"Dangerous Laughter?"

Universal Pictures, in the office, looking at the latest horror thriller movie script handed over by Chen Fei, Jason frowned slightly.

While flipping through the script, he was curious, "Fei, can you tell me about this script?" I don't understand it. ”

Chen Fei smiled slightly and said: "Actually, it's not complicated, it tells the story of a doctor who sees a patient with a strange smile, and then there will be various deaths." ”

When it comes to the title of this movie, many people may not have any image.

But when it comes to the results it has achieved, it can definitely make a group of people stunned.

Chen Fei still clearly remembers that this movie once won the top box office of North American horror films in 2022 and was hailed as the dark horse horror film of the year!

"Dr. Rose Carter was working in a psychiatric emergency room, and one day, she met an extremely strange patient who always claimed to have seen a smiling stranger, and that he would die within a week after seeing that deadly smile!

After witnessing the traumatic experience of the other party, Rose suddenly begins to experience some horrific events that she cannot explain, and has to confront her unsettling and dark past.

Her mother's death by suicide many years ago was devastating to her, and she was deeply traumatized and feared.

She needs to overcome this in order to survive and escape her new reality full of fear......"

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It took two full hours for Chen Fei to finally explain the general content of this horror thriller to Jason.

The film is full of mystical elements, telling many of the classic plots of supernatural horror mysteries, basically following a scene that goes from a fantasy injury to a scene that is actually traumatized.

The horror elements in the film, as well as the bloody and disturbing scenes, combined with the darker themes, can make the atmosphere of the film extremely strong.

The film explores heavier themes such as trauma and suicide, and the plot unfolds like a mystery!

Despite the obvious paranormal phenomena in the film, it also guarantees the observability of the film...

"Dangerous smile? Smile? ”

Muttering these two words to himself, Jason's eyes gradually lit up.

“Fei！ I think it's going to be a good script, so let's use it to work together. ”

Chen Fei shook his head, "Jason, I will only provide the script this time, because I have other plans, so it is up to you to find a new director." ”

"Ok, no problem."

Jason didn't care about this, because Hollywood doesn't lack good directors, it just lacks good creators.

"What about the share of investment?"

Chen Fei waved his hand, "Let's do it as usual, I'll vote 20%, occupy the box office share, and calculate the script share separately." ”

After that, without waiting for Jason to say anything more, he added: "I hope it can be done as soon as possible, I still have some scripts in hand, and if you can finish shooting in the shortest possible time, I don't mind giving you more points." ”

"Oh?!"

Hearing this, Jason's eyes lit up.

"Fei, I'm so proud to have you as a friend!"

"Haha, I hope our friendship lasts forever."

Every studio's producer has performance indicators, and for newcomers like Jason, box office performance is the measure of performance.

The success of "Get Out of Desperate Town" made him receive a lot of money from the company, so he is full of confidence in this "Dangerous Laughter".

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After signing the contract, Chen Fei left Universal Pictures.

However, he was not in a hurry to return to the company, but rushed to Lionsgate non-stop.

After meeting the head of the production department again, Skinn Bolick, he did not hesitate at all and placed the two scripts directly on the table in front of him.

"Morgue Troubles"

Morgue 2: The Georgia House Incident

"Mr. Skin, at Lionsgate's request, I have sent you two more scripts, you can read them first."

After the success of "Dead Silence" last year, Lionsgate once again launched an invitation to collaborate with him on a new script.

Chen Fei didn't refuse, but just asked them to wait, because he didn't have a suitable low-budget horror thriller script in his hands at that time.

However, today is different, the surplus grain of the landlord's family is too sufficient, and it is completely possible to exchange the "grain" for some money.

These are very mature books, Chen Fei has already checked them on the way here, there is nothing that needs to be modified, just start shooting.

After spending a full hour reading the script, Skinn Bolick stretched out his hand to Chen Fei without hesitation.

"Fei, the script is very good, I am very satisfied, and I wish our cooperation this time can still be pleasant."

Chen Fei smiled slightly, "Mr. Sky, I like a refreshing person like you. ”

The two parties have already cooperated once, and there is no need to add any other regulations, just take out the previous contract and change the name.

