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

Chapter 1308: The first Chinese-American Oscar-winning actress?
"Last night, celebration banquets for "Raging Fire" and "Hello, Li Huanying" were held simultaneously in Beijing..."

"On the first day of its re-screening, the Hollywood science fiction blockbuster "Avatar" directed by James Cameron grossed 4227.6 million RMB."

"Breaking news: The main theme drama "Chinese Doctor", produced by Bona Film Group, Huaying Film Group and Alibaba, was filmed in Wuxi, Wuhan, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and officially wrapped up today!"

"Godzilla vs. Kong, a Hollywood blockbuster produced by Walton Pictures, will be officially released in the domestic cinema market on March 3."

"Feiyue Films released the latest film project approval press release: Following "Life Events", the second feature film "Miracle Stupid Kid" directed by Wen Muye has been officially approved..."

March 3th was destined to be a restless day.

In fact, the celebration banquets for "Raging Fire" and "Hello, Li Huanying" have become key events that have attracted attention in the circle.

But what I never expected was that all kinds of press releases kept appearing online for the entire morning!

First up is the news about the first-day box office performance of the re-released version of "Avatar".

The result of 4227 million made many people subconsciously wipe their eyes after seeing it, with disbelief on their faces!
You know, this movie was produced in 2010, and it has been 11 years since then. Even if many people didn't see it in the cinema at that time, they must have watched it on various video websites.

But now it’s just a re-release, and it’s earned over 4000 million at the box office!

And yesterday was Friday!
According to this situation, wouldn't the box office continue to rise today, Saturday, and tomorrow, Sunday?
Thinking of this, many film and television companies in the industry have begun scratching their heads.

Especially for companies whose works were released at the same time, they simply didn’t know what to say.

Someone expressed despair, "Isn't this too outrageous? If a re-released version can achieve this result, then when Avatar 2 comes out, won't it take over the entire market?"

All of a sudden, the entire Chinese-language film market was under increasing pressure, as if a guillotine was hanging over everyone's heads.

The news that the post-production of "Avatar: The Way of Water" had been completed was reported by 20th Century Fox as early as the end of last year.

However, due to the epidemic, the release date of this movie has been delayed.

There is nothing that can be done about it. After all, the North American cinema market is still like a caterpillar, limp and there is no sign of recovery at all.

Even the 95th Academy Awards held last night failed to stir up much excitement or stir in the country.

The main reason is that there are too many flaws in the movie "Blink"!

It would be fine if many parts of the plot were not in line with Chinese cultural values. After all, this is an American film, and it is normal for them to "create death" and "slander" other countries equally.

But the gesture that Yang Ziqiong made at the award ceremony, which seemed to be praising the "Illuminati", couldn't help but make people think about it.

"What is she going to do?"

"What does this gesture mean?"

"I'm afraid this Oscar for Best Actress wasn't won by acting in a serious movie, right?"

There was a lot of heated discussion in the circle privately.

Judging from the mainstream media's silence about her winning the Oscar for Best Actress, the controversy behind the film has far exceeded the work itself.

"The first Chinese-American Oscar-winning actress?"

Liu Yifei, who was following the news online, showed a hint of envy in her eyes.

But soon, this touch of envy disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by deep doubts and confusion.

So, she turned her head and looked at Fade Chen, curiously asking, "I remember you said that it is very difficult for actors from other countries to win the Oscar for Best Actor and Best Actress, but why did Yang Ziqiong win it?"

Chen Fei shrugged and explained, "Because she has someone behind her."

When he woke up early in the morning and saw Yang Ziqiong's acceptance speech and the gesture she made, Chen Fei understood everything.

If she didn't have someone supporting her behind the scenes, let alone giving her the award, I'm afraid she wouldn't even be allowed to star in this movie!

The outside world might still make various speculations and discussions, but Chen Fei just glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

Trump has retreated and Trump has come on stage. Naturally, the squids can no longer hold back and are bound to make some noise.

Look, Oscar, as the vanguard, has already responded immediately.

What surprised Chen Fei was that they actually chose Yang Ziqiong!

