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Chapter 358 "The Night the Comet Came" is released (Please subscribe!)

"Congratulations, Chen. Congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director. Congratulations on bringing out an Oscar-winning actress. I think Megan Fox must love you to death now."

"It's not as exaggerated as you think, Nolan, but thank you very much for your congratulations."

"That's not an exaggeration at all... Well, you have the beautiful Crystal. By the way, why didn't she come with you?"

"My wife is pregnant."

"Oh, this is another good news I heard. Congratulations again, Chen. It looks like you're going to be a father of a baby again."

"Yes, it's my pleasure."

"How long will it take for the baby to be born? I'd love to come to the full moon party for you and Crystal's second child."

"The delivery date is in April. I will send you a wedding invitation then. But since we've agreed, no matter how busy you are, you are not allowed to be absent, haha."

"Don't worry, I'm still free." At this point, Nolan advised Chen Dong: "Would you consider developing in Hollywood? I feel this big stage is more suitable for you."

"No, China's stage is not small now, and it will only get bigger."

Faced with Chen Dong's confident counterattack, Nolan opened his mouth, unable to refute.

Because the Chinese film market has indeed developed rapidly in the past two years. In contrast, Hollywood has still not recovered from the subprime mortgage crisis in 08, when it was acquired by a group of financial tycoons on Wall Street.

This time when Chen Dong won the Oscar for Best Director, he not only received many blessings from foreign friends, but also received calls and text messages from people in China that kept ringing.

Just after separating from Nolan, Chen Dong muted his cell phone and immediately a call came in.

"Fuck it, I finally got in."

When Chen Dong saw that it was Jiang Wen, he predicted that his first words would not be good, so he held the phone a little further away from his ear, but he could still hear his loud voice... It was indeed a wise move.

Jiang Wen expressed his blessings to Chen Dong in an envious and jealous tone, and then the two chatted about gossip.

"You were planning on having your movie premiere in Los Angeles? Why don't you come back and do it?"

"Brother, this is a foreign language film, and it is aimed at the global market."

Since they were talking about this topic, Chen Dong also sent Jiang Wen a verbal invitation.

"It's too far away, and your premiere is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. I'm not sure if I can make it. Forget it. I'd better just focus on filming and try to win an award this time. Damn it, you've provoked me."

It wasn't surprising that Jiang Wen couldn't meet Chen Dong, but what did the old guy say?
"You're still filming that movie? Didn't you say before that your movie would be finished in a month? So one month goes by and another month goes by. What are you doing?"

Jiang Wen was so thick-skinned that he felt a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly defended himself: "What do I mean by nesting dolls? I just want to polish the movie to be more delicate and better. Is there anything wrong with that?"

Chen Dong was too lazy to listen to this guy's bragging anymore. He said the next call was coming in and hung up.

Although the reason Chen Dong gave was just an excuse, as soon as he hung up the phone with Jiang Wen, another number called in.

"Hey, I've opened my mouth before, right?"

"..."

Two days later.

"The Night the Comet Came" held its world premiere at a theater in Los Angeles.

Although the number of guests was not as large as when Chen Dong held a movie premiere in China, it was actually quite a lot.

Especially with the presence of big stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Megan Fox, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard and others, the movie premiere made headlines in several North American media on the same day.

However, although the premiere was held on February 2, the overseas release date is still the same as the domestic one, both scheduled to be released on March 27.

"Director, what box office results do you think Comet can achieve around the world?"

"Ahem, I didn't expect that foreign reporters would also like to ask this question, haha..."

Chen Dong smiled and continued, "This is actually a difficult question to answer, because as we all know, Comet is a very good award-winning movie, which was verified at the recent Academy Awards. Often, an excellent award-winning movie will suffer at the box office, so I don't know how much the movie will earn at the box office after it is released, but there is an idiom in China that goes, 'The more, the better.' I hope that the box office of Comet will be the same."

Seeing that Chen Dong was so cunning and they couldn't get any explosive points out of him, these foreign reporters turned the topic to other people, such as Leonardo, the male lead.

"Leon, I heard that you put a lot of effort into helping Comet win an Oscar, but in the end the movie won the Best Director and Best Actress awards, but you were the only one left out. How do you feel about this?"

"To be honest, I was very sad." Leonardo was very sad one second, and then he changed the subject the next second: "But the director comforted me and said, 'It's okay, Leon, if you can't win the Best Actor award this time, I will help you win one next time', you know? I was very moved when I heard the news, and tears fell like rain."

Chen Dong just saw Leonardo glance at him before answering the reporter's question, and his heart skipped a beat.

Now that I've heard his performance, I realize how shameless he really is.

"Alas, this guy is relying on me..."

But at this moment, Chen Dong really thought of a movie that could help Leonardo win the Best Actor Award.

