Chapter 893 Xiying Is Determined to Go All in and Sell Everything He Has!

On the morning of the 11th, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei returned to Hengdian again and joined the filming of "La La Land".

Although 4 days have passed since the release of "Mermaid", the popularity of Zhou Xingchi on the Internet has not diminished at all.

Looking around, drafts about "Mermaid 2" and "Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" are still pouring out.

At the same time, other film and television works also began to emerge one by one, scrambling to grab traffic and publicity resources.

"Co-produced by Yingxingtianxia and Dongyang Hualu, starring Huang Lei, and adapted from the popular comic of the same name by Japanese cartoonist Abe Yorō, the urban emotional drama "Midnight Diner" officially started filming today.

Director Cai Yuexun said that in terms of the character setting of the cafeteria boss, he hoped that the boss would be a warm character. He had discussed it with the original author Abe Yoroh many times, and finally got the author's agreement.

When Huang Lei appeared, everyone on the crew thought that his temperament perfectly matched the drama "Midnight Diner"..."

While eating with the crew at noon, Chen Fei saw the news that the filming of "Midnight Diner" was announced.

Looking at the Reuters photo of "Chef Huang" holding a spoon, he suddenly felt that the beans in his mouth were a little bitter for some reason.

After thinking for a moment, he silently spit out the beans, picked up the white rice, and ate it with another portion of fish-flavored shredded pork.

As for the boring beans, because of Huang Lei, he was just abandoned by him.

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In the afternoon, the attention of the industry was once again attracted by several announcements issued by Huayi, and the media swarmed in like locusts passing by!

"Produced by Huayi Brothers and directed by Ye Ning, the fifth season of 'Project H' was officially announced today. 27 directors and producers including Feng Xiaogang, Xu Ke, Chen Long, Guan Rui, Zhou Xingchi, etc. are all on the list."

"Huayi's 2016-2017 film list has been released, and sequels will be a key goal. Works such as "Old Paoer", "Mermaid", "Detective Dee", and "Mobile Phone" will make a major return!"

"Good news: The reality-themed movie "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", co-produced by Huayi, Dongyang Meila, and Yaolai Pictures, directed by Feng Xiaogang, and starring Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, and Dong Chengpeng, will be officially scheduled to be released on November 18. And will sign up to participate in international film festival selection..."

Three consecutive hot searches immediately helped Huayi attract a lot of attention, attracting the envious eyes of many peers in the industry.

However, the more high-profile they become, the angrier their old enemy becomes!

Wanda Pictures, in the vice president's office.

Looking at the news about the scheduled release of "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", Liu Xiaobin murmured: "Haha, we finally waited for the news about the scheduled release, Huayi? You can make me wait for a while!"

Before taking up the position of vice president of Wanda Pictures, Liu Xiaobin was called to the office by Wang Jianlin and received a "permanent" instruction.

Although the instructions were brief, they clearly expressed Wang Jianlin’s attitude:

"From now on, Wanda and Huayi will never cooperate! Until death!"

After receiving this instruction, Liu Xiaobin has been faithfully performing this task.

Except for the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" that Ye Ning negotiated with Huayi when he was in power, since then, there has been no business dealings between Wanda and Huayi.

If the only way to retaliate is to never cooperate, that is definitely not enough.

Therefore, Liu Xiaobin has been waiting for a suitable opportunity and wants to vent his anger on Wang Jianlin and Wanda Pictures!

And now, this opportunity has finally come.

"I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is scheduled to be released.

He had specifically inquired before that Huayi attached great importance to the film and hoped that it would not only win awards but also gain high box office.

And the focus of his attack was surprisingly the "box office"!

He has decided that after "I'm Not Pan Jinlian" is released, Wanda Cinema will definitely compress the film schedule until the box office of this movie is "wasted".

This is the inspiration he got from the previous competition between Pan-Asia Cinemas and Anle Pictures.

In his view, a movie is like a commodity, and theaters are channels for selling this commodity.

Once the sales channel reduces the supply, the manufacturer of the product will definitely go crazy, because this "product" only has a shelf life of one month.

If you don't sell it quickly, the loss will be light, but serious losses may even cause the production company to go bankrupt or even close down!

And this is exactly what Wanda wants to see!

"Haha, with Wanda's number of theaters and market share, once you start targeting "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", how long can Huayi hold on? I'm really looking forward to it."

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Time soon came to the 12th.

After getting up in the morning, on the way to the set, Chen Fei suddenly saw an entertainment news report that made him feel very happy.

"My Grandpa, an action and crime-themed film produced and distributed by Anle Pictures and directed by Hong Jingbao, has been forced to be canceled by major domestic theaters today due to exhaustion of its box office potential;

The film was released for 11 days, and the total box office revenue was 112 million yuan, of which the Hong Kong box office revenue was only 1.13 million Hong Kong dollars. Unfortunately, the film studio failed to achieve profitability..."

This piece of entertainment news actually didn't make much of a splash on the Internet, even though its leading actor was Andy Lau.

Especially on Weibo, it didn't even stir up a wave of waves, and it didn't even trigger much discussion among netizens.

