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Chapter 205 I want to make progress too much
2 month 10 day.

That is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, the first day of work after the annual holiday.

Xu Ming was sitting in the company's conference room meeting the visitors.

"Teacher Zhao, I've heard of your name for a long time. I never thought that I would be able to work with you on an action movie one day."

Xu Ming stepped forward, held Zhao Wenzhuo's hand and shook it vigorously.

His impression of this person began with "Fang Shiyu".

"You're welcome. Your song at this year's Spring Festival Gala moved my wife and me deeply." Zhao Wenzhuo said with a smile.

Even though the other party was a junior, he did not dare to look down on him at all.

Not everyone can fight back and forth with Feng Dapao, Zhang Dapao and others without losing the upper hand.

In comparison, he is the laggard who is gradually becoming outdated.

"Then I'm really rude."

After Xu Ming finished speaking, he put his hand on Zhao Wenzhuo's arm and squeezed it.

Wow, it’s really solid.

Zhao Wenzhuo was confused. You are so rude.

"Haha, just kidding, are you from Harbin?"

Xu Ming withdrew his hand contentedly, not that he was gay.

I am more interested in the muscles of people who practice martial arts.

What man has never fantasized about being the hero when watching a martial arts film?
Of course, in "The Return of the Condor Heroes", he would rather be Master Yin.

"Yes." Zhao Wenzhuo nodded.

Many people regard him as an artist in the Hong Kong circle, but in fact he is outside the Hong Kong circle.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have married Niu Xiaoling in “A Northeastern Family”.

Including Jet Li, if you observe carefully, he actually doesn't have much contact with Hong Kong artists.

For actors from the mainland, it was fortunate not to suffer discrimination in the Hong Kong film industry at that time.

"It just so happens that I have invited Xiao Song Jia, who is also from Harbin. It is quite interesting for us Northeasterners to make a martial arts movie with a Hong Kong urban background."

Xu Ming smiled. He didn't try to create a circle deliberately, but unknowingly, he was surrounded by a group of artists from the Northeast.

As for "One Man's Martial Arts", he originally planned to set it in the mainland.

However, after reporting it, Han Sanping suggested that it would be better to change the background to Hong Kong.

The police in the mainland cannot be so useless.

After chatting for a while, the door opened and director Cheng Xiaodong arrived.

"Mr. Xu, you are such a busy man. I have almost finished the preparations for this movie. Everything is ready. I just need you to join the crew." Cheng Xiaodong came up and started complaining.

He originally thought that the biggest obstacle for the crew to start filming was when he could finish the work at hand.

He never expected that the initiator Xu Ming was even busier than him.

Since the establishment of the team, except for meeting someone on the first day, he has never shown up since then.

On the contrary, he is more active than anyone else in the media.

"Have you finished the casting?" Xu Ming raised his eyebrows.

"It's almost done. We're looking for veteran actors from Hong Kong. They're lucky to have movies to shoot now. They're very cost-effective and of good quality," said Cheng Xiaodong.

After all, he is a veteran in Hong Kong and does have some appeal in the underworld.

"Okay, I'll join the crew right after I finish filming in Guizhou Province. It will take at most a month." Xu Ming said.

His scenes in Nobody went smoothly.

One reason is that he himself got into the right state, and the other is that his co-stars Wang Baoqiang and Qin Hailu are also strong actors.

Everyone was having a good time, which was much more comfortable than when he was crushed by Gong Li in his previous scene.

"Then let's agree on one month. Any later than that won't work. You are the protagonist in the seven fighting scenes in the script. If you don't rehearse them in advance, it will affect the effect." Cheng Xiaodong said earnestly.

After filming "Legend of the White Snake", as a director and action director, he roughly understood what kind of work he had created.

He doesn't even have to think about the devastation he would suffer if a big production costing hundreds of millions of dollars failed.

The last hope lies in "One Man's Martial Arts" co-produced with Xu Ming.

If this movie is successful, he may still have a chance of survival.

There's no way around it. The producer of "Legend of White Snake" is Yang Zi, and this movie was mainly made to promote his wife Huang Shengyi, so he personally sent her out to film a kissing scene with Raymond Lam.

Li Lianjie was also brought in to take the lead.

However, this model of big stars, big special effects, and big IP was an outright gamble. Judging from subsequent results, it was clearly a failure that could not have gone any further.

"Okay, this is my first kung fu movie, I will definitely pay attention to it." Xu Ming assured.

Later, he gave his opinion: "In terms of actors, we should not only consider veteran actors from Hong Kong, but also veteran actors from the mainland, such as Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui from Shaolin Temple, who are also the martial arts memories of a generation."

