Chapter 899 "Competitors Are All Idiots!"

After receiving Su Guohai's call, Chen Fei immediately turned his attention to Weibo.

After quickly clicking and searching for "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix", he saw that the official blog was running a live broadcast.

When he clicked in and took a look, his face suddenly revealed a hint of astonishment!

In the picture, the producer of "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" is kneeling on the ground, excitedly telling the live broadcast camera about his difficulties:

"For this movie, in order to fulfill director Wu Tianming's wish, we persisted for four years before finally putting it on the theater circuit.

The distribution department of Xiying Film told us that the theaters were not very optimistic about this movie, so the film schedule would definitely not be particularly good, but I didn’t expect that the film schedule would be so low!

Here, I beg you all to give this movie some more screenings. This is really a good movie and it shouldn’t be buried like this!

I also hope that friends who are currently watching the live broadcast can forward this movie on Weibo, Tieba and other platforms. I am here to thank you all..."

The move of "kneel down and beg to arrange a film" really shocked Chen Fei.

You know, there are tens of thousands of people watching here, including many insiders from the film and television industry.

Under such circumstances, the producer of "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" suddenly knelt down and begged to schedule the film. This influence is not ordinary!

After all, the saying "a man has gold at his knees" plays a very important role in Chinese culture.

And Fang Li's kneeling was undoubtedly a ground-breaking act for the entire film and television industry!

The live broadcast was quickly cut off, but the online discussion started to surge.

"Kneel down and beg for a movie? Isn't this behavior a bit too much?"

"Although it is indeed pitiful to look at him, the theater chain is mainly about commercial attributes! If you want to schedule movies, without the blessing of commercial attributes, isn't this kind of kneeling behavior a moral kidnapping?"

"I went to see this movie. It was really good. But this kind of literary and artistic film is a niche film. How can it be popular in theaters?"

"'Captain America: Civil War' is in full swing. Which theater chain would be so kind as to schedule the movie?"

"I noticed that the 'New Literary Recovery' project under Pan Asia Cinemas has included this film in the screening list, but the screenings through this channel are not counted in the actual box office. At most, it can only be regarded as support. Just a moment.”

This incident was quite a big deal, and it even spread to Xiangjiang.

Huo Qigang called and said in a very embarrassed tone: "Director Chen, many insiders and netizens are already calling out the theater chain. Do you think we should do something here? Or..."

Chen Fei has been paying attention to the trends on the Internet and naturally noticed this situation.

Since the live broadcast was cut off, people such as Zhang Yimou, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Jian, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, He Ping, Huang Jianxin, and Xu Ke have all jumped out to support the movie.

But on the other hand, there was no movement on the theater side.

After all, this is the time when commercial films are showing the most momentum. Blockbusters such as "Captain America 3", "Chasing the Dragon" and "The Jungle Book" are all in theaters, and it can be said that they are making money every day.

If "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix" were to be released in one wave, wouldn't it be equivalent to throwing money away?

But sometimes we can't be so philistine. After all, as the old saying goes, only by giving up can you gain.

Maybe what is lost now will be recovered somewhere in the future?

Thinking of this, Chen Fei simply said: "Let's make a statement. Pan-Asia Cinemas can support "A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix" and give it a certain amount of film schedule. Let's take it as an example."

"How much?"

"Let's give 10% first, or don't give it. If you want to give it, don't be too picky. Try to give the audience a chance to see the movie at various times, and then reduce it as appropriate."

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Huo Qigang immediately went to make arrangements.

After a while, there was an announcement on Weibo:

""A Hundred Birds to the Phoenix" is a sincere work by director Wu Tianming. Pan-Asia Cinemas was deeply moved. After discussions between Director Chen and Director Huo, they decided to increase the film's scheduling data as appropriate from now on. , give it support!”

As soon as this announcement from Pan-Asia Cinemas came out, it immediately attracted a lot of attention.

