Chapter 718 "Baka!"; What Are the Consequences of Laying Off Employees Until the Sales Champion Is Reached?

While most people's eyes were still on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny", the summer vacation has entered the most exciting and tense moment.

The movie "See You Tomorrow", directed by Han Han and starring Feng Shaofeng, Zhong Hanliang and others, was officially launched amid the cheers of fans and the abuse of a group of black fans!

On the 24th, the film industry even saw a rare scene where fans of two films openly cursed each other online!

The fan circle culture is vividly reflected in Guo Jingming and Han Han.

The fans of both sides have been tit-for-tat for many years at the beginning. Now the two have stepped into the film industry one after another, which is tantamount to giving fans another platform to compete.

Compared with the chaos in the film industry, the TV industry is not much different.

When Feiyue Film and Television announced the three TV series projects "The Best of Us", "Together in the Classroom", and "Ode to Joy" in succession, the entire TV industry was boiling!

"Day and Night" and "The Journey of Flower" are both in a hot state at this time.

The next "Red Sorghum" is already in the queue, and I heard that the post-production of "Nirvana in Fire" is about to come to an end.

Now, three TV series projects have emerged at the same time, which is obviously aimed at the TV series market next year!

For a time, many companies whose main business is TV series production became busy and began to investigate information everywhere, wanting to know what the rules of these three new dramas are.

At the same time, the other brokerage companies also became busy and asked about the specific casting situation.

Major media outlets came over with great interest and began to reprint reports:

"Hot News: Feiyue Film and Television has once again officially announced the successful establishment of three new dramas, focusing on the three major themes of campus, youth, and workplace."

"At present, Feiyue Film and Television has released multiple role audition requirements, and will conduct an invitation-based audition process in the future to determine the role lineup."

"Whether it is film or television, Feiyue Film and Television has always adhered to the high-quality production policy and strived not to disappoint fans."

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Chen Fei did not pay much attention to the news in the mainland. After all, it was just three TV drama projects, and he did not need to follow up personally.

At present, his attention is all focused on the California court's verdict on Keith Raniere.

After collecting evidence from many parties, Keith Raniere, the leader of the NXIVM organization, was finally sentenced to 120 years in prison and fined $1.75 million in compensation!

And when the number "120 years" was freshly released, many people in the industry instantly understood it.

Isn't this just imprisonment until death?

No one had any objection to this verdict, after all, this guy's evil deeds were known to the whole country.

Bruce called again and asked excitedly: "Fei, do you need me to arrange someone to pass on the message to him again?"

Bruce always loved to beat the dog when it was down, and Harvey's fate in prison was caused by him.

"Forget it, let him enjoy this 120-year sentence. If he is scared silly, he may even enjoy the sentence reduction service in the future, which is not good."

"Haha, you are right!"

Bruce laughed in agreement. It must be said that this feeling of eliminating violence and protecting the good is really cool!

After a brief chat, Chen Fei mentioned the "island development plan" again.

This time, Bruce seemed to have considered it and asked about the relevant situation with great interest: "Fei, where is the location of this island you mentioned?"

Fai Chen responded like a treasure: "It is located in the southern Indian Ocean, about 1,942 kilometers away from the Antarctic continent. It belongs to the French Southern and Antarctic Territory. It consists of a main island, Grande Terre, and several smaller islands, including Curry Island, Posession Island, and East Island. The area is about 7,215 square kilometers..."

"That far away?"

Bruce was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect the island to be so far away.

Fai Chen laughed: "Only if the distance is far enough, can we guarantee that we will not be affected by the outside world, right?"

This makes sense, and Bruce can't refute it.

If you want to avoid the coercion of some hegemonic countries in the United Nations, there is no other good choice except running far away.

"Then how can I get there? I'd like to take a look and investigate."

"I can charter a cruise ship for you. You can bring a few sexy girls and treat it as a vacation."

Fade Chen's proposal clearly touched Bruce's heart. This guy couldn't sit still and clamored to pack his luggage on the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Fade Chen called his assistant to implement all the arrangements.

The price of the island has been negotiated. After Bruce returns from this trip, he can sign a contract with France.

This is a project worth tens of billions of dollars, so we must be cautious.

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As a movie that is also "fan-oriented", in the industry's cognition, the first-day box office performance of "See You Tomorrow" will definitely not be too bad.

