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

Chapter 818: Kill the chicken to scare the monkey, warn the mountain and frighten the tiger, adhere to the bottom line and correct attitude!

To be honest, when Chen Fei saw La Peikang's caller ID message on the set, he was actually very disappointed.

The sound of the telephone ringing rang in his ears, but he did not answer it immediately. Instead, he began to miss the time when Han Sanping was in power.

Although the Third Master has a bad temper and often does things that are incomprehensible to others, he handles things very well.

If Han Sanping was still the helmsman of China Film, this matter would never have developed to its current situation.

Once there is any sign, the Third Master will definitely nip it in the bud immediately instead of letting the situation develop to the point where it gets out of control!
"Alas! China Film Group is still the same China Film Group, but the person at the helm is no longer the one who can distinguish right from wrong and act decisively."

Sighing, Fade Chen pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Ladong?"

"Haha, Fade Chen, are you busy right now?"

"We are filming. What's going on? Is there something wrong?"

"The situation is like this." La Peikang organized his words and said as tactfully as possible: "I have noticed the recent conflict between Feiyue Films and Anle Films, and I also went to find out the whole story today.

Now that we have a pretty good understanding of the situation, I'm thinking that there's no point in you continuing to go on like this, so how about we find some time to sit down and talk?
I know it's not convenient for you to go back to China, so how about you pick a time and place and we rush over there?"

"Forget about sitting down and chatting. Just say whatever you want to say on the phone," Chen Fei said in a cold tone, and added, "Boss La, to be honest, your call today was a little beyond my expectations."

La Peikang was startled when he heard this, and subconsciously frowned, and his tone became less polite:
"Chen Fei, you have to understand that China Film Group, as the cornerstone of the industry, has the right to lead, coordinate, and stabilize the development of the film industry...

The matter between you and Anle is now a hot topic. I think I am qualified to step forward as a mediator. Besides, are you not prepared to listen to Anle's conditions? Are you going to continue to argue like this?"

"Oh?" Fade Chen laughed, "Then I'm quite curious, how generous can they offer?"

La Peikang was confident that the next figure he mentioned could convince Chen Fei, and he immediately said, "As long as you withdraw those two announcements and allow Monster Hunt to be released in theaters again, Anle can give you 100 million yuan in compensation. How about that?
You have to give me this face, right? After all, China Film Group is one of the domestic co-distributors of Monster Hunt. Don't let such a small matter hurt everyone's harmony, right?"

"Hahaha!" Chen Fei laughed immediately: "Boss La, you should know me, am I someone who is short of that 100 million?
He stole my company's movie box office and also secretly interfered with my cinema chain, causing chaos within the Pan Asia Cinema Chain. Can this be solved with just 100 million yuan?
Still want me to withdraw the announcement? Is he sick or am I sick? Changing orders every day, do you want me to slap myself in the face?"

This is quite impolite to say.

At China Film, Lapecon had turned on the speakerphone and external speaker, so it was obvious that Jiang Zhiqiang's face turned pale and blue.

Emperor Entertainment Group also owns cinema chains and movie theaters. They are used to stealing box office revenue and it has become a habit for them, so they are equally bold in doing so in other cinema chains.

But I didn’t expect that this time I would mention a piece of iron plate!
At this time, La Peikang's face looked a little unhappy.

When China Film Group enthusiastically invited Chen Fei to be the director of "The Great Wall", he directly refused.

That time, Chen Fei didn't give La Peikang much face, which made him lose face in front of the producers of Universal Pictures.

When discussing the "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" project a few days ago, Chen Fei also directly refused, which made La Peikang feel ashamed.

Now it’s the same thing with Enlight Pictures!

He had already said that he hoped Chen Fei could give him some face, but the tone on the other end of the phone was still very tough, which clearly showed that he was not going to give him this face!

At this time, he was in a state of great power and glory. He was repeatedly rejected by others, and he couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

"So what do you mean? Just keep fighting like this? Then both sides will suffer? Both of you are well-known and large companies in the industry. Is it necessary to get to this point? What is it that cannot be negotiated?"

