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

Chapter 597: My lips are swollen from kissing? Who is suing me? That's 8000 million! Even Star Master has to stand aside

"So, you weren't actually shot, you were just acting?"

In the ward, after listening to Chen Fei's explanation of the whole story, Liu Yifei scratched her head subconsciously, feeling a little confused.

Acting in reality?
Why does it sound weird?

Fade Chen nodded: "Yes, I have moved too fast in the past few years, and I may have left many hidden dangers inadvertently. I can take this opportunity to find potential crises and deal with them all directly."

As he spoke, he casually took out an apple from the fruit basket beside him and handed it to him: "You haven't had breakfast yet, right? Eat an apple first. I'll have someone bring you breakfast."

"If I don't eat the apple, my mouth will hurt. Just give me some porridge."

Liu Yifei rolled her eyes, her tone full of resentment.

Looking at her obviously swollen lips, Fade Chen smiled awkwardly. He had kissed her a little too hard just now and couldn't control himself.

"Take a rest first. If you feel sleepy, you can go to bed and take a nap. I'll contact my assistant."

"It's okay, I'm not sleepy." Liu Yifei shook her head, touched her swollen lips, and added: "By the way, give me an ice pack to reduce the swelling."

At this moment, an awkward yet somewhat sweet atmosphere began to spread in the ward.

……

While Liu Yifei was eating, Chen Fei turned on his computer and checked various recent domestic and international news.

At this time, in addition to the news that he was shot, there were also many related hot news in the film and television industry.

In mainland China, films released in February such as "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", "Love in Seattle", and "The 2st Marriage Proposal" all achieved good results.

As the film is about to be released, the total box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has now exceeded 10 billion, becoming the first film invested by Huayi to exceed billion in box office.

However, the application submitted by the two Wang brothers for a postponement of the release date was rejected.

The reason given above is that within the same release period, only one movie has the opportunity to get the extension key.

Huayi submitted its application documents too late, and the qualification for extension has already been given to Love in Seattle.

It is worth mentioning that the investors of the latter are China Film and Feiyue Film and Television.

When seeing this news, Chen Fei's mind already emerged with the scene of the two brothers of the Wang family jumping up and down and cursing their mothers. Just thinking about it made him feel that it must be very interesting.

Compared with Han Sanping?
Their winning rate doesn't even exceed 10%!
At this time, the relationship between China Film Group and Huayi can be easily summarized in a very classic statement:

"Who in the hall is suing me?"

At this time, inside Huayi Company.

Seeing that the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" successfully exceeded 600 billion, and the daily increase in box office remained above million, Wang Zhongjun felt as if his heart was bleeding.

Under the current circumstances, if Huayi can get the opportunity to postpone the contract, it will at least bring Huayi no less than 5000 million in revenue.

However, facing the behemoth China Film Corporation, Wang Zhongjun had no solution except to sigh.

He can't go to the police station to complain, right?

It is very likely that the letter of complaint had just been delivered and then it was immediately sent to Han Sanping's office.

"Oh, forget it, let's just leave it at that. We still have the offline market to develop, so let's find a way to make money from that."

Wang Zhongjun sighed, feeling unwilling but helpless.

However, at this moment, Wang Zhonglei, who was also in the office, suddenly said, "Brother, I have a way to recover this loss."

Wang Zhongjun raised his head curiously: "Oh? Tell me, what's the solution?"

Wang Zhonglei grinned, "Didn't we agree on an incentive agreement with Zhou Xingchi on New Year's Eve? If the box office exceeds 8000 million, he can get million in box office revenue."

"and then?"

Wang Zhongjun naturally remembered this incident, and it was precisely because of this incentive agreement that Zhou Xingchi worked so hard to promote the movie.

"Hehe!" Wang Zhonglei suddenly laughed evilly: "Until now, this incentive agreement has not been signed."

"What? The agreement hasn't been signed yet?" Wang Zhongjun was surprised.

Wang Zhonglei nodded: "Yes, the tax bureau was coming to check the accounts, and the company's finance and legal affairs happened to be on vacation back home, so the agreement was not formally put into writing."

Hearing this, Wang Zhongjun instantly understood the meaning of these words.

The two brothers' evil thoughts were boiling at this moment.

Wang Zhonglei continued: "We can completely deny the existence of this incentive agreement. After all, it was just a verbal agreement and was not put into writing."

This is 8000 million!

No matter how calm Wang Zhongjun was, he couldn't help but feel a little moved at this moment.

Although this behavior will inevitably offend Zhou Xingchi, that's 8000 million!

How much is Huayi’s net profit in a year?

If this money was withheld, it would not only make up for the loss of "1942", but could even make up for the loss of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" due to its failure to obtain a key extension.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhongjun could no longer suppress his inner urge to act.

"That's it!"

With a net profit of 8000 million, Zhou Xingchi naturally has to rank behind.

The two brothers have been in the film and television industry for so many years, and their main selling point is "no conscience", because only in this way can they make more money.

