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

Chapter 924: An evergreen among the big stars? Holding the power of public opinion! Who can compete with her?
It is July 7nd, and under the attention of countless filmmakers in the industry, the "competition" for the summer vacation season has finally officially begun.

At 9 a.m., an announcement suddenly heated up the cinema market.

"The comedy action film "Skiptrace", jointly produced by Tangde, Huawen, and Daxing Media, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Chen Long, Fan Bingbing, Zeng Zhiwei and others, grossed 9827.69 million on its first day of release!"

"The film "Skiptrace" scored 8.9 points on Maoyan on its opening day, and the reviews were very good."

"Chen Long was deceived, Bing Bin is in danger... Go to the cinema quickly, Escape from the Jedi is great!"

Since July 40st, there have been no less than domestic films released in theaters, but "Skiptrace" is the first film to achieve both box office success and good reputation.

For a time, accompanied by a large number of positive reviews online, the popularity and screening schedule of "Escape Plan" surged.

Remember, this is still a working day!

If we wait until the weekend, won't the box office see another surge?
However, the crew of "Skiptrace" was happy, but "Lu Yao Zhi Mali" and "The Quick and the Furious" were unlucky.

The screening schedules of the latter two have been declining again and again, and the daily box office has both plummeted to below 100 million.

However, just when Huayi’s stock price was falling due to the failure of “Rock Mastiff” and “Lu Yao Zhi Mali”, news from the San Sebastian International Film Festival finally came back as expected by all Huayi employees!

On the 23rd, Weibo, major portals, forums, entertainment news newspapers and other places were all flooded with press releases for "I Am Not Madame Bovary":

"Yesterday evening, the 64th San Sebastian International Film Festival officially announced the shortlists for each module of this year's festival."

"It is reported that the realistic film "I Am Not Madame Bovary" jointly produced by Huayi, Dongyang Mira and Yaolai Pictures, directed by Feng Xiaogang, written by Liu Zhenyun, and starring Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Dong Chengpeng and others, has been successfully shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's San Sebastian International Film Festival!"

"Huayi Group announced this morning that the film "I Am Not Madame Bovary" has confirmed that it will participate in the selection of the 53rd Golden Horse Awards this year, and will also register for the 31st Golden Rooster Awards next year..."

~

It was noon, and when Chen Fei finished his work and was preparing to eat, he saw that Feng Xiaogang had posted 10 new Weibo posts in a row.

Looking around, the first five Weibo posts expressed how excited, thrilled, and unable to suppress their feelings were after the movie they directed was shortlisted for the film festival.

In the five microblogs that followed, he praised the San Sebastian International Film Festival from beginning to end, saying how high the cultural literacy of the festival was and how valuable the award was...

Anyway, there is only one meaning behind the words, which is: the San Sebastian International Film Festival is as prestigious as the Cannes International Film Festival!

Seeing this, Chen Fei inexplicably had a clear understanding of the phrase "Whoever gives you milk is your mother".

If nothing unexpected happens, Feng Gangpao should be very confident this time, otherwise he would not have expressed his excitement and praised the film festival, as if he had already successfully won the award.

It also includes the subsequent Golden Horse Awards and Golden Rooster Awards. According to Huayi’s nature, if it is not sure enough, it will definitely not come out for marketing.

In this era, capital has already begun to run rampant.

Except for a few special large international film festivals, other film festivals are full of various exchanges of interests!
Most of them appear clean on the surface, but their interior has long been eaten away by termites and is in tatters.

In addition to Feng Xiaogang, Fan Bingbing, who was nominated for "Best Actress", also saw her popularity soar!
"Escape Plan" is currently in theaters, "Legend of the Gods" is coming soon, "Sky Hunter" is in preparation, and "Win the World" is about to start filming... In addition, "I Am Not Madame Bovary" has been nominated for the main competition unit of the San Sebastian International Film Festival...

Looking around, it seems that this famous actress has been on the hot search list since early June 2016, like an evergreen tree!
In comparison, the actresses of her time seem a little behind.

Zhou Xun can barely compete with her in popularity with "Operation Red Sea" and "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", but people like Li Bingbin, Zhang Ziyi, etc. have long been left behind by her!

Especially Zhang Ziyi, her eyes turned red with jealousy as she watched the news.

Although she is known as the "International Zhang", looking around, apart from entering Hollywood with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she is actually in a very weak position in terms of awards.

Zhou Xun is the first actress in the domestic entertainment industry to win the Golden Rooster, Golden Image and Golden Horse Awards, while Fan Bingbing also won the Best Actress Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival. As for Liu Yifei's Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, it is an unattainable goal for her!

Under such circumstances, her title of "International Zhang" has become a target of attack for many black fans.

Especially after Fan Bingbing was nominated for Best Actress at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, her Weibo account suddenly became lively.

Mockery, ridicule, contempt... can be heard all the time!
She even wanted to turn off her Weibo comment permission at one point, but after thinking about it, she decided not to do so.

After all, if it was really turned off, wouldn't that mean she had admitted defeat?

