Chapter 839 Just Go Ahead and Shoot, I Guarantee You’ll Get Green Lights All the Way!

After working hard for several hours, he looked up and saw that it was already dark outside.

After checking the time, Chen Fei put the script into the safe, and then walked out of the office door, muttering:

"It's time to go home after get off work to eat, and then hug the fragrant Liu Yifei to bed, hehe, this taste, I wouldn't change it even if I were a god!"

On the way back to the villa, he opened Weibo and was surprised to find that the box office of "Operation Mekong" had exceeded 1 billion!

"1.2 billion in 4 days? The National Day Golden Week is a total of 7 days, plus the subsequent 30-day extension key, a total of 60 days of release period, breaking 3 billion box office should not be a problem..."

However, when he was muttering the box office data, a piece of film and television entertainment news from Hong Kong suddenly attracted his attention.

"This afternoon, more than 40 Hong Kong actors jointly posted on Weibo to promote the movie "Saving Mr. Wu", and we implore all fans and audiences to pay more attention to this movie..."

Looking around, Chen Long, Liang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, Zhang Jiahui, Peng Yuyan, Nicholas Tse and other Hong Kong actors all forwarded the promotional draft of "Saving Mr. Wu".

It has to be said that in terms of "banding together for warmth", the actors in Hong Kong are still quite united, at least much better than the atmosphere in the mainland.

It's just a pity that their actions are doomed to be futile.

No matter how good the reputation and film reviews of "Saving Mr. Wu" are, it will never be better than "Operation Mekong".

This is the mainland, the latter is a mainland movie, and it is also the only two main theme commercial blockbusters, and the investment lineup and actor lineup are not comparable to the former.

Most people actually haven't discovered, or are unwilling to admit that since the past two years, the various preferential treatments of the mainland film industry for Hong Kong movies have gradually disappeared.

This can be seen from the end of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

10 years ago, everyone was proud to be able to participate in the Academy Awards, and every time they went, they wanted to brag about how great they were.

But in recent years, even the mainland media rarely reported the results of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

It can be seen that the end of the Hong Kong film industry has already begun, and the sunset is also destined.

Looking around, at this time, most of the Hong Kong films that can barely survive are co-produced and invested with the mainland, and there are almost no self-funded ones.

On the other hand, those conservative factions have already been completely cold, and they don’t even have the strength to jump.

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The next morning, the film market is undergoing a new round of changes.

"Operation Mekong" has won another 250 million new box office, and the total box office has soared to 1.508 billion.

On the other hand, even though the promotion of "Saving Mr. Wu" was so hot, the daily new box office still seemed to be on a slide, sliding down to just over 10 million.

This also made other domestic films of the same period wail constantly.

It can't survive!

It can't survive at all!

Many people in the industry with "bad intentions" even fantasized that if "Ant-Man" and "Global Storm" that were released in mid-October and late October could be released in advance, it would be great to kill the momentum of "Operation Mekong"!

Unfortunately, they just thought about it and didn't even dare to mention it.

So far, everyone is still shocked and frightened by the premiere of "Operation Mekong", which is the second-in-command of the national public security system!

Such a powerful leader came to the scene to support it, which means that this movie is definitely green-lighted all the way. Who dares to stop it? Who has the ability to stop it?

Anyone who has been to school for a few years believes that they have a certain understanding of the idiom "Mantis arm trying to stop a chariot".

You know, this idiom is followed by "overestimating one's own ability"!

...

Early in the morning, Chen Fei received a call from Han Sanping as soon as he got up.

"I'm going to the bureau to deliver a script today. Do you want to go with me?"

"You should go by yourself. There's no fun there, and you might run into those old guys. I'm not interested in seeing them give me a cold shoulder."

"Haha, okay, then I'll go by myself." Han Sanping also vowed to guarantee: "Don't worry, you won't see those old guys next year. They will almost all be forced to retire before the end of the year."

This is good news, but it's not particularly good.

The retirement of the old does not mean that the influence is gone. There are still young people under the old.

Moreover, although these old guys were pulled from the review, their shadows will definitely appear behind the awards such as Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao in the mainland.

How can wildfire burn all the weeds? When the spring breeze blows next year, as long as they are not dead, they will definitely not stop.

Chen Fei has already looked down on it.

As long as those old guys don't deliberately make trouble, he will definitely not make trouble.

You go your way, I go my way, just see who gets into the coffin first, it's all over, the main thing is to see fate!

...

Driving all the way to the Film Bureau, Han Sanping drove into the gate smoothly.

Although he hasn't started work yet, all the entry procedures have been completed. He can come in and work smoothly as soon as Lu Chuan's father leaves next year.

He came to the door of Tong Gang's office with ease. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he saw a figure appear in the corridor not far away.

"Brother Chen Kai? What is he doing here?"

After muttering something under his breath, he didn't stop what he was doing and knocked on the office door.

"Enter!"

With a reply, he unscrewed the door handle and walked into the office.

