Chapter 567: A Big Trouble (6k)

Domestic filmmakers are not as bold as their European and American counterparts and do not dare to attack directly through the media.

Director Chen is not someone who has no roots in the country. If he just hits back, most people would not be able to withstand it.

Even a group of people in the Beijing circle would not easily mess with Xiao Chen, after all, they all know his temper.

Their method is mainly to praise the big ones and then focus on beating the small ones.

During this period of time, many media have been saying that the main credit for movies like “Knife of the Assassin” and “The Accidental Detective” goes to Chen Linfeng, and those young directors are just tools who are there to shout the start and end.

Guo Xiaosi is gone, and these young people have become Guo Xiaosi.

When the media’s attitude turned wrong, Lu Yang and Shen Ao were unable to complain to Chen Linfeng.

We can’t say that those reporters just write nonsense and always report that teachers are too wise and powerful.

In the end, it was only after Guo Fan hinted at it over the phone that Chen Linfeng was able to find out.

Then, the media controlled by Qilin put things right, and the two sides basically ended in a draw after some back and forth.

This is enough for now.

Chen Linfeng is not in the country, so there is always a layer of separation. He also has to film movies on weekdays, so he really doesn’t have much time to deal with these people.

We have to wait until we find out who is behind this before we can deal with it.

In early August, “Infinite World” changed its filming location and moved to Europe to shoot exterior scenes.

The Slovak authorities gave the crew great courtesy and cooperated with the relevant filming as much as possible.

The mayor of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, even visited the crew for this purpose.

Judging from his appearance, it seemed like he came to meet Chen Linfeng specifically to get an autograph.

He kept saying things like “My daughter is your fan.”

In return, Chen Linfeng wrote a blessing message to the mayor’s daughter and wife respectively, and took a few photos with the mayor.

This made him think of the face that Fang Long had when he was filming in France.

Now, he also has such treatment.

When he returned home in the evening, Chen Linfeng boasted about his international influence to his wife.

That’s right, Sissi came along too.

The scenery in Slovakia is beautiful, and she had nothing to do, so she came along and treated it as a trip.

“Tsk, show off.” Xixi turned her head away, not wanting to give him a good look.

She was actually feeling very jealous, because her dream had always been to become the Audrey Hepburn of China, and that was exactly the kind of person she wanted.

It’s not about wanting to be in the spotlight, but about wanting to gain the respect of others from the bottom of their hearts.

She thought Audrey was quite respectable.

Chen Linfeng understood the origin of her mentality and it was probably caused by her childhood experiences.

“Sissi, how about we go to the national park here in a couple of days? I heard it’s a famous tourist attraction in Europe.”

Liu Qianqian was immediately coaxed into submission and asked curiously, “What’s fun in this park?”

“The scenery is beautiful. One of the filming locations chosen by the crew is right here. We can go check it out in advance.”

“Is that the fairy-tale-like place you mentioned?”

“Yes, I have seen the pictures. They are indeed beautiful and dreamy.”

Liu Qianqian lowered her head and pretended to think about it for a while, “Okay then.”

A smile appeared on his face.

A few more days.

“Xiaofeng, come and take a look, is this not right?”

“what happened?”

Liu Qianqian frowned and said, “The previous incident of He Jiong being suspected of taking a salary without working was originally concluded with Mr. He’s resignation. I thought it should be fine.”

“Well, you just talked to me about it the other day.”

“But now, someone is dragging you into this, saying that you were the same at Yanying Academy, not going to school at all, but ended up occupying the teacher’s position.”

“Ok?”

Chen Linfeng quickly took Xixi’s hand and looked at it.

Sure enough, some people on Weibo pointed the finger at him, claiming that he was no different from He Jiong now, both of them were drawing a salary without doing any work.

“They are all public figures, how come Mr. He can correct his mistakes immediately, while some people act as if nothing happened?”

The person who posted this Weibo seems to be a big Weibo influencer with considerable influence.

