Chapter 906: Do Something Bold! For Example, in the Elevator

Chapter 906: Do something bold! For example, in the elevator...

Early in the morning of the 2nd, Chen Fei took the negatives of "La La Land" and boarded a plane to Los Angeles.

At the same time, the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2" who was training in South Africa also sent back the latest developments.

"The military-themed film "Wolf Warrior 2", jointly produced by Feiyue Film and Television, Guangguang, Shanghai Film, Wanda, Bayi and other companies, and starring Wu Jing, Frank Grillo, Liu Yan, Wu Gang, Yu Nan, Yu Qian and others, officially started shooting this morning."

"At the press conference, director Wang Shiliang revealed that the film's production cost was as high as 200 million yuan, and the expected box office was at least 600 million yuan, and even chasing 1 billion box office!"

"As a military-themed sequel film, "Wolf Warrior 2" may be related to the main theme, but since there are few such works in the film and television industry, industry experts are not optimistic about the film's box office performance. It is fortunate to be able to make a profit..."

Chen Fei saw the news of the start of "Wolf Warrior 2" on the plane, and also saw the confident analysis of those experts and experts.

At this moment, he suddenly became curious.

I don't know what expressions and attitudes those experts and experts who are not optimistic about the box office performance of the film will have when "Wolf Warrior 2" is officially released?

In addition to the news about "Wolf Warrior 2", a guest list from the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival was also exposed online.

Looking around, it is really a star-studded list!

The director lineup includes Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Jiang Wen, Li An, Johnnie To and other big directors from the mainland, Hong Kong Island and Taiwan.

And in the list of actors, four actresses, two Bing, one Shu and one Tang are indispensable, including those second-generation and third-generation actresses, who are also on the list.

The male stars are also not far behind, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Chen Long, Li Lianjie, Chow Yun-fat and all of them will appear at this Shanghai International Film Festival.

Looking around, there are quite a few Hong Kong films to be released in the second half of the year, no wonder these Hong Kong artists have been so noisy recently.

When the plane landed, it was already nightfall in Los Angeles.

The secretary and assistant in North America who was responsible for picking up Chen Fei.

It was still a long way to get back to Beverly Hills from the airport, so after getting in the car, Chen Fei began to exploit the "workers".

While waiting for the red light, he took the initiative to ask about the situation of "Captain America 3" in North America.

This movie is the company's flagship work this year, and both Chen Fei and Natasha attach great importance to it.

The secretary had done her homework before coming, and while concentrating on driving, she answered: "At present, the box office performance of "Captain America 3" in North America is 430 million US dollars, and the global total box office performance has exceeded 1 billion US dollars.

So far, the box office of this film is the highest in North America and even in the world this year, far exceeding our opponent "Superman vs. Batman."

She added: "Although it has been a month since the release, so far, the daily box office performance of "Captain America 3" is still stable in the top three, even though its new box office is actually only more than 1 million US dollars."

After listening, Chen Fei nodded with satisfaction.

"So, are there any big-budget movies in North America in the next month?"

"Yes!" The secretary answered like a treasure: "Tomorrow, Paramount Pictures' "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" will be the first to debut, and there will also be a love movie "Me Before You" co-produced by New Line and MGM.

And the next weekend, Annapurna Pictures' "Ben-Hur" starring Johnny Depp will be online.

As for the third weekend, it will be Disney's "Finding Dory" and "The Man from Nowhere" produced by Warner and Universal.

And the last weekend may be the time when "Independence Day: Resurgence" and "The Shallows" compete for supremacy..."

The names of movies echoed in Chen Fei's ears one after another, but at this moment, the one that attracted his attention the most was "Ben-Hur" produced by Annapurna Pictures!

Thinking of this movie, Chen Fei couldn't help but recall the various interesting things that happened during the filming of "Ready Player One".

Johnny Depp is such a jerk. He messes up his own crew and then messes up other crews, and often messes up the entire studio.

And his wife actually peed and defecated everywhere in the studio!

This family is so fucking perverted!

Chen Fei is now inexplicably looking forward to what kind of state the movie starring Depp, a pervert, alcoholic, and drug addict, will present?

"By the way, when is the premiere of Ben-Hur?"

"It was held at the Hollywood Highland Center last night."

"Oh? Already held?"

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, took out his mobile phone, and started to check the news.

It's a bit regrettable that Annapurna Pictures should have learned from the previous lesson, so this time the public relations were done very well, and there were no real reviews on the Internet.

Looking around, most of the praises that appeared in front of the public were all kinds of very exaggerated praises, as if Depp had made this movie a flower.

Chen Fei curled his lips and muttered: "Oh, I must go and see it after the movie is released to see whether it is a real flower or a fake one!"

……

At this time, in the president's office of Annapurna Pictures.

As Megan Ellison expected, after receiving the brand new check, Amber Heard immediately vowed that she would persuade Depp to work hard to promote "Ben-Hur".

