During the period of promotion in Hollywood, Chen Fei has been paying attention to the box office status of "Twilight 5".

Watch it get higher and higher, rapidly approaching $1 billion......

"This series can be regarded as a successful end, I wonder if "The Hunger Games" will continue to be brilliant?"

Natasha was a little nervous, after all, the Twilight series was so strong that it would be too difficult to replicate its saga.

Chen Fei gave an affirmative answer, "It is okay to continue, but it is difficult to surpass." ”

Twilight's audience is young people, who have a natural desire for love, especially the magical stories of vampires and humans, which they pursue and fantasize about.

But "The Hunger Games" is different, the strength of this movie is "exciting", "killing", "survival", and the audience is not as high as "Twilight".

However, although it may be worse, it must be impossible to lose money!

Natasha nodded knowingly, and then asked, "Fei, then what should we prepare next?" Preparing for The Hunger Games 2? ”

"No!"

Chen Fei shook his head and took out the new script that he had already prepared from the safe under his desk.

"Catherine's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 3" is about to be completed, and this is a new script I prepared for her to take over the end of the Rise of the Planet of the Apes series."

"Wow! There's a new script again?! ”

Natasha's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly took over the new script from Chen Fei's hands.

"Now You See Me?"

"Yes." Chen Fei nodded and briefly introduced the plot, "This script tells the story of the "Four Knights" composed of four magicians with different talents, under the guidance of a mysterious person, under the cover of a grand magic show, stealing from day to day under the eyes of everyone, while evading the investigation and pursuit of the FBI. ”

Suspenseful crime films, special effects, FBI ......

Obviously, this is another classic Hollywood-style work.

"The preparation of this script is very important, I will not make it into a 3D version, and the investment cost needs to be controlled within 100 million US dollars, so the various magic scenes in it need to be realistic, and then extended under this premise......"

It took a whole morning for Chen Fei to explain to Natasha in detail the effect he wanted.

As for the follow-up, he is not ready to care, because he needs to return to China first, and then go directly to New York to film "The Avengers".

As for the follow-up publicity work of "The Hunger Games", it can only be followed up by Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway.

Although there is no such thing as a "Chinese New Year" in Hollywood, the two months of November and December can be regarded as a battleground, after all, it will be the Oscars again.

In order to show their strength and status, the Big Six usually come up with their own outstanding works, and then fight at the end of the year.

Warner Bros. came up with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Disney came up with "Tangled" and "Tron: War".

20th Century Fox came up with The Chronicles of Narnia 3: Dawn Treader.

Paramount Pictures came up with the 3D animated film "Super Bad".

As for Universal Pictures and Sony Columbia, there is no big movement, and it seems that they have no intention of coming out to fight.

Lionsgate, which is second only to the Big Six, has also made no big moves, although they have been releasing various types of small-budget films in recent years, but they have not been able to make any splashes.

Of course, if you want to say the most eye-catching, it naturally has to be Walton Pictures!

"Twilight 5" in November and "The Hunger Games" in December are all A-class productions, and none of them have an investment cost of less than $100 million.

And what's even more filmable is that there are a series of masterpieces such as "Rise of the Planet of the Apes 3", "Kung Fu Panda 3", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "The Avengers" and so on are waiting to appear.

Although many of these movies are still in preparation, the news has already been typed, and they are all eyeing each other, waiting to tear a piece of meat off the six bodies!

In fact, according to the market share, Volton Pictures can already be tied with the Big Six, but it is not so easy to become the "Seventh", and there is still a long, long way to go!

……

Adhering to the idea of 'knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, winning all battles', Chen Fei also watched "Super Villain", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", "Tangled", and "The Chronicles of Narnia 3: Dawn Treader" in his spare time, and learned about their box office situation.

Paramount's wave is considered to be a crotch pull, with an investment of $130 million in "Super Bad" with a total global box office of only $229 million, and the lMDb score is only 7.3 points.

Judging from the publicity strategy, their purpose should be to prepare to compete with "How to Train Your Dragon" and "Despicable Me", but the box office results are too stretched.

However, because the producer of this animated film is the DreamWorks Animation Department, the only loss on Paramount's side is the publicity and distribution costs, and the huge loss is still the DreamWorks Animation Department!

It is no exaggeration to say that the money earned back through "Shrek 4" is estimated to lose more than half!

According to Spielberg, DreamWorks Animation is at the end of its rope, and Paramount is no longer prepared to continue supporting them.

It is precisely because of this that Volton Pictures was given the opportunity to start!

Negotiations are in the final stages, and if nothing else, DreamWorks Animation will be part of Walton Pictures by the end of 2010.

Katzenberg wasn't much against the merger, after all, he founded DreamWorks Animation, and he didn't want to see his company go down.

As long as he joins Walton Pictures, what awaits him will be high-quality animated scripts such as "Kung Fu Panda 3", "How to Train Your Dragon 2", "Invincible Destruction King" and "Frozen".

He's hungry too!

