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Half a day later, Cao Xuan received a call from the Huo family and learned the fate of those who jumped on the street.
After working hard in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, being able to call on the Young and Dangerous at any time, and even daring to surround a regular crew, I still have a few brushes on my hands, and naturally I have a lot of criminal records.
The Huo family beat him up and sent him to the police station, where he provided Cao Xuan with some criminal information and helped suppress the other party's backer.
It's up to Cao Xuan how to deal with the rest.
Boss Cao's method is very simple. He spends money to hire the best people in Xiangjiang, and he must help these people eat public food for a few more years.
At the same time, these staff members violated the rules and were besieged by the Young and Dangerous boys, which caused great reputational and financial losses to the entire crew, and also caused great mental shock. Cao Xuan strongly demanded compensation.
Of course, Cao Xuan was a kind-hearted person and did not want to force others to break up their family, die, and become homeless.
If you really don’t have money, it doesn’t matter. The person involved can just increase the sentence. If it lasts 20 years, he might still be able to escape...
Afterwards, Yinghuang's boss Yang came over to apologize. Half of the Xiangjiang cast and crew of the "New World" crew were worked by Yinghuang. If something happened, he had to give an explanation.
Cao Xuan absolutely believed that Boss Yang did not want this to happen. He was focused on the mainland market and did not want to offend Cao Xuan.
But why did he ask the Huo family to take action? It was because he didn't trust these people in the Xiangjiang entertainment industry.
Even though this group of Xiangjiang people were very polite to him, in reality, most of them had a disdain for the mainland.
Cao Xuan dared to believe that if he got angry, Yinghuang, Cheng Long and even his other connections would help him, and they would even pay some price to help him deal with the opponent severely.
But then they appeared to be harsh, and after the limelight passed, a year or two later, these people still had nothing to do...
Xiangjiang is too small, dragons and snakes are mixed together, broken bones are connected to tendons, and the so-called entertainment industry is even more closely related to the people in the society.
Even Cheng Long was blackmailed by Young and Dangerous during the filming of "The Dragon Reborn" and was forced to hold a press conference to make a big fuss before resolving the issue.
After all, Cao Xuan was an "outsider". If he were to be exterminated, it would arouse the "same hatred" of some people and think that he, a mainland man, was bullying others.
Cao Xuan didn't want to quarrel with these people, so he directly moved out of the Huo family to reduce the dimensionality and attack, firstly to solve the problem as soon as possible, and secondly to tell these people that Cao Xuan also had other high-level connections in Xiangjiang.
At the same time, the most important thing is to ask the Huo family for help so as not to get dirty. Although Cao Xuan filmed "New World", he did not want to have any communication with people in the real society.
Through other methods, Cao Xuan can believe that these groups will find a way to contact him to intercede and ask the Huo family to take action, so no one will bother him anymore.
Even when Boss Yang came over to apologize, he vaguely asked Cao Xuan if he could order it all the way.
A few small gangsters are nothing, but there is a boss above the gangsters, and there is a boss above the bosses. The gangsters will end badly, and the boss has no face.
Cao Xuan looked at Boss Yang and said meaningfully: "In the future, Yinghuang's crew went to the mainland to film, and they were pointed at and scolded. People surrounded the crew, and used favors to find a big boss to settle the matter. I said it with a red mouth and white teeth.
Forget it, will you listen to me?"
This sentence was not only a rude rebuttal, but also vaguely threatening, which showed that Boss Cao was still a little unhappy.
He is an unfamiliar place in Xiangjiang. If he wants to fight back when he returns to the mainland, the crew in Xiangjiang will not be able to stay at ease.
Boss Yang was silent for a moment and nodded: "I will completely resolve this matter and ensure that similar incidents will never happen in the future. You can finish filming this movie with peace of mind."
"I hope."
Cao Xuan was noncommittal and showed little favor throughout the whole process. Boss Yang not only had to accept the loss, but also had to find ways to ease the relationship.
