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

Chapter 554: Lose money and avoid disaster? What a loss! Zhang · was not in Qingchun · Bai Zhi, if at that time...

"Mr. Wang, what should we do now?"

In Wang Zhonglei's office, Li Hun no longer had the calmness of the past, and his face was even more panicked.

Don't blame her for that.

Now the trend of public opinion on the Internet has completely shifted to Zhao Liying's side, and those media outlets that spread random rumors and slanders have all been sued in court, demanding huge compensation for reputational damage.

It goes without saying that those media outlets will definitely lose the case.

Because they have no evidence at all, they are just looking at pictures and making up random things to attract attention.

But when Feiyue Film and Television got serious and wanted justice, they had no choice but to give in.

What Li Hedong is most worried about now is that some media will pull out Huayi and accuse them of being behind the scenes.

Once this happens, Huayi will inevitably suffer losses and even become the target of thousands of accusations!

And when the dismal midnight screening data of "Tai Chi 1" was exposed, there was a lot of ridicule from Feiyue Film and Television Company.

Listening to the call back from Hollywood, a smile gradually appeared on Chen Fei's face.

"What about Fan Bingbing? Is he calm now?"

Chen Fei closed the computer, and a big stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.

"Oh?" Chen Fei asked curiously: "How much is the box office?"

There were many reviews posted by professional film critics on the homepage. He specifically picked one with a relatively high number of views and moved his mouse to click on it.

As long as money can solve the problem, it is nothing to Wang Zhonglei now.

"The box office on the first day was US$2875 million? lMDb score 8.4?"

Zhao Weifang, "Tai Chi: From Entertainment Innovation to Martial Arts Victory": "The film incorporates animation style into it, but the change is not just in the frame and editing, but in a deeper, all-round performance.

As long as the next few movies can sell well at the box office, the company's stock will naturally rise accordingly. The little money he has lost now is nothing to him.

"Correct."

Seeing this, Chen Fei was very satisfied.

"How much? 21.53...RMB?"

Li He felt relieved and hurriedly left the office.

"Okay, I understand, you go out first."

After waving his assistant to leave, Chen Fei immediately logged into Douban.

"Kung Fu Panda 3" has been finalized, and the three animated films "Wreck-It Ralph", "Frozen" and "Big Hero Marines" have also officially started preparations.

Just at this time, the assistant came in again and reported: "Mr. Chen, the zero-point box office data of the movie "Tai Chi 1: From Scratch" that you asked me to pay attention to is out."

After hanging up the phone and going through the promotion plans for the next few movies invested by Huayi in his mind, Wang Zhonglei stood up and prepared to go to the club to have a look.

The film will be released at 12 o'clock tonight, and success or failure depends on it!
On the other end of the phone, the department manager in charge of distribution responded: "Don't worry, Mr. Wang, there is no problem, everything has been arranged."

The conflict between Huayi and Feiyue Film and Television is getting deeper and deeper day by day, so much so that employees of both companies are also dissatisfied with the other side.

"That's good."

Wang Zhonglei sat quietly for a moment, then picked up his mobile phone and made a call: "Is there any problem with the release of "Tai Chi 1"?"

"Two years have passed, Hiccup's two pigtails are still handsome, and Toothless is still cute. It's a great sequel movie."

"21.53."

"I've already appeased her. It's nothing more than "borrowing" some of her publicity resources, and I can just make them up to her later. She doesn't have any big objections."

The first project after the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation was a great success, which can be regarded as a good start.

"This collaboration between DreamWorks and Waltons Pictures is so cool! God! This is an excellent animated movie. I am very much looking forward to the follow-up "Kung Fu Panda"."

"I just finished watching it. The special effects are very shocking. The super young hero is interpreted to the fullest. Although the ending of the story is happy, it is not perfect. It will inevitably make people feel a little sad. I look forward to the perfect ending of the third part."

The reason is simple, because Huayi has become a listed company.

Looking around, most of them are good reviews. Even if there are some occasional bad reviews, it will not affect the fans' enthusiasm for watching the movie.

In the next three years, DreamWorks Animation will not have to worry about a lack of high-quality projects.

In recent days, many little stars have paid high prices to become members. He has to go over and teach these members the rules and test their acting skills.

The figure of US$2875 million seems to mean that the movie has made a good start.

As a series with a very successful predecessor, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" opened in 4253 theaters on its first day, which already represents a high level of trust from theaters.

……

Wang Zhonglei pondered for a long time, but in the end he still couldn't think of a good way to deal with it, so he could only gritted his teeth and said: "Loss of money! Avoid disaster!"

After ending the call with Katzenberg, he found his computer and logged into foreign film review websites to check what fans said about the movie.

