Actor: My Entertainment Era

Penguin has made many films, and Sun Zhonghuai has also worked with many artists. In particular, he is the president of the platform, so he should be at the upper end of the industry chain.

But unfortunately, Penguin's production journey has not been smooth, especially since it also has Penguin Video, a platform for producing dramas. There is a certain game between the two sides within the group, both for making dramas and movies.

Moreover, making TV series and making movies are really two completely different jobs. It seems that they both involve hiring actors to make films, but they are really completely different.

Sun Zhonghuai actually has the answer in his heart. If the young actors and actresses who are filming TV dramas on the platform continue to behave like this, they will definitely not be able to enter the film industry.

Why do I suddenly have this feeling?

Because Sun Zhonghuai found it so great to work with a big star like Liu Yifei.

I won’t talk about professionalism and good acting, let’s talk about something practical. “The Witch” was unveiled at the Cannes market and collected nearly 2000 million US dollars in copyright fees!
Sun Zhonghuai received 700 million just from Netflix buying out the global streaming rights outside mainland China.

If Liu Yifei had not opposed collecting the deposit for the second part in advance, Sun Zhonghuai could have collected another three or four million.

This is income that does not need to be shared with theaters!
Which producer wouldn't love an actor who can carry the box office and make money?

The news that "The Witch" was selling well at the Cannes market was leaked by Sun Zhonghuai at an event, which was considered as advance publicity.

After returning to China, Liu Yifei continued to immerse herself in the preparation of "Now on My Way to See You".

After the Cannes Film Festival, the domestic market fell into a period of calm. The May Day holiday has just passed and the summer vacation is not yet here.

But some people will add fuel to the fire of the calm market and pour another bucket of oil on it.

Feng Xiaogang posted posters and stills on Weibo, announcing that the original crew of "Cell Phone" from fifteen years ago has reunited and "Cell Phone 2" has started filming.

The actors and actresses reposted the Weibo post announcing the start of filming and expressed their anticipation for the second part.

This annoyed Mr. Cui. Two and a half hours after Feng Xiaogang posted on Weibo about the start of filming, Mr. Cui sent out a text message in the early morning about his communication with screenwriter Liu Zhenyun in April.

In the text message, Cui sincerely said that Cell Phone 1 fifteen years ago caused him great harm, and also said, "Ordinarily, I shouldn't interfere with your creative freedom, but this matter is special, so please think twice before acting."

Cui sincerely hoped that Liu Zhenyun would stop writing Cell Phone 2. Liu Zhenyun also said in a text message that his new work would not be called Cell Phone 2 but Circle of Friends, which talks about online public opinion and online violence, and "has nothing to do with your current career and work."

It would have been easy if it wasn’t “Cell Phone 2”, and Cui Yongyuan didn’t pursue Liu Zhenyun at the time. But a month later, Feng Xiaogang suddenly announced the start of filming of “Cell Phone 2”, and the film was registered with the General Administration under the name “Cell Phone 2: Circle of Friends”.

Isn't this going too far?
While sending out the screenshot of the text message, Xiao Cui directly cursed: "Everyone knows that Feng Xiaogang is a scumbag, and Liu Zhenyun has become a scumbag a little faster."

But Cui's scolding obviously did not attract the attention of the main creators. In the morning, the main creators were still interacting on Weibo about the start of filming of "Cell Phone 2" to hype up the movie.

Fan Bingbing said: "Do you know Wu Yue from fifteen years ago? I am grateful to Director Feng Xiaogang and Teacher Liu Zhenyun for giving me Wu Yue again."

Zhang Guoli said: "I looked at the old photos from fifteen years ago. We three were quite young then."

The creators' turning a blind eye to Cui Yongyuan and their intensified promotion of "Cell Phone 2" must have irritated Cui Yongyuan, and anyone would feel humiliated.

But Xiao Cui did not post a response on Weibo for 10 days, probably because he was collecting evidence.

At the same time, "Time Raiders" was released.

Is it because of Chen Sicheng’s scumbag nature that the audience has a special CP feeling when Tong Liya plays a couple with other male actors?
Tong Liya and Lei Jiayin acted so close on "Super Time Cohabitation" that they really looked like a young couple.

They were even talking cheesy love words to each other, and before they did anything, fans of both sides were already screaming.

Liu Yifei learned this trick and used it to tease Zhang Yuanjun: "Do you know what kind of wind is blowing in Beijing today?"

"What wind?"

"I think you're going crazy thinking about it."

She copied this cheesy love talk from the comment section of her Weibo.

Zhang Yuanjun laughed and said, "What are you talking about?"

He is abroad and doesn't really know that this is popular in China.

"What a cheesy love talk." Liu Yifei's heart was beating fast when she said this.

