On the afternoon of the 26th, Chen Fei met Ning Hao and his wife Xing Aina at the private restaurant he often went to.

The two sides have already cooperated many times, so there is no need to do any twists and turns.

In front of the two, Chen Fei directly took out the script of the first part of "People in Embarrassment" and put it in front of the two.

The couple glanced at each other, didn't say anything, opened the script and began to read it.

Chen Fei went out to urge the food, leaving the two of them 20 minutes to discuss.

By the time he returned to the box with the sumptuous dishes, Ning Hao had already begun to look at it from the beginning again, and Xing Aina was the first to talk to him.

"The script is great, Director Chen's attainments in comedy have reached the pinnacle!"

The movie "People in Embarrassment" takes the "Spring Festival" as the time point, telling the story of "Li Chenggong" who returned to his hometown Changsha to prepare for a "beautiful" divorce from his wife "Beautiful" under the pressure of his mistress "Manny".

At the airport, "Li Chenggong" happened to meet "Niu Geng" who went to Changsha to collect debts.

Along the way, because of the disparity in their identities and the difference in thinking logic, a series of ridiculous stories occurred.

The hardships and encounters of the road touched both of them a lot, and in the end, they turned from strangers to friends who complained to each other.

At the end of the film, "Li Chenggong" helped "Niu Geng" recover his salary, and the honesty and warmth of "Niu Geng" touched "Li Chenggong" and successfully awakened the warmth in his heart.

This is a conventional comedy drama, with a small investment and no special effects, and the whole process is dominated by the interaction between "Li Chenggong" and "Niu Geng".

After watching it for the second time, Ning Hao's eyes were a little complicated, "This seems to be another typical low-budget comedy." ”

"That's right." Chen Fei nodded, and added: "If you do it properly, it is very easy to have a box office of over 100 million." ”

In the original timeline, the release time of "People in Embarrassment" was during the summer vacation.

Let Chen Fei comment, this is completely a kind of penny behavior!

A movie with the "Spring Festival" as the selling point, you got the summer vacation to be released, isn't this riding a horse a pure intellectual disability behavior?

After this shooting, Chen Fei is ready to put it in December to rub off on the popularity of "New Year" and "Spring Festival".

Coupled with the name of his "Director Chen", there is absolutely no problem with the box office exceeding 100 million!

If someone else said this, then Ning Hao would definitely scoff at it.

Just take a script and dare to say that the box office exceeds 100 million?

Are you kidding?

Is it true that the number "100 million" can appear casually?

However, sitting in front of him now is the director of the 200 million box office club, the best director of the Golden Horse, the actor of the Hundred Flowers, and the winner of the Berlin Golden Bear Award......

Saying this from Chen Fei's mouth, it means that "the box office exceeds 100 million" is doomed!

"Alas!" Ning Hao suddenly sighed, "I really admire you, you directly won the box office of more than 100 million yuan when you make commercial films, and you directly win the Golden Bear when you shoot realistic themes."

Now that you can write a script casually, you also have the guarantee of a box office of over 100 million, why is the gap between this person so big? ”

Chen Fei smiled and comforted him, "Believe me, as long as you find the right opportunity and style, you will definitely succeed." ”

The dishes have already come up, and the three of them are eating and chatting about some details of the script, and time flies.

When you're full, it's time to talk about cooperation.

Ning Hao put down his chopsticks and took the initiative to ask, "Regarding this script, how are you going to cooperate?" ”

Here comes the point!

Chen Fei's face was slightly straight, and he said bluntly: "We have already worked together many times, so I won't go around the bend with you."

Actually, I was originally going to shoot this script myself, but because Universal Pictures strongly invited me to direct "Fast and Furious 3", I didn't have time to shoot this script.

After thinking about it, I thought of you, so it's better for me to invest and you to direct and shoot. ”

Universal Pictures?

Fast & Furious 3?

Hollywood!!!

Hearing this, Ning Hao and Xing Aina's eyes widened, their faces full of disbelief.

"You...... You mean, you're going to Hollywood? ”

"Yes." Chen Fei nodded, and added, "You two have to keep this matter secret for me, I still want to be quiet for a while." ”

"Okay, we're not going to talk nonsense."

The two of them nodded busily.

They also understand, after all, the temptation of the word "Hollywood" is too great for those domestic actors!

If Chen Fei now publicly says that he wants to go to Hollywood to be a director, it won't take half an hour, and the threshold of his company will have to be broken by various star artists and brokerage companies!

