After more than ten hours of sailing, Chen Fei finally landed in Los Angeles.

Bruce is waiting for him outside the airport, however... As soon as the two finished talking on the phone, before Chen Fei could see him, he was surrounded by a group of reporters standing at the exit of the airport.

"Hey? Have you all expanded your business to Los Angeles Airport? ”

Looking at the Sina.com reporter crowded in the crowd, Chen Fei looked surprised.

This group of guys has more and more potential for those paparazzi on Hong Kong Island, and even if the business develops to Hollywood, they actually take the set of operations of blocking the airport in China.

"At the behest of the above, spread Chinese culture."

"Hey? As a journalist, you're pretty good at nagging. ”

Chen Fei pursed his lips and looked down at the time: "Since you have blocked it, then come on, let's ask and answer quickly, I have other things to do." ”

"Okay!"

Sina's reporter completed the switch between Chinese and English very smoothly:

"Director Chen, now many people in China call you the golden master of scripts, as long as the script you write, it can be sold without exception, is there a trick in this?"

Script gold hand?

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, this title is still quite interesting.

He thought for a moment and replied, "Actually, there is no trick, nothing more than focus, seriousness, combined with unbridled thinking, plus a little luck." ”

(The system helps me!) )

“？？？”

A group of reporters listened in a fog, but they didn't know how to continue to ask.

This is already the foundation of Chen Fei's rise, he definitely can't reveal too much, and it is already very face-saving to be able to reply a few words simply.

A reporter from the Washington Entertainment News took over the topic: "Fei, is Game of Thrones finished?" The outside world claims to invest 6 million US dollars per episode, is it true? ”

“Yes。” Chen Fei nodded, and added: "It is a minimum investment of 6 million US dollars per episode, there are ten episodes in the first season, and the current investment has been increased to 75 million US dollars." ”

75 million US dollars!?

“Oh！ It's crazy too! ”

The scene suddenly resounded with bursts of exclamations.

A TV series invests 7,500 US dollars? How is this done? It can't be a movie, right?

Sohu's reporter looked shocked: "So... Director Chen, did you use 600 million yuan to shoot ten episodes of the TV series? Invest up to 60 million RMB per episode? ”

"Well, that's what you can understand."

A group of reporters from China only felt a trance in front of them.

60 million RMB!

So far, the highest investment in domestic TV dramas has not exceeded 50 million yuan, but Chen Fei is good, and he has transformed into a straight line of 60 million, and it is 60 million per episode!

You're going to take off!

Another foreign media asked: "Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios both issued notices that the second part of "Iron Man" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is in preparation, is it still directed and filmed by you?" ”

"No, it will be the other directors who will be in charge, and I should reboot a new sci-fi masterpiece."

Chen Fei didn't mean to hide it, and by the way, he gave himself a wave of early warm-up for his new movie.

A new sci-fi masterpiece?

The reporters at the scene were all dazzled.

A reporter from NetEase hurriedly asked, "Is it convenient to reveal?" What kind of work is this? ”

"Combining Dreams, Reality, Sci-Fi, Magic, Games, Doomsday, Destruction, ......"

Chen Feiyue said, and the curiosity on the faces of the reporters became stronger.

"How much to invest?"

"The initial budget is $200 million."

Rumble!!!

As soon as the words fell, the scene suddenly boiled again.

Foreign reporters are barely calm, after all, Hollywood has top directors such as Nolan, Cameron, Spielberg, etc., and an investment of 200 million US dollars is quite common.

But the reporters of Sohu, Sina, NetEase, and the Six Princesses were in an uproar!

200 million US dollars?

1.6 billion RMB?

This is no longer a hurricane, this is going to take off on a rocket!

They couldn't imagine that this was actually the filming funds that a Chinese director in China could control!

…

After parting with the reporters, Chen Fei met Bruce outside the airport.

"Huh? Where's your Cadillac? How did you change to a Rolls-Royce? ”

Feeling the soft texture of the seat under him, Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, quite curious.

Shotguns for cannons?

Holding a cigar in one hand and a steering wheel in the other, Bruce was quite leisurely: "This year's company dividend has arrived, although I only have a 10% share, but it is no problem to change to a Rolls-Royce." ”

From the beginning of 07 years to the present, Walton Pictures has launched several works one after another, almost every one of which is a big hit and makes a lot of money.

Now that the company has begun to pay dividends, Brucele's mouth can't be closed.

Just this year's income has far exceeded all the gains in the first half of his life!

Of course, Chen Fei's dividends have also been gradually received, but his earnings are currently injected into Longxiang Capital, which is coordinated by Leon Walras and his team of stockbrokers.

Combined with the movies he watched in his previous life, such as "The Big Short", "Prison Guards and Self-Theft", "Too Big to Fail", "Business Ultimatum" and other movies, the subprime mortgage crisis has become a pedal for his rise!

