Actor: Thank you.

clap clap clap...

Inside the auditorium of Beijing Film Studio.

On the big stage covered with red carpet, the crew of "Crazy Racing" held gavels and smashed down a long row of ice sculptures together after the host counted down 3, 2, 1.

This custom ice sculpture is in the shape of "100000000".

It means that the film’s box office has exceeded 100 million.

Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Wang Xun, Rong Xiang and Xu Zheng were all there.

Zhang Yuan also came to cheer.

However, he followed the convention and stood in a relatively sideways position.

After all, I am just a supporting role in the film.

The position in the middle was given to Han Sanpin.

He has a high status in the industry and is also an investor in the film, so let him show his face.

He arranged all the places.

I hope it can dispel the haze brought by "Red Cliff".

Click!

The ice broke and everyone applauded.

The camera flashes in the audience lit up the room.

"Director Ning Hao, how do you feel about becoming the fourth director in mainland China to have a single film box office of over 100 million yuan?"

"First of all, I am very excited to receive this title, even though I still have a long way to go compared to my predecessors."

Zhang Yuan stood by and watched with his arms folded.

That's right, you are far worse than poet Chen.

I make money every time you make a movie.

Low cost, high return, who doesn’t know this!
Poet Chen loses money on every movie he makes, but he keeps making movies and still makes a lot of money. This is what it means to have level of skill and technique.

You are indeed far from it.

"I am very pleased that there are more outstanding young people like Director Ning Hao emerging." When it was Lao Han's turn to speak, he praised him generously.

"Our crew is made up of a group of outstanding young people."

Having said that, he turned his head and looked in Zhang Yuan's direction.

"We at China Film Group Corporation are keen on supporting such works because we see the vigor and vitality of these young people."

"We hope that Crazy Racing can inspire future generations to learn from it and create a better and more prosperous Chinese film and television market."

Lao Han habitually gave leadership speeches, but it cannot be said that he did so completely against his will.

I did like Ning Hao, but I didn’t like his vitality.

He has hydrocephalus, so where does his vitality come from? He is actually quite sick.

It’s because he can make money that makes Old Han so happy.

The ice sculpture number of “100000000” is actually a conservative estimate.

Because it was booked two weeks in advance.

Now in its fourth week, the film’s box office has exceeded 1.5 million!
Deduct cinema chains, theater shares, taxes, and funds.

Just from the investment income, the more than 300 million given by Lao Han can bring back more than 2000 million.

The return on investment is as high as 700%!

Just this account number is enough to make him happy for a while.

It was also enough to quell some of the negative internal reviews caused by his strong recommendation of "Red Cliff".

Pooh!
But Zhang Yuan got angry just thinking about it. The money he earned had to be used to subsidize the losses of John Woo's films...

Of course, Zhang Yuan himself earned the most.

A rough estimate is that you can get more than 3000 million.

This is just the box office share.

Because the cost of the film is not high, the actors' pay is even lower.

Jiu Kong even had to fly back and forth several times a week because his pay was low, only a few tens of thousands of yuan, and he also had to record variety shows and shoot other dramas.

After two months of shooting, I paid for the plane tickets and found out I still lost several thousand dollars.

Of course, Zhang Yuan asked the crew to reimburse him for this money.

Actors' pay is quite low.

Now that they are making a lot of money, Zhang Yuan has prepared red envelopes of at least 10,000 yuan for each participant.

Coupled with Tala's sponsorship during the filming, the overseas copyrights have been sold to various places.

As well as the reward funds and various government subsidies that Lao Han can help you apply for.

Movies with box office revenue of over 1 million will receive large subsidies.

I paid so much funds and finally saw the payment.

Taking everything into account, it will be no problem for him to make 4 to 5 million from this movie.

Several bosses in Hong Kong also sent congratulatory messages.

While saying auspicious words, I also expressed deep envy.

What he meant was that if there are good projects like this in the future, we should put them under the name of our joint company and make money together.

The selfish motive was obvious, but Zhang Yuan still agreed.

After all, if you want to get your company listed, you really need a bunch of good films to support it.

Once it goes public, the tens of millions earned now will be nothing more than a small fortune.

"Excuse me, Mr. Zhang Yuan, how did you end up starring in this film and playing an ugly role in it?"

