The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 321 A slap in front of the world
"Zhang Chen, welcome to Oscar!"

Just as Zhang Chen arrived at his seat, Zhang Ziyi from the "House of Flying Daggers" crew walked over quickly.

From the tone of her voice, it seemed as if Oscar was her own home.

"you are?"

Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at the actress in front of him who had become famous in the international film scene in the past two years.

"I" Zhang Ziyi had originally prepared words, but her train of thought was interrupted by Zhang Chen's "you are".

She never thought that she was already so famous internationally. She was also the most famous female star in China. Why did Zhang Chen ask her who she was?

But she quickly responded: "Oh, I'm Zhang Ziyi, you may not know me yet, I'm an actor in Director Zhang's movie House of Flying Daggers, I came here to say hello to you."

It’s not that Zhang Chen really didn’t know her, but he was obviously asking her what she wanted to do.

She was a bit too familiar, which probably made Zhang Chen feel a little disgusted.

Zhang Chen's mouth twitched slightly, revealing a smile: "So you are Zhang Ziyi, I have heard of your name for a long time."

"I don't deserve it." Zhang Ziyi leaned forward slightly and bowed. "I wish you can win the Oscar first. I won't bother you anymore."

After she finished speaking, she didn't show any reluctance to linger and turned around and walked towards Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Chen's eyes followed Zhang Ziyi's back and saw Zhang Yimou who had been sitting in his seat without moving.

Zhang Chen nodded slightly at him and also greeted Liu Dehua at the same time.

“He’s quite a smart guy to have reached his current position.” Zhang Chen retracted his gaze and sighed.

"Ah?" Liu Yifei asked curiously, "What happened just now?"

"You." Zhang Chen nodded Liu Yifei's forehead speechlessly, "If you knew more..."

Zhang Chen stopped talking halfway with his mouth open.

"Know more about something?" Liu Yifei tilted her head, becoming even more curious.

"Nothing." Zhang Chen rubbed his head.

It's okay to be a little stupid, it's your own fault anyway.

At worst he'll suffer a little loss, but he just needs to take responsibility.

Don't go out and harm others.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yifei muttered, but due to the occasion, she didn't ask any further questions.

Because she saw that a large number of people had already begun to flock here.

There is no need to guess, these people must be coming for Zhang Chen.

Liu Yifei dodged to the side and intercepted Emma who was also trying to come over: "Emma, let's go over there."

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm here to find Leon." Emma was holding Liu Yifei's arm, and her body involuntarily followed Liu Yifei to a place not far away.

"Leon, when can we start our next movie?" Chris started by asking about the project status of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire".

Warner has urged many times, but Zhang Chen has never given in, so they cannot shoot the film because Zhang Chen has absolute initiative over the film.

Even Rowling can only shoot according to Zhang Chen's rhythm.

However, Rowling doesn't care much about this.

In the past few years, she and Zhang Chen have always had a pleasant collaboration.

Whenever she had any ideas, or was dissatisfied with Warner during the filming process, she would find Zhang Chen and he would help her solve it.

It can be said that the reason why "Harry Potter" was able to be filmed so smoothly and basically according to Rowling's ideas was entirely due to the efforts of Zhang Chen, the holder of the novel adaptation rights and the film's financial sponsor.

This is also the main reason why Rowling agreed to let Liu Yifei, a non-British actress, star in "Harry Potter".

Anyway, Qiu Zhang's role is positioned as a Chinese, so it would be more appropriate to let an authentic Chinese person play it.

As for the previous persistence?
Every time Zhang Chen helped her get movie revenue from Warner that she would not have been able to get otherwise, this persistence was not worth mentioning.

In her eyes, without Zhang Chen's keen eye and unremitting publicity support, "Harry Potter" would not have become popular all over the world, nor would it have been noticed by Warner and made into a movie to be put on the big screen, allowing more fans around the world to fall in love with her novel.

Without Zhang Chen, she would not have been able to gain the upper hand in the game with Warner.

So in Rowling's eyes, Zhang Chen was like a rebirth for her.

