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

Chapter 927: Still want to submit "No Other Love" for review? Go and eat dust! Huge gap in screening data!
The fact that Depp came to China to promote his movie caused quite a stir on Weibo.

After all, this "captain" has become really popular recently!
Of course, this is not the same thing as that. The main reason is that his divorce lawsuit with his wife was so "interesting" that it made netizens all over the world extremely excited.

The two of them really had no mercy at all when it came to smearing each other. They dared to reveal all kinds of negative information, which made netizens eat a lot of melons.

However, with the addition that "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" is about to start filming soon, Depp's popularity has been very high recently due to various events!
Alibaba Pictures sent out many invitations. Some people chose to join in the fun, but some chose to turn a blind eye.

And Chen Fei was naturally the one who turned a blind eye.

Since the post-production of "Operation Red Sea" has been completed, he has more rest time, which he can use to eat melons, rest and have fun.

So, when he got up early in the morning, he saw a very "fresh" melon.

When Director Gu took Zhang Jinchu to a high-end luxury store to buy jewelry last night, they were photographed by paparazzi again. Netizens were happily watching the scene.

The comment section under the person involved's Weibo post was particularly lively, full of jokes:

"Director Gu is still strong despite his old age! Even at such an old age, he can still eat juicy cabbage."

"Haha, Director Gu, this is a big deal! This jewelry is not cheap, right?"

"This couple is really amazing. One of them is restless, and the other is restless, but they just won't divorce. I don't know what they are thinking. It's really weird."

"I always feel like Director Gu is taking revenge..."

Chen Fei was enjoying the show when suddenly a call from Ning Hao interrupted his interest.

"Why are you calling so early in the morning?"

"You didn't get the letter?"

"Receive a letter? What letter?"

"Jiang Wenli's letter. Didn't she call you?"

Hearing this name, combined with the hot searches online, Chen Fei immediately became interested.

"What? Jiang Wenli called you? Is it about Director Gu and that person again?"

"That's about right." Ning Hao was speechless. "She didn't call me in person, but she called Xing Aina. The two of them chatted for more than half an hour, and then I got into trouble again..."

"Hahahahaha, then you better behave yourself during this period of time. Don't go out to fool around, or you'll be caught and made an example."

"Hey!? What are you talking about! I'm not that kind of person, okay?"

A few minutes later, the two ended the call and agreed to go together to help Wang Baoqiang when the first round of auditions for "Lost in Hong Kong" was held.

However, just as Chen Fei put down his phone, the bedroom door was suddenly pushed open.

Liu Yifei held her cell phone in one hand and covered her mouth with the other hand as she yawned. She looked extremely sleepy.

"Huh? Why did you wake up so early today? It's only nine o'clock and you're up?"

"I was woken up." Liu Yifei waved her phone weakly: "Teacher Jiang Wenli called me and said a lot of nonsense."

Chen Fei was immediately amused: "What? Did she also tell you about banning a certain actress named Zhang?"

"Huh? How do you know?"

"Ning Hao just called me and said that Jiang Wenli is looking for his wife."

As he spoke, Fade Chen reached out and pulled the soft Liu Yifei into his arms, sniffing the faint fragrance lingering from her hair.

"Teacher Jiang is such a jerk. She has already banned me once before, why is she doing this again now? If it doesn't work out, then just divorce me. Isn't she tired of doing this every day?"

"Maybe this is the fun between couples."

"Alas, neither of them is serious..." As she was speaking, Miss Liu paused, and her slender and tender white hand slapped Chen Fei's hand: "Where are you touching in broad daylight?"

"I'm looking for some fun for just the two of us."

Fade Chen spoke seriously, but his hands were moving in a very unserious manner.

After a while, the sofa began to shake, and Liu Yifei's idea of ​​going back to the bedroom to take a nap was directly shattered.

……

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the first and final media fan meeting of "Ben-Hur" in China officially kicked off.

At the same time, at the General Administration, Tong Gang looked at the application materials sent by his secretary, and a look of contempt, sarcasm and disdain suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

According to normal procedures, if a movie has problems and wants to be re-shot with a different cast, it must be reviewed again.

Only after passing the review can the crew conduct a second shoot with a change of roles, and they will need to apply for a shooting permit again.

