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

The visit to "Latent" had just ended and Chen Fei was about to fly to Los Angeles when Ning Hao suddenly called.

"It's just this once, I won't cooperate with this boss Ma next time even to death. Good guy, this set of tricks can really kill someone."

"Oh? What's going on?"

"The commercial short film was finished, but he didn't know what he was thinking. He suddenly severed cooperation with the Mango Channel, and turned around and hooked up with the Blueberry Channel on the other side. This operation of eating everything, picking up his pants and running away was simply too... It’s awesome, it almost got me into it.”

"Well, I understand. I'd better take less of his job in the future."

The gap between the two "horses" is too big.

Goma is a smart man who only plays in the general entertainment field. What he insists on is to follow the boss and hit wherever he is pointed.

But Alima is different. This guy is really too smart. He changes concepts in various ways. All he thinks about is commercial interests. He jumps back and forth on the red line...

Time will eventually give the answer.

…

The flight of more than ten hours gave Chen Fei a good sleep.

Without Han Sanping by my side, I feel at ease.

After landing, they got on Bruce's "Bath King" and headed straight to Lionsgate Studios.

Among the ten previous partners, only Lionsgate was the fastest. In only about a month, "The Morgue" was completed.

No, after half a month of post-production and promotion, tomorrow is the official release time.

Skinner Bollick made a special call and invited him to a midnight show to experience a wonderful and exciting supernatural horror thriller.

Chen Fei happily agreed.

Rushing to Lions Gate without stopping, Chen Fei met director Peter Cornwell and chief producer Skinner Bolick.

This movie was not directed by James Wan, because when it was being planned, Lionsgate was also starting preparations for the Saw series.

James Wan still chooses to "take command" in the Saw series.

Now he has his own independent studio, and "Insidious 1" in cooperation with Waltons Pictures is about to be completed.

After greeting each other, Chen Fei asked casually: "Is there a lot of competition in the recent schedule?"

"It's pretty big." Skin Bolick replied: "Both "Mission: Impossible 3" and "The Da Vinci Code" will be released in May, but fortunately, we are about ten days apart from each other, so the loss It will be smaller.”

"Ah That's good."

Chen Fei nodded, chatting with the other party about the preparations for the second part, and thinking about other things at the same time.

"After the first film is released, if the box office response is good enough, we will immediately start filming the sequel."

"Okay, you can take care of this yourself."

…

After finally catching the "Chinese Oscar screenwriter" who is now hot in Hollywood, Lionsgate will definitely not let him go. They bought the draft and promoted it in various media.

"Oscar Best Original Screenplay winner Fei Chen has arrived at Lionsgate Pictures, and her second collaboration, "The Morgue," is about to premiere at midnight."

The publicity effect is very good!

The "Tianmen Mountain Wingsuit Flying Challenge" a few days ago can be said to have attracted a lot of attention, making more and more people pay attention to the person "Chen Fei".

At first, many people didn't know him, but when some fans began to promote him online, most people were shocked to discover that he is actually a director, screenwriter, actor, producer, etc. of film and television entertainment practitioners.

This discovery made many people feel delighted and began to search frantically for his works.

Suddenly, the DVD sales of films such as "Get Out", "This Man Is From Earth", "Dead Silence" and other films began to skyrocket!

Another large sum of money was transferred to Chen Fei's account.

And now another script written by him, "The Incident in the Morgue", is about to be released, and it has attracted a lot of attention.

…

The news quickly spread back to the country.

When the midnight show in Hollywood started, it happened to be morning in China.

As a brand new poster was posted, the country was in a state of excitement again!

Video: "The Haunting in Connectictut"

Director: Peter Cornwell (Pete Cornwell)

Screenwriter: Fei Chen

Producer/Producer: Lionsgate Pictures

"Good guy? Another movie is coming out? Is this kid about to take off?"

On the Huayi brothers' side, the big and small kings stared at each other with unstoppable envy.

Of course, there is no point in envying them. Huayi always runs last to get this opportunity to eat meat and drink soup.

After being envious for a while, Wang Zhongjun looked up at Wang Zhonglei in front of him and asked, "Has the contract between Zhou Xun and Huang Xiaoming been settled?"

"Well, it's all done."

After responding, Wang Zhonglei explained emphatically: "Rong Xingda has a big objection. After all, we poached their front man. Huang Xiaoming's lawsuit is over. He lost some money and the contract was terminated early. "

"Huh? You have a big opinion?" Wang Zhongjun curled his lips, "Ignore them, the contract expires and the price we offer is high. This is like a good bird choosing a tree to roost on.

You should pay close attention to Fan Bingbin's studio. There is also a share from Huayi. The accounting must be done well.

