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

Chapter 954: Different paths, different plans! Running wildly on the wrong path...

To be honest, Chen Fei never thought that one day he would be able to sit down and discuss cooperation with Song Ge.

He had some understanding of the person in front of him.

It is no exaggeration to say that this guy should be of the same type as Zhang Weiping. His style of doing things is treacherous and changeable, and he never follows the right path.

In the early days, he also founded a film and television company, but due to poor management, it eventually approached bankruptcy.

But no one knows who he used to pull the strings, but he actually got the listed company Jingxi Culture to acquire his company that was on the verge of bankruptcy.

While receiving a large sum of money, he also successfully entered Jingxi Culture and became a shareholder.

In the following years, he gradually started as a shareholder, climbed up step by step, and frantically cannibalized internal personnel, so that in the end even the original chairman of Jingxi Culture was forced to step down by him, and he successfully took the highest position and gained control of Jingxi Culture!
Now, under his leadership, Jingxi Culture has indeed occupied a considerable territory in the industry.

However, according to information Chen Fei learned, this company is not actually good at film and television production. Its real profit channel actually comes from financial operations while participating in the investment of major movies.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Song Ge's methods are even more ruthless than Zhang Weiping's, and are even comparable to Ali's bloodsucking operations!

Therefore, Chen Fei actually has no good feelings towards Jingxi Culture and Song Ge himself.

However, since the other party had come to him, he naturally couldn't turn them away out of "politeness". After all, the two parties had never cooperated or had any conflicts before.

In the reception room, after greeting Song Ge, both sides sat down on the left and right sides.

"Mr. Chen, I came to visit you today because of a project..."

Song Ge chose to get straight to the point and introduced Wu Ershan, who was following him, to Chen Fei: "This is Director Wu Ershan, our strategic partner of Jingxi Culture and the leader of the project."

“Hello, Director Chen. I am actually a graduate of Beijing Film Academy, and I am a graduate of the directing department of 94. Before, I was mainly developing in the field of advertising director.

I started to work as a film director in 04 and have 15 years of directing experience. I won the "International Film Critics Award" at the 9th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea and the "Best Director Award" at the Geneva International Film Festival in Switzerland..."

Wu Ershan poured out all his past experiences as if he was applying for a job.

However, Chen Fei was not interested in these.

In other words, when he heard the name Wuershan and combined it with the memories in his mind, he completely lost interest in the two people in front of him.

However, the two people in front of him didn't notice his expression, but instead chattered on and on about their projects.

"This is the script of the trilogy Investiture of the Gods." Wu Ershan handed a thick stack of information to Chen Fei.

Just as he reached out to open the file bag, Song Ge opposite him began to read the PPT that he had already prepared in his mind.

“In fact, the preparation for this project started in 14. Director Wu Ershan and I went to the United States and New Zealand in person to visit many world-class special effects companies and post-production companies, such as Industrial Light and Magic and Weta Workshop.

At the same time, we also consulted with famous directors such as Peter Jackson, Barry M. Osborne, one of the producers of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and Grant Hill, one of the producers of The Matrix trilogy, and successfully formed an international creative team..."

While Song Ge was talking nonstop, Fade Chen had already opened the file bag.

Looking around, three complete scripts appeared before my eyes.

"The First Part of Conferred Gods: Chaoge Storm"

"The Second Part of Conferred Gods: War in Xiqi"

"Fengshen III: Dragon War 3"

Opening the first page, I saw the source of inspiration for the script.

"The film is based on the classic novel of gods and demons, The Investiture of the Gods, and the Southern Song Dynasty story, The Story of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou."

Song Ge might have been tired of talking and finally stopped talking.

Wu Ershan immediately took over: "The screenwriter team led by me briefly refined the huge amount of material in the original work and pioneered the "trilogy" narrative structure, with one independent film and three parts forming a complete story.

This structure not only fills the gap in the Chinese mythological epic genre, but also opens up a mythological world where humans, immortals, and demons coexist for the audience with contemporary film language, technology, and interpretation..."

Chen Fei didn't want to listen any more, so he interrupted and said, "I think you have all seen the Legend of the Gods that came out in early July, right? So what's the difference between your story and that?"

“Hahaha, Mr. Chen is really good at joking.” Song Ge laughed and said, “How can The Legend of Conferred Gods be compared with our Conferred Gods? Theirs is just a terrible movie. Our script and production are at least 18 blocks better than theirs!”

"So, this is your confidence in raising the budget to 30 billion?"

Chen Fei did not continue to flip through the pages, but raised his eyes slightly and looked at the two people in front of him with a slightly teasing look.

He is not a fool. The production cost of 10 billion RMB is almost 1.5 million US dollars when converted into US dollars, which is enough for him to make a hard science fiction movie like "The Wandering Earth".

And this "Fengshen" in front of us, even if it is fully CG, it shouldn't cost 30 billion in production costs, right?
He couldn't even imagine how much dirty money needed to be laundered to create such a big project.
At this moment, Song Ge seemed to have heard the teasing in Chen Fei's tone, and he quickly explained: "In order to create a true Chinese mythology world, we are prepared to put in a lot of effort, and we will let the Hollywood special effects team cooperate throughout the process.

