Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 673 Avalanche
"Last night, actress Liu Yifei posted a photo on Weibo of herself wearing a big red hairpin and holding her beloved cat in her left hand. She was imitating Kiki and Jiji from Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service, and the degree of authenticity was off the charts."

"Liu Yifei revealed that the hairpin was specially given by a friend. Fans speculated that the friend must be Li Chen, and said that Liu Yifei's version of "Qi Qi" is very cute, and the little black cat is the finishing touch."

"With Maleficent set to be released soon, Princess Aurora, voiced by Liu Yifei, is highly anticipated by fans. It is reported that Liu Yifei will go to Hollywood in July to complete the dubbing work of another Frozen, becoming the first Chinese voice actor for a Disney princess."

Li Chen didn't pay attention to the trending searches, but Yang Siwei was monitoring them in real time.

I gave the boss lady a thumbs up and left a message on Weibo: "How many hairpins did the boss give you?"

Yang Mi, Tang Yan and others left messages: I want it too.

Miss Liu took the initiative to call Li Chen and asked, "Am I cute?"

This is a fill-in-the-blank question, not a multiple-choice question.

Li Chen didn't understand what was going on, so he smiled without even thinking, "You're not only cute, you can be salty or sweet, fierce or cute!"

Liu Yifei was very happy. She thought Li Chen had also seen her Weibo, so she immediately acted coquettishly to Li Chen: "Oh, there is no stock! What should I do!"

Li Chen casually asked, "What's out of stock?"

Liu Yifei finally reacted: "Okay! You didn't even read my Weibo!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chen immediately switched the phone to speakerphone, exited the call interface, quickly glanced at Miss Liu's Weibo and said, "How is that possible? I was just teasing you. Yang Siwei just asked me where I bought this red hairpin!"

Liu Yifei believed it and said with a smile: "Then what did you say?"

"No matter what I said to her, she would just say 'Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask' and she would stop."

“My thinking is so pitiful.”

Li Chen quickly sent a WeChat message to Yang Siwei to avoid being exposed.

"Why did you suddenly post this photo?"

This photo was taken by Li Chen for her during the Chinese New Year. In Li Chen's eyes, whether Miss Liu is wearing a headband or a hairpin, she has a feeling of peace and tranquility.

Therefore, over the years, the most common gifts he bought for her were hairpins and headbands.

"Just post it if you want to, and warm up for Maleficent at the same time!"

Li Chen remembered something and said with a smile: "You really know how to pick the right time!"

"what does it mean?"

"It's nothing, just a casual remark."

Recently, the Japanese have been confusing history again. If Li Chen remembers correctly, it will not be long before Miyazaki Hayao will stand up and urge An San to apologize to China and South Korea.

This is one of the few people who live a "small life".

The screening rate of "Fleet of Time" gradually widened the gap with "Bridget Jones" from the second day.

Word of mouth also began to show signs of decline.

A post on Douban titled "To our youth who will eventually have abortion" received over a thousand likes overnight.

This comment was undoubtedly a critical hit to Xiaoyanzi.

Li Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. When he wrote "So Young", he might have subconsciously wanted to leave this little swallow with no way out.

Unexpectedly, after careful selection, Xiaoyanzi finally chose a youth film about abortion.

With the help of this netizen, Xiaoyanzi became his follower.

"Fleet of Time" has also been compared with "Those Years" and "So Young".

On Weibo, netizens believe that "Those Years" is the originator of youth campus films, "So Young" is the template of youth campus films, and Xiaoyanzi is just picking up Li Chen's words to make a living.

The Douban scores of the two dramas are very clear, with "Bridget Jones in Seattle" at 7.8 and "Fleet of Time" at 6.5.

Before the release, Xiaoyanzi tried her best. Her classmates from Class 96 and friends in the circle such as Wang Fei all supported "Fleet of Time" on Weibo, but the opening score of 6.5 on Douban really slapped these friends in the face.

Netizens with sharp eyes were surprised to find that not all the students from the Class of 96 of Beijing Film Academy were cheering for Xiaoyanzi.

Chen Kun, one of the three musketeers of Beijing Film Academy at that time, is an exception. He is also the only Beijing Film Academy student class of 96 who opened a Weibo account but did not support Xiaoyanzi on Weibo.

But what hurts most is that Chen Kun cheered for Xue Xiaolu's "BJ Meets Seattle" on Weibo!

