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Chapter 929 Celebration Banquet

"This is the decision of my team. I currently have some significant differences with them." Zhao Liying explained to Zhang Yang. She knew that Zhang Yang's grasp of public opinion was relatively accurate.

"Huang Bing?" Zhao Liying's current agent is an old acquaintance of Liu Yifei. He previously managed Huang Xiaoming, and has been managing Zhao Liying in the past two years.

Under his leadership, the reputations of both of them have declined significantly.

Zhao Liying nodded in response to Liu Yifei's question. Her agent didn't want her to get married or even have children.

She felt that this agent only saw her as a tool to make money and hoped that she would not take a single day off, 365 days a year.

"You have to make your own decisions on important matters in life." Zhou Xun has a clear view of all this, even though her own marriage failed. Well, maybe it's because she's old, already in her 50s.

After they chatted for a while, Zhang Yang thought of something: "You've all heard about Xiaopang's recent incident, right? Are you all okay?"

A fat girl was released after being incarcerated for two days at the end of last month. However, her agent was not so lucky and is unable to get out because he refused to cooperate with the relevant departments and practiced feudal superstition - burning paper.

"I'm sure nothing happened." Zhao Liying was the first to speak. She was particularly fortunate that her studio was built with the help of Liu Yifei's employees, and that it had a fine tradition from the beginning.

Although she had made more friends than others before, she was able to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai during this turmoil.

"If something really happened, I probably wouldn't dare to come over to play with you." Zhou Xun said with a smile.

The first time Zhang Yang became nationally famous was when he was exposed for paying taxes. That was in the last century. He was truly an honest and law-abiding citizen.

Everyone laughed after hearing what Zhou Xun said.

"I think Wang Hailin is right. It's still a good time for coal bosses to invest!" Zhou Xun laughed and then sighed.

Recently, screenwriter Wang Hailin joked at an event,

I miss the days when coal bosses were investors. Apart from asking for actresses, they had no other requirements and did not interfere with the creation at all.
Real estate developers like to manage and do not interfere with your creation.

The worst thing is that after Internet companies came in, they had a lot of ideas, such as big data, various traffic, and big IP, which became more and more outrageous.

“If the Internet hadn’t come in, would your pay have increased so much? But it has increased to this level now, and they can hardly bear it.” Zhang Yang thought that they really deserved it.

At present, there are many actors whose remuneration for a TV series is quoted as over 100 million yuan.

This topic was still a bit heavy, so Zhang Yang directly suggested going to sing. They came here just to have fun today.

Several people nodded in agreement, and Zhang Hongyi was finally relieved. He was taken to the amusement park by his aunt.

When they got to the singing room, Yang Zi and Zhou Xun sang the craziest.

Especially Zhou Xun's voice, which makes people's hair stand on end, but she sings with special fascination, perhaps she has become accustomed to her own voice.

After everyone sang for nearly two hours, the aunt came in and reminded us that it was time to have lunch.

The group of people rushed to the restaurant again. After having lunch, they chatted for a while and then went their separate ways.

Time flies and it is already the 8th, a little after nine in the morning. Zhang Yang, Liu Yifei and Zhang Hongyi are talking about something.

"Hongyi, do you understand that you must listen to your grandma at home today?" Liu Yifei said to her son with a serious expression.

Zhang Hongyi nodded, his heart beaming with joy. His parents were not at home today, which was the best news for him. This summer vacation was really too unfree.

As for grandma? If I was really disobedient, I could just call her grandma a few more times and everything would be fine.

"Remember the two ancient poems I specified. Don't forget to recite them today." Zhang Yang's light voice also reached Zhang Hongyi's ears.

Zhang Hongyi suddenly felt a little burdened in his heart. He decided that the first thing he had to do today was to memorize the two ancient poems, otherwise he would not be able to enjoy himself.

The two men gave their son some instructions, said hello to Liu's mother, and then went to the Ocean Mandarin Hotel.

At 7:45 in the afternoon, the two of them took the elevator from the hotel villa to the banquet hall.

When we entered the banquet hall, the main creators of "Dying to Survive" had already arrived and were talking happily.

The movie has earned 34 billion yuan at the box office since its release. How can they not be happy?

Because of this movie, Huang Bo not only feels that there are good people around him, but also feels that the entire entertainment industry is good.
His new movie "A Good Show" is going smoothly even in the current harsh environment.

Wang Chuanjun was severely excluded by the Shanghai circle because of the "I don't like" incident, but his performance in "Dying to Survive" won him a lot of popularity and recognition from professionals.

His film career will be much smoother.

After Zhou Yiwei joined Qian Ge, his career ushered in another big boom. He took on three TV series in one go, "The Longest Day in Chang'an", "Liberation: Final Rescue" and "Shangyang Fu". It was really like Qin Shihuang touching the electric wire - he won a lot.

Tan Zhuo had double happiness. The movie was very popular, but she didn't get much out of it. Her role in the movie was not outstanding.
But in the following "Story of Yanxi Palace", the role of Concubine Gao she played became popular. The double advantage made her gain a lot. Now, Bona's main theme movie "The Bravest" has come to her.

Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei walked up to them, and the group of people started greeting them again.

Zhang Yang saw that Tan Zhuo was about to say something, but Liu Yifei spoke first: "Tan Zhuo, your performance as Concubine Gao is really funny."

"You guys also watch Story of Yanxi Palace?" Tan Zhuo was a little surprised. She thought Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei either read world classics or watched art films.

"What else? You don't think I only watch art films, do you? I've acted in quite a few commercial films as well." Liu Yifei was a little speechless when she heard the second person ask this question recently.

Zhang Yang saw Liu Yifei speak first and knew what she was thinking, so he kept silent. He and Tan Zhuo were not familiar with each other, so why should he care about her?

