Actor: Thank you.

Most crews, especially top-level crews, will attach a confidentiality agreement when the contract is signed.

The same goes for "Curse of the Golden Flower".

You know, before Zhang Yimou filmed "The Flowers of War", when he was training the actresses, four of them were directly fired by Zhang Yimou because they posted the crew information and casting content on Weibo.

When Zhang Yuan went to Zhang Yimou's studio to sign the contract, there was also a clause in the contract that could not be disclosed before filming began.

However, a contract is a contract. If it is really violated, whether it will be enforced or not depends on whether the relationship is in place.

But Zhang Yuan was not sure how much face he had in front of Zhang Yimou.

So when the reporter asked him whether he would participate in "Curse of the Golden Flower", Zhang Yuan's face almost turned green.

"I guess this is another leak from Huayi."

As soon as Zhang Yuan took a look at the bearded man's face, which was almost smiling, he knew that it must be this old guy who specially arranged this job for him!

He has always been only concerned with publicity and not caring about the life and death of the artists.

This was also one of the main reasons why no one paid attention to him in the later period and he was abandoned by the market.

Needless to say, as soon as the three words "Lao Mouzi" appeared, Zhang Yuan immediately became the focus of the audience.

Not to mention the media, even the other actors present at the event all turned their eyes to him.

Liu Xiaoli in the audience was shocked.

"I just finished filming Feng Xiaogang's movie, and now I'm going to film Zhang Yimou's movie..."

How to do?
Zhang Yuan was a little panicked.

Say no, deny it?

If he appears on the actor list in a few days, he will definitely be ridiculed by the media.

Answer truthfully?

That again violates the contract.

Zhang Yuan now wanted to take off his hat, shake his braid, and walk up to the bearded man with a gait.

"Zhang Jizhong, do I fuck you?"

But swearing in the streets is definitely not okay.

Zhang Yuan's brain was spinning rapidly.

"By the way, the contract only states that I personally cannot disclose information about the film's casting and other related matters."

"This was leaked by the bearded man to a reporter."

"So, even if everyone knows about it, as long as I don't confirm it myself, it doesn't count as a breach of contract."

Zhang Yuan first came up with a temporary solution, which was to get himself out of the situation before dealing with the rest.

"Well, thank you for your question." Zhang Yuan's expression returned to normal and he looked at the reporter with a smile.

"My future work arrangements cannot be made public for the time being."

"So did you participate in the filming of Curse of the Golden Flower?"

"Each media friend can only ask one question. Please leave the opportunity to others." Zhang Yuan immediately greeted.

Just pretend not to answer first.

Because he also knew that 90% of the next questions would definitely revolve around his and Zhang Yimou's films.

"Excuse me, have you met Director Zhang Yi recently?"

"Please give a definition of recent times. If recent times means only within a week, then I haven't seen him." Zhang Yuan replied truthfully and rigorously.

"It is rumored that Ms. Gong Li will join "Curse of the Golden Flower". Are you looking forward to working with her?"

"Teacher Gong Li is a senior whom I admire very much. I have been looking forward to working with her since my debut."

"I heard that Jay Chou has joined the film. Will you have many scenes with him?"

"Jay Chou and I had a lot of scenes together in the previous movie Initial D. If you want to watch it, you can buy the DVD..."

It is generally recognized in China how unethical the Hong Kong media is.

But after the all-out attack by this group of tricky people, everyone was surprised to find that the young male lead on the stage had defended against all of them without any blind spots.

He basically practiced Chen-style Tai Chi to perfection.

Traditional interviews are about using force, using a little force to achieve a lot. More than 200 Hong Kong paparazzi couldn't pry open Zhang Yuan's mouth.

After defending, it is natural to use traditional Kung Fu to retaliate in the same way.

"Okay, today is the press conference for The Return of the Condor Heroes, and everyone should ask questions related to the TV series."

"What do you think, Director Zhang?" Zhang Yuan turned and looked at Zhang Jizhong.

The bearded man had no choice but to immediately straighten his expression and interrupt all the questions.

