After flying from New York to Los Angeles, it was just in time for the premiere of "Kung Fu Panda."

A lot of media gathered on both sides of the red carpet early, and the camera extended from the starting point of the red carpet to the entrance of the venue, and the crowd was impassable!

"Yo? So lively? ”

In the waiting area, looking at the hot atmosphere of the scene, Chen Fei was very surprised!

When the premiere of "Robot Wall-E" was held last year, there were not so many guests and audiences present, and most of the media were not optimistic about Chen Fei's animated feature film.

"Haha, it has to be lively."

Bruce's laughing thief is happy, there are many female stars here today, and there are even many Victoria's Secret angels, who are too appetizing to him.

Natasha is wearing a long white dress today, with a seductive swan neck slightly raised, and her face is full of pride.

"Fei, this kind of specification is very normal, our total box office performance last year was No. 1 in Hollywood, and the animated feature film launched won the Golden Globe Award, Oscar, Annie Award, and Saturn Award for Best Animated Feature Film in succession.

This kind of strength is already at the top level in Hollywood, and no one can ignore our achievements, and no one dares to despise the new films we have launched! ”

Chen Fei agreed.

When the premiere of "Wall-E Robots" was held last year, no one was present at Disney headquarters, only John Lasseter, CEO of Pixar Animation Studios.

But this year is different, not only John Lasseter is here again, but even the current Disney CEO Bob Eagle is here, and he is also leading an animation production team, obviously doing reviews!

"Let's go, it's time for us to get in."

Glancing at the time, Chen Fei led Natasha, Bruce, and everyone from the animation studio to walk slowly towards the venue.

"Click!"

Suddenly, dazzling flashing lights lit up the entire red carpet scene, and the screams and cheers were extremely harsh, as if drowning out all other sounds.

In the crowd, the reporters of several portals and newspapers who rushed over from China were all proud!

"Look at our Director Chen's card, who else can compare?"

"Damn, this is really handsome!"

"I never imagined that we Chinese could come out of such an excellent director."

"I always thought that Wu Yu was already the highest achievement that a Chinese director could do, but I didn't expect the back waves of the Yangtze River to push the front waves!"

"Hahaha, the front waves were directly photographed on the beach, and the "Red Cliff Shang" made my scalp tingle."

"Moe? Stand up! ”

"Damn, why do you only remember this line?"

Reporters from several foreign media stopped Chen Fei at the door of the venue and conducted a brief interview with him.

"Director Chen? Do you think this "Kung Fu Panda" can recreate the glory of the last animated film? ”

Chen Fei's face was full of confidence, "What I want to do is not to reproduce, but to surpass!" ”

"Director Chen, did you have any predictions about the box office of this new movie before filming started?"

"At least $100 million more than Vali."

"Director Chen, I heard that Ling recently made another movie in India and is about to hit the Oscars, is this true?"

"It is true."

“……”

"Boom!"

The eyes of several prominent media outlets in Los Angeles widened, and the tips of their pens darted across their notepads.

[Following Ang Lee's Oscar for Best Director, Chinese film director, screenwriter and producer Fei Chen will also launch a fierce charge against the Oscars! ] 】

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Entering the main venue, Chen Fei sat in the middle of Lionsgate's production managers, Sskin Bollick and Kevin Feige, quietly waiting for the host on stage to make a pre-opening introduction.

Skinn Bolick asked curiously, "Fei?" Kung Fu I know, this is your Chinese characteristics, panda I also know, this is your national treasure, but a kung fu panda, is it real? ”

"Uh..."

Chen Fei suddenly didn't know how to explain it to him, and after thinking for a moment, he replied, "After watching the movie, you will understand." ”

Let's make "Kung Fu Panda" a beautiful misunderstanding!

At the invitation of the host, Chen Fei and the production team took the stage to talk about some interesting facts and difficulties in animation production.

Then, the premiere officially began!

The overall plot of "Kung Fu Panda" is actually very simple, that is, it tells the story of the protagonist "Panda Po", who has no skills, and finally develops his skills after many days of hard work, defeating the villain "Big Wolf", thus protecting the Hollywood-style hero story of the whole world.

This kind of story is extremely common in Hollywood, and most A-class sci-fi masterpieces are based on this story structure.

Movies like "Iron Man", "Batman", "Superman", etc., are all using such story structures

But unlike other "heroic stories", "Kung Fu Panda" incorporates many Chinese cultural elements into the commercial production system with a very "Hollywood" flavor.

For example, the humble and cute national treasure giant panda, the flowing Chinese kung fu, and the landscape environment with the style of ink painting......

It is an animated film that blends comedy and kung fu elements that the audience loves, while also incorporating a heroic coming-of-age story into it, forming a style that many people love.

