Chapter 161 Buy One Get One Free
The next morning, Xu Kun received a call from Ge You, asking him to audition with director Feng Xiaoning in two days.
Before Xu Kun could say thank you, Ge You asked again: "I asked around casually and found out that Director Feng has already fallen in love with Mr. Hu. Do you know about this?"
"I heard Teacher Lu say it."
Xu Kun answered honestly: "But she said that Hu Jun is a Manchu, and it is definitely not suitable to play the role of Zhu Yuanzhang. When the time comes, just let the news out..."
"Don't, don't!"
Ge You quickly stopped him: "I guessed that you might be thinking about this, but I tell you, you can't do this, at least you can't do it openly!"
After a pause, he continued: "Normally you may not feel it, but in this circle, the old people and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty are quite powerful. If you offend them all for a TV series, then you are just picking up sesame seeds and throwing them away. watermelon."
Xu Kun was still a little unconvinced, but he heard Ge You said: "Besides, how can you be sure that others will not do the opposite? If you come up with the idea that 'Han people can play the emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the Manchus Ancestor, why can't the Manchus play Zhu Yuanzhang's rhetoric? What should you do?
This drama is officially funded. Do you think the higher-ups care more about the Hua-Yi debate or the united front of national unity? Thoughts? When Hu Jun expresses his willingness to play Zhu Yuanzhang, it is just to break the ethnic barriers, so what else can you argue with him? "
"Uh~"
Ge You's words left Xu Kun speechless.
When he and Lu Liping designed the external move, they viewed the matter completely from the perspective of ordinary people, but ignored the consistent policy above.
It would be fine if it was privately funded, but this film has an official background...
If the other party raises the banner of national unity, then Xu will just shoot himself in the foot.
So he sincerely asked for advice: "Uncle, what do you think we should do about this matter?"
"Just try your best, we don't have to hang ourselves on this drama."
Ge You said something discouraging first, and then changed the topic: "But if you reveal Hu Jun's Manchu identity without leaking it, it might have some effect - but you have to grasp the balance and never put the Huayi people in the same position. The argument is written on his face.”
After ending the phone call with Ge You, Xu Kun thought about it for another half an hour before he had the basic idea.
But looking at the time, it was almost noon, and he still had to act as a middleman and accompany Jia Yueting to Feng Xiaogang's banquet.
So I asked Baoqiang to go find Li Yixiang and help collect some information about the early and late Ming Dynasty - it doesn't need to go too deep, just a few landmark events and some specific data.
Then he asked Chen Xuebin to solve the problem of costumes and makeup artists.
After all this was arranged, Xu Kun got into Jia Yueting's car with a heavy heart.
Feng Xiaogang arranged a small private restaurant, which is usually not open to individual customers and only accepts advance orders from regular customers.
Xu Kun was originally worried that it would be awkward to bring Huo Siyan, but when he arrived at the place, he saw that Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei had brought Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing, Feng Xiaogang brought Xu Fan, and Jia Yueting was accompanied by Gan Min.
Looking at it this way, Feng Xiaogang and Jia Yueting became rare good men. After all, one took care of his wife and the other took care of his girlfriend.
When Feng Xiaogang asked Xu Kun to introduce Jia Yueting, he hoped to find another way to promote "A World Without Thieves". After all, the content of this movie was somewhat restricted in the mainstream media.
So what I thought at the time was that it would be enough to invite Wang Zhonglei, the little Mr. Wang, to accompany me.
But now, all the big and small kings are here.
This is because Huayi has already figured out Jia Yueting's background. Both parties are well-established masters, so naturally they have to give each other enough face.
From the moment they first met, the two sides had a lively conversation.
However, we didn’t talk about any serious topics at the beginning, most of them were gossips in the circle.
For example, a certain film crew was in Guangxi two days ago. Because the price of the hotel they rented in advance increased, the film crew was neither willing to pay the difference nor move out. In the end, the boss ordered his men to fight, and the crew's assistant Deng Ye was cut off for 14 hours. knife.
