Chapter 94
The stars who are fighting for the spotlight are all doing it for the sake of face. The ranking of big-budget movies cannot be easily replaced by other resources, so they are still stubborn until now.
Previously, everyone in the family had their own ideas and interests at stake, so even if Shen Antang got angry, there was no way to mediate. But after Shen Mingzheng came back this time, things suddenly showed signs of easing.
If Fu Jing, the person in charge, could give in on this matter, it would be a real breakthrough.
Fu Jing no longer cared about Fu Yongzhi's affairs. He was just her nephew, not her biological son. She just hoped that the things this idiot did would not affect her. Besides, it was not her who instigated this matter.
Su Ning also knew that this had nothing to do with her, so when she put out the evidence, she deliberately cut off this one, just as a bargaining chip.
He and Shen Mingzheng had a tacit understanding on this matter. When Su Ning heard the news and rushed to the countryside, he had already anticipated this matter, so he came to the capital with something in his hand.
In exchange, Fu Jing was finally willing to take a step back and not fight for the ranking. She agreed to perform as a "special guest star". As a special guest, there is naturally no ranking.
Because of Fu Jing's concession, things became much easier to discuss and were gradually settled.
As the male and female protagonists, Tan Jiahui and Zhang Libing were promoted as equals in the publicity and the opening and ending credits. Tan Jiahui's role was indeed a bit of a sideline heroine, and she was at a disadvantage compared to the protagonist and Cai Tongsheng's villain protagonist.
Cai Tongsheng's ranking is slightly lower, but he is still within the top three. Moreover, his role is more eye-catching, and he is given other resources outside the movie as compensation.
Besides, all parties knew that dragging on the fight for the ranking would not benefit anyone, and Fu Jing's choice was a way for all parties to save face. As for how the parties would issue press releases to explain or praise the show later, that was none of Shen Mingzheng's business.
The few days he had been here had indeed achieved remarkable results. The film, which had been delayed for two months, finally started shooting. Mr. Shen was in a much better mood. After the opening ceremony, he praised him for a long time in front of everyone, and then pointed at other people and scolded them for being useless.
The truth is revealed in big things. This grandson is capable and competent, and seems to be thinking about him in everything.
However, Shen Mingzheng did not look proud when listening to the compliment. He always behaved like that when facing people in the Shen family. He was decent, but there was no sign of any emotional fluctuation. He did not stay in the capital for long, and only said to Shen Antang, "This is what I should do."
And he was going back to Haicheng the next day.
Zhu Lan saw it all, and she followed him back to Haicheng, and even Chen Zhaolan went with him.
The three people were on the same flight. This man did not return to Hong Kong Island. He followed the other two people to Haicheng, saying that he was going to visit Su Ning and apologize in person for what had happened before.
Regarding Fu Yongzhi's case, although according to the contract Su Ning had to pay compensation for the sudden replacement of the role, why would he be asked to pay in this situation?
Just as Su Ning said, in this situation, Chen Zhaolan still has to thank himself.
Now when Fu Yongzhi mentions this Mr. Su, he is a little afraid. He honestly apologized online, but was scolded when he returned home. Only then did he finally realize his mistake.
But it's too late now.
Fu Jing has already joined the group and refused to see him, and even suggested that he be put in solitary confinement at home. Shen Zhaolan didn't want to pay attention to him, but Fu Yongzhi specifically mentioned Mr. Su, saying that Mr. Su was not as good-tempered as he said at the beginning, and the way he kicked people out looked very scary.
Shen Zhaolan naturally realized that even though he had never appeared in the Shen family's competition, his shadow was clearly behind Shen Mingzheng, who turned the tide in this matter. This made people feel that these things were probably part of his plan.
Su Ning and Shen Mingzheng did not have the upper hand originally, but because of this incident, things suddenly changed.
Shen Zhaolan had tried to test Shen Mingzheng about this matter, but what the other party said was not what he wanted to hear at all.
