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

Chapter 814: Domestic Superhero? Condemn! Strongly condemn! I will take over...

"So, Zhang Yimou worked hard for 10 years and only made million?"

Even though Chen Fei had been mentally prepared, he was still "shocked" when he saw the news on Weibo!
The industry is in an uproar at this moment.

Because according to the information revealed in official documents, Zhang Weiping is completely not a human being!
Previously, Zhang Yimou insisted that Zhang Weiping owed him tens of millions in film remuneration and dividends, and he took him to court and made the matter public.

However, Zhang Weiping countered that he had already paid 2011 million to Zhang Yimou's wife as early as the end of 1253, and there should be no financial disputes between the two.

However, Zhang Yimou's response was like a bombshell, shocking the entire film and television industry!

He admitted that the 1253 million was actually his total salary for directing films such as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" for nearly 2001 years from 2009 to 10.

Moreover, from "Three Shots Surprise" to "The Flowers of War", he did not receive any film remuneration or dividends. All the money was pocketed by the black-hearted guy Zhang Weiping.

In order to prove his statement, Zhang Yimou did not hesitate to make public the investigation records of the National Population and Family Planning Commission.

This transcript clearly shows that since the millennium, New Picture Company has been acting as Zhang Yimou's tax agent, handling his tax affairs.

Faced with this question, Zhang Weiping had no way to refute and could only accept his fate.

So, the final result was that he was sentenced to pay Zhang Yimou tens of millions of yuan in unpaid wages!
When this result was announced, the entire entertainment industry couldn't help but gasp and secretly sighed, "Zhang Dapao is so cruel!"

Who is Lao Mouzi?
He is a great man who pioneered the field of domestic commercial films. Also, because he served as the chief director of the Olympic Games, netizens affectionately call him "the national teacher."

Among so many domestic directors, perhaps the movies he directed do not have the highest box office, but whether in terms of strength or status in the industry, he is extremely strong and solid.

But such a great director actually persisted under the oppression of Zhang Dapao for a full ten years. It's really heartbreaking to think about it.

At this point, the film and television companies that had once extended olive branches to Zhang Yimou finally understood why he ultimately chose LeTV.

It's mainly about money.

As expected, LeTV must have offered a sky-high signing fee, otherwise it would have been impossible to tie Zhang Yimou to their warship.

……

For the entire morning, people in the industry were discussing the topic of Zhang Yimou's pay. It was not until the afternoon that Alibaba Pictures finally found an opportunity to come to the fore.

Looking around, all major social platforms including Weibo, Tieba, and entertainment news websites have posted links to the online voting event for the male and female protagonists of "Eternal Love".

There are two links in total, one for the movie version and one for the drama version. Each account has two voting opportunities.

Along with the link, there is also a new announcement from Alibaba Pictures:

“Behind the voting campaign for Eternal Love lies a deeply moving and grand story world, which also carries the expectations and imagination of countless readers.

From now on, we will leave the fate of the hero and heroine to be decided by every movie fan, audience and fan.

This is not only a selection of roles, but also a feast for the participation of all people. Ali aims to give everyone the opportunity to become a part of this film and witness the birth of a mythical love story together..."

The industry may have mixed opinions on this casting method, but for netizens who love movies, this is undoubtedly an unprecedented experience.

Through their votes, they can secure opportunities for their favorite actors to appear on the big screen. This sense of participation and belonging makes many people look forward to the movie even more.

"Papa Ma is awesome! He actually thought of this casting method, it's totally unheard of!"

"I like Liu Shishi very much. I want to vote for her. I feel she is more suitable for the drama version. As for the movie version, let Liu Yifei play it."

"I want to vote for Zhao Liying!"

"Yang Mi! Yang Mi! It has to be Yang Mi! Both the movie and TV series versions have to be my Mi Mi. My lovely bees, it's up to you now."

"Huh? Why did Yang Ying suddenly get so many votes? What's her acting skill like?"

"The male lead must be Hu Ge, he is very suitable for this kind of subject matter."

"Forget about Lao Hu. Li Yifeng, Lin Gengxin, and Wu Yifan are more suitable."

"Does no one think Lu Han is suitable? I don't care, I choose Lu Han anyway."

"I miss my brother Ke Zhenzhen so much..."

~

As the voting officially kicked off, the popularity of "Eternal Love" on the Internet suddenly began to soar.

Within half an hour, the heat about the lawsuit between Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping was suppressed.

The entire film and television industry has been attracted by this unprecedented online voting method, and the production model of "popular IP + fan film and television works + big directors" has been frequently mentioned again.

Because this model was proposed by Alibaba Pictures, and they are now putting it into practice.

If "Eternal Love" can be successful, it will definitely become a milestone in the film and television industry.

Because this not only means that the movie box office and TV series ratings will achieve huge results, but also marks the maturity and popularization of the fan movie model.

