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

Chapter 187 Vanity Fair Party Incident (4K -in-)

After the award ceremony, the legendary Vanity Fair Party took place. The name was very appropriate, as it was indeed a Vanity Fair.

As a Chinese who went on stage to receive awards twice tonight, Chen Linfeng was conspicuous enough.

At the party, many celebrities came forward to make their acquaintance. Some of them even did their homework and knew that he didn't drink, so they came over directly with a glass of juice drink.

There are so many people with quirks in Hollywood, and not drinking is nothing to mention here.

Considering that he makes a living with his brain, it is natural for him not to drink alcohol, so everyone took the initiative to think of an explanation for him.

Chen Linfeng got to know some people one after another, and then when he was picking up his food, he happened to meet Li An.

"Director Li An, I haven't congratulated you yet today. You deserve the title of Best Director."

Li An shook his head with a complicated expression. It was really hard to say what the harvest would be tonight. If he hadn't had such high hopes before, it wouldn't have been like this.

He stopped thinking about his own affairs and mentioned the other party's performance tonight.

"Two Oscars, one for director and one for screenwriter. Director Chen, you are the big winner tonight."

"I think there's no need for us to flatter each other. It's weird."

"Haha, yes."

In this occasion, almost everyone was trying to find ways to cooperate, and Li An habitually talked about his next project.

"I am planning to adapt Ms. Zhang Ailing's Lust, Caution into a movie. Are you interested in working with me?"

"Oh? How come?" Chen Linfeng pretended to be interested.

He felt a little annoyed. In his previous life, he only read some brief plot introductions of this movie. Knowing that his values ​​were not in line with the film, he didn't watch it at all.

Because I felt aversion to it, I haven't read the original novel yet.

"It depends on you. You can join in as an actor, or you can help with the creation of the adapted script. How about that?"

Chen Linfeng couldn't refuse directly, "I wonder how Director Li wants to adapt it?"

Li An briefly talked about his ideas.

In fact, this story is not complicated. A group of patriotic young people want to assassinate the traitor "Mr. Yi" by seduction.

As a result, the heroine who was sent out inexplicably fell in love with Mr. Yi, and gave him hints before the assassination, allowing him to escape successfully.

Finally, Mr. Yi sent people to kill all these people.

What a bullshit story.

After hearing the end, Chen Linfeng couldn't help but ask, "Why did you choose this story?"

“Don’t you think that the role these women played and the price they paid in wars and revolutions are worth writing about?

The confusion and struggle that women have about their own identities and emotions are very fascinating. This female perspective is missing in most works nowadays.”

Chen Linfeng sneered and said bluntly, "But I really don't like this story. Women also have their own ideas about their country and family. They shouldn't be like those creatures in Lust, Caution who can fall in love with a traitor."

He had read many heroic deeds during the Anti-Japanese War, including many female heroes. Knowing these, listening to this story only made him feel sick.

Li An was somewhat surprised and didn't know why the other party would react like this.
"Artistic expression should abandon these details and explore human nature itself. Women also have desires and a pursuit of freedom and life. We should not ignore these emotions."

"But the humanity and emotions of non-human creatures are not worth exploring. Otherwise, you could try to explore the humanity of the art student in World War II, dig into his struggles and thoughts, and see if the European and American film and television circles can accept it."

Chen Linfeng’s point of view is very clear. It has been like this since his previous life, and it is still the same now. Be a good person first and then do things, first the country and then the world, the order cannot be reversed.

He is already qualified to express some of his own ideas, or at least he can disagree with other people's views.

Li An felt angry when he saw that his explanation didn't make sense. In this day and age, how could there still be such backward and narrow-minded ideas?

But after all, the other party is Chen Linfeng. If it were someone else, he would have walked away long ago. A big director is praised everywhere.

There is no other way but to ease up.
"It seems that our philosophies are quite different and we can't work together anymore."

Chen Linfeng agreed with this and gave in a little, "I am young and energetic, Director Li, please bear with me."

The conversation seemed to have started, but the harmonious atmosphere between the two of them at the beginning no longer existed at all, and for a while, they were both silent.

Just when things were a little awkward, Zhang Ziyi came over to try to get close to them. These two directors are very popular nowadays, and she wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to get the upper hand.

"Director Li and Director Chen, congratulations on winning the Oscar."

The two had just had an argument and were in no mood to exchange pleasantries, so they just nodded.

Zhang Ziyi immediately realized that the atmosphere was not right. She felt that she had the face to ease the situation, so she asked with a smile, "What were the two directors talking about just now? They were so serious."

