"Don't touch it, this is my Baleno!"

In front of the camera, Zhang Yuan slapped teacher Guo Tao's arm away.

This was the shot he asked Ning Hao to add just to advertise for the brand.

"Stop, that's enough." Ning Hao waved his hand.

This scene was originally about Mike and Bao Shihong fighting in the elevator, and Zhang Yuan and he designed and added this little action.

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

After shooting this shot, Ning Hao smacked his lips.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuan walked up to him and hooked his shoulder and asked.

“This is the first time I’ve inserted commercial content into a film. It feels…”

Seeing his conflicted look, Zhang Yuan thought, maybe he has suffered from his literary youth syndrome, and felt that if he did so, the film would not be pure.

"This feeling... is really hot!"

Zhang Yuan: …

He held his forehead, thinking that this guy made his fortune by shooting music videos and commercials, and he didn't have the so-called "aloofness" of ordinary professional directors.

Ning Hao is actually a very pragmatic person.

"As long as there is commercial placement, there will be money. It feels so good." Ning Hao smiled and patted his thigh.

"Don't be happy, just take the photo."

"Okay, okay, you only have one more shot and it's over."

The few of them returned to the room where they opened the safe, where the prop team had already set up the scene.

Zhang Yuan sat in the boss chair, holding his mobile phone in his left hand, and pressed the play button breathlessly.

beep...

The phone on the desk in the room immediately rang.

Zhang Yuan reached out and quickly pressed the phone, but in his panic he seemed to have thought of something.

Then he used his mobile phone to call his boss again.

beep beep...

The landline on the desk rang again. He picked up the phone as slowly as a sloth and put it to his ear, while shouting into the receiver of his own cell phone.

"Hey……"

My own voice immediately appeared in the telephone receiver.

Ning Hao saw from the camera that Zhang Yuan's eyes were shaking back and forth at this moment, and the panic at that moment seemed to be bursting out from his pupils.

His eyebrows drooped, and that hint of panic turned into full of grievance.

After all, as an international thief, nothing good has happened to Mike since he came to Shancheng and took this job.

"Sense of layering!" Ning Hao said secretly in his heart.

Ning Hao has been observing the actors these days.

Huang Bo's characteristics are that he has a distinct personal style, his performances are very down-to-earth, and he portrays minor characters in great detail.

Liu Hua, who plays Dao Ge, is more experienced and obviously has rich acting experience and is adept at portraying characters.

Wang Xun's acting skills are slightly inferior, but compared with these people.

But from an actor's perspective, the biggest drawback is appearance.

Their appearance meant they could only play the role of "clowns".

But Zhang Yuan doesn’t have this problem at all. On the contrary, appearance is his strong point!

And with this strength, his acting skills are not only not worse than these people, but even weaker in personal style.

The advantage of having a strong personal style is that it is easier to stand out, but it also limits your acting range.

Ning Hao could see that Zhang Yuan intentionally downplayed his personal style to suit the role.

"He's already at this level at just in his early twenties. His future is limitless." Ning Hao muttered.

"And with the same amount of time, he could obviously take on other dramas and commercials and earn more money."

"But they are here to support a small film made by a new director like me..."

Thinking of this, Ning Hao was a little moved.

He felt that Zhang Yuan and he were like-minded people who were interested in contributing to the Chinese film and television industry rather than simply making money.

"I'm gonna give you a lung!" Zhang Yuan put down his cell phone and receiver, leaned his hands weakly on the boss's desk, and uttered Mike's classic lines.

"Stop!" Ning Hao shouted.

"Congratulations to our investor Mr. Zhang Yuan on the completion of the filming!"

Ning Hao specifically used a very formal address to "see him off".

Clap, clap, clap... For a moment, the room was filled with the sound of applause.

These guys really don't want him to leave.

After all, with him around, everyone feels that nothing is a big deal, and the key is that if there is anything missing, someone will pay for it...

"Where are you going next?" Ning Hao asked, pulling him aside.

"Let's go back to our home in the capital to recuperate first, and then we have to go to the Magic City." Zhang Yuan also pulled him along. The relationship between the two of them had clearly taken a step further during their cooperation over a month.

They rose from friends and collaborators to brothers.

"After everything is finished, please notify me and I will go to China Film Group to discuss the copy and release."

"Also, arrange the road show. I will run with you."

"If I have time, I will ask Brother Hua and Fan Bingbing to help us run a few shows together."

"Okay, okay..." Ning Hao nodded without paying attention.

With Zhang Yuan around, he didn't have to worry about anything and just had to finish filming the movie.

Moreover, before the filming started, he was worried whether this movie would be a triple flop like his previous two works.

But after seeing Zhang Yuan's all-round packaging and support for the film, he gradually began to believe that this film should be a success.

Of course, what he calls success is making back his investment.

The layout is a bit small...

After saying goodbye to the crew, Zhang Yuan boarded a plane and returned to the courtyard house in Pi Tiao Hutong in the imperial capital.

The large courtyard in Fuyuan Hutong has been cleaned and reinforced. Zhao Decai has also found a designer to draw the drawings, and now the formal decoration is finally about to begin.

