Babaoshan.

Located in Shijingshan District of the imperial capital.

This place has been home to tombs of successive dynasties since ancient times.

When Metro Line 65 was being built in the imperial capital in AD, an oval-shaped ancient tomb was excavated here.

After identification, it was found to be an ancient tomb complex from the Western Jin Dynasty.

It can be seen that this is a place with a long history where funerals gather.

To date, the most famous tomb here is the Babaoshan Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery.

Only then did we truly achieve "the green mountains are fortunate to bury our loyal bones."

Located at No. 9 Shijingshan Road along with the Martyrs Cemetery is the capital's most famous Babaoshan Funeral Home.

Just like the Longhua Funeral Home and Longhua Martyrs Cemetery in Shanghai are not too far apart, the Martyrs Cemetery and Funeral Home in the Imperial Capital are even closer and are on the same piece of land.

And today, in this solemn and dignified funeral home, various big names and celebrities from the Chinese film and television industry gathered together to attend the farewell ceremony for a teacher who passed away young and had a simple face and superb acting skills.

Even though it is early autumn and the weather in the imperial capital is still very hot, Zhang Yuan still went home to prepare a black suit, wearing a white shirt inside, and dressed neatly and polished his leather shoes until he arrived early.

He dressed up so carefully not to highlight his own appearance, but to pay the final respect to the deceased.

"Condolences."

"Don't be too sad."

“Take care of your body.”

At the entrance of Hall No. 3, a middle-aged woman with a white flower on her head was welcoming guests.

Zhang Yuan also stepped forward to exchange a few words of greeting, saying that the family members had heard the ineffective consolation hundreds of times today, and then went into the room and signed his name in the concierge book.

He took a look and saw that this autograph book truly brought together half of the Chinese entertainment industry.

"Director Feng."

"Uncle Ge."

Feng Xiaogang and his wife had arrived a long time ago, and Director Feng was also the host of today's funeral.

"Uncle Guoli, this is...Teacher Zhenyun."

Zhang Yuan stepped forward and greeted Zhang Guoli.

Standing next to him is the novelist Liu Zhenyun, the original author and screenwriter of "Cell Phone", "1942" and "I Am Not Madame Bovary".

It can be said that the decline of Huayi in later generations was directly related to this person.

Just like Wang Shuo once publicly expressed that he "disdained" Jin Yong's works.

This teacher Liu is even more awesome. He even said that when he was young, he thought Journey to the West was poorly written...

Of course he said he understood it later.

Anyway, these "literary writers" who think they can criticize current affairs all look down on chapter-based novels.

But most ordinary people and the lower classes like to read chapter-based novels.

Therefore, there is naturally a huge rift between this group of people and ordinary people.

Today's eulogy was written by Liu Zhenyun and delivered by Uncle Guo Li, who has the best dialogue skills.

In addition to these people who had extremely close relations with Fu Biao, many old friends who had worked with him and had similar relationships with him also came.

Because the couple were both members of the Railway Art Troupe, Yang Tao, the director of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" and the deputy director of the Railway Art Troupe, also came. He was also an acquaintance of Zhang Yuan, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Zhang Yimou, Gong Li and Li Xuejian also came. They had acted in Rock 'n' Roll with Fu Biao.

Teacher He Bing, who had worked with Teacher Fu in "Party A and Party B", is here.

This veteran actor had superb acting skills and contributed to countless good films, but later he became notorious because of a movie called "The Next Wave".

It can be seen that people will change, from being a striver to a vested interest holder, and their heads will shake along with their buttocks.

Teacher Liu Bei came with He Bing, and they were accompanied by Fu Biao's old friend and her current husband Zhang Li, the hot-tempered director of photography in "A World Without Thieves".

But after the couple entered the house, they suddenly looked a little embarrassed.

Zhang Yuan was watching from the side and noticed that the two of them were looking at a middle-aged man with a child.

That kid looked somewhat familiar.

"Mom Liu." The child called out to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei bent down and touched the child's head.

Her husband Zhang Li beside her tugged at Liu Bei's arm, and the tall actress then waved to the child and turned away with her husband.

