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

Chapter 978: Two consecutive box office disasters! Feng Gangpao fired the big gun again? The new owner of the White Palace...

"I really want to curse that damn Feng Xiaogang. Is this the movie you recommended? It's such a jerk. I almost vomited after watching it!"

"I want to ask Brother Chen Kai a question now. Is Legend of the Demon Cat also from the same source as Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk? If so, I will blacklist this movie in advance."

"I've finally figured it out. I'll never listen to what those critics say again. This movie is really bad! What the hell is 120 frames? Even I, who don't get 3D sickness, can't stand it. Fuck!"

"This may be the worst movie in the whole of November. My husband and I went to see it together. I fell asleep while watching it, and he went out for a walk before finishing it. Director Li An? You also made a mistake once!"

“No wonder Xu Ke’s “The Legend of Zu” was such a mess. He and Li An have completely the same style and they just don’t understand how to use the new technology.”

……

Throughout the whole day, looking online, most netizens were complaining about the images in "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk".

In fact, many people went there with great expectations, just wanting to see what the 120-frame, 4K, and 3D projection modes were like.

After all, there have been too many people who have boasted about this technology before.

However, after everyone actually watched it, they realized that this movie was really terrible!
Instead of adding any additional effects to the film, the high-standard screening mode caused dissatisfaction and disgust among many movie fans.

Now, the entire film and television industry has been criticized.

Especially Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Wang Jing, Xu Ke and others who had been vigorously promoted online before, they were directly hit by a boomerang, and the comment section was flooded with curses.

This situation continued until the morning of the 12th.

And when the report "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" grossed 2539 million on its first day of box office came out, the entire film and television industry became increasingly silent.

Such a large-scale publicity, coupled with the publicity of half of the film and television industry, and more than 30% of the screening schedules of major theaters, only brought in 2539 million box office...

Isn't this a joke?

And the most important thing is that the word-of-mouth score of this movie has dropped to 7.3 points, and it seems that there is no chance of saving it.

“What is the average schedule of movies in theaters today?”

Bona, in the office, Yu Dong stared at the secretary in front of him, his hoarse voice was like the roar of a devil, it made people feel cold all over!

"Mr. Yu, today... today there is only 19.6% left."

“A 10% drop?”

"Ah."

Heavy breathing suddenly echoed, and the uncontrollable anger began to rise in my heart...

Yu Dong asked solemnly, "What did Poly Cinemas say? They didn't give us any specific feedback on the audience's experience? What went wrong with this movie?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

The secretary responded as she opened a handheld tablet and placed it on the desk.

Yu Dong lowered his eyes and saw a long and densely written text appear before his eyes.

“The plot of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is quite interesting, but the 120-frame projection technology is not successful.

This film combines Li An's different film styles. Like "Life of Pi" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is Li An's continuous exploration and pursuit of the "new possibilities" of lens language.

However, although the film has a good theme, the script is flawed, especially the vulgar and clichéd dialogues, coupled with the first-person camera, which makes it difficult for the audience to accept..."

After reading only half of it, Yu Dong raised his head.

What he says next will definitely not be friendly, and may even make him lose his mind, so he must not continue watching.

"Where is Li Anren? Ask him to come to the company."

"He flew to Hollywood last night. The selection for the next Oscars has already entered a white-hot stage, and Sony has asked him to cooperate in the public relations for the awards."

Hearing this, Yu Dong's originally serious expression suddenly relaxed a lot.

In fact, in his opinion, compared with making commercial films, Li An is better at making arty and award-winning films.

For example, "Brokeback Mountain" and "Lust, Caution".

Even including "Life of Pi", although this movie seems to have a pretty good box office, it is actually still an arty award-winning film in essence.

Therefore, even if Li An’s previous works did not have high box office, the income from copyright alone was enough to cover the production costs.

Thinking of this, Yu Dong immediately arranged: "Go contact Li An's team and tell them that Bona will support "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" to win awards, and tell them not to forget that we still have support in China..."

As long as this movie can win an Oscar, the copyright will definitely be sold at a high price!
By then, even if the movie fails at the box office, the cost can still be recovered with the copyright income!
"Okay, Director Yu, I'll arrange it right away."

The secretary responded and walked out in a hurry.

However, seeing the office door closed, Yu Dong's originally excited mood suddenly sank to the bottom.

This year, Bona released two blockbuster films, namely "The Legend of the Gods" in the summer vacation and "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" in November.

But so far, neither of these two films has been able to make a profit at the box office.

This horse riding is very cheating!

Especially the former, it almost killed Bona!
In this case, this is undoubtedly very bad news for the upcoming financing party.

"Ah, what happened in the past few years? I've been unlucky. I feel like a ghost has followed me..."

