Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 748: The Dinner That Made Me Vomit
Before the Yonghe Society game even started, Li Chen received calls from many people.

Han Sanping, La Peikang and Ren Zhonglun all have small roles.

Even Li Chen felt the pressure that he had been away from for a long time.

Liu Yifei had been sitting next to her husband, and she saw that her husband actually frowned, which was rare.

"What's wrong? What did Mr. Han and the others say?" Liu Yifei asked anxiously.

Li Chen smiled, not wanting to make his wife worry: "Nothing, don't go with me tomorrow, I'll go by myself."

Liu Yifei took the initiative to grab her husband's big hand and said stubbornly: "No, I must go with you. Do you still regard me as your wife?"

"I am no longer that innocent and ignorant fairy sister. I am Xiao Wuxia's mother and your wife. If anything happens, we will face it together as husband and wife."

Seeing his wife's serious expression, Li Chen chuckled and gently stroked her pretty face which was still as delicate as before with his other hand.

"Look how anxious you are. It's really nothing serious. I'm just afraid that tomorrow's scene won't be very good."

Liu Yifei frowned and said, "What's going on? What does Teacher Tian's WeChat message mean? Tell me quickly, I'm so anxious!"

She had never seen Chen Hong and his wife take the initiative to invite them. Judging from the situation, there might not be any small characters present tomorrow.

But her husband was as tight-lipped as an old clam and told her nothing.

"Okay, okay, I'm telling you, don't worry, no matter how anxious you are, we can handle it, not to mention that it's not us who break the rules."

Li Chen considered his words carefully before saying, "Teacher Tian's WeChat message means that his role and scenes in "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" can be retained and do not need to be deleted."

Liu Yifei slightly opened her red lips, looking stunned. It was self-evident who this 'he' her husband was talking about.

"How could this happen? Didn't both Tiny Times and Monster Hunt need to be remade?"

Now she finally understood what those five words in Teacher Tian’s WeChat message meant.

This kind of thing cannot be hidden from anyone, especially from someone as well-connected as my husband, who has top capital.

Perhaps only ordinary people can keep it secret.

"So, Sister Hong and her husband chased you to Shanghai because they were afraid that you would keep pestering them and force the higher-ups to make changes to The Taoist Priest?"

Li Chen clapped his hands and smiled: "As expected of my Li Chen's woman, you can draw inferences from one example and see the big picture from the small details."

"It's so annoying! People are so anxious and you can still laugh!" Liu Yifei said with a worried look on her face.

All those people who called their husbands just now are big shots who have the final say in the circle.

Any one of them is not necessarily worse than her husband.

It’s not that my husband’s ability is not as good as these people, but in terms of connections and social skills within the system, they have all been involved for many years.

If a husband is a sharp blade, he is extremely sharp.

These people are like heavy swords. Although they have no edges, they are still invincible.

"If that's all, there's no need for Mr. Ren to get involved. Who would do something that doesn't benefit them? Director Han just told me that Yaolai and Shanghai Film Group have just approved a project for a Railroad Tigers movie!"

"Yao Lai and Shanghai Film Group? Big brother's Yao Lai?" Liu Yifei's face was full of question marks.

"Besides him, who else has Yao Lai?"

"You mean to say that Big Brother used this movie 'Railway' to make Mr. Ren his lobbyist?"

Li Chen smiled and wondered what his wife's expression would be if she knew that the leading male and the second male lead in the movie "Railway" were father and son.

"There is a saying that goes 'repairing the plank road in the open while marching through Chencang in secret'. It refers to these two plays."

Han Sanping didn't say much to him on the phone, and some of the few words he spoke were not suitable to be said on the phone.

But Li Chen guessed that Chenglong at least gave up no less than 20% of its profits to Shanghai Film Group, otherwise Ren Zhonglun would not have stepped up.

"Then what should we do tomorrow?" Liu Yifei was at a loss. Her mind was in a mess. These people tomorrow were not Rong Chen's artists. Each of them had the best resources in the industry.

She had no other choice but to follow her husband's lead.

"It's simple. You go there and eat and drink, and you just push everything onto me."

"how about you?"

"Me? Humph, I'll give you face to eat, but I can't make you bow your head."

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On the evening of November 11, the autumn wind on the Bund in Shanghai had already brought some chill.

Around six o'clock in the evening, a black Maybach slowly stopped in front of the Yonghehui Hall.

The car door opened and Li Chen, dressed in a light grey suit, got out first.

Behind her is Liu Yifei, who is wearing a champagne-colored long dress.

The couple looked calm. Li Chen patted his wife's hand and said, "It's okay. Don't be nervous."

"I'm not nervous. I'm here to eat today. I'll sit down and start eating. Hairy crabs are my favorite. Who has time to talk to you about social etiquette?"

