In the box of the restaurant, with the departure of Manager Wang.

Chen Daojun and Cheng Xiaodong Cheng led the conversation between several of them, but Zhang Baizhi was completely stunned.

Chen Daolin asked casually: "Director Cheng, what is the investment in the "Adventure King" movie you made before?" ”

Cheng Xiaodong answered him honestly: "It's quite a lot, about 20 million."

1995's "The King of Adventure" is one of Cheng Xiaodong's masterpieces, and this film is loved by fans and is very classic.

It's just that although the box office exploded, Xiang Huaqiang didn't make any money in the end.

Because there was an episode that was finished filming at that time, but a fire suddenly broke out on the set and burned all the negatives, and in the end it had to be reshot, and the reshoot was equivalent to reinvesting in a movie, but it was a miserable loss.

"20 million." Chen Daojun chuckled.

Director Cheng may have heard the tone in Daojun's mouth.

He hurriedly asked, so how much investment do you think we can invest in the TV series "Storm and Clouds"?

Chen Daojun replied casually: "I need more special effects for the TV series, just on the basis of your last movie, I will give you a tenfold increase." ”

"Uh, are you serious?" Cheng Xiaodong hurriedly stood up, looking excited.

20 million is 200 million ten times!

And Zhang Baizhi on the side couldn't help but tremble: "My God, how many zeros does this have?" When I met this Mr. Chen today, where did I come from? ”

In the face of Zhang Baizhi's surprise, Chen Daojun only snapped his fingers, and then took Zhang Baizhi's little hand, and rubbed his thumb a few times on her weak and boneless hand.

"Yes, it's 200 million!"

"Here in Xiangjiang, investing so much in filming TV series, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult to return to the cost, even if you can return to the capital, the money you make is limited"

Cheng Xiaodong's expression was entangled.

It stands to reason that Chen Daojun can invest so much, and it is too late for him to be happy, but he has his own professional ethics and cannot blindly pit investors.

Chen Daojun said with a smile: "Of course, it's not just Xiangjiang, I want to promote it to the mainland, and now that mainland movies and TV series are still in their infancy, we naturally want to enter this blue ocean." ”

He remembered that just this year, Aunt Qiong Yao's "Returning the Pearl" was released, and it has been broadcast continuously for more than ten years.

This drama is not only popular in China, but also very popular abroad.

In Xiangjiang broadcast, ATV easily beat wireless in the ratings.

In Southeast Asia, it has created the highest rating of Chinese TV dramas in history.

In the cold country, there was even a ban on Chinese TV dramas, which is enough to see how popular it is.

Chen Daojun encouraged Cheng Xiaodong: "Don't you think, the stars are gathered in Xiangjiang, if you want to shoot us, we will shoot a big one!" ”

Director Cheng's eyes stopped at Chen Daojun and Zhang Baizhi's intertwined hands.

Of course, he understands very well that people are not innocent teenagers.

Director Cheng naturally accepted Chen Daojun's hint.

Park Changhao didn't tell him much, only mentioned that Mr. Chen wanted to put a satellite in Xiangjiang.

Although he was a foreigner, he was just thinking that maybe Chen Daojun had just arrived in Xiangjiang and had seen what the degeneration of capitalism was.

Other people are holding hands with Zhang Baizhi, which is called hypocrisy and obscenity.

And Chen Daojun can only say that the man is handsome and dignified, and the woman is a peerless stunner.

It is an extremely pleasing picture in itself, and it is really not the same thing as the filth in the entertainment industry, which is called celebrity romance.

It's a graceful thing.

Everyone in the room laughed, and even the party Zhang Baizhi didn't think there was anything wrong.

The atmosphere of openness has penetrated into everyone's bones, in fact, there is still a trace of the past, which is reflected in the thinking of the small people in the market, that is, the extreme Muqiang, money first, everyone is eager to use all means to enter the upper class here.

Which of the female stars in Xiangjiang doesn't want to marry into a wealthy family, but there are only a few who succeed and retire in the end.

Many people pursue more than just money, if you just talk about money, you definitely make a lot of money as a star.

When the money in their hands reaches a certain level, people care more about spiritual enjoyment, identity and social status.

Zhang Baizhi knows that the so-called celebrities, in front of the real rich and the upper class of Xiangjiang, are just dramas after all.

And only by marrying into a wealthy family and becoming the wife of a wealthy family, can this life be regarded as a successful promotion to the upper class society of Xiangjiang, and even his own descendants can be successfully promoted.

Otherwise, have you ever seen a position of an ordinary female star in Mrs. Kuo's social circle, and even if she enters, she is only an existence as a courtesan.

It's not the same level as the wealthy Kuotai, when it starts and when it ends, I won't ask them a word.

To give a more familiar example is Xiang Tai, and Xiang Tai is not a real wealthy family, he can only be regarded as a wealthy gentleman, and he does not actually belong to the upper class, so he can only be said to be barely touched.

