Chapter 920: When People Are United, Even Mount Tai Can Be Moved! When People Are in Disarray, Even a Building Will Collapse!

In a blink of an eye, another weekend has passed quietly.

On Monday, the weather was still very sunny, with no clouds in the sky, the sun hanging high, and the light shining on the earth.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, under the attention of countless netizens, apology statements from Zhao Yanzi, Alibaba Pictures, and the crew of "No Other Love" were issued at the same time.

The media rushed in like wild cats smelling fish and started reporting:

"In response to the recent casting and actor public opinion incident, Zhao XX issued an apology statement, saying that he met the wrong person and was deceived by Dai XX's sweet words. He never thought that he would encounter this incident. The two sides have now completely drawn a line..."

"The crew of the movie "No Other Love" issued an announcement, saying that Dai XX and the Japanese actress would be expelled from the crew and recast, and said that all the problems were caused by Dai XX, and the crew was also kept in the dark and was one of the victims."

"As the main controller of the movie "No Other Love", Alibaba Pictures expressed strong condemnation and said that Dai XX's behavior brought too many unsatisfactory things to the crew. It will unilaterally refuse all subsequent cooperation with him. At the same time, it will take it as a warning and do a good job of background check in future casting..."

Three consecutive announcements, with the deliberate promotion of the media, were not surprisingly on the front page of Weibo.

Chen Fei read these three statements and announcements as soon as he received the news.

After reading it, he just wanted to curse: "It's so disgusting!"

Looking around, I saw that the netizens below had already started cursing, and it was obvious that they were also disgusted.

"Tsk tsk? I have never seen such a shameless person. It was obviously his own fault, how come he became a victim in the blink of an eye?"

"Oh? Wasn't he very stubborn some time ago? Why did he apologize suddenly?"

"Good guy! This blame is really wonderful!"

"Three consecutive notices, there is no sign of admitting mistakes between the lines, all of them are saying that Dai XX is wrong, what about you? You are not wrong at all?"

"Dai XX is so strong, he actually played Zhao Yanzi, the entire crew of "No Other Love", including Alibaba Pictures, with his own strength. Tsk tsk, he is really amazing!"

Netizens are obviously not satisfied with these three "apology statements". All kinds of abuse, ridicule, and ridicule are filled below the notices, which is so dazzling.

This time, the Weibo account that was recently interviewed by various departments did not dare to delete the comments.

As for the three parties involved, they were quite patient. They pretended to be dead after the statement was issued. No matter how much netizens scolded them, they did not say anything. It was obvious that they were prepared to deal with it coldly.

"Ding-ling-ling!"

The sudden ringing of the phone brought Chen Fei back to his thoughts.

After taking a look at the caller ID, he pressed the answer button in surprise: "Hello? Director Tong?"

On the other end of the phone, Tong Gang said concisely: "I'll say hello to you again. Regarding the movie "No Other Love", even if she changes actors to reshoot, the review will not pass her.

Including Zhao Moumou herself, from now on, she is no longer a member of the director circle. As for any project directed by her, the bureau will reject it."

Hearing this, Chen Fei asked with great interest: "Is this also equivalent to an alternative ban?"

"That's right." Tong Gang said bluntly: "It is a great virtue to know one's mistakes and correct them; but if one knows one's mistakes and does not correct them, and ignores warnings, then there is no need for him to exist.

This circle does not lack her!"

"Okay, I understand, I will cooperate."

"Well, that's it. The other responsible companies, China Film, will notify them in place. Your situation is special, so I will notify them personally."

After speaking, Tong Gang hung up the phone directly.

The meaning of his last sentence couldn't be more obvious. After all, he couldn't be unaware of the deteriorating relationship between Chen Fei and China Film.

But Tong Gang's choice was the same as Han Sanping's, turning a blind eye.

As long as the work can be carried out smoothly, leaders usually don't care whether the relationship between the subordinates is good or not.

After all, this is the freedom of Chen Fei and La Peikang, and no one can say it or act as a middleman.

Chairman Lada is so arrogant that he will definitely not bow his head.

And asking Chen Fei to bow his head is even more of a dream!

So even the leaders above can only follow the will of both parties.

...

Time quickly came to noon.

There were many new hot search news on the Internet, which began to suppress the three "apology statements" in the morning.

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, a war and drama film co-produced by Bona and Sony Pictures, co-distributed by Huaying and China Film, and directed by Li An, will be confirmed to compete for the 89th Academy Awards next year."

"Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff, an animation, music, and adventure film produced by Huayi with an investment of up to 60 million US dollars, closed at 25.56 million in the first three days of the weekend. The comprehensive screening schedule of theaters has dropped to 5.7%. Unfortunately, the box office potential of the film is about to be exhausted..."

"Bona announced that the premiere of "Legend of the Gods" will be officially held on the 26th of this month. Welcome filmmakers in the industry to participate and join in the celebration!"

"The debut film "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li" produced by Huayi Brothers and directed by Huayi held a premiere event in Beijing this morning. Ye Ning, the former general manager of Wanda Cinemas and now the general manager of Huayi Cinemas, personally attended. Most of the top executives of Art Entertainment did not show up..."

