night, the news that Huayi President Wang Zhonglei's private club opened directly made the headlines in the entertainment industry.
According to media reports, many representatives of film and television companies, several well-known directors in the circle, many top male and female stars, etc. gathered here.
In addition, there are a large number of first-line and second-line actors, singers, and even celebrities in the literary and artistic circles.
More than 200 people registered as members of the club on that day!
The income from membership fees alone is enough to reach hundreds of millions of RMB!
But at the same time, some media also found that there seemed to be no artists from Feiyue Film and Television and Feiyinghuang Agency in the crowd today.
And this also caused that the scene that should have been bright and shining seemed to be missing something?
"Wang Baoqiang, Wang Luoxuan, Chen Hao, Wu Jing, Jiao Enjun..."
In the club box, listening to the assistant's voice, Wang Zhonglei's face became more and more gloomy.
In less than a minute, the assistant read out the names of nearly 20 first- and second-line actors in the circle, and there was no intention to stop.
"That's enough!" Wang Zhonglei said sternly, "None of the actors we invited came?"
"That's right."
The assistant's words were concise and hit Wang Zhonglei in the heart, making him furious!
"What does Chen Fei mean?"
Wang Zhongjun, who was sitting opposite, suddenly said, "Obviously, he doesn't want his artists to participate in our club."
He added, "Even he himself is the same."
Chen Fei resold all the Huayi stocks in his hands to Ma Yun, and this news could not be hidden from the two Wang brothers.
They really couldn't understand why that guy did this?
It is clear that Huayi's current market value is constantly rising, and as long as they continue to hold shares, they will definitely bring rich returns.
But at this juncture, Chen Fei did the opposite and threw away all the stocks in his hands.
This operation seems very stupid.
Wang Zhongjun was very puzzled. After all, the "commercial real estate" project led by Huayi was almost completed. By then, Huayi's market value would inevitably reach a new level.
And to throw away the stocks in your hands at this time is simply stupid!
"Forget it, since he doesn't want to, we won't force it. Missing his family will not affect our subsequent plans."
Wang Zhongjun quickly put this matter behind him, and then mentioned another matter: "How are the preparations for Feng Xiaogang's new project going?"
"It's basically confirmed." Wang Zhonglei pulled the list from his assistant and responded while tearing it up: "It's still a comedy, and the movie title has been confirmed to be "Private Customization"."
"Is he still insisting on adding Shu Qi to the team?"
"That's not true." Wang Zhonglei curled his lips: "I asked Bai Lily and Li Xiaolu to chat with him all night, and he changed his tone the next day."
"That's good. Try to use our own people. If we have good resources, we should rotate them within the company."
"I see."
"There are also tax aspects..."
"Don't worry, I've been prepared."
That night, the two brothers chatted in the box late into the night and made many plans.
At the same time, in the United States on the other side of the world, Chen Fei was filming the last scene of "Fast 6".
"Pay attention to safety, be sure to pay attention to safety, prop master, go up and check again..."
James Wan's voice kept ringing on the set.
In contrast, hundreds of staff were running back and forth, checking various equipment, actor positions, lenses and other details.
Bombing airplanes, bombing sports cars, gun battles, fights, car accidents...
I don’t know since when, the filming of the "Fast and Furious" series has become increasingly outrageous.
Wen Ziren even heard the news from the writing team that in the follow-up series of Fast and Furious, the protagonist will drive a sports car into space to compete with the enemy.
After hearing the news, he was completely confused.
He can no longer tell whether what he is filming is an urban drama crime movie or a science fiction movie?
Whose sports car can run on a rocket?
He couldn't understand it, but he was shocked!
Soon, all preparations were in place.
Wen Ziren returned to the monitor, checked again, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted the words that often linger in the ears of many actors:
"Action!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The roar of the engine and the explosion of gunpowder intertwined to create an extremely thrilling scene.
All actors performed according to the established plan and route, showing their personal charm and excellent acting skills.
Time passed minute by minute.
"Bang! Bang!"
Two gunshots suddenly rang out. In the monitor footage, Giselle chose to let go and fall off the cliff in order to save Han, giving her lover a chance to live.
There is no need to elaborate too much on how good Chen Fei's acting skills are.
In the scene where he lost his close lover, his demeanor, movements, expressions, etc. all perfectly achieved the effect Wen Ziren wanted.
As Gal Gadot fell into the cushions that had been laid in advance, the scene officially ended.
The boss was successfully defeated, and the MVP settlement screen appeared in the camera. It was all so smooth and just right.
Friendship, love, big scenes, loss, success...
It has all the elements that a Hollywood commercial blockbuster should have.
"Ok, Cut!"
After several hours of filming, Wen Ziren immediately stopped and began to review all the previously shot scenes to ensure that there were no problems.
Naturally, it was impossible to shoot such a big scene in one go, so in the following time, everyone began to cooperate to make up for the mistakes in small details.
"Props! Tear off the Mickey Mouse sticker on the door of that off-road vehicle! Do you want to receive a letter from the Disney Legal Department?"
During the third inspection, Wen Ziren discovered a very "fatal" problem that scared him into a cold sweat.
Mickey Mouse can never appear in other production companies' movies without Disney's authorization.
There is a story that says, if you are living on a desert island and want to escape successfully, drawing "SOS" on the beach will definitely not be as effective as drawing "Mickey Mouse".
"SOS" doesn't necessarily bring rescuers, but "Mickey Mouse" definitely brings Disney's legal team of lawyers.
James Wan doesn't want Universal Pictures to lose money because it will affect his director's salary.
He recorded another shot again, and after checking everything, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Ok! Great! I announce that "Fast and Furious 6" is officially closed!"
The latte art exploded and the studio burst into cheers.
