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

Chapter 937 The bankruptcy and liquidation of the "Oracle Princess"!

In the evening, Chen Fei returned to the villa before the evening rush hour.

After parking the car and opening the door, I saw that the yard was bustling with activity!
Han Jianu, Shu Chang, Zhao Liying, and Tang Yan were playing poker around a table, while Shen Jiani was coaxing the child and playing with the cat with the girl.

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin were busy lighting the stove. The table beside them was filled with skewers of meat and vegetables, and there was even a steaming hot pot...

"Wow? Why is it so lively?"

"Hey! Director Chen is back!" Shu Chang shouted loudly, and did not forget to throw the playing cards in his hand: "Royal bomb, haha, I finally won!"

Zhao Liying put down the poker cards in her hand, stood up and explained: "Director Chen, we came here today to celebrate with you and Sister Yifei. Congratulations on your film La La Land being nominated for the Venice International Film Festival."

"Same joy, same joy..."

As Chen Fei responded, he handed a large bag of fruit to Han Jianu and motioned her to wash it.

"Hey? I'm a guest! How can I ask a guest to help me with work?"

"You don't want to go?" Chen Fei glared at her and said, "I was originally planning to go to the Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center to discuss the script tomorrow. Since you don't want to go, I'll just sleep in at home tomorrow to save myself from talking nonsense."

As soon as these words were spoken, Han Jianu was easily controlled!
"Hey! Senior brother, I was just joking with you. Look at you, why are you so serious?"

Before she could finish her words, she had already obediently taken the fruit and ran to the kitchen.

"Where's Yifei?" Chen Fei turned around and looked around, but couldn't find today's heroine.

Tang Yan reminded her, "Yifei is on the phone inside."

"Oh."

As everyone was chatting, they saw Liu Yifei walking from the living room to the yard with a faint smile on her face.

"Xixi? Who called you? Why are you so happy?"

Following Shu Chang's question, everyone turned to look at Liu Yifei.

"It was my dad. He called to congratulate me on the nomination of the movie I starred in for the Venice International Film Festival. He also said that after I go to Venice, he will travel from Paris to visit me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin immediately started to make a noise.

"Hey? The son-in-law is going to meet his father-in-law?"

"We'll have to treat him to a good meal. After meeting my father-in-law, isn't it time to put the wedding on the agenda?"

"So, I can attend the wedding next year?"

"Where are you getting married? How about in the capital? There are many friends here, it's more lively, it's not fun abroad."

"Ah!? I was just washing some fruit, how did the topic of marriage come up?"

Faced with the teasing of a group of people, Liu Yifei's pretty face flushed, but she couldn't suppress the smile on her face, because she was actually looking forward to it in her heart.

"Hey? I, the person involved, am not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

Chen Fei complained helplessly, but did not deny it. Instead, he revealed some general information: "Get your gifts ready and wait for the invitations at any time."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was another round of jokes and cheers from the audience.

Liu Yifei's pretty face turned even redder. Although she said, "I haven't decided whether to marry him or not," her heart felt as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

The group of people were busy until after 10 o'clock before they finally dispersed.

After seeing everyone off, without waiting for Liu Yifei to clean up the things in the yard, Chen Fei picked her up by the waist and ran straight to the bedroom upstairs.

"Oh! Why are you so impatient? There are still many things in the yard that need to be cleaned up!"

"Let the babysitter come and collect it tomorrow."

Chen Fei had no intention of stopping. Sometimes he really wondered why his aunt, a relative, had to come and stay for a week every month.
……

As the night deepens in China, the sun is shining brightly abroad.

But, it may be sunny for others, but it is cloudy for Megan Ely!

Looking at the box office report of the movie "Ben-Hur" on the table, she had been sitting there for more than half an hour, unable to calm down her emotions for a long time.

She had previously thought that the film might not be well received overseas, but she never expected it to be so bad!
1745 million RMB, converted into US dollars is only 290 million US dollars. What a cruel number!

In order to vent her inner anger, she almost drove Depp crazy. After all, in Hollywood, divorce lawsuits are not so easy to resolve.

In addition to having to pay a large sum of money, Depp also had to suffer a double blow of reputation and public opinion!
But even so, it couldn't save Ben-Hur from box office failure.

And with the full withdrawal of this film, Annapurna Pictures has finally reached its final conclusion:

——Bankruptcy liquidation!
"Jingle Bell!"

The shrill telephone ring suddenly rang.

Megan Eli lowered her eyes and glanced at the caller ID, feeling deeply powerless and sad.

At this moment, she suddenly understood what it meant to "when the wall falls, everyone pushes it down."

The collection call from the bank came as soon as the movie she was in charge of failed, which was undoubtedly a huge blow to her!

After pressing the answer button and receiving the promise of returning the money as soon as possible as before, she hung up the phone and found her father's contact information.

"Beep beep..."

After waiting for more than ten seconds, the call was finally connected.

The proud "Oracle Princess" showed her sadness and pain at this moment. "Father, my company...is bankrupt!"

