Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 81 Ending
After the celebration banquet ended, everyone went home. Chen Shou was driven home by his assistant, and Yang Mi was also driven home by her assistant. Just as she was about to get into the car and leave, Huo Wenxi went over and talked to her for a while.

Yang Mi was initially very happy, but after Huo Wenxi left, she got into the car, her eyes vacant, seemingly lost in thought.

"Sister Mi?! Sister Mi?!"

"Oh, what's wrong?"

She only realized what was happening when she heard her assistant call out to her.

"What's wrong with you? You seem so lost and disoriented." The assistant glanced at the rearview mirror and was startled.

"No, it's nothing." Yang Mi shook her head, composing herself.

"Where are we going next?" the assistant asked in a low voice.

"Let's go to the XX villa district," Yang Mi said after a moment's thought.

"Okay." The assistant didn't say anything; as her assistant, she knew very well what Yang Mi was going to do.

Following closely behind Chen Shou's car, they arrived at the villa's entrance. The assistant drove away, while Yang Mi went inside the villa.

Inside the villa, the sound of showering could be heard coming from the bathroom. Yang Mi sat nervously on the sofa, holding her phone in both hands, seemingly lost in thought.

She didn't come to her senses until she heard the door open.

Chen Shouzhe glanced at her, dried his hair, threw the towel into the bucket, and picked up the hairdryer to dry his hair.

After he finished his work, Yang Mi finally spoke up: "It's not what you think. I only met him while filming."

"What's wrong? Who told you anything?" Chen Shou asked, frowning.

"Nobody told me anything. I saw it myself. I met him while filming a movie, we just talked, there's nothing between us," Yang Mi said.

"You're pregnant now." Chen Shou glanced at her and said calmly, then walked upstairs.

Upon hearing this, Yang Mi felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his whole body trembled with cold.

Chen Shouzhe's meaning was very clear: if it was as he thought, her fate was predictable.

As for Liu Kaiwei, forget about it. He can only develop his career in Hong Kong. There are no opportunities for him in mainland China. Even if his father has connections in mainland China, no one will hire him unless they risk offending Chen Shouzhe.

There are too many shady dealings in the entertainment industry. You can stay in a film crew for months at a time, and who knows if there's anything fishy going on? How did the infamous "script reading in the dark" incident come about?

Couples on film sets are all too common.

No one can guarantee that the other person doesn't have someone else. If they do, then don't blame them for being ruthless.

Yang Mi sat in the living room for a long time. She had lost Chen Shouzhe's trust and could only wait for the child to be born. If she lost the child, she would return to her previous situation, or even worse.

With the New Year approaching, many film and television production companies are gearing up for a big push during the Spring Festival season.

The fact that "Kung Fu Hustle" didn't get a postponement was a relief to them all. If "Kung Fu Hustle" had been postponed to the Spring Festival, none of them would have survived.

It was precisely because of the need to protect the Spring Festival film season that the authorities did not agree to postpone Kung Fu, and the production companies were also putting pressure on them to prevent the postponement from continuing.

The promotional efforts for the Spring Festival film season are even more intense. The box office of over 2 billion yuan during the Lunar New Year season has already warmed up the atmosphere for them. Now it's time for them to plunder, and we'll see who comes out on top.

Chen Shouzhe declined invitations to several premieres, leading some to believe he was antisocial.

We all went to your premiere and after-party, but you didn't come to mine?
They're not giving you face, are they?

Chen Shouzhe will certainly give it to you, but he won't give it to you.

The premiere of Huayi Brothers' comedy film was the day after the celebration banquet. Chen Shouzhe did not go, but he heard that the movie was good. Even though Stephen Chow and Huayi Brothers had a lawsuit, he still went.

Because director Feng Xiaogang made a cameo appearance during the filming of Kung Fu Hustle, creating a memorable scene.

As a return gift, Stephen Chow was giving face to Director Feng, not to Huayi Brothers.

However, Wang Zonglei, being shameless, still insisted on talking to Zhou Xingxing. Because there were so many people present, Zhou Xingxing had no choice but to take a picture with him, which was then posted online with claims of a "reconciliation of the century."

It was as disgusting as it could be. When Chen Shou heard Zhou Xingxing's complaints, he was glad he hadn't gone. Otherwise, he would have handed the microphone to him and asked him to say a few nice words.

They've gotten used to bullying others, and now that some people ignore them, they really think they're old-timers.

Times are different.

This year, Chen Shouzhe did not return to the Northwest, but stayed in the capital and brought his parents here to celebrate the Spring Festival. The capital was still very lively, and he took the elderly couple to play everywhere. Although there were many people, the elderly couple still had a lot of fun. On New Year's Eve, they went to the Yu family's house, and the two families had a happy reunion dinner together.

The elderly couple held Yu Lao Er in their arms, their faces full of envy, and even gave Chen Shouzhe a provocative look.

"When will we be able to hold our grandson?!" Zhang Fengjiao said, glaring at Chen Shouzhe while holding Yu Lao Er.

"Since you all like children so much, you could try to give me a younger brother or sister," Chen Shou said with a smile.

"roll!"

"hey-hey!"

Chen Shou, all smiles, went to the kitchen to help out and quickly prepared a sumptuous dinner, which was eaten together with the employees who stayed at the horse farm on duty. They were all family, so no one said anything.

