Chapter 654: Dispersed

The sea breeze in the distance blew on Chen Kai's face.

A sunset on the horizon finally disappeared into the sea, dyeing a patch of blood red.

The warm feeling is much better than the withering of everything in China.

November 6.

This is the last day of the commercial screening of the [Southern California International Film Awards].

Tomorrow morning, it will be the last screening of "Tang Cat Legend".

After the last screening, it will be the closing ceremony of the [Southern California International Film Awards] event, which is also the opening day of the award.

"The copyright of R has been successfully negotiated. The R film distributor of this film is very optimistic and highly praised. It is said that it may be the most anticipated Chinese film in the history of R..."

"There are many film distributors in the [Southern California Film Trading Zone] who want the copyright of our film. We are one of the most anticipated films among the films that have not yet participated in this session."

The voice of the assistant sounded on the phone.

After hearing this voice, Chen Kai suddenly felt a little dazed.

He took a cigarette out of his pocket, stood on the balcony, and stared at the hazy sea in the distance.

The memory seemed to go back to the early summer many years ago.

That year, "Xiang Chu" was on the stage of the [Cannes International Film Festival].

This is the first time that a Chinese film has been nominated and won this highest award.

The applause and cheers came from all directions. When he stood on the day of the highest award of the [Cannes International Film Festival], how high-spirited was he as a screenwriter and assistant director?

After that time, Mr. Wu Guanli stopped making movies.

And his father also died of illness...

When the older generation gradually came to an end, Chen Kai once thought that his own era had arrived!

He claimed to be full of talent, claimed to have mastered the discourse power of Chinese new era movies, and claimed that he had sharpened his sword for many years, and without the shadow of his predecessors, his sword could finally be unsheathed.

However...

"The Assassination of Qin" failed in both box office and reputation. The ambitious "Tian Ji" was criticized and made it incomprehensible...

"The Great Han Feast" was still criticized, and the box office still couldn't make any waves...

...

All the above movies failed in China, and there was no news overseas.

The blows again and again made the anger in his heart more and more intense, and he became more and more lonely, even paranoid like a ghost.

He wanted to win once!

Then, he came with "Tang Cat Legend"!

He put more effort into this "Tang Cat Legend" than any other movie, from the script to the actors, from the scene matching to the final scene, from Hollywood special effects to the carving day and night.

In order to create a feast of bliss that shocked countless people!

The effect of [Commercial Screening] is very good!

Although there are still some people who scold him for not being able to tell a story after watching the movie, it is undeniable that countless audiences who walked into the cinema were shocked by the [Bliss Feast] he created!

Before the official premiere in China, the copyright in Japan has been sold, and the R-side partner company is extremely satisfied!

Maybe...

The era that has been waiting for many years has finally arrived when "Tang Cat Legend" was screened.

After smoking a cigarette.

The sky in the distance gradually darkened.

Chen Kai looked at the prosperous and noisy sea of ​​people below, and the screening hall in the distance that stayed up all night.

"Tomorrow morning's last screening, we have to finish it well..."

After Chen Kai arranged various matters for tomorrow in detail with his assistant on the phone, he returned to the room and prepared to sleep for a while.

But then, the phone rang.

This time the call was actually from the organizer, and Chen Kai answered the call immediately.

At first, there was a smile on his face, but then the smile became shocked and unbelievable, and finally his face gradually turned green.

"What did you say? You're going to refund us for the last screening tomorrow?"

"Why do you want to refund us? Didn't we agree on this? I was thinking of discussing with you about adding one more screening, why..."

"What? You're going to remove our [Southern California International Film Awards] award ceremony position? Why? You're crazy!"

"What! [Huaxia Film Association] President Li Qingming said that he would take us, a group of Chinese directors, away from [Southern California International Film Awards]?"

"F***!"

"..."

Chen Kai's eyes widened suddenly, and finally, he stared at the phone that had hung up.

The next moment, he put on a coat and hurried out of the hotel. As soon as he walked out of the hotel, he saw his assistant coming over with documents.

"Director Chen, this is the schedule for tomorrow's activities, we..."

"What the hell are you arranging!"

"..."

………………………………

When Li Qingming left Zhang Sheng's office, his face was as gloomy as water.

Since he became the president of [Huaxia Directors Association], no one has ever spoken to him so impolitely.

"I have good intentions. I hope more directors and more films will participate in this award ceremony to make the [Southern California International Film Awards] more lively!"

"We are all Chinese filmmakers. We have never had any selfish motives. I have never thought about getting anything from the [Southern California International Film Awards]... I just want more and better Chinese films to be on the international stage and add luster to our China..."

"He just judges others by his own standards..."

"If, I say if, if all the Chinese directors leave, then what is this award worth internationally?"

"..."

In the bedroom.

Li Qingming exaggerated his reaction to his superiors.

After listening, the superiors simply comforted him with a few words, saying that they would pay attention to this matter and follow up.

After the call, Li Qingming was still not satisfied.

At this moment, there were knocks on the door in the hotel.

Chinese directors walked in one by one.

"President Li!"

"President Li..."

"President Li..."

"..."

He saw directors walking in one after another.

