China Entertainment 1997

Beijing, Fanxing Building

Huang Bo parked the Infiniti he had just bought and walked from the parking lot to the building. Along the way, two girls from the Starry Administration Department greeted each other with a smile.

"Good morning, Teacher Huang."

"Hello to you too."

Huang Bo gritted his teeth and responded, entering the company building. The security downstairs, the elevator staff, the company's front desk, and everyone he met along the way were all smiling.

Even the two middle-level cadres and producers from the film and television production department who met today had much kinder smiles than before, and their names changed from "Huang Bo" or "Bo'er" to Brother Bo or Teacher Huang Bo. .

What he saw made Huang Bo very emotional.

He joined Fanxing not too early, probably around the time Zhang Jie's group of "Stars of Tomorrow" signed contracts in 2004, but in fact, he had participated in the filming and production of "When Men Are in Love" as early as 2002.

Huang Bo still remembers that he was unknown at that time. Basically no one knew him in Fanxing Company, which had not moved yet.

Sometimes when he comes to Fanxing for script meetings or makeup trials, the staff will call him by his character's name or "who is that".

After "When Men Are in Love" was released, he became somewhat famous, but it was only "a little bit" that made many people remember him as Huang Bo. He also made it to the top 50 in the country in "Tomorrow's Star" and accumulated a lot of Popularity.

After that, he officially signed a contract with Fanxing. Although it is not a big hit, he has never stopped playing roles. After last year's "Crazy Stone" and "Painted Skin", he became a prime supporting role.

But the golden supporting role is just a supporting role. Huang Bo is famous in the stars, but after all, he is just a green leaf, not as good as those real popular stars, and his status has never been higher.

Until this summer vacation, "Crazy Racing" became famous in one shot and became one of the backbone movie stars in the stars.

At present, all the artists of Fanxing are developing in both film and television, and more of them are developing in the field of TV series. There are very few who can be regarded as movie stars.

Leaving aside Cao Xuan and Hu Jing, Fan Xiaopang and Gao Yuanyuan can barely count as half of them. They have masterpieces, but they haven't made it yet.

Duan Long and Huang Bo are among the star actors who have acted in the most movies, especially "Painted Skin", in which they are regarded as starring roles. The former has also acted in "Xiu Chun Knife", and the latter has acted in "New World", "When Men Are in Love" and "Crazy Stone" 》 all appeared.

Even though most of his roles have limited roles, he is still an out-and-out movie actor. He was not popular before because he had never played a major role. After "Crazy Racing", Huang Bo became the number one leading actor in a movie worth 150 million yuan.

Let alone Fanxing, even if it expands to the film industry and includes those Hong Kong and Taiwan film actors, Huang Bo's box office performance can be considered high.

You don't care whether this movie was a matter of luck, but Huang Bo did become famous. From now on, he can get rid of his position as a green leaf and can also be the protagonist.

In the past, when Huang Bo was playing a small role, he had tasted the evil and bitterness of people's hearts. Now that he is famous, he greets everyone he meets with a smile.

Huang Bo has been working hard since he was young and has rich experience. He has experienced highs and lows, but this is the first time he has become famous, and he was actually a little uncomfortable for a while.

A few days ago, I went to "Three Kingdoms·Red Cliff" to make a guest appearance as Jiang Gan, and I specifically asked Cao Xuan for advice on how to balance his mentality.

Cao Xuan gave him eight words - "Stay away from flattery and self-discipline and self-examination".

Of course, these eight words are easier said than done, so Cao Xuan taught him another method.

“Whenever you think you are popular, rich, or awesome, think about me, and then ask yourself, are I famous, rich, awesome, and not handsome? It can make you feel inferior to a certain extent and then wake you up.”

Huang Bo: "..."

Although I really want to hit someone, it is not unreasonable!

In fact, Cao Xuan was just joking with Huang Bo. Huang Bo himself worked his way up from the bottom and has a very tough mentality.

Now I am just confused because I have just become famous. As time goes by, I will settle down and I will naturally find my suitable position.

In fact, Huang Bo is now slowly beginning to adapt to these changes in the environment, but occasionally he feels the sharp contrast with the past, and he still can't help but sigh.

