"Mr. Chen, this is the premiere invitation from the producers of the more than a dozen films that will be released next, do you want to take a look?"

Looking at the box in the secretary's hand, Chen Fei shook his head helplessly.

Since he won the first Golden Bear Trophy, whether it is familiar or unfamiliar with the filmmakers in the circle, as long as there is an event such as a movie premiere, an invitation letter will be sent over.

Since November 1, he has received no less than 30 premiere invitations.

If nothing else, this situation may continue until the end of the Lunar New Year slot.

Even if most production companies know that he will not go, they will still send invitations, because this represents respect for the "leading companies" in the circle.

"What movies should I see?"

Chen Fei beckoned and motioned for the secretary to put the box down.

He took a brief look at it and found that most of the contents were premiere invitations from some small and medium-cost Hong Kong film producers.

"Happy Magic", "East City West 2011", "The Great Magician", "Love Before Marriage" ......

The only big-budget movie worth paying attention to is "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet", which was released at the end of the month.

In addition, most of the other Hong Kong films are old routine movies that fry cold rice, and you can probably guess what the plot is by looking at the name.

Chen Fei took out the invitation to the premiere of "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet" alone, and then pushed the box back again: "The old rules, these are all handled by Mr. Su." ”

There are many eloquent talents in the public relations department of Feiyue Film and Television, and they can be sent to attend the event as representatives.

After the secretary left, Chen Fei picked up the landline on the table and dialed the assistant's phone: "Is my car ready?" ”

"It's ready for you."

"Okay, I'll go down now, let's go directly."

Approaching November 15th, as a Hong Kong film with an investment second only to "The Legend of the Hongmen Banquet", "Cold War 2" also held a premiere event in the capital.

As a movie jointly produced by Feiyue Film and Golden Harvest Pictures, the popularity of "Cold War 2" is actually not inferior to "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet".

Kwok Fu-shing, Leung Jia-fai, Cheung Tsz-yi, Man Wing-shan, Pang Yu-yan, Chow Yun-fat, Lee Chi-ting, Yeung You-ning......

If you talk about the starring lineup alone, "Cold War 2" can be ranked at the forefront of all Hong Kong films in Hong Kong this year!

If you put it before 02 years, if you want to gather such a lineup, the salary consumed must be an astronomical amount!

But now is different from the past, except for Guo Fucheng, Liang Jiahui, and Zhang Ziyi, most of the others took the initiative to ask for a guest appearance.

The reason is simple, the script of the series "Cold War" is too bitten!

When the first film landed in mainland theaters, it directly won 260 million yuan, which can be described as a double harvest at the box office!

And the second part is about to be released this year, and many fans in the mainland are already looking forward to it.

Although the advance ticket office is not as exaggerated as "Gravity", it is infinitely close to 100 million.

If nothing else, it is absolutely no problem for the box office to break 100 million on the first day!

Because of this, the main creative team worked very hard in publicity, and no one was absent from today's premiere event.

When Chen Fei arrived at the event, he saw a scene full of voices.

In addition to the production companies and actors on Hong Kong Island, there are also many supporters from the mainland, such as Han Sanping, Ren Zhonglun, Ye Ning, Wang Changtian and others have all been present.

As soon as he got out of the car, Chen Fei saw Huo Qigang standing not far from the red carpet.

"Why haven't you gone in yet?"

"Waiting for you! I just came out of it, and the two of us filmmakers walked the red carpet together, which can be regarded as a kind of publicity ......"

"I'm sure I'll be fine." Chen Fei responded casually, and didn't forget to quip: "As long as Sister Jingjing doesn't get angry when she sees it." ”

“……”

Huo Qigang was speechless for a while: "You are also a top director who is well-known at home and abroad, can you not be so naïve?" ”

"Hey? Are you embarrassed to say me? Who ate flying vinegar in KTV in the first place? I ran directly to the road, and I had to be coaxed by my girlfriend to come back......"

Huo Qigang's face turned red instantly, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Brother! You're my brother! Am I wrong? What kind of old rotten grain is this, why do you still mention it? ”

"No way." Chen Fei shrugged: "Who let you be photographed by the paparazzi?" You'll never be able to avoid it. ”

"Hurry up and walk the red carpet, there are still many guests waiting for us to receive ......"

Huo Qigang hurriedly diverted the topic, and pulled Chen Fei to the red carpet.

"Wait a minute, there are guests up there."

Chen Fei dragged him and looked ahead.

The lineup that was walking the red carpet at this time really surprised him.

Zhao Wenzhuo, Yang Mi, Fan Shaohuang, Du Yuhang and star girl Xu Jiao.