At the same time, this success will also bring more business opportunities and development space to the entire industry.

Other producers will inevitably follow this successful production model, thereby further promoting the prosperity and development of the film and television industry.

The audience will also enjoy more high-quality and exciting film and television works to meet their spiritual and cultural needs.

Of course, all this is based on the premise of "success".

When Chen Fei finished his work and paid attention to the voting activity, he was shocked to find that it was only the first day and the competition was already very fierce!

Looking around, the Internet is so "brilliant".

Canvassing for votes, pulling down others, doing shady things, exposing others' shortcomings... the competition is even more intense than that in the civil service exam!
"Have you voted yet? Who did you vote for?"

Chen Fei noticed that Liu Yifei was also watching the voting interface, so he went over curiously.

"Hehe." Liu Yifei laughed evilly: "I voted for Shu Chang twice."

Chen Fei was a little amused: "How can she have time to act in this? The filming of Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace is about to start."

"I know. She won't go anyway. Just order whatever you want."

As she spoke, Liu Yifei snatched Chen Fei's phone and gave Shu Chang two tickets.

"Done! All done!"

After turning off the phone, Liu Yifei clapped her hands, pulled Fade Chen and walked out: "I have booked a restaurant, let's go for a candlelight dinner."

"Oh, okay."

Chen Fei followed obediently.

He actually wanted to remind Liu Yifei just now, asking her to issue an announcement or something and not let fans continue voting.

Because if she doesn't explain, those crazy fans will definitely push Liu Yifei to the top of the movie version of "Eternal Love".

However, after being interrupted by Liu Yifei, he simply put the matter behind him and forgot about it completely.

……

After returning from the candlelight dinner, when Chen Fei logged onto Weibo again, he discovered that the popularity of the film industry had been snatched away by two new films that were about to be released.

"Monster Hunt"!
"Pancake Man"!
The two films held their premiere ceremonies one after another.

It’s quite interesting to say that the former claims to be the Chinese version of “Shrek the Monsters” and wants to take “Little Huba” to the international and global levels.

The latter claims to be the Chinese version of "Iron Man" and wants to be the first domestically produced superhero.

There is a lot of support online, and the pre-sale box office of the two films are not bad either, as if they are about to set new box office records.

Chen Fei just wanted to laugh when he saw it: "The current movie promotions are becoming more and more insincere. Will they die if they don't deceive fans and audiences?" As for "Tiny Times 4" and "Gardenia Blossoms", they had already been sluggish by now.

It's only been a little over two days, and the new box office has dropped from over 3000 million to less than 1000 million. It's so tragic.

Especially the former, after losing a group of fans of Ke Zhenzhen, coupled with the infighting between fans of other actresses, it directly led to a sharp drop in both its reputation and box office.

Forget about giving fans a perfect ending, being able to barely make back the investment is already pretty good.

Guo Jingming has remained silent for some time and is currently devoting all his efforts to filming "Jade Dynasty", seemingly preparing to prove himself through the latter.

I just don’t know if he can get what he wants?

The situation of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" is even worse, with the daily increase already dropped to 300 million, and it is about to drop completely.

Brother Chen Kai has really ruined himself this time. Not only did he make another terrible movie after "The Promise", but he was also despised by thousands of netizens because of the role of "Dragon Prince"!
If that were all, that would be fine.

Just wait patiently for the movie to be taken down, and then prepare for the new one.

But what the industry and Chen Kai himself never expected was that as soon as the 16th came, a real "crisis" for "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" arrived.

Early in the morning, a shocking announcement suddenly surfaced on Weibo!

This announcement, titled "The teaching community issues a solemn condemnation statement to director Chen Kaige," was like a bolt from the blue, pushing the highly anticipated director Chen and his work "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" once again to the forefront.

The content of the announcement was extremely sharp, and every sentence was full of power, directly hitting the vital points of Director Chen.

"On behalf of the teaching community, we, with a serious and responsible attitude, strongly condemn director Chen Kai!
In the film "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", we regretfully see that the culture of Taoism has been seriously distorted and misunderstood.

During the creative process, director Chen Kaige did not conduct in-depth research and understanding of Taoist culture, and rashly created the image of the Taoist priest to be absurd, even full of malice and derogatory.

This behavior not only damages the reputation of the tutoring community, but also misleads the audience's understanding of tutoring culture!

In addition, we are also extremely angry about the indifference and blasphemy of Daoism beliefs shown by director Chen Kaige in his work. As an important part of traditional culture, its beliefs and ideas deserve to be respected and protected. However, in the film, we see the wanton trampling and ridicule of Daoism beliefs.

We absolutely cannot tolerate this kind of behavior that blatantly challenges the bottom line of the teaching community!
Therefore, we solemnly condemn Director Chen Kaige... requesting him to reflect deeply on his actions, publicly apologize to the tutoring community, and promise to respect and understand tutoring culture more in future creations to avoid similar mistakes again..."