As soon as Zhou Xun comes in, Li Bingbin will definitely have opinions and give more advice. After all, he is an old man in the company, and we will definitely not be partial. "

"okay, I get it."

While responding, Wang Zhonglei brought up a new topic, "There is news outside that Feiyue Film and Television has submitted another script to the General Administration. It is estimated that Ning Hao has taken over again."

Hearing this, Wang Zhongjun's face became more solemn, "You have to follow up on this personally. You must grab the investment share. If it doesn't work, you have to put a few artists in.

It seems that the scripts written by this guy have not lost money so far. This is a business that is sure to make money without losing money. I want to go to Luo Jin. They have a good relationship and see if they can form a more stable line. "

"Okay, I understand."

…

There are no secrets in the entertainment industry.

The review of "Journey to Thailand: Lost in Thailand" is only halfway through, and the news has already spread.

Huayi found Luo Jin, and Wang Jinghua found Zhu Yawen. The two sides had the same purpose, hoping to bring in their own actors.

Even Rong Xingda, Mango Tianyu, New Picture, Starry Star, Tang Ren, Emperor, etc. all started to take action.

One call after another came in.

It was really annoying, so Chen Fei had no choice but to agree to hold an open casting event for them, and whoever was suitable would be chosen.

What he didn't expect was that Liu Daoyun, who was far away at Sony recording a new album, also called.

However, her first words were not to inquire about the character, but to show off her latest "accomplishments" to Chen Fei.

"My mother accepted an endorsement contract for me. It was an online game. The signing fee was seven figures. It took two years to sign the first phase. They prepared a lot of beautiful game character clothes for me..."

The little girl was chirping and seemed very happy.

Chen Fei's memory was instantly recalled.

"Perfect world!"

Speaking of which, he himself was crazy about this game for a while, and he still clearly remembers that it contains characters such as martial arts, wizards, feather spirits, feather lights, monsters, and fairies, and it was very popular at the time.

Unfortunately, the sense of achievement brought by this game is not very strong. After playing for a few days, I reached level 90, and it is particularly difficult to upgrade after that.

After three minutes of heat passing, I felt nothing at all.

"congratulations."

The movie hadn't started yet, so Chen Fei wasn't worried that his phone call would affect other people.

After a few words of conversation, Liu Yifei brought the topic to the recent news, "By the way, your new script..."

"We'll talk about it when I get back in a while. None of the roles have been decided yet. If there's a suitable one, I'll assign you one. It'll just be a chance to catch on to your popularity."

Liu Yifei's new album will be released in July, and with the broadcast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the Internet is very popular!

"Hehe, okay, happy cooperation."

…

After chatting for a few more words, Chen Fei hung up the phone on his own initiative.

On the big screen, the video started playing.

[Sarah and Peter, who were not financially well-off to begin with, encountered big trouble. Their baby son Matt was diagnosed with cancer and had to undergo long-term treatment.

In order to save money and facilitate treatment, Sarah drove to northern Connecticut, not far from the hospital, where she was lucky enough to find a house that had just been rented.

This old house surrounded by trees is not so dignified, but it is also elegant.

As a result, the family quickly moved here.

At first, the quiet and quaint environment of the old house made Sarah's family feel particularly warm. However, it didn't take long for this strange old house to make strange sounds one after another at night, even accompanied by various creepy supernatural phenomena. During the incident, the Campbells and their children were often frightened by strange things like ghosts.

Later, Sara inquired and learned that their new home had been a place where many people had died and it had been used as a morgue. Many terrible things had happened there.

In desperation, the Campbell family, who could not move out for the time being, found a priest, hoping to help drive away the demon...]

The content of the story is very simple, but because the overall structure comes from the documentary of the same name produced by the Discovery Channel, it unconsciously gives people the illusion that the story in the film actually happened!

With the director's enthusiasm and a group of highly motivated three generations of horror film actors, old, middle and young, the quality will certainly not be bad.

In addition, the biggest selling point of the film is that it is adapted from real events, and the horror atmosphere creation method similar to "Island of Horror" even attracted the audience who watched the movie to exclaim again and again!

After learning the lessons of the last "Dead Silence", Lionsgate gritted its teeth this time.

Canada, Lithuania, Argentina, Singapore, Sweden, Portugal, Philippines, Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Brazil, Taiwan Province, Denmark…

Distribution channels can be said to be all over the world!

The first-day box office results were quickly reported back to the company.

"$20.53 million! The response from the media has been very good, and the audience has also praised it unanimously. We have once again continued the brilliant results of "Dead Silence"!"

Skinner Bollick was thrilled.

