In April, the 60th Festival de Cannes announced its shortlists.

The previously popular "The Sun Also Rises" was not nominated, Li Yang's "Blind Mountain" and Diao Yinan's "Night Train" were shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section, and Alex's "Looking for the Midnight Kiss" was squeezed into the director's fortnight section.

Chinese films have all been wiped out, but Japanese and Korean films have gained momentum, with two Korean films "Breathe" and "Miryang", and a Japanese film "Funeral Forest" all entered the main competition and competed with the Coen brothers, David Fincher, and Kusturica.

It is worth mentioning that when "Blind Mountain" passed the review of the Film Bureau, it is said that after the film was played, it was silent for two minutes. "Blind Well" has some cathartic outlets, but "Blind Mountain" is blocked from beginning to end, even the kitchen knife at the end has not been reduced by a few points, but has become more depressing.

Li Yang also prepared two endings, one was that the abducted girl couldn't bear it anymore and finally hacked her so-called husband to death; One is that the people's police are wise and powerful, saving the people from danger.

There's no way, this is really not kneeling and licking foreigners, if you don't change it, you won't let you release it!

Of course, the leaders who were choked enough would never have imagined that another sky-breaking thriller blockbuster would emerge soon: "The Woman Who Married the Mountain".

In addition, Cannes and French officials also privately notified Chu Qing to be there, because they wanted to present him with a small gift: the French Order of Culture and Art Senior Officer.

This thing is divided into three levels: knight, officer, and commander, generally starting from a knight and slowly rising up. The Chinese entertainment industry has won a lot, but there are only three coffees who can directly fall to the officer level: Gong Li in 98, Lao Wang in 02, and Chu Qing today. (Correction: Last year, the King of Cannes was awarded the Medal of Honor, not in the same category.) ）

It has no substantive effect, it is just a fictitious honor, but in Fan Xiaoye's opinion. Your own man is going to heaven! She wanted to handle it, but was persuaded by Cheng Ying, saying that this matter had to be low-key and could not be made public, and she had to pretend not to know until the day of the award, in order to express her surprise.

She didn't understand why, but she thought it was amazing.

At the same time, after the company's difficult communication, it finally won 23 theaters for "Tengu", which has been set for June. "Teeth of Love" was not so lucky. Copies have to be counted according to the hall, and it is expected to be released in August.

In fact, there are many viewers who want to watch "Tengu", but the problem is that they are not concentrated. Compared with "The Assembly", if the audience is 1,000 people, "The Assembly" can be done in one capital, but "Tengu" is scattered in ten cities, with a large cost of cinemas and a small income, so naturally they don't like to take orders.

So the company didn't have much hope. The box office target is extremely low.

……

Mountain City, Jiangjin.

Chaotianmen Wharf has always been the hub of the two rivers, since ancient times, there are many sails, and boats shuttle. After many expansions and transformations. It has now become a bustling wholesale and retail area.

"Drunken Gold Fans" was not good at the original site, so he found a relatively cold shore and spent more than one million to rebuild Chaotianmen Wharf. The crew also rented two large passenger ships to dock at any time. for photographic purposes.

The content of today's scene is very simple, but it is the most difficult big scene to film, and there are more than 200 people in the group performance alone. Scheduling is extremely strenuous.

Gao Xixi still has a hand in classifying group performances: for example, the sticks in short coats are a group, carrying things up; Ordinary people in ordinary clothes are a group, doing some movements at will; Students with short hair and short skirts are a group, holding books in their arms and holding a dignified posture; The police uniforms are a group of people who want to show some ruffians......

And so on, and then find an assistant director to talk about the drama in groups, which is extremely efficient.

Tian Peizhi, played by Fan Xiaoye, was a schoolgirl at this time, covered with bangs, erected two long braids, a white coat and a black skirt, and stepped on high white socks. She stood on the high, steep steps, pinching her small baggage, with four cameras nailed around her.

The director shouted, the group performance stood still, and then the scene took a dozen boards: "ACTION!" ”

In an instant, everyone seemed to come to life, up and down the curvy steps, struggling to survive.

The river is scattered with boats, the shore is like ants, and the two sides are densely packed with shanties and stilted buildings, but it is also lively and lively. It's like going back to the old days.

Fan Xiaoye walked up first, his eyes were foggy, as if he was looking for someone.

"Click!"

Gao Xixi shouted, waved his hand, and said, "Pass, next!" ”

The crew almost didn't stop, and continued to film:

“ACTION！”

This time, Fan Xiaoye walked down, her feet were on the steps, but her eyes had to look into the distance.

As a result, after stepping on a few steps, a forcer who resisted the goods passed by, perhaps because the group performance was too nervous, or the space was narrow, she felt that her shoulder was hit by the wooden box, and she fell to the ground.