Although it was just posted not long ago, it has received many likes and comments.

“That’s right. If everyone wants to quit, they should quit. Teacher He has already resigned. There can’t be people clinging to their positions and not wanting to resign, right?”

“No way, Chen Linfeng is also a teacher? If someone hadn’t revealed it, I really wouldn’t have known about it.”

“Tsk tsk, you can’t judge a person by his appearance. I usually thought Chen Linfeng was a good person.”

“There are no good people in the entertainment industry.”

“…”

Chen Linfeng looked at these remarks without the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

As a public figure, I have seen this kind of heart-piercing remarks many times and I don’t care about it.

What he was thinking about at this moment was the strange feeling that had arisen in his heart when Sissi had told him this gossip.

Why did He Jiong’s incident break out two years earlier?

It turns out that the drunkard’s real intention was not to drink, but to target him.

This move laid by He Jiong was a brilliant one.

He Jiong doesn’t go to school to teach, and he doesn’t go to school to teach either.

He Jiong was suspected of resigning for taking a salary without doing any work, so he should also resign to be fair to the public.

This reminds me of the time when Lu Yang and Shen Ao were attacked by the media.

This is a series of actions.

If he didn’t know the time difference between He Jiong’s public opinion storm in his previous life and this life, he might have thought that this was a natural accident.

After all, as top public figures and teachers, it is normal for people to connect their similarities.

Seeing his face becoming increasingly ugly, Liu Qianqian at the side couldn’t help but ask carefully, “Xiaofeng, this… is nothing going to happen, right?”

Chen Linfeng reacted and comforted her, “It’s okay, it doesn’t affect me.”

Indeed, at worst he could just resign, and it would definitely have no impact on him.

The main impact is on the school and the students who may be accepted by him.

It seems that some people’s cakes have really been touched.

Chen Linfeng turned on the computer, observed the situation, and called Zheng Zhihao in China to see if the situation could be brought under control.

Sister Mei is negotiating with Emily Kendall and Disney and is not in the country.

It is morning in Europe and afternoon in China. The time chosen by the other party is quite clever, just before getting off work.

There were a lot of people online, and because it involved Chen Linfeng, more people soon commented and forwarded the post, and more and more people began to participate in the discussion.

After the call, based on his observations, it would be futile to try to control the situation.

This is going to be a big deal.

Chen Linfeng made this judgment, then said hello to Xixi and went out to join the crew to film.

Outside the door, Xiao Chang was sitting on the sofa waiting early.

“Boss, the domestic public opinion is not right.”

After she stood up, she immediately took out her cell phone and was about to show it to him.

Chen Linfeng waved his hand, “Just now your sister Xixi also asked me to see it, and now I know it.”

“so what should I do now?”

“General Zheng in China is already trying to find a way to control it. Someone will probably call me this morning to inquire about the situation. Please note who it is and then give me the phone during my break from filming.”

“Ok, I see.”

Just as Chen Linfeng predicted, many people called him in the morning.

The most anxious ones are the college.

Wang Rui was furious on the phone, “What’s wrong with this person? How can he bite people randomly? How can He Jiong’s incident be related to you?

Does he take school outside?
Did he achieve so much?

It’s just playing the piano randomly! “

“Teacher Wang, this matter is not that simple.”

Wang Rui paused for a moment, “Why…are you saying that someone else is behind this?”

“That’s right, it’s not a surprise that He Jiong’s story was exposed.”

When He Jiong’s previous life was exposed, there was a background story. It wasn’t that someone investigated him for no reason.

At that time, the higher authorities had issued a policy requiring schools to conduct large-scale self-inspections of such phenomena.

He Jiong was discovered naturally.

But that policy was issued around January 15, and now there is nothing, which seems very abrupt.

“Indeed, someone inexplicably organized He Jiong. We talked about this as gossip in the office. We also found it strange at the time. We thought someone disliked He Jiong and that after all this fuss, they just disliked you.”

Wang Rui has completely calmed down.

