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

Chapter 832: Determined to leave? This dance is graceful and colorful... The shameless "movie master"

The silence in the office did not last long, and Chen Fei's voice soon rang in Wang Baoqiang's ears.

Unexpectedly, he did not show any anger. Instead, he asked in a gentle tone, "Quit Running Man? Can I hear your reasons?"

Wang Baoqiang was slightly stunned, and subconsciously raised his head, and saw Chen Fei looking at him calmly, not as furious as he expected.

"Huh!" After secretly breathing a sigh of relief, he organized his words and replied, "Because after recording the second season of Running Man, I suddenly realized that many viewers seem to have a fixed impression of my character.

No matter what role I play, they will automatically substitute the me in the variety show into the role, which makes my acting skills seem to fail, and it’s always the same...”

Wang Baoqiang frowned and rattled on with many reasons.

Gu Yongqiang, who was sitting next to him, frowned slightly, and the names of "Deng Chao", "Chen He" and others unconsciously emerged in his mind.

The next second, he suddenly realized that the images of these people seemed to be really solidified in his mind!
Deng Chao's abstraction, Chen He's funnyness, Zheng Kai's speed... When you think of these people's names, their images in variety shows will automatically jump into your mind and will be unforgettable!
"Could it be that variety shows affect actors' acting skills? What's the reason?"

At this moment, Chen Fei's voice suddenly rang out: "What you said does make sense. If an actor is a regular on variety shows, his acting skills will indeed deteriorate, and he may even feel awkward in any role.

Since you have made up your mind, go and sign a supplementary agreement with Mr. Gu later. We will find a suitable replacement before the recording of the third season begins."

As he spoke, Fade Chen looked at Gu Yongqiang who was sitting next to him.

"Mr. Chen, don't worry. The new guests will be in place in half a month at the latest." Gu Yongqiang promised confidently.

After all, this is "Running Man". There are countless stars and artists in the circle who are eyeing the selection of permanent guests, so it is very easy to find a suitable guest.

The reason why it takes half a month is that we have to conduct a comprehensive investigation and cannot make a hasty decision.

Fade Chen nodded slightly, then turned to look at Wang Baoqiang and asked, "By the way, have you confirmed your schedule for the second half of the year?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Baoqiang was stunned and said quickly: "No...no, they are all empty."

Chen Fei stood up and patted his shoulder. "The company is preparing for Detective Chinatown 2. Please prepare and come back in a week to sign the contract. It will be my gift to you for the opening of your studio."

Wang Baoqiang showed a pleasant surprise on his face, and he quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Director Chen, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I might still be playing a minor role now..."

Fade Chen laughed: "Don't say such things in the future. Since you have decided to be a pure actor, then show me your skills. This will be your reward to me."

"Don't worry, I will never let you down!" Wang Baoqiang promised seriously.

……

In the afternoon, Chen Fei continued to be busy with the promotion of "Operation Mekong", and also took the time to do the Chinese localization work of "La La Land" and some revision work of "The Founding of an Army".

Since the cast was announced, "Zhu Xian" has become really popular and has been on the Weibo hot search list for two consecutive days.

And because of Hu Ge, even the ratings of "The Disguiser" skyrocketed.

This chain of popularity has really opened the eyes of many producers and made other actors in the domestic entertainment industry envious.

However, in comparison, there is always a mountain higher than another one.

When the press release about "The Mermaid" and Zhou Xingchi appeared on Weibo in the evening, it immediately attracted the attention, support and recognition of countless movie fans.

Without exception, these press releases revolve around topics that are very emotional, such as "nostalgia", "recollection" and "commemoration".

Some media have even shouted out the extremely lethal slogan:

"Over the years, we have become accustomed to watching pirated and free movies, which has indirectly caused Zhou Xingchi, our Star Master, to lose a lot of the box office revenue he deserves... Don't you think that we all owe Star Master a movie ticket?"

As soon as this marketing strategy came out, it cleverly touched people's hearts and aroused widespread resonance!

But then again, this strategy can only be used properly by someone like Zhou Xingchi who has accumulated a deep audience base and emotional connection. If it were someone else, it would probably only lead to criticism.

But the only flaw is that this strategy completely uses the audience sentiment accumulated by Zhou Xingchi over the past few decades as a flame and ignites it all at once. One can imagine how powerful and far-reaching its impact is.

When Chen Fei finished work and went home in the evening, he saw that the topic "We all owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket" had already topped the Weibo hot search list.

The related discussions and topics directly suppressed the popularity of the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" IP development and "Zhu Xian".

"As expected of Zhou Xingchi! He has a strong fan filter. It shouldn't be a problem for The Mermaid to reach 30 billion at the box office..."

Chen Fei murmured to himself, and the future of the movie "Operation Mekong" emerged in his mind again.

