Chapter 666: Walking Into a Trap? The Grand Plan of the Animated Film! The Ending of Xiao Ma Is so Scary!

Chapter 666: Walking into a trap? The grand plan of an animated film! Xiao Ma's ending... Kill the dog!

68.45 million, this is the box office result of "New Police Story 2013".

As expected, this movie still received special care and treatment from relevant departments. The publicity department even said: "This is a story about mainland police, and the character played by Chen Long also represents the image of mainland police..."

Although it was not explicitly stated that the movie would be booked, audiences from all over the country could find that there were many more audiences with extraordinary temperament in the theater.

From the temperament, it can be seen that this part of the audience must be from the same unit as the character played by Chen Long.

What is particularly interesting is that according to a local media report, a photo of a thief surrounded by dozens of plainclothes police appeared in a certain theater!

I have to say that this thief buddy is also stupid enough. You said you were watching a movie, why did he do the trick of walking into a trap?

However, what many viewers regretted was that this "New Police Story 2013" was too different from the previous "Police Story" series.

Especially in terms of plot, Uncle Long is no longer the one who can easily deal with enemies and win every time.

In comparison, the plot of this movie is more realistic and helpless, and it also lacks a lot of excitement.

The final result is that the box office of the movie fell from more than 60 million to 30 million in just three days.

The only lucky thing is that this movie has received support from relevant departments, and with this opportunity, it will definitely be able to achieve box office profits.

With the release of "New Police Story 2013", 2013 is gradually coming to an end.

The industry has a clear understanding of this Lunar New Year file. "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" is leading strongly, "Private Tailor" is lagging behind halfway, and "New Police Story 2013" is catching up...

Although there are several low-cost movies in the future, such as "Assassin", "Escape from the Escape Room", "Waiting for the Wind", etc. are preparing to be released.

But if nothing unexpected happens, these movies will not make any waves at all.

With the arrival of a new day, the eyes of many people in the industry have almost all moved to "The Martian".

The Lunar New Year holiday is about to end, and the Spring Festival holiday will follow.

Compared with the former, the latter is also a very good holiday.

And the appearance of "The Martian" is obviously to take over "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" in the eyes of many people.

At this moment, many production companies in the industry are actually very desperate.

Because compared with "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "The Martian" seems to be even more powerful!

More than 700 million yuan of investment, Chen Fei + Liu Yifei's starring lineup, plus it is still a very hardcore science fiction film, and the industry's top IMAX-3D visual effects...

The producers of several movies released at the same time are having a headache now, and I don't know if they can get some soup or water at that time.

Forget about eating meat. Wanting to compete with Feiyue Film and Television for food has been a wishful thinking many years ago.

However, there are still many stubborn people and companies.

After "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" was scheduled for the Spring Festival on January 31, Huayi also announced that its exclusive film "Ex-Files" would be released on the Spring Festival.

In addition, "Where Are We Going, Dad?" was also scheduled on the same day.

Obviously, the producers of these movies are all preparing to get a share of the pie during the Spring Festival.

Even though they are not very confident about "The Martian", this does not hinder their expectations for the Spring Festival, after all, the Spring Festival is the period with the highest consumption throughout the year.

"We will not promote "The Martian", but maintain our own style and attract fans who like similar plots."

On the Huayi side, Wang Zhonglei's head was rarely clear. When facing the team responsible for the promotion of "Ex-Files", he said not to compare with Feiyue Film and Television.

This also made the people below feel a lot more relaxed, after all, the previous lesson of "Personal Tailor" was clearly there.

However, just as the meeting ended, before Wang Zhonglei sat down to rest, the secretary brought him a copy of the latest newspaper.

"Mr. Wang, Feiyue Films has launched a new movie, and it's an animated movie."

Wang Zhonglei's heart suddenly sank, he took the newspaper and took a look, then quickly turned on the computer.

As expected, at this moment, the front page headlines of many entertainment news websites have been dominated by the latest announcement from Feiyue Film and Television:

"After a year, the animated film "Big Fish and Begonia" officially wrapped up today!"

"It is reported that the investment cost of "Big Fish and Begonia" is 50 million, 20 million more than "The Return of the Great Sage", and the production cycle is much longer than the latter!"

"The voice cast of "Big Fish and Begonia" has been exposed, with Ma Sichun, Xu Weizhou, Jin Shijie, Wang Deshun and other artists in the industry all participating."

"The film has been sent to the Film Bureau and is expected to be released in theaters in the first half of next year."

"The production team of "Big Fish and Begonia" said in an interview that the entire team has invested a lot of energy in this film, from the early stage of script improvement to finalization and post-production, every step has consumed countless energy, striving for quality first..."

Looking at the relevant reports on the Internet, at this moment, Wang Zhonglei's expression kept changing.

Anyone in the film and television industry can never forget the impressive performance of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back"!

That was the first animated film launched by Feiyue Films after the establishment of the animation department. The first battle closed at 1.169 billion box office, which was simply blinding a lot of people's eyes.

At that time, no one thought that an animated film could achieve such a terrifying result!

