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Chapter 383 Old Husband Young Wife (Please subscribe!)
"Director Chen, what are you doing?"

"Filming in Taiguo."

"Oh, that movie Detective Chinatown, right?"

"Well, what 'instructions' do you have, Brother Dong?"

"How dare I give orders to Director Chen? You are a major shareholder of JD.com."

The person who called Chen Dong was Liu Lingdong. Since both of them were very busy and rarely contacted each other, the purpose of this call was not just a simple greeting.

As for Liu Xindong's real purpose, it was actually to inform Chen Dong that JD.com was preparing to follow the example of Weibo last year and also planned to go public during the Spring Festival, and to remind him, the second largest shareholder, to reserve time to witness JD.com ringing the bell for its listing.

To be honest, Chen Dong was not surprised to hear the news, because he had received a lot of reports and even some gossip about JD.com's preparations for listing this year. He knew that JD.com would be listed either at the end of this year or early next year, so when he saw that the call was from Liu Lidong, he already had some guesses in his mind.

"February 2th, no problem, that's Valentine's Day, right?"

"Yes, on Valentine's Day, if it's convenient, Director Chen should bring your sister-in-law along."

"Haha, okay. I'll ask her later."

"Okay, then I won't disturb Director Chen from filming. See you in the capital."

"See you in the capital."

When Liu Xidong called Chen Dong, he was not in the company but at home.

And just today, his family had a new hostess, no, it should be called a future hostess.

This was a very pure, beautiful and young girl. She had come to Liu Lingdong when he was on the phone, but she did not disturb him. It was not until Liu Lingdong put down the phone that she could not help but ask curiously:

"Brother Dong, who did you call just now? It sounded like a director to me."

"To Director Chen Dong. Xiaotian, you should know him, right?"

Yes, this girl is Liu Lingdong’s new girlfriend, her name is Zhang Zhatian.

She looked a little surprised at this moment: "Brother Dong, do you know Director Chen Dong?"

"Well, Xiaotian, you may not know this yet, but Director Chen is the second largest shareholder of JD.com."

This time Zhang Zhatian was even more surprised.

Seeing his girlfriend's expression, Liu Lidong thought that she also wanted to enter the entertainment industry, so he asked tentatively: "If Xiaotian wants to develop in the entertainment industry, I can recommend you to Director Chen..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Zhetian shook his head like a rattle.

"Brother Dong, you misunderstood. If I wanted to be a star, I wouldn't have rejected Director Zhang Yimou before."

Uh,
Now it was Liu Lidong's turn to be shocked.

"Have you ever rejected Zhang Yimou?"

Zhang Zhetian nodded proudly and said, "Director Zhang invited me to act in his Under the Hawthorn Tree and The Flowers of War, but I refused. So I will not enter the entertainment industry. It is not my ambition."

After hearing this, Liu Lingdong became even more interested in his girlfriend, who was 19 years younger than him.

……

“JD.com is also going to go public?”

"Yes, wife."

That night, Chen Dong reported to his wife over the phone what Liu Lingdong had said to him during the day, and then asked her if she wanted to join him.

Liu Yifei in the video was obviously hesitant. She continued to ask: "When is it, Valentine's Day?"

"right……"

"It's also the same as Weibo last year, listed on the Nasdaq, right?"

"um, yes."

"I kind of want to go, but..."

"Okay, don't worry about it. If you want to go, just go. You've been at home for more than a year, so let's go on vacation as a family."

"OK then."

In fact, even if JD.com had not gone public, Chen Dong would have made a trip to North America at the beginning of next year.

Because "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", produced by Future Films, will be released at the end of this month, Alice has called him several times. If he was not filming "Detective Chinatown 2", his schedule at the end of the month would probably be to go to Hollywood.

Paul Anderson is also planning to start "Resident Evil 6". Regarding this movie, Director Paul had signed an investment agreement with Chen Dong, so he also contacted him.

……

Back to the present, after finishing the video call with his wife, Chen Dong saw that it was still early, so he decided to surf the Internet for a while.

The recording of the first episode of "Go Fighting 2" ended today. According to netizens' revelations, the sixth permanent guest who replaced him is finally no longer a secret. Not only did he surface, but after the truth was revealed, he also directly topped today's hot search list.