The transmission of this signal does not seem so friendly...

As Chen Fei was thinking, he heard Liu Yifei continue to ask: "What about her gesture?"

"It's definitely not good, no doubt about it!"

"Oh, I see!"

Liu Yifei nodded in understanding, stared at the photo of Yang Ziqiong holding the trophy for a long time, and then couldn't help but frowned.

In her memory, Yang Ziqiong's image when she was young was very gentle.

But I don't know why, when I look at her face again now, it gives me a very bad feeling, as if it has a sharp aura and at the same time reveals a sense of evil. The more I look at it, the more creepy I feel!
After shuddering for no reason, Liu Yifei immediately turned off her phone, stood up with her bag, waved at Fade Chen and said, "I'm leaving first. I need to go look for Jia Nu. I'll probably be back in the evening."

Wen Muye returned to Beijing to follow up on the project of "Miracle·Stupid Kid", and Han Jianu also returned to Yanjing with him. Chen Fei knew about this.

"Okay." He nodded, and reminded her, "Be careful when driving on the road, and tell Han Jianu by the way. I'm waiting to see the results of her work."

"it is good."

Liu Yifei chuckled, as if she had already seen Han Jianu's desperate wails.

She knew very well that Chen Fei's attitude towards work was much more serious and earnest than his life.

With Han Jianuo's carefree personality, she was bound to be scolded again.

Liu Yifei left, and Xiao Shitou went out to play with Liu Xiaoli. For a while, Chen Fei was the only one left at home.

It was boring to be alone, so he simply went out and went straight to the company.

Although it is Saturday, there are still quite a few people in the company!

As soon as he parked the car and walked into the lobby, Chen Fei saw Peng Yuchang and his agent standing at the elevator entrance.

"Miracle Stupid Kid" has been officially launched, and as the leading male actor, this guy must report for duty as soon as possible.

The casting notices for the remaining roles have already been sent out, and he will be needed to help with the acting and complete the casting work in the future.

"Director Chen!"

As soon as he saw Chen Fei, Peng Yuchang quickly bowed and greeted him, forcing a very bright smile on his face.

"Good morning." Fade Chen nodded slightly, his eyes swept across his belly and round face, and said helplessly: "You are really amazing, kid. How long has it been since the filming of "Changjin Lake" was completed, and you have already gained so much weight?"

Peng Yuchang scratched his head embarrassedly, "Hehe, if I don't control my weight, I will easily gain weight, but it is also easy to lose weight."

Everyone has a different physique, and Chen Fei has seen people who are prone to obesity.

But what puzzled him was, "You can get fat by eating the food Huang Lei cooked? Do you have some kind of pica?"

"what?"

Peng Yuchang was stunned for a moment, and then he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Obviously, he understood what Fade Chen meant.

Just at this moment, the elevator door opened. He quickly invited Chen Fei to go in first, and then he followed in.

After making sure there were no outsiders around, he lowered his voice and said, "Teacher Huang's home-cooked dishes are actually edible. Most of those dark dishes were made based on the guests' orders.

He has cooking skills, but they are limited to ordinary home cooking. He made other dishes after searching on Baidu, so he failed. "

Baidu?

Fade Chen was slightly startled.

Peng Yuchang added: "When I got up to go to the bathroom that night, I saw him secretly learning how to cook with his Xiaodu smart tablet. He told me that he couldn't sleep at night and was just looking around. In fact, he was just secretly learning!"

"Learning to cook by watching videos? Can you learn it?"

“That’s why there are so many unconventional dishes.” Peng Yuchang shrugged, “It’s only because of Teacher He’s help, otherwise this show would have been stopped long ago.”

Thinking of He Jiong's famous scene of "praising the dishes", Chen Fei's mouth suddenly curled up into a smile.

But then, he thought of another thing about He Jiong.

I vaguely remember that it was around the second half of this year that "Happy Camp" was officially discontinued.

As I recall, there were many different opinions online at the time, and several hosts were collectively caught up in negative controversies, as if they had accepted high-priced support gifts from fans and resold them, and they were also criticized by official media such as People's Daily Online.

