Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 405: She took the initiative; Director Tang is innocent! A gossip tabloid's attack!
[At the Tokyo International Film Festival, Best Actress Tang Wei kissed Tang Wen after receiving her award.]

[On Oscar night in the US, Tom Cruise's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, excitedly kissed Tang Wen after winning her award.]

[Fan Bingbing, the newly crowned Best Actress at this year's Cannes Film Festival, kissed director Tang after winning the award.]

Last night, Scarlett Johansson, the 19-year-old American actress who won the Best Actress award in the Venice Film Festival's Upstream section, shared a long and passionate kiss with Tang Wen after receiving her award.

Scarlett's awards, compared to the three mentioned above, are slightly less prestigious, but she is the youngest among these actresses and has the longest kissing scene...

the next day.

The reports were overwhelming.

Local media in Venice, fearing that people might not be familiar with Tang Wen's charisma at past award ceremonies, specially dug out these photos.

Many newspapers do this.

The secret to winning Best Actress: A passionate kiss on set with Golden Lion Award-winning director and pop king, Tang Wen!

The photos of Scarlett Johansson and Donald Tang were enlarged and took up half a page of the newspaper.

The crew of "Love's Landscape," who had no film to show for it, were having breakfast together.

Zheng Yijian put down his newspaper and exclaimed, "This is incredible! Director Tang Wen and this young actress have stolen all the limelight!"

His gaze fell on Lin Jiaxin's face, who made no attempt to hide her envy. She then turned to Liu Ye, who was in the same group, and asked, "Are you familiar with Director Tang? If there's a gathering, could you invite me along?"

Zheng Yijian's smile froze slightly as he lowered his head to drink his coffee, trying to hide his embarrassment.

Not long ago, he told reporters, "I have fallen deeply in love with Lin Jiaxin."

This statement wasn't entirely for publicity.

Because Lin Jiaxin later gave a more formal response, "I will not interfere in Zheng Yijian and Liang Yongqi's relationship, and I will not be a mistress."

Liu Ye glanced at Zheng Yijian, unwilling to get involved in such messy matters, and shook his head to indicate that he wasn't very familiar with Director Tang.

They didn't win any awards, nor were they overshadowed, so they remained relatively calm.

The film crews that won awards in this year's main competition didn't look so happy.

Films that win awards at Venice often lack commercial appeal.

Winning the Golden Lion Award is basically their most glorious moment.

They should have been enjoying applause, flowers, and media adoration.

As a result, most media outlets are now praising Tang Wen and Scarlett Johansson.

Only specialized media outlets focused on film and art, and serious media outlets at the regional and national levels, choose to report on these film crews.

There was no way around it; Director Tang's record sales had exceeded ten million, bringing him immense fame. Newspapers publishing news about him saw much higher sales than usual.

The media will naturally follow him.

Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera – "Why do all the Best Actress winners love to kiss Tang Wen?"

The article exposed the relationship between Tang Wen and Scarlett Johansson, specifically mentioning that the film "Lost in Translation" was a production invested in by Tang Wen.

The two actresses mentioned earlier, Tang Wei, who won the Tokyo Film Festival Best Actress award, and Fan Bingbing, who won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actress award, were actresses he promoted as a director.

This explanation actually brought out the talent of Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman.

The film that won her award was not produced by Tang Wen.

This has sparked a new round of speculation.

Many tabloids started making up stories.

The Venice Film Festival is one of the world's most influential film festivals.

Entertainment news from various countries reported on it in turn.

Paris Match: [Tang Wen – A darling of major film festivals and award-winning actresses]

This headline made my lips twitch.

As expected of a French newspaper, their headlines are certainly romantic!

The Hollywood Reporter: [The most dazzling couple at the Venice Film Festival is from the United States]

The accompanying picture is of Scarlett Johansson passionately kissing Tang Wen.

Because of his affable personality, Tang Wen was perceived as an American by people throughout the United States.

At this film festival, American actor Sean Penn won the Best Actor award.

Similarly, despite not drawing much attention, American media outlets were also reporting on Tang Wen and Scarlett Johansson.

In an interview, Sean Penn criticized Scarlett Johansson, arguing that she turned the artistic Venice Film Festival into a superficial love show.

He only criticized Scarlett.

It was clear that they didn't want to offend Tang Wen.

Besides, everyone saw it; Scarlett Johansson initiated it first. Director Tang is innocent!

