Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 349 It’s You, Come to the Office

After returning to the company, Cheng Xi called everyone in the original department to a meeting.

"How are the polishing of your respective notebooks going?"

Among the 2015 film and television projects, "Duds" has been confirmed to be released during the May Day period.

"The Unknown" has also been edited, and the second version is currently being edited according to Cheng Xi's requirements. In order to avoid conflict with "Duds", it is planned to be scheduled for the summer vacation.

The script of "The Richest Tomato" has been polished and is now entering the casting stage, aiming to have it released during the National Day holiday.

The script for "Day and Night Chase" has also been finalized, but "Yu Zui", "Nothing But Thirty" and "The Best of Us" are still being polished.

"Boss, 'Yu Zui' and 'Nothing But Thirty' will take two weeks to complete, and 'The Best of Us' will take another month to finalize."

Cheng Xi nodded, encouraged the editors present, and then asked:

"Where's the script for Detective Chinatown 2?"

"Detective Chinatown 2" is the company's most important project in 2015, and it is also a work that the boss will direct and act in himself.

It can be said that this is another movie that is aiming to gross over 20 billion yuan at the box office.

The first "Detective Chinatown" grossed 16.5 billion yuan. Now that Zuibai Entertainment is even more powerful, there is no reason not to strive for 20 billion yuan.

Cheng Xi only wrote a first draft based on his impressions, and the next work would of course be handed over to these professional editors to work together.

"Boss, regarding Detective Chinatown 2, we've split into two teams to refine the script. We still have some disagreements on a few issues, and I think we'll need your advice."

"Okay, write the manuscript and questions clearly and print them out for me."

Not only does the script of "Detective Chinatown 2" need to be polished, but the shooting location also needs to be finalized.

The first one was to Thailand, and this one was to New York, Magnesium.

It just so happened that Cheng Xi went to experience the air in the beautiful country to see if it was as sweet as Runren said.

The casting is about to begin.

After the meeting, Cheng Xi instructed Deng Jie:
"Let the publicity department announce the release dates for our four films this afternoon."

"Okay, boss."

In the past, this was Huayi’s privilege, which meant to tell everyone that I would take a seat and get the lion’s share during these periods.

Anyone who has confidence can come and have a try.

Now it's Cheng Xi's turn to do this.

The box office of several movies released during this Spring Festival should have been higher.

But they were all siphoned off by "The Mermaid", including Big Brother's movies and Wang Jing's movies, none of them could withstand this offensive.

Therefore, the industry is now paying close attention to the release date of Zuibai Entertainment’s movies so that they can arrange their own company’s film plans.

Cheng Xi didn't hide it and announced it directly. This would be good for everyone.

Don't say you didn't predict what you said.

As for the press conference, it has already been explained in detail during the "Plan Z" so there is no need to repeat it.

In the afternoon, Zuibai Entertainment announced the schedules and basic information of "Duds", "The Unknown", "The Richest Tomato", and "Detective Chinatown 2" at one time.

All of a sudden, it caused a sensation in the industry.

"This is to capture the four best schedules of the year in one fell swoop."

"The May Day holiday, the summer holiday, the National Day holiday, the Spring Festival holiday—this really leaves no room for others to survive."

The film production companies in the industry are even more worried.

Especially Huayi, who originally said that he wanted to give in today and avoid Zuibai Entertainment first.

I didn't expect that it is now unavoidable. I have to produce many movies myself, so I have no choice but to go ahead and do it.

Guan Hu: "Mr. Wang, how about we release "Old Cannon" during the Christmas and New Year's Day period? This period is also good. There are not many competitive movies at the moment."

Wang Zhonglei glanced at Guan Hu and thought to himself, it's a good thing you brought it up. I definitely shouldn't have said this slightly cowardly thing myself.

That's not showing cowardice.

Although he was very sure of Guan Hu's idea, he still asked Feng Kuazi's opinion as usual:
"What do you think, Director Feng? How about the Christmas and New Year's Day schedule?"

"It seems like Zuibai Entertainment has reserved this time slot for everyone, but if other film and television companies with big productions also think this way, I'm guessing there will be fierce competition during this time slot. I think it would be better to just go straight to the National Day and Spring Festival time slots."