"You want to make peace? Sure!"

Chen Fei suddenly changed the subject: "Admit that he did steal the box office, hold a press conference to apologize to the fans and the media, pay every penny he should pay, then go to the General Administration to accept the punishment, and take the initiative to remove the movie from the shelves, isn't that the end of it?"

La Peikang glared at him and said, "You are forcing me to do something I can't do. Forgive me when you can!"

"Haha, I only know that when they messed with me, they never considered how I felt. Moreover, they acted superior even after they made a mistake, saying that the theater chain wronged them. What? I owed them?"

La Peikang was suddenly speechless. He wanted to say something, but he felt very nervous.

At this point, he finally realized that he had made this call at the wrong time, and that what he had just said was too ill-considered.

His tone now was completely from Jiang Zhiqiang's perspective, without considering Chen Fei's feelings at all.

However, if he were asked to humble himself and apologize, admitting that he was indeed biased, he would not be able to open his mouth at all, after all, there were outsiders present.

However, he couldn't open his mouth, but Chen Fei could!
"Boss, it's getting late. It's midnight in China now, right? You should get some rest.

By the way, please tell Anle and Mr. Jiang that if you have the ability, just keep going. Although I am young, I am not the kind of person who is afraid of things!

If you don’t publicly apologize, admit your mistakes, or compensate me, then just wait. I have plenty of tricks to play with you!”

"Beep beep..."

The phone was suddenly disconnected.

Looking at the black screen, La Peikang and Jiang Zhiqiang looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After a long time, Jiang Zhiqiang was the first to speak: "Boss La, I can understand that he is young and hot-tempered, but there is no need for him to be so aggressive, right? I am already willing to pay the price..."

Before he could finish his words, La Peikang suddenly gave him a cold look: "How many of his cinemas did you touch?"

"Not much actually." Jiang Zhiqi continued to evade the main point: "To be disrespectful, isn't this kind of thing an unspoken rule in the industry? It's very common for everyone to come and go. The problem now is to eliminate the impact, otherwise China Film will not look good..."

This does make sense.

As a co-distributor of "Monster Hunt", once the box office theft is confirmed, China Film Group will also be implicated, which will undoubtedly affect La Peikang's political achievements.

The phrase "ineffective supervision" or even "complicity" is enough to give him a headache for a while.

La Peikang frowned slightly: "Although I knew him later than Han Sanping, he was still very good-tempered at that time. He knew the importance of things and knew what could be done and what needed to be discussed. Why did he suddenly become so tough now?"

"How about you give Han... Third Master a call and try?" Jiang Zhiqiang began to give advice.

"Alas, it's getting late. Let's do it tomorrow. I'll talk to President Han tomorrow morning and make sure the impact is minimized."

"Yeah, okay. I believe Chen Fei is not the kind of unreasonable person. Let's sit down and talk. There will definitely be a solution."

……

At this time, on the set of "Ready Player One".

After hanging up the phone, Fade Chen kept thinking about what La Peikang had just said.

Especially the saying "Forgive others when you can", he totally disagrees with it!

As the incident has developed to this point, it is no longer a question of "money" and "compensation", but a question of attitude and bottom line.

If Feiyue Films chooses to take the money this time and Pan Asia Cinemas chooses to put "Monster Hunt" back on the shelves, then this kind of thing will only happen more frequently in the future!

Anyway, after this incident, everyone knows that the problem can be solved by just paying money, which is too easy for those powerful film producers.

And looking around, people from Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, Huayi... are all watching.

If we don't make our stance clear now, when the film market gets better and better and there are more and more high-grossing films, won't our box office revenue be "stolen" by other films?
"Operation Mekong", "The Tomb-Blowing-Out-of-the-Light: Palace of Kunlun", "Ready Player One"...even "Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth" which are about to be released, these are all movies that have booked high box office.

