Chapter 831 The Gap with China Film Group! People’s Hearts Always Change!

"Boss Yu, all the publicity for our movie has been taken away by Ghost Blows Out the Light. The hot search has been pushed out of the top ten and can't squeeze in at all..."

In Bona, Yu Dong's office listened to the assistant's report and his face was very bad.

I spent a lot of money to buy a lot of hot searches and press releases for Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk in the morning, but I didn't expect it to be suppressed in the afternoon.

This feeling is so depressing!

Refund is definitely impossible. Other websites have already delivered the corresponding traffic supply. It's your own fault. Who can help?

The assistant whispered: "Boss Yu, do we still need to continue to invest?"

"What the hell!" Yu Dong's face was full of dissatisfaction: "What's the use of throwing more money in? Facing the IP development notice of Ghost Blows Out the Light, it's still going to be a waste?"

Hearing this, the assistant smiled embarrassedly and stopped talking, but he was cursing in his heart.

"It's not your own decision that's wrong. Who can you blame for the ineffectiveness of the advertising? You deserve to lose money!"

"Get out."

Yu Dong waved his hand and sent the assistant out first.

He retracted his gaze and looked at the large amount of news about "Ghost Blows Out the Light" on the Internet. In addition to being angry, he couldn't help but feel a little envious.

"If Bona can have such a good project, wouldn't it be easy to go public in China?"

However, in addition to being envious, he couldn't help but feel a little proud!

"What if you have "Ghost Blows Out the Light"? I also have "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and "Legend of the Gods". The former is used to win awards, and the latter is used to win box office. Two-pronged approach, the best of both worlds, kill gods and Buddhas, hahahahaha!"

...

Time passed day by day.

After attending the launch conference of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", Chen Fei directly launched the promotional roadshow of "Operation Mekong" and the Chinese localization of "La La Land".

Besides being busy, he would go to Han Sanping and participate in the promotion activities of "The Hundred Regiments Offensive" with her.

So far, the movie box office charts in September have basically been dominated by "The Hundred Regiments Offensive".

After one week of release, the box office has earned 589 million yuan, which is a far cry!

It has to be said that with the "help" from above, the effect is different.

On the other hand, "The Cairo Declaration", although also under the slogan of a main theme movie, was cleared out by the theaters after only 5 days of release.

The total box office of this movie did not even break 10 million, and the reputation was also very ordinary. It is really puzzling. What is the meaning of it being filmed?

And with the popularity of the movie, the TV series is not much behind.

The popularity of "The Pretender" has been repeatedly improved, and the ratings have been rising again and again. It has been ranked first in the national TV ratings list in the same period for 11 consecutive days.

Under the premise of soaring popularity and skyrocketing topic volume, several main actors are even more popular.

Especially Hu Ge, as one of the leading actors and one of the most famous actors in the drama, his traffic has skyrocketed!

The most direct effect is that all the endorsements he has recently been involved in have become foreign big brands, and he has also become a frequent guest on the covers of various fashion magazines.

He has enjoyed the rich benefits brought by traffic, but his ex-girlfriend is more unlucky.

In recent days, a large number of netizens have appeared under Jiang Shuying's Weibo, teasing her for missing a big "good opportunity".

"If you don't break up, wouldn't you be able to get the popularity of "The Pretender" now?"

"My ex-boyfriend is on a fashion magazine again, are you envious?"

"Sister, you have lost a rare love and a chance to become famous!"

To be honest, couples who have broken up usually don't want to see each other live better than themselves.

In the face of Hu Ge's explosion, Jiang Shuying would be lying if she said she didn't regret it!

But what can she do if she regrets it? They have already broken up, it's impossible to get back together, right?

She has the courage and the face to do so, but if Hu Ge agrees, he will be a fool and a complainer.

In the crew of Mr. Good, Jiang Shuying looked at the comments in the Weibo comment area, deleting the Weibo posts while muttering:

"He is only popular for a while, can he be popular forever? I have Bona behind me now, and I have constant offers for roles, not much worse than him..."

