Becoming a director is not even a transformation for Zhou Xingxing, he used to do director's work when he was an actor, if you insist on counting "Shaolin Football" as the beginning of his directorial career, you can add the word official, the official start of his directorial career.

Shen Zhenghui has always felt that Zhou Xingxing's own performance style is unique to him, and it is difficult for others to learn it. So the films he directs are also very stylized. But the actors he uses often do not reach the level he imagined, and sometimes they are too exaggerated because they do not meet the requirements in their performances. Actors who have no strengths make people feel like they are overexerting themselves in Zhou Xingxing's films.

So in comparison, it is rare to have an old actor like Gong Li, although she doesn't like the films she made, but actresses of this level are rare in China, and more importantly, her own appeal, although her usefulness at the box office is still very limited, but for the world film industry, this is a familiar face. Next year, the Venice Film Festival will invite Gong Li to be the president of the jury, followed by the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2013.

At this point, the actor himself becomes a symbol, a symbol. In this regard, Shen Zhenghui couldn't help but want to use this symbol.

It's easy to make a bad movie, but it's hard to make a good movie, this difficulty doesn't mean that it's difficult to reach the level of a good film, but that it takes enough effort to make a good film, and many times many directors are not sure of the direction.

So even if he has decided on the direction of what he wants to do, he still has enough time to prepare.

After saying goodbye to Gong Li. In the car from Yongcheng to Yuhang, he has been thinking about how to arrange the role, relying on only one Gong Li seems to be completely insufficient, but it seems to be a little difficult to find enough matching actors and actresses, the Japanese have always exaggerated the way of acting, and the style of the stage play seems to be a little too mismatched.

When he arrived in Yuhang and saw Wang Anran, Shen Zhenghui woke up from his contemplation, he was simply shocked, the time that had passed was like a moment.

Wang Anran was deeply shocked after seeing Shen Zhenghui's travel lineup. "You are. The CEOs of the world's top 500 companies are not as exaggerated as you. It seems that I don't need to ask for leave today, just come to receive investors, and the investors I have seen are not as good as you. ”

"If they've ever been shot, they'll let you know what level of security the Fortune 500 boss should have." Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips.

"So you mean that rumor is true? I can't believe it. You're in such a situation. Tell me about what you did in Japan. Did you kidnap someone's daughter? ”

Shen Zhenghui pouted and disdained Wang Anran's jokes, and the two shook hands, Wang Anran said. "I only booked a private room, and if you didn't tell me how many people you have, you definitely won't be able to sit down."

"It's okay, they eat outside, I'm still very relieved on Chinese soil." Shen Zhenghui replied.

"Is it because you didn't kidnap the daughter of a Chinese family?" Wang Anran's eyebrows raised.

"Alright, no kidding." Shen Zhenghui remembered Counselor Sun of the embassy, "Your sister actually went to Yongcheng to attend the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, what is the reason?" She's also interested in this piece? ”

"It's not strange, she doesn't have a movie theater in her hands!" Wang Anran replied, "It's not strange to care about the film and television industry, right?" Of course, she cares more about you, you need to know that your movie accounts for a third of the total box office in the country, how much do you want to take next year? ”

Shen Zhenghui pouted, "With the development of the film industry, I will definitely occupy less and less." ”

"That's the total is expanding, hopefully." Wang Anran shrugged his shoulders, "My sister also took a piece of land in Binjiang New District, and saw the cinema and supporting business CBD, I feel okay, waiting for the second phase to be developed!" ”

Shen Zhenghui suddenly had a ridiculous feeling, "She's hoarding land? ”

"Yes, but the Yuhang Municipal Government also hopes to be able to settle a lot of land to facilitate their planning or something, I think the Binjiang New Area is developing too fast."

You haven't seen what it means to grow fast! Shen Zhenghui said in his heart, and the follower Wang Anran walked into the reserved restaurant, and in fact, his bodyguards were also able to sit down in the box and hall next door.

"I called a little girl from the management committee to come over, she admires you very much, and it's okay for you to take her away later." Wang Anran is talking nonsense seriously.