They had just said a few words when Director Kang and Principal Zhang arrived at the scene.

"Zhang Yang, you are quite thoughtful to choose 8 o'clock in the evening." Principal Zhang said to his student with a smile.

"It's just a coincidence. I really didn't think so much about it at the time. It's almost time, let's all take a seat." Zhang Yang extended his hand and led them to the main table.

At eight o'clock, Zhang Yang and his friends smashed the ice sculptures and started the dinner. After they had almost finished eating, Liu Yifei and Principal Zhang personally gave red envelopes to the leading actors. It was Principal Zhang who decided to let China Film invest in this movie.

The red envelopes for ordinary employees were distributed by the main actors such as Huang Bo.

Half an hour had passed by the time all the red envelopes were distributed.

The leading actors returned to their seats and everyone started chatting again.

As they chatted, they talked about their recent career situations. Everyone had made great progress, except Wang Chuanjun, who was a special case. He had no follow-up arrangements.

"No one is looking for you?" Huang Bo found it a little unbelievable.

"Yes, but what about those movies? They're not interesting at all."

OK, it turns out that he has the literary youth disease and no one can save him.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, the celebration banquet officially ended.

Zhang Yang sent all the leading actors to the elevator, but Huang Bo took the initiative to stay behind.

"Director Zhang, the preparations for my new movie "A Good Show" are almost done. Are you interested?" Huang Bo asked Zhang Yang when he was the only one left.

“Have you found investment?”

"I will pay part of it myself, and the fiber optic cable will pay part of it, but there is still some shortfall."

Huang Bo has no shortage of investment for this movie. He even believes that the movie will definitely make money given his current popularity. He gave the investment to Zhang Yang as a favor.

"As long as there is no shortage of investment, I like to invest in things that no one is willing to invest in." Zhang Yang knew that "A Good Show" was a bad movie.
If he was short of money, he would have invested it himself, just to help. Since he was not short of money, he did not want to earn such a small amount of money. Although with Huang Bo's current popularity, the box office of this movie may be higher.

"Okay, we'll have a chance to work together again in the future." Huang Bo said with a smile. He didn't force Zhang Yang to invest, thinking that he thought the investment share was too small.

Zhang Yang nodded, sent him away, and then went to the penthouse with Liu Yifei.

August 8, morning, a hotel in Beijing,

The heads of the three online platforms, iQiyi, Youku and Tencent Video, as well as the heads of six companies, Afternoon Sunshine, Huace, Xinli, Yaoke, Ciwen and Lemon, gathered together.

They are discussing a major industry-related event. At the beginning of this year, the General Administration proposed to tackle the issue of celebrity pay, and then the Xiaopang incident happened. They are preparing to put the matter into practice recently.

In the film and television industry, platforms have always been king, and the three major domestic online platforms naturally have a great say.

Led by them, and together with major private companies in six major industries, the decisions made have great influence.

The issue of film remuneration has been discussed several times up to today. As Xiaopang's situation became clear at the end of July, they knew it was time to make a final statement, so they met more frequently in August.

In the silent meeting room, Sun Huaizhong of Tengxun Video hummed: "Everyone, if you have any questions, please raise them today."

Producer Hou pushed up his glasses in the afternoon sun and spoke slowly, "The 5000 million yuan limit for a play seems reasonable, but it is difficult to achieve for actors with market appeal."

"Mr. Hou, you must be hinting at something!" Youtu Yang Weidong said meaningfully.

After all, they all knew that Zhang Yang's family was the major shareholder of Afternoon Sunshine, and it was no secret that he received $1 million in salary and dividends for filming "Oppenheimer".

Even for Liu Yifei, it's common for her to earn 2000 million US dollars for a movie.

"Why don't we set this rule for TV series, ignore movies for now, and take it step by step." Mr. Fu from Huace came up with a very conservative approach.

Movies have more risks than TV series. To put it bluntly, even if a TV series is really not good, there is still room for maneuver.
For example, although "The Princess Weiyoung" is terrible, it was the most profitable drama of Huace that year.

But it is much more difficult to operate a movie, and their statement will not have much impact on the film industry. The most influential people on movies are theaters.

"Why go to so much trouble? Why don't we invite Zhang Yang over and discuss it together?" Dr. Aiqiyi Gong suggested.

"This is a good suggestion." Xinli Cao Huayi nodded.

Afternoon Sunshine and Huace also agree. Afternoon Sunshine should not say anything more about these three companies.

Xinli met Zhang Yang at a gathering in the Beijing circle, and they were about to be acquired by Tencent. Huace had cooperated with Zhang Yang before, and in the end Zhang Yang suffered a loss, so favors had to be repaid.

"What is his identity?" Yang Weidong frowned and raised an objection.

"How are our Afternoon Sunshine shareholders?"

"You can also come here as a director of Tengxun." Sun Huaizhong also spoke.

As soon as he spoke, Lemon, the Tencent training company, naturally followed suit.

"Let me make the contact." Seeing that so many people agreed, Producer Hou took the initiative to take on the task.

No one else had any objections either.

Beijing, Ocean Studio.

Zhang Yang was watching the later stages of Oppenheimer in the studio when the phone suddenly rang.

He saw that it was producer Hou who called and thought that "A Flowing River" was finished.

"Producer Hou, has the production of 'A Flowing River' been completed?"

"Director Zhang, this TV series has been completed. We have already discussed it with CCTV and are..." Producer Hou saw that Zhang Yang was still interested in the TV series, so he told him the details.

After that, the two of them exchanged a few casual pleasantries, and Producer Hou said, "Director Zhang, recently the three online platforms and our six..."

(End of this chapter)