If there is someone pushing it behind the scenes, the nature of the situation will be different.

He doesn’t care whether the people behind the scenes are targeting Xiao Chen or not, as long as it affects Xiao Chen’s progress in leading students, then they are targeting the school.

“I will report this matter to Dean Zhang immediately. Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone suffer any loss.

Don’t be in a hurry to follow He Jiong’s example and resign. The school is considering promoting you to associate professor.”

“Oh, I know… um, Associate Professor?”

Chen Linfeng asked hurriedly, “What’s going on?”

“The development of Lu Yang and Shen Ao has proven your excellent performance in guiding students.”

Wang Rui said, “In fact, after the minimum two-year period, the college wants to give you a professional title, but considering that you are a public figure, you still need to have solid results to get things done.

A single piece of evidence is not enough. Now that you have trained at least two outstanding students, it is enough to prove your ability and achievements. The school will naturally take this into consideration. “

He sighed and said, “I was thinking of telling you the good news after the new semester started, but now I have to deal with this bad thing.”

Wang Rui said angrily, “Don’t let me know who those Sun thieves are!”

This was the first time Chen Linfeng had seen Teacher Wang use such foul language.

He wanted to chat for a few more words when Xiao Chang came over to urge him again. He guessed that the crew really couldn’t remember anymore.

“Teacher, I’m still filming here, let’s talk about it later.”

“Okay, go ahead and do your thing. I’ll try my best to help you solve it.”

Chen Linfeng handed the phone to Xiao Chang, calmed himself down, and then walked towards the crowd.

“Ah, Chen, I’m so sorry, we have limited time here, and we can only apply for so many days…”

The head of the field service lowered his head, looking very apologetic.

Chen Linfeng waved his hand. It was his fault, so he naturally wouldn’t be angry.

“It’s okay, I understand, let’s get started.”

Throughout the morning, Chen Linfeng received several calls in succession, and the last one was even from the dean Zhang Jun.

The main thing is to give him firm confidence and tell him not to be discouraged no matter what.

“No matter what, the school firmly supports your teaching method. If it really doesn’t work, I will go to the education department leader and help you make this matter clear.”

“Thank you, Principal. I feel much more relieved now that you said that.”

“As for public opinion, the school will issue a notice affirming your educational achievements over the past few years.

As for other things, the school doesn’t have any other options. It’s up to you.

If you can find out who is behind this, the school will back you up.”

Not much could be said, but Chen Linfeng already understood.

“Okay, thank you, principal.” “No need to thank me, you are a member of the school, of course I will stand with you if something happens.”

“…”

At noon, Chen Linfeng continued to pay attention to the domestic public opinion situation.

It was around 8 o’clock in the evening in the country, and netizens were surfing the Internet at that time, so the relevant news spread more widely.

There are over 3 comments and over reposts under the original Weibo post.

The hot searches on Weibo included terms such as “Chen Linfeng is drawing a salary without working”.

The heat is still rising.

Chen Linfeng watched quietly, then sneered, “Ha, go ahead and make a fuss, let’s see who suffers in the end.”

China, Yanjing.

It happened that Wang Shuo, Feng Xiaogang, Ye Daying, Ge You, Xu Qing and others were drinking together.

During the meal, someone was bored and checked his phone and saw the related news.

“Oh my god, Director Chen is in trouble. He will be treated the same as He Jiong now.”

Feng Xiaogang asked curiously, “How do you say that?”

“It was said on the Internet that Director Chen was also drawing a salary without doing any work. Now he has been exposed.”

“Hey, that’s pure bullshit.”

Feng Xiaogang sneered. He knew the students that Xiao Chen taught.

Over the years, when I went to Xiao Chen’s crew to chat with him, I always saw a group of students jumping around in the crew. How can this be considered as drawing a salary without doing anything?

When Wang Shuo heard that it was Xiao Chen’s gossip, he became interested and took out his phone to read it.

“You know what, what these people on the Internet say is very convincing.”

