Chapter 1478
You Are In Me
"grateful."
On stage, Zhang Yuan held up the trophy and gently embraced Fan Bingbing.
"Thank you to the Tokyo International Film Festival for this honor."
Actually, if this award isn't given to me, who else could it be given to...? He couldn't really say that.
Although he thought "The Piano in a Factory" was of very high quality and a phenomenal art film.
Of all the films in the competition, only "The Intouchables" is worth a shot.
The other film has already won the Best Film award, and it's not impossible for them to win other awards, but the judges will definitely take that into consideration during their discussion.
Zhang Yuan glanced at Fan Bingbing beside him.
As one of the judges, she will definitely try to help herself.
From an artist's perspective, if it's about winning an award for the film or winning it themselves, they would definitely choose to win it themselves.
Because my primary motivation for acting is to make money and gain fame, and only then do I consider the quality of the work itself.
In today's materialistic society, everyone knows whether the play or the person is more important.
Therefore, it was only natural for her to help herself win this big prize.
Moreover, for him personally, playing a disillusioned and decadent middle-aged man was a breakthrough in terms of image and temperament.
Actors with outstanding looks who want to win awards have to "degrade" themselves, both domestically and internationally.
Fan Bingbing's award-winning roles are either unserious characters or characters who deliberately lower their standards in terms of appearance.
"Thank you to my viewers for your support."
"Thank you to my friends, as well as the film's director and actors."
Zhang Yuan spoke fluently without even preparing a draft.
He could have pulled off some fancy moves at the awards ceremony, but he opted for a conservative approach.
It depends on the atmosphere; if the whole place is humorous, you can have some fun.
Let's just leave this kind of "refined" setup alone.
He kissed the trophy, raised it above his head, and returned to his seat amidst applause from the audience.
As he walked back to his seat, a bunch of strangers of all skin colors shook hands with him and greeted him.
Because the camera will follow him the whole time, he can get a little bit of screen time.
After Zhang Yuan sat down, he handed the trophy to director Zhang Meng.
"Okay!"
"Congratulations."
The group congratulated each other.
Even if I don't win the award myself, it's still worth the trip.
Qin Hailu said he would have to eat with him again tomorrow.
"I heard there's a famous old man who makes sushi."
The actress wanted to eat food made by a "fairy".
"You have to make a reservation in advance, and it's an old man making sushi without wearing gloves."
"You have no idea if he picks his toes before cooking."
"Tsk tsk tsk..." Qin Hailu frowned as he listened.
"Alright, let's go to Ginza tomorrow. It has the most expensive restaurants in the whole country. My treat."
A single meal costing 30 yen is equivalent to a month's salary for a seasoned office worker in Japan.
This finally shut the other party up from urging him to treat them to a meal.
At the end of the ceremony, all the award winners and members of the judging panel were called up, and Chen Long was invited on stage separately for a group photo.
Uncle Long pulled him and pushed him towards the middle.
Zhang Yuan, unusually, did not yield and stood in the secondary center position.
Before taking the group photo, he even adjusted the handkerchief in his breast pocket to show the Dior logo, which was a way of showing respect to the brand.
The Best Actor wore our haute couture when he accepted the award... that's definitely enough publicity.
"Uncle Long, I'll treat you to a late-night snack."
"No, next time, I have to catch a flight to the film set."
The other person smiled and declined his invitation, then left quickly.
Chenlong was naturally happy to see him win the award, but then he thought of his own wife.
The small house is somewhat unconventional, and it would be difficult for the son to inherit the father's business.
The other illegitimate daughter was even more unacceptable.
Living with that mother, my personality wasn't developed very well.
Uncle Long is supported with 10 yuan a month, but he almost never visits him.
Even if you're willing to spend money, 10 a month only amounts to a little over 100 million a year.
If he publicly admits it, then it won't be a matter of a million dollars.
The guy's thinking is very clear.
Seeing that he came overseas to win an award at such a young age, and thinking about my own two children... I decided not to think about it anymore.
Zhang Yuan greeted each of the judges and said he would see them again in the future.
