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

Chapter 852: Actors become assembly line tools?

Chapter 852: Actors become assembly line tools?
As soon as we entered December, Weibo and major entertainment information platforms suddenly became lively.

What was unexpected for the mainland film industry was that this year's Lunar New Year box office was actually kicked off by an animated film called "SpongeBob SquarePants" invested by Paramount Pictures.

Of course, this is just an animated film after all, and no one takes it seriously, because the audience groups of animated films and live-action films are almost different.

However, "Fall in Love," which followed "SpongeBob SquarePants," is different.

Yang Mi + Li Yifeng + Chen Shu... this lineup is quite powerful and movie fans have high expectations for it.

When the premiere was held, Yang Mi even shouted the slogan that the box office would break "5 million" on the spot, and also received strong support from Li Yifeng and his fans.

Therefore, this movie unsurprisingly became a favorable competitor in the Lunar New Year box office.

When Chen Fei was paying attention to entertainment news in his spare time, he discovered that there were actually quite a lot of "familiar faces" in this Lunar New Year period.

Number 3 is "Fall in Love Like a Star", and number 4 is "The Unbelievable" starring Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Shenyang and Dong Chengpeng.

When these three “weirdos” in the comedy world come together, I wonder how much box office appeal they can have?
At the same time, just as the Lunar New Year box office kicked off, the Spring Festival box office that followed also rumbled out like a wild horse that had broken free from its fetters.

The first one to spark heated discussion was "Journey to the West: The Monkey King Defeats the White Bone Demon".

When one promotional video after another was released, it immediately caused a strong response on the Internet.

However, what the producers in Hong Kong never expected was that in such a mythological blockbuster that brought together countless big stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, the most eye-catching character was not Aaron Kwok who played "Sun Wukong", nor Feng Shaofeng who played "Tang Xuanzang", nor Shen Yang who played "Zhu Bajie".

What really sparked a crazy discussion among mainland audiences was Gong Li, who played the "White Bone Demon"!

When the related promotional videos and posters were exposed, countless fans were immediately attracted by Gong Li's White Bone Demon. Her "domineering" makeup made people doubt whether Sun Wukong could defeat her.

"Just based on Gong Li's makeup, I will definitely go to the cinema to watch this movie after it is released during the Spring Festival, even if it is terrible."

Inside the villa, Liu Yifei spoke with great confidence, and was even checking whether the Maoyan platform had sold pre-sale tickets in advance.

Chen Fei knew that Miss Liu’s idol was Gong Li, so he didn’t say anything to disparage her.

If you watch this movie just for Gong Li, then it is worth watching. But if you mix the plot into it, I am afraid that what you will get is just a bad movie.

"Huh? Mountains May Depart has been removed from theaters?"

While browsing the news interface, an inconspicuous report suddenly caught Chen Fei's sight.

"The art film "Mountains May Depart", directed by Jia Zhangke and starring Zhang Yi, Liang Jingdong, Dong Zijian and others, grossed a total of 8635 million yuan at the box office and has been forcibly removed from the shelves by the cinema chain..."

If nothing unexpected happens, just like his previous "Still Life", Jia Zhangke will probably be isolated from any blockbuster movies in theaters in his life.

Fortunately, he can also sell movie copyrights. Otherwise, if he only relies on box office, he would lose all his cars and houses and still not be able to fill these huge holes.

……

The next morning, as soon as he arrived at the company, Fade Chen ran into Natasha who came to see him.

The other party held a report in his hand and started reporting as soon as they met:

"'Geostorm' exited the Chinese cinema chain with a box office of 1.5 million US dollars. Its current North American box office performance is 2.1 million US dollars, and its global total box office is 5.34 million US dollars. We have achieved very good profits on the premise of recovering our costs..."

"Yeah, very good." Chen Fei nodded, and suddenly remembered another movie in the same period, and then asked curiously: "Which one is "007: Spectre"? How is its performance?"