But looking back at the entire film and television industry, this news has been a hot topic and even an uproar!

"So, this Anle Pictures movie was killed by Pan-Asia Cinemas?"

"It's obvious! After the movie was launched in Pan-Asian Cinemas, the film schedule did not even exceed 1.0%, and the highest box office total was only 2.5 million. Is this a joke?"

"Tsk, tsk, this method is really cruel and slaps in the face! It's too cruel!"

"This is called punching away, so as to avoid hundreds of punches. It really encourages our mainland film industry. If you have the ability to ask them in the Hong Kong film industry, let me try to be arrogant!"

"Haha, no one paid much attention to the Academy Awards at the beginning of the month. Hong Kong films have been almost ruined for a long time. If Emperor and Golden Harvest hadn't supported it, Hong Kong films would have been completely destroyed."

"What Emperor? What Golden Harvest? Isn't Director Chen controlling all of this? The theaters in Xiangjiang are almost becoming part of the Pan-Asia Cinemas chain, covering the sky with one hand!"

"I can already imagine the mood of Anle Pictures. In addition to despair, it is still despair!"

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At 8 o'clock in the morning, the new day's shooting plan for "La La Land" officially started. At the same time, a high-level meeting was held at Xiying Film.

Although Chen Fei did not set a specific time limit for Xiying, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, the sooner the investment is confirmed, the better.

If it's too late and someone cuts off your beard, you won't even be able to find a place to cry.

"Come on, let's talk freely today. Let's set a charter first... Of course, the first thing we need to determine is whether we will follow this project of Feiyue Film and Television or not?"

When the director of Xiying Studio raised the question, in an instant, everyone else in the conference room started shouting.

"We must follow. If we miss this opportunity, we may never have a chance to turn around again."

"That's right! I agree with Director Lin's opinion. Even if it means selling the pot, you have to follow it. This is a life-saving straw!"

"Before I came back, I went to Feiyue Film and Television to inquire. This project is not easy! The director is Guo Fan, who has produced "Gravity" and "The Martian". He is a top science fiction director in the industry!"

"You may not know that the scenery for this project has already begun. Director Jia told me privately that Shanxi Province has specially approved a piece of land for this science fiction project and plans to build a film and television city."

"Feiyue Film and Television is in control, Guo Fan directs, domestic science fiction film projects, and a film and television city will be built... This is simply the top big cake and huge resources in the industry!"

More than ten minutes later, through a show of hands, all senior executives in the conference room unanimously approved the proposal to invest in this project.

The old factory director looked around and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone agrees to invest in this project, let's discuss how much money should be invested in it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the director of the production department said: "I think we should get at least 10%!"

"10%?" Someone stood up in shock: "That's 60 million. Even if we sell Xiying, we still don't have that much liquidity!"

"I think 5% is enough. We can even out the 30 million if we squeeze it out."

"5% is too little. If you miss such a good project, where can you find it?"

"Yes, I also think that we have to take at least 10%. At worst, we will sell the pot. If the movie box office can reach more than 3 billion, Xiying will immediately recover."

"Are the risks too high? Who can guarantee that this movie will be a hit?"

"The brave will be starved to death, and the timid will be starved to death!"       "That's right, Ning Ying even mortgaged the company's assets for that "Asura", why can't we give it a try?"

Everyone was shouting, but for a while no one could convince anyone.

Seeing this, the old factory director sighed helplessly.

If this were China Film or Shanghai Film, let alone 10%, I'm afraid even 20% of the funds could be easily taken out.

But Xiying is different. Apart from the state-owned brand and those priceless but worthless honors, there is not much money left to spend.

Accompanied by the quarrel in the conference room, the old factory director thought for a long time and finally slammed the table.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

Suddenly, the conference room fell into dead silence. Everyone turned their heads and looked at the old factory director.

"Just 10%, let's take a gamble. After all, Feiyue Film and Television has never failed, right?"

Saying that, the old factory director added: "As for the money issue, first take out the 30 million in the account, and I will apply to the bureau for the rest. If it is not enough, I will see if there is anything that can be mortgaged, until I can get enough by selling iron. until……"

As soon as these words came out, the others looked at each other and did not raise any objections.

Since the old factory director has already decided to "stud", let's just take a gamble.

If it really comes to pass, Xiying will be completely transformed!

The director of the production department couldn't wait to say at this time: "I will contact Director Chen now to finalize this matter first, and don't let anyone interrupt me halfway."

While talking, he had already taken out his mobile phone and called Chen Fei directly.

It happened that there were no scenes of Chen Fei in "La La Land" at this time, so the call was quickly connected.

"Director Chen! We have already discussed that Xiying can get 60 million out of it after selling the iron, and we are prepared to ask for 10% of the investment share..."

Selling iron at the expense of others?

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, quite surprised.

Is Xiying already so poor? Do you have to "sell money" to get 60 million? Isn’t this too shabby compared to China Film and Shanghai Film and Television?

Thinking secretly in his heart, he responded: "Okay, then you can take the time to arrange for someone to go to the company to sign the contract. Then the money will be directly transferred to the special account."

