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

At 9:00 a.m. on April 1, Chen Fei boarded a private plane and headed straight for Hollywood.

"I won't go to the Capital Film Festival. You can arrange for me to see which movie of our company has finished post-production? We can use it to promote it..."

On the plane, Chen Fei was talking on the phone with Su Guohai.

Su Guohai responded: "The Wandering Earth has been shortlisted for the main competition unit, so let Guo Fan take his new movie to participate."

"Yeah, okay."

Chen Fei agreed without thinking too much.

For "The Wandering Earth", this is just a publicity channel.

If this movie really wants to win an award, it will have to go to something like the Oscars or the Saturn Awards to compete for something like "Visual Effects".

As for the rest, I can’t even dream of it.

"By the way, how far has the post-production of Captain Chukai progressed?"

"It's almost done..." Su Guohai said, and suddenly remembered something: "Cannes sent an invitation letter, hoping that this film can participate in the promotion and screening activities."

Chen Fei raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Invite "Captain" to the Cannes International Film Festival to promote it?"

"right."

"Hey, this is quite unusual." Chen Fei muttered, and immediately said: "Since we have received the invitation, let's go. There is no harm in promoting it.

But forget about selling copyrights. I will contact Walton Pictures for overseas distribution later. Don’t bother with copyright dealers.”

"Okay, I understand."

After chatting for about half an hour and properly arranging some of the company's current work and future development directions, the two ended the call.

"Mr. Chen, here's a blanket for you."

The assistant came over at this time and handed a blanket to Fade Chen.

"Yeah, okay, thank you."

After reaching out to take it and covering it, Chen Fei did not go to sleep. Instead, he opened Weibo and read the news.

The most popular movie at the moment is still "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", which is still in theaters.

Since its release, the film’s total box office has soared to 4.877 billion yuan, only 123 million yuan away from 5 billion yuan.

Many people in the circle, netizens, experts and scholars are discussing this at the moment.

The focus of everyone’s discussion is – can this movie’s box office successfully reach 5 billion?

Some say "yes" and some say "no".

Especially the group of public intellectuals, after targeting "The Accidental Detective" during the Lunar New Year holiday last year, they showed up again and criticized "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World".

Public intellectuals are extremely angry about netizens' statement that "the level of domestic animated films will soon surpass that of imported animated films"!

The end result was that a lot of negative reviews suddenly appeared online.

Of course, all these are currently within the controllable range. After all, facing the huge number of supporters, the public intellectuals dare not be too radical.

In addition, the film that is currently second only to "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" in popularity and has received the most criticism is the remake of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"!

That’s right, this IP has been remade again!

And this is already the ninth version.

It would be fine if it was just a simple remake, but the key problem is that this remake is like a child playing house, it's so embarrassing!

Especially the fighting scenes in the drama, they are so embarrassing!

I don’t know when it started, but “slow motion” fighting scenes suddenly became popular in the circle.

For example, in the movie "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", when it comes to the fighting scenes, it is as if the video has switched to 0.5x speed playback mode, giving people goose bumps all over their body!

"For the first ten minutes, I thought I was watching a TV show at 0.5x speed. Holy shit! I'm so impressed."

"It's really annoying to watch the whole screen in slow motion! Wouldn't it be better to adjust the fighting speed to normal? At least it can save ten episodes of broadcast time. The only two good things Jiang Jiajun did for this version were choosing the song "Swords Like Dreams" and using Zhou Haimei to sell feelings."

"I laughed out loud when I saw the first episode, and I was amused when I saw Zhang Cuishan commit suicide in the eighth episode. And the male lead, is his name Zeng Shunxi? What kind of a joke is this?"

"The success of the new Legend of the Condor Heroes lies in the appropriate use of slow motion in martial arts movements, while the failure of the new Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber lies in the use of slow motion in all martial arts movements! Who is in favor? Who is against?"

"Except for Zhu Xuxuan's Zhou Zhiruo, I don't like the others at all, especially Zhang Chaoren's Song Qingshu. I'm so drunk. It's totally incomparable to Director Chen's version!"

While reading netizens' comments, Chen Fei was flipping through the segments about the drama.

I have to admit, the 0.5x slow motion of the fight really gives me a headache.

But the actresses in the drama are pretty good.

Zhao Min, played by Chen Yuqi, is quite pretty, but her facial expression is a little stiff.

Zhou Zhiruo played by Zhu Xuxun is quite touching. Although not as lively as Gao Yuanyuan, she is already very good.

But compared to these post-90s young actresses, the performance of the male actors in the drama is much worse.

Especially Zeng Shunxi, who played Zhang Wuji, was beaten up madly by Lin Yushen, who played Yang Xiao!

The difference in acting skills between the two is like heaven and earth!

"Why do I feel like there are so few good actors born in the 1990s?"

Chen Fei frowned slightly, but Peng Yuchang's name suddenly appeared in his mind.

Among the group of post-90s male actors that he has come into contact with and knows, the one who ranks No.1 in acting skills is Peng Yuchang, and there is really no one else who can replace him.

Zhang Ruoyun’s acting skills are pretty good, but unfortunately she was born in 1988 and is considered one of the post-1985 male actors.