The Daily Mirror, a well-known British tabloid:
[Tang Wen's magic: Not only in art, but also in the body]

Photo caption: Tang Wen is drinking on the beach, wearing only shorts.

In the photo, his chest muscles are well-developed and his eight-pack abs are clearly visible. Combined with his good looks, he is incredibly attractive!

In later generations, it was described as "both milky and wolfish".

He has all the styles that women like.

But if that's all there is to it, then we are underestimating the Daily Mirror, Britain's oldest tabloid.

Their focus wasn't on the film festival at all, and it had nothing to do with Scarlett Johansson.

The focus was entirely on Tang Wen.

The Daily Mirror somehow found a bunch of similar photos and began to analyze Tang Wen's key parts with great seriousness.

Analyze his static state, dynamic state, and the way his shorts fit snugly after he comes out of the water, among other details.

The conclusion is that Director Tang is a big man who possesses a treasure... gun!

Right!
All right!

No wonder he's so popular with female celebrities.

So that’s it.

The readers all suddenly realized the truth.

The Daily Mirror published a series of articles analyzing "Tang Wen" for two consecutive days.

Sales hit a new record.

The editors of the two prominent tabloids next door, The Sun and News of the World, were kicking themselves!
The tabloid market in Europe is only so big.

Everyone's going to read the Daily Mirror, so their sales have naturally declined!
"Immediately mobilize our best troops and dig deep into news about Tang Wen! Don't overlook any details!"

After issuing the order, the editor-in-chief of The Sun moved into the office with his suitcase.

The meaning is very clear: if you can't dig up some good news, nobody's going home!
The Sun is a newspaper known for its bold and daring ideas.

Reporting on the scandals of actors and sports stars is as commonplace for them as eating and drinking.

As a British newspaper, it later went so far as to ignore warnings from the British royal family and directly publish nude photos of the prince!

If he dared to act this way towards a prince, how could he possibly be lenient towards Tang Wen, a mere director?

The editors and reporters used aggressive tactics, going so far as to vulgarize the audience.

If someone walked into the conference room at this moment, they would definitely think it was some kind of screenwriter's office for making Category III films.
"Tang Wen is a womanizer! They arranged for a female model to seduce him, and she was carrying a hidden camera!"

"I agree, and we should also arrange for a broadcast van to broadcast the message to the world."

"Damn it! We're a newspaper, all we need is the photos."

"Your idea is flawed. Tang Wen is handsome, capable, a director, and a billionaire. How can you guarantee that the women who seduced him in the past won't turn against him?"

"..."

No one can guarantee that.

Tang Wen is too attractive to women.

A series of issues concerning Tang Wen were raised, only to be rejected in heated discussions.

Because these people are very professional in their news reporting, those who were rejected had no objections.

A day and a night passed, and they discussed it several times.

Finally, they came up with a seemingly plausible solution:

“Let’s go to the US to look for clues. Since the Daily Mirror analyzed the photos, let’s find the women he had relationships with and get firsthand experiences and data!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the conference room fell silent, followed by enthusiastic applause.

The plan was finalized.

The three major tabloids in Britain, besides the Daily Mirror and The Sun, are the Daily Mail!
With the first two companies already taking action, how could the Daily Mail be willing to fall behind its two major competitors?

In particular, many of their loyal readers are housewives.

They love reading gossip about young, handsome men like Tang Wen.

The Daily Mail, of course, wants to find a way to create something big and fresh...

Compared to the unscrupulous methods of the British tabloids.

The entire Asian entertainment news industry has become a group of gentlemen.

Even Hong Kong media paled in comparison: "Want to win Best Actress? Win Over the Director First – Tang Wen"

"The Shortcut to Best Actress: To Director Tang"

Japan's Kinema Junpo...

Mainland media outlets also frequently mentioned Tang Wen when reporting on the Venice Film Festival.

Director Tang appears at Venice, and the award-winning actress excitedly chases after him.

The magazine "Movie View" covered up for Tang Wen by portraying Scarlett's behavior as idol worship.

Print media coverage is still relatively restrained.

It simply reconstructs the specific events in a true and accurate manner.

The online discussions are really lively.

It is said that Tang Wen is so charming that he has attracted actresses from all over the world.

The discussion focused on the lower three aspects of Tang Wen's writing, followed by expressions of admiration.

