Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 716 Breaking up

As soon as the news of "The Mermaid" was announced, Huayi's situation became even worse.

Why is it adding insult to injury? It’s because Huayi’s little cannon started to get upset again.

During an interview, just one sentence made the two brothers Wang Xiaowang depressed.

"I can make a movie casually and it can sell 300 million in a week. But the movies I made seriously don't sell, which makes me very confused."

"In 2014, I didn't want to make any more movies. But according to my contract with Huayi, I still have to make three more movies in the future."

The big and small Wangs probably scolded Little Cannon in their hearts, but they still had to use money to appease Little Cannon who was using the same old trick again.

Before the rival has been appeased, the killer movie "The Mermaid" of the competitor is released.

Wang Zhonglei had a gloomy face. If Li Chen was the mortal enemy that the two brothers hated openly.

That little steel cannon was the ungrateful person that the two brothers hated in their hearts.

No matter what, when you complain, it is always Huayi’s stock price that gets hurt.

If it came every month like menstruation, the two brothers would have fallen out long ago.

But it happens once every year or so, and the two brothers can't stand it.

Feng Kuazi was just a follower at first, but now he has become an expert in the industry.

"Hasn't it been enough for us brothers to endure the wrath of that bastard Li Chen? Now we have to endure the wrath of this Feng Kuzi!"

"Is he deliberately shorting our stock? He's been so sad every time. This has happened so many times! I've had enough!"

In front of his brother, Wang Zhonglei wanted to tear Xiao Gangpao and Li Chen to pieces.

But the two brothers can only curse when no one is around, and it is almost impossible to find a big director who can replace Little Cannon.

After hearing the news about "The Mermaid", some people in Hong Kong were also very angry.

"We treat him as a treasure, but he treats us as chamber pots! Husband, he doesn't even take us seriously!"

The Wuzhen Journey to the West City project alone has already made the couple very unhappy.

Everyone knows the grudge between Zhou Xingchi and their family.

When his wife used the word "chamber pot", Xiang Huaqi's face twitched.

His stiff face was uglier than a poker card: "How disrespectful! You didn't even say hello!"

Li Chen was still in Paris when he received a call from Xiang Huaqiong.

"Director Li, why haven't you ever mentioned your collaboration with Xingzai? I, Xiang, have always treated you as a friend, but it seems like you haven't done a good job."

Li Chen didn't expect that Xiang Huaqiong would call him personally.

"Mr. Xiang, the feud between your family and Zhou Xingchi has nothing to do with me. To me, you and Zhou Xingchi are just my partners. We come together if we are compatible, and we go our separate ways if we are not. There is no personal relationship involved."

Xiang Huaqi's face was gloomy: "So, you don't consider me a friend?"

Li Chen laughed loudly: "Boss Xiang, I am not one of you, and I don't buy into that. If you insist on saying that, that's up to you."

"I will cooperate with whoever I want to cooperate with, not to mention you, even if Director Han comes."

Xiang Huaqiong's face looked extremely ugly.

Li Chen's words were truly heartbreaking.

It was Han Sanping's words that brought Zhou Xingxing back to life and made Long Wu stop.

Today, Li Chen's words were again exposing his scars.

The two of them didn't talk much about each other.

Xiang Huaqiang's eyes can kill.

My wife was shocked.

"Hubby, since he won't give us face, let's just join forces with Huayi. I don't believe that no one can deal with him."

Mrs. Xiang always keeps her word, but perhaps she cannot do that in the mainland.

But in Hong Kong Island, her power cannot be underestimated.

A group of people who were against Zhou were contacted quickly.

Liu Yifei heard her husband's harsh words, frowned slightly and said worriedly: "Is it inappropriate to say that? I heard that the man is not simple."

Li Chen couldn't help laughing when he saw his wife was so innocent. He touched her smooth face and said with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with that. Young and Dangerous can only live in a small corner of Hong Kong Island and can't cross the Shenzhen River."

"Besides, he is not simple, and your husband is even more complicated. Now it is not who has the stronger fist who has the final say, but who has the stronger strength who has the final say."

"Just look around, even the second-tier groups like Huayi and Bona don't take those people from Hong Kong and Taiwan seriously, let alone us, the top stars standing at the top of the pyramid!"

Liu Yifei chuckled: "Top star! You really know how to flatter yourself."

Li Chen laughed: "If that's not the top, then what is? You and I won't cause trouble, but if it comes to that, we can't bring down the prestige of our Li family."

Li Chen came down and informed Zhou Xingchi and Yang Siwei about this matter.

