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

Chapter 1283: When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven?

"After eight days of release, the action/fantasy film "Assassination of Novelist", produced by Feiyue Films, directed by Han Jianu, and starring Lei Jiayin, Peng Yuchang, and Wan Qian, has accumulated a total box office of 25.46 billion."

"Directed by Zhang Yimou and co-produced by China Film Group Corporation and Jingxi Culture, the main theme film "My Hometown and Me" has successfully exceeded RMB 10 billion in box office revenue in just one week!"

"As the only animated film released during the National Day holiday, Jiang Ziya only earned 8.45 million yuan in its first week due to controversial plots and other reasons."

"Regrettably, the new box office revenue of the action blockbuster "Vanguard" directed by Stanley Tong and starring Chen Long, Yang Yang and Ai Lun has dropped to 859 million as of yesterday, with the cumulative box office closing at 2.04 million."

"'Win the Championship' was released for 13 days, and the cumulative total box office is 5.78 million."

“Warm congratulations! The top action/adventure film “Breakers”, written, directed and starred by director Chen Fei, has surpassed the 50 billion mark in total box office!”

……

As the 2020 National Day holiday officially came to an end, many films competing during the same period have finally decided the winner.

"My Hometown and Me" ultimately failed to meet the expectations of China Film Group and was completely suppressed by "Assassination of Novelist".

It’s just like the previous scene when “Boundary Breaker” suppressed “Eight Hundred” and prevented it from coming to the fore.

Chen Fei learned from Wang Changtian that there would be no problem for "Jiang Ziya" to make a profit at the box office, but unfortunately the benefits were not proportional to the costs.

Based on this, Guangxian has canceled all future animated film projects.

So as of now, only Feiyue Pictures and Alibaba Pictures are still competing.

As for who will win or lose, it depends on whether the "New Gods" series of animated films co-produced by Alibaba Pictures and Light Chaser Animation can beat "Nezha 2".

There are still many people outside who are looking forward to it.

However, when Chen Fei saw it, he didn't even look at the "New God List".

Want to compare with "Nezha 2"?

Unless Alibaba Pictures is willing to take out all the movies of recent years and add up the box office, maybe it will be able to try to touch the heels of "Magic Boy".

Closer to home.

Apart from a few movies that can obviously make back their investment, movies like "The Vanguard" and "Home at One Point" look much more glaring.

Especially "The Vanguard", the box office performance of more than 2 million is really hard to evaluate.

You know, the box office of "Boundary Breaker", also starring Chen Long, soared to 50 billion even under the influence of the epidemic.

But "The Vanguard" even took advantage of the popularity of the National Day holiday, and the impact of the epidemic was minimal, but it still pulled in such a big hit.

This is so damn embarrassing.

Although there were many people who mocked Yang Yang, the main responsibility naturally lay with Chen Long.

"I have decided that I will not take on any film or TV drama projects in the next two to three years."

At the celebration party for "Boundary Breaker", when Chen Fei heard Chen Long say this, he was not too surprised.

Under the current circumstances, if Chen Long still insists on filming, he will undoubtedly be overdrawing the reputation he has accumulated in the first half of his life.

Rather than bearing a lot of criticism when you are old, it is better to stop and take a break.

If we keep filming, it will be completely ruined!

As for his annoying son, at least he won’t starve to death.

Chen Long has finally come to terms with it. Rather than ruining his reputation in his later years, he would rather let Jaycee Chan live frugally and experience the hardships of life.

If he can still wake up, it's God's blessing.

But if it still looks unlucky, just let it fend for itself.

He can protect it for a while, but can he protect it for a lifetime?
"Let's have a drink." Chen Fei raised his glass and clinked it with him, then said with a smile, "If there is a suitable guest role in the future, I will contact you."

"Haha, you can have this."

Chen Long naturally would not refuse.

He couldn't grasp the projects of other companies, nor could he tell the quality, but he could act in Feiyue Film and Television's projects with his eyes closed.

