Entertainment 1998

"Fake!
There is no business in this world that is guaranteed to make a profit.”

Although he had physical contact with Chen Hong more than ten days ago, Jiang Feng was still unwilling to endorse the movie "The Promise" on principle.

Even if this endorsement is meaningless.

Even if "The Promise" really lost money, Jiang Feng would not have to pay anything, but he just didn't want to.

After all, this concerns your own reputation!

"Haha, then I understand, Director Jiang." Zhang Yaping, the coal boss on the other end of the phone, laughed heartily.

“I have decided to invest in the movie The Promise!”

Uh…

Jiang Feng was a little confused.

Didn’t you understand what I said or what?
What I'm saying is that there is no business in this world that is guaranteed to make a profit. Basically, I'm saying that "The Promise" is a terrible movie and you'd better stay away from it.

Of course, no matter how confused he was, there were some things Jiang Feng was unwilling to say out loud. After all, it had nothing to do with him.

But just when Jiang Feng wanted to hang up the phone, he heard Zhang Yaping on the phone say again: "Director Jiang, honestly, I understand what you mean.

That is to say, you also don’t think highly of the movie “The Promise” and advised me not to get involved.

But, Director Jiang, what I want to say is that being able to get your phone number from Sister Hong and have a phone call with you is worth 1.5 million RMB to me.”

what…

Jiang Feng, who was usually calm, was surprised.

Am I that good?
It doesn't seem so. If I were that capable, I would stop making movies and running a company. I would just set up a stall on the street, tell everyone my phone number, and chat with everyone over the phone.

Anyway, as long as this operation is carried out, the value will exceed 1.5 million, um, in RMB.

Shaking his head and smiling, Jiang Feng hung up the phone.

I thought this matter would just go away.

Early the next morning, when Jiang Feng was discussing with prop master Zhuang Kai about transforming a small yellow building next to the guard room of Beijing Film Studio into a police station, a 2-meter van arrived at the gate of Beijing Film Studio.

The truck driver got off the truck at the door and said to the guard, "Hello, sir. I want to talk to Director Jiang Feng, or the crew of his "Cell Phone."

Someone sent me to deliver a cart of drinks to his crew."

"drinks…"

The guard scratched his head, feeling a little confused.

What should I drink in this cold winter?
No need to worry about getting a stomach upset.

However, Jiang Feng and twenty or thirty people from the crew were busy not far away, so he helped the driver point to the location and asked him to drive in.

Next to the guard room of the Beijing Film Studio is an independent yellow two-story building, which used to be the boiler room. In the 2s and s, the boiler was burned here to provide heating for the entire Beijing Film Studio.

Nowadays, the capital city has long been using municipal heating.

Therefore, this place was abandoned, the large boiler was dismantled, and it was directly used as a storage room. Now, a large number of personal belongings of some young generals during special periods are still stored in the building.

After obtaining Han Shanye's consent, Jiang Feng asked prop master Zhuang Kai to lead people to transform this place into a police station.

In this way, some scenes from the movie "Cell Phone" could be filmed here.

Jiang Feng, Zhuang Kai, Liu Jie, Mark and others were busy when they suddenly heard the sound of brakes. Turning around, they saw a 4-meter-long van parked on the side of the road.

The crew members were just about to go over and ask if they were delivering construction materials when a cheerful driver got out of the car.

"Hello, Director Jiang. I'm here to bring you a drink. I wonder where to unload it for you?"

"Drinks, what drinks?"

“Yes, drinks!
Someone ordered drinks for our crew, and I brought them from the freight station. If you don’t believe me, just look…” The driver was honest and said with a smile, then he opened the back door of the van.

Jiang Feng walked over with everyone and saw a whole truck full of Nutri-Express bars.

Seeing this beverage which is currently only available in a small range, Jiang Feng seemed to realize that it must have been sent to him by Mr. Zong.

His original intention was probably to ask the crew to help taste the drink.

For many years, Jiang Feng has been the spokesperson for Wahaha Group.

During this period, Mr. Zong mentioned several times that he wanted to increase the endorsement fee, because the annual endorsement fee of 50 US dollars was no longer suitable for Jiang Feng's status.

However, Jiang Feng only charged 50 US dollars.

It doesn't mean anything else, just gratitude.