Feng Xiaogang shook his head and said, “It doesn’t make any sense. Xiao Chen has taught many students from Yanying Academy. Many people in this circle know about it.”

Ye Daying said, “I have an idea. How about we help add fuel to the fire and let Xiao Chen suffer a little? I think he has been very obedient over the years.”

Wang Shuo squinted at him and said, “How about you add fuel to the fire? We will applaud you from the sidelines then.”

“Well… that’s not it.” Ye Daying looked embarrassed.

If everyone attacks together and creates momentum, he can still join in. But if he acts alone, he will just be asking for a beating.

Xiao Chen is not someone you can easily mess with.

Besides, if we all work together, the news is unlikely to leak out.

If it’s just him, if he does it today, the news will reach Xiao Chen’s ears tomorrow.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust his brothers, it’s just that there are bad people among the crowd.

Wang Shuo stroked his chin with his fingers and said thoughtfully, “This matter doesn’t seem right. It seems to be aimed at Xiao Chen, and He Jiong seems to be a pathfinder.”

“Brother Shuo, what you said is interesting,” Ge You said, “I also think this is strange, as if there is someone behind this.”

“Who is this person then?”

Everyone looked at each other, it was hard to say, maybe it was one of the brothers.

After all, some time ago, many people disliked Xiao Chen’s disciples.

At the same time, Zhang Weiping was patting the armrest of the sofa and laughing, “Haha, Xiao Chen, you have come to this day too.”

Today’s Weibo post is so interesting.

Xiao Chen, who is usually pure and innocent, has now become a bad person.

Zhang Weiping laughed for a while, still fiddling with his phone and flipping through pages from back to front. This kind of fun was so rare and it felt more enjoyable than reading a novel.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong.

It seems like someone is organizing this behind the scenes.

The incident actually started this afternoon, and it has only been four or five hours since then.

How did it spread so quickly in such a short time?
Zhang Weiping was shocked. Who did it?

Well, no matter who did it, I have to help out.

Just about to exit the Weibo interface and contact someone.

He stopped again and slapped himself.

If we take action at this time, wouldn’t that be the same as taking the blame for others?

Don’t do such a stupid thing.

Xiao Chen is not someone you can mess with.

He thought about whether he had ever spoken rudely to Xiao Chen in front of other people.

Damn, it seems like this has happened quite a few times.

Zhang Weiping thought about it, found the contact person, Zhang Yimou, and called him.

“Yimou, you have to tell Xiao Chen that I didn’t do it.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself again.

This is like confessing one’s own crime.

“No, I mean I didn’t do anything.”

Hey!
For a moment, Zhang Weiping felt like he couldn’t even speak.

Zhang Yimou’s mind was full of questions, “What on earth do you want to say?”

“That’s it…”

Zhang Weiping explained the cause and effect of the incident clearly, and especially emphasized that he did not interfere in the matter.

“In that case, why are you telling me this specifically?”

Zhang Yimou is even more strange. A normal person wouldn’t worry about being suspected.

“I don’t like Xiao Chen very much. I mentioned some of his shortcomings in front of you.”

“So you’re worried about being suspected?”

“Well, that’s about it.”

Well, Zhang Yimou was speechless. He knew Zhang Weiping very well. It was common for him to gossip and talk nonsense, but he never cared about it at all.

“Okay, I see.”

……

“That’s what happened.” Zhang Yimou said on the phone.

“I understand. Thank you Director Zhang for your concern.”

While filming in the afternoon, Chen Linfeng heard Xiao Chang say that Zhang Yimou also called.

He was also surprised that the sun rose from the west, and this person actually came to care about his situation.

I didn’t expect that it was Zhang Weiping who caused this.

Chen Linfeng did not doubt that Zhang Weiping directed and acted in the film himself.

His teaching of students has almost no influence on great directors of Zhang Yimou’s level.

If it has no impact on Zhang Yimou, then it has no impact on Zhang Weiping.

Looking at the current situation, it is obvious that it is aimed at the students he teaches in the college, and the target is very clear.