"Director Zhang, what have you been busy with recently... Oh, your son is getting better and better." Someone on the side walked towards the father and son.

Zhang Yuan roughly knew who the father and son were.

My name is Zhang Jian and my name is Zhang Ruoyun.

The reason why the atmosphere among them was so awkward was because Zhang Jian was Liu Bei's ex-husband.

This Liu Bei is also looking for scumbags...

And after Teacher Liu Bei divorced Zhang Li, she remarried Zhang Jian.

I can only say that your circle is really messy.

Teacher Fu Biao also starred in a TV series called "Dad Go Forward", so his co-stars Chen Long and Feng Shaofeng also came to pay tribute.

These two are still juniors and very young.

And Chen Long also brought his girlfriend Xiao Song home.

"Teacher Song is OK." Zhang Yuan glanced at her. She was tall, had long legs, and had a good-looking figure.

After all, he was here to attend a funeral, and he had no intention of looking at women.

But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean others don't care.

The old pervert Zhang Li stared at Teacher Xiao Song, who was wearing a black dress and a black veil on her head. She looked like a sad widow.

Director Zhang was almost drooling.

Now it was Liu Bei's turn to pull her husband, just like her husband pulled him before.

"Hiss... I remember Zhang Li had an affair with Teacher Song later on."

"And it seems that Liu Bei divorced Lao Zhang because of her interference."

He then looked at Chen Long, who was with his girlfriend, and teacher Liu Bei, and felt that there was something green on the top of their heads.

Zhang Yuan can only say it again: your circle is really messy.

"Zhang Yuan!" Just as he was sorting out the complicated relationships between these people, he heard a male voice with a Hong Kong accent calling him from behind.

I turned around and saw that it was Brother Hua.

It is said that when people across Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong talk about Andy Lau, everyone gives him a thumbs up, from fans to directors to investors, no one has anything bad to say about him.

He had only worked with Teacher Fu Biao on a few plays, but after hearing the news of his death, he still flew here.

He was accompanied by Xiao Wang and Old Yang, Yang Buting, who came representing China Film Group.

"Hello, Mr. Wang, Hello, Mr. Yang."

He greeted everyone one by one.

"Hello, how are you doing recently?" Yang Buting smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Thank you for the promotion. I have made some money by telling stories recently."

"You make money by your own ability, no need to thank others." Lao Yang was quite polite to him.

Teacher Song Xinxin and Fu Biao once played a couple and also came to pay their respects.

Zhang Yuan walked up and chatted with the other party for a few words. The other party pulled him and was quite kind.

"I heard Lin Cong talk about you."

Teacher Song is enthusiastic, but a little too enthusiastic.

Zhang Yuan thought that it might not just be because of Lin Cong's face.

A glance out of the corner of my eye.

Oh, it turns out Yingda is here too.

The former couple never interacted with each other, and they pulled him aside to chat in order to avoid contact with each other.

Your circle is so complicated...

"Zhang Yuan, long time no see."

Song Xunxun held him for a long time, and it was a couple who arrived later who helped him out.

"Sister Taohong, Brother Xu Zheng."

Fu Biao's last work, "Taking a Concubine", starred Tao Hong.

Although this movie has not been released yet, they have worked together before, so Taohong also brought her husband here specially.

However, Zhang Yuan and this couple are destined to be together.

Not to mention that he knew Taohong during the filming of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", even if it was Xu Zheng, whom he had never met, even if they didn't meet today, they would meet in a few days.

"Fate, fate!"

Zhang Yuan told him that "Crazy Stone" was invested by himself and Brother Hua together.

Xu Zheng immediately pulled his arm and laughed.

At first, Ning Hao actually wanted Teacher Tao Hong to play the role of the boss, and the original setting was a female boss.

He sent the script to Teacher Taohong's email address and asked her to reply after reading it.

But what he didn't know was that the couple shared the same email address.

After Xu Zheng received the script, he helped his wife read it.

As a result, I was attracted to it at first sight.

He thought the script was great, so he "pushed his wife aside" and decided to act in it himself.

