Actor: Thank you.

As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain.

This principle is not only applicable in the mountains, but also in any business.

The naked hatred exists between colleagues because of conflicts of interest.

After hearing Zhang Yuan's request, Chen Jiashang froze.

"Change the script..."

"Yes, change the script." Zhang Yuan said in a flat tone.

It seems like all this is as it should be.

Director Chen kept sucking his teeth.

He felt his tonsils tingling.

Can the script be changed?

can!
And it has been changed.

The script of "Painted Skin" produced by Ning Film Studio was originally a horror film similar to the old "Painted Skin".

It was changed because the script failed to pass the review of the radio and television.

That is to say, in the early years, a few years later, the script review was abolished and the environment became a little more relaxed.

So later on, a bunch of "ghost movies without ghosts" suddenly came out.

It's just playing this edge ball.

In order to get Zhen Zidan to join the team, Ning Film Studio gave him 500 million yuan in advance and changed the script into an exorcism story with Pang Yong as the main character.

But Zhen Zidan is a martial artist after all, and his intelligence is still average.

He had encountered such things as being tricked into joining and then killed, and having the script changed after joining the group more than once or twice.

This was also the reason why he had such a quarrel with Zhao Wenzhuo later.

In fact, he had already discovered that a large number of his scenes were deleted from the script, otherwise he would not have made a scene with the producer and refused to give him any face at all.

The key point is that he now feels a little regretful that he was greedy for money and took the money in advance.

Now I can't regret not acting, I have to pay a huge amount of liquidated damages.

So after the big fuss, I just gritted my teeth and endured it.

Zhen Zidan has a lot of experience, strong connections, and has been to Hollywood, so Chen Jiashang also has a headache when he sees him.

But now, an actor who is not as experienced but has strong connections and has also been to Hollywood asks to change the script. What should we do?
Zhang Yuan requested to change the script and add more scenes for Wang Sheng.

Then we can only squeeze it from Zhen Zidan, who is also the male protagonist.

It had been such a mess before, and if they squeezed in again now... Chen Jiashang didn't dare to imagine how exciting International Dan's expression would be when he arrived at the crew to start filming.

Chen Jiashang felt that he couldn't afford to offend either side.

These martial artists have bad tempers to begin with.

Besides, if Zhang Yuan intended to squeeze out the other party's role, why did he invite Zhen Zidan to participate in the CCTV program?

Director Chen couldn't figure it out and just thought Zhang Yuan was a weird person.

"Director Chen, the length of a movie is very limited." Zhang Yuan noticed the other party's silence and continued.

"No more than 110 to 120 minutes."

"For a film of our type, if it exceeds this length, it would actually be a failure."

“Since time is limited, we must focus on the key points.”

"The script has two male protagonists and two female protagonists."

"But it's easy to write a detailed story, but it's hard to film it in detail."

"And our play is called 'Painted Skin', not 'Monster Hunt'." After Zhang Yuan said this, he chuckled, but the other party didn't understand.

"So, the focus of the story must be on Xiao Wei, the painted skin."

"And the reason why Xiao Wei painted her skin was because she fell in love with Wang Sheng."

"Logically speaking, what the audience wants to see most is definitely the content between these two people."

"If it spreads further, it will be the palace fight between Xiao Wei and Madam Wang."

"Expanding one more level, that is, to the third level, is the old relationship between Madam Wang and Pang Yong."

"The characters in the story should be divided into primary and secondary levels like this."

This is indeed the case. This film is centered around Wang Sheng and tells the story of the emotional entanglement between two people and two women.

It is actually a costume action romance film.

In the second part, even the role of the male protagonist Wang Sheng was weakened by 5 or 6 points, and he became the supporting role of the two female protagonists.

Pang Yong in the first part just disappeared and did not appear in the second part.

Therefore, the character of Pang Yong played by Zhen Zidan is actually equivalent to the Taoist priest or monk who suddenly comes to the rescue in general folk myths.

It's just that he was given a Shura setting in which he once fell in love with Mrs. Wang.

After all, he is just a relatively important tool.

"What you said makes sense..." Chen Jiashang couldn't help but admire Zhang Yuan's understanding of the story.

His analysis of the film is very insightful, and it seems more like he is watching from the perspective of a director rather than an actor...

"I hope he won't take my job..." Chen Jiashang was worried.

"That's how it is, so for the film's effect, we have to focus on the big picture and aim for the right target."

"Director Chen, I'm thinking about the crew."

