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

Chapter 381 Tang Wen: I smell like her perfume.
The song "Wujiapo 2003" is adapted from a traditional opera.

According to research, this play originated around 1860.

The story has been refined over a hundred years, so it can be used directly.

When shooting a music video, you don't need to think about the plot.

Simply extract a few segments from the opera, and you'll have more than enough material.

Tang Wen plays the male lead, Xue Pinggui.

Zeng Li is the female lead, Wang Baochuan.

The former has master-level acting skills, so no scene is too difficult for him to handle.

Zeng Li hasn't been working much lately, so she has plenty of time to think about the story and how to act, which makes acting effortless for her.

The day's filming went smoothly.

In the evening, Tang Wen added a scene, filming a horseback riding scene between the two.

As I rode along, I left the painting.

The plot has changed to Pinggui horseback riding and playing with Baochuan.

Half an hour later, the two rode back slowly on horseback.

Zeng Li's lipstick was gone, and her makeup was a bit smudged.

The MV crew pretended not to see it.

That evening, Tang Wen made an excuse that he had something to do and did not accompany Zeng Li back.

When they arrived at Da Meiyuan's place, they used the same trick again and prepared a table of dishes.

Gao Yuanyuan's heart melted as she watched him demonstrate his culinary skills.

She went from being hesitant and reluctant to agree to actively cooperating.

That evening, Zeng Li returned to her residence.

When Hu Jing saw that she had returned on her own, she was not disappointed at all, but rather relieved.

"What's wrong with you?"

"N-nothing, Pear, that..." Hu Jing said shyly.

Zeng Li became even more curious.

"Alright, you, Pear! Show me your secret stash."

After the beautiful woman fell asleep.

Tang Wen summoned the system.

The movie "Jade Goddess of Mercy" has officially ended its run.

Total box office reached 3650 million!
If it were a domestic film from last year, it would rank in the top five.

The internet is overflowing with praise.

Some people have called him a "top commercial director".

Tang Wei became a huge star, but in a way that was different from how celebrities became famous.

Nowadays, many celebrities show her some respect and try to curry favor when they meet her.

There are too few directors in China who have proven themselves commercially.

Currently, the only relatively stable ones are Tang Wen, Zhang Yimou, and Feng Xiaogang.

Others, including Director Chen, didn't earn much at the box office.

If Tang Wei's future films continue to be outstanding, it will be a good thing for the entire entertainment industry.

Tang Wei has been receiving numerous invitations to various programs lately.

CCTV's newly launched program, "Xiao Cui Talks," also invited her to be a guest on the interview.

As she gained popularity, her company, Tangren, came to the attention of the public.

Tangren's boss, Cai Yinong, has been receiving a lot of phone calls lately, all from people trying to build a relationship and get closer to her.

She's been walking with a swagger lately.

[...The film "Jade Goddess of Mercy," which I invested in, has finished its run. This completes my support for artist and director Tang Wei x1.]

"Jade Goddess of Mercy" is a drama with depth.

The film portrays the struggles of humanity and the cruel twists of fate.

Tang Wei and Tangren submitted the film to some film festivals.

However, Tang Wei knew that most of these film festivals were either unknown or had limited influence.

For example: Moscow International Film Festival

Hawaii International Film Festival
Verona Film Festival, Italy

The most famous of them is probably the Tokyo International Film Festival.

As a Best Actress winner at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Tang Wei knew quite a few people there.

She has already made arrangements for the Tokyo International Film Festival, even before the registration period has begun, and she will definitely be able to go to Tokyo to participate in the film festival.

Meanwhile, through Tang Wen's connections, negotiations are underway regarding the film rights for "Jade Goddess of Mercy" in Japan and South Korea.

Japan's Toho and South Korea's Disney have expressed great interest in the film.

It could easily sell for several million.

Once the news reports come out, Tang Wei's reputation as China's top female commercial director should grow even stronger.

The film will win an award at the Moscow Film Festival...

This film is director Tang Wei's debut.

Tang Wei directed and starred in his own film, winning awards for his representative works as both an actor and director.

Rating: [A+]

[Rating: A+, Cashback multiplier: 200x, Experience gained: 2000, Potential: 2.0]

Cashback multiplier: 200

"Jade Goddess of Mercy" may not win any well-known awards, but the cashback rate it offers is indeed quite high.

Tang Wei directed and starred in this film, and his combined salary as actor, director, and producer approached one million yuan.

The 200x cashback made Tang Wen eagerly anticipate it.

[Cashback = (Copyright fee + Director's salary + Lead actor's salary + Production cost...) x 200 = 2.1 million (¥)]

"Well done, Tang Wei!"

Tang Wen snapped his fingers.

No one in the room echoed her sentiments; the beautiful woman had just experienced a mental explosion.

They sleep like a well-fed piglet.

Even if Tang Wen patted and rubbed her, she wouldn't wake up, let alone say a word.

Tang Wen was so excited that he had nowhere to vent, so he took out his phone and called Yu Feihong: "Auntie, come quickly, I have a big business deal to discuss with you."