Moreover, after learning that Ning Hao was on a tight budget, he said he did not want any pay and just wanted to be friends.

Let’s not talk about the fact that this person later made a living by relying on finance and pyramid schemes.

But in terms of intelligence and vision, he is indeed top-notch in the entertainment industry.

Many people looked down upon or did not understand the book "Crazy Stone", but he knew it was a good thing at first glance, which shows how keen his perception of the film and television industry is.

"Teacher Taohong has become more beautiful after not seeing her for a few years," Zhang Yuan praised.

"Haha, you too, have become more handsome now." Teacher Tao smiled with narrowed eyes, then whispered, "Thank you for your help on the set before."

"I have forgotten what happened so many years ago." Zhang Yuan knew that she was talking about the incident of Zhang Tielin's salty pig tongue. He gave her the idea to feed it to Wang Zhihe.

"You forgot, but I can't forget!" Having said that, Xu Zheng patted his shoulder angrily.

"It's all your fault. Your teacher Tao is always eating Wang Zhihe now. I can't stand it anymore!"

“There’s no place to stay at home.”

Zhang Yuan: …

You're addicted to it, right?
Xu Zheng is from Shanghai, so he naturally can't get used to the smell of Wang Zhihe's stinky fermented bean curd.

In the end, he had no choice but to ask someone to bring him some stinky amaranth stems from Shaoxing so that he could use magic to fight against his wife.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, if he took Brother Qian to their home, the teacher would be so jealous that he would die!
People arrived one after another.

Hundreds of friends and relatives stood in the hall, it was lively yet silent.

Feng Xiaogang initially suggested that we should just give Biaozi a happy funeral in the style of “Big Shot”.

After all, the image of Biaozi from Beijing Film Studio has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

But it was unanimously rejected by the others.

What are you happy about? How can dying in one's early forties be considered a happy funeral?
So in the end we just followed the standard process.

Uncle Guoli had a background in dubbing and crosstalk, so his voice was clear and his expression was full of emotion. The eulogy he read made everyone cry, and he himself sobbed continuously before he could barely finish it.

After three bows, there was one minute of silence.

Then everyone took turns to lay flowers and pay their respects to the deceased.

When Brother Hua saw him holding two bouquets of yellow chrysanthemums, he asked in confusion.

"I'm offering this on behalf of Li Bingbing. I promised her."

To be entrusted by others is to be loyal to others.

Brother Hua nodded, thinking that he was quite reliable.

When passing by the glass coffin lid, I looked at the person lying quietly inside.

Mr. Fu, who used to be fat and cheerful, became very thin due to long-term illness.

When the family nailed the coffin down, there was crying in the hall.

Not only family members, but also relatives and friends came.

Even the good friends cried harder than the relatives, and those who were not familiar with them could not tell which one was the relative.

Firstly, the true loved ones and relatives have already lost their tears by this time. The truly sad ones have already cried themselves dry.

Second, most of the friends and relatives who came today are actors.

At this time, everyone will naturally show their abilities.

I usually can’t cry on the set, but now my tears are pouring out like a water gun.

Those who have a strong desire to perform can all win the Best Actor or Best Actress awards.

The sounds of crying and wailing were endless.

Zhang Yuan looked at him and sneered.

"Director Feng is overthinking. There's no need to make deliberate arrangements."

“This is the very image of Big Shot.”

After the process was completed, everyone left the farewell hall and took a bus to a nearby hotel.

The family members expressed their gratitude by treating us to a meal.

At the banquet, the actors who had been crying just now suddenly changed their expressions and began to toast each other happily.

It turns out that actors have to have a life.

They are real actors in real life.

"Xiaogang, Biaozi left something for you." After greeting everyone at each table, Teacher Fu's wife, Aunt Zhang Qiufang, came to Zhang Yuan's table and called Feng Xiaogang.

"And Zhang Yuan, you come too."

"Me?" Zhang Yuan pointed at himself, then stood up and followed.

Come to the corner position.

In addition to Director Feng, there are also Zhang Yimou, Ge You, Zhang Guoli and a few others, among whom Zhang Yuan is the youngest.

