The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 337: Doubts about the award, 600 stars’ privacy leaked

"I really forgot to ask, what did your uncle An talk about at the film festival?"

During the entire film festival, it was impossible for Liu Yifei to stick to Zhang Chen the whole time. She spent more time meeting An Shaokang.

Now An Shaokang has gone to Gaul to perform his duties and rarely has the opportunity to return home.

This trip to Cannes also gave Liu Yifei the opportunity to meet her father.

In the first few days of the film festival, An Shaokang took a leave of absence and came to Cannes to accompany Liu Yifei to watch many movies.

During that time, Zhang Chen was busy with the movie and didn't know what happened between the father and daughter.

Now listening to what Liu Xiaoli said, something happened that he didn't know about?
"Nothing to talk about."

Liu Yifei avoided Zhang Chen's gaze and did not dare to look him in the eye.

Zhang Chen could only look at Liu Xiaoli not far away.

Liu Xiaoli just smiled in response and did not give Zhang Chen an answer.

Zhang Chen had no choice but to treat this as someone else's private matter and not ask any more questions.

On the return flight, Han Sanping didn't ask any questions, so Zhang Chen slept until the plane landed.

However, when the plane entered the hangar, he was not in a hurry to get off the plane.

"Has everyone left?"

"Boss, why don't we meet? Otherwise, after such a long time without any interaction with the fans, they will have something to say again."

Zhang Chen and Xue Yining started a discussion about whether or not to meet the fans surrounding the airport.

It was called a discussion, but in fact it was Xue Yining who was persuading Zhang Chen.

Her boss hasn't had face-to-face communication with his fans for a long time.

This is not conducive to fans' support for their idols.

"I haven't seen you for a long time?" Zhang Chen really had no impression.

"Yes!" Xue Yining nodded with certainty.

When my boss was still making his way as a singer, he would hold fan meetings from time to time.

However, since switching to the film and television industry, he has interacted less with his fans.

If you really count, the boss hasn't interacted with fans for two or three years.

"Then let's meet and cheer up the security people."

My family knows their own affairs.

Although he has dedicated people to maintain his fan base, the emergence of some extreme fans is still inevitable.

In this case, safety is of paramount importance.

Zhang Chen's car drove a long way out of the airport before arriving at the meeting place with fans.

Because all of Zhang Chen’s fans know one thing.

If they surrounded the airport, they would definitely not be able to see Zhang Chen.

If they go and wait without affecting airport traffic, there is still a chance.

This habit has been formed since Zhang Chen debuted, and new fans are also spontaneously maintaining this practice under the education of old fans.

Today is their extremely lucky day. Someone informed them that Zhang Chen is coming!

"Zhang Chen! Zhang Chen!"

"Boss Zhang! Boss Zhang!"

"Boss, I love you—"

There was a endless sea of people at the scene, who maintained a relatively orderly formation under the maintenance of security and were divided into simple small squares.

However, the moment Zhang Chen walked out of the car door, everyone started to squeeze forward frantically.

Fortunately, the security team Zhang Chen called were all professionals. They prevented these increasingly crazy fans from breaking through the cordon, and also prevented Zhang Chen from shrinking back as soon as he got out of the car.

After he got out of the car, he saw countless fans holding various banners to welcome him:
"Congratulations to Zhang Chen for winning the Palme d'Or in his first attempt."

"Zhang Chen, the eternal God!"

"Little golden palm, easy to catch!"

There are also some fans who have obviously been to Cannes to watch Zhang Chen's film screening:
"Messenger of Justice Zhang Chen, use your actions to seek justice for us!"

Zhang Chen looked at these people and felt a little emotional.

This lazy idol of his seldom appears in front of them very often, but these people still support him as always, which makes him feel a little guilty.

I have been busy making money these years and haven't produced any works. These people have been waiting for a long time for a movie to come out. I hope they like it.

He kept reflecting in his mind and his hands never stopped. Fans kept handing him photos of him at the Cannes Film Festival.

These photos were obviously purchased through formal channels and clearly show his style at the Cannes Film Festival.

He also kept taking these photos and signing them one by one.

The meeting lasted for a full hour, until Zhang Chen's hands became sore from signing, so he had to end this rare meeting early.