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

Gao Xixi was so frightened that he didn't shout to stop, and hurriedly said, "Go and see!" ”

Several staff members hurriedly ran over, and the audience was still again, and they saw Fan Xiaoye sitting on the ground covering his shoulders, and the buddy who was in trouble turned white, and he didn't dare to help each other.

"Sister Bingbing, I'm not, I didn't mean it!"

"Get out of the way! Move! ”

Lin Leyi rushed over first and asked, "How is it, do you need to go to the hospital?" ”

"Sizzle, it just hurts ......"

Fan Xiaoye supported the assistant to get up, and didn't forget to comfort the buddy: "It's okay, be careful next time." ”

At this time, Gao Xixi also arrived, and when he saw this, he said, "Let's rest first, and then go to the hospital." ”

"Well, there shouldn't be a problem."

She moved slightly, and then returned to the RV with Lin Leyi, and the crew skipped this one and switched to filming other scenes. Because of Fan Xiaoye's kind attitude, the assistant director didn't rush anyone, and only gave the guy a hard beating.

And here, Lin Leyi locked the door and carefully took off the boss's clothes, and the snow-white arm was already blue. She is very familiar with business experience, first rubbed a layer of medicinal wine, and then rubbed it vigorously.

"Oops, you tap!" The girl grinned with a headache.

"It's light, it's ineffective! Who told you that your shoulders are so white, and it becomes like this when you bump it slightly. ”

"Are you vain if you have the ability?" She's quite proud.

"No, I can't afford it."

Lin Leyi pursed her lips and put more effort on her hands, but when she rubbed and rubbed her, she was speechless, so she asked, "Does it hurt badly?" ”

“……”

She nodded.

“……”

The girl didn't have any good way, so she paused, and suddenly stuck to it, blowing the bruise softly. Fan Xiaoye only felt a chill on his hot shoulders. seemed to be much more comfortable, so he took someone's little hand and said with a smile: "It's still good for you." ”

"You just know?"

"Hee-hee!"

The goods climbed up the pole and asked, "Then will you accompany me at night?" ”

"You don't have to make an inch!" The assistant rolled his eyes.

"Oh, I'm like this, I can't touch ...... with one hand"

Fan Xiaoye flashed his starry eyes, and all kinds of shameless cuteness.

"You!"

Lin Leyi bit her lip, her face flushed, and finally agreed.

After about forty minutes, the assistant shook his sore hands. After waiting for her to get dressed, she suddenly said, "By the way, you just had a call." ”

"Who?"

"Well, another soldier's sister, I didn't say anything."

Fan Xiaoye took the mobile phone, and sure enough, he saw a call record an hour ago, so he dialed it casually. It rang for a long time before someone answered:

"Hey, soldier?"

"Hmm. Soldier, I'm a soldier! She laughed.

"Don't make a fuss!"

Li Lianhua snorted and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm filming in a mountain city, what's wrong. Are you going to get married or do you want to borrow money? She was joking.

"Uh......"

There was a pause and said, "Our company is going to increase capital and expand shares this year, you know, right?" ”

"Well, I just heard that."

Fan Xiaoye put away his smile. Waiting for the other party's next step, sure enough, Li Bingbing asked again: "Then do you have any ideas?" ”

"What thoughts?"

"Ugh. It is to subscribe for shares. ”

Well?

In just two seconds, her mind turned a thousand times, and she said cautiously: "We don't understand the situation yet, I'm busy for a while, and I can only discuss it when I go back to the company." ”

"Oh...... Actually, it's nothing, I'll just ask. Hey, how is your play, I heard it's great. ”

"It's okay, get up early and be greedy."

"Don't work too hard, your body is important......"

Then, Li Bingbing talked a lot before he hung up the phone.

“……”

Fan Xiaoye was confused for a while, what is the problem!

……

In other words, in the past ten years, Huayi has gone through about three rounds of private equity investment before it has created today's position in the industry.

The first time was in 2000, when Taihe Group invested 25 million yuan and held 50% of the shares with Huayi. The condition for Taihe's shareholding is that Huayi buys back the equity at the appropriate time to make its own profit and exit. So in 2001, Huayi repurchased 5% and had an absolute controlling stake of 55%.

The second time was in 2004, when they first bought back the remaining 45% for 75 million yuan, and Taihe Group withdrew with a return of 300%. Subsequently, Huayi sold another 35% stake and successfully raised $10 million from TOM Group. After a similar toss, their stake became 70 percent.

However, in 2005, TOM Group reduced its holdings by 20%, and Huayi and Ma Gan Dad joined forces to take over, of which Ma Gan Dad won 15% and Hua Yi repurchased 5%. At the same time, Huayi also repurchased 2% from "Xinzhongli", and its share rose to 77%.

