Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 679: Flattery
Li Chen and Liu Yifei arrived at the cinema, and they didn't expect that the attendance rate of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", which had a Douban score of 3.9, was not low at all.

No wonder the movie grossed over 100 million yuan in just two days after its release. The negative hype by the film company was quite effective.

"I guess many people come here with the same mentality as you." Li Chen and Liu Yifei still chose to sit in the last row.

Miss Liu was full of anticipation, but as she watched the show, she knew why the show had caused so much criticism from the public.

The mix of various plots such as mother love, eroticism, spy war and main theme is really horrible.

"This is so full of flaws. No wonder people on the Internet say this is a 3 million-dollar promotional video of Dubai, Tokyo and Hangzhou scenery disguised as a 1.6D movie." Liu Yifei leaned close to Li Chen's ear and whispered.

Li Chen raised the corners of his mouth slightly, but said nothing.

"Is this girl the Aisin-Gioro Qixing from Class 01?" Liu Yifei suddenly saw a familiar face on the big screen, and looked excited, as if she was playing a game of spot the differences.

Li Chen nodded: "Wang Luodan and Huang Shengyi's classmate."

Liu Yifei felt as if she was in another world. She was from the class of 02 and knew few people from the class of 01. She only had an impression of this person because his surname was so famous.

Two hours was pure torture.

When the two walked out of the theater, a couple next to them was still complaining: "If someone watches this movie with you, then he must really love you."

Liu Yifei chuckled and held Li Chen's arm in a good mood: "Did you hear that? Fortunately you came!"

Li Chen patted his chest and said seriously: "That was a close call, that was a close call!"

Liu Yifei was delighted, and stared at Li Chen's angular face: "So, you have to watch all the bad movies with me in the future!"

Li Chen looked like he was constipated, thinking to himself, there is another movie called "Tiny Times" this month, and it will get worse. No, I will let Yang Siwei accompany her then!
Liu Dehua finally came out to apologize, and took the opportunity of the Shanghai Film Festival to promote Du Qifeng's "Blind Detective" which will be released nationwide on the 4th of next month to make his first response.

He said he overestimated his vision and thought any script would become better in his hands.

He also stated with a correct attitude that the problem of film selection has always been his biggest shortcoming, and he will have to humbly learn from Li Chen in the future.

Du Qifeng also supported Liu Dehua and said that he was helping the new director and it was not for money because he had too much money.

The news that Wang Jing is going to shoot "God of Gamblers 4" as TVB's Lunar New Year movie next year has become a hot topic. The return of Chow Yun-fat and his partnership with Ting-feng Xie have made all TVB fans look forward to it.

However, it is said that Wang Jing overruled all objections and decided that the female lead would be played by a new generation "Jing girl", 24-year-old Tong Fei, who looks like Qiu Shuzhen. A group of TVB actresses were so jealous that they were drooling.

It has to be said that Wang Jing's aesthetic has always been centered around a sensory impact, and is very popular among straight men and otakus.

When Li Chen saw this trio, he immediately thought of the movie "The Man from Macau".
The Shanghai International Film Festival will open in three days. The most anticipated events are the world premiere of Rongchen Pictures' first animated film "Maleficent" and the world premiere of "Tiny Times".

The former is popular because of the golden signboard of Rongchen Pictures, and the latter is also coming in strong because it brings together top stars like Yang Mi and several young idols from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and has a base of 5000 million readers.

LeTV, the distributor of "Tiny Times", has had a long-standing grudge with Rongchen Pictures.

Ever since the copyright of "Blood Romance" was acquired, LeTV's Jia Yueting has been holding a grudge and unable to vent it.

This time, he got together with Guo Xiaosi, which was like meeting a perfect match. One of them could fool everyone, while the other had lofty ambitions.

Before the film festival opened, Li Chen once again became a hot topic.

Sina Entertainment News

"Yesterday, there was news that Li Chen will be the chief director of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse. Sina Entertainment confirmed the rumor from an insider."

"The insider revealed that CCTV had actually decided to hire Li Chen as the chief director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse a month ago, but the two sides were still discussing some details."

"In addition, the Happy Twist team will continue to appear in the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse and become the main force of language programs."

Just when everyone thought that the big news that Li Chen would serve as the chief director of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse was a rumor, another insider broke the news.

Although CCTV denied it before, the leader of the Propaganda Department visited CCTV last week to investigate the preparations for the Spring Festival Gala, emphasizing that as a national project, more forces must be mobilized and organized to participate.

We need to reform the system for selecting and hiring directors, and recruit chief directors and directors of various categories from the public.

