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Chapter 430 Anus
After hanging up the phone with Zhang Bozhi, Wang Shu thought about it briefly.

In fact, before being selected by Stephen Chow to star in "The King of Comedy", Zhang Bozhi was a little gangster in Hong Kong Island.

She also played herself well in the role of the heroine in "The King of Comedy".

Now, affected by the Edison Chen incident at the beginning of the year, his career has plummeted.

Afterwards, although he made a comeback, there was no improvement.

Later, she gave birth to her third child before getting married.

No matter what the outside world speculates, the identity of the third child's biological father has never been revealed.

She looked like she was willing to be his concubine and help him have children.

If it were a mainland artist of similar status to Zhang Bozhi, she would definitely not be willing to accept this. Instead, she would clamor for her "lover" to divorce his original wife and then take the position of the principal wife.

Looking at the entire entertainment industry, there are many female artists who do this.

However, Zhang Bozhi did not do that. She even raised her third son alone and did not reveal the name of his biological father.

In contrast, the woman who gave birth to Wang Sicong's daughter was afraid that the outside world would not know that she had given birth to a daughter for Wang Sicong, so she made all kinds of noise and made everyone know about it.

Moreover, Wang Cicongming obviously didn't want to give birth to the child, but the woman gave birth to the child secretly for the "milk powder money".

All I can say is that Wang Sicong learned a lesson in this matter.

If he had been alert at all times, had not left his umbrella behind, and had poured chili powder into the umbrella afterwards, he would definitely not have been punished by class.

At most, the woman would be sent to the hospital due to the spicy smell.

It is undeniable that Wang Sicong is already quite old and it is indeed time for him to carry on the Wang family line.

However, with the wealth of the Wang family, Wang Sicong would not look for this woman even if he wanted to continue the family line.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have had children but never entered the Wang family.

It is also undeniable that Wanda Group has been on a downward trend since the real estate bubble dream burst.

However, no matter how much the Wanda Group goes downhill, it has nothing to do with the wealth of Lao Wang's family.

Wanda Group is Wanda Group, and the Wang family’s money is the Wang family’s money.

They cannot be confused.

Only the Wang family makes money through the Wanda Group, but no one in the Wang family puts money into the Wanda Group.

In other words, even if Wanda Group goes bankrupt, the Wang family will still have tens of billions of assets.

It doesn’t mean that the Wang family will have no money if Wanda Group goes bankrupt.

It's two different things.

All I can say is that if Wanda Group develops well, the Wang family can make more money through this company and put it into his pocket.

Whether Wanda Group is in debt or goes bankrupt is the company's business. It has nothing to do with the money that goes into his pocket and will not affect the money in his pocket.

For example, when several well-known real estate developers went bankrupt, their leaders cashed out one after another.

Ever since "Ghost Ship" was released in Hong Kong theaters, Wang Shu has become somewhat well-known in the Hong Kong Island area.

The director works behind the scenes. When ordinary audiences watch a movie, they mostly only pay attention to the leading actors and not the director.

Unless you are an internationally renowned director, you will have little fame among the audience.

However, even if Wang Shu is not well-known in Hong Kong Island, it will not affect the popularity of "Travel to Taipei".

After all, "Travel to Taipei" is the first zombie movie shot and produced in the mainland and starred by Liu Dehua, a well-known artist in Hong Kong. The news that the box office exceeded 100 million yuan in five days after its release in the mainland was also widely circulated in Hong Kong.

With the help of these gimmicks, many people were attracted to the cinema.

On the first day of its release in Hong Kong, "Travel to Taipei" grossed 130 million Hong Kong dollars, an extremely outstanding result.

Hong Kong is just a small island. No matter how prosperous it is, its market is ultimately limited.

Otherwise, during the most prosperous era of Hong Kong films, Formosa Boulevard would not have been considered as a target market.

On the second day of its release in Hong Kong Island, "Travel to Taipei" grossed 143 million yuan in a single day, an increase compared to the first day.

According to this box office trend, it is expected that the film will earn tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.

The box office performance of Hong Kong films with tens of millions of dollars is likely to rank among the top five, or even the top three, of the annual box office.

Before this, few films directed by mainland directors could achieve box office results of tens of millions in Hong Kong theaters.

Now Wang Shu has appeared, first with "Ghost Ship" and then with "Trip to Taipei".

For a time, many film and television practitioners in Hong Kong who wanted to move north became worried.

Because, without Wang Shu's appearance, Hong Kong directors and actors would have great advantages in developing in the north.

But now, the mainland's Wang Shu is suppressing Hong Kong Island in every aspect, which has reduced Hong Kong Island's advantages.