Feng Kuazi was certainly not someone who was easy to mess with, and hiding like this really made him feel embarrassed.

These were things I was able to do in the past, how could I allow a junior to return the favor?

Guan Hu thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. Even if he couldn't beat Cheng Xi, he should have no problem beating Mahua. He had the confidence.

So he said to Wang Zhonglei:
"Mr. Wang, I think we should tentatively schedule it for the National Day holiday. The timing is just right."

Wang Zhonglei thought that the Spring Festival period has always been the most competitive.

During the National Day holiday, everyone saw that Huayi and Zuibai Entertainment were probably afraid to release big-budget movies for fear of not making a profit. So it’s okay for the two of us to split the profits.

"That's right. The style of Old Cannon is indeed not suitable for the Spring Festival period. So, let's schedule it for the National Day period first and see how it goes then. We can also postpone it to Christmas."

The three of them then chatted for a while about the details of the movie, as the script had now been polished.

The basic cast has been confirmed, and all that’s left is the venue and funding to get started.

Two days later.

"Daily Entertainment reports that many film and television companies have recently announced that their films will be released on Christmas Day.

Huayi also just announced that "Old Cannon," directed by Guan Hu and starring Feng Kuazi, Xu Qing, Zhang Hanyu, Wu Yifan, and Li Yifeng, will be released during the 2015 National Day holiday. Preliminary preparations have been completed, and filming will begin soon."

When the news came out, some people were surprised, while others felt it was expected.

Some people think that Huayi will avoid it, while others think that Huayi is a veteran film and television giant and will not waste time on entertainment.

The fact is, they chose "The Richest Tomato" as their opponent.

Everyone knew that they didn't dare to hit Cheng Xi, so they came to hit Zui Bai Mahua.

But at least I have managed to establish my own old factory, which is much better than other companies rushing into the Christmas season.

As for whether "Old Cannon" can beat "The Richest Tomato", that depends on one's own opinion.

Cheng Xi, who everyone was discussing, was busy answering calls from various people.

Two movies and three TV series are in preparation, and Zuibai Entertainment cannot use up all the actor quotas on its own.

The heads of various film and television companies who smelled the news, as well as some familiar artists, came to inquire about the news.

Fan Binbin: "Director Xiao Xiao, has the script for Detective Chinatown 2 been released?"

Hearing Fan Binbin talking to him in a coquettish tone, Cheng Xi suddenly felt a little unwell.

Fan Ye, you are not suitable for this route.

"It's being revised. I'm telling you in advance, don't overthink it. The role of Ah Xiang is still given to you, but you won't have many scenes."

"Ah? I'm the female lead, and I don't have a role? I don't believe it. I've already cleared the next schedule for you, so you can do whatever you want."

"The female lead in this movie is a new New York policewoman."

“Then I can act too.”

"Half-blood."

"I'm from Shandong and living in the Northeast."

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Cheng Xi was helpless. This Fan Bingbing was really relying on him. "Can you please change the script? I supported you so much in the first film, but you just abandoned me in the second. Who knows how people will laugh at me! They'll say I have no vision and invested in the wrong person. You went to the first film when Director Cheng was short of people, and you were kicked out in the second film."

Cheng Xi felt more and more overwhelmed the more he listened, so he had to stop and said:
"Stop, stop for a moment. This isn't true. Ah Xiang only appears for about ten seconds in this scene. How about this, I'll add one minute to your performance?"

"ten minutes."

"Two minutes, two minutes at most! Sister Binbin, I'll definitely give you more if I can, but I really can't give you more."

These two minutes were given by Cheng Xi because Fan Binbin supported him in the first part.

If it were someone else, there would be no way they could let Cheng Xi add to the role.

Hearing Cheng Xi's tone, Fan Binbin knew that this was the best he could do.

So he changed the subject and whispered:
"You know, my new movie, 'The Woman of Dynasty,' is already scheduled to be released in the summer, along with your 'Nobody'."

"The summer movie season spans two full months. Why did the Imperial Master choose me?"

"What, are you scared?"

"Yes, I am afraid, but I am afraid that my seniors will suffer another Waterloo."

Last time, Cheng Xi defeated the national master's "The Flowers of War" with "Life Events".

This time, the two senior film academy masters, Guo Shi and Tian Zhuangzhuang, will be in trouble again as expected.

