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

Chapter 626 The power of “fan circle”!

Thursday, March 6th.

After getting up and washing up, Chen Fei rushed to the company. Last night, Huo Wenxi called and said that she had something to report to him, but she was mysterious and didn't say it on the phone. She insisted on telling him in person.

On the way, he turned on his computer and was shocked to find that Guo Jingming's "Tiny Times" had become the top headline of major portals.

Today happens to be the official release date of this movie, and judging from the photos and data released online, this movie is obviously going to be a hit!
According to media reports, there are long queues for the screenings of "Tiny Times" in all first-tier cities.

Looking around, without exception, almost all of them are young girls dressed in youthful and beautiful clothes.

Occasionally some male compatriots would show up, and most of them were there to watch movies with their girlfriends.

However, what made Chen Fei feel a little uncomfortable was that these girls seemed to be possessed by a demon. In addition to buying tickets to show their support, they also wrote words like "Support Tiny Times" on their faces and arms.

"Tsk tsk? You've even come up with all those fan circle tricks?"

Chen Fei continued to scroll down and read the news.

The media gave this film extremely large-scale support. In addition to extensive coverage, they also seemed to have helped with its publicity for free.

According to various reports, Guo Jingming seems to have officially entered the ranks of first-line directors, and is even better and more awesome than Zhao Yanzi before!
This is even more true for theaters.

After seeing the box office appeal of this movie, they quickly increased the film's screening rate, and at the same time very aggressively compressed the screening times of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

However, according to relevant reports, although the latter invested hundreds of millions of dollars and suffered crazy abuse and bad reviews from the entire network, it did not suffer any losses.

When chatting with Liu Dehua that day, he specifically revealed the inside story to Chen Fei.

"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is simply a movie embedded in a massive amount of advertisements, which is purely consuming the popularity and value of several actors in exchange for profits for the producers.

When talking about this incident, Liu Dehua could not hide his anger, but in the end he was helpless.

The matter is done and the remuneration has been paid. What's the point for him to be unhappy?
It's just a pity for the movie "Blind Detective" which is scheduled to be released on July 7th and in which he plays the leading role.

Under the influence of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", "Blind Detective" was openly boycotted by many movie fans and netizens.

The movie hasn't even been released yet, but it has already been labeled a "bad movie". It's so miserable!

……

When he arrived at the downstairs of Feiyue Film and Television Building, as expected, Chen Fei was once again besieged by a group of reporters.

"Director Chen, when will the launch conference for Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy be held?"

"Director Chen, how did you convince Han Sanping to play the role of 'Zuoshan Diao'?"

"Mr. Chen, what do you think about the extremely high attendance rate of Tiny Times?"

"..."

A group of people are asking all kinds of questions. If you think about them carefully, you will find that almost all of these questions are traps!

"The filming will probably start at the beginning of next month..."

After selectively answering a few questions, Chen Fei quickly walked into the company with the help of the security guard at the door.

As for the group of reporters and paparazzi, they were naturally stopped outside the door.

They can gather outside the door, but are strictly prohibited from entering the company. This is the rule of all film and television companies.

Unless invited.

Taking the elevator directly to the top floor, Chen Fei met Huo Wenxi who had arrived earlier in the reception room next to his office.

However, what surprised him was that there was Liu Shishi sitting next to Huo Wenxi!

"This is what you are doing?"

Chen Fei had already guessed something, but he was still ready to confirm it.

Huo Wenxi smiled slightly, led Liu Shishi to stand up, and introduced solemnly: "Mr. Chen, Shishi has decided to join Feiyinghuang Agency and signed a 5-year contract. I will have to ask you to support her in the future."

"..."

For a moment, Fade Chen didn't know what to say.

Cai Yinong is also very unlucky. Her brother left home, her sister joined another family, and both of them have a very bad relationship with their original company.

Chen Fei didn't know the specific details of the matter, but he knew one thing.

Cai Yinong is a very petty person!
"Director Chen, thank you for helping me out with that incident last time. I'll be asking for your support in the future." Liu Shishi took the initiative to speak, her eyes full of gratitude.

"It's just a piece of cake." Fade Chen waved his hand casually and asked her about some related matters: "Have you cut ties with the Tang people?"

"Yes, the termination contract has been signed. From now on, I will have nothing to do with Tangren."

When saying this, there was actually a sense of "relief" in Liu Shishi's tone, as if she had escaped from a devil's cave.

This analogy is not an exaggeration at all. After all, she was clearly tricked by Cai Yinong at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

There are too many examples of people becoming enemies after breaking up in the circle, but she didn't expect that it would apply to herself.

At this time, Huo Wenxi chimed in: "Tangren hasn't issued a notice yet. I plan to send out a notice tomorrow."

"Okay, you guys decide." Fade Chen nodded, and after thinking for a moment, he added, "There's another character in 'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy', but she doesn't have many scenes, only a few minutes. We haven't found a suitable actress yet, so let Shi Shi play a cameo role."

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi's eyes suddenly lit up!
"Thank you Director Chen!"

She really didn't expect to get a movie role as soon as she joined the company.

