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

Chapter 701 What the hell is this? Sony’s big appetite! “Day and Night” has made the industry crazy!
He played the leading role in "There is a Place Only We Know", sang the ending song "Time Cooks Rain" for "Tiny Times 3: The Golden Age", and became the first post-90s figure to be stationed in Madame Tussauds in Shanghai...

Seeing the news about Wu Yifan reported by the media, Chen Fei felt a little confused.

"What kind of magic potion did this popular star who came back from South Korea give Xu Jinglei? How could he get so many resources from her?"

Could it be that... this guy is very good in bed and made Xu Jinglei happy?

Just when Chen Fei was puzzled, the phone on the table suddenly vibrated, and the name that appeared on the caller ID surprised him.

Feng Xiaogang?
After answering the phone, Fade Chen asked casually, "Director Feng? Why are you calling me all of a sudden? Is there something wrong?"

"Haha, nothing much, just want to chat with you to relieve my boredom."

Chen Fei: "???"

As if noticing Chen Fei's confusion, Feng Xiaogang smiled and said, "I heard that your company has recently started a new variety show project? What's the name of it? "Running Man"? "

"Yes, there is indeed such a project." Chen Fei responded and said bluntly: "Why? Director Feng wants to be a guest on a show?"

"I don't have such an idea at the moment. I just came to ask, have you decided on the guests for this variety show?"

Sure enough, the drunkard’s real intention was not to drink.

Chen Fei didn't have time to chat with him, so he asked directly: "Does Director Feng have a suitable candidate to recommend?"

"Haha, there is indeed one. What do you think of Wu Yifan who just came back from South Korea? He has both popularity and good looks. If he can join your variety show, it will definitely be a great help..."

Feng Xiaogang is quite eloquent and he even described to Chen Fei the prospects after Wu Yifan joined the team.

If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Xu Jinglei who found him and wanted him to be the lobbyist.

However, Chen Fei does not want his variety show to be implicated and caused to be taken off the shelves, and Wu Yifan, a "parallel import traffic star", cannot be touched.

"I'm sorry, Director Feng, the guest selection has almost been decided. Let's forget about the person you recommended for now."

On the other end of the phone, Feng Xiaogang was stunned for a long time before he reacted.

He seemed to have not expected Chen Fei to refuse so straightforwardly, and for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

"Director Feng, I have something else to do here. If there is nothing else, let's stop here first?"

"Ah! Oh, okay... okay, you're busy."

Before I knew it, the phone was busy.

Feng Xiaogang's face turned a little blue, and there was a hint of embarrassment in it.

Putting down his phone, he looked at Xu Jinglei and shook his head slightly, saying, "He said the guest lineup has been almost finalized and no one else can be added."

"Oh, that's how it is……"

Xu Jinglei could not hide her disappointment. After all, she had just promised her darling last night that she would help him get a regular guest spot.

Now that I haven’t fulfilled my promise, I’ll have to find a way to coax her when I go back.

It’s quite difficult to think about it. I had to coax the old ones before, and now I have to coax the young ones when I go back.

If she didn't love that face, how could Xu Jinglei invest so many resources to support a popular star?
"Then I'll have to trouble Director Feng. Since I can't get a regular guest spot, forget it."

Xu Jinglei stood up and smiled at Feng Xiaogang, leaving behind only her slim back as she hurriedly left Huayi.

Preparations for her movie have already begun, and as the leading actress, she has to rehearse kissing and sex scenes with the leading actor to get the feel for it.

After reluctantly seeing Xu Jinglei off, Feng Xiaogang walked towards his office.

However, when he passed by Wang Zhonglei's office, he happened to hear a roar from inside: "What's wrong with the Stab Cult? The Stab Cult can't appear on variety shows? I don't believe it. Without Feiyue Film and Television, our Huayi can't even produce a variety show?"

Outside the door, Feng Xiaogang had a very complicated expression.

He had heard that Huayi had made a lot of preparations behind the scenes in order to allow actors and celebrities who had close working relationships with the company to appear on the variety show "Running Man".

However, after hearing his roar, it was obvious that these people were brushed back.

In fact, sometimes Feng Xiaogang also couldn’t understand why Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun would cut off the foundation of “artist management” that maintains the company’s development?
Is it really the right path to get rid of the homogenization of the film industry?

……

"The costume TV series "Nirvana in Fire", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films and starring Hu Ge, Liu Shishi, Wang Kai, Wu Lei and others, officially wrapped up in Hengdian today!"

"Day and Night Chase" is currently on air, and the news of the completion of "Nirvana in Fire" has spread again.

This June, not only the film industry was confused, but even the television industry was numb.

The two TV series "The Journey of Flower" and "Gu Jian Qi Tan" have already launched extensive publicity, with both sides investing huge amounts of money, and are clearly aiming for "competition".

And if nothing unexpected happens, those TV dramas produced during the same period will also be destroyed!
Jiang Xueruo called Chen Fei directly and said, "Mr. Chen, the negatives of Nirvana in Fire have been sent to the editing department, and the relevant personnel are working intensively on the post-production work.