A reporter posed the question to him.

After the film was released, some of his fans were indeed shocked by his "dead look" in the film...

These people are the ones who define him as an "idol".

After all, from "The Story of a Noble Family" to "A Chinese Ghost Story", "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", and "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

His early character images were relatively fixed, and most of them were evil and charming young men.

Some female fans cannot accept his image in the movie and think that the movie ruined them.

Zhang Yuan felt fortunate.

Fortunately, it is not more than 10 years later.

Who knows what those crazy female fans will do later.

Maybe they will report the film "for their brother" or deliberately sabotage the film's screening and broadcast.

Then you will suffer a huge loss!

It would be better to break these people's psychological expectations as soon as possible.

"I don't think there is such a thing as 'looking ugly'."

“The actors are like water, and the works are like cups.”

"Our job is to adjust our 'shape' according to the work."

After he finished speaking, Ning Hao, Huang Bo and others applauded to show their agreement.

These people knew that he was not talking nonsense.

“Some people on the Internet say that you have a very good eye for selecting works.”

"During the summer season alone, the two films you participated in earned more than 3 million yuan in box office."

"May I ask what you think about this?"

3 million...It took Zhang Yuan a moment to understand.

The reporter was talking about "The Forbidden Kingdom" and "Crazy Racing".

The total amount is indeed more than 3 million.

When the others present heard this, they also thought of this.

It really is!
He has really good fortune.

No matter how many roles I played in the movies I acted in, I basically never lost money.

"Maybe it's because outstanding people are attracted to each other." Zhang Yuan replied with some pride.

I finally got the chance, so I might as well show off.

After the press conference, Zhang Yuan originally planned to take everyone back home.

Because it is better to do it today than to wait for a day.

Since there were quite a lot of people gathered for the press conference, we decided to hold a celebration party at home in the evening.

But just as he was about to leave, he was "conscripted" by Old Han.

"Go to the crew to make up a few shots."

"Okay... then you can go to my house and rest first. I don't need to introduce you to each other. We are all familiar with each other. Let my aunt open the door for you." The film set was next door. As soon as I arrived, I met the "Big Intestine Immortal", Cao Kefan, the famous host of Shanghai TV.

This person is quite influential in the Jiangnan area.

Lao Han asked him to make a cameo appearance in the film as Wu Guozhen, the then mayor of Magic City.

"My Lord, the Shanghai community has entrusted me to prepare a welcoming banquet for your arrival at the Jinjiang Hotel."

"I'll pick you up in a bit?"

This man has a bloated figure and a simple face, but he always plays roles such as translators and high-ranking villains in some movies.

And the acting is particularly good.

That kind of sanctimonious and pretentious look was captured to perfection.

The main thing is that this person is a typical "pig-faced, but arrogant person".

Moreover, this person is indeed well-educated and has a solid background, otherwise he would not be able to host a talk show.

He only knew these two lines. Zhang Yuan asked him about it when he was reading the script with him after putting on his makeup.

"Isn't the Peace Hotel the most famous in Shanghai?"

"They say that Shanghai goes there when things go wrong."

Teacher Cao pushed his glasses and replied with a smile.

"The play we performed was set in 48."

“The Peace Hotel was only established in 56. Before that, the place was called the Sassoon Building.”

"It was built by the famous Judaean family, the Sassoon family."

"Their family is known as the Rothschild of the East, and they have left behind a large number of heritage buildings in Shanghai."

"Jinjiang Hotel was founded by Ms. Dong Zhujun in 29. It was she who instigated Yang Hu to rebel, and Yang Hu in turn inspired Yan Jinwen to rescue Zhang Lan and Luo Longji."

"Oh..." After hearing this, Zhang Yuan understood.

Because there is a role for Yan Jinwen in the script, played by Cheng Daoming.

The content is that after he accepted the secret order from Mao Renfeng, played by Jiang Wen, he pretended to "clean up" the Guo Party before it fled to Taiwan and took on the task of persecuting democratic figures. In fact, he had already surrendered to the Communist Party and helped the Democratic League leader Zhang Lan escape from the devil's den.

The fight against corruption in Shanghai was underway, and the place where we were invited to dinner was set up by a female hero who was a professional in inciting high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang to defect.

