Chapter 455 New Movie "Operation Mekong"

Chapter 455 New Movie - Operation Mekong

In a restaurant in Shanghai

Wei Yang met Fatty Yu from Bona, who enthusiastically introduced the guests who were attending the party today.

"Mr. Sun, we are the vice president of Bona and the main person in charge of the film. You have gone through the previous procedures, so you must be very familiar with it."

The white and fat Vice President Sun shook hands with Wei Yang with a smile: "Mr. Wei, I invited you three times. I guess you are tired of seeing me."

"Mr. Sun, what you said, I'm afraid your Mr. Yu thinks I have wronged you. This must be explained clearly. Mr. Sun is a VIP in my place. Our Mr. Xia thinks I want to poach him."

Fat Yu joked: "That won't work. Mr. Sun is my confidant and favorite."

Wei Yang added, "Do you have to pay more?"

The scene was immediately very cheerful. "The Blade of the Assassin" was just released in August. The box office is not very high, but the reputation and topic are not small, especially the monk who adds money, which is a little hot on the Internet. At least Wei Yang's words will not be dull.

Vice President Sun is the third most important person in today's scene, second only to Wei and Yu, so he can join in the fun and joke.

The three of them joked for a while before continuing the introduction: "You must know this person, Director Dante Lam, a famous director in Hong Kong."

"I have studied Director Lam's "Witness" and "The Battle". I am honored to work with him this time."

Dante Lam has a bald head. He does not have the status of a Hong Kong director in the future. He is barely sitting on the position of a first-line director.

In his early years, he was with Chen Jiashang, the director of "Painted Skin". He did not direct independently until 1997. He is considered a junior among Hong Kong directors.

However, his performance is not bad. He is good at action and police movies. The box office is not high, but he is very good at promoting people.

In 2008, "Witness" had a box office of only 17 million in the mainland and about 8 million in Hong Kong, but it allowed Zha Zha Hui to win the Golden Horse and Golden Image Awards.

In 2010, The Witness made over 50 million RMB at the mainland box office, which made Chef Xie, the so-called Hong Kong prince, finally realize his dream of winning the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards.

Last year, The War, which made 117 million RMB at the mainland box office, made Zha Zha Hui win the Best Actor Award at the Academy Awards again.

It can be said that although Dante Lam is not ranked high in commercial films, his status among male actors is not low. Some people, including Bona's Fatty Yu, believe that Dante Lam is partly responsible for the invitation of Wei Yang this time.

In the Chinese entertainment industry, which is centered on directors, even if Dante Lam is not a big director, first-line actors have to get close to him and even please him when they meet him.

But Wei Yang is obviously an exception. He is a big boss in the industry, and he can be on par with the big bosses in the Hong Kong film industry. In fact, because he is backed by the Shanghai circle and has many cards in his hands, he is more powerful than some Hong Kong capital in some aspects.

Wei Yang called him Director Lin, and he was very respectful in his words. This was to give face to Dante Lam, who dared not hit the snake with a stick and was very humble.

"No, no, Boss Yu said that we can invite Wei Sheng, and we are also very happy. This role is perfect for you. It is simply the best choice. Moreover, Wei Sheng is also a great screenwriter and a talented director. He is also a great help to our crew."

"Director Lin, you are too kind. You are a famous director. I still have to learn from you."

"..."

The two of them were bragging about each other in business, but only they knew how much truth there was in their words.

At least Wei Yang heard that at first, Lin Chaoxian intended to find his favorite, Peng Yuyan, who had worked with him in "SPL", but after Bona and Blue Whale came into contact, this matter was no longer under his control.

Not only the casting, but also part of the power of the crew had to be transferred.

Wei Yang's identity is not only an actor, but also a nominal screenwriter of the crew, with certain rights to suggest changes to the script.

In addition, he is also the supervisor and producer of the film crew. In theory, if Lin Chaoxian did not have Bona behind him, his words in the crew would not be as effective as Wei Yang's.

This also made Lin Chaoxian love and hate Wei Yang's joining.

What he loves is Wei Yang's popularity and exposure. His acting skills are decent. In addition, he is not flattering his screenwriting ability just now. He is indeed very good in the industry and is helpful to the movie.

At the same time, the investment in this movie is relatively large, and there are many aspects involved. With Boss Wei mediating in the middle, there are many benefits.

What he hates is naturally that Wei Yang has a high status and controls a lot. No director likes to have an extra emperor above him.

Imagine that if both parties agree, it will be fine. If there are differences, his life as a director will be in vain.

Boss Wei mostly shoots his own dramas. His reputation as a drama tyrant is not as exaggerated as Jiang Wen, but he has never been a good man. Anyone who is interested can know how much power of speech and control Wei Yang has in the crew as long as he asks.

Those who have some skills are fine, but those who don't have skills will simply become tools and become puppets in Boss Wei's hands.

Therefore, at this time, Lin Chaoxian's impression of Wei Yang is very complicated, but on the surface, he is still very welcoming and cooperative.

He can't not cooperate!

