Chapter 530 Back
[I am not in good condition now because of my illness. I will update once today and will update twice tomorrow as normal.]
After hearing Wang Ou's pun on "Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan", Zhao Liying didn't know whether she should envy her carefree attitude or feel speechless about her thick-skinnedness.
But think about Kun Ge's current achievements, status, fame, and reputation. Even if he debuts in a group with others, how many ambitious actresses in the circle would be willing to give up this opportunity?
Back at Wang Ou's two-bedroom apartment, Wang Ou urged, "Hurry up and take a shower and change your clothes. Let's go out for a nice meal to welcome you."
As he said that, he took the initiative to carry Zhao Liying's luggage into the bedroom.
Zhao Liying thought about it and suggested, "Why don't we buy some and eat at home? It will make us feel more comfortable."
Wang Ou covered his mouth and said, "The TV series hasn't even aired yet, are you afraid of being recognized?"
Zhao Liying smiled awkwardly. This was actually a habit she had developed recently following Hao Lei. After Hao Lei became popular again last year, what she hated most was showing up in front of the public.
To put it bluntly, she has not yet come out of "Old Summer Palace" and is afraid that when others see her, they will imagine that she is naked.
Wang Ou was just joking, and then he said with a smile: "Then I'll go to the restaurant we often eat at and make four dishes and a soup."
Zhao Liying had lived here for a while, and Wang Ou had nothing much to say, so he went downstairs briskly. From his excited look, one could tell that he was in a very good mood.
But after Wang Ou left, Zhao Liying's face suddenly fell. She raised her hand and patted her mouth twice, saying depressedly: "I told you to talk too fast. Now you are in big trouble, right?"
In fact, until the moment she faced Wang Ou, Zhao Liying had not figured out how to deal with the matter. In a moment of desperation, she said the "big talk" of taking the two of them to see Xu Kun.
It would be better if Sister Yan made the decision on this matter. If I were to make my own decision now, what if I upset Brother Kun...
When she thought of this, Zhao Liying felt worried, but she had already made the big promise - and she really felt that she should give Wang Ou an explanation - so naturally she had no choice but to go ahead with it.
I just hope that this combination of 'Wu Ji Bai Feng Wan' will suit Brother Kun's taste.
Zhao Liying sighed softly, pushed the door open and walked into the bathroom and began to undress. When she was naked, she did not rush to take a shower. Instead, she stood in front of the mirror cabinet with her chest puffed out and observed carefully.
Finally, she looked disappointed and muttered softly, "It seems that the size hasn't changed much. Is the massage stimulation method taught by Sister Hao Lei ineffective?"
Zhao Liying felt a little unsure when she thought that apart from her recent improvement in acting skills, there seemed to be no progress in other aspects, and she had not learned any "talents" in the Magic City.
How about calling godmother as well?
However, it was Jiang Wenli who organized the parties in the past, and Zhao Liying had never made the decision herself, and she didn't know how her godmother would react, so she hesitated for a long time before picking up the phone from the sink, unable to make up her mind.
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Let’s go back to Xu Kun.
While having lunch with Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin, Zhang Guoli and Tang Guoqiang at noon, Han Sanping said that there was no shortage of celebrity actors for guest appearances, and that both the old, middle-aged and young were very enthusiastic, but he still wanted to do something a little more fancy.
So he patted Xu Kun on the shoulder and said, "I plan to invite Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and Feng Xiaogang to guest star. If you are included, I will have invited all the top directors in our country in one fell swoop."
"Don't say that. I'm still a little immature."
Although people now rank him alongside the top three directors, and even believe that he is better than his predecessors, Xu Kun dares not publicly accept this gimmick.
Not to mention others, Huang Jianxin, who was sitting diagonally opposite, had a rather unhappy look on his face.
"You should invite Director Feng."
Han Sanping also realized that what he said just now was a bit inappropriate, but he didn't want to correct it. He just made the decision and said, "I'll go ask Zhang Yimou. As for Chen Kaige... maybe we have to go to his house together."
Feng Xiaogang is the one who is most willing to join in this kind of excitement. Zhang Yimou is a little more troublesome, and the great poet Chen is currently staying at home in a bad mood because the box office of "Mei Lanfang" is far below expectations. If you want to invite him to "come out", you have to give him the capital to show off first.
Han Sanping and Xu Kun's joint visit gave him enough space and face.
