Maybe it's because I saw the dividends brought by being a director, or maybe I saw the growing market scale after the entry of capital, and more and more people began to enter the market!

Gu Changwei and his wife jointly issued an invitation to the premiere to all capitals, directors and producers in the circle.

The movie "See You in Heaven", directed and acted by Jiang Wenli, officially landed in domestic theaters and began to fight with "Full Moon Hennessy".

The invitation letter was naturally sent to Chen Fei, but it was not worth his special return to China to participate.

Su Guohai went to the premiere with Ning Hao instead of him.

In addition to liking big gold chains, Ning Hao is also a treasure of all kinds of gossip, if this is placed at the entrance of the village, it is a proper long-tongued woman.

"The connections of these two husbands and wives are absolutely in place, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Wu Yu, Liu Zhenwei, Xiying, Ningying, Changying, Zhongying, Shangying......

Good guys, I almost thought that this was the premiere of a commercial blockbuster with an investment of more than 200 million, which was even grander than the previous press conference of "Warring States"! ”

Chen Fei asked curiously, "How was the shooting?" ”

"It's ordinary, that's it, on the whole, there is no climax that can mobilize emotions, I feel like I'm going to lose money, Jiang Wenli's screenwriting level is far worse than yours."

"You're not talking nonsense!"

Chen Fei rolled his eyes suddenly, if Jiang Wenli's screenwriting level was as high as the script rewarded by the system, she would have become a top literary film director in the mainland long ago.

"Haha, just kidding." Ning Hao smiled and deliberately added: "By the way, the second Jing Tian of internal entertainment is estimated to appear." ”

"Oh? What do you mean? ”

"When I went today, I saw a little girl, who was taken by Jiang Wenli all the way, and introduced people everywhere, I heard that it seemed to be her niece, what did it seem to be called... Ma Sichun? ”

"What? Also introduced to you? ”

Chen Fei joked, and unconsciously appeared in his mind all kinds of sassy operations.

It's a person with acting skills, but it may be a little ...... Innocent, lack of love?

"That's for sure! Jiang Wenli also gave me two business cards and asked me to give you one, saying that if there is a suitable role, you can contact her.

The little girl is quite polite and polite, she doesn't have the arrogance of the second generation of stars, but she feels a little silly when she looks at it. ”

"Haha, don't be stupid, with Jiang Wenli and Gu Changwei taking care of her, no one in the circle dares to bully her."

"That's the same, the second generation of stars, the more awesome Lao Tzu is, the greater the privilege of his son."

Ning Hao smiled slightly, and suddenly remembered his son who had just been born.

You still have to work hard, Lao Tzu works harder, and his son can suffer less when he grows up.

……

The box office trend of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 2: Dawn of War" is still steadily advancing, and the global box office has successfully exceeded $300 million, and is rapidly advancing towards $400 million.

Chen Fei briefly estimated the box office trend, and finally came up with an approximate figure.

$700 million!

This data has been unanimously recognized by Volton Pictures, and the data analysis department found that the final result should be very different after a lot of calculations.

Chen Fei didn't follow up too much on the promotional activities, and his main task was to focus on some post-production difficulties of "The Hunger Games".

In addition, he also took the time to go to DreamWorks and review the finished film of "How to Train Your Dragon" again with the post-production team there.

The animated film is scheduled for April 25, just over 20 days away from its release.

Spielberg has already taken it to other regions for early screening, and the on-site response from fans has been very good, and now we are waiting for the day when it will be officially released.

It's just that when it comes to animated feature films, you can't avoid the "Alice in Wonderland" that was adapted into a live-action movie by Disney.

Since its release on March 5, not only has the North American box office successfully exceeded $300 million, but the total box office of 61 countries around the world has exceeded $850 million.

According to the new box office results disclosed at that time, it is estimated that it can exceed $1 billion.

I have to say that Disney's way of global distribution is really wild, and it is a proper "three years without opening, opening for three years"!

