Chapter 851 Actors Become Assembly Line Tools?

As December has just entered, Weibo and major entertainment information platforms have suddenly become lively.

What the mainland film industry didn't expect was that this year's Lunar New Year season would actually kick off with an animated film called "SpongeBob SquarePants" invested by Paramount Pictures.

Of course, this was just an animated movie, and no one took it seriously, because the audiences for animated movies and live-action movies are almost completely different.

However, "The Stars" that followed "SpongeBob SquarePants" were different.

Yang Mi + Li Yifeng + Chen Shu... this lineup is quite strong, and fans have high expectations for it.

When the premiere was held, Yang Mi even shouted the slogan that the box office exceeded "500 million" at the scene, and she also received strong support from Li Yifeng and his fans.

Therefore, it is no surprise that this movie has become a favorable competitor in the Lunar New Year festival.

When Chen Fei was paying attention to entertainment news in his spare time, he discovered that there were quite a lot of "acquaintances" in this Lunar New Year event.

On the 3rd is "The Stars Are Moving", and on the 4th is "Unbelievable" starring Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Shen Yang and Dong Chengpeng.

I don’t know how much box office appeal the three “geeks” from the “comedy industry” can achieve when they come together?

At the same time, just as the Lunar New Year stalls are kicking off, the Spring Festival stalls are also rushing out like a wild horse that has escaped its stiffness.

The first thing that sparked heated discussion was "Journey to the West: Monkey King Three Fights against the Bone Demon".

When one promotional video after another was released, it immediately triggered a strong response on the Internet.

However, what the producers in Hong Kong never expected was that in such a mythical blockbuster that brought together countless celebrities from across the Taiwan Strait and three places, the most eye-catching person was not Aaron Kwok, who plays the "Monkey King", nor Feng Shaofeng who plays "Tang Xuanzang", let alone Xiao Shen Yang who plays "Zhu Bajie".

What really triggered a crazy discussion among mainland audiences was Gong Li, who played the role of "White Bone Demon"!

When the relevant promotional videos and posters were exposed, countless movie fans were immediately attracted by Gong Li's white-bone spirit. Her "domineering" makeup made people doubt whether Sun Wukong could defeat her.

"Based on Sister Gong Li's makeup, when this movie is released during the Spring Festival, I will definitely go to the cinema to watch it. Even if it sucks, I will go."

In the villa, Liu Yifei said confidently, and was even checking the Maoyan platform to see if any pre-sale tickets had been sold in advance.

Chen Fei knew that Miss Liu's idol was Gong Li, so he didn't say anything to attack her.

If it's just for Gong Li, then you can really watch this movie, but if the plot is also mixed in, I'm afraid you will only get a bad movie.

"Huh? "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" has been taken off the shelves by theaters?"

While flipping through the news interface, an inconspicuous report suddenly broke into Chen Fei's sight.

"The literary film "Old Friends in Mountains and Rivers" directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong, Dong Zijian and others has a total box office revenue of 86.35 million, and has been forced to be removed from the shelves by theaters..."

Not surprisingly, like the previous "Three Gorges", Jia Zhangke may be insulated from theatrical blockbusters for the rest of his life.

Fortunately, he can still sell movie rights. Otherwise, if he only relies on box office, he will lose money on his car and house, and he will not be able to fill these big holes.

…

The next morning, as soon as Chen Fei went to the company, he bumped into Natasha who came to see him.

The other party held a report in his hand and started reporting as soon as they met:

""Global Storm" exited the Chinese theater chain with a performance of US$150 million. The current North American box office performance is US$210 million, and the total global box office is US$534 million. We have achieved very good profits on the premise of recovering costs... "

"Well, very good." Chen Fei nodded, and suddenly remembered another movie in the same period, and then asked curiously: "Which "007: Specter" is it? How was its performance?"

Natasha flipped through the report in her hand and reported: "The global box office performance of "Spectre" exceeded that of "Global Storm", with a specific performance of US$830 million."

Hearing this, Chen Fei suddenly made a judgment.

It has to be a sequel to a big IP movie! Even if the quality isn't great, just making money from those die-hard fans is enough to make a living.

While he was feeling emotional, Natasha took out another invitation letter and handed it over: "This is an invitation letter from Annapurna Pictures.

Megan Eli hopes that you can attend the premiere of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" hosted by Annapurna Pictures on the 20th of this month. "

"Huh?" Chen Fei's eyes lit up: "Are you starting to show your muscles now?"

Natasha said with a smile: "She seems to want to become famous with this movie, so she invested a lot of publicity resources, even more than "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"."

"Haha." Chen Fei suddenly laughed out loud: "Then I hope she can get what she wants. Please reply to her and tell her that I will definitely go to the premiere in person."

"OK."

Natasha responded, turned around and left the editing area.

She had to negotiate with Lucasfilm to prepare for the premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in advance.

There is an old saying in China: kindness to the enemy is cruelty to oneself.

Since Megan Elie wants to challenge so much, let her give it a try and see if she can withstand the terrifying power of "Star Wars"!

…

The first day of December passed away so quietly. On the way home, Chen Fei opened Weibo as usual.