While eating, Chen Fei watched the news and laughed happily from time to time.

Fatty Yu has been quite active lately, appearing frequently in public.

One "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and one "Legend of the Gods", business + literature and art are going on simultaneously, as if they want to wash away Bona's aggrieved delisting from the US stock market.

Many people in the industry are quite optimistic about him, and believe that this time Bona will be able to return to the "top" with the help of these two movies.

There were so many people praising it, and a group of bricklayers and call beasts licked it so hard that they didn't know if it was because of the money they received!

But Chen Fei just wanted to laugh.

I don’t know if Fatty Yu will cry “Wow” on the spot after the results of these two movies come out.

Compared to Bona's "seemingly lucky" situation, Huayi is much unluckier!

The animated movie "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" with an investment of 60 million US dollars only received more than 20 million at the box office in three days of release. It almost cost you money!

"Dong dong dong!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Chen Fei's eating and eating.

After briefly gathering the somewhat messy table, he shouted: "Come in."

The next second, the office door was pushed open and the secretary walked in.

"Director Chen, the people from Happy Mahua are here and want to report to you on their new movie project."

"Oh? So soon?" Chen Fei raised his eyebrows: "Where will they be now?"

"In the reception room downstairs."

"Okay, you ask them to go to the conference room and wait for me first. I'll wash my hands and go there." As he spoke, Chen Fei stood up, and at the same time he didn't forget to give instructions: "By the way, call the assistant and ask me to clear the table." one time."

"Okay, Director Chen."

The secretary responded, turned around and left the office quickly.

Chen Fei rinsed his mouth briefly, picked up his suit, and went straight to the conference room.

Although his lunch break was ruined by the arrival of Happy Mahua, he didn't mind.

Because he is still quite curious, and he doesn’t know what kind of surprise Happy Twist will bring him this time?

At the same time, a group of senior executives were also having a meeting in Huayi's conference room.

However, there was something wrong with the atmosphere of this meeting.

On the projection screen on the rostrum, various data and report PPTs are constantly scrolling, showing the progress and existing problems of the "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" project.

Wang Zhonglei stood on the podium with a serious and dignified expression.

As the direct person in charge of the "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" project, he understands that the failure of this project has nothing to do with him.

But as the boss, how could he take all the responsibility on himself?

Therefore, he cleared his throat, began to express his opinions loudly, and shamelessly carried out the blame-shifting operation:

"I think there are serious problems with our distribution strategy this time, especially the choice of the film's release schedule, which is simply a huge disaster..."

As he spoke, a bit of anger suddenly emerged in his words:

"You can take a look. There are more than 60 movies released at the same time in the summer vacation in July. The competition is so fierce!

And our "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" has to compete with imported Hollywood blockbusters such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Out of the Shadows". Whether it is word-of-mouth or the appeal of the IP, we have no obvious advantage, so why do we still insist on being in the market? When will it be released? "

Hearing these words, Ye Ning, who had just returned from the premiere of "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li", couldn't help but roll his eyes.

As we all know, the selection of a movie's schedule is subject to many discussions and trade-offs.

If something goes wrong now, how can we simply blame it on a certain person or department? Isn't this a joke? Isn't the blame-shifting behavior too obvious?

However, Wang Zhonglei did not care about the reaction of everyone in the audience, but continued to speak impassionedly:

“In addition to the issue of schedule selection, the second issue is publicity, which is also a huge problem!

You know, our film uses a combination of large-scale production + Chinese IP, coupled with Hollywood's top production team, which undoubtedly makes the film a very international animation work.

But why is it that even with such a strong production lineup, the movie's performance in the market is not as popular as expected?

I think the key to the problem lies in the mistakes in the publicity strategy!

In my opinion, the publicity and distribution department should focus on the "parent-child" type of promotion and use this word-of-mouth advantage to attract audiences. However, they mistakenly chose the "family fun" type of promotional selling point in an attempt to Capture the attention of a broad audience.

Such behavior is undoubtedly wrong, and this has also led to the fact that although we have invested a lot of resources and energy, the results are not ideal. Even for the majority of audiences, "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" is still a relatively unfamiliar film. The appeal of IP is not enough for everyone to buy tickets and go to the theater to watch the movie..."

In the next half hour, Wang Zhonglei completely passed the responsibility on himself.

Everyone easily came to a conclusion from his words, that is: the failure of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" must be attributed to the publicity and distribution department, and has little to do with the film's quality, reputation, film schedule, etc.

Faced with this conclusion, everyone was speechless.

The boss has already produced the ppt and keeps blaming the blame in his words. Faced with such a situation, what can the employees below do except continue?

Even Wang Zhongjun remained silent throughout the whole process, clearly acquiescing to Wang Zhonglei's blame-shifting behavior.

Well, under such circumstances, who dares to express other opinions?

In the conference room, the two main people in charge of the publicity department looked up and around, feeling at a loss.

