Chapter 97 Breaking up

"Writing novels just for money? He tarnished the elegance of literature!"
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"Beijing News"

"Not familiar with Feng Kuazi? The conflict between the two seems to be made public! "
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Beijing Evening News

"A role model for young people, Liu Zhou uses his talent to realize his dream!"
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"Southern Weekend"

"Denial in public? Revealing the story that Liu Zhou and Zeng Li have to tell! "
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"Sina"

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With the broadcast of Liu Zhou's "Super Interview" program, what he said in the program was immediately interpreted by major media.

Every media outlet has a different angle, but most of them criticize him.

Liu Zhou didn't care about it and continued to promote the new movie at his own pace.

However, no matter where Liu Zhou appears, most media will ask him about the topics he mentioned in the interview.

There is no doubt that Liu Zhou is the traffic center in the literary and art circles during this period.

In fact, the reporter has also discovered that since Liu Zhou became famous, the news seems to be getting more and more interesting, and there are more hot news.

But Liu Zhou didn't appear in public very often, which made them feel incredible.

Liu Zhou felt both happy and worried about the influx of news media.

His current popularity has indeed had a good effect on the promotion of the film, but it has also made him a little annoyed.

If Liu Zhou was annoyed by this, as for Feng Kuzi, his eyes turned red when he saw the media surrounding Liu Zhou.

He has made such a great decision to postpone the release of his new movie to November, and of course he can't let a young boy like you take all the credit.

So the next day, Feng Kuazi directly fired back in the Beijing News:
"I'm not familiar with Liu Zhou either, but young people should learn to respect their elders!"

Then Feng Kuzi's words were quickly interpreted by other media as "Liu Zhou does not respect his predecessors!", "Liu Zhou is young and frivolous and has no sense of awe!".

When Liu Zhou saw so many reports saying that he was arrogant and disrespectful to his predecessors, he knew that it was Feng Kuzi and the Huayi Brothers behind him who took action.

Liu Zhou had anticipated this, he knew that Feng Kuzi's gang would not remain quiet.

Although he knew that arguing with Feng Kuzi would satisfy his wishes, Liu Zhou couldn't let them continue to slander him like this.

So Liu Zhou also spoke out in Southern Weekend and Southern Metropolis Daily:

"Learn to be a good person first, then let others respect you!"

After Liu Zhou spoke out, the southern media reported news such as "Feng Kuazi is a bad person!" and "Feng Kuazi is a villain who becomes arrogant when he succeeds!"

Not only that, some media also reported the news that Feng Kuazi abandoned his wife.

When it comes to fabricating news, never doubt the ability and strength of the Southern media.

In his previous life, Liu Zhou sometimes looked down on some of the practices of the Southern media, but now, Liu Zhou said that he could increase his efforts!

Feng Kuazi was very angry about these reports and said angrily in front of the media:

"He has no manners, no bottom line, and uses other people's wives and children for publicity. Such people deserve to die!"

"God is watching what you do. Since you have done such a thing, don't act like you are innocent!" Liu Zhou immediately responded.

After saying this, Liu Zhou still felt better but still not satisfied, so he continued:
"Who do you think you are? Do you think you can decide someone's life or death?"

Liu Zhou has completely broken off relations with Feng Kuazi!
If you're going to hype it up, then do it all at once.

When the media heard Liu Zhou’s words, they instantly went wild!
No one expected Liu Zhou to be so tough!

It’s true that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers!
The entertainment industry has never seen people who openly fall out with each other like Liu and Zhou. No matter how big the conflict is, they will always show decent courtesy in front of the media.

For a while, news about Liu Zhou and Feng Kuazi's quarrel was everywhere, becoming the biggest hot topic in the mainland after National Day.

Later, Han Shanping saw that the two men were getting really angry and were becoming more and more excessive, so he went to Liu Zhou and Feng Kuazi separately and asked them to stop talking.

Both of them had to give face to Han Shanping.

However, even though the two of them kept their mouths shut, the excitement about them outside has not diminished at all.

This situation left the two brothers of Huayi at a loss.

They originally thought that both parties would have a tacit understanding to work together to hype the film and then push up the box office of the movie, achieving a win-win situation.

But unexpectedly, Liu Zhou had no moral principles and directly broke off relations with Feng Kuazi, which also irritated Feng Kuazi.

Although it seems to be more heated now, the two sides have obviously become enemies.

This is obviously inconsistent with the plan of the Wang brothers. They are still thinking about cooperating with Liu Zhou in the future!

In the current situation, how could there be any chance for cooperation?
"Brother, is Liu Zhou really mentally ill? How can he do business like this? Doesn't he know that having more friends means having more options?" Wang Zhonglei said a little angrily.

Wang Zhongjun sighed and said:

"Maybe this is just the youthful vigor! We can't look at him from a businessman's perspective. He has been very successful and talented, so he definitely can't stand being bullied.

This was my mistake. If I had known he was so arrogant, I would not have fanned the flames and hyped it up so much."

