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

Chen Fei always thought that he would wait for the day when "Avatar" was released, and then "Inception" would take advantage of the new wave of 3D craze to directly break the US$1.85 billion record of "Titanic".

But I never expected that before the Lunar New Year period, good news suddenly came from Neon, Brunei, India and other Asian countries.

With the last wave of strong promotion, "Inception" successfully exceeded the global box office total of US$1.853 billion on November 27!

At this point, the box office throne of film history has officially changed hands!

As a Chinese director, Chen Fei has become the world's No. 1 box office single film, breaking James Cameron's 12-year monopoly record.

The news was first announced from Hollywood.

As the media officially issued the press release, a group of Hollywood directors took the lead in sending congratulatory messages to Chen Fei on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms.

Led by Spielberg, followed by Nolan, Woody Allen, Quentin, Cameron, Roland Emmerich, Jon Favreau, Li Yin and many other well-known Hollywood directors!

In addition, a number of Hollywood superstars headed by Leonardo also responded to the event and published articles on major social media to express their congratulations to Chen Fei.

The news quickly spread back to China, and then directly reached the top of the front pages of the three major portals, Weibo, blogs, Tieba and many other social networking sites!

Those entertainment reporters seemed to be going crazy. The press releases were posted online one after another, causing an uproar!

"The box office throne of film history changes to a Chinese director, a ray of hope!"

""Inception", US$1.853 billion, No. 1 box office for a single movie in film history!"

"The glory that belongs to a Chinese director! It belongs to the great feat of global film history! It belongs to the supreme moment that Director Chen Fei can only enjoy!"

"..."

There are constant discussions in the industry, and people like Wu Yu, Lu Chuan and others are even more envious and their eyes are red with envy. They wish they could replace Chen Fei and become the top director in the film and television industry every minute!

"1.853 billion U.S. dollars! In RMB equivalent, that's nearly 15 billion! This...how much money does he have to make?"

"The investment costs here should be very complicated. There are more than five investors that I know of, so it shouldn't be much if divided..."

Wang Zhonglei tried hard to stay calm, but he couldn't suppress the sour feeling in his heart.

He originally thought that the listing of Huayi was already impressive enough, and there were also high-quality blockbusters such as "Detective Dee", "If You Are the One", and "Earthquake" in the future. Wouldn't it be easy to break the record altogether?

But Chen Fei's "Inception" was like a five-fingered mountain, pressing hard on his head, making it impossible for him to have the slightest idea of ​​resistance!

"After all, this is a Hollywood blockbuster. Our target is not elsewhere, but mainly the mainland market." Wang Zhongjun's tone was also quite sour.

"That's it. No more discussion. It's meaningless. Huayi cannot afford such a phenomenal movie. We just need to protect our three-thirds of an acre of land."

"good……"

Wang Zhongjun nodded slightly, his eyes flashed slightly, and many ideas suddenly popped up in his mind.

Just when the outside world was making an uproar because of "Inception"'s record-breaking behavior in film history, Chen Fei, who was the instigator, was filming his last guest scene on the crew of "Let the Bullets Fly".

A large circle of people gathered around the hotel. The character "Hu Wan" he played was sitting on a chair with a ruthless look on his face. His sharp eyes were pointed at the "Lao Liu" played by Zhang Mo in front of him.

"President, you want to give us fairness in Echeng, okay! What I'm asking for today is fairness!"

"Who asked for it? Ask the eldest son, why?"

"He ate two bowls of rice noodles, but only gave him one bowl of money. This is called unfair. Since it's unfair for the eldest son's son to take the lead, then what the eldest son said is nonsense!"

"You gave me a bowl of money and ate two bowls of rice noodles. Aren't you bullying an honest person?"

"..."

Facing Hu Wan's aggressiveness, the classic dead end in "Let the Bullets Fly" appeared.

Question: [How can Liu Zi prove that he only ate a bowl of noodles without opening his stomach? 】

The difficulty with this problem is that once you enter the game, you cannot break it from any angle.

Reasonable?

The parties, the referee, and the audience are all mine, how can you fight with me?

Holding a gun is a form of bullying, which makes it easier to be manipulated.

