Actor: Thank you.

"it is a pity."

Inside the restaurant.

Jiang Zhiqiang and Zhang Yuan drank the last sip of red wine in their glasses together.

“We worked so well together on Secret.”

"This time the cooperation is so unsuccessful, what a pity..."

Boss Jiang sighed.

However, Zhang Yuan did not agree with him.

"Mr. Jiang, I don't think this is a collaboration."

"The premise of cooperation is that both parties are on an equal footing."

“This is also one of the fairness I want.”

For a long time, there has been no fairness between the mainland film and television industry and the Hong Kong industry.

In "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", the mainland actors had to eat coarse food, while the Hong Kong production staff could eat and drink to their heart's content.

Later, mainland actors could only share the lounge on the crew, while Hong Kong artists could have their own rooms and even their own RVs.

Mainland Chinese male and female artists like Chen Zihan, who graduated from professional film schools and have some fame, were required by the crew to use lounge chairs that were no bigger than those used by Hong Kong actors.

Your chair must be smaller than others and placed behind them, not in front of them.

Just to show status and dignity.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry has always been very stylish.

When has there ever been fair cooperation?

In fact, the key reason is that capital accumulation in Hong Kong has taken longer.

In the early days of the opening up of the Chinese film industry, their funds and teams were needed to lead the mainland forward.

As a result, he developed a lot of bad habits.

Jiang Zhiqiang was a little annoyed when he saw that the negotiations had failed twice.

A young person of the younger generation, with little experience and even less capital.

But dare to challenge me.

It would be hard to hear this matter out loud.

And if my "Lust, Caution" is really defeated by his "Apple", then I will never be able to continue to work in this industry again.

When the mindset changes, the attitude changes as well.

The speech became much more stiff.

"The premise of fairness is that the strength is similar."

"Zhang Yuan, you are still young and will achieve great things in the future."

"but not now."

"Okay, let's cooperate again in the future." Zhang Yuan did not give in at all.

The future is promising, the future is promising.

"Zhang Yuan, you are one of the rare young people in mainland China that I admire."

"You are also one of the few people in the Hong Kong film and television industry that I admire."

Jiang Zhiqiang: …

Do I need your appreciation?

"I admire you, so I don't want to make things look ugly." Boss Jiang said seriously, or rather warned.

"I'd like to see how ugly it can be." Zhang Yuan said directly without being polite.

"Will it be as ugly as Zhang Weijian before?"

Jiang Zhiqiang's cheeks turned dark.

Zhang Weijian was forced to kowtow and apologize.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry suffered a great loss due to the "Little Fish and Flower" incident.

Or it can be said that they are one of the few who suffered losses in mainland China.

This kid looks kind, but actually there is a lot of gunpowder in his words, and he is much more aggressive than the average person.

If you don't open your mouth, it's fine. But once you open your mouth, it's like a stab to my heart, and it's trying to twist it inside.

Snapped!
Boss Jiang wiped his mouth with the napkin and threw it on the table.

Then he strode away without saying a word.

Talk fell apart.

This is what Jiang Zhiqiang said.

But for Zhang Yuan, all this was within his expectations and there was no surprise at all.

Zhang Yuan waved to the waiter.

"Have you paid the bill?"

"Mr. Jiang is one of our regular customers. He has signed the bill." A manager pushed the waiter aside and stepped forward to answer the question personally.

"That's good... bring me the menu so I can order some more."

Half a year later, when Jiang Zhiqiang got the hotel bill, he was puzzled when he saw the bottle of red wine worth 20 yuan and a pile of top-quality fresh seafood.

When did I eat these...

"Just pack some leftovers for me."

After returning home, Cheng Hao asked Zhao Xinxin to put the several large bags of food in her hands into the kitchen and re-serve them on the plates at home.

Good sisters are quite particular about the fun of life and need a sense of ritual.

"Nowhere, these are all ordered later. I haven't touched a single bite. I brought them back especially for you."

