It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Chapter 175 Another shock to the mainland!Or are you one of the new Hollywood divas?

IRONMAN Triathlon World Championship.

This is the most brutal one-day race on the face of the earth, the most difficult "Ironman" event in the world, and it is also a race that you can brag about for a lifetime after completing it!

There are three events in it, namely: 3.8-kilometer swimming, 180-kilometer cycling, and 42.2-kilometer running.

There is also a special rule in the competition that the total time spent on these three competitions must not exceed 17 hours.

The amount of exercise in this competition is four times the Olympic standard. According to statistics, less than 4% of people in the world can complete this event.

When he first heard the mission issued by the system, Chen Fei was still a little confused.

Because he had never heard of this kind of competition before, it was only after he learned about it carefully that he realized that it was not something ordinary people could participate in.

Seventeen hours, 3.8 kilometers of swimming, 180 kilometers of cycling, and 42.2 kilometers of running completed.

This is a huge test of physical strength!

The competition started in August and is now at the end of June. The last registration deadline is July 7th.

Because of this, Chen Fei flew to Los Angeles in a hurry.

He didn't know what he needed to prepare for registration, so it was better to come and find out in advance to prevent other unexpected changes.

Of course, the cooperation with Lions Gate still needs to be completed first.

...

Lionsgate Studios is located in Santa Monica, 22 kilometers away from downtown Los Angeles, a resort with famous coastal attractions.

When passing by the beach road, through the window, Chen Fei could even see young men and women lying on their backs on the beach.

Looking at the proud figures with no hair on their faces, he sighed with emotion, "Tsk... this place is really open."

Bruce was clearly moved.

Licking the corner of his mouth, he said: "Fei, after we finish talking about the cooperation with Lions Gate, how about we come to relax on the beach together?"

"To strip off?"

"I know you are shy, and you can actually do it without stripping off, but if you have an impressive size, I suggest you don't be stingy about showing it off."

Chen Fei nodded, "This is a good and good proposal."

The two of them commented on the figure on the beach while driving towards the Lionsgate headquarters.

Lionsgate was founded on July 1997, 7 in Vancouver as an independent film company.

As an independent film company that started out as a small-budget horror film, it is now second only to the top eight in Hollywood. This means that its decision-makers have a sharp vision and a forward-looking development policy.

To date, the company's most iconic film is last year's "Saw," which was a box-office hit.

And this year, in order to continue their glory, they have set their sights on the script "Dead Silence".

After getting off the car in the parking space outside his headquarters, Chen Fei saw a group of people approaching him from a distance.

Bruce introduced next to him, "The person walking in front is Skin Blick, the head of Lionsgate Production Department, the person on the right is James Wan, the director of "Saw", and the person on the left is..."

As the introduction ended, a large group of people also came to Chen Fei.

Skinner Bolik opened his arms enthusiastically, "Fei, welcome you."

"Mr. Skin, nice to meet you."

Although it was their first meeting, both of them had a friendly attitude.

This is like the last meeting between Party A and Party B. Both parties aim to achieve cooperation.

After greeting him, Sijin naturally introduced James Wan to Chen Fei.

"Hello, Director Chen. I've heard your name for a long time. It's our first time meeting you. Please take care of me."

Fade Chen nodded with a smile, "Hello, Director Wen, I watched the DVD of "Saw" directed by you when I was staying in a hotel before. It was very good!"

This is not a polite statement, the atmosphere of fear was indeed displayed very well by Wen Ziren.

As a Chinese-American director, James Wan has a natural affinity for Chen Fei.

"I strongly recommended the script of "Dead Silence" to Mr. Skin. I didn't know it was your work at first. When the truth came out later, I was surprised for a long time."

"Haha, in fact, I also liked horror movies very much since I was a child. My courage was trained from one horror movie after another..."

While chatting, everyone walked into the Lions Gate headquarters.

Arriving at the conference room, Wen Ziren sat quietly, waiting for the final outcome.