"Eh? Sanping? Why are you here?" Tong Gang, who was sitting behind the desk, couldn't help but was slightly startled when he saw the person coming.

"There is a script I want you to read." Han Sanping said while looking at the other people in the office.

Looking around, all of these people were wearing navy uniforms. One of them was the deputy director of the Television Art Center of the Naval Political Department and was an old acquaintance with him.

The other party laughed and joked loudly: "Sanping! Although you have retired, your ability has not faded. That movie "One Hundred Regiments" was really good!"

"Haha, isn't this just picking up where we left off?"

While replying, Han Sanping handed the script in her hand to Tong Gang and explained: "This is a film project that I promised to organize before, and was created to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army."

"How fast?"

Tong Gang still knew some of the inside story. After all, he was also watching when Han Sanping issued the "military order" in front of the leader.

"Hey, I got some help."

Upon hearing this, Tong Gang immediately understood: "You are really lucky. Not one of the scripts written by that kid is bad."

The behavior of the two singing along immediately aroused the curiosity in the deputy director on the side.

"What are you two talking about? Just let it go, I'm not an outsider."

Tong Gang laughed when he heard this and was about to speak, but there was a knock on the office door again.

Under the gaze of everyone, Brother Chen Kai walked in.

"Chief Bureau, Director Lin..."

After greeting everyone one by one, Brother Chen Kai immediately turned his attention to Tong Gang: "Tong Bureau, Chen Hong said you called me to come over?"

"Well, that's right." Tong Gang nodded slightly and pointed to the deputy director in navy uniform: "Actually, it's not me calling you, it's mainly because Director Lin wants to talk to you."

Brother Chen Kai turned around curiously and looked at Director Lin.

"Actually, it's not a big deal." Director Lin explained with a smile on his face: "Isn't it because there have been no high-quality film and television works in Hai Zheng in recent years.

The superiors thought that we should also produce a movie with the main theme to contribute to the propaganda work of the People's Navy.

By chance, I thought of you when I was chatting with Tong Bureau, so I simply invited you over to see if you had any good ideas or suggestions? "

Hearing this, Brother Chen Kai was stunned and felt the pressure doubled!

He is currently studying the movie "Kukai Samana: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty", and he just decided to change the title of the movie to "The Legend of the Demon Cat" last night when he was playing with the cat with his wife.

If it hadn't been for today's phone call, he would have been on the script review side by now.

As an "old director" in the industry, Brother Chen Kai actually yearns for "main theme movies".

Especially the previous film "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" directed by Chen Fei, and the recently released "Operation Mekong", which he has watched no less than three times alone.

He really wanted to learn the shooting mode of this "main theme commercial movie", but it was not something that could be learned just by wanting to learn it.

How can it be so easy to not only express the central idea of ​​the main theme but also add commercial film elements?

Anyway, he doesn't have the slightest confidence to make a main theme movie now, and he doesn't have time, because he is now obsessed with reviving his glory in the field of commercial films with "The Legend of the Demon Cat" and proving that he is not bad...

Therefore, after listening to Director Lin's words, he had only one idea in his mind.

"I have to find a way to reject it. I don't have the energy to study a movie with the main theme right now."

Thinking of this, his eyes rolled wildly.

At this moment, Han Sanping's figure appeared in his sight, and a flash of light suddenly flashed in his mind.

"About the main theme movie with a naval theme...I don't have a clue about this at the moment. Didn't Sanping just shoot a main theme movie "One Hundred Regiments War"? Why don't you ask him what he thinks?"

As soon as she heard that the topic was brought to her head, Han Sanping was startled and began to curse and complain in her heart:

"Okay, you big head Chen! Why are you mentioning me? There's something wrong with you!"

You know, he just agreed to film "The Founding of the Army", so how can he have time to distract himself from other projects?

For a moment, his eyes started to move.

Within a few seconds, an idea suddenly came to my mind!

"Director Lin, I do have a very suitable candidate."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the office looked over.

Tong Gang had a smile on his face, as if he had already guessed who it was.

The next second, I heard Han Sanping say: "You can ask Chen Fei, he was the one who came up with the term 'main theme commercial film'.

The previous "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and the recently released "Operation Mekong" are the best masterpieces. They need to be successful at the box office and have good reputation.

And to tell you the truth, when I went to his company yesterday, he happened to be writing a script about the navy's evacuation of overseas Chinese from Yemen in the first half of the year, which just happened to meet your requirements. "

Upon hearing this, Director Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Evacuation from Yemen? Okay! This subject is great! Isn't this a classic battle that demonstrates the strength of our navy? It's perfect for making a movie."

As he said that, he quickly turned to look at Tong Gang.

Before he could speak, Tong Gang said with a smile: "Then you guys sit down for a while, and I'll contact him and ask him to come over immediately."

"Okay, please trouble Tong Bureau."

…

To be honest, Chen Fei was almost scared to death when he received the call from Tong Gang!

Mainly because the other person said, "Come to the General Administration with the script you wrote on the theme of 'Evacuation from Yemen'. I'll be waiting for you in the office."