Chen Linfeng calmed down and said, "We are talking about Director Li's new movie, which involves the theme of anti-Japanese war. Some things make people feel heavy when they think about them."

"I said, on such a happy day, don't think about the hard times."

Zhang Ziyi's eyes lit up. This was the new work of the new Oscar-winning best director. It was so good.

She asked Li An casually, "Director Li, what is the content of this movie? Is there a role suitable for me?"

There was no trace of the unhappiness on Li An's face. He smiled and gave a brief description of the plot, focusing on the situation of the heroine.

Zhang Ziyi suddenly understood why these two people looked strange just now.

It would be strange if the atmosphere was good. What kind of person is Director Chen? Anyone who has seen his previous works knows that he is a typical leftist.

This movie, it's a bit...

Zhang Ziyi stopped talking about the role she had just requested and started to change the subject.

Not to mention the values ​​of this movie, she just couldn't accept the fact that the heroine had many nude scenes. She had long passed the stage of risking her life.

Li An also knew that it was unlikely that Zhang Ziyi would agree, but why not give it a try? It wouldn't take much effort, and maybe he could get a famous actress to agree, which would be a lot of money.

Now that the goal has not been achieved, it doesn’t matter.

Several people talked about other things tacitly.

Before leaving, the three exchanged contact information with each other.

Chen Linfeng memorized a lot of new mobile phone numbers tonight and also distributed his own number.

He decided to go back and change to a private account, and treat this account as another public account, and give it to Xiao Chang to ask her to help keep it.

Chen Linfeng left before the party was over. It was quite fresh when he first came, but he felt very bored after a while.

Vanity Fair is Vanity Fair. That's all there is to it. What makes people intoxicated is not the decadence and extravagance inside, but the fame, power, money and desire.

Chen Linfeng took a walk in the world of fame and fortune and felt like he was being bombarded with sugar-coated bullets. If he was going to eat the sugar coating, he might feel very happy, but he didn't mean to do so.

After walking out of here, Luo Lin was waiting outside in the car.

After Chen Linfeng got in the car, he held it in for a long time before saying, "Boss, congratulations."

Chen Linfeng was surprised that this taciturn guy would actually speak on his own initiative. He was just about to reply to him when the phone rang.

He answered and said, "Good evening, Sissi."

"It's still morning here," Liu Qianqian replied reflexively, and then said happily,

"You actually won two Oscars, that's amazing, they're praising you on TV, listen."

The microphone on Chen Linfeng's side carried the sound of the TV, which seemed to be talking about the significance of his winning the award to China's film and television industry.

"For me, it's over as long as I get the award. There's no need to listen to other people's praises." "I know you're not easily impressed by praise or criticism, but I want to hear it." Liu Qianqian's crisp voice came.

"When are you coming back? I'm almost done with the promotions here, so I can go back to the crew."

"About two or three days."

Luo Lin's car came quickly and steadily, and before we knew it, we had arrived at the hotel.

Chen Linfeng continued chatting while lying on the bed.

However, since I started preparing for the award ceremony early today and was a little excited in the middle, I was very tired at this time and fell asleep without knowing when.

Liu Qianqian talked for a while, and suddenly the person on the other end fell silent, and a faint breathing sound was heard.

She also lay down on the bed carefully, listening to the sounds around her ears, and her heart suddenly calmed down.

"Good night, Xiaofeng."

……

The next day, Chen Linfeng was awakened by a knock on the door.

He looked out the window and found that it was already daybreak.

I got out of bed and opened the door, it was Sister Mei.

She looked a little anxious, but she forced herself to remain calm when she saw Chen Linfeng. She only started asking after she entered the room.

"Xiao Feng, did you have a conflict with Li An at the party after the Oscars yesterday?"

Chen Linfeng was about to go wash up when he heard this and said in surprise, "No, why do you say that?"

No, there is still some friction?
Sister Mei became impatient again. She threw down a stack of newspapers.
"Some Emily Ken media reported that you had an argument with Li An at the Vanity Fair party, and that you parted unhappily afterwards, and that there were photos taken.

Right now is the time when the country is paying the most attention to this place, and also the news about you two. News spreads very quickly, and now the domestic media has also started reporting on this matter."

Chen Linfeng first comforted Sister Mei, "Don't worry, let me take a look first."

Sure enough, the newspaper clearly captured a photo of the two people arguing last night. In the photo, Chen Linfeng and Li An both looked unhappy and their faces looked a little serious, and they really looked like they were arguing.