If other movies steal the box office revenue from these movies, wouldn't Feiyue Films suffer huge losses?

Therefore, we must not give in now. We must make them afraid and cowardly, so that we can truly achieve the outcome of “hitting the first blow to prevent a hundred blows from coming”!

Thinking of this, Fade Chen immediately took out his cell phone.

He didn't care about the time difference and called Su Guohai directly, and then gave him a series of instructions.

Half an hour later, looking at the hung up call, Su Guohai's eyes sparkled and he murmured, "The war has begun! The war has completely begun!"

……

The next morning, just as domestic netizens were paying attention to the voting ranking of "Eternal Love", the box office performance of many summer movies, and a series of confrontations between Emperor Entertainment Group and Feiyue Pictures over the box office theft incident, a Weibo post suddenly topped the hot search list!

That was from an article published by Feiyue Films.

The content of the article was simply earth-shattering for the film and television industry!

"After collecting evidence, we found that there is a large-scale box office piracy in theaters under Edko Films, and ghost screenings and ticket swiping are common. These illegal operations have seriously undermined the fair competition environment in the film market, greatly infringed the rights and interests of consumers, disrupted the stability of the film market, and caused immeasurable losses to films and production companies in the same period!

Therefore, in order to maintain the stability of the film market and the rights of consumers, we are now making a formal report to the General Administration of Press and Publication, saying that 17 cinemas in 29 cities under the umbrella of Edko Films are suspected of violating the law. We hope that the General Administration of Press and Publication will impose severe penalties to serve as a warning to others!"

For netizens, this obviously means that a bigger "melon" has appeared.

But for the entire film and television industry, this is the signal that Feiyue Film and Television has unilaterally declared a formal war, and it is a fight to the death!

"This guy is really stubborn!"

"Is it necessary to make it so fierce?"

"Fuck! He's crazy! This guy is a fucking lunatic! I must stay away from him next time. Be careful not to get scratched if you get close to him. He's too fucking scary."

"When you do other things in the future, remember to stay away from Feiyue Films' movies to avoid angering the other party."

"Our people didn't do anything with Pan Asia Cinemas, right? No? That's good... That's good!"

China Film.

"Sanping, he...he...he's going to drag Zhongying into this fight as well!"

"Ah!" Han Sanping couldn't help but sigh as she listened to La Peikang's words on the other end of the phone: "You're the same, why are you getting involved in this kind of thing?"

"Then what can I do? Edko Films has come to us. Jiang Zhiqiang... He is also a meritorious official, and he is from Hong Kong, so he should enjoy preferential treatment."

"So this is his reason for stealing the box office?"

La Peikang: “…”

"If it's wrong, it's wrong. There's no need to explain. Either you should stop doing it from the beginning, or you should go all the way and take the initiative to bear the corresponding price. It's that simple."

beep...

The phone was hung up again. La Peikang's expression changed. He suddenly understood the meaning of Han Sanping's words.

He was indeed somewhat incompetent as the chairman of China Film Corporation. His partners were so boldly stealing box office revenue on a large scale, but he was completely unaware of it and pushed China Film Corporation into the fire pit.

He has to bear this price!

Just as he was thinking, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and the secretary walked in quickly, reminding him: "Boss La, Director Tong asked you to go to the bureau."

"okay, I get it."

……

Jiang Zhiqiang flew to the capital overnight yesterday and returned to Hong Kong today. He was already exhausted.

But now he didn't dare to rest at all, because he was afraid that as soon as he closed his eyes and opened them again, people from the General Administration would be standing at the door of his company.

Therefore, he must return to the company immediately to discuss how to deal with Feiyue Film and Television's public reporting!

If nothing unexpected happens, the General Administration will definitely accept this report, because the reporter has such a huge influence in the country and even in the entire Chinese-language film industry.

How can we maintain our credibility if we don’t give any feedback?
Therefore, the top priority for Enlight Pictures is to try to make the knife handed over by the General Administration cut less flesh, so as to avoid fatalities on the spot.