And on this basis, we also need to set up training camps and conduct special training for up to 24 weeks, all of which will cost a lot!

To date, our concept design team has completed the art design of nearly a hundred biological digital characters and hundreds of concept design sculptures based on the aesthetic style of "Fengshen", which took a total of 35000 working hours!
At the same time, we will invite more than 800 woodcarving craftsmen to work together to complete the construction of the important scene Longde Hall covering an area of ​​6000 square meters. The crew will also build their own lighting system in the studio, which requires a lot of money to maintain..."

"Mr. Song!" Chen Fei had already put away the smile on his face, "Haven't you done any research before? Industrial Light & Magic has been acquired by Walton Pictures, and Weta Digital is the strategic partner of the Marvel series led by me.

So, if I want to know the production cost of the special effects of "Fengshen", I can find out by just making a phone call.

As for the production costs you mentioned, I'm sorry to say that they are extremely inflated... As for these three projects, I think 15 billion is more than enough. 30 billion? Haha."

The sneer echoed in the reception room, and Wu Ershan had already lowered his head in shame.

He is not a pure capital, so it is inevitable that he will feel a little embarrassed after being exposed.

But Song Ge still looked indifferent.

"Mr. Chen, to be honest, we have already found several investors for this project. Currently, the remaining share is only 15%. This time, I came to you to help you make money!"

"Oh?" Chen Fei raised his eyebrows. "Which companies have agreed to cooperate? What is the channel for making money? It can't be the box office, right? I don't think these three projects can get a total box office of more than 90 billion."

Song Ge smiled confidently: "In addition to Jingxi Culture and Wu Ershan's Changshengtian, our partners also include Anle Films and Bona Films...

As for profit channels, listed companies will naturally earn more. Although Mr. Chen’s Feiyue Film and Television is not listed, it can cooperate with listed companies like us.

By then, as long as the project is successfully implemented, with the joint efforts of our companies, the market response will definitely not be bad. Let’s not worry about the box office share for now. Just based on the stock value, I believe we can make a lot of money, hahahahahaha!”

Everyone in the conference room recalled Song Ge's hearty laughter, but at this moment, Chen Fei's expression had become extremely cold!
He said slowly, "You want to use my fame, resources, reputation, and box office appeal to make money for you, or even to launder your dirty money. Haha, Mr. Song is really good at this."

Song Ge frowned slightly and retorted: "Mr. Chen, this is wrong. This is a win-win situation for us! We will ensure the quality and reputation of the film, and this will not damage your reputation.

As for profit, you don't need to worry about it. As long as Mr. Chen is willing to participate in this project, I dare to promise you a guaranteed profit of 5 million. How about it? You just need to put your name on it..."

The temptation of these words is really great!

"I finally understand why Jiang Zhiqiang and Yu Dong agreed to your cooperation invitation. After all, when it comes to making money, these two are actually in the same vein as Director Song."

"Mr. Chen?" Song Ge inexplicably felt as if he was being scolded as well.

"Guo Hai, please show us away." Chen Fei stood up without any intention of continuing the conversation with them.

This kind of behavior of "harming others for personal gain" is really too immoral. It is no longer a loss of "yang virtue", but a loss of "yin virtue". After death, you will definitely be sent to the eighteenth level of hell! How greedy must you be to cut leeks to this extent?
"Mr. Chen! You..."

Song Ge stood up suddenly and wanted to continue talking, but Su Guohai raised his hand to stop him, "Director Song, Director Wu, please come in, the door is over there."

"Humph! You are so stupid not to make money."

Song Ge couldn't help but complain with resentment.

Chen Fei, who had already walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around slowly, and sneered, "Boss Song, if you make too much of this kind of troublesome money, you will give birth to a son without an asshole. Be careful not to achieve your goal, but get yourself into trouble!"

After saying that, he disappeared straight at the door of the reception room.

At this moment, Song Ge's expression changed, and the unhappiness in his heart had reached its extreme, but he did not dare to say anything else.

Chen Fei's last warning scared him so much that he started to sweat coldly!
If Feiyue Film and Television deliberately targeted him, then his project would definitely be difficult to succeed, so he'd better stay away and not provoke Chen Fei.

After he walked out of the door and got in the car, he began to vent his inner anger and resentment!
"He's such a fool. He won't even make money! He doesn't even have the courage and determination to start a film and television company. I really don't know how he can run the company..."

Wu Ershan, who was standing by, said leisurely, "So far, Feiyue Films has not had any film projects that have lost money. They can achieve profitability just by relying on box office revenue."

"Huh? Box office revenue? How much money can you make?" Song Ge curled his lips in disdain.

Wu Ershan changed the subject: "So what should we do now? We still have 15% of the shares. Who should we find to take over?"

"Let's go to the Central Film Academy first!"

Song Ge's mouth corners suddenly raised.

