Entertainment: I really want to make progress

Beijing Circle is the biggest mountain in the entertainment circle.

The original founding members included Hai Yan, Zheng Xiaolong, Wang Shuo and others.

This middle-aged man wearing a black jacket is Zheng Xiaolong, who is also the boss of the Television Art Center under Beijing TV Station.

Xu Fei hung out with this big guy

Even Feng Xiaogang once worked under him.

At that time, Feng Xiaogang was still a humble Feng, not the arrogant little steel cannon he is now.

Xiao Feng is a talented person and he wants to make progress.

By chance, he decisively hugged Zheng Xiaolong's thick thigh. In short, he used all kinds of flattery to praise Zheng Xiaolong as the reincarnation of Erlang God, and finally got the appreciation of the big boss.

Later, Zheng Xiaolong introduced Wang Shuo to Feng Xiaogang, and Xiaogang Pao made Wang Shuo happy again. From then on, he made rapid progress and rose to great heights.

"Old Zheng, your nose is really sharp."

Zhang Guoli smiled so much that the corners of his eyes widened: "It's from the mutton restaurant we often eat at."

Zheng Xiaolong was not polite and sat down directly. He also looked at Zhou Yutang and grinned: "Zhou Yutang, right? Lao Zhang Lao mentions you. You are indeed energetic and more handsome than Tang Guoqi back then."

Zhang Guoli chuckled and asked, "Yu Tang, do you know him?"

"Hello, Teacher Zheng."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly and said hello politely: "I have admired your name for a long time."

This person is a hall of fame figure in the field of Chinese TV dramas.

The first domestic feature-length chamber drama, the first sitcom, and the first overseas drama were all written by him.

"Don't call me teacher!"

Zheng Xiaolong waved his hands repeatedly, "As soon as your "Latent" came out, even my old boss was watching. I don't dare to be your teacher."

Zhang Guoli chuckled: "Yu Tang, just call him Uncle Zheng."

Gurgling.

The hot pot on the table is steaming.

Winter in Beijing is especially suitable for hot pot.

Set the garnishes aside and cook as you go.

The rising heat seemed to make the atmosphere at the dinner table even more lively.

Deng Jie felt like a helpful wife and gave up the conversation venue to the three men while she arranged the ingredients in the kitchen.

"Yu Tang, this time, it's your Uncle Zheng who really has trouble with you."

Zhang Guoli sandwiched a thin slice of mutton and dipped it in sesame sauce.

"Uncle Zheng, do you have any advice?"

Zhou Yutang had a very upright attitude and was not at all conceited.

He admires Zheng Xiaolong very much. The "Desire" he made in the 1990s achieved a ratings miracle of more than 90% after it was broadcast.

To be precise, it was 90.78%. Almost everyone across the country had seen it. It was truly a grand event with no crowds.

Later, according to official statistics, this TV series even effectively reduced the crime rate across the country at that time. There is no doubt that it is a palace-level work that can be recorded in the history of film and television.

Filming another film, "The Man in New York", also cooled down the argument that the moon in foreign countries was particularly round at that time. Last year's classic "Golden Wedding" was also written by Zheng Xiaolong, which pioneered the domestic real-life marriage theme and also It laid the foundation for Zhou Yutang's "Let's Get Married" to explode in ratings.

"Don't take advice seriously. That's right. I heard that the copyright of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" seems to be in your hands?"

Zheng Xiaolong took a sip of Maotai and smacked his mouth: "Are you interested in making this novel into a TV series?"

After hearing what Zheng Xiaolong said, Zhou Yutang understood instantly.

Zheng Xiaolong took a fancy to this copyright and wanted to change it into a script and make it into a TV series.

Zhou Yutang's perception of Qing palace dramas is actually not very good, but "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is indeed an S-level project. With Zheng Xiaolong's ability, if he wants to do it, no one in the country dares to say that it can be done better than him.

