Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 789 Spring Festival Gala Visit
Even losers can rise up, and Da Peng, a loser himself, staged such a comeback.

No one expected that a newcomer who graduated from Jilin University of Architecture would have his big-screen debut gross over 10 billion yuan in just two weeks.

The 10 billion yuan box office made Da Peng an overnight sensation, but also made Feng Xiaogang's position increasingly awkward.

Although neither Zhang Yimou nor Chen Kaige have a single film that grossed over 10 billion yuan.

But one of them is a national director and the other has the Palme d'Or to protect them, so the box office is just icing on the cake and doesn't affect the fundamentals.

However, Feng Xiaogang's status in the domestic film industry is almost entirely determined by box office performance.

The media is afraid of running out of topics, and with Feng Xiaogang starring in "Mr. Six" again, some say that Feng Xiaogang has retired at the height of his career.

The box office king of yesteryear has long lost his magic in today's diverse and vibrant environment, so he has turned his attention to acting and is now aiming for the three Best Actor awards.

As a result, it was only shortlisted for the screening section.

This July is destined to be recorded in film history.

In addition to the Rongchen Group, the billion-dollar club has added three new members: an animated film and two comedy films.

Producer Chen Zhixi also became famous because of this.

Da Peng was quite modest during the interview, and he even mentioned Zhou Xingchi and Li Chen in the conversation.

"I'm grateful to Stephen Chow for his help with the script. I'm just a newcomer. Compared to the records set by Director Li, even though 'Jianbing Man' and 'Wanxiang Island' both have only three characters in their titles, the box office difference is a staggering 3 billion yuan."

As Venice approaches, the three high-end luxury brands that Liu Yifei endorses have sent her gowns, jewelry, and handbags, each prepared for her appearance in Venice.

Opening red carpet gowns, premiere gowns, and of course, the indispensable closing ceremony gowns.

Although no one can say for sure that "La La Land" will win an award, if it doesn't, Liu Yifei might not be seen on the closing red carpet.

But with the star-studded cast of La La Land, almost no media outlet would be pessimistic about its success!
The script was written by Leonardo DiCaprio himself.

The cinematographers were Chen Kexin and Du Kefeng, and the producer was Wang Jiawei; either of them is a regular at the Big Three cinemas.

To put it simply, unless the post-premiere rating for "La La Land" is ridiculously low...

Otherwise, if La La Land isn't given an award, not only will domestic media and netizens object.

Even the Venice organizing committee is in an awkward position.

This lineup represents the highest level of talent in Chinese filmmaking.

Don't you consider Chinese filmmakers as one of your own?

Then don't contradict yourself and hurt your own people.

Compared to "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" and "Jian Bing Man" both surpassing 10 billion yuan in box office revenue, "Your Name's" 5.8 million yuan in domestic box office revenue seems rather glaring.

However, the total box office of $1.9 million worldwide after two weeks of release indirectly confirms Rongchen Pictures' box office appeal in the global market.

This is the only one of its kind in China.

The countdown to the launch of Douyin's music short videos has sent shockwaves through the three major tech giants, Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent.

In particular, the promotional strategy of using Rongchen Group's celebrities to attract traffic was proposed at the press conference.

As for Zhang Yiming wanting WeChat to help with promotion, he asked Li Chen to help contact Tencent.

Li Chen, however, did not waste his time on such futile efforts.

"Zhang Yiming's idea is out of the ordinary, and you're just blindly joining in the commotion!"

"Don't you hold a lot of Tencent shares? Besides, they need the copyrights that Rong Chen has. Are you going to refuse them this much face? We're not asking them to help us for nothing!" Liu Yifei asked, puzzled.

Li Chen pinched his wife's cheek and laughed, "You, you're too naive. Since you're just paying, why doesn't Zhang Yiming contact Tencent directly?"

"Think about it all these years, have you ever seen Tencent's WeChat promote Kuaishou?"

Liu Yifei was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, she realized that it had never happened before.

Li Chen kissed her soft cheek: "Got it now? Not to mention that Tencent has Weishi, even Tencent Video includes short videos."

"If I were Pony Ma, I'd be being merciful by not suppressing your Douyin, and I'd even help you promote it!"

"Do you really think your husband is Doraemon, capable of anything?"

Liu Yifei blushed, seemingly feeling slighted by her husband. She puffed out her cheeks and retorted angrily, "You're not Doraemon! You're Nobita! Doraemon is omnipotent, you're not!"

Li Chen laughed heartily: "You've finally gained a clear understanding of your husband."

Liu Yifei sighed again: "But what if I promised Zhang Yiming?"

Li Chen said, "Don't worry unnecessarily. I guess he didn't tell me to my face, but went through his wife. He probably already had a premonition."

