Chapter 185: The Mountain Eagle Gets Angry

Li Chen stopped talking to the point; he was not a talkative person.

Lu Zheng just didn't believe it.

Wouldn't it be better to highlight Tian Tian's beauty by casting a group of extremely ugly men to star in "Anaconda"?
How come no one understands his painstaking efforts!

Li Chen walked around a few people and went straight to the creative team of "Chinese Partners".

Han Sanping saw that Li Chen didn't come over.

Just a glance at him and Yu Dong made him even more upset.

He secretly thought that this kid was increasingly looking down on him.

The premiere of "Return of the Leaves" was held. I called him, but the brat dared not come.

Yu Dong observed and said with a smile: "Leader, Director Li is becoming more and more confident."

Han Sanping knew that Yu Dong was trying to instigate him, and said unhappily, "If you don't get close to me, this guy will definitely come over."

Yu Dong was quite embarrassed: "How did I offend him? Why am I so disliked by him?"

Jiang Shuying wore a dark green dress today, showing off her slender figure to the fullest.

"Director Li." Seeing Li Chen coming over, Jiang Shuying bowed slightly, her eyes moving.

Li Chen, Wu Bin, Lu Yi and other leading actors nodded.

Then he said to Jiang Shuying, "There are several students from your theater group here. Did you invite them all?"

Jiang Shuying blushed slightly and glanced left and right at Deng Chao and Tong Dawei who were smiling.

Somewhat embarrassed, he said, "He, they looked for me several times, I..."

Li Chen smiled and said, "I didn't mean anything else. I just asked casually."

He just saw a lot of familiar faces.

I also saw it at the Shanghai Theatre Academy when it was promoting "Those Years".

Like Little Cheetah, Wang Chuanjun, Chen He and so on.

Jiang Shuying smiled and immediately felt relieved.

Wu Bin also laughed and said, "Director Li, the host will ask about the box office later, you have to cover it for me."

"With the previous experience of "Leaves Return to Their Roots", I am a little scared."

Deng Chao laughed and interrupted, "Director Wu, even if you don't trust us, the leading actors, you have to have confidence in Director Li's script."

Tong Dawei also laughed and said, "That's right, for Director Li's reputation, the minimum is 100 million!"

Deng Chao nodded: "Although Director Zhang and I are both from the Central Academy of Drama, if we compare box office appeal, I would choose Director Li even with my eyes closed."

Several people talked back and forth, and Li Chen smiled and shook his head: "It won't reach 100 million, I'll make up for it from your film salaries."

After saying that, Li Chen turned around and went to socialize somewhere else.

Deng Chao laughed loudly, full of confidence, and said to Li Chen's back: "No problem, Director Li."

Han Sanping smiled only when he saw Li Chen finally coming over.

"Do you still have me in your eyes?"

Li Chen chuckled: "Look at what you said!"

Han Sanping snorted twice: "Why didn't you come to the premiere of "Returning to the Roots"?"

Li Chen and Han Saping were already very familiar with each other and had no scruples.

He told the truth: "Just do skits, why cross the line?"

"It's a low-budget movie with over 300 people from all walks of life. It doesn't need someone like me, Li Chen, right?"

"Although I didn't go, I do agree with what Uncle Benshan said."

Han Sanping raised his eyes and asked, "What?"

“This movie will only make 10 million at most.”

Han Sanping's face turned dark.

Zhang Yang is from the Beijing Film Studio, which is equivalent to his own person. If he doesn't support him, then who will?

Even Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang came to support Zhang Yang out of respect.

Only Li Chen offended him.

As soon as Li Chen saw Han Sanping's face, he knew that he was unhappy.

Then he changed the subject and said, "Boss Han, I'm not going to save your face."

"What do you mean, I should thank you?"

Li Chen laughed: "Don't get angry, just listen to me."

"If I go, the media will inevitably ask me to comment or estimate the box office, and I can't lie with my eyes open."

"When the time comes, won't you be the one who loses face?"