During the film promotion roadshow these days, he stopped by Golden Shield and got a lot of very favorable news for the film.

The ministry attached great importance to this film and promised him that it would give very "strong" support after the film was released.

As for how powerful this "powerful" force is, it was not clearly stated.

But after all, it is an entire ministry-level system. It’s impossible for it to be so stingy as to only help with publicity, right?
Chen Fei believed that there would be a "surprise" waiting for him at that time!
……

By the time we drove back to the villa, the sky had already darkened.

Chen Fei took out the key and opened the door of the villa.

The living room was empty, with no one in sight, but the running air conditioner and bright lights indicated that there was someone in the villa.

Chen Fei first went to the bedroom and then to the bathroom, but he couldn't find any trace of Liu Yifei.

Finally, he set his sights on the closed training room.

He walked forward, turned the door handle, and opened the door of the practice room smoothly.

"You're back!"

Liu Yifei's voice came from inside.

"Well, what are you doing?"

Chen Fei walked into the training room wearing slippers.

He actually doesn't come here often, because it's just an empty room with nothing fun to do. Only Liu Yifei would come here often to practice yoga or something.

In comparison, he prefers to go to the gym in the basement.

However, after walking into the training room today, he found that it had changed drastically!

All the windows in the room were covered with thick curtains, mirrors were installed on the walls and some parts of the ceiling, and the floor was covered with smooth wooden floors.

There is a foot press bar in front of the mirror on one wall, a yoga rope hanging from the ceiling opposite, and a steel pipe standing from the floor to the ceiling in the center of the room.

Looking around, the entire practice room has been decorated into a dance studio!

"When was this place renovated? Wasn't it a practice room before? How did it become a dance studio?"

Listening to Chen Fei's question, Liu Yifei replied with a smile: "It's all for 'La La Land'. Doesn't the heroine in the movie need to sing and dance? So I plan to start learning dance soon."

"Oh, I see!"

Chen Fei responded first, and in the next second, when he looked at the dance costume Liu Yifei was wearing and the curvy "S"-shaped figure that was outlined, he immediately became interested.

"Ahem." He cleared his throat first, then said seriously: "Since you have already started dancing, and I happen to be a film director, then it shouldn't be too much to test the results of your training, right?"

Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, and her eyes subconsciously fell on Chen Fei's fiery gaze.

She couldn't help but spit: "Bah! You pervert! Are you trying to test your dancing skills? You are obviously... you are..."

"Hey? How come I'm not testing your dancing?" Fade Chen pretended to be innocent: "If you don't let me see your training results, how can I be sure that you can meet my requirements?"

This shameless reason immediately earned a series of eye rolls from Liu Yifei.

But in the end, she still chose to meet Chen Fei's request.

After all, his reasons were reasonable, and she couldn't find any excuse to object. The music soon sounded in the dance studio, and Liu Yifei stood quietly in the center like a black swan about to spread its wings and fly.

The black dance costume tightly wraps her graceful figure, outlining her perfect curves, and her snow-white skin looks even more crystal clear against the black backdrop.

As the music progressed, she gently lifted her legs, like a slender feather gracefully passing through the air.

Her toes began to move flexibly, as if telling a story about dance and dreams.

...

In Chen Fei's sight, every movement of Liu Yifei raising her legs, turning around, and bending her waist was full of feminine softness and strength, and her dance was as smooth as flowing water.

As the music became more passionate, the dance reached its climax.

Liu Yifei quickly walked to the yoga rope, grabbed the rope with both hands, kicked her legs, and her body shot into the air like an arrow.

In the air, her body flipped lightly like a bird flying freely.

As the rhythm of the music changes, her movements become more complex and challenging.

She even performed a split in the air with her legs parallel to the ground like a straight line, showing amazing flexibility.

Then she began to bend down and lean back, her body almost parallel to the ground, as if she was fighting against gravity.

And when the music stopped abruptly, she ended with a stunning standing split, with her legs straight and wide apart, toes raised high, and her whole body seemed to be frozen in the air, very stable.

"Okay, that's great! That's great!"

Chen Fei generously gave encouragement and applause.

He really didn't expect that Liu Yifei's dancing level was so high. Just from that short performance just now, he actually realized the unique charm and temptation of dance.

"Huh! How's it going? It's really eye-opening for you, right?"

Miss Liu smiled, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and looked at Fade Chen proudly.

“Well, it’s really an eye-opener.”

Fade Chen pretended to be serious again, walked towards her seriously, and then put on the airs of a teacher.

"However, there is a detail that needs to be corrected. For example, in this movement, you should first spin downward and then turn your waist..."

At first, Liu Yifei didn’t think too much about it and thought there was really something wrong with her actions.

But as Chen Fei continued to "guide" her, she suddenly discovered that there seemed to be two hands taking advantage of her.

By the time she reacted, it was already too late!

