Chapter 563 562: Investing in "Siping Youth"? Box Office Poison and Resource-Rich, the Cast of "The Martian"!

Perhaps even Tangren did not expect that a movie with a box office of more than 9 million on the first day would plummet to 2 million on the second day!

A large number of negative reviews spread online, directly overwhelming Tangren's official website!

This also proves that the previous good reviews, if nothing unexpected happens, should have been faked.

"It seems that Tangren was the first to lead the trend of fake reviews by water army, right?"

When Chen Fei asked this question, his eyes naturally fell on Liu Yifei.

If he remembered correctly, when "Legend of Sword and Fairy 1" was promoted, there were many water army figures on the Internet.

"Yes, yes." Liu Yifei nodded and replied casually: "At the beginning, I refused to sign a contract with Tangren and Huayi, and suffered a lot of criticism and abuse from the water army."

This wave can be regarded as a real version of 30 years in the east, 30 years in the west.

Tangren was so glorious at the beginning, but now it is extremely difficult to just want to cultivate the company's top sister!

The dragging and stepping between actresses is much crazier than that of actors!

Many people thought that "Sad Fairy Tale" would be a big hit at the box office, but they never expected that the situation would take a sharp turn for the worse in the end.

Stepping on a drowning dog and pushing down a wall when it falls is the norm in the competition in the circle.

Chen Fei soon discovered that when the box office data of "Sad Fairy Tale" on the second day was released, many mocking voices appeared on the Internet.

"Hey? What's wrong? Didn't she claim to have a huge fan base before? Why is her box office appeal so low?"

"The box office on the first day was so low, it was destined to be a box office poison. Which movie crew would dare to use her in the future?"

"The first movie she starred in was so bad, and even after winning the Golden Eagle Goddess, her popularity has not been converted at all!"

"Tsk tsk, she is destined to be a TV star, forget about movies."

"Now it's good, I can't get it in the future, and whether I can continue to play the leading role in the movie is another matter."

All these voices came from the circle, and the main point was a heartbreak!

Looking around, most of the people who spoke out were second-tier actresses. Their purpose was simple: to hold back Liu Shishi and prevent her from climbing to a higher position and occupying more resources.

There were even a lot of rumors on the crew of "Detective Dee", and it was fortunate that the contract was signed earlier, otherwise it would be another matter whether Liu Shishi could play the second female role.

Chen Fei roughly estimated that Guangguang had suffered a huge loss.

The profits earned from "The Four" were estimated to have been lost on "The Palace of the Golden Bird" and "Sad Fairy Tale".

If nothing unexpected happens, Wang Changtian will be more cautious in his subsequent film investments!

Similarly, the contractual relationship that had just been established between Tangren and Guangguang is estimated to have come to an end.

"Mr. Cai, the film distribution department of Guangguang sent us an email, saying that all the publicity for "Sad Fairy Tale" has ended, and all subsequent programs have been suspended..."

Hearing the news from the assistant, Cai Yinong looked very ugly.

As an insider, she knew very well that this would be the last cooperation between Tangren and Guangguang.

Fortunately, the film "Detective Dee" was signed in advance, otherwise Liu Shishi could have rolled back in disgrace now.

"Huh!"

She let out a long breath and encouraged herself silently in her heart: "There is still a chance, there will be a chance. If this "Detective Dee" can be a big success, Shishi's acting skills will definitely be recognized again..."

After adjusting her mentality, she looked up at the assistant: "Continue to find water army to suppress the negative information about Shishi on the Internet. I don't want to see the four words "box office poison", understand?"

"I understand." The assistant responded and left quickly.

After working with Cai Yinong for so long, the assistant is also very familiar with this set of procedures.

The actor does not respond, refuses media interviews, tries to keep a low profile, and then finds a first-line actress in the circle to hype it up...

After going through this set of procedures, the online criticism will naturally be reduced a lot.

As for the subsequent impact, it can only be left to time.

At this moment, Yang Mi's "bees" are biting very tightly, and it is difficult to eliminate the impact in a short time.

After all, when "Da Wu Dang" flopped, Tangren put in a lot of "effort", and now it can be said that it has suffered a strong backlash!

…

At the same time, when many netizens were criticizing "Sad Fairy Tale", Tangren, and Liu Shishi, many people focused their attention on two other movies.

"White Deer Plain" and "New Mom Love Me Again".

The former is known as a "masterpiece adaptation", and the latter is a well-known "resource-rich" female lead, and the attention they have received is almost the same level.

Discussions about Jing Tian have also been very popular on the Internet recently.

"Special Identity", "New Mom Love Me Again", "Pacific Rim", and "Time and Space Rescue".

There are 4 movies that have been filmed and are waiting to be released!

