The opening of China Entertainment Group gave Jay Chou a head-on confrontation

Chapter 753 Inhumanity

"No, the New Year's Day this year conflicts with my schedule."

On the afternoon of the 18th, the Guangzhou book signing event promotion site.

When facing the camera of the reporters, Sun Yanzi grinned and showed his big white teeth: "So, there is no way. Although it is a pity, I really don't have the opportunity to participate in the Spring Festival Gala this year."

As time comes to the end of November, among the major events concerning the entertainment industry, the Spring Festival Gala is definitely an unavoidable link.

Don’t worry about whether last year’s Spring Festival Gala set a new record for bad reviews or not. At least in China, this is the stage for celebrities to make their year-end summary.

As a strong contender for the leading female role of the new generation of Chinese-speaking actors, Sun Yanzi, who is currently promoting her films, will inevitably be asked this question by reporters.

This Singaporean singer, who has been a top artist since his 2002 Spring Festival Gala performance, will be absent from the 2005 Spring Festival Gala. This is undoubtedly good news for many people.

It’s even great news.

The spots in the Spring Festival Gala are so precious. With Sun Yanzi's current status in the music industry, her identity as an international friend of Singapore, and her unclear relationship with Zhou Yi, as long as she does not withdraw, basically no one can snatch her spot.

But she withdrew, and the vacant spot became very popular.

For example, Fan Xiaopang.

Fat Fan, who is known for his quick eyes and hands, has always been keeping an eye on the positions of the Spring Festival Gala. After Sun Yanzi became another big star who missed the 05 Spring Festival Gala, Fat Fan could not hold back and immediately called his agent Chen Shufen.

I am also a singer! And I am a singer with famous songs that are well known to the public!

Although I am not a good singer, I accept lip-syncing because it is called being responsible for the stage performance!

"I will do my best to help you. You have enough qualifications now, so there should be hope."

Chen Shufen has always been very concerned about Fan Xiaopang, her ace. She likes this kind of artist who is ambitious and knows how to stand on his side. He is not hypocritical and has no psychological burden when it comes to marketing the so-called international superstar. He fully cooperates with the various press releases she produces.

This made Chen Shufen very comfortable.

She is one of the best agents in Hong Kong at hyping up the status of artists, and this happened right in her line of fire.

"Right now, I'm helping you compete for the female lead in 'A Thousand Miles Alone', but I don't think this drama will bring much to you. At most, it will just make your resume look better."

"It doesn't matter. The reputation shouldn't be too bad. That's enough for me."

Because she often promotes international superstars, Fan Xiaopang has been mocked a lot. This year, her resources have exploded. After finishing "A World Without Thieves", she joined the crew of "The Myth", both of which are big productions, and she plays the leading role.

She has already completed her commercial film career and is just waiting for the films to be released one by one to verify their performance. Now all she has left is art films.

It just so happened that at this time Zhang Yimou restarted his most famous art film. According to rumors, it was a star-chasing work, made just to chase his idol Ken Takakura. Under such circumstances, the quality of the movie should not be too bad.

This is exactly in line with Fan Xiaopang's requirement for improving his resume.

Under Zhou Yi's teaching and guidance, Fan Xiaopang obviously no longer has the previous desire to prove that he can perform various complex levels of art films, and he just wants to brush up his resume to gild himself.

Gwyneth Paltrow can win an Oscar for Best Actress, which shows that there is no specific quantitative standard for selecting the Best Actress.

This is the worst Best Actress in Oscar history, which even the Hollywood media themselves complained about.

Besides, Zhang Yimou's ancestors have been criticized to death since the Athens Olympics. With a lot of anger in his heart, he might have a burst of inspiration and make this "A Solo Journey" to restore some of his reputation.

After hanging up the phone with his agent, Fat Fan checked the time and called Zhou Yi.

She planned to ask Zhou Yi whether he would attend the premiere of "A World Without Thieves".

As Huayi's most anticipated film this year, "A World Without Thieves" has received among the best treatments in mainland China, including the premiere treatment.

On December 12, the film will hold its premiere in Shanghai and will be officially released in Mainland China and Hong Kong on December 6.

