In the evening, in a private room of a big hotel near the crew.
Zhang Yuan was still wondering in the afternoon why Xiao Wang stayed all day without leaving.
Now it seems that he has forgotten Hua Yi’s traditional art skills, the wine game.
Unlike the film crew’s launch banquet, Wang Zhonglei will not invite “unpopular” people when entertaining guests.
The so-called "unpopular" people are all the crew members except the main actors and main staff.
At its peak, the crew had three to four hundred people, but now the number invited to the banquet was only two tables.
Zhang Yuan took a look at the splendid hotel private room, with Roman columns standing in the corners and a mural of a naked little angel painted on the ceiling.
The private room is more than 200 square meters, with its own bathroom, KTV, bar, and the red patterned carpet on the floor is about an inch thick.
Having two tables here is probably enough to feed the entire crew for two days in an ordinary restaurant.
"The aesthetics of heaven and earth are the same..." Zhang Yuan complained in his heart.
He didn't like this kind of environment. He was too out of touch with the masses, and he had a sense of being too vulgar and condescending.
Well, so to speak, it matches well with most people in the entertainment industry.
"Come on, let's all respect Mr. Wang!" Feng Xiaogang started to stand up, and the others also stood up and raised their glasses to Xiao Wang who was on the throne.
A table can seat more than ten people.
In addition to Xiao Wang, Director Feng, Zhang Li, Liu Dehua, Liu Ruoying, Li Bingbing, Ge You, You Yong, producer Chen Guofu, Wu Zhijiang Daohai, originally also sitting at the main table was assistant director Xu General Administration... Zhang Yuan's first scene, the one where he slaps Uncle Ge, was directed by him.
As soon as he sat down, Xiao Wang stood up and pointed to Zhang Yuan, who was leading Wang Baoqiang to the second table.
"Hey, where are you sitting? Come here!"
As soon as Xiao Wang spoke, the whole audience was silent.
The main table is now full, who should I let go?
At this time, it has to be Feng Xiaogang. If you call him a "dog leg", he is a professional.
"Zongzheng, don't you have a good relationship with Hanyu? Go sit closer and have a good drink."
Assistant Director Xu took a breath, stood up helplessly, and exchanged places with Zhang Yuan.
Looking at Zhang Yuan's back as he walked to the main table, many people showed envious eyes.
The eyes of the rest of the people were more complicated. All of these people were calculating and planning, just like a pack of wolves that had smelled something.
To toast Xiao Wang, it is a glass of white wine per person. It is not a small wine cup, but a small glass for drinking tea. One cup requires two ounces.
Zhang Yuan looked around and saw that all these people were veterans of the "alcohol test".
It was fine when the crew had dinner together before, but when the boss came today, they all got into full swing and drank with all their strength.
Especially Li Bingbing, what a drink...
As expected, if you can be a social butterfly, there is no one who has a bad drinking capacity.
"Hey, Zhang Yuan, you can do it. How much can you usually drink?" After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, I was almost done with my awesomeness, so I saw it in twos and threes and started chatting with my neighbor. sky.
Xiao Wang saw that he was still blushing after drinking a lot, so he asked with interest.
“Yidiandian.” He replied modestly.
Xiao Wang then began to confront him. As a result, after the two of them each drank a bottle, Zhang Yuan became "overwhelmed by alcohol" and began to pretend to be drunk.
Xiao Wang burped from wine and praised with flushed cheeks: "No...that's right. If you practice more, you will be able to become a master."
"There is a future!" Big tongue.
"What is the most expensive thing in the 21st century."
"Talent!"
Xiao Wang has memorized this line and said it repeatedly.
“Those who can drink are talents!”
Zhang Yuan, who was leaning back in his chair and pretending to be asleep, opened his eyes a little and glanced.
Yes, being able to drink in Huayi is indeed considered a talent.
After all, "Follow Hua Yi and drink nine meals in three days."
They are originally a military family, and the king has also served as a soldier. They have an almost pathological pursuit of drinking.
The wine party lasted until midnight, and the assistant and the driver "held" Xiao Wang back to the car.
Wang Zhonglei, who was already drunk, was still chatting with everyone.
"Wazai, handsome!"
"Milk Tea looks so gentle." He said while touching the other person's hand.
"Bingbing is the mainstay of our Hua Yi." When she said this, Xiao Wang put his arm around her shoulders.
“Hey, where is Zhang Yuan?” Before leaving, this man turned around again.
Zhang Yuan staggered forward and was pulled over by Xiao Wang.
"When you have time, come to us... Hiccup, come to our Huayi to play."
