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

Chapter 906: Do something bold! For example, in the elevator...

Early in the morning on the 2nd, Chen Fei boarded a plane to Los Angeles with the negatives of "La La Land".

At the same time, the crew of "Wolf Warrior 2", which was in training in South Africa, also sent back the latest developments.

"The military-themed film "Wolf Warrior 2", jointly produced by Feiyue Films, Guangguang, Shanghai Film, Wanda, Bayi and other companies, and starring Wu Jing, Frank Grillo, Liu Yan, Wu Gang, Yu Nan, Yu Qian and others, officially started shooting this morning."

"At the launch conference, director Wang Shiliang revealed that the film's production cost was as high as 2 million RMB, and the expected box office was at least 6 million RMB, and even aimed at 10 billion RMB!"

"As a military-themed sequel, Wolf Warrior 2 may be related to mainstream themes, but since there are few such works in the film and television industry, industry experts are not optimistic about the film's box office performance. It is fortunate that it can make back its investment..."

Chen Fei saw the news about the start of filming of Wolf Warrior 2 on the plane, and also heard the confident analysis voices of those experts and scholars.

At this moment, he suddenly became curious.

I wonder what expressions and attitudes those experts and experts who are pessimistic about the movie’s box office performance will have when "Wolf Warrior 2" is officially released?
In addition to the news about "Wolf Warrior 2", a list of guests from the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival was also leaked online.

Looking around, you can see a sea of ​​shining stars!

The director lineup includes Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke, Jiang Wen, Li An, Johnnie To and other big directors from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

In the list of actors, four Dan, two Bing, one Shu and one Tang are indispensable, including the second and third generation Hua Dan, who are also on the list.

Male stars are equally impressive, including Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Chen Long, Li Lianjie, and Chow Yun-fat, who will all appear at this year's Shanghai International Film Festival.

Looking around, there are quite a few Hong Kong films to be released in the second half of the year. No wonder these Hong Kong artists have been particularly active recently.

When the plane landed, it was already nightfall in Los Angeles.

His secretary and assistant in North America was responsible for picking up Chen Fei.

It was still some distance from the airport to Beverly Hills, so after getting in the car, Fade Chen began to exploit the "workers".

While waiting for a red light, he took the initiative to ask about the situation of "Captain America 3" in North America.

This movie is the company's flagship work this year, and both Chen Fei and Natasha attach great importance to it.

The secretary did his homework before coming, and answered while concentrating on driving: "Currently, the box office performance of Captain America 3 in North America is 4.3 million US dollars, and the global total box office performance has exceeded 10 billion US dollars.

So far, the film's box office is the highest in North America and even in the world this year, far exceeding our rival "Superman v Batman". "

She added: "Although it has been a month since its release, Captain America: Civil War's daily box office performance has remained stable in the top three, even though its new box office revenue has only been over $3 million."

After listening to this, Fade Chen nodded with satisfaction.

"So, are there any big-budget movies coming out in North America in the next month?"

"Yes!" The secretary answered like a treasure trove, "Tomorrow, Paramount Pictures' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will be the first to be released, and there will also be a romance film Me Before You produced jointly by New Line and MGM.

And next weekend, "Ben-Hur", produced by Annapurna Pictures and starring Johnny Depp, will be released.

As for the third weekend, it will be Disney's "Finding Dory" and "The Golden Circle" produced by Warner and Universal.

The final weekend will probably be a battle between Independence Day: Resurgence and The Shallows..."

The names of movies one after another echoed in Chen Fei's ears, but at this moment, the one that attracted his attention most was "Ben-Hur" produced by Annapurna Pictures!
Thinking of this movie, Chen Fei couldn't help but recall the various interesting things that happened during the filming of "Ready Player One".

Johnny Depp is such a jerk. Not only does he cause trouble for his own crew, he also goes on to mess with other crews, and often makes a mess of the entire studio.

And his wife actually urinated and defecated everywhere in the studio!

This family is so fucking perverted!

Chen Fei is inexplicably looking forward to it. What kind of movie will Depp, a pervert, alcoholic, and drug addict, star in?
"By the way, when is the premiere of Ben-Hur?"

"It was already held last night at the Hollywood and Highland Center."

"Oh? Already done it?"

Fade Chen raised his eyebrows, took out his cell phone and started checking the news.

It is a bit regrettable that Annapurna Pictures should have learned from its previous lessons, so they did a very good job of public relations this time, and there are no real reviews on the Internet at all.

Looking around, most of the praises that appeared in front of the public were all very exaggerated, as if Depp had made this movie to perfection.

Fade Chen curled his lips and muttered, "Oh, I must go and see it after the movie is released to see whether it is a real flower or a fake one!"

……

At this time, in the president's office of Annapurna Pictures.

As Megan Ellison expected, after receiving the brand new check, Amber Heard immediately vowed that she would persuade Depp to work hard to promote "Ben-Hur".

