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Chapter 504: They Said They Wanted to Make a Co-production
After Wang Shu and Wang Jinhua finished their conversation, Yang Wei put his phone on the table and said, "I really didn't tell Sister Jinhua that I was going to have barbecue with you."

"I came here right after I received your call. I don't know how she knew."

Wang Shu also knew that there was no need for Yang Wei to lie to him about such a thing. The place where the two of them had barbecue was a roadside stall. He had been sitting alone for a long time, and people were coming and going around him. Maybe the news would have spread.

Then he smiled and said, "It's okay."

Yang Wei breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wang Shu didn't care. He was really worried that Wang Shu would mistakenly think that he had told Wang Jinhua, which would affect their friendship.

After thinking for a while, he continued, "Although Sister Jinhua parted ways with Chengtian and set up a studio, the situation is not very good."

"In the film industry, neither Huayi nor Chengtian uses artists like Jinhua."

"For TV dramas, Tangren and others only use their own artists."

"These companies control almost all the film and television resources in the industry, so Sister Jinhua doesn't have many good resources to distribute now."

"Even if there is, there are too many monks and not enough meat to go around."

"But these have nothing to do with me. Anyway, I just play some supporting roles, so I still have these resources."

"It's mainly about the resources for leading roles, and high-quality resources for leading roles, but there are too many people and too little meat."

Wang Shu nodded. The film company was operating a unified monopoly, and a simple agency had no future. The difficulties Wang Jinhua encountered were inevitable.

In the future, it is inevitable that it will gradually fade away.

The two had just chatted for a few sentences when Wang Shu's cell phone rang. He took it out and saw that it was Ren Zhonglun from Shanghai Film Studio.

Wang Shu sighed in his heart, guessing that they came for the co-production of a film again.

Ever since he received Wang Jinhua's call just now, Wang Shu knew that his mention of co-production at the lunch party had already reached the ears of many people.

"Hello." Wang Shu answered the phone.

"Haha, Director Wang, I hope I didn't disturb you by calling you suddenly?" Ren Zhonglun said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, Mr. Ren?" Wang Shu smiled and responded, then said, "I wonder what Mr. Ren wants to talk to me about?"

Ren Zhonglun also knew that Wang Shu didn't like to talk nonsense, so he said, "I heard that you were planning to make a co-production, so I called to ask if there was any place that could use your film."

As the most profitable film company in China in the past two years, Shanghai Film Group is now wealthy and has always wanted to make big moves, but it just doesn't have good projects.

Wang Shu knew this very well, so he said, "It's just a mention, it's not certain whether it will be successful in the end."

"Haha." Ren Zhonglun laughed, "Since Director Wang brought it up, he must have some ideas."

"If it doesn't work now, it will work in the future."

He knew that as long as China Film Group and Wanda were involved, and with the help of Hollywood film companies, even a project worth tens of billions could be accomplished.

Therefore, there is no question of whether it can be accomplished or not. Rather, it will definitely be accomplished, just at a different time.

If you can't get on the bus now, you won't have the chance to get on the bus in the future.

After hearing what Ren Zhonglun said, Wang Shu thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Ren, how about this? Let's find some time later to call Mr. Han and Mr. Ye to discuss this matter together."

Ren Zhonglun knew that China Film Group and Wang Shu had always cooperated, and that Shanghai Film Group would definitely not be able to get away from the other party and have the whole thing to itself. He then responded cheerfully, "Director Wang, that's all. We can talk about it anytime we have time."

"Haha, Mr. Ren, you're too polite." Wang Shu said with a smile.

Ren Zhonglun called because of this matter. He didn't want to be so tactless as to continue to disturb Wang Shu, so he chatted with Wang Shu for a few more words and hung up the phone.

After ending the call with Ren Zhonglun, Wang Shu decisively turned off his phone.

He was originally feeling sentimental and was running to the roadside stall to eat some barbecue, but he didn't expect to be disturbed so soon.

Yang Wei listened silently on the side. He did not ask any questions because he knew his own position clearly and also knew that it had nothing to do with him whether Wang Shu made a co-production or not.

If Wang Shu asked him to play a supporting role, he would go; if not, forget it.

Yang Wei, whose appearance is not good and whose acting skills are average, knows that he can only play a supporting role at most.

Wang Shu was no longer in the mood to continue eating barbecue. He looked at Yang Wei and said, "Do you have time? If you have time, come and play a supporting role in Life of Pi."

Yang Wei was stunned when he heard this. He was silent for a while and then said, "This movie is a Hollywood movie, right? There should be a lot of people who want to participate in it. Why don't you give the opportunity to others?"

"It wouldn't be of much use if I acted in it, it would just be a waste of resources."

The implication was that he wanted Wang Shu to use this role resource to do a favor instead of wasting it on himself.

Wang Shu said with a smile: "It's just a minor supporting role, not an important one. If I ask you to come and play a cameo role, then come and play it. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

"Haha." Hearing Wang Shu say that, Yang Wei stopped being shy and immediately responded with a smile, "Okay, call me when the time comes. I'll be there whenever you call."

Wang Shu shook his head, chatted with Yang Wei for a while, then paid the bill and left.

When he returned to the villa, it was still early, so Wang Shu did not turn on his mobile phone. Instead, he took a shower and planned to have a good sleep early.

