The legend that belongs to Chen Fei is not fixed on the "global box office of 1 billion US dollars".

When the time came to August 18, that is, the day of the release of the movie "Cyborg" directed by comedy master Liu Zhenwei, the box office of "Inception" in the mainland officially exceeded 1 billion yuan!

At the same time, the total global box office has also reached 1.3 billion US dollars!

The emergence of this data once again caused a global shock, because it means that the box office of "Inception" has officially surpassed "The Lord of the Rings 3" and ranks second on the world film history list!

At present, the number one is "Titanic", a giant ship with a total global box office of $1.85 billion.

You know, this was a feat created in 1997, and even though 12 years have passed, no one has been able to break this record!

But even so, Chen Fei's record is enough to amaze many people.

25 years old, second in world film history!

The emergence of this achievement has made many people feel a sense of amazement, especially in the mainland, a group of old men who claim to be "top commercial film directors" have an inexplicable feeling that they are old?

"1.3 billion? Dollar? ”

After Feng Xiaogang, who was filming "The Great Earthquake", heard the news, he subconsciously glanced at the 3D camera in front of him, and his eyes flashed!

He never expected that 3D would have such a strong box office blessing ability!

Doesn't that mean that if "The Great Earthquake" is marketed well in the later stage, there is also hope of breaking 1 billion in the mainland? No matter how bad it is, it can always break 5-600 million, right?

For a while, his confidence doubled!

With the spread of news in the mainland, netizens are even more excited and difficult to control, although this is only Chen Fei's achievements alone, but they inexplicably have a feeling of "one is prosperous, one is lost".

"Director Chen is a real cow, it's so good, he came directly to the second place in film history, this is to be a god!"

"Damn, my buddy just counted Director Chen's personal global box office over the years, and it was $6.3 billion! It also ranks second in the global box office! ”

"$6.3 billion? 50.4 billion RMB? Boy! This ability to absorb gold is simply terrifying! ”

"Who's the first?"

"The first is Spielberg, that old man is quite awesome, with a total global box office of 8 billion US dollars, far ahead of other Hollywood directors."

"Hey? So Director Chen and him are only 1.7 billion US dollars? Isn't that an easy way to catch up? ”

"If I remember correctly, Director Chen is making a movie now, right? It seems to be a movie with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars, maybe the next one will catch up directly! ”

Netizens are hotly discussing, and the media are also reporting wildly, earning a wave of traffic.

Because there were too many media people and reporters from major newspapers gathered outside the crew, Chen Fei had no choice but to hold a temporary press conference to answer many people's doubts.

Sina.com: "At the age of 20, you have already made many achievements that directors can't make in their lifetime, how do you feel about this?" ”

Chen Fei replied very seriously: "Actually, I'm very scared now, the reason why "Inception" can have the current results is just because of the dividends of 3D.

There's no guarantee that the next film I'll be able to make will be where I am now, I just want to make a good movie and tell a good story to the fans, that's all.

If the next movie I make is not to your taste, I hope you will scold it lightly, after all, I am only a 25-year-old rookie director. ”

Sina.com reporter: "......"

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After the press conference, Chen Fei's words quickly spread around the world through major media.

"You're still a fledgling? Damn, this is forcing you to put it in place......"

After reading the report, Lu Chuan finally couldn't hold back and scolded and complained.

If Chen Fei is just a fledgling rookie director, then he Lu Chuan should find a feng shui treasure now, ready to buy a coffin and put it in the ground.

Han Sanping called excitedly, saying that the celebration banquet of "Inception" in China will be fully responsible for China Film, and the arrangement must be in place!

But then, he said another situation that made Chen Fei's brows furrow.

"The Huabiao Awards would like to invite all the directors of the Chinese 100 million yuan box office club to participate in this year's awards ceremony, and specially ask me to convey the invitation letter to you."

"I don't have time, I can't go, I'll let Ning Hao go back to participate when the time comes."

Chen Fei refused without hesitation.