But even so, Xiang Tai's status and influence in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle are not comparable to a big star, even if it is the top Double Monday, Chengdu does not dare to slack off.

And the real upper class of Xiangjiang is the Cao and Huo families, the four major families, and those bigwigs who have mastered the channels, banks, and monopolized one side.

At this moment, Chen Daojun, who can enter this restaurant and enjoy the private room alone, is already a strong person who has entered and exited the upper class society of Xiangjiang.

Zhang Baizhi naturally didn't feel that he had become Chen Daojun's confidante in the eyes of others, and there was something wrong with him.

To put it in my heart, maybe the other party has taken a fancy to him, otherwise why would people bring him in?

Whatever you want to get, you have to give something.

It's a matter of course.

Unlike some people in later generations who were fascinated by the poisonous chicken soup on the Internet, they really thought that they were born treasures, and men all over the sky should let themselves as a matter of course, and they are all in the world.

Well, that is definitely non-existent, responsibilities and obligations under any value system in any era correspond, and there is no love and hate in the world for no reason.

Even, at this moment, Zhang Baizhi was in the box, feeling the respect and respect for Chen Daojun by Cheng Dao and others, who were once out of reach, but there was a sense of honor in his heart.

She secretly looked sideways at Chen Daojun, well, the side face was also handsome, and Fang Xin couldn't help but have a trace of ripples.

There is a feeling of dizziness that I was suddenly hit on the head by a big pie falling from the sky, and I seem to have really met a great character.

Mr. Chen, he is obviously so young, but he seems to be a real magnat, and he will give 200 million yuan of investment in TV series shooting!

Even in Xiangjiang, the top 10 movies at the box office may not be invested so much.

Although this was the second time he and Chen Daojun had met, they didn't even know Mr. Chen's full name.

But in such a short period of less than half an hour, Zhang Baizhi suddenly found out.

I was used to sitting next to Chen Daojun, and this time I seemed to have made the right bet.

Fate is wonderful.

As for what the man next to her was talking about, she basically didn't listen to a word, just lowered her head and smiled.

After the greetings, Chen Daojun also got down to business and talked about the filming of the TV series, and talked about his intentions.

"Director Cheng, I'm new here, I'm not familiar with life, although the movies made by Junchi Media before are hits, but it is the first time that a TV series has been involved, I have high expectations for this TV series, please take good control."

"Still called Director Cheng?"

Cheng Xiaodong glanced at Chen Daojun a little strangely, and smiled: "I'm just a few years older, so I'll just ask you to say Mr. Chen, isn't it too much?" ”

When he said this, several people next to Cheng Xiaodong were smiling.

"Of course!"

Chen Daojun raised his glass and bumped into him, which was also Director Cheng's gesture of goodwill to him, and it also represented that some forces in the local film and television industry were interested in getting closer to him.

This is normal.

"Director Cheng."

Chen Daojun mentioned: "I hope you can shoot a different subject this time, on the 18th of last month. The movie version of "Fengyun" was released in Xiangjiang, it is a fantasy-like martial arts film, but in the movie version, it is a radical abbreviation of many materials, and I have bought the copyright. ”

It can be said that the TV series Fengyun has conquered the audience at the beginning of the 21st century with his unique fantasy martial arts style since the start of filming.

If such a fantasy martial arts-style movie and TV series can be released in 98, it will definitely overwhelm "Returning the Pearl" in the same period and open the door to a new world for the audience.

Maybe, it is possible to start from the doll and create some fantasy martial arts masters.

"No problem." Cheng Xiaodong didn't think about it, and agreed in one bite:

"Mr. Chen, don't worry, I still have some contacts here, assistant directors, cinematographers, artists, and producers are all useful and familiar, if you allow it, as long as the script funds and actors are in place, we can shoot at any time."

Chen Daojun clapped: "This is okay." ”

Cheng Xiaodong was overjoyed, which means that the brothers have money in their accounts again, and the filming of TV series has a long cycle, so they don't have to worry about having nothing to do for a while.

And this theme is very novel, as soon as such a fantasy TV series with an investment of 200 million yuan and surpassing martial arts is released, it will definitely keep all the audience awake at night and can't stop.

During the banquet, Chen Xiaodong gave his assistant a look, and the two said that it would be convenient, and Chen Daojun readily agreed.

At this time, Zhang Baizhi took the opportunity to hook Daojun's palm with his hand and asked expectantly: "Mr. Chen, what is the role in this TV series?" ”

The implication is that there is naturally a vacancy, can you consider her meaning.

Chen Daojun just wanted to speak, but the box at the door was suddenly kicked open.

Last time, the paparazzi of the yacht appeared at the door with a group of people, pointed at Daojun and said angrily: "Brother Yongtang, it's this guy who dropped my camera and beat me up!" ”

"Get out of the way!"

