Chapter 1482
8ga!
The internet continues to spread rumors about Wang Xiaofei's playboy ways and his lingering affections for his ex-girlfriend even after marriage.
This fake rich kid is making things really tough for me.
South Beauty is currently unable to go public, and the company's actual market value is only a little over a billion yuan. Catering is a business with high turnover and low profit.
Wang Xiaofei wouldn't even be able to afford tens of millions; he'd have to save up for a Ferrari. And he dares to argue with me...
Zhang Yuan tossed his phone aside.
"Ouch!" A cry of pain immediately followed.
"You hit me!" Zhang Yuqi, who had just finished another round of fierce fighting, was resting when she was hit on the head.
He raised his two sharp eyebrows and glared at her angrily.
"So what?" Zhang Yuan glanced at her.
"What, are you trying to get angry with me?"
"No..." Zhang Yuqi saw him glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, so she quickly adjusted her expression and forced a smile.
This woman and her ex-boyfriend had both had real-life battles. They would start "fighting for fun" at the slightest disagreement. After all, her real name is Zhang Shuang, and she enters battle mode whenever she's unhappy.
But in front of Zhang Yuan, she was trained into some kind of docile animal.
Don't give her the cold shoulder, or she'll take advantage of you.
"In a few days, we'll arrange for you to participate in the public events for your new endorsement."
"Reporters will definitely ask about me and Wang Xiaofei."
How do you plan to answer?
Zhang Yuqi rolled her eyes and spoke.
“I told him that I had no contact with him anymore.”
"I also ask him not to harass me and my friends, to live his own life, and to focus his attention on his family and wife."
"Very good!" Zhang Yuan snapped his fingers.
This woman learns quickly and understands her own intentions.
Although he has a bad temper, he understands that you have to give to receive, and he can distinguish between the important and the trivial.
"That way you'll gain enough buzz."
"I will arrange for you to appear on some shows and make cameo appearances in some online works to help you maintain your popularity."
"Thank you, boss." She immediately beamed with joy.
Then he frowned.
"Wang Xiaofei is an idiot!"
"When I was with him, I really thought his family was very rich."
"In the end, he was just a good-for-nothing, incompetent and penniless."
She said it on purpose, thinking that Zhang Yuan had just messed with the other party, and she wanted to help him vent his anger.
"Alright, you two have known each other for a while, and he even spent money to get you roles." Zhang Yuan told her to tone it down.
She nodded quickly.
But I was still cursing in my heart.
Whether he's an idiot or not is another matter; the key issue is that he has no money.
Especially compared to their own boss, they are far inferior.
Many women are like this; even if they don't need the money, they will still admire a man who is rich.
If you have no money, even if you give her your heart and soul, borrow money to help her through her poverty, and spend money on her, you will still be looked down upon.
Therefore, the most important thing when interacting with women is to show them your money and let them use it, but you can't actually give it to them.
After giving it to her, she felt that the money was hers.
Like Zhang Yuqi, she feels that she is now playing with someone worth hundreds of millions, and she is willing to do so.
Play it however you like, I'm happy even if I break it.
But if Zhang Yuan gives her all the money, her attitude will immediately change.
I'm worth hundreds of millions, why should I let you play with me?
Even if the people and things haven't changed, attitudes can immediately reverse.
After resting for a night, Zhang Yuan slapped the woman awake in the middle of the night.
This guy must be really tired from playing, he's actually snoring...
They kicked her out and told her to sleep in the guest room.
I'll come serve you again tomorrow morning.
The next morning, after washing up, he obediently came to find him.
drop by drop...
A phone call came in.
Zhang Yuan glanced at the incoming call and smiled dismissively.
"Your junior."
"Who?" Zhang Yuqi looked up and asked.
"The one in Xiao Fei's family."
"That ugly woman from Taiwan," he chuckled mockingly.
"Don't talk like that, please be more polite, okay?"
"Fellow travelers".
As soon as he answered the call, an angry Taiwanese accent came from the other end.
"You're really going too far!"
How could this be?
"Do you have a grudge against us?!"
Barbie Hsu (Da S) has always had the personality of the eldest sister in the family.
This woman is a tyrant at home because her mother, her sister, and her younger sister are all cowards who pretend to be good people whenever trouble arises.
So, she was always the one to shoulder any burdens in her family since she was little.
Therefore, he doesn't have a particularly explosive temper.
However, they can be very assertive and quite stubborn afterward.
As soon as he picked it up, he was met with a torrential barrage of output.
He picked at his ear, and the other person clearly wasn't going to stop.
He cleared his throat and then spoke in a clear and articulate voice.
"Baka yarou!"
Barbie Hsu: ...
That shout stunned the person on the other end.
Like many people from Taiwan, her family greatly admires the island nation.
So when the "superior" accent appears, one immediately feels inferior, as if their tongue is stuck.