"I think Fu Yongzhi is talking nonsense again. Su Ning is a person with the best temper. I am not the only one who says this. Everyone in the industry says this. You Hong Kong Island people should reflect on this if you can force him to drive people away." Shen Mingzheng only said this, "If you want to apologize, apologize sincerely and don't make him angry again."
Chen Zhaolan really wanted to believe this.
But when Shen Mingzheng was speaking, Zhu Lan beside him looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, which made him think more.
Moreover, he did not meet Su Ning when he went to Haicheng. The timing was unfortunate, so Shen Zhaolan had to brave the heavy snow and go to the countryside, where "Country God" was being filmed.
He saw Su Ning at a glance, but the two did not speak to each other. The crew was filming, and Su signaled him to shut up and not disturb the filming. Shen Zhaolan, who came all the way here, shut up.
The weather has been better during this period, at least it hasn't snowed heavily anymore. The director looked at the weather forecast, so he decided to shoot the ending of the "Lady Willow" unit first.
After this incident, the village road still had to be repaired. Originally, trees had to be cut down to build the road, but the villagers jointly wrote a petition, hoping to preserve the old trees at the entrance of the village and requesting that the road be planned to make a detour at the entrance of the village. This petition was approved.
So before building the road after the New Year, the village held a special sacrificial ceremony, but this ceremony was a little different from the tradition.
There hadn't been such a ceremony in the countryside for a long time. It looked solemn and unique. The head of Liujia Village wore a hat and offered tributes under the old willow tree. In addition to fresh fruits and meat, the tribute placed in the center was a roll of the published road planning map, which was specially printed out. With the sound of gongs and drums, the head of the village offered three incense sticks and said in a rhythmic voice: "Please give your opinion, Madam!"
Some of the strange things that happened in the village because of the Willow Lady were discovered by the protagonists to be man-made, but some could not be explained clearly and seemed to be coincidences.
The villagers believed that there was a god above their heads. The village chief inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner steadily, and the smoke rose up. Then he said, "The queen agreed!"
The three protagonists followed at the back and whispered to each other. The fat boy asked, "Does this count as agreement?"
The male protagonist replied: "Yes, look, aren't those three incense sticks stable?"
"Hey, with such solid incense ash and such thick incense, it would be strange if the incense fell over. If you ask me..."
The heroine glared at him: "Don't mind your own business."
But it was a coincidence that it was a cloudy day during the filming. The sky was a little gloomy. Although the lights of the crew were brighter, they were not as bright as natural light. After the village chief and the villagers finished their worship in a formal manner, the sun suddenly came out from the clouds, and the warm and gentle sun shone on the snow.
So the actors naturally looked up to see the sunlight shining through the branches of the willow trees and shining on everyone.
"Oh my," the village chief's actor added, kneeling down and kowtowed, "This is the goddess appearing!"
The protagonists also realized it and continued the play. The little fat man who had said he didn't believe it also clasped his hands and bowed to the big willow tree.
Director Ma captured this moment and after a while, he shouted "Cut".
If only the horror part of a folk story is filmed, it will easily remain on the surface. These sacrificial rituals are what they learned about during their local field trips, and what they filmed is real culture.
In addition to material things, there are always some metaphysical things in this world, and the style of "Hometown God" is like this.
Only after Shen Zhaolan had read it could he talk to Su Ning.
Fu Yongzhi stood beside him, looking at the newcomer who had replaced him and was praised by Director Ma for his quick response, and was too embarrassed to speak.
By this time, new people had already joined the crew and the reshoots had been going on for quite some time, which had already covered up Fu Yongzhi's previous scenes. They said they wanted to apologize, but this matter was already irreversible.
Su Ning was sitting there, knowing their purpose, he raised his chin and said, "I don't need him to do anything, Director Ma and the others have calmed down, if you two have nothing else to do, go back, time is tight, don't delay my filming."
