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

Chapter 1117: The old problem of the great poet Chen comes back again...

"This morning, the historical TV series "The Glory of the Ming Dynasty", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films, officially started filming at Wuxi Film and Television City..."

"The action science fiction film "Blood Machine", directed by Zhang Lijia and starring Chen Long, Luo Zhixiang, Ouyang Nana and others, officially held its premiere ceremony in Beijing today."

"The China Film Distribution Department has released a new batch of film release details. The comedy film "Pure Heart: Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry" directed by Bi Zhifei will be re-screened on February 2018, 2."

"The film "Ready Player One" has released a new notice, saying that all viewers who purchase movie tickets through the Maoyan platform will have a chance to win a ticket to the "Ready Player One Fantasy Theme Park", which will be valid until the 15th day of the first lunar month."

"..."

It was a new day. After Chen Fei and Liu Yifei left the premiere of "Blood Machine", they opened Weibo and found that Director Bi was up to something again.

After its release in September, his "masterpiece" "Pure Mind: Chasing Dreams in Show Business", which took him more than ten years to work on, only lasted less than 9 days before it was forcibly taken offline by theaters due to poor word of mouth.

But no one would have expected that, no matter what connections he had, he would actually be preparing to make another push before the Spring Festival!
Not only netizens, but even colleagues in the film industry couldn't stand this operation, and many of them complained behind the scenes.

Liu Yifei blinked her eyes, confused: "Is it necessary to re-screen such a bad movie?"

Chen Fei curled his lips and said, "Haha, this guy is obviously not convinced. He spent ten years and worked so hard, but in the end, the box office revenue was less than 500 million. How could he be willing to accept this?"

"But if we continue to show it, isn't that just asking for trouble?"

"Who says it isn't?"

Chen Fei was also a little confused about this person's mentality.

At the same time, what made him even more confused was the attitude of China Film Group.

Last time it was directly criticized to the point of being removed from the game, but this time it is even going online again. Is it purely to make money?
"By the way, are you going to the Starlight Awards tonight?" Liu Yifei took out an invitation letter from somewhere and handed it over.

Chen Fei took it and took a look. When he saw that the organizer was Tencent Video, he immediately lost interest.

"It's just a place where traffic stars share cakes. It's boring. I won't go there."

"Hehe, I knew you wouldn't go. How about we go have barbecue tonight? I want to try the new restaurant..."

"Okay, let's walk."

Chen Fei always responded to Miss Liu's requests.

After all, when facing a pregnant woman, it is better to make her feel happy, which is also good for the baby in her belly.

However, just when he thought he was going to have a candlelight dinner tonight, the arrival of Shu Chang and Han Jianu completely ruined the atmosphere.

"Has the filming of 'Nobody' wrapped?"

"No ah!"

"Then why are you back?"

"Please ask for leave and rest for two days."

After the question and answer, Chen Fei was speechless as he looked at Han Jianu who was concentrating on eating.

Han Sanping is really pitiful. She actually has such a daughter.

As a director, it's unheard of for him to take leave every other day.

But soon, his attention shifted to Shu Chang on the other side.

Because this girl just came back from the recording site of "The Longing for Life Season 2", she looked like a starving ghost, and she even lost the most basic eating manners of a female celebrity.

"If you didn't know, you would have thought you had just escaped from a refugee camp."

If it were in the past, as soon as Chen Fei said this, Shu Chang would definitely argue with him.

But this time, she rarely refuted.

Trying hard to swallow the meat in her mouth, her face was filled with grief: "You don't know, I'm miserable! Too miserable! Not only do I have to starve, but I also have to listen to Huang Lei's lectures and listen to him chattering nonsense..."

Liu Yifei smiled and comforted her bestie: "That's his personality. He likes to teach others. You know that."

"You absolutely can't believe this! He actually taught Liu Qiliang how to play basketball, and Luo Jin and I were stunned when we heard this!"

Shu Chang waved his chopsticks with a look of shock on his face.

"Teaching the world champion to play table tennis?"

Han Jianuo on the side was also confused. Is this something that someone in the entertainment industry can do?
The three girls gathered together and chatted, spouting all kinds of gossip, which broadened Chen Fei's horizons.

However, he has a different opinion on Huang Lei teaching Liu Qiliang how to play basketball.

