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

Chapter 1249 70-year-old nuclear-powered donkey!

"Have you heard? Feng Xiaogang seemed to have had a stroke and was taken to the hospital by ambulance."

On the second day after "Only Yun Knows" was released, Chen Fei heard this news from Ning Hao.

"Hey? You're in Jin Province, and you're so well-informed? How do you know he went to the hospital because of a stroke? Maybe he got so angry that he collapsed."

Ning Hao was silent for a while, then responded, "What you said does make sense. If I were Feng Xiaogang, I would definitely be dizzy if I were the one who did the box office performance of Only Yun Knows."

On the first day of its release on Friday, the box office closed at over 2100 million. On the second day of its release on Saturday, the box office fell instead of increasing, falling to over 1900 million.

With this result, it is already a sign of failure!

"The story of his film itself is problematic. It's fine to make a movie about a friend's experience as a memorial, but the way it was shot was just too embarrassing.

Although there is no problem in the general direction, when it comes to the narrative of each specific paragraph, it is like the plot is forcibly pieced together through some life scenes, with a bunch of things being thrown together here and there and then handed over.

Although there are occasional brilliant quotes, it cannot cover up the mediocre and boring nature of the film, which is far worse than the previous film "Youth".

Chen Fei also took some time to go to the cinema to watch this movie yesterday, so he has a lot to say about it.

Ning Hao had obviously also seen the film in Jin Province, and he echoed it, "The internet says that Feng Xiaogang has run out of talent, and I think that's true."

"Anyway, from now on, it will be very difficult for him to attract investment."

Chen Fei gave a firm conclusion.

The current film market conditions are not particularly good.

The Internet companies that have taken over from the coal bosses only pursue popularity and traffic and don't care about anything else.

Feng Xiaogang's failure this time has closed the door for him to attract investment from Internet companies.

There is naturally no problem in being an ordinary, non-interfering director, or a supervisor or producer, after all, his experience is there.

However, it is pure dream to want to raise funds again and take the lead on your own.

"As for 'Assassination of Novelist', can it be completed by the end of the month?" Chen Fei changed the question and became concerned about the movie.

Ning Hao thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe by the middle of next month..."

Mid-January?

Fade Chen frowned slightly and searched through his memories.

He vaguely remembered that the lockdown officially began in late January, when the measure of "banning the movement of people" was already necessary for prevention and control.

This also means that before this, it was actually somewhat difficult to control.

"Try to speed up. Don't just stand there and supervise. Help the girls take photos. It would be best if you can come back by the end of the month or early next month."

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?" Ning Hao had already heard something wrong.

"Haven't you noticed the situation in Han Province recently?"

"You mean, pneumonia?"

"Yes, you must pay attention to it. I feel something is not right..."

Chen Fei did not say anything extra, he believed that Ning Hao could understand.

"Okay, I'll tell you to speed up the filming and try to finish it as soon as possible."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei called Wang Changtian again and asked about the situation of "Solid as a Rock".

"Director Zhang said that we will wrap up by the end of the month at the latest, and we will return immediately after it's finished."

Most ordinary people are still kept in the dark at this time, but those who are more informed have already begun to make preparations.

On the 22nd, the third day of the release of "Only Yun Knows", the box office performance continued to decline.

On the contrary, "Half a Comedy" released at the same time performed quite well, with its performance going up instead of down.

Looking further ahead, movies such as "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle", "The Gathering at Southern Station", "Knives Out", and "I Sacrifice for You", which were released at the beginning of the month, have all been taken down.

At a glance, there is no movie with a box office of more than 3 million!
On the 24th, another five movies were released in theaters, but they did not cause any sensation.

The three days of 25, 26 and 27 passed quickly.

On the 28th, another costume drama "Under the Power" produced by Feiyue Films was successfully launched.

On the same day, Feng Xiaogang was discharged from the hospital in a low-key manner and returned to the "King Kong River" project team.

By this time, no one mentioned the movie "Only Yun Knows" in front of him anymore.

Because just yesterday, the movie's single-day box office had fallen to 561 million.

As for the total box office for the week, it just passed the 8000 million mark, and there won't be much growth momentum and box office potential above that.

"Auntie, the popularity of the Lunar New Year movie season is so low this year, won't the movie I starred in, 'Beloved', also flop?"

