It was fast to the end of September.

The domestic popularity of "Dead Silence" has weakened slightly.

After all, it is really difficult to interview Chen Fei, this guy has been haunted in Los Angeles during this time, and the reporters in charge of foreign stations really can't catch him.

But on the evening of September 30th, China Film suddenly issued a notice, which directly made the fading heat hot again.

"The film "Escape from Desperate Town", invested and produced by China Film, director Chen Fei and Universal Pictures, will be officially released in North America on October 1.

Because of the subject matter, there is not much introduction to this movie, but it is pointed out that it is still a thriller horror film.

On top of that, there's a brand new movie poster.

Film: Get Out

Director: Fei Chen

Screenwriter: Fei Chen

Producer/Producer: Universal Pictures

When this news was exposed, it had already occupied the front pages of major portals, forums, and blogs in less than half an hour.

If "Dead Silence" is just a script sold by Chen Fei, then "Escape from Desperate Town" is a film directed, filmed, and edited by him himself.

In the former, he does not play a big role, but only the provider of the script.

But the latter is different, this movie will officially become an important step for him to lay the foundation in Hollywood!

If this movie can still be a big hit, he can be regarded as a real proof of his screenwriting ability and directing ability.

The stepping stone has been smashed out, and then he is about to officially step into "Hollywood".

And this film will determine how far his first step can go.

…

Before the release, Universal Pictures asked him if he wanted to participate in the film festival.

This proposal was rejected by Chen Fei.

He doesn't understand the rules of the film festival here, who knows how to arrange it?

And the recent film festivals are in January 2006, and by that time, I'm afraid the daylilies will be cool!

His current goal is to make a name for himself in Hollywood and improve his status and worth.

The film festival is certainly a good place to increase its value and fame, but this is Hollywood, and it is recognized by filmmakers all over the world as Vanity Fair.

People here only recognize one thing.

Dollar!

As long as the film can make money after its release, then as the director and screenwriter of the film, Chen Fei can become a guest of honor in major film companies.

That's something that those awards can't get.

What's more, the premise of winning the award is that in addition to the quality of the film, the box office and revenue must also be bright enough!

Therefore, in the face of Jie's inquiry, Chen Fei directly proposed: "It's better to release it directly, it's a big deal that we can take it to the Golden Globe Awards and Oscars." ”

Universal Pictures accepted his offer.

In fact, the most important thing is that the investment in this movie is not high, and Universal Pictures does not attach much importance to it.

In the words of producer Jie, this kind of small-scale film is used to earn bonuses for the production department.

Of course, even so, in terms of theater scheduling, "Escape from Desperate Town" is still much higher than "Dead Silence"!

It is not clear how much higher Chen Fei is, anyway, when Chen Fei mentioned the box office of "Dead Silence", Jie was completely disdainful, with a face full of disdain.

The discrimination of the old eight against independent film companies is still quite big.

This contempt comes from all sides.

The October schedule is very relaxed, and the Hollywood market is almost always small-budget films.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in November, The Legend of Vinya, The Lion Witch and the Enchanted Wardrobe in December, and King Kong in December.

It is worth mentioning that "King Kong" was also invested by Universal Pictures, and the film was made according to the super high-grossing film.

As a result, almost all of Universal's top management eyes are focused on King Kong.

As for the release of "Escape from Desperate Town", only a few direct executives are paying attention, and others don't care at all.

The investment hasn't exceeded $10 million, so what's there to care about?

Can the box office still exceed 100 million?

In the eyes of many Universal Pictures executives, this movie is just to play casually with China Film and Chen Fei, their real purpose is to cooperate with that market, and they don't think about making much money at all, as long as they don't lose money.

Because of this, it doesn't matter if this film goes to the film festival or not, Universal Pictures is almost following Chen Fei's thoughts.

As long as you don't lose money, you can successfully build a bridge with China Film, which is enough.

However, on the other hand, there is a boiling in the country!

The success of "Dead Silence" is still in everyone's memory, and another new movie is about to be released!

"Why does this kid play fast gunner mode wherever he goes?"

Han Sanping muttered a sentence in her mouth, and at the same time replied to the email from the other side of the ocean.

The collaboration with Universal Pictures has begun, and the release date of King Kong has been confirmed, just on December 24.

At this stage, there are also "If Love" released on December 1, "Wuji" released on December 15, and "Thousands of Miles Riding Alone" released on December 22.

In addition, following the release and great success of "No Man's Land", "People in Embarrassment" and "Chinese Partner", written by Chen Fei and produced by Feiyue Film and Television, have also officially set their schedules.

The theme of "People in Embarrassment" includes the Spring Festival, with the Spring Festival as the time point, so the scheduled time is December 30, which just fits the atmosphere of the New Year.

And "Chinese Partner" is scheduled for December 9.

On this matter, Han Sanping also specially chatted with Chen Fei.

Why can't "Chinese Partner" be put in 06, do you have to catch up with the tail of 05?

Chen Fei definitely can't say that he is because he doesn't like Chen Kexin and wants to rob him of the box office.

