It was fast forward to mid-March.

《Hello！ Mr. Tree! The box office of "" exceeded 60 million yuan, and Ren Zhonglun was smiling and swearing, promising to push the total box office to more than 100 million.

It's just that the release of "Slumdog Millionaire" instantly calmed down the blood in his heart.

Taking advantage of the popularity of the Oscars, once the film was released, it directly cut the first-day box office data of 20.75 million, crushing the "Destiny Express 3" and "Action Goal Xixile" in the same period.

Tom's response to this movie is not good, compared to the "Mission Impossible" series and "War of the Worlds" is very different!

On the contrary, his ex-wife Nicole Kidman has developed very well in recent years, and last month it was officially announced that she and the famous Australian actor Hugh Jackman starred in the love movie "Australian Troubled Times" directed by Buzz Luckman.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Chen Fei, he just needs to know that the box office data of "Slumdog Millionaire" is very good.

And this also adds a touch of bright color to the listing of Walton Pictures!

Natasha's movements were very fast, and under the various operations of the professional team behind the scenes, the news of the upcoming listing of Walton Pictures was announced together with the popularity of Chen Fei winning the Oscar.

For a while, the shareholders on Lao Mei's side were like chicken blood, and they couldn't wait to wave their banknotes to enter.

As long as everyone is not blind, they can see that the development posture of Walton Pictures is one of the best in the whole of Hollywood, and all kinds of film and television dramas invested and produced have no failures, and the yield is simply beautiful, which makes people feel extremely amazing!

Once such a company is listed, its market value can definitely show explosive growth!

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Li Press's sudden phone call caused a slight wave in Chen Fei's work plan.

"Fei, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director, 25 years old! It's excellent. ”

Lao Li looked full of emotion inside and outside of his words, no way, after all, he was 52 years old when he won the Oscar for Best Director.

Compared with Chen Fei, he has a kind of depression that the front wave is slapped on the beach by the back waves.

"Haha, it's quite a fluke, this Oscar doesn't have your participation, and I feel a lot more confident in my heart." Chen Fei casually praised him.

The two chatted a few words on the phone, and Li pressed suddenly invited to meet.

"You're in Los Angeles?"

"yes, come out and sit down if you have time?"

"Okay, let's make an appointment in the afternoon."

Chen Fei didn't refuse, he was quite curious, what did Li Press want to do with him?

After the call, he began to get busy with the task at hand.

"Twilight 3" has been successfully classified, and the final debugging before the release has been completed, and part of the publicity work has been started.

Chen Fei originally wanted to continue to release this movie in the summer vacation in June, but DreamWorks informed him that "Transformers 2" was scheduled for June 19.

In this way, the two films naturally have to compete on the same stage.

If the relationship between the two is still rivalry, then Chen Fei will naturally not back down, and with the popularity of the series "Twilight" among the fan base, it will definitely not be too much worse than "Transformers 2".

But now that DreamWorks has joined the commercial map of Walton Pictures, it naturally can't do that.

The competition between two films will only result in a lose-lose result.

After discussing with the theater chain, Chen Fei decided to move "Twilight 3" forward by one month and put it on May 15.

This time period also belongs to the summer vacation, so the number of moviegoers will not be much worse than in June, and the impact on the box office will not be too great.

It's just that there are still a lot of Hollywood blockbusters at the same time as "Twilight 3", and the competition will be very fierce at that time!

"Angels & Demons", "X-Men: Wolverine", "Star Trek", "Night at the Museum 2", "The Flying House", "Terminator 2018" ......"

Looking at the names of those Hollywood blockbusters on the list, the corners of Chen Fei's mouth gradually curved into a shallow arc.

"Guys, are you ready for a powerful crackdown from Twilight 3: Lunar Eclipse?"

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In the afternoon, Chen Fei was invited to a café and met Li Press, who arrived early.

"Director Li, long time no see."

"Director Chen, haha, it's been a long time."

After the two of them sat down, the waiter immediately brought coffee and desserts, and although they wanted two autographs, they retreated to the side because of the influence of the store rules.