As for running away, it is equivalent to admitting to eating two bowls of noodles and only giving money for one bowl!

The chairman shouted for fairness when he entered the city, but he couldn't even do it himself. How should he carry out his work in the future?

It’s not a matter of leaving, it’s not a matter of staying!

Facing Hu Wan's aggressiveness, Liuzi was obviously unable to resist. After a few rounds, he was already in chaos. He could only cut open his stomach to prove his innocence, thus losing his life in vain!

However, when faced with the self-mutilation behavior of Liuzi played by Zhang Mo, Chen Fei behaved extremely calmly, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised and a hint of mockery between his eyebrows.

Anyone who enters the game will die! ! !

When fighting with him, Liuzi was obviously a bit greener, and the ruthlessness and cunning between the two were obviously not on the same level.

It's not good enough!

"Click! Passed!"

Behind the monitor, Jiang Wen shouted with a loudspeaker, with an extremely satisfied expression on his face. It was so damn comfortable to shoot such a scene that could be completed in one go!

Chen Fei walked around behind the monitor and watched the replay.

It can be clearly seen from the footage that he had excellent control over the chaos just now. Even everyone on the scene was in his plan and was easily manipulated by him...

This is actor-level strength!

An excellent actor can completely control the overall situation by relying only on his lines and the aura of his every move, and can even guide other supporting characters to express the feeling he wants!

Chen Fei has done a great job in this aspect, and he is not worthy of his reputation as the Berlin Best Actor!

"Come on, come on, give Director Chen flowers, congratulations on Director Chen finishing the project." Jiang Wen suddenly shouted and shouted to the door for flowers.

The crew was obviously prepared in advance. After a while, Liu Jialing and Zhou Yun were seen walking in with a bouquet of roses in their arms and smiles as bright as flowers.

? ? ?

Chen Fei was stunned for a moment.

what's the situation?

Wife offering sacrifices to heaven? Boundless power?

Before he could react, two bouquets of flowers were thrust into his arms.

"Congratulations to Director Chen for successfully completing the project!"

"Congratulations to Director Chen for his successful promotion to the throne of No. 1 box office for a single movie in film history!"

Um?

Chen Fei's brows trembled and he looked at Zhou Yun with bright eyes, "Sister-in-law, you mean, "Inception"?"

"Yes, there are many reporters waiting for you outside. Be careful when you go out. I can't believe that you have achieved such achievements at such a young age..."

Zhou Yun couldn't stop sighing for a while. Chen Fei glanced at Jiang Wen, who had a rather depressed expression, but didn't dare to speak up.

He waved to everyone and walked out of the set.

Sure enough, reporters, media, paparazzi, and entertainment reporters from all walks of life were already waiting for him outside the set!

After dealing with reporters all afternoon, he and Jiang Wen and the others held a bonfire party for the finals... When Chen Fei returned to the capital, it was already the 29th!

Natasha called and congratulated him on setting a new record. At the same time, she also chirped a lot of trivial matters about the company.

"The stock has risen sharply again, and we have a lot of money in our hands. According to your instructions, we have taken back many Marvel characters, such as Blade, Black Widow, Hulk, The Invincible Four, Daredevil, etc. Spider-Man is more complex, and Sony refused to let go, but agreed to jointly develop it with us..."

Chen Fei listened quietly, and a new round of brainstorming began in his mind.

You have to eat one bite after another. If you swallow too much at once, you will hold on!

Those companies have obviously seen Marvel's early success, and they all want to get a share of the pie. They will definitely not sell out the hot cakes in their hands in a short time.

Chen Fei is not in a hurry, because he has plenty of time to play!

"Since you won't let go, let them hold it for now. At worst, we won't wait until the contract period is up. Maybe one day, they will come over and beg us to renew the contract..."

After briefly chatting about their expectations for Marvel and agreeing on a time for the "Inception" celebration party, the two ended the call.

At this time, the secretary opened the door and walked in, handing a list to Chen Fei.

"Mr. Chen, this is today's news. It's about the 46th Golden Horse Awards and some entertainment reports."

"okay."

Chen Fei nodded and lowered his eyes.

