Chapter 897 Reality Is Far More Magical than Movies and TV Dramas!

To be honest, Chen Fei was quite looking forward to this "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" at first.

After all, this is a Sino-Indian friendship mission film, so it shouldn't be too bad since it will be released simultaneously in both countries.

However, when the film was officially released, he realized that his idea was too "simple".

Huang Xiaoming's acting skills are undoubtedly very good. It can be clearly seen that he works very hard in his performance and tries his best to highlight his advantages.

Even the humanities, history, clothing styles, and geographical features shown in the film are all very good, making people feel like they are rushing westward.

If you watch it as a documentary, this movie is undoubtedly great.

However, the key issue is that it is not a documentary, but a movie, and it still wants to pursue a blockbuster commercial movie!

This is very embarrassing.

If a pseudo-biographical film wants to create a commercial atmosphere, its plot is destined to be very embarrassing.

"I'm going? How come the Flame Mountain and Liusha River are both here? What are you doing? Replicating the filming route of "Journey to the West"?"

Listening to Ning Hao's complaints, Chen Fei smiled and responded softly: "Isn't it all just for the box office?"

Ning Hao was immediately speechless.

This kind of movie, which is neither commercial nor literary, has a 90% chance of turning into a piece of cake in the end.

How easy is it to please both sides at the same time?

After the movie is over, the next step is the media interview session.

In Chen Fei's opinion, this link is much more interesting than watching a movie.

Because someone at the scene was already asking Huang Xiaoming if his wife was really pregnant. Are the gossips on the Internet true or false?

You don't need to guess to know that Huang Xiaoming will definitely not pay attention to this kind of question, but the expressions of other colleagues at the premiere are very intriguing.

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry. We just don't talk about them in public, but that doesn't mean we won't discuss them in private.

"It feels like Yang Ying is indeed a little fatter than before..."

"You still need to feel it? Don't you know what your wife was like before she got pregnant? You can tell by comparing her?"

Ning Hao clicked his tongue: "The leader is really proud of himself, and the crew is raising a baby? This is unheard of!"

"Reality is far more magical than movies and TV shows."

…

After attending the premiere of "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty", Chen Fei did not stay here too long.

At around 2 p.m., "Captain America: Civil War" was to be screened at the Pan-Asia Flagship Cinema in the capital. As the chief content executive, he happened to be in the capital, so he naturally wanted to support it.

In fact, there were many people who were transitioning like him. After all, it was a screening event for a Hollywood blockbuster, and the popularity was definitely extremely high.

In order to gain popularity, everyone will definitely not give up this great opportunity.

Liu Yifei actually didn't like watching science fiction blockbusters before. She preferred literary and artistic films and animated films.

However, because of Chen Fei's influence, she has also paid special attention to imported Hollywood blockbusters in recent years.

Marvel movies are one of her research subjects.

After arriving at the movie theater and greeting a group of superstars who came from Hollywood to promote the movie in the Mainland, the two of them went to the front row and sat down.

Chen Fei asked the staff for a bucket of popcorn, and the two of them ate and chatted, waiting for the film to be officially released.

Looking at the preview trailer shown on the big screen, Liu Yifei asked curiously: "Isn't Captain America 3 just telling the story of this character? Why are there Iron Man and Black Widow?"

Chen Fei threw a piece of popcorn into his mouth and explained: "Although "Captain America 3" is named after Captain America, it actually tells the story of the Avengers.

Its background follows the aftermath of the events of "Avengers 2: Age of Ultron" and tells the story of a series of political issues triggered by the Ultron incident, which led to the intensification of internal conflicts within the Avengers and ultimately a complete split.

In this movie, instead of fighting bad guys, superheroes start fighting among themselves..."

Liu Yifei listened very carefully and would raise some small doubts from time to time.

Questions such as "Who is better looking, Black Widow or Wanda?", "Who has a better figure among them?", "Who do you admire the most?" and other such questions.

Because he has experienced hundreds of battles, Chen Fei easily resolved these problems: "I feel that no matter how good they are in acting, they are not as good as you, whether it is in figure or appearance."

Anyway, it doesn't cost money to praise someone, so he naturally knows everything he knows and talks about it.

Soon, the film officially started screening.

After several years of guidance by Chen Fei, Marvel movies have already found a style that suits them.

Starting from the second phase of the Marvel film series, almost all Marvel films have struck a balance between engaging action scenes, witty dialogue, subtle characterization and moral and ethical considerations.

And this is the key to Marvel's ability to win again and again!

What’s even more surprising is that after Marvel and Sony reached a cooperation agreement, Spider-Man also successfully made his debut in the capital in “Captain America: Civil War”!

Chen Fei actually didn't have much fluctuation in his heart. After all, he already knew that Spider-Man was coming back.

But other fans don’t know!

This caused the Marvel fans who were invited to watch the movie today to go crazy, screaming continuously, as if they had seen some "big scene of the century".

Liu Yifei looked at the cheering fans behind her and whispered: "They are so excited!"

"For all Marvel fans, this may be a milestone."

Chen Fei felt something inexplicably touched.

