Chapter 607: Ready to Sail! So Cliché! So Cliché! Still so Cliché! Reboot Ip Man, Cannes Nominations Announced

As "To Youth" is about to be released, many actors including Zhao Youting, Han Geng, Yang Zishan, and Jiang Shuying have gained a lot of popularity.

On Weibo, a group of fans couldn't wait to praise their idols to the sky, and they started calling their friends to support their idols.

The theme of youth campus, coupled with the appearance of well-known idols, the combination of the two creates an extraordinary popularity!

However, at this moment, several producers, led by China Film, Galloping Pony, Huayi, and LeTV, suddenly jumped out and made a wave of big news:

"All the casting work for the epic masterpiece "The Wheel" has been completed. The film will officially start filming in June. The finished film is expected to be released in major theaters next year to meet all fans and friends."

With the announcement of the news, the cast list of actors who had been holding back insiders for a long time was also announced.

Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xiaoming, Jin Chengwu, Song Hye Kyo, Tong Dawei, Qin Hailu...

Looking at the familiar list of actors, many people in the industry felt envious, but they were helpless.

Looking around, almost all of these are artists from agencies owned by several producers.

However, what surprised many people was that there was not a single artist from Feiyingwang Agency involved in this drama!

You know, China Film is one of the largest investors. Logically speaking, there should be no problem in stuffing a few actors into it.

But they didn't do that, which is very curious.

For this reason, Han Sanping also made a special call to Chen Fei.

"Hey, do you regret it now? For such a top-notch production team, the bonuses given to actors are not generally large. As far as I know, there have been many voices of dissatisfaction within the company..."

Chen Fei curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "If you are dissatisfied, you can leave. I didn't stop them."

This group of people are still riding horses without knowing why!

He is trying to pull people out of the trap, but there are still people who are dissatisfied?

You have to hold in your dissatisfaction! Otherwise, get lost!

Han Sanping was a little puzzled: "I'm just wondering, are you so dismissive of this "Tai Ping Wheel"? What a good project, with unlimited potential..."

Chen Fei ignored his words and asked instead: "How much money did you invest in this movie?"

"400 million!" Han Sanping was quite heroic: "According to what Wu Yu said, he felt that the story of such a blockbuster could not be told in two hours, so he still chose to make it into two parts.

I listened to his plan, which was very good, and it may be my last big investment before leaving office. I hope it can achieve good enough results. "

"..."

Chen Fei was silent for a long time and couldn't say much. He could only wish him good luck.

The conversation quickly turned to future plans.

On the other end of the phone, Han Sanping said with emotion: "It's okay if you don't take this seat. I'll have more free time to pursue what I want.

Become an actor, or direct a movie or something, or go abroad to compete for awards, and come back with a Palme d'Or or a Golden Bear, haha! "

There was not much sadness in his tone. After many years of business, his personal resources and network had reached a very scary level.

Even if he retreats, he is still the "mountain eagle" and this will not change.

On the other end of the phone, listening to Han Sanping's description of the future, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.

Third Master's resignation means that he will no longer be controlled by the above. If there is a suitable opportunity in the future, maybe he can try to cooperate.

That "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" has been in the script library for a while, and it can be taken out for a walk when the time comes.

…

Time finally came to the 26th, and the movie "To Our Fading Youth" was officially released in domestic theaters.

Chen Fei and Liu Yifei dressed up in disguise, found a nearby movie theater, bought two tickets, and began to watch this youth romance film that was praised by Zhao Yanzi as "unique in heaven and earth."

The story is very simple. It mainly tells the story of the heroine Zheng Wei who is caught in the love-hate entanglement and emotional choices with her childhood sweetheart Lin Jing and her happy enemy Chen Xiaozheng. Faced with the two people's abandonment and pursuit again, she finally chooses to leave. .

