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

Chapter 582: The total box office of an individual has reached the top of the world's film history! Wang Sicong? Cousins? The competition is going on...

"Lin Gengxin? Wang Sicong? Cousins?"

After listening to Ye Ning's explanation on the phone, Chen Fei finally understood why Lin Gengxin would sue Tangren in court without hesitation and showed an attitude of not backing down or giving in.

With Wanda as the backer, there’s nothing to be afraid of about Tangren!
"Boss Ye, so what do you mean, how can I help you?"

"It's nothing, actually." Ye Ning said simply, "Because Wanda doesn't do brokerage business, I thought, after the termination lawsuit is over, I will let Geng Xin set up a studio and register it under your company."

Chen Fei agreed without thinking: "That's no problem. I'll give the company a heads up and sign the cooperation agreement."

As a well-known large agency in the industry, Feiyinghuang has many artist studios affiliated with it.

People like Zhou Xun, Liu Ye, and Liu Yifei are actually affiliated with the company in the form of studios.

If there are suitable resources, Chen Fei will not be stingy and will distribute them to them, and then transfer them from one hand to the other and take a share of the profits.

Although he was not familiar with Lin Gengxin, he still had to give face to Wanda and Ye Ning.

One person can lead it, and a group of people can also drag it. It’s no big deal.

The two were discussing this, while over at Tangren, Cai Yinong was getting angry in his office!
"What does he mean? Is he really going to sue the company? What qualifications does he have to ask me to compromise?"

As a person with a strong desire for control, she absolutely cannot tolerate her artists rebelling.

Lin Gengxin's actions in the past few days were simply a slap in her face, causing her and Tang Ren to completely lose face.

In Cai Yinong's view, this behavior is betrayal!

The assistant whispered beside him, "Boss Cai, the court summons has been delivered, and the court will be held this Friday."

Upon hearing this, Cai Yinong became furious!

"Where are the best legal team in the Magic City that I asked you to arrange? When will they come?"

"Two-thirty in the afternoon."

"Okay, when the people arrive, please come directly to my office."

Not only must this lawsuit be won, but it must be won beautifully!
There have been constant disturbances within Tangren recently, and Cai Yinong has already prepared to "kill the chicken to scare the monkey".

The contracts of Hu Ge and Liu Shishi are about to expire, but the two are dragging their feet and seem to have no intention of renewing their contracts.

This made her feel a little panicked.

The brother and sister who were personally trained by him both wanted to leave. If they succeeded, the Tang people would probably be almost ruined.

So, we must find a way to keep them here.

At the same time, they have to prepare more stringent contracts with longer signing times and higher breach costs in order to form constraints and completely bind them to the Tang warship!
"Haha, you all have grown wings, right? Then I will break them all for you!"

Just as she was thinking about it, a figure that made her hate him so much suddenly popped up in her mind.

"What's the current situation between Yang Mi and Jia Xing?"

Hearing the boss' question, the assistant quickly replied: "They have been keeping a low profile recently, but...the Weibo post has not been deleted."

Cai Yinong's face suddenly turned dark.

However, just when she was about to say something, she suddenly held back.

A gentleman's revenge is never too late.

The current priority is to deal with the lawsuit with Lin Gengxin. As for Yang Mi, without her backer, won't she be at the mercy of others?

……

Like Cai Yinong, Harvey thought so too.

One advantage of the "overpraising" method is that once the voices of praise and the attitude of elevating are released, there is no need for the initiator to use other means. The fans' pursuit alone is enough to spread the idol's glory all over the world!

Even though Wall Street Studios had mobilized a lot of resources to suppress the sales of People magazine, it ultimately failed.

There is no way, Chen Fei has too many fans around the world!

The latest issue of People magazine is selling out right here in Los Angeles.

The news spread rapidly in all directions in a very short time.

In fact, the influence was originally only spreading within a small range, but with the announcement of two hot news in succession, it directly stepped onto the fast lane!
First, the global box office of "Interstellar" exceeded 13 billion US dollars.

You should know that before this, the total box office data of films directed by Chen Fei personally had reached 87 billion US dollars.

After adding the $13 billion, the figure soared to $100 billion!
At this point, he officially surpassed Steven Spielberg and set a new record in global film history!

After the media in Los Angeles reported the news, it was immediately reprinted by domestic media.

That morning, a separate column was opened on the Weibo homepage for Chen Fei, with the following text:

"Congratulations to Director Chen Fei for topping the global box office!"

As soon as this news was announced, it immediately triggered crazy discussions and praises in the domestic film and television circles, especially Chen Fei’s Weibo account, which was directly overwhelmed by the overwhelming influx of fans!

"What the hell? Number one in global film history? Director Chen is really too awesome, right?!"

"Oh my god, boom! Hundreds of billions of dollars! That's over 600 billion RMB if converted into RMB!"

"What's this? Didn't you read the People magazine published in Los Angeles? Director Chen's net worth has reached 300 billion US dollars!"