Although there is the promotion and operation of the public relations department behind this, it is undeniable that Jiang Wen became the sixth permanent guest, which in itself is a very popular topic.

After "Beijing Meets Seattle" won the daily box office championship for two consecutive days, yesterday's daily championship was taken back by "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

This is because Huayi has increased its publicity efforts for "Shendu Dragon King", and it seems that the effect is very direct.

I just don't know how long it can last.

In this fast-paced world with a large amount of news updates every day, the hot search on Jingtian has long disappeared.

The more crucial point is that she doesn't seem to be as good at hype as other female stars, so Jing Tian didn't catch much of this wave of traffic.

……

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

Today, "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was released simultaneously in many countries and regions including North America, Asia, and Europe.

Although Chen Dong didn't pay attention to the online reports because he was filming, he still received the first-day box office data over the phone as soon as possible.

The North American box office on the first day was 1000 million U.S. dollars, and the total box office in other regions was 2300 million U.S. dollars.

Compared to the first film, this figure has shrunk by half, but there is no doubt that it still makes money, just a little less.

In addition, this movie has not yet landed in China, the world's second largest film market. If it were to land in China, the global first-day box office would probably exceed 4000 million US dollars... This is a bold prediction made by the domestic media.

As for why "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was not released simultaneously in China, the reason is very simple. It contains some relatively open plots that could not pass the review, so the film needed to be slimmed down and re-dubbed.

This work is currently being handled by Dongcheng Visual Effects of Dongcheng Pictures, but not long ago Dongcheng Visual Effects was busy processing special effects orders for "Pacific Rim", so "The Hunger Games 2" is still being rushed.

Of course, even if the post-production is completed now, it is too late, because the quota of imported films by China Film Group this year has been used up. In any case, "The Hunger Games 2" can only be released in China next year.

At the end of October, Stephen Chow held a trailer launch conference for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in Hong Kong.

At the press conference, he made a bold estimate of the box office of his film...the box office in mainland China, and he felt that it would not be less than 10 billion.

Huayi's Wang and Wang Xiao may have felt that Zhou Xingchi was too optimistic. After all, the mountain of 10 billion is not so easy to climb. Therefore, they raised some questions during the call with Zhou Xingchi that night.

Originally, this was nothing, everyone was just joking. After all, Huayi's Wang, Wang Xiao and Zhou Xingchi had the same interests in this matter, and they also hoped that the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" would be as high as possible. But they didn't expect Zhou Xingchi to take it seriously.

So a bet was made.

However, the bet between the two parties was only sent via email and was not stamped with the company's seal.

Strictly speaking, this is just a verbal agreement and is not protected by law.

Let’s not discuss whether this bet is successful or not.

In fact, only Zhou Xingchi cares about it unilaterally.

As for the big and small Wang of Huayi, they didn't take them seriously at all.

This matter is currently being carried out between them in private, no one outside knows about it, and no one has spread it.

But then, we can see that Zhou Xingchi worked even harder to promote "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Well, at least it’s much more forceful than when he came to the mainland to promote his movies before.

The cold wind of October soon blew into November.

Neither Xue Xiaolu's "Beijing Meets Seattle" nor Xu Ke's "Shendu Dragon King" got an extension, so both films were removed from theaters yesterday.

Some media previously predicted that the box office of "Beijing Meets Seattle" might come from behind.

This is not groundless, because after the final box office results of the two movies were counted today, in comparison, it was actually achieved.

Although the difference was not much, less than 500,000, but when the gap between the two movies was the biggest, "Shendu Dragon King" had an extra box office of more than 100 million, but it was still overtaken. This shows how important the reputation of a movie is in the middle and late stages.

By the way, their total box office just exceeded 6 million.

There are no particularly anticipated domestic films released in November, but there are two Hollywood blockbusters.

One of them is Pacific Rim;
There is also one called "Gravity".

Because one-third of the special effects of "Pacific Rim" were made by Dongcheng Visual Effects, when director Guillermo del Toro brought the film's creative team to China to promote the film, Dongcheng Pictures also sent the head of the visual effects department to take part in the event.

"Congratulations to Pacific Rim for achieving over 50 million in box office revenue on its first day in China... Is Director Toro satisfied with our Dongcheng Visual Effects service?"

