fringe artist

Chapter 458 457. Hello 2000
"Hello 200."

Chen Li'an looked at the first ray of sunshine rising in 2000 and waved gently at it.

On the first day of the new century, it seems that the whole world is cheering and everyone is full of hope for the future.

Chen Li'an also received great news on the first day of the new century.

Lixin mobile phones achieved very good sales results on the first day they were launched.

The Lixin A880 priced at NT$1 sold [-] units at the end of [-]!
Very auspicious figures and sales. So many units were sold in just one day. All the staff at Lixin were so excited.

Chen Li'an was also very happy, but he also knew that this was because of the New Year's Day discount on the launch of the new machine, and he would not sell [-] units every day.

However, such results also show that Lixin’s early work was not in vain.

Such sales performance cannot be compared with the giants in the mobile phone industry. Not to mention that Nokia can sell tens of thousands of mobile phones a day, and even Ericsson, which ranks third, cannot catch up.

But Lixin is still young, and there are plenty of opportunities in the future to surpass the past.

Chen Li'an is full of confidence in this!All employees of Lixin are also confident in this!

After getting off to a good start and making money, Chen Li'an naturally wanted to express his gratitude by giving all employees of Lixin Mobile an extra month's bonus!
After rewarding his employees, Chen Li'an naturally also wanted to reward himself.

The flat floor he lives in now is still too small, and it’s time to change it after living there for several years.

He gives girls villas every day, but Chen Li'an has never bought a big house for himself.

This time, reward yourself with some luxury!Buy an island!

Chen Li'an called Li Dabai and asked her to arrange to see the island by herself.

Chen Li'an already has his first choice in mind, an archipelago located in Fiji. Fiji is one of the few countries that allows non-citizens to own private property.

The most important thing is that the scenery there is so beautiful.

Chen Li'an is going to buy an island, taking not only Li Dabai with him, but also a group of children and their mother.

Not many girls knew that Chen Li'an wanted to buy the island. Li Dabai only told a few girls he had good relationships with.

Bai Qing, Chen Meiren, Liu Xiaoli, Ji Fa and Wang Zuxian in Japan all came to join in the fun.

If Gong Li hadn't been the chairman of the jury at the Berlin Film Festival, she would have come too.

I’ve seen people buy houses, but I’ve never seen anyone buy an island!

He said it as if someone had seen it before. Chen Li'an had never seen anyone buy an island before, so he was very excited too!

The island he was interested in was very expensive. The price of buying the island alone was US$6000 million!
Regardless of the fact that the main island has been developed, Chen Li'an will have to prepare at least US$7000 million for the subsequent development of the remaining three islands, plus private jets and so on!
This price is killing me!
The girls all said that if Chen Li'an didn't spend any money, it would be a super scary figure.

When Chen Li'an flew to Fiji with the girls, he got on a small plane and flew around the islands. After going down to see the islands, Chen Li'an immediately decided to buy the islands.

The four islands can also be purchased separately, but Chen Li'an does not want to buy one island separately.

Four islands are just right. Gong Li will take a few girls to share one island, Chen Meiren will take a few girls to share one island. Bai Qing can bring a few people herself. Anyway, she wants to share one island, and Li Fuzhen will also share one island.

As for Chen Li'an, he just wandered around and went to wherever he wanted!
The area of ​​each island is not small. It is enough to build a resort hotel. When the time comes, build more villas and let them share it!

The girls who came with Chen Li'an all went to the beach to bask in the sun, while Chen Li'an went to discuss with the people in Fiji how to pay.

It is absolutely impossible to make a one-time payment. No wealthy person would choose to spend tens of millions to buy an island at once.

Installments must be paid in installments!Chen Li'an doesn't have that much money for the full payment. If it were the full payment, Chen Li'an would have to mortgage part of the shares of Magic Flute.

After Chen Li'an decided to buy the island, Mr. Tang arranged for someone to come over and sign a contract with Fiji to pay for the island.

There are a lot of procedures and there are many restrictions. Chen Li'an will not wait here forever.

I'm going to Berlin next month, so I don't have time to go through the formalities here.

Chen Li'an was going to be busy, but the girls were not busy. The scenery in Fiji was so beautiful, they just thought they were on vacation.

While they are on vacation here, they can also help Chen Li'an consult on how to develop and design these islands, saving Chen Li'an and the designers from having to figure it out.

Ji Fa and Chen Meiren were the most excited and spent the whole day studying how to develop the island.