He is just a director and does not have investment rights. The script share and investment are all handled by Skinner Bollick.

"Fei, we very much hope to reach a cooperation with you. Based on your cooperation with Universal Pictures, after careful consideration, we are also willing to provide 20% of the box office share. What do you think?"

Since the other party was so straightforward, Chen Fei naturally would not be vague, "Add an additional 10% investment share."

"???"

This move of sitting on the ground and raising the price immediately blinded the people in front of him.

"Oh! NO! This is too exaggerated! We cannot accept this condition!"

Skinner Bolick shouted directly.

What he didn't expect was that just as he finished speaking, Chen Fei stood up and said, "Mr. Skin, since we can't reach an agreement, I'll leave first."

"???"

With this move, he stood up and walked away, blinding the people in front of him.

Skinner Bollick quickly shouted: "Fei, I think we need to discuss it again. Lions Gate is willing to give you another US$100 million in additional compensation."

"No."

Chen Fei shook his head and looked at him seriously, "Mr. Skin, I think I need to remind you that I am also a director myself, and I can shoot this script myself, but I don't have free time at the moment.

The reason why I'm here today is because I'm going to the Universal Pictures filming facility where I'm going to start filming my other movie, "Get Out."

I have already made my request, and since you can't accept it, we don't need to waste any more time. "

After saying that, Chen Fei stood up and pushed the seat back to its original position, pretending to leave.

Seeing him move so simply, a trace of confusion suddenly appeared on Skinn Bolick's face.

Under the suppression of the Big Eight in Hollywood, it is very difficult for independent film companies like them to survive, and it can even be said to be walking on thin ice.

According to statistics, at least three independent film companies are established in Los Angeles every day, but at the same time, one company goes bankrupt and one is on the verge of bankruptcy.

It is very difficult to develop in this industry.

Script, funding, director, actors, post-production, publicity...

Whenever there is a problem in a certain link, it will be a huge blow to an independent film company that does not have a particularly deep foundation.

Lionsgate is lucky after all.

In the nine years since its establishment, it has produced many excellent films and has a fairly deep foundation.

Last year's "Saw" made them infinitely close to the top eight in Hollywood!
However, if you want to continue this brilliance, you must be like the Bada and continue to release excellent works.

But what is depressing is that the company does not have any excellent scripts for them to continue.

The emergence of "Dead Silence" gave them hope, so they were eager to cooperate with Chen Fei and win this script, even at the cost of 20% of the share.

But now, Chen Fei asked for 10% of the investment share.

Skinner Bolik was holding back a sense of resentment in his heart. When was it the turn of a Chinese to "coerce" them?

He really wanted to get up and let the guy with the lion's mouth in front of him get out immediately, but he couldn't do that because a good horror movie script was so rare.

Gritting his teeth and looking at Chen Fei who had already walked to the door, he could only say aggrievedly: "Fei, 10% is too much. Lions Gate can only provide 5% of the investment share at most."

This is his bottom line. If Chen Fei is still unwilling to agree, then he can only say goodbye.

however……

Just when he thought that this cooperation was about to be terminated, Chen Fei turned around with a smile, walked up to him and stretched out his hand: "Mr. Skin, I wish us a happy cooperation."

"???"

This bargaining move once again confused a group of people in the conference room.

Can you still play like this?
After being stunned for a while, Skinner Bollick shook his head with a wry smile, "Fei, you are really the best business director I have ever seen."

"In our Chinese language, this is called each getting what he needs."

"I suddenly had a longing for China. I must visit that country with 5000 years of cultural history when I have time. I believe it will give me many surprises."

"Okay, warm welcome. Be sure to contact me then and let me be your guide."

...

After the cooperation is negotiated, the next work will be much simpler.

Lionsgate drafted the contract that afternoon.

Chen Fei contacted Natasha and called a lawyer from Walton Films to help them sign the contract.

When she heard that he was going to cooperate with Lionsgate, the second-generation rich woman was still a little unhappy, "Fei, can't we film this script ourselves?"