After all, Wahaha was the first brand he endorsed, and with the influence of this brand, his third Mandarin album was a big hit.

However, when Jiang Feng took out his cell phone and called Mr. Zong who was thousands of miles away to express his gratitude, Mr. Zong spoke on the phone.

"No, I didn't give you the Nutri-Express. I know you don't eat sweets much to keep in shape, so I didn't tell you about this product."

"Um…"

Jiang Feng was a little puzzled.

If it wasn't Mr. Zong, then who could be so bored as to send a truck of drinks to my crew?

At first, Jiang Feng was worried whether the drinks were poisoned, but when he saw the guys in the crew drinking two bottles each and still being lively and energetic, he gradually put his mind at ease.

Perhaps this was a surprise from a colleague in the industry? !
However, when such surprises appeared one after another in the crew, Jiang Feng was completely stunned.

Day 1, Nutri-Express, a 4-meter van, a truck.

The next day, a truckload of White Elephant instant noodles and a 2-meter van.

On the third day, Daokou Roast Chicken and a 3-meter cargo van were delivered to the truck.

On the fourth day, Wang Guang cooked beef and had a 4-meter-long box truck.

On the 5th day, two trucks of 9-meter cargo vans were delivered with pineapples produced in Formosa Province.

On the 6th day, two trucks of beer produced in the island city and 9-meter cargo vans.

...

Facing these truckloads of stuff being unloaded in front of the Beijing Film Studio every day.

Jiang Feng was really scratching his head.

Who the hell is this?

Have money but nowhere to spend it or what?
At first, Jiang Feng thought that his woman was joking with him. Today, Wang Fei sent a truck of instant noodles; tomorrow, Gao Yuanyuan will send two trucks of sausages; the day after tomorrow, Fan Jiuyi will have people bring two roast chickens to the intersection.

Anyway, they all have money and don't care about one or two trucks of stuff.

However, after Jiang Feng tortured Li Xing, Fan Jiuyi, Gao Yuanyuan, Wang Fei, Yu Feihong and others who were in Beijing, he discovered that they were not taking turns to surprise him.

Jiang Feng was scratching his head about this.

But the crew members and students from the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy were overjoyed.

It’s great to know Director Jiang Feng. I can eat delicious food every day.

Others bought only one or two goodies, but Director Jiang Feng's goodies were delivered in truckloads. At first, it was only one truckload, probably because Jiang Feng did not refuse to accept it, and later, it was directly changed to two 9.6-meter vans.

And the things delivered were of very high quality.

The first day is drinks, the second day is fruits, the third day is meat products, the fourth day is snacks, and the fifth day is drinks again...

Director Jiang Feng knew that there was so much food that they couldn't finish it, so he generously shared it with everyone.

Extras who came to Beijing Film Studio to act, crew members of "Cell Phone", and students from Beijing Film Academy were all invited to participate.

As long as you come at 1 o'clock every afternoon and stand for a while at the door of the renovated "police station", you will be sure to get some good stuff.

Liu Yifei, who has been attending classes normally at the Film Academy recently, is not short of money. She is not interested in sausages, instant noodles, roast chicken, etc., but she is interested in opening blind boxes.

Because the arriving van container truck is like opening a blind box every day. Until the moment the door is opened, no one knows what delicious food is in the car today.

So, even though she was not interested in the things here, Liu Yifei still followed her classmates here to wait, just to see what she could get today.

Perhaps due to the traffic jam, the cars arrived a little late today. It was not until 1:15 in the afternoon that two white van container trucks slowly drove into the Beijing Film Studio.

The car drove to the roadside in front of the "police station" and stopped steadily. When the driver got out and opened the rear door, not only the extras and crew members, but even Liu Yifei exclaimed in surprise.

Self-heating hot pot.

Today, the two cars were loaded with DeZhuang self-heating hot pot produced in the mountain city. You should know that many people saw this thing for the first time, and they can eat hot pot without heating it.

So, the excited Liu Yifei automatically joined the queue, waiting to get a portion of this thing and taste it when she returned to school.

But at this moment, everyone suddenly saw a black Mercedes-Benz S600 parked in front of the two container trucks.

The door of the Mercedes-Benz opened and a chubby fat man walked out.

The fat man looked at the people queuing up to get their things, didn't say anything, just waved to everyone cheerfully, and walked into the newly renovated "police station".

