dhibooks Chapter 18 You Can Really Do Anything With Money
Chapter 18 You Can Really Do Anything With Money
Due to the long-sleeved and good dancing required by social occasions, Uncle Hai took care of everyone, chatted with Cheng Tianlu and everyone at the same table, but his attention was always on Qi Geer.
Cheng Tianlu felt that something was wrong.After Uncle Hai was called away, he moved the chair closer to Brother Qi and looked at him with his head tilted.
Brother Qi was impatient: "Can you stop staring at me all day?"
"I see if you look like Uncle Hai."
"Fuck you."
"Aren't you his illegitimate child?"
"roll!"
Cheng Tianlu thought, the age is really not right, Uncle Hai is not that old either.He suddenly realized: "No wonder Uncle Hai supports you so much. If you ask for money, you will cut it off. It's very common in the industry to keep an actor, but it's rare to have a director..."
"Stop!" Brother Qi's head was on fire. The matter was of great importance. He didn't want the editor-in-chief of gossip to spread nonsense, so he patiently explained: "I have nothing to do with Uncle Hai! The money that Uncle Hai invested in me, I haven’t lost a penny, and he earns a lot from every movie. He begged me to take your shitty project, who the hell wants to make a news documentary, and the project in my hand can be 50 years old .”
Cheng Tianlu also knew that he would never eat this kind of food. Brother Qi has a bad temper and doesn't follow the rules. Taking care of such a person is simply looking for abuse.Cheng Tianlu would usually laugh this kind of thing away, and it's not a strange story; but when it happened to Brother Qi, he felt uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but want to stab him.
"You're all about making money for him, but he doesn't think so. Haven't you taken advantage of his plans for you to extract benefits?"
Brother Qi was really enraged.Cheng Tianlu's knife was ruthless and accurate. Of course he didn't want to exchange his body for funds, but he didn't know what Uncle Hai treated him. Interests and feelings were mixed together, so many things couldn't be explained clearly. It is a fortune to be able to make a fortune, be careful with money, and try to meet Uncle Hai's requirements as much as possible.Now that he has many sources of funds, he no longer relies on Uncle Hai, but he cannot deny that Uncle Hai's favor and assistance are a great help to him.
Because he couldn't refute, he became even more furious, stood up abruptly, and was about to leave.
Cheng Tianlu was really angry when he saw Brother Qi, and knew that he had caused trouble with his cheap talk, so he quickly grabbed his arm, "You are not so hard to hear the truth, are you?"
Brother Qi really wanted to throw Cheng Tianlu over his shoulder: "I can't hear you."
Cheng Tianlu immediately coaxed: "Then pretend I didn't say it. Don't be angry, handsome looks are capital, and capital is exchanged for capital, isn't it normal?"
Brother Qi couldn't laugh or cry: "Normal fart! If I want to sell, I will sell it more simply, and I won't use filming to cover it up."
"If you don't want to sell, then stay away from him. He treats you as kindly as your father, can you not ask for anything in return?"
Brother Qi raised his eyebrows, and said mockingly: "You are also very kind to me, what do you think I will give you in return?"
Surrounded by Brother Qi's words, Tianlu couldn't speak for a long time.
Just as the two were chatting in public, one of them approached them and said hello: "Editor-in-Chief Cheng, great director, you guys are here to play too. What time is it, are you drunk?"
The two turned their heads, it was Tang Weiqin, the new director who was ruthlessly kicked out by Uncle Hai.
Cheng Tianlu and Qi Ge'er immediately let go of each other's hands and moved half a foot away.Cheng Tianlu said something polite: "Director Tang, long time no see. The atmosphere is good today, shall we have a drink?"
Tang Weiqin smiled, took the wine glass and touched Cheng Tianlu, then looked at Brother Qi: "Big director, it's rare to see you come to this kind of occasion."
"I'm leaving now." Brother Qi didn't have any contact with Tang Weiqin, so he didn't need to make excuses with him.
"Wait a minute," Cheng Tianlu of course refused to let him go, "Uncle Hai hasn't come back yet, so you can't tell him when you leave."
It worked.Brother Qi can not worry about the road to the sky, but he can't help worrying about Uncle Hai. He came here to deal with Uncle Hai.
The waiter brought slender champagne glasses and placed them in front of each guest.Uncle Hai also came back from the entertainment, and with a proper gentlemanly smile, he said to Tang Weiqin, "Hey, you're here too. This will be done well. There are hundreds of people, all of whom are directors."
