Actor: Thank you.

Work is like love sometimes.

Excellent and popular men often have many job opportunities and opportunities to interact with women at the same time.

The Neptune in the workplace and the Neptune in love are both fish pond owners.

The problem now is that a fish that was raised freely in Zhang Yuan’s fish pond and was never intended to be eaten suddenly jumped out of the water and pointed at his nose and said.

"I won't give you any food!"

He didn't want to eat it in the first place, but why did you say that?
The same goes for girls. I can choose not to pursue them, but you point at my nose and say, "Don't even think about pursuing me."

Then I have to ask a question.

"Have you taken your medicine today?"

"Rest for a few more days, and come out when you recover."

After all, life is not a skit or a domineering CEO drama, and there are not so many overbearing trains of thought like “Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention”.

So, Zhang Yuan is very confused now.

I was not allowed to perform in Mei Lanfang...

What does it mean?
This film was invested by China Film Group and Eagle King.

The bosses of these two companies have no conflicts with me and we have a pretty good relationship.

Why did this happen suddenly?
There has to be a reason.

Yang Shouchen was also helpless.

Originally, this was a gift to Zhang Yuan, to commemorate their handshake and becoming partners.

But unexpectedly, everyone wanted it to be a good idea. Although Zhang Yuan did not agree, he said cautiously that he would consider it and arrange a schedule.

According to the current situation, it is up to him to decide whether he wants to come or not, and whether he can come or not.

Come or refuse, it’s up to him to propose.

As long as you are sincere, that's enough.

As a result, at this time, Chen Kaige, the director and project manager, suddenly said that he would not use Zhang Yuan to play the role of young Mei Lanfang in the film.

Not only did he say it very firmly, but he also gave very positive reasons.

"He has two dramas on hand right now and he's going to shoot both of them."

"So does he have time to prepare for the work Mei Lanfang?"

"I have very high requirements for this play. All actors must start preparing several months in advance."

"Obviously, he doesn't meet this condition."

"I can't let an actor who is busy with other projects affect my own work."

"I would rather use an actor who is not so famous but is willing to devote himself to studying the work."

I’m busy with acting… Zhang Yuan scratched his head.

If I am considered a double act, then what about Yang Mi who came later?
Shadow clone?

Besides, did I take the photo?

Did you catch me cheating?
I didn't do anything, you can't convict me just because of prejudgment, right?

I don't even know you, why do you say that?

But Chen Shishi is considered to be the most famous director today, so even investors have to refer to his opinions.

China Film Group has always supported it. It cannot even be said to be supporting it, but rather it is saying that it has always been pampering it.

Because Mr. Chen Huaikai has too much experience and strength in the Chinese film and television industry.

Yang Shouchen gave a brief explanation, but he put all the blame on poet Chen and didn't get any useful information.

Zhang Yuan felt that this was like the old hen having a sore or something wrong with its fur.

As he expected, not long after he hung up the phone call from Hong Kong, Huang Bo suddenly came to his door.

"Brother Bo, how come you have time to be a hutong hanger-on today?"

Seeing him coming, I hurriedly asked my aunt to prepare more food and drinks in the evening.

"Why, you're not welcome?" Huang Bo said with a grin.

"You're very welcome. Come, make some tea and have a drink together."

Seeing his enthusiasm, Huang Bo thought that he had made the right choice in following the boss.

He will do it when there is something to do, and he won't put on airs when there is nothing to do.

After chatting for a while, the man moved closer to him and whispered.

"Actually, I came here today because I have something to discuss with you."

"If you have something to say, just tell me. Why are you making it sound like we're meeting spies? Is that necessary?" Zhang Yuan smiled and pushed him away.

"It's not that I'm being careful, it's just that some things are not good for outsiders to know."

"There's no outsider here...Okay, just speak softly."

"It's like this. Yesterday, Hu Zi and I met to discuss the upcoming play. He mentioned in passing that he went to a dinner party a few days ago."

"The people at the dinner were all industry insiders, and they talked about you."

"It seems that I am famous enough. People in the industry always talk about me when they have dinner together."