Even though it was just a cameo role, it was in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and I wonder how many people in the circle were vying for it!
If she continued to stay in Tangren, she might never encounter this type of role in her life.

For a moment, Liu Shishi felt that the future was bright.

Until she walked out of the Feiyue Film and Television Building, her mind was still a little dazed, and from time to time she would have the illusion that she was dreaming.

Huo Wenxi has seen too many actors like her.

After living a "poor life" in the past, there will naturally be a huge psychological gap when suddenly changing to live in a "big villa".

After getting in the car, Huo Wenxi made a brief summary of this trip to Feiyue Film and Television: "Shi Shi, you have to remember that no matter when, choice is always more important than hard work!"

After coming to his senses, Liu Shishi nodded silently, agreeing with this statement.

……

Early in the morning on the 28th, the media released news about "Tiny Times".

"The youth-themed movie Tiny Times, written and directed by Guo Jingming and starring Yang Mi, Amber Kuo, and Ke Zhendong, grossed 7323 million on its first day! A huge win!"

"Tiny Times will hold a celebration banquet..."

"Director Guo is expected to become a top-tier director!"

"The movie Tiny Times has unlimited box office potential, and the goal has been set to hit 10 billion box office!"

"The attendance rate on the first day was as high as 45%. Let's see how it goes on the second day."

With extensive media coverage, the entire production industry was shocked by this number!
A fledgling newcomer who switched from being a published novelist to being a director, and then made a work that actually achieved such a high box office result.

This horse is about to take off!
Like everyone else, when Chen Fei saw this number, he also subconsciously thought that Guo Jingming's cross-industry move was going to be a success.

But soon, when he checked the relevant film reviews, he discovered that this movie was extremely controversial!
Moreover, most of this "controversy" does not come from the perspective of movie fans, but comes from professional film critics, experts, screenwriters, producers, well-known directors, etc. from all walks of life.

"The movie Tiny Times can be called a model of exaggerated and confusing values. Its gorgeous and extravagant style has completely formed a morbid worldview!"

"From the first-day box office performance of this movie, we can see that Guo Jingming is not only a successful writer, but also a powerful "businessman". He has a sharp vision and is forward-looking. He accurately grasps the aesthetic preferences of some young audiences today. His first directorial debut was a huge success. I admire him very much."

"In such a youth inspirational love film with a scattered and pretentious plot, the characters' acting is stiff, various symbols and labels are piled up, the images are stereotyped, and a few songs string the plot together, just like a super long MV, with inexplicable quarrels, then reconciliation, quarrels again, then reconciliation, and so on and so forth. It is simply devoid of nutrition!" "As a youth-themed movie, it is actually filled with all kinds of extravagant styles of showing off wealth. Such a movie is simply poisonous to young audiences whose minds are not yet mature!"

"If money worship, vanity and materialism are allowed to spread, I can't imagine to what extent the values ​​of today's young people will be shattered."

The large number of negative reviews even caused a wave of heated discussion at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which had already ended.

Many people are questioning how a fledgling, non-professional director, who made a work that shatters all worldviews, could win two awards, Best New Director and Best Picture, in a certain unit module of an international A-class film festival?
Given that the selection of these two awards was conducted by internal organizers of the film festival, many doubts appeared on the official website of the film festival.

What is speechless is that the Shanghai International Film Festival actually made a very strong response:

"All awards are judged in a fair, impartial and open manner. There will not be any partiality or shady dealings. We hope that all sectors of society will be aware of this..."

As soon as this announcement came out, there was a chorus of boos in the circle.

We are all in this circle, who doesn’t know the nature of domestic award selection?
Fair, just and open? It's simply laughable!
……

For the entire day, as many as two-thirds of the people in the film industry were watching the battle online.

Looking around, a large number of film critics, directors' associations, screenwriters' associations, and even producers' associations have very rarely united together to boycott the film's vile plot.

In the end, even the Federation of Literary and Art Circles stood up and bluntly stated that the plot of "Tiny Times" was too cliché and was completely destroying the three views of contemporary young people.

That huge war of words was quite eye-opening.

You know, even a recognized super bad movie like "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" has not been publicly criticized by a large number of filmmakers and film critics.

But "Tiny Times" created a miracle today!
Of course, Guo Jingming’s fans will not let it go.

Soon, people in the industry realized the power of the "fan circle".

When those film critics and industry insiders lowered the Douban score of "Tiny Times" to 5.0 (out of 10 points), the huge number of Guo Jingming's fans, mainly those born in the 90s, formed two distinct camps on Douban and began to give positive reviews, at one point raising the score to 8.5 points!
At the same time, a large number of fans were madly cursing at the Film Association, Screenwriters Association, and film critics on Weibo.

"Our box office performance is so high, isn't this a success? You are just jealous!"

"What's wrong with Director Guo? What did he do wrong? Didn't he just make a movie that was a big hit? Is it necessary for you to make such a big fuss?"

"Sisters, let's not be cowardly. We can't let them make a fool of us. We are successful people, we have not failed!"

"..."

The two sides have been going back and forth, and there is no sign of the dispute stopping. From the movie itself to the heated debate it has sparked, "Tiny Times" has become a special case in the Chinese film industry.

