"Actually, it's nothing, I just want to say thank you to Mr. Tang in person." Zhou Shiwei said with a smile.
"Thank you?" Tang An didn't know why.
"Yes, thank you Mr. Tang for persuading Xiao Ming to give up the TV series "Bubble Summer". I have tried to persuade him many times before, but he insists on taking this show, but no matter how much I try to persuade him, it is useless." Zhou Shiwei shook his head helplessly.
Shake his head.
It is of course a good thing for an agent to have a big-name star under his management, but big-name stars themselves have many ideas and are relatively strong in their relationship, so it is difficult to dissuade them from paying attention.
If you think about it with your toes, you will know that the TV series "Bubble Summer" is the kind of Taiwan idol drama from previous years, which is definitely harmful to Wang Xiaoming.
Wang Xiaoming wanted to pick it up, but there was nothing he could do. As a result, Wang Xiaoming suddenly said he wouldn't pick it up yesterday, which made him confused. Later he found out that it was Tang An who mentioned it at the banquet that day.
There are only a few people in Huayi who can make Wang Xiaoming obedient. Apart from the Wang brothers, I am afraid that only Tang An is the only one.
After all, Wang Xiaoming's two most important films were directed by Tang An, which was a huge help to him.
As for Feng Xiaogang... The year before last, "Assembly" used several male actors from the company, but without him, I felt quite unhappy.
"So that's what happened." Tang An suddenly said.
"I just mentioned casually that idol dramas, especially Baodao idol dramas, are not a wise choice for an actor like him who has just hit the big screen."
For this reason, Tang An just happened to mention it.
However, Zhou Shiwei is really a very good agent. In terms of marketing, he may not be as good as Huang Bin later, but Zhou Shiwei's planning and consideration of actors are better.
"I still have to thank Mr. Tang. If I really accepted this drama, these two years would have been wasted." Zhou Shiwei said sincerely.
Tang An waved his hand and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou is too polite."
Tang An went upstairs with him. It could be seen that Zhou Shiwei was not in a high mood. He asked a few questions, but Zhou Shiwei didn't hide it.
Not only for this movie "Summer of the Bubble", but also for the movie "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance 2", he also tried his best to persuade Wang Xiaoming not to take it, but he didn't stop, and the filming was going to start in a few weeks.
I have to say that Zhou Shiwei's vision is quite good. Although Wang Xiaoming's acting skills have been average in the eyes of the outside world so far, it is not to the extent that he will automatically filter out Wang Xiaoming's movies when he hears them later.
Since winning the leading role in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" in 2004, Zhou Shiwei has gradually pushed Wang Xiaoming to the level of a first-line niche.
And every choice he made proved to be right. When he was working on "The Deer and the Cauldron", Zhou Shiwei felt that it was not yet time to play such a subversive role. The direction he planned for Wang Xiaoming was to play something like Hugh Grant.
It's a gentlemanly light comedy, not the kind of crazy character.
Wang Xiaoming wanted to challenge him, and the final result proved that Zhou Shiwei's judgment was correct to a certain extent. For the first time, Wang Xiaoming was widely criticized by netizens.
In addition to two "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and one "Bubble Summer", they are all one of Wang Xiaoming's "stains" in his early period.
It was also Zhou Shiwei's opinion that Wang Xiaoming went to sing in 2007. At that time, Wang Xiaoming was already on the front line in the TV industry. If he continued filming, he could make a lot of money, but the quality could not be guaranteed.
Zhou Shiwei would rather let him take it easy, sing without a suitable script, and hire a professional vocal teacher to teach him.
Anyway, if an actor sings poorly, it won't have much impact, and his popularity can be maintained.
But later Wang Xiaoming wanted to dance again, and Zhou Shiwei certainly didn't agree, as the jumping and dancing didn't fit the character.
Turns out he was right again.
Perhaps because Zhou Shiwei was disobedient, Wang Xiaoming left to set up a studio and found Huang Bin, whom he had met at a party.
Huang Bin was not an agent originally, he was in marketing and had served as the marketing director for films such as "The Promise", "Mei Lanfang", and "Southern View".
