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

Chapter 896: It’s better to be difficult to shoot than to be banned, right? Something important was lost…

In late April, the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon" took place.

Although "Chasing the Dragon" is just a Hong Kong film, the popularity of this movie is not low because it was produced by Golden Harvest and Feiyue Films.

Looking around, many filmmakers posted on Weibo early in the morning that they would attend the premiere.

"Princess Liu? We should set off now. Are you okay?"

In the living room, Fade Chen, wearing a custom-made casual suit, was shouting to the bedroom on the second floor.

"Right now, I'll put on some lipstick."

In front of the dressing mirror, Liu Yifei, who had woken up late because of sleeping in, was busy applying lipstick.

A few minutes later, she appeared in front of Chen Fei wearing a white suit.

"With heavy makeup and intellectual temperament, Producer Liu is becoming more and more elegant."

Liu Yifei immediately laughed happily: "Hehe, if you can talk, just talk more, I love to listen."

"Okay, I'll continue talking on the way. We should set off now. It's not good to be late..."

"All right."

Liu Yifei took his arm and walked out together.

At 9:40 in the morning, the two walked into the venue just in time before the premiere press conference.

Because it is the premiere of a Hong Kong film, many filmmakers from Hong Kong are here today, such as Wang Jing and Chen Kexin.

Huo Qigang came over and whispered, "I didn't invite anyone from Edko Films. There were people over there who wanted to come, but I rejected them."

"Yeah, well done!"

Chen Fei smiled.

In recent years, it has become increasingly difficult to survive in the Hong Kong circle. Anyone with some ideas is trying to move north.

However, the resources in the mainland are limited, so how easy is it to get a piece of the pie?
"Director Chen, it's a great honor to meet you today. I'm a loyal fan of yours. Could you please sign an autograph for me? Thank you."

Looking at the burly Zeng Guoxiang in front of him, Chen Fei really couldn't compare him with Zeng Zhiwei. After all, the difference in their body sizes was too big!
After taking the pen and signing his name, Chen Fei asked casually, "You are the director of "Soulmate", right?"

"Yes, yes!" Zeng Guoxiang responded very modestly, and then took out a premiere invitation from his pocket: "'Soulmate' is scheduled to be released on September 9th. If Director Chen has time, he can come and give some advice then."

Chen Fei took it and nodded slightly, without rejecting it outright.

He definitely won't go to the premiere, but since someone has handed him the invitation, he certainly can't ignore it. He can just arrange for someone to show up.

Zeng Guoxiang did not linger in front of Chen Fei for too long and soon turned around and left.

"The filming of 'The Man from Macau 3' is about to start. My goal is to shoot it during the Spring Festival next year, as this period is perfect for comedy films..."

"Haha, you can decide on this kind of small matter yourself..."

More than 20 minutes later, the premiere of "Chasing the Dragon" officially kicked off, and the story of the drug lord Ah Hao and the Chinese detective Lei Luo slowly unfolded.

This movie is actually not like a gangster movie in the traditional sense, nor is it like a Hollywood-style gangster biography. It is more like a hero movie disguised as a brotherhood movie.

Gangster films are actually a product of Hong Kong's specific history, and most of them are based on real people in reality.

Inspectors Lei Luo and Po Hao in "Chasing the Dragon" are also important figures who have appeared in Hong Kong's specific history.

Based on this, the plot of this movie will give the audience a natural sense of immersion, and then coupled with the wonderful performances of Andy Lau and Liang Jiahui, it will undoubtedly allow the audience to feel the taste of classic Hong Kong films again, while also gaining a hearty viewing experience.

After the premiere, there was applause from the audience.

Offstage, while no one was paying attention, Huo Qigang sneaked up to Chen Fei and asked in a low voice, "You're an expert at estimating the box office, how about you also give an estimate for this movie?"

Chen Fei said calmly: "It won't be less than 5 million, but it won't be much higher. The subject matter potential of Hong Kong films is mostly very limited, and only a certain group of people will like it."

"Five hundred million?" Huo Qigang's eyes lit up: "That's enough, that's enough. The investment is less than 5 million. Five hundred million is already a huge profit!"

"Uh...as long as you're happy."

It was already noon after the movie, but Chen Fei did not attend the subsequent lunch, but took Liu Yifei to eat steak.

After dinner, Miss Liu asked while putting on makeup: "You told me this morning what you were going to do after the premiere today?"

"I have to visit the crew of In the Name of People."

"Oh." Liu Yifei was not very interested in this and immediately said that she wanted to go find Shu Chang to play.

"Okay, then I'll ask the company to drive another car over."

"Yeah, okay, let's go shopping together and bring you a small gift when we get back in the evening."

"Hey? Are you treating me like a child?" Chen Fei was quite amused. Why did he bring a small gift for himself?

"Hehe, you will know when the time comes."

……

In the afternoon, after driving for half an hour, Chen Fei arrived at a filming location for "In the Name of People" in the capital.

As soon as I stepped out of the car, the crew producer and heads of several units who had been waiting on the roadside came to greet me with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, you are here."

"Haha, welcome, Mr. Chen..."

