Generally speaking, he should have become a hit with "Roboman" and become the veritable number one young director in China.
Taking advantage of the momentum, "Night Walker" exceeded 700 million in box office, officially becoming the number one box office player in China's commercial movies, a leading figure in China's sixth generation of directors, and the savior of China's movies.
After the older generation of fifth-generation directors retired, he naturally became the president of the Chinese Film Association and led many of his directors to compete with Hollywood films and create a new era of Chinese films in the fight.
Jiang Ge has confidence in himself and is even more convinced that this is the path he will take as a leader in the future.
He has actually been working very hard.
Not only does he work hard professionally, but he also works very hard on film shooting. Whether he is filming "Roboman" or "Night Walker", he does everything to the best. Even looking back now, he doesn't feel that he was in the movie.
No day is spent well.
However……
Zhou Yang's sudden appearance disrupted all his rhythms.
He was once proud and talented, but he began to become insignificant in front of Zhou Yang, and gradually became a ridiculous supporting role.
An ordinary person with a college degree and a non-film major can make a debut film and be admitted to the Berlin International Film Festival and win awards that have never been won in the Chinese film industry.
An ordinary person who has never learned acting skills actually won a lot of applause for his second film. Although he didn't win any awards, it was a hit at Cannes and received countless praises.
An ordinary person who has never been to the United States made a horror film in Hollywood. After its release, the box office exceeded 100 million US dollars, which shocked people to the point of speechlessness...
An ordinary person who has never seriously studied music can actually make some overseas arranger masters admire...
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in the room.
The lights are dim.
Django sat alone in the corner, smoking cigarettes one after another.
Smoking and coughing at the same time.
After all, he doesn't smoke often. If he smokes even a little bit, he will choke. But it is precisely because of this kind of choking that he really feels that he is alive.
This world is so magical that after leaving Zhou Yang's company, Jiang Ge even felt in a daze that he was living in a nightmare from which he could not wake up.
The cruel reality made Jiang Ge's heart devastated.
"Dududu, dududu."
in the corner.
The cell phone rang.
Jiang Ge coughed for a long time, then looked at the phone.
The number displayed on the phone was from the United States. Without thinking, Jiang Ge knew that the number was from Zhao Sicheng.
He answered the phone.
"I've got a movie here. You can help me shoot it well. It doesn't matter if it's signed by you..."
"I know you are feeling very uncomfortable right now, and I can understand how you feel. Don't worry, uncle will not harm you... We are a community of interests."
"Look, even if something like this happened, you would be fine, right? So, be more courageous... This is the difference between you and Zhou Yang. Zhou Yang is a despicable person. He is willing to do anything no matter what.
…”
"..."
The voice of asking for help on the phone rang in Jiang Ge's ears.
Jiang Ge suddenly felt a little harsh, and for some reason, he began to feel ashamed.
He didn't know what Zhao Sicheng was going to do, but he knew that Zhao Sicheng would never give him the benefits in vain.
Is there such a thing as pie in the sky?
A month ago, out of jealousy, he was blinded by hatred and made a deal with the devil and did some ridiculous things.
But now, he is awake.
At least he didn't want to have any contact with Zhao Sicheng.
Zhao Sicheng is an American, and he, at least he is Chinese...
"I'm sorry, uncle..."
The person on the other end of the phone seemed shocked that Jiang Ge would suddenly refuse, and was silent for a while.
"I will try my best to win once..."
"Don't you really think that Zhou Yang won by his own efforts? Don't you know how he succeeded in his successful movies? "Infernal Affairs", all the music was composed by himself? Xiao Jiang, you really
He is too young. How much John Williams helped him! Do you understand... In this world, honest people cannot survive... Zhou Yang looks honest, but in fact he is very calculating. He is not even my opponent.
...I will show you a set of data. After you read what is in the mailbox, you will know how dirty Zhou Yang was when he was making movies..."
On the other end of the phone, Zhao Sicheng kept feeding Jiang Ge various contents and asked people to send some so-called "evidence" to Jiang Ge's mailbox.
Jiang Ge did not check the mailbox, but hung up the phone silently.
The phone rang again.
The content of Zhao Sicheng's phone call was no longer advice, but a threat.
"You don't want other people to know that you contacted me, right? You don't want your fans and movie fans to know that you called me yourself and asked me to help with the box office of "Night Walker", right? Your chat history with me
, I have a recording, and I can guarantee that if I release the dirty words you said, Cao Bangguo will not be able to protect you! When you are a cousin and you still build an arch, do you really think you are pure and innocent?"
"If your scandal is exposed, how many people do you think will go to the cinema to watch "Night Walker"? I remember that you signed a betting agreement with Capital, right? Judging from the current box office, the betting has just been met. If the painting is completed in advance,
, you have to compensate at least 200 million yuan...Cao Bang will help you compensate?"