"Really?" Shen Zhenghui was puzzled, "What are you thinking?" Corrupted and degraded so quickly, let's say okay first, I don't want to be your brother-in-law. ”

"What nonsense, but you have so many bodyguards, you must have been entrusted with a mission to spy on you, right? You don't have to say, I know. ”

"Who's talking nonsense?" Shen Zhenghui pouted with half-squinted eyes, the waiter bent down and said good noon, opened the door of the private room, and sure enough, there was a young girl sitting on the edge of the table with her head bowed.

Shen Zhenghui moved his gaze to Wang Anran, who had already said to the waiter, "You guys go out first, and I'll call you when I order food later." ”

"It's better to call a few more people, it's too wasteful for three people to eat too much." Shen Zhenghui hurriedly said, "Call two of my bodyguards, plus your driver." ”

"Well, I think the richer you are, the more stingy you are." Wang Anran pushed him, "I'll go to the toilet first." ”

Shen Zhenghui sat down on the edge of the table with an attitude of sitting on pins and needles.

The woman with her head bowed raised her head, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar she became.

Shen Zhenghui had to smile wryly, "Hello, classmate Sun." ”

"Hello." Sun Jingfang's expression was also very complicated, "Don't you want to see me yet?" ”

"It's a little surprising to see you all of a sudden." Shen Zhenghui rubbed the back of his chair, "I heard that you are studying at Yale University?" ”

"You know that, too?" Sun Jingfang's eyes flashed with a twinkle.

"Graduated?" Shen Zhenghui asked.

"It's been a year." Sun Jingfang's expression was a little complicated.

Shen Zhenghui suddenly realized, "Very good." Where is the high school? ”

"Morgan." Sun Jingfang's expression also returned to normal.

"Ahem," Wang Anran's cough interrupted the conversation between the two, "Your way of talking doesn't look like an old ...... Schoolmate. Maybe what he wanted to say was an old lover.

Shen Zhenghui's eyes were burning and he wanted to cremate Wang Anran.

"Zhenghui," this time it was Wang Anran's turn to be unconscious, "Jingfang works at Morgan, she is much more promising than you, she came to Yuhang this time mainly to talk about Chinalco's IPO, by the way, when will your companies IPO?" ”

"My small company can't count on an IPO at all, so I'll keep it to myself." Shen Zhenghui replied with a smile.

"Cut. What to say. It's not clear if your companies are yours or not! "Wang Anran dismantled the stage.

Shen Zhenghui could only roll his eyes.

Sun Jingfang suddenly burst out laughing.

The two men looked at each other, feeling dazed.

Sun Jingfang laughed for a long time, desperately held back, and said. "It feels like you two are still in college. Nothing has changed. ”

This sentence is said to be a compliment on different occasions and different people say it. It can also be said to be criticism.

Wang Anran is already a deputy director-level cadre at the moment, so he obviously means that he is not calm, of course. Wang Anran would never think that Sun Jingfang was accusing him from this angle, and Sun Jingfang's intention would not be on him, sure enough, Sun Jingfang stared at Shen Zhenghui next, "I have seen the movies you made," she smiled, "I thought you were no longer the same as before, but I didn't expect you to be like that." ”

Is there a relationship between the two? Shen Zhenghui didn't know what to say, he looked directly at Wang Anran.

Wang Anran ignored Shen Zhenghui's gaze, "Otherwise, I'll order food first," he said, "Let's talk about it alone." ”

Shen Zhenghui almost wanted to jump up immediately.

Sun Jingfang directly rejected Wang Anran's proposal, "No, we will be even more uncomfortable if you leave." She also looked at Shen Zhenghui and asked, "Right?" ”

Shen Zhenghui only pursed his lips and smiled.

Wang Anran glanced at him with a disdainful gaze, "Okay, in order to celebrate the reunion of our old classmates, let's order a little more sumptuous." ”

"Don't order too much, I can't eat much." Sun Jingfang said immediately.

"It's okay, there's Zhenghui!"

Am I a rice bucket? Shen Zhenghui slandered, after 2012, I see that you dare to eat more and occupy more, at that time you were already middle-aged and fat, so high and so high, you don't dare to eat if you want to, and you are not allowed to eat it above, you can eat buns and laugh secretly. The belly slander in his heart vented his feelings, and Shen Zhenghui felt much calmer next. When Shen Zhenghui mentioned himself, he replied, "If you can't finish eating, I'll pack it and bring it back to you for dinner." ”

Wang Anran called the waiter to order five or six dishes, Sun Jingfang hurriedly called a lot, Wang Anran stopped, Shen Zhenghui was quiet like a girl on the side, until Wang Anran said, "Do you want a bottle of wine?" ”

"Don't you go to work in the afternoon?"