In addition, he has commissioned a number of real estate, automobile, and asset-heavy brokers to conduct searches throughout North America.

When the economic crisis breaks out, these otherwise expensive assets will fall rapidly and quickly become cheap.

And that's when he had a good chance to do it!

Chen Fei still has a bold idea, he plans to ship a batch of equipment from these foreign special effects companies to China, and seize the special effects market in the mainland in advance.

Again, this is a daunting task, but the initial planning can already begin.

"Fei, Natasha has a great partner for you, and those long legs are almost longer than any model I've ever met."

Well?!

Chen Fei looked at him with a puzzled face: "Why didn't I understand what you mean by this?" ”

"You'll find out later."

With a strong curiosity, Chen Fei returned to Walton Pictures, and at the same time met the long-legged partner.

"Kathleen Bigkun, Californian, director, writer, producer..."

Listening to the introduction sound in his ears, Chen Fei's eyes flashed with a faint surprise!

Natasha was able to invite this female director with a model body to him, which he never expected.

The female director is still at a low point, and the global box office of the film "K-19: The Widow Maker" directed in '02 is only 65 million US dollars, which is a mess.

But Chen Fei knew that next year she would direct and shoot a feature film called "Bomb Disposal Unit", and won 6 awards including Best Director and Best Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards, becoming the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director!

Although a female director, Catherine has a high talent for action and explosion genre films,

"Thunderbolt Blue Angel" in '90 and "Apocalyptic Storm" in '96 are her representative works, without exception, they are all action crime films.

However, what really made her famous in Hollywood was her ex-husband!

In 89, Catherine married the famous Hollywood director James Cameron.

Although the marriage lasted less than two years, with the help of her ex-husband, Catherine still had a good position in Hollywood.

Even the $1.84 billion "Titanic" has her figure, and this film still firmly occupies the first place at the global box office!

"Lady Catherine, long time no see."

"Fei, it's an honor to meet you again."

Although the two don't know each other very well, they have also met at the Oscars and Golden Globe Awards.

And Catherine's business card is still stored in Chen Fei's business card holder.

"You may be seated."

"Thank you."

A few people sat down in the conference room, and Chen Fei didn't mean to be dumb with her, and asked directly: "You should have read the script, right?" Any thoughts? Do you think you have what it takes to direct the $170 million film? ”

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2: The Battle of Li Ming" is a sequel to the continuation of the first part.

The story will continue at the end of the first film, which focuses on the deadly toxin that spreads across the world, and only a small percentage of the human population has survived and lives in San Francisco.

Caesar, the leader of the evolved ape tribe, also established his own home with his tribe in the deep mountains and dense forests, and tried to bring humanity into the ape society.

However, with the arrival of a small group of humans, their tranquility is shattered!

In this war of the apes, the humans are divided into two camps, with Jason Clark and Kelly Russell playing characters who will become friends with the apes, while Gary Oldman will play characters who are hostile to the apes......

Faced with Chen Fei's question, Catherine was quite calm.

"I've already read the script, it's absolutely no problem to direct and shoot, I have systematically learned this knowledge and have a lot of experience.

But I still have a question, is this film going to continue the 3D shooting method of the first part? Ditch 2D altogether? ”

"Yes, fully enter the 3D market, and shoot with IMAX cameras all the way."

The first real IMAX3D feature film was "The Polar Express" shot by director Robert Zemeckis in 04, that is, the director of "Forrest Gump",

However, the box office and word-of-mouth of this movie can only be regarded as average, because there were still very few 3DIMAX screens at that time, and there were only 75 in the whole of the United States.

But now it's different.

According to statistics, there are now 150 3DIMAX screens in North America alone, and the number is still increasing!

Cameron has contributed a lot to this.

And through the achievements of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 1" in the 3D market last year, Chen Fei has also come to a conclusion.

3D movies will lead the wave again!

In the previous life, the box office of "Avatar" of 1.8 billion US dollars in 09 is the best proof.

This is the tuyere, and when standing on the tuyere, even a pig can fly very high!

Catherine shrugged her shoulders and responded, "Ok, you're the chief producer, you have the final say, when can we sign the contract?" ”

Natasha, who was sitting next to her, took over the topic and said, "Anytime!" ”

Since it was decided to invite Catherine, it means that her directing level is no problem, and the shooting of this kind of sequel is not very difficult, just follow the script throughout the process.

Of course, the editing rights will definitely not be handed over to her, and with such a large investment, Chen Fei will inevitably have to handle it himself.

…

agreed on a time to join the group for filming, and Chen Fei, Natasha, and Bruce sent Catherine away from Volton Pictures.

Back in the office, the three of them took their seats.

