Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 161: The First Meeting with Jiang Wen at the Casting
2007 3 Month 20 Day.

The night before, Chen Nuo did not stay in the accommodation provided by Sheshan Villa, but secretly booked a nice hotel suite and had sex with Xia Yehe twice in one night.

Boss Chen can finally indulge himself a little bit now.

However, it can only be small.

"Crazy Stone" is out of theaters.

The final box office result remained at 7680 million.

This achievement not only allowed Ning Hao to secure his position as the top new generation commercial director, but also brought more than 2000 million in after-tax profits to Chen Nuo's studio.

At the same time, every character in this film is extremely popular.

Especially Fan Binbing, who is already very popular.

Chen Nuo did what he promised when he recruited Fan Binbing: "The sky is high and the birds fly freely."

So, it was only March 2007, and Fan Binbing had already taken on more than 3 endorsements.

Qumei Weight Loss alone received over 100 million yuan in endorsement fees in a year, including from international brands like Panasonic Audio-Visual, and various fashion invitations were lined up from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

LV, Prada, Dior, Chanel...even the schedules for the Milan and Paris Spring/Summer Fashion Weeks in September and October have been arranged.

The future money-making queen, I Am the Rich, has already begun to show signs.

This also brought Chen Nuo Studio rich share of income.

When she was at Huayi, Fan Binbing earned 1500 million yuan a year.

After changing jobs, the year had just begun and March had not even ended, but Fan Binbing was already earning almost more than this amount.

Add to that Chen Nuo's own endorsement fees and previous film remuneration...

Before we knew it, the studio has more than 6000 million in its account.

Of course, this does not include the money his father used to buy the house.

But after considering the budget for "The Sound of Wind", without considering the film's salary, at least 5000 million would be needed to meet the various requirements raised by Chen Nuo at the production meeting.

He discussed it with Qi Yuntian, gritted his teeth, and decided to go all in.

The budget for "The Sound of Wind" was set at 7000 million, and the external budget was claimed to be 9000 million.

Why do you have to claim to be so? Chen Nuo didn't know, anyway, it was the industry rule.

And this time, it is definitely a gamble.

If Chen Nuo loses, it can be said that his two years of hard work will be returned to the time before liberation.

Of the 7000 million, only 1000 million was the compensation he intended to pay to the actors and directors.

The other 6000 million was all used to improve the quality of the film.

In the previous life, Huayi claimed to have invested a total of 8000 million in this play.

However, Huayi is also well-known, and it is not as stingy as Chen Nuo in terms of film pay.

In terms of investment other than film remuneration, Huayi’s investment could not exceed 5000 million.

As a producer, Chen Nuo’s concept is that actors may not be famous, but when it comes to real battles and marches, or when the Japanese invaders and locusts pass through the border, we should not just make a few melons and dates to deceive the audience and say that our extras are worth a thousand.

So shameless.

Although he is generous in other aspects, Chen Nuo is really stingy when it comes to film pay.

The two directors gave a total of 80.

That's okay.

After all, Feng Xiaogang and Jiang Wen's director fees at that time were only 80 to 100 million yuan. Ning Hao and Gao Qunshu should be satisfied.

He is also quite generous to the two heroines.

Like Liu Yifei, Fan Binbing's pay is 200 million.

Although Liu Yifei received the 200 million alone, 40% of Fan Binbing's million had to be divided into Chen Nuo Studio.

But Fan Binbing knew about it, but she didn't say anything.

Because she knew that Liu Yifei would soon sign with the studio.

The 200 million yuan salary includes the signing fee between Liu Yifei and the studio.

Taking this into account, didn’t Fan spend several million as termination fee from Boss Chen?

Chen Nuo gave Huang Bo a film fee of 20 yuan.

Even though he was offered 10 yuan, Brother Bo would never dare to show any disapproval at this time.

But Chen Nuo felt that since they were the old team of "Stone" after all, they should not be too extreme.

The above 500 million have been spent. Logically, there are still 500 million available, which is not a small amount.

But Chen Nuo's stinginess performance began.