According to the evaluation of professional film critics at the premiere, this film restores the growth process of the "post-70s" and "post-80s" groups in a strong and vivid nostalgic style, fully demonstrating the innocence unique to the youthful years. The flame of rebellion, and the helpless loss.

However, what Chen Fei saw were various vulgar scenes such as "childhood sweethearts studying abroad", "being pursued by the rich second generation", "secret love", "broken love", "abortion", etc.

Halfway through the movie, he couldn't help but get up and go to the bathroom, never returning to the theater again.

Liu Yifei watched with gusto, and Chen Fei simply found a resting place in the corner, refreshed the news, and waited for the end of the movie.

Not surprisingly, the Internet is now full of positive reviews about "Youth".

In terms of marketing operations, Zhao Yanzi has also achieved the ultimate, and various nostalgic and lifelike performances have attracted the attention of a large number of fans and movie fans.

However, just when Chen Fei thought that today's Weibo hot search list would be dominated by Zhao Yanzi and her new movie, he did not expect that a big news suddenly broke out on the Internet in the afternoon!

Sina website was the first to report: "After parting ways with New Picture, domestic first-line director Zhang Yimou finally chose to cooperate with LeTV."

As soon as this news broke, it immediately caused shock and heated discussions in the circle!

You know, since the two Zhangs fell out, Zhang Yimou has become a hot commodity in the eyes of many production companies.

Wanda, Huayi, Xiaoma Pentium, Bona, Guangguang, Xingmei, Chengtian...

Almost all the production companies in the industry that can be called famous and lack top directors are in contact with Zhang Yimou and offer extremely generous conditions!

According to the information Chen Fei learned from Wang Changtian, so far, the basic conditions offered by the production company to Zhang Yimou are the share of box office and film copyright.

You know, this is just the basics!

There will even be a gambling agreement later. When the box office reaches a certain level, the share will continue to increase.

Among them, Wanda is the most generous, holding the cinema chain in its hands, and also has real estate, a money-making machine like a money printing machine, and a group of powerful strengths!

But no one expected that Zhang Yimou would eventually be picked up by Jia, the boastful guy.

At the same time, as the media officially reported, Zhang Yimou and LeTV responded to the outside world.

"Today is an extremely special day for me. I will officially sign a contract with LeTV Pictures and become its contracted director, art director, general producer, and chief producer..."

After Zhang Yimou's Weibo was released, it quickly became a hot search on Weibo.

At the same time, Jia responded with his personal Weibo account and LeTV's official Weibo:

"LeTV Pictures welcomes Director Zhang Yimou's joining very much. The company will hold a grand signing ceremony for him later. Please look forward to it..."

The popularity of "So Young" was severely suppressed, and the media and netizens' attention was all focused on Zhang Yimou and LeTV.

How can a painful film about youth be compared with the news that a top domestic director like Zhang Yimou signed a contract with a new company?

By the next morning, Chen Fei watched LeTV's stock soar all the way until it reached the daily limit!

At this moment, many people in the industry have raised LeTV's status to the same level as Huayi in their hearts.

LeTV itself has both money and channels. Now with Zhang Yimou's joining, it can be said to be even more powerful, and has directly become a first-line production company in the industry!

When Ye Ning came to attend the premiere of "One Man's Martial Arts", he happened to meet Chen Fei.

The two inevitably talked about LeTV and Zhang Yimou.

"Alas, I don't know what kind of conditions Jia Chuizi gave Zhang Yimou to make him give up Wanda and choose LeTV instead."

"Haha, maybe he gave him a bowl of magic soup."

In fact, in Chen Fei's personal opinion, if Zhang Yimou and Wanda can reach a cooperation, it will be a real combination of two swords!

Although it is not invincible, it will definitely not turn into a "tragic" ending like in the future.

Shaking his head, he put all these behind his mind and began to welcome the guests who came to attend the premiere of "One Man's Martial Arts" today.

