The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 227 Very reasonable

With a click, the conference room door opened, and Zhang Guoli and his wife walked in, along with their son Zhang Mo.

"Sorry for the delay." Zhang Guoli apologized with a hearty laugh, then led Deng Jie and Zhang Mo to their seats.

However, Xu Jiuyang's attention was not on them, but on another woman who followed them in.

Despite wearing sunglasses, anyone familiar with the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the early 90s would recognize her: Kathy Chow.

The name on the sign in front of the seat she sat down was: Abbess Miejue!

This is 02, not 19!
Anyway, Xu Jiuyang was completely bewildered after reading it all, while Fan Bingbing still argued vehemently: "This is called a gimmick, you know, a gimmick! In the original work, Abbess Miejue and Song Yuanqiao are not from the same generation, and Jin Yong also wrote that she is very beautiful, so it would be very suitable to cast Miss Zhou to play this role."

"Are you guys really that rich?" Xu Jiuyang really wanted to ask that, but thinking about this situation, Li Yunxin and Angela might have gotten involved, so they probably really were just poor and only had money left.

In short, he was in a real bind, and that familiar feeling was coming back—his intuition told him something was wrong, but all sorts of explanations seemed reasonable.

Not only is the character Abbess Miejue like this, but there is another character who is like this as well, namely Yang Buhui.

The production team needs three child actors: a young Zhang Wuji, a young Zhou Zhiruo, and a young Yang Buhui.

Let's not even talk about the young Zhang Wuji; it's still Shi Xiaolong. After all, there aren't many good child stars at this point in time, especially since he had worked with Fan Bingbing in Young Justice Bao.

The actress who played the young Zhou Zhiruo is Li Xue, a student at the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy. Perhaps it was because of her Shandong province origin that Fan Bingbing valued her.

Although the name looked somewhat familiar, Xu Jiuyang didn't think much of it. There were too many people named Li Xue; even Li Bingbing had changed her name to Li Xue.

But Xiao Yang doesn't regret it... Liu Shishi... that's just outrageous.

“It’s normal. It’s not easy to find young actors with good acting skills. We can only try to find them through dance schools. We happened to see Li Xue at the Affiliated High School of Beijing Dance Academy, so we went to Beijing Dance Academy to look for her and that’s how we found Shi Shi.” That’s how Fan Bingbing explained it.

Whether Xu Jiuyang believed it or not, she believed it anyway.

Sigh, Zhou Haimei played the role of Miejue more than ten years in advance, so what difference does it make whether Shi Shi is Shi Shi or not? Someone comforted themselves with this thought.

Anyway, it's not my money being spent, so I'll just let them do what they want. The thought of future netizens playing music and fast-forwarding through the list of beautiful women is quite interesting.

Soon, Gao Yuanyuan also pushed open the door and came in, along with Dong Qing. Now that the important characters were basically all present, the meeting could officially begin.

However, Xu Jiuyang was even more depressed.

It's one thing to spend money hiring a bunch of unnecessary actors and celebrities, but to make Dong Qing the producer is another. Are they afraid they haven't lost enough money yet?

Just look at Zhang Dahuzi to see how much a producer has to do to make a film crew run smoothly.

Although Dong Qing was also a producer for the Legend of the Condor Heroes production team, what did she actually do during the entire filming process? Most of the time, she acted as a mascot, and a small part of the time, she was his assistant.

So, what could she possibly do on the set of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber"? Could she promptly address the needs of various departments? Could she identify and resolve problems immediately? Could she mediate conflicts that arose during filming? Could she prevent certain individuals from taking advantage of the crew?
Although Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan also served as producers, Dong Qing at least had some experience. What experience did they have?
However, when Xu Jiuyang raised his question, both Fan Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan said: Don't worry, nothing will happen.

Sister Yuanyuan was very considerate and said a few more words to him: "There is a first time for everything. You can't not do it just because there is a risk. As long as you can learn from the experience, that's fine."

