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

Chapter 765: Recruiting people? Recruiting fathers? Alibaba Pictures’ ambition! This wave of operations… it takes the power of one billion!

"It has to be someone from Wall Street, who is efficient and generous with his money..."

In the president's office of Walt Disney Studios, Fade Chen was watching the news and joking happily.

Annapurna Films acted quickly and held a press conference the day after announcing that it had bought the script.

Megan Ellison personally announced to the media that the "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" crew invited "Batman" Christian Bale to play the leading actor for a salary of 3000 million US dollars.

On the other hand, although "Ben-Hur" has not yet been prepared, the budget has been calculated overnight.

The production budgets announced for these two projects have reached a staggering 1.5 million US dollars, and this is only the preliminary investment budget. The investment may be increased in the future.

As soon as the news came out, the whole of Hollywood was in an uproar, and exclamations were heard everywhere.

Sitting on the sofa at one side of the office, Leonardo was very emotional: "As expected of the princess of Oracle, the US dollars are like the wind blowing, and I don't feel bad at all when I spend them."

Chen Fei's eyes rolled and he started to set a trap for him again.

"From her high-profile series of actions, it is not difficult to see that this woman is learning from her crazy father, so her personality is both arrogant and tough, as if she can do whatever she wants."

Leonardo nodded, agreeing with this analysis.

Chen Fei continued, "But this kind of person has a disadvantage. Once you break her arrogance and toughness and completely conquer her, you can do whatever you want!"

Leonardo pondered for a moment and nodded again: "Yes, that's it!"

Chen Fei had a sly smile on his face: "So, Leon, I suggest you take the initiative, show your masculine charm, conquer this woman, and make her completely surrender to you..."

Leonardo's expression froze, and he immediately got angry: "No! I won't do it! She doesn't have long golden brown hair, her facial lines and features are heavily masculine, her body proportions are not good enough, she doesn't have long legs, and she's quite old, how can I possibly do that to her?"

"Hey, how can you judge a person by appearance?" Chen Fei said in a gentle and persuasive tone, "Think about it, Megan Ellison is the princess of Oracle, and her father has a fortune of tens of billions. Aren't you tempted at all?"

"No!" Leonardo said firmly, "I can't bring myself to talk to someone I don't like."

"What if it's for Oscar?"

When these words came out, Leonardo's expression was slightly stunned, and his eyes were full of struggle.

If Megan Ellison could be slept with and made to work for him, then the threat of "The Theory of Everything" would naturally be "eliminated."

But for the sake of the little golden man, is it worth it to sacrifice your "brother"?
He has been in Hollywood for so long, but he has never wronged his brothers.

Just when he was struggling in his heart, the office door was suddenly pushed open and Natasha walked in quickly with a newspaper.

"Fei, Leon, the Oscar nominations have been announced."

Hearing the sound, the two people who were originally bickering were immediately attracted and hurriedly went towards Natasha.

At this time, outside, major media had already reported the relevant news as soon as possible.

"Good news: The 87th Academy Awards officially announced the list of nominees for each award today."

"The film The Revenant, produced by Volta Films, written and directed by Chen Fei, starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis, Tom Hardy and others, was successfully nominated for this year's Academy Awards."

"According to the announcement, The Revenant received 12 nominations for the Oscars including Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, the most this year!"

In the office, Leonardo has started howling!

"Oh my God! With 12 nominations, 7 more than the Golden Globe Awards, The Revenant is going to be the biggest winner of this year's Oscars!"

On the side, Fade Chen and Natasha smiled at each other, already understanding each other.

Since the organizing committee of this year's Oscars is so sensible, they naturally cannot be lax, and their public relations efforts must continue to be strengthened in the upcoming final voting phase.

……

At this time, in the president's office of Annapurna Pictures.

The domineering female president Megan Ellison was looking at the list of nominations published on the official website of the Oscars while talking on the phone with the real domineering president.

On the phone, Larry Ellison asked in surprise: "I just read the investment report you sent over. Why do you suddenly want to mobilize more than 200 million US dollars?"

Megan Ellison replied in a deep voice: "I bought the copyrights of two film scripts from Warner, which requires a large investment, but Annapurna Pictures was established not long ago and the market lacks confidence in us. I can't get investment from elsewhere."

Larry Ellison was confused: "Just two projects, more than 200 million dollars to invest?"

"No! According to the budget we made, the investment in the two films is actually as high as 3 million US dollars, but I still have more than 1 million US dollars in funds, so I can only transfer it from Oracle."

Larry Ellison frowned slightly, thinking of his daughter's goal when she first started her business. "I remember you told me that you wanted to invest in small and medium-sized art films to win awards? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

“Because these two projects are so good, the opportunity cannot be missed!”

Megan Ellison excitedly told her father how she "grabbed" two excellent projects, "Ben-Hur" and "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", from Chen Fei.

On the other end of the phone, Larry Ellison was silent for a long time, and finally asked carefully: "Such a huge investment is not a small amount. Tell me the truth, how sure are you?"

