Chapter 124 Don't Be Like Hua Zi and Give Up
After leaving the Chinese University of Hong Kong Island, Yang Siwei came forward and said, "Boss, Huo Wenxi called me just now."

"She asked if you have time. She is hosting a banquet to welcome the crew of Those Years. I declined on your behalf."

Li Chen nodded: "Well done."

Tomorrow is the premiere of Buried.

The day after tomorrow, "Buried" will be released simultaneously in more than 20 countries and regions including North America

The day after tomorrow is the Academy Awards ceremony.

Li Chen had no time to entertain Huo Wenxi and her boss.

As soon as Zhou Xun got off the plane and left the airport, he was blocked by reporters.

She didn't know Li Chen had refuted Guan Jinpeng before she got on the plane.

When the reporter asked her about it, she looked confused.

The reporters were very efficient. In less than an hour, Li Chen’s response at the Chinese University of Hong Kong was posted online.

"Li Chen strikes back at Guan Jinpeng, saying that Zhou Xun is more likely to be the chosen one if she is not the best actress!"

"The crew of Those Years came to Hong Kong for promotion, Liu Yifei and Tang Yan were popular among fans."

After arriving at the hotel, Zhou Xun simply washed up and went to Li Chen's room.

I knocked on the door and came in. I saw that only Liu Yifei was there, so I didn't hesitate to show myself.

"Yifei is beautiful again."

Liu Yifei stepped aside and let Zhou Xun in: "Sister Xun is so cool again."

Zhou Xun smiled and couldn't help but said to Li Chen, "My Director Li, can you at least take care of my fragile psychological endurance, please?"

"You feel good about scolding people, but I am under a lot of pressure. If I don't win the award, how can I face my fellow villagers?"

"As soon as I got off the plane, I was surrounded by reporters, asking me what I thought about your boss supporting you to be crowned queen!"

"My head is full of question marks. I don't know what happened!"

Li Chen smiled and said, "Okay, next time I'll report to you before I speak!"

"Oh, that's right!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Xun couldn't help but laugh.

Li Chen shook his head and chuckled, continuing to read the publication in his hand.

Only then did Zhou Xun notice that there were several Gucci dresses hanging in the room, all of which were incredibly beautiful.

But I don’t seem to have seen these models at fashion week or Gucci’s new product launch.

Liu Yifei took Zhou Xun's hand and explained things to her with a smile.

These were all custom-made for her by Li Chen, with the design sketches drawn by Li Chen himself.

The price of each piece is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Zhou Xun looked envious.

"Director Li, when will I be lucky enough to benefit from your influence?"

Li Chen raised his eyes and glanced at her: "Your man is a professional, don't think I don't know that the dress you wore for the Academy Awards was specially made by him for you."

Zhou Xun smiled brightly, holding Liu Yifei's arm, and said, "Alas, although our Daqi is professional, its level is far behind yours."

Li Chen thought to himself, isn't this nonsense!
All of Miss Liu's dresses were sketches he drew frame by frame based on his memories of his past life, just like drawing a storyboard.

Contact Gucci for private customization six months in advance.

They can all be regarded as the founders of Gucci haute couture.

Although Gucci's haute couture will have to wait a few years.

However, for super VICs like Li Chen (VIP customers with sustained consumption capacity assessed by the brand), this service can be customized.

This is also why at some top banquets, some family heirs wear dresses from luxury brands, but you have never seen them circulating on the market.

This kind of service is generally targeted at people who have only one condition: they are so poor that they have nothing left but money.

For example, an oil tycoon in the Middle East, an Arab sheikh, or an heir to a multinational corporate family.

Since settling down in Hollywood, Li Chen has spent a fortune to clear out a Gucci store.

After some investigation by Gucci, they were also listed as such people.

Although Li Chen never wears luxury brands such as Gucci.

But it is entirely possible to use their people to design Miss Liu's dress.

He looks at current domestic artists with a perspective that is 20 years ahead of the times.

Even the top artists looked so tacky when walking on the red carpet.

This style will not be seen until at least 2010.

The situation will improve as film pay skyrocket and more and more Chinese stars catch up with the international standards.

A particularly prominent turning point was when Fan Xiaopang appeared in Cannes in 2010 wearing a dragon robe.

It is still collected in the Royal Victoria and Albert Museum in the UK.

If celebrities want to avoid wearing the same clothes as others, they only have two options.

One is brand high-end customization, and the other is private customization.

These items owned by Miss Liu can barely be considered the former.

Li Chen belongs to the latter category since there is no brand on his clothes.

Li Chen responded to the media's comments and said that if we were to say who was the happiest, Wang Zhonglei would definitely be one of them.

He was happy to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between Li Chen and Cheng Tian.

It would be best if Li Chen could defeat Cheng Tian, ​​and he would be willing to hold a celebration party for Li Chen.

Wang Jingyan of Chengtian frowned slightly when he saw the report online.

Since she can manage the artists, the director has a lot of freedom.

Feng Xiaogang of Huayi can criticize anyone he wants, without ever caring about the big and small kings of Huayi.

