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Chapter 524 A bit despicable (please subscribe for the first update!)
Not a few minutes after Tang An returned to the office, Xu Zheng hurried in and told Tang An bad news.

The filming of "The Master of Hypnotism" has been finished and is in post-production, "Lost in Hong Kong" is already looking for locations, and the actors should also be finalized.

This time the heroine Xu Zheng still found Zhao Wei, and the male number two Wang Baoqiang.

The female number two happened to be Tang Yan finished filming the second part of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The heroine's brother-in-law approached Wang Xun, and there were several Xiangjiang actors.

It is called "囧囧 in Hong Kong", and there are not many Hong Kong actors who are not suitable.

In fact, "Lost in Thailand" originally sought out Wang Xun from the very beginning, but Wang Xun had no schedule at the time, so he recommended his good buddy Huang Bo.

The actors are all ready, and most of them have been negotiated. When it comes to Zhao Wei and Wang Baoqiang, something goes wrong. Both of them want to participate in the investment.

Tang An frowned after hearing Xu Zheng's talk about his contact with the two of them, "Is it necessary to participate in the investment?"

"That's right, and the will is very strong. Although I haven't said I'm dead, it seems that I have to invest."

Xu Zheng was not in a high mood either, he pointed at this movie and turned over now, but he didn't expect someone to want to share a piece of the cake.

Except for the director's share, the studio only has a 30% investment share, and Tang An occupies the majority of the studio.

If he worked hard for more than half a year, and the money was earned by the two of them in the end, Xu Zheng would definitely not want it.

Furthermore, he and Han Tang both signed a contract, and the investment ratio was written in the contract. Even if they had to give up a few points to the two of them, who would give it up?
Tang An wasn't too surprised. The original "囧囧 in Hong Kong" had Zhao Wei's investment, and Wang Baoqiang was also transferred to "Detective Chinatown" because he was rejected for participating in the investment.

Wang Baoqiang has invested in "Detective Chinatown".

It's normal for big-name stars to bring funds into the group, but it's impossible to even think about getting a share of the box office.

Neither Cheng Long nor Li Lianjie ever received a share of the box office in the mainland, they all took their salary as shares.

In this regard, actors are still not as strong as directors. Big directors can get box office dividends, but big stars can't.

Tang An thought for a while and asked, "Are there no other candidates besides them?"

"There must be, but the two of them are the most suitable candidates in terms of image and popularity."

Xu Zheng sighed, and then said, "The heroine Cai Bo is a middle-aged woman, so she can't be pretty first of all. There are several female stars who can stand out here who are not beautiful, let alone popular and charismatic."

"Cai Lala is completely based on the character design set by Wang Baoqiang. No matter the lines or the image, they are all tailor-made for him."

That's true, although not all the stars in the entertainment circle are top-notch beauties, but at least they can be considered beautiful. If they don't have enough looks and figure, they won't even be able to get into the film and television academy.

Of course, finding a female star in her 30s and [-]s is almost enough for him to go on camera without makeup.

But if people agree, there will be ghosts.

It’s okay to put on make-up and look ugly, but few people will agree to go on camera without makeup.

Playing ugly on purpose, fans know it's fake, that's fine.

But if the audience and fans can see the state of bare makeup, maybe they will lose fans.
Besides, the role of Cai Lala, if you just read the script, it is easy to be disgusted.

Including the role of Wang Baoqiang in "Lost in Thailand" and "People on the Journey", think about it yourself, if you were Xu Lang and Li Chenggong, based on their current situation, would you not hate having such a person by your side?
That is to say, Wang Baoqiang has so many honest and honest classic characters in the past, and the audience has a good relationship with them, so that the audience will not hate them.

Tang An thought for a while, passed the post-70s actresses in the circle in his head, and suggested, "Only one can be kept, I will give up 4% of the investment share, Wang Baoqiang will keep it, Zhao Wei will be replaced by Qin Hairu and Yuan Quan, what do you think?"

Qin Hairu was jokingly called "the ugliest actress in history". Although she wasn't ugly, she wasn't too pretty either, and her acting skills were good enough.

Yuan Quan has a good temperament, but in terms of appearance, she is really not very beautiful, so it is no problem to play this kind of role.

If you really want to change, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to replace Zhao Wei. After the movie was screened, I was scolded a lot.

Tang An gave up 4% of the investment share, Xu Zheng was of course happy to see it.

Let alone 4%, it doesn't matter if he lets 40%, as long as Xu Zheng gets a lot of it.

But if only one can be changed, Xu Zheng thought for a while and said, "Tang Dong, if I can only keep one, I still want to keep Zhao Wei. Her husband Huang Long has a good relationship with Ah Li's Ma Dong. We will try our best to get Ah Li's resources to promote the film."

