Chapter 911: Depp's Anger! How Could My Dog ​​Poop so Big?

Chen Fei didn't pay too much attention to this year's 19th Shanghai Magic City International Film Festival, because in his opinion, that place was used to promote major upcoming movies.

As for the value of the film festival's awards, they may seem quite high-end to others, but he doesn't look down on them at all.

However, when he was watching the news the next morning, he still saw the final award results.

The Golden Goblet Award for Best Film was taken away by the literary film "Delan" directed by Liu Jie. Italian director Vito Palmier won the Jury Prize for his film debut "See You in Texas", and Finnish director Anti Jorkinen won the Jury Prize for his film debut "See You in Texas". The movie "Flower of Evil" won the best director, while Japanese actress Naomi Fujiyama, the heroine of "Danchi", won the best actress award...

It can be seen from the results of these awards that the Magic City International Film Festival is still such a piss-poor, and the effect of worshiping foreigners and foreigners is directly full.

However, Su Guohai's sudden call revealed to him a lot of inside information about what happened during the film festival, and also allowed him to eat a lot of "melons" of different flavors.

"Jiang Wen's third film in the 'Beiyang Trilogy', 'The Evil One', once again found the Emperor as its investor. I heard that Director Yang gave him two direct offers with a wave of his hand. 100 million!"

"How much? Two hundred million?"

Listening to this number, Chen Fei was immediately shocked.

"Yes, with a total of 200 million, the Emperor became the largest investor in "The Righteous One"."

Speaking of this, Su Guohai couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I have to say that Director Yang really appreciates Director Jiang. I'm afraid his own son doesn't have the same treatment."

"Jiang Wen is a little bit petty this time, and I'm afraid he will be even more determined in the future."

After chatting for a while about the inside story of "The Righteous One", Su Guohai changed the subject and suddenly turned the topic to LeTV:

"I heard from a friend from a state-owned enterprise that there seems to be a problem at LeTV. Many departments are investigating the situation there, and Mr. Jia seems to have not appeared in public for a long time..."

"Jia Yueting?"

"Yes, that's him. The big boss of LeTV, including Zhang Zhao of LeTV Pictures, has not shown up since he left the Shanghai International Film Festival the night before yesterday. He is so mysterious that he doesn't know what he is doing?"

Su Guohai was talking to Chen Fei about this matter as a bystander, but what he didn't know was that Chen Fei's expression on the other end of the phone had become extremely exciting.

As one of the insiders outside the incident, he was quite impressed by Boss Jia's escape.

It's just that as a common man at the beginning, he didn't know the inside story at all, and he was just following the netizens to enjoy the news.

Now, he has some guesses.

For a listed company, once the financial situation is hit by a thunderstorm, it will be a disaster!

It is because of the suffering of those star shareholders that they invested a large amount of money in a hurry some time ago. I am afraid it will collapse in the future!

Especially for Zhang Yimou, his losses may be equal to those when he cooperated with Zhang Weiping.

At this moment, Chen Fei secretly muttered in his heart: "The cleverness is mistaken for the cleverness. Isn't this just being cut like a leek?"

At the end of the chat, Su Guohai also mentioned some related matters about Happy Twist.

"The post-production of "Donkey Gets Water" is almost finished. What Happy Twist wants is to release it at the end of the year and get the funds back as soon as possible.

As far as I know, they seem to be preparing a new comedy movie project. The script should be written soon, and it seems to be adapted from the play. "

Chen Fei's heart moved, and after thinking for a moment, he ordered: "You don't need to interfere too much, just follow their ideas and wishes. When the script is written, I will go back and we can discuss it together."

"Well, okay, let me help them choose a suitable schedule first, and try to avoid those blockbusters."

"The period from the end of October to mid-November is quite good." Chen Fei gave his own suggestion.

"good."

Su Guohai responded and immediately ended the call.

…

Today has reached the 50th day of the release of "Captain America 3" in North America.

Because its box office potential was completely exhausted, the film was finally officially released in North America.

When Chen Fei arrived at the company in the morning, he saw banners already hung up in the lobby.

[Warm congratulations to the North American box office of "Captain America 3" which officially exceeded US$450 million! 】

Looking at the banner, Chen Fei turned to look at the assistant who was following him and asked: "Has the global box office of "Captain America 3" exceeded US$1 billion?"

"It's broken." The assistant couldn't hide his excitement: "The current total global box office is 1.247 billion US dollars, ranking first in the global movie box office list in 2016!"

"Notify the finance department and issue bonuses. Everyone's salary at the end of the month will be increased by 20%!"

With a wave of his hand, Chen Fei gave away millions of dollars.

But this is nothing compared to the revenue of "Captain America 3"!

After he arrived at the editing side, he heard bursts of cheers from the company soon.

The 20% bonus amount is a large amount of money for any employee.

For Chen Fei, it is just a matter of his words, but for others, this is an "accelerator" to increase work efficiency!