"It would be good if you could succeed, but he won't lose anything if he can't. You should just focus on acting. A celestial being should be flying in the sky. I like watching you fly in the sky."

Liu Yifei retorted irritably, "Fly my ass! You try flying one and I'll see!"

Li Chen chuckled and said, "I'm just a mortal. Having a fairy wife at home is enough for me. I can't fly, so I'll stay here and catch you. When you can't fly anymore, I'll carry you on my back and keep walking."

Liu Yifei felt sweet inside. Looking into her husband's eyes, which had remained unchanged for ten years, it seemed as if she had returned to the innocent and naive time when the two were dating.

Liu Yifei touched her husband's face, which had hardly changed in ten years, and smiled, "With such a sweet tongue, I won't dare let you out the door anymore!"

Li Chen was speechless at these words: "Do you think I'm your black girl?! I'll scratch you to death!"

Liu Yifei giggled as Li Chen tickled her: "Okay, okay, I misspoke!"

After playfully teasing each other for a while, they both became somewhat aroused and couldn't help but kiss.

Just then, Liu Xiaoli saw her daughter and son-in-law kissing in the living room, oblivious to everyone else. Her mother-in-law had just returned from playing outside with Xiao Wuxia.

She immediately picked up her grandson and tried to walk outside.

As a result, the little one immediately called out "Mom" when he saw his parents.

Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but rub her forehead, secretly blaming her daughter for becoming increasingly audacious.

Liu Yifei blushed crimson and was startled when she heard her son's voice.

She immediately glared at the husband of the person who started it all.

"Mom, why are you back so soon?"

Liu Xiaoli didn't know how to answer the question, so she just glared at her daughter and remained silent.

Li Chen, on the other hand, seemed completely unaffected, his expression unchanged, as if he wasn't the one who had just been intimate with Miss Liu.

"You little rascal, why do you call your parents 'Mom' first!" Li Chen picked up her son and started playing on the carpet, completely unaffected.

Liu Xiaoli glanced at her daughter, whose face was flushed, and said, "Come with me."

The mother and daughter went upstairs to the second floor and into the bedroom. Liu Xiaoli's expression suddenly brightened.

Liu Yifei thought her mother was going to scold her, but Liu Xiaoli just smiled and said, "You two aren't young anymore, and you're not newlyweds, so be careful!"

Seeing the smile on her mother's face, Liu Yifei patted her chest and laughed, "Mom, I thought you were going to scold me! Just now... just now I just couldn't help myself."

Liu Xiaoli held her daughter's hand and said, "Mom knows, Mom doesn't blame you. On the contrary, Mom is happy for you." "Happy for me?" Liu Yifei asked, puzzled.

Liu Xiaoli nodded: "Li Chen's status is getting higher and higher, and Mom is worried that he might do something reckless outside."

"But seeing all the little things he does for you, Mom realized that her worries might be unnecessary. My daughter is only 28, which is the best age for a woman. But you should still plan ahead and not be shy about taking care of yourself."

"Don't take your youth for granted and neglect taking care of your figure."

Liu Xiaoli was practically saying that men are all visual creatures.

However, Liu Yifei was very clever and naturally understood the meaning behind her mother's words.

The youngest artist in the company today, Zhang Ruonan, was born in 1996, making her nine years younger than her.

My mother's idea can't be called worrying unnecessarily; it's more like taking precautions.

“I know,” Liu Yifei said, drawing out the last syllable.

"However, I have known him for thirteen years. He is the person I trust the most besides you, and he has lived up to my trust."

"Mom, I have something to tell you, it's something he told me."

Liu Xiaoli slightly raised her eyes.

His daughter's eyes were filled with happiness and pride as she said to herself, "He said that if he hadn't met me back then, he might not have escaped the big director's tendency to get bored with the old and crave the new, and he might have several ex-wives by now."

Liu Xiaoli chuckled: "Li Chen's mouth will have you completely under his thumb for life."

Liu Yifei affectionately pulled Liu Xiaoli's arm and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Mom! Don't you know what kind of person your daughter is?"

"If he dares to try anything funny, we'll just get a divorce!"

Liu Xiaoli quickly and gently slapped her daughter's mouth: "Pah, pah, pah, what nonsense are you talking about! How can you joke about something like this?"

Having experienced two failed marriages, she certainly didn't want her daughter to follow in her footsteps.

Liu Yifei stuck out her little tongue and quickly slapped her own mouth three times to reassure her mother: "Don't worry, Mom, your daughter is confident enough. Even with Xiao Wuxia by my side, men who want to marry me will be lining up to break down our door!"

Liu Xiaoli shook her head, not wanting to discuss such a meaningless topic with her troublesome daughter any longer.

