Fringe artists in the entertainment industry

Chapter 264 262. I want to break your legs

"Not interested in."

"I won't cooperate with him!"

Chen Li'an and Leslie Cheung said at the same time, which made Wang Jiawei a little strange. The two of them had a tacit understanding, and they felt inexplicably in harmony.

Wang Jiawei looked at Zhang Guorong strangely and asked, "Why don't you cooperate with him? You have cooperated several times."

"I don't want to cooperate with him in this movie." Leslie Cheung said seriously.

Wang Jiawei frowned, probably guessing why Zhang Guorong was unwilling to cooperate, so he turned to look at Chen Li'an and asked, "Why are you not interested?"

Chen Li'an sat down and looked at him and said, "I don't want to work with him. I've told him a long time ago that I won't co-star for him unless I play his part."

That's even more impossible! Wang Jiawei's eyes flashed under his sunglasses, and he turned to look at Leslie Cheung and said, "I'll go talk to Liang Chaowei again, but the time you only gave me six weeks is a bit short. The scenery in Argentina is very good."

Leslie Cheung clicked his tongue and said: "I only agreed to act after I agreed not to be like Ashes of Time. I only have six weeks. No matter how beautiful the scenery in Argentina is, it doesn't matter to me. I still have to prepare for the concert."

Wong Kar-wai nodded and was about to continue chatting with Leslie Cheung when he was interrupted by Chen Li'an.

Chen Li'an looked at Wang Jiawei and said, "I'm sorry to interrupt you. I have something to talk to my brother about. Can I borrow it temporarily?"

Wang Jiawei was a little surprised, but still nodded to let them do as they pleased.

Chen Li'an tilted his head at Zhang Guorong and motioned for him to go and chat with him.

Following Chen Li'an to a table not far away, Leslie Cheung asked curiously: "What are you doing, so mysterious?"

Chen Li'an also said straight to the point: "Did he ask you to star in a gay-themed film?"

"Yes, otherwise why would I refuse you to act?" Zhang Guorong smiled and joked: "I just want to be friends with you, I don't want you to fall in love with me."

Chen Li'an rolled his eyes at him angrily and said, "Let's play for a while! Don't accept this movie, it won't be good for you."

"Why?" Zhang Guorong was very surprised. He knew that Chen Li'an was not a homophobic person, and he should not have any objections to movies with this theme.

Chen Li'an sighed and said, "It's too controversial, and you're too devoted to your acting. I don't recommend you to act in a film with this kind of theme. It's not good for your mental health."

Zhang Guorong: "." Although I am very moved, what kind of bullshit reason is this!

"I'm not afraid of controversy, I just don't care what others say." Zhang Guorong said seriously.

Chen Li'an said helplessly: "It's true that other people's opinions don't matter, but you are sure you don't care at all. Moreover, Sister Shufen told me that you have some mental problems now and you often go to the doctor. If you really go to act , I’m worried that something will happen to you.”

Zhang Guorong was silent for a while and said: "I'm fine. I know my own situation better than you, and he is very sincere. I also like the story he told."

Seeing Zhang Guorong's serious look, Chen Li'an was helpless. He was also a stubborn person. He insisted on acting even though he knew the ending. He really didn't care about the consequences at all.

"Well, the most important thing is that you don't have time. He makes movies so slowly. Do you really think he can finish filming your scene in six weeks?" Chen Li'an said with his last effort: "His current script is more than two pages. I won’t even stop you!”

Zhang Guorong: "." There is not even one page of the script, and the filming location has not yet been decided.

Seeing Zhang Guorong's silence, Chen Li'an immediately continued: "The hundreds of thousands of tickets for the concert have been sold out. The concert is the most important thing. What are you thinking about going to Wang Jiawei's movie at this time!"

"I have already promised him." Zhang Guorong said silently.

"Pushed it away without signing a contract!" Chen Li'an stood up immediately and said, "I'll go tell him for you!"

Leslie Cheung immediately stood up and grabbed Chen Li'an and said, "No! I haven't thought about it yet!"

Wang Jiawei, who was sitting not far away, watched this scene, and suddenly a lot of inspiration came to him. He felt that the status of Chen Li'an and Zhang Guorong was exactly the same as what he thought in his mind. Now he really wants to invite Zhang Guorong and Chen Li'an to act together.

This feels so right!

Wang Jiawei became inexplicably excited, thinking about how to persuade Chen Li'an and Leslie Cheung to star together.

On the other side, Wang Zuxian and the others saw that Zhang Guorong and Chen Li'an seemed to be quarreling, and they couldn't help but feel worried.

