Chapter 658 Target: Lunar New Year! Caught? Revenge Time Sucks Blood!

Chapter 658 Goal: Lunar New Year! Caught? Revenge time... suck blood hard!

With the smooth production of "Ip Man 3", during the entire October schedule, only "Special Identity" starring Donnie Yen and Jing Tian is still attracting attention among the domestic film lineup.

Although the box office successfully exceeded 100 million, the reputation has been completely destroyed, and the two leading actors have all withdrawn from the publicity team.

In order to prevent the movie from affecting Jing Tian, ​​Lu Zheng simply started the promotion of "New Police Story 2013" in advance after communicating with Chen Long.

On the last day of October, Chen Long and Jing Tian attended the film's media meeting together.

Although he was in Los Angeles, Chen Fei still saw the articles published by the media.

Chen Long didn't know if it was because of his feelings, but he rarely mentioned his daughter in front of the media and said that he was ashamed of her!

Unfortunately, when the reporter at the scene wanted to continue asking questions, he took the initiative to change the topic and kept silent about the daughter who was unwilling to do a paternity test with him.

However, this does not prevent netizens from making various speculations and conjectures.

Someone even published an article of more than a thousand words, swearing: "Chen Long must have recognized this girl in private, so he showed his true feelings..."

There is no way to analyze whether it is true or false. Chen Fei is just paying attention to this matter with the simple thought of eating melons.

Anyway, in his opinion, the news on the Internet is simply not worthy of belief.

When Chen Long takes the initiative to say that he has recognized this girl in private, that will be the real big event!

It's just that Lin Fengjiao is not a vegetarian.

As far as Chen Fei knew, although her eldest brother was divorced from her, he was still manipulated by her. This method was not ordinary!

…

The last day of October is destined to be unsettling.

Big brother over there has just made a big news. Feiyue Film and Television has announced that the finished film of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" has been reviewed.

As soon as this news came out, the circle exploded!

It has just arrived in November, and the finished film has been released. If nothing else, the choice of schedule will definitely be the Spring Festival or Lunar New Year schedule.

Combined with the fact that "The Martian" has been scheduled for the Spring Festival in advance, the final result is self-evident!

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is obviously geared towards the Lunar New Year season.

All of a sudden, movies such as "Private Order", "Big Four", "New Police Story 2013" and other movies all started to tremble.

If this was a movie made by an ordinary director, then everyone would naturally selectively ignore its existence.

But the combination of Chen Fei + Han Sanping + Jiang Wen is destined to be a "savage beast" in the Lunar New Year season. Ordinary movies have no ability to stop it.

"When will your movie be scheduled to be released?"

Wang Changtian called nervously, very afraid that "Four Famous Catchers 2" would be affected.

"Number 13."

Chen Fei did not hide it. Although the film bureau had not officially announced it, he already knew it.

"Huh, that's good, that's good!"

Wang Changtian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, because "The Big Four 2" has been confirmed to be released on December 6. The gap between the two parties is as long as a week. Although it will have a certain impact, it will not be huge.

On the other hand, the "Private Customization" that follows will be very unlucky!

Movie fans are already used to eating fine grains, but suddenly a bowl of large lumpy porridge that irritates their throats will make them scold the cook!

…

Although Bruce looks very out of place, I have to say that his efficiency is quite high.

He said before that he would reply to Chen Fei in a week, but now, it was exactly one week, and his call came in at the right time.

"Fei, I've already taken care of the things you arranged for me."

"Oh?" Chen Fei said curiously: "Tell me, how has things developed now?"

"Hehe." Bruce laughed evilly at first, and then explained: "The FBI and IRS have already intervened. All the key members of the company from Hong Kong Island have been controlled. They will face Huge liquidated damages..."

There are clear legal regulations in Neon Country that all love action movies must be coded before they can be released to the public.

However, in those small days, most people liked to watch uncensored movies, and the profits of those uncensored movies were usually several times that of censored movies!

Therefore, in order to obtain high income, the producers would take the film to the United States for sale and then import it to their own country, thus achieving legalization.

However, in order to collect a large amount of funds in a short period of time, Xiang Huasheng boldly formed a crew to film without any formalities and began to sell uncensored films to the outside world.

His approach is not unique in Neon Country. Many production companies of love action movies are doing this.

However, other companies are not as bold as him and dare to carry out large-scale sales!

Under Bruce's operation, Xiang Huasheng's behavior was revealed and exposed in a very short period of time.

To the despair of Xiang Huasheng and other high-level officials, it was not the local police in Neon Country who were responsible for investigating them, but the FBI and IRS parachuted in from the United States!

Although the former has a fierce reputation, it is mainly responsible for various anti-terrorism, counter-espionage and criminal investigations, and can be dealt with by spending some money.

But the IRS is a bit scary!