"When are you two planning to have a second child? I heard from Lao Chen that the higher-ups are preparing to fully liberalize the two-child policy!"

Liu Yifei blushed, feeling that her mother's thoughts were jumping around too fast!
She was just worried that Li Chen might be having affairs, but now he's urging her to have a second child.

"Mom! Let's leave these things to fate. At least we'll have to wait until next year when the two-child policy is officially implemented."

Li Chen had known about this policy for a long time and had even discussed it with her once.

Downstairs, Li Chen and his son were playing and sweating profusely, unaware that his mother-in-law had been acting the whole time.

Just as Liu Yifei came downstairs, the phone rang at home.

Liu Yifei answered the phone and was surprised to hear it was from CCTV's Director Nie.

This person, who had just been promoted from deputy director of the State Administration of Radio and Television to director of CCTV, was making a strong start.

"Did Nie Tai come to visit because of the Spring Festival Gala?" Liu Yifei asked her husband curiously after hanging up the phone.

Since they had just wanted to come and visit, Liu Yifei naturally couldn't refuse.

When asked if Li Chen was there, Liu Yifei didn't hide anything.

"You're probably right. Feng Xiaogang messed up the Spring Festival Gala for the Year of the Sheep. He's a veteran in the bureau. I'll just call Director Han and I'll find out."

Before Li Chen could make the call, Han Sanping called Li Chen first.

Did Lao Nie call you?

"It seems Director Han definitely knows the inside story. Did Nie Tai come to the scene because of the Spring Festival Gala?"

Han Sanping nodded and said, "Besides the Spring Festival Gala, what else is there? If you can support it, then support it. After all, you came from the bureau."

"I understand, Director Han."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei had already heard what Han Sanping said.

"What should we do? If Director Nie asks you to direct the Spring Festival Gala, will you agree?"

Li Chen chuckled and said, "I have neither a lack of fame nor a lack of profit, so why would I take on this hot potato?"

"The Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Horse is hard to replicate, and I don't have that much energy to spend on it."

Liu Yifei nodded: "When they come to our door, be polite in your speech. After all, Nie Tai and we used to be quite familiar with each other."

Li Chen nodded, "Don't worry: if all else fails, I'll sell you!"

"What do you mean?" The shrew was about to roar.

Li Chen laughed and said, "If you put on a show for next year's Spring Festival Gala, that will be our family's way of supporting Director Nie."

Liu Yifei was both amused and exasperated: "Is this how you treat your wife! If you won't go, make me go!"

Li Chen said matter-of-factly, "Who told you to be a big star? Otherwise, let's make a bet and see who netizens and fans would prefer to see on the Spring Festival Gala stage."

Liu Yifei retorted angrily, "I'm not betting with you! I don't care, I'm not going! If you want to go, you'll come with me!"

"Of course I'll go with you. I was always in the audience when you performed on the Spring Festival Gala."

About an hour later.

Nie Tai also brought several people with him when he visited. These people were all acquaintances, including the director of the Spring Festival Gala Express program and the director of the Spring Festival Gala program team.

After meeting, the group naturally exchanged pleasantries.

Li Chen had some fine tea served to the group.

After exchanging pleasantries, Li Chen took the initiative to speak: "Director Nie, Director Li, I have a rough idea of ​​why you and your colleagues have come to visit today. You want me to direct the Spring Festival Gala, right?"

Nie Tai glanced around and laughed loudly, "If you're willing, that would be best."

Li Chen was surprised by this and asked, "Didn't you all come here today to ask me to direct the Spring Festival Gala?"

Nie Tai laughed and said, "This is the best outcome, but we also know that you may not be able to separate Venice and the Oscars this year."

"So if you really can't find the time, we'll settle for second best and hope you can lead four or five programs. These will include song and dance performances and comedy sketches, which I know are your strengths."

Liu Yifei glanced at her husband and realized then that he understood.

Li Chen thought that this was not something he couldn't consider. This way, he wouldn't have to take responsibility, and he could also use his position for personal gain to give suitable artists under his management a chance to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Having decided to take on the task, Li Chen didn't put on airs and immediately said, "I can't refuse Director Nie and Director Li's personal visit. I'll take this job."

Director Li of the Spring Festival Gala program team clapped and laughed, "President Li, you're much more straightforward than Feng Xiaogang."

Nie Tai laughed heartily: "Li Chen is one of us after all. I knew I wouldn't come back empty-handed today. So, how about Yifei also goes on stage to contribute to the Spring Festival Gala? Is that alright, Yifei?"

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly and said, "Of course, no problem. Thank you, Director Nie, for giving me the opportunity to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage again."

(End of this chapter)