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Chapter 355 Fatty Yu touches Chen Dong (Subscribe!)

Compared with last year, this year's Weibo Night has added Weibo Male God/Goddess and Weibo Night King/Queen.
There are four spots each for the 'male god' and 'goddess', namely Huang Bo, Wu Qilong, Wallace Chung, Chen Kun, Angelababy, Liu Sisi, Ni Ni, and Zhao Liying.

The King and Queen awards were given to Huang Xiaoming and Fan Binbin.

Yang Mi also attended the Weibo Night tonight, but she did not win any awards this year. The reason is not because she left Dongcheng Pictures, but because she did not have any outstanding works throughout 2012. The albums she released were not popular, the movies she invested in were flops, and the TV series she filmed were not broadcast.

Liu Yifei did not win any award this year. This has nothing to do with whether she came or not. It’s because she did not participate in the online selection at all. Otherwise, with her popularity, Fan Binbin would never be able to compete with her.

As the second largest shareholder of Weibo, Chen Dong was still the award presenter this year. However, the award he presented this time was no longer related to film and television, because he was presenting the Weibo Annual Breakthrough Award. The winners included Lei Jun and Yao Jinbo.

That’s right, it was the Lei Jun who launched Xiaomi 2012 in 3 and Yao Jinbo, chairman of 58.com, which is preparing for its IPO.

As usual, Weibo held a shareholders' meeting the next day after Weibo Night.

The meeting summarized Weibo's achievements over the past year, as well as some arrangements for its upcoming listing on NASDAQ and its outlook for the future.

It was not as long as the shareholders' meeting held at this time last year. Everything was explained in just one day.

However, in addition to Ye Ning, the representative sent by Wanda this time also included their son Wang Sichong.

"Are you still confused?" When Chen Dong heard that this guy was confused about his future, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh for a moment.

"Yes."

Wang Sichong said seriously: "I don't want to work for my father's group, but I don't want to learn from other second-generations who just eat and wait for death all day long. I want to start a business. I tried for a year, but I found that I only get excited for three minutes and then I lose interest at all."

“First of all, you have to figure out why you want to start a business.”

Without waiting for Wang Sichong to answer, Chen Dong continued, "Most people start a business to make money, but you don't seem to lack it. This is probably why you said it only lasts for three minutes."

Wang Sichong nodded in agreement, raised his glass and asked, "Director Chen, no, Brother Dong, what should I do now? I can't just live my whole life as a second-generation rich kid who eats and waits for death. That kind of life is too boring."

"..."

Obviously what Wang Sichong said was the truth, but in the eyes of others, it sounded a bit annoying.

Chen Dong also asked because the other party called him Brother Dong: "What do you like to do?"

"What do you like to do normally?" Wang Sichong thought as he said, "Playing with cars, playing games, picking up girls, that's basically it."

Wang Sicong thought that Chen Dong was trying to persuade him to choose an entrepreneurial direction based on his interests and hobbies, but in fact he had thought about this a long time ago and had tried it, but it turned out that it didn't work.

But Chen Dong shook his head: "I'm not advising you to start a car company or a game company."

"What is that?" Wang Si Chong became interested.

Chen Dong smiled mysteriously, "You should know the three most popular video chat apps right now, right?"

Speaking of this, Wang Sichong became even more excited.

"Of course I know, YY, Six Rooms and 9158."

Seeing Wang Sichong blurt out this, Chen Dong guessed that this guy should be a member of three online video chat software.

And he is the kind of supreme member who recharges tens of millions a year.

This was indeed the fact. Before Chen Dong could blurt out the truth, Wang Si Chong's heart was already in turmoil.

Because he felt that he had finally found the entrepreneurial direction he had been looking for.

"Brother, Brother Dong, thank you, I understand."

Seeing Wang Sichong so excited, Chen Dong gestured for him to sit down.

Next, in order to thank Chen Dong, Wang Sichong proposed to let him buy shares.

But Chen Dong declined.

The reason for the refusal was not because they were worried that Wang Sichong would bankrupt Panda TV again.

It’s just that the live streaming industry itself is quite complicated and can easily provide a breeding ground for some gray income. Plus, live streaming doesn’t help Chen Dong’s current career much, so he doesn’t want to get involved.

