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

Chapter 1159 Dao’s heart is broken?

"The comedy and fantasy film "Take My Brother Away", exclusively produced by Feiyue Films and co-starred by Peng Yuchang, Zhang Zifeng, and Zhao Jinmai, earned 7469.3 million yuan on its first day!"

"The Hollywood imported animated film Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation grossed 5152.7 million on its first day of release."

"Feiyue Films announced the latest film project notice this morning - "A Little Wish", the plot of which is adapted from the South Korean film "A Great Wish".

The film tells the story of an 18-year-old boy named Gao Yuan who is suffering from ALS and has not much time left. Upon learning the sad news, his best friends Xu Hao and Zhang Zhengyang decide to help him realize his last wish and make him a real man. In the process of realizing his dream, the three brothers encounter a series of mind-blowing and hilarious experiences.

“At 9:30 this morning, Huanxi Media held a press conference for its latest film project in Yanjing, and director Zhang Yimou made a surprise appearance!
Following the completion of post-production on the film "Shadow", director Zhang Yimou today officially announced his latest feature film project "One Second", which he wrote and directed.

It is reported that the film is adapted from Yan Geling's novel "Lu Fan Yan Shi", which captures the scene where Lu Yan Shi sneaks out of the labor camp and tries every means to watch Dan Dan's health propaganda film.

The film mainly tells the story of Zhang Jiusheng, a prisoner who risked a heavy fine to cross thousands of miles of desert to see his daughter's film. On the way, he met Liu Guinu, who was looking for waste film to make lampshades, and Fan Dianying, a film projectionist who never made mistakes. Then the three of them formed an indissoluble bond. "

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Everyone thought August 8th would be a relatively quiet Saturday.

But no one expected that this Saturday would not be peaceful at all. Instead, several "thunders" suddenly exploded in the morning!
First of all, the fact that "Go Brother" surpassed the Hollywood imported animation blockbuster "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" in its first day box office was really surprising!
First, "A Good Show" overshadowed "The Meg", and then "Go Brother" overshadowed "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation".

When did this situation begin?

Why are Chinese-language films suddenly beating up Hollywood imported blockbusters?
And the previous "The Richest Man in Xihong City" directly made "Skyscraper Rescue" not have a screening schedule...

For some public intellectuals in the country, this situation is like the sky falling!

They always thought that they were the rising "American Dad" and "Hollywood Brother", but they have encountered many setbacks in recent years.

How could this be allowed to happen?

For a time, it was obvious that the number of "dirty" voices on the Internet suddenly increased, and they were all premeditated and organized!
Of course, these are just situations that happen in corners. What really sparked heated discussions was the establishment of the two film projects "A Little Wish" and "One Second", which is the focus of everyone's heated discussions.

The situation with "A Little Wish" is not so bad. Most of the messages under the official Weibo are from fans recommending their idols to audition.

But the momentum of "One Second" is quite huge!
As we all know, when Zhang Yimou officially announced that he had joined LeTV in 2014, the film he shot, Coming Home, was an excerpt from Yan Geling's novel Lu Fan Yan Shi.

At that time, he teamed up with Chen Daoming and Gong Li to make this movie.

Although the film only grossed 3 million at the box office in the end, it received excellent word of mouth and won many well-known awards.

Gong Li, in particular, benefited a lot!

If it weren't for the Golden Horse Awards' tricks at the time, she might have won the honor of "Three Golden Awards Best Actress".

Even though she didn't win the award at the time, in many people's hearts, the character "Feng Wanyu" played by her deserves a Best Actress trophy!
Therefore, "The Return" is definitely a successful film, which is recognized and well-known by everyone.

Now, after the expiration of his contract with LeTV, Zhang Yimou chose to join Huanxi Media, and then took out "Lu Fan Yan Shi" again, and intercepted a story element from it to write this "One Second"...

Influenced by its predecessor "The Return", this new work "One Second" does not seem to be too bad from any perspective.

