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

Chapter 1236: Heartbeat but afraid of being laughed at?
After the opening ceremony on October 10, there will be a 1-day event period.

The judges of the main competition unit will judge the various awards, while other participants of the film festival will be free to choose to participate in various activities.

For example, the main competition unit screening, non-competition unit screening, other unit screenings, etc.

In addition, there will be various film screenings, celebrity red carpet shows, press conferences, master classes and seminars.

All that’s left is to make the trade.

The organizers of the film festival will provide a trading platform for all people who come to participate in the film festival to promote cooperation, financing, and distribution of film projects.

At the same time, the organizers will provide a display platform for new talents and new works, attract investment and cooperation opportunities, and promote innovation and development of the film industry.

Of course, there is no need for Chen Fei to follow up on these tasks.

Jia Zhangke will arrange people to cooperate with local governments, major platforms, investors, etc. to make these activities as perfect as possible.

Chen Fei’s main task is to communicate, discuss and seek cooperation opportunities with the many filmmakers who come to the film festival.

He became busy from October 10st, running around every day and attending various seminars and exchange activities.

He was busy until the end of the National Day holiday, and his work here officially came to an end.

"This is really not a job for humans, one exchange meeting after another... My goodness, I'm almost blistered from talking about it."

On the evening of the 8th, after taking a shower and coming out of the bathroom, Chen Fei looked in the mirror and complained to himself.

Liu Yifei, who was lying on the sofa applying a facial mask, also said, "Anyway, I'll only help you this time, and I won't be a judge next time.

I have to watch a lot of movies every day, stay up late for meetings and discussions, and decide who will receive the awards. I feel like my skin has gotten worse.”

Female stars have to be naturally beautiful, and Miss Liu doesn't look like she's going to turn into a shrew.

"Okay, you help me with this session, and I'll let Gong Li and Zhang Manyu come for the next session."

I have gained a lot from participating in the exchange meetings during this period. At least Chen Fei has found suitable judges for the next film festival.

"Did they agree?" Liu Yifei was very surprised.

"Well, helping to develop domestic films is a 'good reputation'. How nice it sounds to say it out loud? Normally, no one would refuse..."

This is also the reason why Chen Fei was able to bring in Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige.

Not only did these two people have no objections, they were actually very enthusiastic and really cared about the job.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is an achievement that can be recorded in film history and will be remembered forever after death. Who can resist such temptation?
Listening to Chen Fei's explanation, Liu Yifei couldn't help but sigh: "Those directors are in such a good mental state! They don't seem to be tired at all, and they are in such a good spirit every day."

"Of course. Those who can accomplish great things are full of energy. People with poor energy cannot accomplish great things."

As Chen Fei spoke, he walked to the sofa and sat down, then took out his cell phone to check the news online.

He has been very busy this week, running around every day. After returning to the hotel, he takes a shower and falls into bed. He hasn't checked the hot searches for a long time.

As soon as I opened Weibo, I saw that the box office performance data of several movies released during the National Day holiday had been released and were now posted online.

"The Captain": 25.76 billion yuan.

"My Country, My Parents": 23.44 billion.

"The Climbers": 7.23 million yuan.

As expected, "The Captain", which currently has the highest film review data, successfully won the MVP.

The worst one, "The Climbers", was left at the end, and its box office potential is already stretched to its limits.

As for other movies~
Apart from the animated film "Abominable" which still had some popularity, other domestic films failed more miserably than the last.

This National Day period seems to be specially designed for main-theme movies, and no one pays attention to other movies.

In addition, the popular list of actors for this National Day period has also been released.

As a participant in three main-theme movies and the leading male role in two of them, Wu Jing is undoubtedly the most talked-about person.

It’s quite interesting to say that he was praised to high heaven in “Captain”, but was criticized to ashes in “The Climbers”.

In the end, netizens concluded that it was the script and director's fault, and had little to do with "Wolf Warrior Wu".

So, the people who got scolded in the end became Li Rengang and Zhang Ziyi.

The director must be blamed for the failure of "The Climbers".

As for Zhang Ziyi, she was criticized purely because her acting was terrible and the character she played was not very likable.

If it's against other actresses and the movie gets bad reputation, the worst that can happen is I can just take on the next one and try my best to earn back the reputation.

However, it is difficult for Zhang Ziyi to find such an opportunity.

After she returned from pregnancy and childbirth, she was targeted and suppressed by other competitors, so much so that she couldn't find a suitable film project for a long time.

It was with great difficulty that she finally got the project of "The Climbers" because of Fan Bingbing's "fall", but the result turned out to be like this.

After all this trouble, all the film projects I had been involved in before suddenly fell through!
"Sister Ziyi..."

Inside the hotel, when the agent came to her, Zhang Ziyi already had a premonition in her heart, "Just say it if you have something to say. I have seen all kinds of storms and waves, right?"