"You have a heart."

Zhang Yuan told her the details of his packing.

"Are you lacking in morals?"

Cheng Hao laughed and patted him: "This is bullying Boss Jiang."

"I treat him as a friend. If he weren't a friend, I wouldn't eat him."

"What should we do now?" Cheng Hao said while gnawing on a king crab leg as they ate and chatted.

"I know you have great ideas."

"He must have his own plans."

"But considering Jiang Zhiqiang's status in the Hong Kong circle, it is probably not a good idea to make enemies with such a big boss who controls a lot of resources."

"Isn't this different from your usual style of cooperating whenever possible?"

This made Cheng Hao feel very strange.

"Boss Jiang is indeed quite good."

"Even though we were enemies, they were quite civilized. Even though I was a junior, they still talked to me openly."

"This alone makes them more human than the Huayi brothers."

Cheng Hao chuckled.

indeed.

Take the case of Yao Cheng for example. There are obviously many ways to poach people, but the two brothers used the most unpresentable method.

Because subconsciously, they felt that there was no need to be open about dealing with Zhang Yuan.

"And..." Zhang Yuan thought about it and gave his good sister an example.

"Do you know why the Korean War is called the battle of China's national destiny?"

"Because of this battle, there was peace and prosperity for decades to come."

"From now on, the Lighthouse Soldiers no longer dare to confront China head-on. At most, they can only encourage their younger brothers to cause us some trouble."

"And what about Maozi?"

"After turning to the West, we were taken advantage of and despised, and no one ever looked at us in the eye."

"So did you see it?"

“If you seek peace through struggle, you will survive in peace; if you seek peace through compromise, you will perish in peace.”

"Even though our investment in "Secret" was similar, and it was a huge success."

"But Jiang Zhiqiang never treated me as an equal."

"What I have to do this time is to create time for future peaceful development for myself."

"But you are still very passive." Cheng Hao didn't fully understand what he meant.

"If I am active and then become passive, then is it active or passive?"

Cheng Hao: ...

The good sister was completely confused by his words.

"So what are your plans for next?"

"No hurry." Zhang Yuan threw down a peeled mantis shrimp and licked his fingers: "Let's play with him first."

Seeing his confidence, Cheng Hao didn't understand, but also expressed his support.

"By the way, there's one more thing..."

As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand.

On the surface, the conflict between Zhang Yuan and Jiang Zhiqiang is a disaster.

Well, now comes the good stuff!

Another film crew contacted Yang Siwei and wanted him to audition.

"By the way, prepare a banquet, right at home."

"Call everyone in the company. I plan to introduce Zeng Jia and have her officially join the company."

"Okay, I'll do it."

After eating and drinking, my good sister complained that eating midnight snacks would make her fat.

So the two of them went to exercise to help digest the food.

A day or two later, Zhang Yuan took a bus to a residential area in the capital to pick up Zeng Jia.

"You will audition with me during the day."

"I've got a welcome party for you tonight."

"Formally meet everyone."

"Okay..." Zeng Jia nodded hesitantly.

Seeing her face change color, Zhang Yuan asked.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this arrangement?"

"no problem."

"Your contract with Rong Xinda has expired, right?"

"It's expired, and I submitted my resignation application to my master."

Although Li Xiaowan was disappointed, the contract renewal had been delayed for so long and remained unresolved, so he guessed that he could not keep his apprentice.

When Zeng Jia personally submitted his resignation letter, Li Xiaowan was not too surprised.

I thought that people are big-hearted and will fly away one day, and I can't keep them. So I decided to part ways in peace.

Try to say goodbye to her in a calm manner.

"We have trained you for a long time."

"After you leave, don't bring shame to your old club."

"must."

Li Xiaowan's temper has always been better than Li Shaohong's, so after chatting for a while, he planned to let the person go.

Before leaving, she asked one more question.

