Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 391 Chen Heizi also knows how to raise a dog remotely

The best defense is offense.

Chen Shiping felt that he should also learn some dog-raising techniques.

The support for Harvey could be stronger.

Let Shi Nansheng increase investment in the European and American markets.

Da Piaoliang has never fought on her home soil, so this time she will let the fire spread to her home soil.

Independent filmmakers still need more support.

The biggest problem facing Da Piaoliang now is the shrinking middle class. The assets of the elites are increasing, and the crisis of the middle class is getting bigger and bigger.

This is a good entry point. Some of Dafabet’s later popular movies, such as Joker, all talk about the middle-class crisis.

We can make more literary and artistic films like this to amplify this sense of crisis.

At the same time, we also need to fund Harvey to strengthen his capabilities so that he can continue to distribute Chinese-language films.

But before that, we need to sort out these domestic affairs.

The issue of cinema ticket price hikes has been investigated, and 405 cinemas have been penalized.

However, it is just a severe punishment. If the punishment is too severe, the theaters will really make a fuss.

The salary cap will also be officially implemented from October.

It all went smoothly.

What is different from what Chen Shiping thought is that all this did not bring about much dissatisfaction.

There was some commotion in Taiwan, and it did cause everyone to receive the wrong signal, so no major disturbance was caused.

It’s just that the film art exchange meeting between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau was a bit messy.

However, Chen Shiping's goal was achieved, so let's just leave the exchange meeting as it was not intended for exchange in the first place anyway.

This kind of activity serves the political purpose.

Chen Shiping was being watched by too many reporters during his visit to Hong Kong, and he was unable to go see Guan Zhilin and the others.

I'm leaving now, but I still have to go and take a look.

At around midnight, Chen Shiping left the hotel and drove an inconspicuous Mazda through the tunnel.

Guan Zhilin and the others now live in Central.

When Chen Shiping went to Rosamund Kwan's place, the first thing he looked at was her belly.

Guan Zhilin touched his belly with a loving smile on his face.

It was the first time that Chen Shiping saw this kind of smile on her face.

Mother's love is truly innate and engraved in our bones.

After Chen Shiping walked into the living room, he saw Zhang Min and Lin Qingxia were also there.

The atmosphere of this meeting was completely different from the last time. Last time we had a lot of fun, but this time it became a tea party.

A few people just sat there and chatted quietly, saying some words of concern to each other.

When Chen Shiping left the next day, he said he would come to see them again next month.

You have to take time to check on the fruits of your own labor. You can’t let several women suffer alone.

When Chen Shiping returned to the mainland, the first thing he did when he returned to the group was to deal with the final work of the theater chain investigation.

So many cinemas were fined, and almost all of the 200 pilot cinemas that upgraded their theater chains at the beginning of the year were fined.

The preview and release of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon are now stuck.

Isn’t it said that the price increase of movies is due to the request of the film producers? Then the movies should be punished as well!

Chen Shiping was sitting in his office reviewing documents when Secretary Li knocked on the door.

"Mr. Chen, Director Li An is here and wants to see you."

Chen Shiping looked up and said, "No, tell him to go back where he came from."

"Ok."

Secretary Li saw that Chen Shiping was in a good mood, so he leaned forward and said, "Boss Chen, Director Tong has found out a lot of people, four people from the film introduction department and five people from the distribution department. Here are the detailed materials."

Chen Shiping hummed and said, "Let Director Tong handle it. No need to tell me."

Secretary Li put down the documents, thought for a moment and said, "Three of them used to be from the Beijing Film Studio."

Chen Shiping paused while writing, lowered his head and continued, "I understand."

"Oh, then I'll go out. Call me if you need anything." Secretary Li sighed in her heart. Those three people always brought her some small gifts when they came over before.

But she can only remind him in this way, she can't do anything else.

After Secretary Xiao Li left, Chen Shiping put down his pen and couldn't help but sigh. The people who came from the Beijing Film Studio were all selected and trained by him personally.

I still feel a little angry at him for not fighting back.

But there's no way I can help with this kind of thing, so just deal with it however you want.

I guess they should have asked Han Laosan, but he definitely wouldn't help.

There is no way I can help you.

Chen Shiping looked at the pile of documents on the corner of the table, thought for a moment, and then took it and looked at it.

After reading for ten minutes, Chen Shiping closed the document and couldn't help but curse.