After all, Cao Xuan will have less time to make Hong Kong films in the future, and they will go to the mainland more often, so the initiative will not be in Yinghuang's hands.
………
In the following days, the crew of "New World" was transferred to some of the extravagant cast and crew from Hong Kong, and added a bunch of taciturn newcomers.
All insiders remained tight-lipped about what happened on the set that day, and even the Hong Kong paparazzi who ran wherever there was news did not touch the matter.
On the one hand, Boss Yang issued the gag order. Boss Yang, who started his career in the media, is still very powerful in the Hong Kong media industry.
In addition, due to concerns about the Huo family, even Media Asia, which was not dealing with Boss Yang, did not take the opportunity to cause trouble. Even Media Asia's boss Lin wanted to talk to Cao Xuan to see if he could poach Yinghuang.
Although it has not been reported in the press, various gossips are still spreading widely, and Boss Cao's reputation is getting stronger and stronger in Hong Kong circles.
People in the mainland circles who learned the news even praised Cao Xuan.
As mentioned before, since the cooperation between mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan personnel, there have been constant frictions, large and small.
Mainland actors and actresses who are in a relatively disadvantaged position have suffered even more.
Why did the beating incident in "Little Fish and Flowers" and the "drama dominance" dispute between Zhen Zhuzi and Zhao Wenzhuo arouse crazy reactions from the mainland cast and crew, and even turn into a confrontation between the two sides? It is because the grievances have been so deep that everyone
Holding fire.
It may be an exaggeration to say that all mainland actors and actresses have worked with Hong Kong and Taiwan, but more than 80% of them have suffered.
Especially in the past few years since the beginning of the century, because the halo of Hong Kong films and Oriental Hollywood was so great, whether it was capital, experience, or fame, the film studios praised Hong Kong and Taiwan actors and actresses too highly, and most of these people acted arrogantly and domineeringly.
As a result, the conflict between the two sides continues to deepen. As long as there is a spark, there will be a big explosion.
This time it was rare for Cao Xuan to gain the upper hand in the conflict between the two parties and even slap the opponent in the face. Anyone who knew about it would feel happy.
Sun Honglei used to be somewhat arrogant before, not because he looked down on Cao Xuan, but mainly because people from the Northeast have a better reputation and didn't want to appear too "following the crowd."
But after this incident, I particularly admire Cao Xuan. He actually suffered a lot in "Seven Swords", so he felt deeply about this incident.
Regardless of the pretense, Cao Xuan was completely blown away by the media during interviews.
He has collaborated with many big names, including Li Tianwang, Gong Li, Uncle Ge, etc., but in his overall evaluation, Cao Xuan far surpasses all the above.
Cao Xuan also had a good impression of him. No matter what, Sun Honglei took a baseball bat and stood up to protect him. Boss Cao remembered him as a favor.
Aside from this matter, the outside world is still paying great attention to Cao Xuan's new movie.
"New World" is the fourth film starring Cao Xuan. With the outstanding results of the previous three films, many people are expecting Cao Xuan to produce another outstanding new work.
Obviously, apart from Zhang, Feng, Chen and others, Cao Xuan has become another new mainland filmmaker with great box office appeal.
As for "New World", except for Cao Xuan, the overall lineup is still very good.
Liang Jiahui and Wu Zhenyu are both on the front lines of Hong Kong. Perhaps their popularity and appeal are slightly lower, but their acting skills are not to mention. Sun Honglei is also an emerging powerhouse that has grown up in the mainland, and there is also a popular little flower named Fan Xiaopang.
Although it is not as good as the two superstars joining forces in "New Police Story", but in terms of current celebrity status, it is better than "Spring Knife".
With an investment of 60 million+, it is also the largest-cost film led by Cao Xuan. In this year's film market, it is definitely considered a Fengyun crew.
The media in the domestic film industry, the Six Princess's "China Film Report", specially sent a camera crew to Xiangjiang to conduct an exclusive interview with "New World" and Cao Xuan.
Cao Xuan was interviewed in Li Zicheng's office.
