Chapter 912: $11 Billion in Debt?! Rage on the Set! Zhao Yanzi's Outrageous Behavior

Chapter 912 Debt of 11 billion US dollars? ! The studio was furious! Zhao Yanzi's trick...

It was not until noon on the 25th that Chen Fei finally checked the box office results of "Independence Day 2: Resurgence".

The first-day box office results in China were 71.45 million RMB, while the first-day box office results in North America were 16.822 million US dollars.

Compared with the production cost of 166 million US dollars paid by 20th Century Fox, the current first-day box office results are obviously unqualified.

Because if you want to recover the cost, then the global box office results of this movie cannot be less than 498 million US dollars.

And this is just a condition for recovering the cost. If you want to make money, then the box office results cannot be less than 500 million US dollars.

However, there are 4,130 theaters in North America, but they only got a first-day box office result of 16.822 million US dollars. This is undoubtedly a terrible bad news!

"I read the reviews of this movie, and they are not very good, including the opening score of lMDb, which is also lower than the average."

Listening to Natasha's words, Chen Fei took out his mobile phone and opened a movie review website.

Influenced by the great success of "Independence Day 1", there are still many die-hard fans who choose to watch the second part.

However, unfortunately, this sequel does not seem to meet everyone's expectations.

"First of all, I must admit that Roland Emmerich has once again confirmed the title of "disaster master". The size of the alien spacecraft and the catastrophic destruction scene have once again exceeded the audience's imagination after "2012"; however, "Independence Day 2" is too exaggerated as a sequel!"

"Although the film is trying hard to create a global pattern, it is messed up because of the scattered relationships between the characters. It is difficult to find the kind of inspiring speech of the US President in the first film."

"I personally feel that every character in the sequel is not based on the previous one. Without further solid construction, Will Smith's departure seems to have completely broken the inherent focus of the film. The new generation of routines is highly homogenized, and the portrayal is extremely thin and perfunctory. "

"Damn critics, don't tell me that special effects movies are just for fun. Doesn't "Independence Day 1" also take both into account? It's not just the special effects that make it famous in film history. "

"Although the scenes in the sequel are upgraded, the overly hasty advancement makes it difficult to reproduce the strong sense of oppression and crisis. I'm really disappointed. "

With the emergence of negative reviews, the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes have also come out.

The freshness of this "Independence Day 2: Resurgence" is only 35%, which is obviously lower than the audience's expectations, which makes many fans very disappointed.

After closing the website, Chen Fei was silent for a moment, and quickly came to a conclusion: "There is an 80% chance that this sequel will fail!"

Natasha's eyes lit up when she heard this: "It is very likely that 20th Century Fox will take on new debts because of this movie?"

"They have a lot of debts now?" Chen Fei asked with a little surprise.

"According to public information, the current net debt of 20th Century Fox is as high as 11 billion US dollars."

"So much? What are they doing?"

You know, among the information collected by Chen Fei, 20th Century Fox has countless profitable film and television copyrights.

"The Simpsons", "X-Men", "Home Alone", "Cast Away", "Night at the Museum"... These are all independently produced by it.

Even "Avatar" and "Titanic" have some copyrights of 20th Century Fox.

In addition, they also have Blue Sky Studios, which produces 3D animated feature films, and Fox Searchlight Pictures, which distributes independent films.

So far, the three films produced by Blue Sky Studios, "Ice Age", "Robots" and "Ice Age 2", have been very successful, almost able to compete with the two animation giants Pixar and DreamWorks Animation.

With the support of so many profitable film and television copyrights, even if 20th Century Fox enters the retirement state from now on, it can ensure the normal operation of the company.

But the current situation is that they are actually carrying 11 billion US dollars in debt!

What the hell is this horse doing?

Natasha shrugged helplessly and explained: "Murdoch has made many investment attempts in the past few years, but without exception, all of them have failed.

He is too old and has long been out of date. If things continue like this, 20th Century Fox will go bankrupt."

"So we have to help him!" Chen Fei made up his mind: "You can try to communicate with him and say that we are willing to take over all their debts. Try to approach from this angle and see if we can buy back the entire company's business in a package."

Natasha nodded and said: "Okay, I can try."

...

The first three days of the weekend passed in a flash.

As Chen Fei expected, the box office performance of "Independence Day 2: Resurgence" in North America did not rise, but fell from 16.82 million US dollars to 10.1 million US dollars.