As the creator and singer of the theme song "Don't Forget Your Peace of Mind", theoretically speaking, Zhou Yi should indeed be on Huayi's premiere invitation list. However, considering that he is still working on his new album, Fan Xiaopang thought it would be better to ask in advance -

In this way, if Hua Yi can't get through to Zhou Yi and wants to come to her for help, she will have a clear idea of ​​her attitude towards Zhou Yi in her heart.

"Hey?"

"Did you miss me, Zhou Yi?"

"That's too much. I even ate an extra box of lunch today."

"What kind of side dish am I? Why do you want to eat one more box?"

"Then you are much more tempting than the food."

"…I'm talking to you about something serious, don't interrupt."

Fatty Fan, who had already started to hum in her heart, posed the question with a hum, and then she got a definite answer -

"Big Wang and Little Wang just called me an hour ago and invited me to the company to discuss the promotion of the movie theme song. Want to meet up in the evening?"

Big and small king?
Good guy...

Fan Xiaopang, who almost didn’t react who he was talking about, immediately called him an expert - it has to be you.

Today's Huayi is the undisputed leader in the mainland entertainment industry. Even if the two Wangs are not sought after by thousands of people, at least no one would call them that.

"Sure, where are you now? I'll pick you up?"

"The Beijing Film Studio is filming a music video. Please come over in an hour. I will finish my work today in about an hour."

After explaining the time and place, Zhou Yi hung up the phone without further chat, walked out of the dressing room and returned to the set.

Jing Tian, ​​wearing a pure white long dress, also tried to stretch her neck and pose under the director's guidance to match her role as a small model in the MV;

As an old hand, Gao Yuanyuan was obviously more relaxed. She wore a sky-grey professional suit with a hip skirt and long hair draped over her shoulders. She looked like a gentle older sister.

Although her acting skills are average, she is more than capable of shooting an MV. Especially since this MV unexpectedly fits her mood, she can perform more freely.

Seeing her often holding the lyrics book and reading it, people who don’t know her would think she has evolved into some veteran actress.

Jing Tian, ​​who initially thought that MV was easy to shoot, now has her face almost wrinkled like a bun during breaks.

"Brother Yi, I can do it again. I've found the feeling of walking. The director has taught me how to walk like a model that you want." Seeing Zhou Yi coming back, Jing Tian quickly raised his hand.

Gao Yuanyuan no longer cared at all. She could even watch Jing Tian's shooting mistakes with interest - in just one day, she completely classified this person whom she considered a competitor as "waste".

Apart from being rich and pretty, she has no other merits worth mentioning.

She couldn't understand why Zhang Yadong would fall for such a girl who was not good at anything.

"Okay, you go first and I'll take a look."

Zhou Yi responded, then turned to Gao Yuanyuan and said, "Sister Yuan, please keep an eye on it for me."

"It should be. It's also part of pursuing the dream, isn't it?"

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and raised the lyrics book in her hand: "What's more, in a sense, this can be regarded as my own autobiography."

"The man who abandoned you really doesn't know how to cherish you."

"Are you always gossiping behind people's backs?"

"From my experience, if a woman complains unreasonably in front of you, the best thing to do is to curse her along with her. As for the content of the curse..."

Zhou Yi tilted his head noncommittally: "That's not important." "You and he are the same kind of people."

"Maybe I'm luckier than him?"

“There’s no need to add maybe to this.”

Gao Yuanyuan chuckled as if she had thought of something: "You are much luckier than him."

At least, she is not Cheng Hao.

Yes, she had heard about the special relationship between Cheng Hao and Zhou Yi in 98 - the only woman who could enter and leave Zhou Yi's residence freely and had the key to his home in the imperial capital was Cheng Hao.

Although Cheng Hao previously said that the two were partners, no one knows what they did together.

"Good luck to you, Sister Yuan." Zhou Yi shrugged and gave her a word of comfort that made her laugh and cry.

What does it mean to wish her good luck?

Sometimes she really wanted to know what magic Zhou Yi had that made several female stars choose him or wait for him even though they knew he was a playboy.

For example, Fan Xiaopang and Cai Zhuoyan.

Simply writing songs and singing?
Bad boy personality?

This face? This body?

This may work for a while, but it won’t last forever.

As time goes by, human talent will eventually reach its limit, and this is vividly reflected in her boyfriend Zhang Yadong.

Especially Cai Zhuoyan, he made his way through Hong Kong, he wouldn't go to such lengths for a talented man.

She never figured out the answer to this question—or rather, she wanted to find an answer for herself.

