Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 122: Go north and invite Director Tang Wen! (Subscribe)
Fan Bingbing is leaving?
really?
In order to get on board Sister Hua's big ship, she had insisted on terminating her contract with Formosa Province, causing quite a stir.

The bigwigs in Taiwan mocked her for being ungrateful and saying that she was "destined to be a maid forever."

It’s only been a short time and she wants to terminate her contract with Huayi again.

What if there's trouble?

Then take the opportunity to promote her ungratefulness.

Fan Bingbing's popularity among the public is probably ruined...

Li Shuangbing narrowed her eyes slightly, ready to avenge the robbery of the heroine of "Shao Bao 2": "Sister Hua, where is she going?"

Wang Jinhua understands the grudge between the two Bings.

But she didn't support Li Shuangbing's actions and reminded him, "Don't do anything yet."

"Look at what you said, what can I do? At most I can send her some blessings."

Li Shuangbing thought to herself: I will find someone to write an article tonight, listing all her bad deeds.

As soon as she terminates the contract, I will send it to her.

I'll accept it even if I have to pay some money!
I must help her to become famous.

"Tang Wen." Wang Jinhua sighed.

"What?" Li Shuangbing's face changed drastically.

"Maybe Director Tang wants to sign her."

"This is impossible..." Li Shuangbing was unwilling to believe it.

Wang Jinhua: "Not sure yet, I'll make a call now."

I thought about how to start the conversation.

She took the initiative to call Tang Wen.

In front of Tang Wen was a small red clay stove. A wire mesh covered the red charcoal fire, and on the wire mesh were a few oranges and winter dates roasting.

Fan Bingbing handed over the phone: "This is Sister Hua's number. I think she's found out her face."

Tang Wen stood up and she sat down and continued grilling.

They exchanged a few pleasantries and said hello.

Tang Wen got straight to the point: "Bingbing is my good friend. It's not a good idea for him to be out there... Don't worry about the penalty, we will pay it in full..."

Wang Jinhua didn't know what to say.

I am the number one agent in mainland China, and Huayi is currently the largest private company.

Fan Bingbing is the one who needs to be trained as a priority.

Many female artists in the circle are envious.

Into your mouth, just floating outside?

If it were an ordinary person, Wang Jinhua would probably have fought back.

But on the other side is Tang Wen, the largest investor in the entertainment industry. Last year, he participated in and controlled more projects than Huayi did in the past two to three years combined.

The movie box office was even more astonishing.

As an agent, Wang Jinhua couldn't wait to please him.

Fan Bingbing, who was sitting on the chair, couldn't help but hold Tang Wen's hand, looked up at him, his big eyes full of emotion.

This scene was seen by Tang's mother who came into the house from outside, and the old lady immediately smiled kindly.

Fan Bingbing let go of her hand in panic, lowered her head and blushed.

Tang's mother was very pleased, but fearing that the two would feel awkward, she turned around and left: her son had grown up and finally had a girlfriend.

"Just cause trouble for me!" Tang Wen knocked on Fan Bingbing's head.

"I didn't expect Auntie to come in suddenly."

did not expect?
You can hardly hold back the corners of your mouth!
Wang Jinhua hung up the phone, and Li Shuangbing couldn't wait to ask, "Does Director Tang really want to sign her?"

"I'm afraid it's true. I have to report it to the company. Don't be sad, Bingbing. It's a good thing for you to have one less strong competitor."

After saying that, she left in a hurry.

Li Shuangbing collapsed on the sofa.

After returning to Huayi, Wang Jinhua told the story.

The other party paid the full amount of liquidated damages.

They also can't block Fan Bingbing's contract.

Otherwise it would be an enmity.

Moreover, Fan Bingbing himself seemed to have foresight.

Since half a year ago, our business dealings with Huayi have decreased a lot.

Today, there is not a single contract signed but not fulfilled.

Mr. Wang frowned: "Has she been promised a long time ago?"

“I don’t know.” Wang Jinhua really didn’t know: “Although this girl is young, she has quite a lot of ideas.”

