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

Chapter 588 You are a very nice person! Disputes among female stars! Ruining classics, ruining the original work, ruining worldviews!
When Han Sanping obtained the investment rights for "The Crossing" last year, she even called Chen Fei specially, with a hint of boasting in her words.

And today, as the film began to be prepared, as expected, the call came again.

“I can reveal to you first that the investment in this movie is even higher than that of Red Cliff. Several of our producers have discussed the script and believe that it has the potential to break the 10 billion box office.

I have already sent out audition invitations within Feiyinghuang Agency. Anyone who meets the requirements can participate in the audition.

Aren’t you promoting Shu Chang and Zhao Liying recently? How about I say hello to Wu Yu and include them in the group? "

"..." After a long silence, Fade Chen said slowly, "Boss Han, you are a very nice person."

"Haha." Han Sanping thought he was praising him, and immediately said cheerfully: "We are one family, so we should not have different opinions. Although I don't have the management rights over at Feiyinghuang, I still enjoy the profit sharing. I must take care of our own people when I have the chance.

Huayi is also competing for roles, if they are wanted, then we have to prepare in advance..."

Fade Chen didn't want to listen to him anymore, so he interrupted him and said, "I have other plans for the two of them, so forget it. As for the other young actors, it's up to them. They won't get any important roles anyway, so just treat it as a face-lift."

After hearing the words "other arrangements", Han Sanping didn't say anything more.

"Alas!" He sighed, "It seems that most of the opportunities to appear on camera this time will be taken away by Huayi. Those two brothers have been very close to Wu Yu recently."

"It's better to be close to me, as those who keep close to me are... "

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Chen Fei suddenly reacted, quickly changed the subject, and hung up the phone on the pretext of having something to do.

Hearing the busy tone coming from the phone, Han Sanping couldn't help but mutter: "What's wrong with this guy today? Why is he so weird?"

He didn't think much about it, put the phone in his pocket, and went straight to arrange the relevant matters.

This time, he will strictly control the progress and quality of the film shooting and follow up the whole process to prevent problems similar to "Red Cliff" from happening again.

"The Eastern version of Titanic, haha, good! That's great!"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became.

……

After finishing the phone call with Han Sanping, Chen Fei's attention was completely focused on Stephen Chow's movie.

Following the two movies "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" and "Wolf Warrior", "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" released in February once again ignited the Spring Festival box office!
With the name of Stephen Chow and a group of powerful leading actors, the success of the film seems reasonable to many people.

The box office on the first day was 8300 million!
The box office the next day was 1.25 million!
In just two days, the box office successfully exceeded 2 million!
This unrivalled strength made everyone in the industry once again realize Zhou Xingchi's strong box office appeal, and also made many production companies extremely jealous.

As the producer, Huayi was extremely excited and immediately began to increase its publicity efforts.

"The high reputation of 10 did not translate into high box office, which is a pity for us, but Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is a top masterpiece with both high reputation and high box office. Our goal is still billion!"

If it were before, many people might have laughed at Huayi for overestimating its own capabilities.

But as the data broke 2 million in two days, this slogan immediately gained a lot of support and praise from people, especially the actors from the Huayi faction, who were so excited as if they had also participated in the filming.

……

The disputes between female stars are always the most exciting scenes in the circle.

When Chen Fei briefly took his eyes off "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", he discovered that the competition among the new four young actresses had already entered a white-hot state!

Yang Mi has confirmed that she will participate in the selection of the new four little beauties, mainly relying on works such as "Palace", "The Four", "Tiny Times" and "Love in Seattle".

Judging from these, she has almost booked the second place in this session.

If it weren't for Shu Chang's participation in "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City", I'm afraid the first place would have to go to Yang Mi.

At this moment, in the rest area of ​​the "Tiny Times" crew, Yang Mi and Zeng Jia were chatting in a low voice.

"Mi Mi, it has been confirmed. There is absolutely no problem for you to take second place."