Currently filming is "The Man from Macau".

Two days ago, it was officially announced that she would partner with Chen Long to film "Police Story 2013".

Looking around, every movie is the heroine, and there has never been a second female role!

Even in that co-production, although the ranking is the third, she is the first female lead and the female role with the most scenes.

It would be a lie to say that I am not envious.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jing Tian's resource supply is second only to Liu Yifei.

Even if it was Si Dan Shuang Bing Yi Shu Yi Tang, it was still far behind her!

The nickname "Resource Girl" has long been spread in the industry. Even though other actresses are very envious, they are helpless.

As the "first sister" of Starlight + Wanda, Jing Tian's background is really deep and scary, and no one dares to touch her.

Under such a premise, publicity and distribution resources will naturally not be much worse.

Currently, "New Mom Love Me Again" is firmly occupying the top three in Weibo's hot search list.

Many people in the industry are waiting for the box office results of this movie, and many people are secretly praying that it would be best to repeat the mistakes of "Warring States".

Many actresses have very perverted ideas in their minds. Since I can't climb up, I'll drag you down and let's all struggle in the mud together!

Of course, this group of people definitely does not include top actresses such as Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun.

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"Isn't this script pretty good?! It's perfect for winning awards!"

In the courtyard, Zhou Xun and Liu Yifei were gathering together, discussing passionately over a script placed on the table.

Chen Fei was lying on the rocking chair, shaking the cattail leaf fan in his hand, and responded: "The 'anti-trafficking theme' is originally used to win prizes. You can bring the Sixth Princess in. They like this kind of theme the most."

Hearing this, the two of them nodded in unison, fully agreeing with this sentence.

Chen Fei first looked at Liu Yifei and asked, "How are you doing? Do you have any idea of ​​continuing to be a producer?"

After saying that, without waiting for a reply, he looked at Zhou Xun again: "You will be the heroine, and by the way, you will guide her and improve her acting skills.

How about I leave this book to you two and I'll help you invest? "

Hearing this, Zhou Xun's eyes lit up!

"Can my studio participate in investment?" She then quickly added: "As long as I participate in investment, I don't need to get paid."

Chen Fei thought for a while, but did not refuse: "I can give you 20% at most."

"No problem!" Zhou Xun agreed without hesitation.

Chen Fei's scripts, even if they are about literary and realistic themes, are well-known in the industry as box office harvesters. Even if it is only 20%, the income will definitely be much higher than her salary alone!

"Am I a producer?" Liu Yifei couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

She was just playing with tickets before, and she never expected that the box office of "Your Name" would exceed one billion!

This also led to her being directly promoted from an actress to a well-known female producer in the industry.

If she agrees to continue preparing for "Dear", then her identity as a producer will be officially established.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Yifei did not refuse, but said with some entanglement: "But I have already promised Guo Fan to play the female lead in "The Martian", so I don't have time."

Chen Fei said casually: "There is no conflict between the two. I can wait until the filming of the scene over there is finished and then come back to prepare. There is no rush."

"Hey! This works!"

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up and she had already made up her mind.

She feels that being a producer is much more interesting than acting. Not only can she learn a lot of new knowledge, but she can also deepen her understanding of acting. It’s simply awesome!

Zhou Xun on the side was listening to the conversation between the two, his head filled with questions.

Good guy?

So careless?

She was about to say something, but then she thought about it and chose to shut up.

Maybe I have become a part of their play, so let's just leave it at that.

"Sissi, you just said you would play the female lead in "The Martian". Which male lead? Are you ready now?"

Liu Yifei said nothing, silently turning her head to look at Chen Fei, her meaning could not be more obvious.

Chen Fei shrugged: "There is no way. This movie has to be distributed globally, and when it comes to international popularity, no one else except me can afford the box office. I am the only one who gets it."

As he spoke, he also looked at the vegetable garden on the side.

There were a lot of potatoes placed there, which he used for practice. The purpose was to be able to skillfully complete the entire potato planting process in subsequent shootings.

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It’s halfway through September and October is coming, which also means that the co-production film "Pacific Rim" completed by a Chinese and foreign cooperation will finally be released in mainland theaters.

Jing Tian specially took a leave of absence from the crew of "Macau" and cooperated with Wu Jing to promote the movie in the Mainland.

On the morning of the 16th, on the way to attend a variety show, Jing Tian saw the first-day box office results of "New Mom Love Me Again".

1.96 million yuan.

When she saw this data, she was completely confused!

Even if the previous promotion was not very strong, with "Pacific Rim" continuing to draw traffic, it shouldn't be so miserable!

She quickly logged into Douban and focused on the movie reviews below the movie.