Liu Xiaoli, who was in the audience, kept stretching her head to look around.

She also knew that the crew would have a confidentiality clause, so when she saw the reporter asking questions just now, she was worried for Zhang Yuan.

What she didn't expect was that Zhang Yuan handled the situation very skillfully and basically avoided all the pitfalls.

Aunt Liu thought to herself, this boy is really quick to react!
Most people who encounter this situation either get upset or panic.

It is truly remarkable that he can still deal with the media calmly and confidently.

He looked at his daughter again and thought of her frequent "offline" performance during media interviews.

When he went to Taiwan to promote Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Zhang Fei, Fei Yuqing's elder brother, said, "Liu Qianqian has been watching my TV shows since she was a child, right?"

"To be honest, I don't really know you..."

Later, when filming "The Four", Wen Ruian shook hands with her backstage at the press conference.

“Who’s your favorite character in my book?”

"I haven't read your original work..."

He is honest and never lies.

It's like this in front of people, behind the camera, and in front of others.

But it is somewhat easy to embarrass others, and Liu Xiaoli is quite confused about this.

Because that's how I talk to her at home.

"It would be great if I could learn this from Zhang Yuan..."

After finally waiting for the press conference to end, Zhang Yuan stood up, bowed to thank everyone, and left the studio with a smile on his face.

As soon as I went out, I lost face instantly.

The others understood at a glance that the bearded man must not have communicated with him in advance.

"This bearded man is so wicked!" Chen Zihan squinted his big watery eyes in dissatisfaction.

"It's not good, luckily he reacted quickly. If it were me, I wouldn't know how to deal with it." Meng Guangmei's sister also cursed the bearded man for being shameless behind his back.

Only Liu Qianqian didn't think of this and pulled him aside to ask with a smile on her face.

"Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan, are you really going to act in Lao Mouzi's play?"

Zhang Yuan: …

Were you not present during the interview?
This is not a hint, it is a clear statement. Didn’t you hear it?

On second thought, she was also happy for her progress.

"Yes, but remember to keep it a secret."

"I know." Xiao Long Nu jumped for joy: "Do you have time later? Come shopping with me."

"Okay, but I have to go through all the notices first."

After making an appointment with her, Zhang Yuan turned around, found an empty corner, and quickly called Zhang Weiping.

Tell this person about it.

“This big beard… hehe.”

Ok?
Zhang Yuan was stunned. Why was this person happy instead of angry?

He slapped the back of his head.

"I forgot, this guy is also a master of hype."

"You and the bearded man admire each other, don't you?"

Zhang Weiping doesn't care about whether it is kept confidential or not, that is Zhang Yimou's business.

He only cares about whether the publicity is in place, after all, it concerns his own profits.

With such a commotion, the Hong Kong media will surely report it in great detail. Then they can export it and hype it up for domestic sales, thus gaining some popularity for free and feeling very happy.

In addition, the reason why Zhang Weiping feels happy is also related to what he is doing now.

He was meeting with the CEOs of more than a dozen cinema chains to discuss the box office sharing issue of "Curse of the Golden Flower".

A few years ago, Zhang Weiping negotiated a 40/60 share of the box office revenue with the producer thanks to the movie "Hero".

That is, the producers, promoters, and distributors get 40% of the box office, and the remaining 60% is shared by cinemas and theater chains.

Before this, the domestic box office sharing model has always been 35/65!

When it came to "House of Flying Daggers", Zhang Yimou again negotiated with the theaters and brought the ratio down to 41/59.

This time, with "Curse of the Golden Flower", he wants to raise the score to 42/58.

It was not until 09 that the radio, film and television administration issued a policy that set the bottom line for revenue sharing at 43/57.

And the cinema’s share of the box office shall not exceed 50%.

So it becomes a model where the cinema takes 50% and the theater chain takes 7%.

In 11, Zhang Weiping "returned as the king" with "The Flowers of War", and wanted to negotiate the ratio to 45/55. However, he was besieged by the eight major cinema chains and suffered his first defeat.

