Chapter 823 How Could Someone Cause Such a Big Mess?

Under normal circumstances, August has actually entered the second half of the summer season, and the popularity of the film and television industry should be declining.

However, due to "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2", the Internet has been quite lively in recent days.

On the morning of the 7th, several news items were on the hot search headlines again.

"Because the new box office has fallen back to 200,000, the box office potential of the movie "The Crossing" directed by Wu Yu has been completely exhausted. It has now completely withdrawn from the theaters, and the total box office closed at 32.16 million."

"The movie "Breaking Wind" produced by Evergrande Films, directed by Lin Chaoxian, and starring Peng Yuyan, Wang Luoxun, and Ouyang Nana, closed at 10.46 million on the first day of its release, with a reputation score of 9.0!"

"The urban emotional TV series "Ode to Joy" exclusively produced by Feiyue Film and Television, starring Liu Tao, Jiang Xin, Wang Ziwen, Yang Zi, Qiao Xin and others, officially ended its first round of broadcasts last night, and its ratings ranked first in the same period,"

In the hotel, Liu Yifei looked at the news online and turned her head to look at Chen Fei with some curiosity.

"Wang Luoxun seems to have left the agency and opened her own studio, right?"

"Yes, that's right." Chen Fei is not particularly concerned about Feiyinghuang Agency, so the actors have a high degree of freedom.

No need to socialize, no need to play tricks, no need to compete for resources with the outside world...

This development model is undoubtedly a paradise-like treatment for second- and third-tier artists, because the company is enough to let you eat without being bullied.

However, for those actors who have more ideas and aspirations, this environment is not very suitable.

Yang Mi is the best example.

If she wants to become capital, she must fight, break through, and grab it herself!

The same is true for Wang Luoyu. Since she failed to grab the leading female role in several projects within the company, she chose to leave the company after the contract expired and go out to seek better development.

According to her current development, it seems to be very good.

In the company, she can only appear in film and television drama projects as the second female role, but after leaving the company, she successfully got the leading female role, which seems to imply a good start.

Chen Fei respects her choice very much, and a good breakup has always been the principle of Feiyinghuang Agency.

As long as the actor himself does not regret it, he can leave after the contract expires.

So far, all the artists and stars who have signed contracts with Feiyinghuang Agency have never said a bad word about this company in public.

Of course, internal competition is inevitable.

Chen Fei can only guarantee to provide them with a fair competition platform. As for whether they can get the role, it depends on their personal level and ability.

The topic of the two people quickly turned to other things.

"When can this movie be finished? I don't want to stay in the UK anymore. There are so many fun places, and I have visited them all."

"Soon, more than half a month, it will definitely be finished before the end of the month at the latest. If you are bored, you can go back to China for a while."

"No! I want to go back with you!"

"Didn't you say it's boring here?"

"I said it's boring during the day, not boring at night."

"???"

...

According to the original plan, after the online voting for "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" is completed, Alibaba Pictures will determine the main roles before the middle of the month.

However, this process was not as smooth as they imagined!

The drama version is not so bad. Yang Mi and Liu Kaiwei, who ranked first in the number of votes, cooperated very well. Both of them cherished this hard-won opportunity.

However, the film version has been full of twists and turns!

When the staff of Alibaba Pictures called Hongxingwu again, they were still rejected: "Sorry, Yifei has no interest in this project. Please don't call again."

The people on the Alibaba Pictures side were not ready to give up, and hurriedly explained: "You can first invite Ms. Liu Yifei to attend our seminar. No matter what conditions are offered? We can negotiate..."

"Sorry, we have no interest in this project."

After the voice fell, the other side did not continue to give face and directly cut off the call.

The staff stared at the hung up call blankly, scratched his head, and was stunned for a long time before reacting.

"You didn't even give me a chance to negotiate? So arrogant?"

He curled his lips and dialed the second number: "Hello, is this Shu Chang's agent? We are the actor project of "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms"..."

After a long self-introduction, before he could say anything more, he heard the reply from the other end: "Sorry, Shu Chang's schedule is full, we are not interested in this movie."

"Huh?!"

Looking at the call being hung up again, the man was stunned again.

A few minutes later, he called the next person.

"Hello, is this Zhao Liying's agent? We are..."

"Sorry, Zhao Liying already has a new schedule."

...

"Hello, it's Liu Shishi..."

"Sorry, there is a new schedule."

...

After making several calls in a row, all he received were rejections, which made the staff member's teeth ache.

"Are all actresses so arrogant now? This is a big IP adaptation, and it's produced by a Hollywood team, but you don't feel the slightest bit excited?"

He was rejected so many times that he was a little bit broken.

When has Alibaba Pictures, such an arrogant company, ever been treated so coldly?

"Forget it, I won't call the actress yet, I'll just contact the actor."

He flipped open a document casually, and he didn't even look at the name, and dialed the number first.

"Let me see who this is... Shit!"

The moment he saw the name, the staff member's face turned pale.

He never expected that he would call Chen Fei directly!

You know, Zhang Qi had specifically told him that he would make the call himself, but he didn't expect that a small employee of his would make the call.