Soon, a brand new contract was issued.

After eating the dividends of "Dead Silence", Lionsgate seems to be much more familiar with the road this time.

Major media and reporters were notified to come to the company again.

In front of the cameras of reporters from major entertainment newspapers and magazines in the audience, Chen Fei signed a cooperation agreement with Sskin Bolick.

Universal Pictures quickly got the news, and hurriedly released the news that it had reached a new film cooperation with Chen Fei.

For a while, Hollywood was lively again!

Many independent film studios seem to see a "new world", and a steady stream of phone calls have been made to Chen Fei, all seeking to cooperate with him.

For these companies that put forward cooperation requirements, Chen Fei took the initiative to find the door after roughly investigating the size and background of the other party's company.

As long as the other party is willing to agree to his investment share and sharing conditions, the script is easy to say, after all, the horror and thriller script in his hand is too much.

In just a few days, except for some of the more "precious" scripts, other less precious scripts were distributed by him.

Negotiate conditions, sign contracts, and hold press conferences......

It took a whole week for this mechanical process to come to an end!

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After the news spread in Hollywood, it only took one day to appear in major domestic portals, entertainment newspapers, blogs, forums and other areas.

According to reliable sources, director Chen Fei, who recently won the "Best Musical/Comedy Film Award" at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards, is cooperating with major independent film production companies in Hollywood, and there are currently 10 production companies that have signed cooperation regulations. ”

"Hollywood Events! High-volume, low-cost horror thrillers are already in production! ”

Chen Fei, a powerful and dedicated "horror film screenwriting machine". ”

"Counting Director Chen's major masterpieces in the past three years, none of them have failed, and the box office is a big hit!"

"Shocked! This man wants to let horror and horror permeate the whole of Hollywood! ”

The popularity of major entertainment media was originally focused on the loss of the Golden Globe Award in "Wu Ji", but when Chen Fei's series of riotous operations spread, it immediately caused an uproar.

In just one week......

10 partners? 10 scripts? 10 contracts?

Dude, what are you going to do?!

There was a sensation in the circle, but when everyone wanted to call Chen Fei, they got a prompt of "turn off the phone".

On the side of China Film, as soon as he got the news, Han Sanping called Chen Fei's other private phone.

The phone was quickly connected, and the third master asked with a shocked face, "What are you doing?" Want to make all of Hollywood surrounded by horror thrillers? ”

"Haha, Mr. Han, don't be nervous, it's not that exaggerated."

Chen Fei smiled and explained: "Some time ago, my inspiration exploded and I wrote a lot of horror and thriller scripts.

Then I thought it would be useless to save up anyway, so I simply took it all out, found some production companies, and asked them to shoot, and I just had to wait for the money. ”

There is no doubt that the word "all" must be an excuse.

The 10 partners only took less than half of the scripts in the gift package, and he also left a lot of high-quality scripts for himself.

Moreover, these partners have been carefully selected by him.

With the exception of Lionsgate and New Line, two purely independent production and distribution companies, the other partners are subsidiaries of the eight major Hollywood studios.

Through this method, Chen Fei can be regarded as indirectly having an interest relationship with the eight major Hollywood congresses.

Although some of the eight major film companies have been acquired, and some have gone bankrupt directly, the basic operation is still maintained normally, and it will not affect the cooperation between the two parties.

Listening to his explanation, the third master was stunned for a while, and could only shake his head helplessly.

It's called "spaciousness"!

Whether it is Hollywood or the mainland, as long as he has a large number of high-quality scripts in his hands, then he is the master!

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Hanging up the phone, Chen Fei looked up at Wen Ziren in front of him and said sorry to him.

"The one just now was... Mr. Han? ”

"Yes, Han Sanping of China Film."

Nodding slightly, Chen Fei changed his words and asked straight to the point: "Director Wen, how are you thinking about it?" Are you interested in having an in-depth cooperation with me? ”

The reason why the two were able to sit together alone today was because Chen Fei unilaterally facilitated this meeting.

His purpose is very simple, that is, he wants to invite Wen Ziren to cooperate with him and shoot other high-quality horror film scripts.

