It's reasonable for me, a stuntman, to live a crazy life, right?

"Haha, good, that's good, very good! After all, they still didn't consider my thoughts, or they didn't even consider me as an opponent and completely ignored my existence..."

Inside the RV in the studio's rest area, Cui Yongyuan looked at the large amount of news online about the start of filming of "Cell Phone 2" and a deep, self-deprecating smile appeared on his face.

He really didn't expect that his repeated warnings would not affect the preparation and shooting progress of "Cell Phone 2" at all.

What's even more fucked up is that when he called Liu Zhenyun, Feng Xiaogang, Wang Zhonglei, Fan Bingbing and others, all the calls showed no one answered.

No!

It’s not that no one answered the call!

To be precise, he was blocked by those people!

It's not just phone calls, but also WeChat and text messages that are sent out, which receive no response.

Those people seemed to completely ignore him and did not take his struggle and protest seriously at all.

After realizing this, he suddenly felt that he could not endure it any longer.

He must do something, he must get back his pride!

Anyway, he has lost enough, so what does it matter if he loses a little more?

So, when the day dawned in Hollywood and just after 12 a.m. domestic time, Cui Yongyuan posted a new Weibo post, directly pointing to "Cell Phone 2"!

"Everyone knows that Feng Xiaogang is a scumbag, but Liu Zhenyun turned into a scumbag a little faster."

Along with this text, there are 5 accompanying pictures.

Three of the accompanying pictures showed text messages between him and Liu Zhenyun.

Cui: "I heard that you wrote "Cell Phone 2", is that true?"

Liu: "Teacher Cui, yes, but more than a decade has passed, and the protagonist is already a different person, a person in the online world, who has nothing to do with your concerns. Next, I want to write "A Place of Chicken Feathers 2", but Lao Lin is no longer the Xiao Lin of the past. The world has changed."

Cui: "I still feel it is inappropriate. After all, "Cell Phone" caused me great harm, and "Cell Phone 2" will still cause unnecessary associations and discussions. When I go out now, people often say that I am a host who speaks my mind. Although the other party has no subjective malice, it is like a knife stabbing my heart! If you are not the person involved, you will never understand this kind of pain. In theory, I should not interfere with your creative freedom, but this matter is special, please think twice before acting."

Liu: "Teacher Cui, the name of the new work is "Friends Circle". It has nothing to do with your current career or work. Instead, it is somewhat humorous about some of the people and things you have witnessed on the website. These friends said that they welcome interaction. Teacher Cui does not need to worry about these friends."

Cui: "I don't have many friends now. I have a higher vision. I only spoke out to speak up for my wife and daughter."

It is obvious from this brief text message conversation that Cui Yongyuan tried to persuade Liu Zhenyun to give up the creation of "Cell Phone 2", but was rejected by the other party.

However, the other party refused because the name of the new script was "Friends Circle" and it had nothing to do with the previous "Cell Phone" movie.

It is precisely because of this that Cui Yongyuan did not intervene too much.

But now, "Friends Circle" has become "Cell Phone 2", and characters such as "Yan Shouyi" and "Wu Yue" have not changed at all. This is obviously the sequel to "Cell Phone 1".

It’s no wonder that Choi Yong-won was so furious. After all, his life was completely ruined because of the influence of “Cell Phone 1”!

Chen Fei saw this Weibo post immediately.

After reading it, he did not choose to turn a blind eye, but contacted the technical staff at Weibo to increase its exposure a little.

There are already quite a few night owls on the Internet, and once their exposure increases, more people will instantly participate in the discussion.

"Let me help you recall that when Cell Phone 1 was released, Ge Da Ye's character Yan Shouyi was accused of alluding to Cui Yongyuan, so he and Feng Xiaogang had a complete falling out."

"To be honest, when I first watched the movie, I really thought that the male lead was Xiao Cui. After all, his experience is so similar to that of the male lead!"

"If this is considered an allusion, then the prototype of the trouser sewing in "Days of Youth" could easily be an allusion to Feng Xiaogang. Why didn't he come out and scold the director? Or the screenwriter?"