Natasha flipped through the report in her hand and reported: "The global box office performance of Spectre is expected to exceed that of Geostorm, with a specific performance of 007 million US dollars."

Hearing this, Fade Chen immediately made a judgment.

It has to be a sequel to a big IP! Even if the quality is not very good, the money earned from those die-hard fans is enough to make a living.

Just as he was sighing, Natasha took out another invitation letter and handed it to him: “This is an invitation letter from Annapurna Pictures.

Megan Ehle hopes you can attend the premiere of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword hosted by Annapurna Pictures on the 20th of this month."

"Oh?" Chen Fei's eyes lit up: "Are you showing off your muscles now?"

Natasha smiled and said, "She seems to want to become famous with this movie, so she invested a lot of publicity resources, even more than Star Wars: The Force Awakens."

"Haha." Chen Fei laughed out loud. "Then I hope she can get what she wants. Please reply to her and tell her that I will definitely attend the premiere in person."

"Ok."

Natasha responded and turned around and left the editing area.

She had to negotiate with Lucasfilm and prepare for the premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in advance.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes, being kind to your enemy is being cruel to yourself.

Since Megan Ely wants to challenge so much, let her try it and see if she can withstand the terrifying power of "Star Wars"!
……

The first day of December passed quietly. On the way home, Chen Fei opened Weibo as usual.

Looking around, you can see that there is a heated debate going on online right now!

This is mainly because the two movies "Ip Man 4" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny" announced their release dates on the same day.

Both parties issued the announcement almost at 9 o'clock, and the release date was also on the same day, February 2th during the Spring Festival.

As soon as the two announcements were issued, the leading actors of the two films immediately became hot searches.

The "Zhao Zhen dispute" between Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhen Zixuan was already very lively, and many netizens still mention it today.

But now, by chance, the two of them bumped into each other again.

There is a huge uproar on the Internet right now.

Mainland netizens, fans, and moviegoers are all supporting Zhao Wenzhuo and "Ip Man 4", while Hong Kong media and most Hong Kong netizens are on the side of Zhen Zixuan.

There is already a lot of hatred between the two, and now they have collided again. It would be strange if fans of both sides would admit defeat.

Look, people are already betting against each other online.

Someone suggested that if one of the companies lost at the box office, they should publicly apologize online and admit that they were not as good as the other one...

The conflict between the two sides is intensifying, and it seems that a new "Zhao Zhen dispute" is about to be triggered!

"I will never admit defeat this time. I want to prove myself to the outside world. I, Zhen Zixuan, will not lose to anyone in the field of action star. Zhao Wenzhuo is just a fence-sitter who fawns on the powerful. What's so great about him?"

Zhen Zixuan felt very unhappy when looking at the controversy on the Internet.

Ever since he completely withdrew from the "Ip Man" series, his life has become increasingly unlucky in recent years, as if he had been infected with bad luck.

It would have been fine if he had retreated from a first-tier actor to a second-tier one, but he couldn't even get any endorsements, making his life very difficult in recent years.

Now, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is finally available in theaters.

He believed that with this opportunity, he would be able to fight his way back to the front line and let the outside world see how big the gap was between him and Zhao Wenzhuo!

However, at this time, his agent who was listening to his complaints hurriedly warned him: "I know you are very unconvinced, but you must remember that you must not make any response online now.

You also know that Zhao Wenzhuo's fame, fans, and value have been rising in recent years, but you have remained stagnant. You are no longer as good as him. Once you speak out online, you will only be ridiculed more..."

Zhen Zixuan was very dissatisfied with his agent's behavior of "enhancing others' prestige and destroying his own ambition".

But no matter how dissatisfied he is, the fact is that he really has no status in the mainland film circle.

If he fights Zhao Wenzhuo head-on, he will be the only one who loses.

"Please arrange more promotional work for me. This movie is my last chance and I absolutely cannot miss it!"

"it is good."

The agent nodded heavily, but his eyes were full of worry.

The "Ip Man" film series has now reached its fourth and final film.

