Actor: Thank you.

Ever since "Conquer" became a hit, director Gao Qunshu's reputation in the industry has also greatly increased.

It’s no longer like before when we couldn’t get sponsorship for filming and had to pay for it ourselves.

After I took the photos, no one bought them, so I had to rush around and shout out to various small business owners to make a living.

When a play becomes popular, everything changes.

Directors and actors are actually the same.

Once he became famous, he went from being a grandson to a grandfather.

Not only were the TV series he filmed in high demand, but it also allowed him to successfully enter the film industry.

The Shanghai Film Studio found him when they were filming "Tokyo Trial".

Although the box office was average, after much tinkering, I managed to break even in the end.

But I have won many domestic awards and nominations.

Director Gao was very pleased to see this.

I can!

The filming was not bad either.

This started the search for greater investment and collaboration.

Who has money in the film and television industry these days?
Imperial circle!

There is money in the Hong Kong circle, but he is not familiar with it.

Director Gao is good at making films and TV series about police, gangsters and violence.

The Hong Kong circle is more familiar with this type of work than he is.

There's no use for him.

After searching for a long time, they finally found it on Huayi's head!
He found the Wang brothers with a new crime drama script he had written.

Seeing him coming to her house, Huayi was quite enthusiastic.

The company is already going through the listing process and the results will be known soon. What it lacks now are talents and good projects!
But after talking for a long time, Huayi’s senior management showed little interest in the project he was working on.

Just when he was about to return in disappointment, Chen Guofu, who had joined Huayi Films for several years and was responsible for film production and review, stopped Director Gao.

"The company thinks your project is average."

"But I happen to have the copyright of a novel, and I made an outline of the script. Would you like to take a look at it together?"

This novel is "The Sound of Wind" written by the famous writer Mai Jia, who is known as the "Father of Chinese Spy Wars"!
After "The Hidden" became popular, a spy war fever swept across the country.

Huayi must be interested too.

Chen Guofu then found Mai Jia.

The Mai family background is very special.

My grandfather is a Christian and my maternal grandfather is a landlord.

Given this background, one can imagine how they were treated during that special period.

Fortunately, this person was smart enough to enter the PLA Engineering College based on his academic performance, which changed his destiny.

After graduation, he was assigned to an intelligence agency in Fuzhou, where he was responsible for radio analysis and receiving and sending.

It was because of this job that he had some theoretical foundation for writing spy novels.

Other people just make it up, but he really can do it!
After demobilization, he went to Chengdu TV Station to work as a director and writer, writing novels while slacking off.

He has served in the army and is from Sichuan.

These two points made it very easy for him to break into the upper echelons of the imperial circle.

So when I wanted to find a work on the theme of spy war, he was the first one that came to my mind.

When Chen Guofu was active in the Hong Kong circle, he also worked as a director.

But now I am mainly responsible for the supervision of Huayi's works.

He is also one of the earliest professional producers in China.

In the past, China’s producers were of little use, as the directors and producers had the final say.

This man, who had worked at Columbia Pictures, introduced international standard production concepts to Huayi and then to the entire entertainment industry.

Chen Guofu can direct, but there is a problem.

What he is good at are horror, thriller, and cult and gloomy works.

"Double Vision" starring Tony Leung and Rene Liu is his masterpiece.

This movie tells the story of an FBI agent and a Taiwan police officer who are hunting down a serial killer, and eventually discover that there is a metaphysical force behind this case.

Does it sound familiar?

Later, there was a second part of the series, in which a Chinese detective and an American detective worked together to investigate a serial murder case with a metaphysical background.

It’s “Detective Chinatown 2”.

Many people say that "Detective Chinatown 2" plagiarized "Double Vision".

Because the idea of ​​using the five elements to kill people and becoming an immortal through disintegration of weapons in the film is exactly the same as that in "Double Vision".

But we can't really say that Chen Sicheng is plagiarizing, at most he is paying tribute.

The difference between plagiarism and homage often lies in the relationship between the two authors.

Chen Sicheng and Chen Guofu knew each other and had a good relationship.

Moreover, the character played by Wang Xun in the film is named "Lu Guofu".

It's obviously a spoof on Chen Guofu.

Chen Guofu is very self-aware and clear about his own style, so it is difficult for him to grasp a spy film.

He is not good at portraying group portraits.

Hey!
Gao Qunshu happens to be good at it.

Director Gao loves to create group portraits. His works, whether TV series or movies, are always filled with large crowds of people.

Chen Guofu thought that with his ability to portray group portraits and my control over style, we should be able to put together a suitable team.

After the two chatted for a while, Gao Qunshu also found it quite interesting.

The key is that Huayi gave too much...

The Wang brothers need to raise the stock price before and after the listing.

Once listed, funding will not be a problem at all.

The investment you make now can be recovered tenfold or even a hundredfold in the stock market in the future.

So the brothers simply gave the project an internal label of "no budget cap".

But it's just talk, otherwise Feng Xiaogang would not have been brought in as producer to supervise these two directors.