Ji Fa wanted to make a private island full of artistic flavor, but Chen Meiren felt that such a large island was too wasteful to live on by herself. She should use it to build a resort hotel and occasionally receive tourists to earn some money for the maintenance of the island.

Chen Li'an saw that they were so enthusiastic, so he simply left it all to them. Even if they had no sense of aesthetics on such a beautiful island, they wouldn't make it ugly.

The weather in Berlin in February was very good, not as cold as Beijing. Chen Li'an sat with Lao Jia and Zhang Yimo in Berlin, eating pig's trotters and drinking beer, and chatted happily.

Zhang Ziyi sat next to Chen Li'an and was not very fond of pig's trotters. She felt that eating pig's trotters was too unladylike, so she got bored and chatted with Zhao Tao.

This combination is quite interesting, two directors, two heroines but only one male lead.

If only my father and mother came to the Berlin Film Festival, Chen Li'an would definitely not come.

Since he can't win an award anyway, why come here to accompany him? However, Chen Li'an is very optimistic about the platform and feels that his acting skills in the platform will not be a big problem in winning a Best Actor.

What's more, the chairman of the jury this time is Gong Li, she will definitely support him!

We are all from our own family, so winning awards is no small matter!
In the next few days, Chen Li'an and Zhang Ziyi went to watch movie screenings all day long, and the two were inseparable.

Who makes Gong Li, the chairman of the jury, unable to come out? Chen Li'an can only go with Zhang Ziyi, otherwise he can't watch the movie with Zhang Yimou.

There are many people who know Chen Li'an at the Berlin Film Festival. He has been traveling around with Zhang Ziyi these days. The gossip has spread for a long time. Even Gong Li was busy with the selection and heard the news.

The day before the film festival ended, when Chen Li'an and Zhang Ziyi were eating in the hotel, Gong Li suddenly appeared.

Chen Li'an didn't notice Gong Li coming at first, but he clearly felt Zhang Ziyi's body tightening, and subconsciously turned his head to follow her gaze.

Gong Li, dressed in black and wearing a hat, was walking over here. Her whole aura was in full swing, and she looked a bit scary.

Chen Li'an swallowed the beef in his mouth, patted the back of Zhang Ziyi's hand and said, "If you finish eating, go back to your room and rest first."

"Okay!" Zhang Ziyi immediately stood up and ran away before Gong Li came over.

After Zhang Ziyi left, Gong Li came over and sat down. She looked at Chen Li'an and asked lightly: "Is she Zhang Ziyi? Why does she look so afraid of me."

"Aren't you afraid? I'm scared when I see your aura." Chen Li'an said helplessly.

Gong Li snorted and said, "I didn't see that you were afraid. Aren't you very happy flirting with her?"

Chen Li'an rolled his eyes and did not answer the question, and asked doubtfully: "Is the selection over? How can you, the chairman, still move around freely?"

"It's over. I'm the chairman and I still have this right." Gong Li said proudly.

Chen Li'an immediately couldn't help but asked: "Then do I win the prize?"

"No! I voted for someone else." Gong Li said immediately.

Chen Li'an: "." This bitch is seeking revenge for her private life!

Take him back to the room and teach him a lesson!Chen Li'an took Gong Li and left, heading straight to the hotel's presidential suite.

As soon as she entered the room, Gong Li was made to look like a white poplar by Chen Li'an, and her clothes were thrown everywhere.

"Tell me! Who did you vote for!"

"I won't tell you!"

"Okay, if you still dare to be tough, open your mouth and let me see who is tougher, you or me!"

"uuuuuu"

After a long time, Gong Li finally surrendered, grabbing Chen Li'an's arm and begging for mercy: "I was wrong, I didn't vote for anyone else, I voted for you!"

"It's too late to admit your mistake now, so turn around and stand up." Chen Li'an said without mercy.

Gong Li turned around obediently, silently enduring Chen Li'an's anger, and then yelled wantonly, showing no signs of being the chairman of the Berlin Film Festival jury.

Time soon came to the night of the awards ceremony. Chen Li'an was sitting in the audience with Zhang Ziyi on the left and Lao Jia on the right.

The presentation of awards on the podium is already halfway through, and the small prizes and thank you awards are all over.

Now it’s the turn of the slightly bigger prize.

“The film that won the Alfred Ball Silver Bear Award was Platform, Jia Zhangke!”

As soon as the host finished speaking, the audience burst into applause. Lao Jia hugged Chen Li'an excitedly and then went on stage to receive the award.