The two Mr. Wangs had no choice but to let the man go.

As for a female star, there are many of them in the circle.

The next day.

Near noon, Wang Jinhua arrived at the set of "A World Without Thieves".

"...Lens No. 1 continues to advance."

Tang Wen is filming the role of Fan Bingbing.

About ten minutes passed.

Fan Bingbing’s performance finally satisfied him and he shouted “click”!
"Sister Hua, I've been waiting for a long time."

"No, no, I just got here."

"this way please."

Tang Wen took people to a makeshift office.

Lawyers from both sides came in to check the contract.

After a long while, Fan Bingbing changed out of her costume and walked in. Wang Jinhua stood up and greeted her: "Bingbing. I'll be counting on you to help me from now on."

"Sister Hua, look at what you said. I will have to ask you for advice in the future. Thanks to your care over the past two years." Fan Bingbing held Wang Jinhua with both hands, and his tone was quite emotional.

"It's your own fault. Now that you're here with Mr. Tang, your future prospects will be limitless." Wang Jinhua patted her hands and said.

Fan Bingbing tilted his head and looked at Tang Wen.

Wang Jinhua understood that this was a way to show loyalty to Tang Wen.

Unexpectedly, Fan Bingbing said with a hint of resentment: "It's hard to say whether I have a future in the future. It all depends on whether our Master Tang will give me food."

Tang Wen glanced at her and said, "The company has a project to guard an isolated island in the South China Sea. I think you are a good fit."

Wang Jinhua was slightly surprised and secretly raised Fan Bingbing's importance level by another three points.

The relationship between the two is really unusual.

"Okay! My aunt, sister and I have agreed to go see the sea together in the summer. Then I will ask them to come to the island to see me..." Fan Bingbing raised his snow-white chin.

Tang Wen was speechless.

Wang Jinhua, who was standing by, felt a storm in her heart.

Aunt and sister?
This?
Isn't it what I thought?!

She is not going to be successful in the future, she is going to take off right now!

The three were chatting.

Manager Gao, who is in charge of logistics, came in personally holding a cardboard box, which contained exquisite lunch boxes.

Tang Wenhe and the leading actor ate small pot dishes.

Freshly made by the company’s specially hired chef.

"Ms. Bingbing, you ordered eight more dishes, right? I put them together."

"Thank you. I'll take it to the car later." Blue Star Entertainment arranged a rest RV for her.

Tang Wen felt a little strange.

In the past, she either didn't eat here or ate with me.

What is the routine for going to the car today?
Fan Bingbing said to Wang Jinhua, "Sister Hua, my aunt and sister are coming today. They can't have dinner with you."

Without waiting for the latter to say anything.

Tang Wen raised his head: "My mom and sister are coming? How come I didn't know?"

"You are so busy and I don't want to disturb you at work. Just tell me no." Fan Bingbing looked as if it was okay for me, the hostess, to know.

"when will you arrive?"

"Hey, I just picked someone up in my car." After saying that, Fan Bingbing bent down to pick up the cardboard box containing the lunch box.

"Hey, hey, hey, Miss Bingbing, let me do it, let me do it!" Manager Gao, who was also shocked by the news, picked up the box swiftly.

joke.

If I asked her to pick up the cardboard box and go to eat today.

If I wait until tomorrow, no, until this afternoon, I will probably be fired on the spot because I stepped into the set with my left foot first, right?

"Bingbing, I'll take you there." Wang Jinhua helped the young Fan Bingbing out the door.

There's no one in the room.

Tang Wen silently took out a piece of paper and a pen: Write a song, write a song for her right away.

She also has to be arranged to star in film and television dramas.

Also go to the beach during summer vacation.

Look how busy I am!

Wang Jinhua sent Fan Bingbing back to the car.

"Auntie, elder sister, second sister, this is my former manager, Wang Jinhua, and Chen Daoming is also Hua's artist..."

The Tang family's mother and daughter looked at Wang Jinhua with some curiosity.