However, his mind was spinning, and his face was pale and expressionless. He was smiling and chatting with a few people.

"Manager Zhang, long time no see."

"Director Liu, this is our first meeting. Please take good care of me."

"Old Wu, I have to rely on you to take care of me this time."

At the beginning of this year, Fanxing Entertainment made some changes and officially upgraded from Fanxing Entertainment Company to Fanxing Group. Several companies related to the entertainment front became subsidiaries of Fanxing Group.

However, some of these subsidiaries have a high degree of freedom. Fanxing Group only has supervision rights over them, but has no management or personnel rights.

But this is enough. Fanxing has no plans to go public anyway. The merger of the group is also for better supervision and management, and has no intention of intervening in each subsidiary.

Therefore, the biggest beneficiary from upgrading to a group was Hu Jing's Supervision Department. The supervisory authority was spread from the original Fanxing Entertainment to multiple companies, and she herself was officially promoted to Vice President of Fanxing.

Except for the Supervision Department, several other leaders have nicer names. They have been changed from general manager and deputy general manager to vice president. They are also called CEOs by foreigners, but in fact they are in charge of Fanxing Entertainment, and other companies are still in charge. Everyone does his or her own thing.

The newly established Fanxing Group has a stricter organizational structure.

The president supervises the entire group, and the vice president is responsible for one or more business segments or departments of the company. Then there is the director level, which is responsible for a certain segment of business or department. Each segment/department has a manager level in principle based on the actual situation.

For example, sectors/departments such as film and television, variety shows, and artists, as important businesses of Fanxing Group, have the largest number of employees and are responsible for complex businesses.

Therefore, under the sector/department directors and deputy directors, 2 to 4 managers are set up to be responsible for different businesses of the department. Below the managers are supervisors. Some are fixed business supervisors, and some are temporary teams responsible for a single project.

This is a large department with a lot of business. In smaller departments, under the director and deputy director, they are directly at the supervisor level.

Therefore, Fanxing director level one, even in the most popular department, is considered a high-ranking executive in the company.

Although the two levels of managers and supervisors appear to be of the same level, the departments they belong to or the businesses they are responsible for are different, and their status and power in the company are also completely different. Some managers can be called directors, and some managers are just messed up. Not as good as a supervisor.

As for the head of a subsidiary, he is nominally higher than the director and lower than the group vice president. In fact, it depends on the specific situation.

Of course, there is a board of directors at the top, but it is just a showpiece. It does nothing and has no sense of existence. Even many company employees do not know that their own group has a board of directors.

In addition, special positions such as directors, artists, screenwriters, producers, etc. are also positioned completely differently and are uniformly positioned according to the company's administrative level.

As a large group with more than 5,000 formal employees, Fanxing’s organizational structure is already considered simple.

Even if the management systems of individual subsidiaries are different, the group allows them to develop freely and does not require unified configuration according to the group.

But even so, for many people in the company, the internal system of Fanxing is unprecedentedly complex. I can't say that they are nervous, but they are dealing with it carefully.

For example, Huang Bo was ranked high among the star artists, but he didn't dare to overestimate him when faced with two middle-level cadres.

These people may not seem to have high positions, but to some extent they can hit them seven inches.

For example, today's managers Zhang and Liu may change your role from the main role to the supporting role with two reports, or reduce the entire project funding by one-third, etc.

Of course, under normal circumstances, they don't dare to do this. Producers, directors and even company artists are not just for free, and there is Hu Jing's Supervision Department.

But being kind to others and making them easy to meet in the future is Huang Bo's principle of doing things. Maybe these two will become directors or even presidents in the future. They don't have to be friends, but don't offend easily.

Manager Liu and the other three were also very polite to Huang Bo. It was hard to say whether they would be promoted to director in the future, but Huang Bo would definitely be highly praised by the company now.

A few business veterans exchanged blows before getting down to business.

It was more than two years after the release of "Crazy Stone" in the original time and space that Ning Hao came up with "Crazy Racing". Now Cao Xuan is cheating, helping him complete the script in advance and make this movie.

However, the director's profession still requires experience and ability. Ning Hao felt that during the filming of the movie, he was still somewhat powerless.

Therefore, after "Crazy Racing", I plan to concentrate on studying first, and at the same time, I will also concentrate on preparing a new script.

