China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 69 Temporary band Lu Zheng throws money

When the crew of "Xiu Chun Knife" held a closing banquet in Hengdian, news already appeared on the Internet.

It's just a pessimistic voice.

The reason is that director Xu Ke, who is known as a genius, has been working hard for three years to adapt the martial arts masterpiece "Seven Swords" from Liang Yusheng's classic novel.
  Gai!

Although the movie made 800 million at the box office on the first day, it also made 5700 million at the box office in the first week.

But its investment cost is 1.4 million, and the actors include Hong Kong's "kings" Li Min, Zhen Zhidan, Yang Caini, Liu Jialiang, and mainland China's Zhang Jingchu, Sun Honglei, Lu Yi...

With such a luxurious team, Director Xu Ke's expectations before the film was released were that it could not only compete with Hollywood blockbusters, but at least compete with Lao Mouzi's "Hero". The result was that the box office was not as good as that of a film with an investment of only 5 million. A low-budget comedy.

It's simply terrible.

Investors suffered losses.

Putting aside the plot of "Seven Swords", this movie combines a series of successful elements such as a big director, big investment, a gathering of big names, and classic martial arts IP.

But it still failed to save the declining martial arts movies. It's no wonder that Chen Dong's "Xiu Chun Dao" has just been completed. The media, netizens, and even industry insiders all jumped out to mourn for him!
  If that was all, that would be it, but many acquaintances called to comfort him.

"Damn it, I haven't even started post-production on my movie yet. It looks like it's already been released."

Intuit!
  It simply affected his mood and made him feel a little unconfident.

"I said Dongzi, you called us over to rehearse, but why are you always answering your cell phone?"

Hearing Zhou Yang's complaint, Chen Dong impatiently put his cell phone in his pocket and shouted: "It's coming, it's coming, why bother?"

As soon as he came over, Luo Jin said: "Say Dongzi, although we are just a temporary band, we can't have no name, right?"

"Is it necessary? You said it was temporary."

"Yes, but it is so necessary. Even if we brag to others in the future, we will still have the confidence to do so, right?"

"Yes, yes, Yawen is right, having a name will make you more convincing when you brag about it in the future."

"Not only that, it's also a memory."

Seeing that the name issue was supported by so many people, Chen Dong was not stubborn and nodded: "Okay, let's brainstorm and give our temporary band a name."

The speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart.

Huang Bo's eyes lit up and he said, "How about we call it a temporary band?"

"Isn't it too casual?" Two girls, Zhou Yang and Jiang Yiyan, objected.

Then, the two girls, Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin all provided one or more band names, such as Star Band, Butterfly Band, Happy Band, Soaring Band...

"Okay, okay, stop, stop... I want you to sign up just like you sign up for a dish. Then we won't have to rehearse today. Let's just call it a temporary band for the time being. If we can think of a better name, we can change it later."

As the 'lead singer' of the band, Chen Dong had the most say. He directly made the final decision and then led everyone to rehearse together.

Soon, a burst of singing sounded in the rehearsal room——

“Today’s makeup is so fascinating”

"oh I said baby"

"Put on a new mood before going out"

"oh my lady"

"You like to have little emotions"

"like dark clouds on a sunny day"

……

"I want to take you to romantic Türkiye"

"Then we go to Tokyo and Paris together."

"..."

“There is also Dali in Yunnan that retains memories.”

“This makes sense”

……

This song is called "Take You on a Journey" and it is a song released by 'Principal' in 17.

To be honest, Chen Dong doesn't really understand music, but as a listener, he naturally has his own aesthetics. The reason why he chose this song is that it not only has a relaxed and cheerful style, but also conveys a feeling of happiness and sweetness.

That's enough.

In fact, this song doesn't really suit the band, but it doesn't matter, they are not professionals.

On August 8, "Stone" was released. The 15 million small-budget comedy film has a total box office of 500 million, an increase of nearly 9824 times, setting a record for domestic films to be the first among small-scale movies.

However, there is also a regret, that is, the final box office did not exceed 100 million.

"Stone" made Dongcheng Pictures a lot of money, so naturally this celebration party had to be luxurious and high-end.

At the banquet, Ning Hao was no longer a little director that no one cared about. On the contrary, many film and television company bosses, investors, actors, and agents were surrounding him, eager to stuff money and people into his arms.

"Why is Director Chen drinking here alone?"

Hearing the voice, Chen Dong raised his head and saw a strange man who was somewhat familiar. He smiled lightly and corrected him:

"I'm hungry, let's eat something."

The man handed over a business card with both hands and introduced himself: "I am Lu Zheng, the general manager of Starlight Media Company. I am not honored to meet Director Chen for the first time."

"It turns out to be Mr. Lu. Nice to meet you."

Chen Dong remembered why the other party gave him a familiar feeling. It turned out that this person was Jingtian's agent.

"Mr. Lu, do you want to sit down and have something to eat together?"

"Haha, Director Chen invited me, so I won't be polite. I happen to be a little hungry."

Chen Dong could tell that Lu Zheng must have something to do with him, but the other party didn't say anything, and he wasn't in a hurry to reveal it.

"Director Chen has just finished filming "Xiu Chun Knife", so he should take some time off, right?"

"Well, I plan to give myself half a month's leave. If you have something to do, Mr. Lu, you might as well say it directly."

"That's it. We at Starlight have just purchased a set of the latest shooting equipment from the United States. If Director Chen is not busy, I would like to ask you to take the photo."

"Mirror manager?" Chen Dong took out a piece of paper and wiped his mouth, looking at the other party in confusion.

"Yes, I have a niece who is preparing to release an EP, and I would like to ask Director Chen to shoot a MV for her... Don't worry, the price will definitely not disappoint Director Chen."

"Oh? How much?" Chen Dong asked with interest.

"1000."

hiss~
  Although Chen Dong guessed that the price quoted by the other party would definitely not be low, he did not expect it to be so high. The key is not a movie, just a MV.

Damn, it made him a little excited.

Of course, the excitement is only for a moment.

In the end he chose to refuse.

Because with his current fame and status, it would be too cheap to help a newcomer shoot a MV.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu, although the terms you offered are very tempting, I can't take on this job."

"Haha... I'm a little sorry, but I understand Director Chen's reason!"

Lu Zheng didn't give much advice. When he came to contact Chen Dong, he just had the attitude of giving it a try. Success was good, but there was no loss if he didn't succeed.

And his real target is actually the other protagonist of this celebration banquet.

It is Ning Hao, the director of "Stone".

Lu Zheng said some more polite words before getting up and leaving.

Chen Dong noticed that Lu Zheng glanced at Ning Hao again and again, thinking that it seemed that he had failed to persuade him and went to find Ning Hao.

Can Ning Hao withstand the temptation of money?

It’s hard to say, it’s really hard to say.

But Chen Dong was sure that the price Lu Zheng offered Ning Hao was definitely less than 1000 million.

After all, rich people are not fools...

　PS: There is a small bug in the previous article. Ms. Liu’s birthday is August 8th. I seem to have written it as August 25th. Sorry!
  　　
  　
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