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

Chapter 839 Just go ahead and shoot, I guarantee you’ll have a green light all the way!
After working hard for several hours, I looked up and found that it was already dark outside.

After checking the time, Fade Chen put the script into the safe, then walked out of the office door, muttering:

"It's time to get off work and go home to eat, then hug the fragrant Liu Yifei to go to bed. Hehe, this feeling, I wouldn't trade it for anything even a god would give me!"

On the way back to the villa, he opened Weibo and was surprised to find that the box office of "Operation Mekong" had exceeded 10 billion!

“4天12亿吗？国庆黄金周总共7天，再加上后面延期密钥30天，总共就是60天上映期，破30亿票房应该不成问题……”

However, while he was muttering the box office data, a piece of film and television entertainment news from Hong Kong suddenly caught his attention.

"This afternoon, more than 40 Hong Kong actors jointly posted on Weibo to promote the movie "Saving Mr. Wu", and we implore all fans and audiences to pay more attention to this movie..."

Looking around, we can see that a number of Hong Kong actors including Chen Long, Liang Jiahui, Liu Qingyun, Zhang Jiahui, Peng Yuyan, Nicholas Tse, etc. have all forwarded the promotional draft of "Saving Mr. Wu".

I have to say that when it comes to "banding together for warmth", the actors in Hong Kong are quite united, at least the atmosphere is much better than in the mainland.

But unfortunately, their actions are doomed to be futile.

No matter how good the reputation and reviews of "Saving Mr. Wu" are, it will never be better than "Operation Mekong".

This is the mainland, and the latter is a mainland movie, and it is also the only two main-theme commercial blockbusters. The investment lineup and cast lineup are not comparable to the former.

In fact, most people have not noticed, or are unwilling to admit that since the past two years, the various preferential treatments given to Hong Kong films by the mainland film industry have gradually disappeared.

This can be seen from the conclusion of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Ten years ago, everyone was proud to be able to participate in the Academy Awards, and every time they went, they wanted to brag about how great they were.

But in recent years, even the mainland media rarely reports the results of the Hong Kong Film Awards.

From this we can see that the end of the Hong Kong film industry has already begun, and its decline is inevitable.

Looking around, at this time, most of the Hong Kong films that can barely survive are co-produced and invested with mainland China, and there are almost no self-owned ones.

On the other hand, those conservatives would have been completely defeated by now and didn't even have the strength to jump.

……

The next morning, the film market saw another round of changes.

"Operation Mekong" earned another 2.5 million yuan in new box office revenue, and the total box office soared directly to 15.08 billion yuan.

On the other hand, despite the enthusiastic promotion of the movie "Saving Mr. Wu", the daily box office revenue still fell like a slide, to just over 1000 million.

This also caused other domestic films of the same period to wail.

Can't survive!
There's no way you can survive!

Many people in the industry with "bad intentions" are even fantasizing that if "Ant-Man" and "Geostorm", which are scheduled to be released in mid-October and late October, could be released ahead of schedule, it would be a good idea to dampen the enthusiasm of "Operation Mekong"!
It’s a pity that they just thought about it and didn’t even dare to mention it.

Until now, everyone is still shocked and terrified by the premiere of "Operation Mekong". He is the second-in-command of the national public security system!
Such a great leader came to support the film, which means that the film has been given the green light all the way. Who dares to stop it? Who has the ability to stop it?

I believe that anyone who has been to school for a few years will have a certain understanding of the idiom "茫臂打车".

You know, this idiom is followed by “overestimating one’s own abilities”!
……

Early in the morning, as soon as Chen Fei got up, he received a call from Han Sanping.

"I'm going to the bureau to deliver a script today, do you want to come with me?"

"You should go by yourself. There's no fun there, and you might run into those old guys if you go there. I'm not interested in seeing them give me a cold shoulder."

"Haha, OK, I'll go by myself then." Han Sanping assured him, "Don't worry, you won't see those old guys next year. They will all be forced to retire before the end of the year."

This is good news, but it's not particularly good.

The retirement of the elderly does not mean the loss of influence, because there are still young people under the old ones.

Moreover, although this group of old guys have been removed from the review process, their shadows will definitely still appear behind awards such as the Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao in the mainland.

How could a wildfire burn all the weeds? As long as they are not dead, they will definitely not stop growing when the spring breeze blows next year.

Chen Fei has become indifferent now.

As long as those old guys don't deliberately cause trouble, he will definitely not bother.

You walk your sunny path, and I walk mine. Let's see who gets into the coffin first. The main thing is, it all depends on fate!
……

Han Sanping drove all the way to the Film Bureau and entered the gate smoothly.

Although he has not started working yet, he has already completed all the onboarding procedures. He will be able to start working smoothly as soon as Lu Chuan's father leaves next year.

He arrived at the door of Tong Gang's office with ease. Just as he was about to knock on the door, he saw a figure appear in the corridor not far away.

