This top guy is crazy!

Chapter 410: Tolerance, Forbearance, and Acceptance
In fact, since reconciling with Lu Zhuofeng, Cheng Cheng's status in the domestic entertainment industry has become higher and higher, and his mentality has become much calmer. He will no longer get angry easily because of the provocation of some small characters, and he will not put others on his revenge list at every turn.

Nor would it necessarily mean killing the entire family.

First, it’s not worth it.

Secondly, he is twenty-four years old this year and he is about to become a father.

Being a father, you always have to look at the world in a different way.

We must be tolerant, tolerate the existence of dissidents in this world; we must be forgiving, tolerance is a good virtue of the Chinese nation; we must accept, accepting different viewpoints and opinions is the first step to improving and enhancing ourselves.

Cheng Cheng wrote the three words "tolerance", "forgiveness" and "acceptance" on his arm to remind himself at all times.

"I remember that Yang Jin has a movie coming out in the second half of this year, right?" he asked calmly without raising his head.

The secretary stood beside him, holding a tablet in her hand. After hearing what Cheng Cheng said, she searched for information online and said, "Yes, President Cheng, it will be released during the National Day holiday."

Cheng Cheng smiled slightly, secretly thanking himself for being able to maintain such a peaceful state of mind. He said, "Call Uncle Jiang and ask him to reduce the screening rate of Yang Jin's movie to the lowest possible level."

Upon hearing this, the secretary immediately nodded and responded: "Okay, Mr. Cheng, I will contact Mr. Jiang right away."

After saying that, she turned and walked quickly towards the door.

However, just as she reached the door, she suddenly coughed a few times.

"Wait a minute." Cheng Cheng called out to him.

The secretary stopped immediately and asked: "Mr. Cheng, do you have anything else to say?"

Cheng Cheng asked:
"Are you coughing? Is your throat uncomfortable?"

The secretary looked embarrassed and said, "Boss Cheng, I'm sorry, I caught a cold, but don't worry, I'm not contagious."

"No." Cheng Cheng took out a pack of cigarettes from his desk drawer and handed her one, saying, "I'm not afraid that you'll infect me. Here, I'll give you one. If you have a cough, smoke less. This way your throat will feel better."

The secretary took it blankly and said:
"Boss Cheng, I don't usually smoke."

Cheng Cheng said: "Yes, isn't this normal? Normally you don't smoke, but you have to smoke when you have a cough. Smoke less and the cough will go away."

The secretary took a long time to understand what Cheng Cheng meant.

Then, black lines appeared on her forehead and she walked out of the office with a cigarette.

After she left, Cheng Cheng smiled contentedly.

See, he has learned to care about others now.

He is a qualified prospective father.

-

After the secretary left the office.

I immediately called Jiang Wang's assistant.

Jiang Wang's assistant conveyed Cheng Cheng's words to Jiang Wang. Jiang Wang studied it and lowered the expected screening rate of Yang Jin's film to an extremely humiliating number - 2.22%, and then notified the entire industry.

-

When Yang Jin got the news, he was confused.

In fact, he regretted it an hour after he posted the Weibo.

When he posted on Weibo, he thought that there would be people supporting him. Even if there weren't 50% of people, there would be at least 30%, right?

But 30 percent of people don’t have it either!

Not even 10 percent!
In the comment section of his Weibo, all you can see are disgusting insults.

Yang Jin's heart was pounding and his blood pressure soared. He felt confused and at a loss about the current world. He also felt genuinely sad about the current public opinion environment.

After all, he is a man in his fifties, and at least 80% of the people on the Internet are younger than him. Even if there is something wrong with what he said, these young people would not show any mercy and scold him, an old man, like that on the Internet?

In addition to insulting him, some people also exposed his past and dug up all the dark history from his early years.

What's more, some of the analyses of his psychological activities made him sweat and feel that his private thoughts had been seen through.

As a public figure, there has never been a moment when Yang Jin wanted to hide himself so much.

He regretted it, but there was nothing he could do about it.

The Weibo post has already been sent out, he can’t delete it secretly, right?

He is a man with a sense of shame, and it would be too embarrassing to delete it secretly.

So, now Yang Jin can only hold on.

He felt that things would definitely turn around, and that the Internet, a huge public opinion field, could not always be dominated by the voice of one party.