Natasha couldn't suppress her curiosity anymore and asked, "Fei, are you so optimistic about IMAX and 3D?" So should the company's next development goals be all focused on the 3D business? ”

"Yes."

Chen Fei nodded very seriously.

Although the popularity of 3D movies will not last long, it can effectively prevent piracy and circulation, and at the same time improve the mainland film ecology.

It is precisely because of the emergence of 3D movies that the domestic film market can usher in a huge explosion!

Many audiences who are keen to watch pirated copies and have no cinema consumption habits are forced into the cinema by 3D movies, so that the box office and the number of moviegoers in the domestic film market have jumped several times, which has also made the Chinese film market the second largest box office in the world in one fell swoop!

With the development of time and the iterative renewal of technology, the mainland film market has even surpassed North America and become the world's No. 1 box office!

This is a huge wave of east wind, and Chen Fei must ensure that he is firmly standing on the tuyere.

The Pan Asia Cinema Line is currently gradually laying the 3DIMAX screen, although it is a long process, but two years later, when "Avatar" is released, it will definitely shine.

Of course, there has to be a "Inception" in between.

It was released a month before "Avatar", just enough to catch this clipper.

If you're lucky, you might even be able to lead a new trend in 3D movies!

"Is the filing of Inception successful?" Chen Fei turned his head to look at Bruce.

"It's all done."

After receiving an affirmative answer, Chen Fei turned his head to look at Natasha again, and arranged: "Your work will be very busy next, and the preparation of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2" and the release of "Robot Wall-E" must be completed in December. ”

"Ok, no problem."

Natasha patted her heavy fruit quite confidently.

"And the script for Inception, which is going to be my shooting plan in '08, with an estimated investment of $200 million, and it's also a 3DIMAX model, and you need to contact actors for this script.

I've marked the right actors at the end of the script, you just need to confirm their schedules and salaries. ”

“Ok。”

Natasha nodded again, an inexplicable wave of excitement rising in her heart.

To date, Walton Pictures has four films planned!

"Twilight 2", "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2", "Kung Fu Panda", "Inception".

And except for Twilight, the investment in the latter films has exceeded 100 million US dollars, which is a proper Hollywood A-level production.

Roughly calculated, the investment in these four films alone has reached $500 million!

Such a high production cost has reached the category comparable to the six major Hollywood films, and this is only Walton Pictures, not counting Marvel.

But even so, Natasha was only excited in her heart, without the slightest fear or worry.

She believes in Chen Fei, just as Chen Fei trusts her as always.

After arranging some work in the early stage, Chen Fei went to the later department.

The post-editing of "Mulan" has been completed, and with the assistance of Chen Chusheng and Zhang Liangying, the theme song, ending song and interlude have all been completed.

After taking the negatives to the screening room and watching them completely, Chen Fei nodded with satisfaction.

"Perfect!"

He first praised the staff of the post-production team, and then arranged for the negatives to be sent to China immediately for review and copying.

There is still more than a month before the release of the movie, and the time is just in time.

Later, he and Andrew Brocher, the head of the animation department, watched the completed "Wall-E the Robot" in its entirety.

"Ok, that's good, it fits my requirements perfectly."

While giving praise and encouragement, he also checked the preliminary preparations for "Kung Fu Panda".

Andrew asked nervously, "Fei?" The filming of this animation requires a lot of Chinese elements, as well as the application of Chinese kung fu, and you must be involved in the production of the whole process. ”

"Don't worry." Looking at his nervous appearance, Chen Fei patted him on the shoulder and said, "In the first half of next year, I will devote myself to the filming and production of "Kung Fu Panda". ”

“Oh！ It's great! ”

After receiving Chen Fei's promise, Andrew Brochet suddenly relaxed a lot.

WALL-E's schedule will be in December, and it will also participate in the Golden Globe and Oscar selections for Best Animated Film.

Of course, this part of the work does not need Chen Fei to follow up, and a special person will be responsible for following up.

The negatives of Game of Thrones have been sent to Marvel Entertainment, and a professional editing team will complete the post-production with the special effects engineers of Industrial Light & Magic.

Next up is the work on the Marvel Studios side.

Kevin Feige has found the right director for the three films "Iron Man 2", "Thor", and "Captain America: Vanguard of the Avengers".

However, when the two met, Kevin Feige took the lead in reporting about the box office of the Hulk.

"The release of 'The Incredible Hulk' has come to an end, with $21 million on its North American premiere and over $50 million in its opening weekend, and $300 million at the global box office."

Compared with the box office results of "Iron Man", although the Incredible Hulk has recovered its costs, the results are not too impressive.

"What do you mean by Universal Pictures?"

Hulk's film rights have been sold to Universal for a long time, so the film is a product of the cooperation between the two companies.