"No, I'm busy!" someone said next to Yu Feihong, sounding like they were outside.

Tang Wen lowered his voice, enticingly saying, "This time you can unlock a new character~"

Yu Feihong's heart skipped a beat, and her refusal turned into: "Give me an address, and I'll check the schedule."

"I'll send it to your phone in a bit, be quick."

Yu Feihong cursed Tang Wen in her heart for being a pervert, but after participating in the event, she refused the merchants' attempts to keep her and drove onto the elevated highway.

As a seasoned driver, it took me less than an hour from receiving the call, completing the event, to arriving at the location.

Click.

She took the elevator to the door, and Tang Wen opened the door precisely at the right time.

"Whose house is this?"

"Auntie, how come you don't even recognize your own home?"

"Tch! Speak quickly." Yu Feihong tiptoed into the room.

"You'll find out later."

"If you don't tell me, I'm leaving." Yu Feihong's heart raced; the unknown was always exciting.

Tang Wen closed the door, ignoring her threats, and reached behind to the zipper of her pencil skirt, gently applying pressure.

"you."

"Shh~ Auntie, your daughter just fell asleep, you don't want to wake her up, do you?"

"You little pervert!" Yu Feihong cursed herself inwardly for being crazy; how could she not refuse this little rascal?

"You seem very nervous."

"Shut up. Get me a towel."

Tang Wen drove his car toward the bathroom.

"ah--"

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Feihong suddenly sat up in bed.

Why did I fall asleep?
Finished!

She held her breath and quickly shook Tang Wen awake: "What time is it? Is he awake? How are we going to get there?"

"What do you mean, how do I get there? Don't you even look where we are?"

Yu Feihong snapped out of her panic, looked around at the familiar bedroom surroundings, breathed a sigh of relief, and threw herself back onto the bed.

As if he had come back to life from drowning, he gasped for breath and stammered, "I'll never come here again."

Tang Wen laughed: "In a state of sainthood, like a Buddha."

Yu Feihong glared at him.

"What a pity, I won't contact you again then." Tang Wen's tone revealed that he seemed to have quite a few candidates.

Who cares.

Sister Yu was being stubborn at this moment, but recalling the feeling of being on the verge of death next to Gao Yuanyuan last night, she couldn't help but speak.

They didn't even dare to say those three words.

"Hmph! What a fickle, cheap jerk!" she said resentfully. Tang Wen laughed, reaching under the covers to pat his pert buttocks and saying, "Go cook some noodles."

Sister Yu was still savoring the meal and didn't want to move, but upon hearing this, she didn't say a word and silently got up to cook for him.

Even she herself couldn't explain her own mindset.

Yu Feihong lives alone and has some experience in cooking.

However, cooking for one person is difficult.

She often made do with noodles, and she cooked them really well.

"Come out and eat."

"Bring it in."

"You~" Sister Yu gritted her teeth, but seeing that Tang Wen had no intention of moving, she had no choice but to do as she was told.

I placed the noodles with eggs and minced meat on the bedside table.

"Is that alright now, my young master!"

"Heh, serve me food."

"you!"

"Next time will be even more exciting!"

"Shut up."

Sister Yu picked up her chopsticks as if resigned to her fate.

After "A World Without Thieves" grossed over 100 million yuan, Yu Feihong was nominated for several awards and successfully won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards.

I've submitted my application to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, but I won't know if I'll win until November.

Regardless of whether she wins an award or not, her status as the lead actress in a film that grossed over 100 million yuan is undeniable, placing her among the top-tier actresses in the industry.

Many movies and TV series have approached her.

Feng Xiaogang's novel "Cellphone" also approached her.

However, he later gave the role to his own wife, Xu Fan.

Yu Feihong took on a film about the fight against SARS, co-starring with Li Youbin.

In addition, she made a cameo appearance as Soong Ching-ling in "Towards the Republic".

"So you're saying you're pretty free? What? Don't you want to save up money to make a movie?"

Yu Feihong was determined to make a film about a love story between a human and a ghost.

I've talked to Tang Wen about it several times in bed.

"Yes, I do, but it's all because you always discourage me." Yu Feihong picked up a mouthful of bamboo noodles with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.

"I was just telling the truth."

Her story is so fragmented that it's not worth making into a movie.

Sister Yu wasn't that stubborn. After listening to Tang Wen's analysis a few times, she gradually demystified the story.

Tang Wen patiently guided him: "Have you read 'Letter from an Unknown Woman'?"

"A novel? Written by Zweig?" Sister Yu's belly not only contains the breath of life, but also the ink.

"Yes."

"What do you mean?" Sister Yu knew that Tang Wen wouldn't make things up without reason.

These past two days, Tang Wen and Gao Yuanyuan have been talking about this book.

Da Meiyuan has no interest in directing; she only hopes to run Harper's Bazaar magazine well and become a fashion icon.

Tang Wen couldn't force him.

But the rights to the novel "Letter from an Unknown Woman" have already been purchased, and we can't let them go to waste.