Next year, the five major distribution companies, China Film, Huayi, Bona, Stellar Media, and Enlight Media, together with a number of blockbusters, issued a collective announcement after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, again demanding that the ratio be increased to 45/55.

But Zhang Weiping was able to succeed because he was the leader and challenged the theaters alone.

Although the five major publishers seem powerful, they actually have their own ulterior motives.

Especially Bona and Huayi.

The year before, when Zhang Weiping caused trouble for Bona's "Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate", the company took the initiative to propose a reduction in its share of the profits in exchange for more screenings.

It just so happened that "The Flowers of War" was released a day later than his.

And because of this incident, "The Flowers of War" had a box office of 600 million but still lost money, which indirectly led to the complete break between Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou.

So this time the five companies joined together, and everyone was afraid that Bona would defect again.

This mutual suspicion, coupled with the extremely tough attitude of the theaters, eventually turned into a prisoner's dilemma.

On the surface, Hua Yi took the lead in compromising for the sake of "1942".

In fact, China Film Group is behind this movie, and Star Media also has a deep connection with China Film Group. Together with Bona Film Group, the five major distributors have become the Four Heavenly Kings plus one Light Media.

Guangguang came back to his senses, looked around and scratched his head. I have become a Malaysian!

You all shouted "good job" and "don't embarrass our publisher", but in the end I was the only one left in the hall!

Boss Wang of Guangxian thought to himself, you guys in the entertainment circle, this is how you play tricks on people, right?

Because his ancestral home is in Northeast China, and he went to school in Shanghai, which makes him the farthest away from the capital, and he is not a child of a wealthy family.

But the box office champion that year was "Lost in Thailand" invested by Guangguang Investment, which beat Hua Yi's "1942" into a fool, which was a relief.

At this moment, Zhang Weiping is arguing with the cinema chain.

The bearded man and Zhang Yuan sent him a wave of heat out of nowhere, which was like helping him sharpen the spear in his hand.

Huh... Zhang Yuan put down his phone. Zhang Weiping said he would help him say hello to Zhang Yimou.

The next day, when Zhang Yimou learned about this, he could only grit his teeth and bear it, and at the same time scolded the bearded man for his lack of martial ethics.

After all, Liu Ye is still in the hospital, and Zhang Yuan is his best choice at the moment.

At another time, he could have started casting again.

But now he is busy with two things, one is the movie and the other is the Olympic opening ceremony, and he really has no time to go back and forth.

At this time, Curse of the Golden Flower had actually already started filming, but the entire crew was in Sichuan when filming the scenes of the Three Natural Bridges in Wulong.

The crew spent more than three million just on building the posthouse.

After this part is finished, when the crew arrives in Hengdian, Zhang Yuan will join the crew to work.

In order to prove himself, Zhang Yuan also sent the full video of the press conference to Zhang Yimou.

After taking a quick look, Lao Mouzi smiled and turned off the TV.

"This kid is quite interesting. He just pretends to be blind and refuses to admit it or give a direct answer."

"Your brain is pretty good..."

Looking at him dancing on the edge of a knife, Zhang Yimou was not only not dissatisfied, but also quite appreciative.

Back to the present.

After the promotion meeting, the bearded man took Zhang Yuan and Liu Qianqian to a magnificent restaurant.

Arriving at a large private room, Zhang Yuan walked forward with two gift boxes in his hands.

"Hello, Mr. Jin."

"Oh, hello." Mr. Jin obviously didn't want to attend this kind of promotional event.

Although the bearded man had greeted them in advance and promised that he would only bring the male and female protagonists and that there would only be one camera for filming, he only needed to say a few words.

But people are resting well at home and feel annoyed when they go out.

His attitude towards several people was neither cold nor indifferent, until...

"Mr. Jin, I brought some wine specially." Zhang Yuan took out a few bottles of white wine from the gift bag.

Although the packaging has been torn, anyone can tell that this thing is Moutai.

Zhang Yuan is still endorsing Jiannanchun, so it would be inappropriate to bring out other brands of liquor in public.

Anyway, it’s just like the press conference just now. You know it is Moutai, I know it is Moutai, but I won’t say it is Moutai, so you can’t do anything to me.