Having worked as a reporter, producer, and a professional marketing talent, he only took over Wang Xiaoming's agency business 10 years ago. From the looks of it, he is more like a businessman.
When he created Wang Xiaoming, he only focused on two things: fame and money. After he took over, Wang Xiaoming began to receive a lot of negative news, which is almost invisible now.
In the end, Wang Xiaoming also became rich and famous. From one aspect, he was very successful. After all, being an actor is just a profession.
There is almost a year left before Wang Xiaoming should set up his own studio. It seems to be exactly one month after finishing the filming of "The Orphan of Zhao".
Li Binbin will also go solo next year, and together with Fan Binbin who has already left, three of Huayi's top five artists have left, leaving only Zou Xun and Luo Haiqiong.
Tang An shook his head and refused to think about next year. By then he would no longer be in Huayi and it would have nothing to do with him.
After staying in my office for a while, I took Wang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lu Yi to the Capital Normal University at No. 19 Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District at 8:30.
After chatting with a director of the school for a while, and chatting a few words with a student presenter, the lecture officially started at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Previously at Beijing University, Qinghua was talking about movies, which was Tang An's strength, but now when it comes to entrepreneurship and struggle, this is not what Tang An is good at.
It’s definitely not good to be too realistic. Chicken soup is everywhere.
Facing the applause of thousands of students in the audience, Tang An led the three of them onto the stage.
After some opening remarks, we sat down.
"Hello, fellow students, I am Tang An, and I am also a director. Today, I was commissioned by the school to tell you a few words."
"Hello, classmates, I am Wang Xiaoming."
"I am Deng Chao."
"I'm Lu Yi."
After four consecutive applauses, the host spoke.
"Hello, Director Tang, today you are here to talk about success in entrepreneurship. First of all, do you think you are successful now?"
Tang An pondered for a while, then smiled and said, "It depends on how you put it. If you look at my goals when I first entered this industry, it can be considered a success."
The host interrupted, "Does it mean that Director Tang now thinks he is not successful enough?"
This is not successful enough, you are bragging!
The students in the audience saw the trick at a glance. An entrepreneur came before and said that although he was rich, his life was a failure.
Just show off!
However, what Tang An said was not the cliche words of "I have money but I am not happy" or "I have money but I have lost something".
"Everyone's goals change according to their position. When I first entered the industry, I just wanted the movies I made to be on the big screen for the audience to see."
"Then the goal was achieved, and I started thinking about the box office records of over 100 million, 200 million or even 300 million, which were all in front of me."
"Records have been broken one after another. Until now, I have broken the total box office in domestic film history. So have I achieved all my goals?"
Facing the confused eyes of those who came forward from the audience, Tang An shook his head, "Not really."
"Since I am the record holder now, then my goal will be on myself and break the record I created..."
"No matter what you do, you have to look forward. If you don't advance, you will retreat. If you are satisfied with the status quo and stop, the people behind you will not stop..."
Once you say it, you can't keep your mouth shut. It's so cool to show off.
When Tang An stopped, the host continued to ask, "Director Tang, what educational significance do you think the movie "Chinese Partners" has for our contemporary college students?"
Tang An shook his head, "I strongly disagree with using movies as education, and I am a very pragmatic person. I will not be vain in my life, and I will not talk about dreams with everyone, because I think it is impossible. 99.9% of people will never
Even if you can’t achieve your dreams, dreams are just a spiritual sustenance, and goals are what give you the motivation to move forward.”
At this time, someone in the audience suddenly said, "Dreams are just dreams."
As soon as these words came out, the scene immediately erupted into bursts of laughter.
It seems that no matter what age and what kind of university, there will be all kinds of students.
Tang An was not annoyed either. He smiled and said, "The classmate just now said it right. Dreams are actually things you think about in your dreams. If your dream is to be the richest man in the world, then you might as well set a small goal and make him one first.
100 million......"
"Hahaha..."
Before Tang An could finish speaking, a burst of violent laughter erupted from the audience.
"Tang An is here to tell jokes, right?"
"Haha, this is the funniest joke this year."
"Set a small goal to earn him 100 million first. I have written this sentence down. I will use this sentence as my signature."
"This goal is really realistic. It's such a small goal."