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

Chapter 297 Powerful Reassurance, Annual Box Office Review

Tang Wen held up his DV camera and filmed as he entered the room.

Then, the four people, eight big eyes, met each other.

Goodness, the battle is this intense?
They've already taken action?
But how was this fought?

Fan Bingbing and Tang Wei can skip the one-on-one match.

What happened to Xiaoran?

"President Tang?"

Xia Tian's voice came from behind her. She saw Tang Wen standing frozen at the door, wondering what had happened inside, and she was a little worried.

"It's alright, you go back first and get some rest today."

"Huh?" Xia Tian's pupils dilated. She froze for a few seconds, then lowered her voice to a level where only the two of them could hear: "Are you sure?"

"Ah."

So, Xia Tian retreated, looking back every few steps.

Tang Wen walked into the house with the DV camera in his hand and gently closed the door with his heel.

The room was silent; no one spoke.

They didn't speak, and neither did Tang Wen; they simply recorded everything that was happening before their eyes through the camera lens.

"Don't you have anything to say?"

A few minutes later, Tang Wei gritted her teeth, but she had her back to Tang Wen, and her hair was being held back by Fan Xiaopang.

He could only glance at Tang Wen sideways.

The latter shrugged, his tone sarcastic: "You two are having such a good time, I couldn't bear to interrupt."

Tang Wei was going crazy: "Where's the atmosphere? They barged in and bullied me! And you're just going to stand by and watch?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Fan Bingbing quickly interjected, "Stop talking nonsense, do you admit it? We women shouldn't let men interfere in our affairs!"

"You, surnamed Fan, are trespassing! That's illegal!"

"Tch, you were the one who opened the door and let me in."

"Bitch!"

"Bitch!"

"..."

Tang Wen's face was ashen.

Between the two women's shouting match, they stole glances at him.

Speaking of which, Tang Wen has always had a good temper in front of women.

This is the first time I've ever seen someone look so pale.

The two women were a little flustered, even though they were the victims and in the right.

But making such a scene is neither dignified nor does it affect Tang Wen's important business.

"let me go!"

"Let go first!"

Neither of them wanted to give up first, as if doing so would make the other weaker.

Tang Wen's expression grew increasingly grim, showing no intention of giving him a way out.

Li Xiaoran, who was pushed to the ground by the two women while trying to break up the fight, had no desire to speak.

"Humph!"

The two women exchanged a glance and simultaneously let go of each other's hands.

Tang Wei, feeling wronged, turned to Tang Wen before even getting up and asked, "How did you, surnamed Fan, know I lived here?"

Fan Bingbing quickly interrupted, "As a qualified girlfriend, of course you should know where your boyfriend lives! Just like me, I report on what I do every day on time."

Tang Wen's lips twitched, and he understood.

“I didn’t say that,” he explained.

Tang Wei felt a little relieved: "Really?"

"If you don't believe me, then get out!" Fan Bingbing added fuel to the fire, saying to Tang Wen, "This woman doesn't even believe you anymore. If you keep her around, who knows what shameful things she might do in the future!"

"You surnamed Fan!" Tang Wei made his move again.

"Ah—" Fan Bingbing screamed in agony.

The two started pulling each other's hair again.

Fan Bingbing: "I think you're feeling guilty. I hit the nail on the head."

"That's enough!" Tang Wen was exasperated. He put down the DV camera, no longer interested in being a photographer.

The two women immediately relaxed.

He got up and helped Li Xiaoran up first, then pulled up the two women who were tearing at each other, one in each hand.

"Brother, chase her away." Fan Bingbing hugged Tang Wen's arm.

She held me so tightly that my arms sank into her soft embrace.

Tang Wei was indeed angry and did not take the initiative to hug Tang Wen.

The latter shook his head and took the initiative to put his arm around her slender waist.

"Tang Wei has followed me around since I was a nobody singer. How can I let her go?"

Fan Bingbing's expression changed.

Tang Wei's eyes instantly reddened; she had experienced far too much today.

"How about we get rid of this vixen?" She then grabbed Tang Wen's arm.

His tone was pitiful.

Fan Bingbing looked at Tang Wen with a flustered expression.

The latter glanced at her and said, "Bingbing was originally an online friend of mine, and we've encouraged each other to get to where we are today. Can you let her leave?"

Tang Wei was speechless.

Fan Bingbing was relieved; what Tang Wen said was a story they had made up when facing reporters.

She did send him quite a few text messages.

But that's something for the pursuit stage.

My brother's words suggest he's on my side.

Fan Xiaopang felt much more at ease.

Tang Wei gritted his teeth and looked at Li Xiaoran, who was sitting on the sofa without saying a word: "Okay, then what about Li Xiaoran? Are you two also friends who have been through thick and thin together?"

Fan Bingbing blinked but didn't say anything.

I agree in my heart.

Tang Wen glanced at Li Xiaoran and saw that her pretty face had turned pale, but she did not answer.

