Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 247: Blow up!
At the newsstand in the early morning, the latest issue of contemporary magazines arrived.

The newsstand owner shook his cattail leaf fan and said to the young man in front of him, "Chen Shiping's new novel has been published."

"where?!"

"Contemporary Magazine."

"Get a copy!"

After everyone left, the boss thought for a moment and went to the small blackboard outside to write the slogan.

[Well-known writer Chen Shiping’s new work White Night Walk was published in a contemporary magazine]

Not long after the advertisements on the small blackboard were changed, the contemporary magazines in the newsstand were sold out.

The newsstand owner smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth.

Chen Shiping's name is still valuable.

The boss took out a magazine he had left for himself, sat in the rocking chair and started reading a novel.

In the family courtyard of Beijing Film Studio, Cheng Kaige was also reading the scripts after reading the two scripts given by Chen Shiping.

Instead of making a decision in a hurry, he went to Mr. Cheng with the script.

"Dad, Chen Shiping gave me two scripts. Please help me figure out which one is better."

Mr. Cheng was startled for a moment, then laughed and said, "Okay, let me take a look for you."

Cheng Kaige prefers White Night Walk. Although the script of Hearing Girl is good, the emotional tension is not enough.

An hour later, Mr. Cheng took off his glasses and took a sip of tea before saying, "First tell me which one you like."

Cheng Kaige didn't hide it and said directly: "I prefer Bai Ye Xing."

Mr. Cheng nodded and said: "Bai Yexing is not as good as hearing girls, but it is more suitable for you, so choose Bai Yexing."

Cheng Kaige hummed and agreed.

In a bookstore in Beijing, several young people were asking when the contemporary magazines would arrive.

The clerk immediately said: "The warehouse is already adjusting the goods, and a batch will arrive at two o'clock in the afternoon. The quantity is not large, so come early to buy."

"Then I won't leave." A young man wearing glasses simply chose a book and started waiting.

At this time, in a compound outside the West Third Ring Road, pirated booksellers were comparing pirated copies of magazines.

"Chen Shiping is really popular right now. It's been a long time since contemporary magazines have been so popular."

Mr. Li, the pirate dealer, smoked a cigarette and smelled the smell of ink in the room, as if he smelled the smell of money.

He knew who Chen Shiping was, and he even knew that the person who came to him to publish erotic literature that year was Chen Shiping!

It’s just that he didn’t dare to tell others, and no one would believe him even if he said it as a pirate.

Moreover, Chen Shiping is so powerful now, it would be bad if he causes trouble for him.

This matter can only rot in the stomach.

It is a pity that Chen Shiping will not continue writing erotic literature.

That novel sold so well back then!
It’s a pity that the world of piracy literature is missing a talented person!
After Lao Li sat on the chair and regretted it for a while, he took the big brother and started to play the unpublished part of Bai Yexing.

Contemporary magazines are not bank vaults, so you can still get them if you think of a way.

Ten minutes later, Lao Li's phone rang.

"What? The magazine only has half of it?" Lao Li cursed and hung up the phone.

We still have to wait for a few more months!

This is a joke, so I can only print it in a volume first!
The printing machine was running loudly, and sheets of paper printed with "White Night Line" kept rolling out.

After a few days, there was more and more discussion about White Night Walk.

We are all very curious about the plot behind it. The heroine’s best friend was attacked by gangsters and took nude photos. Who did it?

Is it because the heroine is jealous, or is it done by someone else?

At the end of the novel, the heroine who was watching the news turned off the TV!
This was probably a hint, but there were other seniors who had conflicts with them before.

The reader is really curious now.

Many people couldn't bear to write to the magazine to inquire about the situation.

Contemporary magazines are inundated with letters from readers.

But Contemporary is a bimonthly publication and is still being serialized, so how can it possibly tell readers the answer?

Just wait!
If readers are not scratching their heads, why would they buy the next two issues of the magazine?

The pirated booksellers are extremely anxious at this time, and the readers want to read the next one.

But I couldn’t get the later manuscripts, so I couldn’t go to Chen Shiping’s house and steal them.

Emboldened pirates have begun prowling around East Cotton Alley.

Those who are more timid have already begun to find ghostwriters to imitate Chen Shiping's style for the continuation.

Now is the prime time. The next issue of contemporary magazine will be two months away. How much can you make in these two months?

When Chen Shiping got out of the car when he got home that day, he saw someone looking furtively toward him through the rearview mirror.