You know, if you want to invite Chen Fei, people below Zhang Qi's level are not even worthy of calling him!

"It's a mess, fuck!"

He hung up the phone in a hurry, fearing that he would get into trouble.

At this time, at the hotel, Chen Fei opened his eyes dazedly and looked at his work phone.

The number on the caller ID was a landline number from the capital.

"What kind of harassing call is this late at night?"

He added the phone to the blacklist, then turned around and hugged Miss Liu, who was emitting a faint jasmine scent, and continued to sleep soundly.

……

On the 8th, reports about "Women of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei" and "Monster Hunt" both became hot searches on Weibo.

"The love costume film "Women of the Dynasty: Yang Guifei", co-produced by China Film Group, Hanbo Jiasheng and other companies, co-directed by Shi Qing, Tian Zhuangzhuang and Zhang Yimou, and starring Fan Bingbing, Li Ming, Wu Zun and others, has been released for a week and the box office has closed at 135 million. The box office potential has been exhausted and it has been officially withdrawn from major theaters today."

"The movie "Monster Hunt" produced by Enlightenment Films has been released for 22 days and the total box office has closed at 1.6 billion. Because it was completely removed from the shelves by Pan Asia Cinema Line, the screening rate has dropped significantly and it is no longer expected to break the 2 billion box office mark."

"According to multiple media reports, the passenger flow of the cinemas under Enlightenment Cinema Line has dropped significantly, and movie fans have given it very poor reviews."

"Enlightenment Films has officially announced that it will start the preparation plan for "Monster Hunt 2" from now on, and the original team will return."

"Enlightenment Films' stock price has plummeted for many consecutive days, and today there is a temporary sign of recovery. The market value has decreased by nearly 1.5 billion in recent days!"

For ordinary netizens, many reports on the Internet are just one of their topics for gossip.

But for Anle Pictures, these reports on the Internet are undoubtedly slapping them in the face!

In the conference room, bad news came one after another.

"Mr. Jiang, there is no hope for 2 billion. According to the current screening rate and attendance rate, under the supervision of the General Administration, we can only push this movie to 1.7 billion at most. It will be too conspicuous to go any higher."

"It's only been a few days, and the market value has fallen by 1.5 billion. This movie will not make money, and I'm afraid it will lose a lot of money!"

"The cinema has been greatly affected. The customer flow is declining, and the income is also plummeting. I'm afraid it's hard to explain to the shareholders."

"So far, many partners have terminated their contracts with us, and we can't find other external investors for our movies."

"Pan Asia Cinema Line is really too much. The people we sent to negotiate were stopped outside the door and couldn't even get in."

"..."

The noisy voice surged like a wave, making Jiang Zhiqiang feel an unbearable headache for the first time!

He was once a leader in the industry and had faced countless challenges, but at this moment, he felt an unprecedented powerlessness.

"Chen Fei", this name is like a curse that makes him unable to calm down.

Feiyue Film and Television and Pan Asia Cinema Line jointly targeted, like an extremely sharp sword, piercing the heart of Enlightenment Pictures!

However, what makes Jiang Zhiqiang feel even more powerless is that the current situation is not just targeted by Feiyue Film and Television and Pan Asia Cinema Line, but by all netizens and movie fans.

After a cinema lost the supply of high-quality movies, fans directly abandoned it.

They don't care so much. If your cinema doesn't like to watch movies like me, then I will go to another cinema.

In the long run, not only the revenue of the cinema has dropped significantly, but also the customer flow and revenue of the shopping mall have been affected.

This loss is not only money, but also the plummeting stock price!

However, faced with this dilemma, Enlightenment Pictures is helpless.

At this time, they have actually been scared, but they can't even find a suitable channel to apologize, and the other party doesn't give them face at all.

This deep sense of powerlessness made Jiang Zhiqiang feel desperate!

In fact, if it was only the Pan Asia Cinema Line that was targeting him, he could still barely remain calm, after all, there is more than just Feiyue Film and Television in the domestic entertainment industry.

But the "ban" from the cinema line is the most fatal!

The share of Pan Asia Cinema Line in the domestic cinema market is really too much, too much, and even far exceeds that of Wanda's cinema line.

In this case, almost all film companies have to rely on it to survive.

But now, it does not accept all the movies produced exclusively or jointly by Enlight Pictures. Isn't this equivalent to having no sales channels after the goods are produced?

If they are kept at home for a long time, they will go bad!

Even if there are other channels, they are too small to bear such large-scale and large quantities of goods!

"Alas!"

Jiang Zhiqiang sighed, listening to the still noisy sound, his heart was full of regret and annoyance.

If I had known this earlier, why did I do it in the first place?

...

Taking advantage of the current popularity, the actors of "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" must be decided as soon as possible and then announced.

This is the most important task of the entire Alibaba Pictures at present!

Therefore, when Chen Fei received a call from Zhang Qi, he was not very surprised. After all, he was the first person voted by netizens to be the male No. 1 in the movie version.

"Mr. Zhang, if you are here for the role in your movie, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible."

