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

Chapter 756: Breaking 10 billion! The dangers of two stars in one drama... Heavy makeup and red lips, heroic and full of aura!

With the arrival of the Lunar New Year holiday, it also means that another year is coming to an end.

Before leaving for Los Angeles, Chen Fei signed his name on many documents as a year-end summary of 2014.

He is particularly meticulous when it comes to tax reporting information to ensure that the company does not have any tax problems.

Perhaps because I earn a lot, the taxes I pay every year are also astronomical.

Looking at that long string of "0", Chen Fei finally understood why so many people wanted to evade taxes.

It is no exaggeration to say that the taxes Feiyue Films pays each year are enough to produce two big-budget movies, plus no less than five TV series!
In addition to being busy, he also remembers to pay attention to the latest situation of the Lunar New Year movie market.

The daily box office data of "Pacific Rim 2" continues to decline, and has now dropped to 7000 million, but it has already reached the 10th day of its domestic release.

And looking around, this result is still the highest daily box office among all the movies released in the same period!

The media started to get agitated again, and related reports emerged one after another:

"The Sino-foreign sci-fi co-production "Pacific Rim 2", jointly produced by Feiyue Films, China Film, Lucasfilm and other companies, and starring Wu Jing and Jing Tian, ​​has been released in China for 10 days, with a total box office of 10.93 billion yuan, and its box office potential is still strong."

"Reprinted from The Hollywood Reporter: Pacific Rim 2 has surpassed $5.5 million in global box office, and various offline peripherals have been launched one after another."

"It is reported that Lucasfilm has reached a cooperation with Youku. After the film is taken off the global cinema market, it will be screened on the online platform."

Looking back at the "epic blockbuster" "The Crossing (Part 1)" which had an investment of nearly 500 million yuan, it is now almost completely forgotten.

It's only been five days since the film was released, and the daily box office has already dropped below 500 million. There is endless abuse from the entire Internet!

In order to cover up this inferior film, China Film Corporation had to start vigorously pushing news about the preparation of "The Great Wall" to save face.

La Peikang actually wanted to remove this movie directly from the shelves to avoid embarrassment.

However, in order to recover their costs as much as possible, other investors rejected his proposal to "step down".

Helpless, he could only continue to hold on.

Fortunately, there is the high-quality Sino-foreign co-production project "Pacific Rim 2" in front, otherwise La Peikang would have started cursing.

As for the other film, “So Young” which was released at the same time as “The Crossing (Part 2100)”, its box office potential has been almost exhausted now, and the daily box office data has dropped to more than million.

The Galloping Pony is almost being eaten up.

Faced with pressure from China Construction Bank Culture, they had to sell a large number of film and television copyrights, which also enabled Youku to expand its film and television inventory on a large scale.

……

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Following Chen Fei's shout of "Come in", Jiang Xueruo walked in from outside the door and handed a document to him.

"Mr. Chen, this is the implementation notice of the 'One Drama, Two Stars' document issued by the General Administration."

"Huh? So fast?"

Fade Chen responded, picked up the document and looked through it carefully.

However, the more he looked back, the more his brows furrowed.

According to the document notice, future TV series can only be broadcast during prime time on two TV stations at most.

The reason given in the document is: to balance the composition of satellite TV programs and force film and television companies to improve the production quality and competitiveness of TV dramas.

However, looking at this reason, Chen Fei felt a little pessimistic.

In his opinion, the bureau was still taking things for granted.

A TV series can only be broadcast during prime time on two TV stations, which means that the number of buyers will drop sharply.

In the fierce competition in the film and television industry, the game between film producers and TV stations is completely equivalent to a war without the smoke of gunpowder.

In order to stand out in this red ocean, film producers will inevitably adopt a series of strategies to ensure that their works can recover their investment and make a profit.

Increasing the selling price of each episode is the most direct way, but this also means facing the TV station's strong price pressure.

In this context, some film producers will indeed start to think about how to make their works more attractive and win the favor of TV stations.

Well-produced content is undoubtedly the key to attracting audiences.

A TV series with a compact plot, excellent acting skills and excellent production can often resonate with the audience and thus increase the ratings.

However, it is not easy to achieve such conditions. It requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and may even result in losses.
However, in this Internet age, there is also another simpler and more effective way: "catering to the audience's preferences."

Another part of the film producers will inevitably start paying attention to the needs of the audience and analyzing which themes and actors are more popular.

As a result, there will definitely be a large number of TV dramas on the market that feature popular stars and use hot topics as gimmicks.

Although these works may not be perfect in production, they have attracted much attention because of the traffic and topics they generate, thus achieving profitability.

This trend will also bring new problems.

On the one hand, film producers are too focused on short-term profits and neglect the artistic quality and cultural connotations of the works, resulting in a large number of shoddy works flooding the market.

On the other hand, the soaring value of actors with high popularity has further pushed up the pay level of the entire industry, causing production costs to continue to rise.

Ultimately, this creates a vicious cycle, where filmmakers cater to audience preferences in order to make a profit, but audiences gradually leave due to a lack of quality content.

