Chapter 337 Yang Xiaomi’s ‘Sister’
I was enjoying the dumplings when my phone vibrated at an inappropriate time.
I picked it up and took a look at it. I didn’t want to answer it at first, but when I saw the name ‘Han Sanping’ on it, I pressed the connect button anyway.
“Third Master?”
“Well, you brat is back?”
"Hmm, I just got off the plane."
"I didn't even know that I would come to my old man's place for a meal when I came back~"
"Well, I went home directly and my parents packed it. I've got dumplings waiting for me. I planned to visit you tomorrow~"
"I was abrupt and forgot about your parents coming over. It's the right thing to accompany your parents. Let's talk about it when we meet tomorrow..."
“Okay, Third Master.”
Zhang Chen was about to hang up the phone when he suddenly said on the phone: "Wait a minute, I'd better tell you now to save you such nonsense..."
"Uh~"
Just as I was thinking about what was going on, Han Sanping on the other end said: "There has been a fierce fight between "If Love" and "The Promise" recently. I don't know who is taking the lead on the Internet. I want you to come forward to evaluate "The Promise". Can you Don't follow other people's rules..."
"Ask me to review "The Promise"? Why did you name me?"
"You are now the number one director in the country, and "The Rescue" is broken. From the moment you recorded "Hero", you were the number one director in the country..."
"When will our domestic director rankings be based on box office?"
"Don't talk too much~"
"Haha, but I don't dare to wear the hat of the number one director in the country, but you said I will pay attention to your comments..."
"It's good to know. We will discuss the rest in detail when we meet tomorrow. I just want to remind you first, don't be fooled into being shot as soon as you come back. ..."
Hang up the phone and everyone at the table is looking at him.
Deng Jie said: "Is this the third master calling?"
"Well, remind me not to be taken advantage of, saying that someone on the Internet now wants me to comment on "The Promise"..."
"Well, it seems that there is such a thing. I heard our family Guoli mentioned it~"
The group continued to eat, but Zhang Chen had something on his mind, and the food was not as delicious as it was at first. .
Watching him leave his seat, Zhang’s mother asked: “You don’t want to eat?”
"Well, I can't eat anymore. Let's keep the rest and fry it for tomorrow morning~"
Zhang Chen came to the study, turned on the computer, and started browsing the news. He soon discovered what Han Sanping had just said for him. The thing about evaluating "The Promise".
People are talking about it in major online forums, and it is quite popular.
He was quite surprised that he was asked to evaluate "The Promise".
Who would have thought of such an offending thing?
Based on a few words from netizens, clues began to be traced back to the source, and the identity of the first initiator was soon revealed, and it turned out to be Wu Junru.
Immediately a Chinese curse with a Tianjin accent came from the study: Damn it, this bitch is not a good person~
If you want to have a scolding battle with Chen Hong, just scold her, fine@ What do I do?
"If Love" can't beat "The Promise", so why are you planning on me?
Do you really think you are a brainless troll?
Zhang Chen was speechless for a moment, wondering if he was being favored.
But don’t say it, this matter is quite consistent with my personality.
But I am very nice to Chen Straw Hat, and I even reminded him to raise his profile, so why do I have to drag him with me now?
Could it be because of my kind reminder that the other party thought that he and he were in the same group?
Can’t?
They just met once and became close friends. Can adults believe this?
However, no matter what Chen Straw Hat thinks, Zhang Chen cannot get involved in this matter anyway.
"The Promise" is a bad movie, is "If Love" a good movie?
What's more, this matter has nothing to do with him in the first place. Xingchen Entertainment doesn't have a movie released at the same time. Why is he going into this muddy water?
Since he was not ready to respond, Zhang Chen deleted the page.
Well, I feel hungry again, so I can eat some more dumplings.
……
Huayi brothers and Wang brothers are also discussing.
“I heard that Zhang Chen is back from the United States. I wonder if he will end up~”
“He shouldn’t be that stupid~”
"I really hope that Zhang Chen will stand up and curse a few words. Now that "The Promise" is so popular, we don't have many filming schedules for "The Great Sage". A few curse words from him might actually have an effect."
"The key is that there won't be any of his movies released this time. If there were, we might still be able to take advantage of it~
Think about the previous scolding wars. When did he start a scolding war because he had a movie to be released? ~"
"That's true. He has the same moral character as Feng Xiaogang. So do you think that this fight between Chen Hong and Wu Junru is also for publicity?"
"I can't tell. , it may have been a matter of hype at the beginning, but by now, the criticism must have become really popular. But speaking of it, I quite envy Director Chen. At least his wife can show off her face and start a scolding war. If it were different Between us, who can?”
Wang Zhonglei smiled bitterly: "Really, I can only count on Feng Xiaogang to let their cannons shoot at each other..."
...
The next morning, Zhang Chen got up. At that time, my parents were watching TV in the living room on the first floor.
“Want to go out?”
“Well, let’s go to the company.”