"Yeah, I know." Larry Eri, who is worth tens of billions of dollars, did not show much emotion. He just responded calmly: "Come back home. Just hand over the bankrupt company to the bank. I will arrange for a legal team to help you deal with the rest of the trouble."

"it is good……"

With deep reluctance, Megan Erie chose to accept reality.

In the next few days, she cooperated with the bank and the legal team arranged by her father to complete all the handover work.

When the news of Annapurna Films' bankruptcy came out, the media immediately published it on major websites and newspapers.

This independent production company, which was established less than three years ago, has not been able to escape the fate of "bankruptcy liquidation", just like other film and television companies founded by second-generation rich people from Wall Street in the past.

Due to the default of bank loans, the bank chose to apply for preservation of Annapurna Pictures' assets, and the most valuable ones among them were only the copyrights of the two films "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" and "Ben-Hur".

In addition, Megan Ely herself has a bank debt of up to 2 million US dollars to repay, and all of it needs to be paid off in a short period of time.

If it were an ordinary person, even some billionaires who became rich overnight, it would be very difficult to pay back the money.

Megan Erie doesn't have that ability either.

But who can blame her for having a good father?
With Larry Ery's personal intervention, the debt of up to $2 million was easily resolved, and Megan Ery avoided being sued in court.

Of course, Larry Eri is not without any conditions.

After helping his daughter repay the debt, he strongly demanded that Megan Ellison leave Hollywood, return to Oracle, and promise that she would never invest in the film and television industry again in the future!

Even though he is a billionaire, no matter how strong his ability to make money is, he can't stand such trouble from his daughter!
Losing hundreds of millions of dollars in three years is simply too exaggerated and scary.

If she is allowed to continue doing this, Oracle might end up losing money one day.

This also proves a saying: "Rich people are not afraid of their children eating, drinking, having fun and enjoying life, but they are afraid that their children will get carried away and start a business! This is a bottomless pit!"

Although Megan Erie was very unwilling, things had come to this point and she had no choice but to agree.

When Chen Fei saw the news about Annapurna Pictures' bankruptcy, it was three days after the Venice International Film Festival's nomination list was announced. He couldn't help but laugh when he saw the news reprinted from Hollywood.

Back then, this Oracle Princess was so arrogant when she first entered Hollywood, as if she was going to use money to open up the market.

But now? He still left in disgrace.

Calculating the time difference, he called Natasha to ask if there were any hot events happening in Hollywood recently.

In addition, there are two more important things, and he needs to find out the specific details.

It was just past ten o'clock in the evening North American time. Natasha, who had just returned home from a cocktail party, answered the call immediately after seeing it was from Fade Chen.

"Fei, good evening."

"Haha, it's already morning here in China."

After a few pleasantries, Fade Chen first inquired about the current situation of Megan Erie and Annapurna Pictures.

Natasha is well aware of the news. "According to media reports, Megan Erie left Los Angeles on a flight last night and returned to San Francisco. If nothing unexpected happens, she will never set foot in this sad place again in her life.

As for the assets of Annapurna Pictures, they are currently being auctioned off by the bank, and I took the opportunity to buy a lot of professional equipment and office supplies.

The company's original employees have all been laid off, and it is very difficult for them to find jobs now. Many companies think that they are unlucky and simply don't accept them, haha.

Many people were madly complaining about Megan Ely on Twitter, saying that it was because of her unprofessionalism that the company went bankrupt..."

"What's the current situation with Depp?" Chen Fei asked another question that he was very interested in.

"He is still in the process of suing Amber. The two sides are fighting fiercely and have already entered the stage of frantically exposing each other's dirty laundry... Many people are watching the fun, and even experts have begun to analyze what the final outcome will be for this celebrity couple..."

"Haha, if there is any new development, remember to email me."

"no problem."

After chatting about gossip, the two started talking about serious matters.

"Regarding the film and television rights of Venom, I have reached an agreement with Sony Columbia to jointly develop it, just like the previous Spider-Man, and they are very happy to develop it with us.

The person in charge of Sony Columbia has also read the script you sent me, "Venom: Let There Be Carnage". We have already signed an agreement and are preparing to officially start the filming plan next year..."

At the end of the conversation, the two inevitably brought the topic to the competition between Marvel and DC.

"DC's Suicide Squad has achieved pretty good results, so much so that they have started to tout their own Justice League movie plans, saying that they are going to compete with our Avengers. Haha, it's ridiculous."

"Don't pay any attention to them. Before the box office results come out, no matter how they promote it, it's just bragging."

"Oh, okay." Natasha responded first, and then suddenly changed the subject: "Fei, when are you going to start the filming of "Avengers 3"?"

"Next year, after I finish all the work on hand, I will start filming Avengers 3 in the first half of next year."

In fact, in Chen Fei's previous plan, he was going to take a few months off in the second half of this year, and then fly to Hollywood after the new year to prepare for "Avengers 3".

But now the movie "Dying to Survive" suddenly came in and directly disrupted his rest plan.

Fortunately, it did not affect his overall plan, otherwise Han Jianu would be disappointed.

~

More than an hour later, seeing that it was getting late, Fade Chen took the initiative to end the call.