Although the latter is indeed a world champion, whether he can play basketball, whether he can play well, and whether the ball he plays is correct, these are all unknowns...

After dinner, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening.

Liu Yifei yawned and wanted to go home and sleep first.

Han Jianu and Shu Chang were also full and ready to go to rest with Liu Yifei.

Chen Fei was not sleepy at the moment, so he asked the driver to take the three of them back home. He took a walk outside for a while and then went straight to the cinema.

The midnight show was about to start, and he was going to watch Chen Kai's "Legend of the Demon Cat".

As for "Youth", he had already found time to watch it and understood what Feng Xiaogang wanted to express, so there was no need to watch it again.

After buying a ticket on Maoyan and picking it up at the ticket machine, he found a massage chair with an angle and lay down, waiting for 12 o'clock to arrive.

While waiting for the show to start, he took a quick look at the current box office performance of this year's Lunar New Year holiday.

There is no need to elaborate on "Dying to Survive". The box office of this movie has already reached 40 billion yuan, and if nothing unexpected happens, the third domestic movie with a box office of 2 billion yuan after "Wolf Warrior 40" and "Operation Red Sea" is about to be born.

As for "Youth", it has been released for six days and its current total box office is 5.14 million.

From now on, Feng Xiaogang is finally going to break the "curse" that the movies he directed could not break the 7 million box office!

In the past two days, he has been very active, and his name appears on the hot search list from time to time, as if he is about to be "deified"!
In contrast, "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" is in a rather miserable state.

After one week of release, the total box office of this movie has just exceeded 2 million, and the daily box office has dropped to 1000 million.

It is estimated that by the time the film is officially taken off the screen, it may not even be able to recover its costs.

Other movies such as "Crosstalk Movie: I Want Happiness", "This Is Fate", "The Big Call" and so on, did not even make a splash.

Even the Hollywood imported animated film "Paddington 2" was suppressed at this time and did not cause much waves at all.

In addition, the movies that will be released during the Spring Festival in January and February have also launched publicity and promotion activities, adding fuel to the popularity of the Lunar New Year period.

Chen Fei even had some expectations in his heart.

"Wushuang", "Lost in Hong Kong" and "White Snake: Origin", three movies produced exclusively or jointly by Feiyue Films will be released on the same day. I wonder if his opponents are under a lot of pressure now?

His main target this time is "Monster Hunt 2".

No one knows what tricks Jiang Zhiqiang is planning to play, but he has already made all the necessary preparations and is just waiting for the other party to "fall into the trap".

...

In a blink of an eye, it was already early morning.

Holding the movie ticket for "Legend of the Demon Cat", Chen Fei followed the crowd and walked into the theater.
After finding his seat and sitting down, he waited with great interest for the film to officially begin.

In order to promote "The Legend of the Demon Cat", the great poet Chen has put in a lot of hard work, and he seems to be determined to win the No. 1 spot in the box office performance ranking of this year's Lunar New Year period.

Chen Fei was quite curious about what kind of work he had prepared to achieve his goal.

Soon, the big screen in the theater lit up, and the beautiful picture at the beginning instantly attracted everyone's attention.

I have to say that the visual quality of "Legend of the Demon Cat" is indeed very strong.

In particular, the Tang City, which was built with tremendous effort and money, adds a lot of unparalleled realism and historical weight to the film, which is an effect that is difficult to achieve with all special effects.

In this regard, Lao Chen is still well-known. After all, he has always been famous for his extreme pursuit of pictures and scenes. This time in "Legend of the Demon Cat", he has taken this pursuit to the extreme. The stage, art, scenes, architecture, costumes, pictures, music and other elements in the movie are all dazzling and intoxicating...

Whether it is the extremely luxurious banquet in the palace or the gorgeous scenery outside, every scene is like a beautiful painting.

At the lively and extraordinary banquet of bliss, there were brilliant lights, singing and dancing. Actors dressed in gorgeous costumes danced gracefully in the carefully constructed scenes, as if bringing the audience back to the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The lighting, color, and composition of each scene are exquisite and perfect, fully demonstrating the strong Tang Dynasty charm.

