Chapter 889: Suffer in Silence? No! I Am Planning Something Bad!
"So what you mean is that according to the new regulations of the General Administration, all domestic cinema companies are not allowed to prohibit a movie that meets the release standards from landing in their theaters based on personal preferences?"
In the phone, Chen Fei's tone was very calm, and he was not as angry as Huo Qigang thought!
"Yes, this is what Director Tong said. Not only Pan Asia Cinema, but also Wanda, China Film, Shanghai Film, Poly Bona... All cinema companies are not allowed to forcibly remove a movie without authorization."
"When will the new regulations be implemented?"
"On the 7th."
"That means the day after tomorrow?"
"To be precise, it should be from 12 o'clock tomorrow night. The movie "My Grandpa Agent" produced by Enlightenment must appear in the theaters under Pan Asia Cinema."
"Okay, I see, you go back to Hong Kong first, I will call you after asking about the specific situation."
"Then the copy..."
"Since the bureau has given the order, just lay it out normally, and talk about the rest later."
After that, Chen Fei hung up the phone directly and found Tong Gang's contact information.
As if they were waiting for him, the call was connected as soon as they dialed out.
"Director Tong?"
Before Chen Fei could say anything more, Tong Gang interrupted him: "I know what you want to ask. It's about the new regulations of the cinema, right?
I can explain this to you clearly. From now on, as long as the film does not involve "stealing box office", the cinema is not allowed to ban its release. There will be clear explanations and instructions in the "Film Law" to be implemented later.
Don't mind it. In fact, even if La Peikang and Jiang Zhiqi didn't find me, this new regulation would be implemented at the end of the year. Now it's just a trial in advance..."
La Peikang? Jiang Zhiqi?
On the other end of the phone, Chen Fei keenly caught the names of these two people from Tong Gang's words.
In other words, if it weren't for the promotion of the two of them, this new regulation would at least wait until the end of the year to be implemented.
And now it is with the leadership of the two of them that the trial will start in advance!
After realizing this, Chen Fei already had a guess in his mind.
It must be the movie "My Grandpa the Agent" produced by Enlightenment Pictures. Because it could not be shown in theaters under the Pan Asia Cinema Line, the box office performance has not been improved.
After Jiang Zhiqi came to "apologize" to no avail, he found La Peikang.
Then the two of them went directly to the General Administration and used some method to force the General Administration to try out the latest "Film Law" in advance...
"Haha, interesting, this is really interesting, China Film? Enlightenment Pictures? Jiang Zhiqi? La Peikang? Is this an alliance?"
While Tong Gang was patiently explaining, Chen Fei gradually came up with a steady stream of coping methods in his mind.
Just want him to admit defeat with this operation? It's really too contemptuous of him, right?
Tong Gang continued to say: "So, the Pan Asia Cinema Line controlled by you will not be able to implement the ban on the screening of movies produced by Enlightenment Pictures from now on..."
"Well, okay, I understand."
"Well?!"
Tong Gang paused, and he didn't react.
In his original assumption, Chen Fei would definitely be very angry, and at the very least would show strong dissatisfaction.
But what's with this calm tone now?
Is he prepared to swallow his anger?
This shouldn't be the case! This is not like the Chen Fei he knows!
Just as he was wondering, he heard Chen Fei's voice slowly ringing in his ears: "Director Tong, I am not the kind of person who is ignorant of the times. Since the bureau has new regulations, I must cooperate and I will definitely not make it difficult for you, right?"
Tong Gang smiled with satisfaction: "I am very pleased that you can say such words... You can rest assured that I will definitely not let you suffer in vain..."
"Director Tong!" Chen Fei suddenly interrupted: "I want to know now, the new "Film Law" in the bureau should not stipulate how the theaters must arrange the film schedule, right?"
"No, how to arrange the film is the freedom of the theaters. This involves the market economy, and the bureau will definitely not interfere."
