I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 210: Zhang Yimou's calamity! The fuse of the two Zhangs' breakup!
6pm, Shanghai International Airport.

"dad!"

Chen Jin, wearing a baseball cap, walked out of the airport and saw Chen Xianqi, who had been waiting there for a long time with his cell phone in his hand.

Chen Xianqi quickly put his cell phone in his pocket and went forward to help Chen Jin with the luggage.

"Okay, I'll do it myself!"

It's obvious that my dad's attitude towards me has changed 180 degrees!
"I told you I can just take a taxi back!"

Chen Jin and Chen Xianqi walked towards the parking lot.

"Come on, what if the taxi driver recognizes me?"

Chen Xianqi looked around as if he was checking something.

"If he recognizes me, then he can't just send me home?"

Chen Jin smiled and said.

Chen Xianqi curled his lips, and after confirming that no one recognized Chen Jin, he said, "It's hard to say. You're very famous now!"

"What if he takes you home and asks you to sing him a poem like "沁园春·雪"? That's also possible!"

Chen Jin: “…”

My father's train of thought is amazing.

Chen Xianqi glanced at his son and always felt that every time he came back, the boy became a little strange.

This time he has become obviously more stable and looks like he is 19 years old, but he is much more mature than when he did not take the art exam half a year ago.

"You seem to be thinner than last time!"

Chen Xianqi found his little Buick, started the car, and glanced at Chen Jin who was sitting in the passenger seat.

“Well, the role requires it!”

Whether it is "The Founding of a Party", "Life Events", or "The Flowers of War", the body shape needs to be maintained.

boom!
The car drove out and Chen Jin took out his phone to look at the comments on Weibo.

There are currently no hot searches on Sina and Tencent Weibo. The only indicator of the popularity of the entire network is the Baidu Index.

The news about his makeup for "The Founding of a Party" has been exposed online, and netizens have been discussing heatedly about the makeup photos he posted on Weibo at noon.

The program he performed on yesterday’s Spring Festival Gala is now ranked first on the Baidu Index.

The makeup photos also made it into the top ten.

"What's going on? After seeing the photo of Chen Jin's character, I'm now looking forward to "The Founding of a Party"!"

"They look very similar. Without the photo, I wouldn't have recognized him at all!"

"Haha, I felt before that he wasn't a good actor, but now it seems like the public opinion on the internet has changed a bit!"

"Chen Jin is fine. I think if she acts like she did in the show, she might be okay in The Founding of a Party!"

"After all, there are so many big stars here!"

"Will you buy a ticket to show your support then?"

"..."

I randomly flipped through a few news reports, and they were all discussing movies and characters.

Chen Jin gave people a sense of déjà vu of a serf who had been liberated and was now singing. Netizens were quite realistic. Many people had indeed criticized him before. Even after winning the Best Newcomer Award at the Venice Film Festival, many people still criticized him from time to time.

Now, not to mention his Weibo posts, many of the comments in the news are quite positive.

Although there are still some haters, they are obviously much fewer, and there are more loyal fans.

The number of real fans has increased to 28.

I just can't see the difference between men and women.

Chen Jin feels that if 90% of the fans before were real female fans, today it seems that there are quite a lot more male fans.

It can be seen that this program of his Spring Festival Gala was indeed liked by a large number of netizens.

Especially his fans.

Sina Weibo gained more than 2 followers in the morning, and Tencent Weibo's growth was even faster, almost reaching 100 million followers; the group of these Weibo users tends to be younger. After all, the main active user group of QQ is mostly students and young people.

On the contrary, Sina is used by many social elites.

"Xiao Jin, do you want to live in the house that Evergrande gave you before?"

Chen Xianqi was driving when he suddenly thought of the issue he had discussed with Su Wanyu last night.

"Don't stop!"

Chen Jin answered very straightforwardly. Chen Xianqi couldn't help but ask, "So you want to live in that rental house forever?"

"No, I should buy a house that is ready to move in this year!"

After receiving the box office share of Love Is Not Blind, the first thing Chen Jin had to deal with was the office and residence; the studio's rental house had actually been exposed a long time ago, and Chen Jin had seen paparazzi taking pictures there several times.

At least security can be guaranteed in a good community.

"Houses in the capital are not cheap now!"

Chen Xianqi saw it some time ago and said: "But your income should be good. I saw your toothpaste advertisement on TV, hahahaha!"

"good!"