At this time, Chen Fei continued: "You don't have to worry about the investment in this movie, I will handle this part, and the composition of the investors will be more complicated, but this will not affect your status and voice in the crew."

Now the main thing is that I have two ways to work together here that you can choose from. ”

Clearing his throat, Chen Fei said very seriously:

1. Just like the model when filming "Buried Alive", you only take the director's fee, and after filming, you take the money and leave, and everything that follows has nothing to do with you.

2. You can get 5% of the total box office, but only if you sign a directing contract with my company for at least 10 years.

During these ten years, I can guarantee that I will give you a script every year, and you will get five percent of the total box office share for each movie.

In the meantime, if you have other work plans, I won't interfere, but only if you have to get the script I gave you out within the specified time. ”

After speaking, Chen Fei straightened up, "I'll go to the toilet first, you can think about it, but my time is limited, so you have to reply to me as soon as possible." ”

After going to the front desk to settle the bill, Chen Fei went to the toilet to put some water.

If it weren't as he expected, Ning Hao would inevitably choose to agree to his conditions.

A movie with a box office of over 100 million yuan, the total box office share is at least 5 million, which is completely sky-high for Ning Hao now!

Even if he needs to sign a ten-year director's contract......

But during this period, Chen Fei did not interfere with the rest of his work and life, except for asking him to make a movie every year.

In other words, after completing the work assigned by Chen Fei, he was completely free for the rest of the time, and he could do whatever he wanted.

Even if he took over the film shooting plan of another company, Chen Fei would not interfere, and would not even ask him to hand over the proceeds......

In the box, Xing Aina frowned.

After pondering for a while, she suddenly said with some confusion: "How do I feel, he seems to be looking for a partner who can cooperate for a long time?"

He said that he signed a ten-year director's contract, but except for the requirement that he must make a movie every year, he won't care what you do at other times, isn't this just cooperation? ”

Ning Hao nodded slightly, he thought the same in his heart.

Among these conditions set by Chen Fei, there was no restraint on him at all, but it seemed that he was cultivating a newcomer, just the kind of cultivation plan that only fed him once a year, and let him have fun at other times.

But this is completely beneficial and harmless to Ning Hao.

But......

Why did Chen Fei do this?

Isn't this the equivalent of taking money and throwing it out?

The couple looked at each other, their faces full of doubt.

……

In the tea room next to the box, Chen Fei closed his eyes slightly, constantly refining the plan in his mind accompanied by the fragrance of Miao Miao's tea.

Although the mainland film market has shown signs of vigorous development, it will take at least ten years to officially enter the fast lane.

During this period, he decided to gradually shift his focus abroad, to earn American knives, and to fight with those Hollywood directors at the Oscars!

And ten years later, when he returned with honor, the domestic film market just ushered in a blowout moment.

At that time, he can just stand in the wind and soar and take off!

That's all he had planned.

But there's another important part of this!

He needs a professional behind-the-scenes team, who must keep up with the trend of the times and be familiar with the development of the mainland film market.

And he already has a candidate, that is, the group of people who followed him from "Buried Alive" to "Crazy Stone", then to "Crazy Racing", and finally transferred to "No Man's Land".

Chen Fei has already used these people very easily, so he is not ready to let these people be dispersed to other crews after graduation.

He is ready to sign this group of people into his own company for his own use.

However, during his time in Hollywood, these people certainly can't just stay in the company for retirement.

It is necessary to let them move and continue to learn various shooting experiences, so that they can better enjoy the "movie dividend" period in ten years.

So, Chen Fei decided to find a tool man director.

At least one film project every year is just enough to make this group of people active and move forward with the trend of the times.

When he returns from Hollywood, these people will come in handy.

Of course, it does not mean that he has completely left the domestic film market in the past ten years.

If he has free time, he also devotes at least two months a year to a film.

While filming in Hollywood, he will also regularly send some behind-the-scenes personnel to study abroad and learn more advanced experience.

As for Ning Hao, he is the most suitable tool person in Chen Fei's opinion.

has enough directing experience, the character is not bad, and the ability is strong enough, so it is more comfortable to cooperate......

Overall, Chen Fei's impression of him is still very good.

And in order to allow this tool man to perform his duties well and cultivate behind-the-scenes talents for himself, Chen Fei didn't mind giving him some seemingly high remuneration.

Five percent of the total box office, five million starting director's fees......

Maybe it looks like it's really high in the eyes of others, but don't forget, Chen Fei is the one who really wins the box office!

