Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 756 Then Go Ask That Flying Tiger
Amid the overwhelming negative reviews for "One Step Away", Chen Kaige's ex-wife stood up to support Jiang Wen.

It’s a pity, how many viewers know who she is?

The Lunar New Year box office is in full swing, and the two major dramas of the Spring Festival box office have also begun to gain momentum.

Originally, the Spring Festival schedule was about the battle of the Three Kingdoms, but the second male lead in "Monster Hunt" was promoted to the first male lead and the movie automatically withdrew from the Spring Festival schedule.

It became a battle between two heroes.

"Chinese Police 2" directed and acted by Cheng Long and "The Man from Macau 2" starring Wang Jing. Although Wang Jing is fat, he is not a fool.

Drawing a clear line between itself and the likes of Huang Gou at this time will naturally be beneficial to "The Man from Macau 2".

Li Chen had always had a good impression of Chenglong, but since he knew that "Railway" had passed the review.

Chenglong's impression on Li Chen plummeted.

Chenglong thought that the person who did this was not aware of it, but Li Chen had been running the business for so many years that this was not a secret at all.

Is it true that you can't survive without the film and television industry? Or will your quality of life decline?

With the money his father earns, even if he eats that stuff as a meal, it would be enough to last him for several lifetimes.

There are two Zhangs played by Rong Chen in "Chinese Police 2", one is Zhang Yi and the other is Zhang Yixing.

Before the two left Beijing with the crew, they were called to Yixin Media by Yang Siwei.

In the president's office of Yi Xin Media, Yang Siwei had a bright face, but what he said was like a bolt from the blue.

"Don't get too close to Chenglong."

"Ah?" Yang Siwei's first sentence stunned Zhang Yixing.

Although Zhang Yi was also shocked, he did not show it on his face like Zhang Yixing did.

Yang Siwei ignored Zhang Yixing and continued to laugh: "Regarding the matter of the third part, if the media asks about it, no matter what Chenglong says, you two will only have one standard answer: I don't know!"

Zhang Yixing glanced at Zhang Yi, who was calm and composed, and nodded subconsciously.

Seeing that Zhang Yi didn't ask why, Zhang Yixing also held back.

After the two of them left Yixin Media, Zhang Yixing couldn't help but ask, "Brother Yi, what's going on? What happened?"

Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "I don't know. Since Mr. Yang didn't say it clearly, we just do as he says."

Zhang Yixing hurriedly asked: "But that's Chenglong, could it be because of the 'house' thing?"

Zhang Yi chuckled: "What's wrong with the city dragon? In our place, even if you are a dragon you have to coil up!"

Zhang Yixing also laughed: "Brother Yi, your speaking style now is a bit like the boss's."

Zhang Yi touched his head and laughed: "Really? I think so too."

Yang Siwei waited for Zhang Yixing and Zhang Yi to leave, then went to the bureau again to hand in the script of "Vientiane Island 2".

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On the 18th, "One Step Away" was released nationwide. Li Chen kept his promise and booked three screenings for the crew to watch it together.

However, when the crew of "La La Land" finished a day's filming, the Internet was already in an uproar about the opinions of "One Step Away".

Liu Yifei couldn't wait to have a look.

The couple did not follow the crowd, but went to the New World.

On the way there, Liu Yifei kept reading the latest film reviews.

The two men were wearing masks and hats. Before entering the cinema and while waiting for the elevator, they heard several middle-aged men who had just walked out of the elevator complaining.

"It's terrible. What kind of movie is this? I came to watch a movie, not a play!"

"Jiang Wen, this egomaniac, has become self-inflated again. I don't know what he is until the end."

"That's right! There's no plot, no visual effects! It's unnecessary to make it in 3D. It's not even a way to cheat people out of money!"

Li Chen and Liu Yifei looked at each other, and the two followed the passers-by into the elevator. Li Chen smiled in Liu Yifei's ear and said, "Do you still want to see it?"

Liu Yifei nodded silently. Nonsense! After hearing this, she wanted to watch it even more.

They entered the theater, found a corner and sat down, and the movie started after a while.

In fact, in Li Chen's opinion, this play had a fatal flaw at the very beginning.

All the story development is carried out through the dialogue between two people. It starts with the monologues of Ma Zouri and Wu Qi, and then the beauty pageant becomes a hosting competition between Ma Zouri and Xiang Feitian.

Even if you and Ge You are talking a lot on the stage, ordinary audiences have no interest in watching you two. It would be better to watch the Northeast Errenzhuan, at least there are laughs one after another.

The beauty contest of "One Step Away" is all about "legs".
Li Chen became confused after reading less than half of it.

Liu Yifei was concentrating fully on her work when she suddenly felt her shoulders sink and saw that her husband had fallen asleep.