"Latent", "The Conjuring", "Happy Death", "Annabelle", "Return of the Clown", ......

These are all scripts that Chen Fei left for himself.

It's just that he didn't have time to toss this, so he simply paid attention to Wen Ziren and wanted to hire him to work for him.

The $3.1 billion loan has been put in place, and Natasha is recently studying the acquisition of Marvel, and the repayment falls on Chen Fei's head.

Cooperation with other film companies can only be regarded as a way for him to pave the way for his future, and if he really wants to repay this money, he still has to let Walton Pictures make money.

In ten years, Chen Fei must repay this high loan!

So he came up with the idea of "going hand in hand".

After the successful acquisition of Marvel, the series will be handled by himself, and he is ready to arrange for others to do the rest of the low-cost scripts.

If a film company wants to be successful and profitable, it must not rely on just one director.

In the past few months of working with Universal Pictures, Chen Fei has learned a lot of the other party's business philosophy, and he is ready to apply it in a foolish "copy and paste".

Wen Ziren was the first person he thought of working with.

"Fei, what I can tell you for sure is that while I've been working at Lionsgate, I'm free, and I'm not bound by contract."

The meaning of this sentence is easy to understand, Lionsgate and him are only a cooperative relationship, not a superior.

A smile appeared on Chen Fei's face, "Director Wen, I suggest that you open a studio, the kind that only serves you personally."

I very much hope to cooperate with you, investment share, box office share, these can be discussed, believe me, I am not a stingy person. ”

Wen Ziren suddenly fell into deep thought.

A studio that only serves individuals?

Investment, shooting, production, post-production......

"Is it a replication of the development model of a small film production company?"

"Yes, that's it." Chen Fei nodded, and added: "I have such a company in China, which completely serves me personally. ”

Wen Ziren was obviously a little moved.

And the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was very feasible!

Looking at the movement on his face, Chen Fei got up at the right time, leaving him enough space for reverie, "Director Wen, my mobile phone will be on standby twenty-four hours a day, and I am very much looking forward to cooperating with you in the future." ”

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After finishing the conversation with Wen Ziren, Chen Fei walked out of the restaurant and sat on Bruce's "Bath Emperor".

“Fei？ Are the negotiations still going well? ”

Bruce asked as he drove the car.

Chen Fei nodded, "It's not bad, if it doesn't happen to me, Director Wen should give me a positive reply within three days." ”

"Haha, that's great."

With a big smile on his face, Bruce rattled and took the wheel around and drove into the driveway to San Francisco.

Today happened to be Chinese New Year's Eve in China, and Chen Fei had the idea of going to Chinatown for a walk.

There is no "New Year" here in Los Angeles, and if you want to enjoy the domestic New Year's atmosphere, you still have to go to Chinatown.

As the largest Chinatown on the West Coast of the United States, about 100,000 Chinese Americans live in San Francisco's Chinatown, which is also the place with the heaviest "New Year's flavor".

The entrance to Chinatown is at the intersection of Grant Street and Buster Street, which is about a kilometer long and wide, with 16 street intersections.

When he came to the entrance, through the car window, Chen Fei saw a Chinese-style archway at a glance, with green tiles as the roof, and the four big characters "The world is for the public" were written.

Stopping the car, as soon as the two pushed open the door, a noisy "Cantonese" sound came from their ears.

The red lanterns are hung high, and the shops on the left and right sides are plastered with couplets such as "Wealth is abundant", "Harvest of grains" and "Auspicious Ruyi".

"Wow, that's a lot of people!"

Bruce looked at the crowded neighborhood with a look of amazement, as if he was infected by the joyful atmosphere, and couldn't help but cheer with the crowd.

The two walked around the street and found a Chinese restaurant and walked in.

The restaurant was bustling with Chinese faces, all dressed in new clothes and smiling faces, watching the Chinese New Year Gala on TV with joy.

"Huh? Star! ”

The waitress, who was only about twenty years old, recognized Chen Fei at a glance and couldn't help but scream.

Many people's eyes were attracted and their eyes lit up.

