Chapter 112: Bowing down for five buckets of rice
The competition among the five films in last year's Lunar New Year holiday has come to an end.

"Painted Skin" undoubtedly ranks first on the list with its far-leading box office and good reputation.

Although the box office of "A Lone Journey" which was released today was only 2900 million, it was still higher than the 1800 million of "A Moment of Love".

However, "A Chinese Odyssey" still managed to earn 4900 million in the Lunar New Year period, which was crowded with box office competition, which really gave people in Hong Kong a pleasant surprise.

But the most surprising thing is definitely today's dark horse "Lost in Thailand".

Fresh out of the first day box office.

The label on Xu Zheng’s head has already marked him as a member of the billion-dollar club.

Orange Sky, Huayi Film Group, Shanghai Film Group, and Guangguang Film Group all extended olive branches to Xu Zheng.

Since Xu Zheng couldn’t get through to Tao Hong on the phone, he called her.

Tao Hong had just hung up the phone with Wang Zhonglei from Huayi and let out a long breath, feeling a mixture of happy annoyance.

Xu Zheng sat in the living room, leaning back on the sofa, silently thinking about what to do in the future.

Chengtian wanted to sign him and offered the most generous terms.

But there is absolutely no need for me to sign with any company now.

As long as you start a company, people who want to invest will definitely come to you.

If you really want to sign a contract with someone else, believe me, go find Director Li. Director Li will definitely give you generous treatment and welcome you to join.

But Director Li did not mention the gentleman's agreement between the two of them. It seemed that Director Li had foreseen that he would go it alone sooner or later.

The phone rang again. Xu Zheng saw that it was an unfamiliar number and hung up.

After a while, Tao Hong's phone lit up again.

The number was still the same. Xu Zheng sneered, "You pick it up."

Tao Hong sat down next to her husband and answered the phone.

The other party stated his name and purpose, and Tao Hong declined on behalf of her husband.

Another company that invited me to dinner, and it was from a relatively unknown company.

The other party didn't care and made another request, wanting Xu Zheng to shoot a MV for their company's artists.

Xu Zheng heard it clearly from the side.

Although the woman's voice on the phone was pleasant, what she said was quite insulting.

Shooting a music video, are you crazy?
Tao Hong refused on behalf of her husband without hesitation.

The other party was still not surprised.

But the price that was offered afterwards made Tao Hong unable to refuse, and even Xu Zheng was a little shaken.

People say that one would not bow down for a few pieces of rice, but what about fifty or five hundred pieces of rice?
hang up the phone.

Tao Hong asked in confusion: "What is the origin of this Xingguang Canlan?"

Xu Zheng frowned. "It seems that it was founded only last year. I heard that the founder's surname is Lu. The company doesn't seem to have any outstanding works yet."

"So, should we meet tomorrow?"

When the woman on the phone saw that Tao Hong didn't rush to refuse after hearing the price of shooting the MV, she made another invitation.

Their boss will host a banquet for Xu Zheng and his wife at the Beijing Hotel tomorrow.

"Let's go and take a look first." Xu Zheng also wanted to see who this brilliant boss Lu was.

Of course, the most important reason is that the price offered by the other party is really hard to refuse.

It doesn’t take long to shoot an MV, it can be done in a day or two.

The MV of Hong Kong singer Wang Lihong that went viral on the Internet a while ago.

I heard that Sony spent a huge amount of money to build it, but the so-called huge amount of money was only a few hundred thousand yuan.

Of course, for a MV, it is indeed a huge amount of money.

The price that this woman offered today can only be described as extremely huge.

A hero is not judged by his origin. Gu Changwei was able to rely on his wife to support him for several years, so what does this mean to him?

Xu Zheng immediately searched the Internet for information about Xingguang, but found very little.

Xu Zheng became more concerned about Mr. Lu.

The woman who received Tao Hong's reply immediately called her boss back.

"Boss, we have an appointment. It's 7 o'clock tomorrow night at the Capital Hotel."

"Ok!"

After hanging up the phone, Boss Lu smiled and looked at Jingtian, the round-faced girl in front of him with an expectant look on her face.

"Tiantian, don't worry, you have Director Xu Zheng, who is about to enter the billion-dollar club, shooting your MV. He is no worse than those famous directors."

Boss Lu smiled confidently and said that Xu Zheng valued money, but what he wanted was his fame, and they just each took what they needed.

"Thank you, Uncle Lu."

"We are all family, why thank me? It's a pity, it would be much better if Director Li was the one to shoot it."

Jingtian knew that the company's agent had contacted people from Rongchen Pictures before, but it seemed that he was directly rejected by the other party, leaving no room for maneuver.

Yang Siwei is not Xu Zheng, and someone actually wants to use money to attack her boss.

