The failure of "The City Full of Golden Armor" directly topped the headlines.

How brilliant the previous "Ambush on All Sides" and "Hero" were, which also made most people think that Zhang Yimou must be undefeated!

But now it's a good thing, there is no shadow of the golden armor in the best foreign language film, only the best costume design.

Doesn't that mean he's been knocked off the altar?

Zhang Weiping is still stubborn: "The copyright sales situation is very good, and the cost has been recovered before the release, and now these are pure profits!" ”

However, his words seemed extremely weak and pale.

Who is Zhang Yimou?

He is one of the three gold medalists in Europe, and he also enjoys a great reputation in the world.

Awards and word-of-mouth are the criteria to measure his success, and the box office thing sometimes looks very pale, and it is not worthy of Zhang Yimou's fame at all.

What's more, compared with Chen Fei's recent films, the box office of Golden Armor does not seem to be too bright.

…

The popularity of Li Lianlian's "One Fund" suddenly appeared.

The princess and his wife followed suit and set up an angel fund, and many domestic actors, stars and industry insiders are donating, which can be said to have earned enough fame.

In blogs and post bars, netizens and fans who watched the excitement passed the artists in the circle one by one, hoping that their idols could have a dazzling performance.

"Charity?"

Chen Fei glanced at Liu Yifei and asked curiously, "You donated?" ”

"Hmm." The little girl looked at the finished film of "Latent 2" without blinking, and nodded again and again: "My mother has already donated it for me." ”

After all, face still has to be given...

After arranging for Su Guohai to donate 1 million to the "One Fund" and the "Angel Fund" respectively, and at the same time donated 5 million to the National Western Education Project, Chen Fei stopped paying attention to charity.

If you give face in place, charity is all played by rich people, and there are still a few people who really do practical things like Principal Gu and Liu Dehao.

After discussing with the theater chain, the release time of "Iron Man" was set for April 30, which happened to stagger the announcement time of the major awards.

"Insidious 2" was placed on February 16, as the company's start, and happened to be in the same time period as Disney's "Bridge to Trebizia".

Wen Ziren has no opinion, anyway, the audience of horror movies is very fixed.

But Natasha is very happy, and it has always been her dream to fight with Disney at the box office.

The reason is very simple, the guy she hated ran away from Dimen Pictures to Disney and became a producer!

Gotta him!

The release date of "Twilight: Twilight" was originally scheduled for May, but after checking the schedule, Chen Fei found that there were many blockbusters this month!

"Spider-Man 3", "Shrek 3", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World" ......

After all things considered, Twilight's release time was set for June 29, which happened to collide with Disney's "Chef Mouse" again.

Keep panning him!

This arrangement made Natasha's face bloom with a smile, and even gave Chen Fei a fragrant kiss enthusiastically, and Liu Yifei's eyes were round when she saw it.

After all, the little girl still can't accept this special "etiquette" of the West.

The box office account sharing of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" has begun, and several investors can be said to have made a lot of money.

Wanda's Ye Ning called: "Director Chen, when will you return to China?" I will definitely arrange it for you properly so that you can enjoy the feeling of being at home! ”

"Haha, then I'll have to look forward to it."

The two chatted for more than ten minutes, mainly discussing the development of the theater chain.

Both agree that 3D and IMAX are definitely the future, and the future is extremely clear.

"Iron Man" and "Twilight" are both imported films, although these two films do not have the participation of several domestic film companies, Ye Ning still promised again and again that he will never be disappointed in terms of film scheduling!

After arranging the release dates of several movies in his hand, Chen Fei went to Marvel on a special trip.

Regarding "The Incredible Hulk", he gave Kevin Feige carte carte, and the film asked for nothing else, and it was enough to be able to recover the cost.

After meeting Isaac Perlmutter, he directly arranged: "The next plan is to open the peripherals of various superheroes, starting with Iron Man and Hulk." ”

"Can you sell it?" Isaac was a little suspicious.

The sale of movie characters' peripherals requires the characters to have a certain influence, to put it simply, the box office of "Iron Man" must be high.

"Just do it."

Chen Fei didn't have time to explain to him, so he made a conclusion directly.

Then he went to Kevin Feige and left him the scripts for "Thor" and "Captain America": "Do the preliminary preparations first, but don't worry, the filming will start in the second half of the year." ”

"Uh..."

After staring at the script in his hand for a while, Kevin Feige was a little suspicious: "Is it one a year?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that, I'll arrange it later."

Chen Fei didn't say anything to him, and after the release of "Iron Man", Marvel's ten-year layout plan can be launched.