"What are you two talking about?" Huo Qigang suddenly came up to them.

"Talking about my unemployment." Chen Long laughed and actually made a joke of himself.

However, when he heard this, Huo Qigang's eyes lit up and he suddenly thought of the "Raging Fire" he was preparing.

Chen Fei gave him this script a long time ago, mainly to take over the upcoming "The Breaking Storm".

As the co-producer, Ying Huang has urged him many times, but he just doesn't want to bother, so he keeps delaying...

Of course, another reason is that he hasn't found a suitable director to make this movie yet.

The actors have already been decided in advance, and Zhao Wenzhuo will work with Nicholas Tse.

Thinking about this, Huo Qigang looked at Chen Long and asked tentatively, "Brother, are you interested in taking up the director's job again? I just happen to have an action-themed movie project on hand and I'm in need of a suitable director."

director?

Chen Long was stunned for a moment, and there seemed to be a light flickering in his eyes.

If I continue to be an actor, my character will most likely be ruined.

But being a director seems to be a good choice? !

Thinking of this, he immediately asked, "Action-themed? A pure martial arts film? Or something else?"

"Come on, let's find a place to talk in detail."

Seeing that Chen Long looked very interested, Huo Qigang immediately walked happily to the corner with him and introduced Golden Harvest's new project.

Chen Fei did not follow.

After all, today is the celebration party for "Boundary Breaker", and many friends and colleagues in the circle have come, so naturally as the director he has to receive them personally.

Of course, there are uninvited guests.

For example, Fan Luyuan from Alibaba Pictures, Yu Dong from Bona, Song Ge from Jingxi Culture…

In the past, these people would not come to participate even if they received an invitation.

But I don’t know what went wrong today, they all came running over.

But Fade Chen didn't care. If they wanted to come, they could. He wouldn't block them at the door.

However, when facing these people, he just nodded at most and did not talk much.

There is no point in talking to them, and since there is no cooperation between them, there is no need to go up and talk to them in detail.

However, what surprised Chen Fei was that although he did not take the initiative to find Fan Luyuan, Yu Dong, Song Ge and others, they took the initiative to come forward.

"Mr. Chen, haha, how are you? Warm congratulations on the box office success of "Boundary Breaker"."

Fan Luyuan was the first to come forward.

After greeting Chen Fei and saying hello and exchanging a few pleasantries, he finally told him his purpose.

"It's like this, Mr. Chen. I came here this time mainly to understand what the specific process is if I want to reach a cooperation with the Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival?"

When the first Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival was held last year, apart from Feiyue Film and Guangguang, Shanghai Film Group, Xi'an Film Group, Wanda, Happy Twist, Yinghuang and other domestic companies that are friendly with Chen Fei, at least there were very few film and television companies that came to participate.

Chen Fei himself didn't care at all.

After all, even without these people participating, his film festival will not fail, but will become more and more prosperous!
As expected, after the first film festival ended, most of the participating film producers made a lot of money, and copyrights and authorizations were sold at sky-high prices.

This year's second session is no less exciting than the first.

Despite the impact of the epidemic, foreign film copyright holders are still spending money like water and buying their favorite movies.

Even if it cannot be released in theaters, it can still be distributed on the DVD market and online platforms.

Especially online platform manufacturers such as Netflix, Hulu, and YouTube, they are so crazy in their fight to grab copyrights that they almost want to fight on the spot!

When the news spread, many domestic film and television companies could no longer sit still.

This excellent way to recover costs is much more cost-effective than selling copyrights abroad!

After all, a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. On their own territory, they are more confident in their style of doing things or bargaining.

And then add to that the popularity of the film festival, which is completely free publicity and promotion for the film. Under this circumstance, those film producers who were originally not optimistic about the film festival came over and begged to cooperate.

Companies such as Alibaba, Bona, and Jingxi are naturally no exception.