It is said without intention, but the listener has intention.
Everyone else present pricked up their ears.
Coupled with the fact that Xiao Wang asked him to switch places at the wine table before, even a blind person can see that Xiao Wang is very interested in Zhang Yuan and intends to recruit him.
And it was his boss who personally recruited them!
Everyone felt that the weight of this matter was different.
In fact, according to Zhang Yuan's level, it is not enough for Xiao Wang to win over personally.
But these are special times.
Over 70% of the artists in Huayi were recruited by Wang Jinhua.
The two kings, big and small, are already alert, so they personally take action to win people's hearts.
"Look, I told you to say nice things about him in front of your boss." Feng Xiaogang said to Zhang Li beside him while waving towards the taillights of the car going away.
"Yes." Zhang Li nodded vigorously.
"Okay, stop pretending." After leaving the restaurant and taking the bus back to the hotel, Li Bingbing stood up and came to Zhang Yuan's side, who was sitting in the back row.
“It’s quite similar.” Li Bingbing tapped his nose with her finger.
This lady drank a little less than two kilograms today, but the result was just like a normal person.
Zhang Yuan straightened up helplessly and stretched.
Li Bingbing thought to herself, this guy is really different from others.
Other actors at his age would like to drink until they vomit at the wine table to show their abilities.
But he started to pretend to be drunk after half the drink, which not only showed his drinking capacity, but also gave Mr. Wang face.
“He thinks more and is smarter than the average person.”
"I said a lot of nice things to you in front of the boss. Why, don't you express your gratitude?" Li Bingbing said delicately.
"Thank you, Sister Bingbing." He quickly replied with a smile.
"That's it. It's not sincere at all." The other party tilted his head and rolled his eyes.
"Then I promise not to bite you again."
Li Bingbing narrowed her eyes: "Get out!"
Then he burst into laughter.
"Seriously, if you come to Huayi, I will protect you." After laughing for a while, she expressed her true thoughts.
Strike first is the strongest!
We can’t let Fan Xiaopang snatch it away.
"That's natural. If I come to Huayi, I will definitely come to you."
"It's agreed, don't go back on it!" Li Bingbing pointed at him with the same expression as Wang Jingze.
Unfortunately, I won’t come... Zhang Yuan said secretly in his heart.
In other words, the way I come is slightly different from what you imagined.
This should be called... Tathagata.
On the second day, without Xiao Wang’s interference, the crew’s work returned to its usual rhythm.
However, after arriving at the set today, Zhang Yuan found that most of the staff looked at him slightly differently than before. And many people are very enthusiastic about his attitude.
“Huh, you are really well-informed.”
Seeing people ordering dishes, after knowing that Xiao Wang paid attention to Zhang Yuan yesterday, most people started to Bet on favor.
One person can ascend to heaven with chickens and dogs. If one day he goes up and three melons and two dates fall down, it will be enough for us to make a fortune.
Besides, even if there is no benefit, if I don’t give you a smile now, if someone holds a grudge and comes back with revenge when I am powerful in the future, my small body will not be able to bear it.
To put it aside, there are a lot of petty people in the entertainment industry, especially when people suddenly become rich or famous, it is inevitable that they will drift away.
After drifting, they will do many "crazy" behaviors.
Look at how crazy Nanbang is next door.
He sees other people's behavior, but he doesn't care in his heart, just like always.
On the other side, Xiao Wang was hungover last night. After waking up, he went to an antique shop without stopping.
In those days, antique shops were a good place for many officials and businessmen to communicate privately.
After all, the pricing of antiques is ambiguous, so they are perfect for "gifts".
But what Xiao Wang wants to meet today is not an official figure.
But it is indeed not appropriate for the two of them to meet with a lot of fanfare.
Because the person Xiao Wang is meeting today is none other than Zhang Dabeard!
In 2004, the Huayi brothers had already established a firm foothold in the film industry.
It was also from this year that the two kings had more money, so they changed the company's business strategy of "film business as the absolute core" and ambitiously planned to enter the TV drama market on a large scale.
Before this, Hua Yi was just experimenting in the field of TV dramas.
But after seeing the rapid development of the TV drama market after 2000 and the rising copyright fees, the two brothers could no longer hold back.
They plan to create the first domestic TV drama platform and form a model where movies and TV dramas can walk on two legs. The appetite is huge!
The first choice for cooperation is Big Beard.
Not only because he has a strong appeal as a top producer in the country, but at the same time, he is actually related to the newly emerging Alibaba family.
Big Beard had a close personal relationship with Dad Ma, and the two kings also took a fancy to this.