"Chris, don't be anxious." Zhang Chen patted his shoulder. "You are now a director of some stature in the world. You should also know that a good movie needs sufficient preparation. Wasn't it because Warner Bros. urged me to rush the filming of Azkaban that the box office performance didn't even break $10 billion?"

There are many reasons why the movie Azkaban is unpopular, but that doesn't stop Zhang Chen from blaming Warner.

The main reason is that he wanted to wait until the "Morning Light Beyond Class" project began before launching "Harry Potter". Only by linking the two together can the attention on both sides be increased.

For "Harry Potter", the Chinese market, which can generate more than 2 million US dollars a year, can be regarded as a box office. If "Harry Potter" can be made more popular in China, the total box office of the next film can also be higher.

For "Morning Light Beyond Class", having a world-class IP as the gimmick of the program can immediately increase the attention it receives by several orders of magnitude.

The most important thing that connects these two things together is that they have the same boss behind them - Zhang Chen.

As for whether Warner will agree?
They have to agree even if they don’t agree, otherwise the next one won’t be shot.

Anyway, they would not lose any money. Since they could earn a lot of money and could even make more, Warner did not refuse too forcefully. After expressing his dissatisfaction for a few days, he reluctantly agreed to Zhang Chen's request.

While Zhang Chen was reminiscing with the "Harry Potter" crew, talking about ideas for future film shoots, and the timing of attending the "Morning Light Beyond Class", a person who was extremely familiar to everyone in the room came over.

“Leon, I’ve always wanted to meet you, but I haven’t even gotten a ticket to your concert. I never thought I’d run into you at the Oscars!”

Leonardo Dicaprio, nicknamed "Little Leo" by the Chinese, is a man who has had a love-hate relationship with the Oscars for many years.

At the same time, he is the male god in the hearts of countless girls in this world. It is precisely because of this that he has a passionate character who changes women like changing clothes.

"Leonardo." Zhang Chen stretched out his hand and shook the other person's hand. "I watched The Aviator. It seems that you have already won the Best Actor award this year?"

"Hahahaha, thank you Leon." Leonardo laughed happily when he heard Zhang Chen's evaluation. He felt that with the affirmation of Zhang Chen, a world-famous star, his chances of winning the Oscar for Best Actor had become greater.

The fact is that Zhang Chen simply used a social skill that Chinese people often use.

Although Zhang Chen was not sure whether, under his influence, Leonardo would be able to win the "Oscar for Best Actor" at the 88th Academy Awards, 11 years later, he knew clearly that it would definitely not be this year.

Because even without Zhang Chen's involvement, without the competition from "The Pursuit of Happyness", and without Zhang Chen spending a lot of money on this movie, the Best Actor would still be Jamie Foxx from "Soul", who would also be the third African-American actor in the history of the Academy Awards.

With Zhang Chen's involvement, the title of "the third African-American actor" may not necessarily fall on Jamie Foxx.

Will Smith is also of African descent.

Well, there’s no place for Leo anyway.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chen looked at the ambitious Leonardo with a little pity.

"Everyone, we should take our seats. It looks like the award ceremony is about to begin."

Zhang Chen glanced at the stage and saw that the host had already come out from backstage. He gave a timely reminder to the actors surrounding him.

"Leon, do you really think the Best Actor award will go to Leonardo?"

When Zhang Chen just sat down, Will Smith leaned over and asked in a low voice while the host was speaking the opening words.

"Don't worry, the Best Actor award will never go to Leonardo."

"Ah?" Will Smith was stunned. "Then you just said."

"So I say, Will, you need to learn more about our Chinese culture. Your cultivation is not up to par." Zhang Chen patted Will Smith's shoulder earnestly.

This guy has been obsessed with Chinese culture recently and said he wanted to make a movie related to Chinese culture to promote the relationship between him and his good brother.

Zhang Chen saw that he was studying very hard and didn't say anything.

It's always a good thing to have one more influential person in the world to promote Chinese culture.

