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

Chapter 830 What is the real "IP development"——The Ghost Blows Out the Light Movie Universe plan makes a stunning appearance!

"After three days of release, the box office of the tribute film "The Hundred Regiments Offensive" has continued to rise, and has now reached 3 million yuan."

"The youth-themed TV series "Together With You 2", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films, has officially been announced to be completed today and is expected to be launched on Youku during the school season next year."

"The spy drama "The Disguiser" starring Jin Dong, Wang Kai, Song Tie, Hu Ge and others continues to gain popularity online, with an audience share of 6.14% and an audience rating of 2%, still firmly ranking No. 1 in the same time period!"

"The musical drama "Office" directed by Johnnie To and starring a stellar cast including Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, and Tang Wei has seen its box office drop to over 3 million in just three days since its release. Its potential has been completely exhausted."

"The war history blockbuster "Cairo Declaration" starring Hu Jun, Liu Jialing and Han Yu only grossed 467 million in three days, and the theater line's screening schedule has dropped significantly."

……

Related news is constantly updated online, making many people in the circle dizzy.

But Chen Fei did not pay attention to these insignificant news releases, because he was "scolded" as soon as he returned to China.

“I won’t force you to do anything, or not to do anything, but next time before you do something dangerous like this, can you please consider my feelings?
"I'm really worried about you. What if something happens to you? What about Grandpa Chen? Do you want him to die before you?"

As a big director-level figure, Chen Fei has always been the one who scolds others, and no one has ever scolded him!
But today, facing Liu Yifei's extremely serious face, he had no reason or excuse to refute.

"I was wrong. Next time I will think about it carefully and not let you worry..."

Chen Fei admitted his mistake very quickly. How stupid would he be if he continued to talk back at this time?
Liu Yifei was easy to coax, and after a while her serious expression disappeared. She came over, put her arms around Chen Fei's waist, and started whispering to him.

"After I returned, I went to the company and participated in several castings for Zhu Xian. I felt that the role of Lu Xueqi was not suitable for me. It was not challenging and did not require high acting skills. It was just an ordinary movie adapted from a popular IP novel. There was nothing new..."

Fade Chen gently stroked her hair and said softly, "Since you feel it's not suitable, then tell Zhong Lifang and let her choose someone else."

"I've already told her about it." Liu Yifei giggled, "We all think Tang Yan is very suitable. She looks very good in ancient costumes, so we let her take the role."

"Yeah, everything is fine."

Chen Fei didn't pay attention to these. While Liu Yifei wasn't paying attention, he "produced" a script from behind him like a magic trick: "Here, your gift."

"Oh!" When Miss Liu saw it was a script, her eyes suddenly lit up and she quickly reached out to take it.

"What's the subject matter?" As she said this, she opened the script and began to read it with great interest.

Although the script was in English, she did not seem to have any difficulty with it. After all, she grew up in the United States and was fluent in both Chinese and English.

Chen Fei moved closer to her, hugged her slender waist, and secretly sniffed the fragrance between her hair.

"The script is about love, and it's a story that takes place in Hollywood. It tells the story of how jazz pianist Sebastian and aspiring actress Mia met, got to know each other, and fell in love in Los Angeles, but eventually separated because of their pursuit of their own ideals."

Miss Liu was very focused during working hours. She read every word carefully, trying to understand the story.

Half an hour passed, an hour passed, an hour and a half passed...

Just as Chen Fei was about to fall asleep leaning against the sofa, Liu Yifei's voice suddenly rang out in the empty living room: "A story about love and dreams?"

Fade Chen shook his head, trying to sober himself up: "Yes, dreams and love are the themes of the script. The two are integrated and carried through from beginning to end."

Liu Yifei pondered for a moment and looked over curiously: "This script, is it possible to change the background to China?"

Fade Chen knew what she meant and immediately said with a smile: "Of course, as long as you want."

"I'll play the female lead and you'll play the male lead." As she spoke, Liu Yifei came over and grabbed Chen Fei's tie, baring her teeth viciously: "Don't refuse me! Otherwise I'll bite you!"

Fade Chen looked at her lovingly: "As long as it is Princess Sissi's request, I will satisfy it."

"Hehe, kiss~"

That night, Chen Fei completely transformed himself into a knight, trying his best to meet the princess's requests and wishes.

Liu Yifei would also transform into a knight in certain stages, but her riding skills have never been very good, and she would fall down after a short while.

……

The next morning, Fade Chen got up early and put away the script of "La La Land" that was on the coffee table in the living room.

Last night he promised Liu Yifei that he would complete the Chinese translation of the script within the next month.

This is no small job; it requires a lot of effort to complete.

His goal is not just to translate the script into Chinese and make the movie.

Either don’t do it, or if you do it, you must adhere to the principle of “quality”!
Therefore, the goal he set for himself was to "win the prize."

This kind of romantic drama with literary, musical and dancing themes is most suitable for the Venice International Film Festival, and maybe it will win a few awards for Miss Liu.

