Bent Afflett's tone suddenly paused. As a top actor in the world, he had just called Chen Guang a clown. But in that instant, Chen Guang's gaze reminded him of another clown character.
It was Heath Ledger's role as the Joker in "Batman: The Dark Knight," one of the most iconic villains in the history of movies.
Chen Guang's eyes were empty with madness, calm but filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent.
"Otherwise … I … I will personally take a photo of you tonight and post it on my social media account!"
Bent Aflet didn't know what was wrong with him. He wanted to say that he was going to beat him up, but the words came out like this.
He really didn't want to admit that he had fallen into the fear of facing Satan because of a look from the other party.
Chen Guang smiled. "Then I really have to thank you. Remember to make me look more handsome, or I will sue you for violating my portrait rights. Get lost, see you at the Oscars. "
Bent Aflet was a world-renowned superstar, and he had never been treated like this before.
He blushed and wanted to get angry subconsciously, but he was intimidated by Chen Guang's look just now. He looked back dejectedly, and then turned away with a livid face.
Seeing that Bent had been humiliated, the others in the cafe gathered together and whispered. Most of them were complaining about Bent's injustice, thinking that Chen Guang lacked manners.
Chen Guang's ears were sharp, and he curled his lips in disdain. He had been scolded so many times that he was completely numb. Who cares?
A little anger just now had some benefits. At least the cafe owner, who had recognized him, didn't dare to drive him away.
An hour later, Chen Guang returned to the hotel and changed into a suit and tie. He combed his beautiful hair like a waterfall, and after being carefully dressed by a top makeup artist hired by Lu Xiaoliang, he finally stood on the grand stage of the world premiere of Women.
At this time, the lights behind him were bright, and the red carpet was dazzling. The edge of the giant poster behind him flashed with neon LED colors.
The large LED countdown sign above his head showed that it was exactly 7: 40 L.A. time.
Nearly 60 employees of the Tianguang Group in Los Angeles also stood on the red carpet all the way to his side.
Everything looked so luxurious. Apart from the fact that it looked cold and shabby compared to the other two premieres, there was nothing wrong with it.
Although the venue was not as big as the one for Women, it was still brightly lit.
However, the exhibition's decorations and appearance were all secondary. When it came to holding a press conference or a premiere, it was all about the people.
It was better to have an international superstar standing there than to have thousands of primary school students wave flags and shout battle cries.
It was the same as in China, or even crazier. The European and American celebrities were standing there, waving their hands and nodding their heads. This was living popularity.
For example, the former King of Pop, Jackson, had countless fans all over the world.
Wherever he went, as long as he was willing to appear in public, even in a remote mountain village, he would be tainted with his nobility.
Any reporter or photography enthusiast could take a picture. As long as Jackson was in the picture frame, even if the house behind him was made of mud, he could still be on the cover of a fashion magazine without losing his reputation.
Pop superstars had such influence, just like Watson, William Jones, Bent Afflett, Mars and Stone, who were smiling and waving their hands casually on the red carpets of the two opposite companies, could make the crowd scream crazily.
Any one of them in the crowd could make everyone on Chen Guang's side feel suffocated.
No matter how calm you looked, others would think that you were stubborn and that it was useless.
They probably wouldn't even have to wait until tomorrow morning. Now, the reporters and onlookers would rush over to take pictures or videos from time to time after they finished taking pictures and post the obvious contrast of the press conference on the Internet.
Chen Guang could imagine the headlines of these people.
"F * ck! Not a single person came! "Chen Guang cursed." Buttface, go find some dogs. I want poodles. "
Lu Xiaoliang and Fang Tianyu were speechless. Boss, where is your calmness?
Were they … eaten by dogs?
Or are you going to let the dogs eat them?
Fang Tianyu said, "Boss, isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Lu Xiaoliang also tried to persuade him. "Boss, it's settled! It's settled! "
Chen Guang waved his hand in boredom. "Forget it. I tricked some people into coming, but it seems that they didn't come. Let's wait for another five minutes, and then we'll go back to the cinema. Cancel all the speeches we prepared. By the way, have you finished printing the first volume of 'World School'? "
Lu Xiaoliang nodded. "It's done. Boss, take a look."
Chen Guang took the still warm first volume of 'World School of Performing Arts' from Lu Xiaoliang. He flipped through it casually and was quite satisfied.
Previously, he was worried that things would be too hasty, so he could only get a printed bound book with extremely simple packaging. But now, the book in his hand was beautifully packaged with a plastic cover, and the artistic font of the title looked very classy.
He opened it gently. The paper was thick and had a soft yellow color. The English words printed inside were clear and spaced reasonably. At first glance, this hastily written book of 'World School of Performing Arts' was as exquisite as a work of art.
Of course, what satisfied Chen Guang most was the cover of the book.
As expected of the roundworm in his stomach, Buttface really had a good eye for judgment!
Chen Guang looked at his big face on the cover. So handsome!
Well photoshopped!
Pooh!
With my natural beauty, ah, with my handsome face that looks like Pan An's, do I still need Photoshop?
I don't need it!
