Xu Teng's standards for Xu Teng are too high, and she wants Xu Teng to be a good man who loves his career and family, has affection, righteousness, and conscience, establishes the image of a business giant who is a moral model, and finally creates a great history of the richest man on the planet, which can be written in the biography of human history and Chinese history.

However, Xu Teng had no interest in this at all, he was too tired and had a nervous disorder.

He's just a bastard with no bottom line and discipline, does it make sense to pretend to be that kind of force? Besides, there are too many examples of the image of a good man collapsing in the end, so why make such a big shackle for yourself?

In April 2003, Xu Teng was finally promoted to a movie star, which can be regarded as a Hollywood level, and his first film debut was a Hollywood blockbuster like "Terminator 3".

This is a real Hollywood blockbuster, the original script has laid the sci-fi background of Gao Su zhì, and Li An is also very accurate, in the dark main color, sublimating the theme of the movie to a very ingenious scale, which is not pretentious, but also embarrassing.

The visual effects of the movie are amazing, exciting and cool, there are countless ideas, and there is a delicate style of Li An in the brilliance, the performances of the four leading actors are remarkable, and the action shots are coherent and wonderful, which can be called the most valuable and visual effects of science fiction blockbusters in recent years.

In the 2003 film market, "Hero", which was released on Valentine's Day, had already set a domestic box office record, and no one expected that "Terminator 3", which was released in April, almost set a new record again, and the global box office was expected to break through the $500 million mark.

Xu Teng's reputation is so great that he can't believe it, hundreds of media follow up and report every day, and all kinds of calls are made to his assistant's office, so that several female assistants have received soft calls, and there are even powerful media directly on his mobile phone.

He is the co-producer of "Heroes" and one of the four main actors of "Terminator 3", the main writer, action director and villain, and is launching the fifth full-length science fiction novel "Interstellar" at this time.

If it's not popular, that's a strange thing.

Throughout April, Xu Teng had daily activities in the film and television industry, first with the other three leading actors of "Terminator 3" Schwarzenegger, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, and director Li An intensively participated in a round of promotional activities.

Since then, he and director Li An have continued to participate in a number of talk shows in the mainland, and he has also held a number of book signing and selling events.

At the end of April, Xu Teng was invited by the Taiwan Film Distribution Company to continue to accompany Li An to Taiwan to participate in a three-day film promotion, and in the middle, he had to cooperate with the Taiwan Film Distribution Company's itinerary to participate in a variety show "Super Sunday".

Hollywood's contracts are more rigid, and the actor's participation in promotional activities must be calculated according to the price, and must be paid by the distributor, which is not the case in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Of course, the Taiwan Film Distribution Company wanted to invite three European and American actors to the Taipei platform, calculated the price, and finally only invited Director Li An and Xu Teng, because Li An had a good temper and was very good at talking, and he was friends with the boss of the Taiwan Film Distribution Company, so he agreed.

Although Xu Teng's contract is based on the novel, because he only cooperates with the promotion in the mainland, and the film distribution company in the mainland market is Shenzhou Media, he actually only charges a special plane and accommodation fee, about 100,000 yuan per day.

Even at this price, Taiwan Film Company didn't want to give it, and finally talked to Qin Xiaolu for a few days, and was only willing to pay Xu Teng NT$100,000 for the carriage and horse fare, as for the variety show they were going to record, they were even more desperate, and they were only willing to pay NT$1,350 for the carriage and horse fee, on the grounds that they were in the publicity period.

The most ridiculous thing is that Xu Teng's entourage has to pay for the accommodation fees of his entourage.

No way.

Xu Teng purely gave Li An affection, and arranged a business plane for himself to take him and Li An to Taipei.

This Gulfstream G550 is a business jet just introduced by Macau Huarui Air at the beginning of the year, which can be called the most luxurious ultra-long-range business jet, because it is Xu Teng's landline, and is forced to pay the luxury tax, registered in the mainland, convenient for take-off and landing arrangements, the flight cost per hour is close to 20,000, take off and land once, and the cost of passing through the airport is about 40,000.

Taiying's carriage and horse expenses are not even enough for fuel.

Xu Teng brought Yu Suyun and Qin Xiaolu two female assistants this time, and it happened that Director Li An's younger brother Li Gang also took the plane back to Taipei together, and everyone gathered at Xu Teng's side to play at 21 o'clock, accompany the director to entertain, tens of thousands of dollars to play and play, and chat while playing.

