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

Chapter 729: A big project worth more than 8 million? A special birthday gift
"Dick Man?"

Looking at the headlines on Sohu.com, Fade Chen shook his head with some regret.

In fact, he is still quite optimistic about Dong Chengpeng. This guy is considered to be talented. If he can make good movies, he will definitely achieve something in the future.

Unfortunately, he did not listen to the advice and finally chose to shoot the movie "The Pancake Man".

In just one morning, press releases about "The Pancake Man" poured out on Weibo, the media and major portals.

"'The Pancake Man' is the directorial debut of Dong Chengpeng. The film will be co-starred by more than 50 well-known actors in the industry. It is a gathering of big names who will work together to save unhappiness!"

"It is reported that the film crew has invited internationally renowned action star Jean-Claude Van Damme and the four-member crew of Young and Dangerous to appear together. Let us look forward to their wonderful performance!"

"Dong Chengpeng is a typical example among the new directors in the domestic entertainment industry. Following Guo Jingming and Han Han, he will surely become a major commercial film director in the new era!"

Sohu has obviously put in a lot of effort, so that the "Pancake Man" project was only officially fully exposed today, but Dong Chengpeng seems to have already become a leader in the industry.

However, these publicity and marketing did play a significant role.

More than 50 well-known artists in the industry, Hollywood international superstars, plus the four male protagonists of "Young and Dangerous" guest appearances, and three major companies jointly producing...

Combining these, it is not difficult to find that this movie is definitely not bad!
Of course, this is just the opinion of the outside world. In Chen Fei's opinion, Dong Chengpeng can be said to have been both made and failed by "The Pancake Man".

……

On the way from home to China Film, Chen Fei began to look through the film schedule for September sent by Pan Asia Cinemas.

At the beginning of the month, that is, on September 9st, "Now You See Me 1" will officially hit domestic theaters.

Also released at the same time is "The Expendables 3" produced by Lionsgate Entertainment. These two Hollywood imported films will officially kick off the film competition in September.

Following closely behind is "One Life, One World" starring Gao Yuanyuan and Nicholas Tse, as well as a host of low-budget movies.

On the last day of September, "Detective Chinatown" will officially launch a fearless charge towards the National Day holiday!
Looking ahead, the mainland film market will not be peaceful in the next few months.

Chen Fei arrived at China Film Studio and just as he was about to get off the car, he discovered that a large number of media and reporters were crowding at the gate.

From the crowded crowd, we can see that in addition to La Beikang, there are also many heads from other film and television companies, such as LeTV, Xiaoma, etc.

In addition, Wu Yu, this "scammer", was also in the center of the crowd, and would chat with reporters on the scene from time to time.

Seeing this scene, Chen Fei's heart moved and he immediately had a guess.

After waiting for about 15 minutes, until all the reporters who were blocking the door dispersed, Chen Fei walked into China Film Corporation very low-key, and then went straight to La Beikang's office.

As soon as he pushed the door open and walked in, he saw La Beikang grinning and looking like he was in a very good mood.

"Come on, sit down first."

La Beikang greeted him and continued talking on the phone.

Since he didn't avoid people, Chen Fei naturally answered the phone with peace of mind.

But as he listened, he suddenly realized that something was wrong!

Because Labeikang actually used words like "big data", "retrieval" and "prediction", which sounded like the speech of a leader of a large Internet company.

"According to big data analysis, the box office of The Crossing: Part I will definitely not be less than 10 billion yuan. Even the box office of the second part will usher in a new rise on the basis of the previous one. Therefore, our investment this time is % sure to win. I plan to continue to add funds and increase the scale of publicity..."

Hearing this, the corners of Fade Chen's mouth began to twitch.

He really wanted to go up and pour a basin of cold water on Labeikang to sober him up, but seeing how excited he was, he decided not to do so in the end.

After a few minutes, La Beikang successfully ended the call.

He threw his phone on the table, looked at Chen Fei happily, and said, "This big data is quite interesting. It can even estimate the box office by searching and profiling the audience."

Chen Fei asked in a tone as if he had seen a ghost: "The first part of "The Crossing" was worth at least 10 billion? The second part will be even more?"

"Correct."

La Peikang responded with certainty: "I feel this data is very accurate. Alibaba also tested Jiang Wen's "One Step Away" and the final box office was also over 10 billion yuan."

"..."

When he heard the word "Ali", Fade Chen fell silent.

It's really uncommon that people would rather believe a "scam" company than trust their own eyes and the analysis of professionals.

From the beginning to the end, Chen Fei has always expressed that he is not optimistic about "The Crossing".

However, both Han Sanping and La Beikang have been trying their best to increase sunk costs, and they are still increasing them now!
It is difficult to persuade a fool with kind words, so he is not going to continue to persuade him. Just let them continue to bang their heads against the wall.

Maybe he will wake up when he hits his head and bleeds.

……

Chen Fei did not have a deep conversation with La Beikang on the topic of "The Taiping", but directly switched to the project "Operation Mekong".

