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

In late July, after settling some things abroad, Chen Fei landed at the Capital Airport again.

When leaving the exit, he took out an entertainment magazine from the newsstand and flipped through it while riding in the car.

There are quite a lot of hot news.

"Painted Skin 2" was successfully completed, Li Xiaoran's boyfriend was killed, Zhou Xun's ex-boyfriend Jia Hongsheng fell to his death, Huang Xiaoming announced that he would not renew his contract with Huayi, Wang Zhonglei announced that "Earthquake" will extend the key period...

"What the hell? You really don't even want to lose face? Is it so ugly to eat and fuck?"

Chen Fei was a little shocked. He had enjoyed such good publicity resources and theater booking support, and now there was another postponement. How could other people in the industry tolerate it?

He looked back and found, sure enough, Zhang Weiping was already taking the lead in firing.

In order to increase the popularity of "Hawthorn Tree Love", this "boasting Zhang" did whatever he could to trick Zhang Yimou into having a fight with Feng Xiaogang.

However, when Chen Fei continued to look back, he discovered that Yang Mi's name also appeared in this entertainment magazine!

When "Painted Skin 2" was wrapping up, a reporter suddenly asked her something about the crew of "Dream of Red Mansions".

At that time, Yang Mi was the first sister of Rong Xinda, but she only played a small supporting role. There were obviously big problems in this that deserved further exploration.

There have been rumors about "hidden rules" and "concubine selection" on the Internet recently. Others have kept silent, so reporters want to open a gap from here.

Yang Mi was probably holding a breath of anger in her heart. Now that she left Rong Xinda, she couldn't hold it back any longer.

"That's right, I only played a supporting role because I refused some unreasonable requests..."

As soon as these words came out, the Internet immediately exploded!

What happened behind the scenes was suddenly revealed to the public, and people who paid attention would naturally flock to it.

There was no call from Huo Wenxi, so it should have been sorted out by now.

The chief producer of "Dream of Red Mansions" is Han Sanping, and now Yang Mi has joined the Feiyinghuang Agency. This is already considered an internal incident.

Scroll further back, and there are still hot smells!

[Chang Jihong's contract expired, she parted ways with Hairun, and took Jiang Wenli, Liu Ye and others to join Xingmei...]

"Hey? Are you imitating Wang Jinghua?"

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows, inexplicably surprised.

Chang Jihong was also one of the top agents in the entertainment industry. Logically speaking, she should have quite a lot of capital. How could she choose Xingmei?

After all, due to the fact that Heaven and Earth was sealed off some time ago, there are constant disputes within Xingmei.

The magazine ended here. Chen Fei threw it into the car trash can, then picked up his backpack and got out of the car.

It was already afternoon, and he was going to come back to catch up on the jet lag before going to the company tomorrow.

But he never thought that as soon as he opened the door of the courtyard, he saw a person who shouldn't be here!

"Huh? Liu Yifei? What are you doing here?"

Looking at the little girl sitting on the rocking chair holding the dog in her arms, Chen Fei looked confused.

Isn’t this girl running a promotional event abroad? Why did you come back suddenly? And it also appeared in the courtyard?

"I'll come over……"

Liu Yifei sat up straight suddenly. Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted by the old man coming out of the room.

"You must have come to see me! Could it be that I am waiting for you here specially? Look at Sissy, she gives me some delicious food brought back from abroad from time to time. Look at you again, every time she is empty-handed , I don’t even want to talk about you..."

Chen Fei: "..."

"Hee hee!" Liu Yifei put down the dog and took the large plate of watermelon from the old man. Liu Yifei smiled sweetly, "Thank you, grandpa."

"Hey, you're welcome, girl, you eat. It's hot today, so don't get heatstroke."

With a charitable smile on his face, the old man grabbed the cattail leaf fan beside him, rolled his eyes at Chen Fei angrily, picked up the small teapot on the table, and strolled towards the door.

"Hey? Am I being disliked?"

Chen Fei shook his head helplessly, threw his bag aside, walked up to Liu Yifei and shared the plate of iced watermelon with her.

"When did you return to China?"

"Just yesterday, all the publicity plans were over, and my mother brought me back."