Fortunately, "How to Train Your Dragon" does not have to compete with "Alice in Wonderland", it is mainly aimed at "Shrek 4" launched by DreamWorks Animation Studios.

When mentioning his opponent, Spielberg still has a faint sadness.

The division of DreamWorks' film division and animation department has always been a pain in his heart, and now the film department has become a vassal of Walton Pictures, and the animation department has become a vassal of Paramount Pictures, so that the "brothers" have to fight......

"Alas!"

Thinking of this situation, Spielberg suddenly couldn't hide his loss.

The company he founded himself has now ended up falling apart, which can really be described as a creation to make people......

But at this time, Chen Fei on the side suddenly said: "Why don't we buy back the DreamWorks animation department?" ”

"Uh-huh?!"

As soon as he heard this, Spielberg's eyes widened and his face was full of surprise.

"Fei, you... Are you telling the truth? ”

"Of course, why am I lying to you?"

Chen Fei is still quite interested in the animation department of DreamWorks, especially those copyrights that belong to the animation department, and he has been coveting them for a long time.

"The True Story of Ant", "Shrek", "Shark Story", ......

Don't look at the box office results of some of these movies, but they can be regarded as the childhood memories of the United States generation, and they can be relaunched in a linkage way after the acquisition, ensuring that they will not lose money.

Of course, the most important thing is the "Ready Player One" that Chen Fei wants to shoot, he has already begun to collect all kinds of copyrights, which can be said to be the most refusal......

"However, the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation means that we need to pay a lot of money!"

"So what? It won't take long for the money spent to be regained. ”

Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders and didn't mind it.

He still has some animation scripts in his hand, and there are still two unfinished parts of the "Kung Fu Panda" series, which can be handed over to the DreamWorks animation department.

He had even figured out that after the acquisition was successful, he could disrupt and reorganize the employees of Walton Pictures' animation department and DreamWorks' animation department into a new animation department.

The goal is also clear: Pixar and Disney!

"How about you talk to Jeffrey Katzenberg about this?"

Chen Fei is ready to let Spielberg go, he is more familiar with the CEO of DreamWorks Animation, after all, these two were two of the "Three Musketeers of DreamWorks" before.

“Ok！ I'll talk to him! ”

Spielberg nodded, confident.

He is ready to wait for the release of "Shrek 4" before saying that if the animated film can recreate the glory of DreamWorks animation, then it may need to spend a little more money on mergers and acquisitions.

But if the glory is gone, DreamWorks Animation will also fall back into the trough, and the fatal blow can just be the basis for the acquisition!

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Just when Chen Fei was waiting for the premiere of "How to Train Your Dragon" to arrive, a phone call suddenly came from China.

"Director Chen, the post-editing of "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" is over, look at this schedule......"

"Let it go, leave it for next year, in the name of the 90th anniversary of Jianyan, the official will endorse us."

On the other end of the phone, Kang Honglei was slightly stunned.

Official endorsement?

Doesn't this mean that this movie is likely to reach the same heights as "The Founding of the People's Republic"?

Thinking of this, he immediately became excited, "Okay, I know, I'll continue to refine it again and try to avoid flaws......"

When people reach middle age, when they make enough money, they begin to seek "fame".

Kang Honglei is like this, he attaches great importance to his first debut, as long as he can get a good box office, let alone wait for a year, it is not a problem to wait for two or three years!

On the other hand, although the editing of "Heart Blossom Road" has not yet ended, the set date has spread throughout the film industry.

On September 30, the sword pointed to the National Day file!

The bureau's support for him is extremely high, and he is completely given the green light in terms of review and film scheduling, and he is properly treated at the VIP level.

However, it is a little unfriendly to other domestic films.

After hearing the news that "Heart Flower Road" was finalized, many movies set in this range were either advanced or postponed, and they had no idea of grabbing the box office with him at all.

Don't look at this as just a small-budget movie, but the director of the horse is Chen Fei, and the starring actors are Chen Fei, Huang Bo, Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing and others, who dares to rush up?