"Oh! What should we do from now on? We can't always find older male actors to pretend to be young and play the roles of people born in the 90s or 00s, right?"

Chen Fei was worried about this, but at this moment, on the 7th floor of Feiyue Film and Television, an audition was about to begin.

In the corridor outside the audition room, Peng Yuchang was sitting on a chair, carefully reciting the next audition segment.

The mineral water bottle in his left hand formed fine water droplets in his palm, and the corners of the script were twisted by his thumb until they became hairy...

Perhaps because he was too nervous, the old injury on his knee from filming some time ago began to ache again.

"A Little Wish" just wrapped up yesterday, and today he was called over to audition for a new role.

As the audition time approached, the enormous pressure made it difficult for him to hide his nervousness, and the sweat that seeped out gradually left dark sweat marks on the back of his white T-shirt.

"Hello, do you have a power bank? Can I borrow it?"

When a clear female voice fell from above his head, Peng Yuchang was staring at the line in the script: "An Ran's tears should be like the rising tide at Chaotianmen Wharf."

Then he subconsciously raised his head and saw Zhang Jingyi standing in the backlight. Her light blue dress was swaying slightly in the air conditioning, and her hair was stuck to her red ears.

"Ah! Yes! Yes!"

Peng Yuchang quickly reached into his bag for the power bank.

Because the movement was so large, the metal shell accidentally hit the edge of the folding chair, making an extremely crisp sound, which startled both of them!

"Thank you." Zhang Jingyi thanked him and sat down next to him.

"Are you here to audition for the role of 'Tu Jun'?"

Zhang Jingyi tilted her head and looked at the densely marked script in Peng Yuchang's hand.

There was a line of words written very clearly on it: What Li Anran wants is not a prince, but a wild dog who can run wildly with her at Jiefangbei!

Peng Yuchang was just about to speak when the door of the audition room was suddenly pushed open.

The assistant director stuck his head out and shouted to him, "Peng Peng, come in for a moment. We need you to cooperate with other actors in the audition."

"OK!"

Peng Yuchang stood up suddenly, smiled at Zhang Jingyi, and walked into the audition room.

"Your power bank..."

"Let's talk about it after the audition."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared at the door of the audition room.

I don’t know why, but Zhang Jingyi suddenly became nervous.

Zhou Xun did not come with her today. Instead, after saying hello to the company, he arranged for her to come for the audition by herself.

As a complete newcomer who has not yet made her debut, she is inevitably a little anxious.

"Hello, my name is Liu Hao, what's your name?"

A crisp sound suddenly rang in my ears.

Zhang Jingyi turned her head and saw a very familiar-looking girl looking at her with a smile.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Jingyi." While speaking, she had already recognized the other person, the new Mou Girl!

"You are also here to audition for the role of 'Li Anran', right?" After observing Zhang Jingyi's temperament for a moment, Liu Haoqi already had the answer in his mind.

"Yeah, yes, you..."

Zhang Jingyi was about to ask politely, but was interrupted by a voice coming from the audition room door the next second: "Is Liu Haoqi here? Come in for the audition."

"Here I come." Liu Haoqi raised his hand, turned back and smiled brightly at Zhang Jingyi, then walked confidently towards the audition room.

Outside the door, Zhang Jingyi became more and more nervous.

Can she compete with Mou Girl for the leading female role?

In this way, with a nervous mood, she waited for ten minutes.

The door of the audition room was opened again and Liu Hao walked out.

Zhang Jingyi subconsciously prepared to ask about her audition, but was interrupted again by a voice coming from the audition room door: "Is Zhang Jingyi here? Come in for the audition."

"Hey! Here they come!"

She stood up, put the power bank into her bag, and walked quickly inside.

There were some simple props placed in the audition room at this time, with a table and a few chairs occupying the center of the room.

Jiang Xueruo and several judges were sitting behind the table, looking sharply at Zhang Jingyi who walked in.

"Hello, teachers. My name is Zhang Jingyi."

As she spoke, she unconsciously glanced at Peng Yuchang who was standing in the corner, and a hint of curiosity emerged in her heart.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Did he pass the audition?

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Jiang Xueruo say, "Peng Peng, go and act out a scene for her, the one on the rooftop, and see how compatible you two are."

"Okay, Director Jiang."

Peng Yuchang took a step forward, blinked at Zhang Jingyi in front of him, and asked in a low voice: "Do you need to gather your emotions?"

"Give me 30 seconds."

"good."

30 seconds is not a long time, it almost passes in a flash.

“Pah—”

The casting director clapped his hands, temporarily acting as the sound of the script supervisor's clapping board.

Peng Yuchang and Zhang Jingyi quickly got into the mood and began their performance.

This scene is a quarrel between the protagonists on the rooftop, full of youthful passion and confusion.

The old dog played by Peng Yuchang suddenly waved his arms excitedly: "You don't understand me at all! You think you know everything? But you don't know what I want at all!"

His voice trembled with excitement, and his eyes were full of anger and unwillingness.

An Ran, played by Zhang Jingyi, responded without showing any weakness: "I don't understand you? Look at how you are now, giving up on yourself. Are you worthy of yourself?"

