Zhang Chen didn't expect that Shen Fang would still leave him 10% of the shares, and it seemed that he was even planning to keep him in the management position.
After lunch, the contract was finalized.
Shen Fang looked at Shen Teng and Ma Li and said, "Hone your basic skills well. After the New Year, go to Longteng and find the manager, Chang Jihong. Start with comedy, and later we will arrange variety shows and TV dramas for you. Get your faces known and become a golden duo. I will give you three years. After three years, I will give you the opportunity to soar to the top."
Shen Teng and Ma Li were naturally very grateful.
"Mr. Shen, is this our first meeting?"
Shen Fang looked at Shen Teng with a smile: "Doesn't it feel a bit like a dream?"
Shen Teng scratched the back of his head: "To be honest, I feel a little dizzy when I walk now, and I still can't figure it out."
He's just a recent graduate, making a living in the comedy scene in Beijing. There are plenty of famous comedians out there; who does he think he is? Even if he considers himself exceptional, he can't help but consider his own worth. It seems he's not worth that price.
"Don't doubt yourself. I believe you can do it, so you can do it!!!" Shen Fang encouraged Shen Teng, who was doubting his life.
Right now, you're just an unknown nobody. In the future, you will become the number one figure in Chinese cinema. It's no exaggeration to say that Shen Teng's rise has been meteoric since "Goodbye Mr. Loser." At the same time as the film's release, Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong" is also airing.
At the time, people were not optimistic about "Goodbye Mr. Loser", and the box office was not ideal at the beginning of its release. However, Shen Teng and Ma Li held more than ten roadshows in a row, and the movie quickly became a hit, even surpassing "Lost in Hong Kong" with a box office of 1.5 billion yuan.
Three years later, another highly-rated film by Shen Teng, "Hello Mr. Billionaire," was released, grossing a total of 2.5 billion yuan. While pre-sales for this film were not ideal, it became a dark horse after its release, resonating with audiences not only with the thrill of consumption but also with a profound reflection of human nature.
Of course, both films were huge hits when they were released, but the mainstream market at the time still thought that Shen Teng was just a lucky guy who got a taste of comedy films and caught the fast train. He was not recognized by the mainstream market. But what was unexpected was that his subsequent films, Crazy Alien, Lonely Moon, and Man Jiang Hong, were all more popular and received better reviews than the last.
In contrast, Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, who were also filmmakers at the same time, lacked staying power and ran into trouble one after another. Shen Teng truly reached the pinnacle of Chinese filmmakers.
Let's not talk about Wu Jing. Everyone knows what kind of films Wu Jing has made: Wolf Warrior, Wolf Warrior 2, The Long Night, The Wandering Earth. These are all types of films, and they have nothing to do with his acting skills. He's just an average actor who can play any role. There are plenty of people who are suitable for such roles.
But Shen Teng's acting is like Stephen Chow's back in the day. No one else can act in his movies. As long as he acts, even scatological and humorous scenes can make money. That's Shen Teng's ability.
As a man born with a knack for comedy, Shen Teng's "comedic style" is undoubtedly capable of captivating many.
Stephen Chow's "mo lei tau" (nonsensical) style is unmatched, while Shen Teng's comedy belongs to a different style altogether. However, the author believes that Shen Teng and Stephen Chow are "close enough" to be considered the best. (The author is simply presenting data and not making any comparisons. Stephen Chow is a legend, but Shen Teng is indeed arguably the number one comedian in China. If Stephen Chow were still acting, would he definitely be number one? Looking at his recent works, like Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons and The Mermaid, the author has seen them all, and frankly, they weren't very good.)
"By the way, I'm quite curious, Shen Teng, how did you end up joining Happy Twist?"
"Well, this is quite a dramatic story. I initially joined Happy Twist because of one thing, and I'm actually quite embarrassed about it." Shen Teng looked embarrassed, which piqued the curiosity of Shen Fang and Liu Shishi.
"What happened?"
Ma Li chimed in, "After graduating from the PLA Academy of Arts, Shen Teng was just a street urchin until he met the Happy Twist team! At the time, the Happy Twist team was looking for people, and Shen Teng went. Everyone else was serious and formal during the interview, but Shen Teng just slouched like Ge You, with a typical Beijing vibe. When the interviewers arrived, he didn't stand up to greet them like the others. When I first saw him, I thought, 'Why is this guy so pretentious and aloof?' But it was precisely this 'flamboyant' demeanor that attracted the attention of the people present, and he ended up joining the team."
"Actually, he had hemorrhoids at the time and had just had surgery. He couldn't sit normally, and he was in a bad mood because of the surgery."
Upon hearing this, Shen Fang and Liu Shishi burst into laughter, clutching their stomachs. Shen Teng covered his face, looking utterly ashamed.
"What about you, Ma Li?"
"Me? I just went in normally."
Shen Teng pouted: "Tch, you got in normally. President Shen, don't defend her. You have no idea, when we first met, I thought she was some silly big sister from somewhere, and she even graduated from the Central Academy of Drama."
"From the Central Academy of Drama?" Shen Fang looked at Ma Li. Goodness, he really didn't know that Ma Li was an academic.
“Of course, from the Central Academy of Drama!!!” Ma Li said proudly.
"Tch, it's because she couldn't get into the Beijing Film Academy and had no other choice but to go to the Central Academy of Drama." As Ma Li's close friend, Shen Teng didn't give her any face at all.
"President Shen, please listen to me. Ma Li's status as a student at the Central Academy of Drama was something she picked up."
"In 2001, Ma Li took the college entrance exam. The examiners for the third round of the Beijing Film Academy exam were Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, and their former homeroom teacher, Cui Xinqin. Ma Li got nervous and overdid it—she wore a suit jacket with a turtleneck underneath, shiny high heels, and her hair was meticulously styled with hair oil, looking like a successful rural businesswoman. After all that, Ma Li failed the exam. If it weren't for the Central Academy of Drama's special admissions program for comedy at the time, she wouldn't have been able to get into a vocational college."
"Wow, we almost became alumni." Shen Fangzhen never expected this.
"Alumni???" Shen Teng found it adorable.
Shen Fang smiled and said, "I'm from Beijing Film Academy, and so is Shishi."
Shen Teng was dumbfounded: "A boss as big as you, still going to school?"
Shen Fang smiled and said, "Education is still very important. After all, it's a college degree, otherwise it would be so embarrassing if I said high school when a reporter asked me what my education was."
This isn't just something Shen Fang made up. In recent years, many entrepreneurs like to embellish their resumes with high academic qualifications. In reality, very few of them actually finished high school. Among the big names in the internet industry, only Dongzi has a relatively high level of education. The others are all graduates of diploma mills, and very few are from prestigious universities. When starting a business, not only does the company need to look high-end, but the boss himself also needs to present a good image. Clothes make the man, after all.
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