Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 203 Godfather is here!

But when it comes to the topic of cheating, Guo Fan has the most say.

Then, at Jiang Wen's instigation, he shared some valuable experiences on how to trick actors into joining the crew.

Even a seasoned expert like Jiang Wen couldn't help but admire it after hearing it.

He immediately raised his glass and said, "Director Guo, come here, I want to toast you. Although this is the first time we've met, and I don't know much about you, after hearing what you said today, I feel that you are truly a worthless person."

Guo Fan was the smartest person at the table, so he could naturally tell that he was not being scolded.

"Hahaha, thank you Director Jiang for the compliment, but I still lack experience. I need to learn more from Director Jiang in the future."

"Okay, okay. Come back to BJ and contact me. We can have a good chat over a drink."

"sure."

Both foxes had smiles of triumph in their eyes.

"Yeah, if Le'er can come then, come too. You're not a good person either, you're full of bad intentions. Let's talk more later."

Deng Chao was unhappy when he heard this: "Three of you? That's really not fair. I'm also planning to develop into a director. If you have the opportunity to share exclusive knowledge like this, please take me with you. I also want to learn from you."

Jiang Wen glanced at Deng Chao and said, "You're not that good. You're still a little bit straight."

"I'm good? I'm also full of bad things, right? But I always feel that I'm not bad enough, so I must ask for your advice."

"Then let's create a group and get together more often when we're free. I don't have any other hobbies anyway. I just like drinking and chatting with friends."

"Me too, Director Jiang. I like to drink, but my wife won't let me at home. But outside, it's no problem."

The few of them had a very happy chat, but later they turned the topic back to Zhou Ye and Zhao Jinmai.

The two of them performed a short performance respectively.

Zhou Ye's bad girl look made everyone exclaim that she was awesome.

"It's easy to find roles for good girls, but it's too hard to play the bad girl role. Many people are unwilling to play it. Wait for my next movie. I will definitely tailor a role for you then."

Jiang Wen said, patting his chest.

But Deng Chao was more interested in Zhao Jinmai's temperament.

At the end of the conversation, they went out for a walk, exchanged toasts, and the dinner was basically over.

But a few people still felt that it was not satisfying enough.

Mainly because Huang Bo and Shen Teng, as well as Wu Jing and Liao Fan, came over later.

"Xiao Ye, take Xiao Zhao back to rest first. I'm going to the second game with them to have a drink. It's not easy for everyone to get together, and I want to have a good chat with them."

"Okay, Brother Le, you should drink less when the time comes. Drinking too much is bad for your health."

"Understood. Not much drinking, mainly chatting."

Finally, a large group of them got into three commercial vehicles and went to the next drinking nightclub.

But this time, no girl was called.

After all, a bunch of men can sit together and talk freely, but girls would feel uncomfortable when they come.

That night, Zhou Le heard a lot of very fresh gossip, and there were even many things that Zhou Le didn't dare to say outside.

He originally thought that he knew this circle well enough, but after listening to what others said, he realized that he was still too young and ignorant.

Some of the melons exploded so much that I couldn't even imagine them.

The simplest way to put it is that after some people have played everything they can, ordinary ways of playing can no longer stimulate them psychologically.

They didn't return to the hotel until four in the morning.

The next day, Zhou Le slept until eleven o'clock in the morning.

After waking up, I opened my eyes blankly and looked at the empty room. For a moment, I felt a little cold.

"Alas, there's always someone there every night. I'm not used to sleeping alone all of a sudden."

"But this is not a good thing."

After leaving Shanghai, Zhou Le went to work on the release of movies on both sides.

Just during this period, Su Yingxia called from BJ.

"Congratulations, Brother Le, on winning the award this time. But are you going to do any follow-up PR for your on-stage criticism of Hua Shao? If so, I'll have Yayun write the copy. But after all, we're in the right."

"It's okay, don't worry about it, just let them talk."

"Okay, then we won't arrange any follow-up PR for this. But Brother Le, you'll be quite busy for the next six months. 'Nezha,' 'Hidden Man,' and 'Motherland' are all set to be released, and you'll have to coordinate promotions, as well as various film festivals. Also, have you agreed to 'My People, My Hometown'?"

"Yeah, but I'll just make a cameo appearance then, and it'll probably be finished in a day or two."

"Okay, I'll make a note of this and prepare for it later. But Brother Le called me this time mainly to tell you that there's a variety show that's looking for you. I wonder if you're interested. It's an actor-themed show, similar to the previous ones, but this time the director plans to have a showdown, and the actors invited are basically veteran actors. The ones currently confirmed are Li Binbin, Zhang Guoli, Tong Dawei, and Qin Hao.

