As soon as he landed in Hollywood, the domestic news reached Chen Fei's ears.

Lu Chuan's car accident, Professor Jiang's heart attack...

"Are the people still there?"

"Well, alive."

"Then leave them alone, I'm just treating others the way they are, I can't bear a few words, and you still want to play with me? Let's go and practice first. ”

Hanging up the phone, Chen Fei ignored the two fools at all, and went straight to Universal Pictures by taxi.

Thinking about it, the old and the young could only be in the nest, so Chen Fei didn't have the slightest fear of them at all.

As Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei said, Chen Fei has become a general trend after filming "Chinese Partner".

Not to mention that he has also won a series of international awards such as the Golden Bear, Golden Globe Awards, and Oscars.

There is no comparison between Lu Chuan and him at all.

Unless his "Nanjing! Nanjing" can win awards or box office, and it is possible to touch Chen Fei's toenails.

…

Walking into Jason's office with a familiar car, Chen Fei just pushed open the door and saw him crossing Erlang's legs, drinking coffee leisurely.

"Yo? Jason? Do you seem to be having a leisurely day? ”

“Fei！ There you are! ”

Standing up from his office chair very quickly, Jason put down his coffee and walked over to his shoulder with a smile.

“Fei！ Let's go, I've been waiting for you for a long time, let's go to the screening room to watch the film.

Haha, I've actually watched it in advance, and it's no exaggeration to say that this is a movie that can make both children and adults shudder.

The various horror elements, bloody and disturbing scenes in the film, coupled with the dark theme colors, make the atmosphere of the film reach a very strong level.

This is a movie that is different from "Get Out", but in terms of excellence, it is not weaker than it..."

Jason babbled and pulled Chen Fei forward quickly.

When I came to the screening hall, the staff who were waiting here in advance installed the master tape on the player and started a new round of playback.

In fact, when he first read this script, Chen Fei already had a strong feeling of facing the mystery of supernatural horror.

But when he saw the finished film today, he suddenly had a more intuitive feeling.

The words on the paper were all turned into reality, which felt really amazing, and the deeply disturbing horror aesthetics shocked Chen Fei even more.

115 minutes passed before I knew it.

After the screening, Chen Fei stood up from his seat and gave applause to the production team behind the scenes.

"Fei, how's it going? Is there anything that needs to be corrected? ”

"It's perfect."

Chen Fei gave a very pertinent answer.

As one of the eight major Hollywood companies, Universal Pictures' filmmaking level is obviously much higher than Lionsgate's, and all the details and transitions are very good.

"Haha, please trust our level of production."

Jason smiled very happily, and then called the reporter over and cooperated with Chen Fei for an exclusive interview.

With the completion of the two challenges of "Tianmen Mountain" and "Mount Everest", it is no exaggeration to say that Chen Fei's fame is now about to surpass that of Xiao Lizi.

With him cooperating with the publicity, it will be of great help to the box office.

…

In the evening of the same day, a brand-new poster appeared directly on the domestic portal through the delivery of Sina.com.

Film: Smile

Director: Parker Fendi

Screenwriter: Fei Chen

Producer/Producer: Universal Pictures

Release time: June 1

Netizens are frying the pot again.

"Can anyone tell me? Director Chen works as a screenwriter abroad for these horror films, on what platform can they be seen? ”

"Made, the previous "Morgue Incident" directly won 145 million US dollars, I heard that it is based on a true story, and I also made a special trip to Taiwan Province to buy a pirated disc."

"Who the wants to watch piracy? I'm going to the cinema to see it! Can you watch it in that movie theater? ”

"I watched the broadcast news, Hong Kong and Taiwan will be online, if you really want to watch it, you can fly over."

"Can't the mainland introduce it?"

"After all, it's a horror thriller genre, this kind of thing must not be introduced, you can actually wait for Speed 3, which is a film directed and filmed by Director Chen himself."

…

Before the popularity of the airport speech went down, the news of the upcoming release of "Dangerous Laughter" came out, which made Lu Chuan, who was ready to "fight back", feel depressed in his heart.

