In the afternoon, after finishing her nap, Liu Qianqian rubbed her sleepy eyes and was dragged to the training ground by her mother Liu Xiaoli.

"Mom, can you let me sit in the chair and rest for five more minutes?"

"I ate too much at noon and I feel sleepy." She was still acting coquettishly to her mother.

Liu Xiaoli rubbed her temples.

"When that guy came, the food immediately improved."

"They also secretly divided them into different levels. Different actors, coaches, and staff members received different amounts of extra meals."

"He must have designed this."

“He’s quite business-minded.”

"but……"

Liu Xiaoli looked down at her daughter who was dizzy from eating.

"If you eat like this, how can you play the role of Little Dragon Girl?"

In fact, Liu Xiaoli just has high requirements. Later, even a "xiaolongbao" from Taiwan could play the role of Xiaolongnu. This is nothing.

"Xixi, look, Zhang Yuan is better than you, but he has already started training." Liu Xiaoli lowered her head and whispered.

Liu Qianqian then opened her eyes and saw Zhang Yuan and Zhao Hongfei had already started practicing not far away.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Liu Xiaoli knew very well that her daughter had a stubborn personality.

If you use material things to seduce her, it will most likely be ineffective.

But she couldn't stand the excitement.

"Ah, then I have to start training quickly too." Sure enough, she shook her head immediately, and her eyes gradually became clear.

"Oh..." Aunt Liu sighed.

At least in terms of work attitude, Zhang Yuan can still motivate Xixi to make progress.

She thought dialectically.

This guy would be pretty good if he wasn't a bad guy.

Zhang Yuan, who had planned to bring his martial arts school coach with him, was completely dumbfounded after watching his performance in the morning.

In the afternoon, he tried it with all his strength again.

Including boxing, swordsmanship, leg techniques, etc.

After the trial, the coach was silent.

"Why don't you let him teach me..."

"Why do I feel like he knows more than me?"

The coach thought that all he could teach seemed to be some physical training methods and the "fancy tricks" used in martial arts routines.

After that, the coach was a little distracted and kept smoking nearby, and Zhang Yuan began to practice with Zhao Hongfei.

After about an hour, Zhao Hongfei sat on the steps nearby, sweating profusely.

It is already December. Although the Jiangnan area is not as cold as the north, the rudiments of "magic attack" have already appeared.

But countless beads of sweat still appeared on his forehead, which showed how tired he was.

Zhao Hongfei picked up a bottle of water. He felt that practicing with Zhang Yuan for one hour was more strenuous than practicing for two hours as usual.

Glancing sideways, he discovered that although Zhang Yuan was also panting, his breathing was even and he wasn't sweating as much as he was. He suddenly felt a huge gap between the two of them.

Then I thought that his strength seemed to be more than just Kung Fu.

The director was helpless with him in the morning, so he asked curiously.

"Zhang Yuan, is there a conflict between you and the director?"

"No?"

"Then you and him..."

"It's just a pure creative concept." Zhang Yuan explained to him the origin of the skin color issue.

"Oh, that makes sense." After listening to Zhang Yuan's idea, Zhao Hongfei also felt that it made more sense.

"According to what you said, it really can't be too dark, so it's closer to the character of Yang Guo."

"But the director..."

"The difference in people's ideas is sometimes greater than that between people and dogs." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Everyone has different ideas. I just want to be responsible for myself and my role."

Zhang Yuan actually knows Yu Min very well.

To sum it up, it can be summed up in two sentences.

"I don't have the fate of a big beard, but I have the disease of a big beard!"

Everyone is familiar with Deng Chao. His personal ability as an actor is obvious to all, but he is not so good as a director.

This person has a good reputation in the industry and basically has no major black spots.

There are many types of actors. Deng Chao is the exact opposite of Liu Qianqian.

Xixi is the type who likes to study and ponder alone, while Deng Chao is the type who likes to socialize and interact with others.

He is a person with many ideas and a very active brain.

Normally, such a person should be a funny and cheerful person on the set.

Until he met Yu Min on the set of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber...

Yu Min was actually depressed by this incident.

When an actor with many ideas meets an extremely strong director who says, "I don't care what you think, I only care what I think," the result is predictable.

Yu Min’s method of dealing with Deng Chao was very simple, just one word: hang him up!

I'll just ignore you.

If you don't want to listen to anything I say, just follow my instructions and I'll let you know who has the final say on the crew!

Just like when we were in school, the teacher put the talkative kid in the class next to the trash can and told everyone around him not to talk to him.

Tortured by Deng Xiaoping, he had to get drunk every day to fall asleep.

Later, Deng Chao felt that the voice actor used by the crew for him was the same person who dubbed Huang Xiaoming in "The Deer and the Cauldron".