"Mr. Yang, I think you might as well live in the capital, so you don't have to travel back and forth between the mainland and Hong Kong every day, and you waste a lot of time on the road."

Not long ago, when Huayi held a signing dinner for Gu Changwei, Mr. Yang traveled all the way from Hong Kong to the mainland.

It has not been long since he returned, and "One Man's Martial Arts" is going to have its premiere again, and as one of the investors, he naturally cannot be absent.

The old man is 70 years old this year, how can he bear to travel back and forth like this every day?

"Haha, okay, then I will listen to Mr. Chen's advice and live in the capital for a few years."

This sentence is purely a joke. The forces in Hong Kong are too complicated. If he doesn't go to take charge, I'm afraid it won't take long for chaos to happen.

However, he is already looking for a successor.

When he really can't do it anymore, someone will naturally come out to take over.

During the film screening, Chen Fei took the initiative to invite: "Mr. Yang, after the premiere, if you are not busy, come to my company and sit down?"

Mr. Yang raised his eyebrows: "Okay, then sit down."

More than an hour later, with the end of the reporter's interview, the movie premiere officially came to an end.

The red envelopes that should be arranged will naturally be arranged by someone.

Chen Fei personally sent out some big guys who came to support, and then drove to Feiyue Film and Television with Mr. Yang.

Returning to the company, the two went straight to the reception room.

As the steam of tea rose between the two, Chen Fei did not deliberately lay the groundwork, and said bluntly: "It's time to restart the "Ip Man" series."

Hearing this, Mr. Yang frowned slightly.

He subconsciously thought that Chen Fei was going to take the initiative to give in to Zhen Zixuan. After all, the third part of the Ip Man series has been filmed for two years, but it has never been released in theaters. This loss is all the money of the producer!

However, the next second, Chen Fei suddenly changed the subject: "I decided to reshoot the third part and replace Zhen Zixuan with Wen Zhuo."

Hearing this, Mr. Yang suddenly realized!

That's right!

It's not Chen Fei's character to give in to Zhen Zixuan.

If he really gave in, the outside world would not know how to laugh at them.

But if they reshoot and replace Zhen Zixuan with Zhao Wenzhuo, the effect will be different.

"I don't have any problem. As long as Mr. Chen gives the order, we will be responsible for all the subsequent reshoots!"

Mr. Yang didn't think too much and agreed directly.

He knew very well that even if reshooting might cost a lot of money, it would be better than suppressing the release.

What's more, the Ip Man series is a well-known money-making tool with a very large fan base!

Even if additional investment is required, it will definitely not lose money in the end. At most, it will only make less money.

And the money lost in the third part can be made up in the fourth part, which is better than keeping it in the library.

"Then it's settled. I will say hello to Zhao Wenzhuo later and ask him to clear the schedule in the second half of the year. After this "One Man's Martial Arts" is released, we will start reshooting."

"Okay, I will start preparing after I go back."

The cooperation was discussed very smoothly. Both parties had no objections and reached an agreement easily.

After seeing Mr. Yang off, Chen Fei called Zhao Wenzhuo directly and asked for his opinion briefly.

With such a good opportunity in front of him, Zhao Wenzhuo naturally would not refuse, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I will never let you down."

For a martial arts actor, the "Ip Man" series is undoubtedly the best choice.

Before, Zhen Zixuan was about to completely fade out of the film and television industry, but with the popularity of the Ip Man series, he directly returned to the first-line ranks and became a famous martial arts star in the industry after Chen Long and Li Lianjie.

But because of his subsequent series of operations, his relationship with the Ip Man series was completely over.

Since then, as long as he starred in a movie, no one could reach the glory of the Ip Man series!

And now, this opportunity will fall on Zhao Wenzhuo!

In terms of martial arts movements and temperament, he thinks he is not inferior to Zhen Zixuan, and I believe that fans and fans will not be disappointed.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Wenzhuo could not hide his joy.

Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west, his hard work and sincerity have finally paid off!

