Chapter 846 Will I Retire to the Company for the Rest of My Life? What Should the Film Festival Be Called?

The end of October went by very quickly.

After confirming the project "Operation Red Sea", Chen Fei entered into a life of auditioning and casting during the day and going home to practice dancing at night.

The audition process for this movie's "protagonist lineup" has not been made public. After all, with such a big cake and huge resources, it is of course better to digest it internally.

Different from "Operation Mekong", the protagonists of "Operation Red Sea" can be selected from the Feiyinghuang Agency or the studio affiliated to Feiyue Film and Television.

In addition to "Xu Hong" played by Huang Xiaoming, Chen Fei still chose Zhang Yi and Huang Jingyu for the other two important roles "Yang Rui" and "Gu Shun".

As for the role of "Xia Nan", he finally decided to let Zhou Xunlai, who just celebrated his 41st birthday, play the role.

As for the selection of the remaining supporting roles, he left it all to deputy director Shen Ao, letting him slowly select suitable actors.

The entire casting process will be completed before November. At that time, all actors will go to Hai Zheng for closed training for a month and a half until the movie officially starts shooting.

As for Huang Xiaoming, he has to plan his own time and related training plans.

Chen Fei wasn't worried that he would fall behind. After all, the leader was not short of money, so it would be easy to pay veterans to give him solo training.

In a blink of an eye, time came to the 27th, which was when the imported Hollywood blockbuster "Global Storm" was officially released in China.

In the evening, Liu Yifei rarely took Chen Fei to dance practice after dinner, but expressed her desire to go to the movies.

Chen Fei, who finally had his "rest time", naturally would not refuse her, and nodded in agreement directly.

The two simply changed their clothes, then went out and went straight to the cinema.

Although today is Tuesday, there are many people in the cinema. Looking around, almost all of them are watching "Global Storm".

I think back then, since the disaster movie "2012" ended, there have been very few high-quality disaster blockbusters in Hollywood.

Once this science fiction thriller "Global Storm" came out, it naturally became the first choice for many fans who like disaster movies.

After buying the ticket and entering the venue, Chen Fei suddenly suffered from an occupational disease.

Everyone else was waiting for the movie to start, but he kept looking left and right, observing the attendance of the movie.

It wasn't until he saw that all the seats were occupied that he withdrew his gaze with satisfaction.

The movie soon began to show, and a story about human manipulation of satellites, leading to a global disaster, slowly unfolded.

The selling point of this blockbuster is not actually the storyline itself, but the spectacular special effects images of freezing, thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes.

Of course, if the story can be improved while maintaining the special effects, then a classic masterpiece with science fiction, thriller, and disaster themes will be released.

Chen Fei did not pay as much attention to the movie as Liu Yifei, but was always paying attention to the state of the audience.

After making sure that no one complained about his revised plot and special effects, he knew that if nothing unexpected happened to the movie, it should be fine.

Although it is difficult to achieve a big hit like "Avengers", as long as it does not lose money or lose money, and the box office can cover up the production investment, then the movie will make money and be successful!

The next morning, media reports arrived as promised:

"On the first day of its release, the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Global Storm" grossed a total box office of 87.69 million yuan. The Maoyan word-of-mouth score was as high as 8.8 points, and it received mostly positive reviews online."

After only reading this report, Chen Fei stopped paying attention to this movie.

It was a popcorn movie that was destined to make money, but it had little connotation. It was not worthy of his attention at all. Just let Xuanfa keep an eye on it.

In comparison, he is more interested in several other pieces of news that are currently on the entertainment headlines.

"Operation Mekong," an action, crime, and anti-drug film directed and acted by Chen Fei and starring Zhang Hanyu, Li Bingbin, Xie Ba, and Liu Shishi, has been in theaters for 28 days. Its total box office has reached 3.589 billion, successfully breaking the previous "Mars" The box office record of "Rescue" ranks No. 1 in the domestic movie box office rankings!"

"Hollywood's imported blockbuster "Ant-Man" was released for 11 days, and the box office revenue was 513 million yuan. Daily new additions have dropped to 15.31 million, and it is expected to exceed 700 million."

"Casting for the main theme movie "The Founding of an Army" is in progress, and it is expected that all character casting work will be completed in mid-November."