She was muttering, and suddenly, a Weibo pop-up message jumped out from the top area of ​​the phone.

"The Chinese fantasy film "Zhu Xian", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films and adapted from Xiao Ding's eponymous fairy tale novel "Zhu Xian", officially announced the cast today!"

Looking at this news release, Jiang Shuying's eyes lit up.

Although she is not a fan of "Zhu Xian", she is still very concerned about this film project. After all, this is a large project with an investment of hundreds of millions, and it is also a big IP development.

When "Zhu Xian" announced the casting requirements, she also submitted a personal resume, but it was a pity that it was finally forgotten.

Thinking of this, she clicked on the news to see who was so lucky to get the role of "Lu Xueqi" that she had always dreamed of.

However, the moment the news was opened, her face suddenly changed!

"The movie "Zhu Xian" will be directed by Director Lu Yang himself, and the cast will be Hu Ge, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan, Mao Xiaotong..."

“The script of “Zhu Xian” was jointly created by Feiyue Film and Television’s screenwriter department and revised by director Chen Fei. It mainly tells the story of an ordinary teenager named Zhang Xiaofan who joined the Qingyun Sect after the tragedy in Caomiao Village and obtained the magic weapon Soul-Snatching Rod by chance, thus being involved in the struggle between the righteous and the evil.”

“The subsequent filming of the film will be shot on location, including Huairou, Miyun, Sichuan, Henan, Hebei, and snow-capped mountains with an altitude of up to 2,500 meters.”

“According to producer Zhong Lifang, the total investment of the film is as high as 180 million yuan, and the post-production will be followed up by Dianjing Digital throughout the process.”

“According to Su Guohai, general manager of Feiyue Film and Television, the full copyright development of “Zhu Xian” is in progress, including animation, games, related peripherals, and TV series versions, all of which are in the preparation stage.”

“At present, the drama version adapted from the novel “Zhu Xian” has been determined to be named “Qing Yun Zhi”, and the relevant shooting will be officially launched after the film version is completed.”

News drafts continue to appear, very mixed, very chaotic, and very shocking!

Weibo has already sparked a heated discussion, and a group of "Legend of Sword and Fairy fans" who have been silent for a long time were directly blown up and discussed "Zhu Xian" with great interest.

Hu Ge, Liu Shishi, Tang Yan... The lineup of "Zhu Xian" is simply too explosive! It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a copy of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Jiang Shuying suddenly felt that she was about to regret it.

Because she saw a press release that said:

"According to an insider of Feiyue Film and Television, the role of "Lu Xueqi" was originally scheduled to be played by Liu Yifei. Unfortunately, due to Liu Yifei's personal work reasons, she was unfortunately unable to appear on the screen, so she was replaced by actress Tang Yan recommended by Hu Ge..."

Seeing this, Jiang Shuying couldn't hold it back.

"If I broke up with him later, could I also join the "Zhu Xian" crew with his recommendation? In that case, the road to promotion to the first line will definitely be faster..."

Fantasy is fantasy after all, missed is missed, even if the regret is green, Jiang Shuying can only bear it silently.

At this point, she even had a premonition of how netizens would "evaluate" her next.

You don't have to guess, those words will definitely not be nice.

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"How is the promotion response of "Zhu Xian"?"

While conducting the roadshow of "Operation Mekong", Chen Fei also paid attention to the later situation of the film.

After all, this is the movie he and Zhang Wei agreed to bet on, and he must not lose to Alibaba Pictures!

"Not bad." Zhong Lifang replied on the other end of the phone: "As soon as the cast was announced, the topic and discussion directly soared to the top three on Weibo, second only to "Ghost Blowing Light."

"That's good, keep this popularity, the longer the better..."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei took a look at the TV series that is currently ranked third on the Weibo topic list.

"Jiuzhou·Hai Muyun Ji"

This TV series is quite popular. It is adapted from Jin Hezai's novel of the same name "Hai Muyun Ji". It is based on the story of the human race. It tells the story of the end of the Duan Dynasty in Jiuzhou Continent. The three-hundred-year alliance between the human royal family Muyun family and the Muru family was broken because of a prophecy, which caused chaos in the world and an oriental epic story full of power struggles.

