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Chapter 813 Journey to the West IP + Zhou Xingchi? Forget it, you guys play, I won’t get involved
"The box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" reversed its decline and once again reached the 2000 million mark!"

"It is reported that the outdoor reality show "Running Man", which is controlled by Youku and co-produced by Feiyue Film and Television and Guangguang, will officially launch a new round of investment promotion conference at the end of this month."

"Tangren Pictures released an announcement: Following "Chinese Paladin" and "Chinese Paladin III", the third film in the "Chinese Paladin Series", "Chinese Paladin V", will officially hold a press conference for the start of filming and project establishment at Hengdian World Studios this afternoon."

"It is reported that The Legend of Sword and Fairy V, also known as The Legend of Sword and Fairy: The Clouds, will be starred by Han Dongjun, Chen Yao, Zheng Yuanchang, Xiao Caiqi, Jin Chen and others, all of whom are actors under Tangren Films..."

"According to the official website of the Film Bureau, the public notice list of this batch of film shooting permits shows that the script "Zhu Xian" adapted from Xiao Ding's novel "Zhu Xian" submitted by Feiyue Films for review has successfully passed the review."

"The urban inspirational business drama "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films and directed by Yu Ding, and co-starred by Zhang Yi, Yin Tao, Tao Zeru, Zhang Jianing, Gao Shuyao and others, officially started filming in Yiwu today."

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With the arrival of a new day, a large number of news releases about the film and television industry have once again emerged on major domestic entertainment news websites.

I have to say, the IP of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is really awesome!
This TV series, which carries the youth of countless netizens, immediately attracted the attention of a large number of netizens and "Legend of Sword and Fairy fans" once it was announced.

So much so that the news that Feiyue Film and Television's new film script "Zhu Xian" had passed the review was even suppressed at the bottom of the hot search list.

Looking around, in just less than half an hour, a wave of heated discussion about "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been set off on the Internet, full of emotions.

This wave of "nostalgia killing" operation by Tangren was extremely successful, and even temporarily suppressed the popularity of "Eternal Love" and "Princess Agents".

"Although Cai Yinong has some courage, it's a pity that it's not much. If the original cast can be gathered together to return, then "Xian Wu" will definitely be a hit!"

In the car, listening to Liu Yifei's serious analysis of the "Chinese Paladin V" which had just been officially announced, Chen Fei couldn't help but want to laugh.

"You really overestimate her. With Tang Ren's current strength, how could he possibly gather a lineup of you, Yang Mi, Liu Shishi, and Hu Ge?"

Miss Liu shrugged: "That's why I said she has no guts. If she was willing to pay me several hundred million yuan for the film, I might have agreed."

Fade Chen reached out and touched her little head: "Haha, she is only willing to spend 5000 million on the special effects, and she even asked for a discount. How could she possibly give you hundreds of millions in salary?"

"That's true."

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue cutely and looked out the car window.

“Harry Potter has finished, but it’s still very popular here!”

"Of course, after all, this is the story of Harry Potter..."

Jingle Bell! ! !
The sudden sound of a video invitation interrupted Chen Fei's words. He looked down subconsciously and saw a video conference invitation on the tablet screen.

"Huh? So fast?"

After muttering something, he pressed the answer button.

The next second, the full view of a conference room appeared on the screen, as well as the faces of nearly ten familiar people sitting in the conference room.

"Huh? So many people? It's quite lively!"

Chen Fei spoke first, breaking the silence in the meeting room.

"Can you see clearly?" Ye Ning asked in a low voice as he moved closer to the screen.

"Sure." Fade Chen nodded and said hello to a few people he knew.

Zhou Xingchi also smiled and nodded at him, with a calm expression on his face.

This time, he had already taken out all the money that "accidentally" fell into Huayi's hands last time. Therefore, he didn't mind having a few more investors, as long as he could ensure that his own interests were not affected.

And with Chen Fei's arrival via video, today's meeting officially kicked off.

Liu Yifei was sitting nearby and curiously leaned over, blinking her watery eyes and looking at the project speaker.

A PPT was being displayed on the projector, and the project speaker was talking eloquently about the main structure of the project:

"The new movie is called Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons, and it is the sequel to Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. It will be written and produced by Director Zhou Xingchi, and directed by Director Xu Ke... The total budget of the movie is between 4 million and 5 million, and more special effects will be added to present a visual feast to the audience...

The main selling point of the movie is the top IP "Zhou Xingchi + Journey to the West"... In today's hot film market environment, this IP undoubtedly has unparalleled box office appeal, and it is very likely to achieve a single film box office record of 30 billion, injecting new vitality into the film market!"

Although this goal seems a bit high, everyone at the meeting knows that the film has such potential.

It’s not just because of Zhou Xingchi + Journey to the West, but also because of other factors.

"The lead actor Wu Yifan has a huge number of young fans. His participation will undoubtedly bring more topics and attention to the film. The producers have also joined a strong lineup of theater chains, Internet-based companies, and film and television bases to ensure that the project will be smooth all the way from project establishment to post-production and then to release..."

