Chapter 732: Refusing to Appear as a Guest Star! Wu Suowei? Playing a Big Game of Chess!

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Xingchi was still waiting for Chen Fei's response.

On the other side of the phone, Chen Fei had already made a decision after looking at each other.

Although Wu Yifan's joining may indeed help the box office, it will also cause a series of follow-up problems.

"Mermaid" was originally created after isolating the people from the Beijing circle. What's the point of letting a person from the Beijing circle join in through the back door?

What's more, he, Wu Yifan, is a piece of shit?

For such a big project, worth nearly 400 million yuan, why should he be given the opportunity to come in and get gold plating?

Who is he?

"Director Zhou, Director La and I do not agree to modify the script. We feel that the original script is already perfect. If the script is changed because of the joining of a certain actor, resulting in subsequent fluctuations in box office results, who will be responsible for this situation? Responsible?"

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Xingchi was slightly stunned.

He really didn't expect that Chen Fei would refuse so simply.

"Director Chen, will you be with La Dong now?"

"Um."

Chen Fei responded, and then handed the phone to La Beikang.

After receiving the call, La Geikang didn't think too much and once again chose to side with Chen Fei: "Director Zhou, it's now at this critical moment. It's better not to continue to cause trouble. Let's move forward safely."

Although compared with Han Sanping, La Geikang was not decisive enough, but at certain critical moments, he was still very decisive.

For example, he has always been very firm in supporting Chen Fei.

Realistically speaking, Chen Fei can bring enough benefits to China Film and at the same time, it can also bring him enough political achievements.

Taking a two-pronged approach, there is no reason for him not to support Chen Fei.

Although Zhou Xingchi really wanted to keep Wu Yifan, the two major investors chose to refuse, so it was difficult for him to say anything more.

The phone was always in hands-free mode, so he simply turned his attention to Xu Ke.

At this time, listening to Chen Fei and La Geikang's words, Xu Ke didn't know what to say.

He originally wanted to waste some favors, but now he suddenly discovered that this favor was not that easy to use!

Both Chen Fei and La Geikang refused. If he spoke out again now, he would face two big capital companies in the industry.

Is it worth it for Wu Yifan?

Without thinking too much, he shook his head and expressed his attitude.

"Okay, in that case, let me tell Director Xu that this matter should end here."

Zhou Xingchi responded and hung up the phone directly.

A bitter smile appeared on Xu Ke's face: "I didn't expect that they have such a deep grudge against Wu Yifan."

"Director Chen seems to have a bad opinion of these idol artists." Zhou Xingchi agreed, and then asked: "Do you need me to call Mr. Wang from Guangguang to ask?"

"Forget it."

Xu Ke shook his head, his expression a little embarrassed.

Who in the industry doesn't know that Wang Changtian and Chen Fei wear the same pants?

You don't need to guess to know that this call was in vain and had no effect at all.

"Director Chen has a lot of say in the crew, doesn't he?"

Xu Ke tentatively made a last-ditch effort, because in his opinion, Zhou Xingchi should be the kind of director who speaks his mind and has the right to make decisions.

"The "Mermaid" project was not favored by other investors at first. With an investment of nearly 400 million, the project was successfully approved only after Director Chen's support."

As soon as Zhou Xingchi said these words, Xu Ke knew that there was no chance.

He stood up and said with a smile: "Remember to notify me when you turn on the phone. I will be on call."

"Okay, walk slowly."

Zhou Xingchi personally sent Xu Ke out.

Facing the new round of flattery from Wu Yifan's mother and son, he acted very calmly.

Since Chen Fei doesn't agree, then there is no need for him. He is just an idol artist. How can he be compared with a big capital like Feiyue Film and Television?

He has decided that if there is still a guest role that needs to be played by then, he can simply go to Feiyinghuang Agency to find it.

It's better to betray Chen Fei than to be stabbed in the back by the Beijing circle.

…

After leaving the "Mermaid" crew, Xu Ke first said goodbye to Wu Yifan and his son, and then called Wang Zhonglei directly.