The project brings together a group of powerful actors such as Huang Xuan, Dou Xiao, Zhou Yiwei, Xu Lu, Janice Man, Zhang Jianing, Wang Qianyuan, Jiang Qinqin, Wan Qian, etc.

If you only look at the cast and the script story, it seems to be quite awesome and high-end.

But Chen Fei disagrees with the slogan of this drama.

Like the two "Fantasy City" and "Lord of the Rings" that started filming some time ago, the producers of "Jiuzhou·Hai Muyun Ji" also shouted the slogan of benchmarking the Hollywood blockbuster "Lord of the Rings".

Seeing this, Chen Fei can almost conclude that this TV series will not make any waves.

Comparing yourself to "The Lord of the Rings" right away? Who do you think you are?

With such a small investment amount, what good special effects can be produced? Is this a joke?

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Time flies, and it is already mid-September.

This morning, the news in the film and television industry has undergone another major change.

"The musical drama "Office Workers" directed by Johnnie To and starring a luxurious cast of actors including Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, and Tang Wei has been withdrawn from the theaters due to its completely exhausted box office potential, with a total box office of 47.32 million."

"The Hollywood imported blockbuster "Terminator: Genisys" was officially withdrawn today, with a total box office of 865 million."

"With less than 6 hours left before the 72nd Venice International Film Festival awards ceremony, the crew of "Old Cannon" reported good news that the copyright has been sold at a high price."

"The investment promotion work for the outdoor reality show "Running Man Season 3" controlled by Youku and invested by Feiyue Film and Television and Guangguang has been completed, and it is expected to officially start recording at the beginning of next month."

"Chow Yun-fat is suspected of having a conflict with the crew of "Office Workers". During the promotion of the movie, the former did not participate in any promotional roadshow activities."

On Weibo, netizens who like to watch melons are paying attention to various gossips and have launched heated discussions and discussions.

However, at this time, as a member of the "spectator crowd", Chen Fei was meeting Wang Baoqiang at Youku with Gu Yongqiang.

"How is it? Is your studio developing smoothly?"

As soon as they met, Chen Fei asked Wang Baoqiang about his current situation with a smile.

As one of the veterans of Feiyinghuang Agency, Wang Baoqiang's agency contract expired a month ago.

He did not choose to renew his contract with the company, but chose to open his own personal studio with the support of Feiyue Film and Television, and completely drew a line with Feiyinghuang Agency.

There are two main reasons.

First, the current environment has been pushing up the pay of actors. After opening a studio, the money earned will definitely be more than that earned by signing with an agency.

The second is that some irreconcilable problems have arisen within Feiyinghuang Agency.

At the beginning, this agency was jointly founded by Feiyue Film and Television, China Film, and Emperor Entertainment Group, with the purpose of cultivating its own team and qualified actors.

Before, several companies had been supporting this agency, and soon made it the number one agency in the domestic entertainment industry.

But now, with Han Sanping's abdication and La Peikang's rise to power, the supply of resources from China Film has suddenly decreased a lot.

For example, in the two projects of "The Great Wall" and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", China Film was obviously the main controller, but in terms of actor selection, it directly isolated Feiyinghuang Agency.

From the main creators to the supporting actors, even the extras with only one or two lines, none of them were open to Feiyinghuang Agency.

This also made many actors in the agency feel dissatisfied.

Such a top-level "big cake" was not shared by the family, but was given to outsiders. Isn't this a bit too disappointing?

From Chen Fei's perspective, he actually looked down on the two projects "The Great Wall" and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", and he was also sure that neither of them would succeed.

But the reason why he had such a mentality was mainly because he was reborn and had the ability to foresee and foresee.

From the perspective of the company's artists, these two projects are the top resources in the industry. As long as they can participate in them, their own value and status will be greatly improved.