Zhang Yuan knew that Huzi was the nickname that Brother Bo gave to Guan Hu.

"You are quite popular, but not all topics are good."

Huang Bo lowered his voice and said, "Besides Hu Zi, there were other directors at the dinner."

"Guess who?"

"Who?"

"Li Shaohong and Chen Kaige."

As soon as these two names appeared, Zhang Yuan suddenly became enlightened.

"Some careless words solved my doubts..."

He even wanted to sing the theme song of "Young Justice Bao" to Brother Bo.

The old woman was not rejected by Han Sanpin, but at least she was smoothed over.

After Li Xiaowan discovered that Zhang Yuan was cooperating with Lao Han, Li Shaohong made another special call to Lao Han.

"Some things weigh less than three taels if they are not weighed, but if they are weighed, they weigh more than a thousand pounds," replied Old Han.

This refers to Li Shaohong's previous behavior of adding insult to injury.

"Besides, your Dream of the Red Chamber has not been banned, it just can't be broadcast on TV."

"Keep a low profile for a while. If the local TV station does well, I'll help you get it broadcasted again. It won't be a problem to get it on satellite TV for the second time."

He had no intention of letting this old friend down.

But old women have such bad tempers.

I waited for a while... I couldn't stand it for even a day!
We happened to be having dinner that day and talked about Zhang Yuan.

I met poet Chen again, who had an even worse temper and a smaller mind.

As soon as they said that, they slammed the table and this happened.

We can't bully our own people!

After all, Li Shaohong was brought into the industry by my father himself, and we are close friends.

Guan Hu was also there listening.

The first film that Li Shaohong directed was Mr. Guan Zongxiang's "The Bao Family and Son", for which she served as assistant director.

So it is also a close branch.

And Mr. Guan and Mr. Chen are also old colleagues.

Chen Huaikai, Guan Zongxiang, Xie Tieli, Cui Wei, a group of pioneers of New China's film industry, were all recruited by the state to work at the Beijing Film Studio in 49.

So I treat him as my own.

And Chen Kaige has a particularly good relationship with the housekeeper.

Because poet Chen "prefers" the culture of the island country.

Most people think that poet Chen has been inseparable from Japanese actors since the play "The Promise".

Hiroyuki Sanada in "The Promise", Masanobu Ando and Naomasa Rokuhei in "Mei Lanfang", and later Shota Sometani and Hiroshi Abe in "Legend of the Demon Cat".

This person clearly prefers actors from the island country and has very close cooperation with the island country's Kadokawa Pictures.

But in fact, long before "The Promise", poet Chen already had the appearance of a Japanese.

Why do so many people think that the King of Qin in the movie "The Emperor and the Assassin" is crazy? The tone and content of the story also have a weird feeling.

Because although the story of Jing Ke assassinating Qin Shi Huang is a Chinese classic, the script of the film "The Emperor and the Assassin" is adapted from the work "The Emperor and the Assassin" by Japanese novelist Hiroshi Aramata!
Hiroshi Aramata, this island guy, originally studied the occult, and was good at horror, ghost, and urban legend stories, so his novels also have a weird atmosphere.

Just like "Legend of the Demon Cat", this is actually a story with its core on an island.

So you see, in "The Emperor and the Assassin", the hat and clothes of the Si Li who always reminded the King of Qin not to forget his mission are very similar to the traditional island clothing, the hunting robe.

Later, when Director Chen was filming "Volunteer Army", in addition to promoting his own disappointing son, the "poster gate" incident also occurred.

A mainstream military-themed movie actually has a poster featuring a girl dressed as a clown.

The girl was dressed in white and her face was painted white.

But there is a red pompom hanging in the middle of the body.

If you squint and look from a distance, the color block formed by the whole person looks like the flag of an island country with a white background and a red circle.

It’s all just a coincidence anyway.

As the saying goes, if your butt is crooked, your head must be crooked too.

It is often said that the Shanghai circle is close to the island country and there are many Japanese companies.

In fact, there are many pro-Japanese factions in the imperial circle.

