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

Chapter 961: Beidian is in trouble...

After a night, it was the 10th.

Today's weather is pretty good, the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly...

In order to welcome Spielberg, the Shanxi Film Academy made preparations early, and various banners and welcome ceremonies had been arranged in advance.

Just waiting for Spielberg to come to the door will make him feel what it means to "have friends coming from afar, it is a great pleasure."

At this time, in a hotel near the college, Chen Fei was having breakfast in the restaurant with Spielberg.

"Fei, I paid special attention to the domestic cinema market yesterday. The fantasy and adventure film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace" produced by your company has only been released for 9 days and has earned nearly 5 million US dollars at the box office. This is too exaggerated!"

When talking about this, Spielberg's face was full of emotion.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current domestic box office results of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Palace of Kunlun" would at least rank in the top ten if it were placed in Hollywood.

It has been rumored in Hollywood for a long time that China's market potential has begun to grow explosively.

But when Spielberg learned about it himself, he found out that this was no longer an explosive movement, but it was directly boarded on a rocket and began to soar at the speed of sound!

Fade Chen smiled softly: "Don't be so surprised, this is just an isolated case."

Spielberg shook his head slightly: "Fei, you don't have to be modest. Your country has been developing stronger and stronger in recent years. It is really hard for me to imagine that such a country is still a 'developing country'..."

The potential of the cinema market represents the purchasing power of the nation. As more and more movies break through the 30 billion box office, it undoubtedly proves that the country's development potential is also skyrocketing.

For Western countries, this is obviously something that deserves great attention and exploration.

……

After breakfast, they returned to the room and called Liu Yifei. Then the three of them, along with a large group of people including bodyguards and assistants, boarded a minibus specially arranged by the college and headed straight for their destination.

In the car, Chen Fei paid special attention to the box office performance of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Temple of Kunlun" after entering the working day.

Fortunately, even though the National Day Golden Week has passed, the box office potential of this movie remains undiminished, and it earned more than 8 million yuan in box office revenue on the 9th and 3th.

Up to now, the total box office of this movie has exceeded 29 billion, and it is very close to breaking the 30 billion mark!
In addition, reports about Zhang Yimou leading the "The Great Wall" crew to New York and appearing at the comic convention were also reprinted by domestic media.

"The entire crew of The Great Wall appeared in New York. Director Zhang Yimou said that fighting monsters on the Great Wall is the first large-scale battle in the history of Chinese-language films, which will definitely arouse the audience's adrenaline!"

"Jing Tian, ​​the leading actress of the movie The Great Wall, denied using a backdoor when interviewed by the media and said she participated in the entire audition process."

"Zhang Yimou praised Wang Junkai and Lu Han's acting skills at the comic convention, saying that both of them are rare talented actors among contemporary young actors, and said that he would not reject "fresh meat" in his future film projects and would give them more opportunities to show themselves..."

On the minibus, Chen Fei couldn't come back to his senses for a long time after reading this last report, and his mood was in turmoil.

"It seems that the national master can't hold on any longer and is ready to start leaning towards the capital. He even started praising the acting skills of the young actors? But... what acting skills do they have?"

Chen Fei didn’t know what other filmmakers in the circle thought, but he could clearly see the happiness of those “traffic actors”.

Because just below this report, there were more than a dozen like reminders from "traffic actors".

For a moment, even the fans of those popular actors became excited, as if their idols had already started collaborating with Zhang Yimou.

Especially the fans of Wang Junkai and Lu Han, they have already started cheering.

……

At 9:, the minibus arrived at the gate of Shanxi Film Academy.

At this time, through the car window, you can see that a banner has been hung at the school gate:
“We welcome Hollywood film master Steven Spielberg to come to our school for academic exchange activities.”

After the car stopped, a group of people got out one after another.

Accompanied by the applause and welcome of hundreds of students in the college, Chen Fei led Spielberg to Jia Zhangke and other school leaders and teachers.

After the two sides exchanged greetings, they walked straight into the academy.

The guide work was done by Jia Zhangke. As everyone walked forward, they listened to him introduce the basic situation of the college.

"Shanxi Film Academy is a secondary college affiliated to Shanxi Media College. Its predecessor was the Film and Television College of Shanxi Media College. The college has several majors, including film and television photography and production, radio and television editing and directing, recording art, drama and film literature, film studies, drama and film directing, and performance department. There are more than 120 faculty and staff..."

Since he was here for academic exchange, Spielberg naturally would not regard himself as a mere tourist.

While moving forward, he did not forget to ask about the teaching foundation of the college.

When he heard Chen Fei say that the college's teaching equipment and some professional teachers were experts invited back from abroad, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"The future of this college has unlimited potential!"

Hearing this, Fade Chen and Jia Zhangke looked at each other and both laughed softly.