"Haven't you found any suitable resources yet?"

Seeing that the rival family was developing better and better, Zhang Ziyi really couldn't sit still.

The agents will also have a headache at this time. After all, in most cases, the good resources have already been selected, so how can they have the chance to compete for them?
But hearing Zhang Ziyi's anxious tone, she had to make some responses:
"Director Cheng Er informed me yesterday that he would send The Last Romance to participate in the 14th Changchun Film Festival..."

"I'm asking you if you have any suitable film and television resources. Why are you talking to me about the film festival?"

The agent fell silent.

"Oh!" With a helpless sigh, Zhang Ziyi took out her cell phone and found Li An's number.

When she first went to Hollywood, it was Li An who took her out and made her into "International Zhang".

Now if she wants to make a comeback, she can only pin her hopes on major directors.

If I were to find the resources myself, how long would it take?
……

Time comes on the 24th.

As expected, on its first Saturday, the box office of "Skiptrace" hit a new record, directly breaking through 1 million RMB, blinding a lot of people!

Some experts in the industry have concluded: "This movie definitely has the potential to hit the 10 billion box office, and it is very likely to become the No. 1 summer movie this year!"

As soon as the news came out, the crew of "Escape Plan" was immediately plunged into a sea of ​​celebration.

However, as the saying goes, where there is joy, there is sorrow.

Chen Fei had just signed and sent out the authorization letter for increasing his stake in Weibo when he picked up his phone and discovered that a "secretly filmed" video had made the headlines on Weibo.

Although the video is a bit shaky and blurry, the recorded sound is still quite clear.

One could clearly hear a man with a rough voice angrily slamming the table and shouting, "You don't know, the film and television industry is so dirty!
My movie Rock Mastiff took 6 years to prepare, costing 6000 million US dollars and countless efforts to successfully create it.

But I never expected that all my efforts would go to waste just because of the cinema's scheduling. Is this fair? How can this be fair? This is a shameless suppression of me..."

Although no one knows who recorded the video or exposed it, everyone who has watched the video can clearly tell who is shouting in the video.

If nothing unexpected happens, this person is the recently very popular "rock star" Zheng Jun!
Chen Fei listened to Zheng Jun's resentful accusation in the video twice in succession.

At first he was complaining about the cinema chain giving him an unfair schedule, and then he started talking about how hard he worked, how much effort he put in, and how many dreams he invested...

Anyway, the meaning is just one thing: in his opinion, this animated movie should have made a lot of money after its release.

But the result was that because the theaters gave him unfair screening schedules, the film's box office was a dismal mess, and all the factors for the box office failure should be attributed to the theaters, not himself.

Chen Fei was almost delighted by what he heard.

He seriously suspected that this video was actually directed and acted by Zheng Jun himself in order to "clarify" himself in front of netizens and colleagues.

It is hard to say whether Huayi is involved, but I think the two Wang brothers should not be that stupid.

After all, what matters in cinema movies is usually only "profit". Who cares about your hard work, dreams, and feelings?

If the box office performance is good, you will be allocated more screenings.

If the box office performance is poor, the theaters will force you to remove the film without waiting for the key period to end. Why would they care about you?
As for the movie "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", it is a special case. After all, the producer's kneeling brought him extremely high popularity!

Moreover, the quality of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" itself is also very good, so the box office continued to rise and finally broke through the 1 million mark.

As for the movie "Rock Mastiff" which has been forcibly taken off the screen, it really depends on personal opinion.

Rock animation + niche + PG13... the teenagers as the target audience are isolated, but it is made into an animated movie. How fucking stupid must one be to come up with such an idea?
Many people in the circle have been mocking secretly, and even many netizens are full of sarcasm and contempt in their words.

"Guo Degang voiced it, and it's an animated film. I really can't understand what the producer was thinking?"

"If you want to play rock, just play rock. Why make movies? Do you really think it's so easy to change careers?" "Isn't it normal for a super bad movie to have such a low box office? What's there to be wronged about?"

"Haha, you failed in your career transition, you must have been taught a lesson, did you really think it's that easy to make a movie in theaters?"

"You even boasted that you wanted to surpass The Return of the Great Sage. I was amused at the time. Who are you? Are you worthy enough to compete with Feiyue Films?"

"Hurry up and delete the video. It's already been screened in domestic theaters. What's there to complain about? If you feel so wronged, go and conquer Hollywood if you have the guts!"

……

The next morning, a new Monday arrived again.

So far, "Skiptrace" has been released for 4 days, and its box office performance has soared to 4.03 million!
However, this morning the attention of the entire film and television industry was focused on a film filing information notice issued by the Film Bureau.

Major entertainment media outlets arrived as promised and reported on the event:
"In the morning, the Film Bureau announced the latest batch of film filing information, and the film "Lost in Hong Kong" invested by Feiyue Film and Television was on the list."

“Reprinted from the public document of the Film Bureau, the filing information of “Lost in Hong Kong” is as follows:
Movie: Lost in Hong Kong.

