Chapter 821 "Boss Han! You've Caused Me so Much Trouble!"

On the third day of August, the movie "Sicario" that Feiyue Films used to compete in the summer season officially came to an end today.

At 9 a.m. domestic time, relevant news appeared on Weibo.

"The action and crime movie "Sicario", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films and directed by Lu Yang, starring Xie Bao, Liu Shishi and others, has been in theaters for 30 days, with a total box office revenue of 934 million, and it has successfully concluded."

"The romantic costume movie "The Lady of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei" starring Li Ming and Fan Bingbing had a box office revenue of 92.27 million in the first three days of the weekend."

"The love disaster movie "The Other Side," directed by Director Wu Yu and starring Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Song Hye Kyo and others, only reported 23.19 million at the box office in the first three days of the weekend."

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Counting the time difference, Lu Yang called Chen Fei.

"Granny, if there hadn't been trouble from "Monster Hunt", I would have been confident of hitting the 1 billion box office. Damn Anle Pictures, they deserve their misfortune..."

As Lu Yang said, Anle Pictures has been experiencing "bad luck" recently!

Stock prices fell, box office dropped, and the company was in chaos...

I believe that after this incident, they will never dare to offend Feiyue Film and Television again in the future.

Similarly, this incident has also served as a serious warning to other companies. I believe they will be wary of making small moves behind the scenes in the future.

Fade Chen persuaded with a smile: "Don't worry, isn't there a second part? Work hard for the next one. I have already sent the script to your email. You can take a look first."

"Okay." Lu Yang responded, and added: "I have discussed with Mr. Su and we are planning to hold a celebration banquet on the 7th of this month."

"Well, okay, the company will reimburse everything and I won't go back. You can just have fun. The shooting tasks here are quite heavy."

"Okay."

After ending the call, Chen Fei took a look at the current box office rankings.

With the completion of "Sicario", the film schedules have naturally been evenly divided.

"Pancake Man" has gained the most. The current total box office has exceeded 1.1 billion, and it is about to reach 1.2 billion.

On the other hand, even if "Monster Hunt" suffered from bad luck, the box office still went straight to 1.5 billion.

It's bad luck, but the box office still needs to be paid off.

At this point, Anle Pictures can't stop even if it wants to, because if it stops, the stock price will inevitably fall even more exaggeratedly!

On the other hand, "The Lady of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei" has reached 100 million at the box office with its wonderful "Ma Zhen".

It has now spread on the Internet, and everyone says that Tian Zhuangzhuang took the lead in filming this scene.

Chen Fei was very happy to see it. He never expected that this old man, who usually looked serious, could actually perform such a "coquettish" operation.

He was reading the news here. At the door of the bathroom, Liu Yifei was answering the phone and walking towards the living room.

"Okay, I understand, just push it for me, I won't go... Just find any excuse, just say there are important events abroad... How simple is this?"

After the call ended, Liu Yifei had come to Chen Fei's side and naturally leaned into his arms.

"What did I hear you talking about just now? Is it some activity in China?"

"Hmm." Liu Yifei explained while scrolling through the domestic Kuaishou short videos: "It's not the "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" yet. The voting is about to end, and Alibaba sent an invitation and wanted me to attend some original IP seminar. "

There was a bit of speechlessness on Chen Fei's face: "They are really boring. What is there to study about IP? Isn't this the company's mission?"

"I guess I want to hype up the event. Shu Chang said that she also received the invitation. If my guess is correct, the people with the highest votes should have received it."

"Remember to tell her not to get involved in this kind of thing, or she will be deceived by Ali."

"She doesn't have time. "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: Kunlun Temple" is about to start filming, and she is following director Ning Hao all over the country."

"Well, that's fine."

Chen Fei thought for a while, then took out his cell phone and sent Huo Wenxi a message.

Many artists from Feiyinghuang Agency were "forced" to participate in this voting event under the coercion of fans, and there are quite a few people in the top 20. Don't be fooled by Ali then.

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After holding Miss Liu tenderly for a while, Chen Fei saw that it was getting late, so he prepared to take a shower and rest.

After walking out of the bathroom, it was already half an hour later.

"Let's go, it's getting late, go to bed."

He shouted to Liu Yifei, who was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, and motioned for her to follow him to the bedroom.

But at this moment, Miss Liu reminded: "Wait a minute! The shortlist of the Venice Film Festival has been announced. Let me see if there is anyone familiar with it."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fei immediately came over curiously and looked at the list with her.

Looking around, there are indeed several familiar names of people and movies.

The documentary "Sorrow of Warcraft" directed by Zhao Liang was shortlisted for the main competition unit, and "Talow" directed by Wanma Tseden was shortlisted for the Horizon unit.

"That Afternoon" directed by Tsai Ming-liang and "Old Paoer" directed by Guan Hui were shortlisted for the screening section.

At the same time, "Old Paoer" will also appear in Venice as the closing ceremony film...

Seeing this, Chen Fei immediately laughed.

"This time, Feng Xiaogang can finally show his strength. Among so many famous directors in China, he is the only one who has not won an award abroad."

