Chapter 295: What is Mr. Chen’s intention in hosting the banquet?

"You don't consider yourself an outsider at all!" Han Sanping still didn't look up, but just snorted coldly.

"Look at what you said, Mr. Han, do you want us to become estranged?" Li Chen still had a smiling face.

"I brought the information about Twilight. Thank you for your concern. I hope it can be released worldwide simultaneously in November." Li Chen went straight to the point.

Han Sanping put down his pen and looked at Li Chen expressionlessly: "There are no scenes that cross the line, right?"

Li Chen laughed: "Hey! I have Lust, Caution right there, and the General Administration's documents clearly stipulate that I would commit a crime against the law?"

Han Sanping said unhappily: "It's hard to say. Who can tell your pulse accurately?"

Li Chen laughed and said, "Boss Han, that's not accurate. I always do what I want with others."

"But I have always had an extra layer of consideration for you."

Han Sanping raised his eyebrows, sneered and said nothing, with an expression that said, "You're kidding me."

Li Chen added: "Don't disbelieve me, I'm sure you saw what I said to the Sixth Princess last night."

"Isn't it that I have taken you out by doing this?"

Han Sanping was stunned. He had not expected this.

Now that I think about it, it seems to be true.

After Li Chen made such a fuss, everyone knew under what circumstances he would participate in the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

Although he felt a little relieved, Han Sanping still said, "You have always been a maverick. I don't want to argue with you."

"It's fine if you don't submit "Draw the Bow" for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, but what about the Oscars?"

"Neither Feng Xiaogang's "Assembly" nor Lao Chen's "Mei Lanfang" are willing to participate. If you want to participate, no one will compete with you."

"'Draw the Bow' fully meets the requirements and has a good reputation both at home and abroad. What do you think? Do you want to give it a try?"

Han Sanping patiently persuaded the people, which was the order from above.

He has mentioned it to Li Chen twice, but Li Chen still hasn't given in.

"Please don't bother talking about it, Mr. Han. I heard that Dream Building 2008 has already been confirmed. Why are you bringing up the old matter again?"

"It's not a helpless move because no one signed up. Behind closed doors, our Olympic sentiment has nothing to do with the Americans."

“It’s a documentary.”

Speaking of this, Han Saping was quite helpless. In the eyes of people in the industry, "Building Dreams 2008" was just a desperate move to compete for an Oscar.

They are just there to make up the numbers, but Huayi talks big, Chen Kaige plays it safe, and Li Chen is a scoundrel.

The General Administration is also a good cook without rice.
Han Saping didn't want to dwell on this matter any longer. Thinking of "Draw the Bow", he felt much better.

"It just so happens that 'Draw the Bow' is about to break 500 million, so the key extension is what everyone wants."

"As the distributor, China Film Group will issue a notice to announce this matter tomorrow."

Li Chen nodded, without any expression of surprise.

Even if it is postponed, the box office will increase by 20 to 30 million at most, which will have little impact on "The Sound of Wind".

After the matter was settled, Li Chen and Han Saping said goodbye and left.

Seeing that Li Chen was about to leave, Han Saping chased after him and gave him a warning.

"You're so happy now. Keep a low profile for the next two days and don't add fuel to the fire!"

Li Chen waved his hand without looking back and said, "I see, Mr. Han, do you think everyone is the Sixth Princess?"

Last night, Li Chen’s controversial remarks began to ferment, and all kinds of evildoers jumped out.

The Hong Kong circle strongly supports Li Chen's praise for Zhang Manyu and his disdain for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards.

It seemed as if Li Chen's remarks last night indirectly acknowledged the lofty status of the Academy Awards in the Chinese-language film industry and that Hong Kong artists are the backbone of Chinese movie stars.

The first person to express his opinion was Wang Jing, who is known as the great director of commercial films in Hong Kong.

"I think Li Chen is telling the truth, and the truth is always hard to accept."

"But you don't accept it, and you can't deny it's the truth."

Even Zhang Manyu's old lover Er Dongsheng rarely spoke out.

"The Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards are not about judging awards, but about distributing awards. Everyone has a chance. If you don't win this year, try again next year."

The Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan also gave a heavy reward to the fallen dog.

“The Golden Horse Awards would rather leave the award vacant than settle for anything less.”

In the next few days, several directors from the mainland also jumped out to make their presence felt.

After being silent for nearly a year, Jitaro has appeared frequently recently. It is said that he is going to make a comeback and shoot a disaster film.