Take the current film "No Other Love" for example. After the popularity has passed, Alibaba Pictures couldn't wait to submit it for a second review.

"What did the review team say? Can't they even review a script? Why do they have to send it to me?"

The secretary was startled when he heard this, and quickly replied, "Mr. Xu, Mr. Zhou, and Mr. Li all said they were unsure, and they wanted you to help take a look."

"Haha? Can't control it?" Tong Gang curled his lips: "Are you unsure of it, or are you afraid to take the ball and just kick it into my hands as a referee?"

The secretary had no way of responding to this and could only choose to remain silent.

"Since they are unsure, let's leave it alone. I will go and see it when I have time."

As soon as he finished speaking, under the secretary's gaze, Tong Gang picked up the script on the table and threw it into the bottom drawer of the desk without even looking at it.

Seeing this, the secretary immediately had the answer in his mind.

As Tong Gang's personal secretary, he is very familiar with the layout of this office.

The drawer where Tong Gang just threw the script is the most inconspicuous drawer and the one that is opened the least in the year.

You know, this is the first time that Tong Gang has opened this drawer from the beginning of the year to now, and it will take who knows when he will open it again.

"If someone asks you, just say that this script is too difficult to review. I need to take a closer look. As for when it will be reviewed, the time is not fixed. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Director Tong, I understand."

The secretary responded, turned around and left the office.

At the same time, Tong Gang turned around and put the matter of "No Other Love" behind him.

In his opinion, the investors of this movie are really stupid.

So many powerful organizations have spoken out, expressing their intention to boycott this film and some of the people involved in it.

Under such circumstances, how could the Film Bureau allow this movie to be remade and released?
Just put the script in the drawer and let it collect dust. After half a year, take it out and throw it into the shredder to destroy it.

……

In the afternoon, the promotional release of "Ben-Hur" began to spread on the Internet, but under the suppression of "Legend of the Gods" and "Detective Chinatown 2", it could not stand out at all!

However, photos of Depp with many celebrities began to circulate on the Internet one by one, sparking a lot of discussion.

When it comes to riding on the popularity of others, those second- and third-tier stars and actors in the domestic entertainment industry are very good at it.

Because today's event was just a meet-and-greet, the finished film of "Ben-Hur" was not publicly screened at the event.

Based on this, the media can brag without any burden.

Anyway, everyone has been paid, so just blow it up as much as you can.

In the blink of an eye, it was the 28th.

Early in the morning, a sudden "breaking news" in the industry was like a bolt from the blue, instantly attracting everyone's attention!
Wanda Group, this giant industrial company, once again announced a jaw-dropping strategic decision with astonishing moves.

That is: its American AMC Theaters will acquire Europe's largest cinema chain Odeon & UCI for 9.21 million pounds.

This news was like a bombshell, instantly creating a huge wave in the industry!

Wanda's move undoubtedly once again demonstrates its dominance in the film industry. After all, several years ago, Wanda acquired AMC, the second largest cinema chain in the United States, for a huge sum of US$31 billion. This feat not only made Wanda Cinema famous worldwide, but also laid a solid foundation for its globalization strategy.

The acquisition of Odeon & UCI is another important milestone in Wanda Cinemas’ global layout.

As the news of the merger and acquisition came out, the industry was in an uproar.

Some people marvel at the Wanda Group's strong financial strength and believe that it is very likely to become one of the only two non-American companies with the ability to distribute movies globally in the future.

Some people also expressed concerns about whether Wanda’s strong rise would have an impact on the Chinese-language film market, or even become the first domestic company to rival the six major Hollywood production companies.

However, no matter how the outside world discusses, Wanda Group always remains calm and firm.

For Wanda, the acquisition of Odeon & UCI not only means the further expansion of its global cinema network, but also an important opportunity to deepen international cooperation and enhance brand influence.

The group's planning has long been very clear. In the tide of globalization, only by constantly integrating resources and enhancing strength can we remain invincible in the fierce market competition.

Therefore, in the next few years, if nothing unexpected happens, Wanda will continue to adhere to the strategic concept of "buy, buy, buy" and constantly seek new cooperation and development opportunities.