The total box office in North America for the first three days of the weekend was 41.03 million US dollars, while the domestic box office for the first three days of the weekend was 234 million RMB, which is approximately equivalent to 39 million US dollars.

You know, a movie has the highest box office performance in the first three days of its release!

This is almost true for both domestic films and Hollywood imported films.

Just like "Captain America 3", more than half of the investment cost was recovered three days before its release.

And this "Independence Day 2: Resurgence" is obviously a bit stretched, and it is far from recouping the cost!

Chen Fei has been paying attention to the news of Twentieth Century Fox, so he can clearly sense that there has been a lot of chaos within the company recently.

Natasha had already taken action.

Walton Pictures has even formed a professional acquisition and negotiation team, which will focus on 20th Century Fox until it succeeds.

At this time, in the mainland, Yang Ying's mood was extremely different.

The achievement of 234 million seems impressive, but it is not.

After all, this is an imported Hollywood blockbuster, and the current results are far lower than her expectations!

Prior to this, she had promised the media that she would continue to play an important role in "Independence Day 3".

But based on the current situation, "Independence Day 3" may be stillborn.

Even if there is enough suspense at the end of "Independence Day 2", if the box office results are not up to par, then all the suspense will be in vain and completely shattered!

When she thought of this, she became very impatient.

The opportunity that I finally fought for to set foot in Hollywood was ruined just like that. Isn't it too bad for me?

However, at this moment, something bad happened again.

A producer from the crew of "Lonely Beauty Don't Admire Yourself" knocked on the door of Yang Ying's lounge and said that the props for the next scene were ready and hoped that she could go to the set to shoot the next scene.

Full of dissatisfaction, Yang Ying arrived at the set with the help of her assistant.

However, when she looked at the execution site, shackles, shackles, executioners and other props and actors in front of her, she suddenly became furious:

"You actually want me to wear these things to film the scene of being beheaded? What on earth do you think? Is my head burned to death? What is my identity? Can I act in person?"

At this moment, the entire crew was filled with Yang Ying's angry roar.

Director Ju Jueliang and actors including Zhong Hanliang, Gan Tingting, Sun Yizhou, Yu Bo, and Medina who were preparing for filming were even more confused by her.

Everyone didn't react. Why did Yang Ying suddenly lose his temper?

It was just a beheading scene, and it wasn't really about beheading her. Was the reaction necessary to be so intense?

Before anyone could react, Yang Ying had already left the scene angrily, clutching her stomach.

Seeing this, Ju Jueliang's expression changed, and he was about to curse, but when the words reached his lips, he forcefully swallowed them down.

If he was just facing Yang Ying, he would naturally not give him face. A model-turned-actress, how could she have the right to get angry in front of him?

But he had to give Yang Ying's husband Huang Xiaoming face, and he didn't dare not give it!

Therefore, he could only choose to endure it, and at the same time looked at the producer Zhao Jianling on the side, his face full of helplessness and speechlessness.

"Alas!" Zhao Jianling sighed, recalling what the company boss had said to him before, and had no choice but to suppress his anger: "Let's find a substitute."

Ju Jueliang frowned slightly: "But this shot requires the face to be shown. The lines can be dubbed in post-production. Could it be that the face can't be dubbed in post-production as well?"

Zhao Jianling didn't say a word, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

"Come on, come on! Stand-in! Come on, everyone, get ready to start filming!"

Ju Jueliang finally chose to accept it. After all, he was just a director, a director who only took money to do things.

…

On the morning of the 29th, after arriving at the company early in the morning, Chen Fei immediately arranged for someone to send the finished film "La La Land" to the Venice International Film Festival.

After everything was arranged, he went to the post-production department of "Ready Player One" and paid attention to the production progress here.

After confirming that the post-production went very smoothly, he immediately arranged for his assistant to buy him a ticket to return to China the day after tomorrow.

It has been a month since I came out, and the feeling of homesickness is already beginning to spread.

Shui Lingling's girlfriend is still at home, and just relying on WeChat videos every day is no longer enough to relieve the pain of missing each other.

After arranging the next work, he returned to his office and began to deal with the accumulated documents.

He was busy until noon. After processing all the documents and emails, Chen Fei was ready to return to the villa.

After struggling for nearly a month, he finally got all the work done. Now he was going home to have a good rest and pack his luggage for his return home.

