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

Chapter 920: When people are united, even Mount Tai can be moved! When people are in disarray, the building will collapse!
In a blink of an eye, another weekend has passed.

When Monday came, the weather was still very clear. There was no cloud in the sky, the sun was high in the sky, and the light was shining on the earth.

At exactly nine o'clock in the morning, under the attention of countless netizens, apology statements from Zhao Yanzi, Alibaba Pictures, and the "No Other Love" crew were released at the same time.

The media rushed in like wild cats smelling fish and started reporting:
"In response to the recent casting and actor public opinion incident, Zhao XX issued an apology statement, saying that he met the wrong person and was deceived by Dai XX's sweet words. He never thought that this would happen. The two sides have now completely drawn a line..."

"The crew of the film 'No Other Love' issued a notice, saying that Dai and the Japanese actress would be expelled from the crew and that they would recast the film. They also said that all the problems were caused by Dai and that the crew was kept in the dark and was one of the victims."

"As the main controller of the film "No Other Love", Alibaba Pictures strongly condemned Dai's behavior and said that Dai's behavior has caused too much trouble for the crew. It will unilaterally refuse all subsequent cooperation with him. At the same time, it will take this as a warning and do a good job of background checks in future casting..."

With the deliberate promotion of the media, three consecutive announcements unsurprisingly made it to the front page of Weibo.

Chen Fei read these three statements and announcements as soon as he received the news.

After watching it, he just wanted to curse: "It's so disgusting!"

Looking around, I saw that the netizens below had already started cursing, and it was obvious that they were disgusted.

"Tsk tsk? I've never seen such a shameless person. It was clearly his own fault, how come he suddenly became the victim?"

"Hey? Weren't you being so stubborn a while ago? Why are you apologizing all of a sudden?"

"Good boy! This is a brilliant way to pass on the blame!"

"There have been three consecutive notices, and there is no sign of admitting fault between the lines. They are all blaming Dai for his fault. What about you? You are not at fault at all?"

"Dai is so strong. He single-handedly fooled Zhao Yanzi, the entire crew of No Other Love, and even Alibaba Pictures. Wow, he's really amazing!"

It is obvious that netizens are not satisfied with these three "apology statements". All kinds of insults, ridicules and mockery filled the bottom of the notices, which is really glaring.

This time, Weibo, which is currently being interviewed by various departments, does not dare to delete comments.

As for the three companies involved, they were quite patient. They played dead as soon as the statement was released. No matter how netizens scolded them, they remained silent. It was obvious that they were prepared to deal with the matter coldly.

"Jingle Bell!"

The sudden ringing of the phone brought Fade Chen back from his thoughts.

After taking a look at the caller ID, he pressed the answer button in surprise: "Hello? Director Tong?"

On the other end of the phone, Tong Gang said succinctly: "I'd like to give you another heads-up. Regarding the movie "No Other Love", even if she changes actors to reshoot it, the review department will not approve it.

Including Zhao herself, from now on, she is no longer a member of the director circle, and the bureau will reject any project that she is the director of."

Hearing this, Fade Chen asked with great interest: "Is this also equivalent to a different kind of ban?"

"That's right." Tong Gang said bluntly, "Knowing one's mistakes and correcting them is the greatest virtue; but if one knows one's mistakes but still doesn't correct them, and ignores warnings, then there is no need for one to exist.

This circle doesn't lack her!"

"Okay, I understand. I'll cooperate on my part."

"Well, that's it. China Film Group will notify the other responsible companies. Since your situation is special, I will personally notify them."

After saying that, Tong Gang hung up the phone.

The meaning of his last sentence couldn't be more obvious. After all, he couldn't be unaware of the deteriorating relationship between Chen Fei and China Film.

But Tong Gang’s choice was the same as Han Sanping’s, which was to turn a blind eye.

As long as the work can be carried out smoothly, leaders usually don’t care much about whether the relationships between subordinates are good or bad.

After all, this is the freedom of Chen Fei and La Peikang, and no one can say anything or act as a middleman.

Chairman Lada is so proud that he will definitely not bow his head.

And asking Chen Fei to bow his head is even more of a dream!

Therefore, even the leaders above can only follow the wishes of both parties.

……

The time soon came to noon.

A lot of new hot search news appeared on the Internet, which began to suppress the three "apology statements" in the morning.

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk," a war and drama film co-produced by Bona and Sony Pictures, co-distributed by Huaying and China Film, and directed by Li An, will be confirmed to compete for the 89th Academy Awards next year."

"The animation, music, and adventure film Rock Mastiff, produced by Huayi and invested as much as 6000 million US dollars, closed at 2556 million in the first three days of the weekend. The overall screening schedule of the theaters has dropped to 5.7%. Unfortunately, the box office potential of the film is about to be exhausted..."

"Bona announced that the premiere of 'Legend of the Gods' will be held on the 26th of this month. We welcome filmmakers to attend and join us!"

"Produced by Huayi Brothers and directed by Wen Zhang, the first film "Lu Yao Zhi Mali" held its premiere in Beijing this morning. Ye Ning, the former general manager of Wanda Cinema Line and the current general manager of Huayi Cinema Line, attended in person, but most of Huayi's senior executives did not show up..."