"Speaking of Cao Bangguo, do you really think that Cao Bangguo himself is clean? Do you know what he did when he was young? In the chaotic era, he was very cruel and ruthless. Moreover, do you really think that he will continue to help you after you fail again and again?
You get up? Are you kidding..."
"..."
Jiang Ge turned pale and suddenly felt dizzy.
Pictures of the future come to mind!
Pairs of indifferent eyes, expressions of disappointment, bursts of abuse and accusations...
It was difficult for him to accept the feeling that he had gone from being a high-ranking young genius to being a prisoner in an instant.
His whole life seemed to be in chaos because of this.
moment……
He suddenly felt that the darkness around him was getting thicker and thicker, making him breathless. He began to gradually suffocate and was gradually overwhelmed by the darkness.
He lowered his head.
I listened for a long time.
Zhao Sicheng's threatening voice became more and more serious, and he even said some things about what Cao Bangguo and others had done in the chaotic era.
Jiang Ge felt that his three views gradually collapsed, and then became a little cold, as if he recognized his teacher clearly for the first time.
But then...
Suddenly he laughed.
Why should I listen to such a person? Don’t I have the ability to judge for myself?
And, why should I be afraid of him?
I rushed into Zhou Yang's office and told Zhou Yang all these things. I had long considered the consequences of doing this. Am I still afraid that Zhao Sicheng will announce everything?
There was an abyss ahead, and he could not take another step forward.
"Tell me! Tell them! Tell the whole world, it doesn't matter to me, I'm not afraid! I have nothing to be afraid of now!" He suddenly yelled on the phone.
The person on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment...
"Being abandoned by Uncle Cao can only be said to be due to my incompetence... I don't care what he was like before, but at least I should trust him, not you!"
"Go away, go away!"
He hung up the phone.
Then he smashed the phone into pieces.
But he was not angry. Instead, he came to the window, opened the curtains, and let a ray of moonlight shine on himself. He felt refreshed.
It seemed that he had no fear at this moment.
Later, he went on Weibo and without any hesitation, he @zhouyang posted a private apology letter on Weibo.
After sending the apology letter privately...
Immediately, he @the charity on Weibo and publicly announced that he would donate all his personal profits from "Night Walker".
Then, he gritted his teeth again!
Finally, a public apology letter to the crew of "Infernal Affairs" was immediately posted on Weibo...
……………………
"Fuck!"
"Oh my god, Django is crazy!"
"There's big news in the film industry. Oh my god, what the fuck, it turns out that "Zhao Sicheng" did this series of dirty things, and it was actually Jiang Ge who contacted him..."
"This guy is sanctimonious, looks handsome, and is a very talented director. I didn't expect him to be such a jerk behind the scenes!"
"What a traitor, damn, helping outsiders to bully compatriots, Cao Nima, how come such a person is still in the film industry!"
"It's so pitiful, Director Zhou is so pitiful!"
"Hey, this industry is too deep. Zhou Yang's rise is too exaggerated. He will definitely be hated by others..."
"But he apologized on his own. He couldn't bear the condemnation of his conscience. At least he's not a bad person. If he returns from the lost path, he can still be saved?"
"What the hell, he thinks donating this little money can make his conscience feel better? He has the ability to donate all the box office proceeds of "Infernal Affairs" like Zhou Yang. He just wants to get a little peace of mind..."
"..."
August 26th.
The entire Chinese film industry was shaken again.
When everyone thought that "Night Walker" had completely stopped stealing the box office of "Infernal Affairs" and had almost stopped, no one expected that director Jiang Ge suddenly exposed himself on Weibo.
He apologized to netizens and the crew of "Infernal Affairs" through an apology, and elaborated on the causes and consequences of the incident, as well as the irrational things he did because of jealousy, and he felt deeply guilty.
Netizens were shocked!
Not only netizens were shocked.
Even Zhou Yang was stunned when he saw this news.
He never imagined that a director like Jiang Ge, who had always been arrogant and even narrow-minded, would suddenly and inexplicably do something like this.
On the Internet, Zhou Yang saw netizens hurling abuse at Jiang Ge, full of all kinds of words such as traitor, garbage, cerebral palsy, etc.
This is almost an operation that will ruin your career!
It's so irrational!
"Does this person not want to be in this industry?"
"This is a fatal blow to the movie "Nightcrawler"!"
In the office.
Xu Mei looked at the big commotion Jiang Ge made and immediately murmured to herself.
Zhou Yang didn't know what to say.
He turned his head and looked out the window for a long time.
Thinking from the aspects of business, human relations, and the future, the more I think about it, the more I think Django looks like an idiot.
However, if you think about it from a human nature...
"I seem to understand what he is doing..."
Just when Xu Mei was lost in thought, Xu Mei's phone rang.
Then, he looked at Zhou Yang in disbelief.
"Mr. Zhou, our "Infernal Affairs" has been shortlisted for the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards and has been nominated for fifteen awards..."