Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 188 Treatment
Li Xiaoran lives on Chaoyang Park West Road. Two years ago, Cao Yang said that the value of the house would increase in the future, so she chose a community here.

In late June, she finished filming a movie and attended an event. She had just returned to Beijing not long ago.

After Cao Yang separated from Lao Tian, ​​he came to Li Xiaoran.

Lying on the sofa, Cao Yang rested his head on Li Xiaoran's legs, listening to Li Xiaoran talking about interesting things about making the movie.

"...The actor who plays Shagen looks silly, which fits the image of the character in the movie. He is very funny. When he sees a girl, he calls her sister, and when he sees a boy, he calls him brother. Everyone likes to tease him when they have nothing to do..."

The image of Bao Qiang appeared in Cao Yang's mind. Xiao Gangpao chose him to play Sha Gen, and his image does look very similar to the role.

I don't mean to belittle Bao Qiang. When his acting skills were not yet legendary, image and role positioning were really important.

"Chen Guofu is the producer of the film, so he has some power. He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Cao Yang asked with his eyes slightly closed.

Li Xiaoran massaged Cao Yang's temples. Looking at this young and handsome face, she couldn't help but bent down and kissed Cao Yang's forehead.

Then he smiled and said, "How is that possible? You are just worrying nonsense. After all, I am the winner of the Berlin Film Festival. Besides, it was Xiao Gangpao who specifically invited me. How could he be so blind?"

Cao Yang smiled and said nothing.

This person has a huge influence in the Taiwanese film circle. He once co-founded the "Film Cooperative" with Hou Xiaoxian and Yang Dechang, and is one of the core figures of Taiwan's "New Film Movement".

He is currently serving as the director of production for Columbia Asia and has not yet officially joined Huayi. However, this is a matter of time as he has a very good relationship with the big and small Wangs of Huayi.

During the period before and after the Chinese New Year this year, the little guy was quite upset.

In the past, he thought Cao Yang only made art films. Although he won more awards and was more famous internationally, there was nothing to worry about. He was just like everyone else, one of the top four directors in China.

But suddenly, Cao Yang's grandson quietly won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

This makes the young actor a little psychologically unbalanced. He is really afraid that the Golden Globe Awards, the so-called weather vane of the Oscars, will come true.

I am really afraid of what will happen.

That grandson won five major awards at the Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actor... What the hell is the Oscar, it's not like that, it's not authoritative at all.

After feeling resentful for a while and cursing the Oscars for a month, in the end, the box office that the young Oscar was most proud of was destroyed by "Meanwhile Milk".

Xiao Gangpao has also let it go. Oscars for Best Picture and Oscars for Best Actor. If a movie like this fails at the box office, there is no need to hold the Oscars. It can just be disbanded...

Watch out!

Xiao Gangpao secretly made up his mind that this movie must have many stars, big stars at that, and it must do well at the box office... foreign box office means nothing, as we are pure Chinese men, we should compare the domestic box office.

He wanted to let Cao Yang know who was the boss of the domestic box office.

Superstar Andy Lau is invited.

My old partner, Cannes Film Festival winner Joseph Goetze, is a good choice.

Shou Bing, he is quite famous in the country, he can play a supporting role.

Fu Biao, You Yong, Fan Wei, Zhang Hanyu, Feng Yuanzheng...

Neither Wang Dawei nor the producer Chen Guofu had any objection to these actors.

The only issue that caused the dispute between Xiao Gangpao and Chen Guofu was the female lead.

Chen Guofu wanted to use Liu Ruoying.

The superficial reason is simple. Liu Ruoying is known as the queen of literature and art. In the past two years, whether it is singing or acting, she has been popular in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and has left many famous works.

In fact, the little cannon cursed in his heart.

Chen Guofu's girlfriend of seven years, Su Huilun, recently revealed that her ex-boyfriend, Mr. Chen, cheated on her best friend, a female singer named Liu, during their relationship, and the two had been in a lover relationship...

Afterwards, Xiao Gangpao suddenly thought of a popular young actor from Beijing Film Academy. No wonder he always insisted that his relationship with the singer named Liu was his fourth kind of relationship.

That’s right. The singer surnamed Liu is the third party. As the singer surnamed Liu’s lover, you are the fourth party, right?

Still quite sober.

Xiao Gangpao didn't want to use Liu Ruoying. He felt that Liu Ruoying was too unknown. Yes, too unknown. At least in the film industry, compared to the person he wanted to invite, she was too unknown and had no hype value or gimmicks.

He wanted to invite Berlin Film Festival winner Li Xiaoran to play the leading female role.

Although Chen Guofu still insisted on using Liu Ruoying, where was this?

This is the mainland, this is a movie by Xiao Gangpao, one of the four great directors, this is a movie by Xiao Gangpao who is held in the palm of the hand by the big and small kings, and this is a movie by Xiao Gangpao who has not compensated Huayi yet.

Little Cannon still has the power to designate a heroine.

In the end, Li Xiaoran was chosen.

As per convention, no matter whether it was Li Xiaoran, Yu Feihong, Gao Yuanyuan and others, whenever they went out to film, Cao Yang would say hello to the director of the crew.

Some troubles can be avoided, so try to avoid them.