The movie is called The Revenant.

It is an adventure thriller film adapted by Alejandro González Ilarido two years later from the novel of the same name.

The key is that its leading actor is Leonardo...

Wait, Chen Dong seemed to remember that he asked Alice to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "The Revenant" a few years ago.

So, he does have an opportunity for Leonardo to win the Oscar for Best Actor.

The only problem now is that Chen Dong has no plans to make a foreign language film in the next one or two years, and even if he does, he doesn't want to submit it to an Oscar.

How to do it?

This is not a very troubling question, because the answer is right there, just find someone to take the photo.

But who to look for?
At this moment, Chen Dong's eyes glanced at the guests below the stage and stopped when they fell on Nolan.

He remembered what Nolan said when they met each other two days ago. He said that he was still in a free period. Chen Dong thought that maybe he could give it a try.

It can be considered as a small compensation for picking up the spoils of his "Inception" and "Interstellar".

However, Chen Dong was not in a hurry about this sudden idea.

He planned to wait for Nolan and Leonardo to attend his second child's full moon party next time, and then find a chance to talk to them about this.

……

The news of the premiere was transmitted back to China within less than two hours after it ended.

"Reprinted from the Hollywood Free Press: Today, the soft science fiction film "The Night the Comet Came", directed by Chinese director Chen Dong and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Megan Fox and others, held its world premiere at the Casino Cinema in Los Angeles. Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and other stars showed up to show their support."

"Leonardo revealed at the premiere of Comet that director Chen Dong's next film might be a foreign language film?!"

"Megan Fox said that if Director Chen makes another foreign language film, she is willing to act in it for free."

"..."

After the premiere, Chen Dong did not stay in the United States and flew back to the capital the next day.

He thought his itinerary was confidential enough, but when he left the airport, he still encountered reporters who were stalking him.

"Director Chen, I'm a reporter from Phoenix TV. First of all, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director."

"Thank you."

"You are coming back today. Are you planning to hold a movie premiere in the country as well?"

"The reason why a premiere is called a premiere is because it is the first time. Since the movie has already held a global premiere in Los Angeles yesterday, there is naturally no need to hold it again."

"Then why is Director Chen in such a hurry to come back? I mean, why don't you wait until the movie is released?"

"I have completed my mission. The box office is up to the audience. It is no longer something I can influence. Besides, you all know that Yifei is pregnant..."

Love should be spoken out loudly, and Chen Dong did not shy away from talking about his relationship with his wife. The reporter wanted to dig deeper into Chen Dong's words, but the right to speak had already been taken away by someone else.

"Hello, Director Chen. I'm a reporter from Sina."

"Hello."

"First of all, congratulations on winning the Oscar for Best Director. Secondly, regarding the question Leonardo mentioned at your film premiere yesterday, what is your explanation, Director Chen?"

"What question did Leonardo ask yesterday?" Chen Dong didn't understand the reporter's question.

"He said you promised him that your next movie would be a foreign language movie to compete for an Oscar..."

Chen Dong suddenly realized, shook his head and denied it, "It's just a rumor!"

"Does Director Chen have any plans for his next film?"

"Honestly, no."

"I remember you said before, Chen Dong, that if no one in your company shoots the project of Detective Chinatown, you will shoot it yourself, right?"

"Yeah, I think I did."

"Will Director Chen shoot this in his next movie?"

"This year has just begun, so don't be in a hurry."

Seeing that the interview here had affected pedestrian traffic, Chen Dong ended the interview.

"Okay, let's stop the interview here. Please don't affect traffic. I would also like to ask everyone to help me promote Comet. Thank you."

After Chen Dong returned to China, he did not expect that he would receive an invitation to the first day ceremony of the movie "The Grandmaster".

"Director Chen, are you going tomorrow?"

Facing Zhong Lifang's question on the phone, he said without hesitation:
"I won't go. You can go in my place."

The next day, at the premiere of "The Grandmaster", Wang Jiawei was indeed "harassed" by reporters.

"Director Wang, people on the Internet say that your The Grandmaster is not as good as Director Chen's Comet. What do you think of these comments?"

"What do I think? I certainly hope that everyone will not just follow the crowd, and even more so not flatter others and criticize others. Even if you want to make comments, you should watch the two movies objectively and impartially before making comments."

"What is Director Wang's box office expectation for his film? Is he confident that he can beat Director Chen's Comet?"

"Director Chen also said at his premiere that it is difficult to estimate the box office for award-winning films, but I hope both of our films can achieve good box office results." Wang Jiawei responded to the reporter's question with an irrelevant answer, and the next second he handed the microphone to the leading actor Liang Chaowei next to him.

The cast of this film by Wang Jiawei is quite large.

