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Chapter 89 Yang Mi asks for a role (please subscribe!)
  "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" tells the story of a father who embarks on a journey of self-salvation in order to express his love and remorse for his son at the last moment of his life.

It is director Zhang Yimou's return to literary films after making two commercial blockbusters, "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers".

As the saying goes, a layman can only watch the excitement, and an expert can know the rules. In Chen Dong's view, this film has reached a level that Lao Mouzi's previous literary films have not achieved in terms of camera capture, camera expression, character movements, and background music.

As both directors, this film has inadvertently aroused Chen Dong's urge to make a simple, true, and profound literary film.

But it was just impulsive, because at this time Chen Dong had not thought about what kind of literary film he wanted to make.

Even though he has many award-winning scripts in his memory.

The next day, "A Thousand Miles Alone" was officially released in theaters, and the box office on the first day exceeded 3 million. Although it was not as good as "The Great Sage" released at the same time, as a literary and artistic film, such a box office was already very successful.

You must know that literary and artistic films such as Jia Zhangke's "The World", Wang Xiaoshuai's "Green", and even Gu Changwei's "Peacock"... these have won many awards at foreign film festivals, but the domestic box office is also terrible.

Of course, these literary and artistic films that have won awards abroad have made a lot of money from copyright fees alone. Even if the domestic box office fails, they will not lose money.

Let’s talk about the love fantasy movie “The Great Sage”, which is distributed by Huayi. The slogan is Happy New Year. The main market is young audiences and fans of big-talk movies. The box office on the first day exceeded 6 million. Some media have expressed doubts about its total number. The box office is predicted to be around 50 million to 60 million.

In an interview with the media, Huayi's CEO said, "In the Lunar New Year holiday of 01, we released "Big Shot", "Mobile Phone" in 02, and last year's "A World Without Thieves." By this year, we will be able to promote a Hong Kong movie. By participating in the Lunar New Year movie and competing with two of the most well-known directors in China, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, it can be said that Huayi's operation of the overall Lunar New Year film market is successful."

At the end of December, Liu Yifei and her mother went to Xiangjiang and heard that the countdown to her first album "Philippines" was officially released.

Ms. Liu also said that she would send her first soundtrack album to Chen Dong and tell him to keep it well and not lose it.

Time flies so fast, and it is already 2006. The capital has long been covered in snow. Although the scenery is beautiful, it is also so cold that people shiver.

On January 1, "The Promise" was released. The total box office exceeded 15 million, with a global box office of 1.5 million US dollars. The main investor, China Film Group, suffered heavy losses.

At a time when the power of China Film Group Corporation was changing, the negative impact of this film still put a lot of pressure on Han Shanping, who originally advocated investing in "The Promise".

For this reason, Chen Dong also received a call from Director Han. It seems that this director hopes to increase the promotion of "Xiu Chun Knife", which will be released next month, and hopes that the movie will have a good box office, so as to relax the "Xiu Chun Knife". The negative impact brought about by "The Promise".

Chen Dong naturally has no objection. Although he does not have high expectations for the box office of "Xiu Chun Knife", as an investor and director, he naturally hopes that its box office can be as large as possible.

Ever since, starting from January 1, a lot of news related to "Xiu Chun Dao" appeared on the Internet.

News like this will continue for another month until the movie is released...

On January 1, Dongcheng Pictures held its annual meeting.

Each employee received at least three months' salary as a year-end bonus.

The most employees are responsible for the post-editing period, and their year-end bonus is half a year’s salary.

It was also what Chen Dong promised to them.

At this annual meeting, Chen Dong met Yang Mi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

This girl has always been very courageous. Seeing that there was no one next to Chen Dong, she was the only one who dared to sit over.

"Senior brother, why don't you go on stage and perform a show?"

In private, Yang Mi would call Senior Brother Chen Dong, like now.

Chen Dong looked back at Yang Mi and said, "You are the only artist in the company. I should sign you up for more shows."

"Huh?" Yang Mi just wanted to find a topic, but she didn't expect to get angry. She suddenly said in embarrassment: "No, my singing is not as good as my senior brother."

