On the way back to the crew, Zhang Yuan kept stroking the cheek that was rubbed by Fan Bingbing, but what he was thinking about was not the softness and smoothness of the other person's skin.

"She is still too smart."

“And it’s really done right.”

Zhang Yuan exclaimed.

Fan Bingbing must have obtained the news about the audition for "The Banquet" from Huayi.

At the same time, she also knew that when Hua Yi signed the agreement with her, he promised her "Night Banquet" as a benefit.

Although she had signed a gambling agreement with Huayi, her relationship with Huayi was naturally not as close as that of a contracted artist like Fan Bingbing, and she was not as well-informed about the inside information as her.

She knew she was going to suffer a loss, so she came to remind him.

"She must have known about it for a few days and has been hesitant."

"After all, there is no benefit in spreading this message."

"But in the end, it was because of our friendship."

Zhang Yuan thought to himself that he owed the other party another favor.

If it doesn't work, find an opportunity to pay it back physically...

“Although The Banquet is not a good movie, its reputation is average.”

“But for me, it’s very important.”

There are only a few big directors in China now, less than one hand can count.

There are only a few big productions every year.

If you miss one, you will miss a great opportunity to increase your popularity.

"Oh, no wonder Fan Bingbing mentioned Zhang Ziyi's current worth."

"She should be the heroine of The Banquet."

"Hua Yi is trying to win over this popular actress."

Zhang Yuan shook his head. Zhang Yimou's ambition was no less than his own, so how could she be willing to be inferior to others?

Besides, they have already signed a contract with WMA, so how could they be tied to Huayi?

This woman is very smart. She moves among various circles in the country and reaps all the benefits.

Moreover, he just went to Hollywood to shoot "Memoirs of a Geisha", which was produced by the great director Spielberg.

Interestingly, the film’s leading female role is Zhang Ziyi and the second female role is Gong Li.

Two generations of Mou girls face off.

It has to be said that Zhang Ziyi is definitely one of the most domineering Chinese actresses, but compared with Gong Huang, she is just a young girl and there is a huge difference in aura.

Zhang Ziyi always sounds like she’s exhausting herself when acting, while Gong Li is steady and dignified.

"For Zhang Ziyi, at this time when Hua Jie had just left and needed to win people's hearts, he actually didn't use his own double ice."

"No wonder Fatty Fan is staring at Zhang Ziyi. He must be feeling unhappy."

"Haha, they can even put aside their own popular actress, so they won't feel any psychological pressure at all to tease me."

Now that Zhang Yuan has "succeeded" and become "Mrs. Niu", they must pursue "Xiao Tiantian".

"I think the role originally intended for me was given to Huang Xiaoming."

Zhang Yuan estimated.

"It's not the first time these two have gone back on their word. What's more, they haven't signed a film contract with me. They just said it verbally, which is like bullshit."

The most famous thing is the breakup between Stephen Chow and Hua Yi in later life.

It was verbally agreed that if the box office of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" exceeded 500 million, the director's share of the profits would be increased.

As a result, when it came time to sign the supplementary agreement, the boss went abroad, and the company used the excuse that the boss was away and did not form a written contract.

After the film was released, the box office exceeded 12 billion yuan. Logically, Stephen Chow should have received 8000 million yuan in share, but the Wong brothers refused to pay on the grounds that no contract had been signed.

Stephen Chow is a well-known miser. He sued Hua Yi for this matter, but ultimately lost the case and the two sides broke up completely.

The Wang brothers were secretly happy about having saved 8000 million, but Stephen Chow took a breath and switched to Guang Guang Film Group, which made "The Mermaid", which grossed 33 billion yuan.

Not to mention that they can make hundreds of millions from the box office share, Guangguang's stock price has also risen because of this movie, making its boss Wang Changtian so happy that he almost laughed his teeth off.

"Feng Xiaogang never mentioned casting to me."

"This old guy is as cunning as a rat. Naturally, he won't inform me."

"When I find out about the filming, I will definitely just turn a blind eye to it."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan chuckled and took out his cell phone.

"If you don't tell me, I can ask."

"Look who's embarrassed!"

He immediately called Director Feng.

"About this matter..." Feng Xiaogang hesitated for a long time after receiving his inquiry.

"It's like this, that... the investment in this movie is very high, and we found a film company in Hong Kong to invest together."