"300 billion US dollars? 1800 billion RMB? What's this personal assets?"

"Oh my god! I am really going to cry. Director Chen is only 29 years old after the Chinese New Year, not even 30 yet, and he is already a winner in life!"

As expected, calls of congratulations came from all directions, directly burning Chen Fei's phone!

After receiving another call, Fade Chen turned off his phone and turned to look at the assistant standing beside him:
"Go buy me a cell phone. Buy me an Apple one. Forget about Samsung. It's too hot. I'm afraid it will explode next to my ear anytime."

"Okay, Boss."

The assistant responded and quickly left the office.

Chen Fei turned his attention to the computer web page. Now there were many people and media online who were frantically discussing everything about him.

With the highest personal box office in the world and a net worth of 300 billion US dollars, he is definitely a winner in life!
He actually doesn't like this kind of popularity. After all, the Oscar awards are coming soon, and making such a big splash now will not do him any good in the subsequent election.

Unfortunately, with People magazine making him the protagonist of the latest issue, coupled with the huge box office success of Interstellar, he became a "myth"!
Everything is so coincidental and reasonable.

Now the heat can no longer be suppressed, and we can only let it develop wildly.

Fortunately, Chen Fei had prepared a lot of tricks, otherwise he would have to consider whether to continue to participate in this year's Oscar selection.

I clicked the refresh button in the upper right corner and a piece of news suddenly popped up.

Looking up, Fade Chen's face was full of helplessness.

"I can't hold it back! I can't hold it back at all!"

The Berlin International Film Festival has officially announced the films shortlisted for each major competition unit this year.

The opening film chosen was Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmaster", and in the main competition unit, "Into the Dust" was prominently listed!
Although "The Murderer" was not shortlisted for the main competition director, it was placed in the Panorama unit.

Regardless of whether or not it wins the award, a new round of enthusiasm has already begun.

As expected, Han Sanping's call went directly to Chen Fei's private cell phone.

“Hahahahaha!” After laughing for a long time, the Third Master said cheerfully, “I knew the script you wrote would work. The Berlin Film Festival is like your backyard. Every time you go, you’re shortlisted. It’s so fucking awesome!”

"low profile……"

Fade Chen tried hard to calm him down, but unfortunately, he couldn't stop him.

After a while, he saw a piece of good news released on the China Film official website: "Congratulations to the Chinese-language films "Hidden in the Dust" and "The Murderer" for being shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival."

This piece of good news was directly reposted by major entertainment websites, media, Weibo, Douban, Maoyan and other platforms, and even the Sixth Princess jumped out to join in the fun. The previous heat has not yet subsided, and now new good news has appeared.

You know, Chen Fei was the producer and screenwriter of both films, which means that his selection into the competition unit is definitely related to him.

All of a sudden, more news about Chen Fei began to spread at home and abroad, and even the entire Hollywood was shocked by his "screenwriting skills"!
What’s interesting is that Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun actually joined in the fun and announced the preparation plan for the movie “Dear”.

At the press conference, the two jointly announced that they would serve as producers of the film and made a bold statement that they would participate in next year's Berlin International Film Festival.

There are so many people and companies joining in the fun!
DreamWorks Animation released a notice: "Following the official launch of Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen and Big Hero 6, both written by Chen Fei, have also recently started filming."

Marvel Entertainment announced: "Game of Thrones Season 4 is in the works."

Marvel Studios announced: "Iron Man 3 has completed all post-production and will be released at a later date in the first half of the year."

Catherine also announced on her personal Twitter: "Following the box office success of Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2 has begun preparations."

Lucasfilm also joined in the fun and announced the official completion of filming of "Godzilla".

Ning Hao posted a Weibo post saying: "The second part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is about to begin."

Golden Harvest Films released a notice: "The release date of "Drug War 1" will soon be finalized. Please wait and see, all fans and friends."

Even Rajkumar Hirani posted a blog post: "Next, I will work with Chen Fei and Walt Disney Studios to launch the latest film "Dangal"

Not wanting to be left behind, Tsuburaya Productions pushed "My Accidental Dad", which had already completed post-production, to theaters and officially began screening it.

In just a few days, Chen Fei's name became famous both at home and abroad, and he received wave after wave of praise, support, and admiration!
At this point, even Harvey himself was confused.

Is this a fucking over-praising? Or is this just raising the value of the opponent?

Just as he was wondering, his assistant rushed in from outside the office, with an expression of anxiety and worry on his face.

"What happened?"

"Boss, something terrible has happened! Go check the blog headlines!"

With doubts, Harvey turned on his computer and logged into his blog account.

In addition to the report that Chen Fei has officially become the world's top-grossing director in film history, the homepage also has an interview video.

Under the guidance of his assistant, Harvey clicked on the interview video.

Soon, the doubt on his face gradually faded away, and was replaced by deep anger and despair!

The protagonist of this interview video is Wally Hardinge, one of the Academy Award judges. The video content describes in detail the entire process of "Django Unchained"'s illegal public relations.

