At the finals banquet, Zhang Yuan called Zhang Guoli.
After all, he definitely has to go to "Golden Armor", but he promised Uncle Guoli before...
"Hey, baby, what do you want from me?"
Uncle Guoli's rich and powerful voice sounded on the other side of the phone.
Li Hongzhang has a poem that says: The carriage and horse have not left their saddles until something unexpected happens.
Li Zhongtang’s character and ability are not much talked about. If you just say this poem, you will know that it is difficult to die... Only when the situation is approaching, you will realize that it is difficult to escape.
The same is true for Zhang Yuan now.
He was rational before picking up the phone.
I must give top priority to my own interests, and rejecting Zhang Guoli is the best solution.
When he thought about it, he felt no psychological pressure.
But when I picked up the phone, especially when I heard Zhang Guoli's familiar voice, I couldn't speak.
He is kind to me, and he always thinks of him when something happens.
He is also very affectionate when dealing with and addressing him.
Especially after dealing with his son's problem at school, the relationship between the two became even better.
Coupled with the cross talk sect's kiss after kiss... Zhang Yuan was in a dilemma.
"What's the matter? Talk?" Uncle Guoli urged worriedly when he saw that he was silent.
I was afraid that he had encountered something difficult to explain.
"Uh...Uncle Guoli, that's it."
Zhang Yuan briefly explained the matter.
This time the silence alternated, and it was Uncle Guoli's turn to say nothing.
To be honest, the few seconds Zhang Guoli was silent were extremely difficult.
It took a minute before the other party spoke.
But in Zhang Yuan's perception, it seemed that half a day had passed.
"You should go." Zhang Guoli spoke calmly.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play a major role in Lao Mouzi’s movie.”
"Don't tell me it's you, even an old man like me wants to go."
"So don't be mentally burdened, I will find another way."
Uncle Guoli comforted him.
But the more the other person behaves like this, the more embarrassed he becomes.
After all, he is one of his own, so he is not anxious or annoyed, and he still considers him.
As he was talking, he left the banquet for a long time on the pretext of letting go of water. He picked his throat in the toilet and poured cold water on himself to wake him up. Huang Xiaoming returned just at this time.
As soon as they entered the private room, they saw everyone watching Zhang Yuan making a phone call quietly.
He also carefully sat down and listened carefully.
"Let's do this, Uncle Guoli."
Zhang Yuan thought about it for a while. Although people supported him, he still felt bad.
"Although I can't go to film your scene."
"But I will definitely attend your new film press conference and premiere. If there are any announcements that need to be made, you can also call me."
"Okay, your words are enough." Seeing him say this, Zhang Guoli forced out a smile out of helplessness.
This kid ran too fast and he couldn't keep up.
You can't blame him.
If I were a director of Lao Mouzi's level, I would definitely not be in a dilemma.
Zhang Guoli understands very well that at Zhang Yuan's age, acting or not acting in Lao Mouzi's play may be the difference between becoming popular or not. It is too important.
Uncle Guoli thought again, it would be great if his own boy was as upbeat as him.
It is inevitable that I feel a little embarrassed in my heart.
There's no comparison!
"Uncle Guoli, if I can't come now, your filming will be delayed. Is there anything else I can do?"
Zhang Yuan asked.
"It's not a big problem." Zhang Guoli came back to his senses: "Before looking for you, I also auditioned several young actors, and their appearance and popularity are not bad."
"Oh, that's good...can I ask one more question, who do you plan to use?"
Zhang Yuan thought that he could help the other party screen some actors with questionable abilities or characters.
"Besides you, the next priority is a young actor about your age named Hu Ge."
Zhang Yuan thought for a while and found that it would not be a big problem if he found him.
Although I was robbed of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" by myself.
But recently, Boss Cai has begun to praise him with all his heart, including "Flying Fairies", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Don't Love Me", and "Young General Yang" will be released soon.