"I'm going to fry some dumplings for you, and I'll leave after eating~"
I wanted to refuse at first, but after thinking about it, I wasn't in a hurry at this moment.
Zhang’s mother went to the kitchen to work, while Zhang’s father dug the ground in the yard.
Zhang Chen discovered that the green thing on the windowsill was actually coriander.
When they were in Taiyuan, Zhang’s father and mother liked to grow some garlic and coriander at home. When making soup, just cut them twice. Unexpectedly, they brought this habit with them when they came to Beijing.
Seeing Zhang's father busy outside, Zhang Chen walked out and asked, "What's going on?"
The ground was full of vines that had been pulled out.
"It's okay. Your mother and I think that in such a big place, it's better to grow grapes than some vegetables. I'll plow the ground first, and then we can plant it directly when spring next year."
Zhang’s father and Zhang’s mother like to grow vegetables.
In later generations, he often saw on Douyin that Chinese people like to grow vegetables in their own yards after going abroad. His parents were like that.
"When I was in Taiyuan, I could only grow them in a foam box on the balcony. It's great here. It's such a big place. You can plant whatever you want~
I'll plant some cucumbers for you then. It's simple, just water it and you're done. , when it’s time to harvest, it will grow in one night...”
This is really not nonsense. Zhang’s father had planted it beside the wall of the community before. It looked like a small one the day before, and it grew completely overnight. When it grows two or three times longer, it can be eaten directly.
But I stopped planting it later because it was stolen too much.
After working hard for a long time, I couldn’t even eat a morsel.
Thinking about my parents’ hobbies, I’m actually quite puzzled.
I have been a railway worker for several generations and have never farmed. How can I do this?
Hearing his son's question, Zhang's father stopped what he was doing: "What's so difficult about this? When we were in school, the school organized farm work~"
House The fried dumplings were already on the table. Zhang Chen returned to the house and found Zhang's mother making egg drop soup.
The action is really fast, it has only been a few minutes.
When the egg soup is brought out, cut the coriander twice with scissors to enhance the flavor.
Those who like coriander love it to death, and those who don’t like it can’t even take a bite.
It is said to be related to genes.
For those who hate coriander, the coriander they smell will smell like washing powder.
My parents watched Zhang Chen finish his breakfast and were even happier than they were eating it themselves. This is the emotional value.
Zhang Chen then went to the company.
There are quite a lot of people in the company. It’s almost the end of the New Year, and everyone’s work has basically stopped, just waiting for the New Year.
“Here it comes~”
A group of people were sitting and drinking tea. As soon as Zhang Chen entered the door, they saw Dong Jianqiang taking out a new tea cup.
“It’s so damn cold outside~” Zhang Chen shivered.
"Well, drink some tea to warm yourself up." Zhang Chen picked up the tea cup and drank it all in one gulp, a standard cow drink.
The people in the room didn’t laugh. None of them were tea drinkers, and they usually just drank and had fun.
“We don’t have any works for the Lunar New Year this year, so let’s go on holiday early and let everyone have more rest~”
“I have no objection.”
Hearing the discussion between the two bosses During the holiday, Ning Hao, Chen Xi and others next to them all smiled.
"Chenzi, are you going home for the New Year this year or are you staying here?" Ning Hao asked.
“I must go home, my relatives are all over there.”
During the New Year, it is more interesting to be lively.
There is a big empty house here. It is not popular enough and looks deserted during the Chinese New Year.
"By the way, if someone asks you what you think of "The Promise" recently, don't answer~" Dong Jianqiang also mentioned the same thing.
Zhang Chen poured himself another glass without drinking it, and held it in his hand to warm his hands: "I know, Third Master called me specifically yesterday to remind me~"
"Third Master is really kind to you. "
"I have to go to his place later and bring him some gifts from the United States, just in time~"
"Wu Junru, that bitch didn't hold back. What a fool, I always want to drag you down about "If Love" and "The Promise"~"
Zhang Chen laughed: "It's over if we just ignore her. If I push her too hard, I'll scold him. , what the heck, for the last musical during the Chinese New Year, you still disliked the theater chain for not arranging the film for you. Are the theater chains arrogant? They arranged the film for a musical. This is not India~"
Zhang Chen knew that this kind of flirtatious behavior was nothing to Wu Junru. The program she hosted in Hong Kong was famous for exposing privacy.
Although this person is a woman, she does things very differently.
Lao Cao: "To be honest, did you know that "The Promise" was a bad movie?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Otherwise, why would you? Why won’t you come back, not the celebration party, not the premiere~”
Zhang Chen laughed, "Guess~"
"By the way, have you all watched "The Promise"?"
"It's so eye-catching~"
" Speaking of this, Ning Hao has the best say, because he watched it twice."
Ning Hao shrugged speechlessly: "From the beginning, I just wanted to see what a 350-million-dollar movie would look like. .
Shocking indeed!
Director Chen used highly saturated colors throughout the film, which can be seen, and used many techniques, but if you want to talk about the plot, to be honest, I didn't understand it. "
"Haha, then Haozi thought it was his own problem, so he bought a ticket and watched it again. Then, he became depressed because he still didn't understand..."