As a result, Ning Hao took a break for the time being, but Huang Bo couldn't be idle. Directors can't rely on exposure to make a living, but actors can't.

So although Ning Hao took a break, Fanxing was still preparing to tailor a movie for Huang Bo.

"Teacher Huang, what the company means is that you have accumulated a lot of popularity for comedy now. If you focus on commercial movies, comedy will be more likely to win the box office."

This is said politely, but in fact, although Huang Bo is popular now, his box office appeal is limited, and other themes are difficult to attract audiences. The comedy line of "Crazy Series" is more suitable for him now.

"No problem, I quite like doing comedy."

Other actors may still struggle to star in a big production or a literary film, but Huang Bo is more rational and knows what kind of choice is better for him, and he is not particularly picky.

As long as the script is suitable and brilliant, he can act in comedies, literary films or other themes.

After formulating the intention, the rest was easy to handle. Producer Wu Le took out three scripts and lined them up in front of Huang Bo.

"This is the book I picked from the Creative Center. I personally think it's more suitable for you. See if you like it. If it doesn't work, we'll go find the screenwriter for it."

"No, not really."

Huang Bo was a little flattered. He didn't expect that the company would make a movie for him and he could also choose the script. This treatment was really too generous.

In fact, he was a little overthinking. Fanxing Creative Center had many comedy books, and because of his image characteristics, no artist within the company competed with him for roles. Not only did he have a lot of choice, he didn't have to worry about others, so he didn't just "pick whatever he wanted" "Well.

Huang Bo didn't know what was going on inside, so he concentrated on reading the three scripts in front of him.

Time was limited, and he couldn't let others waste it. He didn't read the entire book, but mainly browsed the outline, and only flipped through the specific scripts when he was interested.

The three scripts are all comedy or light-hearted themes,

The first movie is called "Nightclub", a small-budget comedy movie with a focus on group portraits. The role he is suitable for is He Sanshui, a middle-aged man who bought a lottery ticket but lost his life and was forced to become a robber.

The second movie is called "Only Thirty Days Left", an original film written by Fanxing. It tells the story of a useless security guard who is misdiagnosed and only has 30 days left.

Not long after his death, the security guard decided to have fun and fight back all those who bullied him. As a result, he was accidentally involved in a criminal case, which triggered a series of jokes.

The third movie is called "Happy Family". Strictly speaking, it is not a comedy movie. On the contrary, the ending is very tear-jerking. The more you laugh at the beginning, the more sad it will be at the end.

"Hello, Li Huanying", which is very popular in the market, has a twist at the end that is borrowed from this movie.

In fact, in the beginning, Cao Xuan planned to make this movie himself, but he couldn't spare the time in the past two years, and the cost was a bit low, so it was a bit overkill for Cao Xuan to star in it.

If he kept delaying it, it was very likely that South Korea would shoot the original version first, so Cao Xuan took out this book and prepared to shoot it for the company's artists.

He personally prefers Hu Ge and Huang Bo. The former is young and more suitable for the positioning of the original version, while the latter has excellent acting skills and can better tap into the brilliance of the character.

After all, the age setting of the characters in the script can be changed, but the performance of the actors is more difficult to control.

Hu Ge's acting skills are pretty good for the new generation, but they are only good. Ancient puppet TV series can still be made, but Cao Xuan is not optimistic about a movie with depth.

However, Cao Xuan didn't interfere and let Huang Bo choose. If he didn't want to act, it wouldn't be impossible to find an actor from outside.

But Huang Bo did not live up to his expectations. He really knew what he was getting. After flipping through the booklet of "Happy Family", his expression was obviously solemn. For the first two movies, he just flipped through the outlines, but for this one, he started to look at the specific details non-stop.

After a full 15 minutes, Huang Bo directly held on to the script and expressed it in an extremely firm tone.

"This is the movie."

His choice was not beyond producer Wu Le's expectation. He would have been surprised if Huang Bo didn't choose this script.

"To tell you the truth, Director Feng (Feng Xiaoning) has already started preparing for this movie. I am sure that the screenwriter will revise the script and the filming will start by the end of the year."

Huang Bo couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this. If he had hesitated just now, he might have missed this movie.

