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

Chapter 649 of Chinatown Detective has officially confirmed the cast, the unlucky Zhou Xun, Youku’s latest big move!

After finishing the call with Zhou Xun, Chen Fei went to deal with some accumulated matters in the company.

When he finished the work at hand, he looked up and saw that it was almost three o'clock.

After eating in the company cafeteria, he went straight to the audition room of "Detective Chinatown" to see how the audition was progressing.

The actors who came to audition today are the last batch after screening, so the remaining roles must be decided before getting off work in the afternoon.

Wang Shiliang might have been worried that he couldn't handle it all by himself, so he specifically called Lu Yang to come over for help.

When Chen Fei arrived at the audition area, he could clearly see that the corridor, which was originally a bit crowded, had become much less crowded.

Obviously, a lot of people were eliminated during those two hours in the morning.

"Director Chen!"

"Good afternoon, Director Chen."

"Mr. Chen, why are you here?"

With the greeting voice ringing in his ears, Fade Chen pushed the door and walked into the audition room.

However, what surprised him was that just as he stepped into the room, he suddenly heard a rather "arrogant" voice:

"Huang Landeng, what do you mean? You came to my territory and arrested people without saying hello, and you arrested my people... Who in the whole Chinatown doesn't know that Tang Ren is my henchman?"

When Chen Fei heard the voice, he looked over and saw a middle-aged man wearing a floral shirt, with a middle-parted hair and a greasy face as if he hadn't washed it for several days, reciting the lines in a very emotional voice.

After just one glance, the title of "greasy middle-aged man" popped up in his mind unconsciously.

You don’t have to guess to know that this guy must be here to audition for the role of “Kun Tai”.

Because of Chen Fei's arrival, the ongoing audition was forced to be interrupted. Lu Yang and Wang Shiliang quickly stood up and greeted him.

"Sit down, sit down, don't be shy." Fade Chen waved at the two people and the actor who was auditioning, and asked curiously, "How is it going? Is the audition almost over?"

"It's almost there." Wang Shiliang responded quickly: "This is the last batch. In half an hour at most, today's audition will officially come to an end."

“The progress is quite fast.”

As Fade Chen spoke, he turned and looked at the actor who was auditioning.

After looking at you for a while, he suddenly asked, "Why do you look familiar to me? Have we met somewhere before?"

"Hello, Director Chen! It's an honor to meet you here!"

Xiao Yang greeted him and responded, "We met when you visited Youku before. I was discussing the copyright of the online short film with Youku at that time."

"Oh! I remember now! You are Xiao Yang from the Chopstick Brothers group, right?"

Although the song "Old Boy" and the short film of the same name became popular in 2010, you can still see some related discussions on the Internet from time to time today.

The reason why Chen Fei remembered the name "Xiao Yang" was mainly due to the influence of Youku.

This guy also graduated from Beijing Film Academy, majoring in advertising directing.

Although he started out as a commercial actor, he is quite ambitious. Not only did he produce works such as "Old Boy" which has accumulated over 100 million hits, he also wrote, directed and starred in a series of short films including "Winner", "Father" and "Memoirs of a Geisha".

Although he is not very famous in the film and television industry, he is a leader in the field of individual creators on Youku.

In the reports sent by Gu Yongqiang every month, Xiao Yang's name and Erlonghu Hao Ge's name were mentioned on the same level.

It can be said that people who graduate from Beijing Film Academy are multi-talented. Although Xiao Yang is an advertising director, his acting skills are no worse than those of the first-line actors.

Putting aside other things, just the few lines that Fade Chen heard when he pushed the door open were enough to prove his strength.

After a few words of encouragement, Fade Chen did not stay in the audition room for too long and left the scene soon.

He is quite confident in Wang Shiliang and Lu Yang, and believes that they will be able to select suitable candidates for the roles in the film.

……

Because of Zhou Xun, the preparation progress of "Red Sorghum" was suddenly accelerated.

