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"When working on the set of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Zhang Yuan once had sex with a female actress in the rest tent."

"In the end, the crew discovered it because the noise was too loud."

"My brother is a production manager for Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He told me this himself."

"My sister was an extra in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and she also told me about this..."

Zhang Yuan looked at a forum message displayed on the computer screen and slammed the table angrily.

"What the hell, Hu Jun's actions are being pinned on me!"

"I heard that when Zhang Yuan was on the set of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, he made advances towards Gao Yuanyuan, the actress who played Zhou Zhiruo, and took advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of her during filming."

"My cousin was the food delivery guy for the crew, and he saw it with his own eyes."

Zhang Yuan gritted his teeth.

"This is putting the blame on me for what Zhang Tielin did."

"And Gao Yuanyuan now wants me to touch her every day!"

Read on.

"Inside story of The Return of the Condor Heroes!"

"Before filming, the original contenders for the role of Yang Guo were Nie Yuan and Huang Xiaoming."

"In the end, Zhang Yuan got into the crew through the relationship with the leading actress Liu Qianqian."

"They treat me like Nie Yuan, relying on the heroine to join the group..." Zhang Yuan complained.

"Besides, how did I manage to get Xiao Long Nu to help me join the group?"

The explanation is soon given below.

"Because Liu Qianqian had gone to the hospital for an abortion before, that child was Zhang Yuan's."

"No wonder he and Huang Xiaoming don't get along. It turns out that he used such despicable means to snatch the role of the leader."

Zhang Yuan: …

Rumors can be piled on top of one another.

"If I really did this, Liu Xiaoli would have chopped me to pieces. How could I still be alive today?"

"Some staff members said that Zhang Yuan was not only in a relationship with Xiao Long Nu, but also had an affair with another actress named Z, and was two-timing."

"Little Dragon Girl is so pitiful."

"Who is the actress surnamed Z?"

"Those who rely on women to get to the top and eat gigolos must be overthrown!"

Zhang Yuan counted on his fingers for a long time and muttered to himself.

"Who is the actress surnamed Z?"

"Among the people I know, it seems that only Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi have the last name Z."

"Still playing this kind of word game."

Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head.

"And he said I was having affairs with two actresses at the same time... Who are you looking down on?"

Zhang Yuan took a quick look and found that these so-called revelations were basically based on some gossip that had recently been exposed in Hong Kong.

From being photographed with Liu Qianqian at Pacific Place to being rumored to have a rift with Huang Xiaoming because of the two calligraphy works he wrote with Mr. Jin.

Since it is based on the latest news, it means that the person who did this has most likely had a conflict with me recently.

Zhang Yuan didn't even need to think about it, as this act of adding fuel to the fire was most likely done by a colleague.

Just like the scandals surrounding Liu Xixi, 70% to 80% of them were written by her peers.

This era is still relatively good. Basically, people will only take shady actions when there is a direct conflict of interest.

In later times when the Internet has developed, the "explosion-proof" measures of companies of all sizes are enough to cause trouble for artists.

"When you become famous, you are prone to gossip!" Zhang Yuan stretched and then called Cheng Hao back.

"I've seen them all."

"I know what's going on. I'll handle it myself. Don't worry."

"That's good." Cheng Hao also breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, her voice suddenly became serious and she spoke slowly.

"Who is that actress named Z?"

Zhang Yuan tried to hold back his laughter. It seemed that Haojie surfed the Internet quite a lot.

"I don't know for now. When I find one that meets the criteria, I'll bring it home and show it to you."

"Hmph..." Cheng Hao snorted coldly. Seeing that he didn't show any guilty conscience, he realized that this was probably a rumor.

As for the tent-shaking incident on Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, she was on the set and knew exactly who did it.

"The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" is taking advantage of others?
Zhang Yuan was a rookie at that time, and he would have been beaten if he had done such a thing.

Besides, Cheng Hao knew his character well and he would not resort to such dirty means.

She understood that with Zhang Yuan's looks, figure and personality, there were many women who were willing to stay with him.

Those kinds of coercion and harassment are only used by older men who are not attractive enough.

She even felt that Zhang Yuan was becoming more and more popular recently, and she was a little worried that he would be taken advantage of by actresses...

"My contract with Chengtian will expire in a few months. Then I will go to the Central Academy of Drama for further studies." Cheng Hao explained his plans.

"I know. During the winter and summer vacations and in my free time, I can help you find some movies to shoot. I can make money and I won't get rusty at the job."