"Hey? What's going on, Xiao Cui? Is genetically modified food dead now? Are you going to hype up something new again?"

"By the way, there's no need to complain every time, right? It's fine if he puts himself into the role, why blame others? Why bother about it if he didn't do it? Besides, which public figure hasn't been talked about a few times? If you care about everything, then there's no point in living like this."

"That's right. Liu Zhenyun said that the character is different from the original, but they still scolded him. It didn't matter if he scolded me because the character description caused him trouble before, but now it's different and they still scold me. Isn't this hype?"

Because it was the middle of the night, the enthusiasm had not yet been fully hyped up. After all, there are still a few night owls.

But when the next day came, as more and more people came to watch, the popularity and traffic instantly exploded!

Even the news that "Avengers 3" was officially released in mainland theaters could not suppress the heat of Cui Yongyuan's public criticism of Liu Zhenyun and Feng Xiaogang.

More and more netizens have come out to take sides.

Some people say that Cui Yongyuan is one of the few people who dares to speak the truth; but some people also point out that he is too sensitive. After all, movies are just artistic creations, and his current behavior undoubtedly seems a bit too sensitive.

The popularity and traffic on the Internet are actually very fixed. The emergence of a hot event will inevitably suppress other hot events.

The popularity of Cui Yongyuan's criticism of Liu Zhenyun and Feng Xiaogang, as well as the official release of "Avengers 3", will undoubtedly completely suppress "Us and Them", which was preparing to launch a second round of announcements.

On the 14th day of its release, when "Time Raiders" officially broke the 1 billion box office, the daily new box office of "Us and Them" dropped to 4.12 million.

If calculated based on the box office, this movie definitely did not lose money, after all, the investment cost of an artistic romance film is not high.

However, this was far from meeting Dong Ping's expectations.

According to his plan, this movie should break the 1 billion box office in a very short period of time, and with the help of this, the share price of Huanxi Media will increase several times, making the company earn a lot of money!

But now, because of a pre-sale box office incident, his plan was completely ruined.

What’s even more ridiculous is that the stock price not only did not rise, but instead dropped a lot due to the influence of negative public opinion.

When he thought of this, he could hardly hide his depression.

However, when he paid attention to the news online today and saw that the popularity of the movie "Cell Phone 2" soared due to Cui Yongyuan's scolding of Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun, and Huayi's stock price also soared, he suddenly felt like he had seen a new world!

"Hey? Is this okay?"

After spending some time to understand the whole story, his eyes rolled and he suddenly had a new idea.

"Us and Them" is considered a failure, but he still has some tricks up his sleeve.

Switching the phone page to the phone book, he found Zhang Yimou's number and called him directly.

“Beep, beep, beep!”

A few seconds later, the call was connected.

"Hello? Mr. Dong?" Zhang Yimou's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Yimou! What are you busy with recently?"

Dong Ping happily chatted with Zhang Yimou about family matters and also asked about his recent situation.

When he learned that the post-production of Shadow had been completed, he could no longer sit still and asked, "Has your contract with LeTV officially expired?"

Zhang Yimou replied: "On the 15th of this month, I will go to sign the termination agreement."

"Okay! Haha! That's great!"

Dong Ping was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately told him all his subsequent plans.

When Zhang Yimou heard that Huanxi Media was actually going to prepare a signing reception for him, he subconsciously prepared to refuse. After all, he was not the kind of person who liked to be in the spotlight.

However, when he heard Dong Ping say that this would stimulate the stock price of Huanxi, his objection disappeared instantly.

Now that you have decided to embrace capital, you naturally have to conform to the way capital operates.

Zhang Yimou was very decisive and said immediately: "Then let's follow Mr. Dong's arrangements."

"Okay, then I wish us a happy cooperation in advance, haha."

After hanging up the phone, Dong Ping instantly forgot everything about "Us and Them" and started thinking about how to profit from Zhang Yimou.

Since you've spent a huge sum of money to sign a big director, you have to squeeze the most out of him. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?

On the other side, in Zhang Yimou's studio, father and daughter were also thinking about what to do next.

"I think we must first prevent LeEco from abandoning us after it has done its job!"

