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

Chapter 1212: Stepping on the red line of crime! One foot has stepped into the gate of hell!

"This morning, the premiere ceremony of "Drug War 2: The King and the Earth" was held in mainland China. Directed by Herman Yau, produced by Andy Lau, and starring Koo Tim-lok, Michael Miu, and Lin Jiaxin, with Zhang Yiqiang, Chan Ka-lok, Michelle Wai, Kung Suk-leung, Ouyang Jing, and Li Shang as the main actors, and with special starring roles by Kent Cheng, Lam Ka-tung, and Cherrie Ying..."

"After one week of release, the Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man: Far From Home, produced by Marvel, has grossed over 10 billion RMB."

"Dongyang Meila Films announced that the art drama film "Only Yun Knows", directed by Feng Xiaogang and starring Huang Xuan and Yang Caiyu, was officially completed yesterday."

"At 9am this morning, Feng Xiaogang released the 'Listening to the Wind' version of the trailer on his personal Weibo account, announcing that his new film Only Yun Knows will be released during this year's Lunar New Year holiday.

The film is adapted from the true love experience of his best friend, telling the touching story of Sui Dongfeng, a man who has been wandering for half his life, who suddenly lost his wife Luo Yun in middle age, and then decided to fulfill his wife's last wish. "

……

On the morning of July 7, Chen Fei was attending the premiere of "Drug War 4: The King of Drug Lords" when he saw a lot of press releases about "Only Yun Knows" suddenly appear on the Internet.

Filming wrapped yesterday, poster released today, targeting the Lunar New Year holiday…

Looking at this set of procedures, Chen Fei was indeed somewhat emotional.

Feng Xiaogang is really anxious!
It is estimated that the creditors are pushing him very hard, otherwise he would not be so anxious to announce the release date right after the filming was completed.

This behavior really seems to be trying to appease the creditors.

"How much money does he owe?"

Huo Qigang, who was sitting next to Chen Fei, naturally noticed the movement on the Internet and leaned over to ask with some curiosity.

"I estimate it to be around 3 to 5 million."

Chen Fei actually didn't know exactly, but he could still make a rough estimate.

After all, the investment in "Cell Phone 2" is clearly visible, and then there are the various investments of Dongyang Mela Pictures, as well as the losses in the projects in cooperation with Huayi.

The approximate amount is roughly the same as the number Chen Fei guessed.

"3-5 million?" Huo Qigang thought for a moment and whispered, "If Only Yun Knows can make more than 10 billion like Youth, maybe it can be paid back in one go."

"Haha." Chen Fei laughed immediately.

Return 10 billion?
If he remembered correctly, the movie didn't even reach 3 million, and the media didn't even report it much.

"We'll see. I don't think there's much hope."

Chen Fei said casually, put away his phone, and focused his eyes on the big screen.

The main film has started playing. Andy Lau and Louis Koo have once again shown off their acting skills. This is much more interesting than any Feng Xiaogang movie.

At the same time, on the other side, in Dongyang Mela Pictures, Feng Xiaogang was quietly editing the film.

He is quite confident about his new film and is very sure that this story will be very popular.

"Just wait and see! The day my new film's box office exceeds 10 billion, it will be the moment when I, Feng Xiaogang, will become famous again in this circle!"

In order to pay off debts and for the company performance of Dongyang Mira, the 61-year-old man seems ready to give it his all!
On the other side, the boss of a film and television company is also ready to go all out!

"Boss? Are we really going to do this? Financial fraud... this is a serious crime!"

Although Zhou Li's classmates had told her that the treatment in Tilanqiao was very good, there were a lot of talented people there, and the environment was also very good...

But that still cannot change the fact that I have to sing "Tears Behind Bars" inside!
How cool is it out there? Who would want to go there for further studies if they have nothing to do?

Because the company's performance last year was so poor, it was far from reaching the established annual business revenue standards.

If this is not done and the actual earnings for the first two quarters are announced directly, the company's stock price will definitely plummet!

By then, all the money he had worked so hard to get his hands on would be gone.

When he thought of this, Song Ge felt angry!
"Damn Huayi, if they hadn't suddenly revealed all the secrets about the Yin-Yang contract, why would I have to deal with so many troubles now?"

His eyebrows were throbbing. After a moment, he gritted his teeth, took out a pen from the pencil case on the table, and quickly signed his name on several contracts.

The moment the red seal falls, the financial fraud becomes an established fact!
At the same time, Song Ge and Zhou Li, who was sitting across the desk, felt an itch on the soles of their feet at the same time, as if they had stepped on something.

The two of them didn't know that they had stepped on the red line of crime and at the same time had one foot step into the gates of hell!

