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

Chapter 1231 Whoever controls the association controls the world?

"Due to the exhaustion of its box office potential, the adventure/action/fantasy film "Mystery of the Dragon Seal" starring Chen Long, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jason Flemyng has been officially withdrawn from the screen, with a cumulative box office of 3096 million."

"The disaster/action film "The Bravest", produced by Bona Film Group and starring Huang Xiaoming, Du Jiang and Tan Zhuo, was officially taken off the screen yesterday, with a box office of 17.06 billion yuan."

"The total box office of The Wandering Earth has exceeded 66 billion yuan - Maoyan app."

"The comedy/youth film "A Little Wish", produced by Feiyue Films and starring Peng Yuchang, Wei Daxun, and Fan Chengcheng, has been officially released today."

"Reprinted from The Hollywood Daily, the action/adventure/science fiction film Godzilla vs. Kong, co-produced by Walton Pictures and Lucasfilm, officially started shooting yesterday."

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In a blink of an eye, it was already the 12th.

With the release of another batch of domestic films, "The Bravest" was ultimately unable to complete the key extension and officially ended its screening journey.

However, this box office result is undoubtedly very impressive, and the initial investment has long been recovered.

On the other hand, the movie “The Mystery of Dragon Seal” is so miserable!
Hundreds of millions of dollars invested, China and Russia co-produced a blockbuster, Chen Long + Schwarzenegger...

Adding so many factors together, the movie only earned over 3000 million at the box office. It was so bad that it had to sell its underpants!

As the investor, China Film Group has undoubtedly made another big profit.

However, this has nothing to do with Jiao Hongfen. After all, "The Mystery of Dragon Seal" was a project produced when La Peikang was in office, so he naturally does not need to be held responsible for the box office failure.

What he needs to worry about now is how to carry out the project of the tribute film to the 70th Anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea?
Two days have passed since the meeting.

During this period, he also communicated with Feiyue Film and Television several times, but in the end all failed.

There's nothing we can do, that kid Chen Fei is just too cunning!

He threw all the preparatory work for "Changjin Lake" to Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group and Bayi Film Group, while he himself went to Hollywood to attend the celebration party for "Avengers 4".

This act of "running away" directly made Jiao Hongfen unable to do anything.

He wanted to call Chen Fei to communicate, but due to the time difference, it was difficult for the two to find a suitable time to talk about this matter.

Even if they found a time when both parties were free, Fade Chen always used the excuse that he was only responsible for writing the script and filming, and didn't care about anything else...

With all his excuses, Jiao Hongfen had no other choice but to communicate with Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group and Bayi Film Group to see if he could get some investment share.

But are Ren Zhonglun and Wang Yong so easy to talk to?

Although they are all state-owned enterprises and verbally call themselves "brother" units, the competition behind the scenes has already entered a white-hot stage.

Is it so easy to take food from a brother unit?
Once you have a big project like "Changjin Lake" in your hands, who would be willing to give it away to others?

What’s more, this “other” is a competitor!
Unless they are crazy, Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group and Bayi Film Group will never give any share to China Film Group.

After struggling for several days and seeing that there was really no hope, Jiao Hongfen was finally forced to give up.

He can no longer participate in the "Changjin Lake" project, and now he can only turn his attention back to his own "King Kong River".

At this moment, the aroma of Pu'er tea is floating in the conference room of the China Film Base in Huairou.

Jiao Hongfen took off his glasses and looked at the three big words "King Kong River" on the projection screen, his eyes gradually became firm!
"Two months to complete the script, eight months to shoot and produce, it must be released on National Day next year!"

As soon as he said this, Guan Hu's expression suddenly changed.

How can it be easy to complete a movie in such a short time?

This is no longer a movie, it's completely the "Battle of Crossing the River"!
After thinking for a long time, Guan Hu gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "If we need to speed up the time, the special effects budget will have to be increased by at least 30 million, and many scenes cannot be performed through real shooting.

