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Chapter 368: Digging a hole for yourself (Subscribe!)
"Teacher Xue~"

"Xixi is here too. How is she? I hope you have recovered well after giving birth."

"Well, I'm full of energy now..."

In the screening room of Dongcheng Pictures, Liu Yifei exchanged greetings with Xue Xiaolu who came in later.

Then they sat close together and the movie started soon.

It tells the story of a love adventure between Wen Jiajia, a "gold digger" who came to Seattle alone to give birth, and Hao Zhi, the driver of the confinement center, who is actually a first-class cardiovascular disease expert.

Xue Xiaolu is worthy of being a female director. She is very delicate in handling many details. For example, behind the seemingly relaxed and warm story, there is actually the director's criticism of materialism, criticism of money, and criticism of this society becoming increasingly vulgar and materialistic.

It is worth mentioning that although Liu Dehua and Xin Zilei have a big age difference in real life, the feeling of their performances in the play is just right.

After the movie was over, Xue Xiaolu asked Chen Dong to comment on it. He did not comment on the depth of the movie, but only commented on the acting skills and effects of the male and female protagonists.

At this internal screening, only Xin Zilei, who played the female lead, showed up. As for Liu Dehua, who played the male lead, he was in Hong Kong and did not come specially.

However, Chen Dong contacted Andy the day before yesterday, and he said that he would come to the capital in two days to attend the premiere of a movie starring him, and said that he would come to watch the movie after the premiere.

"When will Mr. Xue schedule the movie to be released?"

“I want to do it during the summer vacation.”

"Sure enough!" In fact, when Chen Dong received Xue Xiaolu's message that she would hold a screening so early, he had already guessed that she would most likely choose to release the film during the summer vacation.

However, Chen Dong is actually not very optimistic about this year's summer season, not because this year's summer season is more involuted, but because the leading actor is Liu Dehua.

Didn’t Liu Dehua say that he would come to the capital to attend a movie premiere in a few days? The movie is called "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". It looks like a domestic blockbuster with a cost of 2 million yuan, but it is actually a super bad movie.

Chen Dong clearly remembers that this movie was promoted with a lot of hype, which deceived a large number of audiences into going to the cinema, allowing it to achieve very good box office results at the beginning. However, for every additional movie ticket earned, there would be one more person criticizing the film online.

As the male lead, Liu Dehua could not be immune and naturally received a lot of criticism online.

He has another movie to be released this summer, called "Blind Detective". The movie was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival this year. Although it did not win an award, its quality is guaranteed. However, influenced by "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", "Blind Detective" was also boycotted.

Chen Dong is a little worried that "Beijing Meets Seattle" will follow the same fate as "Blind Detective". The previous movie had achieved a box office of over 5 million yuan, breaking the box office record for domestic romance movies. It would be a pity if the box office shrank significantly as a result.

"Director Chen, Director Chen..."

Seeing that Chen Dong needed so much time to think, Xue Xiaolu couldn't help but ask in confusion: "But what's wrong with releasing it during the summer vacation?"

Chen Dong came back to his senses, but couldn't tell the reason directly, so he could only make up one temporarily: "Lu Yang's "A Man's Martial Arts" is also released in the summer. If you also choose to release it in the summer, it will be difficult to promote the two movies. How about moving "Beijing Meets Seattle" to the National Day?"

In fact, Chen Dong’s reason is a bit untenable. After all, Dongcheng Pictures is not a small workshop and it can handle the promotion of two movies.

But Xue Xiaolu didn't want to get to the bottom of the matter, so he could only accept the suggestion with some resentment.

However, she also mentioned a difficulty in choosing to release the film during the National Day holiday, which is that she is also a teacher at the Beijing Film Academy. If the film is released during the National Day holiday, she will not have time to participate in the roadshow.

"Actually, the Lunar New Year period is also fine." Chen Dong added in his mind, but his answer was: "It doesn't matter. If you really need to do a road show, I'll go and fill in for you."

Xue Xiaolu knew that this was a joke from Chen Dong, but she wanted to make it a reality, so she immediately said, "Really? Director Chen, I take your words seriously. Anyway, as long as the box office is good, I will arrange a roadshow."

Xue Xiaolu was getting more and more excited as she spoke, and she was worried that Chen Dong might go back on his word, so she even pulled Liu Yifei in: "Xixi, you heard it too. If Director Chen doesn't admit it, you have to be my witness."

"Okay, Teacher Xue, don't worry, I will definitely stand on your side." As she said this, Liu Yifei threw a mischievous look at her husband.