If you have the opportunity to make money but don't make it, or if you have the opportunity to take advantage of good channels but don't take advantage of them, aren't you stupid?
So what if they are competitors?
What everyone is competing for is the film market, not the popularity of the film festival.

What's more, they do not have the ability to independently organize a film festival, nor can they invite such powerful buyers. If they want to sell copyrights, they have to go abroad.

Now there are such good channels for buying and selling film and television copyrights in China, and there are also policy benefits.

If you don’t participate now, when will you?

As for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, in the final analysis, they are just a product of the self-entertainment of people in the circle.

The value of the award used to be quite high, but now, the value of the award has been falling again and again and is about to hit the bottom.

Just think about it, even Zhou Dongyu can become the triple-gold Grand Slam actress in the Chinese-language film industry, on par with Zhou Xun.

How low is the value of this award?

Therefore, Fan Luyuan, Song Ge, and Yu Dong took the opportunity of the celebration party for "Boundary Breaker" today to come here at the same time and want to participate in the big game.

Chen Fei naturally had no reason to refuse.

Others are vying to help you expand your power. Isn't this just in line with the saying "Good wine needs no bush"?
What's more, his "wine" is not hidden deep in the alley, but is displayed in the open!
Facing Fan Luyuan's slightly attentive tone, Fade Chen smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Fan, after the celebration banquet, I will let Jia Zhangke contact you and inform you of the specific steps for participation."

"Hey! Hey! Okay, then I'll wait for Director Jia's call."

After saying that, Fan Luyuan did not bother Chen Fei and just walked away.

As someone who came from Alibaba, when it comes to talking skills, he has learned the true skills from Ma Yun.

However, facing Chen Fei, he really didn't know what to say.

To fool?
What a joke!
This guy is a person who can play foreigners around, how could he fool them so easily?
Perhaps only if Ma Yun comes can she have a serious fight with Chen Fei.

But there is definitely no chance for the time being, because Ma Yun is currently busy with the listing of Ant Group.

Three months ago, Ant Group launched a plan to seek simultaneous issuance and listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board and the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Limited, intending to seek an IPO valuation of at least US$2000 billion.

On the 18th of last month, Ant Group’s application for listing on the Science and Technology Innovation Board was successfully approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

According to internal information from Alibaba, it will not be long before the Hong Kong IPO will be approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

In this way, the listing has become a foregone conclusion.

As long as they can ring the bell successfully, it will be a scene of "one person's success brings prosperity to the whole family"!
This naturally includes Alibaba Pictures.

Fan Luyuan is looking forward to that day.

As he moved away from Chen Fei, Yu Dong and Song Ge approached him casually, one after the other, as if they had agreed on something.

Chen Fei, who had already guessed what they were thinking, naturally used the same excuse to get rid of them all.

There is no need for him to deal with this kind of thing personally, Jia Zhangke is enough to handle it.

……

With the successful conclusion of the celebration banquet for "Breakers", the closing ceremony and award ceremony of the 2nd Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival followed closely.

As for the award results, they were naturally as expected.

"Life Events", which previously won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, once again became the final winner!
Then, on the next morning, Feiyue Films officially announced the release date of the film in China.

"The drama film "Life Events", directed by Wen Muye and starring Zhu Yilong, Yang Enyou, Zhao Liying and others, will be released in major domestic theaters on December 12. Please stay tuned."

The announcement of this news, coupled with the gradual cancellation of the staggered ticket sales regulations in some places and the popularity of the National Day movie season...

When several conditions are added together, what emerges is the Lunar New Year box office, which has not yet arrived but has already shown signs of being hot.

At one point, many film producers and distributors began scrambling to announce the release dates of their films:

"The suspense/crime film "Solid as a Rock", jointly produced by Guangguang, Feiyue Film and Television, Xi'an Film Studio, Shanghai Film Studio, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate Film and Television Center, and directed by Zhang Yimou, will be released in domestic theaters on December 12."

