Chapter 1682
A Great Success
Zhang Yuan's vision has alarmed Feng Gong and will soon alarm the entire performing arts circle.
"Are you sure you want to report this to your superiors?" Feng Gong asked him to confirm.
"of course."
"I don't care if you get scolded."
Upon hearing what the other person said, Zhang Yuan thought, "No wonder he's a leader."
In case of problems, first explain the consequences of your actions.
"Why would I get scolded?" Zhang Yuan asked with a sidelong glance and a smile. "Was my suggestion bad?"
"Whether it's good or bad, don't you know in your heart?" Teacher Feng, a seasoned veteran, joked with him.
Feng Gong felt the suggestions from the Chinese Quyi Association were constructive, but his intentions...
I've never seen anyone so wicked!
He put his hands on his hips and acted like a good guy, but then he tricked others.
"Let me make this clear to you first: this proposal can be submitted."
"But whether it passes or not is none of my concern."
Feng Gong felt that it was highly unlikely to pass because it would affect the interests of too many people.
As the saying goes, cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.
Feng Gong didn't know what those local folk music associations did after receiving the subsidies, but he could guess.
In terms of practical application, achieving five out of ten points would be considered quite good.
"It's okay, I'll just give it a try."
"Ah..." Teacher Feng finally understood.
You never intended to pass from the start, you were just bluffing, weren't you?
Okay, I understand.
Zhang Yuan's plan was simple: "It would be beneath my dignity to compete with you guys who do crosstalk!"
We all drive Mercedes and Ross Reuss; you guys who drive Mazdas have no right to make me personally intervene.
Then we must let heroes fight heroes, and good men fight good men.
There are heroes in the world of crosstalk, nothing to worry about.
Heroes don't only come from this line of work.
He continued filming, not in a hurry at all.
This day, they were filming a scene where he stayed at the university after graduation to teach students.
The students had absolutely no interest in this unsophisticated teacher who lacked any teaching skills; they were either spacing out or sleeping.
Deng Chao joked that the scene was illogical.
Because if a teacher looked like him, at least the female students wouldn't fall asleep; they'd all stare at him intently, and the course selection would be overflowing.
Zhang Yuan pulled out Lao Yu's college photos from his phone, and Deng Chao exclaimed that it made perfect sense after seeing them.
That dark and skinny appearance is really not very likable.
"Can you guys please stop sleeping?!"
As soon as the camera panned to the screen, Zhang Yuan, with his messy hair and large amber-framed glasses, angrily yelled at the students below the stage.
The veins on his neck bulged, and his eyes were as red as lychees that hadn't been fully peeled.
"Your parents didn't send you here to sleep!"
"If you really don't like listening to my lectures, you can leave!"
Under his angry rebuke, the students forced themselves to perk up.
If it were a typical director, they would stop here.
However, Chen Kexin arranged for a girl to get up and leave after he finished speaking.
The point is to break this atmosphere and go against the grain.
"Classmates." Zhang Yuan adjusted his accent this time, no longer letting his English have an accent that was neither like Russian nor like Japanese.
He's a university professor; he can't be that bad.
He sat on a desk, somewhat dejected, but also speaking earnestly to the students.
"Students, why do you want to learn English?"
"Go to America."
"Correct."
Almost all the students gave the same answer in hushed tones.
This was society back then, especially at top universities like Tsinghua and Peking University, where every student wanted to go abroad, and most of them planned to immigrate through work and never return.
Top universities have become a springboard for these people to go abroad.
Do you like English?
The crowd shook their heads.
"I don't like it either, but you know, my vocabulary is pretty good, right?"
"Actually, it was all because you forced me to do this."
"Once, a classmate came to me with a book and asked me what this word meant."
"He knows me, but I don't know him."
……
Zhang Yuan delivered his lines in a detailed and engaging manner.
Actually, this isn't a line from a script, but Lao Yu's original words!