The post-production editing of Red Sorghum has been completed. We plan to submit it for review in mid-June. How do you think we should arrange the subsequent release date?"

"Since there is still time, let's arrange for it to take over from The Journey of Flower."

As he spoke, Fade Chen instructed, "It seems that the screenwriting department has adapted a lot of scripts. You can go and have a look when you are free. If there are suitable projects, then continue to arrange and move forward.

The company also has many young actors who were not well-known before, and it is time to push them to the front.”

"Ok, I see."

Jiang Xue rubbed her lips and hung up the phone.

Putting down the phone, Fade Chen's eyes fell on the computer screen again.

Right in the middle, the four words "Sword Net Operation" are clearly hung there, extremely conspicuous!

This is a law enforcement action jointly organized by the Copyright Bureau, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Cyberspace Administration of China and other departments. The time scale starts from 6 months. It aims to eliminate all piracy platforms and channels with thunderous force and lay a good foundation for Internet companies to enter the film and television industry...

The slogans are loud and clear, and the action to combat piracy has indeed been ongoing.

However, everything has its pros and cons.

When Internet companies really enter the market, I am afraid it will be a situation of chaos and rampant traffic.

Many small production companies are barely able to survive now, but as time goes by, without capital support, they will probably have no other outcome except bankruptcy or acquisition.

Chen Fei was quite lucky, because he was also a capital, so he didn't have to worry about being swallowed up.

……

On June 6, the science fiction film "Edge of Tomorrow" released by Warner Bros. was released simultaneously in North America and the Mainland.

On the first day of its release, the mainland box office closed at 4119 million, directly crushing other domestic films of the same period.

Affected by this, the daily new box office of the movie "Coming Home" directed by Zhang Yimou dropped directly to 172 million, and it has been announced to end ahead of schedule.

After 21 days of release, the total box office reached 2.8 million RMB, and Zhang Yimou has successfully surpassed his previous achievements.

It’s a pity that compared with those super special effects sci-fi blockbusters, the emotional drama of "The Return" that focuses on "heartfelt" is still much inferior.

Many people subconsciously began looking for domestic films that could compete with imported films during the June period.

Soon, the name "Breakup Master" appeared in front of everyone.

Deng Chao + Yang Mi, can this combination withstand the onslaught of imported films?
In fact, "The True Story of Jianghu Swordsmanship" was also among everyone's expectations at first. Unfortunately, its investor, Xiying, was apparently frightened and directly changed the release date from June to August.

In the eyes of many people in the industry, this decision is still very wise.

However, as the old saying goes, you may be able to avoid the first day, but you may not be able to avoid the fifteenth.

There are two movies released in August, "Frozen" and "Guardians of the Galaxy". In Chen Fei's opinion, Xiying's behavior is undoubtedly "escaping from the tiger's den and entering the wolf's den"!
……

The filming location of Avengers 2 has moved from London to Italy. The scenes of the Hydra base in the movie will be filmed at Bard Castle in Valle d'Aosta, Italy. This castle is located in the mountains and will provide a magnificent background for the movie.

And because of the change in filming location, the crew will naturally have some free time.

Chen Fei gave himself a few days off and flew back to Los Angeles from London.

The post-production and rough cut of "The Revenant" have come to a temporary end. He has to go back and check the effects of the rough cut before proposing the next editing plan.

Leonardo must have been bored recently, and when he heard that Chen Fei was going to see the rough cut, he immediately followed him excitedly.

Looking at his increasingly swollen belly and the young South African model holding his arm, Fade Chen didn't know what to say.

This guy is getting more and more oily!

Because the finished film needed to be kept confidential, Leonardo left his female companion outside the screening room and walked into the screening room with Chen Fei.

Looking at his miserable state on the big screen, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Chen Fei and asked, "Fei, do you think I have a chance of winning this time?"

"meeting."

Chen Fei nodded seriously.

However, before Leonardo could get happy, he added: "If you are willing to announce your marriage during the Oscar awards season, I can assure you that your chances of winning will increase by at least 30%."

"Oh! No!" Leonardo seemed to have his tail stepped on, and exclaimed quickly: "This method is not suitable for me. I have always advocated freedom, not being bound by family.

Fei, you should help me think of a better way so that I can get the next Oscar statuette."

Chen Fei looked at him for a moment, and after a moment, gave him another naughty idea.

“Leon, I suggest you learn from Matthew, lose some fat, restore your looks to their peak, and then go and do public relations for those female Oscar judges.

With your handsomeness, I believe that the female judges will not refuse your date. Then, you can use your skillful picking up skills to coax them into bed one by one.

I believe you know that sex is the fastest way to a woman's heart, and you can definitely be brave enough to sleep with them all."

Chen Fei spoke so passionately, his tone full of temptation.

At first, Leonardo's eyes lit up and he was seriously thinking about the feasibility of this action.

But soon, his face fell: "Fei, don't play with me, how can I possibly go to bed with those old women? I will be sucked dry."

