Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 159 Rebirth: Another Stage of Life!!

When Xu Ke and his wife were arguing.

Assistant Lele brought a tray with two plates of pineapple cakes and mung bean cakes, along with a pot of green tea, to the coffee table. Looking at director Xu Ke, she said softly:
"Sister Nansheng, the master has been too tired lately, please don't pressure him..."

Shi Nansheng glanced at the female assistant and said irritably, "What are you doing? A personal assistant, managing things on set? The producer told you to do your job properly!"

The female assistant, Lele, didn't even glance at Shi Nansheng. As she bent over, half her chest sagged on the tray. She looked at Xu Ke with a pitiful expression and said:

"I'm sorry, I made Sister Nansheng angry. I don't know anything about being a producer, I just feel sorry for the master."

Shi Nansheng was about to explode: "Bitch!!!"

Lin Xingzhuo and Xiao Ma quietly drank tea and ate melon seeds...

Rumors of a rift between Xu Ke and his wife Shi Nansheng had already circulated since the late 90s...

However, the two would not officially divorce until five years later, when the female assistant, Lele, became pregnant.

However, the fact that director Tsui Hark and his wife Nan-Sheng Shi, who served as producer, booked two executive suites and lived separately on the set of "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" provides an early clue.

When Shi Nansheng spoke up for Lin Xingzhuo, it was more out of her identity as a producer than as Xu Ke's wife.

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"Need to book a cafe on set for a melodramatic scene next time? Come on over! I'll help you build the set!"

"Sister Nansheng, I really just want Master to take care of his health! He's really exhausted from filming!"

"When I was running the company with the master, working all night to finish scripts at Cinema City, you were still in kindergarten. What are you pretending for!"

"I'm so sorry, sir. I'd rather resign..."

The two women were putting on a show, getting increasingly out of control, when Xu Ke quickly called a halt, saying, "Stop arguing! Let me see what's going on first!"

Xu Ke picked up the brown paper envelope. He had heard about the coal bosses' tricks in Hong Kong long ago.

It's just the same old tricks involving money and checks...

Xu Ke opened the kraft paper envelope, glanced at its contents, and his face immediately darkened. Inside was a price list.

TMD!!
I have artistic aspirations when making films!
So you're trying to use this worthless business interest to buy me off? To kidnap me?

This is an insult to me!
This is a desecration of the seventh art!!!

Xu Ke originally wanted to loudly rebuke Lin Xingzhuo, the coal industry artist who had caused so much trouble at home.

But this new special effects contract...

Holy crap! The price has dropped so much!!!
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The total production cost of "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame" was 1.3 million yuan.

The original plan was to invest 1200 million yuan in special effects, accounting for about 9% of the total investment.

The actual addition of features such as water injection into the Ghost Market Cave, the Tongtian Pagoda, spontaneous combustion of a body, and CG animal depictions of sika deer presented greater technical challenges than expected.

Huayi Brothers added 2000 million yuan to the special effects budget, bringing the total investment in special effects to 3200 million yuan, accounting for 32.3% of the total cost.

The cost of special effects in the millennium was simply too high!!

According to the latest funding plan compiled by producer Shi Nansheng, further investment may be needed, with special effects costs potentially exceeding 40%.

Huayi Brothers will definitely not agree to this.

That means we'll have to cut some of Xu Ke's wildly imaginative and whimsical ideas...

This is the most important reason why Xu Ke has been extremely anxious and irritable lately.

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The quotation contract was given in a kraft paper envelope by Lin Xingzhuo.

A single system from the Xsens team, including software and four sets of sensor hardware, costs 1 million RMB.

Furthermore, it supports simultaneous monitoring of up to four targets without requiring external cameras or a fixed location, and the sensors are reusable!

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Currently, the cost of a single high-end optical system from the South Korean team is 200 million RMB.

It also requires a dedicated site and fixed workstations, and for each single target, it requires an unobstructed space of more than 10×10 meters.