Not only that, Boss Cai also arranged for him to sing the theme songs and interludes of these dramas, and he also planned to collect them for him and release an EP album.
Tang Ren knew that Zhang Yuan was no longer able to reach such a high level, so he must give him all his support.
"Oh." Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan suddenly came up with the idea of collecting attributes.
"Uncle Guoli, I have a small request."
"Can you let me come to inform Hu Ge? I am familiar with Sugar Man and this person."
Zhang Guoli thought that he felt sorry for him and planned to take good care of him and even give him a few pointers, so he readily agreed.
Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Come on, come on, respect Zhang Yuan." Feng Xiaogang took the lead in raising a glass.
After finishing the drink, the man said again.
"Guoli usually has a bad temper. If someone else broke an appointment at the last minute, he would have to scold him, and he might even have to scold him in front of the media."
"That's just because you have so much face, and he still talks to you in such a nice manner."
Zhang Yuan nodded, indeed.
In fact, Zhang Guoli is not a kind person, nor does he have a good temper.
But the two of them have a good relationship, and in the previous "Young General of the Yang Family", he also took the initiative to help Uncle Guo Li exclude nursery rhymes from the cast list.
Because of this favor, he was so polite to me.
Everyone else was laughing, and Zhang Yuan was lucky.
There was only one person on the table who was fighting with his teeth up and down, making a constant crunching sound from his mouth.
Huang Xiaoming is panicked!
Zhang Yuan went to the bathroom just now when he received a call from Lao Mouzi.
As soon as he came back, he heard that Zhang Yuan had rejected Zhang Guoli's film contract.
He has a good relationship with Zhang Yuan recently, but there is a prerequisite.
That is, Zhang Yuan accepted Zhang Guoli's film contract and had no time to compete with him for the "New Shanghai Beach" contract.
Now when Brother Xiao Ming heard that Zhang Yuan's schedule was available again, he was so scared that he woke up!
"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Yuan, why did you suddenly stop acting as Uncle Guoli?"
Zhou Xun is rarely smart when he sees Huang Xiaoming like this, so he understands in his heart and turns on the output.
"Why are you nervous?"
"They won't steal the show from you."
"Who can steal your TV series?"
Huang Xiaoming:......
You make it sound like "New Shanghai Beach" is very unpopular.
Thirty million yuan was invested in this drama!
It's an absolute big production.
Otherwise, how could I be so concerned about it.
"I wanted to film a film about Lao Mouzi, so I offered Zhang Guoli a film appointment," Zhou Xun added.
Huang Xiaoming opened his mouth and then reacted.
Everyone in the industry knows that Lao Mouzi's upcoming film is "A City of Golden Armor".
Leader Huang even knew that Zhang Yuan had participated in the audition.
Just wasn't selected.
Why can't I choose it all of a sudden?
But he had heard that the investment in that film was as high as 350 million!
Oh, in this case, Brother Xun is right.
The investment in this movie was more than ten times that of "New Shanghai Beach".
In such a comparison, "New Shanghai Beach" cannot stand out...
Huang Xiaoming felt relieved, but soon became depressed.
Done!
He had just finished playing "The Night Banquet" and was going to play "The Golden Armor" again.
Once the two films are aired, won't the gap between us become bigger and bigger!
Before the filming of "The Banquet" started, Huang Xiaoming still thought that he could make up for the losses of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" with this movie.
Now that I have settled the accounts, not only have I not been able to make up for it, but the distance has actually become even greater! Brother Xiao Ming thought about it.
It’s not that I walked slowly, it’s that he ran too fast and I couldn’t catch up!
That night, Huang Xiaoming drank a lot.
In the end, he collapsed in his seat again, and ugly photos were taken by Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi.
Zhang Yuan also drank a lot, and after chatting with Director Feng and Zhang Li for a long time, the banquet broke up.
Li Xiaoran hugged him and returned to the hotel.
His role on this set has ended today.
