Chapter 246

Cao Yang hadn't seen Pang Bing for a while.

Yesterday at the premiere of "Crazy Stone," Pang Bing, as one of the cameo roles, had indeed come.

This woman was also a bit interesting. After being "banned" by Huayi, she had never called Cao Yang to complain, nor had she asked for help.

Cao Yang spent the night at Pang Bing's place.

This woman didn't have as much aura as she would in later generations, but she belonged to the bright and atmospheric type; even after taking off her makeup, she was still very beautiful.

Especially her rounded figure; holding her in his arms was indeed very comfortable.

After not having intimate contact for a while, she became a bit shy.

"How is Wang Wang Jinghua?"

Cao Yang held Pang Bing, his hand gently stroking her back; her skin was smooth and delicate, and it felt very comfortable to touch.

"Sister Hua is a very good person; she takes care of everyone and does things very fairly."

Pang Bing didn't even think and said immediately.

"Is that so? How is she to you?" Cao Yang continued to ask.

This time Pang Bing didn't answer immediately; she thought for a while before saying: "Sister Hua is a good person."

Pang Bing was very grateful to Sister Hua. From the moment she refused the social engagements arranged by Huayi, Huayi took away all her resources, including film resources, TV drama resources, and advertising resources.

If it weren't for Sister Hua withstanding the pressure from the big and small Wangs and giving her some TV drama resources, Pang Bing didn't know if she could have persisted.

To be honest, Pang Bing had been gambling; she was gambling that after listening to Cao Yang, Cao Yang would be able to remember her.

She had also made up her mind: if she persisted for a while longer and Cao Yang really forgot her, then she would just change her career.

After such a long period of suppression, she had also figured it out.

Previously suppressed by that woman from Taiwan, and now suppressed by Huayi, this circle was just like that; once you think it through, you actually feel it's really meaningless.

She was just a bit unwilling.

Her personality was actually not to admit defeat; she was quite strong-willed.

But without support, you really couldn't survive in this circle.

This was something that couldn't be helped.

People are just like this; if you grit your teeth and persist, you might not regret it.

But once you have the thought of giving up, it's easy to "see through" the essence and instead regret your previous choices.

Pang Bing was just like this.

She had already made plans to retire from the circle and change careers.

"Why did you ask about Sister Hua?" Pang Bing asked curiously.

"I received her call. She said she didn't want to treat her artists as tools and wanted to part ways with the Wang brothers."

Cao Yang remembered that in his previous life, it was also during this period that Wang Wang Jinghua fell out with Huayi and took many big-name artists to leave Huayi.

It caused a great sensation in the entertainment circle; Huayi's signed artists were almost emptied out.

It was just that at the time, after Wang Wang Jinghua fell out with Huayi, she went to Cheng Tian, that company with a background from the "small days" (Japan).

Pang Bing wasn't surprised; she thought for a while and said: "I heard that Sister Hua also had a fierce quarrel with President Wang the day before yesterday; it seems it was because President Wang called a newly signed actress to a social engagement behind Sister Hua's back."

After saying this, Pang Bing suddenly reacted and asked with some surprise: "Sister Hua fell out with Huayi, why would she call you?"

"Don't I have a studio? Wang Wang Jinghua wants to take her artists and join my studio. Specifically, she wants to take her artists to buy shares in my studio and establish a company based on the studio."

Cao Yang explained.

"Ah!"

Pang Bing was happy. If Wang Wang Jinghua left Huayi, she would definitely follow. At the time, many of the contracts of the people Wang Wang Jinghua brought to Huayi and signed again were due to expire in August.

Pang Bing's contract was also due to expire in August.

Because she was "banned" by Huayi, the renewal contract that was being discussed was shelved.

"Did you agree to Sister Hua?"

Pang Bing asked full of expectation.

Cao Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "I refused."

Pang Bing's expression dimmed, and her smile froze on her face.

Cao Yang kissed her on the forehead and said:

"Although my studio is an empty shell, it has many film copyrights and is also a tool for me to deal with the outside world. To be honest, Wang Wang Jinghua wanting to take her artists to buy shares in my studio is a bit... wishful thinking."

He originally wanted to say something like "fanciful" or "not qualified enough," but when the words reached his lips, he suddenly remembered that Pang Bing should also be one of the members brought by Wang Wang Jinghua, so saying that would be a bit inappropriate.

Seeing Pang Bing's disappointed look, Cao Yang smiled and continued: "I actually don't want to do artist management myself; it's troublesome, doesn't make much money, and I have to find a way out for the artists. This isn't what I want.

However, I talked to Wang Wang Jinghua about why she doesn't do it herself instead of cooperating with other companies.

She said she lacked money and good resources, but I have those."

"Right, that's it. I have to write it down. The old man definitely won't think that forgetting your matter is his fault; he will definitely scold Xie Xiaojing. I have to 'sell' Xie Xiaojing in advance and let the old man scold Xie Xiaojing."