"Recently, Xiaoyanzi's directorial debut, Fleet of Time, has been a big hit at the box office, triggering a collective recollection of youth online. When recalling her youth, Xiaoyanzi also admitted that her friendship with Chen Kun and Huang Xiaoming is also the best memory of her youth."

"On April 4, there was news that Xiaoyanzi and her former friend Chen Kun had a "falling out" because as soon as the movie was released, all of Xiaoyanzi's classmates in her 28 university class who had Weibo accounts posted on Weibo to express their support, but Chen Kun, Xiaoyanzi's long-time friend, ignored her throughout the whole process."

"In this regard, some media contacted Chen Kun's agent, Ms. Xu, and she said: Chen Kun and Xiao Yanzi have been old friends for many years, both at work and in life."

"Chen Kun would support Xiaoyanzi in many ways, such as calling her, making dinner appointments, and buying her own tickets to watch movies in theaters. But these are all private matters between artists, and they don't have to be posted on Weibo."

This slap in the face is really heavy. Just one moment you were reminiscing about the deep friendship we had in the past, and the next moment they treated you as a stranger.

Wang Changtian met with Chen Lizhi and Xiaoyanzi from Matt Media.

"Mr. Wang, do you think that the person from Rongchen Pictures is behind this?" Xiaoyanzi had not arrived yet. Chen Lizhi used to be the producer of "Entertainment Live" and was very familiar with Wang Changtian, so he spoke frankly.

Wang Changtian also suspected Li Chen, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was not the case.

"It shouldn't be him. Chen Kun and him are just a little bit closer than strangers. I know Li Chen. He is generous but also petty."

"He is generous when he talks about himself, but he is petty when he talks about his attitude towards Yifei."

"If you offend him, he may not care, but if you offend Yifei, I'm afraid he won't be so easy to talk to. Haven't you noticed that Rongchen Pictures has never used Chen Kun in these years?"

After Wang Changtian said this, Chen Lizhi had nothing to say. After thinking about it carefully, it was indeed true, and with Li Chen's current status, there was no need to do this.

The reputation of "Fleet of Time" is indeed not as good as "Bridget Jones Meets Seattle". After a while, Xiaoyanzi also came.

As soon as he entered the room, he spoke without hesitation: "Director Wang, President Chen, this is my first play. You two gave me a guarantee at the beginning, so I handed the distribution over to you."

"Otherwise, I can totally choose Bona and Huayi!"

Wang Changtian was angry. This little swallow thought that she had capital just because she hooked up with a rich man. If it weren't for the fact that the two companies were still in a cooperative relationship, Wang Changtian would have turned around and wanted to leave.

If I hadn't made three rules with Li Chen, I don't know what "Fleet of Time" would be like now.

If you dare to approach Huayi, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the box office to even reach 3000 million on the first day.

If you say that Xiaoyanzi is a character who bullies the weak and fears the strong, she would not dare to challenge Han Sanping or La Peikang, let alone confront Li Chen. If she was really tough, she would go and fire at Rongchen Pictures and Wanda.

Without mentioning that the three of them met to discuss countermeasures, Chen Kun's statement from the agent was clearly intended to cool things down and settle the matter peacefully.

However, this statement was not forgiven by Xiaoyanzi and the producers of "Fleet of Time".

Yang Siwei specifically called Li Chen and asked him if he wanted to use some tricks: "Boss, Chen Kun is a bit alone and is no match for marketing veterans like Guangguang and Matt."

"Whether we should help him or not, the excessive marketing of Xiaoyanzi's friendship kidnapping and the collapse of the reputation of Fleet of Time all depend on your decision, boss."

Li Chen did not express his opinion directly, but just said: "You are now the head of Yi Xin Media, so you don't have to ask me about everything. I still say that as long as it does not violate the law and does not violate conscience and morality, I will make up for it if it is exposed!"

Yang Siwei understood immediately: "I understand, boss."

The next day, a netizen posted a response that was suspected to be from Xiaoyanzi's brother regarding the deterioration of their friendship.

In this Weibo post, Chen Kun was bluntly accused of having ulterior motives, and the sentence "Does Xiaoyanzi have to have a 'friend' like you?" pushed Chen Kun to the top of the hot searches.

Immediately afterwards, Xiaoyanzi’s friends and fans attacked her.

Some say it was because Huang Xiaoming publicly expressed his love for Xiaoyanzi, which made his rival Chen Kun unhappy, while others say the two broke up because something violated one of their principles.