Zhang Yuanjun smacked his wife's lips and said, "It's earthy and weird, but also a little sweet."

"Yeah, say something to me too." Liu Yifei wanted to listen.

"I can't." Zhang Yuanjun said lazily.

"If you don't know how, just make it up on the spot and call yourself a screenwriter." Liu Yifei disagreed.

Zhang Yuanjun thought quickly and said, "I suspect that your essence is a book." "Why?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Otherwise, why do I feel sleepier the more I look at you?"

"Ahh——" Disgust and disgust were written all over Liu Yifei's face, "You have such a dirty mind!"

These words made his wife feel embarrassed and annoyed, but Zhang Yuanjun laughed heartlessly.

The heat of Cui Yongyuan’s quarrel with Xiao Cui over “Cell Phone 2” has temporarily passed. People in the circle thought that the two parties might turn to private negotiations, so they stopped paying attention to the matter. Liu Yifei did not tell her husband either.

On the contrary, Yang Mi has been acting very abnormal recently. According to Liu Yifei, "She knows that I am preparing for a new play at home, but now she comes to my place every few days. I told her to bring Xiao Nuomi back to Beijing and bring her to play together, but she didn't respond. Now I think what you said before may be true. She may really have something wrong."

"It's their family's business, don't ask around."

"Why am I asking this?"

"Didn't she ask you for a play?" Zhang Yuanjun said.

"She's asking me for a role? I only have one role this year, and she has one movie, one TV series, and one variety show this year. I have to beg her to give me a role to play." Liu Yifei said with a smile.

This is where Yang Mi is smart. She knows when to talk about feelings and when to talk about business.

When the box office of "Time Raiders" exceeded 3 million, Teacher Cui finally returned.

The first to bear the brunt of the criticism was Fan Bingbing. At noon, Cui Yongyuan posted on Weibo that Fan Bingbing had received an "International Spiritual Creator Award" in 10, and commented: "One really dared to issue it, and the other really dared to receive it."

This is a fake award, but this is not a problem in the entertainment industry. Cui Yongyuan is probably just picking on the weak. Feng Xiaogang was also a winner that year, but he didn't mention it.

This smear was not a problem at all for Fan Bingbing. She could have simply chosen not to respond, but not responding would not be Fan Bingbing's style. She responded to Cui Yongyuan that same night, which further angered him.

She posted three photos of herself on the set of Cell Phone 2: "Filming site of Cell Phone 3! Wu Yue is very happy!"

Xiao Cui started to fight back the next day. In the evening, he posted a screenshot of a performance contract with a salary of tens of millions, and said: "One really dared to ask for it, and the other really dared to give it."

Fan Bingbing was not mentioned in the contract, and netizens generally believed that this was an attack on Fan Bingbing.

The next day, he attacked Xu Fan and Feng Xiaogang. The day after that, he said Liu Zhenyun's daughter. The day after that, he posted a detailed version of the multi-million contract. Fan's name was clearly visible in the contract. He said, "You don't have to act. You are really bad."

In fact, the situation can still be handled at this point.

But at 11 o'clock the next day, Xiao Cui officially exposed the big and small contracts.

He said the actor's small contract was 1000 million and the big contract was 5000 million, and "this guy was only on the set for... 4 days."

Two hours later, Fan's studio issued a "solemn statement" saying that it would hold Cui accountable for his legal actions.

At 6 pm, Cui posted another contract worth 500 million. The key point is that this contract was paid in cash. Friends who have financial knowledge should know the trick here.

Things got out of control at this point, and countless people inside and outside the circle were watching.

June 6st, Children's Day, no war.

On the 2nd, Xiao Cui continued to criticize the size of contracts and quoted relevant provisions of the Criminal Law.

That afternoon, the official media finally followed up.

At noon on the 3rd, the local authorities intervened in the investigation, and the General Administration also announced that it would investigate. At this time, Cui stated: "But if they contact me, I will tell them how to investigate, and they will find the answer with certainty."

Fan's studio said at this time: "We have never signed a shady contract and will cooperate with the relevant departments in the investigation."

It was also from here that the public's impression of the entertainment industry hit rock bottom.

All kinds of nasty words came out, such as actor, shameless, etc.

This is the cycle of order and chaos in the film and television industry. In the past few years, the entire industry has been too prosperous. If we don't find an opportunity to rectify it, future disasters will only get bigger.

The tax issue of celebrities has been officially brought to the table through this incident, which may play a certain restraining and deterrent role.

This circle is profitable and it will be very chaotic, but there are still many people in this circle who believe in ideals and the power of movies.

This ideal and power will not disappear because of the violations of a few individuals, nor will it change because of the outside world's contempt for this industry.

Chinese films may fall into a development low period due to certain factors, but Chinese films will inevitably continue to move forward.

Complete book. (End of chapter)