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

Chapter 1220: Live for yourself? Sprint for billion?

Throughout late July, the hot searches on the internet were all about "The Wandering Earth". Even when "The Bravest" held its premiere, it failed to suppress the former in the slightest.

Without him.

The difference is too big!
By the end of the month, on the 31st, the pre-sale box office of "The Bravest" had just reached 4000 million.

On the other hand, "The Wandering Earth" has soared to 5 billion in total box office after 31.72 days of release!
How to compare?
How can it be compared with "The Bravest"?

Just like that, after one night, time officially entered August.

As a main-theme movie with relatively good reviews, "The Bravest" finally entered the theater market with 35% of the screenings.

At this time, the screening share of "The Wandering Earth" is still 48.2%.

As for other movies released during the same period, it’s quite miserable!
"Due to the exhaustion of its box office potential, "Drug War 2: The King and the Earth" has been officially withdrawn from the screen, with a total box office of 14.63 billion yuan - Maoyan app."

"The Hollywood blockbuster The Lion King was taken off the screen at 12:7.5 a.m. last night, with a box office of million yuan."

"Galaxy Tutorial" was released 14 days ago, and the box office has successfully exceeded 10 billion, with a cumulative total of 10.73 billion."

"On the sixth day of its release, The Wandering Earth grossed 6 million yuan in a single day, and its cumulative total box office has successfully exceeded 4.13 billion yuan! It grossed 35 billion yuan!"

"Last night, the family education drama "Little Joy" produced by Lemon Film and Television Media, directed by Wang Jun, with Huang Lei as the chief screenwriter, and starring Huang Lei, Hai Qing, Tao Hong, Wang Yanhui, Yongmei, Sha Yi, and Zhao Jinmai, was officially launched.

On the first day of its release, the drama's ratings on Dragon TV were 1.038%, and on Zhejiang TV they were 1.168%, ranking first in market share in the same time slot!"

~

This wave of traffic for "The Wandering Earth" can be said to have been taken advantage of by "Little Joy".

As the leading actor, Zhao Jinmai really brought a lot of depth to this family education drama!
Su Xiao, the chairman of Lemon Film and Television, was as happy as a monkey who had grabbed a banana. He was so happy.

"Is this the value of Feiyue Films? A movie actually brought our TV series to prominence, hahahahaha!"

Seeing the boss so happy, the secretary quickly flattered him: "Boss Su, you are really far-sighted. You decided on Zhao Jinmai in the first place."

"Hahaha!"

Su Xiao was really happy about this flattery.

Of course, after having fun, we still have to get down to business.

There is no need to worry about "Little Joy" for now, but the company has more than one project in the future, so we need to pay more attention to the others.

"How's the filming of 'Twenty Not Confused' going? Is it going smoothly?"

The secretary nodded slightly, "Yeah, it went very smoothly."

"Those actresses are not fighting for roles, stealing scenes, or asking for script changes, right?"

Speaking of this, Su Xiao felt very unhappy.

A bunch of little girls, the oldest of whom was only in their 20s, started making trouble in the crew, making the place a mess.

If she hadn't personally stepped in and shocked everyone, the filming of this drama would probably have to be suspended!

"No." The secretary shook his head and continued to flatter him, "After you came forward, Guan Xiaotong and Li Gengxi stopped behaving like that and never caused any more trouble."

"That's fine." Su Xiao nodded slightly, and then asked, "What about Nothing But Thirty? Is there any problem?"

"No, Jiang Shuying, Mao Xiaotong, Tong Yao and the others get along quite well. There is no quarreling over roles or stealing the spotlight."

"Okay, you should go to the crew more often in the next few days, especially the 'Twenty Not Confused' crew, and teach those girls a lesson. Don't bring that messy atmosphere to the crew, otherwise get out!"

"Yes, Mr. Su."

The secretary nodded heavily and agreed happily.

Who doesn't like to use a tiger's skin as a banner?
……

At the same time, at Feiyue Film and Television, Chen Fei was chatting with Guo Fan.

"The movie 'The Bravest' seems to have a pretty good reputation?"

Guo Fan frowned slightly, looking at the Maoyan ticket purchase score of 9.4, and was somewhat worried that this movie would affect "The Wandering Earth".