Zhang Yuan told him what he had just said, not to persuade him, but to give him a reason to tell Zhen Zidan later.

Chen Jiashang was so shocked that he even considered the crew...

What to do?
"The script has a lot to do with one thing. If we change Wang Sheng's role, it will not only affect Pang Yong, but also Xiao Wei and Madam Wang."

"Zhao Wei and Zhou Xun..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan took over.

"If they have any objections, I will be responsible for communication."

Director Chen remembered that he almost fired Zhao Wei before, and wondered if he was planning to communicate properly?

"Director Chen, what do you think?" Zhang Yuan did not give him the chance to hesitate and ask for help, and he had to give him an answer on the spot.

"I...will communicate with the screenwriter and make appropriate adjustments."

"Would you like me to join you in the meeting?"

"No need, we will adjust it!" Director Chen said quickly and immediately hung up the phone.

It would be even more amazing if you came.

Zhang Yuan smiled and threw down his phone.

"I haven't even taken my pay yet, why do you think I'm offering you such good conditions?"

"To be the supporting role for Zhen Zidan?"

Chen Jiashang felt that his behavior of letting Zhen Zidan go on the show first and then changing the script was inconsistent.

But in fact, there is no contradiction at all.

Because Director Chen's focus is only on the play in hand.

But Zhang Yuan looks at the longer term.

In his long-term plan, Zhen Zidan was in the way, a stumbling block, it was that simple.

But he still has a high status in the Hong Kong circle, and his position in the martial arts industry is now second only to Chen Long and Li Lianjie.

Zhang Yuan has just restored his relationship with the Hong Kong circle, so we can’t use “violent” means to take him down, so we have to put in some effort.

After settling everything, I went to have dinner with Liu Xixi as I had said before.

I sang and played with her for a while.

"There's been progress." Zhang Yuan praised her after listening to her singing of "Red Bean".

"It's better than the time when I was soaking in ice water while setting up The Return of the Condor Heroes."

"You still remember it." Xixi raised her head in surprise.

"Of course, you were shivering from the cold that time, and your voice was trembling throughout the song."

“Hehehe…” Xiaolongnu smiled, holding her chin.

"I was holding on with just one breath, and I felt like I was dying," she complained.

"But it's okay. I was still young then. After going through all that, I don't feel tired or miserable when filming now."

"Experiencing all this early is laying the foundation for the future."

"At least we won't have to encounter such strenuous scenes in the future." There was a slightly nostalgic smile on her lips.

Just like the desperate study before the college entrance examination, after it's over, when you think about it again, the pain fades and becomes a special memory. "Thank you for always being with me then..." She leaned closer and pecked him on the cheek: "This time too, it's not hard at all when you're with me."

"Well, I hope we don't have to work so hard in the future." Zhang Yuan also kissed her on the cheek in return.

Liu Xiaoli came to pick her up on time and was still as vigilant as ever.

Zhang Yuan was used to it, so he waved goodbye to them.

Sometimes, you can’t say anything carelessly and you can’t make any wishes carelessly.

They just hoped that in the future they would not have to work as hard as they did on The Return of the Condor Heroes.

But they don't know what they are facing.

After resting for a few days and studying the script for a while, Zhang Yuan took a bus to Huailai County, ZJK City, Hebei Province as planned to participate in the opening ceremony of the "The Warlords" crew.

"good luck!"

According to Hong Kong people's customs, after going through the process, Brother Hua and the other two each carried a string of firecrackers and ran around the venue.

In addition to some palaces, courts and other interior scenes, the crew of "The Warlords", which invested nearly 4 million yuan, spent tens of millions!

Large areas of outdoor scenes have been built on the open space in the suburbs of Huailai County.

Including city walls, trenches, and caves.

The interior scenes of the court in the film will be shot in Hengdian using ready-made sets.

The canyon battle and some village scenes will be filmed near Mentougou in western Beijing.

Huailai is only more than 100 kilometers away from Mentougou, so it will be very convenient to transfer there and you can get there by car.

"Okay, let's clean up the props and stagehands."

"The rest of the leading actors, follow me. Let's take a look at the shooting schedule and the script first." Director Chen clapped his hands efficiently and pulled everyone into the room.

"Brother!"

As soon as he entered the room, Zhang Yuan shouted at a middle-aged man with a bald head and a fierce face.

"Hey, haven't seen you for many years!"

The respondent was Mr. Shi Zhaoqi, who played the role of police chief in his debut work "Conquer", and looked even more ferocious than Liu Huaqiang played by Sun Honglei.