"Mr. Liu, congratulations! Wanda Cinema Line has once again taken a big step forward and achieved a milestone..."

Listening to Chen Fei's congratulations on the phone, Liu Xiaobin was happy, but he couldn't help but express his doubts:
"Mr. Chen, I'm actually quite curious. If you wanted to expand Pan Asia Cinema Chain with all your strength, AMC, including Odeon and UCI, should have been in your pocket a few years ago, right?

But I have recently noticed that your Pan Asia Cinema Chain seems to be shrinking the market, no longer pursuing market share, but pursuing high-quality products. Why is this? "

Chen Fei said without hesitation: "Because we don't have any extra money to expand."

Liu Xiaobin naturally didn't believe him: "That's because you have been upgrading your equipment, improving the user's viewing experience, and becoming a flagship brand instead of expanding the market."

Seeing that he couldn't get away with it, Fade Chen changed his way of explaining: "Well, the main reason is that I feel that neither AMC nor Odeon & UCI is worth spending such a high price to acquire them."

“But this is a manifestation of the cinema chain’s market power!”

“We at Pan Asia Cinema Line don’t have the same ambition as Wanda. We are developing it purely for the cinema line, while you are mainly developing it for real estate. We are actually different in nature.

My original goal was to wait until the theater chain's distribution capabilities could be expanded globally, then we would stop, take a break, shake the dirt out of our shoes, and then continue on our way.

But can you, Wanda Real Estate, do this? Do you dare to stop, take a break, sit down and take a breath? "

Liu Xiaobin smiled awkwardly: "I really don't dare. After all, we owe too much debt to the bank. If we stop, it will be a big trouble."

"Well, I don't owe the bank any money, so I can stop."

Chen Fei did not discuss this topic in too much depth with Liu Xiaobin. He called today mainly to discuss the screening schedule of "Detective Chinatown 2" tomorrow.

After learning about his purpose, Liu Xiaobin promised without hesitation: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, I promise Wanda will do its best to schedule tomorrow's film.

Moreover, in terms of film reviews within our company, many more people are optimistic about Detective Chinatown 2 than The Legend of the Gods! "

"Haha, OK, then I would like to thank Mr. Liu."

……

Early in the morning on the 29th, the attention of almost everyone in the entire film industry was focused on the two strongest domestic films of the summer vacation, and they were silently looking forward to the first-day box office performance of the two films.

The media couldn’t wait to report:
"Exclusively produced by Bona Film Group, starring Li Lianjie, Xiang Zuo, Fan Bingbing, Liang Jiahui, Huang Xiaoming, Yang Ying, Louis Koo, Wen Zhang, Xu Qing and others, the large-scale mythological costume epic "Legend of the Gods" with a production cost of up to 5 million yuan has been released in theaters across the country in the early hours of this morning and officially started to be released."

"According to the data from the cinema chain, on the first day of the release of the movie "Legend of the Gods", the national comprehensive screening rate was 27.6%."

"Produced by Feiyue Films and co-starred by Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Ruoyun, Xiao Yang and others, the second film in the Detective Chinatown series, Detective Chinatown 2, has been released in theaters nationwide early this morning and officially began to be screened."

"According to the data from the cinema chain, on the first day of the release of the movie "Detective Chinatown 2", the national comprehensive screening rate was 46.6%, the highest among all the movies released during the same period!"

"The Hollywood blockbuster "Ben-Hur", starring Johnny Depp, has been released in theaters across the country in the early hours of this morning and has officially begun to be screened. The overall screening schedule of theaters is 5.4%..."

"The movie "Skiptrace" was released for 8 days, with a cumulative box office of 5.89 million yuan, and a daily increase of 3165 million yuan."

"The comedy, action and crime film "The Quick and the Furious", which was produced by Wanda and starred by Lin Gengxin, Zhang Jinchu and Tengger, has been withdrawn from theaters because its box office potential has been exhausted.

The film was released for 15 days and the total box office was reported to be 5403 million, which was seriously inconsistent with its expected box office. "

Looking around, many movie fans have already started watching movies, and user rating and review permissions on platforms such as Maoyan and Douban have also been liberalized.

But at this time, at Bona, Yu Dong looked at the comprehensive screening rate of "Legend of the Gods" on the first day announced by the media, and he suddenly felt unwell!

