Chapter 134 Returning to Beijing, Jiang Wen Enters Cannes

The plane landed in Beijing.

Chen An, wearing sunglasses and a mask, walked out of the exit with Zhao Xiong.

Along the way, Chen An could always feel Zhao Xiong looking at him strangely, and couldn't help asking, "Why are you staring at me?"

"I just didn't expect that Director Chen is such a passive person." After hesitating for a long time, Zhao Xiong finally thought about it and said it out loud.

Chen An heard the meaning of the other party's words and said unhappily: "Do you have any objection?"

Faced with the questioning, Zhao Xiong chose to keep silent.

The reporters who had been lying in ambush for more than a month had already evacuated and left the airport directly.

If you ask reporters who they most want to interview and who they most want to scold, Chen An will definitely be at the top of the list.

Every time there is a lot of noise, but every time no one can be found.

He wanted to inquire about the other party's whereabouts abroad but had no way to do so. Even his own company didn't know, let alone these reporters.

Today's journalists are not as cruel as those who will use their connections to investigate your flight itinerary list, but it's hard to say what the future holds.

Last time, their whereabouts were exposed because they asked the company to pick them up. This time, Chen An and his friend went directly to the airport underground parking lot and took a taxi.

When they returned to the company, they saw Chen Kun coming out with a script.

Seeing Chen An standing at the door, the two of them opened their eyes wide. They didn't expect such a coincidence and said in surprise: "Director Chen and Brother Zhao, you are back. It's been a long time since we last met."

"Kun, have you received the script? Is it a TV series or a movie?" Chen An asked curiously as he looked at the script in the other person's hand.

Chen Kun also raised the script and said, "Sister Xiaoping invested in a TV series and gave me a role that suits me very well."

Chen An looked at the script he picked up and saw the words "Like Fog, Like Rain and Like Wind" written on it. Isn't this the other party's famous work? Can he get it?

He remembered that this was Zhao Baogang's TV series, and the other party had invested in it, and he got the role by signing Chen Kun in his previous life.

I didn't expect that I would be able to get Li Xiaoping in this life.

"Then you should act well. Acting in TV dramas can also increase your popularity among the people. This can't be compared with movies." Chen An patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

Although I didn't take much care of it, it seemed that the other party's development in this life was smoother. He had his own movie and "The Mansion Gate", and he also starred in the famous work of his previous life again.

Chen Kun smiled and nodded, and invited Chen An to dinner in the evening. Chen An agreed and did not refuse, as they had not seen each other for a long time.

"Then I'll go prepare now. Brother Wei is back, let's get together." Chen Kun said happily.

Chen An handed the key to the other party and said, "Go and prepare first, and call Chen Wei along. I'll go back later."

"Okay then, I'll leave first, senior brother." Chen Kun took the key and immediately trotted downstairs.

Chen An looked at the other person running down the stairs, shook his head and smiled, then walked into the company.

She put the trophy she had just won on the table first, and then Li Xiaoping came over. The employee at the door had already told her that Chen An was back.

"Sister Xiaoping, what's the matter with Chen Kun's TV series? I remember that Zhao Baogang's TV series should not lack investment." Chen An, who heard the other party coming in, turned around and asked first.

He was quite curious. He originally thought that if Chen Kun joined his company, the road to TV dramas would be a bit bumpy, so there would be gains and losses.

Li Xiaoping said it was no big deal, "The other party first found Chen Kun and asked if he was willing to act, but he had to sign with his company and could help pay the penalty."

"Chen Kun found me directly. I called him after reading his script and thought it was good. I offered to invest in his script and star in the highest-grossing Chinese-language film. He didn't agree at first, but later he called me and agreed to the investment." Chen An wanted to slam the table when he heard that the other party wanted to poach his people. He had no idea that the other party had the same idea as me. I'm trying to poach Zhou Xun, and you want to poach Chen Kun, right?

Afterwards, he felt a little amused and helpless after hearing Li Xiaoping's explanation. He was indeed overthinking it. Although the other party was not short of investment, it was not the case that one person had the final say.

Since he had popular actors and investment, the other party had no reason to refuse, and Chen Kun was the role that the other party had always dreamed of.

But it was Li Xiaoping who thought it through thoroughly and solved it in no time.

But the other party is simply not a human being. He is so bold that he dares to poach my people. Just wait for me!

However, Li Xiaoping did not think too much about it. She sat in front of Chen An's desk and said, "Director Chen, you may have lost all your money investing in Director Jiang Wen's movie two years ago. It still has not been approved until now, and Director Jiang Wen directly sent it to Cannes and it was shortlisted."

As someone in the circle, Li Xiaoping doesn't know what the outcome will be, but she can imagine that it won't be very good.

Upon hearing the news, Chen An sat down on the chair with a helpless look on his face, thinking that the other party couldn't help but send it over directly.

It seems that the other party can't escape this legendary experience of being banned from coaching for five years.

"Don't think too much about it, it shouldn't be a big problem. If the movie is good, it shouldn't be a problem to win awards. I can also make some profit from the copyright." Chen An didn't care about the investment money.

I had made preparations before investing, and I didn't think about making money. But I didn't expect that the other party would still give it to me after my repeated persuasion.

I don’t know what the other party is thinking. Maybe other investors are pushing them too hard. After all, it’s been almost a year since the filming was completed.

But he didn't know that the other party was provoked by him several times before making up his mind to send it over directly.

"By the way, how is my movie going? The last time you called me, it had already been released." Chen An felt that there was nothing much to talk about this matter, so he changed the question and asked about the situation of his own movie.

Li Xiaoping picked up the intelligence that had just been delivered, looked at the data on it and said, "The movie 'Little Miss Sunshine' that you shot in Hollywood was released ahead of schedule and has been taken off the screen, earning 24 million at the box office. 'Hello! Mr. Tree' has been released for half a month and earned 6.7 million at the box office. It is predicted that the box office will be around 10 million. If you are lucky, it can exceed 10 million."

Both of Chen An's films have been released. Little Miss Sunshine was introduced in advance and released urgently when it won the Oscars. Hello! Mr. Tree was also released urgently with the help of two awards at the Berlin Film Festival.

Chen An sat in his seat, tapping the armrest of his chair while listening to the report. The box office was in line with the predictions and was pretty close to what he had guessed.

I had no high expectations for the box office of "Hello! Mr. Tree" in the first place. If it hadn't won any awards, the box office would have been much lower, even though people nowadays are more accepting of art films.

The goal of making money is not from the box office, but from selling copyrights.

As for how much "Little Miss Sunshine" gets, it doesn't matter, the share is not high anyway.

"By the way, Director Chen, your film 'Time and Space Clues' has been approved, the crew has been set up, and the funds have been transferred. We are just waiting for you to come back. When do you plan to start filming?"

"Ah, I'll start this as soon as possible."

"Why are you in such a hurry? You just came back."

"There's nothing we can do. There's a scheduling problem. Warner Bros. is moving up the release date for the movie we shot in Africa last year."

After saying this, Chen An held his forehead with a helpless look on his face. He felt uncomfortable when talking about this.

The sudden advancement of the release date made Chen An's schedule extremely tight. He now has to cast and shoot within two months. Fortunately, the crew has been set up and the behind-the-scenes staff has been found.

For example, Gu Changwei, whom Chen An had always been thinking about, did not go to Cannes this time, but was preparing to shoot Chen An's movie.

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