Yu Dong kept cursing and muttering, and after a moment, he picked up his phone and called Song Ge.

With two films in a row having been scrapped, he now has to make sure that there are no problems with "Fengshen Trilogy", otherwise, Bona will probably be in big trouble!

……

The 11th, 12th, 13th, three consecutive days passed in a hurry.

As time successfully entered a new Monday, "Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" scored 7983 million, which brought a lot of surprise to the entire film and television industry!
Even a group of people in the industry who supported the movie before its release were scolded for three whole days. It was so miserable.

"Brother, look! Feng Xiaogang is scolding people again!"

On the 14th, as soon as Chen Fei arrived on the set, Han Jianu pulled him over to eat melons.

"Oh? Really? He posted on Weibo again?"

"Yes, yes, yes, please read it quickly before he secretly deletes it."

Han Jianu excitedly handed her cell phone to Chen Fei, then took Liu Yifei to the dressing room to design today's look and makeup.

At the same time, Fade Chen's eyes had already landed on the mobile phone screen.

I saw that Comrade Feng Gangpao Xiaogang actually published an article directly under his Weibo account.

Let’s not talk about the content for now, just looking at the title, it subtly reveals a sense of "adding fuel to the fire"!

"Audiences, when will you learn to appreciate a good movie?"

"Oh my! You guys, sometimes it really makes me laugh and cry. It's a good movie, it obviously contains deep meaning and emotions, but you just can't understand it, and you look confused and say something like "What is this movie about?" "It's boring, I don't understand it."

I just wonder, is this a problem with the movie or with you?

Do you know that film is an art that needs to be experienced and felt with the heart? It is not a fast-food entertainment product that can be watched casually to kill time.

A good movie has its own soul, its own thoughts, and its own emotional expression. It requires the audience to think carefully, comprehend, and resonate with it.

But what about you?

You sit in the cinema, holding popcorn in your hands, staring at the screen, but you just mechanically receive the images and sounds, your brain is blank, you don't think or feel at all, and then when the movie is over, you shake your head, say "I don't understand", and then pat your butt and leave. I really admire you! How can you enjoy a good movie like this? How can you understand the deep meaning and emotions behind the movie? Aren't you wasting the hard work of the filmmakers? Aren't you failing their creative passion?
I tell you, a good movie is not meant to be "understood", but to be felt! It requires you to experience it with your heart, to feel every detail, every emotion, every thought in it; only in this way can you truly appreciate the charm of the movie and truly know how to appreciate a good movie.

So, audience friends, please don't easily say "I don't understand" anymore! Please watch the movie with your heart, feel the movie, and resonate with the movie.

I believe that as long as you work hard, you will be able to understand those good movies and appreciate the infinite charm of movies..."

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes have passed...

Chen Fei stood there in a daze, holding his phone, watching Director Feng's "earth-shattering, weeping" remarks. He was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time!
He really wanted to pry open Feng Xiaogang's head and see whether it was filled with paste or something else.
As a creator, it would be fine if you didn't pay attention to the feelings and preferences of consumers, but you actually tried to educate consumers, saying that they don't know what a good movie is?
Isn't this guy just looking for death?

To put it bluntly, Feng Xiaogang is just serving a bowl of stinky “shit” and forcing passers-by to say it smells good, and asking passers-by to rush to buy this bowl of “shit”…

"Tsk tsk, it's really unexpected that someone would go to such an extent to commit suicide!"

Chen Fei sighed, turned off his phone screen, and walked straight to the set.

He couldn't watch any more. If he continued, he was afraid that he would be "shocked to death" by Feng Xiaogang's outrageous remarks!
At this time, on Huayi's side.

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No matter how good-tempered, tolerant, and calm Wang Zhongjun was, he couldn't help but start to run wild in the office.

"What is he going to do? What on earth does he want to do? Why is he trying to commit suicide to such an extent? Ah! Can anyone tell me what he is thinking?"

Hearing the roar, Ye Ning, who was also in the office, couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

The distribution of "I Am Not Fan Jinlian" was already very difficult to carry out, and now with Feng Xiaogang's intervention, the subsequent work has become even more difficult.

Looking around, people online are going crazy with curses!
"You bastard, why do you care whether I can enjoy a movie? Anyway, I will never watch your movie!"

"Today is really an eye-opener. The director scolded the audience? Hey, that's ridiculous."

"I call on everyone to boycott this movie and suppress the box office first to see if this old guy is impatient or not."

"Anyway, our entire ECNU will not watch it. Feng Xiaogang led netizens to cyberbully us, and now the truth is out, he didn't even say a word of apology. This person's character is definitely problematic!"

"I finally understand why he named the movie "I Am Not Fan Jinlian", because he is Ximen Qing himself! He deserves to be chopped to pieces by Wu Song!"

Huayi.

