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

Chapter 1130 The worst that can happen is that both sides will perish together!

At any time, the number of people who are just having fun and watching the show on the Internet is far greater than the number of "serious people".

Based on this, when the "Cell Phone 2" project was announced, it immediately triggered an extremely heated discussion within the circle and across the entire Internet.

"After so many years, I didn't expect to be able to see a movie in the Cell Phone series. It's quite interesting, isn't it?"

"Hey, Huayi's operation is quite interesting. I am still looking forward to Cell Phone 2. I quite liked the plot of Cell Phone 1, so this one will definitely be good."

"It hasn't been long since 'Youth' ended, and 'Cell Phone 2' is here. Has Feng Xiaogang become a model worker?"

"The screenwriter is Liu Zhenyun again? Wow, these two can be considered an old pair."

"By the way, has Cui Yongyuan disappeared now? I remember when Cell Phone 1 was released, he had a big fight with Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun!"

"..."

At this moment, even netizens remembered the related deeds about Cui Yongyuan and "Cell Phone 1", not to mention the person involved himself.

In the crew of the documentary "You Must Not Miss It" in Wuxi, Cui Yongyuan was wearing a well-tailored suit, his hair meticulously combed back, and a signature smile on his face.

Facing the camera, he was reciting the lines from the script he had memorized earlier in a witty manner.

However, at this moment, his assistant rushed in from outside the crew, looking as panicked as a frightened bird.

"Stop! Pause the filming for a moment."

While shouting, the assistant came to Cui Yongyuan and spoke a few words in his ear in a low voice and at a very fast speed.

But these few soft words were like a bombshell! They instantly broke the calmness on Cui Yongyuan's face.

Especially when he heard the word "mobile phone", the smile on his face froze instantly, and the whole person seemed to be under a spell, and he was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

After a moment, he suddenly stood up and said hello to the director, "Director Mai, please wait a moment. I'll go take care of something and be back soon."

The tone of his voice was still very relaxed, as if nothing had happened.

But the fact is, at this moment, his heart is already in turmoil!

He walked quickly to the RV, and when the door was locked, he suddenly turned around and grabbed his assistant's shoulders. His voice unconsciously became much louder, with a bit of trembling and disbelief:
"Is what you just said true? Has Huayi announced the project of Cell Phone 2?"

He clenched his hands so tightly that his knuckles turned white from the force, as if he wanted to get a negative answer from his assistant.

The female assistant felt a little pain from his grip, but she didn't dare to break free. She could only nod her head repeatedly and responded quickly, "Yes, Brother Cui, the news that the script has been approved was just announced on the General Administration's official website not long ago. Now the Internet has exploded. All major entertainment media are reporting on it, and netizens are also discussing it..."

Cui Yongyuan let go of his hand, staggered back a few steps, sat down on the chair, and his face turned pale.

He subconsciously took out his phone from his pocket and opened Weibo. He saw that Huayi’s official Weibo had already released the project announcement for Cell Phone 2:
"This morning, the project "Cell Phone 2" was officially approved by Mela Media, with Feng Xiaogang as director and Liu Zhenyun as screenwriter.

The main plot of the script is as follows: Eighteen years ago, Yan Shouyi was the host of the TV station's "Speaking Straight Talk". Eighteen years later, he became the host of the website's "Friends Circle". When Yan Shouyi was hosting the program, he liked to talk about some anecdotes in the circle of friends. In the circle of friends in life, many hilarious comedy stories also happened between Yan Shouyi and his friends..."

Looking at this notice, his mind unconsciously emerged with the various events that happened after the release of "Cell Phone 1" that year.

At that time, once this movie was broadcast, it caused a huge sensation like a huge rock thrown into a lake!

Many people directly put him in the role of "Yan Shouyi", causing him to be ruthlessly pushed to the forefront of public opinion!

Looking back, the overwhelming negative news, the torrent of accusations and abuse, and the unwarranted troubles in life made him miserable.

He had tossed and turned in sleep countless times in the middle of the night, and those painful memories seemed to follow him like a shadow, refusing to go away for a long time.