In short, to people with discerning eyes like Li Chen, it is just a marketing scam that is not worthy of being made public.

You are already a mother, how can two top male stars in the country still miss you?
Although Dabaobei is very thin, she is more feminine than the middle-aged and fat Xiaoyanzi.

On the last day of April, a celebration banquet for "Ip Man: The Final Chapter" was held at the Wangfujing Hotel.

The huge and eye-catching '13 billion' ice sculpture is something that everyone will envy.

The two major dramas in the industry that have now exceeded 10 billion yuan in box office are both produced by Rongchen Pictures.

In the banquet hall, people were toasting each other and drinking.

The appearance of Zhao Benshan and several of Xiao Shenyang's apprentices aroused the curiosity of many media.

It was just passed over by Uncle Benshan with a sentence "Come and learn from Director Li and Director Lu".

As soon as Zhao Benshan appeared in the banquet hall, he immediately attracted a lot of discussion.

"Why is Uncle Benshan here? What's going on?"

"You ask me, how would I know? Didn't I see Director Li went to meet him?"

"One is the king of skits, and the other is a big shot in the film and television industry. Is Director Li going to enter the skit industry or is Uncle Benshan really here to learn from Director Li?"

"Someone broke the news on Weibo that Uncle Benshan will be on the Spring Festival Gala! Was it Director Li who invited him?"

"That's impossible. Didn't Uncle Benshan announce his retirement from the skit stage in a high-profile manner? Director Li has such a big reputation?"

"Absolutely impossible. On "Guo's Show", Uncle Benshan vowed that he would never appear on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala again, let alone on local Spring Festival Galas."

In the banquet hall, everyone was secretly guessing what Zhao Benshan's intention was.

Another netizen on Weibo soon refuted the rumor, saying that Zhao Benshan showed up because his apprentice Xiao Shenyang was chosen by Chen Sicheng to star in "Detective Chinatown" produced by Rongchen Pictures!
Chen Sicheng followed Li Chen, and his spirit and energy were obviously very different from the child actor in "Soldier Assault".

After the four of them greeted each other, Zhao Benshan said meaningfully: "Director Li, please take care of me."

Li Chen quickly said modestly: "Please don't say that, you are a senior."

Zhao Benshan laughed and said no more.

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

"Shenyang, has Director Li confirmed that he will be directing the Spring Festival Gala? Teacher Zhao is also going to be on the show?"

Xiao Shenyang shouted, "Director Chen, I want to know too, but the master didn't tell me. He just told me to film with you carefully."

Although Zhao Benshan has an extremely high status in the sketch comedy world.

But today, all the people present were big names in the film and television industry. Uncle Benshan did not put on airs and took the initiative to shake hands with La Peikang, Wang Changtian and Liu Dehua.

Perhaps Li Chen was the only one at the scene who knew the inside story.

Uncle Benshan is his assistant, deputy director and director of language programs for the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse.

The two met in the CCTV building a few days ago.

At that time, Li Chen said frankly that he was under tremendous pressure. The King of the Spring Festival Gala was his assistant director, and he had to bear the consequences. If he made any achievements, some people might say that it was Uncle Benshan's credit.

As a result, Zhao Benshan expressed his determination on the spot to obey Director Li's arrangements. Director Li was so talented in both creation and directing that he was convinced to be his deputy.

After the celebration banquet, Wang Changtian stayed until the end to talk to Li Chen.

"Fleet of Time" grossed 1.1 million yuan in its first week, and "Bridget Jones in Seattle" grossed 1.5 million yuan, a difference of 4000 million yuan in just three days.

Wang Changtian had no way of expressing his pain.

Whether it was scheduling, word of mouth, topics or box office, he admitted defeat this time with a sincere heart.

Seeing that there were no outsiders around, Wang Changtian said to himself, "Alas, I wanted to compete with you in arm wrestling, but I didn't expect to lose miserably."

The two walked and talked, and Li Chen pretended to be cool: "There are always villains who want to bully me!"

Wang Changtian laughed and said, “Go to hell!”

"But I understand why you don't like this little swallow."

Li Chen glanced at Wang Changtian and said with a smile: "I never said whether I liked her or not. My impression of her stayed at the moment when she took the plaster."

"Let's not talk about her. Why do we keep mentioning her?"

Wang Changtian sighed: "Let's not talk about it. This little swallow showed her true colors when she got close to a dragon. You really have good vision!"

