Chen Dongsheng lost to Chen Feng both at the box office and in terms of audience reputation. His previous behavior of arbitrarily commenting and even criticizing Chen Feng in a senior manner, as well as the bet between him and Chen Feng, are now viewed as a joke.
After Chen Feng returned to China this time, his speech after being interviewed by reporters pushed Chen Dongsheng, the original leader of the fourth generation of directors, to the forefront.
Previously, the news that he assaulted a reporter and was detained, followed by his release on bail, had already made the domestic entertainment headlines. This time, Chen Feng's public response only added fuel to the fire, which can be regarded as a wave of Chen Dongsheng's popularity.
When Chen Dongsheng learned about this from his friends the next morning, he was so angry that he threw his cell phone down.
In his opinion, Chen Feng was going too far to deceive others. Originally, the bet between the two was just a dispute of temper and a joke. At least on his side, he thought so. Besides, no matter what, everyone
He was in the same circle, and he looked up and down, and he was his senior after all. As long as Chen Feng kept quiet and never mentioned the bet between the two of them, the matter would have just passed away.
But now he has not only made a noise, but also added fuel to the fire. At a time when he is about to face a lawsuit, isn't this adding insult to injury and going too far to bully others?
Chen Dongsheng immediately wanted to retaliate, call his friends in the media circle, and give Chen Feng a hard time. But then he suddenly remembered that he had smashed his cell phone, and the phone numbers of those media friends were all on his cell phone.
inside.
He picked up the cell phone that he had smashed from the ground and tried it, but it no longer worked.
He is the only one at home. Although he is in his early forties, he is still single. He has many female companions, but they rarely stay at his home overnight. What's more, during this period, he is being stared at by paparazzi reporters.
I dare not bring a woman home.
He could only go out depressedly first, risking the helplessness of being secretly photographed by those paparazzi reporters, then went to the nearest mobile phone store to buy a new mobile phone, returned home, inserted the card of the broken mobile phone, and then searched for it in the address book
I called a friend who was a reporter for a major newspaper and called him.
It's just that the phone rang for a while but the other party didn't answer. He checked the phone number and found that it was correct. He had just called a few days ago. Unbelieving, he called again, and the result was that the other party had turned off his phone.
At this point, how could he still not understand? At first, many actors wanted to curry favor with him and approached him for roles, and there were many who were stalkers. In the end, he directly blacklisted them.
"*Your mother!" Chen Dongsheng cursed fiercely, and mentally put this so-called reporter friend on the blacklist. If there is a chance in the future, he will definitely deal with him and vent his anger.
Then he called three media friends one after another, but only the last one got through, but before they even had a few words to talk, they made an excuse to hang up because they were in an emergency.
This time Chen Dongsheng has experienced the warmth and coldness of human nature. Although he is now in his forties, his family has been well off since he was a child, and his parents have good jobs. In particular, his father was a well-known director in the country at that time, and he was very successful in the entertainment industry.
, he almost went to film school without taking the exam. After graduation, under the guidance of his father, he has been going smoothly in the film industry. He has never encountered any major setbacks.
It was only two years ago that his father died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and he felt that arranging movies was no longer as free and unrestrained as before. Therefore, he hoped to make a big-budget movie to prove himself and establish himself in the world.
The leader of the fourth generation of directors in the domestic film industry.
As a result, he made "Eight-Storey Demon Tower" with an investment of nearly 200 million, including nearly 100 million on special effects alone, and hired a Hollywood special effects team.
But who knew that this big-budget movie, which had huge ambitions on him, would suffer a disaster. It was released for nearly two months, but could only barely save money. This was because he had sold out the boss's face, plus a few
The investors also have a lot of face, and they hope that the theater chains will not close the draw in advance, otherwise there may be no chance to protect their capital.
Chen Dongsheng has also reflected on this. He thinks that the "Eight-Story Demon Tower" he shot is not a bad movie. The plot is quite compact and exciting. However, the acting skills of the actors are not very good. Several of the main actors
They were all forced in by the investors, and he couldn't veto them; secondly, the special effects of some shots were not done well. Although the special effects cost nearly 100 million, good steel was not used on the blade. Some shots that were not very necessary,
The special effects spent a lot of money and were rendered very well, but some shots that really needed special effects were obviously perfunctory, insincere, and seemed like 50-cent special effects.