"Boss, something happened!"

As soon as Zhang Chen lay back in his chair, Xue Yining hurriedly handed him a news summary.

He forced himself to concentrate and read the document quickly.

"You are in a hurry." Zhang Chen sneered, threw the things in his hand aside, and took out his laptop.

Fortunately, his computer has a portable wireless network, so he can access the Internet anytime and anywhere.

When he found the relevant webpage based on the news, he found that the place had already been in a complete uproar. The reason was a post on the Baidu Movie Forum:
[How did Zhang Chen, who is only 21 years old, win the Palme d'Or? ]

The post lists some questionable aspects of Zhang Chen's film "Love":

1. Zhang Chen has attended school very few days since he entered Beijing Film Academy in 02, and he majored in acting. How did a student of acting become a director in less than 4 years?

2. If Zhang Chen became a talented musician because of his family background and hard work, then how could he reach the level of a Palme d’Or film director at the Cannes Film Festival in such a short period of time without any foundation in film studies?

3. Among the crew members, the deputy director is Tian Zhuangzhuang, who is the director of the Film Department of Beijing Film Academy and a leading figure of the fifth generation of directors in China. Does this have a direct relationship with Zhang Chen’s film winning the award?
4. According to students from Beijing Film Academy, Zhang Chen often frequented the office of Tian Zhuangzhuang of Beijing Film Academy during the early preparation stage of filming. Soon after, it was reported that the script of "Love" had passed the review. Does this mean that the script was written by Tian Zhuangzhuang?
This post is obviously not something that an average person could write. Many of the supporting evidence in it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate in order to dig out the inside information that ordinary people cannot get. It is precisely because this post is so convincing that many netizens who do not know the truth began to doubt the reliability of Zhang Chen's winning the Palme d'Or:
"So there are so many inside stories behind Zhang Chen's winning the award?"

"I think a 21-year-old Palme d'Or director is much scarier than a 15-year-old Grammy winner."

"I thought Zhang Chen had set a record for the youngest person to win a Grammy, but it turned out that he was suspected of cheating."

"The evidence posted by the forum owner basically proves that Zhang Chen's movie was shot by Tian Zhuangzhuang, who was listed as the 'assistant director' but was actually the 'director'!"

"It's ironic that a cheater won the Palme d'Or!"

Zhang Chen browsed through the so-called evidence one by one, as well as the comment section where there were more water army comments than normal comments.

"How come you're still so calm?!"

Liu Yifei put her head in front of Zhang Chen. The more she looked, the more frightened and anxious she became.

This post almost calls Zhang Chen a fraud. Some people have begun to question the authenticity of the songs Zhang Chen has made since his debut, saying that those songs might have been written by his mother Sun Fangping, and Zhang Chen's so-called identity as a singer-songwriter is most likely fake.

"It's just the clown's final counterattack."

Zhang Chen curled his lips and closed the computer.

Things are indeed very troublesome and it is difficult to explain this kind of thing clearly.

It only takes a mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it.

Some people will feel that the more you explain, the more it proves that you are guilty.

This will create a dilemma where one has to explain but cannot get out of it either.

"Now what?"

Seeing that Zhang Chen was so confident, Liu Yifei felt a lot more relieved.

"Wait, I'm not the one who's anxious now."

The trophy is already in his pocket, and the movie has been successfully sold all over the world. If the people behind him are capable, they can go around the world to buy back the distribution rights he sold, and then he still has a chance to survive.

In the next two days, he will finish the work he has done during this period.

Ever since Zhang Chen came back from the Cannes Film Festival, he has stayed indoors.

Many media reporters were anxiously waiting for Zhang Chen, the person involved, to come out and clarify the rumors on the Internet, but no matter how they contacted the relevant people, Zhang Chen did not respond.

However, although Zhang Chen himself did not respond, many official media and domestic media such as Penguin, Pig Farm, and Weibo, as well as foreign media that have a good relationship with Zhang Chen, posted articles for several consecutive days to congratulate Zhang Chen on winning the Palme d'Or.