Since this film didn't have a large budget, it's perfect for training directors.

Ideally, female directors should be trained; there's a cash rebate.

Tang Wei is busy reaping the benefits of "Jade Goddess of Mercy" and will next be producing the Hollywood film "House of Wax" so he doesn't have time to spare.

Tang Wen took stock of the women around him and found that Yu Feihong and Wang Zuxian were more suitable to be directors.

But the latter prefers singing.

On the contrary, Yu Feihong has always harbored a dream of becoming a director.

"I own the copyright. I'd like you to try directing and starring in it yourself."

"Huh?!" Yu Feihong put down her chopsticks, eager to try, yet lacking confidence: "Can I do this?"

"Give it a try, I'll cover the losses if you lose money."

"Why did you suddenly decide to make me the director?"

Tang Wen smiled gently: "It's all because of you. You keep saying you want to be a director. Here's your chance."

Sister Yu had no idea that the copyright of this novel had been in Gao Yuanyuan's hands for a period of time.

Hearing her say that, I couldn't help but feel a warm feeling in my heart.

"At least you have a conscience; it's not for nothing that I always went along with your nonsense."

Tang Wen was displeased: "Hey? This needs to be made clear, who's cooperating with whom, and who's acting recklessly?"

"Eat your noodles." Her tone was both sweet and charming.

After Tang Wen left, Yu Feihong went to the nearby Xinhua Bookstore, walked to the foreign literature section, and bought a copy of "Letter from an Unknown Woman".

When I got home, I liked it more and more.

The love in this story seems quite pure.

She was tempted, picked up her phone and called Tang Wen to finalize the deal with him becoming a director.

On the other end, the call ended.

"Who is it?" Da Meiyuan asked groggily.

"A strange woman."

"Hmm?" Gao Yuanyuan was very sensitive to this word.

“If you don’t want to be a director, the copyright can’t be wasted. I’ll ask Yu Feihong to give it a try.”

"Yu Feihong?" The beautiful woman's drowsiness vanished almost completely: "I thought you were looking for someone surnamed Tang!"

Gao Yuanyuan's dislike for Tang Wei stemmed from the time Tang Wen went to the Tokyo Film Festival.

It's because he wasn't powerful enough back then and had no experience in building a harem.

"What? You want to cooperate with Tang Wei?"

"No way! Humph, if you want her, go find her, but don't touch me!" Da Meiyuan became jealous out of nowhere and turned her back to Tang Wen.

The latter didn't argue, but continued to add fuel to the fire: "Tang Wei, I just came back from her place, honey, couldn't you smell it? I still smell her perfume on me!"

That's incredibly shameless.

So much so that Da Meiyuan was shocked for a few seconds before turning around to fight Tang Wen!

As a result, it was ruthlessly suppressed by the Tang family's spear technique, "Spear Out Like a Dragon".

The two went to bed early and didn't know that today was the day Tang Wei's recording of "Xiao Cui Says" would air.

Host Cui started by talking about Tang Wei's entry into the industry, then discussed the Central Academy of Drama, and his transition from actor to director.

Host Cui smiled and said, "I didn't want to bring this up, I'm not a gossipy person. However, after carefully reviewing Director Tang Wei's resume, there's one person I can't ignore."

Tang Wei smiled nonchalantly: "Then I'll say it myself."

"It seems you know exactly who it is?"

"Tang Wen, I guess."

"Yes."

"What do you talk about when you're together?" Since it's CCTV, the host, Cui, wasn't too gossipy.

"You probably think that when we chat, we talk about literature, movies, ideals and stuff like that, right?"

These days, people generally have a lot of respect for filmmakers.

I've always felt that filmmakers and artists are the same thing.

"Is not it?"

"Not at all. It seems like we talked mostly about what to eat?"

"Ha ha…"

Tang Wei also laughed: "Of course, he has had a great influence on me. If it weren't for him, I might not have dared to try directing for many years."

"Now that you've succeeded, is there anything you'd like to say to Director Tang Wen?"

Tang Wei smiled and thought for a moment, then stretched out his arm toward the camera, his thumb and forefinger interlaced.

"Eh? What does this mean?"

"Heart gesture."

“Oh—” Host Cui tried to gesture: “It does look a bit like a heart shape. You have a lot of imagination.”

Tang Wei explained, "He taught me that."

Host Cui gave an ambiguous smile and didn't continue the topic.
"Tang Wei, do you have a goal for your next project? Is it to become a director, go back to acting, or continue directing and starring in your own films?"

Tang Wei scratched his head: "Neither."

"neither?"

"I'll be the producer." Tang Wei didn't keep them in suspense: "A small Hollywood film crew is coming to China to shoot, and I'll be the producer."

"Hollywood film crew? Small film crew?"

"Yes, Tang Wen said it was a small production crew with an investment of tens of millions of US dollars."

"This can't be considered small, can it?"

The program has ended.

The next day, Tang Wei and Tang Wen's phones rang non-stop.

(End of this chapter)