I was just thinking about taking the arts exam and you said I've been playing supporting roles

Chapter 211: Incoming confession! Old Empress Dowager Chen Su was driven into autism...

At the same time, in Xicheng Huxi Manor.

Zhang Yimou's home.

He bought this property in 06, spending all his savings; his unmarried wife Chen Ting, his father-in-law's family, and three children all live here.

In a year, basically only during the Chinese New Year period can he spend time with his partner.

My children are currently still illegal residents and cannot take high-speed trains or planes.

Zhang Yimou was standing at the back of the yard, talking on the phone with Pu Lun.

Generally speaking, he doesn't like phone calls, let alone spending time with his children.

However, Pu Lun's information made him very angry.

Especially Fu Lulu, who was his assistant director; however, she was indeed not aware of the conflict between him and Zhang Weiping, so it was not considered a backstab.

I can only say it's brainless.

"Okay, I'll send him a message later to ask!"

"Well, I don't know. He never informed me of this matter from beginning to end..."

"..."

Zhang Yimou rubbed his temple and pressed the hang-up button on his phone.

In the entire studio, actually no one likes Zhang Weiping, except Zhang Yimou who kept saying that he was his brother a few years ago.

But in the past two years, he basically stopped talking about it.

"what happened?"

Chen Ting, the young wife who just turned 30, came behind Zhang Yimou.

"Nothing, just work!"

Zhang Yimou smiled and was about to walk into the house, but Chen Ting was standing there and said softly, "Yimou, Yinan's teacher called me several times!"

"We asked us to transfer the boy to a public school as soon as possible next semester, but public schools... do not allow students to attend without a hukou!"

"..."

Zhang Yimou was silent for a while, put his hands on his waist and turned his head: "There is still one semester?"

"Well, before September, a man must be registered!"

Zhang Yinan is Zhang Yimou’s eldest son and is just 10 years old this year.

There was some problem at the international school, so I had to transfer to a nearby public school.

Mainly because it is inconvenient for them to go to several private schools that are far away, so they are picked up and dropped off by Zhang Weiping's driver every day.

Chen Ting didn't want to trouble this person, and he didn't like the driver very much.

The salary was still paid by Zhang Yimou.

"Okay, once I finish working on 'Jinling', we'll go register!"

After thinking about it, Zhang Yimou finally made a decision.

He is actually a very indecisive person. Apart from work, he always procrastinates in dealing with people and handling matters, and he is very afraid of trouble.

But now his eldest son wants a household registration, and when he thinks about what happened between him and Zhang Weiping during this period, he decides to give Chen Ting an explanation.

The main thing is that Zhang Weiping is such a piece of shit.

[Chen Ting has no good intentions, he just wants to ruin your career, ignore them and don't care about your three children! ]

Is this something a person can say? !

You don't care about your own son and daughter, and let them make money for you to make movies?

"Really?"

Chen Ting was so happy that he cried, and said, "Look for someone who can help you get a household registration!"

"Forget it, let's get married!"

"I'm really tired..."

Zhang Yimou waved his hand and asked, "Did Zhang Jing transfer the money to you?"

A few years ago, Zhang Yimou met Zhang Weiping and asked him for his film remuneration over the years.

Yes, for all these years, Zhang Weiping has never given Zhang Yimou any money except a monthly salary of 25000 yuan.

This time, Zhang Weiping seemed to realize something, so he asked his wife to pay Zhang Yimou 12 million yuan in film remuneration in 1500 installments within two years. In his words, there was not much money in the account, and "Jinling" would require investment soon.

Moreover, this is the total salary for 5 movies.

Starting from "House of Flying Daggers", it took almost 10 years to pay it off, which is equivalent to Zhang Yimou earning 150 million per year.

The total box office of these movies added together is nearly 12 billion RMB in mainland China, and even more worldwide, after all, the profits are made in US dollars; the North American and Japanese distribution rights of "House of Flying Daggers" alone sold for a total of 2 million RMB.