"okay."

Yang Mi nodded slightly, but she didn't feel very happy in her heart.

In the last selection of the Four Little Flowers, she was ranked fourth, but this time she was promoted to second place, which seems to be a big improvement.

But the family members know what the situation is like.

Huang Shengyi has been completely dismissed, Wang Luozhen has not developed very well in recent years, and Liu Yifei has officially been promoted to the ranks of top actresses and producers, and she doesn't even look down on these four young actresses.

Therefore, rather than saying that her second place was based on strength, it would be more accurate to say that it was based on luck.

Look at Shu Chang, who became famous both at home and abroad with just one movie. That's what we call true fame!
As a friend and partner for many years, Zeng Jia naturally understood what Yang Mi was thinking.

She comforted him, "You don't need to care about the rumors. Once you get this title, it will be of unparalleled help to your career as an actress!"

"Yes, I understand." Yang Mi took a deep breath and said, "For fame and fortune, we must fight for what we should fight for!"

All in all, the selection of the "Four Little Flowers" this year is actually more commercial, and background is also key, so there is a lot of room for maneuver.

With the first and second places basically determined, the competition for the third and fourth places is becoming increasingly fierce!
I don’t know what means Yang Ying used, but Huayi has given up on Bai Baihe and instead put all their energy on her. They are pushing her to the top these days.

However, many netizens do not buy their rhetoric, and waves of mocking voices come one after another.

"She can only frown, stare, and smile foolishly. I don't know where she got the nerve to participate in the selection of the four young actresses..."

However, compared to all the ridicule on the Internet, almost no one in the circle has any objection to Yang Ying's competition among the four young actresses.

After all, she has Huayi and Huang Xiaoming standing behind her. With these two parties backing her up, even if she takes a role and doesn't go to the set, it's not impossible for her to appear on screen by replacing her face in post-production.

This is the power of connections!

Many people are already waiting for the moment when the results will be announced. If nothing unexpected happens, Yang Ying will definitely have a place.

At the same time, the Tang people on the other side were also fighting!
Cai Yinong has reached an agreement with Liu Shishi that if she successfully wins the bid for one of the four little beauties, Liu Shishi will renew her contract on the spot.

But if they can’t get it, the years of cooperation between the two parties can be declared over.

To this end, Tangren has put all its efforts into promoting this matter. Various press releases, online media, interviews, etc. have spread all over the Internet. It is obvious that a huge amount of money has been spent!
"Mr. Cai, after the announcement of the news about 'Startling Love', the online response was very good. We definitely have a chance to get a spot among the Four Little Flowers this time."

Listening to the assistant's report, Cai Yinong showed a long-lost smile on his face.

"Okay, keep up the good work and make sure you succeed!"

Cai Yinong actually had his own explanation in mind.

Assuming Liu Yifei does not participate in the competition, the only strong competitors this time are Shu Chang and Yang Mi.

As for the others, they are far behind Liu Shishi in terms of national popularity, so she is still very confident.

Similar to Tangren is Ni. Not only does Feng Shaofeng's team pave the way and support her, but even Zhang Yimou has personally come out to support her. Her momentum is not much less than that of Tangren.

As for Jing Tian, ​​the three words "resource-rich" are enough to prove her personal strength.

The competition among the parties was very fierce, and they used all kinds of means, even to the point of almost beating each other's brains out!

After learning some inside information, Chen Fei made a special call to Huo Wenxi and said, "Zhao Liying should not fight for this title. There is no need. Her popularity is not high enough. Forcing her to be the star will only make her a laughing stock."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I understand."

Unlike Shu Chang who has been in the TV drama circle since childhood, although Zhao Liying has debuted for several years, she is actually not much different from a newcomer at this moment.

Although she shined in the drama "Your Name", her role as the second female lead was not up to par.

Instead of forcing it, it’s better not to get involved.

...As a public figure, you naturally have to be responsible for what you say.