The filming of "The Hunger Games" has now entered the most important stage, and the entire crew must have at least 2,000 people counting the group performances.

Even if filming is stopped for just one day, all kinds of expenses will be calculated together, and at least millions of dollars will be lost!

And a trip back to China will take three to four days at the earliest, and the loss during this period will be at least more than 6 million dollars, how can he accept it?

It seems that he had already guessed that Chen Fei would refuse, and Han Sanping didn't say much, "Anyway, I conveyed it in place, and someone from the organizer will definitely contact you in the follow-up, you can find an excuse yourself!" ”

"Okay, you can help me reply that I don't have time."

Those domestic film awards, such as Golden Rooster, Huabiao, Golden Horse, Golden Statue, Hundred Flowers, etc., Chen Fei has not participated in it for many years.

Since he got on the same page with those old diehards in the literary circle, he hadn't been invited for several years, and he naturally wouldn't come up with a shy face.

Now that the organizer of the Huabiao Award suddenly invited him back to attend the award ceremony, there is no need to guess that the old stubborn must be trying to rub off on his current fame and popularity.

What's more, now the domestic box office record is on him, if he doesn't go, this event will inevitably be very embarrassing.

But what does this have to do with him?

When you can use labor and management, you can invite it, and if you don't need it, you can write articles on the Internet all day long to criticize labor and management.

"Heh, Huabiao? That's a big face! ”

Hanging up the phone, Chen Fei sneered and directly left this matter behind.

With his current status, he didn't need to look at the faces of those old things.

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After several rounds of financing, the funds of "Pony Galloping" are already very abundant, coupled with the participation of several powerful production companies such as LeTV, Meiya, and Shangying, it once made the popularity of "Cyborg" soar to the forefront on several portals.

The filmmaker set a distribution record before "Inception" with boldness, and the super distribution alliance composed of five major distribution companies and ten theater chains directly ensured that the film could occupy a very large number of screens.

Producer Zhuo Shunkue believes that "Cyborg" will greatly promote the exploration and development of the domestic film technology industry chain, and also expressed the hope that through the marketing of the film, it will provide experience for later Chinese science fiction films.

However, although the awesome blow was earth-shattering, the box office on the first day was only 6.51 million.

Many viewers who were looking forward to watching the movie went home and logged on to major websites to start posting their thoughts about the movie.

Douban, in particular, has become a place for fans to "complain".

"If it weren't for the expectation of a science fiction film, you can still go and watch it, after all, as an ordinary movie, the plot can barely make do, but if you compare it with the science fiction film system, then it is a bad movie, with more than 1 point!"

"Isn't it good to have money to donate to a charitable foundation? Why shoot this kind of thing? ”

"It's a bit humorous, but the story is so!!"

"It's just a farce, can it be a little more exaggerated?"

"Not? This is what was said when it was promoted, a film that can lead Chinese science fiction films on a new journey? 10 million dollars to shoot this thing? Your special effects don't even deserve to lift shoes for Inception! ”

“……”

The Internet is full of remarks such as "bad movie", "disgusting", "I don't deserve to lift shoes for "Inception".

The box office went all the way down, and by the third day, there were only more than 2 million left, and it was a mess compared to the 10 million dollars invested!

As one of the investors, Shangying is sure to lose money.

Ren Zhonglun called over with the time difference, and said in a rambling voice, "The evaluation team of Pony Galloping said that if Ling's "Inception" did not raise the eyes of fans, "Cyborg" would definitely win big!" ”

"Hey? Is this still my problem? ”

"You have to find a suitable reason, otherwise everyone will not be able to get over the face, and it will be normal to lose to you."

"It's just self-deception."

After chatting for a while, Ren Zhonglun said the real purpose of his call, "What are you going to do with your "Gravity"?" ”

Chen Fei knew what he meant, and immediately smiled: "Don't worry, I will be the first to contact you when the time comes, and there will definitely be a copy of Shangying." ”

"Haha, that's good, you kid is righteous enough, remember to call me next time you come to the magic capital, and make sure that the arrangements are in place for you."