"I'm taking a leave of absence." Wang Anran is right.

"As a leader, how to get drunk when you encounter an emergency?" Shen Zhenghui resolutely opposes drinking, last night's wine has been physiologically awake, but psychologically has not woken up, "If you must drink, I want to drink champagne!" Shen Zhenghui said resolutely, "If you don't have champagne, forget it, don't drink it." As a leader, you don't like to drink at noon. ”

Wang Anran scoffed at Shen Zhenghui's excuse, but he didn't insist, and Sun Jingfang didn't mention that he wanted to drink, so the drink became a drink.

The atmosphere at the banquet was still awkward, Shen Zhenghui and Sun Jingfang tried to avoid direct eye contact, and several times Sun Jingfang wanted to say something but swallowed it. Wang Anran, as the only government official among the three, had to gag at the dinner table, but his level was not very good, which made Shen Zhenghui feel tired for him.

"By the way," Sun Jingfang looked at Shen Zhenghui as if she suddenly remembered, "Are you ready to enter Hollywood next?" ”

"Well, there is a plan, but the specific ways and methods are still being considered, in fact, Kasuga has begun to test the waters to enter Hollywood in a cooperative way, and Zhou Xingxing's new film "The Green Hornet" is a joint investment and shooting by us and Columbia."

"Well, I've just heard of it." Sun Jingfang nodded. "I want to ask you if you want to enter Hollywood, if you are sure, you can tell me that I also have a little relationship in Hollywood." She said and took out a business card from her bag, "Old classmate, let's contact more if you have something." She tried to keep it as plain as possible.

"Do you have a relationship in Hollywood, and you're quite a female star?" Shen Zhenghui took the business card and tried to tell a joke. But looking at Sun Jingfang's expression, it doesn't seem funny.

Sun Jingfang pursed her lips and did not speak.

Wang Anran said in a disdainful tone. "How could it be. How could Jingfang want to be a drama? ”

Shen Zhenghui glanced at Wang Anran, "Me too!" ”

"You're just a sore guy and have nothing to do," he said, "and you're a rich ticket holder." ”

Ms. Sun's business card simply emblazoned her name, phone number and Morgan's logo. There's almost no information like job titles to be seen. Shen Zhenghui put away the business card. replied to Wang Anran. "I drank with more than two dozen female actors last night, so I don't want to drink at all today."

Wang Anran's face changed and he looked at Sun Jingfang. Sun Jingfang looked indifferent.

Wang Anran pouted, "So you are a rich ticket holder." ”

"Morgan's subsidiaries are also very close to Hollywood companies," Ms. Sun said, "and the boss I know is also interested in movies." ”

"Interested in movie stars, right?" Wang Anran asked.

Sun Jingfang tilted her head, "You can also understand it like that." She picked up the cup and raised it to Shen Zhenghui, "Old classmate, you have achieved so much, I haven't toasted you yet, I will replace the wine with a drink, and I will toast you." ”

"It's nothing." Shen Zhenghui said very modestly.

"One-third of the domestic box office." Wang Anran said on the side.

"It's not as good as an investment you pulled over casually," Shen Zhenghui glanced at him, and then looked at Sun Jingfang and raised his glass, "Of course, it's not as good as any of the projects you talked about, but I'm not arrogant, and I'm a small achievement." ”

"We are all small achievements, and big achievements are still to come!" Wang Anran laughed on the side and raised his glass, "Just by your words, we should have a drink." ”

……

An awkward lunch is finally over.

Shen Zhenghui and Wang Anran took a car to his residence, and neither of them spoke much on the way, and when they arrived at Wang Anran's house, Shen Zhenghui began to complain, "Should I beat you up for this matter today?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry to hit me first," Wang Anran said, "Do you know why Jingfang came back?" ”

"Hasn't she been back for a year?"

"Then why didn't she stay in the United States or Europe, why did she go back to China?"

