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Chapter 393 Beautiful, Brilliant, and Romantic (Subscribe!)
The total box office of "No Man's Land" is 2.7 million. Although it was "mediocre" during this year's Lunar New Year holiday, Ning Hao still held a celebration banquet for the film.

Many bosses from the film and television industry came to the banquet, but the only ones absent were the two Huayi brothers who loved to join in the fun.

This is because the conflict between Zhou Xingchi and the two brothers Huayi is getting more and more intense, and I heard that they are preparing to file a lawsuit.

Since no one came, don't blame others for becoming the topic of conversation. After all, gossip is one of the common hobbies of people on earth.

"Is Zhou Xingchi really going to file a lawsuit?"

"I have confirmed this from a friend in the legal profession."

"Although Huayi's actions this time were unethical, it would be difficult for Zhou Xingchi to win this kind of lawsuit."

"I would fight even if I were him. I've been made a fool of. Even if I can't get the 8000 million back, at least I have to save face."

"Tsk tsk tsk, 8000 million! If it was less, only or million, Huayi probably wouldn't deny it."

"Who says it's not..."

After Ning Hao greeted other guests, he came to Chen Dong and his friends again.

I don't know who started it, but the topic suddenly changed from Zhou Xingchi's debt collection from Huayi to the shortlist announced for this year's Berlin International Film Festival.

"Congratulations to Director Ning for his film No Man's Land being shortlisted for the main competition..."

Yes, Ning Hao also signed up for this year's Berlin International Film Festival. In fact, his original intention in filming "No Man's Land" was to win the three major European awards.

I just didn't expect there would be so many twists and turns.

At the same time, the list of Chinese-language films shortlisted for this year's Berlin Film Festival includes, in addition to Ning Hao's "No Man's Land", Diao Yinan's "Black Coal, Thin Ice" and Lou Ye's "Tuina".

Among them, "Black Coal, Thin Ice" was considered by the industry to be the most likely to win the award, but because this was the celebration party venue for "No Man's Land", no one brought it up for discussion.

As for "No Man's Land"...it is generally believed that if the ending had not been modified, it would have had a great chance of winning the award.

As for now,

It’s hard to say.

The 86th Academy Awards announced the preliminary list of Best Foreign Language Film only one day before this year's Berlin Film Festival.

After many years, another Chinese-language film was successfully selected instead of being directly rejected.

The movie is Wang Jiawei's "The Grandmaster".

Its competing films include "The Great Beauty", "The Hunt", "Broken House", "The Second Life", etc.

On January 1, with one week left until New Year's Eve, the box office of "Lost in Hong Kong" reached 24 billion yuan, and the daily box office remained around 14.7 million yuan, which means that if no extension was applied for, the box office potential of this movie would only be around 1.5 million yuan.

Anyway, Dongcheng Pictures has already submitted the application report. As for whether it will be approved, even Chen Dong can’t say for sure.

However, "Nirvana in Fire" directed by Li Wenlong was completed before the Chinese New Year.

Chen Dong thought that the filming of this drama would not be completed until March.

It seems quite fast.

On the 27th, most domestic companies began to take holidays, including Chen Dong’s Dongcheng Pictures.

"Dad, why are you busier on vacation than on weekdays?"

Chen Dong, who had just answered a phone call, listened to his son's complaints and thought about it carefully. It seemed to be true.

"It's all because of this crappy phone. It keeps ringing."

After putting the blame on his phone, Chen Dong turned it off and threw it aside. Then he hugged his daughter, who was lying on the blanket, and said gently, "Come on, Yueyue, let's play whack-a-mole with brother."

"Fight, fight, fight."

Although he had played with his children for the entire afternoon, Chen Dong still received a lot of phone calls in the evening.

"Your son is right. You are indeed busier on vacation than at work."

After Liu Yifei coaxed her daughter to sleep, she saw her husband answering the phone in the study, so she made him a cup of coffee.

“Did you add sugar?”

Chen Dong can't stand bitter coffee.

"add."

After hearing that the amount had been increased, Chen Dong took the coffee and took a sip.

It was a little hot, and he smacked his lips and said, "It can't be helped. People of your husband's status are always busy during the Chinese New Year. It has nothing to do with whether I go to work or not."

"Oh, who are you?"

"I am your husband."

Seeing that his wife was asking the question even though she knew the answer, Chen Dong naturally wouldn't give a serious answer.

At this time, Liu Yifei set his eyes on a pile of "documents" in front of Chen Dong that seemed to have just been printed, and asked curiously: "What is this?"