The failure of 60 million US dollars was all thrown on their heads. Now they have to bear the blame or not. There is no other choice.

At the same time, while Wang Zhonglei was frantically "blaming away", on Feiyue Film and Television's side, Chen Fei had already finished watching the new project handed over by Happy Mahua.

""The Shy Iron Fist"? Hey, that's an interesting name."

Listening to his words, Song Yang on the side quickly added: "This name has the same name as the play that our Happy Twist is touring, and it has the same origin as the previous "Charlotte Troubles"."

Chen Fei looked him over after hearing this and asked curiously: "So, you will direct this movie next, right, 'Zhang Yang'?"

"Oh, Director Chen, it's rare that you still remember my character's name in "Charlotte". I'm really honored."

As he spoke, Song Yang's face showed a full sense of glory!

Zhang Chen, the current chairman of Happy Twist, who followed over, offered some help: "According to our plan, this movie will be directed by Song Yang, starring Ma Li and Allen, and Shen Teng will also participate. Role Two.”

Ma Li, Allen, and Shen Teng all smiled when they heard the leader mention their names.

Being able to act in movies again is undoubtedly excellent news for stage actors like them!

Net worth, status, and fame are all accumulated little by little.

At this time, Chen Fei asked again: "I vaguely remember that the play "The Shy Iron Fist" was written by Song Yang himself, right?"

Hearing this, Song Yang quickly answered: "Yes, I wrote it, and I was responsible for the arrangement and control of the entire rehearsal process including the performance on the stage."

"Well, okay, then I'm relieved."

Chen Fei nodded slightly, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sometimes talent and appearance are not directly proportional to each other.

"Director Chen, is this project confirmed?" Zhang Chen asked tentatively.

"Well, you can. After the budget is made, if there is any shortage of investment, please contact Mr. Su directly. I will tell him. If you have any difficulties or need help, you can also come to him. Mr. Su will help you handle the whole process."

"Okay! Thank you, Director Chen, for your support! Happy Twist will never let you down!"

Chen Fei smiled, closed the script, and handed it back to him: "I am very optimistic about your stage play. I suggest that you continue the style of adapting stage plays into movies. As long as you don't make detours, it will be released in the future. There is absolutely no problem.”

"Okay, I will follow Mr. Chen's instructions. I will make a detailed plan when I return."

"Well, okay, then I won't leave you alone. Please be safe on the road."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, please stay. There is no need to send you off..."

More than ten minutes later, under Chen Fei's gaze, a group of happy people got into a commercial vehicle and drove away from Feiyue Film and Television.

The secretary who had been by Chen Fei's side the whole time suddenly said: "Happy Twist is a very interesting group. They all feel united and everyone is working towards the same goal..."

Chen Fei chuckled: "As the saying goes, when people unite, mountains can move. Everyone has the opportunity to realize their dreams, and all efforts can be repaid to themselves. Naturally, there will be no intrigues or office struggles. .

Only such companies can achieve healthy development instead of going down a dead end step by step! "

…

Another two days flew by.

On the 15th, the comedy and love movie "Lu Yao Knows Ma Li" produced by Huayi and directed by Hui Zhao, starring Bao Beier, Song Jia, and Zhu Miawen, officially launched.

At the same time, "The Revival" starring Zhong Hanliang and Li Zhengzai, and "Quick Gunslinger" starring Lin Gengxin and Zhang Jinchu were also launched.

Affected by these movies, the daily new box office of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" has been falling all the way, and has dropped to 1.03 million, which is a complete failure.

What the industry did not expect was that at noon, Huayi actually issued an "accountability" notice!

"Due to major mistakes in the national distribution of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff", which caused the company to suffer huge economic losses, the company's management decided to demote Ms. Zhang Qian and Mr. Sun Xi, the former deputy general managers of the publishing company, to the position of distribution director. At the same time, corresponding adjustments will be made to their salaries..."

This announcement was like a heavy hammer, not only hitting the heads of the two Huayi executives, but also arousing strong repercussions among Huayi's entire distribution team and even all companies involved in the distribution business!

Wang Changtian called Chen Fei immediately, his words full of shock and doubt: "What the hell? What the hell is this operation? It's obviously an investment mistake, how come the problem is attributed to the distributor?"

Chen Fei was also a little confused at first, but he soon reacted.

"If nothing unexpected happens, these two people should be pushed out to take the blame. The huge investment of 60 million US dollars has gone down the drain. If no one comes out to take the blame, shareholders will definitely have opinions."

"Fuck! It's really fucked up. With them doing this, how can we carry out our distribution business? No matter which movie fails in the future, it will be our problem?"

Wang Changtian cursed and complained on the phone, and it was really hard to hide his anger!

"Obviously there was a problem with the investment, but the boss was unwilling to take responsibility, and instead let the subordinates take the blame. If they continue like this, the company will be finished sooner or later, and it will be strange if people can be united..."

Listening to the constant complaints and ridicules on the phone, Chen Fei suddenly had many memories in his mind.

Perhaps it is the accumulation of these little things that has led to the collapse of Huayi's "building"?

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