Brother Chao was afraid that the audience would misunderstand the drama by hearing the voices, after all, The Deer and the Cauldron is a comedy in style.

He planned to pay for a new dubbing job himself, but Yu Min rejected it, which made him extremely depressed.

Fortunately, martial arts director Zhao Jian had a good relationship with Deng Chao, which made things easier for him. If the martial arts scenes had been tampered with, Deng Chao would have been in trouble.

On the other hand, let’s look at the performance of Yu Min’s works.

Among the martial arts dramas he participated in producing, the highest-rated one was "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Because the film was mainly shot by Zhou Xiaowen, and later Ju Jueliang, who specializes in martial arts films, was brought in, Yu Min was only responsible for some of the post-production reshoots.

For the remaining works for which he was fully responsible, none of them had a score higher than 8 points, with the highest being "The Return of the Condor Heroes".

If that’s the case, then why does Big Beard keep using him?

Two words: be obedient!
Because Yu Min was a photographer by profession, he was good at shooting large scenes and large lenses, and Big Beard really liked this.

But when it comes to designing characters and thinking out the plot, he is pretty average.

For example, Cheng Hao’s role as A Zi in “Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils” is playful, lively, and clever. Although she is bad, she still has a lovely side.

But this character was actually designed by the good sister herself!

However, Zhou Xiaowen accepted her opinion. If it were Yu Min, she would definitely not listen to a word.

"You act the way I tell you to act!" He would definitely say so.

Master Xing can do this because he is Master Xing.

So after Big Beard retired, he had no more movies to shoot.

"Brother Zhang, I agree with your idea." Zhao Hongfei understood what he meant and gave him an approving look.

"How to be an actor? You shouldn't just be a puppet, but you should have your own ideas and be able to express yourself freely under reasonable circumstances."

Zhao Hongfei is actually a very good actor. After joining the Tianjin Peking Opera Theater at the age of ten, he studied the role of a martial artist for seven years.

After that, he studied at Xie Jin Film and Television Academy for two years, and later was admitted to Beijing Film Academy, and was in a regular undergraduate class.

So this guy has good temperament, acting skills and intelligence, and is a pretty good young actor.

In 02, when he was acting in "The Secret History of Xiaozhuang", the ending of his role, Duoduo, was to die of smallpox in the script. In the shooting plan, there was only one shot of the corpse lying down. After thinking about it, he found the screenwriter to discuss and get his consent, and changed it into a touching crying scene near death, which added a lot of glory and tragedy to this character.

So he believes that when an actor argues with a director under reasonable circumstances, it is not a provocation but a manifestation of professionalism.

Because that's what he did.

Logically speaking, a young actor like Zhao Hongfei, who is educated, capable, good-looking, has met famous directors at a young age, and has filmed many big productions, should have a bright future.

But why did it disappear in later generations?
Otherwise, this person would be considered a top unlucky guy.

In 07, this Aizumon had a dinner with friends. After the party, he was kind enough to drive several girls who attended the dinner home.

Given this person's character, he would naturally not take advantage of others when they are drunk. Everything is normal.

But things in the world are unpredictable, and the bad news suddenly came the next day.

One of the girls he saw off to her residence was robbed and stabbed to death on her way home after just a few minutes' walk!
He was naturally very upset. If he had sent him home directly, this would not have happened.

He also cooperated with the police investigation and was soon cleared of suspicion and returned home.

But it's not over yet.

More than half a year later, in mid-08, "Zhiyin" magazine suddenly published an article titled "Midnight nightmare of a girl who moved to Beijing: There is no future for her in dating a celebrity boyfriend."

The article describes a heartless actor who abandoned his girlfriend who moved to Beijing after becoming famous. After an argument, he kicked her out of the car and threw her next to a public toilet in the suburbs.

The girl found out that she was being followed and sent a text message to the actor for help but received no response. She was eventually raped and killed by a passing migrant worker.

First of all, the migrant workers did not offend anyone.

We can't put all the blame on this hard job.

This article immediately piqued the reader's interest.

Magazine sales took off immediately.

Soon everyone pointed the finger at Zhao Hongfei, and major media outlets began to stir up trouble and compete to report on the incident.

Zhao Hongfei, who was at the peak of his career, suffered a devastating blow. All his work was suspended and no film crew dared to ask him to film.

I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch the fox and get into trouble.

Zhao Hongfei quickly called the police and filed a lawsuit against Zhiyin.

It was not until three years later, when the lawsuit was completely won, that Zhiyin publicly apologized and admitted that it had fabricated and distorted the facts.

But what's the use?
When people see him, they will associate him with the image of a heartless actor who killed his girlfriend.

He himself suffered a great blow and rarely appeared in public since then.

Therefore, when magazines such as "Zhiyin", "Reader" and "Yilin" were despised by young people of later generations and classified as "traitorous public intellectuals", Zhang Yuan did not feel sorry for them at all.

