Chapter 439: What did the godfather do
January 21, 2008.
On this day, the total box office of "Assembly" reached 282.35 million, surpassing the 269 million of "Transformers", temporarily ranking third in mainland film and television.
There are only 290 million "City of Golden Armor" in front of it, and 350 million "Titanic".
However, the box office potential of "Assembly" has reached its limit. It is estimated that the maximum box office will be around 283 million when it is released - the original time and space was 248 million. The addition of Xu Kun and Huang Xiaoming has increased the box office by almost 35 million.
It’s not that Huayi doesn’t want to make a film that ranks second in film history, it’s mainly because water has been poured into it before. If more water is poured into it, Zhang Yimou will agree, but Zhang Weiping will not agree.
Instead of making a big fuss when the time comes, it would be safer to just call it a day.
On this morning, Xu Kun held a personal press conference at the Huayi headquarters building.
After learning the news, media from all walks of life swarmed in, and many reporters from Hong Kong and Taiwan even flew to the capital overnight.
Those people who were murderous and gearing up didn't look like they were here to attend a press conference, but rather like they were here to hunt Xu.
Also on this morning, Liu Xiaoli drove Liu Yifei to the Huayi headquarters.
When she got off the car, Liu Xiaoli was gnashing her teeth and furious, because her purpose of coming today was not other than asking for salary for her daughter.
In the six months since Liu Yifei joined Huayi, in addition to filming "The King of Kung Fu", she also filmed more than a dozen commercials, large and small, but she hasn't gotten a penny yet.
However, Liu Xiaoli had never worried about money before, and she never thought that there was such a thing as malicious salary arrears in the entertainment industry, so she didn't hold back at all in the past six months and continued to spend money lavishly according to her original habit.
In order to take care of her daughter more conveniently, she even bought a two-story building near Jiuzhaigou Valley.
As a result, when she realized something was wrong, she only had about 100,000 yuan left in her hand.
For ordinary people, this is enough to cover expenses for two or three years, but for Liu Xiaoli, Liu Yifei and her daughter, it is a sad year.
That's why Liu Xiaoli hurriedly dragged her daughter to ask for wages.
"Mom."
Liu Xiaoli opened her two long legs that were both fat and thin, and was about to walk in with her high-heeled boots when she was grabbed by Liu Yifei.
"What?"
Liu Xiaoli turned back in confusion.
"You calm down first."
Liu Yifei reminded her as calmly as possible: "Otherwise, when I meet Mr. Wang, I'm afraid there will be another quarrel."
"Who wants to quarrel with them? I just want our due share back! They owe us money, why do they have the face to quarrel with us?!"
Liu Xiaoli retorted sternly, but stood her ground and did not go in. Instead, she began to adjust her emotions with difficulty. After six months of wasted time, she only had one mouth that was strong.
Liu Yifei breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
Her emotional intelligence is not very high, but compared to her mother's temper that offends people everywhere, it is still much stronger, especially after seeing the treacherous world recently.
Moreover, she had recently received advice from her godfather - just the afternoon before yesterday, she went to the detention center to visit the prisoner without telling her mother.
Because of being implicated by "Mainland Xiang Huaqiang", Chen Jinfei, who was originally imprisoned for only half a year, was sentenced to six and a half years in the first instance. She is currently appealing. However, judging from the current conditions, the possibility of upholding the original sentence is the greatest of.
This was naturally a big blow to Chen Jinfei.
When Liu Yifei saw him, he was almost out of shape and had a lot of gray on his temples.
When he saw Liu Yifei, Chen Jinfei was so excited that he lay on the glass wall and burst into tears. It was not until the prison guard came out to scold him that he sat down on the chair obediently.
When Liu Yifei saw this, she also shed tears.
When Chen Jinfei calmed down, he immediately asked about Liu Xiaoli.
When Liu Yifei heard her godfather ask about her mother, her face suddenly showed embarrassment and indignation. In fact, she had already proposed to visit Chen Jinfei, but Liu Xiaoli kept delaying it, making it clear that she did not miss the old friendship.
But as a little girl with a good upbringing, she couldn't say anything wrong about her mother in front of her godfather, so she hesitated and didn't know how to deal with it. Chen Jinfei immediately sighed and said that it was not Chen Xiaoli's fault, and that she felt sorry for their mother and daughter.
Liu Yifei didn't think much about it at the time, but felt even more ashamed of her mother's actions - but in retrospect, when her godfather said those words, there was a clear look of guilt and shame on his face.
Could it be that the godfather did something to disgrace his mother?
Liu Yifei's first thought was of a third party, but the relationship between her godfather and her mother seemed to have nothing to do with it.
"Mom."
After hesitating for a moment, Liu Yifei asked quietly: "Did my godfather do anything sorry for you before he was imprisoned?"
"Huh?!"
When Liu Xiaoli, who was adjusting her emotions, heard this, her peach blossom eyes suddenly widened, and she blurted out: "You, you already know?!"
"What do you know... Yes, I already know."
Liu Yifei almost didn't react.
Fortunately, Liu Xiaoli was never one to look at other people's faces. She immediately sighed dejectedly and said, "That old thing..."
"Eh~"
At this time, someone suddenly called from behind: "Yifei, Aunt Liu, what are you doing outside?"
Liu Yifei looked back, but it turned out to be Huo Siyan.
Because Huo Siyan had just played the role of the white-haired witch in "The King of Kung Fu", they had some friendship with each other.
Although Liu Yifei was curious about what her godfather had done, she could only smile and say politely: "Sister Si Yan, why are you free to come to the company today?"
"Brother Kun is holding a press conference, can I not come?"
After Huo Siyan finished speaking, he wondered: "Isn't that why you came here?"
Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, they didn't even know about this.
Even after listening to Huo Siyan's explanation, I realized that the people on Hong Kong Island had collectively poured dirty water on Xu Kun and even labeled him a pedophile.
Liu Xiaoli hurriedly asked: "Then how is Director Xu going to deal with this matter?"
Both Liu Yifei and Huo Siyan were a little surprised by her attitude, but Huo Siyan still answered truthfully: "The matter of the young trainee was clarified in the newspaper yesterday, but I'm not sure what Brother Kun is going to say today. Clear—How about we go in and listen together?”
Huo Siyan said, pointing in the direction of the hall.
Liu Xiaoli was about to agree at that time, but Liu Yifei said first: "It's still not possible. We came here today to discuss something with Mr. Wang."
"Oh."
Huo Siyan suddenly realized: "Then you guys go about your business first. Later I'll call the actresses in the company. Let's get together and we'll get to know each other."
The three of them entered the office building together.
When passing by the hall, Liu Xiaoli glanced subconsciously and found that it was crowded. There were almost two to three hundred people. Everyone was either holding a microphone or hanging a camera. They were obviously reporters attending the press conference.
Liu Xiaoli was secretly speechless, thinking that after the success of "Assembly Number", Xu Kun's popularity had become even higher - and this was one step closer to the path she imagined.
Do you want to find an opportunity to test whether he has the idea of entering Hollywood?
Normal people must have this idea, right?
After all, it's Hollywood!
"Mom~"
Just like that, Liu Yifei entered the elevator in a daze. Seeing that there was no one around her, she couldn't help but pull her and ask: "What the hell is my godfather..."
As a result, as soon as they got up, the elevator stopped on the third floor. A clerk holding documents said hello to the mother and daughter, and then stood carefully next to them.
Liu Yifei had no choice but to stop talking.
(End of chapter)