The same goes for Guan Jinpeng. She had already reminded him about this at the beginning of Zhou Xun.

But Guan Jinpeng still went on with his own way, and now even Li Chen was implicated as well.

She didn't want to argue with Li Chen, as most of her artists depended on Rongchen Pictures for their livelihood.

Mei Ting is filming "Parents' Love".

Leung Ka Fai and Lau Ka Ling who will soon be filming "Thieves".

There is also Song Jia from the upcoming movie "Crossing the Guandong".

She had no time to please Rongchen Pictures, but Guan Jinpeng kept trying to sabotage her.

Wang Jingyan called Wu Kebo first.

Since her words are of no use, then she can only ask Wu Kebo to speak.

Then he called Yang Siwei back.

"Sister Yan, don't worry. My boss didn't take it seriously. He just replied because he was annoyed by the media's questions."

"Didn't you mention Guan Jinpeng and others?"

Wang Jingyan felt relieved: "That's good."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jingyan issued a gag order to his artists, forbidding them to respond to the dispute between Director Li and Director Guan!

Even if Wang Jingyan didn't say it, the artists below knew it clearly.

When two directors are fighting, an artist who is not clear-headed will rush forward to be cannon fodder.

Look at Director Li and Director Chen swearing at each other. As an artist of Rongchen Pictures, isn't Zhou Xun also pretending to be deaf and dumb?

At the same time, Zheng Xiuwen was also frightened, fearing that Li Chen would mention "Song of Everlasting Sorrow".

That would inevitably drag her into this again, and she was even more afraid that entertainment reporters would ask Li Chen what he thought of her acting in "The Song of Everlasting Regret".

In fact, her worries were unnecessary, as Li Chen had never intended to harm innocent people.

The next day, the crew of "Those Years" went to attend the premiere of Liu Dehua's "Buried".

The premiere was held at Times Square in Causeway Bay.

In addition to Liu Dehua's fans, many big names in the circle also came to the scene.

Shen Teng and several people from the "Those Years" crew sat in the middle, not holding back at all: "Brother Hua is so popular, I envy him!"

Qiao Shan smiled charmingly and said, "Brother Teng, you are popular too. So many of us accompanied you to see Beibei Mountain yesterday!"

Liu Yifei, Tang Yan and others couldn't help laughing secretly.

Shen Teng smiled and said, "I asked you to accompany me to see Beibei Mountain, not to ask you to act out Beibei Mountain with me! Yifei, let's change seats!" After a few laughs, Liu Dehua began to speak.

Liu Dehua made the announcement in public in front of dozens of media outlets.

Rongchen Pictures will support his Asian Rising Star Director Project.

One person will be selected from each round of the plan, Rongchen Pictures will provide the script, and Yingyi Entertainment will jointly finance the filming.

The first round selection was Taiwan director Li Yunchan.

Rongchen Pictures and Yingyi Entertainment jointly invested 20 million yuan, and the script will be adapted from another best-selling novel by Li Chen, "So Young".

The entertainment reporters from mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan at the scene were instantly shocked.

"Those Years" was produced by Yang Siwei for more than half a month and is titled "Beautiful First Love".

Viral marketing is carried out through video websites, blogs, forums, TV commercials, etc.

There are definitely young people today who have not heard of "Those Years", but they are definitely not many.

Entertainment reporters rushed to ask questions one after another.

Li Chen and Liu Dehua stood on the stage calmly.

Liu Dehua said with a smile: "Please don't mess with me anymore. Let me make it clear that I am not bankrupt. I made a lot of money from Buried Alive!"

The media at the scene burst into laughter.

"Andy, can you tell us the copyright transaction amount of "Buried" now?" asked a reporter from mainland Sina.com.

Liu Dehua glanced at Li Chen and said with a smile: "1845 million!"

The media were in an uproar, that was nearly 1.5 million RMB.

With Liu Dehua's 20% share, it would be more than 20 million after tax deduction.

No wonder Liu Dehua said he earned a lot.

Many of Liu Dehua’s friends came to the scene, including Xiang Huaqiang and his wife, who also came prepared.

Today is destined to be a day that will cause a sensation in the Hong Kong circle.

Just when the entertainment reporters hadn't come to their senses.

Mrs. Xiang walked onto the stage, stood beside Liu Dehua, took the microphone, and smiled brightly.

The media were all a little stunned, not knowing what Mrs. Xiang was doing on stage.

"Taking advantage of Andy Lau's premiere, we at China Stars would like to make an announcement."

Mrs. Xiang glanced at Xiang Huaqiang in the audience.

"We, Zhongguoxing, will jointly invest 5000 million with Rongchen Pictures and Yingyi Entertainment to shoot the youth campus drama "Bad Genius" directed and written by Li Chen!"

There was an uproar at the scene again, and the media were whispering to each other.

Liu Dehua's friends in the circle Zheng Xiuwen, Guan Zhilin, Huang Rihua, Mo Wenwei, and Lin Jiadong (Dongguanzi) were all happy for Liu Dehua.