He really does keep up with current affairs.

"Draw the Bow", a movie that reaped all the benefits of the Olympics, made these people as red-eyed as green-headed flies seeing shit.

In particular, China Film Group announced that "Draw the Bow" has obtained the secret key for extension and will be postponed for one month to October 10.

During the postponement period, the box office revenue sharing ratio and settlement standards will follow the film company's 23% and the cinema chain and theaters' 77%! This is simply like playing rogue, especially since increasing the cinema chain's share is obviously encouraging the cinema chain to increase its screening rate.

However, Li Chen and Han Saping agreed that the impact would not be significant, and that doing so would simply provide support for "The Bow" to create a higher box office record as much as possible.

Lu Tailang really can't bear to be lonely. It turns out that all the directors in the entertainment industry are not easy to deal with.

If I remember correctly, the next movie of Little Cannon seems to be about earthquakes.

The only people in the circle who remained silent about Li Chen's criticism of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards were Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige and Feng Xiaogang.

Of course, there is a reason why the little steel cannon misfired, as Li Chen said.

"Who made our Director Feng be recruited this year?"

"How can you be so mean to others?" Liu Yifei lightly hit her boyfriend and said with a smile.

It's Chen Jingfei's birthday today, and Miss Liu insisted on bringing Li Chen along.

It is euphemistically said: It is better to resolve a feud than to create one.

In Ms. Liu's words: "The Godfather took the initiative to invite you, you are very honored."

But Li Chen didn't believe it at all. Chen Jingfei was a successful businessman. It was the nature of businessmen to not do anything without profit.

However, Li Chen couldn't say much in front of the mother and daughter.

The three of them arrived at Chen Jingfei's villa. It was Li Chen's first time there.

Miss Liu seemed to be familiar with the place, as if she was at home.

The three of them sat in the living room for less than five minutes.

Chen Jingfei went downstairs wearing a brown shirt and black trousers with a smile that looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.

"Li Chen is here."

Li Chen thought to himself, you didn't ask me to come, do you think I am willing to come?

Miss Liu shuttled among the three people like a colorful butterfly.

"Godfather, you only saw him and didn't see me and my mother," Liu Yifei said coquettishly, holding Chen Jingfei's arm affectionately.

Liu Xiaoli smiled and didn't say anything.

Chen Jingfei patted Miss Liu's arm: "Li Chen is a guest when he first comes here, and you are going home, so how can it be the same?"

Li Chen also laughed and said, "It seems that I am an outsider, Auntie, today you three should not face the outside world together!"

Liu Xiaoli shook her head and chuckled, ignoring Li Chen.

Miss Liu blushed.

He frowned, let go of Chen Jingfei's arm, took two steps to Li Chen and held Li Chen's arm affectionately.

"Is this okay? Godfather, you, and us are all family!"

Miss Liu turned her head and whispered in Li Chen's ear: "You are not allowed to confront the Godfather today."

Li Chen chuckled and gave Miss Liu a reassuring look.

Today's Chen Jingfei reminded Li Chen of a word: If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief.

Let's wait and see what Li Chen is up to.

The birthday dinner went uneventfully.

Chen Jingfei chatted with Li Chen in a casual manner.

Sometimes they talked about the Olympics, sometimes about the economy, and sometimes about Miss Liu.

Li Chen didn't know what he wanted to say, and finally brought up the U.S. stock market.

U.S. stocks plummeted last Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 777 points.

This set a record for the largest single-day point drop in history.

The US $7000 billion bailout plan was rejected by the House of Representatives again.

It triggered a global stock market crash, and the Hong Kong stock market fluctuated by 1230 points.

Liu Yifei and her daughter didn't care about these things, but Li Chen gradually understood some of them.

Chen Jingfei seemed to be laying the groundwork by saying so much. Could it be that he suffered heavy losses and his capital chain was broken?

Li Chen did not respond to his words, which made Chen Jingfei secretly admire Li Chen's patience.

If it were other young people, they would have asked questions out of curiosity.

After dinner, we have to take a group photo every year.

Miss Liu wanted to drag Li Chen along, but Li Chen refused.

"I'll take photos for you. Director Li is the photographer. The starting price is one million. Others can't even ask for it."

Liu Yifei sighed in her heart and stopped forcing him: "You are the only one who can say it, take a good picture for me."

(End of this chapter)