With an office of nearly 100 square meters, Cao Xuan once thought that it would be better to go back to the Fanxing Building in Beijing to shoot scenes, otherwise he would always feel that the office space of a society boss was too "shabby".
But later I felt it was really unnecessary, and the office needed some outdoor scenes in Hong Kong.
Cao Xuan, who was dressed in a suit and had his hair slicked back, was interviewed by the host.
"From the information disclosed in the movie, "New World" also tells the story of an undercover agent?"
"Yes, in fact, this movie story was originally inspired by "Infernal Affairs"."
"So as undercover subjects, what do you think is the difference between "New World" and "Infernal Affairs"."
"I won't spoil the plot. From the perspective of the film's concept, I think "Infernal Affairs" focuses more on cause and effect, while "New World" focuses more on power struggles and some emotional shaping."
"Did you write the movie script?"
"To be more precise, I participated in part of the creation. From an idea to a script is the crystallization of collective wisdom."
Nowadays, when "Infernal Affairs" is in the limelight, as long as it's about undercover gangsters, you can't avoid this classic Hong Kong film.
Cao Xuan didn't want to avoid it. In fact, he wanted to shoot "New World", which meant borrowing the inspiration from "Infernal Affairs".
Moreover, the plot of the original "New World" movie is actually based on the two series "Infernal Affairs" and "Black Society", and there are many shadows of them in the movie.
Cao Xuan asked Du Qifeng to be the director because Du Qifeng is the director of "Black X Club" and has his own understanding and experience on the subject of gang fighting.
After chatting about the movie, the host asked about his views on several rival actors. Cao Xuan thought for a while and said.
"Personally, the ones I have played the most with are Hong Lei and Mr. Liang Jiahui. Hong Lei gave us a big surprise. Frankly speaking, when we first approached him, we valued his image, but his performance is extremely delicate and he is very familiar with the characters he plays.
Excellent interpretation of the role
It is worth mentioning that he and I have established a certain tacit understanding, which is a rare performance state when two actors work together. I am very fortunate to be able to feel it in this movie.
As for Mr. Liang Jiahui, he has always been one of the Hong Kong actors that I personally admire and like the most. Playing with him, I felt the nervousness and trembling that I had not experienced for a long time when I just debuted.
The kind of pressure that comes from my heart has only been felt when I worked with my master Li Xuejian in the past two years."
Cao Xuan praised the two people, especially Liang Jiahui, very highly, but in fact they were not very high.
In Cao Xuan's heart, the actor he admires the most is his master Li Xuejian. Liang Jiahui ranks in the top three overall and ranks first in Xiangjiang.
It's just that people in the world cannot avoid being sophisticated. Cao Xuan also cooperates with many big names in Hong Kong, so he added one.
Similarly, Liang Jiahui and Wu Zhenyu also gave Cao Xuan a very high evaluation. Liang Jiahui even evaluated Cao Xuan as Liang Chaowei in his youth, praising the young people who are formidable.
Considering the relationship between the two and the latter's status in the Hong Kong film industry, Cao Xuan didn't know whether Liang Jiahui's words were a compliment or had a deeper meaning.
But no matter how you say it, on the surface everyone is still exchanging business information, hello to me, hello to everyone.
Starting from mid-January, Cao Xuan mainly started shooting opposite scenes.
This year's Spring Festival is in early February. Cao Xuan has to rehearse and be responsible for some behind-the-scenes work, so he has to take leave in advance and return to the capital.
During this period, the crew can shoot other people's scenes and skip schedules as much as possible. When he comes back from work, it will be completed in a week or two.
………
At the end of January 2005, the new President of the Communist Party of China, Viktor Yushchenko, took office.
No one thought that it would be difficult to determine whether Ermao would still exist seventeen years later.
Cao Xuan, who works in "black heart", flew back to Beijing from Xiangjiang. The flight took about three hours, which was more than twice as long as Ermao.
It is worth mentioning that Cao Xuan’s private jet has been secured and is currently undergoing domestic procedures.
