Chapter 961: Beijing Film Academy Is in Trouble

Chapter 961 Beijing Film Academy is in trouble...

After a night, the time came to the 10th.

The weather today is quite good, the wind is sunny, the sky is cloudless, and the sun shines on the earth...

In order to welcome Spielberg's arrival, the Jin Film Academy has made preparations early, and various banners and welcome ceremonies have been arranged in advance.

Just waiting for Spielberg to come, he will feel what it means to "have friends from afar, isn't it a pleasure."

At this time, in a hotel near the academy, Chen Fei was having breakfast with Spielberg in the restaurant.

"Fei, I paid special attention to the domestic theater market yesterday. The fantasy and adventure film "Ghost Blowing the Light of the Kunlun Palace" produced by your company has only been released for 9 days and has received nearly 500 million US dollars in box office. This is too exaggerated!"

When talking about this, Spielberg's face was full of emotion.

It is no exaggeration to say that the domestic box office performance of "Ghost Blowing the Light: Kunlun Palace" now, if placed in Hollywood, would at least be ranked in the top ten.

It has been rumored in Hollywood for a long time that China's market potential has begun to rise explosively.

But when Spielberg personally learned about it, he found that this was no longer explosive, but directly became a rocket and began to rise at the speed of sound!

Chen Fei smiled softly: "Don't be so surprised, this is just an example."

Spielberg shook his head slightly: "Fei, you don't have to be modest. Your country has been developing stronger and stronger in recent years. I really can't imagine that such a country is still a 'developing country'..."

The market potential of the cinema represents the consumption power of the people, and with more and more movies breaking the 3 billion box office, it is undoubtedly proved that the country's development potential is also skyrocketing.

And this is obviously a matter of great concern and exploration for Western countries.

...

After breakfast, after returning to the room to call Liu Yifei, the three of them took a large group of people including bodyguards and assistants, got on the minibus specially arranged by the college, and went straight to the destination.

In the car, Chen Fei paid special attention to the box office situation of "Ghost Blowing the Light: Kunlun Palace" after entering the working day.

Fortunately, even though the National Day Golden Week has passed, the box office potential of this movie remains undiminished. On the 8th and 9th, it received more than 300 million box office.

Up to now, the total box office of this movie has exceeded 2.9 billion, and it is very close to breaking the 3 billion mark!

In addition, Zhang Yimou led the crew of "The Great Wall" to New York, and the relevant reports of their appearance at the comic exhibition were also reprinted by domestic media.

"The entire crew of "The Great Wall" appeared in New York. Director Zhang Yimou said that fighting monsters at the Great Wall is the first large-scale battle in the history of Chinese-language films, which will definitely cause the audience's adrenaline to soar!"

"Jing Tian, ​​the leading actress of the movie "The Great Wall", denied taking a backdoor in an interview with the media, and said that she participated in the entire audition."

"Zhang Yimou praised Wang Junkai and Lu Han's acting skills at the comic exhibition, saying that both of them are rare and powerful actors among contemporary young actors, and said that he would not reject "little fresh meat" in his future film projects, and would give them more opportunities to show themselves..."

On the minibus, Chen Fei couldn't come back to his senses for a long time after watching this last report, and his mood fluctuated.

"It seems that the national teacher really can't stand it anymore, and is ready to start to get closer to capital. He actually started to praise the acting skills of the little fresh meat? But... what acting skills do they have?"

Chen Fei didn't know what other filmmakers in the circle thought, but the happiness of those "traffic actors" could be clearly seen.

Because just below this report, there were more than a dozen "traffic actors" like reminders.

For a moment, even the fans of those traffic actors were excited, as if their idols had already started to cooperate with Zhang Yimou.

Especially the fans of Wang Junkai and Lu Han, who seemed to have begun to cheer.

…

At 9:30, the minibus arrived at the gate of Shanxi Film Academy.

At this time, through the car window, you can see that a banner has been hung at the school gate:

"Welcome Hollywood film master Steven Spielberg to our school for academic exchange activities."

After the car stopped, a group of people filed down.

Accompanied by the applause and welcome of hundreds of students in the college, Chen Fei led Spielberg to Jia Zhangke and other school leaders and teachers.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, they walked straight into the college.

The guide was responsible for Jia Zhangke, and everyone walked forward and listened to him introduce the basic situation of the college.

"Jin Film Academy is a secondary college affiliated to Jin Media College. Its predecessor was the Film and Television College of Jin Media College. The college has several majors, including film and television photography and production, radio and television editing and directing, recording art, drama and film literature, film studies, drama and film directing, and performance department, with more than 120 faculty and staff..."

Since he came for academic exchanges, Spielberg naturally would not regard himself as a pure tourist.

While moving forward, he did not forget to ask about the teaching foundation of the college.