First, we signed a stage play actor who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama.

This guy had just had small roles in one or two movies and a supporting role in a military TV series.

The movies aren't big productions, and that military TV series doesn't seem to be doing well either.

A purely man's play, it's called Assault.

The leading actor is the Sha Gen in A World Without Thieves, who has no audience appeal at all.

The other characters are not very famous.

And it will only be aired in May.

Naturally, the actor had no confidence. Even though he thought highly of himself, he only dared to ask for 20 yuan. At Chen Nuo's suggestion, Qi Yuntian returned 10 yuan.

Duan Yihong was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, so he agreed immediately.

20 is just a matter of self-esteem. Not to mention 10, he would do it even for 5.

Not only is he short of roles to play, but he also doesn't see any hope of becoming famous.

Oh no, the hope of fire lies in this play.

This is a super enhanced version of "Crazy Stone" created by the original team!
It is rumored in the circle that not only Ning Hao, Fan Binbing and Huang Bo are there, but also Chen Nuo and Liu Yifei will participate.

Actors who want to get involved at this time can shoot from Hengdian to Chedun, and those who care about the pay are idiots.

It felt like a dream that he was able to sign such a role with lines and drama.

10 yuan was a lot of money, so Duan Yihong signed it resolutely.

Chen Nuo was not very satisfied with the original version of Bai Xiaonian played by Su Youpeng.

After taking over from Duan Yihong, he believed that besides being feminine, this person should also be able to give the role more connotations, rather than just being a sissy.

Duan Yihong went to play Bai Xiaonian, and the role of the traitor he originally played at the beginning who said a few lines and then was shot in the head was vacated again.

So Chen Nuo spent another 5000 yuan to sign an ugly man in his 30s named Zhang Songwen.

Chen Nuo picked an unattractive actor from among so many resumes, which puzzled everyone involved in the casting.

After all, what if it’s just a supporting role?
There are so many actors submitting their resumes to our movie now. Can't we take our time to select a good one?

Ning Hao asked this question in confusion.

Chen Nuo's answer was: "They are all from Beijing Film Academy, so I'll help as many as I can."

When Zhang Songwen heard this, this sentimental man really started crying.

If Duan Yihong still had self-respect, he would dare to bid 20.

Zhang Songwen was hit by a pie in the sky, playing a cameo role with only his face and lines in a film of this size.

He never thought that Chen Nuo and the others would give him money.

When he heard that the film crew had thoughtfully prepared 5000 yuan for travel expenses, Teacher Zhang decided that he would keep this kindness in his heart for the rest of his life.

Even if this role only has one minute of screen time, he will definitely use 120 points of his acting skills and write a whole biography of the character.

Halfway through, Chen Nuo received another call from Gao Yuanyuan's agent, saying that after he left, Gao Yuanyuan's performance was much better than before, and that this time in Mr. Chen's movie, he must arrange a friendly guest appearance for Yuanyuan.

You don’t need anything here, and you have to pay for your own travel expenses.

Fine then, I can’t refuse your kindness, so let Miss Gao play a dancer or something, that’s considered qualified.

Afterwards, Chen Nuo felt a little addicted to picking roles, and he chose a little old man named Ni Dahong to play the role of Liu Ye, and an actor with thin eyebrows and small eyes named Zhang Yi recommended by Duan Yihong to play a Japanese officer.

As the casting process progresses, the main roles of Wang Tianxiang, originally played by Wang Zhiwen, and Jin Shenghuo, originally played by Yingda, have not yet been confirmed.

But Mai Jia and Ning Hao were stunned by Chen Nuo's swift and decisive action.

They have only written half of the script, how come most of the characters have been selected?
However, Mai Jia now feels that Mr. Chen did not lie to him.

Those who signed these are indeed unknown people.

I've seen enough of the nameless people.

On the afternoon of March 3th, Chen Nuo was finally going to meet the big shot.

Chen Nuo didn't know how to describe this so-called East Asian Film Festival sponsored by Sheshan Villa.

