In its previous life, with almost no support and even going over budget at the end of filming, the film had to rely on crew members to raise money, but "Crazy Stone" still achieved a box office of 2500 million.

And all the audiences who are familiar with this work will sigh.

"Hey, if this movie were released in the future, it would have a box office of 10 billion!"

Zhang Yuan felt that he had no idea whether there was 10 billion or not. After all, due to lack of money, the camera work and editing were actually quite rough.

But in terms of plot and story, this film can definitely sweep away all the so-called high-cost productions.

Especially at this point in time in 06 when it was released.

In horizontal comparison with him are a number of costume dramas produced by three top domestic directors, headed by "The Promise".

A movie with a cost of hundreds of millions cannot even do the most basic job of telling a story clearly. In contrast, this low-budget film tells a story with multiple parallel narrative lines clearly and distinctly, and contributes countless famous scenes and lines.

The common people are not blind. They know who is working hard and who is cheating people out of their money.

So Zhang Yuan felt that his idea was the same as the audience's, that the box office of 2500 million definitely underestimated the strength of this film.

He personally acted in the film and asked China Film Corporation to invest money in it, all in order to enhance the potential of the film.

In addition to these two tricks, he had another trick up his sleeve.

Well, just in time, this move gave him a call.

"Hey." Zhang Yuan stood up, left the table and hid aside.

"Are you busy?" Fan Bingbing asked when he heard the noisy voice on the other end of the phone.

"Eating out, what's going on?"

"Thank you very much. According to your idea, I discussed the share issue with Huayi."

"Now sell me 50 shares at per share, but keep it confidential and don't let anyone know."

"Then tell me." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"You are different."

Zhang Yuan calculated that his bet was for 6% of Huayi shares, which was roughly equivalent to 600 million shares.

50 shares is not a small number, and it will bring tens of millions of profits in the future. I have been very generous to her.

And only when the aftermath of Hua Jie's escape is still unresolved will she have the opportunity to negotiate with Hua Yi.

Because her contract ended in 07, and Huayi was trying to attract star shareholders by achieving good performance in order to go public, which happened to be after she left.

So she couldn't get any benefit from this wave of dividends at all.

"That's good. You just need to wait for the appreciation."

"Hehe, I got this in exchange for a film contract. After all, the Wang brothers are using film contracts to win over people now."

"Others have chosen film contracts."

"If the shares I bought don't appreciate in value, I'll be at a huge loss. I'll bite you to death then."

"Where to bite?" Zhang Yuan asked sincerely.

Fan Bingbing: …

"Why are you so unruly?" Fan Bingbing said with a smile.

It's like I let you hold it upside down when you were not in a proper state, but now you keep teasing me.

She didn't understand. Before, when they were on the set of "Little Fish and Flower", Zhang Yuan ignored her in order to ensure that no unnecessary trouble would arise.

Even when I started playing with Teacher Yuan, it was after I had finished dealing with the matters.

Between career and women, Zhang Yuan would choose career without hesitation.

"By the way, remember I asked you to play a cameo role at Huayi's cocktail party."

“Now it can be redeemed.”

Zhang Yuan briefly talked to her about it.

Fan Bingbing generously agreed to star in the film and said it would be completely free of charge.

The role prepared for her is Dao Ge's girlfriend in the three-man gang, and this role is set to be a sexy girl.

Fan Xiaopang just won the Best Actress Award at the Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards for her role as Wu Yue, a sexy and passionate woman in the TV series "Cell Phone".

Plus, her role isn't big and it won't affect her schedule for too long, so it's just right.

With her, his own performance and the support of China Film, Zhang Yuan's "transformation" of "Crazy Stone" was finally completed.

"Even if you play a small role now, your salary will be over a million. We can't let you lose money."

"How about this, after the movie is released, I will give you 3% of the box office revenue as a reward."

"Okay." Fan Bingbing agreed with a smile and did not refuse.

She thought that the box office of such a low-budget movie would only be a few million at most, and 3% would only be tens of thousands of yuan, which was almost nothing.

Just consider it as his reward for the Huayi stock deal.

Fan Bingbing is quite generous.

After making an appointment with this person, Zhang Yuan put down his phone and returned to the table.

"Yuan, thank you for what you did last time." Uncle Guoli sat next to him with a glass of wine.

"It's not a problem for our own people."

Zhang Guoli clinked glasses with him.

What he was talking about was kicking Tong Yao out of the crew.