Wang Changtian said so much, but Li Chen didn't come to his senses until they broke up.

Wang Changtian was showing weakness and playing miserably in front of him. Ultimately, he was still afraid that he would do something shady to him.

However, no matter what Wang Changtian said, Li Chen would not give this kind of person a chance.

During the three days of Labor Day, the gap between the two plays became increasingly larger.

"Fleet of Time" is about to exceed 3.5 million yuan, and "Bridget Jones in Seattle" has reached million yuan, firmly sitting on the May Day box office champion.

Sina Entertainment News

"Since the early morning of May 5, the director of Tiny Times, Guo Jingming, and the 4 leading actors have posted their own Tiny Times covers online and shouted out the Declaration of the Times!"

The words "a vast era, an indifferent era, a cruel era, a bizarre era, an era that no longer believes in love" express the actors' respective understanding of the times, and they all shout: This is our era!"

"It sets a positive example for the younger generation. After the 'Declaration of the Times' was posted online, it immediately triggered imitations from netizens. More than 2,000 netizens forwarded it in just one hour."

"It is understood that the release of the "Era Declaration" on May 4th Youth Day is a long-planned collective action by the director and the leading actors, who hope to set an example for young people through their own actions."

Liu Yifei also received a call from Yang Mi: "Xixi, do you want to post one too! Support the Tiny Times starring Sister Mi!"

Liu Yifei had just returned to the hotel from the crew and hadn't had time to check Weibo yet. She cutely asked, "What are you posting?"

Yang Mi was immediately surprised and said: "You didn't read Weibo, did you? Check out my Weibo and learn from me to make a cover of a small era. This is the declaration of the times!"

Liu Yifei opened her Weibo and took a quick look. She immediately understood what this "Declaration of the Times" was all about. It was nothing more than a warm-up for "Tiny Times". What did it have to do with the May Fourth Youth Day?
“See? Hurry up and post one too. Many people are posting!” Yang Mi continued to encourage.

It's a pity that Liu Yifei is not the one who cares about others. She is Li Chen's bedmate, and Li Chen has taught her by words and deeds: Don't promote a movie on Weibo if you haven't seen it.

Liu Yifei was so smart that she pushed the ball to Li Chen directly: "I saw it, but I don't know what to post. How about you ask your senior to post one, and then I can forward it. How about that?"

Yang Mi didn't know what to say. After thinking for a long time, she finally said two words: "Okay!"

Liu Yifei felt amused. If Mimi could get her husband to post a Weibo post in support of a movie he had never seen, the sun would have to rise from the west.

After hanging up the phone, Yang Mi rolled her eyes and said speechlessly: "Xixi is becoming more and more like a senior, so cunning!"

Zeng Jia laughed and said, "I expected this to happen. How could Director Li and Yifei, with their current status, easily endorse other people's movies? That would be overdrawing their influence!"

Yang Mi said angrily: "I just don't believe this."

Then he picked up the phone and called Li Chen again.

As soon as the call was connected, Yang Mi repeated what she had just said to Liu Yifei, and added at the end: "Senior, Yifei has already agreed, you should also send a message, just as a way of supporting me!"

Yang Mi said so much, but Li Chen only said one sentence to make Yang Mi shut up: "Okay, if she posts, I will post too!"

"what"

Li Chen laughed secretly in his heart, you little bastard, you still want to fool him, I support you by not throwing a knife at Tiny Times.

As the Cannes International Film Festival approaches, Zhang Ziyi was invited to become a judge in a section.

Friends and fans congratulated him on Weibo.

In addition to expressing her gratitude, Zhang Ziyi also 'accidentally' revealed that Li Chen declined the invitation from the Cannes International Film Festival, otherwise, Director Li would have been the chairman of this year's main competition unit.

Afterwards, he sent a WeChat message to Li Chen: "Director Li, you won't blame me for this, right? You are too low-key."

It's already been made, why blame anyone?

Li Chen replied with two words: It's okay.

Xiaoyanzi became a female director whose debut film earned over 100 million yuan, and the media praised her profusely.

But everyone in the industry knows that nowadays "over 100 million" has no gold content at all.

When you count the number of female directors in Mainland China, there are only a handful of them.

It is not uncommon for female stars in the entertainment industry to have plastic surgery, and there are a lot of those who deny it. However, this time, anyone with eyes can recognize that this lady had plastic surgery.

The person involved immediately came out to deny it, and the "boyfriend" couldn't wait to clarify.

