Back in the room, Fang Jing did not open the package first, but called Xu Zheng back to express his gratitude.
If you help someone, it would be unreasonable to say nothing. If you don’t even say thank you, who will help you next time?
"Hey! Brother Xu, I, Fang Jing, have received the express delivery. I am about to open it and take a look. OK, OK! I will treat you to dinner, so you are busy first and I won't disturb you."
I was still filming on the set there, so I didn't have time, so I briefly chatted with Fang Jing and hung up the phone.
"I found a paper knife, cut open the sealing tape with a "stab" sound, opened the box, and found more than twenty books lying inside.
Basics of film writing, basics of film directing, audio-visual language, film styling, genre films, film appreciation, Chinese and foreign film history.
Performing art, performance theory, research on film performance art history, film and television performance art creation research, performance master research, performance teaching research, language skills, film performance body language research.
In addition to professional course books, there are also several old books with dense handwriting written on them. Fang Jing guessed that they should be Xu Zheng's own.
"Which one should I read?"
Fang Jing was like a child at the moment. There were toys in front of him and he liked them all, but he didn't know which one to choose.
"History of Foreign Films." After thinking about it, he picked up the book.
Acting is a bit advanced for him, so let's start with the simple ones.
If you want to control something, you must first understand it.
When he opened the book, he could smell the scent of ink. He didn't know the author at the beginning, so he just skipped it and started reading from the introduction.
Sitting in the living room, Fang Jing held a book in one hand and stared at it carefully. Although he had a strong memory, he did not read at a glance, but read word by word.
I watched this for four or five hours, until my stomach growled with hunger, so I took some food from the refrigerator, made a cup of coffee and continued reading.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, I read the History of Foreign Films and then the History of Chinese Films. With the previous ones for comparison, this one seemed much clearer.
Fang Jing stayed up all night until dawn, reading all the books except for a few books about performances.
Close your eyes and lie on the bed, and your mind will be filled with the historical development of movies and famous directors.
Although these were of no use as tips for his acting skills, they gave him a better understanding of movies.
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Not long after he slept, Fang Jing received a call from Yang Ning asking him to go to the company for a meeting.
In the conference room, Li Yifeng, Tang Yan, Yang Ning, Huang Jinyuan, Yang Mi, and several leaders of the company were there.
Looking at Fang Jing, who had two big dark circles under his eyes, messy hair, and looked like he was not sleeping, Yang Ning couldn't bear to look directly at him.
"What an embarrassment to me!"
Holding back a yawn, Fang Jing's eyes were soaked with tears. He walked to Yang Ning and sat down.
"Cheer up! Did you steal the cows at night?"
"hiss!"
Yang Ning pinched his thigh, Fang Jing grimaced in pain and his brain became clearer.
"Sister Ning, I just fell asleep for half an hour when you called me to come over. Are you okay?"
"I asked you to stay up late?"
"Didn't you say you had a day off and didn't need to come to the company?" Fang Jing was innocent.
There are no young people who don't stay up late. They go to bed early before twelve o'clock, and two or three o'clock is the norm.
He was usually so tired that he fell asleep when he got home. Occasionally he stayed up late, so he was considered a young man with a relatively healthy schedule.
"Ahem! Thank you for your hard work, Fang Jing. Young people are really capable of working hard." A department manager said with a smile.
He thought Fang Jing had just returned home from a business trip and came here without sleeping.
Fang Jing licked his cheek and replied: "It should, it should."
The main leaders haven't arrived yet, but everyone sitting here is chatting with each other, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.
Fang Jing greeted Li Yifeng and others awkwardly. He said that he had not met Li Yifeng and Tang Yan a few times, even though he had been in the company for so long.
Big stars like them are either working on paychecks or busy participating in various variety shows all day long. Unless they have something to do, they usually don't come to the company to order mao.
Li Yifeng was not very interested. He said a few perfunctory words and then stared at the screen of his mobile phone, not knowing what he was looking at.
Tang Yan did not ignore Fang Jing and chatted with him for a while with a smile.
She became famous in 2009's Sword and Sword III, but unfortunately she came back to film a few idol dramas and the response was mediocre.
At the same time, Yang Mi and Liu Sisi were now A-list actresses with constant film appointments, and the other was a married woman with a stable career, but she was on the decline.
I never saw that Yang Mi next to her didn't even talk to her after sitting there for such a long time. This was not the case back then.
Now that Fang Jing is more famous than her, we can see what will happen to popular stars once they lose their popularity.
Ten minutes later, the president of the company opened the door and sat down, with an assistant behind him.
"Thank you for your hard work. I called you here to make arrangements for our development plan for the second half of the year."
As soon as the words came out, everyone fell silent.
Even Li Yifeng, who was a bit cynical, put down his mobile phone and looked solemn.
This is about reallocating resources! But in previous years, this kind of meeting was held at the end of the year. Why is it brought forward this year?
Looking at Fang Jing, who was a little awake, Li Yi understood a little bit. This young man is now very popular, with tens of millions of fans in just six months.
Six or seven classic songs have dominated the charts for several months. Over the past few months, she has appeared in many variety shows and has been continuously searched. She is said to be a winner of awards.
The company attaches great importance to such a potential stock and should start paving the way for him.
But the cake is so big, and if there is one more person suddenly, someone must get their share.
"Yang Mi has worked hard these past two years, and there are so many dramas this year. I heard that she sleeps less than four hours a day, so she should pay attention to her health."
Mr. Jia's words surprised everyone. No one expected that the first shot would hit Yang Mi.
It's not considerate to say this in this situation.
"Thank you, Mr. Jia, for your concern. I'm okay." Yang Mi smiled lightly.
"Alas! Although work is important, physical health cannot be ignored. You still have to put it aside."
"I see that you still have eight dramas to shoot in the second half of the year. The variety show side should take a break first and give young people a chance."
"Okay! I understand." Yang Mi looked a little ugly and smiled stiffly.
She has her own studio and has only a cooperative relationship with Huanrui, and her contract expires next year.
A few days ago, the company asked her to renew her contract and promised to give her 20 million dry shares, but she did not agree.
Now I need to be strong and powerful, and have connections. For 20 million shares, it is not cost-effective to give Huanrui a salary of 70 to 80 million a year.
This year, more than half of the eleven dramas were produced by her own studio. For this, she also has to give money to the company.
It was okay before, why are you so angry now?
Therefore, it is expected that variety show resources will be taken away.
After talking about Yang Mi, Mr. Jia looked at Li Yifeng, and his heart trembled. Li Yifeng sat upright.
I didn’t want to change jobs, so you shouldn’t be targeting me, right?
"Yi Feng has also worked hard this year."
"It's not hard, it's not hard. Young people should just work harder." Li Yifeng shook his head.
The last variety show he worked so hard for is gone, so how can he dare to follow in his footsteps?