Zhang Yuan thought it would be a good idea for her to go to the Central Academy of Drama, so it would be easier for her to recruit new talents in the future.

"Well, okay, but I've been very busy recently. Chengtian probably knows that I won't renew my contract, so they arranged a lot of business for me."

"They probably want me to help them make some money again."

"Let's part ways in peace." Zhang Yuan advised.

After putting down his phone, Cheng Hao will soon be relieved, as all the artists of Cheng Sky are now under the management of Wang Jinhua.

He was not very confident about letting Cheng Hao work under this person.

"That's good. Being a teacher is not bad. I can have more free time to look after the agency."

After talking with her, Zhang Yuan began to think about how to deal with online comments.

Just like how Boss Chen dealt with the rumors about Liu Xixi, he went on TV to clarify?

Obviously undesirable and has no effect.

Just like there have been rumors recently that Fan Bingbing had plastic surgery.

There are also serious reports on the Internet about what project she worked on in which hospital.

Canthoplasty, double eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty...

With a face like hers, even the technology 20 years later cannot replicate it. What can we do?

But the rumors were too widespread, so Fan Xiaopang finally went to the hospital for a self-examination.

But no one cares how many bowls of noodles you eat!
The moment you start proving yourself, you've already lost.

Moreover, in later generations, even Yang Tianbao dared to go to the hospital for an appraisal and said that he had not had plastic surgery, which shows that this appraisal has no credibility.

Everything that can be done by human power can be done behind the scenes.

So when someone questions you about how many bowls of noodles you ate, the first thing you should do is to overturn the stall, then put a knife on the other person's neck and ask him to ask again.

"Then the first thing to do is to find someone who sells powder."

Zhang Yuan thought about it and decided that it was time to call in some “professionals”.

Clouds are in the blue sky and water is in the bottle.

Let heroes check heroes, and let good men check good men!
"Hey, long time no contact."

Zhang Yuan called Zhuo Wei.

In terms of investigative ability, he is almost one of the best among the Chinese people.

He will also ask someone to spread the news online, so by contacting the informant, you can find the approximate source of the news.

I promised to pay 15 yuan in "consultation fees", and the other party happily agreed.

And he added before hanging up the phone.

"After this matter is investigated, we can discuss the follow-up matters."

What is the follow-up?

We must fight back!

He knew Zhang Yuan's character, so he greeted him in advance.

"Oh, he wants to make a second profit." Zhang Yuan put down his phone and said with a smile, "So he is quite confident."

In fact, Zhuo Wei has a lot of information in his hands, but he mainly hangs out in the imperial circle, and a lot of information involves people who should not be involved, so he cannot release it at all, otherwise he will be finished.

Just like what happened between Zhang Yuan and Boss Sun, even if I told him, would he dare to let him go?
The next day someone came to check the water meter.

He exposes those celebrities just to become famous and make money.

Just like Zhang Yuan would look for him, wouldn’t other stars look for him?

Once the black material of some top artists is obtained, the hush money alone will cost hundreds of millions, so don't make the money too quickly.

Let Zhuo Wei check it out, Zhang Yuan rested for a night, and got off the plane at Baiyun Airport in Guangdong Province the next day.

Looking at the crowded terminal hall.

This place should actually be called the New Baiyun Airport. The old airport was closed two years ago.

In addition to outdated equipment, like most of China's obsolete old airports, it can no longer keep up with the rapidly expanding number of passengers.

In 90, China had only 1600 million air passengers per year.

By 2000, this number had rapidly grown to 6700 million.

By the peak before the epidemic, in 2019, this number had reached a terrifying 6.6 million.

"Zhang Weiping started selling airline lunch boxes in the early 90s, and took over most of the business at the capital airport and Guangdong airport."

"In just a few years, the money he earned would be enough for him to enter the real estate industry, and also to invest tens of millions of yuan in Zhang Yimou's movies."

Zhang Yuan thought that as the number of passengers transported increased, the business scale of airline catering services would become larger and larger.

It would be nice if I could get a piece of the pie.

However, the entry threshold of this industry is extremely high, and it is not easy to do.

You have to think long term.

Take a bus to Yangcheng Software Park.

This is where Huang Weimin’s animation company is located.

This science and technology park is very famous and became the second largest software park in China in 99.

The largest one now is Zhongguancun in the imperial capital.

This company was founded by the previous owner.

When it was established, it was named a technology company in order to obtain preferential rental support policies in Tianhe Industrial Park.

This is not the only company that is selling fake products under the guise of genuine ones.