Liu Yifei tilted her head and thought about it, and said in surprise: "Huh? It's true! He has never won an award abroad, and he has been fooled by the Golden Rooster Awards several times in China."

When Chen Fei heard the word "Golden Rooster", a sneer appeared on his face unconsciously.

Not long ago, the nomination list of this year's Golden Rooster Awards was also announced.

Looking around, the Golden Rooster is still the same. There are not many good movies, but there are a lot of movies that movie fans and netizens have never heard of.

What "XZ Sky", "Because of Gu Guihua", "I'm Not Wang Mao", "Green Diary", "Sisters and Brothers", "Umbrella Head and His Woman", "Chrysanthemums in the Sky"...

Chen Fei was particularly puzzled, who made these movies?

They are not even eligible for theaters, how did they participate in the award selection?

"It deserves the poor ratings!"

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Here, as the night deepened, Chen Fei had already fallen asleep while holding Liu Yifei, while in China, Huayi was holding a celebration banquet.

Just because "Old Cannon" was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival screening unit, the two Wang brothers were so happy that they were almost bursting with joy.

And Feng Xiaogang was the same.

At this impromptu celebration banquet, he held up a wine glass and smiled so hard that his eyes were almost invisible.

This was just the effect of being shortlisted for the screening unit. If "Old Cannon" was shortlisted for the main competition unit and won a few more awards, I'm afraid Huayi would have to prepare a buffet.

"Come on, cheers, I wish "Old Cannon" a great success at this Venice Film Festival and a big sale of copyright!"

Wang Zhonglei raised his wine glass and held the microphone in his hand, and saluted the scene from a distance.

Everyone responded one after another, and the atmosphere was very lively.

"After the trip of Mr. Six to Venice is over, I will devote myself to the creation of I Am Not Madame Bovary. This time, I will also try to win an award, maybe there will be a good harvest."

Thinking of the rising stock price, Wang Zhongjun smiled more and more brightly: "Okay, then I wish Director Feng success in advance, haha."

"Congratulations, congratulations, haha!"

...

In order to stimulate the stock price, Huayi also made great efforts. After only one day, various news releases have begun to fly all over the sky.

"It is reported that the movie Mr. Six is ​​a sincere work of Director Guan Hu. I believe that this trip to Venice will definitely yield great results."

"An insider said that Director Feng Xiaogang is secretly cooperating with Liu Zhenwei and is suspected to be preparing a new script."

"Wu Yifan posted on Weibo that the filming of Mr. Six benefited him a lot and he learned a lot of useful knowledge. He is very grateful to Directors Guan Hu and Feng Xiaogang for their careful teaching..."

And on the China Film side, looking at the hot searches on the Internet, La Peikang was so envious.

The summer vacation is already halfway through, and looking around, it seems that many film companies have made good gains.

But what about China Film Group?

Because of "The Crossing", a lot of doubts and abuses were raised, and all of them fell on his head.

The superiors were very dissatisfied with the investment of China Film Group, and on the other hand, the box office of "Monster Hunt", and all of this had to fall on his head.

The political achievements that were accumulated with great difficulty were about to be sent out, which was really miserable.

"Boss La, another document came down from above, requiring you to give corresponding feedback and internal notification on the failure of "The Crossing"..."

Looking at the file bag handed over by the secretary, La Peikang had a headache, waved his hand a little irritably and said: "Okay, you go out."

"Okay."

The secretary responded, walked out of the office, and closed the door for him considerately.

"Alas, Boss Han! You have caused me a lot of trouble!"

Sighing helplessly, he began to think about how he should explain to his leader.

However, no matter how annoying it is, he won't be punished.

After all, he still has "The Mermaid", "The Great Wall", "Operation Mekong", "The Hundred Regiments Offensive" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" which was just confirmed not long ago.

I believe that with these movies, his position is still very stable.

...

On the morning of the 4th, a sudden news was like a bombshell, instantly causing an uproar in the domestic entertainment circle.

South Korea's SM Entertainment Company actually filed a lawsuit directly with the capital court, and the defendant was none other than Wu Yifan, a popular star who has been in the limelight in the domestic entertainment circle recently.

It is reported that the reason for SM Entertainment's lawsuit this time is that Wu Yifan seriously violated the agency contract between the two parties and privately engaged in performing activities in China, causing inestimable huge losses to the company.

After the news came out, not only Wu Yifan himself was pushed to the forefront, but even those advertisers and film producers who had invited him to perform and endorse were also involved in this legal dispute.

What is particularly noteworthy is that two highly anticipated movies, "There is a Place Only We Know" and "Old Cannon", were also included in the scope of the lawsuit because of Wu Yifan's participation.

These two movies have already attracted much attention, and now they have become the focus of everyone's attention because of this lawsuit!

This sudden lawsuit not only put Wu Yifan's acting career into an unprecedented crisis, but also shocked the entire entertainment industry.

Netizens and fans of Chigua have speculated on the truth and motives behind this lawsuit, and are also full of concerns and worries about its future fate.

