Chapter 597: Your Lips Are Swollen From Kissing? Who Is Suing Me? That's 80 Million! Even Star Master Has to Stand Aside

"So, you weren't actually shot, you were just acting?"

In the ward, after listening to Chen Fei tell the whole story, Liu Yifei scratched her head subconsciously, feeling a little confused in her thinking.

Acting in reality?

Why does it sound weird?

Chen Fei nodded: "Yes, I have moved too fast in the past few years, and I may have left many hidden dangers inadvertently. I can take advantage of this opportunity to find potential crises and deal with them all directly."

As he said that, he took an apple out of the fruit basket on the side and handed it forward: "You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Eat an apple first, and I'll have someone bring you a breakfast." "

"If I don't eat the apple, my mouth hurts. Just give me some porridge."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes, her tone full of resentment.

Looking at her obviously swollen lips, Chen Fei smiled awkwardly. The kiss he just kissed was a bit too much, and he suddenly lost control.

"You should rest for a while first. If you are sleepy, you can go to bed and take a nap. I will contact the assistant."

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy." Liu Yifei shook her head, touched her bulging lips, and added: "By the way, I'll give you an ice pack to reduce the swelling."

At this moment, an awkward yet somewhat sweet atmosphere began to permeate the ward.

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While Liu Yifei was eating, Chen Fei turned on the computer and checked various recent domestic and foreign news.

At this time, in addition to the news that he was shot, there were also many related hot news in the film and television industry on the Internet.

On the mainland, films such as "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons", "Love in Seattle", and "The 101st Proposal" were all released in February and achieved good results.

As it approaches its release, the total box office of "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" has now exceeded 1 billion, becoming the first movie invested by Huayi to achieve a box office of over 1 billion.

However, the two Wang brothers' application for postponement of the film's release was rejected.

The reason given above is that within the same schedule, only one movie can have the opportunity to get the extension key.

Huayi's application documents were sent too late, and the extension qualification has been assigned to "Love in Seattle".

It is worth mentioning that the investors of the latter are China Film and Feiyue Film and Television.

When he saw this news, Chen Fei had already imagined the scene of the two Wang brothers scolding their mother. Just thinking about it, he thought it must be very interesting.

Comparing with Han Sanping?

Their winning rate is not even more than 10%!

In the current period, the relationship between China Film and Television and Huayi can be easily summarized with a very classic statement:

"Who in the hall is suing me?"

At this time, inside Huayi Company.

Seeing that the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" successfully exceeded 1 billion, and the daily new box office remained at more than 6 million, Wang Zhongjun's heart seemed to be bleeding.

Under the current circumstances, if we can get an extension, it will at least bring Huayi an income of no less than 50 million yuan.

However, facing the behemoth China Film Group, Wang Zhongjun had no solution other than sighing.

He can't go to the bureau to file a complaint, right?

It is possible that as soon as the report letter was sent, he turned around and entered Han Sanping's office.

"Oh, forget it, that's it. We still have offline markets to explore, so let's find a way to make money from this."

Wang Zhongjun sighed, feeling unwilling but helpless.

However, at this moment, Wang Zhonglei, who was also in the office, suddenly said: "Brother, I have a way to recover this loss."

Wang Zhongjun raised his head curiously: "Oh? Tell me, what can I do?"

Wang Zhonglei grinned: "Didn't we negotiate an incentive agreement with Zhou Xingchi on New Year's Eve? That is, once the box office exceeds 500 million, he can get a share of the 80 million box office."

"Then what?"

Wang Zhongjun naturally remembered this incident, and it was precisely because of this incentive agreement that Zhou Xingchi worked so hard to promote the movie.

"Hehe!" Wang Zhonglei suddenly burst out with a bad smile: "Until now, this incentive agreement has not been signed."

"What? The agreement hasn't been signed yet?" Wang Zhongjun was surprised.

Wang Zhonglei nodded: "Yes, the tax bureau was coming to audit the accounts at that time. The company's financial and legal affairs staff happened to be back home for the holidays, and the agreement was not formally put into writing."

Upon hearing this, Wang Zhongjun instantly understood the meaning of these words.

The two brothers' bad feelings were boiling at this moment.

Wang Zhonglei continued: "We don't have to admit that there was such an incentive agreement. Anyway, it was just a verbal agreement and it was not implemented in writing."

This is 80 million!

No matter how calm Wang Zhongjun is, he can't help but feel a little excited at this moment.

Although this kind of behavior will definitely offend Zhou Xingchi, that's 80 million!

How much is Huayi's net profit in a year?

If this money is withheld, not only can it make up for the losses of the previous "1942", but it can even make up for the losses of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" that failed to obtain the key extension.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongjun couldn't hold back his inner urge.

"That's it!"

In the face of a net profit of 80 million, Zhou Xingchi naturally had to be ranked behind.

