It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

Just after returning to the "Mulan" crew, the Palme d'Or was snatched away by Liu Yifei and Zhu Yawen.

A bunch of people gathered around and touched it with great interest. Some even exaggeratedly held on to it for dear life, taking photos one after another.

Ning Hao, who was helping the crew, was almost drooling.

He was too embarrassed to go up and fight with a group of young people, so he could only sigh from the side: "Tsk, this trophy is so beautiful."

"What? Are you still thinking about your dream of making a literary film?"

Ning Hao shrugged and said, "No one who is a director can resist this kind of temptation."

Golden Bear, Golden Palm.

Chen Fei has already won two of the three European gold medals. If he is given a few years, a three-gold grand slam will probably appear in the domestic literary and art circles!

Who can not envy this?

The human heart is always dissatisfied.

With the help of Chen Fei's script, Ning Hao has won almost all domestic awards.

He is now waiting to go international.

In fact, he himself was writing scripts during this period, and Chen Fei had made an agreement with him that as long as it was a script written by him, Feiyue Film and Television would support it unconditionally.

It's a pity that the few notebooks he wrote always felt out of place, and they were eventually thrown into the trash can.

Chen Fei changed the topic: "How is Tai囧 doing in the later stage?"

After collecting his thoughts, Ning Hao replied: "It's been settled. The film bureau has approved it in one go. China Film, Shanghai Film and Wanda have promised to fully cooperate with the promotion and prepare for the National Day schedule."

"That's good."

Chen Fei nodded, thought for a while, and asked again: "What are your plans for the second half of the year? Go back to serve Sister Na first?"

"That's not necessary. We have hired a nanny at home."

As Ning Hao spoke, his eyes flashed unconsciously: "What? Is there a new script?"

"Um."

Chen Fei did not hide his intention, and took out the script of "Painted Skin" from his bag and handed it to him.

"The fantasy film is much more difficult to shoot than Taijiao and his partners. It is adapted from the 40 chapters of the first volume of Pu Songling's collection of short stories "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"..."

Ning Hao flipped through the script and gradually fell into the story.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Captain Wangsheng rescued a woman named Xiao Wei when he was in the Western Regions.

Xiao Wei is a beautiful fox from the sky. She fell in love with Wang Sheng at first sight after he rescued her. She lived in Wang Sheng's house as her sister, but she felt jealous when she saw that Wang Sheng had a deep relationship with his wife Pei Rong.

Xiao Wei needs to eat people's hearts to stay in human form. Xiao Yi, the lizard spirit who has been helping Xiao Wei find people's hearts, likes Xiao Wei very much, but Xiao Wei never accepts him.

Pei Rong suspected Xiao Wei's identity, so she asked Pang Yong, the former commander of the Wang Family Army, for help. Xiao Wei's identity was gradually revealed...

"love?"

Ning Hao murmured to himself, feeling a little shocked when he saw the various life forms described in the script about the love between people, the love between humans and monsters, and the love between monsters and monsters.

It was hard for him to imagine that this kind of script was actually written by Chen Fei!

"Are you in love? Or have you been dumped? This script is really confusing."

"ah?"

Chen Fei didn't react for a while.

A little dazed, he rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "The adapted script does not require me to personally experience what it is like to be in love. It is enough to be familiar with the story framework."

Ning Hao stood up and did not answer his words. He put the notebook away with a smile and began to pack his belongings.

"Now that you're back, I don't have anything to do here. I'll take the script back to the company and ask them to send it to the Film Bureau for review."

"good."

Chen Fei nodded, glanced at the people still gathered in front of the trophy, and personally sent Ning Hao out of the crew.

Huang Bo noticed the movement of the two people, and hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards them.

"Director Ning is going back to the capital?"

"Yeah, yes." Ning Hao responded with a smile: "I'll leave the follow-up matters to you. You, the assistant director, are really good at it, so work hard."

"Haha, okay, see you later."

After bidding farewell to Ning Hao, Chen Fei and Huang Bo returned to the crew and began to shout to the actors to prepare for filming.

Chen Daoming and Jiao Enjun were already in place, and the scenes about the emperor, generals, and Mulan began. The "Mulan" crew, which had been suspended for a month, became lively again.

Reporters soon discovered the news of Chen Fei's return to China, and for a while, there was a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.

Someone wanted to enter the group for an interview, but was stopped outside by the staff.

"The filming of "Mulan" has reached a very important stage. In the past half month, Director Chen will not accept any form of interviews from the outside world. Please forgive me."

As soon as these words came out, the reporters could only return sadly and leave it at that.