Suddenly he frowned and felt a bad feeling.

But when I got out of the car and wanted to look for him, he was gone again.

Chen Shiping couldn't figure out who was staring at him.

He didn't tell Tao Huimin during dinner in the evening.

Now she has a big belly, letting her know that she still doesn’t know why to worry.

Chen Shiping called the police early the next morning.

No matter what the situation, you have to send someone to check it out!
After calling the police, Chen Shiping went to work in the factory.

Yu Hua's "Shouting in the Drizzle" is in post-production, and I made an appointment with this guy today to watch the finished film.

As soon as Yu Hua saw Chen Shiping, he couldn't help but said curiously: "The heroine's female classmate in White Night Journey was harmed by her, and the person who did it was the hero."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Yes."

Yu Hua immediately said: "I knew it was like this! Bai Yexing, the name speaks for itself!"

"Damn it, why do you still write suspense novels?"

Chen Shiping curled his lips, didn’t you also write suspense novels later on?

"How come you can write anything! How do you come up with all kinds of weird movie scripts!"

"Copied."

"Whose copy? Please take me with you!"

The outside world is also quite speechless about Chen Shiping's new novel. How come this old boy can write everything.

First, he wrote the suffering Xu Sanguan, then the decadent Red Wall, then the beautiful love novels, and now he writes suspense novels.

What else can’t you do?

But when they thought about Chen Shiping making movies, they got used to it.

I'm tired, and when I encounter someone whose brain is abnormal, I can't treat it with common sense.

However, the publication of Bai Ye Xing caused a lot of discussion in society.

The article writes a lot about the impact of money supremacy on society and people.

The first priority in the relationship between people is money, the pursuit of personal social status, the guilt of doing whatever it takes to succeed, etc. are all issues written in the novel.

This is also a problem that is beginning to appear frequently in today’s society.

Fraud, robbery, piracy, numbness, losing yourself in front of money.

Under a prosperous social order, signs of spiritual and moral collapse began to appear.

Many critics say that Chen Shiping can always seize the pain points of the times to create.

The Red Wall reveals the decadence and confusion in society at that time, the Love Letter reveals the emotional loneliness of young people, and the White Night Walk shows the spiritual and moral collapse of the current society.

Contemporary magazines have become increasingly difficult to buy, and magazine publishers have reprinted them several times but still fail to meet market demand.

On the contrary, pirates make a lot of money.

In East Mianmian Alley, the uniformed uncle noticed the suspicious people that Chen Shiping mentioned when he reported the crime, and secretly took them away. That afternoon, I happened to arrest two pirate dealers.

Lao Li outside the West Third Ring Road was shocked when he heard the news. He also thought about stealing the manuscript.

Fortunately, I didn't dare to go in the end, so I just found a gunman to write blindly.

Now the shooter has written 70,000 to 80,000 words, and it will be printed and sold in two days.

Lao Li feels that he should keep a low profile and must be careful recently.

Chen Shiping was in the factory and received a call saying that someone had been arrested and that they just wanted to steal the manuscript.

After listening, Chen Shiping was speechless.

Is it my turn to receive this kind of treatment that only a great writer can receive?
I really don't know whether to laugh or cry.

But this also shows the success of the novel.

I don’t know how many people were unable to survive overnight, and how many people embarked on a road of no return in order to survive.

In White Night Walk, the heroine was forced into prostitution by her mother since she was a child, which looked very exaggerated.

But in reality, how many people go there on their own without forcing them to do so.

In Chen Shiping's office, Yu Hua drank tea and discussed some current issues with him.

"Novels are more powerful than movies, but they are far less spread than movies. I think some classic novels should be put on the screen so that more people can see them."

Yu Hua couldn't help but said: "It's like living. Originally, I wasn't that famous after I finished writing, but after the movie came out, more people paid attention to living."

"I received a lot of letters during this period, and they all said that what I wrote was too sad, and the paper was full of pits after my tears dried up."

As she spoke, Yu Hua couldn't help but smile and said: "One reader's letter was completely wet with tears, and I didn't even understand what he wrote."

Chen Shiping said funnyly: "You are leaving the sadness to the readers, and you can enjoy the happiness by yourself, right?"

Yu Hua laughed heartily. He is a very humorous and optimistic person, but what he writes is full of pessimism.

Even stranger than Chen Shiping.

