Chapter 357 Shocking Statement (Part )

Zhou Runfa and his wife were also watching this live broadcast.

Ever since he and Wu Yusen had a falling out, his reputation has plummeted.

Recently, he has been pushed to the forefront because of the "Confucius" incident.

He was also very curious, and in fact he had a hunch that the media reports might not be groundless.

He had met Li Chen twice, and his most intuitive impression of Li Chen was that he was neither close nor distant to anyone.

He neither has the worship and respect that some young people have, nor the attention and courtesy that some big directors have shown him.

It's a sense of alienated peace.

When Zhou Runfa heard Li Chen say it was nonsense, the corners of his mouth curled up.

"He's a smart man. Even if he really has something against me, he won't tell the truth at this time."

"Is it really because of Zhang Ziyi that he has such an opinion of you?" The woman really believed the gossip on the Internet.

Chow Yun-fat shook his head and smiled, "No, isn't Zhang Ziyi also on his blacklist?"

Li Chen's four-word answer left many netizens confused.

Li Chen continued, "If there really is a so-called blacklist, it only targets those artists with bad records."

"As for saying it was because of Zhang Ziyi, that's even more ridiculous."

"According to the reports from the media, is Zhang Ziyi also on my blacklist?"

"Because I haven't worked with her either!"

"The director chooses the actors, and the actors themselves choose the scripts. This is a two-way selection process."

"Besides, Zhou Xun's refusal to play the role in "Confucius" was indeed my idea."

"But it's not because Mr. Chow Yun-fat is participating in the show. It's just that Chow Xun just released a new album and the schedule overlaps with Confucius."

Zhang Ziyi's face turned pale in front of the computer, and her agent laughed secretly in her heart.

She had known for a long time that Li Chen could not possibly like Zhang Ziyi.

Zhao Ning nodded and said, "Director Li, what do you think of the Hong Kong media's report that mainland actresses have poor quality?"

"And some Hong Kong directors mentioned that some actresses from the mainland were fawning over him."

"Zhou Xun, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, several of your artists have boldly spoken out for mainland female stars. Was it your instruction?"

Netizens left comments one after another: "Isn't this question nonsense?"

"If it wasn't for Little Leo's instruction, would Yang Mi and the others dare to stand up?"

Li Chen did not deny this: "It's not an exaggeration to say that I instructed it."

"But first, Yang Mi and the others have to stand up straight. I just let them speak freely."

"As for the revelations made by Director Ma, this kind of thing is not uncommon in the entertainment industry."

"It's available in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Europe, America, Japan and South Korea, and even Hollywood."

"Just mentioning mainland actresses is despicable!"

"Hong Kong Island has the Artist Association to speak for Hong Kong Island artists, and the mainland also has Rongchen Films to speak for them."

"To put it another way, even if we step out of the entertainment industry, are there no other circles?"

“A director should not spend time polishing his work, but let his work speak for itself.”

"Instead, they rely on these sensational gossips to attract attention. No wonder they haven't produced a single work of note in all these years."

"Only some small directors and celebrities can do this kind of thing."

At this moment, Ma Weihao, the instigator and one of the thousands of online netizens, looked frighteningly ugly.

The young stewardess who was about to get married sat next to him and quickly closed her notebook: "Don't read it, it's all nonsense."

Ma Weihao was furious: "Get lost!"

Then he opened the notebook again, and the young stewardess was so scared that she didn't dare to make a sound.

The comments from netizens instantly became like an erupting volcano.

"Leo is the one who sees things clearly. To put it bluntly, it's the unspoken rules of the workplace." "Where are they? Are Hong Kong and Taiwan paradises? You're out of touch!"

"Leo said there are also people in Japan, Korea and Hollywood. There must be people who have given themselves to Leo!"

"Nonsense, this Ma is just a small fry, while Leo is known as the Chinese version of Spears with big arms."

"Maybe both the King of Sai and Gloria have been seduce by Leo. Otherwise, it would be too sci-fi for two Oscar-winning actresses to make cameo appearances in Passengers!"

The host Zhao Ning looked a little embarrassed as he heard questions beyond the syllabus coming from his headphones.

"Director Li, you just mentioned that there are actresses from Japan, South Korea, Europe and America. Have there been any actresses from Europe and America who have flirted with you?"

Netizens acted like they had taken stimulants.

"Good question!"

"Now let's see how Leo responds!"

"If Leo says there is no answer, I won't believe it."

Li Chen glanced at Zhao Ning, and Zhao Ning blinked slightly.

Li Chen understood. There was no such problem in the script just now.

"I won't answer questions that involve personal privacy, otherwise I'll be the same as Director Ma."

"But I can say with confidence that I have never had any sexual relations with any female celebrity."

Netizens were greatly disappointed, but Li Chen's words also indirectly answered that there must be one.

Zhao Ning smiled again and asked, "What about Yifei?"

The style of the live broadcast room changed.

"Haha, good question. I don't believe that the fairy is dating you just because you're ugly."

"Little Leo, you should say that it's not that I look down on you."

Li Chen smiled lightly: "You can ask the person involved about this question."

Zhao Ning stopped pestering and returned to the topic.

"Director Li, what kind of mentality or deep-seated reason do you think the Hong Kong and Taiwan media have for exposing the low quality of mainland female stars?"

Li Chen nodded. This question was quite profound.

"This is fundamentally due to the rapid development of the mainland market, which has quickly surpassed Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea to become the largest market in Asia."

"The 1980s and 1990s were the era of Hong Kong and Taiwan films, and also the last era of their glory."

"Take us, the people born in the 70s and 80s, for example. Who hasn't watched Wang Jing's God of Gamblers, Wu Yusen's A Better Tomorrow, and Xu Ke's Swordsman?"

"At that time, who among the mainland artists didn't want to go to Hong Kong to make movies, such as Gong Li's "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" and "Flirting Scholar"?"

"But now, the situation has reversed. The mainland market leads Asia in terms of talent, productions and box office."

"This is determined by market laws and is an inevitable objective fact."

"To put it bluntly, who doesn't want to go north to make money? Even the six major Hollywood studios are drooling over our mainland market."

"Not to mention the tiny Hong Kong and Taiwan."

"Shuang Zhou Yicheng, the Four Heavenly Kings, Wang Jing, Wu Yusen, Xu Ke, Chen Kexin, Chen Jiashang, Ying Huang Zhongguoxin and other visionary Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers have long understood this truth."

“Only a few narrow-minded Hong Kong filmmakers are still dreaming of self-deceiving dreams.”

"This mentality is both sad and pitiful."

“They don’t even dare to face the objective facts.”

"It's like a frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky. The sky above his head is only so big."

"So, I have something to say to my artists and students from the three major colleges."

"You need to have good acting skills, but you also need determination. Don't try to take shortcuts. The road of unspoken rules is full of thorns."

The number of real-time online users in the live broadcast room has exceeded one million.

A small number of netizens from the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been wiped out by the comments of the vast majority of netizens with correct values.

(End of this chapter)