They are basically talking about Taiwan's film industry, from production to distribution, as well as other TV series, variety shows, etc., chatting together.

Xu Teng was probably listening to Li Gang's sighing and sighing, because the general environment in Taiwan is gradually failing, and the film sector has decayed into a mess, and only idol dramas and entertainment variety show industries can still support it.

Li Gang has been developing in the mainland for the past two years, and recently signed a contract with Shenzhou Media and is preparing to shoot an urban drama.

From small to large.

It's just that this time with the itinerary, Xu Teng can feel that Taiwan's film industry is basically a dead end, and there is no future, "Terminator 3" is such an easy to make money, and when it is released and promoted, it has to pick and save this little money, which is like someone else is free labor.

Xu Teng thought it was the consistent urine of Taiwanese businessmen.

Li An has another point of view, "After Taiwan's accession to the WTO, under pressure from the United States, the film market has been fully opened up in the past two years, and the local film distribution companies have basically been wiped out, and the life of the Taiwan film distribution company is very difficult, and Warner will also invest in a distribution company in Taiwan at the end of the year." So, this is probably the last film that Warner handed over to Taiwan Film for distribution. ”

Li An's meaning is very simple, the Taiwan Film Distribution Company is about to go bankrupt, and now it is just surviving, how much do you expect them to pay?

"Shenzhou Film and Television Media Group is a mainland company, and there is no way to create a distribution company in Taiwan, so Legendary Pictures in the United States is different, right?" Xu Teng thought of another thing, since Wanwan is so open to the United States, he can make a detour and use Legendary Pictures to intervene in Taiwan's film distribution market.

He just said it casually.

This broken market is too small to be worth his waste, it is simply a small business within a small business.

Li An nodded, and did not deny it, "So investing in the film industry in the mainland, whether it is production and distribution, can be earned, but in Taiwan it is very difficult and you can't make money." Cinema is an art and a business. ”

This incident has revealed the mainland's political strength and commercial negotiation strength, and the mainland and Taiwan joined the WTO at the same time, and the price is completely different, and the final outcome will certainly be completely different.

In the distribution market of the mainland film industry, foreign capital is all dead, and the eight major US distribution companies are resolutely not given any chance.

The same is true for the network technology market.

That's why it's more cost-effective to invest in the mainland than in Wanwan.

In addition to not granting foreign distribution licenses, the mainland film market also has restrictions on the number of films that can be imported.

It is precisely because co-productions are not limited by the number of imported films, and they are not only Hollywood-made blockbusters, but also can take advantage of policy loopholes, that Shenzhou Media Group and Lilu-Warner can jointly establish Legendary Pictures, which is mainly responsible for the production of Sino-US co-productions, as well as the production and distribution of low-cost films.

It's miserable.

Warners didn't even know what level of monster they had put into the U.S. market.

If Xu Teng has enough capital in his hand now, he really wants to use the shell resources of Legendary Pictures in the United States to directly spend $1.5 billion to $2 billion to buy Marvel.

Of course, he couldn't do it, because in the empire of the old Xu family, this business was too small, and the rate of return was too low.

Legendary Pictures was established at the end of December last year, and currently invests in Lang Wiseman's "Tales of the Night" and Wen Zhiren's "Chainsaw", both of which are independent films with small costs and high returns.

Now, Xu Teng also wants to enter the American drama market, because the annual market share of American dramas is as high as 30 billion US dollars, which is not lost to the Hollywood film industry at all, so that the best screenwriters in the United States are producing TV series, not movies.

The benefits of American dramas As long as one drama is successful, it can be filmed for four or five years without restrictions, and if it is a top hit drama, it can still occupy the headlines for a long time.

Xu Teng's special plane arrived in Taipei at 14 o'clock at noon, and as soon as he arrived at the airport, he was blocked by dozens of media.

Xu Teng was also blocked by the media next to him, and as a result, he asked him about lace news, these Wanwan media were all blind guesses, but they guessed very accurately, from Mei Jiali to Xia Li, they generally felt that there were scandals.

These messy news were first irresponsible nonsense by the Hong Kong media, sold domestically to the mainland, and then introduced to Taiwan by Apple Daily.