For another example, Wu Ruofu was kidnapped not long ago. He was in shock for 23 hours. After many hardships, he was finally rescued by the police in the early morning of the next day. This incident was later made into a movie, "Saving Mr. My Life" starring Andy Lau. Of course, the many scandals caused by Xu Kun's popularity were also one of the topics of conversation during the dinner.
Li Bingbing recalled with emotion the scene when he first met Xu Kun.
As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Fan Bingbing.
At the beginning, Li Xiaolu also said that she wanted to make friends with Xu Kun and asked Xu Kun to shave Fan Bingbing's head. Who would have thought that in just three years, Xu Kun would go from being a group performer to this?
Fan Bingbing's attention was mainly focused on Huo Siyan. The last time they met, she could faintly sense a similar aura and vague hostility from him.
The feeling is clearer now.
At this time, Xu Kun glanced at the opportunity, stood up and toasted to the two presidents, "While the two presidents are here, I will not avoid kissing anyone today."
Then he talked about Huo Siyan's intention to join Huayi, and emphasized that "The Legend of Doctors" in which she starred is currently being aired in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and is expected to be introduced to the mainland in the near future.
Fan Bingbing secretly thought, "That's it."
Brothers Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei looked at each other, and Wang Zhonglei laughed first and said: "Actually, when I was on the set of "Cell Phone" last year, I felt that Miss Huo was a rare talent. I was just afraid that you, Xiao Xu, wouldn't be able to let go, so I didn't let the company Go contact her."
Wang Zhongjun then said: "I thought you had figured it out on your own and were ready to join us at Huayi - why don't you all join together, and then you can choose the movies and TV series that Huayi invests in!"
Tsk~
Why are you still thinking about buy one get one free?
Xu Kun was a little embarrassed to deal with it for a while. The last time Wang Zhonglei extended an invitation, Uncle Ge helped to block it. Now that he has a request from Huayi, Wang Zhongjun brought up the old matter again.
If he continues to refuse, it would be somewhat disrespectful.
"Haha~"
At this time, Jia Yueting suddenly laughed and said: "You two are poaching me in front of me. Isn't this inappropriate?"
"Um?!"
Mr. Xiao Wang had not yet woken up, but Wang Zhongjun immediately raised his vigilance and asked tentatively: "Why, Mr. Jia also intends to enter the film and television industry to get a share of the pie?"
Even if others have this intention, they may not be able to make many waves in the film and television industry, but Jia Yueting is very powerful behind the scenes, and the obsession of the coal bosses in Shanxi with the entertainment industry is well known to everyone.
He has a background, capital, and is young and powerful. If he really establishes a sect in Beijing, he will definitely be a strong opponent of Huayi.
"That's not true."
Jia Yueting waved his hand and said with a smile: "I don't have the vision of the two Mr. Wangs to make a fortune in the film and television industry. I am planning to build a website focusing on genuine film and television dramas. When the time comes, I will inevitably ask for your support, Huayi."
Wang Zhongjun breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also a little confused. What does the video website have to do with Xu Kun?
Jia Yueting saw this and explained with a smile: "Compared with his ability as an actor, I value Xu Kun's keen control of the future - since I met him, the idea for the video website has changed several times. , I made changes every time based on the suggestions he gave, and the more I made changes, the more confident I became.”
Xu Kun quickly resigned: "Mr. Jia's words are serious. Haven't you killed a lot of my unrealistic ideas?"
After Jia Yueting's interruption, Wang Zhongjun's invitation to Xu Kun to join Huayi was considered perfunctory for the time being.
The two sides also began to discuss serious matters.
Huayi's demand is naturally to use Jia Yueting's online new media to build momentum for "A World Without Thieves".
Jia Yueting not only hopes to purchase the copyright from Huayi, but also hopes that Huayi can invest money in LeTV Video Network, which is about to set sail, so that the two parties can form a strong alliance.
But it is obvious that the Huayi brothers are very interested in the former, but not very interested in the latter.
The main reason is that they are relatively pessimistic about the issue of online copyright, and believe that making special effects blockbusters to attract more viewers into theaters is the best way to solve the problem.
This is not only the future policy set by the Huayi brothers, but also in line with the planning route of Han Sanye of China Film.
(End of chapter)