"Who do you think you are? You call me without even a greeting or a hello, and you dare to question me." After Zhang Yuan interrupted her skill with his ultimate move, he started attacking her.
Barbie Hsu was even more confused, because in her memory, Zhang Yuan was a cheerful boy who was polite to everyone.
How come now...
"You're the one who's in the wrong, so why are you attacking my husband online?"
“I’m telling you…” she was about to start again.
"Screw your mother." Zhang Yuan said to her in a top-tier Mandarin accent, the very standard Mandarin of a great nation.
Zhang Yuqi looked up and blinked.
Is this what you mean by being polite to your peers?
"I'm warning you, if you don't speak to me properly and communicate with me in this manner again..."
"I'll team up with others tomorrow to blacklist your family."
"You can try it if you don't believe me."
"I guarantee that you and your sister will never get another big-budget film or television production from mainland China."
"If either of you dares to come, I'll deal with you every time I hear about it."
The other side fell completely silent.
“I respect your godfather, Mr. Yang, but Mr. Yang doesn’t have much influence in mainland China.”
"Your husband and his mother aren't helpful either."
"For your sake and that of your family, I advise you to think carefully about how you want to talk to me before you call me."
He slammed the phone down.
What a loser.
The whole family is crazy.
Zhang Yuqi gave him a thumbs up.
That's how real men should be; why waste words on people like that?
Zhang Yuan glanced at it and thought to himself, "You're pretty crazy too..."
Being praised by this crazy woman and looked at with such admiration, Zhang Yuan began to doubt whether he had done the right thing.
Ever since Cheng Hao left, there's always been a part of him that feels blocked up.
I'm very unhappy.
He did not contact her, nor did he go to see her.
Because he felt he hadn't done anything wrong.
But I can definitely feel that my emotions are more outspoken than before.
My surname is Zhang, the arrogant Zhang...
A few moments later, another call came in.
He shook his head to clear his mind before answering the call.
"Hello, elder brother."
"What are you doing, kid?" Li Lianjie called him.
"Uh……"
"Oh, so diligent," Old Li thought to himself. So he's practicing martial arts, his blood is rushing to his head, no wonder he has such a bad temper.
"You're young and impetuous."
"Someone has found me."
The other party was definitely indignant and, upon closer examination, quite afraid.
Whether it was Yu Zheng, who had recently committed a crime, or Yao Cheng, who had committed a crime many years ago, he dealt with them all.
Moreover, both of them have terrifying aspects. They are ruthless towards Yu Zheng, but extremely patient towards Yao Cheng.
Therefore, Barbie Hsu understood that if she provoked him, she could run away for a while, but not forever.
It will not fade with time.
This is also a traditional Chinese virtue: a gentleman takes revenge even after ten years.
He then hurried to find his godfather.
Old Yang had done Old Li a favor years ago, so he contacted him again.
Why didn't Old Yang go directly to him?
First of all, the situation on the mainland and Taiwan is different now. The mainland has money and people, and the world is completely different from what it was 20 or 30 years ago.
In addition, Old Yang's health is failing!
Just like Chen Chuhe, his son is unlikely to inherit his position in the gang.
These days, it's best to avoid provoking others as much as possible.
The first thing that came to mind was to make peace.
Zhang Yuan understood what Lao Li meant.
What did I tell you?
I was too polite to them before.
I was assertive, and the other party came to beg for peace instead.
The offensive and defensive strategies have shifted!
But we can't go too far. We need to give Lao Li face, and besides, he was just saying it anyway.
Banning the S sisters would not benefit him and would only waste a lot of resources.
"Uncle Li," he said, lowering himself to speak.
"Does anyone start by swearing?"
"That woman can't speak."
"And how did the conflict between her and her husband even begin?"
"Just because I didn't invest in their company, he started cursing at me online. Is that reasonable?"
"I must kill her, otherwise there will be no justice in this world."
"However, since you've stepped in, everything is negotiable."
"I'll listen to you."
Li Lianjie was a shrewd man; he understood immediately upon hearing this: "You're taking advantage of the situation, and you're even dragging me into this."
"Okay, then we're all friends. Let's have dinner together sometime."
"Absolutely, I assure you, I will absolutely not do anything to Barbie Hsu."
But it only guarantees her.
……
The next day, he met with Old Li.
He attended the premiere of "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate".
"I think this is a historically significant action blockbuster."
"I have never seen such good 3D effects in Chinese films before!"
After the film ended, Zhang Yuan stood up and spoke.
Cheers erupted around them.
Because he was telling the truth.
Compared to later generations, audiences in this era were "unworldly".
I haven't seen enough 3D movies, so this feels especially novel.
Kung Fu combined with 3D, is that a good idea?
Judging from the audience's reaction, it's clearly going to be a hit.
Yu Dong, as one of the main creators, was interviewed on stage.
He rambled on about all sorts of things, mostly praising himself.
Not long after, a tall, thin man wearing a baseball cap stood up in the audience.