"There are also You Benchang in "Ji Gong", Liu Xiao Ling Tong in "Journey to the West", boxer Ma Dashuai, and famous ruthless man Fan Debiao. They can all be invited to guest star. It should be clear that the main audience of our movies is mainland audiences, not Hong Kong audiences."

"Hong Kong's small film market can't sustain it."

Xu Ming became impolite towards the end.

He needs to make Cheng Xiaodong change his mindset from paying tribute to Hong Kong martial arts filmmakers. Are there no martial arts filmmakers from the mainland who can pay tribute?
No matter whose money you make, you have to know whose wishes you have to respect.

Xu Ming believes that the vast majority of mainland audiences know Yu Hai, Yu Chenghui and You Benchang much more than the veteran Hong Kong actors mentioned by the other party.

Of course, Uncle Da is not among them.

"Well, I'll make some adjustments to the casting later."

Cheng Xiaodong nodded and agreed, and did not feel offended by the other party's lack of experience.

Making a movie is not like treating people to a meal, it depends on the box office. When it comes to commercial films, Xu Ming's achievements are there. He is both the investor and the screenwriter, so he has to obey the command of the former.

"However, I would like to ask who are these Ma Dashuai and Fan Debiao? I know Mr. You Benchang and Mr. Liu Xiaolingtong, but I am not very familiar with these two." Cheng Xiaodong hesitated.

puff~
Zhao Wenzhuo standing by couldn't help but laugh out loud.

As a native of Heilongjiang Province, he is also an audience of "Marshal Ma".

The more I understand, the more I realize how contradictory it is that Xu Ming listed these two people as martial arts actors.

"These two are characters in a TV series, played by Mr. Benshan and Mr. Fanyou. Xiao Xu may mean to invite them to make guest appearances." Zhao Wenzhuo explained.

Cheng Xiaodong nodded as if he understood, and felt more and more that he needed to catch up on the news about the mainland's film and television industry.

Otherwise, it would seem like there is a generation gap between him and these two people, and with the growth of the mainland film market, there will be more and more crews dominated by mainland filmmakers.

Either embrace this change or stay stuck in your ways.

After talking about the preparations for the film, Xu Ming promised that they would join the crew next month and sent the two out.

As soon as I walked to the elevator, I saw a fair-skinned boy coming out of the elevator.

"Teacher Xu, I spoke to Sister Yuan on the phone earlier, and she asked me to come over to talk."

Yang Yang saw Xu Ming was stunned and hurriedly explained.

"She's in there. Go talk to the front desk and she'll take you there."

Xu Ming paused and introduced them: "This is Director Cheng Xiaodong, and this is Teacher Zhao Wenzhuo."

"Hello Director Cheng, hello Teacher Zhao." Yang Yang immediately bowed and greeted them.

As an insider, he could naturally recognize the identities of the two, even Cheng Xiaodong who was behind the scenes.

"I met this kid on 'Jian D Wei Ye'. He's a promising young man. I'll take care of him if I meet him in the future." Xu Ming said with a smile.

"Haha, the image is really good."

Cheng Xiaodong looked at Yang Yang and said sincerely.

After all, he was one of the four most popular young actors in China and was able to compete with the top stars of the Korean Wave.

Even if it comes last, it still has its unique advantages.

After separation, in the elevator.

Cheng Xiaodong smiled and asked, "Which new person is your company going to sign?"

"Not necessarily. His contract is still with Rong Xinda. We can talk about it slowly." Xu Ming said casually.

This sentence made the atmosphere in the elevator a little awkward.

It turned out that they had caught the other party trying to poach his employees.

After seeing the two off, Xu Ming returned to the company.

I strolled to Xiaoyuan's office and saw her chatting and laughing with Yang Yang. Damn, pretty boys are so popular.

Xu Ming touched his face and found that he was not the youngest one after all.

After half a lifetime of wandering, I finally returned... Oh, I'm only twenty-two, that's okay.

dong dong.

He knocked on the door, signaling his arrival.

The two men stood up immediately.

"Don't be shy. When you arrive at Qiming, it's like being at home. There's no need to be nervous." Xu Ming said with a smile.

Yang Yang's eyes twitched. He hasn't officially changed jobs yet.

"How have you considered it? It's a pity that you came a little late, otherwise the previous company's film "Fleet of Time" would be a good fit for you."

"Your age and appearance are just right for youth films, but the TV version of So Young seems to be still in preparation. Has the male lead been decided?"

Xu Ming didn't wait for the other party to answer, but continued talking to himself, and finally asked Xiaoyuan.

"not yet."

Xiaoyuan understood what Ya meant and replied.

She began to respect Yang Yang even more.

It seems that Mr. Xu has high hopes for this young hunk.

Based on her experience of following Xu Ming for such a long time, she knew that the people and projects that the latter was optimistic about would have good prospects.

"Go and give it a try later. Whether we can become a family in the end or not, it won't affect our cooperation."