Looking around, the word "bad movie" appears one after another. On average, there is only one out of every twenty movie reviews that praises her.

Obviously, this film will be completely lost to grandma’s house!

At this moment, she suddenly thought of the tragic situation after the box office failure of "Warring States", and beads of sweat instantly appeared on her forehead.

Just when she didn't know what to do, Lu Zheng's call came in: "Tiantian, the theater will completely withdraw "New Mother Love Me Again" this afternoon.

You just need to remember one thing, you don't have to answer any questions you ask about this movie.

The most important thing now is "Pacific Rim". There must be no mistakes in this film, do you understand? "

"good……"

Jing Tian responded softly, with a complicated expression on his face.

Obviously, the movie she starred in is not even cannon fodder now.

Even in order not to affect the co-production, the movie has just been released for two days and will be completely withdrawn.

"Sacrifice the troops and save the commander-in-chief", this is the result that several investors came up with in less than five minutes.

Even if the investment involves losing money, Starlight still has to endure it.

However, Lu Zheng is actually quite lucky, thanks to the movie "Pacific Rim", otherwise Jing Tian will definitely make the same mistake as Liu Shishi this time and suffer ridicule and abuse from the entire Internet!

But now, China Film Group has personally said hello, and no one dares to touch this bad luck!

Jing Tian successfully escaped.

But "White Deer Plain" was not so lucky.

The original script is known as a "milestone of Chinese literature" and was awarded the Contradictory Literature Award. The director won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival...

With so many buffs, many people are looking forward to this movie.

It's a pity that as great as the hope is, there is also great disappointment!

The finished film was cut from 220 minutes to 156 minutes, which is not even the 188 minutes that was screened at the Berlin Film Festival at the beginning of the year. It has completely lost the historical weight and charm of the original work.

For a movie with an investment of 130 million, the box office on the first day was only 10.27 million!

Due to the withdrawal of "New Mom Love Me Again", the box office of "White Deer Plain" fell sharply the next day, rising to 13.03 million.

But on the third day, the new box office plummeted to 7.37 million!

Along with the box office decline, there were also large-scale negative reviews.

"The original novel is very exciting, but the adapted script and director are mediocre. I wonder if the more than four-hour uncut version would be better?"

"In the end, Bai Xiaowen fought back and shot Hei Wa to death, but it was deleted. Such a dramatic scene was deleted. What was originally a good-looking movie was reduced to nothing. I was really convinced!"

"With a prose-style plot and inconsistent editing, do directors now like stream of consciousness? There is a three-minute wheat field at the beginning. Do you want to hypnotize or brainwash it?"

"Pfft..."White Deer Plain" has been made into "The Legend of Tian Xiao'e", right? Is this to praise the director's wife? Others just let it go?"

"The erotic scene is good. He has such a good figure. I'm looking forward to the day I log in to Youku. I can't wait to see the edited content."

"Youku is really good. The quality of the content is getting higher and higher. I suggest the filmmakers put the uncut version on Youku."

Perhaps because he saw too many bad reviews online, Wang Quan'an came out to explain.

"If the movie playing time is too long, it will not be conducive to the viewing experience. Now these 156 minutes are the most condensed essence, which can best reflect the excitement of the story..."

Xiying even found many film critics to express support, but the words they said made people feel quite alienated.

"The connotation of a movie needs to be savored carefully. The superficial story may seem a bit vague at first glance, but if you can truly taste the core of it, I believe you will definitely fall in love with this movie..."

Chen Fei also saw the defense of the film studio and film critics, but he only had one thought in his heart.

"If it looks good, it looks good. If it doesn't look good, it doesn't look good. What's the core? Even the surface is ugly. Who would be willing to peel off the surface and look at the core?"

Watching a movie is not like going to bed, even if you turn off the lights!

…

"Director Chen, do you think we need to purchase the broadcast rights for this movie?"

When Chen Fei took time to inspect Youku, Gu Yongqiang suddenly asked him about the copyright purchase of "White Deer Plain".

"Buy it. As long as the price is not too outrageous, you can buy it to replenish your film library. At the same time, you can train some bloggers who like editing and let them create secondary works. You won't be compensated."

"Okay, I understand."

Gu Yongqiang nodded, thoughtfully.

Chen Fei was scrolling through the review database of Youku's backend and ordered: "In addition to the original and purchased film and television copyrights, you can also set up an investment department to try to invest some money for some film and television enthusiasts to help them achieve my dreams."

As he spoke, Chen Fei pointed to a homemade movie on the screen: "Movies such as "Siping Youth" may seem a bit shoddy, but their content is the current audience's favorite.

You can sign an exclusive contract with them, bundle the "Siping Youth" series on the Youku platform, invest in them, and let them continue to make the second or even third part.

