Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 103 Shady
what's up?

The sewer at home is blocked and needs to be unclogged?
Gu Ming sat upright with a smile on his face, "What are you asking for? Just tell me what you have to say. There is no need to show off. It is my duty as a boss to meet the needs of my artists."

"Well, "Hero"." Li Bingbing hesitated, "I heard that you have already started looking for actors?"

"what?"

Gu Ming had received a report from Li Xiaoping. In addition to Li Lianlian and Gong Li, he also contacted Liang Chaowei and Zhen Zhuan.

The role of Kisaragi was cast for publicity purposes.

After all, Zhang Yimou had been promised that he would have the final say on "Hero".

Gu Ming didn't take this matter too seriously.

Choose whomever you like.

Just don't affect your own money.

"What's wrong, you want to play the role of Ru Yue?" Gu Ming asked.

"Yes." Li Bingbing nodded solemnly.

It’s fake not wanting to act.

A big production worth 3000 million US dollars!

Produced by Gu Ming, directed by Zhang Yimou, starring Li Lian and Gong Li.

Being able to play the second female lead in it is definitely a breakthrough for me.

"I really wanted to play that role."

Li Bingbing emphasized again and placed his hand on Gu Ming's.

Even hiding under the desk.

I go……

What are you doing!

Let yourself enjoy the treatment of Meilianzong?
You don't have to.

After all, the door is not closed.

What if someone sees it?
Wouldn’t his lifelong reputation be ruined in one day?
Gu Ming helped him up, "I'll fight for you."

Based on Gu Ming's understanding of Zhang Yimou, he was not that tough.

As the main prosecutor, let’s talk about it. It’s not a problem to have a supporting role.

Ever since, Gu Ming gave Li Bingbing a promise that was not a promise.

"The role of Kisaragi is probably yours."

"If nothing else happens..."

There was an accident.

"Bang bang" two knocks on the door sounded, and Li Xiaoping walked in with surprise in her voice. "Director Gu, good news, good news."

Then, Li Xiaoping, who was about to speak, saw something she shouldn't have seen.

He raised his head and glanced at the woman's face.

Li Xiaoping immediately understood that there was another actress in Daystar whose attitude she had to pay attention to.

Then she pretended that it didn't happen and walked out of the room.

"You go out first."

After sending Li Bingbing out, Gu Ming called Li Xiaoping in, "What happy event? Are you so excited?"

"I took people from CCTV to watch "Bright Sword" first, and they were willing to spend a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights."

"A huge amount of money?"

"3000 million!" Li Xiaoping still couldn't hide her excitement.

"Bright Sword" only has thirty episodes, which is a record-breaking price of one million per episode.

Even the previous "Full House" did not sell for this price. "Once it is sold, our Venus will be a satellite."

"Oh……"

Gu Ming's expression did not change.

I have to say that CCTV’s vision is quite good.

How dare you make such a big bet.

Aren't you afraid of losing money?
pity.

"We are not selling exclusive broadcast rights, but are looking for a TV station that is willing to give up advertising time."

"Not selling?" Li Xiaoping looked at Gu Ming in shock, "A single episode costs one million!"

"I'm very optimistic about this drama." Gu Ming said solemnly, "I think this will be a divine drama. Do you know what a divine drama means?"

"Return the beads?"

"Absolutely." Gu Ming nodded.

In terms of ratings, "Bright Sword" is definitely not as good as "Returning the Pearl".

But replays and the like don’t go too far.

Every year, every season, if you go through the TV stations, you can always find the station that rebroadcasts "Bright Sword".

And this show also has two very strange characteristics.

Even if I have watched it, I still want to watch it again and never get tired of it.

No matter which episode you start watching, you can always get into it quickly and don't feel awkward at all.

Plus one for everyone of all ages.

I want exclusive broadcast rights for 3000 million, not to mention the door, there are no windows.

"I understand." Li Xiaoping said clearly, "Then I will reject CCTV."

"Ah."

Nodding, Gu Ming stood up and left Venus to find Zhang Yimou.

When I told him about Li Bingbing's role as Ruyue, he hesitated, "I still want Guoji Zhang to play this role."

Good guy!
It would be better if you didn't tell me.

Having said that, I still have to ask for this role.

With his head spinning, Gu Ming immediately thought of the most effective argument for Zhang Yimou.

"That's Anthony's opinion."

"They want to use the gimmick of the original cast of "Tokyo" to promote it. Zhou Xun is not suitable. Didn't Li Bingbing also act in "Tokyo"? If she plays the role, the publicity effect of this gimmick will be even greater."

"At that time, it can effectively boost the North American box office."

I don’t know if it’s because Zhang Yimou has a soft ear or because the foreign monks like to chant sutras.

Anyway, after Gu Ming took out Anthony, Zhang Yimou agreed and gave the role of Ruyue to Li Bingbing.

