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

Chapter 714: A new Sino-foreign co-production project? Defeat the cancer and parasites of society!
"Everybody, our filming has entered a critical stage. I hope that in the coming time, everyone can work together and strive for the day of completion!"

On the set of "Avengers 2", Chen Fei is carrying out the final mobilization.

In order to create the final battle scene between Ultron and the Avengers, the production staff spared no effort and studied many shots of earthquakes, mudslides, ice shelf ruptures, building collapses and demolition to present a messy but detailed effect.

Now some preliminary preparations have been completed, and we are just waiting for Chen Fei to lead a group of actors to complete the subsequent shooting process.

After the mobilization, everyone entered a tense preparation phase.

At this moment, the assistant suddenly came over, leaned close to Chen Fei's ear, and whispered, "Boss, Brian Taylor is here."

"Ok?"

Chen Fei subconsciously looked into the distance and saw a blonde girl standing there, waving at him from afar.

In terms of the soundtrack, "Avengers 2" once again chose Brian Tyler, which is her third collaboration with Marvel after "Iron Man 3" and "Thor: The Dark World".

Film production and shooting is a large and complex process that involves the collaborative efforts of many staff members, including directors, actors, special effects teams, composers, etc.

Chen Fei is not afraid of spending money, he is just afraid that the result will not be shocking enough.

Therefore, even though Brian Taylor's offer was very high, he still chose her resolutely.

Seeing Fade Chen coming over, Taylor said with a smile: "Fei, I'm here to report."

"Well, thank you for your hard work. My agent will contact you regarding the follow-up work arrangements."

"Ok, I'm always at your disposal whenever you need me."

Taylor's eyes were shining, and he was obviously very interested in Chen Fei.

Chen Fei was no longer surprised by this kind of look. It was not so bad in China, as people there were relatively reserved.

But after arriving abroad, whenever he met those European and American actresses, they all wanted to pounce on him and eat him alive!

A director like him who can not only win awards but also direct and shoot big-budget, high-grossing movies is like a firefly encountering light to those European and American actresses. They can't wait to stick to him.

At the same time, just as Chen Fei was methodically filming "Avengers 2", a piece of news exploded in the domestic entertainment industry like a nuclear bomb!
"Produced by China Film Group, Volta Films, Lucasfilm and other film and television companies, directed by Steven S. DeKnight, starring Wu Jing, Jing Tian and others, and with an investment of up to $1.5 million, the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster Pacific Rim 2 has officially announced that it will be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, scheduled for December 12st."

"It is reported that Pacific Rim 1 has earned 14.2 billion RMB at the domestic box office. The sequel may have a chance to surpass the previous one."

"Actors Jing Tian and Wu Jing simultaneously announced this good news on Weibo and released the finalized posters, which received congratulations from many industry insiders."

……

In less than half an hour, news about Pacific Rim 2 spread rapidly on the Internet and successfully landed on the headlines of major film, television and entertainment information websites.

After the initial trance, many film and television production companies in the industry began to curse.

China Film Corporation is too unreliable. They actually put this kind of movie into the Lunar New Year period. Isn't this obviously a way to undermine their own domestic films?

Although this is a Sino-foreign co-production with the participation of China Film Corporation, it cannot be so overbearing!

Previously, when "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" was announced to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, people in the industry were already panicking.

But now, "Ring 2" is here.

而且更令业内许多人感到郁闷的是，《环2》定档在了12月1号，《鬼2》则定档在了12月15号，这很明显是奔着包揽整个贺岁档去的。

Who can stop these two behemoths?

Jiang Wen, who is negotiating the box office share with the cinema chain, is already confused. His "One Step Away" is also scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, but compared with those two behemoths, can it withstand it?

For a moment, he fell into deep thought.

My previous self-confidence suffered a huge blow at this moment!

At the same time, in the post-dubbing lounge of "Dragon Nest: Dawn of Legends", Hu Ge was looking at Jing Tian and her agent discussing the next schedule with emotion.

The heroine of a $1.5 million sci-fi blockbuster was standing right in front of him, which gave him an inexplicable feeling of unreality.

Of course, there is more envy and bitterness.

Because "Pacific Rim" is destined to be an epic science fiction blockbuster, it will definitely leave a significant mark in film history in the future.

As the heroine, Jing Tian is definitely an unavoidable topic.

This huge gap in resources makes female celebrities feel like they are falling behind.

If the big stars are just envious, then the young actresses dare not even dream of such an exaggerated "sweet dream".

Especially for the second-generation young actresses such as Yang Mi, Yang Ying, and Ni Ne, besides being envious, there is also an indescribable sense of powerlessness.

Liu Yifei alone was already beyond their reach, and now Jing Tian showed up, like two huge mountains pressing down on them!
For a whole day, the industry was discussing this Sino-foreign co-production.

