"Are you all like this in Indian films? Half an hour of singing and dancing? Don't you feel tired? ”

With a movie duration of 162 minutes, Chen Fei actually saw a 30-minute singing and dancing session, fortunately there was no rap, otherwise he would have to go crazy directly!

When I first watched "Three Fools in Bollywood", he mostly pulled the progress bar directly when he encountered such singing and dancing scenes, and this was the first time he went to the cinema to watch an Indian movie

However, it was such an experience that made him inexplicably feel that his three views were refreshed!

A bunch of people are singing and dancing around there, don't they feel tired?

Rakumar Hilani explained: "It's also a strategy to increase the number of moviegoers, as long as you spend a small amount of ticket money, you can see a very long film, isn't that a reward? ”

Chen Fei: So that's why you pulled the duration of "Three Fools in Bollywood" to three hours?

Danny was already napping, he didn't like the kind of movies, he preferred the kind of cool special effects or action blockbusters to the other.

…

The next day, Chen Fei and Rakumar Hillani came to the crew again.

The scene is almost set up, and then you can try to shoot some pictures, which is also for future promotion.

Just when the crew's camera, props and other staff were preparing, Chen Fei saw that many group performers ran to the roadside food stalls.

He was suddenly moved.

"Danny? Would you like to have a try? ”

“No！ No！ No！ ”

Danny waved his hand repeatedly, his face extremely ugly.

He didn't want to be a Splatoon anymore, thinking about that scene was a disaster!

"Fei, can your stomach bear it? The food stalls here are not as clean as your Chinese food. ”

"It's okay, I'll buy less and try it."

As he spoke, Chen Fei walked to a stall selling "Indian Flying Cakes" outside the crew, and at the same time bought a glass of aloe vera juice with ice.

Seeing this scene, Danny's eyes were extremely complicated, and he was already ready to call an ambulance for Chen Fei.

However, several young actors in the crew who played the male lead, the second male protagonist and the female protagonist in their childhood ran over and looked at Chen Fei with blank eyes... To be precise, it's looking at the food in his hands!

"Do you want to eat?"

"Yes."

A few children don't know anything about "cleanliness and hygiene", most of them grew up in slums, and they are no strangers to these things.

Chen Fei thought about it for a while, and simply looked at the rest of the crew, "Who else hasn't had breakfast?" I'm in for a treat, and I order whatever I want to eat. ”

"Yo-hoo!"

For a while, bursts of cheers suddenly sounded in the group.

Rakumar Hilani led a few leading actors to come over, looking at Chen Fei with a look of surprise, it was obvious that they did not have such a generous director in India.

"Fei, thank you for breaking the bank."

Rakumar Hirani was obviously in good shape, so she asked for something like a sauce, wrapped it in rice, and grabbed it with her hands and ate it.

Several others chose their favorite foods.

Chen Fei looked at Deepika Paduconi, who was indifferent in the crowd, "What about you?" In the mood for a bite to eat? ”

"I want that too..."

Deepika Paduconi pointed to the miso-like thing, and she noticed that many people had chosen the "disgusting" looking food.

Because of her family background, she rarely comes to places like slums on weekdays, so she feels very new about everything here.

"Try it?" Chen Fei handed her a "sauce".

The high caste is indeed different, this girl still has utensils with her, and she does not reach out and grab it directly like others.

After scooping a spoonful and putting it in his mouth, Deepika Padukoni's eyes suddenly lit up, "This tastes pretty good, huh?" ”

Chen Fei smiled, his nose twitching slightly, and he smelled all kinds of spices mixed together.

Danny was nibbling on bread as he watched a group of people crouching down to scoop up the "miso" and eat it, and his mind began to calculate wildly.

If you want to pull so many people to the hospital, how many ambulances do you have to shout?

～

The test shoot officially began, and to Danny's surprise, no one on the scene became a "splatoon", and everyone was calm after eating a clean and delicious breakfast on the side of the road.

“Oh？ Why？ ”

His face was full of doubts, could it be that the bottle of water he drank before was expired? There is nothing wrong with the food here?

The more he thought about it, the more puzzled he became, and finally simply gritted his teeth and went to buy a "sauce"!

And so, the Splatoon reappeared!

And when Chen Fei saw Danny again after the test shooting process, he saw that he was curled up on the bed with a hanging bottle hanging on his arm, and his face was pale.

"Fei, I've been defeated again."

His face was full of unwillingness, but he was helpless.

Thinking about the raw food he ate when he served in the Marine Corps before, he inexplicably missed it, obviously snake gall and tree insects would not let him turn into a jet soldier, but an Indian "sauce" made him a complete failure!

"You have a good rest, and try not to eat those foods in the future." While speaking, Chen Fei took a sip of the "Evian" brand mineral water he took from the hotel.

There is a hint of sweetness in the water.

Clean and hygienic!

Looking at this scene, Danny almost wanted to cry without tears......

…

On the day of the start-up, many Indian media came to the scene.

Chen Fei is also one of the well-known commercial film directors in Hollywood, and has personally directed several excellent A-class productions, and is also the "double champion" of the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or.