There are also audio and video copyrights, etc. Zhang Yimou calculated it himself and asked for 1500 million!
The old villa near Caoqiao in FT District that he gave to Zhang Weiping might be worth 1000 million yuan; this was in 1991, when he was filming "The Red Lantern", and the producer did not pay him and used the house as collateral.

Zhang Yimou had never lived there, but Zhang Weiping and his wife eventually moved in and said they liked the house very much.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Weiping sold the house right away without giving Zhang Yimou a penny.

"No, she said she would send it to me after the Chinese New Year!"

"Well, remember to urge them!"

Zhang Yimou went back to the inner room as he spoke, a smile suddenly appeared on his face. His 4-year-old daughter Zhang Yijiao rushed towards him.

And there is also a 6-year-old youngest son, Zhang Yiding!
He held one in each hand, feeling very pleased.

Looking at the loving father and filial son, Chen Ting seemed to be hesitant to speak.

In fact, Zhang Jing scolded her on the phone. After thinking about it, she decided not to tell Zhang Yimou.

This would save him from having another quarrel with Zhang Weiping.

He has all the secrets of his family in his hands, so Chen Ting is still very afraid of being exposed. Although his current life is not open to the public, at least it is stable and prosperous.

……

On the other side, Chen Jin had just arrived home when he received a call from Pu Lun.

She should have asked around and had almost figured out the situation.

"Director Zhang means that we need to talk to Zhang Weiping first and ask about the situation!"

"I guess with his personality, he won't do anything to these people. After all, Lulu is involved!"

"Even Jiang Jiarui from The Hawthorn Tree didn't kick her out!"

Pu Lun still knew Zhang Yimou's character. Although they had signed a confidentiality agreement, Zhang Yimou would generally give the actors a chance as long as they didn't make the same mistake again. However, they were basically blacklisted by him.

I guess this is the only chance for us to work together in this life.

Even if the studio signs him, I guess he will still have this temper.

"Well, I didn't expect Director Zhang to have a soft temper!"

It’s not like Zhang Yimou’s style as rumored by the outside world.

"Well, he has always been like this, afraid of trouble!"

"If these actors are kicked out, Lulu won't care, but these actresses will definitely complain to the media!"

"They will definitely interview him again, and judging by his personality, he values his hard-earned reputation..."

"I won't do anything too extreme!"

Pu Lun has followed Lao Mouzi for many years and knows him very well.

But what puzzled Chen Jin was that among these actors, He Jun must have been kicked out, otherwise there wouldn’t have been those follow-ups.

And just now Pu Lun revealed a very important piece of information to him.

This He Jun is actually the niece of Zhang Weiping’s assistant Wang Xiaohua.

No wonder they are so unscrupulous and fearless.

It has been a long time since Zhang Weiping has been trying to get people in. Chen Jin has heard many rumors about him in the studio.

Many movies have their leading actors decided before the plot is even finalized.

Sometimes Zhang Yimou couldn't make the decision.

Adding scenes at short notice is commonplace.

When the filming of "Curse of the Golden Flower" was about to start, Zhang Weiping suddenly suggested that Zhou Jielun join.

Because he is famous, he can drive the box office.

As a result, screenwriters Wu Nan and Bian Zhihong suffered a lot.

The two of them had to revise the script all night long, one sleeping in the first half of the night and the other sleeping in the second half, taking turns to revise it.

When "Three Guns" was about to start filming, the original male lead had already been confirmed.

But because Xiao Shen Yang became an instant hit on the Spring Festival Gala, the protagonist was immediately changed.

In fact, at the beginning, this movie was not intended to be a comedy at all. After all, it was an adaptation of "Blood Simple" by the Coen brothers, the great Hollywood directors. But when Xiao Shen Yang came, Zhang Yimou and the main creators were all confused.

