"Drinking milk tea again."
Soon after, Zhang Yuan came to a private room of a high-end restaurant and met with Jay Chou, whom he had not seen for several months.
"You are not afraid of getting fat, there is so much sugar."
"I just like to drink, it's none of your business." Jay Chou said and laughed, and stepped forward to fist bump with him.
"Hurry up and order, I haven't even eaten yet."
I had a busy night with Liu Pinyan last night.
Anu was full, and Zhang Yuan had consumed a lot of energy.
I was in a hurry to go out. After all, I had to race against time to enjoy happiness, so I was so busy that I didn’t even eat.
"Please eat Baodao cuisine." Jay Chou took the menu.
I've been eating Baodao food all night...
"But let's wait a moment." Jay Chou hesitated.
"There are still guests who haven't come yet."
"I don't care, no one can make me hungry."
Zhang Yuan raised his arms and said, "You can give me a bowl of beef noodles."
"Okay..."
Not long after, Zhang Yuan was slurping noodles.
A dusty middle-aged man had just gotten off the plane and was coming from the airport.
When we arrived at the private room door of the restaurant, we could smell the aroma of noodles.
Push the door and enter.
"Mr. Jiang." Chairman Zhou stood up immediately.
Zhang Yuan also quickly sucked the noodles into his mouth, stood up and shook hands with the other party.
Jay saw a circle of red oil on his mouth, which was somewhat disgraceful.
I thought it was the first time I saw such a big shot. This was so inappropriate.
What a trouble if you make people angry again like this...
The person who came here, the so-called big shot in the words of Director Jay Chou, was the last person Zhang Yuan wanted to meet during his trip to the treasure island.
His name is Jiang Zhiqiang, and he is the boss of Xiangjiang Anle Pictures.
That's right, he's the guy who worked with Chen Long and was responsible for the distribution of "Rush Hour 3" in Hong Kong, Baodao and mainland China.
It is true to say that he is a big shot.
They have a large number of overseas distribution channels, especially distribution channels in overseas Chinese gathering places.
It also has close relationships with many theater chains.
If domestic films want to go overseas, sell tickets and earn box office, he is one of the important channels.
So this time Jay Chou wanted to write and direct, so he turned to this person to collaborate.
And Jay Chou is also smart.
I heard that Zhang Yuan had some contact with China Film Group, and the two of them had a good relationship, so they also found him.
So the two investors of Jay Chou's self-written and directed debut film, "The Secret That Cannot Be Told," are now shaking hands in front of him.
Jiang Zhiqiang is not tall and is not young.
Born in 1953, he is now in his fifties.
Although he is not young, the past few years have been the golden period of his career.
Because most of the works of two great directors, Zhang Yimou and Ang Lee, were distributed overseas by him.
This person has caught up with, or participated in creating, the era of Chinese blockbusters.
"Mr. Jiang, this is the first time we meet, hello." Zhang Yuan shook hands with the other person.
Jiang Zhiqiang looked at him for a moment, then looked at the half-eaten noodles on the table, and his expression suddenly became serious.
Director Zhou was heartbroken when he saw this.
He has also seen a lot in recent years, and is no longer the dazed young man he was in his early years.
Seeing the look in Boss Jiang's eyes, you thought to yourself that the host and guest hadn't come yet, so you ate it.
People who follow rules will think you are disrespectful at first glance.
Before the film was even made, the two investors were unhappy.
In the end, it was me who was unlucky.
But things were not what he thought.
Jiang Zhiqiang frowned, then raised his hand to call the waiter, pointing to Zhang Yuan's half-empty bowl.
"Give me a bowl too, hurry up."
Ren Laojiang also rushed over in a hurry without eating.
People over fifty will get stomach problems from hunger if they don't eat for a while.
Jay Chou glanced at the milk tea beside his table.
In fact, he didn't eat either.
Waiting for a while.
"Is this the rule?"
"Changed?" Jay Chou shook his head in confusion.
In fact, it’s not the rules that have changed, it’s the people that have changed.
There are different attitudes toward different people.
To him, Jiang Zhiqiang is the boss and the financial backer.
For Zhang Yuan.
You are an investor and I am an investor too.
You are a producer, and I am also a producer on a film now.
Aren't we both the same?
Just because you are older, I can’t keep you down.
Besides, we still have to talk about things next. If you are just submissive from the beginning, then it’s still nothing to talk about.
Jiang Zhiqiang also saw the state of the two of them.
I thought to myself that even though they are the same age, this kid is indeed much more ruthless than Jay.
I'm not scared to see it.
After sitting down, the two of them ate noodles and chatted.
After meeting in person, Jiang Zhiqiang was more certain of his previous thoughts.
Zhang Yuan is not an ordinary young man.
In fact, they have already crossed paths.
He was responsible for the distribution of "Fearless" and "The Golden Armor" behind the scenes in some regions.
In addition, when Zhang Jing came out before, his impression of Zhang Yuan was both good and bad.