"Who is your next customer this time?"

"Zhang Yuan invited me." Zeng Jia replied immediately.

Li Xiaowan: ...

Teacher Li, who had been doing very well just now, can no longer hold back now!

"Zhang...Yuan, it's that Zhang Yuan!"

"Yes, he asked me to be his agent." Zeng Jia said truthfully, so as to show her master that her reason for leaving was legitimate.

What the hell!

This kid is really expensive.

Li Xiaowan thought that she could be his agent, and there was no way to stop her.

What did I say!

Li Xiaowan recalled what he had said to Li Shaohong.

"I said it started with Chang Jihong and then it was Wang Jinhua."

"I am the only one left among the three most powerful female agents in the capital. Sooner or later, it will be my turn..."

Don't say it, don't say it!
It's really my turn now.

He is really good at judging people.

It’s not scary to go to a competitor’s company, what’s scary is to go to a company that is not as good as your own.

Zeng Jia saw that her master's expression was becoming increasingly ferocious, so she quickly left the company.

But her changeable expression today was not because of this.

"Boss." She changed her tone now.

"I've been in contact with the crew of The Warlords, but..."

"Oh, because of this." Zhang Yuan understood.

"That's a big crew, with hundreds of millions of dollars invested."

"Casting isn't decided that quickly, so don't worry."

"It's only been over a month, there's no rush."

"And the other party didn't call you to reject you, right?"

"No." Zeng Jia nodded to confirm.

"That means the role has not been decided yet."

"If it's really decided, there's no chance at all. The other party will notify you."

Zhang Yuan was very calm because Chen Kexin was from Hong Kong after all.

I definitely still want to use Takeshi Kaneshiro.

But he has the pressure of producer Huang Jianxin on his side.

I guess they are pulling back and forth.

This is a role with a salary of tens of millions, it is not easy to get it.

Let her feel at ease and talk slowly without rushing.

The two chatted and arrived at today's audition location.

The reason why Zhang Yuan said this was a good thing was because the film was pretty good.

What play is it?
"Painted Skin"!
From a commercial perspective, the film is undoubtedly a success.

And the film "Painted Skin", to some extent, has opened up a whole new set of film operating ideas and markets.

After this film, the fighting scenes in costume movies took a back seat, the emotional scenes were moved forward, and costume movies began to move closer to themes of gods and monsters.

It was also from this film that a very mature system of co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland, with mainland actors as the main actors, emerged.

Previous co-productions, especially those featuring period costumes, were mainly starred by Hong Kong people.

Later films like "Monster Hunt" and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" all had this kind of configuration with Hong Kong behind the scenes and mainland China in front of the scenes, and the content was also similar.

"Hello." After arriving at the set, Zhang Yuan met a middle-aged man with a round head and a round face.

This person is not a director, but the producer of the crew, named Pang Hong.

"Nice to meet you, hello!"

"Come on, come on, please sit down!" The very polite man personally brought him to the office and invited him to sit down.

It was also the first time that Zhang Yuan saw the producer being so polite.

"Come, let me introduce you, this is Director Chen."

He also personally introduced him to a short middle-aged man from Hong Kong who was sitting next to him.

This person is called Chen Jiashang, and he is also a famous director in Hong Kong.

But he is not as famous as King of Sunglasses, Wang Jing and the like.

In 92, he won the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards for his role in The Legend of Drunken Master.

It's the movie where Stephen Chow played Su Chaharcan, and Xiao Yangmi made a guest appearance.

This man’s wife is the one who played Zhang Min’s maid in “Once Upon a Time in China”, her name is Chen Huiyi.

He also directed the movie "The Mouse Loves the Cat" which was later filmed by Hua Ge and Cecilia Cheung.

Although this person is not very famous, he still has a lot of resources in the Hong Kong circle.

Every time I bring money into the group.

In other words, he is the one who “brings money into the group”.

