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

Chapter 667: When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter! Even if you risk your life! There is no medicine for regret in this world!
"The auditions for Nirvana in Fire have officially begun. We have sent out audition invitations to many first-tier actors in the industry, as well as second- and third-tier artists who are more suitable for ancient costume dramas. We expect to complete all casting work within ten days..."

Listening to Jiang Xueruo's report, Fade Chen nodded slightly.

When it comes to costume dramas, Zhou Yi's production team is quite capable, as can be seen from the previous filming of "The Journey of Flower".

However, Fade Chen still reminded him in the end: "Before you announce the final casting list, remember to show it to me."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I understand."

Jiang Xueru nodded, turned and left the office.

Having worked with Chen Fei for such a long time, she has become very familiar with Feiyue Film and Television's working habits.

No matter how big a film or TV crew is, before announcing the casting list, Chen Fei must take a look. This has become a hard and fast rule within the company.

Although she didn't quite understand why this happened, she naturally couldn't refuse the company boss's request.

However, usually Chen Fei would not express any opinions. At most, he would just inquire about the background or personal information of a certain actor and then stop asking.

……

Not long after Jiang Xueruo left the office, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter!"

Fade Chen shouted and looked out the door.

The next second, Su Guohai walked in quickly with a hint of anxiety on his face.

"What happened?"

"Mr. Chen." Su Guohai said in a deep voice: "Xiao Ma Pentium issued an obituary, saying that its chairman had a sudden heart attack last night, and the rescue failed. He died on the spot."

Chen Fei stopped what he was doing, turned on his computer, and logged into Weibo.

As expected, the top headline on the hot search list at this time was the news that the chairman of Xiaoma Pentium died due to a heart attack and failed rescue.

After reading the relevant content, Fade Chen said, "Please arrange to post a Weibo using the company's account to express condolences."

Earlier, paparazzi reported that the chairman of Xiaoma Pentium was hospitalized due to a sudden serious illness, but it was at a critical period for listing at the time, so Zhong Lifang came out to deny this situation.

And now, with the failure of the listing, facing the debt of more than one billion yuan, Xiaoma’s chairman Li Ming was ultimately unable to bear it.

Su Guohai turned and left the office, while Chen Fei moved the mouse and curiously checked the recent situation of Pony.

From some of the situations exposed on the Internet, it can be seen that on the day the gambling agreement failed, many people had already set their sights on Xiao Ma.

Now the chairman has passed away suddenly from a heart attack. If nothing unexpected happens, the company will inevitably end up like "the monkeys scatter when the tree falls."

If Zhong Lifang could continue to take charge of the situation, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

But given the current situation, it may be difficult!

……

Throughout the entire day, Weibo posts from many well-known people in the industry could be seen everywhere on the Internet. Without exception, all of them expressed their condolences to Li Ming.

Maybe there were quite a few people who were competitors of Xiao Ma before, but now they are all gone, and it would be too disgusting to keep holding on to them.

In the evening, Wang Changtian led the Guangguang team to come specially to receive the finished film of "The Four".

While the rest of the team was reviewing the finished film, he found Chen Fei and talked about another matter.

"Xiao Ma is selling the project to external parties, and many companies are eyeing The Crossing. Do you think Guangguang can get involved?"

Selling items???
Hearing this word, Fade Chen was slightly startled.

Are you ready to start filling the hole?
"Who's selling it? Zhong Lifang?"

The "The Crossing" project is mainly controlled by LeTV and Pony.com, followed by two giants, China Film Group and China Film Channel.

Although Chen Fei didn't know how much share Xiaoma Pentium held, he thought it should not be too small.

"How could it be Zhong Lifang?" Wang Changtian shook his head and explained: "Li Ming is gone. If nothing unexpected happens, Zhong Lifang, who holds great power, will also be preparing to withdraw. The ones who are currently selling the project are several of Li Ming's elders..."

It’s quite ironic to think that the internal strife has already begun as soon as the talents are gone.

"I advise you not to take over this project." When facing Wang Changtian, Chen Fei was completely blunt: "Wu Yu brags a lot, but think about it, can "The Crossing" really be compared with "Titanic"?

To put it bluntly, can Wu Yu be compared to Cameron? Or can Jin Chengwu be compared to Leonardo? Or can Zhang Ziyi be compared to Kate Winslet? "

This rhetorical question completely confused Wang Changtian.

Recalling the conversation with Han Sanping yesterday, he subconsciously retorted: "But didn't Wu Yu make money with Red Cliff? And Mr. Han is very optimistic about this project. He said..."

"Stop! Stop for a moment!"

Chen Fei interrupted him directly, then turned on his computer and looked up the box office report for "Prehistoric Monsters", a Sino-British co-production invested by China Film.

"Come, take a look. This is the project that President Han is optimistic about and has been following up for more than half a year."

Wang Changtian leaned over and took a look, and felt that the number "1195 million" was extremely eye-catching!
An imported film was released for three full days, and it happened to be on New Year's Day, but it only earned 1195 million. This is such a huge loss!