The good thing is that he is popular.
The bad thing is that I think he is not an "obedient" actor.
But now that I think about it, there are still more good ingredients.
Because he will also be included in the subsequent "Rush Hour 3", he will have to rely on him to win more mainland box office.
Speaking of which...
"Mr. Jiang, I went to Mr. Yang Buting's place a while ago."
"I took the opportunity of chatting and gave him a rough look at the script of "Rush Hour"."
"There are still problems."
"Oh, tell me." Jiang Zhiqiang immediately leaned in.
"First of all, the villains in the film are the Triads, which are defined as a transnational criminal organization."
"But in the setting of the film, members of the Triads are distributed throughout the mainland."
"So, the Triads are China's gang organizations?"
"You should know that China does not recognize the existence of any gang organization. This does not meet the above external image requirements."
"So it has to be changed."
"Also." Zhang Yuan continued in one breath: "The film mentioned that there are 33 provinces in China."
"This is a big problem!"
"With this problem, the film will no longer be available in mainland China."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Zhiqiang didn't understand.
"The script left this place out!" Zhang Yuan pointed around with his fingers.
"Including Treasure Island, there should be 34 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions."
"Oh..." Jiang Zhiqiang is from Xiangjiang and is not too familiar with this.
"Either say 34, or say 35, 36, 37, even if you include island countries, Bang countries, Vietnam, and Siam, just treat it as an imaginary world."
"But only the number 33 doesn't work!"
Seeing Zhang Yuan's resolute attitude, Director Zhou seemed a little embarrassed.
After all, the mainstream media on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have completely different perceptions of whether it is 33 or 34.
"Okay, I understand. I will work with Jackie to communicate with New Line."
Jiang Zhiqiang was very satisfied.
Chen Long said before that this guy took the initiative to communicate with China Film and Television.
He only regarded the other party as a braggart, trying to put some gold on his face so that he could appear capable of joining the "Rush Hour 3" crew.
I didn’t expect that people would actually ask for something.
This content is no joke at first glance.
If it violates taboos, it really won't be released in mainland China.
If it cannot be released, both he and Chen Long will suffer losses and make much less money.
Jiang Zhiqiang felt more and more that this guy was quite good.
It can check and audit internally and deal with foreigners externally.
From what Chen Long said, this kid was kept in a daze by those foreigners.
"So next, let's talk about "The Secret That Cannot Be Told"?"
"Okay."
Both of them turned their attention to Jay Chou. Director Jay was stunned and quickly took out the documents from his backpack.
"I'm the only little brother on the table, right..."
Looking at his aggrieved look, Zhang Yuanxin said this was not nonsense!
We are both financial backers. You are a new director. If you are not the younger brother, who is the younger brother?
Director Jay Chou took out the complete script and plan that he had already prepared.
"The current estimated budget is 12 million." Jay Chou said while looking at the eyes of the two people.
Seeing that neither of them had any frowns or expressions of displeasure, he knew that the budget was not an exaggeration.
Not only is it not an exaggeration, in Zhang Yuan's eyes, it is actually very few.
How much is Jay Chou worth now?
His salary for "City Full of Golden Armor" was 12 million.
Zhang Yuan only had 2 million, which was a fraction of his.
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"The Untold Secret", he is both the starring role and the director. It stands to reason that he can get more than 20 million yuan in salary alone.
But after much thought, he decided not to take any remuneration and count all of it as an investment, in order to reduce the production cost of the film.
The money came from Zhang Yuan and Jiang Zhi, so he waited to share the money.
He is quite a thief, but it also proves that he is very confident.
He wants to get 20% of the box office income, copyright income and all other income, and the music copyright is his own, and neither Zhang Yuan nor Jiang Zhiqiang can use it at will.
This is equal to a split ratio of 442.
At the same time, he also chose the filming location at his alma mater, Tamkang Middle School.
This school has many honorary alumni, but only two are the most famous.
Besides Jay Chou, there is someone more powerful than him.
Ancient dragon!
This school is also considered a treasure in the literary and art circles.
However, Jay Chou made his debut in society after finishing high school, and Gu Long went straight to Tamkang University.
The ancient master was still more educated.
When the school heard that he was going to make a movie, it promised that it would only charge a nominal fee for the use of the venue, and would also organize students to act as extras for a lunch box.
In addition, most of the actors in this film are close friends of Jay Chou.
In addition to the members of "Nanquan Mama", there are also his makeup artist Du Guozhang, and frequent collaborator Huang Junlang... the lyricist of "In the Name of the Father".
The second female lead, Zeng Kaixuan, is his new partner.
The heroine found Gui Lunmei, who had just debuted, and was famous for his small breasts, few words, and a cocky expression.
Jay Chou had seen her famous work "Blue Door" and felt that this girl was light and had quite a personality.
Zhang Yuan felt that he must have fallen in love with someone while watching a movie, so he chose the other person this time.
The total cost of this group of people is not much, and most of them are related households.
