Chapter 144: Lion's Rival (Monthly Ticket Bonus!)
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Du Zhuangzhuang is actually Bai Ge's man.
yes.
Du Zhuangzhuang comes from Pegasus Film and Television Culture Company.
However, because the senior management of Pegasus Film and Television Culture Company did not think highly of Du Zhuangzhuang, Du Zhuangzhuang had been doing the work of assistant director, script supervisor and even photography assistant over the years, and had been sitting on the bench for many years.
This time, Du Zhuangzhuang was brought in by Yao Manling to be a photography assistant.
Bai Ge lamented how similar his fate was to Du Zhuangzhuang's, so he recommended Du Zhuangzhuang to Chen Ruoxi and made Du Zhuangzhuang an assistant director.
Bai Ge has already dealt with not only Du Zhuangzhuang, but also the casting director, action director, stunt director, script supervisor and miscellaneous staff of the director's team - some of them were introduced to Chen Ruoxi by Bai Ge from the most advanced group, some succumbed to the title of Bai Ge's famous director's apprentice, and some were won over by Bai Ge with small favors.
Let me put it this way, except for Director Xu Kai, almost all the members of the director team are Bai Ge’s people.
These people were the ones who stood with Bai Ge until the end before sitting down together.
This is one of the reasons why Bai Ge wants to become the producer.
Who would have thought that Xu Kai had settled all the shareholders without even giving Bai Ge a chance. Now he didn't even go outside to look for anyone, but just promoted one of Bai Ge's "little brothers" to the same level as Bai Ge. The casting director, action director, stunt director, and script supervisor were all ready to move. Du Zhuangzhuang even went directly to Xu Kai to discuss the shooting plan for Group B after the meeting.
Bai Ge's small group collapsed almost instantly.
Seeing this scene, Bai Ge was very unwilling: "Is it true that talent and ability cannot defeat capital and human relations?"
I wanted to just throw up my sleeves and leave.
But Bai Ge really couldn't bear to give up the opportunity to participate in the filming of a big production worth hundreds of millions.
After much hesitation, Bai Ge decided to swallow his anger and wait until he had talked to Zhang Chen before making a final decision.
After the meeting, Bai Ge found a deserted place and called Zhang Chen.
Without waiting for Bai Ge to tell him about the dilemma he was facing, Zhang Chen, who had already guessed why Bai Ge was looking for him, said to Bai Ge directly: "Don't even think about being a director, producer, screenwriter, or anything like that. You definitely don't have a chance. If you want to continue to be the executive director, Yu Qingyun will definitely not target you because of my face. If you don't want to be the executive director, I'll call Yu Qingyun and let you leave the "Ten Miles of Foreign Land" crew with dignity."
"Also, don't mess with Yu Qingyun. That guy is extremely authoritarian. Before he went to hold a meeting with you, he held a meeting with us first. At the meeting, he said directly that once he takes office, we must all shut up and not interfere in any of his decisions. So, if you dare to mess with him, he might just drive you away without notifying me. If that happens, it will be embarrassing for both you and me..."
Here, Zhang Chen actually omitted one sentence. Xu Kai also said: "If this movie loses money, I will be responsible for compensating all of your losses."
In other words, if "Shiliyangchang" made money, it belonged to everyone, and if it lost money, it was Xu Kai alone.
Although Zhu Bing’s group of close friends are all helping Yao Manling, if you look into it, who doesn’t want to make some money?
So, with Xu Kai backing him up and Zhu Bing protecting him, who would be stupid enough to provoke Xu Kai?
Zhang Chen is not short of money. As the "all-round Asian superstar in film, television and music", he is not incapable of suppressing Xu Kai. He is even capable of competing with Zhu Bing.
But the problem is that friends are different in distance and relatives are different in closeness.
Yes, Bai Ge is Zhang Chen’s friend, but they are just ordinary friends.
However, Zhu Bing was Zhang Chen's best friend.
There are even rumors that Zhu Bing and Zhang Chen are a couple, but they just haven't made their relationship public.
As a friend of Zhang Chen, Bai Ge knew something about Zhang Chen's orientation, and he even had a vague idea who Zhang Chen's boyfriend was.
Although Zhu Bing and Zhang Chen are not lovers, this does not affect their relationship at all.
Zhang Chen has said more than once that his best friend is Zhu Bing, no one else.
There is no doubt that if Bai Gezhen confronts Xu Kai, who is strongly supported by Zhu Bing, Zhang Chen will definitely choose to stand on the side of Xu Kai, who is strongly supported by Zhu Bing.
Zhang Chen's words extinguished Bai Ge's last glimmer of hope.
Then quit the crew of "Shiliyangchang"? If he was willing to quit, would Bai Ge still call Zhang Chen when he knew there was no hope?
But cooperate with Xu Kai in working?
Bai Ge was really unwilling to accept this.
After all, they were friends, so Zhang Chen advised Bai Ge: "If you ask me, you might as well be the executive director first. If Yu Qingyun fails, someone will naturally step forward to drive him away, and then you can take over. If Yu Qingyun succeeds, your name will definitely be on the list of credits, right?"
Zhang Chen's words made Bai Ge determined to compromise first.
However, Bai Ge was still very worried that Xu Kaihui would target him.
But the actual situation is... Bai Ge really thought too much.
The worst opponent for a lion would have to be a Tibetan Mastiff, but in Xu Kai's eyes, Bai Ge was just a cross between a Pekingese and a Pomeranian, not worthy of Xu Kai's effort to fight him.
Besides, Bai Ge is Zhang Chen's friend after all, so Xu Kai should give Zhang Chen the benefit of the doubt. As long as Bai Ge doesn't go too far, Xu Kai won't punish him.
Besides, who can he use? And it is undeniable that Bai Ge has something.
As for Xu Kai promoting Du Zhuangzhuang.
There is definitely an intention to give Bai Ge a warning so that he will behave himself.
In addition, Xu Kai found that Du Zhuangzhuang is quite capable and is no worse than Bai Ge through his performance since joining the team.
As a result, Xu Kai, who had originally planned to have groups A and B shoot at the same time to save shooting costs and time costs, naturally thought of promoting Du Zhuangzhuang to the executive director of group B.
Xu Kai worked on the set of "Shiliyangchang" until after four in the afternoon, and only then did he finish all the work on hand.
Just when Xu Kai was about to call Zhang Zhiwei to ask her out for a movie, Dong Ni called Xu Kai first.
"Brother-in-law, I know a great place to go for hot springs. Can you take me there?"
Dong Ni didn’t know whether she had been developed by Xu Kai recently, but she actually became not as reserved as before, and was more like the first time they watched the movie.
Anyway, as long as she knew Xu Kai had time, she would call Xu Kai and ask him out.
Moreover, she often seduced Xu Kai to find her in the middle of the night - Dong Ye and Tian Haitang both thought that Xu Kai, who had a particularly strong desire, went to the other party, and never imagined that it was Dong Ni who was cheating.
Xu Kai felt that Dong Ni might have fallen in love with this feeling - Xu Kai discovered that every time he secretly went to see Dong Ni in the middle of the night, Dong Ni would become particularly excited.
This time, Dong Ni actually asked herself to go to the hot spring again.
Xu Kai shook his head: "This girl is getting better and better at playing..."
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(End of this chapter)
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