Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 255: Disunity
Zijin Garden, Zhang Guoli's home

The room was filled with smoke. Zhang Guoli had locked himself in the study for several hours.

Deng Jie came to the door of the study with a fruit plate, knocked a few times, and then pushed it open.

Then he was choked by the smoke inside.

"You are going to set the house on fire~"

Seeing that her husband didn't react, Deng Jie guessed that he might have something on his mind. They have been married for so many years and she knows Zhang Guoli too well.

Open the window and ventilate~
After the air quality in the room improved a bit, he said, "Tell me what happened and we can discuss it together."

Looking at his virtuous wife and knowing that he couldn't stand the smell of smoke, Zhang Guoli put out his cigarette.

"What happened? Something happened in the company?"

After Deng Jie's repeated questioning, Zhang Guoli finally told everything.

"Xiao Gang is a little crazy. I can understand his thoughts. It must be difficult for him to accept that a junior, who is on good terms with him, suddenly has a higher status than him. But his approach is also wrong. How can he only consider things from his own perspective? What will happen to the company then..."

Deng Jie listened quietly at the side, and waited until her husband stopped talking before she said, "To put it bluntly, it's all about money. If Zhang Chen became a big Hollywood director, or if he was just talented but penniless, then he and Xiao Gang could be friends because of the difference in status.

The only thing is that in this situation, I am a little higher than Xiaogang, which makes me feel uncomfortable. Isn't this what friends are like? I can't bear to see you suffer, but I don't want you to live better than me. These two are billionaire directors, and they must go their separate ways. Now it depends on you. What are you going to do?"

Listening to his wife's analysis, Zhang Guoli felt at ease.

Deng Jie always hits the nail on the head.

Yes, these two people have similar status and are both film directors, so they are bound to go their separate ways.

But when it comes to his own plans, Zhang Guoli feels a little conflicted.

He is a TV star.

I've been a TV star for a long time.

But even for TV stars, it is difficult to enter the film industry.

Entering the film industry does not mean just making a few movies, but you have to leave influential works in the film field.

This is very difficult.

People like Chen Daoming and Chen Baoguo are even better than him in the field of TV dramas, but they don’t have any outstanding works in the film industry.

It was all thanks to Feng Xiaogang that Zhang Guoli was able to enter the film industry.

In 99, Feng Xiaogang invited him to star in "A Sigh", and he won the Most Popular Actor Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival for the first time.

Although it was just an award from the College Student Film Festival, it was very important to his acting career.

From then on, the film industry had a figure named Zhang Guoli.

The two later collaborated again in "Cell Phone", and Zhang Guoli was nominated for Best Actor at the Golden Rooster Awards and Hundred Flowers Awards for his role as Fei Lao.

It was just a nomination, but Zhang Guoli has finally established himself in the film industry.

It is a common convention in the circle that movie actors are of higher status than TV actors, and this is the consensus of everyone.

It was all thanks to Feng Xiaogang that he was able to move to the next level.

So the two of them worked together to establish Taihe Minzhong.

In personal terms, the two are very good friends.

On weekdays, Jiao is inseparable from Meng, and Meng is inseparable from Jiao.

But this time, Zhang Guoli felt that Feng Xiaogang had gone too far.

First, he disregarded the interests of the company.

Secondly, Feng Xiaogang did not remind Zhang Chen about this matter, and did not allow himself to remind him, which was contrary to Zhang Guoli's principles in life.

Being hailed as an evergreen in the film and television industry, Zhang Guoli must have his own principles in life, otherwise he would not be so popular.

Putting aside other things, in "Stone", Zhang Chen allowed Zhang Mo to participate and gave the role to Xie Xiaomeng. This is a favor that must be repaid.

"I'll talk to Xiao Gang tomorrow~"

It is not easy to find a like-minded partner, and Zhang Guoli does not want to create a rift because of this matter.

……

Jiuzhaigou

In the crew of The Return of the Condor Heroes, Zhang Da Huzi is explaining the play to Huang Xiaoming.

《神雕》是04年10月1日开机的，05年4月29日杀青，整整拍摄了7个月。

Who would have thought that only ten days after the crew returned to Beijing, news suddenly came that Zhang Da Huzi wanted to reshoot some scenes in Jiuzhaigou, so Huang Xiaoming and Liu Tianxian had to rush back to Jiuzhaigou.

After filming for more than half a year, the two were already very familiar with each other. Huang Xiaoming joked: "Congratulations, aunt, congratulations, congratulations to the new movie you participated in, which has broken the 1.4 million box office."

Liu Tianxian also cooperated and said coquettishly: "Go away, Guoer, you are so smooth-talking..."

Although she said this, Liu Tianxian was still very happy in her heart.

Although the daughter he played was only a supporting role, it was also one of the main roles, and the key was that the box office was high.

"The Accidental Murderer" is the highest-grossing film in her career. Unfortunately, she was unable to participate in the later "Taken".

The Godfather told her that he did not cooperate because the character's temperament did not suit her, but in fact she knew that it was because someone offered a higher price.

She didn't know how much the other party paid, but she knew that the godfather of "The Accidental Murderer" paid 500 million to get the role of his daughter.

Then the one for Taken should be higher.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but envy Huang Xiaoming.

As far as he knew, Huang Xiaoming was able to star in "Hurricane" without spending a penny.

It’s unfair when you think about it.

