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

Why was Chapter 871 banned? Did it violate the law of heaven?

On the first day of the new year, go shopping and have fun.

On the second day of the Chinese New Year, I went to visit leaders and partners.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, continue to stroll and play...

In the blink of an eye, it is already the fourth day of the first lunar month.

Because they were leaving for Morocco tomorrow, Chen Fei did not continue to accompany Liu Yifei and Shu Chang to play on the fourth day of the New Year, but came to the company?
As soon as I arrived at the office and turned on the computer, I saw a lot of information and news related to film, television and entertainment popping up on the Internet.

The most eye-catching one is "The Mermaid".

After only three days of release, the movie’s box office soared to 7.63 million yuan. This wave of emotional publicity and promotion really played a huge role!

However, while everyone in the industry was paying attention to the box office performance of this movie, netizens' attention was focused on the previous conflict between Huayi and Zhou Xingchi.

"I want to know now, does Huayi regret it? Because of a movie called Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and an 8000 million yuan salary, they actually offended Master Xing to death. Now they are not even included in The Mermaid. Hahahahaha!"

"I can't even imagine how much the stock price would rise if Huayi produced this movie exclusively."

"One misstep can lead to eternal regret! So, sometimes people should take a long-term view and not miss good opportunities for the sake of petty gains!"

……

Looking at the various "sarcastic" comments under the official Weibo account, it would be a lie for Wang Zhonglei to say that he was not angry.

But now that things have come to this, there is no point in getting angry. It was all their fault for having made the mistake in the first place.

Wang Zhongjun forcibly turned his eyes away from the screen and asked in a deep voice, "Is the post-production of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2 going smoothly?"

"Yes, it went very smoothly." Wang Zhonglei responded, and then added: "Although we were not able to participate in the investment of "The Mermaid", we can take over this wave of traffic.

I have already inquired about it, and the quality of the movie "The Mermaid" is actually just so-so, and the reason why the box office is so high is mainly because it consumed the sentiments of Stephen Chow's fans.

Therefore, when Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back is ready for release, we can also use the promotional strategy of The Mermaid, which will surely be a great success!"

Wang Zhongjun didn't know much about this aspect, so he didn't continue the in-depth communication.

He simply nodded, and then solemnly warned: "The promotion of this film must be done well, and there must be no mistakes. We can't afford to lose now."

"Okay, brother, don't worry, I know the interests involved."

"Well, I'll leave the company's affairs to you. I have appointments with artists from Toyo Haohan and Toyo Mira. I have to meet with them and have a good chat."

Hearing this, Wang Zhonglei was slightly stunned, and subconsciously asked: "Is it for the stock market?"

"That's right." Wang Zhongjun did not intend to hide anything, but said frankly: "The company's stock price has been falling. I have to think of a way to minimize the decline. At least I have to hold on until we achieve new results."

……

At the same time, when the two Wang brothers were planning how to save their own stock price, Chen Fei was watching the film review of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny".

At first, long before the film was released, he thought it would never be a success!
And now, facts have proved that this movie was indeed a flop.

After three days of release, the box office performance has been declining, and now it has fallen below 1000 million, with a total box office performance of only 5932 million, not even a fraction of "The Mermaid"...

Obviously, this movie couldn't be any worse.

If it was simply a box office failure, that would be fine, but the key issue is that the word of mouth for this movie is also a mess!
A full 17 viewers on Maoyan gave the film a rating of 5, so that the average score of the film did not even pass the passing line.

And looking at the film review section below, it is even more bleak.

"If the film title didn't have the words 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', maybe 'Sword of Destiny' would still be okay, but adding them is disgusting because the two are simply incomparable and will offend fans... Mr. Yuan Ba ​​has no ambition to surpass his predecessor, so why humiliate himself?"

"I went to the cinema because of 'sentiment', but the result made me regret it very much; 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' focused on exploring people's hearts, while 'Sword of Destiny' became a thorough action film, with fighting from beginning to end. This is the result of a martial arts director becoming a director!"

"If you want to watch an action movie, I still recommend you to watch Ip Man 4. At least the filming there is realistic, while here it's just like a game. The fierce-looking villain was killed in just a few moves..."

"The climax is so cheesy and cliche. Adding some crushed ice and rocks flying off the screen proves it's 3D? How ridiculous."

"Haha, this plot is really making me laugh to death. Wei Fang and Xue Ping are the son and adopted daughter of Yu Jiaolong in the original novel. But because Li An killed Yu Jiaolong in the previous work, the director decided to create a "Han Mei" to replace her and resurrect the super spare tire Meng Sizhao as the protagonist? It's really funny. This alone has doomed this movie to be a cliché and a melodramatic work."

"Does Zhen Zixuan not know how to act? Why are all the shots of him so awkward? What's going on?"

Compared to the various insults and criticisms that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: Sword of Destiny" encountered, "Ip Man 4" is much better.

The overall score of 9.3 directly reflects the fans' love for this movie.

After three days of release, the box office soared to 3.59 million, leaving "Sword of Destiny" far behind!