She even suspected that this person was out of his mind, so she didn't even tell Li Chen about this.

Xu Zheng was in high spirits, but he had not yet forgotten his last name.

Without Director Li's scripts and appreciation, he wouldn't be where he is today.

Xu Zheng and Tao Hong originally wanted to invite Li Chen to their home for dinner.

When I called, Li Chen was already on his way to the airport.

Miss Liu was driving the stolen silver-gray Porsche GT, and Li Chen was sitting beside her and hung up the phone on Xu Zheng.

Miss Liu smiled happily: "Thanks to Director Li, I had a stunning appearance in Lost in Thailand, and now two women's clothing endorsements have come to me."

"Drive back by yourself later, drive slowly. I told you not to send me home, but you insisted."

"When you arrive in Sanya, please say hello to my uncle and aunt for me."

Li Chen said with a smile: "What should I ask? Do my parents know who you are?"

Miss Liu gave Li Chen a sharp look and said, "That's right. Director Li has a lot of rumored girlfriends. Who knows me?"

Li Chen smiled and said, "It's not difficult for my parents to get to know you. We can video chat on the 30th, and then you can introduce yourself to them."

"Really?" Miss Liu said with a smile.

Arrive at the airport.

"I am leaving?"

Miss Liu turned her head and hummed softly.

Li Chen put his arm around Miss Liu's neck, and the two said goodbye with a long French kiss.

A day later, "Huo Yuanjia" was also released nationwide.

The box office on the first day was less than 800 million.

After three days of release, the box office of "Lost in Thailand" has exceeded 60 million.

There is a great possibility that it will become the third film after "Painted Skin" and "Hero" to gross over 100 million yuan in its first week of release.

People in the industry lamented that starting from this year, the Lunar New Year box office will be a battle among many actors. The Lunar New Year box office is no longer dominated by Feng Xiaogang alone.

Sina Entertainment News

"Wang Jing, the director of "The Savage Secret", came to Nanjing and talked about the mainland movie star Zhang Ziyi. He pointed out nonchalantly: "Zhang Ziyi is just a cheap laborer for Hollywood."

"I will never go to Hollywood. I have no interest in Hollywood. Hollywood is just hiring cheap labor and inviting whoever can make some money. Now Liu Weiqiang has also gone there, but I have no plans to do so."

"Among mainland actors, Zhang Ziyi is the most recognized by Hollywood. She has just been invited to star in the Hollywood film Memoirs of a Geisha, which makes many female stars who aspire to international development envious."

Throughout the year, it is rare to have free time to spend with my parents.

During the day, the family went out to sea on a yacht, and at night Li Chen screened resumes for "The Thieves" while surfing the Internet.

The top two articles on Sina Entertainment are Oscar nomination predictions and Wang Jing's criticism of Zhang Ziyi.

Although Wang Jing is known as the king of bad movies, he can also be called the king of commercial films during the golden age of Hong Kong movies in the 1990s.

He has indeed made quite a few hit films.

But Li Chen couldn't stand the fact that these Hong Kong filmmakers would always drag down mainland filmmakers to hype their own films.

Previously, Chen Kexin criticized "Painted Skin" and "The Promise", and now this fat guy has jumped out again.

It's nothing more than to hype up "Savage Cheats" and draw attention to it.

Otherwise, given the current bleak situation of Hong Kong films, "Savage Secrets" would be a flop and no one would watch it even though Zhang Baizhi is the lead actor.

Zhang Ziyi is also a person with no temper. She is not afraid of quarreling with any female stars, but she becomes speechless when meeting a director.

Although Li Chen also disliked Zhang Ziyi, he disliked Wang Jing even more.

At least Zhang Ziyi has just been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.

You, Fatty Wang, said this and that, saying that Zhang Ziyi only gets the fifth-grade, lowest salary in Hollywood.

There is no comparison with Chow Yun-fat.

Although it is true, you said this at the press conference for your "Barbarian Secrets". What are you thinking? You think everyone is a fool?
Li Chen started writing the third blog post on his blog.

"I haven't congratulated Ms. Zhang Ziyi on her nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress yet."

"Cheap pay does exist, but it has nothing to do with individuals. It is determined by the market share of Chinese-language films in Hollywood or the world."

“Even Mr. Chow Yun-fat can’t get a $5 million salary just by going to Hollywood.”

"I personally admire and support Chinese actors in Hollywood. Chiyou Pictures will also establish a firm foothold in Hollywood step by step and provide a bridge and support for Chinese actors."

As soon as Li Chen published this blog post, it was immediately pushed to the headlines of Sina.

"Li Chen posted a message to support Zhang Ziyi and slap Wang Jing in the face."

Li Chen didn't care about the eye-catching title, because that's what he thought and did.

Yang Siwei was puzzled as to why Zhang Ziyi called him so late at night.