"You have to give them some rights, including the casting rights."

"Who is the partner?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Hong Kong Asia Pacific." Director Feng continued, "We will have many opportunities to work together in the future."

"Don't worry."

"Of course, I know Director Feng won't forget me."

"Of course. Um... I have something to do now. Let's talk later." After saying that, Feng Xiaogang hung up the phone.

He didn't want to get involved in the conflict between Zhang Yuan and Hua Yi.

"Huan Ya..." Zhang Yuan got the information he wanted.

"Other companies are fine, but I'm familiar with this one!"

He dialed another number.

The boss of Huan Ya is Lin Jianyue.

This famous second-generation rich man in Hong Kong has dealt with Zhang Yuan several times.

Not only did he invest in "Initial D", he also previously dared to cooperate with the other party to invest in Yu Zheng's "The Harem of Qing Dynasty".

The Wang brothers probably don’t know about this.

After Zhang Yuan and Lin Jianyue chatted on the phone for a while, they reached some agreements...

Huang Xiaoming is in high spirits these days.

Wang Zhonglei of Huayi contacted him and he participated in the audition for "The Banquet".

And after the audition, I had a meal with him.

After a few more drinks, the other party began to pat him on the shoulder and boast.

"You have to behave well..."

"Your role is hard-earned, so you must cherish it."

"We at Huayi are very optimistic about you."

Anyway, I repeated the same words I had said to Zhang Yuan at that time to this stunned Shandong man.

But the difference is that Zhang Yuan smiled on the surface but didn't take it seriously at all.

Huang Xiaoming took it seriously!
Especially Xiao Wang held his shoulders and told him.

"This role was originally intended for Zhang Yuan, but now it's given to you. Do you understand what I mean?"

Huang Xiaoming was so excited that he almost kowtowed to the other person!
Oh, heaven and earth.

Which angel sister gave me this relief?
This kid stole my Yang Guo and finally paid the price!
So happy, so happy!
I finally got my revenge!
What made Huang Xiaoming even happier was that Huayi gave me the role that was supposed to be given to Zhang Yuan. Doesn’t that mean that they think more highly of me?
Thinking of this, my heart felt relieved.

After seeing Zhang Yuan cooperating with Huayi, he was most worried that if he went to Huayi again, he would be suppressed by the other party.

Huang Xiaoming has the ambition to become the top star.

Now it’s better. Huayi obviously supports me more, and I feel relieved.

He seemed to have seen Hua Yi's throne waving to him.

A few days later, the crew of "The Banquet" held a second audition and makeup meeting.

Huang Xiaoming brought his assistant to the Huayi office building.

This old man had a signature wicked smile on his face, a pair of small black-framed sunglasses on his nose, and a slicked-back hair.

This dress clearly shows that she is in a good mood.

He came to the dressing room and sat down steadily. He clenched his fists in front of the mirror and said to himself.

“I came to Huayi today.”

"It's not to prove that I am more powerful than others."

"I want to tell everyone that I must get back what I lost myself!"

He was breathing heavily, his heart pounding.

With this big-budget movie, I have officially entered the film and television industry.

He also established a relationship with Hua Yi, a dominant figure in the film industry.

A golden avenue leading to the highest platform in China's entertainment industry has appeared before his eyes.

"Brother Xiao Ming, you're here so early."

At this moment, he heard the door of the dressing room opened, and a man came in and greeted him.

Then he turned back.

Then I heard a "click"!
The Golden Avenue was broken.

Huang Xiaoming's hair almost stood up.

The whole person seemed to have received a great shock. He froze in his seat, not daring to move.

After a few seconds, he stretched out his trembling fingers and pinched his thigh viciously.

"Hey... it hurts!"

It hurts, so it’s not a dream.

Huang Xiaoming looked at the handsome young man in front of him who was smiling, supported himself with his hands on the armrests of the chair, and stood up with difficulty.

"I……"

"haven't seen you for a long time."

The person who came was, of course, Zhang Yuan.

At this moment, no one in the world can make Master Huang so scared.

Zhang Yuan hugged the other person tightly and patted him on the back, his actions seemed very intimate.

"Hey, hello..." Even now, Huang Xiaoming's voice was still trembling when he responded to him. "Are you here to do business in Huayi today? Are you passing by here?" Huang Xiaoming asked.