Several consecutive movies were successful hits, which directly turned Lionsgate back into the black. The financial report for the first half of the year was very impressive, and every shareholder was happy.

Now that we have "The Incident in the Morgue" as the foundation, and a sequel will be released in the second half of the year, with this set of actions, this year's financial report income will definitely reach a higher level!

Thinking of this, he suddenly couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart.

"Fei! There will be a grand celebration dinner tonight, you must participate."

Chen Fei smiled and nodded, "I will."

The box office data was immediately sent back to China, and as expected, it once again caused a sensation.

The opening day grossed 20 million U.S. dollars, which almost guarantees that the final box office will exceed 100 million U.S. dollars!

Many people have begun to estimate how much profit Chen Fei can get from this movie?

In the end, they were surprised to find that Chen Fei could get at least 20 million U.S. dollars in base royalties from the movie, plus DVD, copyright...

"Damn it! I've made a lot of money again!"

Many people are very jealous, but there is no channel to Hollywood. They can only ask around and want to board this transnational cruise ship.

…

The box office revenue of Lionsgate's "The Morgue" gives Universal Pictures hope.

Jason made a special call to inform him that "Dangerous Laughter" would be released in June and asked him to participate in the promotion.

Chen Fei happily agreed.

However, "Dangerous Laughter" seems to be competing with "Latent" at the box office. The release time of the two movies is almost the same, which may have some impact.

Of course, this impact will not be too great.

The audience for horror thrillers is fixed. According to the movie viewing situation in Hollywood, people usually choose to watch "Insidious" after watching "Dangerous Laughter" and "Dangerous Laughter".

As for the box office, it all depends on the number of films released.

…

After leaving Lionsgate, Chen Fei returned to the crew of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" without stopping.

There are only some finishing work left here. After that is done, Pedro can lead his animation and special effects team to finish the post-production.

After discussing it with Natasha, the two unanimously decided to use this movie to rush into the blockbuster schedule in the second half of the year!

Mudd!

They are all Category A productions with an investment of more than 100 million US dollars. Who is trying to coax who?

As for "Source Code", the release date has been confirmed, and it is scheduled to be during the National Day, which is October 1st.

This time period happens to be offset by "Night Banquet" and "Baby Project", so it will not have an impact on them.

Although it was inevitable to encounter "The Departed" co-produced by Warner Bros. and Media Asia, Chen Fei was not afraid of it.

It's just a remake of "Infernal Affairs", and the gringos still want to create a domestic atmosphere?

As long as there is comparison, acclimatization is inevitable.

…

Not surprisingly, as soon as he returned to the set, Chen Fei received a warm welcome from the actors.

Especially that guy James Franco, this Chinese kung fu fan has already regarded Chen Fei as his new idol, and his performance is called a fanaticism!

"I really don't accept apprentices, and I don't have time to accept them..."

Seeing this guy bowing and clasping his fists, and even wanting to kneel down on the spot, Chen Fei suddenly felt dumbfounded.

"Okay, Fei, when you open a martial arts gym in the future, you must remember me!"

"Okay, I will definitely remember it."

Still open a martial arts gym?

If he had that time, he might as well do a few more challenge missions.

"Come on! Everyone is in place, ready to start shooting!"

There were shouts and the entire crew started to move.

…

April ended in a hurry.

Time soon came to early May, and good news came from Wen Ziren first.

"Insidious 1" is finished.

Chen Fei specially went to the editing room to look at the negatives. The filming was very good, and he was worthy of James Wan's status as a "master director of horror thrillers."

"The editing rights are yours, just edit them according to your ideas, but there are a few small details that need to be paid attention to..."

Chen Fei specifically asked him some questions, and then became the hands-off shopkeeper again.

Universal Pictures is also very fast. "Dangerous Laughter" is currently in post-production and more than half of it has been completed.

Jason sent a message, asking him to take a look at the finished film after the post-production process was completed, so that he could make timely adjustments if there were any problems.

"Okay, no problem. Let me know when the film is completed."

Good news is coming one after another.

News of scripts being co-operated with other film and television production companies are also gradually coming out. According to the plan, most of them will be released in the second half of the year.

In terms of horror thrillers, although other companies do not have as much shooting experience as Lionsgate, most of them can guarantee completion within two months.

After realizing that Chen Fei himself had a big publicity stunt, many companies called him, hoping that he would help promote it before it was released.

It's like selling a washing machine and having to deal with the after-sales service.

Chen Fei agreed to these requests without hesitation.

It's just a missed opportunity. You can easily get tens of millions of dollars in one trip. Why not?

In addition, good news finally came from Natasha!