Now that they have fallen out, he is not afraid of any open conflict.

But if they use shady tricks in secret, we have to be on guard.

Zhou Xingchi was shocked when he heard that Li Chen and Zhong Guoxing had a falling out.

The expression on his face was quite complicated: "Director Li, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"What are you talking about? Just focus on making The Mermaid. I'm telling you, no one can mess with you!"

Zhou Xingchi let out a long sigh, as if he had made a difficult decision. He was silent for a moment before saying, "Director Li, Yifei said last time that she wanted to be a Star Girl. I'll think about it. If Yifei is willing, let her play the leading female role in The Mermaid."

These words stunned Liu Yifei who was standing next to Li Chen.

Li Chen's expression was neither funny nor sad: "Director Zhou, Xixi was joking with you that day, but you took it seriously."

"If you want to make The Mermaid, forget Yifei. Her schedule is full and she can't squeeze in."

Zhou Xingchi was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

As far as I can remember, this seems to be the first time someone rejected his movie.

Within a moment, he understood.

Who is Liu Yifei? She is the number one Chinese female star and there is no need for her to have the halo of a star girl.

My good intentions are not even icing on the cake.

"Well, I still have to thank Director Li."

"Okay, Director Zhou, there's no need for us to thank each other. I have to be responsible for my guaranteed 16 billion!"

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei was still a little distracted.

Li Chen patted her cheek and said with a smile: "What are you thinking about? You don't really want to be a star girl, do you?"

Liu Yifei grabbed her husband's hand and shook her head: "No, I was thinking, when Kung Fu chose Huang Shengyi, I fantasized about it. You know, I have a foundation in Kung Fu."

"I didn't expect that one day Director Zhou would give me a role, but I no longer needed it."

Liu Yifei doesn't need it, but there are too many people who need it.

Yang Mi is more active than anyone else.

She is the youngest star girl and an artist from the Rongchen series.

After the movie "Once Upon a Time in China", I never had the chance to work with Stephen Chow again.

Yang Mi's Weibo was posted very quickly: Master Xing is the eternal idol, and Senior is the eternal god! Looking forward to "The Mermaid"!
After it was published, countless press releases circulated on the Internet.

"Yang Mi is expected to star in "The Mermaid"!"

"The youngest star girl showed her affection to Zhou and Li."

Even Yang Siwei has nothing to say about this wave of popularity.

Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, Shuang Qiao, Tang Yan and other first-line stars all sent their blessings in a conventional manner. But they were not idle in private.

Zhou Xingchi's movies and Rongchen Pictures' brand are top-notch resources in the entire Chinese-speaking world.

It is possible to create box office records.

The most devastated one was Dabaobei who had just announced his relationship.

"It was you who pushed me into joining Huayi. You called me the number one sister of Huayi, but you only knew how to lie to me! Huayi is in a difficult situation right now, who cares about a number one sister like me!"

"I don't care, you have to help me! I don't want people to call me box office poison!" Big Baby got angry and tortured Huang Xiaoming half to death.

"Why didn't I help you forget "Dragon King of the Divine Capital"? Who dares to say that you are box office poison!" Huang Xiaoming said this with a red face.

The fact that "Dragon King" earned hundreds of millions has almost nothing to do with his girlfriend, but facing an unreasonable woman, Huang Xiaoming can only deceive himself.

He was afraid that his girlfriend would have wild ideas and ask him to fight for "The Mermaid", which is not something a wise person would do.

Director Li will definitely not allow Huayi’s artists to participate in this project.

Originally this project was aimed at Huayi.

"You're not ashamed to mention 'The Dragon King of the Capital of Gods'? I only have a few minutes of scenes in it! Is there any room for me to perform?"

Huang Xiaoming was devastated. With his girlfriend's acting skills, it would be useless even if she performed exceptionally well. But she was unaware of it.

"If you want to marry me, you must help me get into the first line of work! Otherwise, you are a big liar!"

"I've seen it, Huayi is getting worse and worse! I'm not even as good as Yang Zi now! Her drama Battle of Changsha will soon be broadcast on Mango TV, replacing The Story of Minglan!"

"Look at how Director Li treated Liu Yifei, and look at how you treated me!"

The big baby was talking incoherently, and his eyes turned red as he spoke.

Huang Xiaoming immediately softened his heart and swore to heaven that he would overcome all difficulties to help her get into the first line.

The capital market responded most quickly to the sudden emergence of "The Mermaid".

On the day the news was announced, Huayi’s stock price fell 4.2%!