As expected, the headlines are still the news that he won the first box office of a single movie in global film history. The popularity of this news even suppressed the popularity of the Golden Horse Awards Ceremony, and I am afraid that it will not be possible in a short period of time. Will move away.

Regarding the media's praise, Chen Fei himself has become an insulator.

After scanning them all, he set his sights on the results of the Golden Horse Awards.

Best Actor Zhang Jiahui for "The Witness", Best Actress Zhou Xun for "The Wind", and Best Feature Film "Can't Live Without You".

The results are pretty much the same, and there are no controversial topics. At least people in the industry are quite satisfied with this selection.

Zhang Ziyi probably spent money to buy the press release. Although she didn't go, the news that she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress still appeared in the newspaper.

"The King of Sunglasses is really good at making movies. He spent several years trying to make a crappy movie. I don't know what he was working on."

Chen Fei couldn't help but rant about "The Grandmaster", and then his eyes moved down a few points, and he was suddenly attracted by a title.

[Zhao Yanzi's "Mulan", the box office on the first day was an upset of 4.55 million...]

"Yo? Finally got it?"

After seeing this news, Chen Fei immediately became interested.

When preparations began for "Mulan" starring Zhao Yanzi, the slogan he shouted was to surpass Chen Fei and Liu Yifei, and create an even more brilliant box office performance!

But now?

4.55 million?

This face was so slapped!

Chen Fei suddenly wanted to watch this movie. He had to take a look. What kind of film did Zhao Yanzi make to create such dismal box office results?

After all, she also had a "wonderful" performance in "Red Cliff: Up and Down". In addition, the decline in nationality is not particularly severe. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be so bad, right?

After getting on the elevator, Chen Fei was about to go to the nearest cinema to check out the film schedule, but before he could get downstairs, a group of people suddenly poured into the elevator.

"Director Chen!"

"Hello, Director Chen."

"Director Chen, long time no see, this is my artist..."

After a casual glance, Chen Fei suddenly understood. It seems that the company is holding an audition for "Xiu Chun Knife" today?

"Well, hello you guys, is this...all the trials done?"

"Yes, let me go back and wait for news."

"Okay, come on."

Chen Fei gave a few words of encouragement and said no more.

Due to his pressure, other people in the elevator did not dare to speak actively, but secretly looked at him with nervous and curious expressions.

It wasn't until they got out of the elevator that everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm scared to death. This is the first time I've seen Director Chen in person. I didn't expect his aura to be so strong!"

Jin Chen patted her chest, her face turned red. When she got off the elevator just now, she and Chen Fei were closest to each other. She felt like her heart was about to burst out of her chest the whole time!

"That's for sure. He is the top director in the world. He is handsome, young, and rich. If only he could..."

"Bah, bah, bah! Stop fantasizing. If you want to daydream, you have to sleep in bed anyway!"

Accompanied by chattering discussions, Chen Fei came to the theater.

However, after taking a look at the filming situation, he turned around and left without hesitation.

There’s one show a day, and it’s a midnight show. If you have time, why not go to Douban and read the rave reviews from netizens? What movie should you watch?

Turning around and returning to the company, Chen Fei thought for a moment, pressed the elevator button, and went straight to the audition area.

Many people came to the final round through his recommendation. He was quite curious, who would Jiang Xuerou and Lu Yang choose to be the heroine?

"Mr. Chen."

"Director Chen, you are here..."

"Sit down, I'm just here to take a look."

Chen Fei glanced at the waiting area outside the door. There were many people waiting there, and some of them were actors he was quite familiar with.

Dong Xuan, Bai Bing, Dong Liya...

After seeing him, several people stood up quickly, and their expressions became inexplicably nervous.

"Almost done?"

Chen Fei glanced at the list of candidates on the table. The first one on the top was Liu Shishi. Cai Yinong was running very fast.

"It's almost there. The results will be available tomorrow afternoon at the latest." Lu Yang replied.

"Okay, then get busy."

Chen Fei didn't stay too long. He simply came to take a look and show how much he valued it, and he wasn't prepared to make any too many suggestions.

Returning to the office, he took out his drawing board and started sketching.

