Actor: Thank you.

Not long after, in a large restaurant near the crew.

Zhang Yuan asked for an extra-large private room, which was made by removing the partitions and connecting three ordinary private rooms.

He called the assistants who stayed behind in the crew and asked them to notify everyone one by one and call everyone who could be found.

Even the crew's handymen and those who distribute lunch boxes are called over as long as they are free.

There were nearly 150 people in total.

He just wants enough people and a grand ceremony!

Not to mention anything else, just to ensure your safe return, the welcome and entertainment should be grand.

Just consider it as a good omen.

This is just like when an old person celebrates his 80th birthday, there must be a grand celebration. In the village, there will be a buffet and eating for three days.

Not to mention people you know, even if someone just passes by and says something auspicious, they will sit down and eat their fill, and no one will complain.

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

It was a bad thing that Zhang Yuan was taken away, and the news would spread in a minute.

So now that he has returned, more people need to witness it.

Of course, this is only part of the reason for the grand banquet.

More than ten tables were arranged neither too tight nor too loose.

Hong Jinbao, Wu Jing and others who were not at the main table just now arrived at this time.

Xiong Dailin, Ren Dahua, Lin Jiadong and others also arrived.

Zhang Yuan pulled Hong Jinbao and Zhen Zidan to the main table.

After repeatedly giving way, Zhang Yuan pushed the mobile phone to the main seat.

He and Zhen Zidan sat on the left and right sides of Hong Jinbao respectively.

Further outside, next to Zhen Zidan was Ye Weiming.

Next to Zhang Yuan is Wu Jing.

Everyone took a look and saw the difference was clear.

With Hong Jinbao as the dividing line, the group was split into two factions.

"Come on, let me toast you all first."

"I had to leave temporarily for something, and I caused a lot of trouble to you all."

"I am very ashamed and have delayed the crew's work for a long time."

"I'll drink this cup, everyone can help themselves."

After the hot dishes started to be served, Zhang Yuan stood up on his own initiative without saying a word of rebuke or complaint.

Instead, he was full of guilt, which made the group of people who had followed Zhen Zidan feel a little relieved.

Everyone stood up and drank a cup together.

After sitting down, Zhang Yuan looked at everyone at the main table with a smile, and finally turned his gaze to his assistant Zhao Xinxin.

His assistant is certainly qualified to sit at the head desk.

Especially today, you have to sit.

Regardless of ability, the only difference is the closeness of the relationship.

That's the attitude and stance.

Zhang Yuan cleared his throat and asked loudly.

"Dandan, what did you do on the set while I was away?"

The assistant's eyes were clear as he answered truthfully: "I didn't do anything."

"There's nothing much I can do without you here."

"Just waiting for you to come back."

"Very good!" Zhang Yuan praised in a louder voice.

When I'm not here, waiting for me to come back is what you should do.

Zhang Yuan just wanted the others to listen and learn how to do things.

The banquet, which had been a little heated just now, suddenly became much quieter.

Wu Jing beside him kept rubbing his hands, looking ready for battle.

He was thinking, if Zhang Yuan attacked him later, should he stop him or not?
First of all, it may not be possible to stop it.

But if he goes all out, something bad could happen.

Beat him up again.

Wu Jing understood Zhang Yuan's character.

He doesn't hold grudges very often, because he will take revenge on the spot if he gets the chance.

If he didn't react to Zhen Zidan's "taking advantage of the fire to rob", he wouldn't be himself.

And if he does nothing, how will he, the leading actor, survive and gain a foothold in the crew?
When Zhang Yuan asked his assistant to contact them for dinner, those who supported him all thought of this.

But what surprised them even more was that Zhang Yuan suddenly came back.

Such a short time really exceeded everyone's imagination.

They arrived immediately, not only because they had to be there, but also because they wanted to see if Zhang Yuan had really come.

Upon closer inspection, it was indeed him.

how could be?

It is not a big deal if it is not spread, but it is said that a huge amount of money is owed for financing, which is a huge sum of money.

That's how it's spread anyway.

And it was so convincing that everyone believed it when they heard it.

Because this reasonably explains why Zhang Yuan is doing better than ordinary artists.

It's not that we are not as good as him, it's that he is using tricks to cheat people out of money and pretend to be a big shot!

No wonder people with money invest everywhere, it turns out all the money was scammed.

This is a thunderbolt!