"You've made great progress recently. You even dare to negotiate with the Wang brothers." Uncle Guoli obviously learned about his contract with Hua Yihe from some channels.

"I can't fall behind, old man. I plan to make a movie myself."

"You know about the recent celebrity phone leak incident, right?"

"Your Aunt Deng receives harassing phone calls every day and is getting fed up with it, so I plan to make a movie about this."

"Well, are you interested in helping out?"

Zhang Yuan's heart trembled.

How to say this thing...

Zhang Guoli is a good actor, but as a director, he is okay at directing TV series, but movies are really not his forte.

He probably guessed that the play was called "The 601st Call", which was based on the leaked phone numbers of 05 celebrities in 600.

His wife Deng Jie was one of the main victims.

That's why he wanted to make a movie based on real life.

This is a bad movie!
Of course Zhang Yuan doesn't want to act in a bad movie.

But sometimes you can’t avoid human feelings.

"Sure, I'll come and help as long as I have time." This was all he could say in reply.

"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." Zhang Guoli patted his shoulder with satisfaction.

But he quickly frowned again.

“Damn website!”

"What I hate most now is not the person who leaked the phone number, but that website!"

"Not only is it irresponsible, but the law cannot hold them accountable. Isn't that infuriating?"

Zhang Yuan just chuckled and didn't answer.

The monitoring system was not well developed those days, and it was basically impossible to trace the real source of posts on the Internet.

The websites and forums will just throw up their hands and ignore you.

After finishing the meal, he returned to the small courtyard to rest.

Thinking about how to politely decline Zhang Guoli's invitation when the time comes.

If you really can't refuse, then just act. Everyone has acted in a few bad movies.

In the entertainment industry, it is not uncommon to make bad movies just to repay favors. It is very common.

In order to give face to Han Sanpin, Brother Hua even filmed "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains".

He rubbed his brows, trying not to think about these troubles, and thought about turning on the TV to relax.

But I didn't expect that after changing several channels, I switched to CCTV Comprehensive Channel, and then I saw a familiar face.

"Although I am an artist in the entertainment industry."

"But I don't think they can slander and defame an actor without limits and without basis."

In front of the camera, Liu Qianqian was wearing a white printed sleeveless T-shirt and dark blue jeans. She was sitting in a reclining chair and talking quietly.

In the lower right corner of the screen, the name of this episode is displayed as "Today's Statement: Rumors Are Easy to Fly".

She had called me before and asked if I wanted to be on the show.

Now, in front of the camera, she seems very relaxed, without much hostility, and even gentle, as if she is talking about something that has nothing to do with her.

"I've grown up." Zhang Yuan stretched lazily, "My mental quality is stronger than before."

The host of this episode is Sa Beining.

After interviews and investigations, the results were the same as in the phone leak incident.

The incident remains unresolved and the person responsible cannot be found.

I only found an internet cafe through the IP address of the post, and that was it...

No one knows whether netizens are posting news out of boredom or some rival companies are deliberately spreading rumors.

The website also stated that it is like a telephone pole on the roadside. Others post advertisements on it, so what does it have to do with it?

Those days were really primitive. It was not like in later times where people could really "beat people" through the Internet.

But precisely because the Internet environment and supervision were not very developed in those days, it was filled with all kinds of "living people". Unlike later generations, celebrities' social media were basically operated by companies or public relations teams.

For example, the one about the eagle: Damn, I hate people who pretend to be cool the most...

In those days, celebrities were more like humans and their mental states were very "crazy".

Various abstract behaviors continue, no worse than those internet celebrities that came later.

There are even some that are borderline, Yang Mi even posted a selfie of herself taking a bubble bath in the bathtub.

Basically everyone uses Weibo as their circle of friends.

After watching this episode, Zhang Yuan turned off the TV.

“The wild age of the Internet.”

"Okay, this way I'll have a chance to get a piece of the pie."

"When everything matures and the dust settles, there is no chance for ordinary people to get involved."

I called Liu Xixi and praised her performance on TV.

"You've been doing great lately. My mother and godfather are both praising you." Xiao Longnu replied sweetly.

"That's not easy. I have to go to the temple to burn incense to get your mother to praise me."

"Humph, I'll tell my mom you were mocking her behind her back!"

"Okay, go ahead and tell me. If you tell me, your mother will be angry and won't let us meet again in the future." Zhang Yuan said with a low smile.

"Uh... forget it." Liu Qianqian wrinkled her nose: "When are you free?"

