You made me a superstar

Chapter 381 Master Li...

in the office.

Smoke lingered in the small space, curling up.

The sun shines through the window, shining on the ground full of cigarette butts, and the unpleasant smell of tar makes the assistant gasp for breath.

She is very close to the window, and she can open it with a raised hand to let the wind blow into the office to dispel the bad smell.

But she stood still, enduring the hellish surroundings.

The atmosphere is getting more and more oppressive, and it makes people more and more panicked.

Vaguely, it seemed as if he could hear his own heartbeat.

She looked at the middle-aged man sitting on the seat.

Among the five generations of Chinese directors, he is the most famous and one of the most important directors.

In the future, the stories of the five generations of Chinese directors will be told, and this middle-aged man will definitely not be ignored.

but.

He has always been very calm. He is in the face of the collapse of Mount Tai and his face remains unchanged. At this moment, his emotions seem to be very complicated.

Smoking one by one, looking at the box office data of "Night Walker" over and over again, his eyes blinked from the smoke, but still revealed a sense of confusion.

Yes.

It should be a sense of confusion.

"The box office is not satisfactory, it's okay." After the oppressive atmosphere lasted for an unknown how long, the middle-aged man finally said this sentence.

After speaking, he put the box office data book on the table and looked at the ceiling.

The eyes seemed to be a little depressed, and then seemed to be relieved, and then turned into a little frustration.

"..." The assistant didn't answer him.

On the fourth day of "Night Walker", the box office was 2000 million, and it was released for four days, and the total box office exceeded [-] million!
A year ago, or half a year ago, this data is absolutely amazing, shocking data.

But now, this data obviously did not meet Cao Bangguo's psychological expectations.

The sense of gap in his heart was great.

"How about overseas box office?"

"The total box office in more than 30 overseas countries is 1000 million US dollars, and the North American side is 300 million..."

"Oh, it's okay." Cao Bangguo finally showed a rare smile on his face when he heard that Zhu Lian had gone to the overseas box office.

The box office broke $1000 million in four days.

This is the export performance of blockbuster movies.

If it works well, it will not be difficult for the overseas box office to exceed [-] million yuan, and it can be regarded as a new milestone for the export of Chinese local films overseas.

But Cao Bangguo's smile gradually disappeared after seeing the few movies that Hollywood will release in the future, and began to become extremely dignified.

"Men in Black" in late August, "Z-Men" in early September, and, soon, "Infernal Affairs."

When his eyes were fixed on "Infernal Affairs", he felt particularly eye-catching, especially when he saw Zhou Yang's handsome face in the C position in the poster, and Liu Tianwang's side face was in a corner. , that dazzling feeling is even stronger.

many years ago.

Cao Bangguo probably never imagined that there would be such an awesome character in the Chinese film industry.

In the conference room a year ago.

Even though he was high above the ground, he probably would not have imagined that this mediocre young director would not be suppressed and leave the stage sadly like other seniors, and in the end he would disappear from the crowd, instead causing earth-shattering disturbances.

[International saxophone master Kenneth called "Going Home" saxophone piece a masterpiece! 】

A news headline flashed in Cao Bangguo's mind.

He has lived for so many years and has seen countless weird things, but this kind of thing is too unbelievable, like "fake news".

But Cao Bangguo did not have the same emotional breakdown as Django, and then became hysterical.

He lit a cigarette again.

"Is there anything else we can do? The movie promotion fee is estimated at 3000 million, do we still need to promote it..." the assistant looked at the cigarette and said again.

"Where's Django? He didn't go to the road show yesterday."

"Director Jiang didn't answer the phone...how about I call again?"

"In such a situation, the blow to him is hard enough. Let's see if he can get through it. Let's make a call." Cao Bangguo nodded, and then looked out the window.

Although "Night Walker" was directed by Django, from the script to casting, and then from post-editing to film promotion...

In every link of the film, Cao Bangguo and several directors have been helping in the middle.

At this moment, he has such a little frustration, let alone Django.

The assistant took out the phone and dialed Django's number.

No one answered the first time, no one answered the second time, and finally answered the third time.

"Hello? Miss Xu, is there any bad news?"

There was a weak voice on the other end of the phone, full of dryness, like a suffocated voice.

Django, who was once proud and almost invincible, was as decadent as a dead dog, and every word he said to his assistant was full of despair.

Cao Bangguo shook his head.

"Django..."

"Cao, Uncle Cao..." Jiang Ge sounded a little guilty.

"Why didn't you go to the road show of "Night Walker" yesterday?"

"I...we are promoting now, will it still be effective?"

"As long as there is one more audience and one more enthusiasm, it will be effective..." Cao Bangguo replied.

"But, Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang, he..." Jiang Ge's voice suddenly became agitated, and then trembled, as if he had lost his word.

"It's only been released for four days, and you gave up?"

"But... I, do I still have a chance? I said, my movie can reach [-] million, but now... I may become the biggest joke... It seems that everyone is laughing at me, I... I... ...I give it to you, to the Association, I am ashamed..."

"I don't want to give up this old face. This afternoon, I will accompany you on the road show, solicit votes!" Cao Bangguo looked out the window and said suddenly.