According to the current budget report, not counting the furniture, the hard furnishings and soft furnishings and appliances will cost more than three million.

This is why the yard was originally abandoned; the cost of renovating it was too high.

A courtyard house is not like an ordinary building, and it is even more troublesome to renovate than a villa because the water and electricity systems are old and need to be completely redone.

As usual, he called Cheng Hao as soon as he got home.

The other party brought him a bunch of business documents, all of which were advertisers and activities that had recently approached him.

You have to make money from renovation!

"You have more and more advertisements now, and you are quite popular on the Internet." Cheng Hao said, leaning against him.

"Really? That's good." He looked at the documents and replied casually.

"That TOM.com voting that I mentioned to you before, you always got the most votes a while ago." Cheng Hao said with some pride, but then frowned.

"But for some reason, Huang Xiaoming and Nie Yuan's votes suddenly surged recently, suppressing you."

"It's strange that they haven't aired any new works recently."

"Is it weird?" Zhang Yuan turned around and asked, "There is logic behind the weirdness."

"It seems that these two brothers are very concerned about the website selection."

"What do you mean?"

Cheng Hao's face was full of confusion.

"You are stupid. You must have spent money." Zhang Yuan replied.

"Is that so... then do you want to spend some money as well?"

"Am I sick to be competing for this? It's not a film festival award." Zhang Yuan didn't take the website's selection seriously at all.

Back then, this website and its annual selection were quite big.

So celebrities are paying close attention to it.

It is a bit like the large-scale evening parties like Weibo Night and Harper’s Bazaar in later generations.

"There are some benefits at least..." Cheng Hao hooked his shoulder and said in his ear.

“By the way, Orange Sky has arranged an album production for me recently. I’m going to be a female singer!” Cheng Hao said with a smile on her face.

Zhang Yuan: …

Just like the election on this website, in those days it was a basic practice for male and female actors who were good at acting to also sing.

Almost all popular stars will release albums.

Not to mention anything else, the Four Dans and Two Bings have all released music albums.

Among the people Zhang Yuan knew, Chen Kun and Yuan Quan had also been there.

Even Qin Hailu, Ning Jing, and Zhang Ziyi have released albums.

Not to mention Liu Xixi, her rare hot song and dance little devil costume in her life came from her interpretation of music works. Moreover, most of these people released albums between 05 and 08.

This was the popular trend in those years.

However, the musical works of these actors were rarely mentioned in later generations and most of them disappeared.

In the final analysis, it is just a means of increasing popularity.

"If my guess is correct, Chengtian should let you go to the island country to release an album."

"Yeah, how did you know?" Cheng Hao was a little surprised.

"Nonsense, Orange Sky is originally an island country, and this operation of exporting to domestic sales has been popular in recent years."

Zhang Yuan thought to himself, why do all the women around him want to go to the island country to release albums?

Liu Xixi has just signed a contract with Sony, and Cheng Hao is about to cooperate with Avex Records, the company that produced Ayumi Hamasaki.

Zhang Yuan thought that if he wanted to release an album in the island country, he would definitely not look for this kind of company.

At least it has to be a famous island company like "Bianliang Hot" to suit his taste.

"Then have you ever thought that releasing an album is just a means for Cheng Sky to keep you stable?" Zhang Yuan turned around and looked at her.

"Ah!" Cheng Hao opened his mouth wide.

"I'll give you some benefits first to keep you steady. Once Sister Hua has established her foothold, it will be time to start a massacre and drive away all of you, the natives of Orange Sky."

Who is Wang Jinhua?

Only a fool would think that she is a good person. How could she make the Huayi brothers so angry without any tricks?

"Then I refuse?"

"No need, just eat the bait if I give you one." Zhang Yuan replied with a smile: "Only if you eat it, Sister Hua and the company will be relieved."

"And it can make money, what's wrong with that?"

"When your contract with Chengtian expires, you can just leave."

"It just happens to work for me."

"You wish!" Cheng Hao pinched his nose and said angrily, "I have planned it all. After the contract with Chengtian ends, I will go to the Central Academy of Drama for graduate studies and take on some roles that I like."

"Then...if you're nice enough to me, I'll consider helping you."

"What is considered good?" Zhang Yuan's hands climbed up the other person's waist.

They hadn't seen each other for a while, and when the two of them touched, the good sister's body softened.

A few hours later, the two were lying in bed covered with a thin blanket.

"That's good for you."

Cheng Hao: ...

"How can a boss give hundreds of millions to his employees without any reason?"

Cheng Hao: ...

"Honestly, you have to be careful." After joking, Zhang Yuan became serious.

"Neither Cheng Tian nor Sister Hua are easy to mess with."

"Your contract expires next year, so be especially careful before it expires. Beware of the other party setting a trap for you."

"After all, you are popular now, and you will threaten Sister Hua's younger brothers and sisters. If you are eliminated, the freed-up market resources will all belong to her subordinates."

"I know. I'm not stupid." Cheng Hao rolled his eyes at him, then pulled over the blanket and fell into a deep sleep.

