Chapter 379: Early Ending and Completely Finished

Lu Tianming has two external identities, one is a writer and the other is a screenwriter.

But he has not achieved any decent achievements in these two fields. No, using the word "achievement" is a bit of a compliment to him. He has not achieved any decent results.

His only notable achievement is that he was once nominated for the Feitian Award for Outstanding Screenwriter.

Looking at all his works, including novels and the movies and TV series he wrote, almost all of them have main themes and are absolutely correct in their direction.

So even though he doesn't have any outstanding works and doesn't have any administrative rank, as he gets older, he still becomes a respected senior in the mainland film and television industry.

As a result, he became a member of the Film Bureau's review committee and a director of the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee.

The latter identity is okay, the former is the main reason why he has such a huge influence in the industry.

Of course, he is not a truly pure writer or screenwriter, so he also used his position to weave a huge network of relationships in the film bureau and the circle.

This is also why Lu Chuan was able to have all the best configurations when she debuted, and was also able to be praised to the sky in the industry through a niche film "Kekexili".

It was also because of the smooth journey that Lu Chuan, although he did not have the talent of poet Chen, inherited his arrogance and loftiness.

This time in "Jinling Jinling", Lu Chuan completely messed up.

Not only did it make it clear to everyone that his so-called talent was just a mediocre one, but it also exposed his nature and position.

As the director of "Jinling Jinling", Lu Chuan deserved to be beaten to death, but his father was not a good person either.

Because he reviewed this movie.

No matter what, he is also a senior film and television worker. If he says that he can't find any problems with the movie, Liu Zhou will never believe it.

However, Lu Tianming still used his connections to ensure that the film "Jinling Jinling" passed the review smoothly without any cuts.

Lu Tianming is definitely not the only one with a crooked butt in the review committee, but Liu Zhou can't possibly care about so many other people.

He could only deal with his father at the same time when he dealt with Lu Chuan.

This is what he is currently doing.

Lu Tianming still wanted to take advantage of his seniority and kept looking for someone to settle the matter between Liu Zhou and his son.

But he had no face in front of Liu Zhou at all.

Liu Zhou never thought about reconciling with Lu Chuan, but instead planned to crucify them together.

So even if he asked Han Shanping to come this time, it would be useless.

Fortunately, Han Shanping only came to deliver a message and not to lobby, otherwise Liu Zhou would have been in a difficult situation.

Han Shanping obviously had never expected that Liu Zhou actually wanted to deal with Lu Chuan and his son together.

"Of course you can bring down Lu Tianming, but he has not done anything corrupt or illegal. How can you bring him down?" Han Shanping asked.

"Whoever said that toppling him would mean sending him to work on a sewing machine? As long as he loses his current authority, he will be nothing."

"So you want to remove him from the status of a member of the review committee?"

"That's right! Without this identity, no matter how big his network is, it will collapse in an instant. Even if he still has some loyal friends or colleagues, it won't be of much use. Besides, his favors will run out one day."

After hearing Liu Zhou's words, Han Shanping couldn't help but sigh:
"You are so cruel. Maybe Lu Tianming himself didn't expect that you would do something to him, but he has strong connections in the Film Bureau now. It won't be easy to get rid of him."

"I know, but who would still deal with him in the Film Bureau?"

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Han Shanping was stunned, then smiled and said:

"That's right. Maybe many people have forgotten your other identity. Not only are you the boss of a film and television company, but you are also the second richest man in the country and an officially certified young talent."

Although Liu Zhou is also the chairman of Sina Group and a wealthy man in China, because he is often active in the entertainment industry, sometimes people often overlook his other identities.

If he was just a super popular director in China and the owner of a film and television company, it would not be an easy task for him to bring down Lu Tianming, even if his company was the number one in the industry.

Not to mention that he has strong connections and it will be difficult for you to bring him down. This will also cause dissatisfaction from those above you because what you are doing is somewhat breaking the rules.

But Liu Zhou is different, his connections are not limited to the film and television industry.

Not only is he familiar with Leader Xu of the radio and television system, he even has a relationship with Leader Xu himself.

Therefore, if Liu Zhou uses his connections in the Film Bureau, it will be difficult for Lu Tianming to keep his position.

What's more, his status as a member of the review committee is not an administrative position in the Film Bureau, and he is not even a member of the Film Bureau.

Most of the members of the review committee are respected and experienced industry professionals invited by the Film Bureau from outside.

For example, in the National Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy, there are also professors who are members of the review committee.

So it would be even easier to bring down Lu Tianming.