As soon as March, and as slowly as within the first half of the year, Cao Xuan can experience what it feels like to roll and sleep on a bed 10,000 meters above the ground.
Cao Xuan, who returned to the capital, first went to the Spring Festival director team to stabilize the morale of the army and was about to rehearse for the final round. At the critical moment, there was no room for mistakes.
After that, he had one more thing to be busy with, the company's annual meeting after the relocation of Fanxing Building.
Since December, Fanxing and other companies have begun to move into Fanxing Building one after another. After more than two months, the moving work has basically been completed. Even the routine annual meeting is scheduled to be held in Fanxing Building.
In order to avoid being idle as much as possible, Fanxing Building, which has fewer people and more land, has built special auditoriums and banquet halls.
It also indicates that companies such as Fanxing will not have to spend money to go to hotels outside for their annual meetings this year.
As for whether it’s money or not, the main reason is to hold annual meetings for your own company, which can provide more atmosphere and privacy, and give employees a greater sense of belonging.
As the annual meeting in the first year after moving into a new building, each company still attaches great importance to it. Unless there are special circumstances, all senior management and important personnel must be present.
February 2, evening
Hu Ge was wearing an old down jacket and a pair of jeans. His friend Yuan Hong appeared at the door of the banquet hall, and was grabbed by the agent guarding the door.
"Brother, are you wearing this for the annual party?"
"Isn't it about the internal annual meeting? You didn't tell me to wear formal clothes."
Hu Ge was confused. He also attended the annual meeting last year. He didn't dress very formally, and he didn't see his agent jumping around.
"Who knew who you were last year? Your Tianshi armor was more famous than you. Now that you are famous, there are many things you need to pay attention to. Moreover, this year's annual meeting is special. The company's internal media may put some pictures on the blog to promote it. Are you not giving it to me?
Are there any eye drops on it?"
"ah?"
Hu Ge was dumbfounded. He had just become popular because of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" for less than half a year. Many times he didn't realize that he had become a star, so he had an error.
The manager pondered for a moment: "Go to the company's artist dressing room. There should be spare formal clothes there. No matter what you do, you can't go in wearing this."
The manager took Hu Ge and the casual Yuan Hong to the artist's dressing room upstairs and found two sets of formal suits.
Although there is no professional stylist to match the makeup, it is not very glamorous, but it is much better than the "sloppy" look just now.
When the two of them followed their manager back to the entrance of the banquet hall, they bumped into Liu Tianxian, who had come from the set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". She was wearing exquisite makeup and a plain white lace dress, holding her mother's arm and walking towards them.
"It seems that after the Spring Festival, I have to enroll you in an etiquette class."
The agent gritted his teeth and then greeted her with a smile on his face: "Sissi is so beautiful today."
Yuan Hong poked at his good brother and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say that your manager and his mother are at odds?"
Hu Ge glanced at the agent who was chatting and laughing with Liu Xiaoli, and then recalled the agent's furious look half a month ago because of the scolding between fans of both parties, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"It's a pity. If she changed careers, she would still be a good actress."
"Hi."
Liu Tianxian greeted him, and Hu Ge nodded: "How was the filming?"
"It's almost finished, how about you?"
"I just did a drama, and now the company is helping me negotiate for Brother Cheng Long's movie."
"That's good."
"Well, it's pretty good."
After two or three sentences, I fell into a cold spot. If those CP fans of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" saw it, I don't know how heartbroken it would be.
But there is no way. The relationship between the two was fine before. Although Liu Ma was very defensive, they were still friends, otherwise Hu Ge would not visit the class.
Unfortunately, precisely because of this, the subsequent scandals and fan wars made it difficult for the two to hide their embarrassment when they reunited, and they fell into silence after a few words.
Fortunately, the addition of newcomers relieved a lot of the awkwardness at the scene.
Da Mimi, who plays Guo Xiang on the set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", came over to say hello to Liu Tianxian, and then looked at Hu Ge with a familiar look.
"Hello, I'm Yang Mi, new to the company."
"Hugo."
