Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 339 338. A hypocritical gentleman is a hooligan

Life is always full of surprises. Chen Li'an never expected that he would meet Jason Statham when he went out to relax, let alone become an investor in Guy Ritchie.

But it's nice to use Guy Ritchie's film to satirize the British Museum. When Two Smoking Barrels was released, it was the third highest-grossing film in British history.

It's quite cool to satirize the British Museum in such a high-grossing movie, and Chen Li'an was happy to invest 800,000 pounds in Guy Ritchie.

It's just that investment is not just about talking about it, it also requires signing a formal contract.

Chen Li'an looked at the excited Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham and said, "There is no time today. A lawyer will come to sign the contract with you tomorrow."

"No problem! What time will it be tomorrow?" Guy Ritchie asked directly, fearing that Chen Li'an would regret it the next second.

Chen Li'an looked at Guy Ritchie's anxious look and said, "Give me your contact information at eight o'clock tomorrow morning."

Guy Ritchie immediately took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Chen Li'an. As a professional MV director, he naturally has a business card.

Chen Li'an took it and put it in his pocket after taking a look at it. He also gave Guy Ritchie his business card. Looking at Jason Statham standing aside, Chen Li'an also handed over his business card.

Jason Statham didn't have a business card, so he was a little embarrassed and found a piece of paper to write down his contact information and handed it to Chen Li'an.

Jason Statham is doing very poorly now. He hasn't made his official debut yet. He usually works as a model doing odd jobs, and his life is very tight.

The reason why I became the star of Two Smoking Barrels was because Guy Ritchie bumped into him setting up a stall when he was wandering around. I thought it was suitable for my script, so I cast him to star in it.

But the main reason was that Guy Ritchie didn't have the money to hire big-name stars at the time, otherwise who would use a second-rate dealer setting up a roadside stall.

It's quite interesting to mention that Jason Statham also plays a second-rate dealer in the movie, but he actually plays his true character.

Three men were drinking beer and chatting in the small apartment. Jason Statham suddenly said with a smile: "I have decided to set up a stall every week from now on. This is my transit ritual."

Both Chen Li'an and Guy Ritchie laughed out loud. He was indeed destined to set up a stall. One time he met Guy Ritchie, he became a movie actor, and another time he met Chen Li'an, he attracted investment for the movie.

Chen Li'an originally thought that Jason Statham was a tough guy with few words, but now that he got familiar with him, he found that he was quite tight-lipped and had the same cold humor as Guy Ritchie.

However, many British people have this kind of dry humor. They often use self-deprecating dry humor to show their generosity and tolerance.

British humor.

Chen Li'an and Guy Ritchie were listening to rock music and chatting about London's street culture. Before they knew it, it was getting dark outside. Just when the three of them were about to find a bar to have some fun, Chen Li'an's phone rang.

Seeing that the caller number was Ji Fa, Chen Li'an felt that there was no chance for Guy Ritchie and the others to experience the graceful dancing of the gypsy girl tonight.

After answering the phone and hearing what Ji Fa had said, Chen Li'an sighed helplessly and hung up the phone.

Goodbye, pretty gypsy girl, I'll give you money next time.

"I'm sorry, I have urgent matters to deal with, so I can't go with you tonight."

Jason Statham unfortunately patted Chen Li'an on the shoulder and said, "Then go next time. You really should see the Gypsy girl's striptease."

Chen Li'an also felt that it was a pity. Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham just portrayed it so well. Tonight there will be a performance by Britain's hottest butt-shaking dance queen.

But you can watch the dance anytime. Ji Fa said that a collector invited him to a dinner party. It would be bad to refuse, and he still had to give Ji Fa a face.

After Chen Li'an, Guy Ritchie and the others said goodbye, they went downstairs. As soon as they got downstairs, Ji Fa's car stopped right in front of the apartment.

Ji Fa rolled down the window and took a look at Chen Li'an and the others, and said hello to Jason Statham and Guy Ritchie.

After Chen Li'an got in the car, Ji Fa asked curiously: "Is this your new friend? I thought you would only be friends with beautiful women."

"You should have seen them before. I met them in the bar that night." Chen Li'an ignored Ji Fa's teasing and said seriously: "One of them is a director and the other is an actor. I just decided to invest in a movie of theirs. Please help me arrange a lawyer tomorrow." Come to them and sign a contract.”