When other theater chains saw this opportunity, they were naturally embarrassed to continue pretending to be "dead" and responded loudly.

"Wanda Cinemas will also provide support."

"China Film Group will definitely give its full support!"

"UME Cinemas supports!"

"Anle Cinemas will not sit idly by and ignore..."

"Huayi Cinemas is already adjusting its film schedule..."

"New Film Alliance..."

"Bona..."

In just a few hours, almost all theaters in China, large and small, came forward and expressed their strong support for "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix".

For a moment, the Internet burst into cheers.

Netizens are very good-natured. They all expressed their excitement that they would go to major theaters tomorrow to buy tickets to support it. We cannot let good movies disappear into dust.

China Film.

"La Dong, shall I make arrangements now? Let the theaters start to increase the schedule of films?"

Listening to the secretary's words, La Qikang said without raising his head: "Let's give it a token amount. After all, theater chains are commercial properties. We can just shout slogans. If we really increase the film schedule significantly, where will the benefits come from? "

The secretary was slightly startled, obviously not expecting La Sheikang to say that.

But he soon reacted and nodded, "Okay, I understand. I'll contact the theater chain right now."

Since it is symbolic, it is naturally about 1%. If it is higher, it will affect other movies.

The same scene also happened in other theater chains.

Promises are promises, but actions are another matter.

After all, theater chains have strong commercial attributes, and the premise of support is not to harm their own interests.

…

In the evening, Chen Fei personally supported the box office of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix".

There is also a Pan-Asia Cinema in Hengdian. He called the person in charge and directly booked a session, pulling all the crew members of "La La Land" over.

In fact, "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" is the same as the previous movie "Face Changing" directed by Wu Tianming. They all tell the rise and fall of "folk art".

The movie shows too much sadness and helplessness.

When the plot develops to the end, it presents a picture that makes people sigh.

Wushuang Town in the film was once a place where suona art flourished, but with the passage of time, this traditional art gradually declined.

The picture focuses on an elderly man who sits alone on the roadside, holding a suona tightly in his hand and playing it affectionately.

The melodious melody contains both memories of past glory and helpless sighs about reality.

There is a teacup in front of the old man. Occasionally, passers-by are moved by this persistent art and will stop and throw a coin into the teacup to show respect for the old man and remembrance of art.

However, this meager income is obviously unable to support the old man to continue to pass on this art.

With the rapid development of society, new entertainment methods emerge in an endless stream, and traditional suona art is gradually marginalized.

And those artists who once loved and devoted themselves to the inheritance of suona art have either gone far away or are no longer able to play.

When officials from the Cultural Bureau learned of this, they rushed to Wushuang Town, hoping to apply for suona art as an intangible cultural heritage to save its endangered fate... But unfortunately, they found that the artists who could play suona were no longer in the town. Even if they found them, some of them could no longer continue to play due to old age or other reasons.

This scene is undoubtedly a profound revelation of the dilemma of traditional cultural inheritance.

In the tide of modernization, those traditional arts that carry profound historical and cultural heritage are facing the crisis of being forgotten and disappearing.

The lonely figure of the old man and the fragmented sad melody all touched the heartstrings of the viewers, making people sigh at the ruthlessness of time and reflect on how to better protect and inherit these precious cultural heritages.

"This movie is so well made. After watching it, I feel sour in my heart, as if there is something I want to reach out and grab but can't."

Listening to Miss Liu's words, Chen Fei echoed softly: "Protection is indeed needed while progressing."

...

After a night, time came to the next morning.

When the latest media reports came out, various mixed voices such as contempt, disdain, ridicule, and praise filled the Internet, making it dizzying.

"Yesterday, in order to seek support from the theater chain for scheduling, Fang Li, the producer of the movie "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", knelt in front of the camera during the live broadcast and begged for scheduling!"