Alas, if the Film Academy didn’t have someone like me from the Management Department to support it, it would have been in a tough situation in the past few years.

"Uh, why are you so pessimistic about this movie? Why? You obviously haven't even seen it."

"When have you ever seen three famous directors come together to make a good movie in the country?"

Cheng Xi's words immediately silenced Fan Binbin.

"Forget it. I shouldn't have called you earlier. It made me feel worse."

"You can blame me for this."

"Let's not talk about that, let's talk about something romantic. I happen to be free at this time, I'll come to visit you at the celebration party."

"playing what?"

"Whatever you say to play, we'll play anything."

"Oh, now that you mention it, come and help me review this time."

When Fan Binbin heard Cheng Xi's words, he trembled for a moment.

"Cheng Xi, you provoked me. What should I do now? I can't wait any longer."

"Then you should be self-sufficient. I am far away from you and cannot help you."

Unexpectedly, before Cheng Xi finished speaking, an indescribable sound came from the other side.

"You... Then I'm hanging up first."

"No, don't hang up. I won't feel anything if you hang up."

So Cheng Xi listened to the phone while reviewing the documents in his hand.

Thinking about how to decide on the important roles for the next few film and television dramas.

"The Richest Tomato" definitely cannot keep the original female lead, even Ma Li is not suitable.

This is a character that needs to be good-looking, preferably a little cute and tough, and with a bit of financial accounting savvy.

Ma Li has nothing to do with these people.

It’s not that I can’t act, it’s just that I need to change the script, and then the result will be half the effort with twice the results.

So who among the current actresses of the Zuibai type is more suitable for this role?
Jin Chen?

No, not cute enough, not petite enough.

Reba or Nazha?
They don't look very smart.

Mao Xiaotong?
A bit too cute.

Just as Cheng Xi was thinking about who to use, the voice on the other end of the phone became louder and louder.

He really doesn't restrain himself and isn't afraid of me recording him.

As Cheng Xi listened, some anger began to rise from the bottom of his heart.

"No, big sister, you're a top female star after all. If you pull this stunt, your fans will think you're in such a bad shape. You're so short of men!"

It would have been fine if Cheng Xi hadn't said anything, but once he did, Fan Binbin started talking non-stop:
"Hmm. What? Top female celebrities are also women. Who doesn't have needs?

You wouldn't be like the people outside and think of me as a fairy who is detached from the world, right?

There are many handsome men and beautiful women in our industry, and there are many bumps and bruises in filming. When the demand comes, it is more intense than that of ordinary people."

Don't spoil the mood, say a few nice words to me. No, say something harsh, nice words won't work right now."

Well, Cheng Xi has been in the entertainment industry for so long, but he still often feels out of place because he is not BT enough.

Do you think what Fan Binbin said makes no sense?
That just makes so much sense.

People who are so ambitious to climb up the ladder often have excessive energy, which of course leads to an exponential increase in demands.

Not only him, it can be said that those who have achieved success in the entertainment industry are all energetic people.

But Sister Binbin, you are just adding fuel to the fire?

If your mind is not at peace, the fire will not be extinguished.

It would be fine if you burned yourself, but the key point is that you also burned me halfway.

Since I can't hang up the phone and can't talk remotely, it's really uncomfortable to be stuck in the middle.

Just be frank and don’t hold it in anymore.

So Cheng Xi dialed the boss's private phone and asked:
"Deng Jie, are there any female artists in the company?"

"Uh, let me ask."

Deng Jie felt strange when he heard this, because it seemed like there was a woman's voice on the other end when the boss called.

But she basically knows the boss's schedule, and the boss should be the only one in the office now.

I also asked myself curiously which female artist is in the company
What are you going to do?

But she carried out her boss's orders unconditionally.

So I went to the artist department and asked who was there.

"Boss Deng, everyone's out running announcements."

"Besides, we female artists don't work in the office."

After Deng Jie verified the information, he called Cheng Xi back directly:
"Boss, they're not here. What are you doing? Do you need me to call someone over?"

What the hell is that? Far water cannot quench near thirst.

The fire is burning now.

So Cheng Xi said directly:

"Okay, then you come to my office."

Lin Chi-ling and Fan Binbin are a good combination.

(End of this chapter)