Chapter 338 History Repeats Itself
"Oh, him. He has always been very talented. If it weren't for that incident, he might have become a director." Chen Boyang nodded. "But he also told me before that he wanted to start a business with a friend, so he went to Zhen Art Performance. His movie "Happy Ghost" was well made last year, and the box office was over 17 million."
In Zhao's system, the next level after PA (assistant director) is director. Once promoted, it is like a great turn of events. However, many people cannot survive the hard times as PA. After all, the title of PA sounds good, but in reality, it means having to do all kinds of odd jobs. If you do well, you will not get much praise, but if you do not do well, you will definitely be criticized. It is one of the positions in a crew that is particularly hard with little pay and high workload.
In fact, according to his qualifications, Gao Zhichen has almost reached the end of his career, but unfortunately he just can't control his mouth and is prone to saying the wrong things - in this respect, he is actually somewhat similar to Chen and Zhang.
"He is also very talented. I have filmed Lemon Coke, which was written by him before. His comedies are always good." Zhang Querong also remembered the relevant cooperation, so he asked again, "But, will Zhao let us film outside dramas?"
"If there is profit, I'd still be willing to do it. After all, Zhao's box office performance has been very good in the past two years, and "Sister Exorcist" just beat "Best Partner"." Su Yun replied with a smile.
After all, these three film companies are fighting for box office profits. Now, Zhao Group has already moved towards integration and transformation under Su Yun's suggestion. Zhao Rifu will naturally not care about the past grudges, but will be generous and give his future partner and "subordinate" a little sweetness: if Su Yun's plan is really the same in the future, then Zhao Group, with a wide variety of industries, will definitely be the leader in the film and television industry. At that time, whether Jiahe or Zhenyicheng wants to go in the direction of channels or develop peripheral markets and other new directions, they will have to follow Zhao Group's path.
Since we are all "one family" in the future, as the "head of the family", it is natural for him to show his support - Jiahe and Zhen Yicheng may not lack leading actresses, but they are definitely lacking various supporting roles, which is just right for providing more internship and job opportunities for the artist training classes run by Zhao and his many artists.
Zhao has now reduced its film production and has shifted its focus to TV series. As a result, many of its artists have naturally lost the opportunity to move from the small screen to the big screen. Rather than keeping them in their hands and collecting empty salaries, it is better to let them work outside, which can earn them both fame and money. Moreover, even if the people who were loaned out accidentally become popular, Zhao will still be the one who makes the most money in the end...
Under Su Yun's manipulation and Zhao Rifu's tacit approval, many small artists were loaned out during this period, or signed contracts with places such as Southeast Asia to perform abroad and earn extra money.
However, big-name artists are still loaned out with great caution, and those who can be loaned out without a problem are all second-, third-, or eighteenth-tier stars, such as Chen Boyan and Zhang Querong, who are young but obviously have the potential to be at the end of the first-tier. It is their first attempt to release them to other film companies as the main force in such cooperation - co-productions like Su Yun's before do not count, because the Zhao family is still the one who has the final say, and Jiahe and Zhen Yicheng are just supporting roles in it.
As for why Zhao chose to release Chen and Zhang for the first attempt, it is easy to understand: in addition to their identity as "actors", their identity as "singers" is even more important.
Chen Baiyang signed a long-term contract with Zhao Company, and Zhang Querong's film and television contracts and singer contracts are also signed with Zhao Company. Even if he becomes popular by loaning him out to make movies, he doesn't have to worry too much about being poached - Zhao Company is the only one that can do both records and films at the same time. Even if other companies can join forces with record companies to poach him with high salaries, the sky-high breach of contract compensation will be a big problem that is not worth the loss.
"You guys really calculated it very clearly..." Zhang Querong has never been good at math. The more Su Yun talked, the more confused he became. But he was just like a novice playing mahjong with him and insisted on listening to the whole thing. When he finally said this with a confused look on his face, Su Yun almost laughed out loud on the spot.
"Forget it. It's better to do business with someone you know." Chen Boyang is single. "Besides, if we go out, we won't have Mary as our 'backer'. We will suffer the consequences anyway."
"You're right!" Zhang Querong nodded in agreement, "In the future, we still have to rely on Sister Mary to protect us..."
"Come on, you're so old, and you still have the nerve to call me Sister Mary!" Before Zhang Querong could finish his words, Su Yun almost waved and patted him.
"Alan is 25 every year, so this year I'll be 23." He was really funny when he was being funny, and the expression on his face when he said he was 23 years old this year was simply extremely charming.
"I don't want to look at you." Su Yun pushed him aside and turned to talk to Chen Boyang again, "Anyway, the boss deliberately arranged for the two of you to go out together to be a white mouse, which can be regarded as taking care of you. , If there are no problems with you, I will sign a contract with Zhen Yicheng."
"It doesn't matter if I can lead my brothers and sisters to get money." Zhang Querong continued with a nonchalant look on his face.