"Don't you feel the deep love for this land? Aren't you a servant of the people? ”

"Shit, don't talk nonsense with you, the reason why she came back was because their family asked her to come back on a blind date." Wang Anran pouted and said.

"Blind date?" Shen Zhenghui slapped his forehead, "Here we go again." ”

"She has been running back and forth between Hong Kong and the United States for the past year, just to avoid this." Wang Anran hated iron a little, "Look at your attitude towards others at noon." ”

"Hah, what should I have?" Shen Zhenghui asked rhetorically, "Is it possible that I can still run away with her?" ”

"Of course you can," Wang Anran patted Shen Zhenghui's shoulder hard, "If you do this, I will be the first to jump out to support you." ”

"Okay, you're not afraid of big things when you see the excitement, how is it possible?"

"Don't be presumptuous, you are not a little famous now, but a big name, maybe the two of you cooked raw rice and cooked rice, her parents gritted their teeth, and pinched their noses to admit it."

"If I had the guts, I wouldn't know where the bones were buried." Shen Zhenghui pouted, "Let me ask you a question, there is a person surnamed Sun in the Japanese Embassy, called Sun Zhenyu, do you know him?" ”

Wang Anran's face was a little unnatural, "He's Jingfang's cousin, what's wrong?" ”

Shen Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, "Cousin, you know it too?" ”

"That's your concern?"

"I can't be careless, I've just been shot black."

"It is impossible for the Sun family to ......"

"Ah, ah, how do you know? Their family never shoots black guns, they all come openly. Shen Zhenghui touched his neck, "I can't always say without knowing whether I am alive or dead: 'Who can take my good head?'" ’”

"You're thinking too much."

"You think too little, as an official. I'm so sorry for your professionalism, and you should be ashamed. Shen Zhenghui said seriously.

So Wang Anran raised his hand, "Okay, okay, I admit I was wrong." ”

Shen Zhenghui paced back and forth in the room, "What's the use of just admitting mistakes, look at these things you did, I don't know how to say you're good." If you had a sister who was half mature, I wouldn't have to worry so much. ”

"Speak like you're my brother-in-law." Wang Anran muttered.

Shen Zhenghui shuddered and stared at Wang Anran seriously. "Don't make this kind of joke. Especially don't open it in front of your sister. ”

Wang Anran snorted, "Okay, I know you, you drank with more than two dozen actresses last night, right?" ”

"That's not quite the case. Actually, I started with a group of old men to talk about the terms. And then he drank with two dozen actresses. You know, it's all a beauty trick, but I resisted the temptation. In the end, I went with an actress. ”

"Who is it?"

"Gong Li."

"You're too ...... guy"

"I knew you would want to be crooked, in fact I slept alone last night, and my bodyguard slept in my room outside, how unscrupulous do you think I am?"

"It's better to be a beast," Wang Anran pouted, "I knew that your bodyguards were all sent by your Japanese lover to spy on you." ”

For such an accusation, Shen Zhenghui really didn't know how to refute it, so he had to change the topic, "There is really nothing wrong with your sister appearing in Yongcheng, just passing by?" He asked, "Yesterday she told me that she wanted to feel that Yu Hang was coming to you, why didn't you see her today?" ”

Wang Anran looked embarrassed, "Actually, ......" he said, Shen Zhenghui thought to himself: I have cheated out the fish.

"My sister is not coming here, she is going to Hengdian in Wuzhou."

This news was unexpected by Shen Zhenghui, "What is she doing there?" ”

Wang Anran seems to have let go, "She wants to set up her own film and television company, so she goes there to dig up talents." ”

"Isn't it?" Shen Zhenghui was a little surprised, "Why?" ”

"According to her, what is the integration of the upper and lower industrial chains."

"Your sister still has this spare money?"

"It's not her money, she brought a few people with investment intentions to investigate, all of them are people who want to make money." Shen Zhenghui understood what Wang Anran said at once, and he must be the second generation with the same identity as Wang Anping, but it is really a rare idea to think about investing in the film and television industry. For a long time, the second generation of money channels are very narrow, the current prime minister has opened a big hole in finance, many people have taken a fancy to this industry that comes to money very quickly, such as Wang Anping, who personally takes care of real estate, is already quite dedicated, investing in film and television, it is even more hard work, I can't imagine that there is a second generation to do this industry.

"People like you, they really like this business."

