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

Chapter 745: Sino-Japanese co-production? It’s completely tied up!
"SM Entertainment is really miserable. Artists have to return to their home country time and again, and they can only watch helplessly. Can they tolerate this?"

In the crew of "Operation Mekong", Kang Honglei, an old director who never pays attention to hot searches, actually started to talk about Lu Han.

From this we can see how popular that young hunk is on the Internet right now!

Behind the monitor, Fade Chen said without turning his head, "We have to endure it even if we can't. We have the mainland market behind us. If they dare to object, they won't be able to come to the mainland to make money in the future."

"That's true."

Kang Honglei responded knowingly, and then began to mutter quietly: "With such a high popularity, if he could be cast in a TV series or movie, wouldn't the producers make a fortune on the spot?"

Chen Fei smiled and did not respond.

He knew very well that the film and television producers would never give up this opportunity.

If nothing unexpected happens, there will be movement in the next two days.

……

In the morning, all crew members were in place and the second scene of "Operation Mekong" officially started shooting in Yunnan.

At this moment, several helicopters were taking off and landing on the vast and endless mountains.

The male lead, played by Zhang Hanyu, walked out of one of the helicopters and officially met the male second lead, played by Chen Fei, who drove an off-road vehicle.

Behind the monitor, Kang Honglei officially took the position of chief director and began to be responsible for controlling the overall situation.

In the following period of time, whenever there is a scene involving Chen Fei, he will be responsible for the entire crew.

The two "old actors" acted together and almost every scene was done in one take, saving a lot of time.

After lunch, everyone had a two-hour break.

It was not until two o'clock in the afternoon that Liu Shishi, who had been running around with the crew from beginning to end, finally had her first makeup look.

She played the girlfriend of the character played by Chen Fei in "Operation Mekong".

Her role is the girlfriend of a drug enforcement officer for ten years, a dancer with a graceful figure, and also a drug-related person.

Compared with the role played by Li Bingbin, the ending of the character played by Liu Shishi was not very good.

She was photographed and defiled by the drug dealers when she was unconscious after taking drugs, and used this as a threat. Finally, after witnessing the drug dealers successfully escape, she committed suicide by shooting herself in front of her boyfriend.

Because Liu Shishi's role was relatively concentrated, the crew simply used local materials and set up a theater in the city center for filming, and booked the theater for the entire afternoon and the next morning.

Looking at Liu Shishi who had finished her makeup, Fade Chen nodded with satisfaction, and then reminded:

"Time is limited. We will try to finish your scenes as soon as possible, and then we will move on to the next scene. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, I understand, Director Chen."

Liu Shishi nodded heavily, feeling somewhat determined in her heart.

This is her second time working with Chen Fei after filming "Fast and Furious 3" many years ago. This opportunity is really rare.

She secretly vowed that she must perform well and not let Chen Fei and her fans down.

"Are you ready?"

Behind the monitor, Kang Honglei began to urge.

Liu Shishi made an "OK" gesture and then sat in front of the dressing mirror in the dressing room backstage of the theater.

The first scene she had to act out was the drug-related process, and the subsequent scene where she was blackmailed by drug dealers using private photos.

While the camera crew was adjusting the lens, Fade Chen came to her side and reminded her again:

"The character you play is being lured into drug abuse step by step and is completely trapped. Throughout the whole process, your eyes are blurry and you appear a little numb... You dare not let your boyfriend know, but because you are threatened, you have to steal confidential information from your boyfriend. You are in a state of entanglement and struggle. You know you have made a mistake and have no desire to survive..."

Liu Shishi kept nodding her head, keeping all of this firmly in mind.

A few minutes later, Kang Honglei's voice came from the intercom: "Attention all units, prepare...Action!"

Chen Fei stepped back a few steps and walked to the side to watch Liu Shishi's performance.

As the filming officially started, the clothes she was wearing were taken aside by her assistant, and her graceful figure in the gauze suspender dance dress came into everyone's sight.

The small syringe is extremely conspicuous under the light, making people feel a chill down their spine!
Outside the door, the wretched drug dealer calculated the time, pushed the door open and assaulted her, making people hate him so much!

Then, she regained consciousness, looked at the photo, and completely collapsed...

The afternoon passed quickly, and Liu Shishi's performance was unanimously recognized by Kang Honglei and Chen Fei.

The next morning, the scene shifted to the stage.

After filming a scene in which Chen Fei's character recalls his girlfriend dancing, Liu Shishi's final scene came.

Chen Fei, a drug enforcement officer, had a life-and-death struggle with the drug dealer on the stage. The iron frame collapsed and the pistol accidentally fell at the feet of Liu Shishi, who was wearing a red dress and barefoot.

She picked up the gun, her mind on the verge of collapse, and shot at the drug dealer frantically, but the latter managed to escape in the end...

At this moment, her spiritual world completely collapsed. She looked at her boyfriend helplessly and sadly, tears flowing from her numb eyes until she swallowed the gun.

"boom!"

