Actor: Thank you.

In the small dark room, there were three parties, all feeling awkward.

Zhang Yuan's original plan was to embarrass the two parties who came to see him.

Use this awkward atmosphere to prevent the other party from joining forces to deal with you.

It's just a small plot to sow discord.

But I didn't expect that Dabai's appearance would make me feel embarrassed.

"Come." After hesitating for a while, Zhang Yuan waved to his assistant.

Although he whispered in Zhao Xunxun's ear for a while as he walked forward.

"Sister Xiao Ran, let me take you to eat something."

"Ah?" Dabai was still thinking that Zhang Yuan was usually very busy, and since it was rare to see him, he had to be intimate with him.

"We have something important to discuss. We'll meet you later and we can talk again when we meet." Zhang Yuan said calmly, "I'll leave."

If there are too many people around at this time, it will easily ruin my good deeds.

Besides, Li Xiaoran's intelligence is average, so she must find it difficult to understand what she wants and what she should do.

If I keep talking nonsense and making a fuss, then I'll have been working in vain.

He specifically asked his assistant to take her to a place with fewer people.

Especially stay away from Cheng Hao and Fan Bingbing.

Dabai looked at him in confusion, and was pulled twice by the assistant before he stood up and walked out.

"Yesterday he said he wanted to give him a surprise, but why isn't he so enthusiastic when he sees me..."

She doesn't understand yet.

Zhang Yuan glared at Li Xiaowan in the dark.

He also wants to use women to get in through the back door.

I've always been the only one who uses other people's back doors!

Li Xiaoran left with his assistant and closed the door.

The room grew darker.

Darkness is a common source of fear for mankind.

Because darkness deprives humans of one of the five senses they use most: vision.

And in the darkness, humans can't help but look towards the light.

This is also the principle of stage spotlights.

At this time, both Zhao Wei and Li Xiaowan looked at Zhang Yuan who was under the only dim light in the room.

Only the protagonist is qualified to bathe in the light!

"Ms. Zhao Wei, nice to meet you, nice to meet you." After a moment of silence, Zhang Yuan slowly spoke.

"Hello, I've heard of you before."

"Many old friends have told me that Zhang Yuan is the most outstanding young person in the Chinese film and television industry today."

"It's a pity that I never had the chance to work with you."

Younger generation... Zhang Yuan laughed secretly in his heart when he heard these two words.

And he put me on a show.

You debuted earlier than me.

But you died earlier than me!
As long as I stay away from dump trucks, I will definitely live longer than you!
"I've heard many old and new classmates from Beijing Film Academy mention you."

Zhang Yuan straightened up when he heard this.

Have you heard my story?

Because he remembered that those golden flowers in the Central Academy of Drama would use topics about themselves as entertainment whenever they got together.

You guys at Beijing Film Academy don’t do this!

"Yawen is a very outstanding junior student at Beijing Film Academy. I heard that he works for you?"

Get close.

Zhang Yuan understood what the other party meant.

Not only do I find her troublesome.

She also felt that she was troublesome.

Their current situation is like fighting a wolf with a stick, and both sides are scared.

Because of her past experience of offending people, Zhao Yanzi was afraid that Zhang Yuan, who had just "taken over" the Hong Kong circle, would make things difficult for her in the circle.

Whether there is a possibility of it rising again is still unclear.

Zhang Yuan accepted the opinion of the eldest young master of the Huo family.

He doesn't like Zhao Wei.

Luckin Coffee is a leek in the stock market, but they are foreign leeks in Nasdaq!
Not only did the Chinese people not scold him, they applauded him.

But he also has to consider the pros and cons.

First of all, we cannot fight on two fronts.

He can only choose to go against one of Rong Xinda and Zhao Wei.

Just like finding a woman, you have to focus on the big picture and let go of the small details, and focus on the main contradiction first.

The lesser of two evils is to let Zhao Yanzi go first.

Because Zhao Yanzi had never had any grudge against him, there was no point in fighting to the death.

And there is another reason.

I originally wanted to let Old Yanzi take over and then let my own people take over.

Song Jia is not famous enough, Cheng Hao is famous, but he does not have enough box office appeal in the film industry.

The only one who has both fame and box office appeal is Fan Bingbing.

But Fan Bingbing is actually not suitable for the role of Mrs. Wang.

Relatively speaking, she is more suitable for the vixen Xiao Wei.

After all, she has played Daji before.

But this will lead to several problems.

The role of Mrs. Wang is still vacant.

And Zhou Xun must also be squeezed out.

First of all, with the right director and script, Xun Ge’s performance ceiling is still higher than Fan Bingbing’s, but the prerequisite is that there must be someone to control her and not let her “play freely”.

At the same time, squeezing Zhou Xun out would cause another problem.

Zhou Xun is from Huayi.

And she is the number one sister now!
As soon as Fan Bingbing left, she took over Huayi's position as the number one sister.

With the tempers of the two Wang brothers, they will definitely find trouble with me all day long.

This will cause a chain reaction.