At the beginning of the story, the origin of the protagonist is introduced in the manner of a silent film, and illustrations and annotations of martial arts skills are presented in a cartoon manner. In addition, the interesting captions have become another highlight of the film, and the presentation of video game-style scenes is even more exciting. The characteristics of this film make it an alternative martial arts film that cleverly borrows video game elements. It also shows a counterattack of the film’s crazy borrowing from video games in its narrative method and lens use..."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, I'll make arrangements right away."

The assistant nodded seriously, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

Chen Fei had a headache reading it, because the whole article was full of professional terms, which made people confused.

After exiting the current page, he scrolled down again and soon saw the comments from netizens.

"The plot of the movie is thin, and the first half is a bit cliché. The appearance of the steam monster in the second half does not carry any profound thoughts such as the contradictions brought about by the industrial revolution. It is just a cover, just to make the movie more interesting on the screen. "It's purely to cater to the "punk style" and has nothing to do with "Tai Chi"."

"The plot is nothing new. The male protagonist learns kung fu and gains love by the way. There is basically no suspense, and the details of the plot are not very attractive."

"Yuan Xiaochao, a martial arts champion turned actor, can basically be described as stunned. He and other actors did not bring much comedy charm to the film, which is quite disappointing..."

"No wonder it was reported on the Internet that Yang Ying is not good at crying scenes. Her expression is really stiff. Any third-tier actor with a professional background would be better than her, right?"

Looking around, the negative reviews obviously take up much more space than the positive reviews!

At this moment, Chen Fei suddenly thought of the awesome things Wang Zhonglei had boasted about online.

Why are there two "Tai Chi" movies with investments as high as 2.2 million and box office prospects of 10 billion...

Now it seems that, let alone the prospect of billions, it is already pretty good if we can guarantee that we will not lose money!

In a blink of an eye, time came to the 16th, and the first-day box office of "Tai Chi 1: From Zero" was officially released.

810.59 million.

Once the box office data was released, it immediately caused an uproar in the industry!
It's obvious that this movie has been a flop.

Chen Fei noticed that when Wang Zhonglei was interviewed by the media, he said very harshly: "After all, it is Wednesday, and there will definitely not be many viewers who can come in to watch the movie on weekdays. In two days, when word of mouth ferments, the box office will inevitably rise. …”

Amid Wang Zhonglei's clamor, the box office results for the next and third days were quickly released.

776.53, 691.83 million.

In three days, the total box office was only 2278.95 million.

Compared with the investment amount of more than 100 million, this result obviously cannot meet the requirements.

Wang Zhonglei, who had frequently appeared in front of the media, shouted and boasted, immediately lost his voice.

Many reporters tried to corner him and asked him what he thought of the movie, which was met with negative reviews.

However, the others hid directly in the club without even popping their heads out.

Over at Feiyue Film and Television, Chen Fei looked at the successful reputation cases on the table and joked: "Haha, this guy won't be made autistic, right?"

"It shouldn't be possible, right?" Ning Hao, who was sitting opposite him, echoed: "Isn't it just that the stock price fell, with a loss of more than 1 million, and the Internet was full of abuse?
After all, Huayi is one of the leaders in the industry. If it is defeated after encountering such difficulties, wouldn't it be too bad? "

"Hahaha!"

Chen Fei was very happy when he heard it, and the picture of Wang Zhonglei with a gloomy face and anger seemed to have appeared in his mind.

……

"Crack!"

The empty wine bottle that had been consumed hit the ground directly and exploded into pieces.

In the box, Wang Zhonglei's face looked like a cloud before a thunderstorm, extremely dark and scary!
As the box office data of "Tai Chi 1" was presented to him every day, his dream was finally shattered, because failure was already a doomed fact.

With an investment of more than 3 million, the box office must be at least million to barely guarantee that there will be no huge losses.

But now?

It only took three days to get more than 3 million in box office, and the daily new box office did not even exceed million. It is even more ridiculous to think of breaking through million!
If it's just an investment loss, it's nothing. At worst, if you participate in a few more film festivals in the future and sell the copyright, you can recover some of the cost.

But the most important thing now is that due to the poor box office performance, the company's stock price has plummeted!
This was a scene he never wanted to see.

However, what happened has already happened and there is nothing he can do to undo it!
"Mr. Wang, don't be angry. It will be bad for your health if you are angry..."

There was a third-tier actress in the box who mustered up the courage to come over and wanted to say a few words of comfort.

However, Wang Zhonglei was so angry that he yelled: "Get out! You are a bunch of sluts who will never be popular in this life! Get out of here!"

The roar resounded throughout the entire box, and a group of men and women lowered their heads and walked out quickly in silence.

Everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. They could only complain in their hearts: "You deserve to lose money! You deserve to lose money to death! Are you bragging? It's better now, are you being slapped in the face? You deserve it!"...

At the same time, on the third day after "Tai Chi 1" was released, "Hedong Lion Roar 2", which caused a lot of criticism at the beginning of preparation, was officially launched in major theaters.

During the casting process, many people in Xiangjiang were making suggestions, hoping that Fan Bingbing would continue to play the role of Zhang Baizhi.

I just never thought that it would eventually lead to a scolding war!
Now looking at the results of this movie, the box office of more than 800 million on the first day can already prove that this is a movie that is difficult to succeed.

And the large number of negative reviews on the Internet proves the fact that this is a bad movie just to sell feelings!
"There is no need to watch this movie in the cinema. It starts out inexplicably, comes together in a confusing way, and has an ending that you can think of with your toes. It's extremely boring."

"I'm just wondering if you can make something meaningful. There's a mistress in it, and there's an elongated duet, and there's no laughs. Anyway, the whole story is boring!"

"The title of this film is "Hedong Lion Roar"! But there is not even a "roaring" scene in the film, the theme has deviated, and Xiao Shen Yang's funny scenes in it are too nonsensical, right? Even Xing It doesn’t even have the essence of Ye Yichen, it’s so bad!”

Fan Bingbing is also paying attention to this movie.

When the movie's first-day box office results were announced, she sarcastically posted on Weibo: "The movie still has the same name, but people are no longer innocent."

Although this Weibo did not name anyone, everyone was not a fool and could tell at a glance that this must be aimed at Zhang Baizhi.

There was no response from Xiangjiang, and Zhang Baizhi's team became extremely low-key.

The film was destined to hit the streets, and they had no confidence to fight back.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don’t bully young people into poverty!
This wave can be regarded as Fan Bingbing's battle to become famous.

……

At the same time, with the release of "Hedong Lion Roar 2", two days later, "Double Exposure" starring Fan Bingbing also ushered in the release moment.

At this point, the "box office brawl" in August has officially begun.

"Anti-Corruption Storm 2" and "The Wind Listener" at the beginning of the month are still in theaters, followed closely by "Tai Chi 1", "Hedong Lion Roar 2", and now "Second Exposure" has come together.

What's even more frightening is that in a few days, "Your Name" starring Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, and "HOLD Live in Love" starring Yang Mi and Liu Kaiwei will also be released at the same time.

In the future, there will be a "Dangerous Liaisons" with an investment of 2 million...

The media had already become excited and started analyzing the box office performance of these movies online.

In the voting of netizens, "Your Name" undoubtedly leads the way.

As for other movies, they are still in a stalemate, and the status of the battle is not yet clear.

Thanks to the efforts of Fan Bingbing, Feng Shaofeng, and Huo Siyan, the box office of "Second Exposure" reached 847 million on the first day, taking a bite out of "Tai Chi 1" and "Hedong Lion Roar 2"!

Not only that, the reputation of this movie is far better than the previous two.

No one expected that Zhang Yimou, who had been silent for a long time, would come forward and make a rare comment on the movie:

"In my opinion, "Double Exposure" is a very challenging subject matter. There are not many such movies in China. I think Li Yu is very courageous and handles it very skillfully. Fan Bingbing's acting skills are also very good and very ambitious. …”

As soon as this article was published, it immediately attracted the attention of the media.

If other directors had made comments, although everyone would pay attention to them, they would certainly not rush to them like they do now.

But Zhang Yimou is different.

This is Zhang Ziyi’s “mentor”!

As a mentor, he actually praised the acting skills of his student's competitor. Is there some deeper meaning hidden in this?

For a time, under the guidance of many media, fans of Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi began to fight each other online again.

Neither of them was trying to coax the other, and they directly posted harsh words on Weibo.

Zhang Ziyi was the first to speak out: "The result is not yet clear. I hope some people won't cry too ugly when the time comes. Being slapped in the face is very painful."

Fan Bingbing's counterattack came quickly: "Talking big words and bragging... who can't do this? I'll see the real story at the box office. I hope someone won't shrink their head and dare not show up."

Although these words were directed at Zhang Ziyi, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but become a little angry after seeing it.

He always felt that Fan Bingbing had something to say, but there was no evidence.

"The failure of one movie is nothing. There will be "1942" next. Huayi cannot keep losing!"

……

Just when competition in the box office market was about to intensify in August, "Your Name" held a grand premiere at the State Guesthouse.

Although this movie was exclusively invested and produced by Feiyue Film and Television, there were still countless guests present!
As long as there is a respectable person in the circle and has received an invitation, almost no one will choose to refuse to attend.

Even Wang Zhonglei came with a shy face.