"Wanda, Guangguang, and Shanghai Film Group will all be here soon, so we can just divide the remaining 80% equally among ourselves."

When the project was first established, Chen Fei had already promised the public security department a 20% investment share, which cannot be changed.

"80%? Five companies split equally?"

La Beikang murmured something, feeling somewhat reluctant.

In fact, according to his idea, China Film, Feiyue Film and Television, and the Ministry of Public Security are enough, and there is no need to look for other producers.

However, Chen Fei is well-known for not wanting to eat alone.

Whenever there is a big project, he always invites a group of "allies" to come and eat meat and drink soup together.

Although doing so would earn less money, it successfully won over a large number of powerful allies!

This can be seen from the previous conference.

When Chen Fei decided to make an enemy of the entire entertainment industry, Wanda and Guangxian chose to follow his footsteps very firmly, putting enormous pressure on other companies.

"Okay, just do as you say."

La Peikang responded, but ultimately did not offer any other opinions or ideas.

After all, this is a Feiyue Film and Television project, and he doesn't want to make things difficult for Chen Fei. Besides, eating alone is not a good behavior in the film and television industry.

Because the other families had not arrived yet, La Beikang started discussing other matters with Chen Fei.

"China Film Group is currently negotiating with Universal Pictures about a movie. This is a truly big-budget movie, with a budget of at least 8 million yuan. After discussing it with each other, we feel that you are the most suitable person to be the director."

8 million???

Hearing this number, Fade Chen was slightly stunned and quite surprised.

You know, even the movie "The Martian" only cost about 7.5 million RMB to shoot and produce.

Now La Peikang suddenly shouted out "8 million", could it be a super science fiction blockbuster with an even larger scale than "The Martian"?
"Boss La, can you please tell me what this project is about?"

Chen Fei did not agree immediately. Although he was curious, he was also a little wary.

Because according to his past experience, the position of "Chairman of China Film Group Corporation" should have some meaning.

From Han Sanping to La Beikang, any big project that they were optimistic about seemed to never be truly successful.

"Fantasy, action, war..."

La Beikang immediately uttered three words that gave Chen Fei a headache.

The next second, a project book appeared in his hand.

"The Great Wall? The Great Wall!"

Although he hadn't opened the project book yet, Chen Fei's scalp was already starting to tingle.

"That's right." La Beikang said cheerfully with a smile on his face: "How is it? Is this name okay? Is it rich enough in Chinese elements?

The story mainly tells the story of the Chinese Shadowless Forbidden Army and European mercenaries fighting against the monster Taotie during the Northern Song Dynasty. It was filmed entirely from the Chinese perspective..."

While saying this, there was even a hint of pride in Labeikang's tone.

You know, even when Han Sanping was in power, he had never done such a large project.

If he can complete this project, he will be able to sit firmly on the throne, not to mention the next term, even the term after that.

However, what he didn't notice was that the corners of Chen Fei's mouth had begun to twitch.

What a trap! This is a huge trap!
This script... Chen Fei didn't even know where to start to modify it.

The story was so bad that it couldn't be worse. Especially when he saw the heroine jumping off the city wall to fight the enemy, he almost got goosebumps all over his body.

How could anyone come up with such a ridiculous plot?
Chen Fei secretly felt lucky that he did not agree immediately, otherwise he would be doomed.

More than ten minutes later, he quietly closed the script and said in a deep voice: "Director La, I suggest you ask Director Li An or Director Zhang Yimou to do it. They both have their own unique ways of shooting such large-scale scenes.

I have several scripts on hand right now, and I really don’t have time to take on other new projects.”

"Hmm?" La Peikang was slightly stunned. He obviously didn't expect to be rejected by Chen Fei. "Don't you only have Operation Mekong?"

"I am currently preparing a script for an art film and plan to go to Cannes again next year."

Chen Fei answered seriously and silently put the project book of "The Great Wall" back on the desk.

He was not going to jump into this pit.

Even if China Film and Universal Pictures agreed to let him revise the script, he was not going to touch it.

With so many high-quality projects in our company, why should we touch this kind of "mine" that may explode in a very high probability?

"Why don't you listen to the conditions first..."

La Beikang wanted to fight for it, but at this moment, the secretary's voice suddenly rang out from outside the door: "Boss La, the three CEOs of Shanghai Film Group, Guangguang, and Wanda are here."

Upon hearing this, Fade Chen stood up and said, "Boss, we can talk about other things later. How about we get the business done first?"

"alright."

La Beikang sighed helplessly and followed Chen Fei into the small meeting room.

5% is divided among 80 companies, which is actually quite easy to divide.

China Film Group, Wanda, Light Media, Shanghai Film Group, and Feiyue Films each accounted for 14%.

As for the remaining 10%, it replaced Chen Fei's film salary, which also meant that he could enjoy a share of the box office revenue.

The contract was signed smoothly.

"Everyone, would you like to have a quick meal together?"

La Beikang put away the contract and extended the invitation cordially, but his eyes were fixed on Fade Chen.

