Huayu: A Commercial Director

Chapter 204 Birthday Party
Chen Shouzhe considers himself a homebody, but others think he's a doting father to his daughter; he currently stays at the horse farm taking care of her.

"you……"

Zhang Hanyu saw Chen Shou lying on the ground with his daughter riding on his back, and he was both amused and exasperated.

“Caiyu, come down,” Chen Shou said.

"it is good."

The daughter rolled off the horse with such ease that it was clear she had ridden quite a few times.

“There are still some people who haven’t arrived yet,” Chen Shou said.

"It should be soon," Zhang Hanyu said.

People arrived one after another, including his uncle-master Sun Yue, who happened to be free today and came with Yue Yunpeng.

Besides them, there were other friends, and everyone gathered together.

It's the end of the year and there's a lot of work, so many people can't come.

Right there in the open air at the horse farm, we were grilling meat around a fire, and we didn't feel cold at all. Even if there was a wind, it was blocked by the walls.

"I'm going to shoot a movie next spring in March. Brother Zhang, please reserve two months of your schedule for me," Chen Shouzhe said to Zhang Hanyu.

Upon hearing Chen Shouzhe's words, everyone present looked at Zhang Hanyu with envy. Chen Shouzhe's movie had even personally invited him, so he was definitely the male lead.

“No problem, I’ll talk to my agent.” Zhang Hanyu smiled. This was the second time the two had collaborated since The Martian, and this was their opportunity to maintain their connections.

"Brother, do you have any roles that would suit me?" Yue Yunpeng asked with a grin.

“Mainstream films are more serious. Your face is too pleasing; it’s not suitable for you,” Chen Shouzhe shook his head.

Upon hearing this, everyone understood. It was a patriotic film. Since the movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" two years ago, there have been many patriotic films. However, Chen Shouzhe is probably the only one who can make a commercial patriotic film.

Zhang Hanyu, who had been wanting to ask what movie it was, suddenly became excited. It was a patriotic film, a sure way to win awards.

Even if Chen Shouzhe isn't interested in that chicken, he can at least reserve the Huabiao for next year.

"Was it this movie that you went to Golden Shield before?" Sun Yue asked, his mind quick, recalling the previous news reports.

"Yes, the story is set against the backdrop of the Northern Myanmar case, and the movie is called 'Operation Northern Myanmar'," Chen Shou nodded.

"hiss!"

Upon hearing the case and the name, everyone present gasped. This movie would be difficult to make because the time period was too recent, and the incident had a huge impact. A few years ago, the whole country was in an uproar and almost went to war.

People in northern Myanmar tortured and killed people from this region after their identities were discovered, and even recorded videos and posted them on the internet to provoke the authorities here.

Then came the operation in northern Myanmar, which wiped out the entire group in one fell swoop.

At the time, the anger within the country was immense, and public resentment was extremely high. Some radicals even demanded that the army be deployed to conquer the entire enemy country.

I never expected it to be this incident. No wonder Chen Shou went to Golden Shield so many times.

The male lead has been decided, but the second male lead still needs to be chosen. However, what we talked about today will definitely get out in the future.

The 18th was the Deyun Society's annual meeting, which was also Lao Guo's birthday. It was held like this every year.

Chen Shouzhe arrived at the annual meeting as promised, but he didn't bring his daughter; he left her with her grandmother.

When the master and apprentice arrived at the hotel, the main table was occupied by the same people: Guo Degang and his wife, their agent Wang Hai, their business partners, Yu Qian, Chen Shouzhe, and Yue Yunpeng, who became very popular this year. Even Guo Qilin couldn't come.

Chen Shouzhe was no longer an actor with Deyun Society, but he had made a lot of money by leading Deyun Society's investments. He would definitely sit at the main table, right next to his godmother. The two would whisper about family matters, asking when he would have time to bring his daughter to their home, and mentioning that Guo Lao Er missed her.

Chen Shou believed the first part of what Chen said, but completely disbelieved the second part. Guo Lao Er was beaten by Chen Caiyu quite a few times.

On stage, Shaobing and his team went up to perform, followed by toasts, and finally, year-end bonuses and such.

"By the way, how much did your company give out in year-end bonuses this year?" Old Guo was watching the year-end bonuses being distributed on the platform. The company had made a lot of money, so the bonuses they gave out weren't much; they were just doing it for fun.

“Fifty million,” Chen Shouzhe said casually.

Everyone at the table stopped what they were doing and looked at Chen Shou, who was eating edamame.

Fifty million, like Deyun Society, is a private enterprise, and Deyun Society didn't come up with that much either.

Chen Shou casually mentioned fifty million.

Local tycoon.

“Actors get commissions, while our company gets a fixed salary and bonuses. We definitely have to spend some money at the end of the year, otherwise how can we continue to work with them next year?” Chen Shouzhe explained.

"How many people are there in your company now?" Lao Guo asked.

"Currently, there are over 800 people, and we plan to expand further," Chen Shouzhe said.

“More than 800 people, 50 million, 60,000 per person, that’s not bad,” Old Guo said.

"Pretty much. It's based on working hours. Each person gets a subsidy of 5,000 yuan per month. They get an extra 5,000 yuan after they join for a month, and the rest goes to the management and is distributed upwards," Chen Shou said.

"More than 800 people are in the capital, which is a considerable expense."

If an average person earns a monthly salary of over 10,000, their monthly salary expenditure would be 10 million, which adds up to 120 million a year.

Moreover, Chen Shou's main staff are at Xiao Xiao Meng's place, but their work has never stopped. Almost half of the special effects for movies in China are produced there.

With a team of over 600 people, they can simultaneously work on the special effects for more than a dozen movies, and they also have game orders and overseas orders, so they will not lose money at all, and can even make a lot of money.

After attending the Deyun Society's annual meeting, two days later, on the 20th, the Little New Year, Deyun Society will hold its closing ceremony.

Just like last year, Chen Shouzhe decided to go on a performance to promote Tomato Rich Man.

He didn't go on stage during the Daqing performance in April, mainly because there were too many film and television personnel watching the show.

The Beijing Exhibition Center has over two thousand seats, and five or six hundred people from the film and television industry attended.

Some had connections with Guo Degang, some with Yu Qian, and many more were celebrities who bought scalped tickets, hoping to be noticed by Chen Shouzhe.

They heard the story of Yang Mi.

After Yang Mi was banned, her father, a fan of crosstalk, took his daughter, who was in a bad mood, to see Guo Degang's crosstalk performance. That's how they saw Chen Shouzhe performing on stage, and that's how they got to know Chen Shouzhe through Guo Degang.

Unfortunately, their plans in April backfired. Chen Shouzhe didn't perform on stage; he just sat backstage. That was right after they finished filming A Chinese Ghost Story 3.

For this year's closing ceremony, Chen Shou wore his long-lost traditional Chinese robe.

On the 20th, a lot of people came backstage. Many people said that they hadn't seen Chen Shouzhe wearing a traditional Chinese gown in a long time.

The show has already begun, with two pairs of actors, four people in total, walking onto the stage together. In the middle of the show, they split into two pairs.

Chen Shouzhe remained in the same position and walked with his uncle Hou Zhen. They went out just ahead of Yue Yunpeng and the others. Seeing that a big director like Chen Shouzhe could still appear on the crosstalk stage shows how much he loves crosstalk.

(End of this chapter)