fringe artist

Chapter 231 229. I'm Envious of Xu Jinjiang

The summer morning sun is already very hot, but it is also very bright, and the light reflected on the smooth floor stings the eyes.

Chen Li'an got up and poured himself a glass of water, found the phone that was turned off, turned it on and glanced at it before realizing that there had been no missed call reminders these days.

Chen Li'an glanced at the time on the phone, and was about to wake up Mr. Zhou when the phone rang suddenly.

The sudden ringing of the phone made the sleeping Mr. Zhou couldn't help turning over.

She was still wearing the school uniform of the Republic of China last night, but the white stocking on her calf was missing, the black pleated skirt was also crumpled, and the button of the light blue top was pulled to nowhere up.

Chen Li'an glanced at her, quickly connected the phone, and quickly walked into the bathroom.

"Hello, who is it?"

Cheng Shufen's voice came from the other end of the phone immediately:

"It's me, Li'an, when will you be able to Xiangjiang? The Christ of Nanjing will be released in a few days. Come here and I'll show you a few shows to promote it."

Chen Li'an leaned on the sink and asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

Cheng Shufen's tone was a little helpless and said: "I'm anxious, I called you last night, but I didn't get through. You'd better come today, and I will take you to the show tomorrow night."

Chen Li'an felt that he was really a hard worker. Red River Valley had just been released, and he was going to participate in the promotion of Christ in Nanjing.

"Okay, Sister Shufen, I will try to be there tonight."

After talking with Cheng Shufen, Chen Li'an hung up the phone, went out and saw that Mr. Zhou was still asleep, so he put on his clothes and went to the Shanghai Film Studio to find Feng Xiaoning.

On a hot summer day, the temperature in the morning is like Laojun's alchemy stove being knocked over, and the sweltering heat is almost roasting people.

Chen Li'an and Feng Xiaoning stood under the office building of Shanghai Film Studio, hiding in the shade and chatting.

"You're leaving today?" Feng Xiaoning said after taking a puff of cigarette, "You're in too much of a hurry, today is only the second day of the show."

Chen Li'an explained embarrassingly: "There is a temporary incident in Xiangjiang, and a movie I made before will be released soon."

Feng Xiaoning nodded and said, "Okay then, but you have to come back to celebrate after the movie is released."

"I will try my best, and I will go to the United States to hold an exhibition next month. If there is time, I will come back to participate."

Feng Xiaoning paused for a moment while smoking, and couldn't help being envious in his heart. Seeing the development of others all over the world, he had to solicit investment everywhere to make a movie.

However, after the filming of Red River Valley, the factory should not be stuck with its own investment in the future, but it is not known whether the subsequent box office can be stabilized.

It is too difficult to make a movie at the box office and make a profit at the box office, and it is very difficult for a film studio to be self-financed at the box office.

The share that the film studio can get is only 30.00%. If a movie with an investment of 500 million wants to make a profit, it needs more than 500 million to make a profit.

But in the entire 90s, there were not many films with a box office of more than 1000 million. After the film studio was responsible for its own profits and losses, if it only relied on box office profits, Northwest Wind could not afford it.

Therefore, all the major film studios are buying factory labels from outside, and you can get hundreds of thousands of affiliate fees for a movie.

This is also the reason why many directors will not seek investment from film studios. The film studios are poor and have no money to start their own projects, so they will invest in you?Let's play ball!
Just like Huo Jianqi's winner, it took more than a year to invest in the factory, but he didn't get a penny. In the end, Beijing Film Factory only invested a little after getting most of the investment from outside.

Making a movie is a loss of money, it is better to make a TV series.

After Chen Li'an said goodbye to Feng Xiaoning, he ran to see Ning Jing again, and he had to explain to her that she was released last night.

However, Chen Li'an didn't intentionally let the pigeons go. Who let Mr. Zhou have rewards, but Ning Jing didn't.

In an office of the Shanghai Film Studio, Chen Li'an opened the door and went in, looked at Ning Jing who was resting inside and said, "Are you treated so well in the factory? You also have your own office."

