Chapter 508 Chen's Wisdom
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The artistic level of "Painted Skin" may not be as good as "Mei Lanfang", but for most audiences, its viewing experience is far better than the former.
Especially some of the special effects in the movie, which were quite refreshing in 08.
It seems that the box office of "Mei Lanfang" will be further squeezed.
As for to what extent they will be squeezed, it depends on the quality of Zhen Zidan's "Ip Man" - because usually when the eldest and the second in command fight, the first one to be killed is the third in command.
No wonder Zhen Zidan looks unhappy. The release date of "Painted Skin" has been moved to the Lunar New Year holiday, which will definitely have a significant impact on his "Ip Man".
The interview session after the movie also confirmed Xu Kun's prediction.
Most reporters were interested in the special effects used in the film, and their feedback on the plot was more enthusiastic than that of "Mei Lanfang", not to mention the impressions of ordinary audiences.
When it was time to leave, because he had to wait for the ordinary audience to leave first, Xu Kun habitually took out his mobile phone, prepared to turn on the sound, and by the way, check if he had missed any important calls.
As a result, at this moment, his arm holding the phone was suddenly hugged by someone.
Xu Kun turned around and saw that it was Fan Bingbing.
"Bing Bing."
Before he could speak, Huo Siyan, who was holding her other arm, became unhappy and said with a hint of sarcasm: "As an old friend of Zhao Wei, shouldn't you go and congratulate Zhao Wei for making another good movie?"
"rest assured."
Fan Bingbing smiled and said, "I'm not trying to compete with you, I just want to remind Brother Kun that Lin Xinru has a lot of negative information and has always looked down on our mainland actors. Brother Kun, don't be fooled by her."
As he spoke, he took Xu Kun's hand and climbed up to get the unlocked phone from him. He then quickly opened the phone book and searched for Lin Xinru's name.
"Director Xu, Bingbing?"
At this moment, Lin Xinru's voice suddenly came from behind the three of them. She quickly walked around to Fan Bingbing, stared at the phone in her hand and said, "Hey, why are you using Director Xu's phone to search for my number?"
Although her tone was still full of the sweetness unique to Taiwanese girls, everyone could hear a strong hostility in it.
Fan Bingbing hesitated for a moment, but still added Lin Xinru's number to the blacklist in front of her, then quickly put it into Xu Kun's pocket, and smiled at Huo Siyan, "At most, we have an internal conflict among the people. At the critical moment, we still have to unite to face the outside world."
After saying that, she let go of Xu Kun's arm without any reluctance, pushed away the livid-faced Lin Xinru, and walked away.
At this moment, Fan Bingbing's aura is at least two meters and eighty.
Huo Siyan witnessed the whole process and was so shocked that she was speechless. She was a bold person, but to be so bold in public...
It turns out that there is a reason why Fan Bingbing can be so unique and follow the black and red route.
"Director Xu~~"
At this time, Lin Xinru put on a tearful face again and said coquettishly: "Look at her..."
Before Lin Xinru could finish her words, Huo Siyan pulled Xu Kun out. Although she might not be able to "agree" with Fan Bingbing, she could still do it "to the outside world".
Xu Kun did not resist. He just turned around and shrugged at Lin Xinru, then took Huo Siyan's arm and walked to the corridor outside.
The smile that Lin Xinru had just put on suddenly collapsed, and she stamped her feet in anger.
When they arrived at the VIP area outside, Xu Kun took out his cell phone again to check because he had to wait for the ordinary audience to leave first. He found that in addition to the expected call from Liu Xiaoli, there was another unfamiliar phone call that came in around eight o'clock.
Xu Kun was telling jokes on the stage at the time, so he didn't notice it.
After thinking for a while, Xu Kun returned the call first, and then heard a cheerful voice: "Is this Director Xu? I'm Li Qiankuan."
"It's Teacher Li!"
After hearing the other party's introduction, Xu Kun understood what was going on. This director Li Qiankuan was the newly elected president of the China Film Association, and he must have called because he had gone to the China Film Association during the day to apply for an office.
So Xu Kun quickly said, "I'm sorry, Teacher Li, I was attending the premiere of Painted Skin just now, so I muted my phone."
"It's okay. I was a little anxious. In fact, I should contact you tomorrow. How about we find a place to have a good chat tomorrow?"
"That's a good feeling!"