When he was chatting with La Peikang at the Film Bureau yesterday, Chairman Lada showed great interest in the project "Fengshen".

It just so happens that China Film Group is also a listed company and may be willing to make up for the 15% share.

And the most important thing is that China Film also has distribution business, which will be of great benefit to the later release of the film.

At the same time, after sending Song Ge and Wu Ershan out, Su Guohai went straight back to Chen Fei's office.

As soon as he entered the door, he couldn't help but complain: "They are really brave enough to mess with a project with a 10 billion investment! Even selling stolen goods is not so exaggerated, right?"

Fade Chen curled his lips and said, "Just wait and see. If you stretch your hands too far, there will be problems. Sooner or later, you will be chopped off by the knife above!"

The two did not discuss too much about the topic of "Fengshen" because Feiyue Film and Television would definitely not participate in such a project!

"How are the arrangements for the premiere of "Kunlun Palace" going?"

"Everything is going smoothly. We will just have to wait for the premiere to be over before the final round of publicity will officially begin."

"Okay, go ahead and get busy. And keep an eye on the preparation progress of The Wandering Earth and the release date of La La Land."

“Which month will La La Land be released?”

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is on November 11th, and I Am Not Fan Jinlian is on November 11th..." Chen Fei muttered to himself, calculating the time.

Finally, he made the final decision: "La La Land will be released on November 11th. There will be a week between them so they won't affect each other and can also take advantage of the popularity of the Lunar New Year holiday. It's just right."

"Okay, Mr. Chen, I'll arrange it right away."

……

Most people outside don’t know that this morning, the film with the largest investment in the Chinese-language film market began to come to light!

Looking around, most people's attention is still on the fact that "I Am Not Fan Jinlian" won the award.

Especially Fan Bingbing’s fans, they are extremely active and provocative everywhere!
Carrying the prestige of "Best Actress", Li Bingbing, who had previously successfully competed for the leading female role in "The Meg", was undoubtedly the person most affected.

However, Li Bingbing's fans are still very powerful in the field of "Onmyoji".

"Oh? The Silver Shell actress is so awesome. If you don't know, you would think it's the Silver Lion actress."

"If you have the guts, go win a Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival first. What about the Tokyo International Film Festival or the San Sebastian International Film Festival? I've never even heard of them."

"Look at Liu Yifei's fans. When her idol won the Silver Lion for Best Actress, she wasn't as arrogant as you guys. If you didn't know, you would think she won the Oscar for Best Actress. What's there to be proud of?"

Here, fans were fighting fiercely, but on the other side, the premiere of "Jade Dynasty" was a bit awkward.

The hot searches for the premiere were all taken away by "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", so much so that they bought a large number of press releases, but they had no effect at all.

Finally, Zhang Zhao reluctantly made the decision: "Let's abandon all previous marketing investments, and focus on Fan Bingbing's marketing from now on.

The CG fantasy masterpiece starring the Silver Shell actress, I believe this gimmick will also attract a lot of attention and will definitely help our box office..."

……

After a night, it was the 26th.

Early in the morning, just when "Jade Dynasty" was changing its marketing topic, news releases about "Detective Chinatown 2" suddenly burst out on a large scale!

"The comedy and drama film "Detective Chinatown 2", directed by Feiyue Films, written by Chen Fei, and starring Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Ruoyun, Xiao Yang and others, has officially ended today after 58 days of release."

"Detective Chinatown 2 has grossed a total of 36.42 billion RMB, breaking the box office record of The Mermaid during the Spring Festival, and ranks second in the box office history of Chinese-language films!"

"Feiyue Films announced that it will hold a celebration banquet for "Detective Chinatown 10" on October 1st, and warmly welcomes colleagues in the industry to attend and join in the celebration..."

A large number of press releases were distributed everywhere, attracting the attention of countless people.

The score of 36.42 undoubtedly dazzled countless people and also suppressed the popularity of "I Am Not Fan Jinlian" which was still gaining momentum yesterday.

At this time, LeTV Pictures was already confused.

They just changed their marketing strategy, and before they could even start to make any progress, they were overshadowed by "Detective Chinatown 2". How the hell is this justified?

At the same time, in Hong Kong, Emperor Entertainment Group was also in a daze.

The filming of "Monster Hunt 2" will start on October 10st, and they are also planning to invite colleagues in the industry to promote the film.

But now, "Detective Chinatown 2" suddenly announced that it would hold a celebration banquet on October 10st. Didn't this just steal all the popularity and people?
However, just when Zhang Zhao and Jiang Zhiqiang were confused, depressed and worried, La Peikang was holding the script and project book of "Fengshen Trilogy" and smiling happily.

"Big investments, luxurious casts, CG special effects blockbusters... Hahahaha, isn't this the source of political achievements?"

That’s right, he has promised Song Ge and Wu Ershan that he will participate in the “30 billion investment” plan of “Fengshen Trilogy”.

With this project, the annoyance caused by missing out on "Dying to Survive" was instantly swept away!

But what La Peikang didn't realize was that he had now embarked on Han Sanping's old path, and began to run wildly without control!

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