This scene where he yells at the students is actually a scene depicting the transformation of the male lead, Chen Dongqing.
From a reserved teacher who was disliked by everyone, to someone who, after getting angry, opened up and turned his bitterness and hardship into jokes and teaching materials.
And with this he gained the recognition of his students that he had never received before.
This laid the foundation for him to run training courses on his own later.
Besides being a successful businessman, Yu Minhong is also a very successful English teacher.
He personally mentored the earliest batch of students and teachers at New Oriental.
"The prettiest girl in the whole school, my girlfriend."
"she left."
"He slept with me before he left!"
"Hahahaha..." The students' laughter echoed throughout the classroom.
Zhang Yuan even asked Chen Kexin about sleeping with him.
After Su Mei got her visa, she had a passionate night with Chen Dongqing. Was it their first time together?
Chen Kexin wondered why he was asking this.
Zhang Yuan stated that he wanted to explore the male protagonist's inner world.
Has he been dating her for several years without ever sleeping with her?
In the late 80s and early 90s, people weren't as open-minded, so it's possible that...
Chen Kexin took a step back and, after thinking it over, said that both of them had given each other their first time.
Zhang Yuan thought to himself, "Fine, at least I got to bleed first."
According to the script, Chen Dongqing was later discovered by the school for tutoring outside of school, and what's more, he was tutoring the child of a college leader, who wouldn't even pay him.
After being reported, he tried to keep his job by writing a self-criticism to the school, but was instead expelled.
This is a true story. Yu Minhong was dismissed by the school after teaching there for several years.
However, he didn't have a leadership role; he was just using Peking University's name to teach and make money.
After leaving school, he began to use his rural background and his disappointing campus romance as themes to teach, creating a teaching style that was popular at New Oriental.
humor.
There's a joke that says the best stand-up comedy training program in the country is New Oriental.
That makes sense. Many teachers have gone into live streaming, stand-up comedy, and other forms of comedy, all thanks to the foundation laid by New Oriental.
Luo Yonghao is a typical example.
In fact, Lao Yu's teaching techniques are very similar to those of a crosstalk performer. He belittles himself to amuse the audience, thereby closing the distance and gaining attention.
It does indeed resemble a stand-up comedy show.
However, compared to some stand-up comedians who like to "offend" others, especially male audiences, Lao Yu always makes fun of himself.
So in 93, the year Beijing failed to win the bid to host the Olympics, Lao Yu, like the protagonist in the film, was expelled from the campus and started his own school.
Ironically, the reason the bid to host the Olympics failed that year was because the United States, the beacon of paradise in the eyes of these students, was blocked, in addition to Australia, which is also of the Onsa ethnicity, spending $3.5 to bribe representatives of Kenya and Uganda to vote on its behalf.
In the end, China lost by a mere two votes.
This is the true face of white people; they not only block your development, but they will also use every means possible.
Zhang Yuan was giving a lesson to his students in a comedic style.
The Tianjin crosstalk community was in complete uproar.
Because they discovered that they had messed with a living ancestor!
pain!
It hurts so much!
The criticism from my peers hurts so much!
Because the subsidies from the Chinese Quyi Artists Association do not only subsidize crosstalk, but also cover almost all forms of traditional Chinese performing arts.
There are now suggestions to use the subsidy funds for small-scale folk music.
What about those of us who sing drum ballads, those who sing plum blossoms, and those who sing Pingju opera...?
Zhang Yuan had noticed before that these crosstalk performers were ganging up on him, and not a single other member of the Tianjin performing arts community stood up for him, a descendant of a prominent crosstalk family. They were all from Tianjin, a bunch of people, why would they help him?
There's no benefit in helping you.
People tend to seek advantage and avoid harm, especially these seasoned veterans of the performing arts.
If I speak up for you, I'll be attacked by my peers after you leave.
These fellow performers in traditional Chinese performing arts are all incredibly shrewd.