"Invest in a movie?" Ji Fa was surprised that Chen Li'an would invest in a movie by someone he just met, and couldn't help but remind him: "Be careful, they are liars."

Chen Li'an smiled and said, "No, they have finished filming the movie, but they just don't have the money for post-production."

"Okay, whatever you want." Ji Fa asked casually while driving his car: "How much money did you invest?"

"Eight hundred thousand pounds, but I think I can earn back five million pounds." Chen Li'an said mysteriously.

Ji Fa turned her head and glanced at him, feeling that Chen Li'an must have been deceived. However, if it was only 700,000 pounds, she was not prepared to stop him. It would be nice to let him suffer a loss. It was too easy to trust people.

Ji Fa has always felt that Chen Li'an's special idealism makes it easy to trust others, although he refuses to admit it and insists that he has eighty ideas.

Let him be deceived severely this time. It is better than being deceived by women in the future. Women are not only good at defrauding money, but also defrauding feelings and body.

Soon Ji Fa drove to the hotel, took Chen Li'an to change into a high-end suit, and then set off to the real destination tonight.

Looking at a manor in the suburbs of London, Chen Li'an felt eerie when looking at the old castle. It was far less beautiful than the domestic garden manors.

Ji Fa in the car said to Chen Li'an: "This is the manor of a baron, and he is also a collector, but it is his son who invites you tonight. He is very interested in your works and has seen the exhibition in Paris before. "

"Then why does he want to see me?" Chen Li'an said strangely: "You don't just want to get to know me, do you?"

"Otherwise?" Ji Fa shrugged, opened the door and got out of the car, and Chen Li'an quickly followed.

Maybe it was because he and Guy Ritchie had experienced London's street culture in the afternoon, but Chen Li'an was still not used to the aristocratic dinner in the evening. The etiquette was cumbersome and boring.

Baron Buster is already over seventy this year, but he looks very energetic and talks very interestingly and relaxedly, but he can't let go of his aristocratic posture.

His son was doing better. Chen Li'an chatted with him quite happily. After dinner, Chen Li'an chatted with him alone in the cigar room, and he also revealed his purpose of finding Chen Li'an.

"When I was young, I collected a vase from your country. It was very beautiful, but it had some flaws. It was really a pity. The last time I saw your art exhibition in Paris, there was a vase exactly like it, so I thought collect."

Identical bottles? Chen Li'an was a little surprised, but thinking that Master Wang made bottles according to the styles passed down long ago, it was not surprising.

So he flicked his cigar and said, "Sorry, I have no idea of ​​selling it at the moment."

"I know, that's why I came to you alone." Buster said with a smile: "That vase is very important to me. I hope you can sell it to me after your art exhibition is over. I can give you one hundred thousand pounds."

Chen Li'an paused while smoking his cigar. He felt that something was wrong with the old man. The bottle was beautiful, but it was definitely not worth a hundred thousand pounds. A new thing was not an old thing, so how could it be worth that price.

But the specific reason is hard to say. Chen Li'an looked at him in silence for a while and then said: "That bottle doesn't belong to me. I need to seek the opinion of its owner."

Buster smiled and said, "No problem. In fact, I would like to meet the bottle master. I am obsessed with Chinese porcelain. I hope I can invite you to dinner next time."

After Chen Li'an left the manor in the evening, he immediately talked about this matter with Ji Fa. He felt that it was very strange.

After hearing what Chen Li'an said, Ji Fa immediately understood and said with a smile: "He probably wants to find a replica and sell it at a high price. Someone must have taken a fancy to his antique bottle, but his purpose is definitely not The bottle, but the person who made the bottle, how could there be an identical bottle.”

Chen Li'an twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "He doesn't want to mass-produce and deceive people, right? Not many people in Europe are willing to collect porcelain."

Chen Li'an suddenly understood when he was halfway through talking. It couldn't be an Asian collector who took a fancy to his bottle.

If this is the case, then Chen Li'an will not help him. He can't cheat his own people.

At this time, collectors in Southeast Asia and Japan definitely have no money, and there is a high probability that Chinese collectors are interested in it.

This little old man was playing really dirty. The bottle in his hand was probably snatched from him before.

Chen Li'an felt extremely sick, as if he had seen Chinese cultural relics stolen from the British Museum auction.