The matter of King Liu Tian was still making a fuss, and Chen Fei didn't want to get involved, and he wasn't happy even to express his opinions.

The relationship between fans and celebrities is like water and boats.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it. If this thing is not handled well, it will be a disaster!

…

After returning to the capital, Ning Hao immediately submitted "Painted Skin" to the Film Bureau for review.

As soon as it was sent over there, news came out outside.

"After the completion of "囧囧", half a year later, Ning Hao's new film has been submitted to the Film Bureau for review..."

When the news came out, there was an uproar in the circle!

Any new movies?

Good guy! She is as productive as a sow!

Under the arrangement of Su Guohai, Ning Hao accepted an interview with reporters and revealed some script information.

"The new film will focus on fantasy themes. It will still be written by Chen Fei and is based on "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". The total investment will be as high as 100 million yuan..."

The reporters at the scene all pressed the shutter of their cameras.

Screenwriter Chen Fei, 100 million investment!

According to past experience, these eight characters alone are worth at least 300 million at the box office.

Not to mention that the subject matter is a fantasy genre that many movie fans love to see, and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" does not require too much explanation. Pu Songling's name is almost everyone knows it!

The script hasn't even been approved yet, but the actors in the circle are already busy, showing off their talents and starting to inquire for information.

During this period of time, the music world has been completely occupied by Liu Tianwang's fan incidents, but here in the film industry, you sing and I come on stage, which is quite exciting!

Chen Fei was the first to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and his US$70 million Sino-US co-production "Mulan" is currently being filmed.

Li Yin's "Lust, Caution" is heading towards the Venice Film Festival, and its chances of winning are extremely high!

Both Chen Kexin's "Vote" and Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" have just been completed and are currently in post-production. Various insider information about the filming of the films has frequently been revealed on the Internet.

On the other hand, Chen Kaige's new film "Mei Lanfang" has also been announced to start filming, but the filming progress is slightly slow.

Lu Chuan is much more interesting. After failing in the Cannes competition, he turned around and went to Venice. Now he has created a rumor that his film has been rejected by the film bureau eight times in a row!

Movie fans are a little curious, what kind of movie does this guy make?

When it was first launched, it was advertised that it was an anti-Japanese film, but shouldn't a war film pass the censorship test very well? Why is it treated so strictly by the film bureau?

All kinds of news are densely posted on the Internet, causing an uproar.

…

Han Sanping called suddenly, and just when Chen Fei thought he was going to ask about the investment status of "Painted Skin", a news was suddenly notified over there.

"Come to China Film Group for a meeting the day after tomorrow. Be sure to be there."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fei suddenly understood, and immediately smiled and said: "Haha, congratulations to Director Han for your promotion."

"Okay, don't be poor. You must not shirk this time. Apart from you, all the heads of major companies in the film and television industry must come. This is a mandatory requirement from above..."

Han Sanping was also very happy, as her long-cherished wish finally came true today.

From now on, China Film Group will have the final say. Although this will increase the pressure on his subsequent work, the feeling of having all the power in his hands cannot be compared to that of a vice president.

Chen Fei immediately agreed: "Okay, I will ask my assistant to buy the ticket."

The conversation changed and he suddenly asked: "By the way, what's going on with "Painted Skin"?"

Okay, back again.

Chen Fei grinned: "That's all a trivial matter. It's still the same old rules. You will then arrange for people to find Su Guohai. The investment share that should be allocated has been determined."

"Haha, I just like your character. You are informal and much more open-minded than some people."

Chen Fei climbed up along the pole: "Then let's cooperate on the follow-up imported film..."

"Don't worry. We have cooperated for so long. I should arrange everything for you absolutely and make sure you are satisfied."

"Okay, see you the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Fei immediately contacted the company and asked him to book a flight ticket first.

The filming of "Mulan" is proceeding in an orderly manner.

There is absolutely nothing to say about the emperor played by Chen Daoming. His posture is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Liu Yifei was a little unable to take the role several times.

This veteran actor has a pretty good personality, and he also likes to add drama to himself and the actors, which usually makes Chen Fei feel bright!

He suddenly understood Lao Mouzi's propaganda methods.

Although it is a bit excessive for the director to be shocked 800 times a day, it is still possible to be shocked two or three times.

…

According to the agreed time, Chen Fei arrived at China Film Group on time.

As Han Sanping said, today the "leaders" in the film and television industry are here.

Even Zhang Weiping, who had conflicts with Han Sanping, was carrying a briefcase and a thermos cup in his hand, looking quite relaxed.

But when Wang Zhonglei mentioned "A City Full of Golden Armor" intentionally or unintentionally, this man's face instantly darkened.