As the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS has a very high status in the United States and is regarded as a symbol of the highest priority law enforcement, even surpassing the FBI and CIA.

It has independent armed forces, courts and prisons, can directly freeze all taxpayers' property, and has the right to sell it.

In addition, the IRS also holds the identity information of all American citizens and green card holders. Whether it is citizens, companies or financial institutions that have nothing to do with the United States, they all need to deal with the IRS.

In the United States, people generally believe that even the president should not easily provoke the IRS!

And Xiang Huasheng's uncensored love action film, which was sold in Japan without going through the channels of the United States, is tantamount to infringing on the interests of the IRS.

Overnight, all crews were shut down and all senior backbones were arrested.

At the same time, a huge fine traveled across the ocean and appeared on Xiang Huaqiang's desk.

Looking at the string of numbers on the ticket, he felt his heart was bleeding!

It hurts!

It hurts so much!

He had thought about going to Neon to make a fortune, but he never expected that the IRS would take it back.

He had dealt with that group of people before, and he knew what would happen if he didn't pay the ticket!

But Huaxiaxing is already in a very losing state, where can he find money?

His former brothers are still waiting for him to pay the bail, and "Legend of White Ghost: Desperate Escape" is urging him to pay money all day long, and now there is another sky-high ticket...

The successive blows are almost driving him to death!

At this point, the only way he can think of to make money seems to be to sell assets.

...

On November 1, after finishing their trip to North America, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei appeared at the Capital Airport very low-key.

Because it was still early, and the two of them were disguised well enough, they were not surrounded by the paparazzi squatting at the airport.

Chen Fei originally wanted to come back after attending the premiere of Nomadland, but as the release date of Taking Tiger Mountain was set, he had to return early to take charge.

Jiang Wen was busy filming his film One Step Away, Han Sanping was preparing for The Hundred Regiments Offensive, and Huang Xiaoming was filming Detective Chinatown...

After thinking about it, it seemed that only Chen Fei himself was still idle.

So, he had to come back early and start promoting with Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing.

As for the others, they could only wait until they were free and then take time to run roadshows with them.

On the way back to the courtyard, looking at the various posters posted on both sides of the road, Chen Fei asked curiously: "Wang Feng is holding a concert in the capital recently?"

"Yes." The assistant in the co-pilot seat responded first, and suddenly laughed out loud.

Under the curious gaze of Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, she explained: "At the concert last night, many fans were shouting Zhang Ziyi's name. The scene was very chaotic and the organizers couldn't control it at all."

When mentioning Zhang Ziyi, Chen Fei couldn't help but think of her movie "Very Lucky".

Before the release, she and Wang Lihong jointly shouted the slogan of breaking the box office of 500 million.

But what was the result?

The box office finally just broke 100 million, and before the end of the screening date, it was forcibly withdrawn by the theater.

She is now hiding in the crew of "The Crossing" and dares not show up in public for fear of being asked some very embarrassing questions.

……

Just after returning to the courtyard, Chen Fei received a call from Huo Qigang.

"Huaxiaxing seems to be in a lot of trouble. It is currently selling off assets and various film and television copyrights. Should we make a move?"

"Of course." Chen Fei knew what was going on. Xiang Huaqiang couldn't stand it any longer: "He is in a lot of trouble this time. We must drag him down and try to get the price down to the lowest before we buy."

The reason why Chen Fei chose to buy these film and television copyrights was only one purpose.

--Fill the library!

He felt that Youku's film and television resource reserves were still not enough. It happened that Huaxiaxing was a big holder of Hong Kong film copyrights, so he could completely fleece him.

"The Legend of Zu", "The Lion Roars in the East", "Fall in Love with Your Bed", "Big Man", "Unforgettable", "Underworld"...

Although these are all old Hong Kong films, they are just right for filling the library, and they can also sell a wave of feelings or something.

"I remember that Huaxiaxing still has a lot of gambling and hotel businesses. You keep an eye on them. If there is a listing for sale, buy them all back for me at the bottom!"

"Okay, I got it."

Huo Qigang understood and quickly came up with a relevant strategy in his mind.

Chen Fei's intention was too obvious. Just climb up and suck Hua Xia Xing's blood. It was time for revenge!

...

"Alas, there is no hope this time."

When Chen Fei received Jia Zhangke's call, he felt sorry for him for some reason.

The movie "A Touch of Sin" directed by him was banned after returning from the Cannes Film Festival. When it was released again, the release date was pushed back to November.

Jia Zhangke had already prepared relevant publicity activities, but now the General Administration has changed its mind again.

This time, a red-headed document was even made public!

"After repeated consultations and discussions, our bureau finally decided to prohibit Jia Zhangke's film "A Touch of Sin" from being screened in theaters nationwide, and to revoke the approved supply license for the film. Please inform the relevant producers and theaters."