Seeing that the Lunar New Year box office is about to end, Li Gengxi is so nervous that he can hardly sleep.

She is now preparing to become famous with the movie "Beloved". If this movie fails at the box office, then she will have no achievements at all this year.

This is undoubtedly fatal for an actress!
"No, don't worry." Xu Jinglei was quite calm at the moment, and said comfortingly: "The response to the premiere this morning was so good, and we are targeting the New Year's Day and Spring Festival period, so it has nothing to do with the Lunar New Year period."

"But I always feel unsure and I don't know why."

Li Gengxi scratched his head, feeling very panicked.

"Okay, you don't have to think so much. Just follow up on the post-production of 'Twenty Do Not Understand' and the promotional roadshow for 'Beloved'. Try not to fall behind. Leave the rest to fate."

"Well, that's all it can do now."

……

"Yesterday, the costume drama "Under the Power", produced by Feiyue Films and starring Ren Jialun and Tan Songyun, successfully exceeded 12 million views on the first day of its premiere! It has already ranked TOP4 on the December popularity ranking of Guduo Data!"

"The romantic comedy film "Love," co-produced by Zhenledao and Hairun Pictures and directed by Yang Zi, held its premiere in the capital yesterday.

Actors Yu Hewei, Wu Lei, Li Gengxi, Chen Weiting, Zhong Chuxi, Zhong Hanliang, Yang Zishan, Tan Jianci, Kan Qingzi, Guo Qilin, Li Landi and other main creators made surprise appearances, and ONER members Yue Yue and Mu Ziyang also appeared as guest stars.

In addition to Guo Qilin, other actors form "family", "friendship" and "love" CPs respectively. Yu Hewei chases stars crazily to coax his "daughter" Li Landi, interpreting the deep father-daughter relationship; Wu Lei, Li Gengxi and the guide dog Xiao Zha staged a youth campus story. In the trailer, the two confessed on the rooftop, "I will always be your eyes", "I will protect you like protecting my eyes", and the innocent friendship is moving...

After the premiere, the film's tear-jerking and delicate emotions received unanimous praise from the audience. The film will officially land in theaters on December 12, bringing the audience an audio-visual feast full of love and warmth during the New Year's Eve! "

"Feiyue Films and Guangguang Media jointly released the latest announcement: The crime/suspense film "Solid as a Rock" directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Bao Jianfeng, Zhou Xun, Xu Yajun, Zhang Zhijian and others has officially wrapped up today."

There are still three days left until New Year’s Day, and new developments continue to emerge in the film and television circles.

"Solid as a Rock" was successfully completed. Wu Lei and Li Gengxi, two new generation young actors, took over the "CP" baton from Yi Yang Qianxi, Zhou Dongyu and Liu Haoqi.

Looking back, Lu Han’s new web drama "Cross Fire" also announced its completion.

In addition, "The Breaking Storm", a collaboration between Feiyue Films, Yinghuang and Golden Harvest, was also officially announced to be completed on the 30th.

The atmosphere of New Year's Day is getting stronger and stronger, and the following Spring Festival period seems to be waving to everyone.

Everything looks so prosperous!
However, beneath this bustle, there is an undercurrent surging with madness!

……

"No? What did you just say? Zhang Yimou is going to start a new project again?"

Feiyue Films, post-production editing room.

Chen Fei was originally checking the storyboards of "As Solid as a Rock" when his attention was immediately drawn to Wang Changtian's words.

"Yes." Chairman Wang shrugged helplessly and added, "When I came here this morning, he told me that he was going to discuss a new project."

"No, is he really not going to take a day off?"

Chen Fei was speechless.

Zhang Yimou is 69 years old this year and will be 70 in a day. How come he is still so energetic?

"Who knows?" Wang Changtian was also confused. On his way here, he had been wondering what Zhang Yimou was eating every day?
Compared with the hard-working guys in the big Internet companies, Zhang Yimou is like a nuclear-powered donkey, tough, durable and capable.

And the most important thing is that he is very famous and the movies he makes have their own box office appeal.

Can you bear this?

The two of them watched and chatted, and when it was almost noon, they talked about Zhang Yimou, the "Cao Cao".

"Director Zhang, why don't you take a break? Can your body handle such a high frequency of work?"

Chen Fei tried to persuade him, but Zhang Yimou responded with full energy: "It's okay, I'll take more pictures while I'm still young and can take pictures.