If you go, you can also bring an apprentice. They quoted you 200 million per session, and the apprentice's quote is 20 per session. In addition, if you want to go, you have to choose two guest performers. The guest performers are all charged a flat rate of 10 per person."

"A peak showdown, this seems interesting, but the actors are all veteran actors, so who are the judges?"

Zhou Le thinks he can participate in this variety show.

After all, there is no point in competing with ordinary actors on this kind of show. If you want to compete, you should compete with the best.

"The program set up two witnesses, one is Li Liqun and the other is Li Chengru.

However, they didn't look for any very talented judges. They just found some screenwriters and internet celebrities, more than 20 of them in total. In addition, each of your plays will be accompanied by a director.

The directors currently confirmed include Lu Chuan, Li Shaohong, Tian Yusheng, Zhang Jizhong, and Liu Zhenyun.

When Zhou Le heard the lineup of judges, his heart sank instantly. After all, these people did not look like professionals. But when he saw the lineup of directors, his confidence was boosted again.

The names of Zhang Jizhong, Li Shaohong and Liu Zhenyun are more famous than each other.

"Agree to it, but is there a limit on how many terms you'll sign?"

"No, the money is settled at the end. How many periods it can stay depends entirely on the decision of the judges on site."

"Okay, then this is it."

Zhou Le agreed immediately.

"Brother Le, this variety show will start filming in August. If we agree to it, you can see who would be the most suitable person to take with you."

Zhou Le thought about it.

Now Yu Shuxin has been arranged to perform in a drama to hone her acting skills, and some time ago, Wu Jing returned to BJ after filming "The Climbers" and met Yu Shuxin again.

After the discussion, we decided to give Yu Shuxin some more roles, that is, to add action scenes to the second part of "The Wandering Earth", which would also make the movie look more visually appealing.

So, in addition to performing and rehearsing plays every day, Yu Shuxin currently discusses scripts with Wu Jing, Guo Fan and others, and practices the movements designed for him by Wu Jing.

Tian Xiwei is still filming "Little Joy", but Tian Xiwei is not suitable for this kind of scene, and Meng Ziyi is not much better in comparison.

"Let's take Xiao Ye with us. By August, Xiao Ye's show 'Youngsters of the Great Song Dynasty' should have finished filming. But remember to find a few more variety shows for Sister Meng, preferably with the option of being a regular guest.

If there is a suitable play, you can also help her contact it."

"Okay, Brother Le, I'll arrange these things first. I'll probably finish them in about a week, and then I'll come find you."

"It's okay, no rush. I've basically been busy between 'Nezha' and 'Hidden Man' lately. They'll take care of my daily life. You can go ahead and do your own thing."

"it is good."

Zhou Le has been very busy lately. Not only does he have to help with publicity, he also has to contact friends to attend the premiere of Nezha. Jiaozi watched as the list of names was added one after another, and she felt incredibly moved.

After all, he definitely couldn't invite so many people by himself.

The support from Guangguang is also limited, so inviting seven or eight people is already quite good.

And most of them overlap with Zhou Le's.

But all the guests Zhou Le invited were famous directors, actors and singers.

Directors include Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wen Muye, Han Han, and Dapeng.

The cast is even more luxurious, including Nazha, Reba, Hu Ge, Deng Chao, Wu Jing, Shen Teng, Ma Li... and this is only a part of them. In short, in Jiaozi's opinion, Zhou Le has called all the actors he has a good relationship with and can call.

Among the singers are Mao Buyi, Li Ronghao and a group of rap buddies. They even asked for help from Yu Qian to invite more than a dozen veterans in the rock circle.

Finally, Guo Degang and Yu Qian from the crosstalk circle were also invited.

Jiaozi was so moved that he called Zhou Le his godfather.

"No, no, you're older than me. After all, it's not easy for us. I'll help if I can. If the movie really makes money, I'll make enough to treat them to a meal."

At the same time, everyone in the Dumpling Company looked at Zhou Le, and each of them felt like a benefactor, because they spent several years painstakingly producing this movie, from the beginning when there was not even a model to now it has become a complete animation.

They have put in all their efforts in the past few years.

Everyone knows that Jiaozi is very poor, otherwise it would not have been possible for him to give away so many shares after receiving millions from Guangxian.

But compared to Guangming, Zhou Le was the person who provided the greatest help to this film.

"Okay, stop looking at me like that. Why are you being so sentimental? I'm getting a little scared when you look at me like that. I'm only responsible for inviting Jiaozi and the others over for you. When the time comes, I'll assign them to different sessions based on their professions.

