Chapter 689: Another Great General! Did He Get Kicked in the Head by a Donkey?

From going to the Oscars to returning to China again, more than two months have passed.

During this time, Chen Fei did a lot of other things besides filming.

For example, he contacted Zhong Lifang, the former general manager of Xiaoma Pentium.

He initially made an appointment with Zhong Lifang to meet in Los Angeles, but the other party refused the meeting on the grounds that she did not want to be involved in any affairs of the entertainment industry in the near future.

Chen Fei thought there was no hope, but he never thought that he would receive a call from Zhong Lifang as soon as he returned to China.

"Mr. Chen, I saw in the news that you have returned to China. If you have time, let's meet?"

Faced with Zhong Lifang's proposal, Chen Fei naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Mr. Zhong has also returned to China? Then it's better to meet on the same day. How about we meet at Feiyue Film and Television tomorrow morning?"

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He suddenly couldn't figure out Zhong Lifang's idea. She had been refusing before, but now she suddenly came to him. This change was too abrupt.

However, he didn't think much about it.

Things will work out when the time comes.

It would be great if they could reach a cooperation, but if they really couldn't reach an agreement, then they would continue to find a professional manager to take charge of this business.

Thinking of this, Chen Fei put the matter behind him and began to pay attention to the major domestic news recently.

In addition to the promotion of several movies that will be released in May, Huayi has recently made another big move!

The two brothers of the Wang family held a grand premiere event for a commercial film "Micro Love: Getting Better".

It is worth mentioning that the director of this film is Gu Changwei, a well-known fifth-generation director in China!

After joining Huayi for more than half a year, he finally started his first commercial film plan.

At the launch conference, Wang Zhonglei personally served as the host and praised Gu Changwei as if he was the only one in the world.

Because most of the guests at the scene were from Huayi faction or had a good relationship with Huayi, everyone was very supportive.

As Gu Changwei's first commercial film, the selection of the male and female protagonists was naturally the focus of the industry.

So after the launch conference, the media reported the relevant news as soon as possible:

"The comedy love movie "Micro Love" exclusively produced by Huayi and directed by Gu Changwei has officially started shooting, with Chen He and Yang Ying as the male and female protagonists."

"Director Gu Changwei revealed at the scene that he was very satisfied with the performance of Chen He and Yang Ying during the audition, and believed that the two would definitely be able to collide with different sparks in their cooperation."

"It is reported that the Sino-foreign co-production film "Legend of the White Ghost: Desperate Escape" starring Yang Ying will be completed in the near future. I look forward to her wonderful performance."

Looking at the reported news, Chen Fei just felt like laughing.

As expected, although Huayi claimed at the previous 20th anniversary celebration that it would no longer be involved in the brokerage business, when it seriously launched a new movie, it would not forget the actors with whom it had a good "relationship".

People like Chen He and Yang Ying are all "direct descendants" of Huayi.

However, Chen Fei still admires Gu Changwei. He didn't expect that he would dare to use Yang Ying as the heroine of the movie.

You know, this is an actor in the industry that Xu Ke has publicly named in front of the media and will never work with again.

Even Liu Dehua has said implicitly that he was "scared" by Yang Ying.

And according to the media, Gu Changwei is eligible to enjoy the box office share in this movie.

As his first commercial blockbuster as a director, it is unknown how high the box office results will be.

Chen Fei has been in the circle for so many years, and he actually has some knowledge of the commercial films made by these directors who are good at literary and artistic films and realistic films.

They want high box office, but they can't let go of those high-brow things, so they always put some private work or play some superb shooting techniques in their works.

And this leads to the fact that in the end, they can't even complete the most basic story line of a commercial film, let alone get a high box office.

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After nearly half a year of hard work, the film of "The Journey of Flower" has finally taken shape.

In the afternoon, Chen Fei was invited to the editing room to watch this ancient costume fairy-tale TV series that was highly anticipated by the outside world.

For a full 50 episodes, even with acceleration, he watched until late at night before finally seeing the end.

The story is actually very simple. It is a fairy-tale and magic drama that tells the life-and-death love story between the orphan Hua Qiangu who has her own destiny and the immortal Bai Zihua who is dedicated to helping the world.

This drama is aimed at those young, ignorant, naive girls.

Most of the actors are veteran actors, and filming a TV series does not require any superb acting skills, so the whole drama is very comfortable to watch.

What surprised Chen Fei the most was the soundtrack.

Such as "Heart Fire", "Annual Rings", "Eternal" and so on, all fit the overall style of the drama very well.

If the full score is 10, Chen Fei can give it 9.2 points, which is also a kind of reward.

As the person in charge of the company's TV drama section, Jiang Xuerou has been watching this series with Chen Fei.

She was relieved when she finally got a positive evaluation from Chen Fei.

"When is the premiere scheduled?"

"We discussed it with Youku and finally decided to schedule it to be released on June 30th."

"Summer vacation?"

"Yes."

Jiang Xueru nodded and added: "When the first round of "White Night Chase" is over and the popularity is at its peak, we will launch "The Journey of Flower" and it will be a successful successor."

