Chapter 569: Paraquat in the Industry! Going to Space, the Moon, and Mars for Real-Life Filming? Rubbish Movie! Give Me a Refund!
Money can solve almost 99% of the troubles in life.
Just like the case of Mr. Pan and Miss Dong, when Huo Wenxi contacted Zhuo Wei and paid a certain price, the other party helped without hesitation.
"In addition to being good at breaking news, Fengxing also has business related to private detectives. That woman is not clean, and it is easy to find her handle."
"Has the payment from Zhuo Wei been settled?"
"Well, I paid the balance on the day the video was exposed."
"That's good."
Chen Fei breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was not afraid of paparazzi, he did not want to be too deeply involved with them.
The key is that it is too troublesome!
If you encounter some dirty hands and feet, you are likely to be entangled and it is difficult to get away.
When she was about to hang up the phone, Huo Wenxi asked again: "After the incident is resolved, how should Pan Yueming be arranged in the future?"
"Let him cool down for a while, and arrange a psychologist for him to adjust his emotions first. If there is a suitable role later, I will contact you."
"Okay."
Huo Wenxi responded and hung up the phone.
The truth will eventually come out, and lies will never come true.
If there is no Feiyinghuang agency, Pan Yueming may suffer a long period of abuse and public pressure, but he will never completely lose his whole life!
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Ma Yun can be regarded as a kind of actionist, at least with high execution ability.
With the end of the summit not long ago, Alibaba began to gradually enter the film and television industry, spending money everywhere and investing in film and television works.
At the same time, Chen Fei also received a call from Gu Yongqiang.
"You mean, Alibaba wants to buy shares of Youku? Is it contacting several shareholders including you?"
"Yes."
Hearing the affirmative reply from the other end of the phone, Chen Fei frowned.
"This damn industry paraquat!" He couldn't help but complain out loud, and added: "According to the supplementary agreement, all shareholders must get my consent before they want to sell their stocks, and I also have the right to buy back.
Now, I have only one requirement, no one can sell their stocks to Alibaba.
If you really need money, you can come to me, my offer is always 10% higher than Alibaba!"
"Okay, Mr. Chen."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei couldn't help but complain again.
Compared to the Tencent faction, the Alibaba faction is completely a chicken!
No matter which company, once it is taken away by Alibaba, the final result is only one, that is, it will be completely sucked dry by Alibaba.
No need to guess, once Youku is taken away by Alibaba, the final result must be that it will be quickly surpassed by other peers, and even evolve to the point where it has no competitiveness in the end!
How could Chen Fei let the industry paraquat take away the resources that he finally got.
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After returning to the studio, the filming of "The Martian" became much more comfortable.
At this time, in the crew, surrounded by green screens, Chen Fei was wearing a space suit and setting up various electronic equipment.
The filming would occasionally be stopped, and experts sent by the Aerospace Science and Technology Group would enter the set during the filming to give him some instructions on the use of electronic equipment.
Although the movie tends to be hard science fiction, it cannot withstand any scrutiny like planting potatoes, but the audience must look like it.
There was still only Chen Fei in the filming today, so as long as his condition was good enough, the filming would go smoothly.
Soon, when a scene of a space capsule being blown up was finished, the crew had a break.
Guo Fan called Chen Fei from behind the monitor, and invited the aerospace expert over to talk about the filming of the next programming and liaison scene.
After talking for more than ten minutes, a charter was roughly set.
At this time, Chen Fei couldn't help but be curious, looked at the expert, and asked: "When can our country's Mars landing plan be realized?"
The expert shook his head: "In the past 20 years, we may only send probes up. If we want people to go up, it is not possible in a short time. Our main goal now is still the moon..."
"Because the moon is closer?"
"Yes, there is indeed a reason in this regard."
"Is there anything I can help you with?" Chen Fei's eyes showed a trace of longing: "If possible, I really hope to go to space to shoot in the future. The moon and Mars can all become my filming locations."
The expert smiled: "It's a good idea. I believe we will realize it one day, but this is not something that can be done with money. We need technological innovation..."
After chatting for half an hour, Chen Fei re-entered the set with expectations.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered his investment in Tesla and Musk's aerospace technology. Perhaps this will be an opportunity.
Technological innovation? This thing is simple!
When the time comes, ask Musk for some drawings or equations, no matter whether they are useful or not, just find a chance to sneak them back first.
He doesn't know much about "space technology", but he has money!
He throws money into it, and he doesn't believe that he can't promote technological innovation and development.
He has successfully promoted domestic special effects and animation production. Although aerospace technology is more complicated, as long as there is investment, I believe there will be gains!
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It's almost November, and looking around, the later period is almost a melee of domestic films.
During the Lunar New Year period, in order to protect domestic films, the number of imported films began to drop sharply.
At present, the most noteworthy one is "Life of Pi", followed by "The Hunger Games 2".
The former is in the hottest period, while the latter is slightly inferior and is scheduled in November.