It's obviously a worthless copycat activity.

But he accepted the 100 million appearance fee, took the extended Lincoln car provided by the other party, and even enjoyed the kneeling service of a pair of truly stunning twins while sitting in it.

This level is higher than Cannes.

Although the service was just pouring wine and nothing else, it was the first time he had seen twins who looked so good.

When they arrived at the destination, a beautiful concierge wearing a high-slit cheongsam, revealing her long and beautiful legs, took him onto the neat and bright red carpet.

He walked through the spotlight with ease, then walked to the interview area and signed his name on the display board.

After that, they took photos for a while before walking into the luxurious venue prepared for them in Sheshan Villa.

The process was extremely smooth, and it was really more comfortable than the Cannes Golden Horse Awards. It was called a venue, but in fact, they had provided them with a top luxury model villa for free.

The first floor of the villa has been transformed into a cocktail party-style gathering place. It is small but extremely exquisite.

Wang Mojing was actually standing at the door. When he saw him coming, he smiled and seemed to be in a good mood.

Chen Nuo hurried forward and said, "Director Wang, why are you bothering me to receive guests here?"

Wang Jiawei laughed and gave him a hug. "Long time no see, Nuozi. I am half the owner, so of course I have to greet the distinguished guests. But I am not always here. I only come out when someone comes."

Chen Nuo smiled and said, "Then you have worked hard enough."

Wang Jiawei laughed and said, "I will definitely not do this again next time. When Director Kitano approached me, I really didn't think it would turn out like this. I just thought it was a few old friends chatting together."

"By the way, when are you going to do the dubbing? We're releasing the movie on April 4th, Big Boss."

Chen Nuo felt a little embarrassed when talking about this. "Blueberry Nights" will be released at the end of next month. Lao Wang has said many times that it only takes one day, and it will be in Beijing, but he has dragged it until today.

"I'm so sorry. Hey, when I get back from Shanghai, the first thing I'll do when I get back to Beijing is to do this."

Wang Jiawei smiled and said, "I know you are making your own movie. How about it? Let me know if you need anything. Do you need me to be your producer?"

Chen Nuo looked at Wang Jiawei's expression, but the damn sunglasses blocked his face.

He couldn't quite tell whether the man was telling the truth or a lie.

He asked hesitantly, "Director Wang, are you telling the truth?"

Wang Jiawei laughed and said, "Anyway, I'm taking a break during this period and don't want to start work. I can come and help you take a look when I'm free, it's okay. You just need to pay for the plane ticket. But let's make it clear first, I won't care about other things. I just want to see how the movie is made, whether the director is good, and whether the actors perform well. I won't care about anything else."

Chen Nuo was overjoyed; this was exactly the person he was missing.

After all, Ning Hao and Gao Qunshu are both newcomers in the film industry, and the work they are shooting is not a successful one among them.

Is it possible for Ning Hao to shoot "The Sound of Wind"?

Is the result of the photo good?
Who knows.

Chen Nuo has been a little nervous, fearing that he would make a wrong judgment.

After all, he invested all his fortune in this movie, and he couldn't afford to be negligent in the slightest.

Now, Wang Jiawei, the crazy reviewer, has volunteered to review for him. What is he still worried about?
"Director Wang, let's make it a deal!"

Seeing Chen Nuo's expression, Wang Jiawei also smiled and said, "I feel a little better to be able to do something for you. During this period of time in Hong Kong, I have been thinking that at the time in Cannes, you might have won the Best Actor award just because of my vote. I am sorry for this matter."

That's it. Chen Nuo suddenly realized why Wang Mojing was so kind, and it turned out that he was compensating for his mistake in Cannes.

Wang Mojing is a particular person!
He hadn't even entered the venue yet and had already gained such a big harvest. Chen Nuo felt that he had made the right decision this time.

Wong Kar-wai talked to Chen Nuo again about the premiere in BJ on April 4th, and then the two of them went to the first floor of the villa together, which was the venue for the first day of the event.

There were only two cameramen inside, and they captured the scene of the two well-dressed people walking into the Sheshan villa side by side.