What kind of bullshit aristocratic gentleman, a hypocritical gentleman is worse than a gangster on the street.

Chen Li'an turned to look at Ji Fa and asked, "Can you inquire about the specific situation?"

"Okay, but I don't recommend you get involved."

"You can ask me first."

Chen Li'an looked at the beautiful night view of London outside the car window and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. I don't know how much of this bustling night view was paid for by compensation.

When the car arrived downstairs at the hotel, Chen Li'an suddenly said, "Please arrange some interviews for me, not with the British media."

"What do you want to do?" Ji Fa asked with some vigilance.

Chen Li'an raised his eyebrows and said, "I want to curse."

Ji Fa: "." Then just think about it.

Ji Fa did not arrange an interview for Chen Li'an after all, but when the art exhibition was launched, something went wrong.

The British Museum seems to have done it on purpose. When Chen Li'an started the exhibition, it also held an exhibition of Chinese cultural relics and put many Chinese cultural relics in the museum on display.

The cultural relics that had been collecting dust in the safe finally had a chance to show up.

A lot of people came to visit for this reason. Although it also boosted the popularity of Chen Li'an's art exhibition, it was really disgusting.

Chen Li'an was also visiting those cultural relics, and he felt really uncomfortable. He didn't dare to let Master Wang and the others come over to see them, for fear that these old men and women couldn't stand the excitement.

"The exhibits in the British Museum are much better than those over there. They are ancient, mysterious and beautiful."

"Of course, the British Museum has tens of thousands of collections from China, and their Palace Museum doesn't have as many as ours."

Listening to these words in the British Museum, Chen Li'an was also stimulated and turned to look at the place where the sound came from.

Chen Li'an walked over and looked at them and said, "Where did these cultural relics come from? They were originally supposed to be in our Palace Museum, why do they appear here?"

The tourists who were chatting happily turned around when they heard the sudden sound behind them. When they turned around, Chen Li'an saw clearly that these people seemed to be reporters.

When these reporters saw that the speaker was Chen Li'an, they immediately became interested and immediately asked: "Hello, don't you think these cultural relics are better than your works?"

"There is no doubt about this. They are all treasures of Chinese culture. They have experienced the influence of history. Each cultural relic has its own story." After Chen Li'an answered this question, he looked at the reporter who asked the question and asked: "Can you please Can you tell me why these cultural relics appear here?"

The reporter choked at Chen Li'an's words and said nonchalantly: "You should ask the museum staff about this. I think they were all donated."

Chen Li'an sneered, looked at the reporters and said, "Donation? Haven't you studied history? Even if you haven't studied history, can't you even tell the difference between plunder and donation?"

The reporter didn't care about Chen Li'an's attitude, but asked with a bright eye: "Are you questioning whether the cultural relics in the British Museum were looted?"

"It's not a question, it's a fact." After Chen Li'an said that, he turned around and left, not caring whether the reporters would report what he said.

The reporters were actually not surprised. No one pointed to the British Museum. Every year, many countries ask the British Museum for their own cultural relics.

It's just that Chen Li'an is still running it in the British Museum. Isn't it bad if you just slap someone in the face like this? Aren’t you worried that your exhibition won’t go ahead?

Chen Li'an actually wished that he was stopped in the middle of the process. That would be more interesting. Then he would stand up and pretend to be miserable and call on those countries that looted cultural relics to speak out together.

Even if I don’t come back, I have to tear off the British Museum’s veil of hypocrisy.

Shameless thing!

This is one of the reasons why Chen Li'an chose to hold an exhibition at the British Museum, and also why he deliberately expressed his position in front of reporters.

I hope these reporters can publish their remarks soon, while they still have some fame and popularity, and hope that they can have a little condemning effect.

Everyone in the world knows this very well. Even many British people will ridicule themselves and mock the British Museum as a robber. Chen Li'an still remembers that the British Museum was "stolen" later. British netizens mocked themselves and said that when a robber encounters a thief, he must do his best to recover it. swag"!

In fact, most of the time, ordinary people are cute and have their own sense of right and wrong.

It's just that these voices are too weak. Chen Li'an now wants to make the noise louder so that these voices can gather together.

It’s so embarrassing to see the British Museum and say every day that it is the “museum of the world”. This world has been stolen! Why are you so embarrassed to talk about it?