Although it is just Wang Shu alone, even if there is any influence, it is very limited.

But in the eyes of Hong Kong artists, the population base of more than one billion in the mainland is there.

Now that a Wang tree has appeared, there is no guarantee that a Zhang tree, a Li tree, and so on will appear in the future.

Even if those people are not as powerful as Wang Shu, they can still affect Hong Kong Island's advantages.

For a time, many filmmakers in Hong Kong became anxious, fearing that Hong Kong's advantages in going north would be eliminated by the mainland.

"If there is no improvement, it will become increasingly difficult in the future." Liu Jialing is currently in Hong Kong Island, and she is also anxious about the good box office performance of "Travel to Taipei" in Hong Kong Island.

She chose to develop in the north several years ago, first signing with Huayi and then signing with Chengtian.

However, mainland-produced TV and film productions rarely use actresses from Hong Kong.

She hardly has a chance.

She knew the reason clearly, and there was no better solution except to envy the actors and directors in Hong Kong Island.

All we can count on is the support of directors from Hong Kong who go north.

But now, with the emergence of Wang Shu in the mainland, the commercial film achievements that Hong Kong Island is so proud of seem to have been greatly reduced, affecting the voice of Hong Kong directors who go north.

At the same time, it also made it even more difficult for Hong Kong actresses like her to get opportunities by going north.

In her opinion, if Wang Shu had not appeared, Hong Kong's advantages would not be discounted, and artists from Hong Kong who moved north would be treated more favorably, and they would also be able to benefit to a greater or lesser extent.

Now, if a few more directors like Wang Shu emerge in the mainland, Hong Kong’s advantages will be gone.

The advantages of these Hong Kong artists moving north will also disappear completely.

"So, Hong Kong's advantage may only last a few years? If there is no improvement in the next few years, there will be no chance in the future?" Liu Jialing murmured to herself.

Before the mainland was preparing to shoot "Red Cliff", she had some ideas about this movie.

However, she does not have the corresponding connections and strength in the mainland to help her get roles, and those roles are not hers at all.

In the end, I can only think about it in my heart.

"Mei Ting is lucky. She got to know Wang Shu after starring in the drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan."

"Although I only starred in the art film 'People Mountain People Sea' afterwards, since I was able to star in Wang Shu's art film, I must have caught Wang Shu's eye."

"There will be opportunities to work with Wang Shu again in the future."

"It's me, on the other hand, who seems to have run out of luck."

Liu Jialing sighed.

She and Mei Ting are both artists of Orange Sky. She witnessed Mei Ting's transformation from a TV actor to the film industry through her acquaintance with Wang Shu.

Although he only starred in the movie "People Mountain People Sea".

But, being able to star in Wang Shu's art film already says a lot.

Liu Jialing could predict that when Wang Shu returns from Hollywood to make Chinese films, there is a high probability that he will be able to work with Mei Ting again. By then, Mei Ting may be at the peak of her life.

On the contrary, she had a big problem with her luck.

When Liu Jialing first debuted, she was an artist of TVB, and later switched to the film industry.

Talking about her acting skills, her acting skills are very average. After switching to the film industry, although she obtained a lot of film resources by virtue of her "social connections", her films either failed or were on the way to failure.

In short, I never got up.

It wasn't until he starred in "Forbidden City Cop" directed by Stephen Chow that his luck suddenly changed.

After that, he became successful in every role he played and gained both fame and fortune.

But now, she felt as if her luck had run out and everything was going wrong.

"Let's take it one step at a time." Liu Jialing whispered softly, "I hope I'll have good luck in the future."

On December 12, Wang Shu and Li Binbin returned to Beijing together.

Although Liu Dehua will also come to Beijing soon, his schedule is not the same as theirs.

"Director Wang, I have never been convinced by anyone before, but this time I am really convinced by you."

On the plane, Li Binbin sat next to Wang Shu and talked to him with her beautiful eyes.

"Ah?" Wang Shu looked puzzled, as if he didn't understand what was going on.

Seeing this, Li Binbin said with emotion: "'Travel to Taipei' is a zombie movie that has never been made in our mainland. Director Wang has achieved such excellent results in his first directing."

"The box office of mainland cinemas exceeded 100 million yuan in five days."

"Director Chen's "Mei Lanfang" and Director Xu's "Women Are Not Bad" are both about to be taken off the shelves, and neither of them has ever made over 100 million yuan."

“Now that the movie has landed in Hong Kong Island, it is also very popular.”

"No director from the mainland has a film that is as popular as this one in Hong Kong."

"So, I have to say Director Wang is really amazing."

"I have never been submissive to anyone but Director Wang!"