"Why are you here?" Ning Jing didn't give Chen Li'an a good look, and she became angry when she thought of being released yesterday, which made her tucked under the quilt all night.

Chen Li'an sat across from Ning Jing and said, "Come and see you, I'm leaving this afternoon."

"Go? Where are you going?" Ning Jing looked at Chen Li'an and asked.

After Chen Li'an explained it again, he said helplessly: "I have booked a plane ticket for the afternoon, and I will go back to the hotel to pick up my things later."

Ning Jing looked at Chen Li'an and said nothing, she hadn't enjoyed two days, this guy was leaving!

She must not let him go so easily, she released her pigeons last night.

Ning Jing stood up, walked to the door and slammed it shut, then turned to look at Chen Li'an and said, "Make up what I owed last night."

Chen Li'an: "." As expected of you, Ning Jing, you are really vigorous!

This is the office, it's too exciting, Chen Li'an looked at the strong Ning Jing, and felt that he had no way to resist, so he simply accepted his fate, who let Shanghai Film Studio be Ning Jing's territory, his dragon can only be obedient cooperated.

"Don't take off your skirt, just lift it up!"

"Chen Li'an, how do you know so much?"

"Don't talk, yes, just support the table like this and hold it steady."

"I'm your uncle."

More than half an hour later, Chen Li'an came out of Ning Jing's office covered in sweat. It was so hot in summer that he sweated every time he moved, and his clothes were soaked with sweat.

Chen Li'an was fine, but Ning Jing's clothes were only soaked through with wetness, so she wouldn't be able to come out to meet people now.

But now it was almost one o'clock, Chen Li'an took a taxi back to the hotel and said goodbye to Mr. Zhou, and immediately set off for the airport.

It’s really troublesome to go to Xiangjiang without a direct flight. It’s obviously all in the country, but you have to make a transfer, and you don’t know what to plan.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Li'an got off the plane in Shencheng. When he came out of the airport, Chen Li'an saw the billboard of Lixin VCCD while sitting in the taxi, and chatted with the driver brother.

"This Lixin is very popular recently." Chen Li'an looked at the billboard and said.

The driver brother immediately got excited, and said to Chen Li'an: "You don't even look at who is the endorser, Sophie Marceau! This company is so fucking awesome!"

"Recently, there is an event. If you buy it together with Changhong and TCL TVs, you can get a [-]% discount!" The driver brother said with a smile: "I bought one last week and went home, watching DVDs every day. Hey, I've almost finished watching Xiangjiang's tertiary movies."

Chen Li'an: "." Don't laugh so obscenely!
The driver brother knew that Chen Li'an was going to Xiangjiang, so he said with emotion: "I really envy that Xu Jinjiang, who has been photographed with so many female stars in the third grade, and he is not as good-looking as me!"

Chen Li'an listened silently. In fact, he was also quite envious. Why is there such a big difference between the painters?

But if someone really asked Chen Li'an to make a tertiary film, he wouldn't act in it, and he couldn't afford to lose that person.

Teacher Xu Jinjiang also acted in this kind of movie for his livelihood. Otherwise, what would a decent traditional Chinese painter do to act in this kind of movie? It's not a real shot.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but be dumbfounded listening to the driver chattering about his favorite movies, he is almost becoming a master.

But he also likes the movie When the Peach Is Ripe, which is Li Lizhen.

Li Lizhen also seems to be learning to paint. Chen Li'an couldn't figure out why all the painters in Xiangjiang like to go to the showbiz, and they even acted in tertiary movies.

"It's a good thing I'm a painter from the mainland, otherwise it would be ridiculous to shoot level three." Chen Li'an said to himself, took out his luggage from the trunk of the taxi, and walked towards the gate.

At this time, the high-rise buildings in Xiangjiang are emitting a charming light in the sunset, like the last afterglow of the city.

Looking at this scene, Chen Li'an felt an irreversible end of the era. Xiangjiang's history is finally about to change, and it is about to usher in new changes and return to the embrace of the motherland.