After so many years, he finally walked out of that dark shadow and regained peace in his life.

But he never expected that after so many years, that "dark past" would be brought up again!

"Damn it! Damn Huayi! Damn Feng Xiaogang! Damn Liu Zhenyun! You didn't keep your word..."

Cui Yongyuan held his head in his hands, his voice full of anger.

He knew very well that the launch of the "Cell Phone 2" project meant that he would be caught in a terrible storm again.

Those past pains and forgotten memories will be ruthlessly dug up again with the release of this film and exposed to the eyes of the world.

At this moment, he seemed to have seen the impending overwhelming public opinion attack and the scene of his life being messed up again.

Last year, Liu Zhenyun clearly assured him that even if there would be a sequel to the "Cell Phone" film series, it would use new characters, new movie titles and new plots.

But now?

All those assurances of his are bullshit!
"You go out first and tell the director, I'll be on the set in a while."

After sending his assistant away, Cui Yongyuan curled up in the leather seat and lit a cigarette.

He took a deep puff, feeling the smell of smoke swirling in his lungs, then opened his phone's address book and stopped at the "Feng Xiaogang" interface.

通话记录显示最近一次联系是2004年1月18日，时长是14分28秒。

That day happened to be the day when the screening of Cell Phone 1 ended. He called Feng Xiaogang to question him: "Yan Shouyi cheated on Wu Yue, and the audience all thought it was a reference to me!"

However, Feng Xiaogang on the other end of the phone laughed amid the noise of the drinking party: "It's just artistic creation, why are you so serious, Lao Cui?"

Now, fourteen years have passed, and he feels that the mobile phone in his hand is as hot as a piece of charcoal!
After a long while, Cui Yongyuan slowly raised his head, with a hint of determination in his eyes.

He directly called his company's PR manager and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Zhou, help me contact Huayi. I want to talk to them. No matter what! I must stop the filming of Cell Phone 2. I can't just sit there and wait for death."

The person on the other end of the phone hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Boss Cui, I'm afraid you have to be prepared, because according to the information I have learned now, Huayi's attitude this time is very firm!

And from their actions and details of announcing the project, it can be seen that this project must have been prepared for a long time and they are determined to shoot it. "

Hearing this, Cui Yongyuan gritted his teeth fiercely, and his eyes flashed with strong anger: "I don't care! This project cannot be started no matter what!

My life has been ruined because of this movie, and they are still planning to harm me! At worst, we will both die together. I want to see who suffers the most!"

As soon as these words came out, the other party stopped persuading him and said, "Okay, Mr. Cui, please wait for my news. I will communicate with Huayi."

After hanging up the phone, Cui Yongyuan looked at the Weibo interface again.

This time, what he saw was a new Weibo post released by Feng Xiaogang.

【Welcome 'Wu Yue' to return to "Cell Phone 2"】

The accompanying picture is a photo of Feng Xiaogang and Fan Bingbing. Fan Bingbing is making a scissors gesture, with diamonds inlaid on his fingernails, just like the one dangling on Wu Yue's earlobe fifteen years ago...

At this moment, he seemed to remember "He Jing" who had taken over from him and successfully won the position of host of the "Tell the Truth" program.

The other party is now doing very well, even becoming the co-founder and chairman of a technology company, and marrying a "good" husband.

But what about yourself?

He is poor and destitute, has lost his good job and position, and is completely at the bottom of the entertainment industry!
The more he thought about it, the more unbalanced he felt.

And the more unbalanced it is, the more he dislikes "Cell Phone 2"!

"No matter what! This movie must not be made! No matter who comes!"

He suddenly became furious. His depression, which had improved a lot, seemed to show signs of recurring at this moment, making him even more irritable and uneasy!
……

February 3th, Lantern Festival.

While Chen Fei was adjusting to the jet lag, eight new movies were released in China.

At this point, the Spring Festival movie season is completely over.

At the same time, after "Monster Hunt 2" was forced to be taken off the screen due to "box office manipulation", the comedy film "th Generation Ancestors", directed by Guo Degang and starring Yue Yunpeng, Wu Jing, Wu Xiubo and others, also officially came to an end.