But it was already very late now, so I planned to stay one more night to rest and go home tomorrow.
"I'm going to take a shower first..." Li Xiaoran took off his coat as soon as he returned to the room.
Then she took off her clothes in front of him, leaving only the bra and pink triangle.
"Do you want to come together?" He squinted his eyes and raised his fingers at her.
"No." Although it was still difficult to play in the bathroom, he still had things to do.
"Then let me help you fill the bathtub with water first."
You still have to wait for me, right...Zhang Yuan knew what he was doing and waved his hand towards her, indicating that she should go first.
It's really getting more and more sticky to me.
When the sound of water rang in the bathroom, he also made a call.
"Hey, Boss Cai, long time no see, no contact for a while."
Cai Yinong has been very busy recently.
Because in addition to the three TV series prepared for Hu Ge, Sugar Man also has a heavyweight project that will start filming this year.
"Hey, hello, how are you doing?" Boss Cai replied with a smile.
Of course she was happy to hear Zhang Yuan's voice.
The filming of "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has already been completed.
Previously, it was almost rejected by Guangdong TV station because some scenes and content were too horrific.
Fortunately, Zhang Yuan discovered in time that after modifications, the danger was now averted, and the film has been broadcast on Zhujiang Channel.
The film is currently performing well on air, with an average ratings of 5.7%.
In addition, at the end of last year, Zhang Yuan gained a wave of traffic and popularity on the Internet. He starred in another unit of this film, so now four satellite TV stations have made joint purchase requests.
Anhui, Hubei, Yunnan, Chongqing... These four satellite TV stations paid a total of 13 million in copyright fees, which made Sugar Man famous in a short period of time.
The copyright prices of the four simulcasts are indeed not as high as those of exclusive broadcasts.
But Sugar Man is notoriously difficult to sell movies, and his relationship with TV stations is not strong enough, so he has become a big problem in getting stars.
Boss Cai knew very well that if Zhang Yuan hadn't been in the film this time, it would never have been possible to become a star so quickly. It would have been better if all four of them had been together.
The two chatted for a long time before Zhang Yuan got to the point.
"Hu Ge must have auditioned for the film "601 Calls" before."
"Yes..." Boss Cai didn't understand why he mentioned this.
At that time, Hu Ge's audition was over, and Zhang Guoli was not offered a role. Boss Cai also wanted to use his expertise and become a "troublesome little goblin" to have fun with him.
Cai Yinong's usual routine when dealing with artists and film producers is to have a heart-to-heart chat, and then keep pestering you, keeping her posture very low, until in the end you feel embarrassed, and everyone can talk about it again.
But when Uncle Li said that Zhang Yuan would be the protagonist of the movie, Boss Cai gave up his "Grind King" plan.
We have already chosen Zhang Yuan, so let’s forget about our precious Hu Ge...
Boss Cai knows that there is no comparison. Regardless of popularity or ability, Zhang Yuan is much better than Hu Ge.
"I have withdrawn from that drama now, and then I asked Uncle Guoli, and he said that Hu Ge was on the candidate list."
"So I'm here to inform you, let Hugo go."
There is nothing wrong with what Zhang Yuan said, and there is no bragging in it. He is just objectively describing the facts.
But here lies the charm of language.
Boss Cai heard this and immediately reacted...
"After Zhang Yuan quit the drama, he took the initiative to recommend our Hu Ge!"
Boss Cai felt as sweet as if he had diabetes.
After all, Zhang Yuan is towards our sweethearts.
Even though we are now prosperous, we have never forgotten the good times of working with our sugar people.
Cai Yinong was very touched. She will have to cooperate with him more in the future... I just wonder if he is still willing to make our company's films?
She also knew that Zhang Yuan went to film "The Night Banquet".
These days, the gap between movie stars and TV drama stars is far greater than in later generations. Once promoted, most actors are unwilling to go back to acting in TV series.
But no matter what, Boss Cai is very grateful.