…

He was busy until noon. When Chen Fei went to the cafeteria to eat, he suddenly discovered a very strange scene.

Many employees looked very relaxed and happy while eating, but when they took out their mobile phones during the meal, their faces became extremely ugly.

Some people even started retching on the spot!

Seeing this scene, Chen Fei couldn't help but be confused: "What is this? Does the food taste wrong?"

"Boss, it's not the food that's wrong, it's the news on your phone..."

The assistant handed his mobile phone to Chen Fei, and while explaining, he suppressed the nausea that went straight to Tianling Gai.

Chen Fei looked down and his face quickly turned blue and white.

He finally understood why this group of people suddenly felt nauseated and retched. It was mainly because Depp actually posted a very "disgusting" piece of information on the Internet.

He posted a photo on his Twitter account.

The background of the photo is a large bed, and in the center of the bed is an indescribable yellow object.

When writing the caption, he said that this was left by Amber Heard, and claimed that the other party was a very disgusting woman, and that the domestic violence incident was actually directed and acted by her!

Chen Fei silently returned the phone to the assistant, turned and left the restaurant.

Don't even think about eating this lunch today. He has no appetite anyway. Only work can make him forget that picture.

However, when the time came at night, Amber's clarification made the matter even more dramatic.

The woman directly posted a clarification video, stating righteously that this was a stupid thing done by Depp's dog and had nothing to do with her.

But soon, Depp personally held his teacup dog and began to live broadcast pooping to prove to the outside world:

"My Yorkie only weighs three pounds and is not even as big as my hand. How could it possibly pull out such a big lump?"

The two started to quarrel with each other on the Internet. Their harsh words were fierce but also had a strong stench, which made netizens shout "unacceptable"!

At the same time, fans from both sides were also yelling at each other.

Depp's fans claim that Amber already has special quirks, while the latter's fans claim that this is entirely Depp's own directing and acting, just to escape charges...

For a time, various public opinions and controversies began again.

It's just that "Ben-Hur" suffered a lot. Because of the influence of Depp as the leading actor, the box office in the second weekend was less than 1.5 million U.S. dollars, not to mention how miserable it was.

So far, this movie has been screened in North American theaters for a total of 10 days, but the total box office has just reached 20.46 million.

Compared with the investment of up to 250 million, it is not too miserable!

Annapurna Pictures is already making arrangements for overseas screenings in order to make as much money as possible.

But in fact, after careful calculation, we can conclude that after the publisher deducts the overseas promotion and distribution expenses and then shares it with the theaters, the money falling into the hands of the producer is estimated to be very little.

At this time, Megan Ellison was receiving staff from the bank in the office.

"Ms. Ellison, according to our loan contract, if you do not perform well, then we have the right to withdraw the loan.

Now, it seems that there is a big problem with the film project you invested in the US$200 million loan from our bank. We are very worried about this, so we have to communicate with you about this issue in advance. "

Megan frowned when she heard this. Although she was very uneasy, she still pretended to be calm: "I will repay your loan on time. Although the current market response of the film is not good, I am confident that I can make up for this gap through other means. "

The staff sighed after hearing this, took out a document from the briefcase, and placed it on Megan Ellison's desk.

"This is a formal loan withdrawal letter. I hope you can seriously consider our position. A loan of US$200 million is not a small amount. If you are unable to repay it on time, it will have a huge impact on both of us."

Looking at the documents on the table, Megan Ellison had mixed feelings in her heart.

She knew that she was currently very strapped for money, but in order to safeguard her dignity and the interests of Annapurna Pictures, she could only bite the bullet and said: "You know, my surname is Ellison, and our family has a good reputation in the industry. credibility and reputation, please believe me, I will try my best to solve this problem.”

The staff looked at her and said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because your surname is Ellison that we will extend the period to the longest instead of taking out the loan immediately. But please remember that time is tight and you must do it as soon as possible." Just find a solution.”

Meghan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "This loan is nothing. I will definitely find a way to pay it back on time. Please rest assured that Annapurna Pictures will get through this difficulty."

After some assurances, the creditor was finally sent away.

The office door closed again, and Megan Ellison stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, watching the bank car slowly drive away.

The sunshine outside the window shone on her face, but it could not dispel the haze in her heart.

At this moment, she had mixed feelings in her heart, because she knew very well that this predicament was far more difficult than she imagined.

The bank's attitude made her feel angry and helpless.

Once, they were scrambling to give her a loan, but now, when she really needed the funds, they were like vampires, trying to squeeze every penny out of her!

Two hundred million US dollars in cash and bank interest is not a small sum for anyone, let alone in her current situation.

After thinking for a moment, Megan Ellison picked up the phone, her fingers lingering hesitantly on the keyboard.

She wanted to ask her father for help. After all, the man who had always protected her from wind and rain had promised her that he would never give up on her.

However, she didn't want to disappoint her father, nor did she want to live under his protection forever.

