Chapter 418 Something unexpected happened yesterday
[I forgot to write a note asking for leave, I’m so sorry…]
After recuperating at home for half a year, Feng Xiaogang was obviously fatter than at the beginning of the year and his complexion was better, but his vitiligo seemed to have not improved but got worse.
With my current energy, I can act in a horror movie at night without any makeup.
But when Xu Kun entered the room, he shook his head and sighed. Feng Xiaogang saw this and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
"Young girls nowadays are really..."
Xu Kun pointed his lips toward the outside and briefly described what had just happened. Finally, he said speechlessly, "Sister Xu Fan must have misunderstood. You must explain it to me later, otherwise I will die unjustly."
This kind of thing needs to be clarified in time, otherwise Xu Fan will turn around and whisper in my ear, and I will be blamed for nothing.
Feng Xiaogang burst into laughter after hearing this, and it was obvious that he didn't take it to heart at all.
Firstly, there are too many such things in the circle and people are no longer surprised by them; secondly, many men don’t care that much about lesbianism, at least they don’t hate and reject it as much as they do gays.
After laughing, Feng Xiaogang asked about the preparations for "Operation Kunpeng". After all, he was still the producer, and even if he was not going to actually get involved in the filming, he would still have to ask about it when they met.
Xu Kun briefly summarized it and said, "It's all thanks to you, Uncle Feng, for reminding me at the beginning, otherwise things wouldn't have gone so smoothly."
"I didn't expect it to get so big."
Feng Xiaogang couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. When he first suggested to Xu Kun that he might as well try Thailand, he never thought that a movie could become a bridge to break the ice in relations between the two countries.
Although it was just a gimmick and there was no requirement for Xu Kun to do anything, but with this gimmick, the crew could avoid a lot of trouble during filming in Thailand.
After a pause, Feng Xiaogang asked again: "When will the listing ceremony be held?"
"May 9th."
Xu Kun explained: "Thai people believe that the most auspicious number is 9, and 678 are unlucky numbers, so September 9 was chosen to be the date for the listing."
"June 9..."
Feng Xiaogang thought about it and nodded, "Okay, I'll go there two days in advance and take a look at how you guys have arranged it."
After finishing the serious business, the two started chatting.
Talking about the incident that happened during the signing a few days ago, Director Feng was not surprised by Liu Xiaoli's performance.
"Why do people say that celebrities are prone to gossip? In fact, it's not just because celebrities tend to get carried away once they become famous. It's also because their friends and relatives who take advantage of their power are the ones who are most likely to cause gossip."
Xu Kun agreed with this argument, but when it comes to Liu Xiaoli herself - Aunt Liu's arrogance is probably not because her daughter is famous, but because she is just like that.
As they talked, they started talking about the stock market.
There's no way around it. The stock market is booming in July and I can't avoid talking about this when chatting with anyone now.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and then Xu Fan pushed the door open and greeted, "Old Feng, Chen Kaige is leaving, should we..."
Feng Xiaogang was enthusiastically analyzing how far the bull market could go, but upon hearing this, his face immediately fell and he muttered indignantly, "He came to my territory, and I have to take the initiative to meet him. Is this to show off his face?"
Xu Kun nodded solemnly, "You know what, Director Chen's face is really not small."
Feng Xiaogang laughed when he heard this, and then said helplessly: "Let's go and take a look. After all, they filmed a movie called Farewell My Concubine."
Although Feng Xiaogang has been far more recognized by the public than Chen Kaige in recent years, he is still inferior to Chen Kaige in terms of status in the circle.
This is the same reason why the sixth generation directors looked down on Xu Kun.
To put it bluntly, it is the idea of worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners in the circle that is at work. If you win an award from a foreigner, you feel that you are superior to others. Even if it is a colonial award or an award from a reactionary party, you still feel that you are half a head better than others.
When they came out of the office, Qi Wei had disappeared, and Chen Kaige was talking with Deputy Director Chen Guo and Wang Zhonglei in the corridor.
