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

Chapter 648 These scripts are all garbage! Gambling agreement? The queen is divorced!!!
The domestic film market in September was quite lively.

The box office of "The Burning Sun" soared, while "The Bride with White Hair" was pulled from theaters two weeks after its release because of its poor daily box office.

The film "Eyewitness", which was praised as "Sun Honglei's one man versus four women", only had a box office of 4244 million in the first week, and it is estimated that it could barely make a profit.

At the same time, "Very Lucky" starring Zhang Ziyi and the movie "A City" adapted from Han Han's novel also entered the domestic theater market.

The former only grossed 1050 million on the first day, which shows that the combination of Zhang Ziyi + Wang Lihong is slightly disappointing.

Chen Fei paid special attention to the fans' comments on "Very Lucky".

Looking around, most people are saying: "The plot is too old-fashioned, the props are simple, the actors' acting skills are not good enough, Zhang Ziyi seems to be pretending to be young, and overall it's just a boring popcorn movie..."

No matter what the reason is, a celebrity breakup will inevitably affect both parties involved.

And now, Zhang Ziyi is reaping the bitter fruit.

She broke up with Xiao Sa, and then seamlessly hooked up with Piku Wang. These two things had a huge impact on her.

In the eyes of many people, her behavior was actually taking advantage of Xiao Sa. Later, when she no longer needed him, she cruelly kicked Xiao Sa away and threw herself into the arms of another man.

Isn't this an act of betrayal?

If this happens in Hollywood, this kind of situation can be said to be everywhere. Everyone is used to it and instead treats it as a joke.

But this is the mainland, and many people are still quite conservative.

Zhang Ziyi's behavior undoubtedly hurt many people and also brought her a lot of negative news and abuse.

The reason why "Very Lucky" had such a poor box office was not only because the plot was too cliché, but it was also closely related to Zhang Ziyi herself.

The audience favor she accumulated with "The Grandmaster" is fading rapidly. If this continues for a long time, her box office appeal will even be greatly affected!
As for the movie "A City", when Chen Fei saw the name Prince Fang, he lost interest.

However, considering that this is the work of Han Han, a young writer who is as famous as Guo Jingming, he still took the time to log on to Douban and check out the relevant film reviews.

The box office of this movie was really terrible, with only 121 million on the first day, and the related film reviews were even more terrible!

"Isn't this just a castrated version of an internet joke? Isn't this too vulgar?"

"It's a complete copycat. Not only is the flavor of the novel gone, but the strengths of the film are not reflected either. The director should practice more."

"The original novel is pretty good, but it's really hard to comment on this adaptation. It's just so bad!"

"..."

After reading the relevant film reviews, Chen Fei completely gave up the idea of ​​going to the cinema to watch the movie.

The Douban score is less than 4.5. This kind of movie will be cancelled sooner or later. It is not worth his time to make a trip there.

"Boom boom boom!"

At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, interrupting Chen Fei's thoughts.

The secretary pushed the door open and walked in, reminding, "Mr. Chen, Zhou Xun is here."

"Have her come directly to my office."

"it is good."

The secretary quickly retreated, and when he pushed the door open again, Zhou Xun appeared behind him.

Looking at the pile of scripts and project books in her arms, Fade Chen suddenly felt a pain in his teeth.

If he had known this would be the case, he would not have agreed to let Zhou Xun help her look at projects. This girl was planning to treat him like a donkey!
As she walked forward, she shouted, "Come on, help me pick it up."

Chen Fei felt helpless, but he had to get up and help her move the materials from her arms to the table.

"Help me see what kind of 'gold' is in here. If there is a suitable script or project, let's develop it together!"

Zhou Xun raised his hand for a while, looking quite heroic!

She is still quite confident, because in her opinion, among so many scripts, there should be at least a few good projects, right?
She didn't crave for any top-notch scripts, a mid-level one would be enough, so she could get familiar with the production process first, and then become bigger and stronger in the future...

However, soon, her excited heart sank to the bottom.

Because under her gaze, Chen Fei looked through the scripts and project books almost every ten seconds.

And all the scripts he had read, without exception, were thrown aside by him without any hesitation.

Until the end, when he saw the last script being ruthlessly thrown aside by him, Zhou Xun almost cried!
"So... there is no one that you like?"

Chen Fei did not hesitate at all and attacked mercilessly: "No, each one is worse than the other, and they are all the kind of projects that will lose money if you invest."

Either way, these people seeking investment are very bold. Among ten art film projects, at least eight requested investments of more than 8 million yuan.

As for the remaining two, either they asked Zhou Xun to participate in the film, or they asked for a share of the box office revenue.

Even a lion wouldn’t dare to open its mouth so wide, how dare they?

"Ugh!"

Zhou Xun sighed, looking extremely lost.

She really didn't expect that investing in film and television projects would be so difficult. There were more than fifty projects, but not a single one caught Chen Fei's eye. This was too tragic!

"Listen to my advice. If you have that much time, you might as well take on more dramas and hone your acting skills. If you really want to invest, you can invest in Liu Yifei's projects in the future. It just so happens that she doesn't have enough experience alone, so it would be good to have another person to help her."

