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Chapter 397 Cheng Cheng was driven back to his country?

Coming out of Netflix, Beret asked:
"Director Cheng, what should we do now?"

Vera was also a little angry. Netflix's rejection of "Friends" had a great impact on her, and she was very worried that "Friends" would fail.

Cheng Cheng stopped, his expression serious, and said slowly:
"First of all, we have to go to KFC and get some fries."

Beret had a question mark on his face: "Huh???"

Cheng Cheng said:
"I drank a little too much water just now, I want to eat some French fries."

Beret: "But why French fries?"

Cheng Cheng looked at him like a fool: "Can't we use the toilet at KFC?"

Beret: "."

The silence from the beret was deafening. He shook his head and said, "Director Cheng, I'm talking about what to do if Netflix rejects our Friends."

Cheng Cheng suddenly realized, and then complained:

"That's what you're talking about. Why don't you explain yourself more clearly? You're asking what to do now. How would I know what you're talking about?"

Beret: ".It was my fault, Director."

Afterwards, they navigated to the nearest KFC. Beret and Veraya waited outside, waiting for Cheng Cheng to finish peeing and come back with French fries. In the end, he walked out of KFC holding a hamburger in his mouth.

No, where was the French fries you agreed to buy?

How did it become a hamburger?
However, Beret and Veraya were tactful and did not ask any more questions.

After getting into the car while chewing a hamburger, Cheng Cheng said:
"Director Dao, you will stay in Serbia to film and train actors. Li Zhuo has already bought me a plane ticket. I will be back home tomorrow morning."

"Oh, okay, okay." The beret nodded and then asked, "What play?"

Cheng Cheng looked at him: "Didn't I tell you?"

Beret said uncertainly, "You told me?"

Cheng Cheng: "Oh, no. I'll send you the script later. It's a new movie. Willaya will be the lead actress, Daphneel will be the second female lead, and you can decide on the other roles."

The man in the beret nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, Director Cheng, leave it to me!"

As he said this, he couldn't help but glance at Veraya, feeling a little moved that this foreign girl had won Director Cheng's favor.

That night, Vera played the role of a good host and entertained Cheng Cheng well. Then the next morning, Cheng Cheng boarded the plane back to Tianxia. Vera was still a little reluctant to let him go, so she went to the airport to see him off in person.

Beret also moved quickly and started preparations for the new movie without stopping.

The script Cheng Cheng sent him was called "Legally Blonde".

The movie "Legally Blonde" is pretty good, with a Douban score of 7.8 points, a global box office of 4522 million US dollars, and won eight awards and nominations. It is very suitable for Veraya's blonde and blue-eyed Serbian sweetheart image, and is also very suitable for her debut film.

When the little "zombie" Daphnil learned that she would play the second female lead in "Legally Blonde", she was also very excited and felt that she would soon become famous.

But a piece of news spread rapidly in the Hollywood entertainment circle.

Hollywood paparazzi secretly took photos of Cheng Cheng boarding a plane back to China, and captioned the photo, "No one wants to star in "Friends", the Chinese director's dream is shattered, and he boards the flight back home alone and lonely." It was published on the front page of Xinxiang Times.

In this report, the editor of the newspaper claimed to have received internal information that Cheng Cheng brought the female lead of "Friends", Veraya, who had already finished filming, into the Netflix building, but did not stay at Netflix for even an hour.

Apparently, they have been blocked from Netflix.

This report loudly announced Cheng Cheng’s “failure” to the world.

They said Cheng Cheng made the wrong choice and Hollywood had closed the door to him, and mocked Cheng Cheng's stupidity and short-sightedness. Veraya was not let off either, saying that she followed the wrong person and ruined her future.

This report also invited an expert, who enthusiastically did the math for Cheng Cheng, saying that Cheng Cheng lost at least 40 million US dollars on the "Friends" project. Now in Hollywood, no TV station or online platform dares to accept Cheng Cheng's "Friends". The expert even said that if Cheng Cheng had made the right choice, "Friends" could have earned at least 80 million US dollars under the operation of Netflix and the three major TV stations. All in all, it would be 120 million US dollars.

Cheng Cheng has become what he calls an extremely stupid idiot and a negative example of defying Hollywood.

4 month 30 day.

Cheng Cheng landed at the Imperial Capital International Airport. As soon as he landed, he was surrounded by a swarm of domestic media.

