Chapter 954: Different Paths, Different Plans! Running Wildly on the Wrong Path

Chapter 954: Different ways, don’t work together! Start running wildly on the wrong road...

To be honest, Chen Fei did not expect that one day he would be able to sit down with Song Ge to discuss cooperation.

He did have some understanding of the person in front of him.

It is no exaggeration to say that this guy should belong to the category of Zhang Weiping. His behavior is treacherous and changeable, and he never follows the serious path.

In the early days, he also founded a film and television company, but due to poor management, it was eventually close to bankruptcy.

But I don’t know who he turned to to drag down the relationship, and he actually let the listed company Jingxi Culture acquire one of his companies that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

While receiving a large sum of money, he also successfully entered Jingxi Culture and became a shareholder.

In the following years, he gradually started as a shareholder, climbed up step by step, and crazily cannibalized internal personnel. In the end, even the former chairman of Jingxi Culture was forced to step down by him, and he succeeded Sit in the highest position and gain control of Jingxi Culture!

Now, under his leadership, Jingxi Culture has indeed occupied a large territory in the industry.

It's just that, according to what Chen Fei learned, this company is actually not good at film and television production. The real profit channel actually comes from participating in major movies and engaging in financial operations.

It is no exaggeration to say that Song Ge's methods are more ruthless than Zhang Weiping's, even comparable to Ali's blood-sucking operation!

Therefore, Chen Fei actually has no good impressions of this Jingxi culture and Song Ge himself.

It's just that the other parties have come to the door. Adhering to the "polite" attitude, it is naturally impossible for him to turn them away. After all, the two parties have not cooperated or had any conflicts before.

In the reception room, after greeting Song Ge, the two parties sat down on the left and right sides.

"Director Chen, I came here to visit you specifically because of a project..."

Song Ge directly chose to get straight to the point, and introduced Wu Ershan who was accompanying him to Chen Fei: "This is our strategic partner of Beijing West Culture and the leader of the project, Director Wu Ershan."

"Hello, Director Chen, I actually graduated from Nortel, and I am also a graduate of the 1994 directing department. Before that, I mainly developed in the field of advertising directing.

I have been officially involved in film directing since 2004. I have 15 years of directing experience. I won the "International Film Critics Award" at the 9th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, and also won the "International Film Critics Award" at the Geneva International Film Festival in Switzerland. Won the "Best Director Award"..."

Wu Ershan seemed to be looking for a job, pouring out his past experiences like countless treasures.

However, Chen Fei was not interested in these.

In other words, when he heard the name Wu Ershan and combined it with the memories in his mind, he completely lost interest in the two people in front of him.

However, the two people in front of him didn't notice his expression, but introduced their project in a rambling way.

"This is the script of the "Fengshen" trilogy." Wu Ershan handed a thick stack of information to Chen Fei.

Just as he reached out to open the document bag, Song Ge across from him began to read the ppt he had prepared in his mind.

“This project has actually been under preparation since 2014. Director Wu Ershan and I personally traveled to the United States and New Zealand and visited many world-class special effects companies and post-production companies, such as Industrial Light and Magic, Weta Studio, etc.

At the same time, we also paid tribute to the well-known director Peter Jackson, Barry M. Osborne, one of the producers of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Grant Hill, one of the producers of the "The Matrix" trilogy, etc. I consulted the master and successfully formed an international creative team..."

While Song Ge was talking endlessly, Chen Fei had already opened the document bag.

Looking around, three complete scripts appeared in front of me.

"Fengshen Part 1: Chao Ge Fengyun"

"Fengshen Part 2: Battle of Xiqi"

"Fengshen Part 3: Dragon War 3"

Turning to the first page, I saw the source of inspiration for the script marked on it.

"The film is adapted from the classic novel about gods and demons, "The Romance of the Gods" and the Southern Song Dynasty drama "The Story of King Wu Defeating Zhou".

Song Ge may have been tired of talking at this moment, so he finally stopped talking.

Wu Ershan followed up: "The screenwriting team led by me briefly extracted it from the huge material of the original work, and innovatively adopted a "trilogy" narrative structure of a single independent film and three parts forming a complete story. .

This structure not only fills the gap in the Chinese mythological epic genre, but also uses contemporary film language, technology and interpretation to open up a mythical world where humans, immortals and monsters coexist for the audience..."

Chen Fei didn't want to continue listening anymore, so he interrupted directly: "I think you have all seen the "Legend of the Gods" in early July, right? So, what is the difference between your story and them? ?”

"Hahaha, Chen Dongzhen knows how to joke." Song Ge laughed and said: "How can "Legend of the Gods" compare with our "Fengshen"? Theirs was a bad movie, and our script and production were at least inferior. They have 18 streets!”

"So, this is your confidence to increase the budget to 3 billion?"

Chen Fei did not continue to look back, but raised his eyes slightly and looked at the two people in front of him with a hint of teasing.

He is not a fool. The production cost of 1 billion RMB is about 150 million USD when converted into USD, which is enough for him to make a hard science fiction movie like "The Wandering Earth".

And the "Investiture of the Gods" in front of him, even if it is all CG, can't cost 3 billion RMB to produce, right?