To put it bluntly, at this point, Wei Yang's position in the crew is much more stable than his. If things get awkward, the director Lin Chaoxian will definitely be kicked out.

"Zhang Hanyu, I don't need to introduce this guy."

Zhang Hanyu, who has dark skin and a beard, shook hands with Wei Yang, smiling, and his voice is still the familiar bass.

"Haha, I know Mr. Wei much better than you do."

Wei Yang smiled and nodded. Although he and Zhang Hanyu have never worked together, they have met many times at large and small ceremonies and also met at gatherings in the circle.

He is a new entertainment star, so Zhang Hanyu is naturally willing to get to know him. Wei Yang also admires him very much. After a few visits, they became familiar with each other.

Wei Yang and Fatty Yu had no friendship before, and Vice President Sun also became familiar with him recently. Lin Chaoxian had called him several times before, but this was the first time they met. So Zhang Hanyu is indeed the person he is most familiar with.

"Well, you must help me accompany President Wei. If he is not happy, I will hold you responsible."

Fatty Yu gave the order in a pretentious manner. He really has the qualifications because Zhang Gaoyu is an artist under his company.

In the impression of many people, Bona is more about distribution and film and television production, but in fact, it has always had the business of artist management, and the artist lineup is very strong.

It was mentioned once before that Bona imitated Huayi and set up a celebrity shareholder mechanism to attract a group of big names.

The most impressive ones are Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Ziyi, followed by Zhang Hanyu and Chen Baoguo, etc.

Huang, Zhang, and Chen are relatively more cooperative and have a certain degree of independence, while Zhang Hanyu is deeply tied to Bona. Most of his later representative works basically involve Bona, and he is the top general of the direct line.

In addition, Yuan Quan, Xin Baiqing, Tong Yao, and Huang Yi are also artists of Bona or have a cooperative relationship with Bona, so they often appear together.

It seems that the Bona system seems to be very keen on powerful actors, but in fact, they still have many new and young actors, but they have not been promoted.

Bona has no shortage of film resources, but when it comes to promoting people, the success rate of movies is too low, which is also the reason why Bona artists have little presence.

The popularity of the powerful actors who have come out is low, and the artists who are suitable for traffic marketing cannot be promoted. Many people simply don’t know that Bona has this business.

Fatty Yu is very envious of Wei Yang for this. In terms of company scale, Blue Whale dare not claim to be the first in the industry, but no other company dares to challenge it in terms of comprehensiveness.

In the field of television and artist management, it is one of the best in the industry, and variety shows are also very outstanding. Now it has its own video platform. It is only a little worse in the film field, but it is still developing and making progress.

In the past, in the entertainment industry, artist management was actually just that, and most of them were to save money for filming.

Later, Huayi played a celebrity shareholder listing, and the industry began to pay attention to the value brought by celebrity influence.

When Wei Yang and even the new generation of traffic artists rose, they achieved top-tier success with the Internet and dominated the world, and the celebrity economy could truly become a pillar industry in the entertainment industry.

But it is obvious that when everyone discovered this, it was actually a little too late.

Wei Yang joined forces with Tangren and Fan Xiaopang, recruited Tang Yan and Da Mimi, and promoted Zhao Liying, Xinjiang Province Ermei, Zhang Ruoyun and others. At this stage, he almost occupies more than half of the top stars in the circle, and others are more or less related to him.

The most annoying thing is that Wei Yang not only has many top stars, but other companies can't dig them out.

He himself doesn't need to say much, almost all those women were won over by his beauty trick, and only two male artists were left.

Hu Ge is not only Wei Yang's old friend, but also the top star of Tangren. Recently, he seems to be going to become a shareholder. If he doesn't pay a sky-high price, there is no need for him to switch jobs.

The same is true for Zhang Ruoyun. Now the Blue Whale system is promoting him. Besides Wei Yang, he is the only one who has countless resources and is considered a direct descendant. He is just a traitor because he has nothing better to do.

Haven't you seen what happened to Lin Gengxin, who ran away last time? He is almost a joke.

A popular young actor, a first-line reserve, and a top seedling, now he has fallen to being a hanger-on for Mr. Wang.

It's not that Mr. Wang is not qualified. Most of the artists in the entertainment industry have to give face when they see him, but it's one thing to praise him, and it's another to lick him.

Being ordered around and scolded, he still has to smile. Lin Gengxin said that he is Mr. Wang's friend and even seems to be a relative, but from the attitude shown when getting along with him, it can't be seen how equal they are.

Many people laugh or regret that if Lin Gengxin had stayed in Blue Whale, he might be more popular than Zhang Ruoyun now.

He has a career, popularity, and a backer, at least he is not Wang Dashao's follower.

In fact, sometimes Wei Yang did not expect that Lin Gengxin, who made him sad and even regarded it as a major "failure" since he started his business, has now become a typical negative case.

Constantly simulating the misery of his artists after job-hopping has greatly improved the loyalty and cohesion of the artists.

How to say it, there are some words from our ancestors that you can't ignore, and a blessing in disguise.