"No... I'm sweating all over now, I need to take a shower first... Can we go to the bedroom? Not here, there are so many mirrors... wuwu..."

As a student, how can you question and disobey your teacher?
Chen Fei was very dissatisfied with Liu Yifei's "arrogance", so he spent several hours to finally correct her attitude.

Miss Liu also gradually became much more well-behaved from her initial resistance and disobedience, and in the end she even took the initiative to admit her mistakes.

The next morning, because he was exhausted, Fade Chen simply slept in.

He didn't need to clock in at the company, and no one cared whether he was late or not, so he felt at ease sleeping in.

However, when he got up at noon, there were several teeth marks on his arms.

"Don't do it again! Don't do that in the dance studio next time... There are so many mirrors, it's so embarrassing! You are such a mean person. You promised to teach me how to dance, but you didn't keep your word..."

Liu Yifei grumbled and groaned, kicking Chen Fei's legs from time to time, and rolling her eyes at him several times.

"Hehe." Chen Fei responded shamelessly: "I promise, this is the billionth time, I will definitely do it again next time."

Liu Yifei's eyes widened: "What did you say?!"

"No, no, no, I won't do it again today."

"Oh! You bad guy, believe it or not, I will break it and throw it into the trash can!"

"Wow! You want to murder your husband!"

"Who is your wife, huh!"

……

After playing around in bed for a while, they both got up before 12 o'clock.

Liu Yifei selected a restaurant and called them to have the meal delivered.

While waiting for her meal, she turned and went into the dance studio and began to clean up the "battlefield" between the two of them last night.

Chen Fei sat in the living room, watching the news coming from the Venice International Film Festival.

Just last night, the 72nd Venice International Film Festival officially came to an end, and the media has already summarized some key information.

"Congratulations to Venezuelan director Lorenzo Vegas for winning the Golden Lion for Best Film for 'Come From Away'... Italian actress Valeria Golino won the Best Actress Award for 'For Your Sake', becoming the fourth actress in the history of the Venice International Film Festival to win the Best Actress award twice."

"It is very regrettable that no domestic films won any awards at this year's Venice International Film Festival."

"The film Old Cannon, directed by Guan Hu and starring old-school hunks like Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Hanyu and young stars like Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan, will be shown at the Venice International Film Festival as the closing film."

"On the closing red carpet, Feng Xiaogang, Wang Zhonglei, Guan Hu, Li Yifeng, Wu Yifan, Xu Qing, Liu Hua, Liang Jing, Shang Yuxian and others all appeared, opening the red carpet; Xu Qing's long dress dragged on the ground, showing off her beautiful legs; Liang Jing's white suit was neutral and handsome; Shang Yuxian's burgundy tube-top dress was fresh and moving..."

"After the awards ceremony, Hou Xiaoxian, one of the judges of the main competition unit, said in an interview with domestic media: The mainland film market no longer has the soil for the development of art films, and fast-food commercial films will become the norm, which is really regrettable..."

In the living room of the villa, Chen Fei's laughter suddenly rang out:
"Haha, you don't admit that your own movie is not good, but you insist on saying that the audience can't understand it. There is no soil for the development of art films in the mainland market. You are just spouting shit!"

You know, after several years of hard work, the "New Art Film Revival" plan organized by Chen Fei, Jia Zhangke and Pan Asia Cinemas is proceeding in an orderly manner.

It is no exaggeration to say that every year at least 10 high-quality art films are released to Pan Asia Cinemas with the help of this plan and successfully make a profit.

It should be noted that these movies were all unknown before they were released.

However, even these art films that have not been widely promoted can ultimately make a profit and achieve box office revenue of no less than 5000 million.

But why didn’t “The Assassin” work?
If only one person says he is not good, then it is very likely that the fan's vision is problematic.

But the key point now is that almost 10 out of 8 people who have watched this movie said that the movie was too messy, too bad, and too obscure. It was almost like watching a slide show...

Movie fans’ eyes are not stupid, and the box office data is the best proof.

But Hou Xiaoxian himself could not accept failure. He spread the word that others could not understand his movie and even gave himself the nickname "Movie Master".

I have to say, this "master" is really thick-skinned!

……

Because the domestic films did not win any awards, neither people in the industry nor netizens paid much attention to the news from the Venice International Film Festival.

In comparison, people still prefer to eat "big melons"!
"According to industry insiders, after his contract expired, Wang Baoqiang did not choose to continue to sign with Feiyinghuang Agency, but resolutely chose to leave in an attempt to seek a better development path."

"It is reported that one of the regular guests of Running Man will choose to leave and will no longer participate in the recording of the third season... The specific list of people is not yet known."

"Breaking news: Wang Baoqiang and his former agency had an irreconcilable conflict over film remuneration, and the two parties have since parted ways and are now strangers."

……

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