With the help of these scripts, DreamWorks Animation will surely be able to recreate its glory!

In fact, Disney is also contacting them, and the conditions given are not low, but there is only one thing that makes it difficult for Katzenberg to accept.

According to Disney, DreamWorks was to be incorporated into Pixar Animation Studios after the past.

And this also means that since then, there has been no DreamWorks animation in Hollywood.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Katzenberg!

But joining Walton Pictures is different, he will still be the CEO of DreamWorks Animation, and he will also have access to resources to help, and it is clear which is more important.

In addition to "Super Villain", there are also "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "Tangled" participating in the November slot competition.

To the surprise of many people, the results of these two films are rushing for $1 billion, and it is likely that there will be three works that break $1 billion at the box office in November!

It's just that Harry Potter has a slightly more negative evaluation.

In addition to the operation behavior that is divided into two parts, "Upper and Lower", there are many plots in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" that are too similar to "Inception".

In addition to the very similar apparitions and charms, even the narrative method of diving into dreams to drive the plot development in "Inception" can also be traced in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1)"!

Perhaps because of the negative reviews, the box office trend of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I" is also slightly disadvantaged, and North America has not been able to exceed 300 million US dollars for a long time.

However, after all, the film took the route of global distribution, and the box office trend in other regions still successfully made up for the vacancy in North America.

As for Disney's "Tangled", the North American box office has now exceeded $200 million, and the global box office has also successfully exceeded $500 million.

Disney has confirmed that no less than two sequels will be launched in the future, and it will be adapted into a musical, which has attracted the attention of many fans.

Of course, the most eye-catching is "Twilight 5", at this time, the global total box office has reached 900 million US dollars, and breaking through 1 billion is close at hand!

Many media are amazed, they didn't expect a fantasy romance film to burst out with such a strong "ability to attract money".

Before returning to China, Chen Fei participated in the celebration banquet of "Twilight".

To his surprise, Kristen Stewart actually cut off her long bright blonde hair and officially appeared in front of everyone with short hair and a neutral image.

"What are you ......" Chen Fei seemed to have guessed something, and his eyes were inexplicably a little complicated.

"The Twilight set is over, and now I can be myself, it's a great feeling!"

“……”

Chen Fei has already understood the meaning of 'her' words, and this 'girl' is probably about to start letting go of herself.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to see Christine hugging the waist of a blonde beauty, looking like I'm going to eat you.

And not far from Christine, Robert Pattinson, who played "Vampire", and Taylor Lautner, who played "Werewolf", invariably showed a shocked expression!

After working together for five whole years, they only found out today that Twilight's heroine turned out to be a ...... Lesbian?

"Haha, young people nowadays are really interesting." Old man Woody Allen held his wine glass and sighed in a tone that had already seen through the red dust.

"Indeed, it's good to be young." Chen Fei sighed with old-fashioned emotion, causing the old man to be speechless for a while.

"Have you already decided? Will no more films be made in the future? ”

"No," Woody Allen explained, shaking his head, "because I'm not going to make any commercial films anymore, I'm too old to run, and I'm probably trying to continue working as a screenwriter in the future." ”

Well?

Hearing this, Chen Fei's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I just bought the rights to a copy, are you going to try to adapt it into a movie script and then make it?"

"Oh? What? Woody Allen was immediately interested.

"Matthew Quake's "Get Away, Let Me Embrace Happiness" tells the story of Pat who was sent to the hospital for treatment due to mental trauma after he bumped into his wife's cheating, and after being discharged from the hospital, he was lucky to meet Tiffany, a girl who lost her husband and job, and the two went from the beginning of-for-tat, to mutual attraction, and finally to the story of falling in love with each other.

"Sounds good, I can try it when I get back."

"Haha, okay, remember to call me if you have an idea."

“Ok。”

It was already late at the end of the celebration banquet, Chen Fei drank some wine, and with the attitude of drunk driving harming others and himself, he called the driver to come and pick him up.

However, while waiting for the bus, he saw the picture of Christine and the blonde girl sitting in the car kissing.

The Twilight series is over, and she's really starting to let herself go.

Chen Fei respected her choice very much, and sent his blessings, "I hope you can be as lucky as Bella." ”

……

……

On the 14th, Chen Fei returned to the capital again.

Tomorrow is the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly", and Jiang Wen called him several times, urging him to be there to attend.

Helplessly, as soon as he got off the plane, Chen Fei called him and informed him that he had returned to China.

"Haha, okay, let's walk the red carpet together tomorrow!"

"Okay, okay, what do you say, that's it, I should cooperate with the whole process, right?"

After dealing with Jiang Wen, Chen Fei took advantage of the gap between going home, and went to the Internet to take a look at the recent hot news in China.

"Zhao's Orphan" and "Laughing Jianghu" are still in theaters, but netizens' evaluations of the two movies show a completely different situation.

"To tell you the truth, I think "Laughing Jianghu" is much better than "Zhao's Orphan"."

"Upstairs, what are you telling the truth?"