Chen Xianqi and Su Wanyu didn’t know that it was his investment in “Love Is Not Blind”.

"I saw on the news that celebrities earn a lot of money, from endorsements and commercial performances. How much have you made this year?"

"Did the studio give you dividends at the end of the year? I heard from your mom that the contract was changed?"

The father and son were just chatting late at night, and Chen Xianqi was obviously very interested in Chen Jin's income.

"Yes, it was split in half before, but now I get 7%!"

After thinking about it, Chen Jin decided not to hide it from his parents. They would know it one day, and they would need time to accept it.

"How much did you take?"

"About 500 million after tax!"

"How many?!"

Chen Xianqi almost slammed on the brakes, obviously frightened by the number: "Five million?"

"Well, your son earns very little!"

"If I really want to make money, I should be able to take on some commercial performances, advertisements, etc."

These days there are a lot of artists performing everywhere.

Before the salary cap was issued, the entertainment industry's annual revenue was setting new highs; with all kinds of shady contracts, the pay for a TV series or movie could easily be tens of millions, and endorsements would also start at tens of millions.

"Your dad can never earn that much in my lifetime!"

"You haven't been here all year?"

Chen Xianqi shook his head. No wonder all the kids want to be stars these days. It really is a quick way to make money.

He studies medicine and asks his child to take the exam. He will be struck by lightning.

It's nothing like this circle, where people are encouraged to learn skills, but people are jealous of them!
"Dad, actually... these are nothing!"

Chen Jin considered it for a while, and finally said: "I'll tell you when I get home. I'm afraid you'll be stimulated while driving!"

"What's the matter?"

"Let your father have an estimate in his mind!"

Chen Xianqi couldn't stand the shock. He still hasn't recovered from the 500 million he just lost.

“It’s also about income!”

"Let's go home. I'm worried about you driving!"

If Chen Xianqi were to be frightened to death, it's possible that the car would fly out.

After all, that is not a small number. It is a project worth more than 2 million yuan, and it is estimated that this is the amount that Lao Chen would spend after watching a movie.

"Row!"

"But your grandparents are here, and your mom is cooking at home. Wait until they go to bed today before you tell your mom about your income!"

"Ok!"

Chen Jin knows.

Don't show off your wealth. Don't tell anyone except your parents or even your grandparents.

Because the old man has several children, they may not have any bad intentions, but if this matter gets to the ears of uncles and aunts, it may be a different story; although Chen Jin's parents' brothers and sisters often visit each other, they don't have any snobbish relatives.

But after you suddenly become rich, the other party will have more or less some ideas.

You cannot test a person's humanity, even if he or she is a relative.

There are many examples of people turning against each other, and the only people Chen Jin can trust in his life are his parents.

For some, even their parents may not be able to believe it.

It was a rare time for the father and son to be alone together, so they chatted a lot. Chen Jin was looking at his phone and responding casually.

Suddenly, a Weibo message made Chen Jin stunned.

"Yeah~~Guess what drama I'm wearing this outfit from?"

Below is a photo of the actress wearing a charming cheongsam and making a scissors hand gesture.

Chen Jin was not surprised by the Weibo post, but the name of the person who posted it.

He Jun!

Of course Chen Jin could tell that this photo was an audition still for "The Flowers of War".

"It's finally here!"

Chen Jin clicked on He Jun's Weibo. He only had more than 1000 followers, but there were already hundreds of comments.

"The Flowers of War?"

"Zhang Yimou's new film?"

"Is this the new Mou Girl?"

"..."

Many netizens were asking this question, and the key point was that He Jun personally replied to a netizen who asked if it was "The Flowers of War": "Yes, it is!"
"She is indeed a Mou girl!"

"It's going to fire!"

"The leading actress in Jinling?"

"Niu Niu Niu!"

"The leading actress in Zhang Yimou's new film!"

Everyone asked questions very actively, not excluding entertainment reporters and editors from many portal websites.

The key point is that He Jun was quite excited while chatting.

"No wonder Zhang Yimou fired her..." She is really too eager to become famous.

This He Jun will be famous all over the Internet next year because she is the actress who exposed Zhang Yimou's extra births.

The fuse that caused all the problems started with this Weibo post.

This Weibo post was also the beginning of the breakup between the two Zhangs.

Chen Jin wasn't quite sure what happened exactly. He just saw the headlines about this actress in a future movie autobiography. She had this name and was a graduate of Beijing Film Academy and a classmate of Yang Mi.