His reason is that the company has new plans next year, and the actors will also join other crews, and if the time is too long, there will be no time to convene people to do publicity.

And in order for "Chinese Partner" to catch up with the Academy Awards, it must be released in 05.

This reason barely persuaded Han Sanping.

It's a big deal to compress the schedule of "If Love" when the time comes, this partner is the son of several companies, and the other films have to stand aside.

As for whether it will affect the box office of "Wu Ji......

Han Sanping didn't think deeply about this at all, the two films are not of the same magnitude at all, and the themes are not the same, and the audience is not the same, so there will be no impact at all.

As for the follow-up "Thousands of Miles to Ride Alone", this is a movie invested by New Picture alone, and it has a relationship with his film?

Just give a little face in terms of film arrangement, it's not even a godson, at most it's just a passerby.

As for the movie "Ip Man", several investors unanimously decided after deliberation that it would be better to wait for the release of "Huo Yuanjia" next year.

The Chinese New Year stalls are already crowded, and if you stuff them further, the domestic theater chains will be running out of people.

…

At the same time, when Han Sanping was busy with the cooperation plan with Universal Pictures, Shangying was also busy.

In order to prevent Media Asia from making a fuss in the filming and production of "Eavesdropping", Chen Fei finally gave Ren Zhonglun 20% of the investment amount.

And his task is very simple, he must keep an eye on the shooting, and strictly prevent the people of Media Asia from doing ghosts inside.

It's not that Chen Fei doesn't trust Zhuang Cheng, the most important thing is that Huanya is not Zhuang Cheng alone, who knows if there are some idiots in it?

In addition to this work, Ren Zhonglun has been busy setting up scenery recently.

Because the filming of "Source Code" required a whole train and a relatively large park, Chen Fei finally decided to build a scene by himself after comprehensive consideration.

Railroad tracks, parks, trains...... These are all shot in real scenes, which is also convenient for special effects design and picture rendering in the later stage.

The site for the construction of the scene was placed in the Shanghai Film and Television City, and the land was handled by Shangying, and many other buildings were demolished for this purpose.

Chen Fei only gave them one month, and in November they had to start the filming plan of "Source Code".

During this time, the entire post-production team was in full swing...

The construction of the railroad tracks is relatively simple, but Chen Fei also asked for a locomotive and at least three carriages, which gave Ren Zhonglun a headache.

Things are easy to find, but how to transport them to the film and television city has become a problem.

"Alas, there is no other way to disassemble it first and then assemble it after it is transported in one piece."

Once you've decided on your strategy, you can leave the rest of the work to your subordinates.

Looking at the news about Chen Fei in Hollywood reported on the portal, Ren Zhonglun couldn't help but feel envious.

"Alas, when will Shangying have the opportunity to participate in the investment of Hollywood films?"

After sighing and pondering for a while, he finally picked up the phone, "Tell the Propaganda Department to push the popularity of "Escape from Desperate Town". ”

A good partner should know how to "add icing on the cake" at the right time.

At the same time, in addition to Chen Fei's several partners in China, many film companies and artists are paying attention to Chen Fei's movements.

The success of "Dead Silence" has knocked on the door of Hollywood, and if "Get Out" can still create good results, it will mean that a cable car from China to Hollywood has been officially opened!

It's just that if you want to take this cable car route, I'm afraid it's not that simple.

……

"Mythology" has been in theaters for a week, and under the call of Chen Long, many people have walked into the theater.

It's a pity that in the absence of a good story, even the big brother can't make the box office performance meet expectations.

"Why the tragic end?"

This is a fact that fans cannot accept.

spent dozens of dollars to walk into the theater, most people came with the idea of enjoying a happy time, and they all wanted to watch Chen Long's chic and smooth action scenes.

But in this movie, Chen Long rarely integrates the two elements of "iron-blooded tenderness" and "love but can't".

This also makes many mainland audiences who are looking forward to it very puzzling, is Jackie Chan going to start his transformation?

From September 23rd to October 1st, the box office was only more than 40 million in one week of release......

If it is placed in the Hong Kong film market, this result is not bad, but in the mainland market, this is a manifestation of failure!

You know, the investment in this movie is as high as 160 million Hong Kong dollars!

Some well-known industry insiders have estimated that according to this trend, it may be extremely difficult for the box office of "Myth" in the mainland to break 100 million.

Thanks to the fact that the film was distributed throughout Asia, it may be able to make up for some losses in other countries.

I don't know when it started, and the box office of over 100 million seems to have become the standard for measuring the "excellent" of a movie.

Someone deliberately made statistics, since the box office of "Hero" in China exceeded 100 million in 02, followed by "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing", "No Thieves in the World", "No Man's Land", and "Ambush on All Sides".

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked!

Chen Fei has three movies with a box office of over 100 million!

Except for "Buried Alive", none of his subsequent movies had a low box office!

And now, Hollywood's "Dead Silence" has also been released, and the latest news has been transmitted from abroad, and the box office has exceeded $50 million in seven days of release.

Converted to nearly 400 million!

