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

Chapter 893 Xiying is determined to go all in by selling everything he has!
On the morning of the 11th, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei returned to Hengdian again and joined the filming of "La La Land".

Although it has been 4 days since "The Mermaid" was taken off the screen, the popularity about Stephen Chow on the Internet has not diminished in the slightest.

Looking around, press releases about "The Mermaid 2" and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" are still coming out in an endless stream.

At the same time, other film and television works also began to emerge one after another, scrambling to grab traffic and publicity resources.

"The urban emotional drama "Midnight Diner", co-produced by Yingxing Tianxia and Dongyang Hualu, starring Huang Lei and adapted from the popular manga of the same name created by Japanese manga artist Abe Yaro, officially started filming today.

Director Cai Yuexun said that in the character setting of the canteen owner, he hoped that the owner would be a warm character, and he had discussed it with the original author Abe Yaro many times and finally got the author's consent.

When Huang Lei appeared, everyone in the crew thought that his temperament was a perfect match for the show "Midnight Diner"..."

While having lunch with the crew at noon, Chen Fei saw the news that the filming of "Midnight Diner" had started.

Looking at the Reuters photo of "Chef Huang" holding a soup spoon, he suddenly felt that the beans in his mouth were a bit bitter for some reason.

After thinking for a moment, he silently spat out the beans, picked up the white rice, and started eating it with another serving of shredded pork with fish flavor.

As for the braised green beans, because of Huang Lei, he just threw it away.

……

By the afternoon, the industry's attention was once again attracted by the several announcements released by Huayi, and the media swarmed in like locusts!

"Produced by Huayi Brothers and directed by Ye Ning, the fifth season of 'H Project' was officially announced today. Feng Xiaogang, Xu Ke, Chen Long, Guan Hu, Zhou Xingchi and 27 other directors and producers are all on the list."

"Huayi's 2016-2017 film list has just been released, and sequels will be the focus of promotion. Works such as "Mr. Six", "The Mermaid", "Detective Dee", and "Cell Phone" will return with a bang!"

"Good news: The reality-themed film "I Am Not Madame Bovary" co-produced by Huayi, Dongyang Mira, and Yaolai Pictures, directed by Feng Xiaogang, and starring Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, and Dong Chengpeng, will be officially released on November 11 and will be registered for international film festival selection..."

Three consecutive hot searches immediately helped Huayi attract a large wave of attention and attracted the envy of many peers in the industry.

However, the more high-profile they are, the angrier their old rivals become!
Wanda Pictures, inside the vice president’s office.

Looking at the release date news of I Am Not Madame Bovary, Liu Xiaobin murmured, "Haha, I finally got the release date news, Huayi? You guys kept me waiting for a long time!"

Before taking up the position of vice president of Wanda Pictures, Liu Xiaobin was called to Wang Jianlin's office and received a "permanent" instruction.

Although the instruction was brief, it clearly expressed Wang Jianlin's attitude:

"From now on, Wanda and Huayi will never cooperate! This is a fight to the death!"

After receiving this instruction, Liu Xiaobin has been faithfully carrying out this task.

Apart from the fact that Wanda and Huayi had reached an agreement on "The Monkey King 2" when Ye Ning was in office, there has been no business dealings between Wanda and Huayi since then.

If the only way to retaliate is to never cooperate again, it will definitely not be enough.

Therefore, Liu Xiaobin has been waiting for a suitable opportunity to avenge Wang Jianlin and Wanda Pictures!
And now, this opportunity has finally come.

The release date of "I Am Not Madame Bovary" has been set.

He had specifically inquired before and learned that Huayi attached great importance to this film and hoped that it would win awards and have high box office.

And his focus is precisely the "box office"!
He has already decided that after "I Am Not Madame Bovary" is released, Wanda Cinemas will definitely severely reduce the screening schedule until the box office of this movie is "ruined".

This was the inspiration he got from the previous competition between Pan Asia Cinemas and Emperor Entertainment Group.

In his view, a movie is like a commodity, and cinemas are the channels for selling this commodity.

Once the sales channels reduce the supply, the manufacturers of the products will definitely go crazy, because this "product" has a shelf life of only one month.

If they are not sold quickly, losses would be the least of their worries. In serious cases, the production company may even go bankrupt or even shut down!

And this is exactly what Wanda wants to see!
"Haha, with Wanda's number of cinemas and market share, once they start targeting I Am Not Madame Bovary, how long can Huayi last? I'm quite looking forward to it."

……

Time soon came to the 12th.

After getting up in the morning, on the way to the crew, Chen Fei suddenly saw an entertainment news report that made him very happy.

"The action and crime film My Secret Agent Grandpa, produced and distributed by Edko Films and directed by Hong Jingbao, has been forced to be withdrawn by major domestic cinemas today due to exhaustion of its box office potential;

The film was released for 11 days and the total box office revenue was 1.12 million RMB, of which only 113 million HKD was earned in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, the film company failed to make a profit..."

This piece of entertainment news actually did not cause much stir on the Internet, even though its male protagonist was Liu Dehua.

Especially on Weibo, it didn't even cause any ripples, or even trigger much discussion among netizens.