"Uncle Zheng, this copyright is indeed in my hands. Last year, because of plagiarism, I communicated with the boss in Jingjiang for a long time."

"Oh? Has it been solved in the end?"

Zheng Xiaolong raised his thick eyebrows, put down his chopsticks, and didn't even bother to eat the cooked mutton.

Zhou Yutang nodded and said: "Fortunately, it was discovered in time and the problem is not serious. The website took the lead and the author reached an understanding through compensation and deletion. The story is still the same as before. If you want to do it, Uncle Zheng, I definitely have no objection."

While chatting, the three of them also started to use chopsticks.

Zheng Xiaolong and Zhang Guoli are old friends. After talking about the script, the two chatted about some past stories in Beijing, and Zhou Yutang sat aside and listened quietly.

It's a bit like a martial arts novel in which a rookie just debuts and listens to celebrities talk about the world's anecdotes.

Although the Beijing Television Art Center is still very large now, its influence has faded a lot compared to the time when it created a ratings miracle and was at its peak.

With the rise of various entertainment film and television companies in the country, the current Beijing circles are just as good as the others. In fact, their influence is not as good as it used to be.

In the past, it would have been difficult for you to get ahead if you didn't mix in the circle and act like a dog.

But now people like Zhou Yutang are outside several circles, and as long as they have works, they will still be in high positions.

Zhou Yutang could also hear that Zheng Xiaolong's blood had not yet cooled, and his ideals and ambitions were still there.

He wants to bring the Beijing Television Arts Center to greatness again.

Zhou Yutang just listened to it as a story.

He is not from the Beijing circle.

Zheng Xiaolong has his own ideals, and Zhou Yutang also wants to make progress.

By working together on the project "The Legend of Zhen Huan", we can increase the influence of Jiangdong Film and Television Culture Studio, and by the way, we can also accumulate a certain network of contacts.

that's enough.

Two old Jianghu and a little fox.

The three glasses clinked together.

The matters to be discussed were settled without any trouble.

This meal was quite enjoyable. Deng Jie came out of the kitchen at the right time and added a few more dishes with a smile.

While Zheng Xiaolong was chatting and laughing, he was also observing Zhou Yutang.

I was secretly surprised to find that he was calm and casual, and spoke in a mature manner, but also had a demeanor that was not commensurate with his age.

The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and concluded the project cooperation at the dinner table.

But modifying the script is also a long process, and then making cost estimates is another thing.

Zhou Yutang was going to Huang Xiaoming's dinner later, and when he was done eating, he got up and left.

After Zhou Yutang left, Zhang Guoli said with a smile, "Old Zheng, how are you?"

"The future life is terrible."

Zheng Xiaolong shook his head slightly, took a sip of Maotai, and sighed: "They all got up from below. He is more courageous than Xiaogang back then."

"Ha ha."

The Xiaogang he mentioned was everyone’s good friend Feng Xiaogang. Zhang Guoli was amused and raised his glass to clink it with Zheng Xiaolong:

"Now times are different. In our day, we had no connections, no resources, and no capital. If you wanted to climb up, you had to be a grandchild first. This is how we got here."

"Money is in charge now, and capital is more important than anything else! He wrote the lines in "Latent" very well. Two gold bars, which one is noble and which one is dirty, they are all the same."

Zheng Xiaolong shook his head and laughed.

He knows it too.

Zhou Yutang may not be considered to have strong capital now.

But his identity can no longer be defined by simply being a popular star.

So he didn't put on any airs like a senior, but instead deliberately made a good relationship. The copyright he wanted was still in the hands of others.

"But Yu Tang is indeed very courageous. I told you, when he was still a freshman, he took that boy from the Zhang family and a script he had written, and he dared to go directly to Hengdian to find me for investment."

It was a rare meeting with an old friend, and Zhang Guoli also started talking about it: "I was very optimistic about him at the time. I originally wanted to wait for him to make a solid path and then introduce Lao Han to him a few years later, but I didn't expect that he would make such rapid progress. Han himself found him."