"Let's go out and have dinner together."

"I have to go out of town recently, so I probably won't be available. Maybe later." "Then I'll ignore you. I'll go find Chang Chang and play with her, and scold you together."

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, it's good enough that Changchang doesn't help me scold you...

"Please say hello to your mother and godfather for me. If you have time to eat, please invite them to join you."

"Ah, let's eat together... okay." Liu Qianqian pouted. She thought it was just the two of them eating together.

She didn't understand that Zhang Yuan might need help from Boss Chen in the future, so he had to maintain a good relationship with him.

I put down my phone and found that this girl has been very idle recently. She must be taking extra classes at school.

In half a year she will graduate from Beijing Film Academy.

He is not even 18 years old yet and he is about to graduate from college.

As expected, if you come from a good family, your life will be smooth and you will be more than three or four steps ahead of your peers.

After resting for a day or two, Zhang Yuan went to China Film Group to sign the investment agreement.

50 is just a drop in the bucket for China Film Group, it’s not a big deal at all.

Yang Buting told Han Sanpin about this, and Old Han met him in person.

Because Han Sanpin originally came from the Emei Factory in Sichuan, and was born and raised in the Sichuan region.

When he heard that the film was shot in the mountain city, he was quite impressed.

He also said that it is very good for new actors and new directors to work together and it is worth encouraging.

With the support of two senior executives of China Film, Zhang Yuan felt completely relieved.

The next day, he rushed to the mountain city as agreed with Ning Hao.

After landing at Shancheng International Airport, Zhang Yuan took a taxi to a small hotel in JB District.

This crew is so poor that they don’t even have a car to pick us up at the airport.

"Welcome, welcome!" Ning Hao booked a floor in this hotel, which was not much better than a guesthouse, for the crew members to stay, do makeup, and try on clothes.

Seeing him coming, the big head with dark circles under his eyes quickly stood up to greet him.

Looking at his condition, you can tell how much pressure he has been under recently.

I guess I have pulled countless all-nighters.

"Brother, now we have company with you!" Photographer Du Jie also rushed over and hugged him.

He had to operate the camera in the crew of "The Return of the Condor Heroes", but when he came here, he became the director of photography, bringing four or five younger brothers with him, and no longer had to carry the camera himself because he had filmed several dramas before.

He has only filmed two or three dramas, and can be considered a veteran. It can be seen that most of the people in this crew are greenhorns.

Ning Hao's wife Xing Aina had to work part-time on the set as a costume and makeup artist.

"Brother Bo!" Ning Hao led Zhang Yuan to the dressing room, where several people were changing clothes.

Zhang Yuan spotted Huang Bo with his shoulder-length hair at first glance.

"Fuck, why are you here!" Huang Bo walked up to him and looked at him in surprise.

Ning Hao smiled evilly: "I kept it a secret from them on purpose."

“Give them a surprise.”

In addition to this person, Mr. Liu Hua, who plays Dao Ge, is also there.

Zhang Yuan stepped forward, shook hands with the man, and introduced themselves to each other.

This guy is quite humorous.

"With you here, our crew finally has face."

"Otherwise, it would be people like me and Xiao Bo who are not presentable." Liu Hua pointed at his own and Huang Bo's faces.

"You're actually fine. He is indeed trembling." Zhang Yuan pointed at Huang Bo.

"Hahahaha..." Liu Hua patted his belly happily.

"I'll kick you to death!" Huang Bo swung his foot and kicked.

Everyone around was relieved when they saw that Zhang Yuan, the popular young actor, was not arrogant at all and was playing and joking with others.

"By the way, you asked me to vacate the role of Jingjing, who did you find?" Ning Hao asked curiously.

"Thank you, thank you, hello...is this the place?"

At this moment, several screams were heard outside the door.

Along with these excited voices, a gentle female voice emerged from the crowd and headed straight for the room where they were.

In just over ten seconds, a figure with a casual ponytail, wearing an ordinary T-shirt and jeans, without any makeup but still unable to conceal her beauty, appeared in front of everyone.

"Zhang Yuan, here I come!"

"Well, that's her I'm looking for."

Zhang Yuan pointed at Fan Bingbing who was standing outside the door.

"Fuck you..." Huang Bo cursed.

"How can a small crew afford such a big star..." Brother Liu Hua also sighed.

"It's okay, I'm here." After Zhang Yuan said that, he stepped forward and welcomed the other party in.

"You give them a surprise, and I'll give you a surprise too." He said to Ning Hao again.

