Chapter 192

On the TV screen, members of the "Chinese Paladin" crew such as Liu Liu Yifei and Hu Ge were greeting the audience.

Liu Liu Yifei was introduced last:

"Hello everyone, I am Zhao Linger~"

There was a burst of screams from the audience, and fans held up light boards; her popularity was already the best among all the characters in the crew.

The other two female leads, An Yixuan and Jia Jia Jingwen, were one envious and one jealous.

And An Yixuan, besides envying her high popularity and many fans, envied her "intimate relationship" with Director Lu even more.

In the past few days, the public opinion situation in the internal entertainment industry seems to have undergone some subtle changes, and this change comes from a small announcement.

Wenjie officially announced the signing of the company's first female artist, Su Chang.

Subsequently, Liu Liu Yifei's reply with congratulations and a heart emoji below this blog post was pinned to the top.

This was operated by Yang Yang Siwei.

Fans watch the fun, entertainment reporters watch the doorway.

Where is this suppression and freezing?

This is clearly Director Washing Machine saving the country by a curve, borrowing the way to attack Guo?

Its heart is punishable!

First, the host conducted a simple interview with the cast members of Liu Liu Yifei and others.

Li Xiang: "Jia Jingwen is a sweet girl from Taiwan Province, there must be many people chasing you, right?"

Jia Jia Jingwen waved her hands hurriedly: "No, no, work is too busy, where is there time."

"Then is there anyone you like in your heart?"

At this time, artists in the entertainment circle would not deliberately hide their marriages or relationships; Zhou Xun, Gao Gao Yuanyuan, and others changed boyfriends faster than anyone else!

This question was slightly out of bounds, but it wasn't too abrupt.

If there could be a celebrity couple with equal status and complementary resources in the internal entertainment industry now, it would still be quite popular, like Brother Jing and Sister Rong.

"Really not, let's focus on work for now, that's it."

The topic was given to Liu Liu Yifei again.

He Jiong: "Liu Yifei, can I call you Qianqian?"

"Of course, my friends all call me by this name, and the fans who love me, haha."

Except for someone who has always been relying on his seniority to call her Little Liu, Little Liu.

"Qianqian, you are only sixteen years old, and you have achieved such good results. Do you have any insights?"

"Work hard, my talent is very average, stupid birds fly first."

He Jiong: "I see that mom is also here today, does mom always follow you usually?"

"Yes, mom has been responsible for all aspects of my affairs before, but now that I have a professional manager, mom is responsible for taking care of my life."

All are standard answers and questions, striving to shape the story of a young girl bravely entering the entertainment circle with professionalism and unremitting efforts.

The host then asked a few more questions, which indeed had more exposure and interaction than Jia Jia Jingwen just now.

Li Xiang suddenly took over the conversation: "Qianqian, although you are only sixteen, you have already worked with many directors, Director Lu, Director Jiang of the Beijing Film Academy, and Director Li Dawei of "The Golden Powder"."

"Among these directors, do you have a favorite one?"

Liu Liu Xiaoli and Yang Yang Siwei in the audience frowned secretly.

They had checked the questions in the script, and this question was not among them.

It's not that this question is too out of line or abrupt.

It's just that mentioning it when there are still vague rumors between Liu Liu Yifei and Lu Kuan seems to have bad intentions, right?

He Jiong glanced at his partner covertly, and he wasn't too worried; if the answer wasn't good, it could just be edited out later.

He has an transcendent status among the hosts and knows that for some reasons he doesn't know, Director Yao and the station head are particularly concerned about this young girl.

Did Li Xiang take the wrong medicine today? Or did she come with a "task"?

He didn't think about it, it might just be pure jealousy.

Liu Liu Yifei paused for a second before raising the microphone: "The three directors are all famous teachers on my acting path, giving me a lot of support, encouragement, and help when I was immature. I am very grateful to them."

"If you want to say who I like the most..."

The young girl suddenly had a flash of inspiration and buried an Easter egg:

"I like a French director named Visconti the most, because he carefully taught an actress who won the Cesar Award three times. I like... like him very much."

Everyone at the scene of the program, let alone understanding her subtext, in this day and age, if you are not a die-hard movie fan, you might not have even heard of Visconti's name.

After the young girl finished speaking, her heart couldn't help but thump.

She felt that Lu Kuan, a busy person, wouldn't be bored enough to watch this episode, so she expressed some girl's thoughts wantonly and cleverly.

This is a bit like...

Like a high school girl in puberty, borrowing a book from a boy she likes, and drawing a heart in an inconspicuous corner of a page?

Or writing a two-line poem?

She wanted him to see it, but was afraid he would see it, which was quite cute in a self-deceiving way.