"Zhang Yuan, you're here!" Huang Weimin came to the downstairs of the office building to greet him. The two of them got on the elevator arm in arm.

"Everyone come here."

As soon as he entered the company's gate, Huang Weimin clapped his hands.

"Everyone come to the conference room!"

The office is not big.

Originally the company had only about ten people. Following Zhang Yuan's suggestion, the company took advantage of the profits made from "My Baby Daughter, Good Mom" ​​to recruit more than ten new employees, who are currently being trained and accumulating experience.

The long table in the conference room can only seat a dozen people, and several people can only stand.

When these people entered the room and saw Zhang Yuan, some of them breathed a sigh of relief, while others widened their eyes.

Those who breathed a sigh of relief were all old employees.

I have always heard from Huang Weimin that the company was able to turn the crisis into safety because of the support of a celebrity shareholder.

They can continue to work and their works can sell so well, all thanks to the help of celebrity major shareholders.

At first, these old employees suspected that Huang Weimin was talking nonsense.

After all, celebrities make so much money, why would they invest in our small company?

Now that they saw the real person appear and confirmed that it was the Yang Guo in the recently hit TV series "The Return of the Condor Heroes", they finally felt relieved.

The ones with wide eyes were the new employees.

Because when recruiting, Huang Weimin used the following rhetoric:

"I opened our company with a popular artist, Zhang Yuan. You should have seen his plays."

Several girls came with the attitude of "chasing stars".

Seeing Zhang Yuan sitting there in good health, I thought that being in this class is worth it even if I don’t get paid!

"Hello everyone, it's our first time meeting." Zhang Yuan greeted.

Several veteran employees, who were the brothers who had worked with Huang Weimin at the beginning, looked at Zhang Yuan and found that Old Huang was still sitting in the main seat, while Zhang Yuan was sitting in the first seat on the side.

Seeing this seating arrangement, they felt a lot more relieved.

Because Huang Weimin told them that 70% of the company's shares are now in Zhang Yuan's hands.

After all, they donated millions of dollars in real money in times of crisis, so it is only right that we get this.

The old employees were afraid that this star bought the company just for fun and would do whatever he wanted when the time came.

Now that Lao Huang is still sitting in the main seat, it means that he still has the final say in the company, so these people naturally feel much more at ease.

This was Zhang Yuan’s purpose. Just now, Old Huang wanted him to sit in the main seat, but he refused.

Huang Weimin was also very happy.

[Received thanks from Huang Weimin, storyboard skills +1! ]

Zhang Yuan only wants to make money, there is no need for him to show off in the company. It doesn't matter where he sits.

As long as I can make money and don't rebel, I'll be fine with just moving a small stool and sitting at the door.

As a boss, you must be tolerant.

Huang Weimin briefly introduced the current situation of the company, as well as the names and hometowns of the employees.

Zhang Yuan greeted them one by one, and saw several young girls holding small notebooks in their hands, probably wanting his autograph.

"The second season of 'My Baby Daughter, My Good Mom' is now being planned," said Lao Huang.

“If things go well, we can start the project and produce the first few episodes within a month.”

"Don't worry." Zhang Yuan suddenly said.

“I think this project can be put aside for now.”

“We can develop a whole new IP series.”

All the old employees felt a pang in their hearts.

You still have to interfere in the company's business!

You don't understand animation, you're risking your life.

“Not impossible.” Old Huang immediately responded: “In fact, when “Baby Daughter, Good Mom” was about to end, we considered whether to start a new project.”

“There are several directions, but nothing has been decided.”

In fact, there are two voices within the company.

The old employees are afraid that the new project will fail, so they want to make a sequel, which is safer.

Although Huang Weimin had different opinions, he also wanted to start a new project.

But he also has to consider the feelings of his core employees.

"What are the directions now?" Zhang Yuan asked.

“There are light comedies like “Baby Daughter Good Mother”, but with office themes instead, focusing on today’s young people.”

“There are animal themes, targeting teenagers.”

"There are also mecha-themed ones, aimed at teenagers."

"Yeah." Zhang Yuan paused: "I think animal-themed projects are more attractive."

"The mecha-themed content requires very high painting quality, but the cost and time period are too long."

“The company is small and has few people, so it’s very difficult.”

"Themes focusing on young people are actually not appropriate, because teenagers and young people are basically attracted to Japanese animation and rarely watch domestic animation."

Zhang Yuan told the story slowly and leisurely.

Several old employees found that this "layman" was quite knowledgeable and what he said was basically correct.