At this moment, Chen Dong felt like he had dug a hole for himself.

Two days later, the premiere of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" was held. Since this film was the main investment of China Film Corporation and the premiere was also organized by China Film Corporation, Chen Dong received an invitation.

But he didn't go.

The premiere of Zhu Qing's debut film "Killing" was also held on the same day. As the film stars Liu Ye and Ni Ni, the media still has certain expectations for it.

Of course, compared with "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains", it's a bit shabby.

"Honey, the Magnolia Awards nomination list has been announced."

Chen Dong got off work early today. He was playing with his son and daughter on the balcony when he heard her mother yelling loudly in the study.

"Wife, what did you say?" Although he didn't hear clearly what his wife was shouting, Chen Dong still carried his daughter to the study.

"Honey, the nominations for the Magnolia Awards have been announced. Do you think we won?"

"Look at the corners of your mouth in a mirror. Even a machine gun can't suppress it. Do you still need my answer?"

But Chen Dong didn't want to spoil the fun, so he simply thought of a question for his silly wife: "You should ask me how many nominations I have."

Liu Yifei stuck out her tongue, then picked up the question and threw it back to Chen Dong.

To be honest, Chen Dong really didn't pay much attention to how many awards there were in the Magnolia Awards, so he just dug a hole for himself.

But it doesn’t matter, if you can’t think of it, just take a guess.

"Seven, no, eight."

"..." When Liu Yifei heard this answer, she immediately knew that Chen Dong was teasing her on purpose.

Because there are only five awards in the TV drama category of the Magnolia Awards.

Chen Dong got a cold look, so he leaned over to take a look and realized that he actually had 5 nominations.

At this time, the benefits of being thick-skinned were reflected. Chen Dong forgot about the embarrassment just now, and suddenly kissed his wife on the face, and said happily for her: "Congratulations, my wife, you are one step closer to becoming the best actress... no, best TV actress."

Liu Yifei glared at Chen Dong again, "Didn't you say before that my chances of winning the award were slim?"

"Ahem, did I say that? Honey, did you remember it wrong? Yes, I definitely remembered it wrong."

Liu Yifei looked at this shameless guy and couldn't do anything about him for a moment. She could only complain to her daughter in his arms: "Yueyue, don't be like your father when you grow up. He is a scoundrel."

……

The next day, just as Chen Dong arrived at the company gate, Liu Dehua got out of the car.

"Good morning, Director Chen."

"That's early. I thought you wouldn't come until noon."

"I have to go to Shanghai to promote the show at noon, so I came here early."

Chen Dong nodded and invited Liu Dehua to go into the company together.

Along the way, they could occasionally hear employees discussing the "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" which was released today, which shows how well the marketing of this movie is and how popular it is.

But whenever someone discussed this topic, Chen Dong would see a hint of embarrassment on Liu Dehua's face.

He couldn't help but joked, "Brother Hua, are you not feeling well?" "No, not at all." Liu Dehua smiled awkwardly.

"Oh, I thought Brother Hua didn't get enough rest last night... By the way, I didn't attend the premiere of Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains yesterday because I had something else to do. Brother Hua won't blame me, right?"

"That's not true, but it's a good thing Director Chen didn't go."

"Oh? How to say it."

Liu Dehua touched his nose and said awkwardly, "I won't hide it from Director Chen, this movie, ahem, is a bit exaggerated."

When Chen Dong heard Liu Dehua say the word "exaggeration" himself, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

Fortunately, he is a professional.

"...Ahem, well, from what you said, the reputation of this movie is worrying."

Liu Dehua nodded helplessly.

Because Liu Dehua was in a hurry, Chen Dong took him directly to the film viewing room.

After watching his performance in "Beijing Meets Seattle", Liu Dehua said in front of Chen Dong: "It would be great if all the dramas I take on in the future are of this quality."

Just now, Chen Dong held back when Liu Dehua described "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" as exaggerated, but he didn't expect that he would eventually be defeated by Liu Dehua's words that came from his heart.

"Hahaha... ahem, Brother Hua, it seems that Dwelling on Mount Fuji has left you with a big shadow."

Liu Dehua smiled bitterly and shook his head, but after all, it was a movie he acted in, and he didn't want to continue talking bad about it behind its back, so he took the initiative to change the subject.

"Director Chen, when will "Beijing Meets Seattle" be released?"

"Director Xue meant to schedule it for the summer season."