"I know you, Brother Xiaoyao, and this one, Ren Ren and Armored Warrior, have you also signed a contract with the company?"
Yuan Hong was a little flattered by the sudden @. Ever since Hu Ge became famous, whenever they appeared together, he would automatically become a little transparent.
"I haven't signed it, but there is a play in your company and I have a role. Plus Hu Ge, let's come over and have a meal."
"Then I guess it will be soon. People say that if a new actor wants to become popular, he should film "Armor Warrior" first. You can be regarded as Jane in the heart of the emperor."
"I'd like to lend you some good words."
Faced with Damimi's joke, Yuan Hong made no secret of his intention to sign Fanxing.
In other words, among all the ambitious artists these days, there are only a few who can refuse the temptation of signing with Fanxing.
Faced with the endless fame of good brother Hu Ge, it is obviously impossible to say that Yuan Hong has no ideas at all. The two co-starred in "Armor Warrior 2", and there is no reason why their fortunes are in the sky.
This year, Yan Kuan and Hu Ge, the leading male protagonists of "Armor Warriors", have become popular one after another. In addition, the careers of other "Armor Warriors" such as Deng Chao, Zhang Zijian, Qiao Zhenyu and others are also gradually improving.
The so-called rule that if a newcomer wants to be popular, he should film "Armor Warrior" first is also widely circulated in the industry.
For this reason, many newcomers are always thinking about when Fanxing will be filming "Armor Warrior 3", but they haven't seen any news yet.
Yuan Hong thought about the seniors in the first part of "Armor Warriors" and he still had confidence in his future. What he lacked was an opportunity to join Fanxing and be reused.
Dami is not very young, and her social attributes are definitely excellent. At least compared to Liu Tianxian next to her, she is a good dancer.
Manager Hu Ge looked at Damimi appreciatively from the perspective of an agent treating artists.
Liu Xiaoli didn't feel anything about this. Her daughter didn't have a sociable personality, and she didn't want her to become such a character. However, Liu Tianxian herself was a little envious of Da Mimi being able to make friends freely and freely.
A few people chatted and entered the banquet hall, where today's annual meeting was mainly held.
The banquet hall with an area of over 2,000 square meters is very large and can accommodate everyone attending the annual meeting today.
Due to the large number of attendees, except for a few guest seats and the main table, most of the seats were not arranged in advance and were on a first-come, first-served basis. Of course, status must also be taken into consideration.
As emerging artists in the company, Hu Ge and Liu Tianxian secured good positions for several people, not far from the main table.
The banquet hall adopts a self-service catering model, so you can eat and drink as you like when you come.
Hu Ge and the two men volunteered to get some food and drinks. When they came back, they saw a man handing out business cards to Liu Tianxian and others. When the other man saw Hu Ge, his eyes lit up.
"I'm Han Bingjiang, a reporter from Fengyun Studio. I'm going to do a series of exclusive interviews with our company's artists. Make an appointment when you have time."
"no problem."
Fengyun Studio was one of his own, so Hu Ge readily agreed and greeted Han Bingjiang for a few words before Han Bingjiang left and he finally came to his senses.
"This name sounds so familiar."
"The one who was secretly photographed and punished by the boss was later recruited by the boss. I heard that he is doing well and is mainly responsible for blog media."
The agent came easily, which aroused Damimi's curious inquiry. The agent heard that Damimi had just joined Fanxing and had not been officially assigned an agent, so he was a little interested and shared the gossip with Damimi in a good voice.
We could only chat and eat, while other artists from the company also entered the venue one after another.
It can be seen that they are much smarter than Hu Ge. Their clothes and makeup are all formal and exquisite, and they have obviously put a lot of thought into them.
Some guests who were friends with Fanxing also came to the scene. The huge banquet hall suddenly became a social vanity fair. Agents and artists shuttled back and forth, drinking and drinking, while ordinary employees ate in silence and occasionally took the opportunity to ask for autographs.
Hu Ge was also dragged by his manager to socialize twice. Liu Tianxian didn't move, but someone came over to say hello.
