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

Chapter 206 The question of whether Director Tang was tempted was not a big deal or not.

"Do you want some garlic?" Fan Bingbing's fair little hand was stretched out in front of Tang Wen.

In the palm of my hand, there are a few plump, white garlic cloves.

"want!"

“Okay, I’ll eat too. Let’s not bother each other.” Fan Bingbing smiled.

The Central Plains is a major province for wheat-based foods.

Besides the meat-filled steamed bun in his hand, Tang Wen also had a bowl of fragrant braised noodles in front of him.

He took the garlic cloves but didn't start eating them, clearly preoccupied.

Fan Bingbing picked up the mutton fat chili next to her and added two spoonfuls to her own.

The bright red chili oil melts in the bowl, and the red soup, white noodles, and green coriander make it look incredibly appetizing.

Fan Bingbing tasted the soup; it was slightly spicy.

Then he picked up the chili jar, added a spoonful and a half to Tang Wen's bowl according to his taste, and poured a swirl of vinegar around it.

Finally, he took his chopsticks out of his bowl, put them in his mouth for a moment, and then reached into his bowl to stir the chili and vinegar together.

Peeling garlic, adding chili peppers, pouring vinegar...

The young and beautiful Bingbing performed such a skillful set of movements.

The people around were stunned.

Director Tang is truly charismatic!

Such a beautiful girl, and she's so proactive.

At the same time, she understood that Ms. Fan was making her stance clear: I am Director Tang's person! Others should keep their distance.

"What are you thinking about? The noodles will get soggy if you don't eat them."

Tang Wen was naturally thinking about how to deal with Dong Xuan and Gao Yuanyuan, who had caused a ruckus in the capital.

But I can't tell Fan Bingbing.

He looked up at the setting sun on the horizon and said, "Hmm, I'm thinking about the direction of a story."

Fan Bingbing nodded and stopped talking, silently taking out a tissue and placing it beside him.

Huang Bo, who played the foolish older brother, and Ning Hao, who served as assistant director, watched with envy on their faces.

They each have their own partners, but compared to Fan Bingbing...

Forget it.

It's better not to compare.

After dinner, Tang Wen went to the hotel rooftop alone.

He took out his phone and called his good friend.

"Hua Hua Hua..."

In the capital, at a high-society club.

Inside a private room, filled with smoke, several people were washing mahjong tiles.

Zhou Xun's phone, which was holding the banknotes, started buzzing.

She was lighting a cigarette and didn't look at it immediately.

Liu Ye, who was tall and strong, glanced at her and exclaimed, "Oh dear!" He quickly waved his hand to stop her, saying, "Xunzi, it's Director Tang Wen on the phone, answer it quickly."

Qin Hailu and Mei Ting at the table stopped what they were doing at the same time.

Inside the house, Chen Kun was chatting with Mei Ting's husband, Yan Po, and stopped talking upon hearing this.

The name Tang Wen carries immense prestige within the industry!

Zhou Xun picked up the phone, and without going out to find a secluded place, she answered directly, "What's up? I'm busy."

Chen Kun smiled.

The others looked at her with varying degrees of speechlessness.

No, ladies!
Do you usually talk to Director Tang like this?

"It's an emergency." Tang Wen wanted her to persuade Gao Yuanyuan.

"How urgent? I'm in a real hurry too."

Tang Wen frowned, not wanting to force her, and asked, "What are you doing?"

"When I leave, we'll probably be one player short for mahjong. Do you think that's serious?"

This left not only the people inside speechless.

Tang Wendu was speechless: "You should learn something good from the princess, why are you learning to play mahjong!"

We chatted for a bit.

He said Gao Yuanyuan was in a bad mood and asked Zhou Xun to try to comfort her.

Hearing the urgency in his voice, Zhou Xun reluctantly agreed.

But after learning what had happened, he immediately rolled his eyes and regretted agreeing.

hang up the phone.

Zhou Xun glanced at his fellow card players, shrugged, and said, "Someone take my place."

"What's wrong? Do you need any help?" Chen Kun asked.