While eating, Fade Chen watched the news and laughed cheerfully from time to time.

Fatty Yu has been quite active recently, frequently appearing in public.

With "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" and "The Legend of the Gods", business and art are carried out simultaneously, as if to wash away the frustration of Bona's delisting from the US stock market.

Many people in the industry are optimistic about him and believe that Bona will be able to return to its "peak" with the help of these two films.

There are a lot of people praising it, including a bunch of experts and scholars, who know if it’s because they were paid, but they flatter it so ruthlessly!

But Chen Fei just wanted to laugh when he saw it.

I don’t know if Fatty Yu will burst into tears on the spot after the results of these two movies come out.

Compared to Bona’s “seemingly lucky” side, Huayi is much more unlucky!

The animated movie "Rock Mastiff", which cost 6000 million US dollars to make, only earned more than 2000 million in box office after its release in three days. It almost lost all its money!

"Boom boom boom!"

A sudden knock on the door interrupted Chen Fei's eating of melon and rice.

After tidying up the messy table, he called out, "Come in."

The next second, the office door was pushed open and the secretary walked in.

"Mr. Chen, someone from Happy Twist is here to report their new movie project to you."

"Oh? So soon?" Fade Chen raised his eyebrows: "Where are they now?"

"In the reception room downstairs."

"Okay, tell them to go to the conference room and wait for me. I'll go over right after I wash my hands." As he spoke, Fade Chen stood up and instructed, "By the way, call the assistant and ask him to clean up the table for me."

"Okay, Mr. Chen."

The secretary responded, turned around and quickly left the office.

Chen Fei simply rinsed his mouth, put on his suit, and went straight to the meeting room.

Although his lunch break was ruined because of the arrival of Happy Twist, he didn't mind.

Because he is quite curious, and he doesn't know what kind of surprise Happy Twist will bring him this time?
At the same time, a group of senior executives were also holding a meeting in Huayi’s conference room.

However, the atmosphere of this meeting was a little off.

On the projection screen on the rostrum, various data and report PPTs were constantly scrolling, showing the progress and problems of the "Rock Tibetan Mastiff" project. Wang Zhonglei stood on the podium with a serious and solemn expression.

As the direct person in charge of the "Rock Mastiff" project, he understood that the failure of this project was closely related to him.

But as the boss, how could he possibly take all the responsibility on himself?

Therefore, he cleared his throat, began to express his opinions loudly, and shamelessly shifted the blame:

"I think there are serious problems with our distribution strategy this time, especially the choice of the film's release date, which is simply a huge disaster..."

As he spoke, a hint of anger suddenly emerged in his voice:
"You can see that there are more than 7 movies released at the same time in the July summer vacation period. The competition is so fierce!
Our "Rock and Roll Tibetan Mastiff" has to compete with Hollywood imported blockbusters such as "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows". Whether in terms of word of mouth or IP appeal, we have no obvious advantage, so why do we insist on releasing it in this schedule?"

Hearing this, Ye Ning, who had just returned from the premiere of "Lu Yao Zhi Mali", couldn't help but roll his eyes.

As we all know, the release date of a movie is chosen after much discussion and consideration.

Now that there is a problem, how can we simply put the blame on a certain person or department? Isn't this a joke? Isn't this too obvious?

However, Wang Zhonglei did not pay attention to the reactions of the audience, but continued his impassioned speech:

“In addition to the problem of scheduling, the next problem is the publicity, which is also very big!

You know, our movie is a combination of big production and Chinese IP, plus Hollywood's top production team, which undoubtedly makes the film a very international animation work.

But why, even with such a strong production line-up, the film’s performance in the market was not as popular as expected?

I think the key to the problem lies in the mistake in publicity strategy!

In my opinion, the publicity department should have focused its promotion on the "parent-child" type and used this word-of-mouth advantage to attract audiences, but they mistakenly chose the "family-friendly" type of promotional selling point in an attempt to attract the attention of the general audience.

This behavior is undoubtedly wrong, and it has led to the fact that although we have invested a lot of resources and energy, the effect is not ideal. Even for the majority of audiences, "Rock Mastiff" is still a relatively unfamiliar film, and its IP appeal is not enough to make everyone buy tickets to the theater to watch it..."

For the next half hour, Wang Zhonglei completely shirked his responsibility.

Everyone easily drew a conclusion from his words, namely: the failure of "Rock Mastiff" should be attributed entirely to the publicity and promotion department, and has little to do with the film's quality, reputation, scheduling, etc.

Faced with this conclusion, everyone was speechless.

The boss has even taken out the PPT and has been shifting the blame. Faced with such a situation, what else can the employees do except continue?

Even Wang Zhongjun remained silent throughout the entire process, clearly tacitly approving Wang Zhonglei's behavior of shifting the blame.

Well then, in this situation, who dares to express any other opinions?

In the conference room, the two main persons in charge of the publicity and promotion department looked up and around, feeling confused.

The failure of $6000 million was all thrown on their heads. Now they have to take the blame whether they want to or not. They have no other choice.

