Entering the Chinese entertainment industry is like entering a deep sea

Chapter 794 Giving the Dog King a Bone

Capturing the Golden Lion was an unexpected surprise.

By granting Chen Kexin's request, it could be considered a form of repayment for his allegiance to me.

Rongchen can now be considered part of the Three Lions.

He, Zhang Yimou, and Chen Kexin all have Golden Lions in hand.

Wuzhen seemed eager to announce to the whole world that her husband was now a Golden Lion-winning director.

Hong Kong's only Golden Lion-winning director.

Back then, she and Chen Hong were compared; both of their husbands were famous directors and both had the surname Chen.

But Chen Kaige has a Palme d'Or in hand, so both the media and she herself feel inferior.

Wuzhen is now practically worshipping Li Chen, offering incense to him every day!

"Honey, you have such good taste!"

"Didn't you object when I wanted to join Rong Chen?" As soon as I got back to the hotel, Wu Junru made a video call.

"Women have long hair but short brains, I'll listen to you from now on! Director Li is even more amazing than the White Dragon King! Hehehe!"

Even if Li Chen spat on her face right now, Wujunru would be able to let the spit dry on her own.

The film "Perhaps Love" was highly anticipated by the Hong Kong film industry, but like "The Promise", it failed miserably.

Now that La La Land is dominating Water City, can we look forward to the Oscar that we've dreamed of countless times?
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News of the huge success of "La La Land" quickly spread back to China.

Even in the early hours of the morning, the news still went viral and became a trending topic worldwide.

China Film Report
"La La Land wins double gold medal at Venice! Liu Yifei sheds tears on the podium, Li Chen's 'best bad guy' love confession goes viral worldwide."

"A Night in History: Chinese-language Cinema Reaches New Heights."

"Last night, the 72nd Venice Film Festival came to a close. The musical romance film 'La La Land,' produced by Rongchen Pictures, won the Golden Lion for Best Film, and actress Liu Yifei won the Best Actress award for her groundbreaking performance."

"This is the first time a Chinese-language film has achieved the feat of winning both the highest award and the best performance award since Li Chen's 'Pieta' swept the Golden Lion Award and Best Actress (Maggie Cheung) in 2007. Director Chen Kexin also became the first Golden Lion Award winner in Hong Kong film history."

"When jury president Alfonso Cuarón announced that La La Land had won the Golden Lion, the entire audience erupted in applause that lasted for eight minutes. Director Peter Chan expressed his emotions on the podium."

"This trophy belongs to every fool who believes in dreams, just like Yifei in the movie, just like me ten years ago when I brought 'Perhaps Love' to Venice but no one paid any attention to me."

"Thanks to Director Li and his wife for making me believe that musicals can also make people cry until their eyes are blurry!"

The hashtag #TheBestBadGuy# topped the Weibo trending list in the early hours of the morning.

The number of views of videos related to Douyin has exceeded 3 million.

Netizens have been trying to decipher the deeper meaning behind it.

"Women love bad boys, but Leonardo DiCaprio, who is probably adored by countless women, only loves Michelle Reis."

"Leonardo DiCaprio has probably lost all conscience in order to get Michelle Reis crowned! But why do I fucking think it's the right thing to do!"

"What's more touching than 'I love you' is 'I'll only be mean to you'!"

"I've always thought of Director Li as a good person! Now I understand, because I'm a real man!"

Starting with Johnnie To, Hong Kong filmmakers have been congratulating Chen Kexin one by one, either through Weibo or the media.

The following day, the mainland's "News Broadcast" devoted 1 minute and 12 seconds to reporting on "La La Land," praising it for demonstrating cultural confidence!

That night, La La Land created too many legends.

Rongchen Films became the only film giant to have produced two Golden Lion films.

Liu Yifei has officially risen from "Fairy" to Best Actress at one of Europe's three major film festivals.

The next morning, the actress slowly woke up, still sleepy, only to find that her husband had woken up later than her for the first time.

Liu Yifei's face flushed as she recalled her frenzy from the previous night.

Liu Yifei lay down next to Li Chen, gently tapped the tip of his nose with her fingertip, and whispered, "You always boasted about your physical strength, now you know how powerful I am!"

Liu Yifei thought her husband, who was breathing evenly, was fast asleep, but little did she know that Li Chen had also woken up.

"understood!"

"Ha, you were pretending to be asleep!" Liu Yifei was extremely embarrassed. Her husband had overheard her whispering.

Li Chen smiled, pulled his wife into his arms, and kissed her forehead deeply.

The two lingered in bed for a while before getting up.

The crew returned to Beijing today, and will then return to China to prepare for the week-long theatrical release during the National Day holiday.