Lao Mouzi recently got into trouble with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, and he was too busy to keep his feet on the ground.

The Sports Bureau has news about him every day. Judging from the video posted, Lao Mouzi looks very haggard to the naked eye.

That job seems really hard to do!

"Director Chen, you didn't even notify me when you came back? Why don't you show me the Palme d'Or? We are still partners."

Ren Zhonglun's voice was loud, as if he was afraid that others wouldn't know that Shanghai Film Studio was responsible for the domestic promotion of "Shoplifters".

"Hey, I knew you were going to say this."

Chen Fei took the Palme d'Or trophy out of his bag and handed it to Ren Zhonglun.

Next to them, the heads of several film companies such as Wanda, Enlight, Bona, and Huayi looked jealous.

Although literary and artistic films don’t make much money, that’s because literary and artistic films made by others don’t make much money, and Chen Fei is a special case!

"No Man's Land" had an investment of 5 million yuan, but the box office reached over 100 million yuan, which shocked the old guys in the literary and art circles.

Now that his new film has won the Palme d'Or, coupled with his own high box office appeal, there is no doubt that Shanghai Film will make a lot of money again this time.

"This trophy is so beautiful, so golden."

Ren Zhonglun deliberately raised it, which immediately made a group of directors from the literary and art circles standing on the other side look envious.

The faces of the old men turned visibly pale, and it was obvious that they had been affected by the diaphragm.

If there weren't staff from China Film Group shouting for everyone to enter, I'm afraid some of the old men would have fallen to the ground on the spot.

…

Taking advantage of China Film's change of leadership, today's meeting was quite grand.

A lot of people came over from the General Administration, mostly middle-aged people, and there was no old man in the team. This was obviously a good omen.

Everyone found their seats and sat down.

Taking advantage of the time to sit down, Chen Fei looked around and couldn't help but marvel!

Almost all private film companies, distribution companies, theater companies, film and television investment companies from the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, as well as well-known literary and commercial film directors in the industry, were present.

Chen Fei didn't like to hear the bosses talk official talk, so he declined many previous meetings with various reasons.

Today I really couldn’t shirk it, so I came to the scene.

Su Guohai was very serious and even took a notebook to listen to the speeches of the leaders on the stage.

Chen Fei didn't imitate him. After listening to it for half an hour, he summarized several useful pieces of information.

Not only is there a change of leadership at China Film and Television, there are also new and old bosses in place, and they have directly raised the issue of paying attention to the film and television cultural industry, and want to firmly hold the high ground of public opinion in their hands and carry out reverse output...

Han Sanping was invited to speak on stage.

This person is a pragmatic person, and he blurts out various data, which makes many people in the audience change their expressions, especially those who are engaged in literature and art, and their moods are ups and downs.

The leader took over the topic and made the request directly.

"Support commercial films! Accelerate the development of theater chains! We must find ways to let domestic film and television go global! Instead of relying on imports!"

The leader's tone was serious, and he had obviously received instructions.

But Chen Fei only heard one sentence: box office is more important than copyright.

He turned to look at the literary film. Lao Jia looked a little embarrassed. His movie that won the Golden Lion was indeed terrible at the box office!

"Chen Fei, do you have anything to say?"

A shout directly pulled Chen Fei back, who was still wandering in the world.

Looking forward, seeing Tong Ju showing a kind expression, he instantly understood what he meant.

This is to let him take the lead!

While thinking in his heart, Chen Fei slowly stood up under the gaze of everyone.

"Ahem."

He coughed twice and said: "Feiyue Film and Television will focus on expanding into new areas in the future, and strive to make the box office go up and make the entire industry better.

Our company is currently filming "Mulan" and will launch a series of commercial productions such as "Lost in Thailand", "Ip Man 2", "Overheard 2", and "Painted Skin" in the future.

The future development direction of our company will be committed to promoting national culture and inheriting national spirit, making our movies international, and developing the international influence of domestic actors..."

These words were very popular, and several leaders on the stage were laughing.

After all, he is not bragging, he is actually doing it!

"Okay, if you need any help, just report it to the superiors and we will do our best to cooperate."

What he said was a bit too obvious, and it was obvious that he wanted to support him.

Scanning the literary and artistic circles from the corner of his eyes, a few old men began to tremblingly take out the quick-release pills from their pockets. It was obvious that they couldn't bear it anymore.

"Sanping, please show your attitude."

"good!"

A new official has three things to do when he takes office, and the third master is called a bright one.

""2012", "Red Cliff", "Yangtze River No. 7", "Tou Ming Zhuan", "Mei Lanfang", "Nanjing! Nanjing!"...China Film will be committed to the investment and shooting of large-scale productions and strive to achieve development opportunities. "

"good!"