Then what happened next was that the leading female character "Liu Guinu" in "One Second" successfully attracted the favor and pursuit of all the young actresses born after 95 and 00 in the entire film and television industry!
Although Huanxi Media has not yet officially disclosed the email address for actors to submit their resumes, nor has it disclosed the audition times for the actors...but calls inquiring about the news have already come in one after another.

Those who are more informed, such as Liu Haoqi and Li Gengxi, have already begun preparing for auditions.

But those who are not well-informed are now extremely anxious, fearing that the role will be snatched away by someone else.

"Okay, okay, I'll let you know as soon as the audition time is confirmed... Hahaha, you're welcome, it's only natural... We're partners after all..."

After answering the 17th call, Dong Ping turned off his phone reluctantly, and then looked at Zhang Yimou who was standing opposite him.

"Haha, Director Zhang, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. The phone has not stopped ringing all day. It's really annoying."

distressed?

Zhang Yimou observed Dong Ping's smiling face, but couldn't figure out what he was worried about.

Of course, this is not really important.

The first thing Zhang Yimou did after coming back to his senses was to frown and say, "Boss Dong, I think I need to remind you that the role of the leading actress 'Liu Gui Nu' has already been chosen by a suitable candidate..."

"I know." Dong Ping said with a smile: "It's Liu Hao who is currently studying at Beijing Dance Academy, right?"

"That's right. As soon as the project was officially launched, the crew signed the contract with her."

Zhang Yimou actually has his own set of standards for selecting the role of "Liu Guinu".

He requires the actor to be talented, hardworking, and have energy... More importantly, he needs a "blank sheet of paper"!
As the name suggests, just like Zhou Dongyu, Ni Ni and others in the past, he wants a new female actress.

Because only such actors can allow him to be "trained" and thus show the effect he wants in the film.

When selecting actors for "Shadow", Zhang Yimou had already met Liu Haoqi, but due to some "special reasons", he did not use her and chose Guan Xiaotong instead.

But now, the role of "Liu Gui Nu" in "One Second" is really suitable for Liu Haoqi.

It is no exaggeration to say that this role seems to be tailor-made for her!
It is precisely because of this that, in order to prevent other unexpected situations, he signed Liu Haoqi as soon as the film project was approved.

But now, he vaguely realized that Dong Ping seemed to interfere with the casting, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Are there going to be disagreements in the first collaboration between the two parties?
However, just as he frowned slightly, Dong Ping seemed to see through his thoughts and suddenly said with a smile: "Director Zhang, don't worry, I will not interfere with the actors' auditions."

Hearing these words, Zhang Yimou's brows relaxed slightly.

But the next second, before he could completely breathe a sigh of relief, Dong Ping's "but" came: "You decide which actor to choose, because you are a professional; however, I hope that during the actor's audition process, you can listen to my ideas and suggestions, and we will strive to maximize the benefits and traffic..."

Dong Ping then told Zhang Yimou his plan, which made his eyes widen unconsciously.

More than ten minutes later, he murmured in shock: "Can the audition process of actors be related to the rise and fall of stock prices?"

"Of course. Strictly speaking, every development of a movie can be linked to the company's stock price."

As he spoke, Dong Ping leisurely picked up a cigar from the table and handed it to Zhang Yimou.

"I got it back from Cuba. It tastes great. Would you like to try it?"

"No need." Zhang Yimou shook his head: "I'm not used to smoking this thing."

"Okay." Dong Ping shrugged, withdrew his hand, cut the cigarette, and lit it.

As smoke billowed up, his voice was inexplicably bewitching: "The bigger the momentum, the higher the popularity, the more influence and discussion, the higher the stock price will be.

If the final box office results are good enough, then it will be a complete profit!
Of course, this is just a small part. The real big part is the stocks we hold in our hands. You know, it is much easier to make money from the stock market than from the cinema.

