Entertainment: The opening and the official announcement of the national goddess

While the four of Zhou Runfa were chatting and playing mahjong, in a room not far away, Chen Gang was talking on the phone with Xiao Lishan, the CEO of Sakura Films.

"What? Tell me to apologize to Zhang Xiao and Yang Mi? No, I won't go even if I'm killed." Chen Gang was furious after hearing Xiao Lishan's words.

Xiao Lishan said: "Director Chen, why is the box office of "Battle of the Red Cliff 2" so poor? It's all your responsibility. If you didn't hit Yang Mi, things wouldn't have developed to this point. If you don't go to someone else ?”

Chen Gang said coldly: "Mr. Xiao, stop this topic here. Even if I, Chen Gang, stop filming for the rest of my life, I will never apologize to Zhang Xiao and Yang Mi."

After Xiao Lishan was silent for a while, he asked, "Director Chen, have you decided?"

Chen Gang was taken aback for a moment, and asked curiously, "What to decide?"

"I won't be filming for the rest of my life!" Xiao Lishan said in a deep voice.

Chen Gang panicked when he heard this, and quickly said, "I'm just making an analogy, it's not that I really don't want to stop filming."

Xiao Lishan said: "But the problem is that if you don't get Zhang Xiao's forgiveness, the global schedule of all your films will be seriously affected in the future. If you want to make a profit, it will definitely be extremely difficult."

When Chen Gang heard it, he immediately understood what Xiao Lishan meant, and said angrily, "That's not what the company said at the time."

Xiao Lishan said coldly: "The things I promised you were done by Tianyuan, and have nothing to do with me. Director Chen, think about it carefully!"

After finishing speaking, before Chen Gang could speak, Xiao Lishan hung up the phone directly.

Chen Gang in the hotel room smashed his mobile phone on the floor in anger, and then lay down on the bed, covering his forehead with his hands, his face extremely ugly.

At this moment, he finally felt the pressure brought by Zhang Xiao. This powerful coercion, even Columbia Film Company and Sakura Film Company could not afford it.

This was completely beyond Chen Gang's expectation.

The next day, the latest battle report of "Battle of Chibi 2" was released. The overseas box office was only 200 million US dollars. As for the domestic box office, it was even more bleak, with only 800 million soft sister coins. Crash across the board.

On the way to Huasheng by car, Chen Gang's face was very gloomy. If the movie's reputation is not good and the box office is lower, it's fine.

But now "Battle of Chibi 2" still maintains a freshness of 80.00% on Rotten Tomatoes. It's a joke that such a high-reputation movie only earned 2000 million US dollars in a single day's box office.

However, the main reason for all these consequences is the filming.

Chen Gang gritted his teeth with hatred for this, but there was nothing he could do.

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After arriving at a five-star hotel in Huasheng and arranging everyone's accommodation, Chen Gang called Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xun respectively and invited them to a coffee shop for coffee.

Soon, Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xun arrived.

"Brother Fa, sister Xun, the box office of "Battle of the Red Cliff 2" is going down, I'm really anxious!" As soon as the three of them sat down, Chen Gang said straight to the point.

Zhou Runfa was stirring the coffee with a spoon, and pretended not to hear Chen Gang's words.

Zhou Xun saw that Zhou Runfa had no problem, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Director Chen, this problem mainly occurs in the filming, and we really can't do anything about it."

Chen Gang gritted his teeth and said, "I want to beg Zhang Xiao, even if I kneel down, I will admit it."

When Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xun heard this, they were stunned.

For a great director to say such a thing, it can be seen that Chen Gang is really impatient now!

Zhou Runfa stopped what he was doing, looked up at Chen Gang, sighed, and said, "Director Chen, it's useless."

"Mr. Zhang is a martial artist, let alone kowtow to him, even if you die in front of him, he won't frown."

On the night when Yang Mi and Chen Gang had a conflict, Zhou Runfa called Zhang Xiao. At that time, Zhang Xiao wanted to send someone to kill Chen Gang. How could he accept his apology?

After Chen Gang heard Zhou Runfa's words, he frowned and said, "Is there nothing we can do?"

Zhou Xundao: "Director Chen, don't pin your hopes on Zhang Xiao. Brother Fa is right, he will definitely not make a film for "Battle of the Red Cliff 2"."

Chen Gang asked with some reluctance: "What about Yang Mi, I'll go beg Yang Mi!"

Zhou Xun shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you won't even see her face."

Zhou Runfa said: "Director Chen, to tell you something that you may not like to hear, you haven't settled your position yet."

"Although Mr. Zhang is an artist, his wealth, status, power and influence have already far exceeded the scope of the entertainment circle. Even in the business circle, he is also the top existence in the world."

"Don't you know that the wealth he owns alone is comparable to a big consortium?"

"Only speaking from this aspect, the only people who can sit with him to drink tea and chat with him are business tycoons like Hangzhou Ma and Bill Gates. We filmmakers are counted as one, and we can't even stand in front of him. No qualifications."

"Whether it's the CEO of Columbia or Xiao Lishan of Sakura Films, Mr. Zhang has never taken them seriously. Only the CEO of Suo Li is barely qualified to be strict with him. "

"Director Chen, you want me and Zhou Xun to be the intermediary to solve the conflict between you. Frankly speaking, we really dare not agree. If people don't give face, how can we count in their eyes?"

Zhou Xun nodded, and said with a wry smile: "Director Chen, although Brother Fa's words are not very pleasant, they are the truth. When we get along with a big man like Zhang Xiao, we must have a good sense of proportion."

"As the saying goes, accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, is that what it means?"

Hearing Zhou Runfa and Zhou Xun's words, Chen Gang was completely silent.

He suddenly discovered that there was still a world of difference between himself and Zhang Xiao, but the gap between the two had been ignored by him intentionally or unintentionally in the past.

It's ridiculous to think about a director who is filming a movie against a rich man worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Maybe all along, in Zhang Xiao's eyes, he was just an ant that could be trampled to death at any time, and he was ridiculously trying to fight him everywhere.

Thinking of this, Chen Gang showed a bitter smile, picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Use it slowly, I have already paid for it."

After speaking, Chen Gang got up and left.

Zhou Xun originally wanted to say something, but Zhou Run sent it to the hero, saying: "Let him be alone, he needs to think quietly now."

Zhou Xun nodded, and said, "Brother Fa, are you talking about Zhang Xiao so condescendingly in order to silence Director Chen?"

What kind of person Zhang Xiao is, after such a long time, Zhou Xun already knows very well.

Broad-minded, humorous, and without pretensions, Zhang Xiao treats everyone with courtesy, even if the other party is just an insignificant clerk. With this personality, no matter who gets along with him, he will be very happy Yes, there is no need to tremble at all.