However, Chen Dong refused to continue chatting with her on this topic and instead asked: "Is "Baby Project" finished?"

"No, it's just that my role has been completed." Yang Mi replied.

"Then what will Manager Zhong do for you next year?"

In terms of artist management business, Chen Dong completely delegated power to Zhong Lifang, so he really didn't know the company's arrangements for Yang Mi.

"Manager Zhong gave me the heroine of a Zhouyi TV series."

"Zhou Yi's TV series... is "The Eight Formations of Gods and Ghosts", right?" "Hmm, does Senior Brother know about it too?"

"I've heard of it..." Chen Dong didn't explain too much, and then encouraged him: "Act well. Zhou Yi's TV series are well-known in the industry."

"Don't worry, senior brother, this is my first time starring as a heroine in a TV series, so I will naturally be very attentive."

Speaking of this, Yang Mi finally revealed her little fox tail: "Brother, when will "Inception" be launched? Can I go and brush up my qualifications?"

Chen Dong turned around and looked at the girl up and down, and couldn't help but smile: "You're welcome."

"Hehe, isn't it the first to get the moon near the water?" Yang Mi's eyes did not dodge, and she stared at Chen Dong closely.

"Okay, I will notify you when the movie starts shooting...but it should only have a few lines, or just a background board. You have to be mentally prepared." Chen Dong was in a good mood today, and he didn't want to be upset. Yang Mi's ambition gave her a positive answer.

"Thank you, senior brother. I'm not afraid of small roles, as long as I can show my face, haha, thank you again, senior brother."

Originally, it was her agent Zeng Jia's business to inquire about roles for Yang Mi, but she would never dare to ask Zeng Jia to ask Chen Dong for roles directly.

However, she knew Yang Mi's purpose, and her eyes frequently glanced at Chen Dong.

Afterwards, Zeng Jia asked Yang Mi as soon as she saw her: "How are you, Mi Mi? What did Director Chen say?"

"Sister Jia, why don't you take a guess?"

"I guess Director Chen agreed to give you the role, right?"

"Hehe, Sister Jia is really smart."

Zeng Jia thought to herself, your smile is almost splitting behind your ears. If I still can't guess it, wouldn't I be stupid?
  On the third day after the annual meeting, Chen Dong boarded the trip home.

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"Third uncle, I'm here to see you. How are you?"

The next day after returning home, Chen Dong went to the countryside to visit relatives.

The third uncle he was visiting now was his grandfather's cousin. He was a hunter when he was young, but he broke his leg while hiking in the mountains. He was crippled and a bachelor for the rest of his life.

"Xiaodong is here, come in and warm yourself by the fire."

"Third uncle, are you a mountain boy?"

Shanwazi is a Sichuan East dog raised by the third uncle. When Chen Dong came to visit last year, he saw that the dog was very intelligent and could understand many of the instructions of the third uncle, so he was quite impressed.

"Shanwazi is dead."

As soon as Chen Dong stepped into the house, he heard his third uncle saying in a sad tone.

He was also startled. Then he looked at the third uncle in front of him and found that compared to last year, this old man's energy and energy were much worse.

Like a patient recovering from a serious illness.

"Third uncle, how did Shanwazi die?" Chen Dong asked this not because he wanted to rub salt into the old man's wounds, but because he wanted to enlighten him. Of course, he was not sure, so he gave it a try.

"When you get old, you will naturally die. Alas, I originally thought that I, an old man, could walk in front of Shan Wazi..."

After Shan Wazi's death, it is estimated that the third uncle had something on his mind, and it would be difficult to find someone to talk to. The rare arrival of Chen Dong today allowed the old man to open up his chat box.

In fact, most of the time, Chen Dong only needs to be a quiet listener, while his third uncle is talking. Of course, the topic is always inseparable from Shan Wazi.

I don't know how much time had passed, but when Chen Dong left his third uncle's house, the sky above his head was filled with stars.

All the way back home, the story of Shan Wazi that his third uncle told him throughout the afternoon was still lingering in his mind.

At this moment, Chen Dong felt that if his next film was a literary film, he thought he would make a story about dogs...

(End of this chapter)