It's just that Yang Yang Siwei can't understand this meme now.

Otherwise, she would definitely express her helplessness towards the love-brained girl in puberty again.

It's a pity that the only washing machine in this world who can understand this meme didn't see it either.

He and Mei Mei Yanfang were invited and were attending a banquet at the Xiang family's mansion in Xiangjiang.

As mentioned earlier, Mei Mei Yanfang held a concert in the mainland in the 1980s. Now Zhang Zhang Tianshuo, who is singing "Tears of the Iron Window," went to smash the venue and even used force against her, so the two forged a grudge.

Later, Zhang Zhang Tianshuo went to Xiangjiang to participate in activities, and the Xiang family's red stick Tan Chen Yaoxing vented his anger for her and gave Zhang Zhang Tianshuo a good lesson.

This shows the intimacy of the relationship between Mei Mei Yanfang and the Xiang family.

The Xiang family's China Star, like Emperor, also had the idea of entering the mainland, but they have never found the way.

Looking at the neighbor Emperor, their actions were much faster. Since this year, they first donated buildings and awards to mainland universities such as Yan University and China University of Political Science and Law, and then established an performing arts school in Beijing.

Especially the cooperation with the young director in front of them, the two families also seemed to have completely eliminated the barriers caused by Zhang Zhang Jianting and others before.

Emperor not only participated in the investment of the Hollywood blockbuster known as 75 million US dollars but also successfully obtained the distribution rights of "The Thief" in Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia.

Looking at China Star's actions, they were much slower, so Xiang Xiang Huaqiang couldn't help but be anxious.

Therefore, this banquet today was just an excuse to thank Lu Kuan for giving Zhang Zhang Baizhi the lead role in "Love is Not Blind," and to have a deeper contact with Lu Kuan.

After all, his main business and "side business" names have already quietly sounded in this one-third of an acre of land in Xiangjiang because of the success of "Drummer" and the failure of "The Twins Effect II."

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang is 55 years old this year, and his son Xiang Zuo is only two or three years younger than Lu Kuan, so he is relatively reserved at the wine table.

Fortunately, Chen Lan is a person who is well-rounded, and her smile makes people feel like a spring breeze: "Boss Lu, I wish your movie a big hit!"

Boss Lu smiled and clinked glasses with her: "Thank you, Mrs. Xiang."

"Zhang Baizhi, what are you stunned for? Director Lu is your new movie boss, why don't you express yourself?"

Zhang Zhang Baizhi glanced at the "devil" who was handsome and elegant in front of people, and had no choice but to pick up the wine glass.

"Director Lu, thank you for choosing me to star in this movie, I will definitely cherish the opportunity!"

"What are you thanking me for? I just recommended you for the audition, it was Director Xue Li Xiaolu who felt that you were more suitable in all aspects."

Mrs. Xiang keenly captured a trace of unnaturalness in Zhang Zhang Baizhi, but she at most thought that the two had had a relationship, how could she think of that absurd thing.

After three rounds of drinking, Xiang Xiang Huaqiang felt that the time was almost right, and he sighed, throwing his doubts to Lu Kuan.

"Mr. Lu, this year the mainland's CEPA was introduced, and the Xiangjiang film industry has a trend of going north. Your relationship with A-Mei doesn't need to be said, and I'm not afraid of exposing my family ugliness."

"Now China Star is not as good as Emperor and EEG, and I don't know where to go."

"Mr. Lu, you are a rising star in the mainland and have your own unique insights into the film industry. I want to hear your opinion."

Mei Mei Yanfang also smiled: "Little brother, everyone here today is our own people, speak everything you know."

Mrs. Xiang also helped: "Yes, Mr. Lu, I heard that you were very sharp in criticizing Emperor and Xiangjiang films in front of Li Li Shoucheng. Speak openly today!"

Zhang Zhang Baizhi stole a look at Lu Kuan, who was smiling and putting down his wine glass, thinking that Mr. Xiang and Mrs. Xiang really value him.

It's no wonder that she was scolded on the phone that day and asked to apologize and make up for it.

Thinking of the absurd scene in Lu Kuan's villa that day, Zhang Zhang Baizhi's legs seemed to be uncontrollably oozing a few traces of itching again, making her ashamed and helpless.

This inner demon has troubled her for a long time.

Even now, seeing her boyfriend Xie Xie Tingfeng, whom she loved deeply before, she inevitably covered Lu Kuan's appearance on his face...

Boss Lu nodded thoughtfully, he understood what Xiang Xiang Huaqiang meant.

Boss Xiang's current mentality is like holding a heavy-position Hong Kong stock junk stock in his hand, watching the big blue chips in the big A skyrocket.

