China Entertainment: I just want to give my child a home

Chapter 173 Applying for an extension key for "Inception" (please subscribe!)

When Chen Dong returned with his sleeping son in his arms, he found that his wife was still reading the script.

"Does it take so long?" He stepped forward and asked softly, mainly because he was afraid of waking the child in his arms.

Liu Yifei raised her head after hearing this. Her eyes were red, and there were two crystal clear tears stained on the lenses that were over 100 degrees.

"It's true that you can make yourself cry just by reading a script."

Chen Dong casually took out a tissue and handed it to his wife: "Here, wipe it yourself."

It's not that married men are inconsiderate, it's that Chen Dong still has a child in his arms at this time, which is inconvenient.

"Is the baby asleep?"

"Yeah, fell asleep."

"How did you come up with this story?"

"The one on the seaside...you mean "Kan'er"? You might not believe it if you tell me, but 'I' told me in a dream more than ten years later."

"Nonsense, of course I don't believe it."

"Okay, I'm not kidding you, but the inspiration did come from a dream."

"Is it a dream again?"

"Yes, a director who can't dream is not a good screenwriter."

"..."

The box office of "Inception" in the first week was 2.65 million. Although the box office data in the second week dropped seriously, it still had 1.15 million.

However, starting from the third week, the daily box office plummeted again, and fell by 10 million for the first time.

The media once again predicts that the total box office of this movie will be around 4.5 million before it is released, and will not exceed 5 million.

Following this trend, Chen Dong also feels that it will be difficult for "Inception" to break through the five small goals.

Unless...unless something unexpected happens.

If nothing else, the accident happened.

On October 10, as soon as Chen Dong arrived at the company, he received a call from Han Shanping.

The other party told him on the phone to go to China Film Academy, but he didn't say anything specific, just that there was something good going on.

Chen Dong came to China Film Academy with doubts.

As soon as he met Han Shanping, the other party handed him an application form.

"Is this the extension key?"

"How's it going? I told you that it's good news to call you here."

Chen Dong smiled and nodded, focusing on the application form again.

When he saw the extension date clearly, he frowned and looked at Han Shanping: "Why is it only one week?"

"One week is good, how much longer do you want?" Han Shanping said angrily.

Besides, for this week, he fought hard to get it at the meeting, otherwise it wouldn't be enough to have an extra day or hour.

"Of course I hope the more the better..." Chen Dong observed that Han Shanping's face darkened, and then changed his mind: "Haha, a week is fine, it's better than nothing."

"Well, it's not that I don't want to give "Inception" more time. The main reason is that there is an old saying in China since ancient times, which is that suffering from scarcity leads to disparity..."

Chen Dong certainly understands this truth, so he is grateful for the unexpected extension of the secret key this week.

I picked up my pen and quickly filled out the application form.

"I heard that your new movie is another art film?"

coming.

As soon as Chen Dong put down his pen, Han Shanping's inquiry came to his ears.

"Yes, a literary film."

At present, China is most indispensable for directors of literary and artistic films.

Not to mention that far away, just outside the door of China Film Studio, there are a bunch of directors of the older generation queuing up for investment every day, holding their movie scripts that have not kept up with the times.

Although China Film Group has a big business, it knows that it is a loss-making business. It can be done once or twice if there is a human relationship, but you still come to ask for it three or four times. Damn it, I am not a charity, so I can stay where it is to cool off.

In addition, the government now strongly supports commercial films.

In other words, commercial films that can make money are political achievements. Therefore, Han Shanping actually had some resistance in his heart to Chen Dong, a great director of commercial films, making artistic films.

"Why don't you make a commercial film? I remember that your last film "Hachi" was an art film, right?"

Before Chen Dong could speak, Han Shanping continued to persuade: "Yes, it is easier for literary films to win awards, but even if they win awards, it is just a kind of reputation in the end. Director Chen is young, so don't indulge in it... Could it be that , isn’t the high box office of commercial movies great? Just like "Inception" this time, the global box office seems to have exceeded 5 million US dollars, right? If you ask me, you can release your literary film first, and then make another one It’s a big production, no matter how much investment it requires this time, China Film will take care of it for you, how about it?”

Chen Dong finally figured it out. This guy had an obsession with big-budget movies.

Unfortunately, China's film market is still immature and cannot support a big-budget movie.

Moreover, large-scale productions not only take a long time, but also consume a lot of energy and energy. Chen Dong just got married and his son is still young. He doesn't want to make his life so tiring. He also wants to spend more time with them.

Including "Kan'er", which he adapted from "Manchester by the Sea", although he has already tinkered with the script, he is not in a hurry to film it.

After declining Han Shanping's 'kindness', Chen Dong left China Film Academy directly. His car happened to encounter a traffic jam in front of a gymnasium.

Through the car window, he saw a big poster posted at the door of this gymnasium, saying that Andy Lau would hold a concert here on the 20th...that is, the day after tomorrow.

……

"I heard that the king Liu Dehua is coming to the capital to hold a concert?"

That night, when Chen Dong returned home and heard Liu Yifei talking about the incident, he remembered the poster he saw at the entrance of the gymnasium during the day.

So he nodded: "Yes, it seems to be the concert the day after tomorrow."

Chen Dong knew that his wife was not a fan of Liu Dehua, but considering that she had been holding back at home for too long, she inevitably wanted to go out and relax.

Then he added: "Do you want to go and see it?"

Liu Yifei's eyes were clearly moved.

But when I think of my son who is only three months old.

She hesitated again.

"What about the baby?"

"Let mom take care of me for a day..."

"What if he's hungry?"

That’s right, my son hasn’t been weaned yet.

This is also the key reason why Chen Dong and Liu Yifei have never found a suitable time to go out for their honeymoon.

No, the main reason.

"How about we take it with us." As soon as the idea came up, Chen Dong killed it immediately.

"No, no, no... Oh, let's forget it. It's the same as watching the live broadcast at home."

When Chen Dong decided to give up, Liu Yifei was unwilling.

"Let mom take care of it. I'll just squeeze some in advance and leave them at home when the time comes."

"That's okay..."

Online, tickets for Andy Lau's concert in the capital the day after tomorrow have already been sold out.

So Chen Dong contacted him directly.

"Brother Hua, I am Chen Dong."

Because this was the first time the two had contacted each other since they exchanged contact information, in order to avoid talking for a long time and the other party didn't know who you were, Chen Dong came up and blew himself up first.

"Director Chen, I have your number. Is there any happy event for you to call me so late?"

Of course, Andy Lau also heard that Chen Dong's new movie project has been released. Could he be looking for him to film?

To be honest, he was expecting something when he pressed the answer button.

But this expectation was quickly broken by Chen Dong's next sentence.

"Where is Brother Hua now? Are you coming to the Capital Red Star Stadium for a concert the day after tomorrow?"

"I'm still in Xiangjiang. I'll fly to the capital tomorrow afternoon, yes, that afternoon... What's wrong with Director Chen?"

"I do have something to do with Brother Hua. Ahem, it's like this. Yifei and I want to go to your concert, but we have no tickets."

"No tickets, Director Chen, you and Yifei are guests that I can't even invite..."

(End of this chapter)