Xu Teng's identity is also very complicated, he is a mainland science and technology upstart, an international science fiction writer, this time in Taipei there is a book sale and signing event, and he will be invited to participate in the Taipei Science and Technology Park industry symposium.

"Your parents have given up their mainland household registration in 98 and immigrated to Hong Kong, when will you follow your parents to immigrate to Hong Kong?"

"I don't think going to Hong Kong is considered an immigration, and as for me personally, there is no reason to give up my mainland household registration." Xu Teng basically wanted to give the other party two punches, and what kind of mess he asked was.

This issue is so bad.

Sister Hong and Guo Jian directly pushed the reporters around Xu Teng away and helped him clear a passage to leave.

More than a dozen reporters followed.

"Your mother Lan Huiying is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Hong Kong Asia Television and the largest shareholder, how do you feel about this, and is your mother ...... on your investment in entrepreneurship and acting Gave special help! ”

Xu Teng pushed away the two reporters himself, entered the Mercedes-Benz rented in advance by Shenzhou Media Group in Taipei, and took the first step...... These things, according to reason, should be the responsibility of the Taiwan Film Distribution Company, which is still the largest local film distribution company in Taiwan, and has no sense of responsibility at all.

At this time, Xu Teng really regretted going to Taiwan to participate in the promotion of "Terminator 3", although during this time, he was also asked such questions by the mainland media, but he was generally still very respectful, and the way he asked questions was also very careful.

His answer has always been simple, there are definitely, but not much.

Therefore, it is definitely a wrong choice to mix in the entertainment industry, these reporters are all beasts, and they are even more bottomless and unprincipled than him.

He sent a text message to Zeng Quinoa, who was staying at home, and asked Zeng Quinoa to check by the way to see when Xu's mother was promoted by herself, and she actually wanted to buy the shares of that mess of Asia TV, which was really idle.

Xu Teng is staying at the Sheraton Hotel in Taipei, and he has nothing to do today, so he will go to the recording of a variety show tomorrow afternoon, attend the release ceremony of the Taipei theater line the day after tomorrow, and take time to participate in a book signing event in the middle.

When he arrived at the hotel, he poured a glass of Hennessy and sat at the window looking at the scenery of Taipei, feeling that there was really nothing to see.

Eat a penny, grow a wisdom.

He really feels that he will not be able to participate in activities in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan in the future, the media is crazy, compared to the mainland, there is not even basic respect, and the local distribution companies such as Taiwan Film, including the entire entertainment industry, are very poor.

It is difficult for him to be unexpectedly harassed in the mainland, first, the mainland media is more accustomed to treating him as a top science fiction writer and a tech upstart, and all his interviews are courteous; second, his whereabouts are very secretive; The third is that even if he participates in the event, Shenzhou Media Group will ensure that nothing goes wrong, for him, but also for other big-name artists.

If it weren't for the leakage of the news by the staff of the Taiwan Film Distribution Company, how would these Hong Kong and Taiwan reporters know the arrival time of his business jet, could it be that he stayed at the airport for two days?

Xu Teng can say that the Taiwan Film Distribution Company is really poor, and the poor have no discipline and bottom line, deliberately releasing news to play this kind of bad trick, using him and Li Anbo news to promote the film at a low cost to grab the box office.

When someone else is a fool, huh?

Therefore, the mainland is good.

Shenzhou Media Group can set up a huge investment plan in the mainland, invest billions of funds in the entire industrial chain, all based on one, the mainland market is large, can make money, and billions of investment can only be regarded as a drizzle.

Zeng Quinoa only replied to Xu Teng's previous text message to her at this time, "A few days ago, I sorted out a few reports and sent them to your mailbox, which is quite complicated, saying that Xu Ma borrowed to hold Asia Satellite TV." ”

Xu Teng didn't reply, and he didn't rush to turn on the computer to check the situation, but Xu's mother deliberately pretended to be poor, nothing complicated, and after a few years, she could take advantage of the lack of attention from others and repay the loan.

He estimated that Xu Ma would be able to buy Asia Television for 14 to 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars, and it is more likely that she had already bought it when she became a naturalized Hong Kong citizen in 98, but now she is gradually controlling other senior employees of the TV station, and this is officially the throne of the chairman of the board of directors.

At this price, it is really idle to buy such a bad asset, half of the assets are just that building and land, and it is impossible to make a profit.

Of course, Xu Ma lost money, just to make this title convenient for other businesses.