And the facts have proved this point.

When the data of 76.54 million appeared in the media reports, relevant people in the industry made judgments.

If nothing unexpected happens, this movie should be a success!

In his spare time, Fade Chen also cast a glance.

In terms of Douban score, "See You Tomorrow" obviously far exceeds "Tiny Times".

To put it in a rough way, the movie made by Han Han is like a bowl of uncooked rice. Although it is hard and difficult to swallow, it is still "rice" after all.

But Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times" series is just a pile of shit!

This statement has been recognized by a large number of people in the industry, but Guo Jingming's fans obviously do not agree with it, and once again started a confrontation with netizens and experts.

With the official release of "See You Tomorrow", it also means that the end of July is not far away.

At the same time, the movie "I Am Me" produced by Mango TV and starring Hua Chenyu, Ou Hao and others also entered the theaters.

However, this movie has been criticized even more than "Tiny Times 3".

The previous "Where Are We Going, Dad?" was criticized by many people for making money, and now another "I Am Me" has been released. Isn't this just making money?

There are quite a few fans who support it, but there are more abuse and criticism.

The box office result of 2 million on the first day of release is a death sentence for it!

Some people even mocked it publicly: "This time, no matter how hard the mage tries, he can't support the box office performance of this movie!"

In a blink of an eye, there are less than 5 days left until the end of July.

Under the attention of the public, "Breakup Master" starring Deng Chao and Yang Mi finally ended with a box office result of 650 million.

It is definitely profitable, after all, the investment in this movie is really low.

But at the same time, the slander and those who scold the bad movie cannot be refuted or covered up.

In order to eliminate the controversy she has suffered, Yang Mi has worked harder, and she even started to work hard for the award.

As July is coming to an end, the movies that are scheduled to be released in August are already eyeing the market.

Xiying's "Record of Jianghu Swordsmanship", Guangguang's "The Four", imported films "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Frozen", "Challenge Alliance" and the postponed "Transformers 4"...

Let's not talk about the results for now, just talk about the impact. For other domestic films, it is undoubtedly a huge test!

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On the 27th, "Guardians of the Galaxy" held a grand premiere ceremony in Los Angeles!

Chen Fei directly led the entire "Avengers 2" crew to support the scene and gave the greatest support to this latest Marvel series of movies.

When all the Avengers gathered and appeared on the red carpet, the fans at the scene were almost crazy, and the screams and shouts seemed to overturn the entire theater!

With the release of many Marvel series movies, this big IP has already accumulated countless fans.

Even though "Guardians of the Galaxy" is just a new series, fans still give it extremely high praise.

And this situation also makes other Hollywood companies envious.

Kevin, president of Warner Pictures, also came to the scene today. Looking at the grand occasion in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh: "If the DC series of movies has such a huge number of fans, then sooner or later we can catch up with Marvel and enjoy the huge profits brought by copyright development."

The president of DC Films on the side nodded and said: "I am very sure that "Justice League" will definitely surpass the current performance of "Avengers"!"

Sony's president Kazuo Hirai also came to the scene today.

Watching the representative characters of the Marvel series appear one by one, he felt very complicated.

Holding the copyright of the film and television adaptation of "Spider-Man", he always thought that he had bet on a treasure, but with the disastrous failure of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", he suddenly found that this "treasure" was also a very hot potato.

The contract stipulates that Sony must launch a "Spider-Man" series movie every 3 years.

But with the failure of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2", the previously set plan to use the "Evil Six" to expand the "Spider-Man Universe" was directly declared a failure.

Although there are still three years left before the deadline stipulated in the contract, the problem is that it takes a long time to prepare for such a top science fiction blockbuster!

A movie with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars will take at least one year to prepare, and then another year will be spent on shooting and post-production, and the last year will be used for promotion and release...

In other words, if Sony still wants to continue to develop the copyright of Spider-Man, then it has to prepare the script from now on.

At the latest by the end of the year, they have to finalize the project and prepare for casting and shooting.

But the most critical problem now is that the script is not yet available!

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was declared a failure, and all the subsequent settings were invalidated.

If you want to continue to develop, you have to write a new script.

Thinking of this, Kazuo Hirai suddenly felt a headache. This is too difficult to deal with.

"Baga!"

He growled, looking at Chen Fei's position, and suddenly remembered the matter that Marvel had discussed with him before.

