Chapter 117 Banning the Media
"Tickets for the premiere of Those Years were hard to come by, and Li Chen's big screen debut received positive reviews from local media."

"Liu Yifei made her red carpet debut and was favored by Gucci."

"Yunnan's beautiful scenery has attracted local college students and movie fans, and may set off a wave of Chinese women traveling to Yunnan."

“The overseas copyright of Those Years was sold at a high price, possibly exceeding that of Painted Skin”

The domestic entertainment industry was stunned by several eye-catching headlines on the Sina website early in the morning.

real or fake?

"Those Years", a youth campus film, can also be sold at a sky-high price!
Liu Yifei became associated with high-end luxury after walking the red carpet.

Why are high-end luxury brands so careless in choosing spokespersons or ambassadors nowadays?

Below Liu Yifei’s blog are the beautiful pictures she shared in Berlin in the past few days.

Liu Yifei's fans left messages on her blog.

"Xixi is so beautiful, why does she feel a little different, but she is beautiful!"

"Xixi isn't going to do this to Li Chen for real, right? Oh my god, I feel like I'm short of oxygen!"

"you are mine!"

Someone reported the domestic news to Yang Siwei as soon as possible.

Yang Siwei was puzzled and called Liu Yifei.

"Yifei, when did you get in touch with Gucci? How come I didn't know anything about it?"

"No, it's just within their scope of investigation. Do you remember what happened to us at the Gucci store in Hollywood last year?"

"How could I not remember? The boss emptied out the entire store just for you."

After hanging up the phone, Yang Siwei laughed to himself.

The boss is the boss. An unintentional move actually made Yifei attract the attention of Gucci.

It turned out that last time Li Chen was in Hollywood he bought all the clothes in the entire Gucci store for Liu Yifei.

It caught the attention of an executive who was touring the Gucci store at the time.

After some investigation, I found out that Liu Yifei was a new actress who was very popular in China.

Of course, this was not enough to attract Gucci's attention.

However, she made two stunning appearances on the Berlin red carpet, and she is now in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with Li Chen.

Gucci predicts that Liu Yifei will become a frequent guest on the red carpet of international film festivals in the future.

Coupled with Liu Yifei's beautiful face and these two outstanding fashion sense, Gucci included Liu Yifei in the scope of spokesperson consideration.

Gucci contacted Liu Yifei's Red Star House.

Liu Yifei's agent thought that Liu Yifei happened to be in Berlin, so he leaked the news to the media to build up momentum for Liu Yifei.

Li Chen didn't pay attention to the heated discussions online.

Over the next two days, Yang Siwei bargained with the film producers.

Liu Yifei and her daughter toured Berlin with Tang Yan.

Li Chen and Liu Dehua were also not idle, continuing to watch and compare "Buried"

In the last two days, the official conference journal "Screen" released its ratings.

"The Road to Guantanamo" and "A Prairie Family," directed by Robert Altman, received the highest scores.

"Buried" ranked ninth. The score of "Isabella" in Hong Kong Island is unknown because the publication of the journal stopped on the 17th.

However, according to the film critics' ratings of a major local German newspaper, "Isabella" ranked last.

But this doesn’t mean anything.

Whether or not you win a prize depends on whether you can receive a notification from the organizing committee a few hours before the red carpet ceremony.

On the 18th local time, the press conference was cancelled due to the Berlin Film Festival.

Reporters can only get first-hand information from the crew.

Liu Dehua was as anxious as the reporters, even though "Buried" was a Hollywood production.

But Chiyou Pictures is invested by Chinese, and "Buried" is starred by Chinese superstar Andy Lau.

Domestic journalists paid more attention to "Buried" than "Isabella".

Unfortunately, until two hours before the award ceremony, Li Chen did not receive a phone call from the organizing committee.

It seems like I will really return empty-handed this time.

"Boss, don't pay attention to these Germans. It's obvious that they are promoting local newcomers this time." Tim was a little angry and stood up for Li Chen.

In Germany's major newspapers, the top three films ranked by film critics are all local films. Doesn't this speak for itself?

Li Chen smiled and said, "Tim, I'm not too upset about an award, I just feel a little sorry for Liu Dehua."

"Since we don't have a chance to win the award, we can go home. You should also go back to Hollywood and complete the casting for Thieves as soon as possible."

Tim said seriously, "I understand, boss."

Liu Dehua felt relieved. The award ceremony had already begun, which meant that "Buried Alive" was really buried alive.

It would be a lie to say I'm not disappointed.

Having come this far, who wouldn’t want to go further?