Thinking of this, Han Shanping couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Liu Zhou was not at the same level as others in the entertainment industry. Not only was he good at making movies, he was also the boss of the industry's top film and television company. These two identities alone were enough to make him a smooth sailing in the entertainment industry.

Not to mention that he also has the ability to jump out of the entertainment industry. If Liu Zhou really wants to deal with someone, it would be a dimensionality reduction attack.

Fortunately, Liu Zhou was not a domineering person. Generally speaking, he was rather kind.

Even with Feng Kuazi and Huayi, who have grudges against him, I have never heard that he would use any other additional means to deal with them. They are all normal business competition methods.

It was just that Lu Chuan's journey was too smooth and he lost himself in the applause, which also blinded his eyes and made him unable to see what kind of person Liu Zhou really was.

"If they and their father didn't have crooked butts, I wouldn't want to kill them. I also know that there are many people with crooked butts like them in the entertainment industry, but this is not something I should care about.

But who made the Lu family father and son offend me? In that case, I will just shoot them to death. "

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Han Shanping said with a smile:

"Those who eat our food but lean towards the outside world are indeed damned. Since you have made up your mind, just follow your plan. This way I can be happy and relieved, and I don't have to argue with them when I go back."

"Boss Han, the daily box office of Nanjing Nanjing has dropped below one million, and it doesn't have much screening value. Do you think it can be taken off the screen?"

"You really want to beat Lu Chuan to death. It seems that I can't really offend you, otherwise I won't know how I died."

"Isn't this just to make an example of someone? Of course I have to be ruthless, otherwise anyone would dare to ride on my neck and shit on me."

Han Shanping pondered for a while and said:
“Although the single-day box office of ‘Jinling Jinling’ is already very low, it is not something I can decide alone to take the movie off the screen early.

I need to communicate with the heads of other cinema chains, but I don't think it should be a big problem.

Now that the movie is a dud and the box office is not that great, they should give us some face and we should know the result by the end of this month.”

"Okay, thank you Mr. Han for your help."

"This is a small matter. If this movie hadn't passed the censorship, I would have wanted to prevent it from being released."

“If you really prevent the film from being released, President Qin of Xingmei will definitely turn against you.” Liu Zhou said with a smile.

"That's not necessarily true. He has been running to China Film Group in recent days, hoping to strengthen cooperation with us."

"It seems that Mr. Qin has learned his lesson. After being tricked by Lu Chuan once, he has come to his senses. I thought he would need to pay tuition for a while longer."

"Let's not talk about him anymore. I'm leaving now if there's nothing else."

After saying that, Han Shanping also stood up and left.

Liu Zhou was not sure how Han Shanping responded to the father and son of the Lu family. In the next few days, the main focus on the Internet was still on scolding Lu Chuan.

"No Man's Land" and "Twilight" are also still slowly reaping the box office revenue.

On the first day of July, the box office of "No Man's Land" increased to 2.5 million, and the box office of "Twilight" also officially exceeded 1.08 million, reaching million.

Today is the last day to rest assured about the box office revenue, because tomorrow, the sure-to-be-big-hit "Transformers 2" will be released nationwide.

Just when the promotion of "Transformers 2" was in full swing, two things happened on that day, which made the outside world cheer and silenced some people in the industry.

The first thing is that several major cinema companies, led by China Film, jointly announced that due to the low attendance rate of "Jinling Jinling", they decided to withdraw it from the screen.

"Jinling Jinling" was released for exactly ten days, and the box office finally stopped at 93 million.

To be honest, if the movie continues to be released for a full month, even if the daily box office is only a few hundred thousand now, the total box office of "Jinling Jinling" should be able to exceed 100 million.

The main reason is that the movie took in too much box office revenue in the past few days.

"Jinling Jinling" may be the movie with the shortest box office and the shortest release time.

In fact, people in the industry also know that this was most likely done by Golden Harvest, and they showed no mercy at all.

But the reasons given by the cinema chain for taking the film off the screen were impeccable, and the film's attendance was indeed very low.

However, compared to the different feelings of people in the circle, netizens immediately celebrated when they heard the news.

They didn't know what happened behind the scenes, so in their opinion, they were largely responsible for the early completion of "Nanjing Nanjing".

The second thing was just an announcement issued by the Film Bureau, which roughly meant that after research and decision, Lu Tianming resigned from his position in the Film Review Committee and also resigned from his position as a director of the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee.

Netizens didn’t care about this announcement at all; they didn’t even know who Lu Tianming was.

But on the contrary, people in the industry are very concerned about this.

After seeing this announcement, many people felt mixed emotions, while some people could not help but remain silent.

But they all understood that Lu Chuan was really finished this time.

(End of this chapter)