Chen Fei had no objection to this decision and directly ordered: "Then announce it as soon as possible and start warming up."

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The next morning, when Chen Fei and Zhong Lifang met for a meeting, a lot of warm-up news suddenly appeared on the Internet.

"The TV series "The Journey of Flower", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films, has officially announced that it will be released on June 30. See you this summer!"

"With such a strong lineup of Zhao Liying + Hu Ge + Huo Jianhua, "The Journey of Flower" will surely become a masterpiece among ancient costume fairy tales."

"The relevant promotional photos and pilot clips of "The Journey of Flower" will be released on Weibo in turn. Remember to follow the official Weibo of "The Journey of Flower", participate in comments and forwarding, and there will be a lot of surprises."

In just one morning, the discussion topic about " # The Journey of Flower" topped the Weibo hot search list.

At this moment, many drama fans seemed to have returned to the era dominated by "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Startling by Each Step", and "Palace Lock Heart Jade".

"White Night Chase" is about to be launched, followed by "The Journey of Flower", and I think that "Red Sorghum" should not be far away.

In one year, three new dramas were released, and another "Nirvana in Fire" is being filmed...

Just thinking about it, many fans who love TV dramas feel like the New Year is coming!

At the same time, in the reception room of Feiyue Film and Television, Chen Fei was negotiating with Zhong Lifang about the subsequent cooperation.

Originally, he thought that Zhong Lifang would probably ask for a very high salary or profit-sharing conditions.

Therefore, before this, Chen Fei had already made mental preparations.

He even set a lever in his mind, as long as it was within this range, he could let Zhong Lifang make any conditions.

But he never thought that the other party's conditions would make him feel very unexpected!

"So what Mr. Zhong means is that if you want to join Feiyue Film and Television, then I will accept all the original team members of Xiaoma Pentium?"

"That's right."

Zhong Lifang nodded, without any riddles, and said bluntly: "I think Mr. Chen should be very clear about Xiaoma's current situation.

The company's internal power struggle has long been a mess, and many old employees have been persuaded to leave and have nowhere to go..."

Listening to Zhong Lifang's story, Chen Fei was not very surprised.

When the new emperor takes office, he naturally has to form his own team. As for the team of the previous emperor, it is very lucky to be able to leave unscathed.

The best example is Zhong Lifang herself.

Just after the seventh day of Big Dog Brother's death, she, the "prime minister" of Xiaoma Pentium, was dismissed.

And those old generals who used to follow her and Big Dog Brother to fight will naturally not have any good results.

In fact, when she came to meet Chen Fei, Zhong Lifang had thought about opening a film and television company, bringing in all the old team members, and fighting again!

However, when she met her former subordinates during the rest of the few months, she gradually gave up this idea.

She herself had the passion and motivation to start a new business, but those old generals who had already started a family and career were all burdened with car loans and mortgages, and the family pressure was huge. How could they accompany her to an uncertain future?

Looking back, Feiyue Film and Television was undoubtedly the best choice.

There were resources and money, and it could even be described as "rich as oil". Following such a boss, as long as you work hard, your life will be guaranteed.

For herself and for the old generals left by Big Dog, after careful consideration, Zhong Lifang finally appeared in Feiyue Film and Television.

As for her request, Chen Fei finally nodded after careful consideration.

He admired Zhong Lifang's behavior of valuing love and righteousness.

Although there may be a situation of "establishing one's own mountain" after recruiting those people, he believes that he can suppress them.

He is a first-generation entrepreneur, not the kind of heir who takes over his father's company.

Moreover, Feiyue Film and Television is not a listed company. As the chairman of the company, Chen Fei has unparalleled voice.

If anyone disobeys, he will be fired directly. Will he be sidelined?

Afterwards, the two sides had a long talk based on the details of future cooperation.

As the chairman, Chen Fei is naturally the captain of the aircraft carrier of Feiyue Film and Television. He will be responsible for all decisions and lead the aircraft carrier to a wider sea area.

And Su Guohai is the deputy captain, responsible for management and assisting Chen Fei.

Jiang Xuerou is responsible for the production of TV series, and Chen Guofu is responsible for the production of Chinese-language films.

As for Zhong Lifang, who has just joined the company, she will be responsible for the production, post-production, publicity and distribution of Sino-foreign cooperative films such as "Pacific Rim", as well as the external distribution of Chinese-language films.

At this point, the high-level structure of Feiyue Film and Television has officially become complete.

After signing the contract with Zhong Lifang, Feiyue Film and Television’s official Weibo immediately released a brief notice:

"We warmly welcome Ms. Zhong Lifang, who has officially been appointed as the general manager of Feiyue Film and Television Department (Chinese-foreign co-productions and Chinese-language film external projects). We firmly believe that Ms. Zhong Lifang's joining will bring new development momentum and strategic perspective to the company.

She will lead all employees in the department to face challenges together, seize opportunities, and promote the company to achieve new breakthroughs and leaps in foreign Chinese film projects.