"I am satisfied, very satisfied, Chen. Your company has a group of very professional post-production talents and equipment."

"Haha, thank you for your recognition. I hope Pacific Rim continues to be a big hit at the box office. I also look forward to working with you again."

"It's okay, Chen. Thank you too. I heard that you are filming your movie in Taiguo. I wish you all the best. I am also looking forward to it... If you come to Hollywood next time, please let me know so we can have a drink together."

The next day, after the first day data of "Pacific Rim" came out, Chen Dong personally reported the good news to Toro, laying the foundation for continued cooperation in the future.

As for "Gravity", the film was released in China in mid-November, but it was released in North America, Europe and other regions last month. Its current overseas box office performance is close to 11 million US dollars, and it has a very good reputation. It is a Hollywood blockbuster that is both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

It tells the story of Dr. Ryan Stone, a medical engineer who is participating in a space mission for the first time, and Matt Kowalski, an experienced astronaut, who encountered a disaster during a seemingly routine mission. All the other astronauts were killed, and only the two of them survived. However, they were left in the boundless space, unable to return to the ground or get in touch. Faced with the test of time, life and death, their emotions changed from fear to despair to overcoming numerous difficulties and rebuilding hope. It is a story of mutual redemption.

Relatively speaking, "Pacific Rim" is a very American science fiction blockbuster. Every frame and every picture is full of industrial saccharine, but the story line is a bit weak.

Therefore, when domestic media predicted the box office of the two films, they all believed that "Gravity" had greater box office potential.

Taiguo, the crew of "Detective Chinatown", as of today, the shooting progress bar of this movie has reached the final stage.

If everything goes well, it can be completed in four or five days; if things go slowly, it will only take a week.

Chen Dong's team had previously budgeted four months for filming, but only three months and one week had passed, which meant he could shorten the filming schedule by at least half a month.

However, Chen Dong did not compromise on quality at all.

The reason why so much time was saved is not the credit of any one person, but is closely related to the actors' condition, the crew's preparation, the support of the local government, the director's ability, and weather and other factors.

"Crack!"

"Guarantee one. Okay, that's all for this morning. You can go get your lunch now. As usual, take a two-hour break at noon and start work on time at 2pm."

In Chen Dong's crew, no matter whether it is the director, actors, or employees or extras, no one will enjoy special treatment when it comes to food, and everyone is treated equally.

Of course, the food standards are also very high. After all, his crew has never been short of investment, so they naturally won’t be too stingy in this regard.

"Director Chen, I brought your lunch box for you. I'll put it here."

Here, Chen Dong had just announced the completion of the morning's filming tasks. When he turned around, the disappeared assistant director Jiang Wen brought him a box lunch.

Chen Dong didn't hesitate to walk over, picked up his lunch box and started eating.

While eating, I listened to the gossip that Jiang Wen and the people around him were talking about.

"Did you know that Tangren's top actress Liu Sisi officially announced her relationship?"

"When did it happen?"

"It was officially announced this morning, and now her fans are going crazy online."

Jiang Wen added: "What's the big deal? Liu Sisi is almost 30 years old, isn't it normal for someone to be in a relationship at this age?"

"It's okay for Liu Sisi to fall in love at her age, but the problem is that she found a man who is 17 years older than her."

Jiang Wen was choked by the news. "Ahem, brother, please tell me in detail. I love to hear this gossip."

The celebrity actors around also pricked up their ears at this moment. This topic might be a little sensitive to them, and even if they knew about it, they probably wouldn't discuss it in front of many people. But the crew behind the scenes didn't have so many concerns. The parties involved were not there anyway. Seeing that everyone was curious, the person who had spoken the loudest before announced Liu Sisi's official boyfriend.

"Nicky Wu, Liu Sisi's official boyfriend is Nicky Wu."

"Fuck, it's this old man!"

Most of the men present were complaining in their hearts, but they all wished they could take his place.

Although Chen Dong hadn't had time to look at his phone, when he heard everyone talking about Liu Sisi's official announcement of her relationship, he already had the answer in his mind.

For some reason, at this moment he suddenly thought of Liu Lingdong.

If he remembered correctly, this boss should have met the Milk Tea Sister who is 19 years younger than him this year, right? !
I just don't know if the two of them have confirmed their relationship.

Well, I can go back and find out... Chen Dong thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)