"Okay, thank you for your doubts. I have other things to do. Let's talk when we have time."
"Well, okay, come to my office more often when you are free, and we will communicate more."
After ending the call with Tong Gang, Chen Fei immediately called Huo Qigang and arranged a series of plans for him.
At this time, at the General Administration, Tong Gang frowned slightly as he looked at the darkened screen.
He always felt that Chen Fei's last question seemed to contain some deep meaning, but his mind couldn't figure it out for a while.
"Scheduling? Movie scheduling... market economy? Non-interference... Oh my! This kid's brain is really fast!"
Tong Gang, who figured out the key, wanted to applaud at this moment, but soon, this idea turned into a feeling of disappointment with La Peikang.
"Alas, this La Peikang, whether in means or brains, is far inferior to Han Sanping."
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Because it was a "preliminary trial", the bureau only held a meeting to notify it, and did not issue a formal announcement to the outside world.
Therefore, except for companies involved in theater business, other film and television companies in the industry have not received the news yet.
But those companies that attended the meeting were different.
For example, when Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Feng Xiaogang and others heard Ye Ning's retelling, a big stone in their hearts fell to the ground.
"So after the new film regulations are announced, theaters are not allowed to arbitrarily target a certain movie, right? Doesn't this mean that Wanda has no chance to copy the previous ban on Anle Films by Pan Asia Cinemas? This is good news for us!"
At this moment, Wang Zhongjun could not hide his excitement.
He had been worried that Wanda's retaliation would be very fierce!
If Wanda also chooses to completely ban Huayi's movies from now on, and does not allow Huayi's movies to be listed in Wanda Cinemas, it will be a big trouble.
But now, this worry has been directly dispelled by the General Administration, and they will no longer have any worries in this regard from now on.
Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but brag: "In fact, even without this new rule, Huayi is not afraid of Wanda at all. We have a lot of trump cards. After all, our own theater chain is not bad. Don't you think so, Mr. Ye?"
"Haha, Mr. Wang is right."
Ye Ning smiled, but did not continue to extend this topic. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Feng Xiaogang who was silent on the side.
"Director Feng's "I Am Not Fan Jinlian" has not been scheduled yet, right? I want to know if there is a target schedule?"
Since Ye Ning chose Huayi, he naturally had to start taking responsibility.
And Feng Xiaogang's "I Am Not Fan Jinlian" is the first major project he took over.
As for "Lu Yao Zhi Mali", it was purely used for practice.
Hearing his name being mentioned, Feng Xiaogang thought for a moment and asked, "I want to go to the National Day, is that okay?"
Ye Ning shook his head slightly: "Director Feng, to be honest, the subject matter of your movie may not be very pleasing. After all, the National Day is also a day for family happiness. Do you think anyone will go to see an art-themed movie at that time?"
"But the National Day is a big period!" Feng Xiaogang still wanted to fight for it.
"Then if I tell you that one of the two films "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Ghost Blowing the Light: Kunlun Temple" produced by Feiyue Film and Television will definitely go to the National Day, do you still have confidence? Oh, by the way, there is also "Operation Red Sea", which is also one of the alternatives."
Hearing this, Feng Xiaogang was silent.
This is an art film. To compete with commercial films, and three commercial films with a box office potential of more than 2 billion, isn't that courting death?
What's more, when filming "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", he insisted on using a circular composition and vowed that the box office would definitely not be bad.
But if the final box office results are not ideal, then it's over.
Thinking of this, Feng Xiaogang immediately said: "Mr. Ye is an expert in this area, why don't you determine a suitable schedule?"
Ye Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Let's have a meeting to determine the specific schedule later. It's best to avoid the popular schedule as much as possible to reduce competitiveness and create a gimmick that can attract attention."
"Okay."
Feng Xiaogang nodded heavily and chose to accept.
At this time, Ye Ning turned his head and looked at Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun on the side, and slowly said: "After this period of research, I have developed the fifth season of the 'H Plan' in Huayi's previous 'de-single-film' plan. If the two Mr. Wang are not busy, let's discuss the relevant plans and arrangements next?"