One of the reasons why these fans continue to be angry is naturally inseparable from Guo Jingming's outrageous actions.

Faced with online abuse, he put himself on the weak side, denounced the entire film industry for the persecution he inflicted on him, while also calling on fans to remain rational.

“I don’t know if I have touched someone’s cake, so that I am targeted by the whole industry, but I hope that if you have any dissatisfaction, you can come to me, please don’t scold my fans.

They are innocent, they just want to support their favorite works, they have not made any mistakes, and they do not deserve the abuse!
And I won't admit defeat. I can't let down the fans who support me. I want to loudly tell the entire film industry that I am invincible!

"Tiny Times 2" will officially hit domestic theaters on August 8. This is my clarion call to all the abusers, and it is also my support and recognition for my fans.

Dear fans and friends, please believe me, I will not give up. I will still shoot the third and fourth parts as planned. Tiny Times will not end completely because of these incidents!"

His statement directly created a violent chemical reaction among the fan community, triggering even more people's mindless support.

These crazy fans even went so far as to crash the official account and website of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, causing the situation to become extremely stalemate.

Inside the office, Chen Fei couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as he read the news online: "Awesome! Really awesome!"

Wang Changtian, who was sitting opposite him, also had some feelings: "This group of fans is really terrible, they are simply brainless and forced to support them!"

Fade Chen shrugged. Although he didn't say anything, he thought to himself, "Fan circles are terrible!"

At this moment, Wang Changtian suddenly said, "Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I should have stepped in to stop it when The Breakup Master signed the contract with Yang Mi."

"Already signed?"

“Yeah.” Wang Changtian smiled awkwardly. “I was thinking about taking advantage of the popularity of Tiny Times and notifying the public that Yang Mi had joined The Breakup Guru after the movie was released. Now it seems that I have to keep the news secret for a while.”

Chen Fei didn't know what to say about him. This was simply a case of his being too clever for his own good!

You know, at this time, Yang Mi’s Weibo was already in an uproar.

Just like in "Tiny Times", fans are defending him while passers-by are criticizing her fiercely.

Chen Fei, with the intention of eating melons, deliberately looked through Yang Mi's Weibo.

A war of words has already broken out under the Weibo post promoting "Tiny Times"!
"Didn't you read the script when you were filming? You actually accepted a work that destroys your worldview? You are really obsessed with money, right?"

"Haha, I was wondering why you terminated your contract with Feiyinghuang Agency. It turns out you wanted to take on this kind of role!"

"Consuming fans and wasting your character, you will be in trouble sooner or later!"

……

Chen Fei couldn't judge Yang Mi's behavior. After all, everyone has different aspirations. Some people do it for fame, while others do it for profit. People's hearts are always complicated.

"My personal suggestion is that the filming of "The Breakup Master" should be kept low-key and wait until this wave of popularity has passed. Otherwise..."

Chen Fei didn't say anything else. He believed that Wang Changtian could understand the interests involved.

But in the next second, as Wang Changtian told another piece of news, he suddenly discovered that Lao Wang was also very good at this trick!
"For the previous film, My Deskmate, we finally chose Gao Xiaosong to be the director, and the leading actors were Lin Gengxin and Zhou Dongyu."

Chen Fei frowned instantly, feeling mixed emotions.

"You...what do you think?"

Wang Changtian's expression became more and more embarrassed. "It's because I couldn't find a suitable director. Gao Xiaosong happened to volunteer and promised to shoot the film with all his heart, so I just hired him."

Chen Fei shook his head helplessly. When the many words he wanted to say came to his lips, they all turned into one sentence:
"Good luck to you!"

……

At the same time, inside the crew of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".

Because the controversy online was so intense, even Yang Mi's mentality was affected, and she had trouble getting into the role during filming.

She simply took half a day off and prepared to adjust her state of mind.

After hearing about this, Zeng Jia rushed to Hengdian from the capital without stopping.

"Mi Mi, I think you don't need to worry about these things at all. They are just a few complaints and they won't have any impact on you.

In my opinion, this movie has great box office potential, and as a commercial film, box office performance is the standard for measuring whether it is good or not.

Just think about it, before the movie was released, Deng Chao enthusiastically invited you to play the leading female role in the movie. This is the benefit of fame.

If Tiny Times is a big hit at the box office, your future worth will only increase, and your film pay, advertising endorsements, and resources you will have access to will all be better than ever before. What do you think?"

With Zeng Jia's persuasion, Yang Mi gradually came out of the haze.

She let out a long breath, her eyes determined: "That's right, the higher the box office, the more benefits it will bring to me, and I don't have to consider anything else."

Zeng Jia smiled with satisfaction, and secretly added in her heart: "Go for it, work hard, it will benefit the company more than you personally."

"Jingle Bell!"

The sudden ringing of the phone interrupted Zeng Jia's thoughts. After seeing that it was the assistant calling, she didn't think much about it and directly pressed the answer button.

The next second, the voice coming from the phone stunned Yang Mi and Zeng Jia.

"Sister Jia, Liu Shishi announced that she has joined Feiyinghuang Agency, and has also been offered the opportunity to star in Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy!"

……

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