Tong Ju took the initiative to start applauding, but some people were happy and some were worried.

The old god Lao Mouzi is here, and he is not timid at all. Anyway, he can play well in literature, art and business.

The smile on Feng Xiaogang's face was brilliant. He felt as if he was on the right path. Not only were there people in front of him to lead him, but there were also people behind him to help him.

Only Brother Chen Kai's face was stiff. The failure of "The Promise" was undoubtedly a heavy blow to him.

It's really difficult for him to switch to commercial films.

In the past, he could hold his head high in front of the leaders by winning the only Palme d'Or in China, but now, as Chen Fei won another Palme d'Or, he felt inexplicably on pins and needles.

"Mei Lanfang" must win!

He really couldn't afford to lose.

…

The meeting is over.

Everyone was walking out, but Chen Fei noticed that Lu Chuan, who had arrived late, actually walked towards one of the leaders and had a pleasant conversation with him.

Wang Changtian suddenly came over and whispered: "Someone above said something, "Nanjing! Nanjing!" has passed the review."

Tsk?

There are not only bad people among the masses!

"Your "Painted Skin"..."

Lao Wang started to make his little calculation again.

Chen Fei said with a smile: "Let me say hello to Ning Hao, your Guangming actor is quite good."

"Thank you very much."

Although there are some regrets that he cannot get a share of the investment, Wang Changtian is much more courageous than Zhang Weiping. This thing pays attention to a steady flow, and he will eventually find opportunities.

Ren Zhonglun followed Chen Fei to the company.

In addition to signing the contract for "Painted Skin", he is also planning to discuss with Chen Fei the release date of "Shoplifters".

“‘囧’ will be on the National Day schedule, ‘Mulan’ that I’m filming now will be on the New Year’s Eve schedule, ‘Twilight’ will be released in mainland theaters in early July, and ‘Shoplifters’ will be released in mid-July. .

The August and September schedules were given to "Ip Man 2" and "Overheard 2", leaving Emperor and Media Asia to make their own arrangements. "

In a few words, Chen Fei had already arranged the release date.

"Hey? Are you leaving no way for other companies to survive?"

Ren Zhonglun was quite dumbfounded.

Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" was released on October 9th, and Chen Kexin's "Vote for Fame" was scheduled for the Lunar New Year period, but Chen Fei turned around and pushed "囧" and "Mulan" over them!

Is this operation going to make Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kexin depressed?

"We won't be competing on the same day. They will definitely be separated by more than a week. We have already coordinated with several theaters."

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

After casually signing his name on the "Painted Skin" contract, Ren Zhonglun stood up and gave a special instruction before leaving:

"You have to cooperate with the follow-up promotion. The leader just finished his speech today. We will try our best to increase the box office."

"OK, no problem."

Chen Fei happily agreed.

…

The review by the film bureau was very fast and the film was given the green light all the way.

After handing over the preparation and casting work of "Painted Skin" to Su Guohai and Ning Hao, Chen Fei returned to Hengdian again, preparing to continue the filming of "Mulan".

What he didn't expect was that the plane had just landed and Chen Kexin was actually directing and acting in a good show.

In an interview with reporters, Chen Kexin made bold remarks, saying that she invested 40 million US dollars in "The Investment Certificate" and spent every penny wisely. She also satirized the costume films of other directors for being too extravagant.

"The actors in these movies like "Hero", "The Promise", "The Night Banquet", and "The Golden Armor" are all dressed in gorgeous clothes, all of them are extravagant and convey bad values, but I am different. , the actor’s acting skills are the primary goal, everything else is just auxiliary, save what you can..."

What he said is quite right. Saving money is naturally good.

However, as soon as the interview ended, someone revealed the internal purchase order for the "Notice of Investment".

A prop knife, $500.

A piece of rags, $1,000.

A set of full-body armor costs $10,000.

In an instant, the praise online suddenly dropped!

“Is this how to save money?”

"Holy shit, I thought Li Lianjie's salary of 100 million yuan was cruel enough, but it turns out the real cruel person is here."

"This is called assistance? This is called assistance? I just want to know how many kickbacks Chen Kexin received in it?"

"What kind of bad debt is this? That it needs to be settled in this way?"

"Tsk, is this the excellence of Hong Kong directors? They are really good enough, but they are throwing money from the mainland like waste paper?"

There has been a heated discussion on the Internet. Netizens have revealed the eighteenth generation of Chen Kexin's ancestors, and even the later promotion of the movie has been affected.

Chen Feiquan thought it was fun, but he was quite curious, how would Chen Kexin end this scene?