Zhou Li put away the contract and asked again, "Director Song, what about President Lou and President Zhang? Do we need to inform them about this?"

"I'll tell them, you go ahead and do your work."

Song Ge waved his hand and began to think about how to convince other senior executives of the company.

Financial fraud may fool outsiders, but it cannot fool the company's own senior management. After all, they are all shareholders and are very sensitive to these data.

Song Ge didn't think for too long before he came up with a foolproof plan.

At worst, we can just share some of the benefits. If everyone gets the money, the "silencing" operation will naturally be completed.

Just like the classic line said by the character played by Li Xuejian in the TV series "For a Word":
"If you don't take it and I don't take it, how can Commissioner Geng take it? If Commissioner Geng doesn't take it, how can you and I make progress?"

The same applies here.

Everyone has received what they deserve, so naturally they won’t go around saying anything irresponsible. After all, they are all vested interests.

As for those investors who have been fooled into continuously investing money, they are just a bunch of leeks. Cut them once, they grow again, cut them again, they grow again... they will never disappear.

~

At 2 pm, the premiere of "Drug War 2: The King of Drug Lords" officially came to an end.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Chen Fei rushed to the company while looking through the promotional materials and pre-sale box office information about the movie on the Internet.

The pre-sale box office result of 3784 million is considered to be average. After all, the summer vacation has just begun and the main consumer groups have not officially entered the market yet.

When the market is really hot, we will have to look at the period from the end of July to before September.

However, as he watched... his attention was suddenly drawn to "The Wandering Earth", which will be released at the end of the month.

Since the moment "The Wandering Earth" was officially announced, the popularity of science fiction movies has skyrocketed.

This highly anticipated sci-fi blockbuster seems to have a strong magnetic field of its own, causing other movies that had already scheduled their release dates to choose to postpone or advance their release dates by a few days, intentionally or unintentionally, as if they were avoiding an overwhelming storm!

This avoidance attitude resulted in a rare "vacuum period" in the film market a few days before and after the release of "The Wandering Earth" on July 7.

There were almost no other new movies released on the theater schedule during those days.

The entire market seemed to be emptied, and it became a stage for "The Wandering Earth" to fully display its charm.

Even the closest "The Bravest" was separated by a week for fear of being overtaken by "The Wandering Earth".

But in this context, "Shanghai Fortress" began to go against the trend and adopted a "bundled marketing" strategy!

It actually rode on the wave of popularity of science fiction films, vigorously promoted itself as a pure Chinese science fiction film, and repeatedly emphasized that the film "has been carefully polished for 6 years", as if trying to attract the audience's attention with this "emotional card".

This situation did not exist before, but when time entered July, this kind of "riding on the popularity" situation became extremely obvious!

Marketing bundling is not new in the entertainment industry. For example, the later series "Hot Wave" has been bundling the two topics of "national fitness" and "women's weight loss" to create a high level of popularity.

There are also current celebrities promoting CPs, creating a sweet atmosphere, and taking on various endorsements, using their own influence to bring goods to the brand, etc., which are all common marketing bundling methods.

But Chen Fei really didn't expect that "Shanghai Fortress" would choose to be bundled with "The Wandering Earth"? !

What’s particularly interesting is that the promotional focus of “The Wandering Earth” is mostly on the creative process of special effects production, showing the public how much effort the team has put in to create that shocking science fiction world!
For example, Guo Fan drew 3000 concept design drawings to outline the future world; he also drew 8000 storyboards to carefully plan the presentation of each scene; he also made 10000 props to make the scenes in the film more realistic and credible; and finally he built a 100000 square meter real scene, hoping to bring an immersive visual experience to the audience...

These specific data and information directly led to the hot topic of "film industrialization" and aroused widespread discussion on the Internet.

Netizens from all walks of life participated in it, expressing their views and opinions, and their expectations for this film reached a peak.

But looking at the promotion of "Shanghai Fortress", almost every sentence is inseparable from the phrase "six years of hard work", as if trying to emphasize the excellent quality of the film.

However, they only occasionally mentioned points such as shocking scenes that could attract the audience more directly, and the main focus of publicity has always been on the top actor Lu Han.

You know, all the people who work in the film industry are smart people with meticulous minds and sharp insights.

Now seeing the promotion method of "Shanghai Fortress", everyone has more or less guessed some of the reasons.

After all, for a movie that is truly made with care and has excellent quality, it will certainly not be afraid to show real data and wonderful pictures, because that is the best way to promote it.

But the secretive behavior of "Shanghai Fortress" undoubtedly proves that they have something fishy in their hearts!
"Damn it, they are really taking advantage of the popularity. Teng Huatao's grandson is actually taking advantage of it when he is participating in a variety show..."