"No, I'm here for the audition and makeup."

Kucha!

Huang Xiaoming's little heart was broken into pieces.

he came.

he came!
Then I'm doomed!
Didn’t Xiao Wang say that he would give me the role of Yin Xuan?
Did they go back on their word?
I rely on!

Huang Xiaoming almost fell into the chair.

For a moment, the world was spinning and I felt like I had lost my direction.

"He stole my Yang Guo, and now he wants to steal the role of The Banquet..."

He originally thought that if you snatched one from me, I would give you one in return, and we would be even.

But unexpectedly, they came back to kill me.

"Brother Yuan, let me put on your makeup first." said the makeup artist.

"Okay." Zhang Yuan replied, and then said hello to Brother Xiao Ming: "I'll be busy now."

Huang Xiaoming nodded, and after a while, he left the dressing room under the pretext of going to the bathroom. After looking around, he found Feng Xiaogang through the glass partition of an office.

He didn't bother to disturb the other person's work and just knocked on the door and entered.

"Director Feng, I have something to ask you."

"What's the matter...Oh, I see." Feng Xiaogang was startled by his sudden intrusion, but then he immediately reacted and pulled him into a quiet, empty room.

"Have you seen Zhang Yuan?" Feng Xiaogang asked with a strange look on his face.

"Yeah!" Huang Xiaoming nodded vigorously.

Director Feng thought to himself, his face turning pale with fright, that only that kid could do that.

"Director Feng, where is President Wang? Didn't he say that the role of Yin Xuan would be given to me?"

"Why did Zhang Yuan come to the audition again?"

As he spoke, Huang Xiaoming actually began to feel aggrieved and almost burst into tears.

"Oh, don't worry, the role of Yin Xuan is yours, no one will take it away from you."

"Ah, I'm still playing this role?" Huang Xiaoming couldn't believe his ears.

"No, I have already studied the script of this movie."

"Besides the character Yin Xuan that I played, only a few minor characters from the Yulin Guards had their faces shown... Could it be that he took over the role of Teacher Ge You?"

"Is he of the right age?" Feng Xiaogang shook his head, realizing that Huang Xiaoming was frightened and had started to have wild thoughts.

"Oh!" Director Feng sighed.

"I just received a notice the day before yesterday that the role Zhang Yuan is going to audition for is Prince Wu Luan!"

"Ah!" Huang Jiaozhu opened his mouth wide: "No..."

There are only a few main characters in "The Banquet".

In addition to the male lead Ge You, who is always Feng Xiaogang's favorite male lead, there is also the female lead Zhang Ziyi.

Huang Xiaoming played Yin Sun, the third male role.

The role of the second female lead, Qingnu, was given to Zhou Xun.

Because Brother Xun is already negotiating a management contract with Huayi and has made considerable progress. It has been basically decided that after Rong Xinda's contract ends, he will be seamlessly transferred to Huayi.

So this role was a signing gift for Zhou Xun.

Anyway, Huayi’s routine is just these few tricks. First, he will attract you with the roles in famous directors’ works. Once you come, I have the final say on how to deal with you afterwards.

The right to choose the vacant second male lead was given to the partner Huan Ya.

"No, wasn't this role originally assigned to Wu Yan?" Huang Xiaoming couldn't understand: "Why did it suddenly get replaced by him?"

"I don't know either. Anyway, Xiao Wang told me roughly what he said."

"Lin Jianyue called him and suggested a replacement."

Feng Xiaogang could probably guess that Zhang Yuan must have used some means to convince Boss Lin.

After Wang Zhonglei knew about this, his expression was not very good and he was obviously very surprised.

There are several main reasons why Lin Jianyue agreed to let Zhang Yuan play the role.

In fact, he, like Hua Yi, had originally planned to use this vacancy to win over Wu Yan's group.

But as soon as Wu Yan's team took on the work, something went wrong.

This man was slashed in the head for bravely helping a drunk girl in a bar.

Among the young actors in Hong Kong back then, Daniel Wu actually had the best character.

He doesn't play around with women, has no issues with his stance, and doesn't look for trouble. He is much more honest than Edison Chen and Nicholas Tse.

And because of his looks, he was cheated on by women several times.

Because women think that if you look like this, you must be a playboy because you change women every day.

So you are definitely not serious. I might as well cheat on you before you do so that I won’t suffer any loss.