Jiang Wen has also used actors from Japan, but whether it was "The Devils on the Doorstep", "The Sun Also Rises" or "Let the Bullets Fly".

People use their works to prove that they are people of faith.

Poet Chen had a long chat with Li Shaohong at the banquet, saying nothing more than "Young people are not decent. We had so much hardship back then, but we were all tenacious."

"The audience is rubbish, they can't understand it at all." "I won't serve those uneducated people."

But I didn’t expect that although everyone at the table seemed to be a family, there was a “traitor”.

Guan Hun didn't say a word.

He just said a few nonsense and turned around to tell Huang Bo about it.

Brother Bo is such a smart man that he understood immediately that Hu Zi wanted him to be the setter, so he passed a message to Zhang Yuan and gave him a reminder.

After all, offending two big directors is not a good thing, so the purpose is to let him prepare early.

Unfortunately it was too late, poet Chen acted faster.

But this is no loss to Zhang Yuan.

It’s just that a few more names were added to his little notebook of “not holding grudges”.

The reason why Guan Hu became a "traitor" was very simple.

Just like Lao Han, he is grateful for the favor he received and he is soft-hearted when he receives favors from others.

It would be fine if he didn't say anything, but he would be embarrassed if Zhang Yuan found out later that he knew about it but didn't remind him.

Now he is begging others to invest money in him to make a movie.

This is not "beating the monk after reciting the scriptures, and scolding the cook after putting down the chopsticks."

The sutra has not even been recited and the meal has not even been served yet but they started making trouble.

That's too unkind.

Zhang Yuan chuckled after listening to this.

You people in the old imperial circle are indeed arrogant and have bad tempers.

But Guan Hu's behavior also proves that your circle is not an iron bucket, nor is it a solid block of iron that cannot be penetrated by a needle or water.

Zhang Yuan also told Huang Bo about Mei Lanfang.

"This matter has caused..." Brother Bo smiled helplessly.

I thought that directors and investors were always picking on me because of my appearance.

I just didn’t expect that Zhang Yuan, who has a lot of extra points for his good looks, would also receive such treatment.

Our actors are still passive.

A big director can sentence an actor to death with just a few words.

Of course, that's just the average actor.

Looking at the current situation, there are probably not many directors who would sentence Zhang Yuan to death.

Not only does he have high health and defense, but he also has the ability to counterattack.

There is basically no good result if you provoke him.

"Okay, thank Director Guan for me, and say hello to him first."

"Then I called him personally and invited him to come to my house for another meal."

"That's great." Brother Bo was naturally happy to see that his boss and his buddy had become closer.

Because he came today with a mission.

"Well...there's one more thing." Huang Bo said a little awkwardly.

"Preparations have already begun for Bullfight, and the TV series Yimeng will start filming soon."

"Although we are using a second-hand venue, we still need some start-up capital to borrow equipment and renew the venue lease..."

Zhang Yuan understood that he was here to collect debts.

Sell ​​it well first so it will be easier to ask for money.

"Row."

Yang Siwei was called in to draft the contract, prepare the account, and make the payment in installments.

Lin has received good news recently. The second, third, fourth and overseas copyrights of "Troublesome Family" have sold very well, and the company still has sufficient funds in its account.

There is no longer the embarrassing situation of having to go out to work in order to pay the year-end bonus at the end of last year.

If that’s not enough, he still has more than two million US dollars in his own account.

Most of the remuneration for the two films was deposited in and has not been touched.

Not only does he earn money from the film's salary and the film's broadcasting rights, but this "little fight" with the Hong Kong circle also has other additional benefits.

After the cooperation was finalized, he received many endorsement contracts from Hong Kong brands.

"Thank you Mr. Yang."

The next day, Yang Shouchen, who felt a little embarrassed about Chen Kaige's incident, called him again.

In the minds of ordinary people, Eagle King is best known as a film and television company.

But he made his fortune by running a watch business, and later he also opened a gold shop, a jewelry store, a hotel, and real estate.

Lao Yang himself is a major agent for brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Vacheron Constantin in Asia.