Chen Li'an didn't inform Wang Zuxian to pick him up this time. He called her two days ago and said that she was busy doing academic research recently.

Chen Li'an didn't go to Wang Zuxian's first, but went directly to Zhang Guorong's house, where Cheng Shufen was waiting for him.

The taxi quickly took Chen Li'an to Yuen Long. He hadn't been to Zhang Guorong's house for a long time, but it felt like nothing had changed.

There was still the familiar sound of mahjong and Zhang Guorong's voice coquettishly saying that he just played the wrong card. Standing outside, Chen Li'an couldn't help laughing. He liked playing cards so much despite his poor skills. Was it because he was addicted to losing money?

Chen Li'an rang the doorbell, and the door opened soon. Mr. Tang looked at Chen Li'an and said with a smile, "Li'an, long time no see, come in."

"Mr. Tang, long time no see." Chen Li'an said politely. After following him in, he saw Zhang Guorong, Princess Wang, Liu Jialing and Cheng Shufen sitting together playing mahjong.

They are all old acquaintances. Chen Li'an put down the suitcase in his hand and walked behind Zhang Guorong. The princess looked at Chen Li'an who suddenly appeared and felt extremely resentful.

After Chen Li'an made a silent gesture to the women, he reached out and covered Zhang Guorong's eyes.

"Hey, hey! Chen Li'an! Don't think I don't know it's you!" Zhang Guorong shouted with a mahjong in his hand.

Chen Li'an laughed, and shouted to the concubine and the others: "Hurry up and see his cards, he wants to play three yuan!"

Hearing Chen Li'an's words, Zhang Guorong immediately became anxious and shouted: "Don't even watch!"

While Zhang Guorong shouted, he stretched out his hand and knocked down all his cards indiscriminately, but unfortunately the action was still a bit slow, Wang Hao and Liu Jialing had already finished reading.

Chen Li'an saw that the princess and Liu Jialing had finished watching, so he let go of his hand and said to the angry Zhang Guorong, "They didn't see it."

Zhang Guorong snorted, looking at Chen Li'an who was half a head taller than him, he really wanted to jump up and give him a kick.

Pissed off!

Chen Li'an ignored Zhang Guorong's reaction, stretched out his arms to hug him and said, "Brother, I miss you so much after not seeing you for so long!"

Zhang Guorong, who originally wanted to curse, heard Chen Li'an's words, opened his mouth and swallowed the swear words back, forget it, let him off this time.

Chen Li'an hugged Zhang Guorong and patted him on the back, winked at the women behind him, looked at them covering their mouths and giggling, then let go and said, "Brother, keep playing!" , you can definitely win this one!"

Zhang Guorong snorted, thumped Chen Li'an and said, "It's no wonder I win if you, a bad boy like you, hug me."

"No, I've been super lucky recently, and I'm passing my luck on to you." Chen Li'an pressed Zhang Guorong's shoulders and pushed him back to the mahjong table to sit down, and then said to the princess: "You guys are finished, Our brothers are united, and we will definitely win you all!"

"Cut! Who doesn't know how to talk big!" Liu Jialing said unconvinced, looked at the princess meaningfully and raised her eyebrows and said: "Even if you are a husband and wife, you can't beat me!"

Zhang Guorong thought that Liu Jialing was teasing herself and Chen Li'an, so she patted the table angrily and shouted, "Come on, come on, I will win all your money tonight!"

The goddamn husband and wife are of the same heart, Chen Li'an knew that Liu Jialing was talking about himself and the princess, so he turned his head and glanced at the princess, and looked down, and he saw that she was wearing black silk.

If there is black silk, he should play a few laps. With the lucky black silk of the princess, he will definitely win all Liu Jialing, leaving only his underpants!
But now that the crowd is all there, Chen Li'an has no chance to play, so he can only give Zhang Guorong a blind idea.

"It's stupid to hit the big ones, not the small ones! Hit the nine barrels!"

"First four and then two must have a pair, why are you playing forty thousand!"

Zhang Guorong listened to Chen Li'an's set of small words, and felt as if he had been brainwashed. He followed his formulas to play cards, and he didn't get away with it after a round.