At this moment, he became more determined to take back all Marvel copyrights.

When all Marvel copyrights are collected one day, maybe another super awesome "Avengers" series movie can be made, which must be explosive enough!

After the preview event ended, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei returned to the villa to pack their luggage.

They had to take a flight to Hengdian in the evening because they had a shooting plan to go on tomorrow.

...

At 8 am on the 27th, "La La Land", which had been suspended for two days, started shooting again.

At the same time, the palace intrigue drama "The Lonely Queen" directed by Huace and starring Yang Ying also started filming in Hengdian.

"The rumors are indeed true. The confinement team also joined the crew, and they specially got several RVs just to serve Yang Ying alone..."

Chen Fei really admired Zhu Yawen's mentality of eating melons. He even disguised himself early in the morning and went to the launch conference of "The Lonely Queen".

"Why? Are you envious?"

"What am I envious of?" Zhu Yawen curled his lips: "I am a man and I can't get pregnant. I just went to join in the fun. On the contrary, the other actresses in the crew were envious. The eyes they looked at Yang Ying revealed an inexplicable meaning."

"It's normal. This is the benefit of having a backer behind you."

Chen Fei is no longer surprised by such things.

What is this in domestic entertainment? Hollywood is the real place of fame and fortune. A famous, powerful and powerful leading actor is like an "emperor" in the crew!

…

On the morning of the 28th, practitioners in the entire film industry just woke up and were shocked by a "powerful force"!

A piece of information about a new movie swept in like a storm, instantly occupying the front page headlines of major portals, and even set off a storm of heated discussions on Weibo.

This highly anticipated new film is a costume, action, adventure, fantasy 3D masterpiece jointly created by four giants: Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures, China Film and LeTV Pictures - "The Great Wall"!

The film is directed by the famous director Zhang Yimou, and brings together international and domestic first-line stars such as Matt Damon, Jing Tian, ​​Pedro Pascal, William Dafoe, Andy Lau, Zhang Hanyu, etc. The luxurious lineup is unprecedented!

"This morning, China Film officially announced that The Great Wall will be released in China on December 15; it is reported that the film has an investment of up to 150 million US dollars and is another masterpiece of Sino-US co-production.

The film tells the story of a group of brave warriors in ancient China who fought a thrilling battle with invading monsters to defend their homeland... The story not only has thrilling battle scenes, but also touching emotional entanglements, which make people feel the warmth and glory of human nature while being shocked..."

As the news of the release date of The Great Wall came out, the entire Chinese-language film industry was shocked for a while.

The strong debut of this film undoubtedly adds a new "variable" to the upcoming Lunar New Year file.

The luxurious lineup of producers, the main creative team and the scale of investment make The Great Wall like a ferocious tiger that devours people, making other production companies feel huge pressure instantly. Especially for those production companies that intend to fight for the Lunar New Year file, the debut of The Great Wall is undoubtedly a huge challenge.

They had to re-examine their own films and consider whether to avoid the edge of "The Great Wall".

After all, in front of such a strong competitor, any negligence may lead to a box office failure!

At this time, at Huayi, Feng Xiaogang was looking at the news about the release date of "The Great Wall" on the Internet, with a complicated look in his eyes.

"The Ferryman", "The Sword of the Three Young Masters", "Railroad Tigers"... Now there is another "The Great Wall". This year's Lunar New Year file is really lively!"

Indistinctly, he even saw the blood and cruelty of swords and rain from these already scheduled movies. This Lunar New Year file seems to be even more terrifying than this year's Spring Festival file!

While talking to himself, he couldn't help but think of the comments and ridicules of netizens on him in recent days.

Many people said that he was a coward, and actually put "I Am Not Madame Bovary" in a "no village in front and no shop behind" unpopular schedule.

Although his reply was to "heat up" the unpopular November schedule, he himself knew the truth very well.

In order to complete the 1.05 billion bet, he had to ensure that every movie was profitable, and they had to be released one after another, and they must not be the kind of lame ones.

Therefore, he had to choose to avoid the edge and strive to make "I Am Not Madame Bovary" shine in November.

In addition, he had to be busy preparing for his new play and could not stop to rest, otherwise if the bet could not be completed, he would be in big trouble!

However, while he was thinking, Ye Ning's voice suddenly rang in the office:

"Director Feng, your story is quite good. The male and female soldiers in the art troupe... are pure, happy but cruel. It's like a hymn to idealism, but the word 'heartbreaking' always comes across Come to mind..."

Feng Xiaogang's thoughts were brought back.

Listening to Ye Ning's words, he felt as if he had found a confidant.

I have to say that in terms of script reading, Mr. Ye who came from Wanda is much better than the two brothers from the Wang family.

He smiled and responded: "The story is still in the refinement stage. This is just the first version created by Yan Geling and me."

Ye Ning praised him when he heard this: "The first version is so good. I think it will be even better when the final version is released."

"Haha, Mr. Ye really appreciates it."

"I am very optimistic about this script and look forward to the day when Director Feng will implement it."