Looking around, I can see that the Internet is in full swing!

Mainly because the two movies "Ip Man 4" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Sword of the Dark" announced their release dates on the same day.

Both parties almost always issued announcements at 9 o'clock, and the scheduled release date was also on the same day, February 19th during the Spring Festival.

As soon as the two announcements were issued, the leading actors of the two movies were immediately trending.

The "Zhao Zhen Controversy" between Zhao Wenzhuo and Donnie Yen was already very lively, and it is still mentioned by many netizens today.

But now, as luck would have it, the two of them bumped into each other again.

The Internet is now in a state of uproar.

Mainland netizens, fans, and movie fans are all supporting Zhao Wenzhuo and "Ip Man 4", while the Hong Kong media and most netizens in Hong Kong are on the side of Donnie Yen.

There was already a lot of hatred between the two, and now they have collided with each other again. It would be strange for fans of both sides to admit defeat.

No, betting has started online now.

Some people suggested that if any company loses at the box office, it should publicly apologize online and admit that it is not as good as the other company...

The conflict between the two sides is getting more and more intense, and a new "Zhao Zhen Controversy" is about to start!

"I will never admit defeat this time. I want to prove myself to the outside world. I, Donnie Yen, will not lose to anyone on the road to action stardom. He, Zhao Wenzhuo, is just a faggot who follows the crowd. What's so great about him?"

Donnie Yen looked at the controversy online and felt very unhappy.

Since he completely quit the "Ip Man" series, his life has been getting worse and worse in the past few years, as if he has been infected with bad luck.

Even if he had to step back from being a first-tier actor to a second-tier actor, he actually couldn't even receive half of the endorsements, which made his life very difficult in the past few years.

Well now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is finally available in theaters.

He believes that with this opportunity, he will definitely be able to return to the front line again and let the outside world take a good look at how big the gap between Zhao Wenzhuo and him is!

However, at this time, the manager who was listening to his complaints quickly shouted: "I know you are not convinced, but you must remember that you must not make any response online now.

You also know that Zhao Wenzhuo's fame, fans, and net worth have been rising in the past few years, but you are still stuck there. You are no longer as good as him. Once you speak out online, you will only receive more ridicule..."

Donnie Yen was very dissatisfied with the agent's behavior of "adding to others' prestige and destroying his own ambition".

But dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, but the fact is that he really has no place in the mainland film industry.

If he had a head-on fight with Zhao Wenzhuo, he would only lose.

"Next, please arrange more publicity work for me. This movie is my last chance and I must not miss it again!"

"good."

The agent nodded heavily, but his eyes were full of worry.

The "Ip Man" movie series has now reached its fourth and final installment.

If the results of the previous three films were not very impressive, then there is nothing to worry about.

But the key now is that the results of the previous three films are better than the other, which will lead to the "emotional" effect of movie fans being stretched to the extreme!

Under such circumstances, the box office performance of "Ip Man 4" is likely to be pushed to an extremely high level by fans.

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: The Sword of the Dark" also has a "sentimental" effect, compared to "Ip Man 4", it is simply a "mantis trying to do something" and overestimating its own capabilities!

When he turned around and walked out, the manager sighed helplessly: "I hope it can succeed, otherwise if it fails, I'm afraid even Xiangjiang won't be able to get any film and television resources, let alone the mainland."

…

On the 4th, the first-day box office results of the romance and drama film "The Stars" starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng were released.

The score of 25.96 million is quite impressive, but unfortunately the film reviews were much worse than the previous film "I Am a Witness".

On the 5th, the first-day box office of the comedy movie "Unbelievable" starring Wang Baoqiang, Dong Chengpeng, and Xiao Shen Yang was released.

When the number "16.36 million" appears, it indicates that this movie is probably over.

Wang Baoqiang, who has returned to New York from the mainland and continues filming "Detective Chinatown 2", called Chen Fei and revealed a lot of inside information:

"The investors of "Unbelievable" are China Film and Huace. At that time, La Dong personally called me and hoped that I could star in it, with Xiao Shen Yang and Du Wenze co-starring.

After the filming started in September 2013, the film has been filming intermittently, and until May 2014, due to the emergence of the "Du Wenze Incident", all his scenes were deleted by the producer.

Then Dong Chengpeng suddenly became popular, and the producer roped him into the crew and reshot all the scenes involving the character played by Du Wenze.

When filming, he couldn't see the other people he was playing opposite, so he could only perform to the air or on a clothes rack... In the end, it ended up like this. The feeling of separation in the later stages of the movie was very strong! "

"Well, I understand."

Chen Fei nodded, quite "admiring" La Xiang's cool move.

The Du Wenze incident occurred in May 2014. After it was decided to delete his scene, Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Shen Yang could be called upon to reshoot it.

But now it's better. I hurriedly called Dong Chengpeng and asked him to perform against the green screen and finally "sew" it up.

Isn't this a joke?

"Why are you getting more and more confused about this matter? In this situation, let alone making money, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get back the money!"

Curling his lips, Chen Fei simply ignored the movie, which had nothing to do with him anyway.

It's just that Wang Baoqiang is unlucky. A bad movie suddenly appeared in his resume, which may have an impact on "Detective Chinatown 2"!