Instead, he asked, "Indeed, many women are throwing themselves at me. Would you be willing to give up your status as a celebrity, director, and partner of Tangren Media, and become my personal assistant?"

Fan Bingbing: ?!
Don't agree to that!
Tang Wei was taken aback, her pretty face filled with conflict.

Tang Wen then looked at Fan Bingbing and asked the same question: "Are you willing to give up the opportunity to become an international star in order to take care of my life?"

Fan Bingbing cleverly said, "Brother, these two things don't actually conflict."

He smiled, didn't say anything, and looked at Li Xiaoran: "Are you willing?"

"I do!" Without anyone noticing, Li Dabai, who had taken off his trench coat, straightened his chest and delivered a heavy blow to the two women.

The two women's eyes twitched.

Fan Bingbing is alright; she knows she's not bad and will definitely catch up in terms of scale in the future.

Tang Wei was extremely depressed.

The gap is too big.

Fan and Tang looked at Li Xiaoran with complicated expressions.

Knowing that you can't get rid of them today, don't even think about it in the future.

The two women then began to reflect.

How come after a fight, not only did it fail to harm the opponent, but everyone's position inexplicably became more secure?
Tang Wei pressed for details, asking, "What about marriage?"
But after opening his mouth, he didn't dare to.

Getting married and having children is far too early for female celebrities in their early twenties.

She was afraid that if she brought up this topic, Li Xiaoran would be the one to benefit in the end.

If the other person is willing to give up their career, would they be afraid to get married and have children?

Fan Bingbing didn't dare to ask; her ambitions were far greater.

The studio's promotional announcements have already started to piggyback on the fame of Zhang Ziyi and "Mou Girls" (actresses discovered by director Zhang Yimou).

Why would someone be willing to get married and have children during a period of rapid growth?
To be precise, getting married is fine, but having children should be postponed.

It must be after thirty years old, right?

Seeing that he had the situation under control, Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and then pressed his advantage: "Of course, you also have your freedom."

Before he finished speaking, the three women all changed color.

"That's not what I meant!" Tang Wei retorted loudly. "You said it yourself, our relationship is built from scratch. I'd be crazy to give you up to someone else."

She glared fiercely at Fan Xiaopang.

The latter glared back: "What 'starting from scratch'? You're just an accessory on my brother's leg, only succeeding because of him. We're the ones who met online, a match made in heaven!"

Tang Wen almost burst out laughing.

Seeing that they were about to start arguing again, he quickly pulled his hand away and slapped them.

"crack, clap"

Two crisp sounds.

The two women simultaneously covered their shapely buttocks, looking at him with displeasure.

Who's sleeping with me tonight? Or together?

"Pah!" x2
After the two women finished spitting out their insults, they both looked at a third party.

Li Dabai crossed his arms and said, "I came here to deliver a surprise."

"Have you no shame? This is my room!" Tang Wei snapped. "You invited me here."

"I was..."

"Alright, stop arguing." Tang Wen patted the two women again: "Don't worry about me, the bed is 2x2.2 meters, four people can squeeze in and sleep."

Li Xiaoran didn't say anything.

Fan Bingbing and Tang Wei refused to agree to anything.

Tang Wen is also not allowed to sleep with Li Xiaoran.

Three women had no water to drink.

"Open another one."

"What a waste of money. We can just stay together tonight. I won't do anything at all."

Tang Wei was the first to disbelieve: "You're kidding me. Besides, those two sluts couldn't resist either."

Li Xiaoran blurted out, "You're full, but I'm still hungry."

As he spoke, he came up to pull Tang Wen.

Judging from this, he intends to consummate the marriage right in front of the two women!
Tang Wei quickly stopped them, and Fan Bingbing also tried to shield them.

She didn't want to lose her first time under these circumstances.

"Alright, I'm leaving. I'll have Xia Tian keep an eye on you. No more trouble, or you're all fired tomorrow!"

After thinking for a while, Tang Wei said, "Okay, to prevent anyone from secretly asking about your room number in the middle of the night, the three of us will put our phones in the safe. One of us will have the key, and the other will remember the password!"

This is aimed at Li Xiaoran.

She was stopped.

So, after staying in the room for a while longer, Tang Wen had no choice but to leave with a heavy heart.

They easily found their way to Building 2, to Huang Shengyi's room.

It's impossible to starve, so I'll just eat a little bit.

After eating about three-tenths of his fill, he picked up his laptop, worked overtime for a while, and wrote out the framework for a variety show.

On the day his backyard caught fire.

Online discussions about how much money he has made have reached new heights, with so many people participating that it's been a veritable uproar.

50 billion, 10 billion, that's too shocking.

Media outlets, journalists, and portal websites all wanted to dig deeper into how much money he made last year.

However, they have no connections in Hollywood.

They couldn't find Tang Wen to question him directly.

We had no choice but to start with box office statistics.

Box office data is all publicly available, so it's quite easy to calculate.

By the end of 2001, Tang Wen's global box office had exceeded 30 billion, with Hollywood's "Saw" accounting for the majority of the revenue.