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After ending the call with Ren Zhonglun, before Chen Fei could stuff his mobile phone into his pocket, the incoming call rang again.

He glanced at the caller ID, and was still a little confused when he saw Zhuang Cheng's name, why did Huanya call him over there?

It wasn't until he pressed the connect button that he suddenly reacted, "Guild Wars" seems to have been released, and it has been in theaters for several days!

Sure enough, the first thing Zhuang Cheng said was to report to him the box office results of "Guild Wars".

"The box office on the first day in the mainland was 9.6 million, and now it has been released for a whole week, and the total box office has exceeded 50 million, and the final box office is expected to reach about 150 million."

When he said this, Zhuang Cheng's tone was still a little excited.

Although the box office data of "Guild Wars" is not as high as "Eavesdropping 3" produced by Emperor, it is simply "legendary" compared to "Cyborg", which is also in the August schedule!

In fact, not only the mainland, but also Xiangjiang is also scolding, and Liu Zhenwei is even hiding in Singapore now.

However, he is clearly not the kind of person who gives up easily, and even in Singapore, there is still news coming back.

"Koshihikari Treasure Box" was taken out by him again, and he was ready to fill a whole wave of old wine with new pots, which was bound to wash away the bad reviews brought by "Cyborg"!

"Is there a second part of Guild Wars?" Zhuang Cheng quickly pulled the topic on the right track.

"Nope." Chen Fei replied directly.

The first part only has a box office of 150 million, and there is no need for a second part of this kind of movie, not to mention that there is no script for "Guild Wars 2" in the script library.

"Okay." Zhuang Cheng was a little disappointed in his heart, he still liked this movie, and he was quite looking forward to a second one.

Soon, though, his mood improved.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Fei said straightforwardly: "I'll send you a script in your mailbox again in the evening, and prepare for a new movie, you don't need to invest too many resources in "Guild Wars", the box office is too small, and it doesn't make sense." ”

"Good! I listen to Director Chen! ”

Zhuang Cheng nodded again and again, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional after hanging up the phone.

Take a look at the world's top commercial film director, the vision is different!

For Media Asia, the estimated box office of 150 million is already a great success, but Chen Fei's tone is obviously not interested.

"Stepping on a horse, this is the gap!"

I had been in front of the computer until the middle of the night, Zhuang Cheng was about to fall asleep in a daze, and Chen Fei's new email was finally sent.

He couldn't wait to click on the email, and when he looked around, he saw four big words written on the cover.

"Anti-Corruption Storm"!

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When Natasha came to visit the crew of "The Hunger Games", she brought a lot of good news to Chen Fei.

First of all, the box office performance of "Inception" in the UK officially exceeded 100 million pounds, breaking the previous record of 79.9 million pounds held by "Titanic".

followed by Neon, and the box office also successfully exceeded 100 million US dollars, ranking first in the annual box office in 09 and seventh in film history!

Finally, on the French side, because the number of moviegoers has reached 15 million, the box office has also reached 100 million US dollars after conversion.

In addition, "Inception" has also exceeded 50 million US dollars in Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Italy and other countries, creating extremely excellent results!

The only pity is that due to South Korea's local film protection policy, "Inception" was removed from the shelves after the number of viewers there just exceeded 10 million.

But even so, this film still broke the film history record of imported films from South Korea and created a record that shocked the entire South Korean film and television industry!

In addition to being amazed, the Korean people have already begun to think about how to transfer Chen Fei's nationality to their side, such a great director, it must belong to our Korean people!

In addition to the box office results that Inception has created worldwide, Natasha has brought him another piece of better news.

"The listing process of Volton Pictures has begun, Fei, are you ready to ring the bell on the NASDAQ?"

The specific operation of the listing was handled by the professional team of the Volton family, and they expressed their willingness to support the listing of the film and television company founded by their own descendants.