"For example, I can give a star a large sum of money to let her buy shares in Wang Wang Jinghua's company and become a partner. I have resources, I can give some, or I can change the way, for example, I introduce a few more international film queen-level stars to buy shares in her company, and the resources will naturally come."

Cao Yang said with a smile.

As long as he could stuff a few more partners with enough weight for Wang Wang Jinghua—the kind that Wang Wang Jinghua couldn't refuse—even if Cao Yang had no connection with this company on the surface, he could still indirectly control this company.

"Li Li Xiaoran and the others?" Pang Bing blinked her eyes, seemingly very interested in this way.

She could imagine that if Li Li Xiaoran, Gao Gao Yuanyuan, and Yu Yu Feihong all became partners of this new company, then this new artist management company would leap to become the largest management company in the country with the most stars.

By then, even if they didn't deliberately look for resources, many resources would find them on their own.

Sister Hua definitely couldn't refuse this temptation, right?

"Mm, it can be them."

Cao Yang patted Pang Bing's butt; it was very elastic.

"It can also be the female character with the most screen time in 'Inception.' You say if the actress who got that role wants to bring capital to buy shares in Wang Wang Jinghua's company and become a partner, will Wang Wang Jinghua agree?"

Pang Bing almost didn't need to think and nodded affirmatively, "Don't talk about bringing capital; even if she doesn't bring capital, Sister Hua has a high possibility of letting her become a partner."

!

"Is that so?"

Helplessly, Xiao Xiao Gangpao didn't have any intention of inviting her at all. The reason he called her to come along was probably because Cao Yang brought Li Li Xiaoran, and he couldn't come alone, right?

After the meal, Cao Yang took Li Li Xiaoran back, sat for a while, and talked about Xiao Xiao Gangpao's film "The Banquet."

Cao Yang told her that the word-of-mouth of this film might not be very good, but it could add another film with a box office exceeding 100 million under her name, and because the people she cooperated with were all big directors, it could also consolidate her position in the film and television circle.

Just like her endorsement fee might not be as good as Gao Gao Yuanyuan's now, but her salary quote for filming was higher than Gao Gao Yuanyuan's.

After chatting for a while, Cao Yang left.

Li Li Xiaoran thought Cao Yang was going back to the crew, so she didn't ask much and kissed goodbye reluctantly.

Gao Gao Yuanyuan's house was in the Third Ring Road, not far from Li Li Xiaoran's place.

Speaking of celebration, of course, they had to celebrate properly.

As soon as Cao Yang entered the door, she jumped onto Cao Yang like before.

Don't look at how she was a female literary youth outside, sensitive, soft, and looking weak and polite, but she often showed a wild side in front of Cao Yang, liking to jump onto Cao Yang when they were alone.

Of course, she wasn't that polite and weak in front of Li Li Xiaoran either.

However, don't look at how wild she was in front of Cao Yang, sometimes liking to jump onto Cao Yang without clothes, but her combat power was really a bit weak.

Her humming and acting spoiled, matched with this pure school-flower face, made the psychological satisfaction explode.

Especially when she was full of energy and invincible at the beginning, but in a while, she would weakly shout:

"Cao Yang, I can't do it anymore..."

The next day, Cao Yang returned to the crew and continued filming.

Except for the high requirements for details, there was nothing complicated about the plot or scenes of "Black Swan."

Plus, after adding immersive experiences for several important characters, it was truly fast to film.

As an "old" actor, Pan Hong had filmed many films and cooperated with many directors, even including third, fourth, and fifth-generation directors, but she had never been this "smooth."

It was just smooth.

Sometimes she even felt like it was playing around, making her feel a bit broken in her heart.

Especially the scenes between Dong Xuan and her.

Because the two played mother and daughter, there were many scenes.

Pan Hong sometimes felt she hadn't prepared much; as long as the two stood in front of the camera, and the other side shouted start, they started performing like instinct, and they didn't even know what was going on before the other side shouted cut.

It wasn't that they shouted cut because the performance wasn't good, but almost every time she heard, "Very good, let's keep one..."

"Keep one..."

Sometimes thinking about it, Pan Hong wanted to laugh; she really wanted to say: "Director, are you serious? We only filmed one take, why do we need to keep one? Why not film a few more times? Why not try other performance methods? Why not..."

"No!"

Pan Hong gave the answer herself.

She also had a feeling herself; perhaps there really wasn't a better performance method than just now.

She had never experienced such a thing; from the first time she started filming in 1976 until now, it had been almost thirty years, and she had never felt so relaxed.

It was truly like playing; playing and the film was filmed well.

Very magical.

After the scene, she would sometimes think, why was this?

Was it just because of that month of lecturing on the scenes?

There were many directors before who would have script reading sessions before filming, where everyone could express their opinions, and lecturing on scenes with the director was about the same, just not as detailed and in-depth.

Combining her own situation, she had a vague guess.

That was, Director Cao had a natural infectious power, able to make you listen to his heart when lecturing on scenes, able to understand his thoughts, able to "drill" into the script, and feel the joys and sorrows of the characters in the script!