Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 152 It’s over, got caught

In the co-production department office of the studio, Chen Shiping made several calls in succession.

I called China Film Group and then the Bayi Film Studio.

The main thing is to coordinate the scenes involving troops between Party A and Party B, and dispatch some tanks and armored vehicles to support the scene.

Xia Gang's reputation is not that great, and people don't look down on him.

We can only let Chen Shiping come forward to coordinate these things. Who asked him to do the work of the producer? He has to work after receiving the money.

Party A and Party B are a Lunar New Year film, and it is also the first Lunar New Year film after the market reform. China Film Company attaches great importance to it, so after Chen Shiping made a request, it went to help him coordinate.

I got a reply within two days. It was just a small scene, very simple.

After receiving the reply, Chen Shiping also informed Xia Gang that he was ready to start the machine.

But the only problem is that the heroine hasn't come over yet, and Min Chang is still busy promoting the new movie "Fuck Back to School" in Hong Kong.

How can we film this scene without the heroine? We can only wait for her to come over.

But Chen Shiping can't stand it. Ge You will have to film Farewell My Concubine later. It's enough to waste time just to film Party A and Party B. Now he can't wait any longer.

After Ge You has finished filming Party A and Party B, it will take time to come back and re-adjust the situation.

Chen Shiping called Shi Nansheng directly and asked her to notify Zhang Min to come over as soon as possible so as not to delay the filming here.

Shi Nansheng, who received the call, said helplessly: "The start-up time agreed with them is early August, and it's just mid-July now. How can they come here?"

Zhang Min is currently uploading the new movie "Play Back to School" in Xiangjiang, so he really can't come over immediately.

After hearing Shi Nansheng's explanation, Chen Shiping regretted choosing Zhang Min. He should have chosen someone else.

"Go and coordinate and try to get her to come here as soon as possible." Chen Shiping said helplessly: "The crew is ready, I've got the tanks, and you can't even get a woman?! Is this the strength you're talking about? !”

Shi Nansheng: "." Let's get rid of the cow! If you still dare to look down on me, just wait for me!

But ordinary people really can't get a tank. Anyway, it's impossible for Xiangjiang filmmakers to get a big thing like a tank. They can only do drag racing in movies.

After hanging up the phone, Shi Nansheng called Xiangjiang.

"Can Zhang Min come here as soon as possible? It's enough to promote Zhou Xingxing." Shi Nansheng said helplessly: "Chen Shiping is urging me very hard. He said he has even got tanks. Not even a single woman in Xiangjiang can handle it."

After hearing Shi Nansheng's words, Yongsheng's boss was silent for a while and said, "Okay, I'll ask her to go there as soon as possible, but don't forget what you promised me."

"Don't worry, Princess Paipianjin, who plays hooky to Weilong, will give you the best!"

After Shi Nansheng hung up the phone, he felt relieved and called Xu Ke again to ask him to come over as soon as possible.

For the sake of a heroine, it would be a huge loss to ask Golden Princess’ theater chain to arrange the best movies for Truant Dragon.

But there's nothing we can do about it, now we just want to show Princess Jin's strength.

Otherwise, if Chen Shiping is so strong and doesn't show some strength, how can we cooperate in the future?

Chen Shiping doesn't care what Princess Jin's strength is, it's not enough in his eyes anyway. Even if you call all the stars in Xiangjiang, Chen Shiping doesn't care.

No matter what you think, there are only a few movie theaters in Xiangjiang, and they are really powerful!

In a few years, when theater chains allow the private market to enter, Chen Shiping will let those people see what the hell a powerful theater chain is!

Among other things, there are currently hundreds of thousands of screening units in the mainland! Princess Jin only has a few theaters in Hong Kong.

It's just that they took advantage of the mainland and the economy developed first. In 20 or 30 years, people in Hong Kong will still have to go to supermarkets in the Special Administrative Region to buy things.

At first, Chen Shiping had a good impression of Xiangjiang Movies, but after going there a few times, those favorable impressions disappeared without a trace.

Now I just want to press their heads and let them see clearly who is the boss!

Two days later, Zhang Min got off the plane in Beijing, accompanied by several assistants.

Beijing Film Studio is now immune to celebrities from Hong Kong. Unlike when Chen Shiping brought Guan Zhilin and Jet Li, he arranged a car to welcome them, but now they just ignore them.

This was all requested by Chen Shiping. He said a very simple thing. If actors from other mainland film studios come over, you will also send a convoy to hold a welcome ceremony, then you can send a car to pick up the people from Xiangjiang.

Actors are not investors. Actors are here to make money, not to invest. Who will indulge in their bad habits?

Ask the production crew to send someone to pick him up, just be polite and don’t show any pomp and circumstance!