"Okay, I will definitely do it. It won't take long before we can start making preparations."

…

In a blink of an eye, the time has arrived on the 29th.

In the morning, the news about the scheduled release of "The Great Wall" on Weibo temporarily dropped out of the hot search list, just because the May Day schedule officially kicked off today.

Early in the morning, the Internet was already buzzing with activity.

"The action and crime-themed movie "Chasing the Dragon", co-produced by Feiyue Pictures and Golden Harvest Pictures and starring Andy Lau and Tony Leung Jiahui, was officially released early this morning. The film's first-day scheduling rate was as high as 31.4%."

"The Sino-Indian friendship film Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty, controlled by China Film and starring Huang Xiaoming, Xu Zheng, Luo Jin and others, had a first-day screening rate of 11.4%, and its market appeal is slightly sluggish."

"The youth inspirational movie "Dream Partner" starring Yao Chen, Tang Yan, Hao Lei and others has reached 22.4% of the film schedule, and its reputation is highly polarized..."

Looking around, today alone, 5 movies have been released in major theaters, which is very lively!

At the same time, Chen Fei also paid attention to the two episodes of "Running Brothers Season 4" that have been broadcast so far, and the second season of "Extreme Challenge".

Looking at it, as long as it is the day when these two variety shows are released, they are the No. 1 in ratings and click-through rates at the same time, and there is no competition at all.

With the blessing of these two variety shows, Youku can be said to be making a lot of money, firmly suppressing video playback platforms such as Mango, iQiyi, and Tencent.

At the same time, the self-made drama "Undocumented Crime", which will be launched on Youku on May 1st, has also been promoted very hotly recently.

There was even a voting topic opened on Weibo.

On the voting list, "Undocumented Crime" firmly occupies the highest number of votes, suppressing TV series such as "Fairy Sword and Cloud", "Dear Translator", "Mr. Good" and so on. !

On the other hand, Yang Mi's hard-working Sanniang attribute attracted a lot of votes for "Dear Translator", making it firmly occupy the second place in the vote list.

But that's all. Feiyue Film and Television's reputation for only producing high-quality products has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Netizens' expectations for "Undocumented Crime" simply shouldn't be too high!

In the evening, after the filming ended, Liu Yifei expressed that she was going to the cinema to support "Dream Partner" starring Tang Yan.

Although Chen Fei was not interested, he still accompanied her.

However, while watching the movie, he took a break and took out his mobile phone to browse the latest film and television news on Weibo.

"Reposted from Hong Kong media: The Emperor announced to foreign officials that the filming plan for "Macau 3" will be officially launched from now on."

"The plot and historical themed film "The Founding of the Army", jointly produced by China Film, Feiyue Film and Television, and Bayi Film Studio, directed by Han Sanping, starring Liu Ye, Zhu Yawen, Huang Zhizhong, and Wang Jingchun, was officially announced today to be finalized and will enter the Post-production stage…”

""Wolf Warrior 2" released the latest Reuters photos. All members are participating in training abroad, and filming is not far away."

"Following "Superman vs. Batman," the action and crime-themed movie "Suicide Squad," produced by Warner Bros. and DC Pictures, has been officially announced to be released in mainland theaters on August 1."

"The crime-themed movie "Hot Pot Hero" starring Qin Hao, Chen Kun and Bai Baihe has officially been released, with a total box office revenue of 369 million."

"The box office of the Hollywood imported blockbuster "The Jungle Book" has exceeded 700 million, successfully becoming the highest-grossing theater movie in April."

…

Three days passed quietly.

Thanks to the blessing of high-ranking films, "Chasing the Dragon" successfully became the highest-grossing among all domestic films released on the 29th.

On the 29th, 30th, and 1st... for three consecutive days, "Chasing the Dragon" successfully earned a box office of 240 million, achieving return on investment.

Looking at the other films, just as Chen Fei had expected before, each one was simply more miserable than the last!

"Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" was released for three days, with only 17.32 million box office.

"Dream Partner" did receive a box office of 43.69 million, but its box office potential was exhausted as soon as it was released. It is estimated that it will be difficult to even get a box office of 100 million.

Not to mention other films, they are so miserable that they cannot even break through the small box office of 10 million, let alone achieve profitability.

Early in the morning on the 2nd, Chen Fei received a call from Su Guohai.

"Director Chen, the crew of "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" sent an invitation to the premiere..."

"Go ahead, I can't leave."

"But... their premiere is in Xi'an."

"What?"

Fade Chen was a little confused. What the hell is the premiere in Xi'an? Are the guests who received invitations from all over the country going to fly to the Northwest again?

After a while, he responded: "Let Ning Hao go. It just so happens that Director Ning likes to fly all over the country. I believe he won't miss this good opportunity."

"Okay."

Su Guohai responded, and then mentioned another thing: "By the way, Mr. Chen, the release date of "Detective Chinatown 2" has been determined."

"When?"

"July 29, the same day as "Legend of the Gods."

Fade Chen raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help laughing: "29 is 29, find a time to announce it, and it's almost time to start the promotion."

"Okay, I'll arrange it now."

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