"Depp's favorite person is me. He listens to me very much. As long as I act coquettishly or take the initiative in bed, he will definitely do it obediently."

"That's good, ma'am. If you can complete this job satisfactorily, I will give you a check for a higher price."

"Ms. Ellison, I will complete this successfully."

After collecting the check, Amber Heard left the office happily.

As soon as the door closed, the smile on her face grew even wider!

"She is indeed a wealthy second-generation with great wealth. It is so easy to make money from her."

While Amber Heard was thinking about how to continue deceiving Megan Ellison, she took out her cell phone and sent a text message to Musk, a wealthy man she had just met.

In her opinion, she would have to divorce that scumbag Depp sooner or later.

Well then, how can she continue to enjoy her current comfortable life after the divorce?

Apart from finding another buyer, she couldn't think of any better solution.

Although Megan Ellison promised her that she would use her as the leading actress in movies in the future and make her a top actress like Scarlett Johansson.

But she is not really interested in filming.

You can earn a lot of money just by lying on the bed and saying a few words to a man, so why should you make yourself suffer?
So, she has made a decision.

Find a suitable opportunity, divorce Depp first, then make some money from Megan Ellison, and finally lie in Musk's arms...

Just thinking about this plan made her inexplicably excited.

And once she gets excited, she wants to do something daring!
After looking around and making sure there were no cameras in the elevator, she smiled, pulled up her skirt, took off her leggings, and slowly squatted down...

Half an hour later, when Megan Ellison was about to go home, she walked out of the office, opened the elevator, and saw that indescribable thing. She collapsed instantly!

"Ah! Security! Where is the security? Why let the homeless into the company? Sanitary worker! Quickly clean up this dirty thing for me and disinfect it! Disinfect the entire company tonight!!!"

That night, the lights at Annapurna Pictures were on, and more than a dozen security guards armed with batons drove all the homeless people near the company to another neighborhood.

Megan Ellison didn't even take the elevator when she went downstairs, but went straight down the stairs.

……

The next morning, after Chen Fei arrived at the company, he immediately took a look at the post-production progress of "Ready Player One".

The last time he came to the company was a few months ago. At that time, with his personal help, the post-production progress of the film had advanced to 2/5.

This time, as several months passed, the later progress has already advanced to 4/5!
"Boss, in another two months, our film's post-production will be almost done."

Fade Chen reached out and patted the person in charge on the shoulder. "Thank you for your hard work. There is a party at the company tonight. You can go and relax."

For a moment, the entire post-production department cheered again! Afterwards, Chen Fei left Ready Player One and began to work on the post-production of La La Land.

It was not until after 8 o'clock in the evening when Natasha called to inform him that the party had already started that he finally put down his work.

The relaxation time was over and it was already past 12 o'clock in the evening.

The driver drove the Rolls-Royce on the way to Beverly Hills. Chen Fei sat in the back seat and read a notice from China Film:

"The action-themed, China-Hong Kong-Japan co-production "The Hunt," jointly produced by China Film Group, Universal Pictures, and Japanese investors, directed by Wu Yu, and starring Zhang Hanyu, Fukuyama Masaharu, Qi Wei, Takenaka Naoto, Saito Takumi, Okamoto Tao and others, officially started shooting in Osaka today."

"It is reported that the investment cost of the film is as high as 2 million RMB. Director Wu Yu will once again be involved in the action blockbusters that he is good at. Please look forward to it."

"La Peikang, chairman of China Film Group, said in an interview that the main reason for continuing to invest in Wu Yu was to support co-production projects and promote Sino-Japanese friendship..."

After sneering a few times, Fade Chen exited the Weibo interface and completely put "The Chase" behind his mind.

"Even the term Sino-Japanese friendship came up? Tsk tsk, they are really working hard for political achievements!"

……

For several days, Chen Fei was busy with the post-production work of "La La Land", and also did not forget to pay attention to the box office performance of big-budget movies at home and abroad.

The release of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows" and "Me Before You" instantly put a lot of pressure on "Captain America 2".

However, the box office potential of these two movies is not very good. After three days of the first weekend, they only maintained at around 3000 million US dollars, which is even worse than the performance of "Captain America 3" on the first day of its release.

Unlike Hollywood's "indefinite release", the keys in mainland China are mostly limited to one month.

For a film project like "Captain America 3" that is not a Sino-foreign co-production, it is absolutely impossible to get a box office extension.

So on the 6th, it officially ended with a box office revenue of 13.17 billion.

However, even though this Hollywood imported blockbuster has withdrawn from the mainland market, those Chinese-language films are still half-dead, with no signs of rising at all.

If nothing unexpected happens, the June period will continue to be cold.

I'm afraid it will only start to get lively after the summer vacation officially begins.

……

After the Dragon Boat Festival in China, the second weekend of June officially arrives.

Because of the time difference, Friday in China actually comes earlier than abroad.