…

After leaving from Marvel, he drove straight to Longxiang Capital.

Eric was still busy in his office, and the coffee factor in the air was extremely strong, and even his spirits were very high.

Chen Fei paid attention to the code on the screen.

It was clear that the production had reached its final end, and the tool he wanted to harvest the "greed of the world" was about to appear.

When he saw Leon again, he still had a tangled expression.

Chen Fei's $500 million has already been recorded in his account, and the more CDS contracts are signed, the money is flowing out.

"Leon, where is the buy-in?"

“Boss。” He got up first and said hello, and then he took a document over: "According to your instructions, we are in full swing during this time, and we have purchased 230 million principal CDS insurance, which is roughly equivalent to the value of 2.7 billion US dollars. ”

$2.7 billion?

Chen Fei's eyes lit up: "It's great, continue to work hard, and strive to spend all this money before August!" ”

"But..."

"What's the problem? Let's get it bluntly. ”

Leon said a little entangled: "During this time, we have purchased more than 200 million CDS, but the CDO in the market is still rising, and the CDS has not changed at all because of our intervention, if we bought CDO at the beginning, we will now have at least 50% of the profit." ”

Obviously, he is distressed about this principal, after all, according to the current point of view, CDS is completely a bottomless pit that cannot be filled!

Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders indifferently.

"Leon, we have a proverb in China, called wealth and danger, I originally wanted to persuade you to follow me to buy some CDS, but it seems that you don't have the guts."

After trying to understand the meaning of this phrase "wealth and danger are sought", Leon shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He really doesn't have such a lot of courage, and the key is that this investment shows no sign of returning to its original cost at all.

It's crazy!

The big gamble in Las Vegas is not as crazy as Chen Fei's investment!

With more than ten times leverage, with a principal of 500 million US dollars, at least 6 billion US dollars can be leveraged.

If in the end, as Chen Fei said, there will be more than ten times the income, then at least 60 billion US dollars can be recorded.

Is this possible?

It feels very suspenseful when you think about it!

…

Chen Fei was quite curious before, why Lao Jia and Lao Mouzi suddenly fought with each other.

But when Huang Bo called him and said that the domestic box office of "The Good Man of the Three Gorges", which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice International Film Festival, was only 2 million, he suddenly realized!

Lao Jia is indeed a good hand at making literary films, and the three major European ones are also soft, but this box office is really dismal.

Among the five generations of directors, Lao Mouzi can eat all the literature and commerce, and the others can only roll back and forth in the field of literary and artistic films.

"Your "Big Movie: Tens of Billions" is pretty good, isn't it?"

This is the first publicly released film with a spoof theme in Chinese mainland, which can be regarded as a precedent.

"Ugh." Huang Bo sighed and said: "Most viewers still can't accept it, the reputation is completely collapsed, it depends on whether "Thai Embarrassment" can continue to pull a wave for me." ”

"Haha, I feel pretty good, but the ending is a bit rushed."

"I suddenly wanted to be a director myself."

Huang Bo's sudden words stunned Chen Fei.

"Have faith?"

"To be honest, not really, but I just wanted to give it a try."

"Then I'll give you a notebook?"

"Really!"

"It's not fake, I don't have a good director in my hands now."

"Haha, that's a good feeling, I'll wait for you to come back!"

…

January went by quickly.

Xijie came with news that the release time of "New World" was set for March, and Chen Fei was invited to attend the premiere.

ShowBox followed suit and announced the official start of filming of "The Melting Pot", and there were Kong Liu and Lin Yuer in the cast list.

There is news from Hollywood that Lao Mouzi's "Golden Armor" was drawn in advance by North American theaters, and the box office was so bad that the guaranteed distribution company almost cried and fainted in the toilet.

The North American box office news was officially announced.

Six million dollars!

The companies that bought the rights also cried and fainted in the toilet.

The co-production "The King of Kung Fu" announced that filming had officially started, and the popularity was very full, that is, Zhao Yanzi's makeup photos almost didn't make Chen Fei laugh.

Counting the entire internal entertainment, when it comes to appearance, there are indeed few who can compete with Liu Yifei.

Feng Xiaogang wanted to wash away his shame, and the six princesses also supported movies with the theme of "Assembly Number", and specially arranged a prime-time film show, and the row was very full.

Chen Kaige also holds the belief of "proving himself", and officially announced that he will shoot the biographical film "Mei Lanfang", which will be officially launched in May.