Han Sanping became even more angry: "You mean "Returning to the Roots" is bad?"

Li Chen sneered: "Don't you know whether it's a little different or not?" "It's fine that the New Film Association is taking care of your face and falsely reporting the box office, but how come even you, the head of the domestic film industry, are deceiving yourself?"

"This unhealthy trend is unacceptable."

Han Sanping couldn't hold back his anger and looked at Li Chen with narrowed eyes.

When Li Chen saw Xu Xiaoping coming, he made an excuse.

"Boss Xu is here. I'll go over to entertain him, Boss Han."

"If you think my words are harsh, I will keep them to myself from now on."

Han Saping was so angry when he looked at Li Chen's back.

The premiere of "Returning to the Roots" was like his coronation ceremony.

Everyone in the circle knew that he was about to be promoted, so no one dared to refuse the invitation to hero he sent out.

Even Feng Xiaogang, who was filming "Assembly", and Zhang Yimou, who was busy with the Olympics, had to come and sign in with him.

But the only person he regarded as his own, Li Chen, did not come.

It really made him angry, but Li Chen's words just now also made him reflect.

The cost of "Leaves Return to Their Roots" was revealed by Zhao Benshan in a seemingly careless manner.

The film company's slogan of earning 100 million at the box office also sounds very encouraging.

But even though several theater managers from their distribution company boasted that the box office revenue exceeded 10 million on the first weekend.

It is still just a farce directed and performed by oneself.

The Hong Kong box office has been less than 200,000 in total for more than half a month.

The number in the mainland is less than 8 million.

He himself felt ashamed.

Li Chen didn't take Han Sanping's anger to heart.

With his current strength, status and reputation in the industry, he doesn't want to do something against his will that makes him uncomfortable.

Even if he is Han Sanping, it is not allowed.

For example, the premiere of "Returning to the Roots" was such a grand event that most of the big names in the literary and art circles were invited.

It's simply because Han Sanping is about to take office and because of Uncle Zhao's favor.

The cost of 10 million was blown up to 30 million, and the box office of 1 or 2 million on the first weekend was blown up to 15 million.

You deceive yourself, but the market doesn't deceive itself.

There are several major cinema chains across the country, except for China Film’s own New Film Association.

Who would buy your face, Han Sanping?
If it doesn't sell well, even the biggest star won't buy it.

Li Chen is most annoyed by this kind of fraud.

In order to attract audiences to the cinema, the first week box office is inflated.

Even China Film Corporation does this, no wonder other film companies followed suit.

Different road non-phase plan.

Perhaps it was from this time that Zhang Yimou and Zhao Benshan began to think of resolving the case.

The movie premiere will begin soon.

Miss Liu sat next to Li Chen and whispered quietly: "I saw what you were talking about with Mr. Han just now?"

"Director Han's face looks so ugly."

Li Chen smiled and said, "I've taken off his fig leaf, and he can't get off the stage anymore."

Miss Liu was stunned and asked worriedly, "Are you okay?"

Li Chen shook his head and smiled without saying anything.

There was constant laughter in the audience during the show "Chinese Partners".

This is the first time that everyone has seen a movie about entrepreneurship. It is very fresh and full of laughs.

After the movie was over, all the guests stood up and applauded.

The host invited all the leading actors to the stage and started interacting.

During this period, he also did not forget to seek advice from Xu Xiaoping and Li Chen.

Now comes the unavoidable issue of box office.

Wu Bin smiled calmly: "I also asked Director Li this question just now, but Director Li didn't give me an answer."

"But the actors are very confident and even bet their own salaries with Director Li, guaranteeing a minimum of 100 million!"

The host asked casually: "So Director Li thinks that the box office of "Chinese Partners" will not exceed 1 million?"

Li Chen chuckled and said, "Just be honest and don't lie."

Han Saping, who was standing by, felt his face getting hot, wondering if Li Chen's words were referring to him.

(End of this chapter)