Damn, everyone makes more money than him!
He has more houses under his name than him!
The car he drives is more than ten times more expensive than his!
The most outrageous person raised more than a dozen children!

Grandma has legs!
Compared with them, Chen Shiping is really a wimp.

No wonder no one dared to call him to beg for mercy. If they did, they would have died a more miserable death.

If it was a small problem, Chen Shiping might be able to help, but with such a big problem, no one can help!

Chen Shiping threw the document away, leaned back in his chair and wondered how many people in the group were like them.

I guess there are also big problems with several production departments and the performing arts troupe.

Chen Shiping glanced at the newspaper on the table, which reported that Li Guyi had reported the leaders of the song and dance troupe for corruption.

The dance troupe that Li Xiaoran was originally admitted to had all kinds of problems, including withholding actors' performance fees.

Li Guyi also received death threats over the phone. Those people were quite arrogant.

The group's performing arts troupe also has many actors and actresses, and they have performances and commercial shows every month, so they probably have similar problems.

Several production units have a lot of tricks up their sleeves, and the costs of props and various expenses are all very easy to falsify.

These problems are really a headache.

Chen Shiping thought for a while, then took the documents and went to find Director Tong.

In Director Tong's office, he looked at Chen Shiping and couldn't help but blink.

Chen Heizi! Why didn't the cinema kill you?

Director Tong felt sorry for it, but he still smiled and said, "Shi Ping, why did you come here?"

"Let's talk about some of the problems of the group. Although the film import and publicity departments have been checked, there are also problems in other subsidiary departments. The chairman might as well check all of them."

Chen Shiping said with a smile.

After hearing this, Director Tong immediately sat up straight, stared at Chen Shiping and said, "Chen Hei. Shiping, these can be checked at any time."

"Isn't this just the right time to take advantage of this trend and give those people a warning?"

Director Tong breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He glanced at the document in Chen Shiping's hand, thinking that he had some new evidence.

"Okay, let's make it bigger and organize a learning activity on integrity."

Chen Shiping nodded in agreement and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Director Tong. You will definitely have to take the lead in this learning activity."

Director Tong smiled and said, "It's not hard. It's what I should do." This kind of activity is purely for the sake of honor, but Director Tong is still willing to do it.

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "That's it. I won't disturb you from working."

After saying that, he left. When it comes to the activities to be carried out again, Chen Shiping plans to set up a complaint channel. It is okay not to investigate, but it would be ok if someone takes the initiative to report it.

It is definitely unrealistic to expect Director Tong to investigate.

Make a bigger noise and wait for everyone to report it.

President Tong thought he was establishing his authority and making a political achievement, but in fact he was giving those people courage to report it.

After Chen Shiping handed the matter over to his secretary Xiao Li, he no longer cared about it.

Wait two days to see the results.

Someone has to stand up. If no one stands up, it will just be a show.

In the evening, after Chen Shiping got off work, he just went downstairs and saw Li An and Zhang Ziyi waiting for him downstairs.

Zhang Ziyi immediately ran over and shouted, "Director, long time no see."

Chen Shiping nodded in response, glanced at the gentle Li An, and said to him, "Director Li, you are here for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, right?"

"Yes, I want to communicate with you." Li An said with a smile.

Chen Shiping shook his head and said, "There is no dispute about illegal pricing, so there is no need to talk about it."

"The punishment should be imposed, but the film's release date has been set and it will be released soon." Li An paused and said, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon will be released nationwide in North America, so it won't be a premiere in China. It's not easy for Chinese-language films to go global."

What Li An meant was that he was taking advantage of the fact that his film could be released overseas to show off.

Chen Shiping looked at Li An with a half-smile and said, "Director Li, didn't you read the news? Uncharted has grossed 50 million in North America."

Li was speechless, feeling that he was really unlucky. If only it had happened a few months earlier.

At that time, Chinese-language films were worried about not being able to make it beyond the mainstream, so they would definitely be extra tolerant of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Unfortunately, Chen Shiping was too quick and took care of Harvey in no time.

Zhang Ziyi also wanted to speak up to help, but seeing Chen Shi’s flat face, she didn’t dare to say a word.

When they worked together before, she was scolded and cried, and she really didn't have the courage to speak.

Chen Shiping glanced at the time and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Don't worry about the movie's release. There will always be a chance for it to be released."

