Chapter 263 Chicken and Dog Ascend
March 2006, 3 was the first day after Lost on Journey was officially withdrawn from theaters.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I'm now..."
In the passenger seat of the Bora, Chen Xuebin was talking on the phone with dark circles under his eyes: "Hong Kong and Taiwan stars? Hong Kong and Taiwan stars are so expensive, how can we make a profit from the filming? Oh, find young and cheap ones?
Yes, yes, yes, I have learned about the strength of our Superstar Pictures from Director Liu, but now I really...
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, let's work together again if there's a chance in the future, okay? I'm busy now... No, no, no, I'll treat you later, I'll treat you!"
After hanging up the phone, Chen Xuebin rubbed his ears hard and cursed: "These people are all deaf ears and chatterboxes. I said I would not consider cooperation for the time being, but they still kept complaining to me for a long time!"
The last week of the movie’s box office was crucial to whether it could exceed 100 million yuan. Chen Xuebin was so nervous at first that he couldn’t sleep. Later, he was so excited that he couldn’t sleep. Anyway, he didn’t sleep well for that whole week.
If there wasn't a celebratory banquet being held at the Kunlun Hotel today, Chen Xuebin would have really wanted to go home and sleep for three days and three nights.
"Brother Chen."
Zhu Yawen, who was driving, smiled and said, "This proves that you are now a big shot. In the eyes of ordinary second- and third-tier stars, those people just now would have to be treated with great care, but in front of you, it's the other way around!"
Although this statement is meant to flatter Chen Xuebin, it is not far from the truth. Recently, major domestic film and television companies, and even some Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television companies, have been contacting Chen Xuebin, wanting him to be a producer or even a supervisor.
"嘁~"
Chen Xuebin sneered, "What a big shot! He just saw that I have been with Kun'er for a long time and I am the producer of "Boss" and "Lost on Journey". He thought I am probably familiar with his new tricks, so he wanted to drag me into it.
Humph~ I know how much I am capable of, Old Chen. If it weren’t for Kun’er’s nostalgia, I wouldn’t have gotten to this point. He wants me to break up with Kun’er for a few small things—Grandma!”
Chen Xuebin is not a young man, but a veteran who has been in the circle for more than ten years. He can still distinguish the difference between having a full meal and not having enough every meal.
At this point, Chen Xuebin reached out and patted Zhu Yawen on the shoulder and said, "You have performed well this year. You can correct your mistakes. Keep up the good work and work steadily as an assistant to our Director Xu for two years. You will definitely have better development in the future!
This is what we call sharpening the knife before chopping wood - don't follow some people who become arrogant as soon as they achieve a little success and lose sight of who they are. "
When Xu Kun wanted to forgive Zhu Yawen for his slip of the tongue, Chen Xuebin was the one who was most opposed. But after seeing him busying around for the past six months and comparing it with Wen Zhang's change of attitude a while ago, Chen Xuebin actually likes Zhu Yawen much more.
"Brother Chen, don't worry, I will be down-to-earth."
Zhu Yawen quickly agreed. Since personally experiencing this turbulent month, he has been completely convinced of Xu Kun.
It is extremely incredible that a director who changed his career halfway through his career could make such an amazing comedy movie.
And through a series of operations, a movie that originally had a box office of at most 4000 million was boosted to over million, which is an incredible feat.
Zhu Yawen was just about to express his emotion when Chen Xuebin's cell phone rang again. Seeing Chen Xuebin answering the phone swearing, he had no choice but to shut up for the time being.
When they arrived at the Kunlun Hotel in Beijing, Chen Xuebin, unable to bear the harassment, simply turned off his cell phone.
After getting out of the car and stretching, he turned around and saw Zhu Yawen still in the car, so he called out, "What are you standing there for? Come on, come in with me."
"This……"
Zhu Yawen hesitated and said, "I didn't receive an invitation either."
"I'm taking you in. Do I need an invitation?"
Chen Xuebin waved his hand domineeringly. After a slight hesitation, Zhu Yawen hurriedly followed Brother Chen.
When they arrived at the banquet hall, the Huayi staff who were carefully checking the invitations at the entrance saw Chen Xuebin and bowed and called out, "Producer Chen."
These are all "trainees" signed by Huayi. I heard that the system is modeled after that in South Korea. In addition to training, they are also responsible for doing miscellaneous work to decorate the store.
Because he has a dream of becoming a star, he is particularly respectful to our producer Chen.
Old Chen put one hand in his pocket, nodded slightly, and walked in without looking around, as if the padded door didn't exist at all.
