Chapter 859 Playing the School Beauty in Her True Colors? Ali’s Cool Move!
After the filming of a short scene in the capital, the crew of "Operation Red Sea" smoothly moved to Zhanjiang and saw the most "expensive" prop in the whole movie, that is, an amphibious ship named "Kunlun Mountain".
The staff of the Navy Art Department who was responsible for docking the crew led everyone on the warship and gave everyone a general introduction to the specific situation of the warship.
"The standard displacement of this warship is about 18,500 tons, the length is 210 meters, the width is 28 meters, and the cost is about 1.4 billion. There are hovercrafts, tanks and armored vehicles in the cabin, and 4 Z-8 large transport helicopters are placed in the rear. It is also equipped with a Marine Corps battalion..."
Accompanied by the other party's introduction, the crew would occasionally exclaim, and a group of people seemed to be in a state of "unseen".
Chen Fei was relatively calm. Although it was his first time to step on a warship, he had seen the "world" when filming "Operation Mekong" before, so he was not as exaggerated as others.
"Our leader said that within half a month from now, this warship will be handed over to your crew. You can contact me at any time if you need help.
If you need to use any equipment, weapons, helicopters, etc., you can also contact me at any time. I will help you make adjustments and arrangements..."
"Okay."
Chen Fei nodded gently, his face full of excitement.
Early before filming this movie, he had already greeted the Art Department of the Navy.
In order to pursue a good film effect, he made it clear that during the filming of the movie, it is necessary to ensure "reality"!
This "reality" can be divided into three categories, namely: real scenes, real equipment, and real environment.
In his opinion, only by bringing the actors into the real battlefield can the film achieve absolute reality.
In order to achieve this, the crew is now accompanied by two special instructors from the Jiaolong Special Forces for a long time. They will be responsible for observing all the actions and behaviors of the actors during the filming process...After discovering problems, they will make timely adjustments.
Now with the assistance of the warship, it can be said that it is "like a tiger with wings", and the subsequent filming work will surely be smoother.
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Time flies by, and the morning is gone in a flash.
At noon, just as the crew of Operation Red Sea was having lunch with the officers and soldiers on the warship, the list of leading actors of a movie that has attracted much attention in the industry was "grandly" announced.
Huace Film and Television released a notice saying:
"The film version of Love O2O will be starred by Yang Ying, Jing Bairan, Bai Yu, Wu Qian, Tan Songyun, Li Xian and other actors. The film is adapted from Gu Man's novel of the same name, telling the story of a pair of college lovers who met and fell in love because of a game..."
The appearance of this news was like a heavy bomb, which instantly caused a thousand waves in the entertainment industry!
As soon as the news was announced, Huace's "publicity draft" was also released soon after, which immediately caused many people in the circle to ridicule and sneer.
"Yang Ying, the actress who has conquered countless audiences with her outstanding acting skills and charming appearance, has once again returned to the public eye with the image of "playing a school beauty in her true colors".
Every role of hers is highly anticipated, and this time, she will challenge herself to play an e-sports goddess, which is not only an affirmation of her acting skills, but also a recognition of her multifaceted charm.
At the same time, the participation of Jing Bo-ran has also added a lot of highlights to the film. His cooperation with Yang Ying again reminds people of their wonderful performance in "Love in the City" six years ago.
After six years, the two will undoubtedly create different sparks when they work together again..."
The above press releases poured out like a tide, and immediately pushed Yang Ying to the forefront.
From "playing a school beauty in her true colors" to "the e-sports goddess in reality", and then to "the second screen CP cooperation with Jing Bo-ran"...each topic is enough to cause a lot of "controversy".
Huace chose to use a way to praise Yang Ying very highly, and successfully raised the popularity of this movie to a new height.
When Chen Fei saw these press releases, he almost laughed.
Why is she playing the role of a school beauty?
It's embarrassing to say this. How can Yang Ying, an actress who is almost 30 and already married, be associated with a "school beauty"?
Huang Xiaoming, on the other hand, still supports his girlfriend as always.
Amid the heated discussions, ridicules and jokes on the Internet, he forwarded three Weibo posts about Yang Ying in a row, each of which was full of praise and support for her, as if he was holding his wife in high esteem.
After lunch, the two of them even chatted on the phone.
Huang Xiaoming kept calling her "wife", which stunned Zhou Xun and Liu Yifei next to him.
Looking at this scene, Chen Fei couldn't help but feel puzzled.
"It seems that the two of them have a deep relationship? But why did they end up with a divorce? It's really strange?"
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After a break at noon, Chen Fei led the crew of photographers, props, etc. in the afternoon to arrange the next scenes.
Some shots need to be framed by drones and surveillance, and some of the equipment and props worn by the actors need to be arranged in advance.
As the saying goes: If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools.
If you can't even do the preparation work well, how can you carry out the subsequent work?