After a loud bang, she fell completely in a pool of blood.

The scarlet blood stained her red dress. In the camera, she looked so sad and beautiful...

Sometimes, whether an actor can perform well enough depends not only on his own talent, but also on the guidance of the director.

For example, most of the Star Girls and Mou Girls who debuted under Zhou Xingchi and Zhang Yimou were actually amateurs.

So why can they have such a stunning appearance in the movie?
In fact, this is inseparable from the director's training and guidance.

"Crack!"

Kang Honglei's voice was heard again at the scene: "Congratulations, Liu Shishi, your role is officially over."

Liu Shishi stood up in a pool of blood. She ignored the stains on her body and thanked Kang Honglei and Chen Fei immediately: "Thanks to Director Chen and Director Kang's guidance, otherwise I would not have been able to pass so smoothly."

Fade Chen waved his hand casually: "Go wash up quickly. The company called me and said that some clips of Sicario need to be re-dubbed. You should go back tomorrow."

"Okay, Director Chen."

Liu Shishi nodded slightly, bowed again to express her gratitude, and then left the set.

Watching her leaving, Kang Honglei murmured in confusion: "This girl is pretty good. Why did she have so much scandal when she was in Tangren?"

Fade Chen shrugged and said, "You should ask Cai Yinong about this and see how she does public relations and marketing for the company's artists."

As the old saying goes, speak of the devil and he will appear!
During the lunch break that day, Chen Fei suddenly saw the latest promotional article issued by Tangren on Weibo:

"The industry has been looking forward to it for a long time. Tangren's talented young actress Chen Yao's first film "Five Minutes Before Midnight" has been successfully scheduled. The brilliant collision of the Chinese and Japanese film circles will surely create different sparks! See you in the cinema on the 23rd of this month..."

For a time, Tangren’s carefully planned publicity offensive came like a tide, not only occupying the headlines of major media, but also setting off a heated discussion on the Internet.

What surprised the industry was that Tangren even added words like "Pusan ​​International Film Festival" in its promotional release, which made the film popular even before it was released and gave it an international aura.

Afterwards, many celebrity artists who were under the same label as Tangren or were friends with Chen Yao joined the promotional campaign.

They forwarded the relevant press releases issued by Tangren either humorously or affectionately, promoting the film in their own unique ways.

For a time, all major social media platforms including Weibo were dominated by topics related to "Five Minutes Before Midnight", creating a powerful online publicity effect.

When Chen Fei saw the Weibo post that Cai Yinong sent out using her personal account, he almost died of laughter.

"This time, Chen Yao challenges cross-border cooperation for the first time, starring in the Sino-Japanese co-production film "Five Minutes Before Midnight", which not only marks an important step in her acting career, but also a gorgeous appearance of Chinese actresses on the international stage..."

Chen Fei is very pessimistic about Tangren's efforts to promote the new top female star.

Even if they really want to promote it, at least they should bring out some quality resources! Moreover, the term "China-Japan co-production" sounds weird, and it always makes people want to think in a crooked way.

……

Fate is so wonderful.

Tangren was very excited and was promoting their plan with the idea of ​​winning, but unfortunately, LeTV intervened halfway.

When LeTV Pictures and Zhang Yimou Studio jointly held a press conference, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire entertainment industry!

At the press conference, as a solemn and exciting piece of news was released, the entire film and television industry was completely shocked!

"Director Zhang Yimou, a film master renowned both at home and abroad, officially announced that he has reached an in-depth cooperation with LeTV Pictures - he has purchased 1 million original shares of LeTV Pictures at an internal price of 1200 yuan per share!"

"This move not only marks another major expansion of director Zhang Yimou's personal investment portfolio, but also indicates that he and LeTV Pictures will work together to write a new chapter in the film and television industry."

"..."

At the press conference, Zhang Yimou was wearing a neat suit, smiling, his eyes sparkling with infinite longing for the future.

He said affectionately: "I have always believed that good content is the core driving force for the development of the film industry, and I deeply admire the strong strength and innovation capabilities of LeTV Pictures in content creation, distribution and operation.

I hope that through this investment, I can not only inject new vitality into LeTV Pictures, but also find more possibilities for my own exploration in the film and television industry.”

At the same time, Zhang Zhao, president of LeTV Pictures, also delivered an enthusiastic speech. He highly praised Zhang Yimou's artistic achievements and his persistent pursuit of the film industry, and said:

"LeTV Pictures is very honored to receive the favor and support of Director Zhang Yimou. At the same time, we sincerely invite more outstanding film and television people like Director Zhang to join our big family and jointly promote the development of Chinese films and even the global film industry.

In addition, we will also open up more investment channels, using original shares as a link to attract more people of insight to jointly create a more brilliant future."

As the news spread, the entire film and television industry was in an uproar!

Countless filmmakers cast envious glances. They were not only shocked by Zhang Yimou's investment, but also deeply attracted by the development potential of LeTV Pictures.

You know, although LeTV Pictures has not yet been listed, its valuation is much higher than that of Huayi at the beginning.