So, on Thursday morning in North America, Chen Fei watched the live broadcast of the 22nd Magnolia Awards ceremony in China.

The Magnolia Award is one of the three major television awards in China, along with the Feitian Award and the Golden Eagle Award.

However, as a government award, the Feitian Award focuses more on the themes and values ​​of TV dramas, while the Golden Eagle Award adopts a combination of expert review and audience voting, and better represents the opinions of the audience.

As for the Magnolia Award, it is an international award, and most of the judges come from all over the world, which seems to be more "fair and just" than the previous two.

The shortlists for the four major categories of this year's Magnolia Awards were announced on May 5.

As the highest-rated TV series last year, Nirvana in Fire was nominated for seven major awards including Best Chinese TV Series, Best Director, Best Screenwriter, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Supporting Actor.

The final result was just as Chen Fei expected. Hu Ge, the leading actor of "Nirvana in Fire", successfully won the Magnolia Award for Best Actor.

As for the Best Actress award, it was won by Zhou Xun for her wonderful performance in "Red Sorghum", successfully defeating Sun Li, the previously highly anticipated heroine of "The Legend of Miyue".

In fact, at this point in the award ceremony, it was barely reasonable.

Although Li Xuejian's Zhang Zuolin lost to Hu Ge, the main reason was that the former did not engage in marketing. In addition, Li Xuejian and Bai Yulan had many "grudges" before, so naturally they would not favor him as an "outsider".

Although many people in the industry are somewhat dissatisfied with this, everyone knows the reason, so no one deliberately speaks out to judge.

When it came to the final award ceremony, the result was quite unexpected!
What no one expected was that "The Legend of Miyue", which had been ridiculed since its premiere, with its costumes, makeup, lines, acting, etc. being a mess, actually won the Best TV Series award in the end!
As soon as the results came out, Chen Fei saw a lot of insults popping up in the live broadcast barrage.

"What the hell? That's not how you divide the cake? How dare you win the Best TV Drama Award for "Legend of Miyue"?"

"Haha, I knew it would be like this. In the end, The Young Marshal only received a bunch of nominations but no real awards."

"I thought 'Young Marshal' could win the Best TV Drama Award, but now it seems too hasty!"

"Okay, turn off the broadcast and play games. Don't watch Magnolia Awards anymore. Is that fair and just? Haha, I really laughed."

"I really want to curse, but after thinking about it, it's not worth it. Don't such things happen often?"

After watching the comments for a while, Fade Chen stood up, silently turned off the live broadcast on his phone, turned off his computer, and walked out of the office.

No matter what the final result is, the award has already been given out and time cannot be reversed.

What else can ordinary audiences do except choose to accept it?

However, as one of the giants in the industry, Chen Fei would naturally not remain indifferent.

"Wait a moment, wait a moment, we're almost there. Don't you just want fairness and justice? Then let me create it for you!"

……

After a night, it is officially Friday in North America.

Compared to Megan Ellison's stingy attitude towards Walton Pictures, Chen Fei and Natasha are definitely generous and magnanimous people.

On the day when "Ben-Hur" was released in North America, the two even gave up their lunch break and bought two movie tickets to go to the theater to support the show.

In order to avoid being recognized, Chen Fei wore a baseball cap and a mask when he left the company.

After successfully checking in and entering the cinema, the two of them looked at the large promotional poster from "Ben-Hur" placed in the center of the theater.

Depp held the reins of his war horse with his mouth wide open, as if he was galloping in the arena. There were many followers following behind him, and they all looked very fierce!
However, for some reason, Chen Fei always felt that Depp's facial expression was a little strange, like the ancient Roman version of Captain Sparrow.

Natasha had a very bad impression of Depp and immediately complained: "No matter who this guy plays, it seems like he is playing Captain Sparrow, which is very distracting. Anyway, I don't think he can play such a decent role."

Fade Chen chuckled and said, "We will be able to verify it soon."

As they talked, they walked into the theater.

Looking around, the theater that can accommodate more than 200 people had very few audience members and looked very empty.

"Where are Depp's die-hard fans?" Chen Fei asked in a low voice as he came to sit in the front row.

According to an announcement released by Annapurna Pictures, "Ben-Hur" opened in 3095 theaters on its first day of release in North America!

There is such a high number of theaters opening, but only a few moviegoers, which is obviously wrong.

"After the premiere of Ben-Hur, there were many critics online who praised the film, but because the previous King Arthur: Legend of the Sword was a big flop, fans were a little worried that this film would be a big flop like the previous King Arthur."

"So what?" Chen Fei asked.

"I've seen a lot of people discussing whether to support the film after waiting for the first-day box office and real reviews."

Natasha shrugged again and said, "Comparatively speaking, movie fans still trust movies produced by large film and television companies more. For example, the attendance rate of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 was quite high today."

Chen Fei nodded in understanding and pointed at the screen: "Okay, let's watch the movie. I hope this movie will satisfy me."

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