If the performance of the previous three films was not very impressive, then there would be nothing to worry about. But the key point now is that the performance of the previous three films is better than the previous one, which will lead to the "emotional" effect of movie fans being pulled to the extreme!

Under such circumstances, the box office performance of "Ip Man 4" is likely to be pushed to an extremely high level by fans.

Although "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" also has a "sentimental" effect, compared with "Ip Man 4", it is simply "a mantis trying to stop a chariot" and overestimating its own capabilities!
As he turned to walk out, the agent sighed helplessly: "I hope it can be successful. Otherwise, if it fails, I'm afraid it will be impossible to get any film and television resources in Hong Kong, let alone the mainland."

……

On the 4th, the first day box office figures of the love and drama film "Fall in Love Like a Star" starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng were released.

The result of 2596 million is quite impressive, but unfortunately the reviews are much worse than the previous film "I Am Witness".

On the 5th, the first day box office figures of the comedy film "The Incredibles" starring Wang Baoqiang, Dong Chengpeng and Xiao Shen Yang were released.

When the number "1636 million" appeared, it meant that the movie was probably doomed.

Wang Baoqiang, who has returned to New York from the mainland to continue filming "Detective Chinatown 2", called Chen Fei and revealed a lot of inside information:
"The investors of this film, Unbelievable, are China Film Group and Huace Film Group. At that time, it was Mr. La who called me personally and hoped that I could play the leading role, co-starring with Xiao Shenyang and Du Wenze.

After the filming started in September 13, the movie has been filming on and off until May 9, when his scenes were completely deleted by the production team due to the "Du Wen Ze incident".

Later, Dong Chengpeng suddenly became popular, and the producers pulled him into the crew to reshoot all the scenes for the role played by Du Wen Ze.

When filming, he couldn't see the other actors acting opposite him, so he could only perform to the air or clothes racks... In the end, it turned out like this, and the film had a strong sense of disconnection in the post-production!"

"Well, I see."

Chen Fei nodded, quite "admiring" La Peikang's brilliant move.

The Du Wen Ze incident happened in May 14. When it was decided to delete his scenes, they could have called in Wang Baoqiang and Xiao Shen Yang to reshoot them.

But now, they hurriedly called Dong Chengpeng, asked him to act in front of the green screen, and then "stitched" it together.

Isn't this a joke?

"How come things are getting more and more confusing? In this situation, let alone making money, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even get back the money!"

Pursing his lips, Fade Chen simply ignored the movie. It had nothing to do with him anyway.

Wang Baoqiang is just unlucky. A bad movie suddenly appeared in his resume, which might even affect "Detective Chinatown 2"!

The time came to the 6th, and as expected, the box office of "The Incredibles" hit a new low, which almost foreshadowed the occurrence of a box office disaster in advance.

Fortunately, netizens' focus is not on this movie.

Looking around, the headlines on Weibo are all about Feng Xiaogang's participation in the "Old Cannon" theme concert hosted by Huayi and his passionate singing.

On the stage, the newly crowned Golden Horse Film Emperor Feng Xiaogang, holding the golden trophy, sang several old love songs in a row, which drew applause from the audience.

Chen Fei just wanted to laugh when he saw this. This Feng Dapao is getting more and more frivolous as he gets older. No wonder he is still involved in so many scandals even though he is almost 60 years old.

At this moment, the phone suddenly rang, interrupting his idea of ​​eating melon.

He casually pressed the connect button, and heard Su Guohai's voice on the other end: "Director Chen, In the Name of People is going to hold a launch ceremony tomorrow morning. Director Kang wants me to ask you, is there anything I need to pay attention to in this TV series?"

"In the Name of People?" Chen Fei thought for a moment and replied, "There is nothing to pay attention to during the filming process, but after the film is edited, it must be shown to several investors as soon as possible. After obtaining the consent of all investors, it can be submitted for review."

"Okay, I got it. I'll tell Director Kang."