Hearing this, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei looked at each other, both showing satisfaction.
Sure enough, if the company wants to change and develop, it still has to boldly adopt talents!
Ye Ning just got the job and he gave them a surprise. This guy is really well-drilled.
"Okay, let's go, let's go to the conference room to talk in detail."
"Haha, Mr. Ye has worked hard."
Soon, the group walked out of the office with a smile and went straight to the conference room.
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It was the 6th, and the filming of "La La Land" was still going smoothly.
The most discussed online this morning was an announcement jointly issued by Feiyue Film and Television and Wanda, Guangguang, Shanghai Film and other film and television companies:
"The casting of "Wolf Warrior 2" has officially come to an end. Wu Jing, Frank Grillo, Wu Gang, Zhang Ruoyun, Liu Yan, Yu Qian, Yu Nan and others have officially signed contracts with the crew and will leave for abroad in a week for a two-month military training..."
As soon as this announcement came out, netizens who were still curious about how Liu Yan escaped the "wedding prank" public opinion suddenly realized it!
"Wow, Liu Yan is the heroine in Wolf Warrior 2?"
"No wonder! It turns out that there is a big capital protecting her. No wonder those groomsmen all stood up to apologize and beg for mercy."
"Sure enough, the entertainment industry is a huge makeshift team. Whoever has the strongest capital behind him is the winner."
"Congratulations to Liu Yan for successfully becoming the heroine of the movie!"
"Haha, so cool. Now let's see how those water armies and rival fans can market. Come on, no matter how awesome you are, can you be more awesome than so many capital parties?"
When Liu Yan called, Chen Fei was busy adjusting the camera.
So, when the assistant brought the phone over, Liu Yifei took a look at the caller ID and picked it up.
Although she and Liu Yan were not particularly familiar with each other, they often met at various activities, so naturally they were not strangers.
A few minutes later, when Chen Fei finished adjusting the lens, the phone just hung up.
Seeing the curious look from her boyfriend, Ms. Liu pouted slightly and said jokingly: "It's Liu Yan who called me. I want to thank you for being the protector of flowers. I also said that I would find an opportunity to treat you to dinner."
"Hey? Why did I become the flower protector?"
Chen Fei started to exonerate himself without hesitation: "Wu Jing and Xie Nan wanted to help her, and I wanted to give Wu Jing face. After all, I don't know her very well."
"Really?" Liu Yifei had an expression of disbelief on her face.
"I can swear it!" Chen Fei assured.
"Hehe." A smile suddenly appeared on Liu Yifei's face: "I swear I won't have to, in fact, I won't mind even if you help her.
I have long disliked those groomsmen. They actually bullied a girl. How shameless! They should be allowed to come out and apologize and admit their mistakes..."
Looking around, Ms. Liu is a rare female star in the industry who still has a "sense of justice".
Or maybe it was because she was well protected by Chen Fei, but she was not contaminated by the big dirty vat of the entertainment industry.
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On the afternoon of the 6th.
Compared with the "calmness" of Pan-Asia Cinemas, Anle Pictures is much more "restless"!
Jiang Zhiro's office door was always open, and there was an endless stream of senior executives coming and going, making his place almost like a vegetable market.
But this noisy scene did not make him angry, because every executive came in with a piece of good news.
"Mr. Jiang, the Public Relations Department has noticed that the 'blocking' notice against Anle Pictures issued by Pan-Asia Cinemas last year has been hidden."
"Mr. Jiang, news came back from the distribution side that the copy disks have been fully laid out, and Pan-Asia Cinemas has not stopped us from supplying the past copy disks."
"Mr. Jiang, according to the feedback from Pan-Asia Cinemas, "My Grandpa the Agent" has already begun filming..."
One after another "good news" kept coming, which made Jiang Zhihao's face couldn't help but bloom with joy.