However, when people are in a hurry, they will inevitably overlook some things.

When Jiang Zhiqiang walked out of the airport and saw the media, reporters and paparazzi surrounding him frantically, his face changed drastically!

He wanted to run, but he couldn't.

"Mr. Jiang, what do you think of Feiyue Films' public report to the General Administration that the theaters under Anle Pictures knowingly broke the law?"

"Boss Jiang, is Enlightenment Cinema really suspected of violating the law?"

"The box office of the movie "Monster Hunt" is declining day by day. Does this mean that the previous box office theft incident is true?"

“Please face our problem!”

"Boss Jiang, a minute ago, the General Administration released an announcement on its official website, saying that it will respond to reports and immediately conduct an investigation and collect evidence... What do you think about this?"

A series of questions made Jiang Zhiqiang's face change drastically.

But as a mature filmmaker, he handled it all calmly, rushing out under the protection of bodyguards while making vague remarks.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, he got into the car with his tail between his legs like a stray dog ​​and sped away.

There was a burst of discussion among the crowd:
"I've been catching eagles all day, but today I get pecked by an eagle. How interesting."

"It's really embarrassing for the Hong Kong film industry that they were controlled by a young man!"

"Just wait and see. If nothing unexpected happens, Enlightenment Pictures will be in big trouble this time!"

……

Anle Pictures.

The air in the conference room was filled with tension, as if a storm was about to come.

Despite his fatigue, Jiang Zhiqiang called together the company's backbones and senior executives to discuss countermeasures.

He spoke directly and set the tone: "Reconciliation is impossible. Now let's think of a way to minimize the impact."

A senior official asked, "When will the investigators from the General Administration arrive? What are the possible results?"

"The lightest punishment is a fine or travel penalty, and the heaviest is losing our cinema and distribution qualifications, which will completely cut off our support!"

"There can be no problems with distribution qualifications and theater qualifications!" a shareholder shouted loudly, and his voice echoed in the conference room.

Everyone understands that these two qualifications are crucial to Enlightenment Pictures. After all, some shady money has to be washed clean through these "two basins of water".

"If one hundred million is not enough, then two hundred million. I don't believe he won't be tempted. As long as the movie can continue to be released, we can easily make back the money."

"But Feiyue Films...is not short of money!" Jiang Zhiqi's eyes were sharp: "He is planning to use us as a warning to others and to shock them."

Everyone present was a wise guy and reacted quickly.

Discussions suddenly arose:
"What do we do now?"

"The other party is unmoved. Are we just going to wait and do nothing?"

"I have an idea! Why don't we take the initiative... Although there may be losses, as long as we survive this crisis, there will be plenty of solutions later..."

In front of the conference table, Jiang Zhiqiang’s eyes gradually widened, emitting a light called "shrewdness".

After the man finished explaining his plan, he murmured, "Eden Films is a 'hero' that has made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese-language commercial films. Even if we have no merits, we have worked hard. The higher-ups will definitely not knock us to death with one blow..."

After he finished speaking, he looked around and finally his eyes fell on the company executive who was in charge of the distribution business.

"Xu Wei, you have been in the company for more than 20 years. It is almost time for you to retire, right? I heard that your son is also in the distribution department and is the department manager, right? Then... you can go with peace of mind. He will take over your job next."

Hearing this, the expression of the man called Xu Wei suddenly changed.

Finally, he gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and said in a deep voice: "Boss Jiang, don't worry, I won't bring trouble to the company. This is all because I am old and confused. I did something wrong for the sake of performance..."

"Very well, go ahead."

Jiang Zhiqiang waved his hand, and a lot of ideas popped up in his mind.

The movie must not be taken off the shelves, and the box office revenue has to be stolen, otherwise how can it boost the stock market and surrounding areas?
I just have to keep a low profile from now on.

His original goal was 20 billion+, or even 30 billion+, but now... he can only set his sights on the range of 15 billion+.

……

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