The news that Tao Mu was the producer of the mainland remake of "Black and White" immediately topped the headlines of the larger entertainment section. At the same time, news came out that "Black and White" will be released in mainland China on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and that the mainland remake will make changes to the ending and replace the actor who plays Yan Yu.
Anyone with common sense knows that the main reason why the mainland remake of "Black and White" replaced the actor who played Yan Yu was because Shen Yu was banned by the Optoelectronics Department. If "Black and White" wants to be released in mainland China, all scenes related to Shen Yu must be deleted. Of course, Shen Yu himself did not perform well during the filming, and Xu Musen had long intended to replace him, but due to the insistence of the investor, the Shen Group, and later the mediation of the Lin family, he finally gave up the idea.
Now Guangdian has come out with a strong attitude, demanding that the crew of "Black and White" delete all scenes of the banned artists. In order to maintain the integrity of his work, Xu Musen was happy to go with the flow - on the one hand, he could smoothly replace people, and on the other hand, he could put the blame on Optoelectronics. It's simply eight hearts and eight arrows perfection. Even the powerful and overbearing Lin family, who always has the final say, may not have the confidence to challenge Guangdian.
However, in the eyes of Shen Yu and Shen Yu's fans, Tao Mu, as the producer of the mainland remake of "Black and White", kicked Shen Yu out of the crew and replaced him with another person to play the role of Yan Yu. These actions are undoubtedly the ironclad evidence that Tao Mu is targeting Shen Yu.
Not to mention that the actor who plays Yan Yu in the mainland remake of "Black and White" is actually Gu Yuzhang - the Yanying student who was scolded by Shen Yu's fans and became a hot topic because of "bullying" Shen Yu. Generally speaking, netizens who just watch the drama have very poor memories. If there is no follow-up reporting, the popularity of many news stories will fade away in three days at most. But there is only one case where netizens have particularly good memories. The kind that can still remember the trivial things that happened more than ten years ago - that is when the fans and haters were fighting.
Under the digging attitude of Shen Yu's fans, it was soon dug up that Gu Yuzhang "betrayed" Yanying and went to audition for "Soldier King" when Yanying was planning to shoot a TV series. After passing the audition, he ignored his status as a freshman and asked the school for a half-year leave to experience life in the army.
Thinking back to Gu Yuzhang's series of actions, he successfully got on Tao Mu's good side just a few days after joining the crew of "Soldier King" and replaced Shen Yu to play the role of Yan Yu. Many netizens (mainly Shen Yu’s fans) immediately labeled Gu Yuzhang a "scheming bootlicker". And he is a bootlicker who "licks until the end and gets everything".
Shen Yu’s fans were furious and immediately rushed to Gu Yuzhang’s message, verbally abusing him with the most vicious remarks. Personal attacks and photoshopping of the deceased's photos were considered minor offenses. Some fans even went to the gate of Yanying School and threw wreaths. If Gu Yuzhang had not already flown to Xiangcheng to join the filming, these fans would probably have wanted to beat him up.
Now that they couldn't beat Gu Yuzhang, the culprit, the angry Shen Yu fans had nowhere to vent their anger, and finally ran to Tao Mu's Feixun to launch a new round of abuse. Tao Mu's fans of the war of words certainly cannot tolerate Shen Yu's fans being so presumptuous. The fans of the two groups, which were already at loggerheads with each other, started to fight again.
However, Tao Mu, who was at the center of the vortex, felt a little wronged. Because the decision to let Gu Yuzhang play the role of Yan Yu was not made by him. It is the persistence of director Xu Musen.
After the script of the mainland remake of "Black and White" passed the review of Optoelectronics, Tao Mu and the Xiangcheng producers took the approval document from Optoelectronics to negotiate with the mainland theaters for the New Year's Day schedule. While taking the time to communicate with other actors in the crew about the reshoot, he also had to find the actor who would play Yan Yu.
In order to keep the wealth within the family, Tao Mu directly asked several students from Beijing Film Academy who were signed to his film and television company to come for the audition. According to the script's requirements for the character of Yan Yu, this is a righteous person who is black and white, principled, resolute and even a little stubborn. At the same time, one must also have the compassionate heart of the Buddha who cut off his flesh to feed the eagle. In the words of director Xu Musen, it means having both the compassion of Buddhism and the thundering wrath of King Kong. Adding some descriptions of appearance, although Wen Bao was a little short and did not meet the requirements, Du Kang and Chu Suian were both tall enough. It's just that the temperament is a little bit lacking. But this kind of thing can be made up for by acting skills.
According to Tao Mu's selfish desire, he actually wanted Xu Musen to choose between Du Kang and Chu Suian to play Yan Yu.
