Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 168 Xu Qing and Jiang Wenli compete with each other

The symposium organized by the Film Bureau was divided into two sessions, with experience sharing in the morning and internal discussions in the afternoon.

Of course lunch is provided at noon, but with more than a hundred people, the Film Bureau cannot be too wasteful.

It wasn't a grand banquet, just a buffet with a very rich variety of dishes, and everyone could choose freely.

However, Zhang Chen and Feng Xiaogang did not attend, and they went to the restaurant on their own.

In a private room
"Xiaochen, you are this, uncle admires you, I have wanted to scold those grandsons for a long time, you did what uncle wanted to do but couldn't do..."

As soon as the dishes were served, Feng Xiaogang raised his glass.

What Zhang Chen did today was particularly to his liking. He had always known that he was an outlier among directors. Although his box office results were decent, he could never gain mainstream recognition.

After a long time, he got tired.

But there was always a fire in my heart.

Everything Zhang Chen said today was what he wanted to say, which made him vent his anger.

From today on, Zhang Chen is his younger brother.

In his opinion, Zhang Chen and he were the same type of people, talented but not accepted by the system.

"Uncle Feng, please stop laughing at me. I was just impulsive. At the time, I just thought that they had no right to look down on me. I don't know how much I regret it now."

"Hey, if you're not impulsive, can you still be called a young man?" Feng Xiaogang didn't care. Although he was fawning and hypocritical when he was young, he was an angry young man at heart.

He is still a middle-aged angry young man now, and will become an old angry young man in the future.

The ultimate skill of the angry young man is to spray.

Spray everything they don't like.

The two of them drank a lot, and today's symposium brought them closer together.

……

Elsewhere, Gu Changwei was calling Jiang Wenli with a gloomy face.

"That Zhang Chen doesn't understand movies at all. Why do you want to cooperate with him? You are lowering your status..."

He really disliked Zhang Chen. When they had a quarrel with the writers before, he didn't like their flamboyant personality, which looked like they were ready to beat ten people. But this matter had nothing to do with him, so he was too lazy to get involved.

But he was very upset by the disrespect shown by the other party towards art films today. He just remembered that his wife and the other party were going to collaborate on a movie. How could this be possible? He had to ruin it.

Jiang Wenli on the other side was confused: "Zhang Chen? What did he do to you?"

"No, but he spoke a lot at the forum today. His words were full of praise for commercial films and disdain for art films. I think this person has a problem with his thinking."

"What's the big deal? Don't you usually look down on commercial movies?"

Jiang Wenli knows her man too well.

Beneath the potato-like simple face lies a heart that yearns for art.

There is nothing wrong with yearning for art, but you don’t see the situation clearly. Zhang Yimou has already transformed, but you are still focusing on art.

"Uh, why are you speaking to him in his favor?" Seeing his wife's attitude, Gu Changwei became even angrier.

"How can this be called speaking in favor of someone? I am just seeking truth from facts."

"I don't care, you can't act in his movie anyway!" Gu Changwei was very firm.

Being accused by her husband, Jiang Wenli also lost her temper: "Okay, I will quit "Accidental Manslaughter" and you should also kick Zhang Jingchu out of "Peacock"..."

Gu Changwei choked: "What does this have to do with Xiao Zhang?"

Jiang Wenli glared at him: "I don't care, you have to kick her out anyway~"

"Can you please stop being unreasonable here?"

"How am I being unreasonable? Didn't you ask me to quit "The Accidental Murderer"? I promised you, so why can't you kick Zhang Jingchu out?"

Jiang Wenli was already upset over the gossip about Zhang Jingchu and Gu Changwei these past two days, and didn't know what to say when Gu Changwei came up to her. Well, then, they both took a step back.

The opportunity to cooperate with Zhang Chen is important, but her own family is more important. Jiang Wenli doesn't want the peach tree she has cultivated for such a long time to be picked by others halfway.

"This is different, Jingchu..."

"You've already called Jingchu, you seem to have a pretty good relationship with her. So what does she call you, Chang Wei? Or Chang Wei brother?"

Jiang Wenli became more and more certain in her heart. When the project of "Peacock" was launched, she was willing to play the female lead in person in order to support her husband's career. However, she was rejected by Gu Changwei on the grounds that she was not suitable and did not match the image in his mind.

Jiang Wenli agreed and thought he would find some kind of actor, but unexpectedly he turned around and found Zhang Jingchu.

This woman's graduation work was all done by Gu Changwei. Now she has been chosen as the heroine of the new movie. It really is a case of selecting the best person regardless of relationship.

The more Jiang Wenli thought about it, the angrier she became.

"You, you are really unreasonable..." Gu Changwei was also very angry.

All women would probably go crazy when they hear their husbands evaluate them like this, and Jiang Wenli is no exception.

"Gu Changwei, it seems that you two really have something in common, otherwise why do you have to have her? When the project of Peacock was launched, I told you to let me play the role, but you disagreed and insisted on finding that Zhang Jingchu. Tell me, why do you have to have her?"

Jiang Wenli screamed at the top of her lungs, and Gu Changwei also felt a surge of anger rising in his heart.

It was originally about Zhang Chen, but how did it turn out to be about asking him to change the female lead?

"'Peacock' is already halfway through filming, why change the heroine now? Can you please stop being unreasonable?"

"Is it because it was only halfway through filming, or because you don't want to change it at all?" Jiang Wenli pressed on.