"No need." Zhou Xun had a gloating smile on his face.

As a "good brother," Tang Wen should keep his girlfriend's car accident a secret.

After she left, Qin Hailu asked Chen Kun, "Xunzi and Director Tang are so close?"

"Yeah, the two of them bicker the moment they meet." Chen Kun shook his head and chuckled.

Qin Hailu and Mei Ting, already established actresses, couldn't help but feel a little envious upon hearing this.

After leaving the house, Zhou Xun called Gao Yuanyuan.

It took two tries to get through to Gao Yuanyuan. Before she could speak, Zhou Xun said, "Where are you, Yuanyuan? I'm in a bad mood. Come have a drink with me."

"Yes, I'm at Sister Fei's house," Gao Yuanyuan said in a low voice.

"At Old Wang's? Playing cards?"

"No, we were just having drinks!" the princess's voice came through. "Are you in a bad mood too?"

"Oh no! Wait for me, I'm coming right away." Zhou Xun couldn't suppress the smile that was playing on her lips.

"Okay, come quickly..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xun said something to Tang Wen and drove straight to the princess's villa.

Zhou Xun is considered a big star.

But in terms of financial resources, he can't compare to the princess.

"Sister Xun." Da Meiyuan was already three-tenths drunk.

If the wine is not intoxicating, everyone will get drunk.

"What's wrong? Who bullied you? I'll call Tang Wen."

"No, it's him!"

"Huh?" Zhou Xun had to put on her Oscar-worthy acting skills, while secretly cursing Tang Wen in her heart: I never act in real life, you scumbag Tang, you'll get extra money this time!

Zhou Xun is quite sincere when it comes to relationships.

The reason she agreed to Tang Wenlai's request to persuade Gao Yuanyuan was because she had witnessed the cruelty of this industry.

Zhou Xun's debut was not a glamorous one.

She was already singing in bars when she was 15.

Harassment is a common occurrence for them.

Later, she followed her boyfriend Dou Peng, who is also the younger brother of the legendary Dou Wei, to Beijing to pursue her dreams.

He still makes a living by singing.

Back in the 90s, she refused to drink when a powerful figure offered her a toast.

He was violently beaten and one of his teeth was knocked out.

Having witnessed the ruthless side of this industry, she felt that Gao Yuanyuan's personality was such that she couldn't handle things alone and would eventually be scammed.

Tang Wen is a bit of a womanizer, but he's still a reliable person.

Whether a person is good or bad depends on comparison.

Compared to some people involved in organized crime or domestic violence, Tang Wen is simply a good man.

The princess would not advise a breakup either.

She drank and cursed men with Gao Yuanyuan.

Zhou Xun sat down, drank a few glasses, and then joined in the cursing.

While criticizing Li Yapeng, the truth came out in the process—Li Yapeng was having an affair with a princess.

"Huh?" Gao Yuanyuan sobered up most of the time in an instant.

Look at her, look at the princess, they're as shocked as rabbits struck by lightning.

The princess gracefully clinked glasses with Zhou Xun, and then the three of them raised their glasses together.

They kept arguing back and forth.

Gao Yuanyuan suddenly felt that Tang Wen wasn't so bad after all; at least he didn't seduce her friend...

On Dong Xuan's side.

Tang Wen called her directly.

Dong Xuan has good emotional control; she made a few sarcastic remarks but didn't bring up Yuanyuan's matter at all.

Tang Wen felt relieved and contacted her good neighbor and bad aunt to ask her to coax Dong Xuan.

Yu Feihong said irritably, "Don't you want to listen to what you're saying? Making one lover coax another? How could you even think of that!"

Tang Wen sighed: "Auntie, don't you want Dong Xuan to know that you were with me in her bed?"

"You!" Yu Feihong's pretty face flushed red: "Shut up! You forced me to do that."

She paused, then said defiantly, "Dong Xuan won't believe you! And I won't go against my conscience to persuade her and say you're a good man."

"Hehe," sensing her bluster, Tang Wen tempted her, "How about this? Next time, I'll find an opportunity to let you stay in the closet. That way you'll be more involved..."