In 2002, Tang Wen had quite a few movies released.

He was the producer and investor for both "Infernal Affairs" films.

It's already widely known in the industry that he is the main investor.

Therefore, even though he didn't direct the two Infernal Affairs films, they should still be counted in his annual box office.

This brings the total to nearly 4 million.

This is already a number that domestic directors can only look up to.

"A World Without Thieves" grossed over 100 million RMB in mainland China, over 40 million RMB in Hong Kong, and with contributions from Southeast Asia, it reached 160 million RMB.

Then, there's Hollywood overseas.

The Butterfly Effect grossed nearly $3 million worldwide.

Converted to 8.2, that's 24.6 billion!
Despite being mentally prepared, netizens were still shocked when they saw the number.

The post quickly garnered over a thousand replies.

24.6 billion yuan—the box office of one movie is higher than the total box office of the domestic film market in two years.

Saw II, with a global box office of $250 million, was equally impressive.

20.5 million.

In 2002, the total box office reached a staggering 5 billion RMB!
I wouldn't know unless I counted.

The numbers came out.

The incident caused an uproar among netizens.

"No wonder he was able to invest in a 5 billion yuan project in Jiangnan. So, he sold 5 billion yuan worth of goods in just one year?!"

"Selling for 5 billion doesn't mean making 5 billion."

"That means he made at least 20%, otherwise, where did the billion that has already been deposited into his account come from?"

"..."

Many people are speculating about Tang Wen's net worth.

Where would he rank on the rich list?

However, some people raised objections, saying that the calculation was incorrect.

According to news reports, Tang Wen invested in a movie called "My Grand Greek Wedding," which grossed $3.6 million worldwide.

That should also be included.

In 2002, Tangwen's total box office revenue actually exceeded 8 billion!

80 billion!
From any perspective, this is not a small number.

It is 2003.

A box office of 80 billion yuan is roughly equivalent to half a year's GDP for the most underdeveloped province in China.

Kunming, the future renowned No. 1 county, had a GDP of 325 billion last year.

Eight billion in box office revenue, accounting for a quarter of it.

The next day, when Tang Wen finished his morning exercises and went to the restaurant for breakfast...

I sensed a different kind of gaze than before.

Even the professionally trained waiters were staring at him.

He thought for a moment, then got up and went to the newspaper rack by the door, taking a few newspapers with him.

Sure enough, it appeared in the freshly printed newspaper.

It prominently displayed: "Director Tang Wen, worth billions, is worth a city all by himself."

It means that Tang Wen's GDP alone is comparable to that of an entire city.

As for the figure of 10 billion yuan in box office revenue, it is the sum of the box office revenue in 2001 and 2002.

01 billion in 30, 80 billion this year.

That adds up to over 10 billion?

Tang Wen frowned. Where did the eight billion come from last year?

Oh, so you included "The Greek Wedding" in my count.

He shook his head, put down the newspaper, and continued eating his breakfast.

Soon after, the three women who had learned he was at the restaurant rushed over.

The three women were short on time in the morning and only wore light makeup, but even so, they made all the other ladies in the restaurant pale in comparison.

It attracted the attention of the men in the restaurant like a magnet.

Tang Wei took long strides and sat down next to Tang Wen first.

Fan Bingbing glanced at her, but instead of sitting down, he got up to get some food: "You're not even taking your plate? You'll starve!"

Tang Wei understood her look and immediately took the half-eaten meal from Tang Wen and started eating it himself.

Li Xiaoran looked at them, and sensibly brought out two meals, handing one to Tang Wen.

As expected, the older sister knows how to care for others.

Fan Bingbing sat opposite Tang Wen, while Li Xiaoran sat diagonally opposite.

Surrounded by three beautiful women.

The people coming and going in the restaurant, including the waiters, looked at Tang Wen with even more strange eyes.

Good guy.

We thought your rumors were somewhat exaggerated.

Surprisingly, when you put three women together, they don't start arguing.

how did you do that?
Those rumors weren't exaggerated at all; they were actually quite conservative!

The men present had a look in their eyes that said one thing: they wanted to learn.

The three women are sensible and considerate when they are out in public.

Fan Bingbing went to get milk and brought back four cups.

Li Xiaoran took fruit, also enough for four people.

Tang Wei even peeled a tea egg for Tang Wen and fed it to him.

The men in the restaurant were completely out of control: Director Tang, please, please, open a class when you have time!
The price is negotiable; if all else fails, we can learn on our knees.

"Sigh, if only you two had been this harmonious last night."

Tang Wen looked around and received a series of envious glances, unable to suppress the smile on his face.

It's hard not to feel a pang of regret; if things had been like this last night, Huang Shengyi wouldn't have had to struggle alone.

Let me introduce this new girl to the three of them, Gao and Di.

The three women all rolled their eyes at him.

What are the plans after dinner?

"I'll stay with you!" X3
The three women spoke in unison.

Clearly, it was pre-arranged.

(End of this chapter)