Well, what else could he say?
The meeting was short, mainly consisting of Fan Bingbing introducing themselves and arranging the start date for filming.

Despite having discussed it privately, Xu Jiuyang still felt a pang of regret when he heard her bring it up in the meeting.

Filming is scheduled to begin at the end of the month, with only three months allotted for shooting. Although the location shooting locations are all near Beijing, the actual filming will still take a long time, so I don't know why they're rushing it. But since they've already made their decision, and he's not the boss, just a kept man, there's no need for him to worry about it.

Besides, she previously said that she could complete the preliminary preparations in three months, and when she came back this time, it turned out that she really did it.

It may have been in preparation for a while, or it may not have been completed yet, but at least for now, everything seems to be going smoothly.

"Xiao Yang, I'm counting on you this time." After the meeting, when only three people remained, Gao Yuanyuan said to Xu Jiuyang with a smile.

“No problem, but… I still suggest that Sister Yuanyuan find a more professional acting teacher to learn from,” Xu Jiuyang said.

"How do you know I haven't looked for her?" Gao Yuanyuan shrugged.

"Okay, let's set a time, Sister Yuanyuan." Xu Jiuyang nodded.

"Not today, he's mine today." Before Gao Yuanyuan could speak, Fan Bingbing sat down next to someone.

“I remember.” Gao Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at Fan Bingbing before turning to Xu Jiuyang and saying, “Speaking of which, there’s something about writing that I’d like to consult with Xiaoyang about.”

"Sister Yuanyuan, have you finished writing the story of Tan Yunxian and Xu Changjin?" Xu Jiuyang asked curiously.

"It's mostly finished, but there are still some details that need to be adjusted. I've been busy for more than half a year, and I want to write something else to clear my head," Gao Yuanyuan nodded. "Coincidentally, a blog website invited me to join. I took a look and thought the conditions were pretty good. I could write a few lines online without any problem, but I just can't think of a suitable topic."

"Writing some random thoughts would be enough," Fan Bingbing muttered, then shut her mouth before Gao Yuanyuan could cast a cold glance at her.

"What are your thoughts, Sister Yuanyuan?" Xu Jiuyang asked, stroking his chin.

"For now, I'll stick with history, since my two best-selling books are both in this area," Gao Yuanyuan said.
“Then I have a suggestion,” Xu Jiuyang said immediately, “use a more humorous, or rather, conversational style, to popularize the stories of a certain dynasty to the readers. We could call it ‘Those Things of a Certain Dynasty.’ The Qing Dynasty is difficult to write about, so we can start with the Ming Dynasty. If the response is so-so, we can stop writing after we finish it. If the response is good, we can turn it into a series.”

No need to thank me, Director Shi. You no longer need to pretend to be crazy.

Of course, some parts will definitely need to be modified, such as the stories about Bao Zong and Xu Jie.

“That sounds good,” Gao Yuanyuan nodded thoughtfully. “I will think about it carefully.”

She chatted with him for a few more minutes until a certain Bingbing was making subtle remarks from the side, such as "Are you done yet?" or "You're so troublesome."

"I'll be leaving now." Gao Yuanyuan glared at Fan Bingbing without any attempt to hide it, nodded to Xu Jiuyang, and then got up and left the conference room.

Fan Bingbing immediately took Xu Jiuyang's arm: "I'm sorry, she knew you were mine today, and she still took up so much of your time."

Xu Jiuyang, who was about to say something, could only sigh and say, "Alright."

Sometimes he was still quite curious, even though they appeared harmonious in front of him, he wondered if they might fight, scratch each other, or even tear each other's hair apart in private.

"Wait a moment, I have some things to do. I'll go eat when I'm done," Fan Bingbing said.

“I still have some time, I need to go back first,” Xu Jiuyang shook his head, “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon—or you can give me your address, and I’ll go there and wait for you.”

“But… oh well, whatever you say goes, but…” Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes, “Why don’t you spend some time with Siyan sometime? She misses you a lot.”

You guys really have to compete with each other everywhere!

(End of this chapter)