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Chapter 285 Chen Lu went mad one after another, the audience: There's also an off-stage showdown!
"Huh? Why are you all looking at me?"

Jin Chao paused slightly, then feigned ignorance: "I have no objection to the normal discussion."

They said they had no objections, but after the last time the review of "Influenza" was blocked, not long after, Jinzhao kept coming over to "visit," making everyone feel quite awkward.

The people who had been shouting the loudest at Zhang Hai before have all quieted down considerably.

However, Jinzhao really has no objection, because as far as he is concerned, he feels that the subject matter of "Flu" is indeed very sensitive, so sensitive that if it were him, he might not have approved Ikeno in the first round of review.

"I'm an outsider in this area. I came here mainly to talk to Lao Wang about the publicity work for those small European countries yesterday. He insisted on dragging me along... My personal opinion is that if it's really not suitable, then it's not suitable. Well... it's mainly your work in the relevant departments."

That's all for today, I won't say any more.

The group exchanged glances. The eldest brother at the head of the table pointed at him, said nothing more, and then turned to the others: "Then let's settle on this. Since it's not suitable, let's not make an example of it. Otherwise, if it gets publicized and the higher-ups see it, it'll be troublesome..."

“But high-quality works can be supported. I think Chi Ye is a good kid… Zhang Hai, could you keep an eye on the box office progress and word-of-mouth of ‘Flu’? Is this kind of film good enough to be selected for the Huabiao Awards?”

“…That’s enough.”

"Yes, I've always said that the edge line isn't drawn with a single stroke, but rather you have to look at it with the naked eye, observe it, like this time with 'Influenza'..."

The long-winded speeches and habitual phrases made the young people below the table a little drowsy.

Observing this scene today, I smiled inexplicably and shook my head.

An hour later, the meeting ended.

As he walked out of the building with his secretary, she handed him her phone: "...It's Sister Zeng on the phone."

Jin Chao paused, picked up his phone, but instead of calling, he opened WeChat and saw a message Zeng Jie had sent him an hour earlier:

[You really need to control your daughter. You've spoiled her rotten. Do you really agree to her marrying Chi Ye?]

Jin Zhao paused for a moment, then replied simply: "I'll handle things outside; you handle things at home."

After sending the message, he tossed his phone to his secretary, thought for a moment, and asked, "How much is 'Flu' at the box office now?"

Knowing he was asking about overseas data, the secretary had prepared in advance and quickly replied, "A total of 1.3 million US dollars."

"That's 9 million RMB..."

Jin Chao looked slightly surprised: "Selling so well?"

Secretary: "The issuer has a very strong local presence."

Jin Zhao nodded: "Broken the record, right?"

"It keeps breaking records and is now the highest-grossing film in Chinese history overseas. The growth rate is indeed fast."

"……fine."

"what?"

He didn't say much to his secretary this morning, just waved his hand and said, "Let's go, I have a meeting tonight."

"Ok."

The secretary nodded hurriedly, stepped forward to open the car door, and silently memorized the name Chi Ye.

He took note of the other person back when he was on "Singer". How long has it been?
Chiye…Chiye…

This artist is a bit different.

The boss paid significantly more attention to him than to other artists.

……

"Teacher Chi, are you happy?"

Inside the villa courtyard.

The old lady happily held up a rose and handed it to Chi Ye: "I just picked it from outside, it's fresh and smells wonderful."

Chino took it in surprise: "There are still roses growing outdoors this season, and they're in such good condition?"

"First, she is the 'Queen of Sweden,' who is hardy in winter; secondly..."

This summer, she raised her delicate white hand and secretly poked the neighbor next door: "I sneaked in to pick them. The old lady next door loves flowers and has lots and lots of little flowers at home."

Chiye: "..."

"Teacher Chi, I'd even be willing to be a thief for you, aren't you happy?"

This summer, she was a little unhappy: "This is the first time I've ever been a thief in my life."

"...Then you are indeed Jin now."

Chi Ye put the flowers away, a smile unconsciously playing on his lips. He stared at her and suddenly sighed, "But if you could come and stay with me, I might be even happier."

He had only mentioned it casually in his daily life and never expected to receive a reply this summer.

Unexpectedly, this time the old lady seriously considered it for a few seconds before mysteriously leaning closer and saying, "Teacher Chi, why don't we just have a child first?"

"what?"

Ikeno was instantly shut down again.

"Grandpa likes children. Let's have a baby first. It doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl. When you bring the baby to see my grandpa, he'll be so happy, won't he?"