After choosing to join the cast of "Happy Family", the casting of other actors was not controlled by Huang Bo. He had nothing to do. After officially signing the contract, he went home and memorized the script and waited for the movie to start.

After bidding farewell to the three of them, Huang Bo came out of the conference room, happily preparing to drive home and take his wife to a restaurant to celebrate.

As a result, I turned around and saw Da Mimi walking towards me. When I saw Huang Bo, Da Mimi immediately said hello with a smile.

The two had worked together on the set of "Painted Skin". Huang Bo was an old man, and Da Mi Mi was also a well-known social expert. They had a strong relationship and dare not say it, but they were still very warm on the surface.

"Brother Bo, congratulations on the movie's success."

"Haha, I can't compare to you. "The Heirs" is so popular. Your sister-in-law watches it at home every day and doesn't even want to eat."

The smile on Da Mimi's face is getting brighter and brighter. This summer, two handsome guys, Yan Kuan and Hu Ge, joined forces with Da Mimi, a popular little girl, to jointly launch the idol drama "The Heirs", which became popular all over the country in a short period of time.

Not only did it greatly suppress the arrogance of those Taiwanese idol dramas, but several of the leading actors became even more popular.

Yan Kuan has become a professional domineering president, and coupled with the previous "New Shanghai Beach", his popularity is booming.

Hu Ge is even better than him. Although he is playing the second male lead this time, his character is brilliant and he is very popular. In addition, in the previous "Myth", although Yi Xiaochuan is not likeable, the popularity of the TV series is here. With.

When Lu Yi, Huang Lei, Zhou Jie and other niche players are no longer at their peak, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, Deng Chao and others may have had their luck taken away, or have not yet risen.

Yan Kuan and Hu Ge, who have appeared in many hit TV series, have now begun to compete for the title of the new generation of mainland China's number one niche.

The two male protagonists have benefited a lot, and Damimi, as the core female protagonist, is rarely proud.

The CCTV drama "Wang Zhaojun" premiered at the beginning of this year. Although it did not cause much discussion, it also added to her resume. "The Heirs" became a hit in the summer season, making Damimi the most popular TV star at the moment. One of the little flowers.

What makes Damimi even more happy is that the TV series starring Liu Tianxian this year has been released.

In fact, it's not a big deal. This TV series is called "Midsummer", an original TV series by Fanxing, about a girl who just graduated from college. The story of struggling in the workplace is played by Liu Tianxian and Qiao Zhenyu plays the male protagonist.

But it may be due to the subject matter, and it is difficult for Liu Tianxian's current performance to portray the confusion and determination of a college student who has just entered society.

Anyway, due to various reasons, although the performance of this TV series was not bad, it did not meet everyone's expectations in advance.

Especially compared to "The Heirs", its reputation, ratings, and popularity were completely defeated. During those few nights, Damimi always grinned in her dreams.

It was a pity for her that although "Midsummer" starring Liu Tianxian was not satisfactory, his guest appearance as Lu Su in "The Myth" attracted great attention.

It can even be said that this supporting character, who only appeared in eight episodes, has become the most popular character in the entire "Myth" drama. Fans of the drama called ""Myth" only has eight episodes."

This infatuated and kind-hearted character has attracted many fans to Liu Tianxian and has become another classic role in her career.

Because of this, even if Damimi's "The Heirs" became a hit, it was still not as good as Liu Tianxian.

Even Da Mimi’s fans couldn’t help but lament on the forum and let out a cry of reluctance——

If honey is produced, how can immortality be produced?

However, Damimi herself did not admit defeat. When Liu Tianxian became popular, she was still a newcomer to the 18th tier. Now she is still catching up step by step with "Wulin Gaiden", "The Heirs", "Painted Skin" and "Wang Zhaojun".

Last year, Fanxing was marketing the [Fanxing Three Beauties] CP, and countless people laughed at her for taking advantage of the popularity of Liu Tianxian and Gu Miaomiao.

But now that one year has passed, she, Da Mimi, has completely transformed and become famous. No one will say that her reputation is not worthy of being placed in the same level as these two.

Since she can catch up with Liu Tianxian within two years, in another two years, she can completely surpass him.

