In the eyes of many directors, producers, and film company owners, big investment means high income!

It's like a Hollywood Class A production, with an investment of more than $100 million and an income of up to $7 or 800 million, the rate of return is simply refreshing!

As a result, some directors in the mainland who think they are powerful, qualified and qualified have set their sights on science fiction films that are very likely to earn high box office revenues.

Wang Jing is the kind of person who can toss and love to tinker, and jointly launched a "Future Police" with China Film, with an investment of 200 million, claiming to benchmark Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters.

"From this movie, you can see elements that go beyond Iron Man."

As soon as these words came out, they almost didn't make netizens happy!

"Benchmarking against Iron Man? Don't make a fuss, people invest 160 million US dollars, and you are only more than 20 million at most, and there is a comparability of wool? ”

"Poof... Laughter! ”

"Did I hear me right? Are all Hong Kong directors so capable of bragging? ”

At the same time, LeTV on the other side also moved and invested in a sci-fi blockbuster called "Cyborg".

Written and directed by comedy master Liu Zhenwei, he wants to perfectly integrate elements such as science fiction, robots, and love......

"Who says science fiction can't have real emotions? Robots should also be affectionate and righteous, not an ordinary iron shell. ”

For a while, netizens scolded even louder.

"Made, if Lao Tzu wants to watch a romance movie, can't he watch a literary film? What kind of sci-fi movie does Nima watch? ”

"If you want business, you will do business, if you want literature and art, you will be literary and artistic, and now you have a commercial love literary film? Something is wrong, right? ”

"I'm already disappointed before filming even starts......"

Chen Fei paid attention to the latter, and when he saw that the name Jia Yueting was actually in the producer, he suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment!

Mr. Za is preparing for his "40 billion" in advance, right?

……

Xijie has confirmed the release time of "The Defender", the date is set for December 20, and invited Chen Fei to attend the premiere.

Thinking that he hadn't seen Li Zhien and Lin Yu'er's two little lovers for a long time, Chen Fei didn't directly refuse the other party's invitation, but he didn't make it clear that he would definitely arrive.

"I'll go there if I have time, and I won't go if I don't have time."

He said this very bluntly, but there was no dissatisfaction on the other side, just let them know in advance before going so that they could be prepared.

The two countries of South Korea and Xiaori are indeed very interesting, the subordinates have always been very respectful to the superiors, and never expressed any dissatisfaction, whether it is words or attitudes, Chen Fei is very happy.

Occasionally give them some sweetness, and the feedback they elicit is very satisfying.

But the mainland is different, and a large group of media thievesTM like to arch fire.

Because "The Undertaker" and "Mei Lanfang" are scheduled to be released in December together, and they will also participate in the competition for awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, it has been a lively situation in the circle recently.

Several media outlets have begun to vote for the sake of popularity.

No. 1 player: Chen Fei + Ning Hao "The Undertaker".

No. 2 player: Chen Kaige "Mei Lanfang".

[Who do you support more?] 】

As expected, the wind on the Internet is one-sided!

"Do you still need to vote? That must be to support me Director Chen! ”

"Well, I just want to ask, Golden Bear + Palme d'Or + Saturn Award for Best Director + Golden Globe Award for Best Director + Emmy Award for Best Director + Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film + Director of the Domestic 600 Million Box Office Commercial Film Club and 500 Million Box Office Commercial Film Club Director, who can fight on a horse in this lineup?"

"Brother Chen Kai, you are not unjustly lost."

"Wait, isn't this the beginning of the comparison? Why did Brother Chen Kai lose? I'm still quite optimistic about him, after all, that "Farewell My Concubine" is really good. ”

"What are you talking about, brother? How can I only remember "A Bloody Case Caused by a Steamed Bun"? ”

"Poofhahahahaha!"

As the producer, China Film just announced that all the scenes involving Zhong Xintong in "Mei Lanfang" have been deleted, but I didn't expect the media to come so quickly.

And what they never expected was that the media didn't pay attention to whose scenes were deleted in the film at all, and everyone's attention was always on the "competition" between Chen Fei and Chen Kaige.

