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

After a night, it was April 3rd.

The weather today is pretty good, so there are a lot of fans coming to the Dolby Theatre to support the movie "Shazam!"

Especially when the director of "Aquaman" James Wan appeared on the red carpet, the cheers and screams almost attracted the attention of everyone on the street.

You know, since the end of the "Batman" series of movies, DC has never fought such a prosperous battle as "Aquaman"!

That’s a global box office total of 1.2 billion US dollars!

As of now, the global total box office of "Alita: Battle Angel" produced by 20th Century Fox is only 400 million US dollars.

The global box office of Marvel's "Captain Marvel" has exceeded 1 billion US dollars, but it is still some distance away from 1.2 billion US dollars.

Based on this, in the past six months, the highest-grossing superhero movie is "Aquaman".

This undoubtedly made DC fans so excited that they could hardly control themselves!

As a result, James Wan also became the object of pursuit of countless DC movie fans, and his support and popularity even surpassed Zack Snyder at one point.

"James Wan! L love you!"

"Wen, you are my God!"

“Looking forward to the grand debut of Aquaman 2!”

Cheers resounded throughout the entire red carpet, and James Wan has become the object of crazy worship for many DC movie fans.

"Thank you, thank you, I love you too."

James Wan was also very excited and kept blowing kisses.

However, after getting off the car, he did not step onto the red carpet area immediately. Instead, he responded to fans while looking sideways into the car.

The next second, a foot stepped out of the car, pulling a figure to appear next to James Wan.

And when everyone saw clearly who that figure was, the originally bustling red carpet scene suddenly became quiet!

Looking at those frozen smiling faces, Fade Chen couldn't help but shrugged: "Wen, it's obvious that your fans don't like me."

James Wan suppressed his laughter and said, "You are Marvel's Chief Content Officer and the director of Avengers 4, but they are all die-hard fans of DC. It would be strange if they like you."

"Haha, that's true. This is not my home ground."

"How can it be true? How can he, the chief content executive of Marvel, understand the style of DC?"

"But when James Wan participated in a program before, he personally admitted that during the filming of Aquaman, he often called the Chinese director for advice! This can't be fake, right?"

“…”

Although the fans outside were a little unhappy about Chen Fei's arrival, the executives of Warner and DC Films still welcomed him.

One reason is because of his special identity, and the other is because of the transcendence of Walton Pictures.

With these two factors in mind, his reputation and status in Hollywood are no longer the often ignored status they were a decade ago.

"Fei, welcome to the premiere of 'Shazam!'"

Looking at the first female president of Warner Bros., Fade Chen smiled and hugged her.

At the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

In recent years, women’s voice has become increasingly powerful in Europe and the United States!

Once upon a time, who would have imagined that the position of president of Warner Bros. Pictures would fall into the hands of a woman?

After exchanging a few words with the other party, Fade Chen turned and walked towards the front row of the screening area.

Most of the people attending the premiere today are senior executives from DC or Warner, as well as their partners, most of whom are competitors of Walton Pictures.

Therefore, there is no need to communicate feelings too deeply.

Besides, his main purpose of coming here today was to watch a movie, not to make friends with some insignificant people.

After about half an hour, the film screening officially began.

Chen Fei put on his 3D glasses and watched with great interest.

As time goes by, the plot becomes more and more in-depth...

When the lightning on the big screen struck the young Billy Batson for the third time, Chen Fei subconsciously touched the mint candy in his suit pocket.

This was a habit he developed during Marvel's internal screenings: whenever an overly deliberate plot twist appeared on the screen, a subtle bitterness would form in his throat.

At this time, he would usually throw a candy into his mouth and make modification requests or suggestions.

But not today, because it is the premiere of a DC movie.

But at this moment, he subconsciously glanced at the two presidents of Warner and DC Films who were sitting not far away.

When he saw that the two of them were watching very seriously and didn't react at all, he couldn't help but shook his head speechlessly.

The bosses above have such poor vision, so it's natural that the people below will fool around in various ways!

Movie continues...

"Family!"

When the Shazam family shouted this word in unison for the seventh time, Fade Chen's index finger, which was tapping lightly on the armrest of the leather seat, suddenly stopped.

In this decisive battle scene, six superpowers were cornered by three gargoyles. The jagged edges of the special effects modeling were clearly visible on the IMAX screen. It was as rough as it could be...

At this moment, he couldn't help but think of the particle special effects test film of "Doctor Strange 2" submitted by Marvel's visual department yesterday.

The rendering cost of each second of those nebulae flowing in the quantum dimension is equivalent to the entire budget of this battle!

When Shazam crashed into the fourth CGI building, Chen Fei subconsciously took out his mobile phone, lowered the brightness, and clicked to open an app.

Soon, the Marvel Writers' Room internal scoring system was quickly launched on the mobile phone screen.

He pulled out the keyboard and quickly typed out a long string of words: the theme is split (magic and family), the character arc is broken (Billy has no growth after gaining power), the climax lacks tension (the villain's motivation is unclear)...

