Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 163 Cherish each other
Huang Xiaoming arrived early, and as soon as he arrived, he gave Chen Linfeng a big hug.

"I haven't seen you for a while. I missed you so much."

"I heard that Brother Xiao Ming was selected into the Forbes celebrity list. Congratulations."

"Hey, this doesn't matter in front of you. You're already one of the top three contestants."

Although this list is called the Celebrity List, it is arranged according to the stars' income, with Yao Ming leading with a figure of 1.5 million.

As a writer with annual novel sales of around 1000 million, Chen Linfeng’s royalty income is 1.3 to million, plus the script adaptation fees ( million US dollars for the robot WALL-E), etc., the total is about million, ranking second.

These two people are far ahead, followed by Zhang Ziyi in third place with 3500 million.

There are definitely many inaccuracies in this list, as it only counts income data that is easily known to the public.

In fact, Chen Linfeng made more money through investment operations, but this money was not disclosed and Forbes was not aware of it.

Since Huang Xiaoming joined the crew of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" last year, he has been in frequent contact with Chen Linfeng, and occasionally asks him to get together when he is in Yanjing.

The two chatted for a while, and other stars arrived one after another.

I had met Chen Kun once before in "The Story of a Noble Family", so they had some social connections, so he also joined in the chat.

He has been focusing on movies in recent years. It’s hard to say whether his performance is good or bad at the moment, but looking at Chen Kun himself, he should be quite satisfied with it.

Soon, more and more people gathered around to chat.

As the official media of the film industry, the Sixth Princess was allowed to enter the school for interviews. Looking at the scene of a group of actors and stars surrounding Chen Linfeng, she suddenly had an idea and took a picture.

These people didn't stay around for long.

Because Zhang Yimou got it.

Zhang Yimou came alone, and although he was not good-looking, everyone's attention was still focused on him.

Wang Rui hurried forward to greet him, "Brother, you are here."

"Well, let's take a look."

Lao Mouzi's qualifications are much higher than his, and his achievements are far different from his, so Wang Rui treats him with great care.

After a while, Tian Dazhuang, who was chatting with a few directors in the distance, saw this and walked over to chat with Zhang Yimou.

This person has equal qualifications, and they are classmates of the same grade.

"I thought you wouldn't come."

"I've heard of this Xiao Chen's name and wanted to meet him."

Tian Dazhuang was surprised and said, "Not really. It's because you, Old Zhang, are talking that people rush to get to know you."

Zhang Yimou shook his head. "That's not true. Writer Chen is doing well in Hollywood. His scripts are very popular. The Big Six are all trying to win them over."

Tian Dazhuang really had no idea about this. Due to the ban on directing, he hadn't touched the director's baton for many years and really didn't know much about this information.

The actors who had been surrounding Chen Linfeng greeted him, then walked over to Zhang Yimou and Tian Dazhuang to join in the fun, leaving Huang Xiaoming alone standing there.

"Why don't you go over there?"

Huang Xiaoming smiled and said, "I was having a good chat with my junior. Why should I go over there? There's already a group of people gathered over there."

Chen Linfeng sighed at this person's emotional intelligence and said, "People like to join in the fun, let's go and take a look."

Zhang Yimou saw Chen Linfeng and Huang Xiaoming coming over and nodded at them.

Then he took the initiative to say, "Writer Chen, nice to meet you. I am Zhang Yimou."

Chen Linfeng shook hands with the other party and said, "Director Zhang, you're too polite. We all know you." Zhang Yimou didn't say much, mainly because he didn't know how to deal with such a great writer who was still a minor.

He had a few awkward words with Chen Linfeng and then went into the screening room.

Chen Kaige arrived the latest, and he was somewhat consistent with the rumors. He had the pride and arrogance of a scholar and didn't pay much attention to others.

As soon as he saw him, Chen Linfeng recalled the feat of reciting poetry when he was running for the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Only a bit of a literary youth could do such a thing.

Chen Kaige's attitude towards Chen Linfeng is completely different from that of others, even too good.

Perhaps it was because Chen Linfeng's identity as a writer was exactly what he wanted.

Chen Kaige talked about Chen Linfeng's recent book "She" as if he was alone, praising the book for being extremely well-written and wanting to obtain the rights to adapt it into a film.

The people around were silent for a moment. Was this witnessing the collaboration between a great director and a great writer?
Chen Linfeng laughed. "Regarding 'Her', I have big ambitions. I want to wait a few years to see if the phenomena predicted in the book will turn out as I expected. Sorry, I won't change the book now."

Chen Kaige was not angry, but nodded in agreement, "You have to be cautious. I am waiting to see how true the plot in your book is. But let me make it clear that if you want to adapt the book into a movie in the future, don't forget me."

"Of course." Chen Linfeng nodded seriously.

The stars around him looked a little stunned. Is this still Director Chen?
After Chen Kaige arrived, there were basically no people left, and everyone went into the exhibition hall together to prepare for the event.

The exhibition hall was already bustling with people. The students had not expected that so many big directors and stars would come.

These alumni consciously sat in the front rows according to their respective status.

Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Dazhuang and several school leaders naturally sat in the center of the row.

As the person who prepared the work, Chen Linfeng sat with other students as usual.

The classmates all saw outside how Chen Linfeng was sought after by those stars, and even several big directors could chat and laugh with him.

It's a completely different attitude from his daily life at school, which makes people wonder whether the person they usually see is the same person now.

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were standing next to each other. He asked Director Chen, "Are you here for Xiao Chen too?"

Chen Kaige couldn't say that he was here to take advantage of the popularity, so he nodded and said, "I like his recent works more, and I want to see if we can discuss the adaptation."

Zhang Yimou was surprised and asked, "What's the result?"

"It didn't work out. Writer Xiao Chen still has some artistic persistence. He wants to wait for a few years. He must have some confidence in his work."

Zhang Yimou knows that the reputation of classic literary works often lags behind the time of release by several years or even decades. It seems that this little Chen is very confident.

"That's normal. There are so many companies in Hollywood that want to adapt his works but are unable to do so."

Director Chen gave him a dissatisfied look. What do you mean by putting me together with those companies full of money? Xiao Chen and I appreciate each other. How can we be the same concept?

We are even relatives. Really, after all these years, we are still rough guys without any manners of scholars.

Zhang Yimou didn't know what the other person was thinking, so he changed the subject, "The movie 'The Promise' you filmed recently has been quite popular, and Han Shanping is quite supportive of you."

Speaking of this, Chen Kaige was somewhat proud, "That's right, this work is the first oriental fantasy blockbuster in China, and it contains all my thoughts over the years. After it is released, you can watch it and give your comments."

It couldn't be worse than "Hero", he thought.

No, that's not right. It should be far beyond "Hero".

Chen Kaige was very competitive with this famous director who was as famous as herself, and always wanted to surpass him.

Zhang Yimou nodded.

At this time, the show started and the two stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)