Then Xu Zheng whispered, "It is said that Huang Long has a background in the Tomorrow Department, and more than ten banks and insurance companies in which he holds shares can provide loans for the film."

Department of tomorrow.
It seems that there is a saying that Huang Long is the white glove of tomorrow.

Anyway, according to various speculations, Ah Li later took the shell of Wenhua Zhonghua from Dong Ping, and Wenhua Zhonghua was bought by Dong Ping again.

Dong Ping's Peking University Huayi was established as a joint venture with Peking University Culture under Tomorrow Department. After borrowing the shell of Shanglian Cement and changing its name to Wenhua Zhonghua, after going public, the shares of Peking University Culture were pledged into the listed company Wenhua Zhonghua.

It's almost like, Tomorrow Department put the Peking University culture of the media industry into the Peking University culture, and then sold it to Ma Yun.

After Ma Yun took Wenhua Zhonghua, the stock price soared.

At that time, Cultural China had a market value of 50 billion Hong Kong dollars, and Ma Yun spent more than 60 billion to buy 60% of the shares, and the stock price was twice as high as the market value.

After the acquisition, the market value became more than 360 billion, and Huang Long bought nearly 30% of the shares at a price of more than 10 billion.

If Huang Long really belonged to the Tomorrow Department, the 60 billion came and went, which is equivalent to playing a trick with the Tomorrow Department and Ah Li, and the value of the shares in his hand doubled several times without paying more money.

It's all a capital game.

Of course, I don’t know if it’s true or not, I’m afraid they have to ask themselves.

Although Tomorrow has invested in more than a dozen banks and insurance companies, Tang An has no shortage of loans at all.

As long as it is his movie, the four major banks will not reject it, and the interest rate is also the lowest.

Compared to Zhao Wei, Tang An still hopes to keep Wang Baoqiang, and it doesn't matter if he gives three or four investment points.

In terms of importance, Zhao Wei is far from being able to compare with Wang Baoqiang in this movie.

He persuaded, "I still think it is more appropriate to keep Wang Baoqiang."

Xu Zheng insisted, "Tang Dong, I can find a suitable candidate for Wang Baoqiang, but there is still a gap between Qin Hairu, Yuan Quan and Zhao Wei."

Tang An felt a little strange in his heart, so he gave him two glances without answering.

The combination of Xu Zheng + Wang Baoqiang has already had a successful precedent. At this time, Wang Baoqiang was actually given up in order to keep Zhao Wei.

Seeing Xu Zheng feel a little guilty, he slightly lowered his head and took a sip from his teacup.

"That's fine. You are the director. I don't interfere with the actors. You can only give one investment share, up to four points, and you can decide." Tang An nodded after thinking about it.

It's acceptable to let out three or four points for a copy, and seven or eight points for two people is not bad, but for the next part, shouldn't it be twenty or thirty points?

Xu Zheng said hastily, "Tang Dong, I will find a suitable actor right away to ensure that he fits the role, and he will not be worse than Wang Baoqiang."

After leaving Tang An's office, Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief.

All of a sudden, his thoughts rose again.

Give up Wang Baoqiang, then this series will become his own, and it will no longer be a partner movie.

As for whether it will be successful, he no longer doubts it since "Detective Chinatown" can break one billion with the title of "Tai囧".

As long as the shots are not bad, one billion is at least.

Moreover, it was Tang An who made the decision, and it "has nothing to do with him".

In the office, Tang An probably understood Xu Zheng's thoughts after a while.

He smiled and shook his head, it doesn't matter who Xu Zhengyong is to him, even if it is Bao Baer in the end, there is not much loss.

"Hong Kong Lost" is facing "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". Even if Wang Baoqiang is used, with the current market capacity, the combined box office of the two films during the Spring Festival will be 22 billion at most.

Even if they lose, with the popularity of this series, one billion is still stable.

The price of the next Tang An can be lowered.

It seems a little despicable.

However, Xu Zheng himself had no choice but to insist. Tang An had promised not to interfere with the casting before, so he couldn't go back on his word.

What you say counts.

In the future, if the company uses wrong actors for every movie and TV series, and Tang An interferes and replaces them, those directors will definitely feel unhappy.

Once or twice is okay, every time I interfere, people who have the ability to run away early.

Wang Zhongjun couldn't even interfere with the role of Feng Dapao's movies. His box office was high, and all of them sold well, making Huayi so much money.

Unless Feng Dapao hit the street, and it was a big hit, then he wouldn't have the confidence to refuse Wang Zhongjun's placement of actors.

(End of this chapter)