These kinds of posts are the most eye-catching, with netizens exclaiming – it turns out that Director Tang is not only talented, but also has other strengths!
I'm so envious!

Of course, some people also criticized him for being too promiscuous, and said that domestic female stars should distance themselves from him.

The male fans of Fan Bingbing, Gao Yuanyuan, and others were particularly angry. They went to the Renren.com homepage to leave messages, telling the "goddesses" to open their eyes, not to be deceived by Tang Wen again, and to leave him as soon as possible.

This has angered Tang Wen's fans and CP (couple) fans.

"Leave Tang Wen? Shouldn't we see who made her famous?"

"Don't believe everything you hear! Have you seen the video online? It was clearly that foreign big-breasted woman who initiated it! Our brother is a victim too, okay!"

"Victim? I can no longer look at that word!"

"You're so jealous! You'll never experience a beautiful woman being this proactive with you in your entire life."

"Hurry up and leave. Let's see what kind of life your son will have without Tang Wen!"

"Hilarious! Even American Oscar-winning actresses are lining up to compete for favor, what are you guys compared to them?"

"..."

Tang Wen rubbed his temples, looking at the pile of newspapers on the table, feeling utterly overwhelmed.

He had anticipated this would make the news.

But I never expected the uproar to be so big.

The news is all about the two of them, isn't that a bit much?

And those damn British tabloids, why don't you just stick to reporting on your royalty and football stars? Why are you getting involved?
He had a bad feeling when he saw the photo in the Daily Mirror.

These beach photos, with their seaside resort style, are clearly taken during the filming of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

The woman beside him at the time was Sophie Marceau.

He didn't believe that the Daily Mirror only had photos of him in them. He seriously suspected that the tabloid was trying to maintain a steady flow of news and continue to copy his and Sophie's stories.

With that in mind, he contacted her and told her to be careful.

Sophie Marceau, however, didn't take it to heart and said sourly that she would kiss Tang Wen for ten minutes at the next Cannes Film Festival!
Tang Wen's eyelids twitched. If a female celebrity in China said this, she would probably just be talking; they wouldn't do something like this in public.

But these foreign women are absolutely capable of saying and doing when it comes to "showing their faces" to gain attention.

It might even surprise you and help you exceed your expectations.

Sophie Marceau: "I haven't won any of the three major European awards, is it because I've never kissed you on camera?" Tang Wen listened to her increasingly outrageous remarks, gave her a few perfunctory replies, and quickly hung up.

Sophie Marceau wasn't the only one who wanted to kiss Tang Wen.

Although Charlize Theron didn't utter a single word during the phone call, she had already made up her mind.

If we win an Oscar, we must continue the tradition of kissing Tang Wen at the awards ceremony!
Tang Wen's phone was busy, so Nicole Kidman called Scarlett Johansson, first congratulating her on winning the award, and then the two women started chatting about how to use Tang Wen to generate news in the future.

Whenever they need publicity in the future, as long as they appear with Tang Wen and kiss one after the other, and are photographed by reporters, it will definitely make headlines...

Tang Wen was speechless. He snatched the phone from Scarlett's hand and casually scolded, "Kneel down and continue."

Then, he said a few words to Nicole and hung up the phone.

Today, Scarlett woke up to a deluge of news reports about herself, and she couldn't be more smug.

He picked up the newspaper and read several articles aloud until Tang Wen stopped him.

Scarlett kept nagging: "Was my kiss too short yesterday?"

The newspaper said I only kissed her for half a minute. Was it really that short?
I thought there were three minutes.

"It's all your fault! Your kisses feel so good; I always get so carried away when I kiss you!"

Tang Wen: No, in that situation yesterday, you were planning to kiss me for three minutes?
None of these women are easy to deal with.

Director Tang is exhausted!

But these foreign women are relatively easy to deal with; they don't require any appeasement.

It's a bit more complicated domestically.

As soon as the news broke on Tang Wen's side, a group of female stars, including Gao Yuanyuan, Fan Bingbing, Dong Xuan, Chen, and Zeng Li, were surrounded by reporters to varying degrees.

Ask them for their opinions on the news.

Fan Bingbing, Dong Xuan, and Tang Wei have all gained a lot of experience; no matter what they think, they can answer questions calmly.

They will also use the buzz to draw the attention of reporters and audiences to their respective upcoming film and television projects.