Although this award is good, it is not as good as the Special Jury Award, nor as good as the Jury Silver Bear, let alone the Golden Bear.

But for Lao Jia, this award is enough of a surprise!

Chen Li'an was now looking forward to his award. When Lao Jia came off the stage with the trophy, the jury's special award was also announced.The winner is an American movie. After this award is over, it will be the best actor or actress.

Chen Li'an was already ready to win the award at this time, and even prepared his acceptance speech.

"The winner of the Best Actor Award this year is, Platform, Chen Li'an!"

When Chen Li'an's name was announced, no one was surprised. Everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with him. His acting skills were worthy of being the best actor!
The applause in the venue was even louder than when Jia Zhangke won the award just now. Everyone around Chen Li'an stood up and applauded him.

Chen Li'an also stood up to thank those around him, hugged Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao, and then went on stage to receive the award.

Zhang Ziyi originally planned to hug Chen Li'an and congratulate him, but Chen Li'an ignored him.

You're not from the crew of the platform. Who's going to hug you? Humph!

After Chen Li'an took the stage and took the trophy, he looked at the people in the audience and forgot all about the acceptance speech he had prepared.

This is not the first time he has won the best actor award, but it is the first time he has gone on stage to get the best actor trophy in person.

I didn’t know where to start with a lot of things in my heart. In the end, I just said into the microphone: “Thank you everyone, and thank myself.”

Thank you for your seriousness in acting, thank you for living up to this role, and thank you to all the crew.

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he took the trophy and walked off the stage. He suddenly felt relieved. It seemed that the Best Actor was just that.

It doesn't really matter what grand slams you get. Acting is for fun, not for winning awards.

Just be worthy of yourself and the role!
It was no surprise that the final grand prize at the Berlin Film Festival was taken away by my father and mother.

The only change may be that Zhang Ziyi did not wear a bellyband to receive the award on stage with Zhang Yimou this time.

Zhang Ziyi lost an opportunity for exposure and hype, and also lost a dark history.

Now she doesn't need that kind of hype, it's enough to have Chen Li'an behind her.

"Are you unhappy if you didn't win the award?" Chen Li'an asked while working hard behind Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Ziyi blushed and snorted a few times before saying: "I... want to be like Gong Li... win awards when I debut. I want to be the next Gong Li."

Chen Li'an slapped Zhang Ziyi and said, "You are now the next Gong Li. She was also lying here yesterday."

Zhang Ziyi: "..." That's not what I'm talking about, but it doesn't matter. It's better this way.

After the trip to Berlin, Chen Li'an flew to Fiji again, this time taking Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi with him.

Gong Li was not here to see the island, but to see the children.

Zhang Ziyi went to the island, and that was an island!It's not a villa or anything like that.

"I want to bask in the sun on the beach, you come with me!" After Zhang Ziyi arrived on the island, he pulled Chen Li'an to bask in the sun.

Chen Li'an: "..." I should be glad that there are no paparazzi here, but why do black photos of Zhang Ziyi always appear in my mind...

But the beach is really nice!It’s even better to put sunscreen on the girls!
"You are not allowed to paint each other, I should do this kind of thing, you can just enjoy it!" Chen Li'an shouted while looking at the girls on the beach.

"roll!"

"Bah, shameless!"

"Who is enjoying it?"

Chen Li'an's shamelessness attracted a lot of scolding...

Sissi smiled happily when she saw Chen Li'an being scolded, but she still took care of her old father's shame and took the initiative to run over and let Chen Li'an apply sunscreen.

"Go to your mother." Chen Li'an poked her back with his finger.

"Huh! Daddy, I won't feel sorry for you next time!" Sissi ran away angrily.

Chen Li'an was very disappointed. There were only a few girls on the island and it was already a mess. If other girls came too, we don't know what the mess would be like.

My dream of a sea-to-sky feast may never come true in my lifetime.

Forget it, let’s bask in the sun, I’ll go to Cannes and Venice later.

Chen Li'an participated in the Cannes film "The Mountain, That Man, That Dog" and had no chance of winning the award, but he still wanted to support Huo Jianqi.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Chen Li'an went to Cannes and gained nothing except drinking with Lao Huo and Jiang Wen for a few days.

By the time Jiang Wen and Lao Huo each walked away with a trophy, one was the Jury Award and the other was the Luis Buñuel Award.

