Back in Los Angeles, all kinds of premiere invitations are still being sent in a steady stream.

Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment co-produce "The Story of Old Reis," Disney produces "Alien Battlefield," MGM Pictures produces "Dragon Tiger Boys," and Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures co-produce "Wrath of the Gods."

These four films are about to land at the March Film Market in North America.

While there will be at least a week between each film, competition is inevitable and will definitely take a toll on the box office.

The distribution and publicity in North America is very mature, and the emphasis is on the survival of the fittest.

The better the quality of the film, the higher the box office performance, and the number of theaters screened will also increase.

Although March has not yet arrived, the winners and losers of several films that were previously released in January and February have been preliminarily distinguished.

The first is "Tales of the Night 4" produced by Makubao Film Company, and the North American box office is extremely bleak!

It has been half a month since it was released, but it only has a box office score of 40 million US dollars, and the IMDB score is only 6.3 points.

As for "The Oath", although it is a literary film, the box office performance is quite good, and it has exceeded $80 million in half a month after its release.

Makubao Film Company is the wrong treasure this time.

It would be nice if the latter's gains could make up for the former's losses.

As for "Adventure in the Center of the Earth 2: The Mysterious Island" produced by New Line Film Company, it can only be regarded as ordinary at present.

Half a month after its release, the North American box office barely exceeded $100 million, and the global total box office reached $145 million.

Judging from the current box office trend, this is also a movie that can only guarantee that it will not lose money.

And the "Hiding Place" produced by Universal Pictures is also ordinary at present.

Half a month after its release, the North American box office was 60 million US dollars, and the global total box office has just exceeded 100 million US dollars.

On the whole, the box office performance of the three commercial films is not as good as a literary film, and I don't know what the CEOs of these companies will think?

While paying attention to the box office results of these newly launched movies, Chen Fei also took a look at the box office of the movies released during the Chinese New Year last year.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II: $356 million at the North American box office and $1.376 billion worldwide.

"Sherlock Holmes 2: Shadow Game": $186 million at the North American box office and $570 million worldwide.

"Rat Treasure 3": $133 million at the North American box office, $342 million worldwide.

"Mission Impossible 4, Ghost Protocol": $209 million at the North American box office, $687 million worldwide.

If you take out all the movies released in Hollywood throughout the year to make a ranking, on the premise of removing "The Avengers", Warner's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II" is obviously the global box office champion for 11 years.

Unfortunately, this assumption does not hold, because the global box office of "The Avengers" is already approaching $1.8 billion!

The 2012 global box office champion of the year has just been released.

It's "The Avengers"!

Warner Bros. has no extravagant hopes.

Because the gap is just too big.

There is a difference of 500 million US dollars, how can this horse chase it?

However, after seeing Marvel's brilliant record, they inexplicably developed a strong trust in DC.

At present, many shareholders and top executives of Warner believe that as long as they make a big move forward with the DC movie plan, they will definitely surpass Marvel in a very short period of time.

There has been news in the Hollywood film industry that Warner will fully launch the DC project.

And Chen Fei only has a four-word comment on this:

"Look at him!"

……

A piece of news suddenly spread from China to Hollywood, which directly triggered a riot in the Chinese entertainment industry!

"The son of an old artist in the circle has been arrested."

When he heard this from Liu Yifei's mouth, Chen Fei was only slightly stunned, and then recalled this incident in his mind.

Thank you for your great contribution!

After logging in to Weibo, Chen Fei quickly saw the specific inside story.

Zhang Mo was reported and forcibly arrested while filming on the set of "1942......

Jiang Wen didn't speak at this time, and when Chen Fei called him, he was putting his head down and writing a new script.

"Let the Bullets Fly may have some impact, but it won't be huge, after all, that kid just made a cameo in it, and it's not the main character......"

In the end, Jiang Wen suddenly sighed: "This incident can be regarded as a wake-up call for us, when we use these second-generation children in the circle in the future, we must keep our eyes open!" ”

Chen Fei nodded heavily: "That's right, you must pay attention to it, otherwise, it's like "1942", you will definitely have to find an actor again." ”

Earlier, when "Ghost Blows the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" was established, Zhang Guoli and Chen Long both greeted him, hoping to seek a role for their own kid in this series of movies.

But in the end, they were all rejected by Chen Fei.

He didn't dare to bet that the butts of these second-generation stars would not be clean.

Educating a son is also a big deal, he will be famous for a lifetime, and he will have to wipe his ass when he is old, and it is enough to cheat his father when he thinks about it!

At this moment, Chen Fei suddenly thought of his age.

It's only 28, so it's not in a hurry to have a baby, right?

The old man is in good spirits now, and he can live for at least 30 years, and then achieve the achievement of "centenarian".

During this period, he had enough time to find a wife and then give him a grandson.

Don't be too anxious, after all, marriage is a grave that is difficult to get out of.

Still have to be cautious!