In order to match this guy's comedy style, Zhang Yimou had to fire many staff members and replace them with Zhao Benshan's apprentices.

The original screenwriter Shi Jianquan was not very adaptable to this style, so he asked Zhao Jiaban's screenwriter Xu Zhengchao to help.

As a result, a weird movie like "Three Guns" was produced.

After hearing this, Chen Jin finally realized that Zhang Yimou was not the only one who had the final say in making movies.

This is why he has bad movies from time to time.

"Since Lao Mouzi didn't kick anyone out, why are the media saying that he cleaned out the Twelve Beauties and replaced them all?"

Chen Jin was a little confused.

Could it be that Zhang Weiping did it and then pushed everything onto Zhang Yimou?
This is indeed possible.

Chen Jin was analyzing so much that he was so preoccupied with the New Year's dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year that he was full of thoughts.

Many relatives were there, toasting Chen Jin one by one. Chen Jin did not forget to have a few drinks with his elders. He definitely did not need to drink alcohol at home, so no one dared to say anything if he took a beverage as wine.

This is the current throne of Chen Jin’s family!
The meal lasted until around 9 o'clock, and then Chen Jin went upstairs to exercise.

Chen Xianqi was thinking about what Chen Jin had said to him in the car. After settling his parents and father-in-law, he took Su Wanyu to Chen Jin's room.

"Okay, there's no one else now!"

"I told your mother about your income!"

Chen Xianqi said this after closing the door.

Su Wanyu actually felt uneasy while eating today's meal. When she thought about Chen Jin earning 500 million in a year, she felt like she was dreaming.

How long has it been?
Obviously, ordinary people like them cannot imagine this number.

"Dad, Mom, there was a movie called Love Is Not Blind that was released a while ago, did you know about it?"

"Well, I took my colleague to see it. You acted in it, right?"

Su Wanyu suddenly remembered.

During those days, she even doubted her son's sexual orientation, mainly because she had never heard that the child had a girlfriend or anything.

At her age, even if she doesn't have a lot to talk about, she should at least have one or two, right?
"That must have been an act!"

"What do you think about every day? I think that character is normal, isn't it just a little bit effeminate?"

Chen Xianqi is now completely on Chen Jin's side.

He used to be a low-ranking member of the family, but now his son’s income gives him some confidence.

In this family, the husband's authority must be emphasized.

"Don't say anything. I'm asking my son, why are you butting in?"

Well, the husband’s power was directly exposed in one sentence.

Chen Xianqi curled his lips, and Chen Jin looked at the couple and laughed: "That must be an act, it's not important. What I want to say is that this movie was invested by your son!"

"What do you mean?"

Su Wanyu didn't quite understand: "It's this movie. You hired someone to make it, and you paid for it?"

"and many more--"

Chen Xianqi's expression became a little weird. He suddenly took out his mobile phone and searched for the news he saw some time ago.

The box office of this movie seems to be over 8 million!

Broke many domestic box office records!

He is not like Su Wanyu. Su Wanyu doesn't care much about the box office. Chen Xianqi knows this very well.

"8.19 million. The movie you invested in earned 8.19 million at the box office?"

Chen Xianqi suddenly raised his head and looked straight at Chen Jin.

"Yes, I'm a bit luckier. Dad, you should know from the news that we cooperated with e-commerce and group buying websites!"

Chen Jin tried to speak calmly about this matter. The reason why he told them both was that there would be many more things in the future, and they had to have a process of acceptance. Also, this matter would definitely be exposed in the news, and once it was known by the neighbors, their colleagues and others, it would be very troublesome.

If Love Is Not Blind accepts this time, neither of them should be too surprised by what happens next.

Once there is a first time, there will be a second time. The first time is always so hard to believe, so Chen Jin has to let them adapt as soon as possible.

Keep up with your own pace.

Otherwise, being startled all the time is definitely not good.

"How much can you get?"

