Chapter 769 Variety Show Movie! Wedding Wine? Xu Cairen's Tea Talk, a Prostitute Walked Into the Oscars?

In the current Chinese film industry, the name Xue Xiaolu has already become one of the synonyms for "female directors".

And she is not only a talented female film director, but also an outstanding screenwriter. She also holds multiple identities such as a Nortel professor.

When she threatened to become the first "female director with a billion-dollar box office," her words spread like wildfire throughout the industry and the entire Internet!

Although "Beijing Meets Seattle: Love Letter" has not yet been released, it has already triggered huge discussions and topics.

In just one morning, the related popularity and attention have made a qualitative leap.

The publicity effect is astonishing!

This also proves Xue Xiaolu's influence in the film industry. Her resume, titles and achievements have extremely high credibility in the eyes of audiences, fans and netizens.

The good reputation and high box office of the previous film undoubtedly added more expectations to this sequel.

People expect her to create miracles again and lead Chinese-language films to new heights.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that it is not difficult for her to achieve a box office of 1 billion.

Her talent, hard work and persistence have earned her widespread recognition and support in the film industry, making her a role model for countless women.

With the help of this group of female fans, she has officially established her box office appeal.

After the premiere, all the guests at the scene transferred to the hotel not far away and participated in the luncheon.

Chen Fei originally planned to stay for a while and then leave. After all, he had to rush back to the company to focus on those projects.

But I never thought that just a moment after sitting down, Wang Changtian came over with a mysterious look on his face.

"Director Wang? Is there something wrong?"

Seeing that he was hesitant to speak, Chen Fei couldn't help but be curious.

"Let me ask you something!" Wang Changtian organized his language and asked tentatively: "Many companies have found me and want to ask if our "Running Man" has any ideas of adapting it into a movie?"

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows slightly: "Director Wang, why do you say this?"

Wang Changtian explained: "Isn't Mango's "Where Are We Going, Dad 2" very popular recently? It's scheduled to be released on the first day of the new year, and it's claiming to have a box office of 1 billion. It sounds very awesome."

After hearing this, Chen Fei almost understood what he meant.

In the entertainment industry in recent years, a new movie trend has quietly emerged.

The name of this trend is "Variety Movies", an emerging movie genre known as a "money-making weapon".

The production cost of this kind of movie is extremely low and the time is extremely short, but the profit is extremely high, which is simply jaw-dropping!

Just imagine, it only takes less than a week to complete a movie. This speed is unimaginable in traditional film production.

However, the variety show movie did it!

It abandons cumbersome post-production and presents it to the audience in an original way, which not only retains the reality of the variety show, but also brings the novel experience of the movie.

"Where Are We Going, Dad" is the best example. The completed film was put into theaters and easily earned hundreds of millions at the box office.

Especially during the Spring Festival, a time when the whole family gets together, audiences are more inclined to choose such light-hearted variety movies to relax.

Therefore, the box office revenue will most likely be higher, allowing the producers to make a lot of money!

Such successful cases have caused a huge sensation in the industry, and many people in the industry are very coveted for this low-cost, high-efficiency, and high-return film production model.

Some people are even eager to try, hoping to copy such a successful model and get a share of the pie.

The success of the variety show movie is not accidental. It accurately grasps the needs of the market and meets the entertainment needs of the audience in a low-cost and efficient way.

However, this seemingly successful business model has also brought huge disadvantages to the film industry!

Chen Fei shook his head and said without hesitation: ""Running Brothers" will not do this."

"Why?"

Wang Changtian was a little confused. Isn't this a good way to make money?

Chen Fei asked back: "Didn't you pay attention to the recent scolding war between Feng Xiaogang and the daily newspaper?"

Not long ago, a report in the "Daily News" sparked heated discussions in the mainland film industry.

They believe that variety movies are the natural choice of the market, and the film industry should adapt to the preferences of the audience and the people.

However, Feng Xiaogang and other directors expressed strong opposition to this!

The latter believes that the so-called respect for market choices by the Daily is actually the pursuit of economic interests rather than the real needs of the people.

In their view, the remarks of the "Daily" are undoubtedly blasphemous to the art of film, and may even mislead the development direction of the entire industry!

This was originally just an internal discussion within the industry, but due to the outspokenness of Feng Xiaogang and others, it became the focus of public attention.

For a time, the controversy between "Daily News" and major directors became more and more intense!

The former firmly believes that as a media, it has the responsibility to convey the voice of the market and guide the healthy development of the industry.

The latter is also very fierce, and he is full of anger, saying that the former is in the eyes of money and has no regard for the future development of the film industry.

As the controversy escalated, the Directors Association actually joined the war of words. They publicly spoke out to support Feng Xiaogang and expressed their strong dissatisfaction with the "Daily" remarks.

This move undoubtedly aggravated the tension between the two parties, causing the entire film industry to fall into a state of stalemate and confrontation.