There are plenty of people who take pleasure in other people's misfortunes.

Except for a few people who knew him closely, many people who had a casual relationship with him also believed it.

So when they saw him come back suddenly, they were all shocked.

"Come on, everyone, eat and relax."

Zhang Yuan took the lead in picking up his chopsticks.

Now is the beginning of winter.

It’s not that cold in the Jiangnan area.

It’s the day to eat hairy crabs.

People in the Jiangnan area love to eat hairy crabs the most.

In the north, especially in Tianjin, there has always been a story that is half joke and half urban legend.

In the old society, there were three places where Chinese folk art made the most money.

The Imperial Capital, Tianjin and the Magic Capital.

Learn skills in Tianjin, become famous in the capital, and make money in Shanghai.

This is an old saying in the opera industry.

In the old days, celebrities in Tianjin's folk art circle wore Nei Liansheng cloth shoes, drove rickshaws on a monthly basis, and thought they were very impressive.

But once we arrived in Shanghai, our colleagues came to greet us and picked us up at the train station in their own private cars.

Before liberation, having your own car was considered a great achievement.

Envy will give rise to jealousy.

The opera industry is also a representative industry in which scholars look down on each other.

In addition, Shanghai has the Huangpu River and Tianjin has the Haihe River, so the two places actually have many similarities.

The folk art industry has become competitive and tends to put down those who are inferior and praise those who are superior.

So they made up a joke about a person from Shanghai who took a train from Shanghai to Tianjin.

After getting on the bus, he took out a cloth bag from his bag. After opening several layers of the cloth bag, he found a hairy crab and a set of crab-eating tools inside.

I started eating as soon as the car started moving, and I ate all the way to Tianjin before I finished the whole crab.

After putting away the tools and gathering the crab shells on the table, they were back to being a whole crab, and you couldn't tell that they had been eaten.

This means that people in Shanghai are meticulous and delicate in their eating habits, and it also has the meaning of mocking other people's pettiness.

After more than ten hours of train ride, I only ate one crab...

In Tianjin, people eat crabs with great enthusiasm.

In fact, this is a rumor. In the old society, only poor people would catch crabs in Shanghai.

There are black and white photos from old newspapers showing that the common people in Shanghai were so poor that they could only eat crabs the size of porcelain bowls to fill their stomachs.

There must be more than 100 crabs of this size at today’s banquet in Shanghai.

If you eat female crabs this month, there will be less crab roe because the spawning season has passed.

The male crab has just finished mating and is starting to recuperate.

Crab roe is at its fattest stage.

People in Guangdong Province generally like to eat river and seafood.

Zhang Yuan glanced over and saw Zhen Zidan digging out crab roe and eating it happily.

A smirk appeared at the corner of his mouth.

I'm treating you, and you still dare to eat happily?
You have a big heart!

He turned to look at Wu Jing and spoke.

"Beijing."

"What's wrong?" Wu Jing replied cautiously, always paying attention to Zhang Yuan's movements.

"Did you know?" Zhang Yuan said earnestly, "Crab roe tastes good."

"But it is actually a collection of male crab spermatophores and other reproductive organs."

"Guess why crab paste is a bluish-white, transparent jelly-like substance?"

Wu Jing:...

International Dan, who was standing aside and enjoying the meal, stopped talking with a stiff expression.

"Why don't you eat, Dan?"

"Eat it, it's good stuff, very nutritious." Zhang Yuan turned his head and looked at Zhen Zidan again.

Wu Jing also stopped.

How can people eat if you say that?
You are the bad one.

His kung fu in disgusting people is top-notch.

He is worthy of being a person with a tradition in crosstalk.

You guys are full of bad people.

When they heard that Zhen was shot, everyone else stopped talking.

Who can eat such talk... Oh, not everyone.

Xiong Dailin continued to eat it.

Zhang Yuan nodded. This guy must have eaten it a lot, so he was used to it.

It's just a little trick, an appetizer.

Of course Zhang Yuan would not let this matter slip away so easily.

After eating for a while, he picked up the wine glass and toasted at each table as usual.

His expression and tone did not change at all. When the crew members who had followed Zhen Zidan saw him coming with a glass of wine, they all stood up in a hurry.

Zhang Yuan knew that they were not respecting him, but were afraid of him.

So he wouldn't lose his temper on the spot as Wu Jing thought.