Because the meeting was held via video, Chen Fei was able to see the facial expressions and movements of everyone in the conference room.

When the project speaker mentioned the term "single film box office of 30 billion", it was obvious that Wang Zhonglei became excited and looked quite delighted.

The stock market crash is still continuing, and even if the country steps in to provide disaster relief, it will not be able to stop the downward trend.

As Huayi is the leading listed company in the film and television industry, its stock price has fallen miserably!

If there is good news, it may be able to stop the falling stock price, and "The Monkey King 2" is undoubtedly an excellent resource.

The same goes for other companies. Zhang Qiong is also ready to go.

It is obvious that "Eternal Love" is going to be a huge hit. If the investment share of "The Monkey King 1" is added, it will undoubtedly produce an effect of 1+2 greater than .

More than 10 other companies, including Hengdian Film Group, Matt Films, Xiangshan, and Dadi Times, are also ready to "divide the cake."

Half an hour later, as the speaker finished describing the main part of the project, La Peikang stood up.

"China Film Group, Star Entertainment, and Wanda will take half of the share of this project, and everyone here can allocate the remaining 50% based on their own strengths."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhonglei stood up impatiently and said, "Huayi will provide all the resources it can for Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back, including but not limited to film promotion and the supply of resources for its own theater chains... and the investment share we require must not be less than 20%!"

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly became boiling.

Although everyone knows that Huayi, as one of the giants, will inevitably take away a lot of market share, isn’t 20% a bit too much?

Chen Fei looked at the scene in front of him happily, muttering to himself: "In order to stimulate the stock price, the big and small Wangs are also trying their best! I just don't know if they can succeed smoothly?"

Before anyone could react, Zhang Qi also stood up and spoke confidently: "Ali can provide all resources that do not belong to Huayi, and our requirement is also no less than... 20%!"

That means 40% is gone?

The heads of the remaining ten or so film and television companies have changed their expressions.

If this distribution model is followed, only 10% would be left now, but Chen Fei hasn't spoken yet.

If this person opens his mouth, he must also take 20%, right?

By that time, I'm afraid that Feiyue Pictures, Huayi and Alibaba will share the profits equally, and the others may not even get a share of the profits.

At this time, La Peikang spoke again: "Chen Fei? What about you? What do you think?"

In his expectation, the three giants should each take 10%, and then the remaining 20% ​​should be equally divided among more than 10 other companies. This is the optimal distribution ratio.

Therefore, whenever Chen Fei opened his mouth, he would propose this allocation strategy.

However, the next second, everyone in the conference room was stunned!

It was because Chen Fei said, "Forget it. 10% or 20% is meaningless. It's only tens of millions. I can't make much money. I won't get involved. Let other companies share it.

In the second half of the year, my company is planning to launch a fantasy film adapted from a novel, and I plan to focus on that, and will not follow up with Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back."

"Well, Mr. Chen, I really admire your selflessness!"

Wang Zhonglei's tone was full of ridicule. After all, he had always disagreed to let Feiyue Film and Television join in, and now he finally got what he wanted. "Mr. Chen? You..." Ye Ning was stunned. He almost thought that Chen Fei's video link was stuck?

Zhou Xingchi also looked at him in surprise: "Director Chen, I can promise you that the quality of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back is not inferior to The Mermaid. This is a great investment opportunity!"

La Peikang frowned slightly, wanting to say something, but did not open his mouth for a moment.

He suddenly thought of "The Great Wall". At that time, Chen Fei also refused directly like he did now.

"Could it be that he is not optimistic about the project of Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back?"

La Peikang guessed secretly, but after all, he was not the worm in Chen Fei's stomach, so he couldn't guess the reason for a while.

At this time, Chen Fei's voice came out from the screen again: "Boss Ye, Director Zhou, and Chairman La, I would like to thank you all for your kindness. We will have another chance in the future, so let's forget about it this time."

"Have you made up your mind?"

La Peikang's voice was a little muffled. For some reason, he suddenly felt unsure and panicked.

But when he glanced at Xu Ke, Zhou Xingchi, and Wu Yifan sitting in the corner, he suddenly felt more confident.

How could such a good project fail?

Journey to the West IP + Zhou Xingchi, this is recognized as an evergreen in the industry, much more stable than the stock market!
"Boss La, I've made up my mind." Fade Chen laughed, "I won't bother you guys. You guys can chat. It's getting late here. I'll go back and rest first. We can meet in China later if we have time."

After saying that, he nodded to a few people and hung up the video link.

The tablet screen suddenly dimmed, and the huge conference room fell silent. Everyone looked at each other, feeling that something was wrong, but couldn't put their finger on it.

"Since Feiyue Films is not planning to get involved, why don't Huayi take 25% first?"

Wang Zhonglei's words once again aroused heated discussions among the crowd, and the atmosphere quickly became lively again.

……

On the way back, Liu Yifei looked at me curiously: "Why don't you want to participate in this project?"

