The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 770 Ignore
Du Wenze has been having a miserable time lately.

After last year's Academy Awards, mainland netizens expressed dissatisfaction with Lu Yuan not winning the Best Actor award, and criticized the Academy Awards so much that it closed the comment section and started playing dead.

When most actors in the Hong Kong circle avoided this matter, he seized the opportunity and stepped forward.

He publicly recognized and supported the results of the Academy Awards, while at the same time mocking Lu Yuan and his fans on social media.

He attempted to use this action to leave a good impression on the judges of the Academy Awards and make himself a popular figure in the post-Hong Kong film era.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry is indeed not as good as it used to be, but a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and there is no pressure to promote one or two people.

There is no doubt that the speech brought him great benefits and he received a lot of film resources.

But the disadvantages are also great.

Because he offended Lu Yuan, he has been almost under a soft ban in the mainland for the past six months.

The leaders of major TV stations blacklisted him, such as Hunan TV, Heilongjiang TV, Zhejiang TV, and Shanghai TV.
The agency behind him operated for him, and his agent pleaded for him, but there was no change.

In the past six months, he has hardly ever appeared on any popular shows in mainland China.

Even the second- and third-tier satellite TV stations and emerging streaming platforms that he used to look down upon are avoiding him.

The most excessive one among the streaming media was PPS, who deliberately erased his shots from some interview segments.

He lacks the most important exposure channel for an artist.

He was discouraged for a while, but fortunately his agent comforted him. No matter how powerful Lu Yuan was or how wide the connections of Yuanfang Media were, they could only prevent him from appearing on TV shows. In the film industry, there was nothing they could do to him.

This is a different time, and it’s time to reap the rewards of your early efforts.

Du Wenze was excited that he had finally waited for this moment.

He has many movies released during the Spring Festival this year, including "The Man from Macau", "Golden Rooster 3", "Flirting Scholar", and "Black Comedy".
Among them are leading roles and supporting roles. Although most of them are not big productions, his exposure has greatly increased as these movies are about to be released.

Du Wenze looked at Lu Yuan, who was surrounded by reporters, with obvious provocation in his eyes.

How do you feel when you see me still full of life? Are you angry?
Unfortunately, Lu Yuan just glanced at him lightly, without any lingering gaze, and simply ignored him.

This made Du Wenze grit his teeth in frustration.

Nothing is more frustrating than caring about something so much while the other person seems to have forgotten it long ago.

At this moment, most of the reporters around Du Wenze focused their attention on Zhou Runfa.

When the NetEase reporter brought up the old story, Zhou Runfa waved his hands and said, "I'm still here. Let's talk about this 40 years later. Besides, the money is not in my hands now, so whatever I say is just empty talk."

Why do you say something different every year? The reporter curled his lips and accidentally noticed that Du Wenze had a strange expression. He followed his gaze and thought of the rumors from half a year ago. He rolled his eyes and handed the microphone over: "You seem to have rarely appeared in the past six months. What are you busy with?"

Du Wenze deliberately replied loudly: "I'm busy filming. I have four or five movies coming out this year."

The reporter nodded and asked, "Which movie do you think will win in this year's Spring Festival movie war?"

"Of course it's The Man from Macau. We will be the number one at the box office this year."

"Oh, you are so confident in yourself." The reporter widened his eyes slightly, but disagreed in his heart, "You are number one, why don't you go to heaven?"

"It's not that I have confidence in myself, but I have confidence in Director Wang and the God of Gamblers."

"Chow Yun Fat is really amazing, with two blockbusters released at the same time." The reporter first agreed, then tried to probe: "What do you think of Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons? Lu Yuan has won the annual box office for many times, and this time Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is favored by many people."

Du Wenze was very disdainful: "It's just a competition with a monkey, and the monkey is not fish and fowl. The Man from Macau is not afraid of them. As for Lu Yuan, there is nothing much to say. Chow Yun Fat will be the highest-grossing male actor during the Spring Festival this year. No one can stop him."

The scene seemed to be paused, and reporters from all around looked over. How could this weird monkey be so crazy?

Are you pointing at Zhou Xinchi, Huang Bo, or mocking Lu Yuan? The NetEase reporter was stunned, then turned his head and added fuel to the fire: "It's not good to do it in front of Chow Yun Fat, after all, he also starred in Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven, which also has monkeys."

Zhou Runfa took over the conversation: "My main focus is on The Man from Macau, and I am just making a cameo appearance there. Don't ask me which movie I hope is better. If both movies are big sellers, I will follow Ge You's example and not take any roles for three years."

After the interview, Zhou Runfa looked to his side. He knew why Du Wenze said that, but he couldn't help feeling dissatisfied.

Because this is using him as a gun.

Du Wenze had a plan in mind and said, "Brother Fa, the box office failure of "The Great Devil" in 12 was due to the lack of promotion. In addition, Huang Xiaoming had a big problem and was really not suitable for the role, which implicated you. This time the situation is different. You can teach Lu Yuan a lesson and let him know what a gambling god is!!"

Zhou Runfa raised his eyebrows, swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth, and said nothing more.

Doing so would make him seem unsure.

In fact, he was quite unwilling to lose to Lu Yuan at the box office two years ago.

After "The Great Devil", more and more people are pessimistic about him, thinking that he is not worth his current pay.

Du Wenze was right. It was time to let these youngsters see the invincible demeanor of the God of Gamblers!

"Ah sneeze~"

In the lounge on the second floor, Lu Yuan put down his phone and rubbed his nose.

He was watching the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala. Although he said that the Spring Festival Gala was not that good, he still wanted to take a look at it when he had free time. Moreover, he also had a name in this year's Spring Festival Gala at the invitation of Feng Xiaogang.

"Have you caught a cold?" Zhou Xinchi asked with concern.

"No, I guess someone is thinking about me."

"Haha, Boss Lu is quite narcissistic." Zhou Xinchi laughed and glanced at his mobile phone screen.

The popular first-line actress Liu Xinyu was singing on the stage. It was a new song that he had never heard of, but it sounded quite pleasant.

He casually sighed: "The quality of this year's Spring Festival Gala is not bad."

Lu Yuan glanced at him in surprise, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether the other party was truly praising him or being sarcastic.

When Feng Xiaogang invited him and Lao Zhao to Harbin last year, he had said that being the director of the Spring Festival Gala was a thankless job and that if one was not careful one would lose one's reputation in later life.

He watched this year's Spring Festival Gala roughly.

There are very few language programs, only five, and except for "Help or Not", there is nothing special.

For other parts, although they had been rehearsed many times, mistakes were still frequent.

In addition, it is quite obvious that the excessive pursuit of traffic has led to the inclusion of many artists related to Huayi and other film and television companies, including Yuanfang Media.

Feng Xiaogang will not lose his reputation in his later years, but he is bound to be criticized tomorrow.

Putting his phone in his pocket, he stood up and walked to the window.

From where he was now, he could just see the fans in the hall downstairs.

As most families finished their New Year’s Eve dinner, more and more movie fans came to the cinema, forming long queues, and some took photos in front of the posters.

Obviously, the number in front of the poster of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" accounts for the largest proportion.

At some point, the team began to move slowly.

Lu Yuan turned around and looked at Zhou Xinchi, Huang Bo and others, and the movie began.

(End of this chapter)