"Invite my boss to dinner? My boss is not in Beijing!" Yang Siwei wondered.

"Sister Ziyi, is there anything you can tell me?"

"Director Li is not in Beijing? Oh, that's right, it's the New Year, Director Li must have gone to Haikou, right?" Zhang Ziyi said with a smile.

Yang Siwei smiled and didn't reply.

"Then Siwei, please thank Director Li for me. When Director Li returns to Beijing, I will thank him in person."

"Sister Ziyi, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand a word you say?"

"You'll understand if you read Director Li's blog."

"Ah? My boss posted on Weibo again? Well, I won't say anything. I'll take a look now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Ziyi sent another text message to Li Chen.

"Thank you Director Li for speaking up for justice. I hope to be able to act in Director Li's movies in the future. The pay is negotiable, Ziyi."

Li Chen replied: Come on, there’s a chance for us to cooperate.

Yang Siwei opened her notebook and saw that her boss's blog was just like an annual meeting, with various artists and netizens reporting on it.

Okay, boss, could you please say hello to me every time you fire? If you do this, I will be in a passive position!
"Director Li, I can do it for free."

"Director Li, I can pay for it"

"The fat guy promoted his "Savage Secrets" and even dragged down Zhang Ziyi and praised Chow Yun-fat. What a fucking baby!"

"I remember that in 'God of Gamblers', Fatty himself played the role. He started out in Hong Kong Island, and later went to Hollywood!"

"The guy upstairs, he's going to Hollywood to make an American 'action' movie!"

"These two-faced Hong Kong filmmakers are all the same, they still think it's the 1990s when Hong Kong films were king. Look at Painted Skin, from the lead actors to the director team, except for one Koo, they are all mainland filmmakers, wake up."

"Chen Hong is right. Since you are going to eat in the mainland, please eat in a nice manner and don't curse your mother while asking for milk!"

At the same time, Wang Jing also saw the comments online.

The fat on his face became more and more swollen.

Why did he jump out again? I just wanted to increase the attention for "Barbaric Secrets".

However, he didn't dare to offend Li Chen, even his boss Xiang Huaqiong wanted to cooperate with him.

I heard from the boss that he met with Li Chen in Beijing a while ago and reached a preliminary intention for cooperation.

This year there will be a co-production between Rongchen Pictures and Zhongguoxing, and I will most likely be the director.

"Boss, could you please give me a call before you post on Weibo? Zhang Ziyi's thank-you speech, which sounded like an award-winning speech, really caught me off guard!" Yang Siwei said with a smile.

"Siwei, as the publicity director, you must be prepared to deal with emergencies at any time! I even greeted you. Are you the boss, or am I the boss?"

"Okay, I was wrong, Boss. I shouldn't have argued with you. I'm going to find Yifei!"

"No one can tolerate Director Li's temper," Tao Hong said with a smile.

"Who makes Director Li so qualified? He has dominated the box office and won many awards. The most important thing is that none of his allies are fake." Xu Zheng also laughed.

"If Director Li saw you filming the MV, would he laugh at you for being self-degrading?" Tao Hong smiled with her hands covering her mouth.

"Just laugh if you want to. It's okay if Director Li laughs at us. One day, no one will dare to laugh at us except Director Li." Xu Zheng is very open-minded.

There is only one day left until New Year’s Eve, and the popular Xu Zheng is on the headlines again.

Someone broke the news
"Lost in Thailand" director Xu Zheng 'did not do his job properly' and teamed up with gold medal music producer Zhang Yadong to shoot a music video for newcomer Jing Tian."

Countless netizens wondered if Xu Zheng was sick, and were even more curious about who this Jing Tian was, who could allow Zhang Yadong and Xu Zheng to work together to shoot an MV.

Unfortunately, the reporter tried his best but only knew that this 18-year-old newcomer was from Beijing Dance Academy and was another top student of Zhang Ziyi's former class teacher!

He is also the only artist under the Xingguang Canlan group, which was established only two years ago.

Netizens became even more curious and started to make wild guesses.

Li Chen was not surprised, as Da Tiantian finally made her debut.

Compared with Da Tiantian, no one would be ashamed to be called a resourceful person.

Of course, because of my existence, Miss Liu is an exception.

It is said that when Kelington visited China, Renmin University Tiantian was still a little girl who gave flowers to Kelingdun.

The background is probably not much weaker than granite.

Li Chen was just laughing. He didn't expect that Ning Hao was not famous now, but Xingguang Canlan could act quickly and take down Xu Zheng to build momentum for Da Tiantian.

What a sharp eye!
The means are also superb. In just a small MV, it has included the hottest and most famous people in the circle.

Zhang Yadong, Xu Zheng, Zhang Ziyi! Awesome!
(End of this chapter)