"It should be this Weibo post that made Zhang Yimou very angry, and he kicked her out of the crew of Jinling; the actress held a grudge and exposed Zhang Yimou?"

Chen Jin guessed that was the case.

But, it's a bit illogical.

Because the report was made in March of next year, Chen Jin would not have remembered this time wrongly, as will be written in the future autobiographical film.

That means there was more than a year in between.

If it were a normal person who was kicked out by the crew, it would definitely be exposed the next day.

Revenge never takes overnight!

The time span of more than one year is indeed very long.

"Or, she was kicked out and held a grudge, so she kept looking for dirt on Lao Mouzi, and it took her more than a year to find it?"

This logic does make sense.

But why did the two break up again?
Chen Jin looked at this Weibo post. The number of comments was increasing. If nothing unexpected happened, it would be known to the whole internet by evening.

At present, the media is trying every means to know the answers to the questions about the actresses who starred in "The Flowers of War" and the actors who played Hollywood superstars.

The main thing is that "The Hawthorn Tree" proves that Zhang Yimou still has the ability to make actors famous!
Although Chen Jin has his own strengths, the media certainly would not think so. They would only think that he became completely famous thanks to Zhang Yimou's "The Hawthorn Tree".

There is certainly nothing wrong with saying this.

Therefore, the media wanted to know the male and female protagonists of "Jinling" so as to seize the first-hand resources.

I didn’t expect that there would be actors who exposed themselves on Weibo?

The media must be even more excited.

But Chen Jin knew very well that He Jun was not the leading actress at all, and the leading actress Ni Ni lived across the street from her.

This is just one of the remaining twelve beauties.

She was in her 30s and finally got such a role. She probably wanted to be famous so much that she took the risk. Mainly, the second female lead Jiang Jiarui in "The Hawthorn Tree" also exposed herself, but nothing happened to her, didn't she?
Zhang Yimou never fired her, so He Jun wanted to do the same thing.

Jiang Jiarui took the initiative to tell the media. At that time, Weibo was not very popular. Now He Jun can attract a wave of fans with the help of Weibo. This is indeed a careful calculation.

"Sister Pu Lun, do you know Mr. He?"

Chen Jin was messaging Pu Lun. After all, he was the boss of the studio now. He had recently signed several actresses for the drama "Jinling". He had heard about this from Pu Lun, but he didn't know whether He Jun had signed any.

So Chen Jin had to ask.

It seems that this matter has nothing to do with him now, but it affects the entire body, so Chen Jin must find out the truth.

There is nothing wrong with the breakup between Zhang Weiping and Zhang Mouzi, and this is what Chen Jin hopes to see.

But you can't get yourself splashed, otherwise it will not be worth it.

Chen Jin had to make a strategy after careful planning to see if he could get out of this incident unscathed.

The coming year will definitely be the most turbulent time for Zhang Yimou Studio.

Moreover, the public opinion on the entire network showed that Zhang Weiping spent a lot of money to discredit Zhang Yimou, and the artists and staff of the entire studio were subjected to online violence for a whole year!
This time, Chen Jin definitely doesn't want to encounter this kind of thing himself.

"Yes, he's the artist our studio just signed. What's up?"

Pu Lun sent the message very quickly.

Chen Jin directly sent a screenshot of He Jun's Weibo to her QQ: "Is this the person?"

Buzz!
The next second, Pu Lun called directly.

"what's the situation?"

Pu Lun was also confused now. After seeing the screenshot of Chen Jin's Weibo, he confirmed it several times before he dared to believe that it was posted by the artist he had just signed.

“I just saw it on Weibo!”

"Is this woman crazy? How dare she?"

Pu Lun's emotions suddenly rose.

It's the New Year, especially the first day of the Lunar New Year. Anyone who encounters such a thing will be very unhappy.

Not swearing loudly is a sign of good character.

"I'll tell Director Zhang about this right away!"

Pu Lun hung up the phone. Chen Xianqi turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, it's just something at the studio!"

Chen Jin smiled and clicked on Weibo to read He Jun's comment, but found that the whole network had already fermented.

Many netizens are discussing this matter.

Because it was not just He Jun, several actresses also posted photos of their roles in "Jinling".

Among them was Fu Lulu, whom Chen Jin knew.

There are also several actresses with some fame, such as Li Xinru who played the fairy Chang'e in "The Legend of the White Snake"... and Jiang Jing who starred in Zhang Yimou's "Eight Minutes at the Olympics".