"Wait, I'll have to scold back!"

Looking at the word "dangerous smile" that occupied the major portals, he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

After waiting for a day and a night, seeing that the time was almost ripe, he was ready to do another interview to show his determination.

But at this moment, another brand new poster came back from across the ocean.

Film: Lnsidious

Director: James Wan

Screenwriter: Fei Chen

Producer/Producer: Volton Pictures

Release time: June 8

"Here ??? Again"

is different from the excitement of fans, Lu Chuan is confused.

It's the first time he's seen this kind of scene of himself and himself fighting in the ring, and the movie written by the same screenwriter is only seven days apart...

Wouldn't it have an impact on the box office figures?

He couldn't understand Chen Fei's behavior, but now the situation was obvious, and it was deliberately arranged.

The discussion on the Internet was surging like a tide, looking at the comments praising Chen Fei one after another, Lu Chuan slammed the keyboard, but in the end he was helpless.

He just has low emotional intelligence, but he is not a fool, if he dares to stand up and fight back against Chen Fei now, the spittle of netizens can spray him to death!

People are "winning glory for the country" in Hollywood, and you are "yin and yang" here, isn't this pure and sick?

…

The weather in June was enthusiastic, unscrewed a bottle of ice Coke and poured it violently, Chen Fei hiccuped regardless of his image.

For a moment, Natasha's mouth in the driver's seat couldn't close her smile.

"Haha, Fei, if outsiders see your appearance, the perfect image you have maintained all this time will be ruined."

Waving his hand, Chen Fei said indifferently: "If you destroy it, you will destroy it, anyway, I don't rely on my face to eat." ”

"Hahahaha!"

The funny answer sparked Natasha's burst of laughter again.

The custom-made Rolls-Royce drove on the streets of New York, causing many passers-by to frequently look sideways, even raise their arms and cheer enthusiastically.

Natasha didn't respond, instead choosing to step on the gas pedal and drive away quickly.

These enthusiastic cheers were not always welcome, there was so much shameless evil in them, and those were not what she wanted.

The duo's destination was Fifth Avenue in New York.

When Natasha parked the car, Chen Fei pushed open the passenger door and walked out.

Looking up, you can see a sign called "Marvel" standing at the top of the building on the right-hand side, and this is the destination of their trip.

"Marvel Entertainment!"

Of course, Marvel at this time cannot be counted as Marvel, and people call it more "Marvel Entertainment" or "Marvel Comics".

And the world-famous "Marvel Studios" has not been separated, and now it is also under the responsibility of "Marvel Entertainment".

Walking into the door of the company, under the leadership of Natasha, the two went straight to the elevator.

Pressing the top button very familiarly, she waited quietly for the other employees who took the elevator to press the close button.

Walton Pictures' acquisition of Marvel has been quiet, and apart from a few senior executives of the company and some members of the board of directors, the bottom and even middle leaders are ignorant of the matter.

The only thing that can cause them to discuss is some recent personnel changes in the company.

The leaders of several important departments such as finance, personnel, and security have ushered in a major change, and there is no other movement.

Some of the more active minds are already aware of it, and are secretly wondering in their minds whether there has been a change in the leadership at a higher level.

But most people don't take these situations seriously, and they are thinking more about what the future holds.

After going bankrupt in 1994, Isaac Perlmutter took complete control of the company and began to do "cardiac resuscitation" for the dying comic company.

The effect is still quite significant, and in the following years, Marvel barely stabilized the situation and gradually got out of the situation on the verge of bankruptcy.

It was last year that Perlmutter officially became the company's CEO.

But when he took office, various debt problems that had been suppressed for several years broke out again, and the company was dragged to the edge of the cliff for a while.

As of now, the monthly financial report has long been beyond its means.

Since January of '06, people in the company have been laid off almost every day, or voluntarily resigned and left.

But just last month, the surprise happened.

The finance side actually settled the salary owed to them for three months!

Just when everyone thought that this was a "return to the past", some senior executives suddenly began to be fired, except for CEO Perlmutter and production director Kevin Feige, there were personnel changes in other departments.