"According to the latest news, Pan Asia Cinema has officially increased the scheduling of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", and the average scheduling rate of its cinemas is as high as 10%, which can ensure that there are screenings in every time period." "Unfortunately, in addition to Pan Asia Cinema, China Film, Anle, Huayi, Bona, New Film Association, Wanda, UME and other cinemas have given "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" an average scheduling rate of only 1%, or even negligible, and the screenings are mostly concentrated in non-prime time periods..."

When these news were ruthlessly revealed by the media, the many cinema chains that followed Pan Asia Cinema to issue a notice yesterday were immediately slapped in the face.

They clearly vowed to increase the screening of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", but in the end they only gave 1%. This stinginess is really sad.

Many people on the Internet have started to curse:

"I really feel ashamed for you. Is this what you call full support? 1% of the average screening data is also called full support? It really makes me laugh."

"Look at the Pan Asia Cinema Line, and then look at you, it's really good."

"I knew that for the sake of efficiency, how could the cinema line really support it? They are just talking."

"Director Chen is still awesome! He really does what he says. He will increase it if he says he will increase it. This is called keeping his word!"

"I've decided. I will go to the cinema line under Pan Asia to watch movies in the future. Other cinema lines can die!"

To be honest, even Chen Fei himself didn't expect that the cinema lines that issued a statement together would be so "stingy"!

1% of the non-prime time screening... What's the difference between this and no screening?

"Hey, what's wrong with these friendly companies? Didn't they say they would give full support? Why are they only supporting us so little?"

At noon, Huo Qigang called on time, his tone full of ridicule.

Fade Chen curled his lips: "How easy is it to just shout slogans? If we really schedule the screenings, each company will be more distressed than the other."

"Haha." Huo Qigang said cheerfully: "You don't know, netizens are supporting our cinema chain right now, several screenings are full, and the attendance rate of other movies has also increased significantly.

Therefore, by improving the film schedule of "A Hundred Birds Worshiping the Phoenix" this time, not only did we not suffer a loss, we actually made a profit! "

Chen Fei said seriously: "This confirms a truth."

"What?"

"Friends and businessmen are all slanderous!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Huo Qigang was so happy that he almost poked his head in the face.

…

The film industry is very lively here, and the TV drama industry is also not willing to give in.

Since "Undocumented Crime" was launched on Youku on May 1st, although only 2 episodes have been released, its popularity has remained high.

In just those two episodes, the number of views has soared to 400 million, and more than 100,000 people have rated it as high as 8.0 on Douban!

Obviously, this show is a hit, and it’s a huge hit!

Even the male lead Qin Hao and the female lead Deng Jiajia in the play are now being discussed very highly on Weibo.

Especially for the latter, fans almost didn't recognize that Zhu Huiru in "Undocumented Crime" turned out to be the aunt in "Love Apartment"!

It has to be said that the value of Tang's acting rules continues to rise.

In addition, Tang Dynasty's "Legend of Sword and Fairy 5" and Jiaxing's "Dear Translator" have also been very noisy recently.

The two dramas are scheduled to be released on the 23rd and 24th of May respectively, and they look like they are about to compete in the ring.

Although I don't know who will win, now Tang Dynasty and Jiaxing are already at odds with each other, and no one can accept the other.

The navy forces on both sides were very active on the Internet, trying to criticize the superiors and praise the inferiors. It was a wonderful event.

To be honest, Chen Fei is still quite curious about the finished film of "Fairy Sword and Cloud".

At that time, Cai Yinong was scared away by the high price quoted by Dot Eye Digital. Finally, she went to Xiangjiang to find a small special effects company. She didn't know how the film would turn out?

…

One day later, on May 11, the 69th Cannes International Film Festival officially kicked off.

However, because there are no Chinese-language films shortlisted in Cannes this year, netizens are not paying much attention to this year's Cannes International Film Festival.

In comparison, what everyone wants to see more is the latest box office data of "A Hundred Birds at the Phoenix".