Chen Xianqi's voice really changed a little. Su Wanyu, who was standing beside him, heard his tone and looked at Chen Jin.

"Sit on the bed!"

Chen Jin pointed to his bed and Su Wanyu was a little puzzled.

Chen Xianqi had already sat on it obediently, and his breathing felt a little rapid.

More than 8 million... 5% is tens of millions!

Before, he only paid attention to the box office. "The Hawthorn Tree" made more than 4 million yuan, so Chen Xianqi didn't think much about the more than 8 million yuan.

I knew that the movie starring my son was very popular.

But now, looking at Chen Jin's expression, this matter is definitely not as simple as a box office number.

Maybe this guy will make a fortune.

“When investing in movies, many people lose money; but there are also those who are lucky and can make a lot of money, just like winning the lottery!”

"Tell the important point!"

Su Wanyu couldn't listen any more. How could this child teach in the same way as she did, covering 3 key points in one class for 40 minutes?

"There are no other investors in this movie. I paid for it all!"

"so--"

"..."

Chen Xianqi stood up and stared at Chen Jin with a trembling voice: "You...what did you say?!"

He invested in all of them?

"Yes, Dad, it's just what you think!"

"The box office was over 8 million, but I made less than 3 million!"

quiet!
The whole bedroom seemed to be completely still.

"..."

Chen Xianqi opened his mouth and his eyes widened, and Su Wanyu didn't quite understand, but she understood the last sentence.

Profited...less than 3 million.

"How much... how much?"

"3 million?"

"Is it 3 million?!"

Su Wanyu thought she had misheard. After he finished speaking, she let out a long breath, covered her mouth with her hands, and subconsciously tried to find something to support herself.

In the end, I didn’t find it, so I just sat down on the bed.

She was really scared. She stared at one place in a daze, and the next second she raised her head like a robot.

The whole movement was extremely stiff.

Chen Xianqi next to him twitched the corner of his mouth, and he had completely lost control of his expression.

"That is...you take all the box office revenue?"

"Does it mean this?"

"You just said it correctly, didn't you?"

Chen Xianqi swallowed and suddenly asked incoherently.

"Yes, so mom and dad, you need to digest this!"

“This may happen again in the future!”

"Really... you made that much money?"

Su Wanyu seemed to have a calm expression, but in fact her mind was blank and she asked subconsciously.

"Well, almost!"

thump!
This time Chen Xianqi also sat down directly.

He glanced at Su Wanyu, and the two of them stood there, completely silent.

Obviously, he was silenced by Chen Jin's 3 million.

"That's how movie box office works..."

Chen Jin wanted to say something to make up for it.

"hehe!"

However, Chen Xianqi raised his head and smiled at Chen Jin. Before when he was driving, he thought that Chen Jin earned 500 million a year, which was beyond his understanding.

Now 3 million has come... How can he bear this?

"I have to slow down!"

Su Wanyu's brain was also a little confused.

The couple sat there, and Chen Jin could only smile slightly: "Well, you guys take it easy, I'll go out first!"

Logically, Chen Xianqi should have asked Chen Jin to stay, but now his mind was full of the fact that Chen Jin had earned 3 million yuan, so he walked out and closed the door without any reaction.

"Old Chen, do you think this is true?"

Su Wanyu turned and asked her husband.

"probably!"

"I know the box office is real..."

"How can you make so much money? 3 million!"

"Not 3000 million..."

Well, she is also afraid of 3000 million.

Su Wanyu couldn't imagine it at all. This was definitely something she would never think of in her life.

How can your son make so much money at this age?
Even robbing a bank wouldn't be that much.

“Movies are still possible!”

"That Ning Hao also made a lot of money before, but he was invested by others!"

Chen Xianqi's mental state is obviously better than his wife's, and he has recovered somewhat now.

"You have to know that our son is a genius!"

"The top scorer in the college entrance examination!"