"Do you want to jointly develop the copyright with them?"

Kazuo Hirai murmured, and it was difficult to make up his mind for a while.

He really didn't want to give up this opportunity to eat alone, but this meal was not so delicious, there were too many thorns in it.

If he failed to chew it, it would get stuck in his throat!

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Although "Guardians of the Galaxy" did not hold a premiere in China, related promotional activities have not fallen behind.

Therefore, news of the North American premiere naturally spread back to China.

And when we saw Chen Fei leading a group of international superstars on the red carpet, it immediately caused quite a stir and heated discussion in the mainland.

"Director Chen is getting more and more awesome! I really admire him. With his influence, he can be called the number one person in the global film and television industry!"

"What the hell? Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow... so many people are walking behind him? This guy is so awesome!"

"I don't know when "Avengers 2" will be released? I'm already looking forward to it!"

However, just when many people were discussing "Guardians of the Galaxy", a piece of news suddenly came out and directly dominated the hot search headlines on major entertainment news websites!

"According to China Film Statistics, the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Transformers 4" has officially exceeded 2 billion yuan in box office today, and the daily new movie box office currently has 15.14 million yuan."

As soon as this news came out, the mainland film industry fell silent.

After many years of domestic films, it took a lot of effort to produce two films with a box office of over 2 billion. But now, the good news is that imported films have suddenly come forward!

You know, even the total box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is currently only 2.235 billion.

This is the result after the postponement.

But today is only the first day since "Transformers 4" has been postponed, and the box office has already exceeded the 2 billion mark. This is obviously aiming to break the record!

Chen Fei himself doesn't care. After all, "Transformers 4" is a joint project between Volton Pictures and DreamWorks. The higher the box office, the more he will make.

But for the mainland film market, if the box office record is once again broken by an imported film, it will be like a slap in the face from outsiders.

Thanks to the fact that there was another movie "The Martian" ahead of him, otherwise, the record that was finally obtained would have to be broken again.

By that time, everyone was ashamed.

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Perhaps because it was the end of the month, Chen Fei could often see various summary data online.

Such as:

"Director Han Han's debut film "The Future" has been released for 4 days, and the box office data has officially exceeded 300 million. The film's reputation has increased in all aspects, overwhelmingly crushing "Tiny Times 3"!"

"It is reported that "Tiny Times 3" directed by Guo Jingming has been in theaters for 11 days, with a total box office of 456 million. The daily new box office has dropped to 10 million, which is far from its target of 1 billion."

"The second animated film "Big Fish and Begonia" produced by Feiyue Films once again continues the glory of its predecessor "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage". The box office has now reached 635 million, and may become the second-largest film in this summer vacation after "The Return of the Great Sage". "Transformers 4", a domestic masterpiece!

"'Oldboy: The Dragon's Crossing' was released ahead of schedule, with a box office revenue of 205 million."

"The documentary film "I Am Me" produced by Mango failed to continue the glory of "Where Are We Going, Dad". After three days of release, the box office revenue was only 3.69 million. It has been forced to cancel by many theaters."

Most of the films that really make the headlines are film and television works that have attracted the attention of many parties in the industry.

As for those domestic films that have not received much attention from the public, without exception, they all met the end of "disappearing as soon as they were released".

Some experts even concluded: "In the future, cross-border directors will definitely become a popular trend in the industry. As for those professional directors, they may face severe tests and challenges."

This conclusion is based on Zhao Yanzi, Guo Jingming, Han Han, Guo Fan and others.

Even Chen Fei can actually be regarded as a "cross-border director". After all, he has always been an actor, but he has never specifically learned the professional skills and knowledge of directing.

It is rare that not many directors in the industry come out to refute this conclusion.

Because they have no way to refute it, this is an ironclad fact!

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As long as you are in the film and television industry, even if you don't take the initiative to contact the Internet, there will still be a steady stream of fresh "melons" automatically rolling in.

Chen Fei was busy filming the last scene of "Avengers 2". However, while taking a break, his assistant came over and told him something.

"Mr. Chen, word has spread in the mainland film and television circles that director Zhang Yimou has sued Zhang Weiping again and asked the latter to pay him a share of the box office of "Three Guns", which is a full 15 million!"

"Surprised that three shots were fired?"

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, and for a moment he couldn't remember what year this movie was released.

The assistant was very discerning and reminded in a low voice: "This movie was released during the Lunar New Year in 2009."

