At the wrap party, Zhang Yuan called Zhang Guoli.

After all, he definitely had to go to "Curse of the Golden Flower", but he had promised Uncle Guo Li before...

"Hey, kid, what do you want from me?"

Uncle Guoli's deep and powerful voice came from the other end of the phone.

Li Hongzhang has a poem that says: "I have been working hard in the carriage, but I still don't realize how hard it is to die when I face the danger."

I won’t talk much about Li Zhongtang’s character and abilities, but just talk about this poem: Only when things happen do you realize how difficult it is to die... Only when things happen do you realize how difficult it is to get rid of it.

The same is true for Zhang Yuan now.

He was rational before picking up the phone.

I must put my own interests first, and rejecting Zhang Guoli is the best solution.

He felt no psychological pressure when he thought about this.

But after picking up the phone, especially after hearing the familiar voice of Zhang Guoli, he was unable to speak.

He is nice to me and I always think of him when something happens.

I am also particularly cordial when dealing with him and addressing him.

Especially after dealing with the issue with his son at school, their relationship became even better.

Add to that the close relationship between the crosstalk community... Zhang Yuan was extremely conflicted.

"What's wrong? Say something?" Uncle Guoli urged him worriedly when he saw that he didn't say anything.

I was afraid that he had encountered some difficult problems that were difficult to explain.

"Uh...Uncle Guoli, it's like this."

Zhang Yuan gave a brief account of the situation.

This time they alternated in silence, and it was Uncle Guoli's turn to remain silent.

To be honest, those few seconds of Zhang Guoli's silence were extremely difficult to endure.

It took about a minute before the other party spoke.

But in Zhang Yuan's perception, it seemed like half a day had passed.

"You should go." Zhang Guoli spoke in a steady tone.

"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to star in a movie by Zhang Yimou, and play a major role in it."

"Not to mention you, even an old man like me would want to go."

"So don't worry about it. I will find a way."

Uncle Guoli even comforted him.

But the more the other party did this, the more embarrassed he felt.

After all, he is one of ours, so we shouldn't be anxious or annoyed, and should still consider him.

As he was speaking, he left the banquet for a long time on the pretext of going to the bathroom, cleaned his throat in the toilet, and splashed himself with cold water to wake himself up. Huang Xiaoming just happened to return at this time.

As soon as I entered the private room, I saw everyone was quietly watching Zhang Yuan talking on the phone.

He also sat down carefully and listened attentively.

"How about this, Uncle Guoli."

Zhang Yuan thought about it and felt bad even though other people supported him.

"Although I can't go to film your play."

"But I will definitely attend your new film's press conference and premiere. If you need to run around for any other appointments, you can call me."

"Okay, your words are enough." Zhang Guoli heard him say that and forced out a smile out of helplessness.

This kid runs too fast and I can't catch up with him.

You can't blame him for that.

If I were a director of Zhang Yimou's level, I would definitely not be in this dilemma.

Zhang Guoli understands very well that at Zhang Yuan's age, acting or not acting in Zhang Yuan's films could mean the difference between becoming famous or not, which is very important.

Uncle Guoli thought again, it would be great if his own son could be as ambitious as him.

I can't help feeling a little sad.

There's no comparison!

"Uncle Guoli, if I can't come now, your filming will be delayed, right? Is there anything else I can do?"

Zhang Yuan asked.

"It's not a big problem." Zhang Guoli came back to his senses: "Before looking for you, I also auditioned a few young actors, and their looks and popularity are not bad."

"Oh, that's good... Can I ask one more question, who are you going to use?"

Zhang Yuan thought that at least he could help the other party block some actors with questionable abilities or character.

"Besides you, the next person who will be given priority is a young actor of your age named Hu Ge."

Zhang Yuan thought about it and decided that there wouldn't be any problem if he went to find him.

Although "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was snatched away by myself.

But recently, Boss Cai has begun to support him with all his strength, including "The Fairy from the Other World", "New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Don't Love Me", and "Young Generals of the Yang Clan" to be released later.