Chen Xianqi's words seemed to be directed to Su Wanyu, but in fact he was also trying to convince himself.

"Well, genius!"

Su Wanyu could only think so.

"Now, what do we do?"

"No matter how much he earns, he is still our son!"

Chen Xianqi smiled and said, "Actually, Xiaojin is right. We should change our mindset. We think that he earns 500 million a year is too much. Look at the big stars on TV, which one of them doesn't make tens of millions a year!"

"But our son is only 19 years old. Can you imagine him earning so much at this age?"

Su Wanyu looked worried.

She was really afraid that Chen Jin would earn too much and lose himself.

"Doesn't that mean our son is different from others?"

"Don't worry, he told us this, obviously hoping that we can accept it!"

"Accept it. I'll go to the capital in a few days to pick a house for my son. I'll go too. I'm going to ask the hospital for a week's leave..."

Speaking of this, Chen Xianqi felt that his job was boring.

It's so tiring, but it's not as much as what he earns in a day.

Completely stimulated by Chen Jin, he had no idea about the threshold of money.

"Why don't we quit our jobs? You cook for our son and I'll be his driver..."

Chen Xianqi was obviously joking.

Su Wanyu glared at him unhappily: "What else do you want to do?"

"Mom, Dad is right!"

In fact, Chen Jin was listening outside. He explained the matter to Chen Xianqi and Su Wanyu. In fact, the main reason was to ask them to resign.

"This matter will definitely be exposed!"

"It's no secret that I invested in this movie. If people around me knew that your son made 3 million, what would the consequences be?"

"I can't guarantee that you will be kidnapped!"

Even though China is a society ruled by law, there is no guarantee that there will be no risky actions.

Chen Xianqi and Su Wanyu looked at each other, and then they realized the seriousness of the matter.

The two men were obviously more experienced than Chen Jin and understood exactly what Chen Jin meant.

Even hiring a bodyguard is useless.

The best thing is to go to the imperial capital with Chen Jin.

"Then why are we going to the imperial capital?"

"With so many relatives at home, why don't you keep in touch?"

Su Wanyu raised her head and asked.

"Keep in touch. Come back to visit during the holidays. No one will know you in the capital. You'll be afraid of your neighbors and the people in the town..."

"Listen to your son. I think he is right!"

"This matter must be resolved when it is time to do so!"

Chen Xianqi showed the spirit of the head of the family, although he was reluctant to give up his current job.

But... life is more important.

"Don't worry, Mom and Dad, I will find you a job in the capital!"

"If it doesn't work, come to my company for help!"

“You’ve started a company?”

Chen Xianqi and Su Wanyu asked in unison.

"What you are saying is true. If I invest in movies, I must start a company!"

"Go, go, in a few days, we will go to the imperial capital together!"

Chen Xianqi made the decision, but Su Wanyu on the side was still a little dazed. She felt that this matter was too hasty.

She was in such a hurry that she was at a loss as to what to do.

Why did you lose your job out of nowhere?

She loves her current teaching job very much!
The most important thing is... there is a bunch of colleagues who flatter her every day!
Now, all gone?

This is her motivation and source of happiness for work every day!
Su Wanyu sat there, not knowing whether to stand or sit; Chen Xianqi, on the other hand, was very open-minded and had already asked Chen Jin about the company and what was suitable for him to do.

He doesn't ask to be a CEO or chairman or anything like that. He would be happy with just the title of "Engineer Chen".

In this life, he wants to be a mobile phone design engineer.

"The company is short of a doctor!"

Chen Jin said this expressionlessly, and Chen Xianqi was stunned: "Does your company have a special medical room?"

What kind of company is this? It’s so high-end.

"Haha, Dad, how about you make a movie with me? How about I give you a cameo role?"

Chen Jin came up with an idea.

Before Su Wanyu heard it, Chen Xianqi's eyes suddenly brightened...

(End of this chapter)