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Chapter 148 "Each one has his own agenda"

Author: Knight Confused 2023

Chapter 148 "Each one has his own agenda"

Some women look old and lack the sense of youthfulness at their youthful age.

Meiting falls into this category.

This allowed her to play a pair of lovers in "Red Lover" with Leslie Cheung who was in his forties when he was in his twenties, without any sense of incompatibility.

Of course, this is also related to Zhang Guorong's appearance that does not look old.

The age gap between them has narrowed.

In the entertainment industry, Mei Ting's appearance is not amazing. At best, it can only be regarded as handsome, but it is better than her full temperament.

Some people in the industry like this kind of appearance.

Seeing her holding Ye Sandai's arm more intimately, Qi Wei couldn't help but become curious about their relationship.

Definitely not an ordinary friendship.

Qi Wei had no interest in her and had nothing to talk about with her.

I briefly exchanged polite words with her, and chatted more with Leslie Cheung.

"Are you free after the movie tonight? I've been in Beijing for a week and I haven't played a single game of mahjong. My hands are a little itchy." Zhang Guorong asked with a smile while making mahjong-playing movements.

When they were in Hong Kong City, Qi Wei and Princess Zhang Guorong played more than one game of mahjong.

Every time Qi Wei loses more and wins less.

After all, what Qi Wei plays in mahjong is not about technique, but about worldliness.

But for Zhang Guorong and the others, it was not easy to find someone who was better at playing mahjong than themselves, but they were so happy that they would "bully" them every chance they got.

Everyone wants to find a sense of accomplishment in Qi Wei.

Qi Wei didn't mind, he still liked playing mahjong with them.

But….

"I'm very busy at night, you know..."

Qi Wei raised his eyebrows as a hint, and said with a smile.

Zhang Guorong immediately understood what Qi Wei meant.

Not far away, I saw a few girls from Class 96 of the Chinese Theater Company chatting absentmindedly, casting loving glances at Qi Wei from time to time.

Then think of Qi Wei's daily scandals and gossip.

I know that Qi Wei is a restless master when it comes to emotions.

He shook his head slightly, patted Qi Wei's shoulder, and said in a sincere tone like a big brother: "Women, more is not always better. Just find someone who treats you sincerely. Why bother with so many love debts?"

?”

Qi Wei sneered and replied in a low voice: "I understand what you mean, but there is an old saying that women are like clothes. I always have to try on a few pieces before I know which one fits. Besides, 豼

If you have the conditions, who wouldn’t want to buy a few more suitable and beautiful clothes to wear?"

"Haha." Leslie Cheung snorted twice and said: "Sentimental love is harmful to the body. If you continue like this, one day you will become a cow killed in plowing the fields. What you sow today will taste the bitter fruits tomorrow...

…”

"I don't know whether it will be bitter or sweet. I will decide tomorrow. I have to enjoy the present moment."

"Woman, it's not interesting."

"You are not a fish, you know how happy a fish is."

“…..”

When Qi Wei and Leslie Cheung were chatting and about to start a debate, another distinguished guest arrived at the premiere.

"You kid, you are here."

A familiar and hearty voice suddenly sounded. Qi Wei turned around and saw Jiang Wen walking towards him.

"Director Jiang, you are here too."

Qi Wei was a little surprised, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Director Ye and Mei Ting, you are also here."

Jiang Wen was also a little surprised.

Beijing Circle is not a big circle, and you can see old acquaintances wherever you go.

Ye Sandai and Jiang Wen have known each other for a long time.

When Mei Ting was in her freshman year of Chinese drama, she took on the TV series "Northern Story", which was written by Jiang Wen.

This drama is actually Ye Sandai's care for Mei Ting, and it was he who recommended Mei Ting to the crew of "Northern Story".

Unexpectedly, this drama put Mei Ting in a dilemma, and he finally had no choice but to drop out of the drama school.

Freshman and sophomore students are not allowed to go out to film. This kind of rule is not only implemented by China Film and Television, but also by Nortel.

But this rule actually has a premise, that is, only freshmen and sophomores are not allowed to go out for filming unless the school does not allow it.