Therefore, after listening to Zhang Yimou’s description, he believed it.

But he didn’t expect Zhang Weiping to do such a stupid thing.

In fact, it was not just Zhang Yimou who called him. Before him, Feng Xiaogang also called him.

This matter has no involvement from the Beijing circle, if anyone needs help, please speak up.

It can be regarded as a kind of answer given to him on behalf of the Beijing circle.

Although people in the Beijing circle also don’t like the way he teaches students like an assembly line.

But the circles in Yanjing, big and small, often have close ties with each other.

This includes the relationship between Yanying Academy and Beijing circle.

Some of the students taught by Chen Linfeng have connections with the Beijing circle.

A typical example is Lu Yang, a native of Yanjing. He is definitely not opposed to using Yanjing actors.

This is enough for the Beijing circle.

Including Shen Ao, he was actually born in Yanjing, but his family background was not as good as Lu Yang’s.

When Chen Linfeng trains students, he doesn’t look at their background, but only at their ability level. People in the Beijing circle actually admire him very much.

Therefore, they really didn’t want to cause trouble.

Zhang Yimou’s phone call was not only to help Zhang Weiping pass the message, but also to represent the Northwest Circle to say that it was not them who did it.

Today’s incident has not only spread widely on the Internet.

The entire entertainment industry was actually in an uproar.

When it comes to cultural knowledge, everyone in this circle is smart.

Therefore, it can be seen that there is someone behind this, and the target is directly targeting Director Chen.

Some small circles, when they get together at night, speak in lower voices for fear of arousing suspicion.

You know, Chen Linfeng is not alone.

The companies he controls are already huge.

Furthermore, the matter also involves Yanying Academy, which means there is another force involved.

Director Chen usually hangs out with many big directors from the mainland, and they actually form a circle in a hidden way.

The Beijing and Northwest circles asked Zhang Yimou and Feng Xiaogang to help express their opinions, and they were not just random messengers.

Above him, there is the big boss Han Shanping, who even entrusted his daughter to Director Chen to take care of, so there is no need to say much about their relationship.

Even the leaders above who are optimistic about Director Chen are still vaguely visible.

I really don’t know who is so bold as to do this.

Everyone in the industry who talked about this tonight was amazed and felt like they were witnessing history.

Online, the news is spreading more and more.

This time is different from the time with He Jiong. Although both of them have good reputations, Chen Linfeng has far more fans.

Besides, many fans know that he is teaching students.

Sometimes the photos that Xiao Chang posts on Weibo include these students.

Therefore, the fans are very strong and they believe that their idols are not just drawing a salary for nothing.

But there are also many voices of opposition. Some say that it is wrong to get paid while not working at the school, and that it is just drawing a salary without working.

He Jiong has already resigned, why are you still occupying the position?

It is obvious that someone associated this with reality and projected their disgust for those who just occupy positions but do no work onto Chen Linfeng.

Once this emotion comes up, there is really nothing to say.

Both sides felt that they were right, and the battle continued.

A little later, Chen Linfeng received a call from Sister Mei.

“Xiao Feng, I’ve received a lot of calls from people here. Some are asking for information, and some are actively trying to make peace. I’ll compile the specific names and send them to you later.”

“Yeah, someone called me too.”

Chen Linfeng briefly described the situations of each phone call from morning to afternoon.

Sister Mei paused and said, “We still need to find out who did this first.”

“Well, I’ve asked Wang Gaofei to help investigate. If they do this on Weibo, there will definitely be some clues.”

“That’s fine, it will be easy to deal with once we find out.”

Sister Mei appeared calm on the surface, but she was actually extremely angry. After all these years, there were still people who dared to take the initiative to cause trouble.

Usually, many things were solved by her in advance, and she even deliberately created the image of Xiaofeng as someone who was not easy to mess with and had a small mind.

Now it has become such a big deal, which makes her feel very bad.

This is too much!

(End of this chapter)