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

Chapter 330 There is a price for bragging! No taboos? Splatoon!

Mango is working on urgent public relations, but the situation is not significant. Netizens want to see how the movie "Nine Beauties" compares with "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Race".

If it fails to meet the expectations of movie fans, all the previous enthusiasm will eventually become "intestinal poison"!

Wang Yuelun and Li Xiang looked at the voices on the Internet with pale faces.

Movie promotion is actually just like bragging!

For example, Chen Fei previously said that "Mulan" is expected to have a box office of 600 million. This statement is considered by many to be bragging and is impossible to achieve, but it has also attracted many movie fans.

In the end, as the total box office was revealed to be 6.37 million, and it won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this awesome show was obviously a success.

The reward after success is that Chen Fei has officially become No. 1 in the field of commercial films in the mainland film and television industry!

The couple also wanted to replicate this success, so they also chose to brag.

Unfortunately, bragging comes with a price!

If you succeed, you can become a god in one fell swoop, but if you fail, you will be humiliated and thrown into your grandma's house!

"We're in big trouble..." Wang Yuelun frowned, with uncontrollable sadness on his face.

The box office of Stone and Racing both exceeded 100 million yuan, but can "Nine Beauties" achieve such results?

It seems really difficult to him!

Although there seem to be a lot of movies with a box office of over 100 million nowadays, in fact they are all made by those big directors. It is very difficult for a new director to succeed!

And although he, Wang Yuelun, has Mango on his back, he still has no confidence.

Li Xiang also frowned, "If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have done this kind of publicity, but now it's a good thing, it's making a big fuss, and it's completely putting us on the fire."

"Let's go and find Deputy Director Li to see if he has any other good ways to deal with it."

The couple immediately got in the car and went straight to Mango Terrace.

If this matter is not handled well, the subsequent troubles will be huge!

...

Han Sanping has begun to release the news. China Film will join forces with Feiyue Film and Television to jointly launch a gift film. It is hoped that interested film and television companies and celebrity artists can actively participate.

At the same time, the title of the movie "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" and the general outline of the story were also announced.

As soon as the news was sent out, the circle immediately exploded!

Opportunities to star in hundreds of roles, featuring an all-star cast, controlled by China Film, directed by Han Sanping, written by Chen Fei...

This is to be a "typical" movie!

For a time, first- and second-tier celebrities in the industry flocked to China Film and Television, one after another, all trying to get suitable roles.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a great opportunity to make a name for yourself!

At the same time, many calls were also made to Chen Fei, but without exception, they were all dismissed by him with excuses.

"This is a movie led by China Film Group Corporation. I am the one who writes the script. The rest has nothing to do with me."

Although he said that, based on his relationship with China Film Group, it is absolutely impossible that he would not have the right to speak!

Therefore, many people still persist in pursuing him.

So in the end, Chen Fei had to shut down his phone directly to avoid being bombarded with crazy phone calls.

"Haha, Fei, have you been so busy lately?"

Natasha witnessed with her own eyes that Chen Fei answered more than ten calls in a row, and then pressed the power off button extremely angrily.

"Oh, don't mention it, it's just a matter of fact."

Chen Fei shook his head helplessly. "There are many famous people and wrongdoings" refers to his true situation at the moment.

Natasha's words suddenly changed, "By the way, I have some good news for you."

"Oh, what?"

"The global box office of our "Twilight Saga 2" has now officially exceeded 6 million!"

"Huh? So fast?"

Chen Fei was a little surprised. The global box office of Twilight Part 5.25 was 2 million US dollars, and Twilight 6 has been released for nearly a month now, and the box office has exceeded million US dollars!

By the time the global drawdown begins, it may not be a problem to exceed 7 million.

With that said, Natasha briefly introduced the box office situation in several major markets around the world. When the first film was released, the North American box office was basically consistent with the global box office. This is because almost all fans of the original film are in North America.

With the popularity of the first part, the second part has already been launched and there have been significant changes.

This time, the North American box office was 2.5 million, while the overseas box office was 3.5 million, significantly exceeding the former. Moreover, it has just been released in many places, and there are even several markets that are still in the negotiation period.

"If we follow this trend, it will not be difficult to reach US$7 million at the box office!"

Natasha said excitedly, her eyes full of anticipation.

She never expected that a love fantasy movie with a cost of only 7000 million US dollars could actually earn 7 million US dollars at the box office!

This is simply amazing!

Chen Fei was quite calm. After all, in the original timeline, the total box office of this movie also successfully exceeded 7 million, but the reputation was obviously not as good as it is now.

"How is the expansion of our global distribution channels going?"

"We are negotiating with major theater chains, but work in this area is not easy and the progress is somewhat slow."

After all, Walton Pictures is not one of the top seven companies in Hollywood, and it is far behind them in terms of distribution channels, which is also a shortcoming.

But this will only be a short-term shortcoming. As time goes by, one day Walt Disney Pictures will have a global distribution channel like Disney!

"Let's go and meet the other actors first."

"it is good."

