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

Chapter 32: The box office exceeded million, and the new script is submitted for review
  On New Year's Eve in 2003, Chen Dong spent alone in the studio, but he didn't feel lonely because the phone calls, text messages, including Penguin messages didn't stop all day long.

However, in the dead of night, he still felt a little emotional.

Looking back on the past year since my rebirth, I have opened a studio, made two movies, acquired a Hollywood company, and invested in an American family comedy.

If you don't calculate carefully, you still don't have an impression. Once you calculate it, you don't know that you have done so many things this year.

But being busy is really busy. Last year, I only stayed at home for a few days during the winter vacation. This year, I couldn’t even have the New Year’s Eve dinner.

"This past year, I seem to be really eager to achieve success. You can pursue your dreams, but you also have to live a good life. Well, I will go to the Forbidden City tomorrow to see..."

The idea seemed to suddenly come to mind, and after a while, Chen Dong fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Chen Dong slept until noon when he was suffocated by the urine. He thought that the food stall should not be open for business today, so he cooked noodles and made do with last night's leftovers.

He did not forget that he planned to visit the Forbidden City today, but even after standing on the roadside for five minutes in the cold wind, no taxi passed by.

"Mad, I have to buy a car."

But before buying a car, Chen Dong had to take a driver's license test.

In this era, driving license exams were not as strict as later generations, and you could basically buy one if you were willing to spend money.

But Chen Dong decided to take the test himself, not because he was worried about the money, but because he was an experienced driver before he was reborn. He could easily get a driver's license, so why would he do anything illegal?

Here, when Chen Dong was signing up for the driving school, online, the domestic box office of "Those Years" finally exceeded 100 million on the 30th day after its release.

The media seemed to have written the draft a long time ago and threw it out at this moment.

[Congratulations to director Chen Dong for his "Those Years", which has a total box office of over 1 million, officially becoming my country's second billionaire director after Zhang Yimou... Sohu.com. 】

[Take a closer look at director Chen Dong’s resume...]

As expected, Chen Dong's phone was bombarded again.

One of them was Han Shanping. Chen Dong could tell through the phone screen that the other person was in a good mood at this time.

But Han Shanping's call to Chen Dong was not only to congratulate him, but also to discuss the celebration banquet with him.

"Director Han, you already said that China Film Group will pay for the celebration banquet. What else can I say, haha."

"You kid! Okay, it will be the day after tomorrow. Remember not to be late for the introduction."

Two days later, at the celebration banquet of "Those Years", big names gathered and the house was full of guests. It was even grander than the last premiere held by Huayi for "Mobile Phone".

China Film, Shanghai Film, Western Film, Guangguang, Bona, Huayi, Tangren, Yinghuang... Zhouyi?
  Chen Dong knew that Mr. Cai of Tang Dynasty was very ambitious. He was not satisfied with her company only doing TV series business, and also wanted to squeeze into the film industry, so he was not surprised by her arrival.

However, the arrival of Zhou Yi's director Jiang Xuexu was quite unexpected.

But when he saw Jiang Xueyuan and Zhou Yi's first brother Yubo beside him, his confusion was suddenly lifted.

Sure enough, there is no TV actor who doesn't yearn for the big screen, even if he is very popular.

Yes, the aftermath is very popular now, because last year alone, three TV series released by Zhouyi - "Xiao Shiyi Lang", "Water Moon Cave Sky" and "Legend of the Spirit Realm" all featured him, and he was in the latter two. Starring in the lead role.

"Director Chen, congratulations on becoming the youngest director of the Billion Dollar Club in China."

"Haha, thank you Director Jiang."

Chen Dong didn't forget to nod to Yu Bo beside him.

Jiang Xuezhen also knew that it was just his first time to deal with this young director who was in the limelight. He didn't talk much, just met face to face, politely offered his artist a role in the next film, and then left.

Very measured.

I don't know how the news that his studio was being upgraded to a company was 'leaked'. At this celebration party, the most asked question was not whether his next movie was confirmed, but whether his company needed investment. Chen Dong's answer was always the same: not needed yet!
  The day after the celebration banquet, Chen Dong was browsing the news on the Internet in his office when he saw Zhong Lifang knocking on the door and walking in with some materials.

"A notice or a document that requires my signature?"

"All."

Zhong Lifang first brought him the documents that required Chen Dong's signature, and then briefly introduced the notice in her hand.

After that, he added:
  "Director Chen, these are the ones that I screened and actually delivered to the studio. There are dozens of large and small copies."

Chen Dong pointed to several invitations, somewhat dumbfounded, "I can make sense of asking me to make a movie. After all, I am the director. Well, even if it is to make a MV, but what about these endorsements?"

"Haha, I can't help it. Director Chen's Ke Jingteng is so popular." Zhong Lifang laughed.

"Except for this interview with the Sixth Princess, please reject everything else for me. In addition, in the name of the studio, help me make a statement in the media that I will not accept external roles or endorsements."

"OK……"

Chen Dong attended the driving school on February 25th and got his driver's license on March 10th.

It took half a month to fully calculate.

On the day he got his driver's license, he bought an Audi A4 for 56 yuan.

It can be regarded as a luxury car of this era, but it is not as eye-catching as Rolls-Royce, Maybach and other sports cars.

In addition, the first box office share of "Those Years" has been paid to the company's account. Yes, Dongcheng Studio has been officially upgraded to Dongcheng Film and Television Company, or Dongcheng Pictures for short.

Now that the company has money in its account, Chen Dong is not stingy and also provides the company with a luxury car worth more than 5 yuan, a BMW Series.

This car was chosen by Zhong Lifang, and it was also equivalent to the car given to her by the company.

Now Zhong Lifang is also the general manager of Dongcheng Pictures. She has to go out to negotiate business with other companies, so the car must not be too shabby.

Didn't Chen Dong just accept an interview with the Sixth Princess last week, and the latter reciprocated the favor by buying the rights to broadcast two of his movies. At this moment, cctv6 is broadcasting "Buried Alive".

Seeing that school is about to start, the Film Association, Directors Guild and Screenwriters Guild have announced their membership lists.

Sharp-eyed netizens discovered that there was a name in the membership lists announced by the three major associations, and that was Chen Dong.

The media also reported this matter, which caused a lot of heated discussion.

"Those Years" has a total box office of 4310 million+ in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Even if it needs to be split with Ying Huang, it is much more cost-effective than Ying Huang's original proposal of buying out the distribution rights directly with US$100 million.

school starts.

Liu Yifei only came to report on the first day, and then disappeared from the school again.

Everyone is not surprised by this situation.

Two days later, the crew of "Sword and Fairy" held a launch conference.

At the same time, Chen Dong's new movie script was also sent to the General Administration for review.

But this time he didn't bother the school anymore and asked the company to deliver it directly.

Two weeks later, the official website of the General Administration updated the list of the latest batch of approved scripts.

Among them is a script called "The Tuner", which instantly attracted the attention of the industry after being reported by the media.

(End of this chapter)