[Zhang Chen, an outstanding young Chinese entrepreneur, philanthropist, singer and director, won the highest award of the 22th Cannes Film Festival, the Palme d'Or, on the evening of the 58nd, Cannes time. This award was won by a Chinese again after 93. Currently, Zhang Chen is also the youngest director to win the Palme d'Or in the history of the Cannes Film Festival. 】——Spoon Station
[After setting the record for the youngest winner of the Grammy Awards many years ago, world superstar Zhang Chen set the record for the youngest winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on the 22nd. The movie "Love" has been confirmed to be released simultaneously around the world in the near future. ] - Penguin.com
[The two-week Cannes Film Festival came to an end some time ago. The well-known superstar Zhang Chen defeated the director of the original Palme d'Or winner "The Child" and became the biggest dark horse of this film festival, winning the Golden Camera Award and the Golden Palm Award. A great director was born in the film and television industry. ]

"I just came back from a forum where they really spared no effort in discrediting Zhang Chen's achievements. They even started to doubt Zhang Chen's identity as a singer."

"Everyone in the world, including international superstars like Michael Jackson and Madonna, acknowledged this, but people in our country are doubting Zhang Chen's achievements. It's really ironic."

"Don't you see which media outlets are supporting Zhang Chen? The official media outlets have come out to support him, but there are still people who doubt Zhang Chen. I'm beginning to doubt the identity of these people in the forum."

"Although I was really surprised that Zhang Chen won the Palme d'Or, didn't Director Chen also win the Palme d'Or in his first Cannes Film Festival? What's so surprising about that?"

"Our country only won the Palme d'Or 12 years ago. For so many years, only Chen Kai has held it. Now Zhang Chen has finally broken the monopoly."

"Why doesn't Zhang Chen come out to clarify the rumors? I'm so angry when I see those clowns spouting nonsense on the forum."

Not only did netizens express their support for Zhang Chen online, but even celebrities who rarely speak online sent their blessings to Zhang Chen on this historic moment.

@范兵兵: Congratulations, boss! Congratulations, boss!

@李兵兵: It turns out that the boss always brings us surprises!
@高媛媛: If I had known earlier, I would have gone to join my boss’s crew as a supporting actor.

@Chenglong: Should we call Zhang Chen Director Zhang now?

@张国容: When will Zhang Chen ask me to make a movie?

@Madonna: When the movie is released in North America, I plan to watch it again.

@Avril: I have already called on my fans to go to the cinema to support "Love", so when will you write another song for me?

These stars, who are well-known in the eyes of outsiders, all stood on Zhang Chen's side at this moment. They were happy that Zhang Chen won the Palme d'Or. At the same time, they also began to call on their fans to go to the cinema to support Zhang Chen's movie.

Therefore, public opinion issues that some people think are very serious are only circulated on the forum of Tieba.

However, although it was only circulated on Tieba, Tieba gained and gathered more than one million users in a short period of time.

Although this move was damaging, it did help Baidu gain a lot of users.

However, Zhang Chen did not come out to explain all these things to the public, and the doubts in the forum gradually faded away.

It wasn't until June 6 that the forum took another step.

Many fans who like to go to forums to post comments for their favorite stars have discovered that a post appeared at the same time in all the major forums related to the entertainment industry:
[Collection of private mobile phone numbers of mainland celebrities! ]

This so-called collection includes the mobile phone numbers of more than 600 mainland celebrities.

Many netizens who were skeptical and curious called the number above. Although the line was busy for many people, many people still successfully dialed their idols' numbers.

All of a sudden, many people flocked to the forum, registered, logged in, and saved the post.

In just one day, Tieba gained more than one million users.

At the same time, in Zhang Chen's suburban villa, someone's cell phone was constantly receiving calls.

“I really want to smash this phone!”

Liu Yifei looked angrily at her cell phone which was vibrating not far away. It had been ringing for a whole day.

"Just turn it off and it's done."

"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"

Liu Yifei slapped her forehead and quickly ran over to mute her phone.

"But it's so annoying." Liu Yifei sat back opposite Zhang Chen indignantly, "Brother, can't you control that lawless Baidu?"

“It’s time to take care of it.”

Everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared, and it’s time to give a surprise to someone who has been jumping around a lot.

　On June 2005, 6, the private mobile phone numbers of 2 celebrities were leaked. This is a true event. If you are interested, you can read the related reports.

　　
　
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