Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 169 Give me face

"What did Lin Shen do?"

"I didn't do anything, I just said a few more words to Liu Yifei, and then her mother started to keep an eye on her. She had to be on guard every day. Because of this, Li Xiaowan and Liu Xiaoli even had a fight once..."

"Li Xiaowan went there too?"

"Yes, not only her, Chang Jihong and Wang Jinghua are all here, the top three domestic agents are all here..."

"Tell me exactly what happened..."

The assistant director said, Zhang Chen listened.

After a while, the assistant director finally finished speaking, and Zhang Chen understood the general idea.

Lin Shen is Li Xiaowan's son. It is understandable that Li Xiaowan visited the set of her son who came to Thailand to film a movie.

Chang Jihong is Jiang Wenli's agent. It's her first time working with Zhang Chen, so it's understandable that he comes over to keep an eye on things.

As for Wang Jinghua, she actually had a reasonable reason.

She came here this time because of Xu Qing.

Xu Qing had never had an agent before. Ever since the news of "Accidental Murder" was released and it was confirmed that the golden couple Xu Qing and Jiang Wenli would star in the film, she somehow found out that Xu Qing didn't have an agent, so she went to her door in person.

Coincidentally, at that time the crew mentioned going to Thailand to adapt to the environment, so Wang Jinghua went to Thailand on her own.

Zhang Chen felt that Xu Qing was most likely taken down by her.

Apart from anything else, Wang Jinghua must have her own unique skills as an agent, otherwise so many big stars would not be willing to follow her.

He thought about it and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind: "Did this series of messy things happen after the arrival of Wang Chang and his two agents?"

"Yes... yes." The assistant director felt as if he was involved in something big.

Zhang Chen had a vague feeling that this matter might be related to the two big agents Wang Jinghua and Chang Jihong.

Although he had no evidence, he just had this feeling.

No matter what, we must not let them continue to mess around like this.

He wanted to use the competition between the two golden flowers as a publicity gimmick, but he didn't intend for the two to really compete with each other.

How can we continue filming if we mess up the crew?

Whether it's the young assistant causing trouble or the celebrities behind them causing trouble, Zhang Chen can't just sit back and watch.

"Okay, then you do this. From now on, ignore any requests from them. If they ask, just say it was me who asked. If they have any requests, let them call me personally. You just need to take care of the script reading."

There's nothing wrong with competing for a role, but it's not okay to make his crew a mess.

He told the assistant director to do this as a warning, that if he continued to make trouble, he should get out.

Oh, it seems I have to hurry up and go to Thailand.

I had originally planned to visit the set of "Wulin Waijia" before leaving, but now it seems I'll have to postpone it.

After attending the symposium, Zhang Chen boarded a flight to Chiang Mai, Thailand the next day.

Chiang Mai is the second largest city in Thailand and is known as the 'Rose of the North'.

When going to Thailand to shoot the film, Zhang Chen originally planned to ask China Film Corporation to handle the project, but after making some inquiries, he found out that Golden Harvest was the company with the most connections in Thailand.

Although Golden Harvest was the target of public criticism in Hong Kong and was gradually declining, it was once glorious after all and its strength in Southeast Asia was still good.

There are 22 cinemas in Bangkok and 18 in Chiang Mai, occupying a considerable market share, and they have cooperated with SF Century Cinemas, the largest local cinema chain.

In the past, Hong Kong films were the weather vane of Southeast Asia.

If a movie is a hit in Hong Kong, its box office in Southeast Asia will not be much different. If it flopped in Hong Kong, the film producers would not even bother to import it.

So the Hong Kong partner of "Mistakenly Killing" is Golden Harvest.

The Thai partner is the largest local film company - Buddha Film Company.

Chen Xi and the Thai guide went to the airport to pick us up.

"We talked directly with the city government. They agreed, so there were no obstacles to many things. In addition, the location is all ready. We chose a small town and sent the photos to you..."

Zhang Chen nodded. So far, Chen Xi has done a pretty good job.

"What's going on with Xu Qing and Jiang Wenli?"

Chen Xi shrugged: "It's the managers behind them fighting each other. I can't do anything about it. You have to come forward yourself. Only your status can suppress them."

Don’t underestimate Zhang Chen because he is a bona fide billionaire director. There are only three people in China who can achieve this.

There are countless actors who want to be in his plays, and he is the only one who has the intimidation to those big-name actors. Although Chen Xi is called a producer, she is still a rookie. Even though she is Zhang Chen's spokesperson, her intimidation is still lacking.

When he arrived at the crew, Zhang Chen went to find Wang Jinghua first.

"Sister Hua, I heard that you and Sister Chang are competing with each other? Do you have to determine who is better in the crew?"

"Director Zhang, this is a huge injustice. Ask Producer Chen. We have always been cooperative. It was them who probably felt that Xu Qing had taken away their heroine, and they were upset..."

Zhang Chen thought to himself that this was not what he heard, but he did not want to determine who was right or wrong, as long as he could end this situation.