Besides that, not even half of the guests arrived.

Before Chen Nuo could ask, Wang Jiawei smiled mischievously, "You won't be surprised, will you, Nuozi? I'm the receptionist, and you can't be the master. Now, let's both be waiters together."

Chen Nuo was in a good mood at the moment and didn't care about his identity as a waiter.

After all, didn't he do something similar in Cannes?

The first guests to arrive were Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen.

Director Zhang didn't know that his junior fellow student from the Beijing Film Academy had been making some outrageous remarks a few days ago, and he wanted to criticize him.

After Director Zhang greeted Wang Jiawei, he smiled with wrinkles all over his face, "Chen Nuo!"

Chen Nuo bowed to greet him. This was the undisputed number one director in the country today, and also a senior at their film academy. Not to mention him, even the principal had to bow.

"Hello, Director Zhang."

Zhang Yimou held Chen Nuo's hand and shook it vigorously. "I've seen all your plays. Even Yang Guo's performance was very good. I've been busy with the Olympics for the past year or so. After that, we must work together once."

"Three Guns" is out of the question, but "Under the Hawthorn Tree" is still an option. Chen Nuo thought so in his heart, but his face was extremely sincere: "Anytime, anywhere, Director Zhang, if you give me the order, I will definitely come. It is an honor for the younger generation."

Then there is Jiang Wen.

To be honest, this should be the Chinese actor Chen Nuo admires most in his past and present life.

Jiang Wen walked up and didn't shake hands. Although it was the first time they met, he walked up and hugged Chen Nuo and patted him on the back.

He said in his deep Beijing accent, "Tonight, we two brothers have to have a few more drinks. You, the mute, acted really damn well. Just now when Director Yimou and I came here, I was still saying in the car that in recent years, among so many young people, you are the only one who has performed well."

Chen Nuo was extremely terrified: "No, no, I have to continue to learn from you guys, Brother Wen."

Jiang Wen said seriously: "It depends on what you are learning. If you want to learn acting, you can do it, but if you want to learn playing cards, drinking, and having sex with women, then you don't have to."

After saying that, everyone laughed.

Man BJ always tells the truth even when he makes fun of himself.

As the first group of guests to enter, several of them walked into the venue together and asked the photographer to take pictures of them.

Afterwards, directors Zhang Yimou and Wang Jiawei talked about some things about next year's opening ceremony, and Chen Nuo joined Jiang Wen in chatting about everything.

Jiang Wen first talked about his new film: "When I was preparing to shoot last year, I wanted to find you. But I couldn't contact you. Later I found out that you were out experiencing life. Hey, where did you go?"

Chen Nuo talked about what happened in Langfang at that time.

Jiang Wen seemed quite interested: "Do you think this experience will be helpful for your future role shaping?"

Chen Nuo thought for a moment and said, "Looking back now, I think those few months mainly gave me confidence. Without that experience, I might not have believed that I could play such a complex role well."

He thought Jiang Wen might not understand what he said, but he didn't expect her to nod in agreement and say, "You're right, confidence. I used to be a person with very little confidence when acting. When I was acting in Red Sorghum, I felt that there was no part of my body that looked like Yu Zhan'ao. Later, Gong Li took me out for a night of drinking, and I was still drunk while filming the next day, and only then did I find the feeling."

Jiang Wen asked again: "I heard that you are working on a new film recently?"

Chen Nuo really didn't expect that Wang Jiawei would know about his little trick, but Jiang Wen actually heard about it.

Chen Nuo had this feeling because he had not yet changed his mindset from later generations.

At that time, it was easy for a movie to get 10 billion at the box office, so he always felt that the tens of millions from Crazy Stone were nothing.

But he didn't know that in the eyes of people in the entire film industry, this movie, which cost several million yuan to make but earned more than 7000 million yuan, can only be described as a miracle.

He and Qi Yuntian were busy with casting, and no one reminded them that on the day "Crazy Stone" was taken off the screen, several portals used words such as "shocking", "biggest winner", and "unimaginable box office miracle" to describe this low-budget New Year movie.