The key is reporting.

The first half of the report was just speculation, suspecting that the two people were not getting along, and then the interview with Li An was added at the end, which should have happened after Chen Linfeng left.

Li An said that the two had some disagreements in their ideas, but later they put them aside and stopped discussing them.

In fact, Li An’s original words went on to say that the two of them quickly resolved the misunderstanding and had a very pleasant conversation afterwards.

But obviously, it was cut off.

The report then began with analysis based on the photos and Li An’s interview.

The quarrel between these two people was probably because Chen snatched the Best Adapted Screenplay Award from Li An. Li An used his status as a senior to suppress Chen, but Chen was dissatisfied, which led to the conflict.

Li An's statement has proved that the two people were indeed unhappy, and he did not give the specific reason, which was an intentional avoidance.

The truth of the matter is most likely as stated above.

Finally, I would like to expand my thinking and point out that the gap in status between the older and younger generations in East Asia is huge, which suppresses human nature. I think our great country is more free and democratic.

As expected of someone who studied journalism, he is simply the teacher of those people in the country in later generations. His editing level is obviously much higher than theirs.

If Chen Linfeng had not experienced it personally, he would have thought that what was reported was true.

He put the newspaper down and explained what happened yesterday.

"You see, it's just a disagreement on some ideas. What Li An said in the interview is true. It's just that the media is making unwarranted speculations and distorting the facts."

Sister Mei was still a little worried. "The key is that the news has spread in the media. There are many reports in China. Your father even called to ask about it."

Huh? Why didn't he fight me?

Chen Linfeng took out his cell phone and found that it had run out of battery. He connected the charging cable, turned on the phone and saw that the last call record yesterday was more than an hour old.

I fell asleep while I was on the phone, and Xixi also fell asleep? What is this girl doing?
Forget it, let’s continue talking about public opinion.

“What is the prevailing attitude in the country right now?”

"Most official media outlets didn't make any statement. They just published news about the two of you winning the award, and the focus was on you."

At this point, Mei was a little excited. "The domestic news also mentioned your winning the award. Sister Ping was so happy."

My hometown is still awesome.

Chen Linfeng nodded to show that he knew, and then asked, "What about the film and television entertainment media and online public opinion?"

"The media said all kinds of things about this matter. Some said you should respect your seniors, while others said Li An shouldn't use his senior status to suppress his juniors.

There are more arguments online, and there are more opinions.”

"So overall, it's not one-sided?"

"Of course, we are not completely without foundation, so how can we be one-sided?"

Chen Linfeng had already figured out the situation and waved his hand nonchalantly.

"That's fine. It will be over after a while. If you're worried, you can contact Li An. We can just issue a joint statement. It's not a big deal."

In the past, when the People's Republic of China took the lead and a large number of official media criticized him, that was a scary scene. Now it's child's play.

Chen Linfeng pointed to his phone and said, "I remember there is Li An's phone number in there. You can try to contact him."

Then he went into the bathroom to wash up and put the matter aside.

Sister Mei is not as careless as Chen Linfeng. Even if there is no problem in public opinion, those in the circle who take advantage of others might cause some trouble.

She opened Chen Linfeng's cell phone, ready to write down the number and contact him later.

In fact, she was right.

Some people in the domestic film and television circles are considering whether to take sides and speak out.

As a new Oscar-winning director, Li An can almost be regarded as the number one Chinese director.

The most anxious people were from the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles. Someone in the circle named Huang called Zhou Runfa.

"Brother Fa, Director Li An and that guy surnamed Chen are not getting along. Should we stand up and talk to Director Li? This kid actually dared to disrespect the elders in the industry. It's totally unjust."

Chow Yun-fat was currently filming for "Curse of the Golden Flower" at the time. He and Zhang Weiping were recently unhappy about their treatment.

I felt even more upset when I heard what the other party said.

Zhou Runfa tried hard to suppress his emotions, "You are talking about Director Chen, right? Now that Director Li has spoken, you want to step on him. Don't you think you can afford to offend him?"

The other party said disdainfully, "It's just a little brat who just came of age. It's no big deal if he steps on him."

Zhou Runfa let out a long sigh and asked expressionlessly, "Ah Sheng, have you seen the mainland newspaper today?"

Actor Huang replied, "I've seen it, and many people are talking about this. Doesn't this just prove that if we speak out, we can instantly attract attention?"

How can there be such a stupid person!
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