When he heard Chen Fei say that the college's teaching equipment and some professional teachers were experts invited back from abroad, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"The future of this college has unlimited potential!"

Hearing this, Chen Fei and Jia Zhangke looked at each other and laughed softly.

Their goals are indeed long-term, but many people don't know it, or they don't want to believe it even if they know it.

But the two firmly believe that one day, this film school will be able to successfully surpass a series of domestic schools such as Beijing Film Academy and China Academy of Drama, and become famous all over the world!

Everyone walked forward and soon arrived at the auditorium.

At this time, the auditorium was already full!

With their love for movies and admiration for Spielberg, the students came to the auditorium early, waiting for the arrival of the "master".

Looking around, everyone was dressed neatly, and their eyes were full of expectations and desires.

With the host's introduction, Spielberg walked into the auditorium in casual clothes with a smile on his face.

In an instant, thunderous applause rang out at the scene!

Chen Fei followed closely, standing side by side with Spielberg on the stage, introducing this legendary director to the students below.

In the following experience sharing and exchange activities, Spielberg did not talk about any tedious film shooting theories, nor did he elaborate on boring technical analysis.

He used his own personal experience to tell the students the true meaning of film creation.

From the thrilling excitement of "Jaws" to the profound reflection of "Schindler's List", from the warm and touching "E.T. the Extraterrestrial" to the sci-fi shock of "Jurassic Park", he showed the infinite charm of film art to the students with one classic work after another.

He talked about how he grew from a child full of curiosity about movies to a legendary Hollywood director. He also shared the challenges and difficulties he encountered during the filming process, and how to overcome these difficulties through innovation and hard work to create shocking works.

Finally, he deliberately emphasized the importance of teamwork!

"Film is an art of collective creation. Without the joint efforts of the team, there will be no successful film. You must learn to cooperate with others and pursue the true meaning of art together..."

Finally, Spielberg also answered various questions raised by the students.

He listened to every question patiently and gave his own insights and suggestions in concise and clear language, which not only benefited the students a lot, but also made everyone present feel the master's style and charm.

Of course, he did not forget to promote his new work "The BFG".

It's just a pity that after his movie was released, it suffered a tragic box office Waterloo in the global theater market.

So far, the total box office of this movie is only 170 million US dollars. Compared with the sky-high production cost and publicity expenses, this box office alone is not enough to recover the cost.

Chen Fei had read a Hollywood report before. Some experts analyzed that "The BFG" is likely to bring Disney a huge loss of more than 100 million US dollars!

Without the blessing of the Marvel series of movies, Disney's life is not as good as in another parallel world.

It is precisely because of this that Spielberg himself had to go to Zhongxiao on the other side of the ocean to promote his new movie at the age of over 70 under the dispatch of Disney.

The whole exchange lasted for a full 3 hours.

In the end, seeing that Spielberg's mental state was not very good, the exchange meeting came to an end.

Of course, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei did not escape.

Under Jia Zhangke's instigation, the two also went to the podium and shared their experiences with the students present.

Liu Yifei mainly shared knowledge about acting, while Chen Fei mainly shared some relatively easy-to-understand shooting experiences of new film directors.

After the exchange meeting, everyone had a big meal in the cafeteria before leaving the college.

At this time, the Internet was already lively!

It was well known that Spielberg came to China to promote the movie, but going to Shanxi Film Academy for academic exchanges was not in his public schedule!

When the media learned that Chen Fei and Liu Yifei were also accompanying him, they seemed to be like cats smelling fishy smells, and they all came up.

"This morning, Hollywood film master Spielberg, accompanied by Director Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, appeared at the Shanxi Film Academy and launched a cultural and artistic exchange activity..."

"This cultural and artistic exchange activity is not only an exchange and collision of Eastern and Western film cultures, but also a feast of film art... Spielberg used his personal experience and classic works to show students the infinite charm and possibilities of film art."

"This exchange between Director Chen Fei and Director Spielberg not only brought a rare learning opportunity to the students of the Shanxi Film Academy, but also injected new vitality and motivation into the global film industry. Their literary spirit will always inspire filmmakers to move forward..."

In the film industry, Chen Fei and Spielberg's behavior today also triggered widespread emotion and discussion.

Many directors, producers and film critics liked the relevant reports and repeatedly watched the two people's experience sharing videos, trying to learn some useful experience and knowledge from them.

However, just when the Central Academy of Drama and the Shanghai Theatre Academy were envious of the Shanxi Film Academy for being able to invite Spielberg to carry out academic exchange activities, the Beijing Film Academy seemed to have fallen into deep jealousy!

After all, Chen Fei graduated from their Beijing Film Academy. Logically, he should give back to the school.

But from his various behaviors after graduation, his attitude towards Beijing Film Academy is completely normal, and even a little alienated.