After traveling thousands of miles to visit the old man, Zhang Yuan felt that Maotai was a great honor.

When Mr. Jin saw the wine, his eyes lit up.

The way he was addressed had changed.

"Come, come, my Yang Guo, come and sit down."

You see, Moutai is the hard currency for old men.

Once he had some wine to drink, the old man started to talk.

A message of encouragement, motivation and inspiration.

He drank several cups of shrimp dumplings with the afternoon tea, obviously he was really craving for wine.

It is indeed unkind to say that the bearded man has a big mustache.

When they were almost done eating, they exchanged glances just like they did at the press conference.

His assistant then took out the four treasures of the study from his briefcase.

Mr. Jin took a look and said, "Didn't you tell me before that you wanted me to write again?"

His face suddenly darkened.

As soon as Zhang Yuan saw Mr. Jin's expression, he knew that he shared the same suffering.

He glanced at the bearded man and thought to himself, if you do something for me, I will do one for you too.

Then he spoke.

"Mr. Jin, the last time you came to the crew, you wrote a signature for me."

"I am also quite knowledgeable about calligraphy. Since I am in Hong Kong this time, why don't I write one for you as well?"

The bearded man was stunned. He didn't expect Zhang Yuan to snatch the job at this time.

What kind of person is Mr. Jin? Even though he is old, he is very quick-witted.

After taking a look at the bearded man's expression and then looking at the look Zhang Yuan gave him, he knew that this guy was helping him to cause trouble for the bearded man.

"Okay, I'm willing to communicate about calligraphy with young people!" Mr. Jin immediately replied.

The old man said so and the camera was still filming, so the bearded man had to keep silent.

Zhang Yuan smiled and picked up a wolf hair brush, ground some ink, dipped it lightly in it, and then picked up the brush.

Liu Qianqian couldn't get a word in, but she felt sweet when she recalled that on her birthday, Zhang Yuan gave her the words of encouragement that Mr. Jin had given him.

After thinking for a few seconds, Zhang Yuan finally put pen to paper.

"The river head is not in trouble, and it would be difficult for others to travel on earth."

"it is good!"

Completed in one go, the fourteen characters in regular script fell on the snow-white rice paper as if chopped by a knife or an axe.

Mr. Jin immediately clapped his hands in approval.

"My Yang Guo is quite powerful," he thought to himself.

These two lines of poetry are from Xin Qiji's "Partridge Sky: Farewell".

In Jin Yong's "The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", Murong Fu has a subordinate named Feng Bo'e, whose name comes from this poem.

So he could tell at a glance that Zhang Yuan deliberately chose this line of poetry that was closely related to himself as the author.

At the same time, Zhang Yuan has also played Murong Fu, so he is very close to himself.

The meaning of this poem is: The wind is strong and the waves are high at the river head, but it is far less difficult than walking on the earth.

Why is it difficult to walk in the world...it's because there are villains.

Old Jin glanced at the bearded man, and it was self-evident who the villain was.

In such a short time, he was able to find a poem that matched the identities of both of them and also satirized the bearded man. This kid's mind and personality are indeed very similar to Yang Guo.

Mr. Jin raised his glasses and looked at the calligraphy carefully again.

"Not only is he quick to react, he's also smart."

“The word key is also good!”

Mr. Jin has communicated with Qi Gong before. In the literary circle, his calligraphy is considered good, but only in the literary circle.

So he knew at a glance that Zhang Yuan's handwriting was definitely well-developed and not just scribbled randomly.

He estimated that without five years of hard practice and ten years of accumulation, it would be difficult to achieve such success.

"Good handwriting, good handwriting..." Mr. Jin praised.

When Liu Qianqian saw that the old man praised Xia Yuan's handwriting, she smiled and squinted her glasses. She was happier than when she was praised herself.

“I didn’t expect that my Yang Guo has such high attainments in calligraphy. Very good. We should encourage him.” After saying this, Mr. Jin stood up with the help of a cane.

“Since Yang Guo has written one, I will write one too.”

"Good!" The bearded man quickly clapped and grinned.