Chen Fei glared at him and said, "Why do you want to watch Maoyan? The ratings here are just for reference. Most of them are paid for. You should mainly watch Douban. The ratings there are more realistic."

"Ah? Is that so?"

Guo Fan reacted belatedly and quickly opened Douban.

Upon seeing this, he opened his mouth wide, "Wow, the difference is so big?"

Maoyan scored 9.4, Douban scored 6.4, a full 3 points difference!

"There will definitely be an impact. After all, the plot is quite sensational, and the fire and explosion special effects are also very well done." Chen Fei commented objectively.

This is also the view of many netizens.

Tear-jerking, touching, poor rhythm, good special effects, over-acting...

Guo Fan looked at these comments and suddenly realized what was happening. He raised his head and said, "No, why should I read it? What we really want to do is "Shanghai Fortress"!"

Upon hearing this, Fade Chen casually handed over an invitation letter, "Hey, this is the invitation letter for the premiere of Shanghai Fortress. Go ahead. Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle."

"August 8th? Isn't that the day after tomorrow?"

Guo Fan flipped through the invitation letter and muttered to himself.

After a moment, he raised his head and asked, "Aren't you going? Why don't we go together?"

"I'm not going. I have something else to do." Chen Fei said seriously, and even made up an excuse that he had to go do something very important.

Guo Fan didn't take it seriously and didn't think much about it.

"Okay then, I'll go by myself."

Having said that, he stood up and walked out.

After watching him disappear behind the door, Fade Chen took out his phone and sent a message to Liu Yifei: "I'll take you shopping on the 4th. It seems that there are a new batch of clothes on the market."

Go watch this crap "Shanghai Fortress"?
If you have that much time, you might as well take your wife out shopping. Why bother putting the pain on your eyes?

Miss Liu replied quickly, "Okay, love you, heart (°з°)-～"

Look at the emotional value this provides, how can it compare to "Shanghai Fortress"?
……

On August 8, the first day box office of "The Bravest" was released.

The score of 1.22 million can be regarded as continuing the popularity of the summer vacation season.

Although there are many voices online criticizing the film for being "forced sensationalism," these can be ignored as long as it can make money at the box office.

Yu Dong has already started arranging public relations and controlling comments.

He doesn't ask for a box office success like "The Wandering Earth", as long as he can have some fun, that would be great.

At 10 am, Chen Fei arrived at the company.

As usual, the first thing he did when he turned on his computer was to take a look at the trending search list.

He simply ignored "The Wandering Earth" and "The Bravest" because he had already watched enough in the past two days.

As for the movie that followed closely behind, it was a movie called "The Bravest".

Yue Yunpeng, Tong Liya, Tian Yu, Yuan Hong, Han Tongsheng, Cai Ming, Yu Qian, Dapeng, Yu Yang, Hua Shao...

Just looking at the lineup, it feels like a grand gathering of comedians.

It’s that 13.2% of the overall screening schedule that is really pitiful.

There is nothing that can be done about this, since the entire summer vacation schedule and popularity have been siphoned off by "The Wandering Earth".

As for other movies, it’s even worse, they’re not even popular.

"Boom boom boom——"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"Come in." Fade Chen raised his head slightly.

crunch--

As the door opened, Li Yang walked in holding the project book and the newly revised script of "White Snake 2".

"Director Chen, here are the revised script and project book, please take a look."

"Well, put it down."

Fade Chen nodded in response, but his eyes were looking at the phone on the table.

The "buzzing" sound was obviously reminding him that a phone call was coming in.

Li Yang very tactfully placed the project book and script on the table, then walked out.

Chen Fei picked up the phone and pressed the answer button: "Hello? Director Yang?"

"Haha, Mr. Chen, I hope I didn't disturb you?" As soon as the phone was connected, Yang Maicheng's laughter and voice came over.

"Of course not." Chen Fei responded with a smile, but he couldn't help feeling a little confused.

Why did Yang Maicheng call me suddenly?
After some casual chatting, the topic turned to film projects.

"I saw that Golden Harvest submitted a new script for review this morning. What's its name... 'The Breaking of the Law'?" Upon hearing this, Fade Chen laughed.

No wonder Yang Shoucheng called me suddenly, it turned out that he was interested in this new project.