Chen Fei comforted her, "Natasha, this is just a B-type movie, and its audience is destined not to be too wide." "Oh, forget it."

The second-generation rich woman immediately ignored it. She was thinking about overturning Dimen Pictures. Productions with high investment, high returns, and high reputation were her favorites.

Selling scripts is just a small incident for Chen Fei. After all, he has so many scripts in his hands that selling one or two is like spitting out bubble gum.

But for Lions Gate, this is a big deal!
The script is purchased and the new film is launched, which means that they will once again launch a fierce attack on the box office charts.

So at the signing meeting in the afternoon, Chen Fei actually saw the media...

Skinner Bolick spoke to a group of reporters: "This collaboration with Fei Chen will be an important step for us to move to a new stage at Lions Gate. "Dead Silence" is a very good work and will be directed by James Wan. Direct and recreate the glory of "Saw"..."

After everything was done, dusk had fallen.

When Bruce and Chen Fei passed by the beach area again, they both looked at the empty "sunbathing" area with a little regret on their faces.

"Fei, you can't show your excellence anymore."

"Why don't you come as early as possible next time?"

"I think so too."

...

The night is slowly falling in Los Angeles, and the sun is rising in China.

There are many "patients" with severe Internet addiction who immediately logged onto QQ and opened forums, blogs, portals, etc. the moment they opened their eyes, preparing to peep into the entire world from this narrow box.

The headlines in the entertainment sector still belong to "Chinese Partners", and also belong to Chen Fei and Huayi's two presidents Wang.

After some exaggeration, the "contradiction" between the two parties suddenly reached an irreconcilable point.

Even Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun themselves were a little confused. When did they turn against Chen Fei?Why don't they even know it themselves?
Luo Jin was called to the office.

"Ronald Ronaldinho, you have a relatively good relationship with Chen Fei. Have you ever heard him express dissatisfaction with us?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Jin understood immediately.

These two seemed a little panicked. After all, Chen Fei's "China Partner" did leave them out.

He recalled what Chen Fei had said before, reorganized his words, and then said: "Brother Fei mentioned Huayi."

"What did he say?"

"He said that he likes to work with people who are straightforward and straightforward. It's too troublesome to drag things out. He doesn't have time to go through all the twists and turns."

Okay.

One sentence directly pointed out the current situation of their company.

Wang Zhongjun frowned and said a little irritably: "Zhong Lei, please go and clarify first and don't let Director Chen misunderstand."

"it is good."

Wang Zhonglei nodded and walked out of the office.

However, before he could take action, new news broke in the entertainment sector.

[According to the latest foreign news, after Chen Fei, chairman of Feiyue Film and Television Company, rushed to Hollywood overnight, he has reached a cooperation with Lionsgate Pictures. He will use the copyright of the movie script "Dead Silence" as an investment, occupying 20% ​​of the movie's box office revenue, and also enjoys 5% investment share. 】

Suddenly, a big earthquake broke out in the film and television industry, which had been a little calmer!

Netizens were stunned.

"I'm such a good boy? Is this the end of the world?"

"Director Chen is awesome! Shining in Hollywood!"

"I just want to know, what else did Director Chen secretly do?"

"I won't say anything else. This guy is really awesome. He can get to this point in Hollywood. I'm afraid Li Jian and Wu Yu can't do it, right?"

"Obviously, Li Jian is just a part-time worker. As for Wu Yu, he has bankrupted his company."

"Who knows where to watch these movies? I just want to see what else this guy is doing?"

There was a lot of excitement at home, and it also caused some waves abroad.

But this did not affect Chen Fei.

Foreign reporters from the three major portals contacted him and wanted to conduct an exclusive interview with him, but he declined.

"My second new film in Hollywood is about to start filming. I'll talk about it after I finish this period."

He simply explained that he was really busy, but when the news came back to China, it immediately caused an uproar!
Fast 3 has just been filmed, Lost in Times has just finished filming, and the Chinese partners have just announced that it is in preparation. Will a new Hollywood movie be launched again?