You can go out for filming with the school's permission.

Compared with Chinese Opera, Nortel is more reasonable on this point. Freshman and sophomore students have the opportunity to become famous in movies, and the school will only encourage them and will not hinder them.

As for the Chinese drama...

You must know that "Northern Story" is a play written by Jiang Wen. He is an outstanding alumnus of China National Opera and has many connections in China National Opera.

His invitation should be able to obtain the approval of China Drama.

I never expected that it would become a problem in the end.

I don’t know if anyone among them is abusing their authority.

If he wanted to film "Northern Story", Mei Ting would have to drop out of school; if he didn't film "Northern Story", Mei Ting would have to pay liquidated damages.

Of course, with Ye Sandai here, the issue of liquidated damages can be easily resolved.

Mei Ting finally chose to drop out of the Chinese Theater Academy because she couldn't bear this opportunity.

Mei Ting first started working and then got admitted to the Chinese Theater Academy.

She was already 21 years old when she was admitted to the Chinese Theater Academy. If she followed the requirements of the Chinese Theater Academy and studied honestly for two years, she would be 23 years old when she took up the acting role again in her junior year.

You must know that the prime age of actresses for filming is much shorter than that of male actors. At this time, there was no such serious makeup and filters as in later generations. It was impossible for them to still act in their teens and twenties in their thirties and forties like in later generations.

girl.

Although some of them are inconsistent with their lack of girlishness, at least they have the resources to play the protagonists.

At this time, most actresses can only have the opportunity to play leading roles in their golden years before the age of thirty. If they have not accumulated enough fame after the age of thirty, they can only play supporting roles.

There are too few late bloomers. For actresses, it is the last word to become famous as early as possible.

When Mei Ting was admitted to the Chinese Opera, not only did she want to systematically study acting, but the more important reason was because she took a fancy to the resources of the Chinese Opera.

School resources are still very important, which Qi Wei can empathize with.

Dropping out of school means losing the school's resources, which is where Mei Ting is in trouble.

But her relationship with Ye Sandai allowed her to have Ye Sandai's resources and gave her something to rely on.

She was faced with a dilemma and finally chose to drop out of the Chinese Theater Academy.

The broadcast of "Northern Story" caused almost no splash, and it did not add much to her film and television career.

Not only to make up for her, Ye Sandai gave her the opportunity to star with Leslie Cheung in "Red Lover".

No one can tell whether it will be a blessing or a disaster, but at least now she definitely has no regrets.

Although he and Mei Ting have collaborated in a movie, Jiang Wen's relationship with him is average.

After a few polite words with Ye Sandai and the others, he began to question Qi Wei.

"You sound like you're not welcoming me to your movie premiere?"

"How come? I welcome you." Qi Wei replied with a smile.

"You don't mean what you said, otherwise you wouldn't have refused to send me the invitation letter."

"Don't I know that you are filming "The Devil Is Coming"? You are so busy, how can I disturb you?"

"No matter how busy I am, I still have time to attend a premiere and watch a movie."

"Then can I make up for the invitation letter for you now?"

"No."

"Then what do you want? You didn't come here just to raise an army to punish me, right?"

"Can't we cheer for your movie?"

Qi Wei smiled and shook his head, "It won't be that simple. You are the master who will go to the Three Treasures Hall for everything."

Jiang Wen burst out laughing, hugged Qi Wei's neck and said intimately: "You still understand me, you are worthy of being my brother."

"Don't be too close, we have only met a few times in total." Qi Wei replied with a smile, but did not stop Jiang Wen's enthusiasm.

"Emotions have nothing to do with how many times we have met. I have always regarded you as a confidant."

Qi Wei roughly understood what Jiang Wen meant, laughed twice, and asked knowingly: "Tell me, what do you want to see me for?"

"Hey, my sisters are all here. I'll go over and say hello first." Upon hearing that Qi Wei and the others were talking about business, Mei Ting wisely found a reason to leave, and then went to her sisters to start talking about their sisterhood.

Come.

"It's like this. My movie still lacks investment. Can you give me some investment?"