Stop, if you can't make money, no matter how sincere you are, it's impossible. Shen Zhenghui responded to Wang Anran's hardest truth, "Why did your sister take such a detour?" He asked, "Wouldn't it be nice to just buy a few small companies and integrate them?" With your relationship, the TV station still dares not to buy your TV series? ”

Wang Anran didn't know how to answer, and finally held back a sentence, "You have to cherish your feathers." Shen Zhenghui was disdainful in his heart, but he didn't say it in his mouth.

The two people are progressing in their respective professions, and the differences between them are becoming more and more obvious, and the common topics that are now put together have to develop towards things that both people know and know. Shen Zhenghui felt that what Wang Anping did was definitely not limited to finding investment channels and investing in industries, he had a conjecture, but he couldn't be sure. Many of the same analyses in hindsight seem to be incomparably correct in hindsight, but at that time, many things were unclear, inaccurate, and uncertain.

Anyway, Shen Zhenghui felt that his trip to Yuhang was quite worthwhile, it had nothing to do with seeing Sun Jingfang, on the contrary, Sun Jingfang had always been a source of Shen Zhenghui's troubles, if he didn't appear in front of him, it would be fine, but he appeared in front of him, which made this kind of trouble extremely difficult to deal with.

In the time of trouble, there is also good news. After a long period of preparation and Lin Jian's full public relations work, "Infernal Affairs" was released in Hong Kong and the mainland at the same time, and Lin Jian finally couldn't wait for Christmas. However, the four major movie stars got together to play together, Xiao Xinxin's favorite Wei Tsai and Andy, the powerful Huang Yingdi and Zeng Yingdi, plus Chen Meiren starring, as soon as Pu was released, it caused great momentum and influence, and for a while, it had a great impact on Shen Zhenghui's movie box office record. The Hong Kong box office was close to 20 million Hong Kong dollars in the first week, and it went directly to the box office of "Shaolin Football".

The mainland also had the same momentum as Hong Kong in the first week, and the box office of several key cities in Pingjing and Puhai combined was actually similar to that of Hong Kong, and the box office also reached 20 million yuan in the first week. As soon as this number came out, the original worried maker suddenly calmed down, and at this time, Lin Jian began to regret absorbing too much investment in the spring side.

The Japanese side will release it a little later, so as to facilitate the undertaking of Liu Tianwang and Liang Tianwang to go to Japan to promote at that time, with such a channel, Hong Kong people will definitely not let go, even Lin Jian will also fantasize that Japan can get a box office of 2 billion, which is indeed like a fantasy.

Before Shen Zhenghui had time to take a look at his home in Pengcheng, he received a call from Mitsumi Fukuda, in which she told Shen Zhenghui that Shoji Murahama, who had been depressed by Hayao Miyazaki for half a year, had completed the production of "Battle Fairy Snow Wind" and was considering the release and distribution of this film. Shoji Murahama, who has been stimulated by the Oscars, is ready to completely avoid the year 2001 and prepare to be released in 2002, so that the film may also hit the 2003 Oscars, although it sounds like a dream, but as far as Fukuda Mitsumi's statement is concerned, the old man seems to be serious.

"For this kind of thing, wouldn't you just decide? What else do you want me to do? Shen Zhenghui said.

Mitsumi Fukuda snorted on the other end of the phone, "I do want to decide for myself, but thinking that in 2002 there will be a World Cup that will make men all over the world crazy will be held in Japan and South Korea, and the year will be divided into two parts, just thinking about this impact is a headache, not to mention," she paused and said, "Liu Xin's "The Legend of Wukong" will probably be released in 2002, do you also follow my ideas in the arrangement of this film?" ”

Shen Zhenghui only scratched his head, it was related to Liu Xin's works, and he naturally had to care about it, and he couldn't completely hand it over to Fukuda Mitsumi.

"In addition," Mitsumi Fukuda said, "Colombia has decided that "The Green Hornet" will be released on the Christmas schedule, and the global synchronization is also very heavy, and the distribution work in Japan is also very heavy, you have left it all to me, I don't even have time to take care of Ling, are you so cruel, do you stay in China to play?" ”

For such accusations, Shen Zhenghui also had to bow his head and listen. (To be continued......)

PS: It's over, I can't do it!