Chen Fei was busy until the evening. When he had just finished checking the relevant work of the scene setting, he suddenly received a call from Jiang Wen.
He just pressed the connect button on the screen, and before he had time to say anything, he heard Jiang Wen on the other side scolding furiously:
"This Ali Pictures is simply a pest and a tumor in the film and television industry. Such a company should be driven out of the domestic entertainment industry and permanently banned! Instead of letting them act recklessly and do whatever they want..."
Chen Fei was a little confused at first, thinking that Ali Pictures had offended Jiang Wen.
But as more useful information came from the other end of the phone, his face suddenly sank, and his doubts were replaced by a strong chill.
During the Shanghai International Film Festival last year, Ali Pictures was "splendid" and vowed to shout out the production slogan of "well-known director + popular actor + big IP adaptation".
This slogan attracted widespread attention at the time.
This afternoon, at the large-scale industry forum "Why are original works and IPs fighting each other?" held by Alibaba Pictures, Zhang Qi once again shouted out the slogan and also targeted the screenwriters and creators in the industry.
He said: "With the increasing maturity of big data technology, the creation of movie scripts will also usher in a new model. From now on, Alibaba Pictures will no longer hire professional screenwriters, but will turn its target to the vast number of novelists and forum owners, and seek creativity from them!"
This decision is undoubtedly a huge subversion of the traditional film and television creation model!
Zhang Qi even took out the PPT template again and introduced his plan to all participants:
"Before writing the script, we will select a group of excellent novelists, let them create the script story according to the content of the novel, and select the best works through competition and elimination.
As for those professional screenwriters, their work content will be more transformed into the later script story arrangement and layout adjustment. "
Finally, he vowed that this "super IP research and development" is mainly to better meet the needs of the audience and tap more film and television works with market potential.
We firmly believe that starting from the audience's perspective rather than the screenwriter's perspective will make it more likely to create works that the audience likes and achieve success. "
His words caused quite a bit of controversy at the scene!
In the subsequent guest question session, an industry insider raised serious questions: "Over-reliance on big data and non-professional creation may lead to a decline in the quality of film and television works, a loss of originality and artistic depth, and at the same time create an unfair competitive environment for professional directors and screenwriters. Can Alibaba Pictures afford this? ”
Faced with these doubts, Zhang Qi said with a smile that he was very clear, but he still insisted on his decision:
"In my opinion, this is the inevitable trend of the future development of the film and television industry. Only through continuous innovation and experimentation can the industry be led to a new peak, rather than standing still and being self-contained as it is now..."
Many people showed worried expressions on their faces, because this move by Alibaba Pictures will undoubtedly bring unprecedented impact and changes to the film and television industry.
As the forum meeting ended, relevant reports appeared on the Internet, which immediately caused a very violent turmoil and controversy!
It is not an exaggeration to say that Alibaba Pictures is digging up the roots of those screenwriters and smashing their rice bowls!
Faced with this behavior, any screenwriter who is still a little bit smart will not sit and wait for death.
So, when Chen Fei logged into Weibo, he saw the scene where all the screenwriters in the entire film and television industry united to protest against Alibaba:
"Isn't this still recruiting screenwriters and creating high-quality works? Isn't this playing the trick of "raising poison"? ”
“So, from now on, Ali Pictures’ films and TV series will not need professional screenwriters to create them? Haha, that’s ridiculous, I want to see how fast you die!”
“Ali Pictures is simply playing with fire! Do you know what the consequences of doing this are? Bad movies are everywhere and there are starving people everywhere!”
“Novel writers? Tieba moderators? These people can also be screenwriters, what a joke?”
“If they really do this, combined with Ali’s big data classification push, doesn’t this mean that they have completely abandoned the general public? Only focusing on a certain part of the audience, the fan group? Just like Taobao’s precise push of products? "
Looking at these discussions on the Internet, Chen Fei's face became more and more ugly.
In his opinion, whether it is a movie or a TV series, it belongs to mass media and needs to cater to the public, and Feiyue Film and Television is now taking this route.
But if it is carried out according to the operation of Alibaba Pictures, then except for a certain group of fans, the public will see countless "bad movies"!
This is undoubtedly leading the entire film and television industry to run wildly on a "crooked path"!
After Jiang Wen cursed on the phone, he hung up without even saying hello, as if he was ready to follow the big group to curse Alibaba Pictures.
Putting the phone in his pocket, Chen Fei fell into deep thought.
Although he could not stop Alibaba Pictures's operations, he could prove to the outside world with his own actions that only TV series and movies for the general public are truly good TV series and movies.
And those TV series and movies that are driven by big data and accurately pushed are all heading down the wrong path!
Looking around, not only is the Internet a mess at this moment, but even the Weibo accounts of major well-known screenwriters in the industry are in a mess.
Especially Chen Fei.