He couldn't imagine how much dirty money needed to be laundered to make such a big project?

At this time, as if he heard the teasing in Chen Fei's tone, Song Ge hurriedly explained: "In order to create a real Chinese mythological world, we are prepared to work hard, and the Hollywood special effects team will cooperate throughout the process.

And on this basis, we also need to open a training camp for 24 weeks of special training, all of which will cost a lot!

To date, our concept design team has completed the art design of nearly 100 biological digital characters and hundreds of concept design sculptures based on the aesthetic style of "Fengshen", spending a total of up to 35,000 hours!

At the same time, we will also invite more than 800 wood carving craftsmen to work together to complete the construction of the important scene Longde Hall covering an area of ​​6,000 square meters. The crew will receive We will also build our own lighting system in the studio, which requires a lot of money to maintain..."

"Mr. Song!" Chen Fei has put away the smile on his face, "Haven't you done any research before? Industrial Light & Magic has been acquired by Walton Pictures, and Weta Digital is the strategic partner of the Marvel series led by me.

So, if I want to know the production cost of the special effects of "Fengshen", I only need to make a phone call to ask.

As for the production costs you mentioned, I'm sorry to say that they are not just inflated... As for these three projects, I think 1.5 billion is more than enough, 3 billion? Haha. "

The sneer echoed in the reception room, and Wu Ershan had already lowered his head in shame.

He is not a pure capital, so after being exposed, it is inevitable that he will be a little embarrassed.

But Song Ge still looks indifferent.

"Mr. Chen, to be honest, we have already found several investors for this project. Currently, the remaining share is only 15%. This time, I came to you to help you make money!"

"Oh?" Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, "I wonder which companies have agreed to cooperate? What is the channel for making money? It can't be the box office, right? I don't think these three projects can get a total box office of more than 9 billion."

Song Ge smiled confidently: "In addition to Jingxi Culture and Wu Ershan's Changshengtian, the partners also include Anle Pictures and Bona Pictures...

As for the profit channel, listed companies will naturally make more money. Although Mr. Chen's Feiyue Pictures is not listed, it can cooperate with listed companies like us.

At that time, as long as the project is successfully implemented, with the joint efforts of our companies, the market response will definitely not be bad. Let's not talk about the box office share for the time being. Just the stock value, I believe we can make a lot of money, hahahaha!"

The meeting room recalled Song Ge's hearty laughter, but at this time, Chen Fei's expression was extremely cold!

He said slowly: "You want to use my fame, resources, reputation, and box office appeal to make money and even launder your dirty money. Haha, Mr. Song is really good at it."

Song Ge frowned slightly and retorted: "Mr. Chen is wrong. This is a win-win situation for us! We will ensure the quality and reputation of the film, and this will not damage your reputation.

As for profit, you don't need to worry about it. As long as Mr. Chen is willing to participate in this project, I dare to promise you a guaranteed profit of 500 million. How about it? You just need to put your name on it..."

The temptation of these words is not small!

"I finally understand why Jiang Zhiqi and Yu Dong agreed to your invitation to cooperate. After all, these two guys are actually the same as Mr. Song in terms of making money."

"Mr. Chen?" Song Ge inexplicably felt that he was also scolded.

"Guo Hai, see the guests off." Chen Fei stood up straight, without any intention of continuing to chat with them.

This kind of "harming others for self-interest" behavior is really too fucking immoral. This is no longer a loss of "yang virtue", but a loss of "yin virtue". After death, you will definitely be sent to the eighteenth level of hell!

How greedy must you be to cut the leeks to this extent?

"Mr. Chen! You..."

Song Ge stood up suddenly and wanted to continue to say something, but Su Guohai raised his hand to stop him, "Mr. Song, Director Wu, please, the door is over there."

"Humph! You are so stupid not to make money."

Song Ge couldn't help but complained with resentment.

Chen Fei, who had already walked to the door, suddenly stopped, slowly turned around, sneered and said: "Mr. Song, if you make too much of this kind of bad money, you will have a son without an asshole. Be careful not to achieve your goal, but get into trouble!"

After that, he disappeared directly at the door of the reception room.

At this time, Song Ge's face changed for a while, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was already strong to the extreme, but he didn't dare to say anything else.

Chen Fei's last warning scared him so much that he began to sweat coldly!

If Feiyue Films deliberately targeted him, his project would definitely be difficult to succeed, so he'd better stay away and not provoke Chen Fei.

After he walked out of the door and got in the car, he began to vent his anger and resentment!

"This is a shame. He doesn't make any money! If he doesn't even have this courage and courage, how can he open a film and television company? I really don't know how he manages the company..."

Wu Ershan on the side said leisurely: "Feiyue Film and Television has never had a loss-making movie project so far. They can achieve profitability by relying on box office revenue alone."

"Huh? Box office revenue? How much money can you make?" Song Ge curled his lips with disdain.

Wu Ershan changed the subject: "What should we do now? We still have 15% of the share, who should we go to take it?"

"Let's go to China Film Academy first!"

The corners of Song Ge's mouth suddenly raised.