Chen Fei didn't know the specific reason for the suspension, but he knew that this variety show would be over after this year. Variety shows such as "Running Man" and "Go Fighting" have also gradually gone downhill due to the departure of regular guests and poor recording effects of new guests.

From this we can see that being an "evergreen" in the entertainment industry is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"Ding--"

The elevator soon stopped at the floor where the "Miracle Stupid Kid" project team was located.

"Director Chen, I'm going to be busy now." Peng Yuchang waved at him, then turned around and led his agent to find Wen Muye.

This was his first time working with Golden Lion Award-winning director Wen Muye, and he didn't know if he was easy to get along with.

At the same time, Fade Chen went straight to the top floor.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the office and sat down on the chair, before he had time to turn on the computer, Ning Hao and Guo Fan walked in together.

"Hey? What's with you two?"

Seeing the two of them each holding a stack of folders, Fade Chen's brows suddenly jumped.

No way?
It's not true, is it?

Do I have to read the project book on Saturday?

"I'm here to report my work to you!" Ning Hao said, raising his chin towards Guo Fan, "Fanzi, you come first?"

“No, no, no!” Guo Fan shook his head like a rattle. “Brother Hao, you go first. My project is complicated and I’m afraid I can’t explain it clearly in a short time.”

Seeing that the two of them were actually trying to give in to each other, Fade Chen rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, stop playing the Kong Rong giving up his pear trick. Throw the project book on the table and I'll take a look at it when I have time. Send the script directly for review. If there are any problems after it's reviewed, we'll revise it."

He couldn't say that he trusted these two people 100%, but it was definitely 95%.

Otherwise, he would not have spent hundreds of millions on each of them, letting them be responsible for "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Return to the South China Sea" and "The Wandering Earth 2" respectively.

The two have already proven their abilities with their past achievements and are worthy of Chen Fei's investment and support.

"Row."

Ning Hao and Guo Fan looked at each other, nodded in unison, and walked forward to pile the project books on the table.

Then, the two of them took out the script, turned around and were about to leave.

"Hey! Wait a minute! What are you in such a hurry to do?" Chen Fei stopped the two of them and waved for them to come over.

"What's wrong?" Ning Hao turned around and walked closer in confusion.

Guo Fan also came forward.

"Come, help me take a look at this new project, and figure out what can be improved."

What Chen Fei was talking about was the program of the Asian Games opening ceremony.

He was worried that he had run out of ideas and didn't know how to improve his idea. Unexpectedly, these two people came and could help him with some ideas.

He is really good at conscripting men!
"New project? Didn't we just finish filming "Changjin Lake"? Are you going to start a new one? Are you really going to work yourself to death? Take a break..."

Ning Hao joked, his eyes fixed on the computer screen.

However, when he saw the words "Asian Games Opening Ceremony", he was stunned and choked before he could finish his words.

At this moment, Guo Fan even said, "Fuck!"

The two of them were stunned for several seconds before they reacted.

Ning Hao subconsciously said, "Huh? What's going on? Hasn't the director of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics been confirmed? Didn't Zhang Yimou quit?"

Chen Fei reluctantly reminded: "What Olympics? It's the Asian Games, look carefully."

"Oh! Oh! Oh! I read it wrong, sorry..." Ning Hao smiled awkwardly, but then he was a little surprised and said: "Why did you think of taking this project? I heard it's very tiring."

"I'm just bored, so I'm having some fun."

This is one of the reasons.

There was another reason. In Chen Fei's memory, the chief director of this Asian Games was finally taken down by Lu Tailang by some unknown means.

This guy has no skills at all and can only rely on his father, but he also has such a good reputation. Isn't this a waste of God's gift?
Since he had nothing to do anyway, Fade Chen thought about taking the reputation away from him.

At least we can't let him take it away!

"Chief director of the Asian Games opening ceremony? That's a great job!" Guo Fan couldn't hide his envy.