The person who came to pick up Zhang Min at the airport, technically considered a member of the crew, was Shi Nansheng who picked her up.

In the pick-up hall, Shi Nansheng took a look at the assistant Zhang Min brought with him. He didn't feel like a normal assistant, and looked very unkind.

So I couldn't help but ask: "Are the people you brought clean?"

Zhang Min was stunned when he was asked, and immediately said: "Clean! He is my assistant."

"That's fine."

After Shi Nansheng got into the car with Zhang Min, he still said a little uneasily: "Don't act like a big name when filming. Chen Shiping is very strong, so cooperate well."

Zhang Min nodded obediently. She was from the mainland, but she had gone to Xiangjiang to develop her career very early. Speaking of which, she was going home.

Therefore, she was not arrogant like other Hong Kong celebrities. She was very curious about everything in the capital. She looked at the rapidly developing capital through the car window and felt a sense of pride from the bottom of her heart.

However, this feeling disappeared as quickly as it came. After a while, she looked back and started asking Shi Nansheng about filming.

Shi Nansheng introduced her to everyone while driving, from the director to the actors on the crew.

After listening for a long time, Zhang Min couldn't help but ask: "What about Chen Shiping?"

"He's not going to the set." Shi Nansheng said with a smile, "He should be busy filming Farewell My Concubine now."

"Is it Leslie Cheung's drama?" Zhang Min immediately asked curiously: "Can I go and see it?"

"Just wait a few days, it's temporarily shut down now."

At this time, Chen Shiping was sitting in Song Zhuo's office, listening to him call Wu Tianming from Xiying Studio.

"Oh, if people want to come, you can't hold them hostage."

"When people go to higher places and water flows to lower places, you can't hinder other people's development!"

"Oh! Did you say bad words?! Don't hang up!"

Chen Shiping watched Song Tao hang up the phone speechlessly, and couldn't help but said, "What's the matter with you?"

"Hehe, I'm happy!" Song Zhu said cheerfully: "You don't know that many people have come to ask me how I poached Zhang Yimo in the past few days."

Chen Shiping looked at him and said, "I dug it."

Song Tao waved his hand and said, "It's all the same." Chen Shiping: "."

The news that Zhang Yimo left Xiying Film Studio and came to Beijing Film Studio has quickly spread in the film and television circles.

No one could have imagined that Zhang Yimo would suddenly cut ties with Xiying Film Studio and come to Beijing Film Studio.

Even the people at Xiying Studio didn't think that they would still be in the dark if it weren't for the order from above.

The media has begun to pay attention to such a big event, and many media are speculating why Zhang Yimou suddenly joined Beijing Film Studio.

I want to dig into what's going on here, but I always feel like there's some big gossip in it.

There are a small number of well-informed people in the industry who know what's going on. They know that Chen Shiping dug it out with one script a year, a share of the director's share, and various promises.

Some people also analyzed carefully and found that the two ace photographers of Xiying Film Studio have also been borrowed by Chen Shiping for a long time, and they probably will not go back.

Now that Zhang Yimo has been taken away, Xiying Film Studio's financial assets are almost wiped out.

There are actually a lot of good things in Xiying Studio's family, but there are only a few that Chen Shiping can like.

The one he valued most was Lu Wei, but Lu Wei didn't help him much, so it didn't matter.

If I really want to ask him to write a script, I can just ask him directly. There is no need to recruit him.

In the director's office of Xiying Film Studio, Wu Tianming was so angry that he banged the table and cursed.

"You call him and ask him to come back to me and explain to me what's going on. Didn't you say you wanted to buy the copyright of the novel? Why did you fucking sell yourself!"

The deputy director sitting opposite Wu Tianming sighed and said, "He said he would be back in two days, but now the transfer order from above has been issued. What should we do? We can't just rely on his file and not issue it."

Wu Tianming slapped the table and said, "I'll take it today."

Wu Tianming couldn't help but feel angry when he thought of Song Tao's proud tone when he called him.

What made him angry was not Song Zhu's pride, nor was it Chen Shiping's behind-the-scenes tricks to poach people away, nor was it the desperate orders from superiors.

But he was angry that Zhang Yimo, whom he held in one hand, would betray him!

The more Wu Tianming thought about it, the angrier he became. At first, he was just asking other directors in the factory to make commercial films to support Zhang Yimo, but now it's better, he can support others and run away!

He could understand Cheng Kaige's return to Beijing Film Studio. After all, his master was at Beijing Film Studio and Cheng Kaige himself was from Beijing Film Studio. There was nothing to say.

But Zhang Yimo, whom he had worked so hard to support, would betray him!

