The Wind of China Entertainment 2005

Chapter 488 I'm Not as Good as Him
In the shadows behind the desk, a figure slowly stood up.

After a long silence, he finally moved, raised his hand and slammed the table.

"boom!"

"Jin Yue, this is the drama king that you swore to buy with 1.3 million yuan. How can you stand here with such a low performance as "No."

"Master. You. Me."

"Don't call me Director. Television stations all over the country are laughing at me. You have brought shame upon CCTV!"

"Master, please listen to my explanation."

"boom!"

"Get out!"

Jin Yue woke up suddenly, her heart pounding.

The bedroom was shrouded in heavy curtains, and it was pitch dark. Only his rapid breathing echoed in the air.

"hu~hu~"

His wife was lightly asleep, she tucked the quilt under him in a daze and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, go back to sleep. I'll go get some water."

Jin Yue tiptoed out of bed without turning on the light. She fumbled to pick up her glasses and mobile phone from the bedside table, hesitated for a moment, and then took the cigarette box in her pocket with her.

He walked straight to the living room and sank into the sofa. The screen of his cell phone lit up in the darkness. It was three o'clock in the morning on October 10.

There are still 17 hours left before "The Eternal Number" officially starts airing.

A quick search online revealed that news about "Number" being premiered on CCTV was all over the place.

In particular, the specially marked first-round price of 1.3 million attracted the attention of countless netizens.

"'The Unforgettable Number' humorously presents the legend of the Anti-Japanese War, and Lu Yuan becomes a big liar in the Anti-Japanese War."

"The first round of exclusive broadcast rights for "Fan Hao" cost 1.3 million yuan, and advertising alone sold 1 million yuan. CCTV has already made back its investment."

"On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, following "Snow Leopard", Lu Yuan returns with the war film "The Unforgettable Number."

"Lu Yuan boasted that 'Number' aims to be the most watched show in its current period, and many TV stations have urgently adjusted their schedules."

"Genius director Xu Jizhou said that "Fanhao" is an anti-Japanese war epic written for ordinary people, on par with "Drawing Sword"."

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Holding a cigarette box, Jin Yue walked to the balcony and opened the window.

Because the floor is quite high, the view is excellent. On the street outside the window, there are sparse cars, patrolling armed police, busy sanitation workers, and a gradually waking city.

Nearly 200,000 people gathered in Tiananmen Square for yesterday's flag-raising ceremony. Many tourists from other places were still reluctant to leave, so they got up early to take a look at the capital at three o'clock in the morning.

The night wind blew, bringing a hint of coolness.

"Hiss, huh."

Jin Yue lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, wiped his forehead with his hand, and smiled at himself.

It is already October, the beginning of autumn, and I was so shocked by the dream I just had that I broke out in a cold sweat.

The competition for the opening drama of the year was fierce, and CCTV was quite passive under the offensive of Mango TV.

The year started badly.

The leaders of the station were extremely dissatisfied with this and flew into a rage during the meeting.

As CCTV's film purchasing director, Jin Yue is eager to go further.

So he decided to take a gamble, and at a crucial meeting, when others did not dare to speak up, he boldly proposed to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of "The Eternal Number".

This year, CCTV's investment in TV dramas is huge.

The purchase budget for one of the series was as high as 10 billion yuan, and the eighth series was not much less, reaching 8 million yuan.

However, the cost of buying "Number" was a staggering 1.3 million yuan!

What does 1.3 million mean in the current TV drama market?
In recent years, with the crazy influx of capital, the TV drama market has become extremely hot, and the production costs of domestic TV dramas have risen sharply.

The previous "ceiling" of 70 per episode has long been broken. Now many dramas have reached 100 million per episode, and some even go as high as 200 million per episode.

"The Unforgettable Number" once again broke the industry's ceiling with an astonishing price of 400 million per episode.

Jin Yue knew very well that if "Number" failed to achieve satisfactory results for the station after it was broadcast.