"Forget it then. I'll listen to you. I won't get involved in The Crossing. Let others fight over it."

Under the continuous blows, Wang Changtian quickly recognized the facts and embarked on the right path.

……

As time officially turns into January, several Spring Festival movies have officially launched their pre-release publicity sprint activities.

The crew of "The Martian" has released a lot of posters, which include big names such as Chen Fei, Liu Yifei, Wu Jing, Zhao Liying, Zhang Yi, Liu Ye, Huang Xiaoming and others.

In the first poster, each character is wearing a space suit, standing on the barren land of Mars, looking up at the blue planet in the distance with full of anticipation, conveying an atmosphere of wanting to "go home".

The second poster uses the vast, desolate and lonely landscape of Mars as its background, highlighting the lonely survival journey of the protagonist played by Chen Fei on Mars, symbolizing the huge challenges and loneliness faced by mankind in exploring the unknown universe.

The third poster features Chen Fei holding a potato, showing his tenacious and optimistic spirit even though he is isolated and helpless on Mars.

If we were to rank these three posters, Chen Fei's subjective favorite would still be the second one.

The second poster creates a tense yet hopeful atmosphere through the use of color and the processing of light and shadow. The red of Mars and the white of the space suit form a sharp contrast, which not only shows the harsh environment of Mars, but also highlights the heroic image of the protagonist.

The clever use of light and shadow makes the picture more layered, making the entire poster full of visual impact, which attracts the audience at first sight.

After the three promotional posters were sent out, as expected, they all received praise and attention from movie fans.

In view of the extremely high popularity caused by the poster, Chen Fei directly instructed the financial department to double the year-end bonus for the team that made the movie poster!
This is the most common but also the most effective means of motivation.

Chen Fei could clearly sense that as the bonus for the poster production team doubled, the enthusiasm of the other teams responsible for publicity and promotion suddenly increased a lot.

It's obvious that these people are going for the bonus!

It just so happens that Chen Fei is not that kind of stingy boss. As long as he can achieve results, he will naturally not be stingy.

At the same time, in addition to "The Martian", several other Spring Festival movies have also begun their final publicity campaign.

Especially the "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" produced in Hong Kong is the best among them!
The crew releases a lot of behind-the-scenes footage almost every day for promotional purposes.

Especially Zhen Zixuan’s makeup videos, which were pushed in turn on several entertainment websites, almost flooding the screen with them.

Director Zheng Baorui even claimed in an interview: "The filming time of this movie was extremely long, and all the main creative team members were very attentive to the script and the plot.

Especially for Zhen Zixuan, his makeup was very difficult. Every time he put on makeup, it took 5-8 hours just to apply the hair. It was very difficult, but he still persisted..."

According to data released by the crew, more than 20 molds were used during the filming of this drama, and nearly a hundred Hollywood professional makeup artists worked on the makeup for thousands of hours. More than 200 kilograms of monkey hair alone were used!
When these data were released one by one, they did attract a lot of attention. Many viewers who didn't know the truth were "fooled" and chose to buy movie tickets during the pre-sale period, preparing to take their children to watch the movie on the Spring Festival.

As the well-deserved leading male role, Zhen Zixuan has risked his life this time!

In order to climb back up from the second line, he made a lot of efforts during the promotion period, just to make the film a big hit at the box office.

This time, he changed his previous rebellious and arrogant attitude, frequently attended various activities, deliberately lowered his posture, and even went so far as to please the audience.

When this change occurred, as expected, it once again attracted a wave of ridicule from the mainland film and television circles.

"He is arrogant at first but respectful later. How ridiculous! How ridiculous!"

When he first became famous again with "Ip Man", he was really unwilling and angry, but now, he actually gave in!

Many netizens publicly mocked him on Weibo: "Aren't you awesome? Why aren't you awesome this time? Instead, you come over and lick my ass?"

Faced with these voices, Zhen Zixuan had nothing to do but remain silent.

He knew very well that this movie was his last chance. If he failed again, let alone becoming a second-tier movie, it would be another matter whether he could maintain a third-tier movie.

Therefore, no matter how much ridicule and contempt he encountered, he had to endure it!

The most important thing is that with the rapid demise of Huaxia Star, he no longer has any support behind him!
At the same time, in addition to the two films with huge investment costs, "The Martian" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", other domestic films such as "The Last Airbender", "Boonie Bears: Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Ex-Files", "Where Are We Going, Dad?" and so on have launched vigorous publicity campaigns.

As for imported movies, "Despicable Me 2", "Metro", "Saving Superstar" and other movies are currently popular.

These movies will all compete in January, and it will soon be revealed who will eventually win the box office crown!

……

As the beginning of the new year, January naturally has to have a good start.

Therefore, La Beikang, who was already familiar with the business of the chairman of China Film, chose an auspicious day to officially announce the two projects, "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter" and "Pacific Rim 2".

The former was jointly produced by Feiyue Films and China Film Group, while the latter added Shanghai Film Group and Wanda Film Group to the two companies, while still maintaining the same specifications as the first one.