"Cheng Cheng, the Serbian media said that Netflix rejected your "Friends". Is this true?"

"Cheng Cheng, have you really been kicked out of Hollywood? Do you regret your decision now? Will this have an impact on the upcoming second installment of Resident Evil?"

"Cheng Cheng, how much did Friends lose?"

"Cheng Cheng, does your return to China mean that you have given up on the Hollywood market? Do you have any plans to return to Serbia in the future?"

"Cheng Cheng, what do you think of the voices in Hollywood that are boycotting you now? Do you plan to respond?"

Cheng Cheng took the microphone and said, "Keep it secret for now. I will make a big move soon! I will hold a press conference in a few days and invite you to talk about it. Don't ask now."

"Cheng Cheng, can you tell me?"

"Yes, Cheng Cheng, give us some hints!"

"What kind of big move is this?"

The reporters refused to give up.

Cheng Cheng walked and said:

"I really can't say that. How about this? Tell me what's going on in the country recently and I'll give you my comments."

The reporters at the scene's eyes lit up and they all became excited!
This is a rush to deliver materials!

A reporter took the lead and asked Cheng Cheng about a current news hotspot: "A certain company held a math competition. They also used you as an example, saying that you graduated from junior high school, you can write books, make movies, win film awards, and win literary awards. Why can you do it, but that little girl can't? What do you think about this?"

Another reporter also said:
"Yes, this matter is all over the Internet now, and it has caused social divisions."

Cheng Cheng: "Which media outlets have reposted it?"

Reporter: "Blah blah." Cheng Cheng's comment:

"I'm saying that journalism is bad now. This is very simple. Isn't there a fierce argument online now? Why don't you go and interview her in person? Interview her in person, give her questions on the spot, and see how she responds. Then the results will come out. Journalism has lost its spirit of seeking truth and being pragmatic. This matter is ultimately the responsibility of the media. When something happened and the situation became chaotic, they allowed public opinion to ferment and netizens to argue. Where is the responsibility of journalism? You have made the matter clear, and netizens are still arguing? In the end, you all sit in your offices and forward messages just for the sake of traffic."

Cheng Cheng said again:

"Look, you guys are so enthusiastic about interviewing me. When it comes to entertainment gossip and celebrity scandals, you run faster than rabbits. You must have been waiting at the airport for a few hours, right? If you were as enthusiastic about social news as you are about me, the social atmosphere would be ten times better than it is now."

The reporters present were all majoring in journalism, and were scolded by Cheng Cheng like his grandsons.

But some journalists were not convinced:

If we didn't follow you, would you have such a large traffic?

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Subsequently, domestic media reports also came out one after another:

"Today Cheng Cheng has returned to China, and "Friends" was rejected by Netflix, which attracted widespread attention from domestic media"

Cheng Cheng lands in the capital, Hollywood suffers setback

"Friends" was ignored by Netflix, Cheng Cheng returned to China to face media questioning and said that there will be big moves"

"Hollywood says 'Friends' is suffering heavy losses, is Cheng Cheng's Hollywood career a thing of the past?"

"After being rejected from "Friends", can Cheng Cheng turn the tide? Or will he return to China to heal his wounds?"

“On April 4, the much-anticipated Cheng Cheng finally boarded a flight back to China after experiencing the ups and downs of Hollywood and landed at the Imperial Capital International Airport.

Recently, the news that Cheng Cheng’s new work "Friends" was rejected made the front page of Xinxiang Times, sparking widespread discussion. This news undoubtedly cast a shadow on Cheng Cheng’s development in Serbia.

Judging from the interview with reporters, Cheng Cheng is in good condition.

Facing media inquiries, Cheng Cheng did not directly respond to the rejection by Netflix, but revealed that there will be big moves in the near future, which means that he does not seem to intend to give up, but has bigger plans.

But whether he really has a plan or not, the editor of this newspaper does not know.

Previously, Cheng Cheng had two successful works in Serbia, one was "The Three-Body Problem" and the other was "Resident Evil".

When "The Three-Body Problem" was popular on Netflix, it was loved by more than 2.4 countries and once ranked second on the global hot drama list. "Resident Evil" even achieved a box office of million US dollars in Serbia. At that time, Cheng Cheng was very popular in Serbia, and there was also jubilation in China. Since director Li Pei, Tianxia finally had another director who broke into Hollywood. For a time, Cheng Cheng's future in Hollywood was limitless.

