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

Chapter 806: Hidden rules? Huayi is poaching people... It collapsed! It collapsed completely!
One hundred and twenty-three minutes later, the screening of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" was officially declared over.

As the subtitles appeared, thunderous applause broke out in the conference hall, along with sounds of flattery and adulation.

Under the gaze of the crowd, Director Chen stepped onto the stage proudly, like an emperor inspecting his subjects.

Ning Hao touched Lu Yang's arm and asked, "You've finished watching the movie, are you confident now?"

"Uh..." Lu Yang pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice and responded, "To be disrespectful, I personally feel that this Palme d'Or director is just so-so."

"puff!"

Guo Fan couldn't help laughing out loud, and although he covered his mouth in time, he still attracted the attention of many people around him.

Fortunately, reporters had already started interviewing in front of the stage, so most people's attention was on the front, otherwise it would have been too much of a distraction.

"Director Guo, do you have the same idea as me?" Lu Yang raised his eyebrows with a wicked smile.

Guo Fan thought for a moment and commented: "Brother Chen Kai is indeed a bit out of touch with reality when it comes to making commercial films. I always feel that the story starts to float up to the sky at the end of the movie."

Lu Yang folded his arms across his chest and said, "I didn't have confidence before, but now I am very confident!"

On the stage, reporters' interviews mostly revolved around the movie itself, the actors' acting skills and the film's highlights.

But no one mentioned the shots and scenes about Prince Dragon!
It is obvious that the media and reporters who came to interview today were all arranged in advance, and taboo topics would never come up.

Su Guohai murmured, "Sure enough, it's just as Director Chen expected. This movie... is not simple!"

However, at this moment, a slightly abrupt question suddenly sounded: "Director Chen, we noticed that Director Lu Yang also came to the premiere of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" today.

It is reported that "Sicario" will compete directly with "Going Down the Mountain" at the box office. Which of these two movies do you think will have a higher box office?"

As the reporter asked this question, suddenly, everyone's eyes turned to the position of Lu Yang, Ning Hao, Guo Fan and Su Guohai.

At this moment, many CEOs of film and television production companies at the scene had complicated expressions.

Looking around the room, you can see where the domestic box office record holders are sitting.

Guo Fan is currently the first member of the 30 billion+ box office club in China, while Ning Hao is a member of the 20 billion+ box office club. Although Lu Yang is slightly worse, he is also a member of the 8 million+ box office club.

Any one of these three people is a well-known figure in the film industry!

But the current situation is that these three people are contracted directors of Feiyue Film and Television, which is a bit scary!
It is already very good for an ordinary film and television company to have one, but Feiyue Film and Television has three, and that’s not all.

Just thinking about it makes me drool with envy!

“‘Going Down the Mountain’ and ‘Sicario’ are two completely different themes. Although their release dates are very close, their audiences and fans are different, so there is not much competition at all.

If I have to compare, I expect the box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" to be over 10 billion, but I wonder what Xiao Lu's expectations are?"

Brother Chen Kai is proud of his noble status and when answering reporters' questions, there is a sense of pride in his answers.

In his opinion, Lu Yang was just a junior of his, and there was no comparison between the two of them.

Although he has not seen the finished film of "Sicario", he is very confident in "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" and believes that it will definitely take the No. 1 spot in the summer vacation season!

At this time, following his question, the reporters on the scene all looked towards Lu Yang.

A staff member handed him the microphone.

Taking the microphone, Lu Yang smiled modestly: "I am still a newcomer in the field of film director. I don't have the ability to analyze the box office as accurately as our CEO Chen.

So, I won’t give a direct answer to the question of how much box office revenue Sicario will have. I just hope that it will be as high as possible. I would also like to take a look at the top three box office rankings for this summer vacation…”

Lu Yang's voice echoed in the conference hall, causing many people's faces to change slightly.

Top three box office rankings?
This goal is not low either!

In the crowd, Wang Zhonglei's eyes were a little gloomy.

With the recent rise in the company's stock price, Huayi has been carrying out drastic reforms internally and is in urgent need of many capable employees as its backbone.

He has already cleared out many good-for-nothings in the company, and is also eager to recruit a new batch of high-quality talents.

As a well-known film and television production company in the industry, Feiyue Film and Television's middle-level backbone forces are recognized to be large in number, strong in ability and high in work efficiency.

Because he has sent a lot of headhunters there recently.

People including Su Guohai, Ning Hao, Lu Yang, and Guo Fan are also within the target range of headhunters.

The price offered by Huayi was extremely high. In addition to basic salary and movie box office dividends, there were even equity incentives!
However, just when Wang Zhonglei thought that he would be able to recruit many high-quality talents on this trip, reality gave him a heavy blow!
After working hard for more than half a month, Huayi only recruited less than ten people.

As for those truly top-notch screenwriters, directors, photographers, producers, etc., they simply ignored the "generous" conditions he offered.