"This SM company is also a big boss. You said it's not good for you to sue anywhere, but you have to come to the capital? Can you win against Huayi on their territory?"

Chen Fei was muttering about eating "melon" when Natasha's video call suddenly came over.

"Fei, didn't you let me stare at the crew of "Ben-Hur" before? Just this morning, Annapurna Pictures held a grand closing ceremony for this movie..."

In an instant, Chen Fei sat up straight: "Have they disclosed the specific release time of this movie?"

"No." Natasha shook her head, and then suddenly changed the topic: "However, another epic masterpiece "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" produced by Annapurna Pictures has been confirmed to be released in December. Log in to the theater.”

When he heard the title of the movie, Chen Fei's post-production "sexy operation" by Megan Ellison unconsciously appeared in his mind.

When you combine the strengths and abilities of multiple producers to produce a movie, you don’t know what will come out in the end?

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North America, Los Angeles, Annapurna Pictures.

Immediately after the filming press conference for "Ben-Hur" ended, at the request of Megan Ellison, Lord immediately took the finished film back to the company.

After months of ups and downs and enduring it for so long, I can finally officially say goodbye to Johnny Depp.

"From now until the movie is released, I don't want to see Depp's face in front of me, even for a second!"

"Okay, Boss." Lauder nodded quickly: "I promise, I will not let him appear in the company during post-production."

The two were chatting, and under the arrangement of the staff, the negative materials of "Ben-Hur" began to appear on the screen one by one.

However, within five minutes of watching it, Megan Ellison was so disgusted with Depp's face that she had to get up and walk outside the screening room.

"Boss?" Lauder called softly from behind her.

Megan Ellison said without looking back: "Forget it, you can watch it yourself. The entire post-production process will be left to you. I will come and watch it after the finished film is produced."

"Okay." Lauder nodded slightly and responded.

Although he also hates Depp very much, he has to endure it for the sake of the bonus. This may be the pressure that men must go through on the way to growth...

At the same time, after leaving the screening room, Megan Ellison did not leave the company immediately, but went to the editing room to prepare to watch the final cut of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts".

As soon as she arrived at the door, she heard a fierce argument coming from inside!

"This scene should be kept. I think this is the most exciting part of the whole film. This is the essence! We should not abandon it."

"But I think the existence of this scene is insignificant and does not affect the overall plot direction. On the contrary, it is a bit abrupt."

"I agree with Chris's opinion. I think he should stay."

"I agree with Mike, it should be deleted."

"In that case, let's take a vote."

"Okay, come on, let's vote."

"The result is 4:2? Then stay and add this highlight."

After the current controversy ended, everyone quickly started arguing about the next controversial scene.

It is still a matter of voting, and the minority obeys the majority.

Megan Ellison watched this scene at the door with a satisfied smile on her face.

"This is the real editing. It combines everyone's strengths and retains the most essential parts. I believe it will definitely earn a lot of box office after it is released, and it will also make Annapurna Pictures famous in one fell swoop!"

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In a blink of an eye, time finally arrived on the 5th.

At this moment, the hot search lists of major domestic entertainment news websites have all been dominated by the box office data of "Three Lives Three Worlds: Ten Miles of Peach Blossom".

There are less than 10 hours left until the end of voting, but the results of the votes on the voting list have already been announced.

On Jiaxing's side, Yang Mi looked at her own vote count and then at Liu Yifei's vote count with a complicated expression.

In the drama version, thanks to her series of tricks, she is currently far ahead, surpassing the second-placed Yang Ying by 50,000 votes.

But in the movie version, her name didn't even make the top 10.

When the voting first started, she had imagined that she could lead both lists, but now it seems that this is a complete fantasy!

And what made her blush even more was that Liu Yifei's box office for the movie version reached 300,000, but her drama version only had 140,000 votes.

This is very embarrassing.

"Is the popularity gap between her and me that big?"

Yang Mi murmured, and couldn't help but have some doubts about herself.

Zeng Jia, who was on the side, didn't pay any attention to this at all: "Isn't it enough just to get first place? It doesn't matter how many votes it has, maybe the other side will swipe the votes."

"But……"

Yang Mi was about to say something, but was interrupted directly by Zeng Jia: "By the way, Mimi, I have to tell you good news. Our investment has almost been concluded."

"Huh!?" Yang Mi's eyes widened fiercely: "So, after this investment is paid in, we can prepare to go public?"

"That's right!" Zeng Jia said very confidently: "After the listing is successful, you and I will be part of the capital ranks, haha."

"Good, great!"

Yang Mi murmured, and even began to imagine the scene of being envied by many female stars in the circle after becoming a capital in the future.

As for Zeng Jia's mumbling in her ear, such as "betting", "completing within a specified time limit", "signing an additional agreement", etc., she didn't hear a word.

Zeng Jia finally confirmed it again: "Mi Mi? Did you hear what I said clearly?"

"Yeah, I heard it clearly, I heard it clearly, everything will be done according to what you said."

Yang Mi responded perfunctorily, still imagining the future in her mind.

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