After all, we are not Feiyue Films, which can ensure that every movie will make money at the box office, so we should try to make back the initial investment before the movie is released. Only in this way can we ensure that we can make more money every day!"

In the next half hour, Dong Ping gave Zhang Yimou a good "science class".

The end result was that Zhang Yimou had not recovered from the shock and trance until he left Huanxi Media.

At this moment, he couldn't help but question himself again.

Could it be that all my efforts over the past few decades have been in vain?
Is embracing capital the best way for a director to make a lot of money?
……

After a night, the time came to the 19th. The box office of "Take My Brother Away" on the second day was 8863 million, which successfully verified the box office appeal of Peng Yuchang, Zhang Zifeng and Zhao Jinmai.

At the same time, "Love Apartment", which had been released for 9 days, had such bad reputation that its daily box office dropped directly to 31.

On the other hand, the total box office of "A Good Show" has successfully reached 9.78 million, and it is only one step away from officially breaking into the "10 billion" level!
At the same time, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace, starring Zhou Xun and Huo Jianhua, also launched an overwhelming publicity campaign.

Because during previous promotions, this drama has always been compared to "The Legend of Zhen Huan", many viewers are looking forward to it.

After so many years, there is finally a "palace fighting drama" that dares to challenge "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

If successful, it will be a "historic" moment!

And so, the time came to the 20th.

"The comedy film "A Good Show", co-produced by Feiyue Films and Modu Hanna Films, directed and acted by Huang Bo, and starring Wang Baoqiang, Zhang Yixing, Yu Hewei, Wang Xun and others, has officially exceeded the 10 billion mark in box office after 10 days of release! Warm congratulations! This is cause for celebration!"

"The crew of One Second officially released an email address for actors to submit their audition profiles this morning. Producer Dong Ping posted on Weibo that the casting will be fair and just, and we will try to find the most suitable actors for roles such as Liu Gui Nu, Zhang Jiu Sheng, and Fan Dianying."

“中影公布最新一批好莱坞进口大片定档时间，《铁血战士》10月26日、《毒液：致命守护者》11月9日、《神奇动物：格林德沃之罪》11月16日、《海王》12月07日……”

Curses suddenly arose!

Gushing!

"What the hell? What is this La Pei Kang doing? Is he going to completely put a stop to Chinese-language films in the second half of the year?"

"Why are all the imported Hollywood blockbusters going to the Lunar New Year holiday? What's going on? Is this a joke?"

"I give up. 'Manslaughter' and 'Nobody' collided with each other, and they were so close to each other...Isn't this intentional? Is it possible to do this?"

"This La Pei Kang! Oh!"

"I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. If nothing unexpected happens, there won't be many blockbusters during the Lunar New Year period this year. In order to avoid competing with Hollywood blockbusters, everyone will go to the Spring Festival period."

Throughout the entire day, there was constant heated discussion in the circle, and many people called Chen Fei to complain.

Han Jianu even said angrily: "Next Spring Festival, I will never let Uncle La step into my house! Just let him freeze in the yard!"

"I hope you can keep your word."

After cheering Han Jianu up and encouraging her, Chen Fei hung up the call.

Liu Yifei was leaning in his arms at this moment, switching to Jiangsu Satellite TV, waiting for 8 o'clock to come, while looking up at him curiously.

"Why aren't you angry? I see a lot of people online cursing, and some are even campaigning for something like 'Domestic Film Protection Month.'"

"What's the point of getting angry?" Chen Fei shrugged and replied casually, "La Peikang's weak character is well known in the industry. Compared with Han Sanping, he does not have the ability and strength to negotiate with Hollywood film companies, so it is normal for this to happen.

What is the Domestic Film Protection Month? That is just a fantasy in some people’s minds. It has long been out of character.”

He didn't want to continue talking about this topic because he had heard enough today and he was already getting annoyed.