Barbara and Macol personally saw everyone off as they boarded the plane.

“Lee, my friend is no worse than Markel, is he?” Barbara started babbling again.

Li Chen glanced at the smiling Macol and said, "Barbara, when you step down, I will bring two more golden lions to witness your departure."

Barbara laughed and hugged Li Chen and the others goodbye, saying, "Have a safe journey, my Chinese friends."

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When Li Chen's private jet landed at Beijing Airport, the media and Liu Yifei's fans waiting at the airport had already caused traffic congestion near the airport road.

This forced traffic police to increase manpower to maintain order.

If Liu Yifei wins the Best Actress award and is nominated for an Oscar, she will almost certainly be on par with Gong Li, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Ziyi.

In terms of box office, Liu Yifei has already firmly surpassed the other three.

However, in terms of awards on the big screen, it is still far from reaching that level.

Gong Li also won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award at the age of 27.

Although Zhang Ziyi doesn't have the honors of the three major awards, she is still a Grand Slam winner of the three gold medals, on par with Zhou Xun in China.

In addition, her legendary face on the big screen makes her a rare gem among actresses in the domestic film industry.

Following Liu Yifei's crowning as Best Actress, leading actresses such as Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun, and Fan Bingbing congratulated her on Weibo.

What they were thinking, however, remains unknown.

"You should still notify your fans through your fan club not to gather at the airport, and that a media and fan meeting will be held tomorrow."

Liu Yifei nodded; her husband's suggestion was very reasonable.

If an accident occurs, things won't be so pleasant.

With the National Day holiday approaching, Andy Lau is also starting to put in the effort, revealing the difficulties of filming "Saving Mr. Wu".

Zhou Xingchi also visited Sina's live broadcast room to promote "The Mermaid" for the Spring Festival. When asked when "Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" would start filming, Zhou Xingchi did not keep them in suspense this time and told Sina netizens that the start date was set after the National Day holiday.

Compared to these two films, "Wolf Warrior," produced by Rong Chen and directed by Wu Jing, also put in a tremendous amount of effort.

They have been making continuous efforts on platforms such as Douyin, Weibo, Youku, and Tencent.

In particular, the exciting clip of Ni Dahong's villainous boss facing gunfire with a cigar in hand has attracted considerable attention.

This makes Wu Jing even more eager for the National Day film season.

"When Director Li first chose the National Day holiday, I wondered if it was a bad idea, but now it seems that Director Li was a genius who guided us!"

Lying in bed, Wu Jing and his wife Xie Nan sighed.

Given the fierce competition during the summer movie season, films with box office earnings of billions or even two billion yuan are springing up like crops doused in manure. If "Wolf Warrior" had been released during the summer season as he suggested, it probably wouldn't even know how it died.

"Nonsense! Do you think Director Li is like you or ordinary folks like us? He probably already knows the release dates for all the films this year from Director La and Director Han!"

“I’ve heard Chairman Wang say before that Rong Chen’s films have never been picky about release dates, but why did he avoid the summer season this time, with only one animated film being released? Think about it, stop thinking about ‘Wolf Warrior’ all the time!”

Wu Jing seemed to have come to her senses.

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The following day, the cast and crew of "La La Land" held a media and fan meeting in Beijing.

But then something unexpected happened.

Cao Guowei from Sina called Li Chen.

"Calling so early? Is something wrong?" Li Chen, his wife, children, and mother-in-law were having breakfast; it was only a little past eight o'clock.

"I'm the CEO of Sina, and I'm practically your paparazzi!"

Li Chen laughed and said, "It seems this has something to do with me!"

"I guess so. Is Yifei here?" Cao Guowei asked again.

Li Chen frowned slightly, not looking at his wife, but stood up and walked to the living room sofa to sit down before speaking.

"What's the matter? Tell me."

"It's nothing serious! It's related to Yifei's godfather."

Li Chen's heart stirred; it was related to Chen Jinfei.

"The paparazzi caught this guy kissing a little girl, and even found out that the girl is a 11 student at your Beijing Film Academy, and was born in Wuhan, Hubei!"

Upon hearing this, Li Chen immediately knew who it was.

"Doesn't this person look a bit like my mother-in-law?"

Cao Guowei was both amused and exasperated: "What do you mean, what do you mean! It's that she looks a bit like Yifei."

"Let me tell you, if Sina hadn't bought out this news, it might already be trending online with headlines like 'Liu Yifei's godfather passionately kisses a lookalike of Liu Yifei'!"

Li Chen nodded: "I understand, thank you for your help this time."

"I have to talk to you now, I have something to do."

Cao Guowei held the phone that Li Chen had hung up on, and was also curious about how Li Chen would handle the matter.