And now, those directors, shareholders, actors and others from the Huayi faction, even if they only had original shares of 180 million to 300 million shares, have transformed themselves into billionaires one by one as the company went public.

If this is used as an analogy, then the 1200 million shares in Zhang Yimou's hands are enough to support his net worth to over 10 billion!
After coming up with this data, the entire film and television industry cast envious glances and only regretted that they were not Zhang Yimou.

Chen Fei also saw this news.

Unlike the envy of others, he felt a little pessimistic besides sighing: "Tied up, completely tied up, I can never get free!"

At the same time, when many people's attention was still on the in-depth cooperation between Zhang Yimou and LeTV, an announcement from China Film also appeared.

"The chief director of the Sino-foreign co-production "The Great Wall" has been confirmed - the famous Chinese film director Zhang Yimou!"

The emergence of this news did not surprise many people.

After all, with Chen Fei's clear refusal, it seems that there are only one or two directors in the mainland who can handle such a big-budget movie.

Among these people, Zhang Yimou is undoubtedly the most suitable one.

What really attracted the attention of the industry were the several new announcements released by China Film Group:

"The film The Great Wall will now officially launch an open casting call. The film aims to integrate the essence of domestic and foreign films. Therefore, the entire casting process will not only be open to domestic films, but will also include Hollywood stars."

"Once the roles are decided, these lucky ones will need to get ready and go to Hollywood for a closed training session lasting several months..."

"In order to ensure that every actor has a fair chance, the crew has developed a detailed process for actor resume submission, recommendation, and casting audition. This process not only standardizes the selection process, but also ensures that every actor who is interested in participating in this film can have a stage to showcase themselves..."

At the same time, as the casting news was revealed, news that "The Great Wall" was a movie with a female theme also spread.

For a time, domestic actresses became agitated!
Led by big stars like the Four Dans and the Two Bings, all actresses who thought they had the ability, opportunities and connections took action.

At the same time, those former "Mou Girls" also became agitated, and each of them thought they had a chance to participate in it.

No one would honestly go for the audition. After all, facing such a big project, it would be strange if one could get the role simply by auditioning!

……

As night falls, the city lights and the stars in the sky complement each other, casting a mysterious veil over this busy city.

On the starry side, Lu Zheng pushed the door open and walked in with quick but firm steps.

Today is an unusual day for him.

In the afternoon, a phone call from China Film Corporation was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, causing ripples in his heart.

The director of "The Great Wall" has been confirmed, so the next thing to be confirmed is naturally the most important leading male and female roles.

And the contract that was of vital importance to Lu Zheng finally made new progress!

The moment he got the contract, he could not hide his joy and returned to the company immediately.

Jing Tian, ​​who had been waiting in the company for a long time, saw him coming back and immediately showed a pleasant smile on her face: "Uncle Lu, how is it, is everything going well?"

Lu Zheng smiled slightly, his eyes gleaming with confidence, and waved the briefcase in his hand: "Don't worry, it's all done."

After that, he opened his briefcase and took out the contract.

Jing Tian hurried over.

When she saw the words "Movie "The Great Wall"...actors recruited", the uneasiness in her heart finally subsided.

At this point, she once again got the leading female role in a big-budget movie!
Lu Zheng also reminded her, "Tiantian, China Film Group will not announce the news that you have won the leading female role for the time being, so you still have to attend each round of auditions as usual."

"Ah? Why?" Jing Tian looked confused.

“For marketing, topics, and popularity.”

As soon as these words were spoken, Jing Tian understood instantly.

She nodded and responded, "Don't worry, Uncle Lu, I will do as you ask."

While speaking, she opened the project book of "The Great Wall".

And when she saw "Zhang Yimou" behind the director's column, a hint of disappointment inevitably flashed across her eyes.

"After all... I still can't cooperate with him."

~

In a blink of an eye, half of October has passed.

On the 16th, a new piece of movie information was reported by the media:
"The comedy film "Detective Chinatown", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films, directed by Wang Shiliang and written by Chen Fei, has been released for 18 days and the total box office has accumulated 10.35 billion yuan!"

"Warm congratulations! The movie Detective Chinatown has successfully surpassed the 1 billion box office mark!"

"There is one more person in the billion-yuan box office director club: Wang Shiliang, the contracted director of Feiyue Film and Television!"

Although due to the release of many domestic films and imported blockbusters one after another, the films released at the beginning of the month have been greatly affected.

However, judging from the data released by the cinema chain, the screening rate of "Detective Chinatown 20" has not been reduced too much, and still maintains a share of more than %.

Today, the film has crossed the 1 billion box office threshold, and it can be said that it has successfully achieved its goal.

As for whether it can reach tens of billions in the end, that depends on fate!

Many media outlets shouted the slogan of "extending the key to reach a box office of 20 billion", but they were all ignored by Chen Fei.

After all, the potential of the film is there. Don’t even think about breaking the 20 billion threshold, let alone postponing it for one month or two months.

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