Actor: Thank you.

Inside the locker room of Xiamen People's Stadium.

Zhang Yuan, wearing a full set of Li Ning cycling racing suit, is disassembling a racing-level bicycle with his bare hands.

His current look is very Southeast Asian.

Staring at the hairstyle with shaved sides and a few horizontal lines.

This style is very common in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is quite ruffian.

Edison Chen also likes this hairstyle.

His eyebrows were shaved to make him look ferocious.

Teacher Ji Chunhua has no eyebrows and looks evil.

Moreover, from the perspective of physiognomy, people without eyebrows are often lonely, selfish, alienated from others, and unkind.

This is just a saying, don't take it seriously.

But people without eyebrows do give people a bad impression.

But after Zhang Yuan shaved his eyebrows, he didn't look too dangerous.

Because the key to having no eyebrows to appear fierce is that one must have a very abrupt eyebrow arch to appear brutal.

But his facial bones are smooth and he doesn't have this feature.

So I had to rely on the eyes and temperament to portray the character.

After all, this is a drug dealer who kills without blinking an eye.

The racing suit is tight fitting and shows off the figure very well.

He sat there, and under the illumination of the fixed light, the tendons all over his body creaked.

It made Ning Hao and Huang Bo envious.

"If I had your muscles, I'd probably be popular with women as well." Brother Bo said as he touched him while he was putting on makeup.

If you are not popular with women, could it be because of your face?... It doesn't matter, once you become famous and rich, your face will no longer be a problem.

Although the filming of "The Warlords" was hard, the amount of exercise was huge and there were a lot of fighting scenes, which allowed him to maintain a good figure.

In the locker room, which was already a little dark and only illuminated by the overhead light.

A beam of white light came from above and hit his head.

Opposite him sat or stood the four-member Formosa gang.

Just quietly watch him dismantle a car with his bare hands.

While dismantling the box, Zhang Yuan glanced at the people from time to time.

This is a D-grade transaction, so of course one must be extra careful, as the character must be afraid that the other party will rip him off.

It’s right to be in a tense state.

Not only do you have to be nervous, you also have to be fierce, using your eyes to warn the other party that you are not someone to be trifled with.

Therefore, when the four people opposite saw the light falling on the brow arch, and two sharp points of light occasionally emerged in the shadow cast by the eye sockets, a chill flashed through their bodies.

This person is a master!
An expert will know if there is one as soon as he takes action.

Among the four opponents, the two big brothers Gao Jie and Rong Xiang are also masters.

Both of them have come into contact with many gang members and know very well what gangsters, especially thugs, look like.

Facing Zhang Yuan now, they felt that the gangsters they had seen might not be as bad as him...

A few years later, Zhang Yuan finally followed Sun Honglei's path.

Your rogue act is so real...

With a bang, the car seat was thrown in front of several people.

Then, several "balloons" filled with white powder were pulled out from the aluminum alloy frame at the bottom.

Generally speaking, when watching TV dramas and movies, in many films, HaiXin is represented by "balloons".

Because it is plastic, it can be hidden in the gaps between various objects, including women's...

There are also men's.

Many men who are active are gay. Guess why?
Answer: It is convenient for loading.

At the same time, the rubber used in the "balloon" is of very high quality and is not easy to break.

However, those who have D in their bodies will die if it is damaged.

Such a large amount of drugs would explode directly in the body, come into contact with the internal mucous membranes, and be quickly absorbed, causing death within a few minutes.

But overall, "balloons" are much stronger than things like plastic bags.

Therefore, most of the rich and famous people have taken defensive measures, but after a few months or a year or two, a woman suddenly comes to them with a big belly or a child in her arms.

There is a high probability that it was intentional. The other party had already destroyed the defense with needles or other methods, waiting for you to fall into the trap.

“I’ve been in this business for so long, but I’ve never seen anyone carry goods this way.” Rong Xiang picked up the car seat.

"awesome."

What follows is Zhang Yuan’s only line in the entire film.

“Money.”

"Every country has its own laws, and every industry has its own rules."

"Don't worry, what are you testing for?"

"I am a very disciplined person."

"Card!"

"OK!" Ning Hao clapped his hands.

With Zhang Yuan around, he really has less to worry about.

Generally speaking, actors who bring money into the crew have very low cooperation.

But he not only brought funds, but also brought people and was responsible for sales, and his degree of cooperation was extremely high.

Now, this is professionalism.

"Thank you very much." Zhang Yuan stood up and thanked the four people.

When Ning Hao secretly praised him in his heart, he also secretly praised Ning Hao in his heart.

The script and dialogue are really well polished.

Just those two lines that Rong Xiang said just now.

"I've been in this business for so long, but I've never seen anyone bring products like this..."

"What are you testing for? I'm a very disciplined person..."

All these words will appear again when buying ashes from Huang Bo, and will become the fuse for the accidental mistake.

What does it mean to be linked together!