"That Chen Shiping deserves to die!" Wu Tianming thought that he still had two photographers in Chen Shiping's hands, and now he had given up hope on Gu Changwei and Zhao Fei.

That guy Gu Changwei could leave Cheng Kaige alone in Cannes and then return to China to join Chen Shiping's crew. It is almost impossible to expect him not to rebel.

Wu Tianming was so angry that his lungs hurt, and he wanted to challenge Chen Shiping.

If I had known earlier, I would have gone to Beijing Film Studio to poach Chen Shiping! Wu Tianming felt that he was careless. He didn't like Chen Shiping at first, but now he stole his home.

But at this time, the director of the Guangxi Film Studio next door was laughing from ear to ear, and he couldn't help but drink a few more drinks that night.

Zhang Yimo and Cheng Kaige were both from Guangxi Film Studio, but they were poached by Wu Tianming. After he took office, he went to Xiying Studio to ask for an explanation, but when he didn't get it, Wu Tianming gave him a beating.

Things are turning, and now it's finally Wu Tianming's turn to be defeated!

It suddenly became clear!

Cheng Kaige, who was far away in the United States and had not yet returned to the capital, also heard the news.

He originally wanted to live in the United States for a while, but now he can't sit still.

Cheng Kaige felt miserable. If he didn't return home for a few days, his ranking in the factory would drop. How could this be justified?

The key is that the person coming is Zhang Yimou! A guy who used to be his own photographer!

When I came to the factory, my treatment was even higher than my own! Isn't this a slap in the face?

Cheng Kaige suspected that the reason why Zhang Yimo came to Beijing Film Studio was probably because of himself. Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, right?

Cheng Kaige felt that if he wanted to find a way to restore the current decline, he had to trample Zhang Yimo and Chen Shiping under his feet!

Otherwise, I won’t be able to swallow this breath!

Why don't you go back to China, hang out in Hollywood, wait until you get ahead in Hollywood, and then go back and slap them in the face!

The determined Cheng Kaige immediately went to Los Angeles to look for opportunities and prove himself in Hollywood!

There was a commotion outside, and Chen Shiping didn't pay attention to the various reactions caused by Zhang Yimo's transfer.

Zhang Yimo was also in the Beijing Film Studio and was not affected at all. He was getting acquainted with the people in the various workshops of the Beijing Film Studio.

When we came to the Beijing Film Studio, the team that used to be the director of Xi Film Studio could no longer be used. Now we had to create a new team.

People from various workshops in the factory are quite willing to join Zhang Yimou's crew.

Chen Shiping's side couldn't get along, Cheng Kaige didn't come back, and Tian Chongbang kept running to Xiying Studio every other day. It seemed that Zhang Yimo's side was better.

Gong Li, who has been following Zhang Yimo these days, feels quite disappointed when she sees that he has not been affected by the comments from the outside world at all.

What kind of heart does a person have to not care about the evaluation of the outside world, or what kind of indifference does a person have to ignore those things.

Don’t you feel any guilt towards Xiying Studio? How will you face it when you return to Xiying Studio in a few days?

Gong Li began to feel a sense of crisis in her heart. She didn't know whether it was her overthinking or her intuition. She always felt that she and Zhang Yimo would not reach the end.

Maybe he will be ruthlessly abandoned by Zhang Yimo in the future.

Gong Li now read the script of Farewell My Concubine, and after watching Juxian's encounter in the movie, she suddenly truly understood this character.

Juxian did snatch Duan Xiaolou from Cheng Dieyi and fell in love with Duan Xiaolou, but in the end he was mercilessly betrayed by Duan Xiaolou and ended up hanging to death on that sunny summer day like Xiao Laizi.

Farewell My Concubine tells the story of a pear garden, but it is not the current entertainment industry.

If Chen Shiping knew that Gong Li had a deeper understanding of the character because of this incident, he would definitely run over and fan the flames.

But now he is busy participating in the launch of Party A and Party B.

In the office of Beijing Film Studio, people from Party A and Party B's crew were coming over one after another.

Ge You sat next to Chen Shiping and couldn't help but said: "Director Chen, you have done me a terrible job. I just found the feeling of Fourth Master Yuan, and you dragged me over to play Kanye again."

Chen Shiping smiled and said: "I believe in your strength, and you should thank me."

"Thank you for what?" Ge You asked doubtfully.

"Thank me for finding you a beautiful girl. I envy you. You are so handsome!"

"Don't be envious, I can quit now and fulfill your wish!"

Chen Shiping laughed and turned around to see Zhang Min and Shi Nansheng standing at the door of the conference room, and Zhang Min had a strange look in his eyes.

Ge You couldn't help but said happily: "I must have been caught by the real owner, haha."

Chen Shiping: "."

(End of this chapter)