From Chen Fei's point of view, he doesn't lack the money, and there is no need to put "Running Man" on the cusp of such a storm.

Wang Changtian scratched his head in embarrassment: "I just feel that there are many good ways to monetize in this variety show, but we have ignored them all."

Chen Fei replied seriously: "Director Wang, if you don't want the potential of this variety show to be exhausted quickly and get a lot of notoriety, it's best not to do this."

Upon hearing this, Wang Changtian couldn't help but become nervous.

"Then forget it, say goodbye. Of course, the longer you live, the better..."

Half an hour later, Chen Fei left the banquet early.

Naturally, he is not responsible for the follow-up publicity and arrangements. What he needs to do next is to wait for the box office results after the film is officially released.

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Returning to the company, as soon as he arrived at the office, the secretary opened the door and walked in and handed an envelope into his hand.

"Mr. Chen, these are the infield tickets sent by the Spring Festival Gala program team."

"Oh, okay."

Chen Fei responded, took it casually, and put it in the drawer under his desk.

He planned to take the time to give the ticket to the old man and let him join in the fun.

To be honest, this year's Spring Festival Gala is no longer attractive to him.

For the sake of ratings, the program team actually promoted "idol" stars this year.

Except for Liu Dehua, a singer who is more popular among middle-aged and elderly people, the others are all popular stars such as Lu Han, Wu Yifan, Li Yifeng, Chen Weiting and so on.

Although it did create a wave of popularity and triggered heated discussions on the Internet, for Chen Fei, he had no interest in watching these little fresh meats.

At that time, wouldn't it be good to sleep with the sweet-smelling Liu Yifei in your arms?

If nothing else works, why not go watch the girl group perform? Why watch a bunch of men in heavy makeup jumping around and lip-syncing on stage?

It was the end of another day, and the next day, the movie "There's a Place Only We Know" directed by Xu Jinglei officially held a grand premiere ceremony in the capital.

Although Chen Fei did not go to the scene, he saw the news reported by the media.

Xu Cairen is becoming more and more "unruly". At the premiere, in the name of celebrating, he actually had a drink with Wu Yifan.

It can be clearly seen from the camera that Wang Shuo is still applauding happily not far away, which is really eye-opening!

The Internet has exploded again.

Many people are scolding her for being an old cow eating young grass. Wu Yifan's female fans even strongly requested the idol not to cooperate with that old woman again in the future.

However, in the afternoon, an announcement from Juli Pictures, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, suppressed the news about the premiere in the morning.

"Warm congratulations to the company's actor Huang Shengyi, who was lucky enough to receive an invitation from the organizing committee of this year's Academy Awards!

At that time, Ms. Huang Shengyi will be invited and dressed up to attend the 87th Academy Awards ceremony to be held on the 23rd of this month, that is, the 22nd Los Angeles time, and will walk on the red carpet with international superstar Tom Hanks..."

The high-profile announcement from Juli Pictures was like a blockbuster, instantly causing an uproar in the mainland film and television entertainment industry!

No one expected that after several years of silence, Huang Shengyi would return to the public eye with such a "stunning appearance".

Not only did she rarely make the headlines on major entertainment pages, but she also triggered a wave of hot searches on Weibo.

And all of this stems from that distinguished invitation from the Academy Awards Organizing Committee!

This invitation undoubtedly injected new vitality into Huang Shengyi's career and brought her back into the spotlight.

For those actresses who have competed with Huang Shengyi, or are worried that they may become his competitors again in the future, this invitation from the Oscars is undoubtedly a huge shock.

They all began to re-examine this former "salted fish". Do they really want to take this opportunity to stand up and regain their status as a first-line actress?

You know, in the past, those domestic actresses who were able to walk on the Oscar red carpet were, without exception, the best in the industry.

Either international movie queens like Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, or top post-85s stars like Liu Yifei!

But what qualifications does Huang Shengyi have?

Although she did have a prosperous life at the beginning, as time went by, her acting career began to decline.

Especially after the movie "The Legend of White Snake", her performance has been questioned even more, and she was even labeled as "a prostitute".

During that time, the Internet was full of negative news about her, so much so that she fell directly from the front line.

But what everyone in the industry never expected was that she was actually preparing to climb up again!

If this Oscar invitation is true, and she indeed steps on the red carpet with Tom Hanks, then it is very likely that she will return to the front line under the title of "International Yellow" in the future.

For a moment, the female stars led by Yang Ying, Yang Mi, Bai Baihe, and Yao Chen suddenly became nervous.

If Huang Shengyi returns to the front line, they will be the first to be affected. After all, they stole a lot of resources from the former.

Many brokerage companies and first-line actress studios in the circle began to inquire about the news, preparing to check whether this matter was true or false.

However, no matter how they searched for relevant information, they could not find the invitation letter mentioned by Juli Films.

But the announcement was so lively, and it didn't look like it was fake, which was very strange.