Not only that, Boss Cai also arranged for him to sing the theme songs and interludes of these dramas, and even planned to put them together for him to release an EP album.

Tang Ren knew that Zhang Yuan was out of his reach, so he had to support him with all his strength.

"Oh." Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan suddenly came up with an idea to grab the attribute.

"Uncle Guoli, I have a small request."

"Can I come and notify Hu Ge? I am familiar with Tang Ren and this person."

Zhang Guoli thought that the boy was feeling guilty, so he planned to take good care of him and even give him some pointers, so he readily agreed.

Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Come on, let's toast to Zhang Yuan." Feng Xiaogang took the lead in raising his glass.

After drinking, he said again.

"Guoli usually has a bad temper. If someone else broke an appointment at the last minute, he would definitely scold them. He might even criticize them in front of the media."

"It's because you are so proud that he speaks to you in a nice tone."

Zhang Yuan nodded, indeed.

In fact, Zhang Guoli is not a kind person, nor does he have a good temper.

But they have a good relationship, and before, when filming "Young Generals of the Yang Family", he took the initiative to help Uncle Guoli keep Tong Yao out of the actor list.

Because of this favor, the other party is so polite.

Everyone else was laughing and talking, and Zhang Yuan was lucky.

There was only one person on the table whose upper and lower teeth were chattering, and his mouth was making a constant crunching sound.

Huang Xiaoming was very panicked!
Just now when Zhang Yuan received a call from Zhang Yimou, he went to the bathroom.

When he came back, he heard that Zhang Yuan had rejected the film contract from Zhang Guoli.

He has been on good terms with Zhang Yuan recently, but there is a prerequisite.

That is, Zhang Yuan accepted Zhang Guoli's film contract and had no time to compete with him for the role in "New Shanghai Bund".

Now when Brother Xiao Ming heard that Zhang Yuan’s schedule was free again, he was so scared that he sobered up!

"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Yuan, why are you suddenly not acting in Uncle Guoli's play?"

Zhou Xun was smart at one of his rare moments. When he saw Huang Xiaoming like this, he understood what was going on and started attacking.

"Why are you so nervous?"

"They won't steal the spotlight from you."

"Who wants to steal your TV series?"

Huang Xiaoming: ...

You make it sound like "New Shanghai Bund" is not very presentable.

This drama cost 30 million yuan to make!
It’s an absolute big production.

Otherwise why would I care so much.

"They turned down Zhang Guoli's offer because they wanted to shoot Zhang Yimou's movie," Zhou Xun added.

Huang Xiaoming opened his mouth before he reacted.

Everyone in the circle knows that the film that Zhang Yimou is about to start shooting is "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Huang Xiaoming also knew that Zhang Yuan had participated in the audition.

But he wasn't selected.

Why can't I choose it suddenly?
But he heard that the investment in that film was as high as 3.5 million!
Oh, in this case, what Brother Xun said is right.

The investment in this movie is more than ten times that of "New Shanghai Bund".

Compared to this, "New Shanghai Bund" is not up to par...

Huang Xiaoming felt relieved, but soon became depressed again.

Done!

He had just finished filming "The Banquet" and was about to film "Curse of the Golden Flower".

Once these two films are aired, won’t the gap between our status become bigger and bigger!
Before the filming of "Night Banquet" started, Huang Xiaoming still thought that he could make up for the losses from "The Return of the Condor Heroes" with this movie.

Now that I have settled the accounts, not only have I not made up for it, but the gap has become even bigger! Brother Xiao Ming thought about it.

It’s not that I walk slowly, it’s that he runs too fast and I can’t catch up with him!
That night, Huang Xiaoming drank a lot.

In the end, he collapsed on his seat again, and was photographed in an ugly manner by Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Yuan also drank quite a bit, and after chatting with Director Feng and Zhang Li for a long time, the banquet ended.

Li Xiaoran hugged him and returned to the hotel.

