Chapter 905: Celebration Banquet

The filming cost of "People in Embarrassment" is 10 million, 20 million was spent on the preliminary publicity, and another 10 million was added after the movie was released, with a total investment of 40 million, and it was earned back within a week of release.

Originally, "People in Embarrassment", which was sparsely deserted in front of the door, was considered popular with its accumulated reputation, in this regard, the hearts of countless peers were broken, and they actually let the 1+1 company earn it, "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing" with a small Boda, and also made Ning Hao and Huang Bo popular, and now they have jumped out as a partner of Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang, which is also a small Boda, originally this dark horse running all over the street is not called a dark horse, but who would have thought that 1+1 company can still be mass-produced.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, in the lobby of a hotel in Yanjing City, 1+1 Company is holding a celebration banquet of "People in Embarrassment", in addition to the main creator of the crew, all the actors and staff of 1+1 Company are also present.

After a while, Shang Jie, the general manager of the company, came to the stage and tried the microphone: "Hey, hey, okay, everyone is quiet, let's start!"

The noise at the scene disappeared immediately, and everyone looked at the stage, focusing on the thing on the stage that was covered with red cloth, everyone knew that it was the specific box office figure of the week after the release of "People in Embarrassment".

Shang Jie continued: "Today is the celebration banquet of "People in Embarrassment", there are no outsiders, everyone does not have to be restrained, we first invite Lin Xinru, chairman of our company, and Xu Zheng, the director of "People in Embarrassment", to come to the stage. ”

After Shang Jie finished speaking, Lin Xinru and Xu Ludan appeared together, and there was immediately applause at the bottom.

"Xinru, do you know the box office results of "People in Embarrassment" now?" Shang Jie asked.

"Well, I don't know, I said that I was going to surprise us, then I looked forward to it!" Lin Xinru has also seen countless big scenes, so naturally she will not have stage fright, and replied with a smile when she heard this.

Shang Jie turned to Xu Zheng again and asked, "Director Xu, do you know what the box office is?"

"I don't know the exact number, but I heard that it dropped a little bit in the second week. Xu Zheng looked calm, but his heart was not calm, the fingers of his right hand were constantly clenching his fists, loosening, clenching his fists, letting go, and there was a layer of fine sweat sticking to his head, he must be nervous, being a director is a dream, and now in this world, there is no dream to talk about a fart without achievements?

Since the release of the movie, Xu Zheng has not slept a day of restful sleep, even if the box office of the movie is far ahead, he often wakes up in a dream, for fear that it is an illusion, these days he is busy promoting outside, don't look at the witty words on the show, calm, but he can't sleep when he returns to the hotel.

Shang Jie naturally saw it, and he didn't break it, and said with a smile: "Okay, we don't sell it, now ask the two of you to reveal the answer for us!"

Shang Jie said, stretched out his hand, and the two of them walked to the middle, where there was a long table, covered with a red cloth, Lin Xinru and Xu Zheng stood on the left and right respectively, listening to Shang Jie's order: "Everyone pay attention, three, two, one, please reveal!"

Swish!

The two of them lifted it vigorously and removed the red cloth covering it, only to see that there was an ice sculpture below, the whole was in the shape of a dragon, and a string of huge numbers was steaming with a hint of coldness.

Song Zheng stood below and watched, the ice sculpture was Shang Jie's idea, and now no matter what he does, when the results are announced, he is willing to play with the tune.

"One, ten, hundred, thousand, thousand, how much is that?"

Tang Yan stretched out his head and counted with his fingers, but he couldn't stand a little farther, and the ice sculpture was a little reflective, so he could only ask for help from Tang Wei who was standing aside.

Tang Wei saw it clearly and said, "Stupid! 100 million!"

On the stage, Xu Zheng's small eyes stared unblinking, the number carving was indeed a bit abstract, and he didn't dare to confirm it after reading it three times, and his heart couldn't help jumping wildly, and his voice was trembling: "That, well! 300 million~~~~~~~~ 300 million~~~~~~"

"Three hundred and ten million!"

The little peach in the audience really couldn't stand it, and shouted loudly, and looked at her husband on the stage with a disgusted face after shouting, this useless thing!