In this process, truly talented actors and screenwriters are often buried, and the healthy development of the entire industry will be threatened...

The most crucial thing is that with the advent of the Internet age, the "data" and "traffic" of a new drama can be faked.

When the entire industry is driven by traffic, whether a hit drama will be a hit or not is probably only known by the film producers.

As for the audience, how can they, who are so precisely controlled by the "data", see the light of day?
"Ugh."

With a long sigh, Fade Chen put the document on the table and looked up at Jiang Xueruo: "When will this new rule come into effect?"

Jiang Xueruo replied: "After New Year's Day."

"What about Nirvana in Fire?"

"All TV series released after New Year's Day are within the scope of this new regulation."

"So be it."

Chen Fei shook his head helplessly. The bureau's rules could not be changed, so he could only go along with it.

"How's the audition for The Pretender going?"

Jiang Xuerou replied: "The roles of Mingtai and Mingjing have been confirmed. They will be played by Hu Ge and Liu Mintao respectively. As for the other roles, they are still being decided."

"Well, once you've selected the list, remember to send it to my email."

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

……

In a blink of an eye, it was December 12th.

The total box office of Pacific Rim 2 has successfully exceeded 11 billion, while the total box office of The Crossing (Part ) has just crossed the million mark.

In the film market, another film starring Zhou Xun, "My Early Menopause Girlfriend", has officially joined the box office battle.

Mr. Zhou is indeed recognized as an "acting genius" in the industry, and he can really play any role well.

The previous film "The Fortune Is Best When a Woman Acts Like a Baby" is a masterpiece with both good reputation and box office, and the same is true for "My Early Menopause Girlfriend".

Although the script was ordinary and the investment in the film was not large, the reputation of the film was very impressive because of her performance.

In addition, she also has the support of the TV series "Red Sorghum", so her popularity and popularity in the circle have always remained high, which makes many actresses in the industry envious.

At the same time, many new hot topics appeared on Weibo:

"Luo Jin and Tang Yan, officially announced today!"

"The film version of "Silent Separation" exclusively produced by LeTV Pictures and starring Huang Xiaoming, Yang Mi, Tong Dawei, Yang Ying and others has officially started filming."

"Hot Event: The love movie "There Is a Place Only We Know", directed by Xu Jinglei, written by Wang Shuo, and starring Wu Yifan, Wang Likun, Xu Jinglei, Re Yizha and others, has officially announced that it will be released on February 2. The film will span the three popular periods of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival and Valentine's Day..."

"..."

Looking at the news online, Fade Chen was immediately amused. "Good for you, Luo Jin, you really have some courage and responsibility."

After thinking for a while, Fade Chen picked up his phone and called Huo Wenxi directly.

Less than half an hour later, the official Weibo account of Feiyinghuang's agency released a notice: "Congratulations to Tang Yan and Luo Jin, the lovers finally got married."

After seeing this Weibo post, Chen Fei clicked to forward it and wrote: "I've seen something wrong between you two for a long time. As expected, I'm ready to drink at the wedding. Don't make me wait too long!"

On the other hand, Liu Yifei, Zhu Yawen, Shu Chang and others followed closely and reposted this Weibo.

"Congratulations, old classmate."

"Luo Jin! Good boy! You're still being secretive about your relationship. If you hadn't been caught on camera, would you still not admit it?"

"No? What's wrong with you? Can you introduce me to a boyfriend? I also want to have a sweet love!"

Two top-tier actresses, one top-tier actor, a top director and a top agency in the industry...

Such a lineup congratulated Luo Jin and Tang Yan on their "marriage", and the impact it created can be described as "sensational".

At one time, countless directors, producers, management companies, actors, stars, singers, etc. in the industry sent their congratulations to the two.

As for those black fans and skeptics, they are not worth mentioning in the face of such popularity.

"Mi Mi..."

On Jiaxing's side, Zeng Jia frowned, feeling very unhappy but helpless.

She did find a lot of "public relations resources", but with the blessing of the entire entertainment industry, these water armies could not play much of a role.

Even the producers of the TV series "Fall in Love with You" are blessing the two, so how could the water army possibly play a role?

"Forget it, that's it. I'll go to the crew to film first, and this matter ends here."

Yang Mi was actually very dissatisfied in her heart, but she was more envious.

She really didn't expect that the two of them just "had no choice" to officially announce their relationship, but it would actually trigger blessings from the entire entertainment industry.

At this point, if you continue to do small things, it would be too "ignorant".

"Next, we need to deal with Yang Ying."

Yang Mi's voice was a little low. You know, the storm over that plastic surgery incident hasn't passed yet.

And once we join the crew and officially start filming, as expected, various problems are bound to arise.

At this time, Zeng Jia suddenly said, "By the way, there is a cocktail party tonight, and the investors specifically asked you to attend."

"okay, I get it."

Yang Mi let out a long sigh, only to feel more and more exhausted.

She was clearly earning more and more money, and her company was moving rapidly towards going public, but for some reason, she just couldn't be happy.