As soon as Chen Fei arrived at the company, he ran into Guo Fan who was indignant.

"What's going on? Are you still trying to get away with it by appearing on variety shows?"

"Oh! Look at this!"

Guo Fan opened Douyin angrily and found a scene about Teng Huatao participating in the recording of "Longing for Life".

From the video content, we can see that this guy first praised how correct it was to choose Lu Han to play the leading male role.

And then, he started to brag with Huang Lei and He Jiong about the topic of "Chinese science fiction films".

Although he did not mention "The Wandering Earth", his words and deeds had only one meaning.

That is - this summer, "Shanghai Fortress" will surely shine in the Chinese film industry and break the new box office record for science fiction films!
"I finally managed to stir up the heat for sci-fi, and this guy just came over after smelling the scent. How disgusting!"

Guo Fan actually has a pretty good temper. This is the first time Chen Fei has seen him get so angry.

It was obvious that he was irritated by Teng Huatao's attempt to "take advantage of the popularity and traffic".

"I don't think you need to bother with that grandson at all. Since he likes to ride on the popularity so much, just let him do it. Then we can just watch him cry and regret it, right?"

Chen Fei didn't take "Shanghai Fortress" seriously at all like Guo Fan did.

What's the point of paying attention to a bad movie that even dogs would find smelly if fed to them?
All the popularity that Teng Huatao is getting now will eventually become a boomerang and pierce his body!
"I just can't help being angry. This grandson is such a jerk!"

Guo Fan muttered to himself, unable to suppress his anger.

"Are you still angry? That's easy!" Chen Fei suggested with a smile, "After Shanghai Fortress is released, why don't we find a chance to go back?"

"Give it back? How?" Guo Fan blinked, very confused.

"You'll know when the time comes. I'll charge with you, and we'll put a lot of pressure on that guy!"

As Chen Fei was talking, he was thinking of a project that Feiyue Film and Television was going to cooperate with Penguin Film and Television.

Penguin wants to make an inspirational youth web drama with an e-sports theme, but because it is worried that it may not be filmed well, it wants Feiyue Film and Television to help.

The price offered by the other party was very high and their sincerity was great. After consulting Chen Fei, Jiang Xueru was ready to take on the project.

By then, maybe I can do something about this project~
"Okay! I listen to you!"

Seeing the "weird" smile on Fade Chen's face, Guo Fan suddenly became curious and the anger in his heart was temporarily suppressed.

He is even looking forward to the official release of "Shanghai Fortress".

……

On July 7, "Drug War 5: The King of Drug Lords" officially entered the mainland theaters with an overall screening rate of 2%.

At the same time, the official Weibo account of "Captain of China" released a promotional poster and officially announced to the public: "September 9, summer vacation, see you there!"

For a time, many film producers who had originally wanted to make a living by taking advantage of the National Day holiday gave up the idea.

As of now, there are three main-theme commercial blockbusters known to be released during the National Day: "The Climbers", "My People, My Country" and "The Captain".

Well then, facing these three ferocious "Tibetan Mastiffs", how can they enter the venue to drink soup?

"Hide! Hide as far away as you can."

"What are you waiting for? Entering the market will definitely lead to death! Let's go to November, at least the pressure will be less."

"How about trying the Lunar New Year period? Or the Spring Festival period?"

"Haha, if you really want to die, it doesn't really matter if you die early or late. You can't even handle the National Day holiday, do you think you can handle the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holiday?"

"Then let's go to November. At least during this period we might be able to eat some meat."

~

After a night, it was November 7th.

The first thing Chen Fei did when he woke up in the morning was to see the first-day box office data report of "Drug War 2" on the Internet.

The result of 1.52 million directly injected a shot of adrenaline into the summer vacation season!

This is a great and wonderful start.

In order to get a good start, major cinema chains have increased the overall screening data of "Drug War 2", hoping that the next films to be released will also achieve good results.

After all, the higher the box office, the more share the cinema will earn.

At the same time, with the release of "Drug War 2", Hollywood imported blockbusters such as "Men in Black: International", "Munich", and "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" have also gradually withdrawn from the domestic theater market.

Currently, only "Toy Story 4" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" are still in theaters.

However, in another week, the animated film "The Lion King", which has grossed $5 million in North America, will also be released.

This is undoubtedly another heavy blow to domestic films.

"Alas, the National Film Protection Month has completely left us."

Wang Changtian was very emotional and secretly worried about the upcoming release of "Galaxy Tutorial".

However, at this moment, listening to his words, Fade Chen couldn't help but think of another thing.

After La Peikang "retired", who took over the position of Chairman of China Film Group? Why do I have no impression of him at all?
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