What I want is the old man writing.

And now it has become that Jin Daxia and Yang Guo give each other calligraphy.

Isn't that wonderful.

But when he watched Mr. Jin write word by word.

Qihe Zai is gone, that's just not good!
"The world is cruel and people are evil. The rain brings the evening and the flowers fall easily."

This line of poetry comes from "The Golden Hairpin: The World is Cold" by Tang Wan of the Song Dynasty.

Many people are not familiar with this female poet, but her ex-husband is Lu You, who wrote "When the royal army conquers the Central Plains in the north, don't forget to tell your father during the family sacrifice" and "When mountains and rivers are so steep and deep that you think there is no way out, bright willows and flowers reveal another village."

The couple was forced to divorce at the request of their family because Tang Wan was infertile for several years after marriage.

There is no need to explain this poem. From its literal meaning, we can see that it is talking about the coldness and evilness of people in the world.

The bearded man cleared his throat, knowing that the attack was directed at him.

He thought to himself, novelists are really rude!
He looked at Zhang Yuan again.

Well, it’s dirty when actors swear!

"Mr. Jin's Songhe Yannian has vigorous writing style and is very well written." Zhang Yuan also praised it immediately.

"The handwriting is good, and the idea is even better!" he continued.

Bearded Man: Why don’t you just curse out loud…

"I see that you are young and promising, and your calligraphy is very impressive. If you have the chance to come to Hong Kong in the future, you can come to me to exchange calligraphy ideas." Mr. Jin took the initiative to make an invitation.

In addition to practicing calligraphy, we can also curse Zhang Jizhong together, which is fun.

"I will definitely come to visit you." Zhang Yuan bowed to express his gratitude and accepted the calligraphy.

"Hey, don't put it away yet. Let's take a picture with the two of you holding up the words..." The cameraman was still making arrangements.

"Stop taking pictures." The bearded man waved his hand.

"We'll take a picture of it." Zhang Yuan and Mr. Jin both held up the calligraphy and paintings happily.

The two of them looked harmonious, like a pair of close grandparents and grandchildren.

Everyone present thought the scene was warm and harmonious... except the bearded man.

Liu Qianqian didn't notice anything was wrong. This girl was simple-minded. She only knew that Mr. Jin liked Zhang Yuan very much and invited him to study calligraphy together in the future.

But Liu Xiaoli is an old hand after all, she sees it and understands it in her heart.

"Zhang Yuan is becoming more and more like a general."

"Whether it was just now when he was facing the media, or now when he was mocking the bearded man with Mr. Jin."

"They all have the demeanor of big stars, steady but not timid."

"If it were any other actor of his age, who would dare to ridicule Zhang Jizhong to his face?"

"Hehehe..." Liu Xiaoli chuckled. In this respect, she actually liked Zhang Yuan very much.

I chatted with Mr. Jin for a while. He is old and can't stand the long-term torture.

Everyone left the party early.

Liu Qianqian was happy. It was still early and she could ask Zhang Yuan to go shopping with her for a while.

The group walked and talked, and left the hotel, and then...

Click!

Click!

Click!

Shutter sounds rang out!
"Mr. Zhang Yuan, is it true that you participated in the filming of "Curse of the Golden Flower"?"

"Have you decided to become the next Mou Nanlang?"

Zhang Yuan: …

I've only heard of Mou Girl.

All of a sudden, countless reporters and media rushed over, and more than a dozen microphones were pointed at him.

If he hadn't shut up quickly, he would have almost experienced the treatment Li Xiaoran received every night when he was on the set of "Night Banquet" a while ago.

And the questions asked by these reporters are becoming more and more outrageous.

"Is it possible for you and Gong Li to develop a sister-brother relationship?"

Gong Li is only five or six years younger than Liu Xiaoli. You ask this kind of question...

Zhang Yuan understood that the news from the press conference must have spread throughout Hong Kong, and now all the reporters in Hong Kong were staring at him.

Mr. Jin shook his head when he saw this scene and turned to look at him.

"Yang Guo, you are so popular now..." (End of this chapter)