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

Chapter 666: Walking into a trap? The grand plan of the animated film! The ending of Xiao Ma... Kill the dog!

6845 million, this is the box office result of "New Police Story 2013".

As expected, this film received special care and treatment from relevant departments. The publicity department even said: "This is a story about mainland police, and the character played by Chen Long also represents the image of mainland police..."

Although it was not explicitly announced that the theater would be reserved for this movie, audiences from all over the country could find that there were many more extraordinary audience members in the theater.

From the temperament, it can be seen that this part of the audience must be from the same unit as the character played by Chen Long.

What’s particularly interesting is that, according to a local media report, a photo was actually shown in a certain movie theater showing a thief being surrounded by dozens of plainclothes police officers!
I have to say, this thief is really stupid. How could he walk into a trap just for watching a movie?

However, many viewers feel regretful that "New Police Story 2013" is too different from the previous "Police Story" series.

Especially in terms of the plot, Uncle Long is no longer the character who can easily deal with enemies and win every battle.

In comparison, the plot of this movie is more realistic and helpless, but also lacks a lot of excitement.

The end result was that the film's box office dropped from over 6000 million to 3000 million in just three days.

The only lucky thing is that this film has received support from relevant departments, and with this opportunity, it will definitely be able to make a profit at the box office.

With the release of "New Police Story 2013", 2013 is gradually coming to an end.

The industry has a clear understanding of this Lunar New Year period, with "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" leading the pack, "Personal Tailor" failing halfway through, and "New Police Story 2013" catching up...

Although there are several low-budget movies such as "The Assassin", "Escape from the Room", and "Waiting for the Wind" are being prepared for release.

But if nothing unexpected happens, these movies won’t make any waves.

As a new day arrives, the attention of many people in the industry has almost all shifted to "The Martian".

The Lunar New Year movie season is about to end, and the Spring Festival movie season will follow.

Compared with the former, the latter is also a very good schedule.

In the eyes of many people, the appearance of "The Martian" was obviously intended to be the successor to "The Taking of Tiger Mountain".

At this moment, many production companies in the industry are actually very desperate.

Because compared to "The Taking of Tiger Mountain", "The Martian" seems to be even more powerful!
With an investment of over 7 million yuan, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei as the leading actors, plus it is still a very hardcore science fiction film, and the industry's top IMAX-3D visual effects...

The producers of several movies released at the same time are having a headache right now, and they don’t know whether they will be able to get any soup or something.

Forget about eating meat. Thinking of competing with Feiyue Films for market share has been wishful thinking for many years.

However, there are still many stubborn people and companies.

After "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" was scheduled for the Spring Festival on January 1, Huayi also announced that its exclusive film "Ex-Files" will be released on the Spring Festival day.

In addition, another TV series "Where Are We Going, Dad?" was also scheduled to be released on the same day.

Obviously, the producers of these films are all preparing to get a piece of the pie during the Spring Festival.

Even though they don't have much confidence in "The Martian", this does not hinder their anticipation for the Spring Festival period. After all, the Spring Festival is the period with the highest consumption throughout the year.

"We won't promote The Martian specifically, we'll just keep our own style and attract fans who like similar plots."

On Huayi's side, Wang Zhonglei was rarely sober-minded. When facing the team responsible for the promotion of "Ex-Files", he told them not to compare themselves with Feiyue Films.

This also made the people below feel a lot more relaxed. After all, the lesson of "Personal Tailor" was right there.

However, the meeting had just ended and before Wang Zhonglei could sit down to rest, the secretary brought him a copy of the latest newspaper.

"Mr. Wang, Feiyue Films has launched another movie, and it's an animated movie."

Wang Zhonglei's heart sank suddenly. He reached out to take the newspaper, took a look at it, and then quickly turned on the computer.

As expected, at this moment, the front page headlines of many entertainment news websites have been dominated by Feiyue Films' latest announcement:

"After a year of work, the animated film Big Fish and Begonia officially wrapped up today!"

"It is reported that the investment cost of Big Fish and Begonia is 5000 million, 2000 million more than The Return of the Great Sage, and the production cycle is much longer than the latter!"

"The voice cast of Big Fish and Begonia has been revealed, with Ma Sichun, Xu Weizhou, Jin Shijie, Wang Deshun and other artists in the industry all participating."

"The finished film has been sent to the Film Bureau and is expected to be released in theaters in the first half of next year."

"The production team of Big Fish and Begonia said in an interview that the entire team has invested a lot of energy in this film, from the early stage of script improvement to the finalization and post-production, every step has consumed countless efforts, striving for quality first..."

Looking at the relevant reports on the Internet, at this moment, Wang Zhonglei's expression kept changing.

Anyone in the film and television industry can never forget the impressive performance of "The Monkey King: Hero is Back"!

That was the first animated film launched by Feiyue Films after the establishment of its animation department. It grossed 11.69 billion yuan in its first battle, which simply blinded a lot of people.

At that time, no one would have thought that an animated film could achieve such a terrifying result!

This also led to the fact that when Feiyue Film and Television's second animated film project was approved, many companies in the industry paid close attention to it.