There is also the human bridge on the Jin Gang River. I will use an IMAX camera to shoot each soldier’s facial expression from underwater, the suffocating feeling of the river water pouring into the nasal cavity, etc. The audience must hold their breath..."

Hearing this, Financial Director Lin Man paused his fingers from rapidly tapping on the tablet computer, and when he looked up, a cold light flashed across his gold-rimmed glasses.

"The total budget for the film is currently 3 million, with special effects accounting for %. If we add the cost of renting underwater IMAX equipment, the post-production rendering cycle will be extended by two weeks..."

Jiao Hongfen raised his hand and interrupted, "I'll find a way to deal with the money, but we can't delay. How are the talks between Zhang Yi and Wu Jing going?"

The casting director quickly flipped through the schedule and said, "Although Zhang Yi is very interested in the role of the engineer company commander, his schedule is already full.

Wu Jing's schedule was quite suitable, but he said that the people over at "Changjin Lake" had contacted him in advance, so he had to go there for an audition first."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people in the conference room frowned.

Looking at the current Chinese-language film market, there are actually only a few people who can really carry the box office.

Wu Jing, Zhang Yi, Wang Baoqiang, Shen Teng... Huang Bo can barely be counted as half.

But upon closer inspection, it was found that these people were almost all brought up by Chen Fei. Although they all had their own studios, most of them were affiliated with Feiyue Films.

This also means that as long as Chen Fei takes the initiative to contact them, these people will definitely choose to join the crew of "Changjin Lake" instead of "King Kong River".

This is a bit troublesome!
"Can we activate the young actors?" Jiao Hongfen suddenly looked at Guan Hu.

He still wants to find more resources for the "young blood" of the association so that he can get more support.

After all, according to the above policies, now is the time when "whoever controls the association controls the world."

That’s actually how he got his position as chairman of China Film Group Corporation.

Guan Hu frowned slightly and responded, "Mr. Jiao, the anti-aircraft artillery position is the soul of the movie "King Kong River"! 70 years ago, the average survival time of an anti-aircraft artillery squad was twelve minutes! So the actors must let the audience see their faith in these twelve minutes."

Having said this, Guan Hu did not continue to describe it in more detail, but Jiao Hongfen understood it.

Can those young actors let the audience in front of the screen see the "faith" of defending the country within these 12 minutes?

Guan Hu's meaning is very clear. What he wants are veteran actors, not young traffic actors and stars with poor acting skills.

The conference room suddenly fell silent, and everyone was lost in thought.

After a long while, Jiao Hongfen seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said, "Since Zhang Yi and Wu Jing are not sure whether they can come for the time being, let Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, Li Chen, Wang Qianyuan, Du Chun and others give it a try."

Looking at the puzzled and astonished expressions of the crowd, he unscrewed the thermos cup and drank a sip of strong tea, then continued, "Their acting skills are all good, and their ability to carry the box office is not bad either.

Contact the teachers of the PLA Art Academy and have special training for a month. All the physical movements and lines will be assessed according to military standards, and whoever is able will be allowed to do it.

We can also find more young actors. They can’t hold the main roles, but I think they should have no problem playing supporting roles.”

As Jiao Hongfen finished speaking, the other people in the conference room subconsciously looked at each other, and no one expressed any objection.

Things have come to this point, the leaders have already made the decision, they just need to follow it, there is no need to force it.

Guan Hu then lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, and said with some distress: "But I still have to deal with the post-production work of the project 'Eight Hundred'. I'm afraid I won't be able to start the preparation and filming of 'King Kong River' in a short time."

"I'll find someone to help you." Jiao Hongfen thought of the film "My Motherland and Me" and immediately suggested, "We can find a few more directors, shoot in groups, and you can put them together to make the film. How about that?"

"This is acceptable!"

Guan Hu's eyes suddenly lit up. If that was the case, his job would be much easier.

"Okay, it's decided then. Let's all start preparing according to the plan we just discussed..."