But he did not put away his phone immediately. Instead, he looked through the latest box office news posted on Weibo about several movies that were currently in theaters and those that were forced to be taken off the screen by theaters.

"The large-scale ancient costume mythological epic "Legend of the Gods", produced by Bona and with an investment of up to 5 million yuan, has completely exhausted its box office potential after 15 days of release;

As of 12:1.07 yesterday morning, the total box office of the film was reported to be million RMB, and it ended with a huge loss. "

"The action and adventure film "Skiptrace" starring Chen Long and Fan Bingbing has been released for 23 days and has grossed 9.06 million yuan. As the new box office revenue was only 5763 yuan yesterday, it has officially ended with a great success!"

"The comedy film "Detective Chinatown 2" produced by Feiyue Films has grossed 15 billion RMB in box office revenue in 30.07 days since its release, successfully entering the '30 billion box office club' of Chinese-language films!
As the fourth film in the history of Chinese-language films to break the 30 billion box office mark, this film demonstrates incredible box office potential!

As of today, the film's daily box office revenue has not yet fallen below 7000 million, and it still maintains a very high box office appeal. It may be able to create a new box office record, so stay tuned..."

Both were released on the 29th and were released for half a month, but "Legend of the Gods" and "Detective Chinatown 2" presented two completely opposite endings!

The former ended regrettably, while the latter’s box office successfully exceeded 30 billion. The gap is simply like heaven and earth!

"I'm afraid Fatty Yu will have to pay a lot of money this time. After all, it's a 5 million yuan investment. Even if there are some false reports, 3 million yuan is definitely there..."

In the office, Wang Zhonglei was sipping tea while analyzing the tragic ending of "The Legend of Conferred Gods".

Ye Ning, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but sigh: "Comparatively speaking, Director Chen's vision and ability to control the market are really too strong.

From The Martian, to Operation Mekong, and now Detective Chinatown 2, three movies have broken through the 30 billion box office barrier, which is considered difficult to cross by ordinary people. These are all real achievements!"

"Boss Ye, please don't let others gain prestige and destroy your own momentum."

Wang Zhongjun smiled and nodded at Ye Ning, then turned to look at Feng Xiaogang who was sitting silently beside him and asked, "How is the preparation for Youth going?"

Feng Xiaogang replied: "Almost. When I return from the San Sebastian International Film Festival next month with I Am Not Fan Jinlian, I can start the project preparation."

Wang Zhonglei was delighted when he heard this. After putting down his teacup, he commented excitedly: "With the prestige of winning the grand prize for "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", it has created the momentum of "Youth". Wonderful! Wonderful!"

"This script is really good." Ye Ning praised it out loud, "It has both artistic and commercial attributes. If the quality is good enough, it will be a good choice whether it is for winning awards or selling at the box office."

“My goal is 30 billion!”

Feng Xiaogang's sudden words stunned everyone.

The opening question is 30 billion. Isn't that a bit too arrogant?
But people naturally would not deliberately question him. Since he wants to reach 30 billion, let him go for it. Anyway, the higher the box office, the better the company's performance will be.

Wang Zhonglei immediately praised the performance: "Then I would like to wish Director Feng a great success, hahahaha!"

"I wish Director Feng in advance that he can win a grand prize at the San Sebastian International Film Festival with "I Am Not Fan Jinlian"."

"Maybe just with this film 'I Am Not Fan Jinlian', Director Feng can achieve the 30 billion box office goal ahead of schedule, haha!"

For a while, there was constant flattery in the office.

Although Feng Xiaogang has a bright smile, due to the influence of the skin disease on his face, when he smiles, coupled with his uneven and rotten teeth, he looks like a Shura demon crawling out of the Western Hell!
At the same time, an even more evil "evil ghost" on Ali's side revealed his true face!
"Mr. Zhang, thanks to you and Alibaba, the company has now established a bridge and connection with the bank."

"Okay!" Zhang Qi was delighted when he heard this, and immediately asked, "So when is Director Zhao going to start the action?"

A confident smile appeared on Zhao Yanzi's face: "We have already started negotiations with Wanjia Culture. We will definitely achieve our goal before the end of the year at the latest!"

"Okay, if you need any help, remember to contact me as soon as possible."

"I do have an unreasonable request now." As she spoke, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on Zhao Yanzi's face.

"Oh? What's the unreasonable request?" Zhang Qi looked at her curiously.

"Mr. Zhang may not know that I am actually a member of the jury of this Venice International Film Festival."

"Hmm?" Zhang Qi was stunned at first, then suddenly remembered the hot searches on the Internet in recent days, and immediately became interested: "You mean..."

"I need the resources of Alibaba Pictures. I want La La Land to fail miserably! He who offended our people must not have a good ending!"

"Haha, okay, I can fully support you unconditionally on this one."

Zhang Qi agreed without even thinking about it. He really enjoyed doing things like making things difficult for Chen Fei!
As for whether it can be accomplished...

Zhao Yanzi said it so confidently, and she is also a member of the jury, so she should be confident, right?

……

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