He smiled and greeted these directors to take their seats one by one. Seeing these directors with different expressions, some suppressed excitement, some angry, some smiling, and some asking questions...

Li Qingming's expression gradually became particularly serious: "Do you all know?"

These directors did not respond, and Director Chen Kai, who came in later, had a gloomy look.

Li Qingming said quietly: "I have been in this position for many years. I have always been very supportive of the younger generation and have always paid attention to the development of the film industry... But, maybe I am old, or maybe... I originally wanted to promote more movies to the international market so that everyone's copyrights can be sold more easily. I even talked to Zhang Sheng about [Commercial Screening]. I hope that our own Chinese Film Awards should be selfless and free of any interests... But I never thought that one day I would be threatened by a young man who has not even grown all his hair... Hehe..."

10 million for a movie screening!

Li Qingming has heard no more complaints from directors in the Directors Association.

Li Qingming looked at the directors one by one, and his expression became more and more gentle. He has been laying the groundwork for these years of hard work.

Then, after the groundwork is finished, he will...

[Southern California International Film Awards] at this moment is no longer the wild award it used to be.

The boss is watching!

There are many Chinese directors participating in the exhibition, and there are many directors from the fifth generation who participate.

This is a force. If they unite, it is a force that cannot be underestimated. He controls this force, which is equivalent to controlling the right to speak!

Before the award ceremony is about to begin, if these people can follow him and make trouble together, even if Zhang Sheng does not compromise, the leaders above will consider the overall situation and force Zhang Sheng to compromise.

Then, he will go on the award stage of the [Southern California International Film Awards], and then...

"Zhang Sheng is just capital, and capital only looks at money!"

"Ten million, huh..."

"..."

He said, sneering.

But...

I found that the atmosphere in the whole room became more and more weird, except for a few young directors whose nominations were rejected by me, and the core directors in my faction.

Li Qingming also realized this, and then he took a deep breath: "We must unite, so that we can have a greater voice. The voice of the [Southern California International Film Awards] must be firmly in our hands!"

"Today, I will discuss with you. If you are willing to listen to me, then let's write a joint letter to the top!"

"There are so many of us, and we have made such a great contribution to the Chinese film industry. We..."

"..."

After he finished speaking, the atmosphere at the scene was still very strange.

There was applause, but the applause was very fragmented.

He was a little confused.

Just as he was about to talk about his plan again, he saw Gao Yuan, the director of Thunder, frowning: "President Li, we need to consider the overall situation, the right to speak, etc. We can talk about it later, but now, we must go on with this film awards ceremony!"

"If we miss this opportunity, will we wait until the next one, the next one..."

Gao Yuan's words made Li Qingming unbelievable, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Chen Kai next to him: "It's too ugly to make trouble at this time, President Li, I hope you go and have a good talk with Zhang Sheng. There are some things you can't say, I will say it... We all know Zhang Sheng very well. This person is a madman in the business world. He is willing to do anything despicable. I just received a message from Zhang Sheng that he has already given my seat, And my screening..."

While Chen Kai was talking, the phone rang, and then Chen Kai's face was terribly gloomy: "This madman has already withdrawn all the 20 million for tomorrow's screening to my account!"

"President Li, everyone has seen Zhang Sheng turn the table at every turn. I heard that before he became powerful, he dared to slam the table in the relevant departments... He can do nothing at most and run back to his own business field, but we are different. We are responsible for the facade of Chinese films. We absolutely cannot do this at this time... If we do this, how will the superiors see us? This is the Film Academy Awards that the superiors are watching!"

"..."

"Yes, President Li, let's not stand on the opposite side of the overall situation! We should endure it when we should..."

"..."

"Well, Chairman Li, let's go and find Zhang Sheng together. If that doesn't work, let's ask, isn't Zhou Songtao, the leader of the relevant department, here? Let's ask him to come out and suppress this matter first, so that he won't make such a fuss, otherwise it will be embarrassing for everyone... And Mr. Wu is a judge. If we all run away, won't Mr. Wu look even more embarrassed? Think twice about this!"

"..."

"Chairman Li, either you should bear the grievance and go find Zhang Sheng in person..."

"..."

The room was filled with a lot of voices.

When a person's decision will harm the interests of many people, then even if he is in a high position, he will still be besieged!

Li Qingming's face flushed, and his anger was already evident on his face: "Why, at this time, you are not united, but are still saying these words? The right to speak, the right to speak, this time, you bowed to the capital, and we will have no right to speak tomorrow, why do you..."

"Forget it!" Just as Li Qingming said this, he saw Chen Kai stand up: "I will go to talk to Mr. Zhang myself! You continue to wait for your right to speak!"

After saying this, he walked out of the room and then slammed the door.

Then...

Gao Yuan also stood up, frowned, opened the door, and left.

After Gao Yuan and Chen Kai, two big directors, left, other directors also began to look different.

Then...

"I have something to do, I'm leaving first!"

"Chairman Chen, I feel uncomfortable in my stomach, I'm going to the toilet first..."

"Chairman Chen, the joint letter will be a little later. I support it, but I'm just a small director... This time I spent 20 million to buy two premieres, I... don't know how to support it..."

"..."