Of course, Fan Bingbing was also among the judges, and I'll really see her in the future.
When he shook hands with him, the man secretly slipped a room key into his hand.
As mentioned before, we definitely need to celebrate.
A fierce battle is inevitable.
After a whole night of chaos and several fierce battles, the bombing of Tokyo finally came to an end.
I've released a lot of the pressure I've been accumulating lately.
"You must have said a lot of good things about me." The next morning, the two snuggled together.
"You helped me with that film 'Apple' back then too." She hadn't forgotten.
"Well, then we'll support each other."
"We should help each other out of the ordinary, and you do have the ability."
As she spoke, she raised her head and kissed and bit his chin.
"Since I've helped you, shouldn't you give me something in return?"
"I happen to have a new movie."
After co-starring with Zhang Ziyi in "Sophie's Revenge," Fan Bingbing recognized the potential of chick flicks and brought in that female director to work on it.
She was among the first actresses in China to star in films featuring strong female leads.
She wasn't disliked simply because she was beautiful and the narrative didn't emphasize that women don't need men.
Later films featuring strong female leads were created entirely to attract female audiences, and their themes were naturally more extreme.
Actually, you can't entirely blame these people for doing this.
One reason for the rise of female-narrative films is to tap into the lower-tier market.
Because male viewers are no longer watching movies, especially after the rise of mobile games, the number of men watching movies has decreased rapidly as more people play games.
Otherwise, the Switch wouldn't have sold hundreds of millions of copies, and various derivative and mobile games wouldn't have sprung up everywhere like mushrooms after rain.
Men shouldn't watch TV; they need to please women.
The way to please women is to criticize men... After all, creating binary oppositions is much easier than creating a good work of art; it's a very clever creative method.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, the entertainment industry's entry into the era of fan culture and women is actually an inevitable market trend.
It's too difficult to get men to spend money on celebrities.
Fan Bingbing discovered her advantages early on and figured out that women's money is easy to earn.
The new film she's preparing for is a romantic comedy called "One Night Surprise".
The story revolves around a woman who becomes pregnant after getting drunk at her birthday party. While searching for the father of her child, she gets entangled in romantic relationships with a group of men.
Fan Bingbing talked to him for a long time, saying that this subject matter has great potential.
"First of all, do you think this set of values is right or wrong?" Zhang Yuan asked.
Fan Bingbing glanced at him sideways: "Whether you mind your own business or not, as long as you can make money, that's all that matters."
"Yes, as long as I can make money, that's fine. But I'm a movie star now, I can't set a bad example for young girls, can I?"
"She drank too much, got slept with by someone, and didn't even know who did it, but ended up with a handsome husband."
"There are really brain-dead people who would learn this."
The likely outcome is that someone will manipulate the situation, and then no one can be found to take responsibility.
When the baby was finally born, it was completely dark-skinned...
"Why don't you try a one-night surprise first?" Zhang Yuan lifted her pointed chin.
"Okay." Unexpectedly, this person was completely unafraid, lay down flat and spread his legs: "You're handsome and rich, come on."
"If you're willing, come now."
"I think it's suitable."
Zhang Yuan: ...
"Tch, what a coward." Fan Xiaopang turned around with a wiggle of his hips: "You couldn't even seize the opportunity I gave you."
“Let’s talk about the movie, not anything else…” He shook his head.
If she's willing, then I have to be willing too.
"And isn't your film a blatant rip-off of the Hollywood movie 'Knocked Up'?"
It's a romantic comedy starring Seth Rogen, who co-starred with Jay Chou in "The Green Hornet".
It's a story about a loser who sleeps with a blonde TV presenter, and how the protagonist changes from initial resistance to eventual acceptance, and how they adjust to living together.
The narrative style of "Knocked Up" is clearly more masculine, showing how a loser can marry a rich and beautiful woman.
As for Fan Bingbing's work, since it was adapted by a female director, it clearly follows a female narrative.
After being exposed, Fan Bingbing lost her previous arrogance.
