Outside the venue, the scene was dazzling with stars as the artists from Dragon Entertainment walked the red carpet to cheers.
This year, Dragon TV's dramas have been released one after another, each more popular than the last. Li Xiaoran, Yan Danchen, Xu Qing, Qin Hailu, Liu Shishi, Huang Xiaoming, Huang Bo, and others are now big stars. The most popular one has to be Fan Xiaopang, whose drama "The Legend of Wu Zetian" was a huge hit.
As a representative figure of traffic in this era, all kinds of big-name endorsements followed one after another. Fan Xiaopang is already a bit arrogant, and with the support of Chen Fang, he went for a bright red look today, wearing a rhinestone red floor-length off-shoulder dress, high heels, red lips and big waves.
She was undeniably sexy, a stark contrast to other female celebrities.
The flashbulbs wouldn't stop. While others walked the red carpet in one minute, Fan Bingbing took a full five minutes, striking all sorts of poses, and the fans below went crazy.
Looking at her former rival's current success in the reception hall, Li Lianhua gritted her teeth inwardly. Although TV dramas couldn't compare to movies, Fan Xiaopang's "Legend of Wu Zetian" was a female-centric drama and a high-quality hit, instantly becoming a national phenomenon. Most importantly, LV and Prada had both secured endorsements from Fan Xiaopang, which was what Li Lianhua envied, resented, and hated the most.
Fan Xiaopang walked over with a smile on his face: "Director Feng is really in the spotlight today, you can tell he's full of confidence. Brother Hua, long time no see, you're even more handsome now. Zeng Li, you look really beautiful today. Lianhua, um???"
Fan Xiaopang's expression changed; Li Lianhua's coat was heavy!
Li Lianhua glanced at Fan Xiaopang's expression and was secretly pleased, but she still gave him an explanation.
"President Shen saw that I was cold and put this on for me."
Fan Xiaopang gave Li Lianhua a deep look, a slight smile playing on his lips: "Hehe, he's really overflowing with compassion!"
Li Lianhua smiled and said, "Mr. Shen always cherishes women."
Fan Xiaopang raised an eyebrow: "Tenderly cherish women? Sister Lianhua, you've used the wrong phrase!!!"
Li Lianhua feigned innocence and said, "No, I don't think so."
Feng Xiaogang quickly interrupted, "Little Fatty, President Shen has been inside for a while, and the leaders have gone in too. You should go and keep them company."
Fan Xiaopang glanced at Li Lianhua, then smiled and said, "Then I'll go in first. Director Feng, I wish the movie great success."
After saying that, he turned and walked into the meeting room.
Feng Kuzi glanced at Li Lianhua, shook his head with a wry smile, and remained silent. They weren't even in the same company anymore, why were they still bickering? She'd already risen to a high position; was it really necessary? Women, really...
Li Lianhua tightened her suit jacket...
Zeng Li, who was standing to the side, took it all in without saying a word.
Following closely behind, Director Chen and his wife Chen Hong, and Zhang Yimou and his wife also came to show their support.
Feng Xiaogang has a good relationship with both of them, as they are both well-known directors in China. However, Zhang Yimou is now a level above them, a world-class director. He works with foreign-funded, large-scale commercial films, and his fees start at 20 million yuan.
It's impossible for Feng Kuzi not to be envious, but he's not jealous either; everyone has their own fate.
But Chen Kaige is different. He and Zhang Yimou were classmates. Before Zhang Yimou went to school, who was he? An old farmer. And Chen Kaige? From a family of directors! A native of Beijing! Zhang Yimou was even his cinematographer for his first film!
Now that person is doing so much better than him, it really annoys him. How dare they?! Someone he looks down on is doing so much better than him!
So he started thinking about making a commercial film. He wanted to follow the West, to make fantasy films, to make special effects. He wanted to be even more sophisticated than Zhang Yimou. What was martial arts? He was going to go straight for mythology!
Now that we have the script and the director, all we lack is funding. As for the director, well, with his Golden Lion Award-winning director status, there's no one he can't hire. So he's here today to look for funding.
"Director Feng, I wish you great success."
Feng Kuzi grinned and cupped his hands in a gesture of respect: "Director Chen, Director Zhang, it's an honor to have you here to support me. Please come in."
Director Chen, arm in arm with Chen Hong, entered the venue without waiting for Zhang Yimou. The two walked in one after the other without exchanging greetings.
Zhang Yimou was a bit confused. Watching the departing director Chen, he looked at his young wife and asked, "Old Chen, didn't you see me?"
Chen Ting looked at her husband speechlessly. He wasn't her husband, he was... never mind, I won't say anything more, lest I say too much and make you unhappy.
Feng Kuzi, standing to the side, was speechless: "Director Zhang, don't you know what kind of temper he has? He's holding a grudge against you. It's okay, he'll get over it naturally in time."
Zhang Yimou suddenly realized: "Hey, this old Chen, it's because of this. I just can't understand it. Is it really necessary to ignore me?"
"Director Zhang, let alone Director Chen, even I'm jealous of you! You have all the honors and great projects you could want. Your directing fees have increased several times over. Which director in China isn't envious of you? More importantly, there's President Chen's respect and support for you..."
Zhang Yimou scratched his head: "It's not my fault..."
Feng Kuzi... I know it's not your fault, but nobody wants to see you doing too well. If you're living too comfortably, then we'll know how miserable we are.
Chen Ting watched as Zhang Yimou rendered Feng Xiaogang speechless, and quickly pulled her husband into the room. Living too well easily attracts jealousy; it's human nature, and there's no way to change that.
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