Jiang Wen was very disappointed. He went for Jin Zhongzhi, and he had to bear the penalty of being banned from teaching for five years.

After the award ceremony, he took Chen Li'an to have a heavy drink before he recovered.

Huo Jianqi was extremely happy. The last Chinese director to win the Luis Buñuel Award was Zhang Yimou.

Huo Jianqi returned to China with honor, and the film was finally released in China. The copyright was also sold to Japan. It earned [-] million yen at the box office within a few months of its release in Japan, and it is still being screened more often.

Cannes in May is over, and Chen Li'an has become more leisurely again, flying back and forth between China and Fiji.

When I returned to China, I worked on the Magic Flute and Lixin mobile phones. When I went to Fiji, I studied the origin of life with Sophie Marceau. I lived a very happy life.

The three islands have not yet been developed. Chen Li'an and Sophie Marceau have not spent much time in Fiji. They have visited London, Paris, Tokyo and New York.

After playing for two months, Chen Li'an flew to Venice after sending Sophie Marceau back to Paris.

Suzhou He, who participated in the Venice Film Festival, is very likely to win an award. At least Zhou Gongzi's acting skills are expected to win the Best Actress in Venice.

Finally, under the witness of Chen Li'an, Mr. Zhou also won the first Best Actress Award in his life. He looked at Chen Li'an in the audience from a distance on the awards stage and expressed his gratitude and love.

"For me to be able to win this Best Actress Award, the thing I should be most grateful to is the actor Chen Li'an of this movie, because I really love him. This is not an act!"

Mr. Zhou's bold expression of love instantly detonated the scene, and everyone applauded.

Mr. Zhou also rushed off the stage and hugged Chen Li'an under the spotlight.

This Best Actress trophy is a testimony of their love.

Three months later, on a small island in Fiji, Chen Li'an was leisurely basking in the sun with a book covering his face.

Ji Fa and Wang Zuxian were lying next to each other, applying sunscreen to each other.

On the beach not far away, Bo Qing and Zhou Huimin sat under umbrellas and drew Chen Li'an with a paintbrush.

Behind Bo Qing, Sissi and Chen Mengli were instructing her to make Chen Li'an look ugly.

Behind them, Chen Feifei was protesting against her brother Chen Zhiyu for snatching her shovel.

In the lush woods behind the beach, the sound of mahjong tiles being played in a villa kept ringing.

The princess and Zhang Guorong were wailing because Gong Li had cheated on her, but Chen Meiren was shouting that she wanted to win them all back.

In the swimming pool below the villa, Chen Zihan and Fan Bingbing were working together to bully Jiang Qingqing.

Li Dabai was lying on the swing listening to Gao Yuanyuan's nagging pleas for peace, and wanted to join the Double White combination. Liu Tao was listening next to him, looking like Li Dabai's puppy legs.

On the blue sea, a yacht was driving back. Sophie Marceau and Jennifer were sitting on the deck, drinking juice and comparing whose child would be born first.

Chen Li'an, who was sleeping, suddenly heard someone calling him. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was Norika Fujiwara and Kyoko Fukada running over to invite him to attend their Showa Beauty swimming party that night.

At this time, in the blue sky, a private plane was flying quickly. Li Fuzhen and Li Yingxin were sitting on the plane overlooking the island.

Li Xue squinted at the plane, thinking about leaving the film and television company to Chen Meiren and going to work for Lixin Mobile to become the next Li Fuzhen.

Li Bingbing looked at her sister from the side and felt that her life was quite tiring and she was not as relaxed and happy as the girls picking up shells in the distance.

Mr. Zhou was barefoot on the beach picking up shells, followed by the impatient Ning Jing. She was really annoyed with Xu Qing, and she was so squeamish that she really wanted to fight with her.

Xu Qing couldn't stand Ning Jing either, and was complaining to Liu Xiaoli about Ning Jing's big butt.

Liu Xiaoli forced a smile and looked at Yu Feihong, who was coming to the island for the first time, for help. Unfortunately, Yu Feihong was more annoyed than her, so she got up and ran away.

If you have time to listen to Xu Qing's complaints, why not watch Zhang Ziyi and Zhang Baizhi fight? How interesting is a mainland celebrity and the successor to the Hong Kong diva.

Chen Li'an, who was woken up, looked at this scene and sighed silently in his heart.

Life is not good at all. My waist has been hurting recently and I really want to escape from this island.

I want to become a monk... Please call me Master Void from now on.

(End of this chapter)