As long as it can be ensured that the films produced by Anle Pictures can be screened in Pan-Asian theaters, even if the early film schedule may be relatively small, it will still be a bonus to the total box office.
In this way, recovering costs is not a problem.
As long as we find a way to operate it in the future, maybe we can let the movies produced by Feiyue Film and Television be relisted in the theaters of Anle Cinema Line.
In this way, everything will be revitalized smoothly!
Thinking of this, Jiang Zhihao couldn't hide his excitement.
"So, starting from 12 o'clock tonight, the movies produced by our company can be re-released in all theaters under Pan Asia Cinemas, right?"
"Yes, Mr. Jiang."
"Haha, okay, this is really great."
Despite being excited, Jiang Zhihao couldn't help but feel a little distressed.
After all, it has been delayed for 6 days, and the best screening period of the film has passed, which will naturally lead to less than ideal box office results in the end.
Fortunately, the current results are good. As long as the copy disks can be fully rolled out, there should be no problem in recovering the cost in the end.
…
On the 7th, the attention of many people in the industry was attracted by several announcements issued by Bona.
"Following "Legend of the Gods", it is jointly produced by Bona Pictures and Sony Pictures, jointly distributed by China Film and China Film, directed by Ang Lee, and starring many Hollywood celebrities such as Joe Alwyn and Kristen Stewart. The Chinese-foreign co-production of the war-themed film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" has been confirmed to be released in China, with a specific release date of November 11th!"
"After the proposal of Yu Dong, chairman of Bona Pictures, and a vote by all members of the board of directors, we now officially issue a statement: From now on, Bona Pictures will prepare to start listing on the A-share market, and the first round of financing is expected to be launched at the end of the year..."
"The invitation letter for the first round of financing of Bona Pictures has been issued, and capital from all walks of life is welcome to come to understand and pay attention..."
The news that a Chinese-foreign co-production blockbuster has been scheduled for release + the company is about to launch its first round of financing and target A-shares has directly made Bona Pictures a hot search headline on major social platforms and has become the subject of much attention!
Chen Fei looked at the news and couldn't help but sigh: "Good guy? This is coming in a menacing way! Turn it up as soon as it comes up?"
"Haha, who says it's not the case?" Wang Changtian said disdainfully on the other end of the phone: "When my mother was listed on the Nasdaq, Yu Dongna was so arrogant.
It's a good thing now that the U.S. stock market can no longer survive, but it has returned to the A-share market. I'm really not ashamed. "
Chen Fei raised his eyebrows slightly and joked: "Guangguang should also have received a financing invitation, right? Director Wang is not going to get involved?"
"I'm not interested." Wang Changtian refused without hesitation: "Bonassau has too many operations. I always seek to win steadily and never participate in that kind of big gamble."
After saying that, he asked again: "What? Director Chen is interested?"
"Me?" Chen Fei suddenly became happy: "Haha, let me forget it. The reason why Bona withdrew from Nasdaq halfway was because of my help. Yu Dong doesn't know how to curse me now. , how can you cooperate with me? "
"What? Did you instigate Boehner's withdrawal from Nasdaq?"
On the other end of the phone, Wang Changtian was immediately confused. After all, he had never heard of such a thing before!
Now that everything has been revealed, Chen Fei naturally will not continue to hide it.
He explained with a smile: "I think you should also know that Yu Dong and I were not on good terms at the time. He even joined forces with Hong Kong's film companies to snipe the film and television works produced by Feiyue Film and Television, and also tripped me up everywhere.
It just so happened that I was still quite powerful abroad, so I stabbed him hard in the back, forcing him to run back from Nasdaq in disgrace."
"Gudong!"
Wang Changtian swallowed his saliva and couldn't speak for a long time.
He really didn't expect that Chen Fei's methods were so cruel!
He destroyed a US-listed company. Is this just a little power?
What kind of international joke is this? !
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