Driving back to Beverly Hills, as usual, he opened Weibo first to see if there were any fresh melons to eat.

However, it was better not to look at it. After looking at it, he suddenly discovered that the Internet had already exploded!

Yesterday afternoon, Zhao Yanzi's second directorial masterpiece "No Other Love" was officially announced to be completed.

To celebrate, the script held a grand finalization ceremony, and various press releases unsurprisingly ignited the enthusiasm and attention of netizens.

Zhao Yanzi herself was even more excited to share the joy of finishing the film through social media. She uploaded a group photo of all the crew members, as well as a warm personal photo of the leading actors and herself. Each photo was filled with a full sense of accomplishment and joy. .

However, this joy did not last long, because as some netizens delved deeper, doubts suddenly began to quietly spread on the Internet!

However, the entertainment industry was quite quiet, and no one came out to respond or comment on the matter.

Everyone seems to be holding the attitude that doing more is worse than doing less.

It is actually normal for this situation to occur. After all, Zhao Yanzi is the second shareholder of Alibaba Pictures and can be regarded as the top capital in the industry.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, no one wants to offend this upstart in the entertainment industry.

Faced with a big capital like Alibaba Pictures, let alone actors and directors, even companies like Huayi and Enlight, which are also capitals, don't want to touch each other's bad luck.

Seeing the overwhelming criticism from netizens on the Internet, Chen Fei thought for a moment and did not immediately express any support.

He was prepared to let the bullet fly for a while.

If the crew and Zhao Yanzi choose to apologize and say they will make corrections, then everything will naturally be fine.

But it would be a shame if they chose another approach.

Others in the industry may be afraid of Alibaba Pictures and dare not come forward, but Chen Fei is not afraid!

The word "coward" has been completely alienated from him since he founded Feiyue Film and Television.

…

After briefly washing and tidying up, Chen Fei returned to the bedroom, ready to take a nice nap first.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the mediation room of the Los Angeles court was so tense that it was almost suffocating!

The feud between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard is like an unquenchable flame burning between the two.

Faced with the sky-high compensation of "100 million US dollars" proposed by his former lover, Depp's eyes were full of anger and confusion. He couldn't understand why Amber would accuse him so firmly?

After all, he couldn't help but asked: "Amber, why are you doing this to me? We once loved each other so much, why are you framing me like this now?"

Amber, who was sitting opposite, had a faint smile on her face, which contained both mockery and pride.

She raised her chin slightly, with a hint of disdain in her voice: "Johnny, you know what you have done. I just want justice and a life of my own."

Depp's anger grew even stronger after hearing this. He could hardly control himself and wanted to rush up to argue with Amber!

But at this moment, his lawyer caught him in time and persuaded him in a low voice: "Depp, calm down! This is the court, not your private domain. We can't lose our minds here. Are you going to do it completely?" Is this true domestic violence?”

Depp took a deep breath after hearing this and tried to calm down his emotions.

He looked at Amber, with a complicated look in his eyes: "Amber, I hope you can understand that I still love you, and we shouldn't have reached this point."

Amber smiled slightly, as if she didn't care about Depp's words.

She turned to look at her lawyer and gave him a look.

After receiving the signal, the lawyer immediately said solemnly: "Mr. Johnny, since you don't agree to the compensation of 100 million US dollars, then we can only meet in court. I hope you will take care of yourself."

After that, the lawyer and Amber Heard stood up and left the mediation room.

At this point, the first mediation between the two parties officially declared failure. Depp sat on the sofa in a daze, staring at Amber's retreating back.

The grievances between the two parties have gone beyond the scope of mediation and can only be left to the law to decide.

Depp's lawyer came over and whispered to him: "Johnny, we are going to prepare to deal with Amber's claims and lawsuits. This is a tough battle. We need to be fully prepared. You must Cheer up! Don’t give the other side an opportunity!”

Depp did not respond. He was very agitated now and just wanted to suck something to suppress the restlessness in his heart.

However, at this moment, the agent reminded him: "Depp, Disney has sent a notice asking you to solve this problem as soon as possible and then join the filming. "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" cannot do without you. ”

One incident after another is weighing on his head, making Depp miserable!

"I want to go home! I want to go home now!"

He shouted manically, almost unable to suppress the gushing addiction.

This scene made the mediation judge who was in the mediation room frown secretly.

For such a guy who can't control his emotions and may riot at any time, it's really unbelievable to say that he won't do domestic violence!

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