Xu Ming patted Yang Yang on the shoulder and smiled kindly.

What is the warmth of spring.

Yang Yang only felt a warm current flowing in his heart, and the other party's image became taller and taller in his mind.

It is much better than the treatment he received at Rong Xinda.

Not only is the company's resources concentrated in the hands of the boss's godson Lin Yushen, he can't even compete with the tall and stupid Yu Xiaotong.

Look at Xu Ming's vision and ambition. He has provided resources to you before you even join Qiming, and has even planned your growth path.

Yang has been wandering for half his life, and he only regrets that he has never met a wise leader.

Seeing it today is like finding the morning star.

"Don't think about it. I came here just for you, Mr. Xu."

Yang Yang stood straight and bowed 90 degrees to Xu Ming: "I really want to improve."

A person doesn't know how many opportunities he will encounter in his life.

But he knew very well that the biggest opportunity he could seize was right in front of him.

With the strength of Qiming Entertainment, all of its artists have abundant resources, which is much better than if he stayed in Rong Xinda.

"It's good that you want to make progress. I admire young people like you who are motivated."

Xu Ming said this in a condescending manner, and then he straightened the other person up, "Don't worry, since you choose to believe in me, I will not let you down."

"The company will handle Rong Xinda's contract for you. Just work hard and within three years, I promise that I will make you the best among your peers."

Anyway, those who are more popular than Yang Yang are not younger than him, and those who are younger than Yang Yang are not as popular as him.

You can’t lose either way.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu."

Yang Yang said excitedly. He didn't believe what others said, but the other party used himself as an example.

At the age of 22, he has already entered the first-tier ranks of the domestic entertainment industry.

Ni Ni, who only entered the film industry last year, has already made a name for herself.

"Xiaoyuan, the rest of the contract details are left to you to discuss with Xiaoyang. Don't treat the child badly. At least he should be treated no worse than Rong Xinda." Xu Ming said in a serious tone.

"Understood, Mr. Xu."

Xiaoyuan agreed, mumbling in her heart.

It would be hard to imagine a worse rookie contract than the one Rong Xinda gave to Yang Yang.

Yang Yang watched Xu Ming leave with admiration in his eyes.

Before this, he also felt that he was only twenty years old and could still endure it.

But Xu Ming's brilliance and the rise to fame of young artists under his company such as Ni Ni.

All of these made him have unreasonable longings, and the olive branch extended by the other party in the crew became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

……

A small city in Guizhou Province.

In the darkness of night, the crew was surrounding an ambulance.

"Put the gun down."

"Put your gun down first."

Xu Ming had a fierce and nervous look on his face, pointing the shotgun at Jiang Wen opposite him.

Jiang Wen took a quick look and nudged Wang Baoqiang with the gun-shaped cloth bag: "Tell him to put the gun down."

This is the overlap of the two story lines and also the end of the story.

In fact, for this scene, Ning Hao had been hesitating whether to shoot it earlier so that there would be room for adjustment.

But Xu Ming asked to put it at the end.

He needs to gather enough momentum to face Jiang Wen.

This is different from "Let the Bullets Fly". At that time, he only played a supporting role as Liuzi.

And this time, he was going to confront Jiang Wen.

"I told you to put down the gun!" Jiang Wen scolded.

"Let's put them together."

"If he lets me go, I'll let him go!"

Neither of them was willing to give in and they were yelling at each other.

There is no need to say much about Jiang Wen. His aura accumulated over the years is there, and he can dominate the situation even without deliberately showing it.

Xu Ming showed his bravery to the fullest.

Integrate with the character's mentality.

"Okay, okay, let's do it together. I'll count to three."

"one."

"two."

"three."

Both sides gradually relaxed and pointed their guns downwards.

Suddenly the ambulance started to drive away, and both sides suddenly raised their guns and their breathing became rapid.

Xu Ming is a wanted robber, while Jiang Wen is a security guard who claims to be from the public security department.

These two seemingly unrelated little people, both at the bottom of society, are dramatically standing in opposite directions at this moment.

Bang!
Fireworks burst into the sky.

Many residents of the small town looked up in surprise.

Why are we still setting off fireworks after the New Year?

Inside the ambulance, Xu Ming's pupils dilated, his breathing became rapid, and he let out a scream, then collapsed in the back seat.

Jiang Wen looked at his bleeding stomach. He didn't cry out in pain or say anything. He just looked at it quietly, as if he was thinking about something.

Two little people with tragic backgrounds, under the trick of fate, caused a greater tragedy.

No one side benefited.

The absurdity of black humor is so rich that it takes your breath away.

Behind the monitor, Ning Hao took a deep breath.

"After this, I declare that the filming of "Nobody" has been completed!"

(End of this chapter)