Now, after a year, "Big Fish and Begonia" is freshly released.

The investment and production cycle are higher than those of "The Return of the Great Sage", and the script is still provided by Chen Fei. What this means is self-evident.

"Animated film..."

Wang Zhonglei frowned and fell into thought.

Feiyue Films has been victorious time and again. It would be a lie to say that I am not envious. In that case, can Huayi also get a piece of the pie in this field?
……

In the screening room on the 9th floor of Feiyue Films, Chen Fei and his team from the animation department were watching a movie for the fifth time.

Before this, he had already seen several versions of the film, but due to the imperfections in the plot and characters, he rejected them and had them remade.

And this fifth version finally met Chen Fei's requirements.

He is not afraid of wasting time. What he wants is excellence, not shoddy work that just makes money like "Personal Tailor".

Compared to the original version of "Big Fish and Begonia", this version of "Big Fish and Begonia" followed by Chen Fei throughout the whole process has undergone new changes!

In addition to the graphics, music, and character design, he devoted more energy to the plot and the fullness of the characters.

The appearance of characters such as Chun, Qiu, Kun, Lingpo and Shupo in the film no longer seems so abrupt, and their personalities have been correspondingly fleshed out.

Under a good appearance, Chen Fei has created a full and rich soul for it, making it no longer so empty.

It does not seek to surpass "The Return of the Great Sage", but only to surpass the original work in the original time and space, and to express more perfect oriental aesthetics and traditional Chinese cultural elements.

After the "soul" of "Big Fish and Begonia" was enriched, the film's running time was extended from 105 minutes to 145 minutes.

Chen Fei is very confident that in these nearly two and a half hours, he will definitely give movie fans a very good animation experience with ancient Chinese elements.

……

New Year's Day has quietly arrived amidst the heated discussions about "Big Fish and Begonia".

As time just turned to 2014, the movie "Storm" starring Liu Dehua and "The Four 2" starring Deng Chao and Yang Mi were both taken off the screen.

The former's total box office just exceeded 3 million, with very good box office feedback, while the latter unfortunately stopped at 1.6 million.

It may not be as good as the best, but if compared with the worst, it is far better!
Other movies such as "Oh, My Friend, Pay Back the Money", "Hear the Rain", "My Beautiful Kingdom", etc., none of them even had a box office of over 500 million!
Even the imported animated film "Under the Sea 2" stopped at 2628 million.

On the 1st, a lot of information about the box office performance of the movie "Waiting for the Wind" starring Ni Ni and Jing Boran appeared on the Internet.

As a low-cost art film, the box office of 1869 million really opened the eyes of many people! No matter when, the combination of handsome men and beautiful women seems to be the best magic weapon to attract audiences.

However, perhaps because their competitor is the imported film "Prehistoric Monsters", producers such as Haining, Anle, and Perfect World seem a little nervous and have arranged a full schedule of promotional activities, for fear of being ruthlessly crushed.

Of course, more people in the industry are still focusing on "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Private Tailor", and "New Police Story 2013".

The most amazing one among them is "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy". After 19 days of release, the box office has soared to 15 billion yuan, blinding a lot of people!
However, "Personal Tailor" performed much worse. As of the 31st, after 13 days of release, its box office was only 4.69 million yuan.

Next was "New Police Story 2013", which grossed a total of 3.09 million yuan after its first seven days.

As the saying goes, the strong will always be strong!
The box office performance of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was already impressive enough, but as time passed the New Year's Day, the Film Bureau suddenly issued a notice saying:
"The key extension application for "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" has been approved, and the screening time will be extended to the 30th of this month."

When this notice was issued, many film producers in the industry immediately started cursing!

The box office was already strong enough, and now it’s been postponed for a full 17 days, which is almost equivalent to postponing half of the screening period!
According to this postponement method, isn't it possible for the box office to exceed 20 billion?

For a time, there was constant discussion in the industry!

At the same time, no one knew who "accidentally" leaked it, but news suddenly spread in the film industry that "Private Tailor" had failed to apply for an extension key.

In an interview with the media, Wang Zhonglei said: "I don't understand it either. We had submitted very complete information when the movie was first released, but we still couldn't meet the requirements..."

He was complaining and expressing his dissatisfaction, but Chen Fei was watching the fun happily.

This world is inherently unfair, and all resources are converging toward the top of the pyramid.

"Private Customization" did submit the information in advance, but so what?

From the perspective of the Film Bureau, "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and "Private Tailor" are simply not on the same level.

The qualification for the secret key extension was given to "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" early on, even though there was no information at the time, it was still a fact that it was decided internally.

Huayi's application for an extension is simply asking for trouble.

Even without "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", their application would have been difficult to pass, after all, the reputation of this movie is really not that good.

Several investors happened to be at Feiyue Films today, one for the postponement of the subsequent promotion of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", and the other for some preparations before the release of "The Martian".

"'Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy' has ended, and 'The Martian' has just taken over. Haha, Mr. Chen is going to sweep the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival box office this time."

"Thank you all for your help, too."

Chen Fei smiled and thanked everyone.