After hearing what she said, the agent sighed helplessly and said, "Several endorsements we approached before were snatched away by others."

Zhang Ziyi's face changed and she subconsciously wanted to slam the table, but she finally held back.

Things have come to this point, there is no point in banging the table or running outside to curse.

When it comes to snatching resources, others will not be lenient, nor will they feel the slightest bit of sympathy for her.

She took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and changed the subject, "I heard recently that there are several mainstream movies being prepared in the industry?"

"Yes." The agent nodded slightly and added: "China Film Group is planning to make a project called "King Kong River", and Feiyue Film and Television is cooperating with Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group, and Bayi Film Group to make a project called "Changjin Lake."

This news is no secret and has been spreading like wildfire recently.

Not only Zhang Ziyi, everyone else had also found out the details.

“Are there any roles suitable for me in these mainstream movies?”

"Yes! But they are all minor supporting roles. After all, these are mainstream blockbusters, and male actors have more roles to play."

"That's fine." Zhang Ziyi waved her hand and said seriously, "It's fine even for a minor supporting role. Go get it for me."

The film market has been developing more and more exaggeratedly in recent years, and even a movie with a box office of 60 billion yuan has been born.

With such a fast pace of updates and iterations, if you can’t keep up or are a step behind, you will most likely be left behind as the “old school”.

This is not what Zhang Ziyi wants to see. After all, she has not yet thought of retreating behind the scenes like Li Bingbin and Xu Jinglei.

If there is a chance to stay popular for a few more years, who would be willing to go behind the scenes?

She didn't want to encounter the same incident as Li Bingbin, where the seat that should have belonged to her was snatched away by a guy who came out of nowhere.

Even if you punish the opponent in the end, won’t the health bar still appear?

You never know when someone will jump out, waving a "big knife" and shouting slogans to beat the Boss.

By then, everything will be too late!
……

On October 10, Chen Fei returned to the capital and once again devoted himself to the preparation work of "Changjin Lake".

At the same time, news about this main theme movie has been widely circulated in the outside world.

The coming year of 2020 will be the 70th anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

The Central Propaganda Department issued an important propaganda task, namely: to create a tribute film!
This film is of extraordinary significance. It not only shoulders the important task of remembering history and commemorating the martyrs, but also aims to show the magnificent history of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea to the whole country and even the world.

To this end, the relevant departments decided to invite the country's top directors to direct this work, and at the same time invested the most luxurious budget, aiming to create an epic war movie.

As of now, even the identity of the director has been revealed.

Chen Fei is in charge, with Kang Honglei and Guo Fan assisting...

Looking at this lineup, it is not an exaggeration to call it the top lineup of directors in the country currently!
As the news came out, it was like a series of bombshells being dropped, causing ripples in the film industry.

Many actors are eager to participate in such a tribute film personally arranged by the Central Propaganda Department, and the benefits and opportunities brought by it are definitely far beyond those of participating in other ordinary films.

This is not only a high recognition of his own acting skills, but it is also likely to leave a strong mark in the history of film with the help of this film. Whether it is his reputation in the industry or his future career development path, it will be a huge boost!

Moreover, if this tribute film did not have such special significance and value, the highest authorities above would not have personally stepped in and carefully assigned this task.

This shows how much expectation this film carries!
"You mean to say that all the actors we are currently in contact with said they would wait for news from The Battle at Lake Changjin first, and would only come to the Jinjiang River if they are not selected?"

In the China Film Group Corporation's office, Jiao Hongfen's expression was uncertain.

He never expected that such a situation would arise.

It is clear that the preparations for "The Battle at Lake Changjin" and "The Battle at River Changjin" were started at the same time, and the relevant news was revealed almost one after the other.

But now, most people in the circle are focusing on "Changjin Lake"!
As for "The Battle at Lake Changjin", it seems to have been raised by a stepmother and has become a backup choice.

This is fucked up! It makes people feel extremely bad after listening to it!

"Director Jiao, that's not entirely true. Li Chen, Ou Hao, Wei Chen and others have already decided to choose The King Kong River. The letter of intent has also been signed."

However, after listening to the secretary's words, Jiao Hongfen's mood did not improve at all.

He asked again: "Where are Wu Jing and Zhang Yi?"

"He...they have already confirmed that they will be joining The Battle at Lake Changjin, so they can't come here."

"..."

Jiao Hongfen was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but murmured: "Xiao Lu, have you noticed that the value of China Film in the film and television industry seems to have declined a lot? It seems that many of our tasks have become more difficult to carry out?"

When Secretary Xiao Lu heard this, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

In fact, everyone knows the answer, and it mainly lies with the former chairman, La Peikang.

The movie "Shanghai Fortress" not only lost money, but also damaged the reputation of China Film Corporation.

To the extent that now, many people no longer trust China Film Group’s projects, fearing that they will be trapped.