It is already mid-July, and Chen Fei only has about ten days of shooting time. Then he has to go to Hollywood to promote the movie "Kung Fu Panda", and at the same time he has to return to China to rehearse the Olympic ignition process.

The working hours are extremely tight!

At the same time, while Chen Fei was communicating with the actors from the "Slumdog Millionaire" crew, Wu Yu, who was promoting "Red Cliff Part 1" in Japan, looked extremely embarrassed.

The total global box office of "City of Light 2" was announced by Volton Pictures and was reprinted by many media around the world.

"$6.35 million? How is that possible?"

Wu Yu's face was full of disbelief, especially when he recalled how awesome he was at the wine table, he felt even more ashamed.

Comparing this terrifying data, his 5.4638872 is just like a pitiful crawler.

And more importantly, this movie was not made by Chen Fei, he only served as the producer.

As for the two major A-level productions "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Iron Man" that he personally directed and filmed, the box office has now exceeded 800 million US dollars, which is even more impressive and beyond his reach!

"Well, now it seems that the only way to regain face is through the overseas distribution of Chinese-language films..."

Wu Yu muttered to himself, clenching his fists!

The box office performance of "Red Cliff Part 1" in the mainland was very poor, but its overseas distribution performance was very good, especially in Xiaoli, which was beyond his expectation.

If he can't make money from the mainland, he can make money from foreigners. This is his current goal.

Flowers blooming outside the walls create fragrance inside the walls. This is quite normal and can even in turn enhance the reputation of the mainland.

However, when he thought about the overseas box office figures of "Mulan", he had another headache.

How difficult it is to surpass the figure of US$2.13 million! ?

...

In Chen Fei's inherent impression, Brother Asan is very unfriendly to women, even "females".

Lizards, crocodiles, goats, lions, exhaust pipes...they have no inhibitions!

Natasha obviously knew this, so when they came out of the hotel, more than a dozen bodyguards swarmed over.

Chen Fei paid special attention. These people were obviously professionals, and each of them had bulging pockets. They obviously had "good things".

After getting in the car, Chen Fei looked at the middle-aged man leading the team and asked curiously: "Is the security in Mumbai very poor?"

"Yes, very bad." The other party said bluntly, "Director Chen also tries to be more careful when filming. The local area is a mixed bag, and there may be many people coming to collect protection fees. Try not to conflict with them. We will take care of it."

Natasha added next to her: "Fei, you can call him Danny. This is my bodyguard. He will be responsible for protecting you in the future."

"Hello, Danny."

"It's an honor to meet you, Fei, and I'm still a big fan of yours."

"Oh? Which movie of mine do you like?"

"I admire you very much for the several extreme challenges you have done before, especially the time you climbed Mount Everest. I think that is simply the strongest limit that humans can reach!"

Well, I am still a fan of extreme challenges!

Fade Chen smiled slightly and stretched out his hand, "I'll leave it to you for the next month."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

Three Mercedes-Benz cars quickly drove to the set.

Natasha introduced Chen Fei to a local Indian director who was also the casting director and assistant director of "Slumdog Millionaire". "This is Rajkumar Hirani, an Indian director, screenwriter, producer and editor."

"Hello." Chen Fei stretched out his hand towards the other party, feeling very surprised!

He never expected that Natasha would actually invite this person to be the assistant director.

The director in front of me is the director of "3 Idiots". Although he is not well-known now, after "3 Idiots" is released, he will become one of India's hottest commercial film directors!

"Fei, it's an honor to meet you here."

Rajkumar Hirani enthusiastically stretched out his hands to shake Chen Fei's hand. When he first received this task, he was stunned for a long time.

It is a great honor and honor to be able to work with a well-known Hollywood director like Chen Fei and serve as his deputy.

The actors were already in place, and Rajkumar Hirani led Chen Fei and introduced him to several leading actors.

"Dev Patel, Shaluba Shukla, Yani Kapur..."

After greeting each other, Chen Fei followed him and began to inspect the basic situation of the crew.

The construction of some scenes is still in progress, and it is estimated that filming will not start until the day after tomorrow. The previous period is reserved for Chen Feilai to familiarize himself with the crew.

Natasha did not stay on the set for long. Her mission here has been completed. For safety reasons, she will return to Hollywood in the afternoon.

"Fei, I have been to China. There are many customs here that are different from yours. I think it is necessary to remind you in advance."

"Oh? What are they?"

“In our case, shaking your head means agreement, and nodding means rejection. This is very important, and it is also true in the filming of the film.”

"Oh! That's it!"

Chen Fei suddenly realized something. No wonder many Indians he saw along the way were smiling and shaking their heads to say hello.

Shake your head Yes! Nod No!

This operation is really novel.

"There are also some dietary aspects that you need to pay more attention to."

While educating him, Rajkumar Hirani led him to a roadside shop, pointing to the bottled water on the shelf.

"Unless there are special circumstances, you outsiders should try not to drink water casually. It is best to drink bottled water, and pay attention to the ingredient list. Do not drink anything with the word "Ganges water" on it."

"understood."

Chen Fei knew this quite well. After all, the water of the Ganges River was "clean and hygienic".