After 15 days of release, even with the support of the Spring Festival, the film only earned 1.43 million yuan at the box office, which was a complete waste of so many big-name stars' cameo appearances.

Wu Jing regrets it now. He just became the 50 billion box office actor last summer, but within a few months, he was screwed by "th Generation Ancestors". It's really unlucky.

Fortunately, he was only making a guest appearance. If he had really listened to Guo Degang's deception and become the second male lead, wouldn't he have been ripped off?
However, although they were very dissatisfied with Guo Degang, this dissatisfaction did not extend to Yu Qian, who introduced him to play the role of "Mei Fafang".

So, when he pushed open the door and saw Yu Qian standing outside with two bottles of liquor in his hands, he immediately laughed:

"Brother Qian? Is Deyun Club planning to switch to smuggling? Why are you carrying two bottles of Moutai? I'm not buying alcohol."

"This is an apology wine." After Yu Qian walked around him and entered the room, he put the wine directly on the table and pointed out: "The lousy movie "19th Generation of Ancestors" ruined your three-day guest appearance schedule."

"What's the big deal? It's just three days. I just went there for fun. I'll take the blame if it happens."

As he spoke, Wu Jing had already started making tea.

The tea was Wuyi Mountain Old Cong Narcissus. He had learned the skill of pouring tea from Yu Qian, and he showed off while saying:

"In fact, the poor box office performance is understandable. After all, this is Lao Guo's first time as a film director, and I have heard of his previous operations..."

"Let's put it this way. After all, I was the one who introduced you to the group. Now that the box office is so bad, it will definitely have an impact on you, a movie star with a box office of 50 billion."

Yu Qian said this very seriously. After all, Wu Jing's current salary was enough to cover the publicity and promotion costs of the entire movie "19th Generation of Ancestors".

And because he acted as a middleman, Wu Jing was able to perform in the film for free, saving Lao Guo a lot of money.

"There's no need to be so polite between us brothers."

Wu Jing motioned for him to drink tea first, and then said, "When I invited you to guest star in Wolf Warrior 2, didn't you fly to Africa without saying a word? You also didn't take any pay."

"This is different..."

"What's the difference?" Wu Jing interrupted him with a wave of his hand and changed the subject directly: "Okay, let's stop here. Since you brought the Moutai, why don't we order some dishes and chat while we drink?"

"Row!"

Yu Qian took out his cell phone and made a call without saying anything: "Qilin, go to my garden and ask the chef to cook some of his specialties and send them to your uncle Wu Jing."

"Okay, sir, I'll go right away."

Guo Qilin set off immediately without any hesitation.

More than half an hour later, the aroma of food had filled Wu Jing's restaurant.

"Uncle, Uncle Jing, let me pour you two some wine."

Guo Qilin was very considerate. He opened the bottle of Maotai and poured a glass for Yu Qian and Wu Jing respectively.

These two are both "alcoholic devils". Once they start drinking, they don't care about anything else.

At first, both of them were drinking from their glasses, but in the end they just drank from the bottle.

The two bottles of liquor that Yu Qian brought were soon finished, and Wu Jing's family replenished their stock immediately afterwards.

After three rounds of drinks, the topic suddenly shifted to Guo Qilin.

Yu Qian first praised the child for how good he was, and then murmured sentimentally: "I still remember that on his 18th birthday, he cried and took off his makeup backstage and said: Uncle Yu, they said that no matter how well I act, I am still Guo Degang's son..."

Hearing this, Wu Jing's expression was slightly stunned. He turned his head and looked at Guo Qilin carefully.

Although he drank a lot of wine, he was not drunk yet.

During the filming of Wolf Warrior 2, Yu Qian mentioned that he wanted Guo Qilin to play a cameo role, but was rejected by director Wang Shiliang on the grounds that he "looked too young."

Now, Guo Qilin, who is 22 years old, looks much more mature than he did three years ago.

