Yi Feiyang didn't know if April 18th was an auspicious day. But he was willing to bet that the news at today's press conference would definitely shock the media and entertainment industries around the world.
On this day, the smile on Yi Feiyang's face was absolutely brilliant, but Dures deliberately kept a serious expression in order to appear different. Standing in front of the long table, Yi Feiyang stood up and said to the surrounding media reporters: "
I have invited friends from the media industry here today to announce some news, and I think everyone will be very interested!"
The whole audience was silent. Yi Feiyang grinned, his white teeth shining under the flashlight: "First news, as the chairman of the board of directors of Dream Entertainment, I will announce that Dream Company has successfully acquired Facebook and merged it into Xintiandi Media
, our company will vigorously enter the network business in the future."
Everyone is obviously not very interested in this news. Although Facebook was very good before, it has been paralyzed and is not far from bankruptcy. Acquiring it is tantamount to a loss-making transaction. China Yi is really a fool. Everyone is still interested in Yi Feiyang's movie
Yes, this is normal.
Most people think so, but not everyone thinks so. At least one of the reporters from Time Magazine in New York realized that Facebook was suddenly paralyzed and suddenly acquired by Fantasy. There might be something fishy in this, let alone
, Fantasy Entertainment has always been trying to build a super empire that controls all things related to entertainment.
"Second news, I am still announcing in this capacity that Facebook will soon accept technical support from Google's website and will officially resume online starting today!" Yi Feiyang smiled softly. This news is definitely heavyweight. It has just been acquired.
If it succeeds, it will return to normal. It is estimated that only he, Yi Feiyang, can achieve such a miracle.
The reporters were shocked and came back online? Does that mean Facebook is resurrected? How is it possible, so fast?
Seeing everyone's expressions, Yi Feiyang immediately smiled: "Don't doubt it, everything I said is true. If you don't believe it, you can try logging in to Facebook now. If I remember correctly, you should be able to access the Internet now!"
How is it possible?
This is too fast! Many reporters were skeptical and looked for online logins, but the results surprised them.
Facebook has really recovered!
This time, those people who had ridiculed Yi Feiyang for being a fool who had made a loss-making business all turned red in the face. No matter how stupid they were, they should have known that Yi Feiyang could turn over the clouds and save the face. Among them,
The reasons are self-evident.
"The last news..." Yi Feiyang suddenly said loudly. "I will leave the United States in the near future and go to China to film "Havoc in Heaven", so I will not participate in this Oscar! Also, just now
I received news that the movie "Lust, Caution" I shot last year seems to have been shortlisted for nine Oscars!"
The whole audience was in an uproar, and everyone stared at Yi Feiyang in disbelief. Nominated for an Oscar? And received nine nominations at once? That is the highest honor in Hollywood! What's more, the nominee was a "sequin" film!
You can imagine how noisy it was for a while.
Dures and Yi Feiyang looked at each other, both knowing that this would have an effect. He coughed and stood up, and the reporters' minds became clearer, and some raised their hands to ask questions.
Dures first pointed out that the question he was asking was of course his own USA Today. The money would not go to outsiders.
"I would like to ask Mr. Dures, if Fantasy Entertainment is nominated for the Oscar this time but does not participate in this event, do you have enough confidence to win the award? Or do you no longer have the idea that the Oscar is unattainable?" This reporter
The questions are so weird that no one else has thought of them.
Yi Feiyang and Dures were both stunned. This reporter was really smart. He thought of this so quickly.
A slight smile appeared on Dures' stern face: "In addition to the Oscars, I think Hollywood should look further ahead. We can see the Golden Globe Awards of the American Labor Union, the Palme d'Or in Cannes, and the Venice Golden Globe Awards."
Lion Award. Seeing many new film awards... Yes, the Oscars are very brilliant, but for many movies, we should look for more opportunities, right?"
"I would like to ask Mr. Du, does it mean that Fantasy Entertainment has changed its development strategy if it no longer pursues Oscars?" This is a reporter from Asia Weekly, who always likes to compete in finance: "We all know that Fantasy Entertainment has changed its development strategy in recent years.
It has made quite a few acquisitions and mergers, and has always put forward the slogan of "earning awards efficiently" in terms of movies, using awards to drive the development of the company's film quality, and using awards to enhance the company's reputation. Now Fantasy Entertainment is very powerful.
, is this slogan obsolete?!"
"I don't deny that this slogan is outdated. It is true that Fantasy Entertainment's expansion pace is too big. Currently, Fantasy and Xintiandi Media have dozens of companies under their two flagships." Dures suddenly smiled relaxedly: "However, this is not
It means that Fantasy’s strategy will change a lot in the future, at least in the short term! One last thing I want to explain is that although film awards are not the only criterion for measuring a movie, they are a measure of whether the movie is
It is not the ultimate standard for classics! Therefore, our company’s strategy of winning film awards will not change. On the contrary, we will more vigorously encourage our directors and producers to produce more outstanding films and win awards around the world!"
Dures's words represent exactly what Yi Feiyang meant. In Yi Feiyang's view, in the early days of Dream Entertainment's development, because its name was not well-known, it needed many award-winning films to enhance the company's reputation, but now, this is no longer needed.