Miss Liu was so angry that she shook her shoulders, and Li Chen finally came to his senses.

"It's over," Li Chen said in a daze. He turned his head to look at his wife, who was still staring straight ahead intently.

Miss Liu ignored Li Chen until they left the cinema and got in the car. Then Miss Liu took off her mask and said unhappily, "Aren't you afraid that Director Jiang will call you and ask you about your thoughts after watching the movie? You actually fell asleep. I admire you."

Li Chen laughed: "Don't worry, a glimpse of the whole picture can reveal the whole picture. After watching for twenty minutes, I knew that Jiang Wen had messed up again this time."

"After One Step Away, apart from Ying Huang, I'm afraid Jiang Wen can only recruit newcomers."

Liu Yifei found it funny: "What do you mean by falling into a pit? How can you describe it like that? Does Director Jiang's movie still need investment?"

"That's not necessarily true. From Dongping to Huayi, everyone who cooperated with Jiang Wen turned the first time into the last time. Only Ying Huang was stubborn. I think he should learn his lesson this time."

Li Chen's guess was correct. Boss Yang of Ying Huang was so anxiously waiting for the first day's box office to be released that he didn't get a good rest that night.

Investing in Jiang Wen’s movies is like a big gamble. If you win, you’ll gain fame and fortune, but if you lose, you’ll suffer heavy losses.

The next morning, Boss Yang felt disappointed when he saw the first day's box office revenue of 8850 million.

I also have a big question mark in my mind as to whether "One Step Away" can make back 10 billion yuan.

"Jiang Wen really needs to take it easy on his next film. He really thinks I, Old Yang, am a philanthropist!"

The next day, Xu Laoguai and Yu Dong brought the crew of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" to Shanghai. Xu Laoguai and Yu Dong felt relaxed.

Compared to the critically acclaimed "One Step Away", "The Taking of Tiger Mountain by Strategy" received surprisingly many positive reviews at its preview screenings in Beijing and Hong Kong.

The fat on Yu Dong's face was shaking, and he seemed to have gotten over the predicament of his wife tearing him apart a while ago.

At least "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" has made a good start. During the Spring Festival, Bernard also has another movie "The Man from Macau 2". It is estimated that after the New Year, the 2000 million yuan paid to the ex-wife will be able to make back the investment.

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Just two days after the script of "Vientiane Island 2" was sent to the bureau, several producers learned the news one after another. "Li Chen, how come we didn't receive any news about the filing of "Vientiane Island 2" in advance?" La Peikang of the China Film pushed his glasses, with a hint of suppressed dissatisfaction in his tone.

If Han Sanping hadn't told him, he, the current head of China Film Group, would not have known that the script of "Vientiane Island 2" had been submitted for review.

After Han Saping hung up the phone, La Peikang called Ren Zhonglun immediately, and Ren Zhonglun was even more shocked.

"Boss La, we don't need too many producers for Vientiane Island 2 this time. Rongchen is enough. Rongchen doesn't owe you anything. From the tone of Boss La, it seems that China Film didn't know that submitting the script for review was against the rules!"

In the riverside villa, Li Chen's tone was not pleasant, and Liu Yifei sat aside and no longer had the heart to surf the Internet.

She only just found out now that the script of "Vientiane Island 2" had been submitted for review.

Liu Yifei looked at Li Chen with confusion.

After La Peikang heard what Li Chen said, he suddenly felt that he was too nervous and laughed: "Hahaha, what are you talking about, Li Chen, I was in a hurry!"

"China Film didn't invest much in The Great Wall, and is waiting for your Vientiane Island 2 to be approved. I can't control other companies, but China Film and your Rongchen have always been as close as family. You can't become estranged from me just because Director Han got promoted!"

Li Chen thought that this sounded more comfortable.

"Boss La, let's talk business. The substitute players who want to pay a premium to participate in "Vientiane Island 2" are almost trampling on Rongchen's threshold."

"I won't hide it from you. Penguin, iQiyi, and Alibaba have contacted me more than once."

La Peikang was not surprised. With the domestic box office of 40 billion, who wouldn't be jealous?

"I know, I know, but our relationship is not like theirs."

"Mr. La, this time I only plan to choose one between China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group!" Li Chen interrupted La Peikang's chattering.

"What!" After these words were spoken, not only La Peikang was stunned, but even Liu Yifei beside him looked at her husband in confusion.

"Boss La, the script has just been submitted for review. It's too early to talk about this now. Let's talk about it after I return to Beijing."

"As far as my personal feelings are concerned, I am naturally closer to our China Film Group." Before hanging up the phone, Li Chen added one more sentence, which left La Peikang confused.

La Peikang really wanted to ask Han Saping what was going on. Given his personal relationship with Li Chen, he must know what had happened.