Due to the high-ranking films of Pan-Asian Cinemas and the strong support of many netizens, the new daily box office of "Hundred Birds at the Phoenix", which originally dropped to 410,000, has soared to 10.69 million in its latest box office!

This wave of box office rebound has directly confused several other theater chains.

If they had known that this movie still had such great potential, why would they have forced it to be released, causing netizens to scold it with their foreheads in anger?

Now it's a good thing, all the credit goes to Pan-Asia Cinemas, and they all become clowns.

"La Dong, look at this..."

The secretary stood in front of his desk awkwardly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

China Film has lost a lot of face this time. After all, as the leading state-owned enterprise, they should have played a good leading role.

But I never expected that they would actually take the lead in "searching".

Many leaders in the bureau expressed their dissatisfaction and made La Sheikang feel embarrassed.

"Let's schedule more movies, and let's mention 10%." La Qikang ordered helplessly, and finally reminded: "Don't affect "Xuan Zang of the Tang Dynasty" and "Captain America 3", and other Chinese films can be added appropriately. The film arrangement was compressed and supplied to "Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix."

"Okay, La Dong."

The secretary responded, but he couldn't help but murmur in his heart: "If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place? It's better now, I can't get a good deal even if I try hard..."

La Qikang buried his head and didn't know what he was thinking. He could vaguely see his face was slightly red.

When he went to the headquarters this morning, he heard a lot of weird sounds, so much so that he was feeling very upset now.

"How come this Pan-Asian cinema chain is unique to you? You really stand out..."

~

At first, many people, including Chen Fei, thought that this year's Cannes International Film Festival should have nothing to do with the Chinese film industry. After all, no Chinese films were shortlisted.

But what most people didn’t expect was that at the opening ceremony of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, domestic entertainment stole the show!

A large group of second- and third-tier actresses actually went to Cannes and happily attended the red carpet.

"You don't know that the price of this year's Cannes red carpet tickets has reached 100,000 euros, but the supply is still in short supply.

The group of female celebrities from China seemed to be going crazy. They just stayed on the red carpet and refused to leave. Even the security guards couldn't pull them away.

Those who fell, those who fainted, those whose skirts were trampled off, they all made a fool of themselves, I even blushed when I saw them..."

Listening to Ning Hao's words on the other end of the phone, Chen Fei's mouth twitched.

Although he was not at the scene, he could still imagine how awkward and embarrassing the situation was.

"Didn't you join in the fun?"

"The organizer invited me, but I didn't go. I couldn't afford to embarrass that person." As he spoke, Ning Hao suddenly changed the subject: "I plan to go back after the pre-publicity of "Kunlun Temple" is over. I have a feeling that something will happen at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, but don’t involve me in it.”

Chen Fei nodded: "Okay, you can make arrangements yourself."

"Wait a minute, don't hang up yet, there's one more thing!" Ning Hao asked, "When will my film "Kunlun Palace" be released? Will it be during the National Day? Or during the Lunar New Year? Or during the Spring Festival next year?"

"Wait a minute, I have to communicate with the Navy to see when "Operation Red Sea" will be released. These two films must be separated. If they collide, both will suffer."

"Okay, remember to notify me when it's confirmed, and I'll arrange the subsequent publicity and promotion plan."

"Okay."

"And the "Young Director Commercial Film Plan" you mentioned before, have you made any progress?"

"The plan is almost done, and it will be released in June at the latest, don't worry!"

"How can I not be anxious! I will have no work to do after returning from Cannes! I can't stay at home for a long time, or the tigress will eat me alive!"

After hearing this reason, Chen Fei was speechless.

"Director Ning, why don't you go buy some wolfberries, deer antlers, etc., and find a good Chinese medicine doctor to treat it?"

"Okay, okay, I'm busy and don't have time to chat with you, that's it!"

Ning Hao hung up the phone unhappily.

He also wanted to take good care of himself, but how could his body, which was about to turn 40, withstand such hard work every day and night?

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