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Chapter 369 Let’s invite Director Chen to the stage to receive the award again (Please subscribe!)
Although there are a lot of negative reviews about "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" on the Internet, its box office is getting higher and higher.

This is the most successful example of reverse propaganda in Chinese film history.

But the actors were miserable.

Even a good man like Liu Dehua was scolded so much that he had to stand up and defend himself.

This morning, he posted on social media: "Don't push me. I am also a victim if I make a bad movie."

Other actors in the play also received a lot of criticism, but they did not dare to speak out because they did not want to be the first to speak out.

Since Liu Dehua took the lead, they would no longer remain silent, so within a day, other actors in the crew also posted messages to agree.

Lin Chi-ling: "Andy, don't worry. I'm even worse off than you. I've exposed my back and still got scolded."

Dong Dawei: "We are both wanderers in this world..."

Zhang Jingchu: "Everyone got scolded, but we weren't the only group that made a bad movie."

Guo Jingming: "Tiny Times, written, directed and directed by me, starring Yang Mi, Chen Xuedong, Amber Kuo and Xie Yilin, is scheduled to be released on August 8. See you at the cinema on that day."

and many more……

It seems like something strange has been mixed in.

Well, it’s Guo Jingming doing his daily advertising again.

However, Chen Dong felt that the August 8th schedule was somewhat familiar.

He remembered that Wen Muye's "One Man's Martial Arts" was also released during this period.

A modern martial arts film is itself a niche film, and to be honest, it's really a disadvantage when it comes to a fan film that has been advertised for almost a year.

But Chen Dong never thought about adjusting the release date of "A Man's Martial Arts"... because even if we "lose" at the box office, we can afford it.

Mid June.

The script for the next drama that Chen Dong is going to shoot passed review today.

Also approved along with it was Ning Hao’s “No Man’s Land” which had been stuck for three years.

In order to celebrate this moment, Ning Hao specially invited his good friends in the capital to his home for a meal.

Not only Chen Dong was present, but Han Shanping was also here.

Because Director Han will be handing over his position in half a year, if anyone pays attention, they will find that the previously strong-willed Zuoshandiao has become more gentle in his speech.

The name of the next chairman, La Peikang, also appears on the list of some important decisions or plans of China Film.

"It's not easy to wait for this day!" After the banquet started, Ning Hao stood up and sighed sadly, then raised his glass and said to everyone:

"I called you all here today for no other purpose than to celebrate the successful approval of No Man's Land. I also want to thank you all for your help and concern for this film over the past three years. I'm a little excited and may not be able to express myself well. Please forgive me... OK, I won't say any more nonsense. Anyway, thank you all again, and thank you to those friends who didn't come to the scene but worked hard for No Man's Land. I'll drink these three glasses of wine first."

Everyone could see that Ning Hao was really a little excited today, because he usually didn't speak so much and was a little confusing.

But the three glasses of wine he mentioned were real. In addition to the glass in his hand, there were two full glasses in front of him.

Chen Dong joined in with a drink, not because he was disloyal, but if Ning Hao continued to drink like this, all the men at the table would probably fall down drunk.

Didn’t the ancients often say that after three rounds of wine and five dishes, it is time to open your heart?

But Ning Hao drank the three glasses of wine on an empty stomach too quickly, and he didn't even make it through three rounds before he fell under the table.

Chen Dong, Huang Bo and Jiang Wen helped carry him to the bed and came back to continue drinking and chatting.

Sure enough, the topic turned to Chen Dong’s next movie "Detective Chinatown".

Han Shanping is concerned about investment issues.

Chen Dong was already a little tipsy at this time, and since everyone present was a friend, he was less cautious when speaking than usual.

He said, "Isn't Mr. Han going to retire soon? He probably doesn't care about the performance anymore, so why is he still thinking about my movie share?"

Not only did Han Shanping not feel offended, he even remained noncommittal about Chen Dong's words.

However, he changed the subject and said, "As the saying goes, one has to work for the day. Since I am still the chairman of China Film Group, even if there is only one day left, I must not muddle through. At the very least, I still have to abide by some professional ethics, right? Director Chen, don't you agree?"

Chen Dong had not originally intended to kick China Film Group out and go it alone, but now that Han Shanping had said so much, he naturally took advantage of the situation and agreed to give China Film Group a share.

Jiang Wen, who was standing next to them, had been paying attention to their conversation. When he saw that Chen Dong had agreed to Han Shanping's request, he quickly raised his glass and toasted Chen Dong alone.

Of course, the request for a toast was not forgotten.