But Han Saping was his leader, so he could only answer questions and had no right to ask any.

Li Chen had just hung up the phone with La Peikang when Ren Zhonglun called.

Before Liu Yifei had the chance to ask her what was wrong with her man, Ren Zhonglun got there first.

"Li Chen, I just heard that "Vientiane Island 2" has been submitted for review, why haven't I heard you mention it before. Are you trying to kick us out of Shanghai Film Group? Hahaha." Ren Zhonglun smiled brightly, but he was muttering in his heart.

Li Chen glanced at his wife and saw that she looked worried. He shook his head and smiled slightly, signaling her not to worry.

"Director Ren, business cooperation is a two-way choice."

"Choose? So you really want to kick Shanghai Film Group out? But everyone worked well together in the first film? Why are you doing this? Is it just because of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain"? "

Li Chen was silent for a few seconds before he said, "Mr. Ren, if you don't want others to know, then you better not do it yourself. If you must ask the reason, then go ask the Flying Tiger on the railway."

Ren Zhonglun's face suddenly turned pale and his heart suddenly tightened.

Li Chen knew that the script of "Railroad Tigers" had been approved, and he even knew about the Dragon Brothers and Tiger Brothers. It seemed that it was most likely Han Sanping who gave him the inside scoop, or it could be someone else.

For someone of Li Chen's status, it is not surprising that many of the people he knows are of higher rank than him.

Ren Zhonglun was speechless, but Li Chen hung up the phone directly.

The movie "Railroad Tigers" captured Cheng Long, but lost Li Chen, and Ren Zhonglun was completely panicked.

He called Li Chen again, but the other party didn't answer his call.

Ren Zhonglun called again, but the other party still didn't answer!

Seeing that her husband had been refusing to answer the phone calls from the director of Shanghai Film Academy, Liu Yifei hurriedly asked, "What happened? Why didn't you tell me anything?"

Li Chen said with a smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? It's not a big deal."

"Did you just tell Director Ren to ask what the Flying Tiger on the railway meant?" Liu Yifei frowned.

Before going to the dinner that made her vomit that day, she heard her husband mention "Railroad Tigers", which was a gift from her eldest brother and Yaolai in order to recruit Mr. Ren as a lobbyist.

But hearing her husband's tone today, it seemed that there was some inside story that she didn't know, otherwise her husband would not have directly removed Shanghai Film Group from "Vientiane Island 2" because of this incident.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you, look how anxious you are, someone has revealed to me who the second male lead of this drama is."

"Who is it?" Liu Yifei asked.

Li Chen laughed and said, "Have you seen Dragon Brothers? In this play, the son calls his father "big brother", how ironic!"

"My son calls me brother, right...right?" Liu Yifei was startled.

Li Chen nodded slightly, and Liu Yifei was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth: "How dare they?"

"Why should I be afraid? I just want to learn from 'The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain' and fish in troubled waters."

"First, teach Ren Zhonglun a lesson, and let him know that it's not that Rong Chen has to make them appear in the film, but that they can't appear in the film without Rong Chen!"

Liu Yifei suddenly realized that her husband and Mr. La from China Film Group had just agreed to choose one from the two companies, but in fact, she had probably already decided on China Film Group.

The person who revealed the cast of "Railroad Tigers" to my husband was either Mr. Han or my husband's connection in the bureau.

Liu Yifei let out a light breath. She had been quite nervous, but now she relaxed.

She was just worried and confused. In fact, with Rong Chen's situation today, no one can do anything to her husband, even if Zhongying and Shanghaiying are not involved.

Private enterprises like Berna, Huayi, and Guangxian have delicious food, but who would bring everyone along to play like my husband does?

Do you really think that a tiger is just Hello Kitty if it doesn’t show its power?

Ren Zhonglun did not sleep all night, and the next day he took the initiative to come to the "La La Land" crew to find Li Chen.

As a result, Chen Kexin and Wong Kar-wai saw that the head of Shanghai Film Group was staggering when he left.

"What happened? Did you see that? Mr. Ren's face looked frighteningly ugly, but Li Chen looked fine." Chen Kexin wore a pair of glasses and his eyesight was better than anyone else's.

Wang Jiawei nodded slightly: "I saw it, I want to know too, why don't you go ask Li Chen!"

When Ren Zhonglun left, he didn't even say goodbye to the two of them. This was so abnormal.

Ren Zhonglun returned to Shanghai Film Studio absentmindedly and immediately summoned Luo Yi, the vice president of Shanghai Film Studio and his confidant.

"What do you think we should do now? Li Chen is too overbearing!" Ren Zhonglun's brows were wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.

"Railroad Tigers" has no turning back and has already obtained the filming permit.

"Director Ren, this isn't a difficult problem to solve. We can just replace his son."

(End of this chapter)