During the broadcast of the movie, Chen Fei deliberately paid attention to the performance of everyone at the scene.

When Tiger Boxing, Snake Boxing, Monkey Boxing, Crane Boxing, Mantis Boxing and other action moves were vividly expressed by the animals, the scene resounded with bursts of cheers!

The audience invited to watch the movie waved their fists and learned the movements in the film, and they learned very seriously one by one.

And in order to better reflect the core of the story of "Kung Fu Panda", in post-production, Chen Fei specially invited the famous Hollywood soundtrack musicians Hans Zimmer and John Powell, as well as several domestic masters of Chinese style, to score the film.

They combined Western symphony with Chinese folk music in the soundtrack of the film to create music with Chinese cultural characteristics for the film!

The film uses a large number of Chinese folk musical instruments, such as erhu, dizi, guzheng, pipa and other strings and percussion instruments such as drums and gongs.

And in this regard, several famous musicians in the country have made great efforts.

A total of 17 pieces of music are integrated into the movie, which can be roughly divided into two parts, one is the music developed and evolved from the theme song "Hero", which plays a role in narrative and emotional expression in the movie, such as "Turtle Mountaineering", "Wisdom Peach Tree" and other tracks.

The other part is the soundtrack that sets the mood when the film shows major scenes and key events, such as "The Bridge" and "The Wolf Escapes".

Various musicians at home and abroad have done their best to show the results of in-depth research and analysis of Chinese music, and have combined Chinese music elements with films!

What's even more shocking is that in order to create an original "kung fu martial arts world", Chen Fei deliberately incorporated a lot of ancient Chinese architecture, paintings, sculptures, kung fu and other visual elements about Chinese culture in the film.

With the blessing of various elements, a film with both Hollywood-style heroic stories and traditional elements of Chinese culture was born.

With a duration of 92 minutes, everyone on the scene did not mean to leave halfway, and paid great attention to the whole process!

When the acknowledgment screen at the end of the film appeared, in an instant, the entire venue resounded with continuous and deafening applause!

“Oh！ Yes！ It's simply the best animated movie I've ever seen! ”

Skinn Bolick shouted exaggeratedly, his eyes full of anticipation.

When will Lionsgate be able to make a movie like this?

At the same time, less than two meters away from Chen Fei, Disney CEO Bob Eagle's eyes were extremely complicated.

He never imagined that just now, he would see a very good and flawless animated feature film!

In fact, from the moment the opening credits of "Kung Fu Panda" appeared on the big screen, he vaguely felt that this would be another excellent top production.

The film's bold use of hand-drawn animation in the opening credits incorporates elements of shadow puppetry, and then quickly transforms into brighter, more colorful computer animation, using natural beauties such as blue skies, valleys, and sunsets to describe the beautiful environment of China.

And in the ending of the past film, figure paintings and still life paintings are also used, which is refreshing!

Obviously, this is another excellent work that is not inferior to "Wall-E the Robot"!

After pondering for a moment, he subconsciously turned his head to look at John Lasseter beside him, and asked with some uncertainty, "Can we still win?" ”

"Lightning Dog", "The Princess and the Frog", and "Flying House", these three animated feature films are Disney's favorable "weapons" to deal with "Kung Fu Panda".

However, after watching this movie today, Bob Eagle felt a very powerless feeling in his heart.

And John Lasseter, who was sitting next to him, was at the same time!

From the scenes that flashed just now, he could see the intentions of the production team.

Every animated character on the big screen strictly follows the body structure of the animal to design the character's every move and appearance, and the slender hair is so real that he can't help but want to touch it!

This is something that "Flying House" failed to do, and "Lightning Dog" and "The Princess and the Frog" also failed to handle these details.

After pondering for a moment, John Lasseter sighed helplessly, "I think "The Princess and the Frog" and "Flying House" should be released next year, we are too rushed, and some details are too rough, and it is impossible for this kung fu panda to be the opponent." ”

Bob Eagle fell silent for a moment.

Although he is reluctant to admit it, the quality of "Kung Fu Panda" is indeed incomparable to them, whether it is the story or the picture, the three animated films they are about to launch are too bad.

If you take it out in a hurry, not only will it not have any effect, but it will only be self-inflicted!

"Alas!"

Sighing, Bob Eagle had already made a decision in his heart, "Except for "Lightning Dog", the other two movies will be postponed. ”

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With warm applause, at the invitation of the host, Chen Fei and the main creative members of the animation studio re-entered the stage.

Next is the guest comment session.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, the current CEO of DreamWorks, became the first person to be invited.

The moment he got up, looking at the young face on the stage, Katzenberg's eyes were a little complicated.