Although the director of "The Undertaker" is Ning Hao, the screenwriter and starring are Chen Fei, even if this movie is made by himself.

This wave of popularity directly confused Zhongying, and also made many of the rhetoric they had prepared before useless.

Lao Chen and his wife went to China Film again, hoping that Han Sanping could come forward to suppress this "bad atmosphere" on the Internet and kill the former's spirit!

The couple was quite confident before they went, after all, "The Undertaker" was invested by Shanghai Film, and "Mei Lanfang" was invested by China Film, and the latter was their own son.

It's a pity that Han Sanping didn't give them this face.

""The Undertaker" also participated in the selection of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the report was submitted by China Film and has just passed the review."

This has already been said obviously, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and Zhongying naturally can't favor one over the other.

"Let's see the quality of the film."

Han Sanping sent the two of them away directly with one sentence, after all, he couldn't accept the suggestion of the two of them or Yu Li.

Suppressing "The Undertaker"?

The two of you are really joking, and you don't look at whose film it is, and you will suppress it when you say it's suppressed?

Your Brother Chen Kai's face is really big enough!

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The filming location of "Inception" is officially back in the United States, and it means that the time to finish is approaching.

One or two actors left the crew every day, so that the originally lively and crowded set gradually became much empty.

After more than two months of studying 3D shooting, Xu Ke is now very handy, and some processes and details are very meticulous.

Chen Fei was even wondering if he should be paid some salary?

But then I thought about it, I still had to draw a few cakes for him, and the money from the salary was still used for the later stage.

Xu Ke: "??? ”

After Christine, Emma Roberts became the second young actress to leave the crew, and her aunt Julia Roberts personally came to pick her up.

Looking at the departing shadow, Xiao Lizi was still a little lost, after all, what he liked was young.

"I heard you're talking about a new girlfriend again?" Chen Fei's words once again confirmed his erotic nature.

"It's just that we're in contact, and we haven't officially started a new relationship yet."

Xiao Lizi said very seriously, she was not shy at all, and she didn't even care about the fact that she had just broken up with her predecessor for less than half a month!

Chen Fei silently gave him a thumbs up, and this horse is called "Ten thousand flowers have passed, and the leaves do not touch the body." ”

After taking some free time, Chen Fei went to have a cup of coffee with Lao Ao.

For his financial support, Okuroko expressed his gratitude, so he naturally supported his desire to import a few pieces of equipment to China, and promised to help him deliver it safely to the port.

“Thank you。”

Chen Fei got up and left with a smile, and decided to reduce direct contact with him in the future and only exchange interests.

The identity is different, the positioning is naturally different, and after he officially moves into the White Palace next year, some things that should be natural cannot be continued.

Amanda became the third young actress to leave the crew.

The night before leaving, she sneaked into Chen Fei's room.

After a hearty battle, she pillowed in Chen Fei's arms and said in a low voice: "Blake also wants to try what it feels like to have two hours, she wants her first time to be commemorative." ”

“WTF？？？”

Chen Fei was speechless for a moment, engaged in wool? Labor and management are not stallions, anyone can match them once!

He even sternly refused this very excessive request!

Amanda didn't say much, just covered her mouth and secretly laughed, and a shallow smile flashed in her eyes, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

The little sisters stayed together and talked about much more openly than the old men, and she didn't guide the two little white rabbit players.

When Bruce came to visit the class, he brought Chen Fei quite interesting news.

"Fei, there's a movie from your country that is being promoted in Los Angeles recently, and it's even more aggressive, even more powerful than your movie about makeup for dead people."

"That horse is called "The Undertaker", you are also in the film industry, can you be professional?"

Chen Fei is no longer able to complain, recently when this group of guys in the crew mentioned the movie "The Undertaker", the first sentence of their mouth was to put on makeup for the dead, and the words spoken by the thief had no connotation.

"Oh, I remember."

Bruce nodded slightly, but turned his head and threw it away.