The time came on the 6th, and as expected, the box office of "Unbelievable" hit a new low, which almost foreshadowed the box office tragedy in advance.

Fortunately, netizens are not focusing on this movie.

Looking around, the headlines on Weibo are all about the news that Feng Xiaogang participated in the "Old Paoer" themed concert hosted by Huayi and sang with all his heart.

On the stage, the new Golden Horse Best Actor Feng Xiaogang held the golden trophy and sang several old love songs, which attracted bursts of applause from the audience.

Chen Fei just wanted to laugh. The older Feng Dapao got, the less serious he became. No wonder he was almost 60 years old and still had constant scandals.

At this time, the phone rang suddenly, interrupting his thoughts of continuing to eat melon.

He casually pressed the connect button and heard Su Guohai's voice from the opposite side: "Director Chen, "In the Name of the People" is going to hold a launch ceremony tomorrow morning. Director Kang wants me to ask you, what are the characters in this TV series? Is there anything I need to pay attention to?”

"In the name of the people?" Chen Fei thought for a moment and replied: "There is nothing to pay attention to during the filming process, but after the final film is edited, it must be shown to several investors as soon as possible. After receiving the approval of all investors, After agreeing, take it for review.”

"Okay, I understand, I will tell Director Kang."

Although "In the Name of the People" is just a TV series, in Chen Fei's opinion, the response after the show is released will probably not be worse than those movies that sell well at the box office.

Therefore, he must treat it carefully.

Su Guohai was not in a hurry to hang up the phone, but mentioned another thing:

"Director Zhou Xingchi is preparing to hold the first media fan meeting for "Mermaid" on the 15th of this month, and specially sent an invitation letter to the company. You see..."

"I definitely won't be able to go back before the 15th. Please go run for me."

While talking, Chen Fei asked curiously: "How is the early promotion of the movie going?"

"Very good!" When mentioning this topic, Su Guohai said with emotion: "The slogan you put forward, 'We all owe Mr. Everyone knows it.

According to statistics from China Film Group, the current pre-sale box office of "Mermaid" has exceeded 150 million.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the time the movie is officially released, the box office pre-sales data is likely to exceed 200 million, setting a record second only to "Operation Mekong"..."

Listening to Su Guohai's words, Chen Fei had a slightly complicated expression.

You know, the higher the pre-sale box office of a movie, the more the box office appeal of "Zhou Xingchi" is consumed.

Although the "Feelings" move is very useful, the number of times it can be used is limited and can only be used once.

If you use it too much, not only will it fail to produce good results, but it will most likely cause a complete collapse of your reputation!

"Mermaid" will definitely be successful if nothing unexpected happens, but Zhou Xingchi will also consume all the "feelings" he has accumulated before.

This is the last dance that he has accumulated for many years to burn his potential, and in the future... I am afraid he will have to do it all over again.

…

Not surprisingly, the comedy movie "Unbelievable" starring Wang Baoqiang, Dong Chengpeng, and Xiao Shen Yang was finally scrapped.

On the 10th, when the action and martial arts movie "Master" starring Liao Fan, Song Jia, and Jiang Wenli was released, the daily new box office of "Unthinkable" dropped directly to 1.25 million.

In one week of release, the box office was only a measly 56.37 million, which is not too miserable!

On the other hand, the box office of "The Stars" starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng has exceeded 100 million in the first seven days, successfully achieving return on investment and profitability.

However, as the heroine, Yang Mi has attracted a lot of "criticism" recently.

Perhaps because of the pressure of gambling, during the filming of "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", she not only took the time to promote with the crew of "Thunder Stars", but she also took on another movie called "Dear Translator" 》TV series.

In addition, she has not missed any of the various endorsements, variety shows, brand activities, etc.

And if you want to complete all of this at the same time, drama is naturally inevitable.

Many people in the industry are very curious now. With her crazy acting skills, can she really be able to film these TV series in the end?

Although compared to movies, TV dramas do not require particularly good acting skills, but if you cannot focus, it will definitely have some impact.

Isn't she worried that her acting skills will deteriorate?

At this time, Ali was on the set of "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossom".

Taking advantage of the break in filming, Yang Mi completed another media interview requested by the brand.

The moment the camera was turned off, her spirit and energy collapsed instantly, and deep fatigue surged into her heart, almost drowning her.

But at this time, Zeng Jia encouraged her: "Mi Mi, you have to stand up, don't fall down, there is another scene to shoot later, and there is a brand party waiting for you to attend in the evening..."

"I will sleep for ten minutes, just ten minutes..."

At this moment, Yang Mi inexplicably felt like screwing in a factory and then being exhausted.

This kind of 24-hour full-power assembly line work made her very tired, but she couldn't fall down, after all, she was still carrying a 310 million gambling agreement.

So, she could only take a nap when she was busy.

The moment her eyelids closed, she vaguely heard Zeng Jia's slightly irritated reminder: "10 minutes is too long, you only have 5 minutes to rest, I will call you in 5 minutes."

"Have I really become a tool?"

With deep doubts, Yang Mi completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep in just one second.

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