Uncle Hai said these words casually, Tang Weiqin heard the contempt in his ears, but he felt the contempt in his ears: "Even Brother Qi is here, isn't it? Directors are everywhere now, as long as they get money, whoever Can shoot."
Uncle Hai was angry in his heart, but he insisted on his status, he didn't bother to turn against Tang Weiqin, and smiled: "It's too true, if you have money, you can do whatever you want!"
Tang Weiqin was speechless.
Seeing the two of them confronting each other all day long, he couldn't help but interjected: "I don't agree with what you said. The film and television industry is so small, how can they praise whoever they want, and whoever they want? Hundreds of directors, Everyone has their own ambitions, and money can't be bought by everyone. Right, Brother Qi?"
Brother Qi was lazy and perfunctory: "Mr. Cheng is right."
After being disturbed by Tang Weiqin, Brother Qi's anger subsided for the most part, and he decided to stay until the end of the party, and simply sat back in his seat.
With Brother Qi's superficial support, Cheng Tianlu continued to teach Uncle Hai: "Uncle, the film industry is not only about money, but also word of mouth, influence, and seniority; there are many veteran directors with character and young people with ideals." It must be, otherwise there is no fun in this business." This is not a lie.Uncle Hai has a lot of money, one real estate is enough to support a production company for ten years, but he hasn't produced any blockbuster films, doesn't hold a theater chain, and has little connections in the circle, so he doesn't have as much appeal as a media person in Chengtianlu.
Uncle Hai knew this well, otherwise he wouldn't have invited Cheng Tianlu over to help Brother Qi open up contacts.Uncle Hai didn't know how to refute.But he knows where his strengths lie, his eloquence is inferior to Cheng Tianlu, so he can only use actions to show the benefits of money.
"Thank you for your advice—are you thirsty after talking so much? Waiter, what's your best wine?"
The waiter immediately came over courteously and introduced him to several bottles of champagne worth 5000 yuan.Uncle Hai nodded, and ordered him to send two to the directors' association rostrum and open one to their table.
The pink champagne was delivered to the table, and the atmosphere at the table became warmer.Several people at the same table began to talk to Uncle Hai, and the relationship became much closer all of a sudden.
Cheng Tianlu laughed secretly, this move is really simple, but it is still extremely efficient.He turned his head to look at Brother Qi, and saw that he was drinking the wine quietly, his face was calm, probably his anger had passed, and he had nothing to say: "How is this wine?"
"It's very smooth. Thank you, it's not because you owe me, I still can't drink it."
Cheng Tianlu leaned into his ear, "If you ask Uncle Hai, he will definitely give you any kind of wine, even a winery."
Brother Qi frowned, and decided not to talk to him anymore.He couldn't figure out what kind of nerves Tianlu was on. Although he usually teased and hurt each other, he kept his sense of proportion and would never be as annoying as he is today.From the perspective of Cheng Tianlu's popularity, he doesn't seem like someone with fluctuating emotional intelligence. What's going on with him?
Brother Qi didn't speak.
Cheng Tianlu felt bored and continued to provoke Qi Geer: "Uncle Hai has more than one billion yuan in real estate, why don't you ask him for one or two million yuan to make a blockbuster with special effects? Why hide in a small studio and split two pieces for one penny?" Flowers, shabby."
Brother Qi snorted coldly: "If I don't come out with [-] million or [-] million, you go and try." He was ridiculed by Cheng Tianlu for a long time, and at this moment he touched Cheng Tianlu's chin in revenge: "You have eyebrows and eyes, you have With chest and butt, Uncle Hai will definitely like it."
"Okay." Cheng Tianlu didn't resist, Brother Ren Qi touched it enough, and then called out cheerfully: "Uncle Hai!"
Uncle Hai was socializing, but he kept an eye on Brother Qi from time to time, and immediately responded, "Huh?"
Cheng Tianlu approached him: "Anyway, I'm going to invite you to drink. Let me give you a trick: In the name of Brother Qi, you will give each table a bottle of champagne. This is more effective than going to flatter everyone."
Brother Qi quickly objected: "Don't!"
Uncle Hai thought it was a good idea, and nodded, "That's the reason. Waiter! You still have a few bottles of champagne, take them all out."
But the waiter apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, there are no more than [-] wines here, and a customer bought them all."
Cheng Tianlu and Uncle Hai were astonished: "Who is so generous?"