He was sleeping at the moment, but the circle was still talking about him. "I have already found out that Wang Shu, Han Sanping and people from the Film and Television Bureau had lunch together at noon today. At the suggestion of Han Sanping and others, they said they wanted to make a joint film." Mu Xiaoguang looked at Fan Binbin and whispered.

As Wang Jinhua left Orange Sky, Fan Binbin also stood up Orange Sky.

Originally, Mu Xiaoguang had agreed with Chengtian that Fan Binbin would set up a studio together with Chengtian after leaving Huayi.

It was just that what he said was really good at the time, but later he kept dragging it out and ended up standing up Orange Sky.

Now Fan Binbin has offended both Huayi and Chengtian.

However, Fan Binbin was not panicked.

Because of Mu Xiaoguang's operation, in February 2008, a company called Bona Yinglong announced that it had injected capital into Fan Binbin's studio. The company's investment members included Chen Long, Emperor Entertainment Group, and Poly Bona.

After that, rumors about Fan Binbin and Poly Bona CEO Yu Dong began to spread. The two appeared hand in hand in many public occasions, sometimes acting unusually intimate.

Some media said that the two were "dating for capital", but as to whether there was any relationship between men and women, it is unknown.

After that, Fan Binbin starred in two movies with Emperor Entertainment Group's top star Nicholas Tse, "The Besieged City" and "Shaolin Temple". Both movies were big productions, with Zhen Zidan and Liang Jiahui joining the former, and Chen Long and Liu Dehua starring in the latter.

To put it bluntly, these two movies use some big names to promote Nicholas Tse and Fan Binbin.

Nicholas Tse is the number one star of Emperor Entertainment Group, so it is normal for him to have such resources.

But Emperor Entertainment Group has a lot of female artists under its banner, but they only support Fan Binbin.

Only the person involved knows exactly what he paid.

Of course, there is a reason why Fan Binbin is so openly close to Yu Dong.

First, when Fan Binbin left Huayi, he also stood up Orange Sky. In terms of performing arts resources, he was often excluded and suppressed by these two major entertainment forces.

Now that she has new big names like Chen Long, Emperor Entertainment Group, and Yu Dong, she naturally has to show herself, so that no one in the circle will dare to bully her anymore.

Second, Fan Binbin wants to enter the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

At this time, Zhao Yanzi was already doing very well in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, and Fan Binbin was jealous.

In addition, at this time, the Hong Kong entertainment industry controlled a lot of film resources, and mainland artists all believed that if they were not recognized by the Hong Kong entertainment industry, they would not be able to become superstars.

Of course, this superstar is a superstar in the Chinese-language film industry, not an international superstar.

In fact, even though Fan Binbin was suppressed by Huayi and Chengtian and had no film resources in the mainland, he took the opportunity to run to the Hong Kong circle, which was indeed an act of joining the National Army in 49.

In fact, in this era, the Hong Kong circle controls a lot of film resources, and domestic entertainment has not developed, so it is true that the Hong Kong circle is more powerful.

Who would have thought that after only two or three years, domestic entertainment would develop and surpass the Hong Kong circle.

In this era, few people could have such foresight, and it was human nature that people rushed to join the National Army in 49.

However, although Fan Binbin was suppressed by Huayi and Chengtian, she finally got back on their good side.

Therefore, in 2008, Fan Binbin produced and starred in "Rouge Snow". The overseas copyright of this TV series was sold at a price of US$2 per episode.

In other words, the overseas copyright of this drama alone has earned nearly 10 million yuan.

It was also sold out in the country.

The show was first broadcast on four satellite TV channels, with an average price of 50 per episode.

Mu Xiaoguang said that the drama will have at least 30% profit, which means that this drama with an investment of 2800 million can make at least nearly million, which is far beyond Fan Binbin's expectations.

Of course, the revenue of nearly 10 million is far less than the revenue from Wang Shu’s movies.

However, in this era of domestic entertainment, this is already a very outstanding achievement.

In addition to this drama, Fan Binbin also starred in some Hong Kong movies this year, which made her earn a lot of money. So in the Forbes China Celebrity List of actresses this year, Fan Binbin surpassed Zhao Yanzi and was right behind the first place Zhang Ziyi.

Subsequently, the new "Four Dan Actresses" were announced, with Fan Binbin and Li Binbin replacing Xu Jinlei and Zhang Ziyi, and becoming known as the "Four Dan Actresses" together with Zhao Yanzi and Zhou Xun.

You know, before the Huayi Brothers era, the entertainment industry was dominated by “Four Dans and Two Bings”.

First there were the "Four Dan Actresses", and then Huayi Brothers saw that their own "Double Ice" were not selected, so they forced themselves to ride on the popularity and caught the last train of the "Four Dan Actresses and Double Ice". This was the work of Wang Jinhua.

At that time, there were only four seats on the last bus, and Shuangbing had to stand, which was slightly lower than Sidan.

Now Huayi focuses on supporting Li Binbin, and Mu Xiaoguang devotes all his efforts to developing Fan Binbin, and the two have finally grabbed two seats.

However, the two were able to grab seats only because Xu Jinlei and Zhang Ziyi gave them up.

The former almost switched careers from an actor to a director, moving from the front stage to behind the scenes.

As for the latter, Zhou Xun could only play a supporting role for him until he left for Hollywood.

She is not in the same league as the four major actresses who are now on the ice.

(End of this chapter)