The person behind him was Zhu Yongtang, he pushed Zhu Zhilong away, squinted at Chen Daojun and Zhang Baizhi with his fingers crossed, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

It turned out that today Zhu Yongtang took a group of people to have dinner in this restaurant, and called his cousin Zhu Zhidong.

Seeing that Zhang Baizhi had not been brought by the agent halfway through the dish, Zhu Yongtang's face was a little unbearable.

He picked up his mobile phone irritably and called Zhang Baizhi's agent, but it turned out that the mobile phone was turned off.

What did this guy do?

Let Yonglong get him out of the way next time!

Zhu Yongtang secretly hated that the other party had no eyes, what was his mind, he asked someone to hand him a message early in the morning, and only yesterday did he agree to stand here here, saying that he had said that he had 12 o'clock, but he hadn't come yet!

Just when Zhu Zhilong passed by the box, he saw Daojun through the crack in the door, and hurriedly ran over to say something to him, the brothers were there, Zhu Yongtang was irritable, and he just came to find bad luck.

As a result, he saw Zhang Baizhi, who he had been waiting for, and a handsome little white face with ten fingers crossed.

Zhu Yongtang exploded instantly!

"Zhizhi, aren't you going to have dinner with me at noon today, why, don't you give me an explanation?"

Chen Daojun recognized Zhu Yongtang at a glance, he saw Zhang Bai subconsciously wanted to get up and say something, and insisted that she was ready to get up to change the trajectory, and a strong force made Zhang Baizhi fall involuntarily into his arms.

He looked at Zhu Yongtang playfully: "This woman followed me, and she wants to eat with me here, what explanation do you need to give you?" ”

Zhu Yongtang's face became even darker, he boasted that he was also a character in Xiangjiang, but as a result, none of the people at this table got up, and they all looked at him with a strange look.

It's like looking at a clown, how can he bear it?

He had already decided that he wanted to let this kid walk around without eating, and by the way, he would clean up Zhang Baizhi afterwards.

At that point, he will leave behind all the mildness and restraint.

"Boy, do you know who I am, my women dare to soak, and dare to hurt my cousin, if you don't kneel on the ground and kowtow to me today, don't want to walk out of this restaurant!"

Zhu Yongtang pointed at Chen Daojun, and made a gesture with his other hand to let the little brother shake him.

In a fit of rage, he didn't care about his brother's background as the restaurant owner.

However, an angry shout sounded at the door: "Who are you going to kowtow to?" ”

Cheng Xiaodong stood at the door with a cold face, glaring at Zhu Yongtang angrily.

"Echeng Dao, why are you here?"

Zhu Yongtang's anger suddenly dissipated, after all, standing in front of him was a big name in Xiangjiang who had been famous for a long time, and his status was equal to that of his brother.

"I'm not standing here now, am I going to make a big mistake for you?"

Cheng Xiaodong unceremoniously reprimanded Zhu Yongtang, for a director of his level, except for Biencholy Cheng, everything else can be crushed.

"My cousin was injured last time by that guy who broke his camera, and I just wanted to get justice for him."

Zhu Yongtang didn't have the arrogance just now, he just explained curtly, but the rhetoric sounded like a quibble.

"What bullshit is fair, what did your cousin do, I don't know yet, he must have done something that shouldn't have stimulated Mr. Chen!"

Even if it is for the investment of 200 million, Cheng Xiaodong is full of momentum in front of the big financiers.

"That's not good, he has to apologize to me, otherwise I won't let him go!"

Zhu Yongtang couldn't pull off that face, and he looked like a dead pig at the door who was not afraid of boiling water, which made Cheng Xiaodong angry for a while.

Just when a few bodyguards signaled to Daojun with their eyes whether he wanted to make a move.

The hotel manager Wang and the two hurriedly came, and after finding that the conflict had not broken out yet, he breathed a sigh of relief and said to Chen Daojun with a smile: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Chen, leave the matter here to me to solve." ”

At the same time, he turned around and said to Zhu Yongtang sharply: "In view of the fact that you disturbed the distinguished guests, you are limited to leave the restaurant within three minutes, and we will not welcome you in the future, if you don't leave in three minutes, just wait for the squatting bureau!" ”

There is a branch next door to the restaurant, and everyone knows that this restaurant has a cooperation with them.

Zhu Yongtang didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only pull Zhu Zhilong and the others away.

Along the way, I met the younger brother with seven or eight brothers coming over with a menacing attitude, and after discovering Zhu Yongtang, the younger brother was excited: "Brother Tang, why are you back, the brothers have brought some guys to take advantage of it, and they will clean up the street fiercely!" ”

"Pack up your old mother and go!"

Zhu Yongtang gave him a big fight and went out directly.

Today, his face is completely lost.

(End of chapter)