What we want to do is let a hundred flowers bloom! Self-made online dramas, self-made movies, and self-made variety shows can all be expanded boldly.

Tencent Video, iQiyi, Sohu, they all suppressed them! "

Gu Yongqiang was so excited by his words that he immediately responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I have written down everything you just said. I will investigate and try it!"

Afterwards, Chen Fei left Youku after chatting with Gu Yongqiang for an afternoon about Youku's current development direction and App development.

On the way, he received another call from Los Angeles.

"Boss, I have received a lawyer's letter from Harvey."

"Haha! Okay!" Chen Fei couldn't help but be happy: "No matter how much money is spent, we must form the best team of lawyers for me and drag this lawsuit on for two or three years. We must make it more popular!"

"Okay."

The lawyer suppressed his laughter. After hanging up the phone, he immediately dialed the number of the media he was familiar with and prepared to hold a press conference.

The second phase of the "Opening Incident" officially sets sail!

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After a full month of release, "Your Name" is finally about to be released.

There is only the last week left, and the box office is currently set at 1.103 billion.

In order to exceed 1.2 billion in the next time, and even surpass "Heart Blossoms", Chen Fei and Liu Yifei launched a week-long promotional activity.

The interview with the Sixth Princess is essential.

After briefly telling interesting things about the filming, the inside story of post-production, and the interactions between the actors, the interview came to an end.

However, the Sixth Princess obviously didn't want to let Chen Fei go so easily, and even made a complete mess in the last ten minutes!

"Director Chen, there is a popular saying in the film industry these days: 'Movies longer than three hours are not conducive to film schedules and box office growth, and it is easy for the audience to become distracted.' What do you think of this?"

Chen Fei was slightly startled, and after thinking for a while, he replied:

"I would like to make a digression here. The science fiction movie "Interstellar" directed by me will be released in North America on December 7.

Although the specific release time in the mainland has not yet been determined, I can reveal in advance that the screening time of this movie is 169 minutes.

Coupled with some ticket advertisements, the film screening time has exceeded three hours. I hope everyone will remember to bring pillows and quilts so that you can take a nap if you are tired. "

Sixth Princess: "???"

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Once this interview was broadcast, it immediately triggered a new round of heated discussions among practitioners in the film and television industry and netizens.

Is the 3-hour screening time long or short?

After analysis, many experts concluded that the film's screening time is too long, which greatly affects the viewing experience.

But netizens gave unanimous opinions:

"As long as the movie is of good quality, let alone three hours, we will watch it even if it is five hours!"

The results are clear.

The finely edited version of "White Deer Plain" is really sexy!

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Something interesting happened.

Three films, "One Man's Martial Arts", "Wolf Warriors", and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" were sent for review at the same time, and they were successfully reviewed at the same time.

When the film bureau announced the censorship of the three films, it immediately aroused heated discussion in the industry.

"This is about to raise the butcher's knife to kill again!"

"I feel sorry for the movie that was released at the same time, and I have three minutes of silence for you."

"Feiyue Film and Television is really awesome. If we choose to go public, I can't even imagine how high the stock price will rise to."

At the same time, when many people were amazed by the release of these three movies, the official website of Feiyue Film and Television announced two more pieces of news.

"The latest animated film "Big Fish and Begonia" started by Feiyue Film and Television Animation Department will be officially launched on October 1."

"The casting for "The Martian" has ended and production will start on October 5th."

Along with the emergence of these two pieces of news, there is also a cast announcement list for "The Martian".

There are many names of stars in this table, but the most noteworthy ones are the leading actors and actresses!

Male protagonist: Chen Fei.

Heroine: Liu Yifei.

When the cast was announced, there was an uproar in the industry, and the hot search list on Weibo was dominated by it!

"What the fuck?! I seem to have seen the first domestic movie with a box office of over 2 billion!"

"A sequel to Gravity?"

"Hey, be good, Director Chen was just playing in space last time, but this time he's going to fly to Mars, right?"

"My favorite couple! Three pairs! Haha! Great!"

"Good guy, who can stand this?"

There was a lot of discussion on the Internet, and the actresses in the industry were so envious that their eyes turned red with envy!

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"Mimi, no wonder we lost. It turns out that this role has already been confirmed."

There was a trace of self-mockery on Zeng Jia's face, inexplicably feeling that she was simply too naive.

No wonder the company rejected her without hesitation. In front of Liu Yifei, the current Yang Mi was simply not good enough.

"Don't worry about it, we just do our best."

Yang Mi acted quite calmly, as if she was not affected at all, and her eyes were focused on the script of "Tiny Times" in her hand.

But if you observe carefully, you can still see the deep unwillingness in her eyes!

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