Chen Fei turned his head to look at an entertainer who was shooting at him and Huo Qigang, and pointed at Yang Mi and the others with some curiosity and asked, "How could they walk the red carpet together?" ”

The reporter was slightly stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he replied: "Some time ago, Huatianxia and Meiya Entertainment jointly invested in a movie called "Dawudang World Code", and now these people who are walking the red carpet are the starring team. ”

"Oh! That's it! ”

Chen Fei suddenly realized.

He still has some impressions of this movie.

In my memory, the action design of these actors was directed by Yuan Kui, and everyone's martial arts clips were quite innovative.

It's just that Yang Mi seems to be playing again......

Shaking his head a little helplessly, Chen Fei didn't pay much attention to it.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and his ability alone is limited, he can't change much, and he doesn't want to do that kind of thankless thing.

His gaze stayed on the star girl "Xu Jiao" for a moment.

After filming "Yangtze River No. 7", the other party participated in the movie "Starry Sky" invested by Huayi.

The fantasy genre was released on November 3, just two days after The Painted Wall.

It's a pity that the box office is extremely bleak!

The first day of release was only 1.37 million yuan, more than ten days have passed, but the total box office is less than 10 million.

This achievement can't be described as "hitting the street", it's a miserable mess!

To sum up the content of the movie in one sentence: "How vast and splendid it is, how boring it is." ”

The film didn't even cause a wide range of discussions, and when Chen Fei occasionally saw the topic of "Starry Sky" on the Internet, most of them were saying that Xu Jiao was so beautiful when she grew up......

As for the plot, many people don't seem to even be interested in discussing it.

In order to recoup the cost, Huayi also sent the film to the 16th Busan International Film Festival.

It's a pity that although the film entered the official competition film unit, it did not win any awards.

The specific amount of copyright fees sold, Huayi did not disclose it.

According to Wang Zhonglei's show-off character, he didn't even make the slightest movement this time, and as expected, it is estimated that the loss is relatively miserable.

……

After entering the venue, Huo Qigang went directly to the circle on the other side of the Xiangjiang River, while Chen Fei walked towards the mainland circle.

It's just that he didn't take a few steps before he was stopped by Yang Shoucheng.

"Mr. Chen, haha, long time no see."

"Mr. Yang?"

Nothing to do is not to go to the Three Treasures Hall.

Yang Shoucheng specially flew to the mainland to attend the premiere at such an old age, and he must have a plan.

Sure enough, before he could chat, Chen Fei received a premiere invitation from him.

"Originally, I was going to ask someone to send it to your company, but I thought that we would definitely meet today, so I simply gave it to you personally."

Chen Fei glanced down and saw the huge words "Counter War" written on the cover.

A news item he had recently seen popped into his mind.

"Co-produced by Huayi, Emperor, Qiankun Starlight, and Matt Culture, directed by Lin Chaoxian, starring Zhou Jienon, Nicholas Tse, Bai Bai, An Zhijie and others, with an investment of up to 200 million, the movie "Counter War" will be launched in mainland theaters on January 17, 2012 ......"

This news was released by the Hong Kong media, because it involved Zhou Jielun and Nicholas Tse, so it caused a lot of heat on Weibo.

"Thank you Yang Dong for still thinking about me, if there is time, I will definitely go."

Chen Fei responded directly, as for whether there was time or not, that would follow.

After sending the premiere invitation, Yang Shoucheng did not leave in a hurry, but mentioned another thing.

"Mr. Chen, when is our "Ip Man 3" expected to be postponed?"

Emperor has had a lot of funding gaps recently, so he put the idea on "Ip Man 3", hoping that the movie can be released as soon as possible to ease the financial pressure.

Chen Fei thought for a moment and gave an answer: "After the middle of the year, Donnie Yen's recent image for fans in the mainland is really bad."

If "Ip Man 3" is launched immediately, I am afraid it will affect the box office results. ”

"Okay, then I'll listen to you."

Finally got an accurate date, and Yang Shoucheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

If the release time is extended indefinitely, the pressure will be great!

After the premiere, at the follow-up banquet time, Chen Fei deliberately paid attention to several producers.

These people are quite calm, and they don't see the slightest sign of doing something on their faces, and they chatted with the theater party very well.

He has already prepared the melon seeds and is waiting to watch the play.

……

The 15th arrived as promised.

"Cold War 2" has already landed in mainland theaters in the early hours of the morning, and the box office on the first day will not be announced until the 16th.

China Film announced the box office results of "33 Days of Broken Love" for the first time.

The data of 176 million is simply pressing the hammer of "Painted Wall"!