He hopes that there will always be reasonable people who stand up, and there will always be righteous people who cannot stand the collective bullying of him as an elderly man on the Internet and stand up to speak for him.

But unfortunately, he did not wait for a reasonable person or a righteous person, but a call from a film investor.

After receiving the call from the investor, Yang Jin seemed to have lost all his strength. He stood up from his chair in shock, his eyes wide open, his eyes bloodshot, and his voice became a little hoarse due to shock:

"What?! Vance Films reduced the screening rate of "The Dissident" to 2.22%? How could Vance Films do this! This, this, this! This is a blatant violation of industry rules!!"

On the other end of the phone, the investor's voice was ruthless:

"Director Yang, the situation is clear now. You provoked Cheng Cheng for no reason. Vance Films wants to attack you, so their target is The Dissident. This is not just your movie. If things really turn out like this, our investment may be lost."

Yang Jin held the phone tightly, his fingers turning white from the force, and asked:
"So what do you want me to do? What do you want me to do?"

Investor Road:

"Apologize, and you have to apologize until Cheng Cheng is satisfied, until Cheng Cheng releases the movie "The Dissident". This is the only solution at the moment. You caused it, so you are responsible for fixing it. And you have to apologize to the public and clear up the misunderstanding."

Yang Jin felt the humiliation in his heart growing, growing like a vine that covered the sky and the sun.

He is a big director, but he was forced to apologize to Cheng Cheng?
This!
Unreasonable!

He almost squeezed out the answer through his teeth:

"I don't know! He's a junior, so what if I say a few words to him? Can't I say anything to him? I say a few words to him, and he uses his connections to retaliate. How can this be! Is there still respect and hierarchy in the entertainment industry? I, Yang Jin, have been in the industry for more than 20 or 30 years. Just because of a few criticisms, he wants me to apologize to him? I can't do it!"

Investor Road:

"Director Yang, I advise you to think it over carefully."

Yang Jin interrupted him:
"I've thought it through. No way you're forcing me to apologize!"

After saying that, Yang Jin hung up the phone. But hanging up the phone was not the end.

Next, he received more than ten calls one after another, including from friends, film screenwriters, other investors, producers, actors, and actors' agencies.

There was only one purpose for the call, which was to ask him when and how he would apologize, and what the follow-up arrangements would be after the apology.

Yang Jin felt as if he was enveloped by a huge force, as if there were invisible giant hands pushing him from all sides, making it impossible for him to breathe or break free. It was as if the whole world was certain that he would give in and apologize.

If he was young, he might have been too passionate and felt that the world was against him, so he would have gone against the world.

But now——

He is old.

His heart no longer beats as strongly, his thoughts are no longer clear, his bones are no longer dense, his hair is no longer black, his blood no longer boils, and his spine is no longer straight.

After calming down, Yang Jin felt a great fear.

He sat dejectedly in the chair, looking at the ceiling with empty eyes. Suddenly, the shadow of Cheng Cheng appeared in front of him, looking down at him from an infinite height, as if mocking his old age, weakness and incompetence.

Cheng Cheng didn't take any action, but just made a phone call, which left him isolated and helpless.

In the room, Yang Jin muttered to himself,
"I-I don't apologize."

-

In the imperial capital, inside Guo Jia's film bureau, the atmosphere was solemn.

With a bang, an old leader with gray hair slammed the table, his face flushed:
"Who does this old guy Yang Jin think he is? He is old, but he is jealous of other people's movie box office and vents his emotions on Weibo, causing such a big disturbance! What does he want to do?"

On the old leader’s desk, there is a document which is an industry report for the first half of this year, which contains a summary of the box office data for the first half of this year.

The report shows that from January to May this year, box office revenue dropped by 1% year-on-year!

The box office during the May Day holiday experienced a cliff-like drop, with a drop of as much as 48%!

The entire Chinese-language film market is in mourning.

And at this very moment, Yang Jin actually publicly commented on a movie whose box office is expected to exceed 25 billion, saying, "If such a movie is allowed to dominate the Chinese-language film market, it will be a cultural tragedy." Is this because he thinks the movie is not dying fast enough?

There was another leader in the room.

His face also looked a little bad.

The film market is now showing an anti-authoritarian trend.

The more famous the director or actor is, the more criticism they receive.