So after briefly answering Liu Yifei's questions, he immediately pointed to the TV screen and said, "Look, it's eight o'clock, and Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace is about to start."

"Yeah! It really is!"

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up and her attention was immediately drawn to the TV screen.

After a commercial, the theme song of "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace", "Chen Xiang Liu Nian", sounded.

Liu Yifei threw the remote control aside, rubbed against Chen Fei's arms like a kitten, found a more comfortable position, and started watching the show.

However, at this moment, Chen Fei turned on the screen of his mobile phone and opened the Youku video website without making any noise.

In addition to being broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV and Dragon TV, the drama has also been exclusively broadcast on Youku.

Compared to TV, although the mobile phone screen is smaller, it has the advantage of being able to read barrage!

Then, the fun soon began.

When the show first aired, the comments were filled with voices of "expectation", but as the plot unfolded, the comments unknowingly began to change.

"Is this the acting skill of a triple-Award-winning actress?"

"I feel like the plot development here isn't as exciting as Story of Yanxi Palace?"

"Young man Huo Jianhua? Young girl Zhou Xun? This... is this true?"

"I came here because of her reputation, but I can't get into it. Why did Ruyi suddenly become a good person?"

"The color matching of this shot is so vulgar, far worse than "Story of Yanxi Palace"."

Looking around, you can clearly see that the words "Story of Yanxi Palace" appear a lot in the barrage.

Although the two dramas were not deliberately "confronted" during their promotion, they were inevitably compared frequently due to the main storyline.

"Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" originates from the story of Emperor Qianlong's empress cutting her hair by the West Lake. The heroine Ruyi is set as the person that Emperor Qianlong must marry, which is undoubtedly completely opposite to the character setting and main plot of "Story of Yanxi Palace" which was also popular at the same time.

After all, under the same historical background, in "Story of Yanxi Palace", the one that Qianlong had to marry and respected and loved was always his original wife, Fucha.

With such a comparison, it is inevitable that more controversies will arise regarding "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace".

Liu Yifei also frowned slightly at this moment.

After all, she loved watching "My Fair Princess" when she was a child, so she had a preconceived idea of ​​the image of the empress, Ulanara (i.e. Ruyi).

But now, the ferocious "evil woman" has become gentle and kind, which is really hard for her to digest.

After forcing herself to finish watching two episodes, she quickly ran to the bedroom to breastfeed.

At this time, Chen Fei opened the Douban app.

After entering the three words "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace" in the search box, I looked around and saw that the screen was already filled with complaints!

"I really can't bear to watch it anymore... The lines are so average. Why does it feel like a modern drama? I didn't want to watch Huo Jianhua in the first place, and now I don't want to watch Zhou Xun even more..."

"I never expected that besides the eye-catching bright red and green aesthetics, the most eye-catching person in this movie is Zhou Xun! He looks so old that he can't hide it. His face is swollen in the distance and his skin is loose in the close-up. His double eyelids are noticeable and his face is made up so heavily that it looks like a monkey's butt. Then he shouts in a hoarse voice: Brother Hongli... Shit! I just want to yell, "The Emperor, run!"

"I have a question. Why do I feel that the eunuchs' clothes are more exquisite than the protagonists'? And why is the quality of the whole drama so different from Zhen Huan? How can they be compared? It's simply a complete humiliation!"

"Zhou Xun has been saying that he is 'full of spiritual energy' for more than ten years, and this time it finally came out, especially that smoky voice, it is really not suitable for costume dramas, he should smoke less, at the age of 44 he still has to play the grandmother of a young girl!"

Since New Classics has not yet launched any review control or public relations operations, Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace is in big trouble now!
Chen Fei could even imagine the scene where Zhou Xun's original expectation was completely shattered at this moment.

"I hope she can keep her mind stable..." Fade Chen muttered secretly.

After all, the filming of "Captain" is about to start. If her "heart" as an actor is suddenly broken, it will not be easy for the filming to proceed smoothly.

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