Who would have thought that Lin Gengxin, a "traitor", would inexplicably become the "political commissar" for Boss Wei...

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After introducing a circle, several people sat down, but did not order food to eat. Wei Yang was not late, and the real finale was behind.

After a few minutes, Fatty Yu's secretary came over and whispered a few words in his ear. Fatty Yu nodded to Wei Yang, and the two stood up and took the lead to go out to greet him.

Soon, the arrival was waiting at the door. There were six or seven people in a group, and the ones behind were all drivers and secretaries. The real key was two.

Director Zhang of the Golden Shield Film and Television Center of the Public Security Department!

Ren Dong, Chairman of Shanghai Film Group!

He is also the real behind-the-scenes organizer of their film "Operation Mekong".

"Operation Mekong" is based on the Mekong River case that was well-known overseas a few years ago. After this incident, several film and television companies wanted to get the adaptation rights.

However, the public security department attached great importance to this project and did not give up easily. In the end, Fatty Yu worked hard to get it.

At that time, Blue Whale was actually one of them, and they wanted both TV and movies, but the former was intercepted by CCTV, and the latter was won by Yu Pangzi, who was more powerful in the film industry.

However, some of Blue Whale's filming plans still left a deep impression on the public security department.

So much so that when Yu Pangzi was preparing for filming, the relevant person in charge took the initiative to ask if Blue Whale could be brought in to cooperate, and Yu Pangzi envied Wei Yang's popularity and box office appeal, so they hit it off.

However, Wei Yang was not easy to invite. He had his own business, so he had to give up enough interests, and there was a big boss to help.

So, Ren Dong, who was deeply involved with Blue Whale, also got involved.

At that time, Wei Yang was originally busy with another movie, but Ren Dong came over to talk and brought up the banner of the public security department and the main theme, so Wei Yang had to consider it.

First of all, the project of "Operation Mekong" is definitely worth doing, and its quality and box office are both impressive among the main theme blockbusters.

In addition, Wei Yang has always intended to develop in the mainstream direction and build a golden body for himself. This movie is directly under the jurisdiction of the public security department, and the level is high enough, which is a good opportunity.

So Wei Yang sent people to contact and negotiate with Bona, strive for enough benefits, and finally reach a cooperation.

Unlike the original movie, "Operation Mekong" increased the role of Fang Xinwu, played by Wei Yang.

This is not surprising. With his status, Zhang Hanyu cannot be the first. At that time, Fatty Yu once wanted Wei Yang to play the policeman, and then arrange Zhang Hanyu or another person to play the undercover.

However, he was stopped by Wei Yang. He felt that his image was somewhat different from that of the refined and calm criminal police captain.

Zhang Hanyu is a very suitable candidate. He is more suitable for wandering in the gray area and disguising his identity as an undercover image with a chic and dissolute identity. Therefore, he did not approve of the role change, but relatively adjusted the role.

In the early stage, Wei Yang, the undercover agent, detected the culprit of the crime, and then met Zhang Hanyu and others to investigate and take action locally.

Operation Mekong is a group drama, and there are many undercover roles. The story structure remains unchanged, and with a slight change in the plot, Wei Yang becomes the real male protagonist.

Wei An is familiar with Director Ren, but Director Zhang is the first time he has dealt with him. He is of a high rank and has great power.

Let's put it this way. If Wei Yang can get through this path, Blue Whale can reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles when it wants to shoot some police and gangster crime films in the future.

This is also one of the reasons why Wei Yang is willing to participate in Operation Mekong. This is a big theme, and he has always wanted to curry favor with it.

Although Director Zhang met Wei Yang for the first time, he was very kind to him. Later, Wei Yang tried to find out that it was because of his film Criminal Police.

Although this drama is not very eye-catching among Wei Yang's works, it is a representative work of police themes in recent years. This is also the reason why the public security department trusts Wei Yang.

They think Wei Yang understands the police and is capable of filming a good police story.

This is another surprise. Wei Yang did not expect that a script he wrote to make money back then would bring him such great benefits a few years later.

Boss Wei is so smart. He immediately hit the snake with a stick. He has quite a few police-themed scripts in his hands. If he can get the support of the public security department, he can open a special [theme special] on PPTV.

Director Zhang is also very considerate. Although he didn't give a definite answer, he also expressed his willingness to deepen cooperation.

These units actually have propaganda tasks normally, and film and television dramas are also one of the important channels, otherwise they would not have set up a special organization.

Blue Whale is a well-known film and television company in the industry, and its golden signboard is very loud. If it can shoot some high-quality films and television and carry out positive propaganda for the public security group, it will be a win-win situation for both parties.

Unfortunately, Wei Yang asked and found out that Director Zhang's Golden Shield Center is affiliated with the public security department, and there is another Golden Shield Center affiliated with the General Logistics Department.

The name is the same, but they are not the same company, which doesn't matter. Otherwise, he would have thought about putting "In the Name of the People" on the agenda...

Sorry, I forgot to send the timer last night, and I just woke up and saw it