……

Approaching the Oscars, "The Line of Happiness Behind the Dark Clouds" was screened on a small scale in North America.

After all, it is a literary film, and the premiere event was not deliberately grand.

As a producer, Chen Fei naturally cannot be absent from this kind of activity.

But what he didn't expect was that when he appeared at the premiere event, many literary and artistic feature film directors present came over one after another and asked him if he had any new literary film plans.

"Fei, you have already won the Golden Bear, Palme d'Or, and Golden Lion respectively, should you repeat it again, go back to Europe, and win three gold medals again?"

Looking at Luc Besson, the director who had directed "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" in front of him, Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders slightly: "Luc, you know, a good script needs inspiration, and I don't have enough great inspiration right now." ”

"Well, that's a shame."

Luc Besson sighed, slightly disappointed.

He actually wanted to work with Chen Fei once, because he himself likes literary dramas very much, but the highest achievement he has achieved over the years is only the César Award for Best Director.

As for the three European golds, he didn't even get a nomination.

It's a pity that Chen Fei doesn't have enough great inspiration right now.

However, what he didn't know was that even if Chen Fei had enough inspiration and a suitable script now, he would not hand it over to outsiders to direct.

Because he wants to help the Chinese film industry win more glory and awards.

If you have a suitable script, you must shoot it with your own people.

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The premiere of literary films was not as lively as commercial films, and directors of literary films from all over the world gathered here, and everyone discussed more about "art".

At the same time, Chen Fei also heard a news that has a significant impact on the entire film industry.

Kodak, the world's largest film manufacturer, officially filed for bankruptcy protection not long ago!

The news made him a little confused.

recalled that when he first filmed "No Man's Land", he used Kodak's film.

The bankruptcy of this company, the world's largest film producer, will inevitably affect the entire film industry!

Younger directors like Chen Fei have now mostly moved to the shooting mode of digital cameras.

But there are still many veteran directors who have been shooting on film all the time.

In their words, only film can produce the kind of cinematic quality they want.

For example, in China, a group of elderly directors led by Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, and Gu Changwei use film shooting mode.

But then, they definitely have to start learning new technologies.

With Kodak going bankrupt, those hoarded films certainly won't last long.

During this period, there may be many new directors who will shine their own brilliance in the film industry with the new shooting mode of digital cameras!

In fact, regarding the bankruptcy of Kodak, Chen Fei's attention is not very high.

He's a director who is good at using digital cameras, and he doesn't have much nostalgia for film anymore.

It's just that a piece of news from Kodak's side has attracted his attention.

After the company went bankrupt, Kodak announced that it would publicly sell its Oscar naming rights with eight years left.

That's a good thing!

If you want to advertise, you can get your hands on it.

Chen Fei thought at first that it was estimated that a certain Hollywood company would take it down, but what he never expected was that one of the people who shouted was ...... Yang Zai!

On Weibo, this guy shouted quite boldly: "For the naming rights of the Oscars, Juli Pictures is bound to win, no matter how much it costs, we will definitely win it!"

It's not easy for domestic films to enter Hollywood, you have to start from little by little, so I'm going to Los Angeles to participate in the bidding......"

As soon as these words came out, they were directly topped to the first hot search on Weibo.

Chen Fei glanced at the comment area, and almost didn't go crazy with music!

"Okay, I'm here to wish Juli Pictures bigger and stronger and create more brilliance, ps: Mr. Yang, I said before that I would make ten movies with a cost of hundreds of millions, when will it be released?"

"I've seen bragging, I've never seen someone so good at bragging, and I went to Los Angeles to bid? Come, can you give me a look? Whoever doesn't compete is the grandson! ”

"Mr. Yang, I suggest you don't go to Los Angeles yet, Huang Shengyi has already openly flirted with men on the show, don't you care? Beware of the hat turning green on your head! ”

"Huh? Why is this Juli Pictures still alive? ”

"Are you going to start filming "The Legend of the White Snake 2"? I'm looking forward to it! Kuaibo can't be used recently, so I'm just waiting to see Huang Shengyi......"

There was a ridicule in the discussion area, and Yang Zai said a few words, but in the face of thousands of netizens, he couldn't resist it at all.

As for participating in the auction, that's even more bragging!

According to the news in the circle, after "The Legend of the White Snake" pulled its crotch, Juli Pictures was about to go bankrupt and liquidate.

Yang Tsai still drove an extended Bentley before, and this will have been replaced by Mazda.

……

In addition to shooting, Chen Fei did not forget to pay attention to the art examination situation on Nortel's side.

Since the news came out that the candidates didn't know the four major inventions, he felt that this year would definitely not be the only fun.

Sure enough, in the third round, new news broke out!

Several art candidates who had undergone plastic surgery at a young age were directly brushed down by Wang Jinsong.

This is not as easy-going as he appears in the movie on weekdays, and he can be regarded as one of the strictest in the entire Nortel teacher ranks!

At the scene of the art examination, he directly criticized the girls who had undergone plastic surgery: "One by one, I don't want to take the right path, and I will take some crooked paths."