The office door was suddenly pushed open, and Wang Zhonglei rushed in and shouted: "I have contacted Feng Xiaogang, and he just deleted his Weibo..."

"What's the point of deleting it now? Netizens are going crazy, he is simply courting death!"

Looking at his angry elder brother, Wang Zhonglei was a little worried: "What should we do now?"

"What should I do? What else can I do..."

"You two, I have a solution."

Ye Ning's sudden words silenced the two Wang brothers.

They both turned their heads and looked at him.

Wang Zhonglei took the initiative to ask: "What do you think, Mr. Ye? Why don't you tell us so we can discuss it together?"

"If you want to suppress a hot search, the best way is to trigger the next hot search, so that netizens can shift their attention away from the current incident..."

Wang Zhongjun frowned slightly: "What do you mean?"

Ye Ning said in a deep voice: "The most urgent thing is to start promoting "The Wasted Time" and "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" in advance. Using these two movies should attract some people's attention.

And according to the current news on the Internet, the results of the new presidential election on the other side of the ocean will be announced tonight. I believe this hot event will also attract the attention of some people. "

After hearing this suggestion, Wang Zhonglei and Wang Zhongjun looked at each other subconsciously and nodded at the same time.

"Okay, then let's do as Mr. Ye said."

"However, you two should first appease Director Feng Xiaogang. I hope he will try not to speak out online before the premiere of I Am Not Fan Jinlian begins, otherwise things will really get out of control."

"Don't worry, I will have a good talk with him!"

Wang Zhongjun's mood had just improved a little when it suddenly became extremely bad again; he secretly swore in his heart that he must warn Feng Xiaogang well this time to prevent him from causing trouble for Huayi in the future!

He was not afraid that Feng Xiaogang would not obey. After all, there was a bet agreement of up to 10 billion yuan, which was the best shackle!

Once he loses, no matter how tough Feng Gangpao is, he will have to pay everything!
……

The 14th passed quietly amid Feng Xiaogang's posting and deletion of posts, as well as the responses from a large number of netizens.

To be honest, if we talk about the person in the industry who envies Feng Xiaogang the most, Wang Piku is definitely one of them!
At least when it comes to creating trending searches, the former is definitely the most awesome in the entire entertainment industry!

Even though Tang Yan won the Golden Eagle Goddess of the year last month, which triggered a war of words among a group of fans of post-85 actresses, it was not as exaggerated as the hot searches he created today.

This person seems to be born with the ability to attract hot searches, which is a complete contrast to Wang Piku.

After returning to the villa in the evening and washing up, Liu Yifei went to the living room, turned on the TV, and watched the costume TV series "The Princess Weiyoung" starring the couple Luo Jin and Tang Yan.

Chen Fei lay on her soft thighs, waiting for the grand appearance of the "breaking news"!

The time soon came to 9pm.

When the two episodes of "The Princess Weiyoung" were finished, the news from the United States officially arrived in China, causing a sensation and heated discussion!

No one expected that the new owner of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would actually be the "businessman" who started his business in real estate!
This news was so shocking that it undoubtedly affected countries all over the world.

What the major domestic political media are most concerned about is that the guy who came from a merchant family increased trade restrictions and various sanctions immediately after his election.

For a time, companies involved in foreign trade were in a state of despair.

Chen Fei also started receiving calls one after another.

Some of the calls came from Natasha, some from Zhou Shouzi, and some from the heads of other companies under his control...

As for the concerns expressed by these people, his reply was only one sentence: "Be patient and wait for good news!"

Time passed slowly, and soon it was 10 o'clock.

Finally, the call he had been waiting for came across the ocean and arrived on his private mobile phone.

After pressing the connect button, Fade Chen said softly, "Leon?"

On the other end of the phone, the voice of Leon Walras, the current president of Longxiang Capital Consortium, who started out by controlling stocks and operating finance, and after years of hard work, successfully expanded his influence to various sectors of the old American national economy and the new high-tech industry, slowly sounded:
"Boss, I met that person half an hour ago."

Listening to Leon Walras's relaxed tone on the other end of the phone, Fade Chen leaned gently on the back of the sofa and crossed his legs: "Leon, I hope to get some good news from you."

"Haha, of course, all I bring is good news."

"You can compile the rest into one email and send it to me. I just want to know if I can attend the 2018th Academy Awards in 90?"

"Boss, I need to explain to you that not only will you have a smooth journey in Hollywood for the next four years, but the entire United States will also be open to you!

You don't have to worry about him doing something unexpected, because he is not just a pure politician, he is also a businessman, and the most taboo thing for a businessman is his credibility. Once his credibility is in trouble, he will be finished. "

"Haha, great! Leon, thank you very much for giving me this good news."

"This is my job, Boss."

……

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