Even so, the conditions are tempting enough.

However, the dual-director system has its disadvantages, which is who has the final say.

Fortunately, Chen Guofu is not overbearing and everything can be discussed.

Since Huayi is paying, we must use their people.

So Director Gao contacted them one by one and even came to the set to watch everyone's performance.

You can say that Gao Qunshu is rough at filming, but there is no doubt that he is good at picking actors.

Just look at those in "Conquer", none of them are bad.

The actor who plays a gangster is more gangster than a gangster, and his image and temperament are absolutely suitable.

Even when we were poor, we had requirements for actors, let alone now.

"Card!"

"rest for a bit."

Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. He passed the first shot successfully after taking it three times.

I relaxed my tense mood and finally didn't let myself down in front of so many masters.

"Man, that's a damn good performance!"

Coming near the director team, Jiang Wen praised in the same tone as always.

"Hello, Director Jiang." After replying, he looked her up and down and said, "You look quite spirited in this military uniform."

"Hey, are you praising me or mocking me?" Jiang Wen tilted his head.

"I heard that not only are you a good actress, but you've also recently been to a foreign country to make an appearance?"

"what?"

"Don't you mention that you spent 2000 million US dollars on foreigners?" Jiang Wen asked.

This matter has been reported to him.

"It's not flowers, it's investment cooperation," he corrected.

"But they are all very generous. I have never heard of anyone so bold at this age."

"But it's better to spend the money at home than on foreigners." Jiang Wen expressed his opinion without hesitation.

He is a representative figure who is both red and expert, and his temperament is somewhat similar to Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo, him, and Ying Dacai have a true friendship that they have had since childhood.

Feng Xiaogang actually joined later.

When Jiang Wen was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama, Ying Da asked his father Ying Ruocheng to be personally guided by him. The old man once served as the Vice Minister of Culture.

With this master, there is no way you won’t pass the imperial examination.

The entertainment industry has always produced problem children, and Jiang Wen is the one with the most problems among them.

When he was in his twenties, he dared to discuss scripts and characters with Xie Jin on the set, and even talked back when he disagreed.

So it was normal to have a falling out with Lu Chuan during the filming of "Looking for the Gun".

I dare to confront Xie Jin, so who the hell do you think you are?

"Wen, this is called Sino-foreign cooperation. It's about keeping pace with the world. Do you understand?" Han Sanpin replied, hugging his shoulders.

I looked around and something was wrong!

Old Han was obviously speaking for this kid.

"Director Jiang." Zhang Yuan was not to be outdone.

“There’s an old saying in our country.”

"If you want to rob, rob the emperor, if you want to whore, whore the empress."

"Whatever you do, you have to do it on a big scale."

"If I want to make money, I have to make money from foreigners."

"Huh!" Jiang Wen heard him say that.

Not only was he not polite to me, he also talked back to me with great force.

It’s quite similar to myself back then!

"it is good!"

"happy!"

"That's a really cool thing to say."

Jiang Wen replied in a hoarse voice. I think this guy has the same temperament as me.

You just have to have this unwillingness to accept defeat.

Only when you are dissatisfied with everyone you meet can you have an attitude.

Zhang Yuan knew that it was useless for such a person with a straightforward and strange temper to curry favor with the powerful, and he would be looked down upon instead.

Jiang Wen found it interesting when he got tough.

He also asked him to have a drink together.

This guy claims to be able to drink three pounds of white wine, which is quite compound style.

After all, drinking competitions in the army were very fierce in the early years.

"Okay, why don't you come to my house some other day?"

"Drink wine and eat meat."

They were all happy and quickly made an agreement.

Ok……

As they were chatting, Zhang Yuan saw a few figures passing by in the corridor.

In addition to them filming today, there were also many actresses who came to the Beijing Film Studio to try on costumes and do their makeup.

At this time, Ms. Xu Qing, who played Soong Ching Ling in the film, saw Old Han and walked over to say hello.

It is said that Xu Qing is a big fan in the entertainment circle.

She is the fantasy object of many old men in the imperial circle.

Zhang Yuan didn’t think there was anything special about this person before.

I took a look at it today and it's quite interesting.

Her hair was combed neatly and she was wearing a dark cheongsam that was not too tight.

But the problem is that the clothes are obviously not too tight, but the waist and hips of this person fill up the clothes.

They say the hips are bigger than the shoulders...

Anyway, this person is of this type.

This figure, coupled with the serious dress, the contrast is perfect.

This is the kind of flirtation we want, but not the overtly flirtatious kind.

This old A8 is good!
And compared to Jiang Wen's version of "The Soong Dynasty", Maggie Cheung played Soong Ching Ling.

Only someone with a fuller figure like Xu Qing can play the role in a kind and elegant manner.

A skinny bamboo pole doesn't have the temperament of a phoenix that can dominate the world.

When Sister Xu said hello and left, Zhang Yuan turned sideways to look at her back.

The waist and hips swayed with every step...tsk tsk tsk tsk.

"Ah."

He was watching when he heard Jiang Wen snort loudly from the side.