He wants to give up this one-third of an acre for the time being, but feels it's a pity, fearing that he will rebound as soon as he cuts it.

But watching companies like Emperor and Edko Films embrace the mainland and start eating meat, while he is still trapped and not moving forward, he feels panicked.

Since the 1990s, Hong Kong films have gradually declined, and even the old hegemon Golden Harvest stopped film production business after 2001.

So far, there are only a few companies in the Xiangjiang film industry that can produce and sell on their own and invest in filming.

Emperor, Edko, Media Asia, China Star.

Everyone was originally struggling in the muddy water of Xiangjiang films, preparing to survive with difficulty.

But Boss Xiang was struggling and suddenly found that the three of them all said they didn't do well in the exam, but damn it, everyone got an A+ when the scores came out.

Needless to say, Jiang Jiang Zhiqiang's Edko Films, from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to "Hero," and "House of Flying Daggers" starting filming before the end of the year.

Media Asia's Lin Lin Jianyue gritted his teeth and invested in "Infernal Affairs," and the result was a big hit, becoming the last glory of the Xiangjiang film scene.

Emperor doesn't need to be mentioned again, Li Li Shoucheng's own strategic decision plus the cooperation with Lu Kuan, the situation is very good.

Then what about China Star?

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang recruited "Milkyway Image" in 1999, established a subsidiary "One Hundred Years," and threw out the gimmick of making one hundred movies in 3 years.

In terms of strength and momentum, it can be called the hegemon of Hong Kong films in the new century!

But because the ship is big and difficult to turn around, and there is no correct strategic decision to guide the development ideas, the current situation is precarious.

"Mr. Xiang, Mrs. Xiang, since you want me to speak, then I will take advantage of the wine today and say some good words that I think are unpleasant!"

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang waved his hand: "Speak everything you know!"

"Actually, it's not just you. Now the whole Hong Kong circle is seeking to go north, but the biggest problem is that they haven't corrected their mentality."

Mrs. Xiang and others looked at each other, and Zhang Zhang Baizhi also cast a suspicious look. Everyone didn't know why he suddenly talked about the attitude problem.

"Obviously it's to go to the mainland to make a living, but they still can't get rid of their high-above position, thinking they are going to help the poor. Can this work?"

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang has a high status in the world, and his face couldn't hold it after hearing this, and he was about to argue.

Boss Lu didn't give him a chance to interrupt and continued to output.

"Boss Xiang, don't be in a hurry, let me give you an example."

"This year China Star has a movie called "The Sex Book Tycoon," which is a Category III film, but when it arrived in the mainland, it changed its name to "The Net," right?"

"This movie just reflects everyone's current mentality. They want to go to the mainland to make a living, but they are reluctant to spend great effort and cost, worrying about not making ends meet."

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan were a little embarrassed. It seems that what people said was not groundless.

This Category III film tells the story of two Xiangjiang youths starting a business running a pornographic magazine. Of course, it couldn't pass the review in the mainland.

But what did China Star do to enter the mainland?

They let the director change a politically correct version of the mainland during filming, added a female police character, and the story became cracking down on a prostitution group, which was successfully released in the mainland.

"It's not just China Star doing this, "The Twins Effect" is similar. "The Twins Effect" won the Hong Kong Film Award, and the plot itself may not have such a big problem, but why is there a lot of bad reviews in the mainland?"

"In order to pass the review, they were too lazy to change the plot, directly deleted the vampire shots, and destroyed the coherence of the story. Can they not be scolded?"

"To put it ugly, they want to chase beautiful women, but don't want to spend their minds."

Boss Lu smiled and turned to Chen Lan: "Mrs. Xiang, I believe that when you were young, Mr. Xiang was not so perfunctory to you, right?"

Chen Lan spat at him, and Xiang Xiang Huaqiang and Mei Mei Yanfang laughed out loud, and several people clinked glasses.

The bosses were talking, and Zhang Zhang Baizhi sat honestly at the end. Looking at Boss Lu, who was familiar with social interaction, her eyes were shining.

These words were straightforward and transparent. Based on her understanding of Boss Xiang and his wife, if someone else said this, Mr. Xiang would inevitably be angry.

But Lu Kuan just hit and hit like this, saying critical words, but could make the other party gladly accept it and spit on his face.

She couldn't help but compare Boss Lu with her boyfriend who only knew how to be handsome and cool. If Xie Tingfeng could be so mature, it would be great...

Lu Kuan paused and continued to speak.

"Although one film and two systems is a helpless move, it can be made into a co-production film more meticulously and deeply. Now it is the Xiangjiang film industry that needs to adapt to the mainland's system and audience, not to let the market adapt to you."