Seeing this, two female trainees, who were about sixteen or seventeen years old, hurriedly opened the door on the left and right.
There are etiquettes for opening the door. When the guests inside see the noise, they know that a big shot has arrived.
As a result, when they saw Chen Xuebin, most people failed to recognize him. It was not until Huo Siyan, Qin Lan, Deng Chao, Wen Zhang and others went up to greet him that someone guessed from their address that this person was Director Xu's right-hand man, Producer Chen Xuebin.
So immediately people came around and tried to establish connections in a roundabout way. No matter how remote the connection was, they dared to use it to scare people, and many of them even made up stories out of thin air.
Chen Xuebin was already very familiar with dealing with this kind of situation. He was laughing and joking, seemingly not ignoring anyone, but in fact, he was not close to anyone.
"Brother Chen, this way please~"
At this time, Wang Zhonglei rushed over after hearing the news, smiled and offered a glass of red wine, and said, "Come on, Director Feng and my eldest brother are waiting for you over there."
This is what it means when one person succeeds, everyone around him will benefit.
A movie that grossed over 100 million yuan made Xu Kun go from being Xiao Xu to Director Xu; it also made Chen Xuebin go from being an unknown person to an important guest that Wang Zhonglei had to welcome with a smile.
Chen Xuebin followed behind Wang Zhonglei, and Huo Siyan and Qin Lan followed naturally.
The three of them walked to the long table in the middle and saw Wang Zhongjun holding a little girl of about six or seven years old and teasing her. Next to them, Feng Xiaogang was chatting with a man wearing wide-rimmed glasses. Fan Bingbing was standing next to them, listening attentively.
When the little girl saw Wang Zhonglei, she immediately stretched out her arms and shouted, "Dad, Dad!"
It turned out to be Wang Zhonglei's daughter.
Although Chen Xuebin's status had risen with Xu Kun, he still didn't dare to be arrogant in front of Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang, and hurriedly greeted them, "Director Feng, President Wang."
Wang Zhongjun smiled as he handed his niece to his brother, then pointed at the wide-rimmed glasses and introduced: "Producer Chen, this is Deputy Director Chen Guo from Taiwan. Director Chen will be the chief producer of Huayi in the future. Deputy Director Guo, this is your cousin, Producer Chen Xuebin, the producer of Lost on Journey."
It was him!
Chen Xuebin suddenly realized, no wonder he always felt that this person looked familiar, it turned out that he was the former director of Columbia Asia. He used to be one of the "big money sponsors" of Huayi, and he didn't expect that he would jump to Huayi now.
"I've heard a lot about you."
"Don't dare, don't dare."
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Chen Xuebin asked in confusion, "Where are our Director Xu and Baoqiang? How can this celebration banquet be held without the main characters?"
"Haha, Producer Chen, please be patient. They have already arrived. They just wanted to give everyone a little surprise, so they went to the next room to put on makeup first."
As he was speaking, someone came over and whispered something to Wang Zhongjun.
After hearing this, Wang Zhongjun laughed, waved behind him, and rolled up his sleeves.
Wang Zhonglei also followed suit.
Just when Chen Xuebin, Chen Guofu and others were looking at it in confusion, two staff members brought a set of gongs and drums. Wang Zhongjun took the gong and Wang Zhonglei picked up the drumstick.
The two brothers exchanged glances, and then started beating gongs and drums.
As the sound of gongs and drums rang out, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, leaving only three beams of light in the darkness, two of which were focused on the second king who was beating the gongs and drums, and the other one shone on the gate.
Soon the doors opened to the left and right, and a golden and red dancing lion leaped into the hall, running, jumping, and tumbling to the cheerful drum beats.
When some attentive people saw the lion, they immediately thought of the news that Xu Kun was going to perform the lion dance in a nursing home, and they quickly cheered and applauded the lion.
When the others saw this, some realized it later or refused to realize it, but they all started to applaud.
Amidst thunderous applause, the lion gradually came in front of the two kings, and then suddenly stood up like a human. The lion's head turned around and looked around, then it bit open the colorful ball hanging in the middle.
There was a crisp sound~
A red banner with the words "Warmly congratulate 'Lost on Journey' for grossing over 100 million yuan at the box office" was hung from the air, and countless streamers exploded in the entire hall.
Along with the ribbons, the lights in the hall also lit up.
Amid the increasingly enthusiastic applause from the crowd, the lion dancer took off the lion's head, revealing a silly round face.
The applause suddenly stopped. Everyone originally thought that the lion dancer was Xu Kun, but unexpectedly it was Wang Baoqiang. So where did Xu Kun go?
(End of this chapter)