But looking at the entire film and television industry, there has been constant heated discussion and even an uproar over this news!

"So, this film produced by Edko Films was killed by Pan Asia Cinemas?"

"It's obvious! After the movie was released on the Pan-Asia Cinema Line, the screening rate didn't even exceed 1.0%, and the highest box office total was only 250 million. What the hell is this?"

"Tsk tsk, this method is really cruel and slapping! It's too fierce!"

"This is called a single punch to prevent a hundred blows. It really gives our mainland film industry a boost. If they have the guts, tell the Hong Kong film industry to show off their arrogance again!"

"Haha, not many people paid attention to the Hong Kong Film Awards at the beginning of the month. Hong Kong films have been almost ruined for a long time. If it weren't for Emperor Entertainment Group and Golden Harvest to support them, Hong Kong films would probably be completely finished."

"What is Emperor Entertainment Group? What is Golden Harvest? Aren't these all controlled by Director Chen? All the cinemas in Hong Kong are almost owned by Pan Asia Cinema Line. He is definitely in control!"

"I can almost imagine how Edko Films feels. It's nothing but despair!"

……

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a new day's shooting plan for "La La Land" officially started. At the same time, a high-level meeting was held at Xiying.

Although Chen Fei did not set a specific deadline for Xiying, in order to avoid any further complications, it was naturally better to finalize the investment as soon as possible.

If it's too late and someone else gets the upper hand, then you won't even have a place to cry.

"Come on, let's speak freely today and come up with a charter first... Of course, the first thing we need to decide is whether we will follow Feiyue Film and Television's project or not?"

When the director of the Xi'an Film Studio raised the question, the rest of the people in the conference room immediately started shouting at the same time.

"We have to follow. If we miss this opportunity, we may never have a chance to turn things around."

"That's right! I agree with Director Lin. We have to follow him even if it means selling everything we have. This is a life-saving straw!"

"Before I came back, I went to Feiyue Films to inquire about it. This project is not simple! The director is Guo Fan, who has directed Gravity and The Martian. He is definitely one of the top science fiction directors in the industry!"

"You may not know that the set has already started for this project. Director Jia told me privately that the Shanxi Province has specially approved a piece of land for this science fiction project and is preparing to build a film and television city."

"Feiyue Films is in charge, Guo Fan is directing, it's a domestic science fiction film project, and they're also going to build a film and television city... This is simply the biggest cake and the biggest resource in the industry!"

More than ten minutes later, by a show of hands, all the senior executives in the conference room voted unanimously in favor of the proposal to invest in this project.

The old factory manager looked around and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone agrees to invest in this project, let's discuss how much money to invest."

As soon as he finished speaking, the director of the production department said, "I think we should take at least 10%!"

"10%?" Someone stood up in astonishment: "That's 6000 million. Even if we sell Xiying, we don't have that much liquidity!"

"I think 5% is enough. We can still get 3000 million if we squeeze together."

"5% is too little. Where can I find such a good project if I miss it?"

"That's right. I also think we should get at least 10%. At worst, we can just sell everything we have. If the box office of the movie can reach more than 30 billion, Xiying will recover immediately."

“Isn’t the risk too high? Who can guarantee that this movie will be a hit?”

"The brave will die of overeating, while the timid will die of starvation!" "That's right. Ning Ying even mortgaged all the company's assets for the movie "Asura". Why can't we give it a try?"

Everyone was talking at once, and for a moment no one could convince anyone else.

Seeing this, the old factory manager sighed helplessly.

If it were China Film or Shanghai Film, let alone 10%, I'm afraid even 20% of the funds could be easily taken out.

But Xiying is different. Apart from the state-owned enterprise's brand and those priceless but worthless glory, it doesn't have much money to spend.

As the quarrel in the conference room continued, the old factory director pondered for a long time and finally slammed the table.

"Okay, be quiet and listen to me."

Suddenly, the conference room fell into silence, and everyone turned their heads and looked at the old factory director.

"Just 10%, let's take a gamble. After all, Feiyue Films has never failed, right?"

Then the old factory director added: "As for the money issue, take out the 3000 million in the account first, and I will apply for the rest from the bureau. If it's not enough, I'll see what I can mortgage until I can get enough money..."

After these words were spoken, the others looked at each other and did not raise any objections.

Since the old factory manager has already decided to go all in, why not just take a gamble?

If this really works, Xiying will completely turn things around!
The director of the production department couldn't wait to say, "I'll contact Director Chen right now to finalize this matter first. Don't let anyone intercept it halfway."

While he was talking, he had already taken out his cell phone and called Fade Chen directly.

It just so happened that there were no shots of Chen Fei on "La La Land" at that time, so the call was quickly connected.

"Director Chen! We have already discussed it. After selling everything, Xiying Film Studio can get 6000 million. We are ready to take a 10% investment share..."

Sell ​​everything you have?

Chen Fei was slightly stunned, quite surprised.

Is Xi'an Film Studio so poor? It has to sell everything it has to raise 6000 million? Compared with China Film and Shanghai Film Studio, it's too poor, isn't it?