Because there are quite a few people in the crew who support Zhen Zidan.

Most of the people in this team are from Hong Kong, and most of them have worked with Zhen Zidan before.

There are only two possible results when firing a map cannon.

One type of people bow their heads and endure it, but they are still dissatisfied in their hearts and will inevitably gossip behind others' backs all day long.

The second option is even worse, collective rebellion and leaving with the flag raised.

Of course it feels good to throw a tantrum and lose your temper.

But seeking temporary satisfaction can easily lead to ruining the bigger picture.

If the crew is shut down, or the final film is not as good as before, I will suffer a huge loss.

A good work is not created by one person alone, it requires a team of people working together and each doing their part.

Although the sun will rotate around anyone without him, the result of insisting on one's own way in the crew may be that a good work becomes second-rate, third-rate, or even inferior.

A typical case is "Farewell My Concubine".

This is the power of the team.

When poet Chen became arrogant, the script kept on trimming the reeds, the camera ignored Gu Changwei, and Pei Xiaonan was not used in the editing.

He no longer paid any attention to Sister Xu Feng who led the team.

She is not only a famous movie star in Taiwan, but also the boss lady of the Tang Chen Group.

Without her face and financial support, this team would not be able to be set up.

When poet Chen was left to pursue his own way, the result was obvious.

For his own sake, Zhang Yuan cannot make a complete change in the crew.

After all, this drama has Hong Kong blood in it.

If we drive this group of people away, the morale of the rest of the people will also fall.

If people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to lead the team.

But doing nothing and pretending nothing happened is not an option either.

Instead, you will appear weak and incompetent, and anyone will dare to bully you in the future.

Do I still have a place in this industry?
Similar things were also recorded in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen, a Ming Dynasty student studying abroad, led the army in person, and ended up becoming a performing artist of "body art" among the barbarians.

After finally returning home, he discovered that the person sitting on the dragon throne was not himself.

In today's context, it is equivalent to Guo Degang returning home after a trip abroad and finding that the legal representative of Deyuan Society has been changed to Yu Siyang.

Of course, both the former and the latter were done by Yu Qian.

We have to fight back!
It has to be resolved only after some blood is seen.

So after "patrolling" around, Zhang Yuan sat back in his seat.

At the same time, he filled another cup and looked at Hong Jinbao.

"Big Brother, I respect you."

"Come on, drink!"

Hong Jinbao was also straightforward.

Zhang Yuan gave me face and let me take the main seat. This is called respecting predecessors.

Mobile phones are also very presentable, the older generation all use them that way.

If you don’t steam the steamed buns, you’ll lose your breath.

At the same time, seeing that Zhang Yuan asked him to sit at the main table, it showed that he took him seriously.

He knew that nothing good would happen today.

This is not a meal, it's clearly a Hongmen Banquet!

"Brother, I have a favor to ask of you." After finishing a glass, Zhang Yuan shook the other person's hand and said very sincerely.

"Whatever it is, just say it."

"You are a senior in the industry. Not only are you knowledgeable, but you also know a lot of people."

"After joining the crew of Ip Man, I felt that there is still a lot of room for development in kung fu films."

"It's not as completely lost as everyone says."

"In this case, I want to make plans early."

"I may have to shoot kung fu movies more often in the future, but I am young and inexperienced. I know it is difficult for me to take on such a big responsibility, so I need someone capable to help me."

"I just want to ask if you know any like-minded directors who are good at making kung fu movies and can introduce them to me."

Zhang Yuan spoke in a gentle tone.

But when these words fell on the table, they were like ice falling to the ground.

Especially Ye Weixing on the other side, his hair stood on end!
Looking for a director who is good at making kung fu movies?

You said we will cooperate in the future, are you sure it means in the future?
Or I should find someone to replace me now!

Ye Wei pushed his glasses up with trembling hands.

Halfway through the game, Zhang Yuan hadn't said a single harsh word.

Nor did he blame him.

But now the first word is a royal bomb!
Only then did he remember that one of his previous excuses for wanting to change the lead actor was that the filming had just started and changing the actor would not waste any shots.

Yes, the filming has just started.

Not only is it not a waste to change the leading actor, it’s not a waste to change the director either!

When he thought of this, he realized that Zhang Yuan was squinting at him.

Sun thief, the offense and defense have changed!

As the saying goes, when catching a thief, catch the leader first; when scolding someone, scold his mother first.