"Before leaving, Mr. Fu said that he couldn't drink the wine anymore, so he gave it to some old friends."

Aunt Zhang took out several bottles of wine wrapped in red plastic bags from a large box.

Zhang Yuan took a look and was surprised!
Moutai wrapped in tissue paper.

The latest batch of this stuff is already a product of the 1980s, which means it is at least twenty years old.

Mr. Fu died of liver cancer, which was somewhat related to his love of drinking white wine.

Now if I take out my treasured collection and give it to someone else, it can be considered a relic.

Aunt Zhang took out bottles of wine one by one and handed them to them one by one.

One bottle per person, just the right amount.

"It's too expensive." Zhang Yuan whispered to Aunt Zhang.

"Biaozi said you can drink, and it's fun to drink with him."

"If he is willing to give it to you, you can take it."

"Take it. It's a gift from Biaozi." Director Feng also advised.

The others were all familiar with him and let him take over.

Lao Mouzi didn't recognize him and felt strange.

Because the others who were getting the wine were middle-aged people, but he was a young man.

So he looked at it carefully.

I feel that although he looks young, his dress and temperament today are mature and steady, giving off a sense of stability and relaxation.

"Okay, thank you very much."

After everyone took the "relics", they returned to their tables.

Zhang Yuan picked up his glass and greeted many acquaintances and strangers, and then came to Liu Dehua.

"Brother Hua, I have something to tell you about the play Crazy Stone."

"What's wrong?" Brother Hua turned sideways and talked to him.

"I told Ning Hao that I plan to play an important role."

"That's good!" Brother Hua immediately smiled.

Zhang Yuan is quite famous now, and his performance in the film will definitely help the film's promotion and box office.

Brother Hua is also an investor. If the movie does well at the box office, he will definitely profit.

Seeing that Zhang Yuan was so concerned about the film, he was of course happy.

"There are also bad ones." Zhang Yuan leaned down: "The role he assigned to me now is the international thief Mike."

"But the role had already been cast."

"It's Lian Jin, so I have to say hello to you. I feel embarrassed to let him prepare for so long and then replace him at the last minute. How about I pay him as compensation?"

Why should I tell this to Brother Hua?

Because Lian Jin also graduated from the wireless training class and was a classmate of Andy Lau!
"Oh, it's okay, I'll talk to him. No need to pay him. There's no point in paying him if he doesn't act." Seeing that he was so understanding, Brother Hua waved his hand to indicate that it was not necessary.

"Okay, please."

"Oh, one more thing. This is the first time Ning Hao is directing a commercial work. Why don't you send a producer to give him some guidance on the scene?"

After hearing this, Liu Dehua thought about it for a moment and happily agreed.

He knew in his heart that this was not guidance, but an initiative for him to place a manager in the crew as an investor.

In fact, it was just to reassure him that the crew would be under the control of him as the investor.

"Okay, I'll send someone over."

[Received thanks from Liu Dehua, singing skills +1! ]

"Besides that, there are some minor issues with the crew's budget." Zhang Yuan took advantage of the other party's good mood and immediately revealed his real purpose.

"Want more money?"

"Yes, but I plan to find another investor."

"Who?"

"You come with me."

Zhang Yuan then brought Brother Hua to the main table.

He waited for a while before walking over.

"Mr. Yang." The two of them stood beside Yang Buting.

"Thanks for your support for Harry Potter. Here's a toast to you."

"It's a small matter." Old Yang drank half a cup politely.

"There is a movie that Brother Hua and I are investing in, but the budget is a little short. Do you think you would be willing to help out?"

His target is Old Yangtou.

The reason why he waited for a while before coming forward was because Wang Zhonglei was also at this table.

He deliberately waited for Xiao Wang to leave temporarily before going up to talk about this matter.

And he went to Liu Dehua first in order to bring Brother Hua to see Lao Yang.

After all, he has a small face, while Brother Hua has a big face.

"You two are investing..." Yang Buting thought: "Lack of money?"

"How much is missing?"

"Half a million."