Fireworks are banned throughout the capital, even at the horse farm. However, Daxing is quite close to the neighboring province, so we bought some sparklers and the like, which Yu Laoda likes to play with.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Chen went out to play for a day. On the second day, he visited the elders of the Yu family. When his godfather returned to the capital, he brought gifts to pay his respects.

Last November, his godfather was almost blacklisted again.

It would have been fine to set off firecrackers secretly, but to openly post a double happiness symbol on Weibo makes one unreasonable, even if they are in the right.

At that time, Chen Shouzhe had already started promoting the movie, and many media outlets were asking him what he thought. Some netizens even said they wanted them to sever their father-son relationship and even clamored to blacklist him as well.

The feud between the two dates back three years. They used to have a good relationship, but one of them was too domineering and wanted more. To put it bluntly, he said, "You can only perform on my TV station. If you dare to go to other TV stations, I'll deal with you."

As a result, the other party disagreed and wanted to cooperate with other TV stations.

The other party was furious and turned its staff against them, poaching people away. After leaving, the ungrateful wretch started a similar program on the TV station, but it received a very poor response. It was also at this time that unlicensed reporters from the same TV station came to film the encroachment on the green space, which led to the Li Hebiao assault incident.

After the assault, the other party began to retaliate ruthlessly, using all their media influence to suppress and blacklist the group. At that time, Deyun Society was forced to flee and was unable to perform for a month. Chen Shouzhe's partner also felt that Deyun Society was doomed at that time and left Deyun Society with the others.

The person who orchestrated all of that passed away from illness last November. His godfather, who had been wronged and almost blacklisted, was naturally overjoyed. He wrote a poem on Weibo and posted a big double happiness emoji.

Fortunately, he is not the same person he was three years ago, and other TV stations no longer need to give that TV station any face; they can cooperate as they see fit.

Out of desperation, it is said that deep-fried steel appeared in the cafeteria, and his godfather was compared to the likes of Qin Hui.

The two sides went from being inseparable at the beginning to becoming bitter enemies at the end, harboring resentment for a long time, which finally led to the gift of double happiness.

Since Chen Shouzhe wasn't involved, it can only be said that both sides wished the other dead.

These days, you can be secretly happy when your enemy dies. Making a big fuss and celebrating like everyone else will only make people curse you, even if you're in the right. It will give them a handle to use against you, and you'll probably be smeared for life.

Who cares what grievances you suffered in the past? All they know is that you sent a double happiness symbol when someone died.

"Godfather, you can't be so impulsive in the future."

Chen Shouzhe sat down in front of him and said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, many of the other apprentices and godsons who came to pay their respects for the New Year, including Feng Chaoyang and Meng Hetang, quietly left, afraid of being splattered with blood.

Among the younger disciples, only Chen Shouzhe dared to say such things to their master and godfather. Even Yue Yunpeng, who is now famous, dared not, and hid to the side pretending not to hear it.

"It was ill-considered." Guo Degang nodded, but didn't say anything more.

Fortunately, he has become powerful now, but this also indirectly tells him that he should keep a low profile and be careful about what he says as a public figure.

After chatting for a while and having a meal, Chen Shou, who had been playing cards all day, decided not to go home and stayed there overnight, only leaving the next day.

People don't return to work until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. The Spring Festival film season should be stronger than the Lunar New Year film season because of the seven-day holiday. However, no movie has emerged as strong as "Kung Fu Hustle".

As soon as he arrived at work, good news came from across the ocean, followed by a flood of calls into Chen Shouzhe's phone.

Chen was busy creating movie special effects at Xiaoxiaomeng's place and had no idea what was happening outside. He only found out when he answered the phone.

"Congratulations, Director Chen." The call was from Young Master Wang.

"You called me to congratulate me, not to wish me a Happy New Year. What's going on?" Chen Shou asked with a smile.

"Uh~ you don't know?" Xiao Wang asked in surprise.

"What do you know? I was working the whole time and didn't have time to check my phone," Chen Shou said.

"Your movie has been released in the US for a long time, starting the day after tomorrow, and the box office results are already out. How could you not know?"

"Oh, oh, the day after tomorrow? It doesn't matter much. I've already sold the copyright. Even if we make money, it's Columbia's business," Chen Shou said vaguely.

Not many people knew about his film company in the United States, but Xiao Wang happened to be one of them. He rolled his eyes on the other end of the phone. He already knew that Chen Shou was involved the day after tomorrow. He said, "The day after tomorrow, in addition to the domestic market, the total box office in the global market has reached 7.77 million US dollars. When it is released in China, it should have no problem making 1 billion yuan at the domestic box office."

"There are quite a lot. I should have known better than to sell the copyright to them, haha!!" Chen Shou chuckled.

"That's enough. That Blue Star Company is yours, isn't it?"

"I do not understand what you're saying."

"When I get back to the capital, I'll treat you to a meal."

"No problem, just remember to bring some wine."

Chen Shouzhe didn't answer any of the subsequent calls. Because "The Day After Tomorrow" didn't become a co-production, China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group were very dissatisfied. Last year, they turned a blind eye to his actions, and as a result, Chen Shouzhe cut off all cooperation with Shanghai Film Group, and there won't be a next time.

Now that the box office results of "The Day After Tomorrow" have been released, Chen Shouzhe's influence in the global film industry has been further solidified, and even more people are trying to win him over.

Sure enough, someone came knocking on his door, and Chen Shouzhe had no choice but to meet them.

(End of this chapter)