There are only some small-budget movies that want to eat some leftovers, so there is no change, and all the others are gone!

Xu Ke called, and his tone was called a grudge, ""Di Renjie" was also prepared to be on the National Day file before, but Huayi has already taken the initiative to apply for the withdrawal of the file, and is ready to put it in November." ”

Chen Fei was a little puzzled, "Isn't it all done in the later stage?" Why not get on early? The summer vacation file is also pretty good, right? "Super Body" is just an imported film, and it will not affect you. ”

"There are two reasons, one is that I am going to take "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire" to Venice for screening, and secondly, there are no less than 5 Hollywood blockbusters in addition to "Super Body" in the summer vacation, and I don't have the confidence to compete for ......"

"Haha, it's ...... too"

Chen Fei was inexplicably embarrassed in his heart, after all, almost all of these blockbusters had something to do with him.

"Do you want to take "Heart Flower Road" to the award? Let's go to Venice together, shall we? What do you think? ”

Xu Ke invited him with a smile, but his tone was joking.

A small-budget road comedy, there are no awards if you go, and it is absolutely impossible to enter the main competition unit.

Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders, ""Heart Flower Road" is not suitable, I am going to try other films." ”

"Huh?!"

Xu Ke was stunned in an instant, good guy, really go!

"You...... Do you want to compete for the Golden Lion? ”

"I do have this idea, if the Golden Lion comes again, I will win all the three major director awards in Europe."

Chen Fei said with a smile, and the other free hand was looking at the script.

"The Hunt"

This script is perfect for a prize rush!

It mainly tells the story of a man whose life is ruined by rumors of scandal, lies, hatred and suspicion, and details the process by which "lies" become "facts", revealing the meaning of the crowd's mouths......

Chen Fei is sure that the judges in Venice will absolutely love the story.

In fact, during this period of time in the later stages of the production of "The Hunger Games", he had already begun to quietly prepare for the film.

The filming location has been decided, and even some supporting actors are almost found, and now there is only one male lead actor missing!

As a realistic movie, the choice of the male protagonist must be cautious!

First of all, acting is the top priority!

Secondly, because the investment cost is not high, the salary must be relatively cheap.

These two axes are cut down, which also means that the actor and the commercial film actor have completely formed two parallel lines that can never intersect.

Chen Fei thought about looking for Leonardo, but when he thought of the high salary, he couldn't help but feel a little liver pain!

Niang Xipi's, with a salary of 30 million US dollars, this horse is enough for him to make a movie!

But except for Leonardo, there are not many actors with explosive Hollywood acting skills, and Chen Fei is not familiar with them.

For so many years, he has been making commercial films, and most of the people he knows are commercial actors......

After frowning and pondering for a long time, Chen Fei still couldn't find a suitable candidate from his memory.

After thinking about it, he simply called the public relations and publicity department directly, "Help me send a movie audition notice, I need a leading actor, about 40 years old, married, I want to make a realistic movie, and my acting skills must be high......"

"Okay, Boss."

They answered, and went to make an announcement.

As a director who has won the Golden Bear, the Palme d'Or, and the Oscar, Chen Fei not only has high achievements in the field of commercial films, but also has a great reputation in the field of literary films!

Less than an hour after the announcement was sent, his phone was bombarded with a flurry of calls!

Led by Robert Downey Jr., followed by Nicolas Cage, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman and other Hollywood acting schools.

Without exception, everyone wants to get an audition.

The most Leonardo of these people ran fast, and he directly killed the company!

"Fei, what do you think of me? Am I fit to be the lead actor in your movie? ”

Xiao Lizi already has a magical mentality about awards, especially the glittering Oscar little golden man, he has been hungry for a long time!

It's a pity that he was simply heartbroken by those old academic guys, and he failed to win many nominations.

He wants to prove himself now, he not only has good looks, he also has acting skills!