At noon the next day, the two people who had been tossing and turning all night had not yet gotten up when they heard a series of noisy noises coming from outside the yard.

"I think you are a fake fan, you want to get Brother Yuan's autograph!"

Zhang Yuan squinted his eyes and raised his head, then he heard Zhao Xinxin's sonorous and powerful voice.

"What is it?"

He put on his clothes and walked into the yard yawning.

"Brother Yuan, Brother Yuan, it's me!"

He saw Zhao Xunxun using a small grappling posture and bend a short young man at the door into the chicken pecking rice posture with his hands raised behind his back.

"Let go, let go quickly, we are one." After seeing the other person's face clearly, Zhang Yuan hurriedly called out to Zhao Xinxin.

"Ah, he's really one of ours." Zhao Xinxin loosened his arms.

She almost broke the opponent's joints.

The person who came was a member of the WE gaming club that Zhang Yuan bought.

He also personally brought here the number one Chinese person, Li Xiaofeng.

A while ago, he won the EWSC and ACON3 China Championship in the "Warcraft 5" event.

The competition was held in Xi'an, and Zhang Yuan specially upgraded his air ticket and hotel, which made the boy very grateful.

How could I not be excited to stay in a five-star hotel for the first time in my life?

"Brother Yuan, the WCG finals are about to start." After sitting down, Li Xiaofeng rubbed his shoulders and said to him.

Fortunately, Zhao Xinxin didn't hit him too hard, otherwise it would have affected the subsequent games.

"The WCG organizing committee has sent me an invitation, the General Administration of Sports has approved the documents for the competition visa, and the club has helped me get a passport."

Since the end of 03, the country listed e-sports as the 99th real sports competition event.

Although e-sports players are still criticized by their parents as "not doing their job properly" and "only knowing how to play games".

But in fact, these people are already official athletes, the kind recognized by the country.

Even to participate in overseas competitions, you need to provide information to the General Administration of Sports to apply for a special overseas mobilization visa.

The country will also provide certain travel subsidies, but compared with traditional strong projects such as table tennis, women's volleyball, badminton, etc., the subsidies are pitifully small.

After all, there are still some people in China's sports administration departments, especially the elderly, who do not support the development of e-sports.

There is more of a group of young managers who, after seeing the development of South Korea and European and American countries in this project, feel that a great country cannot fall behind.

Even if there are no results, we must first set up the organizational structure.

"Is this your first time competing abroad?" Zhang Yuan asked with a smile.

"Yes, this is also my first time going abroad."

"How are the preparations going?"

"Not bad." The guy replied with a silly smile.

He came today specifically to give notice. After all, going abroad to play games is a big deal and the club owner must be informed.

Secondly... Zhang Yuan knew that they were definitely here to ask for a budget.

After going abroad, the expenses for food, drink, and shelter are not a small amount. In those days, there were not many brands willing to sponsor gaming clubs, and the players were all very poor.

"Okay, send me the date later, and I'll go to Singapore with you this time."

"Ah, you want to go with us?" Li Xiaofeng asked with his eyes wide open.

I thought to myself, the boss is a big star, how could he have time to get involved in such matters?

"I support you. Don't worry, the same applies when you go abroad. I will arrange a five-star hotel and a special car to pick you up."

"Okay!" He was happy to hear this.

"Don't worry, since you are prepared, that's good." Zhang Yuan said calmly while holding the table.

"If you can get into the top three this time, I will personally give you the same amount of bonus as the organizing committee gave you."

Zhang Yuan knew that Singapore was the birthplace of Chinese e-sports.

Moreover, Li Xiaofeng was extremely strong this year.

Later generations named the game he won by using his ID.

In South Korea, athletes who have a dominant performance in a certain event are called "Honza".

It means the respected one, the strongest one.

And what kind of person can be called this seat.

The simplest one is to use one's own strength to force game companies to modify data to weaken players with a certain playing style.

And the person sitting in front of him now is the god who forced Blizzard to modify the army types, props, and even the construction time of buildings in order to balance the game.

When Li Xiaofeng heard about the bonus, he almost dropped his jaw.

The total prize money of WCG is 20 US dollars, and the champion of the "Warcraft 3" event will receive 2.5 US dollars.

That's Daole!
In that year when the average salary was only a few thousand dollars, 2.5 US dollars was equivalent to more than 20 RMB!

This money can buy a big house in my hometown.

As long as I am in the top three, my boss will give me more subsidies based on my salary.

If I win the championship, wouldn’t I be able to get a total prize of more than 40 yuan!
How much money does this cost!
You can buy a house in the capital.

"You, are you telling the truth?" he confirmed repeatedly.

"Of course, I'm serious." Zhang Yuan patted his shoulder and said, "As long as you kill those foreigners, I'll pay you one-to-one."

Hearing this, the future Chinese Game Hall of Fame member with the ID name SKY, Li Xiaofeng, gritted his teeth.

Can you get so much money by beating the foreigners?

Then I want the foreigners to die! (End of this chapter)