"Depp's favorite person is me. He listens to me very much. As long as I act coquettishly or take the initiative in bed, he will definitely do it obediently."

"That's good, ma'am. If you can complete this job successfully, then I will give you a higher price check."

"Ms. Ellison, I will complete it successfully."

After putting away the check, Amber Heard left the office happily.

As soon as the door closed, the smile on her face became even bigger!

"Sure enough, she is a rich second-generation with a lot of money. It's so easy to make money from her."

While thinking about how to continue to coax Megan Ellison in the future, Amber Heard took out her mobile phone and sent a text message to Musk, the rich man she just met.

In her opinion, she would divorce Depp sooner or later.

Well, how could she continue to enjoy her current comfortable life after the divorce?

And she couldn't think of any better way except to find another next partner.

Although Megan Ellison promised her that she would use her as the heroine of the movie in the future and let her become a top actress like Scarlett Johansson.

But she was not really interested in filming.

Obviously, she only needed to lie on the bed and say a few words to coax a man to earn a lot of money, so why should she suffer?

So, she had made a decision.

Find a suitable opportunity to divorce Depp first, then make some money from Megan Ellison, and finally lie in Musk's arms...

Just thinking about this plan, she was inexplicably excited.

And when she was excited, she wanted to do something bold!

After looking around and making sure there were no cameras in the elevator, she smiled, pulled up her skirt, took off her leggings, and then slowly squatted down...

Half an hour later, when Megan Ellison, who was about to go home, walked out of the office, opened the elevator, and saw that indescribable thing, she collapsed instantly!

"Ah! Security! Where is the security? Why let the homeless into the company? Sanitary worker! Quickly clean up this dirty thing for me and disinfect it! Disinfect the company tonight!!!!"

That night, Annapurna Pictures was brightly lit, and more than a dozen security guards holding batons drove all the homeless people near the company to another block.

Megan Ellison didn't even take the elevator when she went downstairs, but went down the stairs directly.

...

The next morning, when Chen Fei came to the company, he first took a look at the post-production progress of "Ready Player One".

The last time he came to the company was a few months ago. At that time, with his personal help, the post-production progress of the movie had been advanced to 2/5.

This time, as the months passed, the post-production progress has already reached 4/5!

"Boss, in another two months, our movie post-production will be almost done."

Chen Fei reached out and patted the person in charge on the shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work. There is a party in the company tonight, everyone can go and relax."

For a moment, the entire post-production department cheered again!

Then, Chen Fei left "Ready Player One" and started to work on the post-production of "La La Land".

It was not until after 8 o'clock in the evening, when Natasha called to inform him that the party had started, that he finally put down his work.

The relaxation time was over, and it was already past 12 o'clock in the evening.

The driver drove the Rolls-Royce on the way to Beverly Hills. Chen Fei sat in the back seat and looked through a notice from China Film:

"The action-themed, China-Hong Kong-Japan co-production "The Hunt" co-produced by China Film, Universal Pictures, and the island country investor, directed by Wu Yu, and starring Zhang Hanyu, Fukuyama Masaharu, Qi Wei, Takenaka Naoto, Saito Takumi, Okamoto Tao, etc., officially started shooting in Osaka today."

"It is reported that the investment cost of the film is as high as 200 million yuan. Director Wu Yu will once again be involved in the action blockbuster he is good at. Please look forward to it."

"La Peikang, chairman of China Film, said in an interview that the main reason for choosing to continue investing in Wu Yu is to support co-production projects and promote Sino-Japanese friendship..."

After sneering a few times, Chen Fei casually exited the Weibo interface and completely put "The Hunt" behind his mind.

"Even the words like Sino-Japanese friendship have come up? Tsk tsk, they are really working hard for political achievements!"

...

For several days, Chen Fei was busy with the post-production work of "La La Land", and he also did not forget to pay attention to the box office performance of those big-budget movies at home and abroad.

The release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" and "Me Before You" instantly increased the pressure on "Captain America 3".

However, the box office potential of these two movies is not very good. After three days of the first weekend, it was only maintained at around 30 million US dollars, which is not even as good as the performance of "Captain America 3" on the first day of its release.

Unlike Hollywood's "indefinite release", the keys in the mainland are mostly one month.

For a film project like "Captain America 3" that is not a Sino-foreign co-production, it is absolutely impossible to get a box office extension.

So on the 6th, it finally ended with a box office performance of 1.317 billion.

However, even if this Hollywood imported blockbuster has withdrawn from the mainland market, those Chinese-language films are still half-dead, and there is no sign of rising at all.

If nothing unexpected happens, the June period will continue to be cold.

I am afraid that it will gradually become lively after the summer vacation officially kicks off.

…

After the Dragon Boat Festival in China, the second weekend of June officially arrived.