Are you made of iron?
Oh!wrong!

"Ip Man", a collaboration with Emperor, has also started filming, and a military-themed TV series "Soldier Assault" has also been announced.

The film "Baolian Lantern" in which she participated is about to premiere, and another film "Bright Sword" is also being promoted...

Made!

Are you a top?Moving around?

It's about to take off!

...

All kinds of news in the country are flying everywhere, but this does not affect Chen Fei at all.

After first sending Bruce to register for the "IRONMAN Triathlon Championship", he came to the filming location of "Get Out" alone.

The film tells the story of a black boy "Chris" and a white girl "Ruth" who have been in love for five months. Ruth invites Chris to spend the weekend with her family.

However, under the warm hospitality of Ruth's family, Chris gradually found himself trapped in a huge conspiracy through clues.

Producer Jason is already waiting for him.

Chen Fei did not interfere with the venue, casting, etc. This is the right of Universal Pictures and the responsibility of the producer.

This kind of low-cost horror thriller mainly needs to create an atmosphere. It does not require big-name actors. It is enough if their acting skills are good and their character positioning is suitable.

However, what Chen Fei didn't expect was that he actually met an "acquaintance" here.

Of course, this kind of familiarity is relative familiarity, the kind where he knows the other person, but the other person does not know him.

And this acquaintance is the heroine of "Get Out": Amanda Seyfried!
Born in 1985, she is just 20 years old this year, which is quite consistent with the age of the heroine in the film.

But this person is one of the "Four Hollywood Beauties". How could she be expected to star in such a horror-themed movie?

"Huh? No!"

After being in a daze for a while, Chen Fei quickly came back to his senses.

The Four Hollywood Beauties should have been selected only in 2008. At this time, although Amanda Seyfried won the 14th MTV Movie Award for Most Photogenic Group for her role in "Mean Girls", she was not very famous yet. .

What's more, Deadline is invested by Universal Pictures. Even though the theme is a horror thriller, it is still a hit for many actors.

"Fei, you are finally here."

The sudden sound drew Chen Fei's attention back, and he saw Jason running over with a hammer in his hand, a look of joy on his face.

This voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the set.

After hearing the word "Fei", the actors immediately reacted, it was the director coming!

A pair of curious eyes were fixed on Chen Fei.

Seeing Jason running towards him brandishing a hammer, Chen Fei quickly raised his hand to stop him, "Stop! Jason? What do you want to do with a hammer? I'm just 10 minutes late, there's no need for such a punishment, right?" ?”

This sentence immediately made everyone present laugh.

The actors were visibly relieved.

The director started joking as soon as he arrived, which means he is an easy person to get along with, so the filming in the next month will also be much easier.

"I'm just fixing the props."

Jason explained, and then chatted with him about some trivial matters, including the movie "Dead Silence" he just sold to Lions Gate yesterday.

"Actually, I'm quite interested in that script."

"Sorry, you're a little late."

"Oh, Fei! You are so popular."

While the two were chatting, other actors came over.

A dark-skinned black actor took the initiative to introduce himself: "Mr. Director, my name is Edme Kaluuya. I am from the UK. Nice to meet you."

Chen Fei smiled and nodded, "Well, it's nice to meet you too."

As soon as he finished speaking, the blond girl next to him also spoke, "Mr. Director, I am Amanda Seyfried. Nice to meet you. You are the most handsome Chinese I have ever seen."

Yo?
Do you praise someone when you first meet them?

This girl seems to be capable, but I don't know how her acting skills are?
It's better to train male actors. Just scold them. Men generally have a strong ability to withstand stress. Especially in the profession of actors, the ability to withstand stress is particularly high.

But training new actresses is more troublesome. What movements, postures, expressions...

He likes the kind of actresses who can move on their own with a slap. Even if they are a budding actress, it is best if they are the kind who like to study and learn.

(End of this chapter)