Why are you so quarrelsome?

Although Wang Zuxian was quite worried, deep down in her heart she was faintly glad that she didn't have to worry about what would happen to her brother and Li'an.

Cheng Shufen looked a little worried, but she still sat there without moving, and kept looking nervously at Chen Li'an and Zhang Guorong.

Of course it wasn't a quarrel, but Chen Li'an felt an unknown fire in his heart. He felt that Zhang Guorong was just not clear-headed, so why did he insist on acting in Wang Jiawei's play.

I haven’t read the script yet, but I just heard a few words from others and decided to go?

I forgot that I almost fell from a building while filming Days of Being Wild and almost died from poisoning while filming Ashes of Time. I almost lost my life while filming a few movies with Wong Kar-Wai.

If I went to shoot Happy Together, I would get infected with the virus and almost die in Argentina.

Not to mention these risks, the most important thing is that Wang Jiawei doesn't care about your life or death. What is the point of cooperating with such a person?

Chen Li'an couldn't help but break away from Zhang Guorong's hand and said, "Forget it, I don't care about you. You can do whatever you want. I'm not your father."

Zhang Guorong frowned and looked at Chen Li'an, and said angrily: "Don't make fun of me, I will think about it myself."

Chen Li'an glanced at him and said, "I'll break your legs when I turn around."

Leslie Cheung: ". Street boy!"

"You're just kidding. If you really want to take a photo, I won't stop you. I've already said what I need to say, but remember to bring a doctor with you." After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he shrugged at Zhang Guorong and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm more I want to break your legs."

"Get out!" Zhang Guorong rolled his eyes angrily.

Chen Li'an couldn't help but shook his head and said: "I will never work with a director like Wang Jiawei in my life. I really don't know what you are thinking. I have already made two movies and I still want to make them. I don't know if I have tricked you. "

"Come on, I won't talk to a fool like you."

After Chen Li'an finished speaking, he ran away, leaving Zhang Guorong who wanted to hit him without any time to react.

Zhang Guorong looked at Chen Li'an's leaving figure and became shaken in his heart, whether he wanted to act or not.

After Chen Li'an ran away, he sat back at Wang Zuxian's table, crossed his legs and looked in the direction of Wang Jiawei and said, "This guy doesn't look like a good person with his sunglasses on."

"You are judging a book by its appearance." Wang Zuxian replied with a smile.

Chen Li'an snorted and said: "Who is a good person who tortures actors so much? Shooting a scene is like stepping on the rind of a watermelon. It doesn't matter where you get."

Chen Li'an himself doesn't have much resentment towards Wang Jiawei and admits that he is an excellent director. However, as a friend of Leslie Cheung, he can't bear to see Leslie Cheung being so tortured by Wang Jiawei.

The filming of Happy Together was delayed, and Leslie Cheung didn't care if he was sick. Because the time dragged on for too long, Leslie Cheung returned to Hong Kong early, and he even scolded the actor for not cooperating with the director in filming, but asking him to cooperate with the big star.

Look, this is something a normal person can do.

"Why do you have such a big opinion against him?" Cheng Shufen looked at Chen Li'an strangely and asked.

Chen Li'an came to his senses and said perfunctorily: "No, I'm just worried about my brother having an accident when he takes on his role."

"Probably not." Cheng Shufen said with some confidence.

But thinking that Leslie Cheung almost died while filming two of his movies, Cheng Shufen couldn't help but worry. People in Hong Kong believed in these things.

"Maybe the horoscopes don't match up." Cheng Shufen muttered, planning to go back and find a master to figure it out.

Chen Li'an didn't care anymore, looked at Ji Fa and asked, "How was your chat with them?"

"It's good. They have agreed to my investment." Ji Fa said with some pride.

Chen Li'an was not surprised and said seriously: "Then we'll sign the contract later, but one thing we agreed in advance is that you can't interfere with me, otherwise you won't invest."

"I know, don't worry." Ji Fa patted Chen Li'an on the shoulder and said, "I didn't realize that you have a business acumen before. If you really do this well, you will sweep the art world in the future!"

"Stop dreaming, let's build things here in Xiangjiang first." Chen Li'an felt that Ji Fa was a bit over the top. He was just playing on the Internet in the art circle. He didn't know if he would be acclimatized.

All those new and impoverished artists have settled on their own platforms, which means they have merchants, but they still don’t know how to develop users to register and shop.

The Internet is a waste of money, but Chen Li'an doesn't have that much money to burn, and he doesn't have a specific strategy.