In an instant, the sadness in Zhou Xun's heart completely disappeared.

She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Like in 'Dear'?"

"Correct."

"Haha, it's settled then. I'll contact Yifei right now and give her some gifts and try to curry favor with her. I can't let her leave me..."

After saying that, Zhou Xun went straight out of the office without any hesitation.

"Hey! Where are your scripts and project books? Take them with you!"

"No more." Zhou Xun waved his hand without even turning his head. "Please help me shred those scripts and project books. They are just a pile of garbage. There is no place to put them if I take them back."

In less than an hour, the scripts that Zhou Xun regarded as treasures turned into garbage. This situation is very rare.

After arranging his secretary to clear all the scripts, Chen Fei clicked the refresh button on the entertainment website.

The next second, several news items suddenly popped up, directly attracting all his attention.

"Chen Jingfei, the former general manager of Red Star Wood, has been frequenting Beijing Film Academy recently and has signed a new artist for his new company. Yang Caiyu, a 12th-grade acting student at Beijing Film Academy, has been selected..."

"Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei spent 2.5 million yuan to buy 70% of Zhang Guoli's company's shares."

"Actor Zhang Guoli announced that he will officially sign with Huayi and his company will be merged into Huayi. Both parties will go hand in hand and pursue a bright future together."

"..."

As the news was announced, relevant inside information spread within the circle that afternoon.

"I heard that Feng Xiaogang was the matchmaker. Huayi wanted to make a splash in the field of TV drama production. After failing to acquire Xiaoma Pentium, they set their sights on Zhang Guoli..."

Huayi used this trick quite well!

After all, Zhang Guoli's company is indeed very strong in the field of TV drama production, and has produced many acclaimed works over the years.

Now that the two parties have reached a cooperation, on the surface, this is simply a mutually beneficial cooperation plan.

However, a day later, Chen Fei suddenly received a message from Zhou Shouzi.

"It is rumored that Zhang Guoli signed a gambling agreement with Huayi. After receiving 2.5 million in cash, he must buy back 1.5 million worth of Huayi shares and cannot sell them within three years.

In addition, within the five-year period of the bet, Zhang Guoli's company's after-tax profit must reach 3000 million, and it must increase year by year.

If the profit in any year during these five years is less than 3000 million, he will have to pay out of his own pocket to make up the difference..."

Hearing this, Chen Fei's first thought was that Zhang Guoli was obviously trapped by the two brothers of the Wang family.

The annual profit of no less than 3000 million is no small amount!

And the most important thing is that in this gambling agreement, even if Zhang Guoli wins, Huayi will not lose, but can get more benefits. But if Zhang Guoli loses, Huayi will not lose anything, because the loss will be made up by Zhang Guoli himself.

"What a good plan!"

Not only did he raise the company's stock price, he also got Zhang Guoli's company's TV drama production team, and he also made a bet agreement that would never lose money...

If you think about it carefully, these two brothers are simply Pixiu. They are really good at getting something for nothing.

……

"Mr. Chen, several more producers have sent us invitations to the premiere. Would you like to take a look? Or should you just hand it over to Mr. Su?"

The secretary came in with a box of letters, which was full of invitations sent to Chen Fei. However, there were only a few that really caught his eye.

"What are they? Pick out the key points and tell me about them."

"The launch conference of Zhang Yimou's new film Coming Home, the premiere of Detective Dee: Rise of the Mystery Phantom Flame produced by Huayi, White Fox, Escape Plan, Special Identity..."

"Leave it to President Su to handle."

Fade Chen waved his hand, as he didn't hear any activities that interested him.

Zhang Yimou's strong return has caused quite a stir, but it was only a press conference after all, not a premiere, so it was not worth it for Fade Chen to go in person.

However, the media is quite "favorable" to him, and relevant reports are emerging one after another.

What makes LeTV depressed is that the name of the movie "The Return" rarely appears in media reports, and most of the reports are about the "love-hate relationship" between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping is a very tolerant person. Zhang Weiping has publicly called on him many times online to pay his film salary and share the box office revenue, but he completely pretended not to hear and refused to show up, just dragging it on.

According to media reports, the court has accepted Zhang Yimou's lawsuit.

But whether Zhang Yimou can get the money back from Zhang Weiping is another matter!
……

As the end of the month approached, after the filming team was successfully formed, Wang Shiliang held an "invitation-based" audition event for "Detective Chinatown".

The main characters of the film have actually been almost determined.

The three roles of Tang Ren, Qin Feng and Huang Landeng will be played by Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Ruoyun and Huang Xiaoming respectively.

The role of A Xiang was played by Tong Liya, who was recommended by Wang Baoqiang.

Other characters such as "Sinuo", "Tony", "Mr. Yan", etc., all chose artists from Feiyinghuang Entertainment Company.

Because of his personal temperament and the desire to challenge the limits of his acting skills, Pan Yueming took the initiative to ask to play a villain.