The situation is actually very clear now. You can see it without any special analysis. "Ip Man 4" will definitely win!
This also means that in this "Zhao Zhen dispute", Zhao Wenzhuo once again defeated Zhen Zixuan and easily "killed him off his horse".

At this time, in Hong Kong, in the residential area of ​​Kowloon.

"Zixuan, we..."

Zhen Zixuan's agent opened his mouth but couldn't say anything for a long time.

He knew very well that "The Sword of Blue Destiny" was Zhen Zixuan's last hope.

But now, the last hope has been completely shattered. Facing the powerful blow of "Ip Man 4", they were defeated miserably!
On the sofa, Zhen Zixuan stubbornly puffed out his chest and stood up straight, and asked in a deep voice, "Does it mean I can't get any roles now?"

The agent was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he responded, "I can still get the role, but it's impossible for me to play the leading role in a movie."

"Which TV show is the male lead?"

“No…no.” The agent gritted his teeth and simply told him everything: “After the failure of “Sword of Azure Destiny”, your current status is equivalent to that of an ordinary second-tier actor.

If I want to continue taking on roles, my only targets are the second male lead, third male lead, or even... the villain. "

"The second male lead? The third male lead? The villain?"

Zhen Zixuan murmured, his tone filled with disbelief.

He turned his head slowly, and after getting an affirmative nod from his agent, he suddenly seemed to wilt and collapse.

It would be absolutely false to say that I have no regrets!
But now that things have come to this, what’s the use of regretting?
As the saying goes, one wrong step, all wrong... Ever since he was fooled by the Xiang family and took sides, the trajectory of his life has been completely rewritten.

What he is experiencing now is purely his own fault.

……

China Film.

Although state-owned enterprises have the Spring Festival holiday, as the head of China Film, La Peikang is destined to not abandon all the company's affairs and go out and have fun.

So, after noticing that the box office performance of "Sword of Destiny" was getting worse and worse, he had to come to the company to seek a remedy.

However, after gathering a large group of people and discussing for a whole morning, no one still could come up with any good solution.

The film quality is not good, the plot is a mess, the actors' acting skills are poor, and there are wolves around...

In this situation, no one could think of how to remedy the situation, and they could only watch the box office results drop lower and lower until it was completely ruined.

"Boss La, in my opinion, we might as well transfer all the publicity and promotion resources of "Sword of the Azure Destiny" to "The Mermaid". This movie is hopeless anyway, so we might as well just focus on the one with higher profits and then make up for the losses here."

This proposal was recognized by many people in the meeting room.

Although La Peikang was unwilling, he had no choice. After all, he couldn't use the publicity and promotion resources of "The Mermaid" for "Sword of the Blue Destiny".

If he really did that, it would be putting the cart before the horse and doing something foolish.

After thinking for a moment, he could only nod and said, "Alright. Let's do it this way. Let's transfer all the publicity and promotion resources of "Sword of Azure Destiny" to "The Mermaid."

He didn't know why, but after issuing this order, he felt an inexplicable regret in his heart. If he had known that this movie would be so bad, he shouldn't have stood on the side of Edko Films for the sake of the uncertain political achievements, and even disappointed Chen Fei!
"No, we have to find a way to remedy this. We can't just let it go. Otherwise, China Film Group won't be able to benefit from Feiyue Films in the future, and my political achievements will definitely be affected...

But the key question now is, how to remedy the situation? Is there anything that China Film has that Feiyue Films doesn’t have? "

……

Chen Fei sat in the office for a while before he saw Su Guohai, who also came to the company to inspect the operation of various departments during the Spring Festival.

According to the notification, there is no such thing as a holiday in the film and television industry.

Moreover, the larger the company is, the busier it will be during holidays. Only small workshops and small companies will implement the practice of giving the entire company a holiday during holidays.

After pushing the door and entering the office, Su Guohai placed a newspaper on Chen Fei's desk.

"Mr. Chen, the list of this year's Berlin International Film Festival's main competition unit has been announced."

"Oh? So fast?"

Fade Chen raised his eyebrows curiously, then picked up the newspaper and started reading.

Looking around, among the shortlisted films, there is only one Chinese-language film from the mainland called "The Map of the Yangtze River" that has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Berlin International Film Festival.

He was quite familiar with this film, after all, it was a product of the "New Art Film Revival" plan.

The male and female protagonists of the film are the little prince of art films Qin Hao and Xin Zhilei. It is a magical realism love film.

In addition, a film from Hong Kong was also successfully shortlisted, "Trees Draw the Wind" produced by Johnnie To.

However, this film was shortlisted for the New Film International Forum unit, which is a non-competitive screening unit. It has no real value and can be completely ignored.

However, at this moment, Chen Fei suddenly remembered the suspenseful web drama "The Undocumented Crime" invested and produced by Feiyue Film and Television.

This web drama is also starred by Qin Hao!

"Proof of Innocence was finished before the New Year, right? Is the post-production done? When is the release date set?"

Hearing Chen Fei's question, Su Guohai responded without hesitation: "It will probably take about half a month for the post-production. As for the release time... This web drama is actually used to take over the schedule of "Go Go Squid!"