Don't try to guess what women are thinking; they have their own logic.

His face was disfigured just after he took on the role, with a cut on his nose.

Although there is still some time before the filming starts, Lin Jianyue feels that things are not good.

This guy is extremely superstitious. Plus, his father just passed away this year, and the Lin family is in a precarious situation right now, so they can't afford to make any mistakes.

So he took Yanzu's photo and went to Siam to find the White Dragon King.

“It can grow red for a long time, but it’s always a little short of reaching its peak.”

This is the response given by the White Dragon King.

Lin Jianyue was a little confused.

He always felt that Yanzu could become the next Four Heavenly Kings.

In fact, people in Hong Kong think too much. The Four Heavenly Kings are the product of the times. The later ones, whether it is Nicholas Tse, Wu Yan's group or Edison Chen, cannot reach the achievements of Wah's generation even if all Hong Kong people work together to support them.

The heyday of the Hong Kong entertainment industry is gone forever.

Just at this moment, Lin Jianyue received a call from Zhang Yuan.

"You want to play this role?"

"Yes, I heard that you invested. I thought I could trade something with you."

In fact, the content of the transaction is very simple.

For the film "The Harems of Qing Dynasty" that they collaborated on, Zhang Yuan was willing to give all of his share of the copyright income except for the mainland part to Boss Lin.

This part of the revenue may be worth tens of millions in total in the future.

But first of all, this is a long-term benefit and cannot be realized immediately.

Secondly, it’s just like Dao Ge’s lines in “Crazy Stone”.

“I’m on the rise in my career!”

Zhang Yuan must ensure that he appears in the top works every year in order to maintain his popularity.

Even Zhang Ziyi was later framed because of the "ink-throwing incident", and the value of International Zhang lost more than half in those years.

So Zhang Yuan knows very well that money is not the most important thing. What is important is to show his face and let the audience see him continuously.

Lin Jianyue put down his phone and did some calculations, and felt that this deal was not a loss.

He glanced at the White Dragon King not far away, and remembered that even he could not see through Zhang Yuan's fortune, and thought that he must be a strange man.

The last movie he appeared in, "Initial D", sold very well and he made a lot of money.

And there is one more important point.

The investment in the film "Night Banquet" is so huge that it must rely on overseas copyright and broadcasting to make a profit.

Lin Jianyue agreed to let Zhang Ziyi play the leading female role because her name is International Zhang!
She has international influence and is attractive to overseas film producers.

It just so happened that Zhang Yuan had just been to Cannes a few months ago.

The film he starred in also won awards, which is somewhat of a selling point for overseas film producers.

After careful consideration, he agreed to Zhang Yuan's conditions.

After Huang Xiaoming figured out everything, he returned to the dressing room in a daze.

At this time, Zhang Yuan had put on a long wig and a white robe, looking very high-spirited.

"Brother Xiaoming, you had a stomachache and took you so long?" Zhang Yuan asked while sorting his clothes.

Huang Xiaoming thought to himself, my stomach feels pretty good, but my heart doesn’t feel comfortable.

"I'm going to the audition first. You've worked hard." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder, smiled and walked away.

Huang Xiaoming turned his head with a determined gaze, looking at the other person's back as he slowly walked away, dragging his robe.

"Although my role is still there and it has not been taken away by him."

"But why do I feel like I'm feeling even worse?"

Huang Xiaoming thought, he just said that what he lost must be taken back with his own hands...

But my role is that people come here to give me alms in order to win me over.

He took back his role with his own hands!

Not only that, he also got a higher-ranking role.

This person had lost all the momentum he had when he came here, and his whole body exuded a sense of frustration.

"He used his own means to get a better role than I got."

"Doesn't that mean he's better than me?"

"Press it firmly!"

It would be fine if he could just take back the role of Yin Xuan.

He appeared in front of me, not only was he not anxious or annoyed, he also let me play a supporting role in the film.

Yes, I still have to see him every day on the set…

Huang Xiaoming felt that the other party must know that his role originally belonged to him.

But he is still so kind to me.

He must have been telling himself this.

"I am Huayi's eldest brother, little brother."

Huang Xiaoming suddenly felt that his future path to stardom in Huayi had already been overshadowed by a shadow named Zhang Yuan before it even began... (End of this chapter)