Li Ming was confirmed to play the adult "Mei Lanfang".

The temperament of each of the four heavenly kings is quite unique, and when it comes to the image of a gentle and elegant nobleman, this one is indeed the most suitable.

On the other side, Li Press announced that "Lust and Caution" was officially completed and would prepare for the 64th Venice Film Festival.

Tian Yu and Tang Wei are completely broken.

During the filming of "Thief Family", Chen Fei enlightened him for a long time, and he gradually accepted this fact.

If you don't accept it, you can't help it, if your girlfriend has to go, he can't go to the set of a big fuss.

It was just his girlfriend, not his wife.

The attention of the media is still on Li Press's side, and Lu Chuan's kid suddenly announced "Nanjing! Nanking! The filming has come to an end, and I will catch up with the schedule as soon as possible to participate in the selection of the Cannes Film Festival.

A bunch of old guys in the literary circle are all in solidarity, believing that he will definitely be able to win the Palme d'Or this time!

Chen Fei really couldn't understand where they got their confidence?

"Hypnotize yourself?"

Pouting, Chen Fei closed his phone and didn't pay attention to the rest of the news.

The airport is already prompting boarding, and the day after tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival, and he, as a member of the jury, must be there to participate.

It is a pity that due to the selection of the Golden Bear Award, he did not have time to attend the premiere of "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots".

Zhao Benshan, Guo Degang...

This movie is really good, Uncle Benshan's acting skills are rattling.

When a comedian makes a movie, his acting skills can indeed beat 80% of professional actors!

…

On February 8, the 57th Berlin International Film Festival officially kicked off.

A total of 26 films from all over the world were shortlisted for the main competition unit, 17 feature films were shortlisted for the panorama unit, and 16 short films were shortlisted for the short film competition unit.

The two films "Tuya's Marriage" and "Apple" were shortlisted for the main competition unit, and "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots" was the Daguan unit.

At the opening ceremony, Chen Fei met Wang Quanan and Li Yu, as well as Yu Nan, Fan Bingbin, Tong Dawei, and Liang Jiahui who followed them.

"Director Chen, thank you, thank you so much!"

As soon as Wang Quanan came up, he bent down and bowed, and completely blinded Chen Fei.

Thanks for what?

He really wants to explain that he is not alone in the main competition unit for "Tuya's Marriage".

But seeing that everyone else was "well in their chests", Chen Fei could only sigh helplessly.

It's useless to explain, just let him be a beautiful misunderstanding.

"Director Chen, it's the first time we meet, please take care of me."

"Director Li is good."

Li Yu is a very capable director, directing his first film "This Summer" in 2000, which won the Elvira Natalie Award at the 58th Venice International Film Festival and the Special Award for Best Asian Film at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.

In 2004, she wrote the film script "Dam Street" and won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the Busan Film Festival, and in 2005, she directed and made the female literary film "Red Face", and won the "European Art Award" at the Venice International Film Festival and the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Vienna International Film Festival.

Now that "Apple" has been nominated for the Berlin Film Festival again, it also means that she will reach a higher level in the domestic literary circle.

"Apple" has rented a place in Screening Room 3, and if Director Chen has time, he can go and reward it."

"Okay, I'll go." Chen Fei happily agreed.

Liang Jiahui walked up and said hello: "Director Chen, "October Siege" is about to start filming, this should be our first time cooperating, it's an honor." ”

"Haha, I hope there will be more opportunities in the future."

Chen Fei still has a good impression of this, and the top acting school in Hong Kong is at least much better than Tony Leung.

…

The premiere is being held in Berlin, and the mainland is starting to make trouble again.

Huang Shengyi and Xinghui won the lawsuit, and it was sentenced on Hong Kong Island.

The contract was marked 769,000, but only 60,000 was actually given, and I don't know how to calculate this number......

"The City Full of Golden Armor" was completely lonely, Zhang Wei commented that he was not in a good mood, and he and Zhou Tong sprayed each other on the Internet, accusing the other party of not cooperating with the publicity.

The paparazzi on Hong Kong Island are still awesome, and they turned their heads to report on the uneven distribution of interests within the investors, and Zhang Weiping made small moves behind his back.

For a while, the two sides became even more stiff, and even threatened to block!

In the screening hall of "Apple", Chen Fei's face was full of surprise: "Do you say it again? Who is going to block whom? ”

Fan Bingbin's fragrant shoulders were half exposed, and his smile was like a flower: "Zhang Weiping wants to ban Zhou Yunfa." ”

"Heh, he's really big enough for this."