Xu Kun agreed immediately: "To be honest, because I just took over the filming task of "The Founding of a Republic" from President Han, I am now particularly interested in your "Founding Ceremony" - of course, my favorite is still your "After the Decisive Battle"."
"Haha~" These two movies are Li Qiankuan's proud works. He laughed and said, "Compared to those two old movies, I would rather discuss Zhu Yuanzhang with you."
The original fictional film "The Legendary Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang" was also directed by Li Qiankuan. At that time, such a large-scale production lost to the TV series of the same theme starring Xu Kun, which was somewhat of a thorn in the side of Director Li.
Of course, Li Qiankuan would definitely not try to make things difficult for Xu Kun because of this. After all, the two parties are not actually in a subordinate relationship, and Xu Kun is not a small figure who can be easily manipulated.
After the two agreed to meet at noon the next day, Xu Kun was about to call Liu Xiaoli back, but suddenly received a text message: Go 300 meters east to XX Hotel, we are in room 816.
What does this mean?
Xu Kun frowned slightly. The two parties hadn't even started discussing the terms yet, but they went straight to get a room?
This doesn't seem right no matter how you look at it, but if you say it's a honey trap, it seems a bit too hasty.
After thinking about it, Xu Kun just replied with a question mark.
…………
Room 816, XX Hotel.
Liu Xiaoli, who was feeling uneasy, saw the question mark, thought about it carefully, and felt that her plan B was a bit hasty.
But she was not a very clever person. She could only think of this method by following Chen Jinfei's old trick of putting the big ones first and the small ones later. It was really difficult for her to make temporary changes.
After hesitating for a long time, Liu Xiaoli finally gritted her teeth and dialed Xu Kun's number, thinking that she had to coax him over no matter what.
As a result, the call was hung up after just a few seconds, and then another question mark was sent.
…………
movie theater.
After Xu Kun sent the second question mark, he put the phone back into his pocket. Before he was sure what was going on, it was impossible for him to leave any video or audio records for Liu Xiaoli.
"Whose phone number?"
Huo Siyan, who was chatting with Gan Wei, saw Xu Kun hang up the phone directly and then sent another text message. She couldn't help but feel curious.
"A strange man."
"Is it a woman?"
Xu Kun neither confirmed nor denied it, but turned to Gan Wei and said, "I heard that "How to Be a Villain" is about to start filming?"
The copyright of this drama was acquired by LeTV, so after Xu Kun declined to lead the matter, Jia asked Gan Wei to put together a crew.
Gan Wei nodded: "We have to make some noise when we launch it next year."
After a pause, she said helplessly, "Don't blame Lao Jia. He has no choice. Otherwise, he would not have diluted your shares in LeTV, and he would not have had the wild idea of letting you lead a self-made online drama at this time."
"There's nothing going on between me and Lao Jia."
Xu Kun said frankly: "But I don't plan to continue holding shares in LeEco in the future. You can ask Lao Jia. If he is willing, he can sign a purchase intention contract with me in advance. When the original shares are unfrozen in 2010, I will sell the shares to him at a price slightly lower than the market price."
"This……"
Gan Wei hesitated when he heard this and said, "Do you want to reconsider it?"
For LeTV itself, having Xu Kun as a shareholder is definitely a good thing with no disadvantages.
If it weren't for the slight abuse of power, LeTV would have been afraid that it wasn't enough to support Xu Kun, and would never have come up with those stupid moves.
Xu Kun shook his head decisively: "No need, tell Lao Jia that if he doesn't want it, please find a buyer for me, so as to avoid selling it casually and causing bad consequences."
He originally had no intention of being tied to LeTV for a long time. Now that there is a suitable opportunity to withdraw, what is there to hesitate about?
As he was speaking, Xu Kun's cell phone rang again.
This time it was Liu Xiaoli who sent the message: Can we go to the hot pot restaurant across the street? I'll go book a private room now.
This time Xu Kun did not refuse and replied directly: OK, I'll be there soon.
After sending it, he said to Gan Wei, "Don't forget to talk to Lao Jia about the shares. Also, Huo Siyan is now in your care. I have other things to take care of."
Huo Siyan frowned slightly when she heard that. She originally thought Xu Kun was joking, but she didn't expect that he really didn't intend to send her home. It was a waste of her time and effort to prepare a set of "decisive" moves.
(End of this chapter)