"Oh, let's see who that is?" Zhang Chen and Will Smith finished whispering, and were about to whisper a few more words to Liu Yifei, wanting to ask her what she talked about with Emma, when the host on the stage suddenly pointed the "spearhead" at him, and at the same time the camera on the scene was directly put in his face, catching him off guard.

On the big screen at the scene, everyone saw Zheng Chen leaning towards the seat on the left, with his face close to Liu Yifei's ear, but his eyes were fixed on the camera lens.

It was exactly like being caught slacking off in class.

"Leon, our world pop superstar, what are you doing?" The host Chris Rock looked at Zhang Chen in the audience with a smile, "Are you trying to do something to the lady next to you in front of so many people?"

When Zhang Chen heard this, he turned around, sat up straight, and squinted his eyes at the black host on the stage.

As if he thought of something, he looked at Will Smith on the other side of him.

This person has been involved in many fields in the film and television industry. He has been an actor, a script writer, a director, and has also led a crew as a producer. He is also an excellent talk show actor and host.

But this guy seems to be the idiot who got slapped in the face by Will in public at the Oscars?
Zhang Chen recalled this guy's views on Asians, and couldn't help feeling a little disgusted with him.

So when he faced Chris Rock's big white teeth on the stage, he just smiled without any expression.

"I know that people in your country have to go out to work from a very young age. Could it be that the lady next to you is the one who has been with you since childhood?"

As Zhang Chen is the most watched person at today's Oscars, Chris Rock, as the host, naturally has to focus on talking about Zhang Chen today.

This kind of ridicule, which was very common at the Oscars, sounded extremely harsh to Zhang Chen's ears.

This also made Zhang Yimou and Liu Dehua on the other side frown.

This joke is over.

"hehe."

When people are extremely angry, they will really laugh.

Zhang Chen took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, then waved towards the stage, signaling Chris Rock to come over.

"Oh, our superstar seems to have something to say to me."

Chris Rock didn't realize there was anything wrong with what he said. When he saw Zhang Chen waving at him, he happily jumped off the stage with the microphone and came to Zhang Chen who was sitting in the middle of the first row.

Zhang Chen smiled and reached out to Chris Rock to take the microphone from him.

Just when everyone thought Zhang Chen was going to say something and were full of anticipation.

Zhang Chen unexpectedly handed the microphone he had just received to Liu Yifei, who was frowning.

then
Snapped!
Amid everyone's exclamations, Zhang Chen gave it to Chris directly.
A slap in the face!
The sound was so loud and powerful that Chris was slapped to the ground.

Stunned!

All the Hollywood bigwigs were there, including those watching the live broadcast on ABC.

Even Zhang Yimou, Liu Dehua, Zhang Ziyi, Liu Yifei and other Chinese people who also felt that what Chris said was a bit too much were stunned.

No one expected that Zhang Chen's counterattack would be so fierce and so unexpected.

Just three seconds after the slap, ABC directly sent a commercial break to the audience in front of the TV, and many people at the scene stood up.

Liu Yifei, who was sitting next to Zhang Chen, stood up and came to Zhang Chen. Also coming with her were Will Smith, Quentin and other main creators of "The Pursuit of Happyness" who wanted to "separate the two".

The crew of "Harry Potter" not far away was also on the way. The crew of "House of Flying Daggers" stood up and walked quickly here after hesitating for a moment. Even the crew of Pixar Animation's "The Incredibles" walked over here after hesitating for a moment.

Seeing these people in action, the crew of "The Aviator", who had met Zhang Chen once before, also walked quickly here under the leadership of Leonardo.

For a moment, because of Zhang Chen's action, many people at the scene rushed here.

They were afraid that Zhang Chen would do something extreme again, turning the award ceremony, which was already a major broadcast accident, into a diplomatic incident.

Zhang Chen looked around and took the microphone from Liu Yifei.

"Oscar, is this a place full of prejudice against Asians?"

　You can go and watch Will Smith's slap, it's really refreshing
　　
　
(End of this chapter)