The two brothers have been in the film and television industry for so many years, and their main focus is to be "heartless", because only in this way can they make more money.

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In addition to the news about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Chen Fei also saw the follow-up of the termination of the contract between Tangren and Lin Gengxin.

Because during the New Year's Eve performance, Lin Gengxin participated in a program privately without the consent of the agency.

This behavior immediately angered Cai Yinong, so that Tangren's official blog directly issued a notice letter, the content of which clearly pointed to Lin Gengxin's various breaches of contract.

"At present, the agency contract between Tangren and Mr. Lin Gengxin has not been terminated. Therefore, the artist's private contact with performing activities is a serious breach of contract, and we will pursue his legal responsibility.

At the same time, we also hope that all third parties who unilaterally contact Lin Gengxin for commercial activities can immediately stop the infringement, otherwise we will inevitably seek compensation through legal proceedings!"

This notice has caused a lot of heated discussion in the circle. No one expected that Lin Gengxin would be so brave!

The lawsuit has not been judged yet, and the contract has not been terminated yet, but he has already started to contact external commercial activities. Isn't this handing his own handle to Tangren?

If he can win this lawsuit, then everything will be easy.

But if they lose, the consequences will be very serious!

However, Lin Gengxin didn't care at all. When he got angry, he directly responded to the notice letter from Tangren on Weibo.

"You breached the contract first, and now you are blaming me and pushing the responsibility on me. Mr. Cai, do you still have any shame?

It's fine if I don't ask you to compensate for the losses, but now you are doing this to me. Do you really think I was scared? If you want to sue, come on, I will accompany you to the end!"

Lin Gengxin's domineering response received support from many fans, but Tangren naturally would not admit defeat and immediately organized a wave of water army to fight back.

The two sides went back and forth on the Internet, which was very lively!

As a bystander, Chen Fei could see that the farce between the two parties would probably be resolved soon, because he found that Wanda's young master also took action, and obviously stood on Lin Gengxin's side.

Tangren was not a big company in the circle, and it would definitely not last long facing a behemoth like Wanda.

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With the arrival of March, the long-awaited "Interstellar" finally officially entered the mainland cinema market.

The first-day box office of 79.68 million yuan made it the best among the movies in the same period, and it crushed other movies in the same period.

And the 2 hours and 49 minutes of screening time made many domestic audiences feel like they were dying.

After the film was over, many people went straight to the bathroom to relieve bladder pressure.

At this moment, they finally understood why Chen Fei said "Stay tuned for "Interstellar"" when he mentioned the screening time of the movie "White Deer Plain" when he participated in the interview program of the Six Princesses last year.

Including advertisements, the screening time of this movie has soared to three hours, which is simply exaggerated!

But the long screening time does not affect the viewing experience. Anyway, on social platforms such as Douban, Maoyan, Tieba, and forums, almost no one complained that the screening time of this movie was too long. On the contrary, many people said that they did not see enough.

At this moment, what Wang Quanan said when "White Deer Plain" was released was tantamount to slapping himself in the face.

When the quality of a film is good, increasing the screening time will not affect the audience experience, but will get more praise.

No one knows whether Wang Quanan regretted it or not, but the investor Xiying regretted it.

If they had known this would happen, they should not have cut it.

Now it's all their own fault!

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, some people in Xiying have proposed to adapt "White Deer Plain" into a TV series.

Making it into a TV series, extending the broadcast time, and telling the story more completely may make up for the losses caused by the previous film investment.

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Turning his attention to Hollywood, Chen Fei saw the box office results of "Kung Fu Panda 3", which was scheduled to be released on January 29 and has been released for more than a month.

With a North American box office of 230 million US dollars and a global total box office of 450 million US dollars, the money-making ability of this cute panda is still very strong!

And the film "My Accidental Dad", co-produced by Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. and Toho Co., Ltd., has now ended in the global theater market.

Relying on the strong distribution capabilities of Volton Pictures, the global box office closed at 110 million US dollars, which is 6 times the investment cost!

On the premise of success, Toho Co., Ltd. is very confident in its cooperation with Lucasfilm.

The new version of "Godzilla" has completed all post-editing work, and is currently discussing with the theater chain to determine the subsequent release schedule and the number of theaters.

And DreamWorks has begun to promote the filming plan of "Transformers 4".

According to Spielberg, the fourth part of the Transformers series is expected to be released in June next year, just in time for the summer vacation.

Let's not talk about the quality of the film. Just relying on the word "feelings", this series will definitely make a lot of money!

Putting aside the above good news, the appearance of a "bad news" really made Chen Fei laugh and cry.

"Fast and Furious 6" will be launched in the North American theater market in May. Universal Pictures has been doing various publicity, but the results are somewhat unsatisfactory.

Because in the impression of many fans of the Fast and Furious series, the fifth film is actually the final chapter of the Fast and Furious series.