In "The Warlords", he plays the main villain, He Kui, the commander of the Kui Camp.

They hadn't seen each other for five or six years. As soon as they saw each other, they hugged each other and patted each other on the shoulders.

"Give me one, give me one." The old man was even passing him some cigarettes.

"I haven't seen you for all these years. You've finally found yourself in this world." Teacher Shi was quite generous.

Unlike Sun Honglei, he did not show the politeness that came after his change of identity.

It’s still the same as it was back then, just talk the way you want to.

"Look at what you said, fooling around."

"If you mess around, then I'm messing around for nothing."

"Let's have a drink together tonight."

"necessary!"

That’s settled.

"Hello, Teacher Xu." Turning around, he saw the film's heroine, Xu Jinglei, slowly walking in, and he took the initiative to greet her.

"Hello." He nodded slightly and responded with a smile.

"I've heard of you." The "big sister" in the imperial circle who boasts of her "talented woman" looked at him with burning eyes.

Dasami is the local dialect of the imperial capital, describing beautiful, generous and thoughtful women... This is just a superficial statement.

In fact, in the mouths of these old men in the entertainment circle, Dasami and Haoguo have similar meanings.

It means a woman who is easy to get along with and willing to sleep with.

The most famous couple in the entertainment circle are her and Xu Qing.

According to Zhang Yuan's taste, neither of them is very pretty.

This is also the reason why he is sure that the "Dasami" mentioned by the imperial circle does not mean what it originally meant.

But at least Xu Qing has a pretty good figure.

Moreover, after entering the "old A8" stage, it has achieved a perfect balance in terms of charm and appearance.

But Xu Jinglei is different.

Zhang Yuan took a look at him.

She is just a skinny, dark-skinned girl. There is nothing special about her face, skin and figure.

He was one of the first people to master online promotion, and now is the time when "Lao Xu's Blog" is very popular.

And like Zhao Yanzi and Fan Bingbing, she is an actress who has created her own template for female artists.

The trick Jiang Yiyan played later was actually based on her.

Zhang Yuan looked at the man's features carefully.

Someone boasted at a dinner party before that the preferences of the Chinese circle regarding women’s appearance are completely different from those of the Shanghai and Hong Kong circles.

They don't like women with graceful looks, but prefer those with wide-set eyes, wide noses, and a neutral look.

Later, Bai Baihe and Li Gengxi were typical representatives of this kind of appearance.

It may be related to the fact that there are many old people from the Qing Dynasty in the imperial circle.

"I hope you heard good words." Zhang Yuan replied.

She was the one who was hanging around Zhang Yadong together with Gao Yuanyuan in the past few years.

Zhang Yadong is also blind. Isn't the difference in appearance between these two too big?
Gao Yuanyuan and I just have different personalities, but in terms of appearance, she is one of the most attractive women Zhang Yuan has ever met.

So he was afraid that what Xu Jinglei said he heard was from this angle.

But things were not quite as he thought.

Xu Jinglei heard that she was at a dinner party, but not Zhang Yadong's, but Wang Shuo's.

When Feng Xiaogang was talking about drama, he mentioned Zhang Yuan.

"This kid is really good at filming, so ruthless."

"You haven't seen his energy. He is not an ordinary person!"

But as he kept boasting, he started saying strange things.

"Unfortunately, he is also a thief."

"I've annoyed Wang Zhonglei so much several times that I can't do anything about it."

Wang Shuo heard him say this and replied.

"That means this kid is a good person with personality."

Feng Xiaogang: …

"If you can make Xiao Wang angry, it means you have ability."

"Wang Zhonglei is not a wise man,"

Wang Shuo knows Feng Xiaogang and Wang Zhonglei too well.

How could he not understand who these two were?

If I don't get along with you, then I'm not a good person.

Director Feng was so angry that he kept cursing.

They were both drunk, but they spoke carelessly but listened attentively.

Xu Jinglei did take note of it.

“Looking forward to working with you.”

"Me too." Zhang Yuan made a gesture of invitation and let her into the meeting room.

I followed him in.

"Yo."

As soon as he entered the room, he saw a familiar figure.

I didn't expect there was an acquaintance there.

"Hello." Zhang Yuan stood behind this person and put his hands on his shoulders: "Long time no see."

"Is your arm feeling better?"

When this person heard his voice, his whole body trembled.

Then he slowly turned his head.

This person is none other than the "Abstract Master". To the left... (End of this chapter)