Accompanied by the greeting, Fade Chen took two steps forward and started chatting with several leaders of the relevant units: "Director Xu, Director Zhang, Director Zhou... Thank you for your hard work on this drama."

"You are being so polite. You, the producer, have only appeared once since the start of filming. You are really incompetent, haha."

"My bad, my bad, my schedule is too busy..."

While chatting, several people walked into the set while being polite to each other.

The producer whispered, "Director Chen, the crew is filming right now."

"Well, let's be gentle and not disturb others."

As they were talking, they had already arrived outside an office.

Through the open door, you can see that two actors are acting together and the camera is running.

Unlike the original version of "In the Name of People", this version produced by Feiyue Film and Television did not have a shortage of funds.

This also means that Gao Yalin cannot play the role of Liu Xinjian.

After Kang Honglei's careful selection, Sha Yi was finally able to join the group.

Considering the influence of the popular TV series "Infiltration", Sha Yi's current character image is more or less leaning towards "strong on the outside but weak on the inside" and "slippery and unreliable".

Based on this, the corrupt official Liu Xinjian played by him is quite eye-catching.

Chen Fei stood by and watched for a while. He could clearly notice that in the "jumping off the building" scene, Sha Yi and Bao Jianfeng's performances were evenly matched and both sides performed very well.

Unlike the original version, Lu Yi was suppressed by Gao Yalin, which looked very awkward.

A few minutes later, a short scene was successfully filmed.

Many people at the scene had already noticed Chen Fei's arrival, so after Kang Honglei shouted "click", they hurried over to greet him.

Chen Fei saw a lot of familiar faces at the scene, especially the actresses, which made him feel emotional.

Hu Jing who plays Gao Xiaoqin, Ke Lan who plays Lu Yike, Zhu Zhu who plays Zhong Xiaoai...

I have to say that this anti-corruption TV series is packed with all kinds of buffs.

Zhu Zhu and Chen Fei are quite familiar with each other, so she dares to joke with him: "Director Chen, are you here just to visit the set? Or are you here to exercise your rights as a producer?"

"Neither." Chen Fei laughed and resolved the joke: "I said I was just passing by, do you believe me?"

"Yes, there's already news online. You went to the premiere of Chasing the Dragon this morning, right?"

"That's right, I just happened to hear that the crew was filming in the capital, so I thought I'd stop by and take a look..." In fact, if the original shooting plan was followed, most of the filming locations for "In the Name of People" would have been in Jiangsu Province. After all, the screenwriter of the show, Zhou Meisen, is from Jiangsu Province, so the background of the original novel is also Jiangsu Province.

But others may not know, but Chen Fei knows it very well.

If this drama had been filmed in Jiangsu Province following Zhou Meisen's advice, it would have easily been involved in various lawsuits.

Therefore, when the investment plan was finally finalized, the crew rejected the investment from Jiangsu Province and switched to Shandong Province.

Although there were many opinions from the Jiangsu Province, under the official suppression of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Golden Shield, and Navy, they finally swallowed their little dissatisfaction.

This also resulted in the drama being filmed in many more locations than the original, making shooting much more difficult.

But in Chen Fei's opinion, these are not problems and can be overcome.

After all, it’s better to be difficult to shoot than to be banned, right?
...

He stayed until around 5 p.m., and after exercising his producer rights for several hours, Chen Fei officially resigned from the crew.

He is just a boss who doesn't care about anything. How could he possibly stay in the crew like other producers?

In fact, the reason why he served as the producer of this drama was also to "endorse" it. Otherwise, how could he personally put his name on a TV series?
Returning to the villa, as soon as Chen Fei entered the door, he saw Liu Yifei and Shu Chang playing on the sofa.

"Have you two eaten yet?"

"No." Liu Yifei petted the cat and responded to him, "We ordered food and it will be delivered soon."

"Okay, then you guys play, I'll go to the study."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fade Chen disappeared at the door of the study.

The film and television industry is quite lively today. As soon as I turned on my computer, several pop-up messages popped up on Weibo.

"This morning, a Hong Kong action and crime film co-produced by Golden Harvest and Feiyue Films and starring Andy Lau and Leung Ka Fai held its premiere in Beijing. The atmosphere was comparable to that of the Academy Awards Film Festival."

"The romantic and literary film "July and Ansheng", jointly produced by Jiaying Pictures, Geek Pictures, and Alibaba Pictures, directed by Zeng Guoxiang, and starring Zhou Dongyu and Ma Siyou, has officially announced that it will be released on September 9."

"The action and drama film Railroad Tigers, co-produced by Shanghai Film Group and Yaolai Pictures, directed by Ding Mao, and starring Chen Long, Huang Zitao, and Wang Kai, has been officially announced to be released on December 12 and will compete in the Lunar New Year box office."

"Jointly produced by Bona and Wanda, directed by Er Dongsheng, starring Lin Gengxin, He Rundong, and Liang Mengjie, the drama, action, and martial arts film "The Sword of the Third Young Master" is officially scheduled for December 12!"