Moreover, in order to please women, their scripts either feature men from humble backgrounds or younger, more affectionate men. Which one should I play?
It would be embarrassing to play any role, and people would eventually find out that I plagiarized.
While the likelihood of a copyright crisis is low, it's still not a good look.
"Are you looking down on me?" Fan Bingbing narrowed her eyes.
"I look down on the male characters you're talking about."
"It doesn't fit my image," he bluntly refused.
"But what you said isn't entirely unreasonable; women will love watching it."
"So after I return to China, I'll go to the company to discuss your investment and issuance. I can consider it."
"Alright then." Fan Bingbing readily agreed.
If you don't want to perform, I'll pay you.
She's that kind of decisive woman; money is money, and feelings are feelings.
"How profitable is the cosmetics company?" Zhang Yuan asked casually.
She wouldn't complain about talking about work right after their intimate moment.
On the contrary, she became particularly excited when talking about work and making money.
"Great! This year's Singles' Day sales are four times higher than last year's!"
"The factory we bought is almost at its production capacity limit."
"Then let's use the money we make to continue making acquisitions."
"The factory owner is conservative; he's afraid that things will be good this year but bad next year, so he's not very willing to open a production line," Fan Bingbing said, frowning.
“If he were right, we wouldn’t have acquired the factory.”
"Don't be afraid. Even if something unexpected happens, with our financial strength, we won't collapse in a short time."
"But we really need to be careful with warehousing; we can't have too much stockpiled."
"We would rather reduce profits than compromise on the efficiency of collection."
"Now is the time to seize the market, not the time to make money."
"Just like an actor, in the first few years, the first thing to do is to become famous, and making money comes later."
"If we're going to do it, we have to be among the best in the country. Earning small amounts of money is meaningless."
"At least we need to do the kind of work that Herborist has."
"This..." Even Fan Bingbing looked embarrassed upon hearing this.
Herborist's sales exceeded 11 billion yuan in 10, and there are also domestic brands like Proya and Chando that are currently on the rise.
"We live in the internet age. As long as we seize this opportunity, we will definitely have a place in the domestic market in the future."
"We need to significantly increase investment in online marketing and leverage our strengths, as we have plenty of celebrities to endorse our products."
"If the company cannot go public in the future and its market value cannot reach tens of billions, then it will be a failure."
"You're such a braggart." Fan Bingbing gave him a disdainful look.
But he's quite handsome when he's bragging.
Zhang Yuan remembered he had something to do, so he made a phone call back home.
"How's the task I assigned going?"
Zeng Jia didn't sleep all night, but she was still very excited.
"It's being processed; I've already contacted several companies!"
This refers to the incident of snatching Yao Cheng's endorsement.
This woman has quite a few endorsements through Hua Yi's connections, more than twenty in total.
Now that such a huge scandal has been exposed on Weibo, these brands will definitely cut ties immediately unless they are extremely stubborn.
In addition, he also instructed Jia Shikai to cooperate.
As soon as he saw the news on Weibo, this guy knew what Zhang Yuan wanted him to cooperate with.
He did what he did best: hired online trolls to attack her!
The more aggressively they charged, the easier it was for the other two women to fight over them. I spent several months gathering information from Hong Kong paparazzi, which all came at a cost.
Shouldn't we take some back?
When doing business, you always have to make some money.
What makes me better than them is that they always argue about personal feelings, while I'm different; I'd rather fight for money than argue about pride.
Yao Cheng's Weibo account was flooded with criticism; it was almost completely destroyed.
At the same time, a bunch of posts revealing the information appeared on various forums and online communities.
It's still the same perspective.
My XX is Yao Cheng's XX, we've known this for a long time.
A series of smooth, coordinated moves left the opponent with no chance to even make a public relations statement.
Because one tactic in public relations is called information bombardment, which is similar to an oversaturation attack on the battlefield.
I'll use an overwhelming amount of information to whitewash your image, silencing your PR efforts and leaving you powerless to resist.
When his colleagues realized Yao Cheng was doomed, they soon remembered that there were still resources they could take from him.