The third time is this year, Huayi not only made private investment abroad, but also increased capital and shares internally for the first time.

It's the kind that many employees have encountered that "the company is going public, the original shares are cheap, go buy it", but it's useless, we didn't buy it anyway.

The limit stipulated by the Wang brothers, except for Feng Xiaogang's 2.88 million shares, Zhang Jizhong's 2.16 million shares, and the rest of the stars are all 1.8 million shares.

To be honest, Huayi's listing prospects are not clear, and artists are not very optimistic. Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Jizhong are two big beams, so naturally they have to subscribe in full, and only Li Bingbing and Ren Quan plan to buy some.

The most bizarre thing is Zhou Gongzi, Wang Zhonglei personally sold her, but the people's little faces twisted: "My savings are all from my parents, I only have pocket money in hand, and I can't understand stocks, so I won't invest." ”

Ouch, Brother Xiaolei's heart! You know, this is the price of cabbage, only 5 cents per share!

Besides, no matter how toss internally, external private placement is a hard commodity. Although the target has not yet surfaced, according to the grapevine, it is rumored that the partners are our two companies.

Many people really believe it, after all, the relationship between the two sides is very good, and if the two of them invest in shares, they will properly become their own bosses. Of course, Li Bingbing has more inside information, knowing that they are not very harmonious, but he is not afraid of 10,000, he is afraid of what happens, so he calls to test the temptation.

If Fan Xiaoye knew her thoughts, then he would be sure.

The second cooperation between the company and Huayi is about to expire, and Cheng Ying also bets with Sister Wang, saying that the other party will definitely not renew it. Obviously, people have already scruples, how can they let you come in and divide power and profit?

……

With the start of "Drunken Gold Fans", another big drama "Traces of Heaven" has also accelerated the pace of preparation.

As soon as Chen Shisan released the book, the company finalized the director candidates, and there were two in total: Li Huizhu and Huang Junwen. Li Huizhu was born in ATV's screenwriting training class, entered the industry in 90, and has directed and supervised countless works, including "Zombie Taoist", "I Have a Date with Spring", "Snow Flower Sword", "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" and other popular dramas.

She has a very delicate grasp of emotional dramas, and has a strong conflict, she has been filming in Hong Kong and Taiwan before, and in recent years, she intends to develop in the mainland.

Fan Xiaoye had dealt with Li Huizhu when he was filming "Little Fish and Flowers", and he had a good impression of her, so he invited him to direct.

Huang Junwen is also a Hong Kong native, and has been mixed in ATV and TVB, "No Regrets in This Life", "Big Time" and "Heaven and Earth Boy" have all been involved. He is more experienced and can switch between various types of dramas freely.

Therefore, Li Huizhu is the main and Huang Junwen is supplemented, which constitutes the director duo.

Xu is a series of character accumulation, "the two of us produce, must be a high-quality product" This sentence has quickly become the truth in the industry. Soon after the project of "Traces of Heaven" was launched, various brokerage companies came to the door one after another and made enough efforts to recommend artists.

Miss Cheng swept it twice, either her face was too old, her acting skills were too bad, or her temperament did not match, and she had to follow Chu Qing's advice and go to Chinese opera and Nortel to pick people.

Nortel didn't gain anything, but the Chinese drama was very pleasantly surprised.

Chen Xiao, a sophomore in college this year, was caught by Cheng Ying at a glance, and immediately condemned Chen Jingqiu. In addition, I also found a Tong Liya, which is also very beautiful, but unfortunately there is no suitable role.

As for the candidate for Dugu Ningke, Chu Qing began to want to find Dong Xuan, because Yan *kuan is slightly older, you get a little girl in her twenties, and the painting style is a bit obscene.

But Dong Xuan couldn't schedule it, and finally picked and chosen, and actually pulled one from Taiwan, named Chen Qiaoen. This girl is quite famous in Taiwan, and not many people in the mainland recognize her, so she is very active in seizing this opportunity.

So far, the main actors of "Traces of Heaven" have been determined: Chen Jingqiu - Chen Xiao, Yuwen Tuo - Yan * Kuan, Tuoba Yuer - Liu Shishi, Yu Xiaoxue - Zhao Liying, Dugu Ningke - Chen Qiaoen, Guyue Immortal - Huang Xuan.

Zhang Lie changed the setting a little, you let a bearded man in his forties be the second male lead, which is a bit difficult for the audience, so the scenes have dropped again and again, and they have mixed up to the standard of male support.

Actor, well, the company is very serious about letting Xu Jinjiang play. (To be continued.) )