See for yourselves, what has a good face become by you?

Fan Bingbing, Gong Li, Liu Yifei, Zhang Ziyi, what's the matter? Do you think that if you have plastic surgery like them, you can be as popular as them? It's just wishful thinking......"

It's okay not to scold, but after scolding, it caused a lot of trouble.

These art candidates who have undergone plastic surgery are obviously ill-intentioned, and after being brushed off on the spot, they directly found the media and published the words of Wang Jinsong scolding them.

As a result, when the art examination continued the next day, a large number of reporters directly surrounded the art examination site, saying that Nortel discriminated against plastic surgery candidates!

Wang Jinsong is also not afraid of trouble, and in the face of reporters, he directly and openly opened fire:

"In terms of film and television performances, he is actually not afraid of the ugliness of actors, such as Huang Bo, although he is not as good-looking as most male stars, but this does not affect him to win the Golden Horse Best Actor!

But once you move a knife on your face, it's just wishful thinking to continue to show superb acting skills!

I don't know what other people choose, but in my case, I don't accept candidates who have undergone plastic surgery! ”

After these words were published by the media, they directly caused an uproar on the Internet.

In fact, there is an unwritten rule in the film industry, but all actresses or male stars who have undergone plastic surgery are no longer suitable for the big screen.

What the movie needs is a real and natural performance, and the plastic surgery face is relatively stiff, and it is impossible to express full emotions and delicate and complex expressions at all.

And when the film is shown on the big screen, the facial details will be magnified to tens of thousands of times, and the traces of plastic surgery cannot be covered at all.

For this reason, actors who have not undergone plastic surgery are often chosen for film shoots to ensure the authenticity and beauty of the performances.

It's just that this kind of regulation is only for people in the industry, and it has not been widely publicized.

And now being tossed by Wang Jinsong has directly aroused the dissatisfaction of the eighteenth-tier actresses who have undergone plastic surgery.

Many people on the Internet began to criticize him, and even labeled him a hat that discriminates against women!

Wang Jinsong didn't make any response to this, because he saw it very thoroughly, this kind of thing can't be explained clearly, and only after they experience it themselves can they experience it to be able to experience the taste of regret.

However, what he didn't expect was that the next day, Chen Fei's solidarity was transmitted back from Hollywood.

"Whether it was before, now, or in the future, all actors who have undergone plastic surgery, whether male or female, will never appear in the film works produced by Feiyue Film and Television, because the big screen is completely a 'demon mirror' ......for plastic surgery faces."

This Weibo was posted by Chen Fei with his own account.

Lao Wang is also his graduate tutor, and now that his mentor has suffered from the Internet, if he, a student, doesn't do something, won't he be spurned?

Not long after Weibo was issued, it was directly reprinted by a group of directors led by Ning Hao, Jiang Wen, and Zhou Xingchi.

And the contracted directors of Feiyue Film and Television have spoken out one after another, choosing to support their own bosses!

For a time, public opinion in the circle fell directly to the other side.

The media and netizens who were still criticizing Wang Jinsong before changed their tone and began to support his remarks instead.

Huang Bo even came to speak out with a wave of high emotional intelligence: "Although I was regarded as the villain of 'long ugliness' by Mr. Wang, I still want to advise the boys and girls who are about to enter the film and television industry."

Your face is the most valuable asset, don't be afraid that you are not as beautiful as others, a characteristic look, but will help you enter the industry faster. ”

This wave of speeches has attracted a lot of praise!

The name of Golden Horse actor Huang Bo's high emotional intelligence has gradually spread throughout the circle.

Wang Jinsong specially called to thank Chen Fei: "I really didn't expect that my unintentional words in the art examination would cause such a big controversy."

In any case, I would like to thank you for helping me speak up and saving me from the impact of public opinion. ”

Chen Fei hurriedly said, "Hey! Mr. Wang, what you say is too outward! These are the things I should do.

You are my teacher, as the saying goes: a teacher for one day, a father for life, how can a student see a teacher being bullied by outsiders? ”

Wang Jinsong was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Remember to contact me after returning to China, let's find an opportunity to get together."

Speaking of which, I'm quite lucky, I have brought out such a world-class director as you, or a Berlin actor, I'm ashamed, I'm really ashamed......"

Chen Fei responded with a smile: "Haha, okay, I will definitely visit after I go back." ”

Wang Jinsong is now the dean of Nortel Performance Academy, and he also has a certain right to speak in the "literary circle" that isolates Chen Fei, and this favor cannot be measured by money.

He is holding back a "big plan" in his heart, which just needs to encompass those old-timers and veteran actors who are neutral in the literary and artistic circles and have sufficient strength and qualifications.

And Wang Jinsong happens to be a good breakthrough.

This plan is very far away, and it is very difficult to implement, but Chen Fei still wants to give it a try.

If it really succeeds, it can be regarded as a wish of his.

……

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