Li Chen laughed: "Yes, that's what I mean."

Ren Zhonglun had just gone to the bathroom and when he came back he saw Li Chen and Liu Yifei appear.

He immediately came up to me with a smile: "Li Chen, Yifei, you have been in Shanghai for so long and you didn't even contact me. Do you think I am an outsider?"

"Mr. Ren, what are you talking about? You are so busy, how can my wife and I have the nerve to disturb you?" Li Chen smiled and looked through the door of the box behind Ren Zhonglun.

Chen Hong's loud laughter and Chenglong's signature Cantonese accent could be faintly heard from inside.

Liu Yifei gently pressed her fingertips on Li Chen's palm, and greeted Ren Zhonglun with a smile.

Ren Zhonglun laughed and said, "Come in quickly, they are all here and are waiting for you two."

In the box, Chen Kaige and his wife and Cheng Long also heard Li Chen's voice.

The three of them looked at each other and stood up.

After entering the box, Liu Yifei saw Chen Hong in a red dress that was the most gorgeous and eye-catching. But she spoke in a rare flattering way: "You two are finally here. If you and your wife don't come, Lao Chen, Chenglong and I will come to visit you."

Chenglong stood up from the sofa and showed his signature laugh: "Li Chen, we meet again. Yifei has become more beautiful again!"

Li Chen smiled and said nothing. Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Brother, you say this to me every time, and I don't know which one is true."

Chenglong laughed loudly, and Chen Kaige forced a smile on his face, but still put one hand in his pocket.

The only difference was that this time he took the initiative to shake hands with Li Chen.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, they sat down.

After the waiter poured tea for everyone, he automatically left.

Ren Zhonglun smiled and said, "It's rare for us to get together. Today, let's not talk about anything else but industry unity."

Chenglong and Chen Hong nodded in agreement.

"The tea is good." Li Chen suddenly picked up the celadon cup.

"Is it the Da Hong Pao from the mother tree of Wuyi Mountain? It's too expensive."

Liu Yifei also tasted the difference in this tea. She also had this kind of tea at home.

The annual output is less than one kilogram. It is truly a "power drink"! Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy it.

Seeing that Li Chen didn't respond, Chen Kaige looked displeased.

Chen Hong and Cheng Long still had smiles on their faces. The waiter came in to serve the dishes, and Ren Zhonglun said with a smile: "The sky is big, the earth is big, and the stomach is the biggest. Let's eat and talk at the same time."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "Now that Mr. Ren mentioned that, I'm a little hungry too."

Li Chen said lovingly, "Then you should eat more later."

Chenglong laughed loudly: "Yifei, eat as much as you want. Big brother will pay for today, don't save money for him."

"Don't worry, big brother. No matter how much I eat, I can't make you poor."

A few people chatted and laughed, and waited for three rounds of wine and five kinds of dishes to be served.

Chen Hong's composure was still a little off, so she spoke again: "Li Chen, the reshoots for The Taoist have already been completed, and Zhu Ming's part has actually been tacitly allowed to be retained."

Liu Yifei thought to herself, here it comes, here it comes, tonight’s main course is finally here.

Liu Yifei lowered her eyes and peeled the crab silently, as if she didn't hear it.

Ren Zhonglun saw that Chen Hong had pointed it out, so he added, "As long as it's not mentioned during the promotion period, the audience won't notice it! Both China Film and the Bureau..."

"Mr. Ren." Li Chen put down his chopsticks and interrupted what Ren Zhonglun was going to say.

"I know that if Mr. Ren hadn't stepped in, Li An's Lust, Caution would never have been approved."

"However, 'The Taoist' and 'Flying Tiger' are different from 'Lust, Caution'. What do you think, brother?" Li Chen glanced at Chenglong and smiled.

Ren Zhonglun choked. He was not surprised at all that Li Chen knew about Flying Tiger.

When it comes to their situation, whether it is the bureau, the association, various organizations in the circle, or the personal relationships outside the circle, it is all complicated.

Just like Li Chen, he is not only a student of Tian Zhuangzhuang, but also has close relations with older generation filmmakers such as Lu Zhong and Li Xuejian.

Lu Zhong's son Wu Bin is the person in charge of Zhizhen painting art.

Cheng Long laughed out loud, and his eyes quickly swept across the three people at the table: "Li Chen is right! But, young people should be given a chance to correct their mistakes, right?"

Li Chen smiled, but his eyes were sharp as a knife. He stared at Cheng Long and said, "Brother, if I committed a crime today, would you plead for mercy?"

"I remember that in 97, you told the media in person that if someone committed this crime, they should be banned for life."

Chenglong's smile froze immediately. Chen Kaige snorted coldly, suddenly stood up and said, "Mr. Ren, I have something else to do. Excuse me! Hong, let's go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Kaige left the table first.