Some industry analysts pointed out that Huayi has been suppressed by Rongchen Pictures in film production in recent years.

As Rongchen Pictures has dominated the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival period for consecutive years, and has further seized market share with a number of films that have both good reputation and box office success, the gap between the two sides will only widen in the future.

Wang Zhonglei convened an emergency shareholders' meeting the next day.

All the shareholders raised their eyebrows and looked at each other. Feng Xiaogang had not arrived yet, and Wang Zhonglei was talking so eloquently that everyone was drowsy.

Wang Zhonglei saw that he had no choice but to continue deceiving himself: "Market competition is the norm, and we at Huayi always focus on content."

“In the future, we will continue to cultivate high-quality IP and strengthen the layout of the industrial chain!”

"I want to tell you a good news. Xiaogang is already writing the script for If You Are the One 3!"

After hearing this, several shareholders seemed to have taken a resurrection pill and woke up.

No wonder I didn’t see Feng Xiaogang today. It turns out he was working on something behind closed doors.

Now only Feng Xiaogang can arouse their interest.

Ali and Penguin's families have already intended to get off the boat.

In today's situation, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Huayi's proposal of "de-filming" is nothing more than a surrender.

But apart from movies, what else do aircraft carriers like Penguin and Ali need from you, Huayi?

A shareholders' meeting made Wang Zhonglei feel worse than death.

It would be wrong not to mention Feng Xiaogang, the top star, and it would be even worse not to give these people some reassurance.

If people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Paris
Ning Hao and his wife and Huang Bo came over from Berlin in a leisurely manner.

Although "No Man's Land" came to Berlin empty-handed, this did not dampen the good mood of the three.

As soon as they met, Huang Bo shouted, "Director Li, please take the three of us to swim in the Seine tonight!"

Ning Hao also said, "I don't care. My wife said we should take the Crystal!"

"Director Li, you are so good to Yifei. Which woman wouldn't be envious? Old Huang saw the news in Berlin the other day and slapped his thigh and said he wanted to be a woman!"

Liu Yifei found Xing Aina's words interesting, so she took her arm and said with a smile, "Brother Bo, do you really want to be a woman?"

Huang Bo was next to Li Chen, smiling like a young girl: "I just want to be Director Li's woman."

Li Chen got goosebumps all over his body and quickly moved away from him: "Save it, Lao Huang!"

Several people laughed heartily.

In the evening, Li Chen and his wife accompanied the three of them for another swim in the Seine River.

The next day, Liang Chaowei and Liu Jialing also rushed over from Berlin.

The requirements are exactly the same.

So, they accompanied the couple on another tour.

At the end of February, Shu Chang and his mother-in-law came again.

Li Chen would not go this time no matter what. He almost vomited from swimming.

As soon as his mother-in-law arrived, Li Chen prepared to leave and return home.

Before returning home, I have to go to Hollywood first.

Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated for an Oscar four times.

After 20 years, the golden man is still an unattainable thing for this person. He has been determined to win it but has been frustrated time and time again.

Li Chen even joked with Leonardo, asking how unpopular he was in the academy.

Leon knew that Li Chen definitely didn't come for Oscar.

Ever since "The Flowers of War" won the Oscar in 12, the Oscar ratings have set a record.

In the next two years, the Oscars sent invitations to Zhang Yimou and Li Chen every year.

What matters is nothing more than their influence in China and the ratings they can bring.

"Lee, the Oscars are tomorrow. Aren't you coming to watch the ceremony? Do you think I'll be a runner-up again this time?"

When Leon learned that Li Chen would only stay in Los Angeles for one day, he took the initiative to invite Li Chen to attend the Oscars together the next day.

Li Chen handed Leon a glass of red wine and said with a smile: “What I think is not important, what is important is whether you can handle those judges.”

Li Chen hit the nail on the head with his words.

Leon's face immediately turned ugly.

"Okay, Leon, we Chinese have a saying: If I get it, I'm lucky, if I lose it, it's my fate! Keep calm, I, an outsider, understand better than you."

Li Chen said it easily, but the person involved, Leo, had already been possessed by a demon.

The next day, the result was the same as in the previous life.

At the Beijing airport, Li Chen took a deep breath of air as soon as he landed.

As expected, the smog in Beijing is more familiar.

Li Chen sent a text message to Miss Liu to let her know he was safe.

One month after Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown" was released, it not only won the championship of the Spring Festival, but also became the fourth domestic film to break the billion mark.

Chen Sicheng also became a member of the billionaire club.

The celebration banquet will wait for Li Chen to come back.

(End of this chapter)