The great poet Chen still had the same "imposing manner" of pointing out the world with his chest puffed out and belly folded. He had clearly seen Feng Xiaogang and Xu Kun early in the morning, but he still had to wait until Feng Xiaogang took the initiative to speak before turning his eyes. Although Feng Xiaogang was unhappy, he still put on his usual humble attitude and took the initiative to hold Chen Kaige's hand with both hands: "You didn't even tell me that you were here. If Xu Fan hadn't reminded me just now, I wouldn't have known."
No one else is so good at telling lies to someone's face.
Xu Kun also patted his head and said, "It's my fault too. Sister Xu Fan thought I would tell you, but when we came in and started talking about movies, I forgot everything."
Chen Kaige didn't react much, probably because he has seen this kind of thing happen many times where people say one thing but mean another.
But Chen Hong next to her couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Zhang Ziyi covered her mouth and chuckled, which perfectly served as the background embellishment.
The group of people escorted Chen Kaige out of the gate of Huayi like stars surrounding the moon. During the period, Chen Kaige was chatting with Feng Xiaogang and Chen Guofu, and occasionally @ Wang Zhonglei, but never paid any attention to Xu Kun.
But Xu Kun had already gotten used to it.
When filming "Yahoo Star Search", Chen Kaige was arrogant and was full of hostility and rejection towards Xu Kun, a rising star who broke the 100 million mark at the same time as him.
After seeing Chen Kaige off, Feng Xiaogang complained to Wang Zhonglei in front of Vice President Chen Guo: "Our company has a good script, why didn't you inform me first? Why are you looking for an outsider?"
This is clearly calling a bald man in front of a monk.
Wang Zhonglei cooperated by spreading his hands and said, "I only found out about it later - Lao Chen, this matter..."
The thin deputy director Chen Guo pushed up his glasses and shook his head, saying, "This script belongs to Yan Geling. Zhang Jialu and I just helped to revise it. If Yan Geling hadn't been in Shanghai, Director Chen wouldn't have come to me directly."
Having said that, Feng Xiaogang couldn't find anything to complain about.
So everyone went back to the fifth floor in a bustling crowd. Deputy Chen Guo went back to his office, while Wang Zhonglei went to Feng Xiaogang.
Then the three of them started to complain about Director Chen.
Near noon, Wang Zhonglei wanted to treat the two of them to a meal, but Xu Fan quickly stepped forward to stop them, saying that Feng Xiaogang was still undergoing treatment and could not eat irritating foods such as oily or spicy foods, let alone drink alcohol.
As a result, Little Cannon got angry, slammed the table and yelled a few words, complaining that Xu Fan was meddling in everything, and that it was meaningless to live like this, and he might as well just kick his legs and die.
Xu Kun and Wang Zhonglei hurriedly tried to smooth things over and finally chose a private vegetarian restaurant, which finally resolved the issue.
Maybe it was because of what Feng Xiaogang said on the way, Xu Fan specially offered Xu Kun a glass of tea instead of wine during the meal, and said helplessly: "I'm sorry, Xiao Xu, I didn't expect it... Alas, I really don't know what girls nowadays think!"
Xu Kun also raised his glass and said with a smile: "Maybe girls in bands are more avant-garde."
Wang Zhonglei asked curiously, "What girl in a band? Is she your Tian Shang Zhi Xi?"
"It has nothing to do with you."
Feng Xiaogang changed the subject and said, "Since Yan Geling's script was chosen by Chen Mantou, it must have something unique. Please keep an eye on it for me in the future. If there is a good one, we should grab it in advance to avoid giving it away to others for nothing."
Director Chen has been famous for his "autocratic" approach in the past two years. He always wanted to write and direct his own films. There must be a reason why he is interested in Yan Geling's script.
“I’ve never come across this before…”
Wang Zhonglei smacked his lips and said, "I'll try my best. I'll contact them and try to build relationships later."
"Why don't I find a chance to meet him."
Xu Fan also said: "I heard that she used to be in the art troupe. We should be able to chat with each other."
Unlike Director Chen, Feng Xiaogang still attaches great importance to the script at this stage. After all, he has worked with Wang Shuo before.
This scene also confirmed Xu Kun's idea of hoarding scripts.
Especially for some science fiction themes or scripts that require large-scale special effects, which cannot be filmed now and cannot be sold at a high price, it is a good opportunity to buy the adaptation rights in advance and stockpile them, and then use them when the box office explodes in the future.
(End of this chapter)