Should!
It can be seen that the means this person used are very similar to the "small essays" on Xiaohongshu in later generations. After so many years, the rumors are still spread using these means.

After knowing Zhang Yuan's style of doing things, Zhao Hongfei felt that he had more and more compatibility with him, so he talked more with him.

drop by drop...

As he was talking, Zhang Yuan noticed his cell phone ringing. He smiled, greeted the other party, and picked up the phone.

"Hey, what do you want from me, you big star?"

The person who called was Fan Bingbing.

"Hehe, why can't I look for you if there's nothing wrong?" Fat Fan said coquettishly.

Zhao Hongfei on the side frowned. He was right next to them and could vaguely hear the female voice coming from the phone, which sounded familiar to him.

"Of course I can. Your phone number is one of the most popular numbers I've ever seen."

"I don't know how many people have begged me, but you have never called me on your own initiative." Fan Bingbing complained.

"I watched the press conference for A World Without Thieves. Tell me, am I a sweet tofu pudding or a salty tofu pudding?"

Zhang Yuan thought about it and remembered that day when a reporter asked him who was better between Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing, he made an analogy to fool the reporter.

I didn't expect this person to take it seriously.

"I haven't tasted it, so how can I know whether you are sweet or salty?"

“Hehehe…” Fan Ye was so happy that she was shaking with joy and laughed for a long time.

"When you are free someday, I will treat you to some tofu."

You are the one who is flirty... Zhang Yuan rubbed his eyes.

"Sister Hua just had dinner with the Wang brothers a few days ago, and it seemed that they were not happy." After flirting with Zhang Yuan for a while, he changed the topic and spoke.

Zhang Yuan understood that this was to deliver information to me.

It is said that this person can accomplish things. He is indeed generous and knows how to get things done.

"Some food tastes good but is hard to digest. You have to be careful." Fan Ye gave him a hint.

These two are about to have a falling out, so everyone has to take sides.

Now that Zhang Yuan has no agency, he also needs to take sides.

She reminded herself that neither Huayi nor Sister Hua's resources were obtained for free.

"I have a big appetite and good digestion, so I'm not afraid." Zhang Yuan replied nonchalantly, "Maybe one day I'll eat you too."

"Be careful." But Fat Fan stopped joking with him this time.

"Understood. I will contact you later and ask you to do something."

"What's the matter?" Fan Bingbing asked puzzledly.

"I can't tell you now, you will know when the time comes. Anyway, it's a good thing and you can make money." Zhang Yuan said happily.

Since they care about you so much, it's normal to give something in return.

"make money?"

"Advertisement, or film contract?"

"neither."

"Neither. What is that? Do you want me to sell lunch boxes with you?" Fan Bingbing became more and more confused.

"How can I ask you for such a small amount of money? Don't worry, it's much more than the advertising fee."

It’s not that Zhang Yuan didn’t want to tell her, but this matter could only be mentioned after Huayi and Sister Hua broke up completely.

Because the most valuable thing she could get from Huayi was never the film pay or advertising fees, but Huayi’s stocks!
Logically speaking, it will take another two years for Huayi to allocate shares to celebrities.

They used this method to attract a large number of artists to promote listing and raise stock prices.

But Fan Bingbing was unlucky in that her contract expired a few months before the rights issue and she left Huayi to set up her own studio.

Only artists under Huayi have the right to receive bonus shares, so she just missed it.

So, her only chance to get the shares in advance was the moment when Wang Jinhua and Hua Yi fell out.

The reason why Li Bingbing was able to suppress Fan Bingbing in the early stages, besides his seniority, was that he had Ren Quan, the "military advisor" behind him.

Since Fan Xiaopang doesn’t have a “military advisor”, why not just become one himself?

How can you be in the entertainment industry without friends?

"Why are you always so mysterious?" Fan Bingbing muttered softly, but then she remembered that he never seemed to do anything that would put him at a disadvantage, so she believed it.

"Well, if you let me make a lot of money, I'll repay you."

"No need to repay me, just remember me as your friend." Zhang Yuan replied generously.

Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan thought about what to do next.

"Fan Bingbing will also be linked to many capitals in the future. With her around, I will be able to obtain more resources."

“It’s also more convenient to do things.”

When he turned around, he saw Zhao Hongfei looking at him with a slightly hesitant look.

"what happened?"

"Uh, who were you talking to just now?"

"Fan Bingbing, do you know him?" Zhang Yuan did not hide it.

"Of course I know her. She and I were classmates." Zhao Hongfei nodded a little embarrassedly: "We both entered Xie Jin Film and Television Academy in 96."

The thing Zhao Hongfei regretted most in his life was that he did not pursue Fan Bingbing back then... (End of this chapter)