But the light side doesn't care much about this, anyway, the cost has been recovered, and the follow-up is pure profit.

Wang Changtian's main focus is a "I am fortunate to be gained, and my life is lost." ”

After sending a manager under the Pan Asia Cinema Line to participate in the "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" viewing party, Huo Qigang stayed in Chen Fei's office and began to wait for news.

"Good fellows? You actually prepared all the melon seed tea? Is this just waiting to see a good show? ”

Seeing Chen Fei crossing Erlang's legs, looking quite calm, Huo Qigang was speechless.

"So what's not? This kind of thing is not something you and I can decide, at most, he Zhang Weiping is just playing a leading role, and the leaders above have to speak, what else can he do if he doesn't wait to watch the show? ”

Hearing this, Huo Qigang suddenly fell into deep thought.

He had also gotten into the tip of the horns before, and he hadn't reacted for a while.

Now after being thoroughly clicked by Chen Fei's words, he suddenly has a feeling of enlightenment!

Indeed, how can this kind of major event related to the entire industry be decided overnight, or when someone comes out and shouts.

In the end, it depends on what the big leaders above say!

"So, we just need to make sure to follow the flow, don't be the first bird, once we are targeted, the consequences are not something you and I can bear."

"I see."

Huo Qigang nodded slightly, and his respect for Chen Fei in his heart was a little more.

That's what it's called being forward-looking!

There is absolutely no ambiguity when it is time to do it, and there is absolutely no showing when it is time to hide behind the scenes to watch the play, only in this way can you live longer and more nourishing.

After all, this is China, and it adheres to the social structure of "management standard".

……

After eating melon seeds in the morning and eating a big meal, the two continued to return to the office and waited for the "melons to ripen".

waited until three o'clock in the afternoon, when Huo Qigang's phone rang, Chen Fei saw a lot of news popping up on the Internet.

In just a few minutes, the details of the viewing meeting of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" were revealed.

As expected, Zhang Weiping really moved out of his old routine.

After the film viewing meeting, he directly put forward conditions, asking the national cinema chain to increase the account sharing ratio of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" from 43% to 45%, and increase the minimum ticket price by 5 yuan!

"Look at other people's foreign blockbusters, the higher the investment, the higher the proportion of shares, and on the other hand, in our country, the producer will always be on the weak side.

Why do we spend a lot of money to invest in the movies we shoot, and your cinema chain only provides a screening channel, but you have to enjoy such a high proportion of the account?

All the risks are borne by us, you can do well, sit and wait for the money, if you don't like it, you can still move on the schedule, and we will always be ......the ones who suffer."

Zhang Weiping's remarks at the film viewing meeting were all copied by the media as they were.

That momentum, that posture, I feel like I've eaten you.

The incident began to ferment rapidly, and by the end of the evening, the entire film industry had completely exploded!

A number of production companies began to support Zhang Weiping.

In the face of such a situation in which interests are at stake, they cannot afford not to make a decision.

Chen Fei's phone began to be bombarded in turns, and Huo Qigang, who was sitting opposite, was even more so.

When it comes to the production business, Feiyue Film and Television is definitely No.1 in the circle now.

When it comes to cinema business, Pan Asia Cinema is currently the No. 1 in the country and even in Asia.

No cinema company has the courage of Pan Asia Cinema Line, and all revenues are used to develop cinemas, except for staff salaries and infrastructure equipment maintenance costs.

Under this extreme operation, the number of theaters under Pan Asia Cinema Line has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Expansions, acquisitions, mergers and acquisitions, joint operations......

There are several tubes together, and you can't develop slowly.

"Heh, these people are really calculating, and they actually want Pan Asia Cinema to take the lead in boycotting the new picture and "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", this is treating me as a reckless man who charges into battle?"

After Huo Qigang answered several calls, he directly turned off his mobile phone.

He's not stupid, he will never be a bird of the bunch.

Either everyone speaks together, or they all rest, how can there be any reason for him to rush ahead?

Chen Feile looked at him and persuaded: "Don't be angry, just wait, someone will definitely stand up and be the leading big brother, you remember, we are young, we have no experience, we will only follow the big brother." ”

Hearing this, Huo Qigang straightened up, turned around and walked out: "If you have something to call, I'll go to South Korea first, and I will talk to them about the introduction of "Cold War 2", I'll talk to them." ”

"Hahaha, okay, you run away first, I'll take it."

Chen Fei didn't deliberately get up to see him off, and took out his mobile phone and called Su Guohai.

"Lao Su, have you seen the news on the Internet? After Huayi, Orange Sky, and Guangguang all come forward to support Zhang Weiping, you can also learn from them to make an announcement.