Sure enough, they really invested in the drama "The Devil Is Coming".

This is a sinkhole. Even Jiang Wen and Qi Wei wouldn't throw it to death.

So Qi Wei asked: "I remember, didn't Huayi Brothers invest 15 million in this movie for you? You also raised several million from other places, which is more than 20 million. Why is it not enough?"

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Jiang Wen showed an awkward smile and replied: "It's not enough, there's still a little bit left."

"How much is left?" Qi Wei said angrily.

"It's probably a difference of six to seven million," Jiang Wen estimated.

"I don't think it's worth ten million."

"Of course the more investment, the better. Why are you willing to invest in me? I know my trip this time was not in vain."

"No, don't be so sentimental, I won't invest in you."

"Don't be so stingy. I heard that you made a lot of money during the financial crisis and are worth over 100 million. I don't want you to have 10 million. You can just invest 5 to 6 million as you wish."

, it’s enough for me to save a little.” Jiang Wen said shamelessly.

As a master who spends other people's money to achieve your own goals, how can you still save money?

Qi Wei didn’t believe it!

Qi Wei remembered that when Jiang Wen's "The Devils Are Coming" project was approved, the budget was only 10 million.

His debut film "Sunny Days" grossed more than 50 million yuan at the domestic box office, and it is still the box office champion of mainland films since the film reform in 1993.

If "Sunny Day" is used as a standard, "The Devil Is Coming" has a budget of 10 million and is definitely profitable.

This is also the reason why Huayi Brothers invested 10 million in Jiang Wen from the beginning.

Huayi Brothers are still too young, and Jiang Wen doesn’t feel right when he pats them.

Less than one-half of the shooting was completed, and the money was almost spent.

So Jiang Wen asked Huayi Brothers again.

Huayi Brothers has fallen into a trap and has no choice but to invest another five million in Jiang Wen's movie, and then find friends to invest several million more in Jiang Wen.

But I continued to take pictures, and when there was almost a third left, the money was almost spent again.

Huayi Brothers was unwilling to invest, but he happened to read the news and knew that Qi Wei had made a lot of money during the financial crisis. He had no choice but to pay attention to Qi Wei.

"I don't know where you got the news. During the financial crisis, I made a small profit. I just followed others and drank a little soup. How can I be worth over 100 million."

Seeing that Qi Wei seemed reluctant to invest, Jiang Wen quickly persuaded:

"I know your concerns. If I add a few million more investment costs for this movie, it will reach 30 million. I admit that I can't recoup the cost in China, but don't worry, I'm ready to make this movie."

If you strive to win awards in Cannes, plus the income from overseas, you will definitely be able to recover your investment and will never let you lose money."

Today, the domestic film market is at its lowest point. Under such a market environment, it is difficult to recover the cost of a film, whether it is a large-investment or a small-budget film, relying solely on the mainland market.

Almost no one can recover costs by relying solely on the mainland market, and even fewer can make money.

This also shows how rare and valuable "Party A and Party B" are.

Many mainland filmmakers make movies with the overseas market in mind. They intend to rely on overseas markets to recoup their costs.

I also relied on this trick to deceive people into investing.

After all, the U.S. dollar is still the U.S. dollar at this time. You can run a prize overseas and get a name and sell dozens or millions of dollars.

It is easy to recover the cost.

But if mainland films are to be sold overseas, they have to make something that those people like to hear and see.

Criticize something or expose something.

This is not in line with the correct domestic values.

Especially now we are in a critical period of bidding for the Olympics again.

Jiang Wen's film "The Devil Is Coming" was indeed very good, but his stance was wrong and he deserved to be banned in later generations.

Knowing that he would be banned, Qi Wei naturally would not invest, not even a penny.

But refusing directly seems too unkind and doesn't seem very good.

After thinking for a while, Qi Wei said:

"You don't lack investment for this movie, so why did you come to me?"

"I came to you because I was short of investment."

Qi Wei smiled and shook his head and said: "I remember that the main investor in your drama is Huayi Brothers. They are very wealthy and have already invested fifteen million in you. They certainly don't care if they invest a few more million in you."