"Brother, in fact, I came here this time not only to apologize, but also to ask for a favor."

Hearing Yu Qian's words, Wu Jing immediately said seriously: "Brother, if you have something to say, just say it directly. As long as I can help, I will never hesitate!"

Yu Qian hesitated for a moment, looked deeply at Guo Qilin, and then said, “You also know that this kid has always been very passionate about acting and has worked very hard.

The failure of "Ancestors 19" was a big blow to him, so I was thinking, since you have a wide network of contacts and resources in the film and television industry, can you introduce a role to this kid? He doesn't need to be the male lead or the second male lead, just a suitable and distinctive role, so that he can have a chance to prove himself."

Upon hearing this, Wu Jing fell into a brief contemplation.

He recalled his previous encounters with Guo Qilin on the crew. This kid is indeed smart and sensible, and has a rare love and persistence for acting.

And since Yu Qian had already spoken, he naturally didn't want to refuse. After all, their relationship was almost as good as that of brothers!

After a moment, Wu Jing raised his head, looked at Yu Qian and said, "Okay, Brother Qian, don't worry, I have a good impression of Qi Lin, and as long as there is a suitable opportunity, I will definitely keep an eye on him.

But now the film and television industry is highly competitive, and it’s not easy to find good roles. I have to spend some time…”

As he was talking, Guo Qilin, who was pouring wine, suddenly said, "Uncle Jing, I won't make it difficult for you. I will definitely participate in the audition and will definitely win the director's approval.

I just lack the right opportunity. After all, when it comes to choosing roles, my master and I combined are definitely not even half as good as you."

After hearing this, Wu Jing smiled and said, "You definitely can't get a movie role now. How about this? Feiyue Films has recently launched four TV drama projects. You can try them all. Maybe there will be a role that suits you."

Want to try them all?

Guo Qilin was slightly startled, and scratched his head: "Is this okay? Going to audition for four crews at once, won't make people dislike me?"

"What's the matter? I'll go with you then, and I guarantee no one will say a word."

Guo Qilin's eyes lit up and he quickly thanked him: "Hey, that's great! Thank you so much, Uncle Jing."

"Why don't you hurry up and have a drink with your uncle Jing?"

Yu Qian had a gratified smile on his face.

This child has suffered a lot following Guo Degang since he was a child. He finally made a name for himself in the crosstalk world, but because of his stepmother, he can't even go home.

If I can make some achievements in the film and television industry, it can be considered that I have successfully escaped from my original family. I believe that my future days will definitely be much easier and more comfortable.

……

After a night, it was November 3th.

After getting up, Fade Chen went to the company first and confirmed with Natasha the situation of all the personnel from Walton Pictures who would be attending the Oscars ceremony today.

Afterwards, he specifically logged into Twitter, Google and other websites to check out the news and information related to this year's Oscars.

From a commercial perspective, the total box office of American films in 2017 reached 130 billion US dollars, which can be called a "big year" for the box office!
But among the top 10 grossing films, superhero movies and sequels account for the vast majority, and the living space for original films has been severely squeezed.

This phenomenon has sparked a lot of discussion, with film critics dissatisfied with the cookie-cutter superhero movies, believing that they lack artistic value and only rely on visual spectacles to attract audiences.

However, big Hollywood companies have made huge profits from sequels and series of movies and have become increasingly focused on commercial interests, which has led to a huge disagreement with the Oscars, which pursue artistic expression.

Judging from the award competition, the competition has clearly entered a white-hot stage.

This year's Oscar nomination list is full of highlights and shows a trend of diversity.

Driven by the #OscarsSoWhite movement, the composition of the Academy's jury has undergone major changes, with more people of color and women participating, making the nominated films more diverse in subject matter and creators.

Films like "Call Me by Your Name", which tells the story of "gay", "The Shape of Water", which tells the story of "transformation and transgender", and "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", which tells the story of the "MeToo movement", all have very high chances of winning awards!

Under such pressure, if Chen Fei had not used the power of "public relations" in advance, his chances of winning the award would probably be very low.

And now, he seems to be sure of victory!

……

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