Chapter 163 Cherishing each other
Huang Xiaoming arrived earlier and gave Chen Linfeng a big hug as soon as he arrived.
“I haven’t seen you for a while recently, so I miss you.”
“I heard that Brother Xiao Ming was selected into the Forbes celebrity list, congratulations.”
“Hi, I’m here In front of you, it doesn’t matter, you are already among the top three players.”
Although this list is called a celebrity list, it is ranked according to the income of celebrities, with Dayao leading the way with a figure of 150 million.
As a writer with an annual sales volume of tens of millions of novels, Chen Linfeng has a royalty income of 30 to 40 million, plus script adaptation fees ($10 million for Wall-E), etc., which adds up to about 130 million, ranking After that.
These two people are riding high, followed by Zhang Ziyi who is third with 35 million.
There must be many inaccuracies in this list, as the statistics only contain income data that are easily known to the public.
In fact, Chen Linfeng made more money through investment operations, but this part of the money was not disclosed, and Forbes did not know about it.
Huang Xiaoming has been in frequent contact with Chen Linfeng since he was on the set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" last year, and occasionally asked him to hang out with him in Yanjing.
The two chatted for a while, and other celebrities arrived one after another.
Chen Kun had an acquaintance on "Jin Fen Family" before, and he had some social contact, so he also joined in the chat.
He has specialized in movies in the past few years. I can’t say whether he is good or bad at the moment. Looking at Chen Kun himself, he should be quite satisfied.
After a while, more and more people came around to chat.
As the official media of the film, the Sixth Princess was allowed to enter the school for interviews. Seeing the scene of a group of actors and stars surrounding Chen Linfeng, she had the idea to film it.
These people did not stay around for long.
Because, Zhang Yimou has arrived.
Zhang Yimou came alone. Although he looked unattractive, everyone's eyes were still focused on him.
Wang Rui hurried forward to greet him, "Brother, you are here."
"Well, let's take a look."
Lao Mouzi's qualifications were much higher than his, and his achievements were even different. Wang Rui held them carefully.
After a while, Tian Dazhuang, who was chatting with several directors in the distance, saw him and walked over to chat with Zhang Yimou.
This person has equivalent qualifications, and they are classmates at the same level.
“I thought you wouldn’t come.”
"I heard about this Xiao Chen, and I wanted to come and get to know him."
Tian Dazhuang said in surprise, "That's not the case. When you, Lao Zhang, talk, people will rush to get to know you."
Zhang Yimou shook his head, "There is no such thing as writer Xiao Chen is doing well in Hollywood. His scripts are very popular, and the six major universities are fighting for it."
Tian Dazhuang really doesn't know about this, because The reason for the ban was that he had not touched the guide tube for many years, so he did not know much about this information.
The actors who had just surrounded Chen Linfeng said hello to them, and then went to Zhang Yimou and Tian Dazhuang to join in the fun. Only Huang Xiaoming was left standing there.
"Why don't you go over?"
Huang Xiaoming smiled and said, "I was chatting happily with my junior brother, what are you going to do? There is already a group of people around over there."
Chen Linfeng sighed. With his emotional intelligence, he said, "Everyone likes to join in the fun, let's go and have a look."
Zhang Yimou saw Chen Linfeng and Huang Xiaoming coming over and nodded to them.
Then he took the initiative and said, "Writer Xiao Chen, please meet me. I am Zhang Yimou."
Chen Linfeng shook hands with the other party and said, "Director Zhang, you're welcome. We all know you." Zhang Yimou didn't say much, mainly because he didn't know how to deal with such a great writer who was underage.
He chatted awkwardly with Chen Linfeng for a few words, and then entered the screening room.
Chen Kaige was the last to arrive. He was somewhat consistent with the rumors. He had the pride and arrogance of a scholar and didn't pay much attention to others.
As soon as he saw him, Chen Linfeng remembered that this man's feat of reciting poems when he was running for the director of the Olympic opening ceremony was not something he could do without being a bit of a literary youth.
Chen Kaige's attitude towards Chen Linfeng was completely different from others, even too good.
Maybe it’s because Chen Linfeng’s identity as a writer suits his purpose.
Chen Kaige talked about Chen Linfeng's recent "Her" in a nonchalant manner. He praised the writing for its wonderful writing and wanted to win the right to adapt it into a movie.
The people around him were silent for a moment. Is this witnessing the collaboration between a great director and a great writer?
Chen Linfeng laughed, "About "Her", I am quite ambitious. I want to wait a few years to see if the phenomenon predicted in the book will be as I thought. I'm sorry, but now I It won’t change the book.”
Chen Kaige was not angry, but nodded sympathetically, "I have to be more cautious. I'm also waiting to see how true the plot in your book is, but I have to say that it will be adapted into a movie in the future, but Don’t forget me.”
“Of course.” Chen Linfeng nodded solemnly.
The celebrities around looked a little dumbfounded. Is this still Director Chen?
After Chen Kaige arrived, there were basically no people behind. Everyone entered the hall together to prepare for the start of the event.
The exhibition hall was already buzzing with people. None of the students expected that so many great directors and stars would come.
These alumni consciously took their seats in the first few rows according to their respective status.
Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Dazhuang and several leaders of the school were naturally sitting in the center of the row.
As the preparer of the work, Chen Linfeng sat with other students as usual.
The students all saw outside how Chen Linfeng was so popular with those celebrities that even several senior directors could chat and laugh together.
Compared with the daily life in school, it is completely different from the gesture, which makes people wonder whether the person they see in daily life is the same person as now.
Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were next to each other. He asked Director Chen, "Are you here for Xiao Chen too?"
Chen Kaige couldn't say that he came because of the popularity, so he nodded, "I'm more I like his recent works and want to try to talk about adapting them."
Zhang Yimou was surprised, "How did it turn out?"
"It didn't work out. Writer Xiao Chen still has some artistic persistence. Yes, he wants to wait a few years because he has some confidence in his work."
Zhang Yimou understands that the reputation of classic literary works often lags behind the release date by several years or even ten years. Xiao Chen is very confident when he comes here.
"It's normal. So many companies in Hollywood want the rights to adapt his works but can't."
Director Chen gave him a dissatisfied look, why would I be put together with those companies that smell like copper? I mean, Xiao Chen and I are sympathetic to each other. Can they be the same concept?
We are even from the same family. It’s true that after all these years we are still rough and have no literati demeanor.
Zhang Yimou didn't know what the other person was thinking, so he brought up other topics, "The movie you recently shot, "The Promise," is quite popular. Han Shanping supports you."
said Thinking of this, Chen Kaige was a little proud, "That is, this work is the first oriental fantasy blockbuster in China. It contains my thoughts over the years. After it is released, you can take a look and give your evaluation."
It can't be worse than "Hero", he thought to himself.
No, no, it should be far beyond "Heroes".
Chen Kaige is very competitive with this great director who is as famous as himself and always wants to outdo him.
Zhang Yimou nodded.
The show started at this time, and the two of them said nothing.
(End of this chapter)