Since the completion of the "Ip Man" series, the cooperation between Feiyue Film and Television and Ying Huang has come to a temporary end. Although the latter has also made several film and television dramas in recent years, almost none of them have been successful projects.

Seeing that "The Breaking Storm" has passed the review, it is natural that I can't hide my excitement.

"Yang Sheng is very interested in this project?"

"Alas!" Yang Shoucheng sighed and said, "I lost a lot of money on my previous works. Now I really can't find a suitable project to invest in. I really have no choice but to ask you for help."

Jiang Wen’s previous work “Evil Never Dies” really screwed Ying Huang over badly.

After investing 4 million yuan and not even hearing a sound, it's no wonder that Yang Shaocheng cried poor.

Since they have come to him for help, Chen Fei will not sit idly by.

Anyway, the project of "The Brink" was just a way for him to stabilize Golden Harvest's film and television production business. After all, Golden Harvest's external identity is still a film and television company, not a cinema company.

Although cinema revenues have long been hundreds or even thousands of times greater than those from film and television productions, film and television productions cannot be abandoned.

Otherwise, what would he do with the scripts in his stock?
You can't just leave it to get moldy, right?
"I'll say hello to Huo Qigang, you go talk to him."

"Hey! Okay, thank you very much, Mr. Chen. I don't need to express my gratitude. If you have anything to say, just let me know. I will never refuse!"

Yang Shoucheng was grateful profusely.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Fei's current behavior is like a timely help to Ying Huang!

"Hey, I just happened to have a small matter, and I really need your help, Yang Sheng."

"Oh? What?"

"In October, the first Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival founded by me will be held in Shanxi Province. I will have to ask Yang Sheng to bring some people over to support us then."

Yang Shoucheng readily agreed, "Haha, no problem, no problem, Mr. Chen, don't worry, I still have some face."

At present, the Hong Kong film and television industry has long been left far behind by the mainland.

Many Hong Kong filmmakers who used to look down on mainland filmmakers are now unable to make it in their local area and have no choice but to come to the mainland to beg for food.

As one of the only two film and television companies still standing strong in the Hong Kong film industry, I wonder how many people want to get closer to Ying Huang.

Therefore, if Yang Meicheng raises his hand and calls for action, there will definitely be many people willing to follow him!

~

After hanging up the phone, Fade Chen first checked with Huo Qigang, then turned his attention to the script and project book on the table and began a secondary review and inspection.

At the same time, Huang Xiaoming, who was annoyed by Yang Ying, had to use his connections to help her find a new TV drama project again.

"Skyscraper" is adapted from Chen Xue's novel of the same name. It tells the story of a bizarre murder case in a skyscraper. Criminal police captain Zhong Jingguo and his partner Yang Ruisen break through the fog and uncover the truth of the murder.

The director is Chen Zhendao, a director from Taiwan Province. You should study the script and the role carefully these few days and prepare for the audition..."

Huang Xiaoming was talking there.

However, Yang Ying, who was reading the script, frowned, with a look of deep dissatisfaction on her face.

"Why am I auditioning for the second female lead role? Can't I compete for the first female lead 'Yang Ruisen'?" She pointed at the script, her tone filled with dissatisfaction.

Huang Xiaoming was stunned by her words, and then he laughed out of anger.

At this moment, he once again recalled the scene when he recommended Yang Ying to Chen Zhendao.

When he picked up the information, he just glanced at it casually and put it down. He didn't even look at Yang Ying's resume carefully.

the reason is simple.

Because Yang Ying’s resume is simply unbearable to read!
Starting from the "Tai Chi" series, to "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame", "A Romantic Affair", "Temporary Cohabitation", "Once Upon a Time in China II", "Micro Love" and so on, none of them has been successful.

Not just movies, but TV shows as well.

The ratings of all TV series she starred in were dismal, and her acting skills were repeatedly criticized.

In this case, who would dare to use her as the leading female role?
Allowing her to audition for the second female lead is already a great respect for her!
"Don't you know your own situation? What can you use to compete for the leading female role? Can you handle the ratings? Are your acting skills good enough?"

Huang Xiaoming couldn't help but retorted a few words to her.

Yang Ying opened her mouth, wanting to retort, but she couldn't find a suitable reason, and she didn't have the confidence either.