Why can he act but I have to pay to act?

"By the way, do you know when your movie 'Taken' will be released?" Liu Tianxian asked about the movie. She really wanted to see with her own eyes what this movie was like in which she couldn't be a part of.

"I don't know. The director didn't tell me, but I guess it should be during the Lunar New Year period. The cost is 1.2 million. If it's not released during the golden period, I'm afraid it will be difficult to make a profit..."

Huang Xiaoming was very proud when he talked about it. 1.2 million. There are only a few movies in China that can make 1.2 million.

“But I heard that The Promise was released during the Lunar New Year holiday, and it cost 3 million yuan~”

"I'm just guessing, but the release dates of the two blockbusters will definitely be staggered."

Seeing Huang Xiaoming showing that mysterious smile again, Liu Tianxian shrank her neck, and then she suddenly thought of something: "Oh, Xiaoming..."

"Calling you Brother Xiao Ming is disrespectful. Is that how you address your savior?"

Huang Xiaoming was obviously used to making jokes, and Liu Tianxian was not angry.

"Brother Xiao Ming~"

"Well, that's more like it. Tell me, what's the matter?" Huang Xiaoming's performance at this moment was very much like Yang Guo in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", otherwise the audience would have commented that he was greasy.

"I just want to ask, do you know what Director Zhang's next film is?"

Huang Xiaoming frowned and thought: "I heard it was "The Deer and the Cauldron"~"

"Who asked you this? I'm talking about Director Zhang Chen." Liu Tianxian felt that he was really going to be defeated by this guy.

"Oh, you're talking about Director Zhang. You asked the right person. I actually know the answer~"

"You really know? What is it?"

"A costume fantasy movie called Painted Skin~"

"Painted Skin? How did you know about it?"

"It's very simple, because I am the leading actor of this play."

"Are you serious?" Liu Tianxian looked incredulous.

"Of course, Mr. Dong from Entertainment called me a while ago to confirm the schedule..."

Liu Tianxian suddenly had a bad feeling, but still asked uncertainly: "Then do you know who the heroine is?"

"I don't know, but it seems like there are a lot of female characters. If you're interested, I can ask for you."

Huang Xiaoming still wanted to be a good person, but Liu Tianxian's mind had already flown away.

Having missed "Taken", you definitely can't miss "Painted Skin".

Huang Xiaoming was waiting for Liu Tianxian to beg him when his assistant suddenly ran over in a hurry, "Boss, phone call."

"who?"

"Director Zhang Chen."

Liu Tianxian was originally planning to go back to her mother to discuss the matter of "Painted Skin", but when she heard Zhang Chen's call, she stopped and pricked up her ears to eavesdrop.

Originally, she never worried about work, as it was all arranged by her mother Liu Xiaoli.

But the popularity of "The Accidental Murderer" made her taste the sweetness, and she also started to worry about herself.

When I heard about "Painted Skin", I wanted to find my mother immediately to discuss countermeasures.

However, she was still very curious about Zhang Chen's call.

Huang Xiaoming did not avoid her and answered the call from the side:

"Okay, Director Zhang, I understand. I haven't signed the contract yet. Thank you for your reminder..."

Huang Xiaoming hung up the phone after saying only two words.

After he answered the phone, the joking look on his face disappeared.

"What's wrong? Director Zhang wants to talk to you about something?" Liu Tianxian pretended to chat.

Huang Xiaoming was a little absent-minded, and said perfunctorily: "Nothing, just asking about my schedule..."

Liu Tianxian intuitively felt that Huang Xiaoming was not telling her the truth.

Little did he know that Huang Xiaoming was feeling very confused at the moment. Zhang Chen had just called him to ask him whether he had signed a contract with Huayi Brothers.

Huang Xiaoming said not yet.

Zhang Chen said that they should not sign it yet and try to delay it, and also asked him to keep the matter confidential.

He asked the reason, but Zhang Chen hung up the phone without saying anything.

Huang Xiaoming was full of doubts. What on earth was going on?
Did Director Zhang and Huayi Brothers have a falling out?

But I haven't heard of it.

At this moment Huang Xiaoming suddenly felt a little scared. He was very sure that if his answer just now was that he had signed the contract, then he would definitely lose the position of the male lead in "Painted Skin".

Don't ask him how he knew that, it was just intuition.

This made Huang Xiaoming feel scared but also curious about what had happened.
He wanted to call Wang Zhonglei to ask, but he was a little afraid because Director Zhang asked him to keep it a secret.

……

华谊兄弟
Wang Zhongjun is looking at financial statements in his office.

Wang Jinghua's departure almost emptied Huayi Brothers. Now the only famous star the Wang brothers have is Li Lianhua.

Feng Xiaogang, who was the face of the company, also left, which made it impossible for Huayi to carry forward the "one star, one director" plan that it had always advocated.

Fortunately, they reached a strategic cooperation with Zhang Da Huzi.

Zhang Da Huzi's martial arts dramas have been very popular in the past two years, and every one of them has been a hit. His joining has just filled the gap left after Feng Xiaogang left.

As for the issue of stars, my younger brother Wang Zhonglei has already contacted them, one is Zhou Gongzi and the other is Huang Xiaoming. As long as they sign the contract, Huayi’s lack of stars will be immediately filled.

But why do I always feel a little upset, as if something bad is going to happen?

(End of this chapter)