"abnormal!"

Yu Feihong was very experienced in "secretly" doing things, and the scene had already appeared in her mind.

My heart was racing, I couldn't bear to listen anymore, and I quickly hung up the phone.

But Tang Wen knew that he had already convinced her.

More than an hour later, Yu Feihong brought wine and food to find Dong Xuan for a drink.

Upon entering, I saw Dong Xuan practicing yoga on a mat.

"What is this?" Yu Feihong asked, puzzled.

If you get into a car accident with another woman, shouldn't you be crying and making a fuss?
Why is Dong Xuan practicing?
"I'll learn yoga," Dong Xuan asked the female instructor, preparing to improve her fighting skills.

The instructor recommended yoga!
Yu Feihong didn't ask any further questions. As she walked towards the kitchen, she said, "Tang Wen called me and said you're in a bad mood and he can't come back. He asked me to come over and have a drink with you." "Thank you, Sister Feihong," Dong Xuan said politely. She had originally wanted to ask Guan Yue to come.

Yu Feihong put the food on a plate. Although she was also a lover, as an experienced womanizer, she was very open-minded.

All that talk about love and romance is useless.

Tang Wen is able to help his career outside and fully satisfy himself inside.

Don't get entangled if there's nothing wrong; give yourself plenty of freedom.

Is there anything else you’re not satisfied with?
If I had a different man, I definitely wouldn't be living such a carefree life.

Putting aside everything else, even an eighteen-year-old sports student is probably not as fierce as Tang Wen, who is exceptionally talented.

Late at night.

Tang Wen figured Gao Yuanyuan had drunk enough, so he called her.

As expected, both calls went unanswered.

Well, this isn't me pretending to disappear and hiding; I did return the call.

I called back, but no one answered.

He sent another text message: [What's wrong? I was filming during the day and just finished.]

Press send.

After thinking about it, I felt it wasn't enough.

I looked up at the starry sky. In 2002, the light pollution in this small town was not serious.

He stood on the rooftop and could see the starry sky.

He added another text message: "I'll kiss you three thousand times."

Hmm, that's a fresh and original line.

I only told Dong Xuan once.

However, I told her 2,700 times.

You, Da Meiyuan, have three hundred more than her.

Now you're definitely not angry anymore... right?

Tang Wen's guilt disappeared. After going downstairs and eating the noodles that Fan Bingbing had cooked, he fell asleep peacefully.

The next day.

Gao Yuanyuan has forgiven Tang Wen.

Of course, it wasn't because of sweet words.

It was Zhou Xun talking about Li Yapeng and other male celebrities in the industry, criticizing their scumbag behavior.

Then I heard the princess talking about the scandalous news from Hong Kong.

Gao Yuanyuan, who was well protected, was a little frightened after hearing this.

Upon further comparison, it becomes clear that Tang Wen's minor mistake, which was "seduced" by Dong Xuan, is not a question of whether it is forgivable.

It's him, he's practically a saint...

She knew Tang Wen was definitely filming.

I didn't want to interrupt his work.

So I sent a text message explaining why I didn't answer the phone last night.

Then he told him to take good care of himself.

Originally, she wanted to visit the set.

But when she thought about the female lead being Fan Bingbing, Da Meiyuan frowned, feeling that her relationship with her boyfriend was not simple either.

However, she was not afraid.

I definitely won't give up on the relationship.

Sister Fei is right: There are plenty of men who no one wants, who won't cheat, and who are very safe, but do you want them?

Besides, Tang Wen treats you differently.

Da Meiyuan felt the same way.

Recalling their first meeting, Tang Wen drew inspiration from his own experience and wrote "Blue Lotus" on an airplane.

It's even more romantic than the first encounter between the male and female protagonists in "Titanic"...

Gao Yuanyuan is a typical person who can't live without love.

Her style is similar to Zhou Xun's.

Zhou Xun understood her, so she also persuaded her: Tang Wen gave you the impression that he was too perfect, but perfection doesn't exist.

He will be more authentic in the future.