After saying this, Chen Shiping left.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon can be shown, the movie itself does not violate any regulations, but the release date will have to be postponed.

Chen Shiping will not give much support to movies invested by Hollywood.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is too Western. The movie is indeed good, but from Chen Shiping's perspective, it is not a good movie.

After Chen Shiping went home humming a song, he saw his eldest daughter playing Qin Wang circling the pillar with Tao Huimin in the yard, and his mood immediately improved a lot.

My daughter is so cute.

When Chen Xiulin saw Chen Shiping coming back, he immediately ran over and jumped on him.

"Dad! Your wife is going to beat your baby to death!"

Chen Shiping laughed and said, "Dad is here, who dares to bully you?"

Tao Huimin put her hands on her hips and stared at Chen Shiping and said, "Do you know what she did today?"

"I don't know, but don't touch the feather duster." Chen Shiping looked at the feather duster in her hand and couldn't help but take a step back.

Tao Huimin gnashed her teeth and said, "She took off the boy's pants!"

Chen Shiping: “.” This is my own daughter.

A bit too fierce.

"Put her down! I'm going to beat her to death today!" Tao Huimin rushed forward with a feather duster.

Chen Shiping immediately defended him and said, "Talk nicely, don't do it."

"Do you think I didn't say that?!" Tao Huimin was so angry that she hit him with a feather duster!

Snapped!
Chen Shiping was hit immediately.

"You're still protecting him, right? Good, good, good!"

Tao Huimin went up with a feather duster in her hand, and Chen Shiping was immediately beaten up.

Chen Xiulin lay in his arms and whispered, "Dad, Mom did it on purpose. She just wanted to hit you. I admitted my mistake a long time ago."

Chen Shiping: “.” Why?

Excessive!

I didn't provoke her. I just went to Hong Kong.
Busy with work!
Tao Huimin hit him a few times, then she put down the feather duster and said to him, "Just protect her. She'll get spoiled sooner or later."

"My daughter is happy!" Chen Shiping said unconvinced.

You have to pamper her a little, otherwise Tao Huimin will be even angrier.

"I don't want to bother with you!" Tao Huimin snorted and turned back to the house.

The sweet girl before has changed now.

Chen Shiping sighed, looked at his daughter in his arms, and said, "How could you take off someone's pants!"

"I accidentally pulled it when I was chasing him."

"You can't do this in the future. Little princess, be more quiet."

"I don't want to be a princess!"

Chen Xiulin jumped off him and ran away.

"Mom, I want to eat grapefruit!"

Chen Shiping sighed helplessly, suspecting that the mother and daughter were deliberately playing him.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Shiping received a call from Shi Nansheng in his study.

"Mr. Chen, I just saw your email."

Chen Shiping smiled and said, "It's only morning over there, thank you for your hard work."

"It's not hard, it's quite relaxing. Uncharted 2's box office performance is better today, and word of mouth is finally spreading."

Shi Nansheng smiled and said, "We just calculated yesterday's box office, and it exceeded four million in a single day."

"This is really good news." Chen Shiping said with a smile: "Have you read the content of the email? What do you think?"

Shi Nansheng paused and said, "It's fine to secretly support those people, but I'm worried that it won't have any effect and it will be a waste of money."

"It doesn't matter. Let them stick to the original intention of art and be themselves. It's fine as long as they keep dogs in their own homes and make people unable to sleep. They don't have to be tied with our leashes."

Chen Shiping said seriously: "Supporting Harvey is the key. I am worried that the six major organizations will target him. If he can't handle it, he won't be able to find a partner in North America."

Shi Nansheng thought for a moment and said, "Okay, no problem, but the analogy of raising a dog is quite apt."

Chen Shiping laughed a few times before saying:

"That's what I mean. It's fun to have a fire in the backyard. They value freedom and human rights.

These people are all good players. We need to speed up this process and get more people involved. If Disney makes an animation next year and replaces Snow White with a black person, don’t you think it would be interesting?”

Shi Nansheng is not that optimistic. Only Disney would be stupid to do this, right?

How can it help if you do this you will only lose viewers.

"You should do this first. This is not something that can be accomplished in one or two days, but you can start by funding some related art films and take your time."

Chen Shiping didn't explain too much to her. He just asked her to do it, but she had to do it cleanly so that no one could find out who funded her.

If you want to add fuel to the fire, you have to do it secretly!

(End of this chapter)