Thinking secretly in his heart, he responded: "Okay, then you can find time to arrange for someone to go to the company to sign the contract, and then the money can be directly transferred to the special account."

"Okay, okay, we'll go sign in a few days... and if you need any help during the filming, just let me know..."

After chatting for a few sentences, before he was about to hang up the phone, Fade Chen thought about it and reminded him:
"Among the investors this time, apart from Shanghai Film Group and Xi'an Film Group, there are no other state-owned enterprises involved, so if there are any problems or troubles in the northwest, Xi'an Film Group will be responsible for solving them."

Because the phone was on speakerphone, Fade Chen's words echoed clearly in the Xiying conference room.

After hearing this, the group of people were stunned at first, and then their expressions suddenly became colorful.

Shanghai Film Group and Xi'an Film Group are the only two state-owned enterprise investors, and there is so much information contained in this!

The old director asked excitedly, "So, the matters that were originally supposed to be handled by China Film Group will now be borne by West Film Group?"

"Yes, I hope you can pay more attention to it."

"Haha, OK! No problem!" The old director promised in a very pleasant tone: "Don't worry, Director Chen, we at Xiying may not be as rich as China Film, but we are definitely not inferior to them in terms of connections!
If anyone dares to target this movie, then he is targeting Xiying. I will fight him even if I have to sacrifice my old bones! The men in Northwest Shanxi are not afraid of anyone! "

"Okay, I feel relieved with your words."

The call was quickly hung up, and Fade Chen threw himself into the filming of the movie again, while people in Xiying started to talk about it.

The old factory manager didn't know much about the various weird things in the industry, so he was inevitably curious: "Haven't Feiyue Film and Television and China Film always been partners? Are they breaking up recently?"

"Old factory director, you may not know that the newly appointed chairman of China Film Group is nothing like Zuoshandiao. He is greedy for power, petty, and has a weird temper. He always looks down on everyone..."

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

"Absolutely true!"

~

In the evening, after finishing a day of filming, Chen Fei just turned on his phone and saw a pop-up message on Weibo:
"A big-budget film has reappeared in the film production announcement file on the official website of the Film Bureau: jointly produced by Shanghai Film Group and Yaolai Pictures, directed by Ding Mao, and starring Chen Long, Huang Zitao, Wang Kai and others..."

Looking at the name "Railroad Tigers", Chen Fei already had some guesses in his mind.

Obviously, the review department made a mistake again and "accidentally" let go of a film that included an artist with a bad record.

I just wonder how much it cost Ren Zhonglun and Chen Long to force the Dragon Prince onto the big screen again after the "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" incident broke out.

Looking around, many netizens have already appeared below this news release.

Without exception, everyone is curious about when the film began to be planned and filmed, and why no news has been received at all?

Many curious fans and netizens also appeared on the Weibo posts of several leading actors whose names were revealed.

However, everyone remained silent and there was no response at all.

Even the producers were very low-key. Apart from this approval notice, there were no other news or press releases related to the movie on the entire Internet.

Two days later, as other entertainment news dominated the screen, Railroad Tigers was completely forgotten by everyone.

"Phew! This hurdle is finally over. Now we just have to wait for the release date and official release."

At Shanghai Film Group, Ren Zhonglun breathed a sigh of relief, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders.

"Alas!" Chen Long sighed and said helplessly, "Being a father is so hard. When the child is young, you have to take care of the excrement and urine. When the child grows up, you still have to wipe the butt. If I had known this would happen, I would have never given birth to him."

Ren Zhonglun knew that he was speaking in anger, so he just smiled and didn't respond.

After venting his grievances, Chen Long felt much better, and then he mentioned another thing: "By the way, I'm going to hold an artist signing ceremony in May, remember to come then."

Artist signing ceremony?

Ren Zhonglun asked in confusion, "Why? Is the agency you founded going to sign someone?"

"That's right!" Chen Long said with a smile, "I'm planning to hold a big one. I'm going to take advantage of the large number of people at the Shanghai International Film Festival and use this opportunity to stir up the heat."

"Oh? Then I'm a little curious, who is so lucky to enjoy such a grand treatment?"

"Hey, you must know him. He's the most popular celebrity right now."

"Traffic star?" Ren Zhonglun was slightly startled: "Are you talking about that Wu Yifan?"

"Yes, it's him!"

As he spoke, a hint of pride flashed across Chen Long's face: "In the past two years, countless companies have extended olive branches to him, but without exception, he rejected them all.

But I am different. I can not only find resources for him in the mainland, but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and Hollywood. I can take him on a tour, and he has no reason to refuse. "

Hearing this, Ren Zhonglun couldn't help but give him a thumbs up:

"Your influence in Hollywood is really amazing, and most actors really can't refuse. I would like to wish you a smooth signing, everything goes well, and you make a lot of money!"

"Haha, Mr. Ren, you must be joking. If there are any suitable projects and resources, I would like to trouble you to recommend them."

"That's easy. You can choose any resource from Shanghai Film Studio."

Ren Zhonglun was very generous. After all, he and Chen Long had already been tied together and became grasshoppers in the same boat.

Therefore, helping Chen Long is actually equivalent to indirectly helping himself and the film company.

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