"How do you say something?"

"The son of a tiger and a leopard, even though it has not yet been written down, has the spirit of eating cattle."

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"Brother Songwen, how is Sissy doing?"

"Don't worry, she's so positive that she didn't even forget to call me during the Chinese New Year."

"Oh? What did you say?" Zhou Yutang was very interested.

"Haha, I didn't say anything. I just asked about my acting skills and sent me New Year greetings."

Zhang Songwen chuckled and said: "I just returned to the capital on the third day of junior high school, and she immediately ran over to class. I took a look and her lines improved a lot."

"She wants to improve more than I do."

Zhou Yutang was also convinced.

"Haha, it's always good to be motivated."

Zhang Songwen and Zhou Yutang were chatting in the corridor outside the classroom.

After praising Liu Yifei's ambition, she mainly talked about the interesting things she encountered during the Chinese New Year in her hometown in Guangdong Province.

Zhang Songwen was very touched.

Until last year, he was an unknown actor.

When I returned to my hometown, people there probably thought actors were more rare than pandas, so they all came up to him out of curiosity and asked him what works he had.

At that time, Teacher Songwen rubbed his hands in embarrassment and couldn't reply for a long time.

But this year the situation is different.

He returned to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, and everyone in the local area knew him as Yu Zecheng. Wherever he went, he was praised and applauded.

It has a bit of a homecoming feel.

Teacher Zhang Songwen was also an honest person, and he couldn't stand the excessive enthusiasm of his fellow villagers, so he made an excuse saying that there was something going on at the company, and ran back to the capital on the third day of the new year.

Rather than drinking heavily at dinner with those so-called celebrities, he would rather calm down, observe life, hone his acting skills, and continue his acting career.

"That's what happens when you become famous, you are surrounded by good people and smiling faces."

"By the way, Brother Songwen, our "Latent" has hope for this year's Feitian Award."

"How did you know!?"

As calm as Zhang Songwen, his eyes widened in surprise when he heard the news.

Feitian Award!

One of the three major awards for Chinese TV dramas.

Zhou Yutang smiled slightly and said, "I also heard the news when chatting with several seniors in the circle. It shouldn't be difficult to nominate. We have to look at the details."

Big leaders like to watch, but the people below still don’t know what to do?

"call!"

Zhang Songwen let out a long breath: "I'm so excited. I'll treat you to fish for lunch."

"Let's have another day. I have an appointment with Sissi for dinner."

"You boy"

Zhang Songwen patted Zhou Yutang on the shoulder with a meaningful smile on his face.

The grilled fish restaurant where the two met for the first time.

Zhou Yutang later went to take care of business with Zhang Songwen several times, and the grilled fish there was really good.

"Brother Song Wen, please pay more attention during this period. I may be joining the cast of "The Founding of the People's Republic" soon, and then I will have to promote the movie."

"The company has several projects this year. Except for Zhu Yilong and Zhang Ruojun, whose acting skills are still manageable, Zhao Liying and Li Yao's acting skills are almost boring. They need to take classes carefully."

Zhang Songwen is a contracted artist of Jiangdong Film and Television Culture Company, and his other identity is acting director.

Not only Jiangdong's first brother Zhou Yutang received his guidance on his acting skills, but Zhang Ruojun, Zhu Yilong, Zhao Liying and Li Yao all took acting classes from Zhang Songwen regularly.

Zhang Songwen also shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yu Tang, I think you need to find another teacher. It's very difficult for me to teach Yi Fei and Jing Tian by myself."

"Don't worry, I asked Teacher Liu Tianchi for help."

"Teacher Zu Feng's lover?"

"Yes, Chinese opera teacher, very skilled."

Zhou Yutang is used to picking hair out of Zhang Song's tattoos.