Although Xu Kun didn't like the great poet Chen very much and they had some conflicts in the past, as a latecomer with an overall advantage, it was necessary for him to show some grace. For example, his recent attitude of respecting Feng Xiaogang as always has become a good story within Huayi.
So when Han Sanping looked at him hopefully, Xu Kun nodded without hesitation and said, "I've always heard that Director Chen is good at managing the family, and I've long wanted to go and see for myself."
Han Sanping couldn't help but smile with satisfaction when he heard him say that. Being sensible was what he admired most about Xu Kun.
This kind of "quality" is especially rare among young directors. Young directors like Xu Kun who have made a name for themselves so early are even more unique.
The afternoon meeting continued.
However, Xu Kun did not participate in the whole process, but took time to receive guests from his hometown, mainly a group of business representatives from his hometown.
Director Xu has a good reputation for giving back to his hometown people. He has been diligently leading his hometown companies to invest in the film and television industry and has never failed over the years.
The establishment of the Youth Directors Association this time will certainly require attracting investment from hometowns.
Xu Kun's idea was to first raise 1000 to 1500 million yuan from his hometown, and then raise a total of 3000 million yuan from other places as start-up capital for the first phase.
Of this, 2500 million will be used as an investment fund to sign relevant contracts, and the other 500 million will be used as operating funds for the Youth Directors Association - of course, in addition to this money, as a semi-official organization, it will definitely allocate some funds, but it is estimated that not much.
Because it is a semi-welfare institution whose goal is to support young directors in the mainland, the profit expectations of this investment fund are very conservative, but the investment risk is greater than the basic level of the industry.
It would have been extremely difficult to find investors for a project like this. Even in the years when coal bosses were most active, small crews had to use all means to raise funds.
But for Director Xu, it is not a problem at all. If the city leaders had not come forward in person a while ago and asked him to help other enterprises in his hometown, Lao Baigan would have paid the money himself, and it would not have been anyone else's turn to contribute.
At that time, the city leaders said that they were taking care of the star enterprises in their hometown, but now more than 20 companies have come at once, each of them begging for money. If we agree to all of them, let alone 15 million, even 35 million will be enough.
But sometimes more money isn't always better.
Moreover, Xu Kun also needs to do some verification and review of the investor's qualifications - he doesn't want to end up like Guo Degang, or be involved in some pyramid scheme case.
After much persuasion, we finally persuaded the person and the money to go back. Then we discussed it with the vice president of Lao Baigan and prepared to ask Lao Baigan to help with a preliminary screening.
Because Xu Kun had just renewed his endorsement contract which was equivalent to a free gift, everyone in Lao Baigan owed him a favor, so they were naturally happy to return the favor.
Besides, this matter is also related to the interests of the Lao Baigan Group. If Xu Kun, the gold medal spokesperson, falls, the winery will definitely suffer the greatest losses.
After seeing off the proud and confident Vice President Lao Baigan, Xu Kun returned to the China Film Group Corporation meeting room and found that most people had left as well. He asked the clerk to look through the minutes of the meeting.
hey~
This didn't delay any important work.
Seeing Xu Kun shaking his head speechlessly at the minutes, Zhang Guoli came up and put his arm around his shoulders and said with a smile, "You'll get used to it. The more this kind of crew is, the more they like to mess around. They don't do much of the work, but they act like they can't live without you."
“I hope the filming can be normal.”
"It should be better, after all, the 'experts' don't go out with us on location."
Originally, Zhang Guoli wanted to go out with Xu Kun in the evening, and it would be best if he could also invite Ge You and Song Xunxuan - he had just finished filming the TV series "Companion" with Song Dandan.
But before he could finish his words, Zhao Benshan took the lead. This was considered a grand gathering of Spring Festival Gala stars. In addition to Zhao Benshan, there were comedians like Feng Gong, Huang Hong, Guo Da, Cai Ming, Gong Hanlin, as well as big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan like Jackie Chan, Jay Chou, and Jonathan Lee.
“Some people are hard to invite!”
Zhao Benshan said excitedly on the phone in his unique Northeastern Mandarin: "Later, when I mentioned you, the guys were very excited. You are the sun tonight. We can't have this drink without you!"
Zhang Guoli had no choice but to give up. Anyway, the two of them would get along well in the crew in the future.
(End of this chapter)