It's a pity that in the face of Xiao Lizi's expectations, Chen Fei could only shake his head slowly: "Leon, I need an actor who is a little older, preferably married, has a family, and has children, so as to fit the character prototype." ”

Leonardo's acting skills are really good, but his age is not very appropriate, he just turned 36 this year and is not married yet.

Even if he has begun to ignore his image for the sake of the Oscars, and today he came in a big pants, but the overall silhouette and that face are still very handsome after being photogenic!

"Well, well, that's a pity."

Leonardo sighed, and suddenly felt that the whole person was not good.

When will his Oscar statuette get his hands on it?

Chen Fei comforted him, "Don't worry, next time if there is a suitable role for you, I will definitely contact you as soon as possible, and strive to get you an Oscar for Best Actor back." ”

"That's what you said! No reversal! ”

"Don't worry, you won't break your word!"

Xiao Lizi was in a much better mood, asked for the script of "Hunting", and sat there alone holding it and reading it, quite fascinated.

Half an hour later, he put down the script, his face full of shock.

"Fei, you're a genius! Crowd bigotry and hypocrisy run through the past and present, seizing the moral high ground to judge others to vent their personal evil...... The story is simply amazing! ”

Xiao Lizi kept talking about the script, obviously moved by this story.

However, the male protagonist in the story really has to find a married middle-aged man, although his acting skills are good, but he has no experience in being a father and marriage, so he is not suitable for this role.

At this moment, he even regretted that he had no experience in marriage and being a father, which was obviously unsatisfactory for a short life of less than a hundred years.

However, this thought only flickered in his mind for a moment, and then disappeared without a trace.

What to marry?

What father?

Is it not fun to be a young model? Or is the Victoria's Secret show not good-looking?

Shaking his head, Leonardo regained his confidence again, isn't it just a movie, buddy is not rare!

But in the next second, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, "Fei, I have a suitable candidate here, I feel that he is very suitable for playing the male lead in your movie." ”

"Oh? Who is it? Chen Fei looked at him curiously.

Leonardo, "Matt Damon, a poor guy like me, he has great acting skills, and he got married back in '05 and now has three daughters!"

Oh, this damn seeding machine, his wife Siana is pregnant again, due in October this year, I'm afraid I'm going to have another goddaughter......"

Matt Damon?

Chen Fei was slightly stunned, and his personal information quickly appeared in his mind.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Screenplay, one of the most expensive actors in Hollywood, with superb acting skills, medium to high appearance, and also not accepted by the academy......

Indeed, this is quite similar to Leonardo, and he is one of the representatives who has been rejected many times by the Oscar statuette.

The advantage is that he is already married and will inevitably have a lot of experience in playing the roles of "husband" and "father".

"However, his salary ......"

Chen Fei still remembers that according to a report by Forbes in August 2007, Matt Damon was one of the most profitable stars among Hollywood actors at that time, and the average box office revenue ratio of his three movies at that time was 1 to 29 US dollars, which was far ahead in terms of making money!

However, the investment in "Hunting" is not high......

Xiao Lizi waved his hand, showing a little pride on his face, "Don't worry, he is much cheaper than me, after all, since 07, he has not had an excellent commercial film for a long time." ”

Hollywood's actors' salaries have always been linked to box office results, and the higher the box office, the higher the star's salary, and vice versa.

Xiao Lizi's current salary is the highest among male actors in Europe and the United States, after all, the box office of "Titanic" and "Inception" starring him is too explosive!

"I came to contact him, and it just so happened that he was recently at home taking care of his wife."

Xiao Li Zi took out his mobile phone excitedly and began to make calls.

Chen Fei didn't stop him, after all, no matter how you look at it, Matt Damon seems to fit the image of the male protagonist in "The Hunt".

In addition, he is still an actor introduced by Xiao Lizi, and his character will definitely not be bad.

Chen Fei is going to have a brief audition later, if the salary, acting skills, and image are all suitable, then choose him!

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