In 2008, Zhang Yimou served as the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympic Games. With his creative presentation of oriental aesthetics and stunning on-site scheduling, he established himself as the "national master".

The opening ceremony, with "scroll" as its core image, directly condensed China's 5,000-year civilization in light and shadow.

The artistic expression of elements such as movable type printing and the Silk Road not only allowed global audiences to appreciate the profound charm of Chinese culture, but also closely linked the three words "Zhang Yimou" with "cultural symbols."

Such an achievement is enough to go down in history!
Even though the reviews of the films and TV series he directed later on were mixed, the title of "National Master" alone was enough to keep him in an enduring position in the film and TV industry.

In comparison, the Asian Games may not receive as much international attention as the Olympics, but as a top-level comprehensive event covering 45 countries and regions in Asia, its cultural communication value and significance in displaying the national image should not be underestimated.

Especially against the backdrop of China's growing national strength and international influence, the Asian Games has long transcended the scope of sports competition and has become an important window for showcasing China's development achievements, cultural confidence and open attitude to Asia and even the world.

From the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, which presented China with a “business card” for the first time in Asia, to the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games…

Each time we host this event, it is an all-round review of the country's comprehensive strength. The strategic value and historical significance behind it are undoubtedly worth remembering for the times!

The identity of chief director of the opening ceremony is the dream goal of all directors in the entire film and television industry!
Seeing that Ning Hao and Guo Fan were both very interested, Fade Chen's eyes turned and he immediately had a new idea.

"How about you two also sign up and lend a hand?"

"Ah?" The two were stunned and didn't quite understand.

"This is not an easy job. I'm afraid I can't do it alone. I need someone to help me. Can you two come with me?"

Ning Hao was surprised and asked: "Doesn't the company have a professional team?"

"They all work by following orders. When it comes to coordination, they are no match for us professionals... Anyway, it won't take up too much time. You two can just help me look after the show. If this show is really chosen, I will ask the organizing committee to put your names in the director column..."

Chen Fei became more and more excited as he spoke, and he was thinking about asking Jiaozi to come along to "relax" when the time comes.

It just so happened that the plan also included animation effects. Although he could complete it alone, it would be too energy-consuming. It would naturally be better to have a few more people to help.

Ning Hao and Guo Fan were stunned. Before they could react, they heard Chen Fei say, "Okay, it's settled. You two can go about your business first. We'll have a meeting to discuss it when we have some free time."

Ning Hao/Guo Fan: “???”

Is this sure?
Why do I suddenly feel like I've been drafted?

Didn't you come here today to deliver a project? Why did you take on a new project out of nowhere?

……

Two days passed in a flash, and it was Monday again.

As expected, "Avatar" (re-released version) was a huge success on Saturday and Sunday, raking in more than 100 million yuan in box office revenue!
This also resulted in this Hollywood imported film, which had already been released once in 2010, earning 1.57 million yuan in the first three days of its re-release.

When this data came out, the entire Chinese-language film industry was stunned.

If it weren't for the fact that "Detective Chinatown 3" is still leading the pack with a box office of over 60 billion yuan and is about to surpass "The Wandering Earth", I'm afraid the uproar in the industry would be unstoppable!
Coincidentally at this time, China Film also announced the release dates of several imported blockbusters.

"The Wrath of Man" - May 5th.

"Fast & Furious 9" - May 5.

"Stand by Me Doraemon"—May 5.

A Quiet Place 2 - May 5.

"..."

For a time, many movies that were targeting the May period began to shift their release dates in an attempt to avoid the siege of these imported films.

Many people couldn't help but curse in their hearts: "Is it possible that once this epidemic is over, Hollywood blockbusters will start to come in and make money again?"

But at the same time, something happened that boosted the momentum of the entire film and television industry and even made the cinema market cheer.

The Film Bureau has successively released several film review documents.

Among them, "Changjin Lake" and "White Snake 2: Rise of the Green Snake" produced by Feiyue Films are so eye-catching!
However, the film release announcement released by Feiyue Films shortly afterwards caused several major companies in the industry to suddenly change their expressions!

(End of this chapter)