"Wow!"

"Whoa!"

The bottom saw and heard clearly, cheers, and applause rang out instantly.

To be honest, it is really surprising that "People in Embarrassment" can achieve this result, and no one expected "People in Embarrassment" to be so popular.

It broke 300 million in just two weeks, and it is said that the attendance rate has rebounded slightly after entering the third week, and if it continues to develop according to this momentum, it may be able to break the domestic box office record set by "Assembly" just last year.

Even Song Zheng didn't expect that you must know that the original version of "People in Embarrassment" in the previous life had a cumulative box office of only more than 50 million, and now it has only been released for two weeks, and it has reached 300 million.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Xu Zheng, who has always been introverted, rarely showed his emotions, and suddenly his voice choked up as he spoke.

Shang Jie hurriedly took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Director Xu is too excited, let's collect some first, it's not over yet, come, serve the wine!"

Then, the three of them, as representatives, poured a champagne tower together, and then entered the free social time.

Xu Zheng originally wanted to congratulate Xu Zheng, but before he could walk over, he was stopped by Wang Zhongjun, as a partner, 1+1 company wanted to hold a celebration banquet, so naturally he wanted to send an invitation to Huayi Brothers, Wang Zhonglei did not come, but Wang Zhongjun arrived.

Wang Zhongjun pondered for a while and said, "Xiao Song, how about the project I proposed to you before?"

Song Zheng smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, this year is not over, you just tell me about it, it's too urgent!"

The project Wang Zhongjun said was the second part of "Hurricane Rescue", on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Song Zheng went to Feng Xiaogang's house to visit the door, and happened to meet Wang Zhongjun, and Wang Zhongjun told him about it at that time.

In fact, in Song Zheng's view, it is understandable to restart the project "Hurricane Rescue" now, and he also needs to use a movie to maintain his reputation in Europe and the United States.

However, the timing of Wang Zhongjun's mention of this matter was obviously wrong, "Night Banquet" had not yet been painted, and Wang Zhongjun didn't ask Feng Xiaogang what his plans were for this year, so he came to ask him, what did Feng Xiaogang think?

At that time, at Feng Xiaogang's house, Song Zheng could feel that Feng Xiaogang's face had become very ugly.

Wang Zhongjun's approach made Song Zheng very dissatisfied, but when Huayi Brothers was the most difficult, Feng Xiaogang left his studio and returned to Huayi Brothers, not only that, but also worked as a lobbyist, attracting Song Zheng to continue to cooperate with Huayi Brothers.

This great favor, Wang Zhongjun can't just slow down, just forget it.

Although "Night Banquet" did hit the streets, it can't be denied because you can't deny Feng Xiaogang because of a movie!

Song Zheng didn't know when Wang Zhongjun became so eager for quick success, Feng Xiaogang's "Big Shot" was folded like this, and he didn't see Wang Zhongjun become like this.

"I think this matter should wait a little longer, although I have a little idea of the script now, but whether it is the overall framework or the details, I have to study it carefully. ”

"Oh, what else are you studying?" Wang Zhongjun frowned and said, "Xiao Song, people say strike while the iron is hot, the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" was so popular before, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue it, but you have to shoot "Assembly Number" , I won't say anything, but, now you can't drag it any further, this movie itself has particularity, it's easy to make a series, if you don't have time, just provide a big framework, when the time comes, I'll find someone to write the script, with your strength, you can definitely ensure quality and quantity, let's continue to cooperate, this is the second part, there will be a third and fourth part in the future, and the film will be a big hit when the time comes. ”

As early as when the first part of "Hurricane Rescue" was released, Wang Zhongjun contacted Song Zheng and expressed his willingness to make a sequel, but at that time, Song Zheng wanted to make "Assembly Number" and handed it over, so this matter was put down, and later, Song Zheng had a lot of things to do, and he didn't care about it for a while, but he didn't want Wang Zhongjun to find someone to write the script.

With Song Zheng's harshness on the script, how could he destroy his future, but it was not good to refuse directly, so he could only say tactfully: "Mr. Wang, I really think it should be safe, the old saying says slow work makes careful work, don't you say?"