I don't care about these things because I have a lot of things to do here. In short, if you need publicity, just contact me, or call me in time if you have any questions.

Don't hide your difficulties to yourself, let's work together to find a solution."

"Ok!"

Jiaozi nodded heavily.

"Then Brother Le, why don't you stay for dinner tonight? Let's go out to eat."

Zhou Le waved his hand. "Forget about the meal. Money still needs to be spent wisely. A meal will cost at least a few thousand yuan. With that money, I can buy some more data. I also have an appointment with someone else tonight."

After saying that, Zhou Le left.

However, when Zhou Le said he had made an appointment with other people, he actually meant he had made an appointment with Wang Junkai.

Wang Junkai has not had much work recently and has returned to his hometown.

Although he was in Chongqing, after learning that Zhou Le was now in Chengdu, he immediately expressed his intention to come and find Zhou Le. They had agreed to play games together before, but later on, because everyone was busy with work, they were never able to get together.

It’s a good opportunity for us to play together this time.

At around 3:00 p.m., Wang Junkai drove to Chengdu.

"Brother Le, where should we play? Should we find an internet cafe and rent a private room, or come to my house? I have an e-sports room with three computers."

"Then let's go to your house."

"Row."

After getting in the car, Zhou Le looked at the interior of Wang Junkai's car.

"You have a nice car, a Range Rover. How much did you pay for it?"

"It cost more than four million."

"Awesome! I've never driven such an expensive car before. Is it easy to drive?"

"It's easy to drive. I prefer driving big cars. Besides Zhou Le's Land Rover, I also have a Toyota Alphard." Wang Junkai thought for a moment and said, "Why don't you drive it, Brother Le? If it's good, you can buy one too."

"That's fine, but you can just open it. Buying it is still too expensive for me. I made some money from The Wandering Earth, but Guo Fan took it all away. Now I'm broke."

"Haha, it's okay, I can buy it later."

Soon the two switched positions, and Zhou Le drove the Land Rover Range Rover and headed towards Chongqing.

But after driving to Chongqing, Zhou Le did not go to Wang Junkai's house first. Instead, he used the navigation to find a shopping mall, went in and spent 200,000 yuan to buy a necklace, and then bought a jade bracelet.

"Brother Le, what are you buying these for? Are you going to give them to someone?"

Zhou Le asked the salesgirl to pack up the necklace and bracelet.

"Yeah, after all, it's my first time going to your house, I can't go empty-handed."

"Ah, no need. We are all family, why would we buy such expensive things?"

"It's not expensive. You earn a lot of money every year. Although uncle and aunt may not need these, it is at least a token of their consideration."

Wang Junkai just felt that Zhou Le was too distant.

But Zhou Le knew that this was necessary social etiquette, and it would not be a good idea to go empty-handed.

When we arrived at Wang Junkai's house, Wang Junkai's parents were also there.

The two were very happy when Zhou Le presented them with gifts. After all, Zhou Le was famous, and they naturally wanted their children to stay with Zhou Le longer.

There's no harm in being friends with an actor like Zhou Le.

Then they entered Wang Junkai's e-sports room.

"Xiao Kai, do you usually play games by yourself? Or do you broadcast it live?"

"I usually just play by myself for a while, but I can also do a live broadcast, which can help me gain some followers."

So Zhou Le and Wang Junkai started live broadcasts respectively.

Then start playing games.

Normally, Zhou Le has quite a few fans when he starts broadcasting, but Wang Junkai has even more fans after he started broadcasting. In just a few minutes, the number of fans exceeded 100,000.

After playing two games, Zhou Le found that Wang Junkai's gaming skills were quite good.

But Zhou Le felt a little bored playing in a duo.

"Xiao Kai, do you have any friends here? Call them over and let's play five-person team together."

Wang Junkai shook his head: "No, the ones I know are probably all busy right now."

Neither of them could call other teammates, and fans volunteered one by one to come up and play, but among the many barrages, Zhou Le suddenly saw one of them.

“Let’s find those anchors to play with.”

“Anchors, but we don’t know them either.”

"It's okay, just wait, we'll go call someone for you."

The moment they finished speaking, the combined number of fans in the two people's live broadcast rooms dropped by more than 100,000.

These people went directly to the live broadcast rooms of pdd, uzi, theshy, Zzitai, let me, Dasima and others and started to flood the screen with messages.

Some people even went to comment on their Weibo.

The first person to see this news was Uzi.

"What? Zhou Le and Wang Junkai asked me to play games with them. Is this true?"

(End of this chapter)