When these two notices were exposed, as expected, they once again caused a huge shock in the circle!

"Breaking news: The Sino-US co-production "Pacific Rim 2" jointly produced by China Film, Feiyue Film and Television, Shanghai Film, Wanda, and Lucasfilm was officially approved today!"

"It is reported that the film will continue the story of the first part and once again show the exciting scenes of the confrontation between mechas and monsters. Mainland actors Wu Jing and Jing Tian will appear in the second part again."

"The super sci-fi project made its debut, the first film broke 10 billion, the second film is officially coming, and the goal is still to reach billion box office!"

"According to a joint announcement by China Film Group and Feiyue Films, the cast of Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter will be recast, and there will be major changes in the cast."

"Director Xue Xiaolu said at the Beijing Film Academy Art Examination Enrollment Brochure Press Conference that Feiyue Film and Television will still be responsible for the crew preparation, including post-production, and all will be provided by Feiyue Film and Television as a one-stop service..."

With the emergence of related news, the entire entertainment industry once again ushered in a wave of sensation!
Back then, "Pacific Rim 1" earned 14.2 billion yuan in box office in China, and that was two years ago.

Now the second part is coming out with full force, still using the original cast and the original story line. What this means is self-evident.

As expected, another movie with a box office of over 1 billion is about to be born!

Unlike the concerns and envy of many production companies in the industry, many actors have set their sights on "Beijing Meets Seattle: The Unbreakable Love Letter".

Forget about Pacific Rim 2, as they have already announced that it will be starring the original cast.

On the other hand, the latter announced that it would "re-cast the cast".

These six words are very interesting!
No one knows which role will be recast, but it should be a relatively important role, otherwise there would be no need to issue a special announcement.

This gave many people opportunities.

For a time, countless people called the company to inquire.

Many people even called Chen Fei, such as Zhang Ziyi, Fan Bingbing, Zhang Jingchu, Yang Ying, etc.

We are not stupid, and everyone probably has a guess in their mind.

When the first film was shot, Yang Mi was the heroine, but now she has left Feiyinghuang Agency and started her own company, so she naturally became an outsider.

There is no reason for Feiyue Films to give up its own project to others.

Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, the character that will be replaced must be Yang Mi!

Yang Mi, who was in the crew of "Tiny Times", also saw the relevant news. Compared with other people, she naturally knew the first-hand information.

As the outside world speculated, she did lose the opportunity to star in the second part.

Xue Xiaolu’s words were very clear; for projects jointly produced by Feiyue Films and China Film, people from his own company would naturally be given priority.

Therefore, she was cruelly abandoned!

She did think about calling Chen Fei, but after thinking about it, she felt embarrassed to do so because the fact was already determined.

"Mi Mi, come on, it's your turn to go on stage."

Guo Jingming's voice suddenly rang out on the set, interrupting Yang Mi's thoughts.

She stood up from the recliner, sighed unconsciously, and a feeling of regret inexplicably surged in her heart.

But soon, she forced herself to suppress this emotion.

Jiaxing Studio has officially been upgraded to Jiaxing Media Company. She is now a contracted artist and shareholder of the company and has long been unable to extricate herself.

There is no regret medicine in this world, so she can do nothing but accept the current situation.

……

In a blink of an eye, the New Year's Day atmosphere has quietly disappeared.

Several Lunar New Year movies are still popular, but the gap is huge!
With the help of the peak of the New Year's Day holiday, the box office of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" has reached 18 billion, officially breaking the box office records of a number of blockbusters such as "Gravity", "Inception", and "Avatar", and established its position as the No. 1 domestic film!
On the other hand, "Private Tailor", which had been clamoring to be the box office champion of the Lunar New Year holiday, has only just broken through 5.5 million yuan in box office revenue.

There are only ten days left before the film is released, and if things go as expected, the 6.9 million curse cannot be broken.

As for "New Police Story 2013", the daily box office has now fallen below the 4.5 million mark, and the total box office has just exceeded million.

Chen Fei's prediction has been verified once again. With the support of relevant departments, it should be no problem for this movie to break 500 million at the box office.

At the same time, as the casting of "Nirvana in Fire" draws to an end, the selection of some characters has been roughly finalized.

When Chen Fei received the call from Hu Ge, he already had some guesses in his mind.

"Hey, Director Chen, I have good news for you. I can work with your company again. I have successfully won the leading role in Nirvana in Fire."

"Well, since Director Jiang has chosen you, then act well and don't let the audience and fans down."

Chen Fei was not surprised by this result.

In the final analysis, "Nirvana in Fire" is actually sold as a "period drama", and the "power struggle" can only be regarded as a kind of embellishment and publicity.

Among the current male actors in costume TV dramas, Hu Ge and Huo Jianhua can be regarded as the top stars in ancient idol dramas.

Jiang Xueruo's choice of Hu Ge was obviously a very wise decision.

On the other end of the phone, listening to Fade Chen's instructions, Hu Ge repeatedly assured him, "Hey, don't worry, I will never let you down!"

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