"Also in the summer?" Liu Dehua thought Chen Dong didn't know that he had another movie coming out in July, so he went on to explain, "Another movie I starred in, 'Blind Detective', is also in the summer. So, this summer, I have three movies coming out in a row?!"

"No, two." Seeing Liu Dehua's puzzled look, Chen Dong added, "Because our company has a movie to be released in August, I persuaded Director Xue to change the release date to the National Day."

"Really? That's not bad. I thought I would be on the road for the entire summer vacation." Liu Dehua breathed a sigh of relief and followed Chen Dong's words and asked, "What movie will Director Chen's company release in August?"

"Wen Muye's "A Man's Martial Arts World"

Liu Dehua suddenly realized: "It's the martial arts movie starring Zhao Wenzhuo and Wang Baoqiang, right?"

"Yes, that's the one."

"To be honest, I'm quite curious about this movie, but I obviously don't have time to watch it, so I'll just wish Director Wen's movie a big box office success in advance..."

"Haha, then I will accept this blessing on behalf of Muye."

Chen Dong knew that Liu Dehua had a tight schedule and had to catch a plane soon, so he didn't keep him.

After seeing Liu Dehua off, Chen Dong returned to the office to take care of some work. When it was almost time for lunch, he stretched and then went online.

Among the hot searches, five out of ten are related to "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

Chen Dong can be sure that these five hot searches were not bought by the director.

Because they all criticize the movie.

Even Chen Dong couldn't help but gasp at this moment: "Wow, it's only been released for the first day and the reputation is already so bad?"

Chen Dong curiously clicked on the comment section of a hot search, and it was indeed very interesting.

"Can this really be called a movie? Sister Zhiling suddenly appeared, then suddenly disappeared, Liu Dehua suddenly appeared, then disappeared, and then Zhang Jingchu suddenly became a superwoman... and then they all cried. F*ck, I have lost my normal thinking after watching it. The director is so ridiculous, the plot is so ridiculous, not only did I waste dozens of dollars, but I also wasted my mood."

"It's a bad movie. No, it can't even be called a bad movie. It's simply a childish movie. I give up. Fuck."

"I agree. There are a lot of advertisements in the movie. Although I didn't count them, at least I can't count them with one hand."

"Haha, the guy above, I know this question. There are 12 commercials in total. Don't ask me how I know, because I think commercials are more interesting than movies."

"It turns out I'm not the only one watching the commercials, wry smilejpg."

"I have been a fan of Andy for more than 20 years. I don't understand why he would take such a bad movie. It is very disappointing to us fans."

“Disappointed +1.”

"+666."

"I'm not a fan of anyone, but I feel that Liu Dehua's performance in the film is just like a weakling. Damn, no wonder he is still an idol at such an old age. I won't watch any movies he stars in from now on."

Of course, not all the reviews are negative.

There were also a bunch of passers-by who had never seen the movie joining in the fun.

"Is it really as bad as you say? That's impossible. Liu Dehua, Lin Chiling, Dong Dawei, Zhang Jingchu... all these big-name stars are in this movie. How bad can it be? Could it be that it was deliberately smeared by Internet trolls? No, I have to buy a movie ticket this afternoon and go see it myself."

"Let's go together. I'm curious too."

"Yes, even if it's a bad movie, I'll accept it just for Andy."

"I'm going to watch Sister Zhiling, so I don't care about the plot, I just care about how many scenes she has?"

"Hello brothers, let me interrupt you. Is no one discussing the movie 'Killing' starring Liu Ye and me, Ni Bao?"

"'The Killing'? What kind of movie is this? I've never heard of it. Well, I'm going to buy tickets for 'Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains' now. I'll give you my honest feedback when I come back."

"Brother, really...really don't eat shit."

"Woo woo, why didn't anyone persuade me this morning? I've already eaten this mouthful of shit, wow wow~"

At noon, Chen Dong had just returned from lunch when he received a call from Xue Xiaolu.

"Director Chen, you are right."

"??????"

Chen Dong was stunned by the other party's first sentence.

But Xue Xiaolu quickly explained: "Has Director Chen seen the movie Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains starring Liu Dehua and Lin Chiling?"

"Not yet..." Chen Dong roughly knew what was going on.

Xue Xiaolu continued, "I've seen it, and I'd like to advise Director Chen that if you haven't seen it, you'd better not watch it. And I searched the Internet for the reputation of this movie, and it's also terrible. Brother Hua's reputation may also be affected by it, so I think Director Chen, you were right to change the release date of "Beijing Meets Seattle" before."

"Well, well, well, well, I guess this is a lucky coincidence..."

(End of this chapter)