Jiao Hongfen stood up, clapped his hands, then called the names of everyone in the conference room one by one and gave them work tasks.

At this point, the preparations for the project "King Kong River" officially started.

At the same time, Chen Fei, who was far away in Hollywood, was attending the celebration dinner of "Avengers 4: Endgame".

After more than 100 days of release, as of now, "Avengers 4" has finally been officially removed from the global theater market.

Its final box office revenue was 32.6 billion US dollars.

If converted into RMB, it is about 220!

This result is the highest box office result ever achieved by a single movie in all his years of career!

At the same time, this is also the No. 1 work in the global movie box office history list! As the producers, Marvel and Walton Pictures have reaped huge benefits and profits from this.

“Peripheral products have been selling out completely, with several popular items being sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves, and the share prices of Marvel and Walton Pictures have skyrocketed.

As of now, Walton Pictures has the highest market value and stock price in Hollywood, far exceeding Disney, which ranks second..."

At the celebration banquet, Natasha enthusiastically told Chen Fei about the company's achievements in the past six months.

The movie "Avengers 4" alone has brought huge profits to Walton Pictures.

Although there are still more than three months until the end of 2019, the top of this year's Hollywood's new six profitability rankings has already been released.

Walton Pictures is already No. 1 in the eyes of all analysis and forecasting companies.

Looking further ahead, except for "Joker" produced by DC, which may pose a slight threat to "Avengers 4", all other movies are losers.

"How's things going on Spider-Man: Far From Home?"

After listening to Natasha's passionate story, Chen Fei asked about the new work launched by Marvel.

"Not bad either." Natasha said enthusiastically, "The box office in mainland China is 15 billion RMB, the total box office in North America has exceeded 3 million US dollars, and the global total box office has just exceeded 11 billion US dollars. It is expected to land at around 13 billion US dollars."

Fade Chen nodded slightly and continued to ask, "Is the filming of Godzilla vs. Kong going smoothly?"

"Yeah, it went well."

“What about other projects?”

“Spider-Man: No Return, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Venom 2, Black Widow, The Eternals…are all in preparation.”

Half an hour flew by.

Although tonight is the celebration dinner for "Avengers 4", it is a rare meeting opportunity for Chen Fei and Natasha.

Because Chen Fei was going to return to China early tomorrow morning, both of them valued this opportunity very much and took advantage of the free time to sort out the company's upcoming projects.

Finally, Fade Chen mentioned Avatar: The Way of Water again: "Hasn't Cameron finished the project yet?"

Hearing this, Natasha's mouth twitched, and she said helplessly: "It is estimated that...it may take another two to three years."

"This guy is really good at stalling for time." Chen Fei was quite amused.

This guy 'Truck Driver' is famously the "slowest" among all the Hollywood directors!
He is nearly 70 years old, but he has only released less than 10 films so far, an average of one film every 10 years.

It took three years from "Piranha 1981: The Spawning" in 2 to "The Terminator" in 1984.

There was a gap of 1997 years between the release of "Titanic" in 2009 and the release of "Avatar" in 12!
Especially "Avatar", the filming plan of this movie began in 1998, but it was not released until 2009.

The delay almost killed 20th Century Fox!
However, although he always spends a lot of time on the production cycle of a movie, he is very strict with every detail of the movie, striving for perfection from scene design, props production to actor performances.

For example, the portrayal of character behavior in "Alita: Battle Angel" is accurate to every detail of the expression, and a lot of effort has been put into the scene selection and design.

There is also the scene in "Titanic" where Jack stands on the bow and shouts, overlooking the entire Titanic. This short 10-second shot cost $100 million.

If all of these movies had not become classics among classics and generated countless profits, he would probably have been "blacklisted" by all major producers by now.

The same is true for "Avatar 2".

Precisely because of their trust in him, even 20th Century Fox and the current Walton Pictures did not rush him, but gave him enough time to make this movie.

Natasha even gave him additional funds just to make the graphics of "Avatar 2" more stunning.