Just by looking at the backstage of the crosstalk performance, you can tell from the eyes of those people that there isn't a single promising talent.
I love crosstalk so much, but I hate this team so much... These are Mr. Ma Ji's original words.
When Ma Ji was learning his craft at the folk art troupe, he was mentored by Liu Baorui and Hou Baolin.
After studying for a while, Hou Baolin took him on a tour. Once, during a performance in Nanning, Hou Baolin had to return to the capital for a meeting.
Someone had to step in to perform, and the troupe encouraged Ma Ji to go up.
Mr. Ma thought his colleagues were taking care of him.
As soon as Hou Baolin returned, the group of people who had encouraged him to go on stage immediately went to Master Hou and said...
"Little Ma took the stage while you were away!"
"The audience cheered in response!"
They'll badmouth you behind your back, accusing you of having ambitions to usurp power and claiming you're incredibly incompetent, attacking you on both the grounds of your character and professional ability!
The rumors that Ma Ji beat Hou Baolin and caused Liu Baorui's death were also spread by these people.
Later, when Mr. Ma Ji was alive, he was one of the very few people in the crosstalk industry who publicly stood up to support Mr. Guo and acknowledge his professional abilities.
He knows all too well what kind of people are in this industry, and what they'll do for you if they see you as someone good.
Therefore, there are many bad people in this industry.
Coincidentally, Zhang Yuan is good at dealing with bad people.
When dealing with these people, you have to use a language they understand.
I'm not familiar with the Tianjin dialect, so let those who are familiar with it curse you.
People from other performing arts groups would normally find it amusing to watch you crosstalk performers make a scene.
It's like the crowd watching a fire, only to find out that their own house is on fire!
In Tianjin, the top leaders of the Quyi Association are mostly elderly women who sing drum ballads.
If funding is cut, they will be the first to suffer.
It angered Ms. Ji Wei, the current chairperson of the Tianjin Quyi Association and an inheritor of the Meihua Dagu intangible cultural heritage.
In addition to being the chairman of the Tianjin Quyi Association, this person is also a member of the National Quyi Association and holds the same position as Zhang Yuanping.
She was the first to receive this proposal, and the association prepared the documents in advance before the conference.
The old lady was so angry she kept cursing.
"If you want to do this, go do it elsewhere, don't do it in Tianjin!"
Call the person in charge of crosstalk at the Tianjin Quyi Association and give them a lecture.
We have no choice but to speak out now, because we have a stake in the matter!
Teacher Ji Wei gets a headache just thinking about Zhang Yuan; she sees that kid every time she goes to the capital for a meeting.
Because he was so young, he stood out.
Unexpectedly, despite his young age, he is ruthless and his actions can cause upheaval!
They are not afraid of causing trouble at all, let alone making a big fuss.
If things really fall apart, I can just quit performing arts and continue being an actor.
Moreover, the current chairman of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association is Jiang Kun, and the vice chairman is Feng Gong. They are both from my school, so it's not certain who I'll side with.
As for whether I feel any psychological burden for bombing the Chinese Quyi Artists Association... it's impossible. After all, my senior brother, Teacher Guo, wants to bomb the association all the time. At most, I'm just sharing the same hatred.
Besides, you can't find fault with the questions I gave you, so no matter where you complain, I'm in the right.
If you say I'm settling a personal score, I can just deny it.
There was no personal grudge involved; it was purely out of love and respect for niche performing arts.
As the chairperson of the Tianjin Quyi Association, Ms. Ji Wei quickly realized that when she went to the capital for a meeting in the future, her colleagues from other provinces would look down on her.
It's all because of Tianjin that kid made that proposal!
I'll get scolded too!
What did I do to deserve this?
No one will cry out in pain unless they get slapped in the face.
It wasn't just pain anymore; it felt like I'd gotten up in the middle of the night and kicked the wooden cabinet door with my little toe. And it was quite hard; it cracked my toenail. To make matters worse, there was a splinter on the cabinet door that got stuck in the crack.