At the same time, while Wang Zhonglei was frantically "passing the buck", over at Feiyue Film and Television, Chen Fei had already finished looking at the new project handed over by Happy Twist.

"'The Shameful Iron Fist'? Hey, that's a pretty interesting name."

Hearing his words, Song Yang on the side quickly added: "This name is the same as the play that our Happy Twist is currently touring, and it is of the same origin as the previous "Charlotte's Troubles"."

Chen Fei looked at him and asked curiously, "So, this movie will be directed by you, right, Zhang Yang?"

"Oh, it's rare that you still remember the name of my character in 'Charlotte's Troubles'. I'm so honored."

As he spoke, Song Yang's face was already filled with a sense of honor!
Zhang Chen, the current chairman of Happy Twist, who came over, helped out: "According to our plan, this movie will be directed by Song Yang, starring Ma Li and Allen, and Shen Teng will also be in the film, playing the second male lead."

Hearing their leader mention their names, Ma Li, Allen, and Shen Teng all smiled.

Being able to act in movies again is undoubtedly great news for stage actors like them!

Net worth, status, and fame are all accumulated bit by bit.

At this time, Fade Chen asked again: "I vaguely remember that the play "The Shameful Iron Fist" was written by Song Yang himself, right?"

Hearing this, Song Yang quickly replied, "Yes, I wrote it, including the entire rehearsal process of the performance on stage, which I was also responsible for arranging and controlling."

"Well, okay, then I feel relieved."

Chen Fei nodded slightly, feeling a little emotional in his heart. Sometimes talent and appearance are not in direct proportion.

"Mr. Chen, is this project confirmed?" Zhang Chen asked tentatively.

"Yes, sure. Once the budget is ready, if you need any investment, please contact Mr. Su directly. I will tell him. If you have any difficulties or need any help, you can also contact him. Mr. Su will help you handle the whole process."

"Okay! Thank you Mr. Chen for your support! Happy Twist will never let you down!"

Chen Fei smiled, closed the script, and handed it back to him: "I am very optimistic about your stage play. I suggest that you can continue the style of adapting stage plays into movies. As long as you don't take detours, there will be absolutely no problem in listing it in the future."

"Okay, I'll follow Mr. Chen's instructions. I'll make a detailed plan when I get back."

"Well, okay, I won't keep you here. Be careful on the road."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, please stay. No need to see me off..."

More than ten minutes later, under Chen Fei's gaze, a group of people from Happy Twist got into a business car and drove away from Feiyue Films.

The secretary who had been accompanying Chen Fei throughout the whole process suddenly said, "The Happy Twist group is quite interesting. They seem to be very united, and everyone is working together..."

Chen Fei laughed: "As the saying goes, if people are united, they can move mountains. Everyone has the opportunity to realize their dreams. All efforts can be rewarded to oneself, so naturally there will be no intrigues and office struggles.

Only such a company can achieve healthy development instead of heading towards a dead end step by step!"

……

Another two days passed in a flash.

On the 15th, the comedy and romance film "Lu Yao Zhi Mali", produced by Huayi, directed by Wen Zhang, and starring Bao Bei'er, Song Jia, and Zhu Yawen, was officially launched for public screening.

At the same time, "The Great Reversal" starring Zhong Hanliang and Lee Jung-jae, and "The Fast and the Furious" starring Lin Gengxin and Zhang Jinchu were also released.

Influenced by these movies, the daily box office of "Rock Mastiff" has been declining and has dropped to 103 million, completely declaring itself a failure.

What the industry did not expect was that at noon, Huayi actually issued an "accountability" notice to the public!

"Due to the major mistakes in the national distribution of "Rock Tibetan Mastiff", the company suffered huge economic losses. After research and discussion by the company's management, it was decided to demote Ms. Zhang Qian and Mr. Sun Ao, the former deputy general managers of the distribution company, to distribution directors, and to make corresponding adjustments to their salaries..."

This announcement was like a heavy hammer, not only hitting the heads of the two Huayi executives, but also causing a strong response among Huayi's entire distribution team and even all companies involved in the distribution business!

Wang Changtian called Chen Fei immediately, his words full of shock and doubt: "What the hell? What the hell is this operation? It was clearly an investment mistake, why is the problem attributed to the issuer?"

Chen Fei was also a little confused at first, but he quickly reacted.

"If nothing unexpected happens, these two people should be pushed out to take the blame. The huge investment of 6000 million US dollars has gone down the drain. If no one comes out to take the blame, shareholders will definitely be dissatisfied."

"Fuck! It's fucked up! How can we carry out our distribution business after what they did? If any movie fails in the future, it will be our fault, right?"

Wang Changtian was cursing and complaining on the phone, and he could hardly hide his anger!
"It's obvious that there are problems with the investment, but the boss is unwilling to take responsibility and instead lets his subordinates take the blame. If he continues like this, the company will be ruined sooner or later. It would be strange if people's hearts are united..."

Listening to the constant complaints and ridicules coming from the phone, many memories suddenly emerged in Chen Fei's mind.

Perhaps it is the accumulation of these small things that has led to the gradual collapse of the "building" of Huayi?
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