But by the time they discovered it, Zhang Yuan's two subordinates had already contacted the brand and started the process.
Zeng Jia was so busy that she didn't sleep all night, just organizing materials and contacting people everywhere.
"good very good."
"But I must remind you, we can't let the internal strife get too intense."
"We need to discuss this together."
They already disliked each other, so she had no choice but to fight with Yang Siwei.
“Uh…” she hesitated for a moment.
Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.
"Do you want to know why Yao Cheng was the one we met on Monday?"
"Oh right, how did you do that?"
They were all extremely surprised when they saw the Weibo post.
How did it get like this?
Weren't you going to expose my boss?
Why did they suddenly change their identities?
It's obvious when you think about it: there's something going on behind the scenes with the boss's punctuality!
As for how they managed to pull off such a high-risk maneuver, they couldn't understand it.
Because it had only been a few days since the incident, Zhang Yuan, who had previously been looking gloomy and holding a meeting with them, had suddenly undergone a 180-degree turn.
These guys are impressed; this is what you call turning adversity into opportunity!
Anyone else would probably have already given up and let themselves be.
Therefore, Zeng Jia was extremely curious.
"Since you've asked so sincerely..."
“I will mercifully tell you,” Zhang Yuanyi said sternly.
"To prevent the world from being destroyed."
"To safeguard world peace."
"Evil that embodies love and truth..."
He told the other person, word by word, what he had been doing over the past few days.
In particular, what happened to Yu Zheng and Zhuo Wei?
Zeng Jia fell silent after hearing this.
My boss is actually a lovable and charming villain...
Even through the phone, Zhang Yuan could feel the fear emanating from the other person.
He is satisfied.
Knowing fear prevents you from making big mistakes and saves you worry.
"So, you can take what I give you, but you can't take what I don't give you," Zhang Yuan said sternly.
"Also, as my agent, were you aware that I won an award at the Tokyo Film Festival?"
"know."
"What about publicity and promotion?"
"I'll do it right away!"
"Okay, go do it now. Find Jia Shikai to help, and also tell Yang Siwei to get all the company's artists involved."
He hung up the phone after he finished speaking.
Why did you stop?
Zhang Yuan glanced at Fan Bingbing.
"You really did it?" She had been listening the whole time.
"I was forced into this situation."
"how?"
"You have an idea?"
"I think... you look a little scared right now," Fan Xiaopang said, pouting.
"Do you have a better solution?"
No, not at all.
"That settles it. I just did what I had to do."
"No one can stop me from moving forward."
Fan Bingbing blinked a few times. She had met many big bosses and heard a lot of stories.
What Zhang Yuan did was nothing compared to what those people did.
So she can understand.
Men should be more decisive; it's better to trick others than to be tricked.
After thinking it over for a moment, she stopped worrying about it.
After a while, she raised her head again.
"It's still not quite right."
"That Yao Cheng got involved with Cao Yu."
"This guy is a veteran in the imperial circle, and he has connections in his family."
"You messed with his woman, do you think this will end well?"
"Of course not." Zhang Yuan replied nonchalantly.
"So, does that mean I should give up after she found someone with connections?"
"Then if anyone ever cheats me, they can just find a man with connections to sleep with, and I'll let it go."
"That's not a good idea."
"It's not very good." Fan Bingbing nodded, then glanced at him again.
He looked confident and assured.
"Okay, I get it now."
……
The next day, in the capital.
There are currently two major events on the Chinese internet.
Yao Cheng cheated on his wife, and Zhang Yuan won an award.
He was the one who caused both of these incidents.
For the average viewer, gossip news is still more appealing than his award.
Naturally, some are happy while others are sad.
For example, at China Film Group, Lao Han was looking worried as he watched Cao Yu come to "complain."
"That bastard went too far."
"It was definitely him!" Photographer Cao cursed.
"This is my office. If you want to swear, go outside," Old Han replied impatiently, silencing the other party slightly.
The other party was a long-time associate of the Beijing Film Studio, so he couldn't very well kick him out.