She took a deep breath and pressed a number, but at the last moment she chose to delete all the numbers.

At this moment, she suddenly began to reflect on her past.

She recalled the glorious moments when Annapurna Pictures was first established. At that time, she was so high-spirited that it felt like the whole world was at her feet.

However, now she is in an unprecedented dilemma!

She suddenly realized that she had to cheer up and could no longer indulge in the glory of the past. Now she had to take action herself and find a solution to the problem.

After thinking for more than half an hour, she picked up the phone again and dialed the number of the manager in charge of distribution:

“‘Ben-Hur’ has been completely destroyed at the North American box office, so now I need it to do well at the global box office.

I heard that the Chinese summer holiday season is currently the best ticket sales channel after Hollywood. Is there any way you can send this movie to the Chinese summer vacation season? "

There was a moment of dead silence on the other end of the phone.

A minute later, the reply came: "Boss, this is no problem. Alibaba Pictures in China is currently looking for partners around the world. With their help, we can definitely get on the summer vacation schedule smoothly."

Megan Ellison knows there's no such thing as a free lunch: "On what terms?"

"They want a bigger cut."

Meghan gritted her teeth and cursed "greedy devil" in her heart, but finally nodded and agreed: "Yes, but I need the best schedule and the hottest publicity."

"I will communicate with them."

"Well, get this done as soon as possible, I need the money back now."

"I understand, I'll go communicate with Alibaba Pictures right now."

…

In the blink of an eye, another four days passed.

The North American theater market has gradually cleared the film schedule of "Ben-Hur" and transferred all of it to "Independence Day 2: Resurgence" produced by 20th Century Fox.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are still exchanging insults online. Both parties are constantly exposing each other's shortcomings in an attempt to gain the initiative in the subsequent judicial decisions.

Chen Fei has almost completed the post-production work of "La La Land" and is now finishing the work.

He plans to mail the finished film to the Venice International Film Festival on the last day of June for them to give it the green light for review.

With his current identity and status, he is definitely qualified.

He just arrived at the company in the morning, and before Chen Fei could warm up his stool, he received a notification from Natasha.

"Annapurna Pictures announced that it has reached a distribution cooperation with a top film and television company in China, and "Ben-Hur" will be screened in China's hottest schedule."

After hearing these words, the name "Wanda" subconsciously popped into Chen Fei's mind.

But soon, when he read the newspaper, he discovered that Megan Ellison had chosen to cooperate with Alibaba Pictures, and the release date of "Ben-Hur" was still July 29!

"Are they out of their minds? Don't they know that "Legend of the Gods" and "Detective Chinatown 2" will be released on July 29?"

However, listening to Chen Fei's words, Natasha asked with some confusion: "I know "Detective Chinatown 2", this movie was filmed in Chinatown in Los Angeles, but what is "Legend of the Gods"? It's amazing ”

"Once these two movies collide, 'Ben-Hur' will definitely die."

Chen Fei directly expressed his conclusion because he didn't know how to explain to Natasha how popular these two movies are currently in China.

Alibaba Pictures also seemed to have been kicked in the head by setting such a schedule.

Isn’t this suicidal?

However, what Chen Fei didn't know was that at Alibaba Pictures, Zhang Hao was describing his ideas and arrangements.

“I know ‘Ben-Hur’ did poorly at the box office in North America and will probably fail miserably in China, but so what?

At least now we've got the buzz going, and with Depp's name, we can market it aggressively.

Taking this opportunity, the stock price will inevitably rise again. After all, those investors will not care so much. They only know that Alibaba Pictures has reached a cooperation with a new Hollywood company.

Even if we lose money in the end, we still make money. As for the rise and fall of Annapurna Pictures, what does it have to do with us? Anyway, this company is already half-dead, so we can just find an excuse to deal with it. Is it possible that Megan Ellison can still come to the country to cause trouble for us?

Even if it is Oracle, we are not afraid because we are backed by Alibaba! "

Once these words were implemented, they were unanimously recognized by all senior executives.

Even thinking about it carefully, many people are inexplicably excited.

Alibaba Pictures can actually cheat foreign film companies, which they never dared to imagine before.

For a time, many people even became more devoted to Ali.

After all, if they weren't backed by such a giant company, how could they dare to act so recklessly?

But at this moment, Zhang Qi reminded again: "This is the plan, just implement it as planned, but don't be too high-profile, after all, the industry has not been very peaceful these days."

As the president of Alibaba Pictures and one of the most trusted people around Ma Yun, Zhang Qi also got a lot of information.

The group of people in the Securities Regulatory Commission are not easy to deal with. If they are targeted by them, even Alibaba Pictures will find it difficult to withstand it.

In his opinion, LeTV.com is probably going to be in big trouble this time!

I just don't know where Mr. Jia has gone. It seems that he has not appeared for a long time. I don't know if he has been controlled or ran away?

……

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