"Competent people have their own shooting habits." Natasha giggled and didn't mind too much.

If "Avatar 2" can reproduce the glory of "Avatar 1", or even achieve half of it, Walton Pictures can still make a fortune!
Therefore, Cameron is still very important to Walton Pictures. After all, he is also one of the examples of directors who only make "quality" movies.

……

After a night, it was September 9th.

On the way to Los Angeles Airport, Chen Fei paid special attention to the movie "A Little Wish".

The box office on the first day was 4796 million, which is a very good result for a youth/comedy movie.

The film review data also shows that there are more positive reviews than negative reviews. Among all the films produced by Feiyue Films, it can barely get a passing score.

Of course, these are not Chen Fei's focus.

What he is focusing on now is mainly Peng Yuchang's acting skills!

In the original time and space, the role of "Wu Wanli" in "Changjin Lake" was played by Yi Yang Qianxi.

But this time, Chen Fei was not going to use him.

Traffic actors can certainly bring a wave of attention and popularity, but their shortcomings in acting are very difficult to make up for.

Therefore, Chen Fei decided to let Peng Yuchang try the role of "Wu Wanli" to see if he could perform something new.

The role of "Yu Congrong" also needs to be changed.

Forget about Li Chen. Ever since the end of "Sky Hunter" and the Fan Bingbing incident, Chen Fei's disgust towards him has reached its limit!

At the same time, just as Chen Fei was thinking about how to carry out the subsequent preparations and auditions for "The Battle at Lake Changjin", the auditions for "Life Events" had already started in China.

"Hello, Professor Tian and Director Wen. I'm Yang Ying, I'm 30 years old, and I'm here to audition for the role of 'Yin Baixue'."

Tian Zhuangzhuang: “…”

Wen Muye: “…”

They are all from the same industry, so how could they not know the acting skills of the person in front of them?
But she has come to me and even asked her agent to come and deliver her resume in person. It would be a bit inappropriate if I don't let her participate in the audition.

So, the only thing we can do is let her come and give it a try.

Wen Muye actually still had a little bit of expectation in his heart. Even though the reputation of this girl's acting skills in the circle was very bad, she was still one of the four little beauties and was as famous as Liu Yifei.

Come to think of it... her acting shouldn't be so bad that it's completely unwatchable, right?

"Let's get started. Just try the first and second paragraphs."

"it is good."

Yang Ying nodded slightly and began to interpret the role of "Yin Baixue" according to the requirements of the script.

The first scene is Yin Baixue comforting Xiaowen who lost her grandmother. It should have been a scene full of warmth and empathy.

However, although Yang Ying's voice was crisp after she opened her mouth, it lacked emotional depth. Those soothing words sounded mechanically uttered, and there was no heartache or concern for the child in her eyes. She just looked ahead blankly.

Tian Zhuangzhuang frowned slightly, moved a little in his chair, and sighed softly.

This performance level is really not that bad!
What follows is a scene that recalls the glorious days of the drama troupe, and Yin Baixue should be filled with mixed emotions of nostalgia and regret.

But Yang Ying's performance is like a thin veil floating on the surface...

She tried hard to act as if she was immersed in the performance, but her body movements were stiff and exaggerated, completely failing to reveal the deep imprint of the character's inner world left by her past stage career. Her lines were read like a textbook, without any ups and downs or emotional waves.

Wen Muye's mouth twitched as he watched, and the pen in his hand moved impatiently on the notebook.

The audition ended quickly and the whole room fell into a brief silence.

Although Wen Muye's expression was calm, his heart was filled with helplessness and speechlessness. He opened his mouth but didn't know where to start.

He had originally expected to see Yin Baixue appear vividly before his eyes, to see an actor with flesh and blood who could interpret the soul of the character, but Yang Ying's performance was far from the Yin Baixue in his mind, and she failed to grasp the essence of the character at all.

This also made him feel a little puzzled.

With this level of acting skills, how on earth was she named one of the “Four Little Flowers” ​​born after 85?
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