“As for the animal theme, I think there’s a big plus.”

"What do you mean?" Huang Weimin also hesitated in several directions.

"In addition to selling films, the animation industry's revenue also comes from cultural and creative products related to the animation industry."

“Cultural and creative content with animal themes, such as dolls, will definitely sell better than human-shaped ones.”

After these words were spoken, the old employees and Huang Weimin all fell silent.

Because Zhang Yuan was right!
The ratings of "Good Mom, My Baby Daughter" were very good. After the show was broadcast, they contacted the factory to customize a batch of dolls and looked for channels to sell them.

But judging from the feedback, sales are very bleak, there is a lot of inventory, and there is no need to even open a second batch.

After Huang Weimin asked the channel dealers, he received the reply that animal-shaped dolls generally sell better than human-shaped ones.

In fact, until later generations, the plush dolls in shopping malls are overwhelmingly in non-human form.

The opposite is true for hard figures, where the human-shaped ones sell better.

This is related to consumption goals and consumption habits.

Because the main consumer groups of soft dolls are women and children.

The main consumer group of hard dolls is teenage males.

For many years, this line has been straddling the two sexes until the arrival of a brand that inspired young Chinese women to go crazy for hard dolls.

This brand is Pop Mart.

"If we want to increase peripheral revenue, animal-themed animations will be more conducive to sales." As Zhang Yuan continued to speak, he saw many employees nodding slightly.

"I think it's better this way."

Seeing that several old employees were still embarrassed, Zhang Yuan added.

"It's better to walk on two legs."

“Divide into two groups, one to work on old projects, and one to work on new projects.”

"If the new project doesn't go well, or even suffers losses," Zhang Yuan patted his chest and said, "I will bear the losses."

"Don't have any mental baggage!"

The major shareholder has said so, and his entry point is peripheral sales, so it makes sense.

Those old employees had no choice but to accept the job.

The new employees were impressed by Zhang Yuan's courage and sense of responsibility.

Zhang Yuan did not give any long speeches, nor did he preach or use empty words. He quickly asked everyone to disperse so as not to delay work.

We also met the employees' requests for autographs and photos one by one.

After doing all this, he went into Huang Weimin's office.

"Is there a plan for that animal-themed animation?" Zhang Yuan was thinking whether he should provide guidance.

"Yes." Huang Weimin took out an A4 paper and handed it to him.

There is a hand-drawn picture of a sheep and a wolf on it.

Wow, you can even answer this question quickly!

"After discussing with everyone, I felt that for the animal theme, we could refer to the setting of Tom and Jerry and find a pair of natural enemies as the protagonists to create conflict and form an entry point."

Zhang Yuan nodded from time to time, but when he looked at the painting on the paper, he frowned again.

"Why does this sheep have a lump on its head..." he muttered softly.

"Oh, that's because we set this sheep to be lazy and greedy, but brave and kind."

"This way the protagonist has two sides and more layers."

Isn't this lazy... Zhang Yuan thought to himself, no wonder he looked familiar, but felt something was not right.

"Well... I wonder if the target audience is children, the image of being lazy and gluttonous will cause children to imitate it."

“If it is an imitation, will the animation be easily boycotted by parents?”

Chinese parents may be very extreme and attribute their own educational deficiencies and failures to external factors, especially anime and games.

Anime and games are always the scapegoats.

"This..." Huang Weimin also felt something was wrong after hearing what he said.

"let me think again."

"Okay, no rush." ​​Zhang Yuan did not urge.

After chatting with Huang Weimin for a while, he suggested treating everyone in the company to a meal together in the evening.

And because there were many young people with good appetites, Zhang Yuan simply chose a Japanese buffet, with an average cost of 200 yuan per person.

The employees almost jumped up when they heard this. In those days, Japanese food costing two hundred yuan per person was already very high-end, and these ordinary employees were simply reluctant to eat it.

And the shareholders are treating me to a meal, which means I don’t have to work overtime today!
They really hope Zhang Yuan can come every day.

After dark, everyone took the elevator downstairs together.

There were too many people to fit in one elevator, so Zhang Yuan and the company's key members went to the lobby of the office building first.

He thought that he would have to have a good drink with these people during dinner and get to know them well.

Waiting for the rest of the staff to come downstairs.

While chatting with old employees in the lobby, he glanced at the company list posted on the wall of the lobby on the first floor.

Small metal fonts indicate which businesses are on each floor, making it easier for visitors to find them.

As he looked, Zhang Yuan saw a familiar name... (End of this chapter)