Chapter 519 If you want to live a decent life
Nearing 12 o'clock, Xu Kun came out of the conference room of China Film Corporation and saw Han Sanping's secretary waiting outside the door. He knew that Han Sanping's absence from the meeting this time must have been intentional.
As expected, I followed the secretary to Han Sanping's office. As soon as I entered the door, I heard Han Sanping ask with a smile: "How is it, can you still withstand this Ma's power?"
“It’s harder than I thought.”
Without waiting for him to greet him, Xu Kun sat directly on the sofa opposite him and said helplessly, "Why did the preparatory team invite so many experts? They are all picking on me and making trouble for me. I am the newcomer, but Director Huang is sweating profusely because of them."
Han Sanping signaled his secretary to pour tea for Xu Kun, and then explained: "There is no other way. This is a habit left over from the early days of filming the three major battles, Dream of the Red Chamber, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Because the results were good at the time, it became customary to invite some experts for consultation when there were such big events later."
"This is not just some..."
In fact, it would be fine if there were more experts. What made Xu Kun speechless was that some of them were obviously speaking for the descendants of the prototype characters in the play, but they refused to say it clearly and had to beat around the bush for you to figure it out on your own.
He spent the whole morning playing guessing games with people.
"do not worry."
Hearing Xu Kun's complaints, Han Sanping smiled and said, "Those who really need to be taken care of have already been taken care of when the script was reviewed. Now those who come to me are just big names with empty bodies. If you really can't do anything, just push it to me. Anyway, you joined the group late, so it's normal that you don't understand many things."
"If you had said this earlier, I wouldn't have been so nervous."
With Han Sanping's words, Xu Kun suddenly felt a lot more relaxed. What he feared most was that Han Sanping would come to him, claiming to promote him, but in fact wanted him to take the blame.
Next, Han Sanping explained to Xu Kun some of the ambiguous points in this meeting, or rather told stories, because in order to clarify some of the things, they had to start from the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The grievances and right and wrong of the older generation are no less exciting than street literature.
Especially in the 1980s and 1990s, a number of bigwigs died one after another, leaving behind widows from their second/third marriages and children from their first marriages…
Xu Kun listened with great interest. If it weren't for his rumbling stomach, he could have sat in Han Sanping's office for the entire afternoon.
Because they missed the meal, the two of them took their secretaries and prepared to go out to eat.
As soon as he arrived at the gate, he was stopped by two guys chewing gum.
Zhang Boyu hunched over and asked tentatively, "Director Xu, do you still remember me?"
In fact, the moment he saw Han Sanping, he began to back out. After all, putting his biological father, mother and stepfather together would not be enough.
But considering that Wei Daxun was by his side, he couldn't lose face no matter what, so he rushed forward.
But when he really got in front of Xu Kun and Han Sanping, his legs became weak, his waist bent, and he couldn't even speak straight.
Of course Xu Kun knew Zhang Boyu. He had met him once when delivering vegetables at the end of the year. He had seen more photos of him, and there was one of them on the headboard of Lv Liping's bed.
However, he still pretended to identify him carefully before he suddenly said, "You are Aunt Lu's son, right?"
Then he introduced Han Sanping: "His mother is Lv Liping, Teacher Lv. When I first entered the industry, Aunt Lv helped me a lot."
After hearing what Xu Kun said, Han Sanping immediately realized: "So it's Zhang Fengyi's son. I was wondering why he looked so familiar."
Zhang Boyu was grinning, but when he heard his father's name, his smile froze on his face.
He hated his own father the most. In the past, if anyone dared to mention it to his face, he would definitely get angry - but now he is facing two big bosses whom he cannot afford to offend, so he definitely dare not get angry and can only force a smile.
Xu Kun looked behind Zhang Boyu and saw Wei Daxun, who was laughing so hard that his face was cramped, and asked curiously, "Are you guys waiting for me?"
"What is it..."
Zhang Boyu swallowed, but the words came to his lips but he was too nervous to say them.
At this time, Wei Daxun, who had been timid all morning, suddenly bowed and said loudly: "Director Xu, we want to join Nantianmen Studio, please give us a chance!"
Zhang Boyu also hurriedly bowed: "Yes, yes, we want to join the Nantianmen Studio!"
The news that Nantianmen Studio is recruiting has not been officially announced yet. After all, Jiang Yiyan, the person in charge, is still filming in Shanghai.
It is expected that the formal interview will not begin until after April next year.
However, Xu Kun and Aunt Lu have a close relationship after all. Although they are in less and less contact nowadays, Xu Kun is still willing to give Zhang Boyu some extra care.
So he took out a business card, borrowed a ballpoint pen from Han Sanping's secretary, filled in Huang Bin's mobile phone number, handed it to Zhang Boyu and said, "Call this number later, and someone will arrange an interview for you two."
"Thank you Director Xu, thank you Director Xu!"
