Who says Beijing Film Academy has no great directors? (2002)

Crazy Stone grossed 173 million yuan on its opening day!

Chen Yan was also shocked when he heard the news from Ning Hao, considering this was in 2004.

Ning Hao, panting heavily, shouted excitedly into the phone, "Chen Yan, isn't that amazing! 173 million! Wow!"

When you said you wanted to go head-to-head with "Cellphone," I was terrified. Now, to hell with it! Let's take them down!

Chen Yan laughed out loud: "You're satisfied with 173 million? If you do a few more promotional events these next few days, you could dry up all the phones in the ground."

Ning Hao was stunned. Three seconds later, he said, "Really? I was just joking. I really want to mess with Feng Xiaogang?"

"Really!"

"Damn! Let's get him! Cough cough cough..." Ning Hao was also caught up in the excitement, shouted a sentence, and then coughed coolly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan thought, "Hey, Ning Hao has some ambition."

"I think you're really good. Even if you can't beat me, you can still take a piece of the pie from 'Cell Phone.' The quality of 'Crazy Stone' is much higher than 'Cell Phone.' Your personal charisma is much stronger than Feng Xiaogang's."

Anyway, Ning Hao definitely won't cause trouble on set.

Moreover, Xing Aina is not like Xu Fan, who is a ruthless character who cannot tolerate any injustice.

"Damn it! Let's do it!" Ning Hao shouted on the other end of the phone, his voice hoarse from Chen Yan's encouragement.

This is Ning Hao's official report to the investors, not only for Chen Yan, but more importantly for his future investors, so Ning Hao is going all out.

Ning Hao said he still had to visit a few more cinemas, and Chen Yan said she wouldn't bother him anymore before hanging up the phone.

After Chen Yan finished handling the matter, he prepared to leave for Berlin.

Depp has already informed Chen Yan that he is ready to depart.

When Chen Yan went to pick up Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli, they were wearing similar T-shirts and black sun hats. Liu Xiaoli wore black sunglasses, while Liu Yifei wore burgundy sunglasses.

The mother and daughter looked like sisters from a distance.

Chen Yan admired her; Liu's mother was so well-preserved. Although her complexion wasn't as fair as Liu Yifei's, it was still firm and incredibly elegant.

In contrast, Liu Yifei was like a child about to go on a trip; she didn't stop talking once she started talking to her.

"Aunt Liu, let me take it." Chen Yan took Liu Yifei's suitcase with one hand and reached for Liu's mother's suitcase with the other.

Liu Yifei handed it to him with both hands.

Liu Xiaoli said, "Thank you, Xiao Chen, you've worked hard."

Chen Yan replied with a smile, "It's okay, I'm energetic!" Then he glanced at Liu Yifei teasingly before looking away.

Liu Yifei looked completely bewildered.

Once on the plane, they were all in business class. Liu Yifei and Chen Yan sat on one side, while Liu Xiaoli chose a window seat in the front row.

Liu Yifei was very excited after boarding the plane. She hadn't been abroad for a long time and had been working on set ever since she returned. She would immediately take on the next project after finishing one, and she rarely even had time to go shopping.

Of course, after the release of "Breakup Buddies", she became quite famous and would be surrounded by people whenever she went out, so Liu Xiaoli stopped letting her go out to play by herself.

Chen Yan is very busy and has no time to spend with me.

"So happy?" Chen Yan looked at Liu Yifei gazing out the window with a longing expression.

"Yeah, it's been so long since I've been out. I've almost forgotten how to say English," Liu Yifei replied, shaking her head.

Chen Yan's expression changed: "Huh? Really? We're about to start working on 'Alice', don't scare me."

He remembered that Liu Yifei was known for her fluent English, which was part of the reason why she was chosen to star in "Alice in Wonderland".

"Pfft..." Liu Yifei burst out laughing as soon as she finished speaking.

Liu Yifei covered her mouth with her fist, tilted her head and laughed, "Look how scared you are! I was just kidding, my English is great!"

Chen Yan breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward to tap Liu Yifei on the head: "You little rascal, what if you scared me so badly I had a heart attack?"

For a moment, Chen Yan felt his heart skip a beat.

He went to so much trouble to put together this whole thing for her, investing hundreds of millions and involving so many parties. Everything was ready and filming was about to start. If it all falls apart, Chen Yan won't even know where to cry.

"Hehehe~" Liu Yifei stuck out her little tongue and rubbed the spot where she had been hit, making a strange expression.

......

Upon landing in Berlin, I was immediately greeted by dry, frigid air.

Liu Yifei shivered from the cold. "Berlin is so cold."

Chen Yan glanced at their clothes. Liu's mother was fine; she had worn a coat when she got off the plane, but Liu Yifei insisted that she didn't need one.

Chen Yan took off his windbreaker and covered Liu Yifei with it.

"Put your clothes on properly, don't catch a cold," Chen Yan said, turning up Liu Yifei's collar.

Liu Yifei glanced at Chen Yan's long inner layer, which looked quite thin. "Then give me your clothes. Aren't you cold?"

Chen Yan patted his arm. "I'm fine."

Chen Yan ultimately chose the hotel recommended by Depp, who was already waiting at the hotel entrance early in the morning. Upon seeing Chen Yan, Depp immediately went up to him and gave him an excited hug.

After letting go, Depp said, "I can hardly express how I feel right now in simple words, Chen."

Then, when his gaze fell on the two ladies beside him, Depp paused for a moment: "Who are these two beautiful ladies?"

"This is Crystal, the female lead in my next film, and this is her mother and manager, Lee," Chen Yan introduced briefly.

Depp was very excited, "Oh my god, you're Alice! You and your mother are both very beautiful."

Liu Yifei smiled generously and said, "Thank you for your compliment."

Liu Xiaoli nodded and smiled.

Chen Yan exhaled a breath of cold air and said, "Let's go inside first, the weather in Berlin is really cold."

Upon entering the hotel, Depp grabbed Chen Yan: "Chen! That girl looks like a minor! You..."

Chen Yan glanced at him sideways: "I'm not that abnormal, nor am I impatient."

Depp breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that his director would also be involved in some scandal, which would be a fatal blow to the show he was acting in.

"That's good, that's good."

"Don't worry about it..."

Chen Yan rolled her eyes at him, then waved her hand and went back to her room.

The next day, Chen Yan went to the "Buried" booth. Yes, James, this diligent employee, had arrived two days earlier than Chen Yan to set up the venue.

There are 23 films nominated this time, and about a hundred film companies have submitted their applications. After browsing through them over the past few days, it appears that major film companies are focusing their attention on several films that are considered favorites to win.

Among them is the film "Buried," even though the film only has one actor, the director is a three-time Cannes Film Festival award winner, and the actor is the famous Hollywood star Johnny Depp. No film company would ignore it.

Liu Yifei tugged at Chen Yan's arm, her eyes fixed on a booth tucked away in a corner: "Samaritan Girl? Chen Yan, let's go see this, it sounds interesting."

Just as Chen Yan was about to refuse, a middle-aged man with half-white hair and an angry face walked out of the booth.

Chen Yan tugged at Liu Yifei and put his arm around her waist to prevent her from being bumped by the man in front of her.

Liu Yifei was clearly startled, and Chen Yan subconsciously frowned.

The man actually turned around, staring intently at Liu Yifei for a long time before uttering a Korean phrase: "이계집애얼굴진짜예쁘군! (This girl's face is really pretty!)"

Chen Yan's face was grim. He blocked Liu Yifei's path and looked down at the man, whispering, "Get out of my way!"