A harmonious and beautiful ending is what everyone wants to see.

However, in the trailer of the sixth film, the protagonists suffered casualties, which many fans do not want to see.

For this reason, Universal Pictures, the producer, even took on a lot of pressure.

According to the news conveyed by Natasha, many experts in the industry analyzed that Fast and Furious 6 is likely to fail at the box office.

However, at this time, Chen Fei, who played an important role in Fast and Furious 6, suffered a shooting incident and is now lying in the ICU ward of the Mayo Clinic. His birthday is unknown.

So, the crew of Fast and Furious 6 actually made a big move!

A song "See you again" was created to pray for Chen Fei's safe return. It was not only used as the ending song of Fast and Furious 6, but was even posted on the billboard.

In just two days, this song won the music charts in more than 20 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and Germany, and even directly topped the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart!

When Chen Fei learned about this from Bruce and Natasha, he was completely stunned.

"What the hell? I became the one being mourned?"

Bruce held back his laughter: "Fei, you should be thankful for this. The popularity of "Fast and Furious 6" has skyrocketed, and your influence is spreading. For an actor, this is actually very good news."

"I'm not dead yet!"

Chen Fei was speechless. The crew of "Fast and Furious" was really pitiful. They actually made such a scene for him.

"Hehe..."

Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed foolishly, her pretty face flushed.

However, when Chen Fei turned his head to look at her, she subconsciously stepped back several steps and covered her mouth tighter.

It took a lot of effort to get rid of the swelling, and she didn't want her mouth to swell again.

She has been accompanying him for several days, and her mouth is swollen almost every day, so much so that Chen Fei's assistant always secretly laughs at her when he comes to deliver food.

Taking his eyes away from Liu Yifei and putting away the depression on his face, Chen Fei said seriously: "Has there been any movement in the past two days?"

He has been pretending to be dead for almost a week. If it doesn't work anymore, he will have to change his strategy.

It's not a good idea to keep pretending like this, as there are still a lot of work waiting for him to deal with.

He has already finished the storyboards for the two movies "Fireworks in the Daytime" and "The Sun Also Rises". Next, he has to arrange the subsequent related shooting plans.

And he is also planning to go to the Cannes Film Festival. Time is already very tight and he can't delay any longer.

Talking about business, Natasha and Bruce's faces suddenly became much more serious.

"Disney and Warner Bros. are both in contact with Marvel Studios, and many independent film companies are in contact with Katherine and Wen Ziren, trying to poach them."

"What else?"

Fade Chen frowned slightly, wondering why he didn't hear that familiar name.

Natasha knew what he was thinking: "Are you talking about Harvey?"

"Yes, that's him. There's no movement from Weinstein Pictures?"

"No." Natasha shook her head gently: "Harvey has been very low-key recently. He is no longer in North America, but went to Cannes, suspected to be preparing for the Palme d'Or."

"Hey?" Fade Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "This is not like his style?"

Who among those in the Hollywood film and television industry doesn't know Harvey's character?

That guy doesn't like to take any loss. Anyone who dares to offend him will inevitably suffer a fierce counterattack!

At this year's Oscars, Fade Chen offended Harvey to death. The two films invested in by Weinstein Pictures were all scrapped by him, and he didn't even get a nomination.

Under such circumstances, Harvey showed no signs of fighting back, and even went to Cannes.

This is undoubtedly a very bad signal!

Bruce suddenly said leisurely: "Is he... avoiding suspicion?"

The news about Chen Fei is very bad now, because according to the report, he has been in a "coma" for a week.

For the sake of "authenticity", Chen Fei even paid a high price to a doctor in the Mayo Clinic to leak some information through his mouth.

It's probably that this level is very difficult, and if you are not careful, you will die.

But in such a situation, Harvey didn't add insult to injury!

"There must be something wrong when things are abnormal."

Chen Fei murmured, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up his phone and called Flory.

"You can do it over there."

"Okay."

Flory responded, and immediately prepared to hang up the phone to do things.

But at this time, Chen Fei's voice suddenly rang out from the other end of the phone: "Is it safe? It won't be traced back to you, right?"

"Fei, don't worry." Flory laughed: "In a place like the Mexican border, if dozens of people don't die every day, is it still the most chaotic border in the world?

What's more, I won't do it myself. I contacted my former comrade in the Navy SEALs. That guy has been a middleman for decades. Not only is he reliable and reputable, but he has never flipped over or made a mistake."

"Oh?" Chen Fei was quite surprised: "One hundred percent success rate?"

"Yes, one hundred percent, and it will never involve myself."

"Wow! Is there any trick?"

Chen Fei was a little shocked. Although he had never dealt with killers, he knew the value of "one hundred percent success rate".

If the premise of "never involving myself" is added, then the value will definitely soar!

"The trick is actually very simple." Flory grinned: "Subcontracting layer by layer! All the way down!"

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