"Sister Hua, what you're doing has affected the crew. Many people have told me about this in the past two days. I personally invited Xu Qing and Jiang Wenli. I treat everyone equally.

The relevant treatment is clearly written in the contract, and no one in our crew will favor anyone else.

Can you please give me some face and stop fighting like this? Otherwise, you will force me to change people, and then it will be embarrassing for everyone."

Zhang Chen spoke very firmly, and he had to be firm.

"Director Zhang, I promise that our Xu Qing will definitely cooperate with your work unconditionally. As long as you deal with the other party, we will forgive everything that happened in the past."

Wang Jinghua's words were powerful and she didn't say anything else.

Zhang Chen nodded: "Okay, I'll go talk to Sister Chang. I hope you can coexist peacefully. It's only about 20 days in total, so it's best if everyone lives in peace."

"Director Zhang, we were also forced to take on the challenge. Among actresses, the ranking is very important.

We can understand that the other party is unhappy because Xu Qing snatched the heroine away from him, but we absolutely cannot allow him to suppress us in terms of treatment.

There is no trivial matter in the entertainment industry.

If we take a step back today, tomorrow there will be news reports that Jiang Wenli has surpassed Xu Qing, and the day after tomorrow someone will dare to say that Jiang Wenli is the first and Xu Qing is only the second..."

What Wang Jinghua said makes sense, and the situation she described is actually possible.

The competition among actresses is inherently cruel, and there are rules for standing and seating. It's not that the actresses themselves have to be particular about it, but if you don't, people in the circle will really look down on you.

Unless you are already a big boss and have reached the point where you no longer rely on these things.

This is why Li Lianhua would rather stand than sit in the back seat after Nuliyan robbed her seat in her previous life.

Nuliyan was also courting death. Perhaps he felt that Li Lianhua was getting old and didn't have enough power, so he came up with such a shady trick.

He deserved to be tortured to death by Li Lianhua later.

Zhang Chen didn’t really pay attention to these things before. He treated the daily announcements about “you outshine me, I outshine you” as jokes.

But only when you really enter this circle do you understand the meaning behind it.

If a No. 1 actress, especially a female actress, does not pay attention to these things, she will be described as a No. 2 actress by public relations every day.

After a long time, it really becomes the second one.

The ranking is not determined by one’s strength, but more by people’s opinions and public opinion.

Public opinion says you are second every day. Even if you are first, you will gradually become second.

So in this regard, we cannot give in at all.

"Okay, I'll go talk to Sister Chang again. Sister Hua, we have a deal..." After Zhang Chen dealt with Wang Jinghua, he went straight to Chang Jihong.

Chang Jihong had been waiting at the door for a long time. He knew that Zhang Chen had just gone to find Wang Jinghua, so now he came to his side, he must be here to solve this matter.

When Zhang Chen explained the situation, Chang Jihong's attitude was very good.

"Don't worry, Director Zhang. When has our Wen Li ever been involved in such a scandal? Every crew has praised our Wen Li for her professionalism..."

"Well, I also know that Teacher Jiang Wenli has always had a very good reputation."

"exactly……"

"You said you wanted them to work together, and we immediately gave up the position of the heroine. This is not enough cooperation. If you want to cause trouble, why should I give up the position of the heroine?"

What Chang Jihong said made sense. For a moment, Zhang Chen didn’t know what the problem was.

"Okay, I know she definitely didn't say anything good about us, so I won't argue with her. I only ask that the crew treat us equally."

"There is definitely no problem with this. We said it when we signed the contract that 'The Accidental Murderer' is a drama with two female protagonists. There is no question of protagonist or supporting role. Both of them are the protagonists." Zhang Chen patted his chest and guaranteed.

"Okay, we feel relieved with Director Zhang's words."

But those who need to complain still have to complain.

"Director Zhang, we are not playing tricks or fighting for anything. You can ask around in the industry. Our Wen Li has a good reputation in all the crews. All the actors and actresses who have worked with her praise her for her professionalism.

But the ranking of actresses and endorsements are directly linked. If the other side wants to suppress us, it is not a matter of whether to bow our heads or not, it is all about money.

What's more, Xu Qing, what right does she have? Besides Ren Yingying, what other roles does she have? We Wenli are different, we are Grand Slam winners. In fact, we don't want to wade into this muddy water at all. They are the ones who keep provoking..."

Chang Jihong explained it, hmm, why does it sound so familiar?
Didn’t Wang Jinghua say the same thing just now?

"This time, this guy surnamed Xu really went too far. We gave up the role to cooperate with the movie. By the way, Wen Li also wanted to challenge the role of a villain. But the other party really thought he was the first..."

Chang Jihong was indignant.

Zhang Chen comforted her: "Sister Chang, let's not talk about anything else. I just came from there and said the same thing.

Please give me some face, let's write off the previous incident and not pursue who was right or wrong. From now on, let's focus on the play, okay? Let's work together to make a good play."

"Director Zhang is right."

"Okay then, it's settled."

After much back and forth, the issue was finally resolved temporarily.

(End of this chapter)