Even the Morgan consortium has made some efforts in it, after all, Longxiang Capital still has a large amount of US dollars stored in their bank.

"When is the specific time to go public?" Chen Fei asked.

"August 29th, but we need to go two days in advance, and there are still some formalities to go through before the bell rings."

August 29?

Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, this day was good enough, it happened to coincide with the domestic Huabiao Award ceremony, and he found a reason to refuse there.

"Ok, you can help me book a plane ticket, and we'll leave together when the time comes."

Going public is a big deal, so it's okay to delay shooting for a few days.

What's more, at the end of the month, the filming of several big scenes of "The Hunger Games" is almost over, and he, the director, will not waste too much money even if he takes a few days off.

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After setting the departure time, Chen Fei once again devoted himself to the filming of "The Hunger Games".

As expected, although he had conveyed through Han Sanping that he had no time to participate in the Huabiao Awards, he still made a phone call every once in a while, quite a gesture of not giving up until the goal was achieved.

was really annoyed, Chen Fei simply turned off the phone.

Jiang Wen and Ren Zhonglun were even sent as lobbyists, and the calls were still his personal numbers.

"I said over there, as long as you can go, there will be a big prize!"

"Do you think I'm missing their big prizes?"

"After all, you will have to mix in the country in the future, if it is too stiff, it will definitely have a certain impact on the future development."

"Yo, how do you drop? Now in the domestic film and television industry, is it the old things that used to target me that have the final say? If that's the case, then I've been focusing on going abroad in recent years, and when they're in the coffin, I'll go back. ”

Recalling the scene that was targeted by the entire literary circle before, Chen Fei had a nameless fire burning in his heart.

Face is given to each other.

At the beginning, you criticized labor and management on the Internet one by one, and ridiculed them to the extreme, but now for the so-called "political achievements", you want to turn hostility into jade silk when you win a prize?

Dream on!

Several lobbyists were all speechless by Chen Fei, and smiled bitterly.

Jiang Wen said helplessly: "I'm actually doing it for your own good, if you don't come back, those old things will definitely have no face on their faces, and I don't know what to do with you after the awards are over." ”

"Then wait and see, when the time comes, we will see if their mouths are powerful, or if my means are superb!"

"Well, you just have to be prepared."

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As the box office and word-of-mouth of "Cyborg" plummeted, the promotion of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic" officially began.

Even in the entire history of Chinese films, the scale of publicity for this movie can be called the largest!

More than 200 first-line and second-tier stars and directors participated in the shooting, and all of them were paid zero pay, and this gimmick alone was enough to attract many audiences.

Han Sanping sent Chen Fei an invitation to the premiere, hoping that he could return to China to support.

"If I have time, I'll try to rush back."

Chen Fei didn't refuse, but he didn't readily agree, because he didn't know if he had time at that time.

"You're so busy! How do I feel like you're busier than me? Han Sanping didn't hold back and chattered.

"Han Dong! You can understand me if you think about it, Hollywood blockbusters are different from our domestic commercial films, and if you delay at least two million US dollars a day, it will be gone, I really can't afford to delay! ”

One day?

At least two million dollars?

When Han Sanping heard this, her heart suddenly "chuckled".

You must know that even China Film only occupied an investment of 10 million US dollars in "The Hunger Games", which Chen Fei wasted a lot of effort to get him.

After a day off, one-fifth of the money invested by China Film was wasted, and it is no wonder that he is not happy to come back!

"Then you are busy, I won't bother."

Han Sanping hung up the phone directly, he was a little afraid that Chen Fei would make him lose money, after all, the few minutes on the phone would at least waste more than a thousand US dollars!

Towards the end of the month, Chen Fei sent Ning Hao and Liu Yifei back to participate in the Huabiao Awards, while he himself put on a customized suit and flew to New York on a charter flight with Natasha, Bruce and others.

It's finally time to go to the NASDAQ to ring the bell!

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(PS: I have a fever, there is only one shift today, and I ask for a monthly pass.) ）

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