"Hahahahaha!"

Chen Fei laughed so hard that tears almost came out.

Seeing Leonardo's expression getting uglier and uglier, he stopped smiling and said, "It's just a joke. How could I let you sacrifice yourself? I will arrange a public relations method for you later.

Believe me, this time, I will definitely help you bring back an Oscar trophy!"

After reading the rough cut and arranging the subsequent fine cut, Chen Fei and Leonardo left Volta Films together.

The latter had to go on a date with his girlfriend, so he naturally left in a hurry.

After saying hello to Natasha, Chen Fei hurried to New York and found Kevin Feige who had just returned to the company.

As soon as the two met, they got straight to the point.

"How is the negotiation with Sony going? Is there any hope of getting Spider-Man's film and television rights back?"

Hearing this question, Kevin Feige did not answer it directly, but first talked about the box office performance of "The Amazing Spider-Man 2".

"The Astro series has been completely cut off. It only earned $2.02 million in North America, and the global total box office was only $6.5 million. Sony's total loss exceeded $2 million!
However, even though the losses were severe, Sony was still unwilling to give up Spider-Man. "

"Huh?" Chen Fei sneered, "If I remember correctly, according to the agreement, Sony signed an agreement when it purchased the copyright of Spider-Man, which requires Sony to release a Spider-Man movie every three years. If it fails to do so, it will automatically give up the copyright, right?"

"Yes."

Kevin Feige nodded and said: "I negotiated with them through this clause, and Sony finally said that they were willing to share the Spider-Man copyright with us.

But they set a condition that Sony must account for 40% of the investment share in all film and television works involving Spider-Man. "

Chen Fei was immediately amused by Sony's big appetite.

"I'm planning to put Spider-Man into the Avengers franchise next, so what Sony is saying is, they want to get a big piece of the Avengers pie just by relying on Spider-Man?

Oh, what a fool's dream! "

Fade Chen sneered and said directly: "Then let's drag it out and see who can't hold on first."

At this time, Kevin Feige suddenly asked: "What is our bottom line?"

Chen Fei replied: "In the development of a separate Spider-Man series of movies, I can get up to 3% of Sony's investment.

If they don’t want to, then we can wait another three years. Once the agreed time limit is up, we don’t even have to bother with them and can just take back the rights for film and television adaptations.”

……

After leaving New York, Chen Fei returned to the crew of "Avengers 2" and started the second phase of filming.

At the same time, in China, the competition in the June film market has already begun.

The imported film "Edge of Tomorrow" replaced "X-Men: Days of Future Past", making a number of domestic films cry out in pain.

"Coming Home" ultimately failed to hold up and ended with a box office of 2.9 million yuan.

Zhang Yimou was quite unwilling to accept that the box office failed to break 300 million. He felt very sorry because the application for the secret key extension was not approved by the General Administration.

What the industry did not expect was that Brother Chen Kai actually got involved in the topic of "The Return".

In an interview with the crew of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", facing the camera of the reporter, he commented on Zhang Yimou's directing skills without any shame:
“Generally speaking, Yimou still has some shortcomings in the field of art films. The shots and pictures he shot are indeed good, but the depth of the story is much inferior.

As his guide on the road to directing, I have more experience in this area than him. If we have the chance to meet in the future, I will not hide anything and will give him some constructive suggestions..."

Chen Fei read the news online and once again had a clear understanding of the shamelessness of the great poet Chen.

"You're still coaching Zhang Yimou? Who do you think you are?"

Judging from the tone of his speech, he obviously still regards Lao Mouzi as his younger brother.

But the fact is, apart from "Farewell My Concubine", he has no other film works worth mentioning.

He lost money on every commercial film he made, and his art films didn’t even get nominated. He was even more defeated in the competition for the position of chief director of the 08 Olympic Games…

Many people in the circle are wondering where this guy gets his confidence from.

……

Just like the film industry, competition in the television industry is also fierce.

"Beauty Like a Painting" still receives constant negative reviews, while "Day and Night Chase" is unstoppable. One week after its release, its number of views exceeded that of "Psychological Crime", an online drama produced by iQiyi.

On the 10th, the web drama "The Darker Side" produced by Tencent Video was officially launched.

With the launch of these three web dramas, netizens specially set up a voting column on Weibo, inviting all drama fans on the Internet to vote for their favorite web drama.

As expected, "Day and Night" stood out and easily defeated "Criminal Minds" and "Dark Side".

The industry was already extremely shocked by the performance of this TV series, but what no one expected was that after standing out, "Day and Night Chase" actually did another big thing!
That morning, a piece of news released by Feiyue Film and Television's official website directly topped the Weibo hot search list.

"Warm congratulations to our TV series "Day and Night" for its official cooperation with Netflix. It will be broadcast in more than 190 countries and regions around the world and become the first Chinese online series to be officially broadcast overseas on a large scale..."

The moment this news was seen, the entire film and television industry was numb.

How can a web drama be played like this?
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