Chen Fei replied calmly: "Why should I participate in a project that is destined to lose money?"

"Ah?" Liu Yifei's puzzlement became more intense: "Zhou Xingchi's projects seem to have never lost money, right?"

Fade Chen shrugged and tapped her head lightly with his hand: "Who told you that this is Zhou Xingchi's project? Is he acting in it? Or is he directing it?"

Liu Yifei scratched her head belatedly, feeling that there was something not quite right about what he said, yet it seemed quite reasonable.

The silly girl was easy to fool, of course, mainly because she didn't want to get to the bottom of it.

But it’s not easy to fool others.

As expected, Chen Fei received a call from Wang Changtian the next morning.

"I heard that Zhou Xingchi approached you for his new project, but you didn't get involved?"

"Hey? How did Director Wang know? I don't think you were at the meeting yesterday?"

"There are more than a dozen producers, how could the news be kept secret? I would like to go, but I am neither from the Internet nor from the cinema system, so they are not prepared to take me along."

Wang Changtian laughed at himself and then quickly asked, "Can you tell me more about it? Why don't you get involved in this project? Logically speaking, 'Journey to the West + Zhou Xingchi' is a sure win."

Chen Fei laughed, but he didn't hide it from him. He started to criticize him without hesitation:
"It's clear from the choice of the lead actor that Wu Yifan has no acting skills at all? How could he be the leading actor? If I'm right, this is a movie that's made for money.

What's more, isn't it just a joke for Xu Ke to make a movie about Journey to the West? How can he, who is a martial arts director, make a movie with the 'nonsense' flavor of Zhou Xingchi? "

After hearing these words, Wang Changtian suddenly understood!
"No wonder, I was wondering how you could choose to refuse to participate in the investment, so this is how it is!"

"Director Wang, this is just between you and me, and try not to spread it out, okay?"

"Don't worry, I've always kept my mouth shut."

Wang Changtian patted his chest and made repeated assurances.

……

The 15th is coming in two days, and many actresses are now ready to participate in this online voting and selection led by Alibaba.

Alibaba has done sufficient preparation and the online popularity of the event has been extremely high, with one or two topics becoming hot searches from time to time.

However, just when most people in the industry thought that Alibaba Pictures would definitely dominate the hot searches during this period, other "movies" in the industry suddenly made a move!

First up are "Tiny Times 4" and "Gardenia Blossoms".

These two movies are in competition with each other because they are both youth-themed, and they were released only one day apart, so fans of the two have been competing secretly.

The former grossed 5 million yuan in five days after its release, and the daily increase has dropped from 3.84 million to more than 3000 million.

The latter grossed a total of 4 million yuan in box office revenue in four days, with daily increases of more than 2.96 million yuan.

The two sides were fighting very hard, and coupled with the fact that both had a lot of negative reviews, this led to serious mutual criticism.

In addition, Li Yifeng and Chen Xuedong are both young actors, and the fans of both sides are fighting fiercely.

At first, everyone was relatively restrained, but as the movie's new box office continued to decline, both sides felt that they were influenced by the other.

In an instant, all the disputes fermented and directly turned into a very fierce war of words!

Unsurprisingly, Weibo, due to its unique advantages, has become a "battlefield" for both sides. All kinds of vulgar words are pouring out as if they are free, which is simply disgusting!
While the two families were cursing each other, Brother Chen Kai also joined the "hot search".

Following Liu Yan many years ago, another fledgling reporter asked him a very sharp question:
"What do you think of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", which cost 10 million RMB to invest but suffered a sharp drop in both box office and reputation? After all, before the movie was released, you had called for a billion+ box office, but now this goal is nowhere in sight."

This time, the great poet Chen learned a lesson.

He did not throw the microphone in anger like he did to Liu Yan before. Instead, he gave a positive response in a very pretentious tone:
“I am a little surprised by the performance of this film, but I can calmly accept everyone’s criticism and doubts.

As for the box office, I think those who only view movies as a tool to make money are actually a great insult to the art of film!
It is the most despicable thing to do to just make money from movies, and I will never do that!"

These remarks undoubtedly caused an uproar in the industry.

However, surprisingly, no big director stood up to refute Brother Chen Kai.

Because everyone went to check the latest box office data released by the theaters, they saw that the new box office of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" had dropped to 745 million, and the word-of-mouth score was only 6.2 points.

As for the total box office of the movie, it has not even broken 4 million yet.

On the other hand, the box office of "Sicario" has already reached 6 million!
When a dog is desperate, it will jump over the wall. When Brother Chen Kai is desperate, he will become sarcastic, so no one wants to pay attention to him and just thinks he is just farting for fun.

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

The time came very smoothly to the 15th.

At this point, people actually no longer have much hope for the stock market, and most netizens have set their sights on Alibaba's upcoming national voting for the leading actress.

However, before the voting officially started, the years-long lawsuit between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping suddenly topped the Weibo hot search list, attracting countless people's attention.

At this point, everyone realized that New Picture had actually been closed for several years!

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