It is not a trivial matter that such an international director who wants to have achievements and awards has come to India!

For a while, the media surrounded the crew, and Chen Fei could only accept their interview.

And what makes him a little depressed is that once the people here speak faster, they will have a strong accent, which is really difficult for him to understand...

At this time, Rakumar Hilani appears as his interpreter.

After the opening ceremony of "Slumdog Millionaire", the film officially entered the filming period, and the time officially came to the end of July.

On the domestic side, many film and television production companies and first- and second-tier actors in the circle are still immersed in the casting of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China".

When the news of Chen Fei's filming in India was exposed, all the people in the circle who paid attention to this matter were stunned.

On Sina.com, a bold and blackened headline is unusually conspicuous!

[Famous director Chen Fei, recently directed and wrote a new film in India: "Slumdog Millionaire", which means to hit the Academy Awards! ] 】

On the day the news was exposed, a steady stream of phone calls came directly from China, all wanting to know the inside story.

Several media outlets even sent reporters to India overnight to find out the inside story.

When she received a personal call from Han Sanping, Chen Fei was instructing Deepika Paduconi on how to play a "pauper", a role she had never dabbled in before, even though she had been living in a slum recently, but it was still difficult to understand it.

"Han Dong, you just arrange the "Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", my movie is a small-budget literary film, at most it is just an attempt by me."

Han Sanping, "Try to rush for the Oscars? ”

"You can understand it that way, but I don't really have any confidence, I just happened to see a story and wanted to shoot it, that's all."

On the other end of the phone, Han Sanping pursed her lips, not believing what Chen Fei said at all.

When filming "No Man's Land" and "Thief Family" before, this kid said so, but in the end, he won a golden bear and a golden palm.

And in this movie, he began to speak modestly again, and it is obvious that this kid is very confident!

However, Oscar's thing is not just something that can be obtained with confidence, it involves a lot of insider information, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

"Okay, since filming has started, China Film won't mix, but what is the situation with that "Inception"? When are you going to start shooting? It's almost August! ”

Chen Fei promised him that the filming would be completed in the second half of the year, but there are only 5 months left before the end of the year, can the filming be completed?

"I also want to start filming immediately, but Leonardo, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy all have their own jobs, and if they want to get all together, it will probably be September, so I just took the time to prepare for a literary film."

“……”

After a moment of silence, Han Sanping said helplessly: "Okay, you are the director, you have the final say, you can watch the arrangement yourself, anyway, you remember, I left you an important role in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", you must come back!" ”

"Okay, no problem."

Chen Fei agreed extremely happily.

～

The response speed of those domestic media is really fast, and the day after the news was exposed, they had already flown to India!

In order not to be annoyed by the paparazzi and reporters who followed one after another, Chen Fei simply opened a temporary press conference.

He first talked about some of the situation of the movie, and then went directly to the reporter's question session, striving for a "fast! Permit! Vicious! ”

Unsurprisingly, this group of guys is getting more and more chicken thieves!

Sixth Princess: "Director Chen, are you going to hit the Oscars in this movie?" Or will it continue to hit the big three in Europe? ”

Chen Fei: "It's mainly for the Oscars, this movie is not very suitable for the style of the three major European ones, and the judges over there may not like it." ”

The tip of the pen moved, and a line of headlines appeared in the notebooks of the various reporters on the scene.

[Director Chen's new film is aimed at the Oscars! ] Brave Hollywood! Win glory for the country! 】

NetEase: "Director Chen, first of all, congratulations to "Twilight 2: New Moon" on the global box office exceeding 650 million US dollars, Director Wu Yu said some time ago that your movie is about love, without connotation, what is your response? ”

Ooh? Is the question so acute?

Chen Fei thought for a little and replied directly: "I usually don't care about what people with a lower global box office than me say, but since you asked, then I'll reply briefly, if he can, then let him come." ”

Whew!

The nib moves again...

[Chen Fei bombarded Wu Yu, you are awesome, you are coming! ] 】

Sohu: "Director Chen, I noticed that the screenwriter of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" is you, and many people in the literary and art circle are currently questioning, you are so young, can you write about the cruelty and hardship of which era? Is the use of an all-star lineup a deliberate gimmick? ”

Chen Fei didn't remember to answer this question, but looked at the Sohu reporter in front of him curiously.

"Have we met somewhere? How do I think you're familiar? ”

"Hello Director Chen, it's been a long time, I'm Dong Chengpeng, the host of Sohu Video's star talk show "Star Online", and you were on my show when you were promoting "Crazy Racing".

"Oh! It's you! ”

Chen Fei quickly remembered it, and calculated the time carefully, it seems that it is not very far from the broadcast time of "Dick Silk Man".

This online drama has not caught up with the good times, if it is placed on the self-media platform in 2023, it is estimated that it will explode!

To get back to the point, in the face of Dong Chengpeng's questioning, Chen Fei was very calm.

Again, if someone has expressed doubts, let them try it too, and I would welcome anyone to come and take on the challenge.

