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

Chapter 393: 25 years old, second in world film history! Let's go to Nasdaq to ring the bell!

The legend that belongs to Chen Fei is not fixed on "global box office of US$10 billion".

When the time came to August 8, the day when the movie "Roboman" directed by comedy master Liu Zhenwei was released, the box office of "Inception" in the mainland officially exceeded 18 billion yuan!

At the same time, the total global box office has reached 13 billion US dollars!

The emergence of this data once again caused shock around the world, because it means that the box office of "Inception" has officially surpassed "The Lord of the Rings 3" and ranks second on the world film history list!
Currently ranked number one is "Titanic", with the global box office of this giant ship totaling US$18.5 billion.

You know, this was achieved in 1997. Although 12 years have passed, no one has been able to break this record!
But even so, Chen Fei's record is enough to amaze many people.

25 years old, second in world film history!

The emergence of this achievement has made many people feel astonished, especially in the Mainland. A group of old men who call themselves "top commercial film directors" have an inexplicable feeling that they are getting old?
"13 billion? US dollars?"

After Feng Xiaogang, who was filming "The Great Earthquake", heard the news, he subconsciously glanced at the 3D camera in front of him, his eyes sparkling!

He never expected that 3D would have such strong box office support!
Doesn't that mean that if "Earthquake" is marketed well in the later stage, it has hope of exceeding 10 billion in the mainland? No matter how bad things go, you can always break through 5-6 million, right?

"USD 63 billion? RMB 504 billion? Good guy! This ability to attract money is simply terrifying!"

"Hey? So the difference between Director Chen and him is only 17 billion US dollars? Isn't it easy to catch up?"

Because there were so many media and reporters from major newspapers gathered outside the crew, Chen Fei had no choice but to hold an impromptu press conference to answer many people's questions.

Suddenly, his confidence doubled!

But what does this have to do with him?

I can't guarantee at all whether the next movie I direct will achieve the same level of success I have now. Now I just want to make a good movie down-to-earth and tell a good story to the fans, that's all.

……

It has been many years since Chen Fei attended domestic film awards, such as the Golden Rooster, Huabiao, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, and Hundred Flowers.

"If I remember correctly, Director Chen is currently filming a movie, right? It seems to be a movie with an investment of over 1 million US dollars. Maybe the next one will catch up!"

"The first is Spielberg. That old man is quite awesome. His global box office total is 80 billion US dollars, which is far ahead of other Hollywood directors."

If the next movie I make does not meet your taste, I hope you can scold me more lightly. After all, I am only a 25-year-old, fledgling director. "

With his current status, there is no need to look at the faces of those old people.

"I don't have time. I can't go. I'll let Ning Hao go back and participate when the time comes."

~

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei sneered and put the matter behind him.

As the news spread in the mainland, netizens became even more excited and uncontrollable. Although this was only Chen Fei's achievement, they felt inexplicably that "everyone is prosperous and everyone suffers".

"Are you still a newbie? Damn it, you're so good at pretending..."

Chen Fei refused without hesitation.

Now that the organizer of the Huabiao Awards suddenly invited him back to attend the award ceremony, you don't have to guess that those old diehards must be trying to take advantage of his current fame and popularity.

As if she had already guessed that Chen Fei would refuse, Han Sanping didn't say much, "Anyway, I've conveyed it in place. Someone from the organizer will definitely contact you in the future. You can find an excuse yourself!"

A trip back to China would take at least three to four days, and the losses during this period would be at least 600 million dollars. How could he accept it?

"Director Chen is really awesome. He is so good that he directly came to the second place in film history. He is trying to become a god!"

"Holy shit, my buddy just calculated Director Chen's personal global box office over the years, and it turned out to be a full 63 billion US dollars! It also ranks second in the global box office!"

"Who's number one?"

Han Sanping called quite excitedly and said that China Film Group will be solely responsible for the celebration banquet of "Inception" in China, and the arrangements must be in place!
But then, he told another situation that made Chen Fei frown.