As Liu Yifei spoke, she raised her wrist as if to show off and showed Chen Fei her bracelet.

Two sparkling silver diamond bracelets were stuck on her wrists, making the white and tender skin seem even more translucent.

"this is?"

Chen Fei was a little confused. He only had the identity of a global spokesperson for Red Bull and was not very familiar with these fashion items.

"Dior officially gave it to me. I have already won the endorsement. It will be the global endorsement! I must be awesome!"

The girl's chin was slightly raised, her face full of pride, but if you look carefully, you can see a bit of expectation in her eyes.

Chen Fei decided to satisfy her and immediately gave a thumbs up and praised: "Not bad, it's really great, beyond my expectation..."

"whee!"

In an instant, her expectation was fulfilled, and her watery eyes were filled with light and curved like a crescent moon.

However, the next second, Chen Fei reached out and flicked her brain, "You can't be proud!"

"oops!"

The little girl exclaimed, quickly covered her head, leaned back slightly, and avoided Chen Fei's arm range.

"My mother has hired an acting teacher for me, and I will continue to improve my acting skills. I won't be taking on any more roles in the short term."

Liu Yifei is quite self-aware. Although she has acted in several movies and the box office results are quite good, she knows that her acting skills are not actually very good.

The reason why it achieved high box office was mostly because the script was better, and she only played 30% of the role in it.

This can be seen from the fact that she has never won a literary award.

"Well, you really should continue to improve. Next, I will arrange for the company to pick up a few reality-themed scripts for you. You can hone your skills and try to make people ignore your face."

Handsome actors and beautiful actresses have one thing in common, which is that people often overlook their progress in acting.

Just like Leonardo DiCaprio, his face is the biggest obstacle that prevents him from winning an Oscar.

However, DiCaprio's acting skills are still good enough, otherwise it would be impossible to win the Berlin Best Actor Award.

On the other hand, Liu Yifei... the effect is indeed not very obvious.

"By the way, I have asked Su Guohai to reject the movie "Painted Wall" invested by Enlight that you mentioned before. Has he said hello to you?"

"Yeah, I told you, my mother also said that you can't accept this kind of movie."

The salary of 12 million seems to be quite a lot, but when Chen Fei really got to know it, he discovered that the investment in this movie was actually only 30 million yuan!

In other words, after Liu Yifei received the salary, the remaining production cost was only 18 million.

You know, the subject matter of this movie is fantasy, and the special effects will take up a lot of expenditure.

18 million, and you have to pay for special effects production, pay salaries to other actors, directors, and behind-the-scenes staff, and pay for the cost of props and shooting scenes...

If money is spent like this, the final film effect will definitely not be ideal.

Once Liu Yifei takes on this film, the celebrity status that she finally raised will probably fall. This is something that 12 million yuan in salary cannot make up for!

After listening to Su Guohai's analysis, Liu Xiaoli did not hesitate at all and even rejected Guangguang's warm invitation.

The mother and daughter are not short of money now, and their goal has always been to produce high-quality literary and commercial film scripts.

As for a film like "Painted Wall", it is purely to gain popularity, so no matter how high the salary is, I can't accept it!

Liu Yifei did not stay in the courtyard for long. After eating a plate of iced watermelon, she hugged Gouzi and left.

Chen Fei simply packed up his personal belongings and was about to catch up on the jet lag, but he never thought that the old man would come back carrying his little teapot.

"Where's the little Sissi?"

"She's home, her mother called her to eat."

"Hey! You idiot, she is the only one who has food, right? You won't lead her to eat?"

The old man became more and more angry as he talked. The boy finally failed to seize the opportunity created for the two of them to be alone!

“I’m going to be jet lagged!”

Chen Fei felt like crying, but he was actually called a fool?

If this was heard by those in the circle, a lot of people would be shocked!

"What the hell will happen if you sleep a few hours late due to jet lag? If you don't seize the opportunity quickly at such a young age, what will happen if such a good girl is cut off by others? I think you are just stupid in making movies. There are so many people in my circle getting married today and getting divorced tomorrow, but if you don’t even fall in love, what’s the use of making movies? Ah? What’s the use?”

"..."

The violent comments left Chen Fei speechless.