A few days ago, a series of changes occurred in DreamWorks, and the company's second largest shareholder actually transferred his equity to an investment company.

After some tossing, the two shareholders suddenly became active and are gradually participating in the company's operation.

At the same time, the investment company is also buying back shares from other shareholders, and there are signs of a "change of dynasty" for DreamWorks.

This made Katzenberg extremely puzzled, what exactly did these capitalists want to do?

Just yesterday, he received a resolution from the shareholders' meeting, and several major shareholders unanimously decided that the next step was to gradually break away from Paramount and cooperate with Walton Pictures instead.

This is something that only the top management of the company knows about, and it is not spread.

Katzenberg knew very well that now that the decision had been made, the decision had been made and that it would be implemented gradually.

Maybe in the near future, he will become a partner with Chen Fei, instead of the current competitive relationship!

After a moment of silence, after taking the microphone from the staff, he expressed his feelings: "First of all, I have to admit that this is a very good animated movie.

I was shocked by the story, the plot, and the graphics, especially the graphics and colors, which were simply amazing!

Fei, I noticed that there is a lot of use of color in this film, can you tell us about that? ”

Color?

For a time, many directors and cameramen on the scene focused on Chen Fei.

As Jeffrey Katzenberg said, the colors of Kung Fu Panda are truly stunning, and if you can learn some lessons, this trip will not be in vain.

Chen Fei didn't have a clumsy idea, and after thinking about it, he raised the microphone and said:

"Actually, here I used a special trick to use color in character creation to externalize the character and image.

For example, in addition to the iconic white and black fur of the giant panda Po, yellow and purple pants make its image more cute and cute, and Master Raccoon always wears brown clothes, which deepens the calm and seriousness of Master's personality again.

In addition, the image design of each character in the "Five Heroes of the World" also takes into account the element of color, and the colors on their bodies are more inclined to bright and bright colors, outlining the fiery sense of passion and justice for kung fu in the hearts of martial arts masters.

At the same time, in the depiction of scenes, the film also uses more color to render the atmosphere. ”

At this point, he pondered for a moment, then continued:

"Let me give you a simple example, for example, in the passage where Bao practiced kung fu hard, he climbed the mountain road with his luggage on his back, practiced hard, corrected his attitude, and finally returned from learning, in fact, it only took less than five minutes to show it, and during this time, Bao's mental journey and its growth can be reflected in the change of color.

As the color of the picture is mostly green and green, with the gradual passage of time and the improvement of Bao's kung fu, the red color begins to gradually increase, and finally, the mountains are red all over, and the picture has been filled with red, and at this time Bao also ended his studies and successfully learned kung fu.

This use of color allows the audience to understand the development of events, and also mobilizes the audience's emotional changes layer by layer, so that they can watch more engaged and feel the progression of the picture and the plot, which is why I use a lot of colors in the film. ”

The voice fell, and the scene was silent.

Looking around, there are many people who are thoughtful, but there are also many people who are dazed and at a loss, and they don't understand the specific meaning of Chen Fei's words at all.

This brings us to the word "understanding".

Top directors such as Spielberg, for example, showed a sudden realization at this time, and even began to think about how to use this learned experience.

And those directors who are not well-known and can only make some small-budget movies and TV series, are looking left and right at this time, with doubts on their faces that cannot be resolved.

"Fei, thank you for your selfless sharing." Katzenberg's very sincere thanks.

"You're welcome."

Chen Fei responded with a smile, and his favorability for the DreamWorks CEO deepened a lot.

Maybe in the near future, they can get along very well.

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The premiere was a success, at least when everyone left the venue with a look of surprise or amazement on their faces.

This is enough to prove the excellence of "Kung Fu Panda"!

Chen Fei did not choose to wait for the box office results on the first day in Los Angeles, but got on a plane overnight and rushed to China.

Zhang Yimou had already urged him many times, and shouted that he should come back quickly to participate in the rehearsal.

At the same time, with the release of "Kung Fu Panda" in North America, the mainland has also started to release simultaneously, but North America is on August 1st, while the mainland staggered that special day and chose the early morning of August 2nd.

When Chen Fei landed at the capital airport, Natasha's call came as scheduled.

""Kung Fu Panda" grossed $32.58 million on the first day of its opening in North America, 5 million more than WALL-E, and as many as 100 critics participated in the rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website, making the film 89% fresh!"

$32.58 million?

Chen Fei was stunned, and he didn't react for a while.

This is much higher than the box office performance of the original timeline, which is more than 10 million!

He did not leave the airport in a hurry, but walked into the VIP lounge, turned on the computer and checked the evaluation of the animated film by foreign film critics and media.

On Rotten Tomatoes, many critics felt that "Kung Fu Panda" still used a genre that everyone was familiar with, but the combination of humor, agile martial arts action and colorful animation made this entertainment movie win!