"Brother Chen Kai? What is he doing here?"

He muttered something quietly, but without stopping what he was doing, he knocked on the office door.

"Enter!"

Following a reply, he turned the doorknob and walked into the office.

"Huh? Sanping? Why are you here?" Tong Gang, who was sitting behind the desk, was slightly stunned when he saw the person coming.

"There's a script I want you to see." Han Sanping said as he looked at the other people in the office.

Looking around, all of these people were wearing naval uniforms. One of them was the deputy director of the Television Art Center of the Navy Political Department, and he was an old acquaintance of his.

The other party laughed and teased, "Sanping! Although you have retired, your ability has not faded. The movie "The Hundred Regiments Offensive" was really great!"

"Haha, isn't this just picking up the old trick?"

While replying, Han Sanping handed the script in her hand to Tong Gang and explained: "This is a film project that we promised to organize before, created to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the army."

"How fast?"

Tong Gang still knew some of the inside story. After all, he was watching when Han Sanping signed the "military order" in front of the leader.

"Hey, I got some help."

Upon hearing this, Tong Gang immediately understood: "You are so lucky. All the scripts written by that guy are bad."

The two people's behavior of singing the same tune immediately aroused the curiosity of the deputy director nearby.

"What are you two talking about? Just speak up. I'm not an outsider."

Tong Gang laughed when he heard this and was about to speak when there was another knock on the office door.

Under the gaze of everyone, Brother Chen Kai walked in.

"Director Tong, Director Lin..."

After greeting everyone one by one, Brother Chen Kai immediately set his sights on Tong Gang: "Director Tong, Chen Hong said you called me to come over?"

"Yeah, that's right." Tong Gang nodded gently, and pointed to the deputy director in the navy uniform: "Actually, it wasn't me who called you, it was mainly because Director Lin wanted to talk to you."

Brother Chen Kai turned around curiously and looked at Director Lin.

"It's not a big deal actually." Director Lin smiled and explained, "It's not that the Navy has not had any high-quality film and television works in recent years.

The leaders above hoped that we could also produce a main-theme movie to contribute to the propaganda work of the People’s Navy.

It just so happened that I thought of you when I was chatting with Director Tong, so I simply invited you over to see if you have any good ideas or suggestions?"

Hearing this, Brother Chen Kai was stunned and felt the pressure doubled!

He has been studying "Monk Kūkai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty" recently, and it was only last night when he was playing with the cat with his wife that he decided to change the name of the movie to "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

If it weren't for today's phone call, he would have been standing on the script review side by now.

As an "old director" in the circle, Brother Chen Kai actually also yearns for "main melody movies".

Especially the "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" directed by Chen Fei and the recently released "Operation Mekong", he has watched them alone no less than three times.

He really wanted to learn the shooting mode of this "main theme commercial film", but unfortunately, this thing is not something you can learn just by wanting to learn it.

How easy is it to express the central idea of ​​the main theme while adding commercial film elements?
Anyway, he has no confidence in making any mainstream movies right now, and he doesn't have the time, because he is now determined to use "Legend of the Demon Cat" to revive his glory in the field of commercial films and prove that he is not bad... So, after listening to Director Lin's words, he only had one idea in his mind.

"I have to find a way to turn it down. I don't have the energy to study mainstream movies right now."

Thinking of this, his eyes rolled around.

Just at this moment, Han Sanping's figure appeared in his sight, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Regarding the main theme movie about the navy... I have no idea at the moment. Didn't Sanping just make a main theme movie called "The Hundred Regiments Offensive"? How about asking him what he thinks?"

When Han Sanping heard the topic was brought up, she was startled and started to curse in her heart:

"You big-headed Chen! Why are you mentioning me? Are you sick?"

You know, he had just agreed to shoot "The Founding of an Army", so how could he have the time to distract himself with other projects?

For a moment, his eyes also started rolling around.

Within a few seconds, an idea suddenly appeared in my mind!
"Director Lin, I have a very suitable candidate."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the office looked over.

Tong Gang smiled, as if he had already guessed who it was.

The next second, Han Sanping said, "You can look for Chen Fei. He was the one who coined the term 'main melody commercial film'.

The previous "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" and the recently released "Operation Mekong" are both the best representative works, with both good box office and good reputation.

And to be honest, when I went to his company yesterday, he was writing a script about the Navy's evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen in the first half of the year, which just happens to meet your requirements."

Upon hearing this, Director Lin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Evacuating Chinese citizens from Yemen? Great! This is a great subject! Isn't this a classic battle that demonstrates the strength of our navy? It's perfect for being made into a movie."

Having said that, he quickly turned around and looked at Tong Gang.

Before he could speak, Tong Gang said with a smile: "Then you guys sit for a while, I'll contact him and ask him to come over immediately."

"Okay, thank you for troubling Director Tong."

……

To be honest, when Chen Fei received the call from Tong Gang, he was almost scared to death!