"..."

For a moment, Fei Chen was speechless.

Five years have passed since this horse racing, and Zhang Yimou's box office accounts have not yet been settled. Zhang Weiping is also good enough.

I think back then, the merger of Double Picture would be able to compete with Huayi, and the new picture would be one of the best private production companies in the industry.

But now? Who else recognizes him, Zhang Weiping?

After losing Zhang Yimou, he had already become a street rat, and everyone shouted to beat him!

In fact, layoffs are common in every company, but if they are laid off at the top of sales, isn't that just asking for death?

"Please pay attention, and remember to tell me if there are any results."

Fed Chen gave a casual order, then picked up the loud speaker next to him and shouted to the shooting site: "Everyone! Get ready! Action!"

In order to leave a profound and shocking ending for the movie, the last scene of "The Avengers" is the climax and ending of the whole movie. It not only carries the emotional peak of the story, but also needs to show the unique charm of each hero and the power of teamwork.

In this regard, Fei Chen made a lot of coordination.

Under his command, the camera slowly moved forward and focused on every Avenger in the base.

Everyone was ready to go, and their eyes showed both determination for unknown challenges and deep trust in each other.

The first person to appear in the camera was Iron Man Tony Stark, who was wearing the latest generation of Mark armor, flashing with high-tech light, and making the final tactical deployment for Ultron in the holographic image.

His voice was calm and powerful, and every command revealed the temperament of a leader.

Then, the camera switched to Captain America Steve Rogers, who was holding a vibranium shield and standing at the forefront of the team, with a torch-like gaze, as if he could penetrate all the darkness and give his teammates endless courage!

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from outside the base, and Ultron's robot army surged in like a tide, surrounding the base.

Then, the Avengers responded quickly, each showing amazing abilities.

Thor summoned thunder and lightning, swung Thor's hammer in the air, and each blow was accompanied by deafening thunder, smashing large groups of robots into scrap metal.

Black Widow Natasha used her agility and wisdom to shuttle between the battlefields and accurately solve every threat.

And the Hulk roared angrily, smashing the enemy to pieces with one punch after another!

In this melee, the most eye-catching thing is the tacit cooperation between the Avengers.

Iron Man and Hawkeye Clint Barton teamed up to use high-tech equipment and accurate archery to accurately strike the enemy's core.

Captain America fought side by side with Falcon Sam Wilson, using tactics and speed to flexibly shuttle on the battlefield and create opportunities for teammates.

What is even more touching is that when Hulk fell into a rage due to losing control, Dr. Banner and Black Widow worked together to pull him back to reality with love and reason, showing the most gentle and tenacious side of human nature.

As the battle gradually entered a white-hot stage, the Avengers finally ushered in the final showdown with Ultron.

In a thrilling contest, they finally defeated this powerful enemy with wisdom, courage and sacrifice!

However, the joy of victory did not last too long, because everyone knew the price paid behind this battle - sacrifice and separation.

In the last scene, the Avengers stood silently on the ruins, looking at the dawn slowly rising in the distance!

The camera gradually pulled away, showing their lonely and determined figures, as if conveying a message to the audience: "No matter how great the difficulties and challenges are, as long as we unite as one, nothing is impossible."

This moment is not only the end of "Avengers 2", but also a celebration and inheritance of the spirit of superheroes!

Behind the monitor, Chen Fei took a deep breath and shouted the word "Cut" with full energy.

So far, the super sci-fi blockbuster "Avengers 2", which has been filmed for 3 months, has officially been announced to be completed today!

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The response speed in China is very fast.

Before Chen Fei's wrap-up party was announced to be over, the relevant news has been reprinted by major media.

"Reprinted from Hollywood Entertainment: The top sci-fi blockbuster "Avengers 2" directed by Chen Fei, starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, and Liu Yifei's guest appearance has officially been announced to be completed!"

"It is reported that the investment amount of this movie is about 250 million US dollars, about 1.5 billion yuan, which can be ranked in the top 5 of the big investment movie series!"

"Director Chen Fei ended the interview and said that the film is expected to meet the global audience in 2015."

The completion of "Avengers 2" triggered many chain reactions.

For example, at China Film, La Peikang is already thinking about what reasons to use to convince Chen Fei to agree to direct the Sino-foreign co-production of the super fantasy blockbuster.

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