Entertainment From Divorce

In a courtyard in Beijing, Sun Daohao was sitting under a poplar tree, holding a piece of watermelon in his left hand and a cattail leaf fan in his right hand, fanning the wind while eating the watermelon.

Ding ding ding…

At this time, the mobile phone placed on the table next to him suddenly rang. Sun Daohao picked up the mobile phone and put it to his ear and answered the call.

While answering the phone and eating watermelon, the expression on his face remained unchanged. Two minutes later, Sun Daohao hung up the phone.

This is not the first time he has received such a call, telling him the final total box office of "Garland Under the Mountain".

The reason why everyone called him was because of an incident a few days ago.

Speaking of which, we have to talk about one of Sun Daohao's masterpieces. He is the director of the movie "Ruins". Before "Wreaths Under the Mountain" appeared, the film director ranked first in the box office history of Chinese movies.

A week ago, the box office of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" surpassed "The Ruins" and became the number one movie in China's box office history.

Sun Daohao was naturally aware of this. At that time, he also posted a message in WeChat Moments, saying that when "Garland Under the Mountain" is removed from the shelves, he would ask his friends to inform him of the final box office of the movie.

Some people outside may think that "Garland Under the Mountain" has a higher box office than "Ruins". As the director of "Ruins", Son Do-ho must be unhappy, but in fact Son Do-ho does not have any negative emotions, and he is actually a little happy.

Sun Daohao is a director at the same level as Zhang Pakho and Shen Chenglin, and they are both top directors in the Chinese film industry.

Ten years ago, Son Do-ho made "Ruins". This movie pushed him to a supreme position, and even Pakho Chang, Sim Chenglin and others were far from being able to compete with him.

Over the past ten years, the status of "Ruins" has been unshakable.

Due to the dazzling performance of "Ruins", Son Do-ho's status is still extremely stable even though he has not made many movies in the past ten years.

As the film director with the highest box office in the history of Chinese films, Son Do-ho is under great pressure, and no film has surpassed "Ruins" in terms of box office in ten years. This just illustrates a problem-Chinese films are gradually falling into a slump, and there are no successors. The embarrassing situation of people.

Seven or eight years ago, Sun Daohao was still proud of "Ruins", but four or five years ago, he began to become a little anxious, and his mood became quite heavy in the past two years.

At Sun Daohao's current position, he no longer has much ambition. He thought about breaking into the international entertainment industry when he was young, but now that he is old, he has no energy and no brains.

Domestically, he is already at the top, so what he now hopes more is for a more powerful director to emerge in the Chinese film industry to lead Chinese films to a higher level.

Tan Yue made him see this hope. Sun Daohao also watched Tan Yue's first movie "Wolf Warrior 2" and studied it repeatedly. He felt that this movie was very good and had strong commercial film elements. , but the story is slightly lacking. If "Wolf Warrior 2" has a richer story and a more attractive plot, the box office will definitely be higher.

If for "Wolf Warrior 2", Son Daohao still had a condescending and critical attitude, then for "Wreath Under the Mountain", Son Daohao was completely equal.

Sun Daohao has carefully studied "Wreaths Under the Mountains", and he watched "Wreaths Under the Mountains" as early as the third or fourth day after the movie was released.

At that time, he had a strong premonition that the box office of this movie would be very high and it would be among the top three Chinese movies in box office history. If there were some good opportunities, it could even surpass his own "Ruins" in terms of box office.

After two months, everything finally came to light.

"Wreaths Under the Mountain" surpassed "The Ruins" at the box office.

Sun Daohao was very happy about this situation, otherwise he would not be sitting in the yard eating watermelon so leisurely.

You know, usually, he is either reading a script or looking for a script.

"Wreaths Under the Mountain" topped the box office history of Chinese movies. In Son Daohao's view, it really took a lot of the pressure off for him.

With the title of No. 1 movie box office, Son Daohao has felt a lot of suffering. In the past ten years, he has felt that his life has been a bit depressed.

Now that "Ruins" has become the second highest-grossing film in China's history, Son Daohao feels much more relaxed.

He is wondering whether the next movie he is filming will be able to surpass "Garland Under the Mountain" and regain the number one spot in Chinese film box office history.