Producer Alexander Dosto, who came from Universal Pictures, immediately shouted: "We have booked a hotel, let's go to the closing banquet together!"
Gal Gadot, who was "resurrected from the dead", walked to Chen Fei and invited: "Fei, come with us?"
"OK."
Fai Chen did not refuse her invitation, because tonight would be the last friendly match between the two of them.
After the crew finished filming, everyone would go their separate ways, and it was unknown when they would meet again.
At the banquet, Fei Chen even saw Donna Langley, the president of Universal Pictures.
The other party deliberately walked to his side and had a friendly exchange with him.
"Fei, I hope this will not be your last cooperation with Universal Pictures."
"Of course." Fei Chen was very polite: "If there is a chance in the future, I hope we can have a deeper cooperation."
He was very interested in the "Despicable Me" under Universal Pictures. Those little yellow people are quirky and look very cute.
When shooting "Ready Player One", maybe we can cooperate with Universal Pictures and get the little yellow people in.
Halfway through the banquet, Fei Chen left with Gal Gadot.
Tonight is destined to be another battle!
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As July is about to end, the final box office results of some films have gradually become clear.
Overseas, the North American box office of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" has exceeded 200 million US dollars and is heading for 300 million.
The competitor "The Amazing Spider-Man" is a little worse. After being released for more than half a month, the box office has barely reached 200 million US dollars.
The clamor from Sony Columbia Pictures suddenly became much quieter.
If it weren't for the good performance of the global box office market, they would have been ready to terminate "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".
You know, any movie that can launch a sequel usually has the opportunity to promote the second one only when the box office performance of the first one is very good.
Otherwise, the company will never agree to promote the second plan!
Domestically, "The Four" firmly occupies the throne of the box office market champion in July.
The performance of 315 million made Wang Changtian stand up straight.
On the other hand, "Search" also achieved a double harvest of box office and reputation.
Brother Chen Kai can't be allowed to succeed, because once he makes some achievements, he can't help but want to show off.
An interview was suddenly exposed.
In the camera, Brother Chen Kai commented on the current film market with great spirit:
"In my opinion, many domestic directors have already gone to two extremes in their films.
Either they are commercial films that pursue the ultimate visual effects, or they are self-admiring art films. The words "realistic themes" seem to have completely disappeared from the audience's field of vision.
And now, the appearance of "Search" just fills this gap..."
When Chen Fei saw this interview on the entertainment website, he rolled his eyes.
When he heard the first half of the words, he thought Brother Chen Kai was going to make some instructions or suggestions.
But he never expected that all the foreshadowing in the front was actually to highlight the excellence of his "Search".
And according to media reports, Brother Chen Kai has already taken the film to participate in the selection of the Film Directors Association, Golden Rooster, Huabiao, Huading and other awards next year.
According to his qualifications in the art circle, it is estimated that he can win another wave of awards.
At the same time, he also revealed a piece of news in the interview that he will serve as the chairman of the jury at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival next year.
As soon as the news came out, there was another round of flattery in the circle.
However, Brother Chen Kai did not feel proud for too long, because a piece of news suddenly came back from abroad.
The film "Dallas Buyers Club" directed by Chen Fei was shortlisted for the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The newly appointed president of the film festival, Alberto Barbara, praised it in front of the media:
"Fei's achievements in the field of literary and artistic dramas are not to be ignored by every director, producer, and major film festivals in the world.
I have invited him many times, and fortunately I got "Dallas Buyers Club" to come to the film festival to participate in the selection.
Among the Chinese directors I know, he is the well-deserved first and the one I admire the most. I believe he will definitely gain something in Venice this time..."
When these remarks were posted on the headlines of the domestic film and television information network, Brother Chen Kai, who was issuing press releases to increase his popularity, was immediately embarrassed.
Compared with the Venice International Film Festival, he, the chairman of the jury of the Tokyo International Film Festival, is simply not worth mentioning!
There is absolutely no comparison between the two sides.
For a while, Brother Chen Kai directly withdrew all the press releases and was completely silent.
Many people laughed at him on Weibo, saying: "Isn't it just that he got the qualification of the jury chairman of a small film festival? What is there to be proud of?"
But soon, all these remarks were deleted by the proud Brother Chen Kai...
At the same time, Harvey, who was in Weinstein Pictures, was also confused.
Looking at the list of nominees announced by the Venice Film Festival, his face quickly darkened.
You know, the feature film "The Master" produced by Weinstein Pictures was also shortlisted for this year's Venice International Film Festival.
Harvey was originally full of confidence and thought that he would definitely gain something at this year's Venice Film Festival.
But when he saw the name "Dallas Buyers Club", his face instantly sank.
His mortal enemy not only bullied "Argo" but also "The Master". How could he bear it?
Without thinking too much, he called the finance department: "Add $3 million in PR fees to "The Master" and hire two PR teams for me. I want to make sure this movie can win an award!"
"Understood."
The finance department nodded without hesitation and quickly wrote a check.
Harvey felt a pain in his heart!
He is good at winning awards for the company's films, but he is not good at investing in commercial films.
So, he has to confirm each expense several times before he gives the order to the finance department to write a check.
Unlike the stinginess of Weinstein Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures has never been stingy in winning awards.
Natasha directly wrote a check for $10 million and sent two professional teams to Venice first, hired several PR teams there, and began to prepare for winning awards.
Harvey didn't know that he had actually fallen behind from the beginning.
His advantage in winning awards has gradually declined, because when it comes to "industry involution", no one can win over Chen Fei, who is a Chinese!
Because he has the involutionary attribute in his bones.
Capital investment, marketing investment, public relations investment...
Wall Street Pictures does not need to do well, nor does it need to be the top of the industry, it only needs to do better than Weinstein Pictures.
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