If you meet a reporter for an interview, you will say that we stand in the position of the producer and absolutely support Producer Zhang, and don't say anything else. ”

"Okay."

Su Guohai responded and hurriedly went to stare at it.

……

After a night of fermentation, under the leadership of the new picture, many production companies such as Huayi, Orange Sky, Pony Galloping, Emperor, and Light have issued statements in support of Zhang Weiping.

And among so many companies, Feiyue Film and Television's speech is quite low-key.

Su Guohai directly reposted the advocacy letter issued by Zhang Weiping on resisting the theater line with his company account, and there was no other movement.

On the morning of the 16th, the official Weibo of Feiyue Film and Television posted three messages about "Cold War 2" in a row, and once suppressed the Weibo that was forwarded yesterday.

As expected, the box office of "Cold War 2" did successfully break 100 million yuan on the first day, as high as 118 million yuan!

Because the publicity and distribution business is done by Feiyue Film and Television itself, when other production companies joined the team of supporting Zhang Weiping, Feiyue Film and Television did not participate deeply at all, but was busy arranging various publicity activities.

On the other side, Feng Xiaogang actually posted an article on the Internet in solidarity with Zhang Wei's commentary:

"Supporting new pictures and productions, the existing sharing ratio is too harsh on our producers, and we must make changes......"

followed by Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Wu Yu, Zhang Yimou and many other well-known directors in the circle.

Chen Fei knocked the melon seeds and praised the directors who spoke out in turn.

That's how he supports it.

It's definitely impossible to let him go down in person, isn't this a slap in the face?

With the completion of many production companies and directors in the mainland and Hong Kong Island, the cinema chains led by the nine major cinema chains are naturally not to be outdone.

The elected representatives spoke out on Weibo, calling on representatives of cinemas across the country to gather in the capital and sign a joint statement to boycott Zhang Weiping and New Pictures.

Pan Asia Cinema Line is naturally one of them, but the manager sent by Huo Qigang has a deep understanding of the "golden mean", no matter how others arch the fire, he just looks indifferent.

If you say boycott, then I will follow, if you admit it, then everyone will admit it together.

The charge has to come from you veterans, I am a new soldier, except for growing a little faster, there is no other advantage, I will only follow behind waving the flag and shouting.

Several theaters were annoyed for a while, but they were helpless.

As long as it can ensure that Pan Asia Cinemas is on the same front as them, it is enough.

For a time, representatives of more than 40 theater companies went to the capital to discuss countermeasures.

Zhang Weiping directly put cruel words on Weibo, if anyone disagrees with his conditions, then "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" will not be shown to anyone's theater!

's theater side was also not to be outdone, and also said cruel words:

"If you don't put it, don't put it, put it in the warehouse and wait for it to get moldy!"

The two sides are sharp against each other, and they do not give in to each other, which directly creates a situation in which they cannot get off the stage of each other.

Chen Fei had received all the calls from the producer, and two days later, many people from the theater side also called him.

Ye Ning, the current head of Wanda Pictures, came to Feiyue Film and Television in person, forcing the casting of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" to be suspended.

"Mr. Chen, if you delay a little time, what is your personal opinion on the controversy between the producer and the theater side?"

Chen Feile looked at him, spread his hands, and said truthfully: "You know, I am holding Feiyue Film and Television with my left hand and Pan Asia Cinema with my right hand, and there is almost no focus on one side.

If the producer wins this time, then Feiyue Film and Television will be able to make more money, and vice versa.

Therefore, I am completely neutral and do not take sides or side in any way. ”

Hearing this, Ye Ning couldn't help but feel a little envious.

"Alas, it's still thoughtful, the producer and the theater chain will grasp it with both hands, and they won't be clamped down......"

Ye Ning didn't linger too long, only stayed for less than ten minutes and left in a hurry.

But before leaving, he revealed a piece of news: "This is not nine years ago, and repeated concessions will only make some people gain an inch, so we will not continue to endure this time." ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news."

Chen Fei took the initiative to get up and sent Ye Ning out of the audition room.

This scene has become more and more exciting, Zhang Weiping is adding chips on his side, and the theater chain is also raising, and the two sides are already in a situation where they do not give in to each other.

The next step is up to the "mediator" to deal with it.

The game of public opinion on the Internet is only the most superficial, and the real game is actually placed in an invisible place!

After sending Ye Ning away, Chen Fei returned to the audition room.

Today, he and Ning Hao's main task is to determine the candidate for the role of "Shirley Yang".

is the same as the scene when auditioning for "Hu Bayi" before, the female stars who arrived today also occupied half of the corridor.

……

(ps: the second shift, ask for a monthly pass!! )

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