[Received thanks from Cai Yinong, temperament +1, patience +1! 】
Zhang Yuan took over the job of informing sugar people from Zhang Guoli, and the attributes he collected were just incidental.
He also wanted to take the opportunity to build a good relationship with Boss Cai.
Because Sugar Man still has a heavyweight film to be filmed this year.
For this work, Boss Cai invested almost all the money he earned from previous dramas.
If stud is a kind of wisdom, then Boss Cai must be very wise.
And it is precisely because of this heavyweight work that Sugar Man will be in bad luck!
Because this movie is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!
Previously, people on the Internet and the audience always said that Sugar Man has only 50 cents of special effects and 50 cents of scenes.
This is indeed hard to deny.
After all, Sugar Man is actually the foundation of the Hong Kong scene, and TVB also uses special effects for 50 cents, which is considered an old tradition.
So Boss Cai spent tens of millions just to build the scenes in order to avenge his shame in "Legend of the Condor Heroes"!
Not only that, the director team also tied up Sugar Man’s entire family fortune.
Li Guoli, Liang Shengquan, Lin Yufen, Wu Jingyuan, Huang Weimin.
Boss Cai also personally acted as the producer.
The cast is even more powerful than ever. In addition to Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, the heroine also brings in Lin Yichen, who just became popular with "Mischief Kiss".
The supporting roles were all cast in Huang Qiusheng, a person like Zhou Haimei who is relatively familiar to the audience and whose worth is not low.
But the problem lies with the lead actor Hu Ge!
This person was born in September 1982, and until September 2006, he was still considered to be in his real year.
I don’t know if it was because I didn’t wear red underwear to ward off evil spirits, but in the end, a nationally famous major car accident occurred.
Zhang Yuan knew exactly what would happen.
But once outsiders intervene in such a catastrophe, it is easy to suffer backlash.
He gave Li Xiaoran an idea and almost suffered a disaster, but he didn't dare to change someone's fate casually.
Secondly, helping Hu Ge avoid a car accident would not do him any good.
On the contrary, it would be more beneficial to him to let things happen.
Moreover, this car accident also played a decisive role in why Hu Ge became the Hu Ge of later generations.
What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger.
After this disaster, Lao Hu's acting skills and mentality have obviously changed a lot.
So Zhang Yuan specifically contacted Boss Cai today, just to make a good sale and build a relationship between the two.
It would be nice to have a reason to meet again for business in the future.
"When you come to Shanghai in the future, Hu Ge and I will treat you to dinner together." Boss Cai became happier as we chatted. Although Dayou is not an artist in our company, I still treat you as one of my own.
Zhang Yuan put down his phone and stretched.
"Of course Sugar Man and I are our own people."
"It would be better if you could become your own person in a financial sense."
Zhang Yuan estimated that when the market value of Sugar Man Film and Television was at its highest, it was said to be worth 45 billion.
In fact, based on the equity transaction price, it should be over 3 billion.
Among the film and television companies whose main business was TV series during the same period, it was considered a front-row company.
Of course, it has also turned from prosperity to decline.
At present, there are no listed companies in the film and television industry in the Chinese market.
So the valuations of production companies are generally very low.
Although Chengtian is the first Chinese film and television company to go public, it does not have complete reference value because it was listed through a backdoor merger.
The valuation of China Film and Television Company has soared, and it must be Huayi’s listing that leads the way!
The valuation of TV drama companies such as Sugar Man has been completely inflated. It is only after the advent of the Internet era that the price of online copyrights for TV dramas has skyrocketed, allowing these "pigs in the spotlight" to take off.
Before that, Sugar Man was actually not worth much money.
Hua Yi is now worth about one billion, and Tangren has only a few hairs on his little arms and legs. If he is worth one or two hundred million, he is overestimated.
So, if you don’t buy it now, wait until later!
Chaos is the ladder of progress.
There is only one thing Zhang Yuan has to do now.
wait! (End of chapter)