"The script for 'Charlotte's Troubles.'" Chen Dong further explained, "Lu Yang said that Mr. Zhang from Happy Twist was a little anxious and was going to launch the project at the beginning of the year, so he worked overtime to finish the script and wanted me to give some advice."

"Oh, I see~" Liu Yifei said as she picked up the script and walked towards the bedroom.

Chen Dong did not stop him. He surfed the Internet in the study for a while, answered two work calls, and then went to wash up.

After washing up, Liu Yifei had basically finished reading the script. Since Chen Dong had given her a general introduction to the story before, she was able to read it faster.

"I heard from Changchang that you seem to be planning to let her be the producer of this film?"

"Yes, she told you everything."

Liu Yifei nodded. She also wanted to help her best friend get the role of Qiuya.

"Let Changchang play Qiuya?"

Chen Dong frowned.

"Why, can't it?"

Influenced by Chen Dong, Liu Yifei also knows a little about role selection. She had just finished reading the script and felt that Shu Chang's image was suitable for Qiu Ya, so she mentioned it.

"Honey, I won't hide it from you. I plan to let Jing Tian play this role..."

Chen Dong felt Liu Yifei's face suddenly freeze when he was halfway through his words. He quickly explained, "Because she took my starring role at the previous Bazaar Charity Gala."

Liu Yifei had actually forgotten about this just now.

After listening to Chen Dong's explanation, I realized that I had a misunderstanding.

But women are the most stubborn at times like this, and so is Liu Yifei: "Qiu Ya is only the second female lead in "Charlotte's Troubles", she spent 5000 million, and you just gave her the role?"

"What's wrong with the second female lead? Honey, let me tell you this, this second female lead is more memorable than any other role Jing Tian has played in recent years. It would be her loss if she doesn't like it."

Liu Yifei stared at her husband for a long time, and for a moment she didn't know whether he was bragging or telling the truth.

"Why are you looking at me so seductively? Are you thinking... Hehe?"

"I don't want to, please go away...ah."

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't wake up your daughter."

……

"Charlotte's Troubles...Qiu Ya."

Jingtian looked at the character information he had just received, and for a moment he didn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed.

When she was undecided, Lu Chuan persuaded her to make a choice based on the two conditions that "Charlotte's Troubles" was a clichéd drama and Qiu Ya was just a second-rate vase heroine in the play.

The choice is to give up.

Although Jingtian felt that the role of Qiuya seemed different from the roles she had played before, she had no opinion and finally listened to Lu Chuan's advice.

"What? Jingtian refused?" Hearing Lu Yang repeat it again on the phone, Chen Dong knew that he was not hallucinating. He said nothing, but just shook his head.

"what's wrong?"

"Jingtian turned down the role of Qiuya."

Liu Yifei was not too surprised to hear this answer.

Instead, he had an expression that said, "As expected."

Facing Chen Dong's puzzled look, he added: "It's me, I refuse too."

'There will be a time when she regrets it.'

Chen Dong complained in his heart, but he didn't say it in front of his wife.

After Jingtian rejected Qiuya, Liu Yifei never suggested letting Shu Chang play the role again.

It seemed that she had just asked this question casually last night and had forgotten about it now.

But Chen Dong didn't dare to forget. What if his wife remembered it one day?
So looking back, he recommended his sister-in-law to Lu Yang.

"Director Chen, I also wanted Shu Chang to play Qiu Ya, but she said she had just started as a producer and couldn't take care of acting, so she refused. How about you try to persuade her?"

"..."Chen Dong felt like he was worrying for nothing.

No, it's his wife who is worrying about nothing.

It seems that he has not worked for two years and has been too idle at home.

"Wife, are you going to have a concert?"

"Why are you trying to get me to hold a concert again?"

Not only Liu Yifei, the whole family who were making dumplings looked at Chen Dong suspiciously.

"Well, your fans asked me to ask this."

Chen Dong was still scared at the critical moment and didn't dare to tell the truth.

"My fans are urging me to act, why don't you write a script for me quickly?"

These words left Chen Dong speechless for a moment. He hesitated for a long time, then picked up his daughter and turned around to walk upstairs.

Without even turning his head, he said, "Wait, I'll write it right away."

Liu Yifei really believed this sentence. Half an hour later, she ran upstairs and saw her husband sleeping soundly with his son and daughter on the street stall.

Seeing this heartwarming scene, she couldn't even feel angry.

