Chapter 364
[Chapter 360 was deleted again, so it’s really hard to deal with it…]
Mid April.
When the grass was green and the birds were singing, Xu Kun, who had stayed in Thailand for half a month, finally returned to Beijing.
This time in Thailand, in addition to discussing film cooperation, he was mainly dealing with the military government and the former prime minister's sister, acting as a mouthpiece for the two countries and three parties.
Or it could be called a megaphone, because he himself has no access to a lot of information, all negotiations are conducted with the accompanying personnel arranged by his superiors.
Of course, he did play a role, at least those articles predicting the possible outbreak of the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States in the near future received a certain degree of attention from the Thai side, and also paved the way for the plot of the new movie.
After the plane landed.
Xu Kun wrapped himself up tightly as usual. He met Huang Bin and Zhu Yawen who came to pick him up at the airport in the waiting room. As soon as he got in the car, he asked, "Has anything big happened in the domestic entertainment industry recently?"
Huang Bin said hurriedly: "The 'anti-online piracy' campaign has been supported by more than a dozen film and television companies. Recently, some video websites have become anxious and have announced that they will gradually formalize their policies. However, no substantial changes have been seen so far."
"Ah."
Xu Kun nodded slightly without comment.
Zhu Yawen then said: "There are several people from the sixth generation of directors who have publicly asked you to give up the claim of 'the only one in 30 years' before discussing whether you are a sixth generation director."
"嘁~"
Xu Kun scoffed at this.
Although the claim that he is the only one in the past thirty years is completely untenable when compared with the sixth generation of directors who mainly focus on winning awards, the title of sixth generation director is not what he wants.
Why should you take the initiative to deny your own achievements just for a few buzzing flies?
"'The Legend of the Condor Heroes' has been scheduled to be broadcast on April 4th, and it is expected to be broadcast two episodes a week..."
Huang Bin and Zhu Yawen then talked about some more news related to Xu Kun, but none of them were what Xu Kun really wanted to hear.
So when passing by a newsstand, Xu Kun specifically asked Zhu Yawen to buy some newspapers and magazines.
Then he found the new news he wanted on the cover of an entertainment magazine: Tianying Film and Television Company suffered another heavy blow, and Xiang Huaqiang from the mainland was taken away by the prosecution and was suspected of imprisonment.
The accompanying picture shows Sun Donghai's big face and a blurred full-body photo of Li Xiaoran and Yin Tao - Li Xiaoran is standing next to Sun Donghai's mouth, and Yin Tao is standing next to Sun Donghai's ear. This composition is quite thoughtful.
Before going to Thailand at the end of March, Xu Kun finally leaked the negative information about Sun Donghai to the Hong Kong and Taiwan media through some secret channels.
It was the tenth anniversary of the return to China, and many restless Hong Kong media were ready to make a move. So after obtaining the black material, they regarded it as a treasure and publicized it with much greater momentum than Xu Kun had expected.
This is also the reason why the influence was quickly transmitted to the mainland.
Having resolved this matter, Xu Kun felt even happier. He contacted Lan Xiaolong and others in the car, went home to take a short rest, and then started to revise the script with the screenwriters.
This time, the Thai military government was very generous. In addition to allowing Xu Kun to borrow active weapons, they also promised to provide some retired and scrapped items for Xu Kun to film the explosion scenes.
This is much more realistic and exciting than any model.
Therefore, many scenes need to be readjusted, and it would be best to let several screenwriters go to Thailand for an on-site investigation.
Unfortunately, Director Feng Xiaoning is not available at the moment as he is currently filming the tribute film; and for safety reasons, it is impossible for Mr. Fu to go to Thailand.
So Lan Xiaolong has to lead the team.
Meanwhile, the crew of Apple has reached the final preparation stage. Tong Dawei was chosen as the male lead, a migrant worker who cleans windows. Director Li Yu originally wanted to choose the second female lead, the boss lady, from Wan Wan, to make up a cast from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. But now Liang Jiahui has been replaced by Xu Kun, so it makes no sense to use Wan Wan as the female lead. In the end, Yuan Li, who had just got married, was chosen for the role.
Putting aside Lu Yi, the fact that this film brings together three stars who are surrounded by scandals is quite something to talk about.
However, given the scale of the film, no matter how popular it is, it probably won't be able to be shown in mainland China, at least not in its entirety.
Of course, this is nothing. After all, Fan Bingbing and director Li Yu were aiming for the award from the very beginning.
Xu Kun actually doesn’t think highly of Fan Bingbing. After all, her acting skills are just so-so - although definitely better than Yang Mi, she is not outstanding among actresses of the same period.
Speaking of Yang Mi.
She had been very angry with Li Shaohong recently, and had wanted to hint to Rong Xinda that she was no longer the same person she used to be, and if he didn't give her enough resources, it would be better for them to part ways amicably.
As a result, Li Shaohong turned around and openly criticized Yang Mi's acting skills at the company meeting, saying that it was probably because she grew up in a film crew and had adopted a formulaic performance mode early on.
When she played the role of Little East Evil Guo Xiang, she managed to maintain some spirituality, but now she is becoming more and more rigid and stiff. If she continues like this, she will just be a decoration vase.
These words undoubtedly touched Yang Mi's heart. She ran to Xu Kun and cried several times. What she meant by her words was that she just wanted Brother Kun to give her "justice".
But Xu Kun finally did not agree. He had no preference for Yang Mi, so he could give her some advice and resources, but he decided to forget about offending a leading female director for her.
Yang Mi was actually just testing the waters, but when he saw that Xu Kun controlled the "boundary" so tightly, he immediately backed off and became more attentive and attentive.
He even took the initiative to cooperate with Jiang Yiyan and Tang Yan.
However, she also did a lot of small things in private. Every time they were fighting together, she would criticize Tang Yan a few words - she was obviously a latecomer, but she insisted on calling herself a "veteran".
But even though Tang Yan looks a little naive, he is actually a tough guy. Occasionally, he can be cunning and make Yang Mi lose face.
Jiang Yiyan, on the other hand, was happy to see the open and covert struggles between the two - mainly because she had learned a lesson from the Teddy Sisters and was afraid that the two would gang up on each other and become the masters.
Add to that Huo Siyan, Qin Lan, and Chen Shu who has appeared more frequently recently, Xu Kun's small two-bedroom apartment is like a harem of intrigue all day long.
When Xu Kun was complaining to his friends, Liu Haibo jokingly said that he might as well write down all these things and make a TV series about the harem struggle.
It can also solve the problem of insufficient resources.
Xu Kun was not very interested in recording these things, mainly because it would be easy for someone with ulterior motives to find the corresponding prototype if they were spread out - and probably because the center point was on the bed, most of their intrigues were concentrated in the lower three areas.
But the drama of harem hegemony should still be interesting.
Xu Kun vaguely remembered that this aspect was also reported in the news later, but unfortunately he had no interest in this thing at that time, so he did not remember which popular harem rivalry dramas were.
However, he did remember that many of these dramas seemed to be adapted from novels.
Xu Kun himself cannot finish reading female novels, but he can mobilize the Teddy Sisters to read and look for them.
Originally, the girls were not very interested in online novels, but after Xu Kun promised that whoever found a suitable script would be given the role of the female lead, a trend soon swept the group.
Of course, most of the people watching are those who haven't come out yet. People like Li Xiaolu and Jiang Xin can't calm down at all, while Huo Siyan and Jiang Yiyan can't stay idle at all.
Before I knew it, it was already the end of April.
(End of this chapter)