Many male crew members didn't know where to put their hands when they saw Fan Bingbing appear.

"She is quite busy. She will have an audition and makeup finalization today, and will fly to Guangdong Province to participate in an event tomorrow." Zhang Yuan said to Ning Hao.

"After a while, gather all the scenes for the character. She only has seven days to shoot, so you must finish it."

"I understand. I will coordinate it." Ning Hao knew very well what Fan Bingbing's joining meant to the film.

This is a big selling point!
He looked at Zhang Yuan with gratitude.

Because he knew better that it must have taken a lot of resources and favors to invite this person.

It's really kind of him to care so much about this film.

[Received thanks from Ning Hao, directing basics +1, storyboard skills +1! ]

"Everyone go out first and let Bingbing change clothes."

"Okay, let's go."

Everyone except the women in costume and makeup crowded into the corridor.

"Brother, you are so honorable that you even invited him here." Liu Hua gave a thumbs up and praised.

"Fuck, she's prettier than on TV." Huang Bo was so shocked when he saw Fatty Fan that he couldn't help but exclaim...

"How much did you spend?" Ning Hao asked in a low voice.

"She didn't ask for it, it was just a favor."

"You're not going to pay it with your body, are you?" Ning Hao said with a smile.

"If it's her, I'd also be willing to pay with my body." Huang Bo continued.

All the staff around nodded, even a few women nodded.

Zhang Yuan felt that the situation was not good.

"With her playing the role, the two things that suddenly made sense were that Xie Xiaomeng stole jade in order to pick up girls and Dao Ge beat up Xie Xiaomeng because of his girlfriend." Ning Hao nodded.

"Yes, it's reasonable for a man to risk his life for this woman."

"That's right." Everyone responded.

After a long time, Fan Bingbing walked out of the house with her long hair loose.

A group of people immediately surrounded him and asked for photos and autographs.

The costume designer came to Ning Hao.

"How's the dress?"

"No need to try." The costume designer shook his head: "She looks good in anything."

"This is the first time I've seen a real person look good in a colorful wig."

"No, we try on costumes not for the sake of looking good, but for the sake of playing the role!" Ning Hao said with his eyes wide open.

"Oh oh oh..." The costume designer lowered his head in embarrassment, forgetting even his job and just focusing on admiring the show.

It took a long time to finally finish it.

In fact, Zhang Yuan and Fan Bingbing’s outfits are the simplest.

Fan Bingbing just needs a set of sexy women's clothes and a yellow wig.

No matter what kind of dress, it is difficult to suppress her beauty and temperament.

After the makeup was finalized and a few sets of full-body and detail photos were taken, the clothes were packed and no one was allowed to move.

"Come on, your flight should still have some time, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Can you eat spicy food?"

"Who are you looking down on?" Fan Bingbing rolled her eyes at him coquettishly: "Give me some spicy food!"

The two of them hurried to a nearby hot pot restaurant.

Looking at the deep red bottom of the pot, Zhang Yuan felt a little weak.

"Will your butt burst into flames tomorrow?"

"You can really eat something so spicy? You have to work tomorrow, aren't you afraid of getting acne?"

"No, I only get acne occasionally during my menstrual period. At other times, it's fine no matter how late I stay up, drink, or eat spicy food." Fan Bingbing replied confidently.

Zhang Yuan glanced at the fair skin of the person and thought that he had really good genes.

"Zhang Yuan?"

Just as they were chatting and waiting for the food to be served, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

Look back.

“Kun Kun… no, Brother Kun?”

He didn't expect to meet Chen Kun, whom he hadn't seen for several years, in this place.

"What a coincidence!"

"What a coincidence, why are you here?" Chen Kun smiled and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Filming. Are you also filming?"

"What are you taking pictures of? This is my hometown!" Chen Kun pushed him and said, "You don't know me. I grew up in the JB district of Shancheng."

"Oh, blame me, blame me... Come, sit down and eat together, we just got to the table too."

Zhang Yuan then introduced the two people to each other.

There were rumors in later generations that Chen Kun's son was born to him and Fan Bingbing.

Even if Zhang Yuan were beaten to death, he would not believe that these two faces could produce something like that!

What kind of genetic mutation is this?

"Let's eat together. I happen to have a friend here too." After saying that, Brother Kun pointed behind him.

Then, Zhang Yuan saw a figure with skin even whiter than Fan Bingbing walking slowly towards them... (End of this chapter)