When Xiao Gangpao received Cao Yang's call, he understood what was going on.

Is there going to be a day when you need me to take care of you?
Well, this is just a small matter, I will definitely make it easy for you.

"Cao Yang, how long will your trip to South Africa take?"

Li Xiaoran stroked Cao Yang's face with both hands and asked softly.

"About 20 days. It will be August when we finish filming. We will be busy and have many things to do. By the way, "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" is scheduled to be released on National Day. It's time to promote it. Don't forget that you will be the main force in promoting the movie."

"I see. South Africa? I haven't been there yet. Can I go with you?"

Li Xiaoran twisted her body and spoke in a controlled tone.

Cao Yang opened his eyes and met Li Xiaoran's watery eyes.

"Who said that next week, you have to attend a new product launch of the brand you endorse, and make up for several brand activities that were postponed due to the filming of the movie, and also..." Li Xiaoran lowered her head and blocked Cao Yang's mouth.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Li Xiaoran's eyes were blurry, and she whispered in a low voice: "Cao Yang, let's elope, to a place abroad where no one knows us. You are not a big director, and I am not an actress... um..."

This time it was Cao Yang who covered her mouth.

Cao Yang turned over and began to explore the soft area with his hands.

After a while, Li Xiaoran began to sing. She had a good voice and her low singing was melodious and beautiful.

"...Cao Yang, let's go back to the bedroom... um..."

"It's just fine here."

In fact, this place is quite good, relatively spacious, and conducive to resonance when singing.

Li Xiaoran sang loudly, her voice was sometimes gentle, sometimes low, and sometimes high.

After Cao Yang finished teaching Li Xiaoran to sing, the two took a bath together and rested for a while.

Li Xiaoran lay in his arms, eyes slightly closed, and whispered: "Cao Yang, you stay the night with me, won't the vixen be jealous?"

Cao Yang had no choice, it had to be like this every time.

"You are my vixen."

"Really? Then what is Gao Yuanyuan?"

"What Gao Yuanyuan? Gao Yuanyuan and I have a pure relationship between a man and a woman." Cao Yang said without hesitation.

"Really? What about you and Yu Feihong?"

"We also have a very pure relationship between a man and a woman."

"what about me?"

Li Xiaoran held Cao Yang's arm, and the two hills swayed.

"I will let you know now what our relationship is."

Cao Yang did not give a direct answer. He turned over again and patted the other person's butt, "Come on, lie down."

"No, just lie down..."

……

The treatment Cao Yang received during his trip to South Africa really exceeded his expectations.

He had just landed at the airport, got off the plane, and hadn't even left the airport when he saw Cheng Jianye waving at him from inside the airport.

Without waiting for Cao Yang to ask any questions, Cheng Jianye took Cao Yang's luggage and introduced to Cao Yang a black man wearing glasses behind him.

"This is Yang Ke, the liaison officer sent by President Mandela. He studied in China for four years and can speak fluent Chinese."

"Hello Director Cao Yang, I'm Yang Ke, sent by Mr. Mandela. From now on, you can tell me anything you need in South Africa, and I'll find a way."

Yang Ke's Chinese pronunciation is pretty good. Even though he has a slight accent, it's totally understandable.

"Hello Yanke, I'm sorry to bother you from now on."

Cao Yang shook hands with Yang Ke and said with a smile.

"Director Cao, you must be very tired from the journey. Let's go back to... your residence first, and you can have a good rest first."

When Cheng Jianye asked where to go first, he paused. Generally, when going out, one would definitely go back to the hotel first.

When he arrived at his residence, Cao Yang finally understood why he paused.

This is a villa located in the city of Johannesburg. How should I put it? It would be more appropriate to call it a manor rather than a villa.

Cao Yang’s first impression was that it was huge, a bit like... a slave owner’s manor in the past.

There are two villas here, with a garden, a swimming pool and a small football field at the back.

“When we first came, it was arranged by Colombia and we stayed in a hotel.”

Cheng Jianye explained to Cao Yang: "After finding a good location in advance, our people thought that we would start shooting soon, so they wanted to make some adjustments, but they didn't expect to encounter some minor troubles."

"Little trouble?"

"Colombia had already negotiated with the local authorities in advance. The location was fine, but if it needed to be renovated, we would have to pay a fee to the local authorities. They said it was for the restoration of the original building after the renovation..."

Cheng Jianye was also a little speechless. Because of the plot requirements, some of the too shabby parts had to be repaired, and they actually had to restore them afterwards?

"A lot of money?" Cao Yang asked directly.

If the money was less, it probably wouldn't be called trouble.

"200 million dollars."

“Oh, the local government?”

Cheng Jianye thought about it and shook his head. "I don't know either. Colombia has some influence here. After asking, I was told that it is some kind of autonomous organization in the slum, semi-official in nature? The people in Colombia can't do anything about it."

"Did you call the number I gave you?"

When Mandela sincerely invited Cao Yang, he gave him a phone number and told him to call him when he arrived.

Cheng Jianye nodded, sincerely thinking that Director Cao was truly amazing and had such a great network of contacts.

"After that call was made, we were invited to move here. It was said that something happened in the slum and now it is taken over by the military and police."

(End of this chapter)