"Heh." Wang Shu knew that Li Binbin was just complimenting him, so he suddenly teased, "So Sister Binbin is not convinced by Director Feng?"

"Uh" Li Binbin was speechless for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Wang Shu with an expression of embarrassment, grievance and blame.

"Haha." Wang Shu saw Li Binbin's expression and laughed.

After the flight, Wang Shu and Li Binbin returned to the capital.

Han Sanping learned that Wang Shu would go to Los Angeles after New Year's Day, and immediately held a celebration banquet for "The Taipei Trip".

Now, the box office of "Travel to Taipei" is expected to reach 200 million, and 300 million is not impossible.

So it wasn't like popping champagne at halftime.

At the celebration banquet, Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Group, Wang Changtian from Guangxian Film Studio, as well as Liu Dehua, Li Binbin, Jiang Wen and others were present.

Jiang Wen approached Han Sanping and asked quietly, "Is it true that 'Travel to Taipei' can't be shown in Taiwan?"

A few days ago, "Trip to Taipei" landed in theaters in Hong Kong Island, and at the same time, news came out that it was banned in Taiwan.

Jiang Wen understood the content of "Trip to Taipei" and knew that it was not groundless.

Han Sanping sighed and said, "It really can't be shown."

"Is there no way?" Jiang Wen asked again.

“Unless the ending is changed, it will not be released,” said Han Sanping.

"Do you have any idea of ​​changing the ending?" Jiang Wen asked.

"No." Han Sanping gave a direct answer.

He then explained, "The ending of 'Travel to Taipei' was very good, there is no need to make another version just for the Formosa market."

"Although this method is indeed feasible, under the premise of the current ending, it is not a good choice to modify the ending to provide it specifically for the treasure island."

"If it's a painless ending, then it's fine."

“The ending of ‘Travel to Taipei’ is quite sensitive, so it’s better not to change it randomly.”

"For the sake of a treasure island market, it will be a disaster for both the inside and the outside world, which will be a loss of beauty."

"no need."

Jiang Wen nodded and said, "There is really no need to change it. If Taiwan is willing to release it, then it can be released. If not, then forget it."

The two chatted for a few words, Jiang Wen walked away and came back to Wang Shu.

Wang Shu's eyes lit up when he saw Jiang Wen coming over, and he teased, "Director Jiang, why didn't you go to Hong Kong Island to promote the movie with us?"

Jiang Wen opened his eyes and lied: "Didn't I say I was busy and couldn't get away?"

"Really?" Wang Shu smiled and pretended not to believe it.

"How could this be false?" Jiang Wen said as if he was telling the truth.

Wang Shu laughed and said, "Although you didn't go, someone in Hong Kong Island specifically asked about it."

When Jiang Wen heard what Wang Shu said, he suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart.

Wang Shu then said, "They even asked why the anus director didn't come."

"." When Jiang Wen heard the word "anus", his face turned dark.

The two words "Jiang Wen" in spoken Cantonese are pronounced similarly to the word "anus" in Mandarin.

That year, Jiang Wen and Zhang Yimou went to the award ceremony in Hong Kong Island together.

When the Hong Kong host introduced Jiang Wen, he shouted in Cantonese: "Anus."

When Jiang Wen heard this, he immediately cursed in Zhang Yimou's ear: "Damn it, how did I become an anus?"

Even though Zhang Yimou had great self-control, he couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing what Jiang Wen said.

Jiang Wen knew that Wang Shu was teasing him, so he couldn't help but curse again, "Damn it, why did you speak Cantonese instead of Mandarin?"

"Jiang Wen, these two elegant words turned out to be anus?!"

"grass!"

"Haha." Wang Shule laughed.

When Liu Dehua, Li Binbin and others saw Wang Shu laughing, they couldn't help but come over and ask curiously, "Director Wang, what are you laughing at?"

Jiang Wen saw Li Binbin staring at Wang Shu with curiosity, and even Liu Dehua and others were waiting for the next words, so his face suddenly turned the color of liver.

Wang Shu saw Jiang Wen's expression and naturally would not call him anal director in front of everyone.

This kind of joke can be made in private.

If you do it in front of other people, it would be extremely unkind.

Then he said, "Nothing."

Li Binbin curled his lips when he heard this and snorted, "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. Isn't this too perfunctory?"

After everyone had a good meal and a few drinks, the celebration banquet ended successfully.

During this period, Han Sanping thought about asking Wang Shu about the opportunity to collaborate on a blockbuster again.

Then he thought that what Wang Shu was most concerned about right now should be the things happening in Hollywood, so he kept silent.

(End of this chapter)