Therefore, the motion capture and dynamic tracking technologies developed by Xsens, a team under Tiger Vision Group, are expected to reduce overall costs by up to 55% compared to Korean solutions!
This immediately relieved Xu Ke of his biggest worry... ……………………

After Lin Xingzhuo and Xiao Ma left Xu Ke's room, they made a phone call to Xu Zhixia, asking her to liaise with the legal department of "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame".

This is the first special effects order that Tiger Vision has received since its establishment, and it is also the biggest business deal for the Xsens team since they moved to Hong Kong, far exceeding their previous projects such as "Reign of Assassins" and "Beauty's Rival in Palace"!

It seems that Lin Chi-ling has managed to "cut off" a relationship with a certain wealthy boyfriend.

They obtained the original handwritten dialogue manuscript of "Kikujiro's Summer" from Japan and sent it to Shi Nansheng's studio as a gift.

This is incredibly profitable and excellent value for money!
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Nansun Shi is a representative of traditional and outstanding Hong Kong women!
Short hair, slender, clean-cut, and neat.

The character Jiang Nansun in Yi Shu's "The Golden Years" is based on Shi Nansheng, who has always been so cool and capable from youth to old age!
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Even with Lin Chi-ling's help, it's unlikely that directly giving money and luxury goods to someone like that will be very effective...

However, the original handwritten dialogue manuscript for "Kikujiro's Summer" is different.

Takeshi Kitano is one of Shi Nansheng's favorite directors.

According to a message sent by Kelly Lin afterward.

Shi Nansheng was deeply moved when she saw the manuscript, believing that Lin Xingzhuo was completely different from the traditional stereotype of coal industry professionals!

She's a very ambitious, stylish, and artistically driven new actor!

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Xia Zhu doesn't care about money.

However, every moment that moved Xia Zhu required money from Wang Duoyu.

This Takeshi Kitano manuscript that moved Shi Nansheng cost HK$20.

After achieving financial freedom through the backdoor listing and restructuring of Shunfa Hengye, Lin Xingzhuo discovered that his reborn life was entering a new phase.

In my previous life, I was exposed to many of the methods and techniques used in the review department of the State Administration of Radio and Television's TV drama division, which I learned while reviewing documents for documentaries and films.

Now they all have enough confidence to act independently and put their ideas into practice without relying on the help of their sister-in-law Shen Mojun and Ding Ye...

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Shi Nansheng was the only woman among the Seven Wonders of Cinema City, and can be considered a heroine of Hong Kong's golden age.

Compared to his success in his career, his personal life has been less smooth...

When she was young, the New Wave was all the rage, and she and Xu Ke were very avant-garde and chose to be childless.

As a result, the DINK (Double Income No Kids) lifestyle continued until finally only women remained...

After 36 years of childless marriage, Tsui Hark and Nansun Shi divorced, and then Tsui Hark's girlfriend, 30 years his junior, became pregnant...

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When interviewed by The New Yorker, Shi Nansheng could only smile wryly and say about this past relationship:
"These men in the entertainment industry, whether they are actors, stars, or directors."

"He is adept at finding value in intelligent and capable women to climb the social ladder, yet he enjoys displaying his masculinity on weak and helpless women..."

"Dating in the entertainment industry is just a game for scumbags! Don't let loyalty ruin your life!"

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The crew began packing up and returned to Hengdian, Yuezhou Province, to continue filming.

That evening, her agent, Zhang Youqian, helped her pack her luggage.

Lin Xingzhuo lay in bed, using his alien laptop to search for his sister-in-law's favorite new NDS games on the NDS channel of the comprehensive gaming portal, Gamebus.

The eldest sister-in-law is already tired of playing "Angelique's Road to Queenhood".

At that moment, a video call invitation came from my QQ account...

Hmm? It's an invitation from Ai Shangzhen.

This girl has passed the second round of auditions on the phenomenal Korean singing competition show "Super Star K" and is preparing to enter the top 32...

How come you have time for a video call?

(End of this chapter)