This girl is really pitiful. She was blocked by reporters for a whole day and finally "escaped" from the back door of the studio at around 4 a.m.

In order to avoid being surrounded by paparazzi, she had nowhere to go and had to leave the capital first and prepare to hide in her hometown for a while.

After the filming of "Red Sorghum" starts, she will go directly from her hometown to the filming location.

As for the related launch conference, it is highly likely that it cannot be held. After all, no one wants to see a press conference ruined by paparazzi.

Other people's divorce actually affected her, an outsider. This matter is really speechless.

At the same time, after the auditions for "Detective Chinatown" officially ended, the relevant casting notice was quickly announced to the public.

“Project name: Detective Chinatown.

Producer/Supervisor: Su Guohai.

Director: Wang Shiliang.

Screenwriter: Chen Fei.

Starring team: Wang Baoqiang, Huang Xiaoming, Zhang Ruoyun, Pan Yueming, Tong Liya, Xiao Yang, Xiao Shenyang, Shen Teng, Yue Yunpeng..."

As the relevant news came to light, all the major entertainment websites followed up with relevant reports as if it was Chinese New Year:
"Huang Xiaoming challenges a comedy film for the first time, and says that this time he will make a subversive change and give all fans a big surprise!"

"According to insiders, Chen Kai once invited Wang Baoqiang to play a role in The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain, but was rejected."

"After many years, Xiao Shen Yang once again joins a big screen work as an actor. Let us look forward to his performance..."

In just one morning, the heat about the divorce between the princess and Li Yapeng was temporarily suppressed, and was replaced by a series of news about "Detective Chinatown".

The filming start date is set for the 27th of the month, which is about a week away.

At that time, after the launch conference, all the actors will rush to Thailand to complete the post-production work.

At this moment, the name "Lost in Thailand" suddenly popped up in the minds of many people in the circle.

Looking back, this low-budget comedy film, which was also shot in Thailand, earned a high box office of 5.15 million yuan upon its release.

This time, "Detective Chinatown" will still be starred by Wang Baoqiang, and will also be filmed in Thailand. It will also feature powerful actors such as Huang Xiaoming, as well as Zhang Ruoyun, a rising star in the circle, and many other people from the comedy circle, such as Xiao Shen Yang, Shen Teng, and Yue Yunpeng, who will appear in cameo roles...

With such a high-quality cast, plus Chen Fei, who is recognized as the top screenwriter in the industry, what kind of terrifying box office potential will this movie have after it is released?
Many people are wondering if this will be another "Lost in Thailand"?
Even Chen Fei himself is a little curious about how much box office appeal the "Detective Chinatown 3" produced by him will have.

……

Chen Fei was a little surprised by Xue Xiaolu's sudden visit.

"Director Xue? Why are you free to come to my place today? Is there something going on?"

In addition to being a director in the circle, Xue Xiaolu is also a professor in the Department of Literature and a master's supervisor at the Beijing Film Academy. He usually teaches students at school on weekdays.

"There are things I want to discuss with you."

After sitting down on the sofa, Xue Xiaolu opened his bag, took out a script from inside, and handed it to Chen Fei.

"'Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter'?"

Looking at the name on the cover of the script, Fade Chen did not open it immediately, but looked up at Xue Xiaolu.

“Is this a sequel?”

"You can understand it this way. The original characters will not change, but the plot will be very different from the first film."

Chen Fei nodded and opened the script.

The plot is very simple. It tells the story of the correspondence between Jiaoye, a PR of a Macau casino and Danniu, an American real estate agent, because of a novel.

Chen Fei originally thought that the script only had an outline, but unexpectedly, the characters and story lines were so clear and complete that they could be started directly.

After briefly flipping through the script, he returned it to Xue Xiaolu: "So, Director Xue is planning to start preparing for the second part?"

"Well, there is indeed such a plan, so I came to find you. By the way, I also hope that Director Chen can help communicate with China Film Group."

The first part of "Beijing Meets Seattle" was led by China Film Group, and Feiyue Film and Television just followed suit and took a sip of the soup.