In his expectation, the screening schedule of "Legend of the Gods" should at least be on par with "Detective Chinatown 2", or even surpass the latter.

After all, this movie is a big-budget movie that he invested "5 million" and worked hard to produce. How can it be compared with a comedy movie like "Detective Chinatown 2"?

However, the reality was far beyond his expectations!

The overall screening rate of "Detective Chinatown 2" is as high as 46.6%, but the "Legend of the Gods" controlled by Bona is only 27.6%.

Isn’t this gap too big?
He knew that Wanda and Pan Asia Cinemas were standing behind "Detective Chinatown 2", but their Bona was no pushover either, after all, behind them stood Poly Bona Cinemas.

Once Poly Bona made a move, many medium and small-sized film companies, even China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group, had to give it face.

Therefore, in his opinion, no matter how bad "Legend of the Gods" is, its overall screening rate on the first day should not be lower than 35%.

But what the hell is this 27.6% now?

Could it be that I haven't woken up yet and am still dreaming?

He was in a daze when the door to the office was suddenly pushed open from the outside.

The secretary came in with an anxious look on his face, and reported very quickly: "Director Yu, there is nothing wrong with the theater data reported by the media.

The reason why "Detective Chinatown 2" has such a high screening schedule is mainly because theaters under the Pan Asia, Wanda, China Film, Shanghai Film, Huayi, and Star Media companies have given this movie a very high screening schedule, and it is all during prime time..."

"what?!"

Hearing these words, Yu Dong felt as if he was struck by lightning!
He could understand the actions of Pan Asia, Wanda, and Shanghai Film Group. After all, in the eyes of the outside world, they were all in the same camp.

But companies such as China Film, Huayi, and Star Media have clearly had intense conflicts and contradictions with Feiyue Films. Why did they choose to support "Detective Chinatown 2"?

"What is going on with the distributor? Why did they make such a fatal mistake? I invested so much money in publicity and promotion, and this is the result I get?"

Yu Dong was furious when suddenly, there was a knock on the office door again.

"Get in!"

Along with his roar, the heads of the publicity, distribution and public relations departments rushed in, with expressions of anxiety and helplessness on their faces.

At this moment, Director Yu suddenly had a very ominous premonition in his heart.

He subconsciously asked, "What do you guys want?"

"Mr. Yu! Go check it out! The reputation of Legend of the Gods has collapsed!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Dong's face changed suddenly.

He subconsciously picked up his phone from the table and opened Weibo to find that tens of thousands of netizens were already criticizing "Legend of the Gods":

"I can't give it more than 1 point!! What a stupid plot, it's too fucking destructive, right? Ji Fa appeared for a few seconds at the beginning and wanted to save the world with the Sword of Light in the end? And Lei Zhenzi was throughout the whole plot? The movie hasn't even ended yet! What the hell is this!?"

"Haha, the looks of all the actors in the whole movie are so weird that I can't even complain about them. Huang Xiaoming played Erlang Shen as a gold saint? And didn't the elder at the beginning plagiarize Badd's look from League of Legends? Daji's tail is so funny! What the hell is this classic Conferred God? Why are you telling me this? Bad review! Absolutely bad review!"

"The special effects are barely passable, but the plot is not clear at all, and the character design is weird. Zhang Shuping should just be a nominal director, right? A movie of this quality seems to have a sequel? Isn't this a bit unfair?"

"I've never seen a film where actors sacrificed their acting skills, idols destroyed their images, and everyone dropped to the level of idiots to accommodate Lei Zhenzi, who was the protagonist for the first time in the "Investiture of the Gods" series. Oh, no, his name is Ji Lei!"

"I feel like this so-called fantasy blockbuster spent all its money on special effects, forcing itself to imitate the rhythm of Western fantasy films. The plot is so bad that I can't even complain about it. I wouldn't have wasted the money if I had known."

"..."

In the office, looking at the Maoyan comprehensive opening score of 6.3, Yu Dong sat down on the chair, revealing a strong sense of powerlessness and despair!

"It's over! It's completely over!"

He muttered to himself, and for the first time he felt endless confusion about Bona's future!
……

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