It's just that at this time, Son Do-ho hesitated. If it were someone else, he would definitely want to get this title, but Son Do-ho has been carrying this shackles for too long, and he suddenly doesn't want his new movie to surpass "Lei Under the Mountain" 》.

Sun Daohao threw the watermelon rind into the trash can, took out a paper towel from the desk and wiped his hands, then picked up the leaf fan and blew the wind while thinking about things.

After thinking for a while, he shook his head. It was useless to think about these things. The results of "Wreaths Under the Mountains" were very impressive. Although he was very confident in his new movie, if the box office could surpass "Wreaths Under the Mountains", The difficulty is not that great.

Then don't think about it, just take it one step at a time. If the box office really exceeds "Garland Under the Mountain" by then, then let's do it. This way, it will give Tan Yue some pressure and encouragement, so that he can better devote his energy to it. Get involved in film shooting.

If a young man lacks training and goes through ups and downs, he will not go far in the future. Tan Yue is very talented, and Sun Daohao hopes that he can make full use of his talent, go as far as possible, and support the Chinese film industry.

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Bright Entertainment Company Building.

The company has been discussing one thing in the past two days. Mr. Tan plans to hold a celebration banquet for "Wreaths Under the Mountain". The entire crew will attend, and the location is set to be at the Tianling Hotel in the city center.

In the past, whether it was a TV series or a movie, as long as it achieved good results, a celebration banquet would be held. This time, the box office of "Garland Under the Mountain" directly topped the national film box office history, with a box office of more than 7 billion. Holding a celebration party is inevitable.

It's just that everyone will inevitably feel envious. After all, it is the Tianling Hotel. It is a top luxury five-star hotel that can be ranked among the top five or even top three in the entire capital.

Moreover, the performance of "Garland Under the Mountain" is so good, the rewards given to each crew member must be very large, maybe someone can get a bonus equivalent to a year's salary.

"Oh, I really regret it. Why didn't I take the initiative to sign up to join the crew of "Wreaths Under the Mountain"?"

"This is not a question of whether you regret it or not. The filming of "Garland Under the Mountain" and "Wolf Warrior 2" were different. When filming "Wolf Warrior 2" before, Mr. Tan always recruited crews from the film department and other departments. Backbone, but this time is different. The filming of "Garland Under the Mountain" was too secretive. I didn't even know it at the time. The filming of the movie has already started."

"Yes, yes. During that time, I asked why I couldn't see Mr. Tan. Usually, Mr. Tan would come early and leave late. Later I found out that Mr. Tan had already gone to Tiannan Province to film "Under the Mountains" at that time. Garland"."

"Xiao Ma from Group 5 of the film department can probably get a bonus of more than 300,000 yuan. I really envy him."

"Tsk, tsk, if you follow Mr. Tan, you won't be hungry. It's a pity, I work in the public relations department. I applied several times to be transferred to the TV drama department and the film department, but I didn't get transferred."

"Hey, don't be so modest. Your public relations department is very rich."

"I'm really envious. Some people have been to Tianling Hotel several times, but I have never been to Tianling Hotel once."

"Who wouldn't be? I heard that a meal at Tianling Hotel costs several thousand yuan, or even tens of thousands. My salary is not enough at all. If I want to have a meal there, I can only dream of going with the company. I had a big meal inside, but I never had the chance.”

"I have to pay special attention to when Mr. Tan's next movie will start shooting, and try to be transferred to his crew then."

"Lao Li, why would you be transferred to the crew if you are in charge of repairing the recording studio? If you are transferred to the crew, you can still build a recording studio for the crew."

President's Office, in Tan Yue's office.

He sat behind his desk and read the report on "Wreaths Under the Mountain."

Tan Yue was very satisfied with the box office results of "Garland Under the Mountain". When the film was removed from the shelves, Tan Yue notified all the crew members of "Garland Under the Mountain" to come to the Tianling Hotel for a dinner. A celebration party.

Although Tan Yue asked all the staff to be present as much as possible, after all, it has been a long time since the crew finished filming. During such a long time, many people were not in the capital. Some people accepted other scripts and were destined not to come to the celebration banquet. .