At the same time, Ning Hao's films have another characteristic, or he has found a comedy code.

That is...

The more skilled you are, the worse the result!
Take Zhang Yuan for example.

In "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing", Ning Hao assigned him two masters respectively.

After all, he practices martial arts, so it is more convenient for him to shoot action scenes.

Moreover, his tall and noble image further demonstrates his true qualities as a master.

But no matter it is Mike, the international thief in the stone.

Still a Thai guy in racing.

Both had tragic endings.

These two are the pinnacle of combat power in the two films respectively.

And both of these characters were tricked by the "professional team".

The Dao Ge trio and the postgraduate entrance examination duo are not very strong.

However, the phenomenon of "idiots defeating masters" has appeared.

This sense of contrast is what we want.

This contrast brings more than just a few laughs.

In the film, the Formosa gang and the postgraduate entrance examination duo are the two main villains.

But the gangsters always talk about "rules" and "politeness".

The duo preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination kept repeating the words "professionalism" and "love what you do".

We are bad, but we have a strong work ethic...

"We'll be filming a big scene soon, and we'll have to be careful of the barbed wire. You better be prepared."

"Okay, I'll try it first." Zhang Yuan and Ning Hao were discussing the shooting of the next scene.

"boss……"

A girl came up and said hello.

"Oh, you're here."

Zhang Tianai, who was stuffed into the crew by him, also came to the crew.

"Brother Shan Zheng." He waved and called Xu Zheng.

"She'll act after you later."

"I don't have much experience, please help take care of it."

"Oh, it's no big deal. Let's have dinner together tonight." Xu Zheng was still laughing as usual, speaking with a bit of a Shanghai accent.

He plays a cemetery manager in the film.

Shrewd, mercenary, saying one thing to one person and another thing to another.

He is very good at playing the roles of unscrupulous businessmen or cunning little people.

I don't know if it's a true portrayal...

"Learn well from Brother Zheng and don't embarrass me." Zhang Yuan patted Zhang Tianai on the shoulder and said with care.

The other party blinked and his expression changed slightly.

"Boss, I..."

Before she could finish her words, the assistant handed Zhang Yuan a ringing cell phone.

"You guys talk first, I'll take a call."

I took the phone and looked at it. Zhang Yuan was smiling.

"Boss Gu, I haven't contacted you for a long time."

The person who called him was Gu Yongqiang, the CEO of Youku.

"Yeah, I haven't been in touch for a while."

Although I sent congratulatory text messages during the Chinese New Year, that can’t be considered as contact.

After all, everyone sends messages in bulk. At their level, the number of New Year greetings text messages sent during the Spring Festival is in the thousands.

"how are things?"

"Youku should be good."

“I see your platform is quite popular.”

"It's okay. I'm not as famous as you. I can see your advertising posters every time I go shopping in the mall."

The two of them started to praise each other's business.

But they are not talking nonsense, what they say is basically true.

Zhang Yuan’s advertisements can indeed be seen in major shopping malls in the capital and Shanghai.

And Youku is even better.

Gu Yongqiang found a route of Youku’s own, which is the real-time news route.

As mentioned before, Youku has its own endpoints, so the speed of uploading, downloading, and refreshing videos is faster than any other video websites of the same era.

So what kind of content needs to be fast, fresh, and spread immediately?

news!

During this snowstorm in the south, Youku not only dispatched a large number of personnel to shoot videos.

A reward mechanism for uploading news videos is also given.

So when a natural disaster occurs, 50% of the related videos appear on their platform.

The number of views went up immediately!

Mr. Gu found a traffic password that can bring out his own strengths.

Well, if his website was booming, why did he call in person and speak so politely?

It all started with a bet between the two of them.

"Zhang Yuan, do you still remember the bet we made when we met last time?" After the greetings, Boss Gu asked with a smile.

"Of course." Zhang Yuan replied confidently.

"I lost, I'll treat you to a meal." Gu Yongqiang admitted it straightforwardly.

The content of their bet at the time was how long it would take for the country to take action to regulate Internet copyright.

Boss Gu hopes it will be five years, while Zhang Yuan says within two years.

And now, less than a year later, the country has taken action!

At the end of last year, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television drafted Order No. 56.

It will be released and implemented after the new year.

This is a series of regulations specifically aimed at the supervision of online videos.

Several of them hit Youku’s pain points.

To broadcast news in the form of radio or television programs, you need to apply for an Internet News Service License.

This point just happened to be stuck in the news strategy that Gu Yongqiang had just set for the company.

Although the regulations do not explicitly stipulate matters related to Internet copyright, Mr. Gu knows that the higher-ups have already set their sights on them, and it is only a matter of time before copyright regulations are introduced.

And his old boss, Zhang Chaoyang, the boss of Sohu.

After establishing Sohu Video, but failing to beat Tudou, Youku, Liujianfang and other platforms, he became anxious and swearing every time he went to a meeting with his superiors, instigating the people above him to crack down on illegal and pirated online videos.