"China Star is an entertainment group, besides movies, there are artists, just like Miss Zhang Baizhi."

Boss Lu suddenly smiled and turned to Zhang Zhang Baizhi, his shining eyes making her shiver, and a few drops of wine spilled from the glass in her hand.

"Lu... Director Lu, are you calling me?"

Chen Lan smiled: "Mr. Lu, you are too handsome, you have fascinated our China Star's leading female artist."

Boss Lu smiled noncommittally: "Zhang Baizhi, before I let you audition, what requirements did I have for you, do you remember?"

Zhang Zhang Baizhi didn't know if she was slightly drunk or had thought crookedly, her face was flushed, and she opened her eyes wide and looked at Lu Kuan, who turned his head, incredibly.

The distance between the two was a bit close, and Zhang Zhang Baizhi was ashamed and angry, cursing him as a beast in her heart!

You gave me a role, what requirements do you have for me?

Isn't it just forcing me to make a phone call while hitting violently from behind!

Chen Lan was a little dissatisfied with the leading female artist's frequent gaffes tonight: "Zhang Baizhi? What are you stunned for, Mr. Lu is asking you something?"

Boss Lu smiled: "Forget it, Mrs. Xiang, she drank too much, let her rest."

"I told her, your acting skills and image are enough to handle the role, but there is only one point, you Zhang Zhang Baizhi must practice Mandarin well, at least that part of the lines."

"Xiangjiang film companies are unwilling to change scripts for the tastes of mainland audiences, and Xiangjiang actors are unwilling to speak Mandarin when they go to the mainland to make a living. Is this the attitude of doing things?"

Zhang Zhang Baizhi finally came back to her senses: "Director Lu, I am practicing well, and I also found a teacher."

So the requirement he said was this...

"Very good!"

"Lines are the basic skills of actors. If you can't do it, it's not a question of ability but a question of attitude. Some Xiangjiang actors say Mandarin is difficult to learn, then what about Zhang Guorong and Liang Liang Jiahui?"

"Liang Liang Jiahui doesn't need to be mentioned. Zhang Guorong practiced Mandarin for a month in 1993 for "Farewell My Concubine," but in the end, because he really couldn't reach Chen Kaige's standard, he found Yang Lixin to dub him."

"Actually, mainland audiences are very easy to satisfy. As long as there are good stories and professional actors, everyone still carries a filter for Hong Kong films."

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang and others frowned and thought. China Star had already tried the opportunistic method. Since it didn't work, they could only lower their posture to cultivate the mainland market.

After the banquet, the host and guest were happy, and Xiang Xiang Huaqiang and his wife sent Mei Mei Yanfang and Lu Kuan out.

Watching Wang Wang Minhui carry the two away, Xiang Xiang Huaqiang sighed comfortably.

"It's no wonder that people like Li Li Shoucheng value Lu Kuan so much, he is really a dragon and phoenix among people."

After speaking, he returned to the mansion with his hands behind his back.

Chen Lan had been fighting with him for decades, how could she not understand her husband's meaning? She immediately grabbed Zhang Zhang Baizhi, who was about to say goodbye.

"A-Zhi, wait a minute, I have something to tell you."

Zhang Zhang Baizhi was stunned: "Mrs. Xiang, please tell me."

Chen Lan pretended to be angry: "Still calling me Mrs. Xiang, call me godmother."

Xiang Xiang Huaqiang's special background doesn't need to be mentioned. He helped many artists in the years when he was poisoned by the underworld in the Xiangjiang film industry.

Zhang Zhang Baizhi's family situation was special. Her father was addicted to gambling and owed foreign debts. The daughter paid the father's debt. The underworld went to the set every day to harass and ask for money. It was Chen Lan who stepped in to settle it.

But in 2003, Zhang Zhang Baizhi and Xie Xie Tingfeng rekindled their old love, and Mrs. Xiang strongly opposed it to no avail.

Watching her own female artist marry as a wife, it caused a huge blow to China Star's economic interests.

So there was the later scolding war between Chen Lan and Zhang Zhang Baizhi on the Internet. Zhang Zhang Baizhi even found a lawyer to ask for the millions of film remuneration that China Star owed her, and finally they didn't see each other again.

"Godmother, what do you want to point out to Zhang Baizhi?"

"A-Zhi, the company wants to do something in the north now, and you are the key."

"Me?"

Chen Lan didn't say much, her eyes looked at Lu Kuan and Mei Mei Yanfang who had already turned the corner and disappeared.

Zhang Zhang Baizhi instantly understood her meaning, blushing: "Godmother, I am dating, I don't want to..."

(End of chapter)