The restaurant owner hurriedly greeted him, still shouting, "Director Chen? Why are you here? ”

Chen Fei replied with a smile: "There are some more important jobs here, and I can't go back for the New Year, so I want to come to Chinatown to have our own Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and be lively together." ”

"Haha, please sit down, I just made dumplings, let's eat together."

The owner of the restaurant shouted enthusiastically.

Chen Fei didn't see it, pulled Bruce to find an empty seat, and watched the party while knocking melon seeds.

Six hosts, three men and three women.

Zhu Jun, Zhou Tao, Li Yong, Dong Qin, Zhang Zeying, Liu Fangfei.

The special program includes the announcement of the names of the giant pandas who went to Taiwan, as well as the life of the Shenzhou-6 astronauts in the sky......

The country's spiritual outlook is getting better and better, and the national self-confidence has been significantly improved!

Chen Fei saw many acquaintances, including Nicholas Tse from Hong Kong Island, Taiwanese singer Geng Chenqin, and Macau actress Li Fei.

Singaporean male singer Lim Jun Jie also appeared, and the girl singing group "Twins" also shined in the audience, and the national popularity of Mizuki Nianhua is also very high.

Of course, the most anticipated will always be the sketches of Zhao Benshan and Song Jiji.

As soon as "Unforgettable Tonight" appeared, it also meant that 05 was officially over, and Huaxia once again entered a new style.

'06 is really coming!

"Dingding......

A barrage of New Year's messages and missed calls appeared on the screen.

After picking a few more important text messages and phone calls to reply, Chen Fei didn't care anymore and began to eat dumplings with others.

“Oh！ This taste! It's just amazing! ”

Bruce exclaimed, but he didn't care about the heat, kept stuffing it into his mouth, and gave Chen Fei a thumbs up from time to time.

"Eat slowly, and no one is robbing you, what's the hurry?"

Chen Fei glanced at him helplessly, and didn't pay attention to him anymore.

They played until one o'clock in the morning, and after the fireworks were over, the two drove towards Beverly Hills.

The country has already been on holiday, but on this last Chinese New Year's Eve, Su Guohai still took the time to send him an email.

It is a compilation of some recent news.

Nearly a month after its release, "People in Embarrassment" has exceeded 140 million, and it is estimated that the final box office should climb to 150 million.

This wave of "Spring Festival" is really wonderful.

Zhang Yimou's "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" was officially released, with a box office of 30 million in the mainland, and a very good reputation.

Liu Zhenwei's "The Great Sage of Love" was also released, with a mainland box office of 50 million, and it was recently released on the Taiwan side of the treasure island, probably with the idea of impacting the Golden Horse.

There is no point in mentioning "Wuji", this movie can be regarded as a loss to grandma's house.

Chen Kaige did not return to China on Chinese New Year's Eve, and has been staying in Hollywood, waiting for the Academy Award nominations to be announced.

If "Wu Ji" can be shortlisted, then there is still hope.

But if there is no chance of being shortlisted in the end, then it will be completely stopped, and the couple will have no other choice but to return to China in disgrace.

In addition to this, there are some recent investment summaries in the email.

participated in the TV series "Flying Immortals" in the Tang Dynasty, and the response was very good, and the round-faced Lin Yichen was loved by many audiences.

"Bright Sword" has also begun to collect the payment.

The filming of "Soldier Assault" has come to an end.

The preliminary preparations for "Latent" have been almost prepared, and it is expected that filming will start after the beginning of the year.

Overall, Feiyue Film and Television still maintains the "hegemon" status with the highest return on investment among domestic film and television companies, and no one can shake it so far.

"Alas!"

At this moment, a sigh suddenly came from my ears.

Chen Fei subconsciously raised his head and saw that the car had already driven into Beverly Hills, and Bruce was still there with emotion,

"Housing prices are getting more and more expensive, when can I afford to buy a villa of my own?"

"What age is this, how expensive can housing prices be......"

Well?

Suddenly, Chen Fei's eyes widened violently!

Prices?!

Housing prices in the United States?!

If memory serves, there are a lot of articles to be done!

If done correctly, not to mention $3.1 billion in debt, even two $3.1 billion is not a problem!

(End of chapter)