During my years at China Entertainment

Chapter 499 Give Sister a Full Body SPA
As we all know, there are not many good agencies in the entertainment industry, but it is extremely rare to achieve something like Tianyu.

Since its establishment in 04, Tianyu has experienced at least a dozen artist contract termination incidents, and going to court with its artists is also commonplace.

The reason is nothing more than Tianyu's overbearing contracts, which exploit the artists too much. As long as there is a suitable opportunity, there is no artist who does not want to get rid of it. Zhang Liangying, Zhou Bichang and others are no exception.

Although Wei Jin was also a capitalist, it was impossible for him to have a good impression of such a company.

Even other brokerage companies in the industry, when mentioning Tianyu, would express disdain or gnashing of teeth.

If it weren't for the support of Mango TV and the considerable resources at its disposal, Tianyu's style of doing things would have disappeared from the circle long ago.

"So, you rejected Zhang Han whom they recommended before?"

Zeng Li recalled the phone call Wei Jin received in North America and asked thoughtfully.

“Well, that’s not entirely the reason.”

Wei Jin held the beauty tighter in his arms and then explained in detail.

When Wei Jin participated in the Golden Horse Awards, the female guests for the variety show "Flowers and Youth" had already been decided.

In addition to Liu Yifei, Shu Chang, Rouba and Hu Jing, the last spot was given to their own artist - Yang Xue, who is devoted to her retirement.

This girl is too Buddhist. She doesn't fight or compete in the company and just lies down. Zhang Xu has to work hard to get some resources suitable for her.

As for the seats for the last two male guests, there are not many male artists of the right age in the company, and not all artists are willing to participate in variety shows. After all, Shanhe Media is not short of film and television resources, so the places were given up.

However, although the company's artists look down on it, this variety show is very attractive to artists from outside.

On the one hand, the quality of Shanhe Media’s variety shows is guaranteed, which greatly enhances the national popularity of the artists.

On the other hand, considering the status of the female guests, participating in it can be regarded as a disguised way of raising their status.

Maybe you can also gain some connections, after all, the time you spend together is not short.

Therefore, the competition for seats among outside artists is quite fierce. As a subsidiary of Mango TV, Tianyu has previously recommended its artist Zhang Han to participate.

To be honest, Zhang Han has developed quite well in recent years, especially after he started dating Zheng Shuang, who became famous in "Meteor Shower". He attracted a lot of traffic and became quite popular.

From a business perspective, Zhang Han should be of some help to the show.

But this guy was a legal geek, and Wei Jin looked down on him. When Zhang Yipei received the call in North America, he refused.

Finally, Zhang Yipei selected Wang Yanlin and Han Dongjun, who graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy, from among many resumes.

In her words, one is responsible for being funny and the other is responsible for being beautiful, a perfect match.

As for whether Mango TV will have any objections, that is not the case at all. After all, Shanhe Media is the client in terms of variety shows, which is why the people from Tianyu are so enthusiastic tonight.

"Oh, I see. By the way, I heard from Jingjing that the recording will start after next week, and it will be recorded for more than 20 days at a time?"

"Ah."

Wei Jin nodded, then looked at Zeng Li's puzzled expression and explained with a smile:
"Sister Li, this travel variety show is different from traditional outdoor variety shows that are recorded one episode at a time. It requires a full 24-hour recording process, and the total recording period must be determined based on the itinerary.

According to the Variety Department’s plan for the Europe-North America trip, it will take about 20 days. After the entire trip is recorded, post-editing will be done based on demand.”

In addition, the reason why we decided to start recording at this time is that on the one hand, the preliminary arrangements do require a lot of time, and on the other hand, it is also to showcase the Christmas atmosphere abroad.

"That's really hard. I don't know if Jingjing can get used to it."

Seeing Zeng Li worrying about nothing, Wei Jin felt speechless and at the same time envious of her relationship with Hu Jing. It was rare to find such best friends in the entertainment industry.