Da Meiyuan is love-struck and extremely depressed, so Zhou Xun stayed with her and they had a drink together.

He called Tang Wen after drinking too much, telling him to come back immediately.

Let's go to the square in Beijing and kiss for a whole day and night.

Xun Ge, always eager for drama, added fuel to the fire by shouting and exaggerating:
"Yuanyuan, that's a great idea! Who knows, we might even set a Guinness World Record for the longest kiss!"

Knowing that they were being questioned in the country, Tang Wen thought for a moment and wrote a statement.

Thank you for your attention. We had no intention of taking up public resources...

[Recently, due to my good friend Scarlett John], Tang Wen hesitated for a moment and deleted the word "good".

friend!

He and Scarlett Johansson are friends.

A friend I've collaborated with many times.

[Because she was young, she was overly excited after winning the award and didn't know how to express it, so she impulsively kissed me! Afterwards, she expressed her deepest apologies to me.]

As Tang Wen wrote this, he looked down at Scarlett, who was busy at the stall.

Ok,
hiss~
How can this not be considered a sincere and profound apology?
Please do not overthink it, and media friends, please do not let this affect others.

After finishing writing it, he sent it to Xia Tian via email.

After watching it in the summer, I didn't dare to comment or offer any opinions. Instead, I logged into Tang Wen's Renren page and posted it.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Tang Wen believed it anyway.

Actually, this statement is mainly to express our attitude.

This allows women in China to save face and have a way to save face.

We are all respectable people who care about our image.

Just as Tang Wen finished sending the email and was about to enjoy himself, a new email notification popped up in his inbox.

It was sent by my assistant in China.

The content is a recent interview with Wang Zuxian.

Wang Zuxian: "How do I feel about Wen Di being kissed? It's normal, isn't it? Actors are supposed to kiss each other, there are many kissing scenes."

Her expression remained normal, and she even had a smile on her lips.

"Angry? Why should I be angry? Because Wen-di is too good and too popular?"

"Haha, if I had the chance, I might kiss him too!"

The reporter pressed further: "If you were Mrs. Tang, or Director Tang's girlfriend, how would you view this matter? Would you still be so open-minded?"

Wang Zuxian smiled radiantly: "First of all, I am not. Secondly, if you can't even let go of such a small thing, I think you shouldn't be Mrs. Tang!"

Tang Wen secretly cheered: Thank you, Sister Zu Xian, for your help!
The older sister is so caring.

He edited a text message, first expressing his gratitude and planning to reward Sister Xian with several hundred million when they met again.

The Venice Film Festival ended two or three days ago.

Tang Wen did not leave Italy.

The Golden Lion Award was a key part of his completion of the [S-level] mission.

He stayed, hired a local PR firm, and arranged for Scarlett Johansson and Sofia Coppola to host a celebratory dinner at Westminster.

At the same time, they spent money to give some cheap "local specialties" to the main people in charge of the Venice Film Festival.

what?
No gifts accepted?
This is not polite!

It was just the award recipient's excited thanks.

Tang Wen said: I didn't know about this. I entrusted it to your local company. They said that the budget for the celebration banquet was not used up, so they bought gifts for everyone. Look, I got one too.

After attending several cocktail parties

Tang Wen figured out the procedures for organizing the Venice Film Festival.

The film festival is fully operated by the Venice Biennale.

Several directors are jointly in charge.

Tang Wen's timing was unfortunate.

Currently, this biennial is run by a privately owned company.

However, it remains under the supervision of the Italian government.

Various parties in Italy are actively working to restore it to its public status.

The reform is expected to be completed next year.

In other words, there's currently no one to pull strings with.

Even if you make connections, you won't be able to use them next year.

But this didn't stump Tang Wen. If he couldn't build connections internally, he could at least get to know the local politicians in Wisnes!

Over the course of a few days, Tang Wen made several friends in Italian government departments.

One of them was named Luca Rossi, a man in his forties who was in his prime and loved art.

Most importantly, it is said that after the Biennale is restructured in the future, he is expected to become a director and a real figure of power.

According to Tang Wen's recollection, this restructuring will establish the "Biennale" Foundation.

The foundation will be managed by several directors, who will be responsible for selecting the president of the Venice Film Festival jury.

The two sat by the sea, enjoying the sea breeze and drinking. Luca Rossi was very optimistic about Tang Wen becoming the youngest chairman of the jury in the future.