An hour later, after finishing the last few scenes of "Nocturne" today, she was about to leave when she saw another female star in the circle walking happily towards Zhou Yi -

A Fat Fan who has dressed himself up carefully.

"Book of Changes."

Fan Xiaopang, who greeted people as soon as he arrived, naturally took the man's arm and greeted Gao Yuanyuan, Jing Tian and other crew members.

Jing Tian, ​​who was still a young man, immediately forgot about the tiredness of filming the MV, and his eyes were filled with desire for gossip.

After introducing himself, Zhou Yi hadn't opened his mouth to say that everyone should leave work when his cell phone suddenly rang and interrupted his words.

Qian Jiang called.

"Ayi, where are you now?"

"Beijing Film Studio, I'm going to go to Huayi after get off work, what's going on?"

"Oh, that's right. You said before that the private jet has been decided. It's the Gulfstream G550, a new aircraft launched last year. It has guaranteed comfort and luxury..."

Qian Jiang on the phone briefly explained the advantages of Gulfstream and the reputation of this new aircraft: "Will you come back to the company later to sign?"

Boeing, Bombardier, Gulfstream, the three finalists, Warner chose the new Gulfstream G550 after comprehensive consideration. The main reason is that the range of this thing is really long in 2004, and it can fly directly from the capital to Los Angeles and even some remote Western European countries.

This is very suitable for promoting the English major, as Zhouyi needs to be available all over the world.

"Okay, I'll be back soon."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi turned to Fatty Fan and said, "I'll go back to Warner later. There's a document that needs my signature."

"Do I need your signature? What happened?" Fat Fan immediately thought of something wrong.

"No, it's a small matter. I just bought a private jet and I need to go back and sign for it in person."

Fan Xiaopang: "..."

Gao Yuanyuan: “…”

Jing Tian: "..."

I am grass!
What the hell? !

The three women were shocked when they first heard the word "private jet".

In China in 2004, private jets were still a rarity and a real symbol of wealth.

No one in the domestic entertainment industry owns a private jet, which is a huge money-eating beast - the money earned in a year is not even enough to cover the crew's food, drink, and shelter for a year.

Although Jing Tian had seen the world, she still found it hard to accept Zhou Yi's nonchalant tone, which was as calm as buying a private jet and buying an onion at the vegetable market.

Is Zhou Yi so rich? !
How come a private jet doesn't cost 10 or 20 million dollars? Or a luxurious one, 40 or 50 million dollars?
This does not even include the never-ending cost of using the machine.

Zhou Yi's album only makes over 100 million US dollars a year, right?
Gao Yuanyuan didn’t understand the Internet or the stock market, but she instinctively felt that she had discovered a major reason why those actresses were still reluctant to let go.

Damn it!

What woman who has invested so much time in this is willing to let it go?
The sunk costs are too high.

If Zhang Yadong could have Zhou Yi's attitude and wealth to buy a private jet without blinking an eye, then if you put yourself in his shoes, the sunk costs of the past five years would indeed be difficult for her to give up.

This really can't be compared - no, there's no comparison at all!

Seeing Gao Yuanyuan and Jing Tian's surprised eyes, Fatty Fan first felt a sense of pride in his heart, and then he immediately became alert -

Depend on!
wrong!

Will I have two more competitors?

But upon closer inspection, Jing Tian was only surprised from beginning to end, while Gao Yuanyuan's emotions changed faster and more complicatedly - as if she had let go of something and found some comfort.

After bidding farewell to the crew and getting in the car, Fat Fan couldn't help but be curious: "How much does a private jet cost?"

She thought she was rich enough now, living in a big house and driving a luxury car.

But in front of Zhou Yi, she still felt insignificant.

She had never dared to dream of owning a private jet before, having only seen it in movies.

"The price difference is quite large. Mine is a new model of Gulfstream from last year. The interior decoration will be customized by me. Including the domestic formalities and various fees, it will probably cost around 500 million yuan?"

"Dollar?" Fat Fan raised his hand cautiously and asked.

"Not really. It's only about 5 million RMB, maybe an extra or million at most. After all, the decoration and space arrangement were rearranged according to my requirements, so that's a lot of money."

"..."

It's only 5 million RMB, how can you say it's like buying a small pudding for 5 cents?!

Such an understatement?!

(End of this chapter)