Their goals are indeed long-term, but many people don’t know about it, or even if they know, they are unwilling to believe it.

But the two of them firmly believe that one day, this film academy will be able to successfully surpass a series of domestic schools such as the Beijing Film Academy and the Central Academy of Drama, and become famous all over the world!

The crowd walked forward and soon arrived at the auditorium.

At this time, the auditorium was already full!
With their love for movies and admiration for Spielberg, the students arrived at the auditorium early, waiting for the arrival of the "master".

Looking around, everyone was dressed neatly, and their eyes were all shining with expectation and desire.

Following the host's introduction, Spielberg, dressed casually and with a smile on his face, walked into the auditorium.

In an instant, thunderous applause broke out at the scene!
Chen Fei followed closely behind, standing on the stage side by side with Spielberg and introducing the legendary director to the students below.

In the subsequent experience-sharing and exchange activities, Spielberg did not talk about any cumbersome film shooting theories, nor did he elaborate on boring technical analysis.

He used his own personal experience to tell students the true meaning of film creation.

From the thrill of "Jaws" to the profound reflection of "Schindler's List", from the warmth and touching of "ET the Extraterrestrial" to the sci-fi shock of "Jurassic Park", he used one classic work after another to show students the infinite charm of film art.

He talked about how he grew from a child who was curious about movies to a legendary Hollywood director. He also shared the challenges and difficulties he encountered during the filming process, and how he overcame these difficulties through innovation and hard work to create stunning works.

Finally, he specially emphasized the importance of teamwork!
"Film is an art of collective creation. Without the joint efforts of the team, there will be no successful film. You must learn to cooperate with others and pursue the true meaning of art together..."

Finally, Spielberg also answered various questions raised by students.

He listened to every question patiently and gave his insights and suggestions in concise and clear language, which not only benefited the students a lot, but also made everyone present feel the master's demeanor and charm.

Of course, he did not forget to promote his new work "The BFG".

It’s just a pity that after his movie was released, it suffered a terrible box office failure in the global theater market.

So far, the total box office of this movie is only 1.7 million US dollars. Compared with the sky-high production and publicity costs, this box office alone is not enough to recover the cost.

Chen Fei had read an article in The Hollywood Reporter, where an expert analyzed that "The BFG" is likely to bring Disney a huge loss of more than $1 million! Without the support of the Marvel series of movies, Disney's life is not as good as in another parallel world.

It was also because of this that Spielberg himself had to be sent by Disney to China to promote his new movie at the age of over 70.

The entire exchange meeting lasted for 3 hours.

In the end, seeing that Spielberg's mental state was not very good, the exchange meeting came to an end.

Of course, Chen Fei and Liu Yifei could not escape either.

At Jia Zhangke's instigation, the two of them went up to the podium and shared their experiences with the students present.

Liu Yifei mainly shared her knowledge about acting, while Chen Fei mainly shared some relatively easy-to-understand shooting experiences of new film directors.

After the exchange meeting, everyone had a big meal in the cafeteria before leaving the college.

At this time, the Internet has become lively!
It is well known that Spielberg came to China to promote his movies, but going to the Shanxi Film Academy for academic exchanges was not on his public schedule!
When the media learned that Chen Fei and Liu Yifei would also be attending the event, they all came over like cats smelling fish.

"This morning, Hollywood film master Spielberg, accompanied by director Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, appeared at the Shanxi Film Academy and launched a cultural and artistic exchange activity..."

“This cultural and artistic exchange activity is not only an exchange and collision of Eastern and Western film cultures, but also a feast of film art… Spielberg used his personal experience and classic works to show students the infinite charm and possibilities of film art.”

“This exchange between Director Chen Fei and Director Spielberg not only brought a rare learning opportunity to the students of Shanxi Film Academy, but also injected new vitality and impetus into the global film industry. Their literary spirit will always inspire filmmakers to keep moving forward…”

In the film industry, Chen Fei and Spielberg's actions today have also sparked widespread emotion and discussion.

Many directors, producers and film critics liked the relevant reports and repeatedly watched the two people's experience sharing videos, trying to learn some useful experience and knowledge from them.

However, just when the Central Academy of Drama and the Shanghai Theatre Academy were envious of the Shanxi Film Academy for being able to invite Spielberg to carry out academic exchange activities, the Beijing Film Academy seemed to have fallen into deep jealousy!

After all, Chen Fei graduated from Beijing Film Academy, so logically, he should give back to the school.

But judging from his actions after graduation, his attitude towards Beijing Film Academy is completely indifferent, even a little distant.

This can be seen from the fact that it is difficult to invite him to attend the annual anniversary celebrations held by Beijing Film Academy.