"Mr. Wang, unfortunately, this recommendation failed." Xu Ke's voice was mixed with a hint of helplessness.

"What? Zhou Xingchi didn't agree?"

Wang Zhonglei's tone revealed a bit of disbelief. A person who loves money actually chooses to keep money away? Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be?

"No, Director Zhou is still quite interested. The main reason is that Chen Fei and La Geikang have different opinions. They believe that rashly adding a plot will have an uncontrollable impact on the overall effect of the film."

Wang Zhonglei's face instantly darkened when he heard this.

He was silent for a moment, seeming to be digesting the news, and then said slowly: "Okay, I understand, thank you for your hard work, Director Xu, I will think of another way."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Zhonglei's fists clenched unconsciously.

He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the Feiyue Film and Television Building towering outside the window, with mixed feelings in his heart.

"Chen Fei? La Geikang? Just adding a few minutes of plot can earn at least 100 million in box office. Why can't you add more?" He murmured to himself, with a trace of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

Suddenly, as if he thought of something, he turned around suddenly and picked up the landline phone on the table: "Xiao Zhang, come in."

The female secretary pushed the door open and saw Wang Zhonglei's gloomy expression, and couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Mr. Wang, do you have any orders?"

"Go and contact Director Guan Hu and see if he is free to come to Huayi tomorrow. I have an actor here who needs to meet him." Wang Zhonglei's tone revealed an unquestionable determination.

Upon hearing this, the female secretary immediately nodded in agreement, turned and left the office.

"Since the path of "Mermaid" doesn't work, then let's find another way. It's not like Huayi doesn't have any movie projects. Using the project of "Old Paoer" to gild him will not be as good as the one in "Mermaid". How many minutes?”

…

The meeting at the General Administration lasted for a whole day, and finally a basic charter was set.

Next, Chen Fei no longer has to go there for meetings from time to time and look at the faces of those old guys. He can just wait for the documents to be issued.

A day later, the headlines in the entertainment industry were once again dominated by various "exciting" news.

"Reprinted from the Venice Film Festival report: The copyright of "Famous 3" was successfully sold at the Venice Film Festival for US$10 million, successfully recovering the cost."

When seeing this message, Chen Fei was still a little emotional.

Foreigners always seem to have an indescribable obsession with domestic martial arts movies.

In particular, the word "Kung Fu" is very popular abroad, as if it has become a "metaphysics" in a certain sense.

Unfortunately, "Famous 3" did not perform very well at the domestic box office.

Five days after its release, although the total box office has exceeded 150 million, the daily new box office has dropped to more than 7 million, and the potential has obviously been exhausted.

In addition to this news, the media also broke the news about a celebrity's private life gossip.

"At around 1 o'clock last night, Xie Nan rushed to the capital hospital. It was suspected of premature labor. The man flew back to the capital from the "Running Brothers" recording site overnight..."

Seeing this news, Chen Fei's expression suddenly became serious.

He immediately took out his cell phone and dialed Wu Jing's number and asked about the situation.

"These paparazzi stay up most of the night." Wu Jing complained angrily at first, and then responded: "It is true that she was born prematurely, almost 20 days early, but it's okay. She just has to be in the incubator. Stay here for a while..."

"It's okay." Chen Fei secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, I was still thinking of finishing the last two episodes of "Running Man" and then returning to the capital to accompany the childbirth. I didn't expect this guy to flirt with me and come early without giving me any face..."

Xie Nan's laughing and scolding voice suddenly came from the phone: "What are you talking about? What does a kid know? I'm still giving you face."

"Ha ha."

Chen Fei was immediately amused by these two couples.

"I gave birth to a son, right? What's his name? Which hospital is he in? I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

"Yes, son, you can come here after you are discharged from the hospital. You won't be able to see me when I come here."

Wu Jing first explained, and then added: "I gave him a name, Wu Suo. How about it? It's very artistic, right?"

"What does Wu mean? It doesn't matter?"

