Chapter 896 It’s Better to Be Difficult to Shoot than to Be Banned, Right? Something Important Was Lost

Chapter 896 It’s better to be difficult to shoot than to be banned, right? Something important was lost...

In late April, the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon".

Although "Chasing the Dragon" is just a Hong Kong film, it is very popular because it is produced by Golden Harvest and Feiyue Film and Television.

Looking around, many filmmakers posted on Weibo early in the morning that they would go to the premiere.

"Princess Liu? We should leave. Are you ready?"

In the living room, Chen Fei was wearing a custom-made casual suit and shouting to the bedroom on the second floor.

"Right away, I'll put on lipstick."

In front of the dressing mirror, Liu Yifei, who got up late because of sleeping in, was busy putting on lipstick.

A few minutes later, she appeared in front of Chen Fei in a white suit.

"With heavy makeup and intellectual temperament, Producer Liu is becoming more and more elegant."

Liu Yifei laughed happily: "Hehe, if you can talk, just talk more, I love to listen."

"Okay, I'll continue talking on the way. We should leave now. It's not good to be late..."

"Yeah, okay."

Liu Yifei held his arm and walked out together.

At 9:40 in the morning, the two walked into the venue on time before the premiere press conference.

Because it was the premiere of a Hong Kong film, many filmmakers from Hong Kong came today, such as Wang Jing and Chen Kexin.

Huo Qigang came over and whispered: "I didn't invite people from Anle Films. Someone from there wanted to come, but I rejected them."

"Yeah, you did a good job!"

Chen Fei smiled.

In recent years, it has become more and more difficult to get involved in the Hong Kong circle. Anyone who has some ideas is trying to go north.

However, the resources on the mainland are limited. How easy is it to get a piece of the pie?

"Director Chen, I'm very honored to meet you today. I'm your loyal fan. Can you please help me sign an autograph? Thank you."

Looking at the sturdy Zeng Guoxiang in front of him, Chen Fei really couldn't compare him with Zeng Zhiwei. After all, the difference in their body sizes was too big!

After taking the pen and signing his name, Chen Fei asked casually with an attitude of reciprocity: "You are the director of "July and Ansheng", right?"

"Yes, yes!" Zeng Guoxiang responded very humbly, and then took out an invitation to the premiere from his pocket: "July and Ansheng" is scheduled for September 14th. If Director Chen has time, you can come and correct it at that time."

Chen Fei reached out to take it and nodded gently, without refusing it outright.

He would definitely not go to the premiere, but since someone handed him the invitation, he naturally couldn't ignore it. He could just arrange someone to show up at that time.

Zeng Guoxiang did not hang around Chen Fei for too long and turned away quickly.

"The filming of "The King of Macau 3" is about to start. My goal is to shoot it during the Spring Festival next year. This period is very suitable for comedy films..."

"Haha, you can decide on this kind of small matter yourself..."

More than 20 minutes later, the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon" officially kicked off, and the story of the drug lord Ah Hao and the Chinese detective Lei Luo slowly unfolded.

This movie is actually not like a gangster movie in the traditional sense, nor is it a Hollywood-style gangster biography. It is more like a gangster movie with a brotherhood coat.

Gangster movies are actually the product of Hong Kong's specific history, and most of them have real prototypes in reality.

And the detective Lei Luo and Po Hao in "Chasing the Dragon" are also big figures who have appeared in Hong Kong's specific history.

Based on this, the plot of this movie will bring a natural sense of substitution to the audience, and then coupled with the wonderful performances of Andy Lau and Liang Jiahui, it will undoubtedly let the audience feel the taste of classic Hong Kong movies again, and at the same time get a hearty viewing experience.

After the premiere, the audience burst into applause.

Offstage, while the people around him were not paying attention, Huo Qigang sneaked up to Chen Fei and asked in a low voice: "You are a master at estimating the box office. How about estimating this movie?"

Chen Fei said calmly: "It will not be less than 500 million, but it will not be much higher. The subject matter potential of Hong Kong films is mostly very limited, and only a certain group of people will like it."

"500 million?" Huo Qigang's eyes lit up: "Enough, enough, the investment is less than 80 million, 500 million is already a huge profit!"

"Uh...as long as you are happy."

After watching the movie, it was already noon. Chen Fei did not attend the subsequent lunch, but took Liu Yifei to eat steak.

After the meal, Miss Liu asked while putting on makeup: "You told me this morning that what you were going to do after attending the premiere today?"

"I have to visit the crew of "In the Name of the People."

"Oh." Liu Yifei was not very interested in this, and immediately said that she was going to find Shu Chang to play.

"Okay, then I'll ask the company to drive another car over."

"Yeah, okay, let's go shopping, and I'll bring you a small gift when I go back tonight."

"Hey? Are you treating me like a child?" Chen Fei was a little amused. Why did he bring a small gift to himself?

"Hehe, you'll know when the time comes."

...

In the afternoon, after driving for half an hour, Chen Fei arrived at a filming location of "In the Name of People" in the capital.

As soon as he stepped out of the car, the crew supervisor and several heads of units who were waiting on the roadside greeted him with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, you are here."