In the past, entertainment was scarce and information was limited. Famous directors and actors were the trendsetters. The audience would learn and watch whatever they said and did.

But things are different now. With the explosion of information, audiences have more choices and their tastes have become more sophisticated. They no longer blindly worship authority, but have their own judgment and preferences.

At a time like this, it is a good thing that Cheng Cheng has emerged who is recognized and trusted by the public. If there were no Cheng Cheng, the mainland film market would collapse even more severely, the box office would be lower, and the data would be even worse.

But there are always people who are unwilling to see things go wrong.

And they also openly tripped others up.

He said:

"Yang Jin really went too far this time. Cheng Cheng has already contributed 40 billion in box office revenue this year. If we add in the subsequent box office revenue of "Charlotte's Troubles", it shouldn't be a problem to reach 60 billion. People like to watch it and they praise it after watching it.

At this time, Yang Jin came out to pour cold water on the show, saying that "Charlotte's Troubles" was of low level and that the audience who watched "Charlotte's Troubles" was of low level, which was really inappropriate.

To put it mildly, this is his selfishness, hurting others and not benefiting himself. To put it more positively, he has brought negative impact to the entire film industry!"

"That's right." The leader at the beginning said, "Times are eliminating people. It's understandable that Yang Jin can't accept it, but there are some things that can't be said, let alone said in front of the public. He said it happily, but what will the audience think? If you go to the movies and get scolded, will you go to the movies again in the future? If you don't go to the movies, will the box office be lower?"

At this time, he remembered and asked:
"Is there any action from Cheng Cheng's side?"

Another leader said, “Vance Films has announced to the entire industry that it will reduce the screening rate of Yang Jin’s film The Dissident to 2.22%.”

"That's it? No one's fighting each other online?"

"That's all. Nothing else."

The old leader with gray hair on his temples sighed, "This time Cheng Cheng did better than Yang Jin. He has matured and did not tear each other apart in public with Yang Jin, making the public laugh at him. This is a bit beyond my expectation."

Another leader said, "Indeed, Cheng Cheng did a great job this time. So how do we deal with this matter?"

The old leader said:

"Order Yang Jin to handle this matter properly and give an explanation to Cheng Cheng and the public."

"Okay, I'll take care of this matter." Another leader nodded.

Neither of them said what to do if Yang Jin didn't agree.

As far as they were concerned, Yang Jin had no choice but to agree to this option.

To put it bluntly, Yang Jin is at best just an old and outdated third-generation artist, while they are the superiors of the entire film and television industry.

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[I object to what Yang Jin said, "Charlotte's Troubles is the inner voice of a middle-aged loser man, and his unrealistic fantasy about disgusting dreams."

It is not wrong for a movie to present a person with distorted values, and there is nothing wrong with having a person with distorted values ​​as the protagonist. The key is to see whether the movie is secretly whitewashing this person.

So the question is, does "Charlotte's Troubles" whitewash Charlotte?

No!

Whether before or after rebirth.

Charlotte is a typical tragic character.

Before his rebirth, he was thirty years old, but had achieved nothing. After graduation, he had never worked.

In order to save face, he wore clothes from a suit shop with the labels still on, which was the same as the one worn by the emcee. He pretended to be generous as a gift and gave his wife half of a new car. His former teacher called him a "fool" and made fun of him.

After his rebirth, he became successful and famous. He performed on the Spring Festival Gala, collaborated with Zhan Fang and Liu Wei Chi, was a judge on Infinite Voices, and appeared on Time magazine. He was extremely popular and was like the King of Singers in Asia.

But is he happy?

Is it self-consistent?
Do not!
Why did Cheng Chu, who was not famous at that time, sang his original version of "Water Monkey"? Why did Charlotte get so angry that he went on stage to beat him up?
Why did he ask Qiuya anxiously: "If one day I can no longer write songs, will you still be with me?"

Because he knew from the bottom of his heart that all this did not belong to him at all, it was all fake. He could not accept himself like this, but he was greedy for the luxury and comfort of reality. He actually did not like Qiuya that much, otherwise why would he go out to have a good time, why would he go to a bunch of women to party whenever he was upset?
In the end, he was just used by a group of people around him, framed, infected with HIV, had his home stolen by Zhang Yang, and died alone in a hospital bed.

(End of this chapter)