Her eyes were red and her voice gradually choked up, showing An Ran's stubbornness and heartache to the fullest.

The two of them talked back and forth, and the mood continued to heat up.

A tense atmosphere gradually filled the audition room. Jiang Xueruo kept whispering with the other people, judging the two people's audition performance and compatibility.

However, just when the plot reached its climax, Peng Yuchang, who had only memorized the lyrics for a few hours, suddenly forgot the lyrics!

A hint of panic flashed across his eyes, but he quickly calmed down and, relying on his acting experience, skillfully made up for the mistake with his actions and expressions.

Zhang Jingyi also noticed his condition, but she did not panic at all. Instead, she performed more devotedly, using her emotions to drive Peng Yuchang, allowing the entire performance to continue smoothly.

After the performance, both of them were breathing heavily and their foreheads were covered with sweat.

Then, they both turned around almost at the same time and looked at Jiang Xueruo and the others nervously.

The casting director was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke: "Your performance is very powerful and full of emotion.

Peng Peng, you have great explosive power, but you need to be more delicate in handling the lines. Zhang Jingyi, your performance is very natural and your understanding of the role is very good. Keep it up."

They both breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the casting director's comments.

Although there are some shortcomings, it has at least received certain recognition.

"Zhang Jingyi, you go out first. Peng Peng will stay and continue to act with other actors who are auditioning."

"OK."

They both nodded.

After walking out of the audition room, Zhang Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time she couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

If her guess was correct, Peng Yuchang should have already gotten the leading male role, otherwise the casting director would not have asked him to play supporting roles with other people.

Thinking about it, she walked to the chair, sat down, and waited quietly.

The power bank is borrowed and I have to return it to the owner later.

However, this wait lasted nearly three hours!

It was almost 12 noon when Peng Yuchang dragged his tired body out of the audition room.

When he saw Zhang Jingyi, he scratched his head a little embarrassedly: "Thank you for what you did just now. If it weren't for you, I would have been embarrassed today."

"You're welcome. We did that performance together, and you're really quick to react! I almost didn't notice you forgot the lyrics."

Zhang Jingyi responded with a smile and handed him the power bank.

She couldn't help herself after all, and asked in a low voice: "Did you...did you pass the audition?"

Peng Yuchang winked at her and said, "Sorry, I have to keep it a secret."

As soon as these words were spoken, the answer was almost revealed.

"I'll keep it a secret." Zhang Jingyi nodded seriously, and then quickly changed the subject: "I've seen a lot of TV series and movies you've acted in. You're really amazing. You were even nominated for the Best Actor at the 55th Taiwan Golden Horse Film Awards! So cool!"

"You're not bad either. I just heard from Director Jiang that you're a contracted artist of Zhou Xun Studio, right?"

"Uh-huh, yes."

"No wonder her acting is so good. Sister Xun is the winner of three Golden Globes Awards and was even nominated for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. If you learn from her, your future development will definitely be better than mine!"

As Peng Yuchang spoke, he was thinking back to the audition that had just taken place.

Although the actress who acted with him was also a good actress, he still felt more comfortable acting with Zhang Jingyi.

Plus, the other party is an artist from Zhou Xun Studio...

If nothing unexpected happens, the role of "Li Anran" should be hers!

…

When we landed in Hollywood, it was already April 2nd in North America.

On the way out of the airport, Chen Fei saw many movie posters hanging on both sides of the walls and high in the hall.

"Captain Marvel", "Dumbo", "Shazam!", "Us", "The Curse of the Weeping Woman", "Avengers 4: End Game"...

Looking around, these are the movies that are currently in theaters or are about to be released.

Among them, the largest scale of publicity is for "Shazam!" and "Avengers 4: Endgame".

Following the huge success of "Aquaman" and the global box office revenue of 1.2 billion US dollars, DC has become "arrogant" again.

The publicity for "Shazam!" has been increasing, and it seems that it is going to suppress "Avengers 4".

"DC has sent us the invitation. Tomorrow morning, Shazam! will have its premiere at the Dolby Theatre. Do you want to go?"

As soon as Chen Fei arrived at the company, Natasha came to him and handed him an invitation letter.

"Sure, there won't be any promotional activities tomorrow morning anyway, so let's go and join in the fun and see how capable they are that they're trying to copy Avengers 4."

It's quite interesting just thinking about it.

Even "Justice League" couldn't do it, but DC wanted to put pressure on Marvel with "Shazam!"

Chen Fei was very puzzled.

I don’t know what these people are thinking?

Where does this confidence come from?

Is it really because the success of "Aquaman" made them feel that they are good enough again, and then they started to feel euphoric?

"I heard that DC has already started preparing for "Justice League 2." Natasha was quite serious and seemed to be under a little pressure.

"Justice League 2?"

Chen Fei laughed out loud immediately: "Just wait and see, they won't be able to film it even if they are given ten years."

He wasn't deliberately making fun of the people at Warner and DC, the point is that they don't even understand those independent superhero IPs at this time? How can they make "Justice League 2"?

You can't take pictures with your feet, right?

…

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