Chen Hong looked embarrassed, but did not leave with Chen Kaige.

Instead, she apologized and explained to Li Chen and his wife: "Li Chen, Yifei, I'm sorry, Lao Chen has this temper."

Li Chen smiled and didn't take it seriously at all.

Just thinking of Chen Hong's laughter heard at the door just now, I guess everyone felt that today was a sure thing, after all, the higher-ups had already given the nod.

Li Chen couldn't possibly go against his superiors.

No wonder Chen Hong could sit down and chat happily with Cheng Long.

"Li Chen, can you please give me, Chenglong, and Mr. Ren some face?"

Ren Zhonglun and Cheng Long also looked at Li Chen, and Cheng Long felt mixed emotions.

The combination of these three people can probably handle anyone they meet in the circle.

But when he met the current Li Chen, Cheng Long was unsure at this moment.

Li Chen looked at the lights of the Bund outside the window, then turned to look at Chen Hong and said with a smile: "Sister Hong, I remember what Director Chen said when he was filming Farewell My Concubine: Drama is more important than life."

Chen Hong was shocked and his face looked extremely ugly.

"Is it worth ruining the show for such a dirty thing now?"

The temperature in the room dropped to freezing point, and even Ren Zhonglun's face looked unusually ugly.

Liu Yifei couldn't eat anymore, so she looked up and smiled at Chen Hong: "Sister Hong, your necklace is so beautiful."

Li Chen wanted to laugh, but felt it was inappropriate.

Liu Yifei and he had a tacit understanding and she could tell what her husband was thinking just by looking at his expression.

"Marrying a troublemaker like you will shorten my life by ten years!" Liu Yifei thought to herself.

Liu Yifei looked at Cheng Long again: "Brother, when you were interviewing me, you said that this thing destroyed so many families. Every time I see it, I want to cry."

Chenglong's hand trembled and a few drops of wine fell on his hand.

Li Chen and his wife had said everything they needed to say, so there was no need to sit down any longer.

Therefore, Li Chen stood up with his full wife and said goodbye to the three people.

When they reached the elevator, Ren Zhonglun chased out and said, "Li Chen, we don't have any other requests. Can we make it a trending search on Weibo?"

Li Chen pressed the elevator button: "Mr. Ren, bad artists are like malignant tumors. The sooner they are removed, the longer the industry will survive."

"I will not take the initiative to interfere with the operation of Weibo, and Cao Guowei will not agree to it. I can only promise you that Rong Chen will not take the initiative to intervene in this matter."

Ren Zhonglun heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Li Chen always kept his word, and if he said he would not take the initiative, then there should be something fishy about it.

It's much easier for others.

"Thank you, Li Chen!" Ren Zhonglun said hurriedly as the elevator door was about to close.

Li Chen sighed: "This thank you really makes me feel ashamed."

The elevator door closed completely. Ren Zhonglun's face was filled with embarrassment. He was a Shanghai Film Group boss, and when had he ever been so humble to beg others for mercy?

After returning to the box, Ren Zhonglun saw that Chenglong and Chen Hong both looked anxious, and he nodded slightly.

Chen Hong felt relieved and said with a smile: "In the end, it is still Mr. Ren who has to take action."

Ren Zhonglun sighed, "I have used up my face this time, and the friendship I had with Li Chen is almost gone."

"Sorry, Mr. Ren, Chen Hong." Cheng Long didn't know what else to say except sorry.

Li Chen and his wife left Yonghehui, and Liu Yifei felt relieved only after getting in the car.

She almost vomited after eating so much at the dinner.

This is probably what is called acting in one way in front of people and another way behind their backs.

When it comes to one's loved ones and interests, who can really sacrifice one's own relatives for the sake of justice?

"You just promised Mr. Ren that you wouldn't intervene. What does that mean?" Liu Yifei turned her head to look at her husband. She didn't believe that her husband would show mercy.

The last time my eldest brother pleaded for mercy, he asked Siwei to issue a statement on the official Weibo account the next day.

Could it be that this time, just because of Sister Hong's last sentence "for the sake of these three people" her husband would change his principles?

She doesn't believe it!
"I mean, Rong Chen won't interfere, but I don't know whether the producers and fans of Tiny Times and the producers of Monster Hunt will have any objections."

"If someone forces me to express my opinion, I can't just slap myself in the face."

Liu Yifei seemed to understand, but she also seemed not to fully understand what her husband said.

But obviously, the husband will not remain indifferent to this.

After a while, Liu Yifei finally figured it out. She looked at her husband and said, "You are so bad!"

"Women don't love men who are not bad. If I were a nice-to-have, you probably wouldn't fall in love with me and I wouldn't be able to marry you. At least I can't get past the hurdle of being a mother-in-law who treats me as a scourge." Li Chen said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)