In addition to the specific condemnation, the announcement also raised several questions, which not only targeted Chen Kaige's personal conduct, but also posed a profound challenge to his artistic creation concepts.

These doubts are like sharp swords, ruthlessly analyzing every detail of Director Chen, making people sweat for him.

"Where did you get the information that made you describe the people in the cult as so obscene and filthy? What is your intention?"

"As a member of the Dao family, the protagonist did not seek help from the ancestor after killing a creature, but instead went to the temple to kneel down and confess to the monks. What is the reason for this? Isn't this promoting Buddhism and suppressing Taoism?"

"How could such a film that wantonly smears and vilifies the director's family pass the censorship? Are there more interests at stake?"

"..."

Faced with this sudden condemnation statement, the entire film and television industry fell into silence.

Colleagues who usually get along well with Brother Chen Kai have chosen to remain silent at this moment. No one dares to publicly stand up to defend him, and no one dares to "charge into battle" for him at this sensitive moment.

This unusual silence seemed to be silently announcing a fact: Director Chen was really in big trouble this time!
On the other hand, netizens cheered:

"That's a good condemnation, great condemnation! I've wanted to curse for a long time, this bastard definitely has bad intentions."

"Ban it! Apologize! You must apologize! This time, we must not only apologize to the entire online audience, but also apologize to our Taoist priests!"

"Where's Brother Chen Kai? Why has he become a coward again? Wasn't he writing love letters and acting as the dean a few days ago? Why is he afraid to show up now?"

"Masters! For this kind of person, you should curse him!"

"I seriously suspect that this guy is actually a Buddhist fan, and this movie was made just to belittle the teachings!"

……

Because he is abroad, Chen Fei always gets to know the latest news later than domestic netizens.

However, he was the first to hear about the news that Brother Chen Kai was held accountable by Taoism, because so many people called to inform him!
"Good fellow, he has really gotten into big trouble this time. If he is accused of 'promoting Buddhism and suppressing Taoism', won't he be finished right away?"

"It shouldn't happen." Chen Fei analyzed, "The great poet Chen is from a pure aristocratic family. His connections are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I think it's impossible to ban him or apologize. At most, the movie will be taken off the shelves early."

"Ah? Is his relationship that strong?"

"What do you think? They were able to release the Dragon Prince with a red-headed document, and no one from the higher-ups has dealt with him yet. How strong do you think this relationship is?"

"Okay." Ning Hao scratched his head and said with some emotion: "It's really true that it's easier to get things done if you have someone in the court!"

"We're just getting started. If my guess is correct, there will probably be something even more shocking waiting to happen."

"What do you mean?"

"Believe it or not, if they dare to break the ban once, they will dare to break it a second time!"

"???"

……

At this time, in the review department of the Film Bureau, several old men who had finally climbed back from the Golden Rooster Awards were whispering.

"Where's Director Tong? He's not in the office, right?"

"No, he's been very lucky recently. It's not a dream for him to rise to the top. He will be promoted from deputy to full-time soon. By then, he will have complete control over this place."

"This has nothing to do with us. What we need to think about now is whether this script can be passed."

"Yes! Why not? It's a main theme project, and Chen Long is also starring in it. It tells the story of a group of workers and civilians who fought against the Japanese army in the Zaozhuang section of the Jinpu Railway during the Anti-Japanese War. This is a serious project."

"You know that's not what I meant. There's nothing wrong with the script, but the actor in it has problems. He is the one that the higher-ups have singled out as a 'bad artist'!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a moment of dead silence in the office.

The example of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" is right in front of us. Because of this movie, several people were forced to retire.

But now, a new problem has been put before everyone.

Such a big problem happened over there. If it happens again now, someone might have to retire "passively".

But if they didn't give it to them, then wouldn't they have to return all the things they collected?
How can you take something out of your pocket once it's in your pocket?
Suddenly, a slightly old voice sounded: "Give it over. It just so happens that I'm about to retire. Let an old man like me go out and take over when the time comes."

"Mr. Liu..."

"No need to say more. One of my grandchildren will be here in a few days. Please take care of him then."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a wave of echoes:

"Don't worry, your grandson is my grandson, and we will definitely take care of him together."

"Next year, one of my nephews will graduate, and I'll arrange for him to come in then so we can all take care of each other."

"Alas, we will all retire eventually. We won't be able to hold on for long. I just hope that the younger generations can inherit our legacy and set a benchmark for the domestic film and television industry that will stand forever."

"That's the truth."

Several old men with gray hair and beards were chatting happily, while next to them, a middle-aged man silently picked up the official seal on the table and stamped the word "approved" on the project book of "Railroad Tigers"!
Seeing this, several old men smiled with satisfaction.

At this point, the things in my pocket can finally be put away.

As for the review of the film after it is completed, the process is not much different from now.

Anyway, there is someone to support us, so what is there to be afraid of?

……

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