It was completely accidental that Dog King's men ran into Chen Jingfei this time.

People went there because of Zhao Liying. Just after filming wrapped up for "The Journey of Flower," rumors started circulating about Zhao Liying and Wallace Huo.

As a result, they didn't catch the main culprit, but unexpectedly, one late night, they found Rong Chen's boss's godfather in a bar near Lido.

At first, Dog King's people thought they had mistaken Liu Yifei for someone else, since Liu Yifei was in Venice.

Upon closer inspection, it was clear that she was indeed Chen Jingfei.

It's just that the girl opposite looks like Liu Yifei.

The two gazed at each other affectionately while eating, and the paparazzi followed them to a residential area in Wangjing.

As soon as they got out of the car and entered the elevator, they kissed passionately before the elevator doors even closed.

Dog King deliberately sold it to Sina, knowing the relationship between Sina and Li Chen.

This way, they not only sold it for a high price, but also served as a reminder to Li Chen.

Dog King just didn't expect the other party to come knocking on his door so quickly.

Yang Siwei and Dog King met at a club in Beijing where Rongchen had a stake.

Upon meeting, the two exchanged a few pleasantries.

Yang Siwei immediately got to the point.

"Mr. Zhuo, let's not beat around the bush. The fact that you sold the information to Sina proves that you are a person who understands human relationships."

Zhuo Wei chuckled and said, "Mr. Yang, you're too kind. Miss Liu just won the Best Actress award, and I don't want to upset her at this time."

Yang Siwei scoffed at the words of this dog king. If he didn't want to cause trouble, he should just pretend he didn't see it. Why did he have to sell it to Sina?

Yang Siwei nodded and smiled, "My boss has always been clear about right and wrong. This kind of thing actually has nothing to do with Yifei. Even if it is exposed, it will not have much impact on Yifei."

"But if anyone offends Rong Chen because of this, then it's like lighting a lantern in the toilet!"

Yang Siwei spoke very firmly. This club had equipment for detecting recordings and listening in, so she wasn't afraid that Dog King might be carrying a recording pen or something.

Zhuo Wei smiled awkwardly, thinking to himself that Rong Chen's words were truly arrogant!
However, Rong Chen's faction is indeed difficult to deal with; Fengxing has hardly dug up any useful inside information.

"Mr. Yang is right."

Yang Siwei snorted inwardly and said, "My boss has always been very supportive of your studio and your work."

"President Zhuo, please don't be an ingrate!"

The word "ungrateful wretch" sent chills down Zhuo Wei's spine, and his pupils constricted sharply.

He can now be 100% certain that the information about Wen Zhang was provided by this person.

"Rong Chen's artists are all clean-living. How President Zhuo deals with artists with bad records is not Rong Chen's business. He may make a move when appropriate, but if they want to use Yi Fei's popularity to make a profit..."

"Hmph, the consequences are not something a single studio can bear. Mr. Zhuo should think twice before he acts."

Zhuo Wei didn't remember anything except Yang Siwei's words, "I will make a move when the time is right." He immediately replied tactfully, "Don't worry, Mr. Yang, I had no ill intentions in selling to Sina."

"I can guarantee that even if there is any more news about Chen Jingfei and this Yang Caiyu, Fengxing will not follow up."

Yang Siwei chuckled: "President Zhuo is a smart man. No wonder my boss said the entertainment industry can't do without someone like President Zhuo."

Zhuo Wei laughed heartily: "Hahaha, President Li is really too kind to me. If you ask me, the industry can't do without pillars like President Li!"

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Yang Siwei arrived late at the media and fan meeting for "La La Land".

"Boss, everything's taken care of."

Li Chen shook his head: "This guy is old in years but young at heart. My mother-in-law ignores him, so he goes and messes with young girls!"

"A thirty-year age gap, I don't know what these young girls are thinking?"

Yang Siwei, however, was unsurprised: "Boss, this is normal. Look at Xu Ke, he's old but young at heart!"

"That guy has plenty of money. No matter how young the girl is, she can't compete with money!"

Li Chen nodded: "You see things clearly. Don't tell Qianqian about this!"

"Don't worry, I would never dare to say these things to Xixi even if you killed me."

"What are you saying behind my back!" Liu Yifei's voice came from the doorway.

Yang Siwei turned around and saw Liu Yifei push the door open and enter. She had just followed the boss into the hotel lounge to report on her meeting with Dog King.

"I, as a Youku agent, am complaining to the boss that I'm just too busy. Could the boss's wife please be understanding? Look how thin I've become."

"Have you lost weight? I didn't notice!" Liu Yifei said without suspicion.

(End of this chapter)