Old Cao As soon as I finished adding it, it immediately caused a burst of laughter.
“I guess there are quite a few people who were tricked into watching the movie~”
"It must be a lot. I heard it was more than 70 million in the first weekend, which broke the record..."
"There are two movie tickets contributed by me..." Ning Hao raised his hand.
Everyone laughed again.
The publicity for "The Promise" is overwhelming, and with Director Chen's reputation, many people are full of expectations.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then someone poked his head in: "Mr. Chen, the Beijing News called and wanted to conduct an interview with Director Zhang. He said that if it is inconvenient, the phone number Interviews are also available~”
Mr. Chen is Chen Xi. She is now the third-in-command of the company. She is responsible for external business and media.
"Let's find an excuse to push it away. It's not convenient for Director Zhang to be interviewed now."
The Beijing News is famous for making troubles. It belongs to those who can make up a story even if there is no story. Kind of, and Xingchen Entertainment are not our own people.
They will definitely ask questions about "The Promise" during interviews. Since there are risks, they simply don't accept it.
"Mr. Wang from Guangguang also wants to arrange an exclusive interview..."
"Well, I'll call Mr. Wang back later."
Light belongs to their partner, and both parties have cooperation in many fields such as film and television advertising.
Belong to your own people.
Since we are our own people, there is no problem of overstepping the boundaries. Just communicate well in advance and don’t ask questions related to "The Promise".
After a short chat, we talked about the projects to be developed next year.
"The script of "Before Dawn" is finished."
"Did it? Show it to me~"
Soon the screenwriter team sent the final script of "Before Dawn", Zhang Chen Flip through quickly.
He didn’t remember the plot of the original work very clearly, he only remembered a rough outline.
So his version of "Before Dawn" only has a similar main line, and the specific details have long since changed beyond recognition.
But the style of imitating American dramas is still retained.
The first episode begins with the assassination of a traitor, which is very gripping and fast-paced.
"The pacing is okay, have the candidates been decided?"
Zhang Chen has not watched them all, only the first dozen episodes are enough. As long as the rhythm of the whole drama is okay, Failure is less likely.
“The big villain Tan Zhongshu chose Director Chen. Originally we liked Leslie Cheung, but for some reason Director Chen saw the script and he named him to play the role of Tan Zhongshu.”
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Zhang Chen nodded, whether it was Director Chen or Leslie Cheung, they were guaranteed ratings.
It can be said that as long as one of them participates, the show will not have to worry about selling, and the ratings will be stable.
"What about the hostess Gu Yejia?"
At this point, Chen Xi coughed: "Teacher Chen Daoming recommended Li Xiaolu, but we think Yang Xiaomi is also good~"
Hearing this, Zhang Chen glanced at Chen Xi and said, "It's you, Yang Xiaomi's half-sister~"
Chen Xi's preference for Yang Xiaomi is known to the whole company and they don't hide it at all.
If Zhang Chen hadn’t proposed this drama, there would have been no need to discuss the heroine, it would have been Yang Xiaomi.
Chen Xi also heard that Zhang Chen's words were mostly a joke, and did not mean to blame, so he simply bit the bullet and said, "I just think she will definitely become a big star in the future, so we can make her famous with our own hands. A good fate~"
Zhang Chen's eyes lit up. If he hadn't acquired Wanda Cinemas later, his vision was indeed poisonous.
He actually has no objection to the selection of Gu Yejia, Li Xiaolu is also OK, and Yang Xiaomi is OK.
But Chen Xi insists so much that he must give him face.
And Yang Xiaomi will have roles in next year's "Painted Skin" and subsequent series, so there is nothing wrong with praising her.
"Just do what you want, I will talk to Teacher Chen Daoming another day."
Seeing Zhang Chen nodded, Chen Xi clenched his little hands excitedly, if not for Zhang Chen Chen is still here, maybe he will say "Oye".
After choosing a male and female lead, the rest is easy. Just find a supporting actor with good acting skills.
The sailor chose Zhang Jiayi, Qi Peilin chose Wu Gang, Sun Dapu or Ren Zhengbin, and Li Bohan chose Zu Feng...
These characters all appeared in many roles and were important supporting roles. Zhang Chen all chose powerful ones, and also Some actors from "Insidious" were deliberately used.
It can also be regarded as a warm-up for "Latent".
"Where is the director?"
"The director chose Liu Jiang, our own contracted director. The Shanying team you recommended will not take our job at all."
"Don't accept the call at Dongyang Noon?"
"Yes, they have a drama currently being filmed and another drama in the queue, so there is no room for them."
"Okay. ”
This Liu Jiang seems to be the director of the original version of "Before Dawn". Later he also filmed a series of word-of-mouth dramas such as "A Beautiful Day for Wifes", "Let's Get Married" and "Old Tavern". He is considered a talent. Cultivate it.
……
That’s it for today, I went drinking
(End of chapter)