"Brother, since we have already torn our relationship with him, don't worry about anything."

"how do you want to do it?"

Wang Zhonglei was delighted to see that his elder brother finally stopped defending Liu Zhou, and he said eagerly:
"We can make up some more negative stories about him to completely discredit him. At the same time, we can also bribe the projectionists outside to get pirated copies of his movies out as quickly as possible."

"No!" "Brother, why not? This is a solution I have been thinking about for a long time."

"You can try the above methods, but I don't think the effect will be great. However, you must not do anything like piracy."

"Don't worry, bro. I will do this secretly. No one will find out it was us."

“I know, but we still can’t do it. Liu Zhou’s new film is a project that Han Shanping focuses on. We will have to rely on him for a long time to come, and we can’t offend him.

The most important thing is that we have to abide by the rules. Since we want to make a living in the film industry, we can't break the pot.

It’s okay for us to use some means within the rules, but we must never break the rules.

Doing this is addictive. If we do it too much, no one will cooperate with us, and we will have no place in the industry in the future."

Seeing Wang Zhongjun being so serious, Wang Zhonglei also realized that such a thing should not be done. It would be right to listen to his elder brother on major policies.

"Okay, then I won't do piracy anymore."

"It's a pity that I can't use someone as talented as Liu Zhou."

In Wang Zhongjun's heart, Liu Zhou's value is greater than Feng Xiaogang's.

He had learned the situation clearly from China Film Corporation. Liu Zhou's movie "My Sassy Girl" made a lot of money, including overseas revenue, which was higher than the profit of two or three of Feng Kuazi's movies.

Although Feng Kuzi's movies had high box office, they were not well received by audiences in the south, let alone overseas releases.

How much money can the mainland box office make now?

It is because most other people are losing money that Feng Pants stands out.

Now with Liu Zhou as an example, Wang Zhongjun suddenly felt that Feng Pants was not so attractive.

If he could get Liu Zhou into his pocket, Wang Zhongjun would definitely kick Feng's pants off without hesitation.

But he also knew that it was impossible. Now the two sides were in such an ugly situation. If there were no greater interests as a lubricant in the future, it would be difficult for the two sides to reconcile.

In that case, Wang Zhongjun also gave up the last bit of luck in his heart. Since they were opponents, he shouldn't blame himself for taking action.

On the other side, in the courtyard, Zeng Li was also looking at Liu Zhou with a worried look on her face.

"Zhou Zhou, I will stand by you no matter what decision you make, but you still have to be careful of Feng Kuazi. Behind him stand the two brothers from Huayi and a large group of people from the Beijing circle."

Seeing Zeng Li's worried look, Liu Zhou smiled and comforted her:
"Don't worry, the Beijing circle is not omnipotent. I don't rely on them or beg them, so they can't do anything to me.

At most, they would resort to some petty tricks that are not worthy of being mentioned in public, but this has little impact on me, as I have a solid base."

Although there are a lot of news that discredit Liu Zhou, which may have some impact on some passers-by, Liu Zhou's fans will not be fooled.

Traditional media may not be able to do anything about it, but on the Internet, Liu Zhou’s fans have already blasted Feng Pants.

"Will they use some tricks to release this movie?"

"There should be some, but it doesn't matter. What we need to pay attention to is their deliberate targeting in the future."

"Why are Feng Kuzi so annoying? Can't everyone just focus on making a movie?"

Liu Zhou was a little amused by Zeng Li's cute expression and said:

"Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Everything is for profit. But you don't have to worry. I am not someone who can't fight back."

After Liu Zhou finished speaking, his cell phone rang. When he picked it up, he found it was Lao Huang calling.

"Liu Zhou, is everything okay?"

"No, teacher."

"That's fine. If you have any questions, you can tell me. Students of the Central Academy of Drama are not to be bullied by anyone."

"I understand, teacher."

Old Huang didn't say much. He just gave some instructions and hung up the phone.

Not long after I hung up, Director Xie suddenly called:

"Liu Zhou, if you have any questions, you can come to our Pearl River Factory. You are half a Pearl River Factory member. Although we have declined a bit, we are not dead. We still have some face in the industry."

Without saying a word, Director Xie hung up the phone.

Liu Zhou held up his phone and said to Zeng Li with a smile:

"Look, isn't my backer here to cheer me up and support me?"

Zeng Li saw that Liu Zhou looked relaxed, and her worries mostly disappeared. She also smiled and said:

"You are the best, okay? Look at how proud you are of yourself."

"Hey, am I not awesome?"

Hearing Liu Zhou's words, Zeng Li's pretty face turned slightly red and she ignored him.

Liu Zhou didn't notice Zeng Li's expression change, and continued:

"In fact, no matter what, the truth still lies in the box office. The box office of a movie is the most direct reflection of your value. If the box office is high, you will have more friends around you."

As time slowly came to November 2, the 120 copies produced by China Film Group were sent to all parts of the country overnight.

Liu Zhou's new movie "Only You", which everyone has been looking forward to, will soon be released nationwide.

(End of this chapter)