Because this time, the joint reorganization of Hong Kong circle resources has affected the interests of many people in the imperial circle.

If we continue to fire at Huayi, an uncontrollable situation may easily occur.

Huayi is also in his little notebook, but not now.

After Zhang Yuan thought about it carefully, he felt it was troublesome.

It's all about affecting the whole body.

I have to keep my footing first, digest the meat I ate this time, and then start training again.

"I thought those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes."

"Now I have to wear shoes too, what a hassle."

Apart from that, he also has to consider the box office of the film.

If "The Forbidden Kingdom" is the Twin Dragons.

Then "Painted Skin" is actually about two "Twin Dragons".

Two men and two women, both are big brands, that's what makes it look good.

Because according to the setting, the two male protagonists and the two female protagonists are love rivals.

Rivalry is only exciting if the two characters are evenly matched.

Zhou Xun is quite popular and has won many awards.

And what about Zhao Wei?

It doesn’t matter whether she wins an award or not, she will make a living from the play “My Fair Princess” for the rest of her life!

Zhang Yuan clearly remembered that at the press conference and red carpet before the release of "Painted Skin" in his previous life, almost all the people who came to the scene were fans of Zhao Yanzi!
The president of the National People's Art Theatre, Mr. Feng Yuanzheng, AKA China's No. 1 domestic violence man, tells this story from a professional perspective.

"My Fair Princess is a watershed work in the Chinese film and television drama market!"

With "My Fair Princess" as the dividing line, the Chinese entertainment industry is divided into two eras.

Because this drama truly ushered in China's "star era".

No matter how popular "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" were before, what was popular was the drama or the characters.

But this drama made the actor himself a superstar admired by thousands of people, and his influence broke through national boundaries and reached Southeast Asia, island countries, and South Korea.

In the subsequent promotional work for the drama "Painted Skin", Zhao Yanzi was always the center of the poster in any region outside of the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Because many foreigners only know her as a Chinese star.

Therefore, among the four actresses and the two ice queens, Zhao Yanzi is not as internationally known as Zhang Ziyi, her acting skills are not as good as Zhou Xun, her backers are not as strong as Xu Jinglei, and her number of works is not as good as the two ice queens. But she is still the leader of the six that year.

Everyone says Liu Xixi has a thick blood bar.

Can the health bar be as thick as the one Xiaoyanzi stacked for Zhao Wei?

Even after the building collapsed like this, there are still a group of people who miss the past.

Zhang Yuan gets a share of the box office revenue, so he has to consider the sales of the film.

In fact, before Zhao Yanzi jumped out for Chen Kun, he had never thought of taking action against the character of Mrs. Wang.

And he also understood why Zhao Wei was willing to ask others for help in order to get the role.

Because her current problem is that she is popular enough, but it cannot be converted into box office sales.

The two movies "Making Girlfriend" and "Green Tea" were box office failures.

His look in "Shaolin Soccer" was touching, but he was criticized by Stephen Chow for being unprofessional and unwilling to shave his head.

The movie version of "Jade Guanyin" also did not perform well at the box office, and was completely outperformed by the heroine Sun Li in the TV version.

After several consecutive movies failed, she had to return to the TV drama circle and filmed "Moment in Peking", which had good ratings.

Lao Yanzi felt that she was trapped in the TV series and always wanted to jump out, but she couldn't.

So she had high hopes for this play.

Zhang Yuan knew her ambition and was also afraid that she would do something desperate. After all, she was already very anxious.

They all led to the eldest son of the Huo family.

"I am also looking forward to working with you." After considering many aspects, Zhang Yuan decided to play it safe.

When Zhao Yanzi heard this, she immediately smiled.

It seems that all my efforts in finding someone and visiting him were not in vain.

But she was so happy that Kun Kun's face beside her turned shiny black.

Didn’t you say we should advance and retreat together?
You can only listen.

Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, but when disaster strikes, they fly separately.

What's more, this is what Zhao Yanzi did in later generations, which is in line with the old saying.

You are not her husband yet, why are you making such a blind wish?

Besides, you didn't run away!

Others may not know, but doesn’t Zhang Yuan know it?
"The Forbidden Kingdom" is known as the first battle among male stars in the Chinese entertainment industry to fight for their ranking.

And "Painted Skin" is the first battle for the leading role among female stars in the Chinese entertainment industry!
Actually, the first part was fine, but the problem was the second part after the first part became popular.

Brother Xun and Lao Yanzi started fighting for the C position.

First, the famous "kicking the chair" incident was exposed, saying that Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun almost fought in the dressing room.

Then there was the "mistress incident" again. At the press conference, Brother Xun was asked by reporters "Is Xiao Wei a mistress?" and he got angry.

She insisted that she was not a mistress, and Zhao Yanzi was so wicked that she openly reminded her that people were asking about her role.

Doesn't that imply that she thought they were talking about herself in real life?

Although Brother Xun is a well-known "good guy" in the rock circle of the imperial capital, his private life is messy enough.

This person is also disappointing. In an interview after the "mistress scandal", he publicly stated that "mental infidelity does not count as infidelity."