Now there is another "Escape from Desperate Town", which is still in cooperation with Universal Pictures, if nothing else, it should be no problem to exceed 100 million...

……

After waiting for a day, the box office on the first day of opening was the first to enter Chen Fei's ears.

$23.73 million.

When he got this data, not only Chen Fei was stunned, but even the senior executives of Universal Pictures were also stunned.

"How can it be so high? How much did you give this film? ”

"It shouldn't be!" Jie scratched his head, his face full of confusion, "Our estimate is about $18 million, how can we have an extra 5 million?" ”

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then Jay hurried out of the office as if he had thought of something.

By the time he returned, it was already evening.

Unscrewed the mineral water on the table and drank more than half of it, then he frowned and said: "More than half of the moviegoers are black, accounting for a very high proportion, and some people have even watched it many times. ”

In an instant, Chen Fei was enlightened!

It seems that the advantages of the subject matter make up for some of the shortcomings of the film, not so much that this is a movie, but that it is a struggle between "darkness" and "day".

"In the future, we will continue to increase the number of films, and this movie may bring unexpected surprises, so look forward to it......"

"Then let's wait and see."

Chen Fei didn't stay at Universal Pictures for long, and after getting the first-hand data, he went back to the editing of "This Man is from Earth".

The company has professional editors, but some details still have to be directed by him.

There is a good saying, the one who makes the "wool" must be the first to find the interface than the "scissors".

Three days later, Jay called again.

"Fei, I have to admit that you are indeed a genius, especially in terms of screenwriting, you have to understand the national conditions of this country better than me."

Chen Fei smiled, "We have an old saying in China called "the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear", from the perspective of a third party, you must see something different. ”

"I'm getting more and more curious about that country with a 5,000-year-old cultural history!"

After sighing with emotion, Jie returned to the topic, "In just three days, the box office has reached 50 million US dollars, and the company's senior management is very concerned, and is currently preparing for multi-channel distribution and foreign distribution."

There are professional appraisers who have come up with an amazing number after statistics, do you want to guess how much it will be? ”

"$100 million?"

Chen Fei tentatively guessed a number.

He vaguely remembered that when the movie "Get Out of Desperate Town" was released at that time, the global box office seemed to have broken through the $200 million mark, and it was infinitely approaching 300 million!

It's just the global box office, and it doesn't include DVD sales revenue.

"$150 million!"

Jie couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, less than $10 million was invested, at least $150 million was gained, this horse was completely earned, okay?

"Haha, I'm looking forward to that day."

Chen Fei's face was also full of smiles, after all, he also had his share of the proceeds of this movie.

…

And as Universal Pictures announced the box office of the movie, major foreign media also began to report the news.

Google, Yahoo, AOL, Facebook, ......

But almost everywhere there is an entertainment sector, the name "Fei Chen" appears.

Unlike China, Hollywood has a deep pursuit of "movie box office", and to test whether a director has the strength is to see his box office appeal.

With a box office of over 100 million US dollars, it is definitely a huge milestone!

What's more, Chen Fei is also a director from China.

The words "cheap and easy to use" have always been used by Chinese directors and actors, and it has lasted for decades before they have changed.

And now, many Hollywood film companies are focusing on Chen Fei, and they all want to take advantage of the young director's current cheap value to make a fortune on him.

Now it's up to you to see who gets the quickest.

The news came back to China, and as expected, it caused a huge sensation again!

"Director Chen's second Hollywood work "Escape from Desperate Town" was released for three days, raked in $50 million, and was a big success again!"

"The film has been distributed globally, and some professionals predict that the box office may exceed $150 million!"

"According to reliable sources, the investment in this film is only 10 million US dollars, with Director Chen accounting for 15% and China Film accounting for 5%, which is another investment with a huge return!"

“……”

With the exposure of news on major portals, for a while, various domestic film and television companies and artists couldn't sit still.

So far, there are only two ways for the domestic film and television industry to go overseas.

Either the actors are picked and pulled, or they take a lot of money to participate in some particularly bad productions, which are almost unprofitable, and the opportunities are very rare.

But Chen Fei is different, he broke into Hollywood as a screenwriter, director, and actor.

As a resource party, he is equivalent to half of "Party A's father", and he is also the kind of "Party A" whose voice is not low.

Han Sanping called as soon as possible, but was hung up by Chen Fei without chatting a word.

"Let's have a good talk when I return to China, I still have a film waiting to be released, so let's do it first, I'm working on editing."

"Huh? And one more? ”

Han Sanping was stunned, how many films has this guy tossed in Hollywood?

I subconsciously prepared to call back, but the phone had already prompted it to turn off.

"Hey, is this annoying me?"

Han Sanping shook her head helplessly, but she didn't care too much.

Listening to the tone of the other party's voice, it is estimated that he is very busy, so let's talk after returning to China, he is not in a hurry.

Even Han Sanping was closed, not to mention others.

Some artists with his contact information have been shown to be turned off without exception after making phone calls, and they have no choice but to change to text messaging.

Everyone was very hot, but they couldn't contact Chen Fei, and they were about to turn into "Wangfu Stone"!

(End of chapter)