This guy looks quite ordinary.

After saying hello, I got out of the RV.

Wang Jinhua was in a trance for a while. After walking for a distance, she looked back at the tall white RV.

Don’t say anything else.

She had never seen a motorhome that could easily accommodate five or six people with a table.

Manager Gao walked beside her and couldn't help but sigh: "This RV was previously used exclusively by Director Tang."

"Xiao Fan is so lucky!"

Fortunately, I have a good relationship with Fan Bingbing.

Maybe she will be able to take care of herself in the future.

Tang Wen accompanied Wang Jinhua for lunch.

The termination of the contract was completed smoothly.

In the afternoon, in front of my family.

He handed Fan Bingbing a contract to open a studio together.

As usual, Tang Wen holds 51% of the shares and she holds 49%.

Fan Bingbing took it and signed it without even looking at it.

"Aren't you afraid that it's a contract to sell your body?"

"Don't be afraid, Auntie will take care of it for me." Fan Bingbing hugged Tang's mother's arm tightly.

"Don't be so stupid out there next time."

"Our lawyer will be watching you from now on." Fan Bingbing smiled with narrowed eyes, like a vixen who had stolen a chicken.

The next day.

After the excitement, Fan Bingbing's career ambition came into play.

There are many female stars around Tang Wen, and she wants to grab the best resources.

"What is my next play? Should I prepare in advance?"

“No drama.”

Fan Bingbing didn't believe it and nodded, "Okay, I can spend more time with Auntie."

Tang Wen: "...I mean, you are now practicing singing and English."

"English? Are you going abroad to act?" Her eyes were shining, and if they weren't at the dinner table, she would have pounced on Tang Wen and kissed him twice.

It must be Hollywood!
"Practice singing first."

"well."

Crew.

There were crowds of reporters.

The box office of "Infernal Affairs" has officially exceeded 100 million.

Fan Bingbing got out of the car holding Tang Wen's hand, and reporters swarmed around.

Facing the camera lens and a series of questions.

Tang Wen raised his hand and pressed it down gently. He did not answer, but asked: "The box office of Infernal Affairs is not high, but low. The performance in the first two weeks was so good, why did the box office drop off a cliff after two weeks?"

A reporter suddenly had an idea: "Piracy! Director Tang, do you think it's a piracy problem?"

"Isn't it?" Tang Wen spread his hands. The current piracy problem is indeed very serious, even blatant.

Otherwise, the box office of "Infernal Affairs" today would have exceeded 1 million at least.

Tang Wen was not satisfied with the box office.

Unable to stop the reporters from partying.

"Infernal Affairs" breaks 100 million, the mainland film market rises

"If mainland filmmakers don't reflect on themselves, they may have no food to eat"

"Director Tang Wen and Hong Kong stars prove that it's not the market that's failing"

"..."

Fatty Fan held several newspapers in his hands and read out the headlines one by one:

"It's not the market that's bad, it's the mainland filmmakers that are bad, right? These reporters are being rather subtle in their criticism."

“Aren’t you a mainland filmmaker?”

There was no one else in the car, and Fatty Fan winked: "I am your filmmaker."

Leprechaun!

Tang Wen crossed his legs. He hadn't shipped any goods for a few days.

We have to finish filming Fan Xiaopang's scenes quickly and send her to practice singing.

Fat Fan continued reading the newspaper: "Some people followed suit and criticized piracy."

"Who?"

“Zhang Weiping from New Picture. He and director Chang Yi-mou just finished filming Hero.”

Tang Wen laughed: "With a $3000 million investment in Hero, he hates pirates more than anyone else."

When filming of "Hero" started, everyone thought Zhang Weiping and Zhang Yimou were crazy.

3000 million US dollars, equivalent to 2.4 million yuan, is the cost of making a movie.

The domestic market is so small, how can they make their money back?
"I heard that Director Zhang invited Jet Li back to sell his movies to Hollywood. Do you think it will work?"

"It's hard to say, I haven't seen the finished film."