And this also led to many companies in the industry paying close attention to it when Feiyue Films' second animated film project was approved.

Now, after a year, "Big Fish and Begonia" is freshly released.

The investment and production cycle are higher than "The Return of the Great Sage", and the script is still provided by Chen Fei. What this means is self-evident.

"Animated film..."

Wang Zhonglei frowned and fell into thinking.

Feiyue Films has won many battles and it would be a lie to say that I am not envious. In this case, can Huayi also get a share of this field?

…

Feiyue Films is located in the screening room on the 9th floor. Chen Fei is watching a movie for the fifth time with a group of people from the animation department.

Before this, he had seen several versions of the film, but because of the imperfections in the plot and characters, he directly rejected them and remade them.

And this fifth version finally met Chen Fei's requirements.

He is not afraid of wasting time. What he wants is to keep improving, not to make money like "Personal Tailor".

Compared with the original "Big Fish and Begonia", this version of "Big Fish and Begonia" followed by Chen Fei has undergone a brand new change!

In addition to the picture, music, and character design, he has invested more energy in the two aspects of the plot and the fullness of the character image.

The appearance of Chun, Qiu, Kun, Lingpo, and Shupo in the film is no longer so abrupt, and the character settings have been correspondingly full.

Under a good skin, Chen Fei has created a full and full soul for it, making it no longer so empty.

It does not seek to surpass "The Return of the Great Sage", but only to surpass the original work in the original time and space, and express a more perfect oriental aesthetic and traditional Chinese cultural elements.

After the "soul" of "Big Fish and Begonia" has been enriched, the film screening time has been extended from 105 minutes to 145 minutes.

Chen Fei is very sure that in this nearly 2 and a half hours, it will definitely bring fans a very good Chinese ancient style animation experience.

…

Along with the hot discussion of "Big Fish and Begonia", New Year's Day quietly arrived.

As soon as the time turned to 2014, the movie "Storm" starring Liu Dehua and "The Four Famous Detectives 2" starring Deng Chao and Yang Mi both ushered in the end of the film.

The total box office of the former barely crossed 300 million, and the box office feedback was very good, while the latter unfortunately stopped at 160 million.

It may not be as good as the above, but if it is compared with the below, it is simply better than the above!

Other movies such as "Ah Friend, Pay Back the Money", "Hear the Sound of Rain", "My Beautiful Kingdom", etc., even none of them have a box office of more than 5 million!

Even the imported animated film "Under the Sea 2" stopped at 26.28 million.

On the 1st, many box office results of the movie "Waiting for the Wind" starring Ni Ni and Jing Boran appeared on the Internet.

As a low-cost art film, the box office of 18.69 million really opened the eyes of many people!

No matter when, the combination of handsome men and beautiful women seems to be the best magic weapon to attract audiences.

However, perhaps because the competitor is the imported film "Prehistoric Monsters", the producers of Haining, Anle, and Perfect World seem to be a little nervous, and various promotional activities are arranged very full, for fear of being ruthlessly crushed.

Of course, more people in the industry are still focusing on "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Private Customization", and "New Police Story 2013".

The most awesome one is "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy". After 19 days of release, the box office has soared to 1.5 billion yuan, blinding a lot of people's eyes!

"Personal Tailor" is much worse. As of the 31st, it was released for 13 days and the box office was only 469 million.

Then came "New Police Story 2013". After the first seven days, the box office totaled 309 million.

As the saying goes, the strong will always be strong!

The box office performance of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was already strong enough, but as time passed the New Year's Day, the Film Bureau suddenly issued a notice saying:

"The key extension application for "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" has been approved, and the screening time will be extended to the 30th of the end of this month."

When this notice was issued, many film producers in the industry immediately started to curse!

The box office was already strong enough, and now it has been extended for a full 17 days, which is almost equivalent to extending half of the screening cycle!

According to this extension method, isn't it possible for the box office to exceed 2 billion?

For a time, there was constant discussion in the industry!

At the same time, no one knew who "accidentally" leaked it, but the film industry suddenly spread the news that "Personal Tailor" failed to apply for the extension key.

In the face of media interviews, Wang Zhonglei said: "I don't understand it either. We had submitted very complete information when the movie was first released, but we still couldn't meet the conditions..."

He was complaining and expressing his dissatisfaction, but Chen Fei was watching the excitement happily.

This world is inherently unfair, and all resources are converging towards the top of the pyramid.

"Personal Tailor" did submit information in advance, but so what?

From the perspective of the Film Bureau, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Personal Tailor" are not at the same level at all.

The qualification for the secret key extension was given to "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" early on, even if there was no information at the time, it was an internal decision.

Huayi's application for an extension is a self-inflicted embarrassment.

Even without "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", their application would be difficult to pass, after all, the reputation of this movie is really not very good.

Several investors happened to be at Feiyue Film and Television today, one for the subsequent extension of the publicity of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and the other for some preparations before the release of "The Martian".

"The Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy is off the screen, and "The Martian" just happens to take over. Haha, Mr. Chen is going to sweep the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival this time."

"Thank you all for your help."

Chen Fei smiled and thanked everyone.