His scenes on this set today have ended.

But it was already very late, so I planned to stay another night to rest and go home tomorrow.

"I'm going to take a shower first..." Li Xiaoran took off his coat as soon as he returned to the room.

Then she took off all her clothes in front of him, leaving only her bra and pink triangle.

"Do you want to come in?" He narrowed his eyes and hooked his finger at her.

"No." Although the bathroom play was still difficult, he still had things to do.

"Then let me fill the bathtub for you."

You still have to wait for me, right? Zhang Yuan knew what was going on and waved at her, signaling her to go first.

You're getting more and more attached to me.

When the sound of water was heard in the bathroom, he made a call.

"Hello, Boss Cai, long time no see. We haven't been in touch for a while."

Cai Yinong has been very busy recently.

Because in addition to the three TV series prepared for Hu Ge, Tangren also has a heavyweight project that will start filming this year.

"Hey, hello, how are you doing lately?" Boss Cai replied with a smile.

Of course she was very happy to hear Zhang Yuan's voice.

"New Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" has already been completed.

Previously, because some scenes and content were too horrific, it was almost rejected by Guangdong TV.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan discovered it in time and after some modifications, the danger has been averted and the film has been broadcast on Pearl River Channel.

The film is currently performing well, with an average viewership of 5.7%.

In addition, at the end of last year, Zhang Yuan gained a wave of traffic and popularity on the Internet, and he starred in a unit of this film, so now four satellite TV stations have made joint purchasing requests.

Anhui, Hubei, Yunnan, Chongqing...these four satellite TV stations paid a total of 1300 million in copyright fees, allowing Tangren to make back his money in a short period of time.

The copyright price of the four-channel joint broadcast is indeed not as high as that of the exclusive broadcast.

But Tangren was notoriously difficult to sell films for, and its relationship with the TV station was not strong enough, so it was difficult for it to be broadcast on satellite TV.

Boss Cai knew very well that if Zhang Yuan had not been in the film, it would have been impossible for it to be released on TV so quickly, let alone released by four TV stations at the same time.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a long time before Zhang Yuan got to the point.

"Hugo auditioned for the movie 601 Calls before, right?"

"Yes..." Boss Cai didn't understand why he brought this up.

At that time, Hu Ge's audition was over, and Zhang Guoli did not offer him a role. Boss Cai wanted to use his expertise and transformed himself into a "annoying little goblin" to negotiate with the other party.

Cai Yinong’s usual routine when dealing with artists and film producers is to have a heart-to-heart chat, then keep pestering you, keeping a very low profile, and finally make you feel embarrassed, and then everyone can talk it over.

But when Uncle Li said that Zhang Yuan would be the protagonist of the movie, Boss Cai gave up his "Grinding King" plan.

Since Zhang Yuan has been chosen, let’s forget about our beloved Hu Ge…

Boss Cai knows that they cannot be compared. Zhang Yuan is much stronger than Hu Ge in terms of popularity or ability.

"I have withdrawn from the play now, and then I asked Uncle Guo Li, and he said Hu Ge was on the list of candidates."

"So I came to inform you, let Hugo go."

There is nothing wrong with what Zhang Yuan said. There is no exaggeration at all. He is just objectively describing the facts.

But that's the charm of language.

Boss Cai heard this and immediately responded...

"After Zhang Yuan withdrew from the show, he took the initiative to recommend our Hu Ge!"

Boss Cai felt so happy in his heart, as if he had diabetes.

After all, Zhang Yuan is on our side.

Even though we are rich now, we have not forgotten the good times we had working with our sugar man.

Cai Yinong was very touched and planned to work with him more in the future...but I wonder if he is still willing to shoot films for our company?
She also knew that Zhang Yuan went to film "Night Banquet".

Nowadays, the gap between movie stars and TV drama stars is much greater than in later generations. Once they become famous, most actors are unwilling to go back to acting in TV dramas.

But no matter what, Boss Cai is very grateful.