"Hero" did not lose money, opening simultaneously on 2000 screens in North America.

It set a record for Chinese-language films.

However, the North American copyright has been bought out.

The real money-maker is not the second card.

"I heard that Jet Li's salary for a movie is 1000 million US dollars?" This is a number that Fat Fan could only dream of.

"He has a big name in Hollywood. He has a higher status than Chow Yun Fat, but he should take a pay cut for joining Hero."

Otherwise, Jet Li alone would have taken one third, and Liang Chaowei and Zhang Manyu's pay would not have been less than one million US dollars.

Plus Chen Daoming, Donnie Yen...

How could Zhang Yimou have the money for post-production?
The big money is spent in the later stages.

"A few million US dollars would be fine too." Fat Fan's face was full of anticipation.

"You can also work on your acting skills when you have time!"

"Yeah, I want to be the first Tang Girl!" Fat Fan clenched his fist.

"What?"

"The actresses made famous by director Zhang Yimou are called "Mou Girls", and I am "Tang Girl." Fan Xiaopang said as a matter of course.

A few days later, "Infernal Affairs" was released in Hong Kong.

The total box office is over 5500 million.

Andy Lau found Tang Wen and said, "Director Tang, our colleagues in Hong Kong invited us to the celebration banquet."

"Is the time set?"

"No, Mr. Yang and everyone else mean that it depends on your time."

With that being said, Tang Wen had no choice but to go.

"Then let's do it a few days later. I haven't finished writing the script for Infernal Affairs 2 yet."

It must have taken two days in the past.

He planned to get the crew for the second part together at the same time.

By then, there are still two roles to be decided.

Yang Shoucheng called Tang Wen and said that he had submitted "Infernal Affairs" to this year's Hong Kong Film Awards and Golden Horse Awards.

Tang Wen patted Andy Lau on the shoulder and said, "Then I hope you can win the Best Actor award."

Andy Lau smiled bitterly: "I want to, but with Tony Leung, it might be difficult."

Actually, he was a bit unlucky.

He put a lot of effort into revising the script and finding funding for "Infernal Affairs".

The crew was finally assembled, and Liang Chaowei just focused on filming, which lasted only three or four hours a day before he went home.

As a result, the awards and honors are all his.

King Liu was busy all the time, but only got two nominations.

"Power on!"

Today is the rivalry between Zhang Guoli and Andy Lau.

The idle staff gathered around and watched them perform.

Today's shot is a classic shot.

Andy Lau put the cooked egg into a cup, rotated it like a sieve, and peeled off the egg shell.

This scene was actually filmed.

In order to avoid special effects and save filming costs.

The props team came up with an idea and drilled holes in the cup.

Tie up the hard-boiled eggs with string and give them to Andy Lau to shake in a glass.

"How is it? Are you sure?" Tang Wen meant to find a substitute if it doesn't work.

"Don't worry Director Tang, I've filmed a lot of God of Gamblers movies before, and I've practiced rolling the dice."

"Okay then. Each group should get ready."

King Liu really did not suck, he wasted three cooked eggs but still managed to make the scene.

After Zhang Guoli finished reading, he shook his head at Tang Wen and said, "Director Tang, let me make it clear in advance that I can't peel a raw egg."

"Don't worry, I have hired two surgeons."

"Doctors know how to peel raw eggs?"

"Props team, have the two teachers finished peeling?" Tang Wen picked up the intercom.

"Director Tang, deliver it immediately. You are indeed a surgical expert from Xuanwu Hospital."

One minute after the words were spoken.

The props team leader came in carefully holding the tray.

There were a dozen small plates on the tray.

It's covered with raw eggs in varying degrees of peeling.

去皮1/10、1/5、1/4、1/3、1/2…

There are also two that are completely peeled.

Zhang Guoli is a veteran actor and immediately understood Tang Wen’s filming ideas.

After trying several times, it officially started up.

Zhang Guoli picked up the raw eggs one by one, pinched the upper and lower ends, and rotated them in his hands.