"Okay, okay, we'll sign it in a few days...and if you need any help during the filming, please tell me..."

After chatting for a few words, before he was about to hang up the phone, Chen Fei thought about it and gave a special reminder:

"Except for Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Xiying Film Group, there are no other state-owned enterprises participating in this investor lineup. Therefore, if there are any problems or troubles in the northwest, Xiying Film Group will be responsible for solving them."

Because the phone was on speakerphone, Chen Fei's words echoed very clearly in the Xiying conference room.

After hearing this, a group of people were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions suddenly became rich.

Shanghai Film and Television Films are the only state-owned enterprise investors, and there is too much information contained in them!

The old factory director asked excitedly: "So, the matters that China Film Group was originally responsible for will have to be borne by Xiying?"

"Yes, I hope you can pay more attention to it."

"Haha, okay! No problem!" The old director promised in a very pleasant tone: "Don't worry, Director Chen, our Xiying Film may not be as rich as China Film Group, but we will definitely not lose to them in terms of connections!

If anyone dares to target this movie, he is targeting Xiying, and I will have to fight with him no matter how hard I am! None of us men in northwest Shanxi are timid! "

"Okay, I feel relieved with your words."

The call was quickly hung up, Chen Fei once again devoted himself to filming, but Xiying began to talk about it.

The old factory director didn't know much about the various things in the industry, so he was inevitably a little curious: "Haven't Feiyue Film and Television and China Film Group always been partners? Is there a breakup recently?"

"Old director, you may not know very well. The newly appointed chairman of China Film Group Corporation is incomparable to a mountain eagle. He is greedy for power, petty, and has a weird temper. He always looks down on everyone. The appearance of..."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

"Absolutely true!"

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In the evening, after finishing the day's shooting work, Chen Fei just turned on his mobile phone and saw a pop-up message popping up on Weibo:

"The film bureau's official website has reproduced a big-budget film in the finished film announcement document: jointly produced by Shanghai Film and Yao Lai Pictures, directed by Ding Mao, and starring Chen Long, Huang Zitao, Wang Kai and others..."

Looking at the name "Railway Flying Tiger", Chen Fei already had some guesses in his mind.

Obviously, the censors "made a mistake" again and "accidentally" let go of a film containing bad actors.

I just don’t know how much it cost Ren Zhonglun and Chen Long? He was actually able to force the Dragon Prince onto the big screen again after the "Taoist Descending the Mountain" incident broke out.

Looking around, many netizens have appeared below this news release.

Without exception, everyone is curious about when the preparation and filming of this movie started, and why no news has been received?

Many curious fans and netizens also appeared on the Weibo posts of several leading actors whose names were revealed.

However, everyone remained silent and had no response at all.

Even the producers are very low-key. Apart from this review notice, there are no more news or releases related to the movie on the entire Internet.

And two days later, as other entertainment news hit the screen one by one, "Railway Tigers" was directly forgotten by everyone.

"Phew! This stage has passed. Now we will wait for notification of the scheduled release date and official release."

On Shangying's side, Ren Zhonglun let out a long breath, and a big stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground.

"Alas!" Chen Long sighed and said with some helplessness: "It's really hard to be a father. When I was a child, I had to poop and pee, and when I got older, I had to wipe my butt. If I had known this, I might as well not have given birth to him in the first place."

Ren Zhonglun knew that what he said was angry, so he just smiled and did not respond.

After expressing his grievances, Chen Long felt much better, and then mentioned another thing: "By the way, I'm going to hold an artist signing ceremony in May. Remember to come over then."

Artist signing ceremony?

Ren Zhonglun asked with some confusion: "What? The brokerage company you founded is about to sign people?"

"That's right!" Chen Long said with a smile: "I'm planning to hold a big one. Taking advantage of the large number of people at the Magic City International Film Festival, I'll take this opportunity to make it really exciting."

"Huh? Then I'm a little curious, who is so lucky to enjoy such grand treatment?"

"Hey, you must know him, the most popular traffic star at the moment."

"Traffic star?" Ren Zhonglun was slightly startled: "You're not talking about that Wu Yifan, are you?"

"That's right, it's him!"

As he spoke, a trace of pride flashed across Chen Long's face: "In the past two years, countless companies have offered him olive branches, but without exception, he has rejected them all.

But I am different. I can not only find resources for him in the mainland, but also in Hong Kong, Bay Area, Southeast Asia and Hollywood. I can take him there, and he has no reason to refuse. "

Hearing this, Ren Zhonglun couldn't help but give him a thumbs up:

"Your influence in Hollywood is indeed great, and ordinary actors cannot refuse it. I would like to wish you a smooth signing, everything goes smoothly, and a lot of money!"

"Haha, Director Ren is joking. If there are any suitable projects and resources, I would like to trouble you to help recommend them."

"It's easy to say, but you can choose whatever you want from the resources of SIPG."

Ren Zhonglun was very generous. After all, he had already been tied to Chen Long and became a grasshopper in the same boat.

Therefore, helping Chen Long is actually equivalent to indirectly helping himself and Shanghai Film Industry.

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