Some people suspect that a new shareholder may have joined the capital, while others believe that Perlmutter is starting to turn the tide again.

However, because there is no notice within the company, middle-level and low-level employees only discuss a few words when they are fishing in private, and most of the time they are silently doing their own work.

Their wish is simple, as long as they can continue to receive a salary, it is enough.

After all, Marvel's salary is still quite generous.

…

All the way to the top floor, only Natasha and Chen Fei were left in the elevator.

"Fei, follow me."

After getting out of the elevator, Natasha walked to the president's office not far away, as if she had returned to her home.

It's just that just when Chen Fei thought that he could meet Marvel's current CEO Isaac Perlmutter first, Kevin Feige, who is currently the head of the production department, suddenly walked out of his office and appeared in front of the two.

"Hi, Natasha, we're meeting again."

He first greeted Natasha, and then his gaze fell on Chen Fei naturally.

Looking at that familiar face, Kevin Feige was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes suddenly widened, revealing a face full of disbelief!

“Fei Chen？”

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Kevin." Chen Fei took the initiative to stretch out his hand to the other party.

“Oh！ I'm the one who deserves to be the happiest! ”

Kevin Feige took a few steps forward with some excitement and came to Chen Fei's side, "I am also a mountaineering enthusiast, and I have paid attention to the whole Everest challenge, which is really cool!" ”

"Haha, thank you for your support."

Chen Fei can see that the words of the famous producer in front of him are not hypocritical, he really likes mountaineering, and the yearning in that tone cannot be pretended.

The hallway began to hear the laughter of the two.

Natasha stood quietly beside her, not saying a word, just smiling as a foil.

The commotion outside quickly caught the attention of CEO Isaac Perlmutter.

When he opened the office door and walked out, he saw Chen Fei and Kevin Feige chatting hotly, as well as Natasha standing aside.

The arrival of the gold lord did not surprise him, but Chen Fei's appearance was something he did not expect.

This producer, who has recently been in the limelight in Hollywood, is the object that major film and television studios are vying for cooperation.

But how did he end up here?

Speaking of which, it seems that Marvel also has a plan with him for a horror thriller, but that collaboration is handled by a subsidiary below, and he doesn't pay much attention to it...

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Natasha's gaze come over.

"Good morning, Mr. Perlmutter."

"You too, ma'am, good morning."

The $3 billion acquisition allowed Walton Pictures to successfully take a 100% stake in Marvel, and Perlmutter's shares were exchanged for US dollars.

It stands to reason that Natasha can fire him now, and even he can resign himself.

But both of them tacitly agreed not to do so.

Walton Pictures needs Perlmutter to stabilize the situation, and he himself is curious about what is the purpose of this little-known small company buying Marvel?

So the two sides hit it off and renewed the contract for another three years.

Perlmutter will need to stay until May '09, when he will once again decide whether to "go" or "stay".

After saying hello, Perlmutter specially invited Chen Fei and Natasha to his office to chat.

Seeing this, Kevin Feige was about to leave, but was stopped by Chen Fei, "Mr. Kevin, I think you should also come in and listen to my decision-making, and I also brought some gifts to your production department." ”

Production Department?

Gift?

Kevin Feige's eyes lit up, and a bold idea popped into his mind.

Could it be... Screenplay?

His focus was on the "gift", but Perlmutter keenly noticed another word in Chen Fei's words.

Decision-making!

Could he ......

～

Walking into the office, Natasha did not hide it, and took the lead in introducing Chen Fei's identity to the two.

"In addition to being a well-known director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, Fei is currently my partner and the second shareholder of Walton Pictures."

Hearing this, Perlmutter's eyes widened sharply.

He guessed right!

The real boss of Marvel is actually this young Chinese in front of him!

Combined with his multiple identities as a director, screenwriter, producer, etc., the purpose of Walton Pictures' acquisition of Marvel is also imminent.

The real purpose of this director from China is Marvel's many copyrights!

"Please keep it a secret for me for the time being."