"Okay, Sister Li, Sister Jing is already such a grown-up, there's no need for you to worry about her. Besides, the production team has already made all the arrangements. It will be a little tiring at best, but it won't be as good as our roadshow this time."

"Yeah, that's true. I'm really exhausted from flying around all this time."

Perhaps it was because she drank a little wine tonight, Zeng Li rarely showed the attitude of a little girl, with her seductive red lips slightly pouted, which made Wei Jin's index finger move, and his hands couldn't help but climb to the peak.

"Thank you for your hard work, Sister Li. Tonight, let me, as the director, reward our great contributor."

After saying this, Wei Jin squatted slightly, exerted force with his arms, picked up the beauty by the waist in a princess hug, took a step forward, and strode towards the bedroom.

Zeng Li was lying flat on the snow-white bed. Wei Jin held her long, round legs, with her knees bent inward and pressed forward, as if her whole body was folded in half.

After a night's rest, Wei Jin brought the high-spirited Zeng Li back to the capital to attend the premiere of "The Chinese Zodiac".

"Mr. Wei, Ms. Zeng, congratulations."

Wang Zhonglei came out to greet him personally, but the smile on his face was a little stiff.

"Mr. Wang, you are too polite. I wish "The Chinese Zodiac" a big box office success."

Wei Jin smiled and congratulated him, not taking it seriously.

The entire first half of the Lunar New Year holiday season was completely taken up by "Gravity".

Especially after the Golden Globe Awards were announced, the movie box office actually rose against the trend, returning to the high point of 8000 million, and once again breaking the record for the fastest box office to break 7 million.

This is not good news for the movies that will be released later. It would be strange if Wang Zhonglei could be in a good mood.

"Thank you, please come in, everyone is waiting."

"okay."

Wei Jin was not polite and walked into the venue holding Zeng Li's hand.

I have to say that Jackie Chan has a lot of face. There were many guests in the venue, almost all the big names in the entertainment industry came, and many foreigners he had worked with also came to show their support. It was really awesome.

However, when Zeng Li and Wei Jin appeared, many celebrities who were socializing at the scene came over to greet them.

"Director Wei, Li Zi, congratulations on the huge success of Gravity."

Zhang Ziyi walked over gracefully, holding a wine glass and wearing a white dress that revealed her figure a little.

She was both envious and jealous of her classmate.

"Thank you, and I wish your The Grandmaster a big hit."

Wei Jin didn't talk to her much, but Zeng Li herself was not familiar with this kind of occasion, and she felt more comfortable with acquaintances. Wei Jin was left alone, so more people came to toast him, including Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Xu Cairen and others, who came to say hello one after another.

However, they are all big stars in the circle, and they tacitly avoided each other, which made Wei Jin, who wanted to see a live fight, a little disappointed.

Today's premiere ceremony was full of live action, and a short film about Jackie Chan winning the Guinness World Record for "Actor with the most stunts" was broadcast on the spot.

Talking about this honor, Cheng Long was very emotional:
"In fact, when I was filming the scenes reviewed here, I was scared, but I am glad that I did it. These scenes are recorded on the film forever. I got through every injury safely before, and I wonder if I am really that lucky."

At this point, Cheng Long paused. No one expected that he would joke about his own death.

"I sometimes think that if I die like Bruce Lee or James Dean, I will definitely become a legend, and Chinese Zodiac, as my last work, will also go down in film history."

To be honest, people in the entertainment industry are more or less superstitious, especially the actors in Hong Kong.

So as soon as Cheng Long finished speaking, his wife Lin Fengjiao, who had retired from the film industry for 30 years and was invited by him to help, immediately scolded him:

"You are crazy"

However, the guests at the scene could all feel how much importance Cheng Long attached to this movie.

After chatting about many interesting things during the filming process, the main film finally started playing.

Everyone in the industry knows that there is never a shortage of women in Jackie Chan’s movies, and in most cases they are beauties.