In the end, he had no choice but to promise that he would have a dinner date with Liu Yifei tomorrow, and he would definitely keep an eye on this granddaughter-in-law who was approved by the old man, and he was able to escape.

…

Early the next morning, in order to avoid being caught by the old man, he got up early and ran away.

When he arrived at the company, a group of employees were a little confused when they saw him.

Why is this boss so mysterious? Didn’t you attend the premiere in New York a few days ago? Why did you return home so quietly?

After sitting in the office for a while, Chen Fei waited until Lu Yang, Guo Fan and Li Yang looked depressed.

"Director Chen, the key period for "Earthquake" is to be extended, which happens to occupy the most important release period of "Xiu Chun Dao"."

"And our "The Adventures of Li Xianli" cannot be avoided..."

The three of them were all crying, and their hearts were full of helplessness.

I made a movie with great ambitions, but before it was released, I was defeated by the seniors in the industry. What the hell is this?

However, facing the frustration of several people, Chen Fei shrugged his shoulders and seemed unconcerned.

"Don't worry, for a movie like this with a 'booked-in' format, the box office boom period will only last for half a month at most, and it will naturally decline after that.

And I have already told the major theaters that the film schedule of "Xiu Chun Dao" will not have a big impact. As for "The Adventures of Li Xianli", there is no need to worry. "The Great Earthquake" will be released by the time you release it. Already withered.

The most important thing for you now is to deal with the movies of the same period and ensure the quality. The company will naturally take care of the rest..."

After some relief, the expressions of several people suddenly relaxed a lot.

"Director Chen, I will continue to promote." Lu Yang left the office first.

At this time, Chen Fei turned to look at Li Yang and said, "Go to the animation department and call Yang Yu and Liu Wenxiang over. I have something to explain to you."

"okay."

Li Yang didn't think much, turned around and left.

At this time, only Guo Fan was left in the office.

He carefully looked at Chen Fei's expression and whispered: "Director Chen, then...if nothing happens, I will withdraw first?"

"Wait a minute." Chen Fei lowered his head and rummaged in the safe under his desk, then took out a script, "Come over and take a look at this."

"Um???"

Guo Fan walked forward with a confused look on his face and took the script.

He glanced down subconsciously, and then his expression suddenly became brilliant, and his palms became hot, and he almost threw the script away!

"Gravity"!

He is very familiar with this script. After it was originally submitted for review, many people in the industry were talking about it, saying that the first science fiction film in the history of Chinese films was finally coming.

As a pure science fiction movie fan, Guo Fan also has high expectations.

But he never expected that this script would appear in his hands today!

"Chen... Director Chen, what do you mean?" Guo Fan's mouth began to tremble.

"You sit on the sofa and read the script first. After reading it, tell me what you think of this script."

"good…"

Nodding, Guo Fan suppressed his excitement and moved to the edge of the sofa.

He didn't even dare to sit on it, and only received half a spank to suppress the excitement and nervousness in his heart.

"Dong dong dong!"

There was a knock on the door, Chen Fei shouted to come in, and then he saw Li Yang leading Yang Yu and Liu Wenxiang in.

"Director Chen."

"Mr. Chen..."

After a brief greeting, the three of them stood in front of Chen Fei, the squad leader, like new recruits waiting for review.

"Don't be nervous..." Chen Fei smiled and handed the prepared script to Liu Wenxiang. "You will then submit this script for review. This is the first project of your animated film department."

After speaking, he looked at Li Yang and Yang Yu again, "Let the two of you work on this book together. Li Yang, you came into contact with the animation film industry earlier than Yang Yu, and you will have more experience. You can teach him more experience." .

At that time, I will ask the animation engineers from Hollywood to come over and cooperate with you. If you have any questions, you can take this opportunity to ask and learn.

I only give you this one chance. After this animated film is successfully produced, you two will be responsible for the project independently next time. Do you understand? "

There was a moment of silence in the office. After a while, the two of them came back to their senses.

Is this... a project?

"Okay Director Chen..."

The two of them nodded in agreement and turned to look at the script in Liu Wenxiang's hand.

"Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage"

You can tell from the prefix that this should be a traditional theme, telling the story of Sun Wukong.

Yang Yu couldn't wait to take the script and read it with interest.