The phone rang, it was Li Chen.

"Li Chen, you really got it right."

The media called Li Chen and Andy Lau one after another.

The two responded to the media with similar statements, but their personal states were intriguing.

Li Chen didn't seem to feel any loss at all when the media asked him whether he would come to Berlin again next time after returning empty-handed this time.

Li Chen said with a smile: "The film festival is not held for one person. If I win awards at every film festival, who would come to the film festival?"

Liu Dehua: "Actually, I'm very happy to be nominated. After all, our film Buried was made too hastily."

The next morning, the awards were announced last night.

As expected, from the Golden Bear to the Best Actor and Best Actress, they were all from Germany.

Hong Kong Island's "Isabella" did win a small award for Best Music.

Li Chen's "Buried Alive" was a complete failure.

Domestic media reported the news as soon as possible.

"Li Chen's defeat in Berlin did not affect his mood."

“Local filmmakers win big at Berlin Film Festival!”

"Liu Dehua first conquered Berlin, but he gained power but no reward."

Domestic netizens have been complaining: When did the Golden Rooster Film Festival move to Berlin!
The Golden Rooster Organizing Committee is caught in the crossfire even though it is just sitting there.

Koslik saw Li Chen's response to the media.

He also made a special call to Li Chen and thanked him again and again for understanding his difficulties.

Koslick also said that there is no Best Screenplay Award in Berlin, otherwise, the award would definitely go to Li Chen.

Li Chen and his group did not stay in Berlin any longer and flew back to China together.

Domestic media had been waiting at the airport for a long time, hoping to get first-hand information.

Unfortunately, Li Chen took a direct flight to Tianjin to visit the "Ip Man" crew, leaving the reporters empty-handed.

At the same time, Song Dazui jumped out again to disgust people.

Song Dazui didn't dare to provoke Rongchen Pictures again, but how could he be afraid of Liu Yifei.

His code of conduct is to criticize whoever is popular until I become popular too.

In a word, don't take the ordinary path, only the crooked path. The right path relies on works to become famous, and the crooked path relies on hype.

Song Dazui is extremely evil.

He told the media directly that Liu Yifei was a shemale and a transgender.

No one took this matter seriously, including Liu Yifei and Yang Siwei.

Liu Yifei only responded by posting something on her blog.

"I don't want to respond too much to this person. His purpose is to get you to respond and continue to hype him up. It's boring."

Of course, Fei fans support Liu Yifei.

Li Chen also paid attention to Liu Yifei's blog in the hotel.

A phone call was made to Yang Siwei.

Yang Siwei was still a little skeptical. In her opinion, this was simply nonsense.

Just like Liu Yifei said, there is no need to reply to him. The more you pay attention to him, the more excited he will be.

But Li Chen knew that this incident might escalate and eventually get out of control, forcing Ms. Liu to appear on "Today's Statement" again.

"Sisi, your reaction disappoints me! You know the golden forty-eight hours of crisis public relations better than anyone else."

"It's understandable that Xixi and her Red Star House team were slow to respond or had no response at all!"

"You are a top student at Communication University of China? You are the publicity director of Rongchen Pictures? How do you do things?"

Snapped! The phone was hung up!
Yang Siwei's heart was pounding. It was the first time he saw his boss lose his temper, so he hung up the phone.

Yang Siwei instantly broke out in a cold sweat and his mind became clearer than ever.

It seems that this Song Dazui has stepped on the boss's sore spot. I'm afraid that even if someone spread rumors about the boss, the boss would not be so angry.

But when it came to the boss's wife, the boss' tone was so cold that it could freeze an elephant to death!
I can shiver even through the phone!
Yang Siwei didn't dare to delay any longer, so he got up and hurried out the door.

Rushed to Liu Yifei's villa.

Liu Xiaoli and her daughter were a little surprised that Yang Siwei came so late.

After Yang Siwei sat down, he explained his purpose.

"Auntie, Yifei, I'm sorry to bother you so late. The guy named Song on the Internet is attacking Yifei again. Yifei doesn't need to respond to this matter anymore. Leave it to me."

Yang Siwei's serious expression made Liu's mother and Liu Yifei a little disapproving.

"Siwei, what's wrong? You came here so late just to talk about this? Did Li Chen say something about you? It doesn't matter, I'll call him!"

Liu Yifei said as she was about to call Li Chen.

"Don't, Yifei! The boss is right about this matter. I was careless! This kind of hype about sex reassignment is not just ordinary gossip or scandal."

