"Hey, Xiao Yuan, where are you in the capital?"

"What do you think about the theater collaboration I told you about last time?"

"Hey, okay, okay, no problem."

Morning.

A call from the teacher from the Academic Affairs Office of the Beijing Film Academy woke Wu Yuan up from his sleep.

In a daze, after listening to the words on the other end of the phone, Wu Yuan was completely sober.

As one of the most outstanding graduates of the Beijing film era, the words that today you are proud of your alma mater and tomorrow your alma mater will be proud of you are not empty words.

The leaders and teachers on the school's side have come to Wu Yuan for help or matchmaking through some connections.

Sometimes, when it is appropriate to cooperate, or to help a younger brother or sister, Wu Yuan will readily agree.

In the era of light and shadow, it also receives many fresh graduates from the Beijing Film Academy every year, including those from the Department of Literature, the Department of Photography, and the Department of Performance, all of whom have signed into the company for training after graduation.

Over the years, the era of light and shadow has been deeply tied to the Beijing Film Academy, and Wu Yuan's friendship with the school teachers has never been broken.

No, the leader of the school's Academic Affairs Office, a few days ago, found Wu Yuan through a relationship.

In the local capital, there is a troupe called Happy Twist, which wants to cooperate with the Light and Shadow Era.

To be precise, they want Wu Yuan to take a stake in their troupe, and then use the resources of the light and shadow "group" to open up the upper and lower lines, from the offline troupe to the film and television productization.

Wu Yuan is still quite interested in this door-to-door cooperation.

If he changes to a troupe, then he will definitely feel unreliable, but Happy Twist is different.

Back in 2003.

Director Tian Youliang, who created the drama "Cuihua, Sauerkraut", found Yu Kai and Zhang Chen, and wanted to adapt "The Difficult Love of the Diamond King Lao Wu" published by Yu Kai into a TV series.

It's just that it should have been a hesitant preparatory process, but when they encountered "SARS", the TV series shooting plan was shelved, and the three of them set their sights on the drama market.

At that time, there were both serious works and light-hearted works.

On the other hand, in the drama market, there are all serious works.

So the three hit it off: "If you want to do it, you can do comedy." ”

The drama brand of Happy Twist was born.

Starting from the first comedy drama "I Want to Eat Twist and Twist It for You", Happy Twist has embarked on a road of popular dramas with sparks and lightning all the way.

Now in 2011, Happy Twist has flourished in the drama market in Beijing.

One out of every two people who pay attention to fashion in Beijing knows "Happy Twist", which has more than 10 million viewers every year.

At the end of 2009, the box office of "Jianghu Academy" and "Somali Pirates" exceeded 10 million during the Chinese New Year performance in less than two months.

Their dramas are mostly funny comedy forms, so Happy Twist has a vote of young people-dominated fans, and the big drama at the end of each year is a must-see in the eyes of these fans, and it has become a habit to watch Happy Twist at the end of the year.

They even received an invitation to the 2012 Spring Festival Gala and will appear on the 2012 Spring Festival Gala to bring comedy sketches to the national audience.

And this is also an important opportunity for Happy Twist to really enter the domestic public eye.

Of course, no matter how well the drama is done, it can't make a lot of money.

What really interested Wu Yuan was the mainland comedy film market that the Happy Twist team later carried!

From "Charlotte's Troubles" to "Iron Fist of Shame" and "The Richest Man in Xihong City" are all well-known works of Happy Twist, and the most important thing is that they have sold well at the box office.

If he can win this comedy team, it will definitely be a good thing for Wu Yuan.

So he agreed to the matchmaking of the teachers of the school's academic affairs office and made an appointment with the team of Happy Twist for lunch.

quickly got up from the bed, washed up briefly, looked at the time, and estimated that the crew of "Young You" should not have started the film yet, so Wu Yuan called his little girlfriend.

"Hey, Sissi."

"I have some temporary business today, I may visit you later, in the afternoon."

"Well, you film first."

After instructing his girlfriend a few words, Wu Yuan picked up the car keys and left the house.

There was no need for assistant Xiao Zhang, he drove his own car and went to the inner ring of the capital.

I drove the Mercedes-Benz C series that I bought after making money that year, this car was bought after the release of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1", and it has been eight years now, but Wu Yuan has driven only a handful of times, and the kilometers have only run less than 2,000 kilometers.

is also because he drives less, so the paparazzi almost don't know that this car is his car, and most of them are staring at the nanny car that Xiao Zhang picks up and drops off Wu Yuan every day.

So usually when he walks alone, he will drive this inconspicuous Mercedes-Benz C series, which can avoid the sight of many pervasive paparazzi.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Wu Yuan arrived at a Cantonese tea restaurant near the second ring road of the capital.

He made an appointment with the Happy Twist team at 11 o'clock at noon, so he was not in a hurry, he ordered some Hong Kong-style refreshments, and after ordering a pot of tea, he sat in the corner and leisurely drank tea and watched the street scene.

Not to mention, after being idle after not directing, Wu Yuan immediately felt that life was full of beautiful scenery and leisure.

If he didn't have anything to do, he would have no problem sitting here for a day, relaxed and comfortable.

It's a pity that after sitting for less than half an hour, and only half of a pot of tea was drunk, Yu Kai and Zhang Chen, the co-founders of Happy Twist, took the core of the team, the director, screenwriter Yan Fei, and the contracted actor, Shen Teng, who is also the main coffee of the repertory troupe, to the tea restaurant.

Wu Yuan had no choice but to change his position and came to the private room of this restaurant with them.

Looking at the young version of "Uncle Shen", Wu Yuan was surprised in his heart.

In his memory, Shen Tengke was a proper middle-aged greasy uncle.

However, Shen Teng, who was now respectful and even a little nervous standing in front of him, was a shy and handsome handsome guy.

Shen Teng, who is only 32 years old this year, is barely at the end of the flowering period, although there are some wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, but his figure is still not fat.

"Hello Director Wu, I'm Shen Teng, who graduated from military arts." Shen Teng took the initiative to greet Wu Yuan crampedly.

"I know you."

Wu Yuan interrupted Shen Teng's self-introduction with a smile, and took the initiative to say: "The drama "Earl of Oolong Mountain" by your happy twist, I have heard of it, and it is particularly popular in the capital. ”

"I heard that you have opened 100 shows in less than half a year, and the box office has exceeded 10 million."

"Hey, what about your queen heroine Ma Li, why didn't she come with you?"

Zhang Chen, the founder of Happy Twist, who arrived with Shen Teng on the side, immediately took the initiative to take over the conversation and said: "Ma Li is a little sick, maybe it is the flu, I was afraid that she would infect you, so I didn't bring her." ”

"Oh, that's a pity." Wu Yuan said with a look of regret on his face: "I really want to meet her, I heard that her acting skills are very good." ”

"Okay, let's stop standing and sit down and talk!"

Uncle Shen in "The Earl of Oolong Mountain".

(End of chapter)