It's a publicity strategy, but Yi Feiyang still hopes for the icing on the cake to win awards, which can at least create motivation for his artists and directors. Various awards such as Oscars are also a sign of measuring the quality of a film.
In short, Yi Feiyang's current intention is very simple: Oscar can live without me, but Oscar cannot live without my legend!
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The grand press conference caused quite a storm in the entertainment industry throughout North America and even the entire world.
For the behemoth that is Dream Entertainment, for Dream Thunder's thunderous acquisition of Facebook, and for legendary figures like Yi Feiyang, even bigger newspapers and periodicals have given large-scale reports.
It is especially shocking that Yi Feiyang was nominated for nine Oscars for "Lust, Caution".
For a "sequin" film to be nominated for an Oscar, this is undoubtedly a historic breakthrough.
But it is a pity that it seems that China Yi is flying to China to shoot a movie and cannot attend this event. This makes many people who like him feel very regretful and disappointed.
But immediately, everyone was seduced by the fact that Yi Feiyang was filming in China.
Many enthusiastic movie fans even spontaneously prepared a grand farewell ceremony.
On the day Yi Feiyang took the flight, at the airport, when he saw thousands of movie fans braving the drizzle to see him off, his heart was suddenly moved.
Yi Feiyang has always regarded himself as an outsider and felt that he was a wanderer in the United States. Here, he suffered most from discrimination and contempt. But now, Yi Feiyang suddenly felt like he was truly integrated into this place.
feeling.
Not for anything else, just for these enthusiastic movie fans.
Yi Feiyang and his group boarded the plane one after another. When Yi Feiyang waved goodbye to the fans, many fans shed tears.
China is thousands of miles away from the United States, and we don’t know when we will see China again.
It's drizzling.
Everyone watched Yi Feiyang turn around and board the plane. At that moment, people shouted loudly: "China Yi, we are waiting for you to come back!"
"We're waiting for you!"
"Woo!"
…
The plane took off and soared 30,000 feet in the air.
As the most beautiful country in the world, China can definitely be said to have a civilization of five thousand years and beautiful mountains and rivers.
In fact, in addition to Yi Feiyang coming here to shoot "Havoc in Heaven" this time, even his big rival James Cameron also came here to shoot "Avatar".
That's right, these two guys who can shock Hollywood and even the world's film industry with their stomping feet came to China to film and film.
The first shooting location chosen by Yi Feiyang was a place known as one of the most beautiful places in the world.
Here, there are beautiful mountains and rivers, with many strange-shaped peaks and breathtaking rivers.
For Yi Feiyang, filming the exterior scenes of "Havoc in Heaven" couldn't be more suitable.
On the day we arrived, the local government held a grand ceremony as if welcoming foreign guests, holding large banners and beating gongs and drums. Even the mayor personally came out to welcome Yi Feiyang.
Yi Feiyang didn't expect that the scene would be so big. He was just here to film, but it was like he was here to invest or inspect the work.
The mayor was very enthusiastic and held Yi Feiyang's hand tightly. Because he spoke in the local dialect, Yi Feiyang couldn't understand what he said, but he guessed that he was welcoming him.
Finally, the mayor said in not very fluent Mandarin: "Welcome home!" Only then did Yi Feiyang understand that they thought he was a wanderer returning from overseas, and he immediately felt extremely warm.
After the welcome ceremony, Yi Feiyang and the crew were arranged to stay at the largest hotel nearby.
As a tourist attraction, almost everything here is lacking, and it is even more advanced than the United States in some aspects. This can't help but surprise Yi Feiyang. It seems that the motherland has really risen, especially in terms of economy and material, it is not inferior to the United States at all.
.
That night, Yi Feiyang held a collective meeting of the crew at the hotel to arrange the next preparations.
First, Yi Feiyang announced the roles of the actors and distributed the script to them, and then arranged for various positions such as photographers, lighting technicians, and makeup artists.
Everyone listened very carefully because they knew that this drama was the debut starring Yi Feiyang, which can be said to be of great significance.
After Yi Feiyang finished his speech, Fat Jack, who was his main follower, stood up and said: "Boss, now that the actors have been selected, the props and costumes we ordered here early in the morning have almost been produced. It is estimated that it will take a few days.
It will be completed. Now it's up to Cindy and the others. If we can find a suitable location, we can start shooting!" The fat man rubbed his hands and said cheerfully.
As the assistant director and photographer, Cindy arrived here a few days ahead of Yi Feiyang and the others. According to Yi Feiyang's arrangements, she had already started to select the "Mountain of Flowers and Fruits" marked in the script.
Yi Feiyang's request for this was, "Better to lack than to overdo it." He asked Cindy and the others to look at more places rather than just find a place to stall.
"If you didn't tell me, I almost forgot. Has Cindy received any news?" Yi Feiyang turned to the fat man and asked.
The fat man chuckled, pointed to the phone on the table and said, "Just got here. But you're not here."
"What did Cindy say?" Yi Feiyang immediately sat up straight.