It is also a fulfillment of a promise.

With that meal of jelly in hand, and seeing that the next development was basically smoothed out, Gu Ming got on a plane and went to the United States to start the post-production of "Green Book".

……

As everyone knows, although Gu Ming is not here, there are legends about him everywhere. The casting of the second female lead in "Hero" is still very popular in the industry.

After all, this is such a crew full of big names, and the supporting actors are all of the same level as Director Zhen and Director Chen.

The heroine Gong Li.

Many young actresses are staring at the second female lead and their eyes are almost bleeding.

There were only two actresses left in the final round.

One is the international chapter, playing the heroine in "My Father and Mother" and the outstanding second female lead in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

With the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I have already half-stepped into Hollywood.

The other one is Li Bingbing. He doesn’t have any masterpieces that people can instantly recall. Oh, the TV series "Young Man Bao Qingtian" counts as one, and he played a supporting character who died miserably in "The Rescue" as one.

But it is far from comparable to the name of the International Chapter.

Everyone has almost decided that this character belongs to the International Chapter.

Something that no one expected happened.

After the casting, the role actually fell to Li Bingbing.

Eyeballs dropped in shock.

In terms of awards, oh, neither of them have any acting awards.

So based on qualifications, how can a TV actor be able to win an international award?
Some people scream shady online.

It's a pity that no one took care of it.

But people in the circle know very well, why?
you still need to ask?Gu Ming must have been behind the scenes.

Whoever pays is the boss.

Even though Daystar is the main sponsor with an investment of US$500 million, there is not even a single actor from Daystar in the film. Is this appropriate?

Is this reasonable?

The addition of Li Bingbing made the film seem normal.

This is in line with everyone’s understanding.

After learning about this, the artists of Daystar subconsciously glanced in the direction of Daystar.

I feel like I made a really good move by joining Daystar.

When other domestic actors can only take on TV dramas, people from Daystar already have very good resources in movies.

As soon as Mr. Gu takes action, International Chapter has to step aside.

What kind of shady secrets and inside stories are of no use to me.

Now that I can get some light, it's not a shady story, but a good way of casting.

Couldn't be more fair.

……

Of course, some people always feel that this is not just because Li Bingbing is a Venus star.

There are other factors involved.

the reason is simple.

How come someone who is also a morning star himself didn't even make it to the last round, let alone squeeze out the international chapter.

The same is from Daystar.

Compare yourself with Li Bingbing.

In terms of fame, the character in "Full House" is much more popular than Li Bingbing in "Bao Qingtian".

A bunch of young girls like it.

At that time, it can also attract them to buy movie tickets.

In terms of beauty, Jinsuo admits that he has never been afraid of anyone.

"Speaking of which, is it really just because you are too beautiful?"

Thinking of the word beauty, Jin Suo couldn't help but walk to the mirror and looked at himself in the mirror.

During the casting process, director Zhang Yimou made it clear that he was too beautiful for this role.

"Is it just that?"

Reaching out and touching the face of the person in the mirror, Jinsuo put on his shoes and immediately rushed to his best friend Li Bingbing's house.

First, he rambled on and on, saying things like, "You are beautiful again, your shoes are nice, where did you buy the bag?"

After an hour, I took the opportunity to joke and asked, "Sister Bingbing, how did you win this role this time? Do you have any secrets?"

"No!"

Li Bingbing shook his head, "I just saw the hero auditioning, so I went to try."

"I acted in whatever role I was asked to play, and then I chose it in a daze."

"To be honest, I didn't expect to get this role from International Chapter." Li Bingbing looked surprised.

"That's it!"

Of course Jinsuo didn't believe Li Bingbing's words.

But this cannot be shown.

He happily threw his arms around Li Bingbing's neck.

"Sister Bingbing, congratulations really to you."

"When you become a big star in the future, you have to take care of my little sister!"

"of course!"

The two of them got dressed up and went out for a day of shopping. In the evening, Jin Suo began to transform into Sherlock Holmes and began to gather clues.

Li Bingbing is always very energetic when he goes out to play. He doesn't feel tired even after walking around for a whole day.

The only time I feel tired is when my relatives come.

But I clearly remember that the last time she did was half a month ago.

So the question is, why was she tired in those days a week ago?

It's either that I don't have time, or that I have to go out for a long time and have to come back to rest.

What on earth happened?

After carefully recalling it for a long time, Jinsuo thought of someone.

Gu Ming.

Aren't those days the same as when Gu Ming returned to China?
"Oh……"

Jinsuo squinted his eyes, stood up with his chin supported on his right hand, and after pacing a few times, his right hand suddenly pointed at the mirror.

"The truth of the matter is only one!"

"I didn't expect it, Sister Bingbing, you actually did such a thing. No wonder you were able to squeeze out the International Chapter."

"You wait for me!"

(End of this chapter)