"...blood pressure should be even higher."

"Teacher Chi, how can you talk like that?"

Ikeno stopped joking with her and asked seriously, "Then let's do it now, I can't wait."

This summer, seeing that he was really about to pounce on her, she quickly dodged backward, blinked her eyes, and said weakly, "This is my house, what do you want to do...you...you shouldn't be too arrogant, or I'll scream."

"...Keep hanging on to me, you'll get your comeuppance sooner or later."

Ikeno spoke the prophecy, then packed his backpack: "That's settled then. Come find me whenever you want to have a child."

"Teacher Chi, please don't think of me like that. What I just said was the truth."

After finishing her sentence this summer, she murmured with a hint of reluctance, "Are you going back so soon? I wanted to take you to see Grandpa."

"...There's still a lot to do with the 'Influenza' project. I'll come find you when I'm done."

"Ok."

This summer, I was actually quite satisfied with Ikeno's performance, because he was at the peak of his career with "Flu," and he put everything aside to spend the New Year with her and even came to meet her parents.

But as the saying goes, there's never enough time.

"I've sent you the movie script. Take a look at it later, and next year we'll try to stay for a longer period of time."

Ikeno made his final farewell. After seeing him off at the door this summer, he watched the car that came to pick him up until it disappeared before turning his gaze away and returning home.

"Hey, isn't that the Waiting-for-Husband Rock?"

Seeing this, Sister Honey, who had been secretly watching, held back for a while, but finally couldn't help but say, "Since there are few people in your house right now, why don't you just do it live..."

She didn't finish her sentence because this summer, with a pout, she said, "I'm not happy right now, Sister Mi, don't upset me."

"...Remember to let me know whenever you're happy." "Okay."

"..."

……

Overall, Ikeno enjoyed the trip to the Imami family quite a bit. The only slight regret was not being able to meet the grandfather that the old lady often talked about.

But it's okay, there will be other opportunities in the future.

He took a car to Pudong Airport. On the way, Coco, who came to pick him up, reported on her work as usual.

"Currently, our box office has been consistently at the top, and the second place is no longer 'Detective Chinatown 3' or 'The Man with the Iron Fist'."

"Is 'Pegasus' that amazing?"

Chiye was surprised.

"Ah."

Coco nodded and explained, "It's been rated on Douban, and 'Pegasus' has a score of around 8."

"Really? They've already split the scores."

Chi Ye was in a trance.

To be precise, this year was the most "lively" year he had since his rebirth, so he really overlooked the changes in the market.

In fact, he temporarily "isolated from the world" after the overseas box office success of "Flu" because he knew that this signal meant that "Flu" was in good shape, that all the necessary work had been done, and that the rest was up to him to see how far it would go.

"What about our scores? What about Bureau 749?"

"749" gets 5 points, Iron Fist gets 7 points... Our starting score is 8.5.

"It's better than 'The Fortress of Shanghai'."

Upon hearing this, Chi Ye felt a little disappointed. How could "Bureau 749" be better than "The Fortress of Shanghai"? It's not scientific, it's not right.

"The score for 'Iron Fist' is also pretty good, and both of these movies star Shen Bin. Shen Bin is the biggest winner of this year's Spring Festival film season."

Coco lowered her head and remained silent when she heard what Chi Ye said.

Shen Bin really had a phenomenal year during this year's Spring Festival film season. With "Iron Fist" and "Flying High," the two films firmly held the second and third spots at the box office. If it weren't for "Flu" appearing in the middle of the season, Shen Bin would probably have become a legend this year.

Of course, even with "The Flu," Shen Bin's personal reputation still reached its peak.

— "Flu" currently holds the top spot at the Spring Festival box office, but it's not far behind the two films starring Shen Bin. The impact of "1+1" on the audience and its brainwashing effect on the market is terrifying.

Of course, Shen Bin himself must have been experiencing both pain and pleasure.

Because such short-term virality is bound to cause audience fatigue, but from another perspective, he has always considered himself a comedian, so... perhaps he doesn't care about these things.

"By the way, why didn't you mention 'Detective Chinatown 3'?"

Thinking about this, Chi Ye suddenly realized that Coco had just "missed" one of their biggest rivals – "Detective Chinatown 3".

"Uh...you didn't know that?"

Coco was also surprised. It was understandable that Chi Ye hadn't paid attention to the other movies, but the "Detective Chinatown 3" thing had been making such a big fuss since yesterday, and Chi Ye hadn't heard a thing about it.