"When will Shouting in the Drizzle be released?" Yu Hua asked, taking a sip of tea.

Chen Shiping thought about it and said, "Let's do it in September. The box office won't be very high, but I will go to the Tokyo Film Festival in August and hope to win an award."

"Why not Venice?" Yu Hua also knew something about the film festival.

Chen Shiping shrugged and said: "Venice is not sure. If it fails, the Tokyo Film Festival may be empty-handed."

"Okay, just film it. I don't care about that. If I hadn't agreed with you a few years ago, I wouldn't care."

Yu Hua didn't care very much. What he cared about was that Chen Shiping promised him but kept procrastinating in the end.

If it weren't for my brother, Yu Hua would have taken back the copyright.

No more pictures for you!

Yu Hua chatted with Chen Shiping for a while and then left.

Chen Shiping is also busy with work.

True Lies is out.

The box office in Southeast Asia exceeded US$100 million!
The mainland alone contributed nearly 30 million US dollars in box office.

Japan, South Korea, South Asia, Hong Kong and other regions took in a total of US$70 million in box office.

This box office data directly refreshed the box office records of Chinese and Asian movies.

At the same time, it also ranked among the top ten at the global box office in 1994, but there was still half a year left in 1994.

I don’t know if it can be maintained.

The domestic media all blew up Chen Shiping.

Literature and movies are booming, and some people are shouting that Chen Shiping will be the same for a hundred years!
After Chen Shiping found out, he couldn't help but curl his lips. There won't be a time traveler in a thousand years!

He is just a wall hanging!

The box office success of True Lies drew the world's attention to the huge potential of the Asian market.

Especially the potential of the Chinese market.

Hollywood companies really can’t sit still now.

I really want to go in and get a piece of the pie!
In terms of film creation, they are not afraid of Chen Shiping's films. There will be better films in Hollywood.

But if we don’t leave such a big market, we can’t bear it!
Money is all my money!
People from Colombia came to China half a month ago to discuss the release of True Lies with China Film.

By the way, I want to determine the quota of Colombian films entering the mainland market this year.

Paramount and Warner also responded quickly to Columbia.

Warner is the most positive, and he is salivating.

Chen Shiping didn't care about these things. China Film had its own plans, and it wasn't his turn to take care of it now.

Just wait a few more years. After China Film and Television have laid the foundation for imported films, you can just take over directly.

Now it is better to finish the Beijing Film Studio first.

In the final analysis, China Film Group is still a company focused on distribution.

A movie cannot rely solely on distribution, it cannot do without strong production capabilities.

In the Beijing Film Studio, Chen Shiping looked at the people in Colombia and made a request.

The distribution in the Asian market is done by themselves, and the European and American markets are done by Colombia.

Colombia doesn't care about this either. The only Asian market with box office potential is Southeast Asia.

And Southeast Asia doesn't need them to distribute it, so the rest of the places can do whatever they want.

As for regions outside Asia, Colombia is not worried either.

Chen Shiping didn't have the ability to intervene and could only rely on them.

After negotiating the release conditions with Columbia, Chen Shiping saw off the guests.

Hollywood’s share of revenue is also ruthless.

The distribution share directly accounts for 10%!

Is Colombia really evil?
If the news was announced, Chen Shiping would definitely be in trouble with Colombia.

So much money for nothing? !
As popular as true lies are, Cheng Long is just as popular now.

Cheng Long, who was already popular in Southeast Asia, is now on a higher level.

Already far behind the male actors of his generation.

What a biweekly schedule? Biweekly is not enough!

Especially Zhou Runfa, he is not as good as Zhou Xingxing!

Their two movies together did not have as much box office as Cheng Long's movies.

If there were a ranking of tens of billions of movie stars now, Cheng Long would definitely be the first to reach it!

Others will have to take their time.

The total box office of the movies Cheng Long has made over the years has exceeded one billion.

Cheng Long is really grateful to Chen Shiping now.

But I also wanted to cry.

His salary can't be increased!
It could continue to rise, but in that case no one would be able to afford it.

Only Hollywood with deep pockets can afford the price.

Cheng Long is very confused now, waiting for Chen Shiping's next movie.

Or go to Hollywood for development.

Now Hollywood has noticed his box office influence, and film companies have already made offers to him.

On one side is Chen Shiping, on the other is Hollywood.

Cheng Long was confused about what to choose.

　There is another chapter after twelve o'clock, which you can read tomorrow morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)