"Director Chen, you haven't taken me out to play for a long time, so this time...what should I say?"

The moment Chen Dong turned around and met Jiang Wen's eyes, he knew he was in trouble.

Sure enough, a chain reaction occurred.

"Okay, I'll take you to play, but let me make it clear first, I'm not responsible for any losses."

Seeing Chen Dong so happy, Huang Bo was also eager to try.

After the last meal, four more investors came in before Detective Chinatown was even launched.

So later when Wang Changtian and Ye Ning asked Chen Dong for investment shares, Chen Dong refused.

Because the cake is only so big, if he divides it any more he will have nothing left.

More importantly, he was not drinking when he answered the phone.

Just when Chen Dong was preparing to shoot "Detective Chinatown", Wang Baoqiang's economic contract with Huayi expired.

He did not agree to be recruited by any film and television company, but set up a personal studio. Under the "hypnosis" of pillow talk, he still brought out his agent Song Jiji from Huayi.

The wheel of history has not deviated in any way and is still rolling forward...

……

Ten days after its release, "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" finally suffered a backlash due to word-of-mouth issues.

Its daily box office was 10 million the day before, but it dropped to less than 5 million yesterday, and even less today. When counted in the early morning, it was less than 3 million.

This cliff-like decline in data is comparable to the economic crisis that broke out in Europe and the United States in 08.

What? Are you asking about the movie The Killing that was released at the same time?
That movie is even worse.

Although the reputation was maintained, the box office was not good.

It has not yet exceeded 500 million.

……

There is only one week left in the countdown to the 19th Business TV Festival Magnolia Awards ceremony.

At this time, Li Wenlong, who had not filmed for almost two years, made a comeback.

As soon as he came out of retirement, Chen Dong took a liking to the novel and asked Zhong Lifang to buy its film and television rights long ago.

The name of this novel is "Nirvana in Fire".

Today, Li Wenlong held a meeting with the screenwriters at the company regarding the adaptation of "Nirvana in Fire".

Chen Dong went to listen out of curiosity.

Because he himself is a screenwriter, and a screenwriter who can do the work of ten or even a hundred people.

So even though his company has the position of screenwriter, he is actually not well-known in the industry.

This is why Chen Dong, who was only there to listen, went against all odds and recommended the original author to Li Wenlong after listening to the hesitant ideas of several screenwriters. The original author of Nirvana in Fire was named Hai Yan, a female writer from Sichuan. The film and television rights of Chen Dong's novel in his previous life were bought by Shandong Film and Television Media, and she was also asked to adapt it.

The novel was published in 06, but the physical book was only released last year, but the sales were not ideal.

The female writer Hai Yan has only written this one book. Although she has sold the film and television rights, because "Nirvana in Fire" has never been filmed, she is just an unknown figure in the novel world.

Today, this little-known female writer never expected that she would receive a call from Dongcheng Pictures, asking her to go to the capital to adapt her novel.

Because he couldn't believe it, Hai Yan initially thought he had met a scammer.

But after she confirmed it again and again, all she was left with was excitement.

I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night, and I bought a ticket and flew to the capital early the next morning.

After meeting her, Chen Dong recruited her into the screenwriting department.

A week passed quickly, and Chen Dong came to Shanghai with his wife and hungry daughter to attend this year's Magnolia Awards ceremony.

Of course, on the red carpet that day, Chen Dong and his wife's daughter did not leave the country, but stayed in the hotel with her grandmother.

Although the Magnolia Awards is a television festival, as one of the top television festivals in the country, it still has a grand appearance.

Not only did many big names from China come, but many celebrities from the international community also came.

As for the shortlisted crews, they are mostly "Love Apartment 3", "Beijing Youth", "Wind and Sunshine", "Kintaro's Happy Life", "Militiaman Ge Erdan", "My Mother is Getting Married", "A Family in Wenzhou", "The Orphan of Zhao"...

and Chen Dong’s My Love from the Star.

By the way, this TV series of his was recently introduced to South Korea, and the ratings there are no lower than those in China, and it even seems to be more popular there.

The acquisition company even hoped that Chen Dong and his wife could go to South Korea to hold a fan meeting, but Chen Dong refused on the grounds that he was busy with work.

What a joke! They haven't even held a fan meeting in their own country, so why would they go to other countries to do something that is usually only idols like to do.

"Hubby, what are you daydreaming about?"

Because Chen Dong and his crew were scheduled to walk the red carpet earlier, the waiting time after they entered the award ceremony venue was a little long, so much so that Chen Dong began to slack off.

Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by his wife.

"It's okay. Are we going to start?" Chen Dong asked.

"Well, it should be soon, after all, the red carpet is over."

After hearing what his wife said, Chen Dong looked back and found that the auditorium, which originally had few people in it, was now full.

At this moment, the music in the venue suddenly stopped, and a dance troupe that was originally dancing on the stage quickly retreated behind the scenes.

Then, two hosts in fancy dress slowly walked onto the stage.

They are Cao Kefan and Dong Qin.

At this point, Liu Yifei was a little nervous again.

She approached Chen Dong and whispered in his ear, "Honey, do you think we will get a prize tonight?"

Chen Dong said meaningfully: "I'm not sure, but there should be one."

If these words were spoken by someone else, Liu Yifei would definitely not think too much about it, but when they came from her own man's mouth, she immediately sensed a hint of certainty.

So I quickly asked, "How did you know there was a prize? The TV festival won't call the winners in advance."

"You guessed it."

"Tell the truth quickly. Did Kang Honglei reveal this to you during the phone call you had with him last night?"

"Shh, honey, keep your voice down."

"So it's true?"

Chen Dong smiled and nodded to his wife.

The result was a roll of the eyes from Liu Yifei.

"Huh, you're really good at hiding things, huh? You didn't even tell me."

"Oh, you didn't ask... I was wrong, honey. I will definitely tell you next time, and I will tell you on my own initiative."

As the couple whispered to each other, the prelude was over and tonight's award ceremony officially began.

Although the Magnolia Award of the Business TV Festival does not have the word "international" in its name, strictly speaking, it is an international television award.

However, unlike its twin brother, the Shanghai International Film Festival, the TV Festival will be more inclined to give awards to domestic TV series.

This is also the key reason why almost all the winners of the Magnolia Awards every year are Chinese.

However, as an international award, it also adopts a unit model, such as TV series unit, TV movie mini-series unit, documentary unit, animation unit and others.

This unit was only established in recent years to accommodate the growing number of Internet audiences.

Therefore, most of the awards in this unit have a prefix, such as the most popular, the most powerful, or the most attractive voted by the audience online...

There was no suspense. This year, all the awards voted by the audience went to "My Love from the Star".

In this category alone, Chen Dong went on stage to receive three awards in one go, namely the Most Attractive TV Series voted by the audience online, the Most Popular Actor voted by the audience online, and the Most Powerful Director voted by the audience online.

The only award was from an online audience vote, and it was not won by him, but by his wife.

So when Chen Dong came down the stage holding three trophies, he was teased by Kong Sheng, the director of "A Family in Wenzhou" who was sitting next to him. He said, "Director Chen, you and your wife are here to buy some goods tonight, haha."

Although he was teased, Chen Dong couldn't help but smile when he looked down at the three trophies in his hands: "Director Kong, you know what, they really do look alike."

After Liu Yifei sat down, although she knew that the trophy in her hand was a bit heavy, she was still very happy.

Because no matter what, this was decided by the votes of his fans.

The two middle categories, such as the documentary category and the TV movie mini-series category, are basically awarded to foreigners to prevent them from coming in the future.

The highlight is the TV drama unit, and all the participating dramas are domestic dramas, which are the crews listed above walking the red carpet.

Because there are few awards, I started as Best Actress.

Chen Dong found that his wife still cared a lot. When the host announced the winners on the stage, her palms were sweating.

Don't ask him how he knew it, just ask him and he will tell you he is as gentle as jade.

"Congratulations, Ms. Song Dandan..."

When Liu Yifei heard that it wasn't him, he let out a long sigh and relaxed completely.

At this time, Chen Dong comforted her in her ear: "It doesn't matter, at least in the hearts of me and your fans, my wife, you are the best actress tonight."

"Well, I'm already very lucky and shouldn't be too greedy." Liu Yifei adjusted her mentality and began to look forward to the next award for Chen Dong.

Chen Dong also missed the Best Actor award, which was won by Zhang Jiayi for his role in Floating Dust.

The best screenwriter is not "My Love from the Star"...

Just when Chen Dong was wondering whether the prizes Kang Honglei mentioned were the ones voted for by the audience online, the host on the stage finally called out his name.

"Who won the Best Director award this year?"

"He is an excellent film director. This is his first TV series, which he and his wife directed and acted in. It has caused a huge response online before it was released. He is... Director Chen Dong."

"Yes, congratulations to Director Chen Dong. Please come on stage again to receive the award."

(End of this chapter)