There are quite a few people in his office today, including Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian, and even La Peikang!

Seeing the box office of the movie breaking records and heading straight for 2 billion, how could everyone sit still?

"In my opinion, the box office potential of "The Martian" will not be too bad. Everyone has to make an effort next. Let's try to push both movies to the threshold of 2 billion, how about it?"

Faced with Chen Fei's proposal, everyone had no reason to refuse or object, and nodded in agreement.

"Shanghai Film Association will treat this movie with the largest scale."

As Ren Zhonglun's words came out, the rest of the people in the office echoed.

The higher the box office, the higher their income will be, and the more impressive their performance will be. No one will refuse such a good thing!

After talking about business, several people discussed and judged the recent events in the industry.

"Alas, Xiaoma still failed."

Wang Changtian sighed, inexplicably feeling a little emotional.

Thinking back then, when Xiaoma Pentium raised 40 million US dollars, the industry had always been very optimistic about this company.

Many people even believe that once Xiaoma successfully goes public, it will definitely catch up with Huayi and become one of the leading private listed companies in the film and television industry.

But no one expected that after the gambling agreement was signed, the subsequent development would become so "dramatic"!

First, the IPO failed, then it was spied on and targeted by Huayi, and then it turned to backdoor listing...

Just when most people in the industry thought that Xiaoma would eventually find a suitable listed company, complete its acquisition, and then achieve backdoor listing, a notice directly broke all fantasies.

In the early hours of last night, Xiaoma Pentium published a long announcement on its official Weibo website.

The article of more than a thousand words reviewed Xiaoma Pentium's listing journey over the past few years.

After receiving an investment of 40 million US dollars in 2008, Xiaoma began to prepare for listing on NASDAQ or A shares.

In order to speed up the progress, it signed a gambling agreement with CCB in 2011 for an investment of 750 million!

Now that the three-year period has arrived, Xiaoma Pentium has not only failed to achieve the listing goal, but the company's internal affairs have been messed up, which is simply terrible!

Ye Ning suddenly took over the conversation and said, "I remember that according to the requirements of the gambling agreement, after the failure of Xiaoma Pentium's listing, it must take out 1 billion in cash to buy back the Xiaoma shares that CCB Wentou invested in three years ago at a premium, right?"

"That's right." Han Sanping nodded, and her eyes unconsciously fell on Chen Fei: "Looking at all the companies in the entire film and television industry, if you want to take out 1 billion in cash at one time, I'm afraid only Feiyue Film and Television can take out 1 billion in cash at one time, right?"

Chen Fei smiled and did not answer the question directly, but added: "Huayi should be able to do it too."

"Huayi can't." Wang Changtian suddenly curled his lips, "If they can take out 1 billion in working capital, they won't have to pit Zhou Xingchi."

This topic is obviously not suitable for deep discussion. After a few vague words, everyone quickly said goodbye and left one by one.

Ye Ning walked at the end, and before leaving, he specifically asked Chen Fei if he was interested in Xiaoma Pentium?

Chen Fei had some guesses in his mind and shook his head and said, "There is nothing worth my attention about Xiaoma Pentium. If Mr. Ye needs help, just ask."

"Haha, Mr. Chen's first half of the sentence is enough."

After getting a definite answer, Ye Ning left Feiyue Film and Television with satisfaction.

After seeing off the group, Chen Fei returned to the computer and looked at the online discussions about Xiaoma Pentium, and fell into deep thought.

If nothing unexpected happens, after losing the bet, Xiaoma Pentium will inevitably be plundered by capital.

They do not have 1 billion in cash, but after selling all the film and television copyrights, they may be able to raise a lot of money.

From what Ye Ning said, Wanda seems to be very interested in Xiaoma's entire team, but it is not known whether it can be successfully won.

Comparatively speaking, Chen Fei is not very interested in these.

The production team of Feiyue Film and Television are all old people trained by him for many years. Each of them knows everything. Now it is enough, and there is no need to try his luck outside.

He doesn't want to bring back a bunch of rat shit and pollute his good soup again.

…

Perhaps because it is the beginning of a new year, many people on the Internet are recording their lives in various ways.

Wu Jing is one of them!

This guy posted several wedding photos with Xie Nan on Weibo, and wrote: "I accidentally met you; I accidentally fell in love with you; I accidentally married you; I will be careful and careful to you for the rest of my life!"

Following that, Xie Nan forwarded Wu Jing's Weibo and wrote: "This is the best ID photo I have ever taken~ Thank you so many people who love me, him and us, we got the certificate!"

Looking around, a lot of people were shouting under their Weibo: "Kill the dog! Kill the dog! Kill the dog!"

Chen Fei was still happily watching the fun, but Wu Jing called him directly.

"Director Chen, our wedding date is set on May 11th. You must remember to come. I have reserved the best man spot for you."

Be a best man again? ? ?

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, but he didn't refuse after all: "Okay, I will be there on time. I wish you a happy marriage and a baby soon."

"Haha, thank you Director Chen!"

Wu Jing was overjoyed. He obviously didn't expect that Chen Fei would agree to his invitation so straightforwardly.

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