As for this second film project, Xue Xiaolu should have approached China Film Group first.

But because Han Sanping was about to retire, and she was not very familiar with La Beikang, she could only come to Chen Fei first, intending to make some reverse connections.

Chen Fei naturally understood her idea: "That's no problem. As long as Director Xue has time to shoot, we can always give support." Hearing this, Xue Xiaolu was immediately delighted.

Because most of the filming locations were overseas, communication with the locals was actually quite difficult. But if we have Chen Fei's support like in the first film, everything will be solved.

Wall Street Studios only needs to say one thing: the local cooperation in Los Angeles is simply unbelievable!

Even in Xue Xiaolu's view, Hollywood is like Chen Fei's back garden, where he can do whatever he wants.

"Then I will go back and continue to perfect the script. We will contact each other after the National Day week. As for the relevant actors, Jiao Enjun, as the core, must not be replaced..."

At this point, Xue Xiaolu hesitated and asked a question: "Director Chen, do you think we should still use Yang Mi as the heroine? Or..."

To be honest, Xue Xiaolu actually wanted to retain as many of the original cast members as possible, but the problem now was that Yang Mi was no longer a contracted artist of Feiyinghuang Entertainment Company.

Generally speaking, when it comes to this kind of promotion opportunity, no matter which company it is, they will try their best to stick with their own artists instead of making wedding dresses for others.

That's why Xue Xiaolu asked this question.

Although Yang Mi had just contacted her not long ago and expressed her desire to participate in the filming of the sequel, and even proposed to participate in the investment of the film.

But Xue Xiaolu was not inclined towards her. Her focus had always been on Feiyue Film and Television and China Film.

Faced with these two completely unequal parties, even a fool would know what to choose!

Chen Fei fell into deep thought. How could he not know what Xue Xiaolu meant?

After a moment, he replied, "You should work on the script first. After the project is established and prepared, I will recommend a suitable candidate to you."

"it is good."

Xue Xiaolu nodded, and inexplicably, there were not many ups and downs in his heart.

Since Chen Fei is willing to recommend him, it means that this person must not be too bad. At least his acting skills must be at the same level as Yang Mi.

that's enough.

……

After seeing Xue Xiaolu off, Chen Fei went to check the box office of several movies that were recently released.

Looking around, Zhang Ziyi's "Very Lucky" performed the worst!
Last year, during the promotion of the movie "Dangerous Liaisons", she revealed her boyfriend Xiao Sa, which immediately caused a sensation in the entire entertainment industry and received many blessings, and also triggered an increase in the film's box office.

And this year, she did the same thing as last year.

It’s just that her boyfriend changed from Xiaosa to Xiaowang.

Unlike Xiao Sa who is known as a "genius", Xiao Wang has a much worse reputation, so much so that the Internet has been filled with boos recently and there have been many mocking voices within the circle.

Both of them had a seamless transition. Zhang Ziyi was fine, as she just broke up due to cheating, but Wang Feng had just divorced his ex-wife!

It is hard not to misunderstand this situation. Could it be that these two people have been hooking up with each other for a long time?

Of course, the most important thing is that the quality of the film is really bad!
And according to rumors in the industry, the original director and production team did not agree with her ideas, so she, the producer, fired them and replaced them with a Hollywood team.

Now look what happened, the box office and word of mouth are a mess.

What's even more dramatic is that the production team that was originally fired by her was actually accepted by Fan Bingbing, and they also made "One Night Surprise", which was a great success both at the box office and in terms of reputation.

In this comparison, it is obvious that Zhang Ziyi's path is getting narrower and narrower.

Even Fatty Yu was badly cheated by her.

Last month, "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" just lost 100 million yuan, and this month "Very Lucky" lost another 100 million yuan, which directly led to the decline in Bona’s stock price. The stock price on the board was so green that it was scary!
And these are not the only things that make Yu Dong very puzzled.