Up to now, the only characters that have not been confirmed are "Kun Tai" and "Bei Ge", who have very personal characteristics.

Since the audition location was chosen at Feiyue Films, when Chen Fei came to the company early in the morning, he saw the actors who came to audition gathered in the lobby on the first floor.

Looking around, he even saw quite a few familiar faces.

A group of comedy actors such as Shen Teng, Yue Yunpeng, Xiao Shen Yang, etc. were standing in the middle of the crowd.

Wang Shiliang defines the two characters "Kuntai" and "Brother Bei" as "greasy and funny" and "violent but comedic" respectively.

It is very difficult to find someone who meets these conditions by going to the three major universities, so the only thing we can do is start among comedians.

In fact, neither Chen Fei nor the contracted directors of Feiyue Film and Television have any discrimination against the lower-class group in the comedy industry.

After all, in some cases, comedians' acting skills are not necessarily worse than those of professional actors.

"Director Chen, long time no see!"

As soon as he saw Chen Fei coming in, Shen Teng was the first to react and hurried over to greet him.

Behind him, Yue Yunpeng, Xiao Shenyang and others hurriedly followed.

"Hello."

Chen Fei casually greeted everyone and asked about the audition.

"The audition time is 10 a.m., and we came here early just to see if there is anything we can cooperate with..."

Shen Teng is a much more eloquent guy than most people, and his emotional intelligence is high enough that you will be unconsciously drawn into the conversation when you chat with him.

However, he will not participate in the audition for "Detective Chinatown", so a group of people's flattery will not have any effect today.

Just when he met Shen Teng, Fade Chen suddenly remembered another thing and asked, "How is the progress of "Charlotte's Troubles"? It's been several months, why is there no progress?"

He already knew in advance that the role of "Charlotte" would be played by Shen Teng, and he thought that as the protagonist, he should know some inside information.

"After all, Happy Twist is new to the film industry. We are not as big as you. There are still many things we are not familiar with and we need to slowly explore. I estimate that the preparations should be almost done by the end of October at the latest."

"Okay." Chen Fei responded, and specifically reminded: "Go back and tell your Manager Yan that if there are any problems that cannot be handled, come to me at any time.

We are partners and should advance and retreat together. In addition to funding, we will also provide some help within our capacity.”

"Okay, thank you! Thank you Director Chen!"

Shen Teng quickly bowed to express his gratitude, and only after watching Chen Fei get on the elevator did he slowly put away the smile on his face.

Xiao Shen Yang, Yue Yunpeng and others who were standing by were very excited, but they couldn't help feeling a sense of powerlessness in their hearts.

Happy Twist's plays can be adapted into film and television dramas, and it is not too difficult.

However, the crosstalk of Deyun Club and the duo act of Liu Laogen Grand Stage did not have the basis for adaptation, so even if they wanted to curry favor with Chen Fei, they could not find a suitable topic.

……

Although Chen Fei had no intention of going to the scene to watch the audition process of "Detective Chinatown", the audition was held in the company after all, so he had to show up as the boss.

However, he was not planning to go there so early.

He planned to wait until the audition was over before walking around the scene and supporting Wang Shiliang.

Before that, he planned to eat the fresh melon that had just blossomed and borne fruit this morning.

It has only been four or five hours since dawn, and the entire entertainment industry and even the entire Internet have been concerned about and discussing the divorce of the princess and Li Yapeng.

Some netizens who like to watch the fun extended the relationship diagram of the two people's old love to form a "old love + friends + scandal" diagram.

You don’t know until you see it, it’s really shocking!
From the 90s to the present, most of the entertainment industry’s first-line actors and stars in different time periods are on this picture, even across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau!

The entanglement and connections between these two people are really extensive!
Chen Fei concentrated his attention for a long time before he was able to sort out the general context from the picture.

As time goes by, Wang, Xie, Zhou and Li are all single again. It seems that everything has returned to the starting point, and can be reshuffled and reorganized.

Looking around, the Internet is now full of the grudges and entanglements between these four people, and even the scandals from the 2000s have been dug up again.

Zhou Xun's studio was so crowded with media and paparazzi that not even a fly could fly out!
Speaking of which, she was quite unlucky. The others either had already hidden themselves or had fled directly to Hong Kong. She was the only one left in the capital, so naturally she "could not escape the harm."

This also proves from the side that the entertainment industry is really chaotic!

There are only four people, but there are many connections between them. If the entire entertainment industry is included, it would probably form an extremely complicated spider web!
Chen Fei was eating melon when Zhou Xun called him suddenly.

"Fuck! What the hell is going on? I'm not married or divorced, it's none of my business..."

Chen Fei couldn't help laughing after hearing this.

It's really interesting that Zhou Xun, who used to make fun of others everywhere, has become the target of ridicule today.

"Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Yes!" Zhou Xun said quickly, "Please hurry up and urge the Red Sorghum crew to get Director Zheng Xiaolong to announce the start of filming. This will also allow me to hide in the crew for a few days and have some free time. I'm really annoyed to death."

"OK."

Chen Fei responded and hung up the phone while Zhou Xun was cursing.

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