If you want a horse to run fast, you have to feed it......

It's an eternal rule!

Twenty minutes later, Chen Fei pushed open the box door again.

With smiles on their faces, it was clear that they had already made a choice.

Ning Hao is not a fool, for this kind of beneficial and harmless cooperation, if he chooses to refuse, it will be really stupid!

Without waiting for Chen Fei to speak, he took the initiative to get up and stretched out his hand, "Director Chen, then I wish us a happy cooperation in advance." ”

"Haha, good, happy cooperation."

……

On the afternoon of the 27th, under the witness of the lawyer, Chen Fei and Ning Hao officially finalized the director contract.

And all the conditions that Chen Fei said before were added to the contract regulations by him.

As soon as he signed the contract, Chen Fei began to be the shopkeeper, and the script of "People in Embarrassment" was directly thrown to Ning Hao by him, and asked him to run the review process.

As for the film investment and actors......

We'll have to wait until we've reviewed it.

The contract with Ning Hao has just been signed here, and on the other side, Han Sanping has also brought over the "talents" that Chen Fei needs.

Su Guohai, male, 35 years old, was formerly a staff member of the production department of Beijing Film Studio.

When introducing him, Han Sanping only said eight words: "Extremely capable and honest." ”

Chen Fei understood in an instant.

Doesn't this mean that this is a "do-it-yourself" talent who can do things and do good things, but is not very tactful and has low emotional intelligence?

Chen Fei likes this kind of person.

As an investor, it is enough to be able to do good things, and there is no need to please others.

Under the recommendation of Han Sanping, Chen Fei and this Su Guohai got to know each other briefly, and then soon reached a cooperation intention.

Su Guohai has worked in Beijing Film Studio for more than ten years, starting as a behind-the-scenes reporter, and after hard work, he was finally promoted to an ordinary staff in the office.

But the same batch of colleagues who came to Beijing Film Studio with him, and now the worst has become the director!

However, because he is not flexible, he often offends the leader in words, so even though he has rich experience, he has not been promoted.

Of course, just because he's not good at pleasing others doesn't mean he's a fool.

There was no hope of promotion, Su Guohai thought about it, and simply found the old leader Han Sanping, trying to find a suitable way out.

Since the "fame" cannot be raised, it is better to put more effort into the aspect of "profit" than to achieve nothing in the end.

So, he was brought to Chen Fei by Han Sanping.

As a start-up company, Chen Fei wants the kind of person who can do practical things, and he is not interested in receiving moths that brag and fart, eat and wait for death.

Su Guohai happens to be a good candidate.

After negotiating the salary and remuneration and signing the corresponding contract, the vice president of Feixiang Film and Television Company was officially put in place.

……

Although these two small façade rooms do look like a leather bag company, the Golden Bear director standing next to him must not be fake.

After leading Su Guohai to the office, Chen Fei directly gave an order.

"You have three tasks at the moment, one of which is to find a suitable office space for the company again, which is really not enough at the moment.

The second is to recruit all the required manpower, about this, you can then make a list for me, I will go to Nortel to find fresh graduates, new and old people to match each other, and it will be convenient to manage in the future.

The third is to release the news that Feixiang Film and Television Company will officially enter the film and television investment industry, if there is a suitable TV, film script, copyright, or a director who needs to invest, it can be put together, and I am destined to choose whether to invest or buy ......"

After chatting with Su Guohai for an afternoon, Chen Fei finally revealed his plans for film and television investment.

And next, it depends on Su Guohai's ability.

His salary package will be linked to his ability to do things, and the stronger his ability, the more generous he will be paid.

As for the follow-up cooperation and revenue sharing of "Bright Sword", Chen Fei also handed it over to him to handle.

If you are short of people, you can recruit them, and if you are short of things, you can buy them.

It doesn't matter what the process is, because he doesn't understand it.

Professional things are left to professional people to do, and what he wants is results!

……

Towards the end of the month, Universal Pictures called again.

After receiving Chen Fei's affirmative reply, Romulo said he was very happy: "Fei, I am looking forward to our next cooperation. ”

Chen Fei had a smile on his face and replied mysteriously: "Mr. Romulo, I believe that all our cooperation will reach a win-win situation. ”

After agreeing to meet in early April, Chen Fei hung up the international call.

There is only one month left for him, and in the meantime, he has to take care of everything about the country!

"Dead Silence", "Get Out", "Fast and Furious 3", Lionsgate, Universal Pictures......

There are many people in Hollywood who are waiting for him!

(End of chapter)