As a result, in order to save time and fearing that others would delay the army's training, Tao Mu took advantage of Xu Musen's convenience in negotiating the schedule with the mainland theaters and directly dragged him to the army for an interview. By the way, I also want Xu Musen to guide the production team of "Soldier King" on how to shoot the gun battle scenes. After all, as everyone knows, Xu Musen is the most famous director in Hong Kong, and he is best at shooting gangster and police films. Tao Mu wanted his own production team to learn from Xu Musen's production team and have an audition at the same time.
As a result, Xu Musen spotted the ancient jade halberd from the crowd at first sight. He had to go around in circles and ask Gu Yuzhang to audition. Otherwise, why do people say Director Xu has a sharp eye? Gu Yuzhang's personality is somewhat similar to Yan Yu's. Both of them have low emotional intelligence but strong principles and a strong sense of justice. After training in the army for nearly a month, Gu Yuzhang's temperament became more upright. Moreover, the coil was straight and smooth, and when the person stood there, he looked like a cypress tree standing proudly in the wind. Once you put on the Xiangcheng police costume, the effect is even more amazing.
She was simply stuck in Xu Musen's eyes and couldn't be pulled out. In Director Xu's words, the Du Kang and Chu Suian who auditioned previously were good in every way, but they just lacked that little bit of interest. And this meaning is fully reflected in Gu Yuzhang.
Tao Mu has always had a habit of favoring people based on personal connections. In his opinion, even if Xu Musen didn't like Du Kang and Chu Suian, he should at least choose a student from Beijing Film Academy to play Yan Yu. Now that Xu Musen has set his eyes on Gu Yuzhang, it is not a matter of the wealth flowing to outsiders, but rather the wealth flowing into the opponent's field.
Absolutely not.
Xu Musen could also understand Tao Mu's thoughts. In fact, Tao Mu's idea is a problem that many producers and investors will have. It's just that Tao Mu is much better than ordinary investors and producers. He did not ask the crew to promote a certain actor or give a certain actor more roles, but only asked Xu Musen to find actors from the range of his choice. Tao Mu invested money, energy, and connections to help the crew reshoot, so he couldn't just bring in an outsider.
But Xu Musen really took a fancy to the ancient jade halberd. He suggested that Tao Mu sign Gu Yuzhang to his own film and television company. After learning about Gu Yuzhang's experience of being subjected to online violence by Shen Yu's fans, he used this incident to convince Tao Mu that appointing Gu Yuzhang to play Yan Yu would definitely arouse discussion among netizens and add more topics to the movie. It is convenient for the crew to hype and promote. As expected of Director Xiangcheng, his marketing and hype techniques are quite sophisticated. It's a pity that Tao Mu didn't buy it. He only wants to use students from Beijing Film Academy. Either it’s Du Kang or Chu Suian, or someone else from Beijing Film Academy. Yanying’s just isn’t good enough.
Director Xu had no choice but to go to Gu Yuzhang without Tao Mu's knowledge and give him some advice. As a result, that night, Gu Yuzhang ran to Tao Mu's room and took the initiative to propose signing the contract.
"I don't need such a high share. I've inquired about it. There are three types of artist contracts in our company. Senior Chu, Senior Du and Senior Wen signed Class A contracts, and the other Beijing Film Academy students signed Class B contracts. Only the artists who were selected from the talent show have a 30%-70% share when they sign with the agency. This is because Longteng Entertainment and Xiaxing Entertainment also need to sign artists, and the company cannot raise the price without authorization. So I will also have a 30%-70% share, and I can sign for ten years. As long as I can be given a role to play, it's fine."
Gu Yuzhang looked at Tao Mu steadily. He is very serious. He likes filming and enjoys the feeling of filming. But in the entertainment industry, if you don’t have connections, background, or support, you can forget about picking a good role. Gu Yuzhang was unwilling to accept this, he also wanted to be famous. Ever since the Shen Yu incident, he knew that in the entertainment industry, no matter right or wrong, being popular means justice. Even if the unknown person is right, there is no place for him to reason.
Gu Yuzhang felt that this situation was not right. But he was powerless to change. All he can do is try to make himself famous. At least on that day, he can ensure that he is not wrongly accused. If someone encounters this kind of thing again, he can speak up for others.
And he had long wanted to sign a contract with Tao Mu's film and television company. It's just that I never had the chance to bring it up before.
Du Kang and the other two had trained with Gu Yuzhang for nearly a month, and they had a good impression of this young but kind-hearted Yanying student. After learning about the stalemate between Tao Mu and Director Xu, they all privately advised Tao Mu to sign Gu Yuzhang. He smiled and consoled her, "It's just a role. You are now a well-known gold medal producer in the industry, so you don't have to worry about not having movies to shoot in the future. If you are willing, after the end of your sophomore year, you can tailor a big movie for us. Make all of us famous."