If you don't have an investor to write the script, you can also come to me with the script, and I will arrange for you to shoot the whole process! ”

"Boom!"

The time to record is again.

[Chen Fei bombarded all the doubters in the literary circle, is he capable? ] Here you go! 】

Sina's reporters are at the end, and the questions are no worse than those of the previous ones, "Director Chen, what do you think of the movie "Ten Perfect" and its director Wang Yuelun's recent online promotional discourse and strategy? ”

Hearing this, Chen Fei's eyebrows raised slightly, and his eyes showed a little curiosity.

"Nine Perfects? Director Wang Yuelun? I haven't heard of it, huh? Is this also a mainland movie? Are you a member of the hundreds of millions of box office commercial film clubs? ”

The follow-up answer is no longer important, the reporters are so excited that the pen in their hands has not stopped!

[Chen Fei made it clear that he didn't know any Wang Yuelun at all, and he hadn't heard of "Ten Perfect", and he was not familiar with directors below 100 million yuan. 】

The news quickly spread back to the mainland, causing countless people to be shocked!

Ning Hao called as soon as possible, "? Is this really your answer? Is this to be tough with them? That's awesome, isn't it? ”

Chen Fei's eyes are complicated...

This group of dog title party has simply changed his answer in a mess!

Although the general meaning is like that, the smell of gunpowder is too much, and the group of old men in the literary and artistic circles are afraid that they will be angry again.

"Now there are many voices criticizing you in the mainland, and Brother Chen Kai made it clear that young people should not be too arrogant, otherwise they will have to blow up sooner or later."

"Huh?" Chen Fei was immediately happy, "Can you still call a young man if you are not angry?" What kind of thing is he? Do you deserve to lecture me? ”

By this time, Chen Fei already had the qualifications to be awesome, so he didn't instigate those sanctimonious guys at all.

He is the only member of the 600 million box office commercial film club in the mainland film and television industry, the first person in the total box office of the domestic film market, the winner of the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or, the winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, the Grand Slam of the Annie Award and the Saturn Award, the chief content executive of Walton Pictures and Marvel Studios, and the first person at the box office of foreign language films in the world......

There are so many achievements he has created, and he can put forward a goal that many people can't reach, let alone bring so many achievements together!

Brother Chen Kai?

He's a yarn?

Despite the constant hustle and bustle in the mainland, Chen Fei did not pay any attention or respond at all.

Accurate?

Then give it a try!

……

The train was an important part of the filming of Slumdog Millionaire.

In between shooting, Chen Fei would often meet up with Rakumar Hillani to go to a nearby train station to step on the spot and make follow-up shooting plans.

To be honest, when he saw the photos or videos of the three men climbing the roof of the train before, Chen Fei always felt that this was a picture effect taken deliberately.

But when he observed it in the past two days, he realized that this thing was not fiction at all, but real!

Seeing several people riding bicycles on the top of the train, he couldn't help but wonder, "Is this the picture where the screenwriter of "Railway Guerrilla" burst out of inspiration?" ”

Luckily, the trains here are not very fast, even slower than the green trains, otherwise it would not be long before the population would have degraded to an "endangered state".

…

A week passed quickly, and after arranging some subsequent piecemeal shooting work to Rakumar Hirani, Chen Fei flew directly to Hollywood.

August is approaching, "Kung Fu Panda" is about to be released, and Natasha has prepared a grand premiere for this animated film, and he, as the director, will definitely be involved.

However, Chen Fei did not fly to Los Angeles immediately, but went to New York first.

After landing at the airport, the first thing he did was to visit the "digital field" controlled by Longxiang Capital, accompanied by Lyon.

The company is located in Manhattan, on the nineteenth floor of a century-old former main post office complex near Penn Station.

There are a total of nearly 2,000 square meters of office space, but there are only 57 employees, and there are film and television props everywhere.

After a brief tour, he summoned everyone to the conference room, gave a short speech, and announced the appointment of Sandra Neterbeck as CEO, with full responsibility for the operation of the "digital domain".

As for all employees' salaries and other benefits, they have been increased by 5%, which is the highest respect and recognition he can give to all technicians, and how to operate in the future depends on Sandra Netbeck's ability!

The sudden transition from a special effects engineer to the CEO of a special effects company was very challenging for Sandra.

But he's still young, and he believes he's up to the job!

"Come on!"

Before leaving, Chen Fei patted him on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement and instructed him a lot of things.

Among them, there is a plan to train new people...

Subsequently, Chen Fei returned to the company with Leon and signed a series of contracts that could only be decided by him.

In the following period, the two acted separately, depositing the remaining $45 billion into 25 banks and opening a total of 35 accounts with more than a dozen brokerages such as Interactive Brokers, Firstrade, Fidelity Investments, and Scottrade.

The economic crisis is about to break out in full swing, the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ are now in turmoil, and the stock indexes of the three major US stocks, the Dow Jones, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ, have already shown signs of blood collapse.

The time for "whale swallowing" is coming, everything is ready, just waiting for the day to come!

……

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