Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 237 235. Chen Li'an: Do you think I have the potential to be a capitalist?

In the quiet bedroom at night, a TV series was playing on the TV. Beauty Chen was lying on the sofa under the warm light, enjoying Chen Li'an massaging her calves and stroking her bulging belly, feeling very happy.

"Husband, you are really popular this time!" Chen Meiren looked at Chen Li'an and said excitedly: "You are the box office champion of the year! The company can earn a lot back after investing so much money. Husband, you are really discerning!"

Chen Meiren was so happy that she secretly calculated it herself these past few days. Based on the current box office share of Red River Valley, they conservatively estimated that they could get back two million.

At that time, I invested one million, and it doubled! Less than a year to go!

Chen Meiren has become more and more trusting of Chen Li'an's vision. She made two moves, one was Liu Luoguo, who was directly the annual drama king and bought 20 million!

Once it was the annual box office champion in the Red River Valley! The box office has so far exceeded 30 million, and if I'm lucky, it might reach 40 million!

Chen Meiren looked at Chen Li'an with a hint of admiration and a hint of regret. Why was she coaxed by him last time?

It’s such a pity that we didn’t catch such a high-quality man!

Chen Meiren figured that she still had to contact Qiao Linmu, and even if she didn't get married, she still had to determine the name of the child. In the future, such a large family fortune could not be taken advantage of by other women!

Today Chen Li'an can buy a villa for himself, but tomorrow he will dare to buy a plane for another woman!

Chen Li'an looked at Meiren Chen's eyes and said in a panic: "Don't look at me like that. I always feel like you are plotting against me."

Chen Meiren couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Li'an and said, "I can scheme against you, but nothing can compare to your getting married. What else do you want to do?"

Chen Li'an smiled awkwardly and said, "I was just joking."

Since the last time he deceived Chen Meiren into not getting married, Chen Li'an felt a little guilty when he saw Chen Meiren during this period.

The main reason was because she was pregnant, and Chen Li'an didn't have the confidence to be tough, because there were two of them.

After pressing Meiren's calf for a while, the two went back to the bedroom to rest.

In the next three days, Chen Li'an accepted several interviews arranged by Li Dabai, and took time to visit his good friends every night, causing Chen Meiren to call and scold him every day.

Chen Li'an is also innocent, but there is nothing he can do about it. He can't favor one against another.

Fortunately, Chen Li'an was going abroad soon, and Mei Chen didn't bother to scold him. This man was as thick-skinned as a city wall, so scolding him was useless.

After Chen Li'an and Bai Qing went to the United States, Chen Meiren also became busy. A wild man who only knows how to steal food all day long can't control things. He should be busy with his own career, earn more money for his son, and learn from it in the future. Learn from his father and be a carefree artist.

It's best not to be as carefree as me!

Chen Meiren is very worried that her child will follow Chen Li'an's temper in the future. What if she is also a playboy?

Chen Meiren was melancholy for a while, and then she was called by her subordinates to watch the shooting of an advertisement. Today's advertisement was shot outside, and it was an advertisement for a foreign company.

Chen Meiren attaches great importance to this cooperation and personally monitors every aspect. This is a big customer and must not be missed.

The model for this advertisement is Gao Yuanyuan. The advertisements shot by this girl are very popular. Chen Meiren likes this little girl very much.

The most important thing is that Chen Meiren believes in Chen Li'an's vision. It was Chen Li'an who asked her to sign Gao Yuanyuan.

At the filming location, Gao Yuanyuan was reading a magazine after putting on makeup. She felt envious when she looked at the pictures on the covers of popular movies.

The photos were really beautiful, much better than those taken by these advertising photographers. Gao Yuanyuan looked at the photographer's signature, Chen Li'an, and was looking forward to when he would be able to shoot her ads.

Just when Gao Yuanyuan was in a daze, Meiren Chen came. When Gao Yuanyuan heard someone called Mr. Chen, she immediately turned her head and looked over. When she found out it was Meiren Chen, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes, and her eyes stayed on her belly for a long time. I feel weird in my heart.