When he just came up, Chen Dong did want to copy a script with a heroine as the lead for his wife, but after thinking for a long time, he couldn't find a particularly suitable one. Just then, his daughter started crying, so Chen Dong had to put down the keyboard and run to coax his daughter.

Although Chen Dong's idea of ​​bringing his father-in-law and mother-in-law back together failed before it could be implemented, this year his father-in-law was still invited by his daughter and son-in-law to have a New Year's Eve dinner together.

Chen Dong didn't even know that his mother was actually a fan of Zhou Xingchi, and she kept speaking for her idol at the dinner table.

My son is very happy that his whole family is going abroad for vacation in a few days...well, his grandparents and grandfather are not going, so it seems that it is not the whole family, but that is not important. What matters is that he is very happy.

My daughter is still young and doesn’t remember much. When she sees adults laughing, she laughs too. She is truly carefree.

Chen Dong accompanied Lao Chen and his father-in-law to drink. Although they only drank a little, they still had a great time.

This year's Spring Festival Gala is broadcast on TV, with singers, sketches, crosstalk, and magic shows taking turns to perform, which is wonderful. However, most families just turn it on to enjoy the fun of the New Year.

When I remembered and was about to take a look, the song "Unforgettable Tonight" was already playing on the screen.

"My sister is sleepy. I'll carry her to sleep for a while."

Liu Yifei looked at her brother who was also yawning and asked, "Huahua, do you want to go to sleep for a while?"

"No." The son shook his head like a rattle, "I want to watch the fireworks again."

"I'll call you later." Chen Dong patted his son, but he was a little drunk and misjudged the distance, and patted the air.

"What time is it now?"

"It's almost eleven o'clock."

It was his grandmother who answered.

When Chen Jinhua heard this, his hesitant heart suddenly became firm.

Seeing her son's attitude, Liu Yifei stopped hesitating and rushed to the bedroom with her daughter who was already sleeping in her arms.

An hour passed quickly as the family chatted.

"Dad, I'll hold your hand."

The son may have seen that Chen Dong was drinking and was worried that he would fall, so he took the initiative to step forward and hold his hand when they were going down the stairs.

Although Chen Dong was already mostly sober after drinking a bowl of sobering soup and could walk up the stairs without help, he did not refuse because his son was filial.

The daughter was not awake yet, but Liu Yifei picked her up again and went outside together.

"I'll go light the fire."

The mother-in-law volunteered and no one stopped her.

The main reason is that these fireworks are specially designed, and you only need to light one fuse to ignite all the fireworks at the same time.

It’s just that you have to wait for it to burn for about a minute. Although it takes a little longer, it is safer.

boom!
They were a little late. The residents around them and those further away had already lit up the fireworks. With the sound of firecrackers coming one after another, clusters of fireworks spread into the sky and then turned into colorful meteors that fell. Although it was short-lived, only blooming for a moment, it also left the world with brilliant colors, beautiful and dazzling.

The daughter in his wife's arms was awakened by the sound of firecrackers. Her mouth twisted and two tears hung on her eyelashes, but before they fell, his family's fireworks finally flew into the sky.

bang~
bang bang bang...

Although my sister is still young and still remembers everything, she opened her eyes wide with curiosity when she saw the beautiful fireworks show.

Chen Dong was worried that the dust from the falling meteor would float into his daughter's eyes, so he made her wear the goggles he had prepared in the afternoon.

Seeing that her husband had prepared goggles but had only just taken them out, Liu Yifei could not help but complain to him, "Why didn't you do that earlier?"

"What did you say?"

Chen Dong was not pretending, he really didn't hear it, because all he could hear was the sound of firecrackers, and his wife's voice was not loud either.

Liu Yifei didn't repeat it, but just glared at the man.

Then I couldn't help but look up and admire the fireworks tonight.

Beautiful, dazzling and romantic.

She couldn't help but cast her gaze on the man beside her, watching him seriously enjoying the fireworks tonight, and for a moment she was reluctant to look away.

It was not until Chen Dong sensed the gaze beside her and turned around to meet that gaze that she shyly avoided it.

"Dad, these fireworks are so beautiful, hurry up and take a picture of them with your camera."

"Yes, yes, we should take a picture and keep it as a souvenir."

However, when Chen Dong reached for his camera, he remembered that the camera was still upstairs and he had not brought it down at all.

"Dad, I'll get it."

Seeing his son about to run upstairs, Chen Dong quickly grabbed him from behind and said, "Forget it, son. The fireworks are about to end. Since you have forgotten the camera that can record it, it is the same to remember it in your eyes and in your heart."

"But……"

“There will be more next year.”

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)