The sunlight shines through the carved window lattices onto the ground, creating beautiful light and shadows; the colors used are bright yet elegant, the red is warm, the yellow is noble, the blue is deep, and each color perfectly sets off the prosperous atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty.

The composition of the picture is even more exquisite. Whether it is the grand panoramic scene or the delicate close-up, people can feel Brother Chen Kai's dedication.

During the movie, Chen Fei could even hear bursts of exclamations from the theater from time to time.

Everyone was immersed in the beauty of the Tang Dynasty, seeming to have forgotten the passage of time...

However, when the film reached the second half, when the relationships between the characters began to unravel, and when the plot began to become complicated, Brother Chen Kai's old problem came back again.

The characters began to become like puppets, and the plot was pushed forward just for the sake of advancement, like a "walking corpse" with a gorgeous appearance but no soul inside.

Chen Fei sighed slightly, showing a little regret.

He thought that Brother Chen Kai was going to be powerful this time, but he didn't expect that the other party would do this again.

A movie with empty content and concepts may be praised when it is first released, but it will not last long.

In the second half of the film, Chen Fei has shifted his focus from the plot and pictures to the actors.

Huang Xuan’s acting skills are pretty good, no wonder both Chen Kai and Feng Xiaogang favor him so much and even invited him to play the male lead at the same time.

Jiang Wenli certainly contributed to this, but his personal strength also accounted for a large proportion.

In addition to this, there is the role of "Yang Guifei", which has been controversial since the beginning of casting.

When Brother Chen Kai chose Zhang Rongrong, he was criticized by many people.

But after watching the performance of this Taiwanese actress today, Chen Fei unexpectedly found that her acting was quite good.

It is currently recognized that the best actress to play the role of "Yang Guifei" is undoubtedly Lin Fangbing in the 1990 "Tang Minghuang". She is plump and beautiful enough, almost exactly the same as the Yang Guifei in the book.

Next came actresses such as Zhou Jie, Fan Bingbing and Yin Tao, who all contributed the beauty of the "Yang Guifei" they played.

The same is true for Zhang Rongrong, who also performed another kind of beauty of "Yang Guifei".

This is a kind of beauty that is "gorgeous but not vulgar". Although it is not so stunning that you can't forget it at first sight, it just feels like it has an indescribable charm.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fei finally classified it into the category of "unrequited love is the most beautiful."

Perhaps it is because this actor is not very active in public, giving the audience a unique sense of distance, which creates a different kind of beauty.

Two hours flew by.

As he walked out, Fade Chen heard many people talking about the film "Legend of the Demon Cat".

Some female viewers thought that the movie was beautifully shot and was great, but some others felt that the movie didn't seem to tell any story at all. It simply showed the beauty of various pictures, and the story was particularly empty.

To sum it up: Although I watched it, it felt like I didn’t.

To use the words of "bad students" to describe it, a lot of knowledge goes in through the left ear, then goes around the brain, and then goes out through the right ear, leaving only a trace.

As for the rest, it seems that there are none.

……

The 22nd passed in a flash, and when it came to the 23rd, the first-day box office results of "Legend of the Demon Cat" and "Bleeding Steel" were freshly released.

"The costume fantasy suspense film "Legend of the Demon Cat", directed by Chen Kaige and starring Huang Xuan, Sometani Shota, Zhang Rongrong and Zhang Yuqi, grossed 7425.7 million RMB on its first day of release."

"The action science fiction film "Blood Machine", directed by Zhang Lijia and starring Chen Long, Luo Zhixiang, Ouyang Nana and others, grossed 7609.8 million yuan on its first day of release."

"The crime and action film "Psychological Crime: City of Lights", starring Deng Chao, Ruan Jingtian and Liu Shishi, grossed 5479.7 million yuan on its first day of release..."

"The overall screening rate of films such as "Dying to Survive", "Youth", and "The Thousand Faces of Dunjia" has dropped significantly in theaters today."

"The Hollywood blockbuster "Ready Player One" directed by Chen Fei has successfully exceeded 2 million RMB in pre-sale box office so far!"

December has unknowingly entered the second half of the month, and the battle for the Lunar New Year box office seems to be getting more and more intense!
Chen Fei got up early in the morning and went to the company because Huang Bo wanted to hear his opinions and views before submitting "A Good Show" for review.