After chatting a few words, Li pressed his purpose, "Does Director Chen have any plans for the next movie?" Are you interested in making another literary film? ”

Hearing this, Chen Fei instantly understood.

"Director Li, is this still the receiving work of the Venice Film Festival?"

Li pressed and was not a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I have already contacted Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Wang Quanan, Gu Changwei and others, but unfortunately, they don't have the idea of participating in the Venice Film Festival, no, I can only come to you to try my luck." ”

The chairman of the jury is a Chinese director, which naturally has a lot of benefits for Chinese films to participate in the Venice Film Festival.

It's a pity that Chen Fei has no idea of continuing to make literary films at present.

He has already won the Golden Bear and the Palme d'Or, and not long ago won the Oscar for Best Director, so the thirst for the Golden Lion is not high.

"Let's go again next time, Walton Pictures is going to be listed, and it needs a few high-grossing commercial films to hit the market value."

"Well, that's a pity."

Li pressed down and didn't continue to say anything, Chen Fei's reason was impeccable, he didn't have any reason to persuade.

The two soon parted from each other, Chen Fei returned to the company, while Li Zhao was ready to contact other Hollywood directors and find more films to participate in the Venice selection.

The meeting between the two was not hidden, so it was naturally photographed by reporters.

News soon came out at home and abroad, which sparked a lot of speculation.

The insider's reaction was even faster, and they instantly figured out the purpose of the meeting between the two!

"Li is going to invite that kid to the Venice Film Festival?"

Chen Kaige, who has finished his cameo work in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", looked at the news on the Internet and quickly had a guess in his heart.

Li Zhao also called him before, but he still refused the other party and sent "Mei Lanfang" to Berlin, but unfortunately he didn't get anything in the end.

However, he was not discouraged, and after ending the cameo in "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic", he once again set his sights on a new film project.

After two failures, Chen Kaige thinks that he has accumulated enough experience, so this time he is ready to continue to challenge commercial films!

For the sake of box office and word of mouth, combined with the excellent results of the previous "Mulan" directed by Chen Fei, he decided to make a work adapted from a classic Chinese story this time.

"Zhao's Orphan"!

Of course, he will not admit that the inspiration for this movie is "Mulan", he plays the banner of regretting the gradual loss of traditional Chinese culture, and wants to use this film to adhere to the uniqueness of Chinese culture, continue to understand and introduce Chinese culture, and let Chinese culture help the Chinese people regain their national self-confidence!

The story of "The Orphan of Zhao" is very familiar to many people in China and even other countries in the world, and the story itself has a strong dramatic conflict, even if it is completely copied, it is a good story.

But Chen Kaige believes that it is not very credible to say that Cheng Ying sacrificed his children in ancient dramas, which violates both common sense and human nature.

Therefore, he believes that Cheng Ying must first act like a real person, and then he can become a hero.

Therefore, he decided to re-write the script, in addition to the basic structure, he wanted to make a relatively large adaptation of the story, transforming a self-sacrificing tall hero into a grassroots civilian story, so that this matter can return to common sense.

At the end, he decided not to make changes, but he needed to increase the emotional tension of the story and tap into the power of humanity......

The only regret for him is that Han Sanping is not very optimistic about his new films because of his successive failures, and he has to find a new producer.

However, these are not problems, with his name as Chen Kaige and his excellent historical record of winning the Palme d'Or, it is no problem to find an investor.

What he needs to avoid now is to prevent the media from saying that he borrows too much from "Mulan", after all, there is a negative textbook in front of him at the moment.

The "New Mulan" starring Zhao Yanzi has suffered a lot of ridicule recently, and the gap between the released promotional film and "Mulan" starring Liu Yifei is too big, and it is almost shoddy to the naked eye.

For such a film, how can fans who have already experienced "luxury" accept "barren"?

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Many domestic film and television company bosses and famous producers called Chen Fei and asked him if he was ready to continue filming literary films?

Especially China Film and Shanghai Film, both of which have eaten dividends, and the two Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Awards have made them a lot of money as producers!

"Mr. Han, I am not going to make literary films in the near future, and I may devote more energy to the field of Hollywood commercial films."