Then forget about career advancement, what will greet him is countless accusations from all sides.

Why is the price of this play so high?
This is because there are many competitors in the market who are secretly making trouble.

At the beginning of the year, when they learned that CCTV had the intention to purchase, powerful satellite TV stations including Jiangsu, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Oriental, and Beijing followed suit.

Among them, Jiangsu Satellite TV has the largest investment.

But CCTV was determined to win, and after several rounds of fierce bidding, the price soared, setting a new high in the domestic TV drama market.

Hualu Chairman Chen Runsheng laughed so hard that his teeth fell out.

In April this year, when the outside world learned that "Number" was sold at a sky-high price of 4 million yuan per episode and 400 million yuan in total before filming even started, the TV drama industry was in an uproar.

Many people were just watching the show, thinking that CCTV was confused by Mango TV.

Some even jokingly called it a gamble with unpredictable financial consequences.

Is it a big gamble?

He doesn't think so.

On the contrary, he believes that his choice was not wrong.

The market has proven this many times.

In the field of espionage warfare, Lu Yuan is a leading figure.

"Insidious" came first and "Dawn" came later, both spy war films are wonderful in their own way and have received extremely high market response.

He has every reason to believe that the success of "Snow Leopard" at the beginning of the year will foreshadow that "Number" will also be a big hit.

Even though I comforted myself in this way, I was still a little nervous.

Jin Yue opened the Weibo post.

I want to see if his beloved TV drama No. 1 has released any new promotional updates last night.

#Lu Yuan takes his baby to watch the flag-raising ceremony @刘施施#
#Liu Shishi Hengdian expresses love to @Lu Yuan#
#Liu Shishi calls on all the little lions to watch "The Unforgettable Number"#
Fuck, showing affection again.

Damn, she's not even as good as his girlfriend.

He doesn't know how to promote the business more and is not doing his job all day long.

Old Jin can't even sleep well, he's always worried. It's not easy.

The evening of July 10.

Magic City, Maomingfang.

Huang Zhizhong, wearing a yellow apron, was fiddling with things at the dining table.

Thanks to his role as "Hai Rui" in "The Ming Dynasty 1566", he has gained a good reputation in the circle.

After that, the TV series "The Road of Life" completely opened up his career in the entertainment industry. In May this year, the TV series "Home Cooking" broadcasted by Beijing Satellite TV also had considerable ratings.

Things are going smoothly in career, but emotionally, they are quite bumpy.

He and his wife He Ying have been married for 13 years and are a well-known model couple in the industry.

But after 13 years of marriage, the former passion had long gone, and they were so familiar with each other that they didn't need words and could communicate seamlessly with just eye contact.

Such days are too boring and there is no novelty.

While filming "Close to You, Warm Me" in 2005, he met an actress.

When filming "The Road of Life is Long and Difficult", the two collaborated again. He fell in love with her and was willing to give up his family for her.

At the beginning of the year, for various reasons, he ignored the advice and condemnation from the outside world and went through the divorce procedures with his wife.

The children, the house, and everything else were awarded to his wife, and he was left with nothing.

This incident caused him to suffer heavy criticism from the public. Some people called him ungrateful, while others said that he abandoned his wife and children in order to climb up the social ladder and gain resources in the Beijing circle.

He didn't argue, it was pointless because time would smooth everything out.

It has been more than half a year since he divorced his wife, and he has also been living with his new love for more than half a year.

"Dong dong dong."

"Coming."

Huang Zhizhong wiped his hands, looked at the unusually sumptuous dinner, opened the door with a smile, and it was Ke Lan.

He took a pair of women's slippers from the shoe cabinet and bent down to put them on for her.

"I've told you so many times, I can do it myself." Kelan said helplessly.

"No, you have spondylitis. Even if you are fine now, I still feel uneasy. Let me do it." Huang Zhizhong shook his head with a firm attitude.

Kelan stared at the man in front of him, pursed his lips slightly, and a smile flashed in the corner of his eyes.

She is 40 years old.

