Chapter 71: Laughing and Cursing
"Variety Show 100" is a 40-minute broadcast time, and is divided into many small units, such as "hot topics", "one star every week", "singing and dancing", etc. Qingtan was originally just one of the short units, but Chen Chong's cards were big enough and the topic was exciting. He was willing to bring Zhang Aijia to the TV and have a deep conversation with the host. Jiang Jixiong was desperate for it. After receiving the call, he immediately cut off several recorded programs and repeatedly guaranteed that Chen Chong could play at will without limiting time.
"Little sister, since there is no story in this movie, what are you shooting?" The movie is a safety topic. Zhang Xiaoyan continued to ask: "Isn't it going to shoot scenery everywhere like science and education films?"
"Actually, it can't be considered a story." Chen Chong rushed to say: "The story is about two strangers, a man and a woman, who meet on the streets of Los Angeles. They both like each other, so they chat, chat, chat for a day, and then... and then there's nothing."
Chen Chong told an absurd story seriously, feeling an inexplicable sense of joy. Zhang Xiaoyan was stunned at first, then couldn't help laughing, laughing louder and louder. After laughing for a while, he stopped and said, "Mr. Chen, you are so interesting, haha, then there is nothing. What is this story?"
Zhang Aijia and Shen Chong have been together for a long time, so they are more accustomed to his cold humor from time to time. They smile less exaggeratedly than Zhang Xiaoyan, and said, "Then the two of them will separate."
"Little sister, don't blame me for being a crow's mouth. Your directorial debut will probably be very dangerous." Zhang Xiaoyan said with a smile, "If someone really wants to pay to go to the cinema to watch people chat, then I, Zhang Xiaoyan, would have become Taiwan's number one movie tycoon. I dare not say anything else. I am definitely an expert in chatting. I won't be tired of chatting for seven or eight hours, and I can make four or five movies a day."
"It's chatting, but there are actually other things." Zhang Aijia bit her lip, thought for a while, and said, "Sister Xiaoyan, you think, two strangers, a strange city, meet, chat, spend a good day together, and then separate, and go their own way. I think this is very beautiful. We are walking in a hurry every day and pass by many strangers. Who is he? What is he thinking? What does he like? Who does he love? In his eyes, who am I? If I stop occasionally and find a stranger to chat, I may have different insights and unexpected surprises in life. I just want to make a movie like this."
"After you say that, I think the movie you made must be very beautiful, romantic and beautiful." Zhang Xiaoyan was fascinated by her and then asked Chen Chong: "Mr. Chen, did you think so when you wrote the script?"
"No, I am a man who is not romantic in nature, and I didn't think so much." Chen Chong shook his head and said, "I think life is just about people coming and going? On a certain day, at a certain time, I met someone, walked together for various reasons, spent a good time together, and then separated for various reasons, leaving a memory or a photo, which eventually turned into dust, and then nothing happened."
This time he said "Then there is nothing" again, which did not cause laughter, but instead made the studio quiet. Zhang Aijia tightly held his hand tightly.
"Mr. Chen is such a talented man." Zhang Xiaoyan quickly reacted and changed the topic with compliments, saying: "Just talking can make people think deeply."
"I am not a talented man. I am a nouveau riche with a stinky smell. I am so vulgar." Chen Chong laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "Every time I come to Taipei, there are real talented men who are straight-eyed at me. I feel unhappy about it. This time it's even more amazing. Everyone in Taiwan, whether they are talented men or not, scold me."
Zhang Xiaoyan laughed and jokingly avoided the important thing and said: "My sister has many fans and fans in Taiwan. Mr. Chen snatched our Golden Horse Film Queen and was scolded."
"I always think that it is a good thing for someone to scold me in the newspaper. First, it means that I am famous enough, and second, it can help me control my mentality and let me know that I am also an ordinary person. If no one scolds me, I might really think that I am an omnipotent god." Chen Chong leaned back, turned his expression to disdain, and said, "But this time I was scolded miserably. Some of the scoldings make sense. I admit it, and some of them are purely asking for trouble. For some reason, I can't accept it."
"For example, I read a newspaper this morning and saw a reader who scolded me for being morally degraded and corrupting social atmosphere, which had a very bad impact on children. Judging from his words, it seemed that he wanted to kill me and then quickly." Chen Chong brushed his sleeves with his fingers and said: "I was indeed not in line with traditional morality on both boats, but I did not destroy other people's families, nor did I harm the interests of others. Yes, feelings are very personal. As long as I can accept it and live a comfortable life, it's fine, and no one is in the way."