Reversing this role is not something that can be done overnight!
Seeing that the secretary didn't say anything, Jiao Hongfen couldn't help but sigh: "Alas, this La Peikang has thrown a mess into my hands!"

secretary:"……"

Jingle Bell--

At this moment, Jiao Hongfen's cell phone on the table suddenly rang.

After looking at the caller ID, he subconsciously raised his eyebrows, then looked at the secretary and said, "Xiao Lu, you go and get busy first."

The secretary didn't say anything, just lowered his head, turned around and left silently.

After the door was closed, Jiao Hongfen picked up the phone and pressed the answer button, "Hello? Mr. Song?"

Song Ge's voice came from the phone at this time, "Director Jiao, I wonder what you think about the matter I told you before?"

Jiao Hongfen frowned slightly, "Boss Song, I don't think this is a good idea. If you do something like parroting others, you will be laughed at."

The reason why he said this was mainly because Song Ge called him a few days ago and raised something that made him particularly troubled.

It happened that the box office of the movie "My Country, My Parents" broke 10 billion.

Song Ge called and said that he wanted to cooperate with China Film Group to produce a movie with a similar theme to "My Motherland and Me".

To be honest, Jiao Hongfen was really moved. After all, the performance of this movie was really good.

If a similar work is launched, the success rate will be much higher than investing in other projects.

But the only thing that bothers him is that "My People, My Country" is a project launched by Huaying, Alibaba and Bona, and the copyright is also in their hands.

Although they don't have to worry about copyright issues and can just shoot directly.

But if we leave those three companies aside and do it ourselves, it will always seem a bit bad, as if we are stealing food from someone else's pot.

But seeing that "My Motherland and I" was about to break the 30 billion box office, Jiao Hongfen was also very greedy.

The main problem he is facing now is the psychological barrier.

However, when it comes to fooling people, Song Ge is an old hand.

"Mr. Jiao, what era is this? How can there be any joke or no joke? Making money and achieving results are the most important things. As for the process, who cares?

As long as we can complete this project, nothing else matters. We will naturally find a way to deal with it when the time comes, don’t you think?

Of course, Director Jiao, if you really feel bad, I will go find Shanghai Film Studio. Ren Zhonglun won't care about this. He has always been 'money-oriented and profitable'. No wonder Shanghai Film Studio has such good performance and benefits every year..."

Although this was just a very simple and common way of provoking someone, Jiao Hongfen could still tell the difference.

But! It is the most appropriate to use it on him at the moment.

A newcomer to office lacks performance, political achievements and merits. If he does not seize the opportunity, who knows how long he can stay in this position?

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth and said, "Boss Song, how about this? Why don't we find a time to sit down and talk about it in detail? Let's see how this new project should be carried out, how about it?"

Song Ge smiled and said, "Okay! Let's do it tomorrow. I happen to be free tomorrow."

"Yeah, okay, see you tomorrow."

As the call ended, both parties fell into deep thought.

Song Ge was thinking about how to hype up the new project and thus increase the company's stock price.

Jiao Hongfen was thinking about how to do this project well, so as to show his achievements and abilities...

"Jingle Bell--"

Suddenly, the phone rang again.

Jiao Hongfen frowned when his thoughts were interrupted and subconsciously looked at the caller ID.

But when he saw the name of the caller, his expression became sad.

"Hey?"

After the call was connected, before Jiao Hongfen could say anything, an old and frail voice came from the receiver, "Director Jiao! You must bring more people to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival at the Straits Theater next month..."

Upon hearing this, Jiao Hongfen couldn't help but sigh.

The popularity of the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival is too huge and too high. Anyone who has seen it knows that it is absolutely impossible to suppress it at this time.

Under such circumstances, next month's Golden Rooster Awards will be extremely embarrassing.

But in this situation, if you choose to retreat, you will be completely doomed!
Therefore, these people in the association can only choose to call on their friends to increase their momentum.

Jiao Hongfen certainly couldn't hide or avoid it.

"Don't worry, Mr. Lu. I will definitely bring people to show my support. To be honest, China Film Group has recently prepared a number of film projects. I assure you that the next Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards will definitely be a grand event with a main theme..."

……

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.

On the morning of October 10, Chen Fei hurriedly flew from Yanjing to Shanxi Province, preparing to attend the first Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival awards ceremony tonight.

In fact, there was not much suspense about the results of this first award session. After all, the films nominated in the main competition unit almost all had their own strengths.

Rather than an award ceremony, it was more like a grand "cake-sharing" scene.

However, those who can eat the cake are not ordinary people, and none of them is bad.

After all, this is not the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards Ceremony. Whoever gives more money and has extensive enough network resources will win the award.

At the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival, if you want to win an award, you just need to have ability!

Only if you have strong abilities can you participate in sharing the cake, and vice versa.

……

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