"Haha, welcome Mr. Chen..."

Accompanied by the voice of greeting, Chen Fei took two steps forward and chatted with several heads of relevant units: "Director Xu, Director Zhang, Director Zhou... You have troubled this drama."

"You are so polite. On the contrary, you, the producer, have only appeared once since the start of filming. You are really incompetent, haha."

"My fault, my fault, it's really too busy..."

While chatting, several people walked into the set while being humble to each other.

The supervisor whispered: "Mr. Chen, the crew is filming now."

"Well, then let's be quiet and don't disturb them."

As they talked, several people had already arrived outside an office.

Through the open door, it can be seen that the two actors are acting and the camera is also running.

Unlike the original version of In the Name of People, this version produced by Feiyue Film and Television did not have a shortage of funds.

This also led to the fact that Gao Yalin could not be used for the role of Liu Xinjian.

Under Kang Honglei's careful selection, Sha Yi joined the group.

In view of the influence of the popular TV series Infiltration, Sha Yi's current character image is more or less moving towards "strong on the outside but weak on the inside" and "slippery and unrefined".

Based on this, the corrupt official Liu Xinjian played by him is quite eye-catching.

Chen Fei stood by and watched for a long time. It can be clearly seen that in the "jumping off the building" scene, Sha Yi and Bao Jianfeng's performances are evenly matched, and both sides performed very well.

Unlike the original version, Lu Yi was suppressed by Gao Yalin, which looked very awkward.

A few minutes later, a short scene was successfully filmed.

Many people at the scene had already noticed Chen Fei's arrival, so after Kang Honglei shouted "cut", they hurried over to greet him.

Chen Fei saw a lot of familiar faces at the scene, especially those actresses, which made him feel emotional.

Hu Jing who played Gao Xiaoqin, Ke Lan who played Lu Yike, Zhu Zhu who played Zhong Xiaoai...

It must be said that this anti-corruption TV series has a lot of Buffs.

Zhu Zhu and Chen Fei are quite familiar with each other, so she dares to joke with him: "Director Chen, are you here just to visit the set? Or are you here to exercise your rights as a producer?"

"Neither." Chen Fei laughed and resolved the joke: "I said I was just passing by, do you believe me?"

"Yes, there is news online that you went to the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon" this morning, right?"

"Yes, I just heard that the crew was shooting in the capital, so I thought of stopping by to take a look..." In fact, if the original shooting plan was followed, most of the shooting locations of "In the Name of the People" were in Jiangsu Province. After all, the screenwriter of this drama, Zhou Meisen, is from Jiangsu Province, so the background of the original novel is also in Jiangsu Province.

But others don't know, but Chen Fei knows it very well.

If this drama is shot in Jiangsu Province according to Zhou Meisen's opinion, it will easily be involved in various lawsuits.

So, when the investment plan was finally determined, the investment from Jiangsu Province was rejected by the crew and replaced by Shandong Province.

Although there were many opinions from Jiangsu Province, under the suppression of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Golden Shield, and the Navy, they finally swallowed their little dissatisfaction.

This also led to the fact that the filming locations of this drama were much more than the original version, and the filming difficulty was much greater.

But in Chen Fei's view, these are not problems and can be overcome.

After all, it is better to have a difficult filming than to be banned, right?

…

After staying until more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, after exercising the rights of the producer for several hours, Chen Fei officially resigned from the crew.

He just waved his hand and became the shopkeeper. How could he stay in the crew like other producers?

In fact, the reason why he served as the producer of this drama was also to "endorse", otherwise how could he personally be named for a TV series?

All the way back to the villa, Chen Fei saw Liu Yifei and Shu Chang playing on the sofa as soon as he entered the door.

"Have you two eaten yet?"

"No." Liu Yifei petted the cat and responded to him: "We ordered food and it will be delivered later."

"Okay, you guys play, I'll go to the study."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Fei disappeared at the door of the study.

The film and television industry is still quite lively today. As soon as I turned on my computer, several pop-up messages popped up on Weibo.

"This morning, the action and crime Hong Kong film co-produced by Golden Harvest and Feiyue Films, starring Andy Lau and Leung Ka Fai, held its premiere in Beijing. The atmosphere was comparable to the Academy Awards Film Festival."

"The love and literary film "July and Ansheng" co-produced by Jiaying Films, Geek Films, and Alibaba Films, directed by Zeng Guoxiang, and starring Zhou Dongyu and Ma Siquan, has officially been officially announced to be released on September 14."

"The action and drama film "Railroad Tigers" co-produced by Shanghai Film and Yaolai Films, directed by Ding Mao, and starring Chen Long, Huang Zitao, and Wang Kai, has officially been announced to be released on December 23 and will compete in the Lunar New Year's Day box office."

"Co-produced by Bona and Wanda, directed by Er Dongsheng, starring Lin Gengxin, Ho Rundong, and Liang Mengjie, the drama, action, and martial arts-themed film "The Sword of the Third Master" is officially announced to be released on December 3!"