"Uncle Cao, I, I..." Jiang Ge's voice froze, trembling so badly that he couldn't hold back a word for a long time, as if he was very shocked.

"Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is losing confidence. In this world, there are too many people who are finally devastated after being hit. I hope you will not be one of them... Face up to the enemy, and face up to yourself, through the ages Master, which one is not rough and rough?"

Cao Bangguo sighed.

There was also some disappointment with Django.

But "Night Walker" can't blame him. He really worked hard enough, cared enough, and was talented enough.

pity……

Happened to meet a freak.

..............................

It is probably the misfortune of these people to be in the same era as Zhou Yang.

Some were shocked.

But for the big boss Zhang Genshui, he was not shocked, on the contrary, he got used to it and felt that it should be like this.

He once asked a magic stick to tell Zhou Yang's fate, and the magic stick was shocked when he saw Zhou Yang, and said something like "this boy is extraordinary".

Zhang Genshui naturally did not doubt that the fortune-telling was just flattery, and even took Zhou Yang's birthday horoscope as a deceptive operation like Zhang Genshui's son.

He is such a person.

"Xiao Zhou, I'll listen to you. We have recruited such a group of talents. Some of them were dug from Maoziguo, as well as Europe and the United States... Anyway, I don't know what talents are, what high technology is, just how expensive they are... "

"These people just stayed here and played with the computer for a month. They played it during the day and at night, and the keyboard was crackling. Sometimes I wondered, how can this broken computer be so fun?"

Zhang Genshui was wearing a suit and tie, still staggering with a big belly, and took Zhou Yang to visit the R&D room of the new company.

In the R&D room.

A group of foreigners were playing with their computers with their heads down. The two of them didn't notice it when they walked over. They were obviously fascinated.

Zhang Genshui actually has no idea about the "mobile phone system". He just thought that Zhou Yang asked him to do it before, so he did it.

no way……

The fortune teller asked him to stay by Zhou Yang's side for the rest of his life, what Zhou Yang said and what he did, and the journey along the way proved that the fortune teller was right.

Now his family is rich and prosperous, and his social status is respected. It seems that he has gradually stripped away from the former "coal boss" and "upstart".

Zhou Yang nodded.

I just feel that the surroundings are glittering with gold.

"Xiao Zhou... This is the channel between our two companies, but don't worry, other than me, no one else is qualified to use this channel, and it won't affect your company's operations..."

After Zhang Genshui took Zhou Yang to visit his "Technology Department", "Logistics Department" and "R&D Department", he brought Zhou Yang to his office.

There is a bridge between Zhang Genshui's office and Zhou Yang's company, which has a special password card.

The fortune teller was very disgusting, and said that if he wanted to be with Zhou Yang, "even if the root is broken, he must be connected", and pointed out the feng shui pattern, so Zhang Genshui followed suit.

"Oh, it's alright."

Zhou Yang nodded, followed Zhang Genshui across the bridge, and then came to his new company.

At the end of the bridge stood a middle-aged man with disheveled hair and glasses.

The middle-aged man's eyes wandered.

"Master Li, is the time okay now?"

"OK"

"Oh, that's good. Is your body okay?"

"It's okay, it's okay...you can still dance the last part..."

Zhou Yang looked at this "Master Li" and nodded to Master Li, only feeling some familiarity in his mind.

[This is a fortune teller in the village, because his wife ran away with someone, so he talks all day long, everyone calls him Crazy Li...]

[But in fact, his fortune-telling is very inaccurate, and he talks nonsense...]

【But Mr. Zhang believes in him...】

[Every time I open a mine, I will ask him to predict the good or bad luck in the mine...]

【And since the movie was finished, Mr. Zhang seems to trust him even more...】

[However, the fortune teller is also a poor man. His wife ran away, his leg was broken, and now he has mental problems. Even if he took the money, he was robbed several times...]

What Chen Shuangbao said to him at the celebration banquet of "Mine Bottom" came to Zhou Yang's mind.

Afterwards, he watched the crazy "Master Li" sing and dance at the intersection with blurred eyes.

It's still exactly the same as before, but it seems that his legs are lame now, and his body is thinner than before. Every movement is panting, as if a layer of skin has been put on the skeleton.

"After I left there, Master Li broke his other leg... It seems that he has leaked too many secrets, and he was punished by God... I hope I can survive the operation tonight."

"What surgery?"

"cancer……"

After seeing "Master Li" dancing, Zhang Genshui's originally very high mood became inexplicably emotional, and his voice began to sink slowly.

"It's done!"

"Let the people below come in..."

"However, there is still one more point to jump, so it's almost time."

After staggering for a while, Master Li said these words out of breath, and then he smiled very brightly, wrinkled to the sunken face, and those eyes were extraordinarily energetic, as if glowing with vitality.

He was helped up and touched his nose...

Nosebleeds flowed from the nose.

Then the medical staff who were ready outside rushed over together and hurriedly carried him onto a stretcher.

But "Master Li" seemed unwilling to leave, holding on to the handle of the stretcher, looking at Zhang Genshui and Zhou Yang panting.

"It's a little bit, a little bit..."

(End of this chapter)