Hey!

Wang Zhongjun's face was a little heavy when he saw him pushing back, but he didn't have a seizure, and said with a smile: "That's okay, you think about it again, and we'll talk about it after a while." ”

put the words down, people patted their butts and left, and Song Zheng didn't stay.

As soon as Wang Zhongjun left, Xu Zheng came over and looked at the direction where Wang Zhongjun left: "Mr. Wang of Huayi Brothers, what is he looking for you!?"

Song Zheng smiled helplessly and said: "This person is becoming more and more like a businessman now, Lao Feng's "Night Banquet" hit the street, so he thought about winning me over, planning to shoot a sequel to "Hurricane Rescue", forget it! Don't mention him! How are you, don't you feel a little floating!"

As soon as Xu Zheng heard this, he hurriedly told him: "Stop! Don't smash me under the table, what are you floating, it's still early!"

Song Zheng knew that Xu Zheng was telling the truth, he was good at this, steady, not like Ning Hao, who was too emotional.

"What's the matter!?Have you figured out what to do next!?"

Xu Zheng nodded: "Think about it, it's inconvenient here, tomorrow, I'll make an appointment with a place, let's meet and talk again!"

Song Zheng responded, the two clinked glasses, and then each went to find an acquaintance to talk nonsense.

The next day, it snowed lightly in Yanjing, and at noon, Song Zheng drove to a hot pot restaurant, got out of the car, and walked into the door quickly, the waiter led him, went up to the box on the second floor, pushed the door in, Xu Zheng had been waiting for a while.

"It's really cold this day, have you ordered?" Song Zheng took off his coat and hung it on the hanger behind the door.

"Just now, Bao Qiang said that there was something, so he couldn't come!"

"Leave him alone, let's eat. ”

Song Zheng opened a pair of dishes and said with a smile: "I haven't eaten well in the morning, so I'm waiting for you!"

Xu Zheng also smiled: "You are a big boss, and you still need me this meal!"

Compared with before, Xu Zheng now obviously has a sense of self-confidence, and it is the kind of confidence that comes from the bones, they are all old friends, he doesn't beat around the bush, he directly took out a thing and handed it over.

"You take a look first. ”

Song Zheng took it, he already knew it, took a look, and sure enough, there was a line of big characters printed on the paper: "People are embarrassed to travel to Thailand", looked up at Xu Zheng, his face was calm, and then looked down.

When I first saw it in Shonan, it was just a story outline, but now it has been completely sorted out, and the general idea of the story has hardly changed much from the original: Xu Lang spent five years inventing a magical product called "Oil Ba", Xu Lang's classmate and competitor Gao Bo wanted to sell this invention to the French at one time, but Xu Lang disagreed, he hoped to develop research in depth and get further benefits.

Because the two have the same shares, only to get the company's largest shareholder Lao Zhou's power of attorney, to achieve the goal, when they learned that Lao Zhou was in Thailand, the two immediately set off to find, and Xu Lang met Wang Bao on the way, Wang Bao is the owner of the scallion pancake stall with a monthly income of 20,000 yuan, and has the kung fu of rolling dough and rubbing noodles with one hand, as well as a nirvana of "splitting legs".

Wang Bao is optimistic, cheerful and sunny, but he is particularly fond of trouble, and carries a wish list with him that lists the plans that must be completed for this trip: doing spa, playing Muay Thai, worshiping Buddha, giving alms, participating in the Songkran Festival, releasing Kong Ming lanterns, planting a healthy tree for his mother, and all the special tourism projects in Thailand.

At the Bangkok airport, Xu Lang suddenly found that he was being tracked by Gao Bo, it turned out that the mobile phone was installed with a tracker, he had an idea, stuffed the mobile phone to Wang Bao, left the tour group alone, and went to the small airport for a transfer.

The taxi driver in Bangkok is warm and elegant, while Xu Lang is impetuous, and as a result, he accidentally leaves his passport on the taxi on the way.