Especially when the protagonist used his mobile phone to live broadcast the battle process, those vertical screen images that deliberately imitated the TikTok style even reminded him of the "Z Generation Movie Viewing Habits Research Report" that was killed by Walton's streaming department!

At the moment when the post-credits scene lit up, Chen Fei accurately captured the stiff clapping rhythm of James Wan who was sitting on the left.

His palms collided 20 centimeters away from his chest, like two low-power robotic arms, which was very interesting to watch.

Fortunately, he did a pretty good job managing his facial expressions and didn't show anything too unusual.

When the director led the leading actors onto the stage, the sunflower brooch on the collar of the new "Shazam" actor made Chen Fei laugh out loud.

Because it was a souvenir for the celebration party of Captain Marvel's global box office breaking 1 billion US dollars! At this moment, it was worn by the leading actor of the DC superhero movie, just like a metaphor of some kind of black humor.

"Fei, what do you think of Shazam's growth arc?" James Wan came over at some point with a rather conflicted expression on his face.

Chen Fei shrugged slightly. "Billy's process of gaining divine power is quite creative. However, when I saw him turn back into a mortal for the third time because he forgot the spell, the narrative thrust of this story was broken. It was really unpleasant!"

"How does it compare to Aquaman?"

"He's not even worthy of carrying the shoes of the Sea King."

As soon as this comment came out, James Wan immediately understood that Chen Fei was obviously very pessimistic about this work.

Not even worthy of carrying Aquaman's shoes, doesn't this mean that the box office results will be terrible?

Thinking of this, the expression on his face suddenly became more complicated.

Fade Chen noticed his change keenly and asked curiously, "Did something happen? Why do you seem to be in a weird state?"

"Alas!" James Wan sighed and said in a deep voice, "DC wants to invite me to be their chief content officer, responsible for controlling the direction of the DC film market in the future."

Fade Chen couldn't help but laugh: "So what do you think?"

"I just want to make Aquaman 2 now. I don't want to get involved in other messy things. Warner's film production and post-production level are too poor. I have no confidence that I can turn the tide with DC."

Snap——

Fade Chen stood up, patted James Wan on the shoulder, and said, "You are right. Judging from the current situation, DC cannot be saved."

After saying that, he turned and walked straight towards the back door.

The movie has already been watched, and he has no interest in attending the subsequent banquet. Moreover, he has a roadshow event to attend in the afternoon, so he has to get ready to go.

After getting into the car, Fade Chen saw the message Natasha sent him.

"I saw your note in the rating system. Is this movie bad?"

After thinking about it, he replied: "It's even worse than that!"

…

On April 4, DC rarely lifted the ban on the rating system for "Shazam!"

The 8.3 rating on MDb impressed many fans, who all said that DC was going to rise and would soon surpass Marvel...

On April 5, "Shazam!" officially hits theaters in North America.

Chen Fei watched helplessly as its IMDB score dropped from 8.3 points to 7.0 points before it barely stopped.

And this was just after one morning of screening!

If you look at the fan reviews on Twitter, Google and other websites, it’s really too bad!

"Is this really DC? Where is the dark aesthetic? Abandoning tradition and choosing a Marvel-style visual style, with few funny moments, why make such a movie?"

"Marvel has already launched a grand exchange of destiny and restructuring of the universe, but DC is still foolishly shooting itself in the foot and acting like a clown. It is old-fashioned and pedantic, without any improvement at all. The production and scenes are not even worth the money for this IMAX movie ticket! I want a refund!!!"

"Nolan's DC world is a deep and dark perspective, and James Wan has created aesthetic topics and imagination space, but this movie is a three-no product filled with cheap output and nonsense. The devil should really take it away."

"Obviously, 'Shazam!' is still trying to transition to the Marvel model like 'Justice League', but sorry, it failed. From any angle, from any aspect, it is a miserable failure!"

"Let's just look forward to Aquaman 2. This new DC movie is a dud."

The first day of release was 20.35 million US dollars, the second day was 19.52 million US dollars, the third day was 13.62 million US dollars, and the fourth day was 3.05 million US dollars...

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

When the new week came, the IMDb score of "Shazam!" had dropped to 6.3 points, and the total box office had just exceeded 50 million US dollars, not even 60 million US dollars.

Compared with the North American box office revenue of 174 million US dollars in the first three days of "Captain Marvel" in its first weekend, DC has undoubtedly suffered another tragic failure!

“Hahahahahaha!”

Throughout the morning of the 9th, Natasha's laughter could be heard from time to time at Walton Pictures.

She was really happy now, and it was a kind of happiness that was completely suppressed and uncontrollable.

Ever since the huge box office success of "Aquaman" last year, DC has been arrogant for quite a while, and even started marketing press releases saying that Marvel is not as good as DC.

But now, a movie "Shazam!" has brought DC back to its original form.

For Natasha, this made her even happier than the company's movies selling well.