For every script and character selection he makes, he will communicate with Zhang Songwen, listen to his opinions, and then make appropriate adjustments and modifications to certain details of the characters in the script.

The same goes for the script "My Love from the Star".

Zhang Songwen also thought this script was brilliant.

Especially the heroine has many shining points.

But it’s not easy to perform well.

Liu Yifei's current ability is not enough to meet the standards required by Zhou Yutang, so she received acting training from Zhang Songwen.

Zhang Songwen is good at teaching, but acting skills are not achieved overnight and require a process of precipitation.

At least she is working hard and making progress.

When Zhou Yutang wrote the script, it went through several revisions.

The first is the setting of the heroine, which is changed to peak at the age of fourteen.

With her beautiful face and great appearance, she became invincible in the entertainment industry within a few years.

Then there was a very important turn of events.

After the heroine was involved in an accident, she suffered great criticism and online violence, and her acting career unfortunately fell to a low point.

At the same time, it was during the trough that he grew up, gradually discovered his true nature, and fell hopelessly in love with Professor Zhou, the cold and abstinent male god of the neighborhood who was always around to protect him.

Zhang Songwen’s first impression after reading the script.

Isn't this Liu Yifei?

In the past few months in the middle of last year, the massive public opinion turmoil and all kinds of unlimited Internet violence knocked the immortals off the altar and directly fell to the bottom.

This script.

To a certain extent, it does fit Liu Yifei very well.

He ruthlessly abandoned Teacher Zhang Songwen and took Liu Tianxian to have lunch with him.

On the way to send her to the theater, Liu Yifei's beautiful face was slightly sad: "Xiao Zhou, have you noticed that I seem to have gained weight."

Zhou Yutang's eyebrows were raised, and without any hesitation, he replied smoothly: "No matter how fat I am, I'm still as beautiful as ever."

This is a very classic question. Liu Shishi asked it and Damei Yuan also asked it.

At this time, a woman may not actually care about her weight. She just wants to get an answer from you that affirms her appearance.

"I really gained three pounds."

"let me see."

Zhou Yutang pulled over and turned around to look at her.

Liu Yifei's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. A pair of long, slender legs wrapped in tight jeans came together tightly, showing a slightly flattened and beautiful arc.

Zhou Yutang's gentle and deep eyes and the slight curve of his lips made Liu Yifei's heart jump for no reason, and she thought of that night.

"What do you want to do?!"

She made a sound like a kitten's milk, and subconsciously stepped back, feeling a little at a loss.

"I just want to see if you have gained weight, and I promise not to do anything else."

The man suddenly approached so actively, it seemed that he could smell his faint breath.

As warm as the sun, pure and clean.

"Then are you watching?"

Liu Yifei did not resist, lowered her head and nervously played with her fingernails, as if studying the lines on them.

But the blush on her crystal white cheeks instantly reached the roots of her ears.

"It's really hard to tell."

Zhou Yutang continued to approach slowly, tilting his head and making a direct seal.

"Well"

The Spring Festival war has finally come to an end.

The reputation of "Under the Red Cliff" collapsed, director Wu Yusen was defeated in Maicheng, and the mainland box office was finally fixed at 218 million. Instead, "Crazy Racing" suddenly emerged, taking advantage of the benefits of reputation, and Han Sanping competed with theaters Hello, gradually increased the number of films scheduled, and the final total box office in the mainland was 220 million.

To know.

The total investment in "Crazy Racing" was only 10 million, and China Film Group invested part of it.

And "Red Cliff" is a big project worth hundreds of millions, an S+ project personally named by Mr. Han, with top stars from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places gathered together!

When Zhou Yutang went to the China Film Group to discuss the schedule of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" with Han Sanping, he saw his secretary Xiao Zheng coming up to him mysteriously, grabbing him and saying: "Yu Tang, Mr. Han is discussing something with the people of Xiangjiang, please wait. Be careful when you go in later, Mr. Han has been very angry recently, and yesterday he even smashed a vase that he liked very much."