Xu Teng still has friends in Taipei, Jia Jingwen and Lin Xinru happen to be in Taipei, so they asked them to have dinner together at the Sheraton Hotel in the evening, and Director Li An went to his brother's house for dinner.

These two costume drama goddesses had long known that Xu Teng was coming, and after receiving a text message, they set off immediately.

Lin Xinru deliberately changed into a beautiful and sexy long dress, and it only took two hours to hurriedly arrive at the Sheraton Hotel where Xu Teng was staying, but when she arrived here, she learned that Jia Jingwen arrived two hours earlier than her.

It's very simple, Alyssa Jia was ready in the morning, and it was estimated that Xu Teng would live at Sheraton, just waiting in a nearby café, and she was dressed in a glamorous and generous outfit, or a more daring low-cut outfit.

The competition is simply fierce.

Now it's not about the competition between the junior and the fourth, because Zeng Quinoa, who is the most beautiful golden hairpin, has already stuck the position of the junior, and they are now competing for the film and television resources controlled by Xu Teng.

"Ambush on All Sides" and "Mobile Phone" invested by Shenzhou Media were launched almost at the same time, and "Dragon Babu" will also be launched in late April, and the final cast list is currently being determined.

Lin Xinru only plays the female lead, but in fact, she has expressed her requirements through her agent and the company and wants to play the role of Xiaolongnu.

That's what she said, what if she touches it?

In fact, she also knew in her heart that it was unlikely to be her, who it was, Xu Teng and Zhang Jizhong were still unclear, the other positions were almost settled, and half of the seven golden hairpins had positions.

Zeng Quinoa actually wants to use this TV series as her masterpiece and end her acting career in a more brilliant way.

It's hard to say.

Xu Teng personally invited Director Zhang Jizhong to his home for dinner, asked the director to be more tolerant, coordinate the schedule, and finally let her play the role of Mu Wanqing, Xu Teng originally wanted her to play Azhu, although he had already agreed to Liu Tao, one of the four goddesses of Shenzhou Media's ancient costumes.

The problem is that Azhu has too many plays, and there is no way to coordinate the schedule, and Zhang Jizhong has no choice, so in the end, he can only retreat and let her play Mu Wanqing.

What a secret this circle has?

Xu Teng, the director of Shenzhou Media Group, personally coordinated the schedule for Zeng Quinoa, and most of these female stars under the group have heard of it, if you want to say that you are not envious, it is fake.

When Lin Xinru arrived at the hotel box, the moment she saw Jia Jingwen, there was murderous aura in her beautiful eyes, and they flashed.

Xu Teng went to Taipei this time, taking Yu Suyun and Qin Xiaolu two female assistants, as well as Sister Hong and Guo Jian, two security personnel, but at this moment, he and Jia Jingwen sat here in the box to chat and drink, and eat a little cold dishes.

"Great writer, today's newspapers are all about you coming to Taipei to record a program and promote the movie platform, all of which are on the front page." Lin Xinru's smile was gentle and warm, sweet, and motioned for her assistant to close the door, "Actually, Hollywood movie stars like you generally don't come to Taipei to promote, at most they go to Japan." ”

"I'm a Hollywood movie star, just touch Director Li's light, sit down." Xu Teng deliberately got up and personally moved the chair for the goddess, inviting her to sit on the other side of him, not far away.

"You can't say that, no matter how hard we try, we won't have a chance to go to Hollywood, let alone this kind of real big production." Jia Jingwen is really envious, even if she is not envious, she must envy Xu Teng.

"I didn't eat anything on the plane at noon, so let's order a few dishes first." Xu Teng looked at the menu, ordered a few casually, and then handed them to Lin Xinru, who was a step late.

He seemed to think that the competition between these two goddesses was not fierce enough, and when they ordered the dishes, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, the company has decided to invest in the drama "The Emperor of the Han Dynasty", because it is a cooperation with CCTV, it can be sure that it can be on the CCTV channel." Of course, the male number one is the role of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the candidates have been selected among several male stars in the company, and the role of Wei Zifu is the female number one, and the starring role is also to be selected among the actresses under the company. ”

"Really?" Alyssa Jia still couldn't believe it, the opportunity came too quickly.