Just the place where we eat is unlucky.

Just this one scene, and then he ran away after filming.

Since they had met each other, they invited Mr. Cao to the celebration banquet as well.

The connections in Shanghai also need to be maintained.

"I heard you're going to hold a celebration party tonight?"

"Zhang Yuan, they said you were having a party tonight?"

"Boss Zhang, can I go to the party?"

He was just filming a scene and walking around the set and the dressing room when twenty or thirty people asked him about the banquet.

I can't say that I didn't call you because I don't know you.

I had no choice but to extend the invitation.

Now there are even more people.

Zhang Yuan guessed that these people were interested in interacting with him because they saw that he had made a lot of money.

Plus, I had heard that there were a lot of people at his party, so I wanted to join in the fun and socialize.

But what Zhang Yuan didn't know was that Big Head was very touched by the fact that he had paid Ning Hao the director's bonus in advance.

He also listened to Zhang Yuan's words. After getting the money, he immediately went to a new property near the East Third Ring Road and booked a four-bedroom, two-living-room apartment of just over 200 square meters.

Because the movie was popular and he became famous, many people came to him for dinner.

As soon as they started eating, Ning Hao mentioned the money Zhang Yuan gave him.

The news spread out in a short while.

Many of his colleagues, especially bosses of film and television companies, laughed at Zhang Yuan behind his back and called him a "fool".

Coupled with the fact that he had previously donated 2000 million US dollars to foreigners, the nickname "Zhang the Fool" was almost out of the circle.

But although these people laughed behind his back, they couldn't laugh anymore after laughing a while.

The eyes gradually become hot!

He says one thing, but knows it all in his heart.

Those who don't come are real fools.

There are so many people who owe money but won’t pay it back, but here comes someone who pays it back readily.

It really stands out from the crowd!
The result is.

"Hey, don't you say Zhang Yuan is a fool?"

"How did you come?"

"Nonsense, you're here too!"

"Didn't you say he was...?"

"Hush, that's all just a joke, nonsense."

"You are so thick-skinned."

"You're about the same."

A bunch of people are saying behind our backs that we should not cooperate with fools.

Then I ran into him at his house.

This is just like during the review period in school, when the top students openly said that they never reviewed, did not prepare, could not understand the exercise books, and were ready to leave everything to fate.

Another top student also agreed and said that he was planning to fail the course.

As a result, when we looked at them on the day of the exam, one of them had red eyes and the other had dark circles, obviously they had stayed up all night studying!

Only a bunch of poor students took their words seriously and did not review.

Smart people always show off their bad deeds openly and make money secretly.

They pretend just to cheat as many people as possible and reduce their competition.

As a result, before dinner time, Zhang Yuan prepared to go home.

"I'm going to take a nap first. I'm a little sleepy."

"I have to stay alert for the evening socializing."

"Wake me up when we get there," he said to the driver.

"Don't worry, just go to sleep."

Finally, when they arrived at the door of his home in the alley, the driver woke him up.

"The boss is home."

"Ah..." He rubbed his eyes, got out of the car, pushed open the door, and then... looked back at the driver.

"Oh my god!"

"Where have you come from?"

“Is this still China?”

The yard was crowded with people.

That's called squeezing people together. If you move one more step, you will be stepped on by others!

So noisy!

Just like the corridors in an elementary school during the ten-minute break.

If you don't check the house number repeatedly to confirm that it is your home.

Otherwise, with this population density, he would have thought the driver had taken him to India...

The last time we set up a company, it was already very crowded and we had to set up the table in the yard for meals.

I didn't expect it to be even more excessive this time.

It’s almost as popular as the big sales at the bath center.

Zhang Yuan did not go in directly, but took out his cell phone and called Zhao Decai, Fatty Zhao.

"Brother, find me a bigger yard quickly."

"My house is no longer suitable for people to live in."

"You're having a party at home?" Boss Zhao asked, "How many girls did you call?"

Brother Qian helped us find this house.

But if it were to be bigger, it would be beyond Brother Qian’s capabilities and network at this stage.

Fat Zhao thought to himself that your house is not more than 1,000 square meters, I decorated it, so I know everything.

Is there still room for people to live here?

Zhang Yuan thought that the money he had just earned had a way out... (End of this chapter)