There were quite a few people in his office today, including Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian, and even La Beikang came over!
Seeing the movie box office continue to break records and head towards 20 billion, how could everyone sit still?

"In my opinion, the box office potential of The Martian won't be too bad. You all need to work hard next. Let's try to push both movies to the 20 billion mark. How do you think?"

Faced with Chen Fei's proposal, everyone had no reason to refuse or object, and they all nodded in agreement.

"Shanghai Film Group will treat this film with the greatest possible treatment."

As Ren Zhonglun finished speaking, everyone else in the office echoed him.

The higher the box office, the higher their income will be, and their performance will be more impressive. No one will refuse such a good thing!
After talking about the business, several people discussed and commented on recent events in the industry.

"Alas, the pony still failed."

Wang Changtian sighed, feeling inexplicably emotional.

Back when Pony.com raised 4 million U.S. dollars in financing, the industry was very optimistic about the company.

There are even many people who believe that once Xiaoma successfully goes public, it will inevitably catch up with Huayi and become one of the leading private listed companies in the film and television industry.

But no one would have expected that after the bet agreement was signed, the subsequent development would become so "dramatic"!
First, the IPO failed, then it was spied on and targeted by Huayi, and then it turned to backdoor listing...

Just when most people in the industry thought that Xiaoma would eventually find a suitable listed company, complete its acquisition, and then achieve a backdoor listing, an announcement directly shattered all fantasies.

Early last night, Pony.com published a lengthy announcement on its official Weibo website.

The article of more than a thousand words reviews Pony.com's journey to the market over the past few years.

After receiving an investment of 08 million U.S. dollars in 4, Xiao Ma began to prepare for listing on NASDAQ or A-shares.

In order to speed up the progress, it even signed a 11 million investment bet agreement with CCB in 7.5!

Now that the three-year period has arrived, not only has Pentium failed to achieve its goal of going public, but the company's internal affairs have become a mess, which is simply horrible!

Ye Ning suddenly took over the conversation and said, "I remember that according to the requirements of the gambling agreement, after Xiaoma Pentium failed to go public, it had to pay 10 billion in cash to buy back the Xiaoma shares that CCB Cultural Investment invested in three years ago at a premium, right?"

"That's right." Han Sanping nodded, and her eyes unconsciously fell on Fade Chen: "Looking at all the companies in the entire film and television industry, if they want to come up with 10 billion in cash at once, I'm afraid Feiyue Film and Television is the only one, right?"

Fade Chen smiled and did not answer the question directly, but added: "Huayi should be able to do it too."

"Huayi can't do it." Wang Changtian suddenly curled his lips, "If they can come up with 10 billion in working capital, they won't have to cheat Zhou Xingchi."

This topic was obviously not suitable for deep discussion. After a few vague remarks, everyone quickly said goodbye and left one by one.

Ye Ning walked at the end, and before leaving, he specifically asked Chen Fei if he was interested in Pony Express.
Chen Fei had some guesses in his mind and shook his head and said, "There is nothing worthy of my attention about Xiao Ma Pentium. If Mr. Ye needs help, please feel free to ask."

"Haha, the first half of Mr. Chen's sentence is enough."

After getting a definite answer, Ye Ning left Feiyue Film and Television with satisfaction.

After seeing them off, Fade Chen returned to his computer and looked at the online discussions about Pony. He fell into deep thought.

If nothing unexpected happens, after losing the bet, Pony.com will inevitably be plundered by capital.

They certainly don't have 10 billion in cash, but after selling all the film and television copyrights, they might be able to raise a lot of money.

From what Ye Ning said, Wanda seemed to be very interested in Xiao Ma's entire team, but it was not known whether they could successfully win it over.

In comparison, Chen Fei was not very interested in these.

The production team of Feiyue Film and Television are all veterans who have been trained by him over the years. They know each of them well, which is enough for now. There is no need to try their luck outside.

He didn't want to bring back a bunch of rat shit and pollute his delicious soup.

……

Perhaps because it is the new year, many people on the Internet are recording their lives in various ways.

Wu Jing is one of them!
This guy posted several wedding photos with Xie Nan on Weibo, with the caption: "I accidentally met you; I accidentally fell in love with you; I accidentally married you; I will treat you with care for the rest of my life!"

Soon after, Xie Nan reposted Wu Jing's Weibo and captioned, "This is the best ID photo I've ever taken~ Thank you so many people who love me, him, and us, we got our marriage certificate!"

Looking around, a lot of people were shouting under their Weibo posts: "Kill the dog! Kill the dog! Kill the dog!"

Chen Fei was originally watching the fun happily, but unexpectedly, Wu Jing called him directly.

"Director Chen, our wedding is scheduled for May 5th. You must remember to come. I've reserved the best man spot for you."

Being the best man again???
Chen Fei was stunned for a moment, but he didn't refuse in the end: "Okay, I will be there on time. I wish you a happy marriage and a son soon."

"Haha, thank you Director Chen!"

Wu Jing was overjoyed. He obviously didn't expect that Chen Fei would agree to his invitation so readily.

……

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