"I have no problem with that either. I haven't filmed with Leslie for a long time. This is a good opportunity to see if I have made any progress recently." Chen Baiyang responded generously, "Although I'm definitely not as good as Leslie's, at least I have tried my best."
"If you're afraid of the contrast, then ask the director to arrange for us to appear in the same frame less often." Zhang Querong put his arm around his good brother's shoulder, but when he saw Chen Baiyang's expression change, he immediately let go of his hand and apologized repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I said something wrong - you know I don't think much when I speak, I'm sorry."
"I just can't beat you. You're not wrong." Chen Boyang replied sullenly.
Hearing him say this, Zhang Querong immediately winked at Su Yun: Come on, help me!
Su Yun looked back at him with a mixture of anger and amusement, and then she said, "Danny, you can't do this. Lesley never refused to perform on stage with you because his singing achievements were not as good as yours."
"Everyone has different levels of talent, and we need to face it instead of getting upset about it." Su Yun pointed at Zhang Querong and said, "Besides, don't you know that he always speaks his mind and that 'a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory' - right, Bobby?"
"It's been a long time since he changed his name, don't laugh at him anymore!" Chen Boyang couldn't help laughing, and then quickly put on a serious expression to seek justice for his good brother.
"Oh, what am I afraid of? She mistook me for 'Wangwang' when we first met. I don't care about that much." Zhang Querong waved his hand indifferently.
"I'm sorry for getting angry with you for no reason..." Chen Boyang looked at him again.
"You've been under a lot of pressure lately. I understand. I was like this when I had my previous concerts, too. And you want to be innovative this time. If you work so hard but are not recognized... you will definitely be unhappy." Zhang Querong said seriously, "And I'm also a bad person. I've been watching the TV series you've starred in, and your progress is actually very big and obvious."
"But we should just relax a little bit, especially since we are going to do a comedy next."
"Then please guide me more when the time comes. This kind of problem still needs to be put into practice. It's not enough to just talk about it on paper." Chen Boyang said again.
"Come on, given our relationship, is there any need to talk about this?" Zhang Querong put his hand back again, "Then you can teach me how to sing and write music. I heard from Mary that the heroine we're going to work with this time is Sister Mengmeng, so I can't be too rude."
Seeing the two of them playing together again and continuing to check the styling of the concert, Su Yun immediately rolled her eyes to the sky: two childish kids hanging out together, they really change their style all the time.
It was also thanks to her being by his side today, otherwise, with their personalities, they would just sulk and ignore each other - that's how little kids are, once they start a quarrel, unless they talk it out on the spot or have someone to control the situation, it would be hard for them to save face and reconcile later, and then they would continue to keep it to themselves, and if they didn't want to meet each other, they might even go their separate ways from now on.
She had just managed to reconcile Di Jiang, who had once parted ways with her, through a movie, and she didn't want to have to make another movie in the future to bring Chen Zhang back together, who might not be able to meet each other.
Hopefully, with her intervention, this generation of Gemini will not repeat the fate of the first generation of Gemini.
In August, after Zhao announced his collaboration with True Art Presents to shoot the comedy film "Merry Christmas", which shocked many people's eyes and hearts, the annual Hong Kong Film Awards will hold its third awards ceremony on the 4th of this month.
This kind of occasion has never been the domain of commercial films, but of art films and dramas, so Su Yun did not feel any pressure at all. She happily prepared her dress and jewelry, and was ready to go to the scene to support her second brother who was arranged to continue to host the award ceremony.
This time, without Lu Shaolong as his master, Chen Boyang finally invited Su Yun as his female companion - although when talking about this, people all say that he is Su Yun's new favorite male companion this year...
Chen Boyan, who has always claimed that he is a male chauvinist, is very hypocritical towards Su Yun, and has never minded the master-servant relationship in this issue.
"Actually... I still mind it a little bit, but when I see that many people envy me, this little bit of mind disappears. Otherwise, others will say that I am 'getting a free ride'." Chen Boyang and Su Yun whispered.
“Isn’t that what you are like now?” Su Yun smiled and pushed him, then turned her attention back to the award ceremony: because last year’s Best Actress winner, Lin Biqi, retired directly after filming the movie, the only person who could present the Best Actor award this year was Hui Qinghong, the first-time Best Actress winner.
This year, the youngest film emperor was born: Leung Ka Wai, who won the Best Actor Award at the age of 26 for his outstanding performance in "Behind the Scenes".
But glory and misfortune always seem to go hand in hand. On the second day after he won the halo of the youngest actor at the Academy Awards, a warning letter from the Taiwanese authorities came directly to the Hong Kong people: according to the regulations of the Taiwanese authorities, all actors who participated in mainland-produced films or films shot in mainland China would be banned.
Somehow, history always seems to repeat itself again and again without warning but inevitably.
Eight years later, Su Yun's predicament happened again to another potential new star.