Chen Zhaolan no longer had any hope for Fu Yongzhi to return to the crew, but after coming here, he saw many other people.
He was the only one fired from the crew. There were other actors from Hong Kong Island in the crew. Those who played supporting roles were not famous. There were too many people in the company, and Shen Zhaolan could only barely recognize a few of them because he couldn't match their names. However, they were not affected or targeted at all because of this incident.
Su Ning and the entire crew were still very polite and courteous to them. The conditions in the countryside were not good, and even the leading actors did not receive any special treatment here, even Su Ning. They lived together in the farmyard here. The atmosphere of the entire crew became better after Fu Yongzhi left.
Chen Zhaolan has been in this circle for so long, he knows that there are too many scheming people, and there are also many people in the entertainment industry who are very penny-wise and pound-foolish. The fight for roles is just a microcosm of this, but people like Su Ning are rare.
He used to think that this person was not that simple, like someone pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger, but now, he felt that Su Ning was a very pure person, as if he was wandering between being thoughtful and innocent.
"I will take Fu Yongzhi back and educate him properly," Chen Zhaolan said, "but if Mr. Su has time, can you come back to Hong Kong Island with me recently to see if there are still many areas where we can cooperate."
It was obvious that he was very interested in Su Ning.
Su Ning waved his hand and said, "I'm busy."
Now that things have been dealt with, he was quite straightforward.
But Chen Zhaolan did not leave. He turned around and sent Fu Yongzhi away reluctantly. He stayed under the pretext of visiting Hong Kong actors and sent a lot of things to the crew in his own name, but he did not talk to Su Ning.
Su Ning was really busy, and Shen Mingzheng came the next day.
He came over suddenly without saying hello to Su Ning. He stood at the gate of the small courtyard and hugged him. Su Ning was startled at first, then he turned around and recognized him, and couldn't help laughing: "Why are you here? Have you finished with the Shen family's business?"
"Well, it's been done a long time ago. I came to pick you up after finishing my business in Haicheng," Shen Mingzheng said, hugging him. "Boss Yan also asked me if the actors he sent over performed well."
Yan Kai actually heard that Fu Yongzhi was back and was worried that his people would be replaced, so he asked this question specifically.
"Tell him not to worry," Su Ning said, "He performed very well. I am very satisfied. The crew is also very satisfied. Well, the screenwriter Yan Lu is also very satisfied."
The two of them talked together, and the assistant following Su Ning was not surprised, but Shen Zhaolan, who was watching from the side, coughed lightly to remind them.
Shen Mingzheng heard this and thought that this person was really a downer. He turned around and looked at him, wondering, "Aren't you leaving yet?"
Chen Zhaolan:……
He forced a smile and said, "I want to invite Mr. Su to visit Hong Kong Island. I hope there won't be any rift between us."
"Su Ning is busy," Shen Mingzheng felt that this person was a bit busy, "If necessary, I will naturally go to see him."
He had always been on high alert against Shen Zhaolan, especially in the matter of Su Ning, and soon took the man away.
Chen Zhaolan looked at this scene and remembered that he had met Zhu Lan at the old house some time ago.
At that time, the old man was so angry that his health was not good, and his private doctor visited him frequently, so many people in the Shen family were secretly discussing the issue of succession.
Chen Zhaolan naturally cared too.
Zhu Lan is a very straightforward person, or it can be said that her bet is now very clear. During her time in Haicheng, she has gradually leaned towards Shen Mingzheng, the youngest heir, and even said a few more words to Shen Zhaolan.
"If you stay here for a while longer, you will know what Shen Mingzheng's greatest advantage is. Don't offend these two people in Haicheng easily."
At that time, Chen Zhaolan thought it was a blood relationship.
Now it seems that I understand a little bit - it's because he has Su Ning.
If it has not been fully revealed yet, after New Year's Day, Su Ning expedited the post-production of "White Hands Covering the Sky" to catch up with the broadcast schedules of the two TV stations and began to prepare for broadcast.
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