Zhang Boyu and Wei Daxun were overjoyed and bowed to Xu Kun repeatedly.
Xu Kun waved his hand and followed Han Sanping into the car. As soon as they left, an SUV parked not far away slowly drove over, and then Liu Tao and his wife and Zhang Da Huzi got out of the car.
Before Liu Tao and his wife could say something, Zhang Da Huzi drunkenly waved his hand and walked into the China Film Studio in a wicked manner.
"Bah~!"
When Wang Ke saw Zhang Da Huzi walking away, he immediately spat on the ground and said gloomily, "Why are you pretending to be so arrogant? You were hiding in the car just now..."
Liu Tao quickly pulled him aside, and glanced at Zhang Boyu and Wei Daxun who were shouting and jumping like monkeys not far away, indicating to her husband that the wall had ears.
Wang Ke got into the car with a gloomy expression. Seeing Liu Tao sighing while fastening his seat belt, he felt more and more upset. With no place to vent, he slammed the horn in the middle of the steering wheel twice.
Liu Tao, who was thinking about something, was startled and couldn't help but said sarcastically: "Go ahead and take pictures, take as much as you can, anyway, who knows who will own the car in a while!"
Wang Ke's face turned blue and purple when he heard this. If Liu Tao had dared to mock him like this at the beginning of the year, he would have been furious and might even have hit him.
But now because of the CD crisis, he went directly from a billionaire to a billionaire. As the saying goes, money is the courage of heroes. He used to have a bad temper, but in just a few months he turned it into a bad temper.
Now, not only can he not support his wife, but he has to rely on Liu Tao to return to filming to support the family. He is even more uneasy.
In the end, he just silently fastened his seat belt and drove home.
It was not until they were waiting for the red light at the intersection that Wang Ke asked in a muffled voice: "That old guy kept talking nonsense, and it was obvious that he couldn't hold his fart well. Do you... do you have any other way?"
"Do you think the resources in the entertainment industry are cabbage?!"
Liu Tao rolled her eyes at her husband, but subconsciously took out her cell phone and started looking through her address book.
But the more she looked through the pages, the more anxious she became. Those famous people might not be willing to help, and she was too embarrassed to say it - now people outside thought she had married into a wealthy family, and if they heard that this wealthy family had become impoverished in a few days, who knows how they would laugh at her.
As for those who can't help, there is no need to contact them.
After all the calculations, the most reliable one is still Zhang Da Huzi. Although Zhang Jizhong seemed a little cowardly hiding in the car just now, that was when he was facing Han Sanping and Xu Kun. How many people in this circle would not be afraid of facing them?
Besides, the bearded man wasn't a coward. He just felt a little embarrassed that the young man had overtaken him.
You have to know that just two and a half years ago, when filming "Yahoo Star Search", Xu Kun was only Feng Xiaogang's assistant judge, half a level lower than Zhang Jizhong.
As a result, the situation has now completely reversed, and anyone would probably feel uncomfortable.
As for the bearded man who didn't hold back his fart...
Haha~
In the entertainment industry these days, how could there be someone willing to help you for no reason? !
Liu Tao was daydreaming while mechanically flipping through the phone book, and suddenly his eyes stopped on Huang Yi's number.
She and Huang Yi had previously co-starred in "The Last Empress", and their relationship was neither distant nor close. It would be impossible for her to expect Huang Yi to put in a lot of effort to help her.
Besides, Huang Yi doesn’t have this ability.
The reason why Liu Tao paid attention to Huang Yi was mainly because Huang Yi had just broken up with her rich second-generation boyfriend recently, and it was said that she had offended Huo Siyan. Recently, Huo Siyan and Xu Kun seemed to be rekindling their relationship.
It’s a bit of an exaggeration to say that the two are in the same boat in terms of their current situation, but they can be considered to be in the same boat to some extent - since they can’t find anyone to help, it’s good to find someone to vent to.
Thinking of this, Liu Tao said to her husband, "Please drop me off at the intersection ahead."
Wang Ke didn't say anything until he was near the intersection. Then he asked awkwardly, "Who is it this time? Don't you want me to go with you?"
"Humph~"
Liu Tao knew that he was worried that he would go out and sell cuckolds, so he simply called Huang Yi in front of him and made an appointment to meet Huang Yi in a nearby cafe.
Then he asked expressionlessly: "How about you come with me to see Huang Yi?"
“This… no need, no need.”
After making sure that his wife was going to meet her best friend, Wang Ke breathed a sigh of relief and dared not pester her any further.
He quickly and obediently sent Liu Tao to the door of the cafe.
But when Liu Tao walked into the cafe, Wang Ke's expression became gloomy again. Even if he couldn't wear the green hat for the time being, since he wanted his wife to go out and earn money to support the family, he was afraid that he would be unable to escape sooner or later...
If he doesn't let his wife show up in public again, will the couple become beggars together? !
Wang Ke leaned back in his chair in frustration, staring blankly.
(End of this chapter)