Huayi was very dissatisfied that "The Hunger Games 2" and "Tai Chi 2" were scheduled in the same period.
But no matter how dissatisfied they were, they could do nothing about it.
After all, everyone had come this way, and Huayi was no exception.
Perhaps because he was not very confident in "Tai Chi 2", Wang Zhonglei began to give more publicity resources to the movie "1942".
On this day, Feng Xiaogang's Weibo was suddenly spread, forwarded, and praised by many media.
Because this famous advertising master in the industry solemnly announced to the public: "The "1942" I shot this time will be launched with zero advertising placement..."
As soon as this news appeared, there was a heated discussion inside and outside the circle.
You know, even the "Earthquake" that got 690 million box office at the time had a lot of advertisements in it.
And this "1942", which is also a disaster film, actually had a notice of zero advertising placement, which is very surprising.
"Maybe it's really for the dream (conscience)."
Chen Fei looked at the news with emotion.
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October seemed to pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye, time came to the end of the month.
The media is always one step ahead of others, and the box office report for October was released as soon as possible.
"Pacific Rim" has officially been released. According to the statistics of the theater chain, the domestic box office has reached 1.42 billion yuan, the North American box office is 150 million, and the global box office is 445 million US dollars. It is temporarily ranked No. 2 in the 2012 Chinese film box office list..."
"Among all the co-productions in history, Pacific Rim has the highest box office performance and reputation!"
"We Chinese can also use our own mecha to save the world!"
"This is the best gift for all boys. Thank you Director Chen and thank you Chinese Science Fiction!"
"Looking forward to the moment when The Martian is released in theaters..."
Han Sanping, who likes to show off, is already preparing for the celebration banquet, but Chen Fei is not sure if he can make it, after all, the shooting here is too tight.
In a few days, he will have to fly to Hong Kong to attend Huo Qigang's wedding, which will delay him for several days.
He can only go with the flow. If he is free, he will go. If he is not free, Su Guohai will go on his behalf.
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Yang Ying's "bikini" slogan obviously did not work.
On November 2, Maoyan announced the first-day box office results of "Tai Chi 2".
Even if the 6 hours of the midnight show are included, the box office is only 9.93 million, which still cannot break the 10 million mark.
The comments of netizens are still so dazzling, heartbreaking, and hurtful!
"The director is Feng Delun, and the film is full of big-name stars, but it is just as the saying goes: "Big stars gather, and there will be bad movies"! What's bad about it? Newcomers are used as the leading actors, but their acting skills are terrible. The female lead looks like a paralyzed face, which makes people feel extremely embarrassed..."
"After watching the first part, I don't want to watch the second part! The female lead is beautiful, that's for sure, but the male lead is too ugly! At least they should get someone who is not ugly! The hidden rules are too obvious!"
"It's obviously very The plot line is clear, but it becomes messy because of the editing. The rhythm is a big criticism. It wants to create a relaxed and humorous tone, but the result is to sacrifice the smoothness of viewing. It is exhausting. The most regrettable thing is that the elements such as comic storyboards, large subtitles, and nonsensical annotations that made me happy in the previous work have suddenly decreased, so there is really nothing to watch. It is better to save some money and watch "Ghost Blowing Light". "
Although there are some good reviews mixed in the full screen of bad reviews, it is a pity that these good reviews seem so weak!
Wang Zhonglei seems to want to fight for it, and led a group of main creative members to a very "sincere" publicity in front of the media.
"Unlike the previous one, "Tai Chi 2" is a pure IMAX3D blockbuster. It is not inferior to "Pacific Rim" only in terms of special effects."
"The picture quality is excellent, highly recommended!"
"I can give fans a benefit. If the total box office can exceed 200 million, I can also post bikini photos..."
After some "deception", the box office did rise a little.
But soon, this wave of publicity was exchanged for another wave of more intense abuse and ridicule!
"Rubbish movie, compensate me for the ticket! Refund!"
"Fuck, I thought there was some visual spectacle, and I went to the giant screen theater on purpose, so I just pooped like this, right?"
"Damn, the plot is so awkward, you are so good at fighting, then go ahead, why turn around and beg the Qing Dynasty to punish the Western powers? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse, kneeling and licking everywhere? Where is the chivalrous righteousness and demeanor? It's all gone to the stinking ditch?"
With a lot of abuse, the final result is bound to be a box office crash!
After the first day box office of 9.93 million, the first week box office was only a pitiful 45.32 million.
Compared with the investment of more than 200 million, this movie has no profit point at all in terms of box office performance.
On the other hand, although the screening schedule of "The Hunger Games 2" was shortened a lot, the box office on the first day still got 17.03 million, and the box office in the first week was as high as 100 million!
There is absolutely no comparison between the two.
That is, "Tai Chi 2" is a domestic film and enjoys high screening treatment.
If the two movies are put together and enjoy the same treatment, the former will only die more miserably!
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Huayi seems to have expected it.
After seeing that the box office was completely hopeless, it immediately stopped all promotional activities for "Tai Chi 2" and put all its energy into "1942".