This also made him very angry.

Now listening to Lu Yang's speech, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Everyone seems to be stupid, giving up a bright future and taking the initiative to suffer. I am really impressed!"

As Lu Yang finished his speech, the reporters quickly turned their attention away from him.

Among so many people present, almost no one thinks that "Sicario" can crush Chen Kaige's martial arts film at the box office.

After all, the leading actors of the former have no box office appeal at all, while the latter are among the best actors in the industry.

Even the supporting roles have extremely high popularity and box office appeal!

Afterwards, many directors and guests at the scene were called by reporters and stood up to give speeches.

Soon, the premiere of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" officially ended, and under the guidance of the on-site staff, everyone went to attend a high-standard dinner.

Brother Chen Kai is a man who cares about his reputation, and he has always done a great job in maintaining his appearance.

……

As the dinner segment of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" came to an end, it was already dark in China.

At this time, daybreak had just broken in Los Angeles on the other side of the earth.

On the way to the set, Chen Fei received a call from Su Guohai.

After listening to several people on the phone describing the details of the premiere of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", he couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"So, he didn't delete the scenes about the Dragon Prince after all!"

"Yes, it was not deleted. The reporters at the scene probably received the news before they arrived. They didn't mention the incident at all. Even the guests at the scene pretended not to see it."

Hearing this, Fade Chen's expression suddenly became complicated.

If nothing unexpected happens, after this movie is released, the General Administration will probably be criticized by netizens to the point of becoming "autistic".

It’s only been nine months since the official document came out, and someone has already touched on the taboo, and it’s passed the review smoothly…

Netizens don’t care about party disputes. In their opinion, since this movie has passed the review, it must have been personally instructed and acquiesced by the General Administration.

All kinds of operations that change orders every day will inevitably lead to a wave of controversy and abuse!

Lu Yang's voice suddenly rang out from the phone: "Mr. Chen, I think this is a good thing for us. He broke the rules, but we didn't.

Normally, ordinary people would express their dissatisfaction with the behavior of openly enjoying preferential treatment.

And the subject matter of our film Sicario just happens to be quite special, so it will definitely attract a lot of fans from there.”

Chen Fei agreed with this analysis: "Yes, what you said makes sense. There are still a few days left. If we promote the movie further, we may get some good results."

"Okay, don't worry, I won't let you down."

Lu Yang vowed that after watching the finished film and various cool operations of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", he is now very confident in "Sicario"!
The phone soon returned to Su Guohai's hands, and he took the opportunity to mention another thing:

"By the way, Mr. Chen, there is another interesting thing I need to tell you." "Oh? What?"

"Tangren is planning to restart the Chinese Paladin project, and has been discussing business with the special effects company in the past few days."

"The Legend of Sword and Fairy"?
On the other end of the phone, hearing the name of this number, Fade Chen couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and subconsciously muttered: "Is this planning to rely on the old capital to revive the momentum?"

"That should be it." Su Guohai continued, "I feel like it's just a change of name. This time the show is adapted from the stand-alone game The Legend of Sword and Fairy 5. I think it's called Yun Zhi Fan."

After hearing this, Fade Chen lost interest.

The top male and female stars of Tangren have both run away, and Yang Mi, Liu Yifei and others who had worked with them before all have constant conflicts, so it is impossible to gather the original team together.

If newcomers are used, the audience will definitely not buy it.

Based on this, this drama is unlikely to cause much waves.

"Since you're here to discuss business, just be fair and just pay what you deserve. There's no need to give them discounts for such small projects."

"Okay, I understand. I'll go say hello to the special effects department later."

……

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei adjusted the back of his chair and browsed the domestic film, television and entertainment news websites.

Looking around, the news that remained on the headlines was exactly the news about "The Taoist Priest Comes Down the Mountain".

I have to say that those media outlets are pretty tight-lipped. There really isn't any news about Prince Long's "comeback" on the Internet. I don't know how much the film crew has managed to get out.

In addition, the news that director Wang Da was “released from prison” was second only to the premiere of “The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain” in popularity.

A paparazzi took a photo of Miss Zhang picking someone up and then having dinner with the couple.

Judging from the photos, the two seem to be getting along very well. They are both smiling and it's unknown what they are talking about.

A large number of netizens left comments in the comment section below, hoping that they could reconcile and continue their married life.

Fade Chen curled his lips and muttered to himself, "That's a good idea."

He had some understanding of Miss Zhang, who was well-known in the circle for her explosive temper. It would be strange if she could tolerate her husband's cheating on her!

Perhaps considering the current impact, the couple will keep a low profile for a while, but they will definitely not continue this way in the future!
Soon, the car arrived outside the studio of Walton Pictures.

Although it was still early, the set was already bustling with activity, with many support staff busy adjusting equipment and preparing for today's filming.

The actors have also arrived and are doing their makeup with the help of makeup artists.