It's so painful.
A powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake; I don't think so.
Willing to risk everything, even to the point of pulling the emperor off his horse.
As long as I'm not afraid of being scolded, it's others who will be scolded.
Kneeling on the ground and acting like a rogue is not as good as doing it at a national conference of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association.
A small document threw the entire Tianjin folk art industry into complete chaos.
Those who previously helped them cause trouble and cheered them on are now either shutting up or turning against them and cursing.
"I knew you weren't human!"
"How can you do things like this?"
"This is outrageous!"
If I can't control the National Quyi Association, can't I control you?
Zhang Yuan let them run wild; when things got out of hand, someone would step in to settle things.
Moreover, this time the one who steps in to resolve the matter will not help the Tianjin businessmen.
He has more important things to do.
With his financial backing, Pacific Rim finally got its release date.
At that time, there were a total of 1.3 large screens across the country, and more than 1 of them would be showing the film on the first day.
Zhang Yuan was a little nervous, afraid that the money he spent wouldn't meet his expectations.
But after seeing the results of the first day, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
The midnight screenings alone sold over 600 million yuan worth of tickets, and the box office reached 9700 million yuan on the first day!
Of that, nearly 20 million was the amount he purchased.
Online and in the news, reports are everywhere, with many declaring the film the Hollywood blockbuster of the year, creating a cultural trend.
The internet is flooded with photos of people going to the cinema to take pictures with life-size mecha models.
The giant model, more than ten meters tall, at the entrance of Wanda Cinema attracted countless merchants and increased the mall's foot traffic by 30%.
This year's imported films are quite strong.
It includes Iron Man 3, Gravity, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Man of Steel, and Star Trek Into Darkness.
They're either big IPs or famous directors.
Iron Man 3 grossed 7.5 million yuan at the Chinese box office.
This also led to the ridiculous situation of creating a special edition for the Chinese market.
The end credits feature Wang Xueqi and Fan Bingbing performing surgery on Tony, but this scene is only present in the Chinese version and is not found in other regions; it is not even recognized in Marvel's canon.
Fan Bingbing doesn't care about these gossips; she knows exactly what she's doing.
Zhang Yuan then took the opportunity to use Jia Shikai to criticize one and praise the other, thus creating a buzz.
After its release, the film was marketed as a movie that "truly respects Chinese audiences."
The release of a special edition of "Iron Man 3" was made with the fear that people from other countries would see Chinese elements.
Actually, this was purchased by Huaxia Publishing House, but the audience didn't know it.
They only know that Iron Man 3 is shady, but Pacific Rim is not only set in Hong Kong, but also features Chinese Jaegers and pilots.
Although he died rather quickly...
However, neither the mecha design nor its appearance was intended to disgust Chinese audiences.
Director Toro genuinely wants to please the Chinese people.
However, in order to highlight the main character's machine, a sacrifice has to be made: a plot-driven death.
Without comparison, there is no harm; with such a comparison, the audience's goodwill towards "Pacific Rim" has increased even more.
Even many girls who dislike the idea of giant ships and cannons have heard about this.
The more people know about it, the more people will go to the cinema.
"An annual audio-visual feast!"
"The special effects are top-notch, and the action is incredibly dynamic."
"The screen is full of mechs and monsters, and humans are just supporting characters."
Various comments emerged on the internet.
It received a rating of 8.5 on Douban in one week and 4.7 stars on Maoyan.
Zhang Yuan also spent money on these.
Let's make a quick profit first.
Commercial films have to be commercially viable.
Under the terrifying power of the internet, this film grossed 5.5 million yuan in its opening week!
Of that, 1 million was for "ghost fields" purchased by Zhang Yuan.
This achievement immediately sparked a heated debate in the Chinese film industry.
I've never seen a show this intense before.
It left its peers speechless.
But everyone knows that the first co-invested film between film companies from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Legendary Pictures was a success! (End of Chapter)