The main thing is that the first thing they said was: "Bring your script about the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Yemen to the General Administration. I'll be waiting for you in the office."

At that time, Chen Fei almost thought that the fact that he was a "time traveler" had been exposed, and he immediately prepared to run away.

After all, he has never revealed the content of his new script to the outside world.

If Han Sanping's voice had not come out on the phone right after, he would have already activated the backup plan he had prepared in advance and prepared to go to Kerguelen Island to hide.

"Damn it, I was so scared, I almost thought I was going to be sliced ​​into pieces."

After wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and packing up the script, Fade Chen called the driver and headed straight to the General Administration.

Brother Chen Kai did not stay with Tong Gang for too long. He just said hello and left.

After all, he is an "outsider". If Chen Fei brings the script here, it would not be appropriate for him to stay here.

After going downstairs and getting into the car, he saw a Maybach driving towards him at lightning speed.

The license plate number looked familiar, and the person who got out of the car looked even more familiar. It was none other than Fade Chen!
At this moment, Chen Kai couldn't help but grumble in his heart: "How can this kid be so lucky? The movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" made the Bayi team treat him as a treasure; "Operation Mekong" also got him a connection with the Golden Shield.

Now, the navy has come knocking on our door, if nothing goes wrong we should be able to get in touch again, this is such bad luck... isn't it?"

……

"Ahei! Ahei! Ahei!"

After sneezing three times in a row, Chen Fei just arrived at the door of Tong Gang's office.

"Who is scolding me?"

Muttering something quietly, he knocked on the door.

With a "come in", he pushed open the office door and walked in, then saw Han Sanping, Tong Gang, and a group of people from the Naval Political Department's Art Department in the room.

At this moment, he immediately guessed some of the situations.

If things go as expected, it should be the Navy who came to find Tong Gang, and then happened to meet Han Sanping.

In the end, it must have been the Third Master who let the secret slip, otherwise he would not have been called over.

"Child Director..."

After greeting everyone one by one, Fade Chen handed over the script without hesitation.

Tong Gang took it but did not open it. Instead, he handed it to the people from the Navy.

Director Lin took the script and took a look at the four big characters on the cover. He immediately laughed out loud: "Operation Red Sea? Haha, good, this name is good."

Several people couldn't wait to open the script and read it.

Chen Fei did not bother them, but whispered to Han Sanping and Tong Gang about some points to note in the script of "The Founding of an Army".

Half an hour later, the script of "The Founding of an Army" had been almost checked.

"Just leave the script here. I'll ask the review department to review it quickly later..."

Before Tong Gang could finish his words, he was interrupted by someone from the Navy: "And this, let's review Operation Red Sea as well. The script is so well written, it's not inferior to Operation Mekong at all!"

Chen Fei smiled modestly: "You are too kind."

"Hey! I'm not flattering you. You are currently the top commercial and literary director in China. You are also well-known internationally. You are also a pioneer of 'main melody commercial films'. I praise you for being realistic and not embellishing at all."

After hearing this, Fade Chen opened his mouth several times, but for a moment he didn't know how to respond.

The latter sentence is even more praiseful than the former!
Helplessly, he had to change the subject: "Wait a minute, there are still some small details in the script that have not been perfected. Let me make some adjustments before submitting it for review."

"Okay, you're the director, you decide." Director Lin stepped forward and held Fade Chen's hand tightly, "We in the Navy Art Department also have difficulties. Good scripts are too hard to find.

But you are recognized as a 'genius screenwriter' and 'genius director' in the film and television industry. You are much better than us. If you can take charge of this project, there will be no problem.

So, I'll leave this project to you. I'll leave you my contact information later. If you need any help or have any difficulties, please contact me directly! Warships, officers and soldiers, you can use them as you like...

I can't guarantee you anything else, but I can guarantee you the script and the filming. Just go ahead and shoot. I guarantee you'll get the green light all the way, and no one will dare to stop you!"

The latter sentence sounded so overbearing, but Chen Fei was completely convinced.

The Naval Political Department's Art Department... This is at the same level as the Golden Shield, and even more special.

Chen Fei originally planned to write the script before paying the visit, but he did not expect that by chance, he would have such a "scene" today where they met too late.

He is not a fool, how could he refuse such generous conditions?

"Director Lin, don't worry. I can assure you that the quality of Operation Red Sea will not be inferior to Operation Mekong. I will personally take charge of the filming and will definitely be able to shoot an excellent promotional film for our navy to promote the prestige of our navy!"

"Haha, okay, then it's up to you."

……

Half an hour later, Chen Fei, Han Sanping and Tong Gang escorted these people from the Navy Political Department out of the Film Bureau.

Many people in the office building saw this scene and started talking about it.

"Huh? What's going on? Why is Fade Chen here at the headquarters?"

"I can't quite see clearly. Is that a script in his hand?"

"The people who got on the bus just now are from the Navy Art Department, right? Could there be a new movie..."

……

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