"Times Business Daily" commented: Although the movie "Kung Fu Panda" is a Hollywood movie, the Chinese elements used in it show the uniqueness of Chinese culture to the fullest, especially in the character design, which makes the original simple and lovely national treasure panda more comic, and in the scene arrangement, whether it is the landscape or the pavilion building, it is rich in Chinese classical atmosphere, this is an animated film that vigorously promotes Chinese culture!

The New York Times published a commentary: The production in this film can be called exquisite visual art, and the plot is designed to satisfy the audience's entertainment and pastime hobbies.

CNN commented: The movie "Kung Fu Panda" is an interesting work in its own right, with gorgeous and exquisite visual effects, but its story core and depth can only appeal to children......

Selectively ignoring those bad reviews, Chen Fei nodded with satisfaction.

Now you can wait to count the money!

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Outside the airport, Ning Hao picked up Chen Fei and told him good news.

"Do you remember the movie "Nine Perfect"? It's just touching the porcelain of the two of us. ”

"Of course I remember, Wang Yuelun and Li Xiang of Mango Terrace filmed it, what? Which movie has anything wrong? ”

Ning Haole's mouth couldn't close, and he laughed: "The film was released yesterday, and this morning China Film reported the box office situation, and the box office on the first day was 2.5 million yuan." ”

"2.5 million?"

Chen Fei was also happy when he heard it, "I used to think that those two people were quite like two hundred and five, but now it's good, it's really 250." ”

Ning Hao, "The comments of netizens are more interesting than the other, you can go to the blog to take a look if you have time, those articles are simply too apt." ”

Chen Fei didn't hesitate, took out his laptop on the spot, and logged in to his blog account.

One of the most popular evaluations is written: ""Ten Perfect Nine Beauty" is not careful enough in the story, it doesn't seem to have undergone any modification, it just carries out the story and spoof to the end, there is not much hilarity, the overall pretentiousness, extremely unsmooth, and it is impossible to become the so-called peak comedy, the film is just a few moments of creativity and highlights occasionally, and it is too far from the real "comedy"! ”

There are a lot of people at the bottom who have posted their own comments.

"That's it? Still want to benchmark against stones and race cars? What do you think? ”

"Poof, I'm happy to die, it's just useless to be criticized."

"To tell you the truth, the movie is still quite funny, but if you compare it with Director Chen's work, it is a world of difference!"

""Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing", "People in Embarrassment", "People in Embarrassment", Director Chen has established his achievements and status in the field of comedy with four films, how can you compare with a small deflated three?"

"I first went to Douban and gave a bad review, and then I came to express my opinion, what is this horse shooting? Is it just funny for the sake of being funny? Where is the core of the story? ”

Chen Fei didn't look at the redundant evaluation, because the number "250" was all in the water below, and the ridicule was directly full!

Even Li Yuchun, who sang the theme song, was pulled out and criticized, and fans expressed their incomprehension, why did she sing the theme song for this kind of movie?

"Obviously they are all singers from the Mango TV draft, if you look at Chen Chusheng, who is a fast man in the 07th class, he will all go to make soundtracks for Hollywood movies, why are you singing more and more?"

Comments like these are all over Li Yuchun's blog account.

At this time, in the Mango Stage, Wang Yuelun and Li Xiang had been sitting in the conference room for a whole morning.

After the number "2.5 million" appeared, the couple had a strong sense of unreality in their hearts.

They thought that with the popularity of Chen Fei and Ning Hao, they could at least break 10 million, and no matter how bad it was, it would have to be about 8 million, after all, this is a movie that Bona is responsible for distributing, and the number of films scheduled is still very sufficient.

But I never expected that this wave of heat not only did not catch up, but planted myself into it!

Where is this Nima reasonable?

However, just when the two of them were in an extremely complicated mood, a burst of enthusiastic cheers suddenly came from outside the conference room: "The ratings of "Life and Death" on the first day successfully broke 7! Reached 7.5%! Successfully broke the ratings record of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes......"

For a while, the couple only felt that their brains were blank, and there was a trance in front of them, and their hearts twitched suddenly.

Both of them know very well that this TV series is also produced by Feiyue Film and Television.

can take a look at other people's ratings results, and then look at their own movie box office.

2,500,000 ......

People can be more angry than people!

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To explain the situation, the update of the recent month may not be very stable, and I hope you will forgive me, because it is difficult to adjust between work and family, which has led to various contradictions, and then there are some physical problems, what dermatitis, prostatitis, nasal mucosal ulceration, alas, all kinds of problems followed, but I will deal with it as soon as possible, and recover from the day, and thank you for your support and follow-up, thank you.

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