Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 369: "Geisha" quarrel, Yang Xiaomi changes jobs

Zhang Chen checked online these two days and found that Fan Xiaopang was indeed badly criticized.

Zhang Ziyi was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globe Awards for her role in "Memoirs of a Geisha". The Golden Globe Awards have always been considered a bellwether for the Oscars. Many people speculated that Zhang Ziyi was likely to win the Oscar, and her momentum was unparalleled.

At present, the most popular female star in China is Zhang Ziyi, no doubt about it.

Even though it is the Chinese New Year period, her popularity is not low at all, and the level of discussion is second only to the Spring Festival Gala.

Fan Xiaopang, who is often compared with Zhang Ziyi, has become the best target. Many media outlets are trying to praise Zhang Ziyi while stepping on Fan Xiaopang at the same time. This has become politically correct in the entertainment industry.

The Oscars, still known as the Oscar competition, are considered a great honor to win the little golden man.

Zhang Ziyi's fans feel honored to have their film compete for the Golden Globe Award.

A lot of negative information about Fan Binbin was dug up, and Zhang Chen was also criticized because he posted a blog post criticizing "Memoirs of a Geisha" a few years ago.

Zhang Chen didn't actually say anything, he just made a prediction that "Geisha" would definitely not win any major awards at the Oscars.

The reason is simple, Spielberg has another film in the competition - "Munich".

"Munich" was produced by DreamWorks and directed by Spielberg himself.

Memoirs of a Geisha was produced by Columbia, and Spielberg was only the producer.

If "Geisha" wants to win an award, it depends on Spielberg.

As for Spielberg himself, he definitely prefers his own movies.

So Zhang Chen felt that Memoirs of a Geisha had no hope.

Zhang Chen's analysis was well-reasoned, but it undoubtedly offended Zhang Ziyi's fans.

In this day and age, no matter who you are, there are always a few crazy fans.

Then, the Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress for "Geisha" was considered a slap in the face to Zhang Chen's prediction.

Zhang Chen was speechless and had to continue posting a blog:
Please, those who are brainlessly scolding me, please read carefully. What I said is that "Geisha" will definitely not win any major awards at the Oscars. Oscars, okay, not the Golden Globe.

If you want to criticize, at least wait until the Oscars announce the shortlist. That way you will at least appear to have some intelligence.

I would also like to emphasize again that the so-called heavyweight awards refer to Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Picture and the like.

Zhang Ziyi's fans immediately retorted: "But the Golden Globe Awards have always been considered a bellwether for the Oscars."

Zhang Chen refused to give in: "But my son can never be my master."

Zhang Ziyi's fans club challenged Zhang Chen: "What if 'Geisha' won the award?"

Zhang Chen was also tough: "Then I will eat shit live, but what if I don't get it? Is it you who eat shit live, or your idol who eats shit live? If you dare to accept the challenge, we will sign a contract~"

As a result, the fan club suddenly died down. No one dared to accept the challenge, and no one dared to accept the challenge on behalf of their idol.

Then, on January 1, the nominations for the 31th Academy Awards were announced.

Memoirs of a Geisha was nominated for Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, etc.

It's really a slap in the face. There is not even a single nomination for any major awards.

Zhang Chen’s prediction came true. He wasn’t even nominated, so what golden statue did he get?

Zhang Chen did not forget to add: "There are quite a few nominated awards, but who cares about them?"

Fans of "Memoirs of a Geisha" were broken down, netizens were beating their chests and stamping their feet, and they almost saw her eating shit on live broadcast. Zhang Ziyi Fan Club, why don't you be tougher?

Zhang Chen actually wanted to make another remark: "The nomination list includes Brokeback Mountain and Memoirs of a Geisha, but not The Promise. What do you think, poet Chen?"

But considering that he had already promised Mr. Han Sanye, he finally shut up.

Zhang Chen's prediction came true, and somehow, his prediction that Brokeback Mountain would win the Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival was also leaked.

In fact, this thing couldn't be concealed at all, because there were many Hong Kong directors present that day.

Suddenly, Zhang Chen became the 'Emperor of Prophecy'.

His prediction of the best film in Venice came true, as did his Oscar nomination. Many netizens left messages asking him to predict this year's Oscars.

Zhang Chen simply pretended to be a charlatan and said on his blog that this year's Oscars, "Brokeback Mountain" is definitely the biggest winner, at least one best director.

Now the netizens were excited. They didn’t expect that Zhang Chen would immediately bring the second melon as soon as they finished eating the previous one.

We’ll just have to wait until the Oscar winners list is announced in March to find out whether Zhang Chen is truly the King of Prophecy.

……

early February

Zhang Chen got up early, had breakfast at around five o'clock, and then prepared to drive back to Beijing.

I was really afraid that if I was any later I wouldn’t be able to leave.

Starting from the third year of junior high school, all kinds of people came to visit, most of whom were strangers.

There were leaders from the railway, the railway bureau, and even the government, district and city leaders, all of whom wanted to ask Zhang Chen, the country's top director, if he could find some way to benefit the people in the village.

This is still considered good. It is my duty to help my hometown. At most, I am helping my hometown and helping them achieve political achievements at the same time.