"Well, that's fine."

As he was talking, Fade Chen mentioned the two animated films that the animation department was currently promoting at the same time.

"By the way, how is the progress of White Snake: Origin and Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World?"

"Very slow." Su Guohai shrugged and said helplessly: "Animation rendering and character design are too complicated. The speed of launching the finished product is much slower than the shooting of a live-action movie."

Chen Fei was not too surprised by this answer.

"It doesn't matter if it's slow, but we must ensure that quality comes first, because we are benchmarking against Hollywood animated films. We must set a clear benchmark and not produce shoddy products..."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I will tell Li Yang and Yang Yu and the others."

You should know that the animation film department of Feiyue Film and Television has always performed well in the field of domestic animation films, and has also been following the "high-quality" route in recent years.

Moreover, the animation film department had already achieved profitability several years ago and was not short of money at all, so there was no need to pursue progress.

As long as we can ensure that the quality of every animated film is at the "top masterpiece" level, there will never be a loss!
Afterwards, Chen Fei learned about the shooting progress of several TV series including "Princess Agents", "Zhu Xian" and "In the Name of People".

In a blink of an eye, it was already evening.

He did not stay in the company until late. After dealing with some documents that needed to be signed, he went straight downstairs and returned to the courtyard.

Liu Yifei had already prepared his luggage for Morocco. When she saw him coming back, she kept telling him to eat well, drink well, and not stay up late...

"Ok, I know."

Chen Fei nodded seriously, indicating that he had heard all these words.

This time, Miss Liu was not planning to continue following him abroad.

Because there are less than 45 days left in the filming schedule of "Operation Red Sea", and during this period, Liu Yifei needs to complete the crew framework of "La La Land" and the auditions for other roles.

As long as Chen Fei comes back, the new movie can start shooting.

However, while the two were talking, Shu Chang on the side was rolling his eyes.

"Hey, can you two stop being so affectionate? It's just a month apart, isn't it? Is it necessary to do this? You make it seem like a life-and-death separation, so sweet..."

Fade Chen glanced at her and snorted, "You're a single dog, what do you know? This is called love!"

Shu Chang: “(_)…”

Seeing her best friend being humiliated, Liu Yifei couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

"Ah! Liu Yifei! You're forgetting your friends for the sake of beauty again, and you won't help me fight him!"

The two girls soon started to make a scene, while Fade Chen turned around and left the room with a smile, walking into the living room.

As soon as he took out his mobile phone, he saw that the crew of "I Am Not Madame Bovary" had released a set of makeup photos on Weibo.

I have to say that Fan Bingbing's image and temperament are not exaggerated. Even if she is dressed up as a rural woman, the flavor of "Fan Jinlian" is still evident.

……

The sun and the moon rotate, and when the sky brightens again, it is already the fifth day of the New Year.

Last night, Shu Chang "generously" returned Liu Yifei to Chen Fei, allowing him to finally release the emotions that had been pent up for 5 days.

Chen Fei got up early and went to the breakfast shop outside to buy millet porridge.

After getting it back, he drank it while browsing the latest entertainment news on the Internet.

The box office of "The Mermaid" is still soaring and is about to break through 1 billion.

Next up is "Ip Man 4", which has grossed 4.47 million yuan in box office revenue in just four days.

Next came "Kung Fu Panda 4" with 3.79 million yuan, and "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 3.17" with million yuan.

As for "Sword of Destiny", its daily new box office has fallen below 1000 million, making it the first big-budget movie to fail during the Spring Festival this year.

While paying attention to the box office data of these popular movies, Chen Fei also saw a very strange report.

"It is reported that the ancient costume time-travel TV series "Go Princess Go", which is controlled by LeTV Pictures and produced by Le Yang Film and Television Media Co., Ltd. and starred by Zhang Tianai, Sheng Yilun, Yu Menglong and others, was ordered to be removed from the shelves by the General Administration on the 24th of last month. The subsequent review did not pass and has been banned from the entire network!"

Looking at this news, Fade Chen was still a little confused.

How come such a good TV series was removed from the Internet? And it hasn’t even passed the review yet? !
"What's going on? Is this a violation of the law?"

Chen Fei muttered softly, subconsciously switched to the Baidu app, and typed the words "The Rise of Phoenixes" in the dialog box.

However, the next second, he was stunned!
"What the hell!? This plot? It's so damn bold!"

After falling into the water, a modern man named Zhang Peng travels back in time to the body of an ancient crown princess... The crown princess, with a man's heart and a woman's body, enters the palace with passion and is successfully promoted along the way...

Looking around, under the search terms for this TV series, there are discussions about homosexuality, flirting with girls, gossip, and various "modernized" lines.

Add to that the fact that the clothes are "cool", "revealing" and "very revealing"...it's no wonder that they were banned by the higher-ups.

Looking at those sexy stills and related episode clips, Fade Chen couldn't help but marvel: "It's worthy of being a work produced by Boss Jia. Just like him, it's bold enough!"

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