Of course, during this period he still had two jobs to complete first, namely the opening ceremony of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Temple" and the promotional activities for the movie "Operation Mekong".

Ning Hao specially called him, hoping that he could be there to show his support.

Because the opening ceremony of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Temple" was held in Huairou Film and Television City in the capital, Chen Fei did not refuse. After all, it would be enough to spare one morning.

As for the publicity activities of "Operation Mekong", it still needs the cooperation of Zhang Hanyu, Li Bingbin, Xie Miao, Liu Shishi and others before it can be officially implemented.

The first promotional roadshow event, which has been preliminarily confirmed, will be officially launched in two days, by which time all the main creators of the crew will be gathered.

……

On the way to Huairou Film and Television City, several hot searches that suddenly popped up on Weibo suddenly attracted Chen Fei's attention.

"Bona Film Group released an announcement stating that the first 3D/4K/120fps war drama "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," jointly produced by Bona, Sony, and JFK Pictures and directed by Li An, was officially completed in Hollywood yesterday."

"It is reported that the film is scheduled to be released worldwide at the end of next year and will compete for the Oscars."

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" tells the story of 19-year-old American technical soldier Billy Lynn, who became a national hero for his heroic rescue of his comrades in the Iraq War, and then returned home to participate in a halftime performance at a football game with his comrades..."

With the emergence of relevant press releases, terms such as "Bona", "Li An", and "Oscar-winning films" quickly occupied the headlines of major entertainment news websites.

But at this moment, Chen Fei, who was paying attention to the news, couldn't help but frown.

Li An’s award-winning film?

It seems that I didn’t hear any movement before, but I didn’t expect that Bona would quietly give such a big surprise to the domestic film and television industry!
But this story doesn't seem to have any advantage in Hollywood, right?

It is not easy to win an Oscar with a movie of this theme. If you are not careful, you may be criticized by the academic community.

After all, the American political correctness does not include the defeated party.

There are also 3D/4K/120 frame formats, and there are no more than ten cinemas in China that support playing this type of movies!

This also means that if this movie wants to make money from the box office, there is no hope in China.

"What on earth is Yu Dong thinking? Is he out of his mind? He actually invested in this kind of movie? Is he trying to make a profit by taking advantage of the Oscar bid?"

Fade Chen muttered quietly, he really didn't understand.

……

After driving all the way to the outside of Huairou Film and Television City, Chen Fei greeted the guard and easily entered the film and television city and went straight to the crew of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Temple".

There are quite a lot of media gathered at Huairou Film and Television City today, and everyone is here to catch the first-hand news.

It is no exaggeration to say that the most successful commercial film series currently produced in China is the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series.

After the release of the first film, Ghost City, it grossed 15.4 billion RMB at the domestic box office and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film! After the release of the second film, The Worm Valley of Yunnan, it grossed 26.69 billion RMB at the domestic box office, becoming the No.2 film in the domestic box office ranking.

In addition to their good box office performance, the films also received very high reputation, with both films scoring no less than 8.5 points.

On this basis, the third film in the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series, "Kunlun Shrine", has undoubtedly become the focus of attention of many peers and media in the industry.

Almost everyone believes that after the third film is released, it is very likely to reach the 30 billion box office.

And for a film with so much potential, media attention will naturally be very high!
In order to avoid being surrounded by the group of fanatical reporters, Chen Fei quietly came to the back door of the set, and then used the "insider" he had planted in the crew to quietly avoid the paparazzi.

"Brother? Is it necessary to be so exaggerated? What's wrong with you going through the front door? Are you going to be eaten by those reporters?"

Han Jianu, the assistant director, simply couldn't understand why Chen Fei had to make things so complicated. What could have happened if he had just boldly entered through the front door?
"Do you think I am you? Of course you are not afraid of being blocked by reporters, because you are not famous, but I am! I didn't even bring a bodyguard today, what if someone steps on me?"

Han Jianu: “…”

The words "You're not famous" immediately broke the little girl's heart. She was speechless for a long time, her eyes full of resentment.

Watching Fade Chen striding forward, she couldn't help but snorted, "Hmph, when I finish writing that script, I will definitely let you know what it means to be famous! I, Han Jianu, will definitely become extremely famous!"

……

"Hey? Director Chen? Are you back home? Why is there no news about you online?"

"I really admire you, you are so good at riding a motorcycle!"

"Director Ning and his team are arranging the launch conference process, right in front..."

Accompanied by the voices of greeting, Chen Fei walked forward and soon met Ning Hao, Liu Ye, Shu Chang, Chen Minghao and others.

What surprised him was that Xing Aina was also on the set, and seemed to have become a member of the set, busy helping Ning Hao coordinate.

"Sister Na, aren't you taking care of the kids today? Why are you here on the set?"

As soon as they saw the real "boss" arrive on the set, everyone who was busy looked over and smiled on their faces.