"Pfft, hahaha...it's just this little bit. You must have made a lot of money recently." Yang Buting laughed out loud.

I thought to myself, you are quite famous, can’t you come up with 500,000?

"Hehe, I don't know how to count my money and I'm short of money." Zhang Yuan said with a naive smile.

Although Old Yang had drunk a lot, he was an old hand after all, and he knew something was wrong as soon as he saw the situation.

Zhang Yuan has no money?

Not too possible.

Even if he has no money, would Liu Dehua be short of 500,000?

Oh!
This is your "letter of allegiance" to me.

Of course he and Brother Hua are not short of 500,000 yuan.

But behind Lao Yang is China Film Group.

And China Film has a large number of distribution channels!
If you want high box office, having him in the film will indeed enhance the publicity effect.

But no matter how good your promotion is, it will be useless if the theaters don’t schedule your film.

The scheduling of cinema films is generally based on several factors.

The director, actors, the popularity of the work itself, publicity, and whether the theaters themselves participate in the investment.

Just like Wanda Pictures in later generations, his cinema chain will definitely schedule more screenings for the films in which he invests.

China Film not only holds shares in many cinema chains, but even if it did not hold shares, people would have to give it face just by mentioning the name China Film.

People may not praise the films produced and distributed by China Film Corporation too much, but at least they dare not offend them intentionally.

After all, they are involved in the formulation of rules for the film and television industry, and in the early days they were the only company in mainland China that had the right to import films.

As far as imported films are concerned, other companies are distributors, while China Film is the general contractor.

Later, the import rights were liberated, which was the policy initiated by Lao Yang.

Although it is said that power has been decentralized, the film producers with import rights are actually still the younger brothers of China Film.

So theaters all give him face.

Another point is that he is more technical, and the person who later replaced Lao Han was also more technical.

Moreover, although both are senior executives of China Film Group, Yang Buting and Han Sanpin are different.

Lao Han is the chairman of China Film Group, and Lao Yang is the vice chairman.

But in addition to working at China Film, Lao Yang also works at the Radio, Film and Television!

So this person is in the leadership circle, so naturally he thinks more deeply.

He looked around the desk and found that Wang Zhonglei was not there.

He lowered his brows and thought about it.

"This guy just signed a gambling contract with Huayi, but he avoided Xiao Wang."

"Hua Yi and Lao Han were closest to each other, but he came to me."

Lao Han was behind many of Huayi's earliest films.

Even before Sister Hua left, Huayi almost went bankrupt once, and it was Lao Han who caused it.

Because Han Sanpin asked the Wang brothers to invest in poet Chen's "The Emperor and the Assassin".

Most of the 7000 million production cost was paid by Huayi.

As a result, the box office revenue was only around 1000 million, which was a complete loss.

He was almost vomiting blood after being cheated by the Wang brothers, but he didn't dare to turn against Old Han.

This is also the reason why Huayi rarely collaborated with poet Chen later.

Because of that movie, Huayi suffered heavy losses, but poet Chen made a fortune.

Half of the cost was used to build the Qin Palace.

Just like the bearded man, this guy is building cities everywhere, acquiring shares in scenic spots and film and television cities, and using investors' money to lay eggs for himself.

In this way, the Wang brothers gritted their teeth and endured it for the sake of Han Sanpin's face.

So Huayi and Lao Han have a very close relationship.

Yang Buting thought to himself that this kid's behavior clearly showed that he didn't just want to be Hua Yi's puppet.

interesting!
It was just an idle move, but it turned out to be quite interesting.

"Okay, young people's entrepreneurship is worth supporting." Yang Buting quickly agreed.

"We at China Film Group support young people."

"Thank you, Mr. Yang." Zhang Yuan toasted again and then left with a smile.

Brother Hua hooked his shoulder and patted him, looking at him with admiration.

With the endorsement of China Film Group, and Zhang Yuan’s participation...

"If you work so hard, this movie might be able to make money." Brother Hua said with a smile.

“Haha, maybe.” Zhang Yuan pointed to the universe with his fingertips: “I can make a few hundred million.”

...(End of chapter)