"If you're willing, then prepare for the audition. I've already made arrangements for you, so you should have no problem getting the role. But if you're not willing, then there's nothing I can do."

After saying that, Huang Xiaoming put on his coat and walked out the door.

"Where are you going?"

"I still have promotional and roadshow activities to attend."

After saying this, he disappeared at the door.

In the living room, Yang Ying clutched the script tightly, with deep resentment flashing in her eyes.

"The Bravest" grossed over 1 million yuan on the first day and had a good reputation online. Huang Xiaoming had made a very good comeback.

And the leading female role, Tan Zhuo, also stole the spotlight!
When she thought of this, Yang Ying couldn't hide her anger.

After all, she had told Huang Xiaoming at the beginning and asked him to help compete for the role, but was rejected!

And in the end, she naturally lost to Tan Zhuo.

Now, seeing the popularity of "The Bravest" soaring, she suddenly felt like she had suffered a "huge loss"!

Obviously this role should belong to me!

And now, she had begged Huang Xiaoming again for several days, but in the end she only asked for an audition opportunity for the second female lead, and was even scolded!
How could she endure this?
Among the four young actresses in the past, she is the one doing the worst now. This huge gap is really hard for her to accept!

"No, I have to find another way out! Men are really like this, once they get something, they no longer cherish it..."

Yang Ying murmured, already having other thoughts in her mind.

In her opinion, Huang Xiaoming obviously no longer cared about her, and it was very likely that he despised her because she was old and ugly, or he simply had someone else outside!

If she doesn't find another way out now, she might be forced to retire in a few years and become a shrew at home.

By then, even if Huang Xiaoming brought his mistress home, she wouldn't dare to say a word.

And this situation was obviously not what she wanted!
……

At 5 pm, Chen Fei called Li Yang from the animation department.

"Okay, let's follow this version." As he said that, he handed the project book and script of "White Snake 2" back to Li Yang.

"Okay, Director Chen, I'll arrange it right away."

Li Yang, who was originally a little nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After several months of hard work, the project can finally be launched.

But at this moment, Fade Chen took out a new script from the safe, handed it to him and added, "After White Snake 2 is done, let's get this project out as well."

Li Yang was slightly stunned when he heard this, and looked at the script cover with curiosity.

"Chang'an is thirty thousand miles away?"

……

On August 8, the box office of "The Bravest" once again exceeded 2 million yuan, closing at 1.16 million yuan.

On the same day, "The Wandering Earth" grossed 3.3 million yuan, and its cumulative total box office officially exceeded 40 billion yuan, closing at 42.65 billion yuan.

On Saturday, August 8, "The Bravest" set a new box office record, earning 3 million yuan.

As of now, the film has grossed a total of 3.76 million yuan in the first three days of its weekend.

On the other hand, due to the increase in the number of moviegoers on Saturday, the box office of "The Wandering Earth" experienced a reversal and closed at 4.07 million.

On August 8, the box office of "The Bravest" fell again, closing at 4 million.

The same is true for "The Wandering Earth", which grossed 4.63 million yuan.

So far, the film's total box office has officially exceeded 50 billion! In just 10 days, it broke the previous 4 billion box office of "Avengers 51.75: Endgame"!
The People's Daily published an article praising "The Wandering Earth": "The film incorporates China's unique ideas and values, such as family ties, heroic sentiments, dedication, love for the homeland, and international cooperation concepts, into the imagination and discussion of the future of mankind, expanding the vision of mankind's longing for a better future and breaking through the narrative routine of Hollywood science fiction films! It is worth carrying forward!"

That evening, the News Broadcast once again reported that the total box office of "The Wandering Earth" had exceeded 50 billion!

The whole network was shocked!

A sensation across the internet!

The whole network cheers!

At this point, almost no one doubted the "60 billion" goal that Chen Fei had mentioned earlier.

There are even many people shouting that they want to help "The Wandering Earth" reach 10 billion!
At the same time, on the same day, "Shanghai Fortress" held a grand premiere event in the capital.

Chen Fei took Liu Yifei shopping, while Guo Fan held the invitation letter in his hand, and with the mentality of "know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles", he was ready to see what his opponent was like.

……

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