Genres: comedy, romance, action.

Producers: Feiyue Films, Ning Hao Studio, and Wang Baoqiang Studio.

Director/Screenwriter: Wang Baoqiang.

Producer: Chen Fei.

Producer: Ning Hao

Starring: Wang Baoqiang.

Other roles: To be determined. "

"Feiyue Films announced that the casting for Lost in Hong Kong will officially begin in the near future, and welcomes actors and artists in the industry to submit their resumes and participate in the audition..."

It wasn’t until the Film Bureau’s public document was exposed to everyone in the industry that everyone finally reacted!

"Wow, Wang Baoqiang actually switched from being an actor to becoming a director?"

"It seems that Fade Chen is very optimistic about this movie? He even served as the producer himself."

"So, this is one of the projects in the 'Commercial Film Support Plan'? Letting Wang Baoqiang be the director is really a great 'support'!"

"Okay, let's prepare to let the actors below to audition. After all, this is a Feiyue Film and Television project, so it shouldn't be too bad."

"Sister Ziyi? Should we try this project? After all, it's a commercial film."

"Lost in Hong Kong? Isn't the Lost series a comedy? Forget it. I don't like this kind of theme. Besides, the director is a former actor. He is probably just practicing. I should find a real big-budget commercial project..."

"Oh, that's okay."

~

As "Lost in Hong Kong" officially passed the review, Feiyue Film and Television's official Weibo, Chen Fei, Ning Hao, Wang Baoqiang and others all reposted the film filing information on Weibo.

Even though a lot of doubts emerged from the outside world, none of them responded.

After all, the best way to dispel doubts is to slap all doubters in the face with real achievements!
Instead of arguing, it is better to work hard silently and make a good movie. This is the real and best response.

"I won't be involved in the casting process. When the final list comes out, you can just show it to me... There are also preparatory work, budgeting, and location selection... As a director, I must do it myself to make sure I have a clear idea..."

In the office, Chen Fei was arranging work.

But if you listen carefully, you can find that he has been throwing out all kinds of messy trivial things.

And the person who was "dumped" was none other than Wang Baoqiang!

Ning Hao couldn't bear to listen any longer, and complained speechlessly: "So, you are just a producer with a name? You don't do anything else?"

"Aren't you still here as the supervisor?"

Chen Fei immediately threw the responsibility onto him, and shamelessly found a suitable excuse for himself: "Since we have decided to support Bao Qiang, we naturally have to let him do it himself, so that he can accumulate enough directing experience..."

How could Wang Baoqiang understand this? He immediately burst into tears of gratitude and said, "Director Chen! Don't worry! I will never let you down!"

Ning Hao, who was standing by, twitched his mouth when he heard this.

One was willing to fight and the other was willing to be beaten. He couldn't even get a word in and could only watch Chen Fei act like a hands-off boss.

But at this moment, he suddenly thought of another thing.

"Eh? That's not right! I have to help Bao Qiang shoot Lost in Hong Kong, so what about the movie So Young? Music Dreams?"

"Don't worry about that. I'll let Chen Qifu keep an eye on it. It just so happens that he doesn't have any projects on hand recently."

"Oh, that's fine. But don't tire me out. I'm still thinking about traveling to Hong Kong."

"???"

Listening to the conversation between the two, Wang Baoqiang vaguely felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't react for a while.

……

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

Chen Fei had just sent Ning Hao and Wang Baoqiang away when Zhou Shouzi called again.

"Mr. Chen, the matter has been handled. Longxiang Capital has increased its stake by 5 points this time. The specific contract amount has been signed and the money has been remitted."

“Only 5 points?”

Chen Fei was a little disappointed. He thought he could take advantage of this opportunity to buy back all the 10 points of Alibaba's share reduction.

"Five points is actually a lot." Zhou Shouzi spoke faster: "Almost all original shareholders chose to continue to increase their holdings of Weibo shares, and no one gave up.

The shares we have obtained now are actually snatching food from the tiger's mouth, and even caused dissatisfaction among many shareholders..."

After hearing this reason, Fade Chen reacted quickly.

Weibo is indeed a hot commodity now. After all, as long as one can become a shareholder, the dividends received every year are enough to make many people rich.

Not to mention that after gaining more shares, you can also gain extremely high voice in public opinion, which is the most important thing!

Under the temptation of these conditions, who would give up continuing to increase their holdings?

“What is our current total percentage?”

"After acquiring 5%, Longxiang Capital's shareholding in Weibo has reached 27%, second only to Sina Corporation, and has already opened up a large gap with Alibaba!"

"it is good!"

At this moment, a bright smile suddenly appeared on Fade Chen's face.

With a 27% shareholding ratio, this makes him the undisputed second largest shareholder in name and degree!

Alibaba, which was previously on par with Longxiang Capital, has seen its shareholding ratio greatly reduced this time and can no longer be so arrogant.

From then on, Feiyue Films has truly occupied the "high ground" in terms of the right to speak on the Internet, and no one is qualified to challenge it!

……

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