"Okay, stop making trouble. Anyway, Zhang Jingchu cannot be replaced. No matter how much you make trouble, I cannot replace her..." Gu Changwei also lost his good temper. He didn't really coax Jiang Wenli because he didn't put in much effort in pursuing her.

"Well, I'll tell you, I'm determined to play the role in Manslaughter. No one can stop me. I, Jiang Wenli, said so~"

Jiang Wenli hung up the phone angrily, still feeling indignant.

But she is a grown woman, and even if she is angry, she will not make any mistakes in the matter.

After calming himself down a little, he immediately called Zhang Chen.

"Director Zhang, I heard that you and Chang Wei had some conflicts at the symposium?"

Zhang Chen, who was heading to the venue with Feng Xiaogang, was stunned when he heard this: "Conflict? There is no conflict. Oh, it's not really a conflict. It's just that we have some contradictory views on film concepts, which is not really a conflict~"

"Oh, that's good. Lao Gu is a straightforward person who only believes in art films and has a bad temper. I thought you guys..."

Seeing Zhang Chen say this, Jiang Wenli also felt relieved.

She is different from Gu Changwei. Gu Changwei may not care about the connections in the circle, but she cannot, as she has always been the one to maintain these things.

"It's nothing, don't worry, Sister Wenli. Even if Director Gu is excited, I won't argue with him..."

Zhang Chen really didn't think anything of it. His criticism at that time was mainly directed at the guy who attacked "The Shallows".

Gu Changwei's case was at most a dispute over film concepts. He might have been a little angry at the time, but he forgot about it afterwards. He is not the kind of person who holds a grudge.

After hanging up the phone, the two of them just happened to walk to the gate of the venue and ran into Zhang Yimou who was also coming back from lunch.

Zhang Chen was stunned and was considering whether to say hello, but Zhang Yimou smiled and nodded to them first.

"Director Zhang Chen, Director Xiao Gang~"

"Hello, Director Yimou."

Seeing that Zhang Yimou didn't seem to have any grudge against them, Zhang Chen also hurried to greet him.

"Director Zhang Chen, I watched your film "Darkness", it was filmed very well, especially the part where the two girls turned against each other. I heard that the script was also written by Director Zhang Chen himself~"

Zhang Chen didn't expect Zhang Yimou to actually praise his movie. From the looks of it, it was just a polite remark.

"Thank you Director Zhang for your kindness. I did write the script myself. I like to think about it when I have nothing to do..."

"Okay, the meeting is about to start, let's go in quickly."

Seeing that people in front of him were entering the venue one after another, they were the last group, and Zhang Yimou took two quick steps.

Zhang Yimou was in front, with Zhang Chen and Feng Xiaogang a few steps behind.

Zhang Chen looked at Feng Xiaogang with a questioning look, and the meaning was very clear: What's going on?

The latter chuckled: "Is it a bit unexpected?"

Zhang Chen nodded, a little surprised.

Logically speaking, he and Zhang Weiping had been arguing for so long, it was impossible for Zhang Yimou not to know about it.

But looking at Lao Mouzi's expression, he doesn't seem to care at all.

Feng Xiaogang looked as if he had known you would do this: "Don't think too much, just remember, Zhang Yimou is Zhang Yimou, and Zhang Weiping is Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping is arrogant and domineering, but Zhang Yimou is still good and can be considered a very pure filmmaker.”

Zhang Chen suddenly realized that Feng Xiaogang had a very high opinion of Zhang Yimou.

"Okay, let's go in quickly."

At the entrance of the venue, the two were talking and about to walk in. Coincidentally, at this moment, the cell phone in Zhang Chen's pocket vibrated at an inopportune time.

I originally wanted to ignore the call, but then I saw the caller ID.

"Uncle Feng, please go in first. I'll take a call."

After saying something to Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Chen took the phone and walked to a deserted place before answering the call.

"Director Zhang, when will you come over?"

As soon as the call was connected, the assistant director's voice came from the other end, sounding a little anxious.

"I have a flight the day after tomorrow. What's wrong? Didn't I ask you to lead everyone in reading the script first? Why do I hear your voice…"

The assistant director is his senior, who came with him from "The Dark Invasion".

I just heard someone say, "The two ladies in our play, Miss Xu Qing and Miss Jiang Wenli, seem to be showing off a little bit~"

"Be more specific, what exactly is going on?"

"Actually, it's not them, it's their assistants. They ask for this, then ask for that. If this one has that, they also ask for that one. If that one has that, they ask for something better..."

The assistant director's tone was full of helplessness.

"How could this happen? Where's Chen Xi? Didn't he take care of them?"

"Chen Xi went out to confirm the location with the external producer. She talked to the two assistants once, but it only worked for half a day, and then it was the same again..."

Zhang Chen held his forehead with his hand. Was he being a big shot?
But it shouldn't be.

Neither of them seemed like troublesome people. No matter whether it was Jiang Wenli or Xu Qing, they had never heard of the experience of showing off their status in their previous lives. If it really happened, they would definitely not be able to cover it up.

His heart suddenly moved, so he asked, "Are there any others? For example, Liu Tianxian?"

The person on the other end answered very quickly this time: "Liu Tianxian? That's not the case. She has been very cooperative since she joined the team. She does whatever she is told to do. But her mother is always on guard against Lin Shen like a thief..."

(End of this chapter)