But no one could have imagined that the eldest brother could actually design a plot where the actress had to do the splits to get the keys. It was really awesome and took the actress' own conditions into full consideration.

However, Wei Jin has to admit that Brother Cheng Long really worked hard for this movie.

Let’s put the plot aside for now, just the level of professionalism is simply amazing!

In this movie, Jackie Chan alone performed fifteen duties including producer, supervisor, director, leading actor, screenwriter, martial arts instructor, photographer, etc. It's simply terrifying.

After the movie ended, when asked about the box office target, Cheng Long looked at Wei Jin and Zeng Li in the audience with a smile.

"I hope that its box office can soar like Gravity, the movie I starred in, and break through 10 billion!"

The premiere of "The Chinese Zodiac" was a great success and dominated the entertainment headlines that day.

The 60-year-old Brother Cheng Long has once again embarked on a publicity tour, and he is indeed full of energy.

After leaving the premiere, Wei Jin and Zeng Li returned to their villa in Yanjiao.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw 3-year-old Dudu sitting obediently on the sofa with his grandmother, watching TV intently.

However, when he heard the sound of the door opening, Dudu turned his little head, saw Wei Jin and Zeng Li, a smile as bright as a flower appeared on his face, he jumped down from the sofa, and ran over with his short legs.

"Dad, Mom, you are back"

Wei Jin squatted down, opened his arms and took his daughter into his arms, then stood up and turned around, causing the little girl to giggle.

"Dudu, have you missed your dad these days?"

"I thought about it, mua"

The little bean tilted his head and gave Wei Jin a kiss, then looked at Zeng Li, blinking his big eyes and said, "I miss my mom, too."

After saying that, she opened her arms and asked Zeng Li to hold her. After the latter took her, the little kid started kissing her mother.

"Hey, Dudu is so good, mua"

Zeng Li praised her and gave her a kiss on her delicate little face.

"But Dudu, have you listened to your grandma at home these days?"

"Yeah, Dudu is very obedient, right, grandma?"

Zeng's mother came over with a kind smile on her face, touched Dudu's little head, and affirmed: "Well, Dudu is very obedient and the best baby."

"Mom, thank you for your hard work."

There was some apology in Wei Jin's smile. When the child was not born yet, his mother-in-law was a little fierce, but in the past two years, she had become almost like a family member.

"It's not hard at all. I know you are busy with work, but you still need to spend more time with the children."

Zeng Li heard this and immediately assured her, "Well, Mom, don't worry, I don't have any subsequent plans, I will accompany Dudu well."

"Ah That's good."

The mother-in-law's words reminded Wei Jin of another mother-in-law's advice.

After dinner, Wei Jin went to the garden and dialed a number.

"Hey, Xiao Jin, why did you think of calling me?"

Wei Xingbang on the other end of the phone was obviously happy. Both father and son were not very expressive people. They usually just sent messages and seldom called each other.

"Hey, Dad, do you have any classes at school recently?" Wei Jin asked a little guiltily.

"Of course there are, but there are only one or two classes a week. What's the matter?"

"Well, if it's convenient for you, why don't you come to the capital in the next few days?"

"What's going on?"

"Well, this is it, Dad, listen to me."

Wei Jin gritted his teeth and told everything about Da Meiyuan and Liu Yifei. After all, since he was already here, it was impossible for him to only meet one family.

As expected, if it hadn't been for the phone call, Wei Jin would have been pinned to the ground and beaten by Comrade Lao Wei.

However, when Comrade Lao Wei heard that Da Meiyuan was pregnant and was waiting to give birth in North America, he could not continue.

After a long silence, Lao Wei just said "Come back in a few days" and hung up the phone. It seemed that he was in a complicated mood.

After hanging up the phone, Wei Jin wiped the sweat off his forehead, then he felt better again. He hummed a little tune and walked into the house.
(End of this chapter)