Zhang Mo said this very seriously. Her distrust of Zhang Zhao had reached its peak.

No other reason! It's just because this guy is really good at cheating! He has cheated the father and daughter countless times.

"Logically speaking, LeEco should be struggling to take care of itself. I heard that the big boss hasn't returned to China for a long time, and the company is in a mess now..."

Zhang Yimou expressed his judgment and analysis.

He was not as nervous as Zhang Mo. After all, his contract with LeTV terminated because it expired and there was no lawsuit involved.

However, the father and daughter were very consistent in their dislike for Zhang Zhao.

As the old saying goes, speak of the devil and he will appear!

Just then, Zhang Yimou was talking to his daughter about the next development and arrangements when there was a knock on the office door. His assistant came in and reminded him, "Director Zhang, Mr. Zhang from LeTV is here again."

"Heh, he's still haunting us." Zhang Mo curled his lips coldly, not hiding his disgust.

Zhang Yimou didn't say much, just gestured for him to come in.

A moment later, Zhang Zhao and his assistant walked straight into Zhang Yimou's office.

"Momo, go pour the tea."

Zhang Yimou suppressed his disgust towards Zhang Zhao and LeTV and maintained the proper decency.

Then, he looked at Zhang Zhao, who was sitting on the sofa in a very familiar manner, and asked directly: "Mr. Zhang, I have to go out to do some business later. Please be brief if you have anything to say."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao, whose butt had just touched the sofa, was stunned.

His expression changed slightly, and he said with a little embarrassment: "I came here this time to talk to Director Zhang about the promotion of Shadow."

"For this kind of thing, just send me a PPT. You don't have to come here in person. Since you promised to cooperate, I will not break my promise."

Zhang Yimou deliberately emphasized the word "agree", making Zhang Zhao feel uneasy.

After all, he had promised Zhang Yimou many things before, but he had hardly done them...

After thinking about it, he simply stood up and said in a deep voice, "I'm just worried that Director Zhang will neglect the publicity of Shadow after he goes to Huanxi Media."

It has long been no secret in the industry that Zhang Yimou chose to leave LeTV and join Huanxi Media.

This is also what makes Zhang Zhao very dissatisfied.

"Shadow" hasn't been released yet, but Zhang Yimou is so impatient to find a buyer, as if LeTV is about to go bankrupt. Isn't this too disrespectful?

"As long as the contract is in place, I will never break it. Shadow not only belongs to LeTV, it also belongs to me."

After hearing these words, Zhang Zhao was speechless.

He tried to argue: "Director Zhang, I think you may have some misunderstandings about LeEco. Although LeEco has been delisted, LeEco Pictures will not fall. We will continue to invest in and produce film and television dramas in the future..."

"These have nothing to do with me anymore." Zhang Yimou interrupted directly: "I will go to the company on time on the 15th to sign the termination agreement. I hope Mr. Zhang can prepare the contract in advance. As for today, let's leave it at that. I have other things to do, so I won't send you off in person."

Having said that, the topic has come to an end.

Zhang Zhao stood up and wanted to say something, but in the end, nothing came out.

He left Zhang Yimou's office directly with his assistant.

Just at this moment, Zhang Mo came back from outside the door, but he only had a bottle of mineral water worth one yuan in his hand.

Seeing Zhang Zhao leaving, she immediately said in a sarcastic tone, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, because of the failure of investing in LeTV, our studio has no money to buy tea. You can take this bottle of mineral water and drink it."

"Thank you for your kindness, I'm not thirsty."

Zhang Zhao did not reach out to take it. Instead, he quickened his pace and quickly left the corridor.

The moment the elevator door closed, he couldn't help but sigh.

From then on, the cooperation between LeTV and Zhang Yimou has come to an end!

If nothing unexpected happens, the two sides will each go their own way in the future.

…

"On the first day of its release, the Hollywood blockbuster Avengers 3 grossed 427 million RMB at the box office - Maoyan app."

"Reprinted from The Hollywood Journal, Avengers: Infinity War grossed $135 million on its first day in North America!"