……

The premiere of "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" has always been one of the focuses of the industry.

As the first film grossed 15.4 billion yuan at the box office, the industry has very high expectations for the second film. Some experts even analyzed that the second film is likely to gross more than 20 billion yuan!

Countless audiences, movie fans, and even industry insiders are looking forward to this movie and can't wait to see it first.

And when the time finally came on the 13th, countless people in the industry set off to attend the premiere ceremony of this IMAX-3D blockbuster.

Early in the morning, the hot searches for film, television and entertainment information on major portals and Weibo were all filled with news that "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" would hold its global premiere ceremony in the capital.

As a film jointly produced by multiple film and television companies, the domestic distribution of "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" is handled by China Film and Shanghai Film.

However, the publicity work, that is, the global premiere ceremony, was hosted by Feiyue Films.

The premiere ceremony was very grand, mainly because the guests and media received were not only from the Chinese-speaking circle, but also included guests from all over the world.

In the huge square, photos of the hundreds of meters long red carpet, as well as multiple huge posters and individual standee cards of the actors have all been released online by the media.

More than 200 news media from the mainland, Hollywood, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and other places are all in place.

Many actors and celebrities in the industry have even posted on Weibo, hinting that they will attend the global premiere of "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" today.

As for those third-tier and below celebrity artists, apart from envy, all they can do is watch helplessly.

You know, all those who can attend today's premiere are famous stars without exception!

Ordinary people simply cannot qualify to enter.

Because they had important things to do, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei did not stay up late last night, but went to bed early.

This also resulted in the two of them waking up early in the morning at around seven o'clock.

After breakfast, at exactly eight o'clock, five makeup artists and stylists arrived as scheduled and started working around Liu Yifei.

Different from other female stars who wear formal dresses, Miss Liu seems to prefer women's suits, so her makeup today is more inclined to heavy makeup.

After working for a whole hour, Liu Yifei, wearing red lipstick, a white suit, and looking heroic and full of aura, appeared in front of the villa.

Chen Fei took the initiative to open the car door for her and said respectfully, "Producer Liu, please!"

"Yeah, not bad." Liu Yifei nodded with satisfaction, "This kid is teachable."

However, her gesture earned her a slap on her curvy butt from Fade Chen.

With a "pop" sound, Liu Yifei's face turned red instantly, her eyes were full of tenderness and love, which made Chen Fei restless.

"Hey, you little demon, quickly stop being so good."

……

"Ghost Blows Out the Light 2", global premiere ceremony scene.

No matter when, this kind of large-scale event is always the goal pursued by celebrities.

Looking at the cameras and the densely packed video cameras on both sides of the hundreds-meter-long red carpet, the stars and actors who love chasing trending searches couldn't help but smile.

Looking further away, there were huge crowds of moviegoers, fans and onlookers, giving people the feeling of attending a large-scale film festival.

One by one, the top producers, actors, and stars in the industry walked the red carpet, stopped in front of the ten-meter-long signature wall with the first mate poster of "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2" as the background, and wrote their names.

La Beikang, Ren Zhonglun and Ye Ning walked on the red carpet together with bright smiles on their faces, representing the producer's trust in the film.

Behind them, many film and television company bosses, including Wang Zhonglei, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Wu Kebo, Yang Shoucheng, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Qi, brought their own artists and kept moving between the cameras in order to attract the attention of the audience.

Later, Chen Long, Liang Jiahui, Liu Dehua, Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei... Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi, Li Bingbin, Fan Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Xu Jinglei, Zhao Yanzi and others, one by one, dressed in suits and dresses, stepped onto the red carpet confidently and with high spirits.

Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Gu Changwei and others also came to the scene to watch this masterpiece.

When many media saw Jiang Wen, they specifically asked him, "Director Jiang, do you have the confidence to beat "Ghost Blows Out the Light 2"? "

Jiang Wen laughed and responded generously: "Isn't it good to make progress together? Why do we have to defeat each other?"

As domestic filmmakers entered, following behind them were representatives sent by film and television production companies from the Big Six in Hollywood, Japan, South Korea and other countries.

You know, when "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Mystical Ancient City" was released, it grossed a full 2.5 million US dollars in North America.

Now, the second part of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is about to be released, which is bound to attract attention from all over the world.

Because of the traffic jam on the road, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei arrived a little late.

Fortunately, the main creative team has not yet appeared, which made the two of them secretly relieved.

It is not a good behavior to steal the limelight. Even if Chen Fei is the boss of Feiyue Film and Television, it will inevitably lead to criticism if it is reported.

As the two stepped onto the red carpet, thunderous cheers suddenly came from both sides.

Chen Fei was wearing a black suit, with a straight figure, upright posture, handsome and heroic.

Next to him, Liu Yifei was wearing a white women's suit, with thick makeup and red lips, looking heroic and full of aura!

The two walked side by side on the red carpet. The man was handsome and the woman was beautiful. They were so well matched that they attracted countless flashes around them, as well as screams and cheers from fans!

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