On the day that "Dallas Buyers Club" was taken off the screen in North America, Chen Fei held a media conference and attended the event in person.

“After 45 days of release, thanks to the love of all the fans, Dallas Buyers Club has grossed a total of $1.1 million in North America.

At the beginning of the filming, I promised that after the film was released, I would use all the box office revenue to invest in the development of AIDS drugs and the establishment of a mutual aid association.

Today, I will keep my promise and hand over $1.1 million to the International AIDS Fund to help me accomplish this mission of benefiting the public..."

The press conference did not last long. After Chen Fei finished his speech and the president of the International AIDS Foundation spoke, it was officially declared over.

However, this press conference, which lasted less than half an hour, attracted huge attention across North America!
Even Ao Guanhai personally posted a blog post, strongly supporting and approving Chen Fei's behavior, and calling on all sectors of society to learn from him.

For a time, the movie became more popular and more and more people supported it.

As the mainstream in the circle, Oscar is naturally not willing to lag behind. The president of the Academy personally spoke out and affirmed Chen Fei's behavior full of "great love".

The other crews competing for the award were a little confused.

The opponents made too many outrageous moves, they simply couldn’t stand it and had no idea how to defend!
"I can't guarantee the Best Director award, but I can definitely win the Best Picture award."

Natasha said with certainty that if after all these operations, the film couldn't even win the Best Picture, then the Oscar scandal would be too deep!

"There are still fifteen days left. We can't stop our public relations. We can't do things like popping champagne in the middle of the trip, just in case something unexpected happens."

Chen Fei said this very seriously, without any contempt for other crew members.

He knew very well that staying vigilant, humble and low-key were the keys to continued success, and irrational pride would inevitably lead to tragic failure!

……

As the synonym of "Journey to the West", whenever a movie or TV series about the journey to the West is released, Teacher Liu will always be at the forefront, followed by a large number of loyal fans and defenders of the original work.

As the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" directed by Stephen Chow continued to grow, Teacher Liu also started to engage in various farces.

In a talk show, he complained tearfully: "The current Journey to the West themes are completely fake. They just use a few character names and call it Journey to the West. It's so shameless!
If it was a normal adaptation, such as an animated film like "The Monkey King: Hero is Back", then I could still accept it.

But if you look at the themes adapted by Stephen Chow, either Sun Wukong is in love or Sha Monk is in love, either Zhu Bajie is in love or Tang Monk is in love. Is there any connotation in the adaptation? Is there any progress?

This is simply destroying the classics, the original work, and the worldview!"

This accusation attracted support from many people, especially fans of the original novel, who continued to accuse and protest under the official Weibo of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

However, Huayi and Zhou Xingchi did not make any response and just ignored it.

According to what Wang Zhonglei said in the club, "Chun Chun just regarded it as a monkey show."

The public relations department at Huayi has been keeping an eye on Teacher Liu. As long as it does not affect the box office of the film, they actually like to see Teacher Liu making a fuss.

After all, such an operation can actually attract more attention to the film.

On the 12th, "The 101st Proposal" starring Huang Bo and Lin Chiling, and "Together" starring Zhen Zixuan, Yang Ying, Chen Yanxi, and Ke Mou, chose to be released on the same day.

Chen Fei paid special attention to the box office performance of the two films.

The former grossed 1484 million yuan and received a lot of positive reviews. Many people felt that it was a high-quality love movie with both laughter and tears.

The latter was a bit miserable, with a box office of only 103 million on the first day, and a lot of curses in the comment section!
"Zhen Zixuan is acting in a romantic movie? And in the end he's together with goddess Yan Xi? Holy shit! Director, are you an idiot?"

"The experience is very poor. As usual, the operation is pretentious. It makes me want to sleep. It's a waste of my money and time! I suggest those crazy girls to go and have a look."

"It's very average, and they're using 'Those Years' for promotion? It really disappoints me. They have nothing to do with each other, but they're trying to link it to the drama just because the lead actor's previous film was good? As a viewer, I don't understand it at all! What kind of operation is this?"