"That movie seems to be about a singing opera, it feels quite interesting, I heard that the director is also a Palme d'Or winner, will he be your competitor?"

"Perhaps."

Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders, and in his heart, he didn't take Brother Chen Kai in his eyes.

Lao Chen is also commendable for "Farewell My Concubine", and the others are not good, if it is not surprising, "Mei Lanfang" may not be able to reproduce the glory of the former, after all, his father did not continue to be the art director of his new movie.

The domestic media is quite good at praising it, and the one who praises "Mei Lanfang" is called a high!

However, sometimes the higher you hold it, the worse you may fall!

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"Slumdog Millionaire" is also currently in an unusually hot publicity period.

Many people are quite curious about this Indian-themed movie shot by Chen Fei.

What kind of story is this telling?

Because the actor is not well-known, coupled with the restrictions of the subject matter and background, the publicity effect has been mediocre, and many insiders are not particularly optimistic.

Some people even predict that this movie will become Chen Fei's first film to "hit the street" in Hollywood!

Because this passage came from the mouth of a well-known film critic in Hollywood, there are many people who follow the trend and sing the decline, and some fans even think that Chen Fei is "not doing his job".

You don't shoot a serious sci-fi blockbuster, but you actually went to India to shoot a drama?

Brain-burned, right?

Because the filming of "Inception" returned to the studio, Natasha often runs to the crew these days, and every time she comes over, she looks quite sad.

"Fei, the theaters that we worked with before said that they wanted to reduce part of the film schedule, and they felt that the market response of our film was not very good, and they might lose money."

Compress the amount of film?

Chen Fei pursed his lips, but he didn't particularly care.

This film is an award-winning film, not a sci-fi blockbuster in the traditional sense, and there is nothing to compare between the two sides at all.

Comparing the box office revenue of literary films with science fiction films, isn't this pure brain-dead?

"Let them go, even if we strongly oppose it, they will inevitably operate in the dark, this situation cannot be controlled, but..."

Chen Fei's eyes condensed slightly, and he sneered softly: "If the follow-up word-of-mouth is explosive and the response is high, then we have to let them have more blood at the box office." ”

Perhaps infected by this confident emotion, Natasha gradually regained her sanity and sobriety.

She nodded heavily, her expression serious, like a lioness about to go hunting!

"I'm sure they'll get a taste of what it's like!"

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Towards the end of November, the promotion of several Chinese New Year films in China has become more and more intense.

At the same time, the movie "Tough Guy" starring Liu Ye, Huang Qiusheng, and Sun Honglei, and "Love Call Transfer 2: Love Left and Right" starring Lin Jiaxin, Deng Chao, and Huang Xiaoming also launched a real fight!

Both movies chose to be released on November 28, just avoiding the impact of the Hollywood blockbuster "007: Breaking the Quantum Project", and at the same time, it also rubbed the popularity of the Chinese New Year, which is quite smart.

The only pity is that the box office results of these two movies are not too bright, and they can only be said to be decent.

At the same time, in the studio outside Los Angeles, "Inception" ushered in the final moment!

As Chen Fei shouted the iconic "click", the filming that lasted more than three months finally came to an official end.

On the set, the actors cheered!

The most important thing is that Xiao Lizi is happy, because his new girlfriend has promised to go on vacation to Hawaii with him, and they have agreed to leave in two days.

Xu Ke hugged the 3D camera tightly, with a reluctant expression on his face, and the people watching it had a sore tooth.

Chen Fei was not as responsive as he was, looking at the actors and logistics staff on the scene, he began to secretly think about what kind of achievements this movie would create after its release.

Compared with the original hard-core sci-fi style, he has made a lot of changes, making the direction and context of the story more entertaining and clear, at least it can be understood, rather than being confused after reading it all over again.

Then coupled with the 3D shooting style, the visual presentation of the film can be more in line with the element of "dream", which is also a major plus.

Under the multiple combinations, Chen Fei is very sure that "Inception" will definitely surpass the original at the box office!

As for how much more can be made......

Let's wait and see!

(End of chapter)