There are Liang Chaowei, Zhang Ziyi, Zhang Zhen, Song Hye Kyo, Zhang Jin, Zhao Benshan, and his apprentice Xiao Shenyang...

So to be honest, although Yu Dong's plan to touch porcelain caused "The Grandmaster" to suffer some criticism, the attention and expectations it received also greatly increased.

From the perspective of hype alone, this is undoubtedly a successful case.

On the last day of February, the weather was sunny, with a southeast wind at level one. The lake was rippling with blue waves, and it looked like a peaceful time. However, in fact, there were undercurrents underneath.

Just after midnight, theaters across the country simultaneously released "The Night the Comet Came" and "The Grandmaster".

The former received 24% of the screenings, and the latter received 23.7%.

In terms of the number of screenings alone, the two films are actually not much different.

If you want to determine the winner, you still have to look at the average attendance. Of course, this average is difficult to calculate, so a more intuitive way is to wait for the first day box office to come out.

"Hello, give me two copies of "The Night the Comet Came""

"I want a copy of The Grandmaster"

"A copy of Comet, thank you."

"Six copies of Comet, please."

"I want Comet."

"..."

"What? The tickets for Comet are sold out? Fuck, I don't want tickets for The Grandmaster, buy me the next one, quick."

The above opponents are not just being played in one theater, but in major theaters across the country.

On the same day, reporters from many media outlets also followed up and reported on the situation in the cinema. It was obvious that "The Night the Comet Came" had a higher attendance rate, and by a lot.

There is almost no suspense that the first-day box office of "Comet" will not be low. What everyone is more curious about now is how much "The Grandmaster" will fall behind. It won't be even half of "Comet", right?
Don't mention it, this situation is possible.

Just as everyone was eagerly waiting for the result, Zhuo Wei, who has already firmly established himself as the number one paparazzi in the entertainment industry, announced a big piece of news through his Weibo account Zhuo Laoniu.

This big melon can be traced back to October last year, when Dong Jie revealed that her husband Pan Yueming gambled, transferred property, and committed domestic violence. Because of Pan Yueming's "tacit consent", the wave of public opinion at the time almost overwhelmingly favored Dong Jie, and joined her in attacking Pan Yueming.

After that, the truth of what happened between the two of them never came to light, and it just faded away because the topic was no longer hot.

Today, this account was brought up again, but the spearhead was directed at the woman who has a jade-like image in the entertainment industry.

According to Zhuo Wei's revelation, when Dong Jie was smearing Pan Yueming, she was already dating another male star who was not good-looking. This was an extramarital affair, and she even turned the tables on her husband.

In order to convince the majority of netizens, Zhuo Wei also released a large number of photos at once, leaving Dong Jie and the man she cheated with no chance to muddy the waters.

In an instant, Dong Jie's personality collapsed. The so-called jade girl turned into a lustful woman. She was not worthy of the title of pure and innocent. Instead, adjectives such as white lotus and Pan Jinlian were used to describe her.

So many netizens who had scolded Pan Yueming in the past went to his Weibo to post apologies. In response, Pan Yueming did not complain, but just sent out six words: Give us justice.

"I'm crying. How come this man is so emotionally stable?"

"Alas, I was so blind that I actually believed the slander of that white lotus. Ugh."

"Fortunately, I have always believed in Pan Yueming. As expected, time will tell him the truth."

"You were the one bragging above, right? You must have cursed before, right?"

"I did curse him, but when Tianxian deleted his afternoon Weibo post and posted a message in the evening saying not to believe in rumors or spread them, I changed my attitude towards him because I felt that there was a twist in this matter. Afterwards, I searched for other people's comments on Pan Yueming and found that he was not the kind of person that Dong Jie broke the news."

"It seems so. From this point of view, there must be many people in the entertainment industry who already knew the truth, but they just didn't say it."

"The question is how did Liu Yifei know it at the time?"

"I'm afraid you have forgotten Director Chen."

"Speaking of Director Chen, it's already early morning. The first day box office of The Night the Comet Came should be out, right? Does anyone know how much it is?"

"Let's go to Director Chen's Weibo and ask him."

"Let's go together, but Director Chen won't be asleep, right? Or maybe he's busy doing something important. After all, he has such a beautiful wife."

"The guy above is out of his mind, aren't you aware that Liu Yifei is already almost nine months pregnant?"

"It's a success. Director Chen really made it. The first-day box office of Comet was 5221 million."

"Ahem, actually I'm quite curious about the first day box office of The Grandmaster. Didn't Director Wang Jiawei release it?"

"Wang Jiawei said: Don't hit people in the face!"

"I guess it's about 30 million."

"More. More than 20 million."

"Wait, it will come out tomorrow morning..."

(End of this chapter)