After he took off his hat, everyone realized that he was a foreigner.
"what!"
Upon seeing his face clearly, some of the invited audience members immediately gasped in surprise.
"This is... Cage, isn't it!"
"It's him, it's him!"
"Thank you." Cage took the microphone, his eyes shining, and made his signature hand gesture before speaking.
To be honest, his reputation in Hollywood is not good now.
But the reason for the bad thing is not, as people say, taking on bad movies or marrying multiple wives.
That's not a big deal. Besides, taking on bad movies is a result, not a cause.
The most important reason, similar to the later "collapse" of many others in China, was that this guy evaded taxes...
The IRS is even more powerful than the FBI; they really put him to shame.
But in China, he is a household name, recognized by all movie fans, and is one of the most familiar Hollywood faces.
It's so popular.
"Wow!" the American exclaimed.
"This is incredible."
"I have always been a fan of Chinese kung fu movies."
"I've seen all of Bruce Lee's movies, but I never imagined that Chinese action films had developed to this extent."
"I'm really looking forward to this movie being released in North America, and I'll definitely go see it again."
He genuinely loves Chinese culture; he's not faking it.
He spoke with genuine emotion.
On stage, Lao Li also expressed his gratitude for being able to attend the premiere.
"It really is Zhang Yuan; he managed to get foreigners to come too."
After putting down the microphone, Lao Li even whispered something to Tsui Hark with a smile.
Tsui Hark nodded repeatedly, thinking, "Foreigners are so high-class; this publicity will definitely be enough."
"Even Nicolas Cage said it was good..." If you post that out loud, it's guaranteed to attract a lot of attention.
Yu Dong's expression immediately changed.
I was clearly the one in charge...
Zhang Yuan simply ignored him and didn't ask to be credited as a producer, so this guy really thought he was the boss of the film.
The reason Cage was able to be invited was because he was already in China and was going to attend the press conference for "The Flowers of War".
These two films were released right after each other, both during the peak season at the end of the year.
And it wasn't just the two of them; Ning Hao's "The Golden Era" was scheduled to take over the time slot from "The Flowers of War".
Following "The Great Gold Robbery" is the Lunar New Year product "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Year of the Rabbit".
If he hadn't changed the actor for "The Flowers of War" to Cage, and had kept Bale, he definitely wouldn't have been able to get them to come here.
Because Bale is a typical artist, a theatrical fanatic.
He doesn't like publicity or showing his face in public.
It's not that he's bad; he's definitely a master, but it's just his personality.
Cage is much more easygoing; he's fine with anything.
After finishing this task, I went to Zhang Yimou's place.
"Director Zhang, I wish your film great success."
"Let's make this collaboration a resounding success."
"The pressure of the company's box office this year is all in your hands."
"What you're saying is quite something." Zhang Yimou seemed confident, but a worried look appeared on his face.
"Tsk, there's just one downside."
"what happened?"
"Cage's acting was excellent, his skill level is beyond question."
"But after using him, the chances of winning the Olympics are slim." Zhang Yimou felt it was a pity.
"Aiming for the Oscars" means aiming for the awards.
Their generation was always thinking about gaining recognition from foreigners when making films.
It's either one of the three major European awards or the Oscars.
It's ingrained in my bones; I can't change it.
Using Cage would definitely not get you an Oscar.
He believes the reason they didn't win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is because of Cage.
Zhang Yuan hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.
Let's try to please the domestic audience first, okay?
But just like with consumption habits, no matter how much Alibaba promotes online shopping, it will always be young people who develop the habit of online consumption.
The older generation is simply unwilling to use it, after all, they've spent most of their lives in physical transactions.
Until Pinduoduo emerged and seized upon the vulnerability of the elderly who were greedy for cheap deals.
The same goes for directors; they spend half their lives seeking foreign approval and can't seem to change their mindset.
"Director Zhang, the market is changing rapidly. In just a few years, foreigners will be begging us for business," Zhang Yuan said dismissively.
"Hey, the overseas market is definitely bigger, and even if you make money, it's faster to earn US dollars than Chinese yuan. One US dollar is worth seven or eight Chinese yuan. Can they be compared?" Zhang Yimou still held the same line of thinking.
It's not that he doesn't love Chinese culture, but it's not quite the same as Lu Chuan's.
He loves Chinese culture, but always wants to dress up in a flamboyant way to get foreigners to give him a thumbs up.
"Anyway, I asked some friends overseas and showed you the finished product. They said that if we used Bell, the sales would be even better."
"Let's talk about this another time, and analyze each work individually," Zhang Yuan interrupted, making an excuse, otherwise it would never end.
But in his heart he thought, "Old Zhang has never really suffered a great loss."
Matt Damon is ruined by you...
Blindly trusting foreigners is unacceptable; the film and television industry also needs to stimulate domestic demand.
But seeing his reluctance to talk, Zhang Yimou felt uneasy. (End of Chapter)