Chen Fei said with a smile, opened his backpack, took out two scripts from it, and handed them to Kevin Feige, who was sitting next to him.

Seeing this scene, the expression on Perlmutter's face was much more complicated.

Sure enough, as he expected, the other party is about to start attacking!

Compared to his philistine, Kevin Feige is more pure and simple.

Since joining Marvel in 2000, he has been responsible for the production of Marvel films and television, such as "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "Hulk", etc.

He is not in charge of the management of the company, and his work has always been focused on film shooting and production.

Because of this, he didn't particularly care about who the big boss behind Marvel was, and in comparison, he was more curious about the two scripts that Chen Fei handed over.

"Iron Man", "The Incredible Hulk".

"Both scripts are the next to be filmed by the company, and the content is based on comic elements as the background, so as to adapt and fill in..."

Chen Fei said something about the production and shooting of the film in great detail, and there was a faint undoubted tone in his tone.

Marvel is a very established film and television production company.

From the script to the production and shooting, to the post-production, special effects, etc., the company has a very complete set of processes within the company.

Although the company system is not as large as the Big Eight, Marvel's film industry will not lose much to them.

And this is what Chen Fei yearns for, as a director, he only needs to shoot what he wants, and let others be responsible for those tedious little things.

He liked it very much.

～

After staying at Marvel for a whole day, Chen Fei finally discussed with Kevin Feige how to prepare for these two movies.

As for the company's internal structure, he did not ask for changes.

Perlmutter is still the CEO, Kevin Feige is still the head of production, and Marvel Entertainment and Marvel Studios are not immediately separated.

You have to eat bite after bite, and you have to walk step by step.

He needs box office results now, he needs more dollars... And a stable company is the prerequisite for all this.

Even if you want to make changes, you have to be like boiling a frog in warm water, peaceful and stable to achieve your goals.

…

Before leaving, Chen Fei took out another script from his bag and handed it to Perlmutter.

"Mr. Perlmutter, I need you to find a suitable producer for this script."

"Oh?"

Perlmutter looked down curiously, only to see five big words written on the cover of the script.

Game of Thrones

…

After leaving Marvel, Chen Fei and Natasha quickly returned to the car.

"Fei, your aura is so strong!"

Natasha didn't hesitate to praise him.

When discussing the script in the office before, she finally witnessed Chen Fei's professional strength!

In the face of such a huge copyright structure of Marvel, he talked eloquently and threw out many very bold ideas and development plans.

Reclaim the exiled copyrights, hire Stan Lee, the "father of Marvel", back as a consultant, and plan the Avengers to form a plan......

Every thought thrown at Kevin Feige and Isaac Perlmutter stunned and bluntly said that it was impossible.

But Chen Fei will always use "things are done by people" to scold them back with various excuses.

In the end, in terms of "verbal warfare", Chen Fei easily won!

In the face of the praise, Chen Fei smiled casually and said, "Haha, it's all a small scene, let's go first, find a restaurant to eat, and then go back to Los Angeles." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll have to wait for someone to ......"

Natasha was only halfway through her words when the phone suddenly rang in the car.

"Wait a minute, I'll answer the phone."

The caller ID is Jason, if Chen Fei guessed correctly, it should be the box office of "Dangerous Laughter" on the first day.

As soon as I connected, I heard Jason on the other side of the phone shouting excitedly: "Fei! Your pitch played a huge role, and we froze at $15.42 million in a single day, which has broken through the production cost line, which is pretty cool......"

Waiting for him to vent his inner excitement, Chen Fei nodded with a smile and replied: "Okay, you have more experience than me in the follow-up announcement, so you must be stable." ”

"No problem, I'll wait for you to come back, Universal Pictures has prepared a grand celebration banquet for you."

"Ok, then let me look forward to it."

Chen Fei responded with a smile.

After chatting for a few minutes, he voluntarily hung up.

But just as he put down his phone, there was a sudden sound of the car door closing behind him.

He subconsciously turned his head and saw a familiar face directly intruding into sight.

"Irona Boglova?"

It was the girl who sold him the Beverly Hills mansion!

(End of chapter)