Da Mimi was so full of fighting spirit that she didn't believe that someone named Liu could suppress her for the rest of her life...

After talking to Huang Bo, Damimi continued to look for Hu Jing to fight for opportunities.

Now Liu Tianxian has an overall advantage and can suppress Damimi in all aspects, but she also has weaknesses. She is not focused enough, has a Buddhist personality, and is a bit picky.

After "Midsummer". Liu Tianxian has started working on a new album and is preparing to have fun in the music industry. He has no plans to take on new roles. On the one hand, he wants to rest, and on the other hand, he "dislikes" many books.

But these are precisely the advantages of Damimi.

She was bad at singing, but her dream of being a singer was rejected by her big boss Cao Xuan, so she could only focus on developing as an actress.

Liu Tianxian is a Buddhist and not very enthusiastic about work, but Damimi is very ambitious. As long as she can become popular, she doesn't mind being a hard-working mistress.

Moreover, the threshold for scripts was set very low, and almost all comers were accepted, thinking that the momentum would kill Liu Tianxian.

Fortunately, there were Hu Jing and Liu Rui watching above Da Mimi.

It's good to be enterprising, but you can't be cold-blooded. If possible, choose a good script and don't cheat on it.

Thanks to Hu Jing's efforts, Damimi won Guolan's key project for next year, the time-travel drama "Tang Palace Lock Jade".

That's right, it was adapted from the movie "Palace Lock Heart Jade" by Dead Girl. It just changed the background from the Qing Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, and changed from the battle of the Nine Dragons in the Kangxi year to the four dragons in the Zhenguan year.

Prince Li Chengqian, King of Wei Li Tai, King of Shu Li Ke, King of Jin Li Zhi, the heroine traveled through time in the late Zhenguan period, swaying between the three kings of Wei, Shu and Jin, and finally ended up with Li Ke, breaking the heart of Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.

Cao Xuan read the script and made some outrageous changes. For example, Li Ke and Li Zhi are nearly 10 years apart in history. In the play, they are only two or three years old, so they are of the same age. Otherwise, they would be too embarrassed to compete for the female lead.

Wu Zetian was a spare tire, and finally helped the blackened Li Zhi ascend to the throne, killed the heroine, and became Li Zhi's favorite woman.

Needless to say about the other shortcomings, the only good thing is that there is no such thing as the male protagonist Li Ke is the mother of Yang Guifei, and then the Black Changsun Queen, and Li Shimin is also considered a relatively wise old emperor.

The main villains are the prince, Wu Zetian, the darkened Li Zhi and Changsun Wuji. Li Tai is not a good person, but he likes the heroine and is barely decent.

How to put it this way, a typical Mary Sue drama with a female protagonist has many shortcomings and obvious advantages. The plot is exciting and the pace is fast. The IQs of all the characters are relatively online. The characters of several characters are still very charming regardless of their history.

After much consideration, Cao Xuan still approved the project, but he did not let Fanxing produce it, and it took Guolan's skin. Even if he was scolded, it would not damage Fanxing's brand.

"Myth" became a hit, and time-travel dramas were booming at that time. Naturally, Damimi saw the prospect of "Tang Palace Suo Jade" and was overjoyed.

At this time, Hu Jing suddenly called a little girl with a bun face and gave instructions to Yang Mi.

"This is the newcomer I signed last year. She was sent to China National Theater for a year of further training. This time she will play the role of Princess Changle in the play. Mimi, please take care of her in the team later."

Afraid that Damimi would not understand her thoroughly, Hu Jing also specifically pointed out that this was one of her own and the future confidant of the Donggong Party.

Looking at the little girl in front of her, Damimi felt a little complicated. She had known for a long time that the East Palace Party would have to recruit new members, but when this moment came, she still couldn't help but feel sour.

From now on, she will no longer be able to get Sister Jing’s exclusive favor!

After calming down, Damimi forced a smile and stretched out her hand: "I am Yang Mi."

The bun-faced man shook hands with Yang Mi slightly awkwardly: "Hello, my name is Zhao Liying..."

Hu Jing watched the first meeting between the two generals of the East Palace Party with a smile, as if she saw Zhao and Yang joining forces to press Liu Tianxian to the ground and rub him.

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