What's the point of having a younger brother?
If we want to do it, we have to catch the bandit leader.

In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" where Chen Lin wrote an article to scold Cao Cao for his headache, he started by scolding the fact that his ancestor was a eunuch and went on to talk about Meng De who dug graves.

The ancients knew that swearing in the street is always cursing at the root of the problem.

When Hong Jinbao heard this, how could he not understand what he meant?
He quickly glanced at Ye Weixing who was swallowing his saliva.

At this time, Zhang Yuan was not willing to let him go and looked at Guoji Dan again.

"Brother Dan, you are also a veteran in the industry. If you know any good Kung Fu film directors, please introduce them to me."

Zhen Zidan looked at Ye Weixing awkwardly, without opening his mouth or making any reaction.

At this moment it was Hong Jinbao who replied with a smile.

"No need to look for anyone else."

"Among the young directors I know, Ah Wei is the best at making kung fu films."

"He is already there, why don't you just go find him?"

"Come on, Awei, have a drink with Zhang Yuan."

"We will cooperate not only in this play, but also frequently in the future."

Big Brother immediately acted as a peacemaker.

At the same time, he squeezed Zhang Yuan's arm vigorously, indicating that he should give him some face.

"Oh my!" Zhang Yuan seemed to understand and shouted immediately.

"You see, I'm drunk and confused."

“This is looking for a horse while riding a horse!”

"Director Ye is the best, I recognize him, why would I look for someone else?"

"Come on, let's have a drink." Zhang Yuan stood up and clinked glasses with Ye Weixing.

Director Ye glanced at Hong Jinbao, who gave him a stern look in return, signaling him to hurry up.

"Of course, of course." Ye Wei jumped up from his seat and stopped being shy.

Drink this cup and you can keep your job.

The script and crew preparation for "Ip Man" took up a lot of his energy.

If we are replaced temporarily, wouldn't we be becoming someone else's puppet?

In fact, Zhang Yuan had the same idea.

Changing generals in the middle of a battle is a big taboo in military strategy!
Ye Wei's personality cannot be changed.

Otherwise, the same problem will arise and people’s hearts will be easily dispersed.

But it's still okay to knock it.

Zhang Yuan deliberately did not hit him directly, but used Hong Jinbao.

Even the decision to stop was made thanks to Sammo Hung.

Because Big Brother is acting as a guarantor, if Ye Weixing does it again, it won’t just be me that he’ll offend.

Instead, it is Sammo Hung, who has a very high status in the Hong Kong circle, especially in the action film industry.

Zhang Yuan’s strategy is called “Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong”.

He may not obey me, but he must obey Hong Jinbao.

However, Zhang Yuan did this not just to save face for Big Brother by asking him to be his guarantor.

I gave you face, so you have to give me face too.

I have to collect the debt!
Since it is the Hongmen Banquet, the segment of "Xiang Zhuang dancing with a sword, aiming at Pei Gong" is of course inevitable.

Zhang Yuan performed a set of Tai Chi sword dance towards Ye Weixing.

But the hidden sword tips were all pointing at Zhen Zidan.

"Hey, Brother Dan, you have the best relationship with Director Ye."

"Why didn't you mention him when I asked you to recommend a Kung Fu film director just now?" Zhang Yuan asked in a very exaggerated and clumsy way.

The intention is obvious and anyone can see it.

When you were in trouble just now, International Dan didn't speak up for you... Ye Weixing certainly understood Zhang Yuan's subtext.

I knew I was instigating you, what can you do to me?

Just ask if you did it.

Why didn't you stand up to defend your friend?
Don't you dare?

Still not willing?
Zhang Yuan wanted to tell those who followed Zhen Zidan publicly.

Take a look for yourselves.

Your so-called eldest brother didn't even say a word when your second brother was in trouble!
Attacking the city is the next step, attacking the heart is the top step.

The key is to break the "idol filter" in these people's hearts.

By the time Zhen Zidan realized he had fallen into a trap, it was already too late.

Now the work is done and the words are spoken.

Hong Jinbao secretly raised his eyes and understood everything.

It also makes people feel that Zhang Yuan is vicious.

He is totally not the straightforward type of warrior.

Fortunately, you still gave me face.

Zhang Yuan saw that they looked troubled and thought to himself, this is just the beginning!

The really spicy part is still to come! (End of this chapter)