"The drama film "She Kills," directed by Cao Baoping and starring Fan Bingbing, Ni Ni, and Huang Xuan, was officially announced to be completed yesterday afternoon. Fan Bingbing has now returned to the crew of "Cell Phone 2" and has officially started the filming plan with the crew."

"Gao Yunxiang's case has seen new progress. The judge announced that because Gao Yunxiang's side asked the prosecution to submit new evidence, the third round of trial will be postponed to the morning of June 7."

"Huace Film and Television announced this morning that the urban business war-themed TV series "Entrepreneurship Era" starring Huang Xuan and Yang Ying will be scheduled to premiere on Zhejiang Satellite TV and Dragon TV on October 12. Please stay tuned."

At the filming site of "Avengers 4", with the huge box office success of "Avengers 3" on the first day, Chen Fei once again received a lot of congratulations.

"Chang Chang said that because of the release of Avengers 3, the single-day box office of Time Travel Together plummeted to 20.37 million, a direct drop of more than 10 million. Hehe, she is a little sad."

Listening to Liu Yifei's voice on the other side of the video call, Chen Fei spread his hands, indicating that he was also helpless.

"Once a blockbuster is released, it will definitely outsell other movies in the same period. This is inevitable and I can't change it."

"Time Travel Together" is actually pretty good, it's the Hollywood side that's even more exaggerated!

With the release of "Avengers 3", the single-day box office of a number of movies, led by "Rampage", was directly suppressed to below 1 million US dollars!

There were even quite a few films that were directly crushed and were withdrawn by theaters on the spot.

Speaking of which, this "Rampage" is really unlucky.

The North American box office was crushed, and so was the domestic box office, and it was even directly suppressed to the point of withdrawing from theaters.

The pointed-headed Dwayne Johnson is silent right now, and it's obvious that he knows that no matter how hard he promotes, it's useless.

After finishing the call with Liu Yifei, Chen Fei opened Weibo with great interest and checked the relevant information about Cui Yongyuan and "Cell Phone 2".

Cui's Weibo post has been pinned by him, and many people have liked, commented on and forwarded it.

What’s interesting is that even though a wave of public opinion has already formed on the Internet, Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun have remained silent, and it seems that they have made up their minds to remain “dead”.

However, their silence did not calm Cui Yongyuan down, because the filming of "Cell Phone 2" was still going on.

What made Cui Yongyuan even more furious was that when Fan Bingbing finished filming "She Killed" and officially joined the crew of "Cell Phone 2", he actually posted a Weibo.

"Would you like to know more about Wu Yue from fifteen years ago? Thanks to Director Feng Xiaogang and Teacher Liu Zhenyun for handing Wu Yue to me again."

Along with this Weibo post, there was also a photo of her putting on makeup.

At the same time, she also @ed Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun respectively, as if she was expressing her strong support for them.

As a top-tier female star, once she posted this Weibo, she naturally received a lot of support and encouragement from fans.

At the same time, Cui Yongyuan was also subjected to abuse from Fan Bingbing's fans because of this.

"Old man, calm down for a moment. The name of this crew is "Cell Phone 2 Friends Circle", which has nothing to do with you. Can you stop imagining yourself as a victim?"

"Isn't it because you have dirty hands and feet? Otherwise, how could the movie reflect reality?"

"You haven't dealt with the issue of your charity fund yet, can you please stop trying to take advantage of my Fan Bingbing's popularity? Do you have any shame?"

"You deserve to be scolded!"

"You've lost your wife and daughter! You've lost your job and your family. That's great. This is what you deserve."

“…”

Cui Yongyuan could hardly hide his anger, and when he saw Fan Bingbing and her fans suddenly jump out and attack him fiercely, he couldn't help himself.

"Feng Xiaogang and Liu Zhenyun didn't make any move, and you actually jumped out to mess with me? She's just a female actor, who's been fucked by thousands of people and slept with by tens of thousands of people. What's so great about that?"

While he was furious, Cui Yongyuan found the WeChat of a film and television company boss whom he had met when he was in the industry, and sent him a message directly:

"I heard that many actors in the industry now sign two contracts in order to avoid tax?"

…

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