It just so happened that he was planning to take a look at the post-production of the three films "The Accidental Murderer", "Time Raiders" and "Go Brother!".

Then there was Jiang Xuerou. It seemed that several TV drama scripts had been selected and were waiting for him to review and sign.

He was very busy here, and on the other side, in the 21st Century Shengkai Film, Brother Chen Kai was also busy.

"Contact the PR department and try to control the online reviews and the movie ratings data on the major rating platforms."

Seeing that "Legend of the Demon Cat" has once again stirred up a thousand waves in the wave of public opinion since its release yesterday, Brother Chen Kai couldn't help but have a headache.

Under his meticulous production, this film is like a carefully crafted art scroll, which has captivated many audiences with its ultimate restoration of the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The magnificent palaces, splendid songs and dances, and gorgeous and exquisite costumes in the film all make people feel as if they have traveled through time and space and are in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

However, like the two sides of a coin, some viewers have questioned the film's narrative techniques, believing that the story is a little weak and fails to complement the exquisite pictures.

This polarization in word of mouth is like a double-edged sword, which deeply hurts Director Chen's heart!

While instructing Chen Hong to contact the public relations team, Brother Chen Kai looked at the mixed reviews on the computer, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a hint of helplessness and confusion.

I don’t know when it started, but every one of his works seems to be unable to escape the fate of polarized reputation.

He once had a sincere heart for film art, and continued to explore and innovate on the road of creation. However, while he always received praise, he also suffered great doubts.

This was the case with the previous films "The Promise" and "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", and it is also the case with the current "Legend of the Demon Cat". This is simply too weird.

Chen Hong first contacted the public relations team and arranged the task, then she gently comforted Chen Kai:
"Old Chen, I don't think you need to be too nervous. The first-day box office of over 7000 million is already pretty good. At this rate, the box office for this movie shouldn't be too bad."

Chen Hong's voice was soft and warm, trying to dispel the haze in Chen Kaige's heart.

She knows very well that in today's film market, although box office revenue cannot fully represent the success of a film, it is one of the important indicators to measure its popularity.

Although her words made sense, Brother Chen Kai still felt a little disappointed.

You know, among the several well-known directors in China, Zhang Yimou has already achieved brilliant achievements in box office and awards with many classic works.

Chen Fei, a rising star, has repeatedly broken records and won awards, and holds a pivotal position in the film industry.

Even Feng Xiaogang, whose movie "Youth" is also gaining momentum during the Lunar New Year holiday, is on the verge of reaching 10 billion yuan in box office revenue.

In contrast, he still does not have a representative work that has broken the billion box office, which undoubtedly makes him feel tremendous pressure in the highly competitive film industry!

He even couldn't help but start praying, hoping that "Legend of the Demon Cat" could also launch a sprint towards the 10 billion box office.

However, the box office revenue of 8735.6 million the next day made Chen Kai feel gloomy.

The second-day box office of "Youth" exceeded 1 million, but the second-day box office of "Legend of the Demon Cat" was only 1000 million more than the first day. Isn't this too bad?
What makes him even more desperate is that from today, the Hollywood imported blockbuster "Ready Player One" will be released online!
The opponent is coming with great force, how can "Legend of the Demon Cat" hide?
There is no way to avoid it!
Compared to Chen Kai's irritability, Feng Xiaogang was quite proud at this time.

In this year's Lunar New Year box office battle, he not only defeated well-known Hong Kong directors such as Xu Ke and Yuan Heping head-on, but now he has also surpassed Chen Kaige's "Legend of the Demon Cat". This is undoubtedly a huge victory!

Of course, the premise of this "victory" is to abandon "Dying to Survive" and "Ready Player One".

Looking at the former's box office of 36.7 billion, and then looking at the latter's first-day real-time box office data which has soared to 3 million, he couldn't help but want to curse.

"Damn it, this damn Chen Fei is really haunting me! If he wasn't there during the Lunar New Year period, I would have been the box office champion..."

The cricket behind the scenes is destined to have no good end~
Before he finished his complaints, Ye Ning brought him some bad news: "Director Feng, the General Administration has rejected the application for the key extension of "Youth". The film must be released on time on January 1, and there is no way to postpone it."

Feng Xiaogang: "..."

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