Today is the last day of June, and also the last day of filming for Ready Player One in Los Angeles.

After the filming is finished, the crew will move to the UK starting tomorrow.

The time soon came to 8 o'clock, and with Chen Fei's words "Action", the filming officially began!
...

At the same time, in a relatively remote private restaurant in China, brothers Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun were entertaining Ye Ning, who is currently the vice president of Wanda Pictures.

After briefly chatting about the film "Lu Yao Zhi Mali", Wang Zhongjun changed the subject while pouring wine:

"Boss Ye, after this period of cooperation and understanding, I think you should be familiar with Huayi's situation, right?

Although our business spans multiple fields including production, distribution, cinemas, culture and tourism, games, real estate, finance and so on, and is very large in scale, the number of senior managers is relatively small, which is undoubtedly a huge hidden danger to the long-term development of the group.

Here, I can promise you that as long as you are willing to join the Huayi family, generous treatment and broad development space are the most basic!
Even the positions of group shares, board shareholders, group vice presidents, and presidents are all up to you to choose from, or even take them all, and this is the greatest sincerity we can give you!"

"That's right! As long as you are willing to come, any conditions can be proposed..."

Wang Zhonglei also spoke slowly at this time, further elaborating on Huayi's sincerity and determination, and expressing its "thirst for talents" attitude.

"Huayi's market value has now reached 900 billion, and 1000 billion is just around the corner. We now very much hope to work with you to look forward to new goals!"

The two brothers took turns to talk, slowly and kindly tempted Ye Ning, and offered many excellent conditions, just waiting for Ye Ning to be moved!
Looking at the transparent and colorless wine in the glass, Ye Ning couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He is a senior executive who has worked at Wanda for more than ten years and has deep insights into the changing dynamics of the film and television industry.

However, faced with the cordial invitation from Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, he seemed a little hesitant.

He knew that joining Huayi would mean a higher status and greater power, but it would also mean greater responsibilities and risks.

He needs time to weigh the pros and cons and even think about his future.

There was a brief silence in the box.

Ye Ning frowned, while Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei waited quietly for his answer, their eyes full of anticipation and desire.

However, after a long time, they still got the same answer: "I'm sorry, you two, I need more time to think about it. This decision concerns the rest of my life. I really can't give you a definite answer in such a short time."

Hearing this, the two Wang brothers looked at each other, a little disappointed.

However, the two were not discouraged, because as long as Ye Ning did not explicitly refuse, it meant that there was still hope.

Wang Zhongjun raised his glass and said with a smile: "Haha, OK, Mr. Ye can think about it slowly, you just need to remember that the door of Huayi will always be open to you.

Come, let's drink and eat first. Brother Chen Kai's premiere dinner was really good-looking but not very useful. We didn't even have enough to eat."

"Well, come on, drink!"

Ye Ning also raised his glass and saluted the two kings from a distance.

After eating and drinking, the two Wang brothers enthusiastically sent Ye Ning to the car, and then they drove together to the first ring area of ​​the capital.

In the car, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but frowned: "We've given him more than a month, why hasn't he made up his mind yet? Is he planning to cheat us?"

“No.” Wang Zhongjun shook his head, revealing a look of confidence: “He has already reached the top of his career at Wanda, and Boss Wang can’t offer him more or better conditions.

Therefore, he can only realize his ambition by choosing Huayi. We are his only choice. Wait a little longer, don’t be impatient.”

"Okay." Wang Zhonglei's brows relaxed a little, but he couldn't help but mutter, "It's easier to talk to him, but those people over at Feiyue Film and Television are totally unmoved!"

Wang Zhongjun was a little surprised: "The conditions are so good, but no one is coming?"

"Well, I don't know what that group of people are thinking. I heard that Feiyue Film and Television has another group of people coming back from Hollywood training. The competition within the company is fierce, but they just won't move. Fuck!"

"Then continue to raise the conditions. People die for money, and birds die for food. I don't believe that everyone's will is so firm."

"Well, now it seems that this is the only way to do it."

……

In a blink of an eye, a day has passed!
On the set of the movie Ready Player One, as Fade Chen shouted "Cut", cheers suddenly rang out on the set.

Next, as the crew moves to another location, everyone will have two days off, which is undoubtedly very good news.

After checking all the footage shot today, Chen Fei packed up his personal belongings and prepared to return to the villa to spend the last night of June with Liu Yifei.

He will go to the UK tomorrow, while Liu Yifei will return to China. It will probably be several days before the two meet again.

After starting the car, Fade Chen got into the driver's seat and prepared to leave the studio.

However, before he could walk far, the phone rang suddenly!
After taking a look at the name "Zhou Shouzi" marked on the caller ID, Chen Fei stepped on the brake and pressed the answer button.

The next second, Zhou Shouzi's slightly surprised voice rang out on the phone: "Mr. Chen, the A-share market has suddenly collapsed across the board!"

……

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