"The Mouse Loves the Cat" was initiated by Changchun Film Studio, and when looking for funds, they found the Hong Kong circle.

After Media Asia paid the majority of the money, Brother Hua was Lin Jianyue's die-hard supporter, so he let him take over.

The person the director arranged was Chen Jiashang.

This time, "Painted Skin" was produced by Ningxia Film Studio.

Among all the film studios in China, only the Beijing Film Studio and the Shanghai Film Studio are relatively wealthy, while the rest are mostly half-dying.

Changchun Film Studio is better, and Emei Studio is also okay. After all, it is Han Sanpin’s old employer, and they take care of each other.

Ningxia Film Studio is in trouble!
The company had been spending more than it earned for a long time, and in 02, it owed more than 500 million yuan in debt, which led to a disturbance in the capital. Even its license was almost revoked by the State Film Administration.

At this time, the new factory director Yang Hongtao was ordered to take over.

And the deputy is Pang Hong in front of Zhang Yuan.

He is not only the producer of this film, but also the deputy director of Ningxia Film Studio.

Why was he so polite when meeting such a high-ranking official?

This is what they call a penny can make a hero fall.

No money!

Ning Film Studio has been holding onto the script of Painted Skin for five or six years.

There was no money to shoot.

This time, they sold everything they had and raised 2000 million.

This amount of money is obviously not enough to make a blockbuster movie.

So the deputy factory director Pang Hong took the money and found Zhen Zidan!

At first, Zhen Zidan thought that Ning Film Studio was small and shabby, and the quality was very poor. Would it be okay?
The education he received since childhood did not support him making this kind of film.

But when Pang Hong took out the 20 million, Zhen Zidan said that you are really good at judging people.

Of course not all was given to him, but the salary was very high.

This deputy factory director is a smart man.

After Zhen Zidan got the script, he went to organize the event himself.

Pang Hong also used the name of Zhen Zidan and attracted a lot of investment in the capital and Hong Kong circles.

It's a bit like getting something for nothing.

Zhen Zidan not only attracted investment, but also brought in a group of martial arts directors, art directors and the like, and the team became more complete.

I have to say that Deputy Director Pang Hong is indeed capable.

But the bad thing is that he has the ability.

This guy is the guy who later led the masterpiece "Asura" and a series of money-making blockbusters.

The movie was bad, but he made a ton of money.

Just because of the successful experience of making money out of nothing in "Painted Skin", this person has been successful again and again, relying on stars and scripts to defraud investors.

He was also involved in the box office fraud of "Ip Man 3" and the shady contract-themed "The Bombing".

Because the box office revenue could no longer satisfy these people, they began to combine finance and the Internet to make money.

It can be said that he has contributed to the discrediting of the Chinese film and television industry.

But now he is just starting out and has not yet achieved success.

And this film is in urgent need of star hype, so he is particularly polite to Zhang Yuan.

Ning Film Studio went all in on this film, risking their entire fortune and life.

Zhang Yuan shook Chen Jiashang's hand and greeted him with extra enthusiasm.

He greeted us with a smile and congratulated us repeatedly.

"Congratulations, Director Chen."

"Ah?" Chen Jiashang was confused.

Where does joy come from?

"I heard that you just took over the position of chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, is that correct?"

Just a few days ago, Wen Jun "resigned" and this person took over as the new chairman of the Academy Awards.

"Oh, yes!" Chen Jiashang laughed when this was mentioned.

"Chairman Chen, you deserve the title"

"Chairman Chen, I will need your care when I go to Hong Kong to play in the future."

"Chairman Chen, can you please give me a meal to celebrate your birthday?"

Chen Jiashang lost himself in Zhang Yuan's repeated calls of "Chairman" and his smile gradually became perverted.

Zeng Jia on the side looked at it with all her eyes.

"Oh my god..." Everyone was stunned.

Zhang Yuan entered the room within three minutes and he had already dealt with the director! (End of this chapter)