At that time, some people speculated that the news that Li Chen would serve as the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala was not groundless.

The media asked around and contacted Rongchen Pictures and Yixin Media, but the response they received was the same as before: I don’t know.

Li Chen knew that this kind of news could not be kept secret for too long.

Even though the position of chief director of the Spring Festival Gala is thankless, it is a national project that is open to the world and has the widest coverage.

How can veteran Spring Festival Gala directors like Ha Wen be convinced by your sudden appearance as a film director?

Ever since Liu Yifei learned that Li Chen was on the hot search again, she knew that her phone would be busy again.

Sure enough, just as the couple got in the car to go to the airport, the phone rang.

Miss Liu showed the phone to Li Chen: "Mi Mi, what should I do? He must be asking about the Spring Festival Gala. What should I say?"

"It's simple. Just three words: I don't know."

Liu Yifei said "oh" twice and turned on the speakerphone.

"Xixi, you're so tight-lipped. You kept it a secret from me! Now you can't keep it a secret anymore, right?"

"What did I hide from you?"

"Still pretending! Do you dare to say that senior is not the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Horse?" Yang Mi pressed on.

Liu Yifei silently pinched the soft flesh on Li Chen's waist and said innocently: "I don't know. I asked people and they said: I don't know!"

Li Chen gasped in pain and glared at his wife fiercely.

But Miss Liu was not afraid at all, and even wrinkled her pretty nose at him.

Yang Mi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Senior is really an old fox. You are about to become a little fox!"

"Let me make it clear first. If you are really the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, you have to persuade me!"

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Pillow talk? He won't buy it. Your senior has always been a heart of stone!"

"That's for us! That's for you. That's obedience!"

After talking for a long time, Yang Mi suddenly asked, "Is the senior not with you?"

Liu Yifei laughed secretly in her heart. It was too late to ask now.

"Old fox, Da Mi Mi asks if you are here?"

Yang Mi screamed from the phone: "Senior, spare my life."

Liu Yifei kept receiving calls like this until she boarded the plane.

Artists turned to Liu Yifei, and investors went directly to Li Chen.

Anyway, everyone believed the news that Li Chen would serve as the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala.

Lu Zheng called Li Chen himself but failed, so he asked Ye Ning to call.

Ye Ning tried to call but couldn't get through.

"Mr. Lu, I advise you not to hold out too much hope."

"Why, we are partners now after all, and Tiantian keeps calling him Brother Li, so he should at least give him some face." Lu Zheng still spoke with a haughty tone.

Does Jingtian want to be on the Spring Festival Gala? Of course he does.

But what Ye Ning said was not without reason.

She had some understanding of Brother Li's character. He was of course worldly-wise, but he cared more about his reputation.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have only starred in one film, “So Young” produced by Rongchen Films!

A flight slowly took off from the Beijing airport.

In the first class cabin, several flight attendants recognized this special couple at a glance as soon as they boarded the plane.

"She is so beautiful!"

"Her skin is so white and glowing, and her hair is so thick that it looks fake!"

"You and I are flight attendants, and I am a fairy sister! How can we be the same!"

"It's just an ordinary T-shirt with a bow tied on it, but it looks different on her!"

"Ordinary? Which eye of yours can see ordinary? It's LV! Over 6000 each!"

"what!"

Li Chen and Liu Yifei both wore sunglasses. After getting on the plane, Liu Yifei leaned on Li Chen's shoulder to take a rest.

Li Chen flipped through a magazine casually and said with a smile: "Next time you go out, you should wear a mask."

"Your face is more recognizable than LV. You might as well not wear sunglasses."

Liu Yifei chuckled: "Okay, then you should also change your face or your hairstyle."

Li Chen remained silent. Miss Liu was right.

His oval face and buzz cut make him very recognizable even in the entertainment industry where handsome guys are everywhere.

There are paparazzi at both Shanghai Hongqiao and Pudong airports.

In recent days, Shanghai has been full of stars, and Gongli, who has not appeared in public for a long time, also appeared at a brand event.

She revealed that as long as Zhang Yimou invited her to act, she would definitely not refuse.

As for whether he would star in "Lu Fan Yan Zhi" or practice Tai Chi, he just said that he would know soon.

At yesterday's "Youth Manufacturing" forum, young directors including Guo Jingming and Du Jiayi fired shots, targeting sensitive topics such as the older generation of directors, box office, and pseudo-blockbusters.

The one who attracted the most attention was Guo Xiaosi.