Feng Dapao suddenly stood up!
While Chen Fei was busy filming "The Martian", he could often hear this person talking nonsense.
In his mouth, it seemed that all the movies in the entire Lunar New Year file were his younger brothers, and they had no impact on his movies at all, and would only serve as a foil.
In this regard, Chen Fei only wanted to give him four words.
"What a fool's dream!"
Let's not talk about other things, "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient City of Jingjue" alone is an opponent that he can't avoid no matter what.
In order to expand the distribution scale as much as possible and radiate the national population, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" has been confirmed to be jointly distributed by Feiyue Film and Television, China Film, and Shanghai Film.
In terms of domestic distribution, it has basically reached the extreme!
A total of nearly 40 theaters are counting on this movie to have a good year, so naturally they have to do their best.
Han Sanping even took the opportunity of holding a celebration banquet for "Pacific Rim" to call all the bosses of major theaters to hold a meeting to ensure that the scheduling is not affected.
In addition to overseas distribution, Chen Fei also made great efforts in overseas distribution.
In addition to subtitles from various countries, the film also spent a lot of money to produce an English dubbing version to ensure that the dialogue of the characters in the film will not affect the development of the plot.
At the same time, the North American release date is consistent with that in China, both on December 1st, to ensure that audiences around the world can see the finished film at the same time.
Chen Fei doesn't pay much attention to the overseas box office performance of this movie, but he pays special attention to the quality and reputation of the movie.
Because this is related to the subsequent Oscar Best Foreign Language Film competition, and it also determines whether the subsequent series of Ghost Blows Out the Light movies can continue to advance.
Perhaps other production companies attach great importance to "1942", but Chen Fei is different.
In this year's Chinese-language film Lunar New Year period, his only target is "Life of Pi", and other domestic films are not on his list of concerns at all.
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After nearly a month of fermentation, quarrels, slander, and reversals, the incident between Mr. Pan and Miss Dong finally came to an end.
The court gave an expedited verdict, and the official investigation also gave a conclusion.
"The woman's agent fabricated facts, openly slandered and insulted, incited public opinion, and caused online violence. The man has not committed domestic violence, alcoholism, cheating, gambling, etc..."
The truth is completely revealed, and the woman's disguised image is completely reversed!
Some media broke out an interview, in which the words said by the man made countless netizens silently give thumbs up and praise Mr. Pan!
"I have been tolerant just to take care of the children."
Whether this sentence is true or not, let's not talk about it, but the character has been established.
It doesn't matter who the child chooses to be with in the end. The most important thing is that Mr. Pan's reputation, which was about to collapse, has finally been saved.
Unfortunately, no matter who is right or wrong in the incident, the final outcome is that both of their careers have suffered a major blow.
During this period, Chen Fei saw that many endorsements and commercial activities that originally belonged to Mr. Pan were snatched away and divided by others in the middle.
This is inevitable.
Even if a small fish dies, it will feed a lot of plankton.
But these are not important. As long as the reputation can be restored, even if it is to start all over again, everything will return again in a short time.
What surprised Chen Fei was that after solving his own troubles, Pan Yueming did not rush to recover the losses, but rushed to the crew of "The Martian" as soon as possible.
"Director Chen, I can't repay you for your kindness! If you need anything in the future, just tell me and I'll be there at your beck and call."
This sentence is quite chivalrous.
Chen Fei has always felt that when a man's bedmate wants to mess with him, but has no real evidence and can only make up rumors and slander, this man's character must be trustworthy!
And today, Pan Yueming's behavior of traveling thousands of miles just for a word of thanks just happened to confirm this point.
He reached out and patted the man in front of him, who was almost equivalent to signing a contract to sell himself with the company, and comforted him: "Go back and have a good rest for a while, deal with your personal and family problems, and I will arrange a suitable role for you.
Believe me, with the help of Feiyinghuang Agency, it is not difficult to make a comeback."
"Okay, I understand."
At this moment, Pan Yueming was not only moved, but also full of gratitude.
Thanks to him for choosing the right path, otherwise he would most likely be greeted by an abyss!
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After seeing off Pan Yueming, Chen Fei continued to be busy filming his own scenes in "The Martian".
Until November 9, he went to Guo Fan to ask for leave, and then took a private plane with Liu Yifei and headed straight to Hong Kong.
Huo Qigang's wedding will start in two days. If he dares to be absent, he will definitely be cricketed to death!
In the next few days, "The Martian" will focus on filming the scenes of supporting roles, and it will not have much impact if he, the protagonist, takes a few days off.
On the plane, Liu Yifei took out a box from her bag and opened it to take a look.
Inside was a string of exquisitely crafted jewelry, and the pigeon eggs shining with various colors have proved that it is worth a lot.
After checking, she closed the gift box, turned her head and looked to the side, curiously asked: "Chen Fei, what gift did you prepare?"
Chen Fei crossed his legs, swaying leisurely, and said: "Let me keep it a secret for now, you will know when the time comes, it is definitely a super gift!"
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