"I think that in the future, while teaching students knowledge, we should also teach them to be grateful, and not be like some people who forget the cultivation of their alma mater as soon as they graduate."

Hearing this, Zhao Zhenyang, who was also participating in the meeting, curled his lips and said, "Don't mention the word cultivation. He didn't take many classes in school from freshman to senior year, but he won a lot of honors and helped Beijing Film Academy to advance several levels. He doesn't owe the school anything."

As soon as these words came out, the man who had been teasing Chen Fei in the beginning suddenly lost his temper.

"Old Zhao, why are you still speaking to outsiders?"

"Look, you don't even consider him as your own, so how can he consider the school as his home?"

"you……"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing. What's the point of talking about this now?"

As soon as the principal spoke, both of them fell silent.

"What we want to discuss today is how to invite Spielberg to hold an academic exchange activity at our Nortel, rather than arguing about the closeness of the relationship.

Lao Zhao, you have a good relationship with Chen Fei. Doesn't he often come back to school to see you? Why don't you go talk to him?"

"Principal, you got the wrong person!" Zhao Zhenyang said helplessly, "I teach acting, and Spielberg is the director. It's useless for me to invite him over! You have to let the director department do the work."

"Then Dean Tian, ​​why don't you go and talk to him?"

As the principal spoke, everyone's eyes in the conference room turned to Tian Zhuangzhuang again.

"I say?" Tian Zhuangzhuang looked around, his eyes lingering on a few old guys for a while, and suddenly snorted coldly: "Why invite them here? What academic exchanges? Are you going to bring out that movie "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry"? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at?"

He only found out a few days ago that this "cheesy" movie directed by Bi Zhifei actually received the support of most people in the Performance and Directing Departments of Beijing Film Academy, who said they would help it pass the review!

This really made him wonder... Are these people out of their minds? How could they do such a thing?

Isn't this discrediting Beijing Film Academy?
Now they want to invite Spielberg to attend academic exchange activities at the school? How stupid! They are embarrassing themselves abroad!

For a moment, the entire conference room was silent.

Everyone looked at each other, but no one dared to respond.

They couldn't win the argument with Tian Zhuangzhuang, nor could they compare with him in terms of seniority, so all they could do was remain silent.

As for inviting Spielberg to come, it was completely a failure at this time.

Zhao Zhenyang didn't want to get involved, and Tian Zhuangzhuang, the dean of the directing department, was very dissatisfied with the school's help in passing the review for "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in Show Business".

Under such circumstances, how could Spielberg be invited successfully?
~

In a blink of an eye, another day has passed.

On the morning of the 11th, with the emergence of the latest media reports, the entire film and television industry, theater market, and entertainment industry became lively again.

Looking around, all kinds of exclamations are echoing in the industry!
"The fantasy, action and adventure film "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace", directed by Ning Hao and starring Liu Ye, Shu Chang, Chen Minghao, Huang Bo and others, has been released for 11 days and has grossed 30.88 billion yuan, successfully breaking the 30 billion box office mark!"

"After The Mermaid and Detective Chinatown 2, the third Chinese-language film to exceed 2016 billion yuan in box office revenue in 30 was born: Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Temple of Kunlun!"

"Congratulations to Director Ning Hao for successfully entering the '30 billion box office director club'."

"The latest daily box office revenue of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace" is as high as 1.3 million yuan. The film is very likely to break a new record for Chinese-language films. Let's wait and see!"

"The list of nominees for this year's Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards was officially announced this morning. Director Li An has returned to China from Hollywood. While promoting his new film Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, he has begun to work hard for the Golden Horse Awards..."

"Feiyue Films' profit performance hit a new high this year. It invested in "The Mermaid" and produced "Detective Chinatown 2" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Temple of Kunlun", three movies with box office exceeding 30 billion yuan. Its profit has exceeded that of major listed film and television companies..."

For the entire morning, the film industry was discussing the box office of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Kunlun Palace" breaking 30 billion yuan, while also paying attention to the Golden Horse Awards nomination list.

Looking around, well-known movies such as "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", "Soulmate", and "The Map of the Yangtze River" are all included in the nomination list.

As usual, all films produced by Feiyue Films, including "La La Land", which won the Best Actress Award at the Venice International Film Festival, did not participate in the Golden Horse Awards.

This situation has been going on for many years, and everyone has become accustomed to it.

At the same time, when colleagues in the industry were discussing whether "Kunlun Temple" would set a new box office record and who would win the grand prize at this year's Golden Horse Awards, Chen Fei had already brought Spielberg to the studio of "The Wandering Earth".

Even though the 70-year-old old man is used to big scenes, he was still shocked when he saw the scene in the studio and couldn't recover for a long time!

……

(ps: First update, please vote for me!!!)
(End of this chapter)