Tang Wen smiled and said, "Luca, I have a feeling you'll become a director of the Venice Biennale!"

"That's fantastic! I love this career!" Luca, usually mature and composed, didn't hold back in front of Tang Wen. The two drank together in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

We got along very well and felt like old friends at first sight.

Scarlett Johansson didn't leave either; she met with film distributors from all over the world along with director Sofia Coppola.

Lost in Translation has won an award, so it will definitely be released worldwide.

Hollywood movies have an advantage in this regard.

They have the ability to distribute their films worldwide.

If it's a film from another country, it's highly likely that the film rights for some regions have been sold.

Tang Wen and the Coppola family will continue their efforts, with the film first being released in the United States.

Once the hype dies down in North America, it will then spread to Europe and Asia.

This is also to prevent piracy.

The headquarters of The Sun in the UK.

After several days of research, the editor-in-chief, along with the temporarily formed "Tangwen" content team, held another meeting.

The expressions on everyone's faces were somewhat solemn.

The editor responsible for receiving the survey data looked dejected.

"This Tang Wen, the media is full of reports saying he's a womanizer and a philanderer!"

It sounds like he's just like those football stars and sports stars who can't control their lower bodies!
But that's not actually the case at all.

Compared to these promiscuous celebrities, Tang Wen is very restrained!
"I never throw parties where I'm promiscuous, and I don't attend those kinds of sex parties..."

"Let's get straight to the conclusion," the editor-in-chief interrupted, raising his hand.

"The conclusion is that the women who are confirmed to have had relationships with him are all famous actresses. Putting aside whether they dare to offend Tang Wen, just getting them to expose their private lives would cost a considerable amount of money!"

Simply put, the people at The Sun think that North America is full of minor models and celebrities who have been sexually harassed by Tang Wen.

For a small fee, you can obtain Tang Wen's "real-world experience" records.

In reality, Director Tang plays a very sophisticated game.

"Is there anything that doesn't require spending too much money but needs some hype?" The editor-in-chief proposed a new idea, mainly to get something for free.

The Sun doesn't publish news for the sake of the truth.

It's purely for sales!
I can't explain spending too much money to my boss.

This?
Everyone lowered their heads, like underachieving students in a classroom, afraid of being called on for a question.

Only one editor from the film news section seemed lost in thought.

After being called out by the editor-in-chief, the man tentatively said, "I just looked at the list of Hollywood actresses who have close ties with Tang Wen, and one of them is Angelina Jolie, right?"

“That’s right! What are you trying to say? She’s been famous for a long time, and money can’t buy her!” someone retorted.

The man continued, "No, I mean, I think she really needs the buzz right now, and maybe she'd be willing to work with us."

"why?"

"Because her starring film, Tomb Raider 2, only grossed less than $5000 million in its first four weeks in North America. That's less than half of the first film's box office, and it fell far short of expectations."

This film recently premiered in Europe and is gradually entering various markets. It hasn't even really taken off yet!

The editor-in-chief understood:
"Tang Wen also has a huge influence in Europe! If Jolie uses Tang Wen to create hype and directs the attention to her own movie, maybe the movie can still be saved, or at least it can boost its popularity and box office?"

"The editor-in-chief is brilliant!"

"But can't she just approach Tang Wen directly? Why should she cooperate with us?"

"There's no other way without spending money, let's give it a try!"

"..."

Angelina Jolie is extremely anxious about the film; if "Tomb Raider 2" fails, her career will suffer a significant blow.

The upward trend in status and salary will be interrupted!

Therefore, when The Sun claimed it could save her film, their condition was that she give an interview and reveal her private matters.

The Sun newspaper did not mention Tang Wen at all.

Because once she said it, Julie immediately understood that she could use Tang Wen's popularity to her advantage.

There is absolutely no need for The Sun to act as a middleman and profit from the difference.

The Sun wants to wait until the contract is signed before making any decisions.

Julie, however, was not so easily fooled. She was not a narcissist and did not believe that her private affairs had any value in saving a movie's box office!
If she has any, she wouldn't mind releasing nude photos to create buzz.

But the truth is, she had already stripped down quite a bit in the movie, but it didn't bring in the box office she wanted.

Therefore, even though he was anxious, he did not rashly agree.

(End of this chapter)