Sina reporter: "..."

What's more, he holds the domestic movie box office record now. If he hadn't gone, this event would have been embarrassing.

If Chen Fei was just a fledgling director, then he, Lu Chuan, should find a geomantic treasure land right now and prepare to buy a coffin to be buried.

"The Huabiao Awards would like to invite all Chinese-language Billion Dollar Box Office Directors to participate in this year's awards ceremony, and specifically asked me to convey the invitation letter to you."

Netizens are discussing it hotly, and the media are also reporting crazily, making a huge amount of traffic.

Sina: "In your twenties, you have already made achievements that many directors would never be able to make in their lifetimes. How do you feel about this?"

"Okay, just reply for me and say you don't have time."

After reading the report, Lu Chuan finally couldn't hold it back and began to curse and complain.

When labor and capital are needed, invite them easily; when they are no longer needed, write articles online criticizing labor and capital all day long.

Ever since he got into trouble with those old diehards in the literary and art circles, they hadn't invited him there for several years, and naturally he wouldn't be shy about approaching them.

Chen Fei replied seriously: "Actually, I am very scared now. The reason why "Inception" has achieved its current results is just because of the dividends of 3D. In our Chinese dialect, that is Occupying the right time, place, people and people.

"Huh, Hua Biao? This face is really big!"

After the press conference, what Chen Fei said quickly spread throughout the world through major media.

The filming of "The Hunger Games" has now entered the most important stage. The entire crew including extras must have at least two thousand people.

Even if the shooting is only stopped for one day, the total cost will be at least a million dollars in losses!

After several rounds of financing, "Pony Galloping" already has very strong funds. Coupled with the participation of several powerful production companies such as LeTV, Meiya, and Shanghai Film, "Roboman" once made it available in several The popularity on the portal soared to the forefront.

The film crew set a previous distribution record for "Inception" with great boldness. The powerful distribution alliance composed of five major distribution companies and ten theaters directly ensured that the film could occupy a huge number of screens.

Producer Zhuo Shunkui believes that "Roboman" will greatly promote the exploration and development of the domestic film technology industry chain, and also expressed his hope that through the film's marketing, it can provide experience for subsequent Chinese science fiction films.

However, despite the huge hype, the box office on the first day was only 651 million.

Many viewers who were looking forward to going to the movie logged on to major websites after returning home and began to post their thoughts about the movie.

Douban, in particular, has become a place for movie fans to “complain”.

"If you don't have expectations of a science fiction film, you can still go and watch it. After all, as an ordinary movie, the plot is barely acceptable, but if you compare it to the science fiction film system, then it is a bad movie. Even 1 point is more!”

"Isn't it good to donate money to charity? Why do you want to film this kind of thing?"

“It’s a bit humorous, but the story is so nonsense!!!”

"It's a complete farce. Could it be any worse?"

"No? This is what we said in the promotion, a film that can lead Chinese science fiction films on a new journey? Did you spend ten million dollars to make this thing? Your special effects are not even worthy of lifting the shoes of "Inception". !”

"..."

The Internet is full of comments such as "a bad movie", "disgusting", "not worthy of carrying shoes for "Inception"" and so on.

The box office has been falling all the way, and by the third day there were only a little over two million left. Compared to the ten million dollars invested, it was a total loss!
As one of the owners, Shanghai Film Studio will definitely lose money.

Ren Zhonglun calculated the time difference and called, and said nonchalantly, "The evaluation team of Galloping Pony said that if your film "Inception" did not raise the attention of movie fans, "Roboman" would definitely be a big success. !”

"Hey? Is this still my problem?"

"You have to find a suitable reason, otherwise everyone will be embarrassed and losing to you will be normal."

"It's just self-deception."

After chatting for a while, Ren Zhonglun finally revealed the real purpose of his call, "What are you going to do with your "Gravity" movie?"