A peeled egg is very easy to break and cannot spin fast at all.

It is far from achieving the desired effect.

But Tang Wen didn't call for stop, so he could only continue shooting.

thump.

The outer membrane of a raw egg was torn open, and the egg white and egg liquid fell into the beer glass, stirring up a foam.

"Okay! Let's do it again."

After a few times.

The eggs were broken and cracked.

The tables of the three actors were filled with the unique fishy smell of liquid eggs.

"Click! Passed."

Zhang Guoli let out a sigh of relief.

"Director Tang, is it OK? How about asking two doctors to take the trouble to peel a few more, so that we can get a few more?" After washing his hands, he went to the monitor.

“We can’t use them directly, but with these materials, the difficulty and cost of producing special effects are greatly reduced.”

Zhang Guoli suddenly realized that he had never been involved in this field: "I need to find a special effects company. Is there anyone in China who can do it?"

Tang Wen shook his head. This would definitely be sent to Hollywood.

Before filming continued, assistant director Ning Hao brought in two men wearing glasses who looked like intellectuals.

"Director Tang, the two doctors don't want any reward. We just want to take a photo with you guys."

"Thank you, doctors!"

"You have very deft hands. You can even peel a raw egg." Zhang Guoli looked at the palms of their hands.

"We are doctors who perform laparoscopic surgery. We are very skilled in this field. We usually practice by peeling raw eggs."

Everyone seemed to understand and applauded.

We signed autographs and took photos with them before they left.

The filming continues.

On the other hand, with the box office of "Infernal Affairs" in mainland China exceeding 100 million.

The Hong Kong film industry is in jubilation.

Golden Harvest Company took out a script called "Golden Rooster" and sent it to Mr. Han, the president of China Film Group, through his connections.

Firstly, they wanted investment from China Film Corporation, and secondly, they wanted to release the film simultaneously in mainland China.

After reading the script, Mr. Han's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Golden Rooster, Golden Rooster. The heroine of the story is really a lady from a wealthy family.

"Mr. Han, what do you think? The plot is as good as Infernal Affairs. The heroine is very inspiring!"

Han San commented: “…”

Yes, your heroine is so inspiring!
In the 70s, the heroine was underage and came out to provide non-sexual services.

In the 80s, the heroine moved to the most famous Rich Man Nightclub in Hong Kong.

In the early 90s, I worked in a massage parlor.

In the late 90s, "one prostitute per building" started their own business...

He is truly independent and self-reliant, and never causes any trouble to Hong Kong.

“It can’t be invested in, and it can’t be shown in mainland cinemas.”

"No way, Mr. Han, even the undercover agents in Infernal Affairs can win, so why can't such an inspiring story be featured?"

"Drip drip"

Han Sanping hung up the phone directly.

Hong Kong's Universal Pictures is not to be outdone.

Use your connections to hand Mr. Han a notebook titled Agent.

And note: In order to attract the audience, it can be named "Naked Agent"

Mr. Han San's brows twitched and he opened the notebook and looked at it for a long time.

No matter how you look at it, you feel that this movie is probably not serious and it might be a very high-level movie.

Probably between level 2 and level 4.

Still unable to apply and unable to enter the mainland.

But more and more people are coming to Hong Kong to seek cooperation.

President Han was too lazy to bother, so he called Yang Shucheng and asked him to pass on the message: "It's the same as before in the mainland. If you want to release the film simultaneously, it's not possible recently. Even if it's possible in the future, it depends on the subject matter!"

These words are like a bucket of ice water poured over the heads of Hong Kong filmmakers!

"What should we do?" The leaders of Hong Kong Film continued to discuss privately.

Hong Kong's economy has yet to recover.

The hope of entering the mainland was shattered again, and everyone was inevitably panicking.

"Don't worry, is it possible that we are missing a key person?"

"Who?"

"Director Tang Wen."

"I understand. Let's go north and invite Director Tang Wen to attend the celebration party for Infernal Affairs!"

(End of this chapter)