"The anti-corruption TV series "In the Name of the People", jointly produced by multiple official units and produced by Feiyue Film and Television, is currently undergoing casting."

"The feature film "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers", directed by director Jia Zhangke and winning the Best Director Award at this year's Cannes International Film Festival, will hold its premiere ceremony in Beijing at 11 a.m. today..."

This film "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" is a product of the "New Literary Film Recovery Plan", and Jia Zhangke had specially invited it before, so naturally Chen Fei could not miss the premiere.

But the time has just reached 8 o'clock, and there are still 3 hours before the premiere, so he is not in a hurry to set off.

And last night Liu Yifei said she wanted to go too, so Chen Fei had to wait for her to get up.

Miss Liu asked her to wake her up at nine o'clock sharp. It was still early, but she could let her sleep for another hour.

At this moment, suddenly, Chen Fei's eyes were attracted by a latest report on Weibo.

"Huh? Why did Wu Baige go to Xiaorizi?"

Looking around, many media on Weibo reported news about the Tokyo International Film Festival, and the name Wu Yu appeared in the reports very frequently.

"Reprinted from Tokyo Morning Post: At the Tokyo International Film Festival held yesterday, director Wu Yu won the Samurai Award for Lifetime Achievement for the film "The Crossing". This honor is undoubtedly a recognition of his outstanding artistic contribution."

"According to Japanese media reports, the film "The Crossing" was not only well received by judges and film critics, but also left a deep impression on the audience."

"At the award ceremony, director Wu Yu gave a touching acceptance speech. He frankly said: He did not make movies to cater to young people, but to stick to his love and persistence in art!"

"According to director Wu Yu himself, he is currently preparing a new feature film , aimed at paying tribute to the late famous actor Ken Takakura and inheriting his professionalism. "

"After the Tokyo International Film Festival awards ceremony, in an interview with domestic media, director Wu Yu expressed his deep concern about the viewing environment of domestic moviegoers.

He believes that today's audiences are becoming more and more impetuous, deliberately pursuing superficial entertainment, lacking deep thinking and patience, and this trend has led to the gradual degeneration of the audience's artistic appreciation ability, which has had a profound negative impact on the quality and artistic value of the film..."

"Puff!"

In the restaurant, Chen Fei spit out a mouthful of porridge directly, and was almost killed by Wu Yu's remarks.

He was quite puzzled, how did this guy come up with this kind of operation of preparing a new movie while scolding fans and audiences?

Is it because the movie failed too many times, so he has become a demon, and he doesn't think before speaking?

He roughly looked through the comment area under these reports, and as expected, netizens have already started to criticize.

"This idiot actually went to Japan to scold the domestic audience. Isn't this sinister?"

"Fuck! I'm really surprised. He actually made a movie to pay tribute to the Japanese? Are you still Chinese?"

"I bet that the new movie he is preparing must be very bad, especially bad. Don't even think about making money after it is released."

"Wu Yu's behavior is that when the food he made can't be sold, he scolds others for wasting food, but he never thinks that it's because his food is too bad."

"I used to think that Brother Chen Kai was the most superficial among Chinese directors, but now it seems that even he can't compare to this old guy Wu Yu!"

Looking at these comments, Chen Fei seemed to have Wu Yu's angry look in his mind, which must be very interesting.

As a director, he actually got himself to this point. No one else can do that.

...

At 11 o'clock in the morning, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei appeared on time at the premiere of "Mountains May Depart".

When the two stepped onto the red carpet, the media and reporters on both sides of the red carpet were all stunned. They obviously didn't expect them to appear here.

"Hurry up and take a picture! This is the headline!"

"Good guy, I said today would not be in vain, and the hot search is here."

"Director Chen and Director Jia are both directors from Shanxi Province, right? No wonder they come to support, they are fellow villagers!"

Walking into the venue, Chen Fei saw Zhang Yi who was waiting at the door at a glance.

"Director Chen, Yifei, come with me this way. Director Jia Zhangke specially asked me to wait for you here. He is now receiving other guests in the back."

"Yeah." Chen Fei responded, and then asked casually: "The framework of your studio has also been set up, right? How is it? Are all the staff equipped?"

"All equipped, all equipped."