According to his idea, Bona, which was listed on NASDAQ, should have taken off, but as time went on, the stock price not only did not rise, but plummeted.

Especially in the past two years, Bona’s stock price has experienced several limit downs.

He was very puzzled, but he just couldn't figure out the reason. It was like he had seen a ghost.

He always felt as if someone was messing with him, but no matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't figure out who was behind it.

……

As the end of the month approaches, "The Rise of the Demons 3" and "Ip Man " have both entered the audience's list of anticipated movies.

Both movies are sequels, and their predecessors have created very good box office and reputation, which has given many people confidence to watch the movies.

Many production companies in the industry are watching the fun.

Huayi and Feiyue Films are at odds again, and this time, no one knows which one will succeed and come out on top.

While training his diving moves, Chen Fei would occasionally check the news in the circle.

Feng Xiaogang once again topped the Weibo hot search list.

He should have been gloriously in control of the entire Spring Festival Gala, but he repeatedly lost to other directors in the competition for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Last year it lost to Ning Hao's "The Tomb: The Mystical Ancient City", and this year it lost to Chen Kaige's "Search".

When faced with the former, Feng Xiaogang is still quite convinced. After all, whether in terms of investment or public relations level, "1942" cannot compare with "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

But what the hell is "Search"?

When the Film Bureau announced that the film nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award at this year's Oscars was Chen Kai's "Searching", Feng Xiaogang was furious!
He posted three Weibo posts in succession, accusing Brother Chen Kai of being shameless!
"Compared to the clear-cut 1942, Searching is simply a joke. Isn't it just a response to online public opinion? Is such a subject worthy of competing for an Oscar? It's really ridiculous..."

He didn't dare to confront the Film Bureau, so he could only fire at Brother Chen Kai.

After all, everyone in the circle knows that the great poet Chen has always had a lot of face and connections in front of the higher-ups. In the absence of any strong competitors, Feng Xiaogang is bound to lose!

Faced with Feng Dapao's naming, the great poet Chen didn't know whether he was in the wrong or what, but he rarely said anything.

He has been busy casting for "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" recently, and now the only role "He Anxia" has not been selected.

It is really difficult to find a suitable candidate without inviting Wang Baoqiang!
But most netizens don’t care about all this. They just want to see Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kai fight each other online, and it would be best if they could fight offline.

Unfortunately, this situation is unlikely to happen.

Brother Chen Kai boasts of his "high standards" and did not even bother to curse Feng Xiaogang on Weibo, treating him as just a clown.

……

……

Chen Fei was quite surprised by Gu Yongqiang's sudden "urgent invitation".

When he arrived at Youku, he saw a large conference room packed with people.

Looking around, almost all of Youku’s senior executives have arrived at the scene. It seems that the annual meeting can be held directly at this scene!
"Director Chen."

When Chen Fei walked into the conference room, nearly a hundred people stood up and greeted him.

"Good morning."

Chen Fei waved his hand to signal everyone to take a seat, then sat at the side and turned to look at Gu Yongqiang who was sitting in the main seat.

According to what he said on the phone, Youku is going to launch a new section plan next, and a resolution has been made internally. Today's meeting is simply to convene people for notification and arrangements.

"Let's watch a video first."

Gu Yongqiang took the remote control and turned on the projector.

Not long after, a scene from "Super Boy" suddenly appeared on the screen.

Under the gaze of everyone present, Hai Qing, the mentor, suddenly knelt on one knee in front of a contestant named "Ou Hao" and shouted loudly: "You are my God!"

At this moment, Fade Chen only felt a burning pain in his eyes.

But Gu Yongqiang said solemnly: "Just this promotional clip alone has been played hundreds of millions of times online!"

Hearing this, Fade Chen was stunned and immediately stopped watching the fun.

For online film and television streaming platforms like Youku, the number of views means revenue.

With over 100 million views, its value is self-evident!

Under the gaze of everyone present, Gu Yongqiang announced solemnly, word by word: "Next, Youku will officially enter the field of self-produced variety shows!"

……

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