"Of course it's true, our company has four goddesses of costume dramas, you and Xinru are among them, Liu Tao's schedule is gone, you don't have to worry about him. Gao Yuanyuan also has a TV series to be filmed as a producer, and there is no schedule. ”

Xu Teng was not in a hurry to finish speaking for the time being, opened another bottle of Hennessy, added ice cubes, and tasted it playfully for a while, and then told Sù Lin Xinru and Jia Jingwen, "So, I came here this time to sue Sù you, the one of the two of you." ”

He can't wait to watch the two goddesses of costume dramas tear apart live and enjoy their hand-to-hand combat.

"Jing Wen and I are good sisters, who can play this." Lin Xinru smiled very intimately, looked at Jia Jingwen, and joked, "Jingwen, or, let's guess boxing?" Rock-paper-scissors? ”

"Great idea!" Xu Teng admired Lin Xinru, and he didn't plan to fight a vicious battle.

"Okay." Jia Jingwen agreed, she didn't suffer, her fame was smaller than Lin Xinru, once she won, it would be fun.

The two goddesses smiled gently and kindly, and they didn't seem to care, but they had murderous aura in their eyes, and they raised their hands with a smile, really guessing the fist decision.

Xu Teng was worried that the two of them waved their hands too violently, so they twitched directly in the face, "Let's make the rules clear in advance, best-of-five games." ”

This kind of goddess tearing drama, it's a pity to win or lose in one move, he can't wait to play a best-of-nine system.

"Scissors, rock, paper."

"Hah, I won once." Lin Xinru is very happy, she is indeed smart, and the first punch is usually a 70% chance of winning.

"Ah, I'm so stupid, great writer." Jia Jingwen hurriedly coquettished with Xu Teng, coquettish with controlled warmth and affection, it doesn't matter if she loses, as long as Xu Teng likes it, she can change her decision at any time, it's a big deal to fight for the next large-scale high-quality drama.

Shenzhou Media is now pursuing ten high-quality dramas a year, and from next year, one will be launched every month, and the minimum cost of each film will not be less than 30 million, even if it is an urban drama.

"It's okay, make a move with your eyes closed, don't care about the other party's possibilities, just make a blind step to break the other party, don't calculate the other party, it's easy to be countered by the other party." Xu Teng insisted on making a move to the loser, it was not fierce enough, it was not as intense as he wanted.

"Scissors, rock, paper."

"Haha, Sister Xinru, I also won once." Jia Jingwen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great writer, you are partial, don't help me if you help her." Lin Xinru panicked after losing once, and the Taiwanese sister snorted, and the lethality was still amazing.

"Try to be casual, don't get too nervous, the more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes." Xu Teng tasted the wine, and leisurely continued to appreciate the battle between the two goddesses, in fact, he talked to the people who made it, and chose one of the two, Jia Jingwen was a little more beautiful, and it was more in line with Wei Zifu's position.

However, it is safer to use Lin Xinru.

Among the female stars under Shenzhou Media, the most powerful is Sandan, and the following are their four costume drama goddesses and seven golden hairpins, as well as Liu Yifei and Lin Bingbing, two golden flowers, among the four major costume drama goddesses, Lin Xinru is currently more famous, which can be called a ratings guarantee.

Best-of-five system.

Lin Xinru actually lost.

Jia Jingwen didn't show a trace of arrogance, and looked calmly disapproving, "Sister Xinru, it's all a joke, and in the end, it must be decided after the great writer and the director discuss it." When we go back, we have to prepare for the audition, which is an opportunity that we actresses may only come across once in four or five years. It's just that in four or five years, I'm afraid we may not have the opportunity to play the female number one. ”

Alyssa Jia was right, she sighed with emotion, and looked at Xu Teng with those beautiful eyes, as if begging him for shelter.

They eat the rice of youth, as long as they have the opportunity, they must seize it, maybe in four or five years, it will be the best opportunity for other goddesses to compete, they can only play the older female No. 2 and No. 3.

If they can't stand this kind of treatment, they can only fade out of the film and television industry.

"Actually, it doesn't matter, there are more than a dozen really famous female stars under the company, Sanxiao Huadan basically doesn't act in TV series, you have a lot of opportunities, in addition to the movies and TV series invested within the company, we will try our best to fight for you." Xu Teng just wanted to see them tear it lightly, if they really wanted to completely turn their faces, it would be troublesome, and there must be one who would consider changing to a brokerage company. (To be continued.) )