"Sister Lu is also one of the Thirteen Hairpins?"

This matter suddenly became a little confusing.

Because according to Chen Jin's understanding of how Lulu dealt with her, she was not such a stupid person!

There must be something in this that Chen Jin doesn't know.

"Zhang Weiping?"

Chen Jin narrowed his eyes, thought about it, and still felt that he should call Fu Lulu to ask.

"Wow, this is so rare, the most popular person on the Internet right now, Chen Jin, called me?"

Fu Lulu said jokingly on the other end of the phone.

Chen Jin smiled and said, "Sister Lu, Happy New Year!"

"Come on, what's the matter?"

Fu Lulu still doesn’t understand Chen Jin?
"Look at you, I called you specially to say Happy New Year!"

"You can't call anyone else, but I will definitely call Sister Lu!"

"Ha ha!"

Fu Lulu was obviously very happy to hear this: "Then I wish my dear brother a happy new year. I hope he will achieve even greater success next year and become a hot topic on the Internet!"

"Then take me flying!"

"it is good!"

Chen Jin sighed, apparently understanding some of Fu Lulu's thoughts.

Actually, think about it, how can a graduate of the acting department be willing to be a casting director? Actresses are so popular these days.

He who is close to the water gets the moon first. Fu Lulu is not bad looking, and with such a good resource as Zhang Yimou, she would definitely want to give it a try.

There are so many casting directors and assistant directors in Zhang Yimou's studio that there are a total of 8 people including assistants on "Jinling".

No matter how Fu Lulu tries, it will be difficult for her to make a breakthrough.

It would be better to become an actor, maybe there will be a chance.

Chen Jin's rapid rise to fame probably had a certain impact on her.

"Sister Lu, did someone ask you to post that Weibo?"

Chen Jin chatted for a while and suddenly asked.

Fu Lulu immediately gritted her teeth and said, "I knew you had something to do with me!"

"No, no, I just happened to see it on Weibo, so I called you to express my condolences!"

"Boss Zhang asked me to post this. The promotion of movies now is different from before. In the past, it had to be kept secret. He said that Director Zhang's way is outdated. Now we need hype and publicity. The more popular it is, the better!"

"Then why don't you tell Director Zhang?"

As a studio worker, shouldn't you inform Zhang Yimou about this matter?

"The promotion of the film is the responsibility of New Picture. We all have a unified Weibo account. I just finished it on New Picture this afternoon. Do you think I can leave the company if I don't post it?"

"Then you'd better call Director Zhang!"

"Yes, Director Zhang said he knows!"

Fu Lulu sighed: "In fact, you don't know that Director Zhang and Mr. Zhang have been at odds recently, and their ideas are becoming increasingly incompatible!"

"I guess Mr. Zhang deliberately made this Weibo post for Director Zhang to see!"

"However, I think Mr. Zhang is right. Look, your role in The Founding of a Party has been revealed a long time ago, and now the whole internet is discussing it. It will definitely boost the box office of the movie!"

"Ok!"

What else could Chen Jin say?

Fu Lulu was simply used as a tool by others, no wonder she is not popular as an actress. If this actress can become popular, she must rely on her brains.

Zhang Yimou's publicity and promotion concept is actually not bad. If it is exposed before the movie is released, it will attract enough traffic.

It just depends on how it works.

Creating enough hype in the early stages and then exposing it suddenly is also a kind of expectation.

All I can say is that Fu Lulu also wants to become famous.

I was bewitched by this and didn't think much about it at all.

"I wonder what Lao Mouzi's current situation is like?"

Chen Jin felt that Zhang Yimou now had a sense of isolation and helplessness, and it seemed that the countdown to the breakup between the two Zhangs had begun.

"I just don't know if Lao Zhang can bring him into the company now that he has fallen out with Zhang Weiping!"

Chen Jin is still "eager to recruit talents" from Zhang Yimou, but Zhang Yimou may not be able to lose face by cooperating with him.

If this really works, Chen Jin will definitely whip him from behind with a whip and ask him to make more art films for himself so that he can win some awards from the three major awards and increase his fame and achievements.

Zhang Yimou is the perfect person for this award-boosting business!
On the contrary, he is not good at commercial films at all.

"The Great Wall" completely ruined his career in making commercial films in Hollywood.

He is suitable for award-winning films.

"It's time to prepare early..."

Chen Jin was thinking about it and could only wait for Pu Lun's call.

(End of this chapter)