Chen Fei knew what he meant, and immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will be the first to contact you when the time comes, and I will definitely have a share in Shanghai Film."

"Haha, that's good. You're still a loyal boy. Remember to call me next time you come to the Magic City and I'll make sure that I make arrangements for you."

...

After ending the call with Ren Zhonglun, before Chen Fei could put his phone into his pocket, the ringtone rang again.

He glanced at the caller ID and was a little confused when he saw Zhuang Cheng's name. Why was Media Asia calling him? It wasn't until he pressed the connect button that he suddenly realized that "Guild Wars" seemed to be released, and it had been released for several days!

Sure enough, the first thing Zhuang Cheng said was to report to him the box office results of "Guild Wars".

"The box office on the first day in the mainland was 960 million. It has been released for a full week now, and the total box office has exceeded 5000 million. The final box office is expected to reach around 1.5 million."

When he said this, Zhuang Cheng's tone was a bit excited.

Although the box office data of "Guild Wars" is not as high as that of "Overheard 3" produced by Emperor, compared with "Roboman", which is also in August, it is simply "legendary"!
In fact, not only the mainland, but also Xiangjiang is also criticized. Liu Zhenwei has even gone to Singapore to hide.

But he is obviously not the kind of person who gives up easily. Even in Singapore, news keeps coming back.

He once again took out "Koshikoko Box" and prepared to put old wine in new pots to wash away the bad reviews caused by "Roboman"!

"Is there a second part of "Guild Wars"?" Zhuang Cheng quickly put the topic on the right track.

"No." Chen Fei replied directly.

The first part only had a box office of 1.5 million. There is no need for a second part of this kind of movie, not to mention that there is no script for "Guild Wars 2" in the script library.

"Okay." Zhuang Cheng was a little disappointed. He still liked this movie and was looking forward to a second one.

But soon, his mood improved.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Fei said directly: "I will send you a new script in your mailbox tonight to prepare for a new movie. There is no need to invest too much resources in "Guild Wars". The box office is too small, so it is meaningless."

"Okay! I'll listen to Director Chen!"

Zhuang Cheng nodded repeatedly and couldn't help but feel a little emotional after hanging up the phone.

Take a look at this top international commercial film director, his vision is different!
For Media Asia, the estimated box office of 1.5 million is already considered a great success, but Chen Fei's tone obviously didn't take it seriously.

"Those who ride horses, this is the gap!"

After staying in front of the computer until midnight, Zhuang Cheng almost fell asleep, and Chen Fei's new email was finally sent.

He eagerly opened the email and looked around, only to see four large characters written on the cover.

"Anti-Corruption Storm"!
……

……

When Natasha came to visit the crew of "The Hunger Games", she brought Chen Fei a lot of good news.

First of all, the box office performance of "Inception" in the UK officially exceeded 7990 million pounds, breaking the previous record of million pounds held by "Titanic".

Next came Neon, which also successfully exceeded US$09 million in box office, ranking first in the annual box office in and seventh in film history!
Finally, in France, because the number of moviegoers reached 1500 million, the box office also reached US$ million after conversion.

In addition, "Inception" has also exceeded 5000 million US dollars in Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and other countries, creating extremely outstanding results!
The only pity is that due to South Korea's local film protection policy, "Inception" was removed from the shelves just after the number of moviegoers there exceeded 1000 million.

But even so, this movie still broke the historical record of imported films from South Korea and created a record that shocked the entire South Korean film and television industry!

While the Korean people are amazed, they have already begun to think about how to transfer Chen Fei's nationality to them. Such a great director must belong to us, the Korean people!
In addition to the global box office success of "Inception", Natasha also brought him another better news.

"The listing process for Waltons Pictures has been started. Fei, are you ready to go to Nasdaq to ring the bell?"

The specific operation of the listing was handled by the professional team of the Volton family. They were very willing to support the listing of the film and television company founded by their descendants.