He didn't understand Hollywood, so he could only let his daughter make her own judgment.

Megan Ellison is confident: "At least 8%!"

After the auction ended that day, she saw an expression of annoyance and regret on Fade Chen's face. It was obvious that this was because he did not get the two projects.

It is precisely because of this that she is very confident in these two projects.

On the other end of the phone, Larry Ellison didn't hesitate: "8% of the way to success is not far away, just go for it."

Megan Ellison was delighted: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!"

After hanging up the phone, she already had a more detailed plan in her mind.

She wants to develop these two projects in parallel and advance them steadily, so that they can be released as soon as possible and recover the costs as soon as possible.

"Where can my father get 5 million? I still have million in my hand. I can borrow another million from the bank. With a total of million US dollars, I will definitely win..."

At this moment, Megan Ellison's heart is full of beautiful expectations for the future!
Of course, she will not give up on her Oscar bid for "The Theory of Everything".

I don’t know what those old guys in the academy think. This is a biographical film about Hawking’s youth, but it only gave it 5 nominations, which is far behind "The Revenant".

To be honest, she has no confidence at this moment.

The main reason is that the latter has too strong a chance to win the award, and it is unclear whether her financial offensive can bribe those people in Hollywood.

……

The nominations were announced on January 1, and the official awards ceremony was on February 15, a span of more than a month.

Of course, it is impossible for Chen Fei to stay in Hollywood for a whole month. The Chinese New Year movie season is about to begin, and he has to go back to take charge of the situation.

So, after handing the two revised scripts of "Captain America 3: Civil War" and "Doctor Strange" to Kevin Feige, he officially set off to return home.

At the same time, not long after he got on the plane, the National Institute of Space Science and Technology suddenly issued an announcement to the public, saying that it had achieved great success in rocket recovery technology!
As soon as the news came out, countries around the world were shocked!
However, adhering to the principle of keeping a low profile in life and a high profile in work, after issuing the notice, the Institute of Aerospace Science and Technology suddenly fell silent.

No video has been released online, and apart from this notice posted on the official website, no other notice has appeared.

For a time, all countries were itching to do something, but they didn't know where to start.

Rocket recovery technology refers to the technology of successfully recovering and reusing a rocket after launch.

This technology was proposed by the Americans in the late 60s, one of whose purposes was to reduce the cost of space activities.

However, the American space shuttle required too much maintenance after returning, which led to a significant increase in costs. The original estimate of the cost of each flight was about 3000 million US dollars, but it actually reached 4 to 5 million US dollars.

Therefore, rocket recovery has become the focus of research in various countries.

Until now, SpaceX, founded by Musk, has been recognized as the aerospace technology company most likely to be the first to realize rocket recovery. But no one expected that the China Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute would be the first to announce a breakthrough in rocket recovery technology!
But no one knows what kind of breakthrough it is.

For a time, a lot of doubts emerged on the Internet, and some foreign media even said that this was just a false smokescreen and was not worthy of too much attention.

On the plane, Chen Fei was talking on the phone with Bu Qingxiang, the head of Longxiang Aerospace Technology Company.

The latter is currently on Kerguelen Island, and even the entire Longxiang Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute has been moved to the island to facilitate rocket recovery research and testing.

"Mr. Chen, I have sent the video of the rocket launch and successful recovery to your email." Bu Qingxiang was extremely excited: "We never expected that the research work would go so smoothly."

Hearing this, Fade Chen smiled knowingly: "I will send you more information later, please continue to study in depth.

Once the second phase of research is successfully underway, the results of the first phase can be officially announced.

It just so happens that I am planning to launch a science fiction project, and I may be able to use your research results at that time."

Bu Qingxiang quickly responded: "If you need cooperation, please let us know at any time."

"Okay, I will."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei turned his attention away from the chaotic news on the Internet and turned his attention to film, television and entertainment news.

At this stage, "50" is really too much, so I have to keep it secret.

However, with this good opportunity, Guoan may gain a lot.

……

As the characters were cut into big-headed dolls, "The Empress of China" unsurprisingly suffered a "ratings crash", and the discussion and popularity of the show plummeted.

The latest released "Nirvana in Fire" has successfully taken over the popularity of the former, with ratings skyrocketing and far ahead of other TV series.

Looking around, the popularity of "Mei Changsu" played by Hu Ge, "Prince Jing" played by Wang Kai, "Fei Liu" played by Wu Lei, "Princess Nihuang" played by Liu Shishi, etc. has soared sharply, and the popularity on Weibo has continued to rise, which has made many stars and actors in the industry extremely envious.

In addition, the TV series "Fall in Love with You" starring Zhong Hanliang and Tang Yan also received a lot of praise.

In the first few days after the show was aired, the ratings directly ranked second, second only to "Nirvana in Fire".

The television industry is extremely lively, and the film industry is no less bustling.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Worm Valley of Yunnan" has become an unattainable goal for all other movies. Not to mention catching up, even the taillights can't be seen.