His idea is simple. Since "Tai Chi 1" failed, is it possible that "Your Name" will also fail?
He thinks he is quite professional in film analysis, so he is going to come over today to analyze the movie "Your Name".

On the stage, Chen Fei was leading Liu Yifei and Zhao Liying to be interviewed.

Today's host is Xie Nan. Liu Yan seemed to have gone to audition for a certain drama, so she was not present to participate.

"Director Chen, this movie should be considered the first time you and Yifei appear as an on-screen couple, right?"

When it comes to hosting professionalism, Xie Nan is not inferior to Liu Yan. She knows how to ask questions to trigger explosive moments.

Chen Fei raised the microphone in his hand: "This should be considered the second time. The first time was in "Mulan". At that time, she and I staged a wedding scene with red makeup."

"Then what was your original intention when writing the script for this movie?"

Hearing this question, Chen Fei subconsciously turned his head and looked at Liu Yifei behind him.

Ms. Liu smiled and took the microphone: "After "Super Body" was released, I suddenly became very interested in the identity of a producer.

Then Chen Fei brought me a stack of scripts and asked me to choose one. In the end, I chose "Your Name", a youth and fantasy-themed script.

From preparation to casting, to post-editing and special effects production, I followed the entire process and deeply experienced the joy of being a producer..."

On the stage, Liu Yifei talked enthusiastically about the details of the early preparations for the film and how she tricked Chen Fei into becoming the leading actor.

In the audience, many actresses felt envious.

good guy?
Does this transform from actor to capital?
Is there someone so tough behind the scenes?
In the audience, Yang Mi took a deep breath and whispered to Zeng Jia beside her: "Is there no reply from the company yet?"

"Not yet." Zeng Jia shook her head slightly, feeling an ominous premonition in her heart.

She heard from other agents in the company that there were many people vying for the role of the female lead in "The Martian."

In comparison, Yang Mi is actually not superior.

She wants to use the excuse of "continuing to sign with the company" to get the female lead, but the chance of success doesn't seem to be high.

On the other side, Yang Ying, who was not far away from her, was also whispering to Huang Xiaoming.

"Have you signed a contract with The Martian?"

"Well, I just signed it yesterday."

"Then I will play the leading female role..."

Listening to his girlfriend's words, which were like a fantasy, Huang Xiaoming was slightly startled, and said with a helpless smile: "It's very difficult! It's very difficult!"

He knew Yang Ying's acting skills well. She was okay in roles like background scenes, but she couldn't handle roles that really required superb acting skills.

As for a movie like "The Martian" with an investment of more than 700 million, unless Chen Fei and Guo Fan are both blind, it is absolutely impossible to use her!
Yang Ying said without emotional intelligence: "Why is it so difficult?"

"Because Director Chen's favorite heroine is Liu Yifei."

"But the director of this movie is Guo Fan, not Director Chen."

Huang Xiaoming was speechless for a while, "Didn't you see who was listed as the producer? And the male lead has not been decided yet. It is very likely that Director Chen will be the one to do it himself. Your hope of getting the female lead is very slim."

"Ok."

Yang Ying could not hide her disappointment.

"Tai Chi 1" failed miserably at the box office, and she, the heroine, was criticized by black fans for being useless.

If she can get the lead female role in "The Martian", her reputation may be reversed.

But now it seems that this is simply not that difficult!
The big screen on the stage was slowly coming down, and the film officially started playing.

Yang Ying glanced sideways at Huang Xiaoming sitting next to him, then turned to look at Chen Fei who was walking down the stage, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"If I could have gotten to know Director Chen first, would my current development be better?"

……

Different from other youth film themes, the plot presented in "Your Name" amazed many people in the audience!
A boy and a girl exchange bodies, using each other's bodies to experience each other's lives.

From the beginning of mutual hatred and teasing, to mutual affection.

Unfortunately, things didn't work out as they wished, and they gradually discovered that everything was not as simple as swapping bodies...

When the male protagonist suddenly discovered that the female protagonist's hometown had been destroyed by a comet three years ago, and the two were not even in the same time and space, a burst of exclamation suddenly sounded in the theater!

"This plot... is so well designed!"

In the front row, Han Sanping couldn't help sighing when she saw the sudden reversal.

"So it turns out that youth movies can still be made like this?"

Many producers and well-known screenwriters in the industry were watching and whispering, as if a steady stream of inspiration was bursting out in their minds!
Until the scene of the comet falling from the sky appeared, many people in the theater stared at this scene in disbelief!
It's just a youth-themed movie, why should it be so big?
Wang Zhonglei in the audience even twitched at the corners of his mouth. This special effect simply crushed "Tai Chi 1: Starting from Scratch"!
……

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