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

"Buried" was given to China Film Group, and it was given a fast-track approval and green light, squeezing into the June summer season midway through. On the cover, in addition to Depp, the words "Director Chen Yan" were enlarged and bolded and placed at the top.

Between May and July, only two major domestic films were announced: "Buried Alive" and "House of Flying Daggers".

Chen Yan laughed at himself. Why did Old Zhang Weiping always challenge him? Was Han Sanping doing it on purpose?

This one can't compete. House of Flying Daggers alone cost hundreds of millions to produce, while my film is just a low-budget movie with a few million.

As expected, the day after Buried Live officially announced its release date of June 1st, New Pictures also announced that House of Flying Daggers would be released on July 16th.

The two dramas were put back together.

Chen Yan didn't need to go online to know that the internet was in an uproar again. The two were going head-to-head once more, and the media, always eager for drama, had already placed bets on Chen Yan and Zhang Weiping.

"Snap!"

New Pictures lost another cup. "When will he ever stop? I always run into him. This time, beat him to a pulp! I refuse to believe his low-budget movie will gross over 100 million!"

Zhang Jing was also completely bewildered. To be honest, he was a little scared. Why was Chen Yan still chasing after his family's movie to kill them?

Although they weren't in the same time slot, they were still working together, so weren't they tied to Chen Yan in the end?

Zhang Jing speculated, "Brother, do you think this kid did it on purpose? He knows his movie is a suspense film and won't be able to boost the box office, so he's trying to align it with ours."

Zhang Weiping clenched his fists. "What can we do? We know he's trying to ride on our coattails, but can we really avoid him?"

Zhang Jing shook his head repeatedly and said, "That won't do, that definitely won't do. The official date has already been announced. If we suddenly change it, it will look like we're afraid of him."

Zhang Weiping's vision went black, and he leaned his head back.

"I'll call Chairman Han and ask him what's going on."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Jing thought, "Great! If I can't figure this out myself, I'll have to find someone else."

"Yeah, bro, hurry up and call!"

Zhang Weiping rolled his eyes and told him to go out first.

They then dialed Han Sanping's number.

As soon as Han Sanping answered the phone, Zhang Weiping hurriedly asked, "Chairman Han, what's the situation with that live burial? You know, Chen Yan and I don't get along, how can we work on the same schedule?"

Han Sanping gave a deep laugh. "President Zhang, this release date wasn't chosen by Chen Yan. As for this film, I haven't released any news yet, but let me tell you in advance, this is a batch film, purchased by China Film Group. Actually, Chen Yan won't have much to do with it afterward."

So don't worry about it. I just cleared Spider-Man out of the summer lineup to make room for you guys. There aren't many big movies ahead of it, so I just squeezed Buried in too.

His film is small-scale; he can just focus on developing it himself and we don't need to worry about him.

As soon as Han Sanping answered the phone, he guessed what Zhang Weiping was going to say, and he was secretly delighted. These two were really going at it. In fact, even if Zhang Weiping hadn't made the call, Han Sanping would have had to.

He knew Chen Yan wasn't one to suffer injustice, but Zhang Weiping was no pushover either; if the two of them got together, they were bound to clash.

If Zhang Weiping were to pull some underhanded tricks and ruin the movie that he had managed to acquire through a combination of deception and coercion, he would have nowhere to turn to for help.

After listening, Zhang Weiping still had something he didn't understand.

"Ah, Chairman Han, I understand. We at New Pictures must give China Film Group face. Okay, okay, that's settled then." Zhang Weiping hung up the phone.

He frowned and called Zhang Jing back.

"Let's continue with our normal promotion and release, and forget about that 'Buried' movie."

Zhang Jing was even more bewildered. How could this person be so unpredictable? He was just so angry he was about to go crazy.

"Brother, did Chairman Han say something?" Zhang Jing keenly sensed.

Zhang Weiping frowned and said, "Well, that film was bought by China Film Group. Han Sanping even hinted at it to me. What else can we do? We don't want the film to not sell well and then they'll blame us."

Zhang Jing was speechless; his brother's speech was too rough.

"Okay, bro, whatever you say. If there's nothing else, I'll get back to work."

"Go."

After Zhang Jing left, Zhang Weiping breathed a deep sigh of relief, but still felt a tightness in his chest.

Why did I choose this time period? Wouldn't it have been better to choose National Day?

Chen Yan didn't feel the storm at all; it was all blocked by Han Sanping.

Because on the third day, Han Sanping released the latest batch of film approval lists, with Chen Yan's "Buried Alive" being the first one on the list.

Everyone knows the truth, so who would dare to cause trouble for China Film Group?

Chen Yan has been busy these past few days finding people to make music and building a music studio.

This song, "Poisonous Perfume," is really difficult to work with; the lyrics are quite explicit.

"He said he loves my lips the most. I don't ask for much; he just wants me to treat him as well as before."

"But one day you said the same thing and embraced someone else."

"You smell of her perfume. It's my nose's fault for smelling her beauty. I should wipe it all off and sleep with you."

These few lines alone are enough to disqualify the two girls. They've never even been in a relationship, so singing a song like this is definitely not suitable.

But fate suddenly sent the right person to Chen Yan, and that person was Zhang Liangying.

Zhang Liangying had just won the Southwest Division Championship of "Shining Star" and was in Beijing in June to prepare for the national finals. At that time, Zhang Liangying did not know Liu Yifei.

In his spare time, he worked odd jobs in the recording studio to earn a living, and that's when he was discovered by Chen Yan's employees.

Chen Yan immediately decided to have her sing "Poisonous Perfume," and invited the original singer Xin Shiyan to sing the male version of "Seeking Buddha."

With the addition of "Above the Moon," which he bought for 80,000 yuan, Chen Yan's small music studio now has six hit singles.

On Friday, Chen Yan invited Liu Yifei and Shu Chang to the recording studio.

Fate can be so mysterious sometimes. Zhang Liangying and Liu Yifei Shuchang met for the first time, but after working together for an afternoon, they became good friends when they parted.

Liu Yifei also invited her to visit her home next time.

When Zhang Liangying received the work call, she was quite surprised and even thought the employee was lying to her.

Unexpectedly, she actually met Liu Yifei and Chen Yan when she arrived at the destination. These were people she had only ever seen in movie theaters and on TV before. Her lips never fell for the rest of the afternoon.

So pleasantly surprised.

"Pretty girl! See you next time!"

"See you next time, Qianqian and Changchang!"

Liu Yifei greeted everyone with a smile and then left with Shu Chang and Chen Yan.

Chen Yan was also curious, "You two only met for the first time today, and you've already become good friends?"

Liu Yifei glanced at Chen Yan: "We get along very well, mainly because we're both singers! We have common topics to talk about."

Shu Chang chimed in, "Yeah, I can vouch for it!"

Chen Yan looked incredulous. "Are you all singers? Zhang Liangying and Shu Chang could barely be considered singers, but you're just someone who wandered in."