When I arrived at the small airport, I found that Gao Bo had followed, and when I was puzzled, Wang Bao appeared behind him, it turned out that in order to return Xu Lang's mobile phone, he actually gave up the trip and chased after him, and lost his wallet on the way.

Xu Lang was helpless, and it happened that one of them had no passport and the other had no money, so he decided to go to a high-end hotel in Bangkok together, and then take the train to Chiang Mai early the next morning.

The streets of Bangkok are bustling with fashion and light.

Xu Lang and Wang Bao enjoyed the hotel's exquisite service, fine wine and food, and the world's top spa health, almost lingering, Gao Bo tracked the credit card to the hotel, and lied that he was Xu Lang's friend.

In the hotel, Xu Lang and Wang Bao went around with Gao Bo, making a lot of jokes, seeing that the situation was not good, Xu Lang and Wang Bao sneaked away, and Gao Bo was forced to pay for them.

On the train to Chiang Mai, Xu Lang found that Wang Bao actually had the postcard and address of the temple photo he had failed to download, and Wang Bao told him that it was one of his wishes to plant a healthy tree in that temple.

In order to fulfill the wish list, Wang Bao always stops and delays time, lingers among all kinds of beautiful scenery and customs, worships Buddha, eats delicious food, takes pictures everywhere, worships Buddha sincerely and prays, and goes to a hot spring, Wang Bao must do fish therapy here, Xu Lang has a lawsuit in his head, and he turns a blind eye to the beautiful scenery, he secretly dumps Wang Bao and goes to the temple by himself.

Xu Lang entered the temple and was shocked, this is actually a high-end SPA sanatorium of a hot spring resort, the appearance is slightly similar to the temple, but it is a Thai-style garden, exotic style is coming, but it is not the place he is looking for at all, and he has also encountered the illegal trade of cultural relics by Thai gangs.

At this time, Gao Bo appeared with Wang Bao, Xu Lang and Wang Bao fled in a hurry, and cooperated to retrieve Xu Lang's briefcase, while Gao Bo was detained and had to pay again due to the damage to the cultural relics.

Halfway through the escape, the car broke down, Xu Lang blamed Wang Bao for taking the wrong way, and a pair of enemies quarreled again.

The two walked to a small village, it was the Thai New Year, the people were happy, put Kong Ming lanterns, worship Buddha, and celebrate the Songkran Festival, a peaceful scene, and the enthusiastic villagers also helped Xu Lang find the exact address of the temple.

The relaxed and joyful atmosphere also infected Xu Lang, and he began to reflect on his life and called his daughter, who was already disappointed in his repeated dishonesty, and he made a wish in front of the Buddha statue, hoping to make up for his mistakes.

When he woke up the next day, Gao Bo chased after him again, and Xu Lang couldn't figure out why Gao Bo could find himself every time.

In order to avoid Gao Bo, Xu Lang and Wang Bao swam across the river on an elephant and fled by a bamboo row, but unfortunately fell into the water and were carried by the river to the uninhabited primeval forest.

Xu Lang, who was extremely down, finally collapsed, he quarreled with Wang Bao, and even made a move.

Finally calmed down, Xu Lang and Wang Bao lit a bonfire by the sparkling river, and in the paradise-like beauty, Xu Lang finally washed the dust in his heart and began to review his life.

Over the years, he has been busy with the "Oil Tyrant" project, estranged his children, and the rift with his wife has become deeper and deeper, Gao Bo was originally a college classmate and best friend, but now he has become a sworn enemy, what happened?

He realized that he had gone astray.

Out of the forest, the idyllic scenery of northern Thailand is quiet and peaceful, the simple Thai people live and work in peace and contentment, Xu Langjing is born from the heart, he gives alms to the monks on the side of the road, at this moment seems to have undergone baptism, perceived a quiet moment, and realized the truth of "giving" and "gaining".

Getting closer and closer to the temple, the scenery is becoming more and more beautiful and pleasant, Zen rises in Xu Lang's heart, and a thought gradually becomes clear.

When he arrived outside the temple, Xu Lang found that there was a tracker in the box where Wang Bao was carrying his wish list.