The popularity it has generated even exceeded that of "Transformers 20", which is currently charging towards a box office of 4 billion yuan. As for other upcoming movies such as "Tiny Times 3", "Big Fish and Begonia", and "See You Tomorrow", their popularity has been pushed to the bottom.

At this time, in the office of La Peikang, China Film Group Corporation.

"We have to follow up the promotion of "Ring 2" throughout the whole process, and we must do our best to ensure that there are no mistakes. I think everyone knows what co-production means, and we must not slack off this time..."

When he took office, La Peikang was very envious of the achievements made by Han Sanping.

"Pacific Rim 1", "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "The Martian", "Gravity", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Founding of a Republic"...

He participated in all these projects and even managed them himself.

These are all great political achievements! They are the basis for Han Sanping to still enjoy extremely high benefits after retirement!

As for those loss-making projects, such as "Red Cliff", they are not worth mentioning at all.

China Film Corporation has never been afraid of losses, but only of having no political achievements.

As long as they can produce a film that can bring political achievements, they can easily cover up most of the previous loss-making projects, and even take this opportunity to apply for more investment funds.

After all, the development of cultural undertakings has never been aimed at profit.

This is also the reason why Han Sanping specially participated in several award-winning films invested and produced by Feiyue Films before her retirement.

With the support of such political achievements, he can still get away with it even if he is sued internationally by foreigners.

But this is exactly what Labeikang wants.

Therefore, when he took office, he firmly established a cooperative alliance with Chen Fei.

As it turned out, his choice was absolutely correct.

Not only did Chen Fei bring him such a great gift as "Pacific Rim 2", but under his "leadership", he also successfully led the film and television industry into the 30 billion box office era.

Although the latter is strictly speaking Han Sanping's political achievement, he was also able to get some of it.

As for "Ring 2", it is purely his political achievement and the foundation on which he relies to stabilize himself, so he naturally has to treat it with caution and strive to achieve good results.

He has even decided to go against all odds and apply for a key extension.

The meeting lasted for more than half an hour before it ended.

When there was no one else in the office, La Pei lay back in his chair and began to think about other arrangements.

China Film Group has participated in investing in quite a few projects this year, including some large projects, all of which he has to follow up personally.

However, at this moment, the secretary suddenly knocked on the door and walked in, reminding: "Boss La, people from Universal Pictures are here and are waiting for you in the reception area."

"okay, I get it."

La Beikang nodded, stood up, straightened his suit, and walked out.

If "The Ring 2" is his first political achievement, then the cooperation he is about to reach with Universal Pictures is likely to become his second political achievement.

The two parties have already contacted each other secretly many times. If there are no other unexpected accidents, this cooperation will be a foregone conclusion.

……

After finishing a day's filming, Fade Chen returned to Beverly Hills.

While enjoying Miss Liu's shoulder massage service, he was browsing the news.

There's nothing interesting in Hollywood, except that a number of films have launched preview screenings, presumably to compete for Oscars.

If nothing unexpected happens, it will be the turn of all kinds of "monsters and demons" to take the stage next. After all, there is a lot of fun in the public relations process.

In comparison, he still prefers to read domestic news.

There is nothing we can do, there is just too much fun! First, Bona officially announced that it will be delisted from Nasdaq, and the process is already underway.

According to relevant media reports, Bona Film Group has currently received non-binding privatization transaction offers from Dong, Sequoia Capital and Fosun International.

When Bona was first listed on NASDAQ, there was a lot of applause from the mainland.

But what is shocking is that Bona’s stock price fell below the issue price on the day of its listing, and has been sluggish since then.

Compared with the United States, the domestic capital market has always given higher valuations to listed film and television companies, which made Yu Dong plan to return to China for listing a long time ago.

Then, coupled with the various pressures from his ex-wife recently, he was exhausted and haggard, so he simply started the delisting process ahead of schedule.

Next, he first needs to privatize the entire Bona Film Group, and this process will naturally be full of wrangling.

According to netizens’ comments, his life seemed to have been frozen.

"Success is due to women! Failure is also due to women!"

In addition, there are constant news about the ambitious Alibaba.

Just a few hours ago, Ma Yun, who is regarded as a "god" by many people, came to Alibaba Pictures in person and gave an exciting speech.

“In my opinion, there are too many problems in the domestic film and television culture industry, and the most critical one is that they take a large amount of money but do not use it properly, but squander it everywhere, resulting in continuous losses.

Hollywood has done a very good job in this regard. Most of the film and television works they create are adapted from various original novels, such as "Harry Potter".

This time, Alibaba will also learn this excellent creative method, cater to the preferences of the general public, and rely on big data to create truly amazing works! "

After belittling the traditional film and television industry, Ma Dashen made another appeal to the entire film and television industry:
"We hope that capable screenwriters and creators can join Alibaba. Let's work together, strive to be the first, and move towards a new era in the film and television industry, and become a guide..."

I have to say that Ma Yun is really strong in public speaking.