"As for preaching bad children, it is even more nonsense. Teaching children is the responsibility of parents and teachers, not my responsibility. Nowadays, many parents are either smoking and drinking, or gamble prostitutes and gambling. Tobacco and alcohol harm their health, and prostitution and gambling are ruining their wealth. They have set a very bad example, but they point fingers and say that I am wrong. Compared with them, what do I do is worthy of? I don't smoke, don't drink heavily, don't go to prostitutes, don't gamble, and the young man who has no good fortune, why don't I learn from me? To be honest, I am also a person with a small career achievement, why don't I teach them to learn from me to start a business? In my opinion, these people are like holding a brick and cursing, why do you have to be yellow?"
Zhang Xiaoyan didn't know how to say that, so she could only laugh and perfunctorily.
"Actually, I think that 90% of those who scold me in Taiwan now want to move all the money in Taiwan into their homes, then take all the beauties in Taiwan into the house, lie on the pile of money and sing every night, and live a debauchery life, but they are incompetent and cannot do it. I am young and rich, and I hug you from the left and right, so they are jealous of me and take out my anger. Jealousy is a poison that can make people feel hot and drool on the corners of their mouths. So they regard what they do incapable of doing as their moral qualities and their psychological superiority. They point fingers at me, and the more they scold me, the more they feel happy, and they really think they are a gentleman. There is an old saying that they are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they are full of thieves and prostitutes. I think they are all such people."
"So I only have four words for such people." Chen Chong raised his middle finger to the camera and said, "Get out of here."
Zhang Xiaoyan had never met such a reckless and unrestrained guest. She had no idea how to deal with it, so she had to look back at Jiang Jixiong. Jiang Jixiong was also ashamed, but he still made a gesture to continue recording.
"Sister Xiaoyan, don't be nervous. I just got emotional, just vent my feelings." Chen Chong laughed and said, "This is a video, not a live broadcast, it will be cut."
"Yes, Sister Xiaoyan, he often talks nonsense, and sometimes I am stunned by him." Zhang Aijia smiled and said, "You should just think he is talking to himself."
"Mr. Chen is really a person with temperament, unrestrained and unruly." Zhang Xiaoyan lowered her head and fiddled with the topic, recalled the previous topic, and then asked: "Who is Mr. Chen referring to someone who is the one who is scolding you?"
"Li Ao." Chen Chong touched his forehead and said, "I read the China Times yesterday. He said that I used promiscuousness as being passionate, and pretended to be romantic and really vulgar, as if I was sincere and hypocritical, and generous on the surface, but secretly hiding evil intentions. I was sweating prosecuted by Chen Lin when he wrote an edict to scold Cao Cao. After Cao Cao read it, his head was cursed without any medicine, and he praised the edict like an arrow. I saw that his ability to curse people is no worse than Chen Lin."
"Mr. Chen doesn't have to mind," Zhang Xiaoyan said with a smile and comforted her, "All famous people in Taipei have been scolded by him, and they have not been scolded, which means that their reputation is not great enough."
"I didn't mind. Some things he scolded were very right and insightful." Chen Chong changed the topic and said with an unhappy look, "But it's fine if he scolded me, why bother IvIa? This is not the demeanor that men should have."
Zhang Xiaoyan didn't know what to say, so she could only laugh - Li Ao said it very sharply in the newspaper, comparing Zhang Aijia to a princess who was married, and was a victim of political and financial marriage.
"I think Li Ao has prejudice against my master." Zhang Aijia put his hand on Shen Chong's lap and said, "Li Ao has never seen Allen before, and he doesn't know him at all. He just relies on his imagination to make a big fuss in the newspaper. I don't like it."
"What does Mr. Chen react every time he reads the newspaper?"
"He just laughed it off and never said bad things."
"That Mr. Chen is really good at ease."
"A businessman who can't make money is not a good businessman, a literati who doesn't complain is not a good literati." Chen Chong said with a smile: "Everyone performs his own duties. If I make money, he complains, which is a natural duty, so there is no need to be angry."
"It's just that he's just scolding something else, it's a bit too much to catch my feelings." Chen Chong continued, "I'll endure those moral gentlemen scold me. Li Ao's own romantic history is much richer than mine. What qualifications does he use to scold me? He said IvIa is marrying for money. Then I asked him, is he chasing Hu Yinmeng as greedy for beauty when he has a girlfriend? Is it considered lying on two boats? After I got it, I sent my ex-girlfriend to New York with NT$100,000. What is the act of exile with money for the sake of his new love?"
"I read the newspaper report. Li Ao once said that he loved his ex-girlfriend 100% and after meeting Hu Yinmeng, he said he loved her 100% of her love. I don't know what the upper limit is?" Chen Chong sat upright with a smile and said, "Do you want to sing on "Variety Show 100"? Is there a guitar here? I'll sing a song with IvIa for Li Ao."
Zhang Xiaoyan was overjoyed and said quickly: "Some, some, we even have bands here. What songs are Mr. Chen going to sing?"
"The band doesn't need to be, I'm writing my own songs." Chen Chong held Zhang Aijia's hand and said, "I'll play the guitar and she'll sing."
Chapter completed!