"If we don't handle it right, it will turn into a scandal. Then, all the endorsements you have won and the attention you have finally gotten from Gucci will probably go down the drain."

Yang Siwei's words frightened both the mother and daughter. Is it really that exaggerated?

"Xiao Yang, is it that serious?" Liu's mother felt that Yang Siwei was exaggerating.

"Auntie, believe me, I am from the School of Communication. I know the risks involved better than anyone else. I was careless before!"

On the way here, Yang Siwei became more and more scared. Now is the Internet age.

It is very likely that a post, a blog post, or an inconspicuous title can cause a huge storm.

What's more, Liu Yifei is the most popular female artist at the moment.

It is no exaggeration to say that she is the public enemy of all female artists.

If it weren't for the boss's support, the Yifei company's team would be finished sooner or later.

Yang Siwei's seriousness today made Liu Xiaoli speechless.

After all, they came here late at night for their daughter.

"Then, Xiao Yang, how should I cooperate with you?"

"Auntie, don't worry about it. I just need two things. Yifei's birth certificate from a mainland hospital and some photos of Yifei's childhood. Videos would be best."

"That's easy. I can give it to you right now."

After getting the things, Yang Siwei hurried away again.

Liu Yifei and her mother looked at each other, then quickly ran back to the bedroom and called Li Chen.

The call was answered quickly.

"Are you thinking harshly?" Liu Yifei questioned her boyfriend fiercely.

"I'm not being mean to her. I just tightened her reins. She's been a little bit drifting lately and her reactions have become slow!" Li Chen had just finished taking a shower and was lying on the bed in a bathrobe, pressing the hands-free button.

"Why are you so mean to him? Siwei is very nice to me. And is it necessary to care about that person?"

"Xixi, I won't hurt you. Don't worry about these things. Go to bed early. I will meet Ning Hao tomorrow and then go back to Beijing."

Li Chen didn't want to explain more to Miss Liu. Some things were too pale to explain now because many things didn't happen after all.

Miss Liu couldn't understand it either.

Song Dazui's little thoughts could not be hidden from the eyes of those who were interested.

No one is paying attention to his drama "Yang Decai Seeking Marriage", so just take advantage of it.

After Li Yuchun and Super Girls, I tried Chen Kaige and "The Promise".

When no one paid any attention to him, he continued to play music and continued to rub shoulders with Miss Liu and "Those Years" again.

Liu Yifei couldn't bear to lose her temper with her boyfriend anymore. After all, Li Chen lost his temper with Yang Siwei because of him.

In front of Yang Siwei, she could side with Yang Siwei, but at this moment it was just her and Li Chen, so she still knew the difference between the inside and the outside.

On the other side, Yang Siwei has summoned his four greatest generals to gather at the company.

The next morning, a short essay on Tianya Forum was reposted by many people.

The general content is as follows: Where Liu Yifei was born and her experiences from childhood to adulthood.

Attached is a birth certificate from Hubei Hospital and some life photos.

The gender column on the birth certificate clearly states one word: female!

This is very telling, and the rumors about sex change are self-defeating.

Soon, the post gained popularity and made the headlines of Sina.

'Netizens' cursed Song Dazui for being so immoral!
They really did everything they could to create hype! They could even make up such a rumor.

"How shameless! For his movie 'Yang Decai's Marriage Request', he has no bottom line or limit!"

"Does he have the nerve to do this? I feel sorry for Teacher Pan Changjiang. How could he work with such a person?"

"I originally wanted to watch this movie by Mr. Pan Changjiang, but now I have been successfully dissuaded from going."

Immediately afterwards, Yang Siwei issued a statement on behalf of Rongchen Pictures.

"In the future, Rongchen Pictures will no longer respond to any hype regarding Song Dazui."

"In the future, Rongchen Pictures will no longer accept any interviews from media outlets that cooperate with Song Dazui's hype."

"Rongchen Pictures reserves the right to pursue legal action against Song Dazui for spreading rumors about Liu Yifei and bringing negative impact and losses to the film Those Years!"

Once Yang Siwei's statement was released, it shocked everyone in the circle.

Even Wang Jinghua and Li Yu, who were in the same industry, were shocked!
I’ve only seen artists being banned before!
This is the first time I see a company dare to ban the media!

Although such a soft ban may not work, it may also backfire.

But only Rongchen Pictures has such courage!

At this moment, Song Dazui's face was green like a cucumber!

I had just thrown the first punch in this series of combined punches, why did Rongchen Pictures jump out again!
I haven’t even been on the fucking show yet!
(End of this chapter)