The reason for this situation is very simple, that is, the crew was short of money later. The special effects of this movie is a bottomless pit. Like those big Hollywood productions, the special effects budgets are often tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. It is equivalent to Tang Dynasty coins.
Hundreds of millions.
As for "The Eight-Story Demonic Tower", it was because of lack of money in the end that the special effects were not in place, making the overall film look inconsistent.
As for the last reason, even though he didn't want to admit it, he could only admit that Chen Feng's "Charlotte" was a good movie, and his "Eight-Story Demon Tower" happened to be criticized by this important movie.
Sniper, killed and thrown off his horse.
Audiences like comedy films more, but suspense films and even horror films naturally have fewer audiences. In terms of subject matter, his "Eight-Story Demon Tower" cannot compete with Chen Feng's "Charlotte".
Therefore, even though he was willing to admit defeat, he still had some hatred for Chen Feng in his heart. If Chen Feng's movie hadn't happened to be released at the same time as his, the box office of his movie would not have been so bleak, at least it would have been much better than it is now.
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Therefore, he has finally settled this feud. Not to mention, now Chen Feng is adding insult to injury and following the media to trample on him.
Now he is quite popular, especially those friends from the media. It was quite pleasant to cooperate with each other in the past, but because he beat up their colleagues this time, they either refused to answer the phone, or because of their previous friendship.
, she answered the phone but was careless with him.
This makes Chen Dongsheng feel very angry, but also helpless. Now his biggest supporter, his father, has passed away. Although he has many connections in the circle, they are becoming less and less used now, not to mention that he still has to pay back
After being involved in this kind of thing, almost everyone is denounced. Who is still willing to have anything to do with him?
Chen Dongsheng sat on the sofa in the huge living room and let out a long sigh. Staying in this compound villa covering an area of more than two acres and an area of more than 500 square meters, he suddenly felt deeply lonely. He suddenly wanted to get married and have children.
I’ve planned it. Maybe I’m really a little old.
Of course, before that, he had to let go of the bad breath in his heart. After thinking about it in his mind, he finally thought of someone.
He quickly stood up and went to the study, rummaging through a drawer for a while before he found the business card he wanted. The person on the card was the phone number of the editor-in-chief of an entertainment newspaper, which was a gossip magazine.
The newspaper has a very bad reputation. In the past, a great director like him would not have dealt with the editor-in-chief of such a newspaper, but now he feels it is necessary to deal with the editor-in-chief.
The editor-in-chief’s surname was Wu. He happened to attend a media exchange meeting. This person was very flattering to him and gave him a business card. He also said that if anything happens in the future, just call him and he needs help.
Just say it.
Of course, Chen Dongsheng didn't take Chief Editor Wu seriously at first, and he immediately forgot about him. He just collected a lot of business cards at that exchange meeting, and some of them might be useful, so he took them all home.
Then they were thrown into the drawer.
Chen Dongsheng picked up his cell phone, calmed down, and then called Chief Editor Wu.
At this time, at about 9:30 in the morning, Editor-in-Chief Wu had just gone to work, and the chair in the office had not yet warmed up, when he received a call from Chen Dongsheng.
The number displayed on his cell phone was an unfamiliar number, and he answered it without thinking.
"Hello, are you Chief Editor Wu?"
"Yes, who are you?"
"I am Chen Dongsheng."
"Chen Dongsheng!?" Editor-in-chief Wu was surprised at first, and then couldn't help but frown. In the past, Chen Dongsheng, the great director, was of course the one he needed to fawn over, but now, Chen Dongsheng's reputation has become notorious, especially
They beat up their colleagues in the journalistic industry, which naturally made Editor-in-Chief Wu feel a little angry and disgusted.
Just out of the shamelessness and courtesy of being the editor-in-chief of a gossip newspaper for many years, he did not hang up the phone immediately or make sarcastic remarks. He just slightly changed his tone to a distant one and asked: "What do you want to see me for?"
Editor-in-chief Wu certainly didn’t want to get involved with Chen Dongsheng at this time, so his tone certainly couldn’t be too enthusiastic.
Chen Dongsheng was certainly unhappy when he saw the other party's tone and attitude, but in order to get revenge on Chen Feng, he could only endure it.