Looking ahead, the future is bright!

…

With the help of various hype and marketing, Zhao Yanzi's "So Young" did achieve a good box office result.

Chen Fei saw the relevant news online.

According to media reports, the first-day screening volume of this movie was as high as 32%, and the attendance rate was higher than 90%!

With such favorable conditions, the first-day box office soared to 43.32 million!

Zhao Yanzi has made a big splash this time. Although the content of the movie is very controversial, the media has already praised her to the sky.

"So Young" has a big box office, and Zhao Yanzi has achieved great success in her first directorial career and has become a star in one step!"

"The first-day box office of "So Young" officially surpassed "Love in Seattle", and Zhao Yanzi has become the female director with the highest first-day box office in the history of Chinese-language films!"

"Let us celebrate the explosion of youth film themes! Congratulations to the achievements of female directors in the circle! Congratulations to another movie that is about to break the box office of 100 million..."

Chen Fei's eyes were not on these media reports. He immediately opened Douban and began to check the comments of movie fans.

"Fuck?! Director Chen really got it right! Abortion, the pursuit of the rich second generation, studying abroad, and the same clichéd plot!"

"Good guy, didn't you investigate the real college life before making the movie? Our youth is not so extravagant, and we dare not do such nonsense."

"Going to the cinema in the name of reminiscing about youth can always bring back some familiar feelings. This is just a movie that sells feelings. I personally think that this movie is not worth watching twice."

"I agree with the brother above. I was looking forward to it and hoped to see something different from it, but I didn't expect it to be so clichéd."

"Suddenly I miss "Your Name". That is the real catharsis of youth. There is no clichéd plot, only a sincere and touching story."

After a simple look at the reviews, Chen Fei no longer paid attention to this "sells feelings" movie.

Four days later, May 1st officially arrived, and "One Man's Martial Arts" landed in major domestic theaters.

Under Chen Fei's influence, "One Man's Martial Arts" is much higher than "Youth" in terms of scheduling and attendance.

On the basis of the May Day holiday, "One Man's Martial Arts" directly received a first-day box office record of 50.53 million.

In terms of audience reputation, the latter is at least three levels higher than the former!

"A very surprising movie, with a compact and clear plot, thrilling action, and full of sincerity, it is very enjoyable to watch!"

"Fuck! It's so cool! The fighting scenes between Bao Qiang and Zhao Wenzhuo are simply amazing!"

"I seem to see the 'Mr. Tree' who was crazy about movies again. Bao Qiang's Feng Yuxiu is simply amazing. He interprets the role of the sick martial arts fanatic to the fullest!"

"An absolute conscientious work! Brother Bao's cold and sharp performance is really amazing. Zhao Wenzhuo's kung fu is still so tough, cool, and neat. He is so handsome!"

"Sure enough, when it comes to 3D movies, it has to be Feiyue Films. Both are 3D action blockbusters. "One Man's Martial Arts" simply crushes the two "Tai Chi" invested by Huayi last year."

Good reputation, superb acting skills, cool 3D action blockbuster effects...

The combination of multiple favorable conditions, coupled with the tilt of the film scheduling rate, directly brought "A Man's Martial Arts" a super high box office revenue!

At the end of the three-day holiday on May 1, "A Man's Martial Arts" earned a box office of 210 million yuan.

Although "So Young" has its own fan base, its box office potential is far less than "A Man's Martial Arts" due to the huge controversy in word of mouth.

According to media reports, the former has been released for a week, but the total box office has only climbed to 240 million, far less than the growth trend at the beginning of the release.

However, just when many people thought that with the end of the May Day holiday, the box office growth trend of "A Man's Martial Arts" would usher in a wave of decline, a piece of news suddenly came back from abroad:

"Hot News: The list of nominees for the main competition unit of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival was officially announced, and the film "The Burning Sun" directed by Chen Fei was on the list!"

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