Chen Fei was slightly stunned and didn't react for a long time.

After a while, he said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "Don't tell me, it's really quite artistic."

He was quite curious and didn't know how Wu Jing persuaded Xie Nan. The name was really "casual".

…

After finishing the call with Wu Jing and working all morning, Chen Fei finally sent out all the audition invitations for "Operation Mekong".

There were more than 20 invitations, all of which were "carefully selected" by him.

In order to save time, he planned to do it all in one day.

Of course, this is about the main cast. As for the supporting roles and extras, there will naturally be a casting director responsible for following up.

If everything was done in detail and every actor was selected by him one by one, he would be exhausted and wouldn't be able to finish so much work.

"Bona Pictures officially announced that it has begun the privatization and delisting process."

On Weibo, the appearance of a new melon immediately attracted Chen Fei's attention.

After all, Yu Dong shot himself in the foot. Facing the multiple blows of online public opinion, sluggish stock prices, and his ex-wife's lawsuit, Bona finally couldn't hold on.

But soon, the hot search headlines were occupied by an even more explosive news!

"This morning, Wanda Cinema officially signed a film distribution agreement with Buyi Lehu Pictures. The agreement states that Wanda will distribute the new film "One Step Away" directed by Jiang Wen through a buyout."

"It is reported that Wanda's specific guaranteed box office for releasing "One Step Away" is 1 billion yuan!"

"The producer is very happy to receive a share of the 1 billion box office in advance and successfully achieve profitability before the movie is released."

"The movie "One Step Away" will be officially scheduled to be released on December 18, participating in the competition for this year's Lunar New Year release."

"Many Lunar New Year films were urgently withdrawn and changed to avoid competition for the Lunar New Year films..."

Looking at these news, Chen Fei felt a little complicated for a moment.

A few months ago, Jiang Wen was still clamoring to sign a gambling agreement with theater chains, saying that his new movie would have a box office of over 1 billion!

Thanks to him not doing this, otherwise he would have to lose all the money he made from "Let the Bullets Fly."

As for the cooperation with Wanda, Chen Fei has heard about it.

Previously, Jiang Wen also approached the person in charge of Pan-Asia Cinemas, but the two parties failed to negotiate a cooperation.

The guaranteed box office of 1 billion is a real test of the quality of the movie. If it cannot be achieved, the theater chain will lose a lot of money!

Only Wanda has the courage to engage in this type of cooperation.

However, other movies planned to be released during the Lunar New Year period have been miserable.

No one needs to guess that in order to achieve the expected box office performance of "One Step Away", Wanda will definitely increase the number of films scheduled for this movie.

In other words, the schedule of other films will inevitably decrease accordingly.

This is also the reason why movies produced by other film and television companies have been urgently withdrawn and adjusted.

The competition for the Lunar New Year stalls is already very fierce, but now that something like this has happened, if we don’t adjust the schedule, we will really be “killed”!

…

There is no airtight wall in the entertainment industry.

Chen Fei had just sent out the audition invitations, and the next day, relevant news came out on the Internet.

"According to insiders in the industry, the auditions for "Operation Mekong" will officially begin on September 3. During the period, auditions will be by invitation only. Congratulations to all the audition actors for their immediate success!"

Looking at this news, some people in the industry are happy and some are worried.

All the actors who received the invitation became excited and made preparations one after another, hoping to win the role in one fell swoop.

Those actors who did not receive the invitation letter were all devastated and felt that their lives were dark.

During this period, many people entrusted their connections to Chen Fei in an attempt to get an audition opportunity.

However, most of them were politely rejected, and only a small number of actors who were really suitable for the roles successfully got the opportunity to audition.

Moreover, most of the audition roles they got were supporting roles.

This movie is of great importance, so Chen Fei is not planning to choose idol artists or popular stars, but is planning to start filming with all actors!

Even for the newcomers in the company, he was not prepared to lead them, and all of them were mature artists.

…

With the arrival of the 30th, the summer season has officially come to an end.