You should know that it has been many years since a big director's film was banned from being screened in the industry.

And the treatment Jia Zhangke encountered has undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to other directors!

"A Touch of Sin" has become a benchmark, and its existence seems to tell future generations that such films are not allowed to be screened.

Although the copyright of the film has been sold at a sky-high price at the Cannes Film Festival, it cannot be screened in China, which is very unacceptable to Jia Zhangke.

Therefore, when facing the interview with reporters, he expressed his dissatisfaction directly:

"I really can't figure out what the higher-ups mean? They have clearly issued a public screening license, but they suddenly regretted it when the release was approaching. This even directly caused huge losses to the producers. Are they deliberately playing tricks on us?"

Jia Zhangke's remarks caused quite a stir on the Internet, and a group of directors headed by Lou Ye once again mentioned the topic of "film rating system".

"I would have come back later if I had known."

Chen Fei had a headache. He really didn't want to get involved in these things, because the rating system is completely a dream under the current national conditions!

This loophole cannot be opened at all, and dare not be opened. Even if it is loosened, those profit-seeking producers will definitely make all kinds of tricks.

For example, the very typical "The Flowers of War".

A movie that tells a story of blood and tears in the context of the Anti-Japanese War was actually marketed by Zhang Weiping as "I and Bale have a bed scene".

If this is released, the marketing topic will definitely become "I and Bale are shooting a romantic action movie"!

That profit-seeking producer will definitely take advantage of the loophole, this is a conclusion that can be drawn without even thinking about it.

...

Since you want to promote the movie, you can't avoid the media.

During the roadshow, some people occasionally mentioned topics such as "A Touch of Sin" and the film rating system, hoping to get some explosive news from Chen Fei.

However, in the face of these questions, Chen Fei either pretended not to hear them or refused to answer.

Those reporters and media couldn't do anything about him, so they had to give up in the end.

Jia Zhangke was probably also interviewed by the higher-ups, and after venting his anger in the first two days, he gradually kept a low profile.

Chen Fei talked to him on the phone during this period, and then learned another piece of news.

Perhaps because of the blow, this guy is actually planning to take a year off and stop directing new movies.

"I promised Han Han that I would guest-star in the movie "See You Tomorrow" directed by him, and experience what it feels like to be an actor."

When Chen Fei heard the news, he was immediately happy: "Haha, OK, I will go to support the movie after it is released."

The two then talked about the relevant matters of the Shanxi Film Academy on the phone.

Jia Zhangke vowed that he would take advantage of this break to follow up on the construction, recruitment, enrollment and other related matters of the academy.

Chen Fei has always been very good at being a "hands-off shopkeeper".

...

The first-day box office performance of "Godzilla" in China was quite satisfactory.

As soon as the data of 66.83 million came out, it directly led the November schedule and temporarily ranked first in terms of box office data.

Chen Fei specially read the relevant film reviews. As a movie focusing on special effects and pictures, it is undoubtedly qualified.

Although there are some flaws in the plot, those fans who like science fiction and disaster movies still give recognition and support.

Compared with "The Dragon King of the Capital", "Godzilla" is obviously better in terms of special effects and CG effects.

In Chen Fei's estimation, it should not be difficult for this movie to surpass the former in box office.

The only variable factor is that due to the "hard work" of San Ye during his last tenure, a large number of imported films were blocked before the December Lunar New Year holiday, and they all poured into November.

Such as "Escape Plan", "Hotel Transylvania", "Red Flame 2", etc., these will be competitors of "Godzilla".

For domestic films, these imported films are undoubtedly terrible beasts!

When Han Sanping was there, although he acted a little overbearing, he at least stopped all the imported films and tried to let them "kill each other".

But now he has "retired", what will happen next year is still unknown.

"Speaking of which, San Ye is quite powerful. He was actually directly named and asked to step down by Hollywood. He is the only one among all the former chairmen of China Film."

"That's true!"

Su Guohai nodded in approval. He was a soldier under Han Sanping when he was in Beijing Film Studio. He was very familiar with the style of this big brother.

The word "decisive and vigorous" alone cannot summarize his thundering methods!

After the two chatted for a while, Su Guohai suddenly took out an invitation from his arms and placed it in front of Chen Fei.

"The Storm, which Liu Dehua participated in the investment and production, and was responsible for the supervision and starring, is also scheduled for the Lunar New Year period. They sent an invitation letter, hoping that you can come to support it."

"Yes, I know about this."

Chen Fei took the invitation and took a look, focusing on the column of investors for a moment.

Liu Dehua had called him before, hoping that he could come to support it, and implicitly stated that there would be a guest from Hong Kong at the premiere, and hoped to meet him and chat.

Chen Fei did not refuse this.

He was quite curious. In addition to Yinghuang, Golden Harvest, Media Asia, and Star Shine, what other forces were there in Hong Kong?

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