When I was 12 years old, I was diagnosed with inherited spondylitis from my grandfather and asthma from my grandmother.

Suffering from two diseases, doctors said she would not live to see 38.

Therefore, from the age of 18, she began to enjoy life crazily, falling in love, dating all kinds of boyfriends non-stop.

Prince Charming, dream lover, etc., sorry, they are all leftovers.

From Li Yapeng, who was slightly melancholy and full of literary style back then, to his encounter with the musical genius Li Quan, and then to Geng Le.

These people walked past her one by one like passers-by.

In 2011, Huang Zhizhong appeared in her life, and she felt that he was different. Huang Zhizhong helped her put on her shoes and asked, "Didn't I give you the key?"

"I forgot to bring it." Kelan handed over the bag in his hand.

"What's this."

"Red wine, get drunk with me tonight."

"Okay." Huang Zhizhong laughed, hugged her in his arms, and kissed her forehead: "Have you visited your mother?"

"Ah."

"How is auntie's health?"

"It's OK. I dance square dance with the aunt in the community every night. I wanted to stay at her place tonight, but I got kicked out."

At this point, the smile in Kelan's eyes widened.

Her mother was a dancer when she was young.

When I was six years old, my family suffered a change and my parents divorced due to a breakdown in their relationship.

She lived with her grandparents for a while, and later, when she was a little older, she followed her mother to live in Shanghai.

Oh, Kelan is just her stage name, her last name is Zhong.

Her uncle gave her this name specifically to remind her that entering the entertainment industry would only be a dream like Conan.

Her family background is very prominent.

I won’t mention my grandfather, but my grandmother’s father was once the Taifu, the emperor’s teacher. My mother’s side was not simple either, and my grandfather held a high position.

A perfect combination of powerful families.

The two came to the living room, and Huang Zhizhong asked tentatively: "Did Auntie say anything to you?"

"What?" Ke Lan sat down on the sofa and asked again, "Is 'Number' not on yet?"

"Are you confused? It's not even eight o'clock yet. Wait a little longer."

"Oh."

Huang Zhi found the remote control and switched to CCTV-1, where "Focus Interview" was being broadcast.

Kelan curled his feet up on the sofa and rubbed them.

Huang Zhizhong also sat down, massaged her feet, and asked again: "Didn't Auntie say anything to you?"

Ke Lan frowned slightly, stared at him for a while, and said with a smile: "There's something wrong with you tonight."

"What could be wrong with me?" Huang Zhizhong avoided her gaze.

Well, he actually wanted to get married.

Although he had just ended a marriage, as a relatively traditional man, he still longed for a stable family and hoped to marry his beloved woman and have children.

Kelan is different. He has experienced many relationships and has played a lot, so he is tired.

Nowadays, they are not interested in traditional marriage, and neither get married nor have children.

What they appreciate is "Platonic" love, and what they yearn for is a spiritual companionship that transcends the physical body.

In other words, she could agree to cohabitation, but marriage was out of the question.

It seemed as if he saw through Huang Zhizhong's thoughts.

Ke Lan smiled and said, "At home, my mother never controls me. I can do whatever I want."

The subtext is that her mother never urges her to get married, so she can have fun however she wants.

Huang Zhizhong grinned and nodded, just waiting patiently. He believed that with time, the other party would figure it out one day.

"Eat, I made you something you like."

"Let's eat in the living room. Put the food on the coffee table and we can eat slowly while watching 'Number Numbers'." Ke Lan suggested.

Huang Zhizhong was stunned for a moment, then readily agreed: "Okay, I'll bring it over right away."

"Together." Ke Lan followed behind and asked casually.

"The premiere time of the drama 'New Sword' starring you has been changed?"

"Change it." Huang Zhizhong held the bowl of soup.

"Who dares to compete with Lu Yuan's drama now? The ratings of Snow Leopard last year are still fresh in our memory. After the release date of The Number was set, Zhejiang Satellite TV made adjustments immediately."