"Mr. Ren, don't worry, if there is a new film plan, I will definitely not forget you."

"Haha, Mr. Yang, don't take too big a step, Xiangjiang is not as good as the mainland, let's focus on doing a good job in the "Anti-Drug" and "Eavesdropping 3" series first, as for "Ip Man 3"? This is not in a hurry, we can wait for "The Grandmaster" directed by Wang Jiawei, didn't he say on the Internet before that only he could shoot the real Ip Man? Then let's give it a try. ”

"Mr. Lu? What do you say? Do you want to invest in A Chinese Ghost Story and Heart Blossom Road? Let's think about it, maybe we can try to cooperate with "A Chinese Ghost Story" first, forget the later one, the script has just passed the review, and I don't know when filming will start. ”

Several films on the Xiangjiang side have been successfully finalized, "Sweeping Drugs" will premiere at the Xiangjiang Asian Film Festival on October 25, and the official release date is set for December 5.

and "Eavesdropping 3" is scheduled to be released in the mainland on May 29, and will be officially released in Xiangjiang and Taiwan provinces on June 5.

"Guild Wars" in cooperation with Media Asia is scheduled to be fully released on August 15, while "Cold War" co-produced with Golden Harvest is scheduled for November 8.

Overall, these films have successfully staggered their schedules and avoided cannibalism.

On the contrary, Chen Long made a lot of moths, and "Zodiac" was originally set for the summer vacation, but he felt that this time period was not very good, so he moved it to the end of the year, wanting to compete for the Chinese New Year.

Chen Fei had no choice but to let him toss.

At this time, more than a month has passed since the Oscars!

The Hollywood film market in April was opened by "Fast and Furious 4", which won 40 million US dollars at the box office in the first three days of the first weekend, and Wen Ziren's filming strength has been verified.

The praise for this movie on the Internet is much higher than that of "Fast and Furious 3".

Super 4 brings the series back to the plot of the first part, and the story of Dominic and Brian successfully presents the balance of emotion and action that the audience wants, and adds more international elements to it, and the warm scenes in the film also sublimate the theme of the film.

However, negative reviews also exist.

IMDB super critic Michael said that this is the most easily forgotten film in the Fast and Furious series, the movie itself is not bad, the scene of drag racing in the tunnel is also cool, Dom's revenge journey is full of power, and the confrontation with Brian turns into a brotherhood is also interesting.

The only regret is that the storyline is a little bland, there are no memory points, and it is not worth watching it a second time for any reason.

The New York Times, for its part, even said that the performances other than the racing footage looked very boring, and that the 106 minutes of watching the film made it feel like at least four hours had passed!

There are even media ridicules that the film is stupid, noisy, and even the attitude towards road safety is questionable, and the standard for recruiting supporting characters in it seems to be the tattoos on their bodies, not their acting ability!

Chen Fei's appearance can be regarded as one of the highlights, and many fans said that his driving skills should be the best among all the actors in the Furious series.

After all, his status as the global spokesperson of Red Bull Extreme Sports is really amazing.

When Chen Fei saw Wen Ziren in the company, he saw that his face was full of smiles, and he was not affected by many bad reviews on the Internet in the slightest.

No way, the box office results of the movie are too bright, and the growth trend is higher than that of the previous three, which means that the film has been a great success!

"I've signed a contract with Universal Pictures for Fast & Furious 5 and got the final editing rights."

"Congratulations!" Chen Fei sincerely blessed him, and inquired about the specific news, "When is the next part going to start?" ”

"They said it would start next year."

As soon as he heard this, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, "Then do you have any plans for filming movies in the near future?" ”

"Not at the moment." Wen Ziren shook his head, and a trace of doubt suddenly appeared on his face, "Does Walton Pictures have a script that suits me here?" ”

"Haha, there really is one!"

Chen Fei nodded, opened the drawer, and took out a script, "This is a new film project that I will start next, but because it is difficult to shoot, I need an assistant director who can assist me." ”

Wen Ziren looked over with a curious face, wanting to know what kind of story this was.