When I am old and can no longer move in a few years, I will retire with honor."

Is 70 still young?

Chen Fei didn't know how to reply, so he just casually asked him what new project he was involved in.

Zhang Yimou did not hide it and simply explained: "It is a copyright held by China Film. President Jiao wants to adapt the spy war TV series "The Cliff" that was launched in 2012 into a movie."

"cliff"?
Fade Chen was slightly stunned, memories flying through his mind.

This drama was really popular in 2012. It was premiered nationwide on January 1 on Dragon TV, Heilongjiang TV and Tianjin TV, and was hailed as the big drama of the year!
Later, she won the Best TV Series Gold Award and Best Actress Award at the 18th Magnolia Awards of Shanghai TV Festival.

, Best Screenplay Award and many other awards.

But he vaguely remembered that the copyright of this drama did not seem to belong to China Film Group?

Zhang Yimou shrugged, "I don't know about that. Anyway, Mr. Jiao from China Film Group told me that the copyright of The Cliff belongs to China Film Group."

Wang Changtian asked, "So you agree to take on this project?"

"It's not confirmed yet. He wants me to adapt it myself, which is quite difficult, and I may not have the time..."

Zhang Yimou kept talking about his current predicament.

But Fade Chen secretly added to him in his heart: "It will be soon. You will have plenty of time to use. You can't escape the adaptation work of this project."

Chen Fei was at the company all day on the 31st, reviewing the storyboards of "As Solid as a Rock" with Zhang Yimou and Wang Changtian.

After a night, the time officially entered January 2020, 1.

On New Year's Day, Chen Fei did not go out. Instead, he took Liu Yifei and Xiao Shitou back to the courtyard and had dumplings with the old man.

"I know you're all busy with work, but it's better for you to stay out of the house lately. I heard there's a strange disease out there, and it's pretty scary."

The old man gave the instructions very seriously, holding his little grandson in his arms, unwilling to let go for a moment.

"Well, don't worry, we know." Fade Chen nodded in response, and specifically reminded: "It's cold outside these few days, don't run around, just stay at home.

Don't worry about the New Year's stuff, I'll prepare it for you before the Little New Year. Yifei and I don't have much work this year, so I'll come back early to be with you."

The old man immediately laughed: "Oh, that's great, I'll tidy up the house during this time, haha."

The family enjoyed themselves eating dumplings.

After dinner, while Liu Yifei took Xiao Shitou to the bedroom for a nap, Chen Fei took out his cell phone to check out the movies that were released yesterday.

The momentum of the movie "Love" was quite strong, and it earned 1.8 million on the first day!
This is also the first movie in the entire Lunar New Year period to have a box office revenue of over 100 million yuan on the first day.

"The last brilliant fireworks of winter are blooming..."

Chen Fei murmured, his expression very complicated.

Because while he was paying attention to the box office performance of movies in the cinema market, he also saw reports about the closure of the South China Seafood Market.

In the following days, although the box office performance of "Love" experienced a 50-fold drop, it was still quite good overall.

In the first three days of the weekend, the company made 5.43 million yuan, successfully recovering its costs.

The investors are obviously eyeing the Spring Festival schedule, and have even stepped up their publicity and promotion efforts and started preparing for the film.

On January 1th, "Assassination of Novelist" was officially completed!
When Ning Hao and Han Jianu led the production team and rushed back from Jin Province, Chen Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this point, all the projects currently being filmed by Feiyue Film and Television have been suspended.

"Brother? What happened? Why are you in such a hurry for us to finish filming?" Han Jianu had dark circles under her eyes and was full of resentment.

In order to catch up with the work, she has suffered a lot during this period.

Fade Chen rolled his eyes at her and said, "Wouldn't it be better to let you go home early for the New Year?"

"What's so good about the New Year? Old Han has to nag me again..." The eldest daughter started complaining about her father again.

However, at this moment, Chen Fei's eyes were fixed on a set of news report data.

“There are 41 infected cases, 2 have been discharged, 7 are in serious condition, 1 has died, and the condition of the remaining patients is stable.

There are 739 close contacts, including 419 medical staff, all of whom have been under medical observation, and no related cases have been found..."

A strong feeling of powerlessness filled his heart, causing his breathing to even become rapid!
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