If you want to continue filming a sequel, you have to ask for permission from there.

"It's not ideal, and Universal Pictures said the film didn't meet their expectations at the box office, and they refused to go ahead with a sequel."

Chen Fei was not surprised by this.

"Can you find a way to get the copyright back?"

"It's hard, but I'll do my best to negotiate, maybe just need a suitable opportunity."

"Okay, the copyright recovery must be accelerated, as much as you can collect, no matter how bad it is, you have to sign a cooperation agreement, and our follow-up series of movies cannot be separated from the role of Hulk."

“Ok！ I'll try. ”

Later, Kevin Feige led Chen Fei to meet the directors he was looking for for three other films.

"Jon Favreau, born in Flushing, New York, USA, directed the sci-fi adventure movie "Jumanji's 2: Cosmic Adventure" in 05 and achieved good results, he is a director who is very good at shooting sci-fi and fantasy movies, and I am going to let him direct and shoot "Iron Man 2".

After all, time and space have returned to their original trajectory.

Looking at the "Harpy" in front of him, Chen Fei couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The word fate is really wonderful." ”

In the original time and space, the "Iron Man" series of movies is Jon Favreau's masterpiece!

"Good afternoon, Director Jon."

"Hai, Fei, congratulations on winning the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival."

After a brief greeting, Chen Fei looked at a pair of directors next to him who looked very similar.

"Anthony Rosso and Joe Russo, they are brothers and famous Hollywood directors, and the two of them will be responsible for the filming of "Thor" and "Captain America" respectively."

"Hello."

Chen Fei greeted the two brothers in front of him with a smile.

Everyone is mixed with Hollywood, although they are not very familiar with it, but they have more or less met at certain parties, and each has some impressions.

"It's an honor to work with Marvel."

The brothers said in unison.

"Welcome to join us!"

…

It was November 20th.

On this day, Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios invited major Hollywood media to attend the press conference of the new movie.

Offstage, hundreds of media set up "long guns and short guns", aiming at the press conference seats on the stage.

Natasha, Chen Fei, and Kevin Feige attended the press conference as the main leaders.

They were joined by Woody Allen, Catherine, Jon Favreau, and two brothers, Anthony Rosso and Joe Rosso.

Young people, the main one is crisp and neat!

After trying the microphone's radio effect, Chen Fei announced directly: "07 has come to an end, 08 is just around the corner, in order to give back to fans and friends who support Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios, we will launch more sequels and new film plans in the future."

"Twilight 2: New Moon" is still directed by Woody Allen and will meet you again in June next year.

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2" will be directed and filmed by Ms. Catherine, with me as the producer, and is expected to be released in 2010.

As for the much-anticipated "Iron Man 2", the sequel to this film will be directed by Jon Favreau, with me as the producer and executive producer.

Marvel Studios' latest "Thor" and "Captain America: Avengers" will be directed by the Rosso brothers, Kevin will be the producer, and I will be the executive producer.

At the same time, Walton Pictures will launch "Kung Fu Panda" and "Inception", two A-class big-budget films.

Combined with the entire film project, it is expected that in the next three years, we will release no less than 10 films, with a total investment of up to US$1.5 billion......"

1.5 billion? Dollar!

Seeing Chen Fei on the stage gushing, the reporters below widened their eyes and their faces were full of disbelief.

it, it's going to be a big game!

…

The content of this press conference quickly spread throughout Hollywood, and even major domestic portals published this blockbuster news jointly announced by Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios for the first time.

[Recently, Chen Fei, chief content executive officer of Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios, invited the media to hold a film press conference, and promised to invest $1.5 billion in the next three years to shoot no less than ten Class A productions......]

When the news came out, the mainland film and television industry was directly "bombed" into a mess!

Most people are still immersed in the figure of 60 million yuan in an episode of TV series, and they can't extricate themselves, and they can't calm down the shock in their hearts for a long time.

It's good now, after the news that the new work invested no less than 200 million US dollars was exposed, before everyone could react, Chen Fei turned his head and announced the "1.5 billion US dollar film plan"!

For a while, the Internet was completely boiling!

"! A $1.5 billion film plan? How much is this horse converted into RMB? ”

"12 billion yuan."

"? Doesn't that mean that the average investment in each film is more than 1 billion yuan? ”

"The same can be calculated, but this is only the share of investment, and if you add various publicity activities, I am afraid that the investment will not be less than 2 billion US dollars."

"That's 16 billion yuan, right? I'm Nima! Director Chen, this is completely playing with Hollywood! ”

"Cattle Pie! That's amazing! Chinese directors can control such a big project in Hollywood, I'm afraid Chen Fei is still the first one, right? ”

"There is no doubt that he is the first Chinese director! Well deserved! ”

(End of chapter)