Zhang Yi smiled, full of gratitude.

For these "old employees", Chen Fei really did his best.

Because he was worried that they would be under pressure after setting up the studio, Chen Fei directly selected the "opening red" project for everyone after the studio opened.

For example, Zhao Liying's "Princess Agents", Wang Baoqiang's "Detective Chinatown 2", and Zhang Yi's "Operation Red Sea".

Of course, the most representative one is "Ghost Blowing Lights" used by Shu Chang for retirement.

These are all recognized and top-level resources in the industry, but Chen Fei did not hesitate to give them to them and let them fire this "opening gun"!

In a place like the entertainment industry, it can actually meet such a good boss as him. This can no longer be simply described as "lucky"!

Anyway, Zhang Yi's own idea is that he will stick to Feiyue Film and Television and Chen Fei for the rest of his life.

If you want money, you have money, you have resources, and you have status. This is simply a paradise for "retirement"!

...

The three of them talked and laughed, and soon entered the main venue.

There were quite a lot of people attending the premiere of "Mountains May Depart" today. After all, this movie won the Best Director Award at the Cannes International Film Festival, and Jia Zhangke's status and position in the industry also rose.

Looking around the very lively premiere scene in front of her, Liu Yifei asked curiously: "It seems that Director Jia Zhangke hasn't had a new movie released in theaters for a long time, right?"

"Yeah." Chen Fei thought about it and added: "The last movie he showed in the theaters was the "Still Life of Three Gorges" which won the Golden Lion Award. It has been 9 years since then."

When thinking of "Still Life of Three Gorges", Chen Fei couldn't help but think of "A Touch of Sin".

I have to say that Wang Baoqiang's performance in it is really good!

If it can be shown in theaters, then "A Touch of Sin" will definitely become another classic masterpiece of Wang Baoqiang after "Hello! Mr. Tree".

Unfortunately, after obtaining the public screening license, the film was eventually banned.

However, with the help of this film, Jia Zhangke has become popular in the circle, and may even be recorded in film history.

After all, looking around, there has never been a film in the domestic film industry that has been forcibly taken back by the top after obtaining the screening license.

Accompanied by the voices of greetings around him, Chen Fei took Liu Yifei's hand and walked through the crowd to Jia Zhangke's side.

"You two are seated here. I specifically asked for the front row. The view here is good and the view is clear..."

Old Jia's face was full of wrinkles with a smile, and his expression seemed to be ten years younger.

"Go and do your work. We don't need you to receive us. We will leave from the back door after the movie. There are too many media. If we leave late, we will be blocked easily."

"Okay, then I will go and do my work first."

Jia Zhangke greeted and walked away.

Both parties are so familiar with each other, so there is no need to be polite.

Chen Fei took Liu Yifei's hand and sat in the front row together: "Let's wait for a while. The movie will start soon."

However, although the two of them did not go out of their way to socialize with others, the other people in the circle who were present today could not ignore them.

Wang Jinghua and Dong Zijian came over with a smile and began to promote his son: "Zijian was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama last year. This "Mountains May Depart" can be regarded as his representative work. Please give me more suggestions after watching it..."

Hearing this, Chen Fei had to respond perfunctorily.

It happened that the movie was about to start, and Wang Jinghua had to lead Dong Zijian to the back row with a little regret.

Liu Yifei whispered: "In recent years, Shiyi Culture seems to have no big movement?"

Chen Fei curled his lips: "Hu Jun and Tong Dawei have opened their own studios, Zhou Dongyu has also left, and now only Xia Yu and Li Xiaolu can support the scene. What waves can he stir up?"

"Oh, that's true."

On the screen, "Mountains May Depart" began to be shown.

This is a film full of "warmth". The "Jia-style symbols" in the story flow naturally in three time periods, showing the emotional tension of more than 20 years of vicissitudes. It can be said to be the culmination of Jia Zhangke's 20 years of film career.

However, while paying attention to the movie, Chen Fei was also thinking about another thing.

In his plan, the first international film festival led by him must be held in Shanxi Province.

Now, there are already four international film festivals approved by the government, namely: Shanghai International Film Festival, Changchun International Film Festival, Capital International Film Festival and Silk Road International Film Festival.

Well, what name should be given to the next film festival led by him?

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