However, the main creative staff of the crew will not be left behind, because most of these people are contracted artists of Bright Entertainment Company, and many people are keeping their attention on Tan Yue and want to participate in Tan Yue's next movie.

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Three days later, it was time for the celebration party for the crew of "Wreaths Under the Mountain".

Tianling Hotel.

Tan Yue drove his car with Ma Guoliang, Zhou Can, and Zhang Wenhua to the parking lot downstairs of Tianling Hotel.

The sky was getting dark, and they were among the crew who came relatively late, while many staff members came earlier to visit the Tianling Hotel.

Tan Yue and his party of four are all well-known public figures. Everyone put on masks and sunglasses, got out of the car and walked towards the interior of the hotel.

This is quite a sight. Four young men with great figures and sunglasses walked into the Tianling Hotel like a beautiful scenery, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Tianling Hotel, in the Peony Hall.

The crew of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" sat down according to their positions, and soon the food was served in an orderly manner. As one of the top five-star hotels in Beijing, the Tianling Hotel is particularly famous for its food.

Dish after dish of food was placed on the dining table, and it was delicious, delicious, and tempting.

Along with the food, wine is brought, including white wine, beer, rice wine, and red wine. Tianling Hotel provides them all, and guests can choose which wine to drink according to their needs.

The crew of "Wreaths Under the Mountain" come from all over the country, and there are people who like to drink whatever kind of wine they like.

Tan Yue sat at a table with Ma Guoliang, Zhang Wenhua, Xin Zhi, Jiao Cheng and other creative staff.

At the beginning, no one from other tables came to toast, it was the people at this table who toasted each other.

The first protagonist of this celebration banquet must be Tan Yue. He is the screenwriter and director of "Garland Under the Mountain" and the soul of the entire crew. Besides Tan Yue, the second protagonist of this celebration banquet is Ma Guoliang. With this movie, Ma Guoliang has become the most popular actor at the moment and ranks at the top of the list of first-line public figures.

Bright Entertainment Company has developed very well in recent years, and a large number of famous actors have emerged.

Ma Guoliang was not outstanding among them before, but with "Wulin Gaiden" and "Wreaths Under the Mountain", Ma Guoliang gradually gained momentum to become a representative artist of Bright Entertainment Company.

After everyone toasted to Tan Yue, they all went to toast to Ma Guoliang. Ma Guoliang had a dull and introverted personality, but that was normal. Once he drank, he would turn into a talkative person.

Everyone respects Ma Guoliang so much. One reason is Ma Guoliang's current status, and the other reason is Ma Guoliang's dedication to acting. He devotes his whole body and mind to how to improve his acting skills and how to make movies well. above.

This kind of focus is rare in the entertainment industry. Everyone here has interacted with Ma Guoliang often and admire his spirit.

When Ma Guoliang first came in, he just sat at the dinner table without saying a word.

But after drinking some wine, he started chattering and drinking with people one by one. Finally, he looked at Tan Yue.

"I would like to present this glass of wine to our respected Mr. Tan. I would like to thank Mr. Tan. If it were not for Mr. Tan, I would still be a walk-on. At most, I would play a supporting role in some TV series. Maybe in a few years I would slowly take my time. He has faded out of the entertainment industry."

"Thank you to Mr. Tan for giving me a chance to slowly start walking on the right path. And I am where I am now because of Mr. Tan."

"Without Mr. Tan, I wouldn't be where I am today. I would like to toast you with this glass of wine, Mr. Tan."

After Ma Guoliang finished speaking, he raised the wine glass in his hand, put it to his mouth and drank it in one gulp. Then he turned the glass over and poured it down. After not even a drop came out, he placed the wine glass on the wine table.

Tan Yue couldn't help but smile slightly. He felt that Ma Guoliang was showing him his drinking capacity, rather than expressing his gratitude to him.

Tan Yue also picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank the wine in one breath.

Others at the table cheered. Ma Guoliang's words were very good and realistic. There has never been a shortage of actors in the entertainment industry who have good acting skills but poor development.

There are so many veteran actors who once had profound acting skills, but now they can no longer get roles.