December is approaching, and "Avatar" is finally coming. It will be released in North America on December 16, and will then be released in mainland theaters early next year.

Chen Fei didn't even wait for the final film to be released. He was already preparing to draw a celebratory poster for Cameron.

This is not to undermine one's prestige and enhance the ambition of others. The key point is that "Avatar" is not a 2D+3D film like "Inception". This is a pure panoramic 3D film!

With 3D cinemas becoming popular, although "Avatar" can no longer be called a pioneer, its path can be extremely smooth.

Under such circumstances, coupled with the strong support of Paramount and Fox, even if the box office is not as good as the original time, it can definitely exceed 2 billion US dollars!

"Inception" still has some shortcomings.

Taking advantage of the break in drawing, Chen Fei took the time to check out Douban.com.

Comments on "The New Mulan" have been posted by netizens!

"The story of Hua Mulan joining the army on her father's behalf has long been familiar to us, but I don't know whether this movie is an edit or a combination of too many elements. It always feels very incomplete, and the director is not good at shooting war scenes. It's so embarrassing to watch!"

"Why another love story? Will you really die if you don't film love?"

"I'm really impressed. Before it was released, I was blown away by the hype. I thought it was so good, but I didn't expect it to be such a bad movie. The war scenes are a mess, and the second half is just a costume romance movie..."

After commenting on it, Chen Fei stopped watching it because it had no meaning anymore and this film was destined to lose money!

At the same time, Zhao Yanzi, who was in the capital, did not look good.

The promotion and distribution of "Mulan" was handled by a company in Hong Kong, so it suffered a lot from the promotion. Coupled with the impact of film scheduling, the box office has been unable to generate revenue.

She also invested a lot of money in this movie, just to become famous, but now it seems that this is obviously a dream.

She tried several companies with theater chains, including China Film, Shanghai Film and Television, and Wanda, but the final results were not very satisfactory.

Finally, she came to a conclusion:

"Being an actor will never make you stand up. If you want to be a leader and not be controlled by others, you still have to make your own capital, or even become a shareholder of a listed company!"

…

Time quickly entered December, and Feiyue Film and Television took the lead in announcing the casting situation for "Xiu Chun Dao".

Major media outlets caught wind of this and reprinted it one after another.

"The role that has attracted the attention of various agencies, Zhou Miaotong, the official prostitute of Jiaofang, has finally been selected as Shu Chang! Let us look forward to her wonderful acting skills..."

In the category of actresses born after 1985, when it comes to acting skills, Shu Chang is the only one who can seriously catch Chen Fei's attention.

This girl is very spiritual, but she always likes to act on her own initiative. She even went to a foreign language school in college, which wasted a lot of opportunities.

But she still didn't fall too far behind. Liu Yifei kept pulling her up, and with the resources of Feiyinghuang's agency, her acting skills were certified by both Lu Yang and Jiang Xuerou!

After signing the contract, Shu Chang quickly ran to Chen Fei's office.

"Hehe, Director Chen, thank you for your help in recommending me."

"No, just play your part well and don't live up to my expectations of you."

"Don't worry, I will definitely work hard and I will never let you down. When I succeed, I will go to Hollywood to find Sissi and ask her to arrange a supporting role for me, hehe."

"Okay, come on, talk to Director Lu more. This is a good opportunity for you to become a movie star. Don't miss it."

As he spoke, Chen Fei packed his ID card, keys, visa and other personal belongings.

It's December, and the awards season in Hollywood is about to begin. Naturally, he, the leader of the company, has to go back.

In addition, Cameron also sent him an invitation to the premiere of "Avatar", so this is definitely something he can't miss.

But before leaving, he still took a look at Shu Chang and said very seriously: "Remember, since you want to act in a movie, don't touch my face casually!

Zhou Yang has been crippled, and I don’t want to see you crippled too, do you understand? "

"okay, I get it."

Shu Chang took two steps back in fear, feeling quite frightened.

Her cousin often nags in front of her, saying that her face has some flaws, and suggests that she get the most popular fine-tuning.

To be honest, if she hadn't successfully passed the audition here, she might have made some adjustments!

Chen Fei's words also gave her a warning. For actors, it is better to be purely natural.