As a result, the person with the highest salary was Huang Qiusheng, who had worked with Jay Chou and Zhang Yuan in "Initial D".
"I have some opinions." After listening to Jay Chou introducing the actors he had contacted, Zhang Yuan raised his arm.
"I have an idea for the female lead, and I want to recommend someone."
"Secondly, I have ideas about the distribution of the film's profits."
"Tsk..." Boss Jiang squeezed out a voice from between his teeth.
This is what he thinks is "bad" about Zhang Yuan.
So ambitious!
The film is divided into male and female protagonists.
The male protagonist is the ironclad Jay Chou.
The heroine is the most important undecided role.
He wants to take this option.
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You are so brave!
Jiang Zhiqiang leaned on his seat, lowered his head and said nothing.
Director Zhou knew at a glance that the big boss was not satisfied with Zhang Yuan's request.
Bang!
Just when everyone was awkward and the atmosphere was a little awkward, a loud noise was heard.
The door to the hotel private room was kicked open forcefully, and a group of people rushed in.
Looking at this momentum, Zhang Yuan felt familiar.
It's a bit like Huaqiang's night attack on Feng Biao.
It's quite ferocious.
But he didn't expect that this group of people was coming for him.
"It's you who yells!"
"Mainland boy!"
Zhang Yuan pointed to himself: "Looking for me?"
"What's going on?" He straightened up when he saw these vicious men.
Don't quite understand why.
After all the old guys stood up and surrounded him, someone slowly walked in from outside the door.
He slowly came to Zhang Yuan.
This guy squinted his eyes, rubbed his neck, and raised his nostrils to the sky, looking very dandy.
"Is it you, messing with my wife?"
This man held the armrests of Zhang Yuan's chair with both hands, as if he wanted to hold him there for interrogation.
As soon as he said these words, Jay Chou, who was a little scared just now, suddenly stretched his neck.
"My mother has an unexpected bonus!"
Jiang Zhiqiang has been around in Hong Kong and overseas for so many years, and has seen big scenes. Seeing this, he did not panic, but just stepped aside slightly.
"What a romantic young man." He chuckled inwardly.
As the saying goes, nothing is more delicious than dumplings, and nothing more fun than sister-in-law.
So the most beautiful thing in the world should be eating dumplings and playing with your sister-in-law...
Jiang Zhiqiang thought, there are some people who like this, and some people just like to play with other people's wives and find it exciting.
I just didn't expect that the boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes in front of me was also on this path.
It’s good to be young, but at my age, I can’t even play anymore if I want to.
"However, this is also an opportunity for me."
Boss Jiang has many connections in Baodao and can handle such "little things".
"If I help him get these things done, and then talk about the film later, he will have no position."
"After all, I saved you, so what qualifications do you have to talk to me?"
Just as he was thinking about it, Zhang Yuan asked inexplicably.
"Who is your wife?"
Good guy... Jay Chou said that he had played with the wives of so many people, he couldn't even remember which ones, right?
He even asked the waiter to bring melon seeds.
"Fuck, my mother Ganlin!"
"My wife is Jia Jingwen!"
"Oh..." Zhang Yuan finally came back to his senses: "Nice to meet you."
He also raised his arm to shake hands with the other person.
This guy was completely confused.
This person's name is Sun Zhihao. His family is engaged in international logistics, and his main battlefield is in Shanghai.
It's quite rich, but that's about it.
Yesterday, when I came home from a nightclub, I heard from my mother that Teacher Jia drove out alone.
Moreover, this mother specially found someone to follow her.
I found that Alyssa Chia picked up people again and sent them to the hotel again.
As soon as he heard the word hotel, he felt like his head was green.
He and his mother didn't care about his singing and dancing every night, and never cared about his wife and children.
But my wife has to be followed whenever she goes out.
This is because he does not regard Teacher Jia as one of his own family members, or even as a human being.
This guy was so angry that he didn't confront Teacher Jia first.
I still found a group of people who were idle in society and stayed outside the hotel.
Seeing Zhang Yuan going out at noon, these people followed him and informed him.
This man's back was sore from playing every day and he got up late. He just received the news and came in a hurry.
As soon as he entered the room, he gave Zhang Yuan some care.
The plan is to scare the other party first.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yuan showed no fear at all.
Still asking.
"Are you planning to submit letters of defense or military force next?"
"Civil and military?" Sun Zhihao looked back at the buddies he had found.
"You don't understand this?" Zhang Yuan looked disgusted: "In the waterway, is this called eating wontons or eating flat noodles?"
"On the dry road, it's called grabbing tickets or knocking people."
"Besides, you don't report back or cross your arms."
"It's not appropriate to do it like this."
Sun Zhihao was stunned.
Is he giving me a lesson?
Who did it?
Who are the gangsters?
Zhang Yuan lit a cigarette and complained unhurriedly.
"There are state-owned laws and regulations, and the local gangs are too rude!" (End of Chapter)