The most speechless thing is that many strangers came to Zhang Chen and asked him to donate money for no reason, using various pretexts to morally blackmail him.

You are such a big director, and one of your movies can easily make over 100 million yuan, so you must have earned at least 50 million yuan.

Can't you just give us a little help from your fingers?

Zhang Chen would definitely not spend a dime on such a person, but he couldn't help but come every day and was getting annoyed. If I can't afford to provoke him, can't I just avoid him?
Zhang Chen prepares to return to Beijing early.

But this time, Zhang's father and mother did not go together.

A relative's child is having a twelfth birthday celebration in the first lunar month, and Zhang's father and mother have to attend.

In most places in the coal-fired provinces, the twelve-year-old birthday is celebrated with great fanfare. It's not as grand as a wedding, but it's not much different.

This is a kind of social interaction, Zhang Chen can choose not to participate, but Zhang's father and mother must participate.

It was not the peak time for the return trip today, so the highway was easy to drive on. After 6 hours, Zhang Chen entered the capital.

At the same time, Yang Xiaomi received a call from Zeng Jia.

"Xiao Mi, I have an appointment tonight. The advertiser specifically wants to see you. Please accompany me~"

Yang Xiaomi frowned unconsciously at what Zeng Jia said on the phone, but Zeng Jia on the other end didn't notice it at all: "Remember to dress nicely when the time comes. I'll drive over to pick you up at 7 o'clock..."

Hearing Zeng Jia's commanding tone, Yang Xiaomi became even angrier.

What she hates most is accompanying clients for dinner. It’s called dinner, but in fact it’s taking advantage of them. Yang Xiaomi has experienced this several times.

We are artists, not hostesses.

She cried out in her heart, but didn't dare to speak out loud, so she could only say tactfully: "Sister Jia, I don't feel well today, can you change someone else..."

Hearing Yang Xiaomi's refusal, Zeng Jia's tone immediately changed, and she said coldly, "You're not even famous yet, and you're already throwing a tantrum?"

Yang Xiaomi wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Zeng Jia: "You don't have to go, but I'm telling you straight out that this is Sister Xiaowan's idea. You can think about it yourself~"

After the call was hung up, Yang Xiaomi on the other end fell silent.

Just then my mother came over and said, "Mimi, do you want to come out and eat some fruit?"

Yang Xiaomi could only force a smile: "Okay mom, I'll wash my face and come over~"

After a long while, Yang Xiaomi regained her composure and came to the living room. All the family members were there and it was lively and bustling.

She looked at her family who were laughing and happy, but felt that no one could help her.

Father Yang is a policeman, so he is more perceptive and noticed his daughter's unhappiness: "Who called just now?"

"Uh, agent."

"What, is something wrong?"

Yang Xiaomi hesitated: "Well, I might have to go out tonight."

Yang's father immediately frowned. He also saw that his daughter was unhappy. "What can happen during the Chinese New Year? If you are not happy staying with her, then change your agent."

He has always been opposed to his daughter entering the entertainment industry.

But his daughter has grown up and has her own ideas, so he can only let her do what she wants.

However, this sentence did remind Yang Xiaomi that Zhang Chen had mentioned it at the New Year's Eve party and asked her to transfer the agency contract to Shijiu Culture.

It was just delayed because of the Chinese New Year.

She had Wang Jinghua's phone number, but didn't know what to say, so she simply called Chen Xi.

"Xixi..."

Yang Xiaomi told her what happened just now, and Chen Xi on the other side immediately said: "Don't worry, I'll call Sister Hua now..."

"Then I'll leave it to you~"

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you with this matter, wait for my news."

Ten minutes later, Wang Jinghua called and said directly: "Yang Xiaomi? This is Wang Jinghua..."

"Sister Hua~"

"I already know about your situation. I just want to ask you, do they have any evidence against you?"

"Yes~"

"Okay, tell me everything, the more detailed the better, don't hide anything. Since you have chosen to join Shijiu Culture, you must believe that I can help you handle this matter, because I am Wang Jinghua..."

The strong self-confidence revealed in Wang Jinghua's tone gave Yang Xiaomi confidence that the number one agent in mainland China would be facing off against Li Xiaowan.

It is more likely that Li Xiaowan may not stand up for Zeng Jia, and Zeng Jia is just an ordinary agent in Rong Xindali.

Yang Xiaomi saw hope and was finally willing to tell her everything that was in her heart.

In later lives, Zeng Jia left Rong Xinda and took no one with her except Yang Xiaomi, who was willing to go with her.

Later, Jiaxing Media was established, and Yang Xiaomi became a hard-working person, expanding the territory for Jiaxing Media in various ways. However, Jiaxing Media's treatment of Yang Xiaomi was very confusing.

Find Yang Xiaomi's role and force other artists to take it, otherwise they will not accept it.

It's almost like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

In order to keep Reba, he actually gave her the endorsement of Yang Xiaomi, and deliberately let his assistant lose Yang Xiaomi's passport, causing her to miss the event.

This is a blatant stab in the back.

There are countless kinds of behaviors. Jiaxing Media treated Yang Xiaomi like this, but Yang Xiaomi insisted and only terminated the contract in the end. No one would believe that Zeng Jia didn't have any leverage over Yang Xiaomi.

(End of this chapter)