"Calm down. You'll look stupid if you keep laughing." Chen Fei, who had just returned from the internal screening of "Godzilla 2", couldn't help but persuade her, hoping that she could calm down.

"No, I can't calm down. I'm going to have a party tonight, remember to come."

She is also good at dealing with hermaphrodites.

"good."

Chen Fei agreed without thinking, then took out his cell phone and looked through the domestic news.

In fact, for him, today is also a very happy day.

Because with the end of the "Tomb-Sweeping Day period", the total box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" has officially exceeded 5 billion, becoming the second 5 billion box office movie in Chinese film history after "Wolf Warrior 2"!

Looking around, the domestic media is already reporting like crazy:

“Warm congratulations to Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World for breaking the 5 billion box office, writing a legend for domestic animated films and successfully verifying the vigorous vitality of domestic animated films in the market and the wide praise from the audience!”

“With its high-quality production and profound implications, the film brings the audience both visual and emotional enjoyment, becoming a new benchmark for domestic animated films!”

“The box office of Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World has exceeded 5 billion yuan, marking a huge progress in the technology and narrative of domestic animated films! The success of the film is not only reflected in the box office, but also in its in-depth exploration and modern interpretation of Chinese traditional culture.”

"After Wolf Warrior 2 grossed 5.8 billion yuan, Ne Zha: The Devil Child Comes into the World has successfully exceeded 5 billion yuan.

What is the magic of Feiyue Films, the production company of Feiyue Films? How can it continuously produce high-quality films? Let us review the road to success of Feiyue Films..."

“…”

Looking at these news reports, Chen Fei's expression was quite interesting.

The movie has only just broken through the 5 billion box office, but it has already received so much praise and received follow-up coverage from the entire network.

So if "Ne Zha" comes out and the box office of 10 billion is reported, wouldn't these media go completely crazy?

~

Inside Zhang Yimou’s studio in the capital.

Zhang Yimou is also currently paying attention to the news that the box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" has exceeded 5 billion yuan.

Although the "shocked" emoticon package will not be circulated on the Internet until "Man Jiang Hong" is published, this expression is already on his face now!

5 billion!

That’s a box office of 5 billion!

He has been a director for most of his life and has made more than 40 films, but the total box office to date has not yet reached 10 billion yuan.

But Jiaozi’s movie made 5 billion at the box office. Is this fair?

"When can I make a high-grossing movie? 5 billion? No! 3 billion! Or 2 billion will do! As long as it's higher than The Great Wall..."

Boom boom boom——

At this moment, a sudden knock on the door interrupted Zhang Yimou's fantasy.

"Come in, the door is not closed."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Haoqi pushed the door open and walked in, timidly coming up to him: "Director Zhang? Are you looking for me?"

"Yeah." Zhang Yimou nodded slightly and asked, "I heard from your agent that you failed the audition at Feiyue Film and Television?"

"Yes." Liu Haoqi pouted slightly, looking a little unhappy.

She lost to that Zhang Jingyi.

These are the exact words her agent conveyed to her.

But she didn't agree. She felt that she lost to Zhou Xun, not Zhang Jingyi!

Because she thinks her acting skills are definitely not worse than Zhang Jingyi, so there must be not enough support behind her.

This situation is quite common in the circle.

So although she was a little depressed, she was not too disappointed.

"It's okay. It's okay if it fails. At worst, I can find another project. I'm just the leading actress in a TV series anyway."

As Zhang Yimou spoke, he suddenly picked up another script from the table and handed it to her: "Take a look at this first."

"Um?"

Liu Haoqi reached out to take it, and his pair of watery eyes, which seemed to be able to speak, fell on the cover of the script.

"Give you a little red flower?"

She whispered the name and immediately became interested.

"This is the script sent by Director Han Yan, the director of Go Away Tumor.

He said he saw a still of you in "One Second" and thought your eye acting was particularly suitable for the role of "Ma Xiaoyuan" in the script, so he wanted to invite you to audition.

I have read the script, it is of very good quality and will test your acting skills. The female lead role is also quite suitable for you..."

Zhang Yimou was talking on and on while Liu Haoqi was silently flipping through the script.

The plot is set against the backdrop of two cancer-fighting families. It tells the story of Wei Yihang, who suffers from a brain tumor and develops a pessimistic and withdrawn personality due to long-term treatment. With the encouragement of Ma Xiaoyuan, who also suffers from a brain tumor, he re-establishes emotional connections with his family and friends.

Liu Haoqi's ability to appreciate scripts is not strong, but she trusts Zhang Yimou very much.

Since Zhang Yimou said that this book is very good, it must be very good!

"How about it, do you want to give it a try?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, Zhang Yimou's face was full of smiles.

He liked this girl very much because he saw a lot of "spiritual energy" in her!

The aura emanating from this kind of actor is very "tempting" to a director.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou really wanted to try to train Liu Hao to see if he could release more of this spiritual energy.

"think!"

Liu Hao agreed without any hesitation.

It would be so stupid and foolish to miss this opportunity!