Therefore, everyone was dissatisfied and puzzled about Lapeikang's failure to open the actor casting channel to the agency.

Obviously, Feiyue Film and Television has been opening the internal actor casting channel to the agency, but why did China Film suddenly close it?

Chen Fei didn't know about this at first. It was only when Huo Wenxi mentioned it casually that day that he discovered the problem.

Feiyinghuang Agency was a political achievement made when Han Sanping was in office.

Now that La Peikang is in power, no matter how well this agency develops, it can't be his political achievement.

So, he will naturally choose to act in his favor.

For example, Wu Yifan, Yao Chen, and Wang Likun, who played the leading roles in "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back", can greatly improve the box office appeal and success rate of the movie with their joining.

On the other hand, most of the artists on the Feiyinghuang Agency side are actually acting schools and do not have a large number of fans.

Therefore, for the box office performance of the movie and for his own political achievements, La Peikang will naturally choose a casting lineup that is beneficial to him.

After thinking of this, coupled with La Peikang's previous behavior of seeking peace on behalf of Jiang Zhiqi in order to protect "Monster Hunt", Chen Fei immediately had a new judgment on the new chairman of China Film.

To put it simply, this is the kind of partner who "can share the joys but not the hardships".

And for the sake of political achievements, it is normal for him to lose some of the interests of his partners when necessary.

After realizing this, Chen Fei suddenly found that not every leader of China Film is a helmsman with "great talent and strategy" like Han Sanping.

So, he immediately held an extremely pessimistic attitude towards the future of Feiyinghuang Agency.

Although it is not a problem to support the future development of this agency with Feiyue Film and Emperor Entertainment alone.

But then again, why?

You China Film has not contributed, but still want to make profits from it. Isn't this playing with partners as "accompanying singers"?

It happened that the general environment was promoting the increase in actors' pay at this time, so Chen Fei simply began to encourage those artists whose contracts had expired in the company to open their own studios.

If you have ambitions in your heart, you can go it alone, the best example is Yang Mi.

But if you don't want to leave the resources of Feiyue Film and Television, then the company can also invest in support and arrange for the actor's studio to be affiliated with the company.

Personal studios such as Hu Ge, Liu Yifei's Red Star Studio, and Shu Chang's personal studio are currently affiliated with Feiyue Film and Television.

The same is true for Wang Baoqiang.

However, his studio is more like a "husband-and-wife shop".

In addition to him, the main members of the studio also include his girlfriend Tong Liya, who has been in love with him for many years.

Chen Fei was not optimistic about this couple at first, but he never expected that the two of them would actually help each other all the way through!

It has to be said that he really misjudged this time.

At this time, listening to Chen Fei's concerned questions, Wang Baoqiang said a little embarrassedly: "Thanks to Director Chen, the basic structure of the studio has been built, and it can be officially announced in a week."

"Haha, okay, then I wish your "husband-and-wife shop" more and more popular in advance."

It would be better if he didn't say it. As soon as he said this, Wang Baoqiang became more embarrassed.

Chen Fei saw the entanglement on his face and smiled and comforted him: "If you have something to say, just say it. If you have any difficulties, just mention it. As long as I can help, I will never refuse."

Wang Baoqiang gritted his teeth and lowered his head and said, "Director Chen, I... I'm sorry. I came here to terminate my contract with "Running Man". I may have to say goodbye to this variety show forever."

As soon as these words came out, the office fell into silence.

Gu Yongqiang, who had been sitting next to him without saying anything, slowly turned his head and set his eyes on Chen Fei.

He was very curious, how would Chen Fei deal with Wang Baoqiang's "treacherous" behavior?

At this time, Wang Baoqiang also lowered his head deeply, and was somewhat afraid to look into Chen Fei's eyes.

He was even ready to accept Chen Fei's scolding. After all, "Running Man" has now recorded two full seasons, and the popularity is constantly rising.

But he suddenly proposed to withdraw now, which is likely to have a huge impact on the future of the variety show.

This behavior is undoubtedly a "heavy blow" to the investors!

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