Two days later, the box office of "The 101st Marriage Proposal" continued to rise, reaching 4830 million on Thursday, shocking countless people.

However, the popularity of "Together" continued to decline, and on Thursday it dropped directly to 10, which can be said to be a terrible mess!
This result shocked everyone in the circle!

You know, the investment cost of this movie is as high as 5000 million, but after three days, the total box office has not even exceeded 200 million.

It is no exaggeration to say that this guy didn't even make back a fraction of Zhen Zixuan's pay!

What’s even more disgusting is that at the end of the film there is even a subtitle that specially thanks Guo Jingming, which makes those who go to see the movie feel inexplicably nauseous as if they had eaten a fly.

Zhen Zixuan's idea of ​​transformation was stifled before it even began, and he even gained a large number of black fans, so much so that he had to turn off the comments on Weibo to avoid being bombarded by black fans.

However, the mainland media would not let him go, and all kinds of reports were directly exaggerated:
"The love movie "Together" starring Zhen Zixuan had a total box office of no more than 200 million in the first three days of the weekend. After the suspension of the "Ip Man" series, Zhen Kung Fu has completely lost its box office appeal and its transformation has failed again!"

Because the box office was so bad, it even affected the filming of "The White-Haired Witch" which Zhen Zixuan and Fan Bingbing were currently filming.

Bona's Yu Dong was once again dragged out by netizens and was angrily criticized.

"You are simply blind. Who else can you choose? You actually want to lick those people in Hong Kong. Bona will be finished sooner or later if it follows you!"

I don’t know if he was scared of being criticized, but Yu Dong didn’t make any movement at all, being as low-key as a turtle retreating into its shell.

As the first producer of the film, China Star lost all its money!
In the Huaxia Star conference room, the two brothers of the Xiang family looked very unhappy.

It was difficult to withdraw the investment focus from Neon, and then joined the Bona line and re-entered the mainland cinema market.

But several movies in a row lost all their money and suffered huge losses!
The company's performance in recent years has been very poor, and now with this drag, it will be difficult to move forward in the future.

"Next I'll watch 'The Legend of the White-Haired Witch'. I can't fail again, otherwise..."

Xiang Huaqiang couldn't say the following words because he couldn't accept such a tragic ending.

"It will definitely be a success!" Xiang Huasheng cheered on the side: "We have the best Hong Kong production team, and Fan Bingbing, a top actress in the domestic entertainment industry. Add to that the hype of 3D movies and the support of Bona's theater chain. We will definitely not lose!"

"That's right, absolutely not!"

The two brothers encouraged each other, with a heroic attitude of "the hero will never come back".

On the other hand, the controversial Zhen Zixuan has returned to Hong Kong.

He did not go to the crew of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" immediately, but took two days off and drank alone at home.

Several films in a row have lost all their money, which has affected his salary and endorsements.

In just half a year, all of his previous high-end endorsements chose to leave him and turn to other people.

After leaving "Ip Man", he had a hard time in the circle!
"Brother Chen, do you think there is still a chance for Ip Man 3 to be re-released if we apologize to them now?"

"Yes! Absolutely!" The agent was very sure: "The movie has already been made, there is no reason not to release it. They just want to control you."

"You mean to say that if I choose to be a coward, I will continue to be a coward in the future?"

Zhen Zixuan frowned, not really liking this feeling.

He believes that the "Ip Man" series sold well because of his performance, so he should enjoy a high salary and a box office share of no less than 10%.

However, the two investors, Yinghuang and Feiyue Film and Television, have never agreed.

The agent nodded without hesitation: "That's for sure."

Zhen Zixuan suddenly fell into silence.

After a moment, he had made up his mind: "Then let's wait a little longer. After "Special Identity" and "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" are released, maybe I can return to the peak again.

By then, we will have the confidence to negotiate!"

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