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Jiang Wen showed a helpless expression and shook his head.

"Even if they are unwilling to invest, they can't let the investment money go to waste. Moreover, when you make movies, you are striving for excellence. Most of the money is spent on film, and you are not doing anything to harm others or enrich yourself.

, If you use reason and emotion, they will definitely still invest in you."

Seeing Qi Wei glance at Ye Sandai who was beside him, Jiang Wen immediately understood what Qi Wei meant.

Isn't "Red Lover" filmed by Ye Sandai a living example? Isn't it also a case of continuous investment that finally raised the cost to 30 million?

It doesn't seem to be a problem to find someone to pick out the wool.

What Qi Wei said made sense, which made Jiang Wen draw the attention of Huayi Brothers again.

But in the final analysis, Qi Wei was unwilling to invest, which made Jiang Wen somewhat dissatisfied with Qi Wei and asked:

"You don't like my movie, so you don't want to invest in it?"

"How could it be? I really liked the movie you made, "Sunny Days," and I also believe that the movie you are making now is also a good movie, but I don't like to take away people's love, so I can't help.

"

Jiang Wen chuckled twice to express disbelief.

Qi Wei smiled and continued: "I really like your movie. Otherwise, my film and television company also does publicity. Once your film is produced, I can help you with domestic publicity."

Fa, what do you think?"

"That's what you said, and it's final."

"It's a deal."

"He is indeed my good brother, hahaha."

Qi Wei's promise turned Jiang Wen's worries into joy, and his hearty laughter rang out again.

The movie "Love in the Internet Age" is just a small-budget movie with a budget of less than 3 million. It can be produced with a promotion fee of less than 1 million, while Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming" is a big-budget movie with a budget of more than 30 million.

Investing in a movie requires at least several million in promotional expenses.

Under the current film market conditions, not many film and television companies are willing to bear the cost of publicity and distribution.

Because this is not a good deal.

Of course, Qi Wei will definitely not make uneconomical deals.

I'll help you promote it in China. At least your movie will pass censorship.

How can you promote a movie that cannot be released in China?

Qi Wei just wrote a bad check to him.

The sisters haven’t seen each other for a long time. Mei Ting had a great time chatting with her classmates from Class 96.

"Wow, Mei Ting, are your sunglasses from CK?" Zhang Ziyi recognized the brand of sunglasses hanging on Mei Ting and asked enviously.

"Yes, this was given to me by Leslie Cheung during filming." Mei Ting replied with a smile.

"Wow, I really envy you that you can film with Leslie Cheung." Zhang Ziyi's jealousy was palpable.

"There's nothing to be envious about. You're about to film a film directed by Zhang Da, and you'll be the heroine. It won't take long for you to become famous."

"But no one gave me CK sunglasses."

"How much are sunglasses worth? I think the bracelet Zhang Tong is wearing is the most valuable."

Then Mei Ting took Zhang Tong's hand and asked with a smile: "Who gave this to you? Is it your boyfriend?"

Zhang Tong blushed, nodded, and looked at Qi Wei not far away with tender eyes.

"Cartier bracelet worth tens of thousands, he is so kind to you."

Hu Jing on the side curled her lips in dissatisfaction.

Yuan Quan's eyes flickered a little dodgefully, trying his best not to look at Qi Wei, but he couldn't bear it and would always take a few sneaky glances.

There is another person who can't help but look at Qi Wei, with a complicated look on his face.

The premiere hasn't even started yet, but cheering guests are still arriving one after another, and some people are already sitting on chairs chatting.

Just like a pair of sisters who look relatively similar.

Both are busy with their careers, and Li Xue and his sister Li Bingbing haven't seen each other for a while.

When they met again, Li Xue changed drastically, as if he was a different person, which surprised Li Bingbing.

Dressed in the professional attire of a successful urban woman, her face always glows with confidence, making her look very smart and capable.

There is no trace of the submissive young reporter he was back then.

While her temperament is refined, she also has a charming charm, and has the charm of a mature woman.

At this moment, my face is full of peach blossoms.

It seems as if it has been watered recently.