As for the movies scheduled for January, "1 Again" is still the stronger one at the moment.

After one week of release, the total box office has reached 1.24 million, leading a number of other domestic films, and even those imported films are no match for it.

Among those who returned to China, Lu Han has already demonstrated his "money-making ability" and his popularity has skyrocketed!

In addition to several movies currently in theaters, there are also many film projects that are about to be prepared and launched on Weibo.

Looking around, the most high-profile one is undoubtedly Alibaba Pictures!
In order to build momentum for the first film produced and invested by the company, Alibaba Pictures decided to hold a large-scale project launch conference, and relevant notices and invitations have been sent all over the Internet.

Even Chen Fei, who was in Hollywood a few days ago, received a call from the vice president of Alibaba Pictures, who warmly invited him to attend this unprecedented press conference.

It was the title of the movie and the specific theme that really made him feel alienated.

"The Ferryman" (comedy, romance, drama category).

When I heard the name of this movie, I inexplicably felt that it was a "cheesy youth love comedy" movie.

Chen Fei was not planning to attend the film project launch conference in person, so he found an excuse to turn it down and let Su Guohai go on his behalf.

……

When we landed in the capital, it was already evening.

Chen Fei quietly came to the underground parking lot from the VIP channel, and then sat in the back seat of the business car that came to pick him up.

As soon as he sat down, a fragrant figure threw himself into his arms, accompanied by a deep and passionate kiss.

There was a partition between the back row and the front row, so the two of them didn't worry about being seen. They didn't stop until their bodies became hot from kissing.

At the moment their lips parted, there was even a crystal clear thread connecting the two.

Liu Yifei wiped her mouth quickly, but did not get off Chen Fei. Instead, she stared at him with her watery eyes.

"Congratulations, you have won the award."

Chen Fei held her hips with both hands and said with a wicked smile: "Is there any reward?"

"Yes." Liu Yifei's pretty face bloomed with a brilliant smile, like the warm sun in early summer, warm and dazzling: "Hehe, everything is up to you tonight, this should be okay, right?"

"uh-huh?"

Chen Fei's eyes lit up, and 18 kinds of martial arts suddenly appeared in his mind.

Fortunately, I got a lot of sleep on the plane, otherwise, I would not have the chance to "do whatever I want" tonight.

……

The next morning, just as Chen Fei was sleeping in with the fragrant Miss Liu in his arms, the film industry was already in an uproar.

In the bustling center of the capital, a grand media project launch conference is being held.

The protagonist of this conference is the upcoming film "The Ferryman"

The film is primarily produced by Alibaba Pictures and co-produced by Zedong Pictures, founded by Wang Jiawei.

At the press conference, the film's supervisor and producer Wang Jiawei stood on the stage, passionately introducing the film's production background and plans to the media and guests:

"The movie "The Ferryman" is adapted from one of the 33 stories in the best-selling novel "Passing By Your World". I personally selected the topic and decided to support the original author Zhang Jiajia to direct.

After the filming starts, I will stay with the crew throughout the entire process, personally directing and supervising the filming to ensure the quality of the film..."

As the press conference progressed, Alibaba Pictures and Zedong Pictures also announced a major news: "After today, the film "The Ferryman" will officially open casting to the entire film and television industry.

We hope to select the actors who best suit the roles in this way, strive to assemble the best cast, and bring an audio-visual feast to the audience."

As soon as the news came out, the atmosphere at the press conference successfully reached a climax. All the agencies, actors, stars, and artists present had their eyes on the topic and began to make plans.

At the end of the press conference, Wang Jiawei expressed his determination and confidence to the audience: "We will do our best to make "The Ferryman" a touching movie..."

As the press conference ended, people left one after another, but the discussion about "The Ferryman" had just begun.

This movie has attracted widespread attention and expectations. Netizens and fans are speculating on what kind of work this movie will be and which actors will play this affectionate story?
Chen Fei slept until 12: noon, then he got up refreshed.

After covering Liu Yifei, who was still sleeping, with a blanket, he tiptoed out of the bedroom.

As soon as he opened his mobile phone, he saw a series of news reports and press releases about "The Ferryman" appearing everywhere on Weibo and entertainment news websites.

"Ali Pictures announced that there is no upper limit on the production budget of "The Ferryman", and the future box office target is to reach 10 billion!"

"Popular IP + fan movie + top director, Alibaba's declaration has begun to be gradually implemented. Can "The Ferryman" achieve a double harvest of box office and word of mouth? Let's wait and see."

"Ma Yun appeared at the press conference of the movie "The Ferryman" and said that if there is a suitable opportunity in the future, he would also like to make a kung fu movie with himself as the leading actor."

Looking at the overwhelming hot searches and press releases on the Internet, Fade Chen couldn't help but sigh: "Tsk tsk, he is indeed the richest man. This wave of operations contains a billion yuan of skills!"

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