This is true. With the two excellent works "The Great Wall of Flesh and Blood" and "Fashion Storm" as their predecessors, the three roommates are really not worried about the filming resources or whether they can become famous. Including other students of Beijing Film Academy, they all have a kind of mysterious confidence in Tao Mu, and feel that as long as Tao Mu is willing to support them, they will definitely become famous. So instead of fighting for resources and getting hurt, it is better to perform well and let Tao Mu remember you. By then, I can tailor a drama for myself, and becoming famous will be a matter of minutes.
Even Tao Mu himself doesn't have this confidence. But he could feel the kindness of his roommates. Moreover, Gu Yuzhang is indeed more suitable for the role of Yan Yu than Du Kang and Chu Suian. To put it bluntly, it's simply a true portrayal of himself.
And just like Du Kang and Chu Suian said, it's just a minor supporting role with less than ten minutes on screen. As long as the resources remain in his own hands, it doesn't matter who plays the role. He's not the leading actor in a big movie, so they really don't care.
So in the end, Tao Mu compromised. According to Gu Yuzhang's suggestion, he signed him to an agency and asked the army for a ten-day vacation, allowing Gu Yuzhang to reshoot the role of Yan Yu.
When Tao Mu arrived in Xiangcheng with Gu Yuzhang, it was the night before the premiere of "Black and White". According to Director Xu, we haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's get together and have a good time. As a result, when Tao Mu arrived at the dinner, he found that not only other actors from the "Black and White" crew, but also Shen Yu were there.
Seeing Tao Mu and Gu Yuzhang following behind Tao Mu, Shen Yu's expression was a little complicated. Although he felt somewhat unwilling and resentful, Shen Yu himself knew that he was now banned by the mainland's optical and electronic industries, and the crew had no choice but to delete or modify his role.
The only thing that Shen Yu couldn't let go of was Tao Mu's cold-eyed indifference and even taking advantage of his misfortune. Others said that Tao Mu had a very good relationship with the leaders of Optoelectronics. If Tao Mu is willing to help him, can his ban be lifted? Can he continue to return to the mainland to film?
Third Brother Lin said that the reason Tao Mu refused to help him was because he was worried about the competition for the Golden Crow Award for Best Newcomer. Both of them were shortlisted, and Tao Mu is the most popular candidate now. However, Shen Yu was banned in the mainland due to constant scandals. Even with the full support of the Lin family, his chances of winning were not very high. Unless Tao Mu can reveal some scandal that the public cannot accept at the critical moment of competing for the award. For example, Tao Mu was an orphan, and even though he had achieved success, he refused to acknowledge his parents.
Lin Rongan's words made Shen Yu subconsciously feel dry in the mouth. He also didn't understand why Tao Mu didn't want to recognize his biological parents. Obviously, both of them were orphans, and he longed for family and affection so much, but Tao Mu didn't even want to know the news of his biological parents.
Is he really so cold-hearted and cruel?
Shen Yu didn't know. But he subconsciously felt that maybe Tao Mu was such a cruel person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have achieved such a career at that age. Third Brother Lin said that business is like a battlefield, and Tao Mu can thrive in the capital circle that is like a battlefield. It must be because of his hard-heartedness. How can a person who doesn't even want to recognize his biological parents be a kind person?
Third Brother Lin said that no one should like a person with a heart of stone. Just like Yan Sheng...
Thinking of this, Shen Yu bit his lip. He looked more and more unwillingly at Brother Yan, who hadn't spoken a word to him since he sat down at the dinner table. The pain in my heart seemed to be twisting my intestines.
Shen Yu took a deep breath. Thinking of Lin Rongan's instructions to him, he forced a smile and raised his glass, saying to Tao Mu, "It's been a long time since we last met. I was ignorant before and accidentally caused so much trouble to Mr. Tao. Now I'm toasting you a glass as an apology. I hope Mr. Tao will be magnanimous and not hold it against me."
Tao Mu looked at Shen Yu with some surprise. I don’t know what Shen Yu is up to. However, in front of so many big names, Tao Mu didn't want to spoil the fun. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then took a bite of the food and said, "As long as we can keep our distance from each other, that's all."
Shen Yu curled the corners of his mouth. I felt a little dazed when I sat down. He accidentally knocked down Tao Mu's chopsticks.
Shen Yu quickly apologized and asked the waiter to remove the chopsticks and replace them with a new pair.
Because Shen Yu usually did things recklessly, Tao Mu didn't care. Naturally, he didn't notice that Shen Yu looked nervously at the chopsticks brought out by the waiter.
Although he didn't say a word to Shen Yu since he sat at the table, Yan Sheng, who was always paying attention to Shen Yu, noticed it. He frowned in some confusion. He subconsciously took out his cell phone and calmly sent a message to his assistant who was waiting outside.
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