……

In addition to the news about "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", Chen Fei also saw the follow-up situation of the termination of the contract between Tangren and Lin Gengxin.

Because during the New Year's Eve performance, Lin Gengxin participated in a program privately without the consent of the agency.

This behavior immediately angered Cai Yinong, so much so that Tangren’s official Weibo directly issued a notice letter, the content of which clearly pointed out Lin Gengxin’s various breaches of contract.

"At this time, the agency contract between Tangren and Mr. Lin Gengxin has not been terminated. Therefore, the artist's behavior of privately contacting performing activities is a serious breach of contract, and we will pursue his legal responsibility.

At the same time, we also hope that all third parties who have unilaterally engaged in commercial activities with Lin Gengxin will immediately stop the infringement, otherwise we will inevitably seek compensation through legal proceedings! "

This announcement caused quite a lot of heated discussion in the circle. No one expected that Lin Gengxin would be so brave!
The lawsuit has not been decided yet, the contract has not been terminated yet, but they have already started to contact external business activities. Isn't this handing their own handle into the hands of the Tang people?

If he can win this case, then everything will be fine.

But if you lose, the consequences will be serious!

However, Lin Gengxin didn't care at all. When his temper flared up, he publicly responded to Tangren's notice on Weibo.

"You were the first to breach the contract, and now you are turning the tables and pushing the responsibility onto me. Mr. Cai, do you still have any shame?

I don't ask you to compensate for the loss, but now you are doing this to me. Do you really think I was brought up by being scared? If you want to sue me, just go ahead. I will fight you to the end!"

Lin Gengxin's domineering response received support from many fans, but Tangren naturally would not admit defeat and immediately organized a wave of water army to fight back.

The two sides were interacting with each other online, it was so lively!
As a bystander, Chen Fei could see that the farce between the two parties would be resolved soon, because he found that Wanda's young master had also taken action, and was obviously on Lin Gengxin's side.

Tangren is not considered a big company in the circle, and it will definitely not be able to survive for long facing a behemoth like Wanda.

……

With the arrival of March, "Interstellar", which domestic audiences have been waiting for for a long time, has finally officially entered the mainland theater market.

The first-day box office of 7968 million RMB made it the best among the movies in the same period, crushing other films of the same period.

The 2 hours and 49 minutes of running time made many domestic audiences feel extremely ecstatic.

After the movie ends, many people rush to the bathroom to relieve bladder pressure.

At this moment, they finally understood why Chen Fei said "Stay tuned for Interstellar" when he mentioned the running time of the movie "White Deer Plain" during the Six Princesses' interview program last year. Including the advertisements, the running time of this movie has soared to three hours, which is simply exaggerated!
However, the long screening time does not affect the viewing experience. On social platforms such as Douban, Maoyan, Tieba, and forums, there is almost no one complaining that the screening time of the movie is too long. Instead, many people said that they did not see enough.

At this moment, what Wang Quanan said when "White Deer Plain" was released was tantamount to slapping himself in the face.

When the quality of a film is excellent, increasing the screening time will not affect the audience experience, but will instead gain more positive reviews.

No one knows whether Wang Quanan regretted it later, but the investor Xiying was very regretful.

If they had known this would happen, they should not have been so ruthless in making the cuts.

Now look what happened, I’ve completely harmed myself!

However, taking advantage of this opportunity, some people within Xiying have already proposed a plan to adapt "White Deer Plain" into a TV series.

By making it into a TV series, extending the broadcast time, and telling a more complete story, it may be able to make up for the losses caused by the previous film investment.

……

Turning his attention to Hollywood, Chen Fei saw the box office performance of "Kung Fu Panda 1", which was scheduled to be released on January 29 and has been released for more than a month.

With a North American box office of 2.3 million U.S. dollars and a global total box office of 4.5 million U.S. dollars, this adorable panda's ability to attract money is still very strong!
There is also the film "My Accidental Dad", which was jointly produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Toho Co., Ltd. and has now ended its release in the global theater market.

Relying on the strong distribution capabilities of Wall Street Films, the global box office totaled 1.1 million US dollars, which is 6 times the investment cost!
On the premise of success, Toho Co., Ltd. is very confident about its cooperation with Lucasfilm.

The new version of "Godzilla" has completed all post-production editing work and is currently discussing with theaters to determine the subsequent release schedule and number of theaters opening.

DreamWorks has already started to push forward the filming plan of "Transformers 4".

According to Spielberg, the fourth film in the Transformers series is expected to be released in June next year, just in time for the summer vacation.

Let’s not talk about the quality of the film for now. Just based on the word “sentiment”, this series is bound to make a lot of money!
Putting aside the good news above, the emergence of "bad news" really made Chen Fei feel a little bit amused and helpless.

"Fast & Furious 6" is about to hit the North American theater market in May. Universal Pictures has been doing various promotions, but the results have been somewhat disappointing.

Because in the impression of many Fast and Furious series fans, the fifth film is actually the final chapter of the Fast and Furious series.