"Marvel's acquisition was successful. Starting today, Marvel has become the first subsidiary of Volton Pictures. The acquisition cost a total of US$3.05 billion."

"Okay! Great!"

Chen Fei shook his fist violently, feeling uncontrollable excitement in his heart.

Mudd!

I was so excited just thinking about it, that I would live a new life, go to the United States, buy Marvel, and turn it into my own company!

If this news spreads back to China, I'm afraid the entire film and television industry will go completely crazy!

Not to mention the country, even the whole world, I'm afraid everyone has to shout "OMG" for this huge acquisition!

This deal is second only to the US$3.55 billion that Sony spent to acquire Columbia Pictures when it first came to Hollywood. Other than that, no one can compare!

"Do I need to announce it to the media?"

"No! Not yet!"

Chen Fei quickly suppressed his inner excitement and rejected Natasha's idea of ​​announcing the news.

"There is an old saying in China that "you can make a fortune by being silent." Volton Pictures itself is still too weak, and announcing this suddenly now will not be conducive to my future plans."

"However, such a large merger and acquisition cannot be kept secret for long."

"You can hide it as long as you can!"

"Okay, then it's up to you."

Natasha felt a little regretful. She really wanted to show off to the media, but after thinking about it, Fade Chen's words still made sense.

Some money still has to be earned secretly behind the scenes. If you show off too much, you will inevitably receive attention from some people and even be targeted!

She and Chen Fei are still too weak, and it is far from the time to show their teeth and claws.

But as long as Chen Fei can keep producing, I believe it won't be long before the two of them can make a high-profile announcement to the outside world.

"Marvel belongs to Walt Disney Studios!"

…

Following the success of the acquisition, an internal document belonging to "Marvel Studios Co., Ltd." soon appeared on Chen Fei's desk.

Marvel's main business is movies and TV series based on Marvel comic characters. These works are all interconnected and constitute the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The company's departments and companies include: Marvel Television, Marvel Animation, Marvel Music, MVL Production Co., Ltd., and MLG Production.

Unfortunately, due to the company's revenue problems, starting in the 1990s, Marvel began selling the film rights to many of their characters to other studios.

To date, the first character rights to return to Marvel was Black Panther, returning to Marvel in 2005, having previously been at Columbia Pictures and Artisan Entertainment.

In November last year, Marvel won the film rights to Iron Man from New Line Cinema.

At the same time, in April just before the merger was successful, the copyright of Thor returned from Sony to Marvel.

As of today, Marvel is in negotiations with Lionsgate and is expected to buy back the rights to Black Widow from Lionsgate in June.

The document also states that Hulk’s movie rights will also be transferred from Universal Pictures back to Marvel Pictures in the coming period...

After spending two hours reading this document, Chen Fei arranged the next Marvel development plan for Natasha.

"Due to racial reasons, I won't show up for the time being. You will be solely responsible for coordinating the work at Marvel. You will lay off people when they need to be laid off, and hire people when they need to be hired. You are more professional than me in these matters."

"Okay, I understand."

Natasha nodded heavily, quite ready to show off her grand ambitions.

Chen Fei continued: "After you sort out the company's situation, the first priority is to recover the copyrights of the comic characters that have been sold.

This may be a long-term task, but it must be completed. This is the source of the company's survival and the creation of huge profits! "

"Ok, I see."

Natasha nodded and left Fade Chen's office.

Her pace became much faster, and her eyes were full of expectations and longing for the future.

Punch Walt Disney, stomp Time Warner...

Perhaps in the near future, this dream will be successfully realized!

…

After watching Natasha leave, Fade took a deep breath, took out his cell phone and dialed Bruce's number.

"Bruce, I need you to help me get something done."

"What's the matter? Do you need a beautiful and sexy model?"

"Stop talking nonsense." Chen Fei scolded him and said seriously: "I need you to contact your friends on Wall Street and give me statistics on the number and scale of theater chains around the world, as well as the stock prices of those large theater chain companies. "

On the other end of the phone, Bruce, who was still laughing, was suddenly stunned.

As the third shareholder of Volton Pictures, he knew about the company's successful acquisition of Marvel.

But now, Chen Fei suddenly asked him to compile theater data.

Suddenly, a bold idea popped into his mind!

Film and television companies, theaters...

"Oh! Fuck! Fei? What on earth do you want to do?"

"I suddenly felt that being a chess piece was meaningless. Now I want to be the one who plays chess."

"???"

Bruce doesn't understand Chinese, but he somehow feels that this sentence is very domineering!

It was a kind of domineering power that made him want to surrender, deliver the whip with his own hands, kneel on the ground and howl!