In fact, Big Beard has always been in Cao's camp and his heart is in Han. In other words, he has always been a meat-and-vegetarian person, and he ate several of them together.
We collaborated with Ciwen Film and Television to film three or four Jin Yong dramas. As a result, the main characters were not many from Ciwen. They either went to Chengtian or Huayi.
If Nie Yuan had seen the bearded man earlier, he wouldn't have lost money and switched jobs to Ciwen for "The Condor". It was useless.
How much does Ciwen cost?
In order to win over Big Beard, Huayi gave him a total of about 2 million shares in 2004 and 2005, which is almost 1.5% of Huayi shares!
Given so many benefits, who do you think Big Beard is helping?
After filming "Swordsman", Xu Qing became Hua Yi's person.
After filming "The Condor", Zhou Xun became Hua Yi's person.
After filming "Dragon", Hu Jun became Hua Yi's man.
After filming "The Condor", Huang Xiaoming, Chen Zihan, Meng Guangmei, and even Liu Qianqian almost became Hua Yi's people.
Big Beard is using investment from other companies to run a training camp for Hua Yi.
"This time it's 1 million shares, 0.3 yuan per share." Xiao Wang said slowly while drinking strong tea to relieve his hangover.
"Mr. Wang is grand!" The bearded man gave out his iconic heroic smile.
Of course, it wasn’t for free. Hua Yi also bought shares in Big Beard’s studio and some film and television cities.
"This time in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", the male protagonist..."
"I know." The bearded man sat carelessly: "You quite like that boy Huang Xiaoming .”
"What about Ciwen's Nie Yuan?"
"It's all because of my words." The bearded man replied nonchalantly: "It's an audition, it's an internal fair vote."
“Actually, I still have the final say on this matter. It’s useless if no one else agrees with whoever I want to use.”
“Besides, I can also give a reason.”
“Huang Xiaoming He is indeed more famous than Nie Yuan now. He is the male lead in both "Emperor of Han Dynasty" and "Dragon Ticket". ”
"Okay." Xiao Wang was very satisfied.
Next, the two discussed some future film and television drama plans.
Feng Xiaogang in the movie and Beard in the TV series are the two projects planned by Hua Yi.
"By the way, you recognize that boy named Zhang Yuan, right?"
The bearded man was stunned. As he was talking, the topic suddenly turned to that shrewd boy. .
wrong?
The crew is full of human spirits, and Big Beard is the old goblin among the human spirits.
“When Xiao Wang mentioned him, there must be something about this kid that got his attention.”
“Let me hear what he has to say first!”
“I recognize him. , we have collaborated before, he played a supporting role in "Dragon"
"Well, how is his performance on the set?"
"Uh..." the bearded man said to himself as he rolled his eyelids.
The other party just asked about Huang Xiaoming, obviously trying to bring down his subordinates.
Now I asked about Zhang Yuan again, it should be for the same purpose.
“Perform well, work hard, learn quickly, can act and fight.”
"Why did you ask about him?"
"He was in two of our company's recent movies."
"Oh..."
It seems that I You guessed it right, Xiao Wang also wants to recruit Zhang Yuan into the company.
“But the two ices are about to start fighting.”
"If Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Yuan were put together again, they would probably fight."
"It's lively enough."
Big Beard saw that the funeral was not too sick, so Hua Yi got out of his wits. He doesn't care, he only cares about how much money he can make.
"But..." The bearded man couldn't help but chuckled as he thought of Zhang Yuan.
He estimated that in terms of personal ability and brains alone, Huang Xiaoming would not be able to beat Zhang Yuan.
However, if there is the support of the big and small kings, it is hard to say who will win between the two.
But secretly, deep down in his heart, Big Beard actually hoped that Zhang Yuan would win.
Because he felt that this boy should be able to bring more benefits to himself.
After all, he can spend a small amount of money such as a box lunch. If he had a lot of money... he would definitely be more willing to "offer" it.
In fact, at this moment, he had subconsciously finished taking sides.
"Okay, then the matter of the male protagonist of "The Condor" is settled."
"Don't worry, I'm here to support him. I guarantee that he will become famous all over the country and add a new hero to Huayi! "
Hahaha... The two laughed heartily at the conclusion of the PY deal.
All this is not known to outsiders.
A few days later, the crew.
"Baoqiang, just touch me a few times."
"Touch a few times, you're afraid of something."
"Ouch, are you blushing?"
"Come and let me see!"
On this day, Wang Baoqiang, who was being chased by Sister Milk Tea, ran away... (End of this chapter)