He finally understood why Gao Bo was able to track him all the way, thinking that Wang Bao had already been bought, so he blew Wang Bao away and went to the temple by himself, feeling terrible.

In the temple, Xu Lang met Gao Bo, and from Gao Bo's mouth, he learned that Wang Bao was wronged, and the tracker was secretly released by Gao Bo when he was in the hotel, and Wang Bao did not know.

Seeing that the contract was about to fall into Gao Bo's hands, Wang Bao appeared to help Xu Lang deal with Gao Bo, Xu Lang inadvertently discovered the truth about Wang Bao's coming to Thailand: his mother suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and he made up a white lie to his mother, saying that he would bring his girlfriend to Thailand for her honeymoon, and take pictures and write a diary along the way, all of which were gifts for her mother.

Xu Lang gave up the power of attorney in order to help Wang Bao fulfill his wish, Gao Bo got the authorization as he wished, but found that the power of attorney needed to be signed by him and Xu Lang, Xu Lang told Gao Bo: He gave up the oil bully project, he wanted to re-plan his life, and find family, love and friendship.

All this he experienced in four days and three nights in Thailand.

Bangkok, Chinese Embassy, Xu Lang called his wife and spoke his heart.

After returning to China, Xu Lang took time to spend with his children and agreed to divorce his wife, but his wife observed Xu Lang's subtle changes, but his wife changed her mind at this time.

Wang Bao worked hard in his scallion pancake shop, and Xu Lang appeared and gave him a surprise gift.

Song Zheng read it quickly, this script is obviously not the final version, many details have not been written, but the character settings are very perfect, especially this Wang Bao, which is obviously tailored for Wang Baoqiang.

In addition, in terms of the storyline, there are also some differences, obviously in the hotel that day, Xu Zheng listened to what Song Zheng said to Xu Zheng.

"You know, when I was filming "People in Embarrassment", I had this idea, how could I not know what the results were, and I didn't dare to write, but later I knew that the box office results were not bad, I think the time is quite ripe, and now I want to hear what you mean. Xu Zheng said.

"Yes, totally!" Song Zheng agreed very happily and said with a smile, "You are right in this way, and the rest is to add baggage to it." ”

"Okay, with your words, I'll do it with confidence, I'll complete the script first, by the way, keep Baoqiang's schedule for me!"

"Don't worry! I have something to tell you!"

Xu Zheng said: "What's the matter, let's talk about it!"

Song Zheng hesitated for a long time, but he didn't know how to speak, just when he was reading the script, he saw that in Xu Zheng's story, Wang Bao's favorite female star is still Fan Bingbing, and at the end of the stock market, Fan Bingbing is still needed to make a cameo.

But this made him a little embarrassed.

He can steal the script for Fan Bingbing's "Guanyin Mountain", anyway, when it is released, the screenwriter only needs to belong to his name, but asking Fan Bingbing to make a cameo appearance in the company's movie is really too difficult for him.

If Lin Xinru knew, would she be able to agree!?

But what to say, Song Zheng didn't know, it was so difficult to tell Xu Zheng that he didn't want to have any form of intersection with Fan Bingbing, isn't this not self-provoking suspicion!?

"Forget it!"

Song Zheng simply let it out in the end, so be whatever you love!

Xu Zheng listened, his mind was confused, but seeing that Song Zheng didn't want to say, he didn't ask: "If you have nothing to do, I still have something to tell you here!"

"Say it!"

Xu Zheng pondered for a while and said, "I want to set up a studio." ”

Song Zheng was stunned for a moment and said, "It's a good thing!"

Song Zheng knows that Xu Zheng is a person with a formal unit, and now that he has achievements, it is normal for him to want to work alone, but the question is, what does this matter say to him!?

Xu Zheng continued: "I want to attach my studio to the name of 1+1 company, I don't know, are you willing to take me in!?"

Song Zheng was really stunned now, looking at Xu Zheng, he was stunned for a long time.

Can this ~~~~~~ be unwilling!?

"Lao Xu, do you mean it really!?"

"Seriously, of course, you know, I'm a person who rarely jokes!"

Song Zheng suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, picked up his wine glass, gestured to Xu Zheng, and said, "Okay!