"The action/crime film "The Breaking of the Clouds", jointly produced by Golden Harvest, Feiyue Films and Yinghuang, will be released on November 11 to compete in the Lunar New Year box office."

"The art drama film "One Second", produced by Huanxi Media, directed by Zhang Yimou, and starring Zhang Yi, Liu Haoqi, and Fan Wei, will be released on November 11."

"..."

The release of release date announcements one after another not only sparked a wave of heated discussions on Weibo, but also made the media circle completely lively.

As 2020 is coming to an end, we haven’t fought such a "rich" battle for a long time.

Looking around, the Internet is full of news and announcements that are worth in-depth follow-up reporting.

If we can take advantage of this wave of traffic and popularity, we will definitely get the year-end bonus!
"Tsk tsk, I'm afraid we'll have a tough battle to fight during this year's Lunar New Year holiday."

Chen Fei, who was waiting for check-in at the airport, heard this sigh after answering a call from Wang Changtian.

He asked with a smile: "Why? Director Wang is worried about "Solid as a Rock"? "

"That's not the case." Wang Changtian denied this speculation, but then mentioned: "In early December, Guangguang will also release a youth film. I am worried that this film will be suppressed and can't hold its head up."

“Youth themes are indeed outdated.”

Chen Fei recalled carefully and found that there seemed to be no outstanding youth-themed movies in recent years.

He doesn't think that this project of Guangxian can bring out anything new, it's just the same old routine.

So, in the end, it will probably just be a small-scale carnival.

"Alas, I don't know why, but I feel that I am increasingly unable to understand the development of the film market. At a glance, the road ahead is full of fog and I can't see clearly at all..."

Chen Fei curled his lips and said slowly: "Obviously, the bottleneck period is approaching."

"I wonder what new and innovative movies will be released next? The period of flourishing movies in my memory seems to have passed in a flash."

"Who knows..."

The two of them were chatting here, while on the other side, many film and television companies were busy choosing release dates.

"The King of Bathing" co-produced by Jingxi Culture and Alibaba Pictures, "Emergency Rescue" co-produced by Tencent Pictures and Bona Films, "Send You a Little Red Flower" co-produced by Ruyi and Hengdian Films, and "Warm Hug" co-produced by Aimei Films, Huanxi, and Kaixin Mahua...

There are also many Hollywood imported films!

Looking around, there are many movies that are eagerly waiting to be released.

At the same time, there are also many movies that intend to take advantage of "Life Events" to gain popularity.

"If the box office performance can surpass this art film that just won the Golden Lion and Golden Great Wall Awards, it will definitely create a wave of popularity and traffic, and smoothly convert into box office results."

A few days ago, Song Ge was still happily chatting with Chen Fei about participating in the next Longteng Shengshi International Film Festival, but within a few days, he started to feel depressed again.

On the other side of the phone, Yu Dong didn't feel any pressure at all.

"Then it's decided. Let's also schedule The Bathing King to be released on December 12th."

"Okay, I'll ask the publisher to arrange it."

After Song Ge finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

However, on the other end of the phone, Yu Dong couldn't wait to make another call as soon as he hung up.

After the call was connected, he couldn't wait to ask, "How is it? Did you get the authorization?"

"Fortunately, I live up to my fate!"

Hearing these four words, Yu Dong couldn't hide his excitement and slapped his hand on the desk, "Hahahaha, good, great!"

The film "The Captain" released last year brought Feiyue Films a box office revenue of 35 billion yuan, which made other film and television companies very jealous.

Such a big thing happened this year that it is perfect for being adapted into a movie.

So, Yu Dong started preparing early.

He never told this matter to anyone else, and only a few close associates within the company knew about it.

And now, after some hard work, I finally got the authorization.

He has finally let go of his worries!
"Your Feiyue Films have "Chinese Captain"? Then my Bona Films will have a "Chinese Doctor", I will definitely make money from the box office, hahahahahaha..."

(End of this chapter)