Guo Jingming's statement "Today's audiences are all young people, the old methods of big directors don't work anymore" was made headlines by major media.

After coming out of the forum, Guo Xiaosi's heart was still pounding and he was very nervous.

When he met Zhang Zhao, the CEO of LeTV Pictures, he asked nervously, "Boss Zhang? I won't be attacked by these big directors for saying this, right?"

Zhang Zhao laughed loudly: "Director Guo, Director Guo, I'm just afraid that they won't say anything!"

"You will never regret choosing LeTV Pictures!"

"This time, I have absolute confidence that I can beat Rongchen Pictures."

Guo Jingming was secretly delighted. He wondered why he did not choose Bona, Huayi and Guangxian in the first place. It was because LeTV offered him a big deal that he could not refuse.

For his debut film, what he cares most about is the screening rate.

LeTV Pictures, known as the "film company of the Internet era", is a LeTV subsidiary that has been established for less than two years.

In the past two years, LeTV Pictures has almost established the most powerful terrestrial distribution system in the country, covering more than 100 cities and more than 1,000 cinemas.

The news of Li Chen's arrival in Shanghai spread like wildfire.

All media outlets were disappointed to find nothing at the airport.

Li Chen and Liu Yifei had already returned home through a special channel.

No more than a handful of people in the circle know about Li Chen and Liu Yifei’s luxury home in North Bund.

In just two hours, Yang Siwei brought Yang Mi and Tang Yan to the door.

Seeing Yang Siwei undergoing facial recognition at the gate access control, it was obvious that this was not his first time here.

Tang Yan was not surprised, only Yang Mi complained in her heart: "It seems that Tangtang is not here for the first time."

After entering the main entrance, the spacious entrance area was paved entirely with marble, the lawns on both sides were neatly trimmed, and there were two unrecognizable sculptures at the entrance of the mansion. Yang Mi looked around and had only one feeling: it was either noble or expensive.

Facial recognition is required to enter the villa.

Finally seeing Liu Yifei with a smile on her face, Yang Mi couldn't help but complain: "Xixi, it's so hard to see you!"

Liu Yifei smiled and let the three people in: "I'll take a photo of you in later!"

"The boss isn't here?" Tang Yan asked casually as she walked in.

"Well, he's a very busy man. He hasn't even arrived in Shanghai yet, but his schedule for today and tomorrow is already full."

Yang Mi walked around the house as soon as she entered, then returned to the living room and said, "Is this the set that was given to you when you married your senior?"

Liu Yifei sat on the sofa with her legs bent casually and nodded indifferently: "Yeah."

Yang Mi felt very jealous. She estimated that this mansion must cost at least nine figures.

Both the balcony and the study offer a panoramic view of the Huangpu River and there is also a garden.

It is simply a symbol of status and taste.

"Senior, do you have any more? Give each of the three of us a set!"

Yang Siwei snorted, "Mi Mi, you shouldn't be called Big Mi Mi, you should be called Big Face Cat."

Liu Yifei was slightly displeased, and said with a half-smile: "Okay, I'll tell your senior later!"

Yang Mi's heart skipped a beat, she realized she had gotten carried away, and quickly tried to make amends for herself, "Forget it, I still have some self-awareness! Senior will definitely say that she took the wrong medicine!"

Tang Yan chuckled and pulled Yang Mi to sit down: "It's good that you know!"

"Where are those people from your childhood?"

Yang Mi casually picked a grape, grateful to Tang Yan for changing the subject, and quickly said, "Everyone has their own things to do. I didn't want to come in the first place! Isn't this the premiere of Maleficent? I came here to show my support for the senior."

"Eh? Why don't I see Ke Dong?" Tang Yan asked casually. Among the crew members of "Tiny Times", only one person was missing.

Yang Mi also found it strange. Normally, she should not miss such a global premiere.

But this person has disappeared. She sent a WeChat message wishing him a happy birthday last night, but he didn't respond.

“I don’t know. Guo Xiaosi said he couldn’t come because of something. I heard from others that he was with Avella Xiao.”

As soon as Li Chen arrived in Shanghai, Ren Zhonglun sent him a message.

La Peikang's taking over of China Film Group was an opportunity for Shanghai Film Group to have a closer relationship with Rongchen Pictures.

Compared with Han Sanping, perhaps Ren Zhonglun can't compare.

But compared with La Peikang, he believed that Li Chen must be closer to him.

As soon as the two met and Pu Yi sat down, Ren Zhonglun poured a cup of tea for Li Chen and said with a smile: "Three pings have been raised. You have made a great contribution."

(End of this chapter)