Looking at Wang Sichong's excitement again, Chen Dong suddenly remembered the words that Monkey King's master, Patriarch Bodhi, warned him when he sent him away in Journey to the West - if you get into trouble in the future, don't betray your 'master'!
He wanted to send the same sentence to Wang Sichong in front of him.

But after hesitating for a while, he gave up, because if Wang Sichong really got into trouble one day, his father and mother would support him.

Now I won’t spoil the fun…

Online, the heat of this Weibo Night has not yet passed.

Hollywood's Academy Awards and one of Europe's three major Berlin International Film Festival simultaneously announced their 'shortlists'.

In fact, it is not surprising that these two film festivals collide with each other, because they collide every year.

What really excited the media was that Chen Dong's "The Day the Comet Comes" and Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster" were shortlisted for the main competition units of the two film festivals respectively.

Moreover, both movies were released on the same day.

Netizens were also excited about this coincidence.

"Chen Dong vs. Wang Jiawei, "The Night the Comet Came" vs. "The Grandmaster", Berlin International Film Festival vs. Hollywood Oscars, awards vs. box office, I am looking forward to it, really looking forward to it."

"This should be considered a top-level competition between art films, right?"

"I'll bet a bag of spicy noodles that Wang Jiawei's The Grandmaster will win the awards this time, while Director Chen's Comet will be better at the box office."

"I also support the above point of view. After all, Director Wang Jiawei is the chairman of the jury of this Berlin Film Festival. He will definitely pay more attention to his own film, right?!"

"I don't know whether Wang Jiawei will focus on his own films, but I know that it will be much more difficult for Director Chen to win an Oscar than to win a corresponding trophy at the Berlin Film Festival."

"Does everyone think that Director Chen's Comet will win at the box office?"

"It's not a will, it's a certainty."

"Yes, for example, if I have to choose between the two movies, I will definitely choose Director Chen's Comet without hesitation."

"plus 1."

"plus 999999."

Chen Dong remembered that when he was choosing a release date for "Comet", Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster" had not yet confirmed its release date.

In other words, this time it was the other party who took the initiative to cause trouble.

Combined with the large number of press releases that suddenly appeared on the Internet, Chen Dong could tell without any investigation that the other party wanted to tie himself up with him for publicity.

The promotion channel of "The Grandmaster" in mainland China is Bona, which means it is the work of Fatty Yu. But Chen Dong is not afraid. After all, even the majority of netizens have more confidence in his "Comet", so is he afraid?

……

"Hubby, Teacher Wang and his wife came to see me today. The books on your desk were given to you by his wife."

Chen Dong nodded. He obviously knew about this because his teacher called him during the day, but he was in a meeting at the headquarters at that time, so he didn't come back.

After hearing what his wife said again, he thought about it and decided that he should call the teacher back.

Wang Jinsong mentioned on the phone that Xue Xiaolu was still doing post-production work on the movie "Beijing Meets Seattle" at school. Chen Dong suddenly remembered that this movie was also invested by his company. It was reasonable for him to pay attention to it. He should not ignore it or even forget about it like he is doing now.

So the next day, Chen Dong came to the Beijing Film Academy campus with a hint of apology.

Xue Xiaolu didn't expect Chen Dong to come here suddenly today, just as Chen Dong didn't expect to meet Han Jianu in the editing room of "Beijing Meets Seattle".

"Why is Junior Sister Han here?" Chen Dong asked straight to the point.

"I've always been here. Teacher Xue is my mentor." Han Jianu was curious about why Chen Dong suddenly appeared.

"I heard that the movie is in post-production, so I came to take a look." Seeing that everyone had a heavy workload, Chen Dong did not stay too long.

But before leaving, he thought that his company's annual meeting would be held in three days, so he invited Xue Xiaolu, Han Jiaren and others.

It was still early, so Chen Dong went around the company again.

He happened to run into Lu Yang who came to look for him at the office door.

"Is something wrong?"

"hold head high."

Lu Yang nodded and followed Chen Dong into the office.

After the assistant came in and served the tea, Lu Yang didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly stated his purpose.

"Are you planning to shoot the third installment of the "囧" series next year?" Chen Dong asked in surprise.

"Well, strike while the iron is hot." Lu Yang said.

Chen Dong naturally fully supported his subordinates' enthusiasm for work, so he immediately expressed his position: "Okay, it's the same. If you have any difficulties, just tell me."

Lu Yang said angrily: "Director Chen, there is no script for the third part yet."