They both have children, and the scumbag lied to himself that he was single!

After Gao Yuanyuan cursed in her heart, she thought of Chen Li'an in her mind, thought of all the reports she had collected about Chen Li'an, and slowly built a Chen Li'an in her heart.

Who told her to only meet Chen Li'an once? Without knowing anything about it, she could only imagine it based on the news.

"But why doesn't he answer my call? He turns off his phone every night and doesn't answer it during the day!"

Gao Yuanyuan muttered angrily, stood up, ran to Beauty Chen and shouted sweetly: "Sister, why are you here? Why don't you stay at home and have a good rest."

Chen Meiren looked at this cute and innocent little girl and said with a smile: "I'm worried about coming over to take a look. I feel like you are in good condition today. I'll take some pictures later."

"Yeah, I will!" Gao Yuanyuan squinted her eyes and made a cheering gesture, and then asked curiously: "Sister, why doesn't your husband come to accompany you? You are pregnant now, and he doesn't come to help either. You?"

Chen Meiren explained nonchalantly: "He went to the United States to hold an art exhibition. He is so busy that he has no time to take care of such small things as the company."

Gao Yuanyuan said oh, rolled her eyes and said to Chen Meiren with a smile: "Sister, I'll go do some work first. You can sit here and have a good rest."

"Go ahead and take a good photo." Chen Meiren said with a smile.

Looking at Gao Yuanyuan's energetic figure, Chen Meiren couldn't help but nod. She can train this girl well in the future. She is very similar to herself when she was young. She should be popular in the future when she transitions to filming.

While Gao Yuanyuan was filming, she would turn to look at Chen Meiren from time to time during breaks and smile sweetly at her.

Even the smartest hunters become sluggish when they are pregnant, especially if the hunter is a child without even a claw outstretched. Chen Meiren will naturally not notice the danger.

Even Gao Yuanyuan herself didn't know what kind of situation she was in, so there was no danger at all.

Chen Li'an on the other side of the ocean was currently in an art gallery in Atlanta, listening to Ji Fa's complaints.

"How long have I been urging you? Why don't you come here now? Otherwise, you would still be able to catch up with the art exhibition in New York." Ji Fa said with some resentment: "You are an artist. Don't always think of yourself as an actor. What's so good about being an actor?" !”

Chen Li'an nodded perfunctorily, looked at the exhibition hall decorated by Ji Fa and said, "Will it start tomorrow? I heard that this Paralympic Games will be the largest in history."

"Well, in the past few days, many celebrities have come to participate in the pre-paralympic congress, and many philanthropists and businessmen will come. It is a good opportunity."

Ji Fa took out a pamphlet and handed it to Chen Li'an and said, "Look at this. You can go to their congress later."

Chen Li'an took it and looked at it for a few times. It contained some charters of the Congress and the themes of the meeting. It mainly discussed the political, economic and other aspects of the discussion of disabled people.

Chen Li'an is very interested in this. He has played disabled athletes and has been in contact with disabled athletes. He knows their difficulties and has a good impression of this tenacious group.

Physical disabilities cannot defeat them. Their hearts are burning with persistence and fire that normal people don't have.

"I'll go and listen." Chen Li'an said as he put away the book.

Ji Fa nodded and said: "Times have changed. Artists no longer just create, but also have to shoulder certain social responsibilities. This is a good opportunity. I will invite many celebrities to visit tomorrow, and several Journalists from several countries hope to make your reputation break the barriers of art."

Chen Li'an nodded movedly, and then asked in a low voice: "Tell the truth, how much did you sell this sculpture of mine for? It's such a big effort."

Hearing Chen Li'an's question, Ji Fa coughed unnaturally and said, "Don't talk about money when talking about art, it's vulgar!"

Chen Li'an couldn't help curling his lips, turned to Bai Qing and said, "Ji Fa is dishonest now. You have to be careful not to be deceived by her in the future."