A peaceful and happy ending is what everyone wants to see.

However, in the sixth part of the trailer, the main characters suffered casualties, which is something many fans do not want to see.

For this reason, the producer Universal Pictures even took on a lot of pressure.

According to the information conveyed by Natasha, many experts in the industry have analyzed that "Fast and Furious 6" is likely to fail miserably at the box office.

However, at this time, Chen Fei, who played an important role in Fast and Furious 6, suffered a shooting incident and is now lying in the ICU ward of the Mayo Clinic with an unknown birthday.

So, the crew of "Fast and Furious 6" actually put together a big job!

A song called "See you again" was created to pray for Chen Fei's safe return. It was not only used as the ending song of Fast & Furious 6, but was also released on the billboard.

In just two days, this song topped the music charts in more than 20 countries including the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Germany, and even directly reached the first place on the US Billboard Hot 100!
When Fade Chen learned about this from Bruce and Natasha, he was completely stunned.

"What the hell? Am I the one being memorialized?"

Bruce held back his laughter and said, "Fei, you should be thankful for this. The popularity of Fast & Furious 6 has skyrocketed, and your influence is spreading. For an actor, this is actually very good news."

"I'm not dead yet!"

Chen Fei was speechless. The crew of "Fast and Furious" was really a rip-off for putting up such a scene for him.

"Giggle..."

Liu Yifei covered her mouth and laughed foolishly, her pretty face turned red.

However, when Chen Fei turned his head to look at her, she subconsciously took several steps back and covered her mouth even tighter.

The swelling had finally gone down, and she didn't want her mouth to swell again.

She had been accompanying the patient for several days, and her mouth was swollen almost every day, so much so that Chen Fei's assistant always secretly laughed at her when he came to deliver meals.

Taking his eyes away from Liu Yifei and putting away the depression on his face, Fade Chen asked seriously, "Has there been any movement in the past two days?"

He has been pretending to be dead for almost a week. If it doesn't work anymore, he will have to change his strategy.

It's not a good idea to keep pretending like this, as there is still a lot of work waiting for him to do.

He has already finished drawing the storyboards for the two films, "Black Coal, Thin Ice" and "The Burning Sun". The next step is to arrange the subsequent related shooting plans.

He was also planning to go to the Cannes Film Festival, and time was running out, so he couldn't delay any further.

When talking about business, Natasha and Bruce's expressions suddenly became much more serious.

"Both Disney and Warner Bros. are approaching Marvel Studios, and many independent production companies are approaching Katherine and Wen Ziren, hoping to poach them."

"anything else?"

Fade Chen frowned slightly, feeling very surprised that he didn't hear that familiar name.

Natasha knew what he was thinking: "Are you talking about Harvey?"

"Yes, that's him. There's no movement from Weinstein Pictures?"

"No." Natasha shook her head gently. "Harvey has been very low-key recently. He is no longer in North America. He went to Cannes and is suspected to be preparing for the Palme d'Or."

"Hey?" Fade Chen raised his eyebrows slightly: "This is not like his style, right?"

Who among those in the Hollywood film and television industry doesn’t know Harvey’s character?

That guy won't accept any loss at all. Anyone who dares to offend him will surely be met with a fierce counterattack!

But at this year's Oscars, Chen Fei offended Harvey so much that two films invested in by Weinstein Pictures were ruined by him and they didn't even get nominated.

Under such circumstances, Harvey showed no sign of fighting back and even went to Cannes.

This is undoubtedly a very bad signal!

Bruce suddenly said leisurely, "Could he be...avoiding suspicion?"

The news about Chen Fei is very bad now, because according to reports, he has been in a "coma" for a week.

In order to ensure "authenticity", Chen Fei even bribed a doctor in the Mayo Clinic for a high price and leaked some information through him.

Basically, this level is very difficult and you will die if you are not careful.

But in this situation, Harvey did not add insult to injury!
"When things go wrong, there must be a monster."

Fade Chen murmured, and after thinking for a moment, he picked up his phone and called Florian.

"You can start now."

"it is good."

Flory responded and immediately prepared to hang up the phone and go to do his business.

But at this moment, Chen Fei's voice suddenly rang out from the other end of the phone: "Is it safe? It won't be traced back to you, right?"

“Fei, don’t worry.” Flory laughed: “If there aren’t dozens of people dying every day in a place like the Mexican border, can it still be called the most chaotic border in the world?
What's more, I won't do it myself, so I contacted my former comrade in the Navy SEALs. He has been a middleman for decades. Not only is he reliable and reputable, but he has never made a mistake or failed. "

"Oh?" Chen Fei was quite surprised: "A 100% success rate?"

"Yes, one hundred percent, and it will definitely not involve me."

"Wow! Any tips?"

Chen Fei was a little shocked. Although he had never dealt with killers, he knew the value of "100% success rate".

If we add the prerequisite of "it will definitely not implicate oneself", then the value will definitely soar!
"The trick is actually very simple." Flory grinned: "Subcontracting layer by layer! All the way down!"

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