Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 144 Failure
The film "Apple" was also screened in Berlin, thanks to Fan Bingbing's arrangement.

In fact, many movies are usually released around this time.

Book a screening room in advance, and then start playing the movie in the screening room.

Then audiences from all over the world were allowed to watch. Some were just ordinary viewers, some were actors like Li Boda, and some were people from film operators or film companies.

When "Apple" was released, perhaps because the main characters were of Asian descent, foreigners didn't pay much attention to it.

At this time, some people from the same country will come to support the film, watch it, and offer their compliments.

In addition to Fan Bingbing's "Apple", other film crews such as Wang Quan'an's "Tuya's Marriage" and Zhang Yang's "Return to Roots" also came to Berlin this year.

However, although many Chinese people came to Berlin this year, almost no one came to see the movie "Apple," and almost no one showed up to support it.

Because Fan Bingbing established her own personal studio and did not affiliate with any other entertainment company, she went out on her own to work independently.

As a result, Fan Bingbing offended almost all the big shots in the industry, and they almost collectively suppressed her. After all, if Fan Bingbing could become a big hit on her own, many people would probably follow her example.

When that time comes, other artists will all leave to open their own studios. How will entertainment companies like Huayi Brothers continue to operate and make money?

The entertainment industry, led by the Beijing circle, has been suppressing Fan Bingbing. Apart from the Northwest circle and the Hong Kong circle, which have been declining in recent years, no one else dares to associate with Fan Bingbing.

If I happen to come into contact with Fan Bingbing and get misunderstood, and then she tries to suppress me, I'll be completely ruined.

It can be said that Fan Bingbing at this time was like the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising in the Qin Dynasty.

Almost the entire entertainment industry is watching Fan Bingbing.

This is why almost all the forces in the entertainment industry have been relentlessly suppressing Fan Bingbing.

Fan Bingbing isn't getting any acting roles right now, but she's already prepared for it. She writes her own scripts, assembles her own crew, and directs her own films—she does everything herself. "If you guys won't play with me, then I'll just do it all myself."

To be honest, Li Boda was also a little surprised and shocked when he heard about Fan Bingbing's actions.

It's worth noting that Li Boda's studios are all prominently displayed under Tangren Media. Whether he has a studio or not makes little difference; they're almost entirely established for legitimate tax avoidance.

In addition, Tangren's CEO, Cai Yinong, came from Hong Kong and is more lenient with the studio.

Furthermore, Li Boda did not publicly promote his personal studio, so everything continued smoothly for him.

However, Fan Bingbing stood up openly and publicly to announce that she had opened her own personal studio, without being affiliated with any other entertainment company, which made a completely different situation.

In reality, it would be much better for Fan Bingbing to open an entertainment company than to open a studio. After all, opening a company is essentially a transformation from an actress to a person with capital. However, opening a studio is a different kind of path that opens up for the celebrity industry, and its nature is completely different.

But Fan Bingbing is just that ambitious and has that much courage.

So while Li Boda thought Fan Bingbing had some mental issues, he couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and praise her courage.

This resulted in the film "Apple" being screened in Berlin, but no one from China came to support it or watch it.

However, Li Boda thought it was a good thing, since if any domestic actors or directors came to see the movie, they would be able to see his buttocks.

Even someone like Li Boda would feel embarrassed to be seen like this in the same screening room.

As for the few foreigners who came here sporadically, Li Boda didn't feel too embarrassed. After all, foreigners can hardly tell who is who among Asians.

Although Li Boda occasionally heard some female audience members among the foreigners exclaim that his buttocks were so sexy, he took it as a compliment.

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The film "Apple" has been selected for the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival.

Fan Bingbing still has high expectations for this movie.

After all, she sacrificed so much for this movie.

Although she didn't care about what happened between her and Li Boda during filming, she even enjoyed it.

However, the final cut of a film requires revealing some details to the audience, and this comes at a high price.

Having paid such a high price, Fan Bingbing was determined to win an international Best Actress award.

To Fan Bingbing's disappointment, she never received a call from the Berlin Film Festival officials.

International film festivals like the Berlin Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival typically last quite a long time, sometimes more than ten days or even a month. The opening ceremony of a film festival on March 1st might not take until March 17th or 18th before the awards ceremony.