Because of the time difference, Friday in China actually arrives earlier than Friday in foreign countries.

So, on Thursday morning in North America, Chen Fei watched the live broadcast of the 22nd Magnolia Award ceremony in China this year.

As one of the three major TV awards in China, the Magnolia Award is on par with the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award.

However, as a government award, the Feitian Award pays more attention to the theme and values ​​of the TV series, while the Golden Eagle Award adopts a combination of expert review and audience voting, which represents more of the audience's opinions.

As for the Magnolia Award, it is an international award, and most of the judges come from all over the world, which seems to be more "fair and just" than the previous two.

The shortlists for the four major categories of the Magnolia Awards were announced on May 19.

As the highest-rated TV series last year, Nirvana in Fire was nominated for seven awards, including Best Chinese TV Series, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

The final result was as expected by Chen Fei. Hu Ge, the lead actor of Nirvana in Fire, won the Magnolia Best Actor Award.

As for Best Actress, Zhou Xun won it with his wonderful performance in Red Sorghum, successfully defeating Sun Li, the heroine of Legend of Miyue, who had been highly praised before.

In fact, the award ceremony was barely reasonable at this point.

Although Li Xuejian's Zhang Zuolin lost to Hu Ge, the main reason was that the former did not engage in marketing. In addition, Li Xuejian and Magnolia had a lot of "grudges" before, so naturally he would not be biased towards him as an "outsider".

Although many people in the industry were somewhat dissatisfied with this, everyone knew the reason, so they did not deliberately speak out to judge.

When it came to the awarding of the last grand prize, the result was really unexpected!

What no one expected was that the "Legend of Miyue", which had been ridiculed since its premiere, and whose costumes, lines, and acting were all a mess, actually won the Best TV Series Award!

As soon as the result came out, Chen Fei saw a lot of abuse on the live broadcast barrage.

"Fuck me? That's not how you divide the cake? How dare you win the Best TV Series Award for "Legend of Miyue"?"

"Haha, I knew it would be like this. "Young Marshal" only got a bunch of nominations in the end, and didn't win any real awards."

"I thought "Young Marshal" could win the Best TV Series Award, but now it seems it was too hasty!"

"Okay, turn off the broadcast and play games. Don't watch the Magnolia Awards anymore. Is it fair and just? Haha, I really laughed."

"I really want to curse, but it's not worth it. Isn't this kind of thing rare?"

After watching the barrage for a while, Chen Fei stood up, silently turned off the live broadcast on his mobile phone, turned off the computer, and walked out of the office.

No matter what the final result is, the award has been given out anyway, and time cannot be reversed.

What else can ordinary audiences do except choose to accept it?

However, as one of the giants in the industry, Chen Fei will naturally not be indifferent.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, it's almost done. Don't you just want fairness and justice? Then let me create it for you!"

...

After a night, it was officially Friday in North America.

Compared to Megan Ellison's stingy attitude towards Walton Pictures, Chen Fei and Natasha are definitely generous and magnanimous people.

On the day when "Ben-Hur" was released in North America, the two even gave up their lunch break and bought two movie tickets to the theater to show their support.

In order to prevent being recognized, Chen Fei wore a baseball cap and a mask when he came out of the company.

After successfully checking the tickets and entering the theater, the two of them looked at a large poster from "Ben-Hur" arranged in the center of the theater.

Depp held the reins of the war horse in his hand, his mouth wide open, as if he was galloping in the arena, and there were many followers behind him, looking very fierce!

However, for some reason, Chen Fei always felt that Depp's facial expression was a little strange, like the ancient Roman version of Captain Sparrow.

Natasha had a very bad impression of Depp, and immediately complained: "No matter who this guy plays, he seems to be playing Captain Sparrow, which is very distracting. Anyway, I don't think he can play such a decent role."

Chen Fei smiled softly and said, "We will be able to verify it soon."

As they talked, they walked into the theater.

Looking around, the theater that can accommodate more than 200 people was very empty.

"Where are Depp's fans?" Chen Fei asked in a low voice while sitting in the front row.

According to the announcement released by Annapurna Pictures, "Ben-Hur" opened in 3,095 theaters on the first day of its release in North America!

Such a high number of theaters, but there were very few viewers, which was obviously wrong.

"After the premiere of "Ben-Hur", although there were many film critics in the media who praised this movie online, fans were a little worried about this movie because of the huge failure of the previous "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" The movie will be like the previous "King Arthur", which is also a big bad movie."

"So?" Chen Fei asked.

"I have seen many people discussing that they should wait for the film's first-day box office and real reviews before deciding whether to support it."

Saying that, Natasha shrugged again: "In comparison, movie fans still believe more in movies produced by large film and television companies. For example, the attendance rate of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2" today is quite high."

Chen Fei nodded knowingly and pointed at the screen: "Okay, let's watch the movie. I hope this movie can make me 'satisfied'."

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