The King of Soft Rice in Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 601 Killing the chicken to scare the monkey

A crisp snap echoed across the set, accompanied by a staggering sound and the thud of something light falling to the ground.

Everyone was stunned, including Wang Jiawei, who had lost his sunglasses and sat back in his chair looking somewhat disheveled. This was an unexpected turn of events; the seemingly refined male lead could actually be so... domineering.

Xu Jiuyang, whose gaze was now fixed on him, waved his hand dismissively, as if he had done something insignificant.

"What are you doing!" the assistant screamed, looking just like a eunuch.

"Aren't you coming to help?" he shouted again towards the martial arts group.

Most of the crew members were recruited from mainland China, but many of the stuntmen were still from Hong Kong.

Some of them did indeed want to do something, but after taking only two steps, two burly men with unfriendly expressions blocked their way.

At that moment, Xu Jiuyang waved to Li Xue in the crowd.

"Boss?" Li Xue walked over calmly.

“Make a call to the Zou family,” he calmly instructed. “We spent an extra HK$1 million to acquire Golden Harvest precisely so that Mr. Zou would endorse us at a time like this. Now tell them that some people in Hong Kong are very disrespectful to us.”

The voice wasn't loud, but it was loud enough for everyone on set to hear. The assistant, who was still yelling, was suddenly silenced, like a duck being choked.

Xu Jiuyang pulled up a chair and sat down in front of Sunglasses Wong: "We spent 500 million to invite you here. You don't need to do anything specific. You just need to be a statue on set and sign your name on the finished product. We'll just use your name to create some hype and maybe win an award abroad."

Wong Kar-wai didn't speak. In fact, he hadn't said a word since he was slapped earlier. Now, he was sitting in the director's chair, looking very honest, but his eyes were darting around, truly embodying the word "scoundrel".

"We know you very well. We know that when you first started out, you squandered investors' money on a life of debauchery. If Liu Zhenwei hadn't cleaned up your mess, you would have been finished long ago. As for the various things you did to swindle investors later, we also have very detailed records," Xu Jiuyang continued. "But we still thought too highly of you. Bingbing had only been gone for a few days, and you were already thinking about seizing power and creating a fait accompli. Should we say you're stupid, or bad? Or both stupid and bad?"

“You…” Wong Kar-wai’s face finally turned red.

Xu Jiuyang didn't give you a chance to speak: "I know you're still thinking about revenge. After all, someone like you only knows how to shift the blame to others and never makes a mistake yourself. But it's okay, I don't intend to let it go like this. I have to make an example of you."

Then he thought for a moment: "Wu Yusen is not needed right now. Someone like him should be saved for last. Xu Ke, Chen Musheng, Wang Jing, and Lin Chaoxian all respect capital, so we can skip them. Du Qifeng currently has a decent relationship with Silver Screen, but they are observing from the mainland, so we can skip him as well. So, as for the candidates..."

Xu Jiuyang stopped here, looked at Sunglasses King, sneered, and said a name.

People nearby couldn't help but crane their necks; this was too damn exciting, they actually got to see such juicy gossip.

Unfortunately, the person in question controlled it very well, and only the man in sunglasses in front of him heard the name: Chen Kexin!
"Alright, now pack your things and get out of my crew," Xu Jiuyang said, then stood up and called Li Xue over: "Have someone watch him pack."

“Okay, boss.” Li Xue nodded in response.

Then Xu Jiuyang waved to Guo Zhenni: "Call Angela and have her bring Zhang Jing over to save the day."

"Understood, boss." Guo Zhenni gave an "OK" sign.

"I'm sorry, everyone, there's been a small incident on set that requires us to take a two-day break. Please take a rest. I'll cover all expenses for these two days," he then announced loudly.

The initially agitated atmosphere quickly subsided, with a few people cheering and clapping in support.

After all, nothing is more important than money.

Of course, the middle and upper management still need to be appeased, but Xu Jiuyang doesn't need to step in. He made such a big show of power before and even publicly said he would make an example of someone, which was really inappropriate.

Therefore, the task of appeasing the people naturally fell to Li Xue, who was not only the screenwriter but also one of the executive producers.

"I heard you were really impressive today, showing no respect to an international director in front of so many people."

"To put it nicely, he's an internationally renowned director; to put it bluntly, he's just a prostitute. I can give him money when I want, and I can't give him money when I don't want to." "So, according to you, I'm a prostitute too?"

"Hey, you're my wife now, you need to watch what you say."

"Okay, I apologize. How's the production crew doing now?"

"There's nothing major wrong. Li Xue has done a good job of calming them down, and I've spent a lot of money on them, so morale is pretty good. We're just waiting for Zhang Jing to come and start work."

"I understand. Remember to call me if you have any questions, including how to make an example of someone."

"Don't worry, you're the third one."

"what?"

"What do you mean, Yuanyuan and Anji are both in front of you."

"Fine, what can I do when my husband is so popular? I'm hanging up now, he'll be back in three days."

"No, let's wait another five days. Ranran will probably be joining the crew with Zhang Jing this time."

"What, are you afraid we'll fight on set? I'm about to become his ex-wife, you think I'm afraid we'll fight?"

"Who knows? My second wife has always thought I'm number one in the world, and we're still not divorced."

"Pah, I knew it, he's dead!"

After ending the call, Xu Jiuyang smiled slightly, then sighed.

Although Fan Bingbing didn't ask about the specifics—in fact, she probably already knew—her concern was quite evident in her words, after all, he had acted a little impulsively today.

Xu Jiuyang also knew that the best way was to wait until night, call the other party out, and then announce that he was out.

Wong Kar-wai thought that by demonstrating his power as a director, the crew would support him, thus making the producers hesitant to act. He had clearly been praised for too long and forgotten what kind of power capital, or rather, mainland capital, should possess.

However, Xu Jiuyang suddenly felt very annoyed when he saw those sunglasses.

In fact, if he hadn't seen the original "The Grandmaster," and if the crew hadn't had capable people who could recreate the original version he had seen, and if other investors had driven Wong Kar-wai away, the project would have been completely different, even if it hadn't been shelved.

This is probably why Wong Kar-wai can exploit his peers in the industry with impunity.

Therefore, countless ordinary people who have been exploited like this must want to slap him hard.

Xu Jiuyang isn't that great, nor does he want to represent anyone. He slapped her because he wanted to, and he said those harsh words because he wanted to. He could also use this as an excuse to mess with Chen Kexin.

As he said, these Hong Kong directors have been praised too much, and it's time to make an example of them.

Especially because of the butterfly effect, the other party's "The Warlords" had only recently started filming, and he was also unhappy with the movie, so he took the opportunity to interfere.

"What's done is done, so there's nothing to regret. It just means I'll be marginalized on set again," Xu Jiuyang chuckled.

His phone vibrated. He picked it up and saw that it was Li Yunxin calling. He sighed and then answered the call.

Well, I reckon Xiaoli will call at least later. If Liu Qianqian and Da Mimi find out, they'll call too, just out of curiosity.

Hey!
(End of this chapter)