Chen Dong did have the script of "Lost in Hong Kong" in his memory, but just as he was about to describe it to Lu Yang, he suddenly remembered the request he had promised Han Jianu, so he broke the complete script in his mind into an inspiration, an inspiration with a rough framework. As for the flesh and blood inside, he planned to let Lu Yang, the director, fill it in himself.

Seeing Lu Yang getting ready to leave after hearing the inspiration, Chen Dong quickly reminded him: "By the way, Lu Yang, I'll recommend a screenwriter to help you improve the script."

Lu Yang looked at Chen Dong curiously and asked in an expectant tone, "Who is it?"

"Her name is Han Jianu, and she's your junior apprentice sister."

Lu Yang thought Chen Dong was going to recommend a great man to him, but he didn't expect it to be his junior sister.

It sounds like he is a relative of his.

"Wait a minute, Han Jianuo, this name sounds familiar..."

Seeing the change in Lu Yang's expression, Chen Dong knew that the other party had guessed it.

"Director Chen, is this Han Jianu the daughter of Han Shanping?"

Chen Dong smiled and nodded, "But don't underestimate him. His skills as a screenwriter may not be worse than yours, or even stronger."

Lu Yang actually thought that the other party was just here to gild his reputation, but after hearing what Chen Dong said, he quickly put away his contempt and had more expectations for Han Jianu.

Three days later at the company's annual meeting, Han Jianu and Lu Yang formally met, and with enthusiasm for work, they devoted themselves to the conception of the script of "Lost in Thailand" that same day.

After communicating with her, Lu Yang found that what Chen Dong said before was true. His screenwriting skills were indeed not as good as hers.

Cheng Long's "Chinese Zodiac" applied for a one-week extension key, but unfortunately, its box office finally stopped at 9.87 million, failing to break through the second threshold of 10 billion, which is the box office watershed.

As for the overseas box office, it is about half of the domestic box office. Although the profit is not much, it is still a profit.

Except for "Chinese Zodiac", other movies released during this Lunar New Year holiday failed to get an extension.

At the end of January, Chen Kaige's "Search", Lu Chuan's "The Banquet" and Feng Xiaogang's "1942" were all removed from theaters.

The box office was still higher for Feng Xiaogang's "1942", which earned more than 2 million yuan. "Search" was second with 1.7 million yuan, and "The Banquet" was at the bottom. Although Lu Chuan shouted loud slogans before the release, it was of no use. The final box office of this movie did not even break 8000 million yuan, and only earned million yuan.

Because the investment costs of the three films are different, after careful calculation, the only one that really made money was "Search" by the great poet.

Both "1942" and "The Banquet" caused the investors to lose a lot of money.

Especially the former, because of its huge impact on Huayi’s stock, it directly caused the market value to evaporate by hundreds of millions.

This forced Huayi to hype up their unfinished cinema project again.

This year, as Liu Yifei is pregnant again, the family will of course celebrate the New Year in the capital again.

New Year's Eve is on February 2th. It is already dark outside because the sky is white under the reflection of the snow. The lights of each house make up the myriad lights. Every household is eating the New Year's Eve dinner, and the Spring Festival Gala is playing on the TV next to them.

The hosts are all familiar faces, such as Zhu Jun, Li Yong, Dong Qin, Teacher Bi, Li Sisi, oh, and there is also a new face, a new face for the Spring Festival Gala, he is Sa Beiling.

"I remember that Sa Beiling was a host on Weibo before?" Liu Xiaoli didn't know that Sa Beiling had resigned from Weibo and joined CCTV, so she was a little surprised to see that he was the host of the Spring Festival Gala.

"Mom, he switched from Weibo to CCTV during the summer vacation," Chen Dong explained.

"Oh, that's how it is."

"Um……"

When Chen Dong saw Phoenix Legend take the stage, he added, "When this group's song 'The Most Dazzling National Style' became popular all over China in March, I guessed that they would definitely be invited to this year's Spring Festival Gala."

However, the song that Phoenix Legend sang on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala was not "The Most Dazzling National Style", but "The Taste of China".

What surprised Chen Dong most tonight was that Happy Twist actually performed two sketches.

One is "Big City Small Things" performed by Ailun, Changyuan and Wang Lin, and the other is "Today's Happiness 2" performed by Shen Teng, Mary and Wang Qi.

This not only made Chen Dong a little interested in the comedy team Happy Twist...

(End of this chapter)