He thought the studio received so many resumes because of him.

Bullshit, all we see is money!
Just like Duan Yihong, if Crazy Stone wasn’t really crazy, his self-esteem would not be so easily discounted.

Therefore, it was natural for Jiang Wen to have heard about his new film. If he hadn't heard about it, he must be deaf.

Chen Nuo immediately told Jiang Wen about the film "The Sound of Wind". Jiang Wen immediately laughed and winked at him: "When I filmed "The Devils", I invited Kagawa Teruyuki. This time you are also filming the Devils, do you want to invite Kitano Takeshi?"

Well, that's what they call great minds think alike.

When Chen Nuo heard this, he immediately laughed and told her his plan.

Jiang Wen couldn't help but laugh: "So you had a plan in advance. But old man Kitano Takeshi is not that easy to deal with. I've dealt with him before, and I know his temper. If you ask me, we have to do this and that, and this and that."

Chen Nuo laughed and said, "Brother Wen, can you do this?"

Jiang Wen said, "Hey, you don't understand the Japanese. As long as you put him on a pedestal, he will definitely not be rude. Don't worry, you'll have to watch me when the time comes. I'll help you deal with that old man. Damn it, I have to get him to act like a devil to vent my anger."

This time, Chen Nuo personally confirmed that Jiang Wen was indeed a person with anti-Japanese sentiments. No wonder he made so many anti-Japanese movies in his previous life.

Actually, this is what he should learn.

Moreover, Jiang Wen helped him with the problem as soon as they met. If it were someone else, Chen Nuo might have to be on guard and would not dare to really let the other party do it.

But Jiang Wen is different.

Chen Nuo knew that this man was indeed such a generous person.

After Bullet Flying was successful in the previous life, Ying Huang made a lot of money as an investor and said he would give him a red envelope.

Jiang Wen not only refused to accept it, but said that you have vision, you invested in me, so I should give it to you. So he really gave 800 million red envelopes to Mr. Yang of Yinghuang, saying that it was to thank him for his investment.

And Boss Yang really accepted it.

800 million, it's impossible that Jiang Wen just stuffed the envelope into Boss Yang's pocket? He must have asked for the bank account number and transferred the money there, right?

Boss Yang actually told Jiang Wen about his own bank account and asked him to transfer money.

That's really impressive.

Therefore, Chen Nuo had no good impression of Yinghuang Company and had never thought about cooperating with them.

However, when he returned to China last year, he cut off the real Mr. Chen's plan to make a cameo appearance in "Batman 2" during a phone call with Nolan at the Hong Kong airport.

I'm afraid Ying Huang doesn't have a good impression of him and may have already held a grudge against him.

Speaking of this, Chen Nuo felt a little proud.

After two years of rebirth, I didn't encounter any villains, but I offended two companies.

One is Huayi from the mainland, and the other is Yinghuang from Hong Kong.

It’s really exciting.

After chatting with Jiang Wen for a while, the second group of guests arrived. Chen Nuo and Wang Jiawei went to greet them again. They were Lee Chang-dong and Jeon Do-yeon from South Korea.

Speaking of which, Chen Nuo felt that this could be considered a case of meeting and forgetting all grudges with a smile.

There was no need for a translator. Except for Lee Chang-dong, whose English was a little poor and he could only listen and speak with a heavy accent, the other three people could communicate fluently in English.

After talking at the door for a while, Chen Nuo didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Quan Duyan was targeting him. Every word he said was full of thorns and a hint of resentment.

Could it be that Emma Stone stole her Cannes Best Actress award so she took her anger out on him?
If that's the case, isn't Jeon Du-yeon too petty?
But Chen Nuo didn't have the chance to ask any more questions, as groups of guests arrived one after another.

Brother Chen Kai, international star.

Bong Joon-ho, Choi Min-sik.

At last.

It is Tomokazu Miura, who still has the charm of his youth, and the cheerful Takeshi Kitano.

(End of this chapter)