"I saw Lu Yuan at the Bazaar Charity Gala last month. You didn't see the scene at that time. How many actresses were scrambling for a comb," Ke Lan exclaimed in amazement.

"It's really popular." Huang Zhizhong shook his head and smiled.

"When we were filming The Ming Dynasty together in 06, that guy was a nobody and was secretly trying to figure out Wang Jinsong's acting style, but he was exposed right after filming started."

"There is such a thing?" Kelan was curious.

"That's not true. Zhang Li said back then that he had spirituality, but he was very immature, not like the experienced one he is now."

"Tell me quickly, I want to hear it."

"At that time"

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“Here, try this, it tastes delicious.”

“What is this? I’ve never seen you do this before.”

"Fuqi Feipian, a specialty of my hometown." Huang Zhizhong introduced that he is from Sichuan and is a good cook.

The two of them ate and talked, and before they knew it, the clock had pointed to eight o'clock, and "The Unforgettable Number" started on time.

Huang Zhizhong and Ke Lan put down their glasses at the same time and stared at the screen.

The first scene is a modern construction site.

The workers accidentally unearthed a large number of remains from the Anti-Japanese War, including a tattered assault bugle and a rotten wooden comb.

Then, the scene switched to a battlefield filled with smoke, artillery fire, and trenches.

"boom!"

"Da da da…"

A soldier in our army uniform waved his sword and shouted passionately: "Charge! Use all the strength you used on your wife's bed!"

"Rush!!"

"Beep, beep, beep~" the charge sounded.

Lu Yuan appeared on the screen and was given a close-up shot.

"Ouch!"

Huang Zhizhong exclaimed: "This guy's appearance is really ugly."

Coran nodded in agreement.

That’s right, his face is covered with a beard, he is covered in dirt, his skin is dark, he doesn’t look as handsome as before, and there is no trace of his previous roles at all.

This alone is of great importance.

After many actors become famous, their acting skills tend to become solidified, and no matter what role they play, they will inevitably have their own shadow on them.

Lu Yuan did not have the same type of characters, Zhou Weiguo and Li Dabenshi, both of whom were revolutionary fighters, but they were so different in every aspect.

When Zhou Weiguo first appeared, he was a dandy boy with a look of arrogance on his face.

Li Dabenshi, on the other hand, appears to be more down-to-earth.

He simply lay there, his eyes revealing agility and fear, and his every move revealed the cunning and wisdom of a lesser man.

"There's a bomb, get down!"

Lu Yuan yelled, bringing their thoughts back to reality.

"Bang!" The explosion was deafening.

"It's amazing! I'm not as good as him in acting." Huang Zhizhong sighed, feeling quite frustrated.

Ke Lan took a sip of red wine and said with a smile: "Let's not compare ourselves with him. He was born in the 1980s and you were born in the 1960s. The age difference is almost 20 years."

"Are you comforting me or poking my heart?" Huang Zhizhong rolled his eyes.

Ke Lan looked at Lu Yuan in the trench and muttered, "It's a pity, I haven't heard that he has taken on any TV series recently, otherwise we could find an opportunity to work together."

"He has now turned to the big screen, and the transition has been very successful. He has his own studio, directs and acts in his own films. As for small-screen works, it is estimated that he will only have one every two to three years."

"The big screen?"

Kelan held his chin, thinking.

"What, do you have an idea?"

Without waiting for her to answer, Huang Zhizhong continued, "He just finished filming 'Time Travelers' last month, and I don't know if he has any new scripts."

Kelan nodded absentmindedly, thinking about asking someone.

She really wanted to work with Lu Yuan once.

If the role is suitable, she can act on the big screen, even if it's not a big part.

She picked up the chopsticks and reached for the Fuqi Feipian.

Under Huang Zhizhong's gaze, he moved away and picked up a piece of diced chicken with gong bao.

Huang Zhizhong: “.”

Colan glanced at him out of the corner of his eye.

Getting married is impossible, so give up as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)