Sina Entertainment News

"No matter how the rumors of a beautiful woman getting involved in a plastic surgery scandal are clarified, it is still difficult to dispel everyone's doubts! On May 5, Zhang Han, Jiang Kaitong, Zhao Chulun, Li Man, Zhang Wen, and Han Li appeared in Shenzhen to promote their new drama "Waiting to Bloom" which will be aired on Shenzhen Satellite TV on May 8."

"Although both Zhen Shuang and Zhang Han have denied the rumors of "Xiao Shuang having plastic surgery", Zhang Han was still asked about the "Zhen Shuang having plastic surgery" during an interview."

"Zhang Han said helplessly: "I think this is impossible. If Xiao Shuang still needs plastic surgery, then... I don't think she needs it."

Li Chen took a quick look and actually saw it as: That's true, I don't want her anymore!

After a little thought, although the two have not made their relationship public yet, it has only been about a year since they made it public and broke up.

Maybe it has something to do with plastic surgery. After all, which man can accept the person lying next to him with all kinds of real and fake things all over his body.

With this in mind, Li Chen immediately called Miss Liu. As soon as the call was connected, Li Chen asked Miss Liu if she had seen the "non-plastic surgery" schoolmate on the Internet.

Miss Liu said in a bad tone: "What! I saw it, what's wrong?"

Li Chen nodded: "Well, this attitude is right, you must remember what you promised me when you got married!"

Miss Liu laughed angrily, "I forgot about it a long time ago. Anyway, we have already obtained the marriage certificate. Most of your property belongs to me. What else can you do?"

Li Chen was immediately annoyed: "You!"

"What's wrong with me? Haven't you heard that only women and villains are difficult to raise?"

Li Chen also laughed: "Miss Liu is really amazing. I'll talk to our mother later and tell her that your daughter wants plastic surgery and see what her attitude is!"

"How dare you! How can you do this? If you can't convince me, go find my parents!" Liu Yifei immediately softened!
"Little guy, I can't cure you!"

"Oh, don't worry, husband, I won't do it even if you want me to!"

Li Chen vomited blood. Miss Liu’s words were too hurtful!

It is unwise to argue with a woman, so Li Chen hung up the phone decisively.

Liu Yifei held the phone and laughed like a goose: "Little guy, I can't beat you!"

In response to the relentless pressure from "Fleet of Time" and Xiaoyanzi, Chen Kun also spoke out and responded positively to his relationship with Xiaoyanzi.

Or at the highly anticipated Cannes Film Festival.

Yangcheng Evening News

"In this year's Cannes Film Festival, the film "Crossing the Line" starring Chen Kun and Liu Jialing was successfully shortlisted in the "Un Certain Regard" section. This is the film debut of Hong Kong director Liu Yunwen."

"In order to support new directors, Chen Kun made time to come to Cannes to support Crossing the Line. The day before yesterday, Chen Kun accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from Yangcheng Evening News. He talked about the "breakdown of relationships" with Xiaoyanzi and Huang Xiaoming."

"He spoke out for the first time in response: "I am a little angry about the hype of friendship! I don't like to talk about personal feelings, and I don't want friendship to be demonized. Our friendship is not as good as the media says, nor is it as bad as the media says."

"Friendship doesn't mean everyone shows up to support you. A true friend might be someone who, after watching a movie, doesn't like it and then calls you to tell you what you really think."

Fan Qiaoqiao, who was in Cannes, was smiling with pride and immediately called Chen Kun to arrange a meeting in the evening.

Xiaoyanzi called Chen Kun immediately and said angrily: "How can you talk like that!"

Chen Kun said angrily: "Then how can I speak? Your brother and your friends are pressing me step by step. Do you really think I am a good person with no temper?"

"I explained to you, that's not what I meant!"

"That's not what you meant, then it's what I meant?"

Xiaoyanzi was also confused. Her brother and Chen Lizhi's counterattacks were extremely popular on Weibo.

Even Chen Lizhi was completely confused.

As soon as Chen Kun replied, the friendship she had worked so hard to build completely collapsed.

The audience and netizens exclaimed, that was just your best memory of friendship, and the other person's relationship with you was not as good as you said.

In just two days, the Douban score of "So Young" dropped directly to 5.9, and the box office fell sharply.

There were more than 8 million the day before yesterday, but now it is less than 2 million. Industry insiders predicted that it would be difficult to reach 300 million. Xiaoyanzi was completely dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)