"I understand. Thank you, Secretary Zheng, for reminding me. Let's make an appointment to have dinner together when you have time."

Zhou Yutang nodded slightly and accepted Secretary Zheng's kindness.

Secretary Xiao Zheng is also within the system and has a very high level of observation skills. He knows that Mr. Han attaches great importance to Zhou Yutang, so he consciously makes friends with him.

There is no need to deliberately disclose some information occasionally, which can bring you closer to Zhou Yutang.

Zhou Yutang can also understand why Mr. Han is so angry.

No one expected that this mega-production would end in such a disastrous end. Even "Red Cliff Lower" did not catch up with the box office of "Red Cliff Upper". Before the release of Han Sanping's bold words, he was slapped in the face. Naturally, he felt deeply resentful. .

boom!

The door opened and slammed shut.

Sitting on a chair in the reception area outside the office, Zhou Yutang crossed his legs and drank the tea made by Secretary Zheng. He saw Hong Kong director Chen Kexin walking out of the chairman's office with an angry expression.

Zhou Yutang's thick sword-shaped eyebrows were slightly raised.

"Yu Tang is here, sit down quickly and try my new collection of the best Tieguanyin."

Han Sanping's face was originally dark and red due to sullenness. The moment he saw Zhou Yutang, he instantly switched to a friendly smile and stood up to pour tea for Zhou Yutang.

As expected of Mr. Han.

I still have to learn this kind of face-changing skill.

Zhou Yutang sat on the sofa and asked, "Mr. Han, Director Chen doesn't seem very happy."

"Let's talk about the project "October Siege". I asked for a 100 million investment, but I refused."

Han Sanping took a hot water bottle and made a cup of tea for Zhou Yutang and said calmly.

Zhou Yutang felt slightly happy when he heard this.

He does not like some of the great directors in Hong Kong who make money from the mainland but look down on the mainlanders.

Wu Baige is considered one.

Chen Kexin is not much better. She is very greedy and unscrupulous greed.

His wife, Thirteenth Sister, is also a big talker. She was criticized by Chen Hong before, and she went crazy again not long ago. She made remarks about Liu Fei's Olympic Games last year. Her words were very sarcastic, which aroused great dissatisfaction among mainland netizens, and the two sides quarreled for a while. , causing an uproar online.

Chen Kexin stood by Thirteenth Sister without hesitation.

Looking at it now, after being severely cheated by the people of Xiangjiang, Han Sanping even wavered in his idea of ​​continuing to reuse the director of Xiangjiang.

"Yu Tang, please communicate with Guangwang. The promotion of "The Lonely Agent" must start as soon as possible."

Han Sanping poured tea for Zhou Yutang and started talking about business: "And "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" will start filming in February. You can spare a few days then."

This time, "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" directed by him was of a mission nature, and more than 180 patriotic stars took the initiative to join the film without being paid.

The preliminary preparations will be completed in one and a half months, and then the filming will begin immediately. It is expected that the entire film will take no more than four months to shoot, and enough time will be reserved for publicity. The purpose is to release it on National Day as a gift to the motherland and to fight a war. Nice fight.

Zhou Yutang has already observed a moment of silence for movies released during the National Day in advance.

This is the national team, what are we fighting for?

"I hope Mr. Han won't get angry and blame the people of Xiangjiang."

Secretary Zheng was arranging Mr. Han's schedule and felt quite resentful.

The position of secretary is equivalent to the general manager of the ancient emperor. If the leader is in a bad mood, the secretary will also be frightened.

His workstation is just outside Mr. Han's chairman's office.

The most important thing about being a secretary is to have ears and eyes to see all directions.

When he saw the office door open, Han Sanping led Zhou Yutang out of the China Film Office with a big smile.

Zhou Yutang also took a bag of hardcover tea and waved goodbye to himself gracefully.

Secretary Zheng's eyes almost dropped.

This. This is not scientific.