Yes, he does have flaws.

Although this flaw is a bit hard to accept, it's definitely not his fault...

At least we can't blame him entirely...

After leaving the princess's house, he got into his nanny's car.

She asked her female assistant, "Sister Liu, do you think Tang Wen faces many temptations outside?"

Sister Liu received Xia Tian's notification last night and understands what happened.

Knowing exactly what to say, she pretended to be unaware: "I'll tell you, but don't be angry."

"Okay, go ahead," Gao Yuanyuan said, pursing her lips.

"The temptation that Director Tang faced wasn't a matter of quantity or magnitude; it was an exceptionally large, unparalleled temptation..."

Gao Yuanyuan's tightly furrowed brows gradually relaxed.

Central Plains, Ancheng.

After dealing with matters in the backyard, Tang Wen focused his energy on filming "Peacock".

The female lead in this movie has been changed; Fan Bingbing is more beautiful than Zhang Jingchu.

The way of expression will therefore be different.

"All departments, prepare!"

The sun was almost high in the sky.

At Tang Wen's command, all departments sprang into action.

His filming crew is fixed, including photographer Li Wei, who has joined Blue Star Entertainment.

After working together on "A World Without Thieves," they have developed a certain level of chemistry.

Tang Wen promised that he had a suitable notebook.

They will let Li Wei be the director.

No photographer could resist such a temptation.

There is no discrimination within the industry against photographers who switch to directing.

Because Zhang Yimou was originally director Chen's cinematographer, his success inspired many people.

"Reduce the saturation of the lens, use a cool color tone..."

On the monitor, Tang Wen finished giving his instructions.

With the help of a crane, the camera was raised to hold up a long shot.

From the rusted factory chimneys, the smoke drifts towards the dusty residential buildings.

The sounds of industrial gears are gradually being replaced by the chirping of cicadas.

A sense of overwhelming change in the times washes over you!

Then, the colors suddenly appeared.

Fan Bingbing, wearing a faded floral dress, stood under the clothesline, drying clothes against the light.

The sunlight outlined her silhouette but blurred her face.

"close up!"

Tang Wen shouted into the walkie-talkie.

A few seconds later, Fan Bingbing's beauty became clear on the monitor.

As the camera zooms in rapidly, it strikes straight into the viewer's heart.

"Okay, click! Bingbing, change into outfit number two, let's do it again."

Outfit number two is a white dress.

A distressed white dress.

Fan Bingbing, however, possesses sufficient experience.

"Clothing number three."

Outfit number three is a white dress with a green skirt...

These days, what Western film festival judges love to see is the hardships and struggles of the Chinese people.

This is to highlight their superiority.

Tang Wen was prepared to show them how "beautiful" could be shattered!

Isn't Fan Bingbing beautiful enough?
The more beautiful the opening, the more captivating it is.

It's the tragic and insane parts that are truly moving.

Actually?
In Tang Wen's view, the female characters in "Peacock"—their beauty, their personalities, their choices—are all exceptional.

It is not representative at all.

After finishing my work in the afternoon, I went home for lunch.

Tang Wen's assistant on set came over and said, "Director Zhang Yimou and Ms. Gong Li would like to visit the set. When would be a convenient time for you?"

Is Zhang Yimou coming?
Fan Bingbing on the other side blinked.

The surrounding conversations also stopped.

It's clear that Director Zhang's reputation is quite prestigious within the industry.

Fan Bingbing was a little confused: When did Tang Wen become acquainted with Director Zhang?

What is Gong Li doing here?
Is there some kind of cooperation plan?
Or perhaps Director Zhang is making a new film and is coming to solicit investment.

It's worth noting that Zhang Yimou, as a director, has a very high film output.

But Tang Wen knew that Zhang Yimou wasn't there to visit the set; he was there to sell the rights to "Hero".

"It depends on their schedule; they're welcome anytime."

A few days passed.

A new Monday.

Infernal Affairs 2 has been in theaters for ten days.

The entire crew of "Infernal Affairs 2" is eagerly anticipating the box office success...

(End of this chapter)