Li Yang was not as anxious as he was, but looked at Chen Fei curiously, "How much money will be invested in this movie?"

"I can invest 30 million for you and let Dot Eye Digital cooperate with you to make a domestic 3D animated film."

In the original timeline, the investment in this animated film was through crowdfunding, with 89 investors crowdfunding 7.8 million.

After the original film was released, the box office revenue was close to 1 billion yuan.

Now, Chen Fei has directly increased the capital from 7.8 million to 30 million, and then asked animation engineers from Hollywood to come and assist. He believes that this movie will definitely bring him a huge surprise!

"30 million?"

Li Yang's heart skipped a beat and he suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

"The Adventures of Li Xianli" only had an investment of less than 5 million, which already made him feel a lot of pressure. Now that Chen Fei directly gave them 30 million, the intensity increased instantly!

On the other hand, Yang Yu and Liu Wenxiang looked like newborn calves not afraid of tigers, their eyes full of anticipation.

This project...

big enough! Cruel enough! Challenging enough!

The three of them left quickly, and at this time, Guo Fan also stood up from the sofa.

"How do you feel?" Chen Fei looked at him expectantly.

"Shocking and exciting, this may be the best space-themed story I have ever seen so far. Director Chen, you are really awesome!"

While being amazed, Guo Fan didn't forget to flatter him. He was very good at this, and this person was one of the reasons why he had more friends.

"So, if I asked you to direct this movie, would you be confident?"

"I???"

Guo Fan was stunned for a moment, pondered for a long time, and scratched his head in embarrassment, "Director Chen, I may not be able to do it now. Although I like science fiction movies very much, I have never been involved in such space-themed movies, so it doesn't matter. confidence……"

He really liked the story, but it wasn't easy to film it.

And as expected, the investment in this movie may be a figure he has never seen in his life. He doesn't think he can control such a huge investment in a science fiction masterpiece now.

"What if I am the lead actor and producer?"

"That's no problem!"

Guo Fan felt confident instantly. He had a backer behind him. What the hell was he afraid of?

Chen Fei was able to get the nearly US$300 million investment in "Inception", and in the end it earned nearly US$2 billion in box office results.

With him as the lead actor and producer, wouldn't filming "Gravity" be a piece of cake?

Guo Fan has even thought about it and will let his boss teach him step by step.

He is not the kind of person who has a dull head. After he has accumulated enough experience after making a movie, he can direct independently next time like Li Yang and Yang Yu.

"As long as you are confident, you can read the script first and keep it confidential. I will do the preliminary preparations with you. China Film Group has already contacted the venue. The follow-up will be..."

An hour later, Guo Fan left Chen Fei's office happily.

If you listen closely, you can even hear him mumbling, "Damn it! Invest more than 600 million yuan! This horse-trading horse is going to take off..."

~

After "Painted Skin 2" was completed, Ning Hao brought the finished film back to the company.

He himself even got into the finishing digital department, eating and sleeping with the technicians, and doing the post-production of the film together.

The first 3D fantasy masterpiece in his life, this is even more tempting to him than his wife!

Chen Fei went to the special effects department to take a look, and Ning Hao didn't even pay much attention to him. He mainly said "work hard".

"You should go home occasionally when you have time, and pay the public food, but don't let Sister Na knock on your door!" Chen Fei specifically told him before leaving.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll go back every three days and I'll make sure she has enough to eat and drink..." This guy was so busy that he started talking nonsense.

As the time approaches the end of July, several movies that will be released in theaters in August, such as "My Beautiful Boss", "Xiu Chun Dao", and "The Adventures of Li Xianli", have officially entered a state of intense publicity.

Starlight sent an invitation to the premiere.

Chen Fei noticed that the content inside seemed to be handwritten. In addition to the bright stars, there was Jing Tian's name and a symbol with a smiley face on it.

"Hey, this girl is quite cute."

He smiled, put the invitation away, and then began to wait quietly for news from abroad.

~

On July 27, at 12 o'clock China time, a shortlist for the main competition from the Venice International Film Festival was announced on Weibo.

Many people were moved by the news and clicked on the picture one after another, then enlarged it to view it.

Then everyone discovered that the first name on the shortlist was:

——Chen Fei's "Hunting"!

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