"I would be happy if my boyfriend had an emotional affair, because it shows he is a normal man" and other outrageous statements.

With this kind of train of thought, do you think she can act well without a powerful director and producer to suppress her?

Then came the exciting moments.

Now it’s time to fight for the center position on the poster.

Zhou Xun is the center of the Taiwan poster.

Zhao Wei is the C position in Southeast Asia.

The official announcement came out that both of them were the first female leads, but soon, a so-called "Painted Skin 2" actor pay list appeared on the Internet.

It was clearly written above that Zhao Wei's pay was 50 higher than Zhou Xun's.

Whoever gets paid the most is number one; this is how the people and the audience understand it.

This is even more outrageous. It’s not possible to take turns to be the C position on the poster. There can only be two C positions, two side by side.

It even developed to the point where two people standing side by side had to repeatedly adjust whose shoulders were in front and whose hair was behind.

Many cinemas’ posters change every day, which is very interesting.

This is not over yet.

Tearing off the posters was not enough, so they started tearing up the press releases.

Because the actors' names will be included in the press release.

If there are names, there will be an order of precedence, and this is when things start to get weird.

It was also at this time that the big stars were originally fighting, but Chen Kun suddenly took sides.

And the person he was standing with was Zhou Xun, not his old friend and classmate Zhao Wei!
Things went from the Twin Dragons to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Chen Kun's team requested that their name be placed before Yan Zi, but could be placed after Zhou Xun.

Yan Zi asked to be in front of Zhou Xun, but could be behind Chen Kun.

Zhou Xun asked to be in front of the two of them...

These necessary but not sufficient conditions almost made the producers confused.

I really can’t do this question!!!

Producer Pang Hong, who originally loved hype, watched all this with a smile.

Because the more you fight, the more popular the film becomes.

But if it comes to this point, tearing it any further will cause trouble.

So Pang Hong came up with a clever idea.

Soon a piece of news appeared on the Internet.

It is said that the reason Zhou Xun and Zhao Wei had a conflict was because Yang Mi, a junior in the same crew, was having an affair with Feng Shaofeng. Yang Mi felt resentful after Zhao Wei criticized her for girls loving themselves, so she deliberately tried to sow discord between the two female leads.

Now the facts are clear. The two big stars have reconciled after learning about the situation, and the crew has also severely criticized Yang Mi.

Yang Mi: ???
In the end, it was the person with the lowest status who took on everything.

Yang Mi is a little-known person but not a big enough star, so he is an ideal person to take the blame.

Yang Mi was scolded so badly during that period!

But anyone with a brain knows that this is simply impossible.

Yang Mi doesn't have this ability, and Zhao Wei reminds Yang Mi to keep himself clean... This is the joke of the year.

This incident must have further strengthened Yang Mi's already strong sense of professionalism.

Only if you climb high enough and become a big enough celebrity, you won't be used as cannon fodder.

In addition, there is a complete change in the relationship between Zhao Wei and Chen Kun.

After all, what are old classmates?

Kun Kun and Zhou Xun have similar personalities. Both of them are not very smart and easily impulsive.

After this incident, Zhao Yanzi changed from referring to Chen Kun as a "best friend" to saying in public that "the relationship between herself and Chen Kun is neither as good as everyone thinks, nor as bad as everyone thinks."

If people don't suffer a little loss, they will not make progress and grow.

Zhang Yuan only exposed the brotherhood between Zhao Wei and Chen Kun, which seemed to be made of gold but was actually made of iron and copper.

"Sister Yan Zi, let's work together well in the crew later."

"I'll have a few more drinks with you later, but don't run away."

"Sure, you decide how many drinks we have." Zhao Yanzi agreed with a smile.

Then he stood up tactfully.

"Then you guys go ahead and chat. I just happened to see a lot of acquaintances. I'll go say hello."

"Okay, see you later."

"See you later."

Old Swallow left the small dark room.

Now, only Zhang Yuan, Chen Kun and Li Xiaowan are left in the room.

At this moment, KunKun's mentality has collapsed!
We agreed not to separate and to stay together forever...When Kun Kun saw Zhao Wei running away, he felt neither hatred nor resentment, but confusion.

He promised to protect me, but now he’s the one begging for help.

She can continue to stay in the crew now, but what about me?

The role is not important now, what matters is that I was backstabbed by my best friend.

He didn't even think about it. Wasn't he also stabbing the other party in the back by coming here today?
Yan Zi understood this point, so she didn't feel any psychological pressure at all.

Our eldest brother doesn’t laugh at the second brother.

For the sake of profit, old classmates are nothing, they can’t be used to make a living.

In this line of work, women are ruthless and generally more aggressive than men.

"Very good..." Zhang Yuan was very satisfied seeing Kun Kun's condition.

This eliminated one of the opponent's generals.

It's like Zhuge Liang scolding Wang Lang at the beginning and killing him with his mouth.

Then I have to deal with this "old man" Li Xiaowan. (End of this chapter)