Pouting, Chen Fei directly took this as a joke.

Zhang Weiping has to have that ability, and the country will become his own world, and he will make a fart movie, so let's participate in the election.

With the urine nature of domestic filmmakers, it is absolutely impossible to delete the plot of the film participating in the award, and "Apple" is of this type.

The large-scale lens made Chen Fei look amazed.

"Actually, these are all stand-ins, I found a girl who looks like me."

Fan Bingbin explained in a whisper on the side, and the soft and boneless little hand naturally rested on Chen Fei's arm, and the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

This one has the means, opened the first actor studio in China, and gets along very well with all companies, and belongs to the object of crazy pursuit by the media.

Chen Fei withdrew his arm and nodded slightly.

"Keep up the good work."

Fan Bingbin's face froze, and his heart was gloomy.

She has almost made it clear, but this one is indifferent, she has to wonder if this one is like some directors with quirks, and also likes the same sex?

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In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed in a flash!

On the 18th, the closing ceremony was held as scheduled.

Chen Fei didn't participate in the Avenue of Stars, he was a judge and one of the presenters tonight.

Fan Bingbin walked in in a bandeau white dress, and when he saw Chen Fei in the front row, a smile appeared on his face.

Journalists in China quickly recorded the scene.

The media loves to report this, and netizens are also very keen to watch this kind of scandal between male and female stars.

Li Yu, Tong Dawei, and Liang Jiahui walked in, their expressions a little gloomy.

They didn't receive an invitation from the jury to the film, which also means that this time it was a wasted run.

On the contrary, Wang Quanan and Yu Nan in the back smiled brightly!

Chen Fei personally called them and told them to be there!

It's going to be the rhythm of the big prize wow!

On the day of the closing ceremony, Han Sanping also rushed over and happened to sit behind Chen Fei.

"Any good news?"

Feeling the hand on his shoulder, Chen Fei turned around and gave him a look.

In an instant, the third master smiled.

…

The awards party officially began, and the huge auditorium was full.

Paul Schrader, as the opening speaker, took the stage to speak, and also announced the identity and achievements of everyone on the jury.

Chen Fei is the most eye-catching, and a lot of nicknames make everyone envious.

The awards have officially begun.

Teddy Award, Crystal Bear Award, International Film Critics Award......

The awards of the non-main competition unit were announced one by one, and "Tuya's Marriage" and "Falling Leaves Return to the Roots" won the Humanitarian Spirit Award one after another.

The most noteworthy and exciting is always the final main competition unit.

Silver Bear for Best Actress: Nina Hass for "Yella"

Silver Bear for Best Actor: Julio Chavez for "Other"

Silver Bear for Best Director: Joseph Starr for Beaufort

In the back row, Fan Bingbin, Tong Dawei, Liang Jiahui, and Li Yu are gloomy, and there is still no hope after all.

On the contrary, Wang Quan'an's face was full of surprise!

The Humanitarian Spirit Award is not worth Chen Fei's special call to him.

"The winner of the Silver Bear at the Jury Prize at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival was: Ariel Roth for "Others"

Bang Bang Bang!

The audience applauded thunderously, and Paul Schrader personally handed the trophy to the winner.

After tidying up his suit, Chen Fei stood up and slowly walked towards the stage.

took the envelope and smiled at the audience, he read slowly: "The Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival was won by Wang Quanan's "Tuya's Marriage". ”

Rumble!

In an instant, the scene was boiling.

Wang Quanan jumped up directly from his seat, his eyes were round, and his face was full of disbelief.

O Golden Bear!

It's really a golden bear!

Fan Bingbin, Li Yu, Han Sanping and others all showed a shocked look on their faces, obviously not expecting that the Golden Bear Award would be won by "Tuya's Marriage".

This is the second time that Chinese films have won the Golden Bear Award after "Red Sorghum" directed by Zhang Yimou in 1988, "Fragrant Soul Girl" directed by Xie Hui in 1993, "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Li Press in 1994 and "No Man's Land" directed by Chen Fei in 2005!

After two years, another golden bear was held in the arms of a Chinese director, which is of great significance!

On the stage, after receiving the Golden Bear trophy from Chen Fei, Wang Quan could not hide his joy.

"Thank you very much to the judges for their recognition, and thank you to the actors for their dedication, and thank you to the ...... of Western Film"

Click! Click! Click!

The flashing lights in the audience were connected, and most of the attention of the domestic media was focused on Chen Fei, and he unconsciously thought of the previous rumors......

(End of chapter)