Chen Li'an looked at Zhang Guorong and hesitated about what to say, and immediately said: "I offered [-], and the other side touched [-]."

"Out of your head! I can't see that I have seven or nine! What kind of formula are you!" Zhang Guorong couldn't stand it and turned around to scold Chen Li'an, and said angrily: "Go and play, and I will listen to you again!" Lost it all."

Chen Li'an smacked his lips regretfully and said, "Okay, then I won't talk."

Chen Li'an said so, but raised his eyebrows proudly at the princess. Just now he deliberately gave Zhang Guorong a bad idea, which made the princess mess up several times.

Zhang Guorong was still kept in the dark, he simply thought that Chen Li'an's poker skills were too poor and ordered blindly.

Only the concubine was secretly laughing, and the original resentment towards Chen Li'an dissipated a lot.

Chen Li'an saw that the princess smiled, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. The princess is also very addicted to cards, so it is very easy to get rid of her temper.

It's just that Zhang Guorong suffered a lot and lost several times in vain.Chen Li'an felt that he was really sorry for the word brother, and he planned to make him breakfast tomorrow night as an apology.

Not long after Cheng Shufen saw that the time was too late, she asked Mr. Tang to play for her for a while, and talked to Chen Li'an alone about the film promotion.

Chen Li'an and Cheng Shufen were sitting in the living room, chatting casually, saying that the property she and Wang Zuxian bought newly was already being disassembled, and they also talked about the show that was going to be on tomorrow.

"Have you watched the TV programs on Xiangjiang?" Cheng Shufen asked with a smile.

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "I watched Undefended Tonight, and my brother shared his first night on it. But it's a pity that this show is gone."

Cheng Shufen couldn't help laughing, looked at Chen Li'an and said, "Tomorrow we will also be on a talk show, including Guorong and Zhang Manyu. Originally, Yasuko Tomita would also come, but her office temporarily arranged an event for her. , I can only wait until the premiere.”

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "No problem, just don't let me go to that prize door."

Cheng Shufen asked curiously: "Why, this show is very popular."

"I don't like that host. It's bad and stupid." Chen Li'an shrugged his shoulders and said, "And that kind of show doesn't suit me either. Talk shows are better."

Cheng Shufen didn't expect that Chen Li'an had a lot of opinions on Zeng Zhihao, but she didn't have a good impression of him either. Chen Li'an was right, he was bad and stupid!

Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an and said, "You won't be allowed to participate in that kind of program. In fact, it's best for you to be undefended tonight, and only those few people can chat with you."

"I don't want to chat with these old men, and they can't make fun of my pornography, let's sit together and share our first night experience." Chen Li'an took a sip of water and said: "A beauty like Zhang Manyu is more suitable for me , it would be even better if it was Zhou Huimin or Li Lizhen."

Cheng Shufen: "." Do you think you're here to pick up girls?
Chen Li'an put down the cup in his hand, and suddenly asked: "Sister Shufen, do you know them well? I really want to get to know them."

"I don't even introduce you to each other!" Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an angrily and said, "Be careful, I'll tell Zu Xian!"

Chen Li'an: "." Careless, I forgot that Cheng Shufen and Wang Zuxian got very close recently.

After the two chatted for a while, Cheng Shufen left, and Chen Li'an replaced Mr. Tang at the poker table, sitting in the next house of the princess, and winked secretly at her.

The concubine gave Chen Li'an a blank look, but she still kicked off her shoes under the card table and stretched them out to Chen Li'an's hand.

Chen Li'an reached out and grabbed Wang Hao's little feet, and scratched at the soles of her feet, causing Wang Hao to stare over with blank eyes.

"Li'an, what are you doing, it's your turn to draw cards!" Zhang Guorong urged on the opposite side.

Chen Li'an calmly let go of Wang Hao's feet, looked at him and said, "I'm enchanting my hands, and I'll let you know later how powerful my mahjong formula is!"

"Come on! Let's see who loses everything tonight!"

(End of this chapter)