The fat man smiled and said: "Cindy and a few local tour guides are having a hard time. They have been flying in the past few days to see almost all the planned filming locations, but none of them are suitable. He called just now and said it was yes.
One of the tour guides suggested going deep into the mountains, saying that there is a large and beautiful waterfall deep in the mountains. The topography there is very similar to the Huaguo Mountain described in the script, and they are on their way there now."
"Deep in the mountains and old forests?! Would it be dangerous, and wouldn't the transportation be inconvenient!?" Yi Feiyang asked after hearing what the fat man said.
You know, the safety of the crew comes first when filming, and the second is convenient transportation, because filming requires a lot of equipment, and these things are not easy to carry.
"Haha, I asked about this too. They said it's no problem. The road was opened not long ago and vehicles can pass through it."
"Really, that would be great."
If this place is a suitable location for filming, then it will be a great blessing for the crew. Not only can various equipment and personnel be transported there easily, but it will also greatly shorten everyone's filming time.
"Boss, if that place is really good, it will be much more convenient for us." Fatty naturally knows the benefits.
Yi Feiyang nodded, and then said to the fat man: "Then let's wait for news from Cindy and the others. If it works, when you receive the news here, you can quickly apply for relevant documents. In addition, you must contact the government here.
Contact us to see if they can support us. After all, we are not familiar with the place here."
"Boss, don't worry about this. Remember when we were filming "Lust, Caution" in France, didn't we do a pretty good job!?" The fat man smiled evilly.
In the next few days, Yi Feiyang spent his time impatiently waiting.
There has been no news from Cindy and the local tour guides. They seem to have evaporated. The fat man has been waiting by the phone almost 24 hours a day, cursing while waiting.
In the past few days, what Yi Feiyang has to do is not just wait for the news.
First, Yi Feiyang called those important actors to the company headquarters, including the little girl Bao'er and others, and then formally inspected their scripts and began to guide them in rehearsals.
At the same time, Yi Feiyang also has to supervise the production of props and costumes here. Because this time must have a typical scene with Chinese mythology and magic, the task of making props is very heavy. In addition, various swords and guns required for "Havoc in Heaven"
Swords and halberds, as well as various objects mentioned in the script are also being made with great efforts. Although Yi Feiyang is very confident about the local producers, there are inevitably some discrepancies with his own requirements. Yi Feiyang still feels that it is better for him to supervise at any time.
Then, Yi Feiyang summoned all the people in charge of the film crew and began to formulate a unified shooting plan and coordinate various issues, most of which were extremely trivial matters.
Finally, Yi Feiyang had to work on the Monkey King, which he starred in. He mainly learned the monkey tricks from the videos and watched movies about this kind, especially the 1986 version of the TV series, which gave him a headache. In the past few days, he
I almost didn't even get a good night's sleep. After being so busy, I lost a lot of weight, but I looked more like a "monkey".
On April 25, just when everything was going on in an orderly manner despite the tension, Cindy came back.
"Boss, boss, good news, good news!" As soon as Cindy came back, she rushed directly into Yifeiyang's temporary office.
"Hey, you guy, I thought you were cooked and eaten by monsters! Why is there no news at all!" Looking at Cindy rushing into the office, Yi Feiyang suddenly laughed.
This guy is wearing a local Zhuang costume, a horned hat on his head, and a monkey-like vest. He is completely dressed as an ethnic minority. Because he has not shaved, from a distance, he looks like a white orangutan.
"Hi, boss, there's a reason why we haven't called you these days. When we first arrived here, we were detained by the local indigenous residents." Cindy complained repeatedly.
"Detained!? Why are you being detained?!" Yi Feiyang was shocked.
Just kidding, this is not the era, how can we detain tourists at will?
Cindy shrugged her shoulders, sat down on the sofa, and said, "That's it. When we came here, we happened to celebrate March 3rd here. It is said to be a traditional song festival here. We thought it was interesting, so we drank more.
Drink, then I sang a song, and then... a girl fell in love with me. You know, I am too enthusiastic, and after drinking some wine, I became like that... Of course, I didn't do anything.
, but that girl wanted to marry me, saying that she was attracted by my beautiful singing voice! God, I can guarantee that no one in this world except my mother likes my singing, and they all say that I sing
Like a pig humming..."
Cindy told the story of her detention very innocently.
Yi Feiyang couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that this was the reason why Cindy was detained. In the end, it turned out that this guy was burdened with love debts and managed to escape from Wenrou Township with great difficulty.
"I never thought you would have such an affair!? What happened next?" Yi Feiyang thought it was simply unbelievable.
Cindy pretended to be indifferent and said: "Then I told the girl who loved me that we couldn't speak each other's language and couldn't be together. Even if we were together, we wouldn't be happy. She seemed to understand, and then she let her
Dad let me go."
After hearing this, Yi Feiyang didn't say anything, but Fat Jack became furious, "How unreasonable, there is such a thing as forced marriage..."
Just when Yi Feiyang wanted to dissuade him, Fatty said again, "Where is the specific location? Let Fatty and I sing a few songs...I heard that the girls here are very cute, haha!"