Even Liu Yifei became curious: "Chen Fei, do you think this is true or false? Has any work of Huang Shengyi been nominated for the Oscars?"

"Her?" Chen Fei pouted and couldn't help laughing: "She also wants to walk the red carpet with Tom Hanks? Is she worthy? Dream on."

"Then it's fake?"

"You will know when the time comes. The real thing can't be fake, and the fake thing can't be real either."

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In a blink of an eye, February 10th arrived as scheduled.

The love movie "There is a Place Only We Know" starring Xu Jinglei and Wu Yifan was successfully released, officially sounding the horn of the Spring Festival file.

Although Chen Fei did not watch the finished film, judging from the film reviews, this is obviously a film made for "fans".

The next morning, the media swarmed in like cats smelling fish!

"The love movie "There is a Place Only We Know", directed by Xu Jinglei, written by Wang Shuo, and starring Wu Yifan, Re Yizha and others, closed at 38.96 million on the first day!"

"Wu Yifan's first movie as the leading actor has won unanimous praise from his fans, and his appearance successfully suppressed the shortcomings and defects in his acting skills."

"Compared with "Back to 20" starring Lu Han, Wu Yifan's acting skills are worse than the former, but his popularity is much better than the former..."

The crew obviously bought a lot of press releases, and the focus of the publicity has always been on Wu Yifan, which is obviously preparing to promote him.

There is no way. Among so many actors, although he is a newcomer, his popularity is the highest among them, which is not comparable to others.

At the same time, after the movie was officially released, Xu Jinglei set off again and rushed to Berlin.

But this time, she was blocked by reporters at the airport.

People did not ask her about movies, but about her love history.

In response, Xu Cairen responded with a tea-like response: "Although I have had many relationships, each one was voluntary, without disagreements or hatred... Until now, they are still helping me without regrets, and we can still be good friends after breaking up."

As soon as this wave of remarks came out, there was another round of scolding on the Internet!

On the other hand, the entertainment industry was full of praise, and even many female stars were secretly envious.

Xu Cairen's "Taoism" and "experience" are too deep and too rich, and they must be studied carefully, deeply, and attentively.

If you can learn a trick or two, you will definitely have a very comfortable life in this circle!

...

Chen Fei really didn't expect that because of the topic of "variety movies", the entire film industry has a sign of intensifying and about to fight!

I don't know if the old men above are bored or what, but they actually gathered a large group of people to prepare for the mysterious "meeting and discussion" mode.

As expected, the meeting invitation letter appeared in Chen Fei's hand.

However, after taking a look at the "Directors Association" logo on the signature position, he threw the invitation letter into the trash can.

"Please reply to them for me. I am not from the Directors Association. What kind of meeting should I attend? Also, if you encounter meeting invitation letters from major associations in the future, just throw them in the trash can, don't bring them to me."

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

The secretary responded and turned around and left the office.

...

As the awards ceremony of the Berlin International Film Festival approaches, the headlines of domestic entertainment news will be dominated by a certain movie from time to time, which has caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

Today the copyright of this movie was sold at a high price, and tomorrow another movie was sold at a sky-high price...

But the specific price of the sale, the crews are more secretive than each other, just don't disclose it to the public, and it is unknown whether it is really sold at a high price or fake.

Chen Fei didn't pay much attention to these news, because it was obvious that they were just hype, and the means were too childish.

He had already focused all his attention on the Spring Festival.

"Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter" was officially released at 12 o'clock last night. According to the data on the schedule and attendance rate released by the theater, the performance of this movie is very good.

Although the schedule rate is only 33.7%, the attendance rate is as high as 92%, which is quite impressive!

On the other hand, its competitor, "There is a Place Only We Know", does not seem to have escaped the drawbacks of "fan movies".

After the first day's box office exceeded 38 million, the second and third days only received 26.36 million and 23.72 million respectively.

The box office results have been declining all the way, and the reputation has gone from the initial good reviews to the current barely passing. All this seems to indicate that the box office potential of this movie is being rapidly consumed.

The next day, Valentine's Day officially arrived.

Early in the morning, the headlines were all about the news about "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter".

"The love movie "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter", jointly produced by China Film Group and Feiyue Films, directed by Xue Xiaolu, and starring Wan Qian, Jiao Enjun and others, grossed 110 million yuan on the first day!"

"The film has a good reputation, with a comprehensive score of 8.9 on Maoyan, Douban and other websites!"

"A box office of 1 billion is no longer a dream! Congratulations to Director Xue Xiaolu in advance for his immediate success!"

"Wan Qian played the leading role for the first time, replacing Yang Mi in the role of 'Jiao Jiao', and received a lot of praise."

"Suspected to be affected by "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter", the love movie "There Is a Place Only We Know" directed by Xu Jinglei, the daily box office dropped sharply to 19.09 million, and the winner of the lover's film has been decided."

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