We expect employees from all departments to actively cooperate with the new leadership and give full play to their professional abilities and sense of responsibility in their positions. Let us go hand in hand to create a more brilliant future for the company with fuller enthusiasm and firm confidence! "

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

When the announcement of Zhong Lifang joining Feiyue Film and Television was issued, she was immediately watched by various companies in the industry.

Especially when they saw the content of the project she was responsible for, a number of film and television production companies, led by Huayi and LeTV, were even more envious.

"Why? Why did Chen Fei recruit such a talent again? God, it's so unfair!"

Although Zhong Lifang failed to lead Xiaoma to go public, in the eyes of the industry, her work level and ability are definitely one of the best!

Therefore, when she resigned from Xiaomao, Huayi offered a sky-high salary, hoping to take her under its wing.

But I never thought that I would be intercepted by Feiyue Film and Television in the end!

Faced with the company's announcement, Zhong Lifang also responded immediately: "I feel deeply honored to be a member of this dynamic and innovative atmosphere.

In the follow-up work, I will contribute to the development of the company with a fuller work enthusiasm, a more rigorous work attitude, and a more innovative way of thinking. "

With Zhong Lifang's reply, at this moment, everyone in the industry finally recovered.

Feiyue Film and Television has added a new general. This is the rhythm of continuing to "take off" to higher places!

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Many people in the outside world are paying attention to the news of Zhong Lifang joining Feiyue Film and Television, but as the initiator, Chen Fei is taking a very fresh bite of melon at this time.

As time flies into late April, several movies released in early April have also achieved their own results.

Among them, "Dear" is undoubtedly the most popular. It has been released for more than 20 days and the box office has successfully exceeded 500 million, and is charging towards the 600 million mark!

Of course, this is inseparable from the continuous input of Chen Fei, Liu Yifei, Huang Bo, and Zhou Xun.

It's just that the one that has attracted the most attention from netizens is not "Dear", but the Sino-Korean co-production "My Favorite on the Road" produced by Juli Pictures and starring Hua Shi and Huang Shengyi. you".

This movie has been extremely miserable at the box office since the day it was released on March 28.

Not a few days later, the "cheating scandal" of actor surnamed Wen came to light again.

Under the severe blow, this co-production film with an investment of over 100 million was forced to be canceled by theaters after only ten days of release.

In the end, the total box office was only 17.66 million, which was a huge loss!

And that's not even the most noteworthy thing.

What has been most discussed by netizens is the words Yang Tsai and Huang Shengyi used to justify the heraldry on the Internet.

As one of the former four actresses, Huang Shengyi still has some brains. She is just calling on netizens not to deny the entire movie just because of the mistakes made by a certain actor in life.

But Yang Zai was a little too harsh.

He didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually reproduced Chen Long's "famous saying" from that year:

"As Brother Chen Long once said, heraldry is just a mistake made by men all over the world.

What's more, the mistakes he made are actually not as big as Chen Long's. Therefore, I call on the majority of netizens to forgive Huaizhi just like they forgive their elder brother. After all, he has shouldered the acting banner of the new generation of domestic actors. Such a person should not Being completely abandoned because of a small mistake..."

When these remarks were released, the entire circle was shocked!

This guy had severely offended Li Lianjie before for filming the movie "The Legend of White Snake". This time he brought out Chen Long's mistakes to justify the coat of arms. It was like having his head slapped on the head by a donkey. It's like kicking!

Although this article was deleted by him less than half an hour after it was published, it had already been reprinted by the media before that.

For a time, the industry was ridiculing him constantly, and Yang Zai and Juli Pictures were completely sentenced to death.

Having offended two giants one after another, what else could it be if he wasn't seeking death?

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In order to save trouble, Chen Fei came up with a new operation that was quite novel in the industry!

He put the premiere of "Fireworks in the Day", the celebration banquets of "Taking Tiger Mountain" and "The Martian", and the franchise banquet for Zhong Lifang at the same time and at the same venue.

The final result is that almost all companies or individuals who receive invitations are absent.

There is no way, who made this banquet hosted by China Film Group? Who in the film and television industry dares not to give face to China Film Group?

This also made it possible that what the guests who walked into the venue saw were the promotional posters for the three movies "Fireworks in the Day", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and "The Martian".

The former won this year's Golden Bear and Silver Bear Best Actor, while the latter broke through 2 billion in box office as a main theme movie. The last one even broke the record in film history, directly increasing the leverage to 3 billion...

And all these are the achievements made by Feiyue Films in the first half of 2014.

In just half a year, the box office revenue alone has exceeded the 1.5 billion mark.

Just thinking about it, everyone can't hide their envy and jealousy!

And tonight, as one of the protagonists, Zhong Lifang finally realized what it means to "lean against a big tree for shade".

When she was the general manager of Xiaoma Pentium, whenever she encountered an occasion like tonight, she was always the one who flattered others.

And now, she has transformed herself and become the object of flattery by many people she used to need to please and curry favor with.

It can be said that the light boat has passed through thousands of mountains!

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