"Uh...... I wonder very much, why does this Chen Kaige drive high and go low every time? Will no one be able to hold him down in the back? ”

"Sometimes I'm really confused, who made "Farewell My Concubine"?"

"His Daddy ......"

It has been more than ten days since the release of the two movies, but the strange thing is that the box office results have almost shown a flat trend, both in the range of 80 million.

For "Laughing Rivers and Lakes", this is already a great success.

But for "Zhao's Orphan", which has invested more than 200 million, this is already a sign that it will hit the street again!

Just like after the release of "Wu Ji" before, Chen Kaige began to spit out "famous words" again.

In an interview with reporters, he responded: "I said before the release that this movie doesn't care about box office revenue, and what I want to present is a classic historical masterpiece!"

There are many people who say that they can't understand it, but in fact, you haven't read it deeply, as long as you read it a few times, you will naturally understand the deep meaning, thoughts and connotations.

As for the adaptation? This is actually a kind of spiritual filling, and I won't explain the superfluous, but after watching it a few times, I will naturally be able to comprehend the mystery......"

“？？？”

Chen Fei looked confused, this guy can really fool, one bite at a time, "watch more", completely ignoring what kind of bird the film is.

I have to say that Chen Dashi's face is not ordinarily thick.

Back in the courtyard, as soon as he entered the door, Chen Fei found that there was another person in the courtyard.

The hair is casually draped behind him, and the beauty of a small face is thrilling, but the outfit is still so casual, with a gray skirt on the lower body, and a black down jacket on the upper body, which is like a rural village girl......

"Good afternoon, girl."

After saying hello casually, Chen Fei put the suitcase in his hand, leaned over and sat down next to Liu Yifei.

The stove was burned warmly, and the girl's face was baked red, and it was cute.

"Huh? How did you get back? Liu Yifei's beautiful eyes lit up slightly, flashing with curiosity.

"Jiang Wen called me back, I am going to attend the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly" tomorrow and help him go to the town."

As he spoke, Chen Fei's gaze unconsciously fell on her hand, "This is ...... Screenplay? ”

"That's right." Liu Yifei nodded lightly and handed it over, "It was given to me by my mother, it seems to be a movie invested by Xingmei, called "Hongmen Banquet", they want me to play the heroine." ”

Chen Fei's outstretched hand paused slightly, and he wanted to take it back directly, but in the end he chose to take it.

He briefly flipped through the script.

The story tells the story of Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's struggle for hegemony at the end of the Qin Dynasty, creating the images of brave and resourceful characters such as Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Fan Zeng, Zhang Liang, etc., with a sabre-rattling Hongmen banquet, presenting a game situation between Chu and Han in the game of the game and the plan.

However, the more he looked back, the tighter Chen Fei's brows furrowed.

In the end, before he even finished reading it, he closed the script directly.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yifei asked curiously on the side.

"The director and screenwriter are all from Xiangjiang, right?"

"That's right, it was written and directed by Li Rengang, and it has been determined that Li Ming, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Qiusheng, Chen Xiaochun, An Zhijie and others will star, and the lineup is still very strong."

"Push it."

"Huh? Why? I feel pretty good, and I'm confident that I can play the role of "Yu Ji" well. ”

Liu Yifei is a little puzzled, the investment in this movie is still very large, and she is still the only heroine, which is quite suitable for her.

"You can play Yu Ji well, but they can't shoot Yu Ji well." Chen Fei said in a very determined tone: "Believe me, don't look at what they say now, it's very good, but the directors over there in Xiangjiang will never be able to shoot historical themes."

You should have watched Wu Yu's "Red Cliff", a director who came back from Hollywood made it like that, do you expect Li Rengang, a director who was born to make action movies, to make a masterpiece of historical themes? Are you kidding? ”

Chen Fei has been in the director circle for so many years, how can he not know what kind of director he is in Xiangjiang?

When filming historical themes, especially war scenes, it is as if the old boy is in a hurry, it is just nonsense!

"Oh, okay, then I'll let my mom refuse that when I go back."

Liu Yifei was very obedient, and after taking back the script, she didn't read it, and then threw it aside.

Chen Fei looked at her, his eyebrows raised slightly, "You... Having been bored lately? ”

"That's right, every day is to take acting classes, then read books, and occasionally go to endorsement activities, it's boring to death."

Seeing her like this, Chen Fei's eyes rolled slightly, and he was ready to give her a wave of strength.

"I have a script here that suits you quite well, since you are bored, how about leaving it to you to prepare? You become a producer and expand your new identity. ”

"Huh?" Liu Yifei's eyes suddenly lit up, "Okay! Okay! What script? Show me? ”

"Wait."

Chen Fei got up and entered the study, and walked out again after a while, still holding a script in his hand.

"Show me!"

Liu Yifei jumped up from the chair like a little rabbit, walked to Chen Fei's side in three steps and two steps, and then took the script from him.

Then, she whispered the name of the script:

"Your Name?"

……

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