Xing Aina explained with a smile: "The child is taken care of by a nanny. The filming starts today and I was worried that Ning Hao would not be able to handle it, so I thought of coming over to help."

"Oh, I see." Chen Fei responded while turning his head to look at Ning Hao: "I really envy Director Ning for marrying a good wife like Sister Na."

Ning Hao smiled a little embarrassedly, but did not refute.

Although Xing Aina usually controls him very strictly, it is undeniable that she is indeed a good wife and mother. After marriage, she has been supporting him all the way and has never complained.

What more can a husband ask for when he has such a wife?
"Huh? Where's Xixi? Didn't she come with you?" Shu Chang ran over at this time, looking curiously behind Chen Fei, trying to find the familiar figure.

"She?" Fade Chen laughed: "Don't you see what time it is now? Is it time for her to get up?"

Shu Chang burst out laughing. She knew her best friend's daily routine very well.

Moreover, when they are not working, their lifestyles are actually not much different. The only difference is that Liu Yifei gets grumpy when she wakes up, while Shu Chang does not.

……

More than twenty minutes later, the clock hands reached ten o'clock in the morning.

Following Ning Hao's order, reporters swarmed in from outside the set, ready to start interviews.

However, when the group of people saw Chen Fei, they were stunned!

"Good fellow? When did this guy come back? Why is there no news at all?"

"I don't know! Wasn't he abroad just two days ago?"

"Don't guess. He has a private jet. If he didn't want us to know, wouldn't it be easy for him to hide away?"

Besides being shocked, the group of reporters were more excited.

I originally thought that I could only interview the main creative members of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Temple" today, but I didn't expect that Chen Fei would also come to the launch conference, which was a pleasant surprise.

“I hereby announce that the third film in the Ghost Blows Out the Light series, Kunlun Palace, has officially started filming!”

The "crackling" sound of firecrackers echoed throughout the set, which was considered a good start.

Chen Fei was already very familiar with answering interviews from reporters, so when it was his turn to be interviewed, he started by saying, "Today I will only answer questions related to Ghost Blows Out the Light. As for the rest, please don't ask. We will have another chance in the future..."

This sentence confused the reporters and made many of them look resentful. After all, they had prepared a lot of irrelevant topics.

Seeing Chen Fei's tough attitude, everyone did not dare to deliberately oppose him, so they had to start a conversation around the topic of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

However, it would have been better if they hadn't talked about it. After they started talking about it, the reporters on the scene were shocked to find that this "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not simple at all!

On the stage, Chen Fei talked freely:

"According to our plan, the entire series of Ghost Blows Out the Light can actually be expanded into something similar to the Hollywood movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.

After the end of "Kunlun Temple", the main trilogy of the Ghost Blows Out the Light series will officially come to an end, and the next sequel plan to be launched will be "Return to the South China Sea" and "Wuxia Coffin Mountain".

The sequel will be more international, and if nothing unexpected happens, Hollywood stars should be invited to join. Even the tomb-raiding adventure will not be limited to the domestic market.

There are also "Angry Eyes of Xiangxi" and "Yellow Skin Tomb", which will be based on the two styles of tomb raiding in the Republic of China and youth adventure respectively, striving to develop the IP universe of "Ghost Blowing Out the Light" to the limit..."

In Chen Fei's opinion, this kind of adventure-themed movies will never go out of style.

Therefore, he is quite confident about the development of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" IP.

At this moment, not only the reporters' eyes lit up, but even the actors in the crew couldn't help but widen their eyes.

You know, even for these "insiders", it was the first time they learned that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" actually has such a grand IP expansion plan!

……

That afternoon, as expected, the entire film and television industry was flooded with news about the premiere of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Temple of Kunlun"!
"This morning, the adventure film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace" produced by Feiyue Film and Television officially held a launch conference at the Huairou Film and Television Base."

"Director Chen Fei has returned to China and made a surprise appearance at the opening ceremony of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Temple"."

"According to Director Ning Hao, 'Kunlun Temple' will be the last 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series movie he will direct, and it will also be the last in the 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' trilogy."

"Director Chen Fei said in an interview with reporters: In addition to the main trilogy, the 'Ghost Blows Out the Light' series will also have a sequel trilogy, as well as multiple branches such as 'The Wrath of Xiangxi' and 'The Yellow Skin Tomb'."

"Ghost Blows Out the Light will compete with Hollywood movies such as The Mummy, Indiana Jones, and Tomb Raider, and become the first IP movie blockbuster in China to usher in super-large development!"

"According to Director Chen Fei, the Ghost Blows Out the Light Universe Project has been fully planned so far and will be launched in the next few years. Please stay tuned!"

As related news continued to flood the screen, "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Temple of Kunlun" can be said to have become popular before it was even filmed, and the domestic film and television circles were completely blown up!

Especially the "Internet media" film producers headed by Alibaba, LeTV, Sohu, Baidu, and Tencent, their eyes are red with envy!

“Holy crap! So this is how real novel IP development works!”

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