And now we have branches in the imperial capital, the magic capital, the mountain city, and Yuhang.

So I wanted him to be my spokesperson.

Zhang Yuan agreed and only charged a friendly price of two million per year.

Yang Shouchen was very happy to see that he was not angry at all about the "Mei Lanfang" incident and that he offered the price as a friend.

"Look, we actually have a big movie here that's going to start filming soon. I'll ask Meiya to see if I can get you a role."

Zhang Yuan thought that there have been quite a few fighting scenes near me recently.

I asked and found out it was really big.

What Yang Shouchen was talking about was the movie "Red Cliff" directed by John Woo.

What's going on in the Hong Kong circle? There's "Resurrection of the Dragon" and "Red Cliff" again. In the past two years, it's been competing with "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?

And here comes another movie that I despise.

John Woo is also a crooked person.

They took the investment money from the mainland and ended up promoting a bunch of Hong Kong actors.

Mainland actors all used to help out.

Zhang Fengyi’s role as Cao Cao is considered a weak male lead, and he’s even considered a villain!
Even Lin Chi-ling, with her hilarious acting skills, could play Xiao Qiao, but no top mainland actress could match her.

It deserves to be a box office flop… Although the two films grossed nearly 6 million, the cost of this film was almost million.

Taking into account cinemas, exhibition chains, distribution, and tax payments...it is estimated that the film's box office losses are at least over 4 million.

This hole of 4 million yuan cannot be made up by buying and selling overseas copyrights.

Director Wu had already failed in Hollywood, and after returning to China, he also screwed over a lot of companies.

And the so-called Hollywood curse seems to have some truth in him.

Later, the three major investors in the movie "The Crossing" he filmed were Xiaoma Crossing the River, LeTV and Youzu Interactive.

The bosses of these three companies, one died suddenly, one was poisoned, LeTV also collapsed, and Boss Jia was shouting every day from abroad that he would return to China next week.

Two of the three companies have already gone bankrupt.

The remaining shareholder Huayi also became half-dead later.

Anyway, if you get involved with him, you will be disabled if not dead.

After the drama flopped, no one in mainland China invested in him anymore.

It can be said to be the "disaster star" of the mainland film industry.

Director Wu should calculate whether it is contaminated by anything.

Zhang Yuan smacked his lips a few times.

Why are there so many films that look like big productions but have poor reputation and quality?

Are domestic films still viable?
How can we make good Chinese films with this bunch of insects?

But he thought about it and it seemed that these not-so-good films were all works by the old directors of the previous generation.

Come down quickly when you get old, don't occupy the toilet and have diarrhea.

Zhang Yuan had little interest in directors like John Woo who clearly had regional biases, so he made an excuse.

"Mr. Yang, that's it."

"You can see that the roles I've taken on recently all involve a lot of fighting scenes."

"I guess there will be a lot of fighting scenes in this Red Cliff."

"Even if the audience is not tired of it, I am tired of it."

"So I want to try playing different types of roles. If there are no fighting scenes, but more literary scenes, and it can give me more lines and performance opportunities, I would consider it."

After listening to his words, Yang Shouchen felt that it made sense.

But if it is the drama "Red Cliff" that has more Chinese scenes, I think the only suitable and important role seems to be... Zhuge Liang?

The next day, Yang Shouchen went to John Woo's office for a tour.

Talked about Zhang Yuan’s thoughts.

"Young man, you have a bright future."

"He looks pretty good. I think he's about as handsome as Ting Fung."

He still couldn't forget his godson and would praise him whenever he had the chance.

"He is also very smart and clever, an actor who knows how to use his brain."

Director Wu didn't react much, he just said he would consider it.

However, there were not only the two of them present that day, but also actors from other crews who were waiting to be selected.

One of them trembled all over after hearing Zhang Yuan's name and the role mentioned by Yang Shouchen.

Takeshi Kaneshiro shivered with his eyes wide open.

"It's bad!"

"This guy has been chasing me all the way from The Warlords, and now he's chasing me all the way to Red Cliff!" (End of this chapter)