Everyone is smart enough to see that it was Li Chen who was pulling Liu Dehua.

Otherwise, although Liu Dehua is comparable to a model worker every year, he earns more but loses even more!

In addition to Liu Dehua's friends, many artists and directors who are on good terms with Zhong Guoxing also came.

Chen Jiashang, Wang Jing, Zhang Baizhi, Liang Jiahui, Ying Caier, Zhang Zhilin and so on.

Li Chen stood on the stage with a clear mind, knowing that most of these people were hired by Xiang Tai to create momentum.

The reporters couldn't bear it any longer.

"Director Li, may I ask if choosing Zhongguoxing means that you will give up the cooperation with Yinghuang?"

"Director Li, is Huazai the matchmaker between you and Zhongguoxing?"

Li Chen seriously suspected that these two Hong Kong media reporters were from Yinghuang.

Mrs. Xiang was still able to maintain her smile on the stage, but Xiang Huaqiong's face had already darkened in the audience.

Zhou Xun, who was in the audience, leaned over to Liu Yifei's ear and said, "Your Director Li is in trouble again."

Liu Yifei smiled and said, "He has never been short of trouble!"

Zhou Xun laughed in an unkind way: "That's right, Director Li, it's not easy either!"

Yang Siwei, who was standing by, agreed: "Sister Xun, you finally said something thoughtful!"

"After today's premiere, I'll be busy again. I guess Huo Wenxi will call me soon."

Zhou Xun patted Yang Siwei on the shoulder and nodded: "It's not easy for you either!"

Yang Siwei acted like a little kid and hugged Zhou Xun: "I'm so touched!"

Li Chen on the stage raised his lips and said, "Rongchen Pictures has many partners, including Zhongguoxing and Yinghuang."

"We are not the only partners of either party. Today is the premiere of Buried Alive, so let's get down to business."

Liu Dehua smiled and said, "That's right, don't forget me, the real boss."

The media wanted to continue asking questions, but Liu Dehua did not give them the chance.

After watching "Buried", people in the industry who haven't seen it were completely shocked.

It was indeed just a coffin, one person, and a few props that made a movie that sold over 18 million US dollars.

After the movie, Xiang Huaqiang hosted a cocktail party.

Many artists from Hong Kong Island also came.

This was completely to show off Li Chen's muscles and clearly tell Li Chen the strength of Xiang Huaqiong.

In a word, more than half of the artists in Hong Kong circle will come to show their support.

"Director Li, don't take those two bad guys to heart. I promise there won't be any noise in tomorrow's news."

Xiang Huaqiang's aura and tone are more social than those of other social people.

No wonder Wang Jing acted more like a lackey beside him just now.

This sentence reminded him of the trick Boss Yang played on him last time.

He also used some means to make the reporter shut up.

"Mr. Xiang, there's no need to make such a big fuss next time. It's too noisy." Li Chen didn't respond.

Mrs. Xiang held Xiang Huaqi's arm and said with a smile, "Director Li, I arranged all of this. My husband doesn't really like crowds."

"But this is our first time working with Director Li, so we can't be rude."

As the three were talking, Liu Dehua and Zheng Xiuwen came over.

Zheng Xiuwen had short hair and a black dress, and looked like a skinny bamboo pole.

I'm afraid Tang Yan is heavier than her.

"Mr. Xiang, Mrs. Xiang, Director Li." Zheng Xiuwen greeted them one by one.

Li Chen nodded slightly.

Liu Dehua smiled and said, "Sammi wants to thank Li Chen in person, so I brought her here."

Xiang Huaqiang and his wife were still a little confused.

Zheng Xiuwen spoke in Cantonese and forced a smile, "Thank you, Director Li."

Li Chen glanced at Liu Dehua, then looked at Zheng Xiuwen: "No need to thank me, I didn't do anything."

"It's inevitable that "The Song of Everlasting Regret" will be criticized. It has little to do with who plays the role. The script is too weak and the characters have been changed beyond recognition compared to the original work."

"So you don't have to limit yourself to a certain point. Among the artists who are good at singing and acting, you are considered to have good acting skills."

Liu Dehua and others had never expected Li Chen to say so much.

It was totally illogical, and there was no way he would fall for Sammi.

Even Zheng Xiuwen herself had never expected Li Chen to say such a thing.

She immediately felt very friendly and her eyes became a little red.

"Thank you, Director Li." The nasal voice surprised Liu Dehua and the other two again. Li Chen actually made Sammi cry.

Li Chen's scalp tingled. Many people around were looking at him, including Miss Liu.

Zheng Xiuwen's action of wiping the corners of her eyes could not escape the eyes of those who were watching.

Li Chen quickly changed the subject: "Miss Zheng, you don't have to be like this. Next time you accept a role, be more selective with the script. Don't be like Brother Hua, who was labeled a box office poison and gave up without a fight!"

"Hahaha" Liu Dehua laughed out loud.

Zheng Xiuwen and Xiang Huaqiang were also amused by Li Chen's humor.

(End of this chapter)