As for celebrities, many of them have relatively busy schedules. Some of them may attend the opening ceremony and then have other work commitments, so they might leave Berlin immediately afterward.

If an award is given to a film by an official organization, but the people involved in that film have already left due to work-related issues, it would be awkward if no one accepted the award at the ceremony.

Therefore, to prevent such awkward situations, film festival organizers usually call the winning film crews in advance to inform them of their award and ask them to stay and wait for the award ceremony. Of course, they won't say it explicitly, but that's the gist of it.

Since the opening ceremony of the Berlin Film Festival, Fan Bingbing had been anxiously waiting for an official call from the festival. However, while many other film crews had already received calls, the "Apple" crew had not received a single call.

Fan Bingbing was disappointed; having failed to win the award, she could no longer hope to become the Berlin Film Festival's Best Actress.

Since "Apple" did not win an award, Li Boda and Jiang Wenli left Berlin first. As for Fan Bingbing, she did not leave because the overseas copyright of the film "Apple" still needed to be dealt with. As the main investor in the film, she also needed to pay attention to the issue of overseas copyrights, so she could not leave as early as Li Boda.

After returning to China, Li Boda went directly to the capital.

Because of [Magic Phone], filming is about to begin.

The movie "Magic Phone" was filmed in Beijing.

Upon arriving in Beijing, Li Boda saw the crew of the TV series "Magic Phone" waiting for him as soon as he stepped out of the airport.

After being brought to the set of "Magic Phone", Li Boda met the crew members.

To Li Boda's surprise, most of the cast and crew of "Magic Phone" were actually the original cast and crew of "Lotus Lantern".

The only male leads are Li Boda and Li Bin; the rest are all actors who participated in the filming of "Lotus Lantern".

"Li Boda, it's been a long time!" Shu Chang's eyes lit up when he saw Li Boda, and he ran over to greet him with a big smile.

“Yes, it’s been a long time. I didn’t expect we’d be working together again this time,” Li Boda said to Shu Chang with a smile.

"Yes, yes, we're working together again. I had a great time filming together last time, and I've been looking forward to working with you again ever since. Now I've finally made it."

"I like what you said," Li Boda laughed heartily.

Then Shu Chang pulled Li Boda along and began introducing the other members of the crew.

"This is Chen Chuang..."

"This is Xie Ning..."

Shu Chang had worked with everyone except Li Bin, so she acted as the middleman. Plus, the young girl was quite pretty and introduced the girl with a smile, so everyone was happy to accept her.

Actually, Chen Chuang and the others were initially worried that Li Boda might be difficult to talk to.

I've never worked with Li Boda before, so I don't know what kind of person he is or whether he has a good personality.

However, because of the Spring Festival Gala, Li Boda is currently very famous, and Chen Chuang and the others are worried that Li Boda might become arrogant and look down on this and that.

After all, many actors in the industry become very bad-tempered after they become famous. There are even quite a few actors who have a good reputation in the outside world but are completely different in private.

If Li Boda is also that kind of person, Chen Chuang and the others will have to be careful in the film crew.

However, to Chen Chuang and his group's surprise, Li Boda was quite friendly and kind to them. He greeted them with a smile, showing no sign of impatience or dissatisfaction, nor any contempt or disdain.

Chen Chuang and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but it was only a sigh of relief. After all, it was only their first meeting, and who knew if Li Boda's attitude would change later.

However, compared to Li Boda, Li Bin's attitude was somewhat uncomfortable.

Li Bin wasn't arrogant or anything, but he just gave off a rather unnatural vibe. He had always made movies before, and this was his first time acting in a TV series.

As an actor who has been in the industry for so many years and has always been making movies, it feels like his status has dropped when he comes to making movies now.

So Li Bin always had a blank face on set, never smiling at anyone. When he did manage a smile, it was always a forced, unnatural one.

But if you ask him if he has a problem with anyone? No, he's the same way with everyone. You might say he looks down on actors who make TV dramas, but it seems he looks down on himself even more, feeling ashamed that he couldn't make movies anymore and had to switch to TV dramas.

He is the kind of person who looks down on himself, despises himself, feels like a complete failure, and is ashamed to face others.

(End of this chapter)