Although "In the Name of People" is just a TV series, Chen Fei believes that the response after its release will probably not be worse than those box office hits.

Therefore, he must treat it with caution.

Su Guohai did not hang up the phone in a hurry, but mentioned another thing:

"Director Zhou Xingchi is planning to hold the first media fan meeting for "The Mermaid" on the 15th of this month, and has specially sent an invitation letter to the company. Please take a look..."

"I definitely won't be able to go back before the 15th, so please go there for me."

As he spoke, Fade Chen curiously asked, "How is the early promotion of the movie going?"

"Very good!" Speaking of this topic, Su Guohai said with emotion: "The slogan you proposed, 'We all owe Stephen Chow a movie ticket', has played a huge role. Now it can be said that it is known to the entire network.

According to statistics from China Film, the pre-sale box office of "The Mermaid" has exceeded 1.5 million.

If nothing unexpected happens, by the time the movie is officially released, the pre-sale box office data is likely to exceed the 2 million mark, creating a record second only to Operation Mekong..."

Listening to Su Guohai's words, Chen Fei's expression was a little complicated.

You know, the higher the pre-sale box office of a movie, the more Zhou Xingchi's box office appeal will be consumed.

Although the "Sentiment" move is very useful, the number of times it can be used is limited and it can only be used once.

If you use it too much, not only will it fail to produce good results, but it is likely to cause a complete collapse of reputation!

"The Mermaid" will surely be a success if nothing unexpected happens, but Zhou Xingchi will also consume all the "feelings" he has accumulated before.

This is his last dance after years of accumulating and burning his potential, but in the future... I'm afraid he will have to start all over again.

……

As expected, the comedy film "The Incredibles" starring Wang Baoqiang, Dong Chengpeng and Xiao Shenyang was eventually scrapped.

On the 10th, when the action and martial arts movie "Master" starring Liao Fan, Song Jia and Jiang Wenli was released, the daily new box office of "The Incredibles" directly dropped to 125 million.

After one week of release, the box office grossed only a pitiful 5637 million, which is really too miserable!
On the other hand, the movie "Fall in Love Like a Star" starring Yang Mi and Li Yifeng has already exceeded the 7 million mark in the first 1 days of its box office, successfully breaking even and making a profit.

However, the heroine Yang Mi has recently attracted a lot of "controversy".

Perhaps because of the pressure of the bet, during the filming of Eternal Love, she not only took time out to promote the TV series Love in the Stars, but also took on another TV series called Dear Translator.

In addition, she has not missed any of the endorsement press releases, variety shows, brand events, etc.

If you want to complete all of these in the same time period, overlapping roles is inevitable.

Many people in the industry are curious about this now. With all the crazy things she does, can she really make all these TV dramas good?

Although compared to movies, TV dramas do not require particularly good acting skills, but if you are unable to concentrate, it will definitely have some impact.

Isn't she worried that her acting skills will deteriorate?

At this time, at Alibaba, inside the crew of "Eternal Love".

Taking advantage of the break in the filming, Yang Mi completed a media interview required by the brand.

The moment the camera was turned off, her entire spirit collapsed instantly, and a deep fatigue surged into her heart, almost drowning her.

But at this time, Zeng Jia encouraged her: "Mi Mi, you have to stand up and don't fall down. There is another scene to shoot later, and there is a brand cocktail party waiting for you to attend in the evening..."

"I'll just sleep for ten minutes, just ten minutes..."

At this moment, Yang Mi inexplicably felt like she was screwing screws in a factory and was exhausted.

This kind of 24-hour full-throttle assembly line work made her very tired, but she couldn't fall down, after all, she was still burdened with a 3.1 million gambling agreement.

Therefore, she could only take a nap when she was busy.

The moment her eyelids closed, she vaguely heard Zeng Jia's slightly irritated reminder: "10 minutes is too long, you only have 5 minutes to rest, I will call you in 5 minutes."

"Have I really become a tool?"

With deep doubts in her heart, Yang Mi completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep in just one second.

……

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