Chen Fei pushed the script in front of him and motioned for him to open it and take a look.

"The Hunger Games." He muttered softly to himself, a look of interest in his eyes.

The screenplay is based on the best-selling "The Hunger Games" by Mi writer Susan Collins.

The first book in the series, The Hunger Games, was published by Scholastic in October 2008, while the second and third books are still in work and have not yet been released.

While rewarding him with the script, the system has already helped him buy the copyright of the film and television adaptation, so Chen Fei can shoot the first part of this series first.

The story tells the story of Katnith Everding, a girl from the 12th district of Shi Huiguo, who takes the place of her sister in the large-scale cruel competitive competition "The Hunger Games", and goes through a series of life and death, emotions and sinful considerations to finally become the winner.

The content of the script not only depicts Kaennis's personal growth process, but also shows the content of mass media and visual culture, and also reflects on the problems of gender issues, ZZ corruption, and media carnival in contemporary society.

The more Wen Ziren watched it, the more surprised he became, and the script adapted by Chen Fei even made a concrete picture appear in his mind!

The depressed and dilapidated 12th arrondissement, the new and regular capital city with a variety of colors, the high-tech display screen suspended in the air, and the arena that seems calm but implies cruel rules......

He was thrilled by all this!

The script in my hand seems to be no longer a simple text, but a magnificent dystopian world!

The term "dystopia" is a genre in modern Western society, which reflects on the way of life, scientific and technological development and other aspects of modern Western society, and reflects a certain disaster that may occur in the future society, which is the negation of the ideal society envisioned by traditional utopia.

In 1516, the European writer Thomas More coined the term "utopia", which refers to an unattainable ideal society, a place that does not exist and a place where beautiful ideals are entrusted.

And dystopia not only refers to the opposite of utopia, on the one hand, it refers to the virtual world that is opposed to the utopian world, which is called anti-dytopia or evil topia, and the other meaning is dystopian thought, that is, to depict the world opposite to the utopian world by describing the opposite of utopia.

In short, dystopia is a world full of "viciousness"!

Dystopian movies generally set the time background in the future society, which is highly technologically developed, but contrary to the material world, people's spiritual world is very empty and barren.

And "The Hunger Games" is a typical dystopian movie!

Seeing that Wen Ziren had closed the script, Chen Fei said in a very charming tone: "I need you to help me show the "crime", "darkness", "cruelty", "fear", "killing", and countless ...... "nightmares" in the film!" ”

Wen Ziren is best at horror thrillers, and he is the most professional in Hollywood in this regard, and his masterpieces "Chainsaw", "Latent" and other series of films have even made countless fans wake up with nightmares in the middle of the night!

With his help, Chen Fei believes that he will be able to create a more brilliant box office result for the first part of "The Hunger Games"!

"Fei, how much are you going to invest?" Wen Ziren looked at him curiously.

To create a dystopian world, you have to work the visual effects, which have to burn a lot of money to get the desired effect.

"Starting at $100 million, there is no cap."

"Shhh

Wen Ziren gasped, his eyes shining.

That is to say, Chen Fei's screenwriting level is good enough, if this is the work of other directors or screenwriters, who dares to throw 100 million US dollars into it at every turn?

On the Hollywood side, as long as there is an investment of more than $100 million, a movie can be called a Class A production.

If you think about it, the A-class production blockbuster in Chen Fei's hand is called a luxurious and varied!

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes" series, "Iron Man" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, "Inception" ......

After being stunned for a while, Wen Ziren got up suddenly, his face excited, "I am willing to be this assistant director!" ”

This kind of opportunity to direct A-class blockbusters is extremely rare even in Hollywood, even if you are only an assistant director, but you can learn a lot of experience.

As a director, who doesn't have the dream of making a commercial blockbuster?

Now as an assistant director, it can be regarded as saving experience for making blockbusters in the future!

"Okay, since you agree, then I will arrange for the publicity and distribution department to announce it to the public."

Chen Fei also stood up, stretched out his right hand, and shook it tightly with him.

It's time to light the second firewood before Volton Pictures goes public!

(End of chapter)