However, after Cheng Cheng had a conflict with Hollywood, Netflix quickly abandoned Cheng Cheng, and many Hollywood stars also stood up to condemn Cheng Cheng. Even the actor who played Ryan in "Resident Evil" chose to betray Cheng Cheng.

But despite this, Cheng Cheng still chose to shoot "Friends". However, now, "Friends" has been boycotted by media all over Serbia, and the cost of "Friends" is so high.

At this time, Cheng Cheng's return to China inevitably makes people wonder whether he has given up on "Friends" and admitted failure.

Prior to this, Cheng Cheng had always been the flag bearer of cultural exports in China. The songs, novels and movies he created have always been loved by people from all over the world. The Tianxia elements conveyed in his works are also loved by people from all over the world.

But this time, facing the clash of values, we need to think seriously about whether we should combine local culture, customs, and social atmosphere in the process of cultural output to create works that are more suitable for the local area, rather than choosing a hard collision.

As soon as this report came out, it was boycotted by netizens:

"No, why are you reflecting on our behalf? 'In the process of cultural export, should we combine local culture, customs, and social ethos to create works that are more suitable for the local area, rather than choosing a hard collision?' If you don't watch to the end, you really don't know that you are crooked. Frog brother refused to add black people to "Friends" and added LGBT elements. It's right! Editor, what the hell is your position to reflect on Cheng Cheng?"

"'At this time, Cheng Cheng returned to China, which inevitably makes people wonder whether he has given up on "Friends" and admitted failure', and can't wait to start announcing that Frog Brother has failed, ha, so anxious! Now the domestic and foreign links have been linked."

"I also felt something was wrong when I read this report. It turns out it was my butt that was wrong!"

"Foreign media are responsible for output, while domestic media are responsible for passing the knife, and they jointly announced that Frog Brother had failed. This routine is really sophisticated."

"Of course not. In their eyes, how can Brother Frog beat their master? So Cheng Cheng will definitely lose this round!"

"How urgent! I just returned to China and you guys are making up stories like this."

"No way. From the video footage from the scene, I saw that Frog also gave a sharp commentary on your media reports. Why don't you release it?"

"Hahahaha, they're scared, because Brother Frog is right, they don't dare to let them out!"

"Don't worry! Frog Brother is far from failure! At worst, we can release it in China. There are at least 200 million viewers in China for Frog Brother. Even without the Chinese, we can still make it the number one hit drama!"

"That's right! Without the Serbians, the earth will not turn?"

But some people were sarcastic.

"It's so funny. Friends couldn't be shown in Serbia, so they used the moral victory method. It was shown in China, and 200 million viewers? Did you count them one by one?"

"Hollywood should ban people like Cheng Cheng who go against freedom and civilization! We are glad that the right to speak is in the hands of the civilized people, unlike the ignorant people here who applaud one by one."

"I am happy when I see Shunzhi in pain!"

"We can't deal with Cheng Cheng, but Hollywood can!"

"There are still people who are fans of Cheng Cheng? Cheng Cheng's mess abroad has successfully lowered the image of Tianxia people. You are still here defending him behind closed doors. You are really hopelessly stupid."

"What kind of person is Empathy Cheng Cheng?"

"You guys are so stubborn! It's okay to release it in China. Why did you shoot it abroad if you want to release it in China? Just admit it when Hollywood kicks you back!"

"If you are attacked for no apparent reason when you go abroad in the future, you can just blame Cheng Chengha. Of course, you may not have much chance to go abroad."

"There's nothing to say to those inside the wall."

This time, they finally found an opportunity to attack Cheng Cheng.

In the next few days, there was a heated debate online about whether Cheng Cheng was driven back to China or returned to make a big move. Even some experts in analyzing international public opinion got involved, and some offshore accounts also launched team-building campaigns.

But Shen Hua never stood up from beginning to end, and allowed public opinion to ferment.

However, the paparazzi guarding outside the Shinhwa Company building discovered that people from different countries and with different faces appeared in the Shinhwa Company!
Among them are Japanese, Peninsula, European, Southeast Asian, and even Latin American and African!
And their identities are actually the directors, deputy directors, film purchasing directors, as well as streaming media managers, ministers, and holders of various national television stations!

(End of this chapter)