Chen Fei saw media reports saying that after the speech, Alibaba Pictures’ stock price skyrocketed!
A large number of "leeks" seemed to see a ray of hope, believing that Alibaba would definitely help them make a fortune, and they began to express their support online.

For a time, Alibaba Pictures became very popular.

Later, many people did respond to the call, came to Alibaba Pictures with scripts in hand, and joined this big family.

But there’s an old saying that goes: A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse’s son will dig holes!

Under Alibaba's training, what will the output of these people be like?

Chen Fei said he would wait and see.

He still clearly remembered that Zhang Qiang had threatened him to be careful.

Now he was particularly curious about how the other party was going to make him "careful"?

Is Alibaba so blindly confident that it can only rely on those bad movies made with "popular IP + fan movies + celebrity directors"?

……

……

As the night grew darker, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei got on a Cadillac and arrived at a gun club in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Bruce arrived here early, and when he saw the two of them, he immediately greeted them warmly.

"Fei, and the beautiful Crystal, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Fade Chen urged, "Stop talking nonsense here, go in quickly, or you'll be photographed by the paparazzi."

"Ok."

Bruce responded and acted as a waiter, leading the two to a VIP box on the upper floor of the club.

There were originally two long-legged blonde girls inside, but they were sent away by Bruce.

Since Liu Yifei is here today, he naturally cannot be too presumptuous.

"Come on, Crystal, take a seat first. There is food here, you can take it as you like."

After making arrangements for Liu Yifei, Bruce took out two telescopes from under the table as if by magic, and handed one of them to Chen Fei.

He walked to a window on one side, pointed in a direction, and motioned Chen Fei to look over there.

What appeared in the telescope's image was a magnificent courtyard with bright lights and many luxury cars parked in the yard that ordinary people could not afford even if they worked hard for several lifetimes.

Chen Fei asked with some confusion: "Is this the gathering place of the Nxivm sect?"

"That's right." Bruce replied, "This is a property owned by Keith Raniere in Los Angeles. On average, he holds a promotional meeting here every six months to develop new members and consolidate his position as president."

At this time, a luxury car would still drive into the courtyard from time to time.

Bruce introduced them intermittently: "This is a female congressman from Florida, this is a leader in charge of women's human rights, this is the deputy director of a police department in New York, this is the warden of a women's prison in California..."

Following Bruce's introduction, Chen Fei quickly grasped the two key points.

“Are those who participated in the rally the elite among women?”

"That's right, Nxivm only accepts women, either those who are powerful or beautiful."

Liu Yifei, who was standing by, felt dizzy as she listened to their conversation.

"What are you talking about?"

Hearing this, Bruce first glanced at Fade Chen, and after getting his approval, he introduced the relevant information about Nxivm and Keith Raniere.

When she heard words like "brainwashing", "trafficking in women", and "organizing illegal gatherings", no matter how calm Miss Liu was, she was frightened and her face turned pale.

Until the end, she looked at Chen Fei with surprise and asked in disbelief: "So, the person who claims to be my fan is actually the leader of a very evil sect?"

"That's right." Fade Chen said comfortingly without even turning his head: "But don't worry, after tonight, this sect will no longer exist."

……

After about an hour, luxury cars began to drive out of the courtyard one after another.

Looking around, all the drivers are, without exception, women wearing famous brands, with exquisite makeup and high positions of power.

More than ten minutes later, Bruce's phone suddenly vibrated.

He looked down and a smile appeared on his face: "Fei, we succeeded. The last piece of evidence has been successfully obtained."

"it is good!"

Chen Fei smiled with satisfaction.

Soon, there was a knock on the box door, and Amy Knott, the female reporter who had helped Chen Fei bring down Harvey Weinstein, walked in.

As soon as she entered the door, she opened a bottle of mineral water on the table and drank it without saying a word.

Only after she calmed down completely did she sigh with some fear: "I admit that I underestimated the enemy. The guy who claims to be the master of human psychological dynamics is really good. His speech skills are simply extraordinary!"

At first, Amy Knott didn't understand why so many elite women were deceived by Keith Raniere.

But when she actually participated in a rally, she realized how terrifying it was.

It was a speech that could make people sink into obsession. If you listened to it too much, you might even fall into the psychological trap set by the other party and even be enslaved by him.

It was difficult for people to remain rational under the influence of such emotions at that time.

Fortunately, she only had to go to one party.

"Is everything going well?" Fade Chen looked at her curiously.

"Very smooth."

Amy Nott nodded, took out a memory card from her bag, and inserted it into the computer Bruce had prepared in advance.

After a while, Keith Raniere's speech, which seemed to be filled with magic, echoed in everyone's ears.

Halfway through listening, Fade Chen directly pressed the pause button and said sternly: "This kind of pest must be wiped out as soon as possible!"

Amy Knott nodded in approval: "Fei, you think the same as I do."

"It is better to do it now than to wait for a better day. Let's start from tomorrow. Contact the media and publish all the evidence we have collected recently. Let the Americans see clearly that there is such a cancerous demon in their society!"

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