Major theater chains have already prepared the completed films of "Now You See Me 2" and "The Expendables 3". They just have to wait until 12 o'clock to pass, and these two Hollywood blockbusters will make their grand debut.

At the same time, "Guardians of the Galaxy", which hit theaters on August 1, also ended successfully with a score of 667 million.

As for another imported film, "Frozen," its box office has exceeded 350 million.

There is still half a month of screening period. If nothing happens, it will not be a problem to break 400 million or even 500 million.

It's just "Famous 3" that pits Ray Light. Its box office has just exceeded 200 million after 8 days of release. The daily new box office has dropped to less than 1 million, completely losing its potential.

As for "Temporary Cohabitation" starring Yang Ying, it is even worse. The box office has just exceeded 100 million in nine days of release, and its potential has been completely exhausted.

At this time, many people are focusing on the September film market, expecting these newly released domestic films to make some achievements.

On the last day of August, Chen Fei got on a plane to Jin Province, preparing to attend the opening ceremony of the Jin Province Film Academy.

As an honorary principal, he is actually similar to a hands-off shopkeeper. He occasionally goes over to give a few public classes and just put his name on it.

The specific work was carried out by Jia Zhangke, and he didn't take care of it at all.

He has never even taken a look at the school since its establishment.

There is no one else who can be the hands-off shopkeeper!

On the plane, Chen Fei was not idle, but watched the media broadcast live.

There is a lot of excitement in the entertainment industry today, and if we want to talk about what deserves the most attention, it has to be the apology meeting held by Ke Zhendong, a popular young boy in the Bay Area.

It can be seen from the video that the person involved directly performed an extremely superb "performance" and successfully entered the crying state in just ten seconds.

Moreover, this crying scene is not short. From front to back, from wailing to sobbing, to bursting with snot and bursting with tears, it can be said that the actor showed all kinds of crying!

If this superb crying scene can be taught to Yang Ying, the latter can definitely surpass Yang Mi and others and officially become the number one in acting among the new four little actresses!

Back to business.

Although Ke Zhendong's apology meeting successfully captured the love and heartache of a group of idiot fans, it did not deceive those netizens with great powers.

Someone posted a video of his apology meeting in Gulf Province online.

Looking around, this guy was very calm when he apologized to Wanwan. Although he expressed apology in his words, his attitude was obviously dismissive.

Now that I have arrived in the Mainland, I have pretended to be "miserable, regretful, and sad" again. The hidden meaning is really worthy of analysis.

"Don't you just want to give up the mainland market? Is there any point in pretending to be so pure? If you can make a successful comeback, wouldn't you be slapping Prince Fang and Prince Zhang in the face?"

Chen Fei curled his lips with disdain on his face.

…

After getting off the plane and smelling the smell of his hometown, Chen Fei couldn't help but feel a little nostalgia in his heart.

Since taking the old man to the capital, he hasn't returned to Jin Province for a long time.

However, even though I have been away from my hometown for many years, the feeling of homesickness has never stopped.

"If you have time, you can go back to your hometown and take a look around. I don't know if it's all deserted..."

Muttering softly, Chen Fei got on the business car that came to pick him up smoothly under the guidance of his assistant.

"Hello, Director Chen, I am the assistant of Director Jia Zhangke. He is busy today, so he can't come to pick you up in person, so he sent me here to introduce you to the infrastructure and teaching conditions of our Jin Film Academy..."

On the co-pilot seat, a middle-aged man smiled and explained to Chen Fei the basics of Jin Film Academy.

"Our Jin Film Academy is a secondary college affiliated to Jin Media College, formerly the Film and Television College of Media College.

The college has more than 10 majors including drama and film directing, performance, film and television photography and production, recording art, new media art, animation, digital media art, drama and film literature, radio and television editing and directing, film and television technology, cultural industry management, comic art and technology, and more than 200 faculty and staff..."

As the middle-aged man narrated, a big chess game gradually took shape in Chen Fei's mind.

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