When he was chatting with La Sheikang at the Film Bureau yesterday, Chairman La Da showed great interest in the "Fengshen" project.

It just so happens that China Film is also a listed company and may be willing to make up for this 15% share.

And the most important thing is that China Film also has a distribution business, which is very beneficial to the later release of the film.

At the same time, after sending Song Ge and Wu Ershan out, Su Guohai went straight back to Chen Fei's office.

As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but complained: "They really dare to mess with a 1 billion investment project! They are not so exaggerated about selling stolen goods, right?"

Chen Fei curled his lips and said, "Just wait and see, there will be problems if you stretch your hand too long. Sooner or later, you will be chopped off by the knife above!"

The two did not discuss too much about "Fengshen" because Feiyue Film and Television would never participate in such a project!

"How are the arrangements for the premiere of "Kunlun Temple" going?"

"Everything is going well. Just wait until the premiere is over and the final round of promotion will be officially launched."

"Okay, go ahead and do your work. By the way, keep an eye on the preparation progress of "The Wandering Earth" and the scheduled release of "La La Land"."

"When will "La La Land" be released?"

"'Billy Lynn's Midfield War' is on November 11th, and 'I'm Not Fan Jinlian' is on November 18th..." Chen Fei murmured to himself, counting the time.

In the end, he made a decision directly: "Let's release "La La Land" on November 25th. It will be a week apart so it won't affect each other and it can catch up with the popularity of the Lunar New Year show. It's just right."

"Okay, Director Chen, I'll make arrangements right away."

…

Most people in the outside world don't know that just this morning, the film with the largest investment in the Chinese film market began to show its prominence!

Looking around, most people's eyes are still focused on the fact that "I am not Phan Jinlian" won the award.

Especially Fan Bingbing's group of fans are extremely active and provoke everyone!

Carrying the power of a "movie queen", Li Bingbing, who had previously succeeded in competing for the lead female role in "The Meg", was undoubtedly the person most affected.

However, Li Bingbing's fans are still very powerful in "Onmyoji".

"Huh? The Silver Shell Queen is so awesome. If you don't know, you might think she is the Silver Lion Queen."

"If you have the ability, go and get a Cannes Film Festival winner. Let's talk about it. What about the Tokyo International Film Festival and the San Sebastian International Film Festival? I've never even heard of it."

"Look at Liu Yifei's fans. When her idol won the Silver Lion for Best Actress, she wasn't as arrogant as you. For those who didn't know, they thought she won the Oscar for Best Actress. What's there to be proud of?"

Fans here are "fighting" in full swing, while on the other side, the ongoing premiere of "Grand Trail" is a bit embarrassing.

The hot searches for the premiere were all taken away by "I'm Not Phan Kim Lien", so much so that they bought a lot of drafts, but they didn't have any effect at all.

In the end, Zhang Zhao reluctantly made the decision: "Give up all the previous marketing investment, and then focus on marketing around Fan Bingbing.

The CG fantasy masterpiece starring the Silver Shell actress, I believe this gimmick can also attract the attention of many people, and it will definitely help our box office..."

…

After a night, the time came to the 26th.

Early in the morning, when "Grand Trail" was changing the marketing topic, press releases about "Detective Chinatown 2" suddenly came out in large numbers!

"The comedy and drama film "Detective Chinatown 2", controlled by Feiyue Films and written by Chen Fei, starring Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Ruoyun, Xiao Yang and others, has been in theaters for 58 days and has officially ended today."

""Detective Chinatown 2" has grossed a total box office of 3.642 billion yuan, successfully breaking the box office record of "Mermaid" during the Spring Festival, and ranking second in the box office list of Chinese-language films!"

"Feiyue Film and Television announced that it will hold a celebration banquet for "Detective Chinatown 2" on October 1st. We warmly welcome colleagues in the industry to come and participate in this grand event..."

A large number of drafts were spread out like a blanket, attracting the attention of countless people.

This result of 36.42 undoubtedly blinded the eyes of countless people, and also suppressed the popularity of "I am not Phan Jinlian" which was still gaining momentum yesterday.

At this time, LeTV Pictures was already confused.

They had just changed their marketing strategy, but before they could even put their efforts into action, they were suppressed by "Detective Chinatown 2". How can they make sense of this?

At the same time, over in Xiangjiang, Anle Pictures was also confused.

The filming date for "Monster Hunt 2" happens to be October 1st, and they are also planning to invite colleagues in the industry to promote the movie.

But now, "Tang Detective 2" suddenly announced that it will hold a celebration banquet on October 1st. Doesn't this just steal the popularity and people?

However, while Zhang Zhao and Jiang Zhiqi were confused, depressed and upset, La Peikang was holding the script and project book of "The Three Kingdoms of Gods" and laughing happily.

"Big investment, luxurious lineup, CG special effects blockbuster... Hahaha, isn't this the source of political achievements?"

That's right, he has promised Song Ge and Wu Ershan that he will participate in the "3 billion investment" plan of "The Three Kingdoms of Gods".

With this project, the boredom caused by missing "Dying to Survive" was swept away!

But what La Peikang didn't realize was that he had already embarked on Han Sanping's old path and started to run wildly!

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