Placing the book back in Lu Xiaoliang's hands, Chen Guang replied, "Well done. Later, get a pretty lady to stand at the entrance of the theater and give it to everyone that enters. Make sure to make it clear that this is the first half of my Performing Arts Monograph that we've been promoting."
Lu Xiaoliang nodded silently. He didn't know whether he should say it or not.
President Chen, in my opinion, the hundreds of books we printed today can only be used for the bonfire party tonight.
"Alas! It's beautiful, but we need it urgently. The cost is 33.7 US dollars per book. It's really painful for me to give them away like this."
Lu Xiaoliang changed the way he said it.
Chen Guang patted his shoulder calmly. "It doesn't matter. I don't think we can give any of them away."
Damn, Mr. Chen, you know your place pretty well!
Lu Xiaoliang and Fang Tianyu rolled their eyes at the same time.
At this moment, the red carpet ceremony outside the premiere of "The Sunshine Man" had just come to an end. The director and the main creator, William Jones, were standing on the stage to give a speech. They were about to lead their friends in the industry, as well as the heavyweights from the media who had obtained the tickets to the premiere, to the number one theater.
In the blink of an eye, a large group of reporters and onlookers turned around and headed towards "Women".
Further away, the despicable and shameless William Jones and the others did not turn around and head inside immediately. Instead, they took out binoculars out of nowhere and looked at "Women" with great interest!
Chen Guang's expression didn't change. He adjusted his expression and flicked his hair, putting on a calm smile on his face.
"They're coming to take pictures of me. Make them look more handsome."
Chen Guang seemed to be talking to himself, but it also seemed like he was talking to Lu Xiaoliang and Fang Tianyu.
Lu Xiaoliang, Fang Tianyu, and the other employees of Tianguang Group turned around and looked at his side profile. They didn't know why, but they felt a sense of desolation from his faint smile.
When a tiger falls to the plains, it gets bullied by dogs. When a dragon swims in shallow waters, it gets swallowed by shrimps!
The heroic President Chen was actually going to suffer such humiliation in a foreign country!
Damn it!
However, under such circumstances, he was still able to smile at them. This showed just how extraordinary President Chen was!
If it was someone else, they would probably have run away and cried somewhere.
All the employees of Tianguang Group looked at Chen Guang with an indescribable look in their eyes.
Worship!
No one knew what Chen Guang was thinking. To be honest, the Old Man was actually panicking.
It didn't matter how much people mocked him. But based on the current trend, were they going to perform a reverse miracle of zero box office sales in North America?
This wasn't good!
Although he was 100% confident in his acting skills, he knew that once someone walked into the cinema and came out, even without the cooperation of a monograph, there was a high chance that they would become his tap water.
This was also where his confidence came from.
Before him, no one in the film industry had ever dared to say such things to him.
Even old films that were now regarded as classics could not be praised by everyone when they were released. Just like the Four Great Classical Novels of today, the cultural dregs of the past, they were also created in controversy.
Movies were, after all, a matter of opinion. Now, although Chen Guang was confident, he couldn't handle the fact that no one would watch it.
No one would enter the cinema, and no one would see his acting skills. His amazing talent was completely covered in dust, and his meticulously prepared monograph that would shock seven billion people couldn't be presented.
This meant that he couldn't get any support from the tap water. It was like the world's number one ballet dancer dancing on an empty stage. No matter how well she danced, she wouldn't be able to get a single applause.
What was worse was that when the box office statistics came out the next day, it would either be zero, or there would only be a few people watching. What should he do then?
The box office statistics were just that tragic. Even if he hired a water army or bribed film critics to praise him online, it wouldn't be able to move him.
The reviews posted online by your film critics were more than your total box office. Who were you kidding?
There was something that Chen Guang didn't say. He had just glanced at the box office for the premiere, and he hadn't seen wrongly. It was zero!
Looking at the queue at the ticket office, everyone was the same. The ticket office was empty, without a single person.
However, the tickets for the premieres of "Sunshine" and "July" had long been snatched up by the major media outlets. No one was queuing because there were no tickets to sell.
But for "Women", no one was buying tickets!
At that moment, Chen Guang was extremely annoyed by the deep malice of his international friends.
Sigh, if he had known, he would have spent money to hire more people to watch it. Otherwise, he would have shouted a few times among the Chinese people.
The Old Man had slightly underestimated the indifference of his international friends.
Chen Guang really didn't want to admit that he had made a mistake.
But now that things had come to this, it was too late for him to make up for it on the spot.
Forget it, if the premiere collapsed, then so be it.
Tomorrow, I'll obediently admit defeat. I'll spend money to hire people to go to the cinema, but I still have to keep up with the publicity.
Today, I've embarrassed myself. Tomorrow, even if the whole world knows that I'm shameless, I can only brag even more shamelessly.
Anyway, the controversy was already big enough, so I might as well make it bigger. It was so big that people would have doubts in their minds, so that people would think in their hearts, 'Why am I, Chen Guang, so arrogant?'
Let these people enter the cinema with the intention of criticizing. No matter what, they had no right to speak if they hadn't seen it for themselves.
If these North American people wanted to scold with more layers, depth, and persuasiveness, they still had to go to the cinema.
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