You can only ask.
"I've seen those things online too."
"is that true?"
“This…” Cao Yu remained silent.
Who should I ask?
Ask your woman, can you tell her?
Yao Cheng burst into tears that day, her eyes were swollen from crying, and she looked like she wanted to die.
He couldn't ask about it.
Even if they have doubts, once people are infatuated with a relationship, they will selectively ignore problems even if they know there are issues.
This is love!
Of course, I'd choose to forgive her.
And all of that happened in the past. After that, he settled down when he was with me.
Seeing this, Old Han couldn't help him straighten his bright green hat.
"So what do you mean by contacting me now?"
"He went too far, he's practically driving people to their deaths!" Cao Yu became agitated again.
Once these scandals are exposed, in addition to losing all endorsements and potentially facing some compensation, there is another side effect.
That's her acting career!
First of all, no one dared to cast her in a film or television series for a short period of time.
Also, her management contract with Huayi was about to expire, and she was looking for a new agency everywhere.
Because Zhang Yuan made it clear that finding someone was already difficult, and he left an opening: if it didn't work out, he could renew Hua Yi's contract, since she was from the imperial circle and could be respected by Cao Yu.
Now, Hua Yi has made it clear to her that she will not renew the contract!
Even if the Wang brothers wanted to show consideration out of personal relationships, and there are still a bunch of shareholders involved, they wouldn't approve it; they would definitely demand that the risks be mitigated.
If the contract is renewed, the stock price might even drop.
Now things are really messed up; he couldn't even find a brokerage firm and was forced to become a "freelancer."
In the entertainment industry, all that matters is fame and fortune.
Yao Chen's fame and fortune have now suffered a fatal blow.
They cowered and dared not utter a sound.
Old Han didn't even need Cao Yu to complain; he could tell at a glance that Zhang Yuan was responsible.
Others wouldn't be so bold, nor would they be so ruthless.
I felt uncomfortable, and then I realized what was happening.
This kid said it was me who admitted my mistake, but he only said half of it and did half of it.
They didn't tell me about this.
But what happened in Hengdian was what I told them, and it was a "pledge of allegiance."
After all, it was a handle against him, which was troublesome, but he still brought it up voluntarily.
Now that Cao Yu has come to him, he is in a dilemma.
It's not appropriate to decisively help Cao Yu deal with him.
They're all our own people; we can't bring them into the open.
"I think we in the film industry should unite and boycott people like this!" Cao Yu said indignantly.
“He must understand that he cannot disrupt the market and wantonly slander others like this.”
Old Han scratched his head. "I already asked you if it was true, and you're still slandering me..."
"What exactly do you want to do?" Old Han continued to ask.
"I want to unite the Film Association, the Directors Guild, and the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to boycott him!"
"Please help us speak out."
Looking for him means looking for the ringleader.
If we attack Wudang together, he might not be able to annihilate us before he runs out of internal energy.
In the TV series "Ming Dynasty 1566", Hu Zongxian has a line that goes something like this...
"The problem with this world is that we are all interconnected, each with our own interests and the other's interests."
Because you are in me, we all collude with each other.
Because you are in my life, people will side with their relatives regardless of right or wrong.
The character Hai Rui in the film is so daring because he doesn't associate with anyone, so he dares to do anything.
Zhang Yuan could not be like Hai Rui, because the Hai Rui in the film was not only poor, but also had a wife and children who died.
A person who is all alone naturally has nothing to fear.
If we can't do it, we have to find another way.
If you are intertwined with me, then I will also be intertwined with you, which will make things much safer.
At this moment, Lao Han shook his head helplessly.
“Xiao Cao, I know your parents very well. I’ve known you since you were just a few years old.”
"Logically speaking, we are on the same side."
“I know you have objections now.”
"Since we're on the same side, you have even more reason to make the decisions!"
Old Han suppressed his anger; he only said that to show his attitude.
Then, with utter helplessness, he said...
"You mean, you want me to lead a boycott of an actor who just won Best Actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival?" (End of Chapter)