Only two newcomers, Yuan Hong and Damimi, were left pitifully guarding the seats. Yuan Hong didn't have many ideas and dealt with the meal calmly. Damimi was a little ready to make a move. It was not easy to encounter such a situation. She thought
Get to know more people.
Agent Hu Ge saw her thoughts and planned to help the two newcomers.
At this moment, Cao Xuan, Fanxing and several other company executives arrived.
Different from the suits and leather shoes of several senior executives, Cao Xuan, who had just arrived from the CCTV building, was only wearing a long black down jacket, and his hair and makeup were not done. He was in a very everyday state.
Hu Ge instinctively looked at his agent, but received a disgusted look.
"How do you compare with your boss?"
Hu Ge fell silent. He was dressed casually, but he was disrespectful to the company and impolite. But Cao Xuan, the boss, came in pajamas and slippers, and everyone would only praise him for his personality and his approachability.
This is reality!
The arrival of Cao Xuan set off the climax of the annual meeting. Everyone who thought they had some dignity tried their best to show their face to the main table.
Even Liu Xiaoli, who was reserved just now, took the time to pick up her daughter and walk around her.
Damimi and the others also wanted to go, but unfortunately they couldn't get there. There were thousands of people attending the annual meeting today, all of whom wanted to have a few words with Boss Cao. They had no one to follow, so they could only watch the excitement outside.
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Liu Tianxian was in the spotlight and had various rumors with Boss Cao before he had the chance to step forward. Others, including Hu Ge, could only stay away from him.
Not to mention Hu Ge, Dong Xuan, Yang Xue, and Zhang Zijian, who are older than themselves, all stayed honest.
Damimi clicked her tongue and looked at Hu Ge's agent: "Can't you get in too?"
The manager curled his lips and pointed at a young woman standing next to the main table serving tea and water: "That's the deputy director of Fanxing Artists Agency. My immediate boss, I'm nothing."
There are only three main tables in total, and they are directly occupied by senior executives from each company and important guests.
Those who can go and help must be the company's core senior executives, ordinary middle-level cadres, even if they want to grab this job, they won't be able to grab it.
Da Mimi felt the competition from large companies on a deeper level, with many opportunities, many layers of rules and "ancestors".
When she was asking her agent for further information about the stars and the internal situation of the building, she suddenly saw someone at the main table waving to her.
"Mimi, come here."
"Sister Jing!"
Damimi tried her best to control her inner joy. Amid the confusion from Hu Ge's manager and others, she quickly walked towards the main table. People along the way saw Hu Jing calling someone inside and immediately got out of the way.
Hu Jing pulled Da Mimi over, looked at the people next to her, and introduced with a smile: "This is a little sister I recognize, and she is also a newcomer signed by our company, Yang Mi."
Several people who were considered big names in the industry showed kind and friendly smiles to Damimi, and Hu Jing introduced them to her.
"General Manager Guolan, Mr. Zhuang, this one should be more flattering, he has a lot of drama in his hands."
"General Manager of Fanxing Cinemas, Mr. An."
"China Film, Director Gao."
"CCTV TV Channel, Director Wu"
"Capital Station, Director Sun."
"Enlight Media, Mr. Wang."
"Xingmei Media, Mr. Qin."
"Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Awards, Mr. Wen."
"You should know this, the great director, Director Xu."
"President of Warner Asia, Mr. Zhou."
"..."
A series of names and titles of big bosses were thrown at Damimi's face, leaving her with almost no time to react. She could only instinctively smile at every big boss Hu Jing named.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, and after walking around in front of the bosses and Fanxing core executives, Da Mimi returned to the table in a daze.
Agent Hu Ge couldn't help the gossip in his heart and asked: "Mimi, what is the relationship between Minister Hu and you?"
Damimi touched her already hot cheek and emphasized with an unprecedented firm tone.
"This is my sister, my biological sister!"
ps: I would like to inform you that I probably had a cold on my lower back. I spent the night struggling with it, took medicine, and applied plaster. Now I am much better, and there is still some root cause of the disease.