"Uh..."

Zhang Qi was a little surprised. He really didn't expect Chen Fei to be so direct.

After a moment of hesitation, he said in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, as long as you are willing to star in this movie with Liu Yifei, no matter what conditions you put forward, we can sit down and talk slowly. The salary is not a problem. Additional investment and even you can be the director are all fine. This is the greatest sincerity that Alibaba can give you!"

"Hehe." Chen Fei's laughter suddenly came from the phone: "Mr. Zhang, do you think I am a person who is short of money? And I am dissatisfied with you saying that I have high standards. Your movie..."

He didn't continue the second half of the sentence, but the meaning was conveyed very clearly.

Zhang Qi naturally heard it, and his tone suddenly became cold. "Mr. Chen, do you think our project is not optimistic?"

"Hehe."

Chen Fei smiled, everything is self-evident.

At this time, Zhang Qi also understood that the negotiation could not be successful.

Since the negotiation failed, he naturally didn't need to be nice to Chen Fei anymore.

As a member of Alibaba, he was also arrogant!

"Since Mr. Chen doesn't think highly of our project, let's compare it. I heard that Feiyue Film and Television has also recently decided on two projects. If I remember correctly, one is the TV series project "Princess Agents" and the other is the movie project "Zhu Xian", right?"

"Yes." Chen Fei instantly became interested: "How do you compare?"

"Let's compare the simplest, ratings and box office, how about that?"

Chen Fei's interest grew: "What's the bet?"

"If Alibaba loses, then we will publicly admit that the development strategy of popular IP + fan movies + well-known directors is wrong; but if you lose, then you have to publicly admit that our development strategy is correct!"

"Haha, okay, then I'll play with you, and I hope Mr. Zhang can fulfill his promise by then."

"I also hope that Director Chen won't be a coward by then!"

...

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei's face was suddenly filled with a bright smile.

After being "lonely" for so long, I finally found something fun to do.

Since Zhang Qi was so eager to get his face close to him and get beaten, he might as well play with him.

He suddenly looked forward to how Zhang Qi would admit in public that the development strategy that Alibaba Pictures had initially promoted was wrong.

I think... that scene must be very interesting.

At this time, Zhang Qi, who hung up the phone at Alibaba Pictures, looked very ugly.

After following Ma Yun for so many years, he had already developed the mentality that the sky was the boss, the earth was the second, and he was the third.

Therefore, when facing Chen Fei's doubts, he would get excited and propose a "bet".

But now that he has calmed down, he suddenly realized that this bet is not so easy to complete.

Feiyue Film and Television has always only made "fine products", which is a recognized situation in the industry.

If you want to win, then "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" must be better than "Zhu Xian" and "Princess Agents"!

At this moment, he suddenly felt a little lucky.

Thanks to the fact that he had invited the Hollywood production team at the beginning of the project, this undoubtedly greatly increased the basis for winning!

"For the film version, let's confirm Jing Tian and Yang Yang. The two who voted first are already confirmed to be unable to come, so there is no need to consider them."

Listening to Zhang Qi's words, everyone in the conference room looked at each other.

This is the rhythm of not reaching an agreement!

...

Calculating the time difference, Chen Fei called Zhong Lifang.

"Princess Agents" doesn't need him to worry about it. Jiang Xueruo has already communicated with Zhao Liying and will internally decide the latter as the female number one "Chu Qiao" in this drama.

On the contrary, there has been no definite news on "Zhu Xian".

More than a month ago, Chen Fei had asked Zhong Lifang to give up the idea of ​​inviting him to play "Zhang Xiaofan". I don't know if she has found a suitable actor now.

After answering the phone and hearing Chen Fei's intention, Zhong Lifang couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

After a moment, she responded: "The male lead has been confirmed to be Hu Ge. As you know, he looks very good in ancient costumes. The role of 'Jingtian' is a favorite of many people. I believe that after the movie is released, it will definitely attract a large number of fans of the Legend of Sword and Fairy.

The role of Tian Ling'er has also been confirmed, and Mao Xiaotong, who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, has been chosen.

As for Biyao, I am contacting Liu Shishi. She will come to the company for an audition tomorrow. I personally think that she looks very good in the red dress of Long Kui in the Legend of Sword and Fairy. I think she should be more suitable to play the daughter of the "Ghost King".

And the last Lu Xueqi..."

Speaking of this, Zhong Lifang suddenly paused for a moment, and then asked tentatively: "Mr. Chen, I have inquired about it. Liu Yifei should not have any work notices in the second half of the year, right?

Otherwise, you can ask her to support "Zhu Xian"? Just treat it as coming to the crew to play, do a favor, and play the role of Lu Xueqi as a guest.

I really can't think of anyone in the entire domestic entertainment who is more suitable for the role of "Lu Xueqi" than her. What do you think? "

At this moment, Chen Fei couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Lu Xueqi in the book is as cold as frost, dressed in white like a fairy, and her extremely beautiful demeanor makes men all over the world crazy about her.

And Liu Yifei in reality, isn't it the same?

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