At that time, Chen Fei almost thought that the fact that he was a "traveler" had been exposed, and he was about to run away.

After all, he has never revealed the content of his new script to the outside world.

If Han Sanping's voice hadn't come out on the phone shortly after, he would have already activated the backup plan he had prepared in advance and was preparing to go to Kerguelen Island to avoid the limelight.

"The one who stepped on the horse scared me to death. I almost thought I was going to be sliced ​​into pieces."

After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and packing up the script, Chen Fei called the driver and rushed straight towards the headquarters.

Brother Chen Kai didn't stay too long at Tong Gang, he said hello and left.

After all, he is an "outsider". If Chen Fei comes here with a script, it would not be very suitable for him to stay here.

After going downstairs, as soon as he got into the car, he saw a Maybach driving over at lightning speed.

The license plate number looked familiar, and the man getting out of the car looked even more familiar. It was none other than Chen Fei!

At this moment, Brother Chen Kai couldn't hold it back after all, and murmured in his heart: "Why is this kid so lucky? The movie "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wise" made the Bayi side regard him as a treasure; "Operation Mekong" also made him a treasure. Got a relationship with Jindun.

It's a good thing now, the navy is also here. If nothing else happens, we should be able to get on the line again. This luck...isn't it bullshit? "

…

"A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!"

After sneezing three times in a row, Chen Fei happened to arrive at the door of Tong Gang's office.

"Who is scolding me?"

After muttering something under his breath, he knocked on the door.

With a "come in", he opened the office door and walked in. Then he saw Han Sanping, Tong Gang, and everyone from the Maritime Art Department in the room.

At this moment, he immediately guessed something.

As expected, it was Hai Zheng who came to find Tong Gang, and then he happened to meet Han Sanping.

The third master must have spilled the beans in the end, otherwise he wouldn't have been called over.

"Child Bureau..."

After greeting everyone one by one, Chen Fei didn't hesitate and handed over the script directly.

Tong Gang took it and did not open it, but handed it to the people in Haizheng.

Director Lin took the script, glanced at the four big characters on the cover, and immediately laughed out loud: "Operation Red Sea? Haha, okay, that's a good name."

Several people couldn't wait to open the script and read it.

Chen Fei did not bother them, but quietly chatted with Han Sanping and Tong Gang about paying attention to some precautions in the script of "The Founding of an Army".

Half an hour later, the script of "The Founding of an Army" was almost completed.

"Just leave the script here with me. I'll ask the review team to expedite the review later..."

Before Tong Gang finished speaking, he was interrupted by someone from Hai Zheng: "And this, let's review "Operation Red Sea" too. This script is really well written, not inferior to "Operation Red Sea" at all." "Operation Mekong!"

Chen Fei smiled modestly: "You are so complimentary."

"Hey! I'm not flattering you. You are currently the top commercial and literary director in the country. You are even more famous internationally. You are also the pioneer of 'main theme commercial movies'. I praise you for being realistic, not at all. Without glorification.”

Listening to these words, Chen Fei opened his mouth several times, but for a moment he didn't know how to reply.

The latter part of the compliment is even more harsh than the previous one!

Helpless, he had no choice but to change the topic: "Wait a minute, there are still some small details in the script that have not been perfected. Let me adjust them again before sending them for review."

"Okay, you are the director, just watch." Director Lin stepped forward and held Chen Fei's hand without letting go: "We also have difficulties here in the Maritime Arts Department. Good scripts are really hard to find. .

But you are recognized as a 'genius screenwriter' and 'genius director' in the film and television circles. You are much better than us. If you can be in charge of this project, it will be no problem.

Therefore, I leave this project to you. I will leave you a contact information later. If you need help or have any difficulties, please contact me directly! Warships, officers and soldiers, whatever you want...

I can’t guarantee you anything else, but I can guarantee you the script size and film shooting. Just go ahead and shoot, I guarantee you’ll get the green light all the way, and no one will dare to hold you back! "

The latter sentence was said to be overbearing, but Chen Fei was very convinced.

The Maritime Art Department... This is at the same level as the Golden Shield, and the former is even more special.

Chen Fei originally thought of writing the script before visiting him at his door, but by chance, there would be such a "drama" of late meeting today.

He is not a fool, how could he refuse such a generous offer?

"Director Lin, don't worry, I can assure you that the quality of "Operation Red Sea" will never be inferior to "Operation Mekong". I will personally take the shots when the time comes, and I will definitely be able to produce an excellent film for our navy." Promotional video to promote the power of our navy!”

"Haha, okay, then it's up to you."

…

Half an hour later, Chen Fei, Han Sanping, and Tong Gang sent the people from Hai Zheng out of the film bureau.

Many people in the office building saw this scene and started talking about it.

"Eh? What's going on? Why is Chen Fei here at the General Administration?"

"I can't see clearly. Is that a script in his hand?"

"The person who got on the bus just now is someone from the Maritime Art Department, right? Is there a new movie..."

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