This can be seen from the fact that it is difficult for Beijing Film Academy to invite him to participate in the annual school anniversary activities.

"I think that in the future, while teaching students knowledge, we should also teach them to have a grateful heart, and not be like some people who forget the cultivation of their alma mater as soon as they graduate."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenyang, who was also participating in the meeting, curled his lips immediately: "Don't mention the word cultivation. From freshman to senior year, he didn't take a few classes in school at all, but he won a lot of honors and helped Beijing Film Academy to advance several levels. He doesn't owe the school anything."

As soon as these words came out, the man who had been playing tricks on Chen Fei at the beginning suddenly lost his temper.

"Old Zhao, why are you still speaking to outsiders?"

"Look, you don't even consider him as your own, how can he consider the school as his own home?"

"You..."

"Okay, okay, stop arguing, what's the point of talking about this now?"

As soon as the principal spoke, the two of them suddenly became quiet.

"What we are going to discuss today is how to invite Spielberg to come and hold an academic exchange activity in our Beijing Film Academy, instead of arguing about the closeness of the relationship.

Old Zhao, you have a good relationship with Chen Fei. Doesn't he often come back to the school to see you? Why don't you go and talk to him?"

"Principal, you found the wrong person!" Zhao Zhenyang said helplessly: "I teach acting, Spielberg is a director, it's useless for me to invite him! You have to let the director department do the work."

"Then Dean Tian, ​​why don't you go and talk to him?"

As the principal spoke, everyone in the conference room turned their attention to Tian Zhuangzhuang again.

"I say?" Tian Zhuangzhuang looked around, his eyes stayed on a few old guys for a while, and suddenly snorted: "Why invite them here? What academic exchanges? Do you want to bring out the movie "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry"? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

It was only a few days ago that he found out that this "vulgar" movie directed by Bi Zhifei was actually supported by most people in the Performance Department and Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy, saying that they would help it pass the review!

This really made him wonder...Are these people filled with shit in their heads? How could they do such a thing?

Isn't this smearing Beijing Film Academy?

Now they actually want to invite Spielberg to the school to participate in academic exchange activities? It's really stupid, and the shame is going to be thrown abroad!

For a while, the whole conference room was silent.

Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to respond.

They couldn't argue with Tian Zhuangzhuang, and they couldn't compare with him in terms of qualifications, so they had to remain silent.

As for inviting Spielberg to come, it was completely dead.

Zhao Zhenyang didn't want to get involved, and Tian Zhuangzhuang, the dean of the directing department, was very dissatisfied with the school's help in the review of "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry".

In this case, how could Spielberg be invited smoothly?

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In a blink of an eye, another day passed.

On the morning of the 11th, with the emergence of the latest media reports, the entire film and television industry, theater market, and entertainment industry became lively again.

Looking around, all kinds of exclamations resounded in the industry!

"The fantasy, action and adventure film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace", directed by Feiyue Films and starring Liu Ye, Shu Chang, Chen Minghao, Huang Bo, etc., has been released for 11 days and has accumulated a total box office of 3.088 billion yuan, successfully breaking the 3 billion box office mark!"

"After "The Mermaid" and "Detective Chinatown 2", the third Chinese-language film with a box office of over 3 billion in 2016 was born, and it is "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace"!"

"Congratulations to Director Ning Hao for successfully entering the '3 billion box office director club'."

"Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace's latest daily new box office is as much as 130 million, and the film is very likely to break New record for Chinese films, let's wait and see!"

"The list of nominees for the Golden Horse Awards for Taiwan Province this year was officially announced this morning. Director Li An has returned to China from Hollywood. In between promoting his new film "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk", he has started to run for the Golden Horse Awards..."

"Feiyue Film and Television's profit performance has reached a new high this year. It invested in "The Mermaid" and produced three films, "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace", which have box office revenues of over 3 billion yuan. Its profit has exceeded that of major listed film and television companies..."

For the whole morning, while the film industry was discussing the box office revenue of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace" breaking 3 billion yuan, it was also paying attention to the list of nominees for the Golden Horse Awards.

Looking around, well-known films such as "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", "July and Ansheng", and "The Yangtze River Map" are all included in the nomination list.

As usual, all films produced by Feiyue Film and Television, including "La La Land", which won the Best Actress Award at the Venice International Film Festival, did not participate in the selection of the Golden Horse Awards.

This situation has been going on for many years, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

At the same time, while industry peers were discussing whether "Kunlun Temple" would create a new box office record and who would win the Golden Horse Awards, Chen Fei had already brought Spielberg to the studio of "The Wandering Earth".

The 70-year-old man was used to big scenes, but when he saw the scene in the studio, he was still shocked and couldn't recover for a long time!

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