It seems... Brother Chi is really "seriously" celebrating the Lunar New Year this time.

"What kind of trouble are they causing now?"

"Oh, it's not that they're causing trouble... it's the audience."

Coco came to her senses and said with a smile, "Detective Chinatown 3 opened with a score of 6, but it dropped to 5.8 within a day and is still dropping. Many viewers are accusing them of fraud, and the box office has started to decline significantly recently."

"Isn't this normal?"

"Yes, that's normal, but Chen Sicheng went crazy online last night, saying that the audience didn't understand his intentions, and he quoted Director Feng, which triggered a large-scale boycott and ridicule..."

Chino exclaimed in surprise, "Chen Sicheng doesn't seem like the kind of person who's so brainless..."

"Yeah, he probably has a new marketing idea."

Chen Sicheng doesn't seem like an impulsive or easily angered person, especially since he criticized the audience this time, so everyone thinks he might have some hidden tricks up his sleeve.

But in fact, Mr. Chen was really angry and frustrated because he saw the promising situation ruined by "Influenza" and his reputation, and he lost his temper.

Chen Sicheng's outburst was just the beginning of a dramatic Spring Festival film season.

Just one day after Chi Ye returned to normal life, Lu Chuan, the director of "749 Bureau," who had been criticized even more than "Detective Chinatown 3," also went crazy on Weibo.

He couldn't help but go crazy, because "Bureau 749" had lost a fortune!
Combined with the recent box office failure of "Kunlun Mountain" and various other events such as his wife's divorce proceedings, Director Lu has fallen into a state of extreme despair, both in his career and personal life.

So, he first posted on Weibo angrily denouncing the previous investors for their inaction, saying that they actually wanted to compensate him according to the contract because the movie performed poorly...

Secondly, he also expressed his dissatisfaction with the two biggest winners of this year's Spring Festival film season.

On Weibo, he bluntly stated: "For a film with the production quality of 'The Iron Fist' to gross over 20 billion yuan in just six or seven days is a disgrace to Chinese cinema. I don't understand who the target audience is for Mahua FunAge's low-quality, copy-and-paste assembly-line films!"

Regarding "Flu," he bluntly stated: "China should ban films of this genre; they will corrupt children!"

The two Weibo posts quickly escalated the situation.

Before Chi Ye's fans could react, Mahua FunAge Pictures and Shen Bin's casual viewers were already unhappy, flocking to Director Lu's page to question him: "Useless and lousy!"

"Are you jealous of Shen Bin's box office success?"

"Chuanzi, you can't handle movies. Listen to your uncle, go home and be a stay-at-home husband. Directing isn't for you."

"@LuChuan, get out here and speak! You're just a sour chicken who made trashy videos yourself, how dare you criticize others?"

Perhaps he didn't expect that Shen Bin, who isn't a big name, would have such "fans," or perhaps he realized he had offended someone after posting the Weibo post—Shen Bin is not Chi Ye, but one of the few superstars in the Chinese entertainment industry in recent years who can bring in box office revenue on his own.

They are indeed not easy to offend.

So, the next day he posted again: [Hate fans, don't try to stir up trouble. @沈斌 and I have been friends for many years, and I have no jealousy or envy whatsoever. My account was simply hacked yesterday.]

Furthermore, I suspect the person who hacked my account is a certain unspeakable, top-tier influencer, because he frequently engages in account hacking before. @WeiboOfficial are in cahoots; the servers are truly garbage.

This clumsy attempt to shift blame and divert attention has once again sparked outrage among netizens and Ikeno's fans.

Dude, I've seen people avoid the fandom before, why are you sticking to it?

Shen Bin's casual fans are scary, but aren't Chi Ye's fans, who are known as the most hardcore and fan-circle-like in the Chinese entertainment industry, scary too?
You are this.

Suddenly, Director Lu's Weibo account, which was originally functioning normally, was forced to close the comment section by Chi Ye's fans.

At the same time, the account also urgently stepped forward to refute the rumors: "@User49845 logged in from the capital city on X day at X hour and X minute, which is the same IP address used by the account to post the Weibo before. We urge netizens not to believe or spread rumors, and we ask @User49845 to stop your malicious rumor-mongering."

When Jia Zong stepped in, he stripped Director Lu naked on the spot.

Director Lu was dumbfounded.

Because in the past, no matter what, he was a big-name director in Beijing's film circle, and Jia Zong always treated him with "great respect." But what happened this time? How could someone pull down his pants in front of him?!

Is Lu Chuan the kind of shameless person?!

(End of this chapter)