Chapter 499: Sending Red Envelopes
"Cold War" and "If You Are the One 2" were released on the same day, both scheduled for the winter solstice.

Neither side would give in, and Liu Dehua, caught between Huayi and Rongchen Pictures, could only turn a deaf ear and dumb.

Wang Zhonglei complained to him that Li Chen was too domineering.

Over the past six months, Rongchen Pictures has almost been in direct conflict with Huayi Yueyue.

He Rongchen Pictures doesn't care, but Huayi is a listed company, and the box office is directly related to the stock price.

Liu Dehua could only play dumb: "Although Yingyi Entertainment is also a producer."

"But the big boss is at Rongchen Films, and Li Chen has set the release date, so there's nothing I can do."

Wang Zhonglei really couldn't understand: "Andy, the Lunar New Year period is Xiaogang's home turf, and it's the comedy genre that Xiaogang is best at, and there's also the audience base of If You Are the One 1."

"Is Li Chen really not afraid of losing?"

Liu Dehua laughed and said, "I have never seen him lose to anyone. I have said the same thing about Zhou Xingchi before."

"But he even beat Zhou Xingchi's Kung Fu. Instead of worrying about him losing, we should pray that he beats us less often."

Wang Zhonglei was completely speechless now, which made Liu Dehua feel nervous.

What Li Chen didn't expect was that it was because of himself.

The 2010 billion box office target set by the General Administration for was achieved ahead of schedule, even before the Lunar New Year holiday.

Han Saping called, his tone full of sighs and emotion.

"Director Tong said that he would give you the Best Contribution Award."

Li Chen just wanted to laugh when he heard it: "Forget about the award, the leaders knowing the situation is more important than anything else."

Han Sanping nodded: "Don't worry, no one can erase what you did."

Given Han Sanping's personality, he announced the news to the public the next day.

Sina Entertainment News

"Han Sanping, the head of China Film Group, who just finished filming The Founding of a Party, announced today that China's 120 billion box office goal for this year has been achieved ahead of schedule, and is expected to reach billion by the end of the year."

Netizens commented: The 10 billion target was achieved ahead of schedule, Leo is indispensable.

Sina Music Report
"The list of nominees for the 53rd Grammy Awards was announced on December 12, local time. Deng Ziqi's "Try", Eminem and Rihanna's duet single "Love the Way You Lie", popular country group Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now", Jay-Z and Licia Keys's single "Empire State of Mind" and Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" are on the list."

"This year's best single of the year will cause unprecedented excitement. Every music fan will think that this year's European and American music scene has produced many popular singles, especially the Chinese singer Deng Ziqi's "Try", which once topped the Billboard singles chart for three weeks!"

Li Chen took a quick look at this year's Grammy Awards and found that there were so many strong competitors.

He had never heard of these singles except "Empire State of Mind".

He has listened to the rest, especially the two by Rihanna and Lady Gaga.

Whether Deng Ziqi can finally win a Grammy depends on Warner's strength.

However, it is a good opportunity for Ms. Liu to take advantage of her pregnancy to listen to some of the English golden songs in her mind.

Let the little giant lung completely ignite the Chinese storm in Europe and the United States.

What Li Chen saw was the strength of the nominated singles, but what domestic singers and fans saw was envy.

"Deng Ziqi's rivals are Rihanna and Lady Gaga!"

"As expected, a higher platform means a much higher starting point than others!"

The premieres of Zhao Benshan's "The Laughing Man" and Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao" were held one after another in Beijing.

When Li Chen returned to Beijing, he heard that the former was calm and composed at the premiere, and he and Zhu Yanping delivered many golden lines.

Zhao Benshan, his master and his apprentice, together with Zeng Zhiwei and Wu Zongxian, are known as the F4 of the comedy world.

Zhao Benshan even joked that the three Ge Yous were not scary, and that people from Northeast China were not afraid of the "cold" war!

He asked his apprentice Cheng Ye to deal with Ge You, Xiao Shenyang to deal with Jiang Wen, and he would deal with Feng Xiaogang.

And Andy Lau and Tony Leung were left to Tsang Chi-wai and Wu Zong to deal with.

As for the premiere of Chen Kaige's "The Orphan of Zhao", there is no need to mention it.

Director Kai Ge’s style has always been that the premiere is more interesting than the movie.

Of course, Mr. Ge also has another style, which is to show his love to Chen Hong at the premiere.

At the premiere of “The Promise” that year, the line “In this world, there are two things I am most obsessed with—I am obsessed with “The Promise” that I filmed with Chen Hong, and I am obsessed with Chen Hong” made the audience tremble with fear and get goose bumps all over the floor.

And Mr. Ge was completely immersed in the romantic atmosphere he created.

This fully verifies the saying that as long as you are not embarrassed, it is others who are embarrassed.

This time is no exception.

The words "I will hold your hand and grow old with you" almost made Chen Hong burst into tears.

Director Kai Ge seemed to be afraid that some viewers would not understand the meaning of these words, and hurriedly explained: "It means to live a good life with her for the rest of my life."

Chen Hong, in turn, comforted her husband, hoping that he would not be anxious and not put too much pressure on himself. No matter what others think of the movie, they had done their best during the filming process.

It is said that Chen Hong is not simple. It seems that she has foreseen the failure of old baby in advance.

Various theater chains are also optimistic about director Chen Da's "Orphan", and have predicted that it will start at at least 3 million yuan.

Another 3 million, it seems that 3 million has become an impossible task for Director Chen.

On the 3rd, "The Laughing Man" was the first to hit the Lunar New Year box office.

The cinema chain was supportive and gave the film a 4% screening rate. On the first day, it was the F of the comedy world across Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong!