Inside the "police station", Jiang Feng is setting up the shooting scene. Tomorrow, the film "Cell Phone" will officially start shooting.

Dawei, the official director of this movie, had not yet entered the working state, so Jiang Feng set up the shooting scene with him and repeatedly explained the precautions when directing.

"Brother Feng, how about you direct this play?" Dawei felt a little guilty as it was his first time directing a film independently.

“No, I don’t have time.

If you don’t believe me, just watch the movies I directed. Although there are scenes of me in them, they are basically cameo appearances.”

"Paranormal Activity... When the movie Paranormal Activity was filmed, you were the leading actor." Dawei retorted.

"The movie had a simple plot and it only starred me and Jessica Alba, so I was able to handle it.

Yes, and the previous "Moon" is the same." He patted Dawei on the back, signaling him to be brave.

And at this moment, a fat man appeared on the set.

"Hey, Director Jiang, the gifts I gave you these days are pretty good, right?!"

"you?"

"Yes, it's me. I'm Zhang Yaping. I'm in the coal business in Shanxi Province. Isn't the coal business not doing well?

So I wanted to make a transformation while I had some money. "The fat guy was very polite. He walked up to Jiang Feng and stretched out his hands with a smile.

"Oh, hello, hello, Mr. Zhang."

It was not until then that Jiang Feng finally remembered that this guy had called him more than ten days ago, and he also invested more than 100 million yuan in the movie "The Promise" directed by Kai Ge.

Remembering who he was, Jiang Feng led him to the office area of ​​the "police station" to sit down. As for Dawei, he discussed the camera position and lighting arrangements with photographer Liu Jie and lighting technician Shi Guanghui.

"drink water?"

"no, I'm fine."

"Well, how about some fruit?"

There was a box of oranges on the desk. Jiang Feng took out two from it, handed one to Zhang Yaping and took one for himself.

"thanks, thanks!"

Zhang Yaping was particularly polite.

"You're welcome. You bought these oranges." Jiang Feng said while peeling the oranges.

"boss Zhang…"

"Ok?"

"Can you talk to me for a minute? Why do you send these foods to me and my crew every day?"

"Hey, mainly I wanted to thank you."

The fat Zhang Yaping speaks directly.

"Director Jiang, you may not know this, but you have helped me a lot."

"Oh, tell me carefully."

Jiang Feng was a little confused. He was sure he had never seen him before, but why did he say that he had helped him a lot? !
"Well, this story started last year. Last year, the coal business was not doing well, so I had some money and thought about changing the company's business.

But as for me, I have a low level of education and no business acumen. I only made a little money by mining coal in the past, so I couldn’t find a suitable investment project for a while.

But just when I was thinking hard about what career I should do next, I suddenly saw a report about you on the Internet. The title of this report is [The rise of Jiang Feng, the richest man in mainland China.]

I read this report three times in a row, and then I suddenly understood.

From that day on, I invested in Amazon, Apple, and Facebook stocks abroad, Hutchison Whampoa in Hong Kong, and Tencent and NetEase in mainland China. I even participated in JD.com’s first round of financing, and I invested a total of RMB 1.5 million in JD.com’s first round of financing…”

wipe…

Jiang Feng wanted to swear.

The fat man in front of him was completely copying and pasting his investment direction. He did what he did.

Just as I was thinking about it, the fat guy leaned his head over.

"Director Jiang, do you know?

From last year till now, I have made $1 million on Amazon and Apple, but I didn’t sell them. I want to hold them for a long time like you.”

"Oh…"

Hearing this, Jiang Feng took the initiative to extend his hand to the fat man.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm very happy to meet you, but I have to be busy.

Well, besides, you have thanked me, so you don’t have to send me any delicious food in the future. "However, as soon as Jiang Feng stood up, the fat guy quickly blocked him.

"Director Jiang, I have two more things to say, and I hope you can listen to me.

100. Some time ago, Mr. Huang from your school introduced a girl to me. I was quite satisfied with her. She was pretty and gentle. For this, I paid Mr. Huang million RMB.

Now, I hope she can play a role in your crew.

Second, as long as you agree to my request, I will fully invest in your movie "Cell Phone". It doesn't matter whether it makes money or not."

(End of this chapter)