"The love-themed movie "The Ferryman", which was invested by Alibaba Pictures and co-produced by Zedong Pictures, supervised by director Wang Jiawei, directed by Zhang Jiajia, and starred by Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu, Chen Yixun, Yang Ying, Zhang Rongrong and others, with an investment of up to 4 million yuan, was officially wrapped up this morning."

"At the press conference for the wrap-up of The Ferryman, Zhang Qi, president of Alibaba Pictures, said: The film has huge box office potential and is likely to reach 20 billion yuan, or even 30 billion yuan!"

"As the first film invested by Alibaba Pictures, The Ferryman is ambitious and has been officially announced to be released on December 12, and will also compete in the Lunar New Year box office."

In front of the screen, Fade Chen was amazed:

"The Ferryman? Railroad Tigers? Swordsman? Are they going to fight each other in the same schedule? It seems like they are almost more exciting than today's Spring Festival schedule!"

As he watched, he inexplicably became restless.

It would be a shame if we couldn't take part in such a grand event, right?

...

As the night deepened, after seeing Shu Chang off, Liu Yifei mysteriously called Chen Fei into the bedroom.

"What's up? Why are you sneaking around the house?"

"Didn't I tell you during the day that I would bring you a small gift?" Liu Yifei said, and her pretty face suddenly flushed.

Fade Chen looked at her curiously: "What gift?"

Liu Yifei looked around, as if she was afraid of being seen by others, then she opened her backpack, took out a small box, and handed it over: "Here, this is it."

Fade Chen took it and lowered his eyes to take a look. He was immediately happy.

"Durex...ultra-thin..."

"Oh! Just read it, why do you have to read it out loud!" Liu Yifei said as she was about to grab it.

Chen Fei was quick to grab her arm, leaned over, and blew gently into her ear with a wicked smile: "The gift is very good, I like it very much."

"Oh, you...as long as you like it."

Fade Chen took a step forward, picked her up, and walked to the bed impatiently: "Now that you have received the gift, it's time to start trying it out."

"oops!"

The first sound was an exclamation, followed by a "click" sound. The Balenciaga piece that Liu Yifei had just put on today was gloriously retired.

……

The next morning, the premiere of "The Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Strike Back" took place as scheduled.

What surprised Chen Fei was that when he arrived at the premiere, he actually saw Rajkumar Hirani!
"3 Idiots" and "Dangal" made Rajkumar Hirani famous all over the world and became a top director in the Indian film industry!
Now, I never thought that he would come to the premiere of "The Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Strike Back".

"Fei, haha, we haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect to run into you here today."

Fade Chen walked up to him and hugged him. He asked curiously, "Why did you come to Zhongkai? And why did you appear here?"

Rajkumar Hirani simply explained: "I am the leader of this 'China-India Cultural Friendly Exchange' event. I am responsible for coming here to communicate with the Chinese film industry and seek opportunities for cooperation..."

“Bye! It’s the beginning of the day!”

After chatting with Rajkumar Hirani for a while, Fade Chen turned his attention to the premiere.

The Chinese side takes this "China-India Friendship" mission film very seriously, which can be concluded from the fact that Tong Gang was present in person.

It’s just that La Peikang was a little too “conspicuous”. He was the most showy person in the entire venue. He kept calling his friends and acted as if he was the leader of the project.

"Boss Chen, I just saw you. I didn't expect you to come here."

Looking at the director of the production department of Xiying Film Studio who appeared in front of him, Chen Fei showed a slightly teasing smile on his face: "Director Zhou, I heard that your Xiying Film Studio has made a lot of noise at the General Administration recently?"

"Haha, I'm fine. I just haven't exercised for a while. I couldn't control myself for a while, so I made a lot of noise."

After several days of "hard work", Xiying has raised enough money to invest in "The Wandering Earth".

In addition to the 3000 million they paid out of their own pockets, they borrowed another 2000 million from the General Administration, and then mortgaged part of their assets, and finally raised 6000 million.

Now that the contract has been signed, I can naturally put the money in my pocket.

As the two were chatting, Wang Changtian, Ren Zhonglun, Liu Xiaobin and others who were not far away came over and vaguely formed a small group.

In addition to Xiying, the funds from several other investors have also arrived.

Light Media, Shanghai Film Group, and Wanda Film Group each hold 10%, and together with Xi'an Film Group, they take a total of 40% of the share.

In addition, the company contacted the space agency and gave away another 10% of the shares.

At this point, all investment arrangements for "The Wandering Earth" have been finalized.

Now we just have to wait for an auspicious day so that this project can be officially launched!

In fact, everyone knows that this new big-budget science fiction film project has once again lost the participation of China Film, just like the previous "Wolf Warrior 2".

But everyone tacitly did not mention this matter and chose to ignore it.

This was Chen Fei's choice, and they had no right to interfere.

What's more, one less investor is equivalent to one less company that will participate in the issuance and profit sharing, which is a good thing!

At this moment, La Peikang, who was surrounded by many people in the circle, suddenly turned around and looked at where Chen Fei was.

At first he didn't think much about it, he just wanted to take this opportunity to say hello and ease the awkward atmosphere between him and Fade Chen.

But when he saw Xiying's people, he immediately frowned.

He didn't know why, but at this moment, he suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart... as if he had accidentally lost something very important.

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