At this time, there was a sound from the stage, and the ceremony began.
The style of the Directors Association is very official, and the ceremony is also rigid. The chairman of the association will give a welcome speech, the director's representative will give a welcome speech, and the chairman of the jury will give a welcome speech. No matter which position, no one knows how it was selected.After the triple hit of the speech, everyone was already drowsy.Then came the lengthy various awards, awarding directors who performed well this year.
The award presentation process was very dull, but unexpectedly, the atmosphere was excellent.The awards ceremony outside was either hijacked by human favors or fought by various public relations. This commendation conference was old-fashioned, but it adhered to the old-fashioned insistence. Whether it was awarding word-of-mouth literary films, commercial genre films or newcomers' works, they were all allocated reasonably.
Cheng Tianlu was in awe of the Directors Association, and said to Brother Qi: "The atmosphere in your circle is very upright, and people are also united. You do well, and next year you will be the Director of the Year, honoring your ancestors."
In the first half, Brother Qi still listened carefully, and in the second half, Cheng Tianlu began to discipline him again. Brother Qi had no choice but to say, "If you get the chance, beat me up. Why are you so worried about whether I can get ahead?"
"You call me teacher, don't you? I have to be responsible to you. Like the director of Ban Wu, there are two or three famous works, and you can stand in this industry, and you don't need to call daddy and lick the gold master everywhere! That kind of The strange uncle who will help you unbutton, how far you can shake it..."
Brother Qi thought to himself, compared to Uncle Hai, Cheng Tianlu's words and deeds are more like "weird uncle".The relationship between him and Uncle Hai is indeed a bit awkward, but it generally does not exceed the normal business investment scope. Is Cheng Tianlu so annoying?
The cheers suddenly grew louder.On the observation deck of the two, they found that the "Golden Lens Special Contribution Award" was being awarded.The director of Banwu they talked about stood on the stage to receive the award.
Although the award is inexplicable, no one would protest if Ban Wu came to the stage to receive an award.Strangely, the award was given to him by a middle-aged man with rabbit ears and a fluffy tail stuck to his butt.
According to the host, this person is of Chinese origin in Southeast Asia and loves the motherland very much, so he came back to support the film industry. He is about to invest 100 billion to build a movie theater, and he is also the main sponsor of the Directors Association.
The host asked, Mr. Lin Yizhong, your rabbit ears are cute, what's the meaning?
Lin Yizhong explained in unclear Chinese that the rabbit is the logo of his company, and he always appears dressed as a rabbit on major festivals.He came here today because he really likes movies, especially the award-winning one directed by Ben Wu. He has bought the distribution rights of all of Ban Wu's works and is planning to release them in North America.Now he is preparing to work with Ben Wu on a new film.
He took a pair of rabbit ears from the hostess, smiled and said to Ban Wu: "Welcome to our rabbit family."
Ben Wu was embarrassed.Lin Yizhong persevered and held up the rabbit ears, "Come on director, I'll put them on for you."
Someone at the table laughed.Someone whispered to their companions, just wear it, it's pretty cute.
Ban Wu thought for a while, lowered his neatly combed head, and asked Lin Yizhong to put the rabbit ears on his gray hair.Turning his back again, Lin Yizhong carefully glued the rabbit's tail to his ass.
The host took the lead and applauded.The chairman of the association stood up and whistled.Lin Yizhong was very happy. He hugged Ban Wu's shoulders and shouted passionately: "I invite everyone to drink!"
The waiters are well-trained, and they take out bottles of expensive wine worth more than 3000 yuan from the backcourt like ants coming out of their holes, and pour them into the prepared champagne glasses.This time, there were sincere cheers and thunderous cheers on the field, and the party reached its climax.
Cheng Tianlu stared dumbfounded at Ban Wu's pretty rabbit ears and sexy tail, feeling his face was hot.
——It turns out that even if you stand in the circle, you will inevitably meet strange uncles; it turns out that if you have money, you can really do whatever you want, if you have enough money.
The author says:
You may not know that there really is a directors association, and it also holds award ceremonies, but its influence is too small, and no one pays attention to it.As an aside, for a movie to be strong as a whole, the most important thing is the professionalism and technical ability of each function, not just script actors or something, but have you heard of any great photographers now?Soundtrack?editing?Although the Hong Kong Film Awards are in decline, it has also made the public aware of many technical masters.Hong Kong used to have a film industry, which is a pity.