With his understanding of his sister, Li Bingbing understood something instantly.

After reminiscing about the old days and talking about sisterly love, Li Bingbing asked: "Sister, you don't know how to fall in love, right?"

"Sister, I'm so busy at work, how can I have time to fall in love?"

"I am your biological sister, can your affairs escape my eyes?"

She also thought that her sister mentioned Qi Wei a lot in her words, always with admiration and love, so she asked again.

"It can't be your boss Qi Wei, right?"

Faced with her sister's question, Li Xue was a little shy. Gu Zuoyan thought of something and said, "Sister, our company will have several film and television projects next year. I will help you secure resources then."

"Thank you, but I don't want my sister to sell her sex for me."

"What? It's not what you said. I really like him."

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Li Xue realized that she had been tricked by her sister and quickly shut her mouth.

"So you had a relationship with your boss?" Li Bingbing asked again.

"Sister, I won't say anything about him." Li Xue replied.

"You turned your elbows outward before you got married. Do you like him so much?"

Li Bingbing shook his head again and said: "He is not a good choice. He has so many gossips and scandals."

Li Xue knew better than her sister that most of the gossip and scandals were true. She became a little depressed, but soon smiled again.

"I am willing." She said seriously.

Li Bingbing was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look at his sister.

Just from her tens of thousands of clothes, we can see how good Qi Wei is to her.

The most she can earn for a movie now is tens of thousands of yuan, which is not as good as her younger sister's outfit.

Then he looked at Qi Wei in the distance.

Qi Wei had already ended their chat with Jiang Wen and was chatting with a big shot.

The big shot looked familiar to her, and she quickly recognized him as Han Sanping from Beijing Film Studio.

"Hiss!" She couldn't help but take a breath.

In her mind, she remembered what her manager Wang Jinghua often said to her.

"If you want good resources, you just need to please him."

After careful consideration, I seemed to have made a decision.

So he sighed with emotion: "It seems that you really like him, but you have so many competitors. This is not an easy task. Do you want sister to help you?"

Li Xue looked at her sister with an expression of disbelief, "Sister, do you know what you are going to say?"

"I think you should know very well about his private life. It's better to take advantage of an outsider than to take advantage of your own sister. Don't we sisters have a better chance if we work together?"

Li Xue became silent, but quickly shook her head.

With her sister, it was really hard for her to accept it in a short period of time.

Li Bingbing didn't take it seriously. The fact that his sister didn't refuse meant that there was something going on. She asked with a smile: "Sister, is he very good at that? Look at your face, it looks like you are fully nourished."

"Sister, can you talk about this kind of thing?"

"There's nothing that sisters can't say. Let's find a chance to let my sister give it a try. Don't worry, my sister won't compete with you for a man. She's just here to help you."

In the emotional forest between Qi and Wei, only Mr. Zhou came to the movie premiere.

She searched around the scene and soon found a good target

A very pretty girl with a charming face.

"Did you come alone, pretty young lady? You look so familiar. Oh, I remembered. Have you ever filmed Qiong Yao's "Huanzhugege"?" Mr. Zhou stepped forward to chat.

Seeing that a woman was chatting with her, the girl relaxed some of her vigilance and replied with a smile: "I'm just pretending to be a maid."

"It's not common for a maid to be prettier than a lady. I think Qiong Yao is blind. You are obviously more suitable to play the leading role."

These words made the girl feel very happy, and she didn't mind that Mr. Zhou sat next to her.

She looked at Mr. Zhou and suddenly said: "I remember you, you seem to have filmed Qi Wei's MV."

"Yes, my name is Zhou Xun."

"My name is Fan Xiaopang."

Then the girl asked again: "You seem to have filmed more than one of Qi Wei's MVs. Do you have a good relationship with him?"

"Of course, I am his best friend." Mr. Zhou replied with a smile.

The girl looked thoughtful, and after a moment of silence, she said, "Can you recommend him to me? I have something important to do with him..."

"There's no problem with that." Mr. Zhou replied, holding her hand.

This story is purely fictitious and is for entertainment purposes only. Please do not make too many connections.

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