"Great minds think alike." He raised his hand, patted his shoulder and gave him a look that said "I understand you."

Yes... Zhang Yuan recalled that in "Sunny Days", he made Taohong and Ningjing deliberately gain weight before appearing on camera.

The film also features a scene where Ning Jing's top is stripped off, exposing her breasts.

A similar design later appeared in "Let the Bullets Fly".

Director Jiang likes this and is a veteran football fan.

"But you have to be careful."

"Qing is a fairy. Not only does she suck semen, she also sucks gold."

"People who are with her not only become thinner, but also lose money."

Jiang Wen directly exposed Aunt Xu's past.

When Zhang Yuan heard this, he was shocked.

This person has dated three wealthy men in total.

A financial fraudster got away and was put on the red notice.

One of them divorced her wife for him and later went to jail.

This person's position is incredibly high; he is the president of Hua Xia Bank.

Therefore, Xu Qing once had the nickname "Mother of Industry".

Later, a real estate developer also pursued him, but he went bankrupt not long after.

This fate...whoever you date is doomed.

Hey?
Zhang Yuan discovered the highlight.

Whoever she officially dates will lose a lot of money.

Then why not just not have a formal relationship and just have some fun, wouldn't that allow us to get over this calamity?

Just like as long as you don’t pay, it’s not considered prostitution.

I seem like a fucking genius!

The genius is very proud.

But before the uprising could start, it was interrupted.

"What are you looking at?"

A female voice came from behind him.

"Ahem, ahem, I see... the scenery here is well done." Zhang Yuan looked around guiltily.

The actress tried on the costume today.

In addition to Xu Qing, who played Soong Ching Ling, there was also Cheng Hao, who played Fu Dongju, the daughter of Fu Zuoyi, the Kuomintang's commander of Peking.

"It's well done." The good sister responded.

At the same time, he turned around and greeted the seniors and important figures around him one by one.

However, judging from the way she secretly pinched her waist with her fingernails, Zhang Yuan felt that she probably didn't believe the excuse he had just made.

The late emperor died halfway through the A8...

"Would you like to have dinner together tonight?" Cheng Hao asked him after greeting him.

"I just don't know what kind of cuisine you want to eat."

"After all, your tastes have become more and more diverse recently." The good sister said, glancing at him with narrowed eyes.

Zhang Yuan: …

What you said is the best taste of food.

"Let's eat together."

Before he replied, Gao Qunshu took the initiative to talk.

"I just happened to have something to ask you."

Jiang Wen, Lao Han and the others were not available, so he and Cheng Hao had dinner with Director Gao.

During the meal, this person made his purpose clear.

"I watched for a long time...you are much better than Huang Xiaoming."

"How about we join forces again?"

I heard that he was going to shoot "The Sound of Wind".

Zhang Yuan is interested in this play.

The work is very good.

Especially compared to "Shinjuku Incident" which just found itself.

"The Sound of Wind" is the pinnacle of Chinese spy films, and no subsequent works have been able to surpass it.

And the play made money, a lot of it.

He has won many awards.

"Director Gao, don't you know what happened between Zhang Yuan and Hua Yi..." Seeing that he didn't say anything, Cheng Hao took the initiative to speak and pointed out the problem.

"Yes, I know, so I didn't mention it during dinner yesterday." Gao Qunshu also spoke frankly.

"But I think this role is suitable for you."

"I also have certain rights in casting when I am at Huayi."

Zhang Yuan listened to him and calmly raised his hand to raise his glass.

"Director Gao, I understand that you mean well."

"If you want me to act, I can."

"But I have conditions."

"It's okay if you have the conditions. We are old acquaintances, so let's talk about it." Gao Qunshu replied generously.

"First of all, according to what you said, the only role I can get in this play is a supporting role."

"Besides, the pay can't be that high. I know Huayi too well."

"Since the money is low, I have to make up for it with acting roles."

"I want to make the film with two male protagonists, and I want it to be promoted that way during the promotion."

"Also, the shooting schedule has to be strictly controlled. I am very tight on time as I have several dramas on my plate."

"We can't delay it, and we can't make up the time."

"When I arrive on set, I have to shoot my scenes first, otherwise I won't have time to reshoot them."

"Ah, this..." Director Gao heard it.

He is indeed a big star, and the conditions he offers are also at the level of a big star.

But they are all reasonable requests, nothing too weird.

"Okay, I'll think about it and mention it to Huayi."

"it is good."

After dinner, I sent the other person to the car and waved goodbye.

"The condition you just put forward is a rejection of Director Gao?" Seeing the outsiders leave, Cheng Hao pulled his arm and started talking.

"No."

"If you don't have the qualifications, Huayi may not be willing to hire you."

"You've proposed so many things, will they agree?" The good sister frowned in confusion.

They don't want to sell their coins, but you still want people to buy them at a premium. Is that possible?

"Under normal circumstances, it would be unlikely." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"But if it's recent, then it's possible."

"It just so happens that I also play a game of raking grass and hunting rabbits..." (End of this chapter)