Screenshots of the emails and blogs he received were also posted below the video, and the college’s strict regulations in this regard were also specifically noted to avoid confusing netizens.

You know, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just sent out the ballots, and it is the Oscar voting time that the whole United States is most concerned about.

When the incident of "Django Unchained" engaging in illegal public relations was exposed, it was immediately reposted on platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

Subsequently, more and more academy members posted pictures on Twitter, publicly stating that they had received similar emails.

Although all the emails were sent anonymously, and the blog did not specifically mention the crew and the film title, the beneficiaries were clearly visible because of the content of the emails.

In just half a day, "Django Unchained" became the hottest topic in the United States.

If something like this happened underwater, it would naturally be calm and peaceful without any ripples.

But as the angry young man Wally Hardinge exposed the incident, it immediately sparked heated discussions and uproar in the circle.

You know, there are thousands of judges in the Oscars, and there is no shortage of angry young people like Wally Hardinge among them.

In the past, they just didn’t dare to speak out for fear of getting into trouble.

But now it's different.

Because when the first person steps forward, those who follow will not be singled out or targeted, but will be praised instead.

At first, the media's attention was not here.

But when the heat was completely aroused, media outlets eager for hot news followed suit and published the "email gate" incident in many newspapers and magazines, vigorously promoting the event.

Instead of elevating yourself, you put others down.

At a time when "Dallas Buyers Club" was a huge box office success and word of mouth, "Django Unchained" which was released at the same time suddenly broke out such news and was inevitably affected.

For a time, the media and netizens focused their attention on film director Quentin and producer Harvey Weinstein, demanding that they explain the incident.

At the same time, more people are turning their attention to film schools.

Led by various public opinions and internet trolls, more and more people are speaking out online, demanding that "Django Unchained" be disqualified from the Oscars.

However, the Film Academy is actually a very old and conservative non-governmental organization. The average age of its main members is over 60 years old. They like to do things step by step and are very inefficient.

It was not until the email scandal broke out on the Internet and in the media, becoming a hot topic among more than 90% of netizens, that the college finally responded.

A responsible person came forward and accepted an interview with the media, saying that the college would thoroughly investigate the matter.

Afterwards, the executive committee contacted Wally Hardinge and other people who had received anonymous emails, learned about the situation from them, and invited the "Django Unchained" crew.

However, how could such a major event be concluded in just one or two days?
We have to consider our reputation, our interests, and the fairness and justice of the Oscars...

It is impossible to handle all of these properly and reach a result of "everyone is happy".

And this is exactly the result that Chen Fei wanted to see.

Holding the iPhone that his assistant had just bought, he called Amy Knott and said, "Continue to guide public opinion..."

As the navy attacked and captured the city, many people turned their attention to the crew of "Django Unchained".

The film quickly became a target of public criticism.

The media and public opinion have finally waited for fresh and interesting news, how could they let it go easily?
Under the manipulation of Chen Fei, the manipulator behind the scenes, the media automatically split into two factions.

One of the parties tried very hard to defend the "Django Unchained" crew: "The email was forwarded anonymously, and it was most likely done by a competitor. I believe the crew would not be so stupid."

The other media immediately refuted:
"The Oscar ballots have just been mailed out, and the judges have already received emails soliciting votes, and they are also hinting that they can receive gifts. Isn't this a disguised bribe? What's more, this is a work produced by Weinstein Pictures. Harvey's public relations methods are well known to everyone..."

Supporters continued to speak: "The quality of the film is so good, even if the PR tactics are a bit over the line, it should not be criticized like this."

The opposition followed closely: "Once this loophole is opened, how can we talk about the fairness and justice of the Oscars? If all crews choose to do this, then will the Oscar campaign rely on the quality of the film or the public relations methods of the producers?"

The two sides are going back and forth, neither is willing to give in, and the situation is getting more and more heated!
And because "Django Unchained" had its public relations violations first, it's no surprise that the number of people standing on the opposition side is much greater than the number of people standing in support.

Many people may like to enjoy privileges and be treated differently from others, but they do not want to see others enjoy privileges.

Therefore, as expected, "Django Unchained" was criticized by more than 80% of netizens across the Internet.

"We must resist this unfair competition and kick Django Unchained out of this year's Oscars selection."

"If everyone does this, then what is the point of talking about fairness and justice?"

"Harvey's PR tactics have always been so vulgar and shameless. It's really infuriating!"

"If Django Unchained wins this year's Oscars, the Oscars will be closed down."

"Resist unfair selection! Demand equal treatment..."

If this were still the era when Oscar ratings were skyrocketing, these online opinions and oppositions would not have any impact on the jury at all.

But times are different now. For the sake of profit and for the Oscars to continue to be held smoothly, the Academy must give a reasonable explanation.

If the crew of "Django Unchained" wants to clear their "wrongs", they must also find a proper solution.

The difficult question was officially thrown into Harvey's hands. He raised the "pen" in his hand, but didn't know how to answer.

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