"That's it. I hope you can help me expose Chen Feng's dirty information. After the matter is completed, it will be five hundred thousand."
Chen Dongsheng knew very well that people like Editor-in-Chief Wu were greedy for money. Therefore, he did not talk nonsense to him and directly stated his purpose and price.
Editor-in-chief Wu was stunned for a moment, and then he was very moved, but he still pretended to hesitate and said: "Chen Feng is now one of the best directors in the Tang Dynasty, and his "Charlotte Troubles" has already broken the world
Our Tang Dynasty domestic movies have a record box office record..."
"Six hundred thousand, do you want to do it? I don't ask you to ruin his reputation, I just want you to expose some of his dirty stuff, such as his prostitution when he was young, even though he has proven his innocence before.
But I think we can still dig deeper. As long as we find some people who knew him back then and give them some money, we can re-release the story of his whoring."
"If we do this, we will be very risky, and it will be very troublesome to operate." Editor-in-chief Wu still said hesitantly.
"You are at risk. At the end of last year, didn't you expose that Wang Tianhou and her female assistant were a couple? Didn't you come out as gay? It turned out that this was not the case at all. Wang Tianhou also sued you in the court. What did you do in the end?
How about it? After the settlement was settled out of court, you published an apology in the newspaper and fired the reporter who reported the report. You didn't even pay compensation for reputational damage."
Editor-in-chief Wu chuckled and said: "It is true that Wang Tianhou has not come out, but she has cheated on her. Although we don't have clear evidence in our hands, we know about it, so we told her a little bit. She felt guilty and just followed her.
We settled out of court."
"What else is there?" Although Chen Dongsheng knew that there must be something inside, he didn't expect that there would be such a big thing. You must know that Wang Tianhou is almost fifty years old now, and she also has a daughter and a son.
She said she was about to get married, but she still had an affair?
"Of course, yes. Otherwise, she wouldn't have hastily withdrawn the lawsuit and settled with us out of court, and she wouldn't even have to pay for reputational damage and mental damage."
After Chen Dongsheng sighed for a while, he couldn't help but pay more attention to "Datang Entertainment News" and Editor-in-Chief Wu. No wonder "Datang Entertainment News" is notorious in the entertainment industry, but it still stands. It must be in their hands.
There are many interesting stories about famous people.
"One million. As long as you can bring Chen Feng's reputation into disrepute. For example, if he is a prostitute, or is a promiscuous person, or is a scumbag, or an unconventional actress, etc., no matter what, how can you get rid of him? If you
If you can ruin his reputation, I will give you another 500,000."
"One million is a bit too little. I still say that Chen Feng's current status is very difficult to deal with. Besides, even though Chen Feng is young, he is very capable and has a mysterious background. That Huang Jingkun back then, you
You know? The fight with him on Weibo was bigger than the last time you made a bet with him. But what happened in the end? Huang Jingkun and the celebrities who stood up for him all publicly apologized to him. So, for a
Millions, we at Datang Entertainment News still don’t plan to deal with him. The risk is too great.”
"...Two million. As long as you can ruin his reputation, I will personally give you another half a million as a reward." Chen Dongsheng gritted his teeth and said.
"Okay! Director Chen is awesome! Two million is still worth my risk. Otherwise, I really wouldn't have the courage to touch the great master Chen Feng."
Chen Dongsheng said with some jealousy: "Don't overestimate him. As far as I know, he has no backers in our circle. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the guts to mess with him."
Editor-in-Chief Wu said sternly: "He may not have much support in the film industry, but now he has made such acclaimed and popular movies in a row. The first one won an international award, and the second one set a box office record for domestic films.
, what kind of backing do we need? Now many big guys in the film industry are very optimistic about him and value him. Therefore, we must come up with some "real evidence" before we can deal with him, otherwise we will suffer serious backlash.
, the risk is still very high.”
After hearing these words, Chen Dongsheng couldn't refute. Chen Feng's two movies are indeed very good. In the final analysis, the director still relies on his own works to speak for themselves.
"Okay. I know you are taking a lot of risks, so I will give you a deposit of 500,000 yuan first, and then I will transfer the remaining 1.5 million to you after the deal is completed."
"...Okay. According to the rules, you have to pay half of the deposit. But I believe Director Chen, let's pay five hundred thousand first."