Lao Zhang is indeed selfish, and his actions are also driven by selfishness.

But what they said does make sense.

It is urgent to regulate the market.

"That's refreshing." Zhang Yuan praised.

Even though the matter has not been settled yet, the other party took the initiative to show an "I lost" attitude.

For such a small matter, does winning or losing have any impact?

Actually not.

At most it's a face problem.

This reflects the completely different personalities of the bosses of Tudou and Youku.

Since Wang Wei took his money, he has basically stopped contacting him.

He always speaks and acts in a serious manner, as if he is very busy and has no time.

Who isn't busy?
Gu Yongqiang took the initiative to call him and admitted defeat as a joke.

In fact, it is just to find an excuse to treat everyone to a meal so that they can chat and communicate.

Seems closer, like friends.

Otherwise how could they raise so much money?

The reason why Boss Gu called him was not complicated.

He also has his own channels at the top, so he naturally knows that Zhang Yuan has his own connections there.

You never have too many connections, they can save lives at critical moments.

And it was Zhang Yuan who proposed the bet.

He looked back now and realized that he hadn't received any information.

But the other party took the initiative to ask... Is it because his connections are stronger than mine?
Can you get news that I can't get?

Regardless of whether this story is true or not, as an old hand, he still tries to build a closer relationship with the idea of ​​"don't miss it if you pass by, just in case it's true".

In terms of thinking alone, he is much more mature than Wang Wei.

"Okay, but I'm in Xiamen now."

"Why don't you wait until I return to the capital and make another appointment."

"No problem, I'll wait for you." Boss Gu was still very easy-going and humble.

"One more thing. I heard that the recently popular movie 'Insidious' is your movie?"

Since he knew that the higher-ups were going to tighten policies, Boss Gu of course had to make arrangements in advance.

He knew very well that once the regulations were made, the prices of all copyrights would skyrocket.

It is better to buy early than late.

It can also strengthen cooperation with Zhang Yuan.

"I own half of it, so it's mine. It's not that popular." Zhang Yuan replied honestly.

"Hey, don't be so modest, it's amazing."

Gu Yongqiang thought to himself, if an average viewership of more than 5% after three days of broadcasting on CCTV is not considered a hit, then no TV series can be a hit!

Stand out from the crowd!

There are many "experts" at the beginning of the new year.

But this "Lost" shows a powerful attitude that can sweep away all the heroes.

In just the past few days, a lot of TV drama slicing and pirated recordings have appeared on Youku.

"Okay, I'll have someone contact the person in charge of copyright in your company."

"Let's talk."

"Wait for your news." Gu Yongqiang was about to hang up the phone but was stopped by Zhang Yuan.

"Wait, there's one more thing." Zhang Yuan glanced in the direction of the director team.

Now that you’re here, pick some more!

"I'm currently filming a movie called Crazy Racing, directed by Ning Hao."

"I know the director of 'Crazy Stone.'" Boss Gu replied immediately.

"Then are you interested in the online rights to this movie?"

Not long after, Zhang Yuan walked to Ning Hao's side while talking on the phone.

"Hey, you're welcome. It's just a small thing."

"Everyone makes money together."

He first called Dongyang Qingyu and told Zhang Jing about Youku's intention to buy the online copyright.

Of course the other party is happy to make money.

"Haozi, I have something to tell you." After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yuan spoke to Ning Hao again.

"You're busy with work all day long." Huang Bo was still joking.

"Youku is planning to buy the online rights to our play."

"Offer $300 million, but come with an ad."

"You arrange it."

Hearing this, Huang Bo, who was half joking just now, shut up completely.

Ning Hao was also dumbfounded.

My mother!
I thought that having secured six or seven sponsorships in the past few days was already his limit.

I didn’t realize that this was just the limit of my imagination!
"Return, return, return to zero..." Ning Hao took out a calculator and did a rough calculation.

The sponsorship amounted to 1100 million.

Harvey bought the North American copyright and paid $120 million.

Youku gave another 300 million...

I haven’t even finished filming this movie yet, but I’ve already earned nearly 2400 million!
Already earned 1000W!

After hearing this, my colleagues would probably be dumbfounded and furious.

Even if his director's salary and subsequent publicity expenses are added, there will still be a large surplus.

In other words, any share of the box office revenue from the subsequent release is pure profit!

Seeing his naive look, Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head.

You are still too young.

This is how Feng Xiaogang always makes money from sponsorships and makes his money back before his films are released.

Otherwise why would Huayi praise him so much?

“The Banquet” lost money because it was difficult to implant ancient costumes.

The few films directed by Feng that did not make much money were all themes that were not suitable for advertising placement.

The Banquet, Assembly, 1942…

A commercial film has to make money.

Zhang Yuan let Ning Hao experience the charm of commercial films in advance.

Ning Hao was fine, but Xu Zheng, who was listening beside him, had his eyes sparkling... (End of this chapter)