Both Ji Fa and Cheng Shufen had already thought about Chen Li'an's question. Cheng Shufen had made a plan before, but now that Ji Fa, a professional art manager, has joined, the plan has to be changed again.

Ji Fa and Cheng Shufen sat together and had a heated discussion. They both placed their next plans on Xiangjiang and Tokyo, and decided to open the market from here.

Europe has the two art centers of Britain and France, and America has the art center of the United States. These are not easy places to break through. Compared with Europe and the United States, where the art market has matured, Asia is the best breakthrough.

But for now, we still have to develop Xiangjiang first.

Let more middle class people know about art investment, and promote the concept of art investment from the rich to the middle class.

In addition, we need to package and market the concept of art so that more people will like to accept art.

Now is a good opportunity. Chen Li'an has made such a big fuss recently, and the media in Hong Kong have been reporting on it for several days.

Taking this opportunity to promote Inspur Art Space and introduce more art investment concepts, there should be considerable gains.

Chen Li'an sat nearby and listened to Ji Fa and Cheng Shufen each talk about how to hype the high returns on art investment, how to advocate that art is a compulsory course for the upper class, and that art collection represents tasteful class.

Chen Li'an really admires these two women. They are trying to fool the petty bourgeoisie.

Cheng Shufen looked at Ji Fa and analyzed seriously: "Because we are about to return, the investment market in Xiangjiang is in chaos, and the property market is in chaos. Many people are selling their properties, and they have a lot of money in their hands with no place to invest. The stock market risks It’s too big, we can take advantage of it and cut in.”

Ji Fa nodded seriously and said: "I have many real cases here. Cases of investing in art and getting returns tenfold or even a hundredfold. If you publicize it in the media, package and hype a few, it will be easy to attract customers."

"Yes, it is said to be art investment, but in fact it is still a commodity purchase and sale, and packaging and marketing are very important." Cheng Shufen said with a smile.

Chen Li'an's mouth twitched when he heard this. He couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Wang Zuxian, who had been silent and lowered his head to write and draw. He felt that he was still the kind-hearted Wang Xianxian.

I guess I'm not interested in any of this, I'm just as bored as myself.

So Chen Li'an came close to Wang Zuxian to see what she was writing. Chen Li'an took a closer look and sighed speechlessly.

Wang Zuxian was in a daze. She was taking notes. She wrote down everything Cheng Shufen and Ji Fa said.

Women are also very obsessed with making money, and maybe they want to do something to prove themselves.

But this makes Chen Li'an look very lazy and a pure fisherman.

But the three women didn't think so. Whether this project can succeed depends on Chen Li'an.

Without an artist who is well-known in the circle or well-known outside the circle, it is difficult to attract attention and trust. Chen Li'an is the signature of this project.

Just like being a brand spokesperson, he uses Chen Li'an's fame to gain the trust of others.

After several women chatted all afternoon, they decided on a rough plan.

Ji Fa looked at Chen Li'an and asked: "When will the works of artists from the mainland be delivered? We must seize the current popularity and get started as soon as possible."

Chen Li'an couldn't help but yawned and said, "It's been healed a long time ago, but I only contacted more than 40 artists and got two to three works from them without paying them."

"Why should we pay money? We help them package, market, and sell the art for consignment, and we also charge their handling fees and share. There's no point in buying it ourselves."

Ji Fa saw Chen Li'an acting stupid again and said seriously: "When did you see the landlord giving money to the tenants?"

"It's you who are the black ones!" Chen Li'an said speechlessly: "Those artists are so poor, and you still want to exploit them."

"What are you talking about? This is to help them survive! However, we will not charge money in the early stage, but we will not give them money." Ji Fa explained and said to Chen Li'an: "Forget it if you agree on the first batch. Buying it normally will also facilitate our promotion, but it will be me who communicates with these artists in the future."

Cheng Shufen smiled and said, "Okay, the most important thing now is to transport the artworks to Xiangjiang first, and then we can start the subsequent plans."

Chen Li'an glanced at them. Ji Fa and Cheng Shufen were now businessmen.

However, Chen Li'an still agreed to the plan.

This thing is originally done as a business, and art also needs business operations, otherwise so many artists will really starve to death or be forced to change careers.

After agreeing on the subsequent plan, Wang Zuxian, who had been silent and studying hard, excitedly picked up the cold coffee and said: "Then I wish us success!"

"cheers!"

Although coffee is not alcohol, it still makes people feel energetic!

The future is promising!