Jiang Wen, Jia Zhangke, Xue Xiaolu, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Lu Xuechang, Wang Xiaoshuai, Wang Quan'an, Lou Ye, Ning Hao and others have all joined the opposition camp and hope that he can speak out in support.
The Screenwriters Guild, in particular, was so anxious that it almost jumped out of control. It issued three warnings in a row, severely criticizing Alibaba Pictures' shameless behavior.
Seeing this, Chen Fei naturally would not continue to sit still and wait for death.
After all, "screenwriting" is also one of the foundations for his survival in the film and television industry.
It only took him less than 3 minutes to explain all his thoughts:
"Last year, Alibaba Pictures said that excellent works can be created without professional directors, and I clearly opposed it at the time.
Today, Alibaba Pictures actually spoke out again, saying that it is possible to create excellent and popular works without professional screenwriters.
I only want to use six words to describe this - 'It's just a fart'!
Dissatisfied friends, when I had a phone call with Director Zhang last year, he said that Alibaba's "Internet production model" is the strongest and invincible existence and cannot have any rivals.
Based on this, I made a bet with him that I would use "Zhu Xian" and "The Legend of Chu Qiao" to compete with his film version and drama version of "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom".
Whoever produces movies with high box office and TV series with high ratings will be the winner, while the losing party needs to publicly admit that their remarks and the company's future development direction are wrong.
Today I will make this matter public, and everyone can wait and see whether Alibaba Pictures can successfully subvert the professionalism of the film and television industry, or whether Feiyue Film and Television can maintain the high quality, high quality, and professionalism of the traditional film and television industry! "
After posting the message on Weibo, Chen Fei was originally ready to wait for a follow-up response, but at this time Su Guohai happened to call.
He casually pressed the connect button and started chatting with her.
As for how big a sensation his Weibo post will cause in the industry, let’s wait and see.
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""One Thought in Paradise" has been jointly removed from the shelves by many theaters. Happy Mahua's investment has suffered heavy losses, and may even affect the normal operation of the company..."
Listening to what came from the other end of the phone about the current difficulties and troubles encountered by the "Happy Twist" company, Chen Fei suddenly had a bold idea in his mind!
"How about continuing to cooperate in depth with Happy Mahua?"
This idea has just sprouted, and in an instant it has grown into a giant tree!
"Let's do this." He interrupted Su Guohai directly and said what he was thinking: "You can try to contact the chairman of Happy Mahua and ask them if they need a stronger cooperative relationship and partners. ?”
Hearing this, Su Guohai was slightly startled and asked subconsciously: "Director Chen, what do you mean...to invest in Happy Twist?"
Chen Fei nodded heavily: "That's right, by taking shares, we can provide them with everything the company lacks, including money, related resources, and connections, and they can use their abilities and advantages..."
Listening to the voice on the phone, Su Guohai's eyes subconsciously fell on a piece of information placed on his desk.
After receiving Happy Mahua's "request for help", he immediately obtained a detailed information about the other company.
It is no exaggeration to say that this company actually has nothing to do with the film and television industry.
Before the movie "Charlotte Trouble" came out, Happy Twist could at best engage in stage plays, dramas, etc., and also had a small brokerage business.
Therefore, he actually has objections to investing in this company.
"Director Chen." Su Guohai said with deep confusion in his tone: "I'm quite curious, what are the advantages of this company? Forgive me, I really can't see it."
Chen Fei understood the meaning of his words and said seriously: "If you go deeper and learn more, you may be able to find that the Happy Twist team has very strong creative capabilities, such as their stage plays and variety shows, all of which are very popular.
The company's mainstays, Shen Teng and Ma Li, are regular guests at the Spring Festival Gala, and the variety shows they create are often very popular.
In such an environment, it is very easy for Happy Mahua to transform into a film and television company, and the comedy works they create are relatively easier to generate good box office appeal. "
"So? This is still a 'dark horse' company?"
"That's right!" Chen Fei said very seriously: "In my opinion, Happy Twist is definitely a dark horse with great potential. This can be seen from "Charlotte Trouble", they just need some corresponding It’s just resources and opportunities.”
Su Guohai seemed to understand: "Okay, I'll take the time to chat with them, but...it doesn't seem easy to adapt all those popular stage plays into movies, right?"
Chen Fei laughed and started to criticize Huai: "No matter how difficult it is, I am still a professional. I am definitely experienced in screenwriting. I am definitely much better than those who write novels."
Su Guohai knew in his heart that Chen Fei was mocking Ali with these words.
He did not continue to talk about this topic, but asked about the details of the follow-up discussions related to Happy Twist.
Chen Fei thought for a moment and said: "Our advantages are strong funds, production team, special effects production, post-production promotion, theatrical release, etc.
And their advantages are perfect and professional screenwriters, creative teams, and a small number of actors with superb acting skills... In addition, we must strive to maximize the benefits as much as possible..."
On the other end of the phone, Su Guohai responded from time to time: "Well, okay... I understand, yes... I understand..."
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