Obviously, he is not ready to give up inviting Chen Fei to be the director of "The Great Wall".

"Next time. I have something very important to do tonight."

Chen Fei pretended that he had something important to do and successfully escaped from Zhongying very smoothly.

However, as soon as he left China Film, he saw the news online:

"Jointly produced by China Film Group, Huayi, LeTV and other companies, directed by Wu Yu, starring Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye Kyo and others, The Crossing, known as the Eastern Titanic, is officially scheduled to be released on December 12.5th and will make a fearless charge into the Lunar New Year holiday."

As soon as this report came out, there was an uproar in the industry.

12月1号《环太平洋2》、12月5号《太平轮·上》、12月15号《鬼吹灯之云南虫谷》。

There is a lot of gunpowder in this Lunar New Year period!

……

As August begins, major domestic award shows have begun to make some small moves.

First, the Hundred Flowers Awards announced the nomination list, and it was still the same as before, with no sense of "novelty" at all.

Looking at familiar names such as "The Grandmaster", "So Young", and "Witness", Chen Fei was quite moved.

Once upon a time, compared to the Golden Rooster Awards, the Hundred Flowers Awards was quite fair and just.

But with the replacement of the jury, a group of old guys successfully took over, which immediately lowered the reputation of Hundred Flowers to the same level as Golden Rooster.

Nowadays, if you want to win awards in China, it is useless to just rely on the quality of your film. The key still depends on your connections, resources, and even whether you are willing to spend money!

The news of the change in the "Operation Mekong" project book could not be concealed from the insiders.

When the names of China Film, Shanghai Film, Wanda and Guangxian appeared in the producer column, there was another uproar in the industry.

Many people began to eagerly inquire about the news, wanting to know what the plot of this movie is.
The only thing revealed now is the movie title and synopsis. Apart from that, no other information has been leaked.

Many people have looked up the details and related information about the Mekong River Massacre, but everyone knows that such movies adapted from real events usually have significant differences from the original events.

As for how big the difference is, perhaps only Chen Fei himself knows.

……

In the entertainment industry, gossip between men and women is always a hot topic among the public.

It is normal for a movie to be wrapped up in the industry, but no one knows what Xu Jinglei was thinking. She actually praised the leading actor a lot at the wrap-up ceremony of the movie "There Is a Place Only We Know".

"He is handsome, has good acting skills, high emotional intelligence and IQ, and is very strong, especially in waist strength. He is the best I have ever seen in the industry..."

It is really hard not to think too much after hearing these remarks.

After all, which female director would use words like "good waist strength" to make a comment when praising a male actor?
To put it more bluntly, it is almost equivalent to saying "handsome people live good lives."

"I don't know how many times this old woman has eaten that young man!"

Chen Fei was quite emotional. After all, in the entertainment industry, "doing a good job" is a very important plus point.

When time came to the 25th in a blink of an eye, the focus of the mainland film and television circles had already fallen on the Venice International Film Festival.

Whether it is a movie that has already been released or a movie that has not yet been released, as long as the copyright has not been sold, almost all of them will go to Venice.

Liu Yifei, who just returned from Venice at the beginning of the month, is about to set off again.

Liu Xiaoli was packing luggage for her daughter, but Miss Liu was dragging Chen Fei to choose a restaurant for dinner.

Today is her birthday, and she plans to set off after her birthday!

"Let's go here. This private restaurant is pretty good. Changchang and I have been there a few times and the food is delicious."

Fade Chen looked at her lovingly and nodded in response, "Okay, I'll go wherever you want to go."

After confirming it, Fade Chen arranged for someone to book a private room, and asked the cake shop to deliver the cake that had been ordered in advance.

"I'm already a 27-year-old girl, and I can't even pack my luggage."

"Oh, who said I didn't tidy up? It's just that the stacks are not neatly stacked. What's the big deal..."

The mother and daughter started bickering again. Chen Fei watched happily from the side, and occasionally spoke up to help Liu's mother say a few words to Liu Yifei, which made her face puffy with anger.

As it grew darker, Liu Xiaoli did not disturb their date, but left the villa early.

Chen Fei drove Liu Yifei straight to the private restaurant.

As soon as she entered the box and saw the exquisite cake in the corner and the candles on the table, Liu Yifei's eyes lit up immediately: "Wow! It's a candlelight dinner!"

Chen Fei smiled and asked, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, very satisfied! Hehehe!"

After having a good meal and a few drinks, at Miss Liu's request, Fade Chen took several more photos with her.

Then he took out the gift he had prepared long ago and handed it to Liu Yifei.

Looking at the exquisite gift box in front of her, Liu Yifei asked expectantly, "What's in it?"

Chen Fei gently raised his hand and gestured, "Open it and you will know."

"Can it be dismantled now?"

"all right."

Liu Yifei's emotional value was very appropriate. She first took a deep breath, then rubbed her hands, and then opened the gift box with great anticipation.

The next second, her eyes suddenly lit up, because a brand new script appeared in front of her.

There is a line of words printed on the cover of the script, which reads:
The Worst Man in the World

……

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