Bai Qing was too lazy to get involved in the bickering between Chen Li'an and Ji Fa. Her attention was focused on the collections in the art museum.

American modern art is indeed at the forefront of the world, and many works give Bai Qing a different feeling. Unlike modern art in Paris, American artists are more diversified and prefer to try new things.

You can always see something different in these works, and Bai Qing feels that he has gained a lot.

However, some of these works of art were beyond Bai Qing's imagination. At this time, she was looking at a work in the display cabinet in front of her.

A set of black leather clothes seemed to be worn on a transparent person, with exaggerated metal utensils underneath, covered with sharp blades.

There were pink rags hanging on the blade, like fragments of children's clothing, and traces of blood splatters could be seen on the leather jacket, which looked particularly scary.

She didn't understand why American artists would express the theme of sex in such an exaggerated way, and in such a bloody way.

Is this an artist against X? This is an accusation.

Chen Li'an walked over and looked at it for a while and said: "Protests against child sexual abuse. There are many such cases in the United States. To be precise, there are many such cases all over the world."

Bo Qing couldn't help but said: "This work is very exaggerated, but I don't think it is exaggerated enough. Those people are real demons."

Chen Li'an nodded in approval, determined not to touch anyone under eighteen! This is the bottom line! Not to mention whether people are willing or not, if a naive child is willing to be deceived for a lollipop, is this not illegal?

At this time, Ji Fa came over and looked at the work, turned to look at Chen Li'an and said, "You must be careful in the future. There are some things that you must not touch!"

Chen Li'an's mind was full of questions. He looked at Ji Fa depressedly and said, "Am I this kind of person in your heart?"

"No, I'm afraid that one day you will be deceived. Too many celebrities in the United States have fallen into such a trap." Ji Fa warned seriously: "And I'm afraid that one day you will play with art and damage your brain. If you really break the law, No, I won’t save you.”

Although Chen Li'an knew that Ji Fa was kindly reminding him, he was still too lazy to pay attention to her, and he was not grateful at all!

Who do you think you are! It’s too much, but he’s still a good partner!

However, Chen Li'an became angry after a while and said happily to Ji Fa: "Ji Fa, you are the best manager in the world!"

Chen Li'an looked at the decorated exhibition hall and couldn't help but flatter Ji Fa.

Ji Fa walked to the middle of the exhibition hall with her head held high proudly and said, "Of course I am the best manager! The best in the world!"

Chen Li'an smiled and clapped, and Bo Qing also applauded lightly.

Ji Fa was proud for a while, then walked up to Bo Qing, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "I specially reserved a place for your new work. I will hang it up later. I will definitely compare with Chen Li'an tomorrow!"

Bai Qing has already painted three paintings in his family series, and this time he brought them to the exhibition.

From the perspective of Chen Li'an and Ji Fa, this series of paintings by Bo Qing is very good, no worse than her previous paintings of Death and Rebirth.

Bai Qing doesn't care much about whether she can surpass Chen Li'an. There are no standards for this kind of thing. Art is too subjective, and she doesn't pursue these things.

She just hopes that her works can give others some inspiration, some comfort and some thinking.

The time soon came to the next day. During the Paralympic Games, Atlanta was very crowded with tourists. Hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world gathered here, and thousands of reporters also gathered here.

Although it is not as grand as the Olympic Games, it is still the most watched sporting event in the world.

Chen Li'an's film exhibition is at such a time and place, and it is about sculptures of disabled athletes, so it will naturally attract many people to visit.

There were also several boring TV stations that came to film the interview. Chen Li'an guessed that these TV stations were either paid or did not have sports channels.

However, this is also the first time that Chen Li'an's face has appeared on American television. His handsome face and status as an artist have made many people pay attention to this man.

There is a big difference between American art exhibitions and Paris. The exhibition hall is very lively, there are many people coming and going, and it is not so quiet.