"The love-themed movie "The Ferry" is controlled and invested by Alibaba Pictures, co-produced by Zedong Pictures, supervised by director Wang Jiawei, directed by Zhang Jiajia, starring Tony Leung, Jin Chengwu, Chen Yixun, Yang Ying, Zhang Rongrong and others. The investment amount is as high as 400 million. "People" was officially completed this morning."

"At the final press conference of "The Ferryman", Alibaba Pictures President Zhang Hao said: The film has huge box office potential and is very likely to reach a box office of 2 billion, or even charge to a box office of 3 billion!"

"As the first film controlled and invested by Alibaba Pictures, "The Ferryman" is very ambitious and has been officially announced to be released on December 23. It will also participate in the competition for the Lunar New Year film."

In front of the screen, Chen Fei was amazed:

"'The Ferryman'? 'Railway Flying Tiger'? 'The Third Young Master's Sword'? Are they going to be released in the same schedule? It seems to be more lively than today's Spring Festival schedule!"

As he watched, he felt inexplicably ready to move.

Wouldn't it be a pity not to be able to participate in such a grand occasion?

…

As the night got darker, after sending Shu Chang away, Liu Yifei mysteriously called Chen Fei into the bedroom.

"What's the matter? Why are you sneaking around at home?"

"Didn't I say during the day that I would bring you a small gift?" Liu Yifei said, her pretty face suddenly turned red.

Chen Fei looked at her curiously: "What gift?"

Liu Yifei looked around, as if she was afraid that others would see it, then opened her backpack and took out a small box, handing it over: "Here, this is it."

Chen Fei reached out to take it, lowered his eyes and looked at it, and immediately felt happy.

"Durex... ultra-thin..."

"Oh! That's right, you read it out, why are you reading it out?" Liu Yifei said and was about to grab it.

Chen Fei, with quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed her arm, leaned down, smiled mischievously and blew the wind gently in her ear: "The gift is very good, I like it very much."

"Oh, you...just like it."

Chen Fei stepped forward, picked her up directly, and walked to the bed impatiently: "Now that I have received the gift, it is time to start trying it out."

"oops!"

The exclamation came out first, followed closely by the sound of "bah!". Liu Yifei just wore the Balenciaga dress that she just wore today and retired with honor.

…

The next morning, the premiere of "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" arrived as scheduled.

What surprised Chen Fei was that when he arrived at the premiere, he actually saw Rajkumar Hirani!

"Three Idiots" and "Dangal!" "Daddy" made Rajkumar Hirani famous all over the world and became the top director in the Indian film industry!

Now, I never thought that he would also come to the premiere of "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty".

"Fei, haha, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect to meet you here today."

Chen Fei stepped forward and hugged him, and asked curiously: "Why did you come to Zhongnan? And you also appeared here?"

Rajkumar Hirani simply explained: "I am the leader of this 'China-India Cultural Friendly Exchange' event. I am responsible for coming to communicate with the Chinese film industry and seeking opportunities for cooperation..."

"Oh! That's it!"

After chatting with Rajkumar Hirani for a while, Chen Fei turned his attention to the premiere.

For this "China-India Friendship" mission film, the domestic side still attaches great importance to it. This can be concluded from Tong Gang's personal presence.

It's just that La Sheikang was a little too "conspicuous". He was the most dominant person in the entire venue, constantly calling out friends and making it seem like he was the leader of the project.

"Director Chen, I just saw you, but I didn't expect you to come over too."

Looking at the director of Xiying's production department who appeared in front of him, Chen Fei showed a slightly teasing smile: "Director Zhou, I heard that Xiying has made a lot of noise at the General Administration recently. ah?"

"Haha, it's okay. It's just that I haven't moved my body for a long time. I can't hold it back for a while, and the movement is a little louder."

After several days of "hard work", Xiying has collected all the money to invest in "The Wandering Earth".

In addition to the 30 million they took out of their own pockets, they borrowed another 20 million from the General Administration, and then mortgaged some of their assets, finally collecting 60 million.

Now that the contract has been signed, it's natural to settle down.

While the two were chatting, Wang Changtian, Ren Zhonglun, Liu Xiaobin and others not far away came over and vaguely formed a small group.

In addition to Xiying, funds from several other investors have also been received.

Guangguang, Shanghai Film and Television, and Wanda all have 10%. Together with Xiying, they have taken a total of 40%.

In addition, the company contacted the space agency and allocated another 10% share.

At this point, all investment conveniences for "The Wandering Earth" have been determined.

Now we just have to wait for a good and auspicious day before this project can be officially launched!

As everyone knows, this new big-budget science fiction film project once again lost China Film Group, just like the previous "Wolf Warrior 2".

But everyone tacitly agreed not to mention this matter, but chose to ignore it.

This is Chen Fei's choice, and they have no right to interfere.

Moreover, one less investor is equivalent to one less company that will participate in the distribution and profit sharing, which is a great thing!

At this time, La Peikang, who was surrounded by many people in the circle, suddenly turned around and looked at Chen Fei's position.

At first, he didn't think much about it, but just wanted to take this opportunity today to say hello and take the opportunity to ease the stiff atmosphere between him and Chen Fei.

But when he saw the people from Xiying, he frowned immediately.

I don't know why, at this moment, he suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart... It was as if he accidentally lost something very important.

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