Even the Morgan consortium also contributed some efforts. After all, Longxiang Capital still has a large sum of US dollars stored in their bank.

"When is the specific time for listing?" Chen Fei asked.

"August 8th, but we need to go two days in advance. There are still some formalities that need to be completed before ringing the bell."

January 8?

Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up. The choice of the day was good enough, and it happened to coincide with the domestic Chinese watch award ceremony. He was too embarrassed to find a reason to refuse.

"Ok, book a flight for me and we will set off together then."

Going public is a big deal, so it doesn't hurt to delay shooting for a few days.

What's more, by the end of the month, the filming of several major scenes in "The Hunger Games" has almost finished. As a director, he won't waste too much money even if he takes a few days off.

~

After setting the departure time, Chen Fei once again devoted himself to the filming of "The Hunger Games".

As expected, although he had already conveyed through Han Sanping that he did not have time to attend the Huabiao Award, he still made phone calls every once in a while, quite as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

Really annoyed, Chen Fei simply turned off his phone.

Jiang Wen and Ren Zhonglun were even sent as lobbyists, and the calls were made to his personal phone number.

"They said over there that as long as you can go, you're guaranteed to get a big prize!"

"Do you think I'm missing some of their big prizes?"

"After all, you will still have to hang around in the country in the future. If the situation is too tense, it will definitely have a certain impact on future development."

"Hey, what's the matter? Are the old guys who often target me in the domestic film and television industry the final say now? If that's the case, then I have focused my work abroad in recent years. Waiting for them Now that I’m in the coffin, when will I go back?”

Recalling the previous scenes that were targeted by the entire literary and art circle, Chen Fei had an unknown fire burning in his heart.

Face is something that is given to each other.

Back then, you were all criticizing and ridiculing labor and capital on the Internet, but now you want to turn conflicts into friendship for the sake of so-called "political achievements" and winning a big award?

Go dream!

All the lobbyists were speechless by Chen Fei and kept smiling bitterly.

Jiang Wen said helplessly: "I am actually doing it for your own good. If you don't come back, those old guys will definitely lose face. They won't know what to do with you after the awards are over."

"Then we'll wait and see. Then we'll see who's more powerful with their mouths or my superior methods!"

"Well, you just have to be prepared."

~

As the box office and reputation of "Roboman" plummeted, the promotion of "The Founding of a Republic" officially began.

Even in the entire history of Chinese-language films, the scale of publicity for this film can be regarded as the largest!

More than two hundred first- and second-tier stars and directors participated in the filming, and all of them were paid zero. This gimmick alone was enough to attract many audiences.

Han Sanping sent Chen Fei an invitation letter to the premiere, hoping that he could return to China to support it.

"If I have time, I'll try my best to go back."

Chen Fei did not refuse, but he also did not readily agree because he didn't know if he would have time at that time.

"You are so busy! Why do I feel that you are busier than me?" Han Sanping couldn't hold back and started talking.

"Director Han! You can understand me if you put yourself in my shoes. Hollywood blockbusters are different from our domestic commercial films. If you delay it for one day, you will lose at least two million US dollars. I really can't afford to delay it!"

one day?
At least two million dollars?

Han Sanping's heart suddenly "thumped" after hearing this.

You know, even China Film only invested 10 million US dollars in "The Hunger Games", which Chen Fei spent a lot of effort to get for him.

After one day's rest, one-fifth of the money invested by China Film Group was lost. No wonder he was not happy to come back!
"Then just go about your business and I won't disturb you."

Han Sanping hung up the phone directly. He was a little afraid that Chen Fei would make him lose money. After all, the few minutes on the phone would cost at least a thousand dollars!

Near the end of the month, Chen Fei sent Ning Hao and Liu Yifei back to attend the Huabiao Awards, while he himself put on a customized suit and chartered a flight to New York with Natasha, Bruce and others.

It’s finally time to ring the Nasdaq bell!
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(Ps: I have a fever, there is only one update today, please give me a monthly pass.)
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