Chen Li'an didn't know if this was a reflection of freedom or something else, but he liked this atmosphere.

Art doesn't have to be serious and awe-inspiring, as long as it doesn't disturb others.

Chen Li'an was also happy to wander around the exhibition hall. When he met someone chatting with him, he would go up and have a few words.

Visitors who come to visit all remember this artist who is extremely friendly and handsome.

There is also an enthusiastic girl who invites Chen Li'an to have a drink together and spend a romantic night.

The first day of the art exhibition was very successful, but the real excitement was on the second day. Most of the spectators who came to watch the Paralympic Games were particularly concerned about this group, so Chen Li'an's art exhibition was packed with people on the second day.

There are many philanthropists and disabled athletes among these people. On the same day, some people came to Chen Li'an and said they wanted to buy Chen Li'an's sculptures, and some also wanted to buy Chen Li'an's other works.

Chen Li'an refused with a smile, saying that he had no intention of selling it at the moment. In fact, these works of art no longer belonged to him, and Ji Fa had already sold them.

However, no one knows yet that it has been sold. The news was not released until two days after the art exhibition was held.

Chen Li'an's work was bought by a French philanthropist for US$800,000.

Chen Li'an didn't plan to put the 800,000 in his pocket. It was only a few million, which was dispensable to him.

In this Paralympic Games, Chinese athletes broke ten world records and one Paralympic record. Such athletes who have brought glory to their country should be encouraged!

Chen Li'an wants to donate money to the Chinese team!

When Chen Li'an announced that he would donate all the proceeds from the auction of his works, he immediately attracted the attention of domestic and foreign media.

CCTV's sports channel and international channels all came over to interview Chen Li'an. When they learned that Chen Li'an had donated all the 800,000 yuan in profit from selling his works, they were all shocked.

If converted into RMB, it would cost more than five million yuan. This is so inhumane! Such a big event must be well publicized!

"Teacher Chen, can you tell me what you think about donating so much money at once?"

Chen Li'an waved his hand calmly and said that he was not short of money.

"I am not only an artist, but also an actor. Friends in China should know me. But in addition, I am also a businessman. I invested in a company last year and now I can make a lot of money, enough to support myself."

The reporter immediately asked curiously: "Can I ask if it's the company?"

Speaking of this, Chen Li'an immediately became excited and said without embarrassment: "Lixin VCD is now also a well-known national brand and a patriotic enterprise!"

CCTV reporter: "." Should this paragraph be included in the interview?

Chen Li'an looked at the reporter and said: "I am still very low-key and just want to do good things quietly. However, I think I still need to stand up and call on more people to pay attention to the disabled, so I also donated two million on behalf of Lixin VCD!"

Several reporters from CCTV looked at each other and sighed inwardly. They couldn't help him with publicity now.

Donating money and charity will naturally become topics of conversation, and will also bring a lot of fame and added value to the artwork.

After the art exhibition ended a few days later, the work appeared at a charity gala to raise funds for the disabled, became an auction item, and was then auctioned for a whopping $1.8 million.

In just two operations, this piece of work successfully went from zero to a sky-high price of 1.8 million. Behind this is Chen Li'an's credit and Ji Fa's operation.

Chen Li'an didn't know how much money would actually be spent on charity, but he had already donated all the money he earned from this work, and also donated an additional two million, which was worthy of his conscience.

By the way, Lixin VCD has successfully established the banner of a patriotic enterprise and national brand in China. From now on, no one in the VCD industry can be Lixin's opponent anymore.

At night, in a bar in Atlanta, Chen Li'an drank beer and listened to the black guys singing on the stage. He turned to look at Ji Fa and said: "What do you think of my operation this time? From a purely business perspective, has it become a success?" Capitalist potential.”

Ji Fa took a sip of wine and said calmly: "Capitalists don't really donate money, they only use it to avoid taxes. You fool, you really donated millions of yuan. It's hard to say whether there will be any returns."

Chen Li'an: "." Didn't I make this plan well? I feel very successful!