The box office was pretty good, with 2000 million on the first day, but the word of mouth was hard to describe.

"Xiao Shenyang has gained a lot of weight. We can no longer call him Xiao Shenyang. We should call him Xiao Feiyang instead. Xiao Shenyang classmate...his acting skills will always remain at the level of Errenzhuan."

"I went to see "The Laughing Man" in the afternoon. I felt something the moment I sat in the cinema, but as the show went on, I felt a little sleepy. It's not a blasphemy against art, but it's really not that artistic." "After watching Zhou Xingchi, I watch these pseudo-nonsense writers who dare not criticize the current situation. You are so tired, why don't you go to bed."

The next day, "The Orphan of Zhao" hit the screens with overwhelming popularity.

The attendance rate on the first day was said to be 7%, even the imported film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was no match for it. This is the status quo of a big director.

Jiang Wen called and said, "You weren't in Beijing for the premieres of Laugh Out Loud and Orphan, so you won't go if you don't want to."

"There's no reason for you not to come to my Bullet."

Li Chen smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will become a poisonous tongue?"

Jiang Wen laughed loudly: "You have been praising "Bullet" repeatedly before. If you want to slap yourself in the face, I am happy to accompany you."

"It would be best if you could bring Yifei with you. I haven't seen her for a long time. Don't tell me I miss her a lot."

"Go to hell, my wife doesn't need you to think about it."

"Hahaha, then it's a deal. Don't be late the day after tomorrow!"

"The Laughing Man" beat the imported films "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and director Chen Da's "Orphan" to win the weekly box office championship with 7 million.

"Orphan" followed closely with 5100 million over the weekend, but starting with 3 million is obviously a joke.

On the 6th, Jiang Wen's "Bullet" held a grand world premiere at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center.

The red carpet lineup is no worse than that of a film festival.

Cheng Long and Yang Shoucheng, who are currently filming "Chinese Police" in Beijing, appeared together.

Li Chen and Feng Xiaogang, who are also competitors in the Lunar New Year box office, also came to show their support.

Big Brother Long's status in the mainland has become increasingly prosperous in the past two years.

One reason is that eldest brother has a legitimate reason for being upright.

The second and oldest brother Long is an extremely intelligent man.

If he hadn't gone to Hollywood, how could he have become an international superstar?

After "Hero", they quickly shifted their focus to the mainland. Few people have this vision.

In Hong Kong Island, few people call him Big Brother.

On the contrary, there are many people who call him "Big Brother", such as Hong Jinbao.

Even people in the Hong Kong circle, such as Andy Lau, who are much younger than Cheng Long, call him by his name.

But when mainland actors and movie fans mention the title of "Big Brother", it is only Chenglong.

Jiang Wen was naturally happy to see Li Chen coming.

"Li Jiuyi, you are finally here. I thought you didn't dare to come." Jiang Wen, Han Sanping, Cheng Long, and Yang Shoucheng stood together.

There were no actors around who could come together.

"If you don't welcome me, I'll leave first." Li Chen greeted Lao Han, Cheng Long and others.

Jiang Wen quickly grabbed Li Chen, and was really afraid that Li Chen would turn around and leave.

As soon as the media saw Li Chen and Jiang Wen, two fearless guys, gathered together, they immediately surrounded them.

Jiang Wen was waiting for this moment, to praise each other with Li Chen in front of the media.

The media asked Jiang Wen to predict the box office of "Bullet".

Jiang Wen laughed and said, "When it comes to predicting the box office, who else is more suitable than him, Li Jiuyi?"

Li Chen also took up the conversation and said with a smile: "I don't want to predict the box office anymore. I've said before that 500 million is not difficult. What else do you want me to predict? Commercial films are the market trend."

"Jiang Wen is riding the wave of success and this is his first commercial film. With three movie kings joining him, it's hard for him to lose money."

Li Chen's few words made Jiang Wen, Yang Shoucheng and others very happy.

"The Lunar New Year movie season will be more exciting in the future. It will no longer be dominated by one person, and the audience will have more and more choices, which will only benefit our Chinese films."

Han Sanping nodded repeatedly: "Yes, what Li Chen said is what I want to say."

Jiang Wen laughed out loud: "Thanks to your good words, if the box office exceeds 500 million, I will give you a red envelope."

Yang Shoucheng also joined in the fun: "Director Jiang doesn't have to pay for it. If the box office exceeds 500 million, I will give Director Li a big red envelope."

Li Chen glanced at Yang Shoucheng, who had a smile on his face. The meaning was self-evident.

The "Ip Man" series made a lot of money, so a red envelope is nothing.

As long as "Ip Man 4" can bring them Ying Huang, everything will be fine.

Moreover, Cai Shaofen is pregnant recently, and Yang Shoucheng is planning to have Gillian take her place.

It is almost impossible for Gillian and Zhang Baizhi to return to their peak.

Recently, it was reported that Zhang Baizhi will appear on the Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Rabbit, and she, Xie Tingfeng and their son will appear in public as a family.

Outsiders don’t know, and Li Chen is not clear about the ins and outs here.

It's nothing more than creating momentum.

How could the Spring Festival Gala allow a black fungus like you to go on stage?

"Forget it. I didn't do anything, why would I accept a red envelope? I don't want to receive anything without merit. If my prediction comes true, I will ask you to estimate the box office in the future. Will I continue to make movies?"

Jiang Wen laughed: "Then I look forward to your unfortunate prediction coming true."

Jiang Wen originally wanted to be a peacemaker and talk to Li Chen and Feng Xiaogang.

But neither of them gave him face and no one paid any attention to the other.

(End of this chapter)