Danny, who was following the two men, changed his expression slightly. He thought of the bottle of Ganges water he drank and the "squirting" experience for three consecutive days.

That was really an unbearable past!

Along the way, Rajkumar Hirani took Chen Fei into the Dharavi slums where this movie was shot.

Not long after entering, Chen Fei silently took out a mask from his pocket and covered himself tightly.

This smell...it's hard for most people to stand it!

At the same time, Danny and his bodyguard team who were following them looked around vigilantly, always ready to rush forward to protect Chen Fei.

This worry is not unreasonable. After all, the people around them look at them with a strange "greed"!

Chen Fei also noticed that most of the Indian women passing by them had wrapped themselves tightly, with almost only one pair of eyes exposed.

But even so, there will still be many people's eyes following their footsteps.

He even saw motorcycle gangs riding broken motorcycles on the roadside. A woman's handbag was snatched away, but no one around came to help. He just watched the other party steal.

And the person who was robbed didn't even dare to call for help, but hurriedly hid in a side alley!

"The security here is really bad!"

When returning, Chen Fei arranged a new task for Danny, "You contacted the local security company and said that we are going to hire a group of security personnel to ensure that the filming of the movie can proceed smoothly."

"Ok."

Danny didn't take no for an answer.

He is very confident in the strength of his bodyguard team, but after all, strong dragons cannot overwhelm local snakes. If there is the protection of local indigenous people, the filming will be much smoother.

It was worth it for Chen Fei to pay some expenses that were a drop in the bucket for him in exchange for the smooth progress of the shooting.

In the evening, in order to ensure safety and convenience, Rajkumar Hirani led Chen Fei to a five-star hotel relatively close to the shooting location.

"This is the Taj Mahal Hotel, the most famous five-star hotel in Mumbai and also known as the safest five-star hotel."

Taj Mahal Hotel?

safest?

Chen Fei expressed strong doubts about the comparison. If he remembered correctly, the security measures here seemed to be very average.

However, that attack seems to have only occurred in 09, and it is relatively safe now.

Entering the hotel, the feeling of luxury immediately hits your face!

Rajkumar Hirani meant it, "This hotel has all the infrastructure you can imagine, and nothing can be done without it."

Chen Fei expressed his curiosity. After checking in, he took him around the hotel.

As Rajkumar Hirani said, there are many services here, especially massage services. The technicians here are the best and most professional in India, giving Chen Fei a very good experience.

By the time he and Rajkumar Hirani came out of the massage room one after another, the two had already developed a very good friendship.

"There's a cinema over there, do you want to give it a try?"

"Let's go over and have a look. It's been a long time since I've seen a movie in a cinema."

The two of them walked over in a hurry.

Danny followed them, not leaving an inch. He knew very well that this hotel was not particularly safe.

Therefore, even though Chen Fei and Rajkumar Hirani were having a massage inside just now, he still faithfully waited outside, and waited for more than two hours!

The three of them soon arrived at the indoor theater in the hotel, where they saw a poster for "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" being pasted outside the theater.

Chen Fei stretched out his hand and said, "Just look at it!"

"Okay." Rajkumar Hirani responded and went to buy a ticket.

But at this time, Chen Fei saw many local people queuing in front of the ticket hall of a movie called "Rebirth". On the contrary, few people came from Batman's side.

He immediately called the other party to stop, "Let's change it. Let's also watch "Rebirth"."

The male protagonist of the movie is Shah Rukh Khan, a very handsome Indian.

Chen Fei saw many people taking photos in front of the poster. Unfortunately, he preferred another Aamir Khan, "Dangal!" "Dad" and "Three Idiots" are among his favorite movies.

“These movie tickets are so cheap!”

Danny clutched a movie ticket in his hand and was amazed.

Chen Fei lowered his head and glanced at the price marked on the movie ticket. It was only equivalent to RMB 17!

"No wonder India is the region with the largest number of moviegoers in the world. With this ticket price, it can't be much lower even if you want, right?"

The three of them walked into the theater and found their seats.

At this time, Rajkumar Hirani suddenly reminded: "You need to stand up and sing the national anthem before the movie starts."

"what?!"

Chen Fei's face was startled, full of suspicion.

What is this operation?

However, before he could react, he saw many people around him standing up, and music was playing in the theater.

"It doesn't matter if you can't sing, just stand up." Rajkumar Hirani pulled Chen Fei and signaled Danny to stand up quickly.

Adhering to the idea of ​​​​doing as the Romans do, Chen Fei did not resist this behavior.

But when the movie started playing, he was stunned!

"I seem to have seen this heroine on the set of "Slumdog Millionaire" today?"

Rajkumar Hirani explained with a smile: "Yes, that's right, her name is Deepika Padukone. She is the latest rising young actress in India. Her father is India's first world badminton champion. It’s quite a background.”

"Oh!"

Chen Fei suddenly realized that he seemed to be a second-generation celebrity.

India has a strict high-caste and low-caste system. Looking at the fair complexion and beautiful appearance of this second-generation star, he must be a Brahmin or a Kshatriya...

(End of this chapter)