[Received thanks from Cai Yinong, temperament +1, patience +1! ]

Zhang Yuan took over the job of notifying the sugar man from Zhang Guoli, and pulling out some of his attributes was just a side job.

He also wanted to take the opportunity to establish a good relationship with Boss Cai.

Because Tangren has another heavyweight work to shoot this year.

For this work, Boss Cai invested almost all the money he earned from his previous films.

If Soha is a kind of wisdom, then Boss Cai must be very wise.

And it is precisely because of this heavyweight work that Tang Ren is in big trouble!
Because this movie is "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"!
People online and in the audience used to say that the sugar man was a 50-cent special effect and a 50-cent scene.

This is indeed hard to deny.

After all, sugar people are actually the foundation of the Hong Kong circle, and TVB also has 50-cent special effects, which is considered an old tradition.

So in order to avenge his previous failure with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Boss Cai spent tens of millions just on setting up the scenes!
Not only that, the director team also mobilized all of Tangren’s assets.

Li Guoli, Liang Shengquan, Lin Yufen, Wu Jingyuan, Huang Weimin.

Boss Cai also personally took charge of the production.

The cast is unprecedentedly strong. In addition to Hu Ge and Yuan Hong, the heroine is also played by Lin Yichen, who just became famous with "It Started with a Kiss".

The supporting roles were all played by actors like Anthony Wong and Charmaine Sheh, who are relatively familiar to the audience and have a high net worth.

But the problem lies with the leading actor Hu Ge!

This person was born in September 82, and before September 9, it was still his zodiac year.

I don’t know if it was because he didn’t wear red underwear to ward off evil spirits, but in the end, that nationally famous major car accident happened.

Zhang Yuan knew very well what would happen.

But on the one hand, if outsiders interfere in such a catastrophe, they are likely to suffer backlash.

He gave Li Xiaoran an idea. He almost suffered a catastrophic disaster, but he dared not change other people's fate anymore.

Secondly, helping Hugo avoid a car accident would not do him any good.

On the contrary, it would be more beneficial for him to let things happen.

Moreover, this car accident played a decisive role in Hu Ge becoming the Hu Ge of later generations.

What doesn't kill you will only make you stronger.

After this disaster, Lao Hu's acting skills and mentality have obviously changed a lot.

So Zhang Yuan specially contacted Boss Cai today just to make a good deal and improve the relationship between the two.

It will be nice to have a reason to meet again in the future to get things done.

"When you come to Shanghai later, Hu Ge and I will treat you to dinner." Boss Cai became happier and happier as the conversation went on. He said, "Although you are not an artist of our company, I still treat you as one of my own."

Putting down his phone, Zhang Yuan stretched lazily.

"Of course Sugar Man and I are family."

"It would be even better if we could become one of our own in terms of money."

Zhang Yuan estimated that when Tangren Film and Television's market value was at its highest, it was said to be worth 4 to 50 billion.

In fact, based on the equity transaction price, it should be just over 30 billion.

Among the film and television companies whose main business is TV series during the same period, it is considered a leading enterprise.

Of course, it also went from prosperity to decline from then on.

At present, there are no listed companies in the film and television industry in the Chinese market.

Therefore, the valuations of production companies are generally low.

Although Orange Sky is the first Chinese film and television company to go public, it does not have complete reference value because it was listed through a backdoor listing.

The valuation of China Film and Television Corporation has soared, and it is Huayi’s listing that has led the way!

The valuations of TV drama companies like Tangren have